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Evening star., 1941-12-24
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Cotton fu-
lures moved in a very narrow range
during the two-hour session today.
The New York Cotton Exchange
was one of several commodity mar
kets that announced yesterday that
todays pre-holiday trading would
be shortened to two hours.
Light trade demand Offset scat
tered hedging and pre-holiday liqui-
dation.
Futures closed unchanged to 10
cents a bale higher.
Evening star., 1941-12-24
ChicaEn Cash Market

ChicaKo Cash MARKET.
No wheat Corn. old. No. ! yellow.
-; new. No ; yellow; 1e1a No 4, IT,
No. / white. So: No 3. So; No 4, so.
Barley. mailing. II -a5. nominal: feed and
screenings 50-6s. nominal. Soybeans. No.
3 yellow 6Sa.-1 $50: No 4. S.-i "a
Field seed. per hundredweisht. nominal:
timothy, 615-7 90: slske. 1890 ! 90:
red top SOO-s15: red clover. Is .00-l1 90;
sweet clover. 6.5Q-a00.
Evening star., 1941-12-24

Percentage gains over year ago.
according to major geographic areas,
were reported by the institute as
follows:
New England, III; Mid-Atlantic,
l0.7; central industrial, 1874; west
central. 1913; Southern States, 1854;
Rocky Mountain. 1919; Pacific Coast,
79 (under revision).
Evening star., 1941-12-24

In bankruptcy or receivership or being
reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act, or
securities assumed by such companies.
Rates Of dividends in the foregoing table
are annual disbursements based on the
last quarterly or semi-annual declaration
Unless otherwise noted special or extra
dividends are not included. Also extra or
extras d Cash or stock. e Paid last year
Playable in stock. Declared or paid 30
far this year. b Payable in Cana dian funds.
k Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year WV With warrants. XIV With
out warrants. war Warrants. Unit of
trading less than 100 shares; sales are
given in full
Evening star., 1941-12-24

A car made from two bombed cars
is running on Londons S subway.
Evening star., 1941-12-24

The United States is now the
leading buyer of casein in Argen-
tina.
Evening star., 1941-12-24
Electric Production
Attains New High
For Third Week
Output Is Is Per Cent
Above Comparable
Week Of Lost Year
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24-Electric
power production reached a new
high for the third week in row
during the week ended December 20
the Edison Electric Institute re-
ported today.
Output of 5.448, ,597 900 kilowatt-
hours represented an increase of 05
of per cent over 3.43l 1923 900 in the
preceding week and was l3 per cent
above 3,052 ,4l9, 900 in the comparable
1910 week.
The increase was less than sea-
sonally expected, however. And the
Associated Press power index, based
on 1929-30 as 100, declined to ISL
from 15l.5 in the previous week. A
year ago the index, adjusted for sea-
sonal and long-te term trend, stood
Evening star., 1941-12-24

Yucatan railways will discontinue
third-class passenger carsA
Evening star., 1941-12-24

Middling spot, 1s34n, up 3.
n Nominal.
Evening star., 1941-12-24
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK Dee. 24.-Prepared by
Fitch Publishing Co.
Accumulated.
Pc Stock Of Pay
Rate riod. record able
Chicago & Southern Air
Lines ~ pf 35c 1926 1910
Martel Mills Corp
61 of 81 so 1920 1870
Evening star., 1941-12-24

India gathered $4,000 tons Of
cashew nuts in the last year.
Evening star., 1941-12-24

'Ex dividend tPIus extras. fD Paid
$500 extra paid December 2s. 1910.
(h) SIS 90 extra fkl 2Oc extra. tm) 81 so
extra. ts) So 90 paid in 1910. " $1,000
extra.
Evening star., 1941-12-24
United States Treasury Position


Of
Evening star., 1941-12-24
BONDS
PUBLIC UTILITY.
STOCKS


Ter Rf&W Cp 1st 4l4s 1o4S 1924
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-16

