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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-03-25

Herbert Hoover and his govern
mcnt, during our recent world
Economic Depression

Economic Depression
The party in power is TN"
pc,ernmcnt. I'm the LIGHT th"rc-
lC.r, Of this party prcGlcation,
the prime object of this ObscrVa
ticn, is to get a slant on our
dualSyStcm Cf constitutions dc
mDcracy. under the Hoover
regime, to the end Of fixing tn"
responsibility of cur recent
,ronon;ic slump.
In the FIRST place. the root
cf our recent world economic
depression. obtained in greed
and ambition, which was re
n,cDcd in huge scheme Of
international pric" fixing car
licd to an extreme. That "
whore the whole trouble origin
atcd. Any virtue, for that
matter when carried 10 an cX
lrcmo. foIfcits It's p1rpos" and
comes its contrary. THAT IS
what happened during th" dis
rlutivc aftermath OF the Wor d
wide armed conflict 70 re-
cgvcr losses sustained durlnr
the prosecution Of the war. ma
ton, hit upon the idea Of spccu-
laliug excessively, in every
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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-03-25
B.S.T. COLLEGE DEANS
LIST is ANNOUNCED TO-DAY

The scholastic attainment at
Bluefield State Teachers college
is indicated by a system set up
to give recognition to those who
have reached that standard.
For q number of years the Dean
of the college has used a plan
whereby ali students who aver
age for a semester a grade of
Is or above - quality points of
ZOO or more-are placed on
what is termed the Deans List.
Such students thereby become
honOrcd students Of the insti-
tuition. Persons in this list are
eligible for membership in the
Zeta Rho Oh Honor Society.
Distinction is given those
students by the college, thorugh
the Deans office, by special &C
Acknowledgement Of their achieve
ment. The following have been
so honored for the first semester
Of 1898:
Leroy Allie n, Senior, Hunt
ington, w. Va; Harry Boyd
Sophomore, BlueGeld, w. Va.
w. Va; Armed Brown Fresh
James Broadly Senior Red Jacket
man Nettie Chapelle, Senior
Bluefeld; Allan Connolly
Junior Bluefeld; Cora Hardy
Freshman, Red Star; Emma
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-03-25
ROGER MARTIN RETURNS

The sensation an excitement
over the mysterious disappear
ance of Prof. Roger Martin from
Keystone after a day or so SER
vice as police officer has been
solved and Saturday of last
week returned to Keystone.
He is making no mean com
plants about the misunder-
standing, but is quietly, coolly
and uncomplainingly ia k n G
things as he finds them.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-03-25
Notice

The t. s. Civil Service Com
mission announces that an open
competitive examination for the
position Of substitute clerk, for
filing vacancies in the Post
Office, Keystone, w. Va The
usual entrance salary being CSC
per hour.
App ications for this position
must boon file with the MANAGER,
Fourth l.. s. Civil Service Dist.
Washington, ID. c., not later
than April 9, 1893. William
link, p. NJ.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-03-25
NERNAL EQUINOX

March DIST, Monday, 1893,
was Nernal Equinox day. a
time when the days and nights
are equal same length. This
is the time when boys and gir.s
all understand when spring Of
the year begins.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-03-25
Mans Interest in Man

Man IS compelled 20 have a re-
gard for his brother man. Some
Tunes he shows it by reading fiction,
sometimes by seeing plays or read
ING history; but everywhere the sub
Ject OF most intense interest to man
IS man himself.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-03-25
THE NEW SCHOOL
4: Working Life

Shorter hours, leisure time
spent in evening mining schools
preparing himself for promo
ton. Mines more coal under
safer conditions thus preserv-
ing his earning power. Final
ally becomes too Old to load coal,
then he is given better job.
5. Miners Attitude
Definitely concerned about
his job and welfare of others
Seeks to better his condition by
buying home away from camp
life and where he may become
a permanent citizen.
6. Operators Attitude
Today, and educated miner is
a safe miner. Lending every
assistance for the educational
and recreational facilities of
Negro miners that he in the end
may be an asset and not liabi-
lily to the industry and the com.
munity in which he lives.
7. Greed:
A miner can - other things.
need it than to need it and not
have it."
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-03-25
Albatross Has 17-Foo. Widespread

The albatross, which sometimes
has Widespread of II feet, usually
has difficulty in taking off," hav-
ing to run some distance to gain
momentum before it rises in the
air. When on a ship, says Golfers
Weekly, it is unable to leave if the
top deck does not have sufficient
space for a satisfactory runway"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-03-25
West Virginia State College
Mining Extension Division
BY UG CARTER
The Old Miner And The New Miner
THE OLD SCHOOL
a. Working Life.

