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The Omaha guide., 1945-11-10

against poverty, through the period
of his ever-increasing reputation as
the Brown Bomber. to his army
days. Louis knew hungry child
hood, early disappointment and
heartache, bitter defeat at the
height Of his fame. but these ex-
periences nodded the champion in
to a man as well as an athlete. He
has become an American institution
Not only has he held the champ
ionship longer than any boxer
since the days of John L. Sullivan,
but whether winning or losing. in
peace and in war, he has aid and
done the right thing at the right
time. The quickly terminated
Carnera bout. the defat of courag-
eous Max Baer, the furious fight
of Louis and Schmeling, the quick
decisive defeat of Lewis. Galento,
Buddy Baer and Nova, the close
battle with Billy Conn are all fast
and coIorfully described. Determ-
med to clear the prize fighting ring
of any tinge of rowdyism. Louis has
taken good sportsmanship as a SER
ious duty.
Now that he has been released
from the Army, the attention of
the country is conferred upon Lou
as a leader Of his people. He was
honored as a model soldier, and a
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-10

Famous Deep River Boys, sensational NRCC6S singing stars, who
recently appeared on the Kate Smith program, soon to appear here
with LII Green and the famed Luis Russell Orchestra.
BIuebrd record artists, the boys are q current hit at the famous
Tic Toe Club In Boston, Mass. Exponents Of 1--WE rhythm, they rated
the acclaim at Ben Gross, N. Y. Daily News radio critic, who said:
1.-THE Deep River Boys singing shoe Shoe Baby gave the Kate Smith
show a terrific Itft"
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-10
MINIMUM WAGE BILL
GETS NAACP SUPPORT

Washington, DC.,-Leslie Perry
of the NAACP Washington Bureau
testified Nov. l before the House
Labor Committee in support of the
Pepper-Hook Csc minimum wage
bill. This legislation would raise
the minimum wage of all unskilled
laborers covered by the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1888 from 40c an
hour to Csc. After two years the
minimum would automatically be
raised to 75c hourly. Moreover, a
minimum wage would be extended
to groups now denied wage pro-
lection, namely, persons employed
in packing, canning and processing
agricultural and fish products for
shipping in interstate commerce.
Although indorSing the principle
of the legislation, the NAACP said
that an amendment was needed to
protect Negro workers from wage
d~ifferentials based solely on race.
Under the bill industry committees
made up of representatives of man.
agement. labor and the public are
empowered to raise the minimum
wage to 75c eve before two years
have elapsed. if it finds that the
industry in question can afford to
do so. 1t Is also authorized tc
classify all employees in the indus
try.
After submitting to the House
Labor Committee various data
showing the extent to which Negro.
es and Mexican workers frequently
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-10
FREEDOM ASKED FOR
FORT LAYTON SOLDIERS

Washington, DC.,@On October 81
the NAACP filed a petition foi
clemency with the Secretary of War
on behalf of 81 Negro soldiers con.
victed of rioting at FIT. Lawton
Washington, against Italian pris
oners of war. The sentences i'm.
posed ranged from ! to Is years
confinement at hard labor. The
Associations attorneys are Thur.
good Marshall and his assistant
Robert L. Carter.
In addition to detailing prejudic-
ial errors committed at the trial, it
was pointed out that although
clashes between American soldiers
and Italian prisoners of war occur
red a number of times prior to the
riot. FIT. Lawton authorities had
taken no steps to guard against fu-
ture occurrences and byt heir lax
policies made the riot of August IA
1914. Inevitable.
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-10
MARYLAND NAVAL CENTER
sEGREGATES VISITORS,
NAACP TELLS SECRETARY
FORRESTAL

