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Arizona sun., 1946-09-27
JOS. I. McNARNEY
DENIES SLUR ON
NEGRO SOLDIERS

BERLIN, Sept. 23.-Gen. Joseph
T. McNarney, U. S. commander in
Europe, said Saturday Negro lead
ership qualities were "below the
standards required for the efficient
performance of certain types of
combat duties" but denied he ever
had said the Negro was a failure
as a soldier.
The general commented on state
ments he attributed to Truman K.
Gibson, Jr., a Chicago Negro at
torney who visited the Italian the
ater last year as civilian aid to
then Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson.
McNarney said he already had
notified the War Department Of
my known recollection" of con-
versations with Gibson in Italy.
II did this" his statement said,
latter I was informed that the
Pittsburgh Courier published a
column apparently written by Mr..
Gibson in which I am enormously
quoted as having said: The Negro
is a failure as a soldier. It will be
100 years before he can develop
to point where he will be on a
parity with Americans Very
bluntly, this quotation is inaccu-
rate"
Noting that Gibson had been
permitted to visit all the Negro
units in the Mediterranean The
ater in which he showed an inter-
est, McNarney said:
cat an informal luncheon prior
to his departure from Italy he
commented favorably on the per-
formance of duty by Negro artil-
lery units of the 92nd Division and
Negro service forces of the same
division.
Gle expressed his opinion that
the American Negro, due to social
and economic conditions at home,
entered the army with specific
disadvantages compared to the
great majority of white soldiers.
"He thought that the existence
of these difficulties resulted in the
Negroes lack of ability to develop
leadership in combat as quickly or
as well as the white American SOL
der.
Informally, I agreed with Glib
sons view and suggested that since
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Arizona sun., 1946-09-27
DOUGLAS VETERANS
club Will ACTIVELY
FIGHT AMENDMENT

The Veterans Club of Doug
las, ct a meeting last week voted
to campaign against the So
called fright" to work amend
ment. Agreeing with other op-
ponents of the measure, who
have dubbed the measure the
fright to starve" bill the club
pledged its support to Union Ia
Dor and began making plans to
defeat the amendment in the
coming election.
The Douglas veterans are said
to be much riled at the prOpOn-
ents of the bill for using the
name "Veteran" in their prOpa-
ganda, declaring that in SO do
ing the anti-labor groups are
using the veterans for personal
reasons without consulting the
various organizations composed
of veterans.
Arizona sun., 1946-09-27
NEGRO CONGRESS
RESOLUTIONS ASK
SOCIAL REFORMS

LOS ANGELES to
be introduced at the National Ne
gro Congress meeting, which
opened at 1 pm. last Sunday, at
Elks auditorium, 4016 South Cen
trail avenue, keep pouring in at
congress offices, 1851 East 41st st.
Covering a broad field of social
reforms to abolish discrimination
against minority groups, the reso-
lutions have come from AFL and
CIO unions and from progressive
organizations all over the city, re-
ports Helen Samuels, executive
secretary of the congress.
The resolutions committee is
composed of Carlton Moss, author;
Bob Pate, chairman of the Cole
man Defense Committee, an d
Yvonne Sheppard, of American
Youth for Democracy.
zone of the largest represen-
tatiOns of Los Angeles trade un-
ions to be present at a single meet
ing were present at the National
Negro Congress-" Miss Samuels
said, "since every trade union in
the city received an invitation to
send up to four delegates"
The opening address was deliv-
cred by John Howard Lawson,
noted screen writer. Other prom
inent persons invited to address
the gathering were: James Roose-
welt, state Democratic committee
chairman; Philip M. onnelly, CIO
Council secretary; Assemblyman
Albert Dekker; Charlotte Bass,
California Eagle publisher, and
Averill Berman, radio commenta-
tor.
Participants from the Mobili-
zation for Democracy picket lines
protesting the Gerald L. K. Smith
meeting in Polytechnic Hi G h
School were expected to join the
congress session after completing
their march before entrances of
the school.
Arizona sun., 1946-09-27
IL New York Night
Clubs Grant Raise

New York City, Sept. 26-Forty-
one night clubs here averted an
orchestra tieup by granting mu-
sicians a 20 percent general wage
increase, in line with a request by
Local 8O2 of the American Fedora
ton of Musicians. The settlement
does not yet apply to hotel bands.
Under the new contract bands
men will also get time and a half
for overtime and SIS extra on New
Years Eve, also minimum stretch
time," which means reducing to a
minimu mthe intervals in the
nights work when the musicians
are not playing.
Arizona sun., 1946-09-27
Time To Register Is Short,
Every Union Member Should
Be Sure He Is Able To Vote

