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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
BREAKDOWN ON GERMANY'S
AIR WARNING SYSTEM

| Germany has had an efficient and
| intricate air warning network through
out the war-until recent weeks. Now
under the cumulative effects of un-
precedented Allied bombings, and a
disorganized community life aggra-
waited by an influx of refugees from
territory occupied by the Russians and
the Western Allies, complete break
down of the system appears to be
threatened.
Regular radioed announcements Of
air raids have been continually inter-
rupted for technical reasons
is, stoppage of electric current. The
extent of the disruption of the warn
ing network is indicated by continual
German reports of improvised new
devices to take the place of the regu-
lar system in various regions.
For example, in Mannheim, accord
ing to German press accounts, police
and fire station sirens, school sirens
and mobile sirens have been used.
In Berlin, signals have been given
by the firing of three salvoes of anti
aircraft batteries at intervals of 20
seconds, as well as by the sirens of
police cars and the raising of colored
flags at traffic centers, on high build
ings and on towers.
This state of affairs has naturally
caused popular indignation against To-
cal leaders of the Nazi party, who
have been identified in the public
mind with responsibility in matters
pertaining to the peoples welfare.
The party leaders, however, have been
prompt to disclaim responsibility for
the alarm system with the explana-
ton, as presented in one German
that the Air Force is in
charge and that the party leaders
posts merely pass on the
Air Force reports.
The Air Force, on the other hand,
has blamed individual aircraft spot
Lers The Essen acknowledging has
put it this way: 1.-THE Luftwaffe de-
ponds on informatian furnished by
human beings, and humans are not
perfect" The same newspaper has
another complicating factor:
he authorities have. actually with
lrawn spoilers from their posts to
use them for other purposes, thus
eaving no one to give warnings.
The confusion and disorganization
n this vital phase of civilian protec-
ion was pointed up by the Nazi DNB |
agency, which reported in European
wireless dispatch that in heavy Allied
aids on Dresden on Feb. IA and Is
the air raid sirens failed to work"
while the Stockholm Tidningen said
hat even fire brigades in Dresden
we're powerless because "three-fourths
# their personnel had been summoned
o the Volkssturm" (the so-called Peo-
lies Army.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
ADMIRAL kOBAYASHI

With Premier Gen. Kuniaki Kois
still sitting precariously on a Pan
dora's box of various political, eco
nomic and military troubles, the sta
of Admiral Seizo obayashi-compar
atively little known in this country
continues to rise in Japan.
Kobayashi, head of the powerful
Imperial Rule Assistance Political So
ciety parliamentary wing of the pres
ent totalitarian party, was recently
appointed to preside over the forma
ton of a reorganized national politi
cal structure. Together with Koiso, he
took over the task of issuing invita-
lions to 5000 politicians throughout
Japan to aid him in engineering the
details of the new totalitarian party.
Under the present set-up, h e
1RAPS-whose membership is made
up of Diet representatives-is tech
nically branch of the Imperial Rule
Assistance Association, the mass to-
talitarian party. Both the leaders of
the IRAA and Traps have recently
engaged in bitter internecine SQUAD
bles, however.
Throughout the tussles between
"hotheads" and "moderates" Kobaya-
she has apparently been able to steer
steady course, and now he has come
out with the job of whipping both the
IRAA and traps into a new ANAL
gamated party.
The 67-year-old Kobayashi has been
head of the traps for only seven
months, taking over the presidency in
the wake of the upheaval that upset
Gen. Hideki Tojo's regime and in
stalled Koiso as premier
Graduated from the Naval Staff Col
lege in 1909, Kobayashi served as Jap
anese naval attache in London and
Washington, was delegate to the
Geneva Naval Conference in 1927 and
later became commander-in-chief of
the Combined Fleet, Vice Minister of
the Navy and a Supreme War Coun-
cilor
But despite these jobs-even as the
Tokyo Domei agency admits-Kobaya-
shi is known in Japan more as poll
tician than as naval strategist Like
Koiso, he is said to be a man of ere
sourceful talent" along political lines
Like Koiso, too, has had wide expert |
ence as colonial administrator.
From 1886 to 1910 he served as
governor general of Formosa When |
Kobayashi became head of the traps |
Domei noted that in this job he
showed good the judgment becoming
a navy man, for the role that Taiwan
(Formosa) was destined to play in the
future southwark expansion of the
empire was becoming even greater
even in those days of complicated in
ternational situations"
After four years in the Formosa
generalship, Kobayashi re-
tired to civilian life in Japan, remain
ing in obscurity until 1913, when he
was named chairman of the IRAA's
Central Cooperative Council. He was
plucked from the council chambers to
become chairman of the traps.
Kobayashi resigned his post as min
lister without portfolio in the Koiso
cabinet to allow himself greater free
dom in forming the new national par
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
PROGRAM In MONTANA

