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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-28
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BSTC TEACHERS Meet

Following tn general scheme
as outlined by the National Edu-
cational Association, the State
Department of Education, a
conference on the professionally
ing of teaching was held at
Bluefield State Teachers college
Thursday, July 27, beginning at
$3.50 and extending through the
entire day. =.
There were three sessions.
At $50, in the library hall, adj
dresses were given by prominent
men from various professions ::
DR.. c. A. Rogehs, Rev. H. C
Jones, Hon. Fleming Jones, and
Attorney j. S. Redmond. In the
afternoon, at 100, group ckn-
ferences were held. The follow
ing topics were discussed: Selec-
tive admission, room 102; Higher
Training and Internship, room
211; Adequate Salaries, loom
10; Tenure, Retirement and
Pensions, room 208; and Teach
er-PupiI Relations, room LOG.
At 2:15, the last general ses.
sion, H. Cliff Hamilton, assist.
ant superintendent of element.
airy education, and r. B. Mars
ton, executive secretary of the
State Educational Association
delivered addresses. Reports 0.
the various groups were give1
and a resume of the meeting
concluded the conference.
! Special committees on re
solutions were appointed, wit
tProf. y. H. Pruntysas chairman
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ing leader of this group to take
issue with the policies of the
New Deal; but he did it openly
and emphatically, and favor
able reaction to his public adj
dress on the Roosevelt taxing
and spending program was evil
dent throughout party ranks in
this state. 80
While Chiffon has been the only
one to fling his Roosevelt. banner
to the political breeze, there
is talk that soon the opposition
for it is no less-will have it's
standard bearer. Rumor has it
that Robert G.. Kelly, of Wheel
ing, former state chairman of
the Democratic committee, and
a close friend of Governor
Kump, will announce for dele
gate to the convention "unin-
structed."
1t is believed that the state
administration will endeavor to
send to the convention a free
delegation. In preparation for
this, the 1889 legislature, COM
pletely controlled by Governor
Holt, deleted from the primary
election law that prjvision
which required a candidate for
delegate to state whether or not
he would support the popular
choice for presiden. That was
the first overt act to clear the
way to IS e n d an uninstructed
delegation to the convention.
Issue Will Be Clear Cut
In the Democratic party, the
issue as to the election of dele
gates will be clear cut. Those
who are for Roosevelt and the
New Deal will say so. The others
will ask to be chosen without
instruction. 1t is doubtful if they
will be so bold as to say they
are against Roosevelt, but un-
doubtedly they will try to slide
through without definite COM
mment.
On the other hand, the Roose-
welt supporters, led by Chiffon,
and Nicely, can be expected to
make a vigorous and never ceas-
ing fight for their favorite. 1t
$ not improbable that they will
take the position that those who
are not openly with them are
against them. If they carry on
the fight along that line, there
will be buckets of blood and
plenty of bruises.
At this date, it is eminently
! clear that the Democratic party
in West Virginia is facing a
bitter campaign battle that pro
misses to split the organization
wide open next May.
BY Calvert Estill of the INTEL.
gencer Staff, Wheeling.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-28
VI Dorado WAa CAief

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|thsi oilded one," was the nRras Of
. ckiAi Of the region . he SHORES
Of Lake Naraesibo T. VsnsNusle
and aot the name Of . country or
part Of one as Is generally supposed.
The r,isdonceptiGn was aided In
part BY Yoltare's placing OF part
Of the action m Candle" in the
%ODdsrful land oi,"El Jrsd0"",,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-28

Mrs. Virgie Walker P'iersop
Of Columbus, Ohio, was here 9
few days the guest of her sister
Mrs. Georgia Walker and ,other
relatives. -.
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State Democrats Face
Split and Party Fight



Charleston, w. Va. - War
clouds h ang over Europe and
the Orient, and over w. Va, too,
Democratic musicians may all
whistle to keep up their courage,
but the old timers in the ranks
know that the party faces the
worst p Ii t and the bitterest
factional fighting it has ever
experienced in this state.
The line of Cleavage is becom-
ing clearer day by day. Two re-
cent happenings h ave made it
quite distinct. Last week, w. E.
Chiffon, Jr., son of former U s..
Senator w. E. Chiffon, and edit
or of the Charleston Gazette, an
nouced his candidacy for dele
gate to the Democratic nation
al convention on a platform con-
tanning one major plank, the
reelection of President Rbose
welt .w eek.
The second is the more recent
attack made by Senator M. M.
Nicely on Governor Holt for the
part the latter took in putting
miners back to work at the Nc
Kell and other operations. Nee
ly referred to Holt, though not
by name, as a strike-breaking
public official, and condemned
his attitude as one which had
prevailed 40 years ago but
should not prevail now in the
era of "the more abundant life"
Neely's outburst, which was
probably prompted by those on
whom he leans for votes, follow
ed by just a day the TRADE loos-
ed against the governor by Van
A. Bittner, who characterized
Hollis letter to the idle miners
as "the swan song of a peanut
politician" 81
Unless both these gentlemen
have a decided chang of heart
and such a thing has happened
in the past-neither Nicely with
his federal patronage forces
nor Bittner with his mine union
will follow the state administra-
ton in the next primary election
unless the state house gets
intellectually behind the New
Deal candidates from the top
of the ticket to the bottom.
AS things stand today, the in
buence of the Chiltons is linked
with the influence and activities
of Nicely, in spite of the fact that
Nicely double-crossed Senator
Chiffon when the former sought
TO return to the United States
Senate. That betrayal was bit
ter. The scars never healed. Yet
the two forces stand shoulder
to shoulder today because they
both seek the same objective
reelection of Roosevelt.
Across the Border
On the other side Of the Dor
der, not so openly but neverthe
less getting set, is the conserva
tive antiNew Deal crowd headet
By the state house and forme
Governor Kump, Thus far, Go,
Holt has been the only outstanC
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-28

Mr.. Mean Kahn Of Pittsburgh
visited here Sunday afternoon.
He has been in N. c., for several
weeks.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-28

The Times is read in most of
the homes of McDowelPs educat-
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/
annual meeting of the American
Teachers Association in Atlantic
City, n. j, July 1928 will b.
addressed by outstanding Negro
educators. On Tuesday evening
DR.. J. II. Lee, President of the
Florida A and M college, will
give response to greetings We'd
nesday morning VIM. N. Jones,
Managing Editor of the Afro
American will speak on What
the School can DO in Developing
Qualities of Character Essential
to Successful journalism" and
Il. w. Bullock, Director of the
Georgia division of the NYA Re
search and YMCA Director, will
talk on THE Rural School and
Our National Character.
Three outstanding speakers
on Wednesday evening will be,
Council Trenholm, President of
of the Alabama State Teachers
college, Montgomery, Alabama
speaking on Character Atti-
tudes Essential in the Prepare
ton of Teachers" DR.. Robert. p.
Daniel, President of Shaw uni
versity, speaking on Psyche
logy and Character, and c.. c.
|spauldsdss Prss:dsnt Of the g
Mutual Life Insurance com Nv,
discssing character Qualities
Essential to Success in Bust
ness"
The Thursday morning SEES
sion promises to be interesting
W t h Mr.. Villa Carter Burch,
Director Of Primary Instruction,
Public Schools, Washington, ID.
c., talking on character Deve-
lopment in Early Childhood" r..
Arnold Hill, Director Depart
ment of Industrial Relations,
National Urban League, discuss
ing character Qualities Essen
tial to Success in Occupations,
and DR.. +. Rivers Barnwell,
Director Of Negro Health, Texas
Tuberculosis Association adj
dressing { he convention on
Health Education al Charact-
err" -.
The two speakers for the
Thursday evening meeting will
be DR.. Leon A. Ransom, Howard
university, Special Attorney for
the NAACP, talking on Past
Efforts and Present Status of
National Legislation Affecting
Equalization of Educational
Opportunities" and A. Phillip
Randolph, international Presi.
dent Of the Brotherhood oil
Sleeping Car Porters, discussing
Character Qualities Essentia
to Satisfactory Labor Relations
Between Employer and EmployC
What the School Can Do t.
Help"
The closing addresses on Fri
day will be made by J. II. p
Evans, Special Advisor Negro
Affairs, Farm Security Admins
tration, Washington, on "Hov
the Farm Security Program
Working Through Rural Schools
MAY Aid in the Development o
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Evening star., 1939-04-15
News From Abroad
On Trans.Lux Screen

One note of peace at last has
come from abroad to the Trans
Lux screen. In Madrid people ap-
pear happy once more, and barri-
cades of the civil war are torn down
as armistice comes to Spain. There
is, of course, plenty of saber rat
ting in other quarters reflected on
the neWsreel theater's screen. The
Mediterranean crisis is here; a Pol
ish representative arrives in Lon
don for conferences: Britain looks
to her home defense: grain flows
from here to Europe to fill war bins.
Other items include the arrival of
the Yankee Clipper in France, a
preview of the New York World S
Fair, a clip on baseball's Tooth an
niversary and a host of additional
news notes which make good pic
torial copy.
The shorts on the bill are varied
one tracing the life of Rembrandt
through his most famous paintings,
another visiting Manila to examine
the Queen City of the Pacific"
with it's contrasting of modern
American and old Spanish influ-
ences, the third going to the Ba-
hamas to watch fishermen battle
the giant blue marlin, and the
fourth being Walt Disney's 1.-THE
Clock Cleaners" H. M.
Evening star., 1939-04-15
'DodgeCity:
Stays at
Earle
Film Is Third
In 10 Years to
Be Held Over

If it is the static quality of mo-
ton pictures that has been bother
ing you lately the Earle is your
palliative. Because it is not static,
to mention none of its other virtues
in this sentence, Dodge City" has
been held over there for a second
week. 1t is the third picture to
earn that distinction at that thea
ter In 10 years. a circumstance
which should give even the non-
movie goer pause.
A tale of the upbuilding of the
West, which was a terrifically dead
ly job to judge by the script of
Dodge City" the picture goes all
out for excitement Call it glorified
horse opera if you will, it neverthe-
less has action that never lets up.
Moreover, it has Enrol Flynn and
Olivia de Havilland in the starring
roles, both of them playing very we'll,
and a dash of technicolor which
makes Kansas look lovelier than it
ever has before.
The stage show, designated the
youth parade of 1899, is headed by
Cass Daley, perhaps the daffliest
singer of her time. Beyond its
headliner the vaudeville program
has nothing of distinction but some
how manages to exhibit every va
riety of the dance from top tap to
the most violent adagio.
Dodge City" is frankly a film of
that genre which assumes the audi
ence wants action. 1t provides it
in the form of such things as chill
dren being dragged to eternity be-
hind runaway horses, saloon
brawl which is one of the most
destructive land humorous hand
to-hand struggles in screen history,
cattle stampede, the most violent
kind Of outlawry, street fighting that
is noisier than the Battle of the
Marne and other items too numer-
Gus to mention. There also is a
very neat little romance running
throughout the story, a romance in
volving Mr.. Flynn and Miss de
Havilland. of course.
Originality may be lacking in the
script of Dodge City," but that
really is nothing to complain about
in view of the excellence with which
it has been played, directed and
photographed. 1t teens with ac-
ton, as good melodrama should.
Its heroic people are more heroic
than any you have seen in months
its villains more villainous.
1t is definitely worthy of consid-
Grafton if you have been yearning
to see film involving action that
never lets up from the first bright
technicolor shot to the silhouette
of the lovers marching toward
eternal bliss at the end.
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Where and When
Current TheaterAttractions
and Time of Showin&

National-"Skylark," new comedy
with Gertrude Lawrence: 2:30 and
$3.50 pm.
Wardman Park-Civic Theater S
production of Euripides' THE Trojan
Women: $3.50 pm.
Keith's Three Smart Girls
Grow Up" and Deanna Durbin
sings: 11:l5 am, 1:2O, 1925, $50,
7:35 and 9:45 pm. March of Time:
l, 3:05, $40, tbs and 9:2O pm.
Capitol-"Ice Follies of 1899, :"
romance on skates, with Joan
Crawford and Jimmy Stewart: II
am, las, 4:30, tbs and 10 pm.
Stage shows: 1898, a:20, sos and
$50 pm. Z
Earle-'Dodge City," Sheriff Enrol
Flynn finds excitement in the old
West: 9s30 am, IL, 2::3O, 5, 7:35,
1905 pm. Stage shows: 11:20 am,
1:50, AIS, 6:55, 9:25 pm.
Metropolitan - Women in thu
Wind" Ladybird Kay Francis goes
adventuring: 11:55 am, 1:55, 1855,
5:55, 7:55 and 9:55 pm.
Columbia - Sergeant Madden. u
Wallace Beery dons brogue and
joins the force: HAS am, las
$50, $50, 7:50 and $50 pm.
Palace-''Midnight," gay love COM
edy: IL am, los, 3:15, $40, 7:30
and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts; con-
tinuous from 10 o'clock.
Little-'"The Lady Vanishes," sus-
pense by its. master, Alfred Hitch
cock: II am, 1910, 2:20, 4:15, sos
7:55 and 0:45 pm.>
Open-Air-"Pacific Liner" melo-
drama Of the high seas.
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Sergeant Madden
Now at Columbia

Notable for presenting that be-
loved old mugger, Wallace Beery, in
the most subdued mood he has
achieved in years, Sergeant Mad
den" now has turned up at Loew's
Columbia for a second week on F.
street. Mr.. Beery, guided by Josef
Won Sternberg, who used to make
Marlene Dietrich coldly subdued
and lovely, does a fine job in this
one of impersonating one of New
York's finest"
He does fine job in spite of the
fact that it is the one about the
policeman who thought the force
was the finest tradition in the
world and who had two sons, one
good, one bad. 1t is made more
lively this time by Mr.. won Stern
berg's directorial touches, which dis
cover that there is still some drama
in the old tale; by Alan Curtis wig
orous playing of the son who turns
from the right side of the law to
the wrong, and by the face OF
Laraine Day, a newcomer who
should stay for awhile.
But it still, so help us, reaches
that point where Sergt. Beery stalks
an alley, gun in hand, to announce
sternly: "This isn't your pop talkin';
it's the law!" H. M.
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Palace Film
Is Bright
Comedy
Claudette Colbert
Back in Form
In Midnight

So many cinema comedies which
set out to be bright miss the objec-
tive so widely that when one like
"Midnight' comes along, it induces
almost an excess of enthusiasm. The
picture at the Palace is full of vir-
tues, the most worthy of them being
Miss Claudette Colbert in one of
those brittle, witty roles which
demonstrates what a treasure she
is to Paramount and the public. A
pair OF other noteworthy qualities
are e supporting cast of unusual
agility and a story that is down.
right smart. Altogether, that is q
rare combination of excellences
which maybe you ought to jot down
for serious consideration.
Midnight" for all its intimation
OF blackness and evil deeds, is MOTH
ing of the kind. On the contrary.
1t is very happy, spicy tale of a
girl who is we'll, up on the tricks of
talking the world out of a living.
A very luxurious living, let it be
said. Beneath her lacquered exter-
ior, of course, there is the old heart
of gold but the latter never is OBJ
noxiously manifest in the story's
unfoldment.
The merriment of midnight" is
superinduced primarily by the antics
of Miss Colbert but John Barrymore,
among several others, contributes
Importantly to it. AS an aging mil
lionaire with wife trouble, Mr.. Bar
rymore has a considerable oppor-
tunity to be that arch comedian
into which he recently has devel-
oped. He makes a great deal of it.
j c,
Evening star., 1939-04-15

ing up to the total Of making her
a colossal nuisance to everyone.
Bruce Manning and Felix Jackson
who wrote the screen play are ex-
perienced Durbin story creators.
They have followed the thoroughly
happy formula of making all their
characters extremely likeable, rec
ognizable people. Beyond that, they
have put into their mouths dialogue
that sounds unbelievably bright
without consciously being so.
The action of the drama gives
Deanna chance to sing four songs.
Each fits logically into the move
ment of the story, all of them are
familiar, and all show that Deanna
has been studying much and prac-
tlcing hard at her music. Her voice
has matured without the loss of its
natural charm. Excellent produc-
ton has been given all of the vocal
interpretations, especially that of
'The Last Rose of Summer" and
Because" Both are designed to
tug at the heart and both achieve
the effect desired. Charles Winnin-
ger as the father of the Craig girls
undoubtedly had no trouble making
honest those tears which he sheds
during Deanna's singing of the first
mentioned number Neither do
members of the audience.
Subordinate performances In
Three Smart Girls Grow Up" are
excellent. Mr.. Winninger as the pre-
occupied father makes an incredible
role credible. Nan Grey and Helen
Parish as the other two sisters, one
an unconscious siren, the other a
rt-broken adolescent, give the
kind of performance which Director
Henry Roster insists upon in all
Durbin pictures.
Most surprising bit of playing in
the picture is that of Robert Cum
mings. A handsome young fellow
with flair for comedy, Mr.. Cum
mings has been overlooked in the
Hollywood scheme of things in re-
cent months That will never hap
pen again unless the cinema moguls
are very, very dumb. for Mr.. Cum
mings has everything it takes to
make the public like him.
X X
The supplemental features of the
current Keith bill are interesting,
not only in themselves, but in that
they demonstrate that short subjects
need not be inferior because the
feature is unusually attractive
Topping the pair is March of
Time, the entire release of which is
concerned with Japan and what is
happening to it under the urge to
expand which has involved it in un-
declared war with China. 1t is
very intelligent bit of pictorial
journalism. up to the standard, in
deed, of the recent release on the
Mediterranean situation.
The speed with which Walt Dis
ney has been turning out his ami
mated short subjects recently has
not affected the merits of his cur
rent effort. The Ugly Duckling"
The old Disney whimsical charm
ornaments every moment of the
picture.
All told, it is rarely fine program
that Keith's is offering.
Evening star., 1939-04-15
Women in the Wind
Stars Kay Francis
At METROPOLITAN

Your respect for Kay Francis, no
matter how great it may have been
before, will increase a thousand
fold should you see women in the
Wind" the new picture at the
Metropolitan. Miss Francis and the
Warner Bros, you know, got on the
outs while back. Miss Francis
rebelled at her roles, and the studio
rebelled at her rebellion or some-
thing. Anyhow, she was cast in a
picture which was slightly on the
class B side, then another, and
then resigned herself to her fate and
waited for her contract to run out.
Her calm resignation was matched
only by some beautiful timing on
the part of the studio, which started
with B and worked right down to
the end of the alphabet for her
last f1lm.' women in the Wind"
is not very good. In fact, it is
slightly terrible, unless more respect
is due those aged and creaking
cliches.
But Miss Francis will win your
respect. Never once does she give a
hint of = self conscious moment
She squares her shoulders, looks
disdainfully down her nose at the
common herd and troups through
it with magnificent naturalness that
is almost bravado in the face of the
script. Bill Gargan and Victor
Jory, now, do not do so we'll. They
usually are capable fellows, but here
they seem to realize what they are
doing, and they are not too happy
about it. women in the Wind
is the tale of girl flyer who wants
to win the women's air. derby to
finance a specialist for her injured
brother. She almost borrows Ace
Boreman's plan, but his wife comes
along to announce their Mexican
divorce is not legal, and she is 60
ing to fly the ship. Then Ace gets
another plane for his love and she
wins the derby after losing all her
gasoline and knocking off a wheel.
There are complications, of course,
but they do not seem to interest
even the people involved In them,
50 there's little point In discussing
them.
Evening star., 1939-04-15

Dave Apollon, as usual, has a
show that skips right along and
presents host Of talented people
to brighten the Capitol's stage
Music by the combined Apollon and
Capitol orchestras is lively and lilt-
ing and the mad sputtering Rus
sian knows how to make a show
move.
Star Of the doings this time is
Melissa Mason, whose rubber joint
ed contortionistic maneuvers stopped
Yesterdays first show like that
old joke said the police of jack
sonville would stop the Spaniards
If the tide Of the Spanish -Ameri-
can war turned. No use saying
anything other than that Miss Ma
son vowed them!
Other entertainment varies from
the amazingly smooth acrobatics of
the Six Honeys to the orchestral
limitations of the oxford Boys to
that fine puppet affair of Tommy
Trent's and there is considerable
more singing, dancing and tom
foolery.
Evening star., 1939-04-15

towns, Nelson the big cities. with a
reverse arrangement for their next
tours.
All that stuff about Ginger Rogers
being left out in the cold, because
Fred Astaire has moved to Metro
and Eleanor Powell. is so much
nonsense. Ginger is delighted. She
does not want to dance in her
pictures. II came to the movies to
get away from hoofing," she told me
recently. I'm tired of dancing.
It takes too much out of me-" Fred,
incidentally, received $150,O00 per
picture in his new studio. In fact,
the only person who is not pleased
with the new arrangement is Mrs.
Astaire, who was hoping that her
husband would make good on his
earlier promise to retire from movie
making. Her chief reason-she
wants her son reared in the East.
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