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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04

WNU Service, Union Trust Building
Washington, d. @.
Out In Falls Church, Virginia,
little way from Washington, there
lives friend of mine who was
brought up on . farm. Last year.
some new neighbors moved in next
door city folks. you could tell by
looking at them, but full of pep and
vinegar and very patriotic. They
started out to make a victory gar
den.
My friend could tell by the way
they handled their hoes that before
long. they'd be asking him for adj
vice.
He's a good neighbor. but he isn't
nosey So he just waited.
Well. 1t wasn't long before the
man next door came up, leaned
over the fence. and said; How Is
it your garden is coming along so
good and mine ain't?"
My friend smiled. and then he
pitched in and told him some Of the
facts Of plant life.
II isn't going to benefit my friend
even II his neighbor's garden Ii q
record breaker but he's typical
American and he's doing what we
all used to do back in the old days
when neighbor depended on neigh
Dor = giving helping hand when It
is needed.
Last week. I sat down across the
desk from big. black-haired fell
low. who looks lot younger than
he is In years and wisdom. His name
is DR.. Ralph w. Phillips.
When I talked with him, he had
just returned from giving little
neighborly advice over the back
fence to our Chinese neighbors. He's
in charge Of genetics Investigations
for the Department of Agriculture
and he was loaned to the State de.
partment, along with some 81 other
experts. to go over to China (at the
invitation of the Chinese) to look
around and see what ought to be
done to improve their stock.
For you and me and most Ameri-
cans. even those who don't know
any more about farm than to think
shorts" are just underwear. a COW
that doesn't give milk wouldn't be
much of a critter. But believe il or
not. one of the results which II Is
hoped DR.. Phillips trip win achieve
is to explain to the Chinese why
cows have udders.
First-Hand Facts
The Chinese know many things
which we don't know. but Phillips
has put between the covers of a
book now being printed in China. q
lot Of things that the Chinese never
new before. He got his facts first
I'd, travelir- nver most of the UNI
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04
u. 5. Farm Expert Gives
Friendly Advice TO China
Department of Agriculture Officials Visit
Chinese, Suggest Practical Methods
OF Increasing Food Production.
BY BAUKHAGE
NesOs analyst and Commentator.

occupied parts Of China with the
Chinese Minister Of Agriculture and
q good interpreter. and collated
them against his own expert knowl-
edge of animal husbandry. But as
he said tonne. IL you know anything
about COW, sheep or q horse,
you don't need an interpreter to tell
you what's the matter with 1t.
II was a hot day in Washington
when interviewed DR.. Phillips and
he had his coat and vest of.
Pm a shirtsleeve diplomat" he
said to me.
When / learned little more of
the details Of his particular job.
realized that 1t was one in which
you had to take off your coat and
roll up your sleeves. Among other
things. he rode several hundred
miles over what the Chinese laugh
ingly call roads, in ancient auto
mobiles, and good many miles on
the back Of very tough Monaghan
pony.
This friendly. going shirt.
sleeve scientist typifies a new order
= he is part Of new. honest effort
Gas one member of the State depart
ment said to mel ito establish a
relationship Of people to people"
rather than a relationship Of diplo-
mat to diplomat, or government to
government.
DR.. Phillips Witnessed the effects
Of the great migration of the
Chinese government followed by its
universities, its people, its indus
tries. This great movement, en-.
forced by the Japanese occupation,
opened up vast territory in western
and northwestern China about which
very little was known and with
which the rulers Of China heretofore
have been very little concerned. For
the sake Of this discussion, China
can be roughly divided into two
quite different agricultural domains
In the crowded eastern provinces.
small farming and very small farm
ing. indeed, is the chief activity. In
the west, there are great grass
lands better adapted to the raising
of stock.
Animal husbandry in China must
meet one immediate problem, and
that Is, increasing and improving
production In the western part Of
the country and breeding for re-
stocking in the areas which will be
re-occupied when the Japanese are
driven out.
The heavy demands for food by
the American military. to say MOTH
ing Of China's own soldiers, make 1t
necessary for the Chinese to in
crease food production to the
utmost. At present. however, DR..
Phillips reported that except for the
famine are Nere drorth or in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04
Seasonal Increases
In Poultry Prices

Consumers will pay an average
of two-thirds of a cent more a
pound for poultry over a period of
one year under an OPA ruling
providing for seasonal increases in
prices of chickens and other fowl.
The new prices will continue
through June of this year, and
from January through June of
next year. From July through
December of this year the ceiling
prices will revert to the un-
adjusted base prices as listed in
Table A of the Poultry Regula-
ton. Premiums to the producers
which will be passed on at all lev
els of distribution, range from a
low of half-cent in January to a
high Of % cents a pound in May.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04
TOWNand do.
% iEiI, f s.
Prepared by
OFFICE Of WAR INFORMATION
Butter Point
Value Reduced
Prepared BY

The ration point value of cream
cry butter has been reduced from
16 to IL red points a pound, the
OPA has announced. Margarine
has been lowered from six to 2
points per pound. The new val
ues are effective through June 8,
1914. This reduction was made
possible by seasonally increased
production.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04

Yanks on leave in British restau-
rants ask for roast beef. Yorkshire
pudding, Ash-and-chips and home
made scenes, while British custom
ers have taken to additionally
American dishes such as cheese
with apple pie. and fried chicken
and waffies, the British Information
services report. The war may lead
to an exchange Of cooking recipes
as well as an exchange Of ideas.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04
Lumber Industry
Needs $4,000 Men

More than 10000 men are
needed for numbering and pulp
wood jobs before next fall, if 1914
requirements are to be met, ac-
cording to a statement from the
War Manpower Commission. Eff
forts will be made to switch farm
labor to the woods as the harvest
season closes and to recruit other
seasonal workers. Lumber stocks
are at an all-time low and the esti-
mated 1914 minimum requirements
of $500, 200, 900 board feet must
be met almost entirely from the
1914 output.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04
Deserter And Hero
THE ARMED SERVICES ar

u1G AhmlEO SEhNICES are
= confronted with an unusual
case in the history of William B.
Murphree, who deserted the Army
in 1941 after six years as SOL
der.
What makes the problem diff
cult is the fact that Murphree en-
listed in the Marines under an
assumed name and has been cited
for bravery on Guadalcanal and
in the Battle of Midway. In ad-
dition, he won the Navy Cross in
the Maxim Island raid.
Technically, the young Ten
nessean is guilty of desertion but
the armed services will probably
omit prosecution and let this fight
ing man "ride on his record"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04
Mr.. Dewey Speaks

OUNCE 1T APPEARS almost GER
~ tain that Governor Thomas
E. Dewey of New York will be the
Republican presidential nominee,
his public utterances are naturally
Of the utmost importance. Mr..
Dewey is in an ideal position to
state the course he believes the
Republican party should adopt, be-
cause he holds the status of a
strong presidential possibility
without being a candidate. He
still considers himself not a can
6idate, although he has not de-
clared that he would refuse gen.
uine party draft.
In his speech last week before
the American Newspaper Publish
ers Association, Mr.. Dewey set
forth his views on international
affairs and American foreign pol
icy. Among other things he de-
clared himself strongly in favor
of American collaboration in post
war international affairs, adding
that he favors permanent mainte-
nance Of sufficient fierce to
maintain peace"
Mr.. Dewey thus revealed a real
istic and practical point of view.
He revealed that he is aware Of
. the folly Of blind isolationism, an
error committed by the leaders of
both major parties since World
War l. Mr.. Dewey also revealed
q most practical attitude when he
advocated maintenance of suffi-
cient force to ensure peace. An
international police force was per-
haps the outstanding feature of
Woodrow Wilson's Inflated League
Of Nations idea. Potential aggres-
sors must henceforth be promptly
compelled to keep the peace, by
force if necessary, if and when
they refuse to abide by reasonable
arbitration. The past twenty years
have taught US that lesson beyond
the shadow of a doubt.
Mr.. Dewey has aligned himself
with the realities. Unless his
party adopts a realistic and prac-
teal policy such as he advocates,
it has little chance of success in
the coming election. The Ameri-
can people want no more seeds
planted for another major conflict.
At the same time the American
people will demand that sufficient
force be available to stamp OUT
the seeds Of future conflict should
they be sown anywhere, anytime,
by anybody.
It now seems likely that both
major parties will be in approx
mate agreement on the postwar
international course this nation
will follow. This will eliminate
foreign policy as major issue in
the coming presidential campaign.
It is a contamination devoutly to
be wished.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04

B RI E FS. by Baukhage

Premier Hideki Toio's govern.
ment has announced details Of a
countrywide vacant lots utilization
program" under which the land
along railroad lines and highways,
as well as other available vacant
areas. win be put to use for grow
ing pumpkins and soybeans to help
solve Japan's war food problems.
The plan Is quite reminiscent Of our
own victory gardens.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04
Nazi Devilment

THE ARCHBISHOP of York,
\ one Of the leading clergymen
Of Great Britain, says that Ger
many adopted the deliberate policy
Of enslavement and degeneration
to accomplish three ends in occu-
pied Europe:
ITO supply itself with munitions
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04
Barn Barnyard
Equipment Quotas

Through the Barn and Barn
yard Equipment Industry Advis-
DRY Committee, WPB has been
advised that despite some short
ages in the available supply, 1944
barnyard equipment win be real
lied.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04

Communications to this news
paper, intended for publication,
should be brief and to the point.
Our space is limited and long dis
cussions are rarely published.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04
No Ordered Effort

DR.. Phillips had first-hand expert
ence with these little animals whose
ancestors were tough enough to
carry Ghangis Khan across Asia but
are too tough to follow the bride II
they get other ideas.
Up until now. there seems to have
been no ordered effort by the repre-
sentatives Of any other foreign coun-
try to assist in the improvement Of
Chinese livestock. Missionaries here
and there have introduced better
grades which have had an influence
in the immediate vicinity, German
missionaries brought in some nice
fat pigs. Others introduced good
chickens and cows. But these were
only drop in the bucket.
The Chinese Department of Agri-
culture itself Is a new thing and has
very little background Of training or
experience. Perhaps the one most
important influence has been the ex-
change established between Cornell
university and the University in
Marking. A number Of experts in
agriculture have been trained at
Cornell and have gone back to
China.
Naturally with such a large pro-
portion Of the population illiterate.
1t will be exceedingly difficult to
spread the information even when
the Chinese leaders themselves are
trained.
The present Chinese government,
despite the fact that almost every
ounce Of energy has to be turned
toward fighting the war, has shown
an interest evidenced by the vel.
come reception given the various
American representatives, and the
United States on its side has sought
to improve its relations between
people and extend its influence BY
this activity which is a part of the
cultural relations program.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04

If you wait for other people to
do something for you, the chances
are that you will be a leng time
waiting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04
Lesson for May z

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
lected and copyrighted by international
Council Of Religious Education; used BY
permission.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04

Hard work never killed a man
but there are any number Of Grip
pies who were injured trying to
dodge 1t.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04
PAUL CROSSES INTO EUROPE

LESSON TEXT: Acts ls:i3-ls; Philip
plans STA.
GOLDEN TEXT: I press on toward
the goal unto the prize Of the high cali
ing Of God In Christ Jesus.-Philippian
STA.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04

s have led the ). the
Chinese people have more food
available than is popularity believed.
But they aren't making the most
of their cows and pigs and chickens.
As to the Chinese COW. about which
DR.. Phillips spoke with great feel
ing. one Of the first things to do Is
to teach the Chinese peasant that it
gives milk and that milk is pretty
good food. And then to improve the
breed so that it will give milk. At
present, the COW Is a beast Of bur-
den. a draft animal However. it
isn't even as good a draft animal
as it could be- It will not be diff
cult to improve the breed so that it
will be more efficient as a beast Of
burden and as q milk giver at the
same time.
OF course, the Nomadic people
who live on the great plains Of
northern China, who live from their
herds, use the milk as food, mostly
dried in the form Of casein. They
also store butter. They have the yak
and a hybrid animal, a cross be-
tween q yak and COW. which Is
called a "pian-niu.
The chickens in China aren't
much to crow about either, I take
it. from DR.. Phillips description. II
they lay only so to so eggs a year.
nobody complains. There, too.
breeding from selected types that
China already has would be a great
help.
DR.. Phillips likes the Chinese dom
keys and In spite Of personal expert
ences on their backs, thinks Mon
golian horses have possibilities.
Very good mules are produced by
crossing the Mongolian mare and
the donkey But the Monaghan horse
Is little, tough-mouthed. fiat-with-
cred. crooked-legged animal which
could be greatly improved with
interviewing with a good saddle
horse strain.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04
Improved A SUNDAY
Uniform c~rrAAr
i LESSON ::

n, nj IN Mo,d1 R n, Trst,ts,ts ~ chiesao.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Arkansas State press., 1944-11-10
Nine-Year-OldBoy
Kills Playmate
Accidentally

Batesyille.-T body of Rich
ard Sims, u, son of Mrs. Marie
Sims, was found in hollow in
the Dry Run community Monday
morning and his playmate, Cecil
MeCurn. q, has confessed, to- the
shooting which he said Yves acct
dental. McCurn lie the son OF
Mrs. Dorothy McCurn.
According to the statement of
the youth McCurn, Sims and
Benny Dobbs, age 8, were playing
in the McCurn home Sunday after
noon. The boys mother was not
at home McCCurn picked up a
.32 rifle and pointed it at the
others. Dobbs warned him to not
point the gun, but he turned and
aimed it at the Sims boy and pull
ed the trigger. Thebullet struck
the Sims child in the head.
Neighbors missed the youth and
Monday several went to the Nc
Curn house to investigate They
found blood on the floor and evil
dence that something had been
drug through the front gate. They
followed this trail and it led to
the body about a block away in a
hollow. The boys admitted that
they drug the body to the hollow
alter the shooting.
Nothing was found by the Off
GERS to indicate that the shooting
was anything more than an acct
dent, and it is considered doubt
full II any charges will be brought.
Arkansas State press., 1944-11-10
Little Rock Boy
Gets Promotion

With the Army Air Force En-
glneer Command in Corsica
Roy N, Payne, of Little Rock,
was recently promoted to the
grade of Technician fifth grade
in his aviation engineer unit
which builds bases for Allied air
power in the Mediterranean
Fheater of Operations.
Teehnieian fifth grade Payne.
the son of Mir and Mrs, Cleveland
Payne, Of Route No, 3, Box hi.
Okolona, Arkansas, left Corbin
High School in Pine Bluff, to join
the service in October, 1943. He
was sent overseas, and has seen
eight months of active duty in
italy and Corsica as a carpenter
with the aviation engineers.
He is a REGULAR ON the batta-
lion basketball team which has
yet to be defeated.
Arkansas State press., 1944-11-10
United States to
Build Air Bases
In Liberia

Washington (CNSl - One of
the most important steps in the
economic progress of the Repub-
lie Of Liberia, West African Ne
gro government, will be taken
when the American government
establishes and operates naval,
military and air installations
there.
That the little Republic had
granted this government the right
to do this was revealed by the
state department here Monday
The agreement was negotiated
December 81, 1913, and permits
the installations "for strategic In
terests of the United States in TIE
South Atlantic" and was sponsor
ed by the Foreign Economic Ad-
ministration.
The II. s. Government pledges
to respect, In the future, as in
the past, the territorial integrity,
SOVEREIGNTY and political inde-
pendence of Liberia.
Arkansas State press., 1944-11-10
Standard Oil Co.
Promises Change
In Tenants
Racial Policy

NEW YORK - Assurance that
Mrs. Lillian Way, proprietor of
a restaurant and canteen at 261
Constitution Avenue. N. W,
Washington, d. C., will provide
eating facilities for all customers,
was contained in letter today to
the NAACP from the Standard
Oil Company, owner of the prem
ises leased by Mrs. Way.
In answer to the protest made
BY Walter White against the dis.
criminato1y practices of the lessee
ID. S. Roberts, assistant manager
of Standard Oils Real Estate de-
partment wrote: Eve have dis
cussed the matter with Mrs. Way
and she has assured US that In
the future she will operates the
coffee shop in such a manner as
to provide all customers with
similar service. We feel certain
that the changes she proposes
making will provide those for
whom you seek with the relief
they are seeking
Although operating her business
primarily for the purpose of ac-
commodating employees in a build
See TENENTS---Page y
Arkansas State press., 1944-11-10
FDR Urged to take
Action Against
FILA Policies

WASHINGTON, d. G. - Der
tailed Memorandum indicting dis
criminatory policie of the FLA
during the past several years, and
calling for their immediate re-
moval was sent to the President
by the NAACP. In PREDATORY
letter summarizing the complaints
contained in the memorandum.
Walter White said.
I'VE contend that the currem
operations of the FILA program
~ discriminate against Negro
applicants; (2) promote racial
residential segregation; (3) pre-
vent this potentially effective
agency from maxi ngany signf
ficant contribution to meeting the
basic housing needs Of Negroess
(4) run counter to the present
trend of judicial decisions regard
ing racial restrictive covenants,
(5) contribut eto the use of racial
tensions by restriction of living
space and housing accommoda-
tons; (6) impair the democratic
process and our Good Neighbor
Policy"
Arkansas State press., 1944-11-10

death closely follows that Of Or
viii "Iioppy" Jones, Ink spotS
bass singer, who died a week ago
at his home in New York.
Thomas was one of the original
members of the Jordan troupe
which was formed in 1898, and
since that time has reached the
heights OF popularity with their
unique manner CT improvisation,
song hits, and humorous antics.
Thomas solid style of low beat
boogie at the piano has acquired
him following Of thousands OF
music lovers, who have seen the
popular little band on the stage,
screen, or listened to the many
recordings made by the quintet.
Arkansas State press., 1944-11-10
Helena Soldier
To Face Court
Martial In Wash.

Seattle-Resulting from a raid
on Italian prisoners quarters last
August whore one prisoner was
found dead. 49 soldiers face court
martial, with three charged with
murder.
The soldiers will be tried at
Fort Lawton. The three charged
with murder and rioting are; Cpl.
Luther Larkin, 23, Helena; Sgt.
Arthur ] Burks, %, Houston
Texas, and Pvt. William C. Jones,
81, Decatur, Ill. The soldiers
raided the 2Sth Italian Quarter
master Service Unit at Fort Law
ton, and after the raid, one Ital-
ian soldier was found hanging
from guy wire nearby.
Arkansas State press., 1944-11-10
Mary Mcleod Bethune to Speak At 9th
All-Southern Negro Youth Conference

Esther V. Cooper, executive
secretary of the Southern Negro
Youth Congress, annou need this
week that Mrs. Mary Mcleod Be-
thune, founder aud president of
the National Council of Negro
Women, will be keynote speaker
at the opening public rally of the
9Th Conference to be held by the
organization ON November 80,
December /. 2 and 3 The Con-
ference which has as its theme
Democracy, the Challenge of Vic
tory" will convene In Atlanta,
Georgia. Mrs. Bethune will speak
on Friday night, December /.
=, announcing Mrs. Bethune's
acceptance Of the invitation to
speak, Miss Cooper said, eve are
very happy to have Mrs. Bethune
as our principle speaker for we
feel that she has been the chief
spokesman for the rights of Negro
youth for many years. Her asso-
citation with young people at Be-
thune- Goodman and as director
of colored division of the Nation
al Youth Administration has made
her very much aware of the spe-
cial problems of Negro youth of
the South, AS leader in gov
eminent and public life, Mrs. Be-
thune has contributed much to the
Arkansas State press., 1944-11-10

fused to make appearances in jim
crow theaters are Paul Robson,
current star of the much acclaim
ed stage play Othello, and Lena
Horne, who snubbed an appear
ance at one Of the large theaters
recently in Washington because of
the jin crow policy adhered to by
the management. photo shows
Miss Dunha mand one of her dane.
ing partners in one Of her featur-
ed acts on page 81.
Arkansas State press., 1944-11-10
Racial Tension
Result Of White
Superiority

Atlanta Speaking for the
Southern Regional Council, Dr..
Guy b. Johnson. regional director.
said that the group concluded at
a recent conference that "the basic
cause Of tension between our
white and Negro race is the opin-
ion Of many White Americans
that the Negro must permanently
occupy an inferior role.
Science. democracy and Chris
tianity being now clear in their
teachings of the fundamental
equality of mankind, the Negro is
impelled to strive for full status
inAmerican life. We recommend
that the church assume its right
full place of leadership in hasten
ing the fulfillment Of the legiti-
mate aspirations of Negro people. )"