Montana State University, at the re-
quest of unions in Missoula where it
is located, began the middle of Janu-
airy weekly series of eleven two-hour
evening classes on labor relations
The first two sessions discussed par
liamentary procedure. Other topics
are: Review of Labor Literature; La
Dor and the Returning Veteran; Po-
litical Action and Its Techniques; La
Dor Legislation; Labor and the Com
and Public Relations of La
Dor Organizations. - Workers Educa-
ton Bureau News Letter.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23

jury required by section $3.50, Revised
Codes, as amended by Chapter 122 of
the Laws of 1887, was given to the
city the district court was correct in
granting non-suit. The judgment of
dismissal was affirmed.
ORDERS:
March 17th-Court denied petition
for rehearing in case of Morgan
Sweeney v. May Francis heretofore
reported in these releases.
March 17th-The court assumed
original jurisdiction of the case of r.
V. BottomIy, attorney general, v. Sam
c. Ford, Lester H. Lobe and Ashton
Jones. The hearing was set for 200
p. m. on the 22nd day of March. The
case involves the question of whether
a primary election shall be held to
candidates for the election
to fill the vacancy occurring by rea-
son of the death of the late James
F. O'Connor.
Prepared and Released by:
PETER MELOY, Marshal
Montana Supreme Court
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
JAPAN CHANGES HER
LINE ON BURMA

Under the impact of continued Allied
successes in Burma a sharp change
has taken place in Tokyo's propagan
da treatment of military developments
there. For some time Tokyo's picture
was one of surging Allied power ad
vancing on every side; one gloomy
broadcast suggested that even Ran
COON might fall. Now, however, Tokyo
has deliberately introduced confusion
into its handling of events.
Tokyo broadcasters are putting out
warmed-over accounts of previous ac-
tions, with false claims of victory.
For instance, British landings on
Ramree Island were previously re-
ported to the Japanese at home more
recently they heard that the landings
were repulsed. Accompanying such
treatment are citations of dead heroes
that reveal Japanese losses not previ-
ously admitted = for example, the
"Shwebo Plain" and the "Ye-U air
field"
Allied strength is no longer empha-
sized, and two new deviations from
previous standard propaganda themes
appear: ID the claim that 1.-THE Bur-
mese Army" is fighting at the side of
the Japanese, and (2) stress on the
number of white men or Europeans
killed in various actions.
The first point suggests that grad
ually so-called independent Burma"
will be fighting the war, as far as
the Tokyo radio is concerned, and the
Japanese will be ASSOCIATED from
losing campaign. One broadcast
pointed up this possibility in these
words: ITO annihilate the enemy is
the responsibility of Burma
The second point suggests that the
race war theme of Japanese propa-
ganda will become more prominent.
A recent broadcast put forward the
idea that "if one Oriental can kill one
enemy we cannot help winning
the war" This type of appeal is
coupled with claims of native resist |
ance in "reoccupied areas and men
lions of Germany's comeback after
1efeat in the last war-an implied
that this war is lost for
Japan and her puppets and that en-
ohasis should now be put on under
ground resistance and an eventual
comeback
Synchronized with this shifting
propaganda have been evidence of re-
lewed Japanese efforts on the cul-
ural front in Burma, efforts possibly
elated to oft-repeated claims by jap
.nese propagandists that Japan is
eady to fight "100-year war" One
development in Japanese efforts to
nculcate the Burmese mind with adj
niration for things Japanese has been
he formation in Rangoon of a Japa-
ese-Burma language school "to furth-
+ encourage cultural exchanges be-
ween Japan and Burma" Conceiva- !
ly, however, this and similar efforts
ould backfire on the Japanese, since +
he Burmese are ultra-nationalistic |
nd have an ancient culture of their
wn. 1t is open to question whether i
made-in-Japan theology could for .
ing gain wide acceptance in Burma ,
W. 7
-29 "NERVE WARFARE" I
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
DEMAND THE UNION LABEL

