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FIRST tr 57. 44 NEW YORK, N. H'J LVE lexasMerSeiiteccedra exas ranner Year Term, FpEowingC WASHINGTON. D. C.

Attorney General Biddl announced Thuiiday that Alex L. Skrobarczyk, 2 ver old Bville, Texai, farmer, na hit daughter, Susie Skroba r.zyk, 29. had been convicted by a lury in Federal Court at Corpus whristi, Texas, on an indictment Jurying violntions of the Federal i'avery Statute, Section 443. Title U. S.

Code. fril.owing ronviction, Skrobs Tiyk wa nentenced to a four year )rLon term and hi( daughter to The indictment had Uiareed that the tw0 defendanU a'ded each other "in cusina 1 a s'ave, by threatening and in Jmi iating the said Alfred Irving nd by inflictng great bodily injury ipjn the person of said Alfred Irving, against his will, to perform Ai ini" niaie(liiMfrAttorneyXen iral Biddle announced that a Federal Grand Jury at Meridian. bis returned an indictment charging Donald Castle of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, with violation sf the Federal Anti Peonage and AmVSlavery The indictment charged that one Rosry Wyse, a Nejro, was compelled "by threats. inltnvdation whipping and beating to work and bor involuntarily i against hU wUrtor oaiitad. the iurt tv AsiistantU S.

Attorney Charles and Special. Asslstsnt to the Jtttorn General Frank Coleman, under the niren.on of Attofney' Doiig' las W. McGregor," resulUd 'in the firjt conviction, o( a woman under either the Slavery or. Peonage statutes It also marked the country's second conviction mader the Slery Malute. The first wa4 in the case of U.

S. vs. D. Peacher In Arkansas, in 1933. 't Upon the return' of the verdict in thl case.

Special Bowie slateo: "The verdict speaks for.it elf. It is evidence of a fart which i in America Know, and, our friend and enemies abroad should realize, that inhuman, and lawless domination hy one human being ever another will not be tolerated in the United States." Tat' Mississippi Indictment followed an F3.I. investigation InlM ated on the basis of information supplied by a local law inforcement officej ot Lauderdale County that wys had been forcibly seized by CssUe and returned at gun point io tn utters awmill near Toom uba to work off an alleged S20 a bt. Navy's Failure To Ost Trained Negrbes Scored Cnicago, UL The failure of the Civ I Service Commission here to appoint qualified Negro grou'nl schuo Instructors to the Nary Dtps tment was protested to Pre idem Roosevelt th week by the Chicago In telegram to the White House. NAACJJ pointed out that al thoigh it oas been more than a Tear since son a 0f the instructors completed heir training, not one has been assigned whiles number of whit trained at the same time are now teaching.

"TLe appropriate use of man powei requires," said the NAACP. "that these men be assigned to the highest and best usf for which they have demonstrated their. guaUfica tiorw. Recently some of them have been classified lor Immediate bv du tion Into the armed forces be eai se tb Nsvy Department baa not aJvu. them the assignment for whi fc they have been trained.

Thtate men hsve no fear of Induction. They are loyal citizens who want jtnt their country to the fullest extent of their ability. will be a gmt injustice deprive them of their rights slmp'y because 9f rurtal prejudices. It may mean 'the lost of the war for the United Karons. T.a names of these mn arm: Jaaies O.

Lee. Robert F. Short, Rlensrd 1 Fanner. Cassia M. Pn.

Ceton, Douglas R. Turner, J. W. tVttr. WUbura W.

Barton. Robert L. Colo. Clarene Stephem Ad Frederick; Blatr, Jr. They and we 'or' thelf befcsif ask your inter ifc end that Jstir'snd I 1 aughter To 2 Years onvictioD Of Peosase Naval Expansion At Hampton institute roved HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va.

ln arweV to TnqulrieV at torn? ton institute' Actinj Preildeht R. O'Hura Laniet stated Wednetday that 'no of ficail has ai yet been taken on the proposed expansion of the U. S. Naval Training Stat'on at the college. Contrary to rumor, that tb.

pre er rent quota of seamen at the Train ing Station would be increased ,500 men. Acting President Lanier stated positively that this is not Settlement Pays S3 J50 To Iiliiusier The Rev. J. Jackwn. in fuished Hartford, Conn.

