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a dead person to life? (Acts TX, 4O)
On November %, 1861, a Con-
federate parade of soldiers in New
Orleans. A regiment of free Ne
gro soldiers also took part in this
same parade. The Picayune news
paper) writes of a review on Feb
ruary 9, 1862: We pay deserved
compliment to the company of free
men of color, all dressed, well
drilled, and comfortably uniformed
Most of these companies have pro-
vided themselves with arms I'M
aided by the administration.
Matt Henson, a Negro, a member
of the Perry North Pole Expedi-
ton, was the FIRST HUMAN BE-
ING TO STAND ON THE NORTH
POLE.
Maryville, South Carolina-1936
This town, which held it's charter
since reconstruction with a colored
mayor, town council and one po-
liceman, is no longer colored, since
the last legislature abolished its
charter because whites were NOV
ing in. During it's half century as
municipality under the control of
Negroes the Jail was almost I'M
used. Ira M. Roger of Charleston
introduced the bill in the legisla-
ture that dissolved the charter.
Entire reg m ent S of Negro
troops, during the Worlds War,
were cited for exceptional valor
and decorated with the Croix de
Guerre-the seth, the 371st, and
the 372nd; while groups of officers
and men of the 365th, 366th, 36Sth,
the 370th, and the first battalion of
the seth were also decorated.
At the beginning of the nine
teenth century, one bought an av-
erage slave for 5000; while in 1860
the price ranged from $1,400 to
$4,000.
From reliable sources comes the
estimate that Harlem (where most
of the colored people live in New
York City, has $4,000 visitors from
all parts of the world each year.
My cousin, twenty-three years of
age, found legal way to avoid the
draft. He didn't even register, and
I don't believe there is anything
that can be done to him. It might
not work for everybody, but I be-
lieve it would in most cases.-HE
ENLISTED.
(Signed)
Hobart T. Mitchell.
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Student America Is On Trial
In Michigan Case

ut is the decision of the authorities University Michigan
that cannot be readmitted to the University"
Dismissal without charges without hearingtha the fate
of the IL Michigan students who received this notice.
These students refused admission because their political
activities spite Ruthven
the The university administration
public hearings charges they
in spite of the demands Students faculty ndng
labor organizations prominent educators political
Ann Arbor rom all over country
President Ruthvn has attempted
the casehe issue of academic peculiar
and paternastc the
body which being disturbed" by the influence recp
entso of the dismissal notices
For example, the Negro white students
the Michigan Civil Rights law that
Arbr disturbing
among the law abiding Negroes the them
attempt was enforced
by invitation not return to the campus.
What is the of students Ann
with correspondence Ruthyen
Surely the example of the students who
must be strong deterrent factor activity especially
progressive lines precisely
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Fine Work, Urban League

years the problem, the ST. Paul Urban
that the efforts Of its colored and white
with the appointment Of teacher
In Mechanic Arts High School
In America great safeguards Democracy the public
valuable proportion
degree which they reflect the Democratic principle both
bodies their faculties We glad that St. Paul
a step this direction.
heard the work for better relations which
Ggan and the Rev. Wallace
Urban League board They with Clarence Wgngton
M MITCHELL executive secretary the committee
which formed the spearhead of the movement bring
They deserve
the whole St. Paul helping
point this country should
Paul s. Amidon
commentator for taking action
thing when Of public
members fairly
Rachel James, teacher success and
that following the footsteps Of four
taught with the ST. Paul schools
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Listen To This
By Hobart T. Mitchell

