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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-04
COLLIN GQUEEN

Miss Patty Berg. 20-year old Min- neapolis golf star, captured ten of the thirtean tournaments in which she competed during 1888, including the U. s. championship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-04

Miss Kathleen Crowley, director of the Waterbury Girls Club, Is attending the National Board of Review Conference in New York city. Miss Crowley Is member of the executive committee of the board.
 The three- session will close to- night with the 24th annual ban quet. Celebrities of the stage, screen, and radio will take part in tho entertainment features.
 During the session a protest was voiced by members of the Con- necticut Probation Association, of which Miss Crowley Is chief executive, over the manner in which motion pictures are exploit ing young girls on probation as problem girls"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-04

Several Waterbury teachers, representing the Teachers Asso- ciation. attended the hearing Thursday on the Bridgeport board of education bill. The Waterbury group was headed by Miss Daisy Lord.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-04

evening worthwhile. 'Dick" Bald win, well known traffic oflcer. heads the general committee of arrangements named by President Michael J. Kyle. One of the big numbers of the evening will be staged by the Pine Valley Drifters, Waterbury's outstanding novelty orchestra. They have clicked on the radio and their services are now in great demand. Harry Shackley will supervise the wrest- ling and Mickey" Dance, the box ing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-04

The Waterbury Bar Association will strongly support Senator Gull hane's bill for enlargement of the county courthouse at Waterbury. The bill would authorize New Ha- ven County to issue bonds to finance the erection of the addi- ton, which lawyers say Is badly needed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-04

Marie Church, Mrs. Mary Blake, Mrs. Agnes Buckley, Mrs. Agnes Ahearn, Mary Donahue, Mrs. James Cusick, Mrs. James Dillon, frs. Arthur Phelan, Mrs. Margaret Parker, Mrs. Grace Kelley, Mrs. Ma rie Mulhall Mrs. Mary Keane. Mary Gracy. Mary Briody, Mrs. Mary Harrington, Louise Briody, Mrs. Mary Brett, Mrs. Cell Carey, Mrs. Bertha Heidkanip, Mrs. Leo Coleman. Mrs. Thomas Brophy. Mrs. Stuart Crichton, Lillian Rehor. Mrs. Rose Reher. Mrs. Margaret Ceitubar, Mrs. Charles Cook, Mrs. William Haggerty, Mrs. Michael McKenna, Mrs. Joseph Woods, Mrs. Josephine Slattery, Mrs. Winifred Creaven, Mrs. Anna McGrath, Mrs. Ellen Shiel, Mrs. Elizabeth Downey, Mrs. Teresa Mahon, Mrs. Nora Kelly, Mil- dred Tierney, Marguerite Tierney, Mrs. Stasia Cunningham, Mrs. Pat- rick Mullen, Mrs. Dennis Curtis, Catherine Mullen, Mrs. James Bar- rett. Mrs. James Brady, Mrs. George Grimes and Mrs. John Weiss.
 Basketball
 "Red" Gladney's Reymond Hillies were surprised in defeat last night at the hands of the Robins, 33-22, in the preliminary game of the Washington Park league. The Gents of the Hill knocked of St. 'Ann's 37-30.
 Earbcnders' Scores
 Donovan was defeated 22-20 by Dulac in the Earbenders' "45" tour- namert but managed to remain at the top of the standing. Other scores were: Murphy 24, Blake l8; Conway 24, Mrin le.
 The standing thus far is: Dono- van l2-5; Blake, ii-6; Dulac, i0-7: Conway, 6-1l; Morin, 5-i2; Murphy, 8-e.
 Baldwin Props
 Approximately 38 couples at- tended the first annual dinner -dance of the Baldwin Props A. c. last night at Craig Loch Manorfi. Arr arrangements were under the direc- ton of sylvio Monte, president.
 Tn gay resumption of their traditional custom. the Earbenders of Washington Hill will gather to- night at the Washington Park Community house for @ corned beef and cabbage supper. Several guests have been invited to attend.
 The Renders have also completed plans for dinner to be held next Saturday night at Botelle's.
 Tonight the boards will creak under the weight of the sumptuous spread which is to be prepared by members of the clan.
 President Tom Conway will pre- side. Arrangements for the affair have been made by Ralph Ruggles, John Tehan, Arthur Dulac, Arthur Frageau. James Kelliher and sey- eral other members.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-04

It Is not expected that the liquor bills filed in the legislature will be given public hearings for at least several weeks. There are scores Of liquor measures await ing action in both houses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-04

Headed by an array of city's foremost entertainers and the boys" who make the headlines of the sport page as boxers and wrestlers, St. Margaret's Holy Name society will sponsor their annual smoker Monday evening in the auditorium of the school. Four acts of vaudeville, four box ing bouts and four wrestling num- bers will be staged. There will be plenty of refreshments and sev- eral novel features to make the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-04
Legislatiue Notes

Hartford, Feb. { - Senator George T. Culhane will ask the senate Tuesday to vote unani- mously to allow him to present a bill instructing the secretary of state to furnish each member of the legislature with @ list of ali registered lobbyists and legislation in which they are interested.
 A banquet by the Veterans or- ganization in the assembly will be held in Hartford before the close of the session. Representative Daniel Mahaney of Waterbury is president of the organization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-04

The judiciary committee has announced that all It's public hearings will be held in the old senate chamber. The cities and boroughs committee hearings will be held in the house chamber.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-04

Governor Baldwin is studying his list of appointments to im- portant state positions. Several appointments will probably be aa- nounced next week.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16

would still be scrubs. Kidneys
made the difference. The same is
rue Of Negroes and poor whites;
al they need is Kidneys" The big
Negro is no more than an ordinary
alley Negro fed on kidneys.
Kidneys are important! 1t Is not
a mans color or his pedigree; it is
whether or not he eats Kidneys"
and I speak thus of economic op-
portunity. My cats have no ''fa-
Jher" Of pedigree, but they are
beauties. They eat kidneys. A few
g nerations of kidney-eating and
they may disown any kinship with
The alley cats; they may claim
superior blood. They may pro-
claim themselves "Nordic cats" etc.
They may explain their fine looks
and their happy lot by blood, but
..idney- eating is the explanation.
If l could get economic kidneys
for the oncoming generations of
Negroes, I should have no fear. If
I am the Gloomy Dean it is be-
cause I am pondering the poor
prospects Of getting kidneys for my
people! The race problem is prob
lem of finding Kidneys" for my
ceOplel
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16
T-B Film Seen
By More Than
5000 1000

New York, N. Y.,tSr+S) Nor
han 100000 persons have already
seen the film, ''LeC My People Live,
made last year by the National Tt.
berculosis Association with the GO.
operation of the National UrbaL
League and Tuskegee institute, Dr.
Cameron st. c. Guild, Field Direc.
tor of the Associations Commute
las informed the League.
DR.. Guild pased his estimett
upon figures submitted by loceI
tuberculosis associations in cities
and counties all over the Unite
States. About one million of these
who have viewed the film, he said
were whites; the remainder wer-
Negroes. Both derived equal benz
fit from the presentation, although
it was prepared especially for show
ing to colo ed audiences.
At present 362 prints of the fin
are III use throughout the country
DR.. Guild stated. Forty-seven o.
these prints are on 35 nm film
for showing in commercial thea
tres; the remainder are on s2fetS
film, and are shown at meetings and
small gatherings.
The picture, written by Edward
Lawson, Managing Editor Of OP'
PORTUNITY Magazine, ar1C
starring Rex ingram, was shown
once q day at the Science and Ed
ucation Bcildi'g of the New Yorf
Worlds Fair during the summer
this partly accounting for the large
number of white persons who saw
it and arrangements are being
made for its showing at the FAN
again nett summer.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16

IND KIDNEYS

MORE THAN A year ago an al
ley cat infrequently put in her ap-
pearance about my back yard. She
was without doubt one Of the poor
est excuses for a cat one ever saw.
she was poor and detected and
Scrawny, ith one Of the ugliest
coats of fur imaginable. She was
Just a poor creature, and that is all.
AS soon as she could snatch a NOR
sci or two, back to her alley she
=. took herself in great shaste. By
and by she did not appear so wild
and finally came out of the alley
and took up her abode in my home.
Having just finished mourn
ing" the loss of very fine pet cat,
We were not altogether unkind to
her, nor averse to her adoption.
This alley cat prospered under
conditions and soon she improved
in appearance and when the alley
habits had been discarded she took
on new lease of life. She began TO
look like cats should, although her
alley life chung to her and even
under the fine treatment, the al
ley" in the cat seed out.
AN OLD SAYING
You can gel a man out of the
country 1t is said, but not the coun-
try out Of the man. So We could not
get the 'alley" out Of our alley cal
although she was a very much i'm
proved creature. But our cat coulc.
not stand prosperity-as many hu-
mans cannot-and so began to have
callers and dates, etc. Fearing
that she was going to bring "dis-
grace into the family, she was
! handled rather positively, and she
:; began to stay away nights, and she
| wound up by bringing five little
dirty, ugly, scrawny alley kittens
| nome.
A big family fuss ensued. She
might have bsen forgiven had
there been one or two, but wnen
she aspired to be g Feline Dionne' ,
our patience was snapped, and 50
We turned her and three Of he1
little ugly kittens over to the
SPCA, but kept two brindle kittens.
Thsy were sorry kittens, ana What
more could have heen expected u
alley kittens? Nothing from moth
.ng leaves nothing!
1t had been said aforetime by the
elders that kidneys are good for
Kittens and so l decided to feed
1hese all9y kittens on kidneys, in
jtead of the conventional cat diet.
And what happened! 1 have two
Of the finest cats in the country.
You talk about your Maltese and
Siamese cats, your Angeras and
Blue Persians, but these ped.greed
cats have no time with my alley
eats fed on kidneys. Fine fur, fine
form, fine size, and fine tempera-
cnent. Nothing scrubby about
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16
Three Negroes
In Crew With
Admiral Byrd

PORTSMOUTH, va.-(A N p 80
Valued members Of the crew at
tached to the USS Bear, now en-.
route to the frozen Antartic will
the expedition headed by Admiral
Richard Evelyn Byrd, were the
following colored Navynlen: As
sistant Cook j. l.. Littieton, U. S.
Navy, formerly assigned to the
local Navy Yard; Dccoven NJ
Martin, officers steward. third
class, of Norfolk; and G. Gibbs,
Philadelphia, mess attendant.
Iittslebon is assistant to Coos
Emil Swenson (wbite) and upon
them will fall the responsibility
OF planning and preparing the
meals for the long. desolute trip.
Next major stop of the Bear and
it's companion ship on the voyage,
USS North Star lis Panama.
They will make their last con-
tact with civilization about Christ
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16
Catholic Welfare
Group Commended

WASHINGTON (ANr) - The
Federated Colored Catholics we're
commended Thursday by the arch-
bishops and bishops of the admin
istrative board of the National
Catholic Welfare council for tfeiy
work in relieving injustices to Me-
gr1es.
The prelates wrote to DR..
Thomas w. Turner of Hampton,
president Of the federation: "Your
activities foster the hope in us that
you will be great force, gathering
strength with the years. to break
down customs and practices which
have placed on our colored breth-
rem the ugly burden of crushing so.
cial injustices."
The letter was signed by Arch
bishop Samuel A. Stritch of Mil
Waukee and Bishop Emmey M.
Walsh of Charleston. s.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16
u. s POSTS EXAMS FOR
CRAFTSMEN

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(ANP)--
Examinations for the following
positions were posted this week by
the u. S. Civil Service Commis-
sion. Principal Engineering Drafts
man, $4,000 a year; Senior Engi-
neering Craftsman, $4,000 a yeaI;
Engineering Craftsman, $1,000 a
year; Assistant Engineering Drafts
man, $1,62o a year; Junior Engi-
peering Craftsman, $1.400 a year,
application deadline, Jan. 2-5, 1910
Principal Engineering Craftsman
(Patents), $4,000 a year, Bureau OF
Aeronautics, Navy Department, APP
plication deadllne Jan. 2-5. 1940;
Junior Medical Officer, (Rotating
Interneship), $4,000 year and
Junior Medical OFFICER frsychlatric
Resident), $4,000 a year, in st.
Elizabeth's Hospital, Department Of
the interior, washington, D. c.,
application deadline, Jan. 2-5, 1910.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16
BETWEEN THE LINES BY Gordon B. Hancock

them. They are feline arlStocrats.
A diet of kidneys explains IL all.
they are affectionate and frugal.
lhey bring in birds ana RABBITS
and rats have permanently vacat-
I'd thsSe parts. They are the boss
feet, and must TO in my living room
eats of the neighDorfood-they eaC
.ridneys. Every night they watch
tOr my Car and as soon as alight
hey run around to tangle with my
or Jun and recreation,
DON'T CLAW HANDS
I have a cathode leading from
The outside to large hall and Gel
ar. But these kidney-fed cats want
TO spend some time each evening
n my living room where they romp
and play and tussle like two young
men. Saw one pitch the ether over
lis head last night. They don t
Gight and when play with then.
they strike me with their paws hut
never with their claws. They don t
claw the hand that affords the
hidneys.
This is my point: For many dec
AIDES, sociologists have been trying
to decide whether it is environ-
Alent or heredity that determines
>ocial destiny. I have always been
inclined toward environmentalism
but with the kidney-fed cats as a
living illustration, am irrevocably
joined with the environmentalists.
Without kidneys, my fins cats
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16
IN THE SOCIAL REALM

the Index the past two weeks.
We are asking each one to get his
news article in this office not lat
er than Sunday and that your sub
scription when past due to be for
warded to the office-Sincerely,
Editor and Publisher, Albert Il.
j. Gibson.
Woro was received that Rev.
Meters cotton picking truck over
turned last week injuring d num-
her of people slightly. Several of
them were left in Booker T.
Washington hospital.
MIR j. w. Pigee of 1921 East
Washington is on the sick list at
this writing Mr.. Charlie Brown
Of 1915 East washington is still
improving
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16
ThOmaSville And

All the lots in the town sites
will be turned over otthe purchaser.
Those who do not want to take
hold will get their Post Office
Money Order back.
Mr.. Ellis Johnson has been
moved to 1914 E. Monroe Street.
After about eight weeks in Booker
L Washington hospital, he is
still improving at this writing.
We are once more asking that all
news articles be sent to the office,
typed and 6ouble-spaced.
Owning to the serious illness Of
Albert j. Gibson, Editor and
Publisher of the Phoenix index,
there has been quite a delay with
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16

The Bridge Builders club of the
ProgI essive AIMS held their regu-
lar weekly meeting Tuesday after
noon, December 5. Twelve girls
were present, five members were
absent due to illness.
The girls Sewed on their dish
towels for an hour then they
listened to a very interesting pro
gram rendered by members of the
club. Members participating on the
program were: Joan Coleman,
who reviewed the book, Camp
Kin Jockety": Liuberta Green,
who sang solo; Hazel Williams,
who reviewed the book, MARY
Ropius Comes Back" and Yvonne
Christopher, who sang a solo.
The club wishes for its sick
members a speedy recovery.
The Elite Club held its weekly
meeting Thursday, December z.
They worked out plans by which
they will give their breakfast
dance Christmas morning from
5 to / o'clock.
They discussed problems con-
cerning boys and girls.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16
CHURCHES
M. and ID. MEETING CALLED

NJ and D. meeting of Salt River
Valley will meet at st. Luke Bap-
tist church, 18th Averde and Lin
coin, Rev. King, pastor, December
29-30. Friday topics; Church Rela-
tions,' Ministerial Relations and
Fellowship by Blood and Author
ity Limitation" Saturday topics
will be: ''Our Brothers. How Tc
Entertain" Church Covenant ard
Church Government" ''MVsion
Joint Net Work." and Spiritual
Periods Special invitation to our
officers and ministering brothers to
join in the deliberation was voiced.
Rev. j. w. Gray is president.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16
4th POStpOnement

NEW YORK-(S N S)-The 4th
pcstponement Of a hearing will as
sure Willie Lee Butts, 1A-year- old
youngster, whom the Georgia
authorities are seeking to extra =
dite from New York to stand trial
on o charge OF criminal assault,
another chance, according TO DON
aid Crichton, who is defending
him for the National Association
for the Advancement Of Colored
People. Crichton said the hearing
has been postponed until Dec 20.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16
Negro Cook Thrown
Overheard; Others
Beaten With Hammers
Italians Save African
Sailors from Added
German Brutality

BY NANCY CUNARD

PARIS, -(ANP)- This week brings horror stoI9
from Africa which rivals of the worst in slavery times
and which fully corrobOrates the Africans fears what
would happen to them under Naz domination 1t s in fact
story Of Nazis and Negroes.
Two days before the sarted German costal tue
the Kionga", left Port Tanga in Tanganyka (erritoy
which had been German until the World war; 1t carried
Negro of 22 and there who did not escape
tell the tale. Of two German passengers eadel
of the Tanganyka proecorate since Hters rise to
The captain, too, of course, was German.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16

sour Steering Committee" sa1o
DR.. Walker 'is the Leagues plan
ming committee and was able dur
ing or Oklahoma City conven-
ton to outline a program Of ac-
tivlties which is largely response
ble for the presenr widespread
interest in tie league.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16

At the end of the five-day voyage
the tug arrived at Kismayu in
italian Somaliland, and there the
Negro sailors were able to explain
to the authorities the reason for
their terrible physical and mental
condition. ''T'he captain beat us
with hammers and spanners and
also with his fists" they said. One
Of them had been locked into a
lavatory for seven hours and had
water with chilli pepper thrown into
his face, SO that, when he was taken
out of it had collapsed and al
most died. just before Kismayu
the Negro cook had been thrown
overheard.
"Wby were these Things done?"
they were asked. They could give no
reason. But the captain himself
told the italian authorities: There
is no war on" That seemed to him
q sufficient cause-and doubtless
the fact that these native sailors
were British-protected subjects and
in his power lent a zest to the
Nal racial theories Of the black
mans inferiority. The Italians, to
their credit, took over the Tangan-
yika, and the words which termin-
ate this information which has
come from -ES-Salaam say
their terrible condition was due
to ill-treatment."
The Allied arihfes are encamped
all along the Maginot line, in many
places no further away from the
German armies than a few huL-
dred yards. Winter sufferings are
considerable, for reports appear
daily of the rains, the floods, the
cold and the mud. At the southern
end, near Switzerland are many
colored troops Moroccans; they are
strengthening this sector which is
becoming more and more impreg-
nable with steel Notifications, tank
traps, blockhouses. This is what the
News Chronicle" Qeading Eng
lish paper) correspondent says oi
them: "I saw these Arch cavalry
men, with nothing to distinguish
! them from French soldiers now ex-
cept their dark faces and tight
steel helmets, digging at the hill
khaki turbans often worn under q
side, shovelling concrete into wood
en- moulds, wheeling barrows full oi
earth, and sometimes accompany
ing these simple activities with
wild, Oriental singing. Their com
mander, a grey-haired French ma
jor who had served long years In
North Africa, told me that they
were splendid troops"
Do not think that the Arab
soldiers are used only Gin fortifi-
cation works; they have been in
the thick of the fighting, and sew
eral Mohammedan names have ap-
peared "cited for valor," "decorat-
I'd for bravery in the field"
Madagascar figures in the news
this week too. Cairo papers, quoted
in the official Intercolonial Bull
letin published here, point out:
Frances colonial Minister, Mon
sieur Mandel, had recently taken
certain measures to insure the in
creased participation of native
Madagascans in the affairs If theil
island. The native vote has beer
augmented for the economic anc
+, financial councils of Madagascar
Instead of the previous TOO electors
there are now 10000"
That France recognizes the grea
collaboration In the defense Of this
| co1ntrv by her colonial peoples i
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16

ind1sputable, and there are man.
elements here (probably many NOR
than in England) who hold very
progressive views in favor of col
onized peoples. Perhaps the notl
chat strikes one most is this: Il
had been thought at first tina
about 100000 men could be mobih-
zed in North Africa, but thank.
to efforts made by the French
government with General Negues
the figure las risen to 2 million .
communications with North Africe
are assured. To be nuted is the
fact that by-no means all of this
huge number will see active service
in front-line trenches; auxiliary
corps and war work of different
kinds will occupy large :oropor-
ton. Naturally, one of Germany
bitterest criticisms is that Franc
employs colored troops to defend
her. How many million Frenchmen
are, however, at the Front? Gan'
eral Mobilization has called UP
about 8 million and maybe more
than half are on active war-zone
service.
Moroccan soldiers have already
shown their great valor in the last
war; they are described today as
IN excellent physical and moral
condition. Now another sort OF
troops is paid honor to; the west
Africans from the Sudan, already
numerous on French soil between
1914-1913. They were described to
me by a Frenchman in these words:
The gigantic black men of Bornou
and Ouadai, once they have learn
ed military instruction from
French officers, become an irrresist
able force, for they simply ignore
what fear, is"
This is the place to quote the
Sudanese proverb yoiced to me by
an African writer: when one eats
bitter peppers together it is only
right that later one should ea
honey toga ther." Translate: "Wt
have fought through hard times
together and now recognize oui
loyalty to France"
| A great incentive to the Afri'
cans readiness to fight Is the fact
that Nazi prosecutions, ill-treat-
ment of subjected peoples, and ra-
! 2;al theories are very well tnowr
now in the DARK continent.
MUSICIANS CARRY ON
From England news comes to the
Ethiopian, G. Tedros, who is a pri'
vate in training in England's big
gest military camp, Aldt rshot.
| American and other colored musi-
clans are carrying on their work
IN London, which, judging by their
accounts, sounds further from wal
han II o'clock-curfewed Paris
Some say they would prefer to b.
in Paris, at that. Norris is "com-
oere" in one of London's bigges
| ;Iubs. Marino Barreto. the Cubar
pianist, has his band at the EN-
| oassy. the cream of aristocratic
London nightlife. Frank Essisn has
a dav club, and invites me to
drop in and have a pcrnod some
time" (no easy matter from here)
|
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH
109 South l1th Street

Sunday School at $3.50 a. m. !;
preaching at II a. m; BYPU, 500
2. m; evening service, 1880
O'Clock; Wednesday at 1880 p. m
prayer meetings. You are always
welcome. Rev. J. w. Gray, pastor;
Albert j. Gibson, clerk.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-16
Bible Thought

WE MAY APPRoPRIATE GODS
STRENGTH AND WISDOM: BE.
hold God Is mighty, and despiseth
net any; he is mighty in strength
and wisdom.-JOb 36.5: