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The Washington times., 1938-02-10

ping sixfooters, gay and vital,
simple and masculine-the an
swer to a Divorces prayer. Many
of them get their divorces and
stay on and marry them. Some
bring them back East with them.
The cowpunchers don't stay East
long. They invariably head back
for Nevada. And their women
follow them.
PROTECTION ASSURED
The ranches make perfect hide
outs for women who shy away
from publicity. Reporters get as
far as the cowpunchers guarding
the estates-and no farther. The
men are too big and too tough.
It Is one close.knit community
where nature and man. are or
ganized to foster and protect the
strangest industry that ever fell
to a State-the quick divorce.
Protect the divorce. Give her
what she wants. All Reno works
at it.
(Tomorrow: Divorce in Reno.
Quirks of the divorce law. An
open and a closed door session in
the famous courthouse. Some
little known angles of the famous
divorce laws and how they work.
The Washington times., 1938-02-10
Hard Work
Pastor Wears Out Z
Bibles In 10 Years

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Feb. 10.
The Rev. Emanuel Mayer has
worn out two Bibles in the 40
years he has been pastor of Zion
Lutheran Church. Today his con.
gregation marked his anniversary
by presenting him with a new one.
The Rev. Mr.. Mayer has missed
only two Sundays in his pulpit
since he came to the church as a
youth Of 10. Both times he was
absent because Of illness. His
parents were married at the altar
of this church.
The Washington times., 1938-02-10
By PAUL CALICO

OOO luudUlJdHJS.
It makes it fairly simple fol
the shy divorcee-to.be to hide out
until her six weeks are up.
Mrs. Failure who comes to Reno
for a divorce ranges from an OBJ
scure little nobody who isn't ever
reported by the, hig-town news
paper staff correspondents to g
million-heiress like Barbara Hut
ton. who arrives, vanisheS anc
does not appear until six weeks
later when she slips into court fol
a four-minute. closed-door, Sealec
session, and departs.
ALL PURSES MATCHED
There are hotels and boarding
houses to fit every pocketbook
offering a life to fit every taste
Pretty and capable contact girls
from real estate offices watch the
hotel registers like hawks, or
maintain contacts with the attor.
neys here and snag the women
away from hotels and set them UP
IN attractive little apartments, or
even rent them whole houses.
The town really centers around
half dozen blocks close to the
Truckee River, Virginia Avenue,
East First and Second Street,
Center Street. The Riverside Hotel
and the Courthouse and City Hall
are on Virginia.
DESERT AT HAND
Immediately across the railroad
tracks the town peters out and
residences begin. But travel few
dozen blocks, north, east, south or
west and the desert begins, rolling
wastes of sage brush, volcanic
hills, age-old lava rock where one
can drive for hours without seeing
g human being or habitation.
Gut from Reno are the hills and
the deserts, and the mountains in
terra-cotta reds and deep blues
with the white Sierras rising in
the background. Among the hills
are the dude ranches and hush.
hush hideaways.
Thirty miles out on the desert
lies Pyramid Lake, a long, wild
strip of water IN ever-changing
blues with its mysterious cone.
shaped pyramids rising from its
surface, a wonderful wind-whipped
body Of water, now clear and
sparkling, now yelled by a fierce
dust storm. It is an Indian
reservation. On its banks is a
duoe ranch. The Divorces live
in little individual cabins, each
containing a bedroom with a
stove, and a bathroom or shower.
LIFE "A LA VEST
Five miles up in the hills is the
9TH" dude ranch, even more
typical. where Mrs. Failure can
spend her six weeks riding, shoot
ing, fishing, learning how to
punch cows and roundup, picnick-
ing on steak roasts and living a
life such as she never knew be-
fore in the East or the South.
Here are rustic ranch buildings,
corrals where painted ponies feed.
In places like these the COW.
puncherS are young, hard, strap
The Washington times., 1938-02-10
Protection, Secrecy
Assured 'DiVOrCee'
BY All RenO'S Rules
Calico Describes Ease With Which Wife
Mnu Hide While Shedding ShnCkEeS

IEditors Note-Ths is the fourth of series by Paul
Calico on Reno Men, the strangest, iOdest hdppest,
freest city in the 1Ohole United StGtes-G tough, ide
open masculine city for uonaen)
By PAUL CALICO
RENO New, Feb. 10 INs) Reno calls itself "The Big
gest Little City in the World" It's population slightly
under 100000 The population Nevada 100000 which
10000 attended the Tunney fight in Chi
cago The area of Nevada 125000 square miles What
Nevada has to sell is space It's capital Carson City,
The Washington times., 1938-02-10