Works long hours. Moves
from one operation to another.
Never rising higher than a coal
loader and the lowest paid job.
Working life ends-gets too old
by being cut off without any
compensation.
5. Miners Attitude.
No interest in work other
than the mere earning of a liv-
ing. Wasteful, arele s s,
thoughtless about the welfare
of other workers. No incentive
could not buy home. Lived on
company job, and with little or
or no interest in civic improve
ment.
6. Operators Attitude
Little concerned about the
educational qualifications or mir
ing education for Negro miners
interest in him as a loader of Goa
without any regard for his sefe
tv or the conditions under which
he worked and lived.
7. Creed:
Once a miner always a minel
President Davis once said
1T is better to have it and no
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-03-25

Kite-FIying Old in Orient
Kite-fying is one of the oldest pas
times in the Orient.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-03-25

need it than to need it and not
have it.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-03-25
6. Operators Attitude

President Davis once said,
1T is better to have it and not
Evening star., 1938-03-16

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cies, of the Masonic lodges, was wrong.
Why not declare it?
The moment had arrived instead
two totalitarian states follow in a
parallel way (the Rome Berlin axis !"
Now the German people know that
the axis is not q diplomatic edifice
effective only for normal occasions, {"
Mussolini continued.
1t has been shown to be solidly
established in this exceptional hour
in the history of the German world
and all the world.
Two nations whose unitarian (to-
talitarian) formation has been par
allel in time and in methods-united
as they are by similar conception Of
politics and life-can march together
and give to our harassed continent q
new equilibrium which may permit
finally the peaceful and fruitful COL
laboration Of the two peoples.
Explains Italian Interest.
AtoAoA AiltCA GOV AL IllC lIlOSpSIlOcIIS
of the Austrian federal state existed,
but it was based on the premise that
the Austrians, at least ma jority of
them, desired such independence.
But what has happened in these
days in Austrian territory shows that
the profound desire Of the Austrian
people was for Anschluss.
To the surviving cults OF effete
Machiavellianism, which we reject. 1t
may be observed that when an event
is fated it is better to confront it with
yourself rather than in spite Of your
self. or. even worse. against yourself.
In reality national revolution is
what has been achieved, and we
Italians are the most likely to Ander-
stand it in its historic necessities and
In its methods, which seem hasty, as
all revolutions always were.
we did nothing different between
1859 and 1860 (when Italy achieved
uniflcation).
There are many individuals in the
world who are so superficial and so
opaquely ignorant Of conditions in
Fascist Italy that they believe they
can impress us with the global figure
OF millions of Germans present on
our frontiers.
First of all Italy. this Italy. does
not allow itself to be easily impressed.
During the Ethiopian war 50 states
did not succeed in doing it. This
Italy has firm will. firm spirit. It
marches straight ahead.
Points to Future GlOries.
I'VE are so little impressed that We
TRANQUILITY admit that within a few
years, as sole consequence OF natu-
raj Development We shall be so mil
lions. the Germans will be 80 millions.
They will not be on a single from
Evening star., 1938-03-16
REBELS STOPPED
|NMARCH TO SEA
loyaIist Reinforcements
Force Franco to Draw
Back in Advance.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HENDAYE. France, March 10
Stubborn resistance by government
forces brought Generalissimo Fran
cisco Francois swift drive to the sea
to an abrupt halt today.
The insurgent general staff ordered
q heavy concentration of troops east
of Alcaniz to speed back 80 miles to
Caspe, fearing their offensive may
have overreached itself and exposed
their left flank.
Although insurgent dispatches last
night announced their motorized
forces had completed occupation of
Caspe with little or no resistance, to-
day they said heavy battle was be-
Ing fought in the city's outskirts.
Dispatches indicated government
troops still controlled part of the
strategic city of 10000 population at
highways between Catalonia in
Northeastern Spain and Aragon in
the East Central part.
Heavy Forces Cross the Ebro.
The government said heavy REIN
forcementS from the north had
crossed the Ebro River rushing to the
defense of Caspe.
Earlier the insurgents had pushed
beyond Alcaniz. to the south. almost
to Valderrobres. The latter city is
but 35 miles from the Mediterranean
coast. objective Of the insurgent
thrust to sever government Spains
capital of Barcelona from Valencia
and Madrid.
Insurgents said the village of
Chiprana, west of Caspe on the south
bank of the Ebro River. was taken
only after fierce fighting late yes
terday by cleanup column which
expected to find the place deserted.
Gen. frances officers in the field
said the road from Alcaniz to Caspe
was completely under their control,
facilitating swift movement of mo-
torized shock troops to protect their
flank.
Earlier reports of lack of discipline
among rapidly retreating government
troops recoiling from the swift. week
old insurgent thrust, were strength
ened by the declaration of Minister
Of Education Jesus Hernandez that
severe measures" were planned to
restore morale.
Rebel Artillery Dominates City.
Insurgents occupied the cemetery,
railroad station and convent at Caspe,
Raid dispatches from Zaragoza, insur-
gent headquarters. Insursent artil-
lery dominated the city from hills
nearby.
Ca5pe. known as the ''anteroom' to
Catalonia was the last remaining
city in Aragon to be captured before
insurgents could enter the Catalan
Province
Before the Caspe battle halted the
insureent advance east of Alvaniz
insurgent communiques said a dozen
small villages were captured
Troops spreading fanwise were re-
ported in control of the entire range
of San Just Mountains north of Aliaga
and west of Montalban.
Dispatches from Barcelona said the
usual wartime calm existed there,
though sound trucks circulated
speeches encouraging a united re-
distance.
Evening star., 1938-03-16

