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part In what he insisted was q
''frame-up," that he scarcely gave
thought to the serious charge,
which had been filed against him.
His interest was aroused, how
ever, when the turnkey later
brought him copies OF the evening
papers. His case was played up
sensationally. One of the reporters
had given way To his imagination
and painted picture of Rick Leslie
as the king-pin in lone of the most
dastardly spy plots uncovered since
the World war"
That angered him, and he ragged
inwardly at his inability to get
from behind the bars.
IF they'd only given me a
chance. I'd have really given them
a spy plot TO get their teeth into. ="
he told himself. A sudden thought
took possession Of him, and he
shouted for the turnkey.
Send for Barringer or File
stone" he instructed. Tell them
I'm ready to talk"
Maybe II I tell them what I
know about Vorhis, they'll let me
out OF here" he reasoned. Then
can go to work and clear myself"
Filestonc Appears
Filestone appeared within half
an hour. and listened closely AS
Rick told him about what he had
refused to tell hefore-why he was
SO friendly with vorhis.
Something he said weeks ago.
made me a bit suspicious OF him."
he said. "Since then I've culu-
waited his friendship, trying to get
on him."
What did he say?" the bureau
chief asked.
1T wasn't exactly what he said,
but the inference that aroused my
Rick answered. He
wanted to know just what my
duties were at the plant--whether
had anything TO do with the
plans.
"All about II. I told him that
I did, to see what he had in his
mind. He continued to cultivate
me, but then he suddenly seemed
% lose all interest In the plant. He
never asked me any more ques-
ions"
How do you account for that!"
Filestone asked.
II don't know, unless he estao-
ished a better contact of some
,ort. He was very much interested
n our secret bombing device, /
know that, and when he changed
10 quickly. never asking me any
more questions. I naturally thought
having become suspicious OF him
he had found someone
Who would give him information
,e wanted"
Foreign Agent
"you think he's q foreign agent
hem"
.I'd bet on IT," Rick answered,
'eriously.
I'VE have 10 have something
more tangible than suspicion.
gilestone reminded him. Don't
me. I'm very CRATE
ul for what you've told me. It's
more information than Barrinser
,as been able to dig up"
"Then you'll let me out Of here
sick asked eagerly.
1--WE can't do that. Lsslie-you
hould know that. Charges have
zen filed against you - serious
mes. Until they're disposed or
IN afraid wen have 20 keep You
,ere. unless, Of course. you can
aise $4,000 bail"
awhere would I get that" Rick
Haven't you friends?"
.sNone with that sort OF money
Fiiestone said he was sorry, and
EFT, and the upzhot of Reks for
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AH>Aronnd Students
Favored By Employers
Character, Scholarship, Personality. Adapta-
bllity and Initiative Top Athletics
and Book knowledge
BY CYNTHIA GREY

All around students, especially those who worked their
way through college have better chance of getting lob
after graduation than the campus hero or the college grind
according to King Merritt of Minneapolis
Athletes and beauties, unlike few years ago. are not
being sought unless they offer their prospective
poyers some substantial qualities such character sh
arshp, adaptabty leadership personality survey of
1s6 American colleges and universities reveals
Although the job outlook for coli being
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TO QUESTIONS

Below are the answers TO test
questions printed on the editorial
page:
/. Bachelor Of LAWS.
2. 20.
5. Free City Of Danzig.
4. Yes.
5. Nep'-o-tist; not ne'-po-tist-
6. Unicameral.
Z. Colorado.
{. Douglas Jenkins.
3. Polo.
10. New Orleans.
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arship, adaptability, leadcrsf
1s6 American colleges and III
Although the job outlook for col
lege graduates is brighter than In
either 1888 or 1897. American en-
ployers are more exacting in their
requirements, preferring employees
capable Of being developed into
executives within the next decade
over those who seem to have de-
cided limitations.
Character A. a prime qualifica-
ton for q job explained Mr.. Mer-
nit In reporting on total replies,
was mentioned by 103 schools.
scholarship by 20. personality by
Is. adaptability by IL and leader
nhip by six. Secondary qualifica-
tons put scholarship first with Sc
mentions. Then followed adapts-
bilify with IS, character with SO,
and personality with 10 mentions.
A third qualification group gave
adaptability 40 and scholarship IS
mentions. Twenty-three mentions
Of campus popularity put il at the
head of the fourth qualification
group. Athletic prowess headed
the fifth group with "a mentions.
Emphasis on character, which
college placement officers tell me
In . recent trend, Is reflected in
replies from 10 co-educational in
situations who cited two TO eight
or more qualities now being sought
by American employers. Quail
titles mentioned and their per-
centage Of total mention in this
group follow: Character BOT per
cent, scholarship SCI per cent.
adaptability 64.3 per cent. campus
popularity SIS per cent. person
Atty ass per cent, athletic prowess
22.6 per cent. leadership IT'S per
cent, and extra-curricular activ-
tiles, which includes outside jobs
to pay ones way through college,
II per cent.
The 1856 institutions gave schol-
arship ss.7 per cent and character
sac per cent Of the total mention.
The - mems colleges gave schol-
arship 9s per cent and character
7l.l per cent. Where scholarship I
ranked ahead Of character. uni
versity placement officers fire.
quently added such explanations
a.: Good character is assumed, or
good character 10 expected or
character always is taken for
granted One bureau head re-
ported employers demanding stu
dents whose education had dcvel-
pped q true philosophy Of life.
An appointment official Of a
non-sectarian college wrote: I
have found q very pronounced
trend toward and more emphasis
IN character. including a prefer
snoe for a religious background ,
several UNCONVENTIONAL colleges, 4
widely varying on dogmas, report ,
d religious qualifications mem .
TONED less frequently than hereto ,
'ora.
~officials Of American institu-
ions Of higher learning were asked
.wo questions: In order Of their
Importance, II possible. what are
he qualifications principally
ought by employers Of gradu-
ties p and From your observations
What qualifications do employers
he last few years seem to be
tressing more.
The answers were character.
integrity, ambition and adapability,
o the first question and to the
want young men and
who have had to work for
heir place in the SUN who realize
he importance Of . sincere per-
on's place in the social scheme" 4
To be frank. employers are de- q
individuals of promise {
/ :.
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Springtail insects leap through
the air by means of their spring
like tails.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-03
SET COOKING LESSONS

Ann Sothern learned the funda-
mentals Of cooking. between scenes
Of "Maisie Was Lady" at Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer, from Willie Fung,
Chinese actor and restaurateur.
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SELF,SACRIFICE

Sometimes young men and young 80 much
in love- when they marry that they determine to remake
their lives to make the other hannv
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Mistake to Sacrifice All
Of OlUn Interests for Mate

This series
standing on ami
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-03

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memorzed sdaons Crochet them meezed string
Pattern 1876 directions making the
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Graph Of medallion
1seedecraft Department Tacoma plainly PATTERN
NUMBER pour NAME ADDRESS
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OF pcink EXECUTIVES N1thin the next
10 years.
Worried
Dear Miss Grey: I am in a guam
dairy and hardly know what To do.
/ am the mother of a son II years
old. He has developed some very
bad habits. such as lying and steal
ing. We have found these things
to be true. but my husband always
takes the boys part and bellttles
me when I try TO correct the boy.
I want 10 make good citizen OF
my son but don't see how I can
when his father deliberately tells
him he Is in the right and I am in
the wrong. The odd part of 1t all
Is this-when the boy does some
thing that goes against his fathers
will. my husband tells the child he
win kill him. can't see where
any good can come from saying
anything like that to a child. but
| do think any youngster can profit |
by the right guidance.
What would you and your read
ers suggest? Should I take the
role Of housekeeper (which In all |
I ami and let the boy do as he
wishes9 So far. I have had to
because II ! say anything his father
gets angry. 1t seems to be his
opinion that only he has a right to
parental rule. BEWILDERED.
Yours is indeed problem. I
am going to ask some other be-
wildered mother to help you out,
as only q mother who has had
similar experience can really APP
preciate your position.
Last Word
Dear Miss Grey: Let's have a
asst word for these sour souls who
yet such a satisfaction out OF hurt
ng others. refer to the thin ones
Who hate to sit by fat persons on
! bus or public conveyance. I think
my such a person has a warped
mind and feel sorry for anyone 30 4
narrow. Such person never
Lnows the real JOY Of living.
And by the way--I wonder why Z
his slender 20. l.. thinks she does
lot make someone else miserable
When she sits beside her? I must
'onfess that !. being human, much
,refer to sit alone and that /
Ilways breathe sigh OF relief
phen I see that bus is not going (
o be loaded and that i will be q
flowed the freedom of seat. But }
have also noted that many slim I
ersons can be just as uncomfort- s
BILE to be around as many fat per-
ons. II all depends upon the 8
adividual. agree with the reader I
tho wrote to you to say that a
alkative. jabbering female tho X
aatter what her size) was the per- o
on TO be avoided 10 far as a seat I
artner was concerned. M. P.
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-15
Rent Increase
Brings Rent Strike

New York, July Is (ANP)-Issues
involved in the rent strike of 35
colored tenants in the Washington
Heights section, were aired this
week at a town meeting of Wash
ington Heights Housing council,
an affiliate of the City-Wide Hous-
ing Council.
Tenants said they were with
holding rents in protest against
rent increases ranging from 50 to
$13 per month. These increases
were declared ~unwarranted as the
apartments were old and violated
the health laws of the city.
Nine d%ispossess notices have
been received to date. An attorney
for the landlords said violations
of laws were of a minor nature
and termed the rent strike an at
tack on the principle of property
rights" Charges of racial discrim-
nations, he said, were false.
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-15
Straus Tells N. A.
C. P. of Housing
Authority Work. :.

Richmond, va. July 12- The
federal government has given a
third of it's entire housing project
work over to the forwarding of a
program among the Negro citi-
ems of this country Nathan
Straus told the thirtieth annual
conference of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of
Colored People here June 81.
The administrator of the United
States Housing Authority spoke at
the opening meeting of the asso-
cations conference in the Mos
que, the city's largest auditorium.
The aid which the U. S. Hous-
ing Authority has given to the
Negro citizens of the country has
not been on the basis of popula-
ton, he said, but on the basis of
need
Pointing out that the federal
government had initiated a hous-
ing program that is designed to
correct slum conditions at their
source, and make a decent place
In which to live Straus added;
81 know something of what your
problems are and what you are
up against, because l too am a
member of a group that knows
discrimination. | know what the
feeling of refugees is, and how
necessary it is for our country
to give to all its citizens the chan
through which good health, a
decent environment, and livable
housing can be had for the masses
of our people.
"And l am happy to tell you
here tonight that the federal gov
eminent wants all our citizens to
have and enjoy these things, be-
cause we want a better, healthier
and happy America to be, not the
dream, but the reality of all
Americans"
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-15
Probe Chicago's
Crowded Schools

Chicago, June IL (CNA)-Sixty
five per cent more Negro children
are attending public schools on the
near South Side than in 1929, Don
c. Rogers, director of the Board
of Education's bureau of research
and building survey, told a City
Council subcommittee this week.
The subcommittee of the schools
Fire and Civil Service Committee
of the Council had met for hear
ing on a resolution introduced by
Alderman Earl B. Dickerson of
the End Ward, calling for an in
veatigation into overcrowding and
the use of the double shift sys-
tenn in schools of the city's Negro
section.
Rogers said that many South
Side Negro children were receiving
only a half-day's instruction. "Ten
years ago." he said, "these schools
had a total membership Of 22,291
they now have a membership of
$685." .
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-15
TREATS NEGROES LIKE Hitler TREATS JEWS

Richmond, Va, July 13- The
American Medical Association
was denounced here before the
thirtieth annual conference of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People as
an organized group of American
medical men that has "demonstra-
ted as much interest in the health
of the Negro as Hitler has in the
health of the jew"
The statement was made by DR..
Louis T. Wright, of New York,
chairman of the NAACP.'s nation
al board of directors in an address
before the conference Thursday,
June 90.
Speaking on public health, and
the relationship of the Wagner
Health bill to the welfare of the
Negro people as a whole, DIR.
Wright spotlighted the ANA. as
an organization whose policy OF
excluding Negro physician in the
South has resulted sin the unwar-
ranted deaths of thousands of per-
sons whose color happened to be
black"
Making it clear that the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People supports
the Wagner health bill, with ann
endments safeguarding the rights
of Negro physicians, nurses, tech
nicians and the race as a whole,
Or. Wright said:
eve want these safeguards in
the law, as We do not want to
leave our fate in the hands of the
American Medical Association.
Great tribute is due the ANA. for
its light to protect the public a
gainst fraudulent claims for drugs
and foods, and for its efforts to
educate the public on matters re-
iating to health, but it has been,
during the past few years, been
promoting from a mild academic
body into a powerful political or
ganization.
although a Negro, l am speak
CONTINUED on page 81
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-15
Negro Girl Makes Back
Ward Parachute Leap
aDOROTHY DARBY IN THRILL
ING PARACHUTE JUMP AT
CHATTANOOGA

Chattanooga, July IL (ANP) -
A feature of the July Third cele-
bration and aviation program held
here was a thrilling stunt in
which Dorothy Darby, famous lie
ensed pilot and parachutist of De-
troit, made a backward parachute
leap from a plane a mile high, and
landed in the Ternessee River. Ar
rangements for the eN ibition were
made by Miss Darby's New York
manager, Victor H. Green, in coop
GRAFTON with local sponsors of the
event.
Miss Darby was born in Chat
tanooga, has been on tour through
out the South giving parachute
exhibitions in Macon, Savannah,
Atlanta, Montgomery, Birming-
ham and other cities. Her uncle,
Newton Jacobs, still lives in Chat
tanooga.
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-15
Negro Vote will be
Important 1910
Factor Says White

Richmond Va, July 13-Walter
executive secretary of the
National Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People told
5000 people here last week that
the South is definitely moving a
head because Negroes and whites
are finding out that for wedge
which would divide them, there
are a scores of ties based on
mutually of economic, social, ed
ucational, and political interest
which should bind them together.
White was addressing the clos
inc sessions of the thirtieth an
nual conference Of the NAACf
held in Richmond's Mosque audi
forum. He spoke prior to Mrs.
Franklin d. Roosevelt's presen-
tation Of the 24bh Spingarn golo
medal achievement award 10 MAJ
ian Anderson, the internationally
famous singer. -.
oFew Of US realize" he said,
".hat in a large measure many
of the ills from which the South
suffers are due directly to the
physical and normal effect on the
white South Of what it has tried
to do the Negro. Take the ques-
ton of Acknowledgement, for exem-
pie. The Negro is denied the ballot
and now 100000 whites are also
disfranchised.
"What is the result of all this
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-15
headline below
POST U. S. CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS

Washington, D. G. July II (ANP
Examinations announced this week
by the U. S. Civil Service Comm
ission and application deadline
dates, are as follows: Principal
Silverculturist, $500 a year; Sem
Tor Silverculturist, $4,000 a year;
Silverculturist, $1,000 q year; AS
soeiate Silverculturist, $4,000 a
year and Assistant Silverculturist
$4,000 a year. Application dead
line dates, July 24-27, for Bureau
of Plant Industry and Forest Ser
vice, Department of Agriculture.
Chief Occupational Anerpy Aid
(Arts and Crafts, $4,000 a year,
st. Elizabeth's Hospital, Depart
ment of Interior, Washington, APP
plicatioR deadline, July 24-27; Sem
Tor Architect, $4,000 a year; Arch
itect, $500 a year; Associate Ar
chitect, $4,000 a year and Assist
ant Architect, $4,000 a year, appli-
cation deadline, July 24-27. Full
information concerning examin-
ations may be obtained from your
local postmaster.
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-15
Collapses; Dies
While Walking
:. with Police

While walking with two detec-
tives Friday night, Andrew Reed,
45, of 1928 North oath street,
collapsed and died later at a hos
pital.
Detectives Dudley and Birch,
had asked Reed about a 81 no
fund check. He explained he had
made it good and would accom-
pany them to the store which
cashed it. But he slumped to the
sidewalk with a heat attack be-
fore arriving at the store. The
body was taken to the Myers
Mortuary. He was the Sol of a
respectable family. He was the
son of Mrs. Anna Reed. Mr.. Reed
was at one time an undertaken.
He was also a graduate from an
Omaha school.
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-15

White Primary and Race Relations
as Viewed by Vice President
Washington Bureau,

Washington Bureau,
Associated Negro Press
Washington, July IL Cactus
Jack Garner: Or, to be more po-
lite, John Nance Garner, v~ice-pres-
ident of the United States, potent
ial candidate for the presidency
under the banner of the Democra-
nc party.
Before we go any further, dis
eussing John Garner, get any pre-
conceived notion of the man en-
tirely out of your mind. 1t was
with trepidation and suspicion
that the appointment for an inter
view was made-but when a voice
on the other end of the phone said
why not come down right Eow?"
At $3.50 in the morning, 1t WIS the
frs. of a series of shocks for your
correspondent.
In the office he occupies, John
Nance Garner is an entirely differ
ent mar from any notion most col
ored citizens may have of him.
Cordial, gracious and keenly a
lert, Mr.. Garner promptly dis
his Negro visitors, leaves
them flabbergasted and then goes
right into an easy conversation
chat warns up gradually as the
bushy-browed, chubby man relates
story after story of his experiences
with Negroes.
And don't think for one minute
that Mr.. Garner is not familiar
with Negroes, for he was born in
a town which had a colored popu-
lation outnumbering the white.
five TO one.
But first, look at the Congress
ional Record for his biography:
John Nance Garner, elected to
CONTINUED on page 81
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-15
ROOSEVELT
by FLOYD J. CALVIN

We would like to get in a word
about Mrs. Roosevelt before par
tisan politics rises up to cast a pail
over her qualities as a great wo-
man and a truly remarkable hu-
man being.
1t was the Marian Anderson in
cident that served to dramatic
for Negroes the real greatnes of
Mrs. Roosevelt; but long before
the d. A. R. revealed its intoler-
ant streak, Negroes who are in
formed on what is going on in
Washington and knew that
Mrs. Roosevelt was one of the main
forces for progress in the New
Deal.
In order to guage readily the
Importance of Mrs Roosevelt's
personality and activity to the pub
lie and to the Negro, think Of some
of the other First Ladies' of the
land. Few if any of them have
been dynamic in their attitude on
any question, as is Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt. The other First Lad
les have been ladies, but they have
not used to the full their opportu-
nifty TO influence the direction of
public policy in America. Few if
any of them ever took a stand
that might be termed critical of
public policy. But Mrs. Roosevelt
has done this, fearlessly, and I'M
hesitatingly. She has, seemingly,
cared nothing for what others
thought of her ideas; she has
simply dpne her own thinking,
boldly and clearly. She has not
been afraid to take sides with the
underprivileged; she has not been
afraid to stand on the side of right
when that side meant standing
with colored people. She has not
been afraid that her position of
First Lady would be sullied or
contaminated by being fair and
just to Negroes.
We think the example set by
Mrs. Roosevelt will influence per-
sons high in public life for many
years to come. Heretofore there
have been many public officials
who, personally. might have been
disposed to do the right and fair
thing, but they thought they
could not afford to do it. Mrs.
Roosevelt has come right out and
shown the public that even the
Presidents wife, white woman
though she is, can stand up and be
fair and just to all, regardless of
race, and not fear political eonse-
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-15
WHITE TENANTS
AID NEGRO RENT
STRIKE IN B'LYN

New York, July 10 (CNA)-
Negro tenants striking against
discriminatory rents in the Bed
ford stuyvesant area in Brooklyn
are receiving assistance Of white
families, it was announced this
week by the local tenants league.
The striking families are being
charged S38 a month although
white families paid $28 for the
identical apartments, declared Al
bert L. Clarke, research director