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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-27

One significant argument that has
come from the NAA.C.P chiefs
recently is that Negroes should not
be given quotas in industry or the
army which are based on their pro-
portion 70 the general population.
The old idea that Negroes may be
given Just so much and no more
negates the whole principle Of
equality ri opportunity which has
been called basic Americanism
Walter White, despite his enemies
apparently Is consistent in his fight
for true indignation Of Negroes and
am glad that he Will have moth.
ing to do with the theories advanced
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-27
Southern Reform League Wages Fight Against Poll Tax

and Miller Ross q years OF Lex
ing,on. KY. msch!nlsts mate, first
class.
The FIRST recruit reporting for
duty was Dareston Luke Carmen.
Jr.. nineteen. son Of Mr.. and MIS-
D. L. Carmen. ST., Of Galveston,
Texas.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-27
SYSTEM CALLED
UNDEMOCRAT1C
BY The GROUP
Urge National Support
OF Issue

Southern Poll Tax must goyl the
Southern Electoral Reform Leagre
declared in a statement issued last
week. Explaining the issue, the
league said, quote:
In order. to have a wider demo-
cratic base under the congressman
from the eight states in which the
poll tax is prerequisite for voting,
the Southern Electoral Reform
League is seeking to abolish the
poll tax for voting in federal cleo
tioas. Many OF The representatives,
from poll tax s;a,es are kept in
power by the POI tax system, and
through the resulting seniority,
hold most important committee
posts. They too often use their s:ra-
tegic but urden0crstically based
power TO block progressive lesisla-
ton.
Twenty-Five Per Cent Vote
In these eight southern states
only 257 Of the electorate voted in
fire 1870 presidential elections.
while in the other 40 states the
vote averaged 706 per cent
Urge National support
National support Of the move was
Urged by the organization who said:
Eve are waging a vigorous cam
pa On against the poll tax on three
fronts, state legislation and other
signs Of victory encourage us to
Tedouble our efforts now in several
KEY states. In Tennessee and Viz
rinia the poll tax front is crack
ing. With your help We can turn
this retreat Of enemies Of democracy
into a victory for the people.
This is not only a national issue
but IS Of transcendent importance !
today when we should set an ex-
ample OF fsi;hfulness TO democracy |
before the world"
Problem a National Issue
The problem is not regional and |
s7utherners alone cannot solve It
To win this campaign We need |
your moral support and your fnan-
cal support. Contributions may be
mailed 10 Howard H Davis. treas
urer, Southern Electoral Reform
League. l05 Z. Cary street Rich
mona, Va.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-27
TO ALL NEGRO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS:

Absentee voting the Democratic primary Texas will start
July sh and end July 22nd All soldiers and sailors who
residents and who have paid their poll should write to their
ballot Demo
cratic primary and have them returned prior July 22nd sny
soldiers sailors they should apply personally the
county clerk Of their county for absentee ballot.
you denied absentee ballot because of
color, please send full particulars
THURGOOD MARSHALL
National Association for the
Advancement of ColoTed People
90 Fifth Avenue New York N. Y.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-27
Especial From War Department,

Especial From war Department.
Out at the Great Lakes Naval
Training station, on the shores OF
Lake Michigan a few miles north
OF Chicago, Negro recruits are
learning what it takes to be war
time sailors for Uncle Sam.
Learning the fundamentals is a
full-time job. The new recruit
in Navy slang, he's a "boot'-hss,
first Of all, to say goodbye TO that
innerspring mattress back home.
Instead, ne sleeps in a regulation
hammock-provided he can stay
in the tricky thing
He gets a course in all the fancy
things a sailor must know how TO
do with ropes how 10 tie a square
knot instead OF a granny" and
how TO heave a line, He finds that
sheet" has nothing TO do with
sleeping, and boxing the compass"
is not the same art that Joe Louis
made famous. After curing his first
olisters, ne finds that with practice
he can pull an oar in the whale
boat without catching a crab.
He learns that there are other
methods of communication than
dropping a nickel in the phone.
There are signal hoists, and wig
wagging, and blinker light. and he
must know how to handle them
all.
Then. since he's a fighting man,
or going to be, he must learn. not
only how to shoot, but TO care for
every type Of gun from a pistol
to a cannon. He practices with a
Garand automatic rifle until he
can hit the bulls eye on the range.
and back in the barracks take the
gun apart and put it back together
again in the dark.
And he learns 10 save lie as
well as destroy it, for his course
includes life-saving and first aid.
Most important OF all, he learns
that it takes a man to wear a
navy uniform. Does he stand a
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aroused suspicion that he was just
wind-bag because of his work on
the Fair Employment Practice
committee but the poor showing he
made in the Chicago campaign was
terrible blow He made a speech
in Washington which was appar-
emily very slovenly prepared and
he got a cool response among the
brown brain trusters' carly this
year. Unless Earl makes a come
back in the next few months his
name will be stricken from the TOP
10 among Negro leaders in the
country.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-27

by Patterson Of TuskeEee and others
that We must accommodate our
selves to prejudice. Let's keep fght-
ing come what may.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-27

to the fatal fight. Ruth Simpson,
OF 544 Tuscarora Road, Windsor,
Canada, reported sister OF the slain
man, identified the body Of Simp-
son at the county morgue.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-27

Cuba consumed about ten per cent
less coal last year than in 1910 chiefly
because of the substitution Of fuel
oil In lndustrles.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-27

Reliable Information how TO get Job or
start In business Csc postpaid Dr. A.
Mcdonald P. o Boz 1870, Alexandria. La.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

No doubt about it, this dress im- proves your figure. The vestee ef- feet in front trims off pounds from such strategic points as the waist and hip line, while the softly ga- thered pieces at either side of the bodice accommodate the fullest of figures with smoothness and grace. Pattern No. 8247 is designed for sizes 36, 38, 40. A. A, 46, 48, 30 and 52. Size 38, short sleeves, re- quires 4 yards 39-inch material. For this attractive pattern, send IS cents. plus 1 cent for postage, in coins, with your name, address, pattern number and size to Water bury Democrat Today's Pattern Service, lO6 7th Avenue, New York, N. Y.
 Every family which sews at home should have the Fall Fashion Book. our complete catalogue Of latest pattern styles. The price is l5c per copy. Or the Fashion Book may be ordered with 15c pattern for 25c plus ic for postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

AN APOLOGY TO THE DENTISTS
 The other day received letter that irritated and annoyed me. It was from a dentist. He addressed me as William Brady, D. D. S., Dear doctor, etc. Of course that may have been a slip of the type writer. I would feel honored if l had the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, but the only degree I have is M. D., Doctor of Medicine.
 This dentist began brushing the feathers the wrong way in the first paragraph of his letter:
 Dear Doctor:
 am not reader of your column entitled, Personal Health Service, but an item was brought to my att tention by one of my patients who believes in you immensely. This article dealt with the replacement of lost teeth by means of "a peg tooth mounted on a screw which Is literally screwed into the jaw hone".
 Modern bridgework does not even mention this type of restoration. Such a procedure as you mention is not only dangerous but impractical. But when you say that such work
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

by the knob-like shoppers of a dram bottle of perfume.
 There's Q "choir" of soap in the shape of six angels, and beauty birdcage of pink-bowed white wire holding generous containers of beauty and bath accessories.
 Beauty kits in every shape and combination are about the most popular single thing you can name. You can find them at comfortable prices-there's even @ pretty paste board beauty box with cleansing cream and powder at the price of Q good cotton handkerchief.
 Perfume is the baeuty gift of the year, just because some types are expected to be scarcer. But, there will be plenty of the Trench eS- sences blended in Amreica, and quite few new ones.
 Now that hand grooming is a real problem for many women who are working with their hands for the first time, manicure items are particularly pertinent gifts. And there's an abundance of these.
 One noted house wraps them up in attractive combinations vary ing from travelling kit of smart red and red-plaid monks cloth, holding nail enamel, remover, orangewood stick and emery boards, to con- plete and elegant saddle-stitched leather case.
 For a woman who ''has every thing"-and has a sense of humor. too-try the lovely whimsies of a house that puts out exquisite empty gift boxes for face powder-the powder to be obtained when the re- ceiver brings in the box and has the powder blended for her particular complexion tints.
 Gift boxes by this house also in clude cornucopia of dusting pow der, soap. lipstick, rouge, sachet; a full-sized white mandolin with hand painted moss roses on it, and inside, dusting powder; book of sachets, complete with appropriate Victorian ''rnottoes."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

lodgers with their own trinkets and pictures might occupy it, she would always see it the old way. It was the old way that she saw it now. A pair of hard-worn gray pants lay on the floor where they had been dropped. Three base ball bats were stacked with a fish. ing rod in the corner. A battered red cap with a letter on it lay on the bed. And through the bed, as though it were transparent, Mar. garet saw another bed, smaller, and with high slated sides.
 She put the vacuum cleaner away and went down to her desk in the sitting-room. She took the fifteen dollars rent that the new lodger had paid that morning in advance for the room, and added to it, from her purse, three dol lars and seventy-fve cents more. Then she drew out sheet of pa per and began to write on it,, slowly, gravely.
 "To buy a bond to help train al young man to replace Don, Jr.- killed on June 9th in the Battle of Midway"
 (l.etter from an actual communication in the files oi the Treasury Departmental
 Help our boys. Make certain the wage earner of the family joins q payroll savings plan and tops that 1O% by New Years!
 J. 5. TrsssHry DsperimsHt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
9 McKENNEY oN BRIDGE
By WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY America's. Card Authority

Tournament players throughout the country are familiar with the interestingly bridge column of w. Howard Woolworth of Buffalo Howard served in the last war and was then one of the first of our American combat officers to land on foreign soil. He is now back in service, a capatain in the infantry, and when last heard from, was at Fort Meade in Maryland.
 Howard likes tricky bids-here is one of his favorites. Sitting North, he overcalled the double with one spade, psychic bid made to hinder East and West from finding their spade suit. if they have it. After Vests second double, he continued the deception with a bid of three clubs.
 As 1t turned out, West was trapped into doubling the thFee-heart rum out. While this was defeated one trick. the loss was cheaper than the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
Household Hints :
Cosmetics And War Bonds Are Teamed Up For 1942 Christmas
By ALICIA HART (NEA Service Stan Wrlter)

Christmas cosmetics, ever stinu- lating and personal, are more prac- tical this year. This makes them the obvious fllip without which no woman's stocking seems adequately filled, even in wartime. And there are enough of them to 90 around and then some.
 The appeal of patriotism is whispered. One house stamps all it's products as ire of any material reuested for war production. Others invite the giver to truck a war bond or stamps into the gift package.
 One Fifth Avenue expert. for ex- ample, packs her gift set of dusting powder and toilet water in a re- movable tray, and she suggests the place underneath that tray Is just right to carry war bond.
 Stocks of pre-war things like metal vanity cases are uncertain. At comparable prices, however, there are supplementary ones which are novel, often better: beautiful. sturdy plastic cases and streling silver compacts and lipsticks such as middle bracket shopper wouldn't have thought of asking for, formerly.
 COLORFUL PACKAGES
 Gay packaging distinguishes many toiletries. Even such a homely item as soap is done up as 8 whiskered Santa Claus, One house has a poinsettia flower pot with fresh Christmas look, with red and green acetate leaves, and center formed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

