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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-21

Not that Henry isn't Ct nice,
friendly fellow. He is. And that's
the very reason why he's nursing
L red, swollen right hand!
You see, Henry bought Ct lew
shares OF stock in this company
last week. Then he decided that
the neighborlY thing wus to GO
out and meet some Of his new
business partners.
So he got q list Of the folks who
hove some OF their savings in our
business. He wos q little sturtlcd
TO find that there were over 5000
OF them. But he omitted oil OK
ccpt the 5000 living in the ter
rjtorY served by the company.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-21

Then Wurin hcmted Henry
started out He shook hands with
doctors. dentists, druqgists-with
BARRIERS, butchers. bookkeepers.
He introduced himself to formers,
fircmon. moilmcn, ministers. He
met q lot Of housewives. nurses.
After Henry had finished shuk-
ing hands with oil those people,
he went wedrilY home to soak his
aching drm. And he realized
dguin, what many folks forget
that companies like this ore
really owned by the same people
they serve.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-21

Ne" Report To the Station" oni,iarGrre rc:rt
f'oc,6n ci ihc ;rcct. crc,y u rfrc,dqv crcnip,
W:i0. E.UT.. Coiambi1 E,anj,o,,;y, .yy,,ey
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
.Re-examining
Of Rejected Men
Being Made

Local boards of selective service
have been directed to order for
preinduction physical examination
all men who were rejected at the
induction station who had been
previously accepted after prein-
duction physical examination. Also
all men who have been discharged
from the armed forces with less
than go days active service and all
men discharged with no active SER
vice such as A12 and VIZ students
who have seen no active duty will
be called for preinduction physical
examination to determine their ac-
ceptability at this time.
Col. L. w Long, state director of
selective service, stated that the
only exceptions to this would be
those with obvious physical de-
fects and those in the older age
groups who would warrant defer
ment under present policies.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
jackson Man
Completes Three
Years Army Work

With u. S. Army bases in the
South Pacific = Cpl K. D. Hatch
EFT has just completed three years
of service in the arme dforces. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. King
David of 504 Ash street, Jackson.
His only brother, James, was CIV
en- a medical discharge last month.
Cpl Hatchett attended high
school in Yazoo City Later he
worked as a clerk in drug store
until his being inducted in the
army in October, 1941.
Cpl Hatchett took his basic train
ing at Cap Wheeler, Ga, then was
transferred to Fort Riley, Kans.,
to Quartermaster detachment
where most of his work was in re-
clamation of salvage. In Septem-
ber, 1943, he was transferred to
Fort Warren, Wyo., and assigned to
his present duties with a quarter
master service company. He arriv-
ed overseas in May of 1914. Cpl
Hatchett received his promotion to
Cpl. while in Fort Warren. He is
proud of his first ''fogey" but hopes
the war will be over before he
receives another.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
Belgians Instructed
In Handling Of
Vital Supplies

With the First U. S. Army At
the erman Border-A few miles be-
hin dthe lines af battle here, back
in a Belgian town, a Negro Quar-
termaster Service Company is en-
gagged in instructing Begians in the
proper handling Of vital American
Army supplies, as Lieutenant Gen
eral Courtney H. Hodges, First
Army, continues the all-out thrust
into the heart of ermany.
These supplies play a No. | prior
lily part in whatever this mighty
Army does, and it is essential that
nothing stand in the way Of get
ting them to his units in combat,
and getting them there fast. There
fore somebody had to take the job
Of teaching our augmented supply
units, which are now being aided
in both France and Belgium by
the natives of those liberated coun-
tries.
So that they would receive the
best possible training, care was
used in the selection of the unit
which was to teac hthenl, and So
because of its own past record in
handling supplies since June so
when it came ashore on a Nor
mandy beach, this Quartermaster
Service Company was chosen
Twenty of its members are instruct
ing the Belgians at a large rail
head depot, within hearing distance
of the big guns of the First Army
artillery.
The unit is part Of battalion
and operates along the Meuse River
as well as at the depot farther
along the fornt 1t is commanded
by Captain John F. Hesler, white
It's primary mission. is the opera
ton of Glass / depot, which con
sists of food and fuel.
Among the enlisted men who are
part of this unit are: Staff Ser
geant Rogers DuPree, 2749 Sher-
man, Kansas City, Kansas; Tech
nician Fourth Grade Woodrow
Lindsay 1889 Argone Avenue, For
Worth, Texas; Corporal JOSEPH
Dreaux, 521 DuFossett Street, New
Orleans, louisiana; Private FRS
Class Fred Randall, 369 Kennedy
Street, Mobile, Alabama; and Pri
vate First Glass Woodrow Jones
Rout 4, Box 6, st. Augustine, Texas
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
Negro Tractor
Cowboys Invade
Northern France

A Port of Liberated France -
Mounted on the saddle seats of their
bronco tractors, crack Negro ma
chine operators of the 557th Port
Company here recently participat-
ed in the first United States army
tractor convoy in France.
These small, snout nosed vehi-
cles are equipped wit hgiant rear
tires and on short hauls out pull
21a ton trucks. Capable Of tugging
a weight of 13 tons, they are used
extensively for quayside operations
at this giant allied harbor, handling
rations, clothes and engineer equip
ment, as well as combat materials.
The invasion's initial tractor con-
voy lugged vitally needed equip
ment eight miles. Scores of the ma
chimes were used in this job.
I'VE can out pull truck any
day." boasted tractor cowboy Sgt.
John Robinson of Port Arthur, Tex.
Trucks" emphasized Cpl. w. c.
Simmons of Aiquippa, Pa, may be
faster, but they can't handle any
thing near the load our broncs
pull"
The doughty little vehicles are
operated on a "A hour a day sche-
dule. with two 12 hour shifts, of
operators assigned to them.
The first convoy, winding over
the SCARED highways Of northern
France nearly mile, carried en-
ginner bridgework and heavy dy-
namos.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
Soldiers in Belgium
Operate Railhead
Near German Line

With the First U. S. Army In
Belgiun-Anlid the huge noun
tains of supplies of all kinds intend
ed for use by front line units of
this army, now across the German
border, the all Negro 3170th ON
service company is one of the two
companies of ON group assigned
to the operation of a large rail-
way yard, which was recently used
by the Germans as marshalling
center. 1t now serves the First
Army as one of its distribution
points, receiving freight by rail
from the French coast over routes
opened by the army's transporta-
ton corps.
In the distance can be seen the
ridge which separates this part OF
Belgium from the present day bor-
ders of Germany. Once this same
station was actually in Germany,
but the area was divorced from the
Reich after the World War. 1t is
now a class III depot.
The ON group is under the COM
mand of 1t. Col K. F.. Keverin.
white, of Twin Falls, Idaho.
Two Negro warrant officers oper-
ate in group headquarters. They are
warrant officers, (jg) r. E. Gayle,
of New Orleans and H. C. Crockett
of Waterloo, Iowa.
First Sergeant of the 3170th is
LaVerne Reed, of Columbus Ohio;
the supply sergeant is Staff Ser
geant Curtis Watson of Columbus,
Ohio; the company clerk, and unit
reporter is Cpl. Earl Higgins, Of
Black Fork, Ohio. Staff Sergeant
Preston Emory of st. Louis, is the
mess sergeant.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
Name Liberty Ship
For More Negroes
Who Lost Lives

The names of three more Negro
merchant seamen who lost their
lives as result of direct enemy
action are included in the latest
list of names for the last 100 Lib
erty ships under the present con-
struction program, the United
States Maritime Commission an
nounced this week. This makes a
total of eighteen Liberty ships to
be named for Negro merchant sea-
men, and other outstanding Ameri-
can Negroes.
Assigned to the j. H. Jones Con-
structpn Company, of Brunswick,
Ca, are the SIS Robert J. Banks and
the SIS William Cox. The other
Liberty ship, which is being built
by the New England Shipbuilding
Corporation, of South Portland,
Me-, is the SIS George A. Lawson.
The SIS Robert j. Banks is nam
ed in honor of a messman on the
SIS South America, which was tor
pedoed and sunk April 10, 1912.
Banks was born in Philadelphia
on May %, 1917. His other, Mrs.
Julia Lively, lives at Healy's Post
Office, Va.
The SIS William Cox is named for
a fireman on the SIS David A. At
water, which was shelled and sunk
April 2. 1912. Cox was born in
Carlo, Ga, March 90, 1898. He is
survived by his wide, Mrs Arlee
Cox, of $50 Indiana street, Savan-
nah, Ga.
The SIS George A. Lawson is
naed for a messman of the Tugboat
Memominee, which was torpedoed
and sunk March 81, 1912. His mo-
ther, Mrs. Glenwood Lawson, re-
sides at Burgess Store, Va. Lawson
was born at Burgess Store on No
vember 16, 1918.
Dates for the lunching of these
three vessels have not been set.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
Georgia Workers
Work Without Paw
On Christmas

