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Arkansas State press., 1944-05-05
INSURANCE EXECUTIVE TO
SPEAK AT COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES

Plans are now underway for
the 1894 Commencement Ex-
ercises for the A. M. and N. Col
loge, The commencement speak
err will be NJ. s. Stuart, vice pres
ident Of the Universal Life Insur-
ance Company and author and
writer for the Pittsburg Courier.
A complete calendar for the com
mencement season will be releas-
ed next week.
Arkansas State press., 1944-05-05
WANT MORE NEGROES
ADMITTED TO MED. SCHOOL

Washington, d, c. CO.. -
The Medical Society Of New York
has adopted a resolution calling
for more qualified Negro stu
dents to be admitted to medical
schools of New York county"
Stated in the resolution, "the best
interests Of the public will be
served by acceptance Of qualified
Negroes as ]internes, resident and
staff members in the city's hos
pitals."
Arkansas State press., 1944-05-05
ALABAMA DEF|ES COURTS RULING

SPECIAL - Noto only did the stte Of Ala bomo defy the United stues Supreme Court RuL
ing in Tuesdays white pnmuMs,b but she dMd her own law when she refused to ever lei he No.
ees register in the thnky settled southern port ion of the ste Under Aobomok laws ewym man
regardless to corh hos G right to ngser ud q Iy himself for ctzenhp but this much has even
been dHed
In few of the Northern points, Aobomo, WI ere the whhem man is little more Susceptible to
reason, ond where there is strong Negro leader ship the Negro vod Without y difficulties
Arkansas State press., 1944-05-05
AwardedFo A Long Fight

For twenty some years. pr. J. N. Robinson hos coried d some
fight tor the Arkonsos Negroes right to suffrage, never Itthng
up When things we're darkest ond the cause looked hopeless, and
his closest friends criticized him for continuing the fight, hes stood
clone. And now. with the United Stotes Supreme Courts decion
eronting the Negro the same right to the bonot os any other
mon, the fruits Of Dr. Robinson's years Of fight ore at lost recog-
nized.
Dr. Robinson holds the respect of the Arkansas people os
one OF their foremost leoders ond is considered the modern Moses
to lead Arkonsons thru to the new day thot is approaching fost.
Arkansas State press., 1944-05-05
Wins Philharmonic Award

Sixteen year old Dolores Calvin, daughter Of the late Floyd
}. Calvin, ostute journalist received q special prize at Cornegie
Hall oworded to her by Dr.. Rudolph 6onz, conductor Of the Young
Peoples Philharmonic Concerts and president Of the Chcoeo
Musical College, for excellence in notebook work. The special
prize was q book entitled, "MuscoI Encyclopedia" by Deems Toy
lor. Dolores is q consistent prize winner, being d musicion ond
composer in her own right. She and her sister, Bernice, - have
travelled over the country giving piono concerts to over twenty
colleges. They we're the only Negro juvenile d~up-pionists in Amer
ico. Besides their musical studies, they ore doing q splendid Job
assisting their mother, Mrs. Wild Lee Calvin, owner Of the Col
yin News Service in The journalistic field.
The photo shows Dolores receiving the prize from D.. Gonz
while Phyllis Poull, olso a prize winner, looks on.
Arkansas State press., 1944-05-05

Released by U. 8. War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
COMING TO u. S.-Seven-year.
old Brenda Drucilla Maxwell, Lib
erian orphan who was legally
adopted last November by Second
Lieutenant Crystalee M. Maxwell
Of the Army Nurse Corps, Is ex.
pected to arrive in the United
States soon from her native Mon.
rovia. Brenda will live and attend
school at Fort Huachuca, Arizona,
where Lieutenant Maxwell Is sta.
toned. u. s. Army photo.)
Arkansas State press., 1944-05-05

Now. until Bilbo learns to keep
his mouth closed as a civilian and
General Patton as an Army officer
realizes the same, and, until we
have defeated the enemies OF this
country buy WAR BONDS. But,
until we can realize the existence
Of the Four Freedoms, and a
mans deeds and not his color,
tfor color is skin deep, and can
be easily camouflaged) make him
superior, support your PRESS, for
it may he your press that will
give You the answer to the $64
"?".
Arkansas State press., 1944-05-05

The Draft Board is finally do
ing TO Ninth Street Just what the
better class of citizens have been
trying to do for a number of
years-cleaning it us.-'Stoo bad
they are limiting their cleaning
to 3Sers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
Senatorial Warnings

Two Republican senators, Ball of Min nesota and Burton of Ohio, have given some timely advice on the subject of Arnericas participation in world Secur- ity organization. The former has called for defeat at the polls of II senators he deSignates (without nanaing) as "lsola- tionists," MT. Burton has warned that these II senators and others are already preparing to block our membership m any international peace group. These warnings, coming from within the Sen ate, cannot be safely dismissed as idle words. Nor can they be called political, for both senators have identified eight of their II allegedly isolationiSt colleagues as Republicans,
 MT. Burton, unlike MT. Ball, does not ask for direct action by the voters next month, Instead he presses for majority vote of House and Senate to ratify treat les, instead of the two-thirds Senate vote now required And he urges speedy for nation of a world security organization with the warning that its opponents in the Senate would tear apart" any elab- crate plan.
 Perhaps MT. Burton is asking more speed from the cumbersome machinery of constitutional amendment and world ratification than they are capable of. But at least his and MT. Balls statement re- call and emphasize the paramount part which the Senate will play, under present constitutional provisions, in our joining any world peace movement
 Whether or not we join such move ment depends much more on the Senate'S membership than 1t does on the occupant of the White House. This was proved, of course, by the "willful men" of 19l9-20. But today, when the presidential cam paign looms so large in the public mind, 1t Is worth thinking about again. The two senators obvious concern is Signifi" cant in view of the fact that the Senate Is already on record as favoring the Con- pally. resolution, which urges American membership In a world peace organiZa- ton, by vote of 85 to 5. This same pop ular sentiment Is reflected in the House Fulbright resolution and the platforms of both major parties.
 While this sentiment Is at Its height, Mr. Burton calls for prompt action on both his suggestions.
 However prompt or slow this action may be, the two senators have at least given voters implicit notice to examine senatorial candidates records scrupu- lously in the light of their own desires for world security
 And they have provided them with another reminder that, whatever the countrys sentiment, one-third plus one of a Senate quorum could block American participation in an international security organization, and perhaps jeopardize the peace of the world
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
Reticence and Imitation

Postwar planning has been on pretty high plane thus far-government oftl- cials, congressman, bigwlgs of business and labor. But there is one postwar chore that we ordinary mine-run citizens can do, starting TOW and continuing after Germany's defeat. We can be both cooperative and watchful in the cam paif.n against imitation. The danger point of Imitation is still ahead of us. Prices continued to shoot upward for 20 months after Armistice Day, 1918, and they could do 1t again. The American people have something like $100 1000 0OO,- 900 in savings, They need a lot of war. scarce goods and services. Business and industry are just as eager to supply as the public is to buy. These goods and services will be scarce even after reconversion1 starts. Add scarcity to competition and plenty of money and you have an infla- ton threat which explains why price con trol and some rationing will be with us for a considerable time. We do not need IWacuum cleaners to have imitation danger. Ilt is here now in the field of foods. So we Ican start being watchful right now.
 But one may ask aren't ceilings and lrationIng taking care of the dangerP Erhe answer Is that the OPA can't check Ievery purchase In every store throughout the country. The ultimate responsibility rests where 1t has since controls and black markets began, with the retailer and the customer. OPA has surveyed the situation and found that sizable mum. Der of grocers and customers still feel that it's exclusively the governments job to make price control work. The survey reveals that over-ceiling prices are found ln IS per cent of food stores, and that 30 per cent fail to display these prices prop erly. It shows that 43 per cent of cus- toners fail to find out the ceiling price of meats before they buy.
 But perhaps the most significant figure as this: 36 per cent of housewives think they are sometimes being overcharged, but only about half mention the fact to their grocer, and much smaller number report these oVerchargeS to local ration boards. Without some conscious effort to curb this customer reticence, price viola. lions will increase as victory hears and the urge to "let up" grows stronger. And reticence isn't easy to curb. Most house. wives don't court unpleaSantnesS. They hate being embarrassed by making scene. But these risks are worth taking and should be taken for the sake of every- body. Imitation would knock the props from under Q lot of postwar plans. It would be c gtockingly difficult mess to Ret out of. Public vigilance now against an inflaticnary rise in food costs, which take 40 cents out of most household dol- lars, can do much to prevent 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17

Missouri, Oklahoma, Washington, Ore gon, California, etc., amounts to hold ing-out known information.
 Top politicians who are best informed concerning the nation know that most of those States in the East, that aren't accounted for in the Gallup Poll, are not very doubtful They will tell you, on the u.t,, that most of these States m New England, New York and Pennsyl- vania are = almost-Safe in the Repub- lican "bag". Tn short, the Gallup Poll is not going to announce close results too far in advance; because, if 1t should miss the guess, it would be as dead as the Lit- erary Digest when that publication made its last poll.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Time Co Duck the CTi

The melancholy days are come aid VIC hope you will give us m. other educational course on the c om mon Respiratory Infections end how to avoid them. At our house VIC attribute tho extraordin. ary freedom from such illnesses we have enjoyed for several seasons now to the teachings of our good friend, "Or Doc Brady"
 Answer-Thank you. I'll try to get in on occasional talk on that subpect--but whenever refer to prevention of the CRI Common respiratory infections) -, Q lot of important people get pretty sore be- cause l ridicule such harmless iIl' cidents aS drafts, wet feet, insufti. cient clothing, chilling, change Of weather.
 How to Make Coffee and Win
 Friends
 I am anxious to learn more about your method of making coffee. We have always assumed that cofiee 1 bad for (M. D. "A AnMswer-what M lot of Joy you have missed. Send 26 cents. and stamped self addressed envelope for the red book What to Eat and Why"-and study the chapter there. in on How to Make Coffee and Win tccpyrisht lO44, John P. DilIs col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
John H. Goss

A few short weeks ago John H. Goss retired as president of the Scovill Manu- facturing Company with which he had been associated for fifty years, He was named chairman of the board, at the time of his retirement and the selection of new officers and expected to keep in close touch with Scovill'S. Ills death early yesterday morning came as great shock to the city and state which held Mr. GoSs in high regard.
 His association with the company was begun, as we stated in an earlier editorial, when as young man he began as a tool maker to learn the business from the ground up. His passing Is a great loss to the community for he not only was leader in the industrial field but also in the civic affairs of Waterbury and was likewise conspicuous In statewide affilia- tions. The Mayor of Waterbury In his summing up of Mr. Goss'S service to our city and the many other tributes paid him describe his importance to the con- munity.
 He was an ideal citizen; one who held the respect of all and has sense Of values. He participated in the various programs outlined for the citys better fnerlt. In life he outlined for himself a pattern to which he adhered and which he faithfully followed. He and his fam fly have always stood for stability in bus ineEs; and honor in their dealings with their felloWmen.
 We say that in his passing the city has lost valuable citizen, Our sympathy and the sympathy of all Is extended his family at this time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17

the attention of the KilgOre Committee, which l shall be glad tO dO."
 He pointed out also that the Department of Justice had had no knowledge of any ship ment by Ohio Seamless as late as Marc'I 1889, since the Mitsublshi lette, had been written a month earlier
 "In fact" Martin wrote, T had had no previous indication that, in fact. your company did make shipments of materials af- ter the Secretary of States moral embargo of June, l3, l93S."
 In other words, Ohio Seamless Tube was shipping to Japan nine months after the embargo.
 The Justice Department also listed as among those willing to continue shipments to Japan af- ter the moral embargo the Thompson Products company, whose president, Fred c. Craw- ford, Is former president of the National Association of Manufac. turers.
 Crawford's company. according to the Mitsubighi agency was will- ing to ship valve forgings to Japan on condition that the or. der sheet listed only style num- bers. with other details of the transaction to be handled by con- fidential memos.
 This was the policy followed by Bethlehem Steel and other com- panies, the Jap agent wrote. ex. plaining that these companies were afraid not of federal inter. ference with their shipments of war materials to Japan but of dif- ficuities with their workers. The CIO and AF'L were already ou record against shipments to ja' pan. he wrote. and industrial lsts were afraid of labor trouble if their workers learned the deS. tination Of the products they were turning out.
 Copyright, le44. by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
Selected Poem

TO AUTUMN Muriel Tanner In the Hartford courant Poets
 Corner) Autunn's rsonalIty is bright;
 Her Witching ways Do faSclnate our cool October gaze- She wears such coiors warming to our sight Her russet woods reveal an amber lght
 Her ghimmerlng haze On heather hills that burn she lightly lays, Vermilion, gold and copper her delight, she paints the gunnac crimson to recall Tn winters cold; she leaves q pumpkin trail Where cornshocks lean and covers old stone wall With woodbine flames the staggering fence rail Flaants bitterSweet--red harvest moon OCT all, Hn rustIlng winds alone, sad hints prevail
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
AS A MATTER OF FACT

Announcement about this time that there will be more and better toys this season helps the morale. The down. hearted anticipate lively time ahead in the various toy departments that flour iSh In our town and everybody's town. The gladstone sight of toys enraptures young and old, Since the days of old when Curran's (on South Main Street) featured @ life-size Santa Claus in the window of It's drygoods store the season has been one of joy and anticipation. There will be fewer toys of paper-board, and more of wood Steel and iron toys will still be among the missing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17

of their salary to Kleberg's of. flee,
 The CongFeSsman's excuse was that he needed funds to pay his office expenses and balance his budget.
 However, Senate investigator just returned from Texas, has dis- covered that although three youngsters ware forced to kicE back part of their salary, Kle. borg'S King ranch could afford to contribute 0 total of $2,600 to Senator Pappy o'Daniel's hate Roosevelt campaign.
 Senator ODaniel boasts that the money for his radio und hls newspaper comes from the little people of the state, sent to tho Common Citizens Radio Commit tee," However, unless the Kle. berg ranch could be called little people," there weren't many littls people on the list. The bulk of ODanielS money came from Sen, Ed Moore of Oklahoma and big oil man +. R. Cullen. Eacn kicked in the neat sum of $25,- 900,
 EMBARGO VIOLATION
 Sometimes 1t Is heteW to let sleeping dogs lie. That's what William o. Connolly of Shelby, Ohio found out when James Mar tin of the Department of Justies read to the Kilgore Committee Q letter from the New York agent Of the Japanese trading company, MitSubishi, in which the agent told the home office that among American firms willing to ship air. craft parts to Japan after tho moral embargo of June. lo3e, was the Ohio Seamless Tube Co.,. Of Shelby, o.
 Following this, President Con- nelly, of the Seamless Tube Go, wrote demanding that the com. mittee be informed Ohio Seam- less Tube had not shipped to Japan since March, 1889.
 Justice Departments Martin replied: ~ think It entirely ap. prOpriate to call your letter to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
CAFFERY TO TRANCE
tNew Haven Journal-c courier)


 The appointment of Jefferson Caffery as ambassador to France adds luster to famous Louisiana name. Donelson Caffery of the same family, . senator in the i800S, was perhaps the ablest man that Louisiana has sent to the Senate since the Civil War.
 Jefferson Caffery'S life work has been the governments foreign serv. ice. Starting in 1911 q tthe bottom Of the diplomatic ladder, he has held posts in Venezuela, Sweden, Persia, France, Spain. Greece, Ger many and Japan. Lately he has specialized In Latin American of- fees, having been minister to n Salvador and Colombia, and ain- basSador to Cuba and Brazil.
 Now comes his most important post yet, the French ambGssadorShip. It would Do hard to think of any, one with c more thorough training for 50 responsible c job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
MENTAL nERANGENFENT

whether the soldiers who develoR one or another form of mental de- engagement while in training or iD service are simply the defectivea who would have done SO had they never been inducted ct all, ts . matter of opinion. How you would take 1t I don't know, but sus. pect I'd develop Q bad case of the filters from the din of battle alone, to say nothing of the extreme inc minece of danger. Fear is the prin' cipal cause of shock.
 Tn World War, Part I, "sheU shock" was the favorite term for 1t. Tn World War, Part IT, that name has gone out of fashion and various other names have been in- troduced, I don't know just why. By whatever name they call 1t, the breakdown would have happened sooner or later, was or no war, Had there been no war the breakdown would have been ascribed to "over- work" worry, business cares, finan- cial responsibilities and the stress and strain of modern life, whatever that may mean. Anything but the sins of the victim or the sins of his parents.
 Here is my suggestion to the in- dividual who believes his trouble ia nervous exhaustion, brain, flag, nervous fatigue, neurasthenia, nervo ous breakdown or weak nerves. You may need e complete rest but for goodness sake don't try to get it by sitting around or by lying around. The rest you need is change change of task, change of occupa- ton, change of routine living habit, change of scene, but particularly change of living habit-if you are now living by your wits, or as Q parasite upon or by the bounty Of friend or relative, snap out of It, get yourself c job of honest work, work you do with your muscles that's the rest you need.
 And here Is Q suggestion to the individual who is in training for Q neurotlc career. If you are a soft white collar worker, Q professional person, c business man or woman. Q housekeeper who doesn't keep house but hires 1t kept for her a student or an artist 1t Is not health ful recreation for you to attend the ball game, the theater or the foot ball game as spectator, not even If you get excited and scream at umpire players or other hysterical suectators like yourself. But 1t Is flne recreation for you to speid your afternoon of playing little game of ball In sandlot or pasture or hik. ing to the next village or DOING SOMETHING with your hands, any kind of work that requires usc Of your muscles. Work. play. hobby, pastime, recreation. diversion, game, sports, whateevr you choose for rec" rcation. If yours is a sedentary oc. cupation. let it be SOMETHING YOU DO YOURSELF, preferably something you can do as well or perhaps better than your comp&n. Ions, opponents or competitors. If you will make e brief survey of all the "nervoys" folk you know. or those who purport to have nervous fatigue. nervous exhaustion" or nervous breakdown" you will find that they are almost always people who had nothing to DO by way Of nvocation, people with one-trock minds. people with little interest, knowledge, ability, skill or enthu- siasm for anything outside of their fixed means Of livelihood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
PIED PIPER OF PARAMOUNT
(New York Herald -Tribuno)

NHUW xVEk EAGEhAo@ &EAbuAVI
 Some thirty thousand youthful fanatics, ecstatic devotees of Frank ginatra, put on c demonstration in Times Square Columbus Day which challenges rational explanation. The occasion, of course, was Sinatra'g ap- pearance ct the Paramount Theater and the opportunity this afforded to sec and hear The Voice in person, also the coincidence Of . school hoe liday. But why this insenSate siege requiring for It's control hundreds Of police reserves? Professor Henry E. Garrett, Columbia psychologist, has calod it . case Of mass fygteria" complicated by the war. He goes on to say that this little fellow (eina- tra) represents some kind of Ideal. ized hero, much like the story of Prince Charming also that he, tho professor, has heard better singers"
 He fails short of SatiSfying our curiosity. By no criterion hitherto accepted does it seem possible to deBcribe "this little fellowv as 6 Prince Charniingg either in ap- pearance or yOoalIys He ig, hoWever. Q nnaateg q t,Nins and tenno e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
Views Of The Press

90 some Of our more musical friends insist. and hence in his songs, they say, supplies 6 rhythm irresistible to his teen.age idolatorS. Maybe now the trail grows warmer. Par- ticularly in 6 mad world, Q rhythmic beat, If perfected, acquires Q prim- tive force to which the adolescent mind is the first to surrender.
 Which reminds one Of the old le- gend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. In light of the sinatra craze, per- haps there was such a little fel- low" who, with his playing, lured all the children of Hamelin to the Kop- pelberg hill, where he and they dis- appeared--aii but one, who waa lame. American parents of children with sturdy legs-it takes such to make c iiepcat-might do well to keep afi eye on sinAtra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
ARMY CIEAPLAINs
(poaton Post,

We'll deserved was yesterdays praise by Drigadier- General Arnold, chief of chaplains, for the e reii- giolis denominations now having chaplains in the United etatea army. They have done an "excep- tionally fine piece of work" in se- lecting their representatives, he said. This is more important than
 most of Us think, for about half the men going into the army are without previous religious training.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17

ingS; that man is richest who. having perfect cd the functions of his own life to the utmost. has also the wid- est helpful in- huonce :" w
 Man has al- ways been fagcl. mated by wealth. No two men will nRrNN in their