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Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
Boston Fire Death
Toll Set at 487

BOSTON. Dec. II. CUP) - The
CocOanut Grove holocaust took 487
lives, according to revised official
figures released today by the Bos-
ton public safety committee.
The committees final check Show
ed that III persons were injured
in the disaster, of whom more than
90 still we're in hospitals.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
Scanning I.V.
News Horizon
IMPERIAL MAN
TAKES TRAINING

The war department announced
Friday that Bert A. Gebhart of I'M
perial recently arrived at the field
artillery replacement center at Fort
Bragg, N. c.. for basic military
training. After he completes his
initial training he will be transfer
red to field organization.
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EscaPed Convict
Turns New Leaf

HUNTSVILLE. Texas. Dec Il
up Carl Fulton z. ais. a ro5ber
who escaped with a kllcr, rosumea
penitcntiarN life by his own choise
To-Day bccau>, t.a sord .tl.C n, H..
wrong I WAS DON.
Eyars 23 uh4aa4o.d @ud alone
returned b bus 1tom Nacocdo.heS
to Huntsville prison on a ticket
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11
ELKS ENJOY
STEAK DINNER

Elks had a steak inner preced-
inc their meeting Thursday night,
l47 steaks being cooked ty J. D
Adams. chef of the evenino. After
q short business meeting the mem
bers enjoyed a floor show.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-11

hazardous profession.
Irwin Goodman. Brooklyn Jun
ior High school instructor, was mur-
dered recently by two former pupils
who objected to being disciplined
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ccpt 4 handful of Italians on
troop train
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IhSPEcTlO Our tire
experts are specialists >.
trained in thorough inspec-
tion. They know what to
look for and how to
correct trouble. You can
depend on them because
they've always made a fHH
time job of tire service.
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Particularly Vigilant'

In his fighting speech, President Roosevelt said: 1--WE
must be particularly vigan against racial discrimination
in anv of it's ugly FORMS
Last week according to current story going the rounds
committee representing the sentiments OF the total B
mnqham Negro czenry went up to talk win tne CIVILIAN
defense authorities with reference to Negro DIVISION Oh
civilian defense similar to the seup in Atlanta and was
tnrned down fatly Atlanta Negro citizens nave cvlah
defense setup comparable to the Negro division OF N1A
On the point of auxiliary police the story says the com
,;+tee was told that if Negro auxiliary or war emerge
nolce were appointed the Negro auxllary ponce Wouu
Ge oct drunk and probably enter white nelghOorhooo
and give trouble
Tho excuse for not using Negro auxiliary ponce gram
;n +be story is true is as mpatrloc thng DIS coto m
hannened in section of the country Voas'ng VI 'e ~
there is in AmericanlSm
There is as much reason for using Negro Al aS io
; Moro air raid wardens, Negro Ps Negro SoloerS anu
Negro nurses. -, ,.u
Another thing there is absolutely no basis lor tl.ns %
that Negro MPs would abuse thei rwar uuS % ond sn
l: tn leasant for white citizens Rather II Wouo op
In,on+ the strength of unity and faclal accoA"' NV"
tinue united people r, pirr,;ncham (AaO World
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sion which inevitably cropped up
in any story about Joe Louis. 1t
was Hes credit to his racs.'
Lieutenant Commander Wall er
Winchell. who fathered the Lou s.
Buddy Baer fight for the Navy
Relief Fund, hit the nail sauarely
on the head. Friday night we sat
In a theatre in Richmond. The
place was packed. The newsreel was
being shown. Suddenly the Negro
champion came to life on the silv-
er screen. Joe was being shown in
Quoted into the army. Spontaneous
applause cracked from every Sec
tion Of the theatre.
'Iouis, born to poverty in s.n
Alabama cabin, won fame and
riches through his ability to batter
fighters into senseless hulks. lie
won respect for his becoming
modesty, the way be kept his head
when he was catapulted into nation
al prominence. A great champion,
he never asked favors of anyone e,
taking on cha1lengers as they were
lined up for him. He asked no
favor when the army called. He
waived the customary period of de-
Law and went right On in. 1T Is
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Sikeston, Missouri

Already noted for the Missouri Compromise the State of
Missourthe show-me region-goes the top with the
year 1912 The Tuskegee report of ynchng activities has
ing While it showed that ynchng the decline,
contend that lynching is too much Now the year
should close with this single disgrace from Missouri it will
be too much for country baskng in the sunlight of de-
mocracy.
One ynchng goes show that section retains the
right to lynch As rule the ynchers go free and nothing
is done in the line punishment It notice pos
sble ynchees that they not immune from the ugly
TOM
We face day and have upon new conditions,
such as will require the full of the support of every
citizen country Such will give fine comfort in the
camps of those who bent upon destroying our
together.
1t is hard to conceive how the better thinking law abd
ing citizens of the southern states imagine that they
the nation upon proposition of half law and half mob
These times for citizens to have to stand and seek
revenge for nghtrdng and hooded law enforcement The
country cannot afford to wink these crimes allow those
who perpetrate them to 90 free and at the time
appeal to those very citizens refuses to protect for their
faith and fortification
The State of Missouri has enviable opportunity to
spread the lesson of the year the Of the nation
gardng how lynching will be tolerated.
The governor Of Missouri has ordered special nvesti-
cation and is be hoped will be thorough and the guilty
murders will be appropriately punished
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BETWEEN THE LINES
The Kingdom Coming

THE KINGDOM Of God is COM
ing in the earth. In spite of the
jibes and jeerS of skeptic and cynic,
1t is coming. Though long the years
we must work and watch and wait,
though tedious the tasks which must
yet be accomplished, though be-
clouded the horizon of our dark
some present, the Kingdom of God
is coming. If roor mortals spent as
much time p1acticing the golden
rule as they spend debating wheth-
er or not the kingdom is coming,
it would be appreciably hastened.
One of the great questions in this
connection is. do we know the
kingdom if we really see it COM
ing? Most Of US do not; for the
thing we are expecting is every
thing else but the kingdom. That
longed for era of WarlessneSS and
sinlesSness are only aspects Of the
kingdom Through wars and rum
ors Of wars and through struggles
with sin, the kingdom Is always
coming. Character as we now know
it can only be achieved in some
contest with problems of one sort
or another. Were there no prob
lens there could be no character.
KINGDOM IS COMING
Why then do we reel before the
iron fact that problems of various
description rise like mountains to
oppose us and our feeble efforts d?
What most men regard as the king
dom is kind of "ooZy- wooZy" feel
ing that goes with doing nothing
a sheer succumbing to lazinesS eter-
nal Considering what men have
done with their war and with their
peace, it is safe to say that they
have done less kingdom building
in times of peace. The Kingdom of
God is comingl
Will this kingdom come through
the church or through the athletic
arena? Will it be ushered in by Joe
Louis or Frank Buchanan of the
Oxford Movement? The answer is,
1t is coming from everywhere and
from all directions. Hitherto we
have denied that aetheistic Russia
could hasten the kingdom coming
by defeating hypocritical Germany.
The atheist who destroys hypo-
crite helps to hasten the kingdom.
The kind of kingdom therefore
that comes out of everything and
comes everywhere is on its way.
I set out in this release to tell
how the kingdom comes through
the theatre. The following Is an
excerpt from the TimesDispatch
morning paper of Richmond. Va;
the former capitol of the Confeder-
acy. It was written by yomc
white man, a sports writer. l see in
IT. the coming IF the kingdom Tt is
by Chauncv burden ard follows:
CREDIT TO COUNTRY
'"rhere used to be a pet express
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Mitchell Leaving
1Cantinued from Page II


nouncement came like a oainI
shell to those who had dlsregaro,o,
"a The AMP announcement L
mcnths before.
Ngr D1ckerson mas not mace
final decision. Brilliant lawyer a'io
sneaker. who has won new lauroE
as an active member of the pres
dents Fair Employment Practlce
committee: active in civic affairs
and widely known natlonally,
many of his friends feel he "oulo
be making a mistake to go up
AGAINST the formidable organiza-
tion headed by Dawson.
It is reported that the Demo
Gratis plan to place q Negro upon
the judicial slate this year ana
that Mayor Kelly is hesitating BE-
fore picking his candidate for the
judgeship. Reports are That II
Dickerson is willing to abandon his
congressional ambitions and take
the judgeship, a six year post pay
ing $4,000 a year, that he can
have the place on the ticket. The
alternative would be the slim
chance of beating the Dawson ma
chine which now is at the peak OF
its strength. Dickerson and DaW-
son held a conference Wednesday
but made no announcement 0t
their dccision-if any.
PRIMARIES IN SPRING
The primaries are this sprl1g,
but the decision as to who will fight
it out for nominations must be
made soon.
On the Republican side of the
congressional battle, Industrial
Commissioner William E. King is
conceded the votes of the regular
Republican machine. Mr.. King is
committeeman in the second ward
Editor Jacob Upper, who heads
the Denee faction of the Republi-
can party, Is importuning Col
Roscoe Conklin Simmons to oppose
Mr. King in the primaries. There
may be other candidates on the
Republican ticket but unless some
| sort of a miracle happens it is felt
chat the district is too strongly
democratic in an eff year election
for Sthe COP to beat the powerful
democratic machine.
several wooden Sfacks in the rear
and students experience some OF
the worse conditions.
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Pay More Attention To Jobless

"The looking for job is the forgotten man." we
heard person say on an occasion.
Many of white business pay close attention
matter There but few in that will
go at that of them have Department Of Public
Relations and therefore the need for consideration of the
individual seeking the job is ignored
It is most discouragng the average job hunter TO
make contacts with various companies expecting them to
be and nice to hem only find that bust
find out applying for work that these
houses are just the opposite
Too often the usual greeting that the job seeker finds
in many of coored businesses is huge sign board read
ing: mo HELP WANTED".
person who goes to a business house is paying the
business compliment He wants to be associated with the
group because he feels is the finest group town. He
shows preference working there, he would not be
there.
An applicant courteousy received, though there
exists no job for him for the moment Will always become
an agency of goodwill for that company.
The Afro-American Life Company has set in
department of Public Relations and Publicity The conf
panv and President Lewis to be congratulated on the
same because can readily that the department. Is
doing great good in the matter of receiving people,
Others of large concerns follow suit and do a
great service not only to job seekers advertising soc
tors but their entire community and race.
The callers treatment is definitely strong and con-
tnung influence particularly if he or she be customer or
potential customer The Afro again the pace Others
NAV not be dSgracing themselves by being courteous
to VISITORS no matter what they seeking.
Progressive News, Jacksonville, Fla,
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AS to colored folk being as yet
unacknoWledged as part OF the
American citiZenry, this department
has in mind currently circulated
booklet of the Treasury Department,
intended to sell defense stamps and
bonds to Americans, on the cover of
which Is supposedly typical group
of Americans, without one single
solitary face that even suggests a
person of color, and throughout
which in many pictures illustrating
typical scenes from our national
life, there is not solitary likeness
of a colored citizen.
JUST DON'T COUNT
Who, in heavens name, gets out
this stuff for the Government?
Have they no common sense at all?
Is it their view that colored folk
are not to be appealed to, in the
effort to achieve unity; or is it their
position that colored citizens don't
count, anyhow?
Proceeding from the last point
backward to the second, that is,
having taken the last point first,
this department is reminded of
what Abraham Lincoln said about
the enemy in terms of color. The
mind behind these gags is of
piece with the mind gave holding
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School Life Of
Children Figures
Tn High Mortality
= rATurRINE RICHARDSON

BY CATHERINE hAChA
rhe rapid rae of deaths and dis
ease among Negroes in our city
NAV be accounted for, if we tol-
low the school life of the Negro
boys and girls.
Fpidemics and disease are al
lowed to spread without much
competition in the unsanitary con-
dition that exist in some OF the
old fashioned. wood-framed schoo'
buildings.
There are twenty-four schools
in the city for Negroes, and the
following are among the worse
Cameron, Lane, Patterson, Thomas,
Kingston, East Birmingham, East
Ayondale In these seven, there Is
an average of 753 students to every
IA teachers. This gives each teach
er an average of 81 students n
one class room. East Birmingham
has 226 pupils and only 3 teachers
The buildings that these same chit
dren enter each morning, average
yCrlS Ill dSC' LA1A Va OAA~AaA ~
wood d-framed, except one, and that
is Thomas. Although the students
are unable to tell the difference
because of the improper heating
system and over crowded class
rooms.
All of the above schools are ele
mentary schools. and the pupils
ages are from six to fourteen
years. Yet they are deprived OF
proper health habits because oi
improper toilets and too few drink
ing fountains and cloak rooms. II
schools like kingston and East
Birmingham, there is only one
drinking fountain and one cloak
room with nearly 300 students.
There are other schools In the
city that are called better schools
than those mentioned, yet some OF
the same condit noies
the same conditions exist in these.
Such schools as Lincoln and Coun-
Gil have beautiful brick fronts, with
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Magee's only reply was that he
felt he represented "ncrthern
opinion"
EDUCATED IN PHILADELPHIA
This assumption by Gen. Magee
is probably because he was educat-
ed in Philadelphia. He is said to
have been born in Ireland; COM
ing to America at an early age,
where he was placed in the Girard
school, an orphan asylum in Phila-
delphia. His experience is identical
with that of former President Null
lowney of Meharry Medical COL
lege who came out of the same
Girard school. It is said both
men finished the same medical
school in Philadelphia and that
their outlook is strikingly similar.
The army has 1000 nurses in its
ranks. At first Gen. Magee would
authorize only 56 Negro nurses.
That figure is now upped to 112, 1t
is understood. The number is
inanifestly far less than should be
commissioned.
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WALTER CHIVERS SAYS: By WALTER cHvrRs

war we won't have anything to do
with how we live, if we live at all.
Then again this is going tc be a
lcng all absorbing war. How can
Negro educators be SO .foresighted
as to prepare people for living
after the war when h Y
have been in the forefront Of those
who believed that ''it couldn't hap
pen here?
So far, I suppose that my discus
sion has been confined to prepa-
ration for living or rather fight
ing as Negro men. But Negro wom-
en- are probably more seriously af-
fected by the conservative educa-
tional philosophy Of Negro COL
leges. It seems that none of their
educators have yet fully realized
that Negro young women have not
only as important stake in the
current state of the nation as the
white women but even more so.
! Their race forms a heavy barri-
cade but lack of preparation for
living in this world is probably q
bigger block than race
It seems a bit ironical to be told
So often that the prime purpose of
education for Negro women is to
prepare them to be home makers
A noble purpose I agree. There
are at least two major objections,
however, the one is that Negro
young women are trained to be
home makers but the young men
whom they marry are not equip
ped to make enough money to
furnish the mechanics of a "do-
mestic science" home and again
until "Stuka dive bombers" are
Silenced there is not much logic in
preparing to make homes.
NEGRO WOMEN TOO?
| AS I write this article. a radio
commentator is talking in terms of
l6,e0O.O0c women in industry if
this war is to be fought through to
effective conclusion. Is it to be
concluded that only white women
shall shoulder this responsibility?
Wouldn't it be a grand idea. if
there was an even growing group
of Negro women trained to lead
their race sisters into the indus
trial world? The grandest thrill 1
have experienced in many moons
was recently when 1 watched Ne
gro girls, in training as. aviation
pilots, flying hydroplaneS off the
surface Of the Kanawha River in
downtown Charleston, West yir-
ginia.
Why not a Work Conference of
Negro educators whose sole inter-
est will be forming plans for pre-
!paring Negro youth to be service
able in the immediate future?
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Negro College Education
And The Immediate Failure

possible that any public organiza~
tion could maintain as compla-
cent front in face of a cataStro-
phe much less dynamic than the
present one. But Up-to date / do
believe that Negro educators have
performed this feat of almost un-
paralleled self-ccntrol. The proof
of this statement is the fact that
tc-date there have been very few
efforts toward revamping curricu-
La and procedure to meet the de-
mand of society for young folk
with drasticalty different educa-
tional preparation than could
hardly be conceived Of before Hit
ler started his military march in
the fall Of 1889.
The newer times not only de-
mand an almost complete about
face in educational content and
philosophy but increased speed in
the process of education. BY the
time Negro colleges had got around
to worrying about the problems Of
discipline, for instance, growing out
of the fact that most of their
students are inexperienced and
naive adolescents, the federal gov
e1nment was saying in effect that
it cannot wait acy longer for youth
to reach 81 years of age before
they are ready to assume the gray
er responsibilities of life.
There is a congressional proposal
today that aviators should be per-
mitted to become lieutenants at
81 years of age There is recog-
milton on the part of the military
high command that education is
a prime essential In the useful
fighting man in World War II. Not
only must the modern soldier be
better trained than the soldier of
World War ], but his training must
cover very wide variety of skills
The fighting man of today must
in addition be young. robust, and
enduring, So now the adolescent is
no longer publicly an adolescent
but an adult.
MUST FIRST WIN
Many of those with whom !
argue this question tell me that
the important thing now is to pre-
pare youth for living after the
war. Even at the risk Of being
called pessimist I stubbornly ask
Why preparation for living after
the war is anywhere nearly SO i'm
lportant as preparation for winning
the war For if we do not win this
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By GORDON B. HANCOCK

doubtful if Louis will ever face an
enemy on the battlefield He
more valuable to the army in
capacities other than as O soldier
in the front line. But if he we're
sent to the front line, he'd make a
great soldier. Joe Louis is a credit
to his country
NO MARK AGAINST HIM
"He left civilian life without a
mark against him. He's conducted
himself in exemplary fashion, un-
less one wants to bring up the spat
with his wife. But the airing of
matrimonial differences has come
to be common place. And anyway
Joe and mis- wife patched up their
quarrel short of the divorce courts.
It's been written time and again
that Joe has had the benefit of
unusually good advice that being
furnished by his managers, John
Roxborough, Julian Black and Pro-
moter Mike Jacobs. They've
guarded him closely, watched his
actions and statements. Credit them
with that, but remember it's a good
man who can take good advice.
Fighting is his trade and he has
learned his trade well and has
stuck to his last"
Such sentiment is a sign that the
Kingdom Is comingl
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I that the Japanese are japanese and
can't possibly win. For II color Is
used as a term of disparagement IN
the radio gags: the Japanese have
already been written off the losers
in the second case wholly because
they are Japanese.
This isn't the kind OF mind that
will bring us through to victory In
the Pacific. And it should be re-
me,nbered that while it Is desirable
to cultivate confidence in our own
arms and in final victory this does
not call for under estimating the
enemy either by calling him names
or questioning his fighting. We
must have the proper mind for the
fight before we can have the might
to win.
IN AGREEMENT
This department has noted with
interest the suggestion that James
Weldon Johnson'S beautiful song,
Lift Every Voice and Sing' should
not be designated The Negro Ma
tional Anthem" for the reason that
we already have a national anthem
and need no special one for Ne
gro citizens.
This department is in complete
agreement with the suggestion; but
wishes to point out that the song
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Give Now

Every working citizen has been asked to contribute
DAYS pay to the Red Cross Embarrassing campaign Such
contribution than charity-it duty Of every
of
Such a campaign should be in one day. One day
to give days pay should be enough Not more than one
week at the most should be necessary
The cause of the Red Cross its best case Its work
is as broad as the needs of humankind.
Give
Giving knows color line.
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is not entitled "The Negro National
Anthem" as some seem TO think,
hut "I,ift Every VoicN and Sing" 1t
certainly is a beautiful song, both
lyric and music and the un-
fortunate practice of some in call
inc it a national anthem. this de-
rartment homes. viii not lead' to
the solving of so spirited and fine
ly conceived song.
We could wish that the suggestion
made here would be extended to
the point where those other non
integrating devices like "race men,"
and "the race" and race woman"
would disappear from the pages of
colored newspapers. If we need no
NEGRO National Anthem" we need
no specific and silly designation for
our colored citizens,
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No Plans
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Negro organizations.
The arny's present officer train
ing program does not call for sepa-
rate schools.
Mr.. Stimson did disclose the
possibility shat a greater number
of Negroes would be given officer
training under the new plan es-
tablishing a minimum of three
months enlistment before a candi-
date was eligible to attend one Of
these schools.
Graduates of the schools are CIV
en- commissions as second lieuten-
Ants,