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low. He could look out of his win
dow and see that entire section of
the city. He grimly pursed his
lips together as he reflected what a
task lay before him in the attempt
to wrest those votes from Grad
dock. First Verda and now Jazz
Hollow. Interest would forget
neither blow. Yes, the fight would
soon not only be ont would be
all over the place.
Clark's reflections were inter-
rupted by cautious knock on the
door.
"Come in" Clark called.
The door opened and through it
came man of striking appearance.
He was loudly CARRIED in suit of
pea green flannel. His hat was a
pearly grey as were the spats that
partially covered a pair of shoes of
deep chrome yellow. His shirt was
a green of a different shade from
his suit-softer. A still softer
shade Of green was the color of his
tie in which was stuck a magnifi.
cent diamond stick pin.
If one had any intention of smil
ing at this ornate outfit, one forgot
it upon looking in the mans eyes
Through them shone the unmis
takeable look Of the cold-bloode,
killer. AS Clark looked into thos,
eyes, set in a coal-black, though no
unhandsome face, he reached hi
hand instinctively into the tol
drawer of the desk at which he wa
sitting and closed it on his gun. H,
somehow felt grateful now TO,
Tweed's advice.
''You Clark Griffith ?" The man.
tone was fiat and expressionless.
eyes" ~
The man approached the desl
and without being asked sat dow
in a chair. He took a cigarett,
from a case as ornate as his attire
slowly Lit it, blew out the smoke
and then spoke again.
"Would it be worth $4,000 fo
your outfit to carry Jazz Hollow?'
Clark could not repress a start.
What does the stranger mean
How can this man, so obviously ;
desperate character, assist Clark il
crushing Craddock's hold on JAZZ;
Hollow? Read next weeks excit
ing revelation.
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SYNOPSIS-Clark Griffith, deb
OMAR liaison man for powerful pO-
litical forces, is attempting to win
Verda Trent from Moses "Inter-
est" CraddOck, ruthless and infiu-
entail attorney. He met the beau
tiful Verda at the home of friend
and succeeded in getting her con-
sent to go to luncheon the follow
ing day. He has just called Verda
to remind her of the engagement
when Craddock, entering her apart
ment, Overhears the telephone con-
versatiOn and is furious.
Verda dismisses CraddOck from
her apartment and goes to lunch
with Clark, where, during the meal,
she realizes Clark has fallen in love
with her.
Verda breaks with Craddock and
reopens her shop free from obiga-
ton to him. Clark, hurrying to
Verda with tickets for a prizefght,
is fired on with a machinegun in a
fleeing car. He is uninjured, but
the bullets strike two innocent per-
sons.
Clark goes to Craddock's office
with a thinly-veiled accusal and a
threat. Both men quarrel bitterly
and the breach is widened. Clark
tells Verda he knows of a way t.
hit back at Craddock.
Clark goes to August Tweed, hi
political chief, to enlist his aid il
fighting CraddOck, and finds tina
his faction is on the eve of a bite
political struggle in which Grad
dock will be the OppOsitiOn's leadsa
among Negroes.
Clark and Verda decide to b<
married at once, so they might bt
together during the bitter struggle
that is surely coming.
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NO HIDING
PLACE
By Joseph Francis Albright

