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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-12
Navy Giving Serious Attention" To The
Admission Of Race Women Says Secretary
Teachers To
Meet At Tenn.
State College

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - (SNS)
- Program plans nave been COM
pleted for the 41st annual con-
vention CT The American Teach
ers Association to be held at tbs
Tennessee A. and I. State College
at Nashville. beginning Tuesday
night, August Is and extending
through Thursday night, August
II.
The Tusedav night opening ses-
sion will in Jude greetings from
President Walter S. Davis of the
host institution. from Miss Lucie
Campbell president Of The Tenn
essee Negro Filtration .Associa-
ton and from Mr. Ed Turner
Of the State Department of Ed
ucation, the address of the Alta
president, Miss Mary L. Williams
of Charleston, West Virginia and
the keynote address on the con-
venticn theme. SOME NEXT
STEPS IN AMERICAN EDUCA-
TON, hv. Ms. I,ucv Harth Smith
cf Lexington Kentucky, who is
the president or the KENTUCKY
Negro Fduction Association Mrs
lillian Pogers- johnson. Alta re-
aionaI vice president of Clarks-
dole, Mississippi viii he the pre-
siding } fficer for this opening
session.
The Wednesday night general
session will featuSe the rresenta-
ton and SYMPOSIUM. discussl>n
Of the special Alta research COM
nittee which has been STUDYING
the educational and racial impli-
cations Of the problem Of reject.
ions for military service and
which will present a 50 rage
printed report which has been
prerared under the committee
Craftsmanship of DR.. Martin D.
Jenkins, Associate Professor os
Education at Howard University
For the con- l1ding general ses-
sion on Thursday night. the
sneakers will he Dr. Willard E.
CiivenS. Executive Secretarv Of the
National Education Association
and DR.. FELTON, C.. Clark president
Of Southern University.
The official business of the as
sociatior VI l b dispatched
throl1eh the Delegate Assembly in
sessions on Wednesday and Thurs
Gay afternoons. The new officers
for 1944-d5 are to be nominated
at the Wednesday afternoon ses-
sion.
The National CONGRESS- of Colcr.
ed Parents and Teachers viii
hold its annual meeting on Mon
dav and Tuesday preceding the
oneuine OF the Alta on Tuesday
night August Is.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-12

The letter was in response to a
five-page memorandum sent by
the AKA Council to the Secretary
of the Navy suggesting specific
procedure by which Negro women
can be integrated into the Nays
auxiliary services.
WIDELY CIRCULATED
The name was evidently widely
circulated among the higher Off
GERS of the Navy Department, be-
cause in addition to Miss Maca-
fees letter, the AKA Council re-
ceived a reply from Rear Admiral
L. E. Denfield, Assistant Chief of
the Bureau of Naval Personnel,
which stated:
"Your comments and recon-
mendations on these subjects (ad-
mission of Negro women are ap-
preciated. The Navy personnel
which has been studying the mat
ter is thinking along the same
lines and is Interested to have this
succinct and practical formulation
of your point of view"
The AKA Councils memo stated
that persons experienced in per-
sonnet administration. with special
reference to race relations, who
have had recent and continuing
experience in the development of
constructive programs for inte-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-12

NEW YCRK-(ANP)- The Ma
tional Urban League through its
department Of public ed'tation
has called attention to tnn increas-
ing need for trained nurses in this
countr- md TO the att active
training facilities which are now
available. Relaxation of restrictions
which were cnce common in the
armed forces hcs made it possible
fer vourg women 20 Offer thc;r
sfrvices in he United State. Cadet
orpS.
At the present time thS corps,
IN New York City and in other
cities, is ma>ing an urgent appea'
Tor young women between the ages
of II and IS. Included among the
inducements are the nurses uni
form, complete tuition, room and
hoard, and the regular monthly al
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-12

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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-12
YWCA Sincere Over
Racial Solution

Miss Dorothy Height. executive
secretary Of the Phyllis Wheatlcy
YWCA here has accepted appoint
ment as executive secretary for
interracial education with the ma
tional YWCA Board effective the
latter part of September or the
first of October She has SUBJ
mitted her resignation to the local
y.
At the Eastern regional meet
ing. Miss Myra Smith of New
York presented a report TO the 100
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-12
Late Morning Brunch Is a
Hot Weather Party Hunch
Ham And Bacon Stacks Made 10
Order For This New Delicacy

Place in baking dish and bake In
$50 degree F. oven for one hour.
Serves five.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-12
63 Negro Women In
USO Organization

NEW YORK -(ANP) - Sixty
three NEGRO yemen in various
parts of the United States are
now actively ENGAGED ir the
United States organizations ac-
tivities under the iurisdio ton of
the nationol board of the Y. w. c.
A.. the current information hulle-
tin Of the association states
Twentv-two are serving as direc-
tors: 81 are working as assistant
directors of centers, while Ia are
staff assistants.
There are 260 white women en-
eaed in the same type of activi-
ties, the bulletin reveals. Centers
are located in 100 communities
with 235 different operations.
Three mobile units and 10 trans
oceanic recTeational places are
other parts of the Y. w. c.. AS
cooperative activity with the USO.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-12
BY HARRY McALPN

WASHINGTON, D. C-CNNPA)-
The national YWCA, which dis
cussed at Eastern regional meet
ing in Atlantic City in April a
recommendation for the creation
of interracial committees to bridge
the gap between Negroes and
white persons and full civil rights
fer Negroes, has taken the first step
toward accomplishment of these
recommendations it was learned
this week.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-12
Reef-Sausage and Apple Patties

Reef-sausage and Apple Patties
lbpound ground beef
| pound pork sausage
l egg, beaten
6 round apple slices, cored
Combine meat and egg ana
shape into II pattieS. Place I'M
cooked apple slices between two
patties. Broil at high temperature
until brown on both sides. Bake
at $50 degrees F. until apple is
tender. If apples are sour sprinkle
brown sugar on them. Serves 6.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-12
Five-Page Memo
Issued BY AKAs

WASHINGTON, D. SNS)-Secretary of the
Navy James Forresta giving his Serious attention to
the admission of Negro into the WAVES, SPARS
and MARINES according to letter written last week by
Lieut. Commander Mildred MacAfee of the WAVES to
Mrs Thomasira W. Johnson of the AKA Non-Partlsan
Council.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-12

Write plainly SIZE, NAME, ADJ
DRESS, STLYE NUMBER.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS more for
the Marian Martin new and bigger
Summer Pattern Book. 32-Pages,
easy-to-make styles. Free pattern
printed in book.
Evening star., 1944-10-16
Temperature Drops
To Is in Suburbs

Washington and the surrounding
area experienced the lowest tenn
peratures of the sason this morning
when the mercury dropped to 36
degrees in the District at 7:30 am,
and to Is degrees in the Hyattsville
area. A reading of 20 degrees was
recorded at Baileys Cross Roads
Va, during the early morning hours
The forecast for today was con-
tinued cool and clear, with the days
high temperature predicted in the
middle Sos at 3 pm. and low to-
night of 40 degrees. 1t will be
slightly warmer tomorrow with con-
tinued clear weather, officials of the
Weather Bureau said.
A heavy frost was experienced in
some of the nearby counties, ending
the growing season in those areas,
Weather Bureau officials said. While
today's frost was recorded about a
week earlier than the seasons first
killing frost" usually occurs, it
broke no records. The earliest re-
corded killing frost" occurred on
October 2, 1899.
A pinch snow blanketed areas in
northern, central and southern por-
tions of New York yesterday and
last night, according to the Associ-
ated Press. Below-freezing tempera-
lures were forecast across that State
for this morning.
Evening star., 1944-10-16
Funeral Rites Today
For Il. Daniel Dodd

Funeral services for 1t. Daniel
Dodd, 4705 Morgan drive, Chevy
Chase, Md. whose body was found
Thursday in lake in Byrd Park,
Richmond, were to be held at 2 pm.
today at the Fort Myer Chapel, with
burial following in Arlington Gene
terry.
Meanwhile, Richmond police said
they were seeking to determine
where 1t. Dodd had spent the time
between October and the day his
body was found floating in the arti-
fetal lake.
Police said their investigation was
continued after Army authorities an
nounced Saturday that the officer
had died of "asphyxia." City Coro-
ner r. H. Wilson, who said the Army
had not elaborated on the cause Of
death, said he had signed a certifi-
cate listing the death as "asphyxia. :"
o. D. Carton, head of the Rich
mond detective bureau, said a rail-
road ticket found among 1t. Dodd's
effects, indicated he had arrived in
Richmond October 8.
The coroner reported there was a
wound on the officers forehead and
slight mark on his neck. He said
the wound could have been caused
by the officers fall into the lake. and
the mark could have been made by
those who recovered the body.
1t. Dodd, who had been a security
officer on convoy duty, is survived
by his mother, Mrs. Sadie Dodd, of
the Chevy Chase address, and a
sister, Mrs F. B. Marbut, Kent, Ohio.
Evening star., 1944-10-16
2 Government Employees End
Brief Roles Behind FootIiqhts
J. M. Dewhirst and
Dell Floyd Fulfilled
Ambition at National

