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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
Are You Superstitious
, ABOUT
WEATHER?
BY RUTH FARRAR

NEA Special Correspondent
Toss a dishpan into the yard to
halt a hailstorm. Hang a snake.
belly up, on a fence rail to bring
rain. Stick an ak in the ground
with the handle pointing in the di-
rection opposite to an advancing
rainstorm, and the rain will 60
away.
You don't believe it? Plenty OF
people do. says DR.. B. A. Cart.
wright of the University of Oklaho.
ma, owner of a collection of more
than 1000 American superstitions.
Here r some Of the other things
DR.. Cartwright has found people
think about the weather:
When crawfish fail to throw up
their usual mounds, observant
folks know a wet summer is
ahead.
When ants heap dirt up around
their burrows, big rains are pre-
dicted.
If fireflies fly high, if social
wasps build their nests on shrubs
near water, a dry summer is to
be feared.
When rabbits nest in shallow fur
rows, pleasant weather will con-
tinue.
A flock of wild geese flying over
early in the fall is a harbinger of
early winter.
If woodrats build high, if squir-
rels put in a heavy supply of nuts,
if the 'possum and skunk have
heavy fur. if quail are fat in the
fall, a cold, harsh winter is
prophesied.
If bees don't go to work on a
pleasant day, if crows fly about
carelessly, and the cats fur stands
straight up on his back, better be.
ware. Stormy weather is ahead.
When blackberries bloom, cool
weather is surely past.
If the locust trees have many
blossoms, a cool summer is ex-
pected.
Cobwebs on the grass in early
morning foretell intense heat dur
ing the day.
When you hear thunder on the
left, it means the gods have some
thing to impart to you.
If you kill a beetle, it will bring
rain, thunder, and lightning.
The edge of the milk that is
brightest S COWS the direction
which the next storm will come.
Thunder in the spring is a sign
that winter is over.
If there are no clouds in the sky
on Christmas Day, the coming
year will be a dry one.
If the sun sets behind a bank on
Sunday night, rain will fall before
Wednesday night. -.
Up in the hills, the mountaineers
have often been heard singing late
at night to "conjure up" a rain.
City folks laugh at that, yet only
the other day the Scurry County
Times of Snyder, Tex, ran a dou-
ble-page spread advertising for a
half-inch rain within a week. It
was sponsored by so merchants,
who were not to pay for their adj
vertisements if the copy failed to
produce results.
The paper came off the press at
2 pm. Rain began falling at ?,
and continued until just less than
an inch had fallen. The editor col
lected for his highly effective
"ads." !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
NEW COTTON GIN ,m
WILL PACK A war;

HALF MOON, Ark. R-ll s,.rop
ton belt has thousands u thai
gins, usually more utlll''
decorative. ..o 10
But Raymond speer's is s0'D'
be different. mn
He says the Half Moon s 70 "
under construction, is Goins rf,s
= "streamlined' concrete gill ,,ors.
a spotless white eXtefior ,Oa
over, the grounds are goiN'
-laudscaped
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
TOP o. THE MORNING

The depreciation OF Christianity By indi5ter-
ence is q more insidioNs and a less durable
evil than infideity itself.
WHATELY
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28

There will be no blackout of Justice in this
country.-Edgar J. Hoover. FBi director.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
PRIMA DONNA OF METALS

There would be problems, however, even il
we should quit using cans and begin to wrap
our candies in paper, substitute something for
tin roofings and give the kids rag dolls and
wooden wagons for Christmas instead of tin
soldiers and tin autos.
lin is the prima donna of all metals. Its
purity must run well over 8 per cent if it is
any good, and even a tiny fractional upset in
the other ingredients and the tin is worthless,
Bolivian tin is low grade and can't be used
for everything. There are no shelters to speak
OF in the United States. Two experimental
shelters recently have been opened, but their
output is minute. During the World war, Amer.
lean smelters did reach an annual production
OF $4,000 tons, but the plants were abandoned
years ago.
SO If we couldn't import Asiatic tin, we'd
nave trouble-for a while. But after our own
smelters were built, we'd get over the crisis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
DEFENSE HANDICAP UNLIKELY

The day may come when American newly.
weds will have to quit eating out of cans. but
mere is little likelihood that the tin situation
W. W. become so acute that we can't turn out
bearings and bushings for defense. Al Ie.s+
mats what the men at the denart.
ment tellsspe ,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-There's been a lot
Of talk about tin since the national defense
program got under way, but if you'll believe
Department of Commerce officials, much of
the talk is hooey.
There's no doubt that if the United States
tin supply were cut of, there would be a fine
mess.
But for that to happen, England would have
to lose the war, and Japan would nave to
seize British Malaga and the Dutch East In
dies, and blockade our trade with those settle
ments or refuse to sell us any tin Further
more, it would have to be proved that Bolivia
couldn't step up its tin supply to so, 900 tons. It
was almost that high in 1929 but had dropped
to a little more than half that by last year.
There is the possibility we could cut our con-
sumption to get along on what we could get
from Bolivia plus the small amount of tin that
could be reclaimed =.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-28
HAS CAUSED WARS

HAS CAUSED WAKS
Tin is a mighty interesting product. Wars
were fought for it long before the Christian
era. Julius Caesars invasion of the British
Isles may have been to get to the tin mines
in Cornwall.
England has been all but controlling the tin
supply ever since, although there is practically
no more coming out of Cornwall. The tin ore
supply (and consequently the smelting) is con.
trolled by an International cartel composed OF
seven nations. But England SO controls the
cartel that all meetings to set quotas, prices
and export duties are held in London.
The world output of tin is around 1873 900
tons. The United States uses about 10000 tons
of it, IS per cent of that for tin cans and tin
Innings for canned goods. The amount that
goes into basic deefnse materials is small.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-16
By /. BAYNARD WHITNEY


NEW YORK Co The mass Of
Negroes are being surprised and the
bulk Of whites are beAng astonished,
possibly shocked, concerning the
many amazing facts Of Nego life,
past and present, that are being
borne forth during the celebration
of Negro History Week. February
Ills.
Prominent speakers OF headline
value are appear on platforms be-
fore large audiences throughout the
nation and uniformed Negroes, and
d majority Of the speakers as well
are learning enlightning subjects
relative to our race. The white press
in covering the event Is reporting it
with the genius Of restraint.
Radios are blaring forth race pro-
grams this week. They give strange
information which number of
backward Negroes and ignorant
white folk seemingly cast put to-
gether IT iss Of course, hashed and
re-hashed, th,ls, furnishing, the lat
ter group a good excuse to tune m
to another station. It is unlikely,
however, that any radio program will
reveal that ssthe Devil which is now
aspietsd ~ nahek waa once portray
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-16
NEGRO HISTORY
WEEK FEB. 1918

ter the ST. Mihiel secter, during
Worlds War--the 370th infantry
fcolored).
FIRST Negro woman member o.
anv state legislature in the united
States. Mrs. +. Howard Harper was
appointed by the governor Of West
Virginia Ia succeed her husband,
who died on December "a, 1927
FIRST norma school for colored
teachers established in New York BY
John Peterson (l853).
FIRST recognized Negro physician
Of whom there is any record was
born in Philadelphia in l762-)ames
Derham.
FIRST time in the history OF the
United States where Neg1oss name
was necessary on all United States
currency and securities to make y
legal was when President Garfield,
Nav 10. 1881, nominated blanche
| keIso Bruce. at the end OF his nfst1
term IN the Senate, Register OF The.
Treasury.
| FIRST Colored Young Mems
Christian Association was organized
in Washington, DC. ID 1858. An
| thony Bowen. an emp.oyee Of the
United States Patent Office, its first
president.
FIRST Negro preacher OF Con-
/ eregational church. In 1888. Ie-
1 mnel Hayes became the pastor Of a
white congregation IN Torrlngton.
! Connecticut, and in 1913 began TO
serve another in Manchester, NH
FIRST Negro to become a sur
geon IN the United States Army was
| A r., Augusta. Of the University Of
Toronto.
| FIRST Negro 10 pass bar examln-
alton to practice law in tn estate o.
| Massachusetts, WAS Macon B, Allen
i fl845e.
! FIRST Negro u serve as cnitea
states senator, and the first man %
the race 10 appear in either house
If Congress. was Hiram 4 Reveis
OF Mississippi, who was called upor
| TO complete All npexplred term ane
actually served from February -
4 1870 to March 3, 1871.
FIRST successful operation OF tn
human heart. The Annals OF Me
iieai History recently published ~
i article by Harold Farmer M,p., q
Daniel Hale Williams, noted Negro
surgeon, whose successful operation
on the human heart astoundea th'
| medica. profession ana hfoogh
, world wide fame. Dr, Williams pa
tient, a "a year Old Negro, wa
I brought into Proyldent hosphai o.
! the morning Of July 10, ls93 ~
had received 2MaH puncture'
j wound Of the heart. Df Wliilaih
operated and the wound was eiose'
j i'll the frst operation ever attempte'
4 on a humaa heart. ACCORDING to re
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-16
By L. BAYnARD WHITNEY

NEW YORK (C)-''F'ive minutes
residence in Brooklyn said Mayor
LaGaardia, was sufficient to give
Magistrate Myies Paige the neces-
sary residence qualification which
would enable him to become the first
Negro member Of the Court Of Spe-
eial Sessions.
BY moving two weeks ago from
his swank apartment In the Dunbar
residence OF the Rockefeller Apart
ments in Harlem to 474 MacDon-
ough Street, Brooklyn. Judge Paige
automatically removed the legal OBJ
stacle to his appointment which ac-
cording to law indicated that the
Borough of Brooklyn was the next
IN line to iil a vacancy created BY
the retirement Of Special Sessions
Judge Albert v. b. voorhis.
The fighting Mayor Of New York
was amused at the strategem Of the
cHdlRe VI duuTesS 0illcH lHeIeDy
caused many to suspect that he had
suggested it. When the press asked
His Honor the Mayor, How long
mus Magistrate Paige live in Brook
lyn to establish legal rcsidences'
Mayor LaGuardia renorted with
merry twinkle in his eyes, I'D say,
Just about five minutes"
Adhering to his well known habit
of secrecy and surprise Mayor La
Guardia would not reveas the date
upon which he would swear in the
popular magistrate. Tt was believed
by those in close contact with City
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-16
Calyin's Newspaper Service
TESTED RECIPE
BIZ Frsmecs Lee BaYt0H-

KITE stuck in his thumb ahsA
pulled out piam ana SAID
SHAT a brave boy am L.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-16
Card of Thanks

SINGLETON TO our many
friends and neigi,bors your kindness,
sympathy, and lovely floral offerings
at the death Of our beloved husband
and father, George w. Singleton, at
this time i more deeply appreciated
than any words of thanks can ex-
press. We also wish to thank Ei-
ders Bass and Allen for their con-
soling words and Mr.. Garfield Jones
and Son for their services.
MRS. MARY SINGLETON
AND FAMILY
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-16
NEGRO HISTORY WEEK
ENLIGHTENS BOTH RACES

ed as white when black men dontn-
ated the planet Neither will the
radio inform US that Negroes, az
they are called today, gave to the
nation the first idea Of right and
wrong and thus laid the basis Of re-
ligion, and all true culture and civil
ization."
j. A. Rogers, historian, is authori-
ty for these and acres of other ar
resting facts concerning the Negro
published is his book, 100 Amazing
Facts Concerning the Negro"
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-16
RESIDENCE QUALIFICATION
TO EASE CONFIRMATION
OF JUDGE MYLES PAIGE

Hall that Negro History Week would
be the oppoltune time. That was,
and still is the general opinion. At
any rate Haltem still lays claim to
the fact that Magistrate Myles Paige
IS their new Judge.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-16
PACE FOUR
LISTEN TO THIS
~ HOBART Il. MITCHELL

10 the millions Of Negroes thru
ou. the country this weeks column
il dedicated.
Somewhere / read this little poem
~ pass it on to you
This land Is ours BY right Of birth,
This land is our by right Of toli'
We helped 10 turn its virgin eaith,
our sweat is in its fruitful soil
FIRST person to .ose life IN Rev
olutionary War, according to lnieeo
states Department Of Interior, was
Ghrispus Attncks, a Negro.
FIRST ships built on the Pacific
coast ,1513) were built in palt by
Negro labor in the employ of Balboa.
FIRST woman 10 attain literary
distinction IN Amaiea was Phiiiis
Wheatiey, slave gin Published
he,. FIRST book of verse IN 113 when
but twenty years Of age
FIRST movement IS free Amerl-
can slaves began ii Philadelphia
fAptil III 1775) as Quakers organlz-
I'd the first anti-slavefy society WITH
BENJAMIN Franklin as president.
FIRST Negro to BE elected n1em-
bei of Phi Beta Kappa fraternity
vas Edward A Boachet, 1871, Yale
University
FIRST colored Masonic Lodge
warrant was granted from Eng and
September II. l7sl, Boston, Mas
sactasetfs
FIRST Woman hank pfeSident ~
he l'nited States, Maggie Mitchell
WALKER. Negro. born IN Richmond,
Virginia. July Is, 1867
FIRST time il the history Of the
country the Congress Of the United
states ati.ieially honored distin-
gaishe, eolored American, Apfl 3.
srbe birthday 81 Booker I Washing
ton 9as extollea ii III address de-
fyeaed bY Congressman Arthur W
Mitchell -his FIRST term.
FIRST AMI Church was Or
eanizea il Philadelphia BY Richare
Alien. April Il. 1916.
FIRST American to maks clock
Benjamin Banneker, Nsgra. famoa'
mathematician, helped te las out th'
eitv III Washington. DC
FIRST human being to stand o.
1he North Pole. Matt Henson Ne
afo. j member Of the Perry North
pole Expedition.
FIRST mixed jury ever empanele1
III the United states was To tiy lef.
felsotl Davis. president Of the Con.
fodeIate states. for treason, but tn
ease never came to tria.. There wer'
twelve whites ana twelve Negroes
Chief Justice Salmon r Chase va
Is preside. ~ ~
FIRST Negro to Be granted
patent Was Henry Blair. Of Maryland
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-16

High praise from Springfield, ILL.,,
citizens was enjoyed BY Hiram Jack.
son, Lincoln University l9a9 grad
uate, for his impressive picture Of
the Christ Child and Man covering
all Of the front page of the Christ
mas morning edition Of the Illinois
State Journal, largest daily in the
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-16

state outside OF chrcago. Jackson
staff artist for the Illinois daily since
last summer, now fills the shoes Of
one who now works on the Chicago
Daily Tribune. While at Lincoln,
Jackson was student instructor in
the art c.asses Of his tutor, j d.
Parks, head of the department.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-16

&C X Hotheh
was not the only
one with a plum
complex. TINS
delicious fruit
has millions Of
frien d $ Now
that fresh plums
are pbtainable
{as we'll as
hnnna canned
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-16

why not feature an unusual plum
dessert In your home3 Let your
little Jack Horner stick In ms
thumb and pull put Il plum =.
aguratively speaking, Of eoursel
Piuns Grenadien
/ package cherry favored geia-
tin; | cup hot water, cup juice
from plums; cup canned or
etewed fresh blue plums.
Dissolve gelatin in hot water,
Add plum juice, Chin. Wheh
slightly thickened, fold In plums,
Turn into individual Tolds. ChiH
until Arm. Serves 8.
Evening star., 1940-04-22

hovde Of Rutgers University, New
Brunswick. N. J. The professor &C
companied his wife and 3-year -old
SON.
The children, two of whom were
sick when they left Oslo before the
Germans occupied the city, seemed
to have withstood the hardships well.
The party also included Mrs. Ray
mond Cox, wife of the legation Sec
retary; Mrs. T. o. Klath, whose hus-
band is commercial attache; Mrs.
Austin Preston, wife of the consul
general at Oslo; Mrs. Easton Kelsey
and Mrs. Brigg Perkins, whose hus-
bands are vice consuls.
They all left Oslo early April 9
after wakeful night because of air
raid alarms, and drove to Lilleham-
mer in a motor caravan with Ameri-
can flags spread over their car
roofs.
Col Hagen said htat snowstorm
forced the party to abandon previous
plans to come out of Norway by way
OF Hamar and Elverum. Those towns
were involved in fighting by the
time the storm cleared.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Inquiry in Train
Wreck Killing 80
Opens at Albany
Search for More Bodies
Continued; Crews Work
To Clear Trocks
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, April 22.-Inves-
tigation of the New York Central
train derailment which killed 80 and
injured 100 at Little Falls, N. Y,
turned to Albany today as workers
continued to search the wreckage
for more possible victims.
While representatives of the rail-
road, the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the State Public
Service Commission were summoned
to the inquiry, weary crews strug-
gled to clear the tracks along the
historic Mohawk Valley route.
The locomotive, tender and two
cars still remained at the sharp
curve where the fast New York
Chicago Lake Shore Limited, speed
ing westward at nearly a mile-a-
minute clip, leaped the rails and
plunged into a stone embankment
late Friday night.
Herkimer County Coroner Fred C.
Sabin, postponing scheduled in
quest until later in the week, said
he was informed by State police
two or more bodies probably will be
recovered.
All of the 80 bodies thus far re-
moved from the debris have been
identified, the railroad listing 10 as
revenue passengers" and the re-
mainder as "non-revenue passen-
gers" including employees
The Little Falls Hospital, where
most of the 100 injured were taken,
reported all but 35 have left for
their homes, while the nearby Her
kimer Memorial Hospital said five
patients are still under observation.
The cause of the derailment re-
mained undetermined, but railroad
officials said the train Travelled at
Evening star., 1940-04-22

just something you could carry
under one arm. relatively speaking,
since it weighed only 300 pounds
was missing. -
When arraigned before United
States Commissioner John Monroe
in Alexandra this morning the two
gave their names as Percy Cole, 19,
of the 1900 block of Columbia pike,
Arlington, Va, and Henry Stewart,
80, of the 1000 block of South Eighth
street, Arlington.
They pleaded not guilty and were
held in $4,000 bond for grand jury
action. A third man. who beat a
fast and successful retreat when
the forts defenders appeared, was
sought on warrant issued by Com
missioner Monroe.
Evening star., 1940-04-22

main forces have for some time
kept well away from each other, or
have gone far into remote regions
with unspellable and unpronounce-
able names,' he said.
But that does not mean that
nothing is happening out there.
Much less does it mean that bigger
stories are not going to break in
the future. Japan still has a million
| or more men on the Asian mainland
who are quite capable of doing a
lot of damage.
China has several million soldiers
and more armament than she start
ed the war with. These immense
forces are now sparring, their gen.
erals waiting for the right moments
to deliver telling blows"
The editorial and business eXecu-
tives of newspapers throughout the
United States and Canada, conven-
ing for the annual meetings of the
Associated Press and the American
Newspaper Publishers Association,
reported widespread opposition to
American participation in the Eu-
ropean war.
In rooms and corridors of the
Hotel Waldorf Astoria, the men
who direct the greatest free press
in the world drew these conclusions:
That, with exceptions here and
there, business was a little better.
That generally an anti-war feel
Ing pervades the country.
Members of the Associated Press
were to choose eight directors at
their meeting-the fortieth annual
gathering.
To Elect Five Directors.
There were 10 nominations to fill
vacancies of five directors of the
general classification whose terms
have expired. A director also was
to be chosen to represent papers
with less than $4,000 circulation, and
two others to fill vacancies created
by the resignation of Frank Gannett,
publisher of the Roshester IN. "
Times-Union, candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination,
and by the death of Frederick E.
Murphy, publisher of the Minneap-
oils Times-Tribune.
The following were nominated to
fill expiring terms in the general
classification: j. r. Knowland, Oak
land (Calif) Tribune: Paul Bellamy,
Cleveland Plain Dealer; John
Cowles, Des Moines Register and
Tribune; w. j. Pape, Waterbury
(Conn) Republican, and Clark
Howell, Atlanta Constitution, all of
whose terms end with this meeting;
also E. K. Gaylord, Oklahoma City
(Okla.) Oklahoman: Harry j. Grant.
Milwaukee (Wis) Journal; Richard
Hooker, Springfield (Mass.) Republic
can; F. A. Miller, South Bend Ind.)
Evening and Sunday Tribune, and
Oscar s. Stauffer, Arkansas City
(Kans) Traveller.
Publishers Meet Tomorrow.
Two New York State publishers
nominated to succeed Mr.. Gannett
were Edward H. Butler, Buffalo Eve
ming News, and Arthur Hays Sulz-
berger, the New York Times.
Houston Harte, San Angelo (Tex)
| Standard, and william r. Mathews,
Tucson (Ariz) Star, were nominated
for the dictatorship representing
papers Of less than $4,000 circulation.
Nominations for the Murphy
vacancy were made from the floor.
Tomorrow the 54th annual con-
vention of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association opens, to
continue through Thursday. John
S. McCarrens of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, president Of the A. N. P. A.,
will preside at the business meet
ings, making his annual presi-
Dental address Wednesday morning.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
PIT. A. Head Says War
Creates Student Problem
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 22.-The Eu-
ropean war and unemployment
problems are contributing to the
mental maladjustment of American
school children, Mrs. Joseph K. Pet
tengill, president of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers.
asserted yesterday.
She suggested increased use Of
psychological clinics to uncover and
help adjust the mental difficulties
which, she said, were developing as
a result of discussions of these two
problems.
Mrs. Pettengill, whose home is in
Detroit, made the suggestion in an
interview while she prepared de-
tails for the 43d annual national
PIT. A. convention in Omaho May
60.