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Evening star., 1939-06-19
Ny Neiqhbor Says:

To fasten rosebushes to lat
tees use pipe cleaners, They
hold vines in position, but do
not injure them.
Always use new rubber bands
on preserve jars. 1t is well to
test them by stretching about
inches. If they return to nor
NAL. they are probably good.
Jars should be thoroughly
washed and inspected for cracks.
Croquettes often burst open
because they are too large, too
thin, poorly shaped, or cooked
in fat which is not hot enough.
When making jellies. do not
forget to use fruits and berries
underripe rather than overripe
for better consistency and fla
vor.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
Beer Seen as Inyigorator

Cincinnati. Dec y - \ glass
of beer in winter is just ~ in
.Vigorating as Il cup of coffee,
Joseph Ullcan, vico-prcsidrnt of
the Red Top Brewing Company,
brewers eff Red Top beer and at
and a o Barbarossa premium
beer reports following a survey
in this AGRA.
Beer is just as pleasant a
drink on Christmas Day ~ it is
on the Fourth Of July" Uil-
man pointing out that increas-
Ing domestic rct'rigerators are
stocked with this beverage.
he consuming public has dis
carded an out-m0dCd theory that
cool beverages are to be in
vogue mercy in the heat Of sum
mer," he continued, observing
t n research specialists have
found that glass Of good beer
is just as invigorating as a cup of
coffee.
AttHne to tie popular demand
he said that his company is
making it possible for consumers
to drink beer in their own
homes according to their own
desires and not making TIT
thermometer reading the guagc
for adequate merchandising.
Beer like sole drinks is an
all-ycar around beverage" he
said.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
BalckOvic, YugO-Slav ViOlinist,
Gives Recital at West Virgil
mia State College Nov. 10Th

The students, Faculty and
friends of West Virginia State
college were treated to Thanks
giving feast Sunday evening,
November Goth, when Zlatko
Ba 'okoic, Yugo-Slav violinist
appeared in an exciting recital
as the secord feature of the co..
iege's music series for the year.
Mr.. Balokovic opened his pro-
grom With Handeps Sonata in G
Major, playing it competantly,
but missing fire and intensity
until he reached the "Adiago"
movement which received most
effective emotional treatment
captivating the audience.
1t was not until Caesar
Franck's Sonata in A Major was
reached h a t Mr.. Baiolovic
achieved the heights of poetic
fire and vigor and brilliance.
This Sonata was written for VIC
lin and piano. Mr.. Hellmut Baer-
valid, the accompanist, was en-
titled to his share of the most
enthusiastic applause which fol-
lowed this number, attesting to
the briuiance of his performance
at the piano. Mr.. Baefweld, in
fact, showed himself to be more
t h n merely, an accf mpanist
throughout the entire program.
playing with a balance and uni
ty of complete understanding of
his required contribution to the
performance Of the violin.
A coup of short numbes TO-
lowed, esqusitely played, an en-
coe, Schurbert's Ave Maria, es-
pecially delighting the audience
The whole program was on a
high level of excellence. Rarely
does one hear a recital provid-
ing such an admirable harmony
Of violin and piano as did this
performance. On January a, Mr..
William Allen, an accomplished
Negro pianist, viii appear at
the college in recital, the third
of this years music series.
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ALL INDIA REYOLT|KtI
AGAINST ENGlA AND

Bombay, Dec. 1. (CNA)-
That the northwestern tribes Of
India are in open rcVoH against
the hated British government,
blowing up bridges and ambush
ing British troops, was stated
here this week in unconirmed
reports.
Meanwhile, lhc two chief de-
v"!opmehts in Iindia's fight for
independence from imporialist-
ic British iuc were:
l. Mohadas X. Gandhi ag in
asserted Ir.iia would not coopcra-
te with Britain in tie second
impcrialisiic world war without
recognition Of lr.ia'a right to
Independence.
2 Y h g executive committee
Of the All Inlia Congress-, mcet
ing at AIlahabad this week, a
doptcd resolution rcahirmiug
It's determinations 10 continue
non-coopcration unless Great
Britain rovi<cs her policy and
accepts the CoLrrca# convcn-
ton The Congress has demand
.cd that Britain agree - demo
cratic Independence for India.
Much fighting and aabo'ag"
has already taken place And the
British have already takcr the
initial steps in supprc sing the
"rcvolt."
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
Chinese Name MoSleEi Consul

Chungking. China, Dec. l.
CNA-T h . hincSe government
(etra) this week improved its
relations with both China'S 80
million Nohammcdans ard the
Mosler countries OF North
Africa by appointing Wang Shis-
m.ng. Chinese Moh2mmcdar, as
consul Il Jcdda. Arabia.
Wang is the first Chinese Mo
hammedar ever appointed rs Il
consul The only MoSlcm III the
Chinese dirlomati service was
Ma Hungtoo. first secretary of
the Chir2sc Legation in Turkey.
Wank's appointment WAS in
recognition Of the Chinese Mos
lem's support of their country's
war for national liberation.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ARE
PUT UP MONDAY THE 18th

Appalochinu Elc.t,.i, pow,,.
mcr thr CIV Pollen H,n,,,
mont and volIr,nrr bnIr,rs
nut nm thr Ch,j.t,n., I;.h,, on
Main, stree, AIr,d.,v r,,..,o,n
The i"hts sr,..,l tLcu..,nI ,c
of them -orr s,runr ,,.iss-rr,.s
from one rnd or N,;u ~tr.., :,
nco, fine hriJ,,. rIh,v n.y., Mi
co,orrd nnd =. ia. d,, 49,, d,u
ANIL thr mir flied vita fin. .,,o.
onlookcrs did no, need ,o w,it
,ntil dark 10 oct - t..i, Of tbr
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
N.AI.C.P. CHRISTMAS SEALS
NOV SELLING VERY RAPIDLY

New York, December first 49,
A brisk sale of NAACP Christ
mas Seals is reported from the
various parts Of the country.
council, under the leadership of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Williams,
has organized 4 city-widc squad
of workers who are covering the
churches, and night spots thru
out the city distributing 10000
seals. IT. BordcntoWn. Mrs. Les
ter Granger has distributed for
sale more than six thousand of
the seals among the students
'oculty al friends of the Bor-
,cntown Manual Trainig school.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
Junior Civic League of North
fork and ElkhOrn Organized

A Junior Civic League has
been organized for the North
fork-E khorn trrritoy with view
of promoting the interests and
welfare of the Negro in business,
and social life and of clcvatinI
TO truer and higher standards
Of living among the race the
following officers were elected:
Startling r. Martin, president ;
Wilbur Reed, vicc-prcsidcnt !;
Mrs. Virginia Goodman, secrc-
tary; Evelyn Dalton, Treasurer;
Stanford Barksdale, business
manager. Several committees
were also appointed. The club
meets every Monday evening at
1870 in the Northfork hotel,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
WAGE HOUR ACT DOOGEO IN
SOUTH BY ENFORCEMENT
Briefly, as explained by Sec.
Of Labor Perkins to the recent

Briefly, as explained by Sec.
Of Labor Perkins to the recent
National Conference on Labor
legislation, it consists of State
Federal agreement under which
state officials will enforce the
law in their own domain" 1t is
supposed, s aid Nine. Perkins,
such agreements will place the
enforcement of the law in the
hands of agencies already known
and respected by employers
Labor leaders here pointed out
that this plan puts enforcement:
of the law up to the mi owners
own state governments in the
south where state officials have
thwarted labor legislation ever
since the fall of the Reconstruct
tor government.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
Attacks on English Jews are
Continued and With Vigor

London, Dec. 1.-CNA - The
damaging of Jews shop wind
ows by British anti-Semites has
spread from East End to North
London Districts to Croydon.
In many cases labels with race
hating slogans are posted on
Jewish windows during the black
outs. Perpetrators have gone un-
detected by the police.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08

safe, and to secure some of the
blessings of an abundant life,
they are called upon to cooperate
with their fellow citizens in help
ing to clear away the menacing
shadows which now stifle in
dividual initiative, retard employ
ment and threaten the extinc-
ton of confident assurance that
heir government exists for hu-
beings for the government.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
FLORIDA XXI pARADEs TO
IRT|MIlhTE NEGRO VOTERS

Orlando, Fla, Dec. 2. CNA.-
The Ku Klux Khan staged a de-
monstration here this week with
the aid of the local and state
administration through the Ne
gro section of, the city in an eff
fort to stem the rising tide of
the Negro peop'e in Florida Tor
their constitutional right of
franchise.
Further evidence of Klan
participation in the coming
gubernatoriafan and national cleo
tions in 194Oswas uncovered in
the news, reports of the Orlan-
do Morning Sentinel, organ of
the land owning and citrus in
terests of central Florida.
The automobile caravan of Ga
cars and 275 white hoodlums.
starting from the city auditori-
um in Sunshine Park was es-
corted by city police officers,
trusted henchmen of the DUPONT
Collier-Lyckes interests. Licen-
Sc plates were covered to hide
the identity of the car owners.
This demonstration was a tlagra
mt violation of the laws of Flori-
ola and a repetition of similar
violations practiced at Miami
last spring, when the hooded
political gangsters of the Khan
attempted to prevent Negroes
from participating in the NUM-
!cipal elections of that city.
The orlando Sentinel also re-
ported that in the northern
limits of the town a huge cross
was burned in a ceremony at.
'ended by local and state oifici-"
ais. On the morning OF the
the march the newspaper car
ried an interview with the I'm
perial Wizard of the Khan, Jas.
A. Colescott, who was described
rs mild hammered" and a gen
tleman."
In view of the fact that every
'ynching in Florida has been
directed against the Negro PEG
pie or white workers who have
attempted to aid them in their
struggle for constitutional rights
the Klar parade was a delibertc
act Of intimidation and coerc-
ion. The reactionaries fear that
they will be wiped off the boards
when the Negro people will get
their vote.
On his visit here, the Khan
head stated that his organiza-
ton was recruiting the best"
white people for the defense of
white supremacy and to elect
only native born, white, Gentle
protestants to office.
| -0-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
BeKAr to Be RAnlnnar

Keep on trydn'," said Upcle
Eben. ITS better to be perpet.
ual beginner dan q gutter"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
Former Cotton Picker Wins
u. Of Michigan History Prize

New York. CCNA) - Corne
lieus Golightly, a graduate stu
dent in philosophy at the U. of
Michigan, has been selected for
ted $500 annual award of the
New History society for a paper
on What Influence Would a
Bible of Mankind Exert on the
orld of omorrow." The award.
with others of the society total
ing S625, was presented this
week at a reception at Caravan
HaF, 40 East Fifty-Ninth st.
A former cotton picker, Co
lightly has been a bus-boy, wait
er and bellman on Great Lakes
steamers, it was said.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
Hallamaal Sends Bic
Message to Young
G.O.P. Conference

Fairmont, Dec. 2.-ln Il mes
ace TO the Young Republican
conference here today Walter S.
llalla.ln. Republican national
committeeman. who was unab
to attend the meeting because
If engagements made several
months ago. warned that:
~ European war will not
cI'". up the frightfuI economic
mess which the New Deal has
made. the only thing that can
clr.u this up is Il new Republic
and broom i'm the hands of Il Re-
pubIitm.. President and and a
Republican Congress-.
CONFIRMING his message. which
sent ~ William +. Lehman. The
"C>ral chairman of the confer
Gee, Nallanan urged that we
hay" 10 division. as to color,
creed, or age within our ranks.
If I'LL the Republicans of every
age and group join together. we
can make certain tn West Nir-
"irin will go back into the Re
publican column.
May | urge uHon every Re
publican gathered ut Fairmor.
that our most important lob now
il 80 make the American people
conscious of tch miserable rec
ord OF failure Of the New Deal
administrator
Hal!arln wrote of the fan
taStic and socialistic schemes
of the hrain-trusters. of the New
Deal still cropping in the depth
of economic despair" ard said
OF the New Dealers, eve have
them on the run. Let's keep them
on the run ur.il every veStia,ye
of New Deal hypocrisy is driven
out"
On party matters, ,he national
committeeman said ut is a
hapny situation that the Re-
publican party il, West Virginia
has never in all its glorious his
tory of success been as united
AL a@ militant az it is today"
and ne declared that the hun
dredS of thousands of Republic
ans who "havc remained true TO
their political IDEAS during the
dark years, expect every man
and every woman in a position of
party responsibility to do his or
her full duty in this time Of ma
tional crisis"
To the Young Republicans he
pledged his very best efforts to
arouse militant and detern,in-
ed spirit of making next years
fight Il winning fight all the wav
from top to bottom"
The great responsibilities
OF the war he wrote. "have
made it more imperative than
ever that Republican, presi-
dent be elected in 1910 if orr
American form of government
IS to continue 1t is your respon-
sibiIity and mine to see that the
American people are awakened
to the critical problems of our
own land"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
B. DR.. Emmett J. Scott

Washington, d. c., Dec. L.
Is Democracy safe in Ameri-
ca? is question being debated
these days throughout the land
before town hall forums COM
munity groups college fraterni-
ties sororities press clubs wo-
mems clubs business, profession,
al, and other organizations.
Everywhere there is apparent
a revival of the old American
spirit of community debate, Of
the "gie and take" of good ma
tured, yet serious, discussion of
what is probably the most funda
mental question in our life to-
day.
Men ana women are cropping
about, seeking an answer to this
this question: of questions, The
basic fabric of American life is
involved in the right answer,
ami they know it.
One h ing, more than any
other stands out-whatever di-
vergencies of opinion may exist
there is common agreement,
and, apparently, greater deter
mination t h n ever, to make
democracy sure in this United
States of ours, and that the in-
tegrity of our democratic syst
EN- shall be preserved.
The people find themselves
disturbed, distracted by an
oyershadowing intangible some
thing that seems to suggest
that things are not what they
should be that, in some way,
the democracy of which they
have boosted so long is threaten
ed, endangered, by new-fangled
programs that smack of socialist
il, bureaucratic control, and the
death Of that spirit Of freedom,
free enterprise and daring, in
tended by the founders of the
Republic.
This disturbance of mind ard
spirit has gripped colored Ameri
cans also they, too, find them
selves bewildered, confused, per-
plexed
Whittier are we drifting?
They ask. With millions Of
others in this land of ours, they
frd themselves victims of a
moracing uncertainty t h t
weakens their morale and makes
t h e m afraid. Of what? Debt,
debt! Ttxes, taxes!
Society and the state alike are
embroiled in the hopeless tangle
of a wrecked morale. The people
of this country are the unfOr-
tunate victims these last few
years Of a system which has
spiralcd downwards economical
" with apparently no prospect
Of a change.
They know that the peop'e of
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
Whit WOncr 10 Aid Capitol
Trade School Wipe Out Debt

Washington, Dee. / OG.'cl
w. Chase for CNA)-At a ,peci-
al meeting held at the National
Trade and Professional School
for Women and Girls, a bi-raci-
al board Of northern All south
I'll women was named to cooper
gto with the trustees in the cx
panslon Of the work Of the in.
.i.u'lon. Miss Maine II. Bur
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08

roughs is president of tho
school.
The program of the new board
calls for the wiping out of the
entire Indebtedness of the insti-
tuition, and new dormitory to
accommodate one hundred more
students, and the creation of q
scholarship fund which wi
oTer partial aid to fifty girls
Tie program further calls for
undermining the curriculum to
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-08
DIR. 3. Scott Asks: lis
Democracy Safe Here
I'm ". s. of AmeriCa?''

1leiy, NeI lIldily dlfN ItuSSld Was
saddled with debt structure far
beyond their ability to carry.
They know that because of such
a huge debt structure the people
of these countries found them
selves in hopeless despair. Com
munism, Fascism and National
Socialism appeared on the scene
as substitutes for democracy
and the minority groups in those
countries were the first to suf-
fer.
Respite in those countries was
found in surrender of every
citizeship-right and prerogative
to relationships which represent
totalitarianism, the very anti
thesis of everything that we in
America hold near and dear.
Debt and taxes have now
reached such a pinnacle in the
United States that the domin-
ant political party, faced with
proposals for enormously increas
ed expenditures, hesitates on
the eve of a presidential election
to notify the people of what is
in prospect for them in the way
of additional new taxes, or more
debt-bo rowing.
Our government officials, elect
ed and appointed, are running
hither and thither seeking SUBJ
terfuge programs to sugar-coat
the bitter pill of more debt
spending.
We cannot pay our debts as
formerly. Initiation, Industrial
booms, and expedients of that
kind threaten day by day to
drag our country to the lowest
financial levels. No longer do the
people breathe the free air of
confidence. DULY a sound financial
system and less reckless spend
ing can restore that confidence
so badly needed to get our eco
nomic machine going again so
that all men may find jobs at
decent wages.
With these menacing shadows
hanging over them, 1910 seems
a long way off. Undoubtedly,
presens trends indicate a will
ing and eager desire on the part
Of American voters to get away
from the confusions Of this day
and time. They are hoping that
4 new federal administration
will soon emancipate them. and
thereby relieve the uneasiness
which at present letters and dis
courages them, and restore that
free play of energies and abili-
ties which have made America
great
Colored voters, especially those
in the northern and western
states. whore their votes are de-
sired and counted, have a heroic
part to play in the struggle just
ahead Of us. They, along with
other citizens of the Republic
vii be called to answer the ques-
ton: 'Is Democracy Safe In
America?
Under a free democracy they
now have their physical freedom
and certain guaranteed priviIeg-
es of American citizenship, in
Guiding the opportunity to con-
tend for a chance to better their
condition, and to find their right
full place in the American scheme
of things.
To m a k these guarantees
Evening star., 1939-12-08

Mr.. Hul's note said, would subject
American vessels to diversion to
British ports II they are found to be
carrying goods Of German origin or
German ownership, regardless of the
place Of lading Of such goods or
the place of destination and regard
less Of the ownership of the goods
at the time that the vessel is inter-
cepted."
Must Justify Interference.
The note then pointed out that
interference by belligerents with
neutral vessels on the high seas must
be justified on some belligerent right
under international law. 1t con-
ceded that a belligerent has the right
to stop and search neutral vessels to
determine whether they.are carrying
contraband of war to an enemy or
are attempting to break an effective
blockade of an enemy port.
American vessels now are prohib-
tied by the Neutrality Act from en-
gaging In any kind of commerce on
the west coast of Europe between
Bergen, Norway, and the northern
part of Spain, the note pointed out.
1t added that this prohibition applies
to neutral as we'll as to belligerent
ports within that area.
consequently. justification for in
terfering with American vessels or
their cargoes on grounds of breach
of blockade can hardly arise the
note said. Likewise, the question
of contraband does not arise with
respect to goods en- route from Ger
many to the United States.
Whatever may be said for or
against measures directed by one
belligerent against another, they
may not rightfuly be carried to the
point of enlarging the rights Of a
belligerent ove.' neutral vessels and
their cargoes, or of otherwise penal
izing neutral states or their ma
tionals in connection with their
legitimate activities"
Evening star., 1939-12-08
Blockade
Continued From First Page.)

trade and commerce are already
being subjected.
my government is, therefore,
under the necessity of requesting
that measures adopted by the Brit
ish government shall not cause In
reference with the legitimate trade
of its nationals and of reserving,
meanwhile, all its rights and the
rights of it's nationals whenever.
and to the extent that they may
be infringed."
This reservation of rights lays the
basis for possible damage claims
should it be shown that American
interests are damaged by the British
program.
At the outset of the note, Secre-
tary Hull wrote that this Govern
ment had noted with regret that
by its order-in-council of November
% the British government has un-
dertaken to intercept all ships and
all goods emanating from German
territory, as well as all ships sail
ing after December from any port.
whether neutral or not, that carry
goods of German origin or German
ownership.
The British order requires that
such goods of German origin be dis
charged in British or Allied port for
action of the prize court.
This order if applied literally" :"
Evening star., 1939-12-08
France Is Reported
Doubling Defenses
Against Nazi Attack
Moeinot Line No. z Is
Declared Ready From
Switzerland to Chunnel
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. j
PARIS, Dec. 8.-France was de-
clared today to have doubled its de-
fenses from Switzerland to the
English Channel by the completion
of "Maginot Line No. 2"
Semi Official sources, commenting
on reports in LIE Matin that the new
line had been finished. said that re-
enforcement of the defense system
was inspired by knowledge that
German gun plants were concentrat-
ing on making heavy artillery with
the idea of piercing the Maginot
Line and by fears of being out
flanked.
lie Matin said there was a stag
gered system of pillboxes over q
wide area both before and behind
the Maginot fortifications which it
suggested would have offensive as
well as defensive qualities.
Gives Men Peace of Spirit.
"This impregnable SYSTEM" the
newspaper said, will give our armies
peace of spirit in being able to
await the moment when they will
have to maneuver."
In reporting the construction Of
the double line the newspaper said:
"The assault of 100000 men
which might break over the Maginot
Line still would have to accomplish
the same-to take the second line.
1T is enough to say that the
assault would be broken abrutly and
that the armies behind the sue
cessive outposts and behind Maginot
Line No. l and Maginot Line No. 2
are located behind impregnable
fortresses."
French Claim Advances.
French patrols advanced almost
to German defense lines, military
quarters reported, In night excur-
Sions following German resumption
of patrol activity on the western
front.
Numerous patrols were sent out,