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The Hagerstown globe., 1943-01-01

With approximately half mil
lion smackers of the taxpayers
money lying idle in the banks,
and several hundred thousand
more due after the first of the
New Year, the King broke down
and gave us suckers mere ten
cent tax reduction, when, accord
ing to those in the know, it
should have been thirty. The
highIy-touted Taxpayers League
was caught mapping and muffed
the play badly.
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-01-01

First off, we got down to the
business of winning the war. Un-
til December 7, this brawl was
just another "phony war" with
everybody giving it laugh. lso-
iationists' were to be had for
dime a dozen, and Messrs. Nye,
Wheeler, Lindberg, and others,
were the big shots to a lot of
simple minded suckers who be-
lieved sit couldn't happen here"
Franklin D. was a war-monger.
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-01-01

The Democrats, preaching pa
triotism before politics, passed
out big juicy political jobs to
their Republican brethren, who
in turn, loaded down their offices
with more Republicans. Came
the election. The Republicans
knocked the Democrats for a
grand slam, kicked 'em out of
office, and replaced 'em with
still more Republicans in prepa-
ration for the showdown in
1914.
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-01-01

John L. Lewis was still blast
ing everybody and everything
and when he yelled the custo-
mers shivvered in their shoes.
Today he's just another big guy
gone wrong.
Employers were still choosy
about the type of help they would
employ, but a couple of months
later they would take anything
that could walk and get about
with or without crutches. Today
they hire 'em by telephone, sight
unseen.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19
Northerners Have No Right to Be Critical

Negro leadership especially politics. the northern and border
be The norherners plenty talking and agtang but the
suits in their baiiwcks leaves much to be desired
Take the matter of Negro representation in Congress- One lone
William Chicago the burdens of ID
Negroes unable understand why cities like New
Detroit Cleveland Louis Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Kansas
City organized send qualified Negroes to Congress-
Negroes those cities have plenty of long shiny autos much
society life churches social clubs business nstu
tons Most of these cities have professionals DOCTORS lawyers
dentists and labor officials and other well trained and
financially independent people.
unable Congressman down
Washington the leaders and people those
only they failed elect Congressman
districts predomnanty Negro Kansas City, No.
that cty old eighth ward long
bed other nationality could elect alderman and until
today Negro holds elective office in that city.
side much smaller community the
always politically alert and plagued by the rotten machine
politics of the Missouri sde have consistently elected to the gs
City, Negroes joined whites
elected an outstanding Negro, county commissioner.
In the northern cities the ballot free and all who
will Even where the Negro population is small nobody bars
them district conventions
the north where there political corruption
The record made by the Negro politics the NORTH especially
the sending Washington representatives
state legislatures and have nothing
southern leadership this
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19
Easy Come. Easy Go

Inc copy books comparison between the butterfly
made to warn against the wicked that want
sadly needed among workers today
much in week used to be dream slipping
through foolish fingers Tomorrow when it
brave show Of Indifference call for help buttery
This provdence double Sooner or later the wastrel
asks one people for bread Our code does permit
Eating without having earned it, he justify conduct and to the
degree ne has hearing he will the believing one
can be shifhess and yet get along
Another harm the butterfly get public
services without paying his portion of their saw
will be unable the several due some later date
II ne does not keep money from carry to the
income tax day. March 18TH might well any old day. He will not
have cent and he won't The expected
him in income tax will be made Others war is hy he
getting high wages.
Regular business gets the PRODUCTIONS bio
costs The Wases among the workers do pay their share of the
war; and the already heavily taxed have make difference
The more think of it, the less good the fellow bo
$50 to 500 week. and then borrow bus fare 10
means nothing to the church, nothing the National Association for
the Advancement of Cood People, nothing Urban Ieap
nothing to Of the agencies whose combined opned
to him the fat job he has, and nothing hmse-K Cali
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19
Cord of Thdnks

