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The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14
War Delays Chair,
Execution Put OF

JACKSON, Miss-(ANP)-Four Mississippi men,
ed to die in the electric chair given additional
live last Thursday when the delivery
its portable electric chair
Hilton Fortenberry and Jerome Franklin, originally
fenced to hang in Jeff Davis County July killing
of constable given reprieves Johnson
until Oct H. Acting Governor w. B. Roberts july II had
granted 4Sday reprieves.
Charles Cemons and William Gordon, originally sentenc-
ed to hang at Vckburg July II for killing robbery
reprieved until Oct 1910 session Of the egisl
changed the method to the cleo
trio chair.
Construction of special generator the
General Electric Works of been held up for
nearly months because of heavy war orders Latest nor
nation that the chair will be shipped Sept IL
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14

Magic City dentist, civic, fra
ternal and church worker, who is/
attending the Eighty-Second An
nual Meeting of the American
Dental Association, Cleveland,
Ohio, September 9-13, of which
he is a member. This year marks
the Centennial Year of American
Dentistry which event will be
celebrated in connection with this
meet. Not less than $4,000 dem
lists from every state in the
Union and from every civilized
country in the world will be in
attendance in Cleveland this week.
DR.. Taggart representing the Ma
tional Dental Association, Com
panion Dental Society of Negro
Dentists in the United States
which organization he has served
as Chairman of the Board of Di-
rectors the past six years, having
been reelected at its st. Louis
meeting last August.
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can way.
NOT A BUGABOO


4 NOT A BUCsAROO
me constantly rereated threat Of invasion hv
Hltler and Muss0lni is not bugaboo IN ,oar,,
hmllcaps These oppressed groups have for so long
leJt the sung OF the lash and the hear. crushing
practice Of discrimination they already know some
o The realities of the cruel fascis-naz racial doc
rines before the two chief exponents Of these doc
'FineS reach American shores
Hitler and Mussoiini may never reach Arneri
Ca II may be possible Just as our day-dreamer iso-
l9uonistS argue that 5000 miles of ocean forms
protective barrier around the American island of
Teedom But no ocean has stopped the infiltraton
OF the Hitlerian eXpJunded Aryan philosophy into
ue fertile minds Of those Americans whose chief
b. passion was already hate
The beliefs of Hitler neatly fitted this already
formed pattern Of hate. And one would be sur
prlsed should a Gallup Poll be taken how many
oil those who pro so loudly to be Americans
really confuse Hitler's way with the American way
And the little Filters invariably are thickest where
hate is the strongest
STIRRING; DISSENSION
gr1sr rt Hitler lno",s h!s That's u,.v you heard
rtr, s3Z 95-}it Ionh sgo that there IS one thing
-V-ong with AIosrice ard that o-a thir- IS the ter
million -N5er-es I'd ai<> million Jews who !-,haEo:t
He know wifi ~ 6ne statement he would draw
on his sif" ''.-.-7 of Negro hating Americans
who irfcr+ ? -''-~rn section of the nation and
millions Of y 20 ci+i-ens in all sections who
iaaloos Of Or. 49, fr'-~~s nrovrcsg in b1siaess
? -cs2 tir.d nqta,..a 70 Go bNt hate.
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14
Jim Cro1u In Vo cational
Training To Be Fought

Commissioner of Education which
was sent to the NAACP last week
in which the federal education Of
ficial made it plain that no dis
elimination against Negroes would
be tolerated Said DR.. Studebaker
"It is our declared intention that
all possible precaution shall be TAX
en- against any discrimination of
race, creed, OF color in connection
with the training program for ma
tional defense, as administered by
this office through the various
State Boards for vocational edu-
cation"
OPPOSES CONSCRIPTION
BUFFALO, N. Y.--Strong oppo-
sition of passage of the Burke
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14

NEW YORK-(sNS)-A cam
paign to fight for the full partici-
patton of Negroes in Tne program
of expansion OF vocational train
ing now being set up under the Ma
tional Defense Ac- announced
this week by the National ASsoc1a-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People.
" Announcement of the drive
which is designed to get Negroes
prepared to take their rightfuI
place in the skilled trades and II
every category of the O.: ee pro-
gram that calls for placing men IN
.eyey phase of industrial work, was
contained in letter sent out by
the NAACP to its bT@lches all over
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14
Radio Bars
Speech Of
wilkins
Crisis Editor.
Was to Speak On
Natl Defense

NEW YORK-(SNS0--A thre(
minute speech On the Negro and
the national defense program By
Roy Wilkins, editor of THE CRISIS
Magazine, was not permitted to be
broadcast here September 5 by
radio station WNICA. Station Of
ficials hastened to deny that the
speech was being censored. The
said it was mot in harrnonE' with
the program Harlem Serenade," il
the midst of which the talk was
supposed to have been given.
The half-hour program has been
running on WMCA for several
months. About halfway through,
short speech has been given by
special guest. Mr.. Wilkins was in
vited for September and told that
no set topic was assigned and that
he could speak on any subject of
current interest.
The Crisis editors speech was a
brief but pointed request for fair
participation of Negroes in the de-
tense program, both in the army
and navy and in the thousands of
jobs in the factories which have
received contracts for defense ma
terialS.
"Our nations slogan is that we
are preparing to defend the last
stronghold of democracy in the
Western world" the manuscript
said in closing. TN the last war we
were said to be fighting to make
the world safe for democracy. Ne
gro Americans have no quarrel with
these aims. But they believe de-
mocracy ought to be a reality at
home. They think democracy ought
to mean for them a chance to en-
list and fight for their country on
an equal basis with other citizens
a chance to secure employment in
the multi -billion-dollar defense
program of the nation"
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14
Way "BuiId-Up Helps
Will Interest Women

The cause Of wcman's peri
odic suffering from headache, II
-,!it3b,lity, crsr,r-liL.e pain may be
tu=ot;o=sl dys-e-:c~-hse due to
malnutrition, a condition that is
often helped by CARDUI.
Principal way CARDUI helps is
by stimulating appetite and the
flow of gastric juices. Thus it may
I'D digestion; help build pp u
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14

! or transfer title to Tie property TO
Negroes.
Explaining the alarm and con-
Germ CT the white owners over the
situation, the Woodlawn Mirror,
white community paper, said last
| week:
Steady mounting apartment va
cancies, disastrous reduction in
rental incomes alarming scarcity
of further desirable white tenancy,
accompanied by the impending
peril of additional cancellation OF
! their remaining estate valuations
and the inevitable destruction of
still existing property and equities
--have served to arouse widespread
resentment against the restrictive
obligations. 49,"
The Association has, within the
past week announced a program of
exhaustive court action in seeking
immediate relief from the alleged
drastically injurious restrictions of
the covenant"
A circular letter sent to "dear
neighbors'' of the district by Small
Property Owners Associated, Inc,
says, in part:
INVESTMENT PERIE
This present hazardous situation
must no longer be permitted to re-
main the matter of bind loyalty
to a repeatedly proven defective
and vainly inevitable losing cause
We have far too long refrained
from out-spokenly facing steadi-
ly increasing investment peril that
demands prompt correction or the
sacrifice of our remaining property
holdings. This long impending
threat of total destruction OF our
still existing equities has reached
the undisputable stage of little less
than mere likelihood.
The membership of thc recently
incorporated Small Property OWN
ers Associated, which offers, your
neighbors, serve WITHOUT any salary
compensation, is composed entire
ly by prominent White property
holders located, within. the Wash
ington Park subdivision and was
instituted for the purpose of legal
ly petitioning, by exhaustive court
procedure, relief from the flaring
inequity of this existing restrictive
agreement upon the undeniable
grounds of repeatedly proven aban-
donatios, impracticality to further
enforce, public policy and to re-
assure our members the restoration
of their inherent American right to
again freely exercise, within their
discretion, adequate Safeguards
toward the vital protection of their
financial investments herein.
The result of a recent survey
conducted by the official repre-
sentatives of this Association-e
bracing that section comprising
south Parkway, Vernon and Eber-
hart Avenues disclosed enproXi-
mately eight hundred specific vio-
Iations as against only 500 remain
ing intact white occupancieg. That
with further many expressed
avoWals Of imminent intent, throUg11.
necessity, to negotiate additional
colored tenancy, constitute an out
look upon a situation that few in
iuries might logically be expected
to ignore upon the basis Of eXpe-
diency and the unavoidable self
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14

singing songs of a patriotic nature.
The national anthem, which has
always been difficult to sing, has
been replaced in popularity by
such stirring hymns as God Bless
America and q Am An Ameri-
can"
Peculiarly enough many of those
who are loudest in their protesta-
tons Of loyalty to America secret
" are conniving to defeat the
1road principles of democracy that
are the very essence Of the Ameri-
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14
Studebaker To
Aid NAACP In
Latest Effort

the country.
The plan calls for the setting up
of local NAACP committees in ev-
cry community VINO will carry the
fight to state vocational edu-
cation officials, The program for
action got underway Immediately
upon receipt of a letter from DR.
j. w. Studebaker, United States
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14

This will acknowledge your let
ter of July 25, calling our atten-
ton to the fact that there are
many Negro residents available for
employment in this industry. re-
gret to say that it is not the policy
of this company to employ people
other than the Caucasian race,
consequently, we are not in a posi-
ton to offer your people employ
ment at this time"
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14

WadsWorth conscriptidn bill was
voiced here last week by Miss
Odell Porter, who represented the
local branch of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of
Colored People at an Anti-War
mass meeting held here at the
Hotel Fillmore.
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14

woman's strength, energy and
12erve-foEce, SC increase physical
resistance to periodic discomfort.
1t also helps reduce periodic
distress for many who take it a
few days before and during "the
time" Y ur confidence in
CARDUI is invited by its so
years Of popularity.
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14
White Owners Fight
Restrictive Covenant

CHICAGO,-(ANP)- Aid to
Chicago's Southside colored resi-
dents who long have fought for
abolishment of the restrictive
covenant" in real estate deeds
came from an unexpected source
this week when it was learned that
the Small Property Owners Asso-
clated, Inc, a white neighborhood
organization, ha, been formed to
eliminate the Jim Crew restriction
from transfers AID sales of proper
ty in the West WoodlaWn dis
trict.
Territory involved is the old
Washington Park race track dis
trict, 61st to 63rf streets, South
and from South Parkv 80 Cot
tage Grove Avenues. Here, for the
past generation, through efforts of
the WcodlaWn Property Owners
League and other Negro-baiting
agencies, a provision has been in
serted in all deeds, making it un-
lawful for the owner to lease, sell
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14
"CAUCASIANS" ONLY

In letters addressed to Northrop,
Vultee, Lockheed, North American,
Douglas Aircraft corporations, and
to Douglas FL Segundo division,
Robinson stated:
cit has been called to our at
tention that there are no Negroes
at present employed by your COM
pany in the construction of air.
craft to be used in our country's
program of defense.
1--WE are aware that you have
more than doubled your personnel
during the past eight months to
meet the demands of millions of
dollars in orders placed by the
United States Government. We are
loyal citizens and supporters OF
this country's financial burdens;
we have contributed OUR share to
our country's economic develop
ment; therefore we feel justified in
expecting equal opportunities in
employment, - especially where
that employment is made avail
able through our government.
There are many Negro residents
in this community who meet every
requirement to hold skilled. semi
skilled and unskilled jobs in the
aircraft industry. May we there
fore urge you to avail yourselves
Immediately of their services"
Vultee Aircraft, Inc, in a letter
signed by w. Gerard Tuttle, man
ager of industrial relations, re-
piled:
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14
The Globe Trotter
A Lesson For America

+ A PATRIOTIC FERVOR engendered by the
present crisis in world affairs and the potential
threat it offers to American way Of living is sweep
irq the nation. Now as never before except when
our country was actually at war has there been
such wave of pat lotto feeling afloat in the land
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14
One Negro Out Of 10000 Hired In
Aircraft Industry Report Reveals
JimCroWRampant
In Coast Plants