can be done. I am sure you nansA have good authority. Out og 9uGtaCe to the modern dentist and to correct certain illusions readers such aa my patient may have ae
 I confess that after I had my fina. feathers all smoothed down again and thought the matter over as ! toddled over to the bowling green. saw Q great light. t
 hereby offer to the dentists 0i America my sincere apology. I-have done American dentistry. an injus- tice, and shall gladly remain away from the bowling green many . fine afternoon if by so doing I can serve the interest of good dentistry and cooperate more effectively with good dentists everywhere.
 The peg tooth thing, mounting an artificial tooth on kind of screw post, made of vitallium, which is actually screwed into the bone of the jaw to hold the tooth in the vacant space, has been done in certain instances with fair success = and I'll be happy to refer any dentist to the scientific report of the work in dental literature if the dent ist provides stamped envelope bear ing his address - but I must now admit that this procedure was only experimental and has never been developed in the actual practice of dentistry.
 The whole episode of the ''peg tooth" is a lesson to me. It goes t0 sho wthat I should leave technical questions of dentistry to the dentists = and if the dentists are willing t@ forgive and forget, in future ! shal.
 Training Che Child |.
 I have trained my fourteen monthA old child since her eighth month SoE bladder control, but within the pass month she refuses to sit on tho toilet for either bowel or bladder. (Mrs. s. p
 Answer - The child is not old enough to have developed 6 fixed habit. Better ignore the temporary lapse, as 1t seems, and continue your training. Presently she will get back in the groove and stay there. Sug- gestions in the pamphlet 'The Habit of Bed-Wetting" may help. For copy send a three.cent-stamped envelope bearing your address.
 Blood Donor
 am g years old, 63 inches tall, no pounds, good health. Have given pint of blood to Red Gross and felt no i'll effects. Is 1t safe for c woman to give pint several times? Girl friend says her doctor advised her it isn't safe, as it results in ill- ness later on. (Nfiss r. E.)
 Answer - It Is safe for any heal- thy person to give 0 pint of blood several times at intervals of not less than eight weeks.
 Fresh Wheat Germ
 For several years have bought wheat germ in paper bags, always quite fresh. Lately I find it is stale and lumpy - perhaps from lying on grocery shelves too long. (B. H. B.
 Answer - Best to buy it from 8 mill somewhere if you can find one where they will catch out Q few pounds of wheat germ every week or two for you. Millers sometimes call 1t scalp of the sizings" or "mid- dlings and germ". Some mills sell 1t by mail in quantities of e few pounds, on order. Send stamped envelope bearing your address. for pamphlet "Wheat to Eat" which tells how to make use of plain wheat in the daily dietary.
 Copyright, 1922, John '. DiIle CoJ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
MAg0aet

Margaret turned off the hum- ming vacuum cleaner, and strengthened the slipcovers of the armchair and the daybed that she had pushed up to go over the rug. Then she stood quite still in the doorway and looked at the small bedroom with it's southern expos- ure. It was as neat and imperson- al as a pin. It might never have
 been lived in. The door stood open on the clean, bare closet. There was not a pennant, not team picture, not even so much
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
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prefer protective chair plain design that goodlookng conspcuous This balls so The chair back piece by Il
 chair necessities
 they DO dry cleaning costs on upholstered chairs and sofas
 obtain complete crohetng instructions he chart CPaten 5452) cents COIN ADDRESS and the PATTERN NUMBER Cabot Democrat Seventh Avenue City, postage for each pattern ordered.
 nd Winter Album timely helps for knit and croched garments qui Christmas Bend for today Cabos Fall Winter priced 1t iB cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

that he no longer wants us to follow our husbands
 Isn't 1t rather case of first things first? With the big job of housing feeding, transporting hos ptalizng his soldiers, there is simply nothing left over for the families.
 we know that and We ask no consideration We pay higher prices Rents are often doubled by civilian owners when a camp is built nearby. We pay our own transportation. We gladly put up with downright hardships because we know we are wanted by our husbands.
 DAYS TO REMEMBER
 "For they know all too well that these are the last few days they will have to watch their children playing These are the last evenings with their dessert for supper their favorite radio programs. These the evenings that must make up for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

days to = foXholes, Yo suggest that with him not give all his attention job-because family demands and worries
  usual? We do not let husbands important training and all get evenings of the whose families not with them They
  town looking shop few beers second soldier lucky he the U O. where he
  nothing there for families not with the muddy village streets lonesome and 
 of the things are fighting this idea of something broken for streamlned results the good of the state But we like our way better wife who intends to follow her husband long  follow stating There must be points side, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

as an old Arith-, netic book left to show whose room it had once been.
 M a rg a T e { stared at the, walls, the furni- ture, anddeeply. slowly, she real. ize d tn at no matter what
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
Modern Menus
Give Old Friends New Dishes At Your Sunday Evening Supper
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX NEA Service Stan Writer

