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Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-23

Stressing the Importance of in
ternational fellowship as means
toward building up good will be-
tween nations, Miss Jean Robert
son of Liverpool, England, gave a
fascinating talk Saturday on her
impressions of this country and her
work as fellow for Women's Uni
versity club at its meeting in the
Barbara Worth hotel.
Miss Robertson is doing research
work at the Huntington library,
Pasadena, and also some graduate
work in Claremont. studying under
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-23
Couple Married
Saturday

Miss Pauline Jamison, popular Ell
Centran and Alonzo Sidener OF
Phoenix, Arizona, were married
Saturday morning by Judge j. E.
Simpson at the court house.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidener will make
their home in Phoenix.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-23
BUSY BEE CLUB

BUSY BEE CLUB
Busy Bee Quilting club members
will meet Wednesday at the home
of Mrs. J. Steel, with Mrs. J. A.
Pritchard as hostess. The Steel
home is located one mile south OF
the Eucalyptus school,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-23
To Show Films of
Sino-Japanese
Battles

Roland S. Y. Lawler Chinese
citizen who is now in the United
States in the interests of China's
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26

NOBLE SISSLE, NBC Blue.
Sun, II p. M; NBC Red, Tues, II
p. m. Diamond Horse Shoe Bar
NYC).
MAXINE SULLTVAN'S Serenade
in Swingtime, CHS, Mon, Wed.
7:15 p. m. Also additional sched-
ule.
VAGABONDS, Club Matinee, NBC
Blue, Mon. thru Sat, p. m. and
the Jamboree, Fri, p. m, Wed.
10 .. m, NBC Except East) Tues.
Thurs. 1850 a. m. Vocal quartet
FATS WALLER, NBC, Thurs.
Sat. u midnite, WMAQ $3.50 Ky
nitely, IL midnite. WENR (87O Ky,
ritely, 100 a. m. Sherman hotel
Chicago.
VARIETY. INSPIRATIONAL
AMATEUR MITE IN HARRIET
WMCA (57G l). Wed. II p. m. tn
midnite. Apollo. NY.
MAJOR BOWES AMATEUR
HOUR, CHS. Thursday. 9 D. m.
FIST CHURCH OF DELIVER.
NICE, WIND (55o ~, Sun. u
rsi;1,ilite 10 a. NJ, Chicago.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
Harlem Sketches

hotelmen, taxi man, rOoming house
owners and all are of the opinion
that the people are staying away
from Harlem in large numbers.
When one can look up 125th st. or
Seventh avenue at 2 a. m. any
night in the week and see only a
few people coming and going, it
definitely shows something is
wrong.
Although the Plantation cabaret
is closed, said to be due to ABC
troubles, it was known throughout
Harlem that the place had been
suffering from a dearth of business
for sometime. Other places are
also suffering. SmalIs Paradise. in
an effort to keep open, has cut
its prices Con paper) and is sale
to be catering to the small fry in
Harlem.
There is one block near 135th
street where there are seven url-
dertakers located, some of them
next door to one another. All do q
good business. That little colony OF
colored people in the extreme West
COS have one of the cleanest, neat
est, streets and buildings in the
city. 1t is a pleasure to go into the
neighborhood. Few people who
have lived in Chicago ever come to
really like New York. "A tip to
those out of towners who want to
get into an apartment building:
ring all bells and some one will
push the door release even though
the person you wish to see Is not at
home. Some of the folk from
other cities are amazing at the
fact that colored and white taxi
men get along so we'll together. =.
Overheard an argument on 126th
street over who was the most val
liable to an actor manager OF
press agent. do not know about
the most valuable but I do know
the manager gets his 10 per cent
while in lots of cases the P. A. sell
dom gets paid for his work. The
ElkS tried to get reservations fol
200 of the anthlered herd at the
Theresa hotel, the largest hotel in
Harlem Catering to white trade)
and situated in the heart of the
colored district After a weeks de-
lay they were turned down. Seems
as though the manager poIled the
permanent guests and they turned
thumbs down. Sugar Hill mamas
are eating steaks since the influz
Of medical men,. Willie Bryant
had something on the ball when
he said that it was not sugar
Hill any more, just plain ole
"sWeetnen hill" and when it rain
ed it was not "sweetnen water,
which ran down but something
else.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
RATING THE RECORDS
By FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS (FOr AMP

sides have the feel of a. packed grin
!niU at three a. m. when the liquor
flows like hydrant water. Several
former Count Basic stars, Hot Lips
Page, Buster Smith and Abe Bolar,
are on the disc with Eddie Dough
Crty and Lawrence Lucie.
Woody Herman;s rapidly in
creasing fans ought to like DALLAS
BLUES and RIVER BED BLUES
both in different vein On Decca The
first is a medium tempo Utter
bug special while the second is
about as slow as they get and be-
comes almost guitar solo. Two
ballad heated up are OH YOU
CRAZY MOON and THIS HEAR
OF MINE by Al Donahye on Vo-
cslion.If you like these tunes,
you'll like this disc. The Milt Herth
trio (not the one now broadcast.
ing) has hot novelty version OF
EVERYBODY LOVES MY BABY
with ONeil Spencer drumming and
singing with Billy Kyle stroking the
rIano. The other SIDE of this Dec.
ca, with Teddy Bum added on gui-
tai, is the Fats Waller opus THE
SPIDER AND THE FLY. Sounds
mighty good!
RED RIDES AGAIN
Your seldom hear Henry RED
Allen playing today as he did in
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
RAMBLIN' FINGERS

It's pretty generally agreed that
Meade LUX" Lewis, Albert Am
mons and Pete Johnson are the
foremost opponents of boogie
woogie piano technique. Two new
discs give the ramblin' fingers OF
these specialists a chance to show
their technique.
For Blue Notes Records, Ammons
and Lewis team up on IL inches
of improvisation titled TWOS
AND FEWS. Lewis, who wrote
Yancey Special and Honky TonB
Train Blues has d left hand tech
uiuue that signs everything he plays
while AmmonS is almost as indi-
vidual with his right. The result,
with both men working together. is
a terrific performance in boogie
vein. The coupling is CHICAGO IN
MIND. a slow moody straight blues
by Ammons alone. For those who
want the best in present day jazz
this record is must item.
BOOGIE WOOGIE BOYS
Pete Johnson's contribution is on
Vocation. aided by the Boogie
Woogie Boys with Joe Turner, a
great blues singer, handling the
vocals. Titles are CHERRY RED
and BABY LOOK AT YOU. Both
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
By SID THOMPSON

| NEW YORK-(ANP)-
writer's on Harlem have told of the
sordidness of the lives of the peo-
pie of Harlem and may have con-
veyed to the world at large the
impression that Harlem Is the dir
test. most crowded, crime ridden
and unhealthiest district of all the
many which go to make up cos
mopolitan New York.
Those who have not seen the
way other races and sections OF
the city live will believe that Har-
lem is the worst. This writer has
recently had the good fortune to
be able to make many trips to
other sections of the city and has
covered New York from the Bat.
terry to the Bronx. going eff the
beaten paths for his information.
Some of the sights seen have
been amazing and unbelievable
Harlem at its worst could hardly
compare with some sections of the
city where white people live. J
7 would like to tell of the Lower
Eastside. where the Jewish immi-
grants from countries of Europe
live. Grand street, Delaney street,
Allen street, First avenue and
many other streets and avenues in
that section are as filthy, noisy
and dirty as any in Harlem.
Houses are older, have less con-
veniences and are rented as high
as Harlem flats. They also have
many people living in each home.
PUSH CART ROW
Orchard street in this district Is
the wholesale shopping district f0E
the many pushcart merchants who
abound there. One entire side OF
! the street is filled with row on
row of pushcharts, filled with
l every conceivable kind OF article
There is even the push cart mer-
chant who makes a speciality OF
selling secondshand clothing and
some of it does not look fit for q
tramp but he sells his goods to the
thrifty CD housewives of the
neighborhood.
There is also the used material
pushcart man who has a hetero-
genous collection of junk through
which prospective buyers look for
that which they need. There is
even a cart salesman who sells
propaganda magazines and tracts,
most of it blasts against Hitler
and his cohorts. He does a thl7v-
ing business among his Jewish
compatriots and seems to be man
of influence in the pushcart frat
ernity.
FAIR HURTS HARLEM
Now to get back to Harlem for a
breath of fresh air. There seems to
be something wrong somewhere
Other columnists in Harlem write
of the crowds seen nightly in the
various night spots and on the
streets Of Harlem yet this writer
must admit that he has yet to see
a crowded house or a crowded
street since the fair started. have
travelled from Sugar Hill to the
Lower Valley ad at all hours OF
the night and have failed to see
large crowds even on the streets
have talked to bar and grill
proprietors, restaurant owners
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26

CLIO k), Mon, $50 p. m. Vocal
quartet.
DEEP RIVER BOYS, CHS, Scat
tered schedule. Vocal group.
ROY ELDRIDGE, NBC Red
Thurs, 1890 a. m. Sat, $3.50 p. m.
Arcadia, N. Y.
LIONEL H A MP r O N and
FLETCHER. HENDERSON with
Benny Goodman, NBC Red, Sat-, 1C
p. m.
ELLA FITZGERALD. MIC Blue
Mon. 1890 a m. Tues, 5 p. M, Sat,
$50 p. M. Savoy, NYC.
BOB HOWARD WEAF' 1890 k
Thurs. II p. m. (Pianist and vocal
list, NYC).
LOUIS JORDAN, wNEw d25O
k). Mon, Fri, 11:30 p. m, Elks
Rendezvous, NCY.
PALMER BROTHERS, wNEW
1250 k). Tues, Thurs, p. m. In.
strulnental quartet
PoCKTN m PrrYTTTM. WHIP
(150o X, Tues, Thurs, Sat, 2:1r
3. N. Recordings.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
By HARRY LEVETTE

HOLLYWOOD, Calf tANP)-
Into the can" went the last reel
of zone Dark Night" from a
located spot far out in the Mojave
desert where the very tired, pers-
piring and detected MAINTAIN More
land as Sampson tried reason,
threats and bribery on his donkey
''Delilah" in his efforts to have her
"get along. Rushed as rapidly as
possible through the cutting room
by film Editor Art Brooks, it will
be ready for its world premiere
shortly.
Then will flash on the screen in
important parts for the first time
Million Dollar Productions new
crop of artists who have already
been predicted to become new
favorites among the swelling ranks
of popular colored movie stars.
These will include MAINTAIN
Moreland, the star of the comedy
drama; Betty Treadville, his lead
ing lady; Josephine Edwards.
Johnny Thomas, Jessie Grayson.
MAINTAIN has scored in Gang
Snlashers," recent MDP thriller,
and number of other films at
major and independent studios,
but this is his first starring We
hicle.
TREATED FAIRLY
All the studio officials from the
unit, producer Cliff Sanforth, di-
rector Leo G. Popkin, assistant
Eddie Saeta, on down to the least
technician treated the more than
Z hundred colored players with the
greatest consideration and fair
ness. Strict guild prices were paid
and strict guild rules were follow.
ed. With only few hours lost be-
cause of cloudy mornings, the pic
ture finished on schedule time.
Visitors from the East who called
were also treated with the greatest
courtesy and welcome heartily.
With several new pictures on the
preparing list work for colored
actors is pretty sure to pick up in
the near future. The Colored Ac-
tors association is still holding its
regular meetings and doing a great
deal Of good. Visitors escorted on
tours of the studios last week
were Mrs. Ed. Barker, the guests,
Mrs. Edna Lee Kansas City school
teacher, and Mrs. Estelle Boswell
besides her charming daughter,
Joan, of Compton Junior college.
Another group Yours Truly had
the honor to show around were
Prof. Mack Green. instructor OF
dramatics at WHEREFORE univer-
sity, and party. including his
mother and Mrs. Ferguson, ali from
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
THE MIGHTY BARNUM
WAS RIGHT

In Dunn, N. c., the old gagabout
elbow grease" caught another one
last Wednesday, After making an
inspection, K. W. Balientine, SAM
tary inspector, advised a cafe pro-
prietor to get some cleaning powder
and use little "elbow grease" to
clean the place
The poor fellow, afraid he might
lose his license, hustled to a furni-
ture store after the powder and a
can of elbow grease. The clerk
sold him the powder and sent him
to the drug store for the elbow
grease. He walked all over town
before someone set him straight on
the matter Now he is an ex-
pert on elbow grease.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
THOSE WILD RADIO RAVES

GEE GEE JAMES and JOAN
GREENE, CHS, Mon. thru Fri, 1915
p. m. miss James portrays Gee
Gee" in Her Honor Nancy James"
7-year-old Joan Green is Happy
HERMAN GREEN, CHS, Mon
thru Fri, 11:30 a. m. Horace on
the big Sister" skit.
BEGONIA MERRY WEATHER
WNEW (1250 X, Hon. thru Sat, 8
a. m. (NYC).
NEGRO NEWS tWHIP> Q480 k)
Hammond, Ind, Mon. thru Sat, 2
p. m.
SHARECROPPEPlS CHORUS
WIP. Philadelphia, SUM- 1880 a. m.
Also additional schedule.
SOUTHERNAIRES, Vocal Quar-
tet. NBC Blue, Sum-, 11:30 a. M,
Thurs, IL noon Fri, 1915 p. m.
ST. LOUIS BLUES, CHS, Sun,
40 p. m.
VINE STREET VARIETY HOUR
WEIB (86O X, Sat, AS p. m. Ckan-
sas CITY. Mo-
WINGS OVER JORDAN, CBS
Sun, 1890 a, m. .---.--
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
NEWS OF THETHEATRES
|IlN[Z l[II[5l4D
k !l|SgE|

Wilberforce and Xenia, 0. Daisy
Lee Mothershed is the most re-
cent bride in the sepia movie col
ony. Don't You Want to be Free
still going at its Central and Ais
locale.
"MIKADO" GETS RAVES
THE Mikado is Swing" getting
rave reviews in the dailieS, anc
packing them in nightly. The
Military Production players, thu
new organization Of ex-servict
men. mailed notices to the studios
that William Helm, former colone
of the organization, has resigned
from his position and has beer
discharged by it. They are also
making an investigation Of the re.
port that they are expected to re-
port to go on location for Para
mount two weeks ago.
Whoever is responsible is likely
to get into difficulties both with
the Screen Actors guild and the
studio Les Hite's band of IL
pieces worked in "A Day at the
Circus at MGM studio. :. -RaJ
mond Turner, widely known vet
eran of the silents, had good bits
in Columbia's Good Girls Go tc
Paris" and prison Song" he was
messenger last week in Million
Dollars zone Dark Night" Milton
Shocley who, also played in Zone
Dark Night" had nice bit in Sol
Lesser's way Down South" --1al
Williams played the part of a
cruel overseer in the same Bot
Breen film written by Clarence
Muse and Langstor Hughes.
And speaking of locations, the
huge cast of "Abe Lincoln in Inl-
nois" is now in Oregon for out
door scenes of this RKO Radio
film starring Raymond Massey,
who also starred in the Broad
way version of the Robert E.
Sherwood play.
LESSER LEAVES
Sol Lesser left Hollywood for a
three-day fishing trip in San Diego
county, after putting the o. K
ON "Way Down South now pre-
pairing for release.
Joseph B. Platt, noted New York
interior decorator and consulting
erchitect for the Condo Mast pub
locations, was signed last week by
David Q. Selznick to design in
teriors for the Selznick Interna-
tional production, "Rebecca".
Platt was former assistant pub
Usher of the Delineator. He made
a research trip through the South
last year to gather material to be
used in designing the interiors fol
"Gone with the Wind.'' his pre-
ceding assignment.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
Dixie Fair Tour
Sponsored In S. c.

GREENVILLE, S. CLAMP
Sponsored by the Colored Profess
sional and Business Mems club Of
this city, a guide for colored
motorists titled "Dixie to the New
York Worlds fair" has been pub
lished and 1000 copies distributed
free to colored motorists of the
Southeast.
Last Friday Charles A. r. Nc
Dowell, collaboration, U. S. Travel
bureau, New York City, was here
to address the local sponsors OF
the guide. He said there was an
increased interest among white
travel agencies in the promotion OF
group Negro tours, and pledged
full support of the U. S. Travel bu-
reau to any such project. The
tourists guide-an 8-page pamph-
let-gives in condensed form in
formation most needed by Negro
motorists driving to the Worlds
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26

1929 on IT SHOULD BE YOU and
PLEASING PAUL, a Bluebird reis-
sue. Hearing his tone, technique
and ideas on this double, you can
understand why some critics have
called him second only to Louis
Armstrong. j. G. Higginbotham, Al
Nichols and Charlie Holmes also
distinguish themselves with terrific
solos. &. . Believe it Or not, but Har-
~ James blows his trumpet ala
Cootie Williams in the nostalgia
MELANCHOLY MOOD on Bruins
wick, and in some moments the
whole band sounds like Ellington's S.
The coupling, popular tune titled
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
HEART is more in traditional
James style.
Mark down Count Basie's Decca
of OH LADY BE GOOD and YOU
CAN DEPEND ON ME as one OF
his best. Although the Count him.
self occasionally sounds too Fats
WalliriSh on the piano, he and
every soloist are positively thrilling
with Lester Young outdoing him.
self on tenor sax. .Bluebird has
also reissued four Louis Armstrong
sides, DON'T PLAY ME CHEAP
1889 and SOME SWEET DAY
1889; I HATE TO LEAVE YOU
1892 and THAT'S MY HOME
(1932). The latter title, best Of the
four, is from a previously unused
master record. am enthused over
all of Satchmos vocalS and trum-
peting but the other instrumental
lists leave me cold.
BING AND CONNIE
Bling Crosby and Connie Boswell,
Two of the most compelling voices
on wax, team up on couple OF
ballads for Decca, AN APPLE FOR
THE TEACHER and START THE
DAY RIGHT. If you don't think
these are the goods, you've got an
other thought coming. Unfortunate
ly, these aren't on the same plat
ter. STILL THE ,BLUEBIRD SINGS
accompanies APPLE and NEIGH
BORIS IN THE SKY is the COM
panion to Start the Day, both sung
by Bling. He also has another disc
sung also, A MAN AND HIS
DREAM plus GO FLY A KITE
1t this group doesn't please Crosby
fans, nothing will. Kay Kyser also
does all right by the latter coup
ling. His Brunswick has Harry Bah
bit warbling These tunes, inciden-
tally, are mainly from Crosby's new
film. THE Star Maker"
Best of the recent date records is
Rosetta Towards Decca of THE
1--WE is HERE and MEN ARE
LIKE STREET CARS; Big Bills
Vocation of YOU CAN'T WIN and
KEEP ON A-SMILIN,' and frankie
Half Pint" JaXon's Decca of YOU
CAN'T PUT THAT MONKEY ON
MY BACK and CALM COR
RINE. This latter platter with ex-
ceptional New Orleans style clarinet.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
NORTH CAROLINA
HEALTH OFFICERS

expressed concern Monday over
the growing number Of infantile
paralysis cases. The fourth case
was added to the Mecklenburg
county departments records in
Charlotte. DR.. G. l.. Rea, city
health officer, emphasized the i'm
portance of avoiding crowds and
personal contacts, such as hand
shaking and kissing. He likewise
said pets should not be handled
and care should be taken against
insect bites.
Down in Cloudmount, Ala, sew
eral hundred boys are under
quarantine in a summer camp
where infantile paralysis appeared
Twenty Miami boys were allowed
to return home under strict medi-
cal supervision in a special rail-
road car accompanied by physi-
cias. The parents had to sign
statements agreeing that their sons
be put under quarantine when they
reached Miami.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26

fair.
Sample paragraphs: GEORGIA:
Speed limit on state highways, 40
Speed limit on state highways, SIS
m.ph. Nonresident drivers of We
hicles registered under laws of
another state are exempt from reg
istration for 80 days. All railroad
crossings are classed as safe and
unsafe. A dead stop is required at
all unsafe crossings-walch for the
stop signs. Follow the detour
signs.
AUGUSTA, Ga: Population
$1,000, 400 colored; business
street, 9th street; hotels: Crim's
hotel, 725 9th ST., Harlem hotel,
1145 9th ST.; drug store: Johnson's,
1882 Twigg ST.; newspaper: Echo,
915 Gwinnett st; community CEN
ter: Bethlehem center, Conklin
ave-; colleges: Haines institute,
Paine college"
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
AGE LIMIT Is 30

CHICAGO-(ANP)-M
in branches of the National Junior
League Inc, is open to young wom-
en- up to the age of 80. it was an
nounced last week by Mrs. William
E. King. organizer, who is located
at 4140 South Parkway. Girls are
eligible for membership from high
school graduation and through col.
lege up % The state age limit.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
THAT'S THE BOY, RICHARD,
THAT'S THE BOY

When a friend informed N.Y.
and Mrs. Richard Nettles Of Lake
City. S. O.. that their four-yeaF
old son, Richard, Jr., had been
seen pedaling his little tricycle.
on the edge of town in the direc-
ton of Florence. Is miles away
the frantic parents set out to over
take him. When they finally over
took young Richard, he was pass
ing through Scranton, S.. c., sew
eral miles away. whippin' dust on
the Dixie highway He informed
his parents he was enroute tn
Florence to visit his fayorite aunt.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
THE CHANTING TOBACCO
AUCTIONEER

is easily understood by the down
home folks, white and black, but
the boys up in Maryland who plant
tobacco can't understand the tar
heel brogue. They wired down
South fer an expert and one was
sent. Now the lads in Upper MARI
boro, Md, have voted unanimously
to demand that the auctioneer be
replaced. Lets send him back
home and get someone who can
speak English" They stated that
their tobacco had been sold at
prices they would refuse to con-
slider if they were able to under
stand what was going OH between
the chattering Carolina auctioneer
and the buyers. Tenoop fomebright
49,. you take date?. Yah. Sold
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
ALLEN UNIVERSITY

representatives have protested to
the state TAX commission in Co.
lurnb1a against the proposed ncens-
ing OF retail liquor store direct
y opposite the college campus,
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
WUN, IN OLD VIRGINIA

The absent minded professor is
no myth in the Old Dominion A
certain college professor drove his
car to nearby town, forgot he
had it and came home on the train
Realizing he would have to go
back for his car, he returned tc
the railroad station. .ano by golly,
he bought a round trip ticket.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
By HAROLD JOVIEN

The following listing is in effect
for the week of August n only
All time shown is Eastern Daylight
Time. Subtract 1 hour for Central
Daylight time and Eastern Stand
ard time; 2 hours for. Central time;
3 hours for Mountain time, ard
hours for West Coast time.
Key to authorizations: CHS ndl-
Gates Columbia Broadcastlng sys-
tenn: MBS Mutual Broadcasting
system; NBC Red or Blue, National
Broadcasting Co. (k) stands for
kilocycle, and the number preced-
ing "k" indicates the number on
your dial.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26

I lived with his parents in Raeford
N. c., was struck and. instantly
killed by lightning during a
thunder shower Thursday after
noon. The boy came into the
house and while he stood in the
door watching the shower, a bolt
struck him.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
A. A. WELLMAN

became the first Of his race to
serve on county grand jury in
Gastonia, N. c., when he was
sworn in last wednesday for grand
jury service for the next six
months Negroes have been sum-
nloned for jury service before in
the. county, but have always been
excused Wellman is the first Ne
gro member in history.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
DOWN IN RALEIGH

Last Friday, Governor Hoey
named three North Carolinians to
work with the National Negro
Achievement commission in as
sembling an exhibit for the Ne
gro Hall of Achievement at the
New York Worlds fair. Appointed
to the group We're DR.. James E..
Shepard, president of North Caro-
lima college at Durham; John
Mitchell, district agricultural agent,
A. and T. college, Greensboro, and
William r. Johnson, director Of
Negro welfare, Raleigh.