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The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Ey ETTA MOTEN

C,HICAGO-(AN N P)-'The place
Carnegie Hall, the singer, Sis
seretta Jones, the time, well, long
before you and I we're born" Alb
bic Mitchell was living again the
story she heard as the girl wife of
viii Marion Cook.
Yes she continued, "Mr Cook
was a very young man at the time
He had just returned from Europe
as a brilliant violinist. He played
on the program on this memorable
night in New York's Carnegie hall
The house was packed to hear the
first Negro woman singer who
had ever appeared on the stage of
that hall Her name was Sisseret-
ia Jones When she had finished
her performance, the elder Cor
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Dr.. SpauIding
To Be Chief
Public Speaker

BALTIMORE. Md (SNS0-The
various committees in Baltimore
which were set up to arrange for
the Twentieth Annual Convention
of the National Negro Insurance
Association, have everything in
readiness. Arrangements have been
made to conduct a tour of inspec-
ton by Medical Directors of IN
Surance Company through the
wcrld-famous Johns Hopkins Hos
pital. Other tours will include the
Provident Hospital and the City
Health Department.
Such topics as the following will
be discussed and emphasized:
Agency Turnover; insurance and
the Press; Meeting Problems Of
Changing Conditions; Charting a
Five Year Course; Our Agency
System-A Response To A Need;
Favorable public Opinion; Blood
Pressure and Life Expectancy; CO.
operation Between Medical Direc-
tor and Examiner.
The field men have not been
neglected on the program. An
Agency institute will be held and
the men who actually meet the pa
irons of insurance companies will
have the opportunity to contribute
something as well as to receive
some help.
PUBLIC MEETING
The public Mass Meeting of the
Convention will be held on the
evening of June Is. at the historic
Bethel AME church. Willard w.
Allen, president of the Southern
Life Insurance Company, and
chairman of the local committee
on arrangements, will preside.
The principal address Of the
evening will be delivered by Dr..
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08

FORT VALLEY. Ga.-At the
commencement exercises of the
Fort Valley Laboratory High school,
it was announced that this school
had been renamed, the Henry A
Hunt High School, in honor of the
late distinguished educator and
builder of the Fcrt Valley Normal
and Industrial Institute.
Born at Sparta, Georgia, in 1866.
Mr.. Hunt was an early graduate OF
Atlanta University. After serving
as a member Of the first colored
faculty Of Biddle University, nov
Johnson c. Smith University, Mr.,
Hunt came to Fort Valley in 1904
as principal of the Fort Valley
Normal and Industrial Institute.
For "a years, he built this instl-
tuition to high ra,.k as one OF the
best institutions ct it's kind in the
South. For his distinguished service
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08

cops of early movie days, were CIV
EN- Negroes and their former
khaki uniforms taken from them.
Along with these discards. they
were issued the regulation overseas
caps, designed by some nit-wit. it
is believed since they never kept
their shape under the hard usage
of the colored soldiers, and those
heavy hoh-nailed broganS.
I. Travelling through France on
one of those famous troop trains,
these Negroes we're the center OF
attraction. White United States
troops who had never seen such
uniforms on Negroes, were not
convinced these were American
Negroes until they struck up con-
versation.
Negro soldiers were. ashamed to
Leave ther camps clad in these cast
off uniforms, but they were march
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08

WASHINGTON, d. CLAMP
eff the United States went to wal
tomorrow some OF it's troops WOULD
have to march in overalls," says
Lee G.. Miller in an article in a
local paper, commenting on the
army's critical lack of uniforms.
Mr.. Miller needs only to look
hack on the last war the United
States got itself involved in and
he'll find that those Who suffered
from a lack of uniforms, were the
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Tapping Wires
WITH HAROLD JOVlEN
(ANP Radio Edltor)

orchids for John Kirby-Gold-
en- Gate-Maxine Sullivan program.
Keep it as is, Don't let audience
mar the rhythmic line. hnnoun-
cling voice nicely attuned to the
music -, excellent innovation
That's a sample of the fan let
ters which have been pouring Into
the Columbia network concerning
Jol1n Kirby's new Flow Gently
Sweet Rhythm program broad
cast over the Columbia network OH
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Describes Early
Days of Negro
Music in u. S.

nelius Vanderbilt rose from MS
seat and cried out;
II dub you Black Patti tAdelina
Patti was the reigning singer of
the dsy) and presented her with a
check for $4,000 for further voice
cultivation
GOES TO EUROPE
In answer to the question as to
whether Black Patti was the first
Negro prima donna, Miss Mitchell
mentioned Madam Selil1a, but re-
n1Gnd{l us that Madame Selika
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Giuen Old Cast Offs At
Camp Alexander Virginia

Negro troops sent from Camp Alex
Gnder in Virginia.
Disgraceful we're the discarded
old blue uniforms of former wars
sent to this seaport embarkation
camp to be issued the Negroes. Nc
whites wore them.
Cbpes, some with brilliant red
Innings, some with yellow Innings,
blue miSfit trousers and coats,
strongly reminiscent of the varie-
gated uniforms of old keystone
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Board Asks Bond
Issue Eor City
School Housing
ALBANY. Ga.-(sNS)-

ALBANY, Ga.-(sNS)-
The Atlanta Board of Education
Monday asked for a $2,250, 600 bond
issue for imp1 owing housing cdndi-
tions of city schools and for a
bond vote in the September city
primary. the request named three
white schools which would take all
of the funds eMoept $45o,ooo to be
used for emergency needs. It was
filed with city council and refe"-
red to special bond issue COM
mittee headed by Mayor Harts-
field.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08

WHEREFORE, O., (h N P)-
Politics and the personal fight be<
tween President D. Ormonde Walk
er of Wilberforce and Atty. Ches-
ter Gillespie of Cleveland, state
representative, may cause the
North Central Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools to re-
woke it's high rating of the noted
AME institution.
Last year the association ac-
credited Wilberforce after years OF
effort by the school. This meant
that it's graduates could go Out
into the world with the same aca-
demic rating as the products OF
otaer schools The association Is
now considering withdrawing this
approval because the board OF
trustees, influenced by Mr. Giles
pie. has rehired professors ano
faculty members dismissed by DR..
Walker
HALF-CENTURY OF STRIFE
The present Walker
fracas is an extension of the dill
culties encountered for SO years. A
half century ago the state decided
to establish a normal and indus
trial school for Negroes and chose
to link it with Wilberforce. There
has been a constant struggle since
then between church and state be-
cause Ohio set up a board OF trus-
tees to handle it's end and the unl-
versity naturally had its own board
DR.. Walker, former AME pas
tor in Cleveland, is a Democrat.
Atty. Gillespie is a Republican
During the 1893 political campaign
in Clevelard's 18th ward, while the
Wilberforce president was cam.
paigning for Martin L. Davey ano
other Democratic candidates, DR.;
Walker urged citizens to Vote the
ticket straight. Atty. Gillespie be-
came incensed and vowed revenge
After election to the state legis'
lature, Mr.. Gillespie introduced
ripper bill' to increase the NUM-
ber of the board of the normal ant
industrial department at the uni
versity to II with seven named b.
the governor. It was amended D.
the finance department to increas
the governors appointments iron
five to six and called for com
plete new appointments. 1t passed
NAMED FIVE REPUBLICANS
Gov. Bricker, himself a Republi
can, named five members OF tina
party to the board. The sixth ap
pointee, DR.. James Owens of Cleve
land, a Democrat, has since lef
the state. The other five are Rev
Wilbur Page, Cincinnati; Ray E
Hughes. Columbus lawyer; Mrs
/, Margaret Barnes, Oberlin launor.
operator; Rev. G. T. Isom, Day
ton, and Robert K. Shauter
Cleveland druggist.
In addition to having a Repub
lican board to contend with, DR.
Walker was faced with the fac
that Page and Isom are Baptists,
Over year ago, the preSiden
dismissed Gilbert H. Jones, deal
of the college of education; Fred
erick A. McGinnis dean OF tn
college of liberal arts, and a hal
dozen others. The college was the
accredited by the association.
Since then the new board ha
been created under provisions
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08

ty and bestiality of Hitler's hordes
in machine-gunning helpless women
and children refugees fleeing the
German armed might.
Sympathetic as we are to the
plight of the Belgians, we cannot
help but remember how unsympa-
thetic these same Belgians were
in dealing with helpless black
women and children in the Congo.
Heart-breaking as is the present
plight of the Dutch, nevertheless
vivid in our minds is the desperate
a,1 ,,,bo,,y,., Y,lipht of black vi
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
ARRESTED IN CHECK FORGERY

ATLANTA, Ga.--(SNS)-
City policemen Monday reported
the arrest of man listed as Ed
ward Lowe, %. OF. 81 Crumley ST..
Sc who Is alleged to have admit
ted forging a WPA check, valued
at $25, more than six months ago.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
HitIerism At Home

THE GROWING MENACE Of Cossack-,nirded
policemen IN many Of Southern cities IS intln-
tely real. more terrifying TO us oack VIC
Tins than the thousands of words printed by our
white contemporaries describing the horrifying cruel
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
WISE SAYINGS
By THE SCRIBE

ISN'T 1T TRUE THAT
The sufficiency of merit is to
know that your merit is not suf-
ficient?
When the salesman antago-
nizes the buyer, the customer
often says "No"?
A strong mind often differs
with a writer, but the weaker
mind blindly follows the printed
A resident of the Panama Canal
Zone has developed pure four-leaf-
clover seed and raises the leaves
for shipment to all parts of the
world. fFiE !
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Get Dr-Ered PaImer's
Skin WhIteneF Today!

How can q wife expect to be ellurins tc
her husband if she let's her complexion
unnecessarily get too-dark, rough. frec+
killed. and pimply from external causes?
1t is so easy to get the 2Sc Or. FRED Pal,
test it according to directions. 1t tcontaine
q recognized bleaching agent and works
to let you say goodbye" to weather
aged, harsh skin. DR.. FRED Falmer's
Skin Whitener is delightful cream and
must give you sstisfactoryresults or yout
money back. Test Il todeyl For FREE
s.s..rie, send Sc postage to GALENOL
CO.. INC, Dept. Q. Box 264, Atlanta, ca.
IL your skix drying out. looking older
than Il should! Let the protective quail
;ts Of DR.. Fred Palmer's Skin Delight
Vanishing Cream keep your compiler
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07

In a private suite at the Hotel
Wagner, Colonel Won Siegen was en-
Toying final brandy and settler with
a high officer of the Intelligence
staff
81 had a narrow squeak tonight"
he said. 81 nearly made colossal
blunder. A man who called himself
Ruckert came to see me- He must have
known we have an agent called Rick
ert in France. It's new way of get
ting false information to usr'
How did you find him out?" he
queried.
His fingerprints in his hotel bed
room. l had them transmitted to the
central office at Berlin. His general
description tailed, but the finger
prints we're not our man Ricketts,
where's the fellow now?"
Flying back to France in one of
our planes" said Won Siegen. Hes
going to make parachute drop. l
found I had just time to stop the
plane, but l didn't"
Heavens! Why not?"
Because l thought of a sweeter
revenge than that. l telephoned an
order to the aerodrome. When the
passenger jumps from the plane over
the Vcsges mountains - the para
chute will fail to open!"
The End
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07
q RoDERN women, though they
WI demand freedom and equal
~ opportunities with men. are

&V8 opportunities with men. are
anxious to preserve their feminine
distinctions. And in 1910 when women
match achievements with men. all
along the line from big game hunting
to aviation, you see them delving into
one of the most feminine eras of the
past for ideas on beauty and dress.
In this l quote Ruth Hammond.
we'll known actress, who alludes to
the Victorian influence on present
day modes, which you see in almost
everything from fashions to furniture.
Miss Hammond. who plays her favo-
rite role as Victorian beauty in a
current Broadway hit, has done re-
search in the fashion and beauty books
of that period. One of her sources is
the Guide to Feminine Charm" a
beauty book of the sos. written by
her grandmother. Rosetta Smith
Hammond.
Though this young actress is as
modern as any woman of the day, she
thinks, and puts into practice. the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07
AMAZING TOMATO JUICE
THRILLS the NATION

If you think all tomato juice is alike,
try Welch's new vitamin-rich tomato
juice for the thrill of your life. A
noted chemist tested five brands and
found WEIGHS Tomato Juice supe-
rior-larger Vitamin c content; as
much Vitamin A as milk-and rich
in Vitamin B. Welch's is SO rich and
thick. you can add = water. or ice,
and still have a most delicious toma
to Juice. So it's economical to serve.
Get WEIGHS Tomato Juice from
your dealer today. It's pure, pasteur-
lied, laboratory controlled and tested
and approved by Good House
keeping Bureau. Double your money
back if you don't say it's the finest
tomato juice you ever tasted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07
Continued from poge ten

sparkle of starlight on water. They
we're at the shore of the Ostinsee,
and beyond its southern beaches we're
the foothills of the Swiss mountains.
The rowboat should be here -"
She had led them to narrow inlet,
and Raeburn heard the jingle of
chain. Get in, Herr Barthold. Good
by and good luck! You'll find oars,
Nick -"
you're coming" he told her.
1--WE mustn't quarrel about it -
please" She touched his hand. my
jobs here. you know"
You're coming!" he said again.
LISTEN. l didn't mean to tell you.
l had a message tonight. leave Gro
nenstadt in two days - on another
job near the Siegfried Line. It's all in
the game!
There was long silence.
"Yes," he repeated slowly, Il sup
pose it's all in the game. He lifted
her hand to his lips and stepped into
the boat
In few minutes he had stopped
rowing, for he heard quiet hail in
the darkness. A black object doomed
on the water. AS they climbed over
the rail, powerful engine roared into
immediate life and they began to
move forward rapidly 49,.
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nurses uniform had got them through,
for they were on the move again.
Raeburn thought of Lii Breitner.
She would be over the French lines
now, flying at high altitude towards
the southern slopes of the Vosges. He
tried to picture her as the moment of
ordeal drew near - the blind plunge
into space. She had courage, that
young woman; she was crooked, but
she had courage
The van stopped, and the doors
we're swung open. Venetia's voice
spoke crisply:
Down there we'll find path.
We're about a kilometer from the
shore of the Ostinsee." She seemed
oddly calm. A few words to the driver.
then she turned to Barthold: "We'll
60 as quickly as you can manage it.
Keep close behind me. We're between
two gun emplacements we must
look out for patrols"
Raeburn followed at the old mans
heels. and five minutes later they were
crouching in some bushes by the side
of stream. The clink of boots on
pebbles drew nearer A detachment
on patrol halted dozen yards away
- then went on. Venetia stood up
and listened; then Raeburn heard
her telling Barthold to hurry. The
path grew sleeper. and he saw faint
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07
% Yrh'sa Blythe
Drawing by Major FsIfso

belief that we could all take some
hints from our grandmothers.
Feminine charm" she says, lis
talent for being womanly in appear
ance and behavior" As for the aspects
of feminine charm, here are some
which Miss Hammond thinks are we'll
worth considering.
First she mentions a feminine figure
and the key to that, in her opinion,
is small waist Today you can rely
upon simple. we'll -planned exercise rou-
tines and sane. SHINING diets to
achieve this mark of femininity, for
which your grandmother frequently
had to take a reef in her waist with
tight laces.
You can also use deceptive tricks
in dress to create the illusion of a
stem-like waist - such, for instance,
as a full sleeve that balloons out
above the elbow. This one, of course,
was known to our grandmothers. But
we have other tricks which they never
thought Of. One is wide shoulder
line. built out with padding or dress
maker details. Another is the unbelt-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07
Here's How to
Lose
Ugly
Fat

IN every section of the country to-
/ day, women have marveled at the
wonders of safe, easy reducing
method which requires no strict
diet lists; no strenuous exercises; no
drugs. Increases energy as weight
goes down. It's the identical method
DR.. Damrau of New York used in
tests among group of intelligent
and cooperative people who followed
directions implicitly, and was re-
sponsible for an average loss in
weight of pounds per month.
Unbeljevsbiy Easy To Follow
All you do is mix "a glass of WEIGH
Grape Juice with = glass of water
and drink before meals and at bed
time. Then eat sensibly which
means you avoid overeating; thus
reducing caloric intake considerably.
Then this happens: First, this deli
cious drink satisfies your craving for
rich, sweet foods. You have less de-
sire to overeat fattening foods but
you never suffer a hungry moment.
Second tne natural ueAtTOSe Ill
WeIch's is quickly consumed, and
by this process not only aids nature
in consuming excess fat but also
increases your energy.
That is why weight is lost natu-
rally; why you not only look better
but actually feel better; have more
energy. And this proved method is
just as beneficial and effective for
overweight men, as it is for over
weight women.
Do This One Important Thing
There is only one thing to watch
eat sensibly, which means you avoid
overeating, and be sure to use only
genuine Welch Grape Juice, selected
by DR.. Damrau in his convincing
test. Welch's is always full strength.
1t contains full measure of natural
dextrose which is so important. And
because Welch's is always full
strength, it is delicious when diluted
very economical to use. Start this
proved reducing method today and
watch your energy 60 up as your
weight goes down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

cd, fitted to- the midrlf, Princess type
of dress, swung from wide shoulders
and flared out around the legs. Use
this type of dress to build up an hour
glass silhouette, with cartwheel hat
at the top and belling hemline at
the base - and you can seem to dwarf
a waistline to almost nothing today.
Next named are accents on the fem
mine side of your personal getup.
If you wear tailor mades, whip them
to froth with lingerie frills. A blouse,
as foaming as a vanilla soda, etching
the cut-away of prim, dark suit,
comes straight to us out of Victorian
fashion books. Our lowered cottons.
summer sheers, extravagant laces,
printed silks, and softly colored WOOL
ems are modern fabrics inspired by the
materials our grandmothers used.
Keep your accessories feminine in
character. Ensembling your gown.
like a well-dressed dolls, with shoes,
hat. bag and gloves, creates as charm
ing a picture today as it did in the
SOS. Thanks to the revival of Vic
torian fashions, you can carry a
quaint matching parasol for daytime
wear and coquettish fan for evening.
OF Bonss ond Pompodovrs
DOME of our most successful hair
styles today get their inspiration from
the sos. One is the bang, which you
see in every conceivable version. Our
grandmothers thought this "frizz"
was as softening to the face as a veil
seemed to hat One important New
York salon believes this too, and has
tracked down styles in bangs for
every type of face. They are calcu'
lated to give now, as then, the same
pert look to the face, the same I'M
studied flip to couture. and the
needed fattery under hats edge.
The most popular of these Victor
ian hair styles is the pompadour effect
of the '8O's. priced again for its versa
tility. For it, the edges of the curl can
be turned upward toward the top of
the head or downward toward the
nose. Sticking our hair up from the
temples is something else we borrow
from our grandmothers. This was
trick to give their faces lift
As for makeup, most of us can use
some Victorian pointers on that, says
Miss Hammond. One important hint
is to depend more upon natural skin
beauty than color camouf1age. An
other is to 60 easy on the eyebrow
emphasis. Miss Hammond's grand
mother warned the readers of her
beauty book: "If eyebrows are en-
phasized, this imparts a general air of
ferceness There are. in the grand
daughters opinion, two modern types
who can benefit from this advice. One
is the girl with naturally dark, heavy
brows: the other is the girl who bears
down heavily on her eyebrow pencil.
If you neglect keeping the lip tissue
smooth, firm and hne-grained, you
can mend your ways by adopting one
of your grandmother beauty prac-
tees. The Victorians followed daily
routine both night and morning of
rubbing on odorless castor oil, or a
similar lubricant, until the skin was
soft and smooth.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-07
TRIPLE PROBE Of
COLLISION BEGUN
FOUR DEAD, FOURTEEN HURT
AS STATION WAGON.
BUS COLLIDE

Lancaster, Cal Dec. TT p
Civilian, army and school arthori-
ties today investigated the colt.
sion Of an army station wagon
and a school bus that claimed four
lives and injured a.
The dead were all occupants OF
the army car They were
Edwin Osmond. IS, Riverside,
CaE
Neel Urling. 80. Riverside
Clifford Noyes. Crcstline. Cal
Private william Grant Scarth.
10. Muroc Field. Cal
Osmond. Urling and NOyes were
killed instantly. Scarth driver OF
the station wagon, died a few
hours after the accident IN Lam
caster hospital
Tho II injured were occupants
Of the school bus ~ high school
students and their driver Albart.
Guthrie ~, Lancb''er. None was
In critical condition although
four received serious injuries and
were hospitalized
The cars colHded az a Mojave
desert intersection northeast ot
Los Angeles as the bus was home
ward bound from the Antelope
valley Union High school 10 ths
Wilsous residential district Both
vehicles were demolished and wit
nesses said escape Of the students
was miracle"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-07
Coodfellows, Other Groups
Plan Christmas Cheer Here

day at the Daily Press ONCE 10 go.
ordinate sctiWries Represented
were the Home Association ~
Mrs. Paul Hatch and Mrs Franz
Gable; Rorison Dress Project by
Mrs. George Anderson and Mrs.
Frank Shanahan. American Legion
Auxiliary by Mrs z. T. Starr and
Mrs. 7. S. Weber. Social Service
work, Miss lncz Graves. Saliva
ton Army by Captain Albert
Koch American Legion by Brit
Eddlngs and a J. Odette; Phoenix
Relief Board by Fred A. Cain,
Community Fund by r s Weber:
Junior Chamber Of Commerce say
Roger Armstrong and Arthur
FOrche. GoOdfclloWs Association
by President T.. r Snyder. vice.
president Glenn GrOosbeck secre-
tary-treasurer. Claro J Hewens.
and their investigating commit
toe composed Of Emil Susterks,
chairman z s. Wier. Don Com.
took and KnowelI Hart
Monday evening the GOodfellow
viii open bids on their Christmas
baskets A. $50.