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Evening star., 1940-03-12
Atetters Telling Hitler
How 10 Win War Are
Seized at Bermuda
Censor's Records Show
Il $50 Pounds of U. S.
Airmoil Inspected
BY the Associated Press.


HAMILTON, Bermuda, March r.
Seizure of several letters addressed
to Adolf Hitler, additions to Britain's
blacklist" of firms which trade with
Germany, and the uncovering of
German agents have resulted from
the British censorship 'of Pam
American Clipper mail here, accord
ing to records of the chief censor
\ Altogether 21,750 pounds of mail
a s35 900 letters and packages, or
more-have been removed from east
and west bound clippers for inspec-
tion by the permanent staff of SO
censors since the censorship was
instituted January 18.
y Latest haul was made Saturday.
when "a bags, weighing 900 pounds,
were removed from the American
Clipper after its arrival from Balti-
more, the censor said yesterday.
Most of the letters to Hitler, the
censor said, were from persons who
believed they had invented some
thing which might help him win
the war.
Photographs Intercepted.
Much propaganda, consisting most
" of photographs, also was inter-
cepted, he said.
He offered a tabulation showing
that in almost every instance, mail
removed from one clipper was placed
aboard the next.
This indicated delay of to IA
days, depending on the frequency
with which planes arrived.
The seizure Saturday was normal
and carried out in the regular
procedure, he said.
An Associated Press correspondent
Who witnessed the arrival of the
Dixie Clipper at the landing off
barrels Island Airport March 6,
saw the operation carried out like
this:
On the dock, ready to greet the
Clipper as she was warped in, was
Rn assistant censor-one of two ex-
perts sent out from England-ac-
companied by eight natives from
the Bermuda Service Corps.
There was an exchange of greet
ings as Capt. Francis Nolan emerged
from the Clipper and strolled to-
ward the hangers, where customs
officials waited to examine the lug
gage of the planes Is passengers.
The censor entered the mail COM
partment where Pan-American Off
cials had segregated the mails in
tended for Germany, neutralS and
Britain or France.
Mail for Allies Untouched.
The British and French mail was
untouched. The German and neu-
tral mail, totaling q bags, was car
ried to a hatchway and dropped
into the arms of the Service Corps
men, who placed it in a War De-
partment launch.
The censor and his aides then
transferred from the launch to the
Alane % bags containing 776 pounds
Of mail which had been removed
earlier from another Clipper and
censored.
Customs officers asked the pas
sengers if they carried letters. Sew
eral replied that they did and
turned them over without protest.
= The mail which had been re-
moved from the Clipper was taken
back to Hamilton to censorship
headquarters and separated into
three groups-those which were
read, those which were passed and
those which were seized.
Not all letters were opened, the
chief censor said.
Evening star., 1940-03-12

He added that about the only
things left are real and tangible
property taxes and possibly a sales
tax"
Suggests Dropping Plan.
Auditor Daniel j. Donovan sug-
gested that the present income tax
plan be dropped and the District go
back to the Pond 2 per cent sales
tax and and tax on incomes over
$4,000. Maj. Donovan estimated
that the combination would bring in
s5000,000 annually. He believed the
Court of Appeals ruling was wide
enough to embrace the income tax.
Mr.. Nichols hesitated to express a
positive opinion on the likely fate of
the income tax, pending study. He
had opposed the tax last year, and
before yesterdays decision had ar
ranged meeting of his group Thurs
day morning to consider the joint
sales-high bracket tax.
Representative Dirksen, Repub-
lican, of Illinois, father of the in
come tax plan, believed it was
knocked out by the Court of Appeals.
He recalled a Supreme Court deci-
sion, however, in which man was
Evening star., 1940-03-12

who resigned in
December to be-
come chief of
t h e legislative
! reference &c
1 ton of the Lii
brary of Con-
gress, it was an
nounced yester-
day.
A native of
Vermont, Mr..
Child is a grad
uate of Amherst
College and Col
umbia Univer-
sity. He came
L.
Evening star., 1940-03-12
Many Alien Act Fines

South Africa is fining many who
failed to comply with the new alien
act which stipulates that any one
living In a hotel or a boarding or
rooming house must sign a state
ment as to his nationality.
Evening star., 1940-03-12
Child 10 Direct W.P. A.
Historical Records Survey

Sergeant B. Child has been ap-
pointed director of the Historical
Records Survey of the w. P. A.,
succeeding DR.. Luther H. Evans,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-18
Cell Chemistry Studied

The chemistry of the cancer cell
is being studied; also the effects of
the internal sccrctions Of the body
from the dUctIcSS glands on the ac-
tiViticS Of cancer cells.
a feature Of great Significance is
what might be called the "immor-
t;;!ity" Of cancer cells. A small bit
Of cancer can be Implanted in the
mouse and grow to enormous pro-
portions. Some Of these cells can be
Implanted into another mouse and
again grow, and 50 on, so that If
you calculated the actual weight OF
cancer tissue that sprang from q
few cells, it would amount to tons.
1t does not age OF slow down in it's
rate Of growth. We are dealing,
therefore, not with a sickly disease
tissue but with one which possesses
tremendous vigor and power of
growth
Another suggestive line Of re-
search has to do with the ability Of
certain chemicals, such as dcriva-
tlvcS Of coal tar, to produce cancer
when brought into contact with cpl
thclial tissue.
1t may be said finally about re-
search IN cancer, that even if moth
ing new is discovered, we know
enough SO that if the methods at
hand were applied to early cases,
and the public were educated to seek
treatment early, a great reduction
could be m2'.c in the incidence Of
/ the disease.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-18
Cancer Research
Of Mice and Men

are a number of institutions in tn
United States devoted exclusively
to this work.
The State Institution at Buffalo,
New York, is outstanding as CEN
ter Of cancer research, as are the
Lank"nau Hospital, Philadelphia;
the Memorial Hospital, New York
City; the Huntington Hospital, Bos-
ton; the Barnard Free Skin and
Cancer Hospital, St. Louis, and the
Strong Memorial Hospital, Eoches-
ter, New York.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-18
Can Produce Ii

i Taking mice and selecting cancer
Gus animals rs parent. a strain can
be produced in which 50 to 90 per
cent of the offspring develop can
Ger. On the other hand, il the selec-
ton is away from cancer. strains
can be produced in which only one
or two per cent develop cancer.
There is evidence that the ten
,lencv to form cancer in man may -
inherited. but the tendency is 50 in
direct that hcrcdity Of cancer need
not be a source of worry to any per-
son.
We spoke lest week o. public cdu-
cation as oun of the thr>e modern
weapons against cancer. mother
Of these three weapons is res 2rch,
Research into the nature Ind
cause OF cancer is being carried on
in many parts of the world. There
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-18

Dr.. Cjcudonia" wi.. au.wrr
questions Of genera, interest
only, and then only Through
his column.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
Ohio Medico
Arrested On
Dope Charge

CINCINNATI-(ANP)- At last
weekend, following the arrest of
19 persons it was indicated that
more would doubtless be made in
the narcotic drive being pushed by
Federal authorities and local po-
lice.
Among those taken into custody
was DR.. Edward j Ross, Al, wno
when arraigned before U. S. Com
missioner William p. Hohmann,
pleaded guilty to the charge of
having illegally sold 9,124 grains
OF morphine.
The officers alleged that DR.. Ross
purchased 1900 quarter-g grains OF
morphine in 1899, and that the av-
erage amount required annually
by a physician was 200 quarter
grains Bond in Dr. Ross case was
set at $4,000, pending the hearing
on March II. Federal Narcotics
Agents Joseph Grant and Sid Love-
lace, aided by. local police, made
the arrests.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
Mrs. Ware
MeIodrama
Is Praised

NEW YORK CITY-(SNS)-
That the Negro people are develop
ing social drama of their own is
indicated by release from the
New Theatre League, National
Center for progressive plays at 110
w. Nth Street, New York City.
PASS WORD by Mrs. Alice Hold
ship Ware, ONE ACT MELO-
DRAMA about the fight of Negro
citizens in the South to exercise
their constitutional right Of vot-
ing at the polls, in the face of or
ganized Ku Klux intimidation, has
been published by the League and
added to their growing list of Ne
gro plays.
Mrs. Ware, widow of the former
Dean of Atlanta University, is well
known as a writer of plays on Ne
gro life. Her play, MIGHTY WIND
ABLOWIN', drama about dis
possessed sharecropperS, won a
prize when presented in a drama
tournament in Cincinnati last
month; this same play won the
conservative Yale Drama Tourna-
ment award last year. 1t has also
been produced by numerous Ne
gro groups including the Howard
University Players, and the Drama
Department of the Agricultural
and Technical College of North
Carolina
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
BRITISH COURAGE

sheer courage-and even the bad
and the low can show courage.
The British ship that invaded a
Norwegian fjord and took 300 OF
more British prisoners from a Ger
man naval auxiliary ship, within
the Smile limit, showed the same
daring and courage which the
British showed when they tackled
the attacking Graf Spec off the
coast of South America, after in
vading our foolish and indefensi-
BILE 300-mile limit. And they had
good reason in both cases: we dc
not, cannot, keep the German raid
ers 300 miles off, when We enter
the war-and even then We could
scarcely do it; and Norway was
permitting the Altmark to over
stay the time for naval ships, and
to try to wait on fog or weather
or chance to ship across to Ger
many, with hundreds of British
merchant fleet sailors aboard, who
had been captured by German
warShip. This Altmark was part
of the Graf Spec, as see it: 1t
should not have been permitted
to stay in neutral waters any
longer than the Spec would have
been permitted to stay. If the Alt
mark could not sail on to Ger
many, defended by the German
navy, it was not entitled to be de-
Tended and harbored and helped
by a neutral to save it from every
warship waiting for il on the high
seas.
OF course, the Norwegians were
afraid of Germany; they had al
ready let our City of Flint. bona
fide merchantmen, go, and had
been threatened and bullied by
German diplomacy for that cor
rect act of international procedure.
But the British are not afraid OF
Germans, nor Norwegians, when
the lives of 300 British people are
at stake; for the Germans were
ready to blow up the ship and muir
UIlOsoG ~ OfNA Vo0$Af ~
British power on the high sea. The
Germans have shown themselves to
be the worst pirates of the century;
the British may yet have TO take
measures against the German
criminality of sinking ships after
the British have captured them.
1 am not SO shriveled soul that
I could not admire courage. even
in an enemy. Certainly, I'd admire
these British even if were a Ger
man.
The English did not want this
war, God knows: but the Germans
forced it. The British have been re-
sisting being forced into even
technical violations of the rules OF
sea warfare. German piracy may
change that, too.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

The visitors were house guests of
Justice and Mrs. T. A. Toote, at
"Brondeg", and a highlight of
their sojourn here was the appear
ance of Miss Moten as guest artist
on a radio program over Station
2NI, the broadcast being heard
throughout the British West Indies
and in Canada.
The air program featured the
opening of the exclusive jungle
club on the banks of Waterloo
Lake in historic Montagu Bay. The
program was enlivened when it
was announced that the pianist,
who accompanied Miss Moten dur
ing the broadcast, Miss Meta Da-
WIS., had just received word that
her two sisters were among the
fortunate survivors of a British
ship which struck a mine some
where in Europe waters
Justice Toote, host to the visi-
tors, is affiliated with the Royal
Empire Society," and the West IN
dia Committee He is also a mem
Der of the Diocesan Council and
Synod of the Church of England
in the Bahamas.
Before leaving on the SIS Kent
for the return trip to the states
to resume her interrupted concert
tour, Miss Moten, in response to a
Daily Tribune, said that one of her
query by a writer for the Nassau
most striking Impressions of Mas
sau was the impelling and un-
equalled beauty of the Bahamian
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

waters with their ever-changing
colors-light blue, green, emerald
and deep blue-and all so translu-
cent the fish can be plainly seen at
depth of 30 feet.
To witness this glorious sigh,
said Miss Moten, and to see the
wonders of the tropical Sea Gar
dens," in a glass-bottomed boat. is
to enjoy the treat of lifetime
Miss Moten said she was also
greatly impressed by the interracia1
service on Sunday at NaSsau'S
Episcopal church whose priest
(white), the previous day had in
vited her to attend Describing the
service Miss Moten said:
"The entire service was beauti-
full, the church magnificent. The
altar boys were colored, the cantor
was colored, as was also the visit
ing priest who delivered the SER
mon. A well-trained choir of boys
of both races sang and the big
audience had almost as many white
communicates as colored
THE high EpiScopal-Catholic
litany was beautifully rendered in
English. Tt was one of my most
pleasant experiences in such a
church-the st. Louis Cathedral at
New Orleans, Notwithstanding
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
Pastors Eighth Year
At Church Is H0n0red

MONROE, La.-(SNS)-
Beginning Monday night, March
4, thru Sunday, March 10. 1910,
under the able leadership of this
untiring fearless pastor the church
has made wonderful strides and it's
accomplishments are SELDOM equal
ed. The church has been recently
remodeled to the delight of its en-
tire membership which is due
largely to the loyal energetic men,
bers and the careful maneuvering
by the beloved pastor. The eight
years of service Rev Keals has
1abored zealously to increase the
membership which he mas succeed
ed doing. They were not years of
all pleasure, for life at it's best is
not an easy sail, but they were
years Of peace and harmony. All
churches of the city are asked to
come over each night and be
with us. Friday night, March 9th
is special feature night. A special
sermon by Rev. I. Garland Penn,
pastor of Martin Temple CINE.
Church, subject: "Hells Half
Acre.. Rev. H. S. Carradine will
preach the anniversary. sermon.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
Bv WILLIAM PICKENS

Dear Reader: I am on the side
of the British in this War-and on
that side l would be even if they
were losing the war Why? Because
cannot-cannot- be fol
the worst and the lowest in any
contest: and the British are GER
tainly not the worst or the lowest
nor the most reprehensihle, in
this great contest of civilizations.
But what I am going to say here,
has no relation to that fact: ]
could say what / am going to say
even if I were against the British
French side of this war For what
l am thinking about is Courage
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

years. Therefore, from the public
health standpoint, We must make
the most of the facilities that we
have at hand.
"There must be rigid supervision
of the midwives by the health de.
/artments and the midW1ves must
be trained as far as possible in
what to do and-even more impor-
tant-in what not to do. They
must be trained in personal hy-
giene and their own health must
De supervised.
FINALLY, it is not the woman of
means who presents a maternal
and infant problem in public
health. 1t is the woman of desti-
tuition. 1t is, therefore, our duty to
get these women into clinics for
prenatal and poStnatal care, to
bring to them newer methods in
scientific care, to educate and hold
hem after we get them. But we
cannot held them unless the mem-
bers of the clinic staff have SYM
oathy, understanding and kindness.
Probably 1 have presented q
dismal picture Of the Negroes
plight-but let all who would look
down upon them turn back 30
years to the record of maternal and
infant mortality in their own
groups, and they will find that
they stood where We stand today
Let Us not lay this problem on
the backs of any particular peo-
pie; it is a problem of the state and
it's elimination will come through
the vision not of a white eye nor
a black eye. but of a human eye"
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
, S(GEIE2AN|[

Some twenty-odd little girls and
boys attended the birthday Party
of Beverly Jane Coleman given at
the Coleman residence at 1925 E
Washington Street, Sunday after
noon
Delightful refreshments were
served to this little nine year old
miss and her guests ana games
of all sorts were engaged in to the
delight of all attending.
Little Beverly Jane is the daugh..
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Cole
man. Mr.. Coleman is local hign
school teacher.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
MOCK WEDDING TO BE HELD

MOCK WEDDING TO BE HELD
The representation of characters
in the Wallis Warfield Simpson
and King Edward wedding cere-
mony and other noble characters
will be shown in mock wedding
given by the Lucy Phillips CINE
Church on March l, at 8:15 p. m.
at Monroe Street School for the
benefit of the CINE Church.
Mrs. Harlett Smith of 10 N.
18th Street, spent Sunday, Feb.
"a, in Tucson, Arizona, with Har-
lett Smith, Jr, who is in school
there.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
BIBLE THOUGHT

DO NOT VIOLATE ETERNAL
LAWS: Cast away from you, all
your transgressions, whereby ye
have transgressed and make you
new heart and a new spirit: for
why will you die?-Ezekiel 1881.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

dents who study in colleges of the
African Methodist church," de-
clared Robert w. Nance, M. D..
VINO was Founders Day speaker at
Allen University, February IA.
DR.. Nance made ringing speech
TO 400 students in Allen as he en-
phasized the heritage of the great
AME church handed down by
Allen and his contemporaries. DR..
Nance is a graduate of Howard
university academic and medical
schools, but received his high
school and normal training at AL
len where his father, the late DR..
Nance served as president.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
Royal Welcome, Accorded
Eta Moten And Husband

NASSAU, Bahamas Island, B. w. I.-(SNS)-Last
week. In true Bahamian STYLE residents Nassau gave
royal welcome to Eta Moten Americas noted radio
and concert artist and her husband Claude A. Barnett
founder and director of the Associated Negro Press
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
MRS. ALVENIA WILHIKE

MRS. ALVENIA WILHIKE
COMMERCE, Ga.-Mrs. Alvenia
Wilhike of Franklin County passed
Friday and funeral services were
held Sunday at Tables Chapel c..
M. E. Church, Madison County
with Rev. S. S. Brewer officiat-
ing. She is survived by husband,
five children, two sisters, three
brothers, host of relatives and
friends.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

MRS. HATTIE McCRARY
y REYNOLDS, Ga.-Funeral Serv-
ices for Mrs. Hattie McCrary were
held Mondya at White Hill Bap-
fist Church with Rev. Standback
officiating.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

Manufacture OF matches will be
begun in Iraq by d company fin
anced by business men of that
country
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
FRATERNITY BANS
DISCRIMINATION

COLUMBUS, o. (ANP)-In
meeting held here last Thursday,
Sigma chapter of Phi Delta Kappa,
national honorary education fra
ternity, repealed the "lily-wfite'
clause in its constitution, thereby
removing membership bars to
qualified persons because of race
or color The move in the local
chapter, which has long been de-
bated, passed by an overwhelming
majority, and was lauded by cam
puS leaders.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

A New York man has invented
a musical instrument played with
a piano keyboard that uses tuned
vacuum tubes to produce tones
of a piano and several string. and
wind instruments.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
DIR. R. w. Nance
Founders Day
Speaker At Allen

COLUMBIA S. ca N P)-
Richard Aliens spirit must be
preserved and perpetuated by stu
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-22
Third Graders To
Present Original Play

On Wednesday, February 28, the
third grade will present an original
play, THE Painted Pig" The script
was prepared by the class after
reading book of that name. Miss
Marburger also announces that there
will be room exhibit of art work
with a Mexican motif including
Pedro's market. The characters
are.
Rital-Mexican girl Joan Lillevig
Pedro-the boy ......... Bob DeRosla
Poncho-the toy man .-..-.-.-...--.
......N....-.... James Quenemoen
Fruit Seller -. Richard Madison
Basket Maker George Mourar
Grandmother Annie Boothman
A new feature in the musical line
is the tuned timed bells developed
for the first time in the Libby
schools. The players are.
Thelma Rolseth, Donnal Lea
Adamson, Catherine Church, Fran
ces Conn., Ardyth Hutton, Paul War
rington, Shirley Anderson, Larry
Rose, Joan Kemp, Raymond Remp
Betty Dutton, Emma Bergstrom
Lura Fowler, Arnold McGill, Don
aid Head, Ruth Brown, Mabel Coy
en-, Billy Luscher, Frances Croft
teau, Duke Baney, James Mitchell
Mary Wikum.
Dances-Joan Lillevig, Dorothy
Alice Danner, George Mourar.
Free admission, at the auditorium
new Central building, 300 p. m.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-22
Libby Girl Scouts .
Guests of Troy Girls

Last Thursday the Senior Girl
Scouts motored to Troy to attend
the three act play, There's a Man
in the House" which was put on by
the Girl Scouts of Troy.
The cast was very talented and
the play proved to be very interest
ing. After the play the hostesses
served a lunch in the home eco
Monies room. At this time several
Scout songs were sung.
The Libby Scouts express their
appreciation of the invitation and
the opportunity to meet the Troy
Scouts.
The regular meeting of the Girl
Scouts was held last evening at the
community hall. Opening matters
were taken care of by the proper
authorities after which an attend
ance contest was decided upon, the
losing side to give party. Cap
tains of opposing teams are Lillian
Butt and Virginia Manion.
Invitations are being issued tt
parents to attend the investiturt
ceremony at the next meeting a
which time the pins will be givel
out.
CAROLE STALEY.
Reporter.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-22
Grange In Favor
Of County Agent

The Kootenai Valley Grange met
in the American Legion hall on
Friday night, with large attend
ance. Two candidates were favor
ably balloted on and two petitions
for membership were read. Third
and fourth degree work was given to
a class of twenty-four.
The legislative committee called
the attention of Grange patrons to
the splendid editorial of the West
ern News in the issue of Febru-
airy is, and urged each and everyone
to write to our senators and repre-
sentatives in congress and protest
against this cut of forest service
appropriations.
It was suggested the Grange have
a Penny Grill in providing money to
buy flowers for the sick.
The Grange went on record as
favoring county agent for Lincoln
county.
The usual pleasant hour was spent
in lunch and visiting, followed by
an hour Of dancing.
GRANGE REPORTER.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-22
Chimney Fires Keep Fircmcn
Ruxy

Two chimney fires were taken
care of in good shape by the local
volunteer fire department this
week. The first being at the home
OF Ed Olson occurred about nine
o'clock Tuesday evening. The sec
ond was at the John Fuller home,
located west nj h4hs
No serious damage was done to
the Olson home but the fire had a
better start at the Fuller home and
hole was burned in the roof
The attic had caught fire but fire.
men with the aid of chemicals ex-
tinguished it. This fire took place
Wednesday about two o'clock.
The fire department wishes to
thank j. M. Blackboard, ST., for the
Valentine gift of five dollars which
was recently received.
This morning Chief George Wood
received a check from the j. Neils
company and Ed Olson for the good
work done on the chimney fire men
toned above. The check was fol
ten dollars and an enclosed letter
explained that half was from each
party.