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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
NARROW ESCAPES

"Ye. sir, I can speak with
authority on that subject"
RICkonhacker said This makes
the fourth time i'm my stormy
life have been close 10 death.
I know I came within hearing
distance Of the old fellow this
trip because his approach is al
ways the same, and unmiStak-
able.
Zone hears beautiful. soft
music and everything is eN-
tremely pleasant, Just as heaven
should be-" he said
did YOU think YOU were I'm
heaven ." some one asked
II guess I was preSumptuous,"
RiCkenhaCkor answered
He listed his four escapes from
death as. once. when he was i'm.
lured in a racing automobile. once
when the doctor 'Nankod ont my
tnnsIlc and Walked alt leaving f-ft
bleeding 10 death; that plane
crackup in Atlanta and TIN.
rescue"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
ArcElerS Still i'm Ii
They May Not Measure Up TO Modern Hunters
but They Got ID Deer in Wisconsin

son. Five Of the bucks weighed
more than 200 pounds.
Walter T.. Scott Of the state
conservation department. said the
bucks were shot al an average
distance of y yards. although
Dick Jones ot Madison reported
he got a llo-pound, seven-point
buck al % yards.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
BICKERED BADLY

1--WE all bickered badly and.
sometimes. II I hadn't been
tough and shouted them down.
I'm sure several of them would
have cracked up"
Setting foot on this little atol
early Friday, RIckcnbacker Saic
10 Bartck.
Better thank God and your
testament, son. You see now
what faith can do"
l asked RlCkenbackcr II he were
a religious man. lie replied.
Not formally. But | did have
faith enough 60 hold me through
this experience. l can truthfully
say l never doubted for one mo-
ment that we would he saved.
Il have my own religion
follow the golden rule"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23

Order The Detroit Times
mailed to your boy In the army
or navy. It's like a letter from
homo every day!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
CHIEFS FACE CALL

Because Of the scope of the in
curry It was expected that Rubber
Administrator William NJ. letters.
ODT Director Joseph 3. Eastman,
Petroleum Co-Ordinator Harold L.
Ickes and OPA Chief Leon Hen
derson would be summoned before
the committee.
Jeilers charged last week that
opposition 70 the program was be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23

attention OF Pvt. John Bartck, one
o fine survivors. VINO was lying
IN the next room.
"Can ! vOme in and have my
picture taken with Nou?" Bar
tex called 20 RIckenbaCkcr. II
want my nom 10 see me with
you
Rickenbacker pondcrcd the con.
eTfFef7-6 nc youth, who-waS
probably the weakest survivor
Bartck had been drinking salt
water for TWO days before being
rescued.
You stay In bed or I'll get
mad" Rickonbacker ordered.
Bartck shut UP.
eve been getting mad like
that all my life" RlCkenbacker
commented II expect l found 1
had 10 do IL to keep the guys
i'm line, but that ability never
came in handler than on this
trip.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Photo by Times stan Photographs
IN pOIICE CITCTnnV

asserted that the public was en-
titled to know the facts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
MckenIfy
Killed i'm
Pacific

Col Laurence NcKenny, former
principal Of the Breitmcyer School
base been killed in action with
General MacArthur's forces in the
South Pacific. relatives here
learned today
Colonel NcKcrny's hrother-in-
Law Harold J. S.mms. Of BlrmlnG-
nam, y7ii tt7c-war Department had
gifted ham that McKenny, a vet
Gran Of World War /, had been
totally wounded November is
Member Of the Michigan Ma
tloral Guard since the last war.
Mckcnncy was called into active
service in October 1870 Orsi-
rauy assigned to thc quar'crmas-
tors corps. he was transferred 20
n combat Unit recently at has own
request. Siums SAID.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Raft Padded
To Tiny Island
By Iron Man
Army Officer Uniniured
by 2I-Doy Ordeal. Ready
for Action Any Time

(The Iron man" among the sur
vivorS Of the plane crash that set
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker and
seven other men adrift on the
South Pacific for three weeks was
4l-year-old II. James c. Whita-
ker. He padded a life raft 10 a
tiny island. then foraged for food
for himself and his two compan-
Ions. OF the seven who survived
tho gruelInG days before The res
cue. Whitaker was the only one
not requiring hoSpitalization)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
on WINDWARD SIDE

Whitaker said:
I'VE got ashore all right but
landed on the vindvard side Of
-fte-iSiaHdT, Sa-we- dragged the
raft 80 yards across the atoll
10 the lee side and rested"
After rcGainiHg some 81 hi'
strength. Whitaker hunted anc
found some COConutS.
THE coconuts-Our first food
In three weeks--tasted like nee
tar" Whitaker said
II ralnaa that night tHa island
palms afforded only partial pro'ec-
ton and we spent another cold
night he commented.
The next day Whitaker took the
raft and roWed half a mile down
the beach 20 a deserted hut He
found nothing and returned Friday
morning and found the others still
in the brush wondering whether
the island vas in japanese hands
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
OPEN HEARING LATER

The secret House session will be
followed by a public hearing at
which representatives Of the OPA,
ODT and Office of Petroleum
Co-ordnator and spoke>men for
the railroad, trucking and tire in
.duStrIcS VIII testify
II rcbclling members OF the
lower branch cannot be shown
that immediate rationing is a
military necessity they may make
la direct appeal 10 President
Roosevelt by midweck TO postpone
the nationwide program until at
least January l.
The Truman committee is ex-
pected to hold It's first session
Thursday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
REPRIMANDS PRIVATE

Exploding flash bulbs Of a ma
inc photographer attracted tho
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
BY IstLT- THOMPSON Hi

HONOLULU, Nov. 23.-After 81
days AZ sea in four by-seven life
raft. 1t. James {. Whitaker and
two companions, all of the United
States Army sighted land the
morning Of Wednesday, Novem-
Der II.
Whitaker roWcd the Cumber-
some raft from s a m. 10 p. m.
Arriving AT the islands barrier
reef. he found the water too shall
low for moro rowing, so with the
help Of II. John J. ne Angels. no
picked up the bow Of the raft and
dragged II $50 feet toward shore.
This. after diet Of half an orange
each as tho only food for - days.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Truman 10 Open
Senate Probe Of
Gas Rdtioning
House Subcommittee
Holds Secret Hearing,
Calling Army, Navy Men

WASHINGTON, Nov. % GNS)
Senator Harry 5. Truman Cd
of Missouri. chairman of the Tru-
man senate committee, today an
nounccd that his group would in
.vesuga'e this week the necessity
for nationwide faSoline rationlng.
Truman sand his committee
would seek TO determine the adj
visibility and necessity for tho
IODT orders as they relate TO the
-ent1Te- war effort.
Members of both the Senate and
House have demanded that the
nationwide program, scheduled to
start December /, be delayed, and
a House interstate commerce sub
committee on petroleum sum
fmoned high navy and army Off
,cials for a secret hearing today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
GOODFELLOW PRESIDENT

MckCnnY was II In W0TId
War / ne was IN the signal corps
and ~all-a-.4 i--.-t-S- '-r'T-yTr-Tr
Prior 10 his appointment aS
principal az the Brci'meyer School
he had acted in similar capacity
al tho Smith School.
Colonel Mckcnnv was prcSj-
dent OF The old NcW boys Good
fellow Fund A. the time he was
called into active service He WAS
also a past president Of the De
trOlt Teachers Association.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
GIFTS MINOR WOUND

IN hiS last ict'or, dated October
6. ho 'pI! how his unit had just
sc.lcd its objective after tup
OF 40 miles in a 65.foot trawler
and several fishing canoes. S4mmS
said
He mentioned receiving a minor
wound n that engagement which
he hoped my superior officer
don hear about
McKonny s wlfe/ Gertrude, Is
visiting M Miami (
He has two sons Capt Robert
NcKcnny Of the field artillery.
and Let Donald Mckenny, a fIer
a. Randolph Field Tex.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-08-14
Germans and Italians. Nothing less
than that can save us as a world.

imam tnaJ can save us as a world.
We Americans can begin right at
home and apply this basic principle
of equality Of opportunity-basic to
democracy and Christianity-to the
Negroes among us. We must not
wait till the end of the war to do it.
We must begin right now. That will
be sign Of national repentance, a
sign that we intend to be different
and to make a different world order,
If God will give us another chance.
Last chances do cone. We as a race
have sinned grievously in this matter.
| trust we have not sinned away our
day Of grace, But we cannot take
anything for granted, "The mills of
God grind slowly, but they grind ex-
reedingly small" and nothing es-
capes. God does not have a payday
every Saturday night, but men and
nations do pay. If not today, then
tomorrow. Our Judgment Day ma.
spon US now.
On November II, 1918, when news
hat the ~rmistice was signed was
,''nught into the assembly of bishops
{ the Methodist Church, they spon-
'neolsly called on Bishop Quaye to
weak, They expected the silver
1ngued orator to express their deli
80 10y in flow of oratory. In
t"ad, he arose and said very solemn
~: "Now that peace has come we
must see that justice is done to tho
Negro" and he sat down. Peace
meant that to him-or nothing. It
ss the greatest speech Of his life.
So far Americas greatest act as a
nation has been the liberation Of the
slaves. Her next great act will be to
give the descendants of those freed
slaves equality of opportunity. We
mnTt do It. net through patronage or
ordescension, but through simple
'lsticeLan already too long do'rvN"
Justice.
The Negroes have more than earn
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-08-14
They Did Not Sin 2
By E. Stanley Jones'

L WAS TALKING with the v.rv
able principal of a vocational school
Tor Negroes. He said that ne was
worried about his people in this ma
t1onal crisis. He cited the ofllowinx
eionai crisis. He cited the following
was in a movie theater when
America was thrown n the screen.
Everybody arose to sing it. The
white people sang with fervor, but I
noted the silence of the Negroes
they did not stng.s What hdelay
that silence7 Tne Negroes 1--we to
sing; than why Til. Ileme?
Apparently he silence neaa that
they would let he whites sing my
Country. hs. of thee, sweet land of
liberty, for they could sing It; to
them, it was "my country" to them
it was Sweet land Of liberty" But
not to the Negroes. They are on the
edges of this land Of liberty, segre-
5NSSN 11fu diSSA iiuudIeu against at al
most every point. That inner resent
ment lay beneath that silence.
I have heard the Negroes xins thais
own national anthem" and wAsa
they do, they make the heavens. ring.
One verse goes this way:
God of our weary years,
Godaof our silent tears,
Thou who hast led as thus far on the
way -s-,-
Thou who hast BY Thy might
Led us into the light,
Keep as forever in the path ~ pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places,
our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wilma
Of the world, we forget Thee,
Swallowed beneath Thy hand.
May we forever stand.
True to our God,
fine 10 oar native land.
They can sing that, for It tens Of .
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-08-14

Impressed and thwsrted at every
urn they have made more progress
n these eighty years since slavery,
than any race in human history in
that length of time. We should be
proud of them and open the gates Of
opportunity to them For as Booker
n. Washington said once, There 10
10 way to keep a man down in tbs
gutter except to stay down with him.
We are degrading ourselves in the
ewes Of the world and in our own
eyes by degrading the Negro. And
,ur protested belief in democracy rs
farce unless we are willing to give
equality Of opportunity right here
and now to the Negro.
"They did not singl" How could
they sing and be honest! We must
reverse that, and we must make 1t
possible for them to sing with US,
MY country, it's of thee, sweet land
# liberty" And if we do, we our
elves will be able to sing it with
'reedom-we will sing it with no
hooking in our voices and with no
Juggling at our consciences
Rut whatever we do we must do
micklv and decisively. For Gods
Judgment Hour is upon US.
REPRINTED from the February IS, 1910
Issue
THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY
A0 South Dearborn Street
Chicago. Illinois
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-08-14
struggle for liberty, not yet found.
Living in = White Mans World

We who live in white mans world.
IN world built for us, cannot quite
imagine That it means to live on the
edges of that world. A Negro about
to leave the fellowship of our ashram
at Blue Ridge said: "For the first
time in my life I have Uved il So
ciety of equal privilege without any
strain. Here have been free. But
am about to step out of this society,
into world where I will have to
watch my step, Ast 1 bump against
those invisible walls that I meet
everywhere" "Those invisible wallsl"
The white man, for the most part, is
utterly unconscious of ~ existence
of any such walls; it is his world. But
- Negro dass ~ b unconscious of
them; - - = Vstea his step, or
get hsFl
A white man in South Africa said
to me naively, II don't find society q
barrier to my Christian living.
don't feel'it thwarts me-" replied:
ask the Negro brother beside you
there how he feels about it. This
world was made for yeu.snd not for
I.lim.D1 The white man was unconscious
of those walls; it was his world. But
the iron had entered the soul Of the
black man. Said Negro teacher in
college in South Africa to me: "The
only hope can see is that Europe is
arming. They will blow themselves
and their civilization to pieces, and
then our chance will come" It was
bitter word, out Of the depths Of a
bitter soul. But put yourself in his
place before Jon blame him. 7 ana
quite sure We would never have been
as patient as they have been.
Why Negroes Are Bitter
Three hundred and forty million dol
lars are being spent in government
contracts in q plAnt at Baltimore.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-08-14
Color and the Wan in the East

Moreover, there is further danger.
Japan is appealing to Asia on the ba-
D, @Asia for the Asiatics." It II
Arrific appeal, for there are resent
,nents smoldering in the soul Of the
olored races because Of white inso-
ence over long periods. But China
cutting the nerve Of that appeal
yellow race has attacked yellow
ace 1t is not a racial war P''A It
Gould very easily become one. Srnonse
china should drop out. The appeTi TO
he colored races, including the Afri-
ans in Africa, would be terrific and
dangerous. Visualize it. ifnr- .ar..
What conclusion must we draw from
Ill this, There is only one way out
we must solemnly pledge ourselves
as people to stand for world or
der in which equality of opportunity
is tn basic cornerstone-this apart
from class, race or color. We woulc
further add: This equality of oppor-
tunity should be for those who are
now counted enemies - Japanese
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-08-14
The Weekly Echo

down the line. Wherever the Negro
gets a chance be oversompensates
and becomes better"
A dispacn from the training center
for Negro fliers says: "Their instruc-
tors revealed yesterday the number
of 'washouts' was lower than the
general average of white flying ca
J lets" They overcompensAted.
| A Negro member Of our preaching
Mission was speaking before a white
( high school and at the close of his
address white boy publicly asked
he question, "How does it feel to be
Negro?" The Negro replied: TITS
wonderful. You white people have
very narrow range of choice = you
have to take the very white. We have
very wide range of choice - from
the very white to the very black and
| all shades between. We are freer
| Have you ever hearu, or Joe Louis
He's the greatest boxer Ever hear
of Marion Anderson? She's the great
= r'n~ar Ever hear of Jesse Owen
J He's the fastest human Ever hear
| F~iNo- D'~i-n? E1o's God" ANY
rro yvho would cr,~wnr that kind Of
| rosticr in +ra+ f-ehinn har genius,
Behind Joe Louis
'r"rr from the humor of the
- h'";n"" rn~i of the answer
- u,o. r,-.,o.i,;--~ vorv ;l'.-r,inat
why dn Joe Louis. Marion
! '-~~"" Tnsse O.van and o+ho~ No
ices s+"rd ont when they enter
-oo'',' where they have equal oppor
tunity? They overcompensate. That
will increasingly happen in our ma
tional life. If we do not give the Ne
gro equality Of opportunity all down
the line we will have tn suffer the
iumiliatior IF see;ro him srrross We
| in the realms where he is free. Joe
Louis IS not an individual; he repre-
sents suppressed race and when he
hits whole racial suppression is in
impossible hing: "See that setting
hat row-so they go down in order
before him He is-striking a blow for
the freedom Of his people.
4 81 -
| The Negro has mach to consEbute
to us. Not to take that contrFbution
is, in the words Of "a white pancipal
ef a Negro institutsonS like rsfusing
million dollars as gift. dda at
itude toward the Negro will have to
change from one Of patronaS and
ondescension to one Of appre lion
nd gratitude.
A white officer. sent up Negro
student aviator and told him to 30 an
sun? Point the nose of yoursplane
traight toward the center of the sun
and without moving the nose, turn
he plane completely over describing
JUL circle" To the amazement Of
the officer, the student did it. He
lad to. His moment had come.
Are we going to take the marvellous
powers Of these people and turn them
into contribution to our country, or
will we suppress them and thus turn
some into bitterness and Illustration
and have them hate US, and others
into overcompensation and have them
surpass US?
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-08-14
compensation

twenty-five Negro students went
up from Hampton and Tuskegee to
take the examinations for aviation in
competition with white students from
universities and colleges across the
country. It was q stiff examination,
but these twenty-five Negro students
stood at the top Of the list, with an
average Of 94.2 per cents. asked
the white principal Of Hampton In
titute how IL happened and his reply
was revealing: "Overcompensation
These Negro students knew they
wouldn't get anywhere unless they
were better than the rest. So they
were better. That IS happening az
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-08-14

They are importing labor from the
outside. No Negroes are being used.
Can you blame them if they grow
bitter? How can you expect them to
die In the defense If their country
when they are excluded from defense
programs DR.. Mordecia Johnson.
head Of Howard University, says:
My people are more discouraged
now than they have been since thew
were emancipated from slave, y" No
wonder they are discouraged.
In che six or seven states ~hs~,
there are 1,125,0O0 Negro children,
per capita educational expenditure
for those Negro children is $3.50 per
child as against S75 for the nation.
and $50 to 500 in the most advanced
states. In five states the average sal.
airy for Negro teachers per year is
S2S7. Amid this dark picture there
is one hopeful gleam Oklahoma and
Missouri are trying to do justice to
che Negro by putting up a greater
per capita expenditure for Negro chill
dren than for white.
NO mere pror~am for charity will
TO- There must be simple, elemental
It "' The Negro must be GWEN
irallty of opportunity
Hw Zealand il one of the most
aggressive states of the world The
Maori and the white New Zealander
are advancing side by side, each
pr hi Of tho n'he~ '~,.,
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1942-08-14

Why Negroes Are Bitter
Three hundred and forty million dol
lars are being spent in government
contracts in . plAnt at Baltimore.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-07-31
Curtis C. Chivers,
4013 Clinton Ave.
White Soldier Writes
Anti Tank Co., 137 Inf,

Anti Tank Co., 1877 Inf,
Los Angeles, Calf.
Staff of The Minneapolis Spokes-
man and St. Paul Recorder.
Dear Friends:
1t may be late sometimes but
the Spokesman and Recorder with
its vital news and insight into the
often neglected aspects of Democ-
racy always reaches me even
though my address has changed
five times since I've been in the
army.
Keep up your good work.
I'm curious to know the inside
of the bundists in the Nicollet Ave
nue. Improvement Association.
think if the whole bund set up in
Minneapolis could be opened to
view that lot of the fight would
be easier.
Am laid up in the 73rd Evacua-
ton Hospital, National Military
Home, since July ID. Jim Crow
isn't in command here, Pm glad to
say. Have the fiu-nothing serious.
1 don't have all the facts but
isn't it noteworthy that the war
opened the continent of Australia
to all races? An instance of where
war extends Democracy.
Believe me, every extension of
minority rights against Jim Crow
lights a flame of happiness and
makes me ashamed of myself and
my white friends that we have
done so little.
Was wondering if any of you
were at the NAACP convention
here last week. Willkie certainly
said the right thing!
Did you note that Judge Lands
was at last forced to admit that
there were no Jim Crow rules in
Major Leagues and actually stated
that club could hire whomever they
liked? This opens a door that the
Daily Worker has been hammer
ing on for a long time and certain
ly we can expect Brooklyn or one
of the New York, or maybe Detroit
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-07-31
INTO ORGANIZED BASEBALL

early predict the outcome OF the evident decision OF
baseball drop the color bars against players OF Negro
ancestry Capuaon baseball ogarhy to the growing
whites that the socaed national game be really
fastened by the Another factor
which ignored the financial angle Negro fans
increasing few have remained from the
big league games protest the silly white policy the
plus the lack of interest of white fans in the
type being played today the ball parks contributing fac
the policy.
opinion that the financial angle played the most
baseball magnate mind the
forget their dearest
when touch their pocketbooks Negro players are
doubt the the
be However, think that they
chance they will bring both credit the athletic record
Negro the and the Golfers of club
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-07-31
Business Again

Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smhy stands
is beginning to look it, after watt get
some business agan-Advertising Age.