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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-11-20
MUST BE DONE

Every daV OF So complaints to this Office OF out
breaks the citys TRANSPORTATION system The Negro al
WAYS laws the blame the white and whenever court
procedure is necessary the Negro always gwen the worst
Of lust who is to blame not in position to
saw On last Friday ngh eoored woman is accused of
slashnq two white men and white woman was hit
il IS claimed in the melee the street just
what led up 20 the alteration doubt VIII never be known
for artv has its side and the right side will probably
never heard The Of all the conflict very well
be expairel in simple manner and that is due to the
erowdeAnoss these carriers which resulted from over
nfux Of pc9re in city and neither side white col
ored is willing take any compromises to lessen the tension
which IS always present in normal times when whites
and cGorcd are crowded together in this section
If able to get the two to realize the stua
instead of carrying chips their shoulders this
fusion be lessened to great extent before something
really happens,
Orr mot9rmen, even admitting that they have siren
os Jobs that at all times do not permit them to display
courtesy where it is due but if they would realize that these
patrons black well white the furnishing them
with jobs, they would be little courteous in address
ing the Negroes instead of the Gestapo method that is
poved by number, and that alone will have lot to do
with getting the proper respect and discipline from the Ne
gro This is in way intended to lay the blame exclusively
gro, but unless something is done from both sides to
brnq about harmony, anything is likely to happen and a
ways Dies when two ate people get together and neither
Is wiling 10 compromise this is job for ALL white
well rs black. Something Must BE Done
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-11-20
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NOT AFRAID OF RATS2

The room was filled with women
but when large black and white
rat efaWled out no one screamed
and no one scampered for nigh
perch; these were home economists
from ~ Negro Land-Grant col
leges and related institutions who
had come to Washington by invita-
ton from the Department of Agri
cultural to discuss "Negro Family
Management Under the War Eco.
nomy.'
The rat of course, was in the ami
NAL room of the Bureau of Home
Economics nutrition laboratory at
the Agricultural Research Center,
Beltsville, Md, 1t was one of many
being studied by specialists to find
out the effects of various dietary
deficiencies. The home econom-
lists caressed the fur of the rodent
felt its body, and examined it care
gully. This Was their business,
one in which they were thoroughly
trained, and they enjoyed it very
much.
Seeing the rats was just one Of
many things the home economists
saw at Reltsville. They saw the
results Of many recent experiments
in food, clothing, and household
equipment. They also saw machin.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-11-20
Two OF AMERICAS GREATEST

Some few months ago, Alabama born Negro
CHANGED million dollars for the benefit of an organization
that nuts ts false pride above democracy that organization
was the United States Navy and that Negro Joseph
Barrow Louis That act of Louis alone made hm at that
Ii ne one Of the greatest Americans record eVenthO the
biological difference n the color of his skin reegated him
to station in this life where he would receive the least
of the benefits that his country offered Louis knew at the
time of eopardizng his million dollar title, that he
was doing organization that has locked upon
his anything but scuions, yet he where he
could render great aid to organization that IN des
perate need of all assistance Yet desperate the needs
the organization still too blind to surrender its false
pride and accept the help from those other members of
Louis who eager to give if it meant their
lives Now Marian Anderson, American equally
great Joe Louis American who has gained recog
non and acceptance before mobiles in every country she
has Travelled except her native lana that boasts of
the only true democracy 1t is where Miss Anderson
be Of great assistance to the Army Relief Funds thru
the rendition of of her concerts at Constitution Hail.
The invitation extended by the organization that
only short tine ago barred the internationally famous
Miss Anderson not because she subject of Germany
acquaintance of Mussoni held esteem for rhitho
but because she true American with dark skin 1t is
understood that Miss Anderson has accepted the invitation
to sing for the benefit of the Army Relief after the Daught
of the American Revolution conceded to her that the
opening of Constitution Hall is in way establishing
precedent that will be followed after accomplish pur
poses Yet she where she help to bring democracy
a. home while fighting to make it where else
This act puts Miss Anderson in the same category
with Joe Louis and hoping that the OAR will come
to the realization the T. Navy has done and will
clearly that have first got display democracy at home
before can accomplish it abroad.
Congratulations to Sgt Louis and Miss Anderson YOU
have proven beyond reasonable doubt that YOU are the
who patriotic and too that the American Negro
take it!
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-11-20
cross THAT BRIDGE NOW i

So speaks of the poets of this There is no
lodging the issue We must learn how to cooperate how
% get along with neighbours how to live together
Wherever duty-our opportunity for service-ies,
we must work together in shop and farm, at the battle
front and III the home
We mast sacrifice together We must prove our faith
by putting into actual practice belief in the democratic
way IF working together without asking other than that
fellow workers abide by the principles set down in
Bill of Rights.
Therein lies the great difference between the democ-
races and the toaaran states They fight under orders
for TIE Statewe fight together for the good of all people
This IS the cohesive quality of democracy This is why
work together This is Why will work together for
the future end for permanent peace in world in which
all men VII be free
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-11-20

ganizing to crush his spirit and
stay his progress on the one hand,
and on his other, his own people
divided and hating each other on
the basis eight and dark with a
broad chasm between The average
Negro and the snooty upper crust
who are spending so much time in
trying not to be Negroes.
But can you stand the shock of
the next ten years? The Rosicru-
clans say that this depends upon
how intimately you live with the
God in your heart, Who will guide
you through the terrors. 1t also de
ponds upon how much you, as a Ne
gro, love your own people.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-11-20
.7rvT1E nv THyF7f' Il Ur M
J RUTH TAYLOR SAYS:
TOGF1H FIX


TODAY sneak often Of national unitv Of the United
States Of the United Nations But how often do bring
this much to be desired UNITY out of the blue sky Of
gencraities into EVERYDAY life?
National unity Just thine. You ard and the
next door the down the street the newshov
the corner the who drives the bus tako work
marleta Of MS must work and fioht tooethor for
common ideal of good for all the people regardless of class
race, creed or color
This is of survival The old barriers have broken down
Men fighting side by size regardless of their back
grounds Americans ALL they fighting for the preserya
ton Of the right to work and live free The courage
of what counts not his class creed color
The boys who fell at Bataan who met death the sea
or in the high air myriad battle fronts fight
ing for U.s. and together with us. Can We let down their
Eeroism by dvisiyeness at home?
Now the frontiers are all closed
There is no other country can run away to;
Al last must turn and live with one another"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-11-20
! ALONG THE
K A | L
BY Homer G. Butler

Confidentially, | have been
dreaming for months and | don't
wish tc be awaken from my dream
ing until the shock of being dis
turh,d from peaceful slumber
arouses me a realistic point of my
dream having come true. Dream
ing that the entire South is a vast
and fertile, as we'll as an essen
tial field for the wives, mothers,
daughters, sisters and sweethearts
to organize themselves into local
and national auxliaries to Negro
railroad workers local Unions and
(Contmued on Page y
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-11-20

es which can tell the life span Of
a pair OF hose, a dress, or any
other garment.
But this wasn't all of the five
day conference, In Washington,
they sat around tables and dis
Guessed the whole range Of family
management from darning old
clothes to make them last to read
ing good books to keep ARREST of
the men in the front lines.
Chicken Feathers Important
With the armed forces needing
large supply of waterfowl feath-
ers for stuffing sleeping bags, hos
pital pillows, lining coats, and
sound proofing military equipment
poultry men looking forward to
large sales of chickens feathers
for civilian use.
! Cotton Staple Shorter
The average staple length of
the 100000 bales Of cotton GIN
ned through October II is 32.1
thirty-seeond of an inch, or 0.5
thirty seconds of an inch shorter
than for the corresponding period
last season. The $4,000 bales
represents about 60 percent Of the
estimated production for the sea-
son, The 10 market average price
Of Middlng 1916 inch cotton was
1909 cents as Of October 2S.
Wages For Gene Workers
The L. s. Department of Agri-
culture today announced minimum
wages to be paid laborcrs in the
harvesting of the 1912 sugarcane
crop in Florida. The rates repre-
sent an increase Of between s and
| II percent over those prevailing in
1911 Increases in harvesting
wages for the crop in Louisiana,
the other part of the mainland
sugarcane areas, were announced
on October 10.
The Sugar Act Of 1887 requires
among other conditions Of payment
to growers, that all persons err
ployed on a farm in the produc-
ton cultivation, or harvesting Of
sagarcane, be paid in full by grew
ers at rates not less than those
determined by the Secretary of
Agriculture to be fair and reason
able, after public hearing and in
vestigation. The public hearing
was held at Clewiston, Florida on
August Is.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-11-20
Cabin s
Digest
BY L. BARN ARD WHITNEY
STAND THE SHOCK!

STAND THE SHOCK!
Can you stand the shock of the
next ten years " This is the ar
resting title of a series Of adver-
tisments which have begun to APP
pear in newspapers and magazines
throughout the whole country.
The series is published by the AMO
re Rosicrucians of San Jose, Cali
fornia, very ancient universal
brotherhood which had its tradition
al foundation in Egypt in 1850 B.
&.
/ The Rosicrucians predict that
universal peace and democracy will
follow at the end of the present
world conflict; but the next ten yrs.
at least will be marked by the most
outstanding change in conditions
that the world has ever seen. They
forescc that in this country the
unsettled conditions will include
riots, hyyteria, wild confusion ~
many parts of the country. This
unsettled condition will be every
where present to such an extent
that no one can escape going thrI
it For the first time in modern
history, people with money who can
afford to travel will not he able 10
take a train or boat and get away
from it ALL" There shall be no place
to flee.
Even though the war should end
in 1914 Gin accordance with an old
prophecy of, Nostradamus it should
he obvious to everyone thet even
nine years would be a short period
in which to put out the dying fires
of hatred and revenge and prcjr--
dice; that wars debris would bare
| ly be removed to make way for
mans more noble and permanent
structures; that the wounds in
mems souls and bodies could not
be cured in so short a time.
ARE WE READY?
| The outstanding lesson Of this
war is that men collectively and
man as an individual cannot think
ard act as he darn we'll pleases
without regards to consequence and
the welfare Of all. Man is neither
free nor a slave, but lives forever
between two choices He is always
the victim Of an urge from within
or an influence from without. He
is free to choose; he cannot refuse
to choose nor can he escape the con
sequences Of his choice.
The error Of modern age has
been a criminal indifference to spir
ituals values and humane principles
class materialism, race and class
prejudice Cloth black and white)
have cxiled humanity and common
sense and truth The Voices crying
their warning in the wilderness of
sin and suffering shall at last be
heard
In this hour bright with peril for
all, the Negro finds himself in a
cross fire -- his white enemies or
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-11-20
THE DAY WE HOPE Fox

When live in peace and harmony with ole
anothr-rrespectve of race color creed former sery
tude present position in ife without mythical toer
anee but in spirit Of Good WILL assured in the convic
ton of better Judgment that will remit to every
the ndomi able rights to the admenor of his
in whatever line Of endeayor he pufsues Cor
his religious mater al existence When that day arrives
will be content d. THEN all boast of
DEMOCRACY, AMI NOT until then, l. C. BATES.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-11-20

they might poison the Negroes mind against everything the
Stars ana Stripes stand for and destroy the advocators OF
Justice and tairpay other real white Americans
The people of Arkansas who destined to shape the
affairs of the state have long convinced themselves that we
are at war and enemies wasting no time while time
is 1cn taken out to suppress the Negro and we all must
do TODAY what we may wish tomorrow we had done, ana
If we lose this war al will feel the wrath Of Hitler allie
not the Ntor0 alone.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-11-20

I. Men are dying fer the -Four
~ Freedoms. The least We can
do here ut home Is to buy
~. War BsAds-10T for War
Bonds, every pay day.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-27
laps Attempt to
Crack Burma Line

CHUNGKING, April Pup -
Tho Japanese were aiming their Of
fenSive today at the railroad juno
ton of Thai, hurting spearheads
into the center CT a new 120-mile
allied Burma defense line to offset
successful Chinese counterattackS at
Taunggyi and Yenangyaung.
AS the hard-preSsed Chinese de-
tenders of the central front with
drew slowly northward along the
railroad TO Mandalay, Thai as
sumed new strategical Importance.
Here only 70 nI.ieS below Mandalay
the Chinese have anchored their
new line stretching from Yenan-
gyaung in the west to Taunggyi in
the east.
Chinese recapture of Taunggyi
temporarily eased a critical situa-
ticn on the eastern flank 100 miles
below Mandalay, while other units
of U. S. Lieut.. Gen. Joseph w. Still
wells army 1>ugnt a desperate de-
laying actiCn between Yamethin
and Thai.
The latest Chinese communique
acknowledged japanese capture of
Yamethin, nearly 40 miles below
Thai, and reported severe fighting
II miles to the north in the Pyabwe
area. Both sides were said to be
suffering heavy losses.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-27
OUR STUPIDITY
(Palo Alto Times)

(Palo Alto Times)
The current leaflet commenting on
the war in the Pacific, issued by the lnsti-
tute of Pacific Relations, refers to the
battle Of Bataan as monument to the
near fatal ignorance and stupidity Of
British and Americans alike" 1t quotes
in this connection the saying of a Chinese
sage:
IF you know your enemy and know
yourself, you will win 100 battles and
100 victories
IF you know yourself but not your
enemy, you will suffer as many defeats
as you will win victories.
IF you do not know yourself and not
your enemy, you will lose 100 battles and
suffer 100 defeats
Germany, the Institutes comment
points out has spent years studying the
weather, terrain, political and social
stresses and strain, economic problems,
and the psychology of masses and lndl-
viduals in the countries on which she has
had designs Japan, also, has gained its
knowledge of conditions, affairs and peo-
pie in foreign parts equally systematical-
ly.
Not only have we neglected to make such
careful study Of the other countries in the
past, but the moment we find ourselves
at war with another power some misguid-
ed patriots hasten to propose laws out
having the study of the enemy language,
thereby trying to throw away the master
key that would provide entry to much of
the sorely needed information
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-27
Hitler ForeSeeS
Continued Battle

LONDON April 27-(UP)-Adolf
Hitler after one of the strangest
speeches OF IS strange career took
unto himself today the personal
power of life and death over every
individual German.
His speech to the Reichstag yes
terday was greeted in Great Brit
ain and Russia as a solemn knell of
doom for Germany's hopes of vic
tory, and as implying clearly that
Hitler was going to give Germany
another blood purge which would
make the one of June 1884 against
high party leaders seem like a re-
hearsal
But NEST encouraging the United
Nations, was Hitler's plain intima-
ton that he expected the German
army to be fighting in Russia next
winter. In foreclosing the posi-
bility of victory this summer, he
seemed to acknowledge that in the
winter just past of an unpreced-
ented intensity, he said, the Nazi
hordes had escaped disaster by the
barest margin.
SPEECH ALTERED?
In Stockholm there was some be-
lief that for some reason unknown,
Hitler had been forced at the last
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-27

minute to alter his speech, leaving
out what would have been it's most
sensational parts.
In a special edition published
while Hitler was actually speaking
at the Knoll opera house IN Ber-
lin, the pro-German Stockholm
newspaper Aftonbladet headlined:
Latin Bloc to Join Axis" over an
article by its Berlin correspondent
which also said: 'sThe only thing
that can be said with almost 100
per cent certainty is that the speech
will give definite answer regard
ing Frances future and the Con-
nection with it of the position of
Spain and Portugal" There was
nothing of the sort in the speech.
Part of the time speaking as if
he were tired, Hitler gave his usual
denunciations of the United Nations
and their leaders including the Un-
tied States and President Roosevelt.
But the high spots, for the cut
side world, were those directed sole
ly to internal morale, and it was
capped by the resolution which the
Nazi Reichstag passed when he fin
ished, recognizing his supreme pow
err over every phase of German
life.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-27
Germans TryMass
Air Raids, Lose
IS of 1b5 Planes

KUIBYSHEV. Russia, April 81
CUP - Russian ground and air
defenses shot down 35 of l65 planes
which attacked Leningrad in a two
day mass raid, breaking a 20-day
lull. a Soviet communique said to-
day.
Three more enemy planes were
damaged so badly by the Russian
fighter planes and anti-aircraft
batteries that they made forced
landings in German-occupied ter
ritory, it said. -,
The raids started Friday night
with 70 bombers and 10 Messer-
climitt fighters. Twenty-four were
shot down
At noon Saturday, SO bombers
and 90 fighters raided the city and
the Russians shot down IL. The So
Wet losses were five planes.
GERMANS CAUTIOUS
Although Germany apparently
was stepping up her raids on Len
ingrad dive-bombing was waning
or the southwestern front the
Army newspaper Red Star said.
The newspaper said Russia's
ground defenses and the large
number of inexperienced pilots
Germany had been forced to send
into action, was causing the enemy
to abandon dive-bombing tactics.
It said the Germans now drop
entire sticks of bombs from high
attitudes, rather than dive into the
fire Of Russian guns. Only two of
IS recent air attacks in the SOUTH
west was executed from low levels,
the Red Star said.
A Russian warship operating in
the Barents Sea, north of Scandi-
naVa. reported sinking German
submarine. The Barents Sea is
vital passage ON the British-Amer-
lean supply line to Murmansk.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-27
pETAlN'S TRAGIC JOB

We refuse to believe that old Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain has turned traitor
to democratic france. We believe, rath-
er, that he is willing to appear traitor if
by so doing he can aid the democratic
cause to which his whole life has been
devoted.
That Petain has appeared in bad light
lately cannot be denied. He has, SEEM
ingly, permitted Pierre Laval, Frances
Quisling, to seize control of the French
government in the name of Hitler. He
remains in the Vichy government, nomi-
nal head of it, even while Laval dickers
to sell France to the Germans. All that
is apparent on the surface. We believe
there is more to it than that.
Some ask why Petain has not resigned,
if he is not willing to turn France over
to Berlin. 1t might be pointed out that,
if he did resign, Berlin's control OF Vlchy
would be complete. Without Petain in
the Vichy government, Germany could
take over the French fleet at a moments
notice. BY Staying, Petain may be able to
delay that seizure and possibly-a bare
possibility to prevent it altogether.
Every day the French fleet remains out
of German hands is victory for the
United Nations. A victory for Petain,
too, it may be.
We prefer to look upon the old French
soldier not as a traitor, but as a COM
mander still fighting, retreating inch by
inch step by step, to give his allies more
time. Only history can tell if we are
right.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1942-04-27
u. S. PILOTS EXCEL JAPS
(San Bernardino SUM

(San BernardinO Sum
What they lack in quantity is being
made up by the Americans in quality as
they prepare for the big showdown with
the japanese in the coming battle of Aus
tralia.
Lieut.-Gen. George H. Brett, command
er of the American flying forces in the
far east, recently made the unqualified
statement that his men are far superior
to the Japanese and that he would not
hesitate to tackle odds of two to against
him IN any encounter.
Lieut.-Gen. Brett says the personnel is
more capable as the result OF better train
ing, that it is more resourceful and is
generally superior to the Japanese air
corps. He does not hesitate to say his
filters will give a good account of them
selves.
The same superiority in quality is be-
ing demonstrated by American airplanes,
especially the flying fortresses that have
been playing havoc with Japanese ship
ping The japanese have some excellent
models. but observers say they do not
compare with American ships.
The reports are encouraging, for it will
be much easier or Us to improve the guam
tity of our sky fighters in the far east,
now that we have unmistakable quality
American men and planes can and will
check the Japanese.