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The LucknowSentinel, Lttacnow, °Mafia
Hugh 1, oung Bettie Lad Passes
rites frott: Washington The death of Wayne 1VIcLel-
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land, SOU of Mr. tend -Mrs. Bert
McLelland of • Bervie occurred
Washington, 12.. C.,
. April 9th,, 1944
• Dear Seiitinel:
This .s heing written in the
0 • ,Libtary of Congress in Washing
ton. Having lived in this City the
), • p t month or .more jt occurreci
o me that folks aronnd Luck-,.
no might 1:)e interested in a few
'paragraphs from thi caPital that
gets' Mentioned so Often. these
,.,...day § in world news and,
' Washington,, seen,,py any John
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Brown rMary1 Smith whii;hap-.
pened to walk" through itsstreets
as a. stranger, would, it seems to
me appear a. Much more ordin-
ary place than imagined from a
distance,rIt is built over an area
Qt. relling hills on the left bank
of ,the Potomac. The connti-y is
not ilillike.that; around
It has much More of the smell
••t•iwn atniosphere about •it th,an.
•has, say, Toronto,. though the
population has recently grown. to.
• about TorOntO's size, or slightly
larger, In this resPect it is net. at
• ,all like New York. Toronto and
New York are far retrieved from
• ,, • the /smell of fields- and gardens.
They are artificial .Piles Of cem-
ent and brick, but Washington
• is different. 1•
• Yesterday in. the .stteet
•- which, by' the way are.the seine
. as the new ones in Toronto --a
very -cultured looking lady .sit-
• ting in the same seat with 'Me;
to whom I spoke about the wea-
ther said "Yesmiliusband went
' 'out -to ear -farm-to .soW grass seed,
^.: the„,fall wheat so I hope the
ram keeps off." .Being ithe cap-
ital, there is a continual coming
and going' `of people from " farms
• • and Villages in all, the states:
.That makes a difference• . •
. Anyway Washington is not, en
old city. It.is only 150 years since
._the,_ area was "accepted by con -
tress as the capital",' and since
George Washington *laid the
foundation stone of the "White
House": (October 13, 1792). COITI.
pared with Peking, tokyo, Rome
or London 2 and other aged
growths •like these,. WaShington
.1 is a mere sapling.When We come
• 'to think -of it it isn't so Much
• older 'than Lucknow. •
Everybody in . Washington,
seems to know 'hist where places
are u..Adoesn'thave to \ask the
way arclimd. Each person seems
like a nice,. typical AMerican. In
fact, each could be a typical Can-
adian. fox that matter. One 'hears,
. • little of that soft, • "Southern",
negrO-inflneneed, warm 'and col-
orful proritinciation we Caned -
lens usually associate with the
States. There are lets of can::
adians here but they are lost in
the whole crowd of typical Ain-
ericaners. • •••
And everybocir seems .to have
money 'enotigh to buy, what is
needed in spite of the prices.
A• cab driver with Whom I rode
yesterday thought. a,. few people
have too much money. "Why",
•he said, "the last 'people to ride
in this cab were going down town
ter ,either". He could share the
nekrO's "philosOphizing" b t
switched to politics again saying
we'vegot •to' see to it that post
war taxes shave, the gilt off these
$1.25 brushes. •
thing • that add t interest
to Waahingtow is .the presence Of
the negroes, :;the "sun tanned
• Aniericans. from farther Smith".
There are no jim crow cars.here.
Pale faces and *colored' ride to-
gether; buy together (when they"
can' afford 14 and Often enough
eat in the same ,places. Perhaps
the capital, with • its memorial
.and memories of .Abraham 'Lin-
coln may, in race relations set
an example to show that race
•discrimination is. taboo '. in the
New Order. Yet Negros do get
forced into special areas of the
city where they develop their
own special atinosPhere life's;
Lastevening I passed three stores
in a negro area. One was a wine
• shop where negro soldiers and
sailors „drank and cracked jokes
• about Hitler and Tojo. The next
• was a restaurant where the radio
was turned on as loud as. 'Jack
Benny's voice- would stand. The
third was ashop made over into
• a Pentecostal Church. 'About 200
sang "Shall we gather at the
river", "When the roll is called
up'yonder," and .other well-
known songs to the ;accornpani--
inent -or-a jazz band with taps Hugh* MacMillan. total of „9,136. number four ration the local board.
and tambourines, and led 'by an
arm swinging conanctor who
On Good Friday. He would have
Observed his llth birthday on,
May 13th. Wayne had been iU
for a few days but his condition
was not regarded as ,serious
tn-
tii a day or s6 before he passed*
away. „The 'funeral .serice was.
conducted by Rev. H. W. Strapp•
of Bervie, assisted.by Rev. L. S.
Mott Of Tara, a -former pastor.'
'.Besidies• his •parents Warne is
:survived by a 14 -year-old biro
LOAN BONDS SELL
WELL IN MARKET,
•
It is of interest to note that
bonds of previous victory loans
command a good price on the
•market. •••
!4 Subject to price change with-
out notice, tonds are cutrentiV
selling at: 1St Loan 1033/4; 2nd
Loan 1024; 3rd Loan 101; 4th
Lean- 100; 5th Loan 99%.
picture taking. A passing soldier
described the place "a heaven`
and a haven for birds, bees,:
brides and,babies"..IIe must have
been a journalist before the war!
Por me he framed that pictUre in
words. r must go and have 07.
other lbok at itwhile the stn
shines
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tlikiTRSDAN, APR IL 20th, 1944
VattutWer....ormar*e.rstaratrl**12*.
NATIONAL SELECTIVE SERVICE
lfYou EiiiplOy:- Male Pers®.
Have th.e,i. all complied with the
• Military Call..;Up.? •
itYsTirtiQordmerobsiiiignzaedtiorreigirthionorsity of the National Selective
• eniployer of Male employees must make an examination
• of the do-cumentspf these employees, and, forward advice on
those who. fail to produce documents showing good standing
• under Mobilization ,Regulations. s
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2. This exaniinatiOn 'meat he Completed by May lat, 1944.
• 3. "EMPLOYER" includes industrial and commercial einfiloieers,
and also farm operators.
• 4. "MALE EMPLOYEIE" includes all male persons working for
• you.
5. A booklet "EMPLOYERS' GUIDE," has been sent to industrial
and commercial employers. A return post card as gone
rutfa operatOrs. •
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6. If you employ -any male person, ,and have not been notified f
• the Survey by booklet or post card, contact the nearest Employ-
' ment and Selective Service Office and ask for the booklet. •
7. Workers in agriculture, of military age, who halve not been -re-
• . •
jetted by the Army and who have not a Postponement Order
• should apply for such order to the nearest Registrar iminedi-
ately.
• Obligation to make .tke examination rests on each and ever
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employer of male persons, and eniplOyers nnunit act.
• 9. Penalties are proVided for failure to carry out this examing-,
• tion, and for male eMployees failing to assist by refusal tt*
Produce doeument4.• - • •
THE NATIONAL SELEdTIVE SERVICE IROBILIZATHIN RESIRATIONS
• DEPARTMENT OF LA1OUR
• HUMPHREY MITCHELL, • ' A MarNAMARA,• •
Minister of Labour. , Director, National Selective Service.
B.10.44 -W
Greetings from Washington, , In this ration, district, with books
Sincerely, . 'headquarters at 'Kincardine; a to
was distributed- according
A. Houston, secrelary of
fitream,7„1111,ecl.',' _arid syncopated
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that music in a tein-'po
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Brother, .ou
pend Dime?
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never heard around Luckriow.
• Today is Easter Sunday.,1 arose
_at fettr and, fount:F-1'11y way by
tram ,and bus to .Lincoln' Park
•cemetery heights for an Easter •
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Anil e small change. get when a lot of dimes march out of your pocket stlitySion . 1,-
A— is
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.... __ , • _ . .. _ _ _ .. :, ..,
become dollars' that start to fight other dollars, 'for the new neckties, dresses:
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• just for the fun of buying some-
thing for Easter. OneClhdy said
already had--eIght—prairs of
shoes but she wanted—another
pair just to get the feel of soine-
, thing new". He went on to tell of
a shop where they • advertised
shaving 'brushes for $125: He
•' thought this is evidence of sone-
..._wong i _the wbrick.
Supposed that one of the • , big
• problems F.D.R. 'and Churchill
• have to deal with ,is to keep peo-
sunrise service. By sunrise time
an estimated 60,000 people. were
gathered on the slope facing the
east in front of a platform with
clusters Of loud speakers and a
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surpliced choir. . The order of
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service or its poritent, of itself,
or Furniture left for us to buy. ....---ii This battleof the dollars is called INFLATION '
had nothing extraordinary in it 11L -r`'
but the whole out -Of -doors set-,
ting—dawning ,out of darkness, because it starts prices rising! uAnd the higher prices go ...the fess your
and the significance of the Easter
message in the dark world of our
time, had a deeply moving effect.
• The whole event seemedto
convey two lessons. ' First, com-
munities do not use the out-of-
doors enough for purposes of re-
•ligious services. The technical
perfection' of loud Speakers
' giies
-out-of-doors services new pos-
sibilities never •yet realized. TR
English speaking world hasn't
invention'for 'comniuri-
yet learned td use. this 'siipPle
scientifici
• ity purposei. There are lots of
ideal places around Lucknow
• where thousands would gather
for events of this kind."-pecond,
the hope • of the world is in
Christianity, but the 'nominally
Christian world haslost, aware-
ness of its meaning for the com-
munity as a unified whole and
of its real dynamic message. 'It
needs to be brought out of the
churches on. occasions, into the
open air. In its revolutionary -ori-
gins and in its most vital periods
of history it vvass-driveri Out u
the open air because the old in-
stitutions could nottake its real
• inner spirit. The war is forcing
US to think of these things'.
Entering the library this after -
neon one spot On the grounds a -
_round. the_building was about
lovely as could be imagined. The
green grass underfoot, the blue
sky, and the White -marble de -
ple with inoney enough to buy 1 pertinent Of justice bgilding as a
these brushes from having "too background•made a beautiful_ pie:
' big a finger in the' post warpie". ture. In front the indiscrible
— Theehe laughed and quoted an beauty of a clump of Japanese
^ old negro' ,oab driver friend of cherry trees !in full blot:An added
116 who said that "after all da t -sOmething. exquisite_ Parents:,
„ ,•--!dere 125 dolia brush don' gib ic brought their little toddlers there
, • 'beU have than in'ry ninetir t6 takWitliefi photographs to
• •-•cent .one, an' don' feel ,no bet- I make MOvies. There was lots �f
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dollar is worth! For instance, during the Iost war, people hod ta pay
s
sugar that you go for today. A !toile night clress was
for
compared
to theyou pay now. Your dollar buys more goods, is worth nioreihan the
1.98
dollar of 1914-11 Price ceilings and 1100 anti-inflationary measures hove helped
keep it's value 121,911. Ariii reMember Every tiine you use your money wisely topay
• off o debt or to increase your savings
when you refuse to hoard goods
ar potioniii..bldek m�rkets. .if your dollO rs. Werth .MOR,U1
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I promise to give my support to keeping the cost
of-living-down7--I-will buy only what flea. -I
will observe the ceiling whether buying or sell-
ing goods or services. I will pay off old debts,
save for. the future; invest in Victory Bonds and
War Savings,' Certificates. And I will support
taxes which help lower the cost of living.
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• published b.* THE ,fiRENFING INDUSTRY (ONTARIO) •
help- -reveal the dp•ogers tba isa9on represerats- For a he people Of the Nation.
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