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The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
To Be First
Digest Of
Race Journals

Miss Marion F.. Wilson, district di-
rector, Professional and Service
Projects, WPA.
Eleven persons are now employ
ed on the project, among them
several newspaper men and college
graduates. From this nucleus, the
project will be developed to total
personnel of 80 workers. A thorough
training period, necessary for the
efficient conduct of the digest,
precedes the actual assumption of
duties which will include the alb
stracting of news items, features
and editorials from four selected
Negro weekly newspapers. The alb
stractS will be taken from files
dating back to 1887.
The material distracted will re-
fleet the life and culture of the
Negro population of Cleveland and
the attitude of Negro citizens to-
ward economic, civic, social and
educational problems of the pres
ent day, as highlighted in the
press. The digest also is expected
to provide an interesting index to
the progress and success of Negroes
both in Cleveland and elsewhere.
A sample volume of the Negro
Press Digest, containing abstracts
taken from the January 1887 files
of the selected weeklies, will be re-
leased next month, according to
the plans announced by Miss Will
son. From the standpoint of the
workers employed, the project is
expected to have a twofold value.
1t will provide additional expert
ence for research and editorial
workers in their chosen field, and
also give TO those having no previ-
Gus experience, a chance to de-
velop new professional Skills.
The project is supervised by
Oscar Ban as an addition to the
Cleveland Foreign Language News
paper Digest,
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Eighteen Given
Diplomas From
Marietta High
ATLANTA. Ga.-(SNS)-

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
Eighteen seniors of the Marietta
high school received diplomas at
the graduation exercises held last
Wednesday evening.
The commencement program fea-
tured o panel discussion on Am
erican Society versus the Gradual
ing class of 49, Leading roles
were played by Lewis B. Robinson,
as judge: Irene Mcconnell as So
licitor, and Arthur Tate as defense
lawyer. Other class members Serv-
ed as recorder, jurors and witness
eS,
Superintendent c. A. Keith, May
or LIN. Blair, Judge Harold Haw-
kins and other members OF the
Board of Education and their
wives were in attendance.
Diplomas we're presented the
following by Judge Hawkins: Lii
Ian M. Bradley, Marjorie Broad
max, Hiram B. Gresham, Stella
Mae Haley, Lois Jeffrie6, Louis P.
johnson, Pauline [. King, Irene E.
Mcconnell, who won first honors;
Otho U. Patterson (honor Odene
l.. Peoples, Hattie Belle Peters
Lucy Randall, Mary Nell Richard
son, Lewis B. RoDlnson (honor)
Marian l.. Sanders, Rosa Lee Stan
ford, Paul Strickland, Jr. (secono
honor and Arthur Tate.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
PLENTY OF FOOD

First the vegetables. rice, mashee
potatoes( with mucn butter in
them), steweE carrots, steamed
cabbage, hominy, Stewed corn, etc.
Then the meats: the great plat
ters paraded by, each person TAX
ing cut to MS liking. :. stuffed
sausage, tenderized ham. halves OF
chickens young and tender chick
ens), great inch-thick steaks from
the tenderest of beef, Dreaded veal.
and SO on.
Then the drinks all drinks ex-
cept alcohol, iced coffee, iced tea
then hot coffee, hot tea, then pos
tum (Father poured the water fcr
the postum, thus blessing every
CUP of it, and each cup, as each
platter, passed around the entire
length of all the tables. He had
also poured the coffee, each CT
CT it travelling through the hands
of all angels)'.
Then bread: egg-yellcw1 ecrn
bread squares followed by white
bread, then cracked wheat, then
whole wheat, then rye, ther
doughnuts (sugared), then crack
erS.
Then came great bowls of gsla-
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
BY WILLIAM PICKENS

4 happy angel, standing near
the banquet table, at tie new
heaven IN Madison Avenue, in
May, said: BLESS You, Father. J.
love you, Father used to think
you lived up in the sky or in some
other far-off place, but now, thank
You, Father, for letting me know
you're in town."
Six Vassar college girls with one
Of their profe; sors, and I were
guests of Father Givire at one Of
his regular afternoon barquets,
which begin at about 1:3O pm,
and last until they get through.
The professor and I had places OF
honor. at the Fathers own table;
the girls were scattered out there.
half way down the hall, among the
angels.
About Us OF US were seated, and
the rest, a throng of about 25)
angels, were packed against u e
railing, and around the wall, and
in the approaching hallway, sing
ing the praises Of "The Lamb ard
cf the "God,'' all through the hours
of the banquet. Some CT the
songs: Behold the Lamb" "Fa-
ther, l love you So, March Oil ~.
Sweet Father" "I love you Gcd'
"Arent you glad?' $50 glad, SC
glad!' The chorus was great some
of the solo voices wonderful.
THERE SAT GOD
And there sat God, striped shlfG'
striped tie, plain gray suit, and a
bald head. A little brown man, tai
As a short woman, who means more
10 these people than any myStl(
Gods from anywhere. And nearpy
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Millionaire Asks Annu|ment
Charqing His Wife Is Negro

apartment of Mrs. PerkBls, hopst
ever, an old man who claimed he
was the paternal grandfather OF
Mrs. Perkins, declared to reporters:
"All I can say is that am
proud of my Indian blood"
Perkins revealed that he did not
discover until last April that his
wife was colored.
RECALLS RHINELANDER CASE
Search of records in the state
house at Trenton, N. j., revealed
that Mrs. Perkins, who gave her
age in 1927 as 35, said she was
white and had been married sInd
divorced in Baltimore on April 80,
1925. She said she was the daugh-
ter of Mary Shortt and John Lewis
and was born in Hurts, Va.
This case recalls to mind the ia
nous Kip and Alice Rhineiander
case which attracted attention some
years back. Kip was a scion of a
rich and old family and sought
divorce from his wife, Alice, the
daughter of a colored coachman.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Six-MOnth Term Is
Given ASSaulter

Six months in Jail was the SEN
tence imposed on Robert Arnold,
26 years old, a shoe sinner and
ex-convict. 429 East Washington
Street, adiudged guilty OF simple
battery May IA on Harry Davis,
1916 East Taylor Street.
Arnold. released only recently
after serving a one-to-two year
prison term for receiving stolen
property chose the jail term IN
lieu of paving $500 fine. Davis
testified. the alteration may cost
him the sight of his right eye.
Arnold was tried on charge OF
simple assault but Justice Harry
E. Westfall of East Phoenix pre-
cinct court decided he had COM
mitted battery. g.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Production By Ga.
4-H Club Members
Doubled In Year

ATHENS, ga. --(SNS)-- The
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service reported Friday that color
ed All Club mempers have doubled
production of feeder calves this
year.
P. H. Stone, state extension
agent, said club members alreaoY
have fattened and sold 216 feeder
<calves, compared With 100 sold IN
1938-'39.
Ten of the calves were home
grown, while 206 were purchased
through the facilities of Georgia
banks. The largest return to teeo
and labor-$169 Ga came from a
hone-raised cali,
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
mo Wonder The y Call Him God, "
Pickens Says Of Father Diuine

tins. Of different color and kinds,
and some apple-sauce (and those
of us who were not initiative
thought that this was to be the
simple deSSert). But later came
plates with great slices of cake,
passed out by the Father from the
head Of The table, to be followed by
great tub-like boWls of ice cream,
ice cream of all kinds and colors,
mingled in every bowl. Father
touches these bowls and cne
tra-els toward the right and the
ether toward the left. The great
dishes are so heavy that the diner
can scarcely hold them in his 1ef
arm, as he serves himself with his
right, to suit himself.
PASSED A SECOND TIME
And. reader, all these filled
serving dishes, from the Iice bowls
That had come first on through
the half chickens and great steaks
Gown to that final ice cream, were
passed q second, or more times, as
long as an angel or visitor would
consent to take another helping
And this food, all of it, was the
best food that can be had anywhere
en- earth
I have pad six collars for din
ner at The Astor hotel and th2
only difference between that and
this free banquet of Father Di-
vines is the Father Divine hat
MUCH MORE OF IT. The food
was as good, ten times as plentiful,
and the diners and angels at least
1000 times as happy as any group
I have ever seen anywhere III all
my life.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
JURY AC0uITS OFFICER IN BRUTALITY CASE
Index Contest Is
OpenToiEveryone

The contest of The Phoenix In
dex which began May 25, stands
open for anyone who wants to
participate until June 10. Call this
Office for any information. One
prize has already been given by
Goldwater. Montgomery Ward has
promised one. Barrow Furniture
Company, and National Furniture,
Company have promised one each
The greatest of all is the one that
will be given by the Phoenix Index.
We ask your cooperation. The one
who holds the highest amount over
SO subscribers for one year will be
awarded a scholarship in either
Tempe or Jr. College, Phoenix.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08

COLUMBIA, S. C.-(ANP)-Ed-
ward Elliott DuRant, pastor Of
Harlen's largest episcopal church,
st. Ambrose, visiting here last
weekend, praised slavery as a
blessing to the Negro race IN
America.
Because Of slavery our people
have been able to pass into and
through az fire civilization and re-
gain the culture we once boasted
in the days of Egyptian art and
science which formed a definite
part of the records of European
civilization" The speaker said in an
address to the literary societies of
Allen university.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Praises Slavery AS
''Boon'' To Negroes

Deploring the present world Ca
tastrophe which he said statesman
ship, diplomacy and even science
have failed to forestall, Dr. Du-
Rant declared that 1--WE are now
standing on the brink Of crum-
bling civilization. a"
DR.. DuRant, a native of South
America, received his Bachelors
degree from the University OF Lon
don his M. A. and B. D. degrees
from the University of Pennsyl-
vania. THE membership OF ST.
Ambrose Episcopal church, New
York, has been built to 1000 dur
ing his pastorate.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08

NEW YORK-(ANP)-A woman
VINO has passed as white for more
than a decade, and who had con-
trived to marry millionaire man
ufacturer during this time, had her
past catch up with her this week,
when papers in annulnent suit
were filed by Joseph M. Perkins,
Millionaire shoe fabrics manufac-
turer.
Perkins, 53-year-old head of j.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Injuries In Fall
Alleged, City Sued

Mrs. Gertrude Callahal 50-year-
old colored Phoenix loousemaid
SUED the city in Marico pa $4,000
County Superior Court, asking
damages and charging SHE was in
jured in a fall into an abandoned
and uncovered irrigation ditch.
Mrs. Callahan's complaint, pre-
pared by John A. Murphy, Phoenix
attorney, sets, forth SHE fell into
the ditch at 10 p. m. March 16 in
front of the home ef friends at
1243 East Madison iStreet, where
she had been visiting.
Her right foot was injured, she
was confined to bed nina weeks
and still is unable to work, she
alleges.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Rhinelander
Case Brought
To Mind

M. Perkins and Co., Inc, charged
in his suit that Mrs. Elma Jones
Perkins. who now resides in down.
town Manhattan, falsely repre-
sented that she belonged to the
white race The papers stated
that Perkins married his now
estranged wife, Baltimore di-
vorcee, in Jersey City, N. j.. on
May 7, 1927 and lived with her un-
til December 5, 1882. Since their
separation he has been paying her
$125 per month under separation
agreement, it was said.
SEEKS TO VOID AGREEMENT
Perkins asks that the separation
agreement be voided. Mrs. Perkins
attorney demanded that all refer
ence to the agreement be dismissed.
Judge Lloyo Church reserved de-
cision pending further study of the
case.
Both lawyers refused to talk
about their clients affairs to re-
porters who besieged them. At the
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
Negro Newspapers Are Included
In WPA Abstracting Project

will be the first digest of Negro
newspapers to be made by the
WPA. Announcement OF the under
taking was made last week by
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08

CLEVELAND-(SNS)- A Negro
newspaper digest will be produced
bv WPA workers on project re-
Gently put into operation here. 1t
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08

Front seats of automobiles can
be changed to 45 positions by a
new three way adjuster to provide
comfort for drivers of all pro-
portions. y -
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
JOSHUA JONES
Nv T. p REYNOLDS

Dy Il IVY H1O
Brother Bell Says-If a man
steps out with a chicken
sometimes, he must also learn
how to get away with a "Duck"
duck out of the way.
The Phoenix index., 1940-06-08
WORLD HELD BEFORE
WITNESSES

On two occasions during the trial
Wednesday, the attorney held an
Atlanta Daily World newspaper be-
fore witnesses and asked them it
they had read the account of trial
in the publication. Solicitor AL
mand's objection to the questions
were sustained by Judge McClel-
Ian.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
SUNRISE FLYING

Aviation clubs in Florida cities have a new
fad. They promote sunrise Sunday cruises,
starting with the first streak of dawn and
landing at some distant city for breakfast.
They are nome for the customary Sunday
morning pursuits, whether of worship or golf.
1t may be but a whim. Even so, it is al
to get a good balance for the rest of the day.
No one can watch the shifting tints, the deep
reds and pastel s~hadings in the East as Old
Sol takes up his daily march across the skies
without feeling better toward all humanity.
To see the panorama from the air, with water
below, or a checkerboard of farms and high
ways, must add to the picture and set the
spectators skin to tingling.
Obviously it is doing this, and perhaps
more, for the Florida fliers, for we read that
The flights are having increasing participants,
and the clubs sponsoring them are receiving
applications for membership from many mere
citizens who have been guests on one or an.
other flight.
We have been encouraged to fly for COM
mercial advantage, or with thought of helping
the nation in any Of many emergencies. Here
is a new reason, with a new appeal to the
lovers of sheer beauty. Fly, it seems to sug
gest, for a vision that can be had in no other
way.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
START AT WRONG END

London reports Premier CHAMBERLAIN pre-.
pairing to shake up his cabinet during the
present recess of parliament. Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Sir John SIMON, and Sir SAM.
UEL HoARE, lord privy seal, are under fire,
Their removal is limited as an outgrowth of
criticism of Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN among members
of his own party.
Out of the revamped cabinet is it probable
that a. special war council will be formed
with the thought that a small group will be
better able to deal with the conflict with
Germany, than if all decisions had to be ar
gued and contested and finally arrived al
by the entire body.
This may end Britain's difficulties, as fal
as war policies are concerned. On the Other
hand, it may not. There are many, ever
among persons capable of judging the neeG
accurately, who believe any cabinet shifting
should begin at the top.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
ANTISICKNESS'
DRIVE LAUNCHED
Illness Of Workers Cost EN-
ployers More Than
Employees
p1rTsB11RGH. March 2s-GR-A

PITTSBURGH, March 23-R-A
movement paralleling the safety first
oa,npaign, but aimed instead at sick
ness. has been launched in a cross
section of American industry, it was
announced today.
The Air Hygiene Foundation re-
norted it had undertaken the study
in conjunction with the United States
public health service and the Ameri-
can Association of Industrial Physic.
ians and Surgeons.
The purpose of the project is to eli
inmate some of the causes of what
the foundation calls "sick absentee
ism"-the absences of industrial
workers due to sickness that cost
American workmen and industry
hundreds of millions of dollars an
nually.
Strangely, enough, preliminary
studies have shown that it is more
expensive for the employer than for
the employee when the experienced
workman is i'll at home.
The foundation estimates there
are Il 5000, 900 persons employed in
heavy industry and that the annual
average loss due to sickness and in
jury is eight days plus for men and
u days plus for ONE
On the basis, assuming that al
Is, ZOO, 900 workers are men, sick
absenteeism" would cost heavy in.
dustry about 5000, 900, 900 annually.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Mrs. John Gray Cobb
Inferred At Burgaw

BURGAW, March % Funeral
services were conducted Thursday
for Mrs. John Gray Cobb, Sc, of
Burgaw, who died Wednesday after
noon at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. George G. Noble, in Trenton,
after an illness of several months.
Mrs. Cobb, who was Alice Bailey
Groom, was born in eastern Fender
county, March 26, 1854, the daughter
of the late John Bunyan and Mary
McDufie Groom. She was married to
the late John Gray Cobb in 1880, a
Confederate veteran. For the last 20
years she had made her home in
Burgaw with her daughter, Mrs. E.
T. Batson.
She is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Emma B. Groom, Atkinson; two
daughters, Mrs. E. T. Batson, Bur-
gaw, and Mrs. George G. Noble,
Trenton; one son, ]. NJ. Cobb, Atkin-
son, II grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the
Riverside Baptist church, Burgaw,
and interment followed in the family
burial ground. The ministers con.
Quoting the services were the Rev.
c. W. Duling, pastor of the deceas-
ed, assisted by the Rev. P. L. Clark,
Burgaw, the Rev. J. L. Mauney,
Trenton, and the Rev. L. w. Kes-
Ter, Atkinson.
Active ~pallbearers, nephews of
the deceased, were B. H. Marshall,
Jr, Blake D. Applewhite, j. Arthur
Brown, Sr., Archie Mum, Charlie
Mum, all of Wilmington, W. H.
Pryde, of Harbor Island and V. B.
Batson, Watha. Honorary pallbear-
ers were B. H. Marshall, ST., DR.. W.
I. Taylor, S. G. Blake, A. C. Blake,
j. H. Carlton, C. F. Mallard, j. NJ.
Bowden, R. Sanderson, Sparkman
Sudbury. R. L. Bates, Roland Bat
son. Robbie Batson, w. H.. Lewis,
j. D. Lewis, S. V. Bowen, r. R.
Rich, r. w. Switzerland, T. NJ.
Wooten, and j. O. Moore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24

Indeed they are their own build
ers. AS creatures who are to
inherit the earth 1 ween that
mans home life has a higher
purpose. The home should be a
temple wherein dwells t h e
sacred trinity of father, mother
and child. 1t should have an al
tar in one corner for daily
prayer. 1t should be a school
for teaching the first lessons in
clean speech, moral conduct.
good manners and sacred know.
ledge. 1t should be a hospital
for the kindly ministrations Of
mothers voice in times of
trouble and p%erplexity. 1t should
be a playhouse for wholesome
recreation which in these times
seems to be divorced from the
home. All outside teachers stand
in the place of the parent.
Such homes are consecrate,
constructive. They are the holy
sacraments of the social order,
to conserv> the integrity of the
church and the nation. These
are the two human interests
that preserve mankind from
dissolution. We may well ask
in these times what has con-
served the integrity of the jew
ish nation which has survived
the mutations of time, t h e
wreck of empires, ard the dis
solution due to universal disper-
sion. Since the days of t h e
Caesars they have enjoyed no
lebensraum. T h answer is
their God and their homes. As
cit ems of a great Democratic
Republic We boast a high de-
gree of freedom. Let us use it
in making the best of life, in
tolerance and kindness toward
others, and in a devout account
ability to the Geat Artificer VINO
is reserving a house in t h e
heavens not made with hands.
The finest fabric of God on
earth is the home. While we can
let us make the best of it.
EDWIN F. KEEVER.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
CIRCUS! CIRCUS!

When the Social Service League announces
an entertainment for children it commends
attentive interest. For the Social Service
Programs, Inc. This means that it secures
whatever is best in entertainment for the
young.
Junior Programs is the product of neces-
sity. When a group of New Jersey women
bemoaned the fact that they could not take
their children to New York for cultural adj
vantages, one Of their number, in a moment
of inspiration, thought it would be a good
thing to bring culture to the children. From
that idea sprung the organization named
above, which this year is offering half a mil.
lion children cultural entertainment on a
non-profit basis, seeking only to pay expenses
while improving the mental outlook of the
juvenile audiences.
In the early winter Wilmington's Social
Service League presented HanSe1 and Gretez.
a music treat enjoyed equally by the children
and adults wise enough to attend. Now it
announces R~ingmaster Carlos Animal Circus.
And there is none better, in this field of en-.
tertainment.
A dancing pony, a bucking mule and many
greyhounds will do their stuff in the best
center-rlng manner-and that's saying a lot.
Clowns will present their best foolery and
show their skill in the juggling and balancing
arts. The sponsors declare it the best amuse.
ment brought to Wilmington this year.
The performance will be at the high school
on April 4, at 4 o'clock-late enough for all
children to gather after school. The audito.
rum should be thronged, and it will be. if
Wilmington youngsters appreciate the leagues
effort to give them a good time.
Parents are encouraged to send their off.
spring to the performance, not only for the
laughs they will get, but to help the league
IN Its worthy undertaking. 1t is really neces.
sary that larger patronage be given if the
league Is to continue it's entertainment course
Tor the children. There is no desire to reap
d profit from the series. In fact, that would
be contrary to the purpose. The only desire
IS to meet expenses. Thus far this desire has
not been gratified. 1t would be a fine tribute
to the league If attendance at the circus
yielded sufficient revenue to offset at least a
part OF the deficit of previous Entertainments
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
UCC Worker Attends
Conference In Raleigh

. C. r. Caveny, Of WllmIls'I,
was among field representative .
the unemployment comptnSa".-
division of the Unemployment coz,
pensation commission Who aI''. +,
conferences with state officials III
Raleigh during the past week
Caveny represented nine Sou'l !,
eastern North Caroline COUNTS
the conferences which console,
new problems and routine 0Os-''
matters. -,
the Wilmington office OF the N-oI d
said YESTERDAY that the duties a y,
field representatives l9c'u's
ouenr contacts with employers -. +;
their areas. assisting them III nv, =,
ing their monthly and q''@''''''
ports. rHnl
caveny also has the r~spo@, .ss.s
in the Wilmington section u T,tt
ing to see if employers are a D
under the Unemployment Co, l..r.
sation law. and, when nec5 n
auditing their books, maE'' ,rs,,
ports on their Liability, an" . vn~
n1sS contributions On from de'i'q'''
employers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
Negro Teachers Hear
Dr.. Julian S. Miller

FAYETTEVILLE, March %
P-The North Carolina Negro
Teachers association adjourned its
three-day convention here today
after re-electing it's officers and
adopting a resolution urging adop-
ton by the state of a retirement
plan for negro school teachers.
More than 1000 teachers heard
DR.. Julian S. Miller, editor of the
Charlotte Observer, speak last
night On the topic Of THE Eco
nomic Status of the Negro in the
South"
The following officers were re-
elected:
Rose D. Aggrey Of Salisbury,
president; DR.. J. w. Seabrook of
Fayetteville, vice-president; DR.. G.
E. Davis of Charlotte, executive
secretary; Bessie T. Shields of
Scotland Neck, recording secretary,
and DR.. ]. A. Cotton of Henderson,
treasurer.