habitants. Into the black-and-tan
joints of this district came many a
white and black person of respect
ability" from Armour Drive and
Sugar Hill to "break-'em-down"
and do some "rug-cutting" of a
very questionable sort. The knowl-
edge of which you may be sure was
used to the limit by the ruthless
rulers of those thirty-six blocks.
The district was called "Jazz Hol-
low" and if ever one was rightly
named this was it.
This was Interest Craddock's
stronghold.
Now uptown in the headquarters
of Clark's party they realized
that the votes in that ward were
going to play hell with somebody's
chances in the coming election. The
farmers throughout the state, dis
gruntled at what they considered
the party's failure to pass adequate
farm relief bills, were rallying to
the suave and carefully laid propa-
ganda of the opposition. Tweed
still held the large urban centers
by virtue of patronage-or so he
had thought. But it now could nc
longer be denied that the home city
with its teeming thousands, was
beginning to look like a stand-of
The opposition here, of all the most
unexpected places, had succeeded
in bringing about a coalition of the
disgruntled and rebelious within
the party and the envious and hat
ing without. With the lines the1
split asunder-especially among the
Nordics, any group of voters whose
dependability was reasonably Ger
tain, became a valued asset.
This disquieting bit of informa
ton was uppermost in Clark's mine
on the coming of the second Tues
day after the day he and Verda hac
been quietly married in an adjoin.
ing city. Happy beyond belief il
his new found paradise, he resented
the intrusion of political problems
now.
They had taken no honeymoon
as Verda's shop needed her atten
ton and Clark could not possibly
leave now. So they had simply
settled down in Clark's apartment
Immediately after Verda had dis
posed of everything she did no
need there.
But resentment or no, Clarl
knew what victory would mean. o.
; defeat. Let the party jerk this one
out of the fire with his actual in
stead of passive aid, and he knew
. he could ask for anything within
reason and receive it. The chance.
were he wouldn't have to ask.
This morning Clark was sitting
in temporary office he had rented
in building adjacent to Jazz Hol
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PROUD PARENTS

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Whitmore,
AGA Rondo St., are proud parents of
a 9 pound baby girl, Gwendolyn,
born Sept. 80, at Ancker hospital.
The Whitmores are former resi-
dents of Tulsa, Okla. The new
born child is the couples fifth
child.
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home use, or ask for glass of
Alka-Seltzer at any drug store
soda fountain.
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that handsome JOHNNY GUY in
conference with a great portion of
the evening? (Honest? Do tellD
EARL SHAMWELL was hav-
ing a good time. The solo rem
dered by CLAUDE MASON was
quite appreciated by the audience.
So, folks, I must be dashing
along, and here's good luck to all
of you.
Your old pal,
SAL.
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CHAPTER 8

Down in the seventeenth ward,
adjacent to the city's great indus
trial center, lived thirty-fve thou
sand Negro persons of eligible vot-
ing age. While this number COM
prised less than one-third of the
Negroes over twenty-one years of
age in the metropolis, this particu-
lar group had long been known for
its political solidarity. The ma
jority of persons living in this ward
were of low economic standards. A
good one-half of them were more
or less directly associated with the
rackets that f1ourished in the vi
cinity. From Seventy-fifth street
to Eighty-first, and from Calumet
avenue to Scranton, a total of
thirty-six square blocks, you could
buy anything you wanted. And if
it wasn't there, they knew where to
get it.
The very nature of the types that
inhabited this jungle of prey and
privation would necessarily make
for political acumen. The over
lords of the under and half world
could only reap their rotten harvest
because they delivered both money
and votes to acquire protection"
The depression had only served to
strengthen their hold on the in
Nogales international., 1937-10-30
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS
FOR FURNISHING DIESEL OIL
TO THE CITY OF NOGALES.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of
the City of Nogales, Arizona, will,
on the 9th. day of November, 1887,
at o'clock p. M, consider proposals
FOR furnishing the City of Nogales
with Diesel Fuel Oil in accordance
with its requirements during the
calendar year of 1888.
DATED at Nogales, Arizona, this
the 9th. day of October, 1887.
TRACY BIRD
City Clerk.
publish October 3Oth.)
Nogales international., 1937-10-30
LEGAL NOTICE

vision of the City of NogaIeS,
Arizona, drawn by Fletcher M.
Doan, July 30th., 1897.
Lots Nos. Z, 10, IL, IA, Block 4.
North Morley Avenue Addition.
Lots Nos. 8, 8, Il, 13, Block S,
North Morley Avenue Addition.
Bids will be received for the pur-
chase from said City of each parcel
of property as above listed. Bids
will be considered on the basis of
all cash, or cash payment of 1919
of the amount of the bid with de-
ferred monthly payments through
period not exceeding fifteen (15)
months, with interest at SO per
annum. A survey fee will be adced
to each parcel of real estate and
all improved parcels will carry an
insurance premium charge.
Bids shall be sealed, shall contain
certified check or cash in the
amount of ten (100o) percent Of the
amount bid; shall bear the name
of the bidder and shall bear the
notation bid on City Property on
the outside of the envelope, and
must be filed with the City Clerk
of the City of Nogales, at the City
Hall, at any time prior to the above
named hour, at which time all bids
will be opened.
The Mayor and Board Of Alder
men reserve the right to reject any
and all bids as well as any portion
of any bid when said bid covers
more than one parcel of the above
described property.
Dated this 9th. day of October,
1887.
TRACY BIRD
City Clerk
(Pub. Oct. 9, 16, %, 30 81 Nov. 6,
193D
Nogales international., 1937-10-30
ARIZONA QUOTA
FOR CCC is 500

PHOENIX, Oct. 29-Eight hum
dred Arizona youths will be permit
ted to enroll in the Civilian Conser-
vation corps for the fall period en-
rollment, P. H. Brooks, commits
sioner of the state board of social
security and welfare, said, in an
nouncing that county quotas have
been determined.
This fall enrolment authoriza-
ton is larger than either 1896 or
1885.
Quotas for the counties are:
Apache IL, Cochise "a, Gila SO,
Graham 20, Greenlee 20, Maricopa
800. Mohave 10, Navajo %, Pima
1O3, Pinal 38, Santa Cruz 20, Yava-
pal 81, and Yuma "a.
The larger enrolment quota for
Arizona this fall is possible because
of the regulations passed by con-
gress limiting service in the CCC
to two years and making the age
limit II to % years.
Young men within the new age
limits who wish to enroll, should
contact their selecting agency In
their own communities, these agen-
cies representing the social secur-
ity board in certifying the youths
as eligible to enroll, Brooks said.
They receive as enrollees $50 a
month, with $22.50 to $25 of this
amount to be sent home through
officials for use of the youths de-
pendents. If he has no dependents
recent change in regulations pro-
vides for placing this home allot-
ment on deposit during his en-
rollment, to be made available to
the enrollee upon discharge.
Enrollees received in addition to
their monthly pay, food, clothing
and medical attention, the total
value of pay and services amount
ing to $85 to $50 month, accord
ing to national figures which vary
with food and service costs. A linn
tied number of enrollees are rated
as leaders and assistant lead
ers'' receiving respectively $45 and
$50 a month.
Nogales international., 1937-10-30
LEGAL NOTICE

Mayor and Board of Aldermen viii
at the hour of 5 o'clock p. M, or
the 9th. day of November, 1887
consider bids on improved and un
improved real estate owned by tht
City of Nogales, situated at various
locations in said City and described
as follows:
Lot No. IS ANA Drive, together
with the improvements situated
thereon.
Lots Nos. 10 and 81, ANA Drive.
UnimproveO
Lots Nos. SO and 58A, F.. & Am.
Street, together with the i'm
provements situated thereon.
Lots Nos. &c and 10, F.. & Am.
Street. Unimproved.)
Lots Nos. x, Y and z, Poston
Street. UnimprovedD.
AS said lots are delineated on
the amended plat of the amend
ed plat of the partial subdivision
of Blocks liza, 113, 113A, ia
& 114A of Northern Addition
to the City of Nogales, Arizona,
drawn by Fletcher M. Doan,
September 29th. 1887.
Lots Nos. 129, 1870, 131, Washing
ton Drive, together with the
improvements situated thereon.
Lots Nos. 1894, 128B, 1872, 1873,
1874, 1876, 1856, 1877, 1873, 139, 140
and 141, Washington Drive.
(UnimprovedO.
One small building situated on
ground lying in the rear and to
the West of Lots Nos. 130 anG
131, Washington Drive. (Per-
sonal property, to be removed
from present locationD.
AS said lots are oelineated on
the amended plat of the amend
ed plat of the Western Subdi-
Nogales international., 1937-10-30

81. T h suggested change
would have little or no effect on
future foreclosures.
"2. T h e proposed changes
would result in heavy losses
which the taxpayers would ulti-
mately have to pay.
"3. There is no real desire or
demand on the part of HOLC
borrowers for such changes.
"a. Hole collections are con-
tinually improving and it's rate
of foreclosures has passed the
peak.
IS. The HOLC must be per-
mitted to build up reserves to
meet losses.
IS. A lowering of interest
rates would seriously influence
the general home mortgage mar
ket.
so. The savings of millions of
people in mortgage lending in
stitutions would be adversely af-
fected."
Nogales international., 1937-10-30

NOTICE INVITING BIDS FOR
THE PURCHASE OF IMPROVED
AND UNIMPROVED REAL ES-
TATE OWNED BY THE CITY OF
NOGALES.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
Nogales international., 1937-10-30

How many cattle do you have to
have to make living on a cattle
ranch?
This question is the one most fre-
uuently asked by easterners who are
interested in Arizona, according to
Charles PickrAll, director of ex-
tension service at the University
of Arizona.
Speaking before the Arizona AS
sociation of Chamber of Commerce
Secretaries at Hotel Westward Ho
in Phoenix, Pickrell said:
cts one of the most difficult
questions we've ever tried to an
Nogales international., 1937-10-30
Proposed Change In Interest Rate
On HOLC Loans, Extending Period
Amortization, Discussed By Jones

percent of current monthly accru-
ais, and in some months they have
exceeded. 100 percent. These bor-
bowers are not asking FOR favorS
at the hands of Congress. They are
citizens who do not seek special
privileges at the expense of their
neighborS.
"The Board of Directors of the
Home Owners Loan Corporation is
unanimous in its conviction that no
reduction from the present interest
rate is justifiable. Experts of the
Board estimate that the refinancing
of loans bearing interest at 21s%
and running for 20 years would cost
more than one billion dollars, which
would have to come out of the Unit
ed States Treasury. In the end the
neighbors of HOLC borrowers woulC
have to pay for this loss in taxes.
Foreclosure is a work that uni
versally connotes unhappineSs. But
there is not a mortgage lending in
stitution in the world that does not
have to deal with it in good times
as well as bad, whether or no. The
experience of foreclosure among
HOLC borrowers is mitigated by the
policy of the Corporation, which,
from the first, has been one of CO.
operation and forebearance. Before
foreclosure proceedings are institu-
ted, every effort is made to assist
the borrower to adjust his debt so
that he may be able to either holc,
his property or to dispose OF it
profitably. The HOLC has been OBJ
liged to make a substantial number
of foreclosures but the total num-
ber in proportion to the total loans
is small. Everyone familiar with
mortgage finance expected a large
volume of foreclosures on Hole
loans but, happily, the number Is
smaller than was anticipated. OF
the properties foreclosed, nearly
half resulted from the abandon
ment of property, wilful default,
or the death of the borrower. On
the average, foreclosures have re-
presented twenty months of de-
linquency on interest and principal
and a tax delinquency of two or
three years.
"The principal reason advanced
by those who advocate change in
HOLC terms is that since it has
been obliged to foreclose in so large
a number of cases, interest rates
must be cut and amortization
lengthened to protect remaining
borrowers from foreclosure.
Little Or No Benefit
1.-THE answer is that lower in
terest rate on a longer amortiza-
ton period would have given little
or no benefit to those borrowers al
ready foreclosed. Their arrearages
in interest and taxes alone We're far
greater than any saving a lower
interest and longer amortization
woulC have provided them. From a
practical standpoint, it scarcely
seems that borrowers who either
could not or would not pay anything
for nearly two years, in addition
to accumulated taxes, could be eX-
Nogales international., 1937-10-30
300 CATTLE NECESSARY ON A
RANCH SAYS u. A. DIRECTOR

;wer. We found that in some cases
folks with 100 cattle can get by
Others with as many as 5000 cattle
go broke
Pickrell said, however, the closest
estimate was that a family could be
careful management make living
If they own 300 cattle.
"This isn't a small investment,
however, Pickrell said. even on a
conservative basis it would repre-
sent about 100000, because when
range and other costs are figured
in the investment per COW is about
800"
Nogales international., 1937-10-30
Continued From Page One)

