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(Continued from Page One) before the Mayflower or the Press Club. The secrecy with which the fingerprinting is being done pre- vented the story from leaking out.
 Even now, the Secret Service will not discuss this latest devel- cpment in guarding the President, but it is known that among them selves, they are pretty pleased with the results.
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BUY DEFENSE BONDS
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
Last Rites

Mrs. Halle Robinson, citizen
of many years in Keystone, was
buried Monday, in Oak Grove
cemetery.
She had ben ill for sometime
yet went about. After a brief
illness and up in her room she
contracted pneumonia and suf-
fered only two days. Mrs. Robin
son was born in Pocahontas,
Va, but had lived here since a
young girl. She was a member of
tn Northfork Methodist church
but worked in all churches and
for all causes for good.
Among her host OF friends the
'eaiiidren loved her too and she
was extremely fond Of them.
She never tired Of helping those
who were Ill or in need and al
ways kept Al group Of children
around her..
Impressive funeral servicese
were held in Mt. Chapel church.
Rev. Burger, assisted. by Rev.
Watkins officiated. Short talks
were given by DR.. Brown and
Mrs. Norine Hickman exemply-
flying her Christian and useful
life. 80.
The Kimball Undertaking
company had charge of the
burial.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
NEGRO HISTORY WEEK
BY Mrs. M. II. Garrison

Negro History Week has
grown more popular from year
to year. Schools, churches, clubs
and various organizations well
come the celebration as an oc-
casion for demonstrating to the
public the advancement made
in the study of this neglected
aspect of our national and uni
vcrsaA history. This observance
is not an effort to impart in one
week all that should be Learned
about the Negro. The objective
il to secure for the study OF
Negro culture the same consider
alton which is given to the other
clements Of the population in
educating all the youth of A
merica. $50.
A more suitable season could
not have been chosen for the
celebration is so timed as to
cover the birthdays of Lincoln
and Douglass and is near the
birthday CT Washington. The
past of the Negro is connected
with these distinguished gentle
men. ......
We should avail ourselves Of
those talented with oratory,
drama, poetry and art ~ these
concern our contributions, but
we should not restrict our efforts
to mere demonstration of what
little the schools have achieved
in the study of the Negro. The
Association of Negro Life and
History will aid in the extension
of this study by furnishing the
needed literature for communi-
ty clubs. g..
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
Highlights Of Negro History
To Be BrOadcasted

Mcdowell county citizens will
open their week Of observance
of National Negro History week
with a program to be broadcast
over station WBRW in WEIGH
Sunday afternoon from 4 to
4:3O. ........
The program will point out
important events in the history
of the American Negro. Music
will be heard throughout the
program. 49,.
Miss Geneva Hewitt is the
director and announcer for the
broadcast. The music is under
the direction of p. A Williams,
assisted by Mr.. William Starl-
ing. Mr.. Robert Greer will be
the impersonator and S. b
Moon, Jr., will be the narrator
The script was written by Mrs
M. T. Garrison Of Gary.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
Dean Whiting, Guest On
Radio Series Program

Dean G. w. Whiting was the
guest speaker on the regular
Radio EDUCATIONAL series sponsor
ed by Bluefield State Teachers
college, Sunday, Feb. 2, over
radio station Wits at 3 as p. m.
The committee in charge of
the radio program takes this
opportunity to express its ap-
probation of the enthusiastic
reception given is frs program
on Sunday, Jan. 26. Many listen
ers sent in comments and con-
structive suggestions which
were glady received. Many re-
quets for musical selections
were also received. Prof. C. D.
Reese, charge of the musical
portion of the programs, has
stated that he will fill these re-
quests as soon as possible.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
DRIVER GOES TO SLEEP
CAR HITS STATE STORE

Early Friday morning a Ply
mouth sedan owned and driven
by a young Princeton man left
the traffic lane on main street
when the driver fell asleep at
the wheel and after side-swiping
an almost new Studebaker park
in front of the liquor store came
to a stop by demolishing the
plate glass corner of the state
liquor store.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
40 Spinegarn
Aua'rd Goes !,
Tor. Wright

