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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-15
20 YEARS AGO TIT fME EMPIRE
OCTOBER 15, 1928

OCTOBER Is, 1928
 Seese and marKing the l anniversary his of the Boo the Aaska Noao linking Fairbanks and Circle Steese Highway This pointed out by Major Macom Elo President established policy o the commission oi ,nls it's officers connected with it. Richardson Highway of the first President Gen WIGS bon and Edgerton named for Major Glen Edgeron Lester Henderson Commissioner of Education returned ne o the Queen months tour of school inspection
 rnaso,erade given the Women of the Legion
 s T, eEere returned on the Queen the pacifc Coast making a automobile
 ubo A. Lathrop to appointed five assistants q Gore Kechikan Wangel; T. S. Elsemore Petersburg Mrs Howard Ashley Skagway and w P Mills Stka
 .tJioh 43. .lov4
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GIRL SCOUT NEWS

The Girl Scout meeting for Troop No. Il was held Thursday. We have begun making things for out booth at the ladies bazaar. Groups of girls acted out one of Aesop's fables and Sleeping Beau ty" for our dramatics badge, both very amusing. The meeting was adjourned by our President
 MARY GRESHAM, Reporter
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TRUMAN's UPHILL FIGHT

Nevertheless. I can't help but admire the spunky uphill fight Truman is putting up: and can't help but think also that the American public has a right to know the issues on the Republican side much more fully than Il is get ting them today
 Election landslides can be dang erous. I have always thought that the country might have been better eff il Franklin Roosevelt had not won by such tremendous landslides in 1886 and l940 It made his administration too confident, too inclined to ride rough-shod over opposition.
 Furthermore, the American pub
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Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS Do not The man and the boy were helping one helping EACH OTHER when referr
 OFTEN MSPRONUNCED: Bgand Prononce brig -and, and G as in and syllable not the second
 OFTEN MISSPEILED: Masquerade observe the QUER
 unintereing humdrm inspd flat
 WORD three times and it is yours Let us mastering word each day Today wod MORBID abnomay especially ideas of gloomy nature Dwelling things produces a morbid mind"
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MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Sy LEE

1t bad talk to neghbor than to one o the other side?
 guest actu will show discrimination and will try to divide conversation equally he
 O Isn't sufficient bridegroom friends verbally fol wedding gifts? No; personal written the bride for each gift.
 O. If one acquaintance should recognition?
 By smiling whisper especially after the
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lie should be like the smart law yer who collects his fee when his clients tears ale hot. Before a lawsuit-or an election-a client or a candidate is much more amendable to paying for his vic tory. So this is the time for vot- CTS to collect their election prom ises-not after November ?. This is also the time for them to find cut exactly what the issues are and what the candidates are like.
 We already know pretty much all there is to know about Harry Tru- man. We know that he is inept, arm-hearted, impulsive, sincere, courageous, human, likeable, a poor picker of men, inclined to lose his temper, shoots from the hip, has a fine set of principles, but is tragi- cally inefficient at carrying them out.
 DEWEY'S UNKNOWN RECORD
 We also know that Dewey is cool, calculating, careful, highly efficient, has an excellent record in New York, temper like Tru- mans, though he's learned to keep it under control; is vain, ard for that reason will take great pride in making a good record as Pres1- dent.
 But we do not know lot of other things about Dewey that we already know about Truman and that we ought to know about the next President of the United States.
 For instance, great many peo- pie are asking what Deweys war record is. Dewey was not Gov ernor or even District Attorney when war broke out with Japan. But for some strange reason you will find not one word in the press about his record
 l for one do not consider it nec- essary for man to have served in i the war to become President. Per- haps we have placed too much emphasis on the idea that a candidate must be veteran be- fore he can hold public office But 1 do think it's important that ! the public have a right to know what the record is, and if you ask ! the head of Governor Dewey's draft board he will tell you that the record is confidential
 Furthermore, it's important that the public know who the big con- tributors are on both sides, that ! they understand what big business expects to get out of this election and that they force a full discus | sion on the basic issues. Especially it's important for the public te scrutiniZe the candidates for Con- gress and pick a good Congress
 Dewey is sure to be elected, ano I predict he will be first class President. But the American peo- pie, including Republican leaders themselves, can help make him 2 better President by forcing all tho issues into the open now, by col lecting their pledges while the can didates' tears are hot.
 in future columns shall at | tempt to discuss some of these i facts and issues And predic that, by the time I'm finished both sides will be sore as blaze and my editors ready to chucl me out of the paper.
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shots he fired as an artillery cap tain in World War | In fact there is almost nothing-good or bad-that we don't know about him.
 But, as election time rolls round, you will note that kindly generous film diffuses most of the newspaper spotlights that focus upon Truman's rival, Governor Dewey. The ten dency is to give him kinder con- sideration
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Our Peril in Alaska

Seattle Post -Intelligencer)
 If the strainng crisis in Berlin flares into open warfare as it may do at any moment, the first major Russian assault will not be made against our forces in Germany, or anywhere in Europe.
 Of course the Russians will take over Berlin
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VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

Taku Post No. 5559 Meets first and thiro Thursdays. Post Hall. Seward Street. Visiting Comrades Welcome.
 VERN METCALFE, Commander; WILLIAM H. SHERLOCK. Adjut- ant.
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. ll7 SECOND and FOURTH o.4 Monday of each month ,TN. in Scottish Rite Temple NN beginning at 7:30 D. ra. ~TN WILLIS R. BOOTH NY Worshipful Master; JAMES VI LEVERS, Secretary.
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The Washington Merry-Gc-Round
By DREW PEARSON

Continued from Page One>
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LOOK and LEARN 4. sy c. GORDON

is the 33d President of the U s. although have preceded him? g. What is important produce petroleum? farther south, Virginia Missouri? a bbiography? opposite meaning of "concave"?
 ANSWERS: Grover is not consecutive 2.
 
 A relating a given subject author Convex.
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Weather: High, 43; low, 43; cloudy
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
WHAT DOES THE
NAACP BELIEVE in?

The organization seeks full
equality for every citizen of the
United States. It opposes racial
segregation and discrimination in
every field including housing.
employment, education, law, re-
creation, travel and the armed
forces. 1t has fought restrictive
covenants and Jim Grow housing
in the courts and legislatures of
the entire country.
The NAACP has pressed con-
tinually for permanent federal
Fair Employment Practices Act.
1t branches have helped secure
similar laws in six states: New
York, New Jersey, Massachusetts,
Indiana, Wisconsin and Connect
cut. The NAACP's Labor Depart
ment seeks the elimination of dis
criminatory of Negroes in the
trade union movement. The Asso-
citation has aided in breaking down
the racial barriers of some dis
criminatory trade unions; it has
also prosecuted complaints against
employers under state FEPC laws.
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2216 s. 37h

Because of the nationwide dis
cussion of the testimony of A.
Philip Randolph before the Senate
Armed Forces Committee, The
Crisis secured permission to re-
print this provocative editorial
from April issue of the New
York newspaper, PM.
We are using just one paragraph
(under the heading: There Are
Two Facts That Must Be Re-
|cognized') of the extensive edit
orial which follows:
Whether you are sympathetic
with Randolph, or are shocked as
Senator Morse was shocked, you
must recognize two facts about It.
First, that 1t is a historic state
ment, one that took the kind of
courage of going into battle in the
face of enemy fire. Second, that
II presents a far more Impartant
question In the security of Amer
lean democracy than all the de-
bates about the draft, UNIT, atom
bombs, and a larger air force that
are now occupying the military
minds. Morally, Randolph Tout
spokenIy anti-communist) and
Reynolds Republican, a member
of the New York State Commits
sion of correctlon), are right, and
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
Interesting Trip

Mrs. Lucille Carr tells us of her
interesting trip, going by way of
California to Salt Lake City, via
rail. There she became air-mind-
ed. boarded Continental air lin
er to Ogden; she then transferred
to United main liner to Denver
she was in no time at all in
Winfield, Kas., enjoying a grand
visit with her father, Mr.. w. e.
Jackson. A few days later she
visited sister. Mrs. Ellis Wade.
in Newton, Kas. Her next hop
was to Omaha, Neb., to visit still
another sister, Mrs. Mary Loud,
and friends, who feted her with
many courtesies including the re-
eeption accorded her by Mr.. and
Mrs. Othello Roundtree Jr. She
visited briefly with Mrs. Leslie
Shipman, mother of Mrs. d. N.
Unthank (Portland). Mrs. Carr
Is loud in her praise of services
attended at Greater st. John AME
Church (yours truly's home
church) when the Senior and Jul
Nor Choirs gave their regular
monthly all-request program. "It
was the grandest I'd ever heard, y
admitted Mrs. Carr.
Returning by way of California,
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-06-09
CHURCH AND HOME MUST SAVE YOUTH

In our Journal of Religious Edu-
cation we found this statement:
"Church and Home Together Must
Save Youth" by J. Edgar Hoover,
Director, Federal Bureau of Invest
igation. This statement was writ
ten at the request of the Interna-
tonal Council of Religious Educa.
ton, Chicago, endorsing the CONT
nent-wide observance of Youth
Week, in the United States and
Canada. The AME and 80 other
Protestant denominations as well
as 1873 state, city and Provincial
interdenominational councils of the
churches and religious education
cooperated in this observance.
At the present time. too few
of the youth of America are ge-
ing reached by the churches and
this failure to make contact with
the youth (citizens of tomorrow
is producing a fertile field for
future crime. I sincerely believe
that IL America is to remain de-
voted to the fundamentals of
Christian living, more adults must
assume their responsibility in
bringing our young people closer
to the church = not exploitation
= not for money raising pro-
jects or to add numbers to the
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church. but bring them closer
where they can be taught the
basic principles of Christianity =
of right living. Youth is easy
influenced don't bribe them In
an effort to hold them. Parties,
dances and other means of com
pensation is short lived; they soon
realize that they have nothing
substantial. Parents, leaders, teach
youth Christian principles.
The theme for this years
Youth Week observance ("Mold
the World-Through Daily Christ.
ian Living-Through Unbouded
Christian Fellowship is particu-
larly pertinent At the present
time we find age II predomin-
ating In the frequency of arrests
for both sexes combined, and this
is followed by the ages Is, 10, 81
ano %. Youth too young to vote
accounted for 21.4 per cent of
the arrests last year. and unless
a concerted effort is made now
through the media of the church
and the home, these same juvenile
delinquents may be the hardened
criminals of tomorrow. The chal-
lenge is one which we cannot af-
ford to be disregarded.
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Convention Announcement

The Sunday School, Allen
Christian Endeavor League, the
Woman's Missionary Society of
the Presiding Elder District Pu-
get Sound Conference will be held
June Is, 16, II, Is, 1913, in Ia
coma, WASH, at Bethel AME
Church, 14O7 South Yakima Ave
nue..
District officers: The Presid-
ing Bishop; Rev. L. #. Greene,
Presiding Elder; Rev. r. A.
Washington, Pastor Host; Mrs. e.
d. Chappelle. President of w. M.
s.; Mrs. Mary Austin Conference
Branch President of w. M. S.;
Mrs. Ebert Evans, Superintend-
ent of S. s.; Mrs. Izetta Hatcher,
President of A. C. e. League: Miss
Nellie Lee Jones, President of Y.
P. D.; Mrs. Mary M. Duncan,
Adult Counselor, Y. P. D.
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Phons EAST 1911

they have gone far deeper into
the relation of democracy and
national security than any of the
military men or the Congressman
have gone. What they are saying
Is that you cannot shunt aside
the struggle for democracy on >
plea of a national security emero
ency. For 1t Is not the armed
forces which can protect our de.
mocracy. 1t Is the moral strength
of democracy which alone can give
any meaning to the efforts at
military security.
on this score even q general
who Is unlike his Heterogeneous
= Dwight Eisenhower showed
narrowness and blindness when
he defended the current system
of army segregation. Eisenhower
Is a former Chief of Staff, and
he 10 now a University president,
and he lie q man whose mind ls
obviously on the move and whose
social philosophy is in the making.
! suggest to him very strongly
that ne 90 TO school to these two
Negro leaders, and that he can
learn few things from them
about democracy which his mill.
tary experience has not taught
him.
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The Gotham Golfers

The greatest aggregation of
race golfers to ever compete in
an open golf tournament In the
East, will tee off July 26 in the
Ray Robinson Open"
This tournament, which has
been sanctioned by the United
Golfers Association will be held
on the Engineers Golf course Ros-
Ign, Long Island, July 26, 81. 81.
and 30.
The contest will be open to all
golfers who wish to compete.
Prizes totalling 100000 in
value will be awarded to Compel
itors. The pros playing 70 holes
medal play will split up $2,500.00
with the winner getting $1,000.
The amateurs competing among
themselves will after qualifying,
play match play.
This tournament, which is
being sponsored by Sugar Ray
Robinson, welter weight champion
of the world, will be conducted
by the Gotham Golfers of New
York City.
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Comedy Presented by
Bethel Junior Choir