Needing the plea of President
Roosevelt for war workers to stick
to their jobs and keep the muni-
tions flowing, more than 500 ship
yard workers of the J. H. Jones
Construction Company volunteered
to work without pay at the Burns
wick, Ga, shipyard on Christmas
day to speed the construction of the
first Liberty ship named for a
Negro and built in that establish
ment.
The ship is the SIS William Cox,
and it was named for a Negro fire
man Who'll ost his life when the SIS
David A. Atwater was shelled and
sunk April 2, 1912. Cox, native
of Cairo, Ga, was born March 29
1898. He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Arlee Cox, of $50 Indiana
street, Savannah, Ga.
The volunteer drive for Christ
mas work on the ship without pay
as gift to the boys overseas" be-
gan with 80 shipfitters in the paro
and rapidly spread to more than
500 Negro and white workers, Emil
J. Krapt, general manager of the
yard, revealed. The completion OF
the ship will mark up seven Lib
erty ships in December for the
yard.
In his plea to war workers Fri.
day, December %, President Roo.
Sevelt said:
I'VE can best help the Christmas
season of our fighting men if we
carry on our respective tasks, do.
ing those things which will con.
tribute to winning the war at the
earliest possible moment.
Therefore, I urge that each Of
us resolve to keep on the job ano
maintain the steady output of sup.
plies needed by our men on the
fighting fronts"
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
FSA Holds Line Against Land
Initiation

With careful search, some good
farms can still be bought at fair
prices despite higher land values,
says the Farm Security Admins
tration; in reporting that 1869 farm
purchases made during the last fis-
cal year, under the Bankhead-Jon
Farm Tenant Act, were based on
its policy of holding the line against
land idflation.
But with farm land values in
many areas approaching boom le-
vels, tenant purchase loan appli-
cants, who must find for them
selves the farms they wish to pur-
chase, experienced more difficulty
last year in locating farms that
measured up to FSA standards and
could be bought at prices FSA
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
CT Joe's Post War Plans

Seven per cent of the men now
in the army have definite plans
for operating a business and five
per cent plan on farms, according
to survey conducted among troops
in the United States and overseas
by the Information Of Education
Division, Army service forces. For
the most part they are interested
primarily in relatively small en-
terprises, with half of these having
definite plans saying that they will
invest $4,000 or less.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
jackson Man Is
In Florida Hospital

-
Daytona Beach, Fla.-Pvt. Willie
Griffin, Jr., who formerly lived in
Jackson, has recently arrived at
Welch Convalescent hospital, the
army's new reconditioning center
in Daytona Beach. The carefully
planned reconditioning program
here will speed his convalescence
and assist his return to good health.
The son of Willie Griffin, Sr.,
of Pocahontas, the Welch soldier
was formerly employed at the Mis-
sissippi Ordnance Plant, Flora, pri-
or to his entry into the service in
February. 1943, at Camp Shelby.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30


ged under certain conditions, those
qualified for Glass IVD ministerial
stude1-s or ministers, those quail
fled for Glass IVB certain elected
officials and those
qualified for Class I'VE, conscien-
tious objectors to war.
Col. L. w. Long, state director
of selective service, stated that
these men were expected to pro-
secute the war effort, even though
they had been declared not avail
able by the armed forces, due to
the critical phase of the war and
farm production at this time.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
Men 50 and Over
Reclassified By
Draft Boards

State Headquarters of selective
service announced that all regist-
rants who had reached the 38th
anniversary of their birth were be-
ing reclassified by the local boards
as not available for service because
Of age. These registrants are clas-
sified is Glass IVA, except those
qualified for Class &c, in the armed
forces or not dishonorably dischar-
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
Negroes on Leyte
Entered Hell" to
Save Ammunition

With the 96th Division, Some
where in the Philippines = Negro
soldiers have played an important
role in the landings in the Philip
pines, the War Department reveal
ed for the first time.
Two members of an amphibious
tractor unit attached to the Goth
Division distinguished themselves
by entering an ammunition dump
which had caught flle and saved
from destruction three huge am
phibious trucks loaded with NOR
tar and artillery shells.
Staff Sergeant Robert Jones,
Roxbury, Mass, says of the men,
Sgt. Clarence Jackson, Washington,
D. c., and Tech. 5th grade Samuel
Bryant, New York City, They en-
tered living hell to save the am
munition."
Sharing in the general praise Civ
en- to their amphibious tractor unit
which plowed through muddy
roads and terrain thought impas-
sable to bring up supplies and am
munition are Technician Fourth
Grade p. E. Anderson of New York;
Technician Fifth Grade w. H.
| Holland of New York; Technician
Fifth Grade Leonard, New York;
Technician Fifth Grade Allen
Smith, of New York; Technical
Fourth Grade Daniel j. Everett,
Rams Inn, N. j., and Pvt. Everett
Elan, Broomfield, N. J.
Technician Fifth Grade N. L.
Gentry, Champlain, N. W., Techni-
clan Fourth Grade Robert Mccain
ey. and Technical Fourth Grade
Robert Wiley, all of Washington,
D. G.
Pfc. David Mitchell of Philadel-
phia, and Sgt. Samuel Binkins of
Washington, D. c., members of a
! transportation corps unit, killed a
Jan sniper infesting their bivOuac
area. Later they narrowly escaped
death when their jeep, carrying a
casualty to the hospital, hit a
mine, throwing them from their We
hicle.
Negroes in the beach party land
ing in the vicinity of Dulag were
warmly greeted by the Filipinos.
Their admiration for Negroes arose
from the heoric deeds of Negro
guerilla, Joe George of San Fran
cisco, who came to the Philippines
prior to the war. Marrying a Fill
pion woman in Tacloban, he be-
came a popular local figure He set
up a trucking service between the
towns of Dulag and Tacloban on the
island of Leyte.
| After the fall of Bataan, he used
| his truck to supply Filipino guer-
| illas operating in the hills. Cap
tured by the Japs and sentenced
to be shot, he escaped and became
local hero by carrying out dar-
ing raids on the Japs.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
T ankrnen Take
our Towns
East OF Metz

With the Third Army in the Metz
Spearheading task drive of
the 10th yankee" Division which
jumped off November 8, the all
Negro 761st tank battalion now in
action with the U. S. Army cap
tured four important towns, Sc
cured two bridge crossings and sue
cessfully battled its way through
the strongly defended Forest de
Bride, the War Department an
nounced today.
The Negro tankmen were COM
mitted to action following the 26th
Divisions captured of Metz, which
never fell before direct assault in
modern times. They lunged into
the battle with such ferocity and
courage that Captain irwin McHenr
courage that Captain irwin McHenry
of Leavenworth, Kansas, received
the nickname of THE Bronze Devil"
and Staff Sergeant Reuben Rivers
Of Route 1, Box 27, Tecumseh, Ok
lahoma, received the Silver Star
for routing nearly 800 ermans. A
dozen members of the medical de-
tachment were cited for heroiSm
under fire.
A captured erman officer, after
having a taste of the Negro tank
men and their work, said: $50 far
as fighting is concerned, have
never before seen such bravery ex-
cept once before, and that was on
the Russian front" 1t came when
German rocket gun knocked out
a tank of the Negro unit The
crew dismounted, brought out the
so calibre and 80 calibre machine
guns, crawled under their tanks for
protection and continued to blast
away at the enemy
There was an occasion when Ser
geant Warren c.. H. Creecy, of Cor
pus Christi, Tevas, a tank COM
mander, climbed up on the rear of
his tank which had been immobil-
lied by anti-tank fire, and held an
enemy force at bay, with his own
anti-aircraft gun, while protecting
the advance of an infantry group
The unit moved out from Atnian-
vile for its first action at six
o'clock on the morning of Novem-
Der 8, as part of a task force which
was operating in two columns. Ath-
ianville is approximately A miles
east Of Nancy. This task force
consisted of tank destroyers, in
fantry, engineers and medics, with
units Of the Negro tank battalion.
It was divided into two columns,
with their ultimate objective being
town some twenty miles away,
beyond the endge of the dense For
est de Bride.
The two columns moved out for
the attack, and in short order cap
tured -sur-Seille and Moyenvic
two strongly defended towns which
! skirted erman rail supply route
| leading from the Saar Basin. They
secured crossings, over two canals
These towns were some fifteen to
eighteen miles east of Nancy, and
constituted the erman frontline de-
fenses at that point. Here the
forces began to meet with sitter
opposition.
After securing these two towns,
the next task was to move on to
Morville, a town some four miles
beyond Vic-sur-S -Seille Splitting up
there, one column moved toward
Morville for the attack
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
would approve.

would approve.
Although average land values in
creased Is per cent during the last
fiscal year, farm purchases finan-
ced by FSA averaged no more per
acre than the farms bought in pre-
vious years. They were financed
on the basis Of the productivity,
and quality was not sacrificed. The
average purchase price per farm
last year was $4,252, compared
with $4,354 the year before when
5,144 farms were bought. During
the first five years of operation
of the Tenant Purchase program,
which began in 1887, farms of 81
milar quality were purchased at
an average price of S4,033.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30

Bureau OF PuDl1c Relations
HEROIC CHAPLAIN-Chaplain
(Captain) Thomas A. jenkins of
Charlotte, N. c., recipient of the
Silver Star for gallantry in action
with the Fifth Army in Italy, is in
the United States on leave. AS
signed to Quartermaster truck
group in Italy, Chaplain Jenkins
citation states that "In an area lit
by brilliant flares, under heavy
enemy fire and bombing, Chez adj
ministered to the dying, assisted
in the evacuation of the wounded
to points of safety and helped in
the Identification of the dead.
Throughout the enemy bombing
and strafng, his cool courage and
disregard for his own safety
inspired the officers and men," u.
S. Army Photo from .BPR.l
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30

Electric fingers" have been de-
vised to grope inside turbines and
motors. lifting out loose nuts and
bolts that formerly would have
made necessary taking apart the
entire machine.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30

More participants, larger hatch
cry facilities, more chickens, and
marked gains in the other activities
of the National Poultry Improve
ment Plan are reported by the ex-
tension service.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
Bakery Unit Bakes
Bread for $4,000
Daily in France

With the 4353rd Quartermaster
Bakery Company in France -
Bread for $4,000 combat bound
troops is baked each day by the
81 Negro soldiers in this special
mobile bakery unit.
The units participation in the
army's liberating charge across Eu-
rope began with a bang two days
after the outfits arrival in France,
when its II 212 ton trucks were
sent racing into sniper ridden
Paris, freed for only five days.
Forming as part OF a giant army
supply cavalcade which rumbled
into the French capital, convoy af-
ter convoy, during the first week
of its freedom, this company help
ed transport and set up the first
American army bakery that the
city had known in quarter CEN
tury.
There were bullets whistling in
many of the streets and our men
were ordered not to leave the cab
of their trucks after nightfall," re-
called First Sergeant Charles Curt
ri oht of Daorio I'll
Operating in one of the smallest
bakery areas on the continent, the
unit has maintained gruelling
schedule of daily output. Every "a
hours the company produces an
average of $4,000 pounds of bread,
and on one occasion when an en-
ergency arose, produced $4,000
in one day Since arriving in Fran
ce, the bakers have baked and
delivered 3,582,684 pounds of spe-
cially processed, vitamin enriched
bread.
1t has roasted and ground enough
coffee for 22,50o,0OO cupfull
Bread being used by the army,
he explained, is the richest in
the world, SURPRISING in quality
civilian brands and that produced
in other armies. 1t is so per cent
of the diet of combat troops who
await shipment to forward stations
in a giant staging area served by
the 4353rd. Generally, throughout
the army, bread and coffee are Ill
per cent of the soldiers food.
Food properties of bread run
close to 65 per cent of the sold
iers dietetic needs explained Sgt.
E. L. Durham of Jacksonville, Fla,
whose eXacting task it to estimate
daily bread needs of units serviced
by his company and to secure all
ingredients, such as yeast and de-
hydrated milk, from quartermaster
depots.
Although we were trained on
American ovens" reported Techni-
cal Sergeant James D. Griffin, of
Hartford, Conn, were now using
special British equipment that has
upped our production 800 per cent y
! Sgt. Griffin superviSes all bakers
and is in charge of the company's
huge coffee roaster.
Those from Mississippi are:
Askew,5 Cpl. Dorsey M. Merrill
general delivery; Blaine, Staff Sgt
Auguster E. L. Patterson, box 284
Pfc. Jimmie L. Patterson, box 284
Calhoun City, Geo. A. Pearson, Rt
l, box 46; Dekalb, Cpl. w. j. Cal.
loway, Rt. 5, box 80; Friars Point
Cpl. Willie N. Miller, Rt. 2, box
1873; Hattiesburg, Pvt. Roscoe Walk.
er, 9011 Scotch Street;
Huston, Pfc. Olaster Dess, Rt. 2
Box 35; Laurel, Sgt. Frank Jordan
412 E. 3rd street; Pfc. Hilton Shelby
200, S. Meridian; McComb, Pvt
Hollis Dennan, Rt. /, box 1856
Okolona, Cpl. Rochester Wilson, Rt
/, box 70; Starkville, Pfc. Emanue
Johnson, Rt 2, box Sc; Richton
CPL Tirria McSwain, Rt 3, box 19
Union church, Pfc. Roosevelt Nc
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30

"Lend-Lease is literally snatching
the underwear from the Ameri-
cans back. ."-R. A. Cheney, presi-
dent, Underwear Institute.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1944-12-30
Gifts to Christmas Cheer Club
Reach Grand Total Of Sl,743
Dr.. S. D. Redmond Expresses
Thanks for Contributions

The Jackson Negro Christmas
Cheer Club begs to make the fol-
lowing final acknowledgements of
contributions to its Christmas bas-
ket fund for the old, INDECENT Ne
gro poor of Jackson, to-wit: