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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1946-01-26
JACKSON NEGROES PLAN
OLD CLOTHING DRIVE PLACE
GOAL FOR 10000 GARMENTS
Drive Sponsored By Ministers,
Professional e Business Men

Following a meeting of Negro cit
liens of Jackson at the Parish Street
Baptist Church this week, the Neg
roeS of Jackson have announced the
beginning of the biggest charity
drive ever undertaken by our group
in this section
In an intensive drive to collect old
clothing for the suffering and dying
in war-stricken areas, the drive will
begin Monday night, January %.
at 7:30 in the auditorium of Lanier
High Schol. DIR. S. D. Redmond was
elected chairman of the drive. AS
Sisting him in the undertaking
which he hopes will gather 100000
worth of old clothes, will be H. c.
Latham, Secretary, S. w. Miller,
generaliSsimo and director, DR.. c.
l. Barnes, treasurer.
Sponsored by most of the Negro
ministers, professional and business
men in Jackson, the following have
been named to serve on the Board
of Directors: Prof O. B. Cobbins,
Rev. j. D. Wheaton, Rev c. A Gre
er, Rev. J. H. Robinson, Rev. c.
S. Odom, Rev. c. P. Payne, Bishop
E. w. Butler, Rev. B. j. Nolan, Prof.
l. S. Sanders, Rev. J w. Staffney,
Rev c. L. West, E. w. Banks, DR.. J.
L. Reddix, A Nj. Redmond, Dr. A.
M Mccoy and Prof Carey Hamilton.
During the drive the Negroes
hope to gather $4,000 garments
which they estimate will be worth
100000 I'VE are asking some form
of clothing from every Negro man,
woman and child in Jackson big
enough to give anything" DR.. Red
mond said, land while we prefer
clothing to money those who have
Mt garment to spare are urged to
make a cash donation.
A program has been planned for
the Monday night meeting and Dr.
Redmond sal dhe hoped to have TO-
600 attend the Kickoff meeting
which begins the drive for "a gar
ment for a life," and he urges all
who attend to bring a garment
with them.
The following places have been
designated to receive any old clothes
the colored people of Jackson want
to give: People Funeral Home, Col
Inns Funeral Home, Latham Fun
eral Home, Ayers Hall Basement,
Jackson College; Tyree Hall, Camp
bell College; Summers Store, 213
Subway; Tougaloo College; Stewards
Grocery, Eastview ST.; Percy Simp-
sons Place, Peoples Cooperative
Store, George CAROLS Store, Wash
ington Addition; c. M & 1 College
and Deans Store, Cor. Woodrow
Wilson and Whitfield Mill Road.
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The YWCA In
The Present
Scene

The Young Women Christian AS
ISOLATION at the present time at
tempts to carry out three func-
ions in community life:
l. To build an educational and
recreational program for the deve-
lopment and enrichment of the
individual.
2. To serve girls and women in
various forms of individual adjust
ment, in employment, housing and
food services.
8. To work as a social force or
movement for better society.
The YWCA is a force of great
value in the world today because
of our experiences is helping girls
learn to take a mature part in
group activities, and because of our
making this experience possible at
an early age. Today we sum up
our interest and concern for the
lives of women and girls in our
purposes:
ITO build fellowship of wom-
en- and girls devoted to the task
of realizing in our common life
those ideals of personal and social
living to which we are committed
by our faith as Christians.
in this endeavor we seek to un-
derstand Jesus, to share His Love
for all people, and to grow in the
knowledge and love of God"
At the Branch YWCA we have
the employment bureau, rooms re-
gistry service, clubs. and interest
groups such as, Bible study, sewing
arts and craft, music and recreation
These activities are open to all
women and girls who will accept
the YWCA purposes.
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555th Parachute
Battalion Cheered
In Victory Parade

New York City-To the resound-
ing cheers of over 100000 specta-
tors who lined the route of march,
the all-Negro 555th Parachute In
fantry Battalion marched up Fifth
Avenue from Washington Arch to
Eighty-Sixth Street on Saturday,
January IL. AS par tot the Victory
Parade of the 82nd "All American"
Airborne Divisions, which marched
in tribute to the American CT of
European battlefieldS, the 555th
shared in the tribute paid by the
people of grateful city.
Ten officers, including Captain
James H. Porter, New York City,
commanding officer of the 555th,
and 140 enlisted men comprised the
Negro element in the Company and
from Companies A, B, and G. A
week before the parade they left
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where
the Battalion is assigned to the
First Army and attached to the 18th
Airborne Division, and two days
later arrived at Camp Shanks, New
York Port of Embarkation inStalla-
ton in New Jersey, where they pre-
pared for the parade.
For many of the 555th Airborne
troops, the Victory Parade marked
the last public ceremony of their
Army careers, for these high-point
men will OF return to Fort Bragg
but will leave Cam pShanks for
separation centers and discharges.
The 555th, however, will continue
as uni tot the Regular Army. It
is the Army's only all-Negro Para
chute Infantry Battalion. Before the
Victory Parade, it had an enlisted
strength of 319 men.
In addition to Captain Porter.
the following officers of the Batta-
lion participated in the parade:
First Lieutenant Edward L. Baker,
East Chicago, Indiana; Lionel B. Ca
de, Berkeley, California; Donald w.
Tyler, Akron, Ohio, and Jessie May
es, Emporia, Virginia Second Lieut.
enants Wilfred S Ford, New York
City; George w. Whitaker, Santa
Monica, California; Roger S. Wal
den, Detroit, Michigan; Thomas Nc
Fadden, Thomasville, Alabama, and
Harry S. Sutton, New York City.
The following enlisted man from
Mississippi participated in the para
de: Pfc. Walter Brilley from Grena-
da.
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Red Cross a Haven
For GIs in Europe
Observer Reports

Washington, D. C.-Jesse O. Tho
mas, assistant to the vice chairman
in charge of domestic services, A
merican Red Cross, has returned
from two months survey of Europe
an installations.
Mr.. Thomas visited cities in Swi-
terland, France, Italy, Great Bri-
tain, and Germany.
II have been tremendously inn
pressed with the universally of the
Red Cross program" he commented
mot only the soldiers, but all Amer
leans turn to this organization, and
are able to get information of every
character
Speaking of the attitude of the
Red Cross Personnel, MIR. Thomas
said that many of the workers put
in long hours in buildings with
no heat, giving accomplishing SER
vice in accord with the national
policy of staying by the side of
the CT.
Although there have been isolat-
ed instances of criticism on the part
of osldiers as we'll as Red Cross
employees" Thomas said, "the large
majority have been generous in
their praise of the service and
home-like atmosphere that have
been brought to the men. Uprooted
from their native culture and re-
planted in foreign soil, frequently
among people whose language and
social attitudes are strange, the
soldiers find the Red Cross hav-
en-"
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100000 Home
Gardens State
Goal for 1916

State College, Miss.-The state
garden goal this year is 100000
home gardens to supply fresh We
getables for the table and an ample
amount for canning storage and
other uses, according to K. H. Buck
ley, assistant Extension horticultur-
iSt
Nov is the time to prepare your
garden" Mr.. Buckley says. "Se that
your garden is cleaned out, bean
and tomato stakes stacked, grass
and weeds raked and burned.
Have two or three wagon loads
of good barnyard manure ready to
spread over the garden. This amount
may be used for each garden one
tenth acre in size.
'ork out your garden plan as
to what to plant, where and when
to plant. After cleaning out, fertiliz-
ing and blowing the plot, a garden
plan is the next job.
Purchase seed and insecticide
supplies. Reports are that there
will be less seed of 10 out of %
common vegetables in 1916. Get
your seed early.
Other January garden jobs are
to repair your garden fence, prepare
hotbed for late January and Febru-
airy planting, repair coldframe,
sharpen and oil garden tools, locate
commercial fertilizer to supplement
barnyard manure, and locate source
of plants if you plan to puchase
plants rather than grow your own. y
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Regular Army there is the choice
of overseas theatre and branch of
service benefits of the CT Bill of
Rights excellent retirement plans, a
good rate of interest in Soldiers De-
posts, five per cent increase in
pay for each three years of service,
20 per cent extra pay for overseas
service, family allotments, income
tax exemption, free mail privileges,
the best of life insurance, COM
Portable living quarters and excell-
ent food and clothing, best of medic
al and dental care, and the opport-
unity of education and travel.
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DISTINGUISHED CIVILIAN
AWARD PRESENTEDTO
LESTER B. GRANGER
Acted AS Special Advisor On
Negro Personnel In Navy

