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Hartford chronicle., 1946-07-13
WELCOME PHONE MESSAGE

The colored people of Rhode Island dependent upon the services of their telephones and of the people who render that service all of the other folks in this highly modern community We have had phones in our businesses for and consider them necessities in daily living.
 But now as our phones ring, as we have occasion to use them we can but feel that part of the great telephone system For are not some of our girls holding positions with the telephone company dlgned clerical positions?
 When the five young reported for work two weeks ago and were assigned their desks they became racial pioneers in this workers for of the largest public utility corporations in the country They had passed all the requirements. They will make good They know they must.
 Because we being recognized as people, our has more musical note. There is a different sound coming phone lines
 The telephone company will benefit, know, through this employment policy by changed attitude inc of most of it's Negro subscribers Other utilities and concerns this we'll follow the phone panys example by nstitutng employment policy which will embrace equal terms, all persons of all racial groups.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-07-13
SOARING PRICES

With price of butter $ oo pound pound s be able in some the b1thes sPt % of price foar o rHagn Ra sne of the oPA The thsf e3se of 1 he their With of tBe gse uson J are Consumers at their mercy. The black marke& & S
 ourishng tne snn of nation is Shining ignoring the fact that disaster VIII ehs " merchants and consumers alike
 -1+-is doubtful whether the passage or Ine 4I mo ADA hii which has the blessing of Presldnt haIIy Truman in time to halt our aford to relax 10 in f ts in acquanting Senators and Gongfesse
 with their wishes for effective price eontr6i a gof risen
 He the price Ali of us still s have ensTgy I WR Mn % TIIE T J PRESIDENT AND TO CONGRESS Roll prlces back!
Hartford chronicle., 1946-07-13
PLAIN TALK
By JOHN M. LEE

seeking opportunist, Bilbo has no1
 softened in character even during
 the period when he must give ar
 account of his stewardship. He
 rode to prominence on the race
 question, and up to this point the
 name callers and the hate-slingers
 have helped him keep the issue
 alive and profitable.
 The Saturday Evening Post and
 Life Magazine did bang-up job
 in reporting to the world the tenn
 peramental and intellectual def-
 ciency of this man from Mississip-
 pi. These two leading magazines
 didn't carry stories for the haters
 and the revi1ers. Their editorial staffs figured that the spot to aim
 the barbs is the one closest to the
 heart. They prepared material that was read by many who would ordinarily have voted for Missis- sippi's problem Senator. The re- suit was loss of many precious votes for BiIbo.
 Negroes Voted For First Time
 Effective opposition to Bilbo and his many cohorts in the Senate and in Congress can be built on scientific rather than an emotional approach. In Mississippi, Negroes voted for the first time July ?. Their votes counted heavily against Bilbo, and whatever the final out come, they have a potential strength that will be respected as they develop it. From this day forward, Negroes should vote in in- creasing numbers in every Mis- sissippi election. Should they achieve no other objective, they will take the race question out of politics. It is patent that no can didate for public office, whatever his platform, will openly indulge in race-baiting if there is an ac- tive bloc of sensible voters to pro- tect that races interests at the polls.
 Should it be determined that Bill bo must enter a run-of contest, he will know that the Negroes in his district are hitting back with deeds, not words. A run-off can easily mean defeat, and itl will be ironioal if the very issue that put Bilbo in the Senate will send him into a disgraceful and heartbreaking retirement. It will l take lot of doing in Mississippi to work up an effective enthus- lasm for emancipation through do- ing, for we have learned too well i to attack our enemies with hard l sounding words, but a little deter courage can turn the trick.
 It will be we'll too for the Ne groes in Mississippi to learn early that the vote is powerful weapon that must not be sold or devoted to the prejudices of the heart or mind. Properly used, it can bring true freedom to Negroes every where - the kind of freedom we nave too long contented ourselves with shouting and talking about.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-07-13
SUNTAN OR SUNBURN

Many people think of summer in terms of suntan. Unfortunately in their enthusiasm for healthy tan, they sometimes forget that an overdose of anything, even the usn, may be dangerous.
 Children need sunshine and fresh air to grow up sturdy and strong. Men need light and sum- shine to keep healthy. But too much sunshine at one time can be dangerous and should be avoided.
 Suntan may look healthy and it may enhance one's looks - but don't rush nature in getting it. Too much exposure to the sun over a short period of time can have painful consequences. The sun can burn as severely as a man-made fire.
 No one would deliberately burn himself with a hot coal. Why, then, expose oneself to being burned by the sun?
 During vacation or weekend trips to the shore, the sun should be taken in small doses, at least until the skin has accustomed to the heat of the suns rays. It should be remembered, too, that some types of skin burn much more readily than others. People whose skin burns easily should be very careful to avoid direct exposure to the sun.
 Sunburn can be as dangerous as an ordinary burn. It may cause the skin to blister, or may bring on a headache, nausea and fever.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-07-13

does. Talk to your neighbors.
 They are human. They have pro- blems just as you do. It is always said that kind answer turneth
 away wrath.
 The old adage of one race being
 superior to another is no longer in
 existence. 1t has been proven that an individual may survive un- der similar conditions. When q white child is born he knows no more than Negro child. If these two children are brought up un- der the same conditions their achievements will not vary. That is: if the two children have simi- lar initiative. People have diffe- rent reactions under the same conditions. Even twins react diffe- rently under the same conditions. Therefore, individuals must be the same.
 The average white person does not know the Negro. In fact, he doesn't know that the economic suppression of the Negro causes the Negro to spend most of his time working at a very early age, wherein the white child has the opportunity to equip himself for a decent vocation. Notwithstand- ing the fact that the Negro is al- ways under pressure he has stood up under all these unpleasant sur roundings. There are certain white people who dislike Negroes for no reason whatsoever. In many cases they have been taught that they are superior to the Ne gro. The idea of condemning an individual at first sight is one of the Negro's greatest handicaps. To my mind I can't see why a man has to be condemned just because he is a member of a mar tlcuIar race. Since a race is determined by outstanding cha racteristics there is but one race. the human race. And God is the Supreme ruler of all races. Even # we have favorites God has none.
 The trend of the attitude of Negroes and whites is one which causes the loss of very valuable time. The time a Negro spends trying to get certain constitutional rights put into practice could be spent doing something for the bet terment of his community,
Hartford chronicle., 1946-07-13

 1t would be a good thing if the Negro would start studying too
 We have been taught about the
 white man and his achievements
 from our first day in school until
 We leave. The white man hardly
 knows more than the mere fact
 that the Negroes in this country
 were freed from slavery by Abra-
 nam Lincoln. In some parts of
 this country where there is a large number of Negro students, one week is set aside to teach them Negro History. But since I came east over twelve years ago I have had Negroes to admit that they knew nothing about a Negro His tory. All the average one could say was few ditties about Booker I. Washington, Frederick Doug lass, and Crispus Attucks. But in more recent years the trend has changed. Many other names have been added to the few mentioned. Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, c. C.. spaulding of the North Carolina Mutual, Dr. R. R. Wright, the banker of Philadelphia, and MT. Thomas O. Fuller, former congress man and author from Tennessee. To name a few.
 The span of life of each indivi- dual is too short to be stuffed with discrimination because of race. CO., Tor. creed, or religion. The blood of an individual cannot be distin- gulshed if no record of the bea- rer's identity is of race or color. Since the life of the average man IS tremendously short, Negroes and whites alike should devote them selves to the betterment of race Now is the time for us to begin to be our brothers Keeper. Let's make up our minds to bury the hatchet and pledge ourselves to cooperate in more satisfactory manner. Remember. ene discovery of the value of CO., operation caused man to realize his wants.
 Every man must make peace with his Maker (God) before he can serve Him. Brotherly love is the key to all devotion. To be Godly Is love itself. Anyone pro- claiming these qualities has no bias as to race, color, creed or religion.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-07-13
BOOK REVIEW

when he sees the solution of ths problem of India in greater in dustrialization. It is evident tha1 here is the key to understanding communalism, for example, since the social changes which woult accompany the process of indus trialization would remove the eco homie bases of Hindu Moslem con fiict, as is seen in the growing trade-union movement. Many weire customs deemed eternal would dis. appear, just as the theocratic Cal vinism of seventeenth century New England departed with the growth of industrialism. Already the observable changes wrought in the caste system spring primarily from the source of freer social in- tercourse occasioned by the re- qulrements of commerce and in- dustry. A Brahmin clerk on the Bombay stock exchange or a Mos lem molder in a Tata foundry has not the time to afford the luxury of caste etiquette in transacting business or in producing goods where speed is of the essence.
 Once or twice MT. Shridharani's pen, which moves with entrancing smoothness, slips and makes err TOTS of facts. On page Al, he inn plies that Rudyard Kipling, the poet laureate of British imperial ism in India, was dead by the time of the Round Table Confer ence of 1881, whereas Kip1ing died in 1886. On page POS he makes Akbar the Great, the Mogul em- peror who fourished in the six teenth century, the contemporary of Queen Victoria! (Of course. he Elizabeth, but errors like the foregoing cannot remain in a plea for Indian freedom, since op- ponents will seize them in order to discredit the entire argument ) On the whole, the book is read able and persuasive.
 WILLIAM HARRISON
Hartford chronicle., 1946-07-13

THE MAHATMA AND THE
 WORLD By Krishnalal Shridha-
 rani. New York: Duell, Sloan &
 Pearce. $3.5O
 The life-story of Mahatma Gandhi, the great Indian national
 ist leader, is a twice-told tale to our generation. An ascetic moti- vated by influences foreign to our age, country, and culture has what one must reluctantly term a side show interest to most Americans, like 8 figure in a wax museum. Symbolic of authentic Indian tra- dition the Mahatma can teach us a great deal which we need to learn in order to understand the peoples of India as they struggle for na- tional independence. MT. Shridha- rani, whose long residence in the United States has especially equipped him for the task of in terpreting Gandhiji to Americans, has not endeavored to base his narrative upon any new data which research may disclose or upon any original insights into the philosophy. Compounded of peculiarly Indian mysticism with strong elements of Thoreau and Tolstoy, Gandhi's philosophy is in evitably useless to contemporary America, and MT. Shridharani does not finger with it overlong, but places his main emphasis upon it's often baf1ing political direction.
 No other biography of Gandhi, whether by a disciple like Mana dev Desai or by an opponent like T. A. Raman, enables the reader to place the attractive figure of bhe Mahatma among world states men so clearly and so accurately. | While he is respectful, as every body must be in considering a | great man faithful to his convic- ions in fair weather and foul, MT. i rejects Gandhism ill the final chapters of his book
Hartford chronicle., 1946-07-13

It calls for treatment just as a burn from a fire does.
 If one knocks his hand against hot stove and is severely burned, it is unfortunate, but it is an ac- cident. If one hurries to the beach the first warm day of summer and deliberately lies in the sun for hours, it is no accident if he is burned. The burn is the result of inaccessible carelessness.
 Sunburn can be avoided. If the sun is taken in small doses at the beginning of summer or at the beginning of the vacation, it can be taken in increasingly large doses as the days pass without run ming the risk of being burned. Ora dual exposure to the sun Is more apt to lead to suntan instead of b1isters.
 The person who is careless or forgetful and is beguiled into lott ering in the sun for a long stretch on the first day of his outing must expect to suffer burn. He should remember, then, that the burn must be treated as any other type of burn. Applications of plain bak- ing soda and water or of a greasy salVe will provide relief. A burn IS not just a local affair. It may upset the entire system. The pa tlent should rest, in a cool place, and drink plenty of liquids and eat only light foods.
 Rather than go through the agony ot healing a burn, why not avoid it?
 In the next article, infantile paralysis will be discussed.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-07-13
The Better1nent of Race Relations

As a race or as individuals we are not known. To know a man is to talk with him and to live with him. To know a race is the same. Many individuals of various races do not get along with each other because they are usually too sell fish to learn the different traits and peculiarities of each other If each individual would think of the next person with an interest he will find that the person next dooi feels almost the same way as he
Hartford chronicle., 1946-07-13
BILBO'S DEFIANCE OF LAW AND ORDER CALLS FOR SOME
 SERIOUS THINKING

We sit and wonder what is il
 store for us as Americans, and W, try to gauge the future from tn
 temper of the men who make tn,
 nations laws. Occasionally WI
 have reason to applaud, but more
 frequently, we are disturbed by the undemocratic character of tht
 men we send to Washington. Mos
 of us like to believe that wher
 we have damned and castigated
 Bilbo, we have successfully smeared the worst man in the Sen
 ate, and we try to think of new
 epithets to be used the next time ! he opens his big mouth.
 Seldom if ever do we realize
 that Bi1bo is no better and no
 worse than the average of his col
 leagues. He indisputably exerts eff
 fective leadership on vital ques- tions, and his support is usually
 on the side of the majority. When ever it becomes necessary for us to deal with him, we dig deeply into the barrel of hate and shoot the works. It has gotten to the point where you don't know which side shows the greater amount of intolerance, Bilbo, or the men that hate and revile him.
 Perhaps we might have gone on spewing forth new descriptives of anger every time Bilbo opened a new race-hate offensive, if "the man. himself hadn't shown us the error of our ways. Bi1bo is not our concern any longer. He has come out in open defiance against the law and order of the United and he has issued an in citement to riot. The government, if it does anything at all, will not rest with merely calling him names. The Department of Just ice, stung to the quick by the open defiance of the Mississippi demagogue, is keeping close tab on every move he makes in his bid for reelection. Senate Committee Aierted
 A Senate Committee which sits on the matter of fitness, is alert ed, ready to go into action when and if the Mississippi mud-s1inger is sent back for another six-years of law-making by abuse. At this time, it is expected that some sort ,, of protection will be thrown around the Mississippi polls to protection to as many of the eligible Negro voters who have the courage to go out and vote against the most hated man of the century.
 What Bilbo is worried about, is | the possible necessity of having to go into run-off race against | one of the several opponents in the primary battle. Always a self |
Hartford chronicle., 1946-07-13
By Charles (. Garvin

Civilization is the greatest means by which man has been able to identify himself from gen. eration. It is for us who claim this wonderful stage of life to make our fine ideals of Democra- tic Government live and never re- place it with the dictatorial manl- scs who murdered as they trun1- Dled the freedom of the peoples of the world.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-07-13
MAGAZINE RACK
By Samuel P. Perry. IF.

MIS- LADY DOCTOR. Dr. Vera
 Emanuel with Pete Martin
 (Saturday Evening Post-15 June)
 Sometimes unknown to the corri-
 placent person who has witnessed
 and continues to witness the great
 technological changes of the 20th
 century, there are people in this
 one world of ours who perform
 valuable duties, not for public &C.,
 claim, high pay, or lucrative pro-
 motions, but simply for the self
 satisfaction derived from the fact
 they know they are exerting them
 selves for a noble reason: the bene-
 nt or less fortunate individuals still
 living in the mysticism of primi- e1ve superstition. To this rare class
 lndubitably belongs Dr. Emanuel who has practiced medicine for many years among the natives of the Orange Free State, South Africa.
 The battle of modern medicine against the superstition instilIed
 by native witch doctors, the dis ease, malnutrition, filth, and made quate work-concomitants of the slums-as waged by the general practitioner is thankless and
 heart-rending one The inner emo t1ons of the writer were in evil dence as she related simply the story of the blind tailor "toiIing necessarily and uncomplainingly, so that he and his brothers wife and her children might exist-so that they might contract tuber- culosis and pellagra and be car rled off to a sanatorium." No less paradoNcaI or ironicaI is the statement, "As far as conditions among the blacks were concerned. they (the whites) wore blinkers." Under the purview of Dr. Eman- ueps article fall the questions of maladministration of South Afri- can justice, exorbitant rents, ex- plotted tenants, forced to endure poor ventilation and sanitation at the hands of wealthy landlords. The case histories related by the author illustrated the great need for sacrificing general practi- tioners.
 But, the native mind is quick to grasp the knowledge of mod ern science. This was illustrated by the fact that in the hospital in Newclare, Orange Free State there were cool, efficient native girls who performed their duties with great dexterity. "To me-" de- clared Dr. Emanuel, "it proved without a shadow of question that the Bantu was adaptable and 1t shattered the shibboleth that a Negro couldn't undertake the in- tricate tasks the whites had a cor ner on.o
 Unfortunately, Dr. Emanueps work resembles that of a pioneer. an experimentalist "a fact which. upon close examination of the atomic age, seems incongruous. Her voice is loke one crying in the wilderness; the candle by which she has given light in the form o1 medical assistance to hundreds of gratif1ed natives may go out. that IS, unless those in authority realize that proper nourishment is essential to growing chiId's ieaith' irrespective of race, that nospl,~ls must be adequately staffed and equipped to offset the fanger of deadly diseases which 'ake their yearly toll.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-04-11
hepnOnSburg

Kennonsburg, April 10-Oliver
Wells was a business caller in
Wheeling Friday.
Mrs. Ella Parks visited Mrs. Au-
drey Long one day last week.
Miss Countess Ankrom was call
ing on Mrs. Emma Massie Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Kefauver Of
Cuyahoga Falls were weekend guests
of Mrs. Jennie King and Mr.. and
Mrs. U. J. Massie.
Bearl Harding of Batesville, Vic
tor Harding and Red Wells of Can
ton were visiting Mrs. Mary Ann
Harding and sons, George and
Hayes, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond House and
daughter, Mary Belle, were visiting
Mrs. Jane House and son, Bert, Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Denius of Col
umbus spent the weekend here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Rich are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dempsey Moore of
Cambridge spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ures Massie.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Parks enter
tained the rook club at their home
Thursday evening. Those present
were Mrs. Jennie King, Mrs. Ures
Massie, Henry Hague, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellis Long, daughter, Melba, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Wyscarver and
children.
Mrs. Cora Bates and brother,
Ankrom of Cambridge were visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. l. M. Danford Satur-
day Sunday.
Mrs. Freda Lashley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Junior Lashley, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Rich and children were guests
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-04-11
Busy Season Ahead Means
More Farm Accidents

An appeal was ra1o tOdav nv
Parry 7. Porti0ue, eof"+v director
of the Ohio Farm Bureau, to far-
mers who are entering the busv
plowino and nlontino season to be
especially careful around machinery.
Each vear the caroln0e operation
of power machinery takes an as
founding toll of lives, he said. He
listed the following precautionary
measures:
When attempting to repair or ad-
just a piece of equipment, be sure
it is not running.
Don't go to sleep on the job-if
you intend to oDerate the equipment
some other time.
Keep your mind on what you are
doing Sometimes a distraction will
cause injury or death.
Avoid filling the tractor with
gasoline while the motor is running.
A spark may keep you from doing
it again.
Don't take chances by driving
the tractor without lights at dusk
or at night.
Keep the tractor and equipment a
safe distance away from open bitches
and ravines.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-04-11
Sharon

Sharon. April 3-Faculty men,
hers, basketball players and cheer
leaders of the Sharon-Forest Grove
high school enjoyed a banquet at
the PRESBYTERIAN church, Thursday
evening, served by members of the
Ladies Aid of the church.
Cash Marquis of Canton spent the
weekend with his daughter, Mrs.
John Kuntz. and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldron of Colum-
bus snent the weekend with her SIS
ter. Mrs. Nancy Brotton.
Charles Boyd. who is employed IN
Canton visited a few days with his
rarents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Boyd.
Mr.. Boyd is improving from a Sc
we've attack of heart trouble.
Miss Leota Winder, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Marquis and Herbert Steen
were GAINESVILLE visitors, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kuntz visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Boyd at
GAINESVILLE, Sunday.
Mrs. Lillian Jordan of South OllVe
called on Mrs. Ruth Crouch, Sunday
Mrs. Leila Landaker is visiting
Mr.. and Ms. A. R. Parrish at Be
lington, w. Va.
Denzil Johnson of near Caldwell
was calling on friends here Saturday
Wilbur Mckee of near Reiners-
vile spent the weekend with his
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-04-11
Third Farm Safety Week
Announced for July Il

The third annual National Farm
Safety Week will be observed July
21-27, the National Safety Council
announced today.
For the third consecutive year,
the Council will have the coopera-
ton of the U. S. Department OF
Agriculture, the National Grange,
the National All Club, the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation, the
Future Farmers of America and
other national farm groups.
Maynard H. Coe, director of the
Councils farm division said that
cooperation of all farm publications
and the rural press would be sought
in publicizing safety.
Mr.. Coe emphasized that the
weeks program served to make
farm families conscious of year
round safety.