Try to imagine that! 1t covered everything with
a suffocatng pressure like a filthy pesthouse
blanket shutting out all freshness.
1t was the Gripping stencil of decay.
Then heard the Mandingo drum. / stumbled
to the manmast and there crouched Too Talk
muttering and thumbing little drum gripped
between his knees He was stripped stark his
mouth open and teeth glittering, His eyes
rolled back into his head and his throat jerked
though he choking.
slapped his sweating face and it was cold as
ice His eyes swivelled until they focused on me-
bad tings, cap'n." he groaned. "Slave ship
pass. Dead men aboard. They talk Tonga me-
Black SLAYER, Massa, you smell she? Want-a men"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-16

left him to his drum and went for-rard.
There no sound below. Shining my lantern
through the focsle hatch I saw the crew with
that chicken-hearted mate in the middle of EN- all
crouched in the eyes of the ship. Their teeth
chartered and they watched me silent cats.
The Spaniard was by himself in his bunk and
he was grinning with spittle running down his
chin and his hands scrabbling. His eyes caught
me and I saw his hunkers twitch like leopard
about to spring, and by the living Judas l got
outta there.
l yelled for the bosun and he came strolling
from aft Then there scream from the
foc'sle and out of it burst the Spaniard with that
long cane knife in his hand. swung my lantern at
him and he cut at me but ducked and saw him
dodge past the deck house and disappear The
Mandingo was still by the mast mumbling and
rubbing that little drum.
Gap" whispered the bosun behind me, 1.-THE
crews babbing about curse. They say SLAYER
in these waters hundred years ago captured
witchman and he put a curse on em. Yellow Jack
caught them and the skipper went mad roned the
slaves in threes and heaved EN- overheard. But he
didn't have time to get rid of all and the SLAYER
floated about for months derelct full of corpses
The belief is that she still sails the Blight o Benin
They say the ghosts of them slaves swirl up
from the sea like black guls, an sweep over the
craft they're after But still, you don't see EN-.
You smell eml An they take their toll of the ship
by threes You're lucky if you get off with three
dead men. Sometimes it's six or even dozen"
He had way of putting things that bosun.
could see those sinking ghosts.
Sometimes it's Yellow Jack! Sometimes it's
something else But by threes they go!'
falt boir riap af tho hac
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-16


enemy Their legs were tangled they fought
to trip each other. But the Negro lifted the mad
man and carried him to the rail- he snouteo
something and we his face, laughing. Then
he stepped the rail and dropped overheard drag
ging the Spaniard with him.
Man overheard" shouted.
You'll never see EN- again." said the bosun.
We bent oversize holding the lantern. The
water was still as oil-and empty.
"D'you notice anything" asked the bosun as
we Strengthened.
BY the living Harry that smell had gone!
The crew were still squatting like sick monkeys
in the focsle Before them on the deck was one
of the half-castes his head split down to the
Get this man into his bunk" ordered.
1t was too late; he dead as mutton.
They told me the Spaniard had jumped for me
as left the foc'sle, then swiped the half-caste.
The others were too frightened to move
they're satisfied"
I got on deck just as the ship heeled over on
her beam ends. A terrific wind ripped the sails
outta their teaches like cannons and a mighty
breaker with teeth in its crest fell on us with
crash like the drop of doom. The bosun threw UP
the wheel to get her before the wind but there
was nothing to do but run before it under bare
poles
Twice l was washed into the scuppers chasing
the crew to make all fast. They moaned and
prayed holding on like kittens and popping their
eyes at the tossing combers around us.
All that night the ship staggered like drunk.
But by dawn it slackened and the coast was
black line to the north. BY noon we bent enough
sails to get us into Grand Lahou and safety. That
storm had played hell; trees were down, palms
flattened, canoes smashed and houses ripped
to bits
Ny agent confirmed the yarn of the Black
SLAYER: said it a powerful superstition. 1t
presaged the tidal wave that darn near swamped
me. Il guess maybe that awful stencil was just
the bottom of the sea stirred by volcanic action)
But don't know.
logged the Spaniard. haf-caste and Mandingo
as lost in the storm.
Yessr, sailors are superstitious. Many have
tried to cure it, but they always came to harm.
The sea has secrets and it doesn't like people to
mess with them. You've heard the old fear that
a sailor shouldn't sail on Friday That used to be
a problem in the British Navy
Well the noble Lords of the Admiralty
thought they'd stop that superstition once for all.
They built ship which they christened the Fri
day. The masters name was Friday. They laid
the keel on Friday. And she sailed on her first
voy'ge on Friday That ought to have settled
that superstition, oughtn't it?
Yeah?
Well she was never heard of again!
Sometimes l think that sailors are super
stitious because they across so many strange
things in their wanderings and by that don't
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-16

mean they find 'em all at sea- It's my belief that
if people believe thing powerful enough, that
thing is I'll tell you a yarn to prove that
When I was young sailor / was bit OF
wild one, and one fine day found myself by the
Circle Quay in Sydney with powerful headache,
and the clothes 1 stood up in, watching my ship
clear the coast homeward bound.
That didn't worry me-much but I was re-
duced to eating spuds l stole out of field before
l found berth in an island trading schooner,
as mate under a skipper who ought to have been in
jail One hundred and twenty tons she was and
with crew of four Kanakas and Chino cook. We
carried kerosene and trade goods and hoped to get
copra, bit of shell and perhaps pearl or So
That captain, Russell was his name, didn't care
what he carried long it made him money.
I'd heard strange tales of that lad and by the time
I finished with him I believed EN- all. He was
a mighty six-footer, broad as door, with fore
head about half inch high. Little blue eyes hed
got and squashed nose Oh, he was beauty
Strangest thing about him his voice; it was
thin and high pitched Fair made your blood run
cold see him hopping mad, eyes sparkling like ice
and dirty language piping out like the squeaking
of
We beat up the coast towards the Solomons
PLENTY O. little islands there, cobber," he
pped to me. mot too many p'lice abaht never
know what yen pick up"
We skunk into Tugi and he went ashore, but
soon came away with flea in his ear
Them bleddy missionaries" he cussed. "Al-
ways interferin' with a mans business.
found out he'd been trying to trade whisky
to the natives for pearls.
Next we touched small atoll, Santa Anna it
was called.
There was little there, no copra to speak of,
but he set up a booth near the wharf and put me
in charge of his cargo of trade.
eff they bring pearls refer em to me-" he
ordered "All else you trade. You get five per
cent commission.
BY the prices he charged there wasn't much
chance for me to make anything but did my
best and collected couple tons of fair copra and
some beche-de-mer. Then night one of the
Kanakas acting bosun came to me shore.
More beta we leave this place." he said.
He suddenly ran away from me as heard
stumbling footsteps and Russell appeared rather
the for liquor.
"Lissen. mister" he said. "You gotta come an
clip me. l fahnd pocket o pearls thatll make
fortunes"
Where d'you find 'em?"
Mind yer own bleddy business he shrilled.
"Oughtta be grateful I'm 'elpin' yer. You come
along and do as yer told an awsk no questions"
l didn't like it. but pocket of pearls bears
investigating. We left the booth and started off
under the palms, There was small village with
canoes drawn up on the sand We skrted that
and made for dense clump of trees about a coral
outcrop at the highest point of the atoll There
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-16

of my neck Yellow Jack The ship
stank like a pest house! raced for
my cabin and got a revolver. / saw
the bosun creeping past the scuttle-
butts with a handspike. Then that
Spaniard tripped like shadow across
the deck and vanished under the main
sail The bosun and l stalked him.
Then we saw the Mandingo backed
against the mast and the Spaniard
erouehed before him, that knife gripped
in his fist His teeth glittered and he
lifted the knife. sliding like a snake
at Too Talk But the Negro ducked
as the knife whistled over his head
and bit into the mainmast.
He gripped that Spaniard until he
squealed like a pig, tearing at the
knife We could see Two Talks back,
naked and muscular in the lantern light
This Was the Spectacle That the Men Aboard
an American Destroyer Beheld Apparently
Less Than a Mile Away: Three Grinning Skele-
tons In Tatters Hudded In Derelict Off the
Coast Of Peru. Actually 1t Was Several
Vas Not Found Until the Destroyer Had Run
The Image Had Been Reflected over That
v Clear Atmosphere. The Y. 8. Navy Records
The Mirage Of the MejiIlones."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-16

"'They Say the Ghosts of
Them SLAVES SDirl Up From
" the Sea Like Black GulIs an
va Speep OUer the Craft They're After.
An, It's Their Custom to Take Their
Toll of Life by Threes.'
"Thats the Way the B0sun Described
1t. Could Almost See Those Sinking
SpOoks. Most Times It's the YelIoU Jack
as Gets EN- -"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-16

CONTINUED on Page 16)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-16
Dur Brave, Swift
|sIy Over Strange
) Live Once More
III Ever See Again

descendants Regard Themselves as Sharks
b Human Form. Many Sailormen Believe
lhese People Have the Power TO Summon
Sharks From the Sea TO the Beach.
The Omaha guide., 1941-02-08
THEIR 25th


Mr., and Mrs. Arthur l. Rafferty,
celebrated their 18th anniversary
January 10Th at their home POOL
Erskine st.
The table was beautiful. The
center piece was white pompom
Chrysanthemum with jonquil and
snapdragons and ivory candles.
Mrs. Rafferty, wore blue lace and
net with a corsage of sweet peas.
Those assisting were Mrs. S.
Yancey, James heterogeneous,
Christine Bluford, Fred Starnes,
w. Houston, II. Sherwood, Will
lam Moore, Percy Baugh, James
White. L. L. McVay, P. Gibson,
Cleota Reynolds. J. t. Scott, Wal
ter Hibbs, Miss Christine Dixon,
Ethel Hughes, Mr.. P. Baugh, Hor-
ace Sherwood, B. Napier. Out of
town guest was Mrs. Brevy Lii
ly of Lincoln, Nebraska,
Many costly and beautiful gifts
were received and to their surpr-
Use st. Johns Choir quartet rend-
cred several numbers which were
appreciated by all.
The Omaha guide., 1941-02-08

ton. These men
were opposed to slavery and tried
to convince others of its evil.
One who is Interested in this
study should not wait for this one
week or one month, but a general
study shsould be made throughout
the year. Emphasis is being plac
ed this year upon: The Negro in
Foreign Lands: This study is to
give valuable information about
the Negro and his achievements IN
Africa, Asia, Europe. West Indies
and other parts of the world.
If you are interested in Negro
History, attend the special Negro
program that will be given Monday
February 10th in the Urban L'ge
Auditorium at 8 p. m. or attend
some class where these studies
are made. We should know more
of the worthwhile people and &C
Movements of the Negro and we
should spread less of the unworthy
and embarrassing examples.
The Omaha guide., 1941-02-08
ATTEND FUNERAL OF
MR.. GRAVES AT ST. JOSEPH

Miss Anna E Logan, Mrs. Ce.
celia w. Jewell and Mr.. and Mrs.
Melvin Freeman motored to st.
Joseph, o., on January 81, to at
tend the funeral of Mr. Ben F.
Graves, prominent mortician of
that city. His funeral was large
ly attended by members and offic-
ials of the Masonic Lodge and
friends from many-out-of-town
cities. Bishop Noah William of
the AME Church officiated. Mr..
T. B. Watson, Mortcian of Kansas
City, Mo-, was in charge of fun
eral arrangements. Mrs. Graves
the widow, the former Mrs. Jennie
Montgomery will be pleasantly re-
membered by many Omahans.
The Omaha guide., 1941-02-08
A Prominent Business
Woman Praises lime c..
Walkers Preparations

Il use Nine. c. ]. Walkers
preparations exclusively be-
cause l get results from them
that l am unable to get from any
other preparation" stated a well
known business woman the
other day.
The secret of the remarkable
success of Nine. c. ]. Walkers
preparations is in the fact that
they were blended by the late
Madam c. j. Walker to reach
certain definite conditions of the
hair. skin and scalp, and today.
after over thirty-five years on
the market, they are growing
increasingly popular, and not
withstanding the fact that the
Company has always refused to
reduce the price on these goods.
they are still in demand every
where. ,
Nine. c. J. Walkers GIossine.
although more than thirty-fve
years on the market, is still the
leader in its field. The reason
for this is because it not only
serves as a scalp oil, but it gives
the hair that silky sheen and
natural gloss that is the delight
of every woman.
Nine. C. J. Walkers Brown
Face Powder is not just another
Face Powder, but is the result of
years of experimenting to pro-
duce the perfect blend to impart
a velvetlike Softness and at the
same time cooling and refresh
ing. Just the thing for these hot
days.
The Nine. c. J. Walkers won
derful preparations are sold by
Walker Beauticians and Drug
Stores everywhere. or you can
write The Nine. c. J. Walker
Mfg. Company. direct. Address:
The Walker Building. Indian
apolis. Indiana.
The Omaha guide., 1941-02-08

nesday night, February 5, 1941.
Only relatives of the bride and the
groom were present at the wedd-
ing.
The bride was beautiful in q
Soldier Blue Crepe informal dress
with white lace trim, Military ber-
ct in matching blue, brown suede
and alligator spectator pumps and
brown Martin fur chubby. Her
costume carried out the bridal
tradition of Something old, some
thing new. something borrowed,
and something blue" Dress, hat
and fur chubby were new, a watch
was old, and from her sister Mrs.
Evelyn Fountain she borrowed
pumps. The dress in addition to
being new was also blue.
The couple will reside at the
home of the brides mother, Mrs.
Vernon johnson, GIG North 10th
Street.
Mrs. Fred Martin was honored
at a bridal shower given by her
ii ter, Mrs. Evelyn Fountain on
Tuesday, February 4, 1941 at her
home. A reception for the couple
will be given by the groom's mo-
Their, on Sunday afternoon, Febr-
uary 8, at 2625 Writ Street.
The Omaha guide., 1941-02-08
ED. JONES, POLICY KING
SENTENCED TO SERVE %
MONTHS IN PENITENTIARY

continued from page i
taxi business in Evanston, assist
ed by his brothers and his mother,
Mrs. Harriet Jones. From 1922 to
1926 he worked as club car stew
ard on the goth Century Limited,
and in 1927 he entered the lottery
racket.
He first became q policy writer
or numbers salesman then he OPP
Grated a policy station, bossing
a number of policy writers and
cash runners, and finally in 1929
became the owner of his W wheel
To show how profitable the rae
ket is, the government disclosed
that the brothers spent, from 1881
through 1888, 2,721, oil, while
their income tax returns showed
an income of only $1,358,270. The
difference, minus cash on hand
Jan. L, 1899, was what they were
charged with failing to declare as
income: $1,3O7,519.
Ed testified under oath that the
income from the three drawings a
day at his wheel leaped from ST.
900 each "a hours in 1888 to $780,
900 each "a hours in 1888.
Where the brothers got their in
itial $4,000, the government did
not say, but added they had it in
1929. By Dec. 81, 1888, the net
worth of the brothers and their
mother was given as $780, 900.
Their cash was kept in 25 separate
bank accounts, and grew from
$4,000 o 100000 from 1881 thru
1888; their government securities
holdings rose from $4,000 to
$562,000; annuities, from nothing
to $123,000; industrial bonds, no.
thing to $143,000; stocks, nothing
to $4,000; real estate, nothing to
$229,000 municipal bonds, nothing
to $1O7, 900.
The governments Exhibit Az,
a three and one half foot sheet
breaking down the Jones' brothers
financial holdings, listed a number
of items that appeared to be poll
tical payoffs for protector. Some
of these items we're frankly LABEL
ell "pay-offs" and ranged from 49,
625 to $32,234 a year. Other "un-
identified Withdrawals" ranged
from $50 to more than $4,000 a
year.
The living expenses for the bro
Tiers ond their mother, in their
palatial apartment at 4726 s. Mich.
igan avenue, was given as $4,000
a year.
William H. Haynes, attorney
representing the defendants, de-
clared the government figures,
much exaggerated. He said the
men operate tailor shops, depart
ment stores and real estate busin-
esses besides the policy game, and
The Omaha guide., 1941-02-08
THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING
GOD WCFF.

1916 North 25th Street
Rev. S. K. Nichols, Pastor,
Pearl Farmer Reporter.
Sunday school opened at the us
ual hour with Supt. P. Robinson in
charge.
A very interesting lesson was
discussed.
The IL o'clock message vas de-
livered by our pastor, Rev. S. K.
Nichols, from st. John 1915. Sub
ject Behold the Man." This was
indeed a wonderful sermon that
each and everyone should have
witnessed.
At three o'clock, we e fav-
ored with a program rendered by
Bishop Prince for the Benefit Of
our pastor. This was a wonderful
program. Many of u hometown
prophets and prophecies appeared
on the program and demonstrated
in brief some parts of their tai
ents. We all appreciate the ven
derful hospitality of Bishop Prince
in rendering such an outstanding
program for the benefit of our
pastor.
6 o'clock Bible Glass, as Islsl
was well attended and very inter-
esting.
The evening services were well
attended. And the pastor deliver
ed the message from Gen. 81 -
Psalms 49:7 subject; "Satan Had
Kidnapped the World, but Jesus
Christ Paid the Ransom" This
sermon stirred many a soul. If
you weren't present you really
missed a good time. But don't
fail to come out during the revival
and rejoice in the Lord with US.
Many visitors and friends were
present and were also healed. This
meeting will continue indefinitely,
but Wen need all of your cooper
alton. So don't fail to attend each
nightly meetings. Services begin
at 1880 O'Clock. The public is in
The Omaha guide., 1941-02-08
When P0is0ns S1GW
KEDN sY5
and lrritate Bladder
Flush Them Out for 80 Cents

Go to your druggist today and Get
this safe, swift and harmless diuretic
and stimulant ask for Gold Medal
HARLEM Oil Capsules and start -
once to flush kidneys of waste matter
saturated with acids and poisons.
That's a quick and effective way to
help bring about more healthy kid
ney activity and relieve that bladder
irritation with its scanty passage with
smarting and burning as well as rest
less nights.
as well as the bowels. and some symptoms Of
kidney weakness may be: getting up often
during the night-puffy eyes-backache.
But be sure and get GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules - the original
and genuine - the price is small (35
cents), the good results will fulfill
your expectations. Refuse a substitute.
The Omaha guide., 1941-02-08
SPORTS EDITOR ILL

Charles Washington of 2037
Florence Boulevard is in the Or
thopedic Hospital in Lincoln, Neb-
raska. At present his condition is
reported as fair. He will be in
the hospital for several months.
Mr. Washington is the son of Mrs.
Julia Cunningham Washington.
He has been writing a weekly
The Omaha guide., 1941-02-08
E~NTERTAINS

Mrs. Gertrude Green, matron of
Sheaffer Chapter, No. 1. OES., en-
tertained the members of her chap
ter at her beautiful home at 1868
Ohio Street on Sunday afternoon,
February 2, from 5 until 8 p. m.
The Omaha guide., 1941-02-08
JESS HUTTEN
II

Attorney Jess Hutton and Mrs.
Mable Clark were quietly carried
in Council Bluffs, on January 25th
and left Immediately for Chicago
on a short honeymoon. They have
now returned and are at home at
1924 North 33rd Street.
The Omaha guide., 1941-02-08

Mrs. Florentine Wilson, Jr., who
with her husband Cunningham
Wilson, Jr., has been spending the
past few months in California has
arrived to spend some time with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. S. J..
Turner, 1928 Blonde Street.
The Omaha guide., 1941-02-08
This Week In Religion
and Thought
BY ROBT. L. MOODY

Negro History Week
The Week of February GIG,
1914, will be celebrated as Negro.
History Week. This is the six
teenth Annual celebration. The
date is set so that