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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-10-01

Longyear City, Spitzbergen. =
Here on these islands, only 400
miles from the North Pole and the
most northerly human habitation
in the world, it is dark nearly half
the year
No birds sing, except the hardy
little snow bunting. No tree grows.
There is little vegetation.
There are no roads and for sew
en- months of the year the sole link
with the outside world is by ra-
dio.
Yet the great East-West diplo-
matte rivalry has reached Spltz-
bergen.
Twelve hundred Norwegian coal
miners live not far from some SUI
to 1000 Russian miners but have
little contact with them. There al
so are four disputed and unex-
plotted British claims.
Strategic Value
These facts constitute the grist
for international disagreement. But
they probably would have stirred
no ripples on the local scene, were
it not for Spitzenbergen's strategic
Importance.
Spitzenbergen is the last neu.
trail halt on the Great Circle be-
tween North America and north
ern Russia. Russian propagandists
who often have charged the West
with warlike intentions, point out
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-10-01

the local Norwegians await an
other large reinforcement as prom
Used by Red Fleet.
Pyramid managing director Mr..
Naomkin, who speaks English and
is liked by the Norwegians, stout
ly maintains that Russia intends
to mine Spitzbergen coal, because
it is more convenient and economi-
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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-10-01

Trygve Lie, now Secretary Gener-
al of the United Nations. Again
in November, 1916, during the
New York UN meeting, Mr.. Molo-
TOW asked the present Norwegian
Foreign Minister, Harvard Lange,
to reconsider the status of Spitz-
bergen.
This second move appears to
have been precipitated by the BIZ
KIM atom experiment and an Am
erican airman's flight past Spitz-
bergen on the way around the
world that summer.
Under the 1920 international
treaty, whereby Svalbard-includ-
ing West Spitzbergen, Northeast
Land, Barents Island, Edge Is
land, King Charles Land, Hope Is
land, Price Charles Foreland, Bear
Island, and Jan Mayen Island, was
placed under Norwegian sover-
eighty, provisos were laid down
that the group should not be for
titled or garrisoned and that all
corners should be free to exploit
the territory economically under
Norwegian supervision.
Mr.. Molotov proposed to Mr..
Lange that joint Russo-Norwegian
defense of Svalbard should be in
stituted, but this suggestion has
been categorically rejected by the
Norwegian Government. which
stands on the 1920 treaty.
In practice this document was
formally acknowledge as valid by
the Russians and so accepted until
1914, although they were not sig
natories.
Yet the Russians appear to rec
ognize no inconsistency in persist
ing in trying to press Norway into
tearing up the treaty. The state
controlled Soviet press attempts to
document Russian claims on Spitz-
bergen frequently asserting, for ex-
ample, that Russians were the
first to occupy Spitzbergen, al
though actually Norsemen discov-
cred Spitzbergen in 1884.
On May 10 the Soviet naval or
gan Red Fleet followed up the
campaign for Spitzbergen with a
long article promising great speed
this summer in Russian recon-
struction work there" This state
ment conceded with the arrival of
the 5OO-ton icebreaker Hercules in
the Ice Fjord, where she got stuck
in a most convenient situation for
observing the opening of the Nor
wegian coal-shipping season at
Longyear, and had to be rescued
by the Norwegian icebreaker Aas-
enfjord.
Soviet Mystery
Ultimately a passage way was
cleared through the month-late
pack-ice for the 3,5O0-ton Soviet
steamer Kirovogorod, which drop
ped supplies for the Russians at
Pyramid, but returned in ballast
instead of picking up any of the
coal the Russians claim they are
mining on Spitzbergen.
One of the Spitzbergen myster.
les is how the Russians occupy
their time at Pyramid. This base
was reoccupied by an advance par.
ty of Russians in 1916 and last No.
vember during the night when the
Norwegians were closing down fol
the winter, a 12,OOO-ton Soviet con.
voy brought achievements.
These ships arrived unheralded
and men and supplies were disem-
barked in bulk, but there is still nc
sign that the Russians have mined
one ton of coal at Pyramid. Now
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27
Henry Wallace Calls Washington Spy"
Cases A Pattern For Destruction Of
An Americans Constitutional Liberties

go home from Philadelphia to
meet the most extraordinary red
batting campaign which had ever
been seen in the United States
A tremendous effort is being
made to substitute newspaper
headlines for courts and tribu-
mails before which to try innocent
people Acres Of newsprint and
tons of printers ink are now be-
ing used in fulfil attempt to
destroy not only the Progressive
Party, but the memory of Frank
lin Roosevelt Guilt by associa-
ton. character assassination and
all the tricks OF smear will not
succeed in accomplishing either
objective.
The Progressive Party, concen-
Grating on obtaining American
solutions to American problems
through the machinery of our
democracy will stand as a bull
Wafk against the attempts TO do
TO our country what militarists
and eartelists did TO Germany and
much of Europe
Pay Your Poll Tax
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27

