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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
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Can II Be Put on Cash Basis?

nOES make for good character for harmony in the home
~ and good citizenship pay Junior and Sis in cash for
every task performed around the house, Or do the
develop into better adults if they taught to do
various chores part Of the responsibility Of normal
cooperative home life
Give them al allowance" the of opinion
but not reward for specific tasks done
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25
leach Responsibility

'If parents are TO train their
children to become better
adults they should teach re-
sponNibility," says Jerry Rhone
Jr. OF Solcn, n. y. "TO pay
them for each and every task
performed would teach them 20
be nOn-CO-oDerative and selfish.
They wound expect payment for
everything they did In this
world. There are such people
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25

or she i given responsible
part in maintaining the home.
Children with "A sense Of reSpon-
sibility are far better behaved
than the ones lao demand y
bonus for everything they do"
JERRY RHONE JR., I9.
Solcn. y. -.
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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-25

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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07
pAscAGoULA CHRONICLE STAR and MOSS POINT ADVERTISER

w. Long, state selective service
director, pointed out.
Since the termination of hos
~tilities with the japanese, per
sons in some sections Of the
state apparently have been con-
fused regarding the status Of
men turning 10, he said. Selec-
tive service regulations for men
10 through IS remain in full
force at this time.
No instructions have been re-
ceived by selective service II
Mississippi with regard to modi-
flying the position of registrants
in this age group and il is not
anticipated that any changes will
be forthcoming until Congress
meets and determines future ae-
ton on drafting of manpoWer.
Men in the l8-year old bracket
became subject to registration
and induction on June 80, 1912.
Colonel LLong also reiterated
his announcement that the Job
jumping provisions of selective
service regulations continue to
apply to men in the 10 through
Is group.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07
Walker Clan Enjoys
Annual Gathering
During the Weekend


The annual picnic Of the Walk
er family took place over the
weekend with the setting at the
end of the beach where the gath
erings have taken place for a
number of years.
The party went TO the beach
Saturday and pitched tents pre-
paratory to remaining until
Monday afternoon.
There were about IS members
of the clan present including Mr..
and Mrs. George NJ. Foster and
six children, and Mrs. Calvin
Norris of Mobile.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07

HAND IN HAND all the little JAMES and Johnnies will be skip
ping back to school to resume their A B cs. Before teacher
ereets them be sure you've outfited them in the right clothes.
Don't fret and worry about the things they need. just bring
them in to us. We've wonderful little suits and dresses and
coats and hats-washable. coorful and sturdy.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07
| groom was in uniform.

groom was in uniform.
After the ceremony, which was
witnessed by close relatives, Mr..
and Mrs. Hardy made a short
visit to Mobile.
MIR. Hardy departed Tuesday
to report to his ship. the USS
West Point" for future duty.
He attended the Alexander City
high school.
Mrs. Hardy will resume her
studies at the Pascagoula High
school while making her home
with her parents.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07
Marriage OF
Miss Joyce Thomas to
PFC. Tim w. Hardy

The marriage Of Miss Joyce
Thomas, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ethel H. Thomas of Pasca-
goula TO Private First Glass Tim
w. Hardy, son of Mr. John w
Hardy of Alexander City, Ala,
was solemnized at the Watts
Baptist church in Pascagoula
August 30. at 700 O'Clock in the
evening.
The bride wore a suit of aqua
with brown accessories; the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07
visit in Biloxi with her sister.


visit in Biloxi with her sister.
Mrs. James Grimsley enjoyed
the day with her brother and sis
ter-in-law, MI. and Mrs. Oils
Ladnier in Pascagoula Sunday.
Miss Beatrice Reeves was the
guest of Miss Mary Betty Rouse
for several days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rouse, Bet
ty, Dolores and j. l., visited rel
atives in the Bayou La Batre area
Sunday afternoon. While there
they attended the birthday party
of Miss Ramona Deakle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Rouse and
family and Mrs. Lillian COCHRAN
attended the Baptist revival at
Vancleave Thursday night OF last
week.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07

Mrs. Alva Guillotte is visiting
relatives in Opelousas, La, this
week.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07

In ancient Babylon women
we're delivered to the highest
bidders in marriage.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07

Auction bridge is the offspring
of bridge. the grandehild of whist
and the father OF contract.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07
8-Yeur-Old Still
Must Register ot
Locul Druft Bourd

Men becoming 10 years Of age
are still required to register with
their local boards, Colonel L.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07

