davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-08-11
D I R V A

uzimti kokias nors tarnybas. Buvo regis
truojami ivairiu profesiju zmones, tarp ju
ir kariai.
Ia kariu registracija Valstybes Tary-
boje prasidejo dar 1918 metu pavasari.
Pir,nas isiregistravo karininkas Kazys
skirpa. Liepos m. ir as pasiunciau laiska
kad ir name iregistruotu j kariu sarasa.
Maniau kad kai prades kariuomene orga-
nizuoti pirmuciausia pakvies isiregistra-
vusius. Pasiuntes laiska, apie jo liki-
ma nieko nezinojau Pakvietimo, zinoma,
taip ir nesulaukiau. Tx 1929 metals SUI
zinojau kad pirmuju kariu sarasa as Wis
delto buvau itrauktas.
Noredamas suzinoti ar jau pradejo
organizuotis kariuomene ir kas tote srity-
je daroma, sekiau Vilniaus Lietuviu spau-
d.. Taciau, deja, slinko laikas ir jau ru-
duo ant nosies lipo, bet apie Lietuviu ka-
riuomene nieko nebuvo girdeti Pagaliau
isgirdau kad Stasys Peleckis is saukenu
miestelio rengiasi vaziuoti Vilniu Nu-
emu, susipazystu, ir trumpai pasikalbam.
Pasirodo, apsisvietusio vyruko esama ir
tikrai besiruosiancio vaziuoti savanoriu j
Vilniu.
- Turbut kas nors daroma, - sake
iis man, - mes is musu valsciaus isnyko
karininkas Musteikis Gis zuvo nepriklau-
somvbes karuose. S. b., bet siaip ir Pc
leckis nedaug ka zinojo apie kariuomenes
kurimasi. Galu gale susitareme ir mudu
vykti j Vilniu. Bet kartu SUI juo neteko
isvaziuoti, nes susirgau tuomet siautusiu
gripu ir apie menesi isgulejau. Pasvei-
kau tik@ Gruodzio pradzioje
MOtinOs asarOs
Atsikeles is lovos, pradejau ruostis j
Vilniu. Karta vyresnysis brolis, matyda-
mas kad dar tebesu nevisai sveikas, pasiu-
le man pasilikti mamie, jis vaziuosias j
Vilniu.
- Ar tai ne vistiek kuris vaziuosime,
kad tik is tos pat seimos, - tare jis.
Su brolio pasiulymu nesutikau ir pa
sirvzau pats vaziuoti. Tevykui atvirai pa
sakiau savo tiksla, mes zinojau kad jis ma
mes nedraus Tai buvo gerai, optimistis-
kai nusiteikes senis Niekad ir niekuo ne
siskusdavo Visad jam buvo gerai, nors
trukumai vienas po kito il guldavo. Su
mamyte buvo blogiau. Nors skustis taip
pat retail temegdavo, bet buvo labai jau-
tri moteris. Savo tikslui atsiekti turejau
griebtis melo. Pasakiau kad vaziuosiu j
VnmQ tafnynOS J1eSkOCl. Bet j IuOJ Su-
prato mano mint, mes atsimine mano val
kystes svajones ir norus butt Lietuvos ka-
reiviu. Prisimine ir kalbas apie Lietuvos
kariuomene, man gryzus is Vokieciu ne
laisves.
zinau, vaike, - sake il man, -
kad tn vaziuosi j kariuomene. Names Sc
nos neapgausi. Jeigu names neklausysi
tai as verksiu. -.
Paskutine namytes prien1one buvo
asaros, kuriu as labiausia bijodavau. Ir
geruoju, ir piktuoju stengiausi motina
perkalbeti, bet jis Wis savo: "verksiu ir
tiek'. Pagaliau nusileido ir paskutini
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-31

which some time ago actually had
bill up for consideration in it's house
of representatives to bar immigra-
ton of Negroes.
"Crackerism" is found in increas-
ing evidence in cities in the North
of the United States. Crackers who
have never been off the farm, out
of the canebrake, or out of the
hills of their native Georgia, Ar
kansas, Mississippi, Louisiana or
Tennessee, are riding trains as
members of our Armed forces to
such places as New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Detroit
and Cleveland and demanding the
strict rules against Negroes be car
ried out. And the money-hungry
whites in these towns are showing
a willingness to do so.
Revolution After the War?
The revolution will come when
over a million Negro fighting men,
augmented by thousands of whites
who know the score, return to this
country and demand something far
better than what they left when
they went into the service. These
men will be super-trained and
knowing the art of warfare and
the science of human destruction
as no generation of mankind has
yet known these things.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-31

rot to which the sacred country will
give compliant hearing, acceding
to their wishes, thus perpetrating
further this ungodly usurpation of
power by a handful of backwoods
demagogues.
"Crackerism" is responsible for
the new" Navy policy which has
finally brought around the situa-
ton in which ID Negro Ensigns
have been appointed to man a Jim
Crow warship which in the past
has been conceived of as a sort of
glorifed mississippi River Flat
boat" with everything included ex-
cept the banjos, the bales of cotton
and the watermelons. The Army
has its own dual policy; a program
that calls for the same sacrifice of
life and limb, but which divides the
cannon fodder into two herds of
humanlty-those who are white and
those who are black.
"Hewers of Wood, Drawers of
Water"
"Crackerism" is responsible for
the RELOCATION of competent Negro
officers and soldiers to the role of
stevedores, dock wallpapers, "hewers
of wood and drawers of water" be-
cause of the inherent fear of the
southern bloc that Negroes might
git some ideas" European coun-
tries, including Germany, before
Hitler) which never paid attention
to a persons color as a basis of
recognition, are now in fuddle not
knowing what to do since the crack
er pattern for living has been taken
to England, Scotland, Italy and
elsewhere.
"Crackerism" has been brought
to the West Indian islands of
Jamaica, Trinidad, it has been
taken to Brazil, South Americas
great black and white republic,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-31
Plain Talk!
By Dan Gardner
"Crackerism" To Be Issue of
Battle of America"

Sooner or later this country has
got to take time out and dispose of
the problem of "Crackerism" or
suffer a revolution, bloodless or
economic approaching the scale of
the great Russian revolt. Like a
growing cancer, "crackerism" is
spreading throughout the world. 1t
is impeding the progress of the
war; it is hampering plans for the
peace that may come some day; it
is setting the stage for another
war-a war far greater than any
the world has yet known.
"Crackerism" is strictly an
American product and is generated
by the low, ignorant elements
among the degenerate pref Civil
War whites in the white Suprem-
acy" South whose wishes, aims and
inclinations are best expressed
through such mouthpieces as the
incredibly foul John Rankin from
the medieval state of Mississippi
and his equally as distasteful broth
er in verbal filth and viciousness,
Theodore Bilbo.
Cotton Ed Smith of South Caro-
lima has grown old in a life dedi-
Gated to evil and ill-will to Negroes.
He, along with Andrew May of
Kentucky, Tom Connally of Texas,
Ed Crump of Tennessee, George of
Georgia and Martin Dies of Texas
comprise as unholy a group of
homegrown fascists, mental terror
lists, and reactionaries as any coun-
try could spawn in one season.
Democrats Run the Nation
Democratic policies places such
men as these represent in the key
positions of our government. They
run the Navy, They runt the Army.
They run everything that can be
run and if it appears that they will
be prevented from running our ma
tional affairs, they are so ignorant
that they will retire to their tents
and issue foreboding threats of
secession from the Union, another
war of rebellion and other tommy
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-31
Volumes Worth Every Cent

Three ago lunch with Swedish
scholar Dr. Gunnar University Stockholm de
looking around with to the ground Al
Carnegie foundation
problem America At the time
months but ne mad
already developed q grasp OF the problem
He humorousy he had found his blood
Norwegn etc., In Minnie
sofa practically opinion Negro We mad pleasant
chat as we could about the relations between
Then parted He continued nus
travel visiting every the Union
Brothers published Dr. Myda
study of two Volumes pages every $3.50 they
leading magazines and news
We thought readers would ike TO read
review from Reddng Negro writer VINO Is
attracting great deal of writing circles today We there
FORE repnng Readings The New Republic
0 March 20.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-31
It's a Common Cause

Urban League its twelfth annual Vocational
Opportunity campaign directs its primary appeal youth the
Yous-Pan and Prepare The local
paign this opened by the
St. with radio broadcast Sunday evening
conference Chicago last FALL the national organ
combat racial conflict 1t called
those discriminatory practices which
provocaon while the time
that sedpne and of RESPONSE
equally essential the eventual dissolution of racial tensions
conflicts had already caused outbreaks
Conference leaders recognized
having had their conditions and
problems of rapidly expanding national At the
m dangerous.
Paul has been fortunate its freedom from racial clashes
however, immune For the good the St. Paul
vocational opportunity campaign this weekSt Paul Pioneer
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-31

any one political party. Instead,
the most serious consideration will
be given to choosing the man within
political party who actually
espouses the democratic theology.
If Willkie is sincere in "0ne World"
then he typifes the type of candi-
real democratic way of life does not
embrace the partition Of racial
date who will suit the Negro. But
the Negro wants to be sure that
Willkie, or any other potential
nominee, practises true democracy.
Truthfully, then, the South must
put US back on the royal road to
democracy. And, when / say the
South, mean a South that has
spilled over its regional boundaries
to fasten grasping tentacles of race
phobia on the remainder of the
land. In, fact, it should be stated
here that the North should not
criticize the South too severely for
its mistreatment of the Negro; in
all fairness, one must admit that
there exists in the North the same
pattern of race relations l have
ascribed to the South. Moreover,
l willingly concede that there are
other factors that hinder our prog
ress toward complete democracy;
but, even here, the race issue mud
dies the stream. Then, too, / should
proclaim that we are moving to-
ward a democratic state or else,
1, a Negro, living in the South,
could not pen these lines. The ques-
ton, though, is: How and when
will we reach this state? Segrega-
ton, definitely, is not the answer.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-31

"a AOSSC GLnb tAS1O al E S11h AyASA-
ings of Negroes, some of which new
er reach the eye of the general pub
lie. Hence when one takes into ac-
count the subtle fashion, alluded to
above, in which the Negro is be-
ing lynched in America, the i'm
mediate need of a federal anti
lynching law should become OBJ
vious. For, as long as any lynchings
white or black-occur, the spirit
of Judge Lynch" still lives.
Of grave Importance to the Ne
gro is this matter of police intimi-
dalton and double" justice in the
courts. At once, this brings up the
question of the Negro and crime.
1 shall not attempt to repudiate
the thesis that a considerable pro-
portion of Negroes commit criminal
acts. However, l would like to call
attention to the type and causes
of these misdemeanors. For the
most part, the Negro is not addicted
to planned crimes. His offenses
seem to fall mainly in the cate
gories of petty thievery and un-
premeditated killing. Why is this ?
Again, the fabric of Southern So
ciety is responsible. Goaded by his
submarginal status, as reflected in
restricted job opportunities and
poor housing, the Negro gives vent
to a natural upheaval of frustrated
human emotion, acting to live the
best way he can-especially when
honest efforts appear unavaiing.
Gallant indeed is it for liberal
whites to endorse Negro policemen
for Negro neighborhoods, in South
ern communities; but while we are
waiting for this to come to pass,
these liberals might well direct
suggestions for restrained action to
those white minions of the law who,
political sycophants that they are,
proceed upon the principle that you
beat the Negro first and ask ques-
tons afterward. But why, in the
first place, should Negro police
men be confined to Negro areas ?
1t would be a fine lesson in democ-
racy to station Negro police Of
ficers in both white and Negro
neighborhoods. My ears are ring.
ing with the singing rebukes
that, 1 am told, certain South.
ern jurists deliver to black cul'
prits, advising that the Negro
"better not listen to those agitator:
from up North and to remember
that the South is a white mans
country" Even as / say this,
am mindful of the fact that there
are courts in the South and South
ern peace officers who take theil
jobs seriously enough to be fail
in their administration of justice
Unfortunately, they are in the min
ority.
A prime medium in conveying ;
distorted picture of the alleges
criminality Of the Negro is tn
white press" Pursuing persis
tent policy of the studied omission
of news relating to the wholesome
progress and activities of Negr,
life, in favor of the prominent dis
play of items depicting degradini
conduct by Negroes, the white pres
has tended to perform a dis-servic,
to the Negro. incidentally, tn
shortcomings of the white pres
have permitted the radio, through
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-31
A Negro Looks at the South
by Reid Jackson in the New Republic

Continued from March "a lSsue)
man society for which l am con-
stitutiOnally fitted In everyday
parlance, this means that can
work at any job for which l am
competent; attend any school for
which l possess the educational re-
quirements; patronize any place of
business or amusement for which
l can pay; cast vote for my can
didate unmolested; buy a home in
the residential section that attracts
my fancy; or look to the police Of
ficer for protection rather than
maltreatment-just to mention q
few desiderata. Civil liberties is
the name for such privileges. But,
for me, they remain nothing more
than shibboleths; moreover, what
happens when I attempt to obtain
them? Would that l could share
Editor Virginius Dabney's sanguine
conviction that the Negro sis less
apt to be lynched than at any time
since the Civil War, that he is more
apt to obtain justice in the courts,
and that his educational opportun-
tiles are far better" Perhaps times
are better than they used to be
but the question with me is How
much better?"
First of all, let's talk about lynch
ing. Do you refer to the old
fashioned or the modern method?
1t used to be sport for sadistic
mob to string a Negro-yes, any
Negro-to a nearby tree. In those
days, these were more or less iso-
lated cases. Today, lynchings paral-
lei the blitzkrieg technique popu-
larized by Hitler. Scared by a
fame of race hatred, mobsters de-
scend upon Negro "ghettos" with
bludgeoning clubs and blazing re-
volvers, in place of rope and faggot.
Haven't you heard about that mess
in Beaumont and the fare-up in
Detroit?" We should whisper that
they were race riots, since we are
now engaged in all-out war effort.
What does it matter that scores of
Negro homes were reduced to
shambles? Weren't they too good
for those 'uppity' niggers? They
were making too much money any
wayw What difference does it make
if the majority of the dead and in
| jured were Negroes? "a few dead
niggers won't hurt, anyway. 1t
will teach 'em that they'd better
stay in their place! Do you sup
pose it's true about that white
woman in Beaumont not being
touched by a niger? Any Niger
would rape the first white woman
he'd have a chance to. just cant
believe she wasntw
But lynching is lynching, any way
that you look at it. Nor can thii
malady be cured by the insistencC
of Southern states that they b
left alone to handle this delicate
problem. To bolster their argumen
that they can and will abolish
lynching, these states pirate loudl!
of Estate sovereignty" and issu'
bland announcements of reputed de
clines in the number Of lynchings
OF course, the Southern states ar
not alone in their tendency to lyncl
Negroes, for Northern communities
more than seldom, stage such mol
orgies. While it is true that Their,
has been a decline in the number O
llynchings, it is also equally worth!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-31
My Country, Too!

This is my country, too
These stars and stripes mine,
My roots go deeper than the dew,
My heart clings harder than a vine.
This is my country too,
I'm soluble, fit each mold,
I'm part of all things old and new,
am as copper mixed with gold.
This is my country, too,
Land for which fight and toll,
And he is fool and traitor who
Would send me "home" to alien soil.
This is my country too,
This is my own my native land,
Life liberty happiness pursue
AS birthrights not contraband
This is my country, too
Though nothing may do may overwhelm,
To keep this ship of states course true,
My hands must touch its helm.
This is my country, too
Strange fruit my heart remembers,
Great fires of hate my souls been through
But I'm American above the cruel embers
james T. Logan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-23

the very best produced by advertis-
ing men,
He had not actually made his
home here for a long time but he was
such frequent visitor and had had
so many local business interests that
he might almost have been termed a
resident. Moreover, he was born in
Lapeer and began his active and me-
teoric business career as a Detroit
newspaper man.
He will be sorelv missed by his
advertising associates and everybody
else who knew and admired his tire
less energy, his charming personality
and his facile mind.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-23
Arthur kud liner

THE untimely and sudden death
L last Friday of Arthur H. Kudner
came as a shock to the entire adver-
Using profession of America. Also it
removed from that valuable field one
of its most brilliant members.
Mr.. Kudner practiced what the
late Arthur Brisbane so consistently
preached; that much of the finest
current literature was to be found in
advertising copy
Although he was keen executive
and }prodigal of ideas Mr. Kudner
was first, and always, a writer. Since
before the first world war the copy
he wrote year after year was among
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-23

WE KNOW that Japan has suffered heavy losses
w in planes.
Some experts place these losses at from seven
to sixteen of their planes to our one.
Japan's naval aviation has been the principal
sufferer, for yet only feD army planes haze
been inDolDed.
We can assume that at the start of the war
Japans naval planes aggregated about 5000, with
the army air force at an equal number, or 10000
planes in all.
Our output in planes last year was nearly
100000 planes.
We are building 5000 month
1t is unlikely Japan can produce even one
fifth Of that number, about 1,500 month
The losses of japanese planes so far have
probably absorbed this increase.
There was reported loss to Japan of nearly
500 planes in January, 1914 ~
Our filters report that the number of planes
encountered are lessening in numbers.
THIS bold move of our fleet into the Marshalls
is no doubt co-ordinated with Gen. Mac
Arthur's and Adm. Halsey's operations in the
southwest Pacific.
After the capture or naturalization of Rabaul
the ultimate aim of all the forces will be Truk in
the Carolines.
The capture of the Marshalls however, eUen
If the fleet goes no farther lDest makes safer our
routes to aid Macarthur in his operatonal area.
Our navy leans heavily on air power for
victory.
The numerous aircraft carriers with the fleet
will be the spearhead of actions.
AIR FORCES FROM THE CARRIERS
WILL ACCOMPLISH THE SOFTENING UP OF
ISLANDS MARKED OUT FOR CAPTURE BY
LAND ASSAULT
WE CANNOT be certain this bold movement bv
w our fleet to the westward is the BEST
strategy that can be devised
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-23
FAIR
ENOUGH
BY We tbrook
PegIer

DOBERT r. MCCORMICK, the
IL editor and proprietor of the
Chicago Tribune, IS raising gen.
erouS quantities Of something
which in these regions Is known
AS unShirted hell, a term whose
precise meaning eludeS me- over
is years IN the White House,
the third. second and first terms,
our foreign relations. the foul
intent of Henry Wallace 10
sovletize this talr land of ours
the intrusion OF the British in
our domestic politics, Marshall
FTG1u ( INTRUSION IN local mOfn-
ing journalism and Mrs. RooSe-
veltS intrusion in everything.
Col. Mccormick is patriotic
almost to the point of frenzy,
and he has been giving the New
Deal and its people and its
blatherSkite press a magnificent
FASTING al their own style of
fighting which is strictly pier 6.
They don't like il. They think
he fights dirty but the real
trouble is that he lets them
make the rules and then stands
flatfooted and rips the belly
right out of them.
THIS is one of those historic
Il journalistic scraps. and,
though nobody can have any
way of knowing the extent of
NtCGOTWTCkS Influence and -tUf=-
lowing 1t would be silly 10 think
that he speaks only for himself
in his isolationiSm, his suspicion
Of Soviet Russia and of those
who disparage the Bill of Rights
and the mighty ability of the
free United States TO maintain
a superior position after this
war.
There is more isolationiSm
and stronger popular feeling
of national independence in this
area than you will sense along
the eastern Seaboard and. al
though TO some degree this is
native to the region. unques-
tionably il has been whipped up
by Mr.. Mccormick and in the
face of bitter and often nasty
opposition.
He has been called a Fascist
by Mr.. Wallace, who has taken
an active part in the develop
ment of controls lifted right out
of the book of Mussolini, for
printing and preaching in stri-
dent alarm and anger his furi-
Gus All h in the integrity,
strength and future OF his own
country.
LIE IS the most violent fighter
II for these things in Amer
lean journalism at this crucial
time, and some of. his blows
shock even those who mildly
agree with him because he has
no more personal respect for
the President or Mrs. Roosevelt
man the administration and ITS
press have for him and Tom
Dewey. for example.
If il is smear that the other
side wants TO play, then all
right, Mr.. Mccormick will play
smear, too, but for keeps.
He bars none of them, in print
or on the air, and when they
call him a Tory, which means
traitor. he yells Communist,
which means traitor. too, and
other epithets as rough.
Nobody could ever call him
popular, for his personality is
not winsome, but the man can
fight and the worst that can be
said of him in this battle is that
he has not hesitated 10 adopt
dirty method used against him
and use it with superior clever
ness and force.
Copyright, 1914, by United Features, synd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-23
By Dr.. SoDino n. ConnoII

-Irlk Island is an important
objective IN what war area
'al tho Mediterranean. tbl
The Aleuiian. CO. the south
WcV Pacific
The Dardauelles are la)
be'"eer Spain and Africa
CO. between Europe and
|Htua /t ,brtween sweden
ard Germany
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