Washington. DC.,-A protest has
been lodged with the Secretary OF
the Navy James ". Forrestal by the
NAACP for segregation of visit
ors to the Naval Training Center
at cambridge, Maryland.
The NAACP letter relates that
colored visitors are forced to use a
jim-crow bus, must meet their rel
atives in uniform in a separate hal
set aside for Negroes only. and are
not permitted to leave the hall dur
ing the visit, whereas white sail.
ors and their friends have the free.
| dom of the grounds. The letter tC
Forrestal related the following re.
port of a visit:
ION Sunday, October 81, Mr.. and
MRS. Blank, with two other persons
visited her husbands brother, who
is a seaman in the Naval Training
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+, warded recently the Legion of
Merit by Major General Clarence H.
Kells. commander Of the New York
Port Of Embarkation. According
to the citation, his services to the
Army "ntailed considerable risk to
his boxing future as the champion
heavyweight of the world, but he
willingly volunteered such action
rather thar disappoint the soldiers
who desired to see him in the ring"
Margery Miller. the author. saw
! her first championship prize fight
at the age of fifteen-the dramatic
second Understanding bout. Since
then she has avidly followed every
major heavyweight fighter. either
from the ringside or through the
newspapers. AS a student at We'll
lesley College. from which she was
graduated with honors last May,
she spent her weekends at h ring
side in Boston, where the boxing
enthusiasts soon accepted her as
one of their own. This friendship
with the insiders of the fight world
stood her in good stead in writing
JOE LOUIS: AMERICAN. In New
York she has been receiving much
publicity for her complete and hon
est picture Of the champ. The New
York Times has published a long
interview with her, and the Daily
Mirror a feature article.
She has told Louis's story simply,
clearly. and directly. for she real
ICES that Joe's life has been one Of
those rare stories which words can
tell but not improve. Its publica-
ton is a fine tribute to Louis both
as a sportsman and as a noble AM
erican.
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-10
GARY PUPILS STILL ON
RACE STRIKE

Gary, Ind, (CNs) 1000 white
students Of Frobel High School
were yet on their anti-Negro strike
despite an order from the Board of
Education to return to school.
Backed by their parents a mass
meeting Of the strikers was held
which gave a stirring committee Of
IS parents a vote of confidence to
continue the strike. The strikers
had demanded segregation of the
schools, removal Of Principal Rich
ard A. Nuzum and discontinuance
of the schools ace relation study.
The School Board is preparing To
deal with the situation by expelling
all students over 16, and bringing
truancy charges against those UNI
der age.
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NAACP Halls PRESIDENT
ON FEDERAL USES.

Washington. DC-President Tru-
mans plea in his speech of October
80 that the United States Employ
ment Service be kept under FEEDER
al management and not returned TO
the states was hailed by the NAA-
CP in a telegram to the Chief Exc
cutive by Walter White. The tele-
gram:
National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People COM
mends recommendation in your
speech of last night urging the
Congress to keep the United States
Employment Service under Federal
management. We join you in the
hope that the Congress will take
this step"
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-10

Champ Carry, Executive Vice Pres
ident of the Pullman Company. for
the purpose of beginning the nego-
tiation of the revision of the exist
ing agreement, with the view to re-
ducing the work-month and the i'm
provement of other working rules
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NAACP PRAISES RICKEY
FOR SIGNING ROBINSON

New York-Branch Hickey OF
the Brooklyn Dodgers, was praised
for following the sound American
tradition of fair play" in signing
Jackie Robinson to play with the
Montreal Royals. farm club Of the
Dodgers, in a letter from the MA
ACP last week. Especially do we
appreciate" the letter said, your
statements at the time of the sign
ing and subsequent to it. There
was no equivocation from the Dod-
ger office"
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"Joe Louis, American
Continued from Page y

clared Boxing writers who thought
they knew all about the heavy
weight champion will add greatly
to their background by reading
Miss Miller's book on Joe Louis
And Nat Fleischer. editor of the
Ring Magazine predicts that il
will go over with a bang"
JOE LOUIS: AMERICAN IS q
thrill packed saga from the day
when the young Alabama cotton
picker determined TO win the battl,
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Evening star., 1945-03-04
Boys Speak Out

If THIS seems to adults a trivial
cause for serious parent-son con-
flict, it is extremely important to
the boys. Here group of typical
high-school boys speak out on this
troublesome subject. Parents may
not be flattered by the picture the
young Americans ages Is to II -
paint of them as chore masters. But
perhaps they will find a clue in it to
better understanding and a solution
for chronic family conflict.
Evening star., 1945-03-04
Here's the No. l gripe
of teen-age boys
the lack of plan in
handing out chores -.

LLTWE chore situation on Satur-
days is terrible. Your mother
gives you one thing to do and then
when you finish. she tells you to stick
around awhile - she might need
you. But nothing happens. | had to
waste two hours waiting for moth
ing last Saturday. l still feel sore
when think of it."
The speaker-a sturdy, pleasant
looking boy of 16 - was expressing
the resentment teen-age Americans
everywhere feel about the way the
many wartime home chores are
assigned.
Parents - especially mothers -
do not organize Chores" the boys
complain. They don't think boys
time is valuable. They don't CO.
operate in working out a fair and
square timetable for work they want
done"
Evening star., 1945-03-04
"Parents Aren't Fair!'

