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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-24
The Literary Guidepost

just off National avenue" in a
house that would have been bet
ter had her father tended to his
law practice-but she belongs to
the best families. First she man
ages her parents. She takes a
fling at the flip girl. across the
street. When her mother dies she
removes her father from the scene
and keeps him in Europe until he
also dies.
Then she comes home again and
becomes a drudge in her Aunt
Daisy's house, now an island of
furnishing grandeur in an ocean ut
motor car salesrooms and apar-.
ment houses. She takes care of
Aunt Daisy, forces her cousin.i1.
law Ames into a better law firm
watches over Ames' ailing wife
listens while luke Speers raves
about the flip girl aforementioned
She includes the local magnate in
her menagerie, and does MANY
things for and to him. She even
tually marries Araes.
This is the barest outline Of
Kate Fenningate's accomplish.
ments, and no outline at all Of
the qualities which permit her to
Interfere so much in so many
lives without being poisoned. Even
now l am not quite sure how Mr..
Harrington makes you love and
understand Kate. but he does.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-24
Wake Island

Inere is general agreement that an island
hopping campaign against Japan would make
the reconquest Of lost Pacific territory an al
most endless and exceedingly costly under
taking, but there are certain islands on the
rim OF Japan's sphere of influence in the re-
capture Of which the road to Tokyo would
prove easier. Among them is Wake Island.
Its recapture would give the American Air
Force an airport only ten hours bomber flight
from Tokyo.
The low, sandy atoll no the edge of the
Japanese area of conquest would be unsink-
able aircraft carrier from which planes could
raid Jap bases in the inundated islands-and
even the home islands themselves.
The V-shaped island could accommodate
two two-mile runways. One arm of the 'eV''
extends in a north-south direction: the other
lies northwest-southeast. One arm and the
inside Of the ''V'' could accommodate run
ways of one-half-mile length.
Highest Wake elevations reach 21 feet They
are covered with umbrella and hardwood
trees and scrub growth. Shores are sandy
beaches or coal rocks. Coal reefs keep all
but ships Of the shallowest draft at distance
The lagoon inside the 'V' is safe for sea
plane landing. 1t was used before the wal
by trans-Pacifc airlines.
The nearest Jap outpost from Wake i!
Pokaakku atoll, less than two hours bomber
| flight. Jaluit, main Jap Marshall Islands
base, is less than five hours flight. Ponape
Jap Caroline Islands stronghold, is a bl
farther. Saipon, in the Marianas, is undel
seven hours away ,....'
Stepping stones to Tokyo are Marcus ant
the Ogasawara Islands. almost in dlrec
line between Wake and the Japanese capital
They divide the total distance of 1885 miles II
almost equal thirds. Marcus would be IN
first victim of stepping stone" strategy
as it is only a four-hour flight from wake
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-24
Raymond Clapper Says:
Nazi Propaganda DuHed
By True War Dispatches

some criticism to the effect thai
the church is lax in scrutinizlng
the uses to which various organ
izations put the funds for which
it sponsors collections. 1t has beer
asserted that some money for
missionaries in the Ukraine wen,
to men who were actually German
chaplains.
Nothing should be deduced from
such incidents concerning the at.
titude of the church in Sweden.
Nor should suspicious deductions
be made from the fact that an in
vestigation Of the Stockholm po.
lice force some time ago disclosed
that out of 700 policemen checked
more than 100 were or had been
members of pro-Nazi organiza
tions or sympathetic with the Nazi
cause. The Nazis here. as a.
home, penetrated into the fringes.
but on the whole these fringe ac.
tivities mean little or nothing, as
we saw in our own case.
German propaganda is probab-
ly most successful in cultural
fields Sweden's noted explorer
Sven Hedin got an honorary de-
gree at Munich in January. On
his return he said in an interview
that Germany was unconquerabie
and that it was tragic for Amerl
ca and Britain to be helping the
Bolsheviks destroy culture. In con.
nection with the publication o1
Hedin's huge study of Asiatic ex
plorations, the German govern
ment is financing the publication
Of an enormous map to accom-
pany it. German money is usec
to arrange exhibitions and con
certs and exchanges Of lecturers
preachers and mus .eisNs. The
Norwegian author, Knut Hamsun
writes for Nazi publications, ans
his wife lectures in Germany
German scholarships are avail
able for Swedish engineers, forest
ers and farmers. The Nazis art
working through Swedish farm
organizations with propaganda.
Probably one of the most devas
tating blows German propaganda
has received was the visit of {
group of Swedish journalists tt
America year ago. Their writ
ings and speeches about America
upon their return here had deer
effect.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-24
BY JOHN SELBY
"KATE F7NNIGATE,',. by Booth
Harrington Doubleday, Doran;


Those who read 1.-THE Hardes:
Wife To Be" in one Of our mos.
important slick monthly maga-
zines will find the whole story on
the stands. this month in a book
called kate Fennigate." This is
the longest Booth Harrington nov
ell I remember, and one of the
best.
Mr.. Harrington has done a pref
ty difficult thing in Kate Fennl-
gate" This is to make imam.
aging woman a sympathetic
character from first page to last.
Kate starts the book waiting out
side her fathers club, waiting in
an ancient surrey propelled by
the garbage mans ancient horse.
Periodically Kate sends in cards
with her name firmly written
thereon in purple ink; she de-
mands that her father leave the
bridge game in which he is losing
too heavily and the whisky he is
drinking too fast, and "come for
a ride" Eventually, Kate wins.
Kate's home is Indianapolis,
very little disguised. Meridian
street is called National avenue,
and that is about all. Kate lives
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-24
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

STOCKHOLM (by wireless)-
The war news has taken much o1
the force out Of the Nazi propa
ganda here. Since Tunisia it has
been even more subdued.
At the moment the Nazis are
busy expressing chagrin at the
welcome Sweden has given visit
ing American newspapermen. The
Nazi newspaper complains editor
tally that official authorities, or
ganizations and big industries arc
making "a deplorable fuss" over
what it calls this gang of bolo
American journalists. The paper
asks what the Swedish Forelg-
Office thinks about all this in the
face of its assurances of Sweden
independent neutrality.
I suppose the German question
answers itself, in the fact that the
Nazis are allowed to denounce us
freely in their newspaper. Thus
each side is allowed its say.
The Nazi line in general now is
to picture Germany as the savior
of Europe from Bolshevisb, ar
enterprise in which it is argued
that all countries must help. The
Nazis have a hard time explain
ing the strongly pro-Ally attitude
Of the Swedish press. so they
charge that the Sweden press is
run by Jews in the interest Of
Britain, Russia and America.
Of course the idea that -
Nazis are saving anybody from
any menace explodes here on the
hard and ugly fact of Norway
where friends and relatives o1
many Swedes are being tortured
and robbed of their property on g
scale that has provoked the deep
est revulsion in Sweden.
Ninety per cent of the people o.
Sweden are pro-Ally, but that doe:
not quite give you the picture, as
there is considerable pro-Nazi &C
tivity which has reached a large
number of people under a cultuI
al and even religious gulse
without the people always being
aware of it. Some in fairly higf
places here have formerly indi
Gated Nazi sympathies, but tins
forces that dominate Sweden are
now setting their sails for an Al
lied victory.
The use of some minor church
channels in Sweden by the Nazl:
has been the subject of commen
in recent months. The Nazi atti
tude toward Christianity in Ger
many is well known, yet the
Nazis' religious propaganda line
in Sweden is that God has chose
Germany to be the power tt
crush Russia. There has beer
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-24

me his prize fowl and farm ami
mails and in the end I would be
brushed off, although only tenn
|porarily, by a man who if SO
minded could have blown up the
whole rotten mess and freed the
movies of their wicked oppressor.
Mr.. Bioff.
This propaganda picture would
reveal little family combinations
and in-laws, and cliques in the
business and squeezing out indi.
viduals. 1t would not fail to touch
upon the communist influence IN
the movies and a rnillion-dollar
income tax delinquency of a pro-
communist alien who has been
yelling for American boys to open
UP a second front although in two
wars he has yet to catch a
glimpse Of any front or even OF
any continent under fire
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-24
Civilian Defense
Timetable

BASIC TRAINING COURSES
New Hanover High School i''''
1O9, at 8 p. m.
FIRE DEFENSE A
Monday, May 81, and every W.
weeks thereafter.
GENERAL COURSE
Tuesday, June /, and every
weeks thereafter.
GAS DEFENSE b
Wednesday, June 2, ana
two weeks thereafter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-24
Uniform Regulations

Human nature makes people do strange
things.
Take the lady who erected two 5o-foot poles
an +o, If her house because she lived next
10 an airport and didn't like to have planes
come near her house. She even left the poles
unlighted IS feet above the obstruction lights
at the boundary Of the airport. An airline
was required in the interests OF safety to pass
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-24
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecu-
tion of the war to complete VIC
tory.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Ask not how, but trust Him still:
Ask not why, but wait His will:
Simply on His word rely,
God shall all your needs supply.
As of old the mama fell
Day by day-for Israel,
So to you shall grace be given
Till YOU rise from earth to heaven.
-SCRAPBOOK.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-24
You re
Telling Me

Floating airfields are loio bsin!
for after the war. Imagine ostcf
short of gas and trying u Soips
up with a filling station
faster than you can!
!! ,.o,r,s KIM
We don't believe Italy ns t
Victor Emmanuel really pia,ske!
abdicate. That throne ,.or /;
such a nice air raid Shei''
hide unde~
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-24

ing the average flying fortress speed at around
200 miles per hour
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-24
Fair Enough

Editors Note-Ths Star and the News accepts no
responsbility for the personal views Of Mr. Pegler
and often disagree with them . much ~ many Of
his readers. His articles good purpose Of
making people think.
The Omaha guide., 1943-05-15

other entertainment features are
directed by trained. professional
workers.
Negro leadership, together with
leadership by other groups, is Civ
ing its best to the cmomon task Of
fortifying the heart and soul IF
men in uniform. Together we seek
to achieve victory and a lasting
peace to follow this global war"
Mr.. Pope said that attendance at
1OS USO clubs for Negroes now *
ceeds 1000, 900 monthly. The clubs
are directed by a staff Of 1872 1ro-
fessionally trained Negro workers,
assisted by a corps Of $4,000 vol
unteers.
A graduate Of the johnson @.
Smith University in Charlotte, n.
G., Mr.. Pope has taken post grad
uate courses at Columbia Univers-
ity, New York University and tie
Union Theological Seminary.
He has been actively associated
with many social, civic and vel
fare societies.
During his stay of several DAYS
in Little Rock. Mr. Pope will ION
fer with local USO officials and II !
pect other USO clubs in this area
The Omaha guide., 1943-05-15
LITTLE ROCK DELEGATES
New USO Center

Little Rock, Ark, May 9-MoIh-
er's Day was described as a fit
ing occasion to assure American
mothers that their sons and daugll-
tiers in the armed forces are given
adequate recreational opportunil-
les at USO clubs, in a speech here
by Henry W. Pope. Consultant for
Negro Services of USO.
Mr.. Pope spoke at the dedication
of a new USO Club for service to
Negroes in uniform at SOOk West
Ninth Street.
THE morale of the men and
women serving the cause of liberty
in the armed forces Of this nation
must be sustained at all costs" he
said. 1T is USO's privilege to help
in this patriotic task by maintain
ing 1900 cheerful, homelike CLUBS
in the contenental United States
and hemisphere bases.
To-day, if is of special interest to
Negro mothers to know that USO
provides their sons in uniform with
recreational programs during OF
duty hours at 10S USO clubs and
rs smaller units. Taking place IN
attractive. fully equipped clup-
houses, dances, social events and
The Omaha guide., 1943-05-15
BY LLEWELLYN RANSOM

BY LLEWELLYN RANSOM
mo n has a right to condemn
Hltler's racial arrogance as long ~
that one shares it himself" said
Lin Yutang, brilliant Chinese Phil
osopher ana author Of American
and Chinese best sellers, in an e.
elusive interview on the Negro
question at his New York home in
Oracle Square.
DR.. Lin began his interview with
a statement of his position as q for
eigner and as a citizen Of a Unit
ed Nation: -As a foreigner / have
no right t criticize the domestic
policies Of another nation. / am ii
terested in the Negro question
from the point Of view Of basic. hu-
man rights and l think / have
some little right to talk about this
issue, in 50 far as it affects the
things we r fighting for in this
war; and l believe we are fighting
for freedom and equality Of all
peoples.
The Omaha guide., 1943-05-15
Paul Briggs Ensemble Travel 25OMiles
thru Rain, Mud on Goodwill Concert tour

Through rain and mud, the Paul
Biggs Ensemble, directed and man.
aged by Henry Washington, trav-
eled $50 miles Sunday, May 9 to
keep their engagements in three
cities. They were accompanied BY
Mrs. Gertrude Lucas Craig, Juven-
lie Court Probation Officer who
served as narrator. and Mr.. r.. r..
Brown, Executive Secretary Of the
Omaha Urban League, their guest
speaker.
In Nebraska City, the entire
morning services were turned over
to the ensemble and their guests.
The church congregation thrilled
to the beautiful songs as present
cd by this group Of young choris-
tiers. The praise following the +
vices indicated that the audience
felt the sincerity with which the
songs were sung. MI. Washing
ton, by the excellent shading
shown in the renditions, made one
conscious Of the fact that he is a
trained as well as natural musician
MIR. Browns sermon was entitl-
ed 'Faith-the Way Of Under
standing" Rev. W. H. Parker,
the pastor Of the First Methodist
Church, expressed the hope that the
Briggs Ensemble would return in
the very near future.
In Falls City, the program was
sponsored by the Negro Methodist
Church and held in the Episcopal
Church under the guidance of ia
Their Claudius. Although this pro
gram was held in a more formal
atmosphere, the ensemble acquit--
ed itself with great credit and
caused the audience TO fee deeDIv
these beautiful spirituals as they
were sung; namely swing Low
Sweet Chariot. Couldn't Hear IA
body Pray, and He Never SAID
a MumDllng word. Mary Jarrett.
contralto soloist- was very brilliant
Id singing MY Lords a Riding
All the Time The bass section
The Omaha guide., 1943-05-15
WAR FOR SPIRITUAL
PRINCIPLES

Secondly, we r fighting for hr-
man rights besides economic rights
Whatever progress is made in the
realization Of these ideals in the III.
= will naturally have a tremend-
Gus effect on all Asiatics and
strengthen the conviction that We
are fighting for spiritual principles
and not for war booty.
There seems to be a prevalent
misconception that the Negro issue
Is n Of economic rights and not
Of human rights. In this age We
are tending more and more w
think Of the right to a job, right
~tosecurity, and less and less 70
talk Of the ordinary good old rights
Of man.
I believe the bottom Of the Negro
issue is a social not economic. The
first thing that white men have rot
to learn Is not to increase wages
but to think of them a. human be
The Omaha guide., 1943-05-15
MIDWEST Mobiles For Conference On the
Problems of Var and the NenO Pe0DIe

Detroit, Michigan, May 1O-In a
letter to Edward Strong, Secretary,
National Negro Congress, c. Pit
Quinn, President of the Greater
Detroit and Wayne County Indust-
rial Union Council, pledged the
sponsorship of that body to tie
forthcomingMi dwest Conference OF
the War and the Negro People, to
be held in Detroit, May 1890. Said
Mr. Quinn, in his letter: BE assur-
ed that we shall cooperate with you
in every way possible" and furrn-
er, that all locals affiliated with
the Council will be urged to coop
crate fully to sponsor and send
delegates"
The Midwest Conference, which
was called by the National Negro
Congress to rally the people of the
Mid West to save the Fair Employ
ment Practice Committee and 70
mobilize for passage of the anti-poI
tax bill, has also received the pom
sorship Of the Cleveland Industrial
Union Council, the Detroit Citizens
Committee, Local 500 Of the United
Automobile Workers Of America.
CLIO, and a score of other important
labor, civic, and religious organiz-
ations.
Among the seventy leading indiv-
iduals from Chicago already listed
as sponsors for the Conference are
Attorney Earl B. Dickerson, Act
ing Vice Chairman Of the FEPC;
Oscar Brown, President the Chic
ago Chapter, NAACP; Alderman
William H. Harvey, newly elected
Alderman, Second Ward; Ishmae1
P. F1ory, international Represent
alive, Mine, Mill and Smelter Wor-
kers: William L. Patterson, Assist
ant Director, the Abraham Lincoln
school; Attorney c. Francis STRAIT
ford, President. and Miss Bertha
Upton. Executive Secretary. Chi
cago Council. National Council, Ma
tional Negro Congress; DR.. Charles
NJ. Thompson, Treasurer, Chicago
Urban League; Willis A. Thomas.
Secretary-Treasurer. Federated Ho-
tel Walters Union, Local 356. AZ
Of L; Bishop Bray, CME. Church.
Lucius Harper. Chicago Defender.
Grant Cakes. National Chairman.
Farm Equipment Workers. Go.
The Omaha guide., 1943-05-15


led by Mr. Jesse Carter, was very
outstanding in Rock My Soul in
the Bosom Of Abraham.
In Hiawatha, Kansas, the Ell
semble vas the guest Of all the
churches in the community who
met in a union service at the Ev-
angelical Church. The evening
services were attended by about
$50 persons who were very atten-
tive and interested in the
from beginning to end. The n
semble presented an entire pro
gram to the body singing many
songs with Mrs. Craig explaining
the grouping Of song and Mr..
Brown delivering a sermon based
on Faith and the Brotherhood Of
Man. Outstanding soloists were
the Misses Katie Beasley. Mary
Jarrett, Colleen Kincaid and Jac-
queline Johnson. With great care.
Mr.. Washington brought to the
congregation all that could be o5-
tanned in the way Of beauty from
the spirituals that were sung.
4 q~uartette including Mr.. Wash
ington and the Messrs Jesse Carer
Clarence Smith, and William But
Ter sang Study War No More.
and II Got a Robe. These were
well received BY the congregation
BY special request, Mary Jarret
sang The Old Rugged Cross" with
the ensemble giving her beautiful
choral support. On this occasion.
the ensemble was especially brill
liant in Walk Together Children.
and IL Can Tell the World. Other
songs presented on these programs
were Down Here, 'He Knows
How Much we Can Bear. sYoa
Must Have that True Religion.
Ride on, King Jesus. and Ger
tainly, Lord.
lne singers were presented to
the various audiences as Goodwin
ambassadors bringing songs Of
hope and cheer because Of their
The Omaha guide., 1943-05-15
NEED FOR WAR NURSES
CRITICAL; TO STAGE RECRUIT
MENT RALLIES MAY Ii, Ia

Because the need for additional
war nurses has become critical.
Red Cross chapters in Lincoln and
Omaha will stage Nurse Recruit
ment Rallies on May Is and "A.
These rallies VIII bring to a climax
the observance of National Nurse
Recruitment Week, the annivers-
airy of Florence Nightingale's birth
and National Hospital Week.
The principal speaker for both
rallies win be Jane Tiffany Wag-
ner, Of New York City, Director Of
Women's War activities for the
National Broadcasting Company.
The Lincoln rally win be at 500 e.
m. in the Cornhusker Hotel on
Thursday, May Is. The Omaha
rally will be at 500 P. NJ. Friday,
May IA at the Joslyn Memorial
Auditorium. Major General Fred
erick E. Uhl, Commandment Of the
Seventh Service Command. U. &.
Army, and Governor Dwight Girls
void, Of Nebraska, will also adj
dress the Omaha rally.
Mrs. Wagner, former Iowan, is
supervisor Of the NBC Red Cross
program, THAT THEY MIGHT
LIVE q1:3O AN. Sundays on WOW
which is the nucleus Of a national
campaign being put on by NBC and
its affiliated stations for the Red
Cross nursing programs. The ma
tional drive seeks to enlist &c, 900
additional War Nurses, 1O0, 900 adj
ditional Red Cross Nurses Aides,
and 1000, 900 additional enroIlees in
Red Cross Home Nursing Classes.
Delegations from Red Cross
chapters within a radius of so nil
es Of both Lincoln and Omaha viii
attend the nearest rally. The gen
erai public, particularly women in
terested in nursing. is invited 70
either or both rallies.
The Omaha guide., 1943-05-15

Found
In ST.. Louis

Missing since last Saturday af-
ternoon was Arletta Mosely, 8
a little girl who had been living
with her aunt, Mrs. Josephine
Jackson 1920 Willis avenue, was
found in St Louis at the home Of
another auntie. She had told the
conductor of the train that she had
lost her ticket. The child's mother
is visiting her soldier husband at
a Florida camp.
The Omaha guide., 1943-05-15
Gun
Duel Kills
DiUOrc.
ed Wife

San Antonio, Texas. May 12-
Grover NJ Lewis and his divorced
wife. Mrs. Opal Lewis. were shot
to death and police were told. each
killed the other with one gun us.d
for both killings.
Harry North, a roomer in the
boarding house in which the shoot
ings occurred, said that Mrs. Lewis
was shot by her former husband
North told police Lewis stood OYER
MIS- Lewis a moment, then irop-
pea the gun and fled. Although
dying, Mrs. Lewis picked III III
weapon, fired once and hit the fle-
ing man in the head.
The Omaha guide., 1943-05-15

land fifty other Chicago citizens.
Among the leading Detroit in
dividuals cooperating in plans for
the Md West Conference are: Snal-
ton Tapes, Secretary TREASURER,
Local 600, UAW-CIO; Attorney L.
Bron Simmons, Midwest represent
ative, National Negro Congress:
George Z. Adde's, Secretary Treas
The Omaha guide., 1943-05-15
TRAIN HITS R
GIRL RIDER UNHURT

Lincoln, May 10-Joanne Wa1kar
Il, escaped serious injury and a,s,
sible death Sunday when the horse
- riu1ng became frighte I'D
ana ran into : passing train.
The girl. thrown clear IF Ivy
tracks Just before the horse WIZ
az by the oncoming passenger trai.
was badly shaken and bruised. T,vo
q the animals legs were shear III
off and it was shot
The Omaha guide., 1943-05-15
SOMETHING NEW IN TOWN TODAY!
r at the
theatre
inthc SkV'

Jr., and the forces of good for the
soul of Eddie Rochester) Anderson,
is 4 blend of music and gay enter
tainment. Cabin in the Sky" and
other song hits from the stage play
r argumented by original songs
Rochester and Miss Waters mead
the cast. Miss Horne plays the
"vamp" role, Rex Ingram, Lofts
Armstrong, Duke Ellington and his
band, the Hall Johnson Choir are
among many noted personalities in
the cast.