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? u *t rWlCTORYl WAY I V/Yr pw mtn I BOHOS'STAiffS j ? VOL.?XVIII?NO. 5 if G u. rpr= FORMED 'CHURCH' 'MINISTERS' OUT Ol ST. LOUIS, FoL. .1.?-(ANT)-^ ?A?federal grand jury sitting at f Last St. Louis this week returned indictments against two leaders of?the Pacific movement, nrt ~ alleged Japanese sponsored orga nidation, charging thdin with conspjrncy to violate the wartime sc#dition statute and" hamper the'.'selective service Hnv: Ttie orgtmt-' nation and a Japanese referred to only as "John Doe" were also named. Indictment of the two Negroes marks the fourth time a federal jury has lodged charges similar ngahist Negroes. Recently several Negroes were indicted and convicted in New York of sedition. A New Orleans iurv has also in. for draft evasion but they have not been brought to trial. In Chicago a trial of several Negroes is in progress after action'by a fe'dJ he two leaders who were iin... ..mediately taken into custody are ?David- D. Krwin. a cook, and General IvCe Butler, a janitor. Erwiii said he is a "bishop" of the "Triumph church of the NewAge," described by the . government as a "pseudo religious jpt |unct"?of?the?Pacific- -monniignt that enrolled members, of the organization as ministers for a small fee in order that they might - claim <lraft deferment. Butler succeeded Krwin as president of t-be?movement at?an election br 1040. it was revealed??ami bee a in v national adviser thereafter. Activities of the Pacific move menl. since Pearl Harbor are the b isis of the indictments. ~A series <f meetings in the home of Butler and the residence of K. 1). Branch are described in the formal charge which alleges" that the -defendants and their follow ers made such statements as: Japan will soon invade and con iner the United States. Members of the Pacific movewhen the invasion came. fapan is the champion of all colored persons. ^ This is a white men's war and * Negroes should not fight. t Pacific movement members '^should pay $1 a week to help Jananesc soldiers. Negroes, if sent to fight the Japanese, should surrender. Members of the movement accumulate guns and ammunition ty a hi the Japanese when they inf ? vadc the United States. It is further charged in the indictment that at one of . these meet ings in Pacific hall that Erwin brought "greetings from their Japanese friend in St. Louis." At? still another he hi alleged to havn given pass words and signs T'f. those present for identification to the invading Japanese. Hpjler and Kr.vin a>e also accused of directing members t < evade requirements of the selective service law by filling out r. ilank form and paying a small ec which entitled them to certificates as ministers without regard to their ciu?lifications. ~ This ~chai4glt'""Sf ihe basis' <Tf ff" second count in the indictment alleging interference with opera" tron of the draft act. Maximum penalty upon conviction would be two years jn prison ami a fine of $10,000. _ Erwin \vas arrestee) in his home nere anci connnod 10 city jaii to await arraignment before the United States commissioner. He l-. asserted that he had been recently re-elected to the.. presidency of the Pacific movement but had not yet' been inducted into office. The prisoner was vehement in his denial that he had Japanese a 11 innces or had engaged in subersive activities Police took Butler into custojly, 0et his home in East St. Ixmra and h> likewise categorically denied the government's charges. He .aid he had resigned from the presidency because of a quarrel ?vith other members, and empba ai ted that herhad no