Only four days remain for Ari-
Zona voters to register for the No
vember 5 general election. Regis
tration books in county recorders
offices over the State will be closed
at 5 pm, September 80.
Totals for the State, of new reg
istration since the primary elec-
ton, are not yet available, but for
Maricopa county the figure stands
at approximately 1000 since July
16, or about 9 per cent of the reg
istration at that time, for a total
registration in this county to date
of around $4,000.
Maricopa generally casts approx
imately 40 per cent of the vote
cast in the State. If the rate of
increased registrations in other
counties is the same as that in the
largest, the registration this year
should be considerably over 100000
as compared to 10000 in the pri-
mary.
This indicates heavy interest
on the part of the voters, in which
the Right-to-Starve amendment
bears a dominating share. Both
sponsors and opponents of the
measure will redouble their efforts
throughout next week to increase
voter registrations.
During the past month there has
been marked indications of a
changing feeling in certain quar-
ters which gave lip service in be-
half of this so-called "right-to-
work" bill earlier In the year.
Many of those earlier advocates of
the measure have come to realize
not only what the amendment, as
worded, would do to organized Ia
Dor, but what it would do to both
business prosperity and social con-
ditions in the State, as well. This
was specifically pointed out by
Gov. Sidney P. Osborn at the Fed
Grafton convention at Yuma and by
numerous other speakers else
where. During the past month,
numbers of prominent business and
professional men at many points
in the State have openly expressed
their opposition to the amendment
and volunteered their support to
the Citizens committee conducting
the campaign against it. Many
outstanding newspapers and peri
odicals likewise have condemned
the measure as vicious legislation
which could only result in chaotic
conditions that would destroy the
had criticised the action of Local
631 in adopting a rule providing
for the suspension of eligible vot-
ers who failed to register by Oct.
1st. A member of the Road-Run-
ners got up and stated that he con-
sidered registration an act of good
citizenship and saw no reason why
any organization should not take
steps to get it's members registered.
He suggested that perhaps Mr..
Hill's objection to the action of the
local was based upon the fact that
these registrations would not rep
resent votes for his side of the is
sue.
Generally, people who four
weeks ago appeared to have made
up their minds to vote for the
amendment are now showing hesi-
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Arizona sun., 1946-09-27
BOOKER WASHINGTON SCHOOL
OPENS WITH BIG INCREASE

Booker T. Washington School
opened Monday, September 18th,
with a very heavy enrolment.
From all indications the enroll
ment will exceed that of last year.
Added to the faculty this school
year are: Miss Merdine Motion,
Kindergarten; Miss Zenobia Can
non, Fourth Grade; Miss Jacque-
lin Farnandis, Nurse; and Miss
Lexie Anthony, Clerk.
Arizona sun., 1946-09-27

clonC money 10 i've anu COulp1eJC
their training. When the program
was abandoned the company raised
some of them 10 cents an hour.
They demanded minimum of ST
an hour, was refused and walked
off the job.
At noon Tuesday the veterans
were picketing both plants of the
company, with the avowed inten-
ton of forcing the company to
meet their demands and put them
back to work.
The strike was precipitated
when James A. Smith, acting as
spOkeSmen for the men was dis
charged because, as Mr.. Palmer
told him, he apparently was mot
interested in his work." Mr..
Palmer corrected the statement
and said what he actually told
Smith was that if he wasn't
happy he could take Off"
BY his action, Mr.. Palmer
jumped the gun on the so-called
fright" to work law proposed at
the coming election. That is ex-
actly what the law will do. It
will give the workers the right
to workout under the conditions
and at the wages the boss wants
to pay-and if they are not
happy" they can take off,"
Nothing that has happened re-
Gently could have demonstrated
more clearly to all people just
what the advocates of this vicious
proposed law will do to all work
ers. The Palmer company has op-
Grated as an open shop non-union
concern for years. 1t has arbi-
trarily set the wage scale, the
hours and conditions. That all
three were .sub-standard is shown
by the fact the place was declared
unfit to train apprentices under
the apprenticeship training pro-
gram, which has thousands of men
working in the state.
That such conditions are bad
is also clearly demonstrated by
the fact that 27 veterans, in no
way connected with labor unions,
striving desperately to prepare
themselves to get into the indus
trial life of their state, were
forced to strike against the
company.
The apprenticeship training pro-
gram has been complete success
in practically every case where it
has been put in operation. 1t has
the backing of the veterans ad-
ininistration, but like all govern
mental agencies, there are rules
that must be obeyed, regulations
that must be carried out. That
the Palmer company was not doing
that is evident by the statement
made by. one of the striking vet
erans. He said 1--WE were digging
bitches, repairing roofs, installing
windows, pouring concrete, driving
trucks and doing other work.
Welders were pushing shovels."
The walkout was spontaneous
action by the veterans after talk
ing it over among themselves. La
Dor unions were in no way con-
nected with the matter, but every
union man and woman in Phoenix
stands ready, willing and eager to-
help these veterans when asked,
and will go all out to assist them
in whatever way they possibly can.
The Palmer company has been
on labor's unfair list for years. 1t
has resisted all attempts to organ
ize its employees and has steadily
insisted on paying sub-standard
wages and working conditions.
1t has maintained the right
of its employees to work, but it
has retained the right to do
everything else, and when an
employee becomes unhappy" he
can always "take Off"
Mr.. Palmer jumped the gun and
his action will assist greatly in de-
feating the proposed amendment.
Arizona sun., 1946-09-27
Veterans Get Taste of Right '-to-Work Bill
II VETERANS WALKED OUT ON STRIKE
MONDAY AT LOCAL PLANT

Twenty-seven veterans who had been employed at
the Palmer Manufacturing Corporation in Phoenix ap
prentces, walked out strike Monday after the
refused to advance to take the place of sub
ssence when the government abandoned the appren
tice training program at the plant
The had been making from IS to rs cents per
hour which, with their subsistence pay gave them suf
Arizona sun., 1946-09-27
PROCLAMATION
AMERICAN TEAM WORK WEEK

WHEREAS, American Democracy has singularly
emphasized the need for team work between all
groups in population to the success of
efforts to establish a commonwealth, the human and
material benefits of which shall to all; and
WHEREAS, failure in team work expert
ence has often shown perilously mpedes equal and
just distribution of the privileges of democracy; and
WHEREAS the task of achieving fuller de-
mocracy will require continued pooling of effort and
wise and patient forbearance between interests at
tension
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sidney P. Osborn, Gov
enor support of the valiant efforts the part Of
the National Urban League to achieve victory for de-
mocracy through unity, hereby proclaim the period
beginning Sunday, September twenty-second, 1916
and continuing through Sunday September twenty
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POLL

Now showing on the screen at the
Loew-poh Theater Is the super
western, abilene Town. a drama
tixation Of Ernest Haycox's best
selling novel, Trail Town" RAM
dolph Scott and Ann Dvorak are
co-starred. with Edgar Buchanan
and Rhonda Fleming playing top
featured roles.
The Haycox narrative closely par
allels the actual history Of Abilene
Kansas. Notorious Willow Street OF
the novel, for instance, has its
counterpart In actual Texas Street
Of frontier Abilene, while the books
marshall, Dan Mitchell, portrayed
on the screen by Scott, could well
have been patterned from Tom
Smith, the one-time New York cop
who migrated to Abilene and
cleaned up that rugged town.
Co-starring with Scott is lovely
Miss Dvcsak, who served as an
ambulance driver in Britain during
the past four years. She plays the
role o. Rita, an ailuring song and
dance entertainer at one OF the
frontier towns most popular tav.
erns. Ann Is more serious and more
enthusiastic about her career IN
pictures than she has been ct any
time since her trip to England IN
1870.
The companion feature Is the
thrilling mystery drama, woman
Who Came Back" starring John
LodeF and Nancy Kelly.
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'VeteFons In
.0fficioIVisit
oCityHoII


