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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

Dr. Charles Gordon Heyd told a medi-
cal-dental session in New York that 80
per cent of neck ills were traceable to
the mouth Maybe he means necking ills
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

In The
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In and For the
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL
No. 1867
S u M NJ Ms
Lee Nuffer, attorney for Plaintiff.
ELIZABETH C. STEVENS, also
known as ELIZABETH C. STEPH-
EMS, Plaintiff,
VS..
HENRY E. WALKER, Defendant.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
lNGS TO HENRY E. WALKER,
Defendant.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
TO APPEAR and answer the COM
PLANT in an action entitled as above.
brought against you in the Superior
Court of the County of Imperial.
State OF California, within ten days
after the service on you of this
SummonS-if served within this
county; or within thirty days if
served elsewhere.
.hiiN you aic HeleDy nOCl1led that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
she will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornIa, this 18th day of December. ,
1910.
w. j. McCLELLAND.
(SeaD County Clerk.
BY G. o. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk.
Dl7-24-3l; J7-14-21-28; F4-1D
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

Easiest way to improve vegetable din
ner is to add big juicy steak.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Thoughts for the Day

Train UP a child in the way he should co. and when
he is old, he will not depart from it-Proverbs 1926
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
DTSASTER-TO
THE CHICKENS

Presently they were all sitting
down. and with nothing more siren
uous to do than bend an elbow, they
began talking about stunts they
have done. Several of the group
were passengers in the spectacular
plane crash sequence in Foreign
Correspondent" For the shot of
actual impact 0ater speeded up) a
plane full of professional neck
riskers was hauled to top of a steep
incline and turned loose to rush
down into a tank Of water.
Chief feminine sumter in North
West Mounted Police" was Frances
Kellogg, who said her biggest scare
in that was driving a buggy at a
hard run through a stockade gate
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

You can get over any sort OF
sudden money need, with help
full Loan from us. More! Beside
lending cash, we will help you
plan your program to avoid mon
ey-troubles futurely. Bring your
money troubles here.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Famous Sayings

Children have more need of models than of critics
--Joubert
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 17-Dressed
in their own western outfits, 10
of Hollywood's IA stunt girls dis
mounted from coupes and road
sters at Paramount and headed for
Stage l. They found the set now
used for Las Vegas Nights" is a
slick western cabaret with every
thing from Tommy Dorsey and
band to a gambling room.
Guess we're in fight scene,
kids" said one of the hazard spe-
cialists. Maybe we gotta do a
Brodie off the balcony into the
bass drum"
Cor into a Martini" said an
other. Like that did I did down
at-oh, here's the director. Hello,
Mr.. Murphy; what our stunt?"
"No stunt" declared the boss. I'VE
just needed some good, healthy
looking girls who seem to belong
in western clothes, SO We called
you. Well want you about two
weeks on this night club thing.
You'll sit at the tables and drink
little beer and maybe dance with
cowboys now and then"
Two weeks!-s35 a day-sitting
around listening to Tommy Dorsey!
No fights, no fails; and the dane
ing cowboys don't wear spurs!
Santa Claus!" murmured a wiry
little redhead. who looked as If
she'd like to kiss Mr.. Murphy.
Let me sit down." said tall
brunei who specializes in riding
horses off cliffs. Il feel little
Esxt.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
FORGET IT

America
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07
Is 1t The Kiss Of Death?

THERE HAVE BEEN even those conservative ones who
have contended that practically all an-yncing legislation
something be used football kind of escapade and
tor those who wanted to court tho coored vote with no set
tenion of passing the bill Being sponsored principally by
those doubtful where the coored could tip the bal
of has been of those suspicious wide
uaion that there vigorous effort Tor
the passage of anti-lynching legislation.
bill known the Logan for conds
Grafton also feeds the fires these suSpccns In that the anti
lvncing bill would either bll1er unpopular
rider the back of bill unavobe to those who feel that
they have enough votes to top other measure Anyway
the cat is out Of the wallet.
For MANY wears there been those honest nentoned
DESTROYS of riddng the country of the evil of yncng who have
worked hard for the of such legislation that would
at least make yncing federal oense This after the
states had openly acknowledged that they either unable
unwilling bring single to justice in the face OF lynch
ing wave that the south millions in material advancement as
well in population and prestige Money and effort have been
exDended over lono period of years bv
seeking through their duly accredited representatives to put lynch
ing where it could effectively handled All along these work
ers have encountered the difficulty of convincing Others that the
aniyncing the federal 1aw-akng bodies was not
political football with the catcher watching the grandSands tor
the sign tumble tear off forward pass
1t perfectly all right bring the ant ynchr bill il there
honest intention the part of those threatening to effect
passage but ddie plumber with such sacred trust
involves is far tnfecoing honest Amercanism and proving
lust steward the millions of hard working people in this land
ryo have longed and bored for the wpng out of the ncng
evil forever.
The long drawn fbuster by the southern wing and their
friends anlssed from other sections for killing the bill is still
fresh in the memory of students of this piece Of legislation. 1t is
also well known that the after the house had twice passed
the BILL refused to effect oure last ditch measure force
a vote in the senate
This memory and the recent throw up the antyncll
bill threat ugly and u-Anercan tactics that might
bound for the embarrassment of somebody of these days
Those who playing politics with the type of legislation
under discussion will learn occasion they playing with
fire.
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07
PLATFORM

To the colored feel
of and whici they their views political social
seligious and questions which the
To awaken racial especially
that must become job makers
J. To instruct boys and girls in the art or thrift
A. FatherhOod
To a rmerr racalfO for posterity.
in the
with
In dealing vh Above dependable
ficient
points, the INDEX shall at all
eesons from It's readers rendering better
weekly forum shan published
national Such
be opinions reflect
of The INDEX.
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07
Seeing and Saying BY William 4. Foarlke,

of the nation those representa-
tives in every field of endeayor
making for the continuation OF
America and its democracy. THEY
KNOW MOSTLY Of "n-r burg
lars. robbers, thieves, criminal as
saulters, m;TdererS and lzay roust-
abouts."
During the parade for the pre-
miere of "Gone With The Wind,
this newspaperman and Others were
on the uptown streets taking
pictures and one would be SurpriS-
ed at the comments of Intelligent
looking" white people, young and
old, stating their ignorance Of
there being Negro cameramen and
newspapers. They just didn't
KNOW. They know so little more
more.
1t was unfortunate that the re-
cent American Federation of Labor
convention rejected a resolution to
establish an interracial committee
which might have done much in
those ranks to investigate causes of
discrimination and distribute good
will.
This column is calling on those
"pretender" interracial committees
to get busy and formulate some
program to educate white people
as to the good in Negroes, their
contribution to American civiliza-
ton in the past and at present
and that America is as much their
rightful home as the home of 9TH
ers who came here might claim.
Get their achievements and their
possibilities before the world and
stop the onward march to ignor-
ance and hate. Hate has made the
world pitiful today.
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07
OTHER RESOLUTIONS
CnNCInEDEn
Jim Crow In
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provided for white people at Big
Meadows in that park.
THE National Park service of
this department is doing every
thing possible to extend friendly
welcome to all visitors to Shenan-
doan National park
In fairness to the department of
the interior, it must be said that
the Park in question is maintained
on par with other national parks
and the facilities provided for Ne
groes in compliance with the long
existing, Jim-Crow folkWay and
mores of the Southland. are equal
to those provided for whites.
However. there is another op-
portunity for the department to
show it's appreciation of Negro
visitors as well as whites, in the
appointment Of some of the CCC
graduates to the post of ranger in
this as we'll as other parks, for it
is a general understanding that
forestry and kindred subjects are
part of the CCC curriculum.
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07
= BETWEEN THE LINES +

til the hour of OUR doom is nigh at
hand. The nolding-out power of
the British may save us; but it
will be merely by the proverbial
hair-breadth. With Nazi-inspired
strikes brooding here and there in
the defense industries and with the
Nazi-filled industries being Grip
pied III hundred ways. Uncle Sam
needs to take some positive and
summary measures if we are go
ing to come through with our ma
tional hide intact.
The question in my mind is now
before Uncle Sam will realize that
for every Na1i III industry there
are ten Negroes who can be trust
ed without fears or qualmS? How
long will this country let race pref
udice stand between them and that
internal security that is more and
mere a pressing problem? How long
will The Negroes true and tried
patriotism be rewarded with a
Scant recognition, while foreign
traitors threaten destruction to a
country that takes them to it's bos-
ON?
How long before dear Uncle Sam
will see the futility and danger OF
excluding from strategic industries
Negroes who can be trusted while
bundistS and communists enjoy the
richest fruits Of our great land?
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07

given the advice Walter Chivers
are not given any well-reasoned
basic encouragement nor or they
told in practical details as to how
they night expect to succeed when
they return to the farm. Another
interesting side of this situation
is that so many of the most vocal
advisors are non-rural residents
that is they are full-time city
residents.
The joint authors of one of the
most respected treatises on so
ciety" write that,
"SyStematic enSlavement does
not appear until the development
of agriculture.
After reading the above state
ment it was only natural that be-
ing a Negro, descendant of en-
Slaved grandparents, that my mind
would turn to reflecting on the
connection between southern ag-
riculture and the enSlavement of
Negroes. A very intelligent matern-
al grandmother has left many i'm
pressions that certainly are not
pleasant.
BACKBONE OF STATEHOOD
Agriculture was the backbone CT
American statehood. 1t furnished
the leisure for many of the men
whom we reverence now as hav-
ing been responsible for the growth
of American Slavery had ended q
be cheap. exploited, suppressed
labor in order that the largest
numbers of the ruling classes might
enjoy its products while becoming
efficient in the art of state build
ing.
After legal slavery had endel d
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07
Mein Kampf
By DEAN GORDON b. HANCOCK

HITLER'S "MEIN Kampf" has
startled the world. In it he sets
forth his dreams of a new world
wherein the GermaniC peoples will
be the regnart peoples of the
world. AS q social prophet Hitler
made certain predictions which if
fulfilled will fill the world with
great woes. Step by step Hitler
moves towards the consummation
predicted in his Mein Kampf and
step by step the world moves near
er TO the Drinks Of destruction.
Hitlerlsm is proving a scourge to
the smaller nations of the earth
and a threat tc the mighty ones.
The very foundation of Britain'S
mighty empire is trembling and our
own United States of America is
being weighed in the balances of
time: and woe unto us if we are
found wanting. The most pressing
matter before this nation today is
to map out Of an indifference and
lethargy and money grabbing and
realize thai "Mein Kampf' lies be-
fore us.
HOUR OF DOOM NEAR =.
Only OUR supremeSt efforts will
save our great and mighty nation!
Our isolationists and pacifists have
sung their siren songs of peace un-
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07

they don't They THINK of him on
ly as they wish to have him-in a
fixed place of economic dependence
and inferiority in all matters. They
refuse to recognize his achieve
ments and progress in comparison
with theirs If there are Negro
greats" then they are only great"
insofar as competition among their
group is concerned, they would
have it appear in any pronounce
ment, usually in small type-lan-
guage of the press.
Articles about Joe Louis, the
heavyweight champion, always car
ried the frowned-upon Negro deSig-
nation until he fought SO well and
dispensed Of all comer6, white and
colored, that it was automatically
dropped and he became known as
Just Joe Louis. a name in fight cir
cles immortal and designation OF
credit. Even with his many fight
achievements there is the continu-
ed tendency to see" him as the
loser in every slated fight and to
say little about his prowress after
wards. Even then he is painted as
a savage-a being incapable Of
thought, only able to express the
fight instinct.
Even Carver. the great scientist
among scientists, is mentioned as
little as possible and it is doubtful
that the masses of the majority
group KNOW and appreciate the
man.. no has glorified the peanut
and other agricultural products
and helped 10 save the South.
They know rot DR.. Louis T. Wright.
the Wrights Cf Philadelphia, the
thousands of successful profession
al and business men and women
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07

| because thousands of those who
have left the farm are afraid to
return lest they be "enslaved".
1t is to be remembered that many
of them left the farm because OF
the hard, cruel, barren lives they
were forced to live and the painful
pressure of the system. They
probably have had fear instilled in
them by stories told them by
parents and grandparents of pre-
war and postwar enslavement.
Goodness knows there is certainly
need for a workable plan of giving
Negroes employment at livable
wages. 1t makes one a bit des-
pondent to see the fine specimen
of youth going to destruction on
the street corners of Harlem, So.
Chicago, Atlanta's Auburn Ave"
and Savannahs w. Broad ST.
Sc if these leaders are sincere why
not organize "back to the farm
lesettlement project" and lead the
way back?
If they can convince people by
doing the thing themselves their
leadership will mean something
positive. Even the writer might
be persuaded to rural life II
these folk by the sweat of their
OWN browS can convince Negroes
that their role on the farm is to
be any more than that of the eX-
plotted upon whose sweaty backs
! vests the support for those who
desire leisure enough to practice
the arts of statehood.
Otherwise leave farming to
machine and corporations and let
the government concern itself
with those, who by no fault OF
their own, are not employed or are
unemployed. The purpose OF
government is to protect the weak.
The New Deal has made grand
start. 1t might be we'll for the
backIto-the farm absentee Negro
leaders to leave the problem up to
| that Great humanitarian in the
White House. He needs Trans
Continental highways and will pay
better than farm wages to Negroes
as well as other underprivlleged
racial groups, provide for pro-
lection of their welfare under So
cial Security.
Then Negroes can live, even see
picture show occasionally. and
actually have access to a bath tub
with hot and cold running water.
Could you imagine such in the
rural black belts of the Old South?
! Hardly
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07
"Go Forward in Peace

In the of number of the the Prtsi-
dents Madisor Square Garden speech of October 2S
of the effective of his campaign 1t had mitch do they
feel turning the tide i'll his favor in that Speech the President
declared hat his policy that would safeguard
trys in and warning world His last
these "We shall continue forward in firm faith We
shall continue go forward in peace"
The issuc that conronts today. is tie sie of peace
That is the terrible that President
nation. face.
Those polls which proved accurate in forecasng the
suit Of the election indicate that overwhelming majority OF
Americans opposed The Congress is Con-
gress with ALMOST member committed to the principle thai
shall participate in foreign The President has
said he is peace president.
We if ourselves dead against aggres-
sion and make ourselves strong that aggessor will dare
tack That be the American policy That idea
in which all Americans share from the President to the owes
among .
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07

He got tired of farm life when
still in the teen-age, so he left
his North Georgia home and struck
out for the East.
For time he worked on bag
gage car from New York to Wash
ington. Then he hit the road with
his homemade medicine.
Finally he ran into Memphis.
and liking it there quite well, got
job, staying in the Bluff City
several years. That's where met
him.
He was member of my fathers
Sunday school class and used to
visit us on Sunday afternoons. He
must have been OF restless ma
ture because he left Memphis and
I didn't see him again until took
up residence in Atlanta.
He wasn't the Well-dressed nttle
man 1 had known in Memphis. He
was sort of down and out and was
operating a small hole-in-the-Wall
shoe-shine stand. He sold a few
magazines and newspapers too.
His place didn't smell any toe
good, but I went around once OF
twice a week to get my shoes
shined, read his papers and maga-
zines and listen to his chatter. He
never missed saying kind words OF
my parents. He seemed quite fond
Of them.
AS time moved on, age took ad-
vantage of my friend. He began
complaining of his eyesight. Later
ne told me about a pain in his
chest.
1t wasn't until recently that
learned he slept in his shoeshine
stand all through the last bitter
winter spell. I, realized he was a
doomed man when he began find
ing it a hard matter to remember
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07
Assault Charge
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into the air three times permit
ting her TO fall ON the cement
floor causing severe bruises about
her body. After that she said she
was made to apologize to each of
them for the remark made along
with a kiss and warned by Mrs.
Hutchinson that it she made q
complaint Srle would have her
head "cut off with a razor"
Joseph TeSta Of HammOnton, Il
Jail guard, testified OH the day
Mrs. Berri enUerea Une Jail he
heard a scramble in the Women'S
cell block and upon investigating
found Mrs. Berri engaged in a
general fistic encounter with the
other inmates. He said he managed
TO separate them and warned Mrs.
Berri against antagonizing the
others. He said that Mrs. Hutch
irson did not encourage the melee
but assisted him in breaking it up.
Sheriff Alfred II. Johnson told
the court that upon his investiga-
ton Mrs. Berri did not name to
him Mrs. Hutchinson or anyone
as her assailantS and added that
if she had che would have taken
action"
Charges against two other pris-
oners for taking part in the al
legged fight were. held under ad-
visement by the magistrate.
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07

phone, newspapers, magazines and
signboards, among others, that the
majority group in this country is
becoming to know less and less
about Negroes, the dominant min
ority. Failure to KNOW more about
conception of their thought and
living-a common misunderstand-
them is leading to dangerous mis-
ing that can but point to nothing
good. There is tendency to herd
into a corner or ghetto all the 1iv-
ing. the ideals and aspirations of
the great minority group-the ten
dency to MAKE that group appear a
question, never reaching solution,
ard finally, undesirable.
KNOWING AND THINKING
Many white Southerners boast
that they "kncw" the Negro, but
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07
Flush Kidneys of
Acid and P0is0ns
Gain In Health And Stop
Getting Up Nights

When kidneys are continually over
h''r'tNred they often become weak-the
bla oder is irritated often passage is
scanty and smarts and burns-sleep is
restless and nightly visits to the bath
room are frequent.
A safe. harmless and inexpensive
way to relieve this trouble and help
and bladder is to get from any druggist
restore more healthy action to kidneys
a 80 cent box of GOLD MEDAL Haar-
lem Om Capsules and take as directed.
Don't be an EASY MARK and accept
~ substitute-Get Gold Medal HARLEM
Oil Capsules-the original and genuine.
Look for the Gold Medal on the box
35 cents.
Pemem ber-other symptoms of kidney
and bladder trouble may be backache,
puffy eyes, nervousness and leg cramps,
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07

to tell when a true American or a
Nazi is being given place of trusI
when a white man is being given a
place. The Negro has no European
ties and whenever a Negro goes on
job a hundred per cent American
is on that Job! In crisis nation
needs such assurance.
MUST NOT BE GROUCHY
What is the point in hoping and
Drawing for true Americans WHOM
millions of Negroes aro andlng
by waiting for TIC word? The Ne
gro must not be grouchy in this
crisis. He must not quarrel ana
Nuibble and he must not Sulk i'll
his tents. AS in past crises the Ne
gro must give his best and reaf-
firm the worlds exalted opinion Of
him as nations super-patriot.
The struggle before our nation
ond the world is a struggle for
Christianity and democracy ana
the Negroes future is bound up
therein. The Mein Kampf of our
nation must be the Mein Kampt
of every Negro. The Negro goes up
cr down with this country. We are
ready!
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-07

things that had taken place Will
ing a brief period of 80 minutes
or less.
Then the day came when two
policemen picked him up from the
sidewalk and carried him to the
CITY hospital. The officers said he
was dazed and didn't know where
he was or what he had been do
ing.
Friends persuaded him to give
up his little business and enter
the old mems home. He did ano
was getting along rather well un-'
til the county saw fit to discon-
tinue the shelter. He was sent TO
a private home and allowed
small monthly check.
The last time I saw him, he was
almost blind, but he kept TALKING
about going back to his shine
stand and about that trip To
Europe.
He's dead now. His thin BODY
was found about two weeks ago.
He was just another old man Co
most Atlantans. His last days IN
life must have been very hard
Nothing he could call his own
nothing but death staring him ina
the face.
He must have done lots Of day
dreaming. Perhaps he said TO him
self:
IF only 1 had married a gpod
woman and reared family" or
"If I had saved my money"
George Bass must have gotten
on the wrong track somewhere
down the road. Or maybe 1t was
fate. But, whatever, it was, his late
years can serve as a lesson to
young men who some day must
! become old.