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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-14
Interpreting
The War
BY KiRkE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War 49, N.Y.

First reports Of Maj ev.o ''
OF the Metz-Thionville - 5 ssuon
guarding the Lorraine o s@s'-0A
to Germany and the n,5s!,!
Rhlne appear Premature, bn t0ae
more than that. Both ancbors ~. no
the last enemy foothold in F Sss q
however are close to encircIsr r+se
and due for capture or con o,.ieaI
isolation soon. F4e'e
In each case twin bridgob.,
threaten to cut the last comT1n ,eaoS
tons and escape routes from ''' hsa d
towns. Thionville at the north 1 o.5
of 16-mile Moselle span be.n eila
1t and Metz seems certainly doos.
ed. 1t has been cut off by Arms ~o-..'
forces from direct contact H rah
Metz and Oncy. A single bjpbw "-a,
and rail stem leading soutbeaSt.
ward to Germany are all that ~
main in German hands.
Metz is in little better case Two
railroads and four highways con
tering there from the east are s.'n
open, but gravely menaced Nv .ba
American crossing of the Mosono
north of the city and the forcino NJ
the Med line to the southeast TbASa
two inner prongs of General b.
toms attack, at last accounts, woro
within roughly 10 miles Of iojning
hands to complete the encirclemont
OF the ancient but powerful Metz
fortified zone.
1t looks on the maps. however
as though the Third army drive
with thanking support by the Fran.
co-American Seventh army TO the
south has even broader detectives
than forcing open the Lorraine gate.
way to the German frontier. An
armored flying column which has
already cut the Metz-Sarresbourg
railroad west OF Benestroff, some
30 miles southeast of Metz, is I'm.
officially reported swinging north.
eastward and to have reached the
village of Bermering, That way lies
the most direct and open road TO
Saarbrucken just within the Ger.
man frontier on the Saar.
The forward stab of Patton's
tanks in this theater, we'll in rear
of the Metz Thionville bastion, 50
far looks like an effort to repeat on
a limited scale the break through
tactics at Avranches in Normandy
Patton's specially is tank bliz
warfare. The armored force run.
ming wild IN the Benestroff area, i
unchecked much longer, could para.
lyze German communications in The
whole westward Nazi bulge 10 the
Mosele in France, and possibly
expose Saarbrucken itself and the
Saar valley to attack before the
enemy can retire to man the Sieg.
: fried line in that section.
Weather conditions have thus far
scaled down effective close air SUP.
port of the Third army drive. The
: progress made. particularly on the
south face of the Nazi Moselle bulge
despite that handicap indicates rel.
alive German weakness. It also
calls for prompt shifting of reserves
from some other front to meet the
growing danger of a serious Naz
entrapment in that bulge.
1t seems automatic that evacua.
ton of the increasingly dangerous
Metz Thionville Moselle bulge in
preparation for a new short liae
stand on the fortified Saar would
better serve enemy purposes than
risking major disaster in the
Metz sector by holding it too long
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-14

as the men move forward the holes
soon fill up.
The amazing thing is that, at
the same time, it is so cold. You
would think the mud would freeze,
but it does not Rain changes to
sleet, snow and hail, but the mud
remains-sticky, soggy, mushy and
semi-fluid. A freezing, paralyzing
wind cuts through heavy clothing,
but it doesn't even crust the mud.
You see soldiers walking slowly
through the mud, patiently, grim
ly, Realistically, lifting one foot
out of the sucking goo at a time.
Then you wonder how in the world
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-14
WITH THE AEF
Mud, Plain And Fancy

they possibly can crawl through 1t
as they sometimes must. But they
do One look at their uniforms con-
vinces you OF that.
BY now they have been in the
midst of mud SC long, it's part OF
them. They are living in an I'm.
ending world of mud from which,
seemingly, there is no escape. II
is on their clothes, in their shoes.
on their hands, feet, faces, wea.
OILS and equipment.
Everything is cold mud, and
pretty soon you begin to see II
nirrored in their eyes.
Mud becomes the most overpow'
ering single factor on the front
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-14
French Order Arrest
OF Throne Pretender