love Jqh the Japanese. Bond for both was- fixed a t wt?? Atty-, G?n. Francis Biddle who " made announcement of the indivtmc.tit at Washington said that attempts of Japanese agents to "infiltrate" Negro organizations had been repudiated-Ly respond-, hie leadership. He saird that many 3i the members of the movement had been duped and were unaware of Japanese sponsorship. . .The organization .Whs founded in St. f.ouis in J93'J by Ashinia - Takis. a tool of,., the Japanese Black. Dragon society supervised by SHtohanhj Tnkahasi, a retired Ja]?4ine*e army officer. The organisation is said to have stretched from Philadelphia to Phoenix with Takis claiming ldfi.OOO members. r p . . . () -;?=? i ? w - ^ nmim ifWttrli TO KEEP ITS F ARMY XII Corps Has Modern Combat Techniques Major General William H. pretumecl to his Headquarters here from a week's inspection trip of the latest developments in modern combat techniques. The trip included a vhrtt to the Sec., Army Rangers I School at Camp Forrest. Tenn.. j and the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill. Oklahoma. | Gen. Simpson saixl of the trip. I "We are outtiner the teachimrs <>f I these schools into practice. Every I 'nan of XII CORPS is,today becoming u seasoned fighter. He has ? knowledge of warfare that has made him an export hi the art of <elf-dofense. His stamina, his cournpro, his 'knowledge and his teamwork combine to create an ? "!. pnquorablo fighting force that makes our ultiiuate victory assurRecT Cross Members Called to Meet Feb. 5 Til c R hch la lid County Chapter I of the American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting at Trinity Paiish House, tanner Sumter and Sonata st root s on VYhi n-i i-y residing in Richland County are cordially- invited to be present and to hear the reports oT the chapter for the past year. The speaker of the evening will be Mr. Sam B. Montgomery, of National Headquarters, Washington. D. C. Tile chanter v? ixmu-inll.. ions for the colored members of the Red Cross ?to?Ive present. While the Colored A uxilliary of the Hed Cross is represented on the Executive Committee by Mrs. Ruth Butcher there are undoubtedly many people who are not familiar with the big job that the Hed Cross does right here in R.chland County. This meeting is the opportunity to find out about . .this "work. Rochester Honored Jn Ohio Capital '" Rochester." (Jack Benny's radio -temn mate) rn an unprecedented and nrobnblv the most momentous celebration ever given n radio star was held this week in the capital of Ohio, for the Negro showman. "Eddie Anderson." Defying cold weather: a five show day.- "Rochester", dropped in the capital to jrioet the (Jovernor of Ohio, .I.Uj Brickcr. after a barrage of photographs by news pain.-) men, and -Effecting from 1 dignified Governor. Standing hefore a patriotic pageantry.? the flags of all nations. the Govern") i expressed hope to Mr. Anderson that "Ohio would move into top po. sition in war production by making every effort to w'n the >ar." Rochester replied, "My! My!" 'From the executive offices "Rochester" was ushered to the Ho use of Representatives. He was escorted to the Speaker's platform at the equest of the House Speaker. Hon. U iUiwiM iW?rnt)lmih. )>> t'ln Hint Xegro legislators. Dr. Turpeap, of | l incinnain. c nestor wwiespie, ?1 Cleveland and Sandy F. Hay. of Columbus, Ohio. After a deafening applause from the House members, the Speaker presented "Rochester" with tlTC5"?r5TYCct To presirtr"V"ntun!ly tht. first time in all OhioV'history such a democratic act of frendliness to a race or screen star had ever been committed. Rochester spokV^riefly, left a few sigrmttires, then visited the offices of several high state officials and waded throu W ? croucT of fate employees who dropped then UOik for a few moments to pay j tribute to Jack Kenny's co-star while en route to the theater. ('harming Mrs. Anderson accompanied her husband on the State House tour. Tnkrs was sentenced last fall to serve three ypai's in a federal prison for forgery of a United States postal money order. Ijc i ~""~rcoi 5 TWC . .... 1 ? New History Blasl Ne w England's Ha -ief-ter'uin.Cily. Yro.. Veh.2 (AN'l'l Out of t'he history workshop oi this famous college t orf1 has come a literary treatise that shat ters all illusions New Knglam -wr?H-rs-h? ve---budt?u-p Uui: section of the country and -tin slavery period. New England has been depict ed by these writers as a distric where human servitude was nevei tolerated, and people generally were the uncompromising chum pions of the chattle. the serf. Tin recently published book. "The Nc gro in Colonial New. England, 1(> iO-177d". by Dr, D.J.' Green, pro fcssor of history iff .Lincoln iTTu j versify, blasts this idea to bits strips it bare of all basis in fait. Instead of despising slavery -Dm?Groan?whites?that the?Xxii Englanders were?the very firs colonists to engage in slave trad ing. and points ont that the traf fie was as heavy as that of run and fish. Buying and selling Ne groes was the big business of th time, says Dr. Green. The bloody business was no confined to the chean merchanl the base conspirator, declared tli autror, but \vas the basis of th tremendous fort, lies accumulate' by the FanueMs. the Wabodys, tli I C'nbots. the Royals, tin- Browns the Parltmnns.? ? Green's new .history concerns th lack of scruples of the slave 'hold ers. They were, he says, not par tjgiliai about whom they sold, ani nailed in Indians ami poor whit people as well. The only differ .nee between slavery in lho~soutl and in New ling land, accordin: to the historian, is a difference ii seM'ihy of slave codes - the eas was more leyient. Others sections of the book dea with the work relations of slave amf thy skills they elev-e loped The- - slaves were the fishermen the iron workers, tile carpenter and dairy workersj they ti 11cm the field, kept the house, inadi the rope, and printed the papers Indeed, informs Dr. Green, thi first newspaper printed in Nov Hampshire was printed by a Ne rvo slave. Negro slaves stood relativel; high before the law hi New Kng land were considered a part o their master's family and serve* in his armies but despite thesi rather favorable condi'tions th slave was a restive being;?an* given to insurrection. mcendiar ism and murder to gain freedom Dr. Green's book is the firs comprehensive work treating o this phase of slavery. The bool is highly documented and written Ju_.a_j.leai and interesting style It is on? of several the author who lias taught at Lincoln for li years, has written concenvius .> ci:rocs. Allen and Benedict to Observe National Negro History Week Jointly My Frederick IT. Dedmond "Thr ntimirm>t r? t mus- -of Allei university ami?Benedict college have consented to obsei-ve "Nation al Negro History Week" jointh this year. Two Sundays will b< devoted to this dual program, Ui February 7. 