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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
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Mrs. Myrtle A. Pennington
from Chicago, Illinois, has joined
her husband at her parents home
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lawson on
Delaware Street. Mrs. Essle
Jacobs left Monday for Los An
geles, California to visit friends,
Harry Whitaker fro mLos An
geles, California, is at the bed
side of his sister, Mrs, Ada Lang
ston. St. James Sunday
School met at GAS a. m. The
Adult Women's Glass led finan-
eially. The Senior Choir sang at
the II o'clock services. The
Washington High PTA banquet
last Thursday night at the school
was a success. The Home Ec.
girls served baked chicken and
dressing, peas and mashed pota-
toes, fruit salad and ice cream
and cake. Kenneth Eugene
Roberts was honored with a
birthday party given by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Roberts,
Sis Baltimore Street. Cake, ice
cream, toasted nuts and candy
were served to the following:
ernest rorts, Joe Cecil Walker,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
TEXARKANA
MRS. IDA b. MARSHALL PROF. Nj. b. WESLEY
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Sherman Smith, Clifford Leake,
and Robert Leon Roberts Jr.
Mrs. Johnnie LoVetace and her
aunt, Mrs. Carrie Edwards from
Dallas, Texas, are here visiting
relatives and friends. Mrs.
Hester Allen passed last Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Cooper are
home from Portland, Oregon.
Bro. c. G., Mitchell is still on the
sick list. w. c. Griffin from
Los Angeles, California, is home
visiting his mother, Mrs, Irene
Harris on Troost Street. The
Negro Chamber of Commerce
sponsored a smoker Friday night,
December l4th, at the Ambassa-
Guest speakers were DR.. O. w.
McPeters, DR.. j. c. Lowe, Prof.
Rosenbough and Harry Whitaker
of Los Angeles, California. &.
Mrs. Willie Mae Hill, 1903 Troost
Street, left for New Orleans, La.
Wednesday night to meet her
daughter, Mary Louise, to ac-
company her home for the holi-
days. Miss Hill is freshman at
Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
TExARKANA, TEX.
Floyd Hamp Keel

Mounty Zion Baptist Church
held Sunday School at the usual
time, and the sermon was preach
ed in the morning by Reverend
Woodbridge. Pastor, choir and
members visited the installation
service of Rev. E. j. Haney at
the Macedonia Baptist Church.
The Thanksgiving dinner sponsor
ed by the Mission Sisters was a
success yielding $28.10. Rev
erend Taylor Grille, home for one
week, has returned to Bishop
College. Services at COAX
Street Baptist Church were good
despite the cold, Reverend Dur
den of Shreveport, Louisiana
preaching morning and night.
Rev. p. H. Jackson, 1923 North
Street, who pastors in Navasota
iS-Noo, WOO 81 WtGh-tiiu NlSllDl
with Mrs. p. II. Jackson, one OF
the teachers of Dunbar High
School. She is al lsmiles. H
will return next week and spenc
the holidays at home. Pastor
johnson of the Sunset Baptisr
Church has been out of town fol
two weeks, attending the Benefi,
Board in Washington, d. c., held
at Shilod Baptist Church, Rev. E.
l.. Harrison, pastor. He filled his
pulpit Sunday morning, Rev.
Will Wise having preached in
his absence. The church was
proud to have present in the
morning returned soldiers Joe
and Levy Harris, and their wives.
The brothers looked well and
happy. Joe Harris and his wife
are recently married. A pro-
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
DUMAS
w. S. Moore

Mrs, Matilda Carter of Little
Rock spent % days here with the
mother, Mrs. j, p. Davis. Mrs
Sophia White visited her chill
dfen last week in Pine Bluff. She
returned Wednesday. Mrs,
Annie McShan is expecting her
daughter, Corene DuekWorth,
from Indiana to spend Christmas
with her. Mrs, Marie Washing
ton and w. S. Moore were in
Pine Bluff last Friday on bust
ness. F. w. S. Moore was pain
fully Injured when he fell back
wards from wagon. Rev. |.
Oh Quinn preached a wonderful
sermon last Sunday. Prof. j.
+, Washington is still on the job.
1t is reported that Sam Porter
was accidentally killed in Kansas
City last week. Mrs. N. Jack
son is happy to have her only
child and her husband here with
her.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21

Pisgah Baptist Church, Rev. J. f.
Scott, pastor, 1905 Picnic, Mrs. J.
K. Lilly was elected assistant
secretary, and all other officers
were reelected. All officers and
committees made excellent ra-
ports Mrs o, M. Preston is
president.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21

Christmas Is always q welcome
event with US, for two reasons:
First. because we enjoy the
spirit of friendliness that is ell-pro-
vailine; second, because 4 e'fo-Is
an appropriate opportunity Of OK
pressing our sincere appreciation
for your valued patronage.
Il has, indeed, been a pleasure
TO serve you. and in sending y5q
our best wishes for Merry
Christmas we do SO with iha h72s
that tho Christmas soa:5a e. ISIS
will Transcend ell OF is pre- e-cs-
sor. in real happiness for you.
TORRENcE FLOWER SHoI
Mr.. and Mrs. Boston Torrenc
Y0Yr IlY~.A Tls-A.~-AI, CAra.A
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
Protect PIGS

Guard rails along the sides of the
narrowing pens will save many
young pigs from being crushed by
large sows. To be effective the rails
should be about eight inches above
the floor and extend abou. the same
distance from the sides of the pen.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
HASTE LASHES
HOUSING JIM CROW
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NOUIllIIIUeu ITOW FaBe I
crlmlnatory patters and even tc
extend them"
The law referred to by Judge
HASTE declares that "all citizens
of the United States shall have
the same right, in every state and
territory, as is enjoyed by white
citizens thereof to. purchase,
lease, sell hold and convey real
and personal property"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21

Port Arthur, Texas,-Professor
W. E. Sampson has been prinei-
pal of the high school here for
thirty years. AT each COM
mencement Professor Sampson
delivers the sermon to the class.
This has been his rule since the
student strike a few years AGO.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
Remove Mildew

To remove mildew from colored
clothes, use mixture of soft soap,
powdered starch. salt. and the juice
of lemon. Apply to both sides Of
He fabric and expose to the sun
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
HERE AND THERE
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Continued from Page y
five years Imprisonment with or
without hard labor, or both.
Beaumont, Texas-The Texas
College Steers and the North
Louisiana Nurmals of Grembllng
Louisiana, played to a capacity
crowd of near 5000 in this city
with the Texas Steers II and the
louisiana Normal 7. Hundreds
of all races attended the game,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21

TO THE READERS OF THE
STATE PRESS.-Merry Christ
mas and Prosperous New Year.
The Columnist.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
WuI'rf SFI'I'TI

ming 10 develop. II had tremendous
resources and was just starting 10 eX.
plot them. There were many foot
loose young men in the country,
shaken from their family moorinFs
by the Civil War and the unrest that
II left throughout the nation.
With his stories of boys whoLmadc
good, even in a small way, Algcr
undoubtedly inspired many young
Americans TO work for success. Some
OF them probably got the idea from
Mr.. A. that nice little stroke of
luck was going TO do the work.
But at least these stories inspired
the youth of America TO strike out:
That they struck out at a time when
America needed them and their am
bition was probably a splendid thing.
Mr.. Alger was q great worshipcI
of success and of wealth. He prob
ably is as responsible as any literary
figure for many careers. ! am per.
fectly willing that that should be his
monument. But he might have
thrown in a little better literary ef-
fort. It wouldn't have hurt. Even
he considered himself a literary fail.
urc. And l am not the one TO argue.
At any rate he is back on our
bookstalls. II will be interesting 10
see the public estimate Of him at this
late date I'd like 10 know how many
semi-elderly men are a little embar.
rassed at having thought him great.
And, what would be more inteY.
csting, / would like to know how
many of our younger generation
the ones who are going TO take over
the world of atomic power in the
very near future-find him inspire
tional, dull or just plain funny.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

slow moving protagonists of a slow
moving era.
And if "Pop" says that Ragged
Dick achieved his goal by hard work
and honesty and ambition Junior is
going to laugh right in his face.
Ragged Dick did nothing of the
kind. He did work hard and he was
honest but he got that job in the
counting-room by sheer luck He
happened to be on ferryboat when
a little girl fell overheard and he
jumped into the bay and rescued her.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

think of these time-marked novels?"
My guess is that they will laugh
their heads off-but in the wrong
places.
What chance has Ragged Dick,
a very pleasant young newsboy who
reaches his peak when he winds up
with a job as clerk in a counting
room at SO week with some of our
modern heroes? The devotee of Flash
Gordon, who can do practically any
thing and almost always does, Is not
likely to have much truck with the
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

BeSlucS, 1 Can I swirl
very well.
Don't think l believe
the Alger books entirely
without merit. AS literary
works they have practi-
cally none, in my opinion.
They are badly constructed,
are almost entirely devoid
of humor as we know il
today or even as they
knew il then, and are full
Of cardboard characters
with little relation to life.
However, they probably
served a purpose in their
day and for that ! am per
fcctly willing, and always
have been, 20 give Mr..
Alger due credit. They
appeared at a time when
America was tust begin
-s-
The Rich Girl Wasn't
on Deck Just Then, in
"Slnk or Swim, or Harry
RaymOnd'S Resolve"
Probably His Resolve
Was to Meet One.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

can de1end the literary
merit of Alger today.
But that isn't so ter
rible. Many people
now collect Currier d
Ives prints. They've
sold for as high as
So, 900. Nobody con-
siders them artistic
masterpieces. They're
museum pieces.
So are the Alger
books. You might get
a great kick out of
reading them again
but if they are TO be
compared with Henry
j a m IS then /, as
Dorothy Parker once
re m ark e d, am the
Queen of Rumania.
The big question
in my mind at the
m ON ent is: What
will the boys of today
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
gntine|yRg tQlrIg|| d! ] H,
fHoratioA|g
By Russell GROUSE

"Arsenic and Old Lace" and other Plays
4 RORAT1O ALGER, JR., is threatening to make the
- bestseler list again after half cenury-the
D Horato Alger, Jr, whose books reported
have sold than 2o00oOOo copies in his heyday when
every American boy waited for the Ager book to
arrive and couldn't find time to play until
he had read it from cover to
1t isn't book by Alger-he'S been dead since
1S99but four of his old published under the title of
Struggling Upward and Other Stories" The "other
stories in addition to the mentioned in the title
house Boy"
If you 40 and masculine in gender the chances
you have read them all, and you'll recall the excite
you got from them. If you under Is you also
want read them, for probably has bored
you rigid telling you how wonderful they were and how
they made of him.
i've just read them again. say again because I'm
40.
wrote the preface for the book and / referred
to the works of Mr. Alger literary tripe That seemed
to make great many mddleaged htterateurs angry.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

Her father, who shouldn't have let
her fall off in the first place and
wouldn't have if he had been minding
his own business, rewarded Dick with
the job.
Now I admire Dick as much as
anybody for jumping into the bay
but don't think that it proves that
honesty is the best policy.
/ also hasten 10 add that I be-
lieve honesty is the best policy but
l don't think you prove it by jump
ing in a bay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
JIM CROW BILLS

The House of the Maryland legislature, in recent session. managed to kill another bill which would have removed the vestiges of Jim Crow segregation on street They did it without taking roll call vote. The same, similar bills, have been defeated by that body for the last B years.
 That incident provides a curious commentary on the ways of the politician The delegates who were against the bill, who thought their constituents against it. apparently were unwilling to defend their position in open debate to put their votes on the record.
 The moral timidity in defering to race prejudice had it's counterpart in both the New York and Alaska legislatures where members fearful of any imputaton of prejudice recently pretended to believe that prejudice itself be abolished through legislation
 The unwillingness of legislative bodies to resist pressure defy reprisals is of the great weak nesses of democracy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24

March 1914 to March 1945,' Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King sketches the record of 75 distinct actions with the enemy in which our naval forces took part His account, he says is restricted to those actions which have had significant or decisive effect upon the progress of the war This be it remembered is navy which shattered and rendered poweress to take the offensive at Pearl Harbor on December T, l941, the navy which the Japanese sent to the bottom in several parts of the Pacific several subsequent occasions It is navy which has null tiplied it's strength in personnel tenfold since the beginning of the and it's strength in equipment by enough to send its adversares scutng for cover whenever it approaches. It has grown into what is incomparably the greatest force ever developed in the history of mankind.
 Although the bulk of the Navys operations have been in Pacific during the past year. it's share in the invasion of the European Continent last June was a vital and dramatic No less than 2479 United States Navy ships and craft took part in that invasion They not only landed and protected our troops, setting up the amazing mobile, artificial harbors called "mulberries," but also provided in valuable support through bombardment in the initial stages of the invasion In various Pacific landings, as well as along the of Normandy surface vessels demonstrated magnificent ability to put shore bat teries out of action and to achieve overpowering artillery concentration at desired points of attack The big guns of the fleet prepared the way for and buttressed every assault upon hostile shores, effectng a destruction which other weapons could have achieved.
 Admiral King is understandaby eager to vindicate the Navys big batteships against various dsparage- mehts which have been hurled at them He has generous need of praise for the carriers and thelr planes It would seem in deed, that in the Pacific engagements against units of the enemys naval strength our fers scored most of the punches and accomplished lions share of the destruction They gave the Navy it's ongest-range weapon; and they were utilized brilliantly.
 "The experience of more than three years of war, says Admiral King "has demonstrated the soundness of our concept of balanced fleet in which aircraft and ships work together coordnated team There has been dispute to carriers versus battleships Aircraft can do some things which ships cannot do. Ships can do some things which aircraft cannot do Working together surface ships, submarines and air. craft supplement each other that the strength of the unified team is greater than the sum of the parts" This appears to be, in truth, the inner secret of the Navys overwhelming triumphs. It has been built, and it has Junction. as a balanced, CO., ordnated team Its record of service is beyond praise beyond any tribute of words
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24

annd Representative were asked to take bow. COP Representative Frank Keefe of Wisconsin took this occasion to tell how his own banking business planned to issue home loans to veterans, while COP Representative Reid Murray of Wis consin urged more bathrooms for farm houses. He said farmers were able to pump water into bathrooms because of REA Rural Electrifica- tion Administration.
 Then came the big event of the evening After all the solons had taken their bows and everyone was in relaxed mood, Lobbyist Daniel A. Loftus of the National Homebuilders was introduced as the Associations forensic star" Then, only five days after Franklin Roosevelt had breathed his last. Loftus launched into a bitter at- tack on the late President and M Roosevelt,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
20 YEARS AGO fTE TIT EMPIRE
APRIL 24, 1925


 Douglas from his fox ranch brief 
 the Government Hospital purchased from funds dance in the A. B. Hall At Southeast Alaska InerSchoo Meet in Kechkan first High School girls defeating the 28 The Territorial House of Representatives in committee Of the mining let the old rates be Q1aintained another years.
 midnight from the South with three days mail aboard
 The California advertising Edgemont crackers them like bread and butter from to coffee"
 Cary representing the Cudahy Packing Company left the Estebeth for Stka
 Juneau and shipped Kodiak Island.
 MacKinnon charming dinner party a
 Weather report: High, 42; low, 38;
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
ROOSEVELT ATTACKED

Roosevelt" denounced Loftus, was a great dreamer who started to socialize things, aided and abetted by his wife, who rushed around with her rubber boots and her little blue roadster-which was a Cadillac"
 He followed this with a tirade about the "socialistic schemes" of the New Deal and the Communist influence upon the White House. Direct object of his attack, of course, was the National Housing Act.
 The goodwill earlier generated by the lobbyists vanished. A dozen Congressmen got up and walked out while Loftus was speaking. The att tack especially incensed young Walter Huber. promising freshman Congressman from Akron, Ohio.
 Huber got to his feet as soon as Loftus finished and declared:
 Tt comes with ill grace two days after the burial of our great presi- dent to make a personal attack upon him and his bereaved widow"
 The room became hushed. Nearly everyone present, including Re- publicans, nodded agreement with Huber.
 'As a neophyte member of the Public Buildings and Grounds Committee continued Huber, T don't claim to know all there is to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
Washington Merry
 Go-Round

tconttnued from Page One,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
HOROSCOPE "The St0rs incline
 bat do not compel"
WEDNESDAY,, APRIL 25

WEDNESDAY,, APRIL 25
 Adverse planetary influences are active today. The morning hours should be favorable for those who pursue routine duties.
 HEART AND HOME
 Dress Mhich expresses personality again will indicate the feminine dar- ing that ignores tradition, it is fore told, but reaction from mannish at tire will be evident. The stars pre- sage return to modes that are ar tistic and enhance beauty.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS
 Real estate will focus interest in many sections. Profits for early in- vestors are foretold. Home building on a large scale may be more prac- tical than attractive Synthetics used in small quantities will preface future changes in construction
 NATIONAL ISSUES
 Treatment of men hampered by war wounds is to be of major con- cern this Summer. Science will con- centrate attention on mental de- fects and on blindness. Psychology and psychiatry will be of extraordi- nary benefit under Uranus influen- ces.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
 Inhuman practices Of our foes may reach a climax in last desperate effort to inflict torture and death on innocent people. There may be'a piece of destruction planned by the Japanese.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of discipline. Women in the war industries should exercise patience.
 Children born on this day pro- bably will be vigorous in body and active in mind. They may have violent tempers and stubborn wills.
 (Copyright, 1945)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
ROOSEVELT AFTERMATHS

Inside fact is that another Roose- velt- Churchill -Stalin meeting was arranged just before the Big Three left Yalta to take place in London or Paris in mid-May or early June. That particular time was se- lected because Roosevelt feared the San Francisco Conference might hog down and a Big Three meet ing could break the deadlock. . One reason Stalin relented and is sending Molotov to San Francisco is because this May meeting of the Big Three is now thrown off bal ance by Roosevelt's death.
 Some of Roosevelt's bitterest en- emies clamored to get aboard the funeral train to Hyde Park. One was Senator Byrd of Virginia, who has voted against almost every Roosevelt domestic policy. Also Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, who fought so bitterly on foreign policy. Some Senators frankly admitted that they were up for reelection and to get aboard the funeral train would help them politically. :. .
 John w. Gibson, head of the Michigan CIO, is in a quandary. He was supposedly appointed As- sistant Secretary of Labor shortly before MT. Roosevelt died, but the papers were never sent to the Senate. Gibson does not know whether he will be Assistant Sec retary of Labor or not.
 The Axis propaganda line has switched. After long saying Stalin was the man who dominated the Big Three, the Nazis now claim Roosevelt was the man who really ran the Big Three His death, they say, destroys all chance of Big Three cooperation for permanent peace. Bernard Baruch, flying back from Europe for the Roose- welt funeral, reported that we had captured one underground Nazi factory 23 kilometers long. In other words a factory 19 miles long was completely underground-built with captured slave labor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24

know about housing-public or pri- vate. But I've heard mention this evening of dreaming and of bath rooms in farmhouses.
 "AS I look about me, see here many who recently opposed the confirmation of one of the ablest administrators we have ever had as head of the REiA Aubrey Will liams). I'd simply like to point that without the vision of the dreaming that created REA and number
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

confuse ADAPT, which means suitable ADOPT, which take receive ones story We ADOPTED the plan they suggested
 NIsPRoNoUNCED: mpotent first syllable not second.
 OFTEN MISSPELLED Jacka only L, not JACKALL
 Language speech, dicton, dialect idiom tongue vocabulary.
 times is yours Let us Todays suitable the view Tt expedent for us o
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
LOAN LOBBYISTS

About 35 Congressmen got roped in on an off-the-record dinner at the Hotel Statler last week. They came to have fun but most of them went away boiling mad.
 Their hosts were the National Homebuilders' Association, recently active in lobbying among Con- gressmen to keep the Government out Of the postwar housing picture Despite failure to provide adequate low-cost housing in the past, many finance companies specializing in home loans are doing their best to block Government operation.
 No speeches were scheduled for the Statler dinner, but Senators
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
MODERN ETIQUETTE 0yR 0yRoRERrA LEE

O. giving informal dinner it necessary for host? she ask whom she knows
  should the users a the chrch2
 hour before the 
 large dinner, a introduce herself? Yes; merely say, Charles Blank"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24

Taxation in this country has reached point where the effect is the if Uncle Sam were substantial stockholder in every business large or sma-and holder of preferred stock at that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24
U. s. NAVY

The United States Navy has completed fairly busy year. In his report to Secretary Forresal on the manner in which the Navy has carried the attack to the enemy during the 12 months from
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-24

Rooseyelt's habit of naming liberal independents" to commisslonships where the legal number of Demo- cratic seats was already filled.