Naughty Marietta" with an all
star cast from the musical centers
OF New York and Hollywood sup
ported in the chorus and ballet
by native Arkansas talent.
This season of Starlight Show
time is sponsored by the Wo-
mems Chamber of Commerce and
Is a monument of recognition to
the advancement of the musical
theater within the state. It is an
endeavor to give the people an
opportunity to enjoy the best of
the worlds music, as well as
offering an outlet for the album
dant talent within Arkansas.
Stars from New York are Vir-
ginia Card, soprano, and prima
donna of the night opera stage;
John Sealy, tenor, artist for CO.
lumbia Concerts of New York;
Jim Overton, bass-baritone recog-
nized for his ability as an actor.
OF equal fame are singers from
Arkansas whose supporting roles
are marked with the same pro-
fessional finish, There are Ross
Graham, national networks singer
and concert artist; Rece Saxon
Price, mezzo-soprano. founder as
well as participant, she is famous
for radio, stage and screen APP
pcarances; Flo Franklin. inter
national star Of light opera in
Milan Paris and London Marion
Parker concert artist Of the
Southwest as is Bob Wilson,
Blame Nicholson. Wayne Clements
and Conrad Farrell These prin-
cipals are supported by a splinded
chorus and ballet selected from
native talent
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27

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turning home when the regrettable
accident occurred
The beloved minister was born
IN England He had been engaged
in the work of the ministry for
As years He attended regularly
all the district, state, and national
meetings of his chosen faith and
was inimpeachably solid and re-
speeted in bis private and public
life Surviving him are his wife,
Mrs Virginia Lovelace, his two
daughters. Mrs. Charles Jones of
Detroit. Michigan. and Mrs. James
Morgan of st Louis, Missouri, and
five sisters and seven brothers.
Service We're conducted Thursday
at the First Baptist Church, 7th
and Gaines streets, with Rev. J.
c Tidwell and the pastor, Rev
Roland Smith delivering the SER
mon Miller Funeral Home was in
charge of funeral arrangements
He was laid to rest in Haven Rest
Cemetery.
Alonzo Rhoden, killed in the
same accident in which Reverend
LoVelace was also buried Thurs
day at the Baptist Church in Bis
eoe. where Mr. Rhoden formerly
lived. Mr. Rhoden, with his wife.
Mrs. Minnie Rhoden, ran gro
Gerry store on the Hot Springs
Highway. Miller Funeral Home
was also in charge of the arrange
ments and funeral rites.
Pay Your Poll Tax
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27
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RATINGS II pointed out that the
Northern Negroes in Army tests
often surpassed Southern whites,
and asked that if intelligence was
10 be the measuring rod, that all
superiors. without regard to race
be placed in one category and all
interiors. white as we'll as blacks,
be placed in another,
The letter also scored the con-
tentiou that segregation is neces-
sarv to maintain Army morale and
efficiency and asserted that no
thought whatsoever apparently
had been given to the morale OF
Negro troops under segregation.
Hanson w. Baldwin is widely
known military authority on the
Times staff His articles appear
in many of the leading magazines.
He is a graduate Of West Point
and has absorbed thoroughly the
traditional Army attitude on the
use Of Negro troops,
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27

The Working Committee urged
all Negro and white people who
love freedom to refuse service on
local draft boards. which will pro-
cess men and channel them into
segregated military establishments
since to participate in such pro-
cedure is to perpetuate racism.
The Committee indicated that
attorneys from over the nation
are standing firm in their inten-
ton to give all legal assistance
possible to those men who get in
to trouble because of their oppo-
sition to military segregation,
DR.. W, E B Dubois, national
research director of the NAACP
has agreed to serve on the nation
aboard being set up to assist re-
sisters III lic Nohi To-
Bayard Rustin announced that
letters had been sent to President
Truman. Governor Dewey, James
Forrestal, Secretary of Defense,
Secretary Royal of the Army and
other officials, pointing out that
the campaign of civil disobedience
against military segregation would
continue despite the withdrawal
of A. Philip Randolph and Grant
Reynolds.
The letter in part said, gov
eminent officials can have no
peace so long as their failure to
act dooms hundreds of sincere and
honest citizens to prison because
they cannot consciendously accept
military segregation"
William Sutherland, formerly
National Field Secretary with the
League. and who is carrying on in
that capacity for the Campaign.
issued statement in which he
said. my travels across the coun-
try convinced me that Randolph
and REYNOLDS misiudged the sem
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27
n. Y. May Become
Film Capital

New York Gity-tGl-There Is
a tremendous fade out in Holly
wood these days, and the reason
is the tall stories about the earth
tremors in California Every
day train loads of Hollywood
stars, teehnieans, producers and
sportsjacket wearers are arriving
East
Rumor has il that many of the
major film plants are reducing
their staffs to about one-quarter,
and there is hardly any picture
making going on. Morale in Hol-
lywood is SO low that film folk
are selling their houses, and NOV
ing whole families to New York,
Chicago or to their home towns,
What films are being released
now, were produced last year and
few new films are being sehed-
uled now OF course, the low
quality of current films are also
cited as a contributing factor.
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27
Walter White To
Paris For The
General Assembly

NEW YORK-In response TO an
tnvitaton from Chester S. Will
Hams, Public Liaison Officer of
the United States Mission to the
United Nations, Walter White
Secretary Of the NAACP, win so
TO Paris in September as one of
rs or 80 representatives Of organi-
cations who win consult with
United States delegates on several
matters including the all-impor-
Cant Human Rights Commission.
The NAACP Committee on Nd
rninistration, which functions in
between Board meetings, voted at
SIS last meeting "a send Mr. White
rs the Associations representa-
Give. More than 25 American or
CARNATIONS including the FOREIGN
Policy Association, General Fed
Grafton OF Womcn's Clubs. Ameri-
Council Of Churches OF Christ in
America, National Conference Of
Christians and Jews. YMCA, La
Dor League for Human Rights,
National Council OF Jewish Wo-
men, and YwcA, win have rep
vesentatives in Paris. Tho NAA
CP was included in such a group
of organizations in 1o45 when the
United Nations was organized IN
San Francisco. Mr.. White expects
60 leave about the middle OF Sep
tember. -
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27
$4,000 Votes '
Continued from page one

~ ticket. Wallace is unfair to
his friends, unfair to himself, and
most important, unfair to the
Democratic Party for remain
ing in race which he admits
he cannot win" He said that il
Wallace insisted on fighting to
the finish for the presidency, he
will be guilty of aiding and abet-
ting the enemies of Southern
Negroes
Abiding to the growing siren
9Th of the Negro vote in Arkan-
sas, DR. Robinson said it has in
creased from 5000 in 1914 to the
present $4,000 qualified voters.
He disclosed that a drive for the
payment Of poll taxes still re-
quired in the State as "a prere-
quisite for voting should increase
this number to $4,000 by Novem-
Der He predicted the entire
group would cast their ballots for
Mr. Truman.
This growth Of the Negro cleo
torate in Arkansas, Or. Robinson
stated is due to recent Supreme
Court primary decisions which
have relieved them from fears of
intimidation ard subsequent re-
prisas for exercising the simple
rights OF citizenship He said an
equally important factor was the
concession he won from the State
Central Committee prior to the
high court mandates which dele
ted racial designation as a quail
fication for determining the eligi-
hility Of voters
THE Negro is fast becoming an
integral part of the election ma
ehinery in Arkansas DR.. Robin
son a resident of Little Rock for
AZ years said He recited Incl
dents of their fun participation
in the recent August 10 state pri-
mary elections to prove his as
serdon.
As the National Citizens Com
mittee swung into the second
week of its nationwide non-nar-
tisan drive to reflect Mr., Truman,
assurances of increased and wide
spread support are pouring into
headquarters. A step-up in cam
paian fund contributions is indi-
Gated
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27

Scout Jackson averaged Grade
A in his senior year at Douglass
High School, Columbia, Mo, this
year An honor student, he was
president of his sophomore class,
a member of the school band, and
a letterman in football and bas-
ketball He also helped to edit
his school paper
Jackson was president of the
Youth Group of the Baptist
Church he attends regularly and
Is a member of its choir. He was
secretary Of the Church Youth
Conference held in Kansas As
a good turn" ne often cleans the
church yard
He took a leading part in
Scout show to raise funds so that
his troop could attend summer
camp where he was leader. He
appeared in numerous school as
sembly programs and before the
Kiwanis Club at Moberly, Mo, to
promote Scouting.
He directed traffic before and
after school to make crossing
streets safe for young pupils He
gave blood for the war effort and
once for a dying girl He helped
to oil streams to combat polio and
once averted a possible accident
BY reporting an open sewer to
city officials
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27
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waste food and feed. II is foolish
to spend time, money and energy
producing food and feed and then
waste a considerable amount
Make use Of everything. Law
something by for Winter and lean
times. Some waste is due TO ro-
dents and insects. Constant watch
fulness has to be the slogan of a
good farmer, Eliminate these de-
structive pests. They cost the
American farmer an enormous
sum in dollars and cents every
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27
Scouts Honored
For Saving Lives
Of Small Children

william Jackson ,Jra i7-year-old
Scout of 1902 Hill Street Column
bia, Mo, who with three other
Boy Scouts saved the lives Of
five small children from burning
to death in their home, is the
winner of the 1913 Veterans Of
Foreign Wars Scholarship, IT was
announced last night tWED1 by
DR. Ebert X Fretwell, Chief
Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts
of America.
The V. F, W Scholarship con
sIsting of $500, and gold medal,
is awarded annually to an out
standing Boy Scout of First Class
rank or higher between Is and
20 years old, who has previously
received a life saving award Of
the Boy Scouts and who has de-
monstratcd Scout character. lead
ership, good scholastic ability and
unselfish service to others
Kay H. Brannaman, Command
cr-in-Chief Of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars. viii present the
$500 scholarship rbaeI- a1d Gold
medal to young Jackson next
Thursday Sept 2 at 2.45 P NJ at
the kIcl Auditorium IN st, Louis.
during the national encampment
OF the veterans organization
me Negro lad received the
GOD Homer Medal from The Boy
SCOUTS Tor his part in the rescue
ne fepFeSen'ated last years It
BOY scout heroes I'M a symbolic
ceremony at the National Geuh-
ell Meeting OF the Boy Scouts in
MAY I947 in New York
Inc four Boy Scouts, all Ne
sroes, were honored for saving
me five GLASGOW children. the +
eldest five years old, when fire
destroyed their home on October 7
10, 1916, while their mother was
away on an errand.
Hubert Stapleton also received F
the Gold Honor Medal while I
Augustus Chumley and Burton
for Heroism.
The Scouts, returning home
from football practice. came upon
the blazing dwelling. Finding
the front door locked. they broke
a window. Scouts Jackson and /
Stapleton entered the house aud
passed two children through the
window TO the other Scouts
Heavy smoke forced the two
Scouts to leave after they tried |
to force the locked door of
room where they thought there
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27
Pay Your Poll Tax
i ~ OUT TUII ny
WEST ROCK
James Leroy Madden

Regular services were held at
Oak Grove last Sunday with the
Pastor. Rev N Nixon preaching
a wonderful sermon. The pastor is
in the midst of a great revival at
Tie Plant The BTU rendered
very nice program afterwhich the
lesson was taught by Sister Wash
ington. Attendance was very good
Visitors We're Mrs McMullen. Mrs.
Guess and Mrs. J. B Thfeet of
Pilgrim Rest.
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27

