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THE HERO OF DOERLiN
Pvt. John B. Cheetham has added his
name to the list of American soldiers
who are accounted among the brave.
The list is long. Salem, It begins Solomon with Crisp Poor, us
Attucks, Peter
and includes the names of the men who
fought under Robert Gould Shaw in the
54th Massachusetts Regiment, of the
men who saved The Rough Riders at
El Caney in the Spanish American War,
of Needham Roberts in World War
1 and Dorie Miller in World War II. As
deserving of the plaudits and gratitude
of the country as it is, the heroism of
Pvt. Cheetham does not stand alone to
be singled out in the record of Negro
loyalty and patriotism. It does serve
to Doing little comfort to Startn (and
Communism) who have been told that
Negro soldiers would not fight for the
defense of their country against Russia
and Communism. We are glad to
have the grim evidence of the lighting
of Negro soldiers in Korea for Startin'*
memo pad. Negro soldiers in
Rut the fighting of It
Korea should ser-ve another purpose.
should serve to knock down the barriers
of segregation in the Army; it should
serve to entitle them to just treatment
at home;it should serve to gain for them
the same opportunities as are enjoyed
by other A m e r i 0 a n s. Roys
who can fight like Cheetham and
many other Negro soldiers should not
be deprived, for instance, of the opportu¬
nity to derive all the benefits that
come from membership in UOT( and
National (’.ward organ rations. It is
lucky for him and his comrades, and
probably for his entire sector, that
Cheetham’s deadly aim was developed
bv shootirtfc birds and rabbits, which in¬
spired the calm courage to say, “They
just kept acoming and aooming, and I
just kept ashooting and ashooting.”
Yes we salute Pvt. Cheetham and the
Negro troops, and we hope they will re¬
turn home to enjoy the freedom which
they are placing themselves on the altar
to preserve.
STOP KILLING EACH OTHER
How to reach people whose way of
living leads them into trouble, is a real
problem. We are heartened by recent
reports as to the improvement noted in
the status of health among Negroes. The
mortality rate has lowered and their lite
expectation has lengthened. The im¬
provement is due to a ntamber of things.
Information as regards good health
practices has become common: the value
of good food, of rest and recreation,
of preventive treatment, of avoiding
communicable diseases, and the 'provi¬
sion of better housing, have been some
of the factors which have helped to
produce this improvement. The ex¬
pansion of health services has contri¬
buted grealtjy also. Such killers Us
tuberculosis, pneumonia, syphilis are
better understood and mortality from
them has been reduced. These mur¬
derers have received a great deal of
attention, and rightly so, hut another
TUSGEGEE GETS CHECK FOR
CANCER RESEARCH—Repre-
senting the Damon
Fund for Cancer Research. Johr.
S. Crommelin, rear admiral,
Entered as Second Class Matter at the
office at Savannah, Oa, under the Act
March 3_.879
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toiler, doing his share to keep the mor¬
tality rate high among Negroes, is the
Negro who carries around in his pocket
an ever ready switch-blade knife or a
pistol, his purpose being mainly to kill
another Negro. Generally, the type of
individual who is the prey of disease,
is the victim of his pistol “toting” prac¬
tice. This type usually lives in con¬
gested areas, visits joints of dubious re¬
putation, and seldom enters a church or
reads anything that would persuade
him to reform his ways. He keeps
away from any influence that would
save him from his ignorance and vicious-
ncss. Whatever of fear or need for
reform the courts fail t* impress upon
him, leaves him at his own mercy. The
picture is bad if only men were con¬
cerned, but women have been involved
in a number of recent murders. Last
week, a woman who stabbed her hus¬
band to death last December, was order¬
ed held as material witness in a murder
case.
We are deeply concerned about the
frequent killings among Negroes, and
we plead with everybody who is equal¬
ly concerned to use whatever power he
has to assist in bringing an end to this
cheap regard for human life.
DIFFERENT VIEWS AT WE TOP
It could not happen outside of a de¬
mocracy that different views on import¬
ant issues, especially in time of crisis,
are permitted to individuals high in
governmental councils. Views different
from the government’s policy are em¬
barrassing to the President and the
State Department. Two episodes oc¬
curring in rapid succession are the
speech of Secretary Matthews anti the
release of a speech by Gen. MacArthur,
intended for reading at the convention
of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Secretary Matthews' speech was
grist for Russia's propagandists w ho
are loudly trying to establish in the
minds of other nations its claim that
the United States is an aggressor na¬
tion, preparing for war. Even though
Secretary Matthews proposes a war for
peace, his speech comes at a time when
it appears to substantiate the Com¬
munist charge that the United States
was the aggressor in Korea. This
speech was repudiated by the President
as not representing the policy of the
government.
Gen. MacArthur’s speech dealt with
the strategic importance of Formosa to
Amerlta and democracy as a bastion of
defdlise against Communism. The
General’s view as to the disposition of
Formosa does not agree with the gov¬
ernment’s plan for it. The General
was asked to withdraw his speech.
Both Secretary Matthews and Gener¬
al MacArthur have supporters. The Gen¬
eral’s speech has been placed in Con¬
gressional record. Those speeches have
brought out in the open differences in
the official family that have been grow¬
ing for sometime. In just what light they
will place the United States, in the eyes
of other nations, remains for time to tell.
*10.000 check to President F. D.
! Patterson of Tuskegee institute
for cancer research. The pro-
jact will be conducted through
j the George Washington Carver
Left to right: Dr. Clarence
Mason, research director;
Admiral Crommelin; Dr. F.
Patterson, and Dr. Russell
Brown, director. Carver
BETWEEN THE LINES
By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK for ANP
WE WANT PRAISE PLUS
News accounts from the Korean front
Indicate a stiffening of the UN lines. The
Amer.can people are hungry for news of
this nature. Too long have we been hu¬
miliated, and at times exasperated, over
reverses which might have been obviated
with just a modicum of foresight on the
part of the men in whom we have confided
the sacred task of our nation’s preparedness.
As a nation we were prepared to bark
but not to bit, according to critics who are
supposed to know. Our boastfulness has
heightened the emphas s on our military
reverses. Our big talk in terms of bil¬
lions of dollars has now awed the Koreans
into submission. Their stubbornness has
accentuated the fact of our unpreparedness
in a way that should serve a useful pur¬
pose in the future, that is, if we are not too
proud to profit by our grave m.stakes.
In former wars there have been those
who were reluctant to give Negro soldiers!
their iust deserts; and this is especially
true of a certan strip of narrow bigoted
southerners who are always more friendly
inclined toward their white enemies than;
towards their Negro compatriots who fight
and die by their sides.
Fortunately, there seems to be a change
for the better and already the praises, of
our Negro boys who are fight ng untoi
death in Korea, are being sung. Fort
Worth, Tex., daily is loud, if not extrava¬
gant, in its praises of the Negro soldiers
performing in Korea. This should occa¬
sion deep satisfaction but not surprise.
Negroes have always g ven good account
of themselves on the field of battle and
that in face of the fact they fight against
tremendous odds not known to any other
soldier. It is doubtful if any other group
history despised and rejected like Ne¬
in Negro’s
could perform with the cour¬
groes saying here what I
age and valour. J am
have said before, and that is, Negroes are
the super-patriots tofi this country. They
must fight against the foes in front of them
and aganst the foes at their sides and
behind them.
While the Negroes of this country appre¬
ciate any acknowledgement of the valour
of Negro soldiers by the white press, it is
well for the country to know that
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THE CONSTIPATION PROBLem
The most common, underly¬
ing factor in the etiology j
(cause) of most debilitating
physical conditions is the prob- j
lem oi constipation. The grave
mistake in many practices is
the tendency to pass o.f the j
constipation factor with a tec- j
ommendation of mild laxative j
or even cartharsis, and the fail¬
ure of closely supervising the j
correction of the intestinal
status of the patient. Because
of the septic < putrefactive)
nature of the bowel content, it
should be imperative to con¬
sider in every instance the im¬
mediate corrective measures to
restore normal defecation. Re¬
membering that constipation is
only defined as infrequent or
difficult evacuation, it then be¬
comes necessary to study the
etiology and determine, if pos¬
sible. the specific cause in each
particular case.
The number of causative fac¬
tors are many and varied, and
the original predisposition to
constipation may be the
of habitual bowel movements
from childhood, a sedentary
life, or the nervous influence of
worry, anxiety, and fear. More
probable causes would include
the failure to establish regular
and definite times for defeca¬
tion. improper diet, too many
sugars, lack of bulk and phys¬
ical exercise, spastic or atonic
colon, or even proctogenic re¬
flex failures. Associated in this
picture may be a group of local
causes, including the possibil-
ity of adomlnal muscle
ness in obesity or from
distention in repeated pregnan
cies. Another factor for very
serious consideration is the
contracted state of the colon
(spastic constipation), induced
in cases of hysteria or neures-
thenia, usually with a vagotonia
(irritation of the vagus nerve)
which creates an obstinate
form difficult to combat. Al¬
though a go®d deal of discom¬
fort is attlrbuted to intestinal
auto-intoxication, many of these
factors are really due to sym-
pathetc system disturbances,
for this is shown by the fact
that constipation frequently oc¬
curs in those persons whose
general and sympathetic ner¬
vous systems are disturbed oft¬
en follows immediately after
the bowels have moved. Tox¬
emia (poisons in the blood
stream) could not disappear in
such a short time and there-
■ fore, it becomes necessary to
review the scope of the symp-
I tom complex.
praise is not enough. Negroes want the
full citizenship that goes along with this
praise. Negroes cannot l.ve by praises
alone.
The Negro wants full rights and respon¬
sibilities that should be the reward of tho
valour, being praised. Negroes have been
praised ‘before but this praise has been
I ecompanied with a stern determination
to bar the Negro from the gates of the
paradise of full-fledged c.tizenship, vouch¬
safed freely to every other group, even
the enemy groups.
Germany has made two vicious attacks
on the very life of our nation; but what
Negro receives such treatment as tha‘ ac¬
corded to Germans in this country. We
are now locked in mortal combat with Rus¬
sia and communism, and when it is ovei<
the Russians will be accorded a recognition
the Negro has never known.
The more ser ous question is, can a na¬
tion that so flagrantly flaunts the princD
iples of justice and righteuosness in its deal¬
ings with loyal and valorous Negroes, sur¬
vive the moral deterioration indicated?
World War I was fought to make the world
safe for democracy; but this democracy was
not meant for Negroes. World War II was
fought to preserve our way of living epto-
mized in the four freedoms; but these free¬
doms were qual fied and limited as they
pertained to Negroes.
It is not clear just what we are fighting
for in the present war, but I am sure that
whatever it is that is good, is not intend¬
ed for Negroes, if the Dixiecrats and the
Negrophobes of this nation have their way
and unfortunately they always do in con¬
gress. The shame of expecting the Negro
to take a front line n war and a back
seat in peace is on the nation; and not on
the south as is erroneously supposed.
Nor can the current attempt to appoint
a Negro woman to a high position in the
Negroes are not downtrodden, convince the
Negros are net downtrodden, convines the
world of our nation’s sincerity, We want
justice all down the line, and not merely
in high spots wh ch serve as window dress-
ing for the passing world. We want praise)
plus full citizenship unequalified by color.
YOUR HEALTH
DR. GOSHEA
A very important factor to
bear in mind is that diarrhea
may be present in constipation,
for in cases of prolonged reten
tion the fecal mass becomes
channeled and diarrhea may
occur for days before the true
condition is discovered.
Among the more frequent
signs of constipation are head¬
ache. loss of appetite, a furred
tongue, foul breath and gastric
disturbances. In those individ¬
uals of a nervous temperament,
there may be debility, mental
depression, lassitude and ver¬
tigo (dizziness). Likewise a
neuralgia of the sacral nerves
may be caused by an overload
sigmoid flexure, nd when the
loading is persistent, the accu¬
mulation of feces leads to un¬
pleasant, some times serious.
local condition such as piles,
ulceration perforation, of enteritis colon, distention, and occ- j
lusion. In girls, acne is common
and there may be an associated
anemia with a generally flabby
state of the system and ’muddy’
skin. In women there is gener¬
ally a sensation of fullness and
distention which may perhaps
cause pain during menstrua¬
tion.
It is necessary to make a
very careful diagnosis of the
patient because of the varied
symptoms similating so many
other conditions. In the treat¬
ment of constipation, the indis¬
criminate use of laxatives has
a baneful effect, a condition of
cartharsis (addiction to car-
thartics).
Chiropractic has proven that
all bodily disfunction is due to
nerve interference as in the
above condition. Chiropractors!
are trained to locate places of
nerve interference. They find
the spinal displacement that
is pressing nerves and they
clear the nerCe channels. v—........ This -
done, nature sends her repar¬
ative forces to the glands, etc^
that are under par in the mat-
ter of function. Damage is
repaired, the case gets well.
MORTUARY SCHOOL TO
AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS
* Atlanta College of Mor¬
The
tuary Science, Inc.. Atlanta,
has recently been, authorized to
award one scholarship in rest¬
orative art to the outstanding
restorative art student from
each graduating class maad
possible by Edward C. Johnson,
Dean, Post Graduate Institutq
of Restorative Art, Chicago.
The scholarship may be used
in one of two ways. It would
constitute full payment, includ¬
ing the expense of supplies, on
the special course, which is two
weeks in length. This special
course is not government ap¬
proved, and the student, pro¬
viding he is a veteran, would
receive no subsistence. Or, the
scholarship is applicable on the
standard course, which is sev¬
en months in length. The stan¬
dard course is government
approved and veterans would
receive subsistence. All supplies
and books are included, and
the student will receive a rest¬
orative art kit completely
furnished when the course is
completed.
The Post Graduate Institute
will aid the student in securing
rooming accommodations in
Chicago. Part-time positions
with local funeral homes are
available to the student desir-
_________
empoyment while at-
tem jj ng institute.
The frst recipient of this
scholarship was the valedic¬
torian of the June Class. Will¬
iam Savage Hutchings, Macon,
Georgia. Mr. Hatchings is a
college graduate from Lincoln
University, Lincoln, Pennsyl¬
vania. and the son of Frank J.
Hutchings, Funeral Director of
Macon, Georgia.
CHICAGO POLICE BAN
“NO WAY OUT”
CHICAGO — (ANPi — Local
showings of “No Way Out,” the
20th Century-Fox film dealing
with prejudices faced by a Ne¬
gro doctor, were banned here
last week by Capt. Harry Ful¬
mer of the police censor divis¬
ion. The action has the stamp
of approval of Police Commiss-
ioner Prendergast.
Fulmer's reason for banning
the film was that it "leaves no
good impression and has no
moral balance.”
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Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40th
Street, New York City. These articles ar® appearing weekly in
our columns.
‘•THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY*’— Froebel
FAMILY CO-OPERATION
Lucia Mallory
"Dennis, you can not go to
play ball again until this lawn
is mowed! I’ve told you about
it for the last time!”
The nextdoor neighbor's (
sharp voice carried across the j
hedge into the garden, where
my sister. Doris, and I were
picking peas.
"That mother sounds very
much in eranest,” I comment¬
ed.
“Mrs. Fenton’s voice always
sounds like that,” Doris an¬
swered skeptically, "but she
seldon means what she says.”
"You think she won’t insist
on the boy’s doing his work?” I
questioned. Dennis
"Probably not; and
knows that very well,” Doris re¬
sponded. such
Puzzled though I was at
a lack of consistency, I did not
pursue the subject further. It
seemed more imbortant to en¬
joy my brief visit in the home
of my sister and her family.
Next day, however, the neigh¬
bor’s problems were forcibly
brought to my attention. We
were cat in the garden again,
when the sound of a lawn mow¬
er came over the hedge. I looked
up to see—not Dennis Fenton,
but his mother ploding along
behind the heavy machine.
“Do you suppose your young
neighbor has gone off to play
and left his mother to do the
work?” I asked my sister.
• Yes, Lucia,” Doris replied.
“He hasn’t been taught to have
any feeling of responsibility.”
“It’s a grave mistake to break
one’s word to a child,” I pro¬
tested. ‘ The boy should, of
course, do his work without be¬
ing threatened with loss of
j .. P has aytime, been but stated, once there a condition should
be no retraction.”
1 "Mrs. Fenton is too tired to
^
, f 0 u 0W through, as she should
to see that the children do
what she tells them,” Doris ex-,
plained.
"Aren’t there three children
in that home to share the
household tasks with the moth¬
er ” I inquired.
‘ Yes,” Doris agreed, “but
when the children were smal
Mrs. Fenton thought it was too.
much of a bother to let them
help her. Now she works
Whites Threaten *
Race >1 if
Families In
CHICAGO—(ANP)—Six white,
hoodlums, including two girls.,
were arrested here this week
for threatening two Negro fam¬
ilies as they moved into the
controversial Park Manor com¬
munity, scene of several near¬
racial incidents during the past
year.
An added group of policemen
plus the arrests helped the off¬
icers quell any possible violence
by whites in this area. Earlier
in the week whites had burned
a large bonfire in opposition to
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Johnson
who have lived in the area in
DELORES HOWELL CHOSEN PRRESIDENT f
STATE 4-H CLUBS A
Three hundred 4-H Club boys
and girls representing 53 Geor-
gia counties gathered 1 the
picturesquC Savannah State
College campus to attend the
Twenty-Fourth Annual 4-H
Short Course held August 8-12
Recognized as top club lead¬
ers in their respective counties,
the youthful "kings and queens”
underwent a terrific pace as
they competed in various ac¬
tivities to dertimine state
championships. The short
course was under the auspees of
the State Agricultural Exten¬
sion service with P. H. Stone,
State Agent for Negro Work,
Miss Camilla Weems, Assistant
State Agent, and Augustus Hill
serving as directors,
At the week’s end many of
youthfuls had received prizes
after seven days of competition
participation. The girls engaged
in painting, egg marketing,
public speaking, table setting,
yeastbread, biscuits, cornmcal
muftins, and dress making. For
the boys competition was pro¬
vided in speaking, painting,
achievement, egg grading, trac-
Clark County.
continously that she is soften
cross and irritable without
knowing why.”
Glancing over at the weary
figure in the next yard, I Wished
we could help her, but' that
seemed impossible. - ------ I-ater, ----. ..... how-
ever, she opened the way her-
self. , j
Knowing that I am a child¬
ren’s librarian. Mrs. Fenton
came in one day to talk to me
about children’s books. 5
"I don’t have time to go tiown
to the library and see what is
availbale,” she said. "In fact, I
scarcely find time to do any
reading these days. Before I had
a family reading was my xhief
delight.”
“I’ll be happy to recommend
some worth-while children’s
books to you,” I told hen, and
then ventured a gentle children quest¬
ion, “ Wouldn’t your
like to help you so you ipuld
have time for reading?” J
Mrs. Fenton looked starUpfl.
‘I’m afraid it’s too late, for
that,” she said sadly. "I should
have begun with them long
ago, as your sister did with her
children. Now they just expect
me to do all the work.” •
Doris smiled at me. “I might
not have let Tom and Freda
help me when they were iittle
if I had not had some good
advice. They were so slow and
awkward I preferred to dp. ev¬
erything myself, until hucia
told me it wasn't fair for bjo to
have all the pleasure of doing
for others—the children should
have the joy of doing for-me.”
‘You see, I had found oyt in
my association with the child¬
ren who came to the library
that those who helped at home
were the happiest ones.” I ex¬
plained. “Your three will ^take
pride in helping you if yoi} { will
begin with small tasks for f pacn
one, see that each assignment
is completed, and remember to
express their efforts.” your appreciation for
“Do you really be five that,
Miss Mallory.” the neighbor
asked hofefully. A.
"I am confident of it. x
assured habits take take her. “Establishing^new patience, but the
rewards are worth tho effort.
Children who share in keeping
up a home acquire a sense of
family unity and are prepared
later on, to become good hotne-
makers themselves.
terror for several months how.
The new Negroes moving ^nto
the area were Mr. and 'Mrs.
Leander Griffith and Mr. and
Mrs. Carlton Winslow and their
two babies, 1 Vi years andf 12
days old. The whites did^Tiot
damage their home, but jhfred
the two families as they mhved
in. if
Police arrested David Bofoen,
74, Joseph Nolan, 42, Luther
Anderson, 55, and Lawrence
Fox, 24, plus two unnamed
women including one who ’SayS| J
is Miss Fox, the latter rh&n>
tor maintenance, and livestock
judging. And for their efforts
they received cash prizes pro-
vided by business firms and-,in-
dividuals, certificates of merit,
honor and achievement. n
Addresses were made by
President W. K. Payne, Savan¬
nah State; Mr. Stone and Mr.
L. R. IXinson, Assistant 3-H
Club leader. Consultants Ind
other representatives included
Mrs. Mary McKinney, State
Health Department, Paul Craw-
ford, Rural Electrification
specialist, and J. R. Rodhey,
American Oil Comany.
Officers elected for the Sfate
4-H council are Delores Howell,
president. Bibb County; Barbara
Nelson, vice-president (girls)
Decatur County; Farris Long,
vice president <boys), CJark
County; Thelma Hicks, secre¬
tary, Mitchell County; Samuel
Blount, treasurer, Meriweather
County, and McClinton Brotigh-
ton. reporter, Walton County.
Advisers are Miss Albertha
Holmes, Home Demonstration
Agent, Houston County, arid L.
C. Trawick, County Agent,