PARIS, Nov .13. - up - The
French government today ordered
the arrest of the pretender to the
throne of France, the Comte De
Paris, who was reported wounded
at perpignan after crossing the
Spanish frontier into France.
The interior ministry issued a
warrant to all department pre-
fects on two counts-illegal entry
into the country and violation of
law against the residence on
French soil of the head Of family
in exile.
Reports from southern France
said the Comte was in hiding after
being wounded, but there was no
report on the cause Of the injury.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-14
so THEY SAY

It is true that Fascist movements existed IN
other countries, even in America and England,
but I want to point out the difference between
a simple cold and pneumonia.-Prof. William
Ebenstein of U. of Wisconsin.
Jet propulsion and rocket power will provide
new attitudes, new velocities, new power for
aircraft and new devices as important ana
revolutionary to human life as the invention
OF the airplane itself. - G. Edward Pendray,
assistant to the president of Westinghouse.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-14

closed back porch become matter Of bureau
cratic concern?
# so, let US raise howl before a new gen.
GRAFTON comes along to whom the strains of
Home, Sweet Home will be as meaning
less as jungle chant.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-14

The word lien signifies the right
of person in possession of prop
erty belonging to another to de-
tain such property until some debt
or demand in connection with the
property is satisfied.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-14

The extreme breadth Of H.. Nv aver.
is about 26O miles, Win ~, ..' length
age about 60 miles, and l'' '
is 1000 miles
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15

the Baptist Ship on the right di,
reetion.
During the week the convention
heard reports from Rev. Marshall
SHEPPARD. Pa, chairman of the
foreign missionary board; DR.. Cal
vim Perkins, Mississippi, chairman
of the educational board; DR.. A.
M. Townsend, corresponding secre-
tary Of the Sunday School Publish
ing Board, Nashville, Tenn; Rev.
T. T. Lovelace, Chicago, home
and foreign mission board; Rev.
W. Z. D. %Isaaes, Nashvi lie, Tenn,
corresponding secretary of the B.
T. Z. board; Rev. w. F. Penick,
Seattle. Wash; benefit board. and
j. l.. Webb, Hot Springs, laymen's
officers.
The Women's Convention Auxi.
liary to the National Baptist Con-
vention was in session also.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
Veteran Postman
Brutality Beaten
By Arkansas Cops

Pine Bluff The trial Of lack
Potts, 1905 Tennessee, well known
letter carrier, on a charge Of re-
sisting arrest for disturbing the
peace, will be held in the NUM-
cipal Court, Wednesday morning,
September 20, with Judge John
f. Hooker, presiding,
Potts was arrested on July IS,
and was brutally beaten by Pine
Bluff police officers. He board,
ed n local bus near his home and
is alleged to have violated seat
ing arrangements, and was trans
ported by the white bus driver to
the police station where the ar
rest took place.
Harold Flowers, militant Pine
Bluff lawyer, Is representing Mr..
Potts. Much interest IL being
manifested in the case by local
church and civic groups.
All persons who were passeng'
ers on the bus at the time Of the
arrest and alleged violation are
urged to contact Mr.. Flowers in
Room 10, Masonic Temple.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
NAACP Sends
Supplements to
FEPC

NEW YORK -- A supplement to
testimony to be placed before the
House Committee for the crea-
ton of a permanent FEPG was
sent by NAACP Secretary, Wal
ter White, when an invitation to
appear personally before the
House b-Committee arrived too
late.
Referring to the recent state
ment by the WPB indicating dras-
tic eutbacks imminent in defense
industries, on the day Germany
surrenders, Mr.. White said, ut
is urgent that your Committee
report Immediately and favorably
S2o48 and press for immediate
Senate action. Postponement Of
action through adjournment Of
Congress until November would,
in u measured opinion, be q
catastrophe. Experiences Of the
Fair Employment Practice Com
mittee during past three years
give ample proof that minority
group workers must have pro-
lection Of Federal Legislation Il
they m to secure equal employ
ment opportunities In post wal
period. Vociferous objections Of
some members Of Congress to
Government by executive order
in this difficult field would come
with better grace if Congress
would deal with the problem ef-
fectively and expeditiousiy by en-
acting appropriate Legislation.
We submit it is imperative that
Congressional committees having
before them such critical Legis-
lation as S204S give evidence to
American people of their good
faith and thereby convince a large
and ever growing segment of the
American people that something
more than political shadowboxing
is taking place. We, therefore,
urge your cmmittee t expedite pas
sage t this vital and necessary
legislation
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
NDL Investigation Reveals Mass
False Arrests OF Florida Negroes

the city streets were subject to
arrest. About half Of the ar
rested Negroes were members OF
Local 1926. International Long
shoremen's Association fAFL).
employed regularly at Port Ever
glades, a commercial harbor on
the waterfront at Fort Lander
dale. and all, the WDL investi-
cation showed. possessed means
of support. The Negroes obtain
ed release from the county Jail
after paying fines arbitrarily i'm
posed by the sheriff's office, with
out their ever appearing before n
judge or having an attorney to
defend them.
Fourteen men and women We're
arrested on February 3, 1914,
when they refused to pick beans
on the farm Of Mayor Dewey
Hawkins of Oakland Park, nine
miles north of Fort Lauderdale,
after they determined that the
beans had been picked twice be-
fore and were not abundant
enough to make the work profit
able to them. In the second cas-
which the WDL investigated, APP
proximately 35 men were arrested
on March "a and 25, 1914, In
the Negro business district of
See INVESTIGATION" p.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
'CTO Political
Action Comm.
Urges Action on
Permanent FEPC

New York.--To end the Negro
workers position az 1.-THE last
hired and the first fired" the CID
Political Action Committee today
pledged vigorous support Of legis-
lation for a permanent FEPC.
In kilograms to Sen. Dennis
Chavez, chairman of the Senate
Subcommittee on Education ana
Labor, and Rep. Mary Norton Of
the House Labor Committee, PAC
Chairman Sidney Hillman urged
that Congress take immediate ac-
ton to adopt legislation calling
for a permanent FEPC with full
statutory powers.
Hillman congratulated the Sem
ate ub-Committee, which opened
hearings today on a bill to make
FEPC permanent. He stated, 1T
is urgent that a bill be reported
out as quickly az possible during
this session Of Congress and enact
cd into law"
mo matter how carefully plans
for full employment are worked
out, there is sure to be wide
spread discrimination against MIN
GRITTY groups during the temporary
period OF readiustment unless We
possess an fundamentally az
pressly designed and equipped to
prevent It," Hillman wired. "WA
must put an end forever to the
cynical statement that the No
gro is the last to be hired and the
first to be fired"
The wire to Rep. Norton ex-
pressed PAC's concern over the
House Labor Committee decision
10 postpone scheduled hearings On
a permanent FEPC. Hillman
said the Political Action Com
mittee is profoundly disturbed"
over the decision, taken without
a quorum or a record vote"
Action on this legislation to
implement both Democratic and
Republican platform promises to
American minorities was never
more urgent than now" the PAC
leader asserted. I'VE therefore
earnestly call upon you TO re-
schedule the FEPC hearings "a
speedily ~ possible 30 that neces-
sary legislation can be enacted ut
the present session Of Congress-"
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15