1943; Allen univer sity's faculty and student body wil _>'o to Benedict college, where th opening of this observance wil take place. At this Catherine: Ben edict college will have complete charge of Trrr prop 1 win. while A1 Ion university will furnish thi speaker, who will be Rev. Henr? IS. Butler, pastor of " Bishop Me ciorial church, and pinToe-sor o religion at Allen university. On the following Sunday, Feb riinry 14. Allen university wil serve as host to the laeu'ty am student body of TTpnorricf. < ollogf On this occasion th<. host sclioci will have charge of the program flind Beflediet- eollegp will ?up(d the speaker, who will he Dr. J. A Baeonts, vice-president of Bene diet college. All the friends o both school* are cordially invite to attend both of these meeting; each of which will begin promptl at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, u ) IctJme ~j:MBT AT SOUTH C A RO LIN A, ST. I ts Theory of itred of Slavery j-hA-fr4ean Methodist J Episcopal Presiding i Elders Called to Meet PTTrTuTTnt to tlu- Call- of Senior Bishop J. S. Flipper anil I'residijijr Bishop _nf the Seventh Kpis1 eopal Oistrict, the Presiding Kl, dels of the Seventh Episcopal - District of the A M. E. Church, i* are hereby called to meet in Allen University. Columbia. S. C., | Thursday. March 1th. Id 1.". 11 :ti?> ~th?Trm?fi? lepoit?the Fumb*?e-ol. , '? looted in the Allen Day Bally, Feb. 14th, also to witmss the Program of tlu? State-wide 4 Dedication of the Joseph Sl'nieon. - Flipper- IJlaary Building of Allen University*. Please take Notice aod govern yourself aeeordcT tngl.v. " ~ By Order of 1 Bishop Joseph Simeon Flipper,"7 Presiding Bishop of the A. M. F.. e Church, South Camilla, J J8S Houston St.. N. E., Atlanta. Ga. _ .Juhn Edward Thumn.-. Stcn tai y _ dlS \. Coit Street. c Ftoirnee, SrC I Forest Fire C ircular To Be Distributed ii " ('oluynMa, 'Jan.'Jo - A new ciivul lar cuti led' "Stoo Fifes To the Woods" lias iu ;t been hiintlv print] -d by the Clemsnn Uwlle'fe F.xtens <iun Service and the SC. State [ Forest Service. The rirulnr i.i in two colors, led and black, artd dos picts.-by drawings the eight major I -auses of woods fires in South ,. Carolina, together with recoinmenJ.lations as to what should he done t, to eliminate these causes. The covur?piulorializex a..,merchant shin behnr sunk off the ei?i?? nf Q.vntV. Carolina by a submarine, while patrol airplanes flying" overhead . are unable to do their work effecj lively been use of drift smoke from 1 forest fire,, throughout North and t. South Carolina. p These circulars will ht. <1 istrilx.itI ed by the State Forest Service in the 2'V counties of the State that are now under organized countyt wide forest fire protection, as well C as in Horry County. The Extension l{ Service will distribute the share , throughout the remaining 22 counties. This circular was prepared tu fit in with 'the Wartime Forest j Fire Prevention Campaign and the , Emergency Rural Fire Control Program, which arc two wartime measures that are being sponsored by the State Forest Service and the Extension Service, respectively. ON THE - AGRICULTURAL? j FRONT | nit. itosc or; iiiiow n SAYS FOOD IS A MIST Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Health Education Specialist of the U. S Public Health Service says "Food is a Must for Victory" in a lotto (o Albion L. Holsey, Agricultural Adjustment Agency field officer. L> His statement follows. ~ 1 TtUMM I1-' !l 1HU1 i.f supply ami . demand which controls commerce. I j but there is no way of making the . undernourished body understand ] the logic of this law or its method . of operation. This is man's dr. .< ; vice iind hi< responsibility, ~ _1 "I'eoplo?may?