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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-11-01
Knierim Now Back
i'm United States

Lieut.. Commander F.. NJ. Knierim,
Glasgow physician arrived back in
the United States, oct. IL from the
Hawaiian islands according to news
received in Glasgow from him. He
is at present spending a furlough
with his wife and children at Rock
Port Missouri. He reports that
though Hawaii was a beautiful
country, he is glad to call his over
seas duty quits. He flew to Alameda,
Calf. a 12-hour trip. Commander
Knierim will report to the Great
Lakes naval training station on
Nov. 4 for reassignment.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-11-01
Maytag Store to
Omen in New
Location, Nov. IS

The Maytag Electric store will
open in its new location in the
former Coffee Cup Cafe and john
son Electric shop building about
Nov. IS, it was announced Wednes-
day by Miss Mardrid Reite, Maytag
manager. The new site, recently
purchased by Paul J. Campbell, is
being extensively remodeled and re-
decorated.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-11-01
william Niehoff
Auction Sale
Is on Wednesday

A major north country auction
sale will be held next Wednesday,
starting at 1920, At the William
Niehoff farm one mile south of
G~lentana. Mr.. Nienolf, pioneer
north country farmer, is retiring
and is offering an extensive selec-
ton of farm machinery, cattle and
horses, household goods and mis-
cellaneous articles. Details are car
ried elsewhere in this issue. Milo
Jennings of Opheim will be auc-
tioneer, with c. H. Brocksmith of
Glasgow as clerk. A free lunch will
be served at noon.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-11-01
Local Men Named
State Delegates

Otto NJ. Christinson and Josef
Shower are among II Montanans
who Tuesday were appointed by
Gov. Sam c. Ford to represent the
state at the annual National Re-
clamation association convention in
Denver, Nov. IA and Is. Alternates
include Charles E. Jarrett of Great
Falls, former Glasgow resident.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-11-01
SIS Victory Bond
Special Prize at
Saturday Drawing

Undermining the opening of
the war loan Victory campaign
this week, a special prize at Sat
urday's Farmers Day drawing
here will be a S25 Victory bond.
The bond will be in addition to
the regular main prizes offered
during the series of drawings
Any farmer or his wife will be
eligible for the bond, just the
same as for other prizes offered
during the drawings.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-11-01

gov high school hot lunch program
staff and many local teachers who
did such a fine job Of planning and
executing the M.E.A. banquet pro-
gram Thursday night.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-11-01

Having voiced a few mild COM
plants. we think it's time to add
some praise to this column. Our
orchid this week goes to the Glas-
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-11-01

Postwar planning" is really a
dead phrase. It's postwar now
and time to put plans into
execution. To our east Wolf
Point is soon to advertise for
bids for street improvements. on
u west, Malta, accomplished
considerable such work this
summer even before VI day. IL
seems to us it's. a good time to
begin getting action for some
much needed city work here.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-11-01

Publisher Hal Oh Tie
Harlowton Times, reporting a sue
cessful central Montana north-south
road booster meeting, declares
There is now no bridge between
Fort Benton and Wolf Point on the
Missouri" We'd just like to point
out that We have some Sl2O,OOO'OOO
worth CT bridge at Fort Peck and we
believe it is also an important part
of a north-south route this section
urgently wants. Hal is certainly
right in stressing the crying need for
q north-south highway connec-
tons in central and eastern Mon
tana. We hope the highway COM
mission will give more attention to
such connections.
Having voiced a few mild COM
nlaints. we think it's time TO add
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03
Eufaula, Alabama Scene Of Bitter
Racial Conflict SNYC Investigate

Birmingham - An alarming
degree of oppression and terroriz-
ing of the Negro citizens of Eu-
faula, Alabama, where Is year
old Peter Hall has been sentenced
to death by electrocution on
August II for allegedly raping
and killing white girl was dis
covered by Southern Negro
Youth Congress Executive Sec
rotary Esther Y, Cooper, there
last week.
Part of Miss Cooper's report
follows; "Eufaula, Alabama, To-
Gated some % miles north of Alb
beville where Mrs. Recy Taylor
was attacked last September, is
the scene of one of the most Sc
rious racial situations in Ameri-
ca. The population of this little
town was about evenly divided
between colored and white citi-
zenship until July 5th. Since
July 5th, when Peter Paul Hall
was arrested ION suspicion" for
raplng and killing II year old
Ethel Luck, a white cotton mill
worker, Negroes have been leav-
ing Eufaula daily.
1T was estimated by some to
whom | spoke in Eufaula that as
many as fifty Negroes have been
neaving nightly,
about $50 in the morning of
July 5, four policemen came to
Mrs, Fannie divers home. aunt
Of Paul, whom Paul lived with.
located on the Country Club Road
near Eufaula, and asked for Peter
Paul. He was Immediately put in
a police car and Whisked away.
Mrs. Oliver has not seen him since
that time, and her first knowl-
edge that her nephew had been
accused of rape and murder
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03
Elected Head

w. H. BOONE, 1908 Victory
Street, was elected to head the
State Association of Independent
Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks of the World at the state
meeting last week. Bill Boone is
an ardent worker for Elkdom in
the state, formerly State rganiz-
er and is a member of Wonder
State lodge No. 478, and through
his efforts, $40215 was raised at
their state meeting last week
where they entertained both j.
Finley Wilson, Grand Exalted
Ruler, and Bill James f. Kelly,
Grand Secretary and listened to
masterful addresses from each.
Other officers elected to the Asso-
ciation S. Dill, V. president, FL
Dorado; H. A. Powell, treasurer,
Little Rock, and George A.
Springer, secretary, Pine Bluff,
Lodges represented: Wonder State
Little Rock; Gusher FL Dorado;
Scipio A. Jones, Eudora; Vapor
City, Hot Springs; Oil City, Cam
den, and w. M. oWnsend, Pine
Bluff, The next state meeting
will be held in Pine Bluff, May,
1916.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03

came from the daily paper which
whipped up a mob hysteria
against the Negro citizens of the
town. A mob of white ruffians
was quickly formed which be-
gan to attack Negroes in the
street. DR.. William McCoo, promi-
nent Negro physician Of Eufaula,
treated one boy, age Ia, who had
been beaten by mob.
Governor Sparks of Alabama
whose home town is Eufaula call
cd in more than 100 highway po-
lice and military police lin event
of an emergency" he police re-
NAMED in Eufaula constantly
from uly 5th when Peter Paul
was arrested until his trial on
July 18th.
Mrs, Oliver told me her neph-
eW is not % years old as reported
by the Associated Press but IS.
He was born August 5, 1925. City
officials changed his age for their
convenience to make his death
more acceptable to the
citizens of the state. he trial
was railroaded through, the jury
coming to a decision in ten min
utes time.
THE entire nation must become
concerned about this case and the
situation in Eufaula. These are
the facts: CD Negroes must be
off the streets by 8 p. m. There
is a curfeW. (2) Night workers
are afraid to report to their Jobs.
(3) An organized and armed mob
is ready to terrorize Negroes "at
the drop of a hat" (4) An 10
year old youth is scheduled to
die on August II without benefit
of counsel who has been tried in
a court where no Negroes were
admitted"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03

we owe to ourselves to patronize the small Negro
store IL the manager says something don't like we can
tank back Ii he strikes strike back If we don't
IKE MS goods throw it the counter and demand
our money back, and receive it. We bear ourselves
freely and Independently without let hndrancc and no
oehse taken given If the manager goes out of bonds
we can handle it please, within without the
law
There is Negro store Ninth street which has the
best salt meat to be found anywhere-meat with streak
oil lean in meat which eats like bacon when fried with
eggs Maybe time, the lady will walk block farther
ana buy of the good meat in that store Maybe all of
Us WI TRY IT, Oi course the meat will give if
do that but won't get hit the head with pop bottle
ana our little children won't be lying the sidewalk sense
less. ~
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03

they would have to move because
that section was for white peo-
pie only. He threatened arrest
If they did not move whereupon
Pfc. Smith told him he should call
an M. p Angered, the civilian
policeman replied he had no need
OF anyone telling him how to
handle niger Wenchegt." At
this point Pfc. Georgia Bosom of
Texas rebelled and said they had
heard enough about "niggers''
they would not stand for more.
The civilian policeman then took
out his blackjack and started
beating the Wac over the head.
When she attempted to intervene.
Pfc. Smith was dragged across
the bus station floor by the police
man who twisted her ankle and
skinned her elbow.
Before it was found that Ken
lucky has no provision for seq
regation in bus and trai nstations.
Pfc. Smith was originally charged
with having broken the states
jimcrow laws and with assaulting
an officer. The charge was later
changed to a violation of the 93rd
Article of War dealing with dis
orderly conduct while in uniform.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03
Local G. |. Gets
Bronze Star

With The Air Service Com
mand, Italy. - First Sergeant
Joseph U. Elston, son of John U.
Elston, 1901 West 18th Street
Little Rock, Arkansas, was award
ed the Bronze Star Medal, June
%, l945, by Brigadier General Al
den r. Crawford, Deputy Com
mander, Army Air Forces Service
Command, Mediterranean Theat-
er of Operations, For meritorious
service in the performance of
outstanding duties during the
period rs November, 1913, to 10
May l945."
"A member of Company D,
743rd Military Police Battalion,
since its inception in June l943,
Sergeant Elston consistently de-
voted himself to the thorough
training and indoctrination of
military courtesy, discipline and
duty among the enlisted members
of his unit in manner which has
been a source of inspiration to
both the men and officers of the
organization, Displaying a note
worthy degree of organizational
skill, Sergeant Elston's familiari-
ty with the personnel and military
problems of individuals, gained
through constant interviews with
the members of his unit, enabled
him through understanding, judg-
ment and council to maintain a
high unit morale and superior
level of efficiency at all times.
Sergeant Elston's devotion to
duty, leadership ability and in
spirational qualities reflect great
credit upon himself and the arm
ed forces Of the United States"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03


The case of Pfc. Helen Smith
stationed in Fort Knox was orig
lnally brought to the attention
of the NAACP national office BY
the Wac's daughter, Miss Grace
Smith, on July 90 Mr.. McKin-
ney stated that the Louisville
NAACP has secured an affidavit
from Pfc. Smith which will form
the basis for action. In addition
to the suit against the policeman,
the NAACP will assist Pfc. Smith
in her CONTINENTAL,
In the story obtained from let
tiers to the daughter from her
mother it was revealed that Pfc.
Smith, who now faces a summary
court-martial for sitting in a
waiting room reserved for white
people, was on her way back at
the time to Fort Knox, from
Memphis, Tennessee. Because
the train was late and getting
later because of being placed on
sidings for troop trains, Pfc.
Smith decided to get off at
ElizabethtoWn, take a Gus and try
to get to camp on time in as much
as she had never been cited for
any violation of regulations and
held a good conduct medal.
After purchasing her ticket at
the bus station and finding the
"colored" section overcroWded,
she sat down on the nearest
bench to the colored section" Ac-
cording to her explanation, it
was not long before several other
colored Wacs Joined her and
eventually a civilian policeman
appeared cursing and calling them
"nigger wenches" and telling them
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03
WHERE SHALL WE BUY GROCERIES?

Wheh the trade is between members of different This
especially true when the persons ouchy and have
chips on their shoulders.
Inc Negro customer has the necessity any other
customer to conduct himself courteousy in any place of
business lie has to be douby careful however when he
Is III "hite place OF business Amy discourtesy is im-
meaa'ey construed as race hostility rule In
Mnte es'aoilshmenS Independent bearing is suf-
cieh 10 arose the resentment of the management Even
IN 'hoSe while establishments which follow liberal policy
'o"ao Negro patrons, there is always chance that
employee not as liberal his employer may become the
center Oh an outbreak 1t of knowledge
among negroes that reports have been freely and widely
creaateu at various times of a Negro slapped Negro
woman peat up and ON occasion Negro girl of minor
age, insultingly handled
1t is desirable that tho Noo.o ,,, ,,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03

boycott OF white stores. He could not do this il he wanted
to- Tor many articles sold only by white merchants
Mems furnishings household furniture, automobiles, and
many other articles be bought only from white firms
generally especially here Fortunately most of these large
establishments follow uniform policy OF courtesy toward
all patrons Where any firm indicates by the of its
employees that 1t does not appreciate Negro trade the
Negro trade ought to have enough to carry itself
a firm which does appreciate and want it.
In the case of small white Chinese or Indian any
thing else groceries drug stores in Negro sections the
Negro customer often passes by Negro establishment to
get to of another Sometimes he does this
he cannot get what he wants in his Quite
he does 1t because of remnant of the Big House attitude
OF slavery which still dominates his mind he has feeling
that the meat in the white counter tastes better The dark
banana ON the white counter richly ripe and the
counter rotten.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03
LOCAL BOY
MAKES GOOD
TN THE ARMY

The following article was in
the third anniversary publication
of the Banyan News, a monthly
publication put out by the 350th
Engineers located in New Guinea.
The Banyx b News Staff ex-
tends congra1 tlations to one of
its staff, Tee. Booker Tyree
Waugh.
Cpl, Waugh halls from Little
Rock, Arkansas, where he at
tended Dunbar High School and
lated attended Langston Univer-
sity, Oklahoma, Cpl. Waugh was
a clerk for bis sister, who ope-
rates a successful business in Lit
tie Rock, when he was called to
arms.
The family is doing their share
towards the war effort, Cpl.
Waugh had a brother in the Eu-
ropean theater who has been
honorably discharged and anoth-
er brother who is working for
Uncle Sam in Washington and a
sister who is active in local ac-
I tivities of the American Red
Cross, War Bond Sales, and the
USO, making his mother a real
proud War Mother.
Having been affiliated with
the Banyan News since it was
organized in l943, he has done
much as the mimeograph opera
tor and at one time special fea-
ture sports writer, to add to the
success of our regimental weekly
Often referred to as a mode,
soldier, Lucky" Nickname Civ
en- him by his comrades) gift OF
CAB have won him many friends
Whenever you feel low in spirit
let him tell you one of his stories
A real morale builder.
As film booking agent for the
regiment, he is doing an excel
lent job securing outstanding
flickers, news, and special train
ing films.
A member of the Regimentai
Message Center Staff, Waugh has
been awarded the Good Conduct
Medal, campaign stars on his
Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon, five over
seas service bars and one "hash
mark"
Accompanying this paper wa,
a personal letter from Staff Sgt
Paul Wilkerson in which similar
praise was given Cpl. Waugh
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03
BY S. S. Taylor

colored woman attempting to patronize store, APP
parenty under Chinese and white was attacked
with pop bottle and little boy standing by knocked
senseless according report freely circulated The
Is located ON Ninth Street in the very heart of the Negro
business district
Such establishments always likely to become
oil racial disturbances unless the is very calm
ana level headed The Negro who enters business esta
shment ON Ninth Street correctly feels that the establish
e' Is 'here to serve Negroes and that its very location
pea Tor Negro support patronage and money He
freely and considers himself in Negro institution Usual
Mhen IN the course OF purchase he makes any remar,
~ Interpreted as eilecng the quality of the goods
IN question: he finds himself moi enoaped IN casual t,,da
but in racial conflict
Statements which are made without offense in a trade
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03
NAACP T0SUE DIXIE P0LICEMA
Arkansas Organizations Protest
Removal Of Clymer

kilograms protesting the re-
moVal of Lewis W. Clymer.
Mlnoritles Placement Specialist
with the War Manpower Commits
SION IN this Region, have been
sent to Paul MeNutt, Administra-
tor VINO, and to BENJAMIN f.
Wilson, Chief of Minority Place
ment Section, VINO, Washington.
p. G. by the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters of Arkan-
sas, j. c. Gray, President: The
Little Rock Negro Chamber of
Commerce, The Urban League of
Greater Little Rock, the Interde-
nomlnational Ministerial Alliance
Of Greater Little Rock, the Laun-
dry Workers Local, the Dining
Car Local Number 364, the State
Association of Elks, W. II. Boone,
president; The Committee on
Negro Organization, and the Pine
Bluff Negro Business League.
Clymer's work concerned Ne
gro employment in Arkansas as
well as in Missouri, Kansas and
Oklahoma. He received COM
plants from workers who were
refused employment because of
race and from employees who
likewise because of race We're ne
fused upgradlng or required to
work under discriminatory con-
ditions He also conferred and
negotiated with employers and
brought about adjustments sat
isfactory to both workers and
m management" Matters which he
could not adjust were turned over
- FEPC.
His displacement eliminates the
only Negro employed to perform
such services in this region, Co.
incident with his termination
came an order closing the re-
gional office Of the FEPC, also
located in Kansas City. This Of
flee has the Negro workers of Ar
kansas in its area. The VINO
and the FEPC are separate agen-
cies, although their discontinue
ance in this region comes at the
same time. The only connection
of Clymer and the FEPC lies in
their assistance to Negro workers.
The VINO action is attributed to
reduction in personnel ceiling
while the FEPC procedure is laid
to the recent reduction in ope-
rating funds
Clymer's work Will be taken
over by Charles Coffee, white,
who has a Civil Service Senior
ity although he has only four
months experience with the VINO
as compared with the four years
experience of Clymer. The gen.
eral feeling among Negroes is that
the discontinuance Of Clymer
especially when coupled with the
elimination of the local FEPC,
effectively removes National in
reference with Negro employ
ment difficulties.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03
RED CROSS WORKERS
ARRIVE IN FRANCE

Fifteen Negroes-two club di-
rectors, a program director and
twelve staff assistants - have
joined the American Red Cross
personnel in France recently to
serve our troops still on the con-
tinent.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03
CHARGED WITH BRUTAL
BEATING OF TWO NEGRO
WAC's IN KY. STATION

Louisville, Ky.-hTe NAACP will file suit against the
CIVILIAN policeman charged with the brutal beating of two
Negro Wacs In bus station waiting in Elzabethtown
hentucky. H. Mckinney president of the Louisville
NAACP branch stated that Elizabethown is hot bed of
prejudice that the coored people there are inundated and
he SITUATION Is dcut but that the branch plans to press
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03
Meat Seasoning

Ginger makes an excellent meat
seasoning. Rub 1t on the inside Of
chicken or duck or over a leg Of
lnmb-the flavor will be wonderfully
improved
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03
LITTLE ROCK SOLDIER
PROMOTED

ltaly--With the Fifteenth Air
Force, Signal Construction Bat
talon. Louis f. Davis of 1915
West oath Street, Little Rock.
Ark has recently been promot-
cd to the rank Of Technician 4th
Grade according to a recent an
nouncement from his United Head
quarters. Tech. 4 Davis is the son
of Mr.. j. F. Davis of 1915 West
gath Street Little Rock, Ark.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03
STU DEMANDS NEW
STANDARD OF WAGES

A demand for an annual income
of $625 a year for all farm labor
in the cotton producing South has
been raised by the Southern Ten
ant Farmers Union with head
quarters in Memphis,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-08-03
Designed Bridge

James Monroe designed river
bridge that was later built in Eng.
land.
Evening star., 1945-09-05

Smith, we'll known architect and
builder Of Prince Georges County
and Washington. Her brother was
the late DR.. John William Smith,
at one time pastor of the Epworth
Methodist Episcopal Church and of
other churches in the Baltimore,
North Carolina and Virginia con-
ferences..
Mrs. Smallwood was a former
member of the home boards of Sib-
ley. Memorial Hospital and the
Methodist Home. She was active
in the affairs Of Trinity and Mar
vim M. E. Churches and had held
offices in the Cathedral Chapter,
Order of the Eastern Star, and the
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Reds Lease J.P Morgan S
MiIIion-DoIIar Mansion

(From Yesterdays Last Edition.
BY the Associated Press.
GLEN COVE, N. Y, Sept. 4.-The
palatial brick, stone and glass man.
sion of the late J. P. Morgan on East
Island has been leased for two years
by the Soviet government as a
headquarters for its government
purchasing commimssion, J. J.
Kramer, attorney of the Morgan
Island Estates, Inc. announced to-
day.
Mr. Kramer said the deal was
closed last Friday and that within
two weeks the 73-acre estate would be
dedicated to its new purposes when
the Russian Ambassador comes
from Washington to take part in
the ceremonies.
Mr. Kramer said the property
which is assessed at more than
81 900 900, will be used for recrea-
tion and entertainment of high Rus
sian government officials.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Jack A. Morrow Dies;
Editor and Lecturer
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill, Sept. s.
Jack Andrew Morrow, writer and
lecturer with a long background as
newspaper writer and editor in the
United States, Japan and Hawaiian
Islands, died at his home here yes
terday after an illness of two
months.
After a newspaper editorial career
in Chicago and New York, he served
as English editor of two Tokyo news
papers-Nichi Nichi = and Osaka
Mainichi-from 1919 to 1925. He
later edited the Honolulu Advertiser
and owned and edited the Maui
News at Honolulu.
In recent years he was connected
with the University of Minnesota
Extension Bureau as writer and lee
turer.