Jamison of Selma, Alabama, fol.
lowed by Jealous prayer and a
wonderful assemblage Of voices
under the direction of DR.. E. w
d. 1ssscs OF tNashSillGs Tenn.
The welcome addresses were
given by local ministers and 9TH
er civic and social leaders of the
community Tuesday night. Dis
sussion Of Post war problems was
the main feature of the conven-
ton with President D.. V. Jami-
son officiating.
Among some of the powerful
leaders present last week: J. l..
Campbell, Memphis, Tenn, chair
man Of the finance committee;
Rev. j. Nj. Nabrit, secretary,
Nashville, Tenn; Rev. A. l.. Boone,
Cleveland, Ohio; Rev. E. w. Per
ry. Oklahoma City, Okla; Rev.
r. s. Harten, Brooklyn, N. Y;
w. M. Offutt, Louisville, KY; Rev.
B. j. Perkins, Cleveland, Ohio;
w. d. Carter, Pasadena, Calf;
Rev. J. L. Horace, Chicago; Rev.
M. L. Nixon, Birmingham, Ala;
John j. Branham, Los Angeles.
Calf; Rev. Joseph Branham, Chi
cage, ILL.,; Rev. ]. N. Stokes, Day.
tona, Fla; Rev. /. N. Thomas,
Evanston. ILL.,; Rev. Roland Smith,
Atlanta, Ca; Rev. T. s. Boone,
TT. Worth, Texas and a host Of
others to help DR.. Jamison steer
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
PAC Contributes
$4,000 to Adam c.
Powell Campaign

NEW YORK - Adam Clayton
Powell, Jr., Congressional choice
in the 22nd district. was the lead
ing beneficiary Of CIO Political
Action Committee contributions In
connection with the primary cleo
tons, the August Is PAC finan-
cial statement disclosed.
PAC contributed $4,000 to the
Powell campaign. a larger total
than that received by any other
candidate supported by the COM
mittee.
Total pAC contributions and
expenditures In primary and state
elections were S67,320.48, the state
ment showed.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
Billie Holiday Stems New Contract With Decca

New York Special - It was announced here
this feek thot Billie Holiday, the celebrated sing
ing stor who is appearing nightly at the Down
beat Club. has signed a new contract with Deco
Records which coils for this artist to moke on
album Of popular ~fovorites. The stor is slotted to
appear in q Werner Brothers film. Miss Holidays
recording Of "~Stronge Fruit" Commodore Rec
ords) which sold over q million discs inspired Lii
Iion Smith to write the much discussed best SELL
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
Americas First
Lady Accused OF
Catering to The
Southern Whites

NEW YORK Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, wife of the President
and considered the No. ! friend
Of the Negro in the National Ad'
ministration, was openly accused
last Friday Of catering to the
southern obstructionists and segre-
gationists in order to win the
southern white vote TO rher hus.
band, by Charles w. Anderson,
Jr,, of Louisville, the only Negro
member Of the Kentucky State
Legislature.
At the same time, Judge Perry
Jackson of Cleveland, Ohio, at
tackled Mrs. Roosevelt for sug'
costing in a published letter to
an Alabama white woman, that
whole populations of Negroes be
moved abut in order to equalize
voting strength between Negroes
and whites in small towns and
communities of the South.
Declared Judge jackson: Mrs,
Roosevelt seems to be justifying
the polio iyn those communities
where whites are in the minority
of preventing Negroes from exer-
cising their full rights of citizen
ship in voting by other than lie.
gal democratic means in suggest
ing that they be moved to new
communities in order to uphold
the white supremacy. She seems
to justify intimidation and extra
legal means"
Assemblyman Anderson said:
TT appears that because Of poll
teal expediency, Mrs. Roosevelt
is catering to the southern OBJ
structionists and segregationists
in order to obtain the southern
vote"
In New York City, Mrs. Mabel
X. Staupers, executive secretary
Of the National Association OF
Colored Graduate Nurses, stated
Il was surprised that Mrs. Roose.
welt would consider social equal
ity a goal. Friendships, regardless
Of race, are personal privileges
and are the result of mutual un'
derstanding."
Mrs. Edith Alexander, one OF
New York's most prominent fig
ures in race relations and a mem.
Der of Mayor Fiorello II. La
Guardia's Committee on Unity, de
clared;
Il am in agreement with Mrs
Roosevelt that We cannot legis'
late personal social relationships
| do think people should be free
See FIRST LADY" p.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
COUNTY SO CORRUPT VOTER CASTS ABSENTEE
BALLOT TO GET COUNTED THE way v0TE[
Investigators
Report Many
Gases OF Fraud
In Ark. Primary

