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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09
TIE WILD GIRL OF THE
CARPATHIANS

ONE of the most interesting
~ of recent cases, first pub
lished a few years ago in The
American Weekly, was that of
Joanna Mandrila, the wild Girl
OF the Carpathians.
Daughter of Ion Mandrila,
sheep herder living in a remote
section of the rugged Carpathian
mountains of Rumania, seven
year-old Joana wandered away
alone and became lost in the
forest, where she lived for seven
years with a pack of timber
wolves.
A party of superstitious lum-
berjacks found her one day sleep
ing i'm a cave. Because Of her
wild appearance, they thought at
first that she was a werewolf
vampire, or dead human being
that is supposed to leave its
grave at night, 10 slash the
throats and drink the blood Of
living people
But just as they were about
to dispose of her in traditional
manner by driving a stake
through her heart. they saw she
was breathing and knew from
that that she was not a YAM
pire. Despite her struggles, they
tied her up and eventually re-
stored her 70 her parents.
Joana had forgotten how to
talk and when first taken indoors
she tried 20 climb the walls and
dive through a mirror. But her
mind was sound and in time her
memory and her ability to speak
returned 10 her
She was rebellious at first be-
cause she had 20 accustom her
self 20 sleeping indoors, eating
cooked food and wearing tight
fitting clothing but after three
years it began 20 look as If she
was going 90 settle down 10 a
normal way of living. and she
even became engaged TO a young
nciehhor.
Then, on the eve Of her we'd
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temperament, and liked hearing
music; and his hearing and smell
were particularly acute.
He was never able TO speak
properly. Peter, XII soho. and qui
ca (by the two last words mean
ing to express the names of
his two benefactors, King George
and Queen Caroline), were the
plainest of the few inarticulate
sounds he was ever known to
produce.
He conducted himself as a
good-natured, harmless and ODE
dent creature, so that he could
be employed in all sorts of little
domestic offices in the kitchen,
or in the field.
But they could not leave him
alone TO his own devices in these
matters, for once when he was
left alone by a cart of compost,
which he had just been helping
TO load, he Immediately on the
same spot began diligently 10 UNI
load it again.
Apparently Wild Peters re-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09

-HERE'S a hard and an easy
way 10 do things The
y California promoters, who
recently opened a new swimming
pool in Los Angeles, chose the
hard way. Not content to Just
turn on the faucet and dedicate
their pool in the usual manner,
they decided that what they
needed 10 make it an outstand-
ing event was water from every
one of our As States so that
aquatic visitors from anywhere
in America would feel at home.
Ordinary water was not good
enough. 1t had to have a really
nationwide flavor and so it did.
Letters were sent TO every State
in the union asking that water,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09

taken from some historical spot,
be shipped back That from
Massachusetts, for example, had
TO be from the frog pond on
Boston Common while New
York's sample came from the
Bridal Veil Of Niagara Falls.
1t took weeks TO gather all the
water necessary to dedicate this
IAN American" pool. Then
bunch of pretty girls had to be
selected TO properly represent
each State. When that pleasant
task was finished, the promoters
were all ready TO dedicate their
pool having spent more time get
ting ready for the ceremony
than the builders took TO throw
the whole thing together.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09
THE WILD BOY OF AVEYRoN

A MOTHER very famous wild
~ boy was one of eight or nine
years Of age who was pulled out
of a tree by hunters in Caune in
the Department Aveyron in
France in 1899.
Like Wild Peter, this boy,
known as Victor, bore traces
of clothing which indicated that
he had had some contact with
human beings, He apparently
had some mental defect, too, as
was the opinion from eXamina-
ton by Pinel, the leading psychi-
artist of the day. Like Wild
Peter, Victor only spoke two
words. In his case they were
the words for milk and for
God"
He could not eat cooked food
of any sort at first and drank by
lowering his mouth TO rivers and
springs, like an animal.
He was first taken TO the
famous naturalist Prof. SIGH
ard NJ. Bonnaterre Under his
care he made a rapid improve
ment physically
He escaped several times in
his long captivity Of over 30
years. He died at 40 years Of
age. about half as old as Wild
Peter These were the two long
est-lived cases of feral man. on
record.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09

