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best barometers of conditions
are holding firmly to good levels.
Steel production in the week
was at 55 per cent of capacity
And in the same week, the STAN
dard Dow-Jones average Of in
dustrial stock values was Is PTS
above the years low.
A rise in automobile produc-
ton Is considered to be of I'M
oortance- many industries de-
pend n this vast industry for
their existence, and when motor
production is down the III eff
fects are felt throughout the
land. Domestis construction con-
tinues its steady rise, and great
hopes r placed on spring build
ing. Retail trade-prime bayo-
meter OF family purchasing pow
er-is fairly good.
Especially encouraging to bus
mess is the fast developing SEN
timent in Congress in favor of
economy. Those who want to cut
government costs aren't in the
majority as yet, but they seem
to be gaining new supporters
all the time.
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England "appeased" Germany
at Munich, by changing the map
of Europe and giving the Reich
almost free rein in Czechoslova-
kia. Today, in the opinion of many
foreign experts, England has
started on a new policy of ZAP
peasement" with Soviet Russia
a policy which is designed to make
it possible for the British lion
to show a much sitter backbone
If and when Hitler and Mussolini
make their next demands. And
most important of all the quiet
course of world events in the last
few months has apparently sub
stantially diminished the chance of a
major war occurring this year.
March 9Th was a dreaded day to
European observers. For on that
day according to well supported
rumors and unofficial reports, the
dictators would enforce the issue.
Hitler would make another of his
ringing demands for more terri
tory, either in Europe or the Bri-
fish colonies, Mussolini would
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name of the film will be Re
form School,"
Hall Johnson's choir is playing
a spectacular sequence in ut:
Spring Again. at the Hal Roach
Studios. In this picture the ehoil
will feature the old Southern song
'In the Evening by the Moon
light
WAY TO A MANS HEART
Pity the poor housewife who
frequently complains of the diff
ficulty of planning a menu. TIC
help tighten the burden of readers,
of this column, this spinster sug-
gests listing dishes-meats left
over, meat substitutes, vegetables,
salads, desserts etc. And keep in
a conspicuous place to be fire.
quently referred too. And give
poor dad a break by putting a
cross after his favorite dishes
lest you forget.
FOLKS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Edna Roselyne Hearde, versa
tile composer. The only woman in
the west Coast Federal theatres
doing original work. She recently
completed musical score for "Vol-
pone" which opened with an all
white cast at the Belasco theatre
on January 4th.
The musical score includes Over
lures, Entra'actes and songs. In
them Miss Hearde has preserved
and revived the beauty, charm and
dreedom of style that came into
being during 18th and 10Th Gen.
taries with the music of the mas
tiers of the Italian Renaissance.
LaRgston Huges: Who needs no
introduction: and whose name will
go down in posterity as being not
only a great poet, novelist play
wright and lecturer, but also as
one who is dearly beloved by
everyone who has been fortunate
enough to hear him speak, or
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en and Denmark and Norway, they
were next door to the World War
an kept their nose out Of it
and they were smart.
And take it right now, they are
swapping and frothing around a
gain in Europe, 3 OF 4 thousands
miles from our U. S. A, but we
arc trying to show off-and bal
anco e chip on u shoulder, or
something.
In the Encyclopedia you will
read where BiSmark went out of
bis way and finally stirred up a
war with France, 70 years ago.
Tho German people, they were not
itching to fight. But. Mr.. Bismark
ho craved to be a great person. He
craved a uniform with gold braids,
and he craved to ride the lead
horse.
But Mr.. Bosmark, he did not
carry a musket-when war came.
In the u. s. If we get foolish
an listen to all the honkers flying
around over head-and act like a
flock Of geese-we will be goose
stepping next.
Yours with the low down,
10 SIERRA
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University, under the auspices OF
the Services Bureau for Education
and Human Relations he did re-
search work on plays for Negro
audiences. During the two years
he spent at Columbia in search OF
appropriate plays, he wrote a play
entitled "The Child of the King
On me screen, Chilli So has
portrayed roles in Harlem is
Heaven" starring Bill Robinson.
"Crinason Feg" and "Hell's Alley
a gangster picture which he wrote
in collaboration with FRANKIE
Herndon.
Childress is married and is the
proud father of a baby girl. He
likes to play tennis and swims
like a duck.
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Ualike a great many Negro ac-
tor who have skyrocke.e dto star
dom overnight, Alvin Childress
wa. portrays the crippled jacques
in tho WPA Federal Theatre pro-
ject's sensational drama, Haiti"
now in its fourteenth successful
week at nc Lafayette Theatre in
Harlem, adamantfy refuses to ac-
cept the plaudits of leading critic
proclairing him one of Americas
outstanding actors"
Born in Meridian. a little own
in Mississippi, where life unfolds
itself gently and without excite
men. this newly acclaimed star is
tho /. N of Beatrice Childress, who
for tho past eighteen years has
held q responsible position in the
Department of Agriculture in Mer-
idian, AMI DR.. ] c. Childress.
Prior to her appointment in the
| Dept. of Agriculture Mrs. Child
ess taught school. Alvin recalls
many a spanking from his loving
nut strict mistress during the
| lime he wa one of her charges.
After C npleting his elementary
md high school training at Meri-
han. he attended the fashionable
Ruse College in Holly Springs,
Miss. a parochial institution under
the direction of the Methodist
Church of that town.
Whatever laurels r heaped on
'ho head of this lad who has been
sh = from yokellsm into the Broad
way hmelight is owed a strange
and unfartomed quirk OF fate.
At Rust College, along with IL
81 academic studies, he took up
dramatics as 2 sideline. Venzella
Jones, noted director of many
Broadway productions, and recent
ly a direcs,r for the WPA Fed
eral Theatre Project, was AIS dra-
matte teacher at Rust and is di-
rectly responsible for his swift
rise to stardom, for it was she
that persuaded him to come to
New York to appear in a play en-
titled "Wharf Niger" later pro-
duced as "S.evedore.'
Unfortunately, a certain ciseum-
stances o and he did nt get
the part of in "Stevedore." Re-
fusing to accept defeat, the am
bilious Childress male the rounds
of Broadway theatrical offices.
John Golden, famous Broadway
producer, impressed by the glib
talk of this lad from the deep
South, gave him a part in a play
called Savage Rhythm
Since then Childress has played
with numerous stock companies in
and around New York. He appear
ed in "Romeo and Juliet" Faust"
dreamy Kid" Hams Daughter"
and a one-act play by Eugene
O'Neill.
We next find the ambitious
youth writing material for radio.
In collaboration with Mr.. Burke
Boyce, who for the past eight
years has been head of the Con-
tinuity Department of the Nation
al Broadcasting System. He wrote
three radio scrips, "Sneeze It."
Thunder in the Valley" and
"Dixie." He made a great impress
sion with his dramatization of a
slave in a sketch entitled 1.-TWO
Faces which was broadcast over
WNYC.
At Teachers College, Columbia
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ms pen have been "Ain't Misbe'
havin'", "Sposin'", make Behsvl
Ballroom" christopher Coium-
bus" "My Fate is in Your Hands,
"Stcmpin' at the Saw "" Mem
cries of YOU" Handy Man,
"Keepin' out of Mischief Now"
"Elack and Blue" "Honeysucklc
i.ose', "If it Amt Love-" etc.
ASCAP, or the American Soc1e-
ty Of Composers Authors and Pub
fishers highly respects Razaf as
ne of its top-ranking members.
Hc is n of the only two colofeo
,ongwriters to succeed in making
Il living entirely by writing songs.
j C. Johnson is the other one.
(ANP)
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read his works-and who hasn't?
Mr.. Hughes recently arrived IN
Los Angeles after a cross-country
lecture tour Since in Los Angeles
he has lectured at high schools,
colleges and churcIes-some of
them all white audiences. He is
now writing the script for "St.
Louis Woman" for the Federal
Theatres.
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los ANGELES C~AvALCAOE
By Gypsy Payton

Thought for the week-HoweVer
deeeitful hope may be, yet she
carries us on pleasantly to the
end of life.-La Rochefoucald.
A FEW YEARS AGO, ALL
roads let to Harlem. To-Day, all
roads and all traffic leads to Los
Angeles and Central Avenue. 1t
is quite obvious that many of these
persons who follow these roads,
think tae words spoken many
vars ago by Horace Greeley
Go West oMung Man'-still has
meaning an rewards. In 1920 there
were 10000 Negroes in Los Ange-
les. Today, there are $4,000.
The fast increasing population
has caused a lt1uring problem
that is becoming acute and alarm
ing. Finding a place to purchase
eaas not yet become a difficult
matter. But finding a place to
rent-furniahed or unfurnished-
is like finding lilies of the valley
growing on q desert.
As in other large cities, the
vast bulk of people come from the
South There are few native Cali.
fornains. And ? few native East
erners. Texas, Louis'hrlaa, Ms
iauri, Kansas, and Oklahoma,
seem to lead in importations.
ALL AT HOME HERE
No MATTER what part of the
country people come from they
can find their own climate here.
Here or in nearby communities,
we have the cotton fields of the
Old South, the CANT oleanders of
Georgia, the magnolias of the low
err Mississippi valley, the jasmine
of New Orleans.
You can go a short distance to
tho mountains and find the eli
mate of the colder states, to-
gether with winter sports of every
kind. Or go down in the valleys
and find the climate of Texas,
Tennessee and Virginia.
ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
Rent and food are cheap in COM
parision to salaries obtained here.
More food can be bought for a
dollar in Los Angeles than in any
city in the World Salaries are
very good too, but work is scarce
as foliage in January. And be-
coming more scarce every day be-
cause of the constant newcomers
Many new arrivals have been
greatly disappointed because of
their inability to find work.
ROUND AND ABOUT IN
HOLLYWOOD
Hattie McDaniels has been cast
to play the part of Nanny in
"Gone With the Wind" And Os-
car Polk, New York stage actor
has arrived in town to play the
part of Pork the butler who re-
manned at Tara during Civil War.
Mr.. Polk is a we'll known actor,
having played on Broadway in
many well known plays, including
three Pulitzer prize plays.
Harry Popkin, producer of Mil
lion Dollar Pictures (all Negro
casts) has announced his inten-
tions to make a film with six
Harlem Dead End Kids" The
The Omaha guide., 1939-04-29

Though Andrea Razafkeriefo
(pls nounced Ra-zag-ker-raf) If
actually a grand duke by birth. be-
ing tho nephew of the late Queen
o. Madagascar, R~snavalona Ill. on
his fathers side, and the grandson
OF a United States Consul. on his
mothers side, he prefers to be
known in Tin Pan Alley as Andy
RaZaf.'
Razaf, considered the most pro-
life and outstanding popular
singwriter of his "a and whose
lyrics are considered second to
naae, has writ en- nearly a thou
sand songs. Some of the hits from
The Omaha guide., 1939-04-29
RED CAPS EXECUTIVE BOARD
MEET IN CHICAGO

Complete unity of action was es-
tablished by the General Executive
Board of the Interna. ional Bro
theIhood of Red Caps on the ques-
ton of the future course 10 be
taken by Red Caps throughout the
country in regards to the tip-wage
controversy before the Federal
Wage and Hour Administration.
Meeting this week in Chicago
for the first time since the Bro
therhood was formed here a year
ago, the Board voted after a report
from its committee on wage and
hour legislation to 'direct its main
energies in the direction of bring
ing tbs case to successful close"
The legal nature of the case has
shifted due to a changed posi-
ton of the attorneys for the rail-
roads. Previously the railroads held
that Ups could be legally counted
as wages within the meaning of
the provisions of the Fair Labor
Standards AGA. Today, the rail-
roads maintain in substance, that
tips are the legal property of the
company. AS a resufs the Brother
hood is fighting for both the min
imam wage and the tips.
The outcome of this case is Of
vast Importance to service en-
pfoyees other than Red Caps. 1t is
estimated thas approximately
SOC, 900 service employees through
on. the country depend largely up
on tips as a form of income.
Unity of action and internal CO.
hesion was the keynote of Presi-
dent Willard S. Townsenfs re-
port to The board. A detailed ana
lysis was given of the work &C
complished by the union in the fol-
lowing fields of activity; 0rgani-
z~asion, Interstate Commerce Com
mission a on jobs status, GER
LITIGATION petitions before National
Mediation Board, Agreements and
collective bargaining, inclusion of
Red Caps with the Railroad Re-
tirement Act, the tip-wage con-
eroversy before the Wages and
Hours Administrator and problems
of affiliation.
Secretary-Treasurer John L..
Yancey, in his report emphasized
the need of establishing greater
soundness in 1he financial struc-
ture of the union by the mainten-
ance of a pay your own" policy.
He reported an increase in mem
through the organization
of new locals in Minneapolis,
Houston, Indianapolis, Providence,
San Antonio. New Orleans, Miami
and Waco, Texas. Other reports
were heard from regional officers
Clarence E. Ivey of Portland,
Oregon; John r. Lee, New York
Central System; James o. Can
nady, Boston area; A. J. McGhee,
Penn System; C, NJ. Gray, Boston
and Albany System; w. H. Brown
Hartford, New Haven and New
York System; Henry White and
William Massey, Illinois Central
and ". P. Hicks, Louis
Vile and Nashville System. Re-
ports were also heard from Ernest
chairman of the Edi-
borial Committee and Hazel Hayes
Director of Ladies Auxiliaries.
Other actions taken by the
are ~ Referendum on an
increase of per-capita tax to meet
the increased duties of the Inter-
national Union (2) Selection of
attorneys to handle the wage-tip
Ease. They r Leon M. Despres
Of Chicago and George E. C. Hayes
If Washington (3) To strengthen
work of the Ladies Auxili-
aries. "a To develop and extend
It's educational activities and press.
(5) Recommendation to the ex-
'ention of the Convention to jan
lary 1910.
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tell France in unmistakable terms
hat she must accede to his de-
mands for sovereignty over Tuni-
la and Corsica-or else. Britain
and France would refuse ano
war would automatically begin.
March 9th came and went and
nothing happened. As Time puts
I, mo ultimatums were delivered,
no troops marched Except II
Spain), and the dictators wen
temporarily ceased barking for
more land. No week in months
has been so generally peaceful in
Europe
Most authorities ascribe this
change to a number of diverse
things The European democracies
have been rearming at a rapid
rate, and from the defense stand
Point, are in a materially better
position than they were last year.
French and British public opinion
seems to favor resisting to the
utmost giving any further "con-
cossions" to Italy and Germany.
The attitude of the United States
as signified by the speeches of
the President and the Secretary
of State, are said to have en-
couraged France and England and
given the dictators something to
think about. In some high quar-
tiers, it is believed that Hitler and
Mussolini have done a great deal
Of bluffing, and are in nc position
to fight a major war-and know
it privately. And apparently res
-'onsible reports say that the
temper of the people of Germany
and Italy is so strongly opposed to
war that the dictators would risk
the chance of domestic uprisings
and perhaps revolution if they
started one.
England-which still holds tire
of losses in prestige-haH appa-
rently come to the view that, mich
as she dislikes Soviet Russia, Sta
liz is a friend worth having. 1t
is highly significant that q Bril-
tish trade delegation recently left
| on ION on a tour of Northern
ELl ope, and that 1t spen. almost
= week in Moscow IL against a
single day in Berlin. Commerce
makes allies-and Russia is un-
questionably the most potent ally
that France and Britain could
have in Europe. Russian distrust
OF British motives and actions is
said to haze her very distan5
when she was approached by the
democracies before Munich as to
what she would do in the event
Of Hostilities. And rumor that
Stain is considering an alliance
with Nazi Germany if England
wouldn't make a better bid, is
said to have sent chills up the
spines of the worried British ca
binet.
Upshot of all this: A better
morale in the democracies than
has been seen for a long time, and
a very definite moderation of the
talk of the dictators.
Our interest in anything that
makes for peace or war in Europe
is obvious Even if we stayed out
of the conflict-and many authori-
ties think we could not a major
would disrupt trade and
world finance, and bring dire
repercussions here as well as a.
broad. 1t is a known fact that the
possibility of war has been one
of the factors that has held us
back economically. If as seems
true now, the chance of a long
peace in Europe has been better
the outlook for recovery"
here at home has been immense
ly improved
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The Wall Street Journal re-
Gently described business during
the past few months as having
been undergoing a "sidewise'
movement. And it forecast, in a
headline, that break is expect
ed to be on up side"
Most of the barometers and
indexes justify that prediction.
Commodity prices, one of the
The Omaha guide., 1939-04-29
LOW DOWN
FROM HICKORY GROVE
y

Sure looks ID
tazSea how some
countries can#ra-
main out of war;.
and #oth,r ooua-
tries, they can
squeeze into eve
ny M when they
can ct their
foot in the door.
You take Swed-
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ECONOM MIC
HIGHLIGHTS

Happenings That Affect the Din
ner Pals, Dividend Checks and
Tax Bills of Every Individual.
National and international Pro-
blems Inseparable from Local
Welfare
The Omaha guide., 1939-04-29

Medicine Co., 151 Tucker ST.,
Lynn. Mass.
Why not take Pinkham's Com
pound and go Smiling thru?
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You Can't loseI Monsy-Bsck Guarantee

Every cent you pay for Nadinoia Is refunded
A you're not fully satisfied. Simply smooth
this fragrant cream on every night. No rub.
hing. no massaging. Unlike most creams, Nadi-
nois speeds up the natural process Of exfoiia-
uon-oiesehes the akin to = lighter shade,
soosens biAekheads, clears up surface pimples
and other externally caused bIemishes. Soon
you begin TO sec a marvellous improvement
Get Nsdinols today. But be sure you get
genuine Nsdinoisi Don't trust your lowell
ness to any unknown substitute. Al all drug
stores. SOC. large noney-ssving sise 81.
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Sunday Services AT
Methodist Church

Church School at s:45, c. III. Car
ruth superintendent.
Worship service at IL o'clock.
Organ prelude by Mrs, Lipsey. Spe-
cial Mothers Day music by the choir.
"A Mothers Place IN the Scheme
of Life" by the pastor.
Union meeting of the Leaguers of
Kosciusko, Wtlliamsvifle, Sails and
Durant at the Methodist Church here
Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
Evening service 7:30.
Message by the pastor.
Program meeting of the missionary
society Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Choir practice Monday evening at
|7:15.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 7:30.
"a cordial welcome is extended to
the entire community.
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cond.
Track results were as follows:
400 yard dash, Wilbur Bullock,
fourth; 200 yard dash. Wilbur Bull
lock, third; 440 yard dash, Truitt
Bullock, fourth: shot put, Richard
Stevenson. first; Javelin throw, Geo
Marks, third; discus throw, Richard
Stevenson, second; 100 high hurdles,
Lawrence Gulino, fourth; running
high Jump, Joe Tom Mabry, third;
running broad jump, Maurice Hubs
peth, second; boys relay race, John
Cameron, Truett Bullock, Maurice
Hudspeth, Joe Tom Mabry, second.
Track events - Girls baseball.
throw, Bobby Rogers, fifth; rs yard
dash, Linnie Pepper, fifth; running
high jump, Bobby Rogers, fifth; rua
ming broad jump, Bobby Rogers, first.
On Saturday evening there will be
a banquet given h~onoring all the
students who participated in anything
leading toward winning the cham
pionship in the State Field Meet which
closed Saturday. May g..
plans are being completed for the
Holmes Junior College May Day Fes-
tival which will be held on the campus
in front of the gymnasium at 5 o'clock
May IL. The public is cordially in
vited.
The Sophomore class OF Holmes Jul
nior College has chosen as its com
mencement play The Wktching Hour"
by Augustus Thomas. This play will
be presented in the Holmes Junior
College Auditorium at 8 p. M. May
23rd.
The cast Of characters include Ned
| Williams in the leading role, David
Donald, Jesse Robert Ford, Billy
Meadows, Charles Milstead, Lee Nor
ton, jeff Douglas, Thomas Donald
Sarah MCGOWAN, Louise Gregg, and
Airline Howard.
THE Whtching Hour" is a drama
in four acts. It is a powerful pre-
sentation of the theme Of menta
telepathy OF the Importance of though
t~ransference. Those who have wit
messed the sophomore class play TO-
the past three years may notice tina
this class is departing from the fol
mer precedent Of giving one Of Osca
Wilde's plays. Three years ago eth
Importance Of Being Earnest" wa
given; following that came Lad,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-11
Southern Women
Reply to Query

Wherever they go, the Touring
Reporters" find eager answers to
their question, "Were you helped
by CARDUI?"
Of 1897 users queried among
those Of IL states, 1906 stated
CARDUI benefited them. That
is SO out of every 100!
Users everywhere are glad to
tell how R VI has made
them want and enjoy food; how,
with it's help, they gained
strength, energy, were thus re-
lieved of the symptoms of "func-
tional dysmenorrhea" due to NAL
nutrition. Many also say that,
when symptoms indicate the
need, CARDUI in larger doses
helps Eat the time"to soothe pain.
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West News
Junior Beethoven Music Club
Holds Exchange Meeting

Junior Beethoven Music Club
Holds Exchange Meeting
The Junior Beethoven Mllsic Ciuo
of West was hostess to the Junior
Music Club of Wnona Wednesday
afternoon at the club room There
Were forty-five in attendance. The
mothers of both the clubs were in
vited as guests. After singing the
Junior Club song and giving the
pledge, Helen Campbell gave the Wei
come Address to the visiting club
The response was given by Stanley
Hattox. Two interesting talks were
given by Mrs. r. l.. Jackson n
Mrs. G. L. Brock. Mrs. r. l.. Jack
son talked about the contribution OF
music 20 the behavior of children.
Mrs. G.. l.. Brock told of Music In
Mississippi as Given in The Missis
sippi Guide" The Winona club gave
the musical program which consisted
of solos, duets, and ensemble play
ing. Their numbers were greatly
enjoyed and the listeners showed
their enthusiasm by the big applause
that was given their playing.
Before the social hour Claire Mei-
ton and Sara Thomas gave some
readings. During the social hour
coca-colas, cakes, candy and sailed
nuts were served.
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MIR. William Wright returned home
Wednesday from the Baptist Hospi-
tai in Jackson. Messrs. w. l.. Wright
and w. T. Brock accompanied him
home.