Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, October 19, 1941, Page PAGE TWO, Image 4

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m sack TWO !- --V k\ _ > Jr v B" _ Pfe0E3Bo8?I - . - *j i i M. i 'i Poll Of Ih^ ^ Resort, To V-. Kttse To ~ ; k . ' i. 1^ Aveyt Clyih . I PPAftTA, Wis?(ANP) ? AxteT ft?liPnrtnqrR rhnrors nf rny hnri asft sault filed^May 12 against tlu-ee soldiers of the 184th field artillery H now --atfttigned at;l*>rt Custer, JM? I -all-white Jury in Monroe jpounty clu'ult .court of?Judge Charles B e c, k m a 'nr here' returned a ^ywrdlet of not guilty last -Saturdayr The verdict returned after Capt. Louis Euclid Taylor and pen. Wil?liam J. "Warfield had?pr?gp"t*?^ rr. jmshafcable defense in setting forth i circumstances upon Which charges, were based, came as a? shock to juage Beckman. Hie judge per eonally polled the entlrejury at Ihe close of the trial to ascertain the : veracity 6f the,decision. John Orgain, James HilMard, "Royal T. Hudgle and Clarence Fra' ?ier, the defendantsall or Chicago, were accused of criminally attackr irig Miss Violet* Van Kirk, white, of J Sparta and beating her escort, Pvt.; forest Stagg, white, attached to s 21st field artillery rtgiment, after rencountering the couple in a lone* ly field at Sparta- on the night ol Mav' lh.?: :?-?--? - ; ^ - FALSE TESTIMONY v Denying the charges, the de fendants cited that they, along with ,11 Qthei* white arid colored soldiers," * had accidentally come across the | " coupfe iving.in a field a short dlsLs . tared from a skating rink In which the soldiers, had attended a dance -A? They testified that instead of Join. ing the rest of the sbldiors In kid-: ding the couple about their em barrftsSng simanon, tttey had sntlrz ing moTe to do with the affair.. False testimonjbihade to militarV authorities Fbrt > C\ister by Ve. reck "Edwards alias "Burt Dickson." a Negro M.P.. that he had witnessed th*. attack - on1 (Me girl by the =?-^Jioiaiers causMtheir subsequent arrest. However, st Saturday's trial in Capt. "Taylor s cross-examination. Edwards' testimony was ornv jTtt- en falsf and evidence ...that Ed"r " wards' mental status bordered close . upon, a state of delinquency nuJlifiea Si* previous testimony. NO? dtnLtt . ,* lftss' V*ti Kir* .= : art^ JRvt fV-Hfig to identify any ot the aw"sed as .their assailants- also aided the Jury lh reaching the" "'not guilty" verdict. Another development .took place . ? that afternoon after the boys had ' s toebn released from Jail.into the custody of Oapt Taylor. An ofp filial of Camp McCoy military po' lice, Capt. Arthur Davidson, white, notified Capt. Taylor- that he. in (ended taking thfdefendants tp hla .headquarters at - Camp Mdfcoy to . "au-ait arrangement^ for transport^ riftg them.back to |helr regiment. He was : accompanied .. by seVetal .aides, sensing the hostile attitudes v- Ok* The white soldiers. Capt. Taylor t. ftfed to relinquish custody-cr hbr cJIPnts - V -? / TTic revelation that the youths were trleks Into signing their name: to a blank she*: of paper, to which - - later a typewritten confession tc the alleged assault and rape was ~ added, broughr to light apother ol the . umerous devices resorted to by SDarta authorities tp gain conv'c fion. of th? defendants. That Hang On . Creomulsion relieves promptly because it goes right to the seat of the , trouble to help loosen and-expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, int flamed luunuhial muuoua mem* bfftMt. Ten youf druigisi.io well you a bottle of Creomulsion with the unl . dei standing youmast like the way It t -ri quickly allays the cough or youhare ^REO.Muj^:N ^ f D Y LUCKY 7 HERBS & m FROM 7 LANDS b?itoy? In I,UOK?"rr *o. try ffcTtionii 7 frqm 7 Land*. bollOved most pows ev?r found for 7 -yBAIfS GOOD tmt'Glvv-. H^nd Jo lUnip for FRETE OF P)vR?8TWEN >LBRB8 CQ;. *301 Hi a?r?ot, Ktnmi City, ^lo. BRIGHTER SKIN i * ofd^M ^tlpt I * '9i?J ' ?~ OIL',nU[D : y.? FJUJIiEWB J * "., ijjjt'ji *?. '. * "/','.? V v * , > . -V Jnk-ic. / ) ' * ,^ *-. ?* , -. y-*~ ' . ; ' ' J ' v- 1 . \ : ig - ^ O i?y% ^ - Jmt *. -- "" ' - -rr- T 7 4 n tM, im i % g ' __i ^ L. JIVC GRA* M AM6G|C)\Kj CouGAC RACE PAPERS <SE3 PtiOW?H<S EUnVJg High Council Masons To Meet At Allon llniu r-11 f-iiiVMI Wllir. 33rd Degrees To fte Conferred ; *Upon Several BALTIMOREJ?(ANF)?The untted supreme council of the sovereign grand iny e?tors general of the 33rd and last degrpe of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the southern jurisdiction of theUnlted States of Amer^ca. Prince Haiiafnilallun, uf which Wlliard JKr Allen Js the most* pulfr >ant sovereign gf^nd commander sfhd James T. Beason the secretary .general, will assemble In its 53th annual session in the auditorium oi Allen TiiilversUyrCslumhia, S. C,,.. the home of Scottish Rite freemasonry, Oct. 19-2J . , The delegation vrtll leave* by ; epeclal train from Baltimore, Md on Saturday at 5:42 p.m. "over the Pennsylvania railroad and frog). Washington, D. C. at 7:04 p.m. over the Souttvern railroad, arriving In Columbia at 8:20 a.m. Sunday morning. j - k The sesaiom vill open wltb^ a memorial, service to the deceased members/Sunday night. The ser-' mon will be delivered by the Rt. RcV. Monroe H. Davis, bishop of the Second Episccpil district of-the . AMtE church. The' mtusic Will be furnished, by the chorus - of Allen I * w w*o?vj f ??o?ov\>M CW*C%1II - Jackson of;-AUfwpla^BOt?d stager wd nd|0 artl^T - The .< session will" open?priflper Monday, morrtinp at 0:00. af llrOC the "Sovereign -grand conpnander wily deliver nls allocution. . 71 The honorary 33r?Tdegree will be j conferred on Monday at 4:00 p.m In thls class wfll be-Bishop J. Si. - Flipper, gcnioi bishop of the AME church, Graham * Jackson and others. ~ Sumner A. Furnlss of the northern Jurisdiction, "ffisKdp-BaiAlcL; Sims and James ai Jackson. JJ.3rd; degree, and one of the deputies a* large, have been invited to.be the guests of the coWcIl This supreme council covers 2? states. C C7 Johnson, consistory of Columbia, will host this body. J. E. Dicken is the deputy for.the state and J.. S. Stanbackothe grand master. - wiilar^ vj Alien, in addition -to ' being the sovereign .grand icomroander and grand master of the state of Maryland Is on^ o| the regtUftfiT vice pre&ldentfc of the Natidnal^Negro Business League and ' a member of the executive commit- J tee of the National Negro InsurB ancc association Hc Is also atrus^ j tee of the. Moftjpn State Cojleg* and one of the most active*citizens ( tn Maryland. % i The delegates will leave Columbia " Oft Tuesday and will arrivP in Washington and Baltimore Wednesday mottling. - ^ , MANY GET USO JOBS WASHINGTON, WANP) ? Faster and faster new men are being appointed to take over the duties of the United^ Service Organization , for enlisted men in camps. These men are being assigned to Jjpots. nearby the camps and will loon1> after their recreational activities in . an effort to keep down the vices j which usually follow camps. It require* the Jatex . obtained from two hevea trees for ah entire a six ply tire for a small automo-i bile. Carver Pc Feature A TUSKEGEE, Ala^fS ?t>-Na IFional Art Week, beginning No-' vember 17 and 'cofttlnutng rdugT> ' the 23 will be celebrated 'at Tu-s kegee Institute by the open'ng - ci ] new art rooms In connection! IvItJi* the George Washlngtor Car rer Myaeqm. Mapy choice" paintings and TrarSv . 