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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29
Copiah All Club
Program To Honor
Soldiers Sunday

CRYSTAL SPRINGS -(SpeciaD
On Sunday, January Both, the Cry
stall Springs All Club will be host
to a county wide All Club pro-
sram honoring Negro boys in serV-
'ce from Copiah County.
The main speaker on the pro-
gram viii be Rev. j. w. Sells, ras-
Tor of the white Crystal Springs
methodist Cht5ch and MississippiS
Nc. / man OF Agriculture since
1s43. The program will feature
special music by the Tougaloo Col
lfge Choir. The program will list
al members Of the armed services
from the county and will include
rlany fortrer All Club members.
Plans 70. the program are under
the direction of Charles DoboS,
Negro County Agent of Copiah
County. The program will be held
at Good Hope Baptist Church
| Crystal Springs and will begin
exactly at p. m.
Many people from all sections
of the county, as well as from 9TH
er sections of the state are expect
ed to attend the program.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29

HalSey was quoted as saying the
Germans should be defeated first
and then Eve can polish off the yell
low monkeys"
1.-THE National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People has
understood that the derogatory re-
ference to the Japanese as yellow
monkeys was discou1a aged by all re-
sponsible government Officials and
particularly by the Owl because Of
it's effect on our colored ally, China,
and the connotation of the phrase
in the minds of the millions Of COLI
ored peoples IN the Far East.
"We wish TO enter strong protest
against the Technology used by
Admiral Halsey. We wish to stg-
gest that Admiral Halsey's public
relations ought to be supervised
very closely by the Navy Depart
ment. 1t is we'll known that Adj
miral Halsey has made many loose
statements during the past year
and has been the most loauacious
of our high military officials In the
Pacific theater. Tt is also known
that Admiral Halsey, in contrast to
General Macarthur, has been most
racial in his remarks and has en-
phaSized color more than any 9TH
er high military official.
"This Association does not see
that Admiral Halsey's remarks, with
emphasis on color and race, contrl-
butte to the war effort, On the con-
trary they aid the enemy and, in
addition disturb the morale OF 49,
100000 American citizens who do
not happen to be White!"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29

WASHINGTON, d. G. - (SNS)
- With 172 students enrolled in the
U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps, the Grady
Memorial Hospital Of Nursing, At
lanta, Ga tops the Nations Negro
nursing schools in corps member
ship. according to a tabulation made
January Is, 1914, by the Division OF
Nurse Education of the U. S. Pub
lie Health Service, Federal Securi-
ty Agency.
There are 80 Negro schools of
nursing in the country. Of these, 81
have applied for participation in the
u. S. Cadet Nurse Corps program.
Eighteen have been approved; the
applications of the. other three are
other three are pending. Additional
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29

ATLANTA, Ga. - tSNS) -
In a reply to letter written the
Georgia Committee of the Commits
sion on Interracial Cooperation, of
which r. l.. Russell is chairman, a
letter explaining the position of the
commission relative to the armed
service vote bill was stated by Mr..
Russell
The reply was sent to G. A. Scott,
chairman of the committee on pub
lie affairs for the local branch of
the NAACP, and vice president OF
that body, who previously had writ
ten>the commission asking It's stand
on the vote measure passed recently
by the Georgia legislature in extra
ordinary session.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29
State Health Officer Warns Against
Careless Use OF Sulfa Drugs

not before taking a careful record
of the patients previous history
of sensitivity to sulfa drugs.
Some of the most common COM
plications induced by Self-medica-
ton with the sulfa derivatives
without the direction of physi-
clan are kidney complications, ag-
grevation of a natural allergy, fur
Their gall bladder and liver damage
where these diseases are already
present, with the possibility OF for
nation of yellow juandice. or even
complete atronlay of the liver. re-
Sulting in death.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29
Robert Halls
Widow Sues For
$1,000 And Fees
Bonding Company
For Sheriff Screws
Named Defendant

NEWMAN Ga. -(SNS)-- Thu
case of Sheriff M. Claude Screws
of Baker County, convicted IN fed
eral court at Albany last October
for violating the civil rights Of the
e. s Code. after the lynching OF
prisoner came to the fore again
when the victims widow. Mrs. An
ME Pearl Hall, filed damage suit
against the National Surety Com
pany. the Sheriff's bonding fIrm, IN
Albany city court.
In her petition, the .WldoW OF
Robert Hall, who died as the re-
suit of alleged mistreatment after
his arrest by Sheriff Screws and
two deputies, charged that the
bonding company refused TO pay
her claim for damages, filed after
her husbands death. For this al
legged failure, the widow asks 3d.
900 plus 25 per cent of that sum
Of damages and an additional ST.
600 for attorney fees.
The Surety firm IS charged IN
two additional courts with bonding
Sheriff Screws for amounts declar-
ed to be less than legal minimum.
Judgment OF $4,000 is asked by
the plaintiff in these counts.
Halls widow charges Sheriff
Screws and, two deputies, Frank
Edward Jones and Jim Bob Kelly,
with beating Hall while in their
custody, on January 20, 1943, with
the result that he died a few hours
after being admitted to an Albany
hospital.
Sheriff Screws was sentenced by
u. "a S. District Judge Bascom ..
Beaver to three years i'll prison and
fred $1,000. The Sheriff filed an
CONTINUED On Back Page
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29
Chairman Russell OF Interracial
Commission Writes Scott Letter
LETTER

RUSSELL'S LETTER
This is the letter sent Mr.. Scoh
1.-The legislature of Georgia at its
recently called session rightly en-
acted a law which would permit all
citizens in our armed forces the
right to vote in our state and nation
al elections.
sThis act seems to have met with
widespread approval. 1t would be
an unfair person who would deny
the ballot to a man or woman who
is out defending his and her own
lives and the rights and privileges
at home. But there are some who
would deny this privilege to certain
service men and women becs use
and only because they have dark
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29
Governor Bailey Grants Reprieve OF
Negro Scheduled For ElectrOcutiOn

VICKSBUPG (SpeciaD Claude
Newman, Warren County Negro
who was scheduled for elect-ocu-
ton here last Wednesday morn
inc for the murder of another
Negro was granted a last minute
reprieve bv Governor Thomas L
Bailey
The action of the Governor
took place after the mother of the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29

condemned man telephoned the
Governor at the state house in
Jackson and asked him to examine
the records in The case before MAX
ing decision.
Sheriff John Williamson was
notified of the reprieve q fey
hours before the time set for the
execution.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29

for declaratory judgment ana an
Injunction for the purpose OF oe-
termining question in actual
controversy between the question
of whether the practice "of the
Atlanta Education Board, in adopt
ing, enforcing and maintaining
policy, custom and usage by which
he and other Negro teachers in
the public schols of the city are
uniformly paid lower salaries than
white teachers and principals, ex-
ercising the same duties, solely on
account of their race and color is
unconstitutional and void, same
being a violation of the l4th
Amendment to the federal constf-
tuition.
CONTEND FEDERAL COURT
HAS NO JURISDICTION
In its motion to have the suit
dismissed, the Atlanta Education
Board, through its counsel, Judge
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29

Bond Armand, Assistant City at
torney, and B. D. Murphy for the
Board, contended that the federal
court is without jurisdiction to en-
terrain such suit; that the dis
Continued On Back Poge)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29
yellow Monkey Phrase By Admiral
Haisey Is Target Of NAACP Protest
Words Disturb
Our Ally China

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The characterization of the
Japanese yellow monkeys by Admiral William F.
Hasey in interview at his home in Centervle, DEL,
January 49, protested this week by the NAACP which
wrote Navy Secretary Frank Knox that Haseys remarks
disturbed coored ally, China and upset the morale OF
American Negro citizens.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29
Order Briefs Filed
In Equal Pay Suit
By V. w. HODGES

The first round in the Atlanta Equal Pay contest
ended here Monday when federal district Judge e. Marvin
nderwood ordered counsel for both sides to file briefs on
the question involved within two weeks and with an add
ona two weeks being granted for each side to lille reply
briefs.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29
Grady Tops All Hospitals
In Number OF Race Nurses
Total Of 172 Now Enrolled
In u. S. Cadet Nurse Corps

apulications are expected. Approx
matelv 1,5oO cadet nurses have en-
rolled in the approved Negro
schools of nursing since the inaugu-
ration of the program last july. 1t
is estimated that the total Will De
rollment figures for February, 1894,
classes are tabulated:
HELPING COUNTRY
''Negro women serving in the U.
S. Cadet Nurse Corps are contrlbu-
ting valuable service to their corn-
try." DR. Thomas Parran, Surgeon
General of the u. S. Public Health
Service, said this week. mot only
are they experiencing intense salts
Continued On Back Page)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-29

The case involves Samuel l..
Davis. instructor at the Atlanta
Booker t. Washington High School
as Plaintiff, who, on behalf of HIM
self and others similarly situated,
brings suit against the Atlanta
Board of Education, as defendant.
ASK JUDGMENT
AND INJUNCTION
Plaintiff DAVIS. through his legal
counsel, a. T. Walden, and Thur
good Marshall, petitioned the court
Evening star., 1944-12-24

island-to-island route by which the
enemy now reinforces his troops on
the Leyte front
In addition, Allied sea forces in
the China Sea itself may provide an
effective block to japanese shipping
plying between the japanese main
land and the rich resources of the
Indies.
| Mindoro, with a population OF s.
1853, has variable climate, subject
to monsoons, but the Americans
have landed during a season which
normally produces only 3 inches of
rainfall a month. The islands chief
industries are lumber, mining and
cattle raising.
Mountain ranges Of 5000 feet block
communication between the north
ern and southern parts of the
island, except on the eastern sea-
board, where the coastal plain is
traversed by a road. Several high,
unbroken ranges form elevated
plains in the interior, while on the
west coast double and treble chains
extend throughout the island.
Called Mai in the 10th century
records of the Chinese Sung dy-
nasty, Mindoro is so miles wide at
its greatest breadth. and its longest
coast line, running approximately
north to south, is 100 miles in
length. Its chief cities are San Jose.
Sumagui, Calopan and San Teodoro.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Maryland Man Decorated
For Weather Data Deal
By the Associated Press.


LONDON. Dec. 23.-Col. Lewis L.
Mundell. Silver Spring. Md. who
held the dual posts Of chief of staff
and chief of weather services for
the Eastern Command, United States
Strategic Air Forces in Europe, has
been awarded the Legion of Merit
for negotiating an exchange of
weather information with the Soviet
Government before establishment
of the Eastern Command, it was
announced by the Army Air Forces
Col. Mundell, native of Denver.
Colo, has served with the Eastern
Command, which operates all Amer
ican fighter and bomber bases In
Russia, since last February.
He entered the Army Air Forces
after being graduated from the Uni
versity Of Colorado Engineering
School in 1882. and prior to being
sent to the Soviet Union was as
signed to the Allied Joint Chiefs of
Stan in Washington.
His wife, Mrs. Elsie Mundell, lives
at 1920 Woodside parkway, Silver
Spring.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
|Pickets Enter Ward
Store in Royal Oak;
Stock Is Damaged
By the Associated Press.

BY Inc Associated PfesS.
DETROIT, Dec. 23.-CIO union
lists picketing Montgomery Ward
g. Co. store in suburban Royal Oak
staged a demonstration inside the
store today. Manager Edward Bar
den said some clothing from the
stores stock was ripped and other
merchandise thrown on the floor.
State police dispersed the group
after 1t had been in the store nearly
an hour. The store remained open
Mr.. Barden said about so pickets
paraded in the aisles singing q
Christmas carol, then tossed mer-
chandise on the floor, went to the
basement to obtain baseball bats
and continued their demonstration
He said some of the unionists tried
on suits obviously too small for them
and then flexed their shoulder
muscles, ripping the coats.
More than a score Of State and
Royal Oak police arrived to prevent
further trouble.
Roy Scoggins, Michigan director OF
the Retail, Wholesale and Depart
ment Store Employees (CIO) Union,
whose members have been on strike
at four Detroit area stores since
December 8, said he was informed
some pickets had ben dubbed by
State police, and added, IF we have
to fight the State police as well as
Avery (Sewell Avery, chairman OF
the board of Montgomery WarO
we are prepared to do So"
State police said their reports
did not show any injuries to pickets
CIO leaders had appealed earlier
today for reinforcement Of the picket
lines in an attempt to close the
stores before the Christmas shop
ping hours were ended.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Volcano and Bonin Isles
Roided by u. S. Planes

PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TERS. PEARL HARBOR, Dec. 2:
P).-American land-based bomber;
struck anew at the western anC
northern approaches to Japan ir
raids announced by the Navy to-
day.
The blows were delivered by
bombers from Marianas bases al
the Volcano and Bonin Islands and
by Aleutian- based bombers of the
11th Air Force against the Kurile
Islands.
A Pacific Fleet communique said
Liberators raided Two Jima in the
Volcano Islands December 40 anG
81. These were the 14th and 18th
consecutive daily strikes at the base
from which Japanese planes have
raided the American B-29 base or
Saipan.
| Marine Mitchell bombers, the
communique said, made rocket at.
tacks on shipping around the Vol
canoes and Bonins December 81. The
results were not disclosed.
The 18th Air Force Liberators
bombed Onekotan Island in the
northern Kuriles December 81
bombing and strafing targets, which
were not identified.
Onekotan is 600 miles from the
Japanese mainland Island of Hok
kaido.
All American planes returned.
Evening star., 1944-12-24

American forces now firmly estab-
lisned on the 3,794-square-mile is
land Of Mindoro are 750 miles from
French Indo-China, across the South
China Sea, and from Hainan Island
off the coast of China.
Mindoro lies on the flank of the
japanese Empires life line to the oil,
rubber and tin of the Netherlands
East Indies and Malaga.
Air power based on any of the
islands eight prewar airfields, two
Of which have been used by the
japanese, can be used against Japa-
nese shipping in the China Sea,
thus cutting the life line leading
south, and giving American forces
a chance to deal with the japanese
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Froncis Soyre to Speak
At Wilson Memorial

Francis B. Sayre, diplomatic ad.
wiser to the United States Relief
and Rehabilitation Administration
will speak at memorial services or
the birthday anniversary of Wood.
row Wilson at 4 pm. Thursday in
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ca
thedral.
The Very Rev. John Wallace Su-
ter will conduct the special service
and the Cathedral choir will sing
Mrs. Wilson will be present, and the
Right Rev. Angus Dun, Bishop oi
Washington, and Mrs. Dun, are ex.
pected to attend. During the serv-
ice wreaths from the White House
and from patriotic societies will be
placed on the Wilson tomb In the
chapel.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
u. 5. Accepts Offer
|0f 5hipworkers 10
Give Up Holiday
Ry the Associated Press.


BRUNSWICK, Ca Dec. 23-Of-
ficial approval by the Maritime
Commission was announced today Of
an offer by several hundred ship
yard workers to work Christmas
Day to speed the launching of q
merchant ship.
J. r. McInnis, regional director OF
East Coast construction for the
commission, who approved the
proposal, said nearly a thousand
workers volunteered to continue
work as gift to boys overseas"
"Of course they will be paid" Mr..
McInnis said. THAT Is q Govern
ment ruling, but / think they're .
very patriotic group Of American
citizens
If they work." Mr.. McInnis In
formed yard ofacials, ut viii give
us one more ship in that yard than
we expected this month";
The proposal spread through the
yard like wildfire," said General
Plant Manager Emil j. Kraft, after
initiation by 80 shipfitters, as one
crew after another followed suit.
Maj. Gen. Frederick E. Uhl, COM
|manding general Of the 4th Service
Command, Atlanta, after reading
the story Of the offer in newspapers,
wired the workers his commenda-
ton.
This is the spirit Of the counter
attack against the NaM enemy" it
said in part. This is the spirit
which will achieve certain victory.
This is the spirit that should inspire
every man, woman and child in
America"
The seventh ship which the
workers are striving to have
launched this month will be named
for william Cox. Negro of Savan-
nah, Ga, the first member Of his
race to be so honored at the yard.
Mr.. Cox, fireman, was killed when
his ship was shelled and sunk
April 2, 1912.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Lloyd Smith, 81, Dies;
WAS Noted IndusfriaIist
BY the Associated Press.

ny lhE AsSOClSLeQ SIeS8.
MILWAUKEE,, Dec. 23.-Lloyd
Raymond Smith, 81, chairman OF
the board of the A. O. Smith Corp
and one Of the Nations leading IT.
dustrialists, died at his home early
today after suffering heart attack
during the night.
He was instrumental in developing
the business that bears the family
name from small baby carriage
and bicycle plant into q $40, ,O00, ,0OC
corporation that manufactured q
good percentage of the Nations
automobile frames and welded pip
ing.
Mr.. Smith joined the firm in 1905
became its president in 1918 ano
chairman of the board in 1896.
Survivors include his widow, his
mother, three daughters, two sons
and two sisters.
Funeral arrangements have no,
been completed.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Greece
Continued From First Page J

