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theatre Of operations at his press
conference last Thursday.
The secretary was in good sp:r-
it, and a bit jocular as he answered
the questions of reporters dealing
with progress Of tine war, his trip,
anod sundry other items.
During his journey he saw Negro
troops in England and others in
North Africa. and had occasion to
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landers.
The morning breezes chill.
We will close this glorious
scene,
and yet, we linger still
Where we've SO happy been.
How blest to live,
hearts so free as ours.
We will only pause to give a
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long and last good night.
After several more songs and a
good night dance number, the fist
Anniversary of the improvement
Club was closed. Until we meet a.
GAM =. 4. jenkins. n~.. Master
Maynard L. Wilson, G. Lodge Re
porter.
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personally meet 1t. Col. Benjamin
D. Davis. Commanding the 99th pur
suit squadron now stationed in
Sicily.
Accompanied by Major General
John Lee Stimson inspected sew
eral colored units in England and
found what he called an interest
ing situation" in which the men
Continued Oh pageN4)
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The Masonic improvement Club
the members from the six subor-
rinate local lodges Of the First
District and under the auspices of
the Most W. Grand Lodge of Ne
braska, Prince Hall affiliation, eel
ebrated their first Annual Anniv-
ersary last Saturday evening Aug.
7th at the Masonic Temple 26th &
Blonde Streets.
The affair was one of the best
Of the session. The appointments,
decorations, refreshments, the af-
fable introductions, the music, the
general pleasantness of the offic-
ers and attendants was a pleasant
reminder Of social culture. There
were visitors from outstate and ad-
joining cities.
The younger set danced to en-
trancing music. Others went in
for social games, bridge, whist,
dominoes, checkers and what not.
Popular songs ,toasts, reading TO
complete a perfect night of pleas
ure. Several Grand Lodge Offic-
ers were present among them j. G.
Dacus, Grand Treas, A. r. Good
lett, R.W.G.P., Deputy. GIN. and
P.G.M., J. T. Scott, Past r. W.D,
M, Robert Harris, RWG. Secy, f..
L. Adkins, RWSG Warden. and
Live Wire Collins Lee GIN. Of
the Lodge No. u who is a regular
"get it DONE in the life and spirit
of the club, Kincaid, the eve effic-
lent Secy and other members Of
the club who functioned with great
with great efficiency.
Among helpers in attendance
were DR.. Hawkins, DR.. D. W. Good
en-, Bert johnson, W. r. Estelle,
Harry Leland and many others.
The OES. was was represented
The MwG. Matron, Mrs. CIoma
Scott, Mrs. A. Jenkins, wife of the
Grand Master, Mrs. Cole, Miss Kin
caid, daughter Of the club secv.
Bro. Kincaid and others rendered
valient and efficient service at the
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Editorial Note: Pearl Buck, true
humanitarian .hater of race preju-
dice and defender OF the human
rights Of all oppressed darker rae
Is. has written one Of the great
books Of time. The editors are re-
printing. with permission, several
digested chapters Of WHAT AM
ERICA MEANS TO Me-. that
speaks for the Negro in every
chapter. Millions of white people
will read this book.
First instalIment from WHAT
AMERICA MEANS TO Me-" BY
Pearl 5. Buck. John Day Company.
New York. 5000
THE DARK SHADOW"
CHAPTER ONE
Come in, please, a young girls
soft voice said. Mother is expect
ing you"
The young girl was very pretty.
1 saw that at my first glance. she
was dark. eyes black. and her
black hair smoothly curled and
shining. If she had been born in
Samoa Or in the Philippines. she
would have been called an island
beauty. But she was born in the
United States of America. n the
city II Philadelphia.
She wore a white dress. plain
and smart. and as she led tn way
into the quiet house that stood on
a quiet street. I saw she had that
peculiar grace which one sees So
often in the South seas. But there
was nothing foreign about her
when she talked. Her speech was
pure American.
will you please come upstairs?"
she said.
So I followed her upstairs into
a dignified and even handsome
room. where we sat down while we
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r-efreshment tables.

As the Improvement Clubs first
anniversary was glen near the
date of the independence Of the
West Indies ISLANDS, Cuba, Haiti,
San Domingo and in recognition Of
it, the reporter Of the club. nj. II.
Wilson gave a farewell toast in a
verse of the song by the freed Is
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Chicago, Illinois. The officers
OF the Executive Committee are do
ing everything possible TO make
the coming Of the National Baptist
Convention one Of the finest of its
sessions. Shown in the photo are
left TO right; front row.: Doc. J. l..
Horace, general chairman; W. NJ.
A Johnson. recording secretary.
". E. Warrington, corresponding
secretary; E. L. Irvine, Treasurer;
". L. Petty, chairman of the Hous
ing Committee; ]. G. Austin, chair
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'sHold Your Job
Greatest of Weeks

800 concerts in white ana colored
churches throughout Nebraska and
Iowa.
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THE OMAHA GUIDE is YOUR
PAPER READ 1T WEEKLY.
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Dowell: o. w. Williams; H b.
Hawkins; c. J. Rodgers; r. W. Col
inns: T. NJ. King; T. B. Chapman:
T. E. Brown. Headquarters Of the
convention is at Monumental Bsp-
list Church, located at 72s Oak
wood Boulevard of this city. Rev.
J. L Horace, pastor, and President
Of the General Baptist state Con
vention Of Illinois. Rev. w. l..
Petty is the Chairman Of the Hous-
ing Committee; his address is 4s41
South State Street, Chicago, Him
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EX-SLAvE. DEAD AT QUINCY

Quincy. III. Aug s amp An ex-
slave 102 years old died at her
home here last week. She was
Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Washington
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
WASKAUSKAS HURT IN FALL AT HOME
South Leonard Man Drops Three Stories From
 Apartment Kitchen

Walter Waskauskas, 50, 16 South Leonard street, was taken to Wa terbury hospital in critical condi- tion this morning after a three story fall from the kitchen of his fourth floor apartment.
 Detective Sergt. Charles Mc- Weeney said the man had fallen through an open kitchen window while his wife and daughter were asleep in the next room.
 The detective said Wasnauskas fel down a space between the ver- andas on the rear and side of the building, striking a five foot high coal bin on the second floor yer anda, then striking and breaking window as he fell to the veranda floor.
 The noise of the breaking glass attracted Mrs. Nicholos Mestronato in whose apartment it was, and she called police. Desk Lieut.. Bernard Burns dispatched Patrolmen John Moynihan and Edmund Cass who drove the man to the hospital in the police ambulance.
 Hospital attaches said he had suffered lacerations and a possible fractured skull.
 Deputy Coroner Stephen A. Hom- ick who was called in. said Was kauskas had been drinking heavily and had apparently either fallen or jumped from the window.
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service last summer.

service last summer.
 It was reliably reported today that MT. Rado will not resign from the treasurer's post. His friends say he would welcome a leave of absence but they contend it would be unwise for him to yield the post with most of his two-year term still uncompleted.
 Such stand on the part of the treasurer would pose 8 problem for the board of warden and burgesses and one which would have to be settled quickly in view of the neces- sity of having borough checks signed by one who legally holds the office of treasurer.
 Who would carry on the work if MT. Rado were given a leave of ab- sence is not known for there is no assistant treasurer.
 MT. Rado polled the most votes of any member of the victorious Democratic ticket last spring de- spite the fact that it was his first bid for political office
 He is empl yed in the salesroom of the U. s. Rubber Go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
BANK EXECUTORS
 OF ALBERT WILL
$l,0OO to Be Deposited for Each Surviving
 Grandson of Woman

The Will and Codicil of the late Bessie Albert has been accepted by the office of Probate Judge Patrick Healey. The will which was dated Dec. 20, 1930, names of the Citizens & Manufacturers National Bank as executors.
 Upon payment of all just debts and funeral expenses incurred by the deceased stipulations for dis posing of the estate provide for the follwoing bequeaths; that $1.000 for each surviving grandson be deposit- ed in the Citizens & Mfg. Natl. Bank for investment and reinvest- ment, which will be paid to each grandchild upon attaining the age of 25, or upon marriage. If any grandchild dies before these stipu- lations are fulfilled the share shall be divided equally among the other survivors.
 A deposit of $1,000 is to be left in the Citizens Bank in perpetual trust the net income thereof to be paid annually to the Jewish Home for the Aged in Waterbury:
 A cousin Tillie Fishman of New ark, N. J. is bequested $1,000 and a diamond dinner ring and clothes, while Jacob Fishman of the same address is bequeathed $500
 All the rest, residue and remain der of the estate is to be divided into 4 equal parts for distribution as follows: one of said 4 equal parts paid to each son, Mitchell J., Mill ton L., and Harry M. The remain ing equal share shall be paid to sons Mitchell J. and Harry M., as trustees, for the benefit of the re- maining son, William B. Albert.
 The Codicil to the will, dated May 2, 1881, gives and bequeaths to the son Harry M., all the jewelry, with the exception of the diamond ring bequeathed to Tile Fishman as stipulated in the will proper. The original will is ratified and con- f1rmed in all respects except as altered by the Codicil.
 Mrs. Albert died Dec. 2, 1943 and was the mother of the local prom inent attorney, Harry M. Albert.
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TREE PROTECTION
 MEASURES LISTED
Electrical Inspector Out lines Rules for Preven=
 tiOn Against Fire

City electrical inspector, Martin c O'Rourke today recommended set of safety rules for lighting Christ mas trees and decorations in the home. The following six rules pro- vide for the maximum in protec- ton against fire:
 1. After the lighting set is talk en from the shelf inspect thorough ly for insulation breaks. If in- sulation is damaged or sockets brok- en discard set.
 3. Screw some of lamps into sockets to see if any live" metal ot sockets or lamps is left exposed, whereby metal tinsel could be con- tacted causing 8 short-circuit.
 3. Make certain that wire insu- lation is intact where wires enter the socket. If connections will slide back on wires, a short-cir- cult may result.
 4. If tinsel reflectors are used be certain that no metallic contact
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24

Superior Court Judge Prank P. McEvoy's decision earlier this week in the Atchison will litigation, first protested by the estate. today re- ceived dissension from the disinher- tied children who likewise filed a special appeal to the State Supreme Court of Errors.
 The children will ask the high court to settle the question of costs in the case and placing of a bond pending their appeal. The estate bases its appeal on the part of Judge McEvoy's decision which pro- vided $750 from the Atchison funds for counsel fees for the children.
 The litigation. rapidly accumulat- ing legal complications which indi- cate long drawn out and thorough battle for the $2o,0O0 estate of the late Lawrence Atchison of Middle bury, started shortly after MT. At chison died, Oct 12, 1942 and his will disclosed hi. children would receive only $100 each.
 A jury which heard the children's appeal from probate last April found the issues in their favor and broke the will. Judge McEvoy last month set aside the jurys verdict. The children then appealed to the high court and meanwhile filed motions pertaining to funds to carry out their battle.
 Judge McEvoy last Monday ruled that counsel fees should be provided by the estate for the children, but he denied motions asking the estate or the State of Connecticut to face the other costs involved in the litig- ation in the Hartford court.
 The estate claims the order to pay counsel fees from the estate in the children's fight to secure the bene- fits of the estate is without legal precedent. The children claim they
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
New Complications In
 Atchison Will Case
Disinherited Children File Special Supreme Court of
 Errors Appeal on Judges Decision

were without funds to carry on their fight and unless court aid Is order ed they will be unable to protect their interests.
 Under court regulations the chil- dren must file a bond covering the costs of their original appeal to the High court. Tn the event they win the litigation the costs would be taken from the estate but otherwise the bond would be forfeited. They claim they do not have the money for bond, but Judge McEvoy ruled the superior court without power to waive the statutory provision.
 It has been pointed out printing of the transcript of evidence in the case will cost approximately $500.
 A type transcript has already been obtained by the estate at cost of about $200 and the jurist ruled 1t should be shared with the children and used by them when they assign the printing job in the appeal. The transcript of evidence in the hearing which lasted more than four weeks is close to 1000 pages in length.
 A motion also was entered in su- perior court today asking for fur ther extension of time in perfecting the appeal on the decision setting aside the jury verdict. The children ask Judge McEvoy to extend the time until the special appeals are settled and their rights of the parties are determined and the question of costs is settled by the high court. It is believed a hearing on the mo- tion appeals of both the estate and children will be conducted in Hart ford in Jnauary or February. The main appeal action has been entered on the courts January docket, re- leased today, but since the case is not printed there is no possibility of an early hearing.
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is made with live metal and sock cts.
 5. If an extension cord is used be certain that it is of an approved quality as marked with the label of the Underwriters Laboratories.
 6. If the base of the tree is to be covered with snow" be certain that a non-combustible material is used, and if practicable mount trees in pail of water. as it will keep the tre efrom drying out and thus make it less inflammable.
 Few outside decorations are ex- pected to be used about the city as result of the recent federal request asking that their use be minimized to save on power. The government requested all users of outside deco rations to light them only on Christ mas eve and but an hour 8 day, therefater.
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Current Rationing Regulations

 @" stamps Will be valid through Jan stamp T remain in force through January 29
 PROCESSED FOODS 2O Stamps will be valid through February 20
  Sugar" valid January 15 for Stamp 29 in front of Book w.
  n "arpane sheet o1 valid purchase of pair of shoes
  No co1pons in A books valid gallons $. and B-1 Il valid for two gallons B-2 C-2 coupons valid for five gallons
  valid to January Period two coupons are from January  coupons gallons class five
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Treasurer Wm. Rado
 Inducted Thursday
Chooses Navy and Will Report for Active Duty Janu-
 ary }; Not to Resign

Naugatuck, Dec. 24 Borough Treasurer William Rado was among the group of men from Selective Service Board 14-A inducted at New Haven Thursday, MT. Rado chose the Navy and will report for active duty Jan. 3rd.
 I'm a Navy man now" was the only comment MT. Rado had. His brother, Corp. Daniel J. Rado of the Marine Corps, was killed in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-24
S1O DAILY DOUBLE

Windows for $10 daily double wagers have been introduced at Tropical Park this season for the first time.
Evening star., 1943-02-27

an Church, 1868 Massachusetts ave-
nue. NV, $50 o'clock tonight.
Dinner, fellowship recreation
Christian Business Girls Associa-
ton, Almas Temple, K street near
Thirteenth street NV, $50 O'Clock
tonight.
Dinner, entertainment, dancing
Foundry Methodist Church, Six
teenth and P streets NV, $50
o'clock tonight.
Swimming, ballroom and tap
dance classes, dance, Jewish Com
munlty Center, USO), Sixteenth
and @ streets NV, $50 o'clock to-
night.
Drop-in hour, dancing refresh
ments, gymnasium, Calvary Meth
odist Church, 1859 Columbia road
NV, 7:3O o'clock tonight.
Refreshments, dances, orches-
tras, YWCA (USO), Seventeenth
and K streets NV, 7:3O o'clock to-
night.
'"Hour of Music" Washington
Chapel, Sixteenth street at Colum-
bia road NV, 8 o'clock tonight.
'Women's Battalion dance, De-
partmental Auditorium, Constitution
avenue between Twelfth and Four
teenth streets NV, 8 o'clock tonight
Non-sectarian religious service
social and fellowship hour, refresh
ments, hostesses, broadcast, John S.
Bennett Memorial Service Club
Central Union Mission, 6l3 c
street NV, o'clock tonight.
Dancing, refreshments, enter
tainment, All Souls Memorial Epis-
copal Church, Cathedral avenue and
Woodley place, off of Connecticut
avenue NV, 8 o'clock tonight.
Dance, refreshments, entertain
ment, st. Margaret's Church (Epis-
copaD, Connecticut avenue, above
Florida avenue NV, 8 o'clock to-
night.
Foreign films, All Souls Church
(Unitarian), Fifteenth and Harvard
streets NV, 8 o'clock tonight.
| 4oAiSAAA6, 6oAliCS, 4Cll
parish house of st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Sixteenth street between H
and I streets NV, $50 o'clock to-
night.
Dance, sponsored by League OF
Women Shoppers, Hayloft, 1926 Mas
sachusetts avenue NV, $50 O'Clock
tonight.
Dance, NCCS (USO), 1914 N
street NV, $50 o'clock tonight
Games, dance, orchestra, re-
freshments. YMCA CUSO). Bows
Building, 1885 G street NV, 83(
O'Clock tonight.
FOR COLORED SERNICEMEN.
Games, billiards, dancing, YMCA
(USO), 1916 Twelfth street NV,
o'clock tonight.
Dance, orchestra, refreshments
nostesses, YWCA, Phyllis Wheatley
Evening star., 1943-02-27

a reservation of several hundred
acres on the North Carolina sea-
coast. They can't make that
round trip every day or every couple
of days, SO they go equipped to stay
for while and learn the business
of blasting enemy mechanical units
Knew Heavy Gunfire.
Fort Fisher has heard the blast
of big guns before. During the
Civil War Wilmington, N. c., was
a favorite port of embarkation for
Southern blockade runners. Per-
haps Rhett Butler knew of Whining
ton and the blockade runners. One
day Federal gunboats moved in
There was tremendous naval bonn
bardment. When Fort Fisher fell
Wilmington. last great seaport OF
the Confederacy, was throttled.
At Fort Fisher you learn the real
meaning of the phrase targets OF
opportunity" Also you learn ABOUT
the mobility and more about the
speed of the 80 and 40 nm. guns,
used by antiaircraft artillery.
Targets of opportunity" in Army
parlance, means targets which ap-
pear, like Japs in the jungle, at
fragmentary and unprotected inter-
walls and at unpredictable spots.
You don't train Comm. gun on
Evening star., 1943-02-27

sionally you'll see their strong COL
umns OF light weaving patterns
overhead at night, working Out
tactical problems in preparation for
whatever may happen.
Pinned on Beam.
Enemy bombers, engines throttled
down, approach a friendly objective.
They have been detected, their
speed and path of fight charted by
the secret devices that pointed the
way to the Comm. guns, which al
ready are tracked on the target.
Suddenly a powerful beam of light
illuminates the bomber flight, daz-
zling pilots and crewmen up there in
the night sky. Quickly the deep,
throaty bursts Of the COS bark out.
The night eyes of antiaircrafe ar
tillery have found the target.
Woe to the hapleSs enemy bomber
that finds itself pinned in the con-
verging beams Of two or more of the
800-million candlepower units of the
searchlights. Dodge and twist as he
will he can't escape. They'll stab
their beams into the night as far as
the eye can see and high flying
plane will appear as a cross Of fire,
although long ago the Nazis learned
the trick of painting the underside
Of fuselage and wings black to off,
set reflection.
Here on the Carolina coast
youngsters work nightly with the
big searchlights of the dark, perfect
ing the technique that will linn
enemy night bombers for the guns
on some front where American
forces are In action. They work
long hours, while the rest Of the
world sleeps, remaining at their
posts until the first finger of dawn
steals reluctantly across the sky.
They are the boys who keep en-.
emy planes on the spot. no matter
how high 1t may be, and keep them
there until they are destroyed.
Evening star., 1943-02-27
I'D Rather Be Rioht'
Demands in Congress for Island Bases
Seen Irrelevant With War Yet to Be Won

are at least u months ahead of ours.
For instance. the whole industrial
"absenteeism" issue was debated in
England year ago, and pretty we'll
solved, decently, by public opinion,
and without bringing the troops
back to break heads or to snarl at
their fathers or brothers, either.)
In England today, good old i'm
perial England, both Houses of Par
lament have been rolled by pressing
emphatic demands that Europe be
invaded at once.
That's what England is talking
about. One cocks an ear to our
Congress to hear whether a similar
plea rises above the thin wall of
some statesman whose constituents
are not being allowed to gorge on
their normal quota of canned
cocktail snackees. One hears it not.
One hears discussion of who gets
the islands, which is so irrelevant
it must make Hitler himself double
with incredulous laughter. Der
Fuehrer knows what the issue Is.
Children's Cries.
I give you another lovely thing:
Senator Wheeler has helped to raise
the question of whether the Rus
slams don't secretly intend to stop at
their own borders and call halt to
the war, once they have elected the
Nazis from their country.
That's a fine business; an Ameri-
can, leaning on the fence, looking
down at the war and wondering
whether the Russians really intend
to do enough.
Senator Wheeler has not, so far
as I know, raised the question of
whether America intends to do
enough. Perhaps he, too, believes
that the world owes us a living, be-
cause of our curly hair.
But Englishmen are asking each
other soberly whether England in
tends to do enough.
Who gets the bases? Who gets
the islands? In the context of what
is being decided in the world, these
are children's cries. They are like
the sham battles of the playground,
fought in the secure knowledge that
mother will have dinner ready at 6.
regardless Of the outcome.
Evening star., 1943-02-27
BY WALTER McCALLUM,
Star Staff Correspondent.

CAMP DAVIS, N. c., Feb. a.
Not only does American antiaircraft
artillery get along with the spec
tacular and intricate job of keeping
the skies clear of enemy planes over
any objectivce. The antiaircraft
men, equipped with some Of the best
guns in the world, also are trained
for action against enemy mechan-
lied units.
Perhaps they'll be tanks, perhaps
armored trucks, or perhaps a con-
voy of troop carrying units. What
eve rthey are, antiaircraft, despite
the clear-cut designation, can move
in.
At Camp Davis antiaircraft gun
ners and students at the Officer
Candidate School are taught the
technique of antimechanized de-
fense. Usually that means tanks.
Far south of the big, sprawling
camp enlisted men and students go
in trucks prepared to bivouc for
days. It's between so and go miles
from Camp Davis to Fort Fisher,