Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1951-01-19 Lewis O. Swingler MEMPHIS WORLD The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper Published by MEMPHIS WORLD PUBLISHING CO. Every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 164 BEALE—Phone 8-4030 Entered in the Post Office at Memphis, Tenn., as second-class mail under the Act of Congress, March 1, 1879 Member of SCOTT NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE W. A. Scott, II. Founder, C. A. Scott, General Manager LEWIS O. SWINGLER Editor A. G. SHIELDS, Jr. Advertising Manager The MEMPHIS WORLD is an independent newspaper—non sectarian and non-partisan printing news unbiasedly and supporting those things it believes to the interest of its readers and opposing those things against the interest of its readers. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Year $5.00—6 Months $3.00—3 Months $1.50 (In Advance) ROUTE SUPERVISORS: NEW CHICAGO — NEW CHELSEA — HYDE PARK: Wilbur White................................... 1174 Springdale For any information concerning the distribution of THE WORLD, please contact one of your route supervisors, particularly the one in your respective district. Carries A Possibility Of War The people of the United States, protected by thousands of miles of ocean, find it difficult to understand the reluctance with which some of the peoples of Western Europe join in the effort to build a fighting force that will halt the Red Army in Europe. If we consider the position of France, realizing that the gigantic Russian Army is within 150 miles of the French frontier and that the French have only five badly-equipped divisions, no aid force, no atomic bombs and no great industrial potential, we ought to be able to understand the French fear that precipitate action may lead the Russians to aggression. This is not the whole picture, because France does not have our industrial potential, and no ocean or navy to prevent invasion. Naturally, the French are concerned lest the Russians, cognizant of the efforts of the West to rearm, decide that this is the to strike. While we thoroughly approve the efforts to strengthen the defense of the democratic nations, we realize that it carries a possibility of war because of the danger that the Russians may conclude that they have a better chance to win, before the rearmament process is completed, then they could have once the free nations are thoroughly prepared for war. Wilson Appointed One thing, that heartens us about mobilization is the President's appointment of Charles Edward Wilson, president of General Electric to head it. Mr. Wilson is an industrialist who believes that the Constitution applies to black as well as white Americans. He chairmaned The President's Committee on Civil Rights; and if he lives up to the recommendations of that report on fair employment, we can expect an honest approach to our employment problem from the Washington end. EDITORIALS ... Dedicated To ... RACIAL ADVANCEMENT and INTER-RACIAL GOODWILL The World Welcomes Letters and Comments to the Editor When and if Written as a Public Service MART OF THOUGHT A hush falls over the congregation Except for an occasional cough, the rustle of a program or the squirming of an impatient child all Is still and quiet under the spell of eager curiosity and anticipation. A technician's hand is raised, the on the air signal given and the audience relaxes as the strains of ............" "The Hope Of This World" reaches the ear. For one full hour each Sunday night, the program emanating from East Trigg Baptist Church under the direction of Rev. W. H. Brewster, Sr. is broadcast. The service is impressive, inspirational and democratic inasmuch as colored and white participate on the program before av audience which is mixed. It is intelligently conducted and a service that is very real indeed. We should be proud of this type of radio prorain and several others that are aplighting. This vicinity has a wonderful outlet for Negroes. Unusually good as a matter of fact with two radio Stations where the performers are predominantly Negro. But some of the so-called talent that is displayed on the airlanes is utterly, preposterterously altogether ridiculous. Yet hundreds of letters pour in, asking for more. Those who write lots of fan mail are most loyal to their principles than those of us who disprove of a certain element but do nothing to curtail it. If a program is on the air that you do not want to hear because you think it is 'trashy', you may tune it out and dial another station but remember that program is still on the air and falling on the receptive ears of children who do not know how to choose programs. I have no children of my own but I claim every one in the neighborhood. I am intensely interested in them because in children there is material to be molded in the shape we choose. Their minds are fertile so it is up to us more or less to decide what seeds are to be sown The wonderful medium of radio can be most helpful and it is controlled entirely by the listening public. We are complaining people: we cry for the things that others will not do for us while we are guilty of mission where we can help ourselves. Send letters of protest against what you do not like, then substitute that with suggestions and requests of your own. How else will the producers and sponsors know what we do not like if we express no disapproval. Bear in mind that the illiterate group of people who are not as busy with social and civic affairs as you, are those who constantly send in requests for records that you certainly would never purchase for your children to hear at home. So take a little time out from your other committments and write a card or letter. It seems like a very small thing to do but it would be a great service to the community at large. Tune in the stations that cater to Negro performers, listen attentively to the programs and you will know that something should be done about the debauchery then do it. There are young Christian children in our homes who undoubtedly question some of the expressions made by some of our ministers on the air. Let us correct this situation so that we can point with pride to a station that elevates the Negro citizens of Memphis because there is enough real talent here in this city to provide a constant flow of high class entertainment for the listening public. Doff Y Derby To: Rev. Caudil who asked that his church be allowed to sponsor a nursery in the YMCA, for Negro children. LOOKING THINGS OVER By HELEN CALDWELL DAY Everytime I see anything about the March of Dimes, it reminds me of a letter I received from the National Polio Foundation about two years ago. It was a letter of sympathy, encouragement and an offer of help if I should need it recognizing that polio is a disease whose course is long and whose treatment is expensive. That was while Butch was still in the hospital with the disease and we were wondering if he would ever walk again. Oh, yes, he can walk now and run too: not as good as other little boys, but alone without a cane or a brace and with only the slightest limp And we have reason to believe that in time to come even that will disappear. So we are thankful. All the same, we can't help remembering all those other children some indeed who were in the hospital with him who were not so fortunate and their parents must suffer seeing them suffer. We can't help remembering that here in the south known for its many prejudices and acts of racial dis crimination, he and we received every possible aid, every consideration and courtesy to make it easier for us to bear what earlier we would have considered the unbearable. We can't help remembering too, that here lines of color and race was forgotten and nothing was seen but a child's pain and a mother's sorrow. Negro and White children in isolation hospital received equal care, treatment, even love and tenderness and their parents or guardians were made to feel like people who had the sympathy and real understanding of other people. The atmosphere of helpfulness spread even from the nursing and medical staffs to the other patients (white) and their parents, in the case of children. For that reason, I have a special place in my heart for all those who sponsor or who aid the March of Dimes. There is a lot about most "organized" charity that I don't like, that I know is not good for anybody, not even those it proposes to help, but this is not in the same class at all. Here for once those who are in need really do receive the help they need, when they need it, sans about ten miles of red tape and who your grandma was and why she died. I hope my readers will bear this in mind during this year's March of Dimes and will be generous accordingly. You know, its a funny thing, you never think it can happen to until it does, then you know. It can happen to anybody. One day your little Johnny or Mary is playing, complaining a little of not feeling good; then the next day or perhaps, hour, he or she can't walk. or can't move an arm or can't breathe and the doctor tells you its polio. You think of those dimes you gave or didn't given then. Think of them now, before it happens to you. It can you know. It really can. Lockhead to reopen huge plane plant at U.S. request. Record expansion program plann ed by U.S. medical schools. MOMENTS OF REFLECTION By A. L. GUERARD BY A. L. GUERARD DREAMING OF YOU By A. L. GUERARD BY A. L. GUERARD the HEALTH FORUM World BY R. EARL BLAND M. D. (SNS FEATURE) The modifications to which water may be subjected render it a most flexible agent to treat with. Its temperature may be readily changed and adapted to varying conditions. Moreover, water absorbs and gives off heat and cold quickly: The fact may be easily ascertained by standing nude in a bath room at 80Ȗdegree; F. after the tub has been filled with water at the same temperature There will be no discomfort from exposure to the air at this, temperature in a clos ed room but quiet submersion in waiter at the same temperature would produce an impression of cold and a desire to move; a sense of chilliness would impel withdrawal if the bath be prolonged without friction or motion. This can only be accounted for by the physical law that water gives off its temperature twenty-seven times more rapidly than air to objects with which it comes in contact. Like other powerful remedial agents, water had been utilized for a long time (over two thousand years) before its true action was studied. May I emphasize the fact that water acts as a medium for conveying temperatures - heat and cold to the skin. The arousing of a fainting person by a dash of cold water offers a familiar illustration. That heat conveyed by water will produce a similar effect I have had occasion to note. In a case of unconsciousness, in a suicidal attempt with carbolic acid, ice-water failed. In this emergency I poured water just bellow the boiling point over one leg. This aroused the patient quickly and the pain from the burn continued to maintain her alertness without ill effects until the danger passed. MEAL TIME MELODIES BY BELL BLAND At a time like this we have to think as seriously about Getting the food for the table as we have to think about cooking and eating it. I have been thinking seriously about our country's welfare — a lot of food will be sent to our boys overseas, and we'll need all the food that the farmers and we ourselves can grow. Do you remember how we had victory gardens during World War II. We should all rise to this new national emergency! We'll grow our vegetables again if that becomes necessary to keep plenty vegetables on our table. Vegetables are important in our diet. Do you know that one vegetable has been found to prevent night blindness? Do you watch closely the vegetables your family eats every day. And that means far more than just seeing that Junior eats his spinach. As you know, vegetables differ in food value. For you eat the roots of some, seeds of others and leaves of another. You need to eat a potato and one green or leafy vegetable every day. A variety of vegetables gives you minerals and vitamins. These food substances make for healthy blood, regular beating of the heart, steady nerves and good growth. Potatoes are found often on the table. Each person eats about 138 pounds a year. The potato is sometimes called "the poor man's orange," because you find vitamin C in it the same as in oranges. Its a fuel food, easily digested. You get iron and maybe some iodine after eating potatoes. The iodine content of the potato depends on where and how it was grown. Boil or bake potatoes in the jacket. Eat them skin and all. It may be poor table manners, but it is good nutrition. Much of the food value is lost from peeling them. The sweet potato is like the white one except that it has Vitamin A. Vegetables don't all have the same food stuff in them anymore than they all look alike or all taste alike Turnip and turnip greens have more calcium than the other. Carrots and green peppers have vitamin "A". The tomato, is one of our most protective vegetables, and its plentiful in any form. It suffers, little loss in cooking. Seasonal buying of all vegetables is better for your health. You couldn't eat a better leafy vegetable than turnip greens. Beet tops are very nourishing, too. Use the other leaves of such vegetables as cabbage and lettuce. When you throw them away, the best part of the food is gone. Oh, let me tell you about an elderly dependent widow-woman who lived alone in a tenement row. She took turnip greens her neighbors had thrown away, repicked them cut them up stem and all, and cooked them With this and some hot cornbread, she had a meal. She looked fairly well nourished. She had to eat somehow, as well as her pet pig. Fortunate for her in this case. Are you careful about wasting food? How many people could eat well from the food you throw away? The roughage of leafy vegetables is good for your teeth and digestion. Celery, salads, and slaw are good examples. They keep you from becoming constipated. Oh — children dislike vegetables because they are taught to not eat them. You can, teach them to eat any food. Serve vegetables many ways — but one new way at a time in small amount. The scanty use of vegetables makes for poorly nourished children. Are you sure you know how to prepare and cook vegetables properly? You should keep them from becoming bruised and crushed. Do not allow vegetables to stand for long at room temperature, either before or after cooking. Wash leafy vegetables well, but do not soak, Lift vegetables from water so that sand and grit will not drain over them. Use only, enough water to cover and bring water to a boil before adding greens. Bring water back to boil quickly after adding them. Cook just until tender. Some people like them seasoned with bacon fat or butter. The Juices from canned or cooked vegetables are rich also in minerals and vitamins. Keep the Juices in a covered jar in the refrigerator. any and all combinations. Use such stock as a base for vegetable cream soups, gravies and meat soup. The use of milk and butter makes such dishes more nourishing and tasty. Whether the vegetable is fresh, canned, frozen or dried, prepare it correctly and serve it picture pretty. In Kentucky... the Bourbon Capital of the World The Most Popular of all is IN KENTUCKY—where there is the best to choose from —no other Bourbon enjoys the popularity of Early Times. Once you've enjoyed the smooth, well-rounded flavor of an Early Times highball or cocktail, you, too, will be an Early Times "regular." Early Times is every ounce a whisky— every drop fine Kentucky Bourbon. Take home a bottle or two today. EARLY TIMES THIS IS THE WHISKEY THAT MADE KENTUCKY WHISKIES FAMOUS EARLY TIMES BOTTLED BY EARLY TIMES DISTILLERY COMPANY LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY HEADLINES & BYLINES Truly there must be among our youth, a feeling that, success is impossible without the struggle some of us older ones know is necessary. There are several reasons why this statement is made. 1. A co-worker was telling me last week about the irresponsibility of his son. 2. A young man told me that young people (including himself) did not mind a cheap "success." and that the only thing which counted with them was the "success" itself. 3. At a forum our last Sunday about three members related with sadness examples of the lack of reliability on the part of young men associated with them. 4. In January's READER'S DIGEST. I read: "For society There is grave danger when its are unchallenged in the impression that there can be reward with out quest, wage: without work, a master's prestige without skill, marriage without fidelity, national security without individual sacrifice." 5. I read last night in EBONY the above warnng by Cab Calloway. These examples came quite readily to mind. Of course there are others, but these should suffice for our purpose. In other words, these random samples of attitudes do I think, indicate the prevailing, tendency. Now regardless of how much you may argue to the contrary, every thing in this universe of ours revolves about the equality-sign. Emerson stated it this way: "What will you hav? quoth God; pay for it and take it. — Nothing venture, nothing have — Thou. shalt be paid exactly for what thou hast done; no more, no less." I have traveled, one way or other, a reasonable amount, and have yet to see anywhere I have been a contradiction to this statement. Also, I have studied thing many areas of life; nevertheless, I have not observed one genuine exception to this principle. Moreover, I have never heard or read of anyone else doing so either. On the other hand, I can without difficulty cite you many cases in accordance with this rule. That in itself should strike you as being worthy of consideration. This is nothing new. The Bible says that there is nothing new under the sun. I believe that. It also speaks of an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth; blood for blood; atonement, for sin; a slave going free for his eye's sake. As I have said, these thing are, I believe, true, and truth stand as testimony of the truth of the law of compensation. And finally, we hear a great deal today of the veteran's preference of 5-point men and 10-point ones. Why is there preference in the first place? Now, military service At war-time is more of a risk than is in-peace time. That being so it is felt that one should be compensated according to his risk a loss. 5-points are taken as Just recompense for service without injury; and 10-points are considerered as proper reward for a disability sustained in the military service in line of duty. For greater injuries, there are higher, percentage points, such as from 20points up to and including 100. This is another manifestation of the operation of the principle of compensation. Thus it is refreshing to see a popular figure like Cab Calloway come out and say that it is only by hard work, clean thinking and respect for our fellow men and our selves can we make our dreams a reality. Surely, such should make some ponder this idea. Concerning narcotics Calloway has this to say: "I have watched musicians playing while high and noticed that their musical standards drop sharply although they suffer from the tragic delu that they are playing more briliantly than when they are sober." On the same general subject, Emerson says: "Dreams and drunk enness, the use of opium and alcohol are the semblance and counterfeit of this oracular genius, and hence their dangerous attraction for me. "Even though the words of the two men differ, the basic ideas expressed by them are exactly the some. Please meditate on this. CAB CALLOWAY IN EBONY Truly there must be among our youth, a feeling that, success is impossible without the struggle some of us older ones know is necessary. There are several reasons why this statement is made. 1. A co-worker was telling me last week about the irresponsibility of his son. 2. A young man told me that young people (including himself) did not mind a cheap "success." and that the only thing which counted with them was the "success" itself. 3. At a forum our last Sunday about three members related with sadness examples of the lack of reliability on the part of young men associated with them. 4. In January's READER'S DIGEST. I read: "For society There is grave danger when its are unchallenged in the impression that there can be reward with out quest, wage: without work, a master's prestige without skill, marriage without fidelity, national security without individual sacrifice." 5. I read last night in EBONY the above warnng by Cab Calloway. These examples came quite readily to mind. Of course there are others, but these should suffice for our purpose. In other words, these random samples of attitudes do I think, indicate the prevailing, tendency. Now regardless of how much you may argue to the contrary, every thing in this universe of ours revolves about the equality-sign. Emerson stated it this way: "What will you hav? quoth God; pay for it and take it. — Nothing venture, nothing have — Thou. shalt be paid exactly for what thou hast done; no more, no less." I have traveled, one way or other, a reasonable amount, and have yet to see anywhere I have been a contradiction to this statement. Also, I have studied thing many areas of life; nevertheless, I have not observed one genuine exception to this principle. Moreover, I have never heard or read of anyone else doing so either. On the other hand, I can without difficulty cite you many cases in accordance with this rule. That in itself should strike you as being worthy of consideration. This is nothing new. The Bible says that there is nothing new under the sun. I believe that. It also speaks of an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth; blood for blood; atonement, for sin; a slave going free for his eye's sake. As I have said, these thing are, I believe, true, and truth stand as testimony of the truth of the law of compensation. And finally, we hear a great deal today of the veteran's preference of 5-point men and 10-point ones. Why is there preference in the first place? Now, military service At war-time is more of a risk than is in-peace time. That being so it is felt that one should be compensated according to his risk a loss. 5-points are taken as Just recompense for service without injury; and 10-points are considerered as proper reward for a disability sustained in the military service in line of duty. For greater injuries, there are higher, percentage points, such as from 20points up to and including 100. This is another manifestation of the operation of the principle of compensation. Thus it is refreshing to see a popular figure like Cab Calloway come out and say that it is only by hard work, clean thinking and respect for our fellow men and our selves can we make our dreams a reality. Surely, such should make some ponder this idea. Concerning narcotics Calloway has this to say: "I have watched musicians playing while high and noticed that their musical standards drop sharply although they suffer from the tragic delu that they are playing more briliantly than when they are sober." On the same general subject, Emerson says: "Dreams and drunk enness, the use of opium and alcohol are the semblance and counterfeit of this oracular genius, and hence their dangerous attraction for me. "Even though the words of the two men differ, the basic ideas expressed by them are exactly the some. Please meditate on this. Dr. R Earl Bland Ordained As St. John Deacon Ordination ceremonies Sunday during regular morning worship gave formal recognition to Dr. R. Earl Band as a deacon of Saint John Baptist Church, 55 North Lauderdale. The pastor. Rev. A. McEwen Williams, delivered an inspiring message designed to raise the sight of the membership to higher objective for the new year. His sermon likewise had special meaning to the incoming new deacon who since his first year in Memphis 1936 has been a devoted member of the congregation. Approximately twenty or more friends of the prominent medic were present for the ordination. Henry Siggers, guest soloist of Avery Chapel A. M. E. Church, was present to sing Deacon Bland's favorite selection, "My Heavenly Father." Mrs. Annie Higgins, of Metropolitan Baptist church gave response to the welcome message on behalf of the visitors. St. John is noted for its large number of active members in the various vocations of public note.