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Arkansas State press., 1944-04-14

no longer provokes war with
peaceful villages. He is a hum
Bile peon, wishing only to be left
in peace to cultivate his little
field, go to church, dance, sing,
and make love. These simple
things endure.
Americans deny that the Nazis
have produced a national charac-
ter superior to that of Goethe's
and Schiller's day, and that the
ruthless Japanese of today are
finer human beings than in those
generations when they preferred
to write poetry and paint pic
lures. Race prejudices is, after
all, a determination to keep a
people down, and II misuses the
label inferior" to justify UNI
fairness and injustice. Race
prejudice makes people ruthless;
il invites violence. 1t Is the OPP
posite of good character as il
is defined in the Christian re-
ligion-or in the Confucian re-
ligion, or in the Buddhist relig-
ion, or the Hindu religion, for
that matter.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-14
VIEWS

breakfast cereals, corn on the
cob, and other foods that are
called American"
Industry in the United States
has taken the hand-skills OF our
immigrants and made machines
to do the work; without their
skills We should not have known
how. Our music. our buildings
have developed from patterns
brought to our shores or learned
from every quarter OF the world
Our country would be poorer in
every phase of its culture If diff
ferent cultures had not come to-
| gether here, sharing and learning
the special contributions each had
to offer.
(To Be Continued)
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-14
Garland CITY
Nelson Boykins

Large crowds visited Ward
Lanesport and New Gunpoint
churches for special Easter pro-
grams. At L%anesport, Pastor Fl.
c, Cook delivered the sermon
and Rev. M. T. Nelson brought
the Gumpoint sermon. Wynne
Church held a night program con
Quoted by Miss Bette b. King
with Mrs. Anderson at the piano
and sermon by Rev. John Hope.
James Alexander Of Little Rock
visited his sister, Mrs. Roberta D.
Davis. Mrs. Ida Mae Bonner is
visiting relatives here. Thomas
RAIDER Is here from his Florida
naval station. Sgt. Cleo Cum
mings from Camp Polk, La. ia
visiting here. He was honored
at a weekend party at the Beck
School.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-14
Bush School

The "a grade sponsored by
Miss V. b. Danley presented a
magnificent Easter pageant, April
&. "a pupils assisted in the stage
decorations. Special speakers
were Freddie Mae Gray, Yvone
Davis, Leon Murphy and Tom
Donnell Cannon. Willie Jean
Parker and Yyone Davis sang
the reCitatiye in the song "Jeru-
salem" Ann Robinson, Christine
Bryant. Willie Jean Parker,
Yvonne Davis and Tom d. Can
non the r~ecitative in the Palms
followed by the entire chorus.
Freddie Gray WAS the angel who
rolled the stone. Carrie Lee Ly-
ties. Minnie Coleman and Dorothy
Arnold played the parts or Mary,
Salome and Mary Magdalene, Tom
Cannon was plate. Bobby Brown
was Judas. Erma Taylor, Verna
Watson and Leon Murphy were
priests. Joe Louis Baker.
James A. Hudson. Theodis Ward
low were soldiers. Ann Robinson,
Yvonne Davis, Willie Jean Park
er, Christine Bryant sang Gal
vary" Mrs. Ruth Dunbar was
accompanist. Charles Douglas
and Yvonne Davis were drill lead
ers.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-14
CIVILIZATION NOT
BY RACE

History proves that progress in
civilization Is not the monopoly
of one race or SUFFRAGE. When
our white f~orebears in Europe
were rude stone-age primitiyes,
the civilizations of the Babylon
ians and the Egyptians had al
ready flourished and been eclip-
sed. There were great Negro
states in Africa when Europe
was a sparsely settled forest.
Negroes made iron toools and
wove fine cloth for their clothing
when fair skinned Europeans
wore skins and knew nothing Of
iron.
When Europe was just emery
ing from the Middle Ages, Marco
Polo visited China and found
there a great civilization, the like
Of which he had never imagined.
Europe was a frontier country in
those days compared with China,
Since the beginning of history
an unusual collection OF fortu-
nate circumstances have been
present among one race, some
times another, tip to now, every
great center Of civilization has
had its day and has given place
to others, The proud rulers Of
yesterday become the simple
peasants Of another era. The
crude people who once threatened
the great cities become later the
kings and emperors In the same
country, The peoples change,
but the old arts OF life are. for
the most part. not permanently
lost, They pass into the common
heritage Of mankind.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-14
Editors
Mail....
Editor State Press,

Editor State Press,
Dear Editor:
In the editorials of the STATE
PRESS of the issue of March 81,
1914, appears a very uncompli-
mentary article effecting Bishop
J, A. Gregg, AMI the article is no
less unnecessary and untrue than
uncomplimentary. | am the man
| in the F~raternal Council Of Negro
Churches of America, who made
the motion for the Bishop to go
| and represent US, and knew we'll
the man we were sending. NO
COWARD, NO UNCLE TOM, NO
EYELESS, EARLESS, and above
all else, | thank God he is NO
FOOL. If America ever gave
birth to a REAL MAN and race
leader and race lover, that man
is Bishop J. A. Greff. The Afri-
can Methodist Church, nor the
F~raternal Council of Negro
Churches has no apology to Of
fer in reference to Bishop and
I his policy and program of giving
| advice regarding what he saw
and what he heard until he is
ready to do so, your comparison
with DR.. Horace to the contrary
Notwithstanding. And the char
acter of Bishop Gregg is we'll
known to the Government, is why
he was the FIRST NEGRO to be
| elected President of Howard Uni
versitv. The millions of Negroes
| who form the membership of the
AME Church regard him FIRST
BEST OF THE RACE, the Presi-
dent of the United States regards
him as among the highest class
of American citizens, as he states
in a communication to him since
his return, with all this is it not
%supremely strange that the writer
of the editorial of the STATE
PRESS Is the first and only one
who has found him to be a
"MORAL COWARD" No Negro
leader can escape the mud-sling-
ers of the race. The dog barks
at the moon, but the moon I'M
mipdful OF the barking, just
shines on. So whatever storm of
criticism caused by jealousy. pre-
JUDGE, etc. may come, Bishop
Gregg has made his name and will
shine right on. | write the names
of all those mentioned by the
writer of the editorial as great
men and fine leaders, and far
above them all | write the name
of JOHN ANDREW GREGG.
V. w. Townsend.
2123 Cross st.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-14
Continued From Last Week.
CHARACTER NOT INFORM

The second superiority which a
man claims when he says, Il
was born a member of a superior
race" is that his race has better
character. The Nazis boast of
their racial soul, But when they
wanted to make a whole new
| generation into Nazis they didn't
trust to racial soul" they made
certain kinds of teaching COM
pulsory in the schools. they broke
up homes where the parents were
anti-Nazi, they required boys to
join certain Na2i youth %organiza-
tons. BY these mean they got
the kind of national character
they wanted, But it was a plan
ned and deliberately trained
character, not an Unborn "racial
SOUL In just the same way the
Japanese have bred a generation
OF ruthless fighters. Fifty years
ago Europeans who lived in
Japan used to describe them as
butterflies fitting from flower
TO flower" incapable Of "the stern
drives of Western civilization.
Since 1900 the butterflies" have
fought six times overseas and
they are desperate and ruthless
fighters. In a generation the
butterflies have become game
cocks. But their race has not
changed The same blood still
flows in their veins. But spirit
ually they are more like the Ger
mans than they are like their ra-
cial brothers. the peace-loving
chinese,
1t can go the other way, too.
n 1879 the ancient Mexicans
were like the Germans. They
alked like Nazis. thought like
them, in many ways felt like
hem. They, too, believed wan to
be mans highest mission. They
90, trained their children for it.
placing their boys in great state
3chools whore thcy learned little
see but the glories of battle and
The rituals of their caste. They,
too, believed themselves inyinci-
Bile. and against small, defense
less villages. they were. But
they were defeated in battle by
the Spaniards with the help of
the peoples whom the Aztecs had
oppressed their leaders were
killed, their temples destroyed.
their wealth pillaged, and their
power broken. The Mexican
peasant, who still speaks the Az
tee language and in whose veins
still runs the blood Of Aztec con-
querors, no longer dreams Of glor-
ious death in battle and eternal
life in an Indian Valhalla. He
no longer goes on the warpath.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-14
| u S 0
Army Mothers Club

10y NAotiAal > SiuD
The Army Mothers Club met
Tuesday and began their Red
Cross project of making wash
cloths, They also made plans
for donating the eggs for the
Easter Egg Hunt. Mrs. Gray,
president of the club, reported
that a number of friends who were
not members of the Army Moth
ers' Club, had donated a large
number of eggs.
The Club will meet Tuesday
in its regular monthly meeting.
A health picture will be shown
at this meeting.
Hour of Repose
Easter Hymn Stories by Mrs.
f., c.. Hatcher were the main fea-
lures on the Hour of Repose Yes
per Services Easter Sunday. Soft
- 49,
music played by Mrs. Lula Heard
accompanied the Hymn stories.
At the end of each story the
hymn was sung by the audience.
ave Maria was beautifully rem
dered by Little Eugene Hatcher
! an thn p1ariupt
The Hour OF Repose for Sun
day, April 16, will be conducted
by the Kamera Klub of the uSO.
Easter Egg Hunt
A large number Of soldiers,
Junior Hostesses and friends en-
joyed the Easter Egg Hunt in the
auditorium of the USO Sunday,
April 9, at ZOO p. m. The eggs
We're donated by the Army Moth
ers' Club and their friends. The
Volunteer workers helped in dy-
ing and hiding the eggs. The
golden egg was found by Sgt.
Clifford B. Peters, 1S61st Unit,
who received the price-a long
distance call to his home.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-14

Inventions pass, too, from one
continent to another when peo-
pie trade with each other. This
has happened since the dawn of
history. About 1000 years ago,
when Europe was on the frontiers
of the civilized world, Asiatics
came to trade in Europe and
North Africa in great caravans.
They followed the main rivers
the Nile into North Africa, the
Danube into Europe, and the Tig-
ris and Euphrates Rivers out of
Asia. People from all over
eae in contact With n another
and compared notes on what they
knew. In this way they pooled
their knowledge, and out of this
combined knowledge came the
great inventions of civilization
Massive building and the art of
metallurgy, chemistry, writing,
medicine, and mathematics; trans
portation on wheels. The idea of
printing and the use of movable
type Is an old Chinses invention,
and our power engines depend
upon a knowledge of explosives
that the Chinese worked out with
firecrackers.
When Columbus discovered
America corn, Irish" potatoes,
tobacco, and Boston" beans were
unknown in Europe, They had
been developed by American In
dams, Within ten years corn was
being planted in Central Asia and
in the interior of Africa, and
African tribes today think that
corn was given them by their
own gods "in the beginning
All races have made their con-
tributions to human knowledge.
Those who have lived at the cross
| roads of the world have invented
most; those who have lived iso-
lated on islands or at the tip ends
of continents have been content
to carr their livelihoods by old
! traditional methods. There was,
for them, no necessity" to be
"the mother of invention" after
they had devised a way to live
on the land.
People who came into contact
with strangers, however, gave
what arts Of life they had and
took what the strangers had
These contributions to ciyili2a-
ton accumulated over the cen
turtles and on this accumulation
new discoveries are based. We
are all the gamers.
The United States is the great
est crossroads of the world in all
history. People have come here
from every race and nation, and
almost every race in the world
is represented among our citi-
zens. They have brought with
them their own ways Of cooking
food, so that our American
diet Is indebted to a dozen peo-
pies. Our turkey, corn, and
Cranberries Cutne from hte In
dams. Our salads we borrowed
from the French and Italians.
increasingly in recent years we
have enriched our tables with
soups from Russia, vegetables
from Italy, appetizers from the
scandinavian countries, seafoods
from the Mediterranean lands,
chilli and tortillas from Mexico.
and so on almost e~ndlessly. At
the same time. everywhere we
have gone in the world. we have
! popularized Ice cream, beefsteak.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-14
AROUND DUNBAR
National Negro Health Week

National Negro Health Week
was observed April 20. The
theme was we'll carried under
the supervision of the Science
Department. Home room pro-
grams centered around the fol-
lowing topics; Monday, Home
Health and Community Santa
ton; Tuesday, personal Heal
tn" Wednesday, "Public Safe
ty." The students were encouf=
aged to clean yards and plant
victory gardens. AS a part of
the project an assembly was spon-
sored by the department, We'd
nesday morning at which DR.. j.
NJ, Robinson, president of the
Arkansas Medical Association, was
the main speaker. He chose as
his subject Good Health DR..
Robinson, who has been a
staunch advocate of Civil Rights
for Negroes for many years, chal-
lenged the students to develop
good health habits in order that
they may be healthy, vigorous
| citizens.
Frank Simmons was awarded
the prize for submitting the best
poster.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-14

work with Negroes in the Post office, in the Custom Service
and in the railway mail service in the dep down South, and
are still working with them. If the President gave an order
to end discrimination in government jobs like he promised to
do when he was running for the third term, White men will
work with Negroes and like it.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-14
Commencement Speaker
Announced.

Dean William Fl. Martin an
nounced this week that President
Hollis r. Price of LeMoyne Col
lege has been selected to deliver
the commencement address on
Wednesday, May "a. The Rev
Joseph Hhumpert, Union AMk
church, will deliver the bacca-
laureate sermon to the combined
high school and junior college
classes on Sunday, May 81.
Activities of Musical Groups
On Wednesday, April 5, the
Dunbar Glee Club participated in
the Holy Week services, sponsor
ed by the lnterdenominational
Ministerial Alliance.
AS a part of the Annual
Achievement and Public Rela-
tons program OF PhilandeI
Smith College, the Dunbar Band
took a very active part, render
ing several selections. In add
ton. a saxophone ensemble
composed of Joyce Wilburn, Ed
win Ames, John Peyton and Ed
die Turner. presented severa
numbers. Also representing Dun
bar was Doris Fletcher who sans
"Invictus."
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-14
"The Races OF Mankind'

From the Pamphlet, THE RACES OF MANKIND, by
Ruth Benedict and Gene WeItfish. Published by the Public
Affairs Committee. Inc, 80 Rockefeller Ploze, New York;
by Speciol Permission from the Copyright Owners).
The messenger., 1944-03-01
IGGY MISSES WHITE GALS
 February Il, 1914

 Dear Friends:
 I have been receiving The Mes senger every month and it is very nice of you to send it. As you know, I have been overseas for the past 15 months in Iran-the land of romance.
 I received good news today my brother is back home. l don't know when I'll be home. Will you say hello to Arthur Gagnon of 796 Blue Hills.
 Tn the Messenger there was an article on "Allied War Confer ences in Teheran." I saw the President, he said he wished he could take us all home with him. He praised our work. 1 was one of the troops which landed in this country on December II, 1943, the first to set foot in this country. We are going through another rainy season. The summer was very hot. We are stationed in place where the heat gets to 18O degrees in the shade-it is the hot test place in the world. The dust storms are so bad your ears, eyes and face are always full of it. When you eat your food, you don't have to season it. There is plenty of sand to go with it.
 I have passed one year here. I know I can go through another. There is one thing I must say thought don't know or haven't seen a white girl in 15 months and that is very bad!
 Yours truly,
 Iggy
The messenger., 1944-03-01
AN MP. SPEAKS
February

FeDruafy zz, I944 Dear Editors:
 We'll, Pm finally finding time to write and tell you how much l like receiving The Messenger every month. I enjoy reading about the old home town and of all the boys in the service. I was at Camp Croft when George Der ench was there but I only saw him a few times.
 Pm in the Military Police Els cort Guard now at Fort Custer, Michigan and I hope to go across and bring prisoners back. It's pretty nice here but it's rather cold most of the time. We have quite a little snow here but it doesn't stay very long.
 My brother, Walt, is still sta toned at Fort Riley, Kansas. We'll, Pm sorry I have to close now but I have lot of work to do
 AS Ever,
 A Home Town Boy
 Pvt. Ray Bavier
The messenger., 1944-03-01
SAYS WE ARE SWELL

Dear Friends:
 I have been transferred to this new base and would appreciate "The Messenger" being sent here. The weather is fine here and this is a swell base too. This field is about 28 miles from Pensacola City and AZ miles from Mobile, Alabama.
 Fishing and swimming are the outstanding sports down here. Thanking you for such a swell little paper, 1 reman
 Sincerely yours
 John Libratore
The messenger., 1944-03-01
I DON'T

 My mother told me not to smoke
 I don't Nor to listen to a naughty joke
 I don't She told me it was wrong to wink At handsome men or even think About intoxicating drink
 I don't To dance or flirt is very wrong
 I don't Wild girls chase men and wine and song
 I don't I kiss no man, not even one, Tn fact, I don't know how it's done You wouldn't think I had much fun
 DON'T. Their latest speeches from Der lin find the Fuehrer and Goebbels definitely in the dumps. This be- comes even more evident in aerial photos of the place.
The messenger., 1944-03-01
Subscription $1 per year
MARCH 1914
RATIONING NOT NEW

Rationing, ceiling prices and waste salvage are nothing new. They were all familiar to the peo- ple of Hartford and Connecticut during the Revolutionary War period, says Thomas J. Marks, Jr. in an article appearing in recent issue of "The Courant."
 The women of Hartford banded together into the Daughters ot Liberty to practice their own sys- tenn of clothing ratlonlng., They agreed to refrain from purchasing fancy additions to their clothing such as silks, muslins, and expen- sive hats, and to wear in public; only the clothes they had on hand or newly-purchased calicoes.
 Hartford's women promised to reduce the number and prices or articles they used to furnish the!r tables and promised to space thelr visits to public and private assem- plies at three-week intervals.
 "The Courant'' requested the Daughters of Liberty to save all linen and cotton Rags" of any tvpe, both coarse and fine, for the production of paper. "1f they are not saved, the Streams of h. telligence will soon fail" Ihe Courant" suggested darkly. :,
 Two merchants were convlcteo of having sold merchandise at un.. usally high prices in violation ot rules set down by the Continental Association, the OPA of it's day, away back in December, 1775. The members of that OPA decided that the public should stop buying from the two merchants until the mer- cenary merchants made satlstact- ory restitution to the customers.
 A committee of inspection met at the State House in March, 1776, to set definite prices for merchan- disc from the West Indies Tn order to prevent local business men from taking advantage of the scarcity of supplies by raising re- tail prices.
 "The Courant felt the pinch of paper paucity as the war pro- gressed, printing many issues on ordinary brown wrapping paper and finally printing the latest news on thick and coarse blue paper. This last paper was tinted blue because of the local paper mills's inability to get new. rags for paper manufacture, having to use rags obtained from the indigo stained blue garments so popular at that time.
The messenger., 1944-03-01
LIKES THE MESSENGER

Dear Messenger OCdII:
 This is my first thanks to you for sending me your monthly pub lication. It does wonders for me especially when I receive it in foreign port. This is the second time that I've received it over here. I hope it continues to come on all my future trips.
 Will you please notice my new address on the envelope. l still
The messenger., 1944-03-01

 comes even more evident in aerial photos of the place.
 Nv uncle has twelve medals won them in the last war. He must have been great sharp shooter.
 No, great crap 3 shooter. 2 A mother in East side New York had two sons. In school one was a brilliant scholar, the other always flunked. The war came, and the smart one went to officers train ing school; the other joined the air force and was soon overseas fighting. The mother was sitting on the front porch, reading a let ter from the latter son, when a neighbor passed as asked, "Hozz treex" Mrs. Nussbaum ?" "With Henry everything is fine" she said sadly. "He is just gradu- ated from officers trainink school. But dot dope Louie, he writes that he has just got three zeros again.
 It is a good thing that Bing Crosby taught us to dream of a white Christmas. Snow was con spicuous by it's absence from Bloomfield this year.
 "Donnie" Donegan of Cold Springs Drive is spending some time with his grandmother in New York.
 Miss Evelyn Long, whose en- gagement to Air Cadet Harold F. Johnston of US. Naval Reserves was announced in midJanuary, was honored at a personal shower recently given by Miss Betty La gan of Maple Avenue.
 Mrs. Donald Kramer Waite, Jr. of Larchmont, NY. spent a recent weekend with her parents, MT. and Mre. Robert B. Hall, 1 Haviland Road.
 The Maselli- Corporation was one of approximately 200 Connecticut individuals and concerns who re- ceived tax refunds in excess of $500 from the government in 1943. Their refund covered an over- charge on excess profits and amounted to $1,241.34.
 Salvage Chairman Frederick w. Naef reports a total of 5,265 pounds of tin cans in the collection conducted Saturday, March 4 This is compared with 4.O20 pounds gathered in the drive last Septem- Der.
 Harry Long seems to be going into the wild animal business. He has "pink skunk" and possum.
 Mrs. Harry Long and Mrs. Ed gar Bogardus have completed a Red Cross Home Nursing Course and received their pins.