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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-03-31

Mrs Is Wootcn and Gladly
Wootcn ar ufeing from FIu.
the past f days Mrs. Wooten
is able 90 0 up.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-03-31
Negro coprcSScS To II RobbcrieS
At N0rthfork and Vicinity

Harlan Lewis. colored resi-
dent of Northfork waived pre-
lmlnary hearing before Squire
W :. kirkpatrick at Northfork
Wednesday morning and was
held for action of the grand jury
on burglary charges developing
from evidence gathcrdc by Dean
Spencer, chief Of police. in con-
ncction with a series of robberies
at Northrork.
Evidence secured by Chief
Spencer indicates that Lewis
entered IL homes in Northfork
and keystone between early
IN 1887 and March 25th of this
year. Much of this evidence was
secured by Chief Spencer thru
identification of property found
IN Lewis home Sunday. Further
ldcntiiications were made Mon
day and Tuesday and more are
expected.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-03-31
Makes Confession

To complete the evidence the
prisoner made a confession that
started late Tuesday night and
ended Wednesday morning. The
confession covered eight pages
and included IA robberies.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-03-31
THE AWFUL PRICE YOU PAY FOR Being
NERVOUS
-
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Any OrThe Signs

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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-03-31
"Who put the Guest
in the Baby'S Crib?"
WRONG Size
LAMP BULBS ARE
MISFITS> TOO!

IT'S truci You can strain
your eyes without even
Il knowing it, when you try
to read or work in light too dim
for easy seeing. Scientific tests
show that children especially
not only strain their eyes but
use up valuable energy # lamp
bulbs arc the wrong size. For
quick easy reading or sewing
without that "tired feeling" try
this simple rule for good light-
ine: A good reading lamp by
every easy chair. And at least
one 100.watt Mazda lamp, or
two COS, or three 40's, in each
reading lamp.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-03-31
Texas Farm Income Down

Since 1923 the cash income Of
Texas farmers from cotton drop
red from $748,0OO,OO to $153,-
100000, the latter including
government payments.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-03-31
YOUNG REPUBLICANS
LOOKING FORWARD

Charleston, March 80, (Spcl.)
Reviewing the record of the
Democratic legislature of 1895
as justifying its being designat.
ed as The most abject and com
pletely enthralled legislature III
the history of the state" and
poining out that its total appro-
priations of $65, 458,000 made
tn esecond largest amount ever
voted for a comparable period
in West Virginia, the largest a
mount being this same admins
tration's budget act for 1887,
'totalling $67,797,653, Walter S.
Hallanan, Republican National
Committeeman, in a state
ment today, said, THE people
will turn to the Republican party
in 1910 to rescue West Virginia
from the crushing burden of in
creased taxation and political
bureaucracy"
las they have seen Republican
in Ohio, Pennsylvania
and other states slash the
army of payrollers that have
built up this gigantic Franken-
stein of bureaucracy" said Hall
anan's statement, they await
only the opportunity to turn to
the Republican party for relief
in 1910. 80.
Eight years Of Democratic
administration in West Virginia
have seen the expenses of the
state government more than
doubled - and most of it is to
to carry on the payroll hundreds
of unnecessary political appoin-
tees. While governmental ex-
penses have tremendously reduc-
ed in neighboring states, West
expenditures continue
to go higher and higher.
"The state has been given an
other forceful and convincing
demonstration that it cannot
expect from the Democratic
party a solution of the intoler-
able conditions brought about
by its extravaganza" the Ma
tional Committeeman's accusa-
ton continued, cts cruel dis
regard of the inability of the
people to meet the crushing
burden of taxation, and it's
shameless prostitution of every
of government for poll
teal purposes.
"The recent session of the the
legislature, completely domino
ted and controlled by the chief
executive and his coterie of or
ganization politicians, failed la
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The MoSoLits will meet with
Mrs. M. Wiley, Kimball April /.
Large Tobacco Section

The Miami Valley, Ohio, Is the
largest tobacco section nuTth of the
Mason and Dixon line.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-03-31
mentally to make even a feeble

of the gigantic problem of I'M
employment, encouragement tC
business enterprise, or toward
a restoration of some semblance
of economic balance.
The ugly sore which the
kump administration placed on
the body of our state govern
ment when it politicalized every
department and institution and
initiated the infamous 2 per cent
club through which every en-
ployee of the state down to the
lowest paid clerk and Stenograph
er is cruelty maced into contri-
buting to the Democratic cam
pagn fund, has become a malign-
ant growth, extreme measures
are necessary to meet this des-
perate condition.
1.-The most abject and complet
ly controlled Legislature in West
Virginia's history has just plac-
ed its stamp of approval upon
the political revel Initiated by the
Kun administration and it has
now reached its full flower,
the Hallanan Indictment empha-
sized. 49,.
1T has appropriated for the
next biennium the second largest
amount ever voted for a COM
parable period in this state
the staggering sum Of S62,488.-
900 plus an additional $1,000
600 given to the executive de-
partment to spend at its dis
erection and as it sees fit.
at denied even a gesture of
relief to a tax-burdened people
and in many instances increas-
ed and aggravated that burden.
1t enacted new legislation to
bring every citizen more COM
pletely under the control of the
political bureaucracy at Charles
ton. 1t refused to consider any
legislation, however meritous, |
except such as had been first |
approved by the executive de- |
partment. 1t threw out of the |
window every proposal to re-
move the school system from
the mire of partisan politics and
20 halt the brazen use Of public
funds for political purposes.
The orgy goes on. The great
est army Of job holders in West
Virginia's hiftory remaibs on
the public payroll. One of them
rides astride the back of almost
every individual taxpayer like
on Old Man of the Sea. Polite
al morals remain in the gutter.
More taxes are to be collect
ed from an already impoverish-
ed people. The great army of
the unemployed marches on.
Industry remains paralyzed.
What the state needs and de
mands is unrestricted use Of
the pruning knife on the pay
roll. 1t needs and demands an
administration t h a will revive
industry and provide jobs at de
cent wages for our employed
an administration that will sub
stitute payrolls for relief rolls
THE Republican party has de
monstrated in the neighborinp
states of Ohio and Pennsylvan.
ia" Hallanan pointed out, "that
/ q 4 l.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14
Rev. D. P. Young
Accepts Charge
In Cincinnati

Easter morning services at Bor-
der M. E. Church, Minneapolis, ap-
preached the sensational.
After the Pastor Rev. Damon P.
Young preached, he astonished his
flock by announcing his acceptance
of a new charge in Cincinnati, o.
He left the same night for the
Ohio city.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14
MT. OLIVET NEWS

Rev. J. Patton, pastor of the
Mount Olivet Baptist church in
Sioux City, Iowa, will conduct a re-
vival here beginning Monday, April
II, and lasting three weeks.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14

NEW YORK-Photo above gives
scenes from the British production,
"Big Fella," starring Paul Robson,
the great colored singer-actor, and
Elizabeth Welch, the charming
American actress. "Big Fella,"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14

with a mixed cast of English and
stars, is one of the best
pictures Robson has ever made.
In it he heads a white and colored
cast in an action-filled drama filled
with everyday emotions, up to
racial equality. It was the first
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14

country, and induced the Retlaw
Film Corp. to offer it for national
distribution.
Ask your theatre manager when
it will play your local theatre. It's
a MUST for every colored theatre
geer in the country.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14

Joe Louis, heavyweight champion of the world and fighting
champ thaw risk his title against Jack Roper in Los Angeles
Monday April IT, Joe claims he is fit and Jack Rope
carrying around slogan at Happened Once referring
defeat by shmeng years ago. California
Joe will show Roper because the latter supposed
have referred to the genlemanly Joe "a big ape"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14

and only Robson picture not
shown on Broadway,
The picture had a record first
run in Harlem at the Apollo The
atre, whose management felt that
such a production should be seen by
every colored community in the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
House, Senate I'm
Accord on Bill

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 UP)-
Senate Majority Leader Alben w.
Barkley announced today that
house and senate conferees had
agreed on the final draft of the
neutrality bill repeating the arms
embargo.
Barkley, who entered the confer
ence room shortly before 2 p M.
emerged in few minutes to tell
neWsmen:
We'll, they're agreed, but it will
take a couple of hours to get into
shape"
The conference agreed to what
Sen. Key Pittman, D., New, de-
scribed as three major changes.
One amendment exempts neutral
vessels from transrer-of-titl sect
ion when travelling to a zone in
which restrictions have been lifted
from American ships. Another
would protect ships leaving this
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
British Cruiser
Trailing Flint on
Trip to Germany

OSLO, Norway, Nov. 8. (UP)-
The Nazi-seiZed American steamer
City of Flint tonight was off Kar-
msund and was visible from Haug-
esund, Norwegian port near the
southern tip of the peninsula.
The vessel was not at anchor but
was plying to and fro, apparently
waiting for a messenger by sea or
air.
The freighter lodged into the
narrow channel between Karmoe
and the Norwegian mainland in an
apparent effort to escape observa-
ton by a British cruiser trailing
her toward Germany.
The German prize crew aboard
the freighter appeared to be at
tempting to make contact with
Nazi airplanes or Nazi freighter,
messages from coastal points re-
ported.
Two Norwegian destroyers trailed
the City of Flint as she proceeded
slowly down the coast, keeping with
in Norwegian territorial waters. on
her blockade-running voyage from
MurmanSk to German port where
the Nazis hope to turn her over
to prize court
AS the freighter approached
Haugesund, about 100 miles from
the heart of the British blockade
around the Skagerrack entrance to
the Baltic sea, the British cruiser
appeared and began following
parallel course outside Norwegian
territorial waters.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03

day becomes law.
The fear was because they could
visualize as few others could the
suffering that would strike more
than 1000 persons in Imperial VAL
ley who now receive aid through
county, state or federal channels.
They can anticipate saying to
one after another of the blind, the
aged needy, the unemployables:
Sorry, old man, but we just can't
help you any more. We're broke"
A survey showed that 500 fami-
lies. representing 1000 persons, now
receive help from the State Relief
Administration in the county. These
families are border-line, relying
upon the $4,000 given out monthly
for their very livelihood. without
it they would face starvation
SRA funds are derived from two
sources. Federal funds are matched
by state funds. If state funds are
not Forthcoming, or are paid in
warrants, there will be no federal
funds available. every competent
economic authority in the state has
predicted bankruptcy for the state
government in the event 3O-Thurs-
day pasSeS)
Meanwhile, month in month out,
the county government, combining
with the state and the federal
governments give help to in the
neighborhood of 1000 additional
persons. These are divided up be-
tween needy children (over TOO OF
themD, blind, aged persons (around
550D and unemployable indigents
tcripples and unable to work..
According to figures from the Of
flee of Phil Holman, county well
fare director, this represents
expenditures of more than
$4,000. These funds are derived
partly from the state, partly from
the county and partly from the
federal government.
the federal government already
has given fair warning that par
ticipation in payment of aid in
California will be impossible under
the Social Security Act, if 30
passes.
with bankrupt state govern
ment, this means that the full
burden of relief will fall back upon
the counties!" Holman said. I'M
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03

of airplane PROFESSIONS, by sea ana
air, across the Atlantic.
Wall Street spectators climbed
aboard the aircraft bandwagon, and
aviation shares opened at all-time
highs.
The industry's experts predicted
that the Allies might buy as much
as $1,OO0,00O,CO0 worth of planes
in this country, ir addition to the
S1O0,0O0000 worth already placed.
Australia announced today it is
doubling a previous order for so
planes.
In Paris security prices jumped
on the strength of the house vote
for repeal.
In London the repeal vote was
hailed as the prelude to as fan
tastic a picture as ever pulp
magazine author conjured up -
flights of seaplanes across the At
lantic while below, guarded by Brit
ish warships, conveys of merchant
ships ploughed the seas laden with
smaller planes and other war ma
terialS.
Edward Leslie Burgin, British
minister of supply, said repeal of
,Contiliued on Page 8; Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03


the Communist party's official
newspaper Pravda charged that the
action of Finland population 1884,
COO; area 147,811 square miles) to-
ward the Soviet Union population
170,O00,0O0; area 8,241 900 square
niles could only be regarded as
that of a country preparing for
war"
The Red army was described as
ready for any emergency II the
Firms do not desire a peaceful set
tlement with the Russians and the
newspaper significantly likened Fin
nish Foreign Minister Elias Errko
to Col. Joseph Beck, who was for
eign minister of the now vanished
Polish state. Errko made a speech
this week saying Finland would
defend her independence.
The Finnish delegation, with writ
ten instructions turning down some
of Russia's demands for naval bases
on Finnish soil and shift in the
frontier near Leningrad, was in
Moscow for resumption of CONVEX
sations with Josef Stain and Pre-
mier Viacheslav Molotov. The out
look for an early settlement was
not regarded as bright unless the
Firms capitulate. There was grow
ing fear among the other Scandina-
Wan states that the Russian de-
mands were leading toward grave
complications that might increase
the danger of war on their long
neutral peninsula.
The official Communist party
newspaper, Pravda, expressed Rus
sian determination to break all
Finnish resistance.
The newspaper also accused Swed-
ish politicians, under pressure from
their bosses in the west" with
attempting to Illustrate plans for
Soviet security in the gulf of Fin
land
Pravda, which inferred that Brit
ain and France control Sweden
and have eXerted pressure on Fin
land to force Russia into war, said
that Finnish Foreign Minister j. E.
Errko has directly threatened the
Soviet Union in speech which cam
not be appraised as other than an
appeal for war with the U.S.S.R.
6. Certain leaders in Finland
express no desire at all to reach
agreement with the US.S.R. for
consolidation of friendly relations
between the Soviet Union and Fin
land" Pravda said.
After drawing parallel between
Beck and Errko, Pravda said OF
Beck:
" He TOO made provocative
speeches before the sh-German
war and the result was that he
provoked war with Germany
Our reply is simple and clear"
Pravda said. I'VE will throw to
the devils all the games of politi-
cal gamblers and tread our own
way despite everything. We will
insure the security of the USyS.R.
without regard to anything, break
ing all and every obstacle on the
way to our goal"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Tiny Footprints
Stir Hope for Boy

WINSLOW, Ariz., Nov. (UP)-
A half dozen small footprints left
by Bruce Crozier today spurred the
search for the seven year old boy
lost in the wild Mogollon Rim
country for five days.
The tracks, found in the bottom
of sandy wash in Chevelon cam
yon, were believed to have been
made between "a and 36 hours ago,
bolstering hopes that Bruce may
have survived the sub-freezing
temperatures of the past four days.
Wearing only a light play suit,
the boy wandered from his parents
camp ON a hunting trip and has not
been seen since. He carried no
lunch and there is no edible growth
IN the area.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Olson Hears Prison
Board Charges

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal,
Nov. 3. (UP) - Governor Culbert
Olson, placidly putting on a pipe,
heard charges of incompetency and
neglect of duty against the state
board of prison directors today
after rejecting challenges of his
jurisdiction in the situation.
The challenges were made by
George Davis, attorney for the
prison board in the unprecedented
proceedings in the recreation hall
of the nations largest state prison.
Davis argued that the charges,
made by State Director of Penology
John Gee Clark after an investiga-
ton of mass flogging, should have
been made by the states attorney
general. He moved that the pro-
ceedings be dismissed on grounds
they were based on "hearsay state
ments not verified or sworn to-"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Nazis Say Embargo
Repeal Places U.S..
On Side of Allies
Berlin Newspaper Asks
If Roosevelt Wants
Country in War

BERLIN, Nov. 3. (UP)-
Nazis sharply criticized the
United States embargo re-
peal legislation today and
the newspaper Boersen lei
tung asked whether the family of
President Roosevelt was seeking to|
get Americans accustomed Ito the
ides. of participating" in Europe's
war.
While authoritative sources de-
scribed the embargo repeal action
as outright support of the allies
and hinted at a merciless U-boat
campaign to block British and
French purchases in the United
States, the Boersen Zeitung pub
lished a front page editorial COM
menting on a statement which 1t
said was made by Mrs. Roosevelt.
The editorial quoted her as re-
marking that it was most difficult
for the United States to avoid war.
The newspaper then asked whe-
ther this represents "a family quar-
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Voting
Peace
Pledged
Precinct Trouble
To Be Prevented
ByI. Y. Officers

In the face Of rumored
wholesale plans to heckle
voters and create disturb
ances at individual polling
places in Imperial county,
authorities Friday mobilized fly
ing squadron to assure orderly pro-
cedure when electors vote next
Tuesday on the controversial Ham
and-Eggs pension plan and four
other propositions.
Election board whose
word is final on all vote challenges
and other matters connected with
legality of voting-will be checked
up by the county's law enforcement
agencies, officials intimated. Off
GERS will be placed at the disposal
Of any inspector voicing a COM
plant.
The announcement followed hot
on the heels OF a grand jury in
Vestigation into asserted illegal reg
istration in the county-an inves-
tigation that adjourned Thursday
afternoon subject to call of the
foreman.
The grand jury adjourned, one
member said because there were
too many cases of illegal registra-
ton to crowd into one day of in
vestigation. 1t was indicated, how
ever, that ignorance of registration
requirements was to blame in most
cases, and prosecution will not fol-
low unless the illegally registered
persons attempt to vote Tuesday.
County Clerk w. j. McClelland
meanwhile warned all campaign
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Wouldn't TryIt
Again Says Iowan
Of Script Issue
Midwest Official Tells
Ell Centran Stamp Plan
Had Tough Shedding

81 do not believe they
would try it again"
This was the comment Of
Willis G. Bagley, treasurer
of the state of Iowa, in reply
to letter from E. H. Kirby of El
Centre inquiring about a script
plan once tried at Mason City, Ia.
The treasurer said:
"AS you will remember, there was
only about $4,000 issued and it
was for the express purpose of
building some cement highway east
of the Taylor bridge. The script was
for two cents on each dollar.
This, I believe, was one of the
few script movements in the coun-
try that was paid out in full. I do
not believe they would try it again
nor do I think it would be salts
factory another time. They had a
hard time retiring this $4,000 but
it was eventually done. AS far as
I know there were very few of
such setups in the state of Iowa
and this one at Mason City was
entirely local proposition"
Kirby wrote the treasurer in the
hopes of throwing some light on
the possible effects of 3O-Thursday
upon California. AS strictly local
proposition, the Mason City affair
followed recommendations set forth
by economists such as DR.. Irving
Fisher, who recently commented in
connection with 30-Thursday:
mo such scrip plan as is now
proposed could be made to work
by a state. A Stamp Scrip Plan
can be made to work only in indi-
vidual communities or by the fed
eral government :"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03

to make 1t easier for you. But
Mrs. Mathews doesn't believe she
has II much harder than any other
mother
II don't know" she said. II man
age TO get along You can do an
awful lot with your feet. 1 can
thread a needle. sew, launder and
iron, take care of the children and
feed myself"
Mrs. Mathews eighth child was
born beside a highway near here,
with only her husband In attend
ance. Mother and child we're taken
to the hospital by chance passer-
by few hours later.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03

year sentence with legally deducted
credits for good behavior, is the
payment of about $4,000 in tax
liens. His release has been set
officially for Nov, 10, and it was
expected that the $4,000 would
be made available on that day.
Deputy United States Attorney
Maurice Norcop said today:
"Al is in a good humor and prob
ably won't make any fuss and will
pay up and leave the prison. The
next thing you'll hear of him will
be that he is down at his Florida
home"
His Irish wife, Mae Capone, and
their son are expected to join Ca
pone at the Florida winter home
acquired when he was czar of the
Chicago underworld.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Germans BaIk at
Order TO Go Home

ISTANBUL, Nov. 3 CUP)-Many
Germans who have been ordered to
leave Turkey today were attempting
to obtain Turkish nationality to
avoid having to return to the
fatherland.
All Germans were ordered yes
terday to leave Turkey as result,
it was believed, of the Ankara
governments action in signing a
mutual defense treaty with Britain
and France.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03

Nearly 1000 miles of power lines
GOO miles in rural areas, 1870 miles
of high voltage transmission and
distribution lines) have been con-
structed here since January, 1888
when construction started.
Work is still going forward on rural
area power lines and connecting
links between cities.
Satisfactory" progress is being
made at drops three and four on
the All American canal and install
lation of machinery at drop four
power plant has started. Both plants
Will be completed by April.
The 1000 electricity consumers
on district lines has climbed to
nearly 5000.