the committee. He again made the
point that number of members didn t
know enough about the bill to act
on it.
Mr.. Brewster-Are you challenging
the intelligence and ability of the
members to vote on this bill? I never
heard OF such test being applied to
any legislation.
Mr.. Palimsano-Not that But there
is the amendment Mr.. Pine offered.
and most of you don't even know what
it is.
Mr.. Hun-No one can challenge the
right of any member to vote on a bill
at any time.
The chairman-I know that. I
didn't seek to block this bill. l sug-
gested we bring it up Tuesday. so the
members could have chance to study
the amendments.
Representative Sacks. Democrat. of
Pennsylvania. who previously had at
tackled the aim of the numbers legisla-
ton. said he was for the bill. bu.
couldn't wait all day for action. He
pointed out that he had been the first
to arrive for the meeting and that he
had several appointments which he
was ignoring He walked out.
At the insistence of Representative
Nichols the committee went into i'm
mediate executive session.
After considering the bill behind
closed doors for some 20 minutes, the
committee voted it out.
The voice vote was overwhelming
The voice Of Mr. Palmisano was the
only one heard in opposition.
Evening star., 1938-03-16
MEXICAN OIL FIGHT
SHOWDOWN NEAR
Foreign Firms Defy Labor
Department to Enforce
Ruling Today.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, March 1s-Mex-
ico's foreign oil interests declared last
night the last word" had been ut
tered in their notification to the DE-.
partment Of Labor that they could not
accept an arbitral award of higher
wages and other benefits to their
$4,000 employees
The statement, signed by the man.
ayers of most of the II American and
British companies, followed the labor
ministry's announcement 1t would en-
force the award today.
Companies Lost Appeal.
The companies lost an appeal to the
Supreme Court two weeks ago, but
have refused to comply with the award
which they estimate would increase
their expenses Sl2,OO0,0OO a year.
Dispatches from Tampico said en-
ployes of the Huasteca (Standard Oil
OF New Jersey Co., tired of waiting
for the promised benefits, had struck
without notice.
Tampico, almost entirely dependent
on the oil industry, was said to be
tensely awaiting the next develop
ments.
1T Is a finish fight and We are not
going to yield step" declared a high
official Of the s4o0. 100000 industry.
Files Are Removed.
Officials of the companies have re-
moved all personal property and con-
tdential files from their offices fear
ing government intervention. Presi-
dent Lazaro Cardenas was reported
reliably to have rejected an appeal bv
high government officials for eleventh
hour mediation.
The managers statement charged
enforcement Of the order would mean
'ruination" of their interests. but
spokesmen for the oil workers syndi-
cate expressed optimism that the COM
panies would accept nevertheless.
1t is up to the labor department tn
declare the companies in rebellion if
they don't accept" q union oficial
said.
Evening star., 1938-03-16
NAZI LEADER GIVES
CZECHS ULTIMATUM
Karl Hermann Franck Demands
That Nation Accede to Germany
or Face Consequences.
1y the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
PRAHA March 16-The Czecho-
elovak House of Deputies was thrown
into turmoil yesterday by the virtual
ultima tun of Karl Hermann Franck,
vice president of the Sudeten German
party, that the nation accede to Ger
man demands or face the conse-
ouences
AT this hour" Franck read from a
statement on behalf of his party, "all
We wish to say is that it would be
politically wiser to create voluntarily
a situation that gives no cause for
complaint.
THE advisability to adopt such q
new course now is patent to ALL"
A storm of protest broke in the
chamber when Franck. after giving
the Nazi salute, addressed the body
IS my comrades
When the noise died down. Franck
warned the Czech government to
profit from the example of Austria,
which resisted Germany.
About 100000 Sudeten Germans
are CZechosovakians and live in the
peninsula like region of CZechoslovakia
that cuts wedge into Southeast Ger
many. OF them and Austrians, now
absorbed in the new Pan-Germany,
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler proclaimed
February 20 that 100000 Germans
living on the Reich's borders would be
protected"
Evening star., 1938-03-16

tier, but on 10 frontiers. Among these
will be the Italian frontier, that of
two friendly peoples-an intangible
frontier.
" The Fuehrer (Hitler) has always
been categorical on this point, even
before he arrived at power and at a
time when such an attitude brought
down upon him the accusations of his
adversaries.
ITO us Fascists the frontiers-all
frontiers-are sacred. We will not
discuss them; We will defend them"
Mussolini was cheered tumultuously
as he entered the chamber shortly be-
fore 5 pm. III am, E. S. t., the
black-shirted deputies rising to receive
him. Preceding him came Achille
Strace, secretary OF the Fascist party,
and II Duce's son-in-law and foreign
minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano.
ENJOYS Are Present.
ENJOYS of foreign powers packed the
diplomatic galleries. Members Of the
American Embassy staff were among
them.
II Duce referred to his dispatch of
Italian troops to the Brenner Pass
when Austria's Chancellor Engelbert
Dollfuss was assassinated, July 25,
lS34-a gesture to prevent Nazifica-
ton of Austria.
No Austrian ever thanked me for
that" he said.
He declared that the Versailles
treaty provision that Austria must re-
main forever independent was absurd
and precarious."
He denied that Italy ever had un-
dertaken to guarantee permanently
Austrian Independence.
He demanded to know whether the
world could be 80 ignorant as to be-
lieve that Italy could be impressed by
figures Of the number OF Germans"
now upon the borders of Italy.
While the Deputies cheered. Musso-
lini recalled that during the Ethio-
plan war We were not even intimi-
dated by So nations" which applied
sanctions against Italy.
Evening star., 1938-03-16
18 EXECUTED IN PURGE,
SOVIET CHIEFS DECLARE
Cryptic Announcement Is Silent
on Time and Place of
Executions.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. March 16-The 18 de-
PENDANTS sentenced to death in the
latest purge trial of Soviet Russia have
been executed.
A cryptic announcement, mentioning
neither time nor place, yesterday in
formed the world the sentence had
been carried out.
Chief among the conspirators against
the Stain regime who were shot were
Alexis I. Rykoff, for 10 years premier
OF Russia; Nikolai Bucharin, Soviet
journalist, and Genrikh Yagoda, who
as head of the Agpu (secret police)
was most feared man in the country.
Only three of the 21 defendants won
clemency. They received long prison
terms.
Evening star., 1938-03-16
anese to retreat northward toward