LOS ANGELES Ca.-(SNS)-"A Negro has one
chance in $1,000 of getting job in aircraft factory.
'Racal discrimination in this and other key industries
Los Angeles has forced from SO to 65 of the Ne
gro population here to depend form of relief"
These facts revealed this week by the Los Angeles
The Phoenix index., 1940-09-14


AT the same time, the NNC
through it's executive secretary
Robert S. Robinson released an ex-
change of correspondence between
the NNC and leading aircraft cor
porations, fully substantiating it's
charges.
REFUSED TO ANSWER
Two huge corporations. depend
ing largely on national defense
government contracts for their
rapidly expanding business, refus-
ed even to discuss their jim-crow
policies. Three others hedged on
the question, and another stated
flatly that it would hire only
"Caucasians". This jim-crow policy
has created a situation whereby
Nazi spies have held key, positions
in many aircraft plants, according
to recent discoveries, thus endang-
ering the defenses of this country,
while black Americans have been
barred from employment in these
plants.
An appeal has been maze to lapor
and to all persons opposed to "un-
American practices of racial dis
elimination" to send their protests
to Congress and to California's two
Senators.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-06-07
Muz zemrel otravou, Jena OBJ.
zalovana.

Tony Hepperman, jehoz re-
ma Emma je drzena We vezeni
v st. Louis ma zalobu, re poku-
sila Sc otraviti jej, zemrel v ne
mocnici. Byl S nj oddan sest
tydnd. Byl jejfm sedmym mu-
zem. Serif Josef .Borgmeier
pravf, re kdyz uv6domil Hep
permanovou o smrti jejiho
manzela, pravila: ga mu mic
neudelala." Borgmeier il pax
zavedl do pohrebniho 1stavu,
ably Sc podivala ma jeho mrtvo-
lu. Neprojevila pry zadneho
pohnut1. Hepperman, So leta
starry, bydlil ma farme tri mile
ma zapad cd Wentzville. Byl v
nemocnici cd nedele. Statnf
navladnl a serzant silnicni po-
licie vyslychali jej ma smrtel-
mem lozi, ale nedovedeli Sc cd
neho mnoho. VnitTnosti jeho
budou poslany do statn1 labo-
ratore k prozkoumanl. Mrtvo-
la Sesteho manzela Hepperma-
move byla exhumovana a witt
nosti byly poslany tez do stat
nj laboratofe. Schneider, far
mar cd ST. Peters, zemfel mi
nuleho zari. Byl zenat s Hep
permanovou asi dive leta.
Heppermanova, ktera je 46le-
ia, seznamila Sc S Hepperma-
mem prostTednictv1m oznamky,
Kterou dala do jisteho zdejs1-
no casopisu, kde oznamovala,
re hleda zam6stnanf jake hos
podyne v domacnosti, kde
"schazi matka."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-06-07

pro vdovu, zjistfme, re rodina
10y dostavala $43.75 mesfcne,
az do tie dolby, kdy starsimu
dlteti by bylo 18 let. D1chod
by pax klesl ma $31.25, a ma t.
to vysi by zdstal az do osmnac-
tych narozenin mladsfho dfte-
tie, kdy by 1pln6 prestal. Jest
lie Sc vdova znovu neprovda,
Dude m1ti znovu narok ma d.
chod, az il Dude 65 let.
Poznamka: - Plan starob-
niho p~ojisten1 zamestnancn a
jejich pozustalych tyka Sc pou
re tech vydelecne zamestna-
nych osob a jejich robin, ktere
mali k tomu narok Poole toho-
to planu. Nesmime tento plan
zam6novati S federalne-statnim
planem verejne pomoci, kterym
Sc pecuje O nemajetne stare Ii
oil, slepce a male deti.
lnformace o socialnfm pojis-
tent mGzete obdrzet v nejbliz-
81 1radovne Social Security
Board.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-06-07
Pojistsni zamestnanych a je.
jich robin poole zakona
o socialnim zabezpeceni.

Zakon O socialnfm zabezpe-
cent je zakon, ktery byl pTijat
kongresem. Jim sc zavadejf
diva druhy socialnfho pojiste-
nj: pojisteni proti nezamest-
nanosti a pojistenf vydelecne
zamestnanych a jejich robin
pro starobnf zaopatrenf poll
stencil a jejich pozGstalych.
Zakon zavadf tez vereinou
podporu pro stare lidi bez pro-
stredku, pro nuzne slepce a
pro Zavisle deti.
Zakon O socialnim zabezpe-
cent byl prijat roku 1885 a O.
,pravny dodatek k nemu roku
1889. Nasleduj1c1 clanek je
jednlm re serie clanku, v nichz
Dude ctenafIm podavano Wy
o jejich pravech, 20
zitc1ch a zavazcfch Poole ono
no nar1zenf zakona, ktere Sc
tyka starobnfho zaopatreni "a
mestnanych a jejich poz1sta-
lych.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-06-07
z prvniho poschodi do vany.

Nahodni chodci byli svedky
padu dvouleteho hoslka z ok
ma kuchyne v prvn1m poscho-
d1 domku soustruznika J.
Soucka v obci Vitni nedaleko
Klatov. Jake vsak bylo pre-
kvapenf, kdyz prispechavsl
chodci nasli hosika ziveho pod
oknem We vane S vodou. Mat
ka, ktera v te dobe byla We
chleve, privolala lekare. ktery
ma dlteti neshledal zadneho
zranen1 krone nepatrnych O.
derek. Otec byl v praci a no
six, hrajfcf 81 v kuchyni, "a
matciny nepr1tomnosti vylezl
ma okno, odkud spadl ma dvIr.
Dopadl nohama ma lavicku, sc
ktere sc skull do vany S vodou
Hr1za sc skoncila radosti.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-06-07

Henry Unschuld z Chicago
oznamil policii, re z jeho po-
koje v Congress hotelu ukradl
zlodej zlatou a stf1brnou So
chu, kterou 81 cent ma $4,000.
Socha pTedstavuje sv. Vincen-
ce a jest pry 200 let stara. Fla
to a stTibro ma cenu $1,000, a.
lie umelecka cena jest pry
$4,000. Unschuld nechtel Sc
Sc zpravodaji mluvit, ale soudi
Sc, re to jest ten samy vynalez-
ce, ktery lonskeho roku byl v
Londyne popalen pr zkouseni
tajneho paliva pro aeroplany.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-06-07
Musi predlozit stfevic.

V Omaze Bernice Carl, zalu-
Je pravnika Byron Burkanka,
maJitele budovy ma 16. a Jack
son ul, ma $1O,0 900 odskodn6ho
"a poranenl, jez pry pred do
mem tim slapnutfm do dry u
trzila. Phi skladanf svedectvi
pred notafem odepfela predlo-
zeni strev1ce, ktery mela pri
tom neStestl ma noze, ale mari
dill j soudce Sears, re strevic
pfedloziti must.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-06-07
Dits sc obesilo.

Kdyz 9 mesicd starry synek
manzelI Campbellovych Chi
cagu Sc ucil chodit, tax mu O.
tee porldil jakysi druh postro-
je, kterym byl v pull tela obep-
jat, ably nemohl padnouti. Den
ma to S MIN rodice sli ma nav
stevu babicky. Maly Richard
stall v postylce a ably nespadl,
byl mu dan postroj a kdyz ro-
dice odesli z loznice, privazav-
Sc remen postroje ma pelest
postele a pozdeji sc vratili, ma
sli hosika obeseneho. Nejakym
nevysvetlitelnym zpGsobem
vypadl z postylky a Temeni Sc
mu omotalo kolem krku, takze
Sc uSkrtil.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-06-07
zelezo, ktere lie ohybat.

Prazak objevil r. 1872 "a
kladnf zpGsob vyroby ocele,
jenze nikdy tohoto objevu
prakticky nepouzil. Byl to
professor Karel Vaclav Zen
ger, znamy ucenec techniky v
Praze. Jake vynalezce dGle-
zitych fysikalnich ~prfstrojG Sc
p~roslavil a zemrel jake sedm-
desati osmilety r. 1908. Jiz v
teto prvnf ukazce poznavame
|jjasne, re nasi Tide byli v tech
nice vsestranne cinnf a re wy
konali skutecne velke dflo.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-06-07
RHINE.

- O tom, jaka je V Nemec-
ku bfda a jak sc tam den ode
dine zvysuje nedostatek potra
vin ,podava neprfmy dGkaz sku
tecnost, re prazstf Nemci posi-
lajf denne do Rise potraviny a
vGbec vse, CO lie P~rotektora-
tie koupit bez listkI. Pres SOU
|stavne vykorisIovanf Sc strany
NemcI je tedy pfece jen nedo-
|statek v Protektorate o neco
mensi nez v Risi. Nemecke "a
silky potravin z Protektoratu
do Rise must povolovat kaz-
dem jednotlivem prfpade ces-
Ike ministerstvo financ1. Tento
trad must vyrizovat denne 200
az 800 zadostf o povolen1 k "a
silkam potravin.
- Francouzsky general Gas
ton Billotte, byvaly vojensky
guverner mesta Parfze, byl
pred trent dny zabit pri auto
mobilovem ~nestestf, kdyz velel
armade v poll. Podrobnosti a
misto nebylo oznameno.
General Billotte byl sc let
star. Graduoval francouzskou
vojenskou akademii v St. Cyr
roku 1896. Bojoval We svetove
valce, byl povazovan "a jedno-
no z nejleps1ch francouzskych
vojakG a roku 1926 byl jme-
novan velitelem francouzske
valecne koleje.
-Pravda, organ komuni-
sticke strany, prohlasila, re
Japonsko pripravuje fadu no
vych krokd, jejichz cflem jsou
dalsf vyboje.
List pravl dale, re Japonsko
uvazuje O zmocnen1 Sc Holland
ske vychodnf Indie a Filipin a
"jeste neceho, CO je pro ne je-
ste lakavejsf" a dodava: "Po-
razky Angle a Francie ma "a
pade a ocekavane rozpadnutl
Sc jejich kolonialn1ch f1s1'
zvysuje zfzen japonskych mi
litaristI pc novych vybojlch."
= TAX zvana pancerova
nebo neprGstfelna skla mali u
vnitr dratenou vlozku. Jak
sdeluje casopis K~unstoffe, O.
svedcilo sc nynf nahradit ko-
vove pletivo pletivem z ume-
lych vlaken polyvinylalkoholu,
latky, jez je prfbuzna umelym
S dratenou vlozkou ma move
pancerove sklo mnoho who'd,
zvlaste nepraska tax pTi zme-
mach teploty, protoze sklo a
polyvinial-kohol nel1s1 Sc tolik
Cd sebe tepelnou roztazlivostl
jake sklo a kov a take ODE lat
ky lepe k sobe Inou. Ponevadz
umela pryskyrice Sc snadno
barvi, lie dosahnout u noveho
neprnstrelneho skla i barev-
nych efektG.
- Manuel Aznar, spaniel
sky gurnalista, vyslOvll zadost,
ably Angle vratila Gibraltar
Spanelsku. Aznar caste pro-
jevuje nazory vlady.
Mluve o nedavnem projevu
zahranicniho ministra Halifaxe
O pomeru Angle Ike spanelsku,
Aznar We clanku v casopisu
Ariba, organu falangistu, ste
zoval 81, re Halifax opomenul
uvesti Gibraltar.
Napsal: "Pravdou je, re Gil
braltarska skala tyci Sc jake
stin mezi Anglif a spanelskem.
Je to prvnf z nasich velkych
problem1. Zranuje mas do
hloubi nasi duse, kdyz vidlme
vlajku, jez nen1 spanelska, VIA
ii mad touto skalou."