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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-26

..othing is too good, his host feels
As ! listened to this youngish and
friendly head of the finest hotel n
the world, and recalled how he a
worked himself up to this high posi-
ion from a railway clerk, felt
that in his association with the great
people of the earth, he is and should
be-, justly at home.
This new war time is a bizarre
novelty to many New Workers. A
.ot of them thought the line, early
to bed and early to rise was Just
something out Of a Mother Goose
book meant for "Never, Never Land
But they are learning a different
version. Now the good farmers have
,othiny on Gothamites when it comes
to getting up and b~reakfasting with
| the rooster--or the city edition OF
| him. remember well that when
first came here, / would try to cater
a ma in his office around 8 am.
hoping | would be among the first OF
ne days callers, and thus more sue
| cessful in my visit, for whatever rea'
son it might be. But ! was usual!
mot by the ~janitor or office DO!
who said the man was expected II
around 10 O'clock" So | would tr,
again at this hour and find that
was interrupting his morning mail
Finally, / decided to make all my ap
monuments for the afternoon. u
curse these same business me!
worked late and were often in thel
offices until $40 pm. - with lgnt
on. Then they would sleep late mex
morning and start the late day al
over again. But the new war TIM
row in use gets them down to tn
office earlier and home before dark
-oOo-
A youngster stood on a 9Th Ave
nue. corner and jingled the money Il
his pocket. In all his 10 years, n
had ever seer so many people rusn
ing around in such a great hurr
with no apparent place to go. Ne'
York didn't look the way it was de
scribed in his geography book bac
in his New Jersey school. 1t wa
his first time here. He had come I
visit an uncle and on this mornin
had managed to slip away from tn
house alone. He looked around. Ye.
this was the great city. And : o
| yes : there was on thing he n
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-26
Health Officer Says:

"What can I do?"
In answer to a question which l
receive frequently, as Civilian De-
Tense Director Of Health, Welfare
ard Consumer Interest, / advise:
Zone very important thing which you
personally can do is to eat for
health. If you are a homemaker,
feed your family for health"
For food makes a difference. 1t
makes a difference in how you think,
feel, and act. 1t may mean the diff
ference in dullness and brightness,
sluggishness and altertness, growth
and stunning, development and lack
Of it. 1t may wen mean the dit
ference in sickness and health. For to
a marked degree, we are what We
eat.
A guide to good eating daily is
or mor glasses of milk daily fol
adults, A for children; 2 or more
servings daily of vegetables, 2 o,
more servings daily of fruit, 8 t.
5 eggs weekly, l or more serving.
daily. of either meat, cheese, fish, Of
legumes; whole grain or enriched
| cereal or bread; and 2 or more tables
poems daily of butter.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-26

war, it being largely a ~by-product
Of ~glycerine, a vital war need; but
future soap may be less slippery,
because Sere'll be less %glycerine
left in it Scrap" problem
may beset photograph record in
dustry because ingredients include a
resinous secretion of a little bug
mot jitterbug) of northern India.
RCA-Victor is running a modest ex-
pertinent in the Philadelphia area,
paying two cents apiece for old plat
tiers, no matter in what condition.
-oOo-
COULD BE WoRSE--In spite Of
unacceptable rises in food costs
about Is per cent in the past year
grocery bills are taking a smaller cut
out of the average pocketbook now
than in 1917. The Department of
Agriculture reports that the typical
working mans family now hands the
food merchant about 10 cents less
Ger payroll dollar than he did dur
ing the year America entered World
War THE figures being % cents
per income dollar now, against SO,
then. Incidentally, the typical family
vas earning $1S88 last year, com
pared to 1881 in 1917. The Bu-
reau of Agricultural Economics cites
the growth of super-market buying
one of the outstanding recent
trends in American shopping habits
as being responsible for impor-
tant economies. More evidence OF
the latter is seen in a report by
the A. & p, crediting the super
market trend with helping bring it.
overall operating expenses per uni
of sale to the lowest point in it,
50 years. 1t points out that sucl
savings help lower prices to con
sumers and at the same time sen;
larger proportionate shares Of tn
retail dollar to producers
-oOo-
SHORTAGE SHORTS A sou
note on sweet stuff: some hotel
that removed sugar bowls and dole
out two Jumps per patron foun'
sugar consumption going up by a
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-26

