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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24

Among the latest of these &C.
QUESTIONS is John William Rog-
ers, stepped in the literary tradi-
ton of oil-dominated Texas, who
recently succeeded A. c. Spector-
sky as editor of Book Week"
Rogers, correctly sensing in
Fast new novel potential weap-
on in the war reaction, wheeled
up what he considered heavy ar
tillery in an attempt to destroy
it's sale in the Midwest. He chose
Milburn P. Akers, Sun political
reporter, to write the review ard
set aside the full first page and
a large part of an inside page of
Book Week" for Akers' barrage.
Akers' masterpiece made it
clear that his knowledge of the
life and times of John Peter Alt
geld was limited to a single bio
graphy- Sun writer Harry Bar
nard's Eagle Forgotten"
THE REVIEW is heavy with
sinister accusations of distortion,
misrepresentation, and propa-
ganda. Subconsciously aping the
journalists of A1tgelds day, Ak
ers' dark accusations are made
up of whole -unfounded,
undocumented, and untenable.
After three columns of aimlesS
generalization, Akers finally pres
ents the reader with a few ir-
relevant distortions" of not the
facts of names, dates, and places,
but the facts of Interpretation,
emphasis, and understanding.
These are topped by the de-
vastating revelation that contrary
to Fast's belief, there were no In
dams on an Ohio frontier in 1850!
No doubt this grave historical er-
ror invalidated Fast's entire de-
scription of the American labor
movement of the 1S9O's and $780,
and struggle against monopoly at
the turn of the century.
NOT UNTIL the closing para
graphs of the review does Akers
abandon his pseudo-scholarly ap-
proach to disclose his real pur-
pose in trying to discredit Fast's
latest work.
For to Akers, Fast's great sin
is not in playing Indians in nom
existent frontiers, but in writing
sympathetically about a great
peoples movement = the eight
hour-day struggle = and in ex-
posing the ruthlessness wit h
which monopoly tried to smash
that movement.
Realizing that The Americans
readers will see the parallel be-
tween the 1905 and the 194O's,
] Akers seeks to weaken today's
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24
Chicago Sun shifts
To the right with.
Smear Of Fast Book
by AARON BURTON

THE ANGUISEED cries with
which our brasscheck literary
critics" greeted Howard Fasts
new novel The American demon
strates again that the postwar
wave of reaction has spread in
all directions.
THE AMERICAN deals favor
ably with the life of John Peter
Altgeld, the liberal, pro-labor Gov
ernor of Illinois in the tumul-
tuous 1905. So there was 10
thing surprising in the attacks on
it by NY. Herald Tribune's Lewis
Gannett and the NY. Times Allen
Nevins. These organs and critics
have long borne the literary torch
for labor-hating big. business.
Far more revealing, however,
was the treatment of the book by
Marshall Fields "crusading lib
era1" paper, The Chicago Sun.
n
THE FACT that The American
was smeared in the Suns "Rook
Week" and the method used to
strike at it, furnished positive
proof that Field has volunteered
his paper for duty in the cause
of reaction.
The review represented no sud
den shift in Sun policy. Regular
Sun readers have noted in the
trying months since VI Day that
what earlier seemed to be con-
tradictions in editorial and news
opinions were now being resolved
in a movement to the right.
The avid support given Presi-
dent Truman's anti-labor "cool-
ing-off" proposal in midwinter;
the vicious attacks on the Farm
Equipment Workers at a crucial
point in the international Har-
vester strike; the appeal to Pres
ident Truman to break the rail-
road strike; the phony crusade
against smoke in contrast with
silence on Chicago's notorious in
junction judges; the double-talk
support for British and American
Imperialism; the easy talk about
the urgent need for holding the
price control line while at the
same time raising its own news
stand price $40 in less than two
years all these made readers
wonder whether Marshall Field
was ready to follow in the foot
steps of the late Joseph M. Pat
terson, fascist-minded founder of
the New York Daily News. Pat
terson built up a tremendous cir
culation with liberal" front
only to throw it overheard as
soon as the News was establish
ed.
AS PROOF of his bad inten-
tons, Field has shown an increas-
ing tendency to staff his paper
with reactionary writers, column
lists, editors, and cartoonists.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24
FACTS WORTH NOTING:

