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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-26

Really Deed-R G. Kit;rcll. COM
missioner, sold J. w. Puliiam, a 10,
in South Henderson for $3.50. ac
cordlng to realty decd filed with
the Vance Registry Tuesday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-26

Among the easy things Of life is
TO laugh at the expense Of friends
and neighbors.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-26

night" to safeguard the Ameri-
can System Of Democracy.
Fortunately the Utility Industry
is reody without warning to
speed the production Of de-
Tense equipment. Even in
times Of peace an electric utiI.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08
ANDERsoNs HAVE BABY BOY

Mr.. and Mrs. Archie A. Ander-
son, IT'S Iglehart avenue, are par
ents of baby boy born at mid
night Tuesday, March 5, at st.
Johns Hospital.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08
CARRIERS NIGHTMARE

facing the possibility of being depored
his dependence according Elmer
of Opportunity magazine whO speech Harlem warned
Negroes that their numbers relief recipients might
finally being dported from
in Germany illustration of how possible such might be
successfully when decided Whether
predictions whether
they merely the nightmare from which he suffered
result of booding Negroes only will
tell
refuse excited
probability Detailing Negro.
trouble with all mention of the
Negroes Africa the they
that did from Africa and there
country holds them being natives the land
present plight him somewhat of burden in the
those who fail consider him other light believe
that the remaining America about good
all The American white though peudced
the Negro anxious to be entirely rid of
him.
Sensible that deporng the Negro from America
problems With the Negro other
the role he played there little
which would the
minority the Negro and thus the
peace tranquility the whole Any other minority
threat the stability this democratic nation within
century than the Negro has during the hundreds of
this and going
possibility by advocating the wholesale deportation
of the Negro-Chcago Bee.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08
BUSINESS INSTITUTE SEEKS
CONSUMER OPINIONS

Washington, D. c., February 81.
The Negro Business Institute, a
newly formed non-proft organiza-
ton devoted to the progress of bet
ter Negro business recognizes the
fact that there.is more business to
be had than Negro-owned stores
are getting and is seeking the
opinions of readers of the Mime
apolis Spokesman and st. Paul Re-
corder. The Institute is deeply in
terested, not merely in helping the
Negro in business increase sales
and profits but also in creating in
creased employment opportunities
for Negro youth.
The Institute is interested in
your opinion. 1t wants to know not
only what you think of the future
of Negro business in its relation to
better economic conditions for our
group, but also what you think can
be done to help increase sales and
profits in Negro-owned stores
Your suggestions will be most well
come.
1t is the belief of the Institute
that there is a definite need for a
business institute that will make
available to the Negro important
business information, and keep Ne.
gro business regularly informed or
what makes business grow. This
should result in an improved eco,
nomic status for more complete in.
tegration into American business
life.
Correspondence is invited with
Negro Chambers of Commerce
Business Clubs, Social Clubs, anC
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08
The Future

AAAN u AOSAA -
No one knows what the future
holds, ...
By way of desire or chance unfolds
The ambitions we have that makes
US feel,
Our future is secure when certain
things are real.
We must live correctly day by day
And not let idle thoughts hold sway
Worrying what the future has in
store,
Live today, and you'll gradually
worry no more.
Each individuals course is
thoroughly mapped,
Never have to fear you'll get
trapped,
God is the power we sometimes
call fate.
He ordained that mankind should
seek a mate.
Begin to realize these truths today,
Never look at the future with
thoughts of dismay,
A mind properly occupied always
feels gay,
Where no distant thoughts can
lodge or stay.
The good Book says the birds and
bees,
Never have to worry about their
future needs,
Since man has dominion over all,
Fear of the future should produce
no pail.
Stop living your life in the future,
For it's wasted energy and we
should nurture,
The knowledge that right here
today
Our future is cared for in Gods
own way.
Test yourself as you would want
to be tested,
Put no obstacles where love will
be arrested,
In making sure you are secure,
Never test love by using some
false lure.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08
Call Upon Americans

