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Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15
FREEDOM OF PRESS FOR WHITE ONLY

Washington-The other day five man standing committee that passes on membership of those in the Congressional press galleries in Washington were confronted with the application of a representative of Negro newspapers. The five man com mittee with the exception of the Griffing Bancroft of the Chicago Sun voted against the Negro applicant.
 The reason given for this re- jection was the fact that the applicant Louis R. Loutier de- votes most of his time to gar nering news for weeklies, rather than dailies.
 The record seems to indicate that this was a mere technical ity that was used because the applicant happened to be a man of color and represent papers in that field. This is sustained by the fact that there are mem bers in the organizations who write for magazines, and syndi- cated articles that appear only periodically.
 As an additional prop for their act of exclusion the com mittee pointed out that the or ganization was for those papers using a wire service. Which again is a mere technicality be- cause there is no need for wire use by the Washington Post or Star both of whom have a num- Der of members in the Congres- sional Press Association.
 MT. Lautier, the applicant, re- presents the Atlanta Daily World and several weekly pa- pers. His office is located in Washington.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15
This is what
 JOHN l.. YANCEY

SeCTetary-TreaSurer, United Transport Service Employees of America, believes. The man, who is an executive of one of the most powerful unions in the country, who works closely with Negro and white men, seeking every day to make bet ter lives for themselves, be- lieves, by virtue of the expert ences he has had during his life so far, quite forcibly in the op- portunities for Negro youth to- day.
 q was born," he says, 'tsome 40 years ago in Memphis, Tenn, of poor-but not poverty-strick- en parents. My education went forward without interruption through high school and two years of business administra- tion. I studied what every school child usually does: lit erature, mathematics, civics. and a smattering of science. My favorite subjects were his tory and mathematics.
 My ambition was to become an architect, but financial con- ditions decreed that I should limit my education and I elect ed business administration. Up on completion of my course, l accepted a position in Negro banking institution in my home town as a stenographer. I was advanced later to, the position of bookkeeper, teller, and as- sistant cashier-until the de- pression. I carried on under adverse circumstances, finally returning to a service job which had aided me in earning my education.
 s1 accepted the job of red cap in the South, and was sub- jected to all the oppression and indignities to which the job, at that time, was heir. These expressions and these indigni- ties led to the formation of the organization of which I am now a part. Thus was an ave. nue opened for me to the posi-. tion which I now hold.''
 John Yancey did not have in mind becoming Secy.- Treas. o1 UTSEU when he became sta tion employee of the Illinois Central Railroad at Memphis Tenn. He needed a job-but he did not feel his need, nor the needs of other workers on the same job, should be exploited His first desire, then, was not advancement for himself, but that of lifting shameful oppres sions for workers like himself all over the nation. He was one of the pioneers in the fielG of trade union organizations for red caps and other station employees.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15
The Future Is Yours
 What Are You Doing About It?

"The most menial jobs in the near future will be filled by trained men-by men who even working in menial jobs are ready to accept the call to big ger things when they come.''
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15
THIS AND THAT
 by Walter Wendau

Ud1hCI- OI dh CCOlIOAn1oG ChOoS days to be worried about the possibilities of another econom- ic depression; when it will come; how intense it will be and how long it will last. Nor does one have to be condemned for keeping the happy thought in their minds that a depression is not in the ofing.
 However, the feeble mind of this column is slightly bewild- cred these days with the crazy things that are happening to our economic system. And when we say this, we are not talking about reading the stock market quotations, because we do not know how to read them. But we are talking about the way the signs read from day to day in the MEAT market. And when I say meat market I mean the general field of necessities, where all of US poor folk must trade everyday.
 Just a few days ago I read an account of how the average family's food bill had increased since 1889. It read as follows: 1939-$16, 1946-in June-$24, August = $26. 40, November = $36, March 1947-$37.4 A. (In case you do not know, that is not funny, because it means that you are having to pay $37.4 for exactly the same amount that you got in 1889 for $16. And that while this in- creased cost came largely dur ing the war period when wages were away up, the wages have no'v very largely dropped back.
 Maybe it is true that a great many people who had previous ly never been able to save any money prior to the war, found it possible during that period. BBut certainly for thhe major ity at best were only able to accumulate a little nest egg. Now with the cost of living ex- ceeding their income in most cases, these same people have to begin withdrawing these savings.
 As far as my inadequate knowledge goes, those factors are some of the symptoms of a recession. First of all the con- sumner loses his buying power, which makes the market de- mands shrink. Second, the pro- ducer, not being able to get rid of his product has to curtail it's manufacture. Third, because there is no need for so much manufacturing, there is less need for workers, which to us poor folk, means unemploy- ment
 Maybe a lot of the things that I have in the back of my mind will not happen in Ameri- ca this time. But no one in authority seems able. to show how or why they will not hap pen. That being the case, it seems like the little John Doe
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15

OhCI Co oIloA1 OpPO1 CuA1Oy HI the past because the field of labor was undeveloped. The administration of the affairs of national labor union was a thing unheard of and unexpect- ed, particularly by Negroes. There was no chartered course which one might pursue at that time to become qualified for such position. In fact, there was such little known about labor it was almost impossible to read enough material to pre- pare oneself.
 "The administration of a na- tional labor union, from an of ficial standpoint, differs from the principles and practices of sound business just a little, but the technicalities of representa- tion under collective agree ments during my time, were learned by the trial and error method.
 But MT. Yancey had this as spur:
 'Basically, the future of the Negro lies in his ability to de- velop a sound economic founda- tion. To do this, he must not only create jobs but he must align himself with all forces that have to do with the mak- ing, the developing and the pro- lection of jobs. Labor unions do these three things. Particu- larly do they protect jobs, and the protection of a job carries with it an enhancing of the financial return and thus direct ly affects ones economic status. Labor unions also offer the op- portunity of serving as an in- strument which can create bet ter race relations-or to be more accurate, better human rela- tions.'
 That MT. Yancey does his job we'll is indicated by his receiv- ing last year the Hoey Award, given by the Catholic Church, to a Negro and a white layman each year, who have done out standing work in race relations. That he believes the Negro youth of America will also get a chance to do their jobs we'll, is indicated by his message to them:
 ''New ivnentions and ingenui- ty of human minds have opened up new vacations, new profes- sicns which require new skills and greater preparation. These are advantages which our youth cannot afford to bypass. The youth of today who fails to de- velop to the fullest his ability, not only denies himself the right to enjoy life's treasures, but he denies the world the use of talents which will forever remain dormant without proper preparation.
 'FOur system of vocational guidance prevents a casting about by. youth for a vocation for which he is qualified. Tests
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15

ed toward the type of training he should receive. With such golden opportunities, why must youth hesitate?''
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15

''The Future Is Yours-Plan and Prepare!"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Partial List
Dead, Missing
In Hurricane

GULFPORT, Miss, Sept. 20.
-WR-The partial list of deao
reported dead and missing in
the gulf hurricane along the old
Spanish trail.
Long Beach: Mrs. Archibald
Boggs, 80, dead; Joseph St
Gabriel Antonsi, rs, dead;
|Natheniel Burwood Jones, dead;
two unidentified Negro girls,
dead.
BILOXI: George August Will
tenmuth, dead.
Pass Christian: Chester Fa-
yard, Frand Shupeck and Otis
missing.
Bay st. Louis and Waveland
Mrs. Benjamin Hart, "a, dead;
Mrs. Alice Montgomery, g.
|year-old daughter of Mrs. Hart,
dead; Beatrice White, 40, dead;
|Beathice Whites Stepson, dead;
unidentified man, dead; uniden-
titled woman, daed.
Gulfport: Three unidentified,
dead: j. B. White and Joseph
Barnett, missing.
New Orleans Edwin Adena'
so, dead.
Violet, Miss: Flor Guidry, %.
Mark Regnier, 80, and Marco
Regnier, missing. (Above three
on missing fishing boat Flying
b Anglia Ramirez, "A, and Sez-
eris Bruce, 48, missing on fish
ing boat independence.
Fl. Myers, Fla; Clever
|Cupban fishermen, reported
drowned.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
GEN. Lee HOME,
REFUSES COMMENT
WiImington's Own Bob
Ruark Had Attacked
His Command

