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The Phoenix index., 1941-03-22
1. C.-I had little girl raising mot?

M. C.-I had a little girl raising
her, l am her aunt. Her mother
came and took the child from me
after l raised her up and I want to
get it back. Tell me if / can or
not?
Ans: l doubt it. You should have
adopted the child at the time you
took il, then the mother could not
take the child. II is unfortunate
for you, but under the circum-
stances forget ii and dc not try
to rake trouble for the mother.
Adopt you another baby.
I. il have been going with
boy for the past two years. He has
nice manners and seems to love
me very much. He wants me to
marry him and he has one fault.
Tell me if I shouIu accept him or
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-22
Redcaps Seeking
S24,928 In Suit
Filed In NC.

RALEIGH, NJ C.-(ANFD--s
Redcaps of this city joined in
the fight in which thousands
of redcapS all over the country
are engaged for back wages
allegedly owed them by the
Southern and SeabOard rail-
ways. Under the federal wage
hour law. 13 men employed at
the Union station here are seek
ing $24,92S due them since Oc-
tober, 1898, vixen the law went
into effect.
The action was filed by Har-
vey Black, individually and rs
agent for IL other redcaps.
Named as defendants were the
receivers for the Southern and
SeabOard railways.
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not?
Ans: The boy is in love with
you and You love him. The habit
he has of drinking might or might
not cause you worry and discOm-
fort. Although / feel that person
as sensible as yourself could handle
a situation Of this kind without
it breaking up your home. You
must use your own judgmen' about
marrying this man.
NJ. C.-Should I make arrange
ments now for the Easter dance
Am I to be disappointed or not?
Ans: Not this time. This young
man Is and has been pinching
pennies every since the middle of
February in order to come to your
city to escort You around in the
Easter Parade. Get your new
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-22
Charge Papers Fail
TO Give Black Men
Credit For Fighting
Walters ToPayForMeals

NEW HAVEN. Conn.-It announced here
last week that effective April dining walters
the New Haven railroad will pay zoe for each meal
eaten while on the road. Railroads authorized by
the Fair Labor Standards act to make deductions for
meals served to dining car employees whose pay
increased to the minimum rate of 36c an hour, and
which rate was ordered in effect the first day of
this month by the Wages and Hours administration III
Washington.
Heretofore meals have been considered part
compensation of dining car cooks and walters. Deduc
tions for two meals day will absorb about twOhrds
of the increase in the daily wage.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-22

was discovering America, Prester
John was King of Abyssinia, and
leader of Africa, with seventy-tWo
kings under him. In his court
seven kings were his servants, and
sixty dukes and three hundred and
siXty-five counts. one for every DAY
in the year.
Because PreSter John was a
Christian, he had as we'll twelve
archbishops, and twenty bishops
and a high priest When he went
to war thirteen crosses made of
pure gold rode in the wagons be-
fore him, each followed by ten
thousand knights and a hundred
thousand footmen.
These things the Ethiopians are
remembering now as they watch
and suffer from the greedy wrang-
ling of tie white powers. White
men have been driven out before
in the long history of Africa they
say, and what has happned once
may well happen again. History
has a way Of repeating itself.
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According to DR.. Kenney char
ter member and leading spirit in
the society since it, beginning, the
1941 clinic will offer not only the
usual outstanding professional at
fractions. but several innovations
further to extend the benefits Of
the meeting. To mention only one,
three didatic clinics will be held
for one hour each during the aft
ernoon at which time there will be
no counter attractions
Dr.. Kenney has been authorized
by DR.. j N. Baker, state health
Officer. Of Alabama to announce
that a special pre-clinic attraction
this. year will be q public health
institute conducted at the John A.
Andrew Memorial hospital under
the auspices of the state health de-
partment and the National Tuber-
cu1osis association. This meeting
will be held on Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday, April 3, 4, 5. The
institute will recess for the Robert
r. Motion Memorial exercises on
Friday, April 4, and will imme-
diately precede Founders day, Sun
day. April 6. There will be no reg
istratioh fee for the institute.
Three important subjects to be
GOV cred during the institute are:
tuberculosis, venereal diseases. ma
ternal and infant hygiene. Among
the lecturers to conduct the Insti-
tute are: DR.. Roderick Brown Of
Pittsburgh, who will lecture on
tuberculosis; Dr. 7. K. LaWlesS OF
Chicago will present the subject
of syphilis. DR.. c. Leon Wilson Of
Proyident hospital. Chicago, will
give instruction in obstetrics
Those who attend the annual
( clinic will this year have the op-
/ portunity to inspect the work and
set-up Of the new $161,350 infan-
tile paralysis unit of the John A.
Andrew hospital, the maternal
service which accommodates over
200 maternity patients, annually,
the pediatric service; the crippled
children's service: the venereal
disease service with a travelling
clinic carrying examinations and
treatments five days a week to pa
tients in every part of the county.
BY April, first preparations will
be under way fer the opening of
the new school of midwifery con-
Quoted conjointly by the children's
bureau in Washington, the Rosen-
wa1d fund. the Alabama State De-
partment of Health. and Tuskegee.
This school of midwifery will be
the first of its kind. It's object is
to give special training to graduate
nurses ard fit them for midwifery
in the rural districts.
DR. Frederick D Patterson, pres
ident of Tuskegee. tie trustees
faculty and familiec Of the COM
munfty. have asslf"d DR.. KenneJ
of their cordial welcome 20 ply
sicians, nurses. and dentists who
viii make the spring pilgrimage t(
TusKegee.
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Aged Widow Seeks To Join
Mate In Death; Uses Gas

