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Hamline Field House, on Sunday
night, March a, when Bishop E. W.
Kelly of st. Louis will address the
Methodists of the Twin City area.
Bishop Kelly will preach in our
church at II a. M, March 4, and
dedicate the church after the
service.
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nomic organizations to invest
money in African resources which
can be done just as well by Ne
groes as by whites.
In other words, we do not need
an army to go in and chase the
British out of Uganda, or the Bel
gians out. of the Congas, to gain
an economic foothold in the coun-
try of our native heritage which
today supports several white en-
pires. What we need is an under
standing that would gain US an in
road into the trade of the postwar
period that is bound to take place
between Liberia, Ethiopia, and the
rest of the world.
Reports Halle Selassie Seeks Aid
Right now we hear reports every
once in a while that Emperor Halle
Selassie of Ethiopia is desper-
ately in need of American Negro
technical advisers, engineers,
craftsmen, and others. If this is his
attitude then it is certainly smart
to reason that he would also be
interested in any Negro venture
with a sound backing, financial of
course, to enter into an exporting
arrangement. The same would be
true of Liberia where the Firestone
people have made many fortunes
out of rubber, and where other
whites have grown lousy with
money while Negroes get nothing
but spend all of their time CRITICS.
ing and saying, what have 1 to
do with those people over there?"
The hope that Indignation will
solve our problem here is one that
has cost US untold millions, both in
money and in blood, sweat, and
tears, with scarcely any positive
results to show for it after years
and years of struggle. If one-tenth
of the money spent on inter-racial
programs of goodwill, education,
etc. was channeled into practical,
economic projects, such as trading
with African countries, as we'll as
those in the Caribbean Sea area,
the results, imagine, would be
far more satisfactory than those
obtained in a fruitless fight.
All Other Races Put Selves First
Every other people in the Ameri-
can melting pot make it manda-
tory that recognition of the home
land comes first in their thinking.
That is why the Germans always
remember the fatherland; why the
Irish sing of dear old Ireland; why
the Italian sends his money back
to Italy; why the Pole fights his
native political wars in American
newspapers and forums; and why
the Jewish people have a world
wide fight on today that is every
bit as relentless as the war on the
second front and the Eastern front
in Europe to get back into Pales-
tine and there establish free ma
tional homeland. These people have
far more than we and will always
because they have roots which we
have not.
The American Negro has his
roots in fancy and in pipe dreams
and mirages which he chases for
lifetime and then leaves instruc-
lions for his children to follow
suit. Some day we, perhaps, may
come into the realization of our
dreams, but l fear that when this
is done the world will have ad-
vanced so many steps that we will
have to start all over again.
Meanwhile, let US cut out this
tommyrot that we have no stake
or interest in Africa and face facts.
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Poor Judgment Murs Tea

It's unfortunate that judgment ruined perfectly
1.-The One World Tea by Minneapolis
day. This have occasion when
get together fellowship listen interesting
but turned aes plus many
numbers.
What could have affair people
been happy again. developed boring dscomfng
occasion which bordre the ridiculous
who had charge the affair honestly wanted
but their leadership
sought from others who handling
public efforts No matter how thinks
promotion of such affairs he should timing
execution and taste
We know how difficult it is work in
public affairs and know that
people based the previously
public affairs degenerate unfortunate
planning and execution Whenever Negroes public
ca they border the social event.
affairs good and cutered programs
nept presentation.
Though Sundays affair the
long and the interpretations
have time remain for the reception
have been raised the audience
lost to the
We write this believe every
who worked in this effort
but the lack of understanding of the
the people of the community plus the tendency job
spred to somewhat ruin the occasion.
We must again allow opportunity
admirers other people be foued poor handling
ment which does not reflect credit good taste
When afraid to be humble you
hdence in yourself and your posonAbert E. Wiggam.
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REPUBLICAN, PAPER DEGREES COALITION

Bystander)
Raymond Moley who high influence with Dealers
back the thte but who recently
with them told the Republican recently the things
must do to enough control the elections 948
One of his recommendations criticism the Bysand has voiced
several MONTHS the disconnuanc the coalition bloc
southern Democrats and northern Republicans whose sole object
block certain by the Roosevelt administration
He said that the Republicans all the criticism reaction
calculated
thus alternating the labor and liberal while
south these primaries
thus have little opposition at election time.
has been difficult understand
these Republicans who fall into this trap These Democrats
headed by such Rankin Mississippi hater and labor
And the northern Republicans boast of being friendly
ward Negroes and labor These Democrats generally soaions
and vet Republicans criticism for following
and the Democrats.
Iowa Republicans the house done entirely too much of this
in mast sessions congress- starting out to do the the
present session
Prof Moey certainly hits the nail the head when he makes this
or1o must be stopped the Republicans will continue to wind
With less votes than in succeeding elections
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Letters
Clyde ScrOggins

Wy NS A@SAOSSAA
Passes Around
Paper Overseas
Editor: am enclosing money for
another years subscription of your
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Clyde M. Scroggins, at Camp Swift,
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to be read and enjoyed by his
former comrades. Thank you again.
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PAGE Mr.. BILBO!
GARDNER FLAYS NEGROES
FOR LACK OF INTEREST
IN AFRICAN ''HOMELAND'
BY DAN GARDNER

The American Negro officially gloats his divorce
men of any connections with his native homeland Africa In
fact be disconnected with suggestion OF kim
ship interest in the socaed clark continent has pro-
so far that today only hears nostalgia discussion
the homeland among the soced ignorant masses in the
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of the homeland among the S
bowels of the deep South or in the
slum areas of our great cities.
The official attitude on the ques-
ton of national Negro homeland
has been set by the Kappa key boys
and the girls who want to be mis-
taken for white or as something not
exactly a Negro. The emphasis
has been laid since the days of
Frederick Douglass on Indignation
into the stream of American life,
social, economical, and political.
This theme has been stressed and
reiterated over and again until now
it has become woven firmly into the
fabric of our thinking. More and
more the seriousness of this view
point has come to the fore in these
times of international affairs and
postwar planning.
Color Against Such Changes
1t would be highly ideal if the
American Negro were or had a
good chance in the very near future
of being completely wrapped up in
the American picture so as not to
be identified as anything but an
American regardless of his color,
but the fact of the matter is that
he cannot be so integrated until
something is done about his color
and physical appearance.
l know that these remarks are
sure to bring down the wrath of all
the pseudo-scientists, biologists,
psychologists, etc., of color who
earn their living arguing the OPP
posite theory. This great group of
geniuses has been in the vanguard
of the boys and girls fighting for
Indignation and against any refer
ence to Africa as a possible con-
nection worth cultivating by the
Negro in the present or in the
future.
The familiar chant is this: "This
is our home; we don't know any
other place but this, and this is
where we are going to stay. Our
fathers died to build this country
and we have as much right here as
anyone else. We didn't bring our
selves here, we were brought here.
This country owes u.s." etc. etc. etc.
Africa In Its Proper Perspective
In a measure this is wholly true
and an inescapable fact that one
would be completely out of order to
start an argument about, but
somewhere along the line there
must be a common ground where a
practical conclusion can be arrived
at, and l think the conclusion
should by all means be full and
comprehensive enough to include
Africa in it's proper perspective.
By Africa l do not mean any
visionary proposition as thought up
by Marcus Garvey or others on
marching into Africa and taking
over from the Belgians, French,
British, and other white nations
who have built their power and
wealth on the backs of the untold
millions of black natives in our
homeland. I think that our approach
should be as sane as that of any of
the great colonial powers which
now is busy extending it's sphere of
influence to colonial regions, not
alone in Africa but in other places,
such as Asia.
It would be highly idiotic to join
in with the race-baiters of the
South, such as Rankin, Bilbo and
company, and advocate mass mi
grafton of Negroes to Africa as
the solution for the race problem.
That is not the point here. The idea
I suggest is the forming of eco
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26
POLITICS IN ITS STRIDE

GLOW can they do that? I thought
that an appointment lasted for the term
of office"
Not in politics. We have heard good
many Key Westers say that they don't feel
confident till they receive their commits
sion, yet a commission may be received and
be recalled, as happened in the case of
Key Wester three days ago.
That's politics also, and grit your
teeth as much as you may, ITO the voter
belongs, the spoiIs'' in politics.
In discussing that old time saying, a
Key Wester said:
You would think that in national,
state and local politics, the men elected
would be more concerned in appointing to
office persons who are capable of filling
the office well, but that doesn't seem to be
the way of democracy. Even president
of the United States, in naming a man to
office, spoke about the great help he had
been to the party in the previous general
election"
All of which is true, and, for that rea-
son, anybody who gets public office
through politics, should be acutely aware
that he can lose it through politics If that
turns out to be so, he should not be resent
full; instead, he should laugh it off, or at
tempt to laugh it off. Wise is the man who
says sincerely, Il got it through politics,
and 1 lost it through politics.
We have known good many men in
Key West and elsewhere who thought that
the office they held belonged to them; at
least one was led to reach that conclusion
by the way they spoke of their jobs.
We. have known office-holders also,
who, Judging by their talk, thought that
when anybody ran against them, he showed
what we generally call monumental
nerve" The very idea that anybody should
oppose them!
Take politics in it's stride, and you
will have no reason to feel hurt or be dis
appointed.
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PEACE UP TO BIG POWERS

War and peace depend ultimately on
the large nations, asserts Harold ID. Butler,
British minister. who points out that the
large nations "alone are capable of pre-
venting others from waging war
The British diplomat points out that it
Is "a great mistake to suppose that because
all nations have equal rights, they are
therefore equally. important and equally
effective as factors for keeping the peace"
To he realistic in regard to the ques-
lion of keeping world peace, we must real
lie, as Mr. Butler said, that peace or war
ultimately depends on the large powers,
not the small powers and that we must
build our castle of peace on the solid
-ground of this fact or 1T will. some day
vanish into thin air.
Certainly, it ought to be apparent,
when the present wars end, that the British
Commonwealth. the Soviet Union, t h e
tUnited States and possibly China, will be
the only large nations capable of waging
war. To this list we should add France, be-
cause that nation will undoubtedly take its
place among the leading powers of the
world.
If these five powers can get together
and agree on an existing scheme of inter-
national affairs, the danger of war will be
largely obviated for many decades. Obvi-
ously, if these five powers cannot agree,
the danger of war will continue to exist.
No small nation could contemplate a sue
eessful belligerency against the combined
force of the five nations named
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-04-26

He cou1t t. He couldn't, Not
after he'd had Katherine in his
life.
"You may as well give up"
Jimmy urged. "T'l1 win eventu-
ally"
Then there's no hurry"
"Can't you be a little kind to
me?" he protested.
what would you ever do with
kindness?"
He looked down at her for q
long moment and then he told
her, you'll never have to say in
words that you love nae, Kay"
what do you mean?"
when you look at me and your
blue eyes turn black, I'll know
I've stirred your emotions" He
didn't wait for her to answer, but
turned and opened the door with
a flourish.
Jimmy was thinking as they
moved inside: Kay is unSpoiled
by other men. Her mouth under
mine was soft ard inexperienced.
She is utterly desirable even if
she does have father complex.
But his vanity had been
touched by her indifference.
Where was Babs Downs? She was
an understanding girl, and when
she looked into his eyes she made
him feel, at least, worthwhile!
KAY smiled when Ned McAllis-
IN ter appeared for the next
dance. She was fond of Ned; he
had always been like an older
brother to her.
Kay hoped that sometime Babs
would learn to love Ned enough
to marry him. Not soon, of course.
Babs and Ned had gone about
together for years, just as she
and Jimmy had done. There was
always swimming, tennis, golf,
and dancing here at the club, and
an occasional night club in At
lanta. ...... .t.s...g
II wonder what's keeping Fran
cis," Kay murmured. "He was 10
come back in time for the party"
Ned'S plain face Redeemed a I'd
he missed a step. He didn't lie
dancing anyway. He only came %
please BabS. Well" he answer /.
Il wouldn't worry. He'll be
back"
Kay was silent for a moment.
then she drew back a little and
looked searchingly into his face.
Ned, she said, low, I've been
hearing things. It's in the air that
Francis is to, marry that Lucia
Wentworth whom we met when
she visited in Atlanta last winter.
That's absurd, isn't it," She tried
to laugh, hoping Ned would
laugh, too.
Kay, IT don't know" he
Stammered. Francis doesn't tell
me all his business, you know
that"
To be continued
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RIGOROUS DIETS DANGEROUS

v .ss&sllbSenaen @,aaess young rlSsal over the
country have gone crazy on the subject of
reduction in weight Every one of them
who imagines that she is few pounds be-
yond a sylph-like figure plans to cut down
food in order to take off the excess.
Well, it is rather risky, ladies. You
don't have to take our word for it. Con-
suit your doctor.
Few women in Key West are dieti-
clans of sufficient experience to know how
to properly diet themselves. Nine times
out of 10 the careless diets" result in
more fat, or at least no reduction. but are
accompanied, it is feared by medical au-
thorities. with nervous diseases and a gen.
eral weakening of the body
One way to reduce is to take more ex-
eEeise@ Try that before you cut out food.
.Ofscdurse, we know that most people eat
too much and could eliminate some pound
age by eating properly but to severely re-
duce the diet is positively dangerous.
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Chapter 2

Chapter 2
nut on the terrace, Jimmy was
~ pleading his case again.
Where" he said, could you find
a better catch? We dance well
together, we laugh at the same
things, we could travel and
play"
''And never work.
"Ah, there's the rub. You want
me TO be worthwhile. Well, SO
does Father. He tells me so BOOM
ingly and with gestures" He
sighed and followed Kay's glance
down the hill.
The club joined the spacious
grounds of the Lambert house;
together they looked down on the
mill and the mill village, Lowell.
Lowell was a miniature city,
completely dominated by the mill
employees. Because it was an
ideal industrial spot of the ma
ton, it was called by textile
manufacturers "The Cotton ITO
pia of the South" There was a
monument in front of the mill to
Kay's grandfather who had built
it; the school was named for her
father, the hospital erected to her
mothers memory.
Lights from the mill and the
mill houses glowad like jewels
against the velvet blackneSs of
the night. Kay heard the shrill
whistle that divided the days and
nights INTO shifts; shorter shifts
and greater production this year
of 1915, with war overstadowing
everything.
Her breath quickened as she
felt the tentacles of all her sur
roundings clutch her heart. Some
time she might want to marry
and leave it all, but not soon.
Down there in the village was
Lambert Avenue where her best
friends lived. Babs Downs, and
next door, DIR. Sims. Then Mary
and Dave Scott. Across the street
lived little Tommy Martin, Grip
pied by infantile paralysis, where
Kay visited nearly every day.
Jimmy's voice was low when
he spoke again you're very
streamlined and modern, Kay.
But underneath it all you're
plenty warm and human" His
arm went about her closely.
Shall we go back now?p she
asked, turning away from'him.
HER glance moved to the yell
III low glow that melted the
darkness to the north. That glow
was Atlanta, where she and Babs
had gone to college, went now
to the theaters, on shopping tours,
to parties.
81 don't believe you've ever
been in love at all" Jimmy's tone
was resentful.
you sound as if you're accus-
ing me-"
I'm accusing you of being ex-
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TODAYS
ANNIVERSARIES

l785-John J. Audubon, famed
ornithologist-artist. whose colos-
sal Birds of America is still the
greatest work of its kind, born
IN Santo Domingo. Died Audit
bon Park, N. Y, Jan. .27, 1851
1920 = Alice Cary, poet and
author, born Cincinnati. Died
New York, Feb. IL, 1871 E
1822-Frederick Law Olmsted.
famed landscape architect. born
Hartford, Conn. Died in Boston.
Aug. %, 1903.
1834-Charles Farrar Browne
(Artemas Ward. famed humor-
list his day, born Waterford,
Maine Died in England, March
6, 1867.
1862 - Edmund c. Tarbell,
world-famed Boston artist, born
Groton, Mass. Died Aug. l, 1898.
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AN IGNORAMUS

Education, when it takes, makes an
individual receptive to new ideas.
It is supposed to enable a person to
distinguish, between epithets and reason
when considering any matter discussed.
Usually, it humbles those who begin
to know some of the little truths that hui
man beings have been able to discover.
When you see an individual afraid OF
new ideas preferring to use epithets in
stead of reason and presynling to know
the answers to ali questions, you can be
quite positive that yea are viewing the ac-
items of an ignoramus, no matter how raYv
words he uses.
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TODAY'S HOROSCOPE

Today may produce one who
will do wonders in an intellect
ual way; possessed with great
penetration and a good under
standing, and gaining honor and
success. But danger lies in a
breakdown, mental perhaps, in
ducing melancholy; or the ten
dency may be toward over-in-
duigence, both of which may be
overcome by careful self-devel-
opment
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SCHOOL TEACHERS
FUNDS OUTLINED

TALLAHASSEE, Apr. 26 (FNS).
A $2,728,870 fund for increasing
school teachers salaries this year
was sent out to the 81 counties
from the office of State Comp
tr.oller J. M. Lee.
Lee announced that the fund
had been distributed in amounts
varying from $3.50 to Glades
County up to $296,87O for Dade.
This extra money brings the
states appropriation for the pres
ent year to $1,000 for each in
struction unit, the basis upon
which state funds are distributed
to the counties.
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WATCH YOUR STEP

The stock market is growing in pOpu-
larity, as prices of particular issues go up
and down, Those people who "lost their
Shirts in the early 1930s will still remem-
Ger that they really never were financiers; :.
but instead lost babes in the woods
i "A new crop of suckers has been born,
andmaybe they will start to invest and then
gradually begin to gamble. =
Stocks have real values-so don't bu~
them until you find out what they are ac-
tually wOrth-to keep and to hold.
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trenely careless. You never look
atiy0ur feet. Ncverw
MY feet?"
Jimmy chuckled and then
scowled. 1--WE been under them
for years and you've never seen
mel"
You are sweet to me-" Kay
admitted. Now come on back to
the dance"
"That moon!" he whispered,
looking up. ITS exactly right to
kiss you!"
She turned her face to the sky.
Quickly and eXpertly he gathered
her in his arms and kissed her. It
was exactly the right kind of kiss.
He knew girlS--and he tho. ut he
knew Kay.
Would it be so awful mar
ried to me?" he whispered.
For moment silc lay relaxed
in his arms. Life with Jimmy
would be a whirl of excitement
and amusement. They'd make
their home with his father in
nearby Atlanta. They'd entertain
and live graciously. And if Fran
els should marry again No, she
closed her mind to that thought.
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From where | sit e.. BY Joe Marsh
Dick Neweomb
Goes Fishing by Proxy

Bob Newcomb used to be the
best fly caster in the county.
Never missed a Saturday at Sc
wards Creek. But come the war,
and Bob's son going off in uni
form, he just lost interest in
things like fishing.
But the other day Bob got a
letter from the South Pacific
kind of a homesick letter:
I'm thinking of You, Dad, fish,
ing in Stewards Creek; cooking
trout over an open fire; and
keeping the beer cool in the
stream. Keep an extra bottle
cool for me-"
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LEGALS
NoTrcE OF ArPEEcATIOw
FOR TAN DEED

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