The waterbury Veterans COM
mittee for Housing Action. organ
iezd yesterday ct . meeting Of ex-
servlcemen. was 10 have q delega-
tlon confer with Mayor John 8.
Monagan ct the city hall this aft
ernoon. The committee was ready
10 urge that the city allocate the
necessary funds to prepare Q site
for 200 Temporary housing units of
Tered BY the government and also to
recommend further steps TO improve
the local housing situation.
Full backing u being given the
committee BY the Greater Water
bury Industrial Union Council, rep
resenting al CLIO. locals in the
area.
The veterans delegation was
ready to back the expenditure Of
city funds to the amount Of $780,.
600 or moret for the laying out o.
streets, installing sewers and maxi
Ing other improvements prior 70
erection Of the temporary homes.
Another meeting OF all local vet
Grams interested In the housing sit
uation will be held ct 1880 Q. ~.
tomorrow ct Local ISL Hall, 50 Bank
street. A report on the conference
viii be submitted OF this meeting.
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.Stote's Attorney
Son. 9. Succumbs

Suffield, March Thomas Glen
Alcorn, ., only son Of States At.
torhey Hugh NJ. Alcorn, Jr., and
Mrs. Janet (Eoffer) Alcorn Of Main
Street, Suffleld, died Tuesday night
at 9 st. Petersburg hospital follow
ing q long illness.
MRS. AlcoTn and her two children
have been spending the winter ct
Pass-A-Grille Beach, Fla, and Mr.
Alcorn Joined them there recently
Born September /, 1888, the boy
was the grandson Of former States
Attorney and Mrs. Hugh NJ. Al
corn Of Suffield and Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederic s. Hoffer of West
Hartford. he also leaves one sister
Janet Eileen Alcorn.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. Saturday ct First Consrega-
tional Church. Rev. Daniel r. Ken
needy, Jr., will officiate and burial
will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Copyright, 1914,
NEA Service, Ens.

one didn't make me particularly
proud. was actor enough 10
look Boggio straight In the face,
but all In all the situation was
extremely dlStasteful 10 me. Gin
ger, on the other hand, was OBJ
viously relishing the game.
R000I0 was having q regular
- picnic. He winked ct me and
then said, How about giving Dad
dy another kiss because he's come
home and he's so good to Ginger?"
Unable to stand 1t, any longer, I
got up.
"I1l be running along, Virgil"
Boggio took his time before re-
plying, then, with his arm around
Ginger's waist and his cheek snug.
gled UP close to hers, he looked at
me.
whats the hurryp"
Look, Virgil" said. There are
couple Of things I wanted TO do
this afternoon. II you haven't any
thing special TO say TO me I can
come back some other time. Tomor-
row maybe"
mo. There's something I want
TO show you right now"
He took his arm away from
Ginger's waist and she got up. Then
ne reached for q portfolio lying be-
side him. He motioned to me and
I followed him into the bedroom. It
was funny how reluctant he always
was to mention business In front Of
Ginger
Boggio produced q bunch Of
keys and carefully unlocked the
portfolio. I watched him as he fun
bled through q thick sheaf Of
papers.
was fascinated by his ugliness.
The thin, mean lips. Furtive eyes.
A faint white scar on the right
cheek.
Read this" he said, suddenly.
It was the draft Of q contract
pertaining to the purchase Of the
controlling interest in O pinball
machine factory. scanned the
various paragraphs, then looked up
at him.
Seems to be all right"
There are a few things I have to
tell you, though. The purchase won't
be in my name. I'll use a straw man
and make out another agreement
with him. But we'll have to be very
careful because I don't want to have
to beat my income tax rap"
Sure" said. II can Ak It,"
He then went into more explana-
tons, giving me Just enough data so
that I could understand, but being
careful to withhold certain details.
For the time being I put Ginger out
Of my mind.
ITO BE COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07
JIMMIE FIDLER
IN Hollywood

| has been granted q real estate
salegmans license and win operate
locally.
The eff-agaln-on-agaln romance
between Martha Stewart and com-
odian Joe y. Lewis should end IN
marriage this month. (. Barry Fit2.
gerald has obtained q leave OF ab.
sence from Paramount and will re.
turn 70 his native Ireland 10 do
one flm. Orchestra leader Abe
Lyman may give up his band bus
iness and accept the Job Of music
department head for q movie studio
The Rennie Renfrews (he's the
animal trainer and owner OF
"Daisy' Of Blonde" fame) have
dated the stork, Ricardo CorteE,
another old-timer, has given up d.
reeting and will attempt q screen
comeback. Friends say Jose Itur.
bi, famous pianist, will marry New
York publicist, Jean Dalrymple,
when he winds Zip his current tour,
Posters advertising the English
super-spectacle, Caesar and Cleo
phtrhp hEW DbknB printed on the
reverse side OF British official In.
vasion maps OF Holland and France,
It's due 10 England's paper short
age. Character actress Sarah
Haden and her husband, actor
Richard Abbott, have bought
Quonset hut TO live in until they
can build o permanent home. M.
Alan Hale and his business assocl-
ates have piled up 100000 worth
OF back orders for their new type
theater seat. Sidney 0reenstreets
son, John, left warmers messenger
department TO take Q Job In O hab-
erdashery store. Winston Church.
Ills daughter, Sarah, Is consider
Ing offers to appear In q Holly.
wood night club for q singing stint.
Former Mayor Laduardia didn't
even acknowledge Buddy Rogers
offer for him to read the funnies
In sequence for Little Iodine"
80 Buddy Is rewriting the sequence.
And you don't have 10 worry about
Doug. Jr.'S future. He's setting up
his own production unit and will
work when and in what he pieases.
THE STAFF
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07
Aptitude Tests
TO Be Cond ucted

The University Of Connecticut
will conduct Q scholastic aptitude
test for admission to the university
on Saturday March Q, 1916, ct the
Y.M.C.A., In Rooms B, O and D, at
10 o. m. All students who are APP
plying for Admission 10 the UNI
versity Of Connecticut for Septem-
Der, i046, are urged TO take the
examination at this time. In view
Of the fact that 50 many veterans
are applying for admission to the
university, Prof. Maurice James
Ross, supervisor Of the waterbury
Extension Center Of the University
Of Connecticut, urges all veterans
who are considering making appli-
cation for admission to the universe
ty by September to take the test
ct this time.
Candidates are warned not to
park their cars In the Y.M.C.A.
block: they should drive up into the
residential section where there are
no parking meters.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07
STRAND

A thoroughly enjoyable motion
picture stepped in the nostolgic
atmosphere Of the Gay Nineties,
and filed with tuneful songs of a
past generation, opened its engage
ment at the Strand Theater yes
terday, with the first performance
Of Monogram's "Sunbonnet Sun"
Produced on lavish scale, the fllm
pictures an interesting period Of
American life, and qualities
throughout as superlative enter
tainment.
Gale storm and Phil Regain are
co-starred, and both are excellent
to their roles as young lovers beset
by difficulties. In addition to play
ing their roles with conviction, each
sings pleasingly the popular songs
Of the period. These include such
Gus Edwards songs as School
Days" and by the Light Of the
Silvery Moon" as well as "Done-
gal" IF I Had My Way" and many
other well remembered tunes.
George Cleveland Is fine rs Matt
Casey, Bowery saloon keeper and
father Of Gale. and Charles D..
Brown Is outstanding as Father
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appointed state counselor and as-
slstant executive secretary at the
S9N.A. headquarters, asa Asylum
Street, Hartford. A graduate Of the
westminster School Of Nursing and
Teachers College, Columbia uni
vorsity, Miss Salisbury was formerly
assistant principal and science In
structor ct Hlnghampton City Hoo
pital,
Extensive Experience
She has had extensive experience
IN institutional and psychiatric
nursing fields and post-graduate
work In personnel administration
and guidance. Appointments and
conferences with Miss Salisbury,
who will be ct the state office
March 10, will be arranged through
headquarters until local offices are
established.
Development OF professional edn-
cation and the fostering Of desir-
able nursing service for the coed OF
oil members will be included In the
program Is outlined BY the associa-
tlon.
The program will work with reg
istered nurses, veterans and civil
ians who desire nursing % 0 profess
sion and for those such rs corps
men, WACS, WAVES, Marine Re-
serves and SpARS who wish to pre-
pare for auxiliary nurslng services
Detectives Outlined
The object Of the counseling SER
Vice will be TO obtain o more salts
fled nursing personnel, equitable
distribution Of nursing service and
the establishment Of desirable sal
airy schedules and personnel prac-
ticeS.
The nurse in turn will be re-
uuested to use an application blank
which Is uniform throughout the
country. References viii DO collected
on standard reference blank
Where the need Is indicated ano
the nurse dselres IL, standard tests
win be administered, scored and in
| terpreted as part Of the service.
Information will Be given the
nurse concerning positions avail
able locally, regionally and nation
ally. Educational advice under the
| ar Bill will be offered and any
general problem confronting the
nurse win be discussed IN con-
tidence,