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The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22
Decent Modern
Homes at Low
Rents

Washington, D. C.-The lowest
rents for decent modern homes
reached in this country have been
achieved in some of the first hous-
ing projects nearing completion by
local authorities with the aid of
the United States Housing Au-
thority. This fact was revealed
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22
NSWER

|. Squirrel.
}. In full for all demands to date.
B. Edmund Spencer.
1. Cardinal.
5. "Felicitous in Yocabulation".
The Binet age.
I. st. Johns.
!. Trencherman, a feeder or a
eater, others are soldiers.
D. Mime. Lafayette.
D Maryland.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
The Worlds Most Careless People

We Americans are the worlds most careless people weq r IL
comes o fire Nowhere else iii the world is the cr@ o "
So prevalent. :, 49, +ta Fire loss IN
t country runs in the neighbohood Of 500 per year 1of every
man woman and child Of the population BY comparison; w ~
Sweden is 80 cents per capita loss in Great Britain is o.
loss n av Is cents loss in France is oil cents ana loss III
GERMANY is II In other words, we destroy more a
tvce as much property with fire destroyed in the next fsn
est eountrv-and close 20 times much as in the lowest ."
the list.
Here's case where aibs good For the greater
nercentage of all fires great and SMALL are the product human
carelessness Somebody thoughtless-sonebody
And home factory goes up IN sioN0'
Human failure is the great fire breeder
The record is the more shameful in that Americans nave
the hest Of all chances fight and lick fire ORGANIZED tire
venon supported by insurance companies, IRE marSha CIVIC
organizations and others reached high peak OF excellence IN
this country Experts the country searching Out hazaoS-
other experts fie arson "A hours dayohers examine ma
cnery building materials electric appliances and similar co
nlodes up fire resistant standards OF
others keep check fire departments water facilities and alarm
facilities wealth Of invaluable information is ours Tor the
asking.
We can't pass the buck Fire is fault And fire can be
prevented only bv the con >crted thinking of all
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
Success On The Farm

Successful farming requires thorough knowledge OF market
ing Realizing ns The farmers OF generation ago organzeo
marketing cooperaYes, whose main job IS 70 sec mat e'0'
farmers get a fair price for their goods !,
Today problems arisen affecting new generation OF
farmers The average young farmer is often woetuy lacking III
The marketing knowledge so vital to successful farming
The Farm Credit Administration has published series o.
nanhe entitled You and Your Coop They explain what
rretng cooperation means the farmer how marketing CO.
operatives are organized how they financed how they are
managed farm products be mercanded through
such organizations. The pamphlets likewise describe no" 70
e M cooperative decide whether or not You wish
belong.
Cooperation IS The KEY TO scientific farming Information
such this is invaluable the progressive farmer Inc PanP'
, he obtained bv dropping card to Farm Credit Admin
straion Washington, D. c.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
"Choosine Among Evils --Pickens

that is easy 10 understand might go so lar as
10 hope with Stalin) that the British and the Ger
mans will wear each other down; but one cannon
be such fool las we hope Stain Is noD as not 20
wish that when the wearing down IS over the Ter
mans will lie under the bottom and the biluSH OH
top Of them . v,.4;,
Those Of us who are sane even II antl-brltsh
want the British least get up hrst after the
tracas is over There no hope OF liberty or equal
ity in this Germau thing,
STAIN SANE AS HITLER
Some Of the Communist party small brans VINO
do not think but just follow on, may be saying
Well we need not be concerned about either illtiel
or the Allies,-We can so on with Stain ana MS
crowd But without vision indeed, if we
have not already seen that Stain is every bit as
imperialistic as "Comrade" Hitler
There is no hope in Russia of any such dennoc
racy as we have aimed at for over $50 years In the
United States. / could perhaps breathe today in
either England France, but in either Germany
or Russia / should smother or more likely get shot
before l could smother
There must be something wrong indeed with
any American who cannot see that he does not have
to approve Of anybody's past present in this
crisis and still that he ssney take sides When
the fight Of these devils is ended there is, still to
be a future We hope that neither Hitler nor his
false-friend Stain will dominate that future-A4r
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is fool,-and he knows
that there is difference between these contendng
forces a difference for Americans.
And Roosevelt is right about it, Just as right
about this war he was wrong in his attack the
security Of the Supreme Court Of the United States
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
The Nation Needs Christian Homes

nam" Coz said, RI Know ApranaM
that ne wii keep E1-' command
nents and command mis- WnolS
family after him. The Jewish chile
dren received special care as Cc
their religious life. The word OF
God was to be the parents conver~
sation in the home, on the streets
in the bedrooms, and everywhere
they went. Are we to be less faith
full or is the accusation true: 10
busy to pray?
I know people say too busy to 90
what is right; too busy to study
Gods word and obey, too busy TO
walk in its light, too busy in seek
ing earthly pleasures so vain to find
sweetest joys in Gods love, too busy
in seeking seeking its treasures
and gain to lay up any treasure
above. The Holy Writ: Righteous
ness exalteth a nation, but sin is
reproach", holds aducation alone
cannot produce the needed results
1t has been said, Ignorance is the
mother of vice. But every days ex-
perences and history teach us that
nations have risen to the noblest
heights of intellectual greatness
while STOPPING to the lowest depths
of moral decay. The only sufficient
solvent of all the questions III
America, whether social, Individual
economic, industrial. political, race
prejudice, financial, moral or reli-
gious, is to be found in the saviour+
hood and lordship OF Jesus Christ.
The earth is girded with electric
wires and unreminded with Chris
ton civilization
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
Rv MRS. soNOH HALL

The Christian home Is the nigh
est product Of civilization. The
Christian home is a God-desisned
institution. Home is the field where
love must bear her best fruit. NC
home is at its best until it Is truly
Christianized. We read In the great
dailies about monetary conditions
of the many hold-ups, and all oth'
er hideous crimes. We discuss the
influence of liquor traffic. But we
do not read anything IN the Gaines
about the Christian homes. When-
ever the homes are broken up, the
church, the community, and the
entire nation suffer because the
home is the foundation head.
A nation cannot rise higher than
its homes. The example and in
struction of Cody parents are the
most powerful factors in the pro-
duction of Christian homes. The
family altar is an essential part
of every well-ordered home. Where
the old-time family altar is neglect
ed. even though a high moral
standard is aimed at, the results
cannot be other than disappoint'
nlent and failures.
Many mothers are shifting the
responsibility of child-raising to
the public school teacher, the sun
day school, or to some individual
who cares nothing about the well
fare of the child. These are only
much handicapped assistants. Par
ents should be good and modest II
they would have their children all
they ought to be. The influence OF
the home is silently but surely tlX'
i, ing the characters of those who are
to fill positions in the churcn
| state and nation. 1t is said, "un-
checked in it's tendency the home
life of today is sufficient to ruin
the world" The influences OF the
home are far-reaching. It reaches
out through the school, the com
munity, state and nation. Modern
ism cannot produce the needed re
suits. Many homes are nothing
more than filling stations, a plac
to park, and take in fuel. 20 Abra
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
TOO BUSY FOR OUR OWN
GOOD
BY DR.. w. c. HACKETT

Tuesday night I attended the bl~
monthly meeting Of the Parent"
Teachers Association. There, I sat
ard heard the president make q
statement that everyti1ne she had
asked certain people to serve on
committees they had refused, CIV
ing as their simple reason: Too
busy to serve, Yes, those same per-
sons had been heard again and
again say from the floor what the
Parent-Teachers association should
he like and what it should ac-
complish. I am at los TO explain
how they expect so much to be
done with their continuously re-
manning too busy to aid in tbs
carving out of It's program!
One of the easiest things III Sne
world to do is to destrucJlvely
criticize or tell someone what we
as individuals think is wrong WIFI
an organization, but it is dlf1lcul'
for us to constructively critlclze OF
sit down and analyze given SIT
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
Hints Father Divine
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Continued from PAGE II
lief that unless I did SO was
doomed to everlasting misery $1,000.
and that by giving the money to
Father Divine, I was depositin9 it
in his heavenly treasury and III
that way was assured 0f eternal
life" She said she lost faith in
t. heavenly promises when Divine
= ale too grasping," demanded
most OF her husbands wae6S
She is also acting for several
other former angels with claims
against Divine totaling about $22,-
eco. Mrs. Brown and former CO.
angels, want a receiver named Tor
the Divine properties, want him
and his followers restrained from
disposing of any Of the holdings
described as follows: about p prop
critics in the Manhattan area and
50 rural heavens" including 300
acre Krum Elbow, elaborate estate
across the Hudson river from the
Hyde Park home OF President
Roosevelt.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW

uation, and start at the bottom
and help buill it up. We all like to
give orders but lew of us like to
take them.
We need a Parent-Teachers as
sociation in our city. The parents
and teachers should cooperate to
work toward the permanent ad-
vancement for our children. A teW
PARENTS and teachers with the
right thing at heart could, in a few
years, built up an organization
worthy of being called Parent
Teachers association here in Phoee
nix.
Let us find time to give a teW
hours a month to the service Oh
humanity,
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
PLATFORM

IN rive o the cored that they can feei
of in mvvhh express their views on All s'"' ~
religions questions which face the race
conscience especially In BUSINESS W 'ne ~
fhst we makers well as JOB SEEKERS
TO instruct boys girls In Che art OF tn1nt -
God tne pfoheRn""a VI W
To build fiT7nsr racial foundation for p0ste7fV
To succeed Of the cooTea race mast "p
must the same technique as 0 ~
must render dePenaaDe ei
ent ana ali tme that we alone VIII U"
enterprise Therefore reazFg eSe ~
80 IN. INDEX shall at times respect to any s"s
beUeT
weekly snail be Published each week In when y 49, 49,
national Such views
are 20 be opinions ana snail not fs'' m ~
the opnon of Ths PHOENIX INDEX
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
Bethune Issues
Challenge To
Youth In Talk

wAsHINGTON-(A N Pas
principal speaker Sunday on tne
Wings Over Jordan" program
broadcast over national hookup'
Dr.. Mary Mcleod Rethune, preSi-
dent and founder OF Berhune'
Cooknnan College and head OF The
Negro division, NYA, declared:
"As one concerned with the
problems of youth, ] dare TO chal-
lenge American youth of all races
and creeds. Always, ! have liked
the word challenge. Tt suggests
cl1iyalrous combat, the opporttlnl-
ty to fight, to labor and not TO
count the cost, to give and not t.
get, TO love and yet be willing to
endure hate and resentment, to be
a Christian fearlessly walking
through a changing world"
DR.. Eethune's address was pre-
sented in connection with the
week. end Cpec. l-3) Moral Re-
Armamet observance, nationwide
| in scope. She concluded:
IS. Today over half the civilized
world has again restored TO hate
creed and warfare to solve us
problems. Youth are again march
ing to destruction under banners
| that carry suffering and destruc"
men in a free and democratic ma
ton, where peace and quiet reign
But our security will be perman-
ent only when every American
realizes the need of a working
philosophy that will insure the
attainment of lasting world peace
and realization of the democratic
! ideal.
win you join me atld one hun
ored million otheys throughout inc
vorld-black, brown, yellow ana
White-ia ushering in this aWak'
eniug by listening to the living
God? That is the program TINS
weekend of the forces OF Mora
Re-Armament. This great move
ment is no respector OF persons,
or races, or classes, or creedS On
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
EDITORIALS
Had Gun, Police
Continued from page u

gun?"
Well" said Briar. ''don's you
think circumstances demand that 1
carry a gun7'
Without answering, the sIeuths
took him to jail where he was lock-
ed UP for two and half hours. He
was released on a signed bond for
$100 presented by Joseph A, Toll
bert, white attorney who has
fought valiantly in behalf Of Me-
groes.
FIND CLIPPINGS
Detective Chief L. w. Hammond
said a number Of newspaper clip
pings was found on Briar dealing
with Klan activities and beatings
administered TO Negroes III this
area, colored registration 1or The
city elections, violators Of civil
rights and cheap labor. He also
had a copy of the NAACP constl-
tuition and bylaws for branches
and an appeal Tor funds K: help
defend two men, Jerry owens ana
William Anderson.
Anderson, l9, president OF the 10
cal NAACP youth council, several
months ago was found guilty On
disorderly conduct and breach OF
the peace charges for allegedly try
ing to make q date with a white
girl. He declared it was frame
up as the result Of his vote regis
tration activities and filed an ap-
peal
But last week Anderson was
again sentenced. this time TO $50 or
80 days for stealing an overcoat- IL
is believed there was no fralne-Up
in this case.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
.v WILLIAM PICkENs

Tho n7esenf war in Europe has produced more
nudded thinking, n1uddled Impulses viva az
thought-process in them than any other recent alio
large event. Most people seern TO see SIalslI ios
the situation, but there are few VINO get yey lt
confused these few usually aTlH-0lI'lS' Hu' @
unwilling to admit that they are Po-eTeIlhd'1 NU
because the British have and are Big Bad Io"e+'
these few Jump to conclusion: wont 1t De nice
to see the British hcAsd! =
Then you can ask them. I5lt, do you want 10
see This Brutal German regime lcE ueIn,--oo yoU
want to help Hitler further out INTO the Worlo!
Then they begin TO hedge: Well, what difference
does if make? Is Hitler any worse than the rest OF
them? Aren't they all bad? Is one imperails'
better than another?-Poor thing: he could easily
answer ali those questions for himself.
In fact he has already answered them: lmpcr
iasts are not bad as the others Under the kaiser
the raw German a master beast in his African
Colonies; but under Hitlerism he could and doubt
less would be times worse.
GERMANS LEAST LIKED
No, nobody has to love and approve of Erlglailu
or France of their past of their present IN otte4
to choose that Germany should lose this war 9a'is
ing by facts and contacts not by fiction ana theoly'
we should say that the French are lar more clVlI-
lied than the Germans especially the Germans no"
charge of German destiny. H.
The French are even civilized than ule
British. Among all of these 'bad" people, u Is q q
very lame brain, or very dishonest pretenoeI' Il
one does not easily pick out the German ouulC & aS
the most uncivilized the most dangerous ana ue
most deserving of disaster. 49,
If one has not liked British imperialism N71'0
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-(SNS)-
Mrs. Susan Thompson Knox who
has lived for the past thirty years
in Indianapolis, has a most un-
usual and unique record among
the women Il our group in the city
and state. She has always been
Democrat and was active even be-
fore Woman suffrage was passed
She served in playground work
and in the probation department
for six years. She was appointed
referee in the juvenile department
and is now serving her second
term under Judge Wilfred Brad"
shaw. Because Of her unusual
capabilities, and her satisfactory
service, she was appointed the sec
ond time, She has three children
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
Protection For The Poor

Those who make practice of attacking the lie insurance IN
dusrv often center fire industrial insurance Inns form
insurance is usually sold small sums and collected week
ly or by-weeky in5talments
Without industrial insurance which can paid for at the
rate Of twenty-five or fifty week. millions OF low income
families would be unable obtain protection whatsoever
The death of the vageearn would leave dependents completely
destitute More often than not there would be insufficient
e17 on hand TO even pay modest funeral expenses
Industrial insurance IS naturally somewhat higher cost
ne 70 increased collection and bookkeeping expense But IS
of immense and it is the only proven established means OF
giving persons of very small income some measure OF FINANCIAL
sef-nrotection against the future.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

(CoRtinGGG from rage ~
children, while colored parks are
valued at only $4,000.
SALARY DISPARITY
Referring to education, the re-
port revealed that white teachers
have an average Of S.35 years OF
college training and are paid $3.50
Der year while colored teachers
have al. average Ct 3.l5 years OF
college training ana receive only
S1,275 per year
The young people in their find
ings stated that only one colored
school in Atlanta has a gymnasium
and only one has an auditorium,
and that g611 is spent pen per
son on books for white children
whereas 73 cents per person is
spent on hooks for oolored chill
dren.
Referring 10 health facilities
Methodist youths said they found
that two-thirdS OF the birth o1
colored children in Atlanta are at
Grady hospital and that mothers
are returned TO their homes in
three days, while white mothers are
normally returned seven days
after the birth of a child at Grady
Low WAGES REPORTED
Duscussing wages paid coiored
people, the young people found thai
domestic servants with less than
six working hours per day received
16 cents per hour, while the do
mestics with working day OF mort
than IL hours received less than
II cents. per hour.
The young white people declares
that until we are citizens we can
do nothing drastic about these
atrccious conditions, still we all
may be more considerate. kind and
! thoughtful Of our brothers-the
| Negroes.
I Members OF the group made II
/ clear that they we're not proposiIls
a sudden change of social, economic
ana political systems as a solution
| but that neither we're they satlS'
fled with a slow change,
we are demanding Of ourselve
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
New 387 Bed
Hospital For
Negroes In Va:

PETERSBURG, Va. lANT)--Dr.
H. G. Henry, director OF State
hospitals, declared last Tuesday
that the opening here of the re
Gently completed 387 bed ward
building at Central state hospital
Oldest and largest of its kind it
America, exclusively for Negroes
has reduced overcroWding there 70
the lowest level in 20 years.
Built with PWA aid at cost OF
$233, 7Sl, the new structure said DR.
Henry, will solve all congestion
problems at Central state except
those in the criminal ward. Thcr-
ouglly modern both in construc'
tion and equipment, the wards in
the new are wide, we'll ventilated
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
Get Joyful
Relief From
BACkACHE
CAUSED BIZ SLUGGISH
KIDNEYS
Stop Getting Up Nights
And Feel Younger

Here's one good way to flush excess
harmful waste from the Kidneys ana
relieve bladder irritation tnat otueS
causae sranty. burning and smaIting
passage L-,
Of Cold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules =
= snlendid safe and harmless dluretlc
and stimulant for weak kidneys and
irritaited bladder.
Besides getting up nights, some
avnnptonns of kidney trouble may pe
backaches, puffy eyes leg cramps,
and moist palms. But be sure TO se'
corn MEDAL - it's a genuine medi-
cine for weak kidneys = right from
Haarlem in Holland. Don't accept
substitute, ---------------
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

One Of them, Edward Thompson.
is a movie actor in Hollywood and
has played in some of the verS
best Negro pictures produced by
the race con- panies. George KnoS
is a senior at Fisk University and
a athlete, was listed in the Col
legs who's Who", Victoria Knox
a recent graduate OF Butler uni
versity, is now working on her
Masters at the Indiana University
School of Social Work,
Mrs. Knox possesses a very
charming personality and is be-
loved by all who know and come IN
contact with her. She has &C.
colnplished many worthwhile things
in the city and is highly respected
by members of both races.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
President For
Langston Still
Being Sought

OKLHCIA CTTY-tA N PA
letter delivered to Fred A. Hol-
man, chairman OF the board OF
regents of Langston University,
last week from F.. D. Moon,
principal of the colored schools OF
the city of Wewoka, asked thai
Moons name be removed from
consideration as president of
Lsangston University.
Principal Moon makes the thiro
prominent Cklahoman who is
reported 20 have turned the as
signment down since the resigna'
ton of A. w. Turner who served
SIS president only three days and
resigned because he discovered he
would be president in name only
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

Principal E. W. Woods of Tulsa ,
and Mayor Letchen A.. fill OF
Boley, who is also superintendent
of schools in the aIl~Negro town
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
Sues For Right

Continued fr0m Page y
council repeatedly declared that
The city has the right to employ
whom il chooses for any nunlcl=
nal position. A decision in che
.ase is expected in the near fl-
Ure
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

connected political party oi
regardless rulings rgula-
completely mpaily free from hatred
ALI matter coming this should be In our oce "eS
A. NJ. the
matter plainly written on only one sae
copy cannot be used We reserve the nsh
paid for.
Make money payable 10 the INDEX 1914 East MONROE
signed by contributors OF es
will moth
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

that we do ev7rything possible al
the present moment and continue
always to bring better conditions
for every man as speedily as pos
sihle,'' they concluded.
r. B. Eleazer was the leader OF
the race group.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

The spirit Of freedom laws and institutions alone
II is expressed the expansion of the personal experience In all
individuals rather than nations IN the unlocking
Of human powers and opportunities. No disaster black
out nation which lives in that sprit.-New York lmes
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

Chemists of large rubber COM
patty have developed a rev plastic
for coating papof 10 make it re-
sisfant 20 water, oil and many
acids.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

ideolcgies. 1t applies to all. 1t ap.
peals to all. 1t must become the
common life of all.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09
WIFE OF FREEDMEN'S
CHIEF SURGEON DIES

WASHlNGTON--(A II F)-Mrs.
Ieouie Annette Jones W fe of DR..
T. Howard Jones, surg gaon-ln-
chi2f Of F'reedmen's hospital, died
Tuesday night al her Rome after
brief Illness, F'une al services
were held Friday morning from
the residence of the deceased
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Young Methodists

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children, while colored parks arr
valued at only $4,000,
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-09

The French government has
restricted the use Of the te1ms IoT
tortoise shell and ivory TO articles
containing the genuine materials,