Baptist minurter ini president of the New England Baptist Convention "ho in'thV South, has received a settlement oi AssSE for the Advancement of Colored People anounced tws week. Tnur. Counsel and Arthur Garfield Hays I "ttJ Stionai riAAvr bega: wra handleo the case which was settled out of court. Expressing his appreciation to the NAACP for i successful conduct of the case, mow of the setJeirlent." Rev, that know of the teUeirlent i The settlement was made on the rr5tl.iX"1.ttSU I its passengers to their destination, and the protection of such passen minence of such harm. i The' a.tack upon the 76 year old Rev.

Jackson, occurred while be and his traveling companion. Rev. a A. Young, "were on a Southern railwsy train enroute to the Na tional Baptist Convention at Mem phis, Tennesscee. Rev.

Jsckron and Rev. Young attempted to pass through a' white coach, and Rev. Young 'was struck pn the face by J. T. Hudson of Decatur.

Alabama. come through here. 4 Niims have, been coming through here all day and I'm tired of. it" Young repored this to tbe conductor. A half hour later.

Rev. Jackson was brutally beaten by the same pas.nger. The plaintiff ni Jd that the conductor had ample op portunity to 'restn in Hudson or eject him. from the train. yet the case.

I ger agsinst harm inBicted by fellow Navyprpejil sideitd and acted upon by the boar have DecnJhny wariieroT ihfNm of trustees at a meeting, which will pro jbly' take' place in 'April he deenred. "Until the trustees come to a the rnaUer the Naval School will continue its program as at pressnt." At their meeting, tbe trustees art also to consider Hampton Imuu.e paiui ipatUw in the Amjr EpeclaK rrogram. under way at college io A announced fn the newspapers several weeks ago, Hampton lnsti tute of a number of selected by the Army tb par ticipate in the ASTP, and 'Army officials visited the campus last week to survfjr housing and ile rcorr. Govt. Of Bahamas Signs Affreenent to CO Wcrkers WASHINGTON, D.

Tai Gov cnunerft of the Bahama Islands has alined an freemen with the De parunent of AgriAilture providing lor the importation of workers from the Islands into the United States fo agricultural 'employment in for agricultural employment in Florida, and adjoialng staUs, Secre This is the second agrtement which the United SUtes Government haa negotiated to bring in for elan farm: workers to aiaut as needed with this Nation's wartime oNCE more harlem bination of. Governor 'Thomas Dewey, the Rcpubhcan cUutrolled leg.sl.turc. U.e.KepBb lican leadership in New York County under Secretary oi State Thomas Cur and the Uemocrattc Icaucrslup cw CongresMuau ilichaeUeunedy. tW We say Harkiu has been sold don the ri there wis only cr 5ccaUsc Q( the dainnable bill which has just been passed tbe oi 1 snd'Wit the approoation ot iMessrs. turran im mV and Kennedy.

When Kepubltcaii aud Dcnru cratic county chairmen van get tvgether and reapponionment.there is vatisc to wonder how aud why. Here the cause to wonder how aud why. Here' the answer: Sccretarv of Slate and 'Hepublican Dewey meant what chairman Otrran has a Siate Senator p'wheu he urg in whom he is vitally interested. former fajd that Negroes Congresman and Tammany TiTterestTd. 'ueT state senator CriT a of them togeHirMwJ Manhattan is gerrymandered these state senators are assured places in the liantly, and "inspect liis conduct to dale 'as future scheme uf things.

And 4o icfl it. Governor of the Empire State, he would be the. Negroes. i moved to convict' himself of liaviiig perjured Last November, Ludlow W'. Werner, editor.

his campaign testimony before, the; Negro 0 this newspaper, was the Republican party' It standard bearer in the I9th trivt and revejved widespread pportHiu: the presidential jispirnti fight to elect 'the; firt XejpvVe Sute But.tUftti.irp Ihtpthef'pafties'to tfie con in a district whicli has not electtij representation in the state's legisla. a Kepublican in 20 came within 367 tive council. W'e make thrs promise htfre a'nd votes of winning the election despite the lack now. We slialliiot single, one of HASHE BLASTS TUSKEE FOR ARUY FORCES IN of support bv some hi own nj 8fareJ the State Senate to his membership in that. body Forces called 'to active du'y tbe entire waiting list of several hundred qualhVd Negro aviation cadet applicants.

I am sure of this because ot my personal acquaintance Vith several ot the mo who were near the bo torn of Ute list' and have been called to duty.i These are the men who, after the usual preliminary processing, face Eastern Star. New York SUte and tbe prospect of five months unoer Jurisdiction, were among the thous graduate study at Tuskegee before of mourners, who paid, laal the) b' gin aviation Uaiaing. tribute te i the later Mrs. Allct Camp tuc mm v. vv.

ik aim icmaiiia vw wnai food and fiber production in labor innounced new program ot five Win be done with these men if.c Saturday ewon roaiMt.ji tfljvet shortage areas. A program for the months academic training in, se tney nnUa Ave months oi college BPUt ReeO Clay xhe Army to be seen what these iosUs mnlovment of arrirultural work. ers from Mexico in California, Aozona ana. emer aouuiwestern SUtes has been in progiea alnce tut Augusi unaer an areemcni ot twten the Mexican and United Sutea Coverhmen s. A six weeks' suspension on conuacting or Mexi preliminary coUege training.

But csn workers was lifted Tuesdsy of digibl "Negro soldiers are 'to be week and this activity waa re segregated and all of them Kiit to sumed immedlattly. Tuskegte. Ins iUrte to study physics. As many as 1,000 Bahsmsn.work maUiematicV, history, and ers. over II years old, may be Geography.

Men rrom parts of brought to Florida and other abates tht country, men with varying edu this year Secretary Wlckard.said.lcitori,t a larte nusn RecruiUng in the Islands will, be ber. of them aires dy rouates of x. wui.s eeived from been and csne grow ers which cannot flUed with svsl'sble domestic workers. The agreemtnt wttn the Govern nauani we oanaman capiuu, on March M. It wu aigned for the I.

v. Department of Agriculture by Fred MorrelL' Assistant' Director of the Agricultual Labor Administration W. L. Heaps, the Colonial Seere' ea awasaevs) aw jMHisaii mvii Urr. wtmA s.k..

crnment. Tbe conditons.pertainlni to the tranapartation Bahaman workrs are the same as M. 11 11 JtM Lri WASHINGTON. D. At the In vital ion of Prssiderit EOie Uart.

a staff of seven teachers baa arrived ia the) RepvUV of KatU from the United eutes aOp launeV i vj tiar Xng' ksj teaetng seeraiw ta iia.iit ernonj, the U. ff rf fUKtH aKHfry lait week, wose wnicn sppiy.tp ouier aeaaonai farm workers transported by the (Editor's Note: The fallowing state aaent by tvniUsa H. Hastie, describes aad erl'kisos a new de velafMsent la the Arsay Ale pea graaa as It affects Negroes. Although Jadge Haeue pleted his reecat series at sUte eacata eat the Air Forces, he eeaaHara this aew and aseot reseat develeaeaeat Io be a snai. tor which abeaM receive aablie atSraOea Air Forces have Just I.

K. alvn In ml. fcw.a w. dler, before they begin army flying training. The men will be taugw oy the college faculties and win Wve on the campus.

(Tver a nun ata ar hooU ail over the coun'ry have been selected to provide this i nrn nu HOerai aria wuc, t0 Tuskegee InsUtute for i months of undergrsduate train i inc. Just because they bsppen to be colored. preaes saaacgee if "m.t standing liberal ar a conege, wnicn mnA ia nv, mot unnacesssry Jim crew scheme would I ancee, tae paa ou rageoua. The tune has come when tbe tin holy alliance between Tuikegee publicly d. cchtrate a blacar aviation program on and around the Tuskegee campus.

wiui ca iuui mainrrcnce to the beat iotonsia and to the Importance of democracy in tne war enon, TnsRegee msutuu ts looking out for Tuskegee. The school gets its mess of Dotage, and the Air Forces have a willing and Teluatie aeeeehpllee in their asla of keeping Negro soldiers out of eeegre gated eellt ges. i.Sfversl hood red Negroes may be ffvrted br this her.e miHi. I aiedJatelr. Earl ia Match th Air.

i i i i 1 of. the Nefro' I ar ar a It still remains a. port was sent from Tuskest to a ite. A re legie to a some or bombard here Is no leading newspaper that these jnen are to become. iers and navigators.

