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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-08-04

first year, and had spent fifty
years of his active, energetic
career in his chosen profession.
DR.. Curtis devotation to the
science and art of surgery, in
Guiding his studentship and his
connection with Provident hos
pital a n d FreedmanS hospital.
and with Howard university
covered a period of nearly fifty
years, an interval of unusual
duration, when we consider the
short lived career of the aver
age colored physician. After
relinquiShing control of the
Freedmens hospital, he was cleo
ted instructor in surgery on the
Medical Faculty, and was later
promoted to the headship of the
| department. He was broadly
Interested in the social, as well
as the scientific aspect of the
medical profession. He was one
of he organizers of the National
Medical Association and become
president t. h a t organization in
its early history. At the annual
meeting at Hampton, last Au-
gust, nT. Curtis received the
signal honor for his devotion to
the spread of medical krwledge
through the years.
AS surgeon, DR.. Curtis. was
painstaking, and thorough. as
well as skillful. His surgical
Judgment was regarded as un-
Sually sound. He never omitted
any detail of presurgical eXami-
nation of his patients nor of
after treatme. The reputation of
the true surgeon rests, as much
upon his judgment when to cut
and when not to cut, as well as
upon his skill in operation. Dur
ing his long surgical career DR..
Curtis performed many delicate
operations which taxed the re-
sourcefulness Of the highest
surgical skill.
A genuine teacher must be |
judged by his example caught as
Yen as by his instruction taught.
M a n y of the Young surgeons
who are now performing credit
ably throughout the United !.
States owe their inspiration and /
'kip TO the teaching and example
If DR.. A. NJ. Curtis.
Dir Curtis professional at,
'alnment was not the best part
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The American Greed

| believe in the Declaration of
Independence as a statement of
1the American ideals in the Con-
stitution as an instrument for
realization of that ideal; and in
the Bill of Rights as bulwark a
gainst tyranny. | believe that
changes must. occur in the Amer
iran way of life and in laws
which safeguard .it.. b@ieve
that these changes can be
neither hurried, postponed, nor
averted, that they must be the
slow subStitutions which re-
new the tissues of the living
body, not the swift decay which
corrupts corpse. | believe
that liberty can be enjoyed only
by men who are determined that.
all other me shall enjoy it equal
ly, and that peonage and slav-
cry can exist only in industrial
slums where the American way
Of life has never been establish
ed. | believ that liberty imposes
on free men an amount of effort
which slaves cannot and tyrant!s
fear to undergo, and burden of
duty which neither slaves nor
tyrants can support. ! believe
that liberty does not diminish
as civilization advances. but
increases with mans knowledge.
| believe that liberty presents
problems which only free minds
can solve; and that any attempt
to solve them by diminishing
the quantity of liberty is a con-
fesSion Of defeat and reversion
to feudalism. ! believe that the
welfare of all citizens is the
chief problem of Free men. and
can be successfully attacked
only by men devoted to justice
as determined by experience,
instead of social Justice" as
determined By Utopian desire.
We Americans believe that
eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty for weak S&fiits ard al
ways ready to surrender it for
apparent advantage, and subtle
spirits are always trying to take
it away We believe that our way !
of life has given vision to the |
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Legal
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

Clerks office of the Circuit Court
of Mcdowell County, July %,
1889.
OVA THOMPSON
Plaintiff
VS.. In Chancery
MILDRED THOMPSON
Defendant
Pending in the Circuit Court of
said Mcdowell County
The object of this suit is to
obtain from the defendant by
the plaintiff a divorce from the
bonds of matrhnony and for
general relief.
And it appearing from an
affidavit now on file with h e
papers in this cause, that the
defendant Is a non resident of
the state of West Virginia; it
is therefore ordered that the
said defendant do appear at the
Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court of Mcdowell County with
enc month from the date of the
first publication of this order
and do what is necessary to pro-
tect her interest herein.
And 1t is further ordered that
a copy of this order be publish
ed once q week for three success
sive weeks in some newspaper of
general circulation in said Nc
Dowell County.
A copy, Teste:
of the Circuit Court, Mcdowell
ALEX D. CYPHERS. Clerk
County, West Virginia.
STEWART A. CALHOUN P. @
Date of first publication, Apri
81. 1889.
Date of first publication July
%, 1899.
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KELLY MILLER SAYS:

Austin NJ. Curtis was born in
Raleigh, North Carolina, 1868
graduated from Lincoln Uni.
versity with the degree of BIS.
1888, and from the medical
school Of Northwestern Uni.
Versity'with a degree of Doctor
of Medicine, 1891. Immediately
upon graduation he was appoint
ed house physician of Provident
hospital Chicago, III. He was the
FIRST colored man to be appointed
on the staff of Cook county hos
pital, perhaps the. largest insti-
tuition of its kind N America.
where he was assigned surgic-
al cases, in his tern1, without
regard to the race orr color, Of
the patient. He was Appointed
Surgeon in Chief of the.'Freed-
mans man hospital by President Nc
hlnley in 1898. At his death.
IT. Curtis vas Nahis seventy
nd dignity'bfi rigbke6dds! HvMt |
Evening star., 1939-10-24

j. A. Cardin and Postmaster Gen.
eral g. G. Power, whose cabinet pc
sitions depend on the result.
Oppose Conscription.
They contended Duplessis was at
tempting to make political capital by
raising the issues Of conscription
and war participation They Joined
Bodbout and Duplessis himself in
voicing opposition to conscription.
Godbout, campaigning on an eco
nomic platform, contended that the
provincial debt under Duplessis had
increased from s13O,OO0,O 900 to more
than $400, 100000 Gouin has de-
clared the Liberal and Union Ma
tionale parties are Slaves of the
trusts"
Duplessis has accused the Ottawa
government of Starving" Quebec
while spending millions" for war
preparations and said that q vote
for the Liberals was vote for con-
scription.
A side issue is women's suffrage,
incomplete only in Quebec province
of all Canada where women may
vote only in federal elections. The
Union Rationale party has not
committed itself, but the other two
have advocated suffrage.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
This Changing World
Stulin Still Insists Thot Firms Yield
Two important Islands in Gulf Of FinIond

trail ports. The City Of Flint was
her avowed first victim.
The Emden had been reported
until some four weeks ago riding
peacefully to anchor in the Kiel
harbor. She must have eluded the
British blockading ships to start
on sea raiding.
To the layman it appears some
what inconceivable that German
men of war should be able to get
through the tight net which the
allied navies have drawn around
Germany. But the professional
naval men say that there can be no
actually effective blockade of an
enemy navy. If there Is heavy fog
at sea-and the North Sea has
plenty of such fogs-any warship
can elude the patrol Of the enemy
vessels. During the last American
war games divisions of destroyers
knowing exactly when certain ships
would try to go through the blockad-
ing force were unable to prevent
this when there was a fog and
some time even when the nights
were very dark
, The Emden seems to have chosen
the North Atlantic as its raiding
field because it can find refuge and
obtain supplies from the neutral
Russian base at Murmansk and If
hard pressed might even try to get
to the White Sea at Archangel.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Neutrality
Continued From First Pag,

be permitted to enter the danger
zone"
Senator Connally, Democrat, of
Texas, another hacker of the bill,
expressed his belief that not only
seizure but sinking of American ships
may be expected unless they are
barred from the war zone.
"Of course, Hitler will sink Amer
lean ships" he asserted, whether
they have munitions and arms
aboard or ordinary articles of COM
merce. The Kaiser did it between
1914 and 1917"
While administration lieutenants
were spending most of yesterday
maneuvering for the limit on debate,
Senator Nye criticized the admins
tration bill and Majority Whip Min
ton upheld it.
Senator Nye also joined Senator
Clark in criticizing a prayer offered
last Sunday at the st. James Epis-
copal Church in Hyde Park, N. Y,
when President Roosevelt was
among the worshipers. The Rev.
Frank R. Wilson had prayed that
the King of England be strength
ened.
Senator Nye declared there would
have been criticism throughout the
country" if German Lutheran
minister had prayed that Hitler be
strengthened.
1T seems to me-" remarked Sena-
tor Lee, Democrat, of Oklahoma
"that SOME Senators are worrying
more about a preacher praying for
Evening star., 1939-10-24
War Participation
Is Issue in Quebec
Election Tomorrow
Province Will Fill IS
Of 86 Legislative
Assembly Seots

QUEBEC, Oct. "a canadian
Press With provincial autonomy
conscription and Canada's partici-
patton in the European war as
major issues, the Province of Que
bee tomorrow will fill IS of SO Legis-
lative Assembly seats from among
248 candidates.
The election was called a month
ago by Premier Maurice DuplesSis,
49-year-old leader of the Union Ma
tionale government which was
elected August II, 1896. He con-
tended the Dominion government of
the Liberal party was seeking CEN
tralized financial control in viola
ton of the British North America
Act. the federal constitution.
Opposing Duplessis are the Lib
eral party. headed by Abelard God
bout, former Quebec premier, and
the Action Liberale Rationale, led
by Paul Gouin. son of a former Lib
eral premier of the province
Government Has Sc Candidates.
The government, which won 76
seats to the Liberal party's IA in
the 1886 election, has 86 candidates
one for each of the seats, which
were reduced from 80 in a recent
redistricting act.
The Liberal party has IS candi-
dates; the Action Liberale Nation
ale, Sc, and there are 81 others run
ming under such banners as Con-
servative, Labor, Communist. Ma
tional and Cooperative Common
wealth Federation
Eighty-five of the 86 districts will
vote tomorrow, with the contest
coming later in the sparsely-settled
Charlevoix-Saguenay County dis
trict.
The campaign took on national
interest when three of Quebec's rep
resentatives in the Dominion cabi-
net Joined Godbout in defending
the Liberal OttoWa government
They are Justice Minister Ernest
Lapointe, Public Works Minister P.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Firms Believed Baking
At Islands Surrender

MOSCOW, Oct "a (P,.-An indi-
cation of new Soviet Russian de-
mands on Finland was sighted in
plans of the Finnish delegation to
return to Helsinki tonight for fresh
instructions.
The Fjnns were believed by for
elgn observers to be baking at sur
render Of the Aaland Islands in the
Gulf Of Bothnia and the quartering
Of Soviet troops in Finland proper.
These sources expressed belief
Russia had asked also for certain
islands in the Gulf of Finland and
possibly some trade privileges, and
that on these lesser concessions Fin
land was ready to yield
DR.. Passikivi returned to Moscow
yesterday with instructions from his
government. The Moscow radio
announced his return, although the
Russian public never had been in
formed of his departure, October IS,
after preliminary negotiations.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Germans Increase
Pressure on French
Lines During Night
Nuzi Assaults on VILLAGE
In Wurndt Forest
Reported RepuIsed
"A. P. Wirephoto,
By the Associated Press.

PARIS. Oct. 24.-French military
commentators reported today three
German assaults on a German viii
lage held by French outposts in the
Warndt Forest had been repulsed.
Patrol attacks on the village,
which was not identified, conceded
with increasing German pressure on
the French lines last night, they
said
1t was emphasized the action was
localized. being one of a series of
raids in which the Nazi troops were
aiming at recovery of the few re-
naming portions of German soil
held by the French.
Military dispatches said the
French also made a raid, seizing
German post east of the Moselle
River, taking several prisoners and
capturing machine-gun. A French
ambush north of Forbach brought
capture of a German lieutenant of
artillery.
Moselle Outposts Strengthened.
While the French strengthened
their Moselle outposts near the
Luxembourg border. the Rhine
front was reported completely calm
Military dispatches said the
French feared a possible German
attempt to storm the frontier town
Of Apach and then to cross the
Moselle westward to strike the
Maginot defenses where they are
admittedly the weakest.
This mornings communioue re-
marked succinctly, mo notable
activity during the night"
Blum Hits Censorship.
Meanwhile. on the home front
Premier Daladier's decision to call
Parliament about the middle of next
month silenced some political grum-
bling. Parliament will consider the
1910 budget for another war year.
Socialist Leader Leon Blum, whose
writings on the subject of recalling
Parliament have been trimmed by
the censor, indicated he would take
up the matter of censorship when
Parliament convenes.
Writing in his newspaper, LIE Pop
ulaire, Mr.. Blum asserted the whole
French censorship could be junked
without the least damage He de-
manded that the nations publicity
machine be turned to combating
German propaganda.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Films Will Return
Tonight With New
Soviet Demands
Action Described as
Nothing Alarming;
Talks to Continue
Ry the Associated Press

HELSINKI, Oct 24-The Finnish
delegation negotiating with Soviet
Russia will leave Moscow tonight to
return to Helsinki, bringing new
written proposals from the Kremlin,
a Finnish government spokesman
said today.
The spokesman said return of the
delegation headed by DR.. Juho Kusti
Paasikivl. which arrived in Moscow
only yesterday. was nothing alarm
ing"
They thought it best to come
back to consult the government, -
said the spokesman. adding that the
negotiations would be continued, but
1t was uncertain whether by DR..
PaaSikivi or through normal diplo-
matte channels.
Longest Conference.
DR., Paasikivi. after preliminary
conversations at Russian invitation,
returned here October Is with word
OF Soviet demands. He and his
party went back to Moscow yester-
day and were cloSeted at the Krem-
lin several hours yesterday after
noon and last night
The Russian proposals and the
Finnish counter proposal were ar
official secret.
The latest Kremlin conference
lasting four and a half hours, was the
longest yet.
Relief Is Felt.
The statement that negotiations
would be continued was greeted here
with relief, but there was no re-
taxation in military preparations OF
this little country fearful of in
1rlngement on her independence
Finland once was a Grand Duchy
of Imperial Russia.
Restrictions were tightened or
travel in areas near the Russian
border and additional harbor dis
trlcts were included in these regu-
latiOnS.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Mother Dies in Attempt
To Save Two Children

BY the Associated Press
GRAND JUNCTION., Colo, Oct.
24.-Mrs. Homer Harmon gave her
life in vain attempt to save her
two small children from fiery
deaths.
Mr.. Harmon, a rancher, found
the body of his son Homer, 3, on
doorstep and his wife and 5-year-
old daughter Kay, dead in the
kitchen.
Coroner A. O. Krohn theorized:
The children's clothing caught fire
as they played near a small blaze
in their back yard. They ran to
the house. MS. Harmons clothes
ignited as she tried to beat out the
flames in Kays. Homer, jr., fell
dead as he reached the steps.
Evening star., 1939-10-24

Great Britain than they are about
Hitler preying on Poland"
Brown Offers Amendment,
Senator Brown, Democrat. of
Michigan introduced an amendment
which he said would permit private
citizens in this country to sell goods
other than arms, ammunition and
implements of war-to private citi-
zens in Canada without divesting
themselves of title to the mer-
chandise.
He told the Senate his amend
ment was intended to prevent the
proposed "cash-and-carry" system
from disrupting normal trade be-
tween this country and Canada.
There was no danger of shipments
to Canada being destroyed, Senator
Brown said, and therefore no rea-
son to subject them to the general
requirement that Americans must
divest themselves of title to goods
sent to belligerents.
The Michigan Senator said a
number of Senators from States
along the Canadian border favored
his proposal, as did several members
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
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Evening star., 1939-10-24
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

ny SONS AN ANE DnO"N.
The Finnish delegation has gone
home again to tell the government
that Stain still insists on Finland
yielding two important islands in the
Gulf of Finland. The other matters,
such as a political alliance and closer
economic ties, are matters which will
be discussed after the Helsinki gov
ernment has approved the transfer
of the islands"
This question has now become a
matter Of vital Importance not for
Finland alone, but for the other
Baltic states as well.
It took Car Peter the Great 20
years to settle himself on the Baltic
and open the windows of his semi
Asiatic empire to the west.
It took Catherine the Great over
40 years to acquire Latvia and
Lithuania.
Stain wants to get not only to
the Baltic, but to the North Atlantic
in 40 weeks.
In less than three weeks, Russia
has obtained ample access to the
Baltic. BY the control of the ports
of Libau and Windau the Sovlets
have regained two important ice
free harbors.
It has obtained domination OF
the whole Gulf of Riga by the ac-
QUESTION of the islandsfo Oesel and
Dagoe and by Estonia yielding the
naval use of the military port OF
Baltiski Now she wants Finland
to give up two or three islands which
would give the U. S. S. r. complete
SUPERVISION on both sides OF the
naval approaches to Leningrad.
Germany, according to polltlcal
experts, ought to be alarmed at
Stains independent ploicy which
fundamentally has nothing to DC
with the common cause of the two
dictators. But apparently Herr
Hitler cannot afford to be alarmed
at his colleagues antics. He does
not dare become grouchy Britain
and France have not declared wal
on Russia and allied diplomatic mis-
sions are still in Moscow, on excel
| lent terms with the Soviet govern
ment, according to all reports. Every
time the German Ambassador ven-
lures to point out to Molotoff that
the further gobbling up by Russia
of Nordic countries might create
undesirable situations at the pres
ent time. the Russian foreign secre-
tary is "awfully" nice either to the
British or the French Ambassadors
1t seems that these two strange
bedfellows don't pull together. Ger
many wants to crush Britain or at
least frighten France and Britain
into some sort of peace agreement
The Soviets principal aim is to
establish its might over the Nordic
states and become a real European
power.
This policy of the Kremlin die
| tator causes sleepless nights to tbs
Scandinavian governments which
are now definitely pledged to help
Finland in case Russia makes de-
mands upon her tantamount to re-
ducing that republic to Russian
province with Finnish President
approved by Moscow. For while
the Scandinavians reckoned or
Germany's support. then their hope.
faded away and looked toward the
United States as their main mora
supporter. Now once more they
seem to look toward Germany ir
the event she cannot obtain a quic
pro quo from Russia for the sacri.
flee of the Nordics to the Asiatit
bear.
The Emden is loose again in thu
North Atlantic. The terrific recort
of her namesake in the last Worlt
War has psychological effect or
most shippers who have to tax,
their merchantmen to allied or neu
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Shanghai Council Head
Sees End 10 Clashes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Oct 24.-Cornell S.
Franklin, chairman of the Shanghai
Municipal Council, said today he be-
lieved differences between Interna-
tional Settlement police and Chinese
agents of the local Japanese con-
trolled regime would be settled with
out further violence.
Mr.. Franklin made the statement
after a conference with japanese
Consul General Yoshiaki Miura, Flu
Siao-en, puppet mayor of the Jap
anese- held portion of Shanghai, and
the commander of the Italian de-
fense sector of the Settlement.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Rabbi to Be Guest Speaker

Rabbi Abba Abrams of Schenec-
tady, N. Y, will be the guest speaker
at an open meeting of the B'nai
Israel Sisterhood, at pm. tomor-
row, in the synagogue. Fourteenth
and Emerson streets NV Mrs. Louis
l.. Prawde will report on progress
being made for banquet and dance
to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary
of the synagogue founding.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Thief Tears Up Money

SAN BERNARDINO, Calf, Oct.
"a OPT was bad enough, COM
planned Anton Lundquist to police
that thief stole $43.
But what really made him furious
was that the intruder tore up two 81
bills and scattered the pieces over
MIR. Lundquist's hotel room.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Thief Calls on Phone

SEATTLE, Oct. "a R).-Mary
Merrick lost her purse, containing
81, in church.
A man telephoned her at home:
Il think there was too much
money in it for you to have so I'm
keepinp it."