move is now to the north where the
ELIAS evidently is regrouping with
a view to securing its inland COM
munications
British Sherman tanks, based on
the slopes of Mt. Likabettos. con-
tinued a stiff harassing lombard
ment throughout today on the ELIAS
concentrations in the northern
suburbs of the capital. RAF planes
also participated.
Gen. Napoleon Zervas, command
er of the EDES, sent an urgent
message to the British for assist
ance, but thus far no help has been
sent.
The ELIAS, commanded by Gen
Stephanos Saraphis, were reported
to have cut 20 miles through EDES
territory, by-passing Ioannina.
Attack Resisted.
Gen. Zervas notified the British
he was resisting the attack from
the north, but expected to fall back
into the Tomaros Mountains to the
south of Ioannina in Central Epirus.
The communique said that at
Caserta both generals agreed to
refrain from hostilities."
Gen. Scobies' orders had been
obeyed scrupu1ously by Gen. zervas
In spite Of obvious concentrations
Of ELIAS forces within his opera
tional boundaries, and he has taken
no provocative action the COM
munique asserted.
Greek government circles who
have been informed of the contents
OF the ELIAS latest note to Gen.
Scobie resumed their gloomy at
titude regarding hopes for an early
truce. They indicated that, while
the ELIAS reply accepted Gen.
Scobie's main conditions, it imposed
a number of minor conditions to
which the British could not agree.
Piraeus had quieted enough today
to permit the opening of shops to
sell fruit and olive oil brought in
from nearby islands by sailing boats
Reports reaching Athens said that
yesterday there were impromtu pa
rades in the port town honoring the
British for what the inhabitants
called "the second liberation"
Evening star., 1944-12-24
California State Guard
Shortage Investigated
Nv the Associated p,.s.

By the Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Calf, Dec. 23.--
Adjt. Gen. Victor Hansen began an
inventory today OF all State Guard
property after State Department of
Finance auditors reported an "ap-
parent shortage" of equipment
valued at $102 900.
Mr.. Hansen informed Assistant
Attorney General Jess Hession that
he would seek to find equipment
listed as missing and investigate the
circumstances under which 1t was
taken from the guards control.
Mr.. Hession said the apparent
shortage" was found by finance de-
partment auditors during q routine
check of the guards books. He de-
clared it had not been determined
whether the property was missing
through error or design"
Evening star., 1944-12-24

tady. N. Y. Every one of them hae
between $4,000 and $1,000 on hin
when I picked them up"
But the big theft is in gasoline
and the losses by pilferage runs
into hundreds of thousands of gal
Ions a week.
This place is getting to be like
Chicago in the days Of Al Capone,
Col. Buhrmaster said. They hijack
trucks right of the road. They
drive a car between the last couple
of trucks in convoy, stick a gun
in the drivers belly and tell him tc
vamoose.
Then they sell the truck fol
$50, 900 francs. Under the German
evaluation this was only $500, but
at the American rate of two cents
to the franc it amounts to $1,000
Our evaluation of the franc is the
basis of the black market"
Major Sent Home $4,000.
Col. Buhrmaster said one major
had sent $500 home in short time
A corporal was reported to have sent
81 200 in five days and two other
enlisted men sent $4,000 and $4,000
home within few days.
Many of these kids were never in
any kind of trouble before, but they
saw all this easy money and couldn't
resist the temptation to get into it,
he said.
Gen. Sayler commented that
people don't steal bullets and
tanks, because they can't dispose
Of them"
The only hot items on the ord
nance list are watches and field
glasses" he said. I'VE caught one
soldier who stole 300 watches and
he's in the peniteniary. But our
f1repower supplies are untouched" !"
A high-ranking communications
officer said the thefts of gasoline
occurred hundreds of miles behind
the combat zone. He said fuel levels
in the combat area were satisfac-
torily high and that even the figure
OF hundreds of thousands of gallons
lost weekly was only a fractional
part Of per cent of the available
supply.
1000 Vehicles Stolen.
In the Paris area alone the theft
of military vehicles has topped the
600 mark, but the majority have
been recovered.
In normal weeks activity be-
tween December IA and December q
military police in the Seine section
recovered 41,700 packages OF cigar.
cites and 2120 cans-five- -gallor
containers-of gasoline.
Il am absolutely sure the recen,
cigarette supply breakdown was due
to black market activity" one officer
said. THE black market price is
$50 francs ($3) package and dur
ing the shortage here the price
never varied. The black market
had plenty"
Military police said they believed
pilferage had been drastically cur
tailed in recent weeks by rigid con-
troll of supplies and measures
against theft. All railroad trains
are escorted by military guards with
instructions to shoot to kill.
Oil pipelines, supply dumps and
convoy routes are guarded.
But in Paris alone between 800
and 900 soldiers still are being ar
rested weekly for one ofense or an
other.