-do?without?nnnd . Pjnon-essential things ^of life and p <ome which are considered ess en. : in I for general purposes of living, f but man cannot live long or well without sufficient bread, the staff . of life, and the companion food? I which make the balanced diet alio r| build bode and slwwr ctear~ rrrinrb >. | and high piorale. i|j ''Hence, there must be more proi 1 duction of food if there are more valises for it. inoiv people .. to ton. sump it. And the problem if not - one which tvill wait On,man's time f or convenience. Should the "no d tlore" distress signhl be sounded, ! wtrtdd' then be too late to plant y to grow, to harvest, to process and to market food. The time is now % pi SA'l L KDA 1 , MitiUlAK 1 t3, ,OUIS ARMYTOEXPAN FOR TRAINING N Tlu- War Department announced today expansion uT I hi* program" ~ for tiaining Negro confiUai flieirs? V group--will -be formed. compose-ti-_ >f one Squadron now being trained tnd two new ones wliieU are in the process of organization. It will be " provided wit!' all the supporting sei vices, not" only those of."the A ir Corps, but of other arms and services such as Signal Corps and Quartermaster Corps. Negroes are being trained -virtu dIy throuirhout the entire Technical Training Command of the Air [ Kor.es, as well as at the Air Forces Officers' Trainiiy School at Miapii The Army now ! rs a number of large Negro units, including several Negro Infantry and Calvary regiments: liink and tank-destroyer battalions; and important nni'ls ux Field Artillery. Coast Artillery. Anti-aTrcrafi.'.' T\iigine?'V, Medical Corps. Chemical Warfare. Signal Cot ]>s and Qtiarteinuixter troops. In addition to the major units, there are imam-ruble smaller ones Ol great -aggregate- importance. Sl hstantial Negro contingents are to tie loond m all arms and services of the Army at homo in all majoi Expeditionary Forces abroad, and in almost all the technical ami sei'-l vice schools, military and civilian. run by Hie Anny or tinder <.niHi:ut -tcr?H-; ? ? " The roll.- of the Ni-yni in civiliati Wuf Dent. employed is also an import ant one. Statistics from the field installation^ are not available but figures of the Departmental Administrative Services show that of a total of 47.C-44 civilian employees at the1 present time, P."(IP are Negroes. _ . Bitr Seneeralese Convoy Leaves Dakar PAKAli. French" A'set Africa. Feb. ? f AM')- -A huge convoy :>f Senegalese soldiers, fiercest <:l all native African lighters. reccntTy sailecTTroTn PaRar to ivcii. force allied forces ill Morocco. Algeria and Tunisia. These red fezzed French colotT-lals, most of them six feet <?r J more tall, marched to their shi|>s with flays flyin.tr and bands p 1 ay| intr following months of prepara1 tion. The man who directed theii framing. (Icn. Pierre M. Tristani -elocTect tic vanguard front a res ei voir of more thin (>f).0(10 men Those sent north, the general lib7" lieves. have no en'.'als in bayonet ighting. They are' expected to become equally proficient in the . se of the latest weapons. All of them are not stril-tly from Senegal, hut are called Senegalese since it was this area Thaf "fiT'sY came under French dom I ination. Some are veterans of the flattie of France Tn 1040 and hrtt'cly hate the flernians because >f w h a t thoy " were forc ed in suffer after being captured, flue to the r.