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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-03-11
Critics Laud Lillian Smiths Social Saga of Dixie
Book Acclaimed
By Educators

Strange Fruit" the novel of
the South, by Lillian smith. which
was published Feb. ~. has met
with high praise from book re-
viewers, educational leaders. clcr-
gsmen and social workers
throughout The country. Miss
Smith IS well known among pro-.
sressiye circles as editor OF the
quarterly south To-day
The publishers. Reynal & Hitch
Geek, describe the novel as a
love story OF deep hrooding ten
d'rness II Is also compassionate
story Of two races white and Ne
gre. rooted IN common earth.
stralning toward common hap
riness yet in brutal conflict with
each other II laws open the
heart OF Southern town. reveals
the hidden fears and prejudices
emotional pervcrsions. supersti-
ton, blind cruelty. unreasoning
love and hate that shape the lives
n rs people
or strange Fruit Charles s.
Johnson, director for Race Rela-
items OF the Julius RosenwaId
Fund saws This Is story warm
with passion and beauty and ter
fcr; but IL is Impossible not 10
realize that what gives Il life and
breath is Miss Smiths passionate
wish TO make people really and
profoundly aware - what the
patterns OF southern life are do
irg 20 the people who must live
under them Not TO Negroes only
but TO whites as well. The weak
hut not nnappealinr scion OF a
good Georgia family. his syco-
phanilc hauseboy tho Negro girl
be loves. and the sapless white
rifl he plans TO marry nre but
. products ~ The. culture which
Z has shaped them 80 tpo are all
LOT tho Anderson family Negroes
who IN a rational society would
be good anil able citizens. but
gh1 are condemned 70 waste and
warplrr rs the fc,ers which bind
/ them II IS the TACT that this Is
an incscapable tragedy under
present conditions 81 the South
that gives Strange Fruit rs sig
nlfirancr
Kick Aaron Ford editor of tho
/ southwestern Journal al Lang
ston Okla. SAYS II Is without
doubt tho most courageous hook
ihai has ever come ont ~ The
South TO me Il takes first rank
ss social document and rs a
liierary masterpiece
John ". Davis president OF
West Virginia state college calls
strange Fruit; terrific. dy-
manic Il tells why he south IS
Confined on Page i0)
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-03-11
INTrRRAcI,L COMMISSION

HARTFORD. Conn - CAMP
The Connecticut Interracial COM
mission was host 20 more than
100 representatives Of various so
cial. welfare and religious organ
izai.ons from all parts Of the
state at a conference held in the
old senate chamber Of the cap
itol on Tuesday afternoon.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-03-11
% ". 80:
|ANSWER???
By W Dsusla. B,o~r
By W DsusI.. Brow

90 What Is the name Of The
Negro who crossed me Delaware
river IN me boat With George
Washington?
90 Who founded The Crisis
magazine'
fQl What Is the lafges' protes-
ianl CONGREGATION in ne vorld2
90 Who is Ford Wirc.rs2
iQl How many magistrates IN
In inc city o. Philadelphia
Ql When and by whom was
Toagaloo college, Of Tnggoloo.
Miss fonnded7
(Ql Who was John cha1ls,
ANSWERS on page lO)
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-03-11
SENATOR'S
QUIZZED ON
ENDING FEPC

WASHINGTON, pc Members
Of the Senate subcommittee on
appropriations were asked this
week whether their unanimous
vote supporting an amendment n
Senator Richard y. Russell Of
Georgia meant that they favored
tho wiping ont OF The Fair En-
ployment Practice committee
After his amendment 10 the In
dependent Office appropriation
bill had been supposed uuanl-
mously Senator nusscll told re
portors Il hope it wipes out the
Fair Employment Practice com
miitee'
Tho Senators who voted Tor the
Russell amendment are carter
Glass. Va Kenneth Mcclellan.
Tenn John II. Bankhead. Ala !.
Harry s. Truman Mo Theodore
F. Green. RI: James NJ Mead.
NY: u. r. Maybank. Sc and
Senator Russell. Democrats Gers
aid r. Nye. ND: STYLES Bridges.
MI; Wallace II White Jr Ne
C. Wasland Brooks M and
Clyde NJ Reed. KAN Republicans.
The NAACP letter OF inquiry
said 1T was shock 10 read
that you voted 70 abolish the
Fair Employment Practice COM
mittee. We are. therefore. asking
YOU TO give us Your comment on
the action taken by the suh-com-
mittce. We would appreciate also
II you would indicate your posi-
ton on the work Of the FEpC and
more specifically wheeler you
fsvor nm adequate appropriation TO
continue this vital work
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-03-11
RUSSIANS
ADMIRE
Presentations
OF Values Touch
Soviet Public
~ CHATwO0D HALL
iOny Negro War Correspondent
In Rns>ia)

MOSCOW tANP) Shakespeare S
play and character Of "Oihello'
are by Tar most Popular and fay-
critic among Soviet audiences
Thus for hSe Years immediaiely
preceding the war Othsilo was
on ihe boards Of 100 Soviet thea
tres as compared to Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet" and Twelfth
Nigh'r which was listed on %
IS ond 80 respectively Why IS
the Moor Of Venice so tremen-
(ContInned on page l0)
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-03-11
in the world!

And this year il is your own boys the
Red Cross serves Eleven million of
them in every land from Sicily 10 Chung
king on every ocean and in every sky.
This year, when you cannot be near
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-03-11

before. Dig deePand be glad
that you can.
Yes, give generously and
be glad that Red Gross Your
Red Cross-is aiHthe great
est mother in the world and
that wherever in the world
your boy is
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-03-11
GATHERING
OF PEOPLE
SPREADS GERM
Headache. C'hills.
Sore Throat Are
First Symptoms

Nineteen eases of warsi'<
Nefe reported "a pctWi a ueet
nra there was one q Farm TINS
brings The total rluhfr of asses
rcptred sinrc Jan te t az f-
INK to ~ Brute y poNsa te8sfA
commissioners Durirr .he saa
there was yearly average $; -
cases
Meningitis is . catching dse
which Increases when thes h
concentration q, peore a as
case 81 Detroit now The Disease
may octur AZ any aef iu. l'l&tca
Continued on Page 10
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-03-11

your sons, you Will give gen.
erously and be glad that the
Red Cross-your Red Cross
lis sill the greatest mother
in the world.
This year, when the need
is greater than ever before
this year you will want to
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-03-11

scrgeant-at-arms between ANDY
Dewar and BENNY Rafels; and
for three year trustee between
Walter ". Bell. incumbent. and
Eli McKic.
Run-cff elections arc scheduled
to begin March Is and last
~ ughout March 30, with the
various building units being as
signed different DAYS to wore.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-03-11

livery year you have given to the Red
IL Cross =. willingly and with free
heart. You helped us help millions OF
people :. when the foods struck -.
when the earthquakes came when
famine devastated some far-of land. Ii
was your habitto give. the great proud
habit Of thirty million American families
-. proud that they eO0ld give -. proud
of the great Red Cross, that made the
giving worthwhile.
But this year il is going TO be different.
When you dig into your pockets and
purses il won't be justyour regular" con-
tribution. For this year of global war the
need is greater than it's ever been before.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-01
Timely Warning

The warning of Generals Marshall and Ar
mold and Admiral King, following their visit
to battlefronts, that the toughest fighting is
still ahead is timely and erninent]y worthwhile.
Since their return to this country, they say,
they have noticed that favorable news from
the fronts has created feeling that the war
is all but won. The danger of this, they de-
clare, is the threat of serious let-down of
effort on the home front which could be dis
astrous. There is a estate of mind in this
country against which, we believe, the public
should be warned"
For those who really look upon the Battle
OF Europe as in the bag we recommend that
they get out map and compare the Nor.
mandy beachhead with the areas still occu-
pied and completely dominated by the enemy
Success has indeed gloriously crowned ou1
initial effort, but the territory we have wrest
ed from the Germans is scarcely more thar
pinpoint in comparison with territory still
] to be taken before our forces can enter Ger
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-01

many for the coup de grace. Between today
and the day of triumphal entry into Berlin
there lies long, long trail of bitter fighting
bloodshed, reverses and anguish.
Aside from the Allied superiority in the air
and, as proved in Normandy, the better fight.
ing quality of our forces, there is but one
element which might shorten the conflict. That
is the German loss of the will to fight against
growing odds. Should the military leadership
determine that continued resistance is use
less, and at the same time have strength
enough to overthrow the Nazi party control.
the war in Europe might end suddenly. But
the chances are against any such decision
at least until staggering defeat abs been ad-
ministered to German forces in the field, or
until the Russians, attacking from the East,
are much nearer the German frontier than
at present
The Notwithstanding warning ought to
be taken to heart by every American at home
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-01
Break With Finland

1t is impossible to feel anything but the
deepest regret that the exigency Of war should
force the United States to break its long friend
ship for Finland.
The step eliminates two years of earnest
effort by this country to bring Finland and
Russia into agreement and wean the former
from it's alliance with Germany. It is taken
only when the Hesinki government definitely
and finally decided to place its whole reliance
upon Germany for military aid and 60 on
with its hopeless conflict against the Russians.
In notifying the Finnish charge at Wash
ington of this governments action, Mr.. Hull,
the Secretary of State, states the case sue
cinctly Finland he says, has formally ad-
mitted to the world that it has entered a
'hard and fast military partnership with
Germany 'irrevocable throughout the war" to
fight the Allies of the United States lin al
lance with the enemies of the United States. -
Responsibility for the consequence, therefore,
must rest "solely on the Finnish government %
No other course is open to us, but what a
pity it has to be done at all.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-01
A "Bluff" Invasion

Silence of the German air force in Norman.
dy on invasion day has been the source oil
wide speculation Now it appears the Allies
created a diversion by sending an air fleet
against the Calais-Boulogne area which drew
the Luftwaffe away.
This explanation is offered by Commander
Anthony Kinnins, British naval intelligence
officer who landed from one of the first craft
to reach Normandy, spent most of the first
invasion week with Allied forces and has since
arrived in New York on a mission of which,
no information is forthcoming.
He declares the "bluff'' invasion went of
smoothly enough and the men participating
in it just made lot of noise and had a very
good time, suffering very little damage
His explanation is readily believable mas.
much as it is generally thought the Germans
expected the initial invasion to be launched
against the Calais-Boulogne region 1t is a
cause of deep qualification that the enemy
was deceived by such simple device.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-01
The Literary Guidepost

He. is an expert with words, and
fortunately French translates well
when the translator is as efficient
as Haakon Chevalier. If these
things were not true, tn e book
would be botch, because it is
complicated, it covers much terri
tory, and it brings in a great num-
Der of characters, some of them
necessarily little shadowy.
The book is built around little
central group-the Chief, who is
utterly unlike the person you Cor
the Germans) would expect him
to be; deputy chief, who grows
under your eyes as his work be.
comes more difficult n d more
dangerous; a small number of
what we call key men, some of
whom die, all Of whom suffer, and
none of whom doubts. These are
Like decorating agents dropped in
tic the nitroglycerine of French re-
sentiment. Wherever they 60, cells
OF resistance from an enlarge,
Germans die, and the underlying
solldity and saneness of the old
pre-Petain, pre-Laval France come
to life. The book is readable as
a treatise on the technique of SUBJ
surface resistance, but also as a
straight thriller. There are men
and women willing to take the
short end Of 1890 gamble.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-01
Daily Prayer
FOR CONSECRATED LIPS

For loyal lips, and for sensible
silence, we would pray to Thee to-
DAY, our Father God. Restrain us
from idle criticism OF war meas
ures that are beyond our under
standing Constrain us to speak
ever the word of loyalty and OF
patriotism. Deliver us from the
ever present temptation to be
grumblers over wars negligible
recommendations on the home front
In loyalty to The and to our
Country we would accept and
cheerfully fulfill all rationing rules
and all regulations of our life that
are necessary for the great vic
tory that is our goal. By these
little doors we would enter into
Thy great purposes for our Cause.
Hold us steadfast to our appoint
ed tasks; and put lock upon our
lips when, in idle vanity and care
less speech we would betray our
Country's plans to the enemy. IN
whimperingly and joyfully may We
carry on as Loyalty as did Thy
Son, when He was on earth serv-
ing Thy Cause. Amen.-W. T. e.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-01
HOUSEHOLDERS URGED
TO GET COAL SUPPLY

In urging the nations household
ers to obtain an initial supply of
coal during the summer months
to minimize delay in deliveries
when cold weather sets in, the
Wilmington District Office of De-
Tense Transportation yesterday
pointed out that coal purchases
must be limited to amounts per-
mitted under regulations of the So
lid Fuels Administration for War.
The shortage of motor trucks
and drivers available for coal dis
tribution is expected to become
critical this fall, G.. T. Mussel-
man, ODT district mana ger ex-
planned. He urged householders to
place coal orders during the sum-
mer to assure an adequate sup
ply when winter comes.
Many trucks engaged in coal
delivery are over age and in need
of extensive repairs. drivers have
entered the armed services or
other war industries in great num-
bers, and prompt delivery of coal
will be impossible if orders are
not placed until the arrival Of cold
weather, Mr.. Musselman de-
clared.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-01

in which their abonainable deeds were done
in order that they may be judged and pun
ished according to the laws of these liberated
countries and of the free governments which
will be erected therein. Lists will be COM
piled in all possible detail from all these coun-
tries, having regard especially to invaded
parts of the Soviet Union, to Poland and
Czechoslovakia, to Yugoslavia and Greece, in
Guiding Crete and other islands; to Norway,
Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxen-
bourg, France and Italy.
"Thus, Germans who take part in whole
sale shooting Of Polish officers or in the exc
cution of French, Dutch, Belgian or Norwe-
have shared in slaughters inflicted on the 2eo-
pie of Poland or in territories of the Soviet
Union which are now being swept clear of
the enemy, will know they will be brought
on the spot by the peoples whom they have
outraged. Let those who have hitherto not
innbued their hands with innocent blood be-
ware lest they join the ranks of the guilty,
for most assuredly the three Allied powers
will pursue them to the uttermost ends of
the earth and will deliver them to their ac-
cusers in order that justice may be done.
1.-THE above declaration is without prejudice
to the case of German criminals whose Of
lenses have no particular geographical locali-
cation and who will be punished by joint de-
cision of the governments of the Allies
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-01
AUTO USE STAMPS
MUST BE ON CARS

Auto owners were admonished
again yesterday that today is the
last day in which to provide them
selves with auto use stamps be-
fore the penalty goes on. This ap-
plies to all trucks and buses as
well as passenger cars.
The local office of the internal
revenue department through its
chief zone deputy Raymond D.
Christman, announced that be-
ginning Monday all persons ope-
rating motor vehicle on the pub
lie streets and highways are liable
for prosecution and that they
should purchase the required
stamp today.
Christman said there will be no
extension Of time under any con-
slderation as stamps have been
available in all postoffices at
stamp windows for the past thirty
days, giving ample time for all
persons to have made provisions
for the stamps.
The penalty is $500 and 30
days Imprisonment
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-01
BY JOHN SELBY
"ARMY OF SHADOWS"

Joseph Kessel (Knopf; $2).
Very likely it is a good time for
a book on the French underground
to appear, with the DeGaulle tan
gle occupying so large a segment
OF the public mind. Certainly Jo-
seph kessel is a good man to write
about it.
Mr.. Kessel is a Frenchman, and
ironically it was Marshal Petain
who conferred upon him the
Croix de Guerre, in the war of
l9l4-18. If the barnacled old mar
shall could read Mr.. KessePs
Army of Shadows" he would feel
like biting off the hand that did
the job. Mr.. Kessels book is call
ed fiction, but it is not. He hac
included nothing, he says, that did
not happen, nor has he blown any,
thing up beyond its true propor-
lions. He chose to use the form
OF fiction because at this time it
is quite impossible to do straight
cob OF reporting without endanger.
ing hundreds of lives, and the
transpositions and DISCUSSES and
such like would be more difficult
and dangerous in a narrative of
fact.
However this may be, Mr.. Kes.
sci has done the best book on the
French underground have read.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-01
Interpreting
The War
By WILLIAM FRYE

Substituting for Kirke L. Simpson,
The appeal by the nations three
top-flight military commanders for
about devotion on the home front
to the job of winning the war is
a formal and solemn warning to
the public that the final campaigns
are the hardest, that they demand
of soldier and worker more sus-
tanned effort-than all the prepara-
tons.
The appeal contained in the re-
port to President Roosevelt by
General Marshall, Admiral King
and General Arnold was not an ac-
cusation of complacency. Never
theless, these military leaders are
seriously concerned about informal
reports from all sections of the
country in which thhey find a
tendency to believe that the sup
ply job is done, that all that re-
mains to be accomplished is
quick cleanup by the armed for
ces in the field.
If that feeling exists as the mill
tary leaders believe it does, the
reason is fairly obvious. Each day
brings fresh reports of Allied sue
cess from every theater but China.
The pattern of victory is becom-
ing plain. The military command
ers acknowledge that, and see in
it a matter of qualification for the
entire country, but they see beyond
that-they see a German army of
hundreds of divisions, with no sha-
dow of a crack in its discipline.
They know that Germany is not
defeated until that army is smash
ed. They see the Japanese being
pushed, but long way from bro
ken.
The Allied command plan is
life-saving and time-saving plan
they propose to take losses in bold
moves, and take them now, be-
lieving that the losses will be small
er than if the war is permitted
to drag out.
Losses in men, that is. Losses in
equipment and supplies Will be
staggering. Wastage, always ter
rible in war, is multiplied in war
that moves swiftly.
A war of swift movement means
expenditure of fantastic amounts
of ammunition and explosives. 1t
means endless demands for mil
lions of spare parts. 1t means brok-
en- radios and damaged telephone
switchboards.
And until a victory is achieved
the military commanders must
know for the safety of their men
and combat plans that the pipeline
of supplies is full from the factory
to the fighting front. That's what
is back of the appeal which the
president made public from his
military chiefs.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-01
RetributiOn Certain

While Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels is
busy delivering pep talks to the German peo-
pie, promising them that by holding out
through the next few months they'll win the
peace, Axis big wigs have been buster than
bluejays feathering the nests they'll flee to
when the showdown comes.
Maybe the true explanation of the German
sistance lately is that its pompous chief,
Reichsmarshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, has
been busy unburning some of his bridges, for
a report from Switzerland says that several
crates of Goerings furniture and valuables
have arrived there.
Pierre Laval, said to be on the verge of
xesisning and fleeing France as a result of
the internal upheaval since the invasion, has
reportedly attempted to deposit $4,000 in gold
in Argentine banks.
And you can bet your bottom dollar that
every one Of the Axis war lords has long
since reserved "safe'' little hideout in one
of the neutral countries, and will have his
pockets well padded for the journey when
Germany finally cries 'Kamerad!"
The Allies haven't said much of late about
their intention of bringing war criminals to
trial. 1t couldn't be, however, that Goering,
Laval and the neutral nations have forgotten
President Roosevelt's warning Of last March
that 1T is our determination that none who
participate in these acts of savagery shall go
unpunished The United Nations have made
II clear that they will pursue the guilty and
deliver them up in order that justice be done
This was made very clear in the statement
on atrocities signed by President Roosevelt,
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier
Stain After stating that the United King
dom. the United States and the Soviet Union
.have received from many quarters evidence
Of atrocities, massacres and cold-blooded mass
executions which are being perpetrated by
Hitlerite forces in the many countries they
have overrun," the declaration continues:
SAT the time of granting of any armistict
N anv government which may be set up i,
Germany, those German officers and men ant
members of the Nazi party who have beer
RESPONSIBLE for or have taken a conserving
mart in the above atrocities, massacres ans
sxecutions will be sent back to the countrie