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The Omaha guide., 1940-08-17

Mr. Allen did not become disheart
ened. Determined in spirit, he continu
ed to make contact with these compan-
les; the same firms in many instances.
Metal Arts Company, sizing up the sit
uation as explained by Mr.. Allen, de-
cided to give it a trial. No strings
attached" to the proposition. 1he
young Fiskite was given the full status
of a salesman, with financial backing
to work in the territory he himself des
ignateG as starting point 1t was up
to him to make good to blaze the trail
for others. Failure, perhaps, would
have muffled another opportunity Of
this kind for years to come. But Mr..
Allen did not fail
Today, Metal Arts company, with
in period of three years, has employ
ed seven full-time Negro statesmen, and
three part time representatives. The
entire force consists of director of
sales who is Mr.. Allen. Mr.. Allen is
representative of Tennessee, Kentuc-
ky and Mississippi; other statesmen
represent some of the leading colleges
Of the country. Lonnie F. Briscoe, LIE
Moyne college, travels in Texas and
Louisiana; w. O. Yarbrough, graduate
of Fisk, is North Carolina represent
ative; c. L. Blackwell, Hampton insti-
tute, former Dean Of Thyme institute,
travels in Virginia and West Virginia
District of Columbia, and Maryland;
A. S. Spain, A. B. Fisk, M. A, Univers-
ity of Michigan, representative of Ok
lahoma, Arkansas and Missouri.
The Omaha guide., 1940-08-17
Grand Jury Terms Negro
Flogging Outrageous

Spartanhurg, S C., Aug. 3 CA
NP)-The Spartangu~g grand
jury termed the fIogging of four
innocent Negroes here last week
as Outrageous. The grand jury
said in part in its presentment
1--WE have no place in our comm
unity for this kind of lawlessncss
1t is never justifiable for hooded
and robed men to take the law in
to their hands,.
The jury urged citizens of the
county to cooperate with the po-
lice in an effort to bring to JUS
tice that band of hooded and rob
ed men, who, in the night time
took advantage of innocent Ne
g'ioes and beat them numerically
Shortly after the presentment
of the grand jury, Circulars APP
peared on the street here defend
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ing the action of the floggers.
Captioned in huge Letters, the cir
culars mentioned the alleged at
tack of a white girl by a young
Neglto agout week ago. In this
case, in no way connected with
the floggin of the four Negroes,
the girl stated that she was not
harmed and a medical examination
also revealed that she was un-
harmed.
The usual klan method when the
authorities are close on their trail
was evidenced in this case. A Ne
gro is usually falsely accused of
rape to distract attention from
their own crime and to justify
their action. The action of the
grand jury has undoubtedly Great
ed fear in the klan ranks. For
the first time here a grand Jury
has pledged to bring to justice
hooded night riding bands.
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READ THE OMAHA GUIDE
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CHICKEN FRY

The Mimo Club girls honored
their husbands and friends at a
Chicken fry, Monday evening Aug.
5, at Hummel Park and an enjoy
able time was had by all those
there. Those present were Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Moore, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Caldwell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bowley Miller, MIR. and Mrs
Edward Anthony, Jr., Miss Mabel
Thomas, MIR. Ebb Baner Mrs. Ed
ma Thomas. The next meeting of
the club will be held at the home
of Olivia Anthony. Hattie Moore
President. Hazel Miller secretary,
Mabel Thomas, Treasurer, Olivia
Anthony, Reporter.
The Omaha guide., 1940-08-17
G c c Becomes National
Defense Unit

Washington, d. c., Co In order
to transform the CCC. from re-
lief agency into a true service or
ganization, capable of supplying
the needs of this country in mat
ters of national defense and indus
trial rehabilitation, officials of
the Civilian Conservation Corps
nave opened its enrolment 10 col
lege bpys whose families are in
the moderate income group. Paul
V. McNutt, Federal Security Ad-
ministratar announced the modif-
ication last week.
The Omaha guide., 1940-08-17
Negroes Should Oppose Universal
Compulsory C9nscriptiOn
(by A. Philip Randolph

Universal, military, compulsory
conscription is unnecessary in times of
peace If enacted by the congress of
the United States, it will sound the
death knell of American democracy. 1t
is of the essence Of totalitarianism. 1t
means the RECOMMENDATION of our social
economic and political life. Under it,
minority groups will be helpless to pro-
secute and fight for democratic rights
and privileges. Questions of the en-
actment of the Anti-lynching law, abol
ition of the Poll Tax and White Prim-
aries, SUPPRESSION of the Klu Klux Klan
will all be subordinate to the one big
cause of American militarism.
Universal, compulsory, military
conscription will not solve the problem
Of unemployment, but will disrupt the
orderly processes of our industrial and
economic life. Under it, anybody may
be snatched from their jobs, businesses
or professions and placed in some mil
itary unit under the guise of the nee
essity of national defense. 1t will par
alyze and break up the trade union
movement, because it will sweep away
all the safeguards Of collective bargain
ing. Strikes will be outlawed, picket
ing curbed and the freedom of individ-
uals to pursue their ways of life will be
definitely curtailed and subjected to a
militarized political and industrial sys-
TEN.
If the Congress erAacts this Bill
for universal, military conscription, it
means that the citizen will be subordin-
ated to the soldier and the voice of the
army will be more powerful than that
of the ballot.
This Bill to conscript the man
power Of the nation should be defeat
ed. That does not mean that prepared
ness is not necessary. The nation should
be prepared completely and adequately
but the American people should set
their faces definitely toward the pres
ervation of their social and labor gains
opposition to America entering the wal
and opposition to sending a single sol.
der to fight in Europe.
But we should mobilize all of oui
forces to increase the army in size anc
power through the volunteer system
until it reaches the point satisfactory
to American military, air and nava
leaders and experts. Moreover, if We
conscript labor, we conscript wealth.
The Omaha guide., 1940-08-17

II. II. B.-All the time I'm with
my boy friend seems like a ghost
touches me and | can't rest at
night and | can't eat. Something
mus be wrong with me. Help
me?
Ans: It's LOVE, sister, moth
ing but Love. This person. has
thrilled you so much that you can
not rest, sleep or eat. There is no
ghost-it is just the "thrill" Of be-
ing in his company that makes you
feel as you do. Many, many many
young people go thru the same
feeling when their true love comes
along.
#*####
J. M. PLEASE tell me if /
should go ahead and make plans
to build my home or should
wait? | can't seem to make up
my mind.
Ans Go right ahead with your
plans. 1t seems to me that it
would be to your advantage to
want it before the cold weather.
| also think that it would be a
good investment for you to purch-
ase the land adjoining your place
1T is really more valuable than |
your own land.
##s#4+
C. C. B.-Pease Sir, Tell me if |
my husband could get his old job
back in Alabama if he were to go
there?
Ans: No-the job has been
taken. If you two expect to make
a change it would be best for you
10 go into a larger city so your
chances for work would be great
er. I don't think you would prof
it to any great extent to return to
the south.
H. B. H.-This man and ! was
suppose to marry. When his aunt
found out she got in between US.
She knew il he married me she
wouldn't get his board money any
longer. Tell me if she is respon-
sible.
Ans: Not altogether. Natur-
ally she didn't approve of him get
ting married since he was partly
her support. Although my dear
young friend you were the main
reason why he changed his mind.
He didn't like to have anyone rum
ing after him, calling him on the
phone and etc. You've lost him,
and you need not blame his aunt.
&*#**%
N. L. B.-I need your help bad |
ly. Will it hurt me to let my boy !
friend do What he has asked me to |
do? Answer next week so l will
know before | see him again?
Ans: Young lady you had bet
ter give him the mo SIGN and
don't change your mind either.
He has absolutely nothing to lose
if you say yes, but you have your
pride and respect to
think about. Don't let this little
romeo sway you to do wrong.
AhHHs
l.. e. B.-Tell me if | should
The Omaha guide., 1940-08-17
TO PITTSBURGH

Miss Charlotte Lawson, daught-
er of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Lawson,
2214 North 29th St., left Omaha
last Saturday for Pittsburgh, Pa.
to visit her aunt Mrs. Nina Cobb
ert. Charlotte's stay is indefinite.
The Omaha guide., 1940-08-17

plan to enter the business that l
have in mind right away?
Ans; Not Immediately. Ii is
my suggestion that you regain
your strength and get yourself in
better shape physically before you
try the strain of handling busin-
ess of your own. The late fall will
be good time to enter this busi-
ness.
s&@#*
w. E. LII worked for 4 man
and he took advantage of nv ig-
norance and forced his love ON me.
| soon walked up and stopped work
ing for him and he has always
been nice to my family and did
everything he could for them. I
dispise him and he writes and tells
me he is going to visit me. Tell
me what to do?
Ans Inform your family not
to permit his entering your home
for a vacationing. This man is
He has a family and an
invalid wife and you shouldn't
have anything TO do with him. It's
my suggestion that you arrange to
be out of the city when he tries to
visit you. Any consideration you
show this man will have a tend
ency to hurt your reputation.
The Omaha guide., 1940-08-17
EDITORIALS
Pioneering A New Field; Metal Arts
Comhany Employs Seven Negro
Statesmen

Statesmen
Memphis, Aug. II (by Lewis O.
SWingler for AMP Until recently the
existence of vast commercial market
predominantly Negroid in its racial
aspect had not been recognized by
white business institutions. Negroes
themselves were not altogether cogniz-
ont of the strength they represented IN
terms of dollars and cents. Here in A
merica were more than 100000 peo-
pie, whose lives, while eneXtricably
woven with the general business condi-
tions Of the country, were separate
and apart because Of the peculiar prac-
tice these people have developed meth
ods of self-sufficienoy- creating dis
tinctive commercial field within the
general industrial life Of the nation.
The growing commercial minded
ness of the Negro is beginning to man
ifest itself in many respects; especially
during this period of economic trials.
Young men and women in college are
making studies of correct business
procedures. Today they are beginn-
ing to learn methods by which doors of
work opportunities heretofore closed
to them are opened. A fine example of
this fact is the story behind the employ
ment of a Negro sales-force by Metal
Arts Company, Rochester, N. Y, man
ufacturer of jewelries.
Nearly four years ago, Aaron L.
Allen, while student at Fisk univers-
ity, Nashville, made a study of comp
anies engaged in the manufacture and
sale of class rings, pins, keys, invita-
tions, souvenirs, etc. to Negro schools
and Greek letter ocieties. At that time
not a single one of these companies en-
ployed Negroes in the capacity of sales
men, altho doing large business with
these institutions ond organizations.
Mr.. Allen, in his study, revealed that
from $4,000 to $4,000 in sales were
being made tG Greek-letter organiza-
tions alone These facts, coupled with
his knowledge of salesmanship, led him
to write several manufacturers of jew
elries. This was the beginning of a
New Frontier off Employment" for
trained, young Negro men.
Quoting from signed article by
Mr.. Allen in the February 1889 edition
of "The National Educational Out
look, he said, in part
"Out of more than 80 or 40 replies
ali of which took the stand that they
had a we'll trained staff of college sal
esnen and, even though they did lot
of Negro business, they did not see a
necessity of changing their present
force just .tb give Negro job Some
Of the answers were, if you are able tc
finance yourself in travelling from
town to town, soliciting business, we
will be willing To supply your custom
crs. This was just another nice way o.
saying that Negro employment was
not wanted, for one can we'll under
stand what it would mean to finance
The Omaha guide., 1940-08-17
SOCIAL NEWS
A SON IS BORN