-lfial theories of Hitler. Madame Evanti Aids Memphis Bond Auction Memphis. Feb. U.? (ANPl^fi. I int. L.iiiniau ni" ll)i- ntlniTri livision of Shelby county war sav itijrs start', announced this week that a bond auction held in tin city last we k had netted the tr>'\eminent Shift.OOP. Madame I.illian Kvanti, internationally" famous concert singer, contributed a re* 01 ilintr of tV.e -hhrt Psalm that K>'..ii<rht 41 TfWi ? the vnllv Madame Kvantl recently sane tt bond drive sponsored l?v the United Pharmacist s of the state >f New York, and the need is urgent. "Wherever Tfif'le iff taTrd. smaH or lorge, within your reach and control; whatever knowledge and kill, little or nitie'h. yon have, yoti ovmv add tn- tho nation's bread basket*. Think it over, talk it ovet with your farm and ho the demon- j dratioii ajfents, plan it with fam ly 4ii)<l neighbor*?ami grow mnn. ft od ott hotno lots, in gardens an<t fields. This too is patriotic aervict for VICTORY." um ^ - BlfcN F D ITS PROGRAM! EGRO FLIERS Columbia Wins Teaching Fellowship . To Haiti * 1 "VTTKS N AOM * ff-rvttitfrt-t?ONKY-,' COI.nilEI? TEACHER TO W IN AmilNTMIiNT rksicns position when REFl'SEI) (LEAVE OK A RSKNCE " j Unit imnri'. M<1.. Jail. J'J. Miss v.: , .. ... ... I' .Sillill.i Mill I III. ICilCHCr ill I III' ' Hooker T. Washington Tumor ' llivh School, who was refused i permission by the school hoard to ' join nine oflier U.S. teachers in accept dig si\-nionih te;u hing (TP ^ ^^ "towshifrs"~itt?i'. iitr. :rrr; resigned. The resignation was s\ bmittod ; thi's week and is to take effect as 0011 as tlie board meets. I.rsning Next Month .Miss (ill'lTOlt is scheduled t o leave in early February. along with the?group.? including liv.* j white teachers, selected to teach Hnglisli in Haitian schools under I i plan sponsored hy the I'.S. Of- | (ice -of Fdlication. According to John (.'. Patterson j intor-American educational rela- | tions director all the other teachers wore granted leaves of absence. Miss Garrett was the on'v Halt hiiore teacher selected. William II, Flowers, assistant -'ttperintendent of schools. said that-such leavj' was refused Miss Garrett because of the shortage of teachers in Baltimore. Miss Naomi M. Garrett is the daughter of Prof, and Mrs. ('. (!. Garrett, of 21 Id I.ady street of j Columbia. S. C. She is a product ! of the- Booker. Washington Hi?h [ School and Benedict College, of I This i-it.v, She?received Inn?Mas. L ter's degree at A t la lit a Fni'versi-I ty^ Atlanta, Git... majoring...-.in J French. She taught at Bettis Academy. Trenton. S. C..- hh4 at-|Bidl Street High School. Clinton. S. ('., before going to Baltimore, i She is also enrolled in the How- i ml ITiivcrslty Summer School.] MoT11g graduatT- study" 'toward fife"f Pii.?fr?'leurm L The many friends of Prof, and j Mis. C. G. Garrett - and South | l m o' i al 'will l'n ' Had to learn of Miss Garrett*? i -election by the Government to ; tench in Haiti. Nat'l. Bapt. Congress! Slated for C incinnati I Washington. Feb. ". (AND--The National Tlantist Sunday S hon] and I?>" 1'I" conitipss will hold its annual session and the school of methods m dune at ' in j -innati. The moctmys will I>i- held! in Music hall on Lincoln I'atk | drive, and the departmental see-. tions at Woodward Wright High school. Rev. B. F. Recti Is general chairman of the local entertain mcnt committer.. I.)r. \V. II. Jci-. nagin, president; Rev. IT T Sims. Wichita, secretary; Dv. A M. TownsemT, NTrifthviTlo, director gen ernl; Prof. K.W.D. Isaac, assoi i- j ite director general, and Dr. A. F. Fisher, Brooklyn, is dean o f I 'he congress. t PRICE ad o r im dL FDR VISITS LIBEE TROOPS, RUBBEI Washington. I'Yh. 2(ANP)- - A < Wliitp Hdiist?ntttttrttrrrrrrrrttt?Hris- wc\i:L_ .slated that I'it-si? 1 nt Uuos- ] evelt (Hi liis. rc.tuni trip l?? Anieri- . en lroni liic historic "cnhfcrenci > ] with Prime .Minister Winston ( rVnmll a( T'iTS'iThla nca Inol Ms.l-j' <'(I tin* I.ibt rian roputbic. The President?; hi id?let- rt-s |>eet s tw j President Kdwin llatvlny and re- ] viewed a large detachment of A- , meriean X-egro troops. , It was also revealed that while , llie commander-in-chief was in ; the African state, founded hy A- i nivrican fievdmen in 1X22. lie in- | spec ted a rubber plantation dpcrated hy Pnit'-d State interests. ~ pi tails?rrf?tfie?rr*rt?were?eme? tained in a dispatch filed at Mon- , lov/.i, the I.iberian capital. I>y j Cnpt. (iOorg;e Durno. of tin* army t .; i' i-urji- . IT -aid the Pres Ide n t ; t :d ('htiTTtrtlt " h:ut motin'rd trr-* .