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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-25
MRS. ELLEN M. WATTS

TABOR CITY, June 24.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Ellen M. Watts
sc, who died yesterday at the home
of her son, Lester Watts. of Route
l, were held at S p. m. yester
day at the New Life Baptist
church with the Rev. Bob Carter
and the Rev. Nance Simmons, of.
ficiating. Burial was in the Spivey
cemetery.
Besides her son, Mrs. Watts is
survived by four brothers, O. O.
and j. j. Watts, of Tabor City. c.
H. Watts of Whiteville and J. T.
Watts, of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-25
SPLITS
CLEVELAND BILL

CLEVELAND, June "a. -@ -
Inc Chicago White Sox scored
seven runs in the third inning todav
70 split 'doubleheader with the
Cleveland Indians by TAKING tho
a1terplece 7 to after losing the
opener 7 to 3. Ed Lopat won his
lourtn game in the nightcap, al.
1nough relieved in the ninth inning
FIRST GAME
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REV. LEE breaches

-Four Reasons Why We May
Expect the End of the World
Any Day" is the title of SER
mon deli cred last night by
the Rev. James r. Lee, pastor
of the First Advent Christian
church, 5O4 South Sikh St.
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AUGUSTUS BARTHOLOMEW
MRS. CORA M. MATTHEWS

BURGAW, June 24.-Mrs. Cora
Moore Matthews. 49, died today at
the home of her son, Elliot Mat
theWs, of Atkinson.
She is survived by a daughter,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-25
FULL TOOTH AT Birth

CHICAGO, June "a W.D "A
observation-disclosures boy born
recently to Mrs. Betty Jane Funck,
"a, was equipped with full-grown
tooth. Mrs. Funcl is the wife OF
Wilbe-t Funck, a printing press
man.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-25
REDS, PIRATES
DIVIDE HEADER

CINCINNATI, June "a. Up
Joe Bowman. won his fifth straight
game as the Cincinnati Reds de-
feated the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3
in the nightcap of a doubleheader
after Pittsburgh took the opener
rs.
FIRST GAME
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$500 GEESE FLY NORTH

HELENA, Mont, June 24.-UH
The largest flock of Canadian
geese seen in Montana-more than
$500 recently was seen misg-a-
ting northward.
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PIERETTI HURLS
WIN OVER BRAVES

BOSTON, June A-R)-With Ma.
linn Pieretti allowing only six
scattered hits. Washington defeat
ID the Red Sox So in the second
osme of doubleheade- today at
conway Park after Boston shaded
mo Senator's SIS in the opener.
FIRST GAME
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z-Batted for Terry in 7th.
zz-Batted for Walters in 9Th.
III Batted for Barrett in 9th.
Score by inning:
nosTnN no 600 Oo0-2
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-25

Approximately 500 major league
ball palyers were in the armed
forces on Jan. /, 1945.
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r r. CANNARLEY

CHADBOURN, June "a. - j. F..
|Cannarley died in Franklin, Va.
where he had made his home for
the past two years.
He was an employe OF the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad Co., and
was a native of Columbus county,
having moved to Franklin from
Hallsboro.
He is survived by his widow; two
daughters, Mrs. Louise Long and
Mrs. L. R. Ray, both of Bolton:
his father and stepmother. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Cannarley, of Nakina;
nine brothers, Bob, Joe OF Tabor
City, Lee, Donnie Mack, Tom.
Johnnie, all of Nakina, Pfc. George
of the U. S. Army overseas, and
Walter Cannarley, of Whiteville;
and seven sisters, Mrs. Charli
Mclean, Mrs. McDuffie Hardwick.
Mrs. Dewitt White, Mrs. Edgar
Long, Mrs. Bill Suggs, of Nakina.
Mrs. Wesley Ward, of Whiteville,
anc Mrs. Charlie Bullock of Green;
[Sea, S. G..
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-25
JOHN T. PARISH