to the floor below. She spread the
alarm. police were summoned and
they in turn called the Fire d.
rartment's pulrotor squad
Entering the first-floor, two
room Project apartment, police dis
covered the old woman, past 70.
sitting in a chair before the gas
stove, a Bible at her side and gas
pouring from the open jets. In
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-22

police deduced that the woman
must have spent the previous night
planning her suicide while her
mate lay dead in the next room.
Both were drawing State old age
pensions, they said. Outside on a
window ledge lay untouched. the
daily papers Of Wednesday and the
,!av before.
A table in the combination
kitchen -dinette was set for only
one person, which also seemed to
indicate the old woman had eaten
alone what she thought was her
last meal. And, but for the keen
sense of smell of her neighbor. IL
would have been her last. Police
said Mrs. Gay would suffer no
i'll effects from her experience.
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the other room lay the inert body
Of her tall. powerfully built hus-
band, who, according to the coro-
ner's physician, had been dead for
at least u hours, the victim of a
heart attack The woman revived as
soon as the rooms were clared of
tie deadly fumes and the pulmotor
was not needed.
ReconstIucting the cdd case,
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-22
SueSF0r School
Bus For Child
First Court Attack On
Wholesale Discrimination

NEW YORK, N Y.-(SNS)--On Tuesday, March II,
in the u S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wr
ginia (Richmond) filed for a decaratory judg
ment and mandatory injunction to compel the school board
Greenve county to furnish bus transportation to Ne
GRO school children.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-22
Tuskegee Clinic
Starts April 6

TUSKEGEE-(ANP)--Dr. John A. Kenney, secre
arvreaslrer of the John Andrew Clinical society,
rounces that the both annual clinic and the oath annual
meeting of the society will be held the John A. Andrew
Memorial hospital Tuskegee, April to II. One session
will be held the Veterans Administration facility ad
iacent to Tuskegee J;stitute.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-22
Hitler Makes Brit0nS
FORGET Old Color Bar

Mr.. Padmore asserts that the
total collapse Of France was follow.
ed by serious consideration by
the British of the effect of their
color discrimination. He declares
that the jminent danger of German
invasion has forced the British to
abandon the color line and to
welcome all defenders, regardless
of race or color.
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The Phoenix index., 1941-03-22

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The Phoenix index., 1941-03-22
Attempts Suicide
Twelve Hours After
Husband Passes

CHICAGO-CANP)-A remark
able example of adherence to the
martial vow, till Death do us
nart," came to light here Satur-
day at the Ida B. wells Homes,
when, according to police. an aged
woman sought to asphyziate her
self ard join her husband in
death.
The ole couple, Mr.. an6 Mrs.
William Gay. lived at 1855 Vincen-
mes. in the Southwise low-rent
housing project and the tragedy
was revealed when housewife, liv-
ng on The floor above, detected
the odor Of gas. Finding her own
stove shut eff, the neighbor in
restigated, traced the gas smell
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-22
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The Phoenix index., 1941-03-22
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clothes together. you are goins
to have the time of your life.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
Drunk Driver Tests
Urged by Citizens
Campaign Committee
Bill to Forbid Sole
Of Liquor Near Army
Comps Also Endorsed

The Citizens Campaign Commit
tee of the District of Columbia last
night adopted a resolution urging
passage of the Randolph bill to pro-
vide scientific tests to determine the
sobriety or state OF drunkenness of
automobile drivers involved in traf-
fic accidents A resolution urging
enactment of the Sheppard bill to
forbid the sale OF alcoholic beverages
in or near military camps also was
adopted.
Action on both resolutions was
taken at the meeting in the board
room Of the District Building after
several speakers were heard. Legis-
lation to make more severe SEN
tences mandatory for first-offenSe
convictions also was urged
Speaking in support of the Shep-
pard bill was Representative Allen of
Louisiana DR.. A Magruder Mac
Donald. the District coroner. urged
legislation to provide for blood tests
for automobile drivers to determine
whether they are under the lnf1u-
ence of liquor and Assistant Traffic
Director NJ. o Eldrige quoted sta
tistics on accidents and drunken
driving.
Doubts Army's Success.
Mr.. Allen took issue with the War
Department for its reporting 1t
was against the bill and that the
Army has effective methods of
maintaining temperance If the boys
are to be protected from wreck
and ruin he said. their parents
must assert themselves. He de-
plored repeal of prohibition and
quoted figures to show an increase
In the amount of liquor consumed.
Coming out strongly in favor Of
legislation to provide blood tests
for drivers suspected of being drunk.
Dr.. Macdonald said such tests pro-
vide a positive means of determla-
Ing the extent of intoxication. .
Mr. Eldridge told the meeting
that during the calendar year 1910
there we're 800 arrests for drunken
driving in the District and only l30
convictions.
546 Permits Revoked.
During the fiscal year ending last
June he said. total of SAG District
drivers had their permits revoked
for drunken driving. OF these, the
majority had been convicted on the
charge of driving while drunk out
side the District. OF the total, 1871
were convicted in the District. 179 in
Maryland, $50 in Virginia and SO in
other States, he said.
The Rev Thomas E Boorde,
pastor of the AnacoStia Baptist
Church and head of the United Dry
Forces of the District, presided at
the meeting. He explained, follow
ing the meeting, that the Citizens
Campaign Committee of the District
of Columbia is being organized
through the United States Dry
Forces here and that he has been
chosen chairman until a permanent
organization is completed The
committee is to be composed Of
some 100 members and now has
about Is, he said. An election Of
committee officers is to be held later,
the Rev. Mr.. Boorde said.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
Mccarthy 10 Be Chairman
OF Bill Of Rights Day fete

Circuit Court Judge Walter T.
Mccarthy of Arlington County has
accepted the chairmanship of the
bill of Rights Day" celebration
December IS sponsored in the Ar
hngton- Fairfax Alexandria area by
the Northern Virginia Regional De-
fense Council, it was announced
today.
The appointment followed a sug-
eestion by Gov. Price that regional
defense councils hold appropriate
ceremonies celebrating the ratif1ca-
tion of the historic document. Con-
gress. by joint resolution, requested
the President to issue an executive
order proclaiming December IS as
Bill of Rights Day"
Council Chairman Gardner l..
Boothe. in announcing the appoint
ment, expressed the hope that all
civic and patriotic organizations
would participate in the ceremonies
Among the features of the program
being considered is the placing OF
q wreath on the TOMB or George
Mason. author of the Virginia bill
OF rights.
1T is very fitting that Virginia,
and especially this section of the
State" