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Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-27

transaction, this wasn't SO bad. The
government had no further use for
the property. 1t had buyer-Du-
Pont-With an option on adjacent
property which it had to exercise
or lose. It had a project for using
the site for plant to manufacture
a chemical used in eradicating sheep
worms. Department of Agriculture
favored the development. 1t would
provide employment for some OF
the labor displaced by folding up
the shipyard.
Bringing out all these points en-
phasizes need for the goldfish bowl
technique.
PRESSURE GROUPS
ARE ACTIVE
Already pressure groups are be-
ginning to exert influence to pre-
vent sales of surpluses that might
enter into competition with tomor-
rows manufactures, tomorroW'S Ia
Dor. Such advocates want today's
surpluses of butter and wool held
off the market or even dumped in
the ocean. But today there is SELL
er's market, with numerous short
ages and good prices. The job now
is to find what the surpluses are
and where they are and get them
on sale. To that end numerous
sales are now being made by the
disposal agencies, in accordance
with practices established before
SWPA came into being.
After the war the story will be
different. Timing of every sale will
be important. Losses may not be
considered The question will be
whether a given sale at given
time and under. given conditions
will bring the best possible price.
Conceivably, by bad timing of sur
plus property sales, throwing guam
titles of goods on the market at
sacrifice prices just to get rid of
them, the American postwar econ
omy could be wrecked.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-27
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The fOli0lcing edit.
oriais are. presented as interesting 0pin-
ions UOiced by editors elseIchere. They
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-27

think the work of the volunteer boards
and their volunteer workers is one of the
great stories of the war.-OPA Director
Chester BoWles.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-27
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
RESOLUTION NO. $40

RESOLUTION PROVIDING EoE Thl PkEo I, fsD 1r
POLLING PLACES AND APPOINTING THE ELECTION Of-
FICERS FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO
RE UEJ n IN THE CITY OF CENTRIC ON APRIL H. 1914
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-27

Argentina is the leading tire-pro-
ducing country of the other Am
ericas, with Brazil ranking second.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-27

Thore are 2s United States na-
ticrsl parks.
=
ITGA., AWE ~. sS1DishA
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-27

- The main trouble with Vesuvius help
ing the allies in its recent erupuons, Is
that it's activities are like the slow run
hing baseball player who did all his run
MING i'm one place
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27
Canada Air War
Shown In Films

Films of 1.-THE New Canada"
and Canada at War" will be
shown at the Canadian After
noon announced for this after
noon, 3 o'clock, at the Interna-
tionale Institute.
The afternoon is sponsored
by the Women's Auxiliary to
the Canadian Club and the
program will include also Songs
Of Canada by Mary Nevery and
a talk on Canadian Folk Lore
by Mrs. George Rowland.
Mrs. Ragnar K. Lindequist,
president of the club, and Mrs,
Herman Cam, past president,
will pour at the tea following
the program.
Mrs. Agnes C. Blake Of
Quincy, first vice president,
heads the Committee Of Ar
rangements. She is assisted by
Mrs. Roy M. Lothrop of VOL
laSton, Mrs. George Rowland Of
Winthrop, Mrs. E. A. Howes Of
Cambridge, and Mrs. Romeo
David Of the Back Bay.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27
Recent Deaths

BROWN = in Boston. Miss
Lettie A. Brown OF 1879 W.
Springfield st. Funeral services
were held on May % from
Johnson's Funeral Chapel.
DIGGS - in Roxbury. Chas.
Digs of 20 Ball st. Funeral
services May % from Johnson's
Funeral Chapel.
SIMPSON - in Worcester
Eugene M Simpson of Worces-
ter, Mass. Funeral services were
held May % from Johnsons
Funeral Chapel.
JOHNSON - in Roxhury.
Mrs Kathlyn Johnson Of 8
Humboldt PIX, Funeral services
May % from Johnson's Funeral
Chapel.
DEPEZA - in Boston. Fitz
Depeza Of SGT Columbus ave.
Funeral Chapel.
HAMPTON - in Roxbury.
Ernest Hampton of 81 Monroe
st, Funeral services May "a
from Johnsons Funeral Chap
ell.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27

Declaration. As America goes so
goes the world is a statement
fraught with hope and pregnant
with our responsibilities towards
world peace. The natives of the
South Pacific, the teeming mil
lions Of China, India and Africa
and the wrecked inhabitants of
Europe are turning their eyes
towards the American Dream.
Will this dream become a reali-
cation for them? The answer
will depend upon whether we
can make this dream come true
to thousands within the con-
fines of our own boundaries, the
fulfillment of which will spread
TO these denizens of a night that
is dark, gloomy and foreboding
but out Of which can come a day
that will shed a ray Of peace,
security and happiness for the
future.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27
CHURCH
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Jordan Hall

"Radicalism VS.. Superficial
ism" is the subject of the ad-
dress by DR. Clarence R Skin
ner, Dean Of Tufts College
School of Religion, at morning
service of Community Church
in Jordan Hall Sunday, May %,
at 1890. This will be the clos
ing service OF the year until
October /. DR. Skinner is the
author Of Social implications
Of UniverSalism," Liberalism
Faces the Future" Human
Nature and the Nature of Evil"
and "Ht IS RampartS Fell" He
is a contributor to Unity and
the Christian Leader and
former Professor of Sociology
at Tufts College. DR. Skinner
was the founder Of Community
Church and its minister for
is years until 1885 when Rev
Donald G Lothrop was called
by the Church.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27
New York Roundup
BY Earl A. Ballard


NEW YORK Gas a result
Of the 'reapportionment of dis
tricts an attempt will be made
to elect a colored state senator,
Danny Burrows is being groomed
to make the race. He is former
leader Of the old 10Th Assembly
District and still AsSemblyman
from that district.
Councilman Benjamin Davis
is making good his campaign
promises and winning the adj
miration Of his constituents. Da-
Wis, a communist who was sup
ported by members of all poll
teal parties, announced as his
latest move, a plan to bring
about the elimination of diScri-
ininatory text books in the New
York School System.
Cab Galloway. currently ap-
pearing at West 125th Street
Apollo Theatre, is packing them
In. The management was foEed
to construct an additional box
office in front of the theatre to
handle the huge weekend
crowds. Extra police details were
also necessary to keep the io-
vial pleasure seekers in line.
Harlem, life all America, is
tenSely awaiting D-Day, the day
when Allied invasion forces
crash Hitler's European fortress.
Harlemites like all colored peo-
pie everywhere, are praying that
those who do not return will not
have died in vain. And Harlem
ties, like all good colored pat
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27
OPINIONS OPINIONATED
THE 90 coIumn)
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
BY JAMES EcERT ALLEN

this true Of the Colored Ameri-
can who is witnessing the be-
ginning of the end of some Of
his problems. Under African and
European skies his sable sons
are winging through the air to
victory. In Alaskan chimes col
ored warriors have blaZed a
pathway to safeguard this land
from invasion. In the South Seas
he has labored, fought and died
in primeval jungleS and on hos
tile seas to save humanity from
avenging hands. At home, NOR
ale has been raised to an effec-
tive point, war bonds have been
added to his Golfers and volun-
tary participation in every drive
actively engaged In. This Amer
lean is watching eagerly and pa
tiently as our nation selects the
road for future travel. He is
willing to continue the journey
provided the way offers equal
opportunity and uncompromis-
ing justice to all. Standing back
Of him is a goodly proportion of
liberal, fair-minded white Am
orleans who wish to see him in
tregated into every phase of our
national life. The staunch sup
porters are supporting him in
his robust onslaught against
unequal education, discrimina-
tory suffrage and flat denial Of
opportunities for work on ba-
SIS of merit and ability. The Su-
preme Court decision in the
Texas Primary Case, the far
reaching significance of the
work Of the FEP.C. and the in
terracial and intercultural ad-
vancements are landmarks
pointing out the beginning of
the end Of Inconsistencies in
American life. The nationwide
drive of the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People is an at
tempt to arouse our nation to a
sense Of its obligation to deal |
justly with all ethnic groups. 1t
is an attempt to make mean
ingful the principles of the At |
lantic Charter and the Teheran |
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27
WASHINGTON SNAPSHOTS
BY JAMES PRESTON

Despite official statements to
the contrary, insiders claim
Donald Nelson has crossed
swords with his able lieutenant,
Charles E. Wilson, in another
of those internecine set-to's
that enliven Washington Off.
cial circles.
Which brings up curious
fact regarding Nelson. Al
though he has collected more
official scalps than any other
government executive, he is
still regarded by newspaper
men who cover WPB and bv
many of his underlings as one
who cannot hold his own in
such rows. Partly, no doubt, be-
cause he invariably energies on
excellent terms with the van
pushed.
Also, Washington newspaper
men like their top executives
tough. They go for the man
who swaggers into a press con-
ference with cigar jutting out
OF the side of his mouth, bangs
his fist down on the tables and
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27

Mr., Dewey, New York'S rack
et-busting governor, again riled
his colored constituents when he
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27
SEEING STARS
BY Dolores Calvin

NEW YORK-On the coast the
new opera of our William Grant
Still was done in excerpts It,. It's
called "A Southern InterIude"
Preview showing took place at
the home of Victoria Burke. one
time member of the San Carlo
Grand Opera Company
Heavy taxes are closing many
night spots on Broadway g. . Lat
est to feel the pressure is the
Ubangi, considered one of the
best where colored entertainers
were featured ;. Now it's closed
and WIN it opens again, white
entertainers will hold the spot
Another club to lose its colored
musicians is the Greenwich Viii
lage Inn which had Marva Louis
as star She now moves to the
Zanzibar w, G, Hardy has
a beautiful "Only Human" arti-
Gle in the Mirror which gives the
hectic moments in his life, as did
his autobiography Father of the
Blues" Noticed Charming
Tobias, YIN Executive and Chair
man of the Anti-Discrimination
Committee shopping at the gro
Gerry store near his park-side
home examining celophane-
wrapped cake Spotlighter,
new Harlem magazine, has made
it's debut with Jeni lie Con (wife
of Phil Moore) on the cover 4.
A Jewish school teacher, Lewis
Allan, wrote the song entitled
"Strang Fruit Billie Holli-
day, introduced it at the Onyx
Club and a white woman came up
to her, pulled on her gown and
said, You don't want to sing
that song, do you?" Of course,
Billie went right ahead and sang
it . Now, Lewis Allan is working
on something about the persecut-
ed Jews in Warsaw His in
Spiration came from a picture a
friend showed him of an actual
lynching. He says: CAS- a human
being I'm moved as most de-
cent human beings are by any
form of oppression or discrimina-
ton"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27

riots are determined that our /
boys will not have died in vain.
lation isasked by the committee
The New York colored popu-
representing the United colored
CCllsee Fund to contribute $50
orr o. the $4,000 fund set for
all New Workers. 1t is learned
that the whites have already
subscribed their quota. Mr. Aug
Justine A. Austin, co-chairman of |
the New York committee, an
nounced that he is confident
that New York colored people
will over-subScribe. the amount |
asked of them in the campaign
to raise $1,500,0O0 throughout
the country for the mainten-
ance of the 81 leading colored
colleges.
NEW YORK-setting the pace
for interesting copy was the sur
priSing selection of woman by
the Republican Party to run for
Congress in opposition to the
powerful Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr., who has the endorsement
of the Democratic Party. The
woman is the charming, glamor-
Gus Sara Pelham Speaks, Al year
old attorney, prominent in civic,
educational and social circles.
The choice has electrified the
city and sent women's circles
and organizations into a frenzy
rush to back the nominee and
send the first colored women to
Congress from New York. Mrs.
Speaks is we'll liked by all clas-
SeS and groups.
Harlemites were shocked and
grieved when an 1l-year-old
Madeline Kirkland,
aided by her pal, 12-yr-old Eli
cen Loster, stabbed to death 10
year-old Margaret Patton, whom
they accused Of Switching" on
them. The tragic occurance
forcefully brought home to par
entS the seriousness of juvenile
delinquency.
Then there was the almost I'M
believeable incident in which a
colored woman and her white
husband and child we're ordered
to be evicted from their home by
the National office of the o. P.
A. after the local offices had re-
fused to take action requested
by the landlord. The family, an
orderly, respected one, resided
in what was considered white
house" located at So West 106th
st, since last August. The land
lord, William Malasky, him
self a member Of a prosecuted
race termed them undesirable
and sought eviction. The an
pealed to the local o P A who
ruled against him. Upon appeal
to the National Offire, he was
upheld. Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Will
liams, the couple, expressed am
azement over the decision. So
did the majority of Harlemites.
The International Labor Defense
has entered the case and plans
a Court test.
Mr.. Dewey, New York'S rack
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27

roars out a couple of triple
barrelled cuSS words.
And Nelson, who was once
dubbed Donald the Meek" is a
man of temperate expression.
Moreover, his round eyes and
arched brows give him an owl
lsh appearance, and when he
attempts to register deterrnin-
alton he is apt to purse his lips.
giving him a somewhat prissv
expression.
Yet in the past two years
Nelson has gone to the mat
With such renowned warriors
as Harold Ickes, Leon Hender-
son, Fred Eberstadt, Harry Hop
kins, the Nays Forrestal, and
the Army's dashing Brehon
Somervell. He has taken them
on singly and en- masse.
The boys still are not quite
sure what happened, except all
OF a sudden they were feeling
as though they had backed in
to a buzz saw.
And there was Nelson, snil-
ing gently, helping them back
ON their feetl
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27
PEOPLES BAPTIST CHURCH
Req r n QUEENS. Pastor

Peoples Church was well at
tended last Sunday. Many Ser
vice men we're in the congre-
cation and visitors from vari-
Gus places and churches. Rev
Owens delivered a splendid
sermon as usual and three per-
sons went forward to connect
themselves with the Church.
The Victory Rally which ter
inmates in October is we'll un-
der way. - The Bible School
is loking forward to a fine
Children's Day programme.
Sunday was Quiz Day at the
BPYU. The people people are
becoming well acquainted with
their Bibles through these
quizes. The children's orchestra
is improving rapidly. The
Saturday afternoon class for
young converts is steadily In
creasing in numbers.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27

NEW YORK-We stand at the
crossroads in human relations
today. The impact Of a mighty
war has focused. in sharp relief,
the path we have tried in our
past relations to a large seq
ment Of our American popula-
ton. At the present moment we
are in a dilemma trying to re-
concile our high principles Of
u t | c e and equality
with the practice Of injus-
tice and inequality. A review Of
recent events in our national
life will show that the forces OF
democracy are rising from their
beds Of lethargy and Springing
into action. At the head Of the
procession stands the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, an Or
ganizatin that for some thirty
five years has spearheaded the
attack on the double-standard
Of citizenship so prevalent in
many sections OF our nation to-
day. The Association has con-
sistently asserted that a united
nation is Of paramount consid-
Grafton in the winning Of the
war as well as in the winning Of
the peace. Liberty, justice and
equality are not Just high sound
ing words but deep-seated prin-
ciples that should be ingrained
into the national fabric Of a ma
ton. AS we celebrate IT Am An
American Day." the thought
should strike home that there
are Americans of many races,
religions and colors who are en-
titled to the heritage Of freedom
Of mind and body. To many of
them the American way Of life
has been tragic and inconsistent.
They are loath to wait for the
basic rights which have too long
been denied them. They tremble
over the fate of a postwar world
when they muse over the history
of the past. But today new
light is in their eye, a new de-
termination in their hearts and
a new attitude built out Of the
ashes of despair. Especially is
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27
Navy Yard To Have
Recruiting Office
cor Civilian HeIp

The Boston Navy Yard will
conduct a recruiting ONCE for
additional men and women ci-
william workers in the Dorches-
ter Centre postoffice, Goldman
SO, during the coming week.
Hundreds of workers are re-
CURED to fulfill its 1914 ship
building program, which in
cludeS a large number of land
ing craft.
Interviewers and placement
officers will be at the post Of
flee during the week, Begin
ming Monday to meet appli-
cants for skilled and unskilled
employment. Anyone not all
ready employed in an essential
war Job is eligible to apply.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27
High Tax Rates
Retard Expansion

Declaring that the remark
able" expansion of small indie
pendently owned concerns
which took place during the
1905 would have been virtual
ly impossible in the face Of
corporate tax rates likely to
prevail after the war, the re-
port says;
"Unless risk-taking is multi
piled many times over in the
postwar economy, the nations
hopes for peacetime prosperity
and high employment support
ed by private enterprise will be
tragically shattered"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27

"Life isn't one-tenth as COM
pick as governments make it,
Don Herold.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27
QUOTES
of the week

Il always want more than I
can accomplish, but I cannot
say l am dissatisfied. Gen.
Vinegar Joe) StiltUeH, UotCing
his troops will reclaim Burma.
"Life isn't one-tenth as COM
pick as governments make it.
Don Herold.
"The kind of America we
need and must have is where
smoke comes out of every fac
toy chimney and the farmer
cultivates every arabic acre for
products that can be sold. -
Morris Sdyre, chairman Cora
nittee on cooperation lDioth Az
riculture, NAM.
II know now the true mean
ings Of such words as duty,
sacrifice, loyalty and unself1sh-
ness, "-Chaplain F T. Cooke,
on Tara1DG.
"Since 1920 our problem has
changed from one Of overcom-
ing scarcities to finding ways
to distribute the abundance
that we know how to produce
both in industry and agricul-
ture. "-Murray D. Lincoln, sec
rotary, Ohio Farm Bureau.
Little snakes are no good
for snake act Apt to get
loose and into audience. Audi
ences don't like to have little
snakes in their midst" Circus
snake chdrmer.
"ThiS country will never face
a shortage in liquid petroleum
products if conditions favor
able to discovery of oil and to
development Of synthetic SUBJ
StituteS are encouraged. Pres.
r. W. Gallagher, tandard Oil
Of Net0 Jersey.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-05-27

