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Evening star., 1941-11-30
Ominous Wurninq
War May Be Near
Given by President
By JOHN E. HENRY,
Star Staff Correspondent.

WARM SPRINGS, Ga, Nov. 90.
President Roosevelt spoke a
grave warning tonight that
American boys may be fighting
within the coming year in de-
Tense of this Nations freedoms
and institutions. then prepared
for a hasty return to Washing
ton in answer to japanese
threats of determination to
wipe out" British and Ameri-
can "exploitation" in the Far
East"
The Chief Executives solemn
words were uttered at a twice-post-
poned Thanksgiving dinner at the
Infantile Paralysis Foundation here
and were followed Immediately by
telephone information from Secre-
tary Of State Hull of the challeng-
ing statement in Toxic by Premier
Hideki TOTO Of Japan.
Following consultation between
the President and his State Depart
ment chieftain, Secretary Stephen
T. Early issued the following state
ment:
AS soon as the President re-
turned to the cottage following the
dinner this evening ne found a call
waiting from the Secretary of State,
and they held lengthy conversa-
ton. In view Of the reported state
ment-an Associated Press dispatch
by the Premier of Japan, the
President tonight is Of the opin-
ion that We may have to leave
Warm Springs tomorrow afternoon,
arranging the railroad schedule so
as to arrive in Washington Monday
before noon"
Draws Graphic Parallel.
That Mr.. Roosevelt and Secretary
Hull consider the Pacific situation
as one of utmost seriousness has
been made clear in recent days
with both words and manner leav-
ing no doubt that this Government
has made its unqualified position
plain to Toxic and that the deci-
sion OF peace or war is on the
shoulders of the Japanese.
Addressing more than 300 pa
tients, staff members and friends
Of the Infantile Paralysis Founda
ton, the Chief Executive drew q
graphic parallel between the condi-
tions Of peace in America and the
structures OF war elsewhere in the
world.
And for the people of the war
torn sectors. not only in the coun.
tries under attack but in those
OF the aggressors, he offered q
silent prayer that some day. per-
haps next year. they might be able
to hold Thanksgiving like ours
In less hopeful tones, however
Mr.. Roosevelt then warned solemn
ly:
Perhaps our Thanksgiving next
year will remind us of a peaceful
past when these boys at the Military
and Naval Academies may actually
be fighting in defense of these
American institutions OF ours"
Games in Spirit Of Peace.
Effectively, the President just be-
fore had contrasted the peace of
America and its big football games
of today, particularly the Army
Navy game at Philadelphia and the
Georgia Georgia Tech game at
nearby Atlanta with parts of the
world where there are no sports
now possible.
Great games run in the spirit
Of peace" he reminded his audi
ence. How many other countries
in the world would have things
like these games today?
I'VE have great cause for thanks
that through the years since 1918
we have been able to hold our
See ROOSEVELT, Page A-16)
Evening star., 1941-11-30
Two Soviet Oil Tunkers
Safe in Turkish Waters

BY the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL. Nov. % Delaye6 -
Two Russian destroyers approaching
to the limits of Turkish territorial
waters outside the Black Sea mouth
of the Bosporus today delivered
two Russian oil tankers safely into
Turkish waters, informed naval
quarters said
It could not be learned whether
the tankers were bringing oil to
Turkey or taking refuge The de-
stroyers turned and steamed back,
onlookers said.
Evening star., 1941-11-30
Tanks Exhausted, ,
Germans Draw Up
Big Guns in Desert
British Retoin Air
Superiority; Bombers
Destroy 80 Vehicles
By EDWARD KENNEDY,

WITH THE BRITISH EIGHTH
ARMY IN CIRENAICA, Nov. 90
The Germans began to use heavy
artillery today in the Libyan Deser,
battle. possibly indicating that theil
tank strength is nearing its end
Batteries of their big guns suddenly
appeared on the battlefield. We
can hear cannonading of a spirited
battle to the north of us.
The British still held their su-
periority in the air today over this
vast desert battlefield, which from
a plane resembles a carnival grounds
full of merry-go-rounds, despite Axis
aviation reinforcements.
British bombers, including those
of the Free French squadron
Escadrille Lorraine-today reported
the destruction Of so more Axis
vehicles and British fighters ranged
the battle areas in support of strug-
Cling ground forces.
The land channel linking Tobruk
with the British forces outside tina,
long-besieged port was widened tc
6 miles at the narroWest point in
brisk hand-to-hand fighting and ad-
ditional British troops poured into
the stronghold.
hopping Up Operations.
In Sidi Omar and other regions
the British continued what they
called 'mopping up" operations
against determined German re-
sistance. Armored vehicles of both
sides circled continuously, the en-
circlers often finding themselves en-
circled and compelled to fight their
way out to resume their own en-
circling
Losses among South African
troops, admittedly taken by surprise
early in the week at Rezegh, have
proved to be less heavy than was
first feared. Many of them in one
dispersed formation, which bore the
brunt of the German attack, have
returned to their ranks again
Many escaped after being captured
and returned to battle with redou-
(See BRITISH, Page A-28D
Evening star., 1941-11-30