There aDDarent truth this i jean Una no evidence from' toy source of any plan to train Negroes for bombardment aviation. It stsmi to me that some one haa tried to uke the curse off of this litest Tuske. ee outrage by circulating the 'faiM report that new oppor tunily is being provided for Ne 'groes the field of bombardment aviation. The whole thing smells 1' 7 vu. Sees Grave Daoger' There is one furtlxr question which wt must ask and to Mk until an answer given.

What myymMiiiM ior aviation cadet ualnlng now that not know ot any plan of the Air orce 'or ccepting or using addi m. v.v inuoii, wui uiey oe accenrear so. wui rhev ea rtm'm that th Air Vomrn. m.w.Vnil uriLii aiesi a srnnw rs narai flvr avianj hrnr a the constantly alive, tha after the group called to du la March, no sddiUonai 7 then lets the matter drop until aa take. Tuskegee is rendering other emergency arises.

i i nub'ie keens Ui Negro aviation cedcta will be train for a long time to come. Tt pi i ImZIK CUTuT 13 SAX JUAN, Puerto Rico Inaular gcvemment departments were dosid Monday ta observance of tbe tinn v. rtinr nf lVa t.Wr.1tt..M 9 'nnlverssry' nf 'la fry te 1171 the abnlitlon Cones i i at jm. SwTS Voit givre' nc i or county Vniir imilAP reapportionment iillbany at Hall, boss Ker in whpiii he i so that both pt iesa prosecutor Senatorial Di 'promised to po'sedva p'repafed itS copei for these politicians next year because. ate" would most i i gro Senator ii my nit blyman William guts to stick up the bill.

His Jack nd Daniel crowd in the sell 1944 gives many scores. Negroes are Senator. 'W'e think that partv leaders tliem, Republican or We will pay death because: them back' for would have and ITS AU11NCE ffll FOSK II CROW S(B loaTcp Has Sbple Fnneral Rites 1 High dignitaries from various chapters of the Order of bH7 MHWVU pw MaxWl'lL DaSlOr antf KeV. WlllltBJ 'Kejea, pas or at aV.anyiiip eas, pas or at nap tut Church, Newark, ffictat 'of" The deceased, who "luMl'bcar a'(' treat fraternal leader for the pert Uilrtyslt years, succumbed ThUrs dsy. March 18th, ulhtr 2291 Seventh avenue, 'following: i abort lllnese At her bedside, when she died wort "her Mrti Lillian Campbell Berry, and gnd' daughter.

Mrs. Mabe! Franklin: I The body Ia its te home, Tbe, deceased who wss the van guar In the Order of taatern Start, was aTn wiai 'inwnu Frtoay. nightj b.thta: fratawalA" group, ot which she wss a kg I JZT Li laswi th it ehaoers member. Funeral services were' i.iJiJvr. held the followtng dsy at Mt Olivet.

v.iim iw mer pastor herb eulofixing br Ufa io moiuvn, it. Wark offer Mrs. Sarah Russell, member of Queer Either chapter or svooKiyn. handled by GrlfTms witti interment HoUow Cemetery. 1 I Mr.

Campbell also Institutfd and roedlcai ofTcials. the answer wu warranted each erne, also' headed' a rd whn high ranking col school ef Instruction, a past mstroo red offcer raid, speaking for col oint. a OK 4a ma mm. oTmi service men. that thev would AUtS IIBI II WIID vt aaiiuns the late Anders James Campbell, and front this union was bora one.

daughter, Lillian' CarapbeC Besides. her daughter, ahe is iw vireeT by a granddaughter, Mrs. tMBi rrwiKUB, wne oi aver, I rinkUn of Broaklrn; and two mft mm I aTt faaKL mat great fraiidchlldren, rntaraai uurnea ttSI gaw haH waa lnl Uma a a trains nf Oka ahifh Chapter. No. a.

of Tarrytom a. C3, mi. ot tafiijr 10 we oroexs many chapters of OrS. was bom Alice Whl on Jaauary 22, lM, in Richmond. Vaof Alice and Jamef mib t.

marHiva I i 1 ar a whith they were' un scare, was' too niuch to have to face again the arpused Negro electorr. certainly have elected a Ne 1944.. So a deal was made. and I'll give you in VtAV i'tti th WtrrnH the legtslature one: Negro member Assem T. Andrewswho.

had the for. the race and vote against colleagues, Assemblymen Hulan Burrows' went along with the out. of Harlem." Negroes an opportunity to settle wondering now if Governor he said in the last cam ged support of. Werner and xt to State y. if Tom.