New York, N. Y-tG)-In a
statement issued from Progressive
Party headquarters at 80 Park
Nv,nuc, Henry A. Wallace. can
lid ste for President Of the United
- .es agreed with an able jour
as- list who has described the cur
rent proceedings of the Un-Amer-
lean Committee as a circus Mr.
Wallace's statement goes on to
say, that he has said it is design
ed to distract the people from
their real problems, which the
Congress of the United States has
failed to solve.
The President has aptly termed
The proceedings "a red herring
He has said it was created for
precisely the same purpose He
is right The old parties pur-
suing their present policies can
NOT halt initiation nor guarantee
civil rights
Yet there is more involved here
than the circus or sideshoW
There is a whole pattern of Ter
ror and fear-making which has
been developing since the death
of Franklin Roosevelt. It is
pattern for which the leaders of
both old parties including MIR.
Truman bear fun responsibility.
1t is a pattern for the total des-
ruction of constitutional liberties
The pattern is the same ms that
which developed in Germany in
the -thirties.
Elr Truman has stated the
simple facts that the Federal
grand jury which heard the latest
SPY @tSiiSS lould tIdl the evil I
dence did not warrant the return
OF indictments. that the FBI
which heard these same stories
years ago has failed to produce
evidence.
The deprivation of. due process
Of law; the substitution of Con
viction by headlines" for judicial
procedure; the destruction of
constitutional guarantees of a free
people; the denial of the American
tradition of fairplay by the Thorn
as Committee are not the works
OF one party, They are the pro-
ducts of both old parties The
bipartisan unity in building fear
has been and remains an integral /
part in the bankrupt foreign pol
icy.
The current spy scare" is only
e in a series ranging back over
three year period. There have
en- half a dozen headline cases
tn implications of espionage.
plus almost innumerable red
menace" stories, Yet there has
not been single conviction for
espionage or traitorous activity of ;
any sort.
The current proceedings are
Not new or unique They are the
continuation Of a course followed
by both old parties since Roose-
velt's death They not only pro-
vide diversion from real problems.
but a method for intimidating
those who fight back,
Meeting with the State Direct
ors Of the Progressive Party. two
weeks ago, told them they would
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27
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largely of young men who served
in the last war and who have
pledged ITO continue the civil dis
obedience campaign until segre-
cation is abolished by Congress
sional action or Executive Order. ~
Bayard Rustin, Secretary of the
Working Committee, announced
that over a thousand men have
pledged not to be indicted into
the army Many of these, he said
have pledges not to register Aug
ust 30.
The Working Committee in a
prepared statement announced
I'VE will conduct poster walks be-
fore registration centers and will
ask all Negro and white youth
who intend to register to do so
under protest. Each person enter
ing the center to register viii be
encouraged to write on his reg
isteration form a statement that
he will refuse induction unless
segregation is specially outlawed
by the time he is called
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27

! year.
There is a problem of malad-
iustment between the land and
the people Twins on It. lis svmp-
toms are rural poverty poor
health. social strife lowered stand
ards of living ard education, gen.
eral unhappinesss depleted pro-
ductivity and often erosion Of the
soil
The program of Production and
Marketing Administration USDA
needs the cooperation OF every
Negro farmer in the United States
This is the big master plan for us
all In fact, it is the master plan
for the entire world today Today
as never before in history this ma
ton is leading the world nur-
turing the world It may be said
that we hold the scales Of war
and peace in our hands.
We know today that soil must
have minerals and vitamins just
as human beings require them In
fact, malnutrition in humans can
be cured by putting these mater
ials into the soil from which our /
food is harvested. Soils lacking in /
minerals, nitrates and other ele-
ments produce vegetation essential
TO building and repair of body It's ,
sues.
Again when the promised land !
was in sight a master plan was
outlined for the management of |
people 40 wears out of bondage |
about TO become a nation out of |
sovereign rights. This master plan !
we know today as the Ten Com |
mandments Agriculture has a
master plan embodying the prin-
cipleS OF management. The word |
which must always be a begin
ming crystalizes into definite form
the knowledge that gives power
knowledge Of the cause Of depict
ed productivity lays a foundation
for good farm practices.
AS a further principle in this
plan every Negro farmer will find
out from the County AAA office
Of Production and Marketing those
practices which will enrich his
soil and provide for his family
and for his felloWmen who are de.
pendent upon the food from his
acres those elements which will
guarantee stronger bones. greater
endurance and longer life. ..........
Mr.. Davis is administrative Of
ficer Of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture and is located
at 800 West Ninth Street
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27

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memory Of Mrs Jones of the
Pittsburgh Courier.
Miss Faye f. Woodson, Beta
Lar 5aa Chapter University of
Toledo Miss Weodson viii com
ple,s work for the B s. degree
in Art Education at Toledo Uni
verei5y
Members Of the scholarship are
Miss Dorothy Height, National
President New York City; Mrs.
Rober S. Cam, National Secre-
tary, Cincinnati Ohio; Miss Be
atrice f. Penman, National Trea-
surer, Kansas City, Kansas; Mrs
Ella P. Stewart, elected member,
Toledo, Ohio; Miss Naomi R
Cherot Chairman, Kansas City,
Kansas.
Dny Vour p.u Uax
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-27

We have Beautiful Two Story Brick Building
(newly built) 1903 feet long and SO feet wide
Thirty Rooms (upstairs) Beautifully finished
For Rent Apartment stye-Three, Four and
i've Rooms to each Apartment, or You may
Call 2-69I5 or come and inspect them. You will
find Mr.. David T. Cayborn, Miss Harris office
Secretary tupstairs) 925 1-2 West 9th Street from