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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
|niects Race In
Veterans Probe

GERS who cannot enforce disci-
pline," he said.
Several times during the testi-
mony Rankin would interrupt to
ask the witness if the soldiers
found guilty of mistreatment were
Negroes
He made no comments, however,
when the American Legion and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars intro
duced testimony showing that Ne
gro veterans have been the subject
of mistreatment at Veterans Hos
pitfalls. Nor did he raise any ques-
ton about the even more sensa-
tional charges of brutality made
against white attendants at the
Lyons, N. j., veterans hospital.
Rankin indicated that War De-
partment officials may be calico
to explain" why they assigned
Negro soldiers to white Veteran
Hospitals.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
Story Is Told
In May Issue OF
Crisis Magazine

peared that the meeting would be
adjourned without a single protest,
he rose. On questioning the c. O.
ne found that the order was off,
cial though verbal, which meant
that he must obey or face court
martial; nor could he even write
about it in a letter. Thees facts did
not discourage him, however.
Granting these things he said. Il
shall make every determined effort
to convey this outrage to the States
by every means available. l also
wish to remind you that patients
and friends of mine are return
ing shortly to the States. I shall
make it my business to report
It to every liberal newspaper and
magazine in the states. Further
more, l shall Immediately ask for
transfer to a zone of operation
where such prejudice does not
exist" He sat down in deao
silence. boiling within. None among
his colleagues gave him support by
gesture or words. Like Levy, he
stood alone.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
Jewish Officer Braves Army
Wrath To Oppose Jim Crow

NEW YORK CITY - (WDL) -
Reminiscent Of the stand Of Sgt.
Alton Levy in 1943, is the story OF
Major in the Army who stood
successfully against the segregation
of soldier patients at a hospital III
the South Pacific area. The Majors
story was told in the May, 1945 is
sue of The Crisis magazine, pub
lished by NAACP. Like Levy, the
Major was jew
At a meeting of the staff the
Commanding Officer instructed the
officers that the information in the
order to follow was secret Then he
told them that two weeks from that
date, colored soldiers at the hospi-
tai were to be segregated from the
whites. They would be given sonar
ate awards, would be seated in a
roped-off section at movies, would
eat at separate tables or attend
mess at different time would have
separate sports activities Then, the
c. 0. asked for questions. One OF
two officers asked questions con-
corning the mechanics of carrying
out the order.
MAKES PROTEST
The Major was surprised at this,
since there had been no display of
racial feeling among the men. Yet
he hesitated to be the first officer
to protest. However when it ap-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
Must Have Full
Employment For
Fair Employment
Congressman
I'm Plea For
FEPC Money =

WASHINGTON-(A N Pull
employment and fair employment
are vital to peace" declared Rep.
Ellis +. Patterson of California last
Friday Both are necessary" he
said, "unless the nation is to be di-
yided and the unity so painstak-
lngly built during the war years is
to be- shattered"
Patterson was soaking upon the
Implications of Americas domestic
policies as they will affect the
making of permanent peace.
Tile United States constitutes
an experimental laboratory made to
order for statesmen and political
scientists" he asserted. Every ra-
cial and religious group is repre-
sented, as is every shade, of politi-
cal and economic opinion How can
we expect to assume world leader
ship and direct the energies of the
millions that constitute the United
Nations into constructive channels
if We fail at home?"
He cited the elimination of an
appropriation for the FEPC as in
dicatiYe Of our failings at home in
the gay Of domestic policy
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
IKE" Praises Race Troops

He thanked the correspondents for their cOntr
buttons to the final victory in Europe and said they had
done equally important job himself.
General Eisenhower disclosed that two Negro soldiers
would be in his party of selected accompany him
his triumphant return to the United States They
Master Sergeant Sylvester E. Buckner u of Detroit and
Technical Sergeant Eugene Jackson 25 of Fayetteville
N. C..
Buckner served chief clerk of the 613 Quarter
Depot Supply Company the Bronze Star
Medal mertor;ous achievement His wife, Dolores and
son, Stephen live in Detroit
Sgt. Jackson served warehOuseman for the 613th
Quartermaster Depot Supply Company and the
service star His wife, Mrs Ruth Jackson and daugh
ter Betty jeanne reside in Fayetteville.
Both eligible for discharge under the point
system
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
Battle Lines
Laid For Senate
Poll Tax Fight
Believe Measure
Has Chance Of
Final Passage

WASHINGTON-,(ANP) - With
House action on the anti-poll TAX
bill. the executive committee Of the
National Committee to Abolish the
Poll Tax was gathering in WASH
ington last weekend to map strate-
CIV for the periodical struggle IN
the senate.
After two hours of debate on
Tuesday the house voted over
whelmingly 251 to los for the Mar
cantonio bill. The lineup on the
vote was 131 Republicans, 1lo
Democrats, two minor party mem
bers for the bill; Sc Democrats ana
1e Republicans against the bill.
Five congressman from southern
poll tax states were among those
who voted for the bill. They were
Rep. Gore and Priest of Tennessee;
Thomas and Thomson Of Texas;
and Patrick of Alabama.
The last time the house voted on
poll tax legislation was In May
le43 when the measure was passed
265 to 10, only to be filibuSted TO
death the following November IN
the senate,
HR-7 is now in the judiciary COM
mittee of the senate, chairman OF
which is Sen. Pat McCarran CD OF
Nevada. In 1913, after considerable
prodding. McCarl.an came out Tor
the bill but was not among those
who voted for clbture. Whether or
not his support will be as vigor-
Gus as was that of the late Sen
Frederick Van Nuys of Indiana Is
speculative material.
"The decrease in the number OF
opposition votes in passage OF HR-f'
the perfunctory nature OF the OPP
position debate, and the hollow
ness and lack of faith in the OPP
posing arguments, augur well Tor
the progress of tile bill through the
senate" declared Mrs. Virginia
Durr, vice chairman of the Nation
al Committee. st am convinced, on
the basis of the house action, that
the bill will become law in tins
congress"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
Perry Como
BY HARRY McALPIN

WASHINGTON, d. C-CNNPA)
The race issue was seized upon
by Rep. John Rankin %. of Miss)
chairman of the House Veterans
Committee, last week in an effort
to divert attention from the basic
wrongs in the Veterans Admins
tration.
When testimony was brought out
that some Negro soldiers assigned
as attendants at Veteran Hospl-
tai had been courtmartialed for
physical mistreatment of white
patients, Rankin criticized the War
Department for sending Negro
soldiers into the hospitals.
ut is a disgrace that the War
Department snouIo send niger
troops into our Veterans Admins
tration Hospitals to be mixed up
with white nurses and with Off
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
MAKES PROTEST
NLRB To Rule On
Jim Crow Issue

WASHINGTON, D. (NNPAl
The issue of jimcrow unions will
be heard by the National Labo,
Relations Board at a hearing sche-
duled for June 81, involving the
bargaining contract of the AF'L To-
bacco Workers International, AFI,,
with the Larus and Brother To-
bacco Co. in Richmond, Virginia.
Preliminary hearings on the case
were held in February, after which
the NLRB trial examiner recon-
mended that the certification of
the ALL as bargaining agent in
the Larus plant be removed unless
Negro workers were notified of
their eligibility for membership in
the parent local No. 219 and the
separate, jinlcrow charter of local
219-B be cancelled
The Go filed the case against
the AFL union. 1t charged discrim-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
ORDER RESCINDED

In the ending the Majors story
was different from Levys Ten days
later the Commanding Officer call
ed the major to his office. Major.
I am sure you will be pleased to
learn that the order concerning the
colored men has been 'rescinded," he
said Sgt. Levy was reduced to prf-
Yates rank imprisoned and fined in
courtmartial proceedings after his
stand against segregation and dis
elimination at the Lincoln, Ne
braska, airbase. The Workers De-
Tense League led the fight for cor
rection of this injustice. Although
ne was freed before he served all
his sentence, he was not restored
to rank nor freed from disciplinary
action
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
Powell To Wed
Hazel Scott By
July 30 If Free
Gives Up Mite
Club Career For
Concert Stage
Nv HARRY McALPIN

WASHINGTON .. c. (NNPA)-
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., will
marry Hazel Scott, classic and
boogie- woogie pianist, On July 81
if the Reno divorce courts have
granted his present Wife's plea for
freedom by that time, the NNPA
has learned exclusively this week.
If things are not straight by July
80, then there will be no rush for
the couple to marry before fall
July 80 is the wedding anniversary
of his father and mother
Mrs Isabelle Powell, present wife
of the Congressman, who is now in
Reno, will have completed her six
weeks required residence on July
IT, With the Nevada courts not
SO crowded this summer as in pre-
vious years because of a recent Su-
preme Court decision casting an
aura of doubt on the validity Of
Nevada DEGREES, it is possible for
t h e Powell-vs-P Powell case to be
reached before the 30th of July.
There is no required waiting period
after the granting of Reno di-
vorce before the parties are eligible
to remarry.
The future Mrs. Powell has given
up her night club career for the
concert stage. She is booked al
ready for IS weeks at a minimum
guarantee of $500 for each appear
ance or so percent of the box-of-
flee, which ever is greater She in
tends, also, to make at least one
picture year and one appearance
at the Capital Theatre in New
York. 8nG
=
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
BY RUDOLPH DUNBAR
Associated Negro Press War COrrespO

Associated Negro Press War Correspondent
PARIS, - (ANP) - Gen. of the Army, Dwight d.
Eisenhower praised the contribution of Negro soldiers to
final victory in Europe during his farewell address to
credited correspondents.
The general explained that he does not dfferentiae
between soldiers as to whether they allied Negro
white. VI 2aa sNe
"TO me a soldier is a soldier.
The Negro soldiers in the European Theatre Of opera
tons have performed equally good other soldiers
he continued '"They have done their job"
He recalled how $4,000 Negro soldiers volunteered for
combat duty last November at what he called the most
critical period of the war;
"My senior officers have reported to me that their
work excellent he stated From all of my command
ers have received admirable account of their magni
ficent spirit and high efficiency"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
HIGH HONORS

WEST CHESTER, lamp
Lucius Biollnt, youngest son Of
George w. Blount, publicist OF
Cheyney State Teachers College,
was among the graduates of tie
nigh school Thursday of last week.
Blount was on the honor roll, one
of the commencement speakers, a
member of the school band and a
track star.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23

nation against the Negro work
ers. According to the general pres
ident of the Clio Food, Tobacco
and Agricultural Workers, the
fundamental principle of democra-
cy in the trade unions is involved
in the Larus case" He said you
cannot exclude any group of work
ers from the benefits of collective
bargaining without jeopardizing
the rights of all workers.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
Selassie Donates
$4,000 TO Dutch

LONDON (ANP) - Emperor
Halle Selassie of Ethiopia requested
Queen Wilhemlina of the Neither
lands Tuesday to accept $2O,OOo
"for the relief of those wounded
or suffering from the war in Hol-
land"
His cable added, "As Ethiopia
was the first victim of aggression
and the first nation to recover its
independence, we can well COM
prehend the difficulties facing the
Netherlands people who are facing
the same aftermath Of destruction
as did We
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
ELECTS PRESIDENT

AUSTIN, Tex--tANP) william
# Jones has been elected president
Of Tillotson College which holds s
Glass A rating frorn the executive
committee of the South Association
Of Colleges and Negro schools
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-23
HIT THAT RHEUMATIC PAIN
RIGHT WHERE 1T HURTS

and look at the SilUer Lining
i'm those Clouds of Pain
The big idea is that you want to feel
better. When pain eases, your mind
eases. You get rest that means deliver
ance. So use something that gets at the
pain. C-222s brings you pain-relievins
help. Now you will feel as good as
others who enjoy its help, too. Soc, and
ST.. Caution: Use only as directed. First
bottle purchase price refunded if you
are not satisfied. Today, get C-z2a3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23

Mrs. Sarah B. Smith of Wilmington,
Del. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith were hosts
at dinner Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Boyd were
hosts at a cocktail party yesterday
entertaining in honor of Mr.. Boyd's
sisters, Mrs. r. D. McComb and Mrs.
Thomas S. Church of Arnprior
Ontario, Canada.
Miss Edith Gargiulo entertained
at a luncheon Wednesday, having
as her guests, Mrs. Barton Root,
Mrs. Frank Squire, Mrs Eugene
Taylor, Mrs. James Defandorf, Mrs.
Arthur W. Palmer, Mrs. Frederick
F. ESpenScheid and Mrs. John w.
Gravely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton T. Cunning
ham have as their guests their son
and daughter in-law, Capt. and Mrs
William James Cunningham of
Columbus, Ohio, with their daugh-
tiers, Barbara Anne and Carlyn Jean
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Englert and
their daughter Justine are the
guests of Mrs. Englert's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Diebold, in Pittsburgh.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Leslie Cricken-
barger and their daughter, Miss
Marjorie Crickenbarger, left Tues
day for Danville, Va, where Miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23

have with them their son, 1t. DON
aid H. Rheem, from Fort Benning,
Ga. Miss Marjorie Rheem has as
her guest over the week end Miss
Elizabeth Sullivan of Arlington.
Miss Kathrine Gaynor of New
York is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
George V. Graham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin F.. Hipsley
and their son, Charles IIipsley, have
returned from Beverly Beach, Md,
where they spent the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles R. Strobe
have returned from spending the
summer at Glenora on Seneca,
N. Y. Their daughter, Miss Audrey
STROBE, is in Wellesley Hills, Mass,
visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23

Crickenbarger will enter Averett
College. Mr.. and Mrs. CHICKEN
barger also will visit the latter's
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. John F. Richardson, in Win
ston-Salem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles WEIGH have
returned from Ocean City, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Dyer have Wis
iting them the latter's sister. Miss
Theresa Buckley of Philadelphia.
Mrs. John R. Perry, wife of Com
modore Perry, has as her guest her
sister, Mrs. Paul Black of Miami.
Mrs. Elizabeth Walker Piepgrass
OF Portland, Greg, Is the guest of
her nephew, DR.. Leland Stevenson.
Col. and Mrs. William Rheem
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Chevy Chase
Society NeWS

Mr.. and Mrs Robert L. Jarnagin
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Reagan
were hosts at dinner last evening
entertaining at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jarnagin.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Irving Smith have
as their guest, the formers mother.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-05
Magdalene Geiger
Is Easter Brid0e

In an impressive Easter morning
ceremony, Miss Magdalene e. Geiger,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Memo N.
Geiger, of Cherry street, became the
bride of Ray Foust, of Portage
township, Hancock county, at a. m.
Sunday in the First Mennonite
church.
Rev. j. n Smucker, pastor of the
church, received the vows of the
contracting parties in the single-ring
ceremony.
For the wedding, the bride wore
yellow princess-styled dress with
turf tan bolero jacket and accessor-
les. Her flowers were yellow roses.
Following the ceremony wedding
dinner was held at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Maynard Geiger of Cherry
street.
Mrs. Foust is employed as a sew
ing instructress by the Singer Sew
ing Machine Co., of Lima, where she
plans to continue to work for a
short time.
The groom, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Burley Foust, also of Portage town
ship, is employed at the Van Buren,
school.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-05
Forms Are Expected to Be
Available Within Next Ten
Days
Consumers May Obtain Declar
alton Form from Their Coal
Dealer

Consumer declarations for next
winters coal are expected to be
available within the next ten days
it was announced by the Toledo
Office of Price Administration the
first of the week.
III. G. Bogart, Toledo district OPA
director announced that the declara-
tions can be obtained by coal dealers
only at local war price and rationing
boards.
He emphasized that this is in ac-
cordance with the recent order of the
Solid Fuel administration, requiring
every consumer to file with his deal
er a consumer declaration in order
to obtain solid fuel for the 1945-46
heating season.
He further stated that consumers
cannot obtain these forms at boards
which will make them available only
to coal dealers.
"Our boards, Bogart added "are
simply the place where the dealer
can pick up as many forms as he
needs for distribution to customers.
OPA has no further authority to
answer detailed or technical ques-
tions regarding the regulation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-05
Francis Schumacher
Gets Purple Heart

Cpl. Francis Schumacher, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Schumacher, OF
west Of Bluffton who received q
head wound on the Western German
battlefront on March IL, has received
the Purple Heart medal at hos
pital in France.
Relatives here were notified of the
award of the medal in letter from
Cpl. Schumacher dated March 10. Ii
the letter he mentioned that he is
well on the road to recovery.
Cpl. Schumacher has been over
seas about one year with an ar
mored reconnaissance group of the
Ninth Armored Division, which cap.
fured the Remagen bridgehead mark
ing the first breakthru on the Rhine
He was graduated from Pandora
High school and is brother of Mrs
Robert Benroth, of South Main
street, and Mrs. Milton Reichenbach
and Mrs. Denver Zimmerly, of near
Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-05
Bright Weather Here
For Easter Sunduu

Bright weather in Bluffton last
Sunday provided perfect setting
for the gay colors of Easter frocks,
matched only by the brilliance of
blooming jonquils and hycinths and
blossom-b -bedecked fruit trees.
A break in rainy weather with
overcast skies, which prevailed on
Friday and Saturday and again on
Monday. made Buttons Easter
Sunday weather everything that
could be desired.
Altho the holiday came within one
week of the earliest date it can pos
sibly occur, the weather was balmy,
with tempers lures of as high as sc
recorded here.
All church services during the day
We're attended by capacity audiences,
with full days program inaugur-
ated by a sunrise service in the
morning and closing with church
musicale in the evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-05
Require Consumer Declarations
For Next Winters Coal Supply
Red Cross DriUe
Tops $4,000 Goal

Buttons drive to raise $4,000 in
the annual Red Cross War Fund So
licitation went over the top during
the month of March by S26.05, it was
reported Tuesday by Woodrow Little,
chairman of the local campaign.
In solicitation of Bluffton resi-
dences, business places, industries,
the Star Theatre, total of S3,026.05
was raised. This is the largest
amount contributed in any Red Cross
drive locally since the start of war.
In announcing the final results of
the drive, Chairman Little and Mrs.
J. S. Steiner, co-chairman, thanked
the Boy Scouts, the Lions club, the
Star theatre, house-to-house solicit
ors, Bluffton industries for plant so
licitations, various clubs and organ
izations, churches, business firms,
and all others who assisted.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-05
Ration Stamps In Future Will Be
Validated On First Of Each Month

Validation of new red and blue
ration stamps, Sunday, marked the
inauguration of a new program in
which blocks of five stamps of each
series will in the future become valid
on the first day of each month.
oPA announced the new method of
stamp validation as a move toward
uniformity and in assisting house
wives to better keep in mind the
opening and closing dates of ration
ing periods.
New food stamps validated Sun
day, and good for 10 points each in
the rationing program, include Red
k2, IL, M, NJ and P2; and Blue
T2, U2, w, W. and X2, all in Ra-
tion Book ".
This makes total of so points
per person each month for meats
and fats (red) and canned fruits
and vegetables (blue).
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-04-05
filler REPORTED
MISSING May BE
SAFE in RUSSIA
Unconfirmed Message Received
by Father of Sgt. Richard
Oberly
Telegram Arrives Here Wednes-
day Morning; Seek Further
Details

Staff Sgt. Richard Oberly, 10, Fly
ing Fortress turret gunner reported
missing in action over Germany may
be alive and safe in Russia, accord
ing to developments Wednesday
morning when telegram to this
effect was received by his father
Millard Oberly of Cherry street.
The telegram sent from Walden,
Mississippi, and signed "Francis
Griffith, said:
''Have rel a b e information
your son Richard is safe in Rus
sia. Have you heard anything?"
Sender of the wire apparently did
not know the name of the missing
fiier's father as the message was ad-
dressed to the Parents of Richard
Oberly".
FATHER MYSTIFIED
Richards father, Millard Oberly,
was mystiied by the telegram and
said he had never heard Of. Griffith.
iAoWGNC1s nS plaIlS " NOilecaSt llAC
Mississippi man in hope of obtaining
further details.
1t was pointed out here Wednesday
morning that Sgt. Oberly received
part of his air combat training at
Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss, and
might have known Griffith during
this period.
The possibility was then advanced
that Griffith might have picked up
the information in an overseas broad
cast on a short wave receiving set
and recalled that Oberly's home ad-
dress was Bluffton.
MISSING MARCH 15
Word that Sgt. Oberly was miss
ing since March Is was received here
early last week by his father in a
telegram from the War department.
The missing fiier was based in
Italy with the 18th American Air
Force. Last February he received
the Air Medal for "meritorious a.
chievement while participating in
aerial fight.