failed upon the request of the
National Association for the Ad-
yancement of Colored People, to
use his influence on the Repub-
llcan Senators in Congress to
vote for cloture and limit the de-
bate on the Anti-Poll tax meas
ure, which was being talked to
death by Southern representa-
tiveS. He replied that he was
always against the Poll Tax evil
but evaded the specific request.
Staid Brooklyn was startled
last week when a prominent
beautician, Anna Conklin, grad
uate Of the Apex School of
Beauty Culture, stabbed to death
her common-law husband, Ern-
est Hood, when he threatened
her when she toll dhim she went
to the circus. Miss Conklin ex-
planned to the police that she
was forced to resort to the
knife to save her own life, when
she beat him to the weapon
which rested on the kitchen
table. The local chapter Of the
National B aut y Culturists
League is planning to go to Miss
Conklin's defense.
The Harlem Women's Defense
Services, an adjunct of the 18th
N. Y. Regiment is joining with
the Beauticians Volunteer Corps
in making the Victory Day Gel
ebration on June 4, a huge sue
cess. Army, Navy, and WAC un-
its, as well as all Civilian De-
tense groups will compose the
colorful parade which will touch
off the Fifth War Loan Drive.
Evening star., 1944-06-29

with the artillery liaison plane from
which he was directing artillery fire
against the Japanese.
Both officers served here on the
staff of Maj. Gen. Thomas T. Handy,
chief Of operations for the Army
and were assigned to observe and
report back on the fighting in Sal
pan, where they served as a combat
team. To date four members of the
operational staff in washington
have lost their lives as observers.
Col. Silverthorne, who lived at
5700 Broad Branch road, was chief
OF the Pacific theater section of
the operational staff. Born in vir-
ginia, october Is, 1898, he was grad
uated from the United States Mill
tary Academy in 1923. He Is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Alice
Carey Silverthorne, and two chill
dren, Alice, Z, and Janet, 8 months
Col. Silverthorne served in the
Florida National Guard during the
World War and entered West Point
in 1919. He is a graduate of the
Command and General Staff School
at Fort Leavenworth, Kans, and was
an instructor in the Cavalry School
at Fort Riley, Kans. He was de-
tailed in March, 1941, to the war
plans division of the Army general
staff.
Col. Terry's address was 4450
Volta place NV. He was a mem
Der of the strategy section of the
staf1. He was born in Illinois,
August n, 1907, and was graduated
from the Military Academy in 1890.
His widow, Mrs. Emily Bennett Terry,
and three children survive him.
They are Frederick, Z; Edwin, S, and
Michael, 18 months.
Evening star., 1944-06-29
Rites for John Meiqs
Held in PHILADELPHIA

John Meigs, 68 civil engineer and
native of Washington who died of
heart attack at Philadelphia, was
buried after funeral services in that
city Friday, it was learned here
today.
Mr.. Meigs, former director of
wharves, docks and ferries for the
Port of Philadelphia, attended Co.
lumbar College, now George Wash
ington University. During a wide
experience in port and harbor engi-
neering, he assisted In constructing
bridges over the Potomac River and
at the time of the World War was
construction engineer on piers and
basins at the Hog Island Shipyard
He was among 10 engineers from five
nations comprising the Wang Poo
Conservancy Board which surveyed
the port of Shanghai, China.
In consulting practice since 1916
with the firm of Meigs & Long, he
was president of the Earl-Thompson
Co. and chairman of the Port Facili-
ties Committee, National Resources
Planning Board. He was past presi-
dent of the National Society of Ter
minal Engineers, the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers, Philadelphia
section, and Of the Society of Mu-
nicipal Engineers, Philadelphia.
/ Mr.. Meigs is survived by a son, 1t.
John Vincent Meigs, now in Eng
land; daughter, Mrs William P
Brosge; two sisters, Mrs James A
Brearley and Mrs. Archibald w
Brown, and a brother, Orton l.
Meigs, all of Washington.