Testifying before the senate
subcommittee Saturday in Little
ock, James T. Willis, Spring
field, Conway County. said he
cast an absentee ballot in the
July % primary so his ballot
would be counted the way he
voted. He further stated, accord.
ing to an Associated Press re.
port, that he sat outside the poll
ing place from the time the polls
opened until shutdown and count
ed only Is voters who entered the
place to vote instead of the 100
certified in reforms by Union
township election officials.
Mr.. Willis a 77-year old voter
sat in the witness chair before
Senator Tunnel and Senator Fer
CURSOR, subcommittee members
and told them he knew, IF he
voted at Springfield it wouldn't
be counted for the man he voted
for" so he and his wife cast an
absentee ballot.
Mr.. Willis was one Of several
witnesses called to testify re-
garding corruption at the polls
before the senate subcommittee
which is investigating expendi.
lures and vote irregularities in
the states summer senatorial cam
paign. Several original and dupli.
cate ballot boxes which were open
d and recounted by subcommittee
Investigators at hearings Friday
and Saturday showed discrepan-
cies between the certified returns
and counts Of the ballots by in
vestigators. The testimony show
ed that expenditures Of almost
100000 had been spent in the
five way senate race where Rep
resentative J. w. Fulbright won
the nomination for Senator Hat
tie w. Caraway's scat by beating
Homer Adkins. race batting cam
didate in the runoff primary Aug
ust 8. Senator Caraway, J. Rosser
Venable and T. II. Barton were
eliminated in the first primary.
It was also revealed that T. H.
Barton whose major offering was
hurting insults at the Negro race
in his unsuccessful campaign
See Report" Page 5
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
by Joe Felmet

A Workers Defense League in
vestigation In Fort Lauderdale
and other parts Of Broward
county, Florida, % miles north
Of Miami. revealed the false ar
rests Of approximately 45 Negro
lahorers on alleged charges OF
vagrancy and imposition without
trials OF fines ranging from $40
to $35.
The mass arrests followed an
enforced labor decree by Sheriff
Walter Clark last September un-
der which persons found idle on
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
BLAST VICTIMS TO
GET CASH .... .....

Washington, d. c. (C) -
The Senate has passed a bill which
authorizes payments up to 49,
900 for those who were either in
jured or lost their lives in the
ammunition ship explosion at Port
Chicago, California. Two hun
dred and thirteen Negro sailors
were killed during the blast. The
bill has been sent to the White
House for the Presidents sigma
ture.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
Dallas Host To Nations Baptist
In 9th Session---Jamison Presiding

DALLAS, Texas The Gath
Annual Session of the National
Baptist Convention, L. S. A. (Inc)
convened last week at the Fair
Park Auditorium. The meeting
was called to order by DR.. D. V.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
FBI INVESTIGATES
ALABAMA VOTE BAN

MOBILE -- (ANP) Fran
chise ban last May to Mobile Ne
groes is being probed by the FBI.
Mobile primaries were held
shortly following the supreme
court rule which granted Texas
Negroes the right to vote in the
Democratic primaries.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
Crowd Boos, But Satchel Pitches

SotcheI Poiee, who winged for the Birmingham Black Borons
against the Cincinnati Indianapolis Clowns at Wrgey Field in
Chicago, got the most tremendous ond consecutive boos, It was
said, thot he had ever encountered during his baseball career.
Paige hurled the second game for the Borons, who won 6 to a but
was only allowed on the mound 4 innings OF the exhibition contest,
and wos allowed 5 hits and ; runs. Despite the foet thot he fon-
ned 3 and walked one, boos otter boos greeted his every turn.
The "Sotch" was being punished apparently for his loose tok
prior to the Eost-West Come at which time he threatened to wok
out on the classic monoeers unless he received 10 per cent Of the
net, and q suitable omount Of the profits to be given to the Army
and Navy Relief Fund-PPkS
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15