NEW YORK. -, Because "he
has given TO Americans who
have eyes to see, q picture
which must be faced if demo-
cracy is to surviv," Richard
Wright, 80 year old author of
Uncle Toms Children" and
Native Son." the 1910 best
seller, was made the 26th re-
cipient Of the Spingarn gold
medal at a meeting Of the a
ward committee held here on
Thursday, Jan %, the NAACP
announced.
The committees formal citation
said the medal was awarded to
Mr.. Wright For his powerful
depletion in his books, Uncle
Toms Children" and Native
Son." Of the effect of proscrip-
ton, segregation and denial of
opportunities to the American
Negro. He has given to Americ-
ans who have eyes to see, a
picture which must be faced if
dmeorcacy is to survive. The
award committee salutes Mr..
Wright as one of the most
powerful of the contemporary
WRITER'S"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
Jones Meets
County Group

A delegation from Local No.
$500, UMWA, of Caretta called
on DELICATE Fleming A. Jones,
Jr., today.
They were especially interest
ed in legislation for the i'm
provement of the conditions for
miners. The delegation express
itself as being especially inter
ested in the passage Of legisla-
ton for the taxation Of coal
loading machines.
Members of the delegation
were John Hollins, Emett Hart
sock, A. w Freeman, and James
Armstrong. ~ -
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
Delegate Jones
Names COnsultants

Delegate Jones, a member of
the u use of Delegates, of Nc
Dove | county, appointed the
following Assistant County Su-
perintendents of Schools as
special advisors and cosultants
on Legislation that pertains to
education and bills that relate to
the general welfare of Negroes
iii West Virginia.
Hon. j. b. Carroll, Mcdowell
county; j. S. Saundle, Mercer
county; James p. Cleveland, Lo-
gan county; J. b. Elliott Raleigh
county; +. G. Smith, Fayette
county; and A. II. Galloway, Ka-
nawha county are those appoint
ed.
Mr.. Galloway is designated as
chairman of the committee. He
directed the committee to study
each and every piece of legisla-
lion which is introduced in
ether house Of the legislature
and report to him their suggcs-
tons and recommendations.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
OPENING Date FOR
SUMMER SCHOOL SET

In its regular monthly meet
ing the college faculty decided
to change the date of the open
ing of the summer school ses-
sion from June 8 to June Is.
This change was made necessary
because the infentile paralysis
epidemic which 'ravaged the en-
tire state will cause most
schools to close later than usual.
June 16 will allow students and
teachers an opportunity To
carry a full summer school
schedule Of credits.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
Ministerial Union
To Meet Feb. 1918


The West Virginia state
ministerial union will hold it's
annual two day convention
with the First Baptist church
n Charleston Feb, IL and l3.
Many outstanding leaders in
all major fields will appear on
the program. Ministers from
all parts Of the state are expect
ed t0attend. > -,
Rev. Alexander Gregory Of
kimba1l is presiden Of the union
and Rev. Charles Page of Gary
its secretary.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
CALL FOR 2l0 NEGROES
FOR ARMY Is RECEIVED

1t. Col. Carleton Pierce, act
ing Director of Selective Ser
vice, Charleston, announced Jan.
30 that a new call has been re-
ceived from the Fifth Corps
Area, TT. Hayes, Ohio, for 21O
Negroes to be indicted Feb.
Is, 1941. 49,. -.
The Colonel stated that since
the calls for Negroes in the past
have been filled by volunteers
that he was confident that this
large call would be met in the
same way. -.
A memorandum has gone out
to the different boards asking
them for report on the num-
Der of Negroes classified in la.
so that headquarters can as
sign the quotas for each board.
In this memorandum. registr-
ants were advised against Civ
ing up their jobs on receipt of
notice to report for induction.
They should hold on to their
jobs until they have been accept
ed finally at the induction sta
ton. 80. -.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07

They then to him to the scene
of the crime, thence to the state
pen at McAllister, Okla, where
he made a second "confssion."
The County Prosecutor, Nor
man Horton admitted that they
hit Lyons with a strap. A state
investigator testified that he
"yanked his knee" Judge Chill
ders ruled out the first confess
sion, admitting that it was secur-
ed by threats, but refused to
rule out the second one.
Back in 1889, shortly after
the crime was committed state
convict is reported to have
confessed the crime and impli-
eating several other convicts.
A state prison scandal resulted
in the firing of the prison camp
boss. The governor of Okla
homa, prior to election is said
to have sent Verni Cheatwood
an investigator, to solve the
crime. Cheatwood later arrested
Lyons and secured the "confes.
sion" 80.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
NEGROES SUPPORT
FOREST FUnb

Many, Negro clubs, schools
and interested citizens have
made unsolicited contributions
to the Mcdowell county effort
to raise funds for the establish
ment of a State Forest in this
county.
Negro citizens, sportsmen and
civic groups are warmly support
ing the project.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
JUSTICE FRANKFURTER
SAVES DOOMED ALA. MEN

Washington, D. C. - Because
Associate Justice Felix Frank
furter granted a stay Of execu-
ton sought by Leon A. Ransom,
an attorney for the NAACP, Joe
Vernon and L. G. Bell, were
Rnatched from the electric
chair, last Friday night five
minutes before they were sche,
duled to die for the murder OF
Bonnie White, a white Mont
gomery, Ala, filling station at
tendant. =.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
LINCOLN DAY ADDRESS

Thomas +. Dewey will be
heard over coast TO coast hook
up CMutuaD Feb. | from $3.50 to
1000 p. m. in a Lincoln Day ad-
dress broadcast from Washing
ton. Wendell Wlllkie is to make
an address the sam day from
10 til 1870 p. m. on the blue
net work of NBC, from New
York.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
Congress To Probe
Defense Jim Grow

NEW YORK. - Plans have
been completed for the introduce
ton in congress of q resolution
calling for an investigation of
the treatment of the Negro in
the entire national defense pro-
gram including the army, navy
and marine corps, with particu-
lar emphasis on jobs in defense
industry, the NAACP announc--
ed late last week.
Walter White, executive score
tary of the association, who
spent some time in Washington
last week consulting with sena-
tors and ironing out details Of
the resolution, will return to the
capital.
MIR. White said: THE chief
obstacle to getting the investi-
cation under way appears to bc
the Senate committee on Audit
and Control, whose chairman is
Senator James r. Byrnes, of
South Carolina, long a foe of
anti-lynching legislation and re-
ported to be President Roose-
velts choice for the u. S. Su-
preme Court. Other members
of this committee, which will
be asked to provide the funds
for the investigation, are Mill
ard E. Tydings of Maryland
Carl Hayden, Of Arizona, and
Mharles w. Tobey of New
Hampshire. :. H..
According to the NAACP
secretary, present plans ca@l for
public hearing when witnesse,
including officials of the army.
navy, and others high up in the
government, labor union offic-
ials and qualified Negroes who
have been refused jobs in de-
Tense industry, will be heard.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
FEATURES
uk.THDS
tissue
Competition for jeanette

We note in our Star Dust colu-
mn that jeanette Macdonald
now has some real competition
out her Hollywood way. Metro
Goldyn Mayer has signed a
Dung, beautiful mezzo-sophranb
by the name Of Rise Stevens to
come out Hollywood and sign,
act, and dazzle.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
TORTURE CASE
GAINS PROM INEhCE
Negro and White Witnesses
Tell of Torture in Oklahoma
Murder Trial

HUGO, Okla. - Colored and
white witnesses appearing here
last week in the trial of w. D.
Lyons, a Negro farmer charged
with killing a white family and
then setting fire to their home
nearly two years ago, testified
that the state investigator,
EVerni EkaatHnnd, admftnedto
them: that be forced the confes-
sion from Lyons after beating
him with a blackjack for six
hours. 49,.
According to testimony that
was brought out at the trial,
Elmer Rogers, his wife and four
year old daughter, were muir
dered on December 81, 1889, in
Fort Towson, Oklahoma, and
their bodies burned when their
home was fired by the murder
er. The only evidence bought out
that connects Lyons with the
case is the statement of a
witness who said that Lyon was
seen hunting near the Rogers
home on the day of the murders
and the forced confession.
During the trial, which was
expected to close last Saturday,
Judge l. r. Childers described
the case, which has attracted
people from all over the county,
as gala day" White students
in the elementary and high
schools here have been allowed
To attend the trial with their
teachers.
Lyons, who is represented by
Thurgod Marshall, special coun-
sci for the NAACP, and Stanley
Belden, Of Cushings, Oklahoma
testified that on the night he
was arrested he was struck with
a board had his eye BACKED and
his head rammed against brici
wall several times, while offic.
ers took turns beating him. But
he refused to admit anything
he said. E.
Sometime later, he testified
he was taken up to the county
Prosecutors Office, where more
than ten officers tok turns beat
ing him with blackjacks. Their
they brought in some of the
bones of the burned victims
placing them in his lap. The
then continued to beat him unit
2:30 in the morning, he Sait
when he finally Confessed.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
SECOND SEMESTER
EXTENSION

Second semester extension
classes are being organized at
the following centers: Beckley,
Wclch and Logan. Subjects off
cred include English Social Stu
dies and Education.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
At Sisters Bedside

Mrs. Virginia Reeves has been
called here from Washington to
be at the bedside of her sister
Mrs. Robera Smooth, who is very
i'll at the home Of her sister, Mrs.
Louise Warren in WEIGH.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
a Famous Daughter OF A
Famous Person

Mile. Eve Curie, discoverer
of radium, and one Of the most
famous females in the annals of
science is survived by a very ac-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
Hitler Pulls His Punches

Adolph Hitler got wound up
last week and talked too much.
He. appaantly hoping to put
. sprag in Americe's aid "a the
English said. that his subs
would torpedo any boat that
got in front Of the - including
American vessels in event. The
response from America sound
ed suspiciously like the we'll
known bronx cheer and a dare
Poor Adolph wilted like collar
at a Sunday picnic and next day
his spokesman were busy saying
the boss was referring to some
thing about the war zone only,
and not "other places" /
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07

This writer has received from
some mysterious SQUIRE a copy of
a Japanese newspaper printed in
English and after a careful
perusual of same has been half
convinced the Japanese have
some justification in their Sino
scrap and anyway gives them
the benefit of being much closer
to the scene of hostilities - we
look on China as being about the
most distant land on the globe,
in addition to being bandit-in-
tested and land Of perpetual
hunger, although this latter is
mere heresay.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07
World Affairs!
Foes Squaring on

FOes Squaring On T..
Events last week were mostly
OF a character indicating that
both the English and the Hitler
legions are being groomed for
big time warfare as soon as the
weather gets warm enough to
make military operations easier.
The side-show that the Greeks
and English colonial troops are
staging in the southern part of
the theatre Of war at expense of
Mussolini will be relegated to
the background when German
and English start fighting in
ernest. The German and the
Englishman are the best fighters
on earth bar none, and when the
two lock bayonets real war has
begun for both will have their
backs to the wall. Although q
few miles of water separates
the two armies, it is to be ex-
pected this war will be settled
by battles fought on dry land.
Italians Have no Heart in War
An idea of how much heart
Italian soldiers have in the war
can be gathered from two Incl
dents reported on unquestioned
authority. The first was sent in
by an American war correspon-
dent covering the war who COM
planned of Italian soldiers sur
rendering to him and the other
was when a British warship
picked up q radio message from
a tank lost on the desert which
said it had been surrounded by
Italian soldiers with their hands
in the air and asking what to do.
About $4,000. Italians have
been captured so far, including
near a score Of generals and
many other high officers.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-02-07

tive, intelligent-and pretty
daughter Marie, Marie Curie is
full of enthusiasm for Free
France, democracy and civil
zation, notes our Who's News.
column. .... -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

NatiOnal-"Fantasia the much
discussed Disney, with music con-
Quoted by Stokowski: 2:20 and $50
pm.
Keith's-"Citizen Kane" the mi
tial Orson Welles film venture: 2:30,
5 and $50 pm.
Earle - Million Dollar Baby"
comedy romance with Priscilla
Lane: II am, 1:40, 4:20. 7:05 and
Gas pm. Stage shows: 1880, 1886,
Sis and . pm.
Palace-"That Hamilton Woman"
and her affair with Lord Nelson:
10:45 am, 1:25, $40, $50 and 9:35
pm.
Capitol-"Great American Broad
cast" musical history" Of radio:
IL am, las. 4:30, 7:20 and 1905
pm. Stage shows: 1880, $40, 6:25
and 9:10 pm.
Little - Plight From Destiny"
crime without passion, with humor:
II am, 1885, 2:2o, 4:1o, s, 7:55 and
9:45 pm.
Metropolitan-"Devil Dogs Of the
Air." Cagney and O'Brien have the
situation we'll in hand: II am,
los, 3:15, 5:25. 7:30 and $40 pm.
Columbia-"Road to Zanzibar"
Crosby, Hope and Lamour loose In
the jungle: 1920 am, l:20, 1928,
$50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts:
Continuous from 10N.m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02

summer, with an announcement
that you'll see stars at Cross Roads
this straw hat season.
1t must be added in something of
a hurry, of course. that these stars
are not nationally known luminarleS
of the stage, but rather are the do
mestic brand. Still they are talented
in their various ways and all own
faces familiar to Cross Roads audi
ences, the list including Catherine
Ryan, Izetta Jewell. jr.; Reginald
Allen. Gordon Gray and Arch Mac
Donald
Miss Ryan starts things off. play
ing the leading role in George
Washington Slept Here" which
opens the season June IT. She will
return twice, in Private Lives" and
Ladies in Retirement" Mr.. Allen
appearing with her in the Noel
Coward play. Miss Jewell will play
The Guardsman" with Mr.. Allen
and will also be seen in another. as
yet unsolicited play, possibly Hecht-
Macarthur script.
Mr.. Aliens solo starring vehicle
will be Goodbye Again" Mr.. Gray
will be the adolescent leading man
in Young April" and Mr.. Mac
Donald. the baseball expert, will
close the season with big Hearted
Herbert" There were traffic jams
at Cross Roads when Arch appeared
out there in The Old Soak"
4 4 x X
A glance at the cast sheet for
1.-The Mountain Limited" indicates
the Roadside Theater is going to
open its season June 16 with pro-
duction quite in line with the Road
side tradition for spirited melo-
drama. A host of favorite players
of past seasons are returning. Betty
Brunstetter, for instance who
opened the 1889 season in THE Pho
neers Daughter" and the 1910 sea-
son in The Sealed Well" makes 1t
three in a row by playing a lead
ing role in The Mountain Limited
Edna Evans, who scored last sea-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02

siStent winner or runner-up, there
was Luise Rainier. Neither has the
face or figure that would brighten
children, but on the other hand
neither came to Hollywood as the
winner of even a tank town beauty
contest. Nor has either ever put a
press department on its mettle to
find precisely the right synonym for
"bombshell," "oomph" or any other
adjective fraught with sultriness.
True, a Vivien Leigh or Ginger
Rogers can diSpoSsess either a Miss
Davis or Miss Rainier, just as the
Washington baseball club wins an
occasional ball game. But year in
and year out, the awards go to the
merit which seems to go with oomph-
lesSnesS.
In the mems class. the males with
mugs snatch the blue ribbons from
the males with faces even more
easily than their equivalent on the
diStaff side.
The last eight years have seen
the prize divided by four actors.
Tracy has been beaten out on the
other occasions by Paul MUM, Victor
McLaglen, Robert Donat and James
Stewart. Each of them has his ap-
peal to audiences, but it is some
thing that is not in competition with
the facade of the matinee idol.
Male and female, all undoubtedly
are willing to let Lana have her
glamah.
So is critic who is not unduly
fascinated by sweaters.
X x
Bulletin board: Not an occasion
for regret is the news that Katharine
Cornell's engagement in The Doc
tor Dilemma" will close in New
York on June 81 Shaw's comedy
with Miss Cornell will be revived in
the autumn for a brief road tour
Washington will be one of the
main stops Incidentally, the 121
performances of the play in New
York represent an American record
1t is a special skit designed to
show the acting ability which won
him an Oscar for The Informer'
which Victor McLaglen will bring
to the Earle starting Friday d.
Speaking of the Earle, the Roxyettes
are warming up these days for a
presentation, week after next, of
that popular Cavalcade number g.. . 8.
The one which involves those eight
difficult acrobatic routines.