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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
World Affairs

America has just celebrated
one of the happiest Christmases
in her history. Here In the
United States ali barometers OF
industry have shown that more
money was spent for strictly
holiday merchadise than was
ever spent Nefore-not exclud-
ing 1929. This is evidence of
a genuine merry Christmas in
deed.
In Central America Christmas
was much better than is usual,
peace and plenty was the rule.
Mexico, with a new president at
the helm has but lately begun
an area which is hoped will bring
prosperity to the country and
good relations with the United
States. South America with its
normal peaceful ways celebrat-
ed Christmas in style.
In Europe it was quite a
different tale. Over a large part
Of the Old World the spectators
of Death and Hunger lowered
low. The Germans having start
ed another war for their place
in the sun the weaker nations
and those they have conquered
found very little to make their
Christmas merry.
The ruler of the Roman Catho-
lie church spoke from the Vati-
can and his message was one of
peace, but it had no effect on
either Hitler or Mussolini, for
the war has gone on too far.
Italy is mired down in a great
military disaster from which it
now appears she cannot get out
without help, ard that help will
come from Germany if at all.
Help from Germany means that
the helped becomes under the
dominance of Adolph Hitler, a
tragedy for Italy.
Hitler himself is not idle. He
is making preparations for the
long-heralded invasion of the
British Isles. Upon the success
or failure of this military action
| Hitler's fate hangs. Daily it
becomes a harder undertaking,
for the English are not sitting
back waiting but are organizing
a reception committee.
| Under the above circumstan-
ces Europe's Christmas could
hardly be termed merry or
happy, except by Mars.
In the Far East Christmas,
being a foreign holiday, was not
observed at all by the peoples of
that quarter. However, the men
OF Nippon are up to their necks
in the Chinese war while the
Russians are doing nothing at
all, pastime which annoys the
Japs vastly more than they will
admit, for they know that the
Russians are very busy.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

Amongethe students home for
the holidays are: Miss Helen
Horton from Bennett college,
Mr.. Ellis Ray Williams from
Bluefield State Teachers college
Miss Francis Moon from BSTC
Miss Ola Parker from Bennett,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27


We come this week to the APP
proach of Christmas when
millions of Christians through
out this world will their minds
and souls toward Bethlehem of
Judea in celebration of the birth
of our Lord ard Savior, Jesus
Christ. .
1T is particularly significant
that in this day of choas and
world sorrow, men and women
are turning in increasing num-
| bers to the realization that the
solution of our world problems is
to be found in the Babe of Bethle
hem and that the redemption of
both the individual and the
social order can only be ac-
complished through His philoso-
ply and spirit of life, therefore
we approach this Christmas
despite the ugly contemporary
scene, with greatest joy for we
truly feel with the Christians
of the first century that Christ
is the way, the truth, and the
life of the world in its quest
of the abundant way of life.
AS we think of Christmas
this year our mind runs back
to the prophet Amos of the 9Th
Icentury Israel who came down
from the hills of Tekoah with a
burning message to his people,
Let judgment run down as
waters and righteousness as a
mighty stream" The conditions
of the prophets day closely
parallel those of our presenl
day; social, economic and reli-
gious life bordered on the verge
of destruction and oblivion; in
justice, selfishness, exploitation
and unbrotherly relationships
were rampant throughout the
land, and yet the inhabitants
prided themselves in observing
, the strictest forms of religious
living. 1t was to this sort of con-
r ditions that the prophet Amos
J addressed his people emphasiz-
ing that God was righteous
F and just God and that in mans
, dealings one with another they
, must show forth Righteousness
and justice as marks of the di-
vine life; a religion which does
not seek the social good is
: faulty and of little worth to
, man. go. .....
> Perhaps you are wondering
as you read these lines, what
relationship the message OF
Amos has to our observance of
t Christmas nineteen hunhred
= forty; today the peoples of
l this world are seeking as the
people of Amos day righteous
ness, justice, good will and
equal opportunity to live; they
are crying for peace and brother
hood throughout the earth, and
J they are asking for a religion
\of moral and ethical reality; a
way of life that is abundant
lard wholesome and the oppor-
! tunity to achieve creative per-
sOnalities; this is what men
want most as they approach
| Christmas of this year, and
they feel as they look toward
Bethlehem Orce again, to the
manager where Christ was born,
that yet the message of Amos
shall roll down as waters and
righteousness as a mighty
stream. .. 60.
-O0O-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
AIbstrOss Has i7-FOO. wingspre.s

The albatroys, which sometimes
has a wingspread Of II feet, usually
hae difficulty in ticking off," hav-
ing to run some distance to gain
momentum before it rises in the
cir. When on ship, says Golfers
Weekly, 1t is unable to leave if the
top deck does not have sufficient
space Tor a satisfactory runway"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
Ole Weather Man Leaves
Varied Christmas Presents

Ole Man Weather left Key
stone and vicinity a gift for
Christmas but not favorable
one. Rain and slightly cooler in
place of fair weather were the
conditions for Christmas.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
spending the holidays with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Mitchell, Of Gary.

Mrs. Annie Be,le Thompson
and daughters are spending
the holidays with relatives in
Kentucky.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

Miss Lorraine Page from BSTC.
Miss Lula Browning from BST-
{ and Miss Louise Parks from
West Virginia State.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

Christmas exercises were hello
at RockhiH church, Conlcy
Chapel, Gary Methodist church
and at the Apostolic Temple
during the past week.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

Fleming A. Jones has made
a wise decision in refusing to
resign as a member of the legis-
lature to accept a county post,
for he has made a good record
there and as a result of senior
ity is in a position to do his race
a lot of good.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

Miss Froda Horton, a teacher
in the Tennessee school system.
visited relatives at Gary Sunday.
Mrs. NJ T. Garrison and
Miss Fannye Spencer motored
to Charleston Saturday.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
GARY NEWS

Mr.. d. D. Brown, former
Gary coach and now a teacher
in the Charleston school sys-
tenn, visited his relatives and
friends in Gary Monday.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

he is not on the slate the chair
man will quote Andrew Jackson
as evidence against his contiu-
ance in Office.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
WEIGH C0LORED

A Christmas program was
held Monday night at the st.
James Baptist church under
the direction of Miss Katie
Walden. The program was spon-
sored by the Sunday School of
which Miss Rosa McClanahan is
SUE frintendent- Presents were
given to all members of the Sun
day School.
Dunbar school is sponsoring
q. popularity contest to pick a
Miss Dunbar. Patrons of the
school are showing much inter
est in the contest.
DR.. and Mrs. L. Z. Wright
are spending the holidays visit
ing friends and relatives in
Georgia. .....
Mr.. Walter Leftwich, Mr.. Her
bert Washington and Mrs. Wash
ington, of Keystone, were bust
ness visitors in Welch Satur-,
day. :.
S. B. Noon Jr. of Gary wa.
visiting in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Elkridge Sat
Mr.. Frances Silas, principal
of the Coalwood school, spen{
the weekend visiting Mr.. NJ. T. |
johnson of Welch. Mr.. Johnson
is a teacher in Dunbar school.
Mr.. Willfred Dickerson of
BARLEY, conducted the Christ
mas service at st. James church |
Wednesday.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

Mrs. Estclla Brown and dau-
ghter Trulia, are spending the
holidays in Bristol, Tenn.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

Miss LOWE Mitchell, who
teaches at Lynch, Kentucky, is
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

Mrs. Helen Gum, teacher
in the South Carolina school
system, is spending the holidays
with her husband, Mr.. Robert
Gum of Gary.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

Twenty years ago had you
b1en so audacious as to sug-
gest that in 1910 the Hon. Henry
Richards of Kimball would be
chairman of Jackson Day
dinner committee, you would
have been in danger of great
bodily harm. For Immediately
upor hearing of your insulting
remarks the then mark Han
ma" of Republican politics would
have oiled his weapon and shot
first and asked questions later.
In those days Lincoln was still
the man that Brother Henry
celebrated annually.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

Mrs. Beatrice Temple left Sun
day night to spend the holidays
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
with her husband, Mr.. Edward
Temple, in New York.
Kessky,H:

lclllplc, Ill NEW 1Ork.
Mrs. Lou Jonson an her grand
daughter, Miss Thelma Griffin,
are spending the holidays with
another granddaughter, and
sister, Pauline Griffin, in Wash
ington. D. c.
Everything seems to point to
a very merry Christmas in this
community.
Sunday is Missionary Day at
the church, all are invited to
worship. 49,.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

Republicans in the county
are silent as ten tombs. | cannot
hear a word about Lincoln to
offset this Democratic dinner
hororing a great slave holder.
Maybe the boys will get togeth-
er soon and give a Thad Stevens
dinner at which they will bask
III the glory Of the past and re-
call in able and eloquent tones
the days when Negroes held
mary elective as well as appoin-
tive Offices. Then as a conclud-
ing feature they will weep over
the lost sheep who strayed
away and got their wool cut off
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27
Moon
OVer
Mcdowell

S. 3. Moon, Jr.-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

Mr.. Willfred Dickerson of
BARLEY, conducted the Christ
mas service at st. James church
Wednesday.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

DR.. and Mrs. L. T.. Wright
are spending the holidays visit
ing friends and relatives in
Georgia. ....
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-12-27

S. B. Moon, Jr. of Gary wa.
visiting in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Elkridge Sat.
Evening star., 1940-02-11

GIRL, colored warts part-.ime work. ex-
perisnc.d n laundry, GOOD shirt ironer.
Evening star., 1940-02-11
PERSONAL,

V6NSSI~kAes
NURSING HOME HAS LARGE BRIGHT.
VACANT on s SSF
Nurses in attendance: special diets: doc
tors references. 2512 Wisconsin ave.
Woodley 4479.
ATTENTION, MEN-GENERAL ALTERA-
tions on mems garments: collars turned;
25c: cuffs. 25c. Line. Os77-W. t44 @ sc. :
FURNITURE REF1N1sHED LIKE NEW IN
T Shannon. 1101 18th NV. Dist. 1897.
THE KINDLY NURSING HOME CAN
accommodate convalescents and inva!ids;
large airy rooms: pvt. or semi All amic-
tions, except CONTAGIOUS FIRST moor semi semi.
adj. bath: for gentleman. Doctors reier-
ences Columbia 3193 -
300 YARDsTICKS. CoLORs: 500 PEN
ellis printed Each &c. 500 envelopes print
ed. CSC: 1000 business cards. 81 so: rub
Der stamps reas; staple machine. CSC.
Randolph 5000.
DREssMAKING, SEWING ALL KINDS;
Get in before spring rush. Georgia 5646.
TEACHER. PUB. SCH. EXP. CLASSES
Private instruction: reading. arith.. Eng
lish. laHsuages; adults. children. BOX 81 C.
Star.
FREE-1.O00 BUSINESS CARDS WITH
another order this week only. MASS PRO-
DuCT1cNs PRINTER SERVICE. woodley
MARRIED WOMAN WHITE. 80. EXP.
with children: is willing to care for chill
dren ewes. Furnish own trans; csc hour.
Randolph 1913.
DAY CHILDREN. $500 MONTH; BOARD
tng, S25 90 up. Accredited school: 8
graoes. summer camp; trans North 6244.
pREssMAKING, ALTERAT1oNs-sK1RTs
coats, suits made cheap. 1885 Euclid NV
Columbia e3e5.
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FEHSONNEI SEHVlC
1911 n ST NV
POSITIONS OPEN

sTENoGRAPHER, %, college student
at least l yr.: live at home, perm. D. C.
res: must be SO" tall, single, gentle. age
1921; for downtown insurance offce;
STENOGRAPHER-P B. x. OPER.. %:
prefer gentle, single age 22-30; "A yrs
exp. accurate shtd.-typ; perm; 500 mo.
STENOGRAPHER. ~. c.. r. office exp: ::
ability meet public: good shtd typ: under
30 yrs. age: perm: $50 wk to start.
STENOGRAPHER, f). thoroughly exp,
under 80 yrs age; single. gentle: expert
s;eno. -typist; S125 mo-: able to start at
once.
sTENoGRAPHER; 10. for public and
private steno in hotel; exp:; x75 mo sa :
ary guar. for private work; public work
'0si 0ssrENoGRAPHER-P. B. x. oPER.. ~.
legal ONCE; single, GENTLE preferred: some
exp. S17 wk.: perm.
STENoGRAPHER-D R-DIcTAPHoNE oPER.,
~, single, gentle, age 22-3O: thoroughly
exp assn. work: perm. 500 mo. to start.
STENOGRAPHER, a.. single young
alert: better than h. S. educ; prefer radio
or advt. agency exp. tmay be beginner;
sTENoGRAPHER, 10, prefer single
sentile age 21-25 yrs: mortgage loan.
finance or r. E. exp. helpful; perm; posi-
tien With Arrangement to person selected;
BOYD EMPLOYMENT.
1333 p st. Est % Yrs.
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BEAUTY PARLORS.

EXCESSIVE WEIGHT safely reduced; won-
derful French method used. DR. Della
Ledendecker, 3025 O st. NV. Mich. 1l20.
Evening star., 1940-02-11
SITUATIONS WOMEN.
fNAAktavaA

~hiss &. Or ss ssomsiinli0s sil sir.as. st.
heurs and salaIy on appointment. Phone
PRACTICAL NURSE, white. capable and
sence; reference. Col. 1854.
PRACTICAL NURSE or companion to el-
osy 9osry ,ldenaayy lazy or man; experienced. Phene
PRACTICAL NURSE. conseniai, Protestant:
chsse or sdsrs
bone; strictly sober. reliable. Box 34s-c.
PEsACT1cAL NURSE wishes position with
dsIy atisnt,c 'aas as;s Ie' 4.o llth ST. ne Phone
PRACTICAL NURSE, coiored. hospital
training r. ga ana experience. Hobart s212
5. 'Esaa. Ens1 gs sat: Sss ss
REFINED BUsINEssWoMAN wishes room
nns, nhH ooard IN exshanse Tor services eve
sEcY. -sTENo. thoroushly experienced. ca
nent; excellent references Atlantic 1856 =
sTENQORAPHER-TYPlsT. age %; gen.
eral once experience; S15 week. dictation,
40 word min. Georsia 6093.
TEACHER. pub. sch. exp; classes or pri-
s Children lnss oa aduss m.sh Dur 4t
IsT-sTENOdRAPHER 21; good ref
erence: worker, general clerical expert.
encei small salary accepted. Line. 0120-R.s
TYPIsT. exp. some stenography: middle
ssse; ssi: nssds M A work a badly; extremely reason
VETERANS WIDOW middle aged, needs
work. answer phone, make contacts: part
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WOMAN, refined, excellent cook and house
Keeper: good ref. Box 398.C Star. lie
WOMAN. exp. with child wishes position
IN motherless home or res. mgr. in apt.
or looming house; ref. Line. 1878.
WOMAN, white, wishes Job as companion
70 lady: some nursing exp. Adams 5146.
WOMAN. reliable. competent. permanent
position. housekeeper prac. nurse; take
chs home employed couple, 2 or 3 adults:
no laundry: live in: ref. Box 392-C. Star.
WOMAN. white. housekeeper- comp anion;
fond Of children; unincumbered; small
salary. Box 4O7-C. Star. IL
WRITER, EDITOR. technical newspaper
excellent judgment Box 1860. Star.
YOUNG LADY. nice personality exp. re-
ceptionist. sppt. elk. some tipping or assist
hostess IN dining ROOM refined capable.
dependable. Geo. 6S71.
ALL TYPING expertly done: large state
nents. stencil cutting. manuscript ETC.;
reasonable. Line. 762S-W.
WISH TO PLACE my practical (white5
nurse excellent; wish elderly people Can
Evening star., 1940-02-11
SITUATIONS DOMESTIC.

CHAMBERMAID, colored, wants Job; can
give rel. Call between ~ and s. All
Evening star., 1940-02-11

GIRL. wants work as mothers helper gen.
eral housework or part time. Call Dec
Evening star., 1940-02-11

GIRL. colored, wants work as mothers
helper. Go or stay. Mich. 1881.
GIRL. wishes Job. First-class cook or
waitress: or days work. Will sleep in.
Evening star., 1940-02-11
MILTON GOLDSMITH,
Dist O44O Colorado Rldr

DOWNTOWN. 81 rms, long est, h.-v.h.:
long lease: check income: So 600 handles
OWENS REALTY, MET. 1888.
Evening star., 1940-02-11

GIRL, colored. s.h.w, for employed couple
HOLIDAYS Lincoln o1cS
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COOK and gen. h.w.. settled. exp: ref;
sleep IN or out: $40 week. Dup. 0S2l. .
COOK-LAUNDRESS: excellent Al refer
good pay: weekly. no Sunday. Line. 4144'
COOK, housework: middle-aged white; for
small family: small wages; efncient; ref.
Evening star., 1940-02-11

GIRL. colored. neat. honest, wishes morn
ns apt cleaning. Tues and Sat: refs
Evening star., 1940-02-11

GIRL. neat refined. to care for one who
Is convalescing or as maid in private fam
lily. Hobart 4Hl7
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Aug.
29-SUrprise and establishment
have been frequently expressed
during the summer session by
new Lincoln University students
and visitors who learned that
Missouri's University for Ne
groes possesses one Of the most
extensive educational programs
in the country.
Since the graduate school and
the law school have been added to
Lincoln University, it is possible
for a three-year-old child to enter
the Lincoln system at nursery
school and emerge twenty years
later with a complete education,
including the bachelors degree,
the LIB. degree, Oh the M. A.
degree in Education.
In the Lincoln system, the stu
dent would attend the Lincoln
University nursery school, the
Washington elementary school,,
the Laboratory high school, the
college Of liberal arts and either
the graduate school or the law
school. All have been thorough
ly, examined and are sanctioned
by national accrediting bodies.
High school graduates who
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
Robson to be
Soloist at Peace
Banquet Aug. 81

A Peace Banquet with Paul
Robson, internationally famous
actor singer, as guest Of honor,
will be held here Saturday, Au-
Gust 81. At LOO o'clock, as a pre-
lude tn the huge Emergency Peace
Mobilization Rally at the Chica-
go Stadium in the evening which
opens. a three-day session Of dele
gates from oil parts Of the coun-
try Robson will be the featured
sclo;st at the rally. singing BAL
lad for Americans" VITA full
chorus.
Local preparations for the
peace mobilization centcred this
week behind the arti-conscrip-
ton fight being carried on by the
Peoples Federation for Peace. A
tag cay, using anti-conscription
buttons ard petition lists was held
here last Saturday.
Several hundred thousand anti
corscription leaflets are being
passed out daily in Chicago's loop
and outlying districts.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
Edgar G. Brown
Pleads for Race
Union; Peace

"This weeks swing through
the Eastern and Prairie states
convinces me-" said Edgar G.
Brown, president Of the United
Government Employees and fight
ing candidate for I. B. P. 0. p. w.
grand exalted ruler. believe
me, the forgotten Bills are rarln'
for a fight in st. Louis at the Elks
Grand Lodge. l will be there as
director Of Civil Liberties in the
District Of Columbia, the nations
capital, for the past three years.
No one has ever accused me Of
running from q fight-especially
if I think the rs are trying to
lord it over the rank and file. My
experience with members Of the
House Of Representatives and u.
S. Senators in Washington con-
vinces me the bigger they are the
harder they fall. We have just
begun to fight for the New Deal
for the forgotten race in this
country and we are not pulling
our punches"
"The colored citizens Of Ameri-
ca must not be deceived by any
one.
"In the battle for civilization
and democracy the world over its
time for us to get some Of the
substances of things and place.
Let us quit now, clubbing or
worse about the shadow of things.
''This is the hour for all Ne
groes, and Negro organizations to
strike one united blow for lib
erty, freedom and absolute equal
ity all down the line and I pro-
pose to call the Improved Benevo-
lent Protective Order of Elks Of
the World assembled in st. Louis,
Mo-, the home of bred Scott and
Gaines Of Supreme Court fame to
lead the Way."
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-09-01
MAN KILLED
BY c @ MMO N
\ Avn M 4 I

Leonard Howard, 36-year-old
laborer, who lives at 1902 Indiana
avenue, was shot and killed late
Saturday night by his common
law wife, Virginia Howard, dur
ing an argument caused by jeal-
OuSy.
Police were called to 5000 State
street, where they found a man
dead on the doorstep. He was
identified by Mrs. Margie Glad
en-, his aunt. According to Ma
ME MCGEE, owner of a soft
drink stand at 9 E. 32nd street,
Howard and his wife became in
volved in an argument near her
stand. When she investigated,
she found Howard kicking his
wife. She separated them, re-
monstrated with Howard and re-
turned to her store. Just as she
arrived at the door she heard a
shot, turned to see Howard slump
down to the cement step, and his
wife, Virginia running east.
Gives Self Up
The Howard woman, who gave
herself up at the 9th street po-
lice station and was taken to
Stanton avenue, told police that
her real name was Virginia
knight and that she was an en-
ployee of the Sanitary Rag COM
pany at 22nd and LOOMS, having
worked there 16 years. She
stated that she met Howard that
night around 730 p. M, and went
with him to a tavern at 32nd
and State where they drank beer.
Beaten BY Howard
Howard left her in the tavern
she continued and went to take
the car to the garage. He re
turned to the tavern and in the
meantime she had gone down
the street to a policy station. On
her return to the tavern man
whom she referred to as Mr..
Nelson drove by in the car and
asked her where her husband
was. At that time, Howard
walked out, spoke to the man,
shook hands, and talked with
him for awhile.
Fires One Shot
When he drove away, Howard
turned on her, cursed her, knock
ed her down and kicked her in
the side. When he attempted to
grab her purse, she jerked away,
drew gun from her pocketbook
and fired one shot. She then
fled the scene, dropping her
purse and the gun as she ran.
When asked by police where
she had obtained the gun, the
woman stated that Howard had