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Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
Iowa Man Wins
First Civil
Rights Case

Davenport, la. -- Charles w.
Toney, president of the Daven-
port branch of the NAACP, has
announced that on August 8, 1945,
the branch won the first civil
rights case ever to be tried in that
city.
Mr.. Toney and his wife were
the complainants in the prosecu-
ton of local ice cream parlor
proprietor who had arbitrarily
refused to serve them. The AS
sistant County Attorney prose-
cuted the case, but as a precau-
tionary measure a Negro attor-
ney, S. Joe Brown of Des Moines,
was brought in to assist in the
prosecution Of the defendant.
The case was won before an
all-White jury which deliberated
only ten minutes.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
Well Known Ark.
Publicity Man
Laid To Rest

Arkansas newsmen joined the
family and friends in mourning
the passing of S. M. Ballard, well
known newspaper man, who
passed Friday afternoon after
several weeks Of illness. Despite
the warning of his physician to
take rest, Mr.. Ballard regarded
his responsibilities to the public
that he carried on imparing his
health beyond any physical re-
demption. Thru his efforts to
serve his public first, he made
and leaves behind many friends
throughout Arkansas to mourn
his passing.
Funeral services were held at
Bethel AME Church with Rev
George B. Ashford in charge,
Tuesday afternoon. Burial was
in Haven Rest cemetery with
Evans and Company in charge.
Mr.. Ballard is survived by his
wife, son and brother, and sew
eral relatives.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
Ark. Truckers at
Persia Servinu
Pi. Of Antwerp

With u. S. Forces in Belgium.
The First Army Transportation
Corps units to arrive in the Per-
sian Gulf Command are now sta
toned at Boom, near the Port Of
Antwerp in Belgium, and include
five Negro soldiers from Arkan-
sas. The men are Pfc. Henry |.
Golden, Route |, Arkadelphia;
Cpl. Edgar Meadows, Pvt. Ulious
l. Barnett, Rison; Cpl. A. G.. Sand
ers, Turrell, and Sgt. Brice Poin-
dexter of Washington, all of the
33S9th Quartermaster Trucking
Company.
Antwerp, largest cargo port on
the Continent, was the supply
center for three American armies
during the war. With the coming
of victory in Europe it is of equal
Importance as a redeployment
port, through which are passing
thousands of men and tons of
material on the way to other
zones.
The 3389th was activated in
April 1912, at Fort Custer, Mich,
and arrived in Iran in January,
l943. Here they organized an
entire dispatch system for the
rapid delivery of Russian lend
lease supplies from the Persian
Gulf port of Khorramshahr tc
Kazvin, where the cargo was
picked up by Red Army units.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
In Army Of
Occupation

1ST 1T. WILLIE B. MACON,
husband of Mrs, Estella West
brooks Macon and son of w. B.
Macon, and the late Mrs. Fannie
Macon, is assigned to the army
of occupation in Germany. He
was formerly with a c. M. Trk.
Avn. Co. 1t. Macon is a grad
uate of Dunbar High and Jr Col
lege. He entered military SER
vice in l94l and trained at Camp
Crock, Nebraska, and Fort Lee
nord, Missouri, He received his
officers training at Camp Lee,
Va. He is the father of Ken
meth w, Macon and brother of
Mrs. Rebecca Washington.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
Camden Branch
NAACP To Hold
Mass Meeting

Camden.-The Camden Branch
of the NAACP will conduct a
membership revival campaign
beginning September % and end
ing Sunday evening, September
30, in huge mass meeting to
be held at the st. James AME
Church, according to an an
nouncement made by Dir, I. A.
Clark, president.
Bessie Darcy Conducts Drive
Bessie Darcy, of Pine Bluff,
who recently joined the staff of
the State Organizer, Harold
Flowers, will conduct an inten-
sive house to house canvas to re-
build the organization which was
chartered in 1882. Already Cam
den business and professional
men and women are joining in
the effort to stage a mass meet
ing at which time the State Or
ganizer will deliver the prin-
cipal address.
Music by Gospel Four and
Lincoln Glee Club
A well planned musical pro-
gram is expected to lure humid
reds Of ritizens to the colorful
meeting. Rev. J. r. Lowery,
minister of the host church, will
assist in this effort. Officers of
the branch are DR.. Clark, presi-
dent; DR.. r. M. Cummings, vice
president; James M. Sumner,
secretary, and r. w. Cowser,
treasurer,
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
Labor Agencies
Give Rules For
Pari.Tinne Work

Youth under IS going from
work BACK TO SCHOOL will
IN all probability do part-time
work in connection with their
school study. Wise limits to
part-time employment have been
agreed upon by the War Manpow-
er Commission, the U. S. Office of
Education and the Children's
Bureau, U. S. Department of
Labor.
/. Hours should not be too
long. A combined school-and-
work program should ordinarily
not be over 8 hours a day, and
under some circumstances less
For l6- and l7-year-olds. daily
hours of employment should
not exceed 4 on a school dav and
o when school is not in session
Younger students should have
shorter hours in order to safe
guard their health and educa-
tlonal progress.
z. Occupations should be safe
8. Young workers should get
employment certificates. Certi-
1lcates prove age, protect the
young worker from illegal en-
ployment, and provide the means
whereby an employer can protect
himself from unintentional viola
tons OF the child labor laws In
most states, local school officials
are the issuing officers.
4. Child labor laws should be
observed. Federal and state child
labor laws protect children from
occupations unsuitable or danger
Gus TO them. During the war
violations have greatly increased
Three State labor departments
report child labor provisions OF
The Federal Fair Labor Stand
ards Act in l945 as in the yea,
l94l. These violations occurred
IN more than six times as man,
establishments.
D. Plans for part-time work
combined with school should be
worked out by the schools witt
labor, employer, and other com.
munlty groups in close coopera.
tlon with the U. S. Employment
Service.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
Leader In Business Enterprises
And Philanihropic Gifts
BY Lou SWarz

Cleveland, Ohio-(CNS)-On my my
pleasure to meet and talk with the little phanthro
be in the Midwest William
Finding Person nonchalan unassuming yet very
minded and certainly wanting publicity whatsoever
cutie task to gather bits for this story which will doubt be the
deam and for of coming youths
keen and far sighted business William Peon began his
business here Is with two ideas in mind
s TO light the Torch for Business and Racial development in
Cleveland and End ITO help those less fortunate"
those years business development moving
personality Ceveand largest business enterprises which employ
than 500 and the Such businesses and
William Persons relationship with them Cabin Chicken
Shack with Roger Price, Bowling Alley 82nd and
Cedar president Mitchell Studios at 9 and Cedar PRESIDENT
chain of Shauter Drug Stores secretary 55th and Woodland
Real Estate Company secretary and the president of the Copaca
bana Dance Studios in the Herald Building He also
several choice pieces of real estate.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
DEMOCRACY TO BE JUDGED
BY FEPC ACTION, NAACP
TELLS SENATOR BARKLEY

New York-Colored people will
judge the Democratic party not
by the statements of one or two
leaders but by what the party is
actually able to deliver in the
way Of FEPC legislation and 9TH
err bills affecting their interests.
This was the message last week
to Majority Leader Barkley in
the Senate from the NAACP.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
La. Registration
Case Argued
September II

New Orleans, LA motion
to dismiss the suit brought by
Edward Hall against the regis
trar of st, John the Baptist Parish
for denying him the right to
register in the 944 election was
argued here September IL in
the United States District court
for the Eastern District Of
Louisiana.
Hall, a colored citizen of the
state, charges that T. ]. Nagel,
parish registrar, subjected him to
unreasonable tests not required
of white electors" when he sought
to register in August, 1914. He
is being represented by NAACP
Attorney Thurgood Marshall Of
New York, and J. A. Thornton
and A. P. Tureaud Of this city.
Halls complaint, filed July "a,
alleges that when he came in to
register, Nagel took him in a
back room to the office and the
following conversation took place:
What judicial district do you
live in?"
Answer: "Twenty-fourth."
What congressional DISTRICT"
Answer: Second"
What senatorial district"
Answer; II don't know"
Hall charges that Nagel there
upon refused to register him, and
points out that the registration
law provides that said appli-
cant shall be able to read any
clause in this Constitution, or the
Constitution of the United States
and give a reasonable interpre-
tation thereof" He AYERS that he
was ready, willing and able to
satisfy this requirement, and that
Nageps action was arbitrary
and capricious and not warrant
ed by law"
Hall also charges that white
people who presented themselves
for registration were not required
to answer such questions.
The NAACP lawyers opposed
on September IL the motion OF
the plaintiff to dismiss the suit.
This is one of a number Of cases
brought in several southern
states by the NAACP challenge
ing both registration procedures
and the denial of the vote under
the so-called white primary laws
which the United States Supreme
Court declared unconstitutional
in an opinion rendered in Texas
case on April 3, 1914.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
MT. VERNON
IN FINANCIAL
DRIVE

A financial drive at the Mt.
Vernon Baptist Church, 908
Gaines Street, Rev. J. B. Thomas,
pastor, is being sponsored for
Sunday, October 7, by E. H.
GAINES, clerk of the church.
Members and friends are expect
ed to pay sums ranging from Sic
to $25, and the drive is for the
purpose of paying off the indebt-
edness of the church.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
GOD GIVE US PEACE

God give us peace of mind and
heart
mat we who live ASSESSED bv
doubts,
winch bring us fear of the future
that looms
so dlstressfully near our beloved
10 Thee, our heavenly Father,
win streaming eyes, we beseech,
mat thou wilt hear our plea and
grant
Eternal Peace may ever be ours
Mother Josephine.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
ARMY MAY DO
FILM ON NEGRO
SOLDIERS ABROAD

New York-The Army has un-
der consideration proposed
film, Negro Soldier Activities in
ETO' European theater of ope-
rations), according to letter to
the NAACP signed by Colonel
Luther l.. Hill, deputy director
of the War Department Bureau
of Public Relations.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
Cadet N urse
Al billiard

Annie Robinson, a popular
member of the 1916 class at Dill
lard University. She is also a
member of the U. S. Cadet Nurse
Corps. billiard is one of the few
schools in the country where
nurses are given the Bachelors
degree upon graduation. Miss
Robinson's home is in Jackson,
Mississippi.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
SOLDIERS SEND
$140 TO NAACP

New York.-Sgt. William Roy
of the 208th Ordnance Ammuni-
ton company overseas has sent
$40 in memberships to the
NAACP, it was announced here
last week.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
NEW YORK VETERANS POST
GOES TO NEGRO SOLDIER

New York City--(CNS)-- The
first Negro soldier of this war to
be elected to Veterans post has
been named by Harlem Chapter
of Disabled Veterans He is
George A. Martin, an cx-Sgt. with
the 35th Engineers.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14

Most commonly cited as Dixie's
failures in its handling of the
Negro problem was the lack of
voting rights and equal educa-
ton for Negroes below the
Mason and Dixon Line. The Jim
Crew system of so-called separate
but equal facilities for Negroes
was deemed failure by most of
those who felt the North far
ahead of the South in its fairness
to Negroes.
Many of those polled believed
that the North was not all it
should be in its approach to the
Negro problem but all of these
expressed the feeling that the
South was far behind the North
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-14
North I airer To
Negro People
Says Nation Poll

Chicago Most people, white
and Negro, agree that the North
is far fairer to black Americans
than the South. Canvassed in the
Negro Digest Poll for September,
a cross-section of the population
felt that Dixie falls behind the
Northern states of America in
Its treatment of colored persons.
Only a small minority of whites
in the South contested this view.
Reply to the query, SIS the
North or South Fairer to the
Negro?" those polled answered
as follows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-11
A Thought for Today
End Of Meat Rationing In Sight

Two announcements made decided hit Monday These were that meat ratonng would end October and shoe rationing shortly after Meat and shoes you mght say were two of the most important prohibitions We'll of there sugar and butter but by and large ones Tbone steak and 6Bs among the greatest deprva- tons to all
 Gradually we falling back to our prewar status Things may be quite the same but for the most a with the gradual ending of raons living will be practically as it was before December, 1941
 During the war years we have been hard on the
 butcher and perforce he has been hard on us Curta rent of meat went against the grain when 1t came to question of nice threerib roast of beef Gradually we be- came used to the existing shortages Our attitude towards the butcher, the grocer and MT. Bowes became more lenent if not kindly.
 For the most part went through the war years we on the home fron-wh much foritude as displayed by soldiers in action Meat atons end October That's one of the most decisive statements with OPA background in months In no time sroin steak mess of chops will become common occurrence
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-11
Getting Acquainted With The Japs

We began the war against Japan with appalling lack understanding and interest concerning our enemy The end of the finds those deficiencies only slightly rernedied among the stayahomeS What knowledge CIVIL ian America acquired has been supplied by the Japs themselves in series of painful lessons. .....
 It now seems necessary that those lessons continue Americans in and out of government might well bone up on Japanese history economy, character and thought With the help of the press there should be plenty of oppor tity to acquire belated knowledge If we will only take heed.
 We were fooled by Japanese industrial capacity and by Japanese military efficiency and longrange planning we laughed at the little bucktoothed bespectacled Jap SOL diers We thought that because the Allied high command chose to "beat Hitler first" the Japanese war was sec ondary matter
 them were the series of sweeping Jap conquests from the Aeutans the approaches of Australia and the fanatlca ly determined defeses of Guadalcana Tarawa, saipan Two and Oknawa.
 And we are still learning as occupying forces uncover facts within the Japanese homeland itself They nave discovered the elaborate defses of the Tokyo area that would have made Japanese invasion perhaps the boodiest operation of its kind in history.
 They have learned from rescued prisoners depth oi Japanese cruelty which matches the beStay of Hmmler and his kind and the barbarism of Dachau and Bucnen wad They heard and at home have read stories o torture starvation inceSsant beatgS and criminal neglect which disclose an unsuitable sadistc appetite the part of soldiers and civilians alike. ''-'t''
 This much at least we have learned of the baffng ar btious proud half-savage people who having been de- feated must now be trained to live in world that likes to think of itself civilized There will be more to learn or te ecent enemy who still shows himself to be deceitful ds
 There may be many redeemipg qualities in the native Tapanese which will show themselves in time But before hat happens their minds must be freed from the sackes
 feudalisc worshping society which persisted throughout the country's economic modernizaton
 That process going to take understanding tact and rnness by ruling with the goved hand as General Mac Arthur has announced It will be accompanied for long time by danger Meanwhile the American people helped by returned servsemen who have known the Japs at Ist hand actively strive to rescue themselves from the ignorance which gave rise to almost fatal compla cency
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-11
CONNECTICUT AND CRIME
(HartSord Courant)


 Connecticut can take pride that it's crime rate for the first six months of 1e45. according to the FBI, decreased while the rate for the country gained sA per cent. In fact Connecticut was the only New England State to show a decline. We may still be rightfully called the Land of Steady Habits.
 The overall picture, however, is diSconcerting. Teen-age delinquentS are not only on the increase, but the FBI reports that they are alarm ingly indifferent to the seriousness of violating the law. Police assert that many of the offenders tell them that crime twas fun" Moreover, 'officials say that convictions are met with complete indifferent to punish- inent.
 Perhaps the cause of this lament able condition lies in the inevitable deterioration of morals during . war. But the coming of peace will not of itself provide the cure. Posi- tive action on the part of every youth-training agency from the home through the church is impera- tive, Above all else educators must abandon their easygoing concepts, associated with progressive educa- ton, and adopt the thou shalt" ap. proach and make 1t stick. Even then we may continue to expect and accept Q certain amount of juvenile rowdyism. But 1t Is in- tolerable that 'teen-age delinquents should have the attitude of callous, hardened criminals of the second and third offender type.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-11

dashes-and a good many senicolons: for Roose. ths fine images and flights of fancy with which he polished off the work of his ghosts.
 Trurnan's sentences are short Few sentences run over 30 words and they're enumeratonS on specific subject.
 He uses few adjectveS ana they're the IEs. ones within stab of his pen Vital, minimum, inadequate, great, important full, immediate It's an economical style.
 Keeplng in mind the radio voices of Roosevelt and Truman contrast the way they express similar ideas Last January, Roosevelt said this;
 "Peace can be made and kept only by the united are wine to work together-willing to help one ars other-Wiiins to respect and tolerate and try to u' derstand one anothers opinions and feelings. : International co-operation on wncn emour'nS ps"S'
 Truman says 1t like this:
 we must turn from economic cooperation m war to economic cooperation in peace our onecMye
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-11
Views Of The Press
AMERICAN ELM
(New York Times

NkNSW OAh 4AAAGo
 The American Elm is 0 favorlte tree of many. Tall, gracious and ar. istocratic, It's lopg, curving branches make @ beautiful picture as 1t stands in solitary beauty in a river bottom meadow. Often there are groups of three or four in the midst of pasture rlot and during the monday heat placid cows lie In the comforting shade. One sees Ul- mus Americana guarding the story and "a -half white farmhouses nest ling against rocky hillsides; they stand beside tall-spired churches and watch over the sleeping grounds of yesteryear's pioneers. They line both sides of streets in quiet vil- lageS. -
 No one knows when the settlers first began transplanting elmS. But 1t Is reasonable to suppose that a2- stere Puritan Fathers approved .he reserved dignity and gracious beau" ty of Ulmus and encouraged the ilomemakers in q new land to put young elrnS around the cabins ana houses and to set them about the village commons. It was fitting thA' the Father of His Country took command of the Continental force5 beneath a tall, spreading elm. There's something about the tree in keeping with Sattely occaSioils'
 The, elm has appeal in all seasons of the year. Tn winter the long, slender branches sway In cold winds. On still, frosty days the tree reSefrl- bles an etching silhouetted againrt steel.gray sky. Tn spring dense floN. CT clusters line the twigs with tawny.red blossoms, soon to be fol- lowed by the flat, round whitiSA- winged fruits that sail off one day on a strong breeze. Tn summer the tree Is c green bouquet, each leaf sharply modelled with double ser- rate margins. And when the froStS of fail lie white over pasture, field and meadow, the elm trunk Is a gray vase holding yellow leaves On long, graceful dropping stems.
 The elm has served mans practi- cal needs for the wood Is peculiarly tough and hard. From 1t have cof1ie wheel hubs, saddle-trees, barrels and boats. Oo-hooSk- the Ind!. ans named 1t, Tt slips" But In ad- dltlon to practical purposes Ulmus Americana has lifted mans sp''it with It's beauty. Stately and digi!- fled but gracious and friendly, lt iS Q cherished member of the tree family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-11

Of Sl2 day"
 Asst. secy Moran said he would do his best to switch some workers up to the potato farms. How ever, he might well have replied that the Labor Department was that in name only and that 1t ac- tually had alnnst nothing to do with labor.
 For the fact is that under Miss Perkins. the Labor Department was stripped of most of it's labor duties. The War Labor Board is separate and inde- pendent, and most important of all, the U. S. Em- ployment Service is under the War Manpower Com- mission. Thus, Asst Sscy of Labor Moran had to turn to an outside agency, the U. S. Employment Service to try to get discharged shpyard workers to help harvest the Aroostook potato crop.
 This in turn, has brought out another difficulty affecting not merely Maine but the entire nation. Most war workers drawing $l to @ an hour plus overtime and bonuses, don't want to go back to the farm and farm wages. The labor shortage on the farms after v-J Day, is acute as ever. Farm wages are higher than ever, though still long way from shipyard and aviation factory pay. So, some how or other either farm wages must go up. or war workers must go back to less money on the farm m the former ease, the farmers will have to get more for their crops, which. of course, means higher cost of living in the city.
 Last week this column reported that Mrs. Ed Pauley wife of the U s. Preparations Arnbassadpr to Moscow and former treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, was listed to receive S2b day expenses while accompanying ner husband to Russia Since then, have received further information that Mrs Pauey although listed by the State Department official member of the party declined to accept the S26 per diem. Tn all fairness, this fact should DC set straight, and am delighted to do so herewith.
 However, I still believe 1t a highly debatabe point when a million or SO GIs are not permitted to have their wives come abroad, that American higher-ups should take their wives with them to overseas war areas After all, the average American soldier now occupying Germany or Japan has not seen his wife for more than year. But the u B. ambassador making a special trip to Moscow or London is away from his family for only few weeks.
 When the rauley Preparations Mission arrived in western Europe, the party was split up, because Of limited accommodations in Moscow. One group, in. cluding some of the best experts separations, were told to remain in Frankfurt, Germany, because there was no room to house them in Moscow But Mrs. Pauley despite limited accommodations went on to Moscow.
 Later she also visited Potsdam for the Big Three session She was the only American wife present Mrs Truman and Mrs. Byrnes. wife of the Secretary Of