One point the boys emphasize in
their discussion is the way their free
time has shrunk during the war.
What with the help scarcity and the
outside activities of parents. they
have taken on great deal of neces-
sary extra work at home - from
washing the windows periodically to
helping regularly with the cleaning
and cooking
Our parents would have hard
time doing without us, think. one
youngster says seriously. Yes"
adds another, my father is in Eng
land and l think my mother would
find it pretty difficult to chop wood
for the fireplace every day. but we
have to use it to help heat the
house"
Do Important Work
In ADDITION to these home chores,
the older boys have after-school and
holiday paid jobs. They earn from
SIS to $40 OF more a week and take
care OF many of their own expenses.
Much of the work they do is impor-
tant to the community. Tens of
thousands of hfgh-school boys, for
instance, were needed in post Offices
all over the country to help get out
the Christmas mail. And at all sea-
sons, the local groceries. drugstores
and other small businesses depend
on part-time. teen-age workers to
help them carry on. The boys also
help regularly with the community
scrap collections. And in the sum-
mer thousands of them sign up to
work on farms helping to get in
the crops.
All this has made the younger
wartime generation very time
conscious. Schoolboys have learned
7theT was; l am much more
ndsOn wiH be. -. Lincoln
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-30
EMACIATED SEAMEN
TO TELL STORY OF
HOUSTON DISASTER

HANDY, Ceylon, Aug. 29.-WD-
A band Of emaciated, American
seamen will emerge from the
Thailand jungles tonight to tell
FOR the first time the story Of the
mysterious disappearance Of the
U. S. Cruiser Houston AZ months
ago.
United States transport planes
are flying 300 American prisoners
from japanese horror camps today
and at least 122 Of them were
scheduled to reach Calcutta to.
night.
Most of them are survivors Of
the Houston. Their presence in
the Japanese Thailand camps,
where they apparently were held
incommunicado by the enemy to
maintain the mystery Of their
ships disappearance, was reveal
ed in Washington by 1t. Col. Nicol
Smith of the Office Of Strategic
Services. Five Houston survivors
stumbled into his guerrilla camp in
Thai1and a few weeks ago to re.
port that 800 more were awaiting
liberation.
The 122 being flown to Calcutta
tonight were concentrated at Baag
xok where they were taken from
the Petbri camp Northwest ot the
city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-30
Japs Leave
Settlement
To Invaders
FLAGS DECK CITY
Little Damage Is Suffered
From Bombs In Civilian
Areas OF Town
BY VERN HAUGLAND

SHANGHAI, Aug. a. R =
Shanghai cheered a small party OF
Allied officers and newsmen today,
and eagerly awaited the city's Of.
fetal release from nearly eight
years of japanese control.
While the Nipponese still no
minally dominated the city whico
they took over in December, 1887.
they plainly indicated they would
be glad when the time comes fol
Lnem to surrender.
The Japanese 10th Army held the
city, but today its members stayed
out of the International settlement,
where Allied flags flew IN profuse
and open defiance of Shanghai's
former masters.
Cheering crowds followed Allied
correspondents who arrived with
Army press officers yesterday by
plane from Okinawa. Flag-waving
groups gathered in front Of hotels
where the new arrivals were stay
ing.
Shanghai itself appeared busy, its
stores filled with goods, prices
were falling under the debating
effects produced by Japanese, who
we're flooding the market with loot
gathered during their occupation
Of the city.
There was little damage to
Shanghai's civilian areas by bomb.
;ngs, a tribute to American preci-
sion air attack which knocked out
several important military targets.
The japanese deliberately plac-
and military installations. One
ed internee camps near factories
American bombing demolished a
factory but killed 30 European
refugees in adjoining camp.
The Nipponese kept secret their
military casualties, but civilians
said the occupation force suffered
heavily in dead and wounded in
raids last July.
Two English language news
papers run by the Japanese gave
wide play to atrocity claims after
the aerial attacks, displaying head
lines such as: more Details o.
Brutal American Bombings."
A reflection of the propaganda
influence of the stories was seen
in the bitter reproach of white
girl, who weepingly asked our co.
pilot, 1t. Charles Wisdom, Pitts
burg, Kans. Why did you kill my
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-30
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
BUSY MAKING READY
FOR 1856 OPENING

Buster than the proverbial one
arm paper hanger as of late are
the school principals of New Han
over county, preparing and repair
ing their schools and class rooms
for the coming term. Not among
the least problems is that of ma
terials and equipment Each class
room has to pass a rigid inspection
under the sharp eye of the princi'
pals to determine any shortage Of
chalk. erasers, and a larger mum
be- of other items included in the
paraphernalia of a good school
teacher, for the principal also is
responsible for. the results attained
by their respective teachers.
Only change in principals as an
nounced by the New Hanover
Board of Education is at Carolina
Beach grammar school, where
Mrs. VanLandinghah has request
ed that she be relieved of hel
duties because of illness in hel
family. Mrs. VanLandingham
who has served as principal OF the
Carolina Beach school for the pas
several years, will be replaced
temporarily by Mrs. Kitty J. Cavi
ness, formerly sixth grade
teacher at the sochool.
Mrs. VanLandingham has seer
her school grow from a faculty O
three to the present school OF tel
teachers.
School authorities have indicated
that they extended TO place a mal'
principal in charge of the Carolin;
Beach school.
Other schools which will retall
the same principals who servet
last year are:
New Hanover High school, T. T
| Continued on Page Three; Col. /.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-30
.iinlnlel Also
Censured In
Findings
STIMSON "VEXED"
STIMSON "VEXED"
War Secretary Says Crit
cism OF General Wrong.
Uncalled For
Bv D. HAROLD OLIVER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-(P)-I
The veil on the "top secret" Pearl
Harbor reports was lifted today,
revealing that official boards of
inquiry levelled criticism at such
Washington leaders as General Of
the Army George G. Marshall and
Former Secretary Of State Cor
dell Hull.
But President Truman, in max.
ing public the reports on the ma.
tons greatest military disaster,
went strongly to the defense OF
Marshall. So also did Secretary OF
Wa Stimson who, in addition,
branded the criticism Of Hull as
wrong and "uncalled for
An Army Board found that
Marshall, U. S. Chief of Staff,
failed to keep the Hawaiian Army
Command fully informer of the bit
ter U. S. japanese friction which
preceded the sneak attack on the
great Pearl Harbor bastion Dec.
Z, 1941.
It said that Hull, at time
when the. Army and Navy were
stalling for time because they were
unurepared, presented Japan
10-point document which the Jap.
anese regarded as an ultimatum.
This document, the board said,
touched the button that started
the war" However, it added that
war was inevitable and Imminent,
anyway.
"The information which he hao
was incomplete and confusing but
it was sufficient to warn him Of the
tense relations between our gov
eminent and the Japanese Empire
and that hostilities might be NOM
entarily expected" the document
stated.
Also, it continued, Short failed
to reach or attempt to reach an
agreement with the Admiral com.
manding the Pacific Fleet Illus
band E. KimmeD and the Admir-
al commanding the 14th Naval Dis
trict Claude C. Bloch, Hawaii Com
mandy for implementing the joint
Army and Navy plans and agree
ments then inexistence which pro-
vided for joint action by the two
services"
The board also found Short failed
to inform himself of the effective
ness of the long distance recon
Continued on Page Two; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-30
NIMITZ ACCLAIMS
P0TSDAM WISDOM
ABOARD Uss SOUTH DAKOTA,

ABOARD USS SOUTH DAKOTA,
TOKYO BAY, Aug. % P -Ad.
miral Nimitz said tonight, on the
eve of Allied occupation of Nippon,
he thought it was wise to allow the
Japanese to retain their Emperor.
81 think" he said, "that the wis
dom of the Potsdam declaration
and Qualification (Which allowed
the Emperor to remain) has al
ready been shown by the peaceful
ness tonight.
There has been no hostile act
and that, think, is because OF the
emperor"
The five-star Fleet Admira,
made the remarks during a press
conference shortly after his arriv
al from Guam. #
He asserted that the Japanese
surrender had come earlier thar
expected by the Allies and disclos
ed that his own victory guess -
jotted down on piece OF pape1
more than two years ago - hae
been Dec. 81, 1915.
Nimitz declared sea power, in
Guiding carrier forces, cleared the
way for the defeat of Japan. The
victory, he added, was due to the
teamwork of all armed services
He said the Nipponese still hae
a well equipped Army and "a very
large air force but practically ne
Navy"
Use of the atomic bomb, he add
ed, was made possible by amp
hibious occupation of island ali
bases.
Nimitz said American Marine!
would 60 to China ''sooner or lat
Continued on Page Three; Col. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-30
S0VIETS CAPTURE
$4,000 ENEMY

LONDON, Aug. 29.-P)-Russia's
Far Eastern armies seized more
than $4,000 Japanese officers and
men, including 81 top-ranking en-
envy Generals, in their 20-day Of
fensive, against japan, Moscow an
nounced tonight.
A Soviet communique said &c.
900 Japanese officers and men, in.
GLIDING % Generals surrendered
yesterday to Russian forces in
Manchuria, Korea. the Kurile Is.
lands and on Sakhalin.
The new bag included the com.
mander of the 30th Army of the
crack Japanese Kwantung Army in
Manchuria.
An average of more than 25,65C
enemy troops surrendered daily be-
tween Aug. 9, when the Sovie'
Union entered the Japanese wal
with powerful three-pronged drive
into Manchuria, and yesterday
Moscow revealed. Huge quantities
of booty were seized, including 581
planes and 347 tanks.
Moscow said japanese troops
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-30
JAPAN
PLANS
VOTING
REF0RE YEARS END
scbooIs Ordered Reopened
Next Month; Nation
Cooperating
pv The Associated Press

Janan moving in q "smooth,
4 manner" toward Occupa-
san bv conquering forces while
D D,.aued with the many difficulties
r. p'S building the new Japan" Of
,ss future was sketched in Tokyo
Radio broadcasts today.
General election before the
,a.r's end-the first in more than
.Srpe vears-was forecast by the
nomei News Agency. 1t was being
ssIaved. the Home Ministry ex'
alsined. because voting lists had
sspn destroyed in most major cites
and in provincial towns by air
raids Wartime movement of the
nooulation presented the, problem
II revising representation from the
r,rous electoral districts.
In step toward an election, the
cabinet removed some wartime re-
strct ons on political activities and
t5e press. The Domei broadcast
,eporting this said the government
would suppress any organization
whose activities might "compro-
mise the national policy" and con.
troll such activities as did not tit
into the complicated post war sit
uation."
Other developments reported by
Radio Tokyo, as monitored by FEC,
included:
A warning to the Allies not to
use armed might in attempts to
force things on the Japanese
people. 1t came from 1t. Gen. Kan
il Ishihara, adviser to the East
Asa Federation.
All schools and colleges ordered
reopened throughout japan by Sept.
Is affecting nearly 10000, 900 Jap
anese boys and girls.
Tokyo newspapers featured pic
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-30
Fl Maxi War Criminals
To Face Trial By Allies

LONDON, Aug. 20 = Up - Two
dozen surviving chiefs of Hitler S
Nazi gang = the men who plotted
world conquest and reaped misery
for their people instead - were
listed officially today as defendants
in mass trial of arch war Grim
inals.
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goer-
ing, whose once-vaunted Air Force
paced the aggression in the Nazis'
years of ascendency, headed the
list of "a military leaders, diplo-
mats and politicians who will be
brought before an international
Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
early in October.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-30
Wainwright Flies Today
To Join Gen. Macarthur

CHUNGKING, Aug. 29.-P)-
1t. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright,
rugged-faced hero who surrender.
ed Corregidor to the japanese
more than three years ago, will
fly tomorrow from Cnungking to
join Gen. Macarthur in Japan
final capitulation at Tokyo.
The thin, prison-weary American
General today was awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross, was
entertained by Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek and went through
busy round of and-shaking and
conferences.
Accompanying the 62-year-old
General when he leaves to joir
Macarthur will be Brig. Gen
Lewis C. Beebe, Col. John Pugh
Maj. Thomas Dooley and f1Sgt
Hubert Carroll, all former Japa.
nese prisoners.
"All this group were with me
on the tragic day (May 6, 1912
when I had to surrender and I'm
especially anxious that they be
present when we accept the Japa.
nese surrender" Wainwright mes.
saged Macarthur in accepting the
Supreme Commander invitation
to go to Tokyo, a Manila dispatch
said.
Wainwright, who arrived in
Chungking yesterday from Mukden,
n C.Y o.