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Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-05
The Deep SOUTH SPEAKS
By Robert Durr

and he told her she would have
it if she would. She agreed.
They were discovered in the act
by some ecinan. The woman
cried rape. Roosevelt was caught
and brought to trial during which
his attorney announced that
Roosevelt would be out on the
stand to testify that he had had
intimate relations with the wo-
man, not by force at all.
The woman's husband was 50
worked over the whole situation
that the woman had no difficulty
in persuading him to attempt to
shoot Roosevelt as he mounted
the witness stand to tell the court
that he had not forcibly violated
the woman and that she had of
her own free will agreed to give
him her favor in exchange for
the ring. She Struggled the gun
into the court room, gave it to
her husband who attempted to
kill Roosevelt, but he missed.
While the jury was out, a re
porter for the biggest daily in
that state went up to the Judge
and told him that he knew Ne
groes and if ever a Negro told
the truth Roosevelt had told the
truth. And that he was innocent.
The Judge admitted he knew
that, but wanted to know what
what he could do and as good
as said guilty or not no power
on earth can save him. About
six Of the jurors admitted they
knew Roosevelt was not guilty
but wanted to know what the hell
they could do about it.
On his way to the electric chair,
Roosevelt wanted to know of the
reporter why, if everybody knew
lie was innocent, they were going
to clectocute him was it just
because he had messed around
with the white woman. The SYM
pathetic white reporter replied,
Eyes, Roosevelt and much more
than that
That's a portrait Of unfair
practice in almost every walk of
life about which the South can
do nothing as long as there is a
South, because that is the soul
Of the South.
Y Acquisition Of education, spirit
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-05
SATURDAY NOV. 5, 1e4e

THE CHICAGO WORLD is for civic i'm
provement in every respect, and we have
duly elected officials to aid in the carving
out Of this program, because they have stat
utes Of the. State and ordinances Of the cities
to aid them. We, however dep1ore the mean
less and verbal fight between our top law
officials, States Attorney Boyle, a we'll quail
fled official Sheriff Walsh, a fine lawyer,
and The Chicago Crime Commission.
We believe in our officials and we especially
commend our States Attorney for his vigil
liant fight against crime, but we also must
state that we have large wide spread Coun-
ty, and the States Attorney, the Sheriff and
the Crime Commission in statements in the
public Prss, have stated that "Crime must
go - gambling must be stopped" There is
no citizen that can agree with this ultmatum
They were entrusted with the responsibility
Of the protection Of people, regardless Of race,
color or creed or national origin, and The
Chicago World thinks that all have been fer
vent in their oaths, but all have made mis-
takes we think .1
First, we take States Attorney Boyle who
is an ardent prosecutor and is proving him
self to be conscientious in every respect. In
the manner Of gambling in the County, he
accuses the Sheriff (Walsh) of being negii-
gent in, the stopping of same and further
states that his investigators have found places
in the suburbs going wide-open God knows
how many places in Chicago we do not
know, but the Sheriff (Wash) states that
he makes constant raids in these suburbs and
makes constant arrest. On the other hand
The Chicago Crime Commission, one Of the
leading Institutions for Law Enforcement,
and we believe rightfully SO called says that
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. finds the same thing, which
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-05
SUSTAIN NEGRO ENTERPRISE

voting, if we do not take advant-
age Of our purchasing power,
then we cannot make ourselves
felt in the communities in which
we live. Now is the time for all
Of Us to wake TIP and help our
selves instead Of begging for
help. Your Chicago Chamber Of
Commerce stands ready to assist
you in anyway and to guide you
in event you need help How
about it? Help your own grocer,
shoemaker, druggist and others
who are striving to give you the
service which you are worthy
Of. Remember a house divided
against itself cannot stand!
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-05
UNFAIR EMPLOYMENT
PRACTICES
by Robert Durr

1NAC lNES
One of the amazing revelations
to come out Of the soul Of the
South during the past II years
is the discovery that it does not
believe in fairness in any walk of
life where the Negro people are
concerned.
| labored with every powerful
leader in the white christian COM
munity recently about standing
tip for what he knew to be right
while insisting that certain pro-
cedure based On what he knew to
be right in his heart would stand
him on holy ground.
When he pointed out that a
certain religious leader of old,
called John, had his head cut off
because he had told the truth,
the implication that if / kept on
talking about what is right be-
cause it is right, | might suffer
the same fate escaped me. A
week later we resumed the same
discussion and | held to the line
followed the week before until
my white conversationists re-
minded me that he had told me
the week before that John S
told the truth.
Maybe | should tell you that
| had been saying that the South
in it's adament refused to volun
tarily be fair III it's employment
practices; that to deny a man
the right of equality Of oppor-
tunity to work on all levels was
tantamont to denying that man
the right to live on a standard
comparable with that of others
based On race. At that time |
did not know that unfair employ
ment in the Deep South support
ed by principality which IS a
chief agency Of death to any but
it's believers, but reading a book
by William B.. HUE entitled,
Mud On The Stars" which is a
good portrait of the soul of the
South deepened my appreciation
Of that fact.
From that book, permit me to
introduce. a Negro BY the name
Of Roosevelt. Roosevelt had a
ring. A white woman wanted
that ring. She told Roosevelt so
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-05
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES

~AAA>A1 A<AN ONAGifCE SI1ONSI1ES
The subject Of the Sermon
IN all Churches of Christ, Scientist
on Sunday, November Is, will be:
"MORTALs AND IMMORTALs'
The Golden Text is:
"They which are the children Of
the flesh, these are not the chill.
dren of God" (Rom. 9: 81.
Among the citations which com
prise the Lesson-Sermon, the fol,
lowing are from the Bible: I
Except a man be born of wateY
and of the Spirit, he cannot ente,
into the kingdom Of God. That
which is born of the flesh il
flesh; and that which is born O.
the Spirit is spirit. The
Spirit itself beareth witness will
our spirit, that we are the chill
dren of God" John 3: 5,6; Rom
8: 16).
The Lesson-Sermon also includes
~ ttiS passages from Inc
Christian Science textbook, "Sci.
ence and Health with Key to the
scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy:
"Immortals, or Gods children in
divine Science, are one harmoni-
Gus family; but mortals, or the
children Of men in material
sense, are discordant and oftimes
false brethren. ". Immortal man
was and is Gods image or idea,
even the infinite expression of in.
finite Mind, and immortal man is
coexlstent and coeternal with
that Mind. The Science of
being furnishes the rule of per-
lection, and brings immortality
to light. sGod and man are moi
the same, but in the order OF
divine Science, God and man CO.
exist and are eternaPje opp. 444
! 1867. VIZ
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-05

we believe to be true and know that the same
has existed for many years even since the
beginning Of Chicagos history. We also
recognize that gambling is illegal IN the
State, but our Legislature legalized parl-
mutual betting at the race tracks only =
but the public in general cannot afford to
90 to the tracks, therefore, they place. bets
with the little big fellow or small fry, the
first IS legal and the last is gambling. 1t IS
the duty Of these officials to follow the stat
tntes and arrest these violators, even in this
unfair Interpretation Of The Illinois Consti-
tuition, which guarantees equality to all men,
Peace officers are elected to enforce the
Statutes as the laws and ordinances provide
and we believe they conscientlously do. we
know that some Of these things should be
straightened out We are not complaining
Of the discriminating policies, because we be
lieve that the voters should elect men Of fair
standard and qualifications
We do, however, make an appeal that
States Attorney Boyle, our favorite, get to-
pether with Sheriff Walsh and The Chicago
Crime Commission and talk things over -
all have power Of arrest, even citizen when
he views crime and instead Of reporting same
Bring um in, or go before Justice OF
Peace, Magistrate, or Judge, obtain a war
rant on information, and we say to the Sheriff
that we believe Mr.. Boyle, our States Attor-
ney, will take them before the Grand Jury.
Let these Officials stop pickering or fighting,
and all come in to fight crime. They are
elected-the States Attorney and the Sheriff
can arrest offenders on sight and we welieve
that Cook County might be at least partly
done fine Jobs, but the conditions have gone
on for wears, but we can only say cooperation
must be kept at all times, and better results
will be shown.
THE CHICAGO WORLD will be glad to
support the move in every way and will re-
port to the States Attorney or the Sheriff
any undercover activities in our neighbour
hood.
In closing this editorial The WORLD
would like to state to Mr.. Walsh that he is
still the Sheriff Of Cook County and he may
make arrest in the City Of Chicago, as well
as Harvey, we know he knows this and we
know that his staff is inadequate to cover the
entire County and to Mr.. Boyle, we also know
that he is Our representative for the court
and his staff is inadequate, that is WHY WE
SAY LET'S become Unified in all acti-
vities While our OFFICIALS BECKER,
CHICAGO AND THE REST OF COOK
MURDERERS, and OTHER FELONS no.
COUNTY are raped with BANK ROBBERS.
body left to bother them. All the talk is
gambling, but when citizens cannot get pro-
lection from harm, their CIVIL RIGHTS
ARE TAKEN. CENT? EMEN, GET TO-
GETHER
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-05

