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The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16
ELKS CONVENTION

DIR. Price Terrell, Mr.. Roy
White, Mr.. Otto Mason and Attor-
ney Charles. F. Davis, returned
TO the city Thursday August 81
from the Elks convention in New
York city. While in New York
they visited the Worlds Fair.
On the way back they visited in
Washington, Baltimore. Pitts
burgh, and Chicago.
y X y
AN OUTING
On August 18th, a group of
well known men composed of DIR.
c. H. Singleton, DR.. West, (broth-
ar-in-law of Mr.. Jess Hardin,)
of Washington, D. c. Mr.. Cleo
Mortimer and H. w. Black, left
for Lake Adnry, Minnesota for
n fishing trip. The party made
the drive of 545 miles in about IL
hours. After leaving the main
highway the drive was through
about miles of virgin forest with
foliage of all kinds so thick that
the car was rubbed and marked
at every step of the way. The
road was just wide enought to
admit one q at a time with an
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

bruises and seventeen stitches was
taken in one leg. His. condition is
very painful. He was attending
the picnic Sept. 18th.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

1906 N. 18th st. Conducted Madam
Cecilia Ellard. Wednesday night
services is conducted by Madam
Buffkins.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

Mrs. Adeah Payne 2516 Blonde
St., returned Sept. 9th from visit
ing her sister. Mrs. Shaw. She
deported a wonderful trip. Mrs,
Payne spent 10 days with her sis
ter.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

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suffer. Use NURITO on this guarantee today.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

A spiritual meeting is conduct
ed every Wednesday night and
Sunday afternoon at 800 Pm. at
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

Mr.. Percy Stewart of 551l So.
51st has been very i'll. He was at
tended by DIR. Virgins.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

Mr.. Ray F. Miller of Lincoln,
Nebraska is the house guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell E. Reese
of 1924 Binney.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16
COLORED OLD FOLKS HOME
GET TAXES EXEMPTED

Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Price ap-
peared before the Equalization
Board, and made a drastic plea
for this most worthy organization.
Mr.. Price was very gentle in his
argument. He told every reason
why all properties belonging to
this organization should be free
from taxes. Mrs. Price, well arm
ed with ace records of the pro-
p~erties was able to give a concise
and accurate account of all funds.
Taxes have been paid on the fol-
lowing properties for a period Of
10 and 16 years:
Lot Z block IL Bedford place,
North 90 feet.
Lot IL and f. 80 #.
Lot IL block Z Bedford place,
West 40 If.
Lot 10 blocok, 3 Central Park
addition.
Mrs. Price is the treasurer of
tho home. MI. Price is on the pro-
perty committee of which Mr..
Charles Solomon is the chairman.
MI. and Mrs. j. o. D. Newiand
of 2917 Grant St. entertained a
number of friends at their home
Sunday, August 81. The out of
town guests were: Mrs. Mable
Wiley and Mrs. Beulah Gibbons
and son, all of Berkeley, Califor-
MIA. Mrs. Gibbons was en- route
home after burying her husband,
Francis Gibbons, in Peoria, Ill.
He was killed in the wreck of
the streamline train last month.
-oOo--
Mr.. and Mrs. Saybert c. Han
ger and daughter, Jusnita Ann,
and Mr.. and Mrs. C. T. Smith, re-
turned from a four thousand mile
trip the end of this week. In their
travel, they covered st. Louis, Mo.
indianapolis, Indiana Atlantic
| City. New Jedsey; Columbus, o.;
| and Cleveland, o.; Baltimore,
Maryland; Pittsburgh, Pennsyl.
vania and Philadelphia; Pennsyl
vania; New York City; Niagars
Falls, both u. S. and Canadian
side; Buffalo. New York; Detroit
Michigan; and Chicago. III.
While in New York, Mr.. Han
ger attended the Alpha Phi Al
pha convention. He is vice presI
dent of the Omaha chapter. The,
saw the Worlds Fair in New Yorl
and the Brooklyn Bridge. Lie
tie Miss Hanger had a chance b
take candid shots of the Magyar
Falls from all angles.
Among other things they say
was the monument TO the Negr
soldiers in the largest park II
Philadelphia. Very few Negroe
know about this monument. Mis-
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