the long ribbon that formally
opened the swimming place. If
the men in charge had stuck TO
the prosaic method of just turn
ing on the water without fan
fare, they might not have even
gotten a tenderfoot scout TO snip
the ribbon-unless they con-
vinced him that it was all a part
Of his daily good turn.
The promoters claim, and
maybe it's true, that the Los
Angeles dedication marked the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09
Human Children Who Fought Wild Nature at It's Worst

speech. even in the slightest arti-
culations of sounds. The sounds
which he uttered were thunder
standable murmuring. This muir
muring was increased to a howl
ing when he saw woods or even
a tree.
"One could make him run
away by showing him a needle
with which he had once been
pricked; but naked sword held
10 his breast or over his head
did not cause him the slightest
fear. Otherwise / did not notice
any fear of men, which one gen
orally notices with persons of his
type.
I'm the beginning his food con-
sisted only Of all kinds of tree
leaves, grass, roots, and raw
meat. Only very slowly did he
accustom himself to cooked food.
Il am unable to say how old he
was. Outwardly he could have
been from TWEEN { vt hree to
twenty-five years old"
The scientific conclusions are
that man is born with a neural
organization unique in the bio
logical realm, yet apparently the
individual has 10 live with other
human beings in order TO enter
into his human heritage.
Radicals from the days Of
Rousseau have prejudced the
scientific case for feral man by
the fervor of their espousal Of
these cases as proving that the
environment completely moulds
the human mind and mentality.
They overlook that mentality is
a bio neurological mechanism,
and mind the Fundamentally
conditioned content organized by
that mechanism. Though we
have seen in previous article
("Science at Last Admits Wild
Animals Adopt Human Babies'D
a well-attested case of human
beings reduced 20 wolf-condition-
ing, the radical thesis still needs
a case of wolf raised 10 human
behavior. The present cases bear
this out.
Meanwhile we shall continue to
envisage human heredity and the
psychological factors as para
mount, with the environing fac
tors operating with them in a
complex interplay.
1t would appear clear that
within the complex organism of
human neurology, mans facul-
ties and capacities arise TO func-
ton. But they need the environ
mental stimulus as a seed needs
the good earth. Depival of the
earth, the seed dies, just as hu-
man faculties atrophy when de-
prived of the environmental
stimulus of language, thought,
and human association.
BY animal association, this hui
man equipment can be condi-
toned TO animal behavior, loco
motion, food, and emotional re-
Spouse. Deprived too long Of hui
man association, or animal-Condi-
toned too strongly, the sensitive
/potentialities Of human develop
mont are permanently inhibited
and or the traces OF animal con-
,ditioning are never completely
lost.
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first time that water from all our
as States had been dumped to-
gether. The germ Of their idea,
it seems, came from the fact that
on many occasions buildings
have been dedicated that con-
tanned stone or wood from every
state in the nation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09

ding. while she and her fiance
were tending sheep, a wolf pack
appeared from the nearby woods
and Joana, in sudden frenzy.
dashed off to greet them.
Before the eyes of her horri-
fled fiance. she tore off all her
clothing and drank the blood of
a sheep, freshly killed by the
wolves-then raced away with
the wolf pack into the forest,
which had always seemed to
fascinate her, and no one has
ever been able TO find a trace of
her since that time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09

off hand it might seem that
they had gone TO lot of bother.
But things have to be done the
hard way when there's a press
agent around, usually for good
and sufficient reasons.
If the promoters had just filled
up their pool in the regular way,
nobody would have paid any at
tention, but by giving the cere-
monies this novel twist-and by
decorating the landscape with AS
photogenic young ladies-they
had photographers falling all
over themselves to be on hand.
BY employing such publicity
tricks, the Californians were
able also to get politicians to
compete for the honor of cutting
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09
ApOOLWHERE ALLAMERICANS FEEL ATH0kE

The
Photograph
at the
Right
Shows
Katie
NIanley
Repre-
senting
New York,
Contrib
uting
Water
From
Niagara
Falls.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09

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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-28
Resolution Of
LoonlsAsB Bar
Allowed to Enroll
After Suit Filed
By Gaffney Woman

COLUMBIA, s. C.-0SNS)-Ne-
groes are enrolling to vote in the
Democratic primary here, but a
resolution passed by the City
Democratic executive committee
may successfully prevent them
from exercising their right OF
franchise. But unless Negroes are
allowed to vote i'll the Democratic
primary, the NAACP said, this
week. lega, action will be insti-
tuted.
The action by city officials per-
hitting Negroes to enroll is direct
result Of the suit filed by Mrs.
Iottie p. Gaffney of Gaffney, S.
C. and three others because cleo
ton Judges refused to allow them
to register for the 1910 presidential
primary the NAACP stated.
The resolution passed by the city
Democratic executive committee
on January % shortly before the
trial in the Gaffney case occurred
states: every Negro applying to
vote in the city Democratic
primary must be known TO have
voted the Democratic ticket con-
tinuously since 1876"
According to that, a Negro must
be at least 81 years old and must
have voted the Democratic ticket
for the last IS years to be eligible
now. City officials are quoted as
saying that enrolment clerks have
been instructed to allow Negroes
to enroll, but that qualifications
for voting in the primaries must
be met before they can vote.
The Columbia branch NAACP
has already succeeded in getting
so persons 10 enron and is aiming
at a top figure of 500.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-28
Man Loses Life
In House Blaze

VALDOSTA, Ga. - (SNS) -
Believed to have died Of suffoca-
ton, the body Of Sam Marshall,
turpentine farm worker, was
found behind a door early Sunday
morning by firemen who were
called to the scene to fight a
blaze.
Marshall's family and three
other families fled from the blaz-
ing house unframed. Firemen
reasoned that the victim was
trapped by fire and smoke.
Clothes on his body were not
burned.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-28
Says Influence OF White
Race Definitely Waning

NEW YORK-(CD-Pearl S..
Buck novelist and President of the
East and West association, predict
ed in an address before that
group this week at the Waldorf
Astoria that the white race would
never again be dominant in the
same way that it has been. in the
past. She said the old order is
passing upon 1.-The memorable re-
turns of injustice and denial of
freedom
"Those who wage this war for
freedom" she continued, unjust
have the widest possible under
standing of what freedom means,
or it will be lost however the armies
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-28
Sailor Killed In
Action At Sea

ELLINGTON, N. c. CAMP -
The Navy Department notified o.
car Davis here Tuesday that his 80.
year-old son, Chester Davis, has
been lost at sea. According to the
report the victim was a mess at
tendant aboard the destroyer Jacob
Jones which was torpedoed by an
enemy submarine off Cape May, N
j., early February %. with a loss in
excess of 100 lives.
Davis, who had been in the navy
for seven years, spent the entire
time as a member of the crew of
the Inflated destroyer. AT the time
OF his death, he was receiving SIP
monthly, $25 of which was allotted
to his father.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-28

win it. Sooner or later there will
be war again and war and war
again, unless this one issue of
freedom for all is put into the
bedrock of human life, as essen
tial as bread and air and water.
So long as it is side issue, or
only a slogan, it is nothing at all,
and what we are fighting for III
this war is the same old sickening
inadequacy of few dominant pow
erful people and all the rest UNI
satisfied and rebellious and brood
ing the next war before the ink is
is dry on the treaty of an unreal
peace.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-28
Says Fair Play
Would Wipe Out
Fear Of Loyalty
Race Not Fooled
By Japanese Bids,
Asserts Falls

ST. LOUIS --(SNS) - That the
white people of this section have
no reason to fear the loyalty OF the
Negroes, if they only play fair and
practice true democracy is the as
sertion of u. S. Falls, regional vice
president of the National Negro
Business League, following reports
in the st. Louis-Post Dispatch con-
corning an investigation of the Pa
cific Movement of the Eastern
World, which, at one time, enjoyed
much popularity here.
"The Pacific Movement" Falls
states, "haS been nightmare to
our leaders for years, even when it
was first organized and its Objec-
tives determined. We stamped it as
money scheme to swindle inno-
cent Negroes out of their earnings
and did not endorse it our Business
League and further discouraged it
among our people"
BID TURNED DOWN
Falls recalls that request by lead
ers of the Pacific Movement TO adj
dress the League meetings in 1892
were turned down as the members
of the local branch of the NNBL
were sure that the Pacific Move
ment no merit their support.
ut is the general opinion among
business leaders, here and through
out the nation, Fails continued,
'that the Negro will remain loyal to
this government and will fight for
Democracy at home as well as
throughout the world. The 100000
American Negroes know Japan is an
Axis partner. We do not believe in
the doctrine advocated by the Itali-
| an government, neither can we for
get the statement that the black
people were the common enemies Of
the Italians at the time of the
Ethiopian invasion"
America will have no fear of the
Negro turning traitor If the true
| principles of Democracy are applied
to us every other minority group
{ Give us the opportunity to earn, tc
| fight in all branches of military
:, service and fill military posts that
we are individually qualified to fill
protect our homes from mob vio-
lence with strong legislation and &C
cord us the rights guaranteed by the
Constitution of this nation. We
stand willing and ready to do oul
work"
Falls, who has served with the
famed Ninth Calvary, has been ac-
tive in the Business League affairs
for many years, having served as or
ganizer, secretary and president
prior to his elevation to the regional
! post. He was pioneer in the NNBI
] movement, along with the late
Booker T. Washington.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-28

body. The head rolled off.
He was not crying but his
lips we're trembling and his
chest was heaving. He wanted
TO lie down upon the floor and
sleep off the horror of this
thing But he had to get out
of here. Quickly, he wrapped
the head i'm the newspapers
and used the wad TO push the
bloody trunk of the body deep.
or into the furnace. Then he
showed the head in. The Ratchet
went next.
Would there be coal enough to
hurn the body? No one would
come down here before ten O'CLOCK
in the morning, maybe. He looked
at his watch. It was four o'clock
He got another piece of paper and
wiped his knife with it. He put
the paper into the furnace and
the knife into his pocket. He pull
ed the lever and coal ratified
against the sides Of the tin chute
and he saw the whole furnace
blaze and the draft roared still
louder. When the body was cover
ed with coal, he pushed the lever
back. Now!
Then, abruptly, he stepped back
from the furnace and looked at it,
his mouth open. He'll! F'olks'd
smell It'll There would be an odor
and someone would look in the
furnace. Aimlessly, his eyes search
ed the basement. There! That
ought to Go it He saw the smutty
blades of an electric exhaust fan
high up in the wall OF the base
ment, back of the furnace. He
found the switch and threw it.
There was quick whir, then a
hum. Things would be all right
now; the exhaust fan would suck
the air out of the basement and
there would be on scent.
He shut the trunk and pushed it
into a corner. In the morning he
would take it to the station. He
looked around to see If he had
left anything that would betray
him; he saw nothing.
He went out of the back
door; few fine flakes Of snow
were floating down. 1t had
grown colder. The car was still
in the driveway. Yes, he would
leave it there.
Jan and Mary were sitting in the
car, kissing. They said, Good night,
Bigger. And he said, Good
night. :. And he touched his hand
to his cap.
As he passed the car he saw the
door was still open. Mary's purse
was on the floor. He took it and
closed the door. Nav! Leave it
open; he opened it and went on
down the driveway.
The streets were empty and
silent. The wind chilled his wet
boGy He tucked the purse under
his arm and walked. What would
happen now? Ought he to run
away? He stopped at a street
corne, and locked into the purse
There was thick roll of bills; tens
and twentieS Good! He would
wait until morning to decide what
to do. He was tried and sleepy.
He hurried home and ran
up the steps and went on tip
toe into the room. His mother
and brother and sister breathed
regularly in sleep. He began to
undress, thinking, I'll tell 'em
1 left her with Jan in the car
after l took the trunk down in
the basement. In the morning
I'll take the trunk to the sta
ton, like she told me.
He felt something heavy sagging
Ill MS shirt; it was the gun. He
took it out; it was warm and wet
He showed it under the pillow.
They can't say 1 did it. If they
! do, they can't prove it.
He eased the covers of the bed
back and slipped beneath them
Gk7kGM ID11msaD1sas~-. - 1uontxrS.zxs@. ~.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-28
No Divorce For
Jesse Owens,
Noted Track Star
BY MACEO HILL

COLUMBUS, Ohio-(S N 81
Rumor that Jesse Owens marriage
is headed for the rocks was spik-
ed here Monday.
An investigation revealed that a
divorce petition filed here carried
the names Of Jesse and Ruth
Owens, but not the famous Jesse
and his wife.
Owens track events several years
back brought him international
fame. He and his wife make their
home here, but at present the Gin
der path star is in washington
where he is serving as national
director of activities for Negroes.
Office of Civilian Defense.
and stretched out beside Buddy. ir
five minutes he was sound asleep
Ito Be Continued
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-28
Essay Judges
Are Selected

NEW YORK -(SNS) Mrs.
Jessie Fauset Harris, writer and
former literary editor of the Crisis
and Lewis Gannett, book editor of
the New York Herald Tribune, will
be the judges for the second an
nual NAACP youth essay contest.
The contest, which began Febru-
airy Is will end April /. The subject
is, What Democracy Means To
Me-" There are two sets of prizes,
one for high school students and
one for college students. All prizes
will be U. S. defense bonds and in
denominations of $1O0, $50 and $25.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-28
INSTALLMENT x

He turned her on her side in
his arms; he was breathing hard
and his body trembled. He eased
her down, listening to the soft
rustic of her skirts. He pushed her
head into a corner, but her legs
were toe long and would not go in
He thought he heard noise and
Strengthened; it seemed to him
that his breathing was as loud as
wind in a storm. He listened and
heard nothing He had to get her
legs inl Bend her legs at the knees,
he thought. Yes, almost. A little
more. He bent them some more.
Sweat dripped from his chin onto
his hands. He doubled her knees
and pushed her completely into
the trunk. That much was done.
He easeG the top down and
-fulnbled In the darkness for the
latch and heard it click loudly.
He stood up and caught hold
Of one of the handles of the
trunk and pulled. The trunk
would not move. He was weak
and his hands were slippery
with sweat. He gritted his
teeth and caught the trunk
with both hands and pulled 1T
TO the door. He opened the
door and locked into the hall;
it vas empty and silent. He
stood the trunk on end and
carried HIS right hand over his
left shoulder and stopped and
caught the strap and lifted the
trunk to his back. Now, he
would have TO stand up. He
strained; The muscles of his
shoulders and legs quivered
with effort. He rose, swaying,
biting his lips.
Putting one foot carefully before
the other, he went down the hall
down the stairs, then through an
other hall to the kitchen and paus-
ed. His back ached and the strap
cut into his palm like fire. The
trunk seemed TO weigh a ton. He
expected the white blur to step be-
fore him at any moment and hold
out its hand and touch the trunk
and demand to know what was in
II.
He wanted to put the trunk
down and rest: but he was afraid
that he would not be able to lift
1t again He walked across the
kitchen floor; down the steps,
leaving the kitchen door open be-
hind him. He stood in the dark
ened basement with the trunk
upon his back and listened to the
< roaring draft of the furnace and
saw the Goals burning red through
the cracks. He stopped, waiting to
hear the bottom of the trunk
touch the concrete floor. He bent
more and rested ON one knee. His
hand, scared with fire, slipped
from the strap and the trunk hi
the floor with a loud clatter. He
bent forward and squeezed MS
right hand in his left to still the
fiery pain.
He stared at the furnace. He
trenlbled with another idea.
He-he could, he-he could put
her, he could put her in the
furnace. He would burn her!
That was the safest thing of
all TO do. He went TO the fur
mace and opened the door. A
huge red bed of Goals blazed
and quivered with molten
> fury.
He opened the trunk. She was
as he had put her; her head buried
in one corner and her knees bent
and doubled toward her stomach.
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