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drainage system, especially in the
control over flood waters and
against drouth, is causing many
newspapers and "highclass" pub
lications to look with less disfavor
on major public power projects.
The current damaging floods,
in the lower Mississippi Valley
Is q case in point. The Mississippi
and its main tributaries constitute
an immense drainage system, COW
ering q considerable part of the
entire United States. II we had
an Ohio Valley Authority, an
Upper Mississippi Valley Author
ity, and a Missouri Valley Auth
ority, floods in those valleys and In
the lower Mississippi would be no
more, and the distressing drouths
of the great mid-western plains
would be a thing Of the past.
This from the Wisconsin Pro-
gressive is significant:
It doesn't seem possible that
only a decade ago the American
press was almost unanimous in its
verdict that the proposed Tennes-
see Valley Authority was "sheer
Bolshevism." Now, except for q
few editors who are having diff
ficulty negotiating that corner
back there where the century
turned, Twas splendid record Of
performance has won the approval
Of the nations press.
Impressed by the record of
IVA, Golfers Magazine recently
plumped for Missouri Valley
Authority. The Washington name
Of paper accidentally omitted and
the Christian Science Monitor
have praised it. The New York
Times, now recovered from its
fright of the "kilowatt Commun-
ists," recently editorialized:
"The best argument, in princi-
pie, for IVA developments on the
Missouri, and Columbia Rivers,
recommended by the President
.. is the IVA"
Lest there be any apprehen-
sions about "Bolshevik" influ-
ence on these publications, listen
to what the Wall Street journal
has to say:
president Roosevelt's proposal
for Twas in every important wa
tershed in the country has a Ger
tain logical foundation-no doubt
about that. IF IVA has been q
good thing" for the Tennessee
Rived region, it should be a good
thing for every othe. river region"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-07-26
Safety

Safety
In Naming the period extend
ing from July % to % as National
Farm Safety Week, President
Truman called attention to the fact
that accidents which are largely
preventable cause approximately
400 farm residents to lose their
lives each month, in addition to
about 1z5, 1000 others who suffer
injuries. In his proclamation in
this connection, President Truman
said:-
II request all persons and Or
Ranizations concerned with with
agricultural and farm life to do
everything in their power to edu-
cate farm people in the proper
precautions by which they may
eliminate farm hazards, and to
stimulate nationwide deter
mination to stop the needless
waste of irreplaceable farm man.
power and property. And I fur
Their urge that farm people every
where observe National Farm SAT
ETY. Week by making a safety
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check in their homes and on their

check in their homes and on their
FARMS"
It is somewhat astounding to
learn that more farm people were
killed by accidents in Americas
first two years of participation In
the present war than the number
of fighting men killed in the war
itself.
Careless use of farm machinery
is the chief cause Of farm work
accidents, with livestock q close
second. Two-fifths Of the total ac-
cidents to farm residents In 1913
occurred in the home.
Deaths due to farm home acci-
dents numbered approximately
$500 and injuries about 1000, 900.
For each ten dollars Of gross in
come, farmers as class pay out
about a dollar as result Of acci-
dents and fires. A farm home
or farm building catches fire ev-
cry IS minutes during the day in
the United States and the total
cost of farm fires is about $274,-
600 daily.
The United States Department
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-07-26
Birthday

A birthday is often a gala event.
One such. will be the observance
Of the third anniversary Of the
Waves to take place on the 30th
of this month. This will be the
first time that a large number
of the women sailors win celebrate
a birthday overseas. They may
now apply for overseas duty after
completing six months service.
The Waves are busy sailors
and are doing big Job.
In three years, Waves have
taken over increased responsible
tiles in many fields. They handle
about 80 per cent of the admin
istration and supervision Of the
Navy mail service for the entire
fleet. In "radio Washington, -
nerve center of the whole Navy
communication system. Waves fill
IS per cent Of the jobs. At the
Indian Head rocket powder plant,
they operate the labratory firing
bays and do ballistic calculations.
Approximately one-third of the
Waves are assigned to naval avia-
ton. They repair planes, pack
parachutes, and collect weather
information. They operate Link
trainers, teach gunnery, celestial
navigation and direct air traffic
from control towers. Flight order
lies are on Naval Air Transport
Service planes between New York
and Oakland, Boston and Miami,
Oakland and Seattle and Oakland
and Pearl Harbor.
There are now $4,000 Waves
on duty, but the Navy needs 1000
more per month. The young wo-
men must be between the ages Of
20 and SO. Half will go into the
hospital corps and the others will
serve as requirements at air sta
tons, district headquarters, Navy
yards and supply depots.
It offers an excellent opportun-
ity for women to serve the war
effort to the fullest Of their ability.
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A series of experiments which
will increase the safety factors OF
flying in instrument weather, es-
pecially in zones of traffic satura-
ton around busy airports is now
being conducted by the Civil Aero
nautics Administration. In these
tests the CAA is useing 10 car
loads Of radar equipment loaned
them by the Army and Navy.
Two of the main objects of the
research are the perfection of a
screening device to allow the con-
troll tower to visualize the actual
position of all aircraft within q
miles and a collision warning de-
vice, to be installed on the instru-
ment panel of the plane which
would give constant visual indica-
ton of the relative position Of
other aircraft within certain
radius.
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AS q contribution to the Cour-
ier-Reporterss forum on the eva
question, a reader has brought
us an article which appeared in
the New West Trade of Spokane
on April II. It appeared under
the heading: ''Is Tennessee Valley
Sheer Bolshevism?" and follows:
The success of the Tennessee
Valley Authority and the broad
benefits afforded by an Authority
that covers an entire major river
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Lewis and Clark
The Great American Odyssey
A Condensed Story of
the Historic Expedi-
ton of 1906
Copyright 1915 by
Walter Meacham
CHAPTER 5
Floyd the Only Casually

Floyd the Only Casually
Sergeant Charles Floyd died Au-
gust 20 Of natural causes, at q
point on the river below present
Sioux City, Iowa. He was buried
on q high bluff with military hon
ors, and his grave was marked
with q cedar post bearing his
name and date Of death. Today
q tall, stately obeliSk marks the
spot Of his interment. His name
was given to Floyds river, which
flows into the Missouri q short
distance above the bluff where
he is buried. Floyd was the only
man lost on the entire trip. There
was one desertion, Joe Barter, a
Frenchman, called ''La Liberte."
PoW-WoWs were held with the
Indians at various points and
peace pacts were made with the
Sioux, Arikaras and Mandans.
Big Sioux river was reached on
August 81. Two hundred miles
up this stream were located the
quarries where the Indians got
the stone with which to make
their famous red-stone pipes.
James river, near the present
Yankton, S. D., was reached on
August q. Pryor, Dorion and an
other man were sent up the river
to contact village Of Sioux In
dams and invite them to parley.
Lewis and Clark met the Indians
twenty miles farther up the Mis-.
souri,, where the council was held
with the usual formalities.
Big Bend of the Missouri was
reached on September 20, in pres
ent South Dakota. The Bend was
over eighteen miles around the
loop and less than half a mile
across the neck. Four. days later
they arrived at present Pierre on
Bad river, where Wilson Price
Hunt set out with his Astorians in
1911 on his epochal land journey
to the Columbia.
On October Is, Lewis and Clark
came to the mouth of stream
where there were large quantities
of round stones resembling can
non balls, so they named the
stream Cannonball river.
Hunting was good, the explorers
living on the tenderest portions
of buffalo, elk, deer and antelope.
For. a change they had ducks and
fish. There would be lean days
ahead when their mouths would
water and their stomachs yearn
for those delicacieS.
Winter was now coming on and
Lewis and Clark looked for suit
able place to make permanent
camp. The principal Mandan VII
lage was located south Of present
Stanton, North Dakota, below the
mouth of the Knife river. A To-
cation was selected across the Mis-
souri, from the Mandan village
at a wooded spot on the north
bank of the river, which here
flows east. On November 2, they
commenced the erection Of their
buildings and stockade Of cotton
wood logs. They called it Fort
Mandan. Here they spent the win
ter Of 18O4-5, about sixteen hum
dred miles from the mouth Of the
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of Agriculture, the National
Grange and other leading farm
organizations Of the country are
cooperating with the National
Safety Council in the effort to re-
duce the number Of preventable
farm accidents and to focegta1l
farm fires due to carelessness and
NEGLECT.
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ABRAHAM l1>{3s]1>J
23I3|:
AND BANK POLICY

PERHAPS "The Great Emancipator isn't
on your list Of big business men, but turn
back to the following dates in American
history and you'll see one Of the many.
reasons why The National Bank of Com
merce Of Seattle in it's daily transactions
extends sympathetic, constructive consid-
Grafton to new enterprises of sound foun.
dation, regardless Of size at the start
August, 1859 President Abraham
Lincoln and Gen. Grenville M. Dodge sit
on hotel porch in Council Bluffs, Ia,
discussing railway to the Pacific Coast.
Later in the day Lincoln stands on high
bluff in the town and, pointing westward.
says, in substance: "IIere will be the east.
ern terminus of Union and Pacific Rail.
way-a strategic middle route to unite.
with bands Of steel, the Pacific with the
Union"
December z, 1868, amid great civic fes-
tivity, ground is officially broken for the
railroad. The Civil War is at its height,
manpoWer is scarce consequently it IS
July 10, 1865 before the first rail is actually
laid at Omaha, Neb. On May 10. 1869 its
tracks totaling 1896 miles are joined with
the $50 miles.of track laid by the Central
Pacific, coming eastward, at Promontory.
Utah (near Ogden), in a historic cere-
mony which precipitates joyous celebra.
tons in almost every town in the land.
Americas first transcontinental rail.
road is completed!
Envisioned !. created by Lincoln in
war time to bind nation together. from
its humble beginning fraught with dam
gers and despair. :: the Union Pacific Rail-
road today, with its $4,000 employees, is
busi1y moving the implements and men
Of war, the products of farm and factory,
ranch, mine and forest, east and west.
night and day, to hasten the hour Of VIC
tory.
And now the great Union Pacific Rail-
road Company, which began just as an
idea" is an important, valued customer
Of The National Bank of Commerce Of
Seattle. With such histories of customers
effective in shaping course, is it any won
der that this bank operates on the prin-
ciple that service be extended on basis
of soundness-not size at the start? In
quiries from small enterprises are well
coined here.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-15
President OF American Baptist
Theological Seminary Has Big Job
BY HENRY r. KELLEY

Returning the SITUATIONS OF the
many ministers who thronged in
Olympia last week was one quiet
spoken man on whose shoulders
rests one Of the most important
responsibilities Of the National
Baptist convention.
That man was Ralph w. Riley.
president of the American Bap-
tiSt Theological Seminary. II is
his duty TO direct the work Of
this institution which last year
had more Negro students train
ing for the ministry than all
other theological seminaries
combined.
THE SEMINARY is located in
Nashville. Tenn. on the grounds
of the former Roger Williams uni
verSity. II owns l08 acres and
campus site OF 30 acres. with
machinery for farm operation. a
dairy herd Of 20 thoroughbred
cattle and modern electrical
dairy barn.
Organized % years ago. the
school is operated by board Of
control composed OF ~ Negroes
representing the National Baptist
Convention and l3 whites repre-
,cntng the Southern Baptist con-
yention
THE FINE SPIRIT of coOpera-
zion between the white and Negro
Bdp'iStS is shown in the manner
I'M which the school is operated
Besides the joint board Of con-
troll. cooperation Of the two groups
is evidenced in the fact that the
Southern Baptists provide The
'Wds for the construction OF build
IngS. while the National Baptis,S
raise the funds for equipring them
WIN property aftfatfrrr- nov
II $4,000. the Southern Bap;lSts.
through the Sunday school and
Home Mission board. have put up
Sl25000 for the construction OF
new buildings A bookstore and
arill has Just been completed. a
new $4,000 dormtory is now be-
ing constructed and plans are be-
ing developed for library and
chapel
In April Of this year. the Ma
tional Baptists opened two
year drive to raise 5000. 900 with
which to equip the new buildings
now being constructed and
planned.
THE WORK offered by The
Seminary is primarily on tie
graduate level though special
course is crowded 70 aid men
whose training falls on the high
school level or below Three de-
sreeS are offered by the institu-
ION. the bachelor o. theology. for
those above hiEh school: bachelor
Z divinity for those above coll
.oGe and master NJ theology. for
hose above the bachelor Of d.
N!ulty level.
THE FACULTY is composed 81
't"ee White professors and FIVE
Negroes Stipulated in the agree
merit between the two Baptist
groups IS that the president must
always be a Negro Salaries are
paid jointly by the National Bap-
,lSts and the Southern Baptists and
, all teachers are covered by the
/ pension board Of the Southern
| Baptist convention.
Recently the institution won
! special recognition when il was
certified by the State Department
/ 81 Education 81 Tennessee and the
Veterans Administration 81 the
United States for the training OF
returned soldiers
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-15
Aged Father Son
Disturbed Peace
OF Conference

