sATVRmr
OAEOUNA
He N^o Farmer
Aid A^cultural
Pnyiredfless
9J 4LB0V HOI^ET
Offiow AAA)
Skilled Workers
Tbm
the people «l«b prln, t6 begin poultry i>ro-
proper food selection*' and broad witli 50 ehiclu pach. *
the activities of ^'goverament-■ B. B, Wyers, Jr., N«^o eown-i-- J J L ‘ IT J
*1. eondufting nu- ^ ag^nt for Leon county, yV uDltBu
Irifittiial prugramb" the nation’a with headqaartem at TallafiseBsee
ht ilth as a int'aHure for national reports 23 community meetings VfflfAC I^VPrnfllPIlt
,h.(>nse. . with adulta and 4-H club groups UVTCIUIUCUl
; N^o home demonstration a- at whi^ iim« the new home gar-| —
‘prnt«, homo eeonoroica teachers den prqjprams of the AAA -wag— In t
•nd home eeonomists under the di«?UM#d. “Feeding the nation j w> ■ *
F?A are placing a new emphasis an4 feeding youraelves’ was the *®>*
on home garden?, canning and slogan for these mettings.
Bus Companies
Employing Negroes
In Their Shops
past eight
effort to
wmtliem N«^o famwr
4 valuable and Vital eon- the home pantry sup- Fnmk E. Pinder, Negro coun-
txibntMm to the national deteniie proper diet basna. For ty agent for Alachua county,
throngta his impressive AAA has exteJided its Florida, earolk hla 4-H club mem
aetiTiti«e in the field of ^ricul- to include more gardens bera in the “Home Garden Na-
t***» and canning for home nse. tional Defense club” and pledges
Dcifease through agricalture Secretary Claude E. Wickard the members “to do their part in
inehi^ ample reserves of food of the department of ^ieulture national d^ense drive by grow-
and latJpM- diets to insure letter has recently asked the farmers to ing a year^ound garden.”
health for fij^ting men, indus- set up production during the| James M. Watlington, Negro
trial workers and the nation as a next 15 months to 10 million cas- epunty agent at Idabel, Okla. re
sole. , es of 30 dozen each above normal ports a steady increase in I'ome
production and adds that the de g^own food and feed. From 1938 ^ .
Aroo^ many provisions of
tb« AAA including the ever-nor-
mal granazy our nation has pro-
t«edve reserves of wheat and
eorn aod through the live at home
progi«m of tie agricultural ex-
teoaioa service individual farm-
«n tfe increasing supiJies of many activities among the 29,000 national defense and through
iMme grown fchi products for Negro 4-H club membera in hi& tie 1941 AAA program there
and f^ipbuilding workers for ar
senals, army air depots, *nd o*val
shore estbablisbments, tha U. S.
Civil Service CommisBion an-
nounne«d today, over 10,000 high
r skilled mnnitlonil Pod' ildp-
buildiiig workers have been put
on the job at esabliahiuenta,
where,'becaute of the labor sup
ply or georgr^phical, location,
these skilled, position* are parti
anlarly hard to filL ^ia onm-
does not in
elude tho;e in loc*litiea where
llittle or no difficulty in rnattiting
partment “will gmpport long term to 1940 tt»« average number of
egg prices until Jun^, 19« at a hy> for e«h* Ne^o family in experienced, and U is
figure which should make egg .his c^nty laereased from 3.2 to ^
production profitable." ,5. garden^^v* been doubled » ^„„be^ placements ««d* In
P. H. Stone, Negro state exten-ijaying hen*%om*l^to 3o” ThC.j***® War «nd Navy Depsrtment*
sion leader for Georgia reports increases represent our interest
famib^-ose. [state to increase poultry products
Sh> aoeh evidence has been as-’Making home made brooder hons
f«ni1>Ied to show that inadequate es for chicks and the handling
ditfte and malnutrition are chief and grading of e^ are import-
eaMK of poor health that the ant features of the 1941 pro-
diviaioB of consumer protection gram. Mr. Stone reports 134 mem-
«f Ifce National Defense Advisory bers in one county who are plant-
»ii—Miiiiiim ]im undertaken a ing gardens and purchased their
iMtwB wide eampaign “to improve seed on a cooperative basis and
amlitiona! value of cheap that the county board of eduea-
foods,” “increase the food tion in another county has set up
pmekaaing power of low income a revolving fund to enable 4-H
will be still further
said^ Mr. Watlington.
increases* ’
done mor* than anyo tber nation' Colonel Lindbergh restgnB Ws
al oflker to interest , i^e maafie# cominission in Army Air Corps.
