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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-26

on the player piano. pleaded with
the ministers to use their influence
with their congregations TO raise
$4,000 TO build a factory did they
sponsor the movement that would
have brought future to the whole
race? should say not. Their cry
was that you cannot mix industry
with religion. Yet not one can tell
you why.
Let us see how close does this
church or religion have to do
with business.
"Sinca business and religion can
not go hand In hand. how Is 1t that
the trustees and the ministers can
Maggie" and wrangle over the cost
OF piece OF property when they
want II for a church? when they
have made up their minds to build
why do they call in the builders 10
discuss material, II II Is not busi-
ness?
III they want q beautiful organ
installed how can the devodt broth
ers discuss the business OF buying I?
Yet they burden the poor ignorant
worshippers in the US. with $780,
100000 worth OF mortgages. II any
one real estate company could ham
die that much business I'm sure
they would be highly elated. Who
benefits by these mortgages in prof.
us! You can rest assured that the
Negro does not.
Then the Nelson twins OF New
York City invented the adding ma
chine. Would the ministers lend
their influence? No. don't have TO
tell you who Is making 1t. You will
often hear people OF our race say.
"Oh, he sold his invention to the
white people, No. you are wrong
Our ignorant educated men helped
TO starve our inventors, for you
never saw a rich inventor when
he Is In the stage of DEVELOPMENT
ana II he cannot get the assistance
from the men that control masses,
what chance has he got TO save
things for us?
Il can enumerate bv the hour
also about your heads OF our va
rious lodges and social clubs who
are not making any efforts towards
construction. Their pastime Is used
mostly seeking pleasure. OF course.
so long as the good white man
noios charitable place open that
ne may earn a living and he can
snow on to his fellow brother that
ne u a success in life. when really
ne - not even an essential, polit-
icaily or lnduetrially. He Is purely
parasitlcal In the white mans bus-
mess and governmental Jobs.
And to you inventors OF this
race ! will be pleased 10 receive
any information you may have had
ID trying to interest capita in this
race. and who you contacted. Let
Us nnd out what type OF noFe we
are patronising and fattenine and
We can't eat them. Remember the
biggest Negro businessman we have
we made him. Anything he IL IN
axes from us. but contributes
nothing towards building anything
'nst the general population h fore
% 70 buy unesr patented monopoly.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-26
URGED TO Fill
MESSAGES TO
PRISONERS

WASHINGTON --fANPl- Rtt.
tives and friends OF unidenfiha
prisoners of war or military ua
missing in action In the Far ~
are urged by the American ~
Cross TO go Immediately 10 t1er =
cal Red Gross chapters ana y
MESA ges to them The nessar
will he carried en- the excnsfp
ship "Gripsholm,' soon to san =
its second voyage.
To send a message. the procs0u'
is as follows: ~,
First. the message Is to De y,
with the local chapter OF Inc ""
Cross on Form 1916.
Second, complete inforniauon
10 name. number, rank. m'nI
unit and last known address na'
be given. -
Third. where possible. relsnsu
and friends should join IN sena''
one message.
Fourth. the message must be c'1'
fined TO % words. q.
The American Red Cross n
nounces that these messages "a
be mailed on the "Gripsnom' "a
dressed TO the Internallonsl IN "a,
Cross delegate in Japan wAo W.. W.
make every effort 10 see .as' "a =.
are delivered. The Red cross =. =,
give no assurance Of delivery. 7. :
this method has been adop..u "a 4
agreement with state, war; nav .s,.
post office departments. tes's =,
the Japanese government "a, \, ~
yet furnished official hsls , :,
ma jority OF American p''''-
held In the Far East
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-26
NON-PARTISAN
NEWSPAPER
WEEKLY COMMENT.


guilty..
In Rome. Ca. Nashville. Tenn,
and now Memphis OF the same state,
came TO us reports OF men, because
OF another race and shade, must be
manhandled. reviled and savagely
abused because they are black.
But what OF the hundreds OF
thousands OF just ordinary black
folk. men. women and children, who
Justly or unjustly, incurred the
hatred OF these creatures OF cracker
states? That great singer. q
prominent lawyer and well known
m mbers OF the cloth suffered in
dignities at the hands OF South
ern white men is no more atrocious
and tragic that those OF the soil
whose names never appear In the
news OF the day until they have
died--at the ropes end over fag-
got or riddled In the back with
hate propelled .eaden shot? The
answer TO this Is that In most Sec
tions OF the "effete" South. re-
finement. culture, insofar as con-
Germs the Negro. are Of relatively
small Importance in the mind OF
cracker element. Their sense OF
disproportion is only measured by
the yard stick OF hate that is car
ried about by them at all times and
into all places.
This measure OF race-hatred full
10 overlooking. Is spreading it's vi
rus not here only, but we read OF II
being spread abroad where men,
black and white are equally bearing
the brunt OF battle that democracy
might be preserved.
Those OF you who possess the
sublime faith OF the lowly. the
meek and the mild, should grid
your loins for more and added evil
dences OF hate. prejudice and dis
elimination. Go back 10 events sub
sequent TO the First Great War,
said them. fought to save democ-
racy. All traceable to the innocu-
GUS influence Of the hate emanat-
ing from below the Mason and
Dixon line.
Today is no different insofar as
the black man is concerned, than
il was a quarter OF century ago
Then II was just a portion OF a
world at odds with itself Now
confagration Is globa and no one
may know how or when or where
1t will end nor when II will engulf.
The weight OF numbers and the i'm
mensity OF prestige out-weighs any
thouhts OF what will happen to mi
nority groups in the titanic strug-
gle being waged from shore to
shore. from ocean TO ocean: across
desert. marshland. mountains, into
cities and whole nations.
Those OF you. the mild. the meek,
and the lowly. firm believers In the
power Of prayer. keep on praying
for you surely will be in need of
IT, You are going 10 require great
gobs OF couage. moral. spiritual and
physical. You poems OF prayer may
avail your sure need OF comfort
For II Is written that the meek
shall inherit the earthi
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-26

81 have no doubt about heaven
In the unknown and also hope
through my value TO mankind, that
when my toll is over that God Al
mighty will judge me according TO
the value l have given TO my fel-
bowman. II am to go through life
just giving out parasitical advice
and making a heaven here on earth
for myself and family. but telling
you that yours will he after you
die. then l am just building you up
with an emotional and spiritual
kingdom to come after death.
1--WE, the Negro,have more re-
liglon TO the square mile than any
other race on earth and have less
than any other race on earth. while
our devout ministers throttle us
with enormous mortgages for tenn
pies OF religion. that they may be
able 10 snort. roar and tell you
about your damnation II you don't
attend church. Well. to begin with.
let US see what economic returns
do We get, for after all our condi-
ton Is an economical one. o. which
no one appears To know how 10
eliminate. Yet that self same min
lister knows he can change that
condition, because 1t has been
brought before their alliances. con-
ventions and churches. II he can
educate you TO die, why can't he
educate you to live? Why does he
4 IN a deaf ear TO our genuises and
inventors? Why does he ignore you
when you are sick. out OF work, or
in the poor-houso when you can
not contribute TO that convenient
mortgage, or his summer home, his
beautiful car and his vacations and
his convention expenses.
Nowhere in the Bible have seen
these items OF expense for Jesus
Christ, yet the so-called disciple
OF Jesus Christ or servant. lives
In greater luxury than the Master
did. Al the same time In chrisrs
doctrines We have not read Of the
life OF ease that these men and
their families enjoy.
DO they make any effort 10 bring
these Injuries into your home that
they enjoy? Do they sponsor any
new industry or factory FOR your
children when they leave school,
DO they Investigate any WORTHY in
vention that will bring us prosper-
ity? Such as the wireless that
brought wealth TO the white world.
the telephone. the steam engine.
the aeroplane. the rivetIne ma
chine. the lasting machine. PLAYER
plano, the adding machine. the first
deep.sea diving suit. the gas-brake.
tho fuel by j. r. Williams Of oeor'
gla, and the non-skld for auto w.
hicles. the high chair for ha.
bies. even the formula for lee
cfeam' Dickinson. a coIorsd man
In Newark. NJ. held the patent
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-26
THIS Is THE
WAY HITLER
SAYS 1T
i. No Now it can be told--th. =,

Now II can be tolan
way! ''''--'ne N,it
Joe Louis defeated Ma, O.
ing tor the worlds hssv vSnss
championship by striking
blow In the first round :. %
second fight. -
This official Nazi yers,o, :,
famed Understanding hon, y
broadcast to the world Nv ~
''rlin, Wednesday mornin, , rs
=, 1922, in announcing II. ~
ring. "'u
The Nazi short-waye h-o..
also attempted to boost ths ~.
OF Ayran supremacy BY dse,'.
Ing that Max wac txo.n-
champion. Although Jams,
Braddock held the title :, 81
time OF the first Louis-sehm.,,..|
nsh' the German announcer ~
clared that Schmelinr won Nj
second championship from ,,.'.
on June 1c. 1896.
The full text Of the c.,r..|
broadcast. a. recorded nv AL
Foreign Monitoring Service ~ al
Federal Communications eomrs
sion. follows:
"BERLlN-Max Schmelins n.
mer world heavyweight chsms,
OF boxing and now still holds,
the European Heavyweight cha
pionship. will not fight anym,|
according 10 his wounds eusi,r|
ca as parachutist during M
Crete campaign. II was annourr,|
Tuesday by his manager MI
Machon. Thus great boxing Al
reer was ended.
"Schmeling made an ,ntsuk|
tional reputation for himself I'll
ticularly by his bouts for ,h|
world heavyweight champions:1|
in US. rings.
ION June 90. 1880. he won N
title In the fourth round iru|
Jack Sharkey. who was dIsoms|
fed for hitting low. On july d
1881. Schmeling successfully n
Tended his title In a l5-round ba|
against Young Stribling
I'm 1892 schmeling then Id
the championship TO Jack shu|
key.
I'm 1895. Schmelng made a So
sational comeback. on June ~. n
winning the championship irm
the Negro boxer. Joe Louis
ION June @. he lost the tih
again 10 the same opponent attn
a brief hard fight which sndH
already In the FIRST round.
-Schmellng was rendered Ia,t
pable (kampfunfaehlel Of hghihs
by n foul blow by Joe Louh b
the first round OF their sete1
fight
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-26
Military Training

THROUGH ROTC channels. mill
i tary training and instruction In
feid artillery will begin with the
pening OF the college year. l942-
az al West Virginia State college.
A senior unit, the only one OF It's
type In the country approved by
the War department for a Negro
college. will train male students
in the duties OF commissioned offi-
GERS and qualify them as reserve
officers in the United States Army.
This fine. splendid State college,
presided over by DR.. John W. Da-
Wis, and an efficient and we'll
equipped stan OF instructors. takes
its place with other centers OF
learning In the preparation OF
young Negro men for leadership
in military and civilian life.
This new department Offers basic
and advanced military courses.
During the war all male students OF
the college under 26 years OF age.
who are citizens OF the United
States and who meet the necessary
physical requirements will be re-
quired TO enroll in the basic two
year course.
West Virginia State college thus
brings forcibly to it's student body
realization that military train
ing serves vital function In the
life OF the state and nation. The
new department opens a new and
alluring chapter in the life OF the
State college. Opportunities for
Negro youth have not been plenti-
full in this activity other than
through enlistment or induction
into the regular armed forces This
Is an unusual opportunity and II
is expected that young Negroes de-
sfrous OF doing their part In the
preservation of the Four Freedoms.
will take advantage of West vir-
ginia State colleges new course.
lnleashlng Passions
THE RECENTLY reported assaults
! on Negroes OF prominence. living
in. or travelling through certain
sections OF the South. while alarm
ing. recurring as they have with
brutal frequency. are not TO be won
dcred at. The entire world Is
afame with unbridled passions
Hate runs rife and the life OF man
is less in value. apparently, than
pound OF rationed sugar. Mems
passions Unbiased and the urge TO
kill. burn and destroy rios ram
pant in veins swollen with pent-
up venom OF unauthorized malice,
brutality, and hate.
Certain elements OF the South are
converging true to form. They cpl
tomize the bestiality that had been
held In allegiance only because OF
widespread. though ineffective.
protests. The foment Of hate, ooz-
ing from the bowels OF soil dank
and rank with the sweat and CRIME
OF unwilling slaves is gathering
force. and waxing audacicus. be-
cause the whole world is Deing in
fltrated with blood. Blood of the
innocent as well as that OF the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-26
SENTENCE SERMONS
BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWRY

You can't touch an obligation with your little An
ger and expect 1t to have the powerful effect OF a
edge hammer.
Keep your courage. because when II goes down.
the world 10 you begins to frown.
An unfit subject in heaven would be as uncom-
Portable would an angel in hell
One doesn't get TO heaven by leaps and bounds;
but by slowly and patiently taking everything the
chin among rogues and human hounds
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-26
All big plants are built on P'''''

All big plants are built on p'''''
rights. ..nv,o |,
while our successful Nes, ia,
our midst Is the cannlhal 'na'
on us, the working Negro Me
"The bigger the Negro, wv 100
ger the contempt you shoal .', mn
these types. until they rem's 49,
that husband that they came
still exists. We made MN. s.ra.
"If you know Of any No
working sister or brother .,',,s
during their life time con'' IA
and worked for the minIse',. nlIs.
the church for that Is not a. I Eos so,.
ing IN the true sense Of 'ns ~
pei. who asked for aid wasH srIb.
not $500 or some char'IA's suu-
bic that they pick up On Dr., hsIv;
day morning. but eubs.sn''' power
plssse write into the Atlas r rUr,.
Group. 1888 Brush street, ., 49, ior
Bear In mind We arc l'
factories and industries mucA
awIIl you contribute iss q Il
as 500 towards this or,'' sIl
you. the working N s,n n he.
recognize you sirens'n .,' : vsu
ann o. one dollar J p ro,m,,Io q
that I viii build lo" iii issf
industry that no ma ~ any jim
down. and II viii no. ., Month -
Grow business. Every " .
please join this ior" ssns W. roll
your name On our nr.,
BY 4. W. Rk .i.',,r
inventor and Ls'''
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-26
Negro Ministers Versus Industry

The following excerpts were TAX
en- from a pamphlet being distrlb-
uted by A. W. Reed, local Inventor
and member OF the Atlas Power
group. Mr.. Reeds opinions are his
own and do not reflect the editorial
policy OF the Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
Farm Union Demands New
system on Deferments

B! the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, Dec 14.-The National
Farmers Union, through its Execu-
tive Board, yesterday proposed that
the Department of Agriculture seek
cancellation of a War Manpower
Commission ruling which, the Ex-
ecutive Board said, Classics three
fourths of the Nations farmers as
non essential"
Under a selective service ruling
made shortly before selective service
became part Of the War Manpower
Commission, essential farm work.
ers were defined as farmers han
ding Is COWS or their equivalent in
other livestock or crop acreage.
Through President James G. Pat
ton, the Farmers Union Executive
Committee declared that "examina-
ton shows that less than Is per
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

remained open were carefully ration
ing their stocks-at so to 100 per
cent above normal prices-to Gus
toners of long standing.
Many bars now open only for the
four hours when soldiers may legally
drink each evening. Thus they re-
duce the cost of help, lights and
heating. In Nome, by fiction one
of the continents wettest towns,
only four bars remain open.
Others Close Down.
In Fairbanks, where one lead
ing wholesaler received his last ship
ment Of whisky and beer August 20,
three stores closed and two others
were bought out during October
alone. In Anchorage-where Joe E.
Brown made himself locally famous
by describing the town as the big
gest saloon he had even seen-two
large bars closed temporarily during
October, others in November. About
half the score Of liquor stores shut
their doors.
AS to the causes Of the shortage,
the attitude of the Army un-
doubtedly enters into the picture.
Army authorities never have d.
rectly opposed sale Of liquor in the
Territory. but they never have been
friendly to it, either.
And now, in Nome, military police
not only are stationed in the bars,
but in at least one have appro-
priated high bench from which
they can get a running start to
break up fights or prevent illegal
sales after hours.
At several places in the Territory,
commanding officers declared certain
bars off limits" for troops when
repeated violations of the 10 o'clock
curfeW were reported.
Aleutians Dry Since Summer.
More important, however. is the
Official attitude toward shipping of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
Deer Hunter in Tree
Killed by Companion
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated PreSS.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa, Dec. IA
Perched in a tree while hunting
deer, Lester Hershey, n, of Lititz
Pa, was shot and killed near here
the last day Of deer season.
State Motor Policemen J. B. Mays
and w. G. Fink said Mr.. Hershey's
brother-in-law, Luther Grouse, fired
the fatal shot.
They quoted Grouse as saying
that the hunting party had seer
wildcat tracks and that when he
noted an object in the tree he fired
Grouse and companion had beer
driving deer while Hershey and an
other hunter took positions in the
tree, the officers said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

liquor. The first item cut OIL ship
ping lists to Dutch Harbor last
spring was anything alcoholic. AS
result. Unalaska and other places
in the Aleutian Islands have been
dry all summer.
In July forevarning of the
drought came with a charge by
Alaskan Chambers of Commerce
that liquor was being brought tc
the Territory in shipping space
needed for food and essential sup
plies. Subsequently, an official
order decreed that not more than
10 per cent of the cargo OF any
freighter leaving Seattle for
Alaska could consist Of nom
essentials such as liquor.
The War Shipping Authority went
further. directing steamship COM
panies not to load any liquor while
any other cargo was available.
The shipping companies in some
instances declined to accept liquor
shipments. The Navy even frowned
on the chartering OF fishing vessels
for carrying liquor, pointing out that
if such vessels could carry liquor,
they could just as easily carry war
cargo.
Prohibition Via Embargo.
So, though technically liquor may
still be brought to Alaska, actually
there is an effective embargo against
its shipment. And bars reminiscent
of the gold rush days are about
ready to give up their romantic
ghosts.
All of this, however, means moth
ing to the small towns of Deering
and Kotzebue or the Arctic coast.
The IA white persons in Deering and
40 in Kotzebue have not been able
to buy drink for long time. It's
all because of the election of an
Eskimo Town Council under urging
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
Liquor Shipments Cut,
Drought Forces Alaska
To Close Saloons
Prices Of Whisky and
Beer Soar as Retailers
Laugh at OPA
By the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
NOME, Alaska, Dec. 14.-Alaska is
winding up its liquor business and
getting prepared for dry winter.
With patrons four deep at the
bars, the last jiggers of whisky are
pouring from bottles, the last cans
of beer are being handed to favorite
customers-at dollar can Along
the main streets of a half dozen
towns, for rent" signs have ap-
peared where liquor stores used to
be.
There are several reasons for the
Impending drought, but the chief
one is an unofficial, but nonetheless
stringent embargo on liquor ship
ments to the Territory There are
more valuable things than liquor to
occupy cargo space.
May Outlast Spring.
Some predict that the Territory,
which never even took prohibition
very seriously, will be almost bone
dry for the first time in its history
after the holidays. Others believe
that supplies will last, if rationed
carefully, until early spring.
This last fling is an expensive one
for the drinkers Bar owners are
trying desperately to pay out their
Indebtedness in few weeks instead
of the months or years they had
planned. Store owners are trying to
make present stock pay for every
thing. AS a result, the sky is the
limit and the OPA is merely a
meaningless collection of letters.
In one Nome bar, three-ounce
glass of beer costs IS cents. Thus
a l2-ounce can brings the barkeeper
$1400 Whisky and soda served in an
old fastened glass is dollar. An
ordinary brand of bourbon is 50 a
pint. What Scotch remains brings
SO fifth.
Scarcest Off Ship Lanes.
In Anchorage clubs, drinks which
sold for 40 cents in September now
are IS cents Officers enjoying a
certain privacy in one club pay IS
cents for a glass of beer when it is
available. Prices are higher gen.
orally throughout the Territory after
10 pm when a drink which was
legal for a man in uniform to buy
between 6 pm, and 10 pm. becomes
automatically bootleg product,
under Army regulations.
Generally speaking, the drought
Is most severe in the towns furthest
from steamship lines. Southeastern
Alaska has not suffered much short
age. getting some of its supplies
even by chartered fishing boats.
But soldiers returning from iso-
lated posts found in Anchorage and
Fairbanks in November that pur-
chase of whisky by the bottle was
virtually impossible What stores
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Councils first act in each
town was to declare that locality
legally dry under the local option
law. In all the years they had known
them the whites never suspected the
900 Eskimos in the two villages felt
that way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

termination Of farm nanpower
needs and the mobilization Of Amer
lean agriculture to meet rising
needs, Patton continued, the farm
ers' union proposed deferring of all
experienced farm operators and
regularly employed farm labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

cent Of the Nations 5000, 900 farms
are 16-cow or equivalent farms"
I'm this IS per cent, it is doubtful
that half are operated without a
second man, either son, brother or
hired hand" he said. yet a 80
cow rating is necessary for the de-
ferment of one additional farm
worker"
AS an alternative, pending de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
Farm Bureau to Elect

Election of officers will feature
the annual banquet of the Prince
Georges County Md Farm Bureau
at $50 pm. Thursday in Trinity
Parish Hall, Upper Marlboro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
foxes to Be Discussed

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Dec. IA
(SpeciaD "A discussion OF tax
problems in st. Mary's County Will
feature a meeting of the st. Mary's
County Taxpayers Association at
7:3O pm. tomorrow in the court
house here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

Save your waste kitchen fats!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

AS an alternative, pending de-