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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-19
Mosquitoes Cause Panic
Among Zoos Big Snakes
tBy Associated press,

HOUSTON. Tex. July H.
The Indian python and South
American boa constructor thrash
ed in torment when hordes of
mosquitoes attacked them in
Houston zoo. ..s-
Their keepers finally had to
screen their cages.
THE jungle snakes apparently
are aIlergic to mosquito bites,
commented officials.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-19
COULD PET THIS RATTLER

KANSAS CITY, MorFrank
Newsom just about stepped upon
a raitlesnake out in Galloway
county but the snake couldn't do
anything about it. His mouth
was filled with squirrel he was
trying to swallow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-19

Judge E. r. Lowe, peace JUS
tice at Tavernier, was an arrival
this morning IN the city and
meeting friends st the county
court house.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-19
2 o'clock in ihe afternoon.

It was announced just after the
activities at the camp were begun
that the men were to be paid off
Friday, and the troops leave the
same afternoon on the P. and o.
Steamship Cuba for Tampa. This
afternoon it was said that this
plan had been changed and the
men would be paid tomorrow.
Captain Stanley S. Barchan and
Sergeant Major j. w. Hollister
left this afternoon over the high
way for Miami and will meet
Adjutant General Vivian Collins
and 1t. Colonel C. E. Grace, Unit
ed States disbursing officer, and
escort them to the camp early to-
morrow morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-19
Band Concert Tonight
At EnCaIIlpnlGnt Grounds


Fair" Sousa
J. Spanish Suite, La Feria", in
Three Parts Lacome
}. The Donkey Serenade"
(Requested) Friml
|. Soprano Solos:
q. Pale Moon logan
b. .'The Sweetest Story
Ever Told Stultz
Eva Warner
). Overture, Light Cavalry"
Suppe
). Drum Major Exhibition by
Private Frank Imam and
Albert Robertson
I. Selection from Robin
Hood" De Koven
}. Sgt. Frank Purnell Singing:
a. Deep Purple"
b. 81 Cried For You
J. Fantasia, Home S we ct
Home The World Over
Lampe
The Star Spangled Banner
Il y
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-19
National Guard Unit 10
Be Paid Off Tomorrow
Entire Personnel Making
Up Encampment To Be
Given Liberty AT Two
O'Clock

Members of the 26sth Coast
Artillery. Florida National Guard.
in camp at Fort Taylor are to be
paid off tomorrow. instead Of Fri
day. as at first anticipated. and
the entire personnel win be given
their liberty from approximately
4 o'cloch in the af,eynoon
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-19

Key West. Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
Fight for Highway Safety Is
Defeated by Rank Carelesness

With the battle between the
motorit and pedestrian to in
crease the unwarranted fatality
record on the streets and high
ways Of West Virginia and to
mar the states safety record,
the pedestrian is hurridly NOV
ing into first position with AZ per
cent Of all highway deaths be
ing pedestrians. AZ Per cent may
mean just so many figures TO
the most Of us, but to have SO
men, women, and children kill
ed on the streets and highways
of the state for the first eight
months of 1899, should awaken
us all t an alert safety conscious
ness. After 80 lives have been
crushed out under the wheels Of
automobiles, it does look as
though no person who is requir
ed to walk will gamble his life
with a ton of iron propelled witt
80 to 120 horse power motors
with no limit to how fast the!
will travel. ".
| Pedestrians are urged not t,
take chances that may cost thei
| lives. The approaching car ma
J have bad brakes, the driver
vision may be impaired by glar
ing headlights, or the driver ma,
be intoxicated. Give them tn
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
FRISCO HOSTERIES BAR
JAMES w. FORD THIS WEEK

San Francisco, Sept 20.-Far
famed hostelries in this cool,
grey home of 100 per cent Ameri
cans, renowned for it's hospital
ty the world over, this week had
refused to accommodate a man
who has twice been a candi-
date for Vice President of the
United States.
The man is James w. Ford,
twice standard bearer for the
Communist party in national
elections, and chairman of the
Harlem division, New York City
of that party.
Ford came here to address d
mass meeting on the immediate
issues OF the 1910 elections ana
the requireent of a progressive
victory. Governor Hotel was
"full" at the time Ford would
be there when the clerk learned
Mr.. Ford was Negro. At the
Oxford mason at Market ST.
the clerk as not informed that
the reservations he had made
were for Negro until he had
given receipt for the reserva-
ton. Then the fireworks started
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22

II
the college record, to class senior
ity, personality. physical quaiifi-
cations and aptitude. Further
use and need for the training
as well as the prospect offered
by the students of prodting by
the training and continuing in
active and safe plotting, should
be considered. It will be desire
able, if convenient, to have
opinions and recommendations on
the students from former pro-
fessors. >. 20
Assignment of quotas will be
made on or before Sept. i8 and
procedure for the secondp phase;
will be started.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
WEST INDIES ON WAR BASIS

CRUSADER News Agency
Persistent reports that Ger
man submarines are operating
in the Caribbean Sea have served
to turn the British and French
West Indies into virtually an
other war front. Practically all
the capital cities of the islands
h av e nightly .blackouts, while
soldiers patrol the coast I'd hours
daily. Planes and warships are in
constant patrol of the coast
lines.
The islands have been placed
under state of emergency,
with strict censorship of mail
and printed matter and curt@l-
ment of meetings and free
speech.
In all Of the French and Bri-
fish colonies man power is be-
ing mobolized, and in Jamica,
BWI, the National Peoples party
an opposition party, has stop
ped its agitation. The labor union
have all pledged support to the
government.
The Paramount Chief Of Basu-
toland, South Africa, and t h e
Queen of Tonga in the Friendly
Islands have placed the resourc-
es Of their countries at the dis
posal Of Great Britain to perse-
cue the war on Nazi-ism.
Underlying the wide support
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
COAL COMPANIES NEED
MORE MINERS IN BOOM

One of the most gratifying
signs in many months was a
report in WEIGH Monday that
two coal companies were looking
for coal leaders, condition
which has not existed in this
area for long time.
Increased loadings, brought,
on mainly by the boom in the
steel business BECAUSE OF khe
European war and the fact that
surplus coal supplies were used
during the mine shut down last
spring, have made jobs avail
able. A business boom was seen
in Mcdowell county last week
in almost every line.
Most bushes leaders predict
ed that the coming months of
fall would witness probably the
best business conditions gener-
ally that have prevailed since
1886 and 1887. The chamber of
commerce check-up during re
cent weeks showed that more
than 100 million tons Of coal
were shipped from the Pocahon-
1 tas field during August, and the
mark for September and Octo
Der may be even higher. One
section Of Mcdowell county a
lone shipped 125,0OO tons O
coal last week.
i Retail sales in Mcdowell co.
4 stores were up last week, am
are expected to gradually ris
j during the fall. Most mine EN-
] ployees, it was pointed out, ar
just now paying back all t h a
they owed various companie
} from t h mine shut down., s
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
Mcdowell County Holds First
Negro Fair October $, 6 and 2


Plans are being perfected fol
the first Mcdowell county Negro
Fair to be heldO October s, 6 ani
z at Coney Island, WEIGH.
The local PTA's Al clubs
Better Home and Garden clubs
and many other organizations
are working for the success Of
the Fair. a.
Anyone may exhibit the fol
lowing: Poultry, hogs, cattle,
crops, home economics work,
including cooking, sewing, cloth
ing, canning, fine ar as, fancy
work, quilts, off work handi-
craft, drawing maps, projects,
posters, booklets, nature study,
creative work, original work,
and inventions
The fair committee under the
leadership of Prof. u. H. Prunty
is urging every one to make a
contribution to the fair and to
make it a success in every way.
Blueield State Teachers college
is 100 per cent for the fair, and
will have a booth there.
The object of the fair is to
stimulate thrift and self-rel
ance among Negroes. Pledge
your support to the greatest,
Negro project ever staged in and
by Mcdowell county.
Anyone desiring further in
formation concerning the Fair
will please contact Prof. U. H.
Prunty, Northfork, w. Va.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
Congress Faces Lypeftdng, Re-
lief, Pro6teer Issues Soon


Washington, Sept, 21.-CNA
Congress likely will be called
on to settle momentous ques-
tions of internal as we'll as inter-
national policy at the present
special session starting yester-
day.
The special session was called
by President Roosevelt to con-
slider revision of the neutrality
act, but it appeared certain this
week that the session will also
consider several explosive domes
tic issue, including relief, WPA,
profiteering an d anti-lynching
legilation.
"A move for additioal relief
because of wartime increases in
the prices Of conmoditie and
"to correct the iniustices" of
the Woodrum bill which effect
ed drastic cuts on WPA, will be
made by Rep. Jerry yoorhis, of
California,
Strong opposition is expected
on revision of the neutrality act
by Sen. Borah. Father !Coughlin
and Fritz Kuhn are against any
changes in it. However strong
popular support of the President
is expected to carry the day.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
9 White MObbists Plead Guilty

New Brunswick, N. j. Sept
15.-Nine members of the moi
! of white hoodlums who brutally
attacked seven Negro potato
pickers, including a woman, Aug
IL, on the farm of Raymond
Dey white landowner near Gran
bury, N. j., pleaded guilty to
assault and battery.
The mobbists, all of whom
are men, will be sentenced by
the court today. A tenth men,
Der of the mob, boy, whose
home is said to be in Brooklyn,
is scheduled to appear before
the Juvenile court here some
time next week. Police are seek
ing two unidentified members
of the mob who have escaped;
capture to date. They are said
to have fled the state.
BY pleading guilty and throw
ing themselves on the mercy of
the court the members of the
mob forestalled possible indict-
ment at the hands of the Mid
dlesex grand jury and a trial.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
Government Moves to Curb
War Profiteers Summary

Washington, Sept. 20 (Chas.
Alexander for CNA.)- Grave,
ly concerned about t h e sudden'
rise in the prices of essential
foodstuffs, President Roosevelt
warned war profiteers this week,
that the government will take
summary action agains those
who would push prices through
the roof. The president assured
the nation that there was an
acual surplus of food Of every
variety. Similar assurances to
the nation's housewives we're
given by the Department of
Agriculture. =
There is no food shortage
and none is threatened" the
Chief Executive said at his
press conference. While he ad-
mitted prices might go up a bit,
the president added "they wont
90 through the roof and there
will be no repetition of 1917 and
1918"
The Presidents firm stand
was taken after reports reached
the White House indicating {
sharp rise in prices of a numb
err of necessities, including
sugar. With no apparent short
age in food, the increased prices
| were laid directly to war prof
teers who, it was reported, wer
4 unscrupuIpusly Using the wa
in Europe to plumber the Ameri
can people. Statements that tn
mourning prices were due {
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22

the right Of way in preference
to your life. Always walk on the
left side facing traffic. Carry q
lantern or fashight at night
/ There are several elements
that figure in the PEDESTRIAN
fatality rate, and all motorists
1 should give careful considera-
ton to them:
l. Hundreds of our citizens
have never driven an automobile
and have no conception of what
to expect of the motorist.
2. Children are only children,
and you may expect the unex-
pected at any momen.
3. The aged and infirm, with
eyesight or hearing probably
impaired, are likely to do child,
ish tricks thoughtlessly.
A. The unfortunate drunk who,
plods along the highway.
S. The jay-walker, who cross
es streets between intersections
and darts out from behind park
ed cars, all of which add to the.
hazard Of driving.
Pedestrians, please rememberi
that careless walking is a short
cut to the morgue.
Motorists, reckless driving Isl
a just cause to have your license
revoked and deprive you of all
the service and pleasure your
car affords. Protect your driving
privilege with courtesy and
safety. 4
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
RoosEYk AskEb 70
LOOK INTO DIsCRlNATloN

LOOK INTO DIsCRlAaNATloM
Hs4aH se =" ''rx
I ts~sissyt Nd fss ess)
| these sEHs hsMe IN. times Of
peace been unavaning. But now
in q time Of national and world
crisis t h e National Association
for the Advancement Of Colored
People, on behalf of twelve
millions Of Negro Americans
and any fair-minded white
Americans, na&es this appeal
to you as commander n chief of
the armed forces Of the United
States government: we urge you
to use the utmost powers of your
high office to remove the bar
rlers to full participation by
qualified Negroes in every one
branch Of the defense forces
of the government. To this end
we ask you to appoint a commits
sion, he membership to be made
up of white and Negro citizens,
to make q thorugh invesGga-
tion' of the nature and extent
Of racial discrimination now
existing in THE armed forces.
we suggest that this commits
sion be invited to max recon-
mendations for the removal as
speedily as is consistent with
national welfare of all barriers
TO full participation of all citi-
zens in this important function
of our national welfare without
regard to race or creed or
color" 49,,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Byers
Given Reception September IL

| Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Dyer
were honored guests at a re
ception at the home of Reyer
end and Mrs. J. H. Byers, OF
Sunday Afternoon, Septembel
II, from three until six o'clock
Guests were received at the
door by Miss Vera Penn. In the
receiving line were Rev. and
Mrs. J. II. Byers, ST., Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Byers, Jr., and Miss
Leonora Byers.
Miss Virginia Dare Muse direc
ted the guests to the dining room
where, at a beautifully appoint
ed, lace covered table, Miss Lena
A Board presided at the punch
bowl.
Guests who called during the
Afternoon were:
Mrs. Mary +. Dixon of Wash
ington, Mrs. r. p. Johnson Prof.
and Mrs. E. w. Browne, Prof.
and Mrs. c.. E. Shelton, Mrs.
Beatrice Hargroves, Miss Roso-
anna McClanaham, Mrs. Mary
Holley, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. P. Mill
er, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Page, Mrs.
l.. z. Wright, Mrs. Joseph f.
Travis, Mrs. B. II. Jenkins, Mrs.
Fleming A. Jones, Jr., Miss
Vera Penn, Miss Eleanora Law,
Mrs. Aerelia Pittard, Miss Leon
ia Pittard, Miss !Genevi Hewitt,
Mrs. Memphis T. Garrison, Mrs.
Opal George, Miss Vivian Robin
son, Mr.. Clarence Shelton, Mr..
Albert Hagood Miss Virginia
Dare Muse, Miss Lena A. Board,
Miss Lorella Paxton, Miss Elois
Fouett, Miss Helen Lowry, Mr..
Lowry, Mr.. Thelton Thompson,
Mr.. Calvin, Mr.. Milton Woods,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Warren,
Miss Margaret Warren, and Mrs. |
Mollie billiard.
The bride, the former Miss
Paxton, was attired in
sheer white georgette. Her cors-
age was of American Beauty
rose buds.
The couple will reside in Welch
on Beech street.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22

'hoardins on the part Of house
wives were declared false, and
the big trast companies were
directly aecised by t he New
Dealers of deliberately withhold
ing the steady flow Of .commodi-
ties IN order to Great q phoney
shortage"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22

that more spending is predicted
for the coming months. Proof
of this fact was found in one
field alone, that of automobile
dealers, where the difficulty
is in getting new cars t sell.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22

- u
OF the colonials for Great Bril-
tian and France is their hatred
of Fascism and all it stands for.
They have no illusions about
Chainherlain;s position and poll
cies but want to see Hitlerism
crushed. This was reflected in
an article in q recent issue of
Public Opinion, published in
gamica: :.
"........the sabotage of the
League Of Nations, the true
reasons for the policy of APP
peasement and the unwiIlingnes
peasement and the unwillingness
to accept in time the preferred
help Of Russia; the German,
Italian and Japanese imperial
ism this past seven years -
these things should not be for
gotten.
---~--l--~----
Doctor:-W h y do you have
BF7652 tattooed on your back?
Patient-That's not tatooed,
doctor, That is where my wife
ran into me with the car when
/ was opening the garage doors.
------0----4---
"Oh, poctorl junior drank a
whole bottle of ink"
Did you give him any anti
dote?" -.
"Yes, I made him eat three
pieces of blotting paper" !
--t- IN rf %.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
Junior Freeman Loses Finger

In an unusual accident last
Sunday, Junior Freeman suffer
ed the loss Of the third finger
of his left hand at the second
joint. The young man was help
ing carry heavy trunk down a
fight o stairs whe he twisted
his ankle which caused him to
drop the trunk which fell on his
hand in such manner that the
finger was caught between j
and one of the steps resulting
in injuries that made it neces
sary for the finger to be amputa
ed at Stevens Clinic.
Junior is the son Of the own
err of the garage just above tn
! cut, and a brother of Mr.. Har
mons truck driver.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
Procedure for Inaugurating the
william Pilot Training program

60 Vic SiSAldu TliOC 1ralnID5
Program and is sponsored by tn,
Civil aeronautics Authority
The detectives primarily are tt
solely and adequately train 6
large group of young men who
give promise of interest and
ability to continue flying actvit-
les as private pilots. The train
ing is entirely civil and requires
no military or other obligation.
In order to simplify the organi
cation of the program, the ad-
ministrative procedure has been
arrangedin three phases, each a
separate step. They are:
First:-organizabion of pro-
gram leading to final Civil Aero
nautics Authority flight medical
examination.
Second-Final Civil aeronaut-
les authority flight medical ex-
animation to starting of instruc-
ton. ~
Third - Institutional proce-
dure from enrolment to certifi-
cation as private pilot.
The following procedure deals
with the 1st phase only and it
should be adapted to the parti-
cular condition of the individual
college. -, al,
/. Director - A director of
civilian pilot trianIng should be.
appointed from the faculty to.
serve in conducting the program
on the campus and in coordinat-'
ing relations between the institu
ton, the flint operator, and the.
Authority.
2. Publicity-The provisions
of the program should be broad
ly publicized so that all stu
dents will have full informa-
ton and opportunity to apply
for the training. i
3. neutrality-suspicious.
forms to be filled in by each stu
dent are obtainable. Applica-
tons may be accepted from any
number of students who have
reached their 18th but no their
25th birthday by September 1st.,
It's year (1939), and who have
no solo flying experience. 1t is
desirable that the college hay e
records of the academic ability
of the students, and be familiar
with their personal qualifica-
tons and habits. To this end it
recommended that only students
of at least one year residence be
considered. 1t is also suggested
that the number of total earn
ed quality points be added to the
student application on the same
lire with total credit hours earn
ed.
a. Preliminary medical exami
nation-Applicants should nexr
report to the college physician
for preliminary medical examina
ton. The physician should indi-
cate by signature on the applica-
ton form qualification or dis
qualification of the applicant.
This notation will be Of use COM
piling the roster of eligibles.
5. Eligible Roster From the
qualified students, list should
be prepared numbering three
times the quota anticipated. The
names of the students should
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Chest Contributors
To Elect 110 10
Board Feb. I
Nominee Additions Can
Be Made by Petitions
Each Signed by 10

Community Chest contributors
will elect 110 persons to represent
them on the Chest Board OF Trustees
for the current year at the Chests
annual meeting at 8 pm. February
7 in the United States Chamber OF
Commerce Building.
Chest Director Herbert l.. Willett
jr.. pointed out that all contributors
are privileged to attend the meeting.
take part in the voting and hear
reports on the work and financial
standing of the Chest by it's officers.
In addition to the candidates sub
mitted by the Nominating Commit
tee, any Chest contributor may be
nominated for the Board of Trustees
by a petition submitted by 10 other
contributors. Any such petition
must be received at Chest head
quarters by Saturday, February T.
The Board of Trustees is made up
of the ITO persons elected by the
contributors and ITO others, ap-
pointed each year to represent the
SIS welfare agencies. One staff men,
ber and one board member are ap-
pointed from each agency.
The effect of the Chest deficit will
be dramatized at the meeting in a
playlet, "Lengthening Shadows" to
be presented by cast of Is from the
Washington Civic Theater, under di-
rection of Mrs. David Kushner.
Nominees to the Board.
Newbold Noyes, chairman of the
Nominating Committee, yesterday
announced the following 11O men,
bers for the contributors election
"a tho hoa