Secretary of the Navy James For
restal today presented the Disting-
uished Civilian Service Award to
Lester B. Granger for his work
as Special Advisor to the Secretary
on the utilization of Negro person
mel in the Naval services. he award
was made at the Navy Department.
he citation accompanying the a.
ward reads:
For exceptionally outstanding
service to the United States Navy as
Special Advisor to the Secretary of
the Navy from July l, 1945, to Nov
ember l, 1945.
Mr.. Granger rendered sound and
able counsel to the Secretary of
the Navy on the utilization of Ne
gro military personnel in the Naval
Service. By inspection of continent
al and overseas naval activities, dur
ing which his tactful and forth
right advice won the respect of
men and officers alike, Mr. Gran
ger personally evaluated the posi-
ton of the Negro in the Navy, sug-
costing general policies as well as
solutions for specific cases.
Courageous and fair in critic
ism, honest and temperature in pra-
Use Mr.. Granger has performed a
delicate and important task in a
manner deserving of the Nays
highest civilian award"
Mr.. Granger is the Executive Sec
rotary of the National Urban Lea
que, a social service organization
which does work among Negroes,
with offices at 1888 Broadway, New
York City, New York.
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establishments
Urged Prior To
January 81

A timely warning to keep close
watch on the calendar of the New
Year was issued this week to re-
Gently discharged servicemen by
1t Col Cecil Jordan, chef of the
Louisiana Recruiting District of the
U. S. Army, whose headquarters are
located in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Until January 3d." the colonel
pointed out" a discharged veteran
may reenlist in his former grade,
if this is done during the 20 day
period Immediately following his
discharge. After that time no veter-
an may reenlist in his former grade,
unles he is already member of
the Regular Army Men at present
in the service also have until that
date to reenlist in the Regular
Army in the grade they held at
the time of reenlistment.'
1T is impressive" Col. Jordan
continued, that the vast number
of men affected by this date, be
made aware of the irrevocable deci-
sion they must make before that
time. After January 81, all the other
attractive reenlistment features will
remain open, but men newly en-
listed in the Regular Army will not
retain their former grades"
The other attractive reenlistment
features which the colonel referred
to were mastering out pay, re-
enlistment bonuses, and up to 80
days of furlough, for men presently
in service and veterans whose date
of discharge was less than 80 days
ago.
For all men who enlist in the
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1946-01-26

Group Solves
Doctor Problem

San Diego, Cal: The parishioners
of Guadalupe Catholic Church here
solved the age-old problem of doc
tor bills.
Mostly Negroes and Mexicans of
the low-income group, they opened
not long ago their own parish oper-
ated medical clinic at which a re-
gistered nurse is on duty at specified
hours each day of the week. After
examining the patients, she refers
them reputable physicians whose
charges are proportioned to the pa
tents incomes.
Our people are not looking for
charity" FIR Louis Kern, the Pastor,
explained 'They want to pay what
they can for service they can rely
upon"
The clinic, which has the full
approval of the San Diego Med
ical Association, was recently dedic-
ated by Bishop Charles F. Buddy
Roman Catholic Bishop of San Die
60.
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Inter-racial
Quintet in
p. |. Red Cross

Del Monte, Mindannnao, P. l.
Unique among American Red Gross
installations in the Far East is the
office of Field Director William V.
Mason here, who heads a staff of
five made up of almost as many
races. A Negro, Swiss and Filipino
are included in the quintet, which
boasts teamwork hard to beat.
AS one Ct the workers put it,
Our mixed group proves once a.
gain that the American system of
democracy does work successfully
among intelligent people"
Headquarters with the famous
Negro 93rd Division that has help
ed make Pacific history, Field Di-
rector Mason, a former National
Guard and Coast Artillery officer
whose home is at all Canonchet
Lane, Pawtucket, r. l., is in charge
of all Red Cross activities on the
mountainous island of Mindanao,
home of the famous Moro tribe. 1t
is still the hideout for hundreds
of Japanese soldiers.
On his staff are: Sameul H. Coop
err, Negro Assistant Field Director,
1880 Fox Street, New York City,
former chemistry teacher at Edward
Waters College in Daytona Beach,
Florida.
Emil Schroeder, Swiss Admins
trative Assistant. A graduate of the
Swiss College of Commerce in Zu-
rich, he was formerly an accountant,
trapped in the. Philippines by the
Japanese invasion. He had an arm
broken when he was throuWn into
the Pasig River after he refused
to bow to passing Japanese soldiers
on the streets of Manila during the
Japanese occupation. He later escap-
ed to Mindanao by sailboat with
a Filipino friend.
Regidor Redondo, Filipino head
clerk, who is also a former account
ant He is native of Mindanao.
Miss Marion d. vollmer, of Col
umbus, Ohio, who is Assistant Field
Director. She is a Red Cross veter-
an of nearly IS months Pacific SER
vice.
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Budy Johnson, the great orchestra
leader sensational for his recording
of his popular tune, Baby, Don't
You Cry will play here at the
New Coaored Skating Ring. Feb. S.
and his famed band is in the groove
to send local music and dance low
ers.
This new star and well-balanced
musical group that he had man.
aged to hold together despite of
the draft situation that has broken
up a number of name bands, will
ingly have served sentertainers
at the camps and service stations
of the Army and Navy, and have
become popular with the boys and
girls in uniform. The band itself
has become topnotcher faster than
any other musical aggregation.
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How Rural Areas
Can Attract
Nurses

Pointing out the need for more
trained nurses, in addition to doc
tors, dentists, and health facilities
in rural communities, the u. S. De-
partment of Agriculture suggests
ways by which nurses may be at
tracted into the hinterlands.
The Department says the supply
of nurses in rural areas is just as
short as the supply of doctors. 1t
points out that even in 1910 the
rural State of Mississippi had only
81 active nurses per 100000 of its
population, while industrial Mas
sachusetts had 403 nurses per 100,-
900 people.
The comparison of colored nurses
for the colored population of Mis-
sissippi with that of Massachusetts
is even more disparaging. The 1910
cencus shows that there were only
IL trained colored nurses and stu
dent nurses per 100000 colored po-
pulation in the State of Mississippi
In Massachusetts, there were eight
times as many colored nurses for
the same numbr of people, and in
New York, there were % times
as many trained colored nurses
and students nurses per 100000 col
ored population as in Mississippi.
The Department of Agriculture
suggests that rural communities
may attract trained nurses by hav-
ing an adequate number of physici-
ans and modern hospital facilities.
1t suggests also that rural hos
pitfalls make arrangements with nur-
ses training schools to have student
nurses join their staffs to do part
of their training.
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Vets Must Apply
For MASTERING
Pay Now

Joe Darwin, Director of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, calls
the attention of the public to the
fact that veterans discharged prior
to February 3, 1914, cannot apply
for their mastering out pay after
midnight, February 2, 1916.
Veterans or the surviving spouse,
child or children or surviving par
ents if the next of kin, who have
not received their mastering out
pay should contact their parish SER
vice officer at once and execute
the necessary forms to secure these
benefits.
Public Law 225, 18th Congress,
Section 3, says that any number of
the Armed Forces entitled to mus
tering out payments who shall have
been discharged or relieved from
active service under honorable con-
ditions before the effective date of
this Act, shall, if application is made
therefore, within two years after
the date of enactment of this Act,
be paid such mastering out payment
by the War Department or the
Navy Department, to begin within
one month after application has
been made, received and approved
by the Department.
Provided that no member of the
Armed forces shall receive mus
tering out pay more than once un-
der this Act, the amount to be COM
puted as of the time of discharge
for the purpose of effecting per-
manent separation from the service
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Starting out less than three years
ago, they have played most of the
better mite spos on Broadway, the
elite bathrooms, hotels and mite
clubs along the main stem and have
uncorked a series Of tunes that
have became juke-box hits.
Buddy is on the make and those
who hear him at Skating Rink will
agree that his is the hottest vocal
iZing orchestra around today.
Buddy, is gaining widespread
fame for his inimitable style of
songs and piano playing. He is
one of the very few maestros who
leads his band while playing the
piano. More than that, Johnson,
who is quite composer, originated
all the recordings he has thus far
made.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1946-01-26