Members of the Junior Choir of
Bethel AME Church sponsored
their first financial effort Thurs
day evening. June 3, at Benson
High School Auditorium IN their
presentation OF Here Comes
Charlie" a farce-comedy in three
acts, by Jay Tobias.
Scenes of the play took place
in Larry Elliott's home In a SUBJ
urb of st. Louis, Mo. Characters:
Nora Malone. cook at Elliott
home; Jeanette o'Dell; Officer
Tim Merrill. Nora's sweetheart.
Willie Abel; Mrs. Fanny Farm
ham, Katherine Cook (Larry's
aunt by marriage; Larry Elliott.
young businessman. Ellis Cas-
son; Ted Hartley. his old-time
college pal. Bob Herndon, Vivian
Smythe. Larry's fiancee, Marinell
Bell; Uncle Alex Twiggs. in
charge of Charlie, Sam Reditt;
Charlotte Hops, Larry's ward.
Alyerna O"Neal; Mrs. Caroline
Smythe-Kersey, Vivian's mother,
Betty Jean Duke; Mortimer
Smythe-Kersey. viyians' brother,
Teddy Rogers. Participants were
we'll selected for their character
izations; each had complete
wardrobe with emphasis on for
NAL attire In the dinner scene.
Stage setting was ideal. Partici-
pants--artists In their own rights
are to be highly commended.
AS usual, someone steals the
show. This time 1t was Alverna
o'Neal and Sam Redit, respective
ly, as Carhlotte Hops (Here
Comes Charley and Uncle Alex
Twiggs.
The climax was a coronation in
which Alverna O'Neal was crown
ed queen; princesses, jeanette
O'Dell. Betty Jean Duke, Marion
Young. Mildred Adair. Little Miss
Caroline Austin, crown bearer;
Master Cornelius Austin carried
the queens robe. Samelous
Schultz, prime minister. The cor
onation was reward for tick
et-selling contest-Jeanette O'Dell
was close runner-up. Assisting
Mrs. Gregg, diretress, Mesdames
Z. Watson, c. Elkins, o. Ruther-
ford; music, Mesdames G.. Inger-
soil. H. Blanchard; programs,
Mrs. L. Wilson.
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Yakima and Tacoma
YakimaNeWs


school today when he needs It
most. That Is at the least a high
school education to give him a
foundation for Life.
We the people of Yakima, are
willing and hoping that more of
our boys and girls will go forward
as the Negro race is very much in
need of more doctors, lawyers.
architects. preachers, dentists,
teachers. and leaders in general.
Boys and girls take your choice
of what your want to be and do.
Keep on trying and your are
bound to win!
VISITORS
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar L. Smith,
of st. Joseph, Mo-, were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. I. Scott and
they are cousings of Mrs. Scott,
who were returning fro mthe Gen.
eral Conference of Kansas City,
Kansas members of Eberneazea
A.M.E. of st. Joseph, Mo-. They
are en- route to Los Angeles. Cal,
to visit relatives and friends. They
were very much impressed with
this beautiful valley.
Mrs. Floral LOWS of Seattle
visited her mother Mrs. C. G..
Woodsberry in Yakima.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Roberts and
three girls visited Mrs. Sara Jones.
Mrs. Roberts grandmother, also
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Ro-
berts in Grandview, Wash. they
are A. Roberts parents.
The Mr.. and Mrs. A. Roberts
are from 1910 e. 18th st. Austin,
Texas.
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WHITMAN, BEULAHS BOY FRIEND BILL.
ATHLETE, SINGER AS WELL AS ACTOR

Bill, the romantic interest on
Obs "Beulah," is an amiable guy
whose mind works at snail's
pace-exeept when he's lodging
Clarissa, Beulah's rival. In real
life, however, Bill, played by
radio-screen-stage actor Ernest r.
Whitman, is an energetic, alert in
dividual who has distinguished
himself in several fields.
Whitman was the first Negro
boy born in Oklahoma City, where
he lived until he entered show
business at the age of 16. His
theatrical career began with trav-
cling tent shows, from which he
graduated to vaudeville and stock.
A graduate of Tuskegee Univer-
sity, where he OF his early dra-
matte training in college shows,
Whitman excelled in football and
basketball. Today, standing 6'-h"
and tipping the scales at 247, he's
whiz on the wrestling mat. His
favorite hobby is bowling, at whic
he is an expert and instructor.
His fine baritone voice has master
ed songs and operate arias In
seven languages. Moreover, he is
an ordained minister in the Afro
Methodist Church and active in
Los Angeles religious circles.
He is married and the father
of two children, one of whom,
teaches school in Okla
homa. At home, he likes to read
and listen for hours to his col
lection of classical recordings.
When he finds the time, he works
with little theater groups around
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SERMONETTE
WE ARE DEBTORS
TO THE SAILOR

Sing unto the Lord new song,
and his praise from the end of
the earth; We that go down to the
sea, and all is therein, the isles,
and the inhabitants thereof. Let
the wilderness and the cities
thereof lift up their voice, the vii
lagos that Kedar doth inhabit;
let the inhabitants of Sela sing,
let them shoot from the top of
the mountains. Let them give
glory unto the Lord, and declare
his praise in the island.-Isaiah
42:10-12.
We are debtors to the tillers
of the soil and we are also debt
ors to those who bring these pro-
ducts to our shores. We once
boasted that we were independ-
ent and could live apart from the
rest of the world. When our trade
with the nations of the world was
cut off, we discovered that we
were very much dependent on
other nations and races. Further
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YAKIMA. SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Baccalaureate program high
school auditorium was May 30,
1948 at 800 D. m. Professional
'Pomp and Circumstance, Elgar,
by Dewitt Harrington.
Invocation by N. Rev. Kenneth
Underwood. Vocal solo "Panis An
gelicus' by Rolla H. Rieder, Jr.
Sermon 1.-THE Truth Shall Make
You Free Rev. Ward e. Pratt. 1t
was a beautiful sermon and very
wholesome and sound advice to all
the adults as well as the gradua-
ting class. Senior Chorus 'Cherub-
in Sond" -. Bortniansky Benedic-
ton Rev. Kenneth Underwood.
Recessional. The huge audience
was still seated.
commencement Exercises
High School Friday
evening June A, at 500 P. M. the
class of 335 students graduated or
received their diplomas. Mr.. M. l..
Martin Superintendent of Schools,
presiding. Professional "Pomp and
Circumstance. Invocation, by Rev.
Edward Ohrenstein, vocal solo my
Friend"-Anne Trenerry. Com
mencement theme: "The Graduate,
A Realist''. The robed class had
four highest or honored students
who sized up the condition of their
school and the world. Philip
Trautman, co-valedictorian, gave
Pros and Cons Of military, draft,
which he said is the thing bother
ing senior boys most We realize
that is possible we will not have
peace in our lifetime. The World
has the chance to accept per-
manent world peace, ne said twill
we do it?" The stage was filled
and the first five rows with the
graduates, and the remaining 1,625
seats were filled by spectators. A
surprise award went to A. c.
Davis. who was superintendent of
Yakima schools for about 35 years.
He was made superintendent of
Schools Emeritus. In this class of
335 students, we had a very small
fraction of that number four, three
girls and one boy, yet we say
orchids to these four brave. bril-
liant, and courageous, students
There are so many temptation
which invite students to quit
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CHURCHES

Small attendances were noticed
at most of our churches last Sun
day-first Sunday since the flood
disaster which left Vanport City
a lake of floating debris and the
lower east and west sides of Port
land adjacent to the Willamette
River front under water, inelud-
ing the Union Station.
The sparse attendance might
have been and no doubt was due
to the fact that many absentees
were those eyacuees bereft of
loved one either by drowning or
not having been located or united,
in addition to their grief and
embarrassment over the lose of
personal belongings. Many for
this reason were not in a mood
to attend church. However, those
who had courage to go to church
surely must have been comforted
their faith renewed - judging
from the services at Bethel AME
Church 1--WE believe other were
likewise) where songs, prayers
and sermon told of Gods great
love. Rev. Austin's sermon text
was taken from 46 Psalm IL; his
theme, Facing Lies Situation, !"
was challenge. Mrs. Eva Wynn
led the choir in singing MY Life
VIII Be Sweeter Some Day." To
Laugment all, the Wings Over Jor-
dan-the Good VIII Choir, sched-
uled to sing on Monday night fol-
lowing, sang two inspirational
numbers, Look Away Into Heay-
en-" and Where Shall l Be When
the First Trumpet Sounds" led
by Ester Overstreet of Kentucky.
Mr.. Charles King, Cleveland, Ohio,
directed.
Sunday, June 13, Bethel will
dedicate its baby grand piano.
Special feature a piano recital.
Public invited.