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\ S ^ MISSISSIPPI ENTERPRISE W PRICE FIVE CENTS W. G. Avery Promises Post-War Employment To Negro Employees Affair Given In Appreciation Of Fine Service Being Rendered By SARAII M. HARVEY Pledging that he would do ev erything humanly possible to keep every one of his present Negro employees in jobs after the war, Mr. W. G. Avery, owner of the W. G. Avery Body Company here in Jackson, this week, further en deared himself to his 1.000 or more Negro laborers and gave to them a greater incentive for put ting forth every effort to do a 100 per cent job in seeing that he gets out every contracted war job, now on the company’s files, weeks ahead of schedule. Mr. Avery made this promise of post-war employment to his em ployees during the past week, when beginning Monday night, De cember 6. the W. G. AVERY BODY COMPANY here in Jack son, entertained with Programs, Music and Refreshments the men and women who are employed at the Company’s four plants located in different sections of the city. And, it is believed by those at tending these affairs, both employ ers and employees, that never be fore in the city or state, has any working group been more lavish ly entertained. Classified by the WMC as an “Employer of Essential Labor,” and a "100% War Industry,” the W. G. AVERY BODY COMPANY thru its four local plants is doing a splendid job of not only contri buting to the WAR EFFOP"1 but also contributing to the Economic Security of Neeroes in Jackson During the four nights affairs, it was learned that the Avery Body Company employs Negroes almost 100%. That this company, with its highly efficient and well trained Negro labor, is now and has for the past two years, fur nished over half of all seats that have gone into army vehicles that are being used in every theatre of war where the Allied forces are fighting—that this company, with its Negro labor, was the first to make the ammunition boxes that are being used by our armed forces—that the other articles made in the Avery Body Plant by Negro labor, are playing a most ; important job in the winning of the war. It was also learned that most of these employees who are now considered skilled laborers, able to man all of the machines used at the plants, are men, who just some two, three and not more than ten years ago, were un trained and had no knowledge of the kind of work they are doing today. Because of the large number employed by the company, four nights were used for the celebra tion and on each of these nights, a program, high in entertainment value was enjoyed and served. Always having in mind the great need of a better spirit of good-will and cooperation, not only between the white employer and the Negro employee, but a better understanding between all groups here in the state, W. J. Miller, Owner-Manager of The Mississippi Enterprise, and chair man of the planning committee for the Avery programs, secured the cooperation of officials of one of Jackson’s most outstanding orga nizations, the Negro Chamber of Commerce, to take part in the four nights programs rendered for the Avery employees—and these men, W. H. (Duke) Williams, Pres ident-Elect, Jack Young, Vice President and Carsie A. Hall, Sec retary of the chamber, did much toward making the programs sue- ' cessful—all bringing to the groups sincere messages that had one pur pose—helping them to see the 1 great importance of planning for themselves some form of economic security in the post-war world. The following employees were 1 on the programs: '< Monday Night: Box Plant— Messrs. T. B. Smith, Julius Gatlin, : Charlie Maddison, John Morris, Charlie Williams, Steve Buckley. Tuesday Night: Mays Street Plant—Messrs. William Tillman, Mark Smith, Hugh Lee Dillard, Charlie Smith, Governor Smith and a solo by Miss Emma Lee. Wednesday Nieht: Hi eh Strept. or No. 1 Plant—Messrs. Ray Brad ford, Willie Lee Hicks, Gilbert Garson, Burton Y. Smith, Isom Bennett, Herman Smith, J. S. But ler, Monroe Jones, Albert Broom field. On all these nights, Inspirational talks were given by Mr. W. G. Avery, Mr. Jack Young, Mr. Car sie Hall and Mr. W. J. Miller. Very entertaining music was fur nished by The Golden Gate Quar tett, and the Jackson Jubilee Sing ers and as a special feature, Mr. Amos Williams played the Harp and gave imitations. Rev. Frank Williams had charge of the spir itual side of the affairs. Refreshments were in capable hands of Edward Lee, owner of the Mill & Oakley Cafe, who is known the state over for his cour teous and efficient service, as well - as well prepared foods. Negro Delinquent Is Ordered Inducted By Draft Board Here A. D. Shavers, colored, has been ordered by the United States Dist rict Attorney in Jackson to report to the Rankin county local board for immediate induction into the army as a draft delinquent. Shavers was arrested last week by Meridian police for not hav ing his draft classification card, and an investigation by the FBI revealed that he was delinquent Bureau of Public Relations, D. S. War Department ! DOGS MUST HAVE MEDICAL CARE, TOO.—Key assistants to 1 the Post Veterinarian at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, are, left to right: < Staff Sergeant Frank F. Barber, Sergeant Emmett Jackson, and Ser- < geant Ezekiel Jones. They are pictured above working on a dog which is suffering from an infection caused by a thorn lodging for some ] time in her leg. (Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps ). 1 CLUB HEAD ..; y Mrs. Beulah Moore, founder and m'ganizer of the Christian Com munity Club, one of the city’s most outstanding clubs. On Sunday, November 28, the Christian Community Club met in he home of Mrs. Moore, 863 Craw ford Street, in observance of the Plub’s fifth anniversary. During his meeting, an appropriate pro gram was rendered and money in he amount of $40.59 was raised. The purpose of the Chrisian Community Club is to look after he Christian welfare and well aeing of its members and to help financially all members and old people of the community who need ;uch help. Officers are: Mrs. B. Moore, President; Mrs. Frances Nelson, Secretary; Mrs. Lizzie Moore, Chap fain. Thousands Spent For Paralysis At Tuskegee A grand total of $242,356 has seen spent for infantile paralysis ivork at the Tuskegee Institute Center, Tuskegee, Alabama, it was announced this week by the Nat onal Foundation for Infantile Par alysis. The Tuskegee Institute for In fantile Paralysis Center, a thirty five bed hospital was officially opened on January 15, 1941. It forms a special unit of the John A Andrews Hospital which is located on the beautiful campus af Tuskegee Institute. It consists of a three story fire proof building equipped with the most up-to-date facilities includ mg a gymnasium with treatment ffiol, whirl-pool arm and leg baths Tnfp electro-theropeutic machines, i chief surgeon’s room, plaster arace-fitting and physical therapy treatment rooms, spacious sun deck, patient wards and laborator ies. In addition to serving as a treat ment center for infantile paraly sis, the hospital will be a research training center for Negro doctors and nurses who will become spec ialists in various communities. Study at Tuskegee has shown the great need of such specialists as 20 percent of all crippling among Negro children has been due to infantile paralysis while the facil ities for aiding victims of this dreaded disease has been woefully lacking in the past. G. O. S. Observes Anniversary Sunday, Dec. 5 To celebrate one full year of service to our men in the Armed Forces the Girls’ Service Organi zation of the USO Club, featuring the Coleridge-Taylor Music En semble, entertained hundreds of civilians and service men with an Anniversary program Sunday eve ning, December 5, 1943, at 4:00 p. m. at the USO Club. Musical and literary numbers were rendered by GSO members, included in which was the history af our Girls’ Service Organization. The highlight of the entire pro gram was the very lovely address given by Mrs. Lula H. Patton, the efficient sponsor of GSO, and vol unteer worker. The Coleridge-Taylor Music En semble, under the direction of Mrs. J. A. Gooden, favored the audience with very well arranged semi classics, and included on ;heir program were numbers from -hoirs of various churches of the -ity. This program, superb in every respect, was one to be remem bered by all who witnessed it. Negroes Rewarded For Foiling Jail Break Here Arraigned before Circuit Judge Hugh B. Gillespie, two Negroes who came to the aid of Hinds Jailer E. H. Currie and foiled an attempted jailbreak here last Sunday night, were rewarded with suspensions of their sentences. They were named as Norris Cammon and Joe Burley. Cam mon, who was charged with grand larceny, entered a plea of guilty to trespassing and was given a 90-day suspended sentence. Bur ley, who fought side by side with Currie throughout the attempted break, had previously been senten ced to six months on a plea of guilty to trespassing. He was call ed back before the court and his sentence suspended. In rewarding the two Negroes, Judge Gillespie pointed out that had their charges been more se rious he would not have been able to give them suspended sentences. The judge observed that because the two negroes had been faithful to the jailer, they were entitled to some reward for assisting in pre venting what might have been a more serious crime. 