If yo uwant the dairy COW to
give milk during the winter months,
you must give her plenty of the
rightkinds of feed, dairymen of the
Agricultural Extension Service say
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Keeps the COW comfortable dur
ing the winter months by provid-
ing warm, well-bedded stalls to
help secure good milk production,
the Extension Service urges.
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This makes Buddy Johnson a
'triple-threat'' entertainer bound to
score deeply in the hearts of music
and dance lovers everywhere.
Exclusive DECCA recording artist
he has the following numbers to
his credit:
Lets Stop Pretending" ~
Please, Mr.. Johnson"
"Boogie-Woogie's Mother
in-LaW"
Baby Don't You Cry"
Let's Beat Out Some Love-
Il Amt Mad At You
I'll Always Be In Love
With You"
You Won't Let Me Co.
and many others.
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been added destroys them very promptly. The animal is caught with gloves and held by the neck. A small stick dipped in the crystals an water is placed in his mouth for three or four seconds and the animal may be dropped in a bag or placed in his pen. It will be dead before another is caught. The bottle should be kept stoppered tight when not in use and handled care fully at all times as it is a deadly poison.
 Carbon monoxide gas from an engine exhaust piped into tight box is also a popular method.
 Pelting Mink
 The equipment used includes a knife with a small pointed blade, a pair of nail clippers, fleshing beam, fleshing tool and fine dry sawdust.
 The fleshing beam IS made hav- ing a slight taper and flattened little on top and bottom side. A good fleshing tool can be made by grinding absolutely smooth a
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cereal Cooking will improve the cereal, making it more digestible During cold weather mixing the hot cereal with the fish warns the feed and permits the animals to eat more before it freezes.
 Five percent lettuce or cabbage is an excellent vegetable supply and when finely ground is gener- ally well digested.
 Grind Root Crops
 If however, several percent of root crops are fed, such as car rots, it is advisable to cook them and run them through the grinder as raw carrot is not properly di- gested. Ten percent of vegetable can be fed, but the droppings should be watched and when quan- titles are passed they should be cooked to prevent intestinal dis orders.
 Two percent of lawn grass or alfalfa leaves and blossoms will serve where lettuce or cabbage are unavailable.
 Tomatoes generally cost too much to be incorporated in the ration.
 Four percent bone meal is a good source of calcium and should be kept in the ration unless con- siderable milk is fed. Steam bone meal is suggested because fresh green bone is generally unavail- able. Bone meal also aids in keep ing the bowels in proper condition and should diarrhea develop the bone meal content of the ration can be raised to check it. The re-
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so that animals getting out of pens cannot escape from the build ing.
 This enclosed type of mink build ing is necessary along the coast. In the Interior where rainfall is negligible. the cage type pen ap- proximately two by two by five or six feet in length is satisfactory. With this type of pen covered type nest box is fastened at one end on the outside to facilitate cleaning
 In the shed type, nest boxes are placed inside the pen.
 A nest box twelve inches square, having no top, is satisfactory. No hole is necessary as the mink go over the top If top is placed on the nest box. hole for entrance near the top three and one-fourth inches in diameter is necessary.
 Food Grinder
 A power grinder that handles both meat and bone is essential to properly prepare their food. The plate may have one-half inch holes for any type of fish.
 If using root crops, like carrots for vegetables, one-fourth inch holes are desirable as otherwise the material is indigestible. Cooking ot tough root crops is recommended.
 Watering mink with the least difficulty is accomplished if the outside type mink waterer is used The animals do not pack food 1T them and cannot bathe in them Tin cans, like a salmon can, ar, commonly used but are constant, dirtied and used for bathing.
 Feeding
 The feeding of mink in Alask; must depend basically upon fish.
 Hard and fast rules for feeding cannot be set, as generally indi viduals get different results upol the same ration.
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ten-inch half round file. The flesh- ing beam should be secured at a comfortable height and secured in a socket at the base to facili- tate turning easily which fleshing
 Skinning
 Some recommend the body be al- lowed to cool prior to skinning, but since skins come off faster warm, this practice is generally followe :.
 The hind legs are slit from the paws on the back side to point at the base of the tail just above the vent which is cut around. Suf- ficient skinning near the legs and base of the tail is necessary to pull out the tail bone. Then hanging the animal by the hooks, the skin is pulled down to the shoulders to permit pulling out the front legs. These are skinned down to the toes which are shipped off with the nail clippers. The skin is then pulled down to the ears. The knife is used to sever ear cartilage, leaving it with the ears as well as lips and nose.
 After finishing skinning, pelt is