Pete Seeger of Peoples will handle class for the
School Political Action Tehnques September 9Th
Political call DEL o3o7.
Unfortunately this is the night the great Bunk Johnson will
Jackson Lindsay other top
jazz figures This which will also Jimmy and Mama
Yancey sponsored by Jazz International 104 N Rush ST. DEL
3S43 Shirley Grahan Paul Robson: Citizen of the World which
gives to The Daily Worker for of the pix and
quotes was bsrled among the chdrens books(D by the Sun re-
viewer Actually despite occasional naive fascinating book
round and hghghs Of Lousonn fight now available on
ALADDIN records at six bits
BERTHE. YOUR NETWORKS SHOWING =.
Queen for Day. of those gveaway 90 shows Col
Robert r. McCormcs Mutual Broadcasng System, being
dragged over the Goals for WEIGHING winning ladies' gifts
queen slated to get refrigerator still dependent her
writing the program
other contestants complain that when they received their
gifts they bore little similarity those promised What kind of
free sendherprize' is this?
Filmgoers scanned marquee
Street meanngfu triple billing
Pairs Nyons Market Rusters Strange Conquest.
The held demand Parodying
the MGM publicity shark who invented the line Gables back and
weakheared congressman MAY back and Garssons got him.
Add the list of talented artists
Williams Negro whose singing of the title role the
e eseago 40n year s
list February 1s Miss Williams the Marian
award for promising singers.
Step right folks and get your going fast
speeches and music the Chicago Star picnic
Dor Day September in your book The place. Justice Park
singers will be also on hand with new
downtown against Dixie race terror will take
place at the of State Madison September 9th
between and pm The demonstration clnaxe of com
munly rallies held in protest against and against
attorney Cen Tom Ca asseae 80 ynchers of
'Wo negro couples IN Georgia
Speaking of ynchng-rends editor of romance cbcaeo
defenders theatrical editor this goied the proncbng
anNegro him The Vgnian "he greatest outdoor
who leads yncFing. p''S
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-24

speaking OF ynchngrenindS
defenders theatrical editor this glorified the proncbng
him The Vrginian and called greatest outdoor
romance OF them an Vrgnian hero out of deputy
Evening star., 1946-02-28

at the microphone at Joe Moss 400
one night after the play and was
getting along happily until patron
stepped up to her. You look a lot
like your mother" he told her. II
Just saw her in play out at the
Wardman Park Theater."
\ + X
Finally there is one singer who
had better send her press agent a
small text on elementary math.
About seventh grade. There is a
note here on the desk about Louise
Lee, of the Nightingale, becoming
fascinated with the thought that
musicians are athletic after all. She
is supposed to have come up with
this thought while watching one OF
those special Jack Schafer rumbas,
which involve a lot of parading
about the bandstand with south-of-
the-border musical instruments.
According to the calculations of
'Washington'S Chanteuse Superb +"
1t says here, "the special rumbas
endure for II minutes. Each mu-
sician PAGES of 400 feet per tune.
The combined footsteps of the nine
band members comes out to $500
feet, or 2.045 miles, the organization
walks per Latin speciality. After
they have played their fourth rumba,
the band has travelled 14,400 feet,
or 8.17 miles per night"
That's what it say here. But, if
there still are $3.50 feet in a mile,
the band walks .681 miles per num-
ber and 2.724 miles per night, which
Evening star., 1946-02-28

Carroll also Is the Sweetheart of
the Merchant Marine" and the
Victor Herbert Girl
X 4
Type-casting, a device Of the
theater which bothers some actors
and actresses, also dogs the foot
steps of girl singers, you might be
mildly surprised to learn. There is,
for example, the Madrillon's Lima
Lopez, who was born in Cuba rather
than in Brooklyn, Baltimore or Mil
waukee. She was sitting at the
table the other night looking on as
Eddie Jane Poindexter softly and
prettily told the microphone all
about some love affair that had not
turned out well.
"Ah, I wish I could be like that
what you call glamorous, Miss
Lopez sighed. But what do I do.
I get up there and talk Portuguese
and shake maraccas. Maraccas,
maraccas, always maraccas. I get
tired" We think Miss Lopez was
complaining about her lot, but with
her one never knows. 1t was that
same night that she suddenly burst
out with: "Ah, what I wanted to
see is already went. Now I'm in my
own" We didn't even try to figure
out what that meant.
X X X X
Then there is Grace Pearson, who
was not type-cast when she played
the mother of the Little Women"
in the Jarvis Repertory Theater's
production of that play. Miss
Pearson took up her regular post
Evening star., 1946-02-28

| Paula weighed only 31a pounds when
she was born in Brooklyn. Not long
after this she changed her name be-
cause she realized that Paula Josefa
Manuela Maria Teresa de Lugo y
Alba might be too long to fit on the
intimate marques of intimate night
clubs.
The name she chose has been on
some time now, as well as on the
as Junior Miss" Something for
the Boys" "One Touch Of Venus"
and "The Duchess Misbehaves. ("
about four nights recently, then COL
lapsed, leaving Miss Laurence free
to answer the phone when Mr..
Sachs agent called up.
Miss Laurence has won her fame
by being one of those entertainers
difficult to classify, a bit of song
satirist and a bit of diseuse, but
really not either one. Difficult for
her hearers to classify, that is. not
for Paula herself. Her explanation
is simple. She merely louses up a
song, she says.
X X
When Miss Laurence arrives at
the Duet tonight she will find
Brooklyn singers outnumbered two
to one by Baltimore singers. La
nellie, who sings with Bob knights
orchestra is a native of that town
up the pike and so is Deane Carroll,
another new contributor to the en-
tertainment. Miss Carroll Is girl
who gets keys to the city presented
to her by the mayor when she re-
visits her home town. At least, she
was given one key once by one mayor
when she went to Baltimore. Miss
Evening star., 1946-02-28
After Dark
News and Comment OF the Night Clubs.
q. once
By Harry Macarthur

This, it appears at the moment,
is going to be all about girls who
sing. So, if you are interested in
some other phase of life After
Dark, you will have to wait until
next Tuesday. The worst girl singer
We ever heard, to get her out Of
the way, was a frizzled, berouged
crone employed by a night club
In khartoum. 1t was a place sort
of like-but not very much like
the Shoreham Terrace. 1t was out
of doors, too. There was a sign
at the door announcing that the
management was mot Responsible
in Case of Rain or Haboob" We
thought for long time that "Ha-
boob" was an expression coined by
the local Tex Guinan, a Sudanese
version of Hello, Sucker" but we
learned later that it is wind storm
that puts a stop to garden parties,
dancing under the stars and other
forms of open-air diversion. If we
had known at the time, we would
have welcomed a haboob when the
worst girl singer we ever heard got
up W SllS.
She only got in this column, you
should know, because we wanted to
60 from one extreme to the other,
one of the other extremes being
Hildegarde, who returns to the Stat
ler's Embassy Room tomorrow night.
Hildegarde is definitely not the
worst singer in the world and she
never sang in Khartoum, that we
know of. Paris was her hangout,
when both their hearts were young
and gay. That was where some
king or other requested that she
be given return bout at his favorite
night club, a request which started
her on the road to fame, according
to some biographers. Others con-
tend she started on the path to
Evening star., 1946-02-28

fame when she discovered low neck
lines. Hildegarde, of course, is not
the best girl singer in the world
but she has managed to convince
a large number of people that she
is mighty close to that. She almost
has us convinced
X !; X
The story of Hildegarde's career
is familiar one, of course But
perhaps there are things we car
tell you about Paula Laurence, who
arrives at the Duet tonight as the
headline attraction launching the
new entertainment policy at Mr.
Herbert Sachs popular rendezvous
Evening star., 1946-02-28
Paralysis Foundation
Medical Aide Named
BY The Assoeioied Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 28.-Basil
OConnor, president of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis,
announced today the appointment
of DR.. H. M. Weaver, assistant pro-
fessor of anatomy at Wayne Uni
versity College of Medicine, Detroit,
as assistant to the medical director
of the foundation.
Mr.. Weaver, a native of Lancaster,
Ohio, will be connected with the
foundations research program and
fellowship training program for
physicians and research workers.
Evening star., 1946-02-28
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. G. Bill


is 1902 miles per man, which
shouldn't tire even a nonathletic
musician.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-20
Rotary Has
SAL Clubs,
Clark Says

To-day there are 5,i:l Rotary
clubs IN 90 nations and province,
with a total membership OF 2l7 200,
Roy. DAVID II. Clark. OF Oxford, re-
ported IN Z talk on Rotary lnfur-
nation" nj 4 meeting of the local
club last night.
Rotary lives up to It's motto, Ser
vice above self through four oO-
itctS: Tbs development OF acQuain-
tanre as an opportunity for service:
hlah ethical standards in business
and professions; the application of
the IDEAL of service by G Rotar-
ian to his personal, business and
community life; the advancement of
international understanding, good
will and peace through Il world fell
luWship Of business and professional
men united in the ideal of service"
he stated.
Mr.. Clark gave a history Of Rot
airy, bringing its activities up to the
present day. Demonstrating to the
world the working OF the Golden
Rule is the ideal OF Rotary" he said
and concluded his talk with a poem
by Edgar Guest, expressing the spirit
Of Rotary.
William Baiiey was in charge of
the program and President r. C.
Gary presided. Guests were Robert
L. Smith, of Charlotte. with Dr.. A.
D. Gregg: Commander William
Brewer with c. p. Sellars; John
Bailey with William Bailey.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-20

Must Be
Registered

The Durham Office Of The lcdS>ai
Alcohol Tax Unit appealed today 10
returning c~X-serNice men AMI Otl
ers who have s%hotguns OF rifles with
barrels less than l8 inches lone, any
weapon other than pistol or feyolNe..
that can be concealed en- the person,
n machine gun o. any tlrear2n
with n,uffler or silcncGr, to register
such with that unit. This
includes all trophies q war falling
into any of the catcgories listed.
J. r. Brandon, ATU agent, on Z
visit to Henderson, said that IN re-
cent days eve persons have re-
ported to him and registered Wea-
pons. as required b. Federal lay,
However. he said that many return
ing service men may not be aware
Of that Federal requirement and
therefore he made public the an
nounctment concerning the rcGlstra-
ton. Those wishing to contact the
Durham ATU agent may telephone
either N-7261, the office Of the Dur
ham County Abe police, or Bran
dCn's home telephone N-4023, Ill
Durham.
A 22-caliber rifle does not have to
be registered unless its barrel is
shorter than IS inches.
A definition Of machine guns, in
cludes machine pistols and machine
rifles which viii fire more than one
shot with a single pull Of the triG-
ger pistols or reVolVers with stocks
or detachable stocks, and automatic
pistols that may be converted to full
automatic by any mechanical ad~
justment.
Brandon explained that the reg
lStratiCn is net an attempt to de
priVc veterans Of war trophies but
rather an effort to prevent the dead
ly weapons from falling into the
hands Of criminals.
Registration is under the National
Firearms Act, which deals with the
transfer Of certain types CT firearms,
imposes a $500 tax in connection
with such q transfer, and provides
a fine Of up to $4,000 or imprison-
ment Of up to five years, or both,
for failing TO register the firearms
or transferring any without PAYNE
the transfer tax.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-20
SAL. Plans
New Signals

Washington, March 20.-(AP)-
Receivers Cf the Seaboard Air Line
Railway company told the Interstate
commerce commission today that in
~stallations Of modem block signal
systems over 1873 miles Of track
would cost $4,000, 0O0.
The railroads statement was made
in a brief answering the commits
sion's order to show Why the carrier
should not revise its existing block
signal systems on all lines where a
speed Of so miles or more is author
lied.
The road mileage affected by the
commissions show cause order to-
tailed 1898.
The carrier said that from 1871
through 1945 it installed automatic
block signals on 1854 miles Of road
and 331.8 miles Of track. It added
that this increased the 54o.4 miles
Of road and STA miles Of track preVi-
ousl.y protected by automatic block
signals by 51.8 per cuCt and 57.3 per
cent, respectively.
The carrier suggested that the
three lines which should first be
equipped are in this order:
/. Between Hamlet. N. c. and Sa-
~annah. Ga. by way of Columbia,
:. c.. a distance of 240.l miles.
2. Between Coleman, Fla, and Mi
mi, Fla. 274 miles.
3. Between Coleman, Fla, and
Va1ricO, Fla, 66.5 miles.
The carrier asked that the commits
ion, in issuing an order in the Case
act to ~"alleViate so far as possible
he financial burden upon the rail-
road and assure time essential to
secure .ritical materials and to X
pand and train construction and
maintenance forces in an orderly and
efficient Manner
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-20
STENOGRAPHERS AND
TYPISTS ARE WANTED

S~tenographcrs and typi5ts now
have the opportunity to qualify Tor
probational civil service appoint
ments and a classified status, &C
cording TO Civil Service Commission
announcement. Salaries for typists
begin at S ,506 annually and steno-
graphers at $I,704, the announce
ment says. Applications must be re-
ceived in the Fourth U. S. Civil Ser
vice regional office in Winston
Salem not later than March 26 and
full details may be had by those in
tcrested from Miss Sally 3. Gar!ick,
local secretary for Civil Service, at
the post office in Henderson.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-20
Sister Gary Here FRIDAY.

