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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-28
Alliance With None!

TT is astounding that in the midst
i Of a great war 10 preserve our
NATIONAL character and after
l55 years of NATI0NAL1STIC
AMERICANISM it has been neces
sary to organize committee OF
Americans to proclaim OUR Ma
TIONALISM
But such is the case.
So strong has been the trend
toward political "iHtematlonallsnl :
that Senator Robert R. Reynolds OF
North Carolina has found 1t neces
sary to launch an American national
lists committee.
Senator Reynolds asserts, and
truly so, that the heart of the Amerl-
can people is as nationalistlc as 1t
ever has been
But, he said, there is a powerful
minority clique in both parties and
in Congress that is bent on inter
Matchmaking this country by forcing
it into a humiliatingly dependent
condition by means of leagues,
alliances, "pacts" and world.
policing"
No one Who has fottoWed the
trend of the times can deny tor
moment that movement that tDouid
denoticnaIize the United States is
afoot.
THE basic principles of this re-
i public are national-that is, they
are expressions of A M E R1CAN
ideas and PRINCIPLES.
That, of course, does not mean
that we have ever desired to build
Chinese wall around ourselves or to
isolate ourselves.
Our form of nationalism was
never better expounded than by
Thomas Jefferson when he said IN
1899:
commerce with all nations,
alliance with none, should be our
motto"
Two years later he reafirmed
that sane nationalism with this:
eve haze a perfect horror at
everything like connecting ourselves
with the POLITICS of Europe"
Now, postwar "internationalism "
aims to directly and aggressively
embroil us in the "politics of
Europe. "
The Reynolds nationalist com
mittee endeavored to get both parties
TO adopt nationalist planks in their
platforms.
It will seem incredible to nearly
all Americans if such plank is not
adopted.
It seems as incredible that it
should be necessary for a movement
to be organized to fight for such
planks in the conventions of our two
major political parties-the parties
that have carried the banner of MA
TIONALISM for $50 years.
The "internationalists" have
used every means to hoodwink the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-28

people into the belief that national.
ism was synonymous with isolation
isolation in the sense of complete
break with all the other nations of
the world.
DUT the people are not fooled by
ID these sinister and often BULLDOG.
ing tactics.
There is now, fortunately, a. pow
erful trend toward a SANE national
list POSTWAR AMERICA.
Senator Reynolds was one of the
first to sense this right -about when
he said:
"The nationalist tDind is bloWing
so Hercely that President Roosevelt
and Coz. De,Dey haze been COM
PEELED to heed it.
The President surprised us all
few days ago With an assurance that
no whit of real American integrity
uiH be abandoned.
Almost coincidentaliy, GoU.
DeUey spoke for a nationalist plank
in the Republican platform.
"A majority of the people-for
most Americans are nationalist
Oould be happy and reassured if the
conventions give actual guarantees
OF a return to our olden principles"
State and congressional elections
for more than two years have pointed
to return to "our olden principle"
on the part of the American people.
The American nationalist COM
mittee is not third party.
It will, says Senator Reynolds,
work within the old parties to pre-
vail on them to stick to fundamental
American nationalist doctrines.
In this it will perform a great
patriotic service.
NATIONALISM is nothing more
IN than sober and enlightened
self interest in regard to our inter
national dealings and domestic in
terest in regard to our international
dealings and domestic affairs.
II aims at uttering an unequiUocal
no to all foreign commitments that
wiH inuolUe us in broils not of our
making and in which we haue no
primary or eUen secondary interest.
It is our belief that a firm postwar
nationalism on the part of the United
States will do more to prevent an.
other war than if we international
lied and de Americanized ourselves
in the interests of the perpetual war.
mongers and warmakers of Europe
and Asia.
"Let us haze peace" said Gen.
Grant at Appomattox
When we, with our Allies, shall
have achieved the complete defeat of
our enemies that will be the phrase
on every Americans lips-"LET
US HAVE PEACE"
And peace we shall have if each
nation pays strict attention to it's
own business.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-28


DRICKER suffered bruises
ID when the Dewey band
wagon ran over him. HIS friends
pictured him AS justly injured
by what he thought was the
ruthlessness Of the Dewey driv-
ers. And what BriCker said pub
licly about Dewey in his mild
way mot being straightforward
in the campaign. not coming out
into the open. etc), he feels
doubly al heart.
But while Dewey won the
show. Bricker won the glory of
this convention. In his heart.
he won many personal friends.
People liked the way he han
died himself.
What impressed me was that
his campaign was conducted
without a nasty word against
any one, even Dewey. / do not
recall a presidential candidate
in such circumstances ever hav-
ing offered As clean a conYen-
ton bid. The reason he lost is
plain.
For the last year, since his
earliest mention, ne always had
too little. too late. Like War
rem. he has not much money and
had no headquarters organlza-
ton comparable in experience to
Dcwey's.
But Bricker will be big Re-
publican, not only in the cam
paign, but later. First. he will
have 10 calm the factions and
carry Ohio, If il is TO be car
ried.
THE subtle poison spread
i among the Republican con-
vention delegates here against
Dewey ran rather high in It's
arsenic contents.
Worst of the batch was
movement to make Dewey APP
pear as "a tool of the Jews" A
fiery letter writer, 1t was dis
covered. had sent few hun
dred burning words 10 each
delegate by mail calling Dewey
Tommy the Cantor" and actu-
ally charging that he rose from
cantor in a synagogue.
The nearest the letter got 10
the truth was in one charge that
Dewey had raised money for
synagogue. and this was not
close enough TO be within the
rrdfr1 Of accuracy Dewey once
designated an assistant 10 raise
money for a synagogue purpose
under Coy. Lehman, regime.
4 MOTHER Of those perSpIr-
~ Ing letter boys also routed
10 each delegate by mail that
Dewey plotted the destruction
Of the country. being secretly IN
league with Roosevelt and the
New Deal. That will be news TO
Mr. Roosevelt
Still a third said he was the
candidate OF the American
Newspaper Guild and the left
lists and Communists therein
who promoted him. tSidney
Hillman and the Communist
Go Political Action Commit
tee please note and curtail ex-
pSndlturcS immediately
The Dewey managers were
sowowhaI nettlcd by the flow
Of such aguff which rs really
only an lnconScqucntial mani
fcStatlon Of these ScrcwballiSh
tunes. But il was forecast OF
what 10 expect IN tho campaign
risir' nutef nv King Features synd Inc
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-28

TO THE EDITOR
7 AN In the navy, stationed at
i san Francisco. am regis
tered voter In the Civ Of Dc
troit and was wondering Just
what the situation IL for Citi-
Iens voting In the conf ng
election. l will look forward 10
your reply a. would like To-
exercise this privilege.
RICHARD r. EDG AR,
RI &c. USNR,
90. 80. Bldg RMS
Treasure Island, Cal
For the benefit ~ Radio TcCh-
niclan Edgar and all other
members Of tho armed force,
who wish 70 cast ballots r this
years election. mo Tmn> p5.rf.
The following cNp.anaior M 'Hr
procedure a given hy Oakley
DiSfIn. supervisor ~ eIcc'cr>
To VOTE IN 'he rruart r'r.-
49, -..
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On the High Road to Toxic

Japs, who took over the International
Settlement. Only unlimited patience,
combined with firmness, prevented
clash with the Japs at that time.
Between his return from the Far East
and the attack on Pearl Harbor, Gen.
Rupertus commanded the Marine Corps
barracks here, the Marine base at Guam
tanamo Bay, Cuba; the base at San
Diego, Calf, and served as assistant
commander of the LIST Marine Division,
New River, N. c., where the outbreak Of
war found him. The Fighting 1st' was
one of the units sent TO the Pacific In
the early stages of the war.
On to Toxic
The outlook in the Pacific has changed
vastly since Gen Rupertus and his men
fought their bloody battles in the jungles
of the Solomons. Now, everywhere in
the Southwest and Central Pacific, the
once triumphant Japs are being pushed
back by Air Force bombs, Navy shells
and marine bayonets.
The high road to Toxic stretches
ahead And many Of Gen. Rupertus
comrades expect to see him lead the
marine advance along that rotatA.
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Keeping Score Of Our Air Assault on
Germany as Invasion Plans Speed Up

Our plan Is to destroy the Luftwaffe.
Given consecutive days Of good weather
and We will do It," Gen. Spaatz spoke
as If he had not the slightest doubt 1t
will be done.
The Pathfinders drop sky markers.
which happened to be flares of many
million candle-power in a rectangular
path, thoroughly Illuminating the tar
get. They also have some other cute
little gadgets called IT'S" which
stands for target indicator bombs.
A TT" is lethal thing. 1t carries
a fluidlike substance which flows out
in many directions from the center.
shining with an intense white light. and
flows over anything in Its path, even
houses, climbing up and over them. The
Germans have a cute little way Of set
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came the father of Thomas Joy, who
school building; Louisa, Minnie and
Sophia Heider, the Wiltbergers, Spencer
and Frank Ward. Agnes Burgess, George
McKimmie, James H. King, Charles H.
King and George T. King; Laura, Fan
ME and Stanislaus OIIare, Grace Gass,
Ella Hughes, Alice, Louisa and John
Bladen, Tom McGarvey.
Also John Mcdonald, Jane Devaughn,
who was the daughter OF the tollgate
keeper at the corner of Georgia avenue
and Rock Creek Church road; John
Clark, the Kelly brothers John, Ed
ward and James,, Robert Barry, Angus
and Clyde Lamond, Jane Brown, Ida
Pywell, Lula, John, Everett and Arthur
Keene; Jean and Bertha Walker, the
Lippolds-George, John and Annie-and
Fred, Walter, George, Alice and Estelle
Funk. 1t is likely that some of the
Middleton children also went here, as
this family once owned the site of the
Catholic University, not far away.
Nearby, facing the Hardwood road
now within the Soldiers Home Grounds
was once the early home of Col.
Doughty, who sold his 40 acres of land
to Robert Jessell Wood, whose grand
daughter, Miss E. Bertha Chinn, in
forms the writer that her grandfather
bought Col. Doughty's place in 1843,
and that it was called Mount Hermon,
and that it was here that William H
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country buildings

ment of the youth Of the District OF
Columbia is a joy that will remain
with me as long as I am able to think.
My life work has been the teaching of
the children If I have succeeded In
the smallest measure, then, when the
time comes for me to face the Eternal
Master, I shall feel that the talents
that were given me were not COM
pletely buried.
Old Shepherd Road
Mr.. Keene died at his Brightwood
home, on Shepherd road, in June, 1920.
This road was once part of the Milk
house Ford road, which extended from
Rock Greek Church road on the east
through Brightwood and westwardy to
the District line. Before being Shepherd
road it was called Magnolia avenue,
and east of Brightwood it more recently
became part of Concord avenue.
Other teachers who served at the
Soldiers Home School, in addition to
those already mentioned, include India
A. Wineberger, Henrietta E. King and
Miss Walsh.
Naturally, several thousand students
must have attended the Soldiers Home
School during the quarter of century
or more of its existence and it would
really be nice If we could here record
their names, but for the want of COM
plete information and the lack of space,
this cannot be done However, the
following is a partial list, and this will
have to suffice until further data is
obtained. The names preserved include
John Meiklejohn, whose parents settled
in this vicinity at an early date, and
who for years has been a prominent
coal merchant there; also Anne and
Andrew Meiklejohn, the Hazen children,
Emma and Hattie Ward and Bernard
Joy, who married the latter and be-
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BY John Clagett Proctor

People who complain now a days of
sending their children to faraway
schools, evidently do not realize the
distance their parents and grandparents
frequently had to travel in order to
obtain their education. Nor do they
realize that there were no public schools
in what once was called the County of
Washington, until toward the close of
the Civil War. The first county school
was erected in September, 1864, in
Uniontown, the name of this section of
the District being later changed to its
present more familiar name, Anacostia.
The cost of this building is said to have
been $1,83768, and it was no doubt of
wooden construction.
Indeed, when Gen. Jubal Early paid
his respects to suburban Washington in
July, 1864, and had everybody quite
alarmed, especially the people in the
vicinity of Brightwood, there was no
public school in this neighborhood, and
one was not erected there until 1866
when one-room, one-story wooden
building, of the value of 5000 was located
on the north side of Military road about
three blocks west of Georgia avenue.
AS a matter of fact, suburban Wash
ington seems to have been entirely over
looked until 1856, when Congress pro-
vided for public schools in the outlying
sections of Washington. This was con-
ditioned on the approval of a majority
of all the white taxpayers without dis
tinction of sex, then residing within the
territory affected, as expressed by their
votes. This, incidentally, proves con-
clusively that equal suffrage had try
out in the District of Columbia as far
back as 88 years ago. However, the
proposition was rejected by large
majority, and, strange to say, the women
voted almost unanimously against it;
the objection being an unwillingness to
be taxed for the education of the chill
dren of the poorer classes and dis
inclination by many of the well-to-do
people to have their children associate
in school with the children of their less
fortunate neighbor.
BY act of Congress approved May 20,
1862, another attempt was made to
establish schools outside the cities of
Washington and Georgetown. This act
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has been plenty, judged by air photo
graphs. All he has done is to Jog the
Raj into bigger and better raids on
Berlin with all the methodical accuracy
and fury the British have when they
have their backs up.
'Scalded Cat Raids
I've been through few "scalded cat"
raids in London. Jerry comes over at
great height, running fast through the
barrage sent up by guns in every con-
ceivable place. He stays high because he
doesn't dare come down through the
barrage balloon cover. And he runs like
a frightened feline when things get
hot. AS matter OF fact, the aim of
the London gunners seems not altogether
to hit every plane over London. They
seem more intent on driving the German
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Quinine Supply
Continued From Page C-4D

at Beltsville, Md, these seeds produced
seedlings, which we're transported to
Latin America.
BY far the largest cinchona planta-
tons in the Western Hemisphere are
in Guatemala, which already had q
head start because of an earlier plan
tation started by Guatemalan Presi-
dent in 1880, but abandoned in the face
of Dutch competition
If it were necessary to slaughter har-
vest the Guatemalan trees, they would
supply United States requirements for
a year
Significantly, the name of the prin-
cipal Guatemalan plantation is FL
Porvenir, which means the future"
And here lies the future of quinine
production-in Guatemala and Ave
other American countries.
If the Americas can produce for the
needs of the Americas, 1t is inconceiv-
able that we shall become dependent
again on distant resources, under cartel
control.
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Continued From Page CAY

Continued From Page CAY
Maj. Rupertus found fun in drilling the
sons of the marines who had formed a
Junior Legation Guard"
One member of his small fry detach-
ment later served on Gen. Rupertus'
staff In the Pacific and is now attached
to Marine Corps headquarters here. He
is Capt. John w. Thomson III, whose
father, Col. John W. Thomas. jr, is ma
rine liason officer with Admiral Chester
w. NINTH, commander in chief of the
Pacific Fleet.
Capt. Thomson remembers well a day
IN Peking when the major dressed him
down in strong terms. He had fallen out
for inspection with rusty BIB gun.
Sees Jap Brutality
Followed four years of service in the
United States, including a period at Ma
rine Corps headquarters here, and then
Rupertus, advanced to a lieutenant
colonel, again went to the Far East, this
time as regimental executive officer of
the 4th Marine Regiment in Shanghai.
He witnessed there for the first time the
brutal methods Of his future foe, ths
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In Early Washington's
First Suburban Schools

they were passing through the graded
schools of this neighborhood.
The first teacher assigned to the
Brightwood School, in 1866, was William
c. Lipscomb, jr., who taught there until
he was transferred to Mount Pleasant
in 1879. He was replaced by Francis A.
Springer who taught the higher grades
The old Brightwood School Building, at
Georgia avenue and Quackenbos street,
was originally built in 1889 as four
room structure, and was later added to
as we see 1t today. In years to come it
will be recalled as the headquarters of
Ration Board No. 80. where, in these
strenuous times, many are called and
very few chosen.
Soldiers Home School
Another early school of the wooden
type, and without all the conveniences
of the present day. was called the
Soldiers Home School, because it was
located near that institution, the site
it occupied now being at about where
Allison street and Hawaii avenue in
tersect, just outside the line of the
United States Cemetery, attached to the
Soldiers Home. 1t may have been
erected as early as 1870.
During the year 1861, Joseph R.
Keene was the principal teacher of this
school. He taught the high grades,
being assisted by Washington E. Nalley;
Ida M. Wineberger taught the lower
grades Later on Mr.. Keene was made
a supervisor of this school district. He
was a man greatly beloved by his
scholars, in whom he took lasting
pride, and who now look back upon him
with sincere devotion. OF him it is
related that he frequently prepared
entertainments for the pupils, including
May Day celebrations, in which he
sometimes took part himself.
AS teacher and official he remained
active for many years, and when he
retired a reception was rendered him
at the Petworth School, where tributes
were paid by prominent school officials
and citizens and at this time, in re-
spending to the congratulatory ad-
dress made by Commissioner Henry
B. F. Mcfarland, he said:
Whatever I can do for the advance
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Crawford resided when he was a can
didate for the presidency in 1924.
Early Residents
John T. Agg was also an early settler
in this neighborhood. His estate of go
acres, called the Vineyard, adjoined the
Wood property to the north. He was
born at Eversham, England, and died
in Washington April 10, 1855, aged IS
years. He was newspaperman and
edited here the National Journal, found
ed by Peter Force. He lies buried in
Rock Creek Cemetery and his grave is
marked by stone erected by the parish
as a grateful tribute to his memory.
In this same cemetery also lie the re-
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provided for instruction for both white
and colored children. 1t was quite de-
fective in various ways. Later, these
act of June Is, 1864.
First Public School.
Under this act, the first public school,
as before stated, was erected in Union
town. Soon after this, during the same
year. another school was erected in
what was then known as the second
district, later becoming the sixth. Five
schools were constructed in 1865, and
the Brightwood School, as stated, in
1866.
These quarters and the location seem
to have been unsatisfactory, for, in 1878
the Building and Repair Committee OF
the Public Schools is found recommend
ing the sale of the Brightwood School
property and the purchase of school
site on Seventh street road, and the
erection thereon of a. two-room brick
school building for white children, at an
estimated cost of $500.
Brightwood Addition
On June 80, 1879, Supt. j. Ormond
Wilson announced an addition to the
schoolhouse at Brightwood for white
children, making it a two-room affair.
this being due to his recommendation of
November -, 1877, No appointment was
made of a teacher for this additional
room until January /, 1880, when Clara
E. Stuart was appointed acting teacher
of grades l to 8, she being superseded
the following year by Isabella r. Nalley,
sister of Washington E. Nalley, who was
subsequently principal for many years
of the Brightwood School, and still fond
ly recalled by ever 50 many men and
women who studied under him while
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ting dummy fires tn divert heavy bomb
ers which follow the Pathfinders, but
thew are loath to use "TI" tactics and
the pilots of the heavies follow only the
correct path. It is resulting In the
mathematical and very method1cal
destruction of German cities,
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draining of a "TI" Then a slash Of
dazzling color flows along the ground,
snreadino in al, directions like a stick
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