The Southern Tenant Farmers
Union calls upon all Americans,
black and white, to support Share
troopers Week and in turn the
Unions work, which has as it's goal
that of making occupancy and
use the only valid title to the land,
The Unions $4,000 members are
united, regardless of race, creed OF
color, in a great cause. They have
built a movement for social eman-
cipation whose purpose it is to
achieve economic and social Sc
curity upon the land for those who
till the soil, a share in the fulfill
ment and extension of our democ-
racy and active participation in the
reclamation of the soil and the re-
Mobilization of the people through
out the region. They deserve the
support of all of US.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08
VIGILANCE THE PRICE
OF LIBERTY
February &c, 1910

CYL haAy co. AOTV
Editor: The committee of the
Joint Negro Council that protested
the picture of f"Gone With the
Wind" did at least give the pro-
motors a bit of food for thought
and a reason to know that the
Negro is at least on guard. The
committee did not expect their pro-
test to be effective, but it's action
will at least stand as a warning
that there are limitations and that
the proverb of Eternal Vigilance is
the price of Liberty, is still the
watch word. A shake up generally
calls for a check in all respects,
believe it or not. Even though it
had reddish complex.
J. W. Walton.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08

sponsored annually by the Southern
Tenant Farmers Union and its
legal defense agency, the Workers
Defense League. Twenty-seven
cities will be the scene of Share
troopers Week meetings, concerts,
dinners and entertainments as the
WEEK again focuses national at
tention on the unhappy plight of
100000 American citizens -
A mer ic a s disinherited. Funds
raised will help finance the educa-
tional, organizational and defense
program of the Union.
AS is the custom, the Week will
center in New York City where
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia is co-chair-
man of the local committee which
is running a dinner at the Comma
dore Hotel, March 5th. Speakers at
the annual dinner include Mrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jonathan
Daniels, noted Southern Editor
Roy Wilkins of the N.A.A.C.P.,
Norman Thomas, the Socialist lead
er, J. R. Butler, President Of the
Southern Tenant Farmers Union,
and sharecroppers, Negro and
white. Another New York project
is Sharecroppers Night of Stars
in the great Mecca Temple, Sunday
evening, March 10th, under the
craftsmanship of Paul MUM. A man.
uscript sale will be held shortly
after the week.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08

individuals everywhere who are in
terested in better Negro business
and what it can mean to the inn
proved economic status of our
group. Address your correspond
ence to Albert Louis Hypps, Direc-
tor, Negro Business Institute, Suite
204-5, Southern Aid Building, Sew
enth and Tea Streets, N. W., Wash
ington, D. C.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08
Listen to
This"
BY Hobart T. Mitchell

FIRST time in the history of the
United States where a Negroes
name was necessary on all United
States currency and securities to
make it legal was when President
Garfield, May 10, 1881, nominated
Blanche Kelso Bruce, at the end
of his first term in the Senate,
Register of the Treasury.
FIRST Negro preacher of Con-
gregational Church. In 1885, Lee
muel Hayes became the pastor of
a white congregation in Torring-
ton, Connecticut, and in 1918 began
to serve another in Manchester,
n. H.
FIRST Negro to become a sur
geOn in the United States Army
was A. T. Augusta, of the Univer-
sity of Toronto.
FIRST Negro to pass bar exam
nation to practice law in the state
of Massachusetts was Macon B.
Allen (1S45).
FIRST Negro to serve as United
States Senator, and the first man
of the race to appear in either
house of Congress, was Hiram r.
Reyels, of Mississippi, who was
called upon to complete an unex-
pired term and actually served
from February Is, 1870, to March
3, 1871.
FIRST successful operation on
the human heart. The Annals of
Medical History recently published
an article by Harold Farmer, MD,
on Daniel Hale Williams, noted
Negro surgeon, whose successful
operation on the human heart
astounded the medical profession
and brought world wide fame. DR..
Williams patient, a 24-year-old
Negro, was brought into Provident
hospital on the morning of July 10,
1898. He had received a small
punctured wound of the heart. DR..
Williams operated and the wound
was closed in the first operation
ever attempted on a human heart.
According to reports the man is
still living.
FIRST person, through his dis
cOyeries, to put dollars into the
hands of poor black and white
farmers of the South - George
Washington Carver, Agricultural
chemist.
FIRST person to plant wheat, in
the New World, was a Negro.
FIRST shot fired at Manila Bay,
from the Olympia, flagship of Ad-
miral Dewey, commanding the
American forces on the Asiatic
station, during the Spanish-Ameri-
can War, was fired by John Jordan,
West Point June 10, 1895.
FIRST AMERICAN regiment to
enter the st. Mihiel sector, during
World Wharf.-The 37Oth Infantry
(colored).
FIRST Negro woman member of
chief gunner's mate, United States
Navy, a Negro.
Do you know the full name of
Eliza, the heroine of "Uncle Toms
Cabin? Read next weeks column.
Any information concerning this
column, write 1912 Elliot Ave-,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, or the edi-
tor of your newspaper.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08
The SharecrOppers---
DemOcracy's Stepchildren

Every white and Negro should welcome efforts to better
chidren-who
the SOuth feuda shaecrOppng Hundreds
who have produced much of the
evted their amsacke huts forced
highways the nation wander along seeking for work
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08

Rent that spare room by inserting
an ad in this section. You can
run an ad for thirty cents.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08
Chiselers Halted
People Assert

Many regular purchasers of this
newspaper are complaining about
the "chiselers" who come regularly
to purchasers homes to read this
paper weekly. That is, they come
over to take a free ride on some
other readers Sc per copy or So per
year investment.
Some say the "chiselers" have
been halted; others say they are
still at it.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08

where there is none-America's
refugees! If the democratic form
of government is to survive, it can
not long endure the treatment of
these millions as step-children, I'M
worthy of even the simplest consid-
erations.
NegrOs Have Direct Interest
Negroes have an even more di-
rect interest in sharecroppers, for
our largest single occupational
group is in agriculture. Though the
majority of sharecroppers are
white, proportionately the Negro
group is greater. The starvation
level under which both groups live
is forcing thousands each year into
the cities to compete with the I'M
employed for relief and jobs, and
to add to an already high crime and
disease rate. Needless to say, this
city migration has added to the
tension between races.
Race Relations Improved
Part of the assurance that race
relations may be improved is the
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
which, since its beginning in 1884,
has organized more than $4,000
sharecroppers and migrant work
, ers, regardless of race and color.
The fact that those two groups
the so-called poor white and his
equally down-trodden black brother
whose hostility to each other has
been proverbial-have been able to
join together in one union, is evil
dence not only of the desperation of
their condition, but also of the
vision and courage of the Union.
More outstanding even than the
union succeeded also in the raising
of wages for cotton hands and pro-
tecting the interests of the share
troopers.
Outstanding Leaders Endorse Move
In recognition of the Importance
of the Southern Tenant Farmers
Union, outstanding Negro leaders
Augusta Savage, Walter White,
Frank Crosswaith, A. Philip Ran
dolph, Abram L. Harris, Abbie Nit
chell, Countee Cullen, Hubert T,
Delaney, W. E. B. Dubois, ]. Finley
Wilson, T. Arnold Hill, Doxey Will
kerson, William Pickens, Claude
Mckay and many others are using
their influence to help the Union
They are among the sponsors OF
National ShareerOppers Week
March 4th to 10. The WEEK is
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-08
Poetic Thoughts
By Morris Gibbs, Sr.

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft
might win
By fearing to attempt"
Shakespeare.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
WEATHER

Data compiled by observers for
the official United states weather
bnreau station at FL Gentro.p
Maximum Tuesday 1O8
Minimum "Wednesday II
Reading at Noon Wednesday
Temperature los
Humidity ........ 16
Reading at S a. m. Wednesday
Temperature -. Is
Humidity ..-==-.. .......- 81
Reading at p. m. Tuesday
Temperature ........................ lO4
Humidity Observation-Disclosures. Is
Southern California Parity cloudy
"Wednesday and Thursday with
morning fog on coast. little change
in temperature; moderate north
west wind off coast.
Record for "a hours ending AZ 5
a. m. "Wednesday:
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
Balkans Mobilize
As Italians Near
Crucial Decision
Continued from Page u

'COlllllueQ from rage ID
to the towns of Corpora and Gekko
and that a Slovakian -Hungar-
ian meeting had been scheduled but
was postponed until May 10.
Hungary is partially modified.
These developments and increas-
ing Italian militancy and II, swift
German successes in the Neither
lands and Belgium deepened the
gloom spreading through the Bal
kans.
1t was believed here that .Italy's
entry into the war on the German
side may be only a question of days
II the Allies fail to stem the Ger
man advance through the loWlands
War in the Balkans was believed
inevitable If Italy Joins Germany
The British have concentrated
considerable forces in Egypt Wltt
Vie" To action n event of war il.
the Mediterranean.
reynolds Packard United Pres
correspondent, recently visited the
Allied forces in Egypt and reported
that they were mechanized troops
equipped fos swift movement over
the deserts and apparently intend
ed as safeguard against Italian
entry INTO tAe war. Italy has huge
colonial forces in LlbYa. which has
fortified lines facing the British
IN Egypt and the French in Algeria.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
Only bO7q Out of 1855 Cast Votes
In Imperial County for Primary,
County Clerks Check-up Reveals

the ballot.
President Franklin D. Rooseyelt's
delegation, one of four on the Dem
ocratic ticket, polled more votes
in Imperial county than did the
lone Republican committee.
The vote for the Roosevelt ticket
was 2462. The John Garner group
was second with 1,O05. Next came
the Willis Allen ticket with las
The Ellis Patterson ticket was last
with 137. The total Democrat vote
Was 3,749
Republicans cast 2,095 for the
uninstructed committee headed by
Jerrold SeaWell.
A record low for absentee ballots
III a statewide election character
lied the primary. Only 27 were
cast.
The vote for the 1910 primary
polled fewer votes than did the
primary in 1886 when the total
was 6,319. The total for the 1892
primary was 1869.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
Only Huge Fleet
Can Protect j. s.,
David Walsh Says
Continued from Page u

lCODllIlueQ from fdSt II
To threaten seriously our conti-
mental security they must be con-
yeyed across the sea and operated
from bases in or near this hemi-
sphere
Tire armed forces of no foreign
nation or group OF nations can SER
louSly threaten our continental Sc
curlty if We make sure that We
command the seas which separate
Us from all potential enemies.
In a series of conclusions. the
committee said that the United
States does not have the power or
means to police the world. but does
have the power to keep others from
bringing war to the western Hemi-
sphere.
I'VE should make every effort to
preserve peace in the Far East,
the report continued. we can, If
We have to. defeat Japan but the
effort required would be enormous.
At the present, due to lack of naval
bases in this area. a Far Eastern
war could be undertaken only in
conjunction with Great Britain,
France and Holland E. No cir
cumstances We're presented the
committee which would indicate the
necessity of U. S. naval forces be-
ing sent to operate in European
waters or U. S. air forces being sent
TO operate from bases in Europe"
Walsh recommended improving
existing naval bases and establish
ing new ones. including one at
Guam. Twice in the last two years
congress has refused TO permit de-
yelopment of a base ct Guam. II
the Far Western Pacific.
The Panama Canal and its ap-
proaches must be fortified and pre-
tected SO they cannot be damaged
and will be available for tie trans
fer Of our fleet, he said 1T might
be desirable to reconsider the ques-
ton of building a canal across Nj
caragua'
In the Pacific we should main
tain an impregnable fleet and air
base in Hawaii; complete or under
take the construction OF the al
and submarine bases recommended
by the Hepburn board at Unalaska
Sitka, and Kodiak. Alaska, and the
air and submarine bases at Mid
way, Wake. johnson, Aplmyra, Can
ton and in the mid -P2pific VIZ
should make Guam a link in our
scheme Of national defense by de-
veloping its harbor and facilities
and maintaining there an operating
force of submarines and long range
patrol planes. 1t will then stanc
as sentinel of the sea-a far
flung outlook
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
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rushed into place by the French
in an effort TO blast the Germans
out of their Sedan positions and
throw them back over the Meuse.
French and British airmen spotted
the heavy German armored col
umn moving up to Sedan and
blasted il with bombs and machine
gun fire. Other planes smashed at
the pontoon bridges being used by
the Germans to cross the Meuse
Meanwhile the Belgian defense
was described by German COM
muniQue as weakening
The communique, issued from
Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's field head
quarters, said that lin Belgium
our quickly moving divisions reach
ed the Dyle position against a
weakening enemy
French loses in the French coun-
ter-attack in the Sedan area were
described as heavy.
AT one point more than 70 Brit
ish and French fighters and pur-
suit planes were shot down." the
communique said. On the 14th
day of May more than 200 enemy
planes were shot down altogether.
OF these, anti-aircraft downed 170
and the others were destroyed on
the ground"
The high command said that or
Tuesday the German air force
struck heavily at "retreating" en-
emy detachments. transport routes
and debarkation stations.
The enemy suffered heavy losses
in attempting to hinder German
air activity without noticeably af-
fecting German freedom of ac-
ion,' the communique claimed.
London meanwhile modified vol
unteer minute men" to guard
lonely downs and isolated coastal
regions against what many regard
ed as the imminent threat of Ger
man parachutists and troop-carry-
ing airplanes. Dutch bases won
by the Germans are only 80 min
utes flying time from England.
Preparations went forward for early
evacuation Of mothers and children
from London to safer spots in the
country.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
Hindu Faces Trial
On Arson Charge;
Trapped by Sacks

Eater Deem, Hindustani farmer,
was at liberty on $4,000 bail We'd
nesday but must go to trial in
superior court on a charge of at
tempting to burn the home of Mrs
Renalda Din near Heber early
this month.
AT a preliminary hearing in FL
Centre justice court Tuesday Depu-
ty Sheriff Robert Parrish testified
that he found charred bits OF gum
ny sack pulled from the Din roof
and declared they matched other
bits of Sacking found in the Deen
home
Il matched the matches Deen
dropped while | talked to him after
the fire with those picked up near
Mrs. DinS house" the officer teS-
titled
"A butcher knife from the Deem
home held bits of Sacking caught
in nicked places on the blade, =
Parrish declared. And the bits
matched the debris of the blazing
sacking tossed On the roof of the
Din house"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
French Throw Thousands Into Breech
As Germans Crack Maginot Line;
Heavy Artillery Smelling Brussels

There was no GOubt IN BrlI I .
that Germany was throwing her
full power into the battle in hope
of achieving a quick. Knockout
blow. The feeling was that mass
attack on England itself will come
as rapidly as the Germans can
organize their newly Won Low
Country positions.
1t was for that reason it was
believed, that the Allies and par
ticularly British troops have dug
in for stand to protect Antwerp
and that an effort is being made
to hold Dutch iceland despite the
thanking drive of the Germans to
the south. Some suggested that the
Allies might be preparing to try
to hold the channel positions even
if the rest of Belgium is lost, at
tempting to provision and reinforce
their otherwise isolated channel
forces by sea-an admittedly haZ-
awous proceeding in view of the
German air power.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
Bribery Charges
Feature End Day
Of 0swah Trial
Continued from Page

continued from Page u
liveries'
Il asked him who Corumba vas.
Either he or one of the Others SAID
Corumba was former Police Officer
Moe Sheffield. that Sheffield was
making the deliveries for Yamsto-
da.'
Sheffield was one of several
friends of Yamatoda who came to
Imperial Valley after Yamatoda
was arrested by Oswalt in Los An
geles and brought south to face
gambling charges. AT one time he
was accused of kidnapping Lefty
Sonoda, but these charges were
later dropped.
Court will be held only four DAYS
a week, Tuesday to Friday, and four
hours a day, two in the morning
and two in the afternoon. Judge
Ralph E. Jenney announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
PatroIman Tells
Accident Causes

Causes of highway accidents in
Imperial Valley which resulted in
the deaths of 40 persons were cited
by Cliff Reid of the California
Highway Patrol in a safety talk
given for the El Centre Lions club
Tuesday noon at the Barbara
Worth hotel.
The speaker concluded his talk
with plea for safe driving on ne
part Of the Lions and with the re-
quest that they ask their friends
and neighbors to regard safety
rules also.
Laurence Hartzog gave his life
history.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-15
Couple Held for
u. s. Check Theft

PHOENIX. May Is. tUPD-A 49,
year-old man and wife were held
today on charges of forging a Unit
ed States treasury check.
The couple, Manuel NJ. Lopez and
his wife. Sybil, were taken into Gus
tody by U. S. secret service agent
Paul Hart on charges of fixing a
signature to stolen relief check
for $44
Lopez waived hearing and was
held for action of the federal grand
Jury Mrs. Lopez was to appear for
preliminary hearing tomorrow be-
fore U. S. Commissioner F.. A. Hick-
ernell.