thrown Tor heavy loss. The broad
cast said winter-hardened Soviet
troops had sprung across the ice
bridged Volga southeast of Kalinin
and recaptured at least four towns
in a drive into the flank of the
German salient thrust menacingly
toward the Red capital.
A special announcement on Ros-
tov said Joseph Stain had sent con-
gratulations to Soviet troops for the
"deliverance of Rostov from the
Fascist invaders" and raising "our
glorious Soviet flag in Rostov"
The Russians smashed into the
Evening star., 1941-11-30
Jopon Determined
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Nov. 29-Premier Hideki
Toto solemnly and publicly declared
tonight the determination of Japan
to purge British and American in
fluence from East Asia with a
vengeance-for the honor and pride
of mankind"
AS the japanese Cabinet met in
special session for a second day to
consider the United States note out
lining Americas policies in the
Orient, TOTO broadcast this message
to the people of Japan, China and
Manchukuo:
1t was understood the cabinet
had formulated Japan's reply to
the Washington note. While its
contents were not disclosed here,
1t was reported to contain no reason
for optimism.
THE fact that Chang KaiShek
Is dancing to the tune of Britain,
America and Communism at the ex-
pense of able-bodied and promising
young men in his resistance against
Japan, is only due to the desire Of
Britain and the United States to
fish in troubled waters of East Asia
by pitting East Asiatic peoples
against one another and to grasp
hegemony in East Asia
This is the stock in trade of
Britain and the United States. For
the honor and pride of mankind We
must purge this sort of practice from
East Asia with a vengeance
Stressed Historical Ties.
The Premier stressed the histori-
cal ties between Japan, China and
Manchukuo and the necessity of ma
tions of East Asia to work together
for mutual prosperity without out
side influence.
Many countries he said, were in
dulging in actions hostile to Japan.
Domei, japanese news agency, re-
ported from an army air base in
Northern Indo-China that Japanese
planes had bombed the Burma Road,
the route for United States aid to
Chungking. for the first time in sew
eral months.
The dispatch said one bomber de-
stroyed a Chinese convoy of trucks
on the road south of Running,
Yunnan Province capital, and near
by warehouses.
The press generally showed con-
Germ over the future of Thailand.
The Japan Times and Advertiser,
English language organ of the For
eign Office, said in a front page
editorial that Japan must keep
,Indo-C China and Thailand free from
"encircling arms" - presumably OF
the United States, British, Chinese
and Netherlands influence.
Policy Held Justified.
The newspaper said that only the
Joint agreement with Vichy pre-
vented Indo-China from falling into
these arms, so the policy was amply
justified.
1t added that Japan would be
doing service in preventing hos
tile forces" from occupying Thai
land.
While Thailand proclaimed neu-
(See JAPANESE, Page A-3A
Radia proav1oe Pnno ES
Evening star., 1941-11-30
House Is Expected
To Act This Week
On Strike Curbs
Legislation That Includes
'Cooi-Off Believed to
Have Best Chance
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
After demands for lar TO curb
defense strikes reacrcd terer
heat during cQptire coal mine
strike controversy, Congress got
"qo-dhead" signal from PreSi-
dent Rooseuelt last Monday night
to deriSe some sort OF legislation.
House Labor Committee approred
on Friday 1Chat Acting Char
man RamSpeck called middle
ot-Nle-rond" bill A teW minutes
later, Senate Judiciary Commit
tee reported taUorably separate
measure by Senator ConnGlly
More drastic tilS lrere offered in
House.
Evening star., 1941-11-30

vital Black Sea port from two
directions, one force under Comdr
Lemidov storming across the Don
River and occupying the southern
part of the city. while the other
under Gen. Karitnov drove through
from the northeast
Won Kleist's army has been
smashed" the announcer said. His
9th. .14th and 18th Tank Divisions,
60th Motor Division and S. S. Viking
Divisions are fleeing in disorder in
the direction of Taganroe The Red
tSee RUSSIAN, Page A-30)
Evening star., 1941-11-30
Enemy Crushed in South, Halted
Before Moscow, Russians Claim
Won KIeists Army, Smashed, Is Fleeing in
Disorder Toward Toeonroe, Soviets Soy
BY the Associated Press.


MOSCOW, Nov 29-RoStov anchor in the defense of the
Caucasus has been delivered the the South
German of Field Marshal Ewad Kes
smashed five of his
fleeing the Russians declared tonight
Seven hundred miles to the north the northwestern
of the Moscow front the
Evening star., 1941-11-30

FRITZ WIEDEMANN,
As he sailed from Buenos Aires
tor China. A. P. Wirephoto.
vantage of rumors which Ger.
man and the Japanese propa.
gandists are spreading In the Far
East, rumors that the United
Evening star., 1941-11-30

Radio Programs, Poge E-5
T~--'ete Indc~, Pee az
Evening star., 1941-11-30

(See LIBYA, Page A-32.D
Evening star., 1941-11-30

Nun aetAils IN sports section.)
Evening star., 1941-11-30
Weather Forecast

Fair and warm today followed by consid.
cradle cloudiness tomorrow. Tempera-
lures yesterday-Highest, TO- at 3 pm;
lowest, SO, at $40 am
From the United States Weather Bureau report
Full Details on PAGE Az.
Evening star., 1941-11-30

(See TRAFFIC, Page A-32)
Evening star., 1941-11-30

The Evening and Sunday Star is
delivered In the city and suburbs at
75c per month. The Night Final
Edition and Sunday Morning Star at
85c per month.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08

truction Of the German armies because
the democracies fear what may happen
il communistic Russia survives. We
are asking questions about Russia and
her religion as if it were our business.
Russia could with equal propriety ask
US questions about our democracy and
how it has not functioned in regard to
the Negro. Or with equal propriety
Russia could question our religion; for
God knows that it has failed lament
ably in many a color situation. To
attempt to high-hat Russia because of
her attitude towards religion is just a
bout as silly as it would be for Russia
to high hat Uncle Sam because of the
way that democracy has been misused
and abused in this country.
When we begin investigating
Russia's religion, she could begin ask
ing questions not only about our relig-
ion but our Wanted democracy. This
would be equivalent to a quarrel be-
tween the kettle and the pot over the
kitchen color question. We want Rus
sia's aid whether we admit it or not
but if we do not want it we most GER
tainly need it. Russia is our benefact
or whether we acknowledge it or not
for we verify need the time we are gett
ing through her valiant defense.
While the Germans are fighting
the democracies are just piddling ar
ound. Our congressional piddlers and
their bidding makes a real patriot sick
at heart. Whoever heard tell Of a man
whose house was on fire raise the ques-
ton as to the political or religious af
filiations of the firemen?
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
Calvim's Digest:-
DANGERS OF SELF-SUGGESTION
(by l.. Barnard Whitnev)

Gentle reader, have you not at
some time become heartily tired of the
hatred, bitterness and mourning over
racial ~injustices, discrimination and Sc
gregation? Haven't you sometimes
wondered if our Negro Press does not
clay it on" much too thick? Did you
ever get well nigh thru a full day feel
ing grand, a song in your heart and
feeling that God is in his Heaven and
alPs right with the world? Then you
pick up a colored magazine or news
paper and read all about the worst
of things, and a dark cloud came over
your mind, you felt both blue and evil,
ready to slit some white folks throat to
avenge their hellishness?
Also, reading about the cussed
ness and weaknesses of some of the
Race, including the scandals and the
assorted skeletons" in sundry closets
has, it seems to me, the effect of exag-
gerating Jul shortcomings, while news
OF defeats and shutouts on the racial or
i~nterracial front has a strong tendency
to encourage and intensity the Negroes
deep inferiority complex. And seldom
r the stories and features Of u tri-
umphs and good elements, which are
meagerly or poorly presented, suffic
lent to o~verbalance this negative sug
g%estion. Most of us are generally in
clined to be more impressed with sor-
row and distress than with joy and sue
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08

a cup and a half of milk, and a table
spoon Of melted butter. Add to flour.
beat just enough to dampen the flour,
and bake in creased muffin or gem
pans in a hot over rs minutes.
| HAVE JUST READ an article
in a national magazine called Recipe:
Victory Pie. The author says "it is no
exaggeration to say that in the con
tents of your garbage pail lies the fu-
ture of the nation. So don't throw a
way nbthing, if | may ungrammat-
ically emphatic.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
Here's Happy Way To
Wake Lazy |nsides

Year in and Year out spicy, aro-
matte BLACVK-DRAUGHT has
been a standby in thousans of
American homes. Your rug dealer
will verify that!
The reason? If constipation has
you logy, uncomfortable, take some
BLACK-DRAUGHT tonight by the
simple directions and See if it
doesn't give you gentle, thorough,
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
TYP. NEWS SYNDICATE
TYP NEWS SYNDICATE

satisfying relief.
BLACK-DRAUGHT is made
from purely vegetable ingredients.
One Of them is a tonic-laxative
that helps to tone lazy intestinal
muscles.
You get % to 40 doses in the
familiar yellow box for 25c. Look
70 rit and get the genuine, time
tested BLACK-DRAUGHT.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
HI FOR SOCIETY

(by William Henry Huff for AMP,
If one is in a hurry
For social preferment
He will have cause to worry;
There's danger in such bent.
He drives away the people
On whom he hopes to hang;
Their frowns up in the steeple
Will blast him with a bang.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
cess.

cess.
Many Of US never read the Negro
Press at all because Of its blue note
tone and quality. In fact, | have been
guilty of this very thing, but soon dis
covered my ignorance, however. After
reading some of our publications, it
gave me a feeling of being stifled or
drowned (and it still gives me that
feeling, now and them. But one must
exercise wisdom in selecting what it.
m they choose to read, and also ex-
ercise emotional control when reading
certain madening accounts which are
considered must" reading.
State Of Mind Is Important
Compared to what it should be,
the effect Of the Negro Press upon the
white mans world, in the matter Of
helping us with our problems, has been
almost negligible; so that heretofore,
u press has resembled a group of
Negroes chattering exclusively among
themselves.
The individuals attitude Of mind
toward himself and his problems is of
first and foremost Importance. A
trip through He'll can be made profit
able and instructive if one takes the
right attitude Of mind. That attitude
must be the positive, constructive atti-
tude and not a negative, destructive at
titude. Each individual must decide
just how he will ALLOW or NOT AL
LOW people and the world to affect
him. Resident in every person, and
often more prominent in the Negro,
there lies a latent creative power, which
if arousd and used in harmony with
the law of change and the element Of
time, will definitely solve ANY prob
lem. Our race has proven this and we
continue to prove 1t-ny the progress
we have made in this country, against
great odds.
But those responsible for this pro-
gross never reached their high place by
yielding to any suggestion of defeat,
Encouragement or bitter hatred, altho
the latter element may have in some
instances, become itself a positive, driv-
ing force, and the hatred swallowed up
in constructive achievement.
Someone would do the Negro an
Unreasonable service by writing a prac
tical, down to earth Guide Book on
Constructive Circumvention of Rae
ial Obstacles in the White Mans World
in two volumes, a primer for Negro
children, an advanced text for adults.
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08

Please.....
(by Patsy Graves for AMP


D have trouble with, and that is the
jem of whole grain cereals. 1t is a bit
ifficult because most people like GER
ais in a form that are no longer whole
rain, but so highly refined that most
{ the Wilderness has been taken away.
vou know what | mean, shot through
uns, flaked, and generally tempered
nth until nothing is left.
GRAIN PRODUCTS are good
ources of energy. Flour and cereals
re not only cheap energy foods but
re important for protein too, and
hose made from the whole grain are.
aluable for some of the vitamins and
or iron as well. Vitamins? Those
re the things that make you sick if
on don't get them.
THE KIND AND FORM of GER
al as well as the amount make a diff
erenee in the cost and in the value.
fowever well we like them, and no mat
er if they are convenient to use, the
eady to eat breakfast foods are much
lore expensive in proportion to weight
nd to food value than the cereals that
re cooked at home. So get on speak
ng terms with bulk oatmeal, rice,
yheat and many others.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO use whole
rains exclusively for breakfast you
now. There are the brown flours that
nay be used for at least a part of your
aking. Take for example Whole
What Nut Bread: Mix and sift a cup
nd a half of white flour, a cup and a
alf Of whole wheat flour, a cup of SUI
ar, six teaspoons of baking powder, a
ourth teaspoon of soda and a teaspoon
f salt. Add a cup Of chopped nuts, one
nbeaten egg, a cup of sour milk, and
astly two tablespoons of melted fat.
Xix to a smooth dough, turn into a
7ell CREASED loaf pan, and let stand Is
minutes. Bake in a moderate oven,
so degrees for As minutes. This bread
ill make a fine variation if you have
inches to pack.
BESIDES, GOOD OLD CORN
ZEAL is A WHOLE GRAIN whether
gu realize it or not. Remember how
on used to reply that you were big
nough to eat corn bread without gett-
lg choked when asked how old you
ere. Especially if you were a female
{ the species. Here is a kind Of fancy
ornbread called JOHNNY CAKE:
lift some flour and then measure a
up and a fourth. Add two teaspoons
+ baking powder, a teaspoon of salt,
1ree fourths Of a teaspoon of soda and
vo tablespoons of sugar. Sift it all a
ain. Now add a cup of yellow corn
heal. Combine two well beaten eggs,
cup and a fourth of sour milk or but
ermilk and three tablespoons of melted
at. Add to dry ingredients, mixing
vell. Bake in a creased pan in a hot
ven about 40 minutes or until done.
IF HAVING BACON FOR
lREAKFAST is running your bill too
Ugh, you'll find that fried cornmeal
lush is an excellent change. This may
ound awful down home, but believe
lie it's not bad at all. Stir a cup of
ornmeal into three cups of boiling,
alted water. When the mush stage is
cached, pour in hot fat and serve with
7rup. Grits, that southern standby,
Re (grits lis" as Bette Davis says in
title Foxes) tops done the same way.
don't know and don't care if '@is" or
are" is correct. You know what I'm
liking about. These are good, good
,r you, and cheap to the boot.
ANOTHER OF THE BROWN
Ut nTIDO oo~ h ,,coJ 10 noo11o Gx.o
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08

POLITICAL Pudding; DICTAT-
ORSHIP NEEDED HERE TO
FIGHT DICTATORS
There is being enacted before our
eyes one of the most brilliant examples
of national and international bidding
history has ever known. We talk a.
bout fiddling that Nero did while
Rome was burning; but the way the
democracies piddle while the dream
city of democracy burns is not only a.
farming but it is positively tragic.
Many mouths ago this column contend
ed that slow moving democracies could
not measuye efficiencies with swift
moving and regimented relationships;
that democracy worked we'll in times
of peace, PIT very poorly in times Of
crisis; that wherever democracy has
met and successfully combated dictat-
orship, certain democratic notions had
to be sublimated for the moment.
Freedom Of speech is a fire thing
in times of peace, but it becomes ex-
.ceedingly dangerous in times of war.
At a time when we should be oncen
trating everything on getting this ma
tons mind made up to fight a war that
is inevitable, we are still crying "free-
dom of speech" with the result that our
councils are divided and the people are
confused and tn nation is just piddling
around. Whether we have a dictator
ship or not, we certainly need one, and
that very badly; and we must have one
if the entire nation is not to become a
vassal Of Germany and a hench-nation
like Vichy, France.
The use CT the democracies are
making Ct the theology raises the ques-
tion WHITTIER or not the United States
and Great Britain really deserve demo-
cracy. Nations who play so carelessly
with the vital matters involved raise
grave questions by their procedure.
Our isolationist group is so Jul of it.
self that they are positively defiant and
proceed to embarass the President in.
every onceivable way. There can be
no greater political tragedy than that
our great President is handcuffed by a
bunch Of political piddlers who are
gambling on the lives Of millions of the
nations youth for the sext election.
1t appalls US to think Of what
might have happened had not Hitler
made the fatal mistake Of invading
Russia instead of England. England's
war-whoop has become a mere whim
per. Only God knows what would have
become of this once mighty nation had
not Russia come indirectly to the res
cue. 1t is even more appalling to sur
mise what we would do if England and
Russia were suddenly removed from
the combat as there are reasons to fear
they will.
1t is hard to tell just who is run
ming this country, Roosevelt or Wheel
er. Beside a lot Of squabbling and "po-
litlcal piddling" we are not doing much
in this country. The die hard Republ-
icanS are trying to utilize the critical
hour for their advantage; the nation is
still trying to place prejudice above the
welfare of the people. The nefarious
attempt to circumscribe the Negro is
too often taking precedence of nation
al security. The Negro is still trying
to break into the war we are almost Ger
tain to fight. The Negro is still this
nations superpatriot for none but a
super-patriot would try to force his
way into the front lines of the battle
for a democracy that has not function
ed too satisfactorily.
It is hard to avoid the conclusion
The Omaha guide., 1941-11-08
BETWEEN THE LINES

(by Dean Gordon B. Hancock)
POLITICAL PIDDLING: DICTAT-
ORSHIP NEEDED HERE TO
FIGHT DICTATORS