Sister Gary, Of Raleigh, and her
congregation will hold a service at
Davis Chapel church, colored, Fri
day evening at $50 o'clock, ii was
announced today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-20

Mrs. Grover Grissom was reported
improving satisfactorily at Marie
Parham hospital. where she under
went a major operatluN yesterday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-20
IN the Sick
In Oxford HOSDital.

Mrs. Z. c. Hot, Jr., is a patient
at the Granville county hospital.
She is reported to be improving
satisfactorily following a major OPP
Grafton.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-20

In Germany U. S. cigarettes are
selling for 5000 a carton. That breaks
down to about five bucks a puff.
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28

Mankind goes ahead mainly
through each of us trying TO do the
best that is in us"
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
BETHEL

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Render OF
Wilmington. Moth Carolina spent
Thursday with Captain and Mrs.
Reuben CULLEN.
Mrs. Laura Wheatlcy returned
home Monday accompanied by her
daughter. Mrs. Lewis Cain of Will
mingtOn whom she has been visit
ing for several days,
Mr.. Clark EggerS of Wilmington
spent the week end with his sister
and brOthcr-in-law. MIR. and Mrs.
Harvey Spence.
Miss Iris Hastings and Mrs. Har-
ley Hastings spent Saturday in Will
nlinStOn.
Miss Carol Eskridse of Seaford
spent the week end with hel
grandparents, Mrs. Charles Morris
Mr. Norman COulbOurn spent the
week end in Houston with his
| brother. Mr. William CoulbOurn.
Miss Inez COulbourne is spending
+ several days in Baltimore.
Miss Helen FurniSS of Milford
spent several days last week as The
euest of Miss Ann Larrimore.
Mrs. RhOda Garrett is Spendin:
several days in Wilmington.
The COunt-On-Me-Club was en-
tertained Tuesday evening at tn
home of Mrs. Catherine Hastings
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Prindwille q
Philadelphia spent last week wit
MIR. and Mrs. William Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Ely Cordrey, Mrs
Funice I.arrimOre and Mrs. Georg
Phillips spent Sunday in PhiladeI
phia.
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Philippine Islands

Manuel RoXas was elected as the
first President of the future Philip
pine Republic and he will be in
aueurated on July 4, in Manila. He
Was recently in Washington max
ing preliminary arrangements
with the help of Philippine Cover
nor Paul McNutt. for the lndepen-
dence of the Islands. This involves
now arrangements with the United
States Government. Several hun
dred members of the National
Press club heard the New PreSi-
dent elect review the history of the
Philippines, beginning with the
Spanish- American War of 1898 and
following the tragedies of the re-
cent World War. and the record OF
proeress made by the Islanders in
all the past years. President ROXas
had a good deal to say about the on
ward and upward progress of the
Philippines and he made il very
Ulain that most of the credit for the
Improvement Ol HIS COuuiI yIlltll Dt-
gan when the American Govern
mcnt sent shiplOads of schOO
teachers from America at the earli
est possible moment after the Unit
ed States took over the Islands. 4
new and cultivated race of people
now inhabit the Philippines be
cause the United States brought III
an educated nation of people
where education had been ignored
under Spanish rule. All newspaper
men felt that our United States hat
boosted the level of these people
and gone along with them in i'm
proving their conditions and thei
civilization. and in qualifying then
tor Independent self-government
Perhaps this is the only case in tn
history of the Pacific where sue
a tranformatiOn has been accom-
plished.
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
REDDEN

There will be services at Nc
Colleys Church next Sunday as
follows: Sunday School at 9 =. NJ.
Preston Donovan, supt Preaching
at 3 p. m, by Rev. Bundick.
The Children's Day service was
held on Sunday and was largely
attended. The collection amounted
to $51.00. We wish to thank all
who helped in any way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbert Mitchell
and family were Monday evening
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Paris Bur-
ton.
Pvt. Carlton Rust spent the
weekend with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Rust.
On Saturday evening a surprise
party was given Mrs. Rufus Rust
i'll honor of her list birthday. The
! friends and relatives who attended
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Rus
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Rust and son, Carlton. Mrs. Min
ME Figgs and two daughters. Mr.
and Mrs. James West and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Rust and son
Jimmy, Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Rus
and daughter. Edna. Mr.. and Mrs
: Rodney Rust. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard