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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-19
State War Bond
Clubs Savings
Total $4,000

JACKSON. Miss-Following
proposal made by National Negro
Leaders, early this spring the
Treasury Department autho-
rized the organization OF war
Bond Savings Clubs among Negroes
throughout the country. The pur-
pose of these clubs would be to
encourage thrift and savings
through the purchase of War
Bonds.
In accordance with the Treasury
DEPARTMENTS plan, State Repre-
sentative for War Bonds SAVINGS
Clubs was appointed for each
state. whose job would be that
of encouraging. promoting, and
supervising the organization OF
such clubs. Prof. A. A. Alexander,
Principal of Alexander High
School, Brookhaven was appointed
State Representative for Missis-
sippi.
In a statement to the Jackson
Negro Chamber of Commerce last
Monday night Prof. Alexander said
that since his appointment. early
in June, twenty-five War Bond
Savings Clubs had been organized
in the state and as of July 31st
1914, their savings in War Bonds
totaled $239, 1000.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-19
Farmer-Minister Slain, Tongue
Cut Out By Miss. Land~Grabbers

family and heirs, all of his children
except one, who were tending the
land.
During February, Rev. Simmons
cut some timber off the land, his
son said in the affidavit. Two white
men, one of them the man who
had been trying to take the pro-
perty, left word for him not to cut
any more timber off the land. Rev.
Simmons wrote his lawyer in For
est about the matter and was told
not to cut any more timber off the
land until he coulud straighten
matters out. The lawyers advice
was obeyed.
Then late the morning of March
26 a group of six white men went
to Eldridge Simmons house which
was located about mile from his
fathers house and asked II ne
knew how the property line ran.
After telling him ne thought he
did. Eldridge was invited to come
and show them. They went down
the road some distance, coming to
car. The group then began ours
ing and abusing Eldridge, calling
him a smart n----r'' and telling
him they we're going to kill him,
his affidavit continues. Eldridge
begged for his life as double bar
relied shotgun was leveled at him
and he was ordered to get into the
car.
The group drove about quarter
of a mile from Rev. Simmons
house, the white men repeatedly
telling Eldridge that he and his
father were smart n----rs" for
going to see a lawyer Thre of them
walked up to Rev. Simmons house,
while the other three kept Eldridge
on the back seat of the car. Some
time later the men retm red with
the elder Simmon. two of them
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Funeral Rites
Held For Noted
Vicksburg Lawyer

VICKSBURG, Miss. - Funeral
rites were held here Friday, Aug
ust 18th for Hon. It. G. Ewing, one
of the states most noted Negro
lawyers, and among the first to De
admitted to the practice OF law
in Mississippi
Mr.. Ewing died at his home
here last Tuesday, August 9th, as
the result of a long illness due
largely to advanced age.
The death of Mr. Ewing brought
to close one of the most dis
tinguished careers in the state.
Aside from the practice Of his
profession, in which he gained
wide spread reputation. he was
active in the fraternal, civic, re-
ligious affairs of the city and state.
and long a prominent and active
member of the states Republican
Political organization. During the
world war of 1917 he served as an
officer in the u. s. Army.
The funeral rites here Friday
were attended by Negro Leaders
from all sections of the state.
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State Recreation Contab
Outstanding Success

