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Arkansas State press., 1944-09-08

ated, it is also apparent that the
jobs and careers Of hundreds Of
Negroes in the movie industry are
in jeopardy if the studios once get
the iaea that Negroes don't want
to be shown as maids and port
ers. In such a case, it isn't hard
at al to place white people in
their places.
The strategy in Hollywood would
thus tie in with a general pro
gram Of getting and holding all
the porter, maid, cook and yard
boy parts in the mofies, plus ad
ding to our labor pool such parts
that call for the desired charac-
terizalion Of the Negro. This is
a matter of bread and meat, a
bed to sleep on, and a house to
live in. Impractical theories and
viewpoints about some starry.
eyed hope for the future should
not be allowed to compete with
actGalities. Yet, the actuality of
work in the movies and in the fac
tories must be handled with Wis
ion and foresight by and through
an organized effort to carry out
the purpose desired.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-08
GUEST EDITORIAL"
GET SET FOR TOMORROW -.
GO TO SCHOOL now"
Mrs. Maude Walt, Women and Children's Division
State Department of Labor

Our object in this Go-to-School drive is to keep our
boys and girl in High School until they complete their
courses, either in full time or in wellplanned school work
program.
High school enrolment has dropped millions during
this war and this drop in enrolment is becoming progress
sivey more serious.
More young people were employed this summer than
ever before and there is a danger that a still greater num-
Der will fail to return to school this fall.
Many boys and girls are working in jobs that do not
contribute directly to the war or the development of the
young worker, chiefly in miscellaneous jobs such as deliv-
cry and errand work; work as pin boys in bowling alleys;
as helpers in stores and gasoline filling stations; car hops
and night clubs; restaurants and hotels and work that Of
fers little opportunity for acquiring vocational skill. Many
are working in violation of our State Lws for Children
which we adjust each day.
The future welfare of youth and the strength Of the
nation arree threatened by this needless waste of school
opportunities and careless use of youth-power. A State
drive supported in every community can reverse this trend.
Until the present war our high school enrolment was stead
lily building up reaching an all time high in 19l1, since then
the tide of students started its flow out from high school.
Last summer 5 million boys and girls were employed be-
tween the ages of Ia and II and countless thousands were
employed under the age of ID. |
The direct cause of the increased movement from
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-08
CAMDEN
Elnora Bennett

Mrs. NJ. j. Criner, Deacon r. X.
Hughes, Prof. j. G.. McRae, Rev.
Wiley Howard, will attend 18th
Anniversary Of j. z. Henderson
as G. c. c. of the Good Samari-
tans at the Mt. Ollie Church, FL
Dorado, with Rev. ID. w. Milsap,
host-pastor. Deacon f. r. Avery
will serve as master Of ceremon-
les. Others on the program in
clude j. w. Edwards, Henry Will
liams, Ellis Johnson, Marshall
Taylor, Rev. James Parker and
Mrs, l., A.. Avery, Mrs. Odessa Tai
lor, The message will be brought
by Rev. j. l.. Latton. . Mrs. Ell
vlra Cantley is back in the city
after visiting the bedside OF q
sick sister.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-08

Misses Thomas Leggen, Walker,
Watson, Jones. King, Allen,
Woods, C~ulbreath, Messrs. King,
Jones. Powell and Hodges.
Rev. Thornton, one of the oldest
ministers and members of the
church, gave the church history. A
total Of $79.98 was reported, with
gifts presented by Prof. Carter OF
Montrose. Clarence Draggs serv-
ed as master oof ceremonies; 9th
ers on the committee were Verlee
King, Ophelia King, Simmie AL
len, with w. NJ. Griffin, chairman
and Simmie Davenport, secretary.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-08

that he can to spite me. He's
foollng around with a lot of girls
now but 1t is only to spite me,
What must l do'
Ans: Boys who are in love
seldom go around spiting their
lady-fair. He evidently belongs
to the group of fellows who be-
lieYes in the old adage in num-
bers there is safety" In your
case, what's sauce for the GOOSE
is sauce for the gander-don't
sit complacently waiting for him
to have his fun and dash back
to you. Make new friends and
enjoy yourself as he Is doing.
l.. C. M.-Several years ago I
took a course In beauty culture.
| di dnot want to go to work at
the time and never did get a IL
cense. Now | want to open a shop
of my own. Do | have to get a
license and where must | go?
Ans: A few years time makes
a great deal OF difference in the
methods used in beauty culture.
Enroll again In the school from
which you graduated for a few
weeks refreshing course. 1t will
be necessary for you to pass a
state board examination before
you can obtain your license. The
school will prepare you for this
examination.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-08

Unskilled Negro labor has not
been sufficiently brought under
control where it can be placed
where it belongs.
1t mas not been thoroughly en-
phasized that "upgrading' and
white collar jobs are for those
who are qualified and not for the
maid, the butler, the cook. the
yardboy, or the l~aundress, unless
they have thoroughly prepared
for such advancement.
Soldiers Returning For
Jobs
With the postwar period fig
uratiyely just around the corner
and the fact that millions of the
members Of our armed forces will
be returning to civilian life and
thus to active competition for the
available jobs at hand, some man,
ner Of controlling the domestic
and unskilled labor situation
must be devised and put into oper-
alton Immediately. Among the
millions of GIs who will be hunt
ing jobs in the very near future
will be thousands who are ex-
pecting to return to the very jobs
foolish Negroes are spurning to.
day. White elevator operators,
white countermen, white cooks,
white janitors and bel hops,
white truck drivers and laund-
resses, as well as porters, will
swarm all over jobs available in
these categories.
The Negroes outlook should be
to keep all the jobs which have
been additionally called NEGRO
jobs and add to them all others
tha' he can get. The idea should
be to control completely the vast
field Of domestic service; to be the
main source of unskilled labor and
then press forward in other fields
through rapid and thorough train.
ing of people to fill the positions
that crop up.
Ii Negroes continue complain.
ing that they can't do this and
that kind of work because it Is
too dirty, or Degrading or
to heavy they'll wake up one
Of these mornings and find Poles,
Irish, Italian and other foreign
born workmen holding down the
jobs and getting the pay envelopes
that would ordinarily 20 to Ne.
gro workers.
Situation In Hollywood
In a measure, the current cam.
paign in Hollywood to discour-
age studios from writing, maid.
servant, cook, and yard boy paris
into moving pictures which show
Negroes rs traditionally in a do.
nestle category shows evidence
Of alton without thorough think.
ing out the Consequences. Whilo
all thinking people, white and
colored, agree that the dis heah"
and dat dab dialect, and the
low, vulagr slap stick Of chatter.
ing teeth and rolling eyes with
which the movies constantly de-
piets the Negro mist be elimin.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-08
Plain Talk
Misconception About "U%pgrading'
Workers and white Collar"
Jobs Seen AS Periling Ne
gro Employment chances.
BY Dan Gardner

JoDS Seen AS feTllnB ne
gro Employment chances.
BY Dan Gardner
The phrases, "upgrading work
ers and white collar positions"
have done more economic harm to
the Negro than any other factor
outside of outright refusal of white
firms and employers to hire color
ed help.
The original purpose of the
drive to have Negro workers up
graded in various industries and
to open more doors for white col
lar workers have had an opposite
effect on the Negro labor front.
The situation is this: Negro work
+ who are not suited for up
grading and those who do not
have the training and background
for white collar jobs are demand.
ing new ratings and advance
ment and confusing the issue by
trying to exchange a maids job
for that Of a secretary.
Refuse Heavy And Dirty"
Work
For almost two years, inform,
ed sources reveal, many lucra-
tive jobs have gene a begging or
have been taken by white work
ers because Negroes are refusing
to do heavy or "dirty' work.
The thousands Of jobs available
in private industry and in the
vast field Of domestic labor, are
being slowly but surely filled
and permanently by Italian,
Irish, Swedish, German, Polish,
Hungarian, Filipino and in many
instances, by Chinese and Japan.
ese - because Negroes are turn
ing down traditional jobs as por.
tiers, cooks, maids, dishwashers,
janitors, elevate roperators, bell
hops, countermen, truck drivers,
laundesses, and so forth.
The spread of this alarming and
disseminating phase of our labor
situation is growing daily. Negro
migrants from points in the deep
est South to labor-hungry areas
in the North such as New York.
Chicago, Philadelphia. Los An
geles, Detroit, Cleveland, Gary,
Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Ohio,
and Newark pose a major problem
in the labor pool. Many of these
people r unable to read and
write, yet they have heard the
magic words "upgrading' and
white collar jobs somewhere
and are in northern communi-
ties seeking such employment.
Unpreparedness Is Cited
Unpreparedhass Is widespread
among most of the applicants for
white collar jobs and upgrading
from porter or unskilled labor.
er to a higher position. Instead
Of improving on their time and
the jobs they already hold, many
Of them spend their money on
good times, balling, and on La.
Tor. They don't take advantage
Of educational opportunities that
would improve their status. They
are ever ready to holler dds
elimination when whites who
study for Improvement are NOV
ed ahead Of them.
The unhappy thing about II all
is that II labor leadership has
done little or nothing to create
IA more favorable situation out
OF which some hope for the bet.
er can be seen.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-08
Portland
DoIlie Marshall

DOllic Marshall
The No. 2 Baptist church closed
Anniversary services for their pas
tor. Rev. 0. II. Harper, in COM
memoration of five years Of ser
vice, with Rev. West OF Montrose
preaching the keynote sermon.
The choir group was made up OF
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-08

mat you are tdhiHs are NcIy peue-
fetal. Also the massage that you
r giving your limbs. Continue
under the care OF your doctor and
carry out his orders specifically.
w. X. WI fell In love with a
man and he says he loves me. He
wants to marry me. But he Is not
divorced from his wife. He Is not
living with her. He went to her
and explained that he wanted to
marry again and she said 1t was
all right. She wrote on a piece
OF paper that II he wanted to
marry TO 60 ahead, that she would
not bother him. Should | marry
him or not?
Ans. No. The marriage would
not be legal unless he secured a
divorce from his wife. The slip
oof paper she wrote out for him
isn't worth the ink used q. he will
have to get q legal separation be-
fore he can consider another
marriage If he loves you he will
begin the proceedings right away.
The time It vii ltake to secure
his freedom will give both Of you
an opportunity to find out II the
feeling you have for each other Is
mutual. Don't 20 TO live with
him until you can 90 as his legal
wife.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-08

M. B.--l am going with a boy
and am very much In love with
him We have quit. He does all
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-08
I'VE NbbE WALLACE SERVICE
Care Of The State Press, IittJe Roet All.

l.. II. MI have been going
with a fellow for three years and
he has several girl friends but one
Of these girls seems to hold on to
him. | have fallen In love with
this boy. He says he loves me.
We are not supposed to 60 out,
Just slip around when / can got a
chance, Does he mean me any
good and should continue fooling
with him, or let hi mgo7
Ans: II he doesn't value your
friendship enough to want to be
seen in public with you, he doesn't
love you. All you can hope to
got from a %secretiye romance Is a
bad reputation. You are playing
Second fiddle" to another girl, ,
gettin gonly the leaylngs. .
don't BIO satisfied with the crumbs
give your time and attention
to a man who would be proud to
wiye YOU his whole affection.
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-08

G. NJ. CT suffered q stroke
and don't seem to be able to
overcome it like | want to. / have
been South and still this stiffness
remains. Tell me is It a waste Of
time to take the treatments that
| am taking at the present time?
Ans; You have a strong de
sire to regain normal use of your
body again. . and wher the de
sire is so prevalent there is every
to believe that you will
overcome this condition to some
The electrical treatments
Arkansas State press., 1944-09-08

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Evening star., 1944-02-01
Ignore Child'S PetulanCe

DO? I can do nothing. He told
me that his father said when he was
leaving that he was the head of the
house now. That meant to him that
he could do what he pleased So
he eats bacon
well, bacon is rationed. He can't
get much any more"
He has the ration books. He
buys bacon with every red stamp.
When they run out I don't know
what we will do"
"I'll tell you. Let him eat his
bacon in peace. Offer him nothing
Cook nothing for him. Have your
own meals when he is not about
He will get tired of the bacon, and
his WEAKNESS and the scarcity will
work on your side. Don't mention
food to him again. Let him feed
himself until he gets tired of it and
asks for help"
And one day he gave up. Maybe
the stamps ran out, maybe his
stomach, anyway, he said to Aunt
Milly, For lunch I want toast,
scrambled eggs, fried tomatoes, milk
"a quart-apple sauce, sponge
cake"
Aunt Milly says, II don't speak
about food any more. I just set
down what we have"
Well, the war does upset us all
We have to expect the children to
be little queer and bestir ourselves
to understand and help.
Evening star., 1944-02-01
BY A ngeIo Pafri

Aunt Milly was in great distress
Laddy's father was in the service
and his mother had gone to meet
him in a distant town where he
would be on furlough for few days.
Then she would go to the hospital
for delayed operation. Aunt Milly
had been pressed into service to take
care of Laddy for six weeks. "And
he won't eat," she moaned.
He won't eat?"
"No. He eats in the funniest way
He eats bacon Nothing else for his
breakfast. Then he wants bacon
again for lunch. He wants it again
for supper. I fight with him to get
him to eat something else. I'm
worn out and I've only started with
him."
DO you mean to say that a boy
II years old eats nothing but bacon?
Surely-Is he going to school? Is he
Ill? Something is wrong some
where -"
III just tell you and you can see
This morning I had cooked cereal
preserved peaches, toast, milk, for
his breakfast. He looked at the
table and said, Give me the frying
pan"
Il didn't move to get it so he got
it. He took four slices of bacon and
cooked and ate them and he die
not eat a spoonful of anything else.
! What did you do?"
Evening star., 1944-02-01

With our country again at war in
freedoms cause Lincoln's spirit re-
mains to guard our unity. His kindly,
thoughtful face is an inspiration to
all of us in these troubled times.
You can have your own distinctive
picture of him-a cross-stitch needle
painting that makes a lifelike and
lifetime portrait. A simple chart
guides your color selection. (Also
order pattern No. 1902 if you would
like cross-stitch head of George
Washington for companion piece)
Send II cents (coin) for pattern
No. 1905 to Needle Arts Depart
ment, Washington Star, P. o. Box
172, Station D, New York, 3, N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-02-01

dry, slightly pungent fragrance that
comes in a square glass bottle with
a black stopper. Packaged as it
is in rugged tweedy paper, it's a
"can't-miss" way of telling that
guy you love him. Incidentally, a
nice small gift for the man at
camp is large correspondence card
holding 10 fine razor BLACKSMITH
space for you to write your tender
message. Blades are worth their
weight in gold at Army camps, so
this Is truly a gilt-edged gift.
FRAPPE FRESHENER-We often
wondered how some girls can whip
home from the Office at the end of
the day-and emerge an hour or so
later looking as though they had
just awakened from a nice long
beauty sleep. The secret of most
of them, we find, is the quick facial
they give themselves in the interim.
There's one in particular that does
a fine pickup job. It's a delicate
pink fluffy cream that's a blend of
good things that refresh and stimu-
late your skin, leaving your face
with the delightful tingly cool sensa-
ton of mint. The trick is to clean
your face thoroughly before you
apply it, spread on a layer literally
and then allow it to dry while you
assume the beauty angle" by lying
down and raising your feet so they're
higher than your head. 1t may
not make you beauty-but you're
sure to look lot prettier after
than before.
X X
FOR THE QUEEN OF HEARTS
If you're not quite sure just what
her faVorite perfume Is, give her
a set of four different scents. She'll
probably love all four because
they're quartet of the most pop
ular fragrances. For Valentines
Day, they're prettify packaged in
a cardboard castle-as though to
remind her that she's the queen
Of your heart.
Evening star., 1944-02-01
BY Evelyn Hayes.

cially men who like It's fine outdoorsy,
he-man scent. There's one popular
pine bath oil that's been great fa-
vorite for years with both men and
women. Businessmen say it soothes
nerves after hectic day. Sinus
and cold sufferers find it makes
breathing pleasanter, and all agree
that pine oil bath before retiring is
a wonderful prelude to restful sleep.
Just one teaspoon of the nice green
stuff in tubful of warm water-and
you can sit back, close your eyes
and pretend you're lying on the soft,
mossy bed Of pine forest. A big
bottle of this lasts for ages and ages.
X X X
STAMPED FOR THE MALE
Though they may deny it, most men
love nice-smelling stuff to slosh on
their handsome faces after the daily
shave. There's a new shaving lotion
that the men have been asking
for. It's a bouquet blend with a
Evening star., 1944-02-01
Dorothy Dix Says

them all of their little individual
tastes and habits and opinions.
Thus we have the all too common
spectacle of the henpecked husband
who always walks behind his wife
when they go abroad and sits where
she tells him to at the movies; who
eats what she sets before him,
whether he likes it or not; who votes
for her candidates; who worships
God according to the dictates of
her conscience and who hasn't as
much authority in the house he sup
ports as the cat.
And thus we have the children
who are never permitted to grow up
and have minds of their own, or to
develop any individuality. Mother
does all of their thinking for them
and makes all of their decisions. She
chooses their careers and picks out
their husbands and it never even
occurs to her that mother isn't
always right, or that they have any
right to their own lives.
Worse still, when the autocrat' s
them free. She merely extends her
field Of action and undertakes to
run their homes and their wives and
husbands and children and woe be
to those who rebel against her au-
thority.
Evidently, Fred, you have had the
bad luck to fall into the clutches
of one Of these domestic tyrants and
if you don't want to be a slave the
balance of your life you will have
to stage a rebellion against her
And quick, for the longer you delay
the tighter she will get her grip on
you and yours and the harder it will
be to break it.
If you are about to be sent over
seas there isn't much you can dc
about it at present, but when you
get back you will be wise if you
take your wife and child and emf
crate as far as possible from the
dictator's sphere of influence.
Evening star., 1944-02-01

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Evening star., 1944-02-01
table linens are washed without an,

table linens are washed without any
scrubbing, this way 1--WE have no
washer: Soak the clothes in hot,
rich suds for 10 or IS minutes,
squeezing the suds through them a
little now and then. Drain off the
water and add fresh water and
more soap. Soak a few more min
utes. 1t is surprising how much dirt
comes out in this second wash wa
ter. Inspect the clothes as you re-
move them from this water and
gently rub any soiled spots that may
remain. Rinse two or three times
More than half the time of ironing
can be saved by planning to wash
and iron the same day, taking the
clothes from the line when they are
just the right dampness for IRON
ing. I do not iron bath towels, dish
towels or cat his own repeated sug-
gestion) my husbands pajamas.
To clean the parts of the gas stove
I fill the bathtub with a very hot,
strong soap solution, put a rag in
the bottom to prevent scratching,
Evening star., 1944-02-01

Dear Miss Dix: War is compli-
Gated enough in itself, but mothers
in-law and grandmotherS ball it up
still more, and to my notion are a
greater menace to individual free
dom than the Nazis and the Japs.
am a married man in the Army
Have wife and one child. Knowing
that I will have to 60 overseas soon,
I would like to have my wife and
child near me as long as possible,
and I could easily arrange this. But
my mother-in-law says no.
She has taken possession of the
baby and monopolizes him. She is
going to train him according to her
theories of child-rearing and we
have no say-so about it. She makes
all the decisions and we have to
meekly do her bidding. And the
only way we can keep the peace is
by keeping our mouths shut and
doing as she tells us. She is running
our lives. Why doesn't she leave us
alone to go our way while she goes
hers? FRED.
AnSWer-Some OF the greatest ty-
rants in the world are women, and
when woman does have the dicta-
tor complex she makes all the Neros
and the Hitlers look like appeasers.
She not only rules all about her
with a rod Of iron, but she expects
her victims to kiss the hand that
smites them and to glorify her for
her kindness in directing every de-
tail of their lives for them.
Women's public activities being
circumscribed, these female despots
are driven to concentrating their
efforts on their homes and families
where they do a job of plain and
fancy bossing that fills every be-
holder with awe and wonder. For
they are not content with consti-
tuting themselves as She Who Must
Be Obeyed and depriving their hus-
bands and children of their major
liberties: they also take away from