Continued frpm Pag^ orie work of the Association, j ®
vd* the Boflkle. J&baa. League. addition to hi* position as) Lament sees war elosihg in on
Hie' implications of thii far reach Id3rec1»r of branches, Mr. PiokeuK «b: asks aid to Britain, China,
ing deeisiqn by the nirdraft in-.toured the nation annudly
dustry indicates an increasing use lectures- and holding
of qaulfied Negroes i» natpnalyf^^^™"- He hw been praised as
oae of the greatest orators
tK-hTD-\ productton. The officials
New York, May 7.—(ANPJ ^ Cnrtis^-Wright Corpora-
Sev6n mechanics h^e already cpngratulated for
®°W>loyed *>y t ® ® “ tfiking the lead among employers
fheir^Sr ^ndTtC'Ve - as a pion
week 10 men are expected to the use of available Negro
Wn their training as chaf-“peed “P »»rcraft pro-
feura on the companies' lines, dnction now so vital to total na-
it vma announce! Tuesday after-^tional defeBsp.
taoon.
m
America.
Jobs Loom
Continued from pi^e one
NLRB rehire” edict and unit
rule upheld by Supreme Court.
ou» that hie name not be connect
ed with the story, although there
Th»« de«Iopm.nt. follow'.. TrM^llfV IftH .J“
cloBoTn the heS. of th. con-, * rCaMU J JUU ,f»to .,^.k for tbemsel™ wd
trMt aiimed • week .go, cutai-' Ooiitiim«d from pa«« one - f«der.l offitwli *re eoronte
nating four week* of boycott aideralile tinie traveling and will to their various taska which will
Neyland, Tennessee coach,
called for active Army duty,
•
John D. Rockefeller asks
..'President to convoy arms to
Britain.
Italians say attack on Lind-^
bergh shows lack of democracy.
Italian writer declare Suez is
the stake of next Aaia drive.
conducted by harlemites against assist in caUing the attention of
the New York City Ominibus colored ’ Amerieanfl to opportum-
eorporation and the Fifth Ave*^ties for investment in defense
hue oCach company demanding hoods, defense stampe and ether
the employment of Negroes in federal .secaritiwr . ,
L. D. Milton, jMMj^dent' «^f the
{Qitizezts Bank apd- .Trust Com-,
«n
GET
LEE
Two Aqmt Bl«iidcd
In Modsrn Africa
V' -
A FRICA todaj is almost coin-
pletely diffcKnt item the b«r-
balSc Uuid of yesterday.
There are, says Janies Saxon
Childect io the June i$sue of C(Mi
mopolitan magazine, two Africa*
■•“the i>rimitive
as a vehole, where the fignr# for
the 8-month period is over 2?0,
000, including various grades of
skilled, unskilled, and profession
al positions in both the field lu^d
the departmental service.
■ The needg of the variooi Na
tional Defense Agencies tot skill
ed workens have increased npid-
ly.
For example, 135 shipfHters are
urgently needed it the navy jards
at Mare Island, ' Calif., Bremer
ton, Wash., F1iiladelphi% Char
leston, S. C„ and f'orttanoatb,
Va. although in the pa^t 8 mootiiB
over 1,400 shipfitter^ have been
mi operating categonei.
Simultaneoualy, it wa»
nounced that the victory p«rade Pany and co-owner of the Yates
which had been planned for Sat-^Wid -Miltoa Drug .stores m At-
urday has been called off en»jlanta,. will be , allied to come to
tirely for the present. The as* i Washington periodically to aw'ist,
sociation has decided to wait un-Ur. Pickens. He #ill not reeeive
til a decision has been made on^ salary, in common with many
,t^e next objective of ^he £ioupi ^ busings leaders now serv-
which wtively ptCT«ut6d_ their eountiy, ' but will'have
b«.f.*ht«dto
meetmg and at the saem tamei ,
sound the opeping shot of “ ***“
new struggle.