Mr.. Watson who is blind and
resides at 1920 Pinkney suffered
head injuries from a fall down
the basement stars at his home.
He was attended by DIR. H. Wig
gins.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Freddie Miner at
2512 Decatur we're blessed with a
fine badly boy, September 9th.
The mother and baby are doing
nicely. She was attended by DIR.
Herbert Virgins.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

Mrs. Myrtle Parker, 2615 Frs
kline has been on the sick list since
Sept. 10. She is confined to her
bed.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

Mrs. Lydia Wilson has just re
turned from Denver after a two
months visit.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

Mrs. Sally jackson is getting
along just fine after being i'll
about six months. 1884 North %.
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Miss Bertha Smith has return
ed from Denver, Thursday morn
ing at 700. While in Denver, she
went to Colorado Springs to see
the Cave of the Winds, Garden of
the Gods, Helen Hung Falls.
Lookout Mountain and the Red
Rocks. Miss Bertha Smith report
ed a nice trip. Miss Bertha has
entered Central High School this
fall.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

Mrs. Mabel Smith fell in front
of her home, 1920 Grace st. Sept
ember 7 and got quite a bump.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Graham of 1874
N. 20 were blessed with a fine
baby boy September. The mother
and baby are doing nicely.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

Mrs. Owens O,Neil of 1921
Caldwell St., is on the sick list
as she has been for some time.
She is in the hospital.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

Mrs. Julia Lowe of 2432 Frank
lin St., is improving slowly.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12
OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE
PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE :.

On February 18th, so many years ago
that nobody now living remembers the
day. child was born whose name was
10 become a synonym for the very Wofd
american. He was Abraham Lincoln,
destined to become President of the
United States in hours more trying imam
any before or since.
Today the nation he loved so dearly
needs again the counsel of such man
as Lincoln.
We who journey in our motor cars
to places far or near on the holiday cee-
brating the birth of this great President
might do worse than to review III con-
temptation the things Lincoln stood for,
and re-dedicate ourselves again To his
ideals.
If there is one picture that appears
in every mind with mention Of that name.
il is the picture of rugged, far from
handsome face which escaped ugllnesS
only because of the whimsical, tender
turn of the lips and the love of humanity
that lit the eyes. Yet these character
istics were only the reflection Of desire
that endeared Lincoln to men and women
of his own generation, and that has
enshrined him in the hearts of his coun-
trymen ever since.
It was the desire for unity, for peace
and for national happiness.
Written in words of fire on the brains
of contemporaries and later generations
alike were his words: United we stand;
divided we fall
Today there is a great need for prac-
tical application of those very words.
Today the nation faces a crisis in its
industrial and economic life. 1t is
crisis that threatens to set employe
against employer, industrialist against
statesman, leader against leader. 1t is
crisis not so bloody as the one America
weathered under the guidance of Lin
coin, but nevertheless a crisis as far
reaching in its import on Democracy.
Lincoln's words can be applied to the
America of today. His love for the fel-
low man can solve today's problems, If
only we would allow it to work within
US as it worked in Lincoln.
If only every person could realize,
as Lincoln realized, that he cannot al
ways be right and the other man cannot
always be wrong; if only every man
would try as hard as he can to substitute
fairness, honesty and sincerity for sell
fishness, anger and greed, then Lincoln's
words of yesterday might solve the prob
lens of today.
Today, even as yesterday, we must
seek our salvation in unity, not in dis
cord
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12
WE STILL HAVE so MANY
THINGS TO Do"

Death of Pope Plus XI, known through
out the civilized world as the Pope of
Peace, takes from the world a man of
boundless influence for good, but it
leaves to the world a signpost for the
guidance Of others who aspire to spiritual
leadership.
No man or woman, Catholic or nom
Catholic, can read of the Pope's last
words :. I'VE still have so many things
to do and then the single syllable
. Peace" without surge of admira-
tion for the man whose life was dedicat-
ed so thoroughly to the hope that war
and hatred might be abolished from the
globe.
In those words is represented belief
to which all can subscribe, regardless
of religion or sect. In them is manifested
the hope of all humanity and the pro-
test of everyone who is called from a
task still unfinished
We can only hope that someone will
carry on, do the things still left undone,
and bring the peacesso devoutly prayed
for
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12
THE RIGHT TO LAUGH
New York Times J

