"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
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[tacks the very foundations of “Lip
Service Democracy” and gives us a
frank portrayal of what actually
happened in the South during the
days of “Black Reconstruction”.
“Freedom Road” is fiction of the
highest order—The story of a Negro
named ideon Jackson who fought on
the side of the Union during the Civ
il War. This character is an embod
iment of all the fine qualities of Ne
gro Legislators, duly elected immed
iately after the Civil War. Through
him is shown the conflict of the
North and South, the struggle be
tween land owner and share cropper,
and struggle of races for adjustment
and the political strife growing out of
a maladjusted social pattern that was
allowed to run loose through flag
rant misappropriation of judicial
rights. Gideon Jackson grows men
tally and spiritually as he labors tire
lessly to work out the destiny of his
people who were confused, abused,
and persecuted. Of special interest
is the manner in which “Freedom
Road” deals with the rise of the Klu
Klux Klan in its determined efforts
to stem the tide of democratic think
ing among the underprivileged in
ideon's Community.
Throughout, “Freedom Road” mov
es at a rapid pace and the moral
victories which Gideon wins will long
lie remembered by everyone who
reads this powerful novel.
The documentary substance of this
book is truly taken from the “Lost
pages of American History”. This
is, without a doubt, “The story you
thought would never be written.”
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the State Safety Patrol, is planning
to conduct a series of local confer
ences and carry on the discussion.
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ferences are at 2:00 pm. as follows:
Ainsworth, Monday, August 21,
Disctrict Courtroom.
Chadron, Tuesday, August 22 —
Disrtict Courtroom.
Scottsbluff, Wednesday, August 23
District Courtroom.
North Plate, Thui sday, ^Vjgust 24.
District Courtroom.
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District Courtroom.
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Norfolk, Tuesday, August 29, Ball
room, Hotel Norfolk.
Lincoln, Wednesday, August to,—
District Courtroom.
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District Courtroom.
Geneva, Friday, September 1, Dis
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The Traffic Court problem; of to
day are serious and their solution is
the responsibility of the lawyer, the
judge and the law enforcement offic
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interested in law enforcement to con
sider these problems, and offer sup
gestions for improvement.
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
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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.
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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
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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?”
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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
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;o write some invasion stuff.
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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.
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of them typists and stenographers—
will be needed this Fall in Washing
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over and to replace teachers and stu
dents who are returning to school, the
U. S. Civil Service Commission esti
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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
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Lustily, we roar for a guy named
Spencer Tracy.
★ ★ ★ ★
And for a picture named "The Seventh
Cross . * * * *
Tracy was terrific in “Captains
Courageous".
★ ★ * *
Tracy was terrific in "Boys Town”;
★ ★ ★ ★
Tracy was terrific in 'Test Pilot”;
★ ★ ★ ★
Tracy was terrific in "Keeper of the
Flame”. * * * *
Tracy was terrific in "Woman of the
Year”- ★ ★ ★ *
Tracy was terrific in "A Guy Named Joe”.
★ ★ ★ ★
But—his latest is his greatest!
★ ★ ★ ★
It’s ‘THE SEVENTH CROSS”.
It’s Tracy in love—Tracy in danger—
Tracy doing things to your emotions
that must be seen to be believed.
★ ★ ★ ★
The romantic interest is Signe Hasso.
Watch this gal, she’s moving up fast!
★ ★ ★ ★
Others abetting are Hume Cronyn,
Jessica Tandy, Agnes Moorehead,
Herbert Rudley and Felix Bressart.
★ ★ ★ ★
Helen Deutsch did the screen play
from Anna Seghers’ novel. Fred Zin
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