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Graduating Class Of 1870

During this of the yea thousands OF students from
high Schools colleges and universities will march to the altar to
their certificates of graduation which certes that they
completed all of the prescribed by the departments
of education
Many of these graduates full of hope and ambition and
all the world and there nothing further to strive tor 1t graft
exhibit of Conquero they feel as II thew have conquered
flying to see these youngsters filled with hope and abion but
the attitude Of that they display due TO their youth
and inexper1ence of life
They will find when they the world to begin lighting
fes battles their name that tar different battle
they studied about while in school, They will lind
this world that they much deceit prejudice and y
procrisy they will find millions of people walking the streets
highways and byways vany searching for employment; they
will find employment closed them that
not their such railroad employees, BARRIERS
in white shops ditch dggers various types of mechanics and
many others too numerous to mention
The readyade jobs that they hoped for and expected
graduation are not available but with their education they
expected find way make one and they not OF the
inantie type they will Find way make one There
plenty fields that they may that crowded and
which will Weld abundant harvest Art science and invention
III the stage and those of you who improve
TO humanity will be very much i'll demand If you possess
hair color Of your skin location Of your house. the world
will make beaten path to your door.
- think Dr. George Washington Carver of the out
standing scientists of the present generation shining
pie of service and accomplishment; and people throughout tine
length and breadth OF the world constantly make path Dr.
Carver's door Tuskegee
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Gets us
For
Murder
Said Victim
Was Taking
Beauty Nap

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-- .
On a conSenJ verdict, Arnold
Robertson, %, of q Fraser Street
address, Thursday was sentenced
to serve from seven to fifteen yearS-
in the penitentiary for the Staying
in January cf Miss Geneva Shake
speare, 80
Several hours after the Staying
of the woman, policemen started
search for Robertson, who was quot
ed by neighbors as saying Rooer"
son authorized them not to enter
Miss Shakespeare's room because
she was taking a beauty nap.
The continuous playing OF a ra~
dio in Miss Shakespeare room at
tracted the attention Of curious
neighbors. They said the radio con-
tinued to play at high pitch ano
remained on one station.
NeighborS who broke into tne
room of the victim found her dead
body on bed. The woman mao
oeen stabbed five times in the
jreast, police reported.
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C. C. SpauIding
To Offer Annual
Business Award

ME.MPHIS-(ANP) - DR.. j. E.
Walker, president of Universal
Life Insurance Company and pres
ident of the National Negro Busi-
ness league, announced last week
that C. C. Spaulding, past preSl-
dent of the business league and
president of the North Carolina
Mutual Life insurance Company
of Durham, has offered to present
eacll year during tile annual con-
vention Of the business league a
gold medal to the Negro man or
woman, who in the Judgment of a
board of judges, has contributed
most to the advancement of Ne
gro business.
DR.. Walker also appointed
committee from the business league
to work cut details for the award,
George w. Cox of Durham is
chairman and the other members
are c.. R. Barnett, M. S. Stuart,
Don A. Davis and A. l.. Holsey.
Early in July, this special COM
nittee will announce the commit
tee of judges.
Nominations fer this years
award which will be presented dur
ing the annual convention in De-
t1,oit. August 1880, NAV be sent to
Mr. Cox in care of North Caro-
lima Mutual Life insurance com
pany in Durham. Pertinent facts
regarding the achievements of each
person nominated should be in
cluded.
Local Negro business leagues,
Negro chambers of commerce ana
other local groups are also invited
to select or endorse such candl-
dates.
"Mr. Spauldng's Offer, said DR.,
Walker, will be an added lncen-
tive to Negro men and women who
are engaged in business ana
will give the public a higher ap-
probation CT the efforts made by
Negroes to achieve success ana
stability for their enterprises"
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
EDITORIALS
Unity-The Light That
Guides

The problems taUfng the state Of
Arizona are problems which every
colored citizen should take vitality
to heart. Deep Study should be
made, especially during the COM
ing months, because it is an elec-
tion wear.
First of all, though, the colored
people must seek with all their
might to unite themselves for
common good, 10 select good lead
ers and then to follow them.
Unity of purpose is the light to
guide the Negro citizens of our
tate.
In unity, with its light that
guides, will De found the collective
wisdom of nations citizens. And,
in the words OF our great presl-
lent. Franklin Dclano Roosevelt,
'"The duty of citizens is to increase
the collective wisdom by common
council, by discovery and consider
alton of facts relating to the COM
mon life, and by the discourage
ment of those who for selfish ends
or through careless speech distort
acts and disseminate untruths."
Now, again, unity, the light
uides, will lead you upward and
iv~ you the ',coanition you have
so long desired. Ana it will lead to
a happier and better life for all
Let us remember that divided we
fall, and only united do we stand
A Friend to the Group.
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have been crying out against isola-
tioniSm.
America is being shocked out of
her lethargy. Isolationists have
scurried to their retreat and our
own country is exposed in ways
that are distressing. This country
was busy watching Japan, and
Germany the while was getting the
Jump on us and the world. After
all. it may pay our statesmen to
give some heed to another menace.
The tragedy of the European situa-
. tion is the unpreparedness of AL
lies. The British have always blum
derad through; but it is hard to
believe that an unprepared nation
can blunder through, on Germany.
The Germans are now blunderers
but are the coolest and most care
full calculators this world has ever
seen.
THEY ARE TO BLAME
It locks like curtains for the
French and British empires, but
they have no body to blame but
themselves. The ion was chained
20 years ago and they ioosed him.
1t is hardly probable that you can
tame the same lion twice in 20
years. With Hitler MIGHT is
RIGHT, but so has it ever been
among the nations of the earth.
If might was right for Britain in
Ireland and India it must be right
with Britain ard Germany. Tt
makes no difference that the might
of Britain has shown over a span
of centuries and that German
might has been rampant only a
few short weeks. The principle is
the same. Great Britain has been
sewing a long long time in reland
and India, but it is harvest time
now!
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lenge of Disil!usionment," I said,
"Why keep the truth from you?
These friends will change, these
days so filled with romance and
"the stuff that dreams are made of"
will fade in the light of fact,
the merciless glare of disilluSion-
ment Yours has been a precious
soiourn upon delectable noun
tain, where spread out before you
in all it's perennial grandeu
has been the vision glorious.
Friends have been many and true.
Rewards for virtue, courage and
achievement have been glorious and
sure. Punishment has been inflict-
ed with love andjustice ever tenn
pered with mercy. Through example
by word and in Song, the best that
the world has received from the
human spirit has been revealed TO
you. Cleanliness and beauty have
been your habitatlon, sweetness
and light" your companions by the
way. Your journey has been mark
ed out and chartered for you by
those who, footsore and weary from
travelling it, would have spared
you the danger end the pitfalls Of
the road.
But my children you go into
world where envy, and jealousy,
and suspicion and greed poison
friendship and harden human
hearts. You enter a game where
the referees are often partial and
unfair, and where the prize and the
glory go frequently to those who
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FROM nv STUDY WINDOW

have lied and cheated and bribed.
YOU shall see dreams long cherish
ed rudely shattered. There will
come an hour when in the clash of
ideals and the riot of opinion you
will cry out in your anguish, Whom
shall my soul beiieye?" You shall
stand confounded as you see the
wicked and unfit exalted to places
of trust and power, while those
who have waited in humility of
spirit for the reward of honest ef-
fort are passed Ivy unnoticed. You
shall find that ;Inselfishness and
service to ones f~ilows often lead
to hearts, broken by ingratitude and
to the papuer'2 grave.
But when this hour of disillus-
ionment comeS-aS come ii must
I would have you recognize in it
Gods divinest challenge to greater
faith. 1t will be your testing time.
It will prove whether or not the
precious hours you have spent in
these days OF preparation have been
invested to your own salvation and
to the glory O? God.
1t will furnish you your supreme
opportunity to Use all your powers
of mind and spirit in the choice
between the false and true values
in life. It will be your call to
triumph over cy:licism and doubt
and in the suGlinlity of your new
found strength to scale those
heights where love and faith
and duty" stem daughter OF the
voice of God," sit. everlastingly en-
hrOnP6
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08

The departed musician-teacher'
long considered one Of the fore
most music personalities of the
educational and .c1ig.ous circles OF
Atlanta, Was daughter OF pronln-
ent citizens of Nashville, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew MCGavocK.
She had a beautiful voice and was
a gifted sOloiSt.
For eleven years Mrs. Burney
taught music at David T. Howard
Elementa- ;-Junior High School
where she was loved bJ both
teachers and students. She for
merly directed music at Atlanta
University an6 vas an important
figure in the teaching and direct
ing Of tity-wide groups of various
yearly public programs.
DEATH FOLLOWED
SACRAMENT
Death came a few minutes after
Mrs. Burney had received Sacra-
ment from her pastor, the Rev,
John Clarence Wright, of the FIRST
Congregational C'nurrh. whe'a she
was q faithful r'am1er end cn.1lE-
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PLATFORM

that they can feel prouo
political social
economic questions which face the race
conscience especially business to the exteh
mustbe makers as well as job seekers
3 To instru boys nd girls in thrift
4 brotherhood or man
S To a irme racial foundation for posteriy
To the colored must compete
of
In dependable ef-
that alone will be able
enterprise realizing these vital
al respect to
in better
week in which your views
national Such
opinions shall not reflect
way the of The PHOENIX INDEX.
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falhbility which are the basis Of
Hitlerism. Such a basis is incapable
of supporting life for any length OF
time: its elements are relationships,
free equilibrium to a society.
Victory for Hitler is not happy
prospect. And yet Hitlerism may
be just the cauterizing flame, a
rottening civilization needs. Per-
haps it is written that Hitler should
be the instrument to reduce civil
zation" to Shambles, and be the
means, unconsciously of course. OF
preparing the world for the funda-
mental reorganization it so sadly
needs.
Hitlerism, paradoxically, may be
required to bring men to a fresh
realization of the value and dignity
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Conversation Piece =. MoreIand

Of human life by bringing starkly
to mems minds the logical and in
eluctable conclusion of the greed,
rape, incivility, aggression, en-
slavenent of man by man, ex-
ploitation of backward peoples"
by advanced peoples" which have
formed the major history of the
nations of modern Europe and the
world have found in Hitler the
most perfect fulfillment.
It is as if in Hitler all the
brutality of imperialist conquest
and exploitation over a period OF.
hundreds Of years had become
personalized. Hitlerisnl brings b
the farthermost point tendencies in
development for centuries.
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FLUSH KIDNEYS OF P0IS0NS
AND STOP GETTING UP NIGHTS

activity into them. get a 35 cent pack
age of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Cap
sules and take as directed.
This harmless. tried and true med
cine gives results-you should feel bet
ter in a few days, as this effectiv,
diuretic and kidney stimulant drives ex-
cess uric acid from the body which i:
often the aggravation of joint agony
sciatca and neuritis.
Don't be an EASY MARK ans
accept substitute Get Col
Medal HaarIem Oil Capsules - tn
original and genuine. Look for tb-
Gold Medal on the box-35 cents.
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Live a Healthier, Happier,
Life

Thousands of men and women won
der why backache bothers them-why
they have to visit the bathroom often
at nights-why flow is scanty and some
times smarts and burns.
Any one of these symptoms may
mean that your kidneys and bladder
need attention now before these minor
symptoms may develop into serious
trouble.
To flush out excess waste poison5
and acid from kidneys. soothe your
irritated bladder and put more healthy
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
BY DEAN GORDON b. HANCOCK
TIME!


THE STORMS OF earthly dam
nation are raging furious1y in
Europe, and from scrrow and
signing there is no surcease. How
swiftly speed the years away: how
turn the tides of time just 20
years. ago Germany was 1ting
a beggar at the beautiful gate of in
ternational charity asking aims, to-
day she is bidding for world SUI
premacy.
! When I returned from Europe
two years ago ano had time to
think seriously on what.I saw and
heard and felt, / arrived at the
conclusion, and made bold to as.
sert that the only way to keep Ger
many from dominating Europe and
the world was for some nation or
nations to conquer the Germonsand
partition the German territory. I
saw at that time no earthly reason
tc believe such decline of Ger
many possible. What I am seeing
daily of the military prowess Of the
Germans simply supports my
prophecy Of two years ago. I as
serted in my release that the Eng
lisll were no matches for the Ger
mans, neither we're the French.
AGAINST ISOLATIONISM
The fact that these sat down and
saw Germany rearmed and assert
herself, without taking ample
measures for defense, more clearly
shows the decadence of the two
nations who will soon fall under
the iron heel of Hitlerism. All indi-
cations point to some shocking con-
summations Of acairs in Europe
and we can never tell where the
lightning of human fury may
strike next. For many months, !
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AFRICANS SEND RELIEF

BAILT7NpC, ANGOLO, w. Africs
(AND- q poverty-striken ccm-
nau,,ity q1ere, which is unparalleled
in the United States for destitute
conditions has raised $500, an6
sent it. to America With Ihe relues'
that ii, be used to aid relief wo,
G.-11.cy,3 E z. E-15 va. e~z~9 -
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duce that message Tor the bene.l it
OF this seasons graduating classes.
yielding to his suggestion I am
using it as my v'ord of greeting
to our graduates Of l940
Under the title of "The Chal-
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IL so muCn GlldV tdIty VIII pay tiiO
price" necessary to getting it. Ne
gro youth must be taught a sur
vival strategy that has the attain
mnt of adequate living as its goal.
For when Negro culture and the
prevailing American culture are
basically the same. Negroes will be-
viewed as human beings rather
than Negro beings. The racial
group will have ten attained ma
turity.
A marginal-ninded racial group
is of necessity a aervile group and
u servile gr5up never has the stat
us of mannool or womanhood In
the communit3-at-large.
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BY DIR. J. c. WRIGHT

HOW FREQUENTLY DURING
the next two weeks will those words
fall from the llps Or SPEAKERS who
have been commissioned to felici-
tate and to say something of hope
and encouragement to those who
with "pomp and lcumstances" are
cOInt,1etiOo oDOth-
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Baptist Secretary
Heard At Greater
Mt. Vernon Sunday
Att A NrTA Ca-(SNS)

ATLANTA, Ca -(SNo)-
Services at Greater Mt. Ver-
ron Baptist church were h'ghly
impressive Sunday. Dr. ROSS
,rcmotional secretary for the
National Baptist Convention. INC,
reached a sterling sermon SUNDAY
morning
In the afternoon, members OF the
.hurch staged an ord time tesCl-
.nonial meeting, which created
nioue entnusiam. DR.. Wn.. u,
3ivins, the pastor, presided during
he communion service, and lnSpir-
d people with his mastery deliver
lnceS.
The 8tn anniversary of Rev
md Mrs. w. G. BlV1nS as
,astor of the church Will be heiC
June 12-16. During the annlVer-
sly celebration, Some OF Tie
races leading minister and lay
nen will appear On the program
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Dr.. John ". Blrhey, het
daughter, Catherine, her father,
Matthew ,McGavock. and Mr., and
Mrs. Roderick H McGavock and
firmly survive Mrs, Selene Nc
Gavock Burney.
Final rites, upon completion OF
funeral arrangements, will be con-
Quoted at the First Congregational
Church.
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er grade" in
their climb upwarH
toward truth and
service. Back in
1929 I was "spon-
sor" of one of
the largest gradu-
ating classes Tus-
kegee has ever
mad. They pub
lished an an
rual in which
they requested me
70 pen a mes
sage to the class.
Recently one Of
the members of
that class, now a
successful teacher,
.snd business man
Of our city, met
on the street and
asked me if I
would not repro
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MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD

CHICAGO, (ANP)-The nineteenth
In annual memorial service, honor
ing deceased members, was spon-
sored here Sunday by the Pullman
Porters Benefit Association CT
America at Greater Bethesda
Baptist church.
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Do Our People Possess A
poverty-Stf!cken Complex
By WALTER r. CHIVERS
Professor of Sociology
MOrohO,ISa COIieOe

NEGRO CITY JEWELLERS live in isolated neighbor-
hoods In the south and border states particularly these
neghborhoods closely knit geographical units They are
generally known as Negro Communities often designated
by ncnames which, for tell the world that
this is where Negroes are Bottom,
Beavers Slide Peacocks Mart, "Yamacraw,' Frog
Town Ybor CITY, and the like Such districts created
Jointly by majority racial group pressure and municipal
county and state neglect indifference.
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PRESENTS CUB CREEK

BROOKLYN, May (ANPja-"Cub
Creek" hilarious comedy Of Negro
cabin life in the foothills CT Vlr-
ginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, pre-
sented here Saturday, June l, by
the Dramatic Arts Center at
Central auditorium i'll the Central
Y, NJ. G, &, +
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A Liverpool man has invented a
device to protect foods and ever
ages from contamination from
poison gas in event of air raids.
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In many cities tneSe NeSIo
neighborhoods' are actually located
across the railroad tracks; in
others, this is III the main a figure
of speech. The writer's observa-
tions have been that where the
tracks are a reality, the degree Oh
disadvantages suffered by Negro
residents is more intense than
where the tracks are simply
figure of speech. Nevertheless, IN
both situations Negro neighborhooo
In comparison with white ne1ghor-
hoods have fewer paved sidewalks
and roads. insufficient police pro-
lection, receive less attention from
the sanitary department, more
darkened streets, rarely a play
ground or municipal parks.
SCHOOLS OvER-CROWDED
The schools are few and far be-
tween, over-croWded and under
stuffed This is just brief cata-
logue of the deficiencies that result
from lack of participation in the
political life o. the city, at-large.
They are a lew of the symbols OF
council manic neglect, indifference
or ignorance Of City-wide conditions.
1t is probable that the long resi-
dence of Negroes across the tracks
has actually placed them among
the forgotten fox
The impression has spread among
the employer classes - the effect
that because Negroes do live IN
these relatively 1Solated areas ana
are so quiet loout their NEEDS that
they can live well on less income
than the people WHO dwell "on the
other side of town SO the r'.Yerty-
stricken neigfborhood is perpetu-
ated by erty-compleX" to OBJ
vious in the philosophy Of life
guiding the destiny of too large a
proportion of Negl oeS.
Negroes have had difficulty IN
earning a livelihood ever since
their arrival upon American snores
Yet, they have jved normally as
next door sletghbors" to the ade-
uuacies and even luxuries of life
They have been told constantly
that this is the correct American
way of life" Tie humanity III
Negro people makes them want
the social approval of the society
that sets the standards for goot
citizenship. SO each succeeding
generation since slavery days ha'
struggled to have its children in
position to meet the standards o
the American way of life. Ye
they have not been able to escape
the Beavers Slide 'Beale Streets
'Harlems'. The poverty stricken
l. yao1, enIT od
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MANY ATTEND HOUSING MEET

WASHINGTON, (ANP)-A large
rumber of Negroes attended the
meeting in Pittsburgh last week OF
.be National Association Of Housing
offic. ais, and reported CLo Il U1c
--',r,S Of Cu"i :
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Imports of carnauba wax by the
United States in the first three
months this year set an all time
high record of 7,O16,500 pounds.
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KEEPS HIM MEEK AND
HIJMBLF'

This poverty stricken" complex
has probably been the most effec-
tive agent of all in keeping the
Negro meek and humble" 1t
gives him the illusion of satisfac-
ton and contentment. 1t has made
him marginal-Dlinded. It prevent
him from thinking in terms of "big
money" In too many instances it
has geared his efforts to getting "a
little something 10 eat" and "a
place to stay" 1t is reflected in the
very physical appearance of his
business establishments. 1t has
made him afraid to venture.
One of the major emphaSes of
Negro education should be upon
erssing this 'poverty-stricken' COM
plex. Negroes must be taught to
want adequate living, to appreciate
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An electric flashlight has been
specially designed to be hung from
a pedestrians belt for his pro-
lection while walking on dark high
WayS.
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Mrs. LW Burney Beloved
Musician-7e Passes
ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
. -1-N By LUCIUS JONES

stunned to learn of the death Sunday morning of Mrs Seene
Mcavock Burney accomplished wife of Dr. John W. Burney
at her residence 1913 Boulevard, N. E.
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BY Marc Moreland, Phi. ID

What will the world be like, one
wonders, if Hitler wins the war.
And the German army meets, and
that right quickly, with more de-
termined and effective opposition
than it has yet, Hitler will win this
war. Some people are already say
ing he has won it.
Will Hitler victory mean the
end of such political liberty as one
habitually associates with life in
the European democraceies? Will il
mean the muzzling Of mans minds,
the debasement of their spirits, the
spreading Of venomous poison of
race hate? What can one reason
ably expect in the way of social re-
lationships as a consequence of a
Hitler triumph?
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