7 ~v* 1 \ 'V. \ -J' ^ .. . J ^ * '* . ., t. ,3 . . . .y * == v...* ' , ?' f - - "v 1 *. - -?-? - ?? _ - 11 As Convoy Rol H : I Checking over the route and the convoy from F?i*t Dix, N. J., ^Jlda**^r-?f the 372nd Infailiry, at tl of the George Wa?hinXton Bridg* right! Capi*. Leroy Clay of the Si 'nfantry in charge of the convoy n? I- - rrope WT -C* I - NKW YORK?(SNS)? The" ~effact on colored. workers of'.tiie vir tvml closed" shop ngi cement grantTc! by i he -Office?of Production 1 Management. to tho Building Traaes i upVnji 'oT'TRir^TTfmi'iirry'dpi minn of Labor. Was urgently -requested lor incite km in the investigation of mononolistie'practices being conducted by Thurmond Arnold of the U. 8 Department of Jpstire, -by t h" NAA P on- Octobnn 1Q. ?^ The NAACP pointed out the .grave Importance of th*> i miter to Negro workers because mahy AFL tuildlr.g trade _ unions complete!y deny mi'inben-hip- " to .Negroes throuph com titutio'hal provlsio ns, litt;al and od.fr mrnr.-. llL.hHW?o?-< f>f Us - (;qv:f.:.t the ASRCretaMo?i mhuiJ ... ..Jitiwu. ejicvnii" instances j of exclusion by AFL I'.ntons in at' j lintings ^rt Week I pieces of intricate Tace wor.'f, de- ] si^jned nnri Treated by the skillful . lilbitled o the public for the first j time. < AYTIRr.s arret" thrtr friends arof espWIalTy mvttrrt* tr> srv this rnrr j collection of art in it* rrrtuiy ~ pnases f- " . ** i fnTrrnnngf ATsrn INKORME i . .. Out i : v. y fey* " , , raifw^u ^nvETti m1 tirtie ?chrdule or",1-~Creene, of tlie S to Fori ITeVfen?, wald J. Wine*, ? liJiew York end try, and Major I ?, are left to "ment* for the H srvicc Co. 372nd Capt. Clay and L ; Lt. Vernon F. Lt. Wine* from AFL Mon - Many Locals Openly-Bar -1 Negro Workers Louis, In Milan, Tennessee, where the "Carpenters' Local No. 2S9 of Jackson, Tenn, refused 10 grant ii'.-iiiHiiie in any Negro wovKCr in spMe of tire > c xprfssi d willingness "or the- company ' rn TltTe colored labor: in Chicago, 111., where Plumbers Local No. 130 bark "Negro rtiember's. and in.Joliet. 111.,, where local No lfi7. Electricians Union rHnaeri clearance -W ..NrjgCd . clcc-. tricians. Others named w? n* th? TnternnUktnal.. Brothei Ivood of Carpenters. : and Joiners, J,ora* 89, Mobile. Ala.: : Brotherhood ef Painters* nneora-i ! J< IS JlUlL.IIaBex. U.m'CXS. ,OaV iniore.^ Md., and Omaha Neb, and Car penters and Joiners of Washington, D C. TinyNAAOP said that prejudice on the part of AFL labor Unions , invades the aircraft . Industry and quoted the riturCl of the Ififer&n- ! iional Association of Machinists, j rmtrirrtrrt pr Boring Aircraft prm- ; T-anv, Seattle. Washington, which says* ;? *! rrftrrr pi unit'' *liaf T wfll never .propose for membership ft"* T this Association any other than a ronmotonL -wirlie.xJfnLiidn^ e.., The same nriibp "? in cofifroT 6f | the "yd 1 tee Aircraft plant In Nashville, Term.* and "at neither plan' * *' -V-tr '"j?;:* ' " . \V*"! < " i " ' V ' ' > * K, CHAM.ESTOW. S. C ^ . __ ? ; " .. Wa* Checked I ^^B _ K?f-^ - - ^'S'~ ' I ^^BH^^F^^it3?~" " '.^^1 mmm prvice Co. 372nd Infantry, Lt. 0?>f Headquarter* Co. 372nd Infand. A. Bruce, ybaerving the moveeadquarter* of the Second Army, .t. Greene are from Baltimore and Washington, D. C.? (ANP) opoly On i arc Negroes doing production wor^f through thC 'Saihc: JMuchjnhts u.u I ion Negroes have bet n barred. -a.1 t'h ?' Bethlehem Shipyard?, San Frnnciqco, Calif. [ Thr? NAACI-' placed responsibility i for clearing up the situation on the j government in view, of the- PreslKxf utivc i.rttcr. Tuxedo Club Pomade keepaTiarF In place longer?adda that gloss/ appearanca smart dressed men Want. Get Tuxedo Club?SEE the dlffer. _ erice. At Drug Stores everywhere. **** ee*i<?o* e?" SHOW<ny * _ , a . r\ * " * -- ? . . i m cm f, ury Vo v ^ . - - lu ' * ? ?-T ? By_J Negroes Defense WASHINGTON, D. C.? both individually and throufcl patirttf actively in tho Natior T'auC?-riri?ig;t<r.infortiiatioii read -j flf SIV "Kreprn hicnrnnrn companies, of various types, in the United States, piore thnn 25 already have notified the Treasury of initial purchases of _ Defense Bond.4 amounting, to a total of $469,074. Six of these companies bought $6Q.000 vworth of Series F and Q, the maximum amount any corpora _ t'on is ,;erm'ftf to buy in one year. Thar?are. ,Mammot'v -&lfr and Accident, Louisville; supreme 'Camp of American Woodmen, Denver; Atlanta Life, Atlanta;' Southern Aid Society of Virgiul?,, Richmond; North Carolina liAUfcuaL. DUrfiam; and Universal Life, Memphis. ; 1 The Federal Lire insurance3 Collipany of Washington, D., C., report i ed purchasing $33,800. Other comIpanies include the Pilgrim Health and Life, Augusta, Ca. and the. Metropolitan Funeral System Association, each $20,000; Virginia I Mutual Benefit Life, Richmond ! $15,000; Domestic Life *nd AcciI den*. Louisville, $15,000. , t Five loinpanlettr reported -pw^*1 rU o o a 1 A aaa -* * * * I yji {,iu uw) worm 01 l^eieuse Bonds each. They are: The Great Lakes Mutual, Detroit; Golden State .Mutual Life, Los Angeles; United Mutual Benefit Association N'jtw '.York; Guaranty Life, Savah* nah;- and Afro-American I4fe. .-Jacksonville. Tn Memphis the Negro Division of the Defense Savings Committee " "*Hs~mid out for itself the follow U*g five-point program <1> Canvas? ill Negro business houses?4o?e^uI plain the allotment olan; (2) ! "Buy-a-Bond" Sunday; *3) Speakers bureau to serve club and lotfee I .... .. . ? : ? | The Globe ' > Another Smokescn |\ HUNTING EXCUSES to'ke ,T tire valiant Russian forces to stc |_ av\ilanc11e~"oT"H11 ler *b hordes, Arm [ veittionists, whose ranks include tl { fuscist-minded and those -doWn-rij the ek-paperhnngcr's "new order' | ? ( iTqTieyr:- during the past week re | to bring: out one of the most in i mviits incy- fiavk? yet advanced. They pot cramps in their fir j what they termc art nf thine nwr :an see clearly 1 jrpt]her's eye/' Of course, o t.ionifds are not, ^interested in reli or any of their ilonis of wh?ch J velt TiasnpOk^h i so they would n MACKAY r ntinp, nil of this their frantic effort to Rtyipie th ! foreipn policy which is based o j these freedoms now T)eln?- ho sorh l>y the Hitler-inspired world rev< 1 THE REAL TRAGEDY - The trapedy is that many u sons will vwUn? this -hof?u non-interventionists ifre now shOv, tailed (Sod-deprived Russians. Th ' why President- Roosevelt spoke o >:i t.hc issue at his press cOnferCtV */ "TKt* P (11> M t n ti il off | -hi the Russian constitution which, jtntpos freedom of religious worshi step further than Apierica'a In gu dom of anti-religioua propaganda, A virtuaT horneFa neat was .-Mnioment. A .chorus of complain' American TTCTgyrmm?fallowed,?ax tionists, happy in the knowledge th llimL^erved fn hccloiid the issue, oTrauf. Tl at th-?s rehgioua 'asue waa a an * '.tliot1^ (.?y'uk. /T-ragifrally* Amefica attention to !>? diverted from the r Forgotten amtd the emotional up. by this religious dispute waS tl Russian yoltjrioufi ideology, but the was the principal business nt h .Russia's mighty arinit's are the onl; j: * V? -V- - SUNI ^ I i i i ii >tes Ac : 1_ v 1 > %77; ' , ' PI Harrington : - - ; i. stEiz&9K^ .j^ K 0T 5^^ / spj|Mr * Buying Bonds (S,NS)?The American Negro, i his^orgatiizSrtions, is particilal Defense Savings Program, ling the Treasury Department. meetings; (4) School parades; (5> Distribution of posters and Jltecards, etc., by Negro 13oy Scouts. Tlie Llchtman chain of Negro theaters In Washington, D. C.. has inaugurated the sale of Defense 3avings"-Stamps In their theater; lobbies, and a notice on the screen I asks patrons to take their change m Defense Stamps, ? > Many business organisations, iMurchbs mul social clul^ are ac tively interested in promoting the ?aic of Defense Bends and Stamps, the reports show. In addition, snecial mwtinos a>r1?h>h * -Mm. ulfitp interest in. the Defense Savings Program have been arranged 4n, Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, Indianapolis, ~lwh;-5 Braddock. Pa., Durham and Greensboro, N.C., St. Louis, Mo., St Paul, Duluth and Minneapolis, Minn., Spokane, Seattle and Ta- ! coma. Wash., Portland, Ore., Stock- ; ton, Sacramento, Salinas, yenice, Los Angeles and Pasadena, Calif., El Paso, Tex.,?and Denver, Colo., apd Omaha. Neb. ^ RELEASES LATE BOOK. NEW YORK ?(ANF)-t*- The Ne- ; gro Publication Society of America recently announced the publication of "The Kidnapped and the Ransomed." a true story of Peter Still and family, written by Kate Pickard.' . < The novel is a tragic tale of a f boy who tos kidnapped, sold into-: slavery and then ransomed after frirty ypars; and it is held to be forerunner of inspiring works dealing with historical and cultural in| formation of the Negro people.-? "" * ' * Frotter :.i thus far been 8 sen plans of the woi ep frorp helping NONSENSICAL m the sweeping VT ,. , ^ica!a^non-inter. . Nonsensical ie appeasers, the ? rht in love -with .1.Christians. If ? plan of world face an<* a*?thei ached way down k^P J?ur reacu Mjruod-argui(Tni*a ? ? this catechism o id Russia's lack X?u would eedorn," conven- rescuer for gct\ Christ's admo- Too, before duck the beam m,8ht be well fo , eve. then thou --everyd 'he mote in thy_ pnwdplwi-lhey si ' . It is no-fce< V ' ~ V "j that boheta fcb* i ur .non-iRterven- the moat "CI really " seriousTy nTsorhoirat~thr--r Kious freedom, blind intolerance other four free- One Americi ^resident Roose- j sian constitution air TPTccfuiiy. -jf ^m^Jd^llnwjriQ? ot now he ere- . coujd justly snee i confusion in United States Cc e government's amendments, as 5 keeping alive THESE ARE N< ausly threatened >/ :>lution. " It certainly . ing provisions of with racial issue nsuspecting per- ligiously and f-igi a sympathy the ring for the so "knowledge that at, no douht, i* -discrimination ar Uf so forcefully the American sc< ce. "Article lZ3'i 1 to Article 1484?even the. jiq not ojily guar- 'hollow mockery ip, but goes one ^ arantecing freo- s R in<Up#m<i( , , . in all fields ol stirred by the publ Apolitical Fs from mauv "Any dire ui?i>on?lnt.nrvrn- ?rights, ? t>iw at they had fur- r*ct or .indirect u-Jojned in the ent upon their as Well as all lOkcscreen, goep cxclustveness, 1 ?i3 allowed thett punishable by riain issue. , Strong"wbrd conflict ?t?rred insuring democra ie iHCt that not vlded by otrr owi defeat of Hitler Govwnor Eugene Slid. And ttm* anrmdslties/wovd y force that has goon. ' 4 'tr::-\ * IT ' yy &t| ; ; 'W IAY, OCTOBEK l?, mt- t quittal - ? -,n , 1-i? . Full-Tmie OPH Of Defroft Area, Suction U Made by NAACP Labor Committee DWROlf wai ISKS> ? To awaken ttW Nam OUltBW ul Uila ? city to th^ problems Involved In the scheduled my-ofr of 100,000 men which has already begun In nlante here, the Labor and Tftdustry Committee or~tttrlucal UanUt - of -thn KAAGP held _a dbnferetice to discuss the training, apprenticeship' and employment oplfce Hegro in defense industries"'In Michigan, Faturday and Sunday, jfifitober: -4? arm a~.._ ^-v J".1'^ Out of the conference -came- a request for afuTI-ffHie Ifegta ts^esentative of the Office of Production Management to be stationed In Detroit. . . could be no effective follow-up of PKPO investigations and Other effort? to stop violations of the President's Executive Order under the present ~plan Where the - present * representative has to Coffer three 'J states?Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan . TV Aj number of outstanding speakers^ including v Herace^ R. Qayton, ^rtmniy:; Walter Hardin, International representative of the UAWCIO _ and Horace White 1 com- ?* ' " nrtssioner of the Detroit ttrmafn* Commission, acquainted the audienqp with steps ?<, be taken in - abetting job training, and referrals, union and plant procedure'and the * work of the Office of , "Production Management and the Fair BRxpioyment. Practice Committee in con- - neet<r?u with employment of Ne grot - ~ - ; Aggie Graduates Look Into This ribijlUes of mepta* junior loiLcoQHPNitMk^. ists, the salary raage of which ruiisf" from ildan to ?2.000 Per annum. Students or grgduatat. Tersed^pT 1 agronomy,, animal husbandry, and agricultural education, especially young men just finishing .college, arc needed in thi? field; Examinations will be held -and the applications are receivable until December 31. L ,1_- > . This offers one of the finest opportunities for trained persons that have ueen presented recently and there is a great need for such per sons. Applications may 1% luuf hy wilt ing the Civil Service Commission in Washington. 1 > ' * ! ~ 3v, Cliff Mackay tbl'e to tKwart the carefully laid uliT-be wbrld conqueror. ARGUMENT - V V ts thts plea that we trot help Rua- . xis hecause_ibe Russians ars not a bandit is holding a gun in your r armed man appears, would you er from shooting the bandit long mi in igion"? Hardly. Just aa ailly i* f the Russians. be entirely too- grateful? to your ing that gun out of your face. pointing ^a? hard at Russia, it r some of our religious Americans ay practice some of the Christian ~ u atdently prsftsa :fet that the section of America HWW cnuttiit's, iiit? inwoi prvwuera trjlKtmnH," sectidh which can nhnf hittrir the" most iS. . _ ' : .". .' an churchman sneered at the Rus al provision of religious freedom k&T^Vforgetting that the Russians r back aY'certainprovts+cnrr? t>f tho institution, say the 14th and I5tb being "hollow mockeries." >T MOCKERIES ; s could be argued that correspond* the Russian Constitution dealing ? arc not mockeries, but are redly enforced. to most Americans will be the Russia unqualifiedly outlaws the ui jim cqow statutes that plague ? ?ne. . r of the Russian Constitution, which nrinterventionist can argue is, a yeads: ~ - T ' ,v_l... il rights of cltiosas ?f tk? U. S. ent of their nationality and *?* ? F ocenontic, State, cultural aad *?ife U an unalterable taw. -?: *t or NHwct limitation of -) t1 M- ' ' ! prafaroncos of oUlcOKs dapaad vac'al ?Wd nattasai membership. prrsr^Tar ^f ractal or aamSNH ^ or of hate and ,contempt, 14 :v it re these. Stronger by far'in scy tcL oil npopje, than those pre. i constitution, tm Russia, hy Row, ^T^lmiulgv.- oreh-stirrcr of racial ? U- : -J- - . -? ?i- - -> m _ %. .. ,| ** . |'. rt? * '- --v * *"V ' ' " '"W.'VJ " . ? t Jl