\T:tr t :t k -eh. Ft etteh?M?nocV'?.- ?-| miles south of the conference siU whin- they > pen t tin- nijrht. "Hit !\vn leaders parted t hi followiujr day." tvnd the -dispatch "I*i*??~itlftit Roosevelt then 11? \v t?. [' I /in ria with km?mtr imet'Vrninjr'J ' stop.? (-d 1 hi- chief c:.iciitive and his J 1 party, including Harry Hopki'ns, ' ' ti> close frit-no ia charge of feird i lease; Hear Adai. Ross I". Mcln- I 1 I ('. ami .lohn 1.. Mi( rca. prcsh j large 1'opr motored * plane.- of the i r my transport command.Tltey landed at Ruber,s held appruxi- j natch?rrti?milrs?f i om?.Monrovia. -f Whim tht* huge army phim- ] taxied to ;t hiill the l'ri'sidimt and a is party were jirecti'd l?y ISritr. C n. S. W. Fitrahi commanding general of the nmlral Afri- \L'att service of supply: Col Frank i \ K. Collins and Col. Thomas I., i t Hat din. i . President LUirclay ropeivcd hi>j_ guests at lunch along with Clar- j ' nee I.. Sinipson. I.ihi'i'ian secre- i ' ary of state, rualf Frederick I'. . i Ili'bhard. President Roosevelt was';, accompanied by Hopkins Mcln isurgeon general id' the navy J and his personal pitvsiri-.tn and . 1 Met Yen. ' L "After luiti'h President Roose-i, \e|t and President Harelay trot | iiuo a jeep and houneed out to j lit.' parade ground where tile list l" engineers anil ;t pttft rrf the de- j . iense detaehiitent under the com- t mand of Col. A. A KircholT were I linod u)> at atlonliiut." said tho " dispatoh. I "Tho yottotal niannjtfor of the Fitostoiu plantation. Gooiyo Soy- ( hold, tljon took over tho patty and dtivitui thtnutrh Aftioan villajfos ' with thoit piotiirosijtto citotllat a- 1 ddho tints with st taw thntt-bod t tuof.s, yuidod thorn to. tho litoat , faihbot plantation., "Tnis plantation has; r hp.'uuo ' aifos undot intonsivo oiiluvation. ' ' Many of tho lX.OOu nativos ont- 1 ployed by Fifpstono were soon. Photo wo to thousands of actos of now tubbot shoots. In tho niatuto growths tapping was in full swing and tho Ptostdont saw tho ' latex tuiThihg^mTiV "the oU|is." ?" Bai netl Says lTn? tapped Negro Farm Manpower Can l p Food I>roduction Was hinglon, 1). l-oh. 1st I'latalo A. Maiuett. ditootot of the-" Vssot'iatoil N'egto I'toss and >poo- ' nil assistitnt to rho Soototatv of i \ g>'U til 1 n t ( . dot I.it oil?m??t dull'?ittont on food piodu tion this week that tho >" ?.(tt)tt Notrio tanners in Hi' muimi ran ntonllhlV !IV !'i'II-''1 1 1 uieir loott mii|wi man any .tlier j?roup in tin- a-rrirult ural in-!' dust rV. * l*??intiiijr nut that food is taking | its place in tin- war alme.' side j tIInips, planes. thinks and anna-j intuit. Mi'. Harnett said t hat Ne^ | , urn farnu'i's eniild add a sizeable , 'plant it V of fund tn riTTT stork pilesif thcv wc'iv further aided l?y tin | (JnvernmenJ, ) "Neurit farmers." he. said. "o\yn more than It) milium nere* of farm ' i land and operate an ac ta-aire in ex ress -tvf-'id million. Fire fmtehiimry 1 on their own farms ami on the | farms they tenant nmt jtharee-rnp .s valued at well over $40.0(d.U00. Willi these resource*. Js'eir.rn farm i'h have beep producing: nearly >ne-fourth of the Nation's rot ton And a liti'tre part of its tofsaeco potatoes and