IOWA CITY, Ia, Sept. 20
W.H-Lt. Gen. John c. H. Lee
arrived here from Italy in his
private plane today to visit his
family before reporting to Wash
ington to discuss an investigation
of living conditions of troops
under his command in Italy.
Lee, former commander of the
Mediterranean theater, was
scheduled to be in Washington
on temporary duty for several
days before leaving for a new
assignment at San Francisco. He
has announced that he intends to
retire soon.
An investigation of the Medi-
terranean theater was conducted
by the inspector generals office
after publication of a series of
articles by Scripps-Howard and
Wilmington News columnist
Robert C.. Ruark reporting that
enlisted men in Italy were liv-
ing under miserable conditions,
while officers lived in "kingly"
style.
Lee declined comment on the
investigation of his command,
and without naming the CORE
spondent said the writer of the
articles was apparently trying
to make a name for himself as a
columnist.
II want to see the inspector
general first" ne said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
new HURRICANE
INVESTIGATED
Florida Small Craft Warn.
ings Posted; Plane
Dispatched

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 20.-P-
South Floridians turned an anx-
ious eye to the Caribbean sea
tonight as a navy hurricane
hunter plane probed a squally
area west of Jamaica that show
ed signs of developing into a
new tropical storm.
The Miami hurricane warning
service said however, that there
was still no sign of a storm al
though Circulation or partial
circulation has developed an ex-
tensive squall wave"
The squally area was so large
the weather bureau said, that nc
attempt was being made to pin
point its position.
Miami was buffeted tonight
with Is to 80 mile an hour
winds with gusts up to &C
miles per hour. Small craft
warnings were displayed along
the South Florida coastline.
Forecasters placed the "rathe1
strong squall wave" as stretching
from the Bahamas westward
over Cubt and into the Carib-
bean sea, but emphasized it had
not developed into a storm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
FLOODS
SWEEP TOKYO
Twenty Square Miles In
undated Is Feet;
1882 Dead

TOKYO, Sept. 2o.-(P-Ten
japanese were reported dead, SO
injured. and IS missing tonight
as floods up to IS feet deep
swept 20 square miles in three
wards of northeast Tokyo.
Weary American soldiers
fought the still rising waters to
save thousands of japanese trap
ped when a levee broke. Japan
csc police, fearing an explosion,
escorted hundreds of refugees
from a chemical factory where
200 Kilograms of sodium and
5000 Kilograms of lime were
stored. Water Tapped against the
second story of the factory.
Army relief authorities esti-
mated at least 1000, japanese
had died in the floods which
have swept northern Honshu
since a typhoon hit the area
Sept. Is. A new compilation by
Kyodo News agency listed 1882
dead, $50 injured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Va. To Collect Fee
From NC. Leaf Men

DANVILLE, Va, Sept. 90
P-A fee of 10 cents an acre
will be collected by warehouse
men on tobacco sold in Virginia
by North Carolina growers in
support of a referendum voted
by the Tar Heels imposing the
voluntary assessment.
A meeting Of the flue-cured
marketing committee, represent
ing all factors in the tobacco
industry will meet at Wilson to-
morrow to consider selling time
for the various belts.
It was estimated that the to-
bacco markets, which open
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Skies Talks Oh 'Bacco,
Germanicus, Antoninus

today's lesson I might as well
20 on and tell you that Slavs call
this 10th month "Yellow Month"
for the obvious reason that
leaves fade during the period,
and to old Anglo-Saxons the
period was known as winter
fylleth because at this full moon
(~(fylleth, according to the Brit
tanica) winter was supposed to
begin.
With these things off the type
writer keyboard permit me to
susstantiate my promise that
October is the best month of the
for farmers to sell their
tobaccos by commingling some
quotes from a fairly diverse set
of gentlemen: Oscar Blanchard,
Rack Rackley and Bill Hussey,
each of whom operates ware
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
ID - 4
Plane 'Chutists /.
Sought In Luzon
By Army Sesrchers

MANILA, Sept. 20 Up - A
mass aerial search brought re-
ports today of the possible
sighting" in favorable terrain Of
some of % passengers and crew.
men who parachuted into mid
night darkness from a lost U.
S. army transport plane ovef
northern Luzon.
The u. S. 18th air force, to
which the abandoned two-engine
craft was attached, said it's
wreckage was definitely located
100 miles northeast of Manila,
and that search pilots also
radioed word of the possible
sighting" of personnel so miles
farther north.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
RUSSIA LIES,
U. S. CHARGES
u. S. UN Delegation Be.
gins Strong Counterfeit
On Reds