Hostesses to the 18th %notionoI convention Of
Delta Sigma Theta sorority held Lost week at
WiIberforee university were members of Delta
Sigma chapter located at the Ohio school. In the
picture, left to right, top row ore: Neve Wright,
LueIlo White. Maud Nickens, G.. Myrtle Teal, lnez
Coleman, Selma Lone, Mary r. Valentine.
Seoted left TO right: Dr.. n. Q. Brown, lsobell
Adkew, president; Edna Wcodson.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15
Saipan Hero

Morine Pvt. First Gloss Ds~sis
Dovis Stoyton. lo. Of Anvsseas,
Ark, who helped unlood On
munition on the beoches at So;-
pan during the first five days q
the bottle there. IS at U. S. No
val hospitol. ookIond. col;foe-
mia. where he IS being treated ~
an injury. His parents. M. oad
Mrs. Willie ,. Stoyton ore a
Auverone. lPPNSl
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15

One Of the few torch singers who hos woxed
for the Big Six. Victor. Columbia. copitoI. Com
modore. %BIuebird. and Deeeol this featured artist
also recorded with Artie Show, THE King Of
Swing" (B. B. 6. before Benny Goodman, and
evoked much frenzied enthusiasm omone the
swing %fonoties. Miss Holiday hos been oeeIoim-
ed the nations No. blues %fovorite by outstond-
ing critics, Her cosy singing style hos eoused mony
to rote her above any sepio singer that song be-
fore her time.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15

Bottom row, left to right: Juonito Anderson,
Mary Gibbs, Lucille Ginn, Evelyn Roberts, Thelmo
Groyson, Jayne Williams, Lillian Ransom.
Absent we're Faye Green, Flora corIey, Ann Les
Iey,Louise Wesley, Elnoro Taylor, Virginia Thorn
as, Charlie MeGinnis. Irene Ford, Nina Carroll,
N. Ann Thomas. Mary Evans, Dorothy Goither.
lamp Photo)
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-15

See INVESTIGATION" p.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO April IL L4o CWFA) A).-Salable
hogs, 11,0OO: total, 10000 opened fairly
active, around 10 higher, but later trade
slow with most advance lost; good and
choice 2o0-330 pounds. 1886; top
100, paid early; several loads sood and
choice 34O-375 pounds. 13.5O-75 good
and choice 170-190 pounds. l2.75-13.75
! lbo-17O pounds 13.00-13. 90; sows 10
higher. good and choice 300-55O pounds
l3.25-50: fair clearance.
Salable cattle. l1,000: salable calves,
800; fed steers and yearlngs steady; GOOD
and choice offerings fairly active, a little
stronger In instances; common and me-
dium grades weak at 400 down; mostly
l4.25-l6.25 market; top, 1855. paid for
fve loads scaling 1000 to 1880 pounds;
next highest price. 1878: stable supply
6, ,00-16.60: outside demand broad on
better grade cattle; heifers steady to
strong; best. 10 SO; cows and veaIers acute.
ly scarce, fully steady; vealers, 1890 down:
most beef cows. 9.25-12 So. cutters. SIS
sase bulls 100; light bulls dull at 900
1100.
salable sheep, $500; total, 900; mod
erately active, mostly steady; good and
choice fed wooled Western lambs, s.5O-
.5; top. 1878, on three cars Colorados:
deck sood and choice 97-pound aged
Wooled lambs and fall-shorn lambs, 1928
straight: two loads largely good dirty
peited Nebraska lambs, 1915; deck me
dunn and good shorn lambs with No l
pelts, 14.25; odd head shorn native ewes,
90; sheep again scarce