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Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
new lincoln University
AMAIZES STUDENTS, VISITORS

come to Lincoln university asso-
ciate with students from twenty
or more states in the Union, pay
abOu 1884 a year for tuition, room
and board, observe a minimum OF
regulations and are taught by
faculty Of well-trained instruc-
tors, almost a dozen Of whom
have the electorate degree.
The 4O-acre campus IL beauti-
fed by hundreds Of trees, vines
and shrubbery, and new roads
for automobiles are being laid
through the campus. Five OF the
residential and Institutional halls
at Lincoln have been built since
1881, and two new buildings now
are under construction.
The student at Lincoln Univer-
sity sleeps in roony, comfortable
quarters, eats well balanced, APP
petizing foods, and associates out
Of class with his teachers who
contest with students in baseball,
golf, tennis, softba1l and other
campus sports.
AT Lincoln the student is ex-
amined by a doctor at least once
a year, witnesses er-collegiate,
interracial debating, basketball
and track contests on his own
campus, may help edit the BIZ
weekly campus newspaper, The
Clarion, or the student annual,
and may belong to any Of seven
musical organizations.
One hundred. and ninety Lin
coin students are employed on
the campus at moderate wages,
and others are employed by bus
ineSses and people in Jefferson
City.
Scholarships and prizes are Of
fered to Lincoln University stu
dents, and non-compulsory chapel
exercises are held regularly. In
tra-muraI sports, three dozen
campus organizations, campus So
Gals, and a well rounded program
of classroom and campus life,
are available to all students.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
PENN|LESS MAN
now BOSS OF
HUGE BUSINESS

JEFFERSON CIV. ITO. Aug.
29-Suppose !-0u were absolutely
penniless, md had to FcrrCw
money for room ront. S"nposn
YOU had M worldly experience
except thqt of v~unq man %
wears old who had worked as a
porter, salesman Of kite en- pro-
ducts arc general helper at a
summer resort.
Would you believe that one
year from now you would be op-
Grating your own business, en-
ploying 10 people ard bossing in
vastn0entS tCtol1ing between $12,-
GEO and $4,000?
Lemuel McField, 1889 gradu-
ate Of Lincoln University Of MIS-
souri,, doesn't have to suppose that
this apparent miracle could hap
pen to him. 1t has already hap
pened.
How this Missouri born business
man came from obscurity into
promise within the past year, is
the story Of the Woodworking,
farsighted man who dropped his
bucket where he was and made
good.
Following his graduation from
Lincoln, McField borrowed mon
ey from several Of his professors
and purchased the Varsity Inn,
cafe across the street from the
Lincoln U. campus. In three
months he had repaid his credi-
tors and was putting new fixtures
in the building. Meanwhile he
added features which attracted
big student business and had to
hire more employees.
A year after McField obtained
the cafe, he is boss Of the larg-
est cafe business for Negroes in
jefferson City, and owns car
used for hauling merchandise,
property in St. Louis, Mo-, and
14-acre tract Of land on the Lake
Of the Ozarks.
McField's latest venture, the
Williams Cabins, is a summer re
sort for Negroes developed on his
14-acre tract in the Ozarks. He
boasts that next year the Will
liams Cabins will be the biggest
resort for Negroes in the Middle
west. The place has a 1000 foot
lake frontage, and is near the
Bagnall dam.
Next year, McField says, he
Will have in his cafe private
dining room for teachers, and will
open a book store.
McField has returned to Lin
coin University to study econom-
les, and is putting into practice his
idea that Negroes need to know
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
New Instructor
In Languages at
billiard Univ.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. %
-Special-Daniel Thomas Skin
ner, Of Boston, Massachusetts,,
has been appointed instructor in
French and English it was an
nounced yesterday by Rudolph
Moses, acting dean in charge. Mr..
SINNERS appointment constitutes
an addition to the Division of Lit
erature and the Fine Arts and
will increase the course offering
in that division.
Mr.. Skinner was graduated
from the Boston English High
School, the ranking scholar in the
class. He won a Franklin Medal
and the Alumni scholarship as well
as nine Lawrence Prizes during
his high school career.
At Harvard College, from which
he received the Bachelor of Arts
degree, magma cum laude, in Ro-
nance Languages, he was the
Price Greenleaf Scholar in his
freshman year and secured a to-
tai Of $3.50 in scholarships, be-
ing awarded a coveted Deturs in
his first year, honorable mention
for the Jeremy Belknap Prize in
French Defamation. He was
Medaille France-Amerique in
French Defamation. He was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa during
his stay at Harvard.
Mr.. SINNERS graduate work
was done at Boston College, from
which he received the degree Of
Master of Arts in 1889.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
\ BLACK LABOR AGENT

A Negro boy, Henry Johnson,
sixteen years of age, was held
aboard ship at sea for a period
Of five months, during which
time he was not permitted to in
form his mother Of his Wherea-
bouts.
The boy was a resident Of
Washington, D. g. On September
26, 1879, he and several of his
fellows were induced by colored
man to 60 with him to Baltimore
where the boys were signed
aboard an oyster schooner bound
10 sea, on the representation that
they were 20 years Of age. Each
was advanced seven dollars from
his pay, which the cclored man
took.
The schooner, the Thomas W.
Moore, Captain Lewis in COM
mand, was one Of three vessels
operating as a fleet, and every
two weeks one Of the three yes
sells returned to port bringing the
combined oyster haul.
A different vessel alternated
each trip, but the boy was al
ways put to work on one Of the
other ships when it was the
Thomas W. Moore's turn to re-
turn to port.
During the entire five months
period, the boys mother had no
knowledge Of her sons wherea-
bouts. and the frame Of her mind
may be imagined. When he did
return, he was 50 frost bitten and
sick that it required many months
of nursing to restore him to
health. When discharged, the
boy was given 1918 as the bal
ance Of his earnings. He was
supposed to receive a salary OF
$500 per month.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
WEDNESDAY,
PRAYER MEETING

(The beginning Of our Weones-
day night prayer meetings) 4
manuscript preserved in the Ii
brary Of the Massachusetts His
torical Society-Cotton Mather,
in the year 1893, wrote as fol-
lows: Besides the other pious
meetings which [ have continued
serving on our neighborhood, a
little after this period a company
Of poor Negroes, Of their own &C
cord, addressed me, for counte-
nance to a decision which they
had of erecting such meeting
for the welfare Of their miserable
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
Claimants
Get Federal Old
Age Insurance

During the six month period
ending June 80, 1910, Federal
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
benefits were awarded to 1850
illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin
claimants for regular monthly
pavments or lunp-sum settle
ments, H. L. Mccarthy, Regional
Director, Social Security Board,
announced today.
In making public these Stats
Tics. Mr.. Mccarthy said that the
number Of claims from retired
workers over IS years Of age and
from their wives past IS exceed
ed claims from widows and chill
dren and other dependents eligi-
bic to receive benefits in case OF
death Of the breadWinner.
A total of 1895 claimants were
receiving regular monthly bene-
fits in amounts tOtaling $235, 1872
a. per month at the close Of the
six month period. Based on &C
4uarial estimates Of life eXpec-
fancy, a person awarded a month
" retirement benefit at age %
may live to receive monthly pay
ments for as long as twelve and
three-quarter years. Monthly
benefits under the system, how
ever. are payable for life to re
tired insured wage-earners, their
aged wives or widows, and IN
der certain qualifying require
ments to aged dependent parents.
Lump-sum settlements award
ed during the period to 1884
claimants as a result Of the
deaths Of wage earners totaled
S7O3. 877.87. These claimants were
not eligible at present to receive
monthly benefits under the a
mended Social Security Act, OF
were eligible for a lump-sum set
Element under the old law as the
result of deaths occurring prior
to January. /, 1910.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
NEGRO HISTORY

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. 29-The
National Association of Teachers
went on record as favoring Ne
gro history in white schools, in its
recent annual meeting, as follows:
We are convinced that one item
in this program should be the in
clusion Of Negro history in the
curricula Of both Negro and white
schools at all levels, for the de-
velopment Of justifable pride on
the part Of the Negroes and OF
understanding and cooperation on
the part Of both races.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01

WHITE SHERIFF
Court Of Civil Appeals of Aus
tin, Texas, June II, 1913. TIL
court in delivering an opinion
stated, Owe can see no reason why
sheriff should feel Inundated
by being compelled to ride in the
Negro cOacn with his prisoner,
when the same was necessary in
the discharge Of his duties. There
are many disreputable places in
witch a man who claims to be
respectable would feel mortified
and Inundated, if found therein.
except in the discharge of duty,
and yet no sheriff would hesitate
to enter such place when neces-
sary to discharge his duties. (158
S. w, 1045).
Any information concerning
this column write in care Of this
paper, or 1912 Elliot Ave, Min
neapolis, Minnesota.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
BLACK BABIES

(What the white Doctor Of
Medicine believed about the Ne
gro child in 1757 Nickel in 1857
stated as a fact that the color OF
the Negro child, when first born
is yellow, which becomes a shiny
black in manhood, and this state
ment was practically repeated in
1852 by DR.. Cartwright of New
Orleans, who claimed as a fact
chat NEGRO children and white
children are alike at birth in one
particular-they are both born
white, and 50 much alike, as far
as color is concerned, as scarcely
to be distinguished from each 9TH
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01

given it to her in the tavern to
put in her purse as he noted two
policemen about to enter the
tavern and he had no place to
hide it.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01

all about money in order to get
into big business" He hopes to
"shoW the world what our people
can do"
While at Lincoln McField was
president Of the History club,
keeper Of the exchequer for the
Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, a
member of the YMCA, the Choral
society, staff Of the year book,
and in 1889 was business mana
ger Of the Archives.
Retires - Miss Minnie Bishop
Of Indianapolis, after having Civ
en- so years Of service to the pub
lie schools of that city.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
n. c. Lad Heads
New Farmers

PINE BLUFF, Ark, Aug. 29-
(ANP)-James w. Warren, soph-
omore agriculture student at A.
and T. College, Greensboro, N. G.,
last Monday was elected presi-
dent of the New Farmers Of A
merica at the final session of the
sixth national convention at Ark
ansas State College.
A resident CT Spring Hope, N.
c., Warren was one of trio of
North Carolina youths who were
honored at the convention. EN-
NETT George, A. and T. freshman
from Whiteville, and Avery Pfif-
er, Clarkton, were given the de-
gree Of superior farmer, the high
est honor the organization be-
slows. Prior to his election,
Warren served the organization
as national secretary and as mem
Der Of the trustee board.
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Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01

At the inquest, which was con-
tinued until August 80, Mrs.
Viola Howard, wife Of the de
ceased, said Howard had been
keeping company with a wom-
an known to her as "Boots," and
who was later revealed to be
Virginia Howard.
Lacy Edwards, brother Of Vir-
GINA, said his sister had been
going with Howard for sometime
during which time she had told
him that Howard sometimes beat
her.
Injured-Mrs. Lizzie Higgins,
83-year-old citizen Of st. Louis
when she mistook an open win
dow for a door and plunged 15
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
LISTEN TO THIS!
By HOBART T. MITCHELL
WHITE SHERIFF

nation, that were among us"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
cHGbby
 Birthday

The Empire extends eongrdtutd- tionS and best tpishes today, their birthday anniversary, 10 the fol- lotoing:
 MARCH Is Mrs. John Hahn Mrs. E. r. Vollert Mrs. William K Clark Margaret Lindsay
 Phyllis Jenne
 Sam Sheary
 T. F. Middleton Harry Stapleton Winston Hamilton Mrs. Alfred Harper
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
PROGRESS IN THE AIR

Within the past few months we have had reports which showed that 1889 set new high records ill Alaska and the nation for airline traffic The air.
 lines air agencies and private fliers of the United States also turned in their best record to date on flying safety, pilot training and for non-scheduled flying Now the Civil Aeronautics Authority rounds out the picture with the announcement of increase of 105 percent for the year in the production of aircraft for domestic civil use The number of such aircraft manufactured in the United States last year was 3715 as compared with 1,843 in 1938 One of the principal gains was in the category of small landplanes clearly reflecting the growing popularity of private flying; increase Of 82 percent in the classification of andpanes of three-t -to-fve-person capacity was also indicative of a broadening field for personal air travel
 But there were sharp gains also in the production of multi-engne airplanes, chiefly for airline use of which 102 were built in 1939 Of these 57 had accommodations for g or more persons each, gain of 235 percent in this category and clear indication of the trend toward larger transports for land use as well toward giant flying boats for the sea-
 War booms in the long view are ephemeral and for this we may be thankful. But in the steady march Of aerodynamc science in the improvement in the technique of weather forecastng and in the multiplication of radio aids to flight there is every good omen for continuing progress in peaceful con quest of the air
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15

years. There is today in circulation paper money representing eleven hundred million yen than before the war Living costs for the working class have increased 25 percent in two years The Korean rice crop is disappointing. Shipbuildng needs more material, more skilled labor. Coal is scarce. Gas is severely rationed Motor cars are disappear
 ing. Electric power has greatly dwinded Imported foods have disappeared Supplies of paper, matches, butter, cothing-these and many similar necessities which have long been fully available the Japanese have greatly decreased But the national belt must be drawn yet more tightly while the Army tries to hold what it occupies in China
 From Shanghai comes evidence that the Army has now to realize that it must provide for defense well as for attack Extensive fortifica tions being constructed in the Shanghai and Tsingao sectors and it is significant that they designed to protect those from attack in the rear What effect the setting up by Japan of the Wang Ching wei regime will have on the general situation remains to be seen. By itself it cannot overcome Chiang Kai-shek The developing coastal Qualifications might to indicate that Japan considers an eventual withdrawal from the interior as possibility AS matters stand, the situation is a stalemate The Japanese hold the seacoast and important cities in the interior But China has not been conquered, and time is on her side.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15

Earle c. Jameson, who had been in St. Anns Hospital for several weeks, was reported recovering.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
Hitler's Secret Weapon
Philadelphia Record)


 Emmanuel Bourcer, writing in the French news paper L'Intransgeant tells waiting world at long last just what Hitler'S secret weapon is
 German agents, disguised travelling salesmen are going to the homes of French soldiers. There they take careful note of wall paper furniture etc The next step is to jot down the name of neghbor
 Then the German agent writes to the poilu whose home he has visited casting aSpersons on his wife's conduct" and giving details.
 Not one but many soldiers told me about such letters says Bourcier. Some of them understood the duplicty, but not all of them. They must be warned Remember Hitler said First of all, the enemy must be demorazed.'
 Dabolical indeed is this flank attack the French home front Did bachelor dictator think it up all by himself?
 Thus far, French troops have deserted for the purpose of returning home to look for the travel ing salesman the helpful neghbor. But you never can tell to what extent French soldier will be de- moralized by having stranger describe the wall paper in his bedroom. He might rush home for the purpose of assuring himself that the money he'd hidden in the sock behind the baseboard was safe
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
The Value of the Census
Cincinnati Enquirer)

(Clnclnnatl Enqurer)
 Until it is completed the 1940 census seems cer- tain to be the topic of furious partisan debate. Un deniably the Uncle Sam of 1940 is a much more inuusitive fellow than in any previous decade. The questions to be asked more numerous and, one or two of them intimate by ordinary standards.
 Yet most of the questions to which objection is being made have been asked before. Back in 1850, under President Zachary Taylor all persons were re- qired to give the value of real estate they owned. Ten years later all compelled to tell the value of their personal property we'll
 Mortgage information has been sought since 1890 And questions concerning incomes have been asked for 20 years but only of farmers in any de- tail Questions designed to determine the number of blind insane paupers, disabled and the like have been asked frequently since 1880.
 By extending still further the scope of the cen sus this year. the government will make it still more valuable The census never has been mere counting of noses It provides from decade to decade an evermore complete picture of our popula- tion From it we can learn our racial makeup our age structure our and deficiencies in various occupations We learn the movements of popu- lation and the trends in home ownership. We can, with the newer questions, learn great deal about the national income.
 All this is possible while protecting the infor- nation given confdentally by the individual cti- been able to get from the Census Bureau the sta- tistics they would like when that would involve the divulging of information about individuals
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
Horoscope 'The stars incIins
 but do not oeu,bsl'
SATURDAY, MARCH Is

Adverse planetary aspects are ac- tive today which should be em- ployed with caution wherever any important matter is involved. Mars is in powerful sway and Neptune preSageS naval maneuvers of i'm portance. Sinister portents affect labor and encourage cooperation with persons in power, financially and politically. .a
 Heart and Home: Women should pursue routine affairs today. Their place is in the background as kalei- doscopic world events are record- ed The configuratibn stimulates aggressive action on the part sof persons in authority. Sensational news will cause apprenensiolr9 yin families whose members are in the United States army or navy. Vio- lence on land and sea is presaged for Russia and Germany.
 Business Affairs: American mer- chants and manufacturers will profit normally through the spring which will be favorable to trade and commerce. The seers counsel economy for all, since the waste of foreign wars will affect the fin ancial structure of every nation, whether neutral or engaged in con- flict
 National Issues: Agricultural problems will cause bitter contro- versies among lawmakers. Good crops for the coming season are prognosticated, but food will rise in prices as exports increase. Star vation in China and suffering from malnutrition in Germany will arouse sympathy critical of neu- trality limitations.
 International Affairs: Secret ne- gotiations among foes will result in sudden moves of amazing sur prise, inflicting far-reach ching loss of life. There is a sign that warns of grave conflict in which the great number of casualties will work potential revolutionary power for the people who are pawns in the horrible game of wholesale blood shed. Uprisings in cities and de- sertions from armies controlled by dictators are prognosticated.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of advance ment. They should beware of nerve strain. Accidents in the course of journeys are presaged for many
 Children born on this day xfray be reserved and serious. They ~are. likely to be independent in their views and tenacious in their opin- ions. Success in artistic careers is indicated.
 Copyright, 1940)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15

BOOKKEEPER-C CLERK - Single. age "A, high school and business college education. Has experience in bookkeeping and office work Alaskan born. Types accurately at 45 words a minute. Has clerked in grocery store and clothing store Call for ES 68.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
TIME ON CHINA'S SIDE

From Tokyo comes further evidence of the in- creasng strain which the Japanese people are under going in consequence of their countrys commitments in China. Responding to the steadily mounting complaints against sacrifices and scarcites the Army through the War Office notifies the people that the national belt must be drawn yet more tightly, and for an indefinite period
 The illusion of speedy and easy conquest of China long since evaporated, After more than two and half years of struggle the Japanese find them selves today with real major successes to their credit since the captures of Canton and Hankow in October, l938
 Japan has had six Premiers in the last seven
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-15
DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH 4
 By w. L. Co~dsa

Words Often MisuSed: Do not say, T did not see no papers on the desk" Not and no form a double negative. Say, T did not see any papers"
 Often Mispronounced: Motif Pronounce mo-tef, as in more unstressed, e as in tea, accent last syllable. 4
 Often Misspelled: Scrupulous; three us.
 Synonyms: Pay (verb), repay, re- ward, compensate, remunerate, re- imburse, indemnify.
 Word Study: Use word three times and it is yours" Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastef- ing one word each day. Today's word Incidental; liable to happen as chance, without design; cas- ual. These trials are incidental to married life"