The other evening at a banquet
/ sat next to Lucius Boomer, geniai
president of the Waldorf--Astoria
Hotel. ! asked him who was the mos
interesting guest he had ever enter
tanned at this famous hosiery. WITH
no hesitation, he replied, "The Duke
Of Windsor" This was most reveal
ing. considering the fact hat MI.
Roomor has been head of the re-
nowned Waldorf for % years and
has had as guests the most celebrated
in all the world. Next to
the Duke as a favorite, he placed
General Pershing. But the former
king of England was described D!
his host as such a friendly n en-
papiny fellow that one could not
helm being more aimably inclined to-
yard the ex-monarch who threw a.
vay ? Il tcdom for a wife. Mr.. Boom
er kney Edward as a young prince
upon whom the British government
e s25, 200, 900 for education
knew him as a maturing butt still
keenl, energetic sportsman; n mas
also entertained him and the Ouch
ess 81, sc they embarked upon their
~reverberating sea of matrimony. Inc
hotel man likes the royal heir more
than ever. Which is a compliment
to anyone.
-oOo-
For General Pershing, Mr.. Boomer
has the greatest respect and affec-
ton, The A.. E. F. commander stay
ed at the old Waldorf before he
went to France and now stops at
the new one every time he is in
New York. He takes the same room
each time and it is especially de-
corated with pictures from the old
one - pictures which he asked Mr.
Boomer to save for him. Once wher
Warren Pershing, son of the general
got married here, the old soldier wa:
i'll but he insisted on coming to the
wedding and when he arrived, on s
stretcher, he was taken straight fror
the train which runs directly undel
the great hotel, up to his room a
bove. This is the only time in it
long history that this transporting
system has been used, Mr.. Boone
said, although it has always beef
available. However, for the herpi
Ran who led our boys to victory il
France during the first World Wal
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-26
BEHIND THE SCENES IN
AMERICAN BUSINESS
By John Craddock

NEW YORK, Feb. 24-SHARPER
CURBS- Both in production and
prices, control measures that have
been in the air for weeks now are
getting much more definite, more
insistent. Mechanical refrigerators
and civilian radios now face abb
solute headlines for stoppage, as of
April 80 and %, respectively the
industries then swinging over 100
per cent to war goods production.
Meanwhile, WPB has "frozen' all
stocks of mechanical ice-boxes for
home use except those already in
dealers hands or in transit; and re-
tailers will be allowed to sell one
twelfth the number they sold in al
| If 1871 Tor 100 refrigerators, which
ever number is greater, and there.
| after the freeze applies to theil
stocks, too. Tightening of screws
| on prices is seen in OPA's sterne,
steps to see that radio and phone
| graph wholesalers and retailers can
eel their recent price increases, al
| though actual OPA mandates a fort
/ night ago applied only to manufac
turers' prices.
-oOo-
BITS o. BUSINESS - A typica
sign of the times is the fact tina
Uncle Sam received two and a hal
times as much money from Chrysle
co%rporatiSn earnings in 1941 as di
all its stockholders; and the quar-
terly dividend was cut from SIS.
to 81 to onserve cash for war worl
outlays. Similar action has been tax
en- by Ge4eral Motors and du Pom
-. UniteA Air Lines wins the Nat
ional SafAy Council award for SAT
airline OPERATION in Group A, fly
ing more han 800 million passenge
miles in Hal without . fatality
No soap shortage is expected in thi
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-26

membered from the book he had
read. He hailed a taxi. SHOW me the
sights!" he briskly said to the skep-
teal driver. Got any money, bud!"
the cabby asked. "Sure!' the young
fellow replied. He took out his pock-
etbook and showed the driver eight
dollars-the entire contents of ms
dime bank back home. The driver
opened the door, took him in. Then
he drove straight to the police sta
ton. He figured the kid must have
stolen the money, he told the SER
geant. A check-up with the uncle and
a trip for the perturbed y%oungster
back to his relatives home proved
otherwise. He was just a boy wanting
TO see New York. And ! nominate
that cab driver as the meanest man
in this town.
Chatting with Lanny Ross this
week, l noticed his smile is just as
big as ever. His voice seems just as
musical too, as it was when | first
heard him sing over the radio years
ago. Lanny has retained his %populari-
ty as have few others and | believe
this is partly due to his close atten.
ton to worthwhile things - patrio
tism for example. He probably sing
more patriotic S sgo ntnah
more patriotic songs than any othei
| singer on the air.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-26