\ 75-ycvr-oi6 father and his 23.
Near-o.i SON. ,narGci with DIS
turbuE ,re peace Vcrc gwen >as-
YroJci sentences ,h.S week by Re-
yyIGcr 'uGEc Donald VI. Van I..c.
\ THIRD MAN. convicted 81
creating disturbance rs judge
Van Il'e was Marvin Jackson. IS.
~ 1922 RNard stree He Mas sem
.c1scd - pay a SD fine or serve
So DAYS lu !a.l
Patrolman Fred Blocker te>ti-
. fled that Jackson had asked him
10 accompany him down Shcr-
man street When they nrarrd
li2S sherman street. the officer
testified that Jackson suddenly
struck Charles Bond. Jr.. with
his fist.
Charles Bond. S. 60 he officer
testified. Was armed with 4 hand
aNe winch TIE officer Vsc>ttd from
h.m Ro'h ne Bonds AND Jackson
We're then held for disturbing he
peace 81 several hundred delegate
'o ;hc National Baptt>' convention
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-15
Hill Committee
Gets Support In
Election Fight

pans f1r re election % eas les
\ HI for Common Coanci, Vc,e
formulated ., inc a-s' fa2 wec'-
ing Of nc committee Nonaay.
Sep, 10 O; Lacy T1umau YWCA
Fred y A'cn d'arwan - ne
committee. declared ,hat HIS
chances for victory depend on the
work ~ $50 precincts ard the rals-
inz OF finances for ire campa u"
DR.. Aaron ToodIe. chairman
rounced plans to raise funds
throughout the city. Issuing an
appeal Tor funds, DIR. ToOdle
said. Every Negro who Is in
terested in Hills election. should
give To the committee. We have
chance for victory"
PLEDGES or SUPPORT 'or
XII we're ~ryc.sci from W,..ar
pere,rs h1vNc~ Inspector john 4.
W'Nars and Nose X Frt7
Headquarters 90 Ne H. Com
b. zee Vcge rc-opc0cd 's>' Aces
vlcr TIC oirc,t.o0 ~ NJ, Jose
p1.0c Be s,ri Nr, Cauy Curtis
Vas appointed 80 asst nc 61ar,c
cor1iUCc .0 q ,.'N-'Ide So.,.I'+-
'o0 \ io..s. campaign under
iee direction - G.o>:e. Current.
Nil AcS.N OF :.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-15
USE SOLDIERS
TO HELP STOP
VIRGINIA RIOT
BY HARRY McALPIN


WASHINGTON, d. C.-tNNPAI
Members of ttn Army OF the
United States were pressed into
service TO help civilian police au-
thoritles quell so-called riot IN
nearby Manassas, Va, last week.
Authority for use of the fedora.
troops remains undetermined.
The riot" which found the
tables turned. occurred when q
large group Of Negroes attending
the annual Labor Day horse
show In Manassas. resented ef-
forts Of local police officers TO
stop delivery Of whiskey being
brought into the horse show
grounds.
THE SHERIFF and his deputy
were disarmed and beaten by the
Negroes. A state trooper who
joined the law enforcement officers
was also beaten but got away and
called for help.
Frantic calls for assistance went
out 10 nearby counties and to al
state police in IL Northern Vir-
glnia counties, and 10 military au-
thorlties al a nearby army post.
Several citizens twhiteD were dep
utized and armed.
About 100 MPs and soldiers
from Vint Hill. Army Signal
Corps camp, were pressed into
service" although there was no
indication that any federal inter
yention was authorized as neces-
sary.
ONE NEGRO was fatally injured
IN the melee. and deputy sheriff
WIS stabbed and bea'en. SIX Ne
ErOeS were arrested when the
police, armed citizens. and Army
descended on the scene
The outbreak occurred about
$50 BY dusk II had reached It's
peak At Q O'Clock. state troopers
ordered the crowd from the
grounds and he gates were locked
Not until II p m were the military
police and soldiers. along with the
visiting police and armed citizens.
released from their duties.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-15
Convict Mother
On Peace Charge

4 22-yedr-old wife Of A service
man. the mother az two chlldren.
was placed on probation for SIX
months following her convection Of
creating 4 disturbance IN cafe A.
S123 Third street
Placed on probation by Record
O. Judge Donald VI Van Zilc Was
Mrs Viola Lee. address uNkpoNn
she testified that the disturbance
started wnen An unidentified whGc
man attempted - feel her While
she MAS N nc cafe last week
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-15
Evening School
Glasses Open At
Southeastern

Adults over sixteen who are
eager 10 study subjects they have
formerly neglected are urged TO
attend evening classes al South
eastern high school, 5000 FairvleW,
beginning Sept u al pm.
All elementary subjects, grades
IS. are taught including English
grammar. arithmetic, spelling, let
ter writing and citizenship. Young
persons who wish 10 earn an eighth
Grade diploma. thus becoming eligi-
ole 10 enter nigh school classes. may
achieve this by few terms of
regular attendance.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-19
VETS ADMINISTRATION HOLDS
up SHIFT ON 7 MEDI(5

TUSKEGEE, June 19 (ANP) y
A surprise order for the transfer of
two psychiatric doctors from the
Veterans administration at Tuske-
gee to Waco, Texas, was revoked
here. The doctors, Capts. Willis E.
Lewis and Leon A. Dickson, were
to have reported to the facility at
Waco after June 16. 1t is believed
that the order was originated by
the VA and approved by the War
department.
Coming one day after the replace
ment of Gen. Hines as head Of the
Veterans administration by Gen.
Omar Bradley, the cancellation was
hailed as good tidings by the facility
personnel at Tuskegee, among
whom the concensus of opinion is
that the two doctors are among the
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the outfit
That investigation, he said turned
out to be a boomerang against jim
crow by placing a "blazing focus
on a disgraceful situation in the U.
S. army. Even the GIs are beginning
to ask the reason.
''The Indictment, then, must be
leveled at the failure of American
democracy" Ottley analyzed.
The war correspondent found
that even the most uniformed Ne
gro CT questioned the wisdom of
risking his life.
Among the indignities that men
of the 92nd suffered, one that
amazed and even antagonized Ital-
ians, was the reprisals directed
against Negro soldiers and Italian
girls.
Subtle reprisals against Italian
girls for associating with Negro
soldiers were particularly resented
by members of the 92nd. They said
that Italian girls who worked for
the U. S. Army were threatened
with immediate dismissal for fra
ternizing with Negro soldiers.
Other grievances, Ottley discov-
cred, were the mistreatment of Ne
gro officers; their criticism of the
use of service and labor battalion
troops for infantry duty and the
anti-Negro attitude of Maj. General
Edward M. Almond, 92nd command
er.
Gen. Mark w. Clark, fifth army
commander, referred to the 92nd as
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-19
WIDOW RECEIVES STAR OF
92ND DIVISION OFFICER

PHILADELPHIA, June 10
(ANP)-Mrs. Dorothy Polk, widow
of Maj. Willis D. Polk, who was
killed in action while leading his
battalion of the 366th Infantry in
action in Italy on Feb. 8, received
the Silver Star awarded posthum-
ously to her husband.
According to war department
dispatches Maj. Polk was first
wounded while leading his battalion
in action. He refused to allow him
self to be evacuated with the other
: wounded and was finally killed in
a shell burst.
Mrs. Polk received the medal
from 1t. Col. George r. Bookwalter
in an impressive ceremony in the
y. S. Custom house. Her three year
old daughter, Janice, was present
at the ceremony.
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tients is satisfactory and of hospi-
tai personnel, good.
The facility at North Little Rock,
Ark, according to the Legion re-
port, presents something of prob
lem. contemplated plan of having
an army detail of Negro attendants
to serve white patients will prove
highly unsatisfactory and should be
resisted by the American Legion"
the report said. A spokesman for the
organization explained that "fric-
ton" between the groups is the rea-
son for this proposal. His own view
is that segregation is best for the
races.
The report on Muskegee related
the incident where a group of col
ored patients seated themselves at
the counter of the canteen and de-
manded to be served. After this oc-
Cured, the manager called a meet
ing Of the representatives of all par
ties concerned, and the matter was
then went on:
II am fearful of the consequences
of colored and white veterans being
associated together in the same hos
pital and not being allowed the same
privileges. The colored veterans are
allowed to come to the library and
take books and magazines, but un-
like the white veterans they must
leave and are not permitted to read
or lounge in the library.
''This facility hospitalizes the vet
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most efficient at the installation.
Capt. Lewis is a graduate of Me-
harry and was formerly employed
as assistant superintendent at the
West Virginia State hospital. He
has been at Tuskegee for the past 27
years. Inducted into the army at
the beginning Of the war, Capt.
Dickson had formerly graduated
from Howard university.