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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-26
OIL COMPANY OFFERS
FREE TOURIST SERVICE
TO THE NEGRO MOTORIST

Readers of the Mcdowell
Time: who are planning a trip
this summer, either to the
Worlds Fairs at San Francisco
and New York, or to any other
parts of the country, will again
be given the opportunity to OBJ
tain from the Conoco Travel
Bureau, Denver, Col, the most
complete tourist service in all of
America, according to Mr.. Dud-
ley B. Luck, Continental Oil
company's special Negro repre-
sentative and director of the
N egro branch of the Conoco
Travel Bureau.
The Conoco Travel Bureau,
tmainained by Continental Oil
company, offers a special per-
sonaliZed trip service to any
point in the United States,
Canada or Mexico, with absdu-
tely no charge even for postage.
This service, known as the
Touraide, includes specially
sectional road maps
and descriptions of points of
historical interest along the
way, and includes list of cot
tage camps, hotels and other &C
commodations along the way
available to the Negro.
Mr.. Luck is the founder of the
n gro branch of the ConocO
Travel bureau. and has spent
many years travelling about
the country compiling the list
of Negro tourist Accommodations
a n d helping Negro dealers Of
Conoco produces to merchandise
their services. TO Mr.. Luck was
given the task Of trying to eli
inmate some Of The difficulty the
Negro tourist experiences in
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-26
{. $. SUBMARINE SINKS

One Of the navy's brand new
Submarines failed to come up
from a practice dive Wednesday.
Of the 50 men aboard all but 20
have been rescued. The rescue
hip Falcon was not far from the
scene and It's crew worked with
apcrhuman tirclcssncss to cf-
feet the rcscucs possible. The
I'm fish has proven a perfect
death trap up to now and the
partial victory has drawn praise
from even the German navy.
The cause Of this accident
appears to have been a valve
left open somehow.
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THOMAS Z. JEFFRIES

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Thomas E.! Jearfes;s latmnN of
Eugene and Rosa Jeffries,. was
horn April 3, 1908, at Marion,
North Carolina; died May % at
1903 a. M. aged 81 years, one
month and 10 days. He came to
kimball at the age of one year
where he made his home. He
joined the Mt. Nebo Baptist ch.,
at an early age.
He was Il member of the Unit
ed Nine Workers local 6O24, and
Il member of the locals band,
and of the Koppcrs first aid
team. of which he acted as in
structor.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Thclma JctTrics, son, Thomas,
DR., and one daughter, Dorothy.
also leaves his parents, five
sisters. Mr.. Vcrtie Jane of Beck
ley, MIR. MarZet Slade, Ms. Ro-
Sanna Terry, Mrs. Jaunita Rus
sci. and Miss Veona Jeffries of
kimball: and three brothers:
Robert L., of Charleston. Will
liam and Eugene j., of Kimball,
also Il number of other relatives
and Il host of friends.
| hear Il voice you cannot hear
Which says | must not stay;
| see a hand you cannot see,
Which beckons me away.
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oHALLANAN'S SPEECH

Continued from Page y
double that of Governor Gore
the Democratic candidate am
his associates including the pre-
sent governor of the state, at
tackled past Republican admins
ration as having heen reckless
ly extravagant VIGOROUSLY cor
rupt and wholly unmindful of,
and Indifferent to, the needs of
the people. y.
Specifically, Judge Kump
solemnly pledged himself as the
nominee for governor, and the
Democratic party, to reduce the
number of state employees by rs
per cent, to reduce the cost of
the state government by 33 1-3
per cent, to eliminate and conso-
lidate departments, bureaus and
commissions of the government
by the wholesale to abolish many
burdensOme taxes and to reduce
other taxes to root out political
corruption and nepotism where
ever it might exist; in short, to
make West Virginia's goEern-
ment a model of economy and
purity. &c. c. =,
That was the Democratic
promise. I ask what has been
he performance? ~
charge today that, instead
of reducing the number of state
employees by 25 per cent the
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members of the association are

members of the association are
urged to attend by President
|P. G.. Howard and Secretary
Kermit Hall.
DR.. Luther +. Jackson grauu-
ate of Fisk university Columbia
university and the University of
Chicago. Professor of History
at West Virginia State college,
Will address the Senior class and
the public on June 6. at 1000
o'clock a. Nj. at the l2nd annu-
al commencement.
Prior to the commencement
season, the Art and Home Eco
n"micf Department will have
work on exhibition from Nav
list to 9th. The public is cor
daily invited to visit these cX-
mbltS and see the work of the
students i'm these fields. Mr..
Dodd. the Art instructor, has Il
wonderful collection of his own
which will be ON display i'm the
exhibit hail of the new library.
Some very fine work has been
done by his students, also.
Miss Maybcllc Smith of the
Home Economics Department,
ilcld of clothing, who sent Il
very attractive exhibit to the
Educational Exposition at West
\lrgmla State college. Institute
sometime ago. will display u
4 still more elaborate exhibit
during the week of May 2l-27.
Also he Foods section, under
the direction Of Miss Skinner.
head of the department will cX-
hibit work.
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hndlng acceptable accommodate
TONS in travelling and helping
nm to avoid some of the en-
baraSsmcnt he sometimes en-
counters in trying to pYl di-
rections on the way. The Conc
co Touraidc, with it, colorcd
hotel list has done much to solve
the problems Of the Negro tour
list.
Readers who W 5 h to obtain
this service should address a
postal card or letter to the Como
co Travel Bureau, Denver, Col,
asking for special service f o i
Negroes and should give i'm the
letter or card the destination and
time the trip will be made. A
special TOuraidc with the tour
ist's name inscribed on the cover
will Immediately be sent free
Of charge.
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cratic rule. That - a fair sample
been spent in fiveysars of Denso-
of Democratic promise and per
Romance. 4 -..s.---. ~
Let us look in the total of in
direct tax collections from all
sources as shown by the Demo-
cratic state tax commissioner
in his official report for 1937438.i
For the 20 years from i91dto
1888, including the administra7
tons of five governors, 4oof
them Republicans, indirect tax
es collected by the state govern
ment totalled 500, 750,155. In the
FIVE years from 1888 to 1888,
the total collections by the state
amounted O $144,O34,O1O. Thus
it is seen that West Virginia's
Little New Deal has in five years
collected and spent more than
was done in the proceeding 20
years. Yet, Judge Kump and his
Democratic associates, includ-
ng Governor Holt, denounced the
expenditures of tina twenty-year
perod as representing wanton ex-
travagance and reckless profilig-
acy! I ..
Fhe average total amount of
Indirect tax collections per year
for the period, from 1914 to 1888
was $4,687 SOB, while for the 5
full fiscal years of Democratic
rule has been 1923, 8O6, 500, an in
crease of 600 per cent. And this
crowd would have you believe
that they are out of sympathy
with New Deal spending. If
that be true, then Hitler and
have nothing in COM
mon
LACK OF space prevents us
from giving the whole of this
powerful and timely specify
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Called TO n. G.. to Bedside
of Sick Father Wednesday

Mr.. Henry Leal and family
were called to North Carolina on
account of illness of his father.
They left Wednesday morning
and they hope to find their
father much improved. Mr.. Leak
is q careful and watchful at
tendant of the health and care
of his father which is a most adj
mirablc attribute of respect of
any son toward his father.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-26
MARRIAGE LAW EFFECTIVE

The states prc-marital syphi-
lis law becomes effective today,
but the thrcc-day clause is go
ing to speed matters up.
Couples applying for a mar
'ia?r license must wait three
days, and beginning today all
county clerks will require d
certificate Of examination.
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Abatfoss Has H-Feos winsspread
The albatro3s, which sometimes
has q wingspread Of I: feet, usually
has difficulty in ticking off," hav-
ing to run some distance to gain
momentum before it rises in the
air. When on ship, says Golfers
Weekly. it is unable to leave II the
top deck does not have sufficient
space for satisfactory runway"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-26
Nervous Weak,
Ankles Swoflen!

cess Of acids and poisops Quo 10 func-
tiOnal Kidney md Bladder disorders
which may also cause Getting Tn
Joints, Backache, Circles Under Eyes,
Excess Acldity, Leg PAINS and DfzzI-
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Grst dose starts helping your kidneys
clean out excess acids and this soon may
make you feel Ike now. Cystex must
fatisfy you completely or money back is
guaranteed. Get Cystex (siss-tex) to-
day. it costs only 30 dose at druggists
and tho guarantee protects you.
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administrations of Governor,
kump and Holt have increased
tie number by 100 per cent.
Icharge that, instead of reduc
ing the cost of government by
SO 1-3 per cent, they have in
erased it to a sum so stagger.
ing as to be beyond any reason.
able conception.
l charge that they have not
abolished one tax but in fact
have added rozens of additional
forms of burdensome taxation,
including that which levies ten
per cent upon a loaf of bread or
a bottle of milk, as we'll as tax
upon incomes which levies a
burden of nearly two million
dollars a year, and that they
have increased the rates in all
of the old taxes to the point
where they constitute a burden
that can no longer be carried by
industry, business, both large
and small, and labor.
challenge Governor Holt or
Governor Kump to namh one
department of the government,
one bureau or one commission
that has been abolished since
March 4, 1888. For every one
they name I will name a half
dozen new ones that they have
created. ua.. }.
We remember the vicious at
tacks made by Judge Kump and
his associates upon tn gross
sales tax. We remember that, in
in an address delivered in the
city of Wheeling in the campaign
of 1882, Judge Kump assailed
the gross sales tax as being
$ unair, unsound and unneces-
sary." We remember, too, that
on this occasion he specifically
plerged that, if elected COVER
nor of West Virginia, one of his
first acts would be to wipe this
tax from the books of the state.
In that year of 1892 in which
he spoke, the Republican adj
of Governor Con-
ley collecte in gross sales taxes
the sum of 81 ,604,6 53. In the last
year of Governor Humps adj
he col
lected in gross sales taxes the
sum of S13, 067 ,461.
This is the tax that he was 60
to abolish, the tax he denounced
as so iniquitous; but instead of
abolishing it, he wiped out its
exemptions, put on a surtax, and
its rates until it WELD
ed for the administration eight
times that which it had produc-
I'd in the Conley administration.
In the seventeen years tfat
the gross sales tax has been on
The statute books of West Vir-
ginia, it has yielded a total Of
approximately S95,OOO,00O. Of
thistotal, 100000, 900, or GO per
cent has been collected and has
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III BLUEFIELD STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
vf2f4".. -BlueieId, W. va
COMMENCEMENT CALENDAR 1889
-Bluefeld, W. Va.

42nd ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT YEAR OF Institution
Sat June g. 800 p. M College Glass Night After gym
Sun, June d. 230 p NJ Baccalaureae Sermon Rev. Johns
Pastor, First Baptist Church. Charleston, w. Va.
100000 p. NJ President and Mrs. Dickson at home
to Alumni, Faculty, Senior classes and their guests.
Mon, June Alumni Day-1:O0 p M-Aumn Business Meet
ing, 900 p M.-General Alumni Benefit Social, Student
Loan Fund AFTER gymnas um.
Tues June g. 1906 M-Gra duation Exercises Commence
Address by DR.. Luther 2. Jackson, Professor of
lTS 2 History, Virginia State college Petersburg Va.
Mon. June - 900 A. M Summer School registration
~ 81 YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND e
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DR.. J. f.. Brown who keeps
busy all the time was called to
Blucfield on professional bust
ness Wednesday of this week.
Several storks have been aided
in making their presence thru
this expert agency.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-26

The city of Keystone is revis-
ing its water spigots list, investi
eating waste and taking new
coun Of the number of outlets.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-26

Hon. X. F.. Doyle and family
made a pleasure trip to Bluefeld
Tuesday evening and witnessed
g most interesting show.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-05-26

Jenny Lind's Grave
Jenny Lind, the Swedish nightin-
gale, is buried in Malvern. England.
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LACK OF space prevents us
from giving the whole of this
powerful and timely specify
Evening star., 1939-07-29
Mrs. Charles ". Smith Dies;
D. {. Resident Is Years

Mrs. Charles w. Smith, II. resi-
dent OF the District for Is years,
died Thursday at her home, $500
Sixteenth street NV, never having
recovered completely from injuries
suffered In fall in April.
Born in Jersey City, N. j., Mrs.
Smith moved to Westchester, N. Y,
where she married the late Charles
w. Smith. a confectioner. At the
outbreak of the war, Mr.. Smith sold
his business and brought his family
here.
Mrs. Smith, who thought Wash
lngton a good place to educate her
children. became a member of the
Sacred Heart Church and was active
IN its affairs. When the church was
building new shrine at Sixteenth
street and Park road NV, she
helped solicit funds for it.
She leaves grandchild and four
children, three of whom live here.
They are Miss Anna M. Smith.
Mrs. James A. Horton and Daniel
J. Smith. Another son, Harold F.
Smith, lives in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Funeral services will be Monday
at the Sacred Heart Church at
9 am. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-07-29
Dfaths
STERLING. KATHERINE

STERLING. KATHERINE L. On Friday
July yt3 2s 1929. a at the PaEkyiew M sanitarium
the late William r. and Kstherine qaafhssI sterlns q
Friends are invited to call at Gawler's,
1855 Pennsylvania ave NV.
Services will be held at Gawler's Chapel
july 81 at Dm ant 1ntermsnt Rock erset
Cemetery 80
TALBERT. JOHN W. On Thursday, July
5oHS 5eSa W hs Esssfnfs 5sossd sss aR s
Funeral from the above residence on
Monday. July 81. at 2 pm. Relatives and
friends invited. Interment ConRressioonnal
oya yADEN. ELSIE y On Friday, July %.
devoted sister W Of Edgar. i Ruth, Etoiie. Verie.
John. EVELYN. Samuel and Lille Vaden.
from 1n?sFa Se1 ate TseSea Aes4s Rhode
ave, Brentwood. Md. Interment at Lin
coin Memorial Cemetery. Arraneements
by MCGUIRE. 81
VAUGHAN, RICHARD T. On Thursday,
Md sHy RcHaRb III sfa + w TAJaHAn hsRS Great Mills
% 1883. LULA ALL L. Waters ietsst i45 s. nW sul.
wife of Lorenza Waters and mother of
Mrs: Mary Green: Remains resting at the
MCGUIRE funeral home. 1920 9th st. NV.
Notice of funeral hereafter 80
WELLS. VELA G. On Wednesday. July
20. 1889. at Homeopathic Hospital. VELA
G. WELLS. beloved wife of Joseph W. Wells
and mother Of Martha and Nancy 10 Wells
a m Saturday, July 20.
SERVICES at Calvary Methodist Church.
Cemetery Remains may be viewed at the
church from IL to pm. 20
Evening star., 1939-07-29
1n Mrnturiattt

KENDRICK, CAPT. HENRY H. In Low.
aher a espt 0f0sf aRe sRe
left us two years ago today HS Suly EAMfI r. 1sa7
KENDRICK. HENRY. In loving mem
Dry Of my beloved husband HENRY KEN.
DR1cK' who passed away TIVE two, years ,ssIl,, ago
LEEMAN, JAMES E. In sad but low.
ther JAMES Who
this life ten years ago today. July 20. 1929
He is resting where the shadows fall;
In 0erifii lis 0saff MiFh e ANp Sh5's cHsbREN "
LOwERY. WILFRED E. In loving mem.
ory OF my dear husband, WILFRED E.
LOWERY, who passed away four years age
today, July 20. 1885.
The blow was hard. the shock severe,
only those Who iis have lost ft ca can 'ei tell
1sa # Is5taa Fi1RfSi @p fsH5sf
LOWERY. 1S46 sth st. NV.
membEance of our dear mother. SOPHIA
MATTHEWS. who passed to the great be-
yond seven years ago today. July 20. 1882.
Our hearts still ache with sadness.
Our eyes shed many a tear;
God only knows how we have missed her
At the end Of these seven sad years.
She had a smile for every one.
heart as pure as gold
To those who knew and loved her
Her memory will never grow old
HER CHILDREN. .
REEVES. LOTTIE KING. In loving re-
membrance Of our dear wife and mother.
LOTT1E KING REEVES. who left us three
years ago adsBAsp fRdsE NJ, AID ri l5ae ba5oHrrR
REYNOLDS. REBECCA. In sad but
loving remembrance of our dear sister,
REBECCA REYNOLDS. who left US three
yars ago today. July 30. 1886.
Those who think of you today
Are those who loved you best.
HER SISTERS. .
Evening star., 1939-07-29
Nye Proposes Joint
Foreign Policy Committee
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press
Senator Nye, Republican, of In
diana, proposed yesterday that Con-
gress establish a joint committee of
House and Senate members with
which the executive department
would be required to consult before
making any final decisions on for
eign policy.
In statement criticizing the ad-
ministration's unsuccessful efforts
to repeal the arms embargo section
of the neutrality law, the North
Dakotan said he and others of the
so-called neutrality" bloc proposed
to seek re-enactment of the expired
cash and carry" provisions when
revision of the neutrality law is at
tempted in the next session of Con-
greSS.
"A common SANDER" has been di-
rected against legislators who 'in-
sist that Congress and not the
Executive alone should determine.
our foreign policy" Senator Nye
said
I'VE can stay out of war If we
break the possibility of selfish pro-
fiteering by Americans from other
peoples wars, If we will curb ex-
ecutive power to secretly move to.
ward war" Senator Nye asserted.
Evening star., 1939-07-29
-Four Gambling Boats
Flourish Off Coast
As Bill Is Pushed F..
Los Angeles Mayor Says
Tuke' of Rex About
$500, 900 q Month
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July 29.-Four
gambling boats rode at anchor 3
miles off the Southern California
Coast today, still doing business de-
spite increasing signs they may soon
be forced to leave.
State Attorney General Earl War;
ren notified owners of the four ships
the Rex and the Texas of Santa
Monica and the Showboat and
Tango off Long Beach-they must
cease operation within 48 hours or be
abated as "nuisances and law vio-
lators."
At Washington, Representative
Celler, Democrat, of New York, said
he believed the House Judiciary
Committee would approve Monday
his bill making it criminal offense
to operate gambling vessels within
admiralty jurisdiction of the United
States or to transport patrons by
water taxis" to gaming boats
anchored on the high seas.
Ruled Beyond Jurisdiction.
A year ago, when there were only
two of the craft, law enforcement
officials several times staged raids
The State Court of Appeals ruled,
however, they were beyond Califor-
MIA jurisdiction.
Operating unmolested since then,
the boats proved so profitable the
two others were installed Fletcher
Bowron, Los Angeles mayor, esti-
mated the take" of the larger vessel,
the Rex, at 100000 a month, and
Mr.. Warren called the four the
greatest single nuisance in Cali
fornia."
Operating on 24-hour basis, the
neon-lit ships at night appear from
shore like red rods on the water.
The 15-minute ride to the boat
costs Is cents. Admission and the
return trip are free-an advantage
for patrons who lose all their money
on board.
Gambling Room on Top Deck.
The top deck of the Rex consists
of gambling room much like those
in Nevada, with only a slight rock
ing movement reminding patrons
they are at sea rather than in the
desert. Minors are barred. On the
deck below are restaurant and
large keno room.
The huge main room is filled with
dice and card tables, roulette
wheels, and dice cages, with q
Chinese lottery and horse race bet
ting department at one end
Walls are lined with slot ma
chines-300 of them. A bar extends
most of the length of the ship on
one side. Buns" drunks and
tramps are refused entry. Infre-
quently, because of the crowds, mo-
ton picture celebrities are present.
Capacity of the craft is 1000, and
on busy nights many are turned
away.
Evening star., 1939-07-29
Anti-Semitic Writer
Jailed in French
Anti-Spy Drive
Communist Poper Editor
Freed in Test Case on
Publication Decree
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 29.-French police,
actively engaged in spy and propa-
ganda hunt, today announced arrest
of another French newspaperman,
Francois Etienne Clement, a writer
for an anti-Semitic publication. He
was charged under recent laws ban
ming articles tending to incite racial
hatred.
Clements arrest followed disclo-
sure that Jean Amourelle, a Senate
stenographer, had been arrested by
counter-espionage agents in con-
nection with a Nazi spy ring. A
transcript Of secret army commit
tee testimony was found in the pos
session of a man already under
arrest.
Editor Acquitted.
Most of the French public was un-
aware of Amourelle's arrest because
of the fear of the press of a govern
ment decree forbidding unofficial
publication of military measures.
Lucien Sampaix, news editor of the
Communist newspaper L'Humanite,
was acquitted last night in a "test"
charge of violating this decree.
M. Sampaix, in his defense, said he
wrote only what was already known.
He also took occasion to make many
more accusations which his news
paper reprinted in full today. His
paper carried thousands of words in
a four-page spread which hailed the
courts verdict as victory for a free
press.
M. Sampaix told the court: "Hit-
ler's agents have created a network
of espionage in France, which in
the very words of the Fuehrer, is the
mortal enemy he has sworn to de-
stroy"
Explanations Demanded.
Newspapers have demanded con-
tinually that the government shed
official light on the case of the first
two Paris newspaper employees ar
rested, Logs Aubin, news editor of
LIE Temps, and j. Poirier, advertising
man for LIE Figaro M. Poirier died
last week in custody.
Pro-Nazi and anti-Jewish propa-
ganda still is being found in the
Arras section of Northern France
and in the Alsace-Lorraine district.
Leaflets are placed under the doors
OF homes. Police have made several
arrests.
In the Alps area facing Italy the
French general staff has designated
five zones as forbidden" where
tourists will not be permitted to
take pictures under pain of a 1O00-
frac ($26) fine and two years i'm
prisonment.