Dewey were to step ute into the role of in which he acted so bril a good thin? he has already remain" out of the 1944 campaign their "to hell wi ith the 'Negro? 'say, to them, with yo)i" Frtttrnl lexdtr Kts MR. AUCI CAafTftsXL i 'am mini gaass8 yTJj At the time of her spoorntmeat there were 4t. v. Jill M. the assisted In ch aining a consutu uonai numii CT ts diuci iviii, vtM chapter.

She was aUo la atnuneatal la the formation ot Otlel m. Rrturn to' vr Chanter tugmeir.ed'the sire the' body ana iu wvilliaiTaMsiir MVU aKM iw ajtwa. cretary'i aasodatioo, formed the fraternal ahe taatitiiled and war ranted two chaptrrs'ln Bahamas, ta ItM the fodwed the' aajne procedare wi a Spanish chapter In New, York Dty. aimed laei.a a Nlnfas del Cartae Chapter, No. u.

OEl Cha aMtaVe aw tmaki nl OmnOr hiaa ia a. IMowtng many years of strenuous sne rruroa in I lion tTL ia CjU atoe, CZZ, troa i A mi mm i Harlem Jakw to As Extra Police Are Wcptfs Federation Drops TilHtown Chib BtMaie Of Negroes Because it admitted to membership two. Negro, the town Business and Professional Women's Club. lost its charter and active membership in' the New York State Federation ot Business and Profesesional Women's Clubs, it became known Thursday when suit was led in Supreme Court by. the local club.

Mrs Annette Smith Lawsence, chairmsnof the Midtown Club, who instituted the court action which seeks declaratory judgment, said that the suit is for tbe purpose ot clarifying the position of the Mid town Club. The Injuoctiqn is Jo. restraid the State Federation from interfering with the' rights of the Midtown Club during the pendency of litigaUon. The conflict had its beginning lsst June after a meeting, the Midtown 'Club voted to include Negroes' among its' membership to make the club a truly represents tive group. Subsequently; Mrsf Anne Arnold Hcdgeman, regional director of racial relations of the OCD, and Miss Marguerite Roache, stenographer in a war plant, were elected to membership.

"Along with other women accepted as members at saina; tune, theTc' duel were sent to the State Ttcs uTtr and membefanlp card received in the usual time," Mrs. UwrtatSe. Mrs. ssys, she received a visit op December 4 from Louise F. Bacbe, executive secretary of National federation, and Miss Frances K.

Marlatt, presi dent of the St1 federation, who raised the question of the sdmls (CeaUaaed ea pare S) oro bAffiet.thteughtPalreisnan Let 1m To Whitewash Red Cross Of ftairgelt Crow Blxd Sank ii. By ALFRED A. DUCKETT 'American' Red Cross policies; The sensational charge thst He. would be the most likely to high MRking colored officer of congnited by Army and Navy The United SUtes Army gave di officimli speaking for colored rect endorsement to the Jim crow policy of the American Red Cross in Tdstion to the blood of race donors was made on Thursday in Tbe' Ds51y News by Howard Whit n.an, staff' writer for the paper. Immediately, In Informed circles, the suspicion grew that Whitman vefrrred to Br eadier General B.

O. Davis, ohly Negro general and highest ranking officer of his rsce in the nation's armed forces. Intended to clear the. Red Crou of the charges of bigotry wh'cu evolved si the result of first a direct' refussl end next the segre cat on. of blood donated by Negro citizens, the Whitman News piece purported to present the actual behind the scenes story of the situation.

Dilmsn wrote as follows: I "If you get Herr Goebbels on the telephone and rsked him about the Red Crors blood donor service, Le 4 l.ll IW.I IT VUig ly. OT.lt.il LIUI people donate their blood tt (hrwn down the drain soon as Coe1 be tickled you believed 'this, because then yu gle your blood and eatd.ee awwhatt mleht die from the lack of oarf of ike colored donors ha first pUce. the Red Crors welcomes, it neeas n. mt; aMn rt mlnrii iKtr the plssma i om" DUI ln" P'T. be bsppler If they knew that the.

blood to rve them when they were CUM tron their owa orders from the Army tDl roas marxs blood donation to ifdicate if ta a as A UaJ the doner le colored or whits." i Beref that General DavU wu the "hlfH rankina eoLond nrTlrar Ite waeea WhHi aw tm9A med from the foUowtog: 1h h'teMitn1tlnf rce tf rtr Jo lha ftrrned vce. Ut his saekea to fsror ef the I Cer? Orderied hapnity While Har'em'tookon appear ance" ot ah armed camp with aa undisclosed number ot extra police men. regular and probationary, oa duty, tour Harlem mlinistera met it the cJfice of Deputy Chief Inspec tor Edward M. BuUer, In. the West 123rd street police station, Monday afternoon, denied that! the recent outbreak of muggings and violence in Harlem constituted i a.

"cdme wave" srid said that what has been happening is essentially a social condtion." Present at the meeting with: Inspector Butlef and William P. O'Brien, of the Fifth Divi slort. were he Rev. John H. John son, police' chaplain, and rectdr of St.

Martin'f Episcopal the Rev. George H. Sims, of Union' Baptlsf the1 Rev. 1 Frederick Teicbman ot Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, whae lg. vear 'old son was stabbed by some Negrn youths last week, and the Rev S.

Tsggsrt St'eelV' of the Chapel of. the Intercession. Mtan while the courts were busy wjth several offender arrested over the 1 weekend. Among' them was a hold up euspect whose, broth er had been shot dead by' a proba patrolman' a few hours ear lier after two Harlem robberies. The suspect identified as Joseph Wlliams.

26, of 302 West IMth stree. was held' by Msgistrete Sol omon in Felony Court in $30,000 ball for a hearing, on Th defendant's brother, Leroy 1, qf 971. Hewitt' place, the Btonx, was killed after he fired lie CaroU a cap. The shooting oo currrd earV Sunday morning in front of 219 West lth street after the o( Berger's Pharmacy, 2630 Eighth avenue. The rookie patrolman had stopped the two for quroning when the younger brother drew hie pistol and fired.

He was killed by the patrolman's answering fire. The older brother surrendered without questoin. servicemen." Contacted by phone Friday atV ternoon at the News Building, Whitmsn was pleasant enough, but revealed that the sources of ais in formation had requested that ha keep the name of the "colored officer" in the strictest confidence. He referred the writer, to Colonel Earle Boothe, head of the Blood Dnors Service in the metropolitan area and also to J. Harrison Heck man, manager of the Northeastern Area for the American Red Cross.

i Stateaseass Refased No statement could be obtained from Colonet Boothe but a Mr. Taylor of that office who said ha Is in direct charge of New York blood donor arrangements was very vsgue sbout the whole thing. pleaded ignorance Mr. Whitman's source of information "although 1 know he was doing a scries." and amiably referred inquiries to Weak in (ton snd the National Headquar tens. At the Heckmsn offee a Mr.

1 Eaton had "not the sllghtett idea" who the "colored officer" might bej Stated that he recalled the conference referred to, could pot re call whether General Davis bsd attended it because "there, were endless conferences snd many peo pie there." would not deny that General Davis had attended uie conference, but expressed himi.u in complete agreement wiUt 'the contention that "colored servicemen would be I spi if they knew that the blood to saye them when they were wounded came from their owa race." a Neev Wer Wrrlrrrc "9l "waasva sa oh bcrciw Ia Cilif. WA5HU(GTvn. v. war pltnt excluding a. ia a a.

ai ssupbundiu wht thousands ef colored workers have been hired recent months, ncr eased vmore than 100' per cent in' the Los Angeles (Cal.) area May. 142, snd JstM efy, ltt3. the War Hsnpewrr jifJommhslon snnouncrl this week i i i i i i i 1 1.