hoping and believing the Govern
ment would never actually make a
real effort to enforce repayment. A
few negotiated loans in all good
faith who would never be able to
meet their obligations, due to no
faul of their own.
Hope And Confidence
"Out of this cataclysm of worry,
hopelessneSs and suffering, in less
than three years, has come order,
hope and confidence for home own
ers Throughout the United States
their shattered morale has been re-
placed by firm faith. The compare
tive few who have failed in spite of
help to retain their homes only
serve to emphasize the great pro-
gress made by the majority. This
remarkable record is given in de-
tail in the files fthe Home Owners
Loan Corporation.
During the last session Of Con-
gress several bills were introduced
to cut the rate of interest on Hole
loans from the present low rate of
SO to rates ranging as low as 21s 20
and to extend the amortization Pc
riod from the present fifteen years
to periods ranging up to thirty
years It is significant that the agi-
tation for a revision of the Hole
mortgage terms has not sprung at
all from any spontaneous movement
of Hole borrowers. II came from
a few small groups OF men who
thought they saw an opportunity to
make money at the expense of bor-
rowers One group, for instance, ad-
vertised for field men, organized a
training school for solicitors and
sent them to HOLC mortgagorS to
sell memberships in their movement
for $500 down and Is cents a
month. This is the group which
sponsored one of the bills intro
duced at the last session of Con-
gress. Nowhere has group member
ship of HOLC borrowers of any
size been built up. Despite numer-
GUS and vigorous efforts Of pro-
motors to hold public meetings, all
have been poorly attended and lit
tie evidence of interest has been
created anywhere.
No Real Demand
Among the persons most con-
cerned, those who enjoy the advan-
tages of an HOLC loan, there is no
real demand for a change in terms.
Instead there is general vindica-
ton of the judgment of the Con-
gresS and the President at the time
the Act was approved. The vast ma
jority of HOLC borrowers, In recog-
milton of the fact that they have
more favorable mortgages on their
homes than their neighbors and in
grateful appreciation of the direct
help they received in critical
emergency, are leaving no stone un-
turned to meet their obligations.
Most of them are now either cur
rent or practically so. Of those be-
hind, the majority are catching up
on their delinquencies. For the past
year. collections have averaged 81
Nogales international., 1937-10-30
BUSINESS
Continued trom page one)

folks locating in Tucson, citing a
Miss Grace of the Grace Ship Lines,
who is now completing a 100000
home, and London countess a
$4,000 home.
Purpose OF Meeting
Chairman Wilde announced the
purpose of the banquet. "It is to &C.
eide whether Nogales is to have a
chamber of commerce., he said.
Bird Next Speaker
The second and final speaker Of
the evening was Duane Bird who
proceeded to diagnose the condition
of the chamber Of commerce.
cts difficulty, he said, "is a
mental and not a physical conCi-
ton. Nogales is the best and hap
piest place to live on the face of
the globe.
"I sincerely believe the chamber
of commerce is ill and what the ill
ness is can't give it a name.
"The chamber does not have
the confidence of the bulk and
body of the people Of the town,
let alone the county. The pub
lie does not feel the chamber is
truly representative of it. That's
symptom of a sick chamber of
commerce.
"Very few of the business people
of the city and county take a very
active interest in the chamber OF
commerce. Perhaps the most dan
gerous symptom is the lack of funds
for the chamber.
Lack OF Coordination
Causes, I believe, are two-fold.
First, most of us are inherently
lazy, we sit back anG don't want to
work, very few of us try to take
part in city activities. Most of us,
through laziness, do nothing. There
is a lack of coordination and a want
of cooperation.
1.-THE fact that you are trying to
reorganize is not reflection on old
members or that the former organ
ization has been entirely unsuccess-
full. It means a bad condition must
be remedied.
"The organization we have had is
too complex, there has been too
large a directorate. It doesn't fit.
II think the cure is to abandon a
complicated organization that is
designed for a large community.
"Joint action by everybody is
possible. Eliminate the board of
directors and have only a presi-
dent and a paid secretary. Elect
the president on his popularity
and standing in the community.
I'm the past your president and
secretary have had too much power.
UnGer my plan of reorganization a
policy could only be initiated by a
general meeting of the body at large.
Then there could be no diSgruntled
soreheads. One meeting month is
adequate. Something must be done.
In his closing remarks, Chairman
Wilde said that if Tucson can get
tourists to come there NogaIes can
get them to come here. ''We've got
what Tucson has and then some"
said Wilde, who urged that funds
for the chamber of commerce be
considered an investment instead of
a contribution. He urged that the
entire membership be the board of
directors.
Wilde announced that another
meeting will be held shortly. At
that time it is expected steps will
be taken to name a successor to H.
P. Watkins, who has resigned as
secretary.
Questionnaires distributed to the
crowd disclosed that all favored a
good, live chamber of commerce
and will invest" each month to
pr properly finance it.