peanuts, and yet. dej spite these prodtielion titrates N< ifi'o farm manpower is not In-inp Continued from Pa^e 2 *v? ii 11 ? > * For VICTOR?? J Umvt UNITII STATU I K /MDiriNIl tbT , "AKn* 1 Jmt* STAMPS j : 5 CENTS I'EK COrY-, 1 DITfON! ? . '* V ' J UA; INSPECTS (PLANTATION Settle Lete Kolvin Estate; Kansas City ... Bros. Get Half of Kortune Tulsa - Olila.. Veh. I-(ANP)-~ >isposal of tin- $7.4l.'J.28f? estate >f tlu- lute I.oto Kolvin, an IndIran woman was announced this reek hv -Chill ies T>. Rogers' white in attorney, who said that 48 of lis clients figured .in the award, division of real estate beside the 'even million dollar cash estate ,vas als.o agreed upon he stated. rioyit^.TTT7t?Willie At a.vu rather,- ?j mploycs of a parking .plant in Kansas City, will receive half of lie estate under terms of the a ^lei'iiuufl.-and . Hi .collateral heirs ~!| a ill receive the other half. Mia?, /ora -Alexandei I.ee of ('laroiVlOTe s among those woo will share in * . 3 The division of Hie hotly concsnd will follows ;i reversal by 'jfl he itspe supreme court of a (lisl it i eourt oniiiioii that also gave lie Kansas City brothel's oni lit 11" of ill, estate. Vegro Mothers [rhAVrtr-4iiduslries . Aided by Continua;ion of School flinch Program t:,i l-'m..; cmmp Pro- ' nam is lit-in*^ suspended March 1, ' unirstcrs. colored and white alike jj wed have no worry about the ichuol Unuli program as Sec'y of WVicult tire Claude R. Wickard has ? --41 is-stjred?the?cniiliniiam e of com m>ilitier to seliools and child day enters tor lunclii's, . Said I be Sec y: "\V't- have long - ec<iyjiiy.i-i| that tnillinris of out'' iclmol children do not receive ad- . i|iinte iliets. The problem has beA mi nie more acute as increasing niml ers of mother, have taken obs in \\ar iiulustI'ii s. ' 3 "As part ot its war food proiram the 1'ept. will continue to ^ uovide milk and commodities foi J abool lunches and child day care 3 enters. Lunches prepared from liese commodities will h<. available mt only to children certified as reedy. but to all tiiiidien Parents ?3 vho can afford to contribute will is-ist state and local agencies in urnishing eipiipment. facilities, la>oi and supervision." v (tf the 700.00(1 youngsters who uc now receiving- tutunes at school md child (lav ((Miters, more than lalf a mill ton of tlicin arc colored. Phis "ne+frs t-fotisands -->rf -mothers niraucd in war work. The program "? m bed?rt?vnk?hrrt?Marc h?when I iiOO.nPn 11i 1 < 11 en were partioipatiMh-?i liiiv-mimlvr. over a million-- ^ ac; i i olored, , i o i i i ir t'uil'iier. See. Wiekard sahl 'Children arc a special *rroup in or population wi.icli must receive, peeiaI attention in the distribuion of a limited food supply. As horratrr^ rtrvT-toyr- tr hivr-mcs par- * j.' larly important to iusure that t'tcy receive ;ip_.adepnate-^share >1 the protecti\(. foods. Prog'rams. oili mi tin o lornl lino1, nil! it" J reive appropriate re-, oynitinn in < ?> i !<> ? i. .1. ??; !- U /' - ~ " ? - 1 ,v? ^1111 inr vmvrrniiioni'S S supervision of war time distribu. Rutfi fella Caldwell 1 of Orangeburg ?J Commissioned I Third Officer Foil Doi Moines, lowii, Jan. 30 Third Officer fluth Klla CaldweH ?*)rnntrehiirjf, S. daughter of Mrs Iteulah \V Caldwell of M Tt'endwell St.. is one of six out''t:inrtinLr Nrrrro women rommiss- ?V inned in the Twelfth Officer Can- M litlate Class at the First Women's Vuxiliar.v Corps Training Center at Fort Oes Moines recently. Third Officer ( nldwelt. a gTadante of Claflin High school. Orange ,-4B hnrg. and Hnmptdjt institute, 1 Mamptdn. Va.. worked in the law -J Continued .ma P*?e 2 a