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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
SECOND NEGRO BOYS
STATE HELD AT W,Y.S.C.
West Virginia Department of
American Legion Sponsors Big
Event in Citizenship

Institute. VIVA, June 20.-
Seventy-iive boys enrolled last
week i'm the second annual Boys
State, (Negro) the only orgafii-
cation of its kind in the world,
at West Virginia State college.
The State" is a citizenship
training activity wherein the
boys participate in the organiZa
ton and functio-nng of u govern
mcnt patterned after their own
state. ~.
Leon Sullivan, l6 year old
CharlcStonian, was elected Gov
crnor of the State" on a Ma
tionlist ticket. The elections,
primary and general. were held
following campaigns by the Fee
drraliSts and Nationalists part
les. Judge +. l.. Fox, President
'of the West Va, State Supreme
Court Of Appeals, administered
the oath of Office to the elected
officials. :.
The follwing day found all Of
the agencies functioning, the
State, counties Marion and
Fayctte, and the citics-l'air-
mont and Fayetteville. Laws
were enacted by the House of
Delegates and Senate, and State
Police were trained to protect
the citizens and given instruc-
ton i'm first aid and safety work.
State and Legion officials
participated in the program by
giving instructions in govern
ment and addessing the groups
in session. ~
The officials of the state"
will serve one year term.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
Saturday June II.
French Sub Lost

All hope was abandoned, and
France went into MOURNING for
the II officers and sailors a
board the submarine Phenix,
which sank Thursday morning
in thes China sea off the coast
of French Indo-China and failed
to reappear.
Only a circle of oil, glistening
on t h turbulent surface off
Camranh bay, marked tn e
watery grave Of the officers and
men Of the third submarine tc
nave sunk in less than q month
The cause Of the disaster /;
unknown but the Ffshs prs
hipted strongly shat sabctag'
may have been used a
80 t--t.E) - E4ls; ~.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
Reason for Drop in Negro
Owners of Land is Sought

Petersburg, June 18.-Cause
for declining Negro ownership
of land in Virginia Will be dis
cussed by economic experts at
regional interracial confer
ence here Tuesday of this week.
DR.. w. E. Garnett, rural econo-
mist of Va. Tech, and l.. M. Wal
ker, assistane a administrator,
department of agriculture, will
lead the discussion. The state
planning board has reported
h t 65 counties in the state
have shown a decline in Negro
ownership during the last %
years, while only 8 have shown
an increase.
The conference here is one of
three arranged for discussion of
intrracial prblems. A conference
was held Wednesday at Law
renceville, and another will be
held at Va. Tech, July 81.
Other subjects to be discuss
ed at the conference here include
Building a Negro Middle Class
Through Improvement of Voca-
tonal and Occupational Oppor-
tunities," by j. H. Binford
superintendent of the Richmond
city schools; Raising the Stanc
ard of Living among Negroe,
by Mrs. Rose Butler Brown, Of
1.-THE Va, state college faculty
why We Behave as We d.
Howard Other Racial Groups,
by DR.. Fred M. Alexander, o
the State Department of Educa
tion' Asysts'At "''' 80
4 49,.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
Early American COlOnjsts Quail
ed Beer for Hygenic Reasons

In the early American Colonial
days, gallant historical personal
tiles ike John and Priscilla AL
den, Myles Standish and other
notables accustomed to drink
beer for hygienic reasons, Joe
Ullman, vice president of the
Red Top Brewing company
points out. ......
almost all English families
in those days brewcd beer and
ale in their homes" Mr.. Ull-
man declares, because water
was so thoroughly boiled in the
brewing process and hence beer
was much safer to drink than
was the unhltered water in those
days when the supply was large
ly drawn from contaminated
rivers and wells.
Nov our American city
water supply is scientifically puri
fled for their citizens. One need
no longer to insist on drinking
beer instead Of water to avoid
danger Of typhoid fever an d
other diseases in the cities" he
said.
I'VE still enjoy good beer" ne
continued, "bccausc it is cool
ing and enjoyable beverage, al
most as old AZ the human race,
evidences Of which have boon
discovered a. far back as he
Egyptians"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
Ullman Anticipates Good Beer
Business Thru This Summer

Cincinnati. June p. - Based
on the trend evidenced during
the spring quarter and current
reports from the trade. Joseph
Uliman, Vice-prcSidcnt of the
Red Top Brewing company here
believes beer consumption will
show an increase for the cur
rent summer over last year.
The beer industry enjoyed
good reports from those states
where warm weather prevailed
this spring and this trend seems
to be continuing as we near the
torrid season." Ullman said.
A survey OF Red Top distri-
butors reveals that the growing
popularity of beer as a hot
weather beverage is ) imulat-
ing sales, he added.
while no definite statistics
can be quoted as yet, the general
opinion that he beer industry is
in for a good summer is Il most
encouraging sign" Cllman point
ed out. ....
The Red Top company brews
and distributes Red Top and
Barbarossa beer and ale.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
Adding Insult TO Injury
Mr.. Roosevelt, endorsing down

Mr.. Roosevelt, endorsing down
ward revision of federal income
tax exemptions SO rs to reach
more. of the little fellows.
blandly observes that such a
step would give these people
added responsibilities of citizen
ship. The revenue. he said.
would be relatively important.
Indeed, il has been suggested
that the cost of collecting would
Just about eat up the proceeds.
But those added responsible
ties" the president seems To re
gard quite highly indeed.
In throld days. when Il gouEc
of this sort WAS being cOntrmpla
ted. those sponsorln ii spoke OF
making the people tax consci-
Gus. This phrase, if we rcmcm-
Der correctly. figured prominent
~ in tho debate over W. Va. 5
consumers sales tax. 1t boils
down to the ) me thing the
PRECEDENT was talking about. 1t
is Il phrase coined to Justify an
other raid. ....
Fortunately. the theory that
those who do ndL hand OUT
money directly in tax payments
are not tax payers has been
very completely dcbunkcd in the
Unitd States. There are so many
indirect taxes, SO many taxes
hidden in the prices of what all
of us buy, that nobody who
handle sany money at all cscap-
cs paying taxes. And those with
the least income pay relatively
the heaviest taxes. To slap an
additional direct tax on them on
the theory that they must as
sumo new responsibilities OF
citizenhip, is to add INSULT to
injury. -.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
Goebbls Speaks in Danzig

To a widely cheering crowd at
the Free City of Danzig Ger
many's propaganda minister
Paul Joseph Goebbels, declared
that the annexation of the Free
City with Germany was inevi-
table and no power on earth
could stop it.
The minister's impromptu
speech came after thousands had
demanded for him to speak.
Hitler has said, Danzig is
German; and from past expert
ences the world should by now
understand that Hitter does not
utter empty words" the little
monkey-faced club-footed minis
ter shouted.
The Nazi-dominated Danzig
and Poland exchanged series
of frey notes each promising
reciprocal action against the
other. ..... 49,.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
WEST VA. STATE TO HAVE
F1VE-DAY VOCTL. MEET
Fifty Instructors in Extension,
gricuturc, Mining, and Home
Economics Expected

Institute, June 15.-Wcst Va.
state college will conduct five
day conference of vocational
tcahcrs, beginning Monday June
18th and extending until today.
The conference was short inten
sive Course Of the semiar type
now being featured in the sum-
mcr sessions of the college.
FfnF instructors extojlsion
agents and other workers I'm the
ocupational fields were in attend
cncc.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
Senator FavOrS Amendment to
Limit Term of Presidents to a
Single Six Year Period; Says
Bird Term Stuff Unsafe

Washington, June ia con
tcntion { h Il { to disregard the
tradition aghins Il third term
and rc-cIrct President Roosevelt
i'm 1910 might lead 10 Il break
down of the democratic form Of
government was advaHccd to-
night by Senator Burke, D.-Ncb.
In an address prepared for the
Washington Evening Stars
forum he declared there had
been trend in recent years to-
ward Capitalization Of power
and toward Il government of men
rather than of laws.
In the light Of prevailing
trends, he added, Should the
third term tradition be broken in
1910, no man can safely pre-
dict the fate Of our form Of
government"
For the same reasons that he
opposed a third term for a chief
executive.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
National Medical Convention
To Be Held in New York Ang Ia


According to a bulletin re-
leased by the National Medical
Association the convention for
1889 will be held at public School
GO, 127 and 1913 street.
High ranking officials of the
state will address the meeting
and trip to the Worlds Fair
has been scheduled. The day at
the fair will be called NINA
Day at the New York Worlds
Fair 1889"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23

The American Medical Asso
cation is a kind of union 70,
upper-bracket doctors and dis.
likes even the mention of social.
lied medicine. The ANA holds
t h a t the physician would lose
his individuality If medical care
were to be socialized. The Asso-
citation has ousted several mem
Der for being bold enough to
work for groups embracing
health insurance plans.
Between the politicians and
the ANA the public has been
sadly miSinformed about group
health plans. But nevertheless
large number of persons have
found out the truth. They have
found that expert medical and
hospital core can be obtained for
as low as SIS or $40 a year.
Once a large enough body of
persons discovers the benefits of
social ized medicine the poltti-,
clans and the ANA will be forced
to change their position.
One notes with pleasure that
the United States Supreme
Court has issued a decision that
sounds i ke death knell for
Jersey Citys' self-styled dicta-
tor, Mayor Frank Hague. The
Courts decision upheld the right
of free speech and Free assem-,
bly, and should serve as a warn
ing to other officials with dicta-
tor Tenderness.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
Socialized Medicine

If America is to become a
healthier nation either the peo-
pie must have access to m ore
money to pay doctor, medicine
and hospital bills or some form
of socialized medicine must be
worked out. :"
Since it is much more difficult
TO change the economic system
than it is to devise some plan for
caring for the unhealthy, it
would seem that out public SER
wants would do just that. But
the politicians are afraid of that
word "socialized," and also OF
.the American Medical Associa-
ston. , -" ''"'
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23

Major General Van Horn
Mosely, Jew batter and spouter
of Fascist propaganda, should
receive a prize of some sort for
his very remarkable scheme to
finance the counter-revolutionary
campaign. The Major and his
associates would sell a syphilis
preventative and cure to the US.
army, put up in neat prophylactic
kits. The scheme is almost as
Fantastic as Fascism itself.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
CONTRACTS 10 BE LET

il Secondary road bids will
be let in nine contracts, the
state road commit ION recently
disclosed.
Bids will bo opened on July
5 for these projects in Mcdowell
county: Surface treatment 4.3O
mics Elkhoru junction-Pagcton
$40 niles Elkhorn road, end of
concrete. 1910 miles Rift to
Virginia state line. route . and
sixteen.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
Mrs. G.. Hawthorne and fam.
ly have moved to Elkhorn.

The plans Of the Keystone Ro-
tary club came to full frution
Keystonites are to have a fine
tennis court. The court is to be
built in the lot behind the Com
muity theatre. The land is own
ed by the Norfolk and Western
railway and has been leased by
the Rotary club.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23

In handing down a decision
unfolding free-peech and assemb-
ly in Jersey City, the L. S.
Supreme Court put a severe
chimp in the ambitions of Mayor
Frank Hague. The decision will
be welcomed by all who like to
see American democracy operate
on a nationwid scale.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23

Mr.. and Mrs. G. #. Apperson,
residents of Keystone for the
past four years, have moved to
Kimball. Mr.. ApIerson is to
manage the Koppers store at
Kimball, the position he held in
Keystone at Koppers store No.
10. ~
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23

get the state, Young Republican
headquarters. That is the telo-
phone number assigned to the
headquarters recently moved
to Wheeling from Charleston.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
Bohemia a Province

Bohemia is q province of the
CzechosIoVak republic, which be-
sides Bohemia, consists Of Mo
5avio, SloVakia, Siiesia and Rutho-
MIA (sub-Carpathian Russla). These
Territories formerly, until 1915, lay
chiefly within the empire OF Austria.
Hungary.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
THE ONLOOKER
w. D. W..

"the shouting and the tur
mutt dies. ....."
The King and Queen came
smiled for the crowds, SHOOK
hands all!around, saw a few out
standing sights and departed.
Another Brisisher, Neville
Chamberlain, some 5000 miles
away, mu t have smiled, too.
For without doubt it was the
. Great Appeaser who sent George
vi and his Queen on their errand
to capture North America.
From surface appearances it
looks as though the Royal pair
have succeeded in their effort to
promote British prestiage and
to build up a bond of good feel
ing: between this country and
England, but the real feeling
America harbors for England
did not. show itself in the gaudy
show New Workers put on for
the monarches.
America, the great democracy,
unaccustomed to titled pomp,
loves to watch when Royalty
parades, and George and Eliza
beth presented a glittering
spectacle. &C..
God Save the King" shook
the air m any times, crowds
cheered, ticket tape showered
down--it was a typical New York
show, an emotional let down for
people long in populace oity
pent. 80. {"
Now, will the King and Queen
and Mr.. Chamberlain be naive
enough to assume that the
show was anything more than
a show? In exchange for a
fleeing glimpse of Kinb and
Queen America will be captlvat-
ed in favor of British policy?
We are to forget Munich for
Kings hand wave or Queens
smile? -
To this columns way of think
ing Americas attitude toward
Great Britain has n t under
gone change of any consequ-
ence.The tragedies of Ethiopia,
Czechoslovakia, Spain and now
Palestine are too much for
Americans to casually forget.
Britain will not obtain Americas
tinequvial gpod will until she
sees fit to stop her suicidal
course of appeasement and
make a firm stand for demo-
cracy. .'''
+ +
CociaIi7pd Medicine
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23

Eleven persons wsre killed,
more than 60 injured and 100
or more homes destroyed when a
furious tornado swept through
a % mile area west and north
of Indianapolis.
Between 40 and SO houses
were completely. demolished at
Anoka, a city Of about 5000. A
school hous, church, creamery
and three homes were destroyed
at Cedar. In the rural district a
number Of farms and other build
ings were wrecked.
National guardsmen, nurses
and doctors rushed to the scene
of diasterr and Quickly rendered
aid to the Injured. Broken arms
and legs were the most frequent
injuties.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23

Republicans are hailing it as
a good omeh or sBmethfhy, For
when they pick up. a phone in
Wheeling and lasklfor 1910 they
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
AIbaIroaa nss t4-boos HisrSDread

AlbaIrosa Has 1905, Wing1pread
The albstrogg Which gernAtlmes
has a qdpsspr aSd q IL tctk Usually
hes difficulty m 'faklnR or huv-
ing 70 run some dIstaAce 70 gain
momentum before u hsSs h tho
air. When on q shlp, snys Golfers
Weekly. it Is unable 10 leave, IL the
top deck does not have sufficient
space for o sntisfactorp .'.ri,Kway.p'
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23

Secretary o f Agriculture
Wallaee's g reat grandfather
must have benin the cabinet in
.1848. A West Virginia farmer
Iplowed Up a half-Bbck of that
date. lg5 GspG gta,4i h....'.,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
FANATIC - A person " h o
loses sight Of his objective.

SPECIALIST - Person who
knows everything about nothing
at all Arrives at this state by
specializing on small part of
the body, then specializing on a
part Of it, so until he knows
everything about nothing at all.
redoublcs his efforts after ne
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23

IN COLORADO are thirty-fye Of tho
forty-two hiphc-t mountain peaks in
the United States. y r.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23

The trim Atlantic Clipper COM
pleeted the first transatlantic
passenger passenger fight In history, carry
Ing is Newspaper reporters and
Eadio men and 12 crew members.
It took the giant commercial air
piahe JUST % hours and 50 mir
to fly from New York to Lis
Bon, PORTUGAL The average
speed was 1924 miles per hour.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
RHEUMATISM

HELIsVE PAIN IN EEw MlnuItS
! To sellex1 The tprturing 4stn q Kheums.
few minutes, get etSs nDotor's formula
EURTTO. Dependable-fo spiates. no ntr-
cotics. Docs the work duichlys--Fnust relieve
minutes OF money back at Druggists. Don't
suffer. Use NURITo On this guarantees todSy'
q
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
pollesNa Plotsio Kill Carol

A plot to assassinate King
Carol and other high ranking
officials of the Rumanian govern
ment was uncovered, and a
wholesale, roundup of members
of t h e outlawed Fascist Iron
Guard for questioning was be-
gun by Bucharest police.
An orthodox purist and
other suspects were questioned
on charges of planning dozens
of murder with hand grenades.
The plot to murder Carol was
the third uncovered this year.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-06-23
Japs Blockade British sectiol,

Japan offered as her price for
settlement of the Tientsin dis
pute complete abandonment of
British aid to the Chinese gov
eminent. &C..
The crisis has arisen over the
blockade Japanese authorities
have placed around the British
and French concessions for har-
boring, the Japanese say, four
-.1eAVep aqua p9lels I9pusmmoo
Chinese terrorists. The Jap
ing of the Chiense would not
be enough to settle the dispute.
Whether the United States
would side with Britain and
France was pondered by both
the Japanese and the British
authorities. -.
Evening star., 1939-01-02
Five Bandits Hunted
In 100000 Robbery
N the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Police to-
day hunted five bandits who robbed
a Manhattan antique shop of jew
elry and historical relics valued by
the owner at 100000.
Surprised while looting the safe,
the men imprisoned William Semel,
nephew of the proprietor, in back
room yesterday afternoon after
threatening to brain him with a
hammer. After they left he sum-
moned help by rapping a bottle
against a radiator pipe.
Among the stolen articles was an
ivory miniature of the mother of
George Washington. It contained
a lock of hair and was valued at
$4,000 by Charles Miller. owner OF
the Louis XIV Antique Co.
A star sapphire necklace $50 years
old. q watch once owned by Marie
Antoinette and five pieces of jew
elry which P. r. Barnum was re-
ported to have given Jenny Lind,
Swedish singer, also were missing.
Mr.. Miller said none of the objects
was insured.
Evening star., 1939-01-02
rs. A. Gambling $1,000, 900
Homesteoder Can Make Money
Backing Five Communities and Hiring
Outside Executives to Run Plants
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Farm Security Administra-
ton has offered to bet 5000 900
that five small Southern commun-
tiles can make money by building
their own new industries and hiring
outside executives to manage them.
The controller general-watchdog
of Government expenses-has pro-
nounced the plan illegal, but F. s. A.
officials indicated they would dis
regard the ruling.
The novel program involves a
three-way partnership of private in
dustry, workers and the Govern
ment, with the latter acting as in
vestment banker.
About 800 families on homestead
projects in Alabama. Tennessee,
North Carolina and West Virginia
would be affected by the plan based
on contracts between workers CO.
operatives and Pennsylvania hos
1ery company, Dexdale Hosiery
Mills of Lansdale.
The co-operatives would build
their own silk processing and hosiery
plants and would pay the Pennsyl-
vania company portion of profits
to manage them. Money for the
plant construction will be loaned by
F. S. A.
Workers To Share Profits.
officials said the program stipu-
lateS working standards and re-
quires that share of profits go di-
rectly tothe workers. 1t would
integrate Government and private
enterprise more closely than any
other of the administrations social
and economic ideas. Here, accord
ing to officials is how it was de-
veloped:
The Farm Security Administra-
ton inherited" a number of home
stead projects from the old Re-
settlement Administration. At the
start, the homsteaders had been
employed to build their homes,
schools, churches and streets, and
there was work for every one.
Truck farming was developed on
nearby lands to help provide food
for the workers. Once the new
towns were established. officials as
sumed, industries would come in
voluntarily, set up factories and
start passing out pay envelopes.
In most cases, however, industry
held back-partly because new cap
ital outlays were necessary and
partly because most homesteaders
were unskilled workers.
With community development
largely completed, the F. S. A. faced
the alternatives of giving continued
financial aid to the homesteaders
or finding some way to make them
self-supporting.
U. S. Would Hold Liens.
Oficials devised plan for work.
ers' cooperative associations" to
borrow from the F. S. A. and con-
struct their own factories. The
Government would hold liens on the
plants until they had been paid for.
F. S. A. agents went to the COM
munities to explain the plan last
summer. Inhabitants gathered in
schoolhouses and town halls to dis
cuss it and then, in special elections,
voted approval.
The Pennsylvania Silk Co., whose
new hosiery machine, officials say,
can be operated by relatively un-
skilled workers, offered to supply
executives.
The co-operatives and the COM
pany would invest jointly in operat-
ing companies to run the silk plants.
Evening star., 1939-01-02

pay rentals on the plants sufncient
to cover all payments to the Gov
ernment, taxes, maintenance, depre-
citation and insurance. The Gov
ernment payments will be so fixed
as to amortize the r. s. A. loans
over a period Of 40 years at per
cent interest.
Workers will receive the first 20
per cent Of any profits. The re-
mainder will be shared between the
cooperative associations and the
Pennsylvania company on the basis
OF their stock holdings in the op-
Grating corporations. Until the
plants are paid for, however, the
co-operatives may not retain more
than S per cent of the total profits.
The remainder of their share will
go to the Government to help amor
tie the F.. S. A. loans.