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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-08-14
ST. PAUL RECORDER

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st. Paul, Minnesota, U. 8. A.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Offices
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Publisher: Cecil E. Newman
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-08-14

Martin Brown. well known Minneapolis
man was among the people who disagreed
with George Barton, MINNEAPOLIS
TRIBUNE sports writer on his column on
the Negro and organized baseball as
printed on August 5.
Browns letter to Barton is reprinted
here as well as Barton's reply.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Aug. 6, 1912.
Mr.. Barton,
Sports Editor,
Minneapolis Tribune,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31
WE
the Women
BY RUTH AfIsIFTT

Mothers, wives Z sWeethearts
Of men in service con think it's so
funny when a radio comedian. to
get a laugh, shows Johnny Dough-
boy as either girl crazy or a big,
awkward. dumb yokel.
They have written to the War
Department in protest, and the War
Departments radio branch has
warned radio comedians that what
was funny soldier humor before is
not so funny now"
The letter Of warning gees on to
point oLo that the American SOL
der today is pretty serious young
man. hardened by training, ready to
risk his life in any quarter Of the
globe fer those he leaves behind.
He is proud of his best girl, proud
of his country, proud of his uni
form"
1t won't make any real differ
ence how the comedians make SOL
dierS look if Americans will think
Of soldiers in the light of what they
know about them, and what sta
tistic5 prove, instead Of seeing them
as they are shown for o laugh.
Armv statistics show that a large
part of Johnny DoL9hboy's pay goes
for life insurance to protect those
he loves. for War Bonds to help
his country and TO help him get
a start when he comes out of the
Amy, and for allotments TO his
family to help them with living ex-
penSeS.
THEY'RE SERIOUS"
Those who have men in the serv-
ice know from their letters that
they are, as the War Department
points cut, pretty serious young
men
So if the comedians go on show
ing Johnny DoughbOy as something
those who love him know he isn't,
it shouldn't matter murh. For John
nv Douphbov himself is showing
the world what he is And that S
the only picture that really matters
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31
Editorials and Comment
THE RUSSIANS
REFUSE TO GAMBLE
christian Science Monitor)

christian Science Monitor)
The amazing Russians are at it again.
Their latest Offensiye-nOW five days old
has not only Melted them 800 villages
and towns impressive quantities OF all
sorts of supplies. but has cut the Moscow
Rostov railway thus depriving the NaZiS
one one Of their more important commu-
nicaton lines. This main drive, described
as "blitZ, appears to be the central one
of three, Il second being in progress only
ninety miles from the Latvian border,
according to Nazi admissions, and third
ninety miles southwest of Stalingrad.
The performance of the Russians is
heartening to all their allies. The Soviet
troops are fighting like men who mean
to make the most of the opportunity
opened up by the United Nations success
es in Africa They are not content to rest
on the hope that Hitler will eventually
find he has bitten off more than he can
chew
In our admiration for our Russian com
rades we may forget what terrific trials
their nation has already endured. We
may forget that battles are not won with
out losses and that the reported Nazi
casualties are not the only ones being
suffered along the Russian front. We
may fail 10 realize that one reason the
Russians fight as they do is not that they
have found their enemy weak, bat that
they know how strong he is and that to
count on others 10 beat him is to offer
him maximum opportunity to regain
striking power It would be easy for
the Russians to assume that while United
Nations power is mounting. time is on
their side But they apparently know that
time is on the side that fights to keep it
there.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31
New Life Raft TO
Be In Use Soon

WASHINGTON Dec. 3l.-U.PD
A new rubber liferaft. weighing
only 70 pounGs and containing
many improvements suggested by
filters forced down at sea, was DEM
onstrated here by the us. Rubber
Co.
The raft. which will be regular
equipment on Army Flying Fort
resscs. will held seven men. 1t
has a square Iigged sail, fabric
sea anchor to keep ii heading into
the wind, and horizontal bulk
heads to keep it afloat even IL
one chamber is pierced.
Wooden oars, fishing kit, emer-
gency repair and signal kits, first
aid equipment. rations for 30 days
and-on some of the rafts-radio
sending sets-will be included.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31
GL0RlFYlNG
yourself:
NEA Service staff Writer
BY ALICIA HART

There's been SO much conlmOtlon
about the spartan trimnesS OF mil
itarv dress. a lot of people seem
to think that 4 man putting on a
uniform is q man putting on sack
cloth Is Just the oppo lite. The
uniform is dresSup. struttmg garb
look at the bright color brass
aud braid, and f!gurc-llaltcrin8 cut
ma notiae ne loves EN-.
He will love good and hand
sCmr. cheerful set of toiletricS for
Christmas too. l. must lie sturdy.
II he's moving or likely to, and
naturally it should flaunt no doc
dads" But do not go extremely
severe. avoiding cclor in the mis-
taken notion that it's not mascu-
line He may not say so but he
likes his good, sna22y stuff the
same as gou do.
A man with a sensitive eye as
well as nostril will warm TO trans
parent plaSti containers of shaw
ing bowl and after-shaving powder
decidedly SWank. Special. a leath-
er travel case fitted With shaving
essentials, military brush and comb
nail file. tooth brush. ra20r en-
taincrs Also q package of three
flacons; after shave, cologne and
scalp treatment
Makers Of q tangy line of toilet
ries appealing to sportSmen come
back, this .'ear, with an even great
or variety of gift sets. See the
shaving lotion and cologne in bot
lies with interesting three dimen-
sional fishing and hunting scene
decoration. also the shaving bowl
that looks like a decoy.
Anther noted house packs It's
hair lotion with a shave and Il
foot stick for servicemen. Hand
some trio in uniform white opaque
5ottles, cologne. after shave lotion
ana mems skin emulsion. In an
other sticking set, have soap and
lotiCn flank pungent verbena soap
and tale.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31
MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions. then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
l. At dance, how would q man
introduce his partner To another
couple, that he knew but slightly?
2. How would his partner ac-
knowledge the introduction?
g. Would it have been correct
if he had said. Miss Jones. this is
Mr. Pane and Miss Brown?
4. If a girl has a date to go tea
dancing at a hotel, should she wear
a street-length dress?
D. Should she wear a hat?
What would you do if
You don't care for cocktail,
though everyone else in the crowd
is having one
Ca) Order alcoholic drink.
and sip it while the others
are drinking a cocktail?
tb( Don't order anything?
Answers
l. Miss Jones. this is Miss Brown
and Mr.. Payne.
2. With How do YOU do?"
3. No. Women are introduced
before men.
T. Yes.
s. Yes.
Better What Would You Do"
solutiCn-fa).
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31
Search Abandoned
For Missing Plane

WILLIAMS FIELD, Chandler,
Ariz., Dec. 81. CUP)-Search off,
cially has been abandoned for the
missing twin-engined army plane
which disappeared between Roswell,
N. M, and here several days ago
with two. Texas cousins aboard.
Announcement of the abandon
ment of the search was made today
by public relations officers here,
who said, however, that any lead
obtained as to the whereabouts OF
the plane would be followed.
Second 1t. James r.. Caldwell, jr,
of Farwell, Tex, and his cousin,
Staff Sgt. Maxwell w. Caldwell,
San Antonio, Tex, were aboard the
plane, which disappeared in the
mountains after leaving Roswell en-
route here.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31
.Sayre Appointed
Relief Official

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3l.-U.Po
The White House today announced
appointment of Francis B. Sayre,
former high commissioner to the
Philippines. as deputy director of
foreign relief and rehabilitation OPP
erations
Sayre, who made a dramatic es-
cape from the Philippines after
they we're occupied by the Jap
anese, will serve as Il special as
sistant to Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull as well as deputy direc-
tor of foreign relief under former
Gov Herbert II. Lehman of New
York.
Sayre resigned as high commit
sioner to the Philippines last march
and his resignation was accepted
hv President Roosevelt in June.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31
JUST ONE RESOLUTION
FOR THE NEW YEAR

Imperial Valley, along with the rest of
the nation, needs only one resolution for
1913.
We will strain every nerve, every mus
Gle, every ounce Of intelligence, to help
win the war.
That's big enough order for one year
Keep that resolution, and you'll find
yourself keeping lot of the others you've
made and broken in past years.
You'll be saving your money by buy
ing u. S. war bonds.
You'll be attending strictly to your job,
doing all the work you're capable of, to
free others for war production, or to
speed up war production.
You'll be staying soberer and going to
fewer parties, to save gas and spend your
money where it does the most good
against our common enemy.
You'll DC making more friends, for
we're all in this together, and we've all
got to work together and acquaintance
breeds friendship.
You'll be building for the future-for
what more can anyone do for the future
than to help assure humiliation to the
enemies of the world?
You'll be good citizen, with more IN
terest in your government, because you'll
be watching the government TO see that
it, too. does all it possibly can to win
the war.
You'll be healthier. because you will
eat more carefully plan your diet more
painstakingly, get more exercise.
Yes-that one resolution is all-embrac-
ing 1t involves the very roots OF your
life and way of living. 1t is all any Of
us need this New Years 1t is the resolu-
ton of freedom, of fellowship, Of happi-
ness for the future. So, this New Years,
let our resolve be:
We will help all we can to win the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31
A YEAR FOR HISTORY

AS we enter 1913, we cannot help Won
dering if it will be a year the name of
which is still on the lips of ourselves
and our children twenty years from now.
Will we be saying, Back in '43 -" as
we now say, Back in 10 -?
Will this year bring victory the world
will remember for generations, or simply
a continuation of the life-and-death
struggle in which January 1st finds us
still engaged?
Almost certainly, we will still be at war
when another New Years comes-but
will our war be with Japan only on that
date, or will we still be fighting the rest
of the axis as well?
Only the passing months will answer
these questions, but our interest IN them
our desire to hasten the answers
make of this a New Years with few par
allels in history.
One thing is certain. The peace that is
to come when the enemy has surrender
ed. will begin to take definite shape dur
ing this year which is Just dawning. Our
leaders are even now beginning to think
in terms Of world reimbursement, of post
war programs. of greater collaboration
between all nations. Those thoughts will
iell during the next twelve months, what
ever else happens.
This year of 1913 will be a year for
history. whether or not it brings the
cljmactc peace toward which we are
all working Whatever it brings. we shall
endure knowing that the months march
on toward victory.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31
NEW BOOKS
AT the III Ccairo 'ubiic Library
FICTION

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FICTION
Sun in Capricorn hamilton BaS-
so; The Charred witness, George
II. Coke: Sugarfoo', Clarence B.
Kollard; Then We Shall Hear Sing
ing, Storm Jameson.
NON-FECTJON
GO'dcn Fleece, Hughie; Dogs
Against Darkness, Dickeon Hart
veil; City LaWyerz, Arthur Gar
field Hays q Mathematics Refresh
e., A. Hooper; Paiio3ophy in a New
Kny. Gles',"o lance" Whats the
Coed Word, Maxwell Nurnberg; The
Real Italians, Carlo Sforz9; A Treas
ury Of Great Poems, Louis Inter
meyer.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31
DOCTOR ON GUADALCANAL
Jacksonville RegiSter)

We have been privileged to read a long
letter written by a Merced doctor who is
in the thick of things at Guadalcanal as
a lieutenant in the navy's medical corps,
and we'd like to pass on these para
graphs:
My tent is on the ground and in heavy
rains the ground has water several inch
es deep. We can use lights at night and
sleep with foXhole clothes near at hand
for instant dOnning in the dark. Fox
holes are often muddy and partially fill
ed with water but when bombs are close
and shrapnel is flying ones foXhole
might be described as heaven on earth.
The boys that have it tough live in con-
slant rifle resistance or Thanksgiving
distance of the Japs-they can't use mos
quito nets and they stay on the line Tor
days on end. They don't have enough Wa
ter. no warm food or coffee and subslst
on iron rations. Nearly all have malaria
and fight even when feverish. II they
are captured alive, it's torture by being
chopped to pieces before being killed.
when | hear of the folks at home grip
ing about rationng or taxes, see red.
These young kids are, almost without eX-
ception, the finest people | can ever hope
to see They have no fruit juices, candy,
beer no chance 10 Dathe, the lies lay
eggs in and ruin - blankets, md they
live to kill Japs.
These Japs mean to win the war and
are not afraid to die. They perform sui
eide assignments daily. We are not Win
ming the var as get, by any means. 1t
is my thought that the United States
will be changed in many ways when this
war is over We'd better see TO it that
the Japs don't have the final say
Well refrain from editorial comment.
If YOU want an editorial on the subject,
YOU are welcome to write your own.
The hoLa Of our two countries (Spaln
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31

There has been a chance for coopera-
ton with the French in the development
of the French forces that has been very
hearty and has been means of develop
ing the cooperative spirit between the
allies and the French on which so much
depends - Secretary of War Henry l..
Stimson.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

The Hon. Harry L. Hopins. Spe-
cal assistant TO the President,
wrote a piece FOR himself in the
December American Magazine I'M
der the title. You and Your FAM
lily Will Be Motihzed,' in which
he proceeded to tell everyone how
he must live in wartime and what
sacrifices would have to be made
Because some Americans be-
lieved we could continue business,
cocktail parties and golf as usual,
we have been fighting with one
hand tied behind us" wrote Mr..
Hopkins.
"RatiOning and priorities far
more widespread than at present
will determine the kinds of food
=. we shall have and will af-
feet every detail of our daily
lives.
Under total war our overall
standard of living will be as low
as il was at the bottom of the
depression in 1892.
Most adults will not be fed quite
as we'll as the men in the armed
services. which is as it should be.
No family should object to meat ra-
tioning when they realize the beef
and bacon they don't get is being
served to their sons and brothers
in the Army.
why should there be men to
oren taxicab doors in front of no.
tolls and niobt plltDSo WlV
should there be cooks in night
clubs when cooks are needed in
the Army"
such were Mr.. Hopkinss choicer,
sentences
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31

| was dead so many times it's like be-
ing reborn.-Capt Eddie Rickenbacker
after rescue.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-31

The hop Of our two countries (Spaln
and PortugaD IS 20 pacify hates, calm
passions maintain our peace and BRING
peace to the world - Spanish Foreign
Minister Gomez De JOrdana.
Evening star., 1942-06-30
Appalachian Coal Miners
Give Up To-Day Vacation
a, the Assoeieted Press

By the Associated Press.
The Southe Coal Producers As
sociation agreed yesterday to de-
mands of miners in the Southern
Appalachian district for return Of
fines levied last year. because of
strike. This return is a concession
to the miners for giving up a 10
day vacation which was to have
started yesterday.
The opertors had asked the miners
to cancel the vacation period pro-
vided in their contract. and the
miners agreed to do so If the oper-
ators would return fines collected
last November.
The operator had urged the neces-
sity for wartime coal production but
officials of the miners organization
and the producers association failed
for two weeks to reach a decision.
The operators conferred with
Secretary of the, Interior Ickes yes
terday and he URGED that they make
the concession that would enable
the mines Immediately to resume
operations.
Through the agreement the min
ers will receive regular pay for
working during the 10 days. their
vacation pay and the money COL
lected from them for fines.
The miners were fined for striking
IN sympathy with the captive coal
mine walkout last year. They con-
tended the strike was not illegal and
demanded return of the fines.
Secretary Ickes in letter to the
Southern Coal Producers Associa-
ton praised their patriotic efforts
to keep mines open"
Evening star., 1942-06-30
David f. Roberts, 79 Dies;
Library Of Congress Aide

David E. Roberts, 79, who served
for 40 years as assistant chief of
the division of fine arts of the
Library of Congress, died at his
home in Baltimore yesterday after
an illness of several months, the
Associated Press reported.
A native of Baltimore, Mr.. Rob-
erts received his bachelor of arts de-
gree at Pennsylvania State College
and doctor of philosophy degree at
Johns Hopkins University in Balti-
more. A musician, singer and COM
poser, for years he had charge of
the Sunday afternoon concerts at
Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was
. Mason and Presbyterian.
He is survived by brother, Wal
ter G. Roberts, and sister, Miss
Margaret A. Roberts.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow at the home. with
burial in Druid Ridge Cemetery.
Evening star., 1942-06-30
Darden 10 Announce
Decision on Waller
Today or Tonight
Communication Sought for
Shorecropper Doomed
To Chair Thursday
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, June 30.-Gov.
Darden will give an answer late to-
day or this evening to the plea Of
counsel for Odell Waller for COM
mutation of the 25-year-old colored
mans dealt. sentence for the slay'
ing of a white tenant farmer.
A nine -half-hour hear
ing on the petition, Walters last
chance to escape the sentence i'm
posed by a Pittsylvania County jury
September 81, 1910, ended last night
with the Governors assurance to
defense counsel that he would an
nounce his decision this afternoon
or tonight.
Waiting Death 629 Days.
Waller, a one-time sharecropper
for Oscar Davis, whom the State
charges he shot and mortally
wounded without justification, has
been in death row" at the Virginia
State Penitentiary for 629 days,
while his lawyers have carried the
case through the State and Federal
appellate courts to Supreme Court
justices. Gov Darden has granted
him three reprieves, the last of
which expires Thursday. Former
Gov. Price granted two extensions of
time in order to give attorneys time
for appeals.
John F. Finerty of New York,
representing Waller and the Work.
ers' Defense League, which has in
tervened in behalf of the con-
demned man, and Edmund Preston.
Richmond attorney, stressed in the
prolonged communication hearing
conflicts in testimony at the orig
inal trial. which was described as a
composite mass Of gossip"
Mr.. Finerty declared that II WAL
Ter had a chance for retrial he
would recommend that he plead
guilty to a charge Of involuntary
manslaughter, which. under Vir-
ginia law. would entail maximum
prison sentence of but five years.
Reasonable Doubt Asserted.
Both attorneys asserted that the
conflicts in the record gave every
ground for reasonable doubt as to
whether Waller was guilty of pre-
meditated murder.
Against State testimony that
Waller shot Mr.. Davis after a con-
versation concerning the division of
q wheat crop, the defense offered
the story of Annie Waller the pris-
oner's foster mother, that Mr.. Davis
refused the sharecropper his share
of the crop with the assertion,
you're not going to get a grain Of
that wheat"
Evening star., 1942-06-30
Puderewski Paid Homage
At Arlington Service

Ignace Jan Paderewski, who died
In New York a year ago. was eulo-
gized at services held yesterday at
Arlington National Cemetery.
Representatives of Polish patri-
otic organizations and the Polish
Roman Catholic Union from many
sections of the Nation paid homage
to the memory of the famous pia-
mist and former Polish premier.
Evening star., 1942-06-30

We have an Axis to grind. Grind
1t thin, every payday, with War
hnud
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-29
Mrs. Green Hostess
To PhiIathea Glass

The Mary Green We Icy Phila
thea class of White Memorial chlrc.
met at the home of Mrs. r. S. John~
son, on Gholson avenue Tuesday
evening, their teacher, Mrs. MARI
Green, being hostess to the class OF
tWcnty-ScVen members.
The meeting began with the sing
'ng OF two hymns, following which
Mrs. Il. K. Mclean conducted the
tcVOtionS, II ing as the basis Of he.
message Matthew 6:24. She said IN
substance that, in these troublcc
times, it behooVcs all Christians to
be sincerely Christian in their daily
living, for a divided loyalty is I'M
'Nrta1n ana weak. rolloWlng her talk
Miss Ruth Allen and MIS-. NJ. 5.
fowler, accompanied by MIS-. +. NJ.
8arnhart, .ang 'Whispcring Hope.
Mrs. W. c. Stain5acK, Of the FIrst
BAPTIST church, spoke to the group
bout the 'Sccret Service Groups",
| special prayer plan Of the PhiIa-
-nca classes. She stressed the ncci
and the power of prayer in all OF
life.
Mrs. J. Franklin Mills, past prcsi
dent of the State Philathca convene
ton was the special que speaker
IN the program. She expressed her
appreciation of the efforts OF mem
jcrs of this particular Phllati.ea
class in making the recent State con-
.cntion such a Inc success. she re
]lcWed the highlights Of the three
day scs ION, saying that it was ono
If the best IN me history OF Baraca-
phllathca state meetings. She out
lined the ideals and goals Of Phil
athea, urging the class TO renewed
effort and zeal. Her message was
i~nspirational as well as informative.
Following the program MIS-. A. +.
Deans. assistant teacher of the class,
ed the entertainment in lighter Velu.
She directed the group IN a num-
Der of old-time games and stunt
Which served to make everybody
.augh a while and play a while.
AS the fun was at its height Mrs,
Ireen, the hostess, assisted by AIs
Johnson and Mrs. +. II. Bradley ser
led delicious strawberry ahortcakC
The following We're special guess
of Mrs, Green; Mrs. J. Franklin
Mills, Mrs. W. c. Stainback, Mrs. +.
NJ. Banhart, Mrs. NJ. S. Fowler, Mrs.
a. B. Deans, Mrs. +. II. FIcmtag,
Yrs. f, II. Bradley, Mrs. II. l.. Nc
Lean, Mis- Nuth Allen, ana Nil.
Lille Fuller.