A fine son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ingland Harcomb, 2618 Ersk-
inc St., last week. They are both
doing nicely.
The Omaha guide., 1940-08-17
O. 3 S .
"a
= IN THE SHADOW
1OF THE STARS
R BIZ AbbEI ILldIL0CE
3bE' Ld|IQCe
hbuscrsr NrNrAllsr on Tue AMERICAN Sr4se

Nosf-Youa QUESTION Be THo
DAT and by mail confidential letter of Free Adpi anyz
s h.. O) Questions privately full address.
Ill
care of Able Wallace, p o. Box Atlanta Georgia
The Omaha guide., 1940-08-17
Rheumatic Happy;
Relieves Pain Quick

Thousands who suffered from the torturing
pains of rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, neu-
ralgia and neuritis-are certainly happy over
their discovery of NURITO. Now they have
found a quick-acting formula which speedily
relieves those exhausting muscular aches and
pains. NURITO is trustworthy and dependable
contains no opiates. II you want to feel again
the Joy of relief from pain-so you can work in
peace and sleep in comfort-be wise and try
NURITO under this ironclad guarantee. II the
very first three doses do not relieve that cruel
pain to your satisfaction-your money will be
refunded Don't suffer. Ask your druggist today
for NURITO on this guarantee. (T.N.C.t
The Omaha guide., 1940-08-17

Mrs Garret Tookes Lamb, the only daughter of
Bishop and Mrs H. Y. Tookes Of Florida, who is
spending her vacation in the north and east Mrs.
Lamb heads the department of history at Edward
Waters College, jacksonville She received her A. B.
and M. A degrees from Howard university and has
studied on her doctorate at Oxford University Lon
dom (ANP)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
6 Personals, Special Notices

TRY OUR HOME Made chocolate
creams, nd-dipped, fresh Made
only of purest ingredients. Ideal
gifts for Christmas. Attractively
wrapped. 60c per lb. P. o. Box
1887 Ell Centro. 12-11.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

WOOD for stove or fireplace. On
F. d. Jacobs ranch or phone l,
Pioneer Truck and Transfer Co
b 12 8
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
70 City PrOperty-SaIe

NEW FILA bedroom house for
sale. Never lived in. Tyler Insur-
ance Agency, $40 Main, PHI. ego.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

STILL Paying highest prices for
your iron, metal and rags.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
21 Country PrOperty-Rent

FOR RENT to dairymen only-200
alfalfa, 40 A alfalfa, now ready
to feed, Harry Beaumont, Box
507 Holtville. 12-11
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

LARGE UNFURNISHED house in
Imperial for rent. Phone Mrs.
Vize, 494 Ell Centre. 1877
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

FOR SALE-Excellent boys bicycle,
balloon tires. $40. End of No. 3rd,
Phi. 1897. TIN
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

SEE the new Coleman 1941 fuel
Oil Heater.
DELOZIER FURNITURE
542 Main Ell Ccntro
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

FURNISHED Cottage for rent. Has
new Westinghouse refrigerator
55l Park. Also unfur. Cottgae.
IL 5
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
Houses For Rent

NICELY Furnished houses f r o m
$4,000 up. From l to bedrooms.
Also unfinished houses.
MARIE LAND
831 Main Phone q7O
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

"a Wanted Real Estate

KANSAS CITY apt. excellent income
and location. Owner moving to
Calf. Trade for Calf. or I'm
perial Valley. Might add cash.
Worley, 808 Victor Bldg, Kansas
City Mo. 1910
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
26 Miscellaneous For Sale
27 Wanted, miscellaneous

WANTED-Trailer house IN fair
condition. inquire 384 North 9th
Street. IL 3
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

CORN MEAL, The Old-Fashioned
Kind, at NICE'S MILL.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
10 Smr. Homes, SaIe-Rent

SMALL Attractive mountain home,
20 acres, modern elec. pump. 3
miles west Campo on Hiway a.
195000, terms. D. Pierce, Campo.
IL o
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
Business Services

Converted into in
ner springs. Your cotton refelted.
We have the only felting ma
chine in valley. Also furniture
upholstered. Just received beauti-
full new covers. Phone 295 CAL
exico, or write CALEXICO COT
TON PRODUCTS, 21O Mckinley
st. IL %
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
90 Country PrOperty-Sale
w. E. HANCOCK

"The Farm Land Man"
TX Mi. w. Court House, PHI. 689
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

CHRISTMAS CARDS
OVER 1000 samples to choose from.
Priced from IS cards imprinted
with your name--$l.75 up. Order
now!! Don't delay!
OFFICE SUPPLY
52l Main Phone 10
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
GRAIN SACKS

GRAIN SACKS
USED SACKS, &c. Bring in your
used sacks and turn them into
cash
SAM NALIBOFF
584 Broadway Phone 500
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

FOR SALE-120 weaned pigs, IL
miles South, Il mile East Melo-
land. IL 6
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
livestock

ONE Grey saddle mare. weight 900,
6la yrs. old. Faster than CREASED
lightning. See M. d. Zinn, at
sales yard. Price $50. IL 3
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

BROOM Furnished apt, $1,000 per
mo-, Adults only. 305 So. 4th ST.
II 6
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
Furniture For Sale

ELECTRIC RANGE SALE
L. e. H. Table Top .............. $780,
Crawford Table Top ............. $3.50
IMPERIAL HARDWARE co.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

rs Miscellaneous For Sale
BEAUTIFUL GIFT STATIONERY.
Special 200 sheets and 100 en-
velopes printed with name and
address for $1.35. Other styles in
monogrammed or printed designs
at SITS and $195 per order.
McCOY'S OFFICE EQUIPMENT,
673 Main, Ell Centro. 1873
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
Business Opportunities

GOING Service Station for lease
on East Main ST., Ell Centro. Buy
stock only. Inquire Gilmore Oil
Co., Imperial. IL 6
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

COMFORTABLE room, electric wall
heater, hall entrance. Reasonable.
$40 South 9Th street. IL 5
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

HOUSE for rent, unfinished, l bed
room, water paid, 1900 S. D..
Highway, Mrs. Gerald Shaw.
IL % If
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
II Rooms for Rent

ROOM In comfortable home. Rea-
sonable rates. Suitable for l or
2 gentlemen. Cos He'll. IL 20 If
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
30 Farm Implements
Farm PRODUCTS

RECLEANED FLAXSEED, S4.25
per hundred. Phone 8701R4 or
Brawley 118. 12-l1
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04

NICELY FURNISHED and newly
decorated room and apts., 542
Olive, Ell Centre. 1875
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
Houses for Rent

UNFUR. Broom house with screen
sleeping porch. Inquire C.. H.
Lechner Service Station, Imperial.
~ 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
BY GLENWARD BLOMME

The Parent-Teachers association
of New Hanover High school will
hold it's annual Open House on
Tuesday night, October %, at 8
o'clock.
Back to school it will be for the
parents of the children who now
populate the rooms and halls of the
High school to witness the progress
being made in the modern high
school of today. Parents will re-
ceive a copy of the same sche.
dule their children follow each day
and will 30 through a short school
day, visiting teachers for consult.
alton. etc.
A fine chanel program has beer
planned for the onenine exercises
with the Glee Club rendering sew
eral numbers. At tho close of the
chanel rro~ram the ''strdents'' viii
go to their various classes anc
will wind up tho rirht with a socia
hour in the cafeteria.
In the course of their short re.
turn to readin'. writing m 'rith.
metic, the parents will view ex.
hlhits especiallv prerared for their
enjoyment. They will see the many
changes which have taken place
since they wore pigtails, stockings
and stovepipe trousers to school,
and had to get their larnin' ths
hard way.
For the modern way teaches
through visual education as well
as through books and the child
not only sees what he is learning,
but hears an accurate description
OF the subject as he sees it. The
High school has a modern movie
machine with talking attachments
and a machine which can be
moved from room to room 70 r
showings of pictures pertaining to
a particular subject. Children learn
through use of the finest school
library in the state and through a
great number of nationally known
educational magazines, papers,
etc.
When the parents attended High
school or at least the greater num-
Der of them, the teacher and the
principal were the law, but in this
modern age another great change
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
BY LON C. KAPPIL
N. Y, Oct.

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Oct. IL.
-R-They have a name for di-
minutive Katherine Burr Blodgett,
whose energetic scientific research
won her designation as n of the
nations ten outstanding women of
1899.
She's the 'Invisible glass lady
to fellow workers at General Elec-
trio company.
Laboratory associates call her
''indefatigable."
Neighbors, observing her ardor
for gardening, say she's "a farmer
at heart"
But the 1.-THE, 42-year-old DR..
Blodgett grins and insists:
Pm just another girl trying tc
get along"
And get along she has-since
the day she graduated from Bryr
Mawr % years ago at 10, the
youngest and secord highest ir
scholastic standing in her class.
Her work on surface chemistry
long has been familiar to scientists
and her development of non-reflec1
ing glass brought her international
prominence a year ago.
Five feet one and a half inches
tai and weighing lis pounds, she
epitomizes the theory of perpetual
motion-alWays on IT, go in the
laboratory and at her Lake George
cabin where she tried Ito forget
everything about science"
I chop down brush, pull ou'
weeds, and try to keep the place
looking pretty says DR.. Blodgett
I'm crazy about working in the
soil. When 1 leave the laboratory
for good, I'll be a farmer"
Despite a belief that the formu-
la for success is work." the in
visible glass lady" comedies there
is such a thing as plain luck
But luck" she adds, always
seem to run hand in hand with
those who work the HARDEST"
There is nothing hush-hush about
her manner of work. AS she stalks
along the row of test tubes she
often stops suddenly in her pacing,
pulls a slide. murmurs Why did
MT I think of that before, land con-
tinues her task.
She finds it a successful means
of concentration.
For it was a why not?" attitude
that led her discovery of a non
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13

stepped up in most models. auto
matte transmissions have been ex-
tended to additional models and
little has been left undone in the
way of styling refinement.
Two-toning Trend
Predominating in styling, OF
course, are t%wo-toning trends, in
teriors designed to harmonic with
the outside paint job, wider seats
made possible by the elimination
OF running boards in many models
and the general improvement of
upholstery and instrument panel
design.
AS added attractions, the show
managers have scheduled a mil
lion dollar fur fashion pageant on
Wednesday, and a special showing
CT femininr apparel created by the
designers Of the 1941 model auto.
mobiles, to be held on Thursday.
Nash motors took the show open.
ing as. occasion to introduce its
new Ambassador 900" model, with
which it will invade the O I
price field. Also given its initial
public presentation at the show
was WHY'S new ''Americar" g
1our-cyllnder model of big car
design.
There are few ''standard'' mod
els of any kind on display at this
years show. Most models are
designated as super" or mas
ter" deluxe" or '"super de luxe
in a further extension of the ad
Jective treatment that began to ap
pear a couple of years ago. The
sales psychology is that stan
dard' suggests a model lacking in
extra" equipment, whereas a
the manufacturers have m a d {
"standard'' more than enough
special installations to balance thu
three to five per cent increase ir
prices that mark this years We
hicles.
Gadgets galore were displayed.
They ranged all the way from {
device to test the pressure of the
spare tire without opening the lug
gage compartment, to push buttor
operation of windows, anl a "cel
%larette" built into a custom body
job, combining "air conditioning,'
with facilities for keeping picne
refreshments cool. Venetian style
blinds and radios with standard
broadcast and short wave bands
were among other new accessor
les shown.
The show will continue through
October 20.