Fine worSteds, shetlands and cassimeres Plenty
OF the wanted herringbones, stripes overplaidS,
dark medium and lighter tones! Single or double
for your selection
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
E. CARTER MAKES HISTORY

New York, April 16 (C)-The
appearance of Mrs. Euniee Hunton
Carter. the $500 a year assistant
district attorney of New York
county, in Special Session, is MAX
ing history for the race, Negro
lawyer who appear in the court
report. 1t is said that in the case
Of Mrs. Carter, this is the first
time a Negro attorney has been
given the spot of trial attorney in
this court in behalf of the people
of the State of New York, and
that Mrs. Carter has won the re-
spect and commentator of all off
icials and SPECTATORS. Being plac-
ed in the spot by a Republican adj
ministration, it is now believed
that the next Democratic admin
stration in the city will be forced
to give the race such a place. Re
Gently Negroes inthe ID. A. $ off
ice We're mainly kept at desks.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
NEBRASKA IVA

Hastings and the federal IVA
promoters have been trying to
make an impression by the formu-
lation of an agreement between
that city and the TVA-ers to ex-
change power with the Central
Nebraska, the Columbus and the
Platte district. Significant are the
facts that the agreement is only
for one year; that the Central Neb-
braska, if ever completed, cannot
be in operation for at least two
that the Columbus power
houses are said to be ready to go
but have so far not announced
n receipts or market except the
power house of the Platte Valley
district, and that the latter cannot
as vet run water through the ditch
es constructed 3 year ago. Cltles
which aim fully to protect their
own interests, seem to be anxious
to evade the touch of the %blighting
hand of the power bureaucracy,
and completely to retain the secur-
ity they now have in their own
steam alnnt contraction and local
rate making. Even a recent letter
to the public by Mr.. Wigfield, the
Virginia-or is it Georgia-PWA
engineer for Nebraska, admits that
there will have to be an Increase
n rates, at least for a time.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16

Dining Car Walters
Set To Fight Cuts

New York, April 16 (CNA-
Dining Car employees will resist
with every weapon available any
attempt on the part Of the carriers
to reduce wges as they have re-
Gently threatened"
This is the sentiment among the
rank and file dining car employees
aecordig to reports made by re-
presentatives Of the workers on
the various roads throughout the
United States made to the Joint
Council of the Dining Car Employ
ees Union.
Calls have gone to all dining a
unions and groups urging prepar-
ations for united national action if
the carriers attempt to carry out
their wage slashing program. AL
ready the larger locals represent
ing the great body of dining car
employees have Endorsed this pro-
posed action, according to Ishmael
p. Florv. secretary-treasurer of the
loint Council.
Flory pointed out that dining car
employees are among the lowest
paid in the country. The workers,
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
Union Backs Fight
For Tor Wages For
Plantation Workers

New Orleans, April l6 (By Rich
ard H. Thomas for ANP)-Follow-
ing the recent investigation held
here by John C. Bogwell and G. A.
LaGuardia of the U. S. Department
ofAgriculture, with regard to bet
ter wages for unskilled labor on
sugar plantations, the Farmers
union is waging a determined fight
to supply additional information.
Quesf ionaires are being sent to
canecutters, mechanics and other
farm laborers to get first hand in
formation on existing conditions.
Gordon McIntire, Secretary of
State union. is out in the state
gathering all available information.
Wage and Hour Demands
1t is reported that during the
past year laborers received from
90 cents to S1.10 a day from dawn
till dark. IL to Ia hours long. Wo-
men received so cents to 80 cents
for the same time. The union Is
petitioning for a 10-hour day dur
ing the planting ard cultivating
season, with a $3.50 minimum for
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16

Davis, as she introduced the fore
most Negro woman in America.
Dr.. Bethune, who was appointed
to her present position in 1886, has
Travelled all over the county coun-
selling with NYA executives, map
ping out programs for Negro YOU
tn, speaking before innumerable
groups in dozens of states, and
giving generously of her valuable
time for the further progress Of
tho rae
Omaha is indeed grateful for the
rare privilege to pay its homage
and respects to such gracious lady
and trusts that on leaving she
will carry away many pleasant mem
cries gathered during her stay in
our midst.
Others who took part in the We're
Mrs. Lucy c. Crawford. Mrs. Alyee
Wilson, Rev. ID. w. Bass, Miss
Ethel Jones, Rev. J. S. Williams,
and Mrs. John Hope and Mr..
Charles p. Brewing are sharing as
guests of honor on the tour.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
n. Y. CONGRESSMAN
CONGRATuLATES UGE HEAL

Washington April 16 lC)-Con-
gresham James NJ. Fitzpatrick Of
New York a member of the Ap-
plopriations Committee Of the
House. speaking to one thousand
members of the United Govern
ment Employees at Garnet Patter-
son auditorium Sunday, said: "The
UGE, headed by your president,
Edgar q. Brown, deserves all the
credit for these two increases of
$50 each for the National Park
service employees Of the Depart
ment of the Interior. Mr.. Brown
came to me and the other members
of Congress and appeared before
the Appropriations Committee of
the House and Senate in your be-
half. We did not know about your
cast until Mr.. Brown presented it.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
NOTED ACTORS AT
HARLEM CHURCH PROGRAM

New York, April 16 (C)-Al-
though some staid members are
said to have been shocked ut the
appearance of theatrical celebri
tie sat the church program in Abys-
SHIN Baptist church last Sunday,
the proceeds amounted to $1,000,
il was announced by Mrs. Isabelle
Washington Powell, former nigh
club dancer who is now the wife OF
the youthful Rev. Adam Powell,
dynamic pastor of Harlem's largest
church. The program included num-
bers by the Nicholas Brothers and
Duke Ellington of Cotton Club
fame, and the Nicholas bols are
said TO have "sung out" to the de-
light of the members of the Junior
League, under whose auspices The
program appeared.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16

male unskilled labor and the aboli-
ton of child labor as embodied in
the existing sugr belt.
The union is further requesting
that wages be paid in cash and
that the workers be allowed to
spend his money where he chooses.
Mr.. McIntire found, upon investi-
cation, last of all that workers very
seldom see cash and relatively few
+ paid weekly in full. The COM
mon treatment is to be paid off in
script, and they must take up theiu
beans and rice from "A commissary
or some store in particularly de-
gped by the company, where the
worker is greatly overcharged for
his necessities. Workers accounts
+ simply kept in company books.
The union is further petitioning
that year-found garden space and
permission to raise their own cows,
pigs, and chickens lie allowed the
workers.
Intimidation
Due to the intimidation which
has been practiced against labor
rs who would speak in their own
'efense, the Investigators probably
would never have heard the work
ers' story had it not been for the
upion and the cooperation on out
standing Negro civic leaders in
New Orleans. As a matter of fact,
the same planters strenously OBJ
jected to having a hearing held in
New Orleans because they feared
labor representatives would speak
in behalf of the laborers. The grow
ers had other hearings in Baton
Rouge and Lafayette packed with
fake witnesses who testified that
they yer more than satisfied to
get only 81 per day.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
DIR BETHUNE
Continued from Page One

AeHN4HhC0 II VhA o60 INV
ten. emphasizing the tact that her
early zeal for preparedness and
valuation Of time was the pathway
ever which she tread leading to an
undeniable success.
She ~forcefully related her per-
sonal conviction "That what ever
IS good for the hand, the mind,
and the brain of white America is
also good for brown America. Her
prophecy was that the time Is fast
approaching when the world will
not be concerned with what color
you are, but what you can do and
how we'll you can do it.
In introducing DR.. Bethune, Mrs.
Robbie Turner Davis, who holds
a Masters degree from Howard
University, referred to DR.. Beth
une as a leader of unchallenged
ability, a woman who has for a.
long time been as a friend of You
tn, dating back as far as 1904,
when with a capital of $1.50 she
founded what is now known as
D~aytona- Goodman College, starting
in a rental cottage with an ENROLL
ment of five students, has grown
to a magnificent institution with
with fourteen large modern build
ings a plant appraised at more
than a million dollars. The found
er and first president of the
Southeastern Federation of color
ed women, covering fourteen stat
es; and many other such achelv-
ments which time will not allow
me to ennumerate stated Mrs.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
JOLsON RING LEALER IN
SEGREGATION MOVE

Los Angeles, April 16 (C)-Al
Jolson, famous blackfaee comedian,
is one of the ringleadefs in a move
to bar Negroes from living IN
fashionable San Fernando valley.
qeeording to a petition placed be-
fore City Council Monday. The pet
ition seeks to bar all person not
members of the white race from
living there, and also would keep
out horses, cows, goats and other
farm animals. Francis j. Bushman,
ir.. was also listed among the back
ers of the petition, which failed to
gain councils approval because
the city has no jurisdiction in such
restrictions.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
n. Y. GOVERNOR SIGN
ANTI-LYNCHING BILL

Albany, n. Y. April Is (C)-
Governor Herbert H. Lehman sign
ed the Anti-Lyrching bill Tuesday.
passed recently by the Legislature.
Becoming effective Immediately,
the law says three or more persons
constitute a mob, who violently
take the life of a person i'm the
custody of a peace officer, or char
ged with or convicted of a criminal
offense. Punishment is set at from
20 years to life in prison. Mob vio-
lence not resulting in death is pun
ishable by a jail term up to ten
years.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
EDITORIAL of the WEEK
(From the Greensboro, N. c. News,
March "a, 1881
A 10 O'clock Scholar

As am advocate Of FEDERAL anti
lynchng Legislation the Daily News
welcomes the support of President
Roosevelt for some such measure.
But the hardness with which the
President spoke leaves us relative
" cold in our conception e the
m~otivating influences ad the res
ults likely to be obtained.
Where was Mr.. Roosevelt, we
osk again. when the anti-lynehlng
measure was really being talked
ahont and its all-time friends we've
making such heroic, if futile, ell
go to have its safeguarding pro
y;siors written on the statue books
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
BILL o B SON Is go

New York April Is (C)-Bll
Robinson, no ed dancer, celebrated
his Goth birthday with a beefsteak
dinner rendered him by the Grand
Street Boys. Sunday, since Bill
will leave town and will not be
here on his birthday, May 25th.
Bill and his wife appeared in a
kissing rose in the Heard Tribune
Monday morning, something rare
in the New York daily press for
Negroes.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
TWO HOLDS

Pittsburgh, Pa, April Is fANP)
"A thousand delegates and guest
delegates, augmented by 10000
members of the local area and
thousands of visitors are expected
here on April %, to attend ses-
ions of the 4th rational convention
of the International Workers Or
der. which will be in session for a
week.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
l.. WALToN'S DAUGHTER WED

New York. April 16 (C)-Miss
Marjorie Walton, second daughte1
of Hon. Lester A. Walton, Minister
to Liberia, and Mrs. Walton, be
came the bride of Percy M. Roch-
ester. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
G. Rochester, of Birmingham Ala,
at the Church of ST. Martin, on
Saturday evening, April 2. The
bride walked to the altar, escorted
bv her father. Her only attendant
was her sister, Mrs Gladys Walton
Johnson. who was married IN the
same church last August to Charles
w. l.. Johnon, and has since made
her home in Houston. Texas.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
DONATES 5000

Philadelphia, April 16 co.
Councilman james H. Irwin gave
SIS. 900 to the national YMCA ex-
pansion drive last week. Born IN
Baltimore, Mr.. Irwin is now 10. He
came to Philadelphia at the age Of
20, and has been engaged in bust
ness here for 81 years. He Is the
only colored member of the City
Council.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16

he said, feel that the carriers
should be talking about ways to
raise wages, instead Of cuts.
The Joint Council" he said.
also recognizes that behind
this threat 10 reduce wages
there NAV be LOST sight Of the
legislation in Congress favor
able TO rail road labor. such as
the Crosser Six Hour Day Bill
amendment to the Railroad
Retirement Act. etc. The COun-
ell also recognizes that the
railroad industry is probably
three TO four time over-capit-
allied"
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
300 CCC CAMPS KEPT

Washington, April 16 (CNA)-
President Roosevelt has tentative.
" agreed TO continue operation of
the 300 Civilian Conservation
Corps camps which were doomed
to fall under the Federal economy
axe by July /, end of the present
fiscal year, it was learned this
week.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
HOW OFTEN CAN YOU
KISS AND MAKE up?

LEW husbands can understand
Il why q wife should turn from .
pleasant companion into = shrew
FOR one whole week In every month.
You can say I'm sorry" and
ldRs and make up easier before
marriage than after. Be wise. Ifyou
want to hold your husband. you
won't be q three-quarter wife.
For three generations one woman
has told another how to go ''smil-
Ing through with Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. It
helps Nature tone up the system.
thus lessening the discomforts froI.
the functional disorders which
women must endure In the three
ordeals Of life: /. Turning from
girlhood to womanhood. ?. Pre-
pairing for motherhood. 3. APP
preaching middle age"
Don't be a three-quarter wife.
take LYDIA e. PIN kHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND and
Go Smiling Through"
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16

A women are active
AVA and cheerful every DAY
of the month cheerful
the whole month through.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
MlMMMNYNHHM0MN0MIm

Observation-Disclosures
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
Of the month

in which you simply do not
get enough energy and
strength from the food you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Oldest Inhubitonts
To Hold Banquet

Plans are being completed for the
annual banquet OF the Association
of Oldest Inhabitants Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, to be held at the
Raleigh Hotel Wednesday, Deem
Der 7.
The occasion will be a celebration
of the 73d anniversary OF the Or
ganization, which meets monthly in
historic old Union Engine House, at
the corner of Nineteenth and H
streets NV.
DR.. Hugh M. Smith is chairman
of the committee making arrange
ments for the celebration. A re-
ception is scheduled for pm. to
be followed by the banquet at 7:30
pm.
Members of the association are at
least so years of age and must have
resided in the District of Columbia
for IS years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Four Officials Take
Ouths in Illinois
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-Two new
Federal judges, United States dis
trict attorney, and new attorney
general for Illinois were indicted
into Office yesterday.
Attorney General Otto Kerner
handed his resignation to Gov.
Henry Horner and then took the
oath of Office as judge Of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals.
John E. Cassidy of Peoria was
sworn in as Mr.. Kerner's successor.
United States District Attorney
Michael l.. Igoe meantime was
sworn in as a United States District
Court Judge. and William j. Camp
bell, State director of the National
Youth Administration. was indicted
into the district attorneys ONCE.
The three Federal appointments
were made recently by President
Roosevelt. Joseph B. keenan,, as
sistant to Attorney General Homer
S. Cummings. arrived here by plane
with the commissions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

Brandywine street NV, cadet cor
poral; Byron S. Paul, jr, Route No.
2, Anacostia Station. cadet sergeant
Of the band; James H. Stevens, jr.,
800 Massachusetts, avenue NV,
sergeant OF Company A; Stephen
H. Smith, all Military road NV,
cadet captain Of Company D; James
z. Ball, Sd, 1914 Beechwood drive
Chevy Chase, Nd, cadet lieutenant
Of Company B: Lair'i w. Shull, 1925
Conduit road NV, cadet lieutenant
of Company A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

Mr.. Chalmers says that several
powerful influences other than trade
agreements have been at work to
increase American foreign trade,
but cites the following figures as
significant of the effect Of the
treaties:
United States exports to all trade
agreement countries increased more
than SO per cent between the years
1934-35, before most of the trade
agreements came into effect, and the
latest trade years. Exports to coun-
tries with whom the United States
has no agreements increased IS per
cent.
Imports from trade agreement
countries increased 40 per cent. I'm
ports from non-agreement countries
increased IS per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

denying Mooney freedom by habeas
corpus, but left the way open for a
direct appeal to the high tribunal
for new writ.
MONEYS attorneys, Mr.. Davis.
John r. Finerty Of Washington and
Frank p. Walsh Of New York. have
chung to the belief their best hope
in obtaining freedom for Mooney
lay In the courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
To bolster trade by breaking down
tariff barriers, the United States
has just signed its 10Th reciprocal
trade treaty-with Great Britain.
Secretary of State Hull's biggest
catch" The treaty covers Britain
and its overseas empire except the
dominions.
The pictogram shows what has
happened to United States trade
with five countries which signed
agreements under Yankee Trader"
Hulls policies. 1t is based on figures
from Henry Chalmers, Department
of Commerce tariff expert. Before"
means the two-year average just
before the trade agreement was
signed; after" means the latest
tWo-year average.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

fore the United States Supreme
Court in few days.
George T. Davis, MONEYS legal
representative in San Francisco,
said it might still be possible for
favorable action from the high court
before . pardon application could be
acted upon by Culbert G. Olson,
newly elected Governor of Cali
fornia, who takes ONCE in January.
In q recent decision the Supreme
Court refused to review the action
OF the California Supreme Court to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Washington Students
Named Officers

Seven students from Washington
and nearby have been made officers
and non-commissioned officers at
Staunton Military Academy, It was
announced today.
They are John w. Easily Smith,
404t Lowell street NV, cadet ser.
geant. Headquarters Company Ord
nance; Douglas c. Jones, 4815
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Walk Changed to Saturday

The National Capital Parks nature
walk along the Chesapeake g. Ohio
Canal, which attracted a large group
yesterday, will be repeated Satur-
day from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. instead
Of Sunday, as previously announced.
The Sunday walk, at the same
hour, will be through Sligo Greek
Park in nearby Maryland.