American cartoonists have done Won
ders with Mr. RooseVelt's chin but their
Italian contemporaries. no matter how
much their fingers tickle, dare not dis
tort II Duce's massive lower maXiliary,
Where now are those rude artists who in
former times helped bring sense of
proportion into the political life of Ger
many? Even Mickey Mouse is suspect,
and Donald Duck would be interned at
sight.
One concludes that there is no right a
democracy ought to cherish more tenaci
ously than the right to laugh at anything
and anybody it thinks is funny Mr.. David
Low British cartoonisD hints that this
right may not be safe in England. One
would mourn its loss there. or in France,
far more than its loss in Germany. Ter
ritories may be lost, spheres of influ-
ence may be contracted. the road to India
or Tunis may be threatened but civiliza-
ton can survive if Joke continues to be
called a joke and is not disguised as a
great man OF great idea. For, appalling
as some of the worlds great men, and
great ideas" are they are also funny.
It is tragic laughter that would ring
around the world today if all mankind
were free to look at its predicaments in
its proper light. But it would be healing
laughter.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

some of the older fellows in Con-
gresS came around to me and talk
ed like this.
They said: Now, son, you've got
a good bill there-an aWfully good
bill. You nurse it along and play
with it. but don't push it too hard
OF you might get it passed. II you
don't get it passed, why you can
stay in Congress 20 years on that
one bill
That sort of thing happens, you
know. a fellow will introduce a
bill and won't really try to get it
passed. It makes good stuff to talk
about back home. Each campaign
ne can go back and talk about his
bill and tell how he must be re-
turned to Congress SO he can fight
for it. That way he gets reelected
But I got my veterans bill
through. I secured passage of a
bill involving millions of men and
billions of dollars. Then l got An
dy Mellon out of the way, and
Your correspondent interrupted to
say Hun
Mr.. Patman pointed out that III
December of 1881 he brought inn
parchment charges against Secre-
tary Mellon in the House of Rep
resentatiVeS. The charges were re-
ferred to the House Judiciary Com
mittee, Snd Mr.. Patman spent
week bringing in evidence to prove
that Mr.. Mellon had violated The
law by continuing to own a buSi'
ness or businesses while serving a!
head of the Treasury Department.
In January of 1882, he said, jus
when it was time for Mr. Mellon
representatives at the hearing t.
present the secretary's side, MI
Mellon resigned
Anyway, getting back to the chain
store bill: Mr.. Patman says tina
he knows of upwards of 100 mem
bers of the House who will vot
for the bill. There will be more
he says. and the Senate will folloI
the Houses lead.
The bill is now before the Way
and Means Committee. Date fo
hearings on it has not yet been SCI
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12
Willis 7horntons Editorial On:
The Youth of Abraham Lincoln

The best possible observance of
Lincoln's Birthday would be for ev-
cry American to read some of the
words Lincoln has written.
He wrote SO clearly, SO simply, so
beautifully. And he learned prac-
tically unaided.
In the brief autobiography y
which Lincoln wrote once in a per-
Sonal letter just before the Civil
War, he told the story of his edu-
cation:
There were some schools, SO CALL
ed lin Spencer county, Indianal but
no qualification was ever required
of a teacher beyond 'readin', Wrltln' ,
and cipherin', to the rule of three.
If a straggler supposed to under
stand Latin happened to sojourn
in the neighborhood, he was looked
upon as a wizard. There was abb
solutely nothing to excite ambition
for education. Of course, when |
came of age, l did not know much.
Still. however. I could read. write,
and cipher to the rule of three, but
that was all. l have not been to
school since. The little advance l
now have upon this store of educa-
ton | have picked up from time TO
time under the pressure of neces-
sity.'
SO the man looked back ON the
days of his youth. Il did not know
much" he recalled But he taught
himself much later ON, after school
days were over.
That is the key to al! education
It's aim is to make man wise
Some men, true, became wise with
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12

WASHINGTON - Congressman
Wright Patman of Texas Is gong
ahead with his fight against the
chain stores-in spite OF everything
That lin spite of everything Gov
ers a lot of ground; for Congress-
man Patman woke up the other
day to discover himself enrolled III
the growing army Of those who
mistook the notorious Coster-Mu-
sica. of RIcKesson and Robbins loG
a gentleman, scholar and an hon
est man.
This looked like a body blow at
his campaign to get through Con-
gresS a bill restricting the opera
tions of chain stores. Mr.. Patman
had made speeches here and there
about the country for pay; McKeS-
son and Robbins mad sponSc4ec
some of those speeches; the impll-
cation was that the anti-chaln store
bill, far from being blow against
the interests in behalf OF the
plain people was a scheme to re
iiGVe big manufacturers from t1'
necessity Of making hugc discounts
10 chain store buyers.
Mr.. Patman discussed all OF thi.
in detail on the floor of the House
the other day. He says the Nc
Kesson- backed speeches concerned
a bill relating to price discrimina'
tions in wholesale and retail trade
passed long before his chain stor'
bill was introduced.
Anyway. he is still fighting TO
the chain store bill
Congressman Patman is a strap
ping chap with a beaming smile
a receding line of rather curl
hair, and the general appearance
of a -tongued statesman. III
remarks rather sorroWfully that II
accomplish anything in Congress
you have to make enemies, ant
says that certain members are eX
ceedingly jealous
you know" he says. "When
first came to Congress, in 1929,
introduced my veterans bill''-th
bill to pay so per cent of the sol
diers' bonuses Immediately - AM
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12
WE BOUGHT IT,
WE WANT IT
St. Helena Starr

There is an ever increasing demand
that the Social Security funds be ear
marked. These payroll taxes were levied
for definite purposes, as definite III the
minds of the payers as the gasoline taxes.
Diversion to the ordinary uses of the
federal government is definite attempt
to incorporate these payments into the
wasteful program of the administra
ton. Employers and workers alike are
paying for security of the worker, not
for the present administrations high
handed financial responsibility.
No one can find fault with the idea
of Social Security. Like SO many other
aims of the New Deal, this ideal Of
security in old age is fundamentally
sound and fundamentally popular. 1t
is not at all new. 1t can work. But II
is fraud of the first magnitude 10 take
these tax payments month by month
and spend them fer something entirely
foreign to the ideal We bought Social
Security. the government is merely the
warehouse for that security and has no
right to take the stored money for other
uses We hope the present Congress will
hamstring the present diversion attempts
of the Roosevelt regime.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12
You re Telling Me-

Remember that light fall of snow
that Chicago and the middleWest
enjoyed recently? Well, you ought
to see the Florida papers.
A Kentucky hen gazed at an
electric light bulb and laid an egg
the size and shape of the bulb. The
owner should try hanging pump
kin ON the light cord.
Swing music frightened CHM
panzeeS in a Philadelphia 200. ClVi-
lization presents hazards unknown
in the peaceful jungleS.
The Poultry congress in Cleye-
land decided on campaign to in
crease use of eggs Many problems
have been created by the Wane OF
vaudeville.
The loan business should show a
seasonal increase in March. Moth
ing like the income tax TO stimu-
late borrowing.
TODAY'S MODERN PROVERB:
It's more profitable in the long
run to bury the hatchet than to
dig a trench.
Washington taXicab drivers say
diplomats do not tip generously
Just another appeaSement problem
Jimmy Fox, slugglng first base
man of the Boston Red SoX, re-
Tented i'll his demand for forty
thousand and signed for thirty
thousand. A triple instead of a
home run.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12

out any formal education. Lincoln
would never have been a fool. even
if he had not been able to read,
write, and cipher to the rule OF
three He might even have be
come wise, for he was obserVant.
curious. reflective.
But education which means in
its original sense, merely the draw
ing out" of latent abilities, Was
necessary to bring out the Lincoln
who stands like a colossus over the
American scene. Lincoln knew that,
and, since ready opportunity was
denied him. he fought for every
chance 10 read books to meet in
teresting people to do everything
that would widen his horizons and
open the broad world to his eager
mind.
Read his words. and see how this
man who as a youth did not know
much.' taught himself mastery of
his English language. 1t enabled
him to pass on to people of his own
time, and down to us by the writ
ten word, the wisdom that came TO
him as education helped him TO
develop it.
The ceramonials ale well enough
But the best tribute to Lincoln at
his birth date this year would be
for every American TO read his III
augural addresses. the Gettysburg
speech, his letters and papers. Fol
by his own naked efforts Abraham
Lincoln made himself not only al
educated, but a wise man.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12

If YOU have that or II YOU can de-
yelop it in yourself, the chances
are pretty good for you TO earn So
600 a year-if YOU are connected
with an organization that can at
ford to pay you that much.
These two words, creative ma
gination." mean the ability to ere
ate and develop ideas II you can
develop a new idea in your de-
partment. or business - something
that had not existed until 1t pop
ped INTO your head-then you are
III Inc for moving Up into the hl2h-
er earning brackets.
Getting ideas docs not mean get
ting more ideas, but better ideas
Many million dollar fortunes have
been made from single idea
Turn your ideas over. inspect
them until YOU find one that VIII
stand up. Then go after It with
all your strength.
How can Xou get an idea when
will put 5000 a year III 4our iap:
Well. here. according to DR.. Laird
are six Wag5 10 get ideas:
/ You must first search 1or I'M
portant general rules. and then pu
them into use. Always work from
the general TO the specific Tha
means. learn about a thing as
: whole before you begin to study IL
. details Get d grasp Of It IN 1t
J entirety. then work down
,. Criticise your own ideas. Don
l.
that It is perfect. Tear 5our Owl
idea to pieces because someood
else vii Then you will know II
weak spots and can build them III
3. Devise Improvements IL som
daily routine. then try to figuf
out now similar changes could ap
plx IN .0ar general work. Waite
s Giffora's rise with the America
Telephone mad Telegraph Compan
BEGAN when he worked out va
10 ill in the slack hours on Ia
vie. He called it might letter
Thousands Of people were connect
ed with the company, yet he va
tie ono - see its possibilities
4. SEEK as many friends as pos
siDle in fields Of work diflercr
from your own. From these diver
gent fields you Can sometimes pic
up ideas which viii apply IN yoL
own.
5. Learn to direct your daytin
dreaming into a DAILY "Ramblin
Thought Hour Relax, day-drean
This very process helps your min
in the process Of originating ne
ideas.
6. Read outside your own fielo
cont interest yourself only in yoL
own business learn somethin
aDout the other fellows, too
After you have originated an ide
and after you've torn it to piece
and pieced it back together, the
put it oyer It will do more fl
your advancement than all yol
late, routine hours al the Off
put together
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12
Horoscope for Saturday

Today's birthday child will have
a successful year. Use your imagi-
nation and originality because they
viii bring you success. Someone
older than yourself will also help
YOU. A word OF warning, however,
is to avoid changes and litigation
The child who is born today will be
fortunate. for he will be Of a
thoughtful. intuitiVe and deeply un-
derstanding nature. He Will have a
successful career possibly at sea
or in the secret service.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12
Horoscope for Sunday

If the person whose birthday Is
to-day will restrain his tendency to
oyer-optimism and any extraya-
oances, the year will bring him sue
cess and happiness. Also avoid any
entanglements liable to cause court
litigation. The child born today may
cause some grief in his immediate
family. for he will be inclined t
olarrell with relatives. He will want
to live his own life-to be free.
He will be a light-hearted person
however impetuous and generous,
hut headstrong. He will enjoy a
fair measure of fortune through
life
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12

fathers brought forth
this continent conceived Liberty, and ded
TO proposition that all created equal
engaged civil testing whether
that nation dedicated long
endure great battlefield of that We have
of final resting place for those
that that nation might live 1t alto
gether fitting and proper that should do this
a dedicate-We not con-
haowths ground The brave living
and struggled consecraed it, far above
power The world will little long
remember forget what they
living rather be dedicated here 10 the
which they have thus far nob carried on II
dedicated the task remaining
before honored dead take increased de-
which they here the last full
ue of devoon highly resolve that these dead shall
van-ha this nation under God Shall have
new that the Of the people, by
the pop and people, shall from the earth
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-12
Photographs

Sing Sing prison, New York,
possesses an excellent school, d
good library, and makes possible
religious teachings for all denom-
nations and a course of lectures
dealing with active personal eX-
periences, politics, adventure, etc.
Ireland also has its Coney Is
land. 1t is Lough Neagh, and is
much older than the New York
pleasure resort.
Firearms are not allowed in
Bermuda. Even the police force
carry only short night sticks or
truncheons,