by all who attended the three
day meeting.
In keeping with its purpose TO
outline a program of properly di-
rected and supervised recreation
and leisure time activities both for
the present and for the postwar
period for soldiers and civilians,
for youths and adults, and to
evaluate such a program in its
affects upon the future moral.
spiritual, and physical health OF
the community and state, the theme
OF the several sessions of the con-
ference, with each session pre-
sided over by a person of out
standing qualifications in the field
of discussion, the conference COW
cred the entire field of recreation
in manner which. throughout
those in attendance, is expected to
extend the benefits of the confer
ence and increase interest through
out the state in a statewide pro-
gram of recreation for Negroes.
During the final conference
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JACKSON, MiSs.-(S. N S)-Rev.
Isaac Simmons, 66-year-old farmer
minister of Liberty, Amite County,
Mississippi, was slain and his ton
que cut out as a group of white
men sought to take possession OF
his 220-acres of farm land, which
contain valuable tracts of timber
and upon which there is believed to
exist rich oil.
The brutal Staying OF the aged
man, which took place on March
26, was revealed in an affidavit
signed by his 48-year-old son. Ed
drige Simmons, in Louisiana city
last week and followed efforts OF
the father and son TO protest their
interest by engaging lawyers in
Forest and Jackson, Miss The SOD
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The statements take cognizance
of the vitrolic attack by Senator
Richard B. Russell upon the COM
mittee on the floor of the United
States Senate last week, in which
he charged the agency with re-
sponsibility for the Philadelphia
Motor Transit strike last week.
Excerpts from the letter sent the
Atlanta Journal follows:
During recent weeks there has
appeared in the southern white
press an increasing number OF
attacks against the FEPC. While
the majority of the nations lead
ing newspapers have commended
the work of this Federal Agency,
we find some Of the southern press
aparticularly critical. One of the
most critical IS the Atlanta Jour-
nal, whose Washington correspon-
dent has several times devoted
his column to a presentation of
the one-sided viewpoint Of the
agency's southern critics, and
whose editorial pages of July 18th
and August 9Th were largely de-
voted to bitter charges, unsupport-
ed by the facts against the FEPC.
"On July 18th, the Journal, &C
cording to the Chairman of the
FEPC, and subStantiated by the
factual records, not only grossly
misstated the part played by the
agency in a dispute at a Baltimore
war plant, but also attributed to
FEPC certain supposed conduct of
the employees of another govern
ment agency, which conduct, the
Journal disapproved. In the Aug
ust 9th editorial we find the Jour-
nal still disregarding the facts IN
order to support it's attitude.
According to the Journal, the
FEPC precipitated the strike of
employees of the Philadelphia
transportation company by direc-
ting that the pl DIVISIONS or a con-
tract between the company and a
union of it's employees, which linn
tied the upgrading of Negroes be
set aside. The Journal failed to
mention that another union had
succeeded to the bargaining rights
of the employees, and that the
new union has a policy of nom
discrimination in employment.
Thus, the Journal is Selling upon
an extinct contract and dis
credited union to support its an
ti-FEPC prejudice.
SHORTAGE OF WORKERS
1--WE are informed as of today,
that there is an acute shortage of
more than $4,000 workers in Phila-
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Army Withdraws
Guards From,
Carriers
q More Strikers
Who Failed To
Obey Order Fired
PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA The first
Negro operator OF a Philadel-
trolley began regular passenger runs
Monday as the Army Withdrew all
guards from trolleys, buses and
subway and eleve ted trains. Two
other operators were scheduled TO
start regular runs during the day
The three were nong eight
Negro trainees whose upgradlng to
operating jobs caused a walk out
August l, tying up Fhlladelpnla
mass transportation for five days
and resulting in Army seizure OF
the system.
Four additional white employees
who failed to obey the Army's I'LL
timatum to return to W ork or be
fired were discharged Monday, and
their names referred to Selective
Service. One of the four, an oper-
ator, also was referred to the War
Manpower Commission, indicating
that he would be denied certifi-
Gates of availability fol- employ
ment for the duration of the war.
Four strike leaders, discharged
last week and charged with viola
ton of the Smith-C Con lany Act,
were scheduled for hearillg s before
United Commissioner Norman j.
Griffin Monday All pleaded inno-
cent upon arrangement.
POLL REVEALS OPINION
STRIKERS NOT JUSTIFIED
The Evening Bulletin public
opinion poll reported Monday that
two men were to have conferred
on the recommendation few
weeks ago, but intervening events
prevented this. The matt -r was
then put down on the calendar
for last Wednesday.
Neither MCGEE or Collins could
be reached on Wednesday OF
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-19
ORGANIZE STATE
RECREATION ASSOCIATION


The Statewide Recreation Con-
ference which ended last Wednes-
day, at Campbell College here,
sponsored by the Mississippi Ne
gro War Recreation Committee,
Federal Security Agency, United
Service Organization and Fed
eral Public Housing Authority and
which was attended by 118 dele
gates from many sections of the
state including both professional
and volunteer workers in welfare
and recreation, representing USO,
YWCA, YMCA, Colleges, Schools,
Housing Projects and other or
CARNATIONS and institutions and
the first meeting of its kind TO be
held by Negroes in Mississippi was
hailed as an outstanding success
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-19
Delegates Leave
For National
Teachers Meeting

Prof. E. S. Bishop, of sCorinth,
President, Mississippi Association
of Teachers in Colored Schools,
Prof. A. A. Alexander, of Brook
haven, Treasurer, both of whom
had been working in connection
with the Summer School at Jack
son College, Prof. w w. Black
burn. Executive Secretary, Mates,
left the city early this week Tor
the meeting of the National Con-
gress of Negro Teachers which is
holding its annual meeting al
Tennessee State College in Nash
vile, Tenn.
Other delegates who are expect
ed to attend the meeting are w.
A. Higgins, Clarksdale, NJ. c. Dukes,
Indianola, and E. A. Eiland.
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POLL REVEALS OPINION
STRIKERS NOT JUSTIFIED

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White Virginia
Editor Again
Shocks Section
Two-Party System
Ur. / By Dabney
In Times Article

RICHMOND. Va. - CA N p
Virginius Dabney, widely known
editor of this city, has recently
startled the South again. First he
advocated a relaxation of Segrega-
ton, especially on transportation,
now he proposes that the south
forget the old solid SOUTH idea
and form a tWo-party system in an
article he recently wrote for the
New York Times magazine.
In supporting his contention for
a two-party system in the South,
Dabney said that both the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties are
angling for the Negro vote and
pointed ridicule at the South'S one
party stand by saying that every
body knows the South is safe and
little attention will be paid to it.
INCENTIYBs.E0SE
at should be clear to all that
the race problem no longer pro-
vides thinking Southerners with
an incentive to remain forever
faithful to the Democratic party
Dabney stated During the orgies
Of Reconstruction such faithful
ness was natural, and the expert
ences of that era were so poignant
as to influence members Of the
succeeding generation to follow in
the political footsteps of their
fathers. But today, when both ma
jor parties are angling desperate
ly for the Negro vote in national
elections, it does not make sense
for Southerners to keep on vot-
ing the Democratic ticket as a
means of maintaining white
supremacy"
Bosses" and "demagogues" can
easily thrive under the one
party system, the noted editor
pointed out. Another evil of the
single-party idea is the poll tax,
he said. In the Presidential election
of 1910 the percentage Of adults
WIZ NOUCO III lllC CiSAiO pun
states was considerably less than
one-third as great as that for
the rest of the nation He referred
to Kentucky as the lone southern
state where a two-party system
exists.
MORE INFLUENCE SEEN
Would strong Republican
party tend to create acute inter-
racial situations?" Dabney queried
would the Republicans and
Democrats begin bargaining for
the South's colored vote? 1t is
likely that the Negro citizen would
be more influential under such a
system than he is today. But that
will inevitably be true, whether OF
not the Democrats remain in full
| control"
| While the growth of the Repub-
lican party in the South would
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-12
Local Boards Have
Power On The 26-ers
Continued from Page u

ton industry probably would need
the most time to determine its
recommendations.
The office of rubber director al
ready has asked for about 100 to
safeguard synthetic rubber produc-
ton. Other "manpower claimant
agencies which will submit requests
for their fields of activity include
the Maritime Commission, Petro-
leum Administration for War, Board
of War Communications, War Food
Administration, Coordinator of Fish
cries, Army Service Forces, Navy
Department and War Production
Board
While the process is being COM
pleted, induction of men 26 and over
will continue to be suspended. Selec-
tive Service officials said the sus-
pension originally was meant to ap-
ply only to those in essential jobs
but that it Was up to the discretion
of state directors whether those in
non-essentlal jobs should also be
included. Many states were re-
ported to have stopped all indus
ton in the 1888 brackets to ex-
pedite the Job Of reclassifying the
younger group.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-12

NSO4ASAAASN AAOAk \ 0SS ~
running for the Democratic guber-
material nomination. On the Re-
publican side, however, Governor
Dwight Griswold, running for re-
nomination, was far ahead of his
opponent, William r. Brooks.
Returns from 1893 of the states
2,031 precincts gave Stassen 1885,
Dewey, 10,785; Willkie, 4,012.
Governor: Republican-Griswold,
1892; Brooks, 6,184. Democrat
Olsen, 10,250; Heaton, 9,865.
President Roosevelt, the only en-
trart on the Democratic ballot, had
1900 votes.
Dewey's popularity was evident
from the start of the vote count. He
took an early lead but this soon was
overcome by Stassen whose sup
porters waged an intensive cam
paign in his behalf.
The vote was one of the lightest
ever cast in a Nebraska primary
and on the basis of early returns
was not expected to exceed 100000.
Rain, snow and sleet combined with
an apathetic interest in the CAM
paign discouraged heavier turn
out.
Counting was slow because of the
huge number of candidates and
many of the precincts halted the
counting early in the evening.
No returns were available for the
individual delegate contests in the
congressional districts. Two states
of candidates were entered in the
delegate race. One pledged to vote
for Stassen on the first ballot at
the national convention in Chicago
and the other pledged to favorite
son Governor Griswold. The Repub-
leans elected Is delegates to the
convention and the Democrats IL.
Only one slate of candidates,
pledged to President Roosevelt, was
entered by the Democrats.
The see-saW race between Heaton
and Olsen for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination was a
surprise to political observers.
Heaton, young attorney from Sid
ney, had been expected to over
whelm Olsen, a perennial candi-
dates.
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tons Of debris.
A soldier on Through was drowned
at Bloomington, Ind, when he at
tempted to drive a taxicab across
a swollen creek. The driver of the
Taxi refused to drive the vehicle
across the stream and he rescued
the two other occupants.
Alabama experienced its most
severe storm near Birmingham
where tornado winds demolished at
least go homes. A young white wom-
an was killed and 10 persons were
injured at Childersburg and proper
ty damage was estimated in excess
Of 100000.
Oklahoma floods drove more than
1000 persons from their homes and
tornadoes killed one person at Cor
dell, Okla, and one at Hamilton,
Tex.
An aged woman was killed at
Nortonville, KY, when a high wind
ripped her home from its founda-
ton.
The high winds subsidized in the
midwest and the U. S. Weather Bu-
reau ordered the Great Lakes storm
warnings lowered early today. Heavy
rains continued in southern Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio, however, and an
average of two inches of additional
rainfall was expected from the mid
west, east to the Atlantic coast.
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Germany Admits Other
Full Devastating Hits
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Liberators yesterday made forced
landings in Sweden. Only one air
man was dead and a few slightly
injured. All were interned. Swedish
anti-aircraft batteries shot down
a twin-engined German fighter
plane believed to have been pursu-
ing Fortress.
American airrnen partly avenged
the loss of $50 of their comrades by
shooting down 1875 intercepting Ger
man planes in series of air battles
that ranged over tens of thousands
of square miles of Germany. Fort
resses and Liberators accounted
for IA.
When the number of German
planes destroyed on the ground and
the destruction of production facil-
tiles were added to the aircraft shot
down in combot, however, the re-
suits of the attacks Offset the losses
sustained.
The attacks on JunkerS 88 plants
at Oschersleben and Bernburg, both
within 95 miles southwest of Berlin,
disrupted reconstruction work and
wrought new destruction on fac
tories heavily blasted earlier this
year.
Detectives
Detectives bombed at RoStock and
ArnimSWald were identified merely
as industrial targets"
Some of the heaviest opposition,
both from fighters and anti-aircraft
defenses, were met by the forma-
tons of Fortresses which raided
Arnimswald. Upwards of 200 fight
erS attacked the raiders and their
escort of fighters repeatedly during
the entire 600-mile round trip across
Germany.
1T was plenty rough" First Lieut.
Robert l.. West Of (61 German lane)
Cincinnati. o., a navigator, said
Il saw from $50 to 200 fighters fol-
lowing us al lover Germany. / saw
seven Forts go down. FLAX was very
heavy. Our plane looks like sieve"
Ninth U. S. Air Force Thunder
bolt f1ghter-bomberS rounded out
the days attacks with bombing and
machine cunning attacks on enemy
airfields in northwestern France at
dusk. Three fighters were lost.
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Though Aachen also is vital
German arms city, the commu-
nique's reference to it as IAN i'm
portant railway center on one of
the main routes between Germany
and Belgium and northern France"
implied that most of the thousands
of demolition and fire bombs
dropped were aimed at switch yards,
rolling stock, repair shops and
other railway installations.
Gripping of German communica-
tions between defense Notifications
on the French and Belgian coasts
and supply and reinforcement de-
pots far inland long has been re-
garded as an all-important pre-
requisite for the success of any in
vasion of western Europe.
Record
Only "a hours earlier, 900 British
bombers dropped 4,032 short tons of
bombs on five railway functions in
France and Belgium in the heaviest
one-night assault ever made in air
history.
The Raj also made heavy raids
on French railway targets Sunday
night.
Last nights raids were the first
on Germany by the RATS heavy
weights since "a planes, the great
est loss ever suffered by an Allied
air fleet, were shot down in an at
tack on Nurnburg in the southern
Reich the night of March 80.
American Flying Fortresses and
Liberators suffered their second
heaviest loss of the war over Ger
many yesterday in far-fung attacks
on NaI aircraft plants as part of
the campaign to white down Ger
man air power, another major pre-
requisite to successful invasion of
western Europe.
Sixty -four American heavy bomb
ers and 16 fighters failed to return
from yesterdays 2,0OO-plane raids
on aircraft plants at Oschersleben
and Bernberg on the approaches to
Berlin, and industrial targets at
Rostock on the Baltic coast, Arnims-
valid, just east of Stettin, and else
where in Germany.
The toll of GA bomberS was only
four less than the record SO which
failed to return from a 2,OOO-ton
raid on the Berlin area March 6.
Five more fighters were lost in yes
terday's raid than were shot down
in the Berlin attack, but fighters
carry only one airman in contrast
to a bomber crew of 10.
Stockholm Reports
Stockholm dispatches said nine
Of the missing Flying FortresseS and
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ocratic organizations in general
outside the south where there still
was some murmuring of dissent
although no substantial evidence of
real opposition The New Jersey Or
ganization of Mayor Frank Hague
of Jersey City, and the illinois or
ganization of Mayor Edward j. KEEL
ly, of Chicago, are important fac
tors in the draft Roosevelt cam
paign now as in 1910.
Laughlin's statement followed by
48 hours bitter attack by two Tam
many district leaders upon his lead
ership of the New York organiza-
ton. John L. Buckley and Dennis
j. Mahon aSSailed Laughlin on
charges of "trafficking" with Rep.
Vito Marcantonio, American Labor
lite member of Congress from a Har-
lem constituency, whom they ac-
cuse of being a Communist intent
upon swelling American Labor par
ty strength at the expense of the
Democratic party.
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be decided by a primary vote next
Wednesday, April 10, charged that
Mr. Wallace was dictated t. by GER
tain interests. Following the
charges Sen. Tobin stated that he
was an independent and was not
dictated to by aoynne" adding that
he "had conscience of my own"
Opposing forces are rapidly shap-
ing up their efforts for the final
days of the campaign. 1t was re-
ported today that meetings of party
workers and town committee men,
bers of the Wallace For Senator
campaigners in the 4th and 5th
wards will meet tomorrow night and
Friday night at the Wallace head
quarters in the Waterbury National
Bank Bldg.
Districts /, 2, 3 and of ward
will meet tomorrow night at head
quarters at $3.50 while on Friday
night sectional meetings will be held
when at 7::30 districts /, and 3 of
the 5th ward will meet, and dis
tricts 4, S, 6 and of the 5th will
meet at headquarters at $3.50.
Martin j. Tehan is chairman of
the Wallace For Senator forces
while William J. Tehar. ii in nnnn
while William j. Cavanaugh who
opposed Mayor Monagan in last
years primary contest is publicity
agent and political manager for
Senator Tobin.