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Evening star., 1946-04-14

gnash their teeth. This was dis
covered early in the war by techni-
clans in charge of sound -detector
apparatus on U. S. warships. In fact
the interference was 50 serious that
they made voice" recordings of
various fish. The records were played
in classrooms to gun crews 50 that
the boys wouldn't t mistake the mating
call of deep-sea salmon for the
sound of an approaching U-boat.
GRAMMAR NOTES. The Japs are
having hard tussle with the English
language nowadays. Signs recently
seen in Tokyo include Milk Hole"
for Milk Hall" (Which, in turn,
should probably be translated Milk
Bar; Head Cutting" for Hair
Cutting; a strange item on restau-
rant menu: Soup Differently"
But the prize for colorful English
still remains in our own Western
Hemisphere. A certain Puerto Rican
politician was seized with appendicitis
while on a visit to Washington, d. I.
After the operation he was douoly
anxious to get back and give his
Puerto Rican political opponents the
works, as per this statement: i nave
plenty of tripes left. will blow then
nose, by damn am"
LAST LAUGH. A few weeks back
we printed snide remark by our
"Of6ce Philosopher" He said: All
womankind can be divided into TWO
groups - the careless ones who lose
their gloves and the careful ones VINO
lose only one glove" All womankina
will be happy to know that this PM
losopher left his keys on the sos tram
to Scarsdale last week. Naturally ne
getting in the house these days wl'n
his wife's extra key.
Evening star., 1946-04-14

Names and descriptions Of all characters In fiction stories
and semi-heton articles in this magazine wholly
imagnary Any name which happens to be the same AZ
that OF person. living dead is entirely
Evening star., 1946-04-14
| Should Have Said 90.
RY BRUCE MARSHALL
Author of "The World the Flesh, and Father Smith

right motive than a sensible thing
from a wrong motive" ought to
have said, Cant we grasp that a
crooked candle Lit to God is not
only poetry but the beginning OF
politics as well? If all the inhabi-
tants of the world Lit candles honestly
to God there would be less need for
Yaltas and San Franciscos and Pots
dams which, at best, are only at
tempts to put barbed wire around
human selfshness."
None of my companions would
have jeered at soldier for keeping
in his wallet the photograph of a
wife only approximately beautiful.
Still less would they have approved
tearing up the photograph in front
of the soldier. They would have
realized that the soldiers love for
his wife was holy because it was
strongly felt.
So it is with all religious obser-
vances, which hallow rs much more
than they honor God.
The outward and visible and the
inward and spiritual are interde-
pendent. You can no more kneel
down without wanting to say some
sort of dim prayer in your soul than
you can fall in love with girl with
out wanting to embrace her.
And just as the battalions which
fight best are those which drill best,
so can the graph of a peoples devo-
ton to God be traced in the cere-
monies they dedicate to Him.
We've all got to be very devoted
indeed to God if we are to save this
world we live in from becoming a
shambles.
Those are some of the things l
ought to have said as we sat there
talking about the lamp.
Evening star., 1946-04-14
It's easy to snuff out
a symbol, impossible to
destroy the idea behind it

TN ITALY, where l am stationed,
/ find that conversation often
turns to the incendiary topic of
religion. 1t so rolled the other
night at dinner in restaurant.
Anyone heard of the story of
the sanctuary lamp" major asked.
The guide in a church said: This
sanctuary lamp has been burning
for over a thousand years oh
yeah?' said the soldier, and blew it
out pooh just like that"
The story angered me SO much
that it was several minutes before
could trust myself to speak.
What shocked me was the mans
gleeful supposition that, because it
was easy to blow out sanctuary
lamp, it was as easy to blow out
what it stands for; and what made
it even worse was that what shocked
me had, apparently, shocked
nobody else.
/ AM not, l am afraid, very good
at righteousness, but have never
been able to tolerate that calculat-
ing malice which seeks to degrade
all high human aspiration. So l sat
in silence until l was able to speak
without too much of a tremble in
my voice. Even then l was vehement
rather than persuasive.
In fact, l was SO angry that don't
remember exactly what l did say,
and expect some of it was wrong
anyway; but here are some of the
things which l sboald have said:
I'VE must understand that it is
wiser to do foolish thing from a
Evening star., 1946-04-14
M<NMH;r

GRANDEUR. Before we close our
files for good on Army sergeant stories,
we'll slip this one in:
A veteran was applying for sore-
mans job in lumber yard. He filled
out his QUESTIONABLE this way:
Previous employer u. S. Army
Position n...Se Sergeant
Duties. s.......R Ruled over men
SOUND EFFECTS. If World War II
taught us nothing else, it did turn up
the fact that fish talk. They grunt
like pigs, purr like kittens and even
Evening star., 1946-04-14

Magazine
tR ERICA
HOlS. E6s~
PLAY GALL. Is
BY Jumss Harvey
DEAR SIR: YOU cURi" i".................. u
by William Allen Wkfts
HELP WAkTED7. q
BY Emily Post
Cover by International
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This WeeI
FOR A BET1
WILLIAM |. |
1k1tS BOY FOOLED lf1tM. y
by Iumss R. Miller
THE STREET or HAPPINESS. ..............
by Fronk 1. Bennett
EASTER PARADE. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
by lane Joslin
FORECAST FOR AMERICA. ................ 10
by Vincent Sksson
INNOCENT ABROAD. :...::..:
by Fronk Richardson Pierce
MAIsies FOR SPRING. .........:..:
byCkories D. Rice
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-08-20
REPORT BLAME LIFTED FROM
AIKEN ON W00DARD ATTACK

AIKEN, S. c., Aug. 20 (ANP)
Blame for the alleged assault last
February on Isaac Woodard, Negro
war veteran, was lifted by the de-
partment of justice in Washington,
it was disclosed here. A telegram,
said to have been received from the
division of public information of the
department, read: "On the basis of
information received to date the To-
cation of the assault on Isaac Wood
ard is not Aiken, S. c."
Newspaper and radio reports
stated that Woodland was pulled
from an interstate bus by Aiken
police and his eyes gouged out. First
information released was to the eff
feet that the incident happened
somewhere between Agusta, Ca,
and Winnsboro, S. G..
Chief of Police J. M. Sprawls re-
iterated that he and city officials
had investigated police records and
were confident from the first that
Woodard was mistaken in Identify
ing the town of-Aiken.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-08-20
REPORT DODGERS TO TAKE
ROBINSON next SPRING

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (ANP)
--latest reports from Brooklyn
and Montreal are to the effect that
Jackie Robinson, sensational Negro
player with the latter team, has
earned a right to tryout with the
Brooklyn team next spring. Robin
son, who is hitting at a 800 clip with
Montreal while fielding second base
brilliantly, has surprised all after
his early spring season "flop." He
is the principal reason his team en-
joys a 15-game lead in the Interna-
tional league.
Branch Hickey probably would
have called him up before to aid his
pennant driving Dodgers next
month, except that the Royals in
sisted Robinson be available for
their post season playoffs.
Robinson has met with approval
everywhere he has played. Robin
sons teammates think highly of
him and his Montreal manager.
Clay Hopper, Mississippi cotton
broker, says "Jackie's got all the
CUTS in the world. He proved that to
me during the season. He's big
league ball player, good team hus-
,tler and real gentleman"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-08-20

pected. The Chicago Women's Golf
club has already pledged 100 per
cent attendance. The southern To-
cality, with it's array of champions
and strong contenders, and the west
coasts galaxy of stars promise to
make the tourney spectacular.
Officers of the United Golfers as
sociation, beside DR.. Adams and
Johnson, are Sea. H. Ferguson, vice
president, Indianapolis, and A. D.
V. Crosby, Columbus, O., general
secretary. This championship will
depict the progress the Negro has
made in golf since 1926, many golf
experts believe. Since our advent
into the realm of golf does not date
far back into history, we cannot call
this tournament "a century of Ne
gro golf progress" but it may be
appropriately labeled ga decade of
golf progress among Negroes"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-08-20

for protests raised and clamors for
redress is shown by the statement
of Ernest Camp, editor of the Wal
ton Tribune. Walton says, "Why, it
happened right near the county
line. Another so feet and it would
have been over in Oconee county"
and pointed to recent copies of mag
azines and eastern newspapers car
rying accounts of the lynchings,
which he termed as ''just pack of
lies"
Another citizen, J. L. Mccarthy,
local automobile distributor, de-
clared, you'll find lot of burned
fools anywhere. It wouldn't have
been so bad, some folks say, if
they'd just killed the one who did
the stabbing, but there was no JUS
tification for killing the other
three"
At the same time, Sheriff E. S.
Gordon, who has held his office
since 1921, placidly remarked that
he wasn't doing anything about the
massacre.
81 don't have the right facilities
he declared in defense Of his stand.
81 called in the FBI and the Georgia
State patrol to take over, but they
haven't asked for my help"
The lone suspect brought in for
questioning and confronted by 10y
Harrison, employer Of the two Ne
gro men killed, for Identification,
was Lester Little, white, bouncer
at the County Line Beer garden. At
first it was thought he answered
the description given by Harrison
of one of the mob.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-08-20
GEORGIA LYN(HING PROBE
AT 5TAND5TILL; no
ARRESTS MADE

MONROE, Ca, Aug. ~ CAMP
= Although three weeks have
elapsed since a mob of 20 whites
lined up two men and their wives in
a thicket near here and shot them
down in hail of fire from rifles,
shotguns and revolvers, no arrests
have been made and only one sus-
pect has been viewed by the sole
witness of the MASSAGE. This sus-
pect was released for lack of iden-
tification.
Indifference and inaction are
held to contributing to the failure
of state and federal authorities to
solve the south's worst lynchipg in
20 years. A wall of silence has been
erected around the murderers that
even the present rewards totaling
$4,000 cannot crack. Nobody
knows anything" one authority
commented.
The sheriff of Walton county adj
mitted he is doing nothing. Even
the Georgia Bureau of Investiga-
tion, arriving on the scene a day
late and finding all possible evil
dence removed by unknown parties,
has made little progress. Nor has
the FBI opened up lead.
While he admits progress is
"slow," Gov. Ellis Arnall is still
said to be hopeful Of arrests, but
Gov.-elect Gene Talmadge remains
Indifferent. Talmadge opened up
long enough to remark "the rest of
the country can't seem to under
stand these things down here"
Meanwhile Monroe and Walton
county citizens are becoming more
indignant over the publicity and so
called "distorted' news accounts of
crime than they are with the fail
ure of authorities to catch the guilty
parties. At first, citizens were
stunned by the news of the crime
Several leaders pointed out that the
city and county were 'law-abiding,"
that no racial trouble had been in
their midst since Negro was con-
victed and electrocuted 40 years
ago for an assault on a white
woman.
Indication that Monroe and Wal
ton county would like to forget the
whole thing and that they are in
dignant against the whole countr.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-08-20
GOLFERS GET READY FOR
18th ANNUAL TOURNEY
ON AUGUST II

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 20 (ANP)
The United Golfers association
will hold it's 18th open annual cham
pionship here from Aug. 27 to Aug.
80, to mark the first national golf
tournament among Negroes since
1941.
Host to the affair will be the
Yorkshire Golf club. Fifteen annual
amateur championships, and 13 an
nual women championships high
light the tourney agenda. The tourn-
ament will be played at the beauti-
full South Park golf course.
Players from all sections of the
country are slated to participate.
With new players entering the con-
test, new record for entries will
likely be established. Professionals
will play 72 holes to decide their
championship. Among those to de-
fend their titles will be Robert P.
Ball, four times champion and pres
ent title holder; Cliff Taylor, anna
teur champion, and Mrs. Cleo Ball,
women's champion.
Other professionals to be on hand
are Howard Wheeler, T. Rhoades,
Solomon Hughes, John Dendy, Por-
ter Washington, Hugh Smith and
Clyde Martin. The eastern contin-
gent will be lead by DIR. G. w.
Adams, Washington, president Of
the United Golfers association; J.
Hudson, Philadelphia and Cliff
Adams, New York; Porter Wash
ington, Boston.
Representing the middle west will
be Joe Louis, DIR. Remus G. Robin
son and Eddie Jackson of Detroit !;
DR.. V. O. Beck, Cleveland. Players
from other midwestern cities in
clude A. James, Duke Adams, Bern
lie Hughes, L. Frierson, John Grey,
Mathew Bivins, M. Blair, "Coun-
try" Jennings, T. Wells, Leon Motifs,
Ralph Chiffon, Aaron Payne, Rob-
ert Landrum and Vincent H. John
son, UGA treasurer. Other big
name mid-westerners beside Ball
are James Poythress and E. Jen-
kins.
A large group attendance from
various sections of the nation is ex-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-16
NAACP Appoints CImence Mitchell

III recent appointment Of Clarence NJ Mitchell Baltimore
ton for the Advancement
approval OF members and friends of that MOI ~ ~
will be the
MI Mitchell because they regard him adopted Of this state
VINO mace great contribution to II while
secretary Of the St Paul Urban leaving PAM
with the Ohce Of Production Management
as associate director Of field operations wide
recognition In the opinion Of this Mitchell one Of the
promising OF the younger generation of Negro He
in important positions do not cultivate. - ~ ~ ~
Another factor involved in the appointment which one
sgncane is the decision Of the the NAACP
establish closer contact with the organised labor This
ne" departure VIII NIL In the the
Coming back Newspaper NAV he
tng out that Minnesota has already
ana brains of Roy Wilkins (NAACP
national office and 1t claim Clarence Mcbs Eor
important national " e'NN N""Nei AV'
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-16
Mob Action Against Negroes
Inspires LaWIess Element

enough to recognise that Negroes
are growing tired of being hunted
and shot down like game animals.
told me Of a cache Of assorted rifles
and pistols with ammunition to fit,
found on a farm on the outskirts
OF town. Il was from his descrip-
ton, an impressive assortment of
death-dealing weapons, and there
was some uneasiness in the COM
munity for q good while after the
discovery was made. That farm
was the arsenal and the meeting
place for a group Of Negroes who
planned to meet murder with
murder.
This man told me that he and
most Of the business men in Mont
gomery gave their money freely to
the Negro churches and that they
considered the ministers the real
leaders of the Negro population.
He mentioned a minister who Is now
pastoring q Los Angeles church as
having been a force for great good
in the community.
just how long this gentleman and
the President Of the United States
expects the ministers and the other
reasoning leaders Of Negro COM
munities to be able to cope with
the growing restlessness Of their
people In the face Of brutal lynch
ings Is a question that must be
answered in a hurry. Certainly, II
must be before many more lynch
ings take place, for the temper of
the Negro in the South Is changing
for the worse.
Negroes in Georgia feel that they
have been abandoned to the tender
mercy Of the Khan and its sympa-
thiZers. They are losing faith in the
logic of patient reasoning, They
feel that all Of the reasoning Is be-
ing done with them, while the mobs
prowl and the death toll Of their
people mounts higher and higher.
They cannot tell who will be next
and on what fimsy pretext. They
are listening to the arguments Of
lawless leadership; they are pre-
pairing to die fighting back, rather
than with their backs against a
wall, or with their bodies dangling
from a leafy tree.
The Georgia mass murder is the
most horrible example Of American
cruelty and deceit on record. II
did happen in Georgia, It can hap
pen anywhere so long as there isn't
an effective Federal policy to track
down and punish the mobsters.
Lacking confidence in the Federal
government, Negroes will resort to
protecting themselves outside the
law.
This must not be allowed TO hap
pen, and Il will not unless events
place the leadership In the hands Of
the lawleSs element.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-16

State committees should direct
the programs in their respective
states. Of course, the general lit
erature, radio scripts, newspaper
advertisements, material for speak
ers and other data should be ap-
proved by the national committee.
The national and state committees
should have full time executive sec
retaries to carry out the program
Of the national and state organiza-
ton with the aid Of voluntary as
sistants.
Just as the Catholics, Protestant
organizations, manufacturers asso-
Citations, trade unions and other Or
CARNATIONS work out and prosecute
national educational programs via
the radio and press, the suggested
anti-intolerance national and state
organization should do likewise to
the end that intolerance may be
destroyed in the hearts of men.
We must reach the unawakened
people Of the South in places like
Monroe, Georgia. We cannot let
them go on without knowing that
their dream Of dreams and highest
aspirations, barring conclusive
proof Of protection as first class
citizens, should be to get out of
the communities where whites are
determined to keep them down. To
stay there and endure violence en-
dangers the welfare Of colored peo-
pie, common and justice loving peo-
pie all over the world.
1t is the duty of colored business
and professional men, the colored
churches and fraternal organiza-
tons to lead in making possible, bv
initial contributions, the beginning
OF the anti-intolerance educational
program here suggested. They
glorled in the number of war bonds
purchased which was more good
business than patriotism.
In white banks and in govern
ment bonds cOlored people have
millions and millions of dollars
most of the investments of insur-
ance and fraternal organizations as
well as that Of rich colored individ-
uals came from the poor colored
people Of the benighted sections in
the South. It's about time these
organizations do more by way of
enlightened and effective leadership
and less by way of exploiting the
people lowest down.
We need no less than $4,000, 900
Tor the anti-intolerance program
advocate, and we need men and
women who will do more than pro-
TEST and view with alarm vocally.
we need new Negro, who, when
al else fails, will gladly spill his
blood, if need be, to avenge Mon
roe massacres" and to wipe out the
causes out of which thew snrinnr
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-16

SSO,OUU IN the prosecution OF an
anti-intOlerance educational pro-
gram designed to mold public opin-
ion against the conditions or causes
out Of which intolerance and lynch
ings grow.
am led more and more to be-
lieve that, if we are civilized, we
must avoid being driven to conclude
that the drawing of blood is the
answer to the lynching Of defense
less people. have already heard
people say that If the government
cannot protect defenseless people
from mob violence, then those who
stand in danger of becoming VIC
tins of such violence must think
in terms Of dying for something, If
die they must, in order that lynch
ings may be avenged in accordance
with the Mosaic law Of an eye for
an eye.
l believe the United States Gov
eminent understands the gravity Of
the situation and that the Georgia
lynchers must be apprehended. II
they are not apprehended, con-
victed and punished, there may be
complete breakdown Of law and
order in this country. People will
take the law into their own hands
and seek vengeance. This sort Of
thing is contagious. 1t will spread
and eventually lead to anarchy.
| note from press dispatches that
1900 colored people met on August
2 and voted to launch a campaign,
ito raise 100000 for use as re-
wards for the apprehension Of those
persons responsible for the Monroe,
Georgia, lynchings and any future
lynchings in the state" The cam
paign is to be pressed through col
Ored churches and fraternal organi-
cations. That is just dandy, as far
as it goes; but along with the offer
ing of rewards there ought to be
an intensive anti-intolerance educa-
tional program designed to arouse
both white and colored people to
the fact that lynchings and the
conditions out Of which they spew
are a threat to world equilibrium
and peace and is the business Of
everybody, everywhere.
There are over 100000 colored
people in the United States. We
ought to stage a nationwide drive
for not less than $13,000,0O0 for a
nationwide anti-intolerance eduea-
tional program.
In each state with a large col
ored population a committee should
be selected to direct the program.
There should be a national commit
tee to coordinate the state pro-
grams. The whole country should
be divided into regional areas with
regional councils composed of rep
resentatives from each state in the
region. The regional organizations
should each elect a member Of the
national committee.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-16
We Want

One Of the most popular fea-
lures in this popular paper Is
the Birthday Greetings column
which is read by hundreds Of
readers each week.
One of the headaches con-
nected with keeping the column
up to date, Is the fact that we
can't keep up with the changes
of address Of the various people
whose names are carried in the
column. We'd appreciate the
birthday columners sending US
their changes Of address and
names and birthdates Of their
friends whose natal dates they
do not see in the Birthday col
umn. Address such information
to Birthday editor.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-16
Chicago Whites, Negroes
In ID. G. to Protest MObs

WASHINGTON (NNPA) - An
interracial delegation Of so per-
sons, representing 81 civic, reli-
gious, business and labor groups Of
Chicago, last Thursday met with
government and labor executives
here to protest the recent Georgia
lynchings and urge Federal action
to find and punish those guilty Of
the crimes.
The group, headed by Milas S.
Stephens, chairman Of the Chicago
Citizens Committee Against Lynch
ing, conferred at different times
during the day with Attorney Cen
eral Tom c. Clark, Secretary Of
Commerce Henry A. Wallace, As
sistant Director Of FBI D. Milton
Ladd and Administrative Assistant
to the President David K. Niles.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-16
LIEUTENANT WELLS TO
RETURN TO DUTY

First Lieutenant Howard Wells
who has been on leave since early
July will report in a few days to
Fort Mcclellan, Ala, for active
duty.
During the war period he served
in Germany. He has four years and
eight months Of service to his
credit. He is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Wells, 3641 Fourth
Ave. s., Minneapolis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-16
LETTERS
Lincoln Had Unique
Way of Paying Up

Editor: About a hundred years
ago Abraham Lincoln wrote a let
ter to my husbands grandfather,
who was a newspaper editor in a
small town in Illinois, saying that
he had been reading his newspaper
a long time without having paid a
cent for it, but that someone in
the town owed him money and
that if he, Harding, could collect it
he should put it in his pocket. l
don't know the sequel to the story
but it suggests to me that have
been reading your paper with in
terest for a number of months at
your expense and now it's time
sent you a check for my subscrip-
ton.
Sincerely yours,
Margaret S. Harding, Director
University Press
University of Minnesota