All colored citizens of Chicago
are being reminded and appealed
to, to help sustain their own en-
terprises in which many Of our
race have entered. Patronize
your own grocery stores and give
them the benefits of your pur-
chases.
The purse strings of the Negro
housewife are locsened to the
tune of many millions of dollars
per years and there is no reason
for our merchants to 60 lacking
for trade when we control so
much money.
Trading is like registering and
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-05

ual development and wealth are
prerequisites to the up and out
Of this dreadful situation. The
South whose god is unfair prac-
tees is the worlds problem Of
problems. There can be no peace
III the world as long as that's
hat.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-05
nj o. CONSERVATION
SUPERINTENDENT

SPRINGFIELD ILL Cool weather duck stamps - hunting
cleaning of patching of hustle and hustle
the sporting goods store are the for
On Nov 4th the waterfowl hunters of Illinois will venture forth
the 1949 Nov
Joined bv their the upland game
hunters for Illinois quail pheaants and rabbits
Leonard Schwartz the state Department of Conrva-
on brefng hunters the impending passed along these
ID Be buy hunting licenses - Oy the law enforcement
oer - Know the hunting laws and a Dent feel that you must bag
maximum kill day conserve limos game Tor the next
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-05

Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Request
Entered second-cass matter at the post
office in Chicago, ILL.,, under the act of March 3
1879.
Evening star., 1949-11-27

the explorer found himself standing in an
arid waste, watching startled herd of
antelope scamper away.
DR.. Andrews instantly realized that,
experienced as he was. he had been fooled
by one of natures most subtle and magnifi-
cent tricks - the mirage.
Mirages have been hoodwinking mankind
for centuries. What DR.. Andrews saw was
variation on the best-known illusion of all:
the false desert oasis with its waving palms
and promise of water. Fiction is full of
parched wretches who pursued this image
to a cruel and dusty death.
Ships Have Gone Aground
ACTUALLY. mirages are infinite in their
variety. Given the right conditions, there
is virtually no limit on the time or place
of mirage, or on the object which may
appear. Some are treacherous. Illusory ice
foes in the polar region have caused ships
to turn from safe channels and run aground
in frantic efforts to avoid collision.
All of them, no matter how bizarre, are
realistic and convincing. Surveyors have
mapped mirage mountains; and expert
Evening star., 1949-11-27
NIGHTMARES In The SKY
by George Scullin

Upside-down skyscrapers and
mountains that aren't there:
they're all part of Natures
weirdest mystery-the mirage
III ALF a mile distant, ripping gently
Ill amid the dry, shimmering sands of
Mongolia's Cobb Desert, lay cool, blue
lake. Roy Chapman Andrews stared in dis
belief. As veteran explorer and trained
scientist, he knew that it could not be- But
his eyes insisted that the lake was there.
No less incredible were its inhabitants
Swan-like birds stalked through the water
on spindly legs of the gotesque length of
ID feet. Around them floated odd hybrids
with squat, brute bodies and huge famingo
wings.
Calling to his expeditions staff artist to
sketch the strange scene, Andrews hastened
ahead for closeup view.
As he advanced, the creatures turned and
fled, miraculously altering their size and
shape as they ran. The unnatural lake itself
blurred, dissolved and vanished Suddenly
Evening star., 1949-11-27

from the sky behind the tree reaches
him in the same way, looking like
an inviting lake in which the tree
is reflected. At times other layers
may make the whole phenomenon
seem much closer than it really is.
Evening star., 1949-11-27

DESERT MIRAGE: The man sees
the tree directly, through cool upper
layers of air, but also sees it invert-
ed, because light rays that ordinar-
lily would hit the ground are bent up
by superheated lower layers. Light
Evening star., 1949-12-04
By Florence S. Berrymon

Art Editor of The Star
fed commentator. on 10 color
plates.
Turning to the years best single
volumes (selected from approx
mately 40 which have come to- my
desk) there are several which
promise permanent or long-con-
tinuing interest and value.
The ever-expanding boundaries
Of human knowledge in any field
would seem to discourage single
volume panoramas. Hence. such
a successful performance as Oliver
w. Larkin's cart and Life in
America" (Rinehart) deserves
much credit. Encyclopedia in
extent. it has AIT halftone Illus
trations set into 576 pages Of text
so intimately as to produce q
maximum of association. The
period covered is 355 years lfrom
Roanoke Island, 1885, to Hiro-
shima. 1945) and Prof. Larkin
(Smith College). imparts q vast
quantity Of information and per-
ceptive, Interpretation with an
eminently readable style through
out. One Of the years best.
Masterpieces Of Sculpture From
the National Gallery Of Art" by
Charles Seymour. jr. Coward
McCann). Is q superb volume in
every respect. with q sculpture
gallery Of 142 large gravure re-
productions. practically enabling
the reader to move the gallery's
choicest works into his own home
and walk around them"
Architecture and the Spirit of
Man." by Joseph Hudnut (Har-
ward University Press), modest in
formal and unillustrated. Is out
standingly interesting and per-
suasive in its advocacy Of con-
temporary architecture. It is
comprehensive in range and
scholarship, popular in presenta-
ton.
Approach to Greek Art" by
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Books of Art and Artists

Charles Seltman tStudio Publi-
cation), is q new one via "cela-
ture," as the author calls the art
of engraving -embossing chasing
carving. His somewhat esoteric
terminology Is irksome. but it Is
more than compensated for by
the freshness Of outlook, and the
emphasis on original works apd
the minor arts" A large ma
jority of more than 100 plates are
new or not heretofore published
in o popular work. IF this ap-
proach to Greek art is digested
the reader will have an under
standing Of q good many other
arts. q
A Fresh Outlook,
On Greek Art
Some old masters lived lives
whose dramatic eventfulness
equaled the genius Of their work.
Goya is one of those who inspire
successive interpretations, no mat
ter how many biographies have
preceded them. "This I Saw: The
Life and Times Of Goya." by An
tonina Vallentin (Random House) :,
is one OF the warmest and most
absorbing.
American painting has been the
subject of some praiseworthy vol
umes. "Milestones of American
Painting in Our Century," by
Frederick 8. Wight (Chanticleer
Press). surveys the past half GEN.
tury. and considers SO significant
painters with . biography and
critique of each. and q full-page
plate. OF the total, IL are in
colors.
Famous Artists and Their
Models" by Thomas Craven
Pocket Books). is an excellent
little history Of art in the form
Of vignettes OF % painters. from
Leonardo to Reginald Marsh. The
author. q noted critic and dy-
manic writer. has used the tricky
title In its original. not its now
understood. sense like cheese
cakeC.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
By IA. Ethel Bubb
Assistant Director, Children's
Department, Public LIBRARY

Assistant Director, Children's
Department, Public Library
Catherine Besterman's "Extraor-
dinary Education of Johnny
Longfoot." Johnny, son Of the
Shoe King and apprentice shoe
maker, Is uniquely educated by
Barnak the Cat, Lord Of Catnap.
Encouraged to use his own wits.
Johnny successfully puts through
an expedition to recover the Magic
Hat and bests old Bahbook the
Cheater in spite Of his crocodile
guard. It is literary in style with
q folk flavor. Children who like
DR.. Dolittle will enjoy this.
The 8 or 10-year-old will
read for himself such stories as
Erna Karolyi's appealing Hungar-
ian-Swiss "A Summer To Remem-
ber," Walter Brooks Freddy
Plays Football" e. w. Bakers
"Sonny-Boy Sim." or Ellis Credle's
"Here Comes the Showboat," of
children and song in the Carolina
lowlands. But the excitement for
many a younger boy will be Louis
Slobodkin's ''Bixxy and the Secret
Message" Bixxy Is a carrier
pigeon. not too trustworthy. but
the Army In its urgent need trusts
her with a message. Bixxy's rescue
by Cub Scout. the delayed dis
covery that the bulge on her leg
Is a sealed tube. eliminates In
notification Of proper authori-
ties" and brings the secret service
running as well as an Army gen.
eral and his escort. Bixxy isn't
the only one in trouble about that
message.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
HEREAS 1948 was sig
nalized by an array Of
exceptionally and

some and costly books
with large galleries Of beautiful
reproductions. this years output
has the contrast Of q goodly num-
ber of. books and monographs less
impressive in formal, but written
by noted authorities. lavishly illus
trated. and within reach of the
average purse.
Harper & Bros. published in
February the initial volumes of
several series in its new art Ii
brary, with color reproductions
printed from original plates in
Holland and Switzerland. "Rogier
van der Weyden's Pieta." by w.
Vogelsang, presents details Of a
great masterpiece Of painting in
the original size. with an analysis
and biography. 1924 .-.
The Years Best
Single Volume Works
Thomas Gainsborough," by
Oliver Millar, q comprehensive
biography and critique. and Jan
Vermeer Of Delft" by Frithjof
van Thienen. q convincing recon-
struction from meager records. are
the first two Of q Masters Of
Painting" series planned to in
clude 100 European painters.
"Albrecht Durer Drawings and
Water Colors," by Edmund Schill-
ing, and Dutch Master Drawings
of the Seventeenth Century" by
J. g. van Regteren Altena, inau-
gurated the series on this medium.
'"The Pitman Gallery" (Pitman
Publishing Corp.) has issued 16
volumes. divided between schools
(Florentine, Sienese. Flemish
paintings). single masters (Blake.
Klee, etc. and subjects cThe
Virgin and Child, Music In Paint
ing"D. r. H. Wilenski. noted Eng
lish critic and lecturer. Is overall
editor, but each volume. has an
introduction and notes By quail
Evening star., 1949-12-04
CbdnrerrS Books @ake Cbristnas gaSt

Adult reading tendencies are
always reflected in children's
stories, 50 today scientific fiction
and mystery detectives are in the
air. Fortunately some outstand-
ing writer's have caught the
ball. Robert Lawson's Fabulous
Flight" out-comics the comics as
his Peter. son Of an official Of the
Department Of State. Is intrusted
with q secret mission to Central
Europe concerned with a new ex-
plosive more deadly than the
atom bomb. Peter makes the
Journey on the back of Gus. the
seagull. Peters usefulness derives
from his diminutive size &C
counted for by reversal in func-
tioning Of a certain gland by
which he has grown steadily
smaller and smaller.
Scientific Fiction
And Mystery Stories
In another, highly imaginative
bit of scientific fiction. 'The Voy-
age of the Luna l." David Craigie
has a boy and girl. stowaways,
shot to the moon when the jet
plane is released for trial flight.
The children, with the blood of
explorers in their veins, believe
the voyage to be entirely plausible.
In spite Of breathless hazards it
proves to be 50.
c. Day Lewis. the poet. who is
also q detective story writer. has
written q boys detective story,
''The Otterbury Incident" It Is
being a bone of contention among
reviewers at the moment, since
the children expose themselves to
real danger when they unexpect-
edly tangle with criminals, black
Evening star., 1949-12-04

marketers. The writing sparkles,
sensitive in insight into boy char
acter. it is also ably plotted.
Parkway. Places
And Bold Adventure
Straight adventure is always
popular and the boy or girl who
receives Stephen Fennimore's
Bush Holiday" will lose himself
in the dramatic Australian coun--
try. q mans world. Martin does
not escape its testing. In Keep
the Wagons Moving" by West
Lathrop. the scene shifts to Amer
lea and Oregon Trail days. to COW
cred wagons. swollen streams, In
dian raids and. for the hero.
added anxiety because Of the dis
appearance Of a younger brother.
Profuse. colorful Lynd Ward illus
trations make q compelling book
Of "America's Ethan Allen" by
Stewart Holbrook. Here is an ac-
count Of pre-Revolutionary pio-
neering, of Green Mountain Boys
raids and the capturing Of Fort
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Christmas Books for Girls
And Grownup Boys

The Christmas shopper In
search Of a girls story might well
dip into Noel Streetfeild's "Movie
Shoes" The dialogue is fresh, the
children talented. absorbed in
furthering their training. inter-
ested and interesting. Jane, the
plain. untalented one, whose only
ambition Is to become q profess
sional dogwalker. Is surprised as
the others when she is approached
to substitute in q film being pro-
duced at q Hollywood studio. An
acting career brings Jane disci-
pline. For an older girl with q
turn for romance, "Celia's Light
house." by A. 8. Molloy. would be
q happy choice. Celia was just S
when father. to the consterna-
ton Of his friends. moved his
family to the storm-swept rock
out In the sea. White Island Light.
This Is fiction, but its basing ON
the life Of Celia Thaxter gives an
air Of integrity recalling that Of
the Wilder books.
''The Shadow of the Hawk" by
Geoffrey Trease. will probably be
more popular with girls than boys.
A great duke>of Venice who has
earned himself the epithet Of
Hawk" attempts through treach-
cry and violence to prevent the
young Englishman. Alan Dray-
ton. from getting possession Of .
rare manuscript. The period Is
1909. Alan's secret journey
through wild country beyond the
Adriatic is complicated by the
presence Of adventuresome. red
headed Angela d'Asola. kinswom-
an Of the famous printer Aldus.
A choice for older boys could
well be Jim Kjelgaard's "Nose for
Trouble" Tom. returning to his
native mountains, is met with hos
tility and suspicion. An exciting
tale Of men and dogs. OF laws and
those who break them. As q rival
choice there. is the postwar story
set In the South Pacific. Andre
Norton's Sword in Sheath" Sam
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