At least 100 flashes if light
ming occur some place on the
earth every second.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07

The Stars and Stripes carried
by the armies of the North dur
ing the last years Of the Civil
War had SO stars in the union.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07
Gauiier

Cpl. Jenning Moates was a din
ner guest Of Misses Daisy and
Shirley Zeigler Thursday night.
Misses Ethel and Gloria Rouse
left for Philadelphia, Pa, to visit
a friend. They plan to be gone
about two weeks and will go on
to New York City before their
return.
The Rev. and Mrs. Kell Pen
ton and little daughter, Penny,
have gone to Newton where he
will attend Clark College for
the coming year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Fuller
have moved into their new home.
Misses Daphne and Hattie Polk
of Cedar Point Camp spent We'd
nesday visiting Miss Mary Elsie
Peterson.
Mrs. Maston Ladnier and son,
Ely, spent last Tuesday in New
Orleans on business.
Little Joseph Penton, Jr., had
his tonsils removed at the Jack
son County Hospital Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. ]. w. Green and
Bernard Green are visiting rela-
tives in Ferriday.
MIR. and Mrs. Harold Thomas
and children visited relatives in
Selma for the Labor Day week
end.
Earl Keith Bond celebrated his
ninth birthday recently with a
party to which 90 of his friends
were invited. Betty Gray Rob-
erts, Lula Mae Guillotte. Mary
Elsie Peterson and Daphne Polk
assisted in serving cake and
punch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stafford Viollette
and little son, Davy. of Port Ar
thur, Tex, visited Mrs. Violette's
aunt, Mrs. Z. B. Townsend, and
other relatives Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mrs. j. H. Rouse and Misses
Ethel and Gloria Rouse, Cpl.
Dean Smiley and Bernard Green
enjoyed q picnic supper at Mag
nolia Park Tuesday evening.
Mrs. X. c. Mcleod of Kreole
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. D. Switer. Monday.
Mr.. ana mrs-Bevrrfy Dalgo
and daughter, Linda, of Ocean
Springs visited Mrs. Dalgo's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Fuller,
over the weekend.
Miss Margarete Penton spent
the weekend in Biloxi where she
visited relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. Kermit Farmer
and little son of Prichard, Ala.
were Monday visitors to Mrs. c.
H. Roberts. Miss Betty 10 Farm
ii accompanied them home after
spending about three weeks with
her grandmother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Fore of
Bunkie, La, visited Mrs. ForeAs
brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Nichols owe the
weekend.
Miss Betty Sullivan of Tusca-
loosa, Ala, visited Mr.. and MIS-.
Maston Ladnier and family for
the Labor Day weekend.
Bobby Douglas returned from
Martin, Tenn, Sunday where he
has been visiting relatives.
Mrs. Phipps and Miss Vera
Horgan of Mobile visited their
brother, Mr.. Robert Horgan and
family.
Cpl. John Fuller is at home
after spending three years in the
Pacific war zone. He has re-
ceived his discharge.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Marriott
and Mr.. Carl Bratton of Louis
vile, KY. are stopping at the
Singing River Motor Court.
Mrs. Alva Guillotte is visiting
relatives in Opelousas, La, this
week.
Gladys and Mary Emma Lad
nier were guests of their grand
mother, Mrs. Stuart Seymour in
Ocean Springs last week.
Doris Beaugez has returned to
f..
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07

Doris Beaugez has returned to
her home in Ocean Springs after
enjoying a visit with her cousin,
Mary Emma Ladnier.
Dorothy McVeay enjoyed a
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-07

Gladys and Mary Emma Lad
nier were guests of their grand
mother, Mrs. Stuart Seymour in
Ocean Springs last week.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09
T

The Victory Sweethearts enter
tanned the servicemen from Fair
mont, and Kearney, Nebr., camps,
Saturday, May "a, 1915, at the
home of Elizabeth Slupman and
Etteyle Hunter, PIG Ohio Street.
The evening was spent in dane
ing. Refreshments were served
the boys.
Sunday, May 25, 1915, the club
held a dinner for the boys. There
were fifteen present. The boys
were served cocktails before the
dinner. The menu consisted of
segmented grapefruit with cher
ries, fried chicken, rice with glib
let gravy, buttered peas, buttered
hot rolls, candied sweet potatoes,
lettuce and tomato salad, and cof-
fee. The evening was spent in
dancing and playing Pc Kena. The
boys departed for their camp at
II o'clock. An enjoyable time was
had by all.
Colleen St. Clair, Pres.
Ethigl Hunter, Sec.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09

have not gone without recognition,
although for a long time its activi-
ties and struggles remained I'M
known because of an almost total
blackout due to a lack Of first class
publicity. Part of this was due
to the modesty Of the group, which
preferred not to keep too much
noise" until it 'had really ar
rived"
In paying tribute to ANT, this
year the Schomburg Collection of
Negro Literature, which annually
honors II individuals or groups
for the most outstanding perform
ance in the promotion of inter
racial harmony, included ANT on
its list.
Riverdale Children's Association
committee will give a similar
award to the group this month at
which time Technical Sergeant Joe
Louis also will receive a River
dale award.
Last year the General Education
Board Of the Rockefeller Founda-
ton made a grant Of $4,000 for the
Theatres 1945-1946 season to help
continue the development Of what
has been called the best expert
mental theatre in New York and
environs.
billiard University of New Or
leans cited ANT as being the pro-
tagonist of the Negro Theatre
Movement, and the history of the
group was brilliantly dramatized
over Radio Station WMCA last
December.
So outstanding has been the con-
tribution of ANT to the theatre
that Longman Green Publishing
House has arranged to publish an
anthology of ANT plays this sum-
mer, which, when complete will
bring another first to the group,
since there is no record Of such a
project ever before having been
either contemplated or finished.
Throughout its existence ANT
has produced seven plays, two of
which have been sold to Broadway,
anna Lucasta" and walk Hard"
Now in rehearsal is Henri
~Cristophe" which ANT plans to
present soon. And this should place
another star in the Company's
golden crown of theatrical achieve
ment.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09
LATIN AMERICAN NEGROES
MAKE GOOD CITIZENS
BY Harold Preece

I'd like to be one of the first to
welcome into the many-tongued
and many-colored family Of $780,
100000 Americans, a Negro from
La in America-Private Mel
bourne Owen Smith, who was born
down in Panama but who now
claims Brooklyn, N. ", as his
home.
Maybe, it's just a coincidence
that Private Smith and another
Negro serving in the American
armed forces, data Pierre Cam
pine, born in Senegal, should have
been naturalized by a Department
of Justice Official, DR.. Henry B.
Hazard, in old Mother Africa
where they shed their blood for
human freedom. Negroes every
where r proud that the War De-
partment singled them out for
special mention in connection with
Il Am An American Day" OBJ
served Sunday, May goth.
We are glad to have with US
Melbourne Smith, data Campine,
whose two boyonet scars are set
down as identifying marks on his
certificate Of naturalization, and q
third young Negro soldier, Frank
Ign Emanuel Long, native Of Trim
idad whom DR.. Hazard made an
American citizen in the New He
brides.
Three Negroes from three diff
ferent parts of the world-from
Latin America, from the West In
dies, and from Panama-who join
their strength to ours in that long,
but inevitably victorious fight, to
confer the dignity of man upon all
men. All of US are honored be-
cause three men of the darker
peoples given this special
recognition IN al important Amer
lean holiday. 1t gives point to
something that Paul Robson said
in an interview published in the
Modern Thinker Magazine back in
1895:
Eve must remember that out
side North America, there are
three other centres of Negro pop
Continued on Page 2, Col u
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09
New Mayor Makes Statement

operate as a Board of Directors,
and while each department will be
headed by a Commissioner, that
Commissioner will seek and re-
ceive the counsel and advice Of the
other Commissioners.
Returning veterans should have
priority on all city jobs. The Of
fees and employees Of the city
should be used in gathering data
and plans for utilizing and giving
employment to our men and wo-
men returning from the Armed
Forces.
We accept our charge humbly
and wish to assure the people of
Omaha that we are going to en-
deavor to render the very best
service that is humanity possible.
We solicit constructive criticism
and assure you that it will be &C
cepted in good grace.
I sincerely pledge to each of
you City Commissioners my whole
hearted support and hope for a
progressive and efficient admins
tration. / am sure that we will
all work to that end.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09

warm territory and cotton, the
way they produce it, gives them
something besides a slab of bacon
and a chalico bonnet for a years
work.
There's a lot Of talk here
among the big white folks about
whipping Russia to save our coun-
try from what they call 'commu-
nism.' But that scare about com
munism' leaves me as cold as a
watermelon in a well bucket. You
can admire a mans honesty and
courage without wanting to wear
his suit Of clothes. But you don't
get mad at a mans suit if you like
the man.
give been studying a lot about
these Uzbeks. They make me think
that there is democracy for black
people in Russia, and that gives
me hope that we will some day
have democracy for black people
in Arkansas"
I'm sending this letter from an
Arkansas cotton cropper to one Of
Americas greatest cotton scien-
fists who is also one Of the South's
native sons. He is John Sutton Of
San Antonio, Texas, favorite pupil
Of DR.. George Washington Carver
and sent by DR.. Carver who adj
mired the folks in Russia to help
them develop their farms.
! reckon that John Sutton might
tell you a whole lot about the folks
in Russia. / reckon he might tell
you that not in all the thousands
of villages in all the eight million
square miles of Russia is there
any sign reading, "N----r, don't
let the sun go down on your head
here"
John Sutton, John Sutton, of San
Antonio, Texas. / remember a
Mr.. Bonnie Sutton working for
the Omaha Guide and he took a
vacation and went home. Yes it
was San Antonio, too, to visit with
his home folks. We wonder if
John Sutton and Mr.. Bonnie
Sutton know anything about each
other?
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09
The ChiIdrens
-COLUMN-


(BT JOAN McCAWD
SYMPATHY FOR;
CHARLES DICKERSON. SIR.
JUNE"
June is the month of spring,
When all the robins love to sing
1t is the month when school is out,
And all the children run about.
Spring very seldom has a storm
But it is sometimes very warm.
June is the month of happy cheer,
And sometimes the month of a
happy year.
Valaria Joan McCaw, Editor.
THE CIRCUS"
The circus is in town,
With many a clown.
The lions and tigers are there
The trapeze people are in the air,
All the people are sitting tight,
Waiting for the show with all
their might.
Gee | like the circus so,
But even better I like the show.
Valaria Joan McCaw, Editor.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09

inal play was when ANT present
ed Mr. Hills story about arHarlem
debutante, titled "Striver's Row"
in 1910. This is the play that
really produced Fred O'Neal, the
laboratory technician, who has be-
come one of Broadway's most dis
tinguished actors, having first
gained attention when he played
the father in John Golden's "Three
Is A Family" in April, 1914, and
went on to achieve national fame
in the principal supporting role
in the smash hit, Gamma Lucasta,"
now on Broadway.
Alice Childress, housewife and
mother, also emerged from "Striv-
er's Row" with l%aurels, and scored
heavily in "Three Is A Family"
and has swept on to Broadway with
anna Lucasta," where she was
runner-up to O'Neal who won the
Charles Derwant cash prize Of FIVE
hundred dollars for his excellent
Characterization of Frank" in
anna Lucasta," which a commit
tee on judges declared to be the
best male acting job in a non-fea-
tured role on Broadway during the
1944-45 season.
Helen Martin, who played Big
ger Thomas sister in Richard
Wright's Native Son." is a pro
duct of ANT. A few others are.
Virgil Richardson, a teacher, who
supplanted Canada Lee in "The Big
White Fog; Clare Leyba, dancer,
now an understudy in "Anna Luz
casta"; Sadie Brown, federal work
er, who had a prominent part in
Owen Dodson's Garden Of Time;
and handsome William Greaves,
engineering student, who played a
featured role in Garden Of Time
and is being seriously considered
for the leading role in Mr.. Hills
adaptation of the novel "Walk
Hard" soon to be produced on
Broadway.
+ Perhaps ANTS most illustrious,
to say the least, best known pro-
duct, is Hilda Simms, pretty and
youthful star whose portrayal of
Anna in anna Lucasta" has been
characterized as n of the finest
performances on the Main Stem
in many seasons.
anna Lueasta. as is vel
known, is not a play about a Negro
family, and could be performed BY
actors and actresses of any race
or color. In the current produc-
ton, the Negro players are allow
ed the full range of emotions,
which they prove are the exclusive
property Of no one group. The
hayward Anna, her faithful mother
or her %incestuous father might be
members of a family drawn from
any land or from any station OF
our society. 1t is a human drama,
and thanks to ANT, an all-Negro
cast has been allowed to prove it
can breathe life into characters
to evoke pity and pathos as well
as it ear make people laugh. 1t
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09

should be noted that ANT diseoy-
cred "Anna Lucasta," and present.
ed it in Harlem at the 135th Street
Library theatre, before it was pro-
duced on Broadway where it won
the distinction of being the most
important native American drama
in 20 years.
In presenting the Golden Play,
"Three Is A Family" last year,
ANT set a precedent, for in doing
so, a Negro cast stepped into the
shoes of a white cast to produce
with marvellous success a play that
had been written about a middle
class white American family.
The significant feature, which
made the event even more remark
able is that fact that the Negro
cast presented the play in the
same theatre on a night the reg
ular cast was off. The members
of the white cast saw the show,
and by their WI statements, the
Negroes turned in a great %perfor-
nance, and in some roles the ANT
players did a much better job than
the whites.
Director Hill, perhaps, will now
know for many years the full eff
feet of his handi-work. This rangy,
bespectacled, Lincoln University
trained playwright, regards his
work with singular modesty. Asked
what his personal aspirations are,
Mr.. Hill smilingly admits he would
like to spend his time writing and
directing plays. Whether he even
tually energies as an established
American playwright may be
answered when Broadway sees his
play Walk Hard" But regardless
of what happens to walk Hard"
Mr.. Hill has already firmly fixed
his name in the theatrical frma-
ment; his contribution to the cul-
tural development Of his race is
solid and beyond dispute.
But for the present, Mr.. Hills
fondest ambition is to see estab-
lished in Harlem a suitable theatre
where plays, concerts, reeitals and
other events may be held. To this
end, ANT has initiated a campaign
to raise three hundred thousand
dollars, the amount the sponso1
believes is necessary to accomplish
the undertaking.
Mr.. Hill sees in the development
Of such an institution in the Har-
lem community, a program that
will have salutary effect on the
cultural life Of every other com
munity. He regards such an insti-
tuition as being capable of pro-
vld1ng a wholesome center to lure
people outside Harlem to our COM
munlty for some purpose other than
to secure 'local color for a mag
azine article or a book; or simply
to see just how a Negro behaves
in his native environment" OF
out of sheer curiosity. What is
being done in New York can and
should be done in other cities.
The accomplishments of ANT
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-09
PLAIN TALK
By Julius j. Adams

Editors Note: Mr.. julius Adams,
associate editor of N. Y. Amster-
dam News, is the guest editor for
this week on a very timely sub
ject.
When the history of racial
achievement and interracial good
viii in the United States during
the four decades of the goth Cen
fury is written, no little of the
credit for its success will have to
go to the American Negro Theatre
(ANT), that once unknown group
Of men and women who not only
brought a new dignity to the Ne
gro actor and actress, but have
established a new tradition on
Broadway, theatrical center Of the
world.
The theatre, for centuries, has
been the instrument by which pat
terms have been set, and ways of
life charted and maintained. 1t is
as true today as it was in Shake
speare's time, for only recently the
Board of Motion Picture Censors
of Memphis, Tennessee, banned the
picture "Brewsters' Millions"
claiming that the play presented
too much racial mixture. Obvi-
ously, this brazen action was in
tended to prevent the spread of
any knowledge that might disturb
the status quo Of Negro-white re-
lations in the South.
If the officials Of Memphis were
simply preventing the people Of
their own city from seeing Brew
sters' Millions" with Eddie (Ro-
chester) Anderson, it would not
be a particularly serious matter.
The real evil is that the attitude
of Memphis and the entire South
controls the policy of the motion
picture and theatrical industry. a
policy which stereotypes the Negro
as an underling and a buffoon. And
since the producers cannot film
one picture for the north and an
other for the south, the more lib
eral people above the Mason and
Dixon Line are denied the oppor-
tunity to enjoy the matchless tai
ent Of scores Of Negro stars. 1t
was, therefore, evident that some
other outlet would have to be ere
ated to balance the current biased
condition.
The place the ANT and its Di-
rector, Abe Hill, occupy will con
tinue to occupy in the future in
offsetting the bigoted policy ac-
guessed in by the amusement in
dustry to appease the south, can
not be overestimated. For while
Broadway has not been too seri-
ously hampered by the southern
attitude, the fact that so many
plays are written with an eye to
Hollywood means that playwrights
are cautious not to inject into their
stories anything they feel might
offend the deep and backward
south. The result has been that
parts written into plays for Ne
groes r usually put there to pro-
vide fun and laughter, and while
individual actors and actresses
have achieved some prominence,
the prestige Of the race has suf-
fered immeasurably.
ANTS ambition is to develop Ne
gro actors and actresses to play
straight roles in original standard
plays and to present established
plays with Negro casts. In doing
this, ANT could accomplish much
in the delineation of the role of
the Negro in the United States.
The first really successful effort
in presenting Negroes in an orig