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The Omaha guide., 1936-01-04
VESTA
By Videtta Ish
ALTA VESTA TO HER
~FATHER-NO. 26

(For the Literary Service Bureau
Dear Father:
When ] read your letter I had
q strange feeling. I was happy,
and yet l felt like crying. Do
people cry when they are happy ?
| thought they cried when they
We're sad, OF something of that
kind. But it seems so funny to
cry when you r happy and
ought to laugh.
| was happy because you are
pleased with me and because you
think my conduct was right. Then
| got sorry for the girls that don't
have any father, and suppose
cried in sympathy with them. An
other thing, Father, and l sup
pose you will call it foolish, l had
a fear that | might sometime dis
please you and make you unhappy.
And that thought made me r
too. o yes, | am so happy now at
the thought of helping those girls
that | am sure | shall be more
happy when l do give them their
presents. j am beginning to real
lie what you said, that it makes
you happier to give things to 9TH
er folk than for you to get things
from others.
Well, Daddy Dear, l am sleepy
and will close sending you a
whole world full lof love.
Your loving daughter,
Alta Vesta
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-04
Increasing Tolerance
By R. A. Adams

Cor the Literary Service Bureau)
There is little doubt that we be-
come mor tolerant as we grow
older, and this change of senti-
ment and attitude is due to sub
jective discoveries. This means
discovery of your own short COM
ings and evil propensities.
In the latter years" parents
are more tolerant of the faults of
their children, because they rec
ognize their own traits inherent
ly a part of the nature of these
children. As ambitions fail and
erraneies are revealed, we become
more sympathetic toward those
who are committing the same fol-
lies which we committed and
which have left unpleasant inn
pressions.
Disillusioned, we pity those Who
r following their will-o-wisps
and vainly seeking "the end of the
rainbow" as did we, in the days
of youth. Then as we become more
conscious of the weaknesses a n d
evil proclivities of our own ma
lures We become less disposed to
deal severely with the errancies
of others.
Now, this spirit of tolerance is
a thing to be coveted, to be sought,
to be cultivated, and it is the
chief agency for preservation of
peace and amity.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-04
PROVERBS
AND
PARALLELS
: 2 : ? , a 81 : 90 > q Al -
By 4. B. Mann
The Right VIII Win
(For the Literary Service Bureau)

While this proverb is true, its
acceptance depends upon ability
to ~differentiate between false and
real success, temporary and perm
anent success, and detrimental and
contributory success. Exceeding
fallacious is the oft quoted say
ing, Nothing succeeds like sue
cess" meaning accomplishing
ones designs no matter what the
methods used. The cause of the
right may suffer; there may come
many humiliating defeats, victory
for the right may be delayed; but
Right will win. This is the force
of the poetic assurance:
"For Right is right, since God
is God,
And Right the day shall win,
To doubt would be disloyalty,
To falter would be sin"
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-04

ion a program which philanthropy
lists and statesmen will accept and
implement. The educated Negro
of this day and generation does
not seem to possess the ability or
the craftsmanship to formulate a
practical ideal or the persuasive
power to SO impress it upon the
rulers that might be so as to
shape it into a program of prac-
teal action. The higher educa-
ton of the Negro today is as far
divorced from the actualities of
the situation as the much derided
classical culture was a generation
ago.
Collective business enterprise
such as banks, insurance compan-
les, building associations, which
succeeded in weathering the storm,
are proceeding feebly at a dim
inished rate of speed. The income
of u professional classes has
been so reduced that they IAN
scarcely maintain a livelihood
which will enable them to func-
ton in their high callings. Fra
ternal and benevolent societies r
! struggling for existence amidst
internal squabbles and scandals.
The NAACP, the Urban League,
and the Y. M. C. A., supported
wholly or in part by white phil
anthropists, are carrying on as
best they can and may, under re-
duced circumstances. The poll
tieians are facing the coming
presidential election without any
statesman-like policy, plan or
purpose, but are relying upon po-
litical ballyhoo to swing the Ne
gro vote to one party or the 9TH
er, in blissful ignorance or indif-
ference to the fact that the cleo
ton of 1886 is calculated to
drastically effect the destiny of
the nation and of the Negro along
with it.
But space limits admonish me
that i must desist in this cata-
logue of racial handicaps, short
comings, imperfections and i'm
becilities. 1 have not INDUCED in
the wall of the pessimist or the
despair of the hopeless, but have
merely pointed out that the race
must keep its eyes open in view
of the situation which it must
face during the coming year. In
my next weeks release l will
present a practical program for
racial betterment during the New
Year of 1886.
Kelly Miller.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-04
SERMONETTE
BY Arthur b. RhinoW
The Cold Wave
(For the Literary Service Bureau

Nothing impresses me as being
so cold as. a cold wave. That is
not really so, for some of our arti-
'ieial ice is much colder, but a
cold stove feels so cold because
we expect it to radiate heat. That
S the purpose of a stove. When
we come into the house on a whit
~ day and approach the stove
only to find it cold, it seems to be
ten times as cold as it really is.
What are you here for" we vent
our disappointment, off you can
not furnish warmth for our COM
fort?" And that is true of the
radiator in the modern apartment
as well as the stove in the old
fashioned farm house.
We experience similar disap-
pointment when a lamp refuses to
give light, when an apparently
powerful motor is weak, when the
song bird does not sing, when
human beings are not human,
when the Mohammedan is without
the zeal of Mohammed, the Jew
has lost the light of Abraham, and
the Christian is a Christian in
name only. why do you call
yourself a Christian if Christ
means so little to your"
To recognize the purpose of life
clearly, so far as the mind a see
and the heart can feel, and earn
estly to strive to live according to
that purpose, that is success. We
may not reach the goal, but we
a be true to it, and in our hearts
we may cherish the hope that
some day we SHALL reach the
goal. But to live a low life when
we are destined to live a high life
is like an eagle Laundering in a
swamp.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-04
Why I Would Live
u ~" II AuHtlo
(For the Literary Service Bureau

" Vi TIC llbcl airy V
/ still have a desire to live,
Yet not for selfish ends, | VOW,
But that more fully may give
OF what the Master may endow,
And this to do | verify
Renew my pledge of fealty.
| have desire to live, indeed,
But not just to accumulate
More things, but Him to emu
late
Who sacrificed for human need,
And, as beeometh, as | should,
My all devote to human good.
l have desire to live, is true,
And truthfully would | confess,
'Tis for the good that l can
d.
That living, others | might bless;
| vow, and do not swear amiss,
For this I'd live, and ONLY THLSl
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-04
THE WAY OUT

Georgia, There She standsl

~ 1#2t nv AAAAA9
-
The story-tellers rave it that
God was out walking one fine
Christmas morning when he met
the Devil. Satan beat the Lord
to it and shouted christmas
gift"
90. H." said God, "you take
Georgia." The Devil has had it
ever since, they say.
| had always intended to check
on this story with Ben Davis, Jr.,
but President Roosevelt has saved
me the trouble.
Il am proud of Georgia." he
told an Atlanta audience recently.
That settles it. / am sure that
u r president wouldn't be proud
of the Devils own domain. Any
how, as my sainted grandmother
used to say, there's no accounting
for tastes.
Georgia, as it stands today, isn't
a place in which l could take a
great deal of pride. dts chain
gangs are notorious for their bru-
tality; thank Heaven the aroused
American people saved Herndon
from a chain gang DEATH
Georgia Negroes have no rights
that its planters are bound to re-
spect. Lynching is an honored
tradition and a recent federal re-
port indicated that only 10 out of
So families interviewed, alta three
meals a day. Mr.. Roosevelt's pride
rises easily.
Politics and Pride.
At that, the probability is that
there was more politics than pride
in Mr.. Ro~osevelt's statement.
Governor Talmadge of Georgia is
one of the presidents opponents
and he must have been impressed
with the necessity of making a
plea to southern voters that will
insure denomination in 1886.
One Of the surest ways to the
hearts of the men who control the
South is to flatter that section;
so great is sectional prejudice in
Dixie that anybody who is willing
to express admiration for it is
assured OF a favorable hearing.
This sectional pride is the re-
suit of what the psychologists call
an inferiority complex. Every
southerner, and every northerner,
knows that the South leads the
nation in i%lliteracy, poverty a
%degration of the great majority of
its inhabitants. It's court system
is a scandal and its brand of JUS
tice is a grim joke; everybody
knows that democracy has never
existed south OF the Mason a n d
Dixon line.
Laughing Stock.
These facts have made the
South the laughing stock of the
nation and to salve their wounded
feelings, s%outherners like to pre-
tend that theirs is a land of Gull
ture and romance. It's colonies
and its planters, and their sub
servient editore, noyelists and
poets, paint it as a paradise on
earth where the noblest human
emotions flourish. Outsiders who
accept that estimate are fawned
upon; critics who point to its
faults are cursed as fools and
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-04
AMERICAN FARMERS OPPOSE WAR

AT the third annual congress of the Farmers organization
Minnesota Farmers Holiday Association, held in Madison
Wisconsin, a unanimous resolution was passed against war
and fascism- The congress also resolved on the election of
delegates to the Third q S. Congress Against War and Fascism.
to take place in Cleveland, January, 1886. Similar resolutions
against war and fascism have been adopted by the farmers
organizations of North and South Dakota.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-04

Our schools are failing lament
ably to produce industrial, social,
political, religious or practical
leadership for the masses. Alas,
there is nc Booker T. Washing
ton to formulate ideals and fash
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-04

English highway builders are
experimenting with concrete of
several eolors to reduce sunlight
glare in daytime and headlight
razzle at night.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-04
FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE-TAXEs

Here are two stanzas from a verse that has been making
the rounds recently:
"When you light the evening lamp
You pay a tax.
When you buy a postage stamp
You pay a tax.
When you buy the baby clothes,
When you read the morning news,
When you buy a pair Of shoes,
You pay a tax. =.
"When you buy an ice cream cone
You pay a tax.
For the water that you drink
You pay a tax.
When you buy a loaf of bread,
When the doctor says you're dead,
When the final prayers are said,
You pay a tax
1t is doubtful If sadder or truer words were ever penned.
Taxes begin with the cradle and end only in the grave. And
today we are taxed more heavily, and in more ways. than we
ever were before. Sit down some time and reflect ON the taxes,
indirect and direct, that you must pay in the course of any
days normal aetivities-and you'll get some idea of how nee
essary real tax reduction is.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-07-02
RULES AND RE

All remittances must be accompanied
by the subscribers name and address.
Votes are not transferable. One can
didate cannot withdraw in favor of
another candidate. Should the candi-
date withdraw from the race for any
purpose, his or her votes will be auto
matically cancelled. The giving or
transferring of subscriptions from one
candidate to another will not be per-
mitted. Votes on such subscriptions
are subject to disqualification.
Any collision on the part of the
candidate to nullify competition will
not be tolerated. The person or per-
sons so doing may be disqualified at
the discretion of the management.
There will be only one way to Sc
cure votes in this campaign, and that
will be through the schedule an
nounced or to be announced later, with
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-07-02

Any person who is of good charac-
ter is eligible to take part in the
"Cash Offer Campaign" Persons may
nominate themselves or anybody else
by filling the nomination blank with
the full name and address, or noml-
nations may be made simply by tele-
phoning the campaign manager OF
THE WORCESTER DEMOCRAT and
giving him the name and address.
No salaried employee or The
WORCESTER DEMOCRAT or any
member of the employees immediate
family will be permitted to take part
in the Cash Offer Campaign. The cam
paign is for individuals only.
Votes or credits will be issued on
paid-in-advance subscriptions to THE
WORCESTER DEMOCRAT for a
period of II months to ten years.
Votes positively cannot be purchased.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-07-02

the direct understanding
tice will always be give
also be issued on thd
coupon, first subscription
opportunity coupons. \
Cash, check, or mone1
accompany all subscri1
votes are credited. Candid
cure votes and subsc1|
where they choose Wi
scribed territory.
Subscriptions should b1
soon as possible.
All matter printed else
issue relative. to the
hereby made a part of |
regulations governing /
ton that may arise dur
paign will be decided by
of the campaign and IN
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-11
Arrested Carrying Concealed Gun On Person 1 Ketchikan
fBy The Associated Press,

fBv The Associated Press,
 KETCHIKAN, July 10, - Con- rad Espe, Seattle business agent for cannery workers and farm laborers union, was arrested and placed in jail last night for car rying a concealed. automatic in a shoulder holster.
 Deputy Marshal N. o. Hardy said that the King County per init was ineffective here, which Espe produced when arrested.
 His wife said that he carried gun because he often had large sums of money on his person.
 Espe came here a week ago and announced he would attempt to organize the Alaskan fishermen and cannery workers.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-11
HISTORY OF ALASKA TO BE COMPILED IN CONNECTION
 WITH ROCKEFELLER FUNDS

Rockefeller Foundation, and de- livered to the Library of Cong ress.
 Already many now resident in the States, and who came to AL aska in the gold rush days have become interested in this work and it's importance. As indicat- ed by letters received, the resi- dents of Alaska are going to be of invaluable assistance in col lecting data for this research. What has been written and offer ed to the public in printed form is naturally very important, but of vital importance are the diar- ies, letters, pictures and old pap CTS packed away to be looked ov- CT only at rare intervals and un- fortunately as it so frequently happens, destroyed by fire or thrown away by those who do not realize their importance.
 The University of Alaska is provided with a fire proof vault in which all such important data can safely be kept. Its depart ment of history has been esta- blished, and, in order to facili- tate this research and do the very best job possible with the funds made available by The Rocke- feller Foundation, special service is provided to receive all books documents, manuscripts, diaries l letters and data that can be don. ated Or loaned for the work a hand. All such material will bt
 carefully indexed and receiptec
 for and, if loaned, will be re turned.
 Frequently it happens that ont
 knows where valuable data cal
 be secured, but is uncertain hoy to have it made available. An
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-11
National Guard Armory Burned
 Olathe, Okla.
(By The Associated Pressl

(By The Associated Press,
 OLATHE, Oklahoma, July g. The National Guard Armory, in- cluding four cannon, seven trucks and five thousand rounds of am- munition, was destroyed in a three hundred and thirty-six thou sand dollar fire that also razed the post office and two other business houses.
 Bremen encountered little danger from the exploding ann munition, as the walls caught the bullets. They have been un- able to determine the cause of the blaze.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-11

and all leads will receive atten- ton whether in the United Stat. es or foreign countries.
 Last summer George Pitcher of Fortuna Ledge forwarded to the University of Alaska a large box containing his diaries GOV ering a period of 35 years on the Yukon and Kuskokwim. What a valuable store of historical data these diaries kept every day
 Continued on Page '
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-11
Dionne's l2th Is Lying In Lap
 of Luxury Nov
(By The Associated Press) CALENDER, Ontario, July II

(By The Associated Press)
 CALENDER, Ontario, July 10, Baby Dionee lone brother of the celebrated quintupiets, rul- ed the most luxurious nursery in the world.
 The eight pound baby in his crib is sWathed in fine linens, which the quints outgrew.
 This is the Dionne's twelfth child, and their third son. The mother is in excellent spirit. So far no name has been chosen, but christening services are plan ned for a week from Sunday.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-11
Air Minister Is Accused Giving
 Secrets Soviets
(Bv The Associated PreSS)

(By The ASSOclateo FreSS)
 PARIS, July 10, - Air Mini ster Pierre Cot, accused of deliv- ering a secret airplane gun to Russia denied the righist charge in the chamber of deputies who responded with a 403 to l62 vote of confidence.
 Cot refused to "discuss if the gun would be delivered, saying that the French government must differentiate between ind:spensa- ble secrets and necessary ex- change.
 The rightists charged that Cot gave the Soviets a model of . new 9 millimeter airplane gun mounted in an airplane motor, capable of firing eight hundred shots a minute. Only six such guns are in existence.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-11
He Was Fined
(By The Assoclated Press,

(By The Associated Press,
 KETCHIKAN, July II, - Con- rad Espe of Seattle received a twenty-five dollars fine and a hundred-day suspended sentence on a plea of guilty in the Com- missioner's court, to carrying fire arms.
 Espe came north recently to at- tempt to organize cannery work CTS. He had a permit to carry a gun in King County, Washing ton where he frequently carried large sums of money.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-11
Wins Heart Balm
 Suit Miami, Fla.

(By The Associated Press)
 MIAMI, Florida, July 10, - A jury found 22-year-old Lewis E. Mallory III had stolen the love of Kathryn Crawford from her furmer husband James Edgar Jr.' ,and assemed damages of $35,- 900. Edgar sued for three hum G3ed thousand dollars heart balm.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-11
Fight Tonight

(By The Associated PreSS)
 SEATTLE, July II, The Johnny Risko, Freddie Steele fight, scheduled for today has been postponed, on account of rain. It will be held Saturday night weather permitting.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-11
Urgent Need Explained Of Gathering of Historical Data Explained By
 College Officials

Recognition of the importance of research to make available all data possible having to do with the history of Alaska finds ex- pression in an appropriation auth orized by the Executive Commit tee of The Rockefeller Founda- tion on May IS, 1886. The sum of $l7,000 was made available to the University of Alaska to cover a two year period beginning July !, 1886.
 The application for this appro- priation was made through Dr. David H. Stevens of the Division of Humanities of the Rockefell- CT Foundation and has been un- der consideration during the past two years.
 Hon. James Wickersham, who is the author of A Bibliography of Alaskan Literature, 1724-1924 and which was published in 1928 as Volume l, Miscellaneous Pub lications of the Alaska Agricul- tural College and School of Min es, is giving his enthusiastic SUD- port to this project. Judge Wick ersham's extensive library is be- ing made available for the re- search to be undertaken.
 Former Professor Cecil F. Robe on leave of absence for the past three years while doing grad uate work at Yale, has been ap- pointed director of this research He is sailing from Seattle fol Juneau and during the months of July and August will be il Juneau organizing the work Two assistants who will spent most of their time in Juneal during the two year period ar to be appointed in the near flu ture. One will be assigned th' duties of translating Russian pub lications and manuscripts; th' work of the other will be devot ed principally to research in pub lications, documents and manu scripts written in English. Mis Hilia Reinikka of Douglas, grad uated from the University of Al aska in the Class of 1886, ha been appointed Secretary to Dir ector Robe
 The undertaking involves vas amount of details. Although tn major portion of the work wi be done in Juneau, the transla ar of books. documents and mar uscripts in Russian will probabl have to spend some time in tt Manuscript Division and Ral Book Section of the Library Congress, in the archives of u Department of State, and in Ill raries on the Pacific Coast.
 In the Manuscript Division the Library of Congress is a va amount of material in the for of films of books and documen in libraries in Europe. It is i teresting to know that these fil records of foreign documen were made under aid from M Rockefeller, Jr., and from II
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-11
DEATH TOLL HIGH

(By The Associated Press)
 WASHINGTON, D. C., July II, The toll of deaths due to the drought has officially mounted to 37O, it was declared today.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-28
LAWSON LITTLE
TO QUIT STATE
(lt7

SAN FRANCISCO Jan Little the only golfer who
over won both the American titles for two cGl-
sece wears plans to permanently probably tonight
~ rsnod TODAY 1t was said will check out OF
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-28
.SPARKLES
IN SPORTS
By Tommy Jones
Sports Editor

Support given the city CONNER
cial basketball league now in its in
fancy by business organizations as
well as many El Centre and valley
hoOp fans should be singled out and
applauded enthusiastically.
The league is now i'm its second
week and already il has captured
the following of nearly every lover
of the casaba game. Leaders truly
believe that the league will i'm time
become as popular il the winter as
the ~ Centre soft ball league is dur
ing the summer months.
Credit must be extended TO a
group of boys headed by Lee Wick of
this city who led the fight for the
formation of the league. Labelling
themselves Cox Brothers grocery.
the pioneer team set about chal-
lenging high school quintetS of the
valley. It was also learned that this
little team defeated the FL Centre
Junior College five in a contest a
day prior TO the time the Arabs
were scheduled TO entertain the
Gila Junior College here.
DuNlAiIsS VI kditiAdAAHAls httt Hutth n
to get behind the new commercial
hoop movement and it didn't take
long TO organize league composed
OF six teams. The schedule opened
last week and will continue for the
next several weeks. Games are to
be played every Monday and We'd
nesday nights in the El Centre gym
nasium.
While on the subject of city sport
leagues, just what is going to hap
pcn TO FL CentrO's summer SOftball
league now that so much interest
is being thrown into the new Inn
perial Valley league which will open
up this spring and continue through
out the summer? At first many of
the Ei Centre leaders cOntended
that the valley league would not in
tcrfere with the city affair at all
and that the El Centre sOftball
games would continue as usual for
the pleasure of several hundred
city residents weekly. But now a
good ma jority of the El Centre soft
ball officials evade the question or
just don't know.