^ about which we,
know UttJe, and the modern, about jpnt on the job at these and otter
which we know less. ChHders, a
globe-trotter .by profusion, attend*'
9d a wild war dance in an Africui'
—Ooodrick Silyertovms
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Over 400 machinistl are now
needed at the arsenal* at Water-
'▼lie^ New Tor]t, Boel^ Island,
HI., Philadelphia, Watertown,
Mass. and E|?e(w>ood| Maryland
uid at the navy yards at Wash-
in^on, Mare Irjand, Clif, Boston:
Mass, Charleston, S. tod at
Breferton, Wash.|^ as weU iks j
• the Naval Station ^ Ke? -iWecyt,
i ^rida. Ih the .past mopths
I j well over 4,OPO maehia^t» .h^iVe
^ at
8travb«rrtM
E, D. Smnrell of Ayden, who
is harvesting his firet straipberr-
ies from six aeresi thw year, has
found a ready market in Green.
Tille. ‘
Mr. Pickens holds *' d^rees
from several eollcges'’and niaiver-
sitiesi indnding Tale yfhexv hei
w«s elected to Phi Beti
tat^ht at Talladegm ,Wi% .-tod
Morpm and was dew ol- the
latter institution before becom-
ing an offieial^in the NAACP. He
[is generalljr credited' with having
open new opportunities for K^ro
youths and men, trained in the
mechanics of airplane manufac
ture.
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been put to woA
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r«rhtt6ut
An 4fric9n Nativ« OrafSwi"/ar
fomriu
ta^le' vriiich be dein^ribeB as tcni-
lying. Hie only trouble, be relite^,
a that th# witch doctor, , frigfateni^
in his psant, feathets, and
fcad forgdtten to take off his wrist
ntdL j,
An encounter witii the pji^tes
! if cdoato^ial Africa is one of the
istonishing experiea«ea Childers
tescribes in his article. Some r^
nantic authors have callcNl them
he "adorable gnomes of the forest^**
tut Childers found th^m to be the
'niEistiest, scabbiest, stiakingest
leople on earth.* Far firam b^ig
fty, as they have so often bean
pacribed, they appear^ wilUiudy
rhen the chief was nv«i a fee
ten francs, and the pygmies
pemselves showered with their
livorite luxuries, tobacco and ssit.
the author was flowed to take pic-
iures. but only at the priee one
pane per shot.
When they went into their tribal
lance, Childers says, thi^ hopoed
nd doddled about in such a-
ehappy sMt of way that it was
hvious they were dancing for
Itmcs, not Uae fun. ‘*Tb»y lool^
0 bored," he writes, **tlMt I Md
be diief to Call it off. I am Md
•at pygmies never bathe, that thw
ever wakh their ehUdre^ evea m
irth, and X believe it."
Okra
Dr. James Watson
l^)dis To CoU^e
Women In Duita
Baleigh -— Dr. Jwnfs Walion,
head of the Deimrtmekt of Men
tal Hygience in N6^ Carolina
addressed ; ttie ‘ 9 alei^ /branch of
the Natwnal AaaK>oiatio:p ojt; Cod-
:l^e Wom^ Vhieh eonvtfied with
|.its Durham n»embi*s Hat North
Carolina Coll^ in Ihi^ap.^'Dr.
Watsoniemphasizad the faM.that
there are more paiientt ia. hospl-
taS)i for the ^ ment^y diseased
than in all the other kwpitalB
put together. “Oae pdt ot every
twenty or twenty two hoys and
girls in the public school is mal
adjusted due to some ftiental
trouble,” declared the ipeaker.
That there la a preven
tive and cure for these mental
disorders waa oarefiiliy explained
by Dr. Watson, ,
Hias Yera Qang, ehaittean of
the program committee introduo-
ed Dr. Watson to the group;
The meeting was hdd in the
reception ro(Hn the aeience
building, where 'beahtlfill spring
flowenn were attractively arrang
ed. The vice president, iCtss E.
liexing presided.
The hoste^es were Meidam^
Willard Bond, Mjrtle Mitchell,
N. Waters, Miss Doone Dent tad
Dr. Roger Young.
It was announced by Hiss Mae
Tate, «hairman of the loeial com
mittee that th« senior women of
St. Augustine's College, 8aint
Agnesi Hospital, Bishop Tuttle
School Md Shaw Uniyersity wpald
be entertained by thi Coll«^ Wo
men's) club on May 10 from 4 to
wuiJMmi
mhmm'w
imfimmm.
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Duplin County farmers who let
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member of the Okla-'„ . . ...
v^h grow until tk^e uuddls of
April hid an abandtot growth
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Weeks, aceiatant .fanea atfent.
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(K1 Days
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in 60 daye id^ter the produee is | the feed l>eing grdwn at home,
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