anese to retreat northward toward
Chaocheng.
On the Honan front Chinese said
they had recaptured Chihsien and
Tangyin. 60 and IS miles north of the
Yellow River on the Peiping Hankow
Railway. Chinese said they we're ad-
vancing on Changte, IS miles north
of the river
While japanese said they We're driv-
ing southwark on the Tientsin- -PukoW
Railway in Eastern Shantung, Chi
nese claimed a successful counter
offensive in violent fighting north of
Lini.
Chinese admitted destruction of i'm
portant defense works in the vicinity
of Tenghsien. 80 miles north OF
Suchow junction on this railway, by
Japanese artillery, but declared the
advance was Stemmed with heavy
casualties on both sides in the Lini
attack
japanese Hammer at Lunghai.
Japanese continued heavy artil-
lery hammering of the Lunghai at
several points from Tungkwan to
ChengchoW. and claimed to have in
terrupted traffic on the railway.
A fleet of armed japanese Navy
launches was declared to have mopped
up thousands of Chinese stragglers
in the Lake Tai region, just west OF
Shanghai.
Thirty-three planes again raided
Sianfu, Communist center in Shensi,
but Chinese asserted they were driven
off without extensive damage
japanese again made a night raid
on HankoW and Nanchang in relays
extending over four hours
Evening star., 1938-03-16
Hitler
Continued From First Page }

| tCOntlnued from First fage.)
historic four-day Austrian visit yester-
day, but that the Pohsh-Lithuanian
terday, but that the Polish-Lithuanian
crisis called him back to Berlin
The Polish press has been attacking
Lithuania angrily over the border fight
between frontier guards in which a
Pole was shot and killed. The news
papers declared the man was deliber-
ately ambushed.
There have been reports Poland
| wants TO annex Lithuania, but official
circles in Warsaw emphasized that
Poland rejected any such idea. New
ertheless the view was expressed that
the Lithuanian clash had greatly dis
turbed the peace OF Europes Baltic
region. Poland, it was said, aims at
pacif1cation OF this area, and not
only wants satisfaction for the border
| clash, but also a drastic revision Of
Lithuania's attitude toward Poland.
Officials however, would not say
just how they expected these results
to be achieved.
Dispatches from Kaunas (Kovno)
capital of Lithuania, by way of
Danzig, indicates Lithuania was
ready to pay compensation for the
killing Of the Polish frontier guard if
an investigation showed the Lithuani-
ans were to blame.
The Lithuanian government pro-
posed that both sides name envoys
for negotiations to clear up the March
II incident and also to seek an agree
ment to prevent future border clashes.
Relations between Poland and Lii
thuania have been strained since the
Polish Gen. Zeligowski 18 years ago
seized Wilno (Vilna), which the
Lithuanians still claim should be their
capital.
Llthuania has scheduled plebiscite
for March 20, in which the Wilno
affair was to be an issue. Some circles
in Warsaw suggested that the border
clash had been exaggerated in Poland
for the purpose of intlmidating
Lithuanian voters.
Poland's foreign minister, Col. JOS
eph Beck. returning to Warsaw from
a visit to Rome, where he conferred
with Premier MuSsollni and Foreign
Minister Ciano, delved at once into
the Lithuanian situation. Anti-Lith-
uanian demonstrations were reported
yesterday in Wilno and Lxow Lem
berg).
There have been suggestions that
Poland might consider acquisition of
Lithuanian territory compensation for
return of at least part of her corri-
dor to the sea to Germany. That
corridor splits East Prussia from the
rest of Germany.
Berlin was the scene of feverish
activity. dressing up for the return Of
Hitler from Austria.
All windows along the route from
Templehof Airport, where Hitler was
to arrive at pm. III am E. S. t.
to the Wilhelmstrasse, were decked
with swastika flags.
Garlands of green spanned streets
from building to building. Thousands
OF windows showed pictures Of Hitler
Wreathed in spring flowers.
Columns of uniformed marching
men gathered in the outskirts to form