We wish to express our sincere
appreciation to the many friends
and neighbors for their kindness
during the illness and death of our
beloved daughter and sister, Rosa
E. Wysner, who died February 4,
1913.
The sympathetic expressions,
beautiful flowers and other acts of
kindness shall never be forgotten.
Belle Pate Willis, mother
j. W. Pate, brother, both of
Minneapolis, Ben Thomas,
brother, Dallas, Texas.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19
We Like to Receive Letters .

like the received from Mrs Francis McAdam which
reprinted this last week. Mrs. McAdams and other
reass and then remind the Negro of his responsibilities
Most Negro editors and writer's to the letter columns spend
of their time lambang the enemies of Negro They do
forget that there job to be accomplished educating Negro
his responsibilities but the Rankns Bbos keep
them busy that enough time
of fellow Negroes.
We have had examples of this lack and results
than the dance the League Credit Union the
toum There hundred Negroes
dance but there also bunch drunken hooums
erbuggd cowned gave every indication
they did not know the difference between liberty and license Their
graceful behaviour matched by the bandand
the Duke Ellington Orchestra of whose
liquor from while in full view of the large crowd
Several thousand white people looked rowdy
thinking Negroes literally ok ov the dance floor They
naturally only for the rw who danced
Many of the male dancers kept their hats while they wd
their about The we'll behaved Negro
embarrassed and ashamed They attracted little attention and
evening because the nseey
Well just have keep pounding people necessity
public behaviour We'd
variety We heartily with Mrs Mcdams who said quite pointed
reference the folks wo
of their eder that Children who do everything
to do at home without being rights
Others and the do not take them hand
all our fighting against discrimination will have
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19
Pertinent
Paragraphs

Or it's like a fellow who can be
very kind to Negroes so long as
they remain babyishly dependent
on him, but begins hating them
when they show signs of wanting
to grow up and become men in their
own ri William Jennings
O'Brien in PM.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19
Editorial Notes

Brother John Hawey made this last Saturday
Evening Post this week. Must good press agent
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19
Mclean House

In 1891 Capt. M. E. Dunlap %
Niagara Falls, N. Y, purchased the
Mclean house at Appomattox Court
House. Va, In which Generals Lee
and Grant met to arrange the terms
Of surrender for Lees army. He
intended to remove 1t to the Chi.
cago Worlds fair, but changed his
plans and contracted with q local
builder to rae the house for re-
erection in the District Of Columbia
as Q war museum. The building
was torn down In February, 1893,
but Dunlap's plans never material
lied and the brick and wood were
left In a pile by a roadside. Plans
Of the Mclean house, prepared In
1893, have been acquired by the
department Of the interior, and the
National Park service, after the
war, viii reconstruct this historic
building on its original site a. dis
closed BY archaeological investiga.
ton.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19

flyers in our Air Corps can be Ne
grOes.
And so we have racial discrimina-
ton. We find it in our everyday
lives, in our defense industries, and
even in our fighting forces.
True something is being done.
With the threat of the Negro
March on Washington came Presi-
dent ROOsevelt's Executive Order
1902, which requested no discrim-
nation in our war industries. The
Executive Order also established a
Committee on Fair Employment
Practices which through its investi-
cations has done much.
Congress has recently downed
the Southern means to disfranchise
the Negro by voting as unconsti-
tutional the practice of requiring
all absentee soldiers to pay a poll
tax in order to vote. However, the
poll tax is still retained for civil
ians. You will remember the fill
buster in Congress not long ago
when an attempt was made to abol-
ish it.
Negroes are now being welcomed
into South Dakota war projects. A
few corporations have agreed to
employ Negro workers.
But this is not enoughl
AS Walter White, Secretary of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
states: ''The gains made to date
have resulted from pressure and
necessity. The basic pattern of ex-
clusion has changed but little"
If we are to take our democracy
seriously, we must accept the Ne
gro as an intellectual and social
equal We must see that he has
equal opportunities for advance
ment, both during the war and fol-
lowing the war.
AS Wendell Willkie, speaking to
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
says: eve cannot give our four
freedoms to the four corners Of the
earth, until the four freedoms are
secure in every part of the United
States. This is not war. It is So
cial upheaval, and unless we meet
the challenge and stand firm, we
are fit for anything that befalls
u.s."
We cannot preach democracy and
equality to the rest of the world,
while we practice quite the oppo-
site here in the United States.
Eventually the world will regard US
as hypocritical and insincere. Let
US criticize Mr.. Hitler for his other
sins but maintain shamed silence
about racial discrimination.
According to the philosophy of
democracy, the test of a citizen is
his individual worth and not his
color. Today we are fighting for
a democracy.
The Negro is helping in that
fight as much as we will permit.
He who shares the blood and tears
of war must also have q part in
the victorious peace.
Grafton bv
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19
STRANGE WORLD

