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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08
Building The Future For Children And YOUTH

living under conditions that deprive them OF the
opportunities and privileges contributing to good
citizenship. These and thousands more will be
subject 10 such conditions in the postwar period
unless ways are found to meet the problems Of
children whose home conditions or individual
difficulties or disabilities require special atten-
ton
The experience of the war period has fully
demonstrated that state and local public and
private welfare agencies do not now have the
necessary services and facilities 10 meet the
eial needs Of children. In the majority of csun.
ties in the United States there is child welfare
worker available TO serve the children who have
needs with which their families cannot cope
aided.
We have failed our children in not providing
adequately for the following: services To indi-
vdual children including those who cannot he
cared for. or are cared for inadequately. in their
own homes those who have problems Of adjust
ment because of individual difficulties or handi
caps those coming To the attention Of the police
runawayS adoescents stranded in war COM
munties: facilities for temporary shelter and de-
tentlon-large numbers Of young children. many
very young. held in jails children whose
mothers employed services for children born
gu, 81 wedlock services for children under
guardianship: services for mentally deficient
children child guidance services
Child welfare services should be part OF the
program Of state and local public welfare do.
psrimsnh. Public resources should be fully
available 10 discharge the basic responsibilities
OF government fer meeting the social needs Of
children. This result can be achieved through
cooperation OF federal state. and local govern.
mems. -'-
Federal Aid Fer Education
: Federal support for education 10 make
possible for all children access 70 basic gen
crs education and 10 additional opportunities
IN accordance with interest, capacity, and
special needs
= Use Of federal.aid funds 10 reduce the
financial expense incident 10 attack IN elcmen-
,arv and secondary schools through free text
hooks and supplies transportation. elimination
Of laboratory and other fees, and other meas
ures
Federal funds for extension and improve
ment 81 essential services such as school,lunch
programs. library services. school health pro-
grams, and other services TO meet educational
needs
Federal Child Labor Legislation
Strengthening and extension ~ federal reeula-
ton Of child labor 10 cover gaps now existing.
Adequate appropriations for enforcement.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08
NO RISK

AT the British Army Intelligence
headquarters in London this story
Is told Of an earnest bot misfit
London socialite who volunteered
for confidential work. He spent
three months. reading . large num-
Der OF confidential and highly tech
nical documents. But despite hts
earnestness and concentration, he
could understand none OF Il. He
couldn't repeat. correctly. the
formula he was supposed 10 men,
crize. nor could he memorire the
figures. He asked for another as
signment-that Of parschutinK into
France before D-Day. When his
request was approved. he asked:
But suppose I'm captured and
questioned: Suppose they torture
me to tell them what I know: What
them" His General hone
fully said: Tell them. Tell them
everything you know"
Leonard Lyons In n. Y. Post
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08

Dutch girls have more pride
they never threw themselves At
u.s." said . third.
In one small town. returned SOL
diers nailed a poster in the market
place warning the girls against
traternizing with Americans. Iso-
lated cases OF young German SOL
diers "disciplining" girl friends for
contacts with Americans have been
reported.
Men Bitter Over Lifting Of Han
Oddly. the returning Germans
did not AZ first object to the re-
Taxation OF the ban against fra
termination. They thought il would
be a good thing il Americans could
talk "a Germans. Today. all but
4 few older men object strenuous
~ 10 their womenfolks relations
with American soldiers The older
men ask csndidly: We had the
same thing in France. Poland and
ltsly--why should German girls be
different
How serious this problem can
become no one cares 10 guess ~
present There are $4,000 former
German soldiers in Frankfort alone
and more than a quarter million
in the American zone, according
70 latest estimates
Generally. the former soldiers
are eager 10 see thorou gh de-
ratification. an attitude that re
fleets their conviction that they
suffered more al the hands Of the
Nazi party than he ordinary civil
ian. Most Of them believe that
all former Nszis ought 10 be re-
moved from public life. and there
is much less willingness than
among civilians 10 permit small
fry Nszis 10 maintain their posi-
tons either in Government or IN
industry. Most Of them feel that
the American Identification pro-
gram Is progressing at a sstlStac-
tory rate.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08
WORM TURNS?

Eugene r. Flitcraft Of Chicago
Is having troubles with his Cen
tile Business Directory" . 152-pags
handy shopping guide for Gentiles
who prefer TO do business with
Gentiles" tslH. The Chicago Bet
ter Business Bureau reports that
many of the listings are unauthor-
iIed and inaccurate. and . number
Of firms and individuals are con-
sidering legal action on the ground
that listing In such . publication
Injuries their regulations.
The Nation
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08
ORIGINAL ERROR

Eileen Barton reports hearing
two Indians discussing the early
history of the North American
Indian. They reviewed the
errors that led To almost extinction
Of their people and finally one re-
marked. Il think the greatest errsr
our ancestors made was not having
. Bureau Of Immigration"
Il. X. Stevenson IN
The Detroit News
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08
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interview WITH SELMA BURKE
battling the town over his be-
friending Of Q Negro child, be-
came the first Of Selmas patrons
wv LTUTaN TUNITtEs
Or Negro Children

came the nrst or SelmAs patrons
Wins Library Privilege
Or Negro Children
Il was gwen every opportunity
to study" she recalls Any book
she wanted was obtained for heI
from The lIolary-sn institution re-
stricted To whites.
Years later she paid back this
debt Of hooks. Returning home
10 do q bust Of the town doctor.
she presented IL tn the library.
asking in return that Negro chill
dren be allowed To use the In
stitution freely. Her request was
granted.
She had N 20 20 Winston Salem
~ attend high school because the
South had no Negro high schools
a, that time Later, al the request
OF her mother. who thought sculp.
tuIe would leave me starvinx." she
learned q profession-nursing. She
graduated a. the top Of her class
from nursing school. only "a quit
practicinz after few months
Selma, determined 10 study art.
came Ia NeN York in 1898. selling
her fathers library 10 get money
10 live. She has never overcome
sense OF guilt in disposing Of his
books for mere money. she admits.
Now her own extensive and varied
book collection gives her an OBJ
scure sense OF rectifying the crime.
First working rs q model 10
earn money for food. Selma final
ly won . scholarship to Column
bta. There she won q 81. 500 Julius
Rosenwald award for q paper on
American sculpturing materials.
Since then the artists rise has
been steady. including trips to
Europe. prize after prize. and grad
usl public reclamation.
Selma Burke. now mature
woman and rising artist. lives oy
herself in her studio at IS z. 10th
street She lives energeticsliy and
WIN gsiety rising at 6 am 10 work
Win gaiety. rising at s a m tc work
She loves 10 cook things you
must do q lot to" for her friends.
and uses wine lavishly In her
cooking. She recently abandoned
all work to repaint her entire
apartment In anticipation Of .
visit from Mrs. Eleanor Roose-
welt.
She collects things. Everything"
particularly school bells and tea
pots. and likes TO make silver
lewelry, hammering oot bracelets
20 match a certain costume.
Designing hats is another inter-
est tackled with gaiety. Her most
recent creation was hydranga
kept fresh in small test tube
which she wore for several days.
Her battle for education in the
South, her struggle 10 eat in New
York while she studied are all
described in serene terms now
Only one aspect OF her life 70
mains for her tragedy.
In 1923 she married Duran
Woodward. an undertaken. VIII,
had been her playmate all throus
childhood. Eleven months later h,
died Of blood poisoning. She ha,
never remarked and his gold wed
ding band is the only ring she
wears
One day hope to marry again. =
she says softly. But I have al
ways judged men by my husband.
and have never met one whe
measures up
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08
FRATERN|z|NG inks NAz| SOLDIERS

this sphere than in any other phase
OF the occupation"
Resentment Il equally divided
between the German girls and
the American soldiers. We
risked our lives for them for six
years, and now they run around
with the Americans" said one
soldier.
Another said: 81 never would
have believed II Of any German
girls. II II . shattering expert
ence."
must admit that French and
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08

through The only help he wanted.
he said, "ss the support of other
service men.
When We went out there were
two or three reporters waiting fol-
the elevator.
The biz point one ~ them was
SAYING is who's behind HIM"
Well, II that's the big point. I
muhed the story. Because all
could fgure out was that young
Bykowski takes America serious
~ enough to think that racial dis
elimination il . disgrace 10
America and that he's mad
enough to do something about H.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08