w. E. B. Du Bots was seventeen
years of age when he entered Fisk
University. Louis Tompkins
Wright entered Harvard Medical
School at the age of twenty years.
By the census of 1871, there
were in Virginia 1886 free Ne
groes.
The Georgia State Committee on
Race Cooperation, composed of
white women, representing wom-
ems organizations of that state,
said, in 1921: eve realize that the
race question is one of the causes
of lawlessness, strife, and unrest.
Therefore, we propose to face it
squarely, honestly, and without
prejudice, that righteousness and
justice may be secure for all the
people"
The beginning of our Wednes-
day night prayer meetings-A
manuscript preserved in the library
of the Massachusetts, Historical So
ciety, Cotton Mather, in the year
of 1893 wrote as follows: Besides
the other praying pious meetings
which have been continually serv-
ing in our neighborhood, a little
after this period a company of poor
Negroes, of their own accord, ad-
dressed me, for countenance to a
decision which they had, of erect
ing such a meeting for the welfare
of their miserable nation, that were
servants among US.
Father Divine, whose followers
are said to number more than ten
million, has placed the word
peace" on more tongues than
any man in the world. General
Robert E. Lee emancipated his
servants within eight days after
the proclamation was issued.
On page 251, The Negro in Our
History, by Carter G. Woodson,
Pho. wrote: Most Negroes who sat
in Congress during the eighties
and nineties, had more formal edu-
cation than the late Warren G.
Harding, ex-president of the United
States.
In 1860 there were Negro men
of voting age in New Hampshire,
149; in Vermont, 1874; in Massa-
chusetts, 2,512; and in New York,
1899 who could vote and DID.
Who was the first Christian con-
vert in Europe? (Acts XVI, 14)
What emperor banished all the
Jews from Rome? (Acts XVIII, q
Who was the first Apostle to raise
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Vann of the Courier and $50"

Pittsburgh the press will roll usual this week.
but the of Robert Vann editor and publisher will not have
editorials his life.
Vann belonged the pioneering the field of journalism
His belongs with that of Robert Abbott John Murphy and
and hard work which
1888 crossed half million dollars His salary $4,000 for
that year.
More than Pennsylvania the moving
which Negro that shift Rpub
fought with for like all
of u.s. he made his share of mistakes.
Something spirit paper gotten
the recollection that in 1887 devastating flood halted
Pittsburgh spite handaps Pittsburgh
was ublished-and
death loss field
publication paper greatest
be paid to him and the most sincere testimony of his worth
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Defends Moore
October 25, 1910.

Editor: Seeing that you reserve
a section of your paper for "letters
from the people," l would greatly
appreciate it if you would print
this one.
In a recent issue of the Spokes-
man there appeared on the front
page an article relating to the re-
moval from office of Mr.. Isaac
Moore Jr. by the Johnny Baker
Post, American Legion.
Such an act is disgusting and
most certainly must NOT meet the
approval of the better members of
our race or other citizens of the
city. Without a doubt they acted
with too much haste and entirely
without justification.
Mr.. Moore has served in the reg
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AS the World Thinks of Mr.. Roosevelt

May God be with him, he's wonderful man;
He to know and understand
The means and ways of all the world
Even if everything is in whirl
Do you know what would have happened
Back in the year of 1882
If such Mr. Roosevelt
Had not have gone through?
Why, everybody amused;
It seemed that gossip
They failed in everything they tried to do,
But the way he started everybody confused.
First, he closed his hand on the money;
really know that the bankers felt funny
He didn't intend to hurt them, know,
But just then he started looking after the poor.
He tired of seeing that sad look
On many faces; it was like a running brook
Many were homeless, many tired
Many looking for work, and many being fired.
He said there's need of this depression
Of anyone going hungry without dressing
AS there is plenty of work for everyone,
For Father, Mother, Daughter and Son.
He lifted the burdens of many man;
How they forgot soon, I can't understand
The road rough the way dark,
There light not a spark
He said there must be a way made for everyone
Even the little child must have his fun
By having him dress other children do
And feel that depression has taken wings and flew.
everyone will agree with me,
Roosevelt is grand anyone would like
May God be with him. He's as noble king;
So everyone give praise in every song sing.
Ada Goldman 8O8 Aldrich Ave. N.
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Notice to letter writers: No letters to
the Editor are printed unless such letters
are signed with the name and address of
the writer. If such writer's specify anony-
NOUS signatures will be used when the
letters are printed, but all communications
to be accepted must reach US signed. Let
ter writers who signed recent missives
Citizen" and Disguised" will know why
their letters do not appear here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20

European migratory birds spend
their winters in Africa, with q few
of them sojourning in southern
Europe. :.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20
NEWSPAPERMAN in
OPENING LECTURE
James A. Young, Formerly
OF Toxic, To Speak Under
Auspices OF Teachers

James r. Young, recently re-
turned from Tokyo where he was
head of the International News Ser
vice Bureau for 10 years, will speak
on Can America Survive in the
Far East?' at o'clock tonight un-
der the auspices of the Waterbury
Teachers association.
Mr.. Young who began his news
paper career at the age of II, will
be the first speaker in a lecture
series sponsored by the association
this fall and winter During his far
east work he interviewed dozens of
celebrities and covered a variety of
news stories. Probably his greatest
story was on the Japanese armed
revolt and military uprising in Feb
ruary, 1886 Last winter he made q
5000 mile tour of the Chinese war
zones and returned to Tokyo where
he was jailed for a story on Japans
failure in China
The newsman believes that Japan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20

worth Athenium: James Goodwin
McManus, President, Connecticut
Academy of Fine Arts; Theodore
Sizer, Director, Yale Gallery; John
Whiting. President, New Haven
Paint and Clay Club; Winslow
Ames. Director, Lyman Allyn Muse
UNI, New London: Ethel B. Schiller,
Brush and Palette Club, New Ha-
ven; E. L. Munson, Munson Gal
lery. New Haven; Mrs. Richard
Flint, New Haven; Nelson Gordy,
Art Teacher, Central High School,
Bridgeport: Rawson w. Haddon,
Director, Mattatuck Historical So
ciety, Waterbury; James Daugherty,
Westport; John Vassos, President
Silvermin Guild Artists Mrs.
Cholmeley- Jones, Westport; Mrs.
Ozias Dodge, Director. Slater Me-
mortal Museum. Norwich: w. S.
Dakin, Senior Supervisor of Rural
Education: Leonard Rankin. Society
of Connecticut Craftsmen. New
Hartford; Edwin N. AAllen, General
Manager, Sage-AlTen Company,
Hartford; Albertus E. Jones, South
Windsor.
The National Committee includes:
Francis H. Taylor, Director, Met
ropolitan Museum. chairman: Ar
chibald MacLeish; Homer Saint
Gaudens Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
welt; Paul Manship; Robert w.
Bliss, President. American Fedora
ton of Arts: Alfred H. Barr, Jr.,
Director, Museum of Modern Art,
N Y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20


Lieut.. John J. (MOe) Egan COM
manding officer of Battery G,
2O8th coast artillery Of the local
National Guards will be guest Of
honor at a testimonial dinner to
be given Saturday at Linden Park
Hall, Union City.
Joseph J. Famiglietti, Jr., will
be POSTMASTER for the evening,
introducing a we'll balanced pro-
gram of entertainment.
1t is expected that many high
nOtables in military circles will be
in attendance.
Rounding out the program will
be the sensational new swing band
of Michael TrentIange.
Previous to his military experi-
ence Lieut.. Egan was well known
throughout local sport circles as
an outstanding football and base
mall player. performing both for
high school and city amateur
teams.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20
STAMFORD YOUTH
WINS SCHOLARSHIP
Yale University Announces
Award OF Norman Stew
art Hall Prize

New Haven. Conn, Nov. 20-Yale
University today announced the
award of one of its top-ranking
scholarships, the Norman Stewart
Hall Memorial Scholarship, to Theo-
dore S. Turner, of the class of 1912
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl r. Turner,
of 116 Floral Way, Stamford.
This scholarship was established
in 1929 by friends of Norm" Hall
a member of the varsity football
and track teams, self-supporting
student, and one of the outstanding
members Of the class of 1880 in Yale
College, who was drowned in De-
cember, 1928 while saving the life
OF a skating companion. 1t is
awarded to junior who most
nearly approaches the standards of
manly character and good sports
manship which Norman Hall ex-
emplified."
Turner, who is a junior in the
School of Engineering and a mem
Der of Trumbull College, has been
member of the University foot
ball squad for the past two seasons
and won his football numerals as a
freshman. He is earning a large
part of his college expenses throug n
term time and summer employment.
Girls possessing keen eyesight are
more capable at spotting flaws in
tin plate than are men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20
CITY PREPARES
FOR SNOW TASK
Works Board Approves
Transfer OF Funds For
Truck, Tractor

A street department request for
permission to purchase truck and
tractor for use in street grading and
snow removal was approved by the
board of public works at meeting
last night. The cost, $500, will
come from the city's contingency
fund, if the boards of finance and
aldermen approve such a transfer.
An item for the purchase of the
equipment has been placed in the
1941 budget, but it is believed that
the machine may be needed before
1941 appropriations are available
The board also voted to ask the
finance board to approve a transfer
of $3.50 from the sewer fund to
pay the city's share of WPA sani-
tary sewer installation projects that
will be carried on during December.
In earlier months of the year the
city's share has averaged $4,000.
1t was voted to include four new
streets in the WPA sewer program.
They are Court, Norton and Nc
Namara streets, and Mount Vernon
avenue.
Permission was received from the
board of aldermen to hold hearings
on layout and grade for Peach
Orchard road. A complaint by A.
NJ. German of excessive water bills
was referred TO the water commit
tee.
The board referred to the cor
peration counsel a request from the
Par Land Co. that John Kntout be
allowed either to install a septic
tank or connect with city sewer
from his home on Nichols drive. The
company said that the plumbing in
spector has forbidden the man to
install a septic tank and that some
years ago the city, in return for a
right of way, agreed not to levy any
sewer assessment against the prop
ertV
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20
EUCLID LODGE PLANS
ANNUAL MEETING

EXemplifying the degree last night,
the Euclid lodge, A. F. & A. M. en-
tered apprentice at its stated COM
munication in the Masonic temple.
w ors Up Jul M ster Ellsworth
Schmidt announced an annual
meeting will be held Dec. 3 and the
annual meeting and dinner of the
Cable-Tow association will also be
held on Dec. Z, at the Shrine club
in Plymouth.
President of the Gable Tow asso-
citation, c. Russell Yates. and sec
rotary, William j. Slator are in
charge of the arrangements, assist
ed by George Porlrd, president
and Glen Griffith, treasurer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20

MaG6aCuck HISTORICAL society, Otnel
exhibitions have been arranged fol-
the Bronson Library, the Waterbury
Club, and in addition to this smaller
exhibitions and single pictures will
be exhibited at Grieve, Bisset and
Holland, Miller and Peck, Curtis
Art Company, Hampson, Mintie and
Abbott, Inc, and Mercy Boyd's Book
Shop.
Committees Named
The committee in charge OF Ma
tional Art Week activities in Wa
terbury is as follows:
Honorary chairman Honorable
Vincent A. Scully.
Waterbury chairman Rawson
w. Haddon.
Frederick S. Chase, Edward H.
Davis, John P. Elton, Miss Mary F.
Burial, Mrs. Rowley w. Phillips.
Frank J. Green, Miss Emelyn NJ. Bar
rett, DR.. Thomas j. Condor. Mrs.
William w. Brown. John R. Hughes,
Willis M. Tate, George S. Bisset,
John S. Curtis, Crayton F.. Car
penter, Louis A Walsh.
Exhibition Committee
Mrs. Ethel Chase Hurlbut Mrs.
Richard F. Puffer, Miss Mollie j. Gull
len, G. Louis Morrison, George Mar
inko.
Radio Committee
Mrs. Glenn H. Wayne. Miss Eliza
beth Kirk, Miles IA. Martin.
The statewide exhibition is be-
ing sponsored by the Association of
Connecticut Artists and is being
carried on by the following commit
tee:
Governor Raymond E. Baldwin,
Stratford, chairman; U. S. Senator
Francis T. Maloney, Meriden; U. S.
Senator John A. Danaher, Hartford;
c. Ruutz-Rees, Greenwich; Van
Wyck Brooks. Westport; Caroline
Marshall, Redding Ridge: Everett
v. Meeks, dean, Yale Art School,;
Robert G. Eberhard. New Haven;
Mayor Thomas j. Spellacy, Hart
ford; Mayor George Coyle, New Bri-
sain; Mayor Jasper McLevy, Bridge
port: Mayor Vincent A. Scully, Wa
5erbury; Mayor John w. Murphy,
New Haven.
Executive State Council
Chairman, Sanford B. D. Low,
Aslnsociation Connecticut Artists;
vice-chairman, James H. P. Conlon,
Association Connecticut Artists:
A. E. Austin, Jr., Director. Wads-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20
Defense Contracts
Awarded to Three
Local Industries

Additional defense contracts for
Waterbury firms, have been an
nOunced at Washington. The Iarg-
est, for S18O,264' in small arms
ammunition, has been assigned
to the American Brass Co. by the
War Department.
Other contract awards are as
follows:
Scovill Mfg. Co.. ammunition
compOnents for War Department,
S162,81O.
Chase Brass & Copper Co.,
brass for War Department, $48,-
426.
American Brass Co., aluminium
strips for War Department, $10,-
957.
Chase Brass & Copper Co.,
small arms ammunition parts for
Ward Department, S4,SO4.
may soon regret her axis tie-up anC
will be seeking the United State!
as a friend and customer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20
South Britain Briefs