Little brown boy with little black pup
Went to the public park to play,
An angry cop STROBE heavily up,
Child had to go, but dog could stay.
A park full of people, nobody stirred,
One man of cloth in Gods command,
Statesmen who should have been heard,
None said word, none raised hand.
Brown boy grew up, thirsty for knowledge,
Created great southland much fury,
Daring to knock at gates of State college,
Such things were not done in Missouri.
Most of the nine on the highest bench
Acknowledged the right of his claim,
While Democracy, sick from the stencil,
Got well-but was never the same.
East of Casablanca, in the heat and dark,
Fighting for country, for Freedoms rule,
Are the boys who couldn't play in the park,
Boys kept out of the State-owned school.
They sing as they march in the Africa sand.
No hymn of hate, but songs of good cheer,
Theirs is to chance life and understand
world must be saved from hate and fear.
James T. Logan.
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IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of my brother,
George N. Thomas, who died two
years ago Feb. II, 1941:
You suffered much,
You murmured not,
As I watched you that day
hoped and prayed
That your dear life would not be
taken away.
Sweetest thoughts shall always linger
Round the grave where you are laid.
No one knows how much miss YOU.
No one knows the tears I shed,
But in Heaven / hope to meet you,
Where no farewell tears are shed.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Gum.
Brother-in-law and sister.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19
Gale Comes Through

Minnesota should be proud the by Congressman
Richard Gale on the publicity seeking Dies committee.
Among the "a against the
resolution continue the committee Gale
The Texas Congressman Dies has asked
gressona into the revival of the Ku Kux
un-Amercan but has consistently So
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19

Grafton by
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19
Worldwide in Thought

The basic control of devoped at first be the
hands of the United Nations whatever World
Federation ultimately is set but will have
that this World Federation doesn't world
mastery in Disguise worldwide Local minds or tr
asc minds cannot world federation see too MANY t
bastic minds.-Ln Yutang
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19
st. James A. M. e. Church Notes:

Despite low temperature and haz
ardous walking, a goodly number
were present at our Sunday morn
ing service, Feb. IA, Race Rela'
lions Sunday. Rev. Hilmer A
Norum, retired Presbyterian min.
lister of Minneapolis, delivered the
message. He greatly elaborated
and defined his subject, "The Voice
of One Crying in the Wilderness. >
He cited the great need in the world
today of elimination of race hatred
and discrimination and the accept
ance of the Golden Rule and the
Spirit of Christ.
Misses Oareen Piper and Ethel
Manning Joined the church. Mrs.
D. A. (Etta) Graham of Richmond,
Ind, sister of the late Cora B. Girls
som, was a visitor.
Rev. and Mrs. Moore, Mrs.
Bertah King and Rev. Boyd Pat
rick with our young people were
guests of Calvary Evangelical
church at 5 p. m. Rev. Moore
preached and Mrs. Moore and the
senior choir sang at the 8 p. m.
discussion, worship and fellowship
meeting.
At the st. James 8 p. m. service,
Rev. F. A. Strong, pastor of the
Calvary Evangelical church,
preached on "Thou Art Weighed
in the Balances and Art Found
Wanting" Dan. 5:24. He described
the condition of the world, the dis
criminative, Incorporate and moral
decay in the homes. Miss Jeanette
Gelin, guest soloist, sang two num-
bers. Mr.. Oscar Frey was her ac-
companist.
Rev. Moore's subject, Sunday
morning, Feb. 81, will be Modern
Apostasy" of "The Abandonment
of Faith or Principles" At 8 pm.
the gospel choir will give a request
program at the church. The Martha
Washington Tea will be held at the
parsonage from 2 to p. m.
The University of Life topic at
$50 will be "The Mutual Debts of
Parents and Offspring" There
will be an open forum discussion.
Parents are invited to speak for
Observation-Disclosures Miller.
CAMPHOR MEMORIAL METH
ODIST CHURCH NOTES: In a
sermon on Race Relations last Sun
day, Rev. Clarence T. R. Nelson de-
clared that "just mere tolerance is
not enough. Here in America
the Negro, Jew and other minority
groups have been tolerated. but
not really understood and appre-
ciated. :. Understanding that will
bring about true appreciation rath-
er than tolerance is a great need
in American race relations"
The layman's responsibility in
the church will be stressed at the
II a. m. service on Sunday, which
has been designated as "Layman's
Sunday" by the "Week Of Dedica-
ton" committee Of the general
church. Cottage prayer meeting
groups are being set up for special
prayers for the success of the
week Of dedication services, which
will be held in our church for three
nights, Feb. "a, 25 and 26. Rev. Rob-
ert Kelly, pastor Of the Border
Methodist Church, Minneapolis,
will preach. Rev. Nelson will preach
in the services in the Border
Church Mar. 3, 4 and s.
The Twilight worship service
will be held at 6 p. m. Sunday.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19
Democracy For Some

winning University
student The GRAFTON of such interest that reprint
When first started this OratiOn member of the Ham
faculty Wh that from the latest Naz
paganda nes Maybe is but intend what have
nevertheless POpagand make policy to attack weak points
Anyway the evidence today did
frnnnN azs hat know
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-19

lIOIu 4NdLI SOuICcSs AudL i hIAVWs
Over in Europe is very trouble
some man named Adolf Hitler. He
has ideas that are very repugnant
to Americans. Among other things
he maintains that the Aryan race
is the master race and that the
Germans are the purest of the
Aryans. All of the colored races
he despises, including his allies the
Japanese. AS for Negroes, he con-
siders them no more than half hu-
man. In his latest dispensation,
"Mein Kampf," Mr.. Hitler refers to
the Negroes as merely half human
apes.
But Mr.. Hitler is at least frank
and his treatment of the Jews and
other races conforms to his state
ment. We in the United States can
not even give the excuse of being
honest, we claim to believe one
thing; we deliver orations about it !;
write about it; and preach about it.;
but we do not practice it.
Our problem is great. With the
present war situation racial dis
elimination has increased in every
field. We are fighting a war to pre-
serve democracy. To prove that
all men are created equal; and yet
socially, economically, and even in
our military field, we are treating
the Negro as inferior, and as a
race apart.
Let me cite some examples.
Down in Rolla, Missouri, in the
Red Cross, our organization of
mercy. White southern women will
not attend First Aid classes with
Negro women or do any kind of Red
Cross work with Negroes.
You all know of the practice of
the deep south. OF the need of a
Negro to ride in the back of street
cars and the necessity for a Negro
to step off the street in order to lei
a white person pass by.
You will remember that Roland
Hayes, the noted Negro musician
when on tour in Georgia was
mobbed and beaten by whites.
Marian Anderson was not allowed
to sing in Constitution Hall, be-
cause the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution insisted upon a seq
regated seating arrangement.
Consider the case of C. w. Wash
ingtOn, Negro soldier attached to
the Engineers building the Alaska
Highway. He was held up from
reporting for work nine days, be-
cause the Northwest Airlines re-
fused to give him plane accommO-
datiOns because of his race.
Can you say that we have nc
social discrimination
Let us consider the economic
phase of our problem.
Here is an interesting piece from
our all-out-for-war defense indus
tries. In the Wilmington Consoli.
dated Shipyards, Negroes qualify
ing for stage rigger positions are
not accepted, because the whites
will not work with the Negroes.
Down in New London, Conn.,, city
officials conferred to seek a sOlu.
ton to the local housing shortage
which has made it necessary for at
least Is Negro war workers to
either walk the streets at night OF
sleep in parked cars. Investigation
proved that the reason these Negro
war workers were not allowed in
the government owned housing
project was, 'The southern tenants
would object to the presence of
Negroes in the project"
Our. transportation industries
have told US much of what they are
doing for the war effort, yet a re-
port comes from a group of St.
Paul Negroes who were sent south
from Fort Smelling not long ago.
Evening star., 1943-08-19
Blankets

B Blankets, 800 wool, 20%
rayon. Sizes 72x84. Plain coll
ors. Soiled. Were $11.95,
S9.95
3 Wool-filled Comforts. Size
72x84. Plain colors. Rayon
satin covered. Cedar only.
Were $f7.95---S15.95
IS Top-spUn Plaid Blankets.
70% cotton, $50 rayon and
SO wool, rayon bound. Size
72xS4. Were $4,4s. S3.95 = pair
a Beacon, Second, Blankets.
Plain colors. Rayon bound.
Sizes 72x90. 500 rayon, 25qo
cotton, 25% wool ol----4--S3.9 90
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1943-08-19
HOSieru

Famous Name" Sheer Rayon
Hosiery. First quality-cotton
reinforced. Broken sizes and
colors. Reduced to---69c
-Full-fashioned Sheer Rayon
Hosiery. Broken sizes and COL
ors. Cotton reinforced. "As is"
Reduced to- 5Qc
Misses and ChiIdren's Ankle
Socks. Soiled. Broken sizes
mercerized cotton
-1mperfects Of a-fine
Seamless Rayon Chiffon Hos
iery. Good colors and sizes.
Cotton heel and toes ---26c
--Irregulars of Famous Name"
Business Sheer Rayon Hosiery.
Reduced to------50 soc
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1943-08-19
Clearance! Home FITTINGS

. Is Studio Covers. Were $4.s5. As is-33s5
Bolts Of Waverly Cretonne. Were 7sc
Bolts of Awning Duck. Were Soc. As is 49c
Pairs Of Fancy Net. We're 29c------ lsc
10 Pieces Of Monks Cloth Drapes (bue only $685.
AS $3.50
80 Pairs OF Striped Tailor Curtains $780, As
. SO Blackout Shades Were 39c. As is---------I9c
Window Awnings Were $2.49. As is- SO
so Cret0nne Glider Cushion Were is $3.50
Screen Doors Were $349. As is 20
100 Tapestry Squares Were SOC and 79c
10 Bolts Of Rep and Chevron Cloth 89c---6 69c
50 Odd Curtain Strips Were 81 90 to
Pairs Of Bedroom Drapes. Were $685. is----S400
50 Pairs of Cottage Curtains. Were 81 I95 SI49
20 Odd Slip Covers for Chairs Sofas Were 81 SO to
1898 AS $500
IS Knit Dining Room Chair Were 49c. As Is 29c
10 Auto Covers. Were $698. As is-----$ $500
Kann's-Third Floor
Evening star., 1943-08-19
Bedroom
Furniture

II Maple Dresser (as Isl. Was
$29.95 ----S17.77
Il Walnut veneered Vanity
Base. Was S14.95----S0 22
II Double-size Mahogany We
neer Sleigh Bed Gas Isl. Was
$26.95 --------------S13.48
Il Double-sise Mahogany An
ish Bed Gas Isl. Was $l0.95,
S7.77
Il Single size Blonde Elm Bed
Gas Isl. Was $15.95---SlO 90
-3 Mahogany finish Bedroom
Chairs. Were $s.s5-----S444
. Maple Vanity Benches.
Were $5.95------------S4. .88
Il Double size Simmons Box
Spring for wood bed floor sam
ple). Was $29.50------S2O lO
Il Single size Felt Mattress
(fioor sample). Was $24.s5,
Il Singie-size Felt Mattress
(hoor sample). Was 1929,
S8. SO
q SingIe-size Felt Mattresses.
Were $22.95-----------S15 90
2 Double-size Felt Mattresses.
Were $14.95- 90
Il Maple-finish Chest Of Draw
ers. Were $18.s5-----S15. 90
II Sinsle-size Box Spring for
wood bed. Was 1895; / sim
gle-size Felt Mattress to match.
Was $13.95----both for $25. 90
Kann's-Third Floor.
Evening star., 1943-08-19
SPORTSWEAR Clearance
Inexpensive
Dresses

Misses and Women's Rayon
Crepe Prints and Spun Rayon
Dresses. Were .oo----S4.44
Misses Dresses. Coat, shirt
waist and dressy stules. Were
1888 ------------------S.44
Misses and Women's Rayon
Jersey Prints. Were $1o.95,
S7.99
Misses and W0men's One and
Two Pc. Dresses. Were S3.99,
S2.99
Kann's-Second Floor.
Evening star., 1943-08-19

Coats
IA Cotton Gabardine Rain
coats. Were s5.95-S3 90
-32 Cotton Poplin Raincoats.
Were $685. OK
g Women's Tailored Suits.
Were s25.00------S14.O
Ia Nylon Fleece Coats-jun-
Tors. Were $29.00----S22.95
kann's-Second Floor.
Evening star., 1943-08-19
Infants

Cotton Crib Blankets. Nurs-
cry designs in pink and blue.
Factory rejects
Boys and Girls Slacks, belted
models. Sizes 3 to 6. Seconds.
Were s1.99----Sl
Tots Bathing Suits. Sizes 4
to 8. Were $1.19 and $1.69- 57c
Boys and Girls Sanforized
Blue Chambray Sun Suits. Size
2 to 6. Were $1.15------64c
Crib Blankets in pink and
blue. 800 wool, 20% cotton.
Seconds. 36x50----S3. 50
Seconds. 40x60- 90
-Babies' Waterproof Pants.
Were SOC and SOC
-Coverall Bib with applique
designs. Size 2 and 3. Were
'oC O4C
Tots Cotton Gabardine Eton
Caps and Beanys. Were sec. 38c
Kann's-Fourth Floor.
Evening star., 1943-08-19
TOiIetries

-19 Gardenia Bath Powder
with bottle Gardenia Perfume.
Were NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a49c
-28 Jane Carlton Shampoos.
16-oz. bottles------25c
-35 Stocking Leg Makeup.
Were 25c-----
Al Jane Carlton Wave Set.
1907. bottles *25c>
-105 Kann's Tooth Brushes.
Natural bristles. Were 33c,
24c
SO La Tausca Perfumes. S
odeurs. A-oz. bottles ---*19c
20 Gabilla's Dream for Two"
Compose. Were $1-----+59c
As Cardinal Bath Powders.
Giant 12-oz. and 14-oz. boxes.
Were Soc *39c
los Sadira Face Powders.
2l2-oz. *19c
-49 Cosmata Friction Cream
Soap. Were 59c--------39c
81 18th Century Perfumes.
Were $1-----------" "39c
As 18th Century Bath Salts.
Box OF 4. Were +49c
Starred items subject to 1919
Federal Tax.
Kann's-Street Floor.