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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27
u. S. Marine CORPS
To Commission
Three Negroes

For the first time in the his-
tory Of the United States Marine
Corps, three Negro Marines are
being trained as possible com
missioned officerS IN this heaneh
Of the armed forces. Marine CORPS
headquarters anncunced IA Weah'
ington, d. O., this week. F''H
The three men, all Marine Ser
geants who rose from the raakD
of the first 1900 Negro enlistees
to volunteer for the Marine Corps
in 1912, are now in the 9th Pin
toon Commanders Class at the
Marine Corps Officer Candidate
School, Quantico, Va. Upon the
successful completion d th1ir
training, they will be commissions
ed ~ officers.
The candidates are:
LIST Sgt. Charles Willis Simmons,
27, Of POI East 18th Street. Csn-
trclia, Ill.
Sgt. Maj. Charles Fisher An
derson "a, Of sos North II Ave-,
Birmingham. Ala.
list Sgt. George Frederick Ellis,
Jr., 80, of 466 Decatur Street,
Brooklyn N. Y.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27
BY Dan Gardner

Relationships between Negroes
and Jews are improving in one
respect and in another they are
worse, and reason for such a
statement is found in the South
where Jewish-owned stores and
business enterprises fall right n
line with the prevailing system
of jim Crow and discrimination
toward Negro customers.
Negroes who live in certain
large southern cities, NOTABLY
Baltimore, Washington, and one
rtwo others, tell disheartening
stories of large Jewish-owned de-
partment stores, etc. which bar
Negro patronage and who, in some
instances, seem to outstrip even
the traditional hostility toward
Negroes of the southern white
men in an apparent ardor to i'm
press that they are one in intent
and spirit with the southern
white in denying Negroes the
chance to spend their money on
basis of equality.
The Negroes who are acquaint-
ed with this peculiar situation
are the ones who are not sure of
the Jewish position toward the
Negro at all, DESPITE all the talk
that f. heard in the north from
Jewish leaders and the printed
matter that finds its way into
the Negro press via releases and
planted" magazine articles.
With these Negroes, the excuse
that the Jew who discriminates
is mot representative" Of the
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27
ARMf'S NEGRO STRENGTH
OVERSEAS INCREASES
SO, 1913 SINCE SEPTEMBER

Washington, d. Cor the to-
tai Negro strength of 690,2S2 as
reported through February 2S
l045, some 1886 are serving
overseas in all theaters, the War
Department announced today.
Since September 30. 1914. the
total Negro strength dropped H.
1886, although commissioned per-
sonnet increased 744, including
an increase of 90 Army nurses.
During the same period. Infantry
personnel rose slightly while to-
tai personnel OF Coast and Field
Artillery, Cavalry and Air Corps
units show negligible losses.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27

while attached to the 101st Air
borne Division at Bastogne last
December. For its exploits. the
969th was awarded the coveted
Unit Citation in the name Of the
President. --- GU. s. Army Signal
Corps Photo from BRP).
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27
Older Bows
Conference At
A. N. 4 N. College

Pine Bluff. The Arkansas
Older Boys Conference will have
its annual meeting at the A. M.
g. ~ College, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. The conference is
held under the auspices of the
Southwest Area Council OF the
YNCA and the Hi-Y Association.
W. r. Banks and r.. w. Puryear
area secretary, will direct the
meeting along with G. John Heg-
Wood, conference director, ana
Z, 4ola3 :. so4as, assistant con-
ference director of Arkansas.
The theme for the conference
is Personality In The Present
and Post War World The Fri
day night session will get under
way in Galloway Hall auditorium
with music by the Corbin high
school chorus, greetings on be-
half of the Corbin high school;
greetings on behalf of city of
Pine Bluff, r. N. Chanay; greet
ings on behalf of Pine Bluff
churches, Rev. w. C.. Woods, and
followed by an address by Dr.
M, l., Harris, president of Phil
ander Smith college.
The Saturday morning program
will open with a breakfast for the
visitors, followed by an assembly
period and song feast The adj
dress for the morning will be de-
livered by Rev. II. M. Green. st.
John AN q church. The evening
program will compose of group
discussions boys business meet
ing, music and an address by Fa-
Their Francis Johnson, rector of
Saint Philips Church, Little Rock.
Tie Fellowship breakfast will
close the meeting Sunday morn
ing with G. John Haywood presid-
ing The fellowship address will
be delivered by J. M. Howard,
See BOY'S-PaQe 8
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27
Ark. AAA Contact
Representative
COnfers With
DC. Officials

JACKSON, MISS. = Steps were
taken last week to assist colored
AAA contact representatives of
the Southern Division, Agricul-
tural Adjustment Agency, to more
effectively aid colored farmers in
carrying cut sound conservation
measures when representatives of
the Southern Division met in
four-day conference here at Jack
son college with the contact men
and State AAA committeeman.
Henry ". Espy, Arkansas co..
oied AAA contact representative
with headquarters in Little Rock,
reports That the conference rro-
vided an interesting exchange of
experiences among the contact
men and helped all of them to UNI
derstand more fully and to use
methods CT obtaining, through
rural and urban leaders, increas-
ell participation by colored farm
ers in the provisions Of the AAA.
In addition to the wok pro-
gram, the conferees heard address
es by Jacob l.. Reddix, president
Of Jackson college; and by the
Rev. James w, Sells, secretary of
the Mississippi Rural Life Con-
ference. The work program includ-
ed discussions Of AAA detectives
anG how the colored contact re-
preseatatives can help to attain
them which were led by Thomas
l.. Ager5, assistant director of the
Southern Division; J. II. Dean,
chief, program development sec
ton; and by Clyde F. Clark, edu-
cationist, Southern Division, all
of the Washington office.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27
New Hope For
Race In Rulings
Fayoring Negroes

NEW YOk - (WDL) - Evil
dence of a change for TIE better
- at long last - in United States
Army and Navy treatment of Ne
gtoes is seen in two recent re-
versals OF unfavorable judgments
against colored personnel. Wheth-
ar these are just isolated rever-
sails brought about by publicity
and pablo pressure, or whether
they are indicative of real prog
ress, remains to be seen.
The first case is the Navy re-
port from Washington that the
discharges of ID Negro Seabees
in the Eightieth Naval Construc-
ton Battalion at Trinidad for "un-
fitness" or "ineptitude' had been
changed after review by high nav
al authorities to discharges under
honorable cinditions." At a hear
ing, a Navy attorney charged that
the men had attended seditious
meetings and attempted Shutdown
strikes. Lawyers for the Seabees
declared that the men were dis
charged because they were among
the better-educated Negroes in
tie battalion and therefore mark
ed for discrimination. The Work
ers Defense League had previously
asked the removal of the command
ing officer Of Port Hueneme Calf.
where a thousand Negro Seabees
staged two-day hungre strike
against discrimination.
The second case is that of four
Negro WACs convicted at Fort
Devens, Mass, of refusing to obey
a direct order to return to work.
Their court-martial sentence, which
would have imprisoned them for
a year and then expelled them with
dishonora6lc discharges, was late
y voided by Major General Sher-
man Miles. Evidence at the trial
showed that Col. Walter II. Gram
dali commandant in Lowell Hos
pital where the WACs worked, had
told the women that he wanted no
black WACs" in his hospital s
motor pool, or assisting as medi-
cal technicians.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27
Volunteer Negro Doughboys
PROVE Courageous Fighters

WITH TIE U. S. 1ST. INFAN-
TRY DIVISION. EAST OF THE
RHINE - The Negro soldier in
tie European Theater has long
since proved that he is capable
and conscientious worker in the
role of combat engineer, truck
driver, artilleryman, and countless
other Army assignments. Now.
in his debut as a front-line in
fantryman, he has demonstrated
beyond all doubt that he is an ag-
gressive, courageous and resource
ful fighter.
At least that's what the men
of Company B of the 10th In
faatry Regiment claim, and from
the story they tell it seems rea-
sonable to believe that the ferries
vaald echo fervent Amen
On March 20, with Company B
poised to jump off in the attack
against Oberpleis on the east
banks of the Rhine, the Fifth
Platoon, composed entirely Of Ne
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27
Jones Hi School
Asst. Principal
Member. A 4 of S

The only member of the Negro
race TO La9e tie Iii tinetion OF
holding memberal.ip in the Ark
ansas Academy Of Science goes
to Mrs. l.. NJ. Robinson, assistant
PRINCIPAL Of Jones hi school, N.
Little Rock. Mrs. Robinson holds
a B. S. Degree from Wilberforce
University and M. A. Degree
from Fisk University, and is head
of the Science department at Jones
Hi School.
The Arkansas Academy Of
Science is u confirming body for
research in Science for the State
Of Arkansas. Mrs, Robinson has
held membership in the organiza-
ton for two years and is slated
to attend Saturdays meeting at
the University of Arkansas Medi-
cal School.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27
Hines Refuses
To DropCI
Race Query

WASHINGTON - (C) - Vet
eran Administrator Hines has
very oluntly said mo- to the
request that he eliminate questions
of race Oh the application form
for CT business and housing loans.
Sometime ago Hines had pro-
tested that the V A would have
freedom from discrimination and
freedom from obstacles and pre-
JUDGE" for the one million Negroes
in the war, Now he says "The lend
or requires adequate Information
for his purposes in addition to
that which would be necessary for
government purposes only. Of
course, You realize that few if
any persons would lend money
without being fully informed of
all the facts which the lender con-
siders revelant."
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27

gro personnel, was about to get
its battle initiation, Lieutenant
Vincent J. Kachnik, Chicago, ILL.,,
the platoon leader, oriented his
men carefully and explained in
detail what was expected of them
after zero hour. He emphasized
that speed and aggressiveness
were essential and apparently
his audience took the words to
heart.
Came zero hour and the fifth
platoon took off, but fast! Throw
ing care and caution to the winds
ard uick'y out-distancing their
lieutenant, the Negro GIs headed
for the objective. Ignoring the
first burst of fire from the amaz-
ed Germans, they completely over
whelmed the opposition and in the
space of few minutes were astride
he objective and looking for new
towns to conquer.
When Lieutenant kaehnik final
ly caught up with his fighters
the first sight that greeted him
was that of Negro soldier emerg-
ing from a house leading a most
willing Kraut whom he had by the
arm. Spying his platoon leader, the
jubilant soldier shouted, Look.
Sir, I've got another Heinie."
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27
Arkansas School
Heads to Attend
Confab Of H. S. P.

Eliza Hunter. principal Of Jones
High School, North Little Rock
and Dean VIM. Fl. Martin Of Dun
bar Junior College will represent
North Little Rock and Little Rock
respectively at the Conference Of
High School Principals this week
at billiard University in New Or
leans. The session will be three
dady session, opening Thursday
and closing Saturday. Principals
from Helena and Pine Bluff are
slated to attend the session also.
This session is sponsored ~
billiard University.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27
Jews In The South Must Stop
Practices of Discriminating
Against Negroes In Stores

forward thinking element
among the Jews does not hold
water.
They contend that the Jews
are minority people as are Ne
groes, and. If kinship is mutual
in problems arising out of this
minority status, then common
cause should unite both people in
stamping out unfair practices in
all ranks of the racial lineups.
In the same line OF reasoning,
Negroes ought not to excuse those
Negroes who practice or talk anti
anything, whether it be anti
Semitism, anti-italian, anti-Irish
or anti-Polish.
To set apart the owner of a
huge modern mail order house
with branch establishments
throughout the country, including
the principal cities of the south
and allow him to join in Cypress
ing the Negro because of his
status in the business world Is a
falacious line of reasoning and
must be treated promptly before
more harm is done.
1t Is a fact that the southern
white man has established a code
for treatment of Negro patrons
Of his stores in his native habitat.
That is why you find the big
name habadasher denying the
Negro customer the right to try
on a suit of clothes or a hat be-
fore purchase; why Negro women
must endure the insult to the in
telligence as we'll as to the peck
etbook Of not being allowed to try
on the hat of their choice before
purchase; or why they have sep
arate rooms in which to try on a
dress--if the store policy is that
liberal.
On the other hand, the small
business man among the south
ern white leans over backward
to please in certain lines, such
as the gasoline station, the auto
parts store; but not the hamburg
er and hot dog stand or the ice
cream parlor--unless you're TAX
ing it out. ed. Note Restroom
facilities are denied Negroes in
most service stations throughout
the SOUTH
In the first place, Negroes in
the south should have solved GER
tain things relating to trade with
whites, whether Jewish or
cracker long ago and in solv-
ing these things, the boycott is
the best economic weapon avail
able.
Too many Negroes break their
collective necks getting into
places where they must make
their purchases on the hoof, so TO
speak and eat their dinner on
The corner If they are lucky
enough to be served a sandwich
and cup Of coffee.
Negro business should have adj
yanced much farther than 1t has
in the south because of the in
equalities that exist there be-
cause OF color.
Where privilege is denied, Me-
gro enterprise should and must
flourish both as an economic ne
cessty and as evidence Of race
pride and dignity.
See JEWS--Page 3
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-04-27
THROW PICKET LINES
AROUND YANKEE STADIUM

New York (C)--- The Yankee
Stadium was picketed this week
by 20 people in protest against
Jim Grow In baseball. The Lea
que for Equality In Sports and
Amusements Is planning to have :
picket line en- masse Of 500 peo-
pie on Sunday. The League
thoroughly believes III we can /
fight together we can play to-
gether."
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
WARTIME MONTANA"

is required to post its ceiling prices
| for as many of these items as 1t
sells. Both posters will set forth the
number Of ounces of the drink or bot
tie for which the posted prices is the
legal ceiling. In the case of highballs,
however, the posted size will repre-
sent the number of ounces of whisky
to be used in the drink.
The cost of price control and ra-
tioning during the present fiscal year
is one dollar and thirty-three cents
per American, the OPA reports. OF
this amount, twenty-three cents a per-
son is spent. for rationing, seventeen
cents for price control, ten cents for
rent control, forty-eight cents for the
operation of local war price and ra-
tioning boards, sixteen cents for en-
forcement, seven cents for administra-
tive management, six cents for execu-
tive expenses and two cents for in
formational activities. In announcing
these figures, the OPA points out that
most of the staffs of local war price
and rationing boards are volunteers
who get no pay of any kind.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
Opinions Of
Continued from Page Two)

lEoHf ae< WIZ
Arctic Circle close to the Baltic Sc
in Sweden.
Gold had been discovered in Califor
mia and later in Montana, the ives
was open for settlement after th'
Civil war, the overland travel by wa,
of horse and oxteam was too slow
besides the country was in dire nee(
of all kinds of machinery and stee
implements creating an intense hum
for iron ore amply rewarded by the
discovery of different ranges contain
ing high grade iron ore, the Mesabi
range itself containing an estimated
1905, 213,395 tons in 1888, putting the
United States way ahead of other ma
lions in the production of iron and
steel; so much so that we had enough
scrap iron to amply supply Japan's
war machine bent on world adven-
ture.
At this time 1933) German and
Luxembourg yearly output of iron ore
was 29,40S,S12 tons, quite sufficient
for her peaceful needs but not enough
for her frantic re-armament program
already started. She needed more
iron for her submarines, tiger tanks
and Stuka divers by which she in
tended to conquer the world. Iron
ore from Spain and Africa was vul-
nerable to blockade so she arranges
to take 1919 of Sweden's Kiruna ore
as well as ball bearings and other
steel armament material in exchange
for grain, coal and oil badly needed
by Sweden. She stood to win an all
out war and lost, but why?
In 1928 Mt. Magnitnaya, barren
uninhabited region in S.W. Siberia
was given second priority next to the
Dnieper hydro-electric power develop
ment. After a careful survey it was
estimated that the mountains high
grade iron ore measured up to l.
935 100000 long tons, the largest sim
gle iron deposit in the world. Kuz-
netsk coal basin with an estimated
400 900, 100000 tons of anthracite coal
was 1910 miles farther into Siberia
tracked electric railway making the
worlds largest combine "the Ural-
At one end the second largest steel
plant, next to Gary, Indiana; other
end containing the largest chemical
works in the USSR, possibly in all
the world Without this combine the
Soviets could not have changed the
Worlds history at Stalingrad, could
not have produced the Worlds out
standing artillery, the XIV tanks and
The flying tanks (Stormoviks), the
tanks able to knock out Hitler's best
tanks and break through |
any fertilization Hitler has so far
been able to erect.
Iron properly used in labor-saving |
ncahinery can create an abundance
or all; improperly used it spells I'M
even threatens the fabric
If civilization itself.
A. E. ANDERSON.
Butte, Mont, March 20, 1915.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23

theless warned that 1--WE must be most
careful after we go to bed" The
next night the wars greatest fleet of
Superfortresses = 300 of them = laid
waste more than 16 square miles of
Tokyo This was followed by an at
tack in similar strength on Nagoya
and Osaka. The Toyko radio has not
again used its nerve warfare" desig-
nation for night raids.
The strike on Tokyo came a day
after the Osaka radio said bluntly
that the Japanese air defense system
in the Chugoku region-on the south
west tip of the main home island of
Honshu, on which Tokyo is situated
was awful and that public negli-
gence is extremely surprising" After
the big Tokyo and Nagoya raids
Premier Kuniaki Koiso announced
"great-scale plan" for reorganization
of Japan's afraid warning network.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
Committee On


suggests: % The board and the dis
posal agencies should deal with only
limited number of central agencies
which would combine the require
ments and purchases of the thousands
of individual units (2) Since the state
and local governmental units enjoy
the rights of priority, they should
share the responsibility with the sur
plus property board for the establish
ment and maintenance of such central
purchasing agencies; (3) The board
might require by regulation that the
priorities granted state and local gov
ernmental units be exercised only
through such centralized agencies. "a
In the interest of the general disposal
detectives, the board might we'll place
a time limit upon the exercise of such
priorities.
The report notes the lack of COR
ganized means" to guide veterans and,
on the administration of their priori-
ties, makes this comment: "a feasible
program of surplus disposal to veter-
ans entering upon their own enter
prises can only be formulated by
working in the closest cooperation
with the agencies responsible for the
veterans welfare. In order to dis
charge their own disposal RESPONSE
bilities, the surplus property board
and treasury disposal may have to
prod the federal veterans agencies
into more rapid action"
Pointing out that the surplus prop
erty act authorizes it, the report con-
tinues: "The granting of such normal
trade credit to concerns who would
ordinarily receive it in private trans
actions should be usual part of the
lgency's dealings. New enterprises
which have not yet established a firm
credit rating might secure commercial
credit backing from their own banks
Dr. from the smaller war plants corpo-
alton as authorized by subsection OBJ
section Is. of the act.
AS the subcommittee sees it, treas
lry's problem is "the immediate need
TO move goods rapidly into well-dis-
tributed commercial markets to re-
lieve civilian shortages and reduce its
future disposal problem. Simultan-
eously it has the task of establishing
its organization and developing its
disposal system and plans in the way
best calculated to make it adequate
for the disposition of huge postwar
surpluses in accord with the objec-
ives of the surplus property act"
Shortly after the subcommittee had
completed the major part of it's inves-
igation, the report points out, P. w.
'ehle replaced e. j. Olrich as head of
he agency with resultant changes of
'olicy. 1t adds: MANY of your sub
ommittee's recommendations are be-
ng put into effect and the agency is
administrative difficulties
which seemed insuperable to his pred
cessor"
In concluding the main body of the
eport, the subcommittee assures
reasury and the surplus property
oadr when amendments to the act
are proven necessary" it will press
or their rapid adoption"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-23
JAPANESE "BOTTLENECkS"-
AND UNCONSCIOUS HUMOR

Unconscious humor in Japanese
broadcasts occasionally brightens the
day for United States government
monitors whose dreary task it is to
record Tokyo's daily outpouring of
propaganda. One such example was
provided recently by the Tokyo radio
in reporting plea by DR.. Hidetsugu
Yagi, president of the Japanese Board
of Technology, for the smashing Of
Japanese production "bottlenecks" to
cover the material quantities and
techniques" of the United States.
In response to question regarding
Japans confidence" of defeating the
United States by making the best
possible use of Japanese material,
labor and technical science" DR.. Yagi
answered:
"How could you live in Japan if you
didn't have confidence?"