davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03
SCI observes
Negro History
Week

The faculty and student body of
Southern Christian Institute was
made conscious during the week
of February 11-17, of National Ne
gro History Week by the lovely
chapel execrises.
Tuesday, February 13, 'The Ne
gro in War;" Dean c. c. Mosley has
as guest, the navy recruiting Off
GERS for the state of Mississippi,
Mr.. Jacobs and Smith. The princi-
pal speech by Mr.. Smith was very
inspirational.
Wednesday, February IA, 'The
Negro Sports" Coach Raten pres
ented a very interesting program
showing the various accomplish
ments of the Negro in athletics
during the year 1914.
Thursday, February Is, the 10th
grade, under the supervision OF
Mrs. Thomas, presented a quiz on
''The Negro in Literature" which
was very international.
Friday, February 16, the Minist-
erial Association, of which Mr.. VIM.
K. Fox is sponsor, presented a
c-lr nfot @f g.
and MIR. Fox spoke on "The Negro
Church"
Saturday, February II, the week
came to climax with a lovely
program presented by the music
class of extension teachers, Miss
Ruth Cobbins, instructor, entitled,
THE Negro in Music"
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03
Every Citizen
Urged To Give
To Red Cross

The government needs and asks
its citizens in this 168th week of
the war to:
!. Give all you can to the 1945
Red Cross drive. Voluntary contri-
buttons of 100000 are needed
to carry out the vast program of
service to our fighting and wound
ed, prisoners of war, veterans and
civilians in want.
2. Observe the midnight curfew
on places Of entertainment that
starts tonight This important mea-
sure is designed to save fuel, con-
serve manpower and ease the
strain on transportation.
3. Help solve local transit prob
lens: avoid rush hours; have ex-
act fare ready; move back in the
car; use street cars instead of
buses to conserve gas and tires;
Stagger your work hours; walk
whenever possible; keep your auto
working.
4. Keep on saving urgently need
ed waste paper and kitchen fats
also tin cans, where they are To-
cally collected.
5. Help our armies keep up their
heavy fire power. More than lis
artillery ammunition plants badly
need $500 men and women work.
ers.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03
Hub Soldier
Trains Recruits

Now supervising a squad of men
stocking vital supplies at an en-
gineer depot in France, Cpl. Eddie
Carey, Is, Bolegee, Ala, is a vet
eran of 36 months service in the
United States army who has help
ed to train hundreds of recruits.
Basic training is a speciality of
Cpl Carey, who has undergone
five basic training courses himself
Stationed in America for 80 months
he initiated countless new men in
to the customs of army life while
an MP with the 512th military po-
lice battalion, and as a member of
this unit at Camp Shelby.
He was a railroad worker in ci-
william life.
His wife, Mrs. Willie Mae Carey,
lives at 917 Atlanta ST., Hattiesburg.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03
attend

for certificates. Regular attend
ance was the main criteria.
DR.. James A. Grain of the de-
partment of Social Welfare ano
Rural Work, Indianapolis, Ind, Of
fered three outstanding books as
prizes to the three ministers report
ing the best community improve
ment program promoted through
their church. E. B. Short of Clos
ter won fire prize; Vanhorne Muir
ray of West Point won second prize
and R. A. Irving of Edwards, won
third prize. First prize was the
Abingdon Commentary.
A fitting climax to the success
full school was the organization OF
the Mississippi Council of Town
and Country Pastors. Rev. Thomas
Coleman of West Point, was elect
ed president; Rev. j. v. Wade OF
Ackerman, was elected vice presi-
dent; Rev. E. r. CASTOR, Gloster,
was elected secretary; Rev. w. K
Fox of Southern Christian Institute
was elected executive secretary
treasurer: Rev. A. E. Brooks OF
Edwards was elected chaplain; and
Rev. r. A. Irving of Edwards was
elected critic.
At present the council is divided
into the following districts: Central
district, Edwards headquarters
contact A. E. Brooks; Northeast
district-West Point headquarters
contact T. Coleman-Southeast dis
trict-McComb headquarters, con-
tact V. L. Moore, at Gloster- Sou
thern district-Gloster headquart-
ers contact E. B. Shorts South
west district-Port Gibson head
quarters, contact A. N. Harris, and
the Northcentral district-Mound
Bayou, contact B. B. Jones.
Any town or country minister in
the state of any denomination wish
ing to join in this movement for a
better country side and more ef-
ficlent rural church may contact
the man nearest his home and get
full particulars about joining.
VIM. X. Fox, Reporter
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03
Prentiss Soldier
Decorated For
Gallantry in Italy

Pvt. Jake McInnis, %, of Prem
tiss, recently was awarded the Sill
yer Star for gallantr yin action on
the Fifth Army front in northern
Italy.
Mclnnis, serving in the 92nd
Buffalo infantry division, was
cited for killing Is Germans while
single handedly holding key ter
rain point for seven hours and re-
pulsing seven counterattacks.
His wife, daughter, Tena Reed
2, and mother resite on Rt. 3, Mt
Oolive.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03
March 3-11
National All
Club Week

When the $4,000 All Club men,
bers of Mississippi celebrate Ma
tional All Club Week, March 3-11,
they can point with pride to their
efforts in helping to win the war,
because among other things, their
food production last year was valu-
ed at $2,9O1,785, according to club
leaders.
The national observance has been
set aside this year mainly to help
Al members to check up on their
achievements to date; to rededicate
themselves to the ideals embodied
in the All Club pledge with parti-
cular reference to the All war
goals; and to reach still more young
peeesss,llaa with the All program. Mis-
sissippi's goal for 1915 is 125,0OO
All members.
Mr.. johnson pointed out that
hundreds of former All boys from
Mississippi are giving an excellent
account on the fighting fronts of
their adherence to our watchwords,
Head, Heart, Hands, and Health"
Not all have become world-famous
as Col. Al Key, of Meridian, form
er Kemper county All Club mem
ber, but I'm sure all are doing
their part, with equal steadfastness
and loyalty.
Under food production, Mississip
pi All club achievements inclde
the following: victory gardens, 34,-
843 members grew 1889 acres; H.
481 members grew 1852 acres of
corn. 1881 members gre w6,837
acres of sweet potatoes; 2,458 men,
bers grew 1928 acres of peanuts;
2,805 members grew 8.242 acres of
other food crops; poultry, 21,153
members produced $50, ,228 birds;
dairy, 1892 members produced g.
538 animals; beet 1852 members
produced 6,472 animals; pigs, 14,141.
members produced 20,421 animals.
Achievements in conservation
last year include: 21,155 members
canned 2,034,284 quarts of vege-
tables, fruits and meats; 27,155 mem
bers dried 1928 pounds of fruits
and vegetables; 1866 members
made 116,999 garments and articles;
remodeled 28,274 garments and
and mended 167,521 garments; IT,
346 home Improvement members
refinished or painted 1887 pieces
Of furniture; yard Identification
members planted 68,318 shbubs; 9th
ers repaired and painted 20,370
farm implements; forestry club
members planted 1,727,595 seedl-
ings; terracing club members con-
structed 3,477,186 feet of terraces.
Health and nutrition achieve
ments include 20,954 members who
made physical check ups; 20,954
members corrected 1886 defects;
1860 food members planned and
prepared 1,187,60 balanced meals.
Other special war efforts include:
war bonds bought, $730,612; war
bonds sold, $468.752; scrap collected,
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03

Although farmers are being ask.
ed to supply quantities of lumber
and pulpwood for the war effort
they should not abandon good
Management practices and make
their woods unproductive in fu-
ture years, the extension service
says.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03
SCI Minister'S
School Ends,
Pastors Organize