7 th Liberty Ship Named For James Weldon Johnson The seventh Liberty Ship to be named for an outstanding Negro American, the SS JAMES WEL DON JOHNSON, will be launched at the Wilmington yards of the Calofirnoa Shipbuilding Corpora tion in December, the Maritime Commission announced this week. The vessel will pay tribute to the noted poet, essayist, lawyer and di plomat who was killed in an au tomobile-train collision n«ar his summer home at Dark Harbor, Me., on June 26, 1938. Mr. Johnson, who also achieved note as a song-writer and a pro fessor of literature at Fisk and New York universities, was bon: in Jacksonville, Fla., on June 17, 1871. Completing public school study in his native city, he later received B. A. and M. A, degrees from Atlanta University and did graduate study at Columbia in New York City. His career began as a teacher in the Jacksonville public school, which was elevated to high school grade during his tenure as princi pal. During this period he studied law at night, and, in 1897, was ad mitted to the Florida Bar, the first of his race to achieve this honor since the Civil War. In 1901 he went to New York City and with his brother, J. Ros amund Johnson, and Bob Cole, col laborated in the successful writ ing of popular songs and light op eras. Later he was appointed U. S. Consul, first to Venezuela and later to Nicaragua. Returning to New York in 1910, he married Grace Nail and two years later his first book, the fictional “Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man,” appeared anonymously. Its authorship was not acknowledged by Mr. Johnson until 1927. He edited a book of American Negro poetry and twr of Negro spirituals; and also wrote the Eng lish libretto for the opera “Goyes cas,” which was produced by the Metropolitan Opera Company in 1915. As a New York resident, he became contributing editor for The New York Age, and later executive secretary of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Col ored People. This organization awarded him the Spingarn Medal in 1925 for his work in behalf of the Negro. Finally, without ceasing to write, he returned to teaching in 1930, to become professor of Creative Lit erature at Fisk University, Nash ville, Tenn., and from 1934 until his death, visiting professor of Lit erature at New York University. Among his best known books were: “Fifty Years and Other Poems,” “Self-Determining Haiti,” “Black Manhattan,” “St Peter Re lates an Incident of the Resurrec tion Day,” “Negro America, What Now?” and “Along This Way.” Other Liberty ships that have been named for Negroes are the SS Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Frederick Douglass, John Merrick and Robert L. Vann. The Navy Department has named a navel vessel, the Destroyer Es cort Leonard Roy Harmon, in hon CARNIVAL QUFEN AND LADIES The Jackson College Carnival Queen with her ladies in wating, reading form left to right—Mrs. Lillian B. Tobias, senior represen tative; Miss Edith Richardson, freshman representative; Miss Mag gie Belle Allen, the Queen and senior representative; and Miss Mamie Lee Griffith, sophomore representative. i ' Carnival Queen Visits Atlanta University Miss Maggie Bell Allen, a stu dent of the Senior class of Jack son College, spent a very enjoyable trip in Atlanta, Georgia, as a re sult of her triumphant success in the sale of tickets for our Annual Fall Carnival. While there she spent most of her time on the cam pus of Atalanta University and other colleges in the same vicinity, engaging in some of the student activities and becoming acquainted with the organizations of the par ticular colleges. The charming Miss Allen very graciously reigned over the Car nival festivities which were held on October 29th and 30th at Jack son College. Each year in which this most exciting and frolicsome event has occurred, Miss Allen and the students in general have work ed diligently in making numerous activities of this affair successful. The Carnival not only has been an occasion of merriment and fun, but also it has offered a wonder ful opportunity for student expres sion. It is our desire that in all other such activities of the College, students will more and more take the responsibility of sponsorshiy— that they will bring into fuller play their special talents and many desirable qualities that will char acterize them as community lead ers. Baseball Players Aid Paralysis Fight Fund NEW YORK, N. Y.—Announce ment was made this week by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, that three baseball clubs of the Negro National League made a contribution of $100 to the foun dation. Funds for this contribu tion, by the baseball clubs, were earmarked for the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis, from Funds raised through a double header played at the Yankee Sta dium, New York City. The teams were the Philadelphia Stars, St. Louis-Harrisburg Stars, and the New York Black Yankees. In its fight against Infantile Paralysis, the National Founda tion for Infantile Paraylsis, through its over 3,000 chapters, sees that all possible aid is given to those who already have been stricken by infantile paralysis NEXT ISSUE OF MISSISSIPPI In an effort to give both our ad bas decided that instead of our regular issue on Saturday, Decem ber 18, our special Christmas issue will come off the press, December 21. We wish for all a Merry Christmas. ar of a Negro messman who re vived the Navy Cross posthumous ly for heroic conduct at Guadalca Army Chaplain Guest Of Honor At Tougaloo Chaplain Joseph O. Purdue of Camp McCain, Mississippi, was the week-end guest of honor of Presi dent and Mrs. Cross. Before entering the Army Chap lain Purdue was actively engaged in the pastorate of the Winter Street Congregational Church in the City of Bath, Maine. Among the former members of his con gregation in that city was former Dean Cobb of Tougaloo. Chaplain Purdue was also the guest speaker at the Sunday morn ing services of the college. His sermon was one of the most force ful and logical discourses delivered thus far during the school ses sion. He developed his sermon around that passage of scripture which admonishes us to live a day at a time. He pointed out, how evex*, that we should have general plans for long periods but should not attempt to realize such irre spective of circumstances which we must confront from day to day. Youth in particular, the speaker warned, is attracted to the “super man” idea of doing things. That is, plans are made which will take years to sonsumate, but lack ing the patience which comes with experience an attempt is made to l’ealize their dreams too hui'ried ly and the result is failure. me impossible can become pos sible if we break up the task into units which can be accomplished day by day. Often this day by day accomplishment is in the form of valuable experiences which will be needed for future action, where that action for successful realiza tion is dependent upon some for mer experience. The sermon was replete with valuable illustrations from both civilian and military life. The great tasks of achievements of life are those which take many years to accomplish. Prominent Churchman Here Dec. 12 The Rev. R. W. Harris, Arch Deacon and National Secretary for all the Negro work in the Episco pal Church will preach at St. Mark's Episcopal church, Sunday, December 12, at 11:00 a. m. Arch Deacon Harris has been the rector of some of the largest Negro churches in the Episcopal denom ination, and is the highest rank ing Negro official in the church, excepting Bishop Demby. Members and friends are urged and cordially invited to hear him at St. Mark’s Sunday, December 12th at 11:00 a. m. A. Buxton Keeling, Rector. The brisk way things-have been moving on the Russian front, Hit ler’ sarmies in Italy had better start doing something to avert en trapment. Give To The Christinas Cheer Club Today Send Contributions To Dr. A. H. McCoy -— —— -1 __ Golden Panthers To Play New Orleans Team Alexander School Golden Panth ers declared champions for Negro High School Big 8 Conference. John H. Sims, back, and Ivy T. Brown, tackle, were placed on all state first team, while Robert Dow back, was placed on second. The Golden Panthers will play in the first “Bowl” game at Brook haven Friday night, December 10, at 7:45 p. m. at King’s Field. The Gaudet High School of New Or leans, La., champions for that state in football for colored schools had to be substituted for the Corinth Yellow Jackets. Because of trans portation facilities the previous team could not come. However, the school and sponsors feel that as good or a better game will be seen with the highly rated team from New Orleans. All tickets will be good if bought for the Corinth game for the same price. State Cares For Health Of Wives Of Service Men At the end of October, 2905 wives and children of servicemen in cer tain pay grades had maternity and pediatric care paid for under the Mississippi Emergency Maternity and Infant Care Program, admin istered in the state by the Missis sippi State Board of Health. In total number of cases author ized the state ranks above 33 other states, many of which had their program going before Mississippi started the plan. Topped only by states with much greater poulations such as California, Illinois, Mich igan—the state has ben authoriz ing applications at the rate of 715 a month. Regarding the services that the State Board of Health is authorized to pay for under the program, Dr. ' Virginia Howard, director of the Maternal and Child Health Divis ion said that the wife of any man in the fourth, fifth, sixth and sev enth grades of the Army, Navy, 1 Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, may < receive complete maternity service. “This includes care during the ’ prenatal period, during childbirth, j and six weeks thereafter,” said Dr. i Howard, “as well as care of com- i plications, operations, examina- 1 The Jackson Negro Christmas Cheer Club, which gives baskets of food for the holidays to the needy and poor, held its annual meeting recently at Central M. E. Church and elected the following officers for the ^ensuing year: Dr. S. D. Redmond, president; Prof. B. B. Dansby, first vice president; W. S. Miller, second vice president; Rev. A. B. Keeling, secretary; Prof. O. B. Cobbins, financial secretary; Prof. E. B. Tademy, assistant sec retary, and Dr. A. H. McCoy, treasurer. Members of the board of direc tors are Dr. A. L. Holland, Rev. W. P. Whitfield, Rev. J. H. Robin son, A. M. Redmond, Rev., C. A. Greer, E. W. Banks, Rev. B. J. No lan, Rev. P. E. Scott, Dr. C. L. Barnes, Prof. I. S. Sanders, Dr. J. L. Reddix. When you give to the Negro Christmas Cheer group you will be giving to the William Johnson Bethlehem Center and helping to bring a bit of cheer to the very young and the very old. As usual, there will be a large number of indigent Negro poor in Jackson who will be without the Christmas cheer unless it is do nated by the good people of Jack son. Both' white and colored are asked Lo contribute and to send their con tributions to Dr. A. H. McCoy, rreasurer. EX-ACTOR Irving Pichel forsook a success ful acting career in Hollywood to become a director. His latest ve hicle is Paramount’s “And Now To morrow,” from the Rachel Field best seller, co-starring Loretta Young and Susan Hayward. NEXT ISSUE OF MISSISSIPPI In an effort to give both our ad vertisers and our readers a better Christmas issue, the management has decided that instead of our regular issue on Saturday, Decem ber 18, our special Christmas issue will come off the press, December 21. We wish for all a Merry Christmas. ■ion after childbirth, and medical :are of the newborn infant.” Hos ?ital care can be paid for but, the ahysician explained funds cannot 3e used in part payments for more expensive accomodations than those Drovided under the EMIC plan, rhe pediatric phase of the pro gram allows funds to purchase nedical and hospital care for acute Unesses in EMIC babies during he first year of life. ACTRESS SHOWS HOW TO SAVE GAS IN OWN KITCHEN One of many ways housewives can save gas—to keep the war heat on Hitler—is to place and cover utensil over top burner before lighting the gas, says Lena Horne, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film player, shown preparing a meal in the kitchen of her home. She adds: “Turn the gas off before removing utensil from burner; don’t use gas-range oven for kitchen heating; use a low blue flame; cut down on water used to cook vegetables; cook more, one-dish meals, and cook whole meals in oven whenever possible;1 keep burners clean; don’t nverrnoV —■nnd ■ ■atop-agp-kinp’ in . the oven.”Ji—