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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02

Struges, is best remembered for
his Strictly Dishonorable." zone
Rainy Afternoon" and Easy Liv-
ing
On the same new bill will be
seen "1ntermezzo" with Leslie
Howard in the starring role.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02

the bright-light path.
John Craven IL the grandson of
old troupern and tho son Of Frank
Craven star fur three decades
John was going 10 BE- q surgeon
before theatsr blood Of three gem
srations pulsed too atr onEIy
through HIS veins.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-20
Pertinent Paragraphs

"a world slogan: Kill the Thinker; hail the stinke oh
by the dawns light anything really worth looking
at? lived through when begged like hell to fight and
then fought like hell know Pm dumb but please tell
why training odrs?" Dr. W. E. B. Dubois
CAS- the Grow Flies" N. Y. Amsterdam News.
this is futile and negative tactic Roy
Wilkins in "The Watchtower," N. Y. Amsterdam News
Imagine accusing other people of Hypocrisy.
Samuel L. Brooks in "Wod this Week." Pittsburgh Courier
England the originator of color prejudice She owed the seed
her colonies When the white Souhee Ku Kuxer makes
gon his white epiderms he's only living the English adi
ton. J. A. Rogers.
FOUR-Newman-- Sam
he Negro must not be grouhy this crisis He must not
bubble and and he not suk in his tent AS
the his rem the worlds exalted opinion
him the nations patriot Dean Gordon Hancock in Be
tween the Lines"
Too people, if judge by their ketchy knowledge
depending the radio instead of reading for themselves
Philadelphia Tribune.
while realize colored people need thinkers they also need
chanic Twenty-Five after the death Booker Washington
cod people still wandering the valley and shadow of Greek
textbooks Washington Rhodes "Undr the Microscope Phla
dephia Tribune.
" Somehow nobody Congress has fit to challenge the
right of southern states the number of representatives that sends
to Washington although the number far exceeds the constitutional
limit. Chicago Bee.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-20

Mrs. Alyce Stewart, 1856 9Th
Ave. So, will leave Thursday, De-
cember 26, for Kansas City, where
she will be a delegate to the Boule
which convenes in that city. Mrs.
Stewart will represent Eta Chap
ter, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
at the Boule which will include the
Kappas, Alphas, and Alpha Kappa
Alpha. ::
Mrs. O. L. Alexander, 1913 4th
Ave. So, entertained twenty ladies
1t bridge luncheon Thursday, De-
cember IL. First prize was won by
Mrs. Charles Noble, second by
Mrs. Nathanial A. Evans and the
third by Mrs. M. G. Evans.
Louis Mason, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Mason of the Project
Apartments, graduated Thursday,
December 10, from the University
of Minnesota. He received the de-
gree of Bachelor of Science. Mr..
Mason is a member of Omega Psi
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-20
All Through the Years..

There year which brings with the spontaneous
GOODWILL Christmas period the when
friends strangers exchange Smiles extend greetings and all
the world kin.
shoppers heavily laden with bundles sometimes irritable
missing alternate between and when they
nyison bring beloved Bur-
with humanity this time of the
of the when nations which at peace and even
those ought their and
how they up the creed of the prince of Peace
naugh but love, humility and goodwill In the
teachings spirit which pervades at this
time nations nationaes and individuals
gives cync breaches that peoples born differ
eerna desructive through all the days of the world
people whose ancestors from the four
globe going be smiling gnnng another for
happy days of the holiday period Black will
with his white brother and feel glad and happy
Christian will those of other faiths
each word of it. Some of the fortu
who well with gifts food
WILL human-ke all but their immediate
families
happy this Christmas could spread to
poor the ill., the of countries what
great it would be-
We'll have do mothers and daughter
with whom contact have the
reach hoping always that human beings
the goodwill of this Christmas all through
the hours, days and years of our Lord
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-20

Negro worker and white worker
have been together in our local
fighting for the common needs Of
both has been a tremendous edu-
cation for the white worker and in
a large measure has broken down
the chauvinistic attitude which our
social institutions foster.
Instead of the Negro people iso-
lating themselves from the Labor
Movement and fighting independ-
emily, it is my opinion that there
is a need for more Negro workers
to get into the A. F. of L. In this
manner more can be accomplished
for both. 1t is also true that the
c. l. o. has done more for the Ne
gro worker but it is due to the
more progressive rank and file and
leadership. Let us work together
in building strong democratic
unions for the happiness and pros
perity of all.
l would propose that the various
Negro organizations call upon the
A. F. of L. to select a committee
of three and likewise the Negro
organizations set up a committee
of three. These two committees
meet and become a permanent body
to advise, assist, and discuss the
problems of the Negro workers.
ROBERT KELLY,
Organ ger, the Miscellaneous
Workers of A. F. of L.,
Minneapolis, MINI.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-20
How Do They Prefer
Their Licking?

Editor: Hoping to acquire a
fundamental knowledge of military
tactics before being drafted, two
st. Paul boys recently sought adj
mission in the Minnesota Defense
Force. The boys were refused be-
cause "there was no place for them
in the plan of organization" They
were highly commended for their
fine spirit of patriOtism!s
We are all familiar with the
regular army policy of segregation
and discrimination. And since the
army is in control of the federal
government, there is only so much
that can be done locally to effect
change in it's long established
policy.
On the other hand the situation
is not the same in the Minnesota
Defense Force. The United States
government exercises no control
whatsoever over the organization
and training of state defense
forces. It appropriates no federal
funds for this purpose. The whole
question is purely state affair.
Furthermore, the state Of Mime
sofa is regarded as one of the most
liberal states in the Union.
From all this it is correctly
assumed that the governor Of the
state has the power to change by
executive order any "plans of or
ganization" which deny citizenship
rights to large body of his con-
stituents. The situation in the
Minnesota Defense Force has been
called to the attention of the gov
ernor on more than one occasion.
1t still exists.
heard someone say once that
Negroes had peculiar appetite for
sugar-coated pills and dressed-up
insults. That same person told me
that Minnesota Negroes haven't
yet decided which way they prefer
their Misunderstanding up or sit
ting down.
B. I. S.,
st. Paul, Mimi,
Dec. II, 1910.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-20
Li,.n Channel 10 We've

1.-The Sleeve IS what the French
call the 350-mile-long English chan.
mel, an old fashioned two-puff sleeve
with it's tight wrist at the Straight
of Dover, the puffs caught in at
Cherbourg. and the shoulder at its
western entrance to the Atlantic.
says National Geographic bulletin
The construction at Cherbourg
leaves a mere 80 miles intervening
between the British port Of Ports
mouth and a narrower so miles be-
tween Alderney. the northernmost
channel islard. ard the nearest point
of the English coast.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-20
LISTEN TO THIS"
By HOBART T. MITCHELL
POmerOy, Ohio

POmerOy, Ohio
The population of Mississippi in
1890 consisted of 742,559 Negroes
and only 544,S51 whites. My home
town, Pomeroy, Ohio, had only 1872
people of color December Is, 1910.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-20
A. F. OF L. LABOR LEADER
ANSWERS ROY WILKINS
Urges Organization of Joint Com
mittee To Discuss Workers
Problems

Editor: Mr.. Roy Wilkins article
reprinted in the Minneapolis
Spokesman and st. Paul Recorder
last week correctly points out the
attitude of the officialdom of the
A. F. of L. in ignoring the burning
social problems of the Negro peo-
pie in their fight for jobs, the right
to vote, and against discrimination.
Unquestionably, the top official
dom of the A. F. of L. bears a
large responsibility for jim-crow-
ism in the A. F. of L. and else
where. The recent A. F. of L. con-
vention played a hypocritical role
in talking about national defense
and ignoring the defense of the
democratic rights of the Negro
people, the abolishing of the poll
tax, job discrimination, discrimina-
ton in the armed forces which was
so dramatically portrayed in the
case of the messmen in the navy
and in President Roosevelt's atti-
tude toward the demands of the
Negro people to end discrimination
in the armed forces.
However, when Mr.. Wilkins de-
clares that because of this attitude
in the top officialdim of the A. F.
of L., the Negro people should iso-
late themselves from the A. F. of
L., oppose everything that the A.
F. of L. does and pursue an indie
pendent role, I think he is making
a grave mistake.
Mr.. Wilkins should know that
there is a difference between the
rank and file membership of the
A. F. of L. and the bureaucratic
officialdom. The rank and file of
the A. F. of L. realize that they
can never be free unless the Negro
likewise is freed. Negro workers
should attempt to get into the
A. F. of L. and assist their white
brothers in changing this present
leadership.
Whenever Negroes and whites
are united for the common aims of
both, the greatest progress has
been made in breaking down the
color barrier which the Employers
and Big Business use and care
fully foster to divide and rule.
In the city of Minneapolis many
A. F. of L. unions welcome Ne
groes to become members. The
Miscellaneous Hotel and Restau-
rant Workers No. 665 has con-
sistently fought for its large Ne
gro membership for jobs, better
wages, job security, replacement
of Negroes by Negroes, and
against discrimination. No small
part of our success has been due
to the unity of the Negro and
white workers in our local. Fur
thermore, the very fact that the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-20

General Adelbert Ames; who ap-
pointed him conductor of elections
for Tallahatchie County. In 1870
he was appointed sergeant-at-arms
in the State Senate. Two years lat
er he became assessor and sheriff
of Boliver County.
Visiting Washington after at
tending the National Republican
Convention, in 1872, Bruce was in
vited by James Hill, powerful Me-
gro leader of Mississippi, to visit
the United States Senate. While
strolling in the Senate chamber,
Hill asked Bruce if he would like
to occupy one of the seats as sena-
tor from Mississippi. "How could
II" said Bruce. 81 can and will
put you there and nothing can stop
me-" said Hill.
During the next three years a
rousing campaign was put on for
Bruce. Bruce was a member of
the Committees on Manufactures,
Pensions, Education, Labor, I'm
provements of the Mississippi
River.
On May 10, 1881, President Gar
field appointed him register of the
treasury, the first Negro to hold
this position. He served for two
years as recorder of deeds for the
District of Columbia. Dec. 2, 1897,
appointed by President Mckinley
to serve a second term as register
of Treasury. Died in Washington,
March II, 1898.
Slave boy to United States Sena-
tor-Greater than this no man can
wish.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-20
Chattels

On March 6, 1857, eighty-two
years ago this month, the United
States Supreme Court handed
down the famous decision that
bred Scott was not a citizen of
Missouri-no standing in Federal
Courts-a slave was only a chattel
could take his property
any place in the United States
without being molested.
THIS WRITER WANTS TO AT
THIS TIME EXTEND TO ALL
OF THE READERS OF THIS
COLUMN THE GREETINGS OF
THE SEASON AND HIS
HEARTIEST HOPES THAT THE
NEW YEAR WILL BRING
HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND
PROSPERITY TO ALL.
HOBART T. MITCHELL.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-20
CHRISTMAS
By MORRIS GIBBS, SIR.
Poetry Editor

Poetry Editor
The Merry season of the year
Greets again to remind US,
And its meaning can be acknowledged
When over pleasure there's not such fuss
Christmas reminds all of gift giving
Some-the time for fun,
But little Importance is put on it's meaning
So Christmas keeps many on the run.
The birth of Christ should be emphasized,
Stressed daily by all mankind
To try and produce His likeness,
BY constantly rejecting the divine Mind
LET not your hearts be troubled"
Is poignant admonition for today,
Since world disorder is prevalent
More people should live right and pray
1t is not an arduous task
To do that which is right,
For satisfaction comes to those
Who always seek the light
Let your Christmas lights burn brighter,
May they throw permanent glow,
Around all whom you associate
And they'll be glad-you to know.
Let each Christmas mean more to you
Than the last one did before,
In so doing you readily prove
Christmas hasn't double meaning any more.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-20
On Relief 100 Years Ago

The town of Midway, Massa-
chusetts, sued the town of Natick,
Mass, for money expended in the
support of Roba Viekons, a pauper.
The pauper was the daughter of
Ishmael Coffee, of Midway. Ish-
mael Coffee was half black and
half white. His wife, who was the
mother of Roba, the pauper, was
white woman. Roba was married to
Christopher Vickons, of Natick, a
white person, August 6, 1889, by
the Rev. Stephen Badger, of
Natick.
Christopher Vickons died and at
the time of his death had his legal
residence in the town of Natick.
Roba, and her child by Vickons,
after the death of Vickons, had
been residing in the town of Med
way. Roba without money, and
without means of making money,
went on relief.
A Massachusetts statute pro-
hibited marriage between a white
person and a mulatto. If Roba's
marriage to the white man was
void, then she would not be en-
titled to relief from the town of
Natick.
The principal question is wheth-
er Roba Vickons is a mulatto. The
court held that Roba was not a
mulatto. By definition, given by
the best photographers in 1910, a
mulatto is a person begotten be-
tween a white GALL Whitley and a
black GALL black. Roba was not a
mulatto because her father was a
mulatto (half black and half
Whitley and her mother was a
white woman.
Since Roba was not a mulatto
her marriage to Vickons was
valid, and, therefore she was en-
titled to relief from the town of
Natick.
Constant, NapOleon's Body Servant
Constant, the Negro body serv-
ant of Napoleon Bonaparte, knew
when the emperor was going into
battle before his generals. (Con-
versation between Constant and
the generals) 81 have important
news for you gentlemen" eve
shall fight in two or three days"
"Did the emperor tell you ?"
"No, he is not in the habit of
speaking of such things. But dur
ing the night-toilet he whistled
Marlborough's air, and he does so
only when there is to be battle"
Slave Boy to U. S. Senator
On March 4, 1876, Blanche K.
Bruce, the first Negro to serve a
full term as United States Sena-
tor, was sworn in on the above
date as senator from Mississippi.
He was born, a slave, March l.,
1841, at Farmville, Virginia. Bruce,
like Lincoln, strived for an educa-
ton; reading such books and news
papers that he could borrow. In his
early life he worked on a steam
boat; later going to Mississippi
where he worked on a plantation.
While acquainting himself with
the local situation and Mississippi
in general, Bruce became acquaint-
ed with the military governor,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-12-20
Phi fraternity.

Phi fraternity.
Mrs. Frances McHie Chavis of
Detroit, Michigan, left Wednesday,
December 10, for home. Mrs.
Chavis has been in the city on ac-
count of the illness and subsequent
death of her mother, Mrs. J. L.
Nellie.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-13
Manufactured
Problem

Despite the bitterness of the politi-
cal attack on the power industry. the
truth is that no industry gives the
people a more valuable service for less
money
while ago the United States Bu-
reau OF Labor Statistics issued a sur
yev concerning living costs in SO re-
preventative American cites over the
1859 period II found that 33.9 per
cent Of the average earner's money
went for food: 1871 per cent for hous-
ing: 1913 per cent for clothing and
personal expenses: 10 per cent for
transportation; per cent for recrea-
ton: AZ per cent for household equip
ment, and 81 per cent for medical at
tentiOn. At the tail end of the list was
electricity. taking 16 per cent and
gas Is per cent. 1t is a significant
commentary that the average fainily
actually spends a trifle more for Gig
arettes than It does for electricity
which lights It's homes and performs
a multitude o: other tasks.
From the point OF view Of industry.
a similar situation obtains In very
few industries IS the cost Of power a
principal item of operating expense
III the great majority. the electric bill
Is &c OF Tie least important items.
Labor raw materials. taXes-theSe are
tha bic things II electricity cost the
rI~l0a, industry absolutely nothing at
Al tie saving effected would hardly
make i dent 4" is fetal operating cX-
rcD>e.
A. everyone knows. the cost Of DOW
er las dropped steadily and uninter
ruptedI? ever since the earliest days
Of The industry-and during most OF
th1' time. the cost OF practically
everything else has been rising The
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-13
JACK DUNCAN
Editor and Publisher
The Low Down
From Hickory Grove

Old Nero fiddled around. and let
his town burn down-and get his
name IN our history books. But the
Romans paid for Neros fiddlln Nero
had the fun and the Romans paid the
bill. guess 1t was in Rome where the
old slogan got started about ii You
dance and cavort YOU got to pay tie
fiddler nS
But anyway We are not so many
jumps behind the Romans We been
'leavin' the running of everything to
our Boys down there on the luXuriant
Potomac And brother We sure are
gonna get some fiddlin bill
But see faint signs OF coming out
OF our coma. When the bosses down
in Wash say to the BOYS there. here.
YOU fellers. you better all 20 home -
and the fellers don't go. that IS news.
That is grounds for optimism
But even if Washington was to burn
donw. like Rome. We would keep on
running. reckon. My nelghbor,
Henry. he says. 10, We would be bet
ter off if half the town did burn
down" Henry's quite a card.
Yours with the low down.
10 SIERRA
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-13

company store. Applications for this
and other scholarships must be filed
with Professor Tretsven by Dec. 81.
Application blanks may be obtained
from the local county extension agent
or the local vocational agriculture in
Structor.
The applications are in the form of
missionaries. When all applications
are received the answers will be evalu-
ated and the winners selected. Appli-
cants will be selected on the basis of
their interest in farming or ranching
and practical experience. This will
include All or vocational agricultural
experience and also activities in farm
organizations
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-13

no matter how beneficial they are,
they pose an extremely serious prob
lem.
That problem briefly stated. is this:
Can the trend be stopped before pri
vate banking disappears. and the gov
ernment attains absolute control over
the capital and savings of the people?
Certainly the average run of politi-
clans will not voluntarily stop it-they
are ever luStful for more power. 1t
can be stopped only if the people will
it so-and make their will known to
those who pass and administer the
laws
Government in banking is perhaps
the most important step along the
road to dictatorShip-a the dictators
themselves have often frankly said
He who controls a nations money.
controls its destiny. Only if that con-
troll remains vested in the people. as
it does today can democracy be pre-
served
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-13

credit for that achievement must be
given to private enterprise. which still
provides 90 per cent OF all the power
produced in this country. Keep this
in mind next time you hear some AL
thority-seeking bureaucrat denoucing
the power industry. and demanding its
Specialization at a cost of billions to
the taxpayers. thus bringing us step
nearer to the destruction of the Am
erican free enterprise system. The So
called power problem is purely a
manufactured problem-it is the crea-
ture of grasping officialism. which
keeps it alive
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-13
S25 Scholarship
In Agriculture

Bozeman. Dec. 9-Another S25 cash
scholarship has been provided for stu
dents who will register for the Short
course in Agriculture at Montana
State college from Jan. to Mar. Is
l94l. it is announced by J. o. Tret-
sven. principal of the school
The scholarship was provided by the
Bozeman Montgomery Ward and
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-13

cards. Carney said cards were
in coming in since his requeS
a week ago, and urged all SD,
men to comply with the reques
order to help the game departn
in its regular survey.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-13
Hunters Asked To
Turn In Game Cards

J. W. Carney, chief deputy state
game warden, has issued request
to all big game hunters successful
or not to turn in their big game
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-13

There are estimated to be about
100000 active cases of tuberculosis
in the United States today.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-13
NOTICE

I will not be responsible for any
debts contracted for by any other
than myself.
Signed.
GROVER c. PUTT
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-13
Mrs. Miller
To Cleveland

To attend the national conven-
ton of the Travellers Aid society.
10 be held at Cleveland April II
to 20. Mrs. Anne Hardy Miller,
executive secretary of the Tacoma
organization. will leave Tacoma
Friday night.
Mrs. John ]. o'Connor, of Wash
ington, d. c., national president
of the Travellers Aid society will
preside at the convention. The
keynote has been announced as
"Today's Challenge to Travellers
Aid" with every effort being
made to solve local problems as
they are presented at the sessions.
The function Of the society has be-
come especially important in the
general plan of Social Welfare
work since the great migratory
movements have become so gem
eral in the United States. This
is especially true in the west. and
1t is expected that many of the
problems of the Tacoma society
will be ironed out at the conven-
ton.
Mrs. Miller's trip is not being
financed by the Travellers Aid
society.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-13
Advertising Agency
In Seattle Expands

Expansion Of the Northwest Of
flee OF Rnthrauff a Ryan. Inc.
advertising agency. by addition OF
new personnel and enlarged office
facilities is announced BY Francis
G. Mullins, Pacific Northwest man
ager for the nationwide firm. The
sgency's headquarters are located
in Seattle.
To properly service the In
creased advertising OF our present
clients and enlarge our facilities
to handle the growing volume OF
new Northwest business, we have
added to our staff Richard r. Goe-
bel. who has IN outstanding record
in the advertising business" COM
mentcd Mullins. In addition we
have also obtained the services
Of Irene Hagerstrom. prominent
Northwest agency woman"
Goebel joins the firm to handle
production and merchandising sc-
tivities. Specializing In automo-
tive and food advertising. Goebei
comes TO Ruthrauff a Ryan with
extensive merchandising and sales
experience.
The Northwest office OF Ruth
rauff a Ryan acts as advertising
counsel for the Dodge division of
the Chrysler Corporation for the
seven western states: and other
large national and local accounts.