The second annual school for
Town and Country Pastors held on
the campus of Southern Christian
Institute, Edwards, closed Friday
February 16, after a two weeks
study session, attended by thirty
ministers, representing five de-
nominations, on hundred individual
churches and twelve towns in the
state.
The school held by Southern
Christian institute in cooperation
with the home missions council of
North America, Inc, representing
twenty-three different denomina-
tions. The promotion and super
vision of the school was under the
direction of the Rev. VIM. K. Fox
of the department of Bible and Re-
ligious Extension of Southern
Christian Institute.
The theme of the years school
was the Kingdom of God in the
countryside. The faculty consised
of Presi dent John Long of Sou
thern Christian Institute; Br. B. L.
Jacobs, superintendent of the farm
Of Southern Christian institute; Mr..
v. A. Edwards, director of religi-
Gus extension at Fort Valley Col
lege, Fort Valley, Ca; Rev. R. B.
Gayden, dean of religion at Nat
chez college. Rev. D. F. Pielstick,
national frield representative of
the home missions council and Mr..
w. E. Ammons, state Negro AAA
agent of Mississippi, Jackson.
Special lecturers were: Rev. c..
M. Perry, state secretary of Disci-
pie Churches, Jackson; Mr.. P. H.
Easom, state department of educa-
ton, Jackson; Rev. J. w. Sells, exc
cutive secretary of the Mississippi
Rural Life Council; Mr.. Chester
Owens, Kinds county agricultural
agent; Mr.. w. c. David of the
Farm Labor Program, Washington,
D. c.; Mr.. H. c. Galloway, state
worker in the farm labor program,
Jackson; and Mr.. Chester Dobbs of
Hazlehurst.
The following ministers attended
the school: R. w. West, Bolton; J..
B. Wade, Ackerman; S. Q. Var
brough, Clinton; H. z. Alexander,
Edwards; /. c. Franklin, Port Glib
son; N. R. Trivellion, Port Gibson;
J. B. Watkins, Edwards; A. E..
Brooks, Edwards; J. B. Batteast,
Charleston; v. L. Moore, Gloster;
A. N. Harris. Port Gibson; S. j..
Dickey, McComb; R. A. Irving, Ed
wards; T. N. Walker, Reidsvil1e,
N. c.; B. B. Jones, Mound Bayou;
Thomas Coleman, West Point; R..
H. Richardson, Isaac Johnson, r.
Johnson of Edwards;
Thomas Brooks, Vicksburg; S. D.
White, Bolton; r. Chavis, Natchez;
J. B. Holmes, Vicksburg; r. Lott,
Jackson; w. Davis, Jacksont E.
Burns, Jackson; E. r. Castorn, Clos
ter.
Nineteen Of these men qualified
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03
Community Chest Has $7,795
For Negro Welfare Agency
Now Sectarian Negro Leadership
Must Sponsor Agency

The following leater was sent
out this week by the Community
Chest of Jackson:
To The Negro Leadership Of
Jackson:
For some time the directors of
the Community Chest of Jackson
havefelt that Negro welfare ag-
ency should be instituted which
would broaden Negro welfare work
extend the field of existing well
fac agencies and coodinate acti-
vities now being undertaken with
a view toward setting up a sound
program which could be enlarged
as conditions permitted and re-
quirements justified. Looking to-
ward that end, financial support of
the Chest was withdrawn from the
William Johnson Bethlehem Cen
ter because of its purely sectarian
sponsorship and supervisory con-
troll.
Although special committee of
the Chest made several efforts to
enlist the support of representative
Negro leaders in such an undertake
ing, nothing was accomplished, due,
1t seems, to feeling that the Will
liam Johnson Bethlehem Center
should continue as the only local
welfare agency for Negroes.
Please bear in mind that there
was then, and there is now, no de-
sire to abolish or replace the Will
liam Johnson Center-only a de-
sire to institute an agency to in
sure the extension of presently
operating programs and to seek
new means of meeting welfare pro-
blems among the Negroes of Jack
son whether in the field of health,
character building or any other
phase of social welfare.
The purpose of this letter is to
advise you, and through you the
interested Negro leadership of
jackson, that the Community Chest
stands ready and willing now or at
any future time to reopen this ques
ton with any representative group
of Negro leaders.
The Community Chest has ear
marked from funds already raised
$7,795, for 1915, expenses of a Ne
gro Welfare Agency sponsored by
non-sectarian Negro leadership,
which can meet with the approval
of your people and the standards
of the Chest
Without going into details, you
should know that several Chest ag-
encies now devote a large part of
their time and funds to Negro
work. The Family Service Agency
lists more than half of the fani-
lies receiving aid in 1914 as Ne
grof antilles. The Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts have active and ex-
panding programs for Negro youth.
The Community Hospital is open
to needy Negro patients. Other ag-
encies have Negro programs none
of which is to be curtailed either
now or later, but on the contrary,
would serve better if aided by
Negro Agency responsible for de-
veloping and extending the work
of all.
Yours very truly,
Charlie Scott, President
Community Chest of Jack
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03

The Community Improvement
Association met at Mt. Mariah, Ed
wards, at its regular meeting date.
This was the most enjoyable, in
spirational and international meet
ing that has been witnessed by its
members. The G. I. A. is looking
forward to promoting many worth
while community projects during
the remainder of the year.
Mrs. d. E. Jacobs, Reporter
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03
Used Cars

OPA District Director w. E. Hol-
comb reminded dealers and indi-
vidual sellers of used cars this
week that the new, more stringent
regulations go into effect of March
first, giving buyers more protection
from overcharge violations.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03
5,365,43 pounds.