Out VI eCk uTlppAHSS, Uut uc WAS tuC
tenderest- hearted lad on earth
with women and kids. The last
time we saw him, he had been
picking p0sies for a lady.
Little York was Johns own
stamping ground but he was never
quite free from the compelling call
of brooks on faraway hillsides. He
always wanted to 60 cowslipping
along distant streams and then
come home and pick a mess of ma
tive green's beside the Housatonic.
Once or twice, he wandered off
over toward Sandy Hook and asso-
ciated with the Over the River
Boys, but he was always glad to
return to our shore.
It's tough to think of spring
coming again without John
Schielke up there at Little York
watching the river. He always
knew exactly where the sweetest
arbutus grew and he would spend
days in Towering time just paving
around in dead leaves to find a
few fragrant blooms for one of his
friends. John knew about dog
tooth viOlets, too, and he tended
a special patch of wild roses.
Every freckled- faced kid within
miles knew John Schielke and
called on him for advice about
where to catch mess of trout.
They always came home with fish,
too. John owned the world, come
spring. Folks in Fiddlers' Green
will be mighty glad to see him.
Wen be mighty lonesome with
out him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20

an axe. He claims
that those same
folks are now re-.
spending with the
frantic howls for
Unity. How you
are going to heat
up people to a
fighting pitch one
day and then cool
them off the next
is something for
politicians to eX-
p | a / n, a f t r
they've explained
about balancing
budgets. etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20

Girls possessing keen eyesight are
more capable at spotting flaws in
tin plate than are men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20
SMITH ASSIGNED
TO RIDGEFIELD

Thomas Smith Of Naugatuck who
was graduated from the State police
training school Thursday, started
his duties as State Trooper at the
Ridgefield barracks. The Ridgefield
barracks staff is brought up to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20
Great Exhibition Of
Paintings PlannedHere
Will Be Held in Conjunction With National Art Week;
Mayor ScuIy Named Honorary Chairman

The largest and most important exhibition of paint
ings held IN Waterbury is being arranged in
connection with the observation of National Art Week.
November Is to December l.
Every city in Connecticut will hold exhibitions and sales
during the week and all Connecticut exhibitions will be
devoted entirely the of Connecticut artists In
Waterbury in addition to large exhibition at the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20

twelve with the addition of Smith
and State trooper Robert J. O'Grady
of New London, including Lieut..
Leo F. Carroll and Sergt Henry
Palau.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20

They buried John Schielke the
other day, and something went out
of this township when he passed
away that nobody will ever be able
to replace. John Schielke had more
on the ball than anybody in Little
York. He knew when to fish with
out consulting an almanac; he had
speaking acquaintance with
every doe that ever nursed a
spindly-legged fawn; he could tell
how old a coon was by the size
Of tho rack: and he knew when
the river was due to flood out
Squeak street.
John Schielke was a Democrat
and an honest one. He voted the
way he saw things and nobody
could ever switch him or make him
split wrong. He was an individ-
ualist and a stickler for his own
independent way of doing things.
Some people jokingly called him
the Mayor of Little York, but they
often went around to ask his
opinion on world affairs. John
didn't need radio to keep abreast
of the times. He knew a lot more
by the rumors that drifted in like
the driftwood on the old Housa-
tonic. He had his finger on the
pulse of the township and he could
feel an approaching change better
than many forecaster. We never
found out the exact workings of
his grapevine telegraph but it
worked and seldom led him astray.
If John Schielke had lived nearer,
we would have made him an hon
orary member of McCarthy's Store
Forum, but Little York is a long
way over rough roads from Brit
aims Main street.
John Schielke knew how to catch
cells and snare suckers. He had an
eel-Oil recipe for fox scent that
was SO successful the state depart
ment of fish and game framed
laws to prevent foxes from getting
caught in scented traps. That fox
scent was mighty potent. When
John put a couple Of drops on a
dead log, foxes from Webatuck and
Squash Hollow packed their kits
and started double timing toward
Little York. Old dog foxes
preached sermons to the younger
set about that fox dope; game
wardens with no sense of smell
wrinkled their noses when they
topped the ridge behind SpraddIe
Brook; and women at prayer meet
ings wondered if they had remem-
bered to put the lid on the family
cheese box. John was a fork tailed
demon when he cooked fox scent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-20
BY BILL GARRIGUs

Smoky Jensen claims that the
trouble with the last election was
that it was run by a lot of folks
who never got it out of their heads
that YOU cannot play a piano with