NEW YORK Sept. 20 - R-
The United States opened it's
counter-attack tonight against
Russian charges of "war-monger-
ing" in this country. In a strong
answer the U. S. said the whole
Soviet declaration was a "iber'
arsi an "absolute Justification OF
American motives"
The United States also gained
strong support from France in
the United Nations assembly and
simultaneously spear-headed a
drive to try to ease the generous"
burdens of the Italian peace
treaty on the Italian people.
Warren R. Austin, No. 2 man
in the U. S. delegation, began
the U. S. campaign against the
Soviet attack which was launch
ed Thursday on the assembly
floor by Andrei Y. Vishinsky,
No. 2 man in the Soviet foreign
ministry.
Austin told the American AS
ISOLATION for the United Ma
lions at a dinner at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel that 1--WE refuse to
believe it was Mr. Vishinsky's in
tention to reflect on the honor
of our country" It was the first
formal policy reaction from a
ranking member Of the U. S.
delegation to the assembly.
Austin said the Vishinsky
speech was meant for the people
of Soviet Russia and added:
charge, the absolute Justification
of American motives and the Ii
bel of individuals and institutions
discourage many Americans who
have consistently believed that
the Soviet purposes are peace
full"
Vishinsky charged that John
Foster Dulles, Republican leader
who is a full-fledged member of
the U. S. delegation in the UN
and eight other Americans were
"war-mongers" and attacked the
whole broad range of American
foreign policies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
TEMPLE OF ISRAEL
PLANS YOM KIPPUR
PROGRAM TUESDAY


The day of atonement, Yom
Kippur, the hottest of all days
in the Jewish faith, will be OBJ
served at the Temple of Israel,
at Fourth and Market streets,
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock and
Wednesday, beginning at 10
o'clock and continuing through
the day. A period of repentance,
it will be spent in fasting and
prayer.
Rabbi Pier W. Jacobs will
conduct the services and a spec
ial holiday music has been pre-
pared by the choir.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
LA GUARDIA DIES;
TRIBUTE IS PAID
Diminutive Former Mayor
Was Beloved By
Many

NEW YORK, Sept. 2o.-(B--
Fiorello H. LaGuardia, 81, three
times mayor of New York and
director general of
.UNRRA, died today.
The fiery political leader had
been in a coma since Tuesday
night when he collapsed at his
home.
The announcement of his death
brought an immediate tribute
from mis- successor as chief ex-
ecutive of New York, Mayor
William O'Dwyer.
"In his death the people of
the city, the state and nation
have lost a great, patriotic eiti-
zen," O'Dwyer said.
When LeGuardia died at 7:22
a. M, his wife, their two chill
dren, Erik Is, and Jean 10, and
Mrs. LaGuardia's sister, Miss
Elsie Fisher, were at the bed
side.
The diminutive LaGuardia-
he was five feet, three inches
was a rough and ready exponent
of the "get tough" school of
politics. His caustic tongue was
noted for its whiplash agility in
exchanges with political enemies
as we'll as for it's fluency in for
eign languages.
(See LaGuardia obituary on
On Page Nine)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
PLEDGED AID
BY REPUBLICANS
FOR RECLAMATION

RENO, Sept. 2o.-(R- sena-
tor Taft (R-Ohio) pledged to-
night that the Republican Con-
gress will carry out a "compre-
hensive" reclamation program
but asserted "the country can
not be made over in a single
year.
He said: cat the present time
We will feel compelled to spend
billions on foreign countries and
maintain our armed forces at a
point beyond the necessities OF
peace. With a budget In the
ncighborhood of $35, 600, DOC, 900
it is no time to spend too lavish
ly on public works in general.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

Tuesday, will have a somewhat
smaller volume of tobacco for
sale than the 160,422,969 pounds
which were put on the market
last year.
Crop estimates place the pro-
duction Of type II tobacco at
about IS per cert less poundage
than the 1916 crop. The leaf is
reported to be lighter in texture
and more Of the smoking rather
than export variety.
Tobacconists point out that is
a fortunate development for the
farmers since the outlook for
exporting any large quantities is
not bright.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
FEAR FOUL PLAY
in MISSING GIRL
Left Home Sept. Is With
No Clothes, Mother
Reports

Parents of a pretty-16-year-old
Wilmington girl, who has been
missing without trace since Sept.
10, yesterday said 1--WE are afraid
something terrible has happen
ed to her"
Police issued a state wide
broadcast for Martha MacGlas-
han, a former drugstore cash
Ter.
Her mother, Mrs. ]. A. Ha-
good, 1910 Grace street, said the
girl had been respondent "since
she broke up with her boy friend
two weeks ago.
"She was broken-hearted," she
said.
The fact that she left home
without taking clothing or toilet
articles led her mother to say
whatever has happened to her
I'm afraid it's bad"
At first the parents said they
thought. the girl had run away
to marry. However they said, 8
check by police revealed she has
not seen her former sweetheart
she has been missing.
: Police Chief Hubert Hayes
said, IT suspect foul play"
: When last seen Miss MacGlas-
han was wearing a black dress
black shoes and black accesso-
ries, Mrs. Hagood said. She de-
scribed her daughter as:
"Pretty with dark blond hair
and blush eyes. Height-five
feet and four inches. Weight lie
pounds"
Anyone knowing the where
abouts of. Martha MacGlashan is
asked to contact Chief Hayes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Ry JOHN SKIES

WALLACE, Sept. 20 II l
hoped up and advised my farm,
err friends that the best time Oh
the wear for them to sell their
tobaccos is during Germanlcus,
Antoninus, Herculeus, or Faus-
tina they'd think I was hoppeo
up, or still just plain nuts.
But this time I've got mytholo-
gy and meterology and a smat-
tering of fairly well authentlcat-
ed history on my side to stay
fingers that might tap temples
and point derisively in my exact
direction.
First off, those impressive
names up there in the first para,
graph are what a lot OF Ola
Roman Emperors tried to legls-
late into the. Julian calendar for
the 10th month of the year IN
stead of October. While about
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

Meanwhile throughout tho
country, according to the Asso-
ciated Press last night, the ma
tion-wide verbal bombardment
at the high cost of living grew in
volume.
The AP said the downward
price trend in most of the major
grain and livestock markets this
week carried more hope for the
consumer that some relief from
the soaring prices for food and
other items was in sight.
In Wilmington, The Whining
ton Star-News found several
grocers, as well as consumers,
who wished for an immediate re-
turn of the Office of Price Adj
ministration.
Each of the persons contacted
last night asked that their names
be withheld and this pledge was
given. In each instance, how.
ever, the survey was made by
lcontacting well known men in
the business Of supplying food
to Wilmingtonians.
Price increases here, according
to the men who sell the food
stuffs were:
Butter jumped from rs cents
a pound in some stores to 90
cents. Other stores reported
that butter on hand is sold for
80 cents a pound, but that when
the next shipment is received
the price will be considerably
higher, based on present whole-
sale prices.
One merchant said he sold
every pound of beef in his store
yesterday at reduced prices in
an effort to ease the growing
fear Of rising prices, He esti-
mated his loss at $500. He sold
steaks he said for SO cents a
pound.
The price increase was b1am-
ed by several grocers on profits
made by wholesalers and middle
men, who handle foodstuffs in
carload lots.
The meeting scheduled for
Tuesday night in the New Han
over county courthouse by wom-
en- as a protest against prices
was cancelled Friday. It could
not be learned last night if an
other meeting is to be scheduled.
Meanwhile, Wilmington was
not the highest priced city in
the state. Charlotte reported
bacon at ST per pound and other
prices up proportionately.
In Durham similar price jumps
were reported las might.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

W. Pauley.
Recalling that President Tru-
man named Pauley last year to
be undersecretary of the navy,
but withdrew the nomination
after a bitter fight over Senate
confirmation, the Journal said
the President "Would not hest
tate to nominate him for the
army secretaryship."
Pauley, a California oil man
and former treasurer of the
Democratic National committee,
is serving as a special assistant
to. Royal now; and, said the
Journal, performing many of
the duties formerly assigned to
the under secretary-industrial
mobilization and some procure
ment matters, particularly those
concerning the unification set
up"
To Royal, who became the
nations first secretary of the
army this week, the service
paper gave this enthusiastic
boost:
"A veteran of two world wars,
in both. of which he rendered
distinguished service, and under
secretary of war and subsequent
ly secretary, he has administer
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
BY SONS
OF BITCHE
Sept. %

RALEIGH, Sept. 20 Up =
Josephus Daniels, World War ]
secretary of the Navy, and Gov
ernor R. Gregg Cherry today
were extended membership in
the Honorary Sons of Bitche, So
cial organization of World War II
veterans of the Tooth -(Ventury)
infantry division.