much as 40 per cent (~one-lumpers
and n~on-users, reminded of the pre-
ciousness Of the article, began poek-
etirg lumps) Musical instru-
ment makers, starting March /, may
use only so per cent as much of
critical materials as in 1910 Re-
st%rictions have been extended on
cellophane and its silk, because new
military needs are being found for
them; also it may be needed for
Eliminating with paperboard to create
substitutes for metal containers g..
Renewed and sterner threats of gaso-
line shortage impel some filling sta
ton operators associations to ask
that last summers 7-to-7 "curfew"
be reinstated on a compulsory basis,
hoping that resultant savings in
electricity and wages would help
offset declining sales revenue.
900
THINGS TO WATCH FOR - A
photoflash bulb made of transparent
paste instead of glass, practically
s~hatterproof -. A new plastic men,
ding substance, called Nuplastic, for
filling cracks and holes, needs only
finger-tip pressure, has self-smooth-
ing finish which gets stronger with
age -. Office filing cabinets made
Of wood, but finished like the metal
ones Though for years they've been
trying to make meta office furni-
ture look like woody A gadget
for attaching a tiny fan to a sewing
machine motor (keep cool while
Sewing shirts for soldiers" etc..
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-26
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
In re: To Rental of Bulldoxer for
Rad District 4.

Road District 4.
1t appearing that road district 4
is in need of a bulldozer to be us
ed in moving the overhead in the
gravel pit of said district it is or
dered that the Clerk of this Board
advertise for bids in The Durant
News to be received at the regular
March. 1912, meeting of this Board.
The Board reserves the right to e
iect any or all bids for the rental Of
n bulldozer for the use and bene-
fit of road district four.
Ordered this Feb. 8, 1912.
PRAHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Clerk, Board Of Supervisors
Feb. 5, 4 times.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-26

Mrs. Tom Ashley and Mrs. M. I.
Woods left Sunday to go to Shreve-
port, La, to spend the week with
Mrs. Ashley's mother, Mrs. ]. R. Nc
Comic. Mrs. J. E. Steen accompanied
them. 49,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-26

Lieut.. Wiley HUMPHREYS, Camp
Wheeler, Ca, is spending this week
here with his mother, Mrs. T. S.
HUMPHREYS.
Evening star., 1942-05-24

| IkCLE SAM is out TO build the biggest fleet Of sub
morines the seven seos-to expond his underseo
force BY more thon 100" new subs in oddon to those
now in commission and building. Just how mony more
thon 100 there will be remoined novoI Pres
dent Roosevelt signed the bill authorizing 100000 tons
more Of submarines With this potent thon ever
novo weapon the United Stotes hos deot out ond token
it in this fight And with these ships it will deo out
q lot more thon it tokes
It will toke vostIy expanded submorne force to
mon this huge fleet ond thot too is process Of being
provided. chiefly in the Novys submarine school at New
London Conn., where these pictures token young
Amereons prepore to live ond fight the stronse under
SEQ world
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25
Cancelled Dinner
Plans Accepted
Very Gracefully

Appreciation has been expressed
by Mrs. Raymond Scallan for the
courtesy and understanding shown
by Negro women when they were
notified that soldier and sailor boys
Thanksgiving day leaves had been
cancelled thus upsetting plans of
many housewives who had invited
the boys to their homes for dinner.
After a vigorous telephone cam
paign to secure invitations for
these boys of all nationalities a last
minute order prevented a large
number from leaving their posts
which included all of the colored
boys. 1t is said that some other
women did not accept the disap-
pointment so graciously.
With permission of those who
had invited the service men to din
ner their names have been placed
on file at the Service Mems Center
for future use in securing the &C.
casio1al comforts of home life for
service men-especially those far
away from home.
Mrs. Scallan, who had charge of
the Thanksgiving dinner arrange
ments, is chairman of the recrea-
ton department of the Health, We'll
fare, Recreation and Service COM
mittee, part of the Women's Ac-
tivities Of the Minneapolis Civilian
Defense Council.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25
Double Victory
Musical Tea on
Sunday, Dec. q

The chairman of the Double Vic
tory Musical tea to be given at st.
Peter A. M. E. Church parsonage,
Sunday, December 81, promises a
brilliant as well as patriotic affair.
The unique affair from to 6 p. m.
will be under the auspices of the
First Aid group of the church. The
parsonage is located at 1856 Fifth
Ave. S. .,
Mrs. Wendell Jones and Mrs.
Josephine Chambers will pour tea.
Hostesses are Mines. Mae Marshall,
G. Fassett, E. Bowman, B. Mitchell,
F. Brown, B. Mason, v. Hughes
and C. E. Newman. Mrs. C. N.
Hunter will furnish musical back
ground. Mrs. Halle Ewing is ar
ranging a program including some
of the most outstanding musicians
in the Twin Cities. Miss Irma
Clardy will register and take the
silver offering.
Rev. C. T. R. Nelson, the only
speaker, will talk on "The Signifi-
canoe of the Double Victory"
Mines. Thelma Wade, Dorothy
Payne and Halle Ewing are mem
bers of the committee. Mrs. W. G..
Maxwell is chairman.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25
Pearl Buck Said:

"Our own colored people are not
closer to US at the end of this year
than they were at the beginning.
Military victory is not enough to
lift their hearts -.
Be Not Deceived
'Let US face this moment in this
year, therefore, and not be deceived
in the nature of the struggle that
lies ahead. am not afraid to speak
to you boldly. The victory over
the Axis does not mean the victory
over Fascism and you and 1 must
know this, we must acknowledge
it, we must reckon with it.
"Only by acknowledging it, and
reckoning with it, can we do our
part to save civilization-not only
the civilization of Europe, of our
own country. but human civiliza-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25
Mildred Struder
Gets u. S. Post

Mrs. Mildred B. Strader, TAT st.
Anthony avenue, has received an
appointment as student-instructor
in radio technique for the United
States Government. Mrs. Strader
left Friday morning, December Is,
via Mid-Continent Air Lines for
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for an
interview. ..-..,.=...
Following the interview, Mrs
Strader was given the post and
waived preliminary training. She
left Sioux Falls on Tuesday, De-
cember %, for Scott's Field, nli-
nois, where she will be stationed at
present.
Mrs. Strader was educated at the.
University of Minnesota, and prior
to accepting this position was a
technical assistant in the Expert
mental Surgery Laboratory at the
University of Minnesota under DR..
Owen C. Wangensteen.
For the time being, her daugh-
ter, Miss Mitzie Strader, who is q.
senior at John Marshall High
school, will. reside at the home of
Miss Lydia Jones, TAT st. Anthony
avenue.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25
Hotel Must Pay Four
SOuthernaires for Refusing
Them Service in Cafe

According to the Associated
Press dispatches from Rochester,
N. Y, four members of the South
ernnaires, Negro radio and concert
singers, Thursday won jury YER
diets of $245 each against the Sag
amore hotel for alleged racial dis
elimination.
The quartet, Spencer Odom,
pianist; Lowell Peters and Homer
Smith, tenors, and Jay Toney, bari
tone, all of New York City, claimed
that when they came here for a
concert appearance Feb. Is, 1941,
they were denied use of the dining
roo moi the hotel where they were
registered guests. They spurned
an offer to serve them in their
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25

groups, in non-federal educational
institutions the N. A. A. G. P. asked
if McNutt intended to issue an or
der that call such facilities be open
and available to qualified persons
without regard to race, creed, color
or national origin"
The N. A. A. C. P. communica-
ton also reiterated that the Presi-
dents order which conferred addi-
tional authority on the VINO had
been slanted for the most effective
mobilization of manpower and
womanpower and the elimination
of waste due to disruptive recruit
ment and asked exactly what steps
the VINO would make to rectify
the continuance of situations in
which employers and unions re-
fused to accept qualified Negro
workers because they are Negroes.
McNutt was also asked if in the
event of his establishing an ad-
visory committee composed of gov
eminent or private groups, Ne
groes would be appointed to such
a committee.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25
Baker Post
Sends Paper
to Army

Johnny Baker Post, American
Legion, has chosen to send a six
months subscription to an army
camp rather than put their usual
Christmas greeting in the paper.
1t is very splendid thought be-
cause we hear reading matter in
Camps is regarded in an almost
sacred manner-and a paper from
home-boy, that gets it!
In the last contingent of home
town boys that left US many went
to Fort Frances E. Warren, Wyom-
ing, and that is where we chose to
send the paper because as indicated
by our mailing list; a home town
paper does not yet go there.
There is one other we know of,
too, that had a kind thought for
soldier boy and that was Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Hughes. Pvt. Harold
Carter, stationed at Pinedale, Cali
fornia, will receive a Spokesman
each week as a gift from the
Hughes. ...a H.. ...- *
Mrs. E. Weston, 672 Aurora
Ave-, st. Paul, is sending a paper
to Staff Sgt. Foster A. Brown,
somewhere in New Guinea, and Pvt.
Harold Rowland Of Camp Shelby,
Miss, will receive a "letter from
home" at least once week because
Mrs. j. D. Nash, 725 Kingston,
presented Pvt. Rowland st. Paul
Recorder as a Christmas gift. ?,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25

The N. A. A. C. P. reminded Nc
Mutt of his recent statement that
drafted men would be allowed to
state, their preference concerning
the branch of the Army, Navy,
Marine or Coast Guard in which
they wished to serve since the
Selective Service System has been
placed under VINO and will be ad-
ministered through the VINO chair
man. The N. A. A. C. P. asked if
this statement meant that the pref
erence of draftees to serve IN the
Navy, Coast Guard and Marine
Corps will be respected without re-
gard to race, creed, color or ma
tional origin. The Association fur
Their asked if the present practice
of excluding Negroes from serving
at commissioned officer level in
each of these services would be
abandoned.
Pointing to McNutt's authority
to issue regulations with reference
to the training program for the
armed forces, including reserve
components and women's auxiliary
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25

near New Brighton.
Say Guard Loaded Pistol
According to testimony given by
witnesses, Armistead and Ransom
O'Neal were in a St. Anthony ave-
nue. tavern at about 8 p. m, Sat
urday evening, December 10, when
O'Neal was flashing his pistol and,
according to eye witnesses, loaded
the gun while in the tavern.
Friends of Armistead were sup
posed to have tried to get him out
of the tavern and finally when he
and O'Neal did come out, they
walked up the street together,
when Armistead suddenly grabbed
the loaded gun from it's holster
and shot twice in the air and once
in the left side of his head. Ar
instead is left-handed.
O'Neal had been off duty at the
Ordnance Plant where he is en-
ployed since 1880 a. m. Saturday
morning but was still wearing his
uniform and carrying a gun.
Several witnesses were ques-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25
New Girls Worker
at Wheatley House

Miss Grace Walker of Boston,
Mass, chosen by the Board of Di-
rectors at Phyllis Wheatley Settle
ment House for director of girls
work at the House, arrived to take
up her duties last week.
The new staff member comes to
Minneapolis with an unusual ex-
perience and educational back
ground. She graduated from En-
erson College in Boston, later re-
ceived a Bachelor of Arts degree
in literary Interpretation from the
Boston University, attended the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in
London, Eng, for two years-and
the School of International Social
Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
Miss Walker taught English Gre
alive and community drama at
Tuskegee Institute and has been
employed in Lincoln Settlement
House, Boston, Mass, and Robert
Gould Shaw House, Glencove, Long
Island, N. Y.
The public is invited to attend a
reception for new staff members,
given by the auxiliary at Phyllis
Wheatley Sunday, January 8, at
4 p. m.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25
Credit Union
Offers Christmas
Saving Services

Don't wait to begin your 1913
Christmas Savings is the advice
from the Associated Negro Credit
Union. Savings should begin i'm
mediately in order to receive
Christmas Plan checks by the first
of December next year, as they
think most shoppers prefer.
This service is something new
with the credit union in an effort
to serve its members as fully as
possible. Information and account
books may be secured from Clar-
ence Smith, Lo. 6631, Minneapolis,
or Earl S. Weber, Ce. 51O4, or Ell.
1896. The plan includes rs and so
cents or $1.OO each week. Those
getting in late may catch up back
payments,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25
~ PLEDGE AND A PRAYER.
Christmas Counterpart

Somewhere near some southern Bethlehem,
To some dark Mary will be born
A son upon this blessed Christmas morn,
And there shall be no room for them.
Bright in the eastern arch of sky,
Though Peace be distant from the Earth,
Perhaps, star shall light his birth,
And God alone shall know the why!
AS this dark Mary holds him to her heart,
She knows he is not holy child,
Conceived immaculate and mild
And yet sees him as strange counterpart.
A manger and cabin, blessed by Cod
Her dark child born in humble codici
To test, as Christ did, mans good will,
And bear the trials of storm and accolade.
Irony is strange, and sad's the commentary
Of great humanities which spew unhoy dread
That lets dark mothers look too far ahead
On sorrows never dreamed by Virgin Mary.
O. little brown mother let the chimes,
That ring through to your poor abode,
Give you the joy to bear your heavy load,
The hope of Peace and better times.
Perhaps God will not let them cruelty
Your son upon the cross that he must bear,
Pray each new Christmas brings a share
Of Peace and Good Will this present will deny.
Christ always comes again to every heart
That thinks of Him on Christmas day,
And you and your son in modest way
Become our Christmas counterpart.
james T. Logan.