the danger of epidemics, said:
"Backwaters flooded several cellars,
and the bad odor coming from dumps
is spreading through the houses. If
these conditions are not remedied be-
fore the warm season, or if they are
further aggravated by rainfalls, we
shall have infection centers that can
most seriously endanger the health of
the population"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In .IAPAN

The Tokyo Domei agency has re-
vealed that rising flood of letters
detailing Japanese civilians com
plants against rationing inequalities
and the governments "lukewarm"
attitude toward their difficulties had
been pouring into newspaper offices.
Domei punctuated its report with this
comment:
1.-THE letters for the most part are
lacking in humor"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
INSIDE THE AXIS

(This material is prepared by the
Office of War Information from in
formation contained in foreign
broadcasts and foreign newspapers,
and from other data received by the
OWL through various overseas chan
nels.)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
ESSEN'S DIFFICULTIES

The hard-hitting Allied air raids on
Essen, center of Germany's vital war
industry in the Ruhr, have had such
a cumulative effect that the city's
sewerage and water-supply systems
are in a state of dislocation so ex-
tensive that sufficient manpower for
repairs is no longer available. The
newspaper Acknowledging. in reveal
ing this situation and warning against
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23

Montana war price and rationing
boards will begin issuing sugar for
canning fruits and making jellies May
1st., according to L. M. A. Wass, dis
trict OPA director.
This year housewives will get all Of
their homecoming sugar by applying
to their local boards No ration stamps
will be made good for canning sugar.
The board will determine the amount
of sugar needed, based on informa-
ton furnished by the housewife.
The total amount of canning sugar
allowed for each person will not be
mode than 20 pounds, and no more
than 160 pounds a family can be al
lowed. For canning fruits or fruit
juices, the allowance will be on the
basis of one pound of sugar for each
four quarts to be canned. Within the
20-opund maximum allowance, five
pounds of sugar for each person will
be allowed for canning vegetables and
for making jams, jellies, relishes, cat
sup, etc.
Sugar supplies" Mr.. Wass pointed
out, "are feeling the pinch of long
war Stocks for this time of year are
the lowest since the war began. In
this situation OPA simply had to
tighten up. We cannot afford an over
issuance of homecoming sugar such
as occurred last year when the ma
ton used 100000 tons more than the
total allotment Nevertheless" the
OPA director concluded, IF only
those people who actually use sugar |
for home canning apply for it, there
will be enough to preserve as much |
fruit as was prepared in homes last
year.
The local boards will provide form
for each applicant to fill out.
Although milk production in 1914
was about Is billion pounds greater
than before the war, the extra" milk
has gone into fluid, evaporated and
powdered milk and into cheese, much
Of it for military requirements.
V---
Clothing prices account for 13 per
cent of the cost of living of low and
middle income families.
W.
You had better shine up your old
hoes for the Easter parade this year"
That was the advice of the local ra-
ion board in advising that there
would be no special shoe stamps is
ued for Easter If you have two pairs
f wearable and repairable dress
hoes, you are supposed to wear them.
he local board chairman stated that
Military demands for leather are so
reat that shoes will continue scarce
or a long time yet
VIZ
All eeating or drinking establish q
lents that serve beer and other malt :
averages and alcoholic beverages for :
on the premises, will be n
equired, on or before April 18th, to n
ut up official OPA posters, listing a
eiling prices for these drinks, the !,
ocal war price and rationing board n
evealed today. Two posters will be q
royided, one for beer, ale, porter or n
tout sold by the bottle or by the >.
lass and the toher for Ia types of @,
Icoholic beverages, commonly known
S "bar liquors" Each establishment :,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
JAPAN THE LIRERATOR

Following the Japanese seizure of
full control in French Indo-China last
week, the Tokyo radio broadcast this
comment to the Japanese people:
"By the good grace and action of
Imperial Japan, French Indo-China
has been liberated from the threat of
oppression from France
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23

ty. But bigger things may yet be
in store for him.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
B-29 "NERVE WAREAREn

The Tokyo radio complained recent
ly that B-29 Superfortress night raids
on the Japanese mainland were a
form of nerve warfare" but never
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24
Publishers In
South And West
SET For Session
Joint Regional
To Be Held Al
New Orleans, La.

NEW ORLEANS, La. - (NNPAl
The Joint regional meetings Oh
the Southern and Western regions
of the Negro Newspaper Publishers
Association will be held here Feb.
% and "a. An elaborate program
for the consideration and enter
tainment of the group has been
planned.
c. A. Scott, Southern vice-presi-
dent, manager, Atlanta Daily World
will preside at the opening meeting
where an address of welcome will
be given by President a. w. Dent
of billiard University. The after
noon session viii include panel dis
cussions on news, advertising, cir
culation and editorial policy.
The public meeting, where Ros-
coe Dungee, editor publisher Of the
of the Oklahoma Black Dispatch,
will preside, will have as its theme
Winning the Right to Vote
Carter Wesley, editor-punlisher
of the Houston Informer cham and
Western vice-president, viii preside
over the second days meeting A
forum on labor viii be conducted
the second day. John Sengstacke,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24

LOUISVILLE = (ANP) - Earl
(Fatha) Hines, noted band leaoer,
discussed American jazz, the EX-
preston of Democracy and n e
Enemy of Fascism" last week in a
lecture here before the University
of Louisville School of music.
Hines revealed that "jazz ex-
presses the hope of a free people"
who have "a longing, a dissatis-
faction and hunger for a letter
life. It is based upon individuality
which is contrary to the very fun
daInentals of NaZism.'
The great 'Fatha' who was here for
a weeks engagement at the nation
al theatre, brought a number of his
instruInentalists to the university
to illustrate the vieissitudes in the
development of American jazz. He
personally demonstrated on h G
piano historical jazz styles, start
ing with ragtime and ending with
symphonic swing.
lThrough the office Of Dean
Dwight Anderson, Hines was in
Nted to speak before the entire
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24

WASHINGTON, D. c. = (NNPAl
The issuance of a write of man
damas by a Circuit court in Escam
bia County, Florida, ordering the
registration of two Negroes as mem
bers of the Democratic Party was
being hailed here as further evi'
dence of the progress of liberalism
in the South.
Circuit Judge L. L. Fabisinski
issued the writ, ordering Ben l.
Davis, Escambia registration officer
to register the two Negroes. The
writ was opposed by the State
Democratic Executive Committee
and Attorney General Tom Watson.
The two Negroes ordered register
ed are r. A. Cromwen aud EsaIl
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24
TEXT OF THE EDITORIAL


ED II don't know You simply
can't generalize on that question. :.
1t depends on the person.
The National Opinion Research
Center is an opinion finding or
ganization AS such, it simply re-
ports the results of national sur
veys made by its personally train
ed staff of over 200 interviewers
throughout the United States. The
Center is an academic institution
working under a grant from the
Field Foundation and the Univer-
sity of Denver. The survey used
included 1888 confidential inter-
veiws. Statistically, these are suffi-
GENTLY to be within per cent
correct 997 times in 1000.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24
Nationwide Survey Shows That Nurses
Are Acceptable To Majority OF u. S. Public
ENEMY RESISTANCE TO
92ND WAS VERY STRONG

WASHINGTON, D. C-(NNPA) ENEMY resistance me
by the 92nd Division aNegro unit fighting in Italy,
very strong Secretary told his press
ference last The type 92nd
the where heavy suffered
in both and materials, has been omitted from
daily newspaper being driven back after
making an advance OF mile
Stimson pointed that advance had been made
through fields The counteratack he said
ed casualties to be very high.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24
Arkansas Assembly
Beats Jim Grow Law

LITTLE ROCK, (ANP)-lSegro
passengers on buses and streetcars
viii go on mingling with whites,
according to q recent action by the
House of Representatives which de-
feated a jimcrow bill by a vote OF
10 to SO. The measure called for
separate compartments for white
and Negro passengers on street.
cars and buGes.
Passage of the bill would inten.
sify racial troubles" contended Rep
w. j. Wunderlich Of Mississippi, 9
hus line operator. though the author
of the statute seemed firm in his
BELIEF that the measure would keep
down racial friction, especially in
some eastern counties where Ne
grces outnlunber whites.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24

seven hours
Pvts. William Jones and James
jackson, Negroes, drove their am
bulance full of casualties through a
town. They were fired upon several
times, but didn't realize until later
the town was in German hands.
In the same paper are stories
about Pvt. George Kaminsku,l Frank
Gabreski, Cpl. j. M. Furmankiewicz,
James Tower and just about every
name of every breed under the sun.
ScvandinaVians, Negroes, Iris h,
Poles, Czechs, Jews, Anglo Ssxons
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24
and what have YOU.

and what have you.
Led by men with American
names like Eisenhower and Brad
ley, Huebner and Patton, Spaatz
and Doolitttle.
"An All-Amelican team. Fighting
for some All-Amercian ideas. De-
mocracy, tolerance, decency and
the right of all men, regardless of
race, color, creed to work together
for a better world"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24
Order FIoridians
To Register Two

Chavis, both long residents of Els.
Gambia County. Mr.. Chavis, former
~ registered as Republican re
uuested change of afflllation
while Mr.. Cromwell never had
registered before. Both sought tn
register as Democrats last Deem
Der and were refused by Mr.. Davis.
Judge Fabisinski's decision was
the first in the State on the right
of Negroes to register as Democrats.
A. Morley Darby, attorney for the
State Committee, announced hn
would appeal to the Supreme Court
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24
Stars And Stripes Has A
Real Ballad For Americans

he said. There it was, red hot
armor piercing 80 and 1 caught it
like you'd catch baseball
sgt. Charles Commando KEEL
~ sent a $500 Christmas gift to a
military hapitai
"Pfc. Irving Rakoff, of the Eronx
went hunting for Venison and turn
ed up with "a raratrooper instead.
SiSgt Stephen Ct. Butcake, OF
Phillipsburg, N. j., organized a ma
chine-gin outpost 500 yards in
front of his company line and
drove off enemy couInter-attaoks for
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24
.Tazz Is Termed
Fnscisn1 ,sEnemy
Association.

white section of the University Of
Louisville but the offer was reject
ed when it was discovered that an
interracial assembly was forbidden.
He then spoke before the music
school which was open to every
one.
The same lecture will be repeat
ed at Northwestern university
when the famed swing pianist
opens in Chicago at the New FL
Grotto night club on March 2.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24

president of the Association VIII adj
dress the gathering during the
morning on "Objectiyes of NNPA.'
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24
All American
Team Praised
By Army Paper
BY GEORGE COLEMAN MOORE

BY GEORGE COLEMAN MOORE
OMEWHE ERE IN LUXEM-
BOURG, - (kNP) - Rivaling the
forceful dynamics of Paul Robe
sons rich baritone singing the "
RIGS of Ballad for Americans and
the fortnight eloquence of Henry A.
Wallace's Chicago address before
the Democratic convention IS the
editorial "All-American Team" APP
pearing recently in Stars and
Stripes, army daily paper.
Like the song and the speech
the editorial pleads for human un-
derstanding and racial co-opera-
ton. It is for soldiers upon whose
shoulders responsibility for building
a new world and maintaining last
ing peace must rest.
TEXT OF THE EDITORIAL
Items from a recent paper:
"Swede Nelson, of Brooklyn had
just cut the engine on his tank
bottle baby when something hit
the turret. I felt like a damn fool
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24
MRS. NARKA RAYFoRD DIES

WASHINGTON, CAMP Mrs
Narka Lee Rayford, widely known
figure in the social life of Washing
ton and the eastern seaboard, died
Sunday at Freedman's hospital after
an illness of several months.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-02-24

Considered by Many
to Be q GREAT
LUCK BRINGER.
High John the Con.
querOr Root is one
of fhe rost famous