CTS oI tHe play are SAID 10 be
officials of the Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer, the film COLOSSUS
which has Miss Horne under a
seVen-year contract.
st, Louis Woman as It's
name might imply, is the
story of a loose female whose
ambition is 10 have and ne had
by any gambler who has the
most money. AS such il is an
insult to Negro womanhood in
general and 10 Miss Horne in
particular II is reported TO
he full of vice, gambling. trash
and passion, with no counter
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08
THE WARS OVER

All Wolf tells about the fellow
At the ball game who said 10 the
vendor. -Give me . bottle 81 beer"
The vendor shouted. Take u easy
Bub," whereupon the customer
says Don't you know there's
war ever"
s.. Skolsky In ~. Y. Pest
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08
TORSO ADVICE

Make your torso more So" This
Is the newest advice Ia hatties.
and Is introduced to the world In
q Mays brassiere nd just pub
lished. ] fereses II becoming part
81 the bust lingo, like We AK FATS"
and What Gods forgotten. we stun
with cotton"
Earl Wilson In y. Y. Post
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08

peaks with reverence as she
describes her meetings with
Roosevelt
i vas SO imbued With the great
ness ~ he man that my frst seven
studio, Of him we're so ldcalized
they were not good Miss Burke'>
portrayal of the late President is
rlsNrous She has been criticized
for making him look TOO young.
Wants Posterity To Know
Him A. Vigorous Man
She explains this simply. SPEAK
ing IN . soft voice:
Five hundred years from now
America and all he world will
want 10 look on our President.
not az he was for the few moments
before ne died. but as we saw him
for most Of the time he Was with
uS-stron2. so full Of life. and with
that wonderful LOOK Of going for
ward
Selma Burke was born In
Mooresvlle n. c., in 1906 OF a
family Of Methodist ministers Her
first attempts at sculpture came
early and naturally. One OF the
chores assigned 10 the eight chill
dren IN the family every Saturday
VAS whitewsshlns the freplaces
With wash made Of local clay.
Selma early discovered that this
clay could be nodded into Shapes
hat delighted her.
Her father, wise. highly edu-
Gated minister who had the cour-
age 70 believe IN his daughters
talent, died when she vas u.
When Selma was II. and far
too advanced for any education
Mooresville had IN offer q Negro.
william Arial. q white man who
was superintendent Of schools.
took the girl into his own home
for tutoring. Arial, constantly
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08
The WATCHT0WER

II appears that the gorgeous Lena Horne
darling OF Negro America land large sections Of
white America on the screen is about to be
iorceo lnto broadway play which will be no
credit to her, or to her race.
The play is st. Louis Woman" slated N On
into rehearsal during September Financial bach.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08
(Reprinted from the N. Y. Post)
By BARBARA klAW

II dstresses Selma Burke that Americans awed by
art Why she asks should painting he awesome thing
10 be hung without relation life in the chilling silence
museum? How can a country woman who create the
beauty OF patchwork quilt believe that she knows nothing
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08
NOT PARTICULAR

They say the sergeant married
her because her uncle left her .
million. nut ne says he'd have
married her ne matter vhs left II
10 her,
The Armedier
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-08
A man WITH IDEALS
ONE VETERANS ANSWER TO slLBo
(Reprintsd from PM)
By ALEXANDER n, UHl

man comes down to Washington fights for American
principles Of racial fair play talks good straight line OF
American democracy and what do you suppose the one
burning question that lot of Washington is asking,
It's:
Who's behind him? What's the racket"
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-23

able thumb and fingers with which to manlp-
ulate various objects the entire course OF the
earth's existence might have been altered
The main advantage of such a development
would have been the ability TO handle tools
If this had happened there seems little hkell-
hood that there would have been rivalry between
and tbn pCtp.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-23

food for rainy day if such there be in the
ocean. Mussels oysters and other small1ry were
piled i'm some convenient cave where the octopus
could settle down for long sleep or several nours
OF quiet meditation, munchng the hard-sheieo
morsels much as man eats peanuts
But in spite OF his economic and protective
planning there was barrier this intelligent
denizen of the-sea never mastered He never In
vented a way to leave his watery environment
Suppose the octopus had adapted his body 10
a land.lubber existence several hundred million
years ago With his superior intelligence, he
could have walked out among the clumsy ana oifi
witted amphbians and taken over the place
OR HAD he emerged at later date when these
~ creatures had evolved into reptiles birds and
mammals, his cunning plus MS unique physical
equipment still would have made him master.
An octopus could have made monkey out OF
a monkey when il comes 10 climbing, since the
apes have only four limbs each equipped win
single grasping paw, while ectopuSeo can grab
and hang on with any one OF the plentlful sucking
cups with which their many arms are supplied
No cliffdWelling land animal would nave oeen
safe on the day the octopus was emancipated from
the sea, for these cephalopods would have been
able 10 slither up the steepest rocks.
In addition 10 scaling prccipices mat seemed IN.
surmountable the ancient brain truster would
have been capable of melting into the smallest
hole 10 await its prey
rinlling and expanding ability OF octopuSes IS
~ place one of these creatures, as big as a man
two closed fists, into common cigar box lhch
the nail is driven home and the box ued with 4
string Almost before your pack Is turned you'll
find the octopus has oozed through the crack
Imagine the hazards of living in land where
every crevice may suddenly eXude an enemy that
clutches with multiple stTangle holds while II tears
It's victim apart with mercilessly sharp beak
Even more treacherous would have been the
ability Of an octopus turned andlubbcr TO flatten
himself into a wafer thinneSs and, setting his air
adapted jetpropulson apparatus into action, leap
across a wide chasm or soar through the blue IN
a manner unknown TO any flying creature.
IL these speculations are based on the physi-
n cal form OF the octopus as he is today - prac-
,icallv unchanged from his earliest ancestors.
But when one takes into consideration the
Great diversifcation of the offspring OF the early
amphibians-the first creatures TO get out on
Land il is possible 10 imagine amazing and appall-
inc developments of an evolving landoctopus.
In addition 20 his ability TO take on any
of tho dinosaurs This need not have hampered
his ability To hide. He could have made himself
'' Whether giantism would have much advantage
, dcbatablc
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-23
Internationai

probably never would have had chance to develop.
II octopuses ever had ruled the world they un-
doubtedly would have been powerful In combat
and so versatile in escape that finally octopuses
would have been the only creatures.
The rulers of the sea had their chance 10 rule
the world and muffed il.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-23
First With .)e


More useful, per
haps, would have
been development OF
one or two hands.
with fingers and an
opposable thumb.
II Is well known
that mans rise TO
superior intelligence
is credited-by those
who accept the prin-
ciples Of evolution
10 development of
fingers and a thumb
that enabled his ar
boreal ancestors 10
pick up objects and
examine them.
Out of the curl.
osity aroused by the
handling OF many
things. there even
tually grew the men
tai prowess OF mod
ern man
No Self-rcspecting
octopus would have
willingly sacrificed
all of his sucker.
equipped tentacles.
perhaps, for a pair
Of hands. The lobster
developed an oppos-
able thumb that IS
a pretty awkward
affair. Yet II is easy
TO believe that a com
bination OF hands
and tcntacles might
have furthered the
advance Of tn @
ancient octopus
In fact. Gilbert c.
Klingel naturalist
by hobby makes
quite a case for
these digits in his
book Inagua, saying.
There IS reason to
believe that these
cephalopods are the
most X g G INVITE d
creatures in the
ocean. and had they
developed an oppos-
able thumb and fin
ulate various object
earth's existence mig
The main advant
would have been the
If this had happe
hood that there wou
man and the octo.
puses in a modern
mechanical world.
since homo SapieuS
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-03-15
- = co11o~;-,rc Icons Western Auto Supply |
F<I4 OL
U. of w. Professor to
Address Kiwanians

DR.. Norman S. Hayner, profess
sor of sociology at the University
of Washington and member of
the University's Community For
um faculty, will address the noon
meeting of the Kennewick Kiwa-
mis- club next Tuesday. DR.. Hay
ner's subject will be ''What Makes
for Success in Marriage" accord
ing to Frank Maupin, who is in
charge of the program.
On the same day DR.. Hayner
will also address a high school as
sembly at 2 pm. on similar sub
ject.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-03-15
Little Stories
Of the Week

Mukkineunk Camp Fire Girls
had their regular meeting with
their guardian, Mrs. WATSON, on
March IL. After the meeting the
girls made fudge.
MIR. and Mrs. Melvin GLASGOW
are the parents of a daughter
born March IL at the Pasco hos
pital.
Mrs. William Kurth Of Grand
Coulae is guest at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. Melvin .Glas-
sow and family.
Mrs. Joe Olbrich left Friday
morning to spend a week in Yak
ina with her daughter, Mrs. Ross
Willsey and family. ..s..
The R.N.A. club enjoyed a pot
luck dinner at the home OF Mrs.
Nellie Britton last Thursday night.
The occasion was the Mystery
Neighbor birthday dinner. The
next club meeting will be March
o., at the home of Mrs. Jack
Crawford on West Highlands.
Betty Perkins and Gereld Now
cry were guests of honor at a
party held in the USO building
Wednesday evening. There were
about 80 present. The occasion
was Betty's 18th and Gereld's
18th birthday. - -
Mr.. and Mrs. D. C. Kirk who
recently purchased the City Bak-
ery in Pullman and moved there
to make their home were visitors
in Kennewick this weekend.
The Library Guild will meet
Monday, March 10, at the nome
of Mrs. Pete Erickson. = -
The Pink and Green club will
meet Thursday, March %, at 10
am. at Ala First Avenue West,
with Mrs. Carol Pratt. This is
an all-day meeting for the pur-
pose of tying out a quilt. Ladies
please bring needle, thimble and
scissors. Please bring dish to
pass and sandwichest for the COW
cred dish luncheon. All Re
bekahs, local and visiting are
invited.
Odes Sloan received word this
week from somewhere in France
that his son Max had been made
master sergeant March l. Mac
is with the 312th Ferrying Squad
ron and has been overseas 10
months. -. --t.-=- -
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Rogers
are the parents of q daughter,
born Thursday morning, Marcn
8. at the Pasco hospital, weighing
Z lbs. 2A OF. and has been given
the name Kathleen Rose. :.
The Current Events club Will
meet at the home Of Mrs. G. f.
Ridley Friday, March % at 2 pm
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Warren and
family. Mrs. Mart Warren and son
George, who has just finished
boot training at Camp VOTERS
Tex, were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Champagne
They visited at the Paul Doer.
ing's and later accompanied
George to the station where ne
embarked for Fort Ord. Calf.
Miss Charlotte Champagne wa:
the happy and fortunate reclp
lent of a bottle of "Channel NO
5" perfume this week from Paris
France. Inside the package wa:
a dainty pink silk hankie WITT
the picture of the care de TIL
omphe" printed in one corner.
The Locust Grove Home Circle
will meet Tuesday, March 20 al
the home of Mrs. Guy Lyons with
Mrs. Arthur Nicoson as co-host'
ess for a 1890 luncheon at noon
Mr.. and Mrs. Hober Waggonel
of Pendleton, Ore, were guest:
at the Charles Blackman home
this weekend. Mrs. Waggonel
and Mrs. Blackman are sisters.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-03-15
Town Meeting Is
Mutual Feature

E. S. Johnston will represent
the Kennewick>Pasco area on a
broadcast of "The Town Meeting
of the Air" from the Walla Walla
high school auditorium to be
broadcast from all Mutual sta
tions in the state Saturday al
g pm.
This will be one of a series by
the State Planning Council spon-
sored by the Walla Walla cham