CHADBOURN, June 24.-Funer.
al services for John Thomas Par.
ish, rs, who died yesterday at the
home of his son, T. ]. Parish, OF
Bladenboro. were held yesterday
at Thomson, Ga.
He is survived by seven sons,
Mr.. Parish, of Bladenboro; Jim
Parish of Thomson, Ga; John
Parish of Langley, S. c.; Grady
Parish of Stapelton, Ga; Alex
Parish of Warrenton, Ga; Jack
Parish of Gastonia; and George
Parish of Shallotte; four daugh
tiers, Mrs. Walter Stewart, OIL
Wrens, Ga; Mrs. Lewis Baker Of
Warrenton, Ga; Mrs. Ralph HUFF
of Stapelton, Ga; and Miss Dalph
Parish of New York, and one step.
son, Frank Todd, of Augusta, Ga.
AUGUSTUS BARTHOLOMEW
LAKE WACCAMAW, June %.
Funeral services for Augustus Bar
tholomew. 80, who died Saturday
morning at the Jones hotel, will
be held this afternoon at 5
o clock at the Mckenzie Chapel in
Whiteville, with the Rev. S. N
Lamb in charge.
A native of Pennsylvania, he had
made his home here for severa
years and was an active member
of Waccamaw Masonic Lodge OF
Bottom.
Surviving is a son, Henry A.
Bartholomew of Washington and
one grandchild.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-25

Some stars are estimated to have
interior temperatures of 1900, 900,
0OO degrees Fahrenheit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-25

Mrs. E. M. Wells, of Philadelphia,
Pa; son Elliot; two brothers E.
B. Moore, of Clinton, and F S.
Moore, of RRosehill; sister, Mrs.
w. L. Matthews. of Roseboro; and
seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
3 D. m. tomorrow from the Rec
Hill church in Sampson county
with the Rev. Morris W. Cobbs,
pastor, officiating.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-25

A. R Gum is a military police
man in Battle Creek. Mich.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-25
The Box
UASHISGTON

TflI AIS '''' -
x-Batted for Niggeling n 9Th.
" Ran for Layne in 9th.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-25

x-Ran for lombard n 9Th.
xx-Batted for Voiselle in 9Th.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-25

meat in lunch sandwiches kept T.
500 employees OF the Briggs Manu-
featuring Company at home.
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The Word Neuro

With regard to the word Negro they had obecons
the ancient connotation of the in America
other all ephithet
and mark of opprobum To therefore, this public
of the word Negro uncapazed ngge attempt
made by colored the half
to substitute like AfroAmerican
like
here lay the fact that arbitrarily change Friends
called Quakers deson They able
the and have ceased The with
similar nicknames
growing of writers late in the nineteenth century
termined the Negro from its opprobrum.
ternned to it, demand it's capitalization and by sheer
will to make it the of great people The history this
calls for careful study and Recommendation Dunbar Chestnut
James Weldon Johnson and others
Gradually the walls yielded trumpet blowing
The word Negro today is longer epithet longer
slaves dspsed designation
only of thirteen million
brown people, but of something between $50 and 200 million of
Africa, South
stand for series of cultures and history struggle opposition
and only incidentally for the color of their sns-W
Chicago Defender
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UncOvering
Washington
By Harry S. McAlpin

This is a serious triple indict-
ment of John B. Blandford, Jr.,
administrator of the National
uo,,e;nc Aooror,
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Senator Boil on Race Equolitv

In article written for the Chicago Defender
Senator Joseph H. Ball points the
pesagng eventual solution of the problem relationships
the United States The role Negro soldiers
production already doing opinion,
down ancient prudces while growing public
ostered by such leaders the late Wendell W
the widespread apathy which has hampered understanding the past
Senator Ball believes that "a tremendous raising
educational Standards particularly in the South
other thing to insure effective of civil
economic equality He education
of Negroes Of the w element whom
dice strongest the primary need And results Negro
applies his training will be indirect education
nghbo gradually dsovng vague prejues that
have impeded solution in past
Practices commission not for its but for its
values The FEPC by concentrating its efforts
economic focus general public attention
abuses that tend perpetuae nequatyS
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Action in One Week

The remarkable capacity Mnnesotan for action better
illustrated than the weeks
ton to Washington the FEPC legislation
A Philip Randolph appealed hurredy gathered group
Twin Cans Saturday night February IT, send delegation
Washington
until 15 Sunday February 49, making plans On the
following Sunday night delegation 18 white and black citizens
Catholics left Cities Washington
In the of 81 raised three large
meetings and three committee meetings held and Mr. Randoph
that delegation Washington February
filed
Ground work the bearing the delegation laid Wash
ington by kilograms and phone Participating the
typicaly Minnesota effort nectua labor leaders, monaires
cergymen u red society leaders, journalists ndustrass
and the folk all manfesting need
legislation which would barring
from because creed color national origin ancestry
Our pride Minnesota swed when that dele
cation railroads
Limited Sunday night for the people had done what ncs ggads
said could accomplished Minnesota her rgh
the national permanent FEPC stage
Good work, Minnesota
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Why the Retreat of the s2nd Division

When the launched their terrific offensive the
bulge Belgium and drove the Americans virtually all of them
any newspaper
about the inability of white Americans fight Neither
did suggest that the who suffered blow which
resulted the highest casualties suffered u
be hereafter limited to mental labor work in the army
troops regrouped re-equpped
launched ground.
when the aNegro 92nd Division weeks
that Germans distance
before the Naz able and force the coed
soldiers back to their original POSITIONS the Dended calamity
walters went to work with vengeance
the white supremacy crowd high in
the 81 told sO Newweek Magazine last week joined the
howl with sandous underhanded blast soldiers
Italy disappointment and failure" has the the
give Negroes combat role in the army Newsweek.
The magazine the Negro
because agd of the 92nd played
setback played down Milton Backer New York Times correspondent
charges that handling the 9nd public relations has puzzle
some Negro at home unquonab tended
to overemphasze the divisions Editor and Publisher
headlines the story War Reporter Charges Negro Press Dis
tortion.'"
Negro Negro
sneaky disgusting exhibit which should gt
the Berlin and Tokyo propaganda machines.
The Defender editors do pretend be military
army why the 92nd
son the only Negro division along the entire Italian which
miles, punch through
German lines.
unit $4,000 men,
fighting Nazs Italy does operate by ITSELF part of
oordinaed Allied army facing rugged
mountains conduct offensive by
general unified push begun the Allies the 92nd will be the
doing its full share.
pretend relatively by
repued by the Nas aou assault
the 9Th Army because of its failure make patrol
action is outright SANDER.
When the 92nd pushed back with high casualties the
the apply military unit had nothing
had nothing do with lack fighting qualities did
do with such important military factors lack of
munitions the right places at the right That's
wins battles.
The charges the Negro
those against the 92nd Certainly the Defenders headlines
92nd Division Hard Hit in Battle with Naz and
High Price serchO River PUSH Crackers claim that
divisions accomplishments played up.
Actually Breaker mad about something entirely separate
the of the 92nds
Negro because dispatch he the New
written by the Pittsburgh order
in his that Negro officer in the 92nd
officer.
AS published in the Courier the Italian
Breaker claims this unethical but surely he know that
practice every metropolitan rewriting
other the datene
event occurred.
Breaker also claimed the story misleading"
MAN, despite Crackers burst of that
that Negro officers cannot ourank whites military
1t would that both Newsweek
have the idea that the cover here"
about time of the Demnded gents
respondents uniform battling the Germans Negro
soldiers.-Chicago Defender.
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Letters
Rev. A. F. Martin Calls
Editorial Constructive

Editor: I read with engrossing
interest your editorial on the sub
ject 'Poor Judgment Mars Tea"
l know it takes courage for any
man in public life to speak out I'M
equivocally on actions of poor
judgment of those who are attempt
ing to promote occasions where so
many are concerned. For one to
level constructive criticism is a
virtue to be coveted and should in
the days that are ahead help each
one of US watch our step.
1t is said that opportunity has a
fore lock but is bald behind; there
fore, lost opportunity is one that
can never be regained. hope with
you IN the future that we may
seize every opportunity that comes
our way to prove to those with
whom we come in contact on oc-
casions like this one with which
your editorial deals that we are able
to measure up to every response
bility.
Please accept this as common
dation for your strong and vigorous
stand for the best interest of our
race in Minnesota.
A Mere Layman,
A. Frederick Martin,
2737 18th Ave. &c.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
When the world gets to be so in
telligent that no man shall be more
intelligent than any other man, and
no man shall be swayed by his pas
sions and interests, then there will
be no need of editorial expressions
of opinions, and editorial argu-
ments and appeals will lose their
power.-Edwin Lawrence Godkin
of the Nation.
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In MemOriam

In loving memory of our devoted hus-
band and brother, Earnest o. Pearce, who
departed this life one year ago, March g.
1914.
Dear Earnest, no one knows how much ]
miss you,
To lose you in the flower of manhood,
Twas indeed a heavy cross
God knew when He took you from me
He would fill my heart with pain,
But why think of my sorrow
When Heaven is your gain.
Signed-Mrs. Lottie Pearce, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rubin Pearce, Mrs. Florence Blake.
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brought by Patman and the school
superintendent, despite his clear
cut duty otherwise, Blandford is
guilty of aiding and abetting the
fraud perpetrated by the New Bos-
ton Independent School District
upon the treasury of the United
States!
2. The second indictment of
Blandford has to do with his dis
regard of the war production effort
he is duty-bound to promote.
That's a serious charge, too. But
here again are the facts.
On January 5, 1916, Col. Murchi-
son, commanding officer of the
Lone Star Ordnance Plant at New
Boston and War Department en-
ployment officer for East Texas,
told Joseph P. Tufts, MIA region
al manager in Texas, that he GER
tainly would not say that it would
be advantageous to his plant or the
Red River Ordnance plant nearby to
change the project to white occu-
pancy.
Col. Murchison pointed out that
the plants can get adequate white
labor, but has considerable difficulty
getting common labor-which is all
the Negroes are hired to do.
Negroes have to travel from 6 to
10 miles to work every day because
of no housing facilities for them
in and around New Boston.
The turnover of Negro labor has
been double that of the whites. One
of the important jobs left to
Negroes is loading and unloading
freight-a bottleneck of the pro-
duction lines.
Both Col. Murchison and Col.
Bodine, the commanding officer at
the Red River plant, expressed the
view that the denial of these houses
to Negroes at this time would be
serious blow to the "production
urgency drive" which has been aim
ed primarily at getting Negroes to
stay on the job.
BUT, Blandford has decided, with
the urgency of pressure from Rep.
Wright Patman on his neck, that
the more important war job is to
fill up the 200-unit project IMME-
DIATELY-to hell with the produc-
ton of war materials! 1t may take
six months to fill up the project
with Negro families. He believes
it can be filled with whites in 60
days-he has the word of D. c.
Dunlap for that. Dunlap is the
same fellow who tried to keep
Negroes from getting a haunt
project in Texarkana year ago.
8. The third indictment has to
do with Blandford's poor admins
trative judgment in NHA-which is
a story for a full column in itself
and we'll save it for next week.
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1. Blandford is guilty of aiding
and abetting a fraud against the
government of the United States!
That is a serious charge! But
here are the facts.
The New Boston Independent
School District applied to the Fed
eral Works Agency in early 1914 for
$66,5OO to construct and equip an
elementary school for NEGROS.
The Lanham Act, under which the
FWA operates, provides that the
funds must be equitably admin
istered where separate schools are
maintained.
The FWA previously had refused
to make a grant for construction
of an additional school building for
whites-they had sufficient-but it
did give them $4,000 for additional
facilities. So, the New Boston indie
pendent School District justified
this request for $66,5OO on the basis
of NEGRO NEED.
After pointing out the made
quacy of present buildings and
facilities for Negros, the school
officials told FWA: "The FPHA is
now constructing 2O0-family
dwelling unit project east of and
almost adjacent to New Boston,
from which it is anticipated that
there will come some 140 students
Upon the construction of this
project, the applicant plans to leave
the high school and the upper ele-
mentary grades at the Shady Grove
School, thereby utilizing all exist
ing space. This would leave the
new school, which is adjacent to
the housing project, for enrollees
in the lower elementary grades, and
since the employment of Negro
mothers in the Lone Star Ordnance
Plant is quite possible, this plan
seems to be most advantageous.
The approval of this project is,
therefore, recommended in order
that adequate educational oppor-
tunities may be afforded NEGRO
children whose parents are en-
ployed in the direct war effort"
On the basis of this justification,
the FWA turned loose $66,50O of
your money and mine, and the
school was built-for NEGROES.
NOW, however, with Blandford's
decision to turn over the project
originally programmed, built and
advertised for Negroes, to whites,
the school which the whites wanted
but don't need, will go to whites
too. 1t was so planned that it is
part and parcel of the project. To
reach it, one must pass through the
project.
L. P. Sturgeon, white superin.
tendent of schools in New Boston
was one of the ring-leaders in ca,
boots with Congressman Wright
Patman Cd. of Tex who brought
pressure on Blandford to make the
project change from Negroes tt
whites. Sturgeon wired Blandforc
on Dec. %, 1914, as follows:
"New Boston is in dire need Of
200 housing units in Red River
Courts for white defense workers
500 applications now on file fol
white housing. No demand fol
Negro housing. We would appre
ciate your investigation of housing
needs before committing to Negro
housing"
Sturgeon probably was right II
saying "no demand for Negro hous.
ing" Negroes in New Boston dare
not demand" anything. But the
Army and the War Manpower Com.
mission had certified to the NEED
for Negro housing. Otherwise
Blandford never could have pro.
grammed this war housing fol
them.
By giving in to the pressure
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Some sort of prize ought to go
to the guy in the New York office of
a news photography concern who
dispatched this cable to one of its
cameramen on Saipan: "Your island
invasion stuff good, but shows only
backs and profles of marines
landing. Can you arrange landing
ahead of marines, get front view
of them rushing Japs ?"-Joplin
(Mo.) Globe.
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CARD OF THANKS

We, the committee of the Electa Chapter
No. 8, wish to extend our thanks to the
members and friends for their assistance in
the funeral arrangements at the death of
our dearest sister, Arlivia Mckenzie, special
thanks to Rev. H. w. Bolts, Sr., for his
message.
Matte bearing, Weller White, George
Banks, ST., Maxine Uptegrove, Mary Moss,
Ethel Stephens, Matron, Edith Moulden,
Chairman.
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y -
there are millions of people
of both races who believe that
civil, economic, and social
rights can be made effective
by legislation. They hold to
the theory that the enactment of
laws, telling people to do this and
to do that in regard to how they
live with their fellow-man, is the
adequate answer to social ailments
that will not heal by other known
means. That is why the effort
today to force through in both
Federal and State Governments
Fair Employment Practice Legis-
lation is so fraught with interest
to the thinking person.
George Edmund Haynes, in
Department of Race Relations re-
lease from the Federal Council of
Churches in New York City, speaks
of the ups and downs of the
struggle to outlaw racial and re-
ligious discrimination in industry
which, he believes, have brought
out the main reasons for this legis-
lation both national and state, re-
ferring to the F. E. P. C. bills that
have been introduced in both houses
of the new Congress and the recon-
mendations for a strong bill in the
New York State Assembly now in
session that have been made by the
New York State Commission
Against Discrimination. Said Mr..
Haynes: Enlightened self-interest
is one reason for such legislation.
What would it benefit any COM
munity or the nation to go on de-
veloping a great agricultural in
dustry and commercial wealth at a
cost of losing those values of
government and social rights of
the people, for the people, and by
the people? The rioting of our
industrial centers during and after
World War l and those during
World War II had their roots large
ly in the denial of jobs to Negroes
and other racial minority groups.
Racial conflicts" he warned, "may
bedevil US after this war as they
did after the first war unless dis
elimination in employment and
other undemocratic practices are
removed. Men and women like us
all over the world are dreaming of
freedom. When the tumult of
shouting of war dies, when the die
tators and tyrants depart, we must
continue as democracy to lead
some kind of world organization.
How can we keep the confidence of
hundreds of millions of colored
peoples in South America, in India,
China, Africa, and the Pacific
Islands, if we continue to deny to
our minority racial groups at home
the freedom we are fighting for
and talking about abroad?"
The establishment of court by
law for Fair Employment Practice
Legislation is a subject that cannot
be handled, as it were, with kid
gloves but one that must be
grabbed with the bare hands and,
with the exertion of all the strength
it will command. 1t must be battled
every inch of the way until a de-
cision has been reached and, if the
decision is negative, the battle must
start all over again until in the
process an equitable solution to the
problem has been achieved.
This theory has engaged large
part of the Negro and white leader
ship over a long period of years.
Lives have been devoted to this
cause. Funds have been spent that
this dream might come true. On
this account several states have set
up Civil Rights Laws by which
persons can obtain legal redress for
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Questions
BY Allen E. WondaII

Tin Phylon Quarterly
Will we be rid of them when the war is won
These myths of nationality and race,
This naughty dominance of the white face
This brag of the sef-engendered sons-of-the-sun?
Or will it end the way it has begun
With greedy scramble for better place,
world of pomp, of class, and grim disgrace
Where the rich shall strut and the poor shall crnge and
The vultures of victory the wing
To take the world of heroes to their next,
AS they did before, and still believe they can.
Is there better song the Russians sing?
Has China Weakened from her ancient rest?
Can we make this earth place worthy of man?