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"LET MV PEOPLE GO" Freedom Road BY HOWARD FAST ‘‘At last! The Great American Novel—The book that will send ev ery American to the polls—to vote.” NEW NOVEL CHALLENGES RACE PREJUDICE ... There is every indication that “Freedom Road”, a new book by Howard Fast, will be the most talked of novel in 1944. This book is to be released on August 16th by Publish ers, Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Howard Fast will best be remem bered as the author of the current best seller “Citizen Tom Paine”. Mr. Fast’s forceful style seems to have reached it's apex in his latest work. “Freedom Road.” Many boo^s have been written a bout the Negro but this story is writ ten about things that you probably thought no one would write. It at BOWELS SLUGGISH? • Feeling like you lost your best friend — headachy—dull—all because of sluggish bow els? Why put up with constipation misery? , Chew modem FEEN-A-MINT, the pleasant- ] tasting chewing-gum laxative. 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Ollle Harrington in Southern France The following dispatch was filed through the Office of War Informa tion Press ool on August 17 by Ollic Harrington, Pittsburgh Courier War correspondent, and one of tu’o Negro war correspondents representing the Combined United States Press during the invasion of Southern France. BY OLLIE HARRINGTON (Ptissburgh Courier War Corres pondent Representing Combines U. S. Press) WITH AIRBORNE TROOPS OVER SOUTHRN FRANCE —I have just returned from the invasion points over Southern France where I’d flown with the huge glider force on D-Day not long after first waves hit the beach. In all honesty, I must admit that this is probably the most pleasant in • vasion of all time, and the last min ute letters which I wrote my wife, my mother, and my Simon Degree editor. Bill Nunn, now seem frightfully sil ly. I frankly hope they may be lost in the mails. I am quqite sure that my friends back home are experiencing more hell in ten minutes of the August heat and humidity than I did in almost six hours over Adolph's impregnable fortress. From our altitude, the French coun tryside loked peaceful and serene and like New England countryside. The only difference was that thousands of parachutes littered the meadows. The plowed fields belw presented a quiet holiday pattern and the only element mising in this nostalgic rural scene was the absence of grazing livestock. I didn't find this surprisinb however, considering the fact that ’the master race mob moved out. One of my most pleasant aspects of the invasion was the crew of the C-47 in which we rode They were without exception the swellest bunch of guys I've yet shackled up with. The pilot, Lt. Roger Coleson of Fair bault, Minn., and the co-pilot, Lt. Gene Feckler, St. Louis, are both, despite their extreme youth, veter ans of the troop carrier trade. The navigator, Lt. Alex M. Pakowitz of I Mini — — — IThe Queen Goes A-Sewing| W is-... . .smswt:.? YOU never would guess In a mil lion years that the smart frocks and gowns which Lena Horne dis plays so beautifully were made by the golden girl herself, would you? Well, we have proof that MGM’s honey brown queen is an excellent designer and dressmaker. We dis covered during an interview with Lena at her beautiful California home that her interests extend be yond her successful career, in many directions. Like every wo man. she has a very keen interest in acquiring something new to wear. After seeing some of the j little numbers Lena has designed and made lately, we’re inclined to think that after she tires of the movies—heaven forbid—she might even set up her own little dress shop. However, that’s neither here nor there. The important thing is that the lovely Lena has an encouraging word foi all women who would like to sew for themselves and their families, yet hold back because they think they haven’t the talent for it. In all probability you’re like us; you don’t know much about sewing, but we pass on some point ers we got from Miss Horne which make it sound easy to do. "First,” says the star, “forget all you've ever heard about sewing re quiring special skill. It doesn’t Buy yourself a simple, inexpensive pattern Pin it to the material and cut. Notch and tack the pieces to gether, as the pattern directs. Fit the garment on and adjust it, if necessary. Then baste it, remem bering to press it as you go along so that the measurements will be accurate. Making a frock is as easy as that!” If you hr»ve a dressmaker’s form made to your own measurements, fitting and marking the hemline are greatly simplified, too Take a ruler, as Lena does, and measure j the height from the floor at which I vcu’d like vour hemline to be. Don’t stick to a hard and fast rulo about hemline length, says Miss Horne. Take your general appear ance into consideration, and re member, at whatever point the graceful line is achieved, that’s the place to start turning up all around. Now, watch Miss Horne, the smile is very important, you take your needle and thread and sew the hem by hand, using a light feathery stitch that will not show on the right side of the fabric. Then, with the finished product back on the dressmaker’s form, try for different effects. Miss Horne, as you see. has turned out a basic dress which can be changed in appearance with the addition of dif ferent accessories Tack on a lovely collar of eyelet ambroidery, or, if you have a spray*a>f orchids handy, and who hasn’t . . . tuck them into the waistline. The only disappointing thing about our interview with the golden Horne, is that we didn’t get to see her wear this one. Sensational Sextette “Swings” Savoy ‘^''^ txthtti** rw M»r« Cootie William*. Hght (Inset) *"** ''“‘r*'^iihams* Sex'tette'which’*1* currently “the berries^ ae K — cootie’s band 8har~ M Cooper1* Savoy Sultans. Brooklyn, N. Y., slept most of the time on what he called the milk run. There was nothing heroic about any of them, yet all carried Disting uished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Clusters buried away somewhere in their barracks bags. After much coaxing, I discovered that they had gotten them for a job in Burma sup porting the legendary General Wing WE HAVE SEVERAL VACANCIES IN 1 OUR LAUNDRY FOR EITHER EXPER-# IENCED OR INEXPERIENCED WOMEN. 1 GET IN TOUCH WITH MR. SHERMAN f AT THE LAUNDRY OR CALL WE-6055. } edholm&shermanJ 2401 NORTH 24th STREET € -PHONE WEbster 6055 1 ate’s Army on the Imphal drive with Col. Corkin, the Flip Corkin of Ter ry and the Pirates. These fellows had only one gripe. They knew Joe Louis was somewhere around, but some general had decided to pull this invasion before they had a chance to see the champ go through his paces. Just before takeoff time, the pilot of the glider to be towed by our ship walked up with a cherry pie cap tured on a foray the night before. He suddenly rushed over and smack ed me in the pit of the stomach which at the time was not very strong. “Well, I’ll be damned if it isn’t Press!’’ he shouted, “where in hell have you been?” 2 REAL SHOE MAN \ FONTENELLE SHOE REPAIR ;! CASH & CARRY CLEANER \ ij 1410 North 24th St j —CARL CKtVERA— Then I recognized my old friend, Lt. Ed. Hansen of Alhambra, Calif., one of the hottest glider pilots in the business. I hadn't seem him for months and since then he too had picked up a Distinguished Flying Cross with a heap of other decorat ions in Burma |. ''Where’s Sid Williams?” he want ed to know and d told him Sid left Liberty Club in Naples to get back to the Urban League in Cleveland. Then we all squatted down in the shadow of the big wing and, through huge mouthfuls of prized pie washed down by water from gasoline drum, batted the breeze. Before we'd wound up it seems that my name had become Press and there was nothing I could do about it. Hansen and co-pilot Lt. Jerry Sonken of New York insisted that I ride in their glider and I had a hell of a job explaining to them that there were a couple of gremlins in the front office back in Pittsburgh who'd be foaming at the mouth if I J LUX Barber Shoo 1 M 2045 NORTH 24th STREET I M “This is the Home of Corn Fix” X lidn’t hurry back in the C-47 in time ^ ;o write some invasion stuff. "But Pittsburgh’s 6,00 miles from | nere and they can’t do nothing to | you,” piped up Crew Chief Lyle Fen- i iason from Fairfield, Me. "No, they can’t do nothing but j throw me off the payroll," I answ ;red. So L rode the freight car and when j we got over the target, I looked : back through the open door of our j ship as the glider pulled away in a slow bank. There, grinning, were Hansen and Sonken with the right thumb and index finger in the “so long” sign. I returned the sign and hoped they’d be okay. America needs guys like that: I figured that if I had to have bad luck, I 'd like it to happen with fel lows like that. They are the kind of guys that Crispus Attucks went down with. 10,000 OFFICE WORKERS NEEDED IN CAPITAL SOON About 10,000 office workers—most of them typists and stenographers— will be needed this Fall in Washing ton to take care of the normal turn over and to replace teachers and stu dents who are returning to school, the U. S. Civil Service Commission esti mated. At present there is no pressing de mand for clerks, the commission said, but applications for such jobs are still being considered, and there art a few openings for card punch oper ators and the like. The bulk of the present demand, however, is for typ ists and stenographers. Because Washington, like many major centers in war industry, is crowded, the Civil Service Commis sion and many other governmental agencies have set up programs to aid the newcomers in finding quarters and in learning their way around the city. The commission has adopted for its own personnel a "Big Sister” plan through which the newcomer is given the benefit of an older girl's exper iiiiiiiiiiMimmiiiiimiiimiimmiiiii^ I Lunch I Room 1 — (At Mvrtis’ Tavern) | 2229 LAKE STREET-! 5 (Under New Management) E Lillian Anderson and Louise S Finney, Proprietors ” "Prompt, Courteous Service” F MmimiiMHimimmiiiimmimiiiim lence in finding suitable living quar ters, is shown the convenient shop ping centers, given tips on what's tops in entertainment, introduced to other girls in the same office and gen-ral ly given a chance to orient herself l/GHTCR ~ OcGHple/iaU Dr. FRED Pilimr’i Skin | Whitaner lightens tanned dark skint Easy way! 25c at drug stores Use 7 days as directed. 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