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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-10-14
Cleveland Youth Steals
5000 In Auto Accessories

CLEVELAND. Ohio, Oct. 10
Cleveland youths seem to have
chosen auto stripping as their fav-
orite pastime. When Patrolmen
George Synder and Mitchell Bood-
man returned to the iatters suto-
mobile Saturday and discovered a
fancy gear shift knob missing. there
began a trail of events which led TO
the arrest Of Herman Sherod, 81
and Harold Davis. 20
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-10-14

Con" Rudolph G. Teherow4ez
Washington, D. c.
4 Honorable Sir;
Yours Of the 27th received and
we note that you ask for specific
cases and in accordance with your
request we are herein giving you
the facts of two cases.
The Hatch bill which was made
law 10 prevent the Federal en-
ployees from becoming rubber
stamps nor any ether bill is safe
in the rards of those who are now
making the policy of the post office
department. here in Detroit, as in
terpreted by the postmaster, Mr.
Houston and assistant postmaster
Wlgg1e. AS you will see by these
leases that these men dare not speak
? their own mind On any question
affecting the community IN which
they live nor anything else.
The first case namely Turner Ross.
who has been the head Of the West
Side Human Relations Council for
two years, which organization has
received the commentator of the
police commissioner Of our city
Judge Healy of the Probate court
and numerous other public officials,
Recreational facilities and school
conduct and understanding between
teachers and parents has been hap
PLY accomplished. Cesspools have
been curbed and closed AMI many
other valuable things have been done
kfor the community
But when the organization failing
TO get the ccooeration Of a theatre
in the community tGrana1a thea
tre). and because of such attitude
urges the people Of the community
10 stay away from the said theatre
until such time as those conditions
complained Of are remedied, -,the
theatre with dirty hands. hen ap-
peals to the post office officials
for relief from this community ac-
ton; and the theatre officials feel
that by causing the removal of Mr.
Turner Ross. using the lo7af post
office officials for this purp 9se, felt
that the community would forget
I its attitude but this is not the case
Mr. Ross was simply the president
of this ccordlnating council of all
the ORGANIZATIONS Of this community
and therefore the community in
terest is not dependent upon anv
one person.
Copies Of the post office lnspec-
tors letter TO Mr. Ross and his re-
ply arc hereto attached. which we
have taken from our files
The second case namely Snow
Grigsby. Mr.. Grigsbv has served
as chairman Of the Detroit Civic
Rights Committee for the past
years which is a purely civic or
ganization whose detectives arc as
follows:
T.. /. To show that Negroes form an
Iintcgra part of American civiliza-
ton and need no peculiar arrange
ment set aside for them to mold pub
lie positions. but is entitled to the
same opportunities as other racial
citizens to play their part in the
functionins of the city. county. state
and national government.
2. To acquaint the citizens Of De-
trort with the information concern.
ing the unfair distribution Of en-
plovment in departments If city
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-10-14

Representative salesman of the
Hacquoil Buick Sales. Inc, l272l
Livernois avenue, is doing a fine
piece of work. MIR. Walters was
born in Het Springs, Ark. and
was a graduate Dunbar high
school, Little Rock, Ark, with the
class of June 1895. He entered
Marquette university, September
1886 and was called to a position
with Goodyear Tire and Rubber
company as a representative in
March 1887. in Milwaukee, Wis.
In January 1888, he was called
to Detroit, representing the Title
Guaranty and Casualty insurance
company and continued this work
until 1889, at which time he joined
the Hacquoil Buick Sales. Inc.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-10-14

Miss Claybourne was formerly
employed al the State hospital for
the Insane at Kentucky, has studied
at Radio City in New York and is
reputedly the only registered Negro
oecupatiensl- therapiSt- in the cnun-
try.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-10-14
Miss Claybourne
Gets NYA Post

Miss Christine C1aybourne, regis
tered occupational therapist, was
cpointed last week to the staff of
NYA supervisors at the new Re-
lated Training Center located at
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-10-14

In 1881 he was awarded bronze medal the Worlds
Fair in London. During a third visit, in 1876, was
granted an audience by the great Queen Victoria
of England.
The life of Josiah Henson very unusual
and full of drama and he will always be slMl.
remembered being of really s6365
great men.
PFeIFFER BREWING COMPANY DETROIT, MICH.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-10-14
Testimonial
Will Honor
w. II. Pecks

A testimonial dinner honoring D..
and Mrs. William H. Peck, will be
held at the Lucy Thurman WV
CA. Friday, Oct. 81 at 7 pm.
The banquet is being sponsored
by the Booker T. Washington Trade
association, in appreciation of the
great work accomplished by DR., and
Mrs. Peck, in behalf OF our business
and professional group in particu-
lar and Detroit citizens in gen.
eral. Since the organization of the
Trade association and Housewives
League in 1880 by DR.. and Mrs.
Peck, Negro. business in Detroit has
reched new high, and their fine
work in the economic field has been
recognized all over the country.
Having recently retired from the
presidency of the Trade association
and Housewives League respective
ly after nine years of service, this
testimonial is extremely timely.
Mrs, Peck still retains the presi-
dency of the National Housewives
League. "
Reservations at one dollar per
plate can be made for only 300, and
those who have profited so much by
the work of the Trade association
and Housewives League are urged
to make their reservations early.
For reservations please contact the
banquet committee, composed Of;
Dr. James J. McClendon. chairman;
Rev Robert L -RradhY- Mrs Mad
cline Fowler, Wilbur c. Woodson
L. c, Blount, Lloyd NJ. Cofer, and
Snow F. Grigsby. or the associa-
tons office, 446 East Warren
avenue, Temple l-0877
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-10-14
CO N MI 7 TEE
SENDS FACTS
TO TENEROW|Cz
Eight Centers Around
Ross And Grigsby g.,

In response to a communication
OF September IS, sent to him by
special committee appointed by
the Detroit Civic Rights Committee,
protesting the forced resignation OF
Turner W. Ross and Snow F Grigs-
by both employees in the post office
from their respective posts as presi-
dent Of the West Side Human Re-
latons Council and the Detroit Civic
Rights Committee on the grounds
that 1t is g3vernment policy that
none Of its employees participate
in controversial issues Rudolph G.
Tenerowiez, Congressman, made the
following reply;
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-10-14

Rev. j. D. Howell
Committee
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07
GOVERNMENT EXPECTS -.
:. TO GO FURTHER IN DEBT
National Debt His All-Time Top
of s4O,37s, 100000 As Nation
Marks Down, 9th Deficit In
Row; New Dealers Plan More
Spendings for Year

Washinatona July Fiscal
new years eve found the U. S
treasury income $3,58O,O00,00C
SHORT of costs tonight, and
the gross national debt roughly
$4O,378, 100000.
The deficit was the third
highest in history.
The federal bookkepeers turn
ed the ledger pages to the next
fiscal year, which is expected
to show higher expenditures and
a larger deficit.
Not counting the $1,000, 900, 900
extrabudgetary lending program
suggested by the President, the
next years expenditures, on the
basis of pending appropriations,
are expected by officials to ex-
coed revenues by roughly 49,
7OO,OOO,OOO.
Treasury officials could point
out that the deficit was 1892, 900,
900 under what was officially
predicted six mnoths ago. How
ever it was more than double the
S1,449, 625, 900 of the previous
year. It was outranked in peace
time only by the $4,952, 1928, 900
of fiscal year 1886, when the
soldiers bonus was paid and
the $3,782, 100000 of the fiscal
year 1886, when New Deal pub
lie works and relief expenditures
first began to bulk large.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07
Public Wedding At !.
Firen1en's f; Carnival
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1889

Arrangements are about com
pleted to present as an added
and very interesting feature, a
public marriage ceremony with
ALL the "Trimmins."
TO the familiar tune of Mendel
ssOhn's weddings March," with
the appearance OF the nupliaI
party..-..includingl the BRIDES
maids, ring bearer and all person
ell necessary to m a k e up the
ceremony, including the parsOn
who will say the magic words
that adds two and makes one.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07
SENATOR HOLT IN PERSON.
. AL ROW OVER WPA MESS
w. Va. Scion Charges Commune
site Influences; Sen. Murray
and w. Va, Senator Get Call
Down for Violating Rules of
Senate from Sen, Burke, Neb.

Washington, June 30.-A hot
exchange of personalities be-
tween Senators Holt and Muir
ray on the Senate floor caused
Senator Burke to remind them
they were violating senate rules
Holt, sharp critic o fth WPA,
had charged that Murray, adj
ministration supporter, h a d
backed "Communistic" element
in the WPA and Murray violent
ly denied this. -.
Holt shouted that WPA Off
Gals h ere had taken appoint
nients away from Sen. Wheeler,
(D-Mont.) during the last cleo
ton and given them to Murray.
That's absolutely a lie, Sen.
Murray hollered. =
1T is an obsession to try and
clean up WPA for the workers
and to clean out the political
BOSSES, Holt cried. TIL n he
charged that Murray had voted
against taking politics out OF
the WPA and publici7tng the
pay-rolls of WPA officials"
That's a false accusation"
Murray squawked.
The row continued quite a
Willie with Senator Holt making
accusations that the gambling
interests Of Butte, Mont, and
read from periodicals praise of
the WPA theatre projects, the
w. Va. Senate said the magazine
was Communistic. And the row
was stopped by Senator Burke,
upon which Holt resumed his
seat while Murray white with,
anger, stalked out of the cham
Der. ... ......
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07
CHARTER No. 5000 RESERVE DISTRICT No.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The First Clark National Bank
OF Northtork

In the State Of West Virginia. Close of Business On
81 JUNE 30. 1899
Published call Comptroller of the
Currency under Section SILL u. S. Revised Statutes
.@'::'E .''.' ASSETS 49,,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07

\ 1T is no favor to loan money
freely to those who are unbusi-
nesslike, for the result is SIM
ply to get them in debt up to
their necks, and they are never
able to get out. They simply add
to the LON g list df business
failures and personal bank
flames H. Perkins,
National Ciy Bank of N. Y.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07
NAME POSTMASTERS

s The president sent to the SELL
ate July 6, or confirmation these
postmaster nominations:
West Virginia.
{ Davis, Frederick D. Golightly ;
Davy, Ruth L. Joyce; Gary,
William M. Boardman; Lumber
port, Winston G. Harbert; Wi
den, Louis Knakal.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07
GOV. HOLT ADDRESSES go.
,. CONFERENCE OF COVER.
NORS AT ALBANY, N. Y.

West Virginia was honored
last week when Governor Holt
|swas permitted to address the
conference of governors at AL
bany, N. Y. AS could have been
expected the w. Va, governor
chose taxation for his subject,
one with which he is quite
thoroughly familiar as he and
his predecessor have INDUCED
in it more than any other two
executives of the state. The tone
of the Governors rmarks was
the same that he used in his
message to the past session of
the legislature, The Governor
declared that he sees no vice in
heavy taxation. That this has
been the Governors theory all
along has been borne out by
the record and his own state
ments. Early in his term as
chief executive of West Vir-
ginia he made plain his attitude
that attitude was that it is
proper to raise and spend all the
money it is possible to get, so
Ing as no more is spent than
is collected. If the Governor
ever introduced an economy
into the administrative affairs of
West Virginia, if he ever brought
about a reduction in taxes, if he
ever cut the personnel of a
state department, if he ever tried
to curtail the activities of the
state, that fact is not visible on
the surface Of the record. He has
been careful 10 balance the bud
get, to spend no more than is
collected but he has been will
ing to collect and spend all he
can lay his hands on. And again,
the Governors statement that
taxation should not be considered
wire is not borne out by his
record. The last legislature hung
DIP new record for vice or pen
atty taxation. In a number OF
arguments for bills, administra-
tion legislators were careful t.
point out that the taxing wa,
NOT for revenue purposes
Among these measures was The
new auto drivers license law
the bill board law and the Ia,
on chain stores. 1t is hardly
possible that Fl governors from
other states were taken in b,
the speech made strictly 70
home consumption as possibl
ZACH Of the others made speech
es for the same reason. Perhap
none of the other governors
have taken the time to stud
Governor Hollis record of taxa
ton in West Virginia, but ha
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07

Herbert Washington was in
keystone for the 4th.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07
KEYSTONE NL||NS

Officer Johnnie Knight of the
Keystone police force has re-
turned after a short visit in NC.
Miss Georgia Red of w. Va.
State spent the 4th with her
parents here.
i Rev. j. A.Davis has return
ed FIR o m Lyuchburg where he
was the guest of his wife and
family. :. =.
!. Rev. Paul Jones had a very
successful meeting of the church
council. Among those who were
outstanding was Bishop Grimes
of New York City.
f, Mr.. Lovelace and Mr.. Eaves
were pleasant visitors to the
Times Office on monday.
\ Attys. Miller and Capehart
were business visitors in the city
the latter part of the week.
Mr.. Harrison Hickman has a
Wonderful garden of green beans
and rhubarb almost too pretty
to pluck. They are really deli.
cious. We Know. r
ss-->-
Herbert Washington was If
Keystone for the 4th.
Jenny Lind's Grave
] Jenny Lind, the Swedish niehtin.
gale. Is buried tn Malvern, England.
-@---<~1~aeA--r~--es--S- -
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07
they, the Governors speech
would have been even more
'ludicrous than it was.
Political Comment Worthy
Serious Thought by All

invisible spending" scheme
Knocked the old congressional
crowd Virtually specchless,
observed Paul Mallon. veteran
Washington columniSt, recently
Hours afterward they had
not regaincd their breath sutli-
GENTLY to comment. aloud.
Mr.. Mallon does not cxagger-
ate - the invisible spending"
idea is one of the most ama2-
ing things ever to come out of
! often-amazing Washington To
tell the story in its chronological
| order, YOU have to bcrin with
that growing DOGGY, the nation
al debt. =.
The legal limit-thouph few
people seem to know this - is
fixed by congress. And ii can be
changed only by the will of con-
gress. AT present, the limit is
established at $H5, 900. 900. 300.
The national debt is now some
$40, 100000. And it is slat =
ed for a sharp rise next year.
The administration has apparent
ly abandoned all hope of balanc-
ing the budget, and has decid-
ed that continued, and perhaps
increaiing, deficit financing is
necessary and semi-permanent
part of our fiscal policy.
Thus, the president and his
advisers have found themselves
,leo,.4o1, a,o .. .ho ,,o;,+
where it would be impossible to
add to the debt, and the govern
ment would have no way Whatso-
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mn, -, Tho no.. ih;lity of swiftly
1 ,,;ou.. .o..;.,. hiII TO
hoo, tho dobt 1in;ta Tho ~,
sn.o,.. ,ho,. rot ,ooro no, rc-
os,,ri,n conc,,.u, yo.rod f.
ho ,b.tthoo J.. ,,o,.o ,roIr ,o,ins,
,bo biIl ,,o;,, ,hron,b and thot
oyo, e Whit I1ou.o nr...,r,
conld firm tba trick if 4ould
only mo done after q lono and
bittor Gob4 THAT n,,obt prrvr
definitely harmful 70 the adj
ministratiop's prcstiapr and
mower .....'.
Hence the "iryjsible spend
ing proposal. The president has
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07
WALTER S. HALLANAN


OF the wealth of the country il
owned by a per cent of tee popu
lation. that is simply not true
The hard facts are that 80 pei
cent of our total national in
come (totaD is received by per
sons having incomes under five
thousand dollars a year."
AS to the prosperity of bust.
ness in general, the Republican
speaker stated that New DeaI
hyypocrites would have you be.
lieve that all business enterprise
is prosperou and that it prospers
at the expense of those who
labor. ......
"Tey do not tell YOU that in
the year 1888 alone, under the
administration off Franklin D.
Roosevelt, 365,OOO business en-
terprises in this country failed.
They do not tell you of your
stake in the two biggest bust
ness enterprises in America
life insurance and banking.
There are 65,00O,OO0 life in
surance policy holders in this
country and 44,OOO,OOO saving
bank depositors."
Hallanan drew graphic COM
parsons between the high
standards Of American livinb
and the standards in Russia
which the New Dealers seem
10 consider as the ideal govern
rlent," and in England, Ger
many, Italy and France, showing
how far above the levels in those
countries are the standards here.
viii admitting that the Ameri-
can system is not perfect, ut
is more nearly perfect than any
other system of government ever
conceived by the mind of man.
1t has produced here a standard
of living that has never been
cqualled anywhere in the world.
But the New Deal tells us it
is all wrong-that it will have to
be destroyed and replaced by
political control of all enterprise
and the RECOMMENDATION of every
citizen. Certainly it is not per-
feet, but you do not tear down
q house in order to get rid of
few cockroaches in the base
:. 80.
Before closing, Hallanan point
cd out how the Little New Deal
in West Virginia has kept pace
with Washington in the spend
ing of the taxpayers money,
stressing the fact that it "can
not explain away the fact that
the average of indirect tax col
lections per year has increased
more than 600 per cent since
1888" He cited the enormous in
crease Of the gross sale tax as
zone example of the way our
Little New Deal has piled levy
upon levy until the pockets of
the taxpayers have been picked
clean" .,.... .,..
Concluding, the Republican
National committeeman said;
you have assembled here to-
day at one of the most critical
periods in the history Of tn i 5
nation. America stands today at
the crossroads. We face the
mosJ important election sincnI
that Immediately preceding the
Civil War. Let us dedicate and
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07

forward bearing aloft the torch
of human freedom that Americe
may be America again."
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07

Jenny Lind's Grave
Jenny Lind, the Swedish nightin.
gale, Is buried tn Malvern, England,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-07-07

Loans and discounts ............ ...............
United States Government obligations direct
and guaranteed ......... ...... ................
Obligations of States and political subdivisions
Other bonds. notes and dcbcnturc4 - -
Corporate stocks, including stock of Federal
Reserve bank ............. ...... ...
Cash, balances with other banks, including rrsc
balance, and cash items IN process of collrctio,
Bank premises owned, $6.7O000 furniture and
$4.49S54 .................... .....
Real Estate Owned other than bank premises
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-05
THE HITCH-HIKER
minneapolis Tribune)

The police request that motorists
refrain from giving rides to hitch
mixers is not half as heartless as it
seems at first glance The point is
made that boy and girl runaways
frequently depend upon the accom-
modating driver who can not resist
the thumbed appeal to make good
their exit from the city. Within the
past three weeks several boys who
escaped from state institutions have
presumed upon friendly motorists in
making their getaway. The Gift"
rendered to strange mixers may have
once been dictated by decent sense
of compassion and helpfulness, but
no longer. Granting that most hitch
mixers who beg the city driver for
ride are estimable young persons
who have a chronic aversion to en-
bulatory exercise, there is always the
chance of abetting a runaway or,
worse still, of being slugged by ones
ungrateful guest and tossed out of the
car. The motorist who makes it a
rule to ignore the hitch-hiker may
occasionally have a few twinges of
conscience but he is being eminently
wise. Perhaps he can console him.
self with the thought that walking,
while considered cruel and unusual
punishment by many youngsters, re-
mains an excellent form of exercise
rarely fatal to the growing child.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-05
Askov, MINI,
EDITORS NOTE

Although it is not definitely known
to what Mr.. Dixen is referring, it is
presumed that he has a misunder-
standing as to the article in last
weeks Askov American under the
caption of "Cross Section of Askov's
Thought Is Against Arms Embargo
Repeal" Mr.. Dixen will find by again
referring to the article that no at
tempt was made by one man or a
few to dictate community opinion
1t was stated plainly that several
were interviewed at random for their
opinions on the embargo matter. No
attempt was made to influence these
people, as he will find if he contacts
any of them. Furthermore the last
paragraph refutes MIR. Dixen's in
situation that "a few or one man.
want to dictate the community opin-
ion.
We quote from the article: Call
those who desire to express them
selves on the question are invited
to write to the Askov American Of
flee for publication next week" We
are sorry that Mr.. Dixen takes the
point of view as set forth in his opin-
ion, above, when facts are set forth
as plainly as words can make them
AS we stated, we inquired at ram
dom and the trend of thought that
we found was set forth.