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THE FUTURE OUTLOOK
Greensboro Negro Newspaper.
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SATURDAY. APRIL 18. 194?
BRIEFS
Junior thinks 525.UOO.OOO is little
enough to pay for that new road
from Alaska, seeing as how It's Itound
to speed up SHUtu Claus' gift deliveries.
Zadok Dutnbkopf says its natural
that the Germans would In: nil washed
up In the Donets BHsln.
Most persons do not sing while
bathing, a survey shows. Then those
who do, sing awfully loud.
Which reminds us that a newspaper
writer bus forecast the return
of wooden bathtubs. That's o. k. with
us if someone has discovered how to j
thoroughly soundproof 'em.
By tills time the common man in
Italy should feel fairly certain that
he's just a plain common man.
Grandpappy Jenkins says women
have no poetry in their soul. Comes 1
"the first beautiful day with its prom- 1
ise of spring?and the wife sends 1
him up to clear out the attic! I
The starfish says Factographs, has (
an eye on the end of each of its five ,
arms and caa see In all directions, j
Boy, what a reporter he would make!
HEALTH WEEK AFTERMATH.
Last week was set aside as "Negro
Health Week." daring which time
the school, church, and other social
institutions were impressed with the
advantages of cleanliness, periodic
physical examinations, and other
known methods of making the body
and community free from the destruc- ,
live forces of unhealthy diseases.
Perhnps the greatest efforts toward
Improved healthy conditions
have emphasized the destructive
forces of Invisible bacteria, rather
than those improvements in external
health which we somehow take for
granted. Much attention could he
called to these aspects of our health.
.One's.personal appearance la important.
There seems to be too much
personal untidiness exhibited by
those who roust work with their
hands and bodies. Even if we labor 1
with onr hands there is no excuse
to appear in public In dirty clothes, 1
hands and faces, and unkept appear- ;
ance regardless of the kind of work
in which we are engaged. There la
no excuse to advertise one's occupation
after one has left it On our
streets today, theer la too much had
apjiearancc by people who seem to
forget the value of looking one's best
at ail times.
People who must earn their living
by fining the fin-called dirty )?>he
should lie provided with places In
which they con wash up anil churiEP
their clothe* before coming to the
street. tVhatsuever our Job might be,
we owe It to ourselves to,look onr
best at all times.
Other than the pride It Instills In
our own personalities, we owe it to
our friends and community not to
cause them embarrassment nd pity
because of the way we look.
In matter* of personal appearance
thpre are two principle problema.
One of them la considered with the
cost of appearance, and the other is
tllfe care that should he taken of our
clothe*. These two point* are so lm
TilK
i?ortjinl that they rover large plmw
in the fields of economics and clothing.
yet for all of u* these few observations
will help:
1. liny clothes that suit your |*tfeonallty
from the point of quality,
style, color, size. etc.
2. Wear clothing that tlie occasion
demands, as work clothes for
vork. street clothes for street, and
'evening clothes for formal affairs,
etc.
3. Clean up when going on the
street.
we owe it to ourselves to carry out
As a service to our nation at wur,
every program that will Improve our
henltli internnly. externally and In
nil other aspects of our perusonull
nil other aspects of our jiorsnnnUties.
Save our clothing, and make them
look as well Jaud go as fur us |h?ssible.
In so doing, we us citizens
.serve our Country us well us our own
personal development.
GETTING AND HOLDING A JOB.
The great Increase iii the demand
for production for war purposes, has
created additional need for utility
types of workers. This lias been especially
true id the skillful occU|?allnnii
nrlfh oil )>? ? .?
of the present tluie In regard to John,
there still are the problems of petting
and holding a Jolt. They are
problems whlh face euch of us and
which each must solve In a very person
u I way. In u sense, therefore, the
most that can l>e said will be in tiie
form of advice that can be followed
3Dly In vague outlines.
One tbiug petting a Job involves 19
that each youth Is faced with the selection
of a Job of his desires on a
iriven level of experience or of folowlng
the best Job that can be pot:eo
under the circumstances. Then
:here Is the further problem of our
mltabllity for a given Job mentally.
)hynlealy, etc.
Hrlefly, then, the problem of petJng
a Job Is one of taking the Job
hat one Is sincerely Interested in
ind at the same time, one that is
tble to satisfy our desire for economic
goods and further, one th?t
*re are prepared to carry out phyal;ally,
mentally and experleneely.
IVIth tbeae as a background, it will
*? relatively easy to get and keep a
lob.
Stewart Says:
MacArthur U
Made to Ordet
For Offensive
By CHARLES P. STEWART.
Central Press Columnist.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Butaan's
and Corregldor's defender In the
Philippines ami now commander of
the United Nations' land, sea and
air forces In the Pacific war area,
of course is recognized as one ofj
history's most brilliant soldiers. However,
the utility of his actual fighting
leadership wasn't the only reason for
his assignment to his present post
"somewhere Ln Australia."
His all-around personality 1b spoken
of In Washington as a tremendous
asset In the stimulation of boundless
enthusiasm and confidence In the
rank and file of his officers and men.
He's got dash; a theatrical quality.
It wouldn't be sufficient If he hadn't
martial ability, too. but he has.
He's defensively super-competent
but an offensive campaign is what
he was made to order for. -A firstrate
chance for bis genius to assert
Itself was lacking while he remained
pretty eff&tlvely marooned, with
the Japs outnumbering him ten to
one. on southern Luxon, though even
there he took a frequent telling jab
Into the enemy's front Loose In the
open. It's accepted as a foregone conclusion
that his raiding will begin
scoring against the Axis before hoe
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tilitlrs lire many days older.
Outnumbered. But?
He's outnumbered yet. Still, u larger
pro|H?rtlon of Australia's military
strength Is said to lie enrolled and In
training than Is the case in unv other
area on earth.
He'll have Hutch help also.
Kroin America It appears that he
needs equipment more than uian
I lower. Imt he'll get some of that likewise.
And the anti-Jap Filipinos will
continue to l?e useful. If lie can keep
them armed.
Finully. not only are the Australians,
the Hutch and the Filipinos
nil nirin" to fight, hut Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese are raising
anti-Japanese heck, with no loss of
time, in what dispatches descrilie as
the edge of Burma's "Slian states."
Parenthetically "shan" Is a Chinese
word meaning a "mountain
chain."
. We hear of Shuntung and Shansi
provinces in northern China. "Tung"
means east. "SI" means west. Accordingly
Shantung Is cast of a certula
"shun." or mountain range and
Shunsl Is west of it And Burma's
'shan states" (the "8" In "shun" Isn't
entitled to he capitalized) are Its
niountuln states. We
might ns welj learn a little ^
Chinese as a hy-produet of the war.
Strategists generally agree that Generul
MacArthurs problem would be A
Immensely simplified for him If we v
hud had the forethought to build a
| railroad across Canada, from our Ii
northern border to AluRkn, before ^
World War No. 2 liegan. The Canadians
were quite willing to grunt *us
a right-of-way, bu twe postponed
the Job too long.
Had It been attended to ut the time
It originally was suggested, we could ^
be nlr-raldlng Japanese cities into
heaps of nshes today, from the Aleutians.
What it would do to the Jnj?s' x
production of war supplies doesn't
require much emphasizing. A
By Water Is Slow.
It's true, we Still can get equip- V
meat to an Aluskan base by water or A
by plane, hut It's slower work than
It would be to rush it up northward,
in sufficient volume by rail. ^
Meantime. It's taken for granted
that General MacArthur will over- ?
come his handicaps, but it's obvious
that he has them to overcome. V
The Axis powers naturally are A
broadcasting their version that the
general "abandoned" the Philippines v
liecatise he realized that he was licked
there. Their hope. It goes almost 11
without Raying, Is to demoralize the
democracies morale, and particularly J
to Impress the Latin Americans. Their
story doesn't Reem to be taking very j
well, though.
Japanese morale apparently isn't
altogether fireproof, either.
Jap generals have a habit of coin- f
mltting hari-kari In fits of dlscour- T
agement occasionally. General Hornma.
In charge of the Mikado's troops
In the Philippines, la reported to have
done It the other day from nheer dla- A
mist at General MacArthur's mean- 1
neas to him. In refusing to give up. ^
It may he a cue for General Yamaahlta
to follow suit before long. ^
Poetrv In
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Everyday Life
OUR PART.
'We each hove a vital part to play 1
In this world Crisis of to-day.
We shoulder the burden In order to "l
win I
We have a free country to defend.
I
The future of America lies In our I
hands 1
Our liberty and freedom depends on
our plans "
Ideas of the young. Ideas of the old
Can help to make our leaders bold.
We have our country to finance
By the purchase of bonds at every I
chance.
C.
"FOR AMERICAB
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Wa^fc'^A ^ " i
. safer investment can not be found
nd we're helping our country keep(
the axis down.
. tiny defense stamp has plenty to do i
rhether it will?depends entirely on j
you. ?
a the north, south, east and west
hey're being bought and made to
stand the test,
vll propaganda must quickly go
nd all Its carriers rushed from our
shores
ur dealing with aliens should be
brief but fair
nd all foreigners here must be
watched with care.
here should be no cry when prices I
increase
II "hoarding of goods" should obey-1
Ingly cease.
"e're in this war up to our neck i
nd we'll win It sure with your help]
on deck*.
By Winona I^ee. I
UK HEART THAT MAY NEVER
CARE.
omeday, perhaps, the light will]
shine
nthln the depth of iny heart,
nfl it will be then that you will'
know I
'hat has kept us apart.
ut If, however, the time never]
comes
hat iny heart will be your care? i
hope sincerely from the bottom of
thla heart
hat you will find true love elsewhere.
nd when that love comes to you
are not to cast Is aside;
'or It will be there that you will find
'rue love and comradeship abide.
?By Frances Johnson.
SPRING
,fter winter comes the spring,
"hen the birds begin to sing.
Ihlldren scamper to and fro;
'.verywhere they wish to go.
'nices are light and songs are gay,
Middles play the live-long day.
"lowers are blooming on every hill;
leslde the creek and by the mill.
rhe clouds are fleecy and the aky Is
blue,
*he grasses sparkle from last night's
dew.
rbere are buds on all the trees;
"inally they'll become big leaves.
hire and sweet as the wholesome air.
Jy the sea. and almost everywhere.
The trees tosa their heads and seem
to say?
Welcome. Spring, we hope you'll
stay."
Oaklea Graves?4C Class
MARCH
larch Is the month when the cold
winds blow.
?>' SATURDAY, APRIL IS, 1?? - -500
PER CENn"
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The month of rain and flurry bt*^
MOW *"
The wind goes howling through the
trees.
And sets ships rocking upon the seas.
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Tis the month when rheumatism begins
to pain.
And old folks say, "It's sure going to
rain."
But yon never can tell, for you never
know
Whether It will rain, or sleet or
snow.
Hurrah! the last day Is almost here.
Everyone Is filled with joy and cheer.
The leaves are budding, the flowers
are growing
Even the old cock is in the barnyard
crowing.
Well, after all. March, you're not so
bad
For you're the beginning of spring,
says my old dad.
We watch for your coming every
year.
For then we know playtime's almost
here.
?Oakalea Grave*.
MY DREAMS OF YOU. '
My dreams have been shattered and
crumbled to dust.
Forget you, my dear? I think that I
must
My dreams were beautiful and full of
deilght.
Rut now my happiness is as dark as
the night.
My life was bright with sunshine and
dew,
1 owned the world, and also you.
Now I'll never know what I should do
Until the sky becomes sunny and blue
When upon a star I'll wish about
you.
I'erhaps all ray dreams will then
come true.
?Oakalea Graves
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DRAFT BOARDS HERE
ARRANGING NUMBERS
Dull ford county draft boards No?.
1, 2 and 8 have received their master
lists from Washington and now are
engaged In working out order numbers
for persons Included In the February
IB selective service registration.
The clerks of the boards stated, h'owever,
that they are not In position
to advise anyone at this time concerning
his order number and that It
will be several days before that information
Is available.
Order numbers of board No. 1 are
expected to be available on or about
April 1, according to B. H Campbell,
clerk. Thoae for board No. 2 will not
be ready before April ft. R. L. Alexander,
clerk, said, while hoard No. 8
order numbers are expected to be
ready by April L
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