The workaday world began again
today for two Government employees
who have just spent two weeks
having the time OF their lives.
During the run of Ethel Barry
more in "Embezzled Heaven" at
the National Theater, Dell Floyd,
1700 North Taylor street, Arlington,
Va, and j. M. Dewhirst, 428 Manor
place NV, have played the parts
OF the two cardinals who lead the
Pope onto the stage in the final
act.
The men admit the parts weren't
anything to write home about-ap-
proximately Is minutes on the stage
and no lines. But during the past
two weeks, they were actually part
of the theater-a couple of real
actors who got paid, had a dressing
room to themselves and were allowed
to mingle with the regular troupe.
Mr.. Floyd is an attorney with
the Justice Department. He also
is vice president of the Shakes
peare Society of Washington and
president of the Readers Club, both
dramatic groups. Mr.. Dewhirst is
an auditor with the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue.
Read to Prospectors.
Mr.. Floyd first became interested
in the theater when he was a
youngster in his home town of
Seattle. Then, in 1908, he went up
to Alaska and spent a couple of
years looking for gold. At night,
he would round up an audience of
prospectors and read Shakespeare
to them.
He went back to Seattle and
studied law. He had played around
with the idea of making a career
in the theater. but considered the
prospects too uncertain. He came
to Washington in 1922 to represent
some Alaska Indians in a land
claim case. During the six months
he was busy with the litigation, he
passed civil service examination
and was offered legal job in the
Justice Department. So he Just
stayed on.
Il still look around sometimes" he
said, and wonder what I'm doing
here"
Has Numerous Activities.
Actually, Mr.. Floyd has a wide list
of activities. including the Shakes
pearean group, the Readers Club
and various other amateur theatrical
groups. Normally, the Shakespeare
Society puts on about six of the
authors productions every year.
During the war, the average is about
Evening star., 1944-10-16
High Court Refuses Review
In Staying Of Policeman

The Supreme Court today refused
to review the conviction of Monroe
D. Nicely, IS, colored, sentenced to
die January 26 for the murder Of
Policeman Charles r. Johnston in
May. l943 Barring presidential
clemency, today's action probably
ends Neely's fight to escape execu-
ton.
Nicely was convicted of killing the
policeman in house in the 500
block of Twenty first street NE,
where Patrolman Johnston had
been called to stop fight. Neely
previously had shot his wife, it was
charged.
Nicely was originally sentenced to
be electrocuted on June 2, but the
execution was postponed until Oc-
tober pending the decision of the
Court of Appeals. When the Appel
late Court upheld the conviction a
further delay was granted to permit
the appeal to the Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1944-10-16
Children Turn SuIesmen to Aid
Cleveland Park Library Fund

About 100 children from the Cleve-
land Park area have turned sales
men to help raise funds for a Cleye-
land Park Library site. The cam
paign Is sponsored by the Connects
cut Avenue Citizens Association.
They have tackled the job Of sell
ing $500 tickets to a benefit per-
formance at 1890 am. Saturday of
Walt Disney's "Bafnbi" at the Up
town Theater, 3426 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV Waiter Cersley. theater
manager, is providing the Aim.
"A very good percentage" Of the
tickets have been sold, Mrs. l.. M.
Sandwich, chairman of the movie
committee. reports The children
have all co-operated beautifully, !"
Evening star., 1944-10-16

during maneuvers in England. The
leg was burned away. He's been in
hospitals 13 months, been operated
on 13 times as Army doctors tried
vainly to save his knee.
After all that. he doesn't think
anybody owes him anything and
that's what he's trying to make
clear to the men at Forest Glen.
He reminds them their job primarily
is to help themselves rather than to
look for help, to stand on their own
two feet-even if one is artificial.
And how did a 23-year-old who
left his acting career in a burning
plane arrive at that point of view?
"A doc in England told me you
could be kicked upstairs as well as
downstairs by thing like this and
it's up to you which way you let
this kick you" he explained, hitch
ing his good leg UP to sit tailor
fashion.
"Of course I'm sorry I lost my
leg, but the boy I was flying with
was burned all the way across his
face, so I'm not as bad off as he is.
Personally, I think this has done
me some good. You see, I'm awfully
lazy and there are just enough
things I won't be able to do that Ill
spend more time working"
For all his talk of laziness. 1t.
Drew spent a good part Of his 30
day leave at home in Connecticut
touring war plants to learn what
plans the companies had made for
returning veterans, particularly the
disabled ones. He wanted the in
formation, neatly set out in the an
swers to questionnaire he prepared
himself SO he could pass it on to the
men at Forest Glen. .
In his latest talk before them, he
told them they were all wrong to
set themselves off from civilians,
that they were civilians themselves,
or soon would be.
When some of the men raised the
point of personal injustice-that
they had lost limbs and had a fam
lily to support while others had
stayed home and didn't have to
worry about their wife and children
he countered this way:
Those are the things that hap
pen and there's nothing you can do
about 1t. You just have to concen-
trate on the things you do have con-
troll over-decide what you want to
do and how you can sell yourself
best to get it,
1t. Drew already has decided what
he wants to do He's going to Co.
lumbia University with the idea
that ultimately he will write for
the stage.
Draping his broad frame over his
crutches, he grinned, II wasn't a
very good actor. anyhow"
Evening star., 1944-10-16

she added. '4The Girl Scout troops in
the schools nearby have been espe-
cially helpful"
All children who sell 10 tickets viii
receive free ticket. The 20 junior
salesmen who sell the most will
receive children's books written and
autographed by Washington authors.
Tickets to the performance are Is
cents for those under IL and so
cents for all above that age. The
citizens share of the fund for the
library site has been fixed at $50 900.
Another $4,000 is to be given by
the District government. A $751;.
500 building will be erected on the
site at Macomb and Newark streets
NV. after the war, Julian Boiling.
Library Committee chairman, said.
Evening star., 1944-10-16
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|16Apartn1ents
Bill Collector Shouts
Warning in Halls !;
Cos Fed BIoze

A two-alarm fire fed by gas fiow-
ing from burned-out gas meters
today drove occupants from l6-
unit brick apartment building after
a passerby noticed smoke and ran
through the building shouting fire"
Credited with warning residents
and turning in the alarm in time
to halt the spread of the fire was
Joel Winston, a bill collector of 1913
Webster street NV, who said he
was passing when he saw smoke
pouring out of the basement of the
apartment at 134l East Capitol
street.
According to Fire Marshal r. C..
Roberts, the fire originated In a
pile of papers in the basement and
burned out several gas meters. Gas
flowing from the meters fed the
flames until firemen were able to
shut off the meters.
Paper Was Salvaged.
A colored janitor, who was on the
third floor when the fire broke out,
saiG he had stored six bales of paper
in the basement for delivery to the
paper salvage campaign.
The fire marshal said the damage
from the fire was slight and was
confined almost entirely to the
basement.
Dense smoke filling the corridors,
however, forced apartment residents
to leave the building by way of fire
escapes. One resident, Mrs. Mae
Dorr, had to be led down a fire
escape from her third-f floor apart
ment by one of the firemen.
Three roommates in a second
floor apartment, the Misses Mar
garet Schultz, Cleo Parron and Lu-
cille Van Wrinkle, fed down a back
fire escape in nightgowns and robes.
Mrs. Genevieve Hawes said she was
half way down q fire escape from
her third-floor apartment when
she remembered she had left behind
her Scottie dog. She climbed back
to get the dog.
Canary Carried to Safety.
Another resident. Mrs. Annie
Gardner, carried her canary to
safety.
Six engine companies. two fire
trucks and the No. l Rescue Squad
responded to the alarms. All avail
able police from the Fifth Precinct
were called as more than a dozen
streetcars were blocked by fire lines
on East Capitol street.
Police said the building is owned
by Harry A. Layne, 627 Dahlia
street NV.
Evening star., 1944-10-16
Garbage Station Plan
In Southeast Again
Is Defended by Young
Commissioner Attacks
Business Group for
Calling Project Eyesore

Commissioner John Russell Young
today filed with the House District
Committee a reiterated defense of
the Commissioners plans for con-
struction of new garbage transfer
station on its present site at New
Jersey avenue and K street Sc
a project under fire from the South
east Businessmen's Association.
The District Appropriation Act of
this year provides funds for studies
and plans for the project.
Commissioner Young, in a letter
to Chairman Randolph of the
House District Committee, took ex-
ception to letter to the commit
tee in which Arthur j. Shaffer,
vice president of the businessmen S
group. continued to refer to the
proposed improvement as IAN eye
sore"
"Architecturally Pleasing"
Notwithstanding our previous
assurances as to the type of de-
velopment planned for the site"
Mr.. Young wrote. "the association
continues to refer to the proposed
improvement as an eyesore and a
nuisance. AS a matter of fact, the
proposed structure will be archi-
tecturally pleasing and will include
devices to control odors.
"Of course, nothing can be done
regarding odors from trucks in
transit, a problem that would be ag-
gravated by longer haul to a site
in the Buzzard Point area"
Mr.. Young said the decision to
build the new plant at it's present
location had been reached after a
survey of alternate sites through
out the city. The New Jersey ave-
nue. location, he said, was found to
be more advantageous to the Dis
trict as whole"
Location Is "ObnOxiOus."
Mr.. Shaffer, in an earlier letter to
Mr.. Randolph, had declared the
Commissioners, supported by the
Park and Planning Commission,
were adhering to the New Jersey
avenue site for reasons of economy,
since the site was already Govern
ment-owned.
Both agencies, however, he con-
tended, have disregarded the fact
that the retention of this location
for new plant is not only OBJ
noxious to the legislative body of the
Federal Government within seven
blocks of the Capitol, but will con-
tinue to depreciate values of ada
cent residential properties to such
an extent there will be an entire
loss OF tax revenues to the District
in the near future, which undoubt-
edly will offset the cost of reloca-
ton of the plant in different area /"
He said his association also made
a survey and found three sites in an
industrial area and within a half
mile OF the present location which
were deemed more suitable. These
were in the Buzzard Point area.
Mr.. Shaffer also criticized the plan
ming commission for insisting on
the present garbage transfer station
location while at the same time urg-
ing rehabilitation" of the sections
near the transfer station.
Evening star., 1944-10-16
District. GirIs Model
New STYLES at Trinity

Five girls from the District area
were among the woman students of
Trinity College who held fashion
show for other students in the col
lege social room yesterday.
Participating in the show as mod
els were Miss Grace Ryan, Miss
Marcella Kelley, Miss Jane Gala
han, who modelled wool dresses;
Miss Mary Garvey. who wore
wool suit. and Miss Charlotte MUIR
ply. who modelled an evening gown.
Evening star., 1944-10-16
|WkC Warns
|0f Tighter Curb
Immigration
Rules Requiring
USES Clearance
Will Be Enforced

The War Manpower Commission
warned today that it will enforce
its controls over migration, requir-
ing workers to provide evidence Of
availability before they can be
placed on permanent jobs in other
communities.
While controls over migration
have been in effect for many
months, 1t was explained, there had
been some relaxation in enforce
ment in some communities and
USES placement officers have been
using their discretion about placing
workers who did not exhibit state
ments of availability.
The new tightening policy, it
was explained, is designed to guide
workers to the most critical Jobs,
either in their own communities
or elsewhere, by insisting they visit
the USES before they leave town
1t was emphasized that the USES
could help them decide where they
could be most useful to the war
effort.
How Policy Works.
: In line with the new national
policy, the Washington area VINO
announced that worker leaving
here to find job in another local
ity cannot be referred by the USES
in the city of his choice to any but
a temporary job in an essential ac-
tivity if he does not have a state
ment of availability with him.
The USES in Washington then
will be asked whether it Is willing
to send the worker a statement OF
availability. If the Washington
USES decides the worker should not
have left town, that he cannot be
spared, it will refuse to send him
the statement and the worker is
then required to quit his temporary
job and stay unemployed for so
days.
USES Can Enforce Control.
The tighter controls, it was ex-
planned, can be enforced because
all male workers in the country now
must be channeled to work through
the USES.
1T is the purpose of the present
tightening-up ORDER said Area
VINO Director Ernest v. Connolly.
ito discourage the movements OF
labor out of areas such as this
by making it difficult for a worker
to secure employment in another
place unless he has a statement of
availability, which is the equivalent
OF statement that he is no longer
needed, from his former employer" :"
For the past year, Mr.. Connolly
disclosed, workers have been leaving
Washington at greaer rate than
they have been arriving.