0,oOO,foo POUNDS.
In connection with the fire con-
troll and farm safety programs, All
members removed 71,130 accident
hazards and removed 44,433 fire
hazards.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03

In cooperation with the Ameri-
can Social Hygiene, the week of
February 4-10 was set aside for an
intensified social hygiene program.
All chapel exercises during the
week were emphasizing social
hygiene.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03

Famine in Athens was reported
to have caused 100000 deaths in
1912.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03

A good word in court is better
than a pound in the purse.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1945-03-03

A word goes to the winds, but a
blow goes to the bones.
The union times., 1945-07-28
40 Persons Will
 Drown In July

One person will drown in the United States every s minutes dur ing June and July, according to the National Safety Council. That is an average of 40 persons drowried each day. Those figures are based on pre- vious annual records.
The union times., 1945-07-28
Medical Monopoly Still On The Job!

Washington (LPA) - Another round in the battle between the re- actiOnary wing of organized medi- cine, represented by Dr. Morris Fishbein of the American Medical Assn, and the people needing med ical care, represented by Rep. John D. Dingell O., Mich. and AFL president William Green, was fought over the Town Meeting of the Air last week. Making an ener- getic second for Fishbein was De- witt Emery of the Natl Small Busi- nessmen's Assn, who confined him. self to lauding the pioneer spirit of the American people which made more extensive medical care for them an insult, and implied that US. citizens were namby-pamby sOfties, he insisted.
 The subject of the debate, broad cast in part from here and in part from Chautauqua, N. Y., was the Wagner -Murray-Dingell bill now be- fore Congress. Introduced with the wholehearted support of organized labor, the bill includes provisions for compulsory health insurance paid for by worker and employer through so- cial security machinery.
 Millions of people are sick because they are poor, Green told the nation wide radio audience. Other millions, he added, are poor because they are sick Both groups will be aided by
The union times., 1945-07-28
Liquidate Debt,
 McCovern Asks Elm City Unions
Labor Temple Mortgage Must Be Liquidated To
 Prepare For Future

Vincent J. McCOvern, president of the New Haven Labor Council, this week sent the following letter to all A.F.L. unions in Greater New Haven:
 The wage rates and working con- ditionS which the members of or ganized labor in New Haven will en- joy after the war depend to a large extent upon how strong and we'll organized we are. There are plenty of signs now that there will be a slashing drive against our present wage scales, and we will need the combined strength of our local unions to defeat the enemies of the working man.
 Cone of our bulwarks is the fact that we have strong Central La Dor Council, which is respected in the community, and have our own home, the New Haven Labor Tenn pie, and are not beholden to any landlords. The Labor Temple is not only meeting place for Local Unions. 1t symbolizes the strength of organized labor in New Haven, and is one of the greatest assets we have.
 Tt is of extreme importance to labor that we make certain that noth- ing can happen to the New Haven Labor Temple. The only way this can be done is for the Temple to be free of debt. At present, we owe $13,O00 on the mortgage, and we can not rest easy until this mortgage is liquidated. Also, any profit that we could make on the building, which is needed for improvements, goes to the banks in the form of interest.
 ''I am therefore writing you this personal letter to ask that your Lo- cal Union give its full support to the Mortgage Liquidation Commit tee, which is working tirelessly to raise funds to wipe out our mort gage. The sale of the drawing tick cts is fine way to help. Your mem- bers have an opportunity to win a $lOO War Bond monthly, and at the same time help the entire Or- ganized labor movement.
 "Will you please read this com munication at the next meeting of your Local Union? If you members. want a speaker on this vital matter, the Committee will be glad to send one. If your Local will setup its own Committee to handle the sale of tickets in among your members, it will be of great help.
 "Remember-the future will bring many difficult problems for the labor movement. We will need our own home all the more, if we are to solve them. Now is the time for all good members of the A.FL. in New Haven to help"
The union times., 1945-07-28

health insurance provisions of the Wagner-M -Murray-Dingell bill.
 "WOrkers of America are SUD- porting the Wagner-Mmrray-DingeI bill," Green said, ''because they are convinced its enactment would be a long step forward in making health reality for millions of peo- pie now denied it.''
 'This bill specifically guaran- tees the free choice of the physi- clan by the patient, and the choice Of the patient by the physician,'' he said.
 ''It provides for democratic. local participation of all interested par ties i'll the operation of a system of prepaid medical care, and leaves the professional aspects of medical care in the hands of the doctors. where they belong.
 Tt will relieve the physician of the onus of overcharging the rich in order to provide charity care for the poor" Green stated.
 Fishbein called the bill the height of folly" and proposed a program formulated by an AMA committee Their emphasis is placed on promot ing voluntary disqualification plans in communities.
 Such ANA proposals are simply window-dressing, Rep. DingeIl am swered to Fishbein. He reminded Fishbein that he and the ANA in previous years opposed the institu- ton of voluntary systems, and only came to their defense when more comprehensive group health pro- grams, conducted as consumers cooperatives, were under ANA fire.
 Dingen characterized the oppo- sitiOn to the bill as ca static and
The union times., 1945-07-28
Payment Of Lump Sum Agreed Upon

A health fund established on a novel plan is the latest gain of NOrwalk's hat finish CTS and trimmers (Hatters Union, AFL) in contracts con- cluded with the Kramer Hat Company and the Frank Stack Hat Company of that city.
 The health fund will be estab- lished by lump sum payment from the employers of a sum sufficient to cover anticipated ex- pense instead of a percentage of the payroll. The lump sum pay ment presently provided for in the new agreement is $1 500 from each employer.
 ILLNESS PAYMENTS
 Under constitution and bylaws which the locals are now drafting it is expected that provision will be made to pay up to $6O a year to members inexperienced by illness, payment to begin after ten days of disability.
 Negotiations leading to the estab- lishment of the fund were conducted by a committee of Local g and B headed by Vice-President James No waco.
 A special committee to administer the fund will be established. It is to consist of six members of the union in each plant and one representative of the employer. It will be their duty to pass on applications for benefits and make payments in accordance with the rules of the plan.
 The lump sum of $l 800 is to cover payments until next May, when, it is expected, new funds will be provided for the health benefit plan.
 The new plan will go into effect and payments to members will be- gin as of September lst of this year.
The union times., 1945-07-28
Hewitt Retires As Machinists' Editor

WASHINGTON, D. C. = The "dean" among editors of the nations trade union magazines-Fred Hewitt of the Machinists' Monthly Jownal- has retired at the age of 70, in line with retirement provisions of the Machinists' constitution. He has been at the helm of the Journal for over 30 years and in that time the maga- zine has become world-known, going to subscribers in many lands around the globe.
The union times., 1945-07-28
)ravdk Haters Sign Pact With Employers On Health Fnnt

reactiOnary combination of Dill makers, some misinfOrmed hospi- tals, certain kinds of profit making insurance companies, all of which are spearheaded by the same well. financed minority of political doc tors within the AA1A who have ale ways opposed and misrepresented Social Security in all its aspects"
The union times., 1945-07-28

Now Congress has started follow ing Herbert HOOver's advice on how to handle food, maybe we'll see a Hoover plan for treatment of vet erans passing the House.
 They can call it the Anacostia Flats Bill of Rights.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-06-15
Buy War Bonds
Capt. B. L. Steward
Continued from page il

tContlnueG from page il
a stretcher and sent across. Cap
tain Steward followed in a boat
swains chair pulled along the cable
by rope through pulleys until he
was safely over the heavy sea run
ming between the two ships. When
he reached the destroyer, he found
that the young sailor had a rup-
tured appendix and was in need
of immediate operative attention,
Captain Steward operated sue
cessfully on the boy on a table
in the officers dining room at II
O'Clock that night. Afterwards, the
sea grew so rough that he was
awakened from a much needed
rest to be returned to the liberty
ship while the transfer was still
possible,
When he landed in New York
Captain Steward was unaware of
the national publicity the opera
tion had attracted, until his brother,
Dr. G, B. Steward, told him of i
when the captain phoned his fam
lily, eyes" replied the captain;
that was quite an experience.
was hoping the damn rope wouldn't
break"
Captain Steward made his home
in Coolidge, where. he was prac-
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-06-15
s/seT. ROBERT JAY EDWARDS

S/SGT. ROBERT JAY EDWARDS
of Eloy recently has returned from
many months. duty in the South
Pacific and is now in a naval hos
pital at Balboa Park, California.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bob
Edwards. Hope everything and
everybody in Coolidge is o. k.," he
writes; because l expect to be
there soon." Edwards, who serves
with the U. S. Marines, is a former
Coolidge-Florence high school stu
dent.
LEONARD GARDNER, S 1/c,
returned to the States this week
after serving Is months in the
South Pacific, according to a tel
egram received from Tacoma,
Washington, Wednesday, by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Gardner.
Seaman Gardner expects to be here
soon. His wife makes her home in
Los Angeles.
TIA RICHARD M. FARNSWoRTH
arrived Saturday from Oakland,
California, on two weeks furlough
to visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Farnsworth. At the con-
clusion of his furlough he will re-
port for duty at Oakland.