NKA Service Stan Writer
 Sunday evening is hospitality time. Invite old friends in for Sunday supper and give them some thing different Plan carefully and use some new recipes, then you'll get big results for very little money. These two recipes come verbatim from Jeanne owens Launching and Dining at Home" a book inspired by the desire to make the American home the best source of good eat- ing.
 Lamb Kidney Barquettes
 Soak lamb kidneys in salted water for 3 hours. Skin, remove the tendons, and chop very fine. Put 3 tablespoons of butter in an iron skillet and add 1-2 cup of chopped fresh mushrooms, the chopped kidneys, and shallots Cor green onions) chopped fine. Add salt. pepper, and @ pinch of thyme. Saute gently till the kidneys are cooked, then add l. 2cup of cream mixed with egg yolks. Stir till well thickened and fill the pastry shells, sprinkle with buttered bread crumbs, and serve very hot. (Just before serving it is we'll to put them under the broiler for a mo- ment.)
 Goldfish or Finnan Haddie
 CrOquettes
 Mix cup cooked, shredded salt codfish Cor finnan haddie) with cup of mashed potatoes, tea spoon of ground ginger, Ia tea- spono of pepper and well beaten egg. Form into small balls, dip in egg and bread crumbs and fry. These are also delicious If they are dropped by. spoonfuls into we'll buttered skillet and sauteed until delicate brown.
 SUNDAYS MENU BREAKFAST: Orange juice,
 waffles, country sausage, honey, coffee, milk.
 DINNER: Cranberry juice,
 chicken pie with pastry crust,
 Spiced beets, baked winter
 squash, romaine salad, fresh
 fruit gelatin, sponge cake, cof-
 fee, milk.
 SUPPER: Lamb kidney bar
 quettes, mixed vegetable salad,
 hot biscuits, relishes, stewed
 fruit, sponge cake, tea, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

Finding e dozen large eggs in a creek in northern Australia, an American soldier visioned 6 feast of young turtles and induced the camp cook to prepare them, but when the eggs were opened embryo |crocodiles popped out. and the feast was called off.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
Latest Styles
HEALTH
HOze, To Keeb WeII
By DR. WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

lea Sesr. psvtsnsg health ana 1yssss envelope n enclosed Letters nsSS.s reply @s@e adisoB Street. CAagc m
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
Officers Wife Defends Women
 Who Follow Husbands To Camp
BY RUTH MILLETT

recent column discussing whether not Army officers their husbands to new posts comes this reply a captains wife:
 longer looking after the house. goods housing transportation for Army families e is limiting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

probably nearby Juliet calling Romeo R0- aes where budds who have hsasd answered their Julets call.
 CAROLINE CHATFIELD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
Caroline Chatfield
Sqys Today
Title Registered. D. s Patent ofnce

If You Don't Hang Up Your Stocking Santa
 Claus Can't Fill It and If You Don't Be-
 Iieve in Love You must Be Empty Headed DEAR MISS CHATFTED:
 Tarrs to vo,r views on the Is there really such hinpP have with all types g o them Not of them has gwen big friends make envous by telling me now nata gr yet down deep wonder 1T n masina"on 0h 'AeN p"4' ' " ~ HICKEY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

enough of expressing love You will say music with flowers and candy with of will bc fired with the will plan set the world afre found kingdom, her for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

you your will inflated bal the coored clouds and you will cok down n pity those who don't believe in love.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

game East and West could have made in spades.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

When with bubbng spring and bookke forever separated will be writing letters Wherever what will be tucked sngy in your heart ana you will constantly and doublecheck with the picture
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

win hour When to bed night you bedtime stories of herr and when in her will into ruhes into submerged bottle once the stopper Hs out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
ANswTR,
DEAR MISS CHATTrED:

Yes indeed thing love and shouldn't let cutting it hadn't believed m wouldn't have come to your house when you were
 hadn't hung stocking he couldn't nave n"eo "
 Some little magnet in the shape of girl will pass your way and picks steel needle respond naturally and nvountary as your Thereafter will be different e best that's in hardly recognize yourself
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20
SUNDAYS MENU

BREAKFAST: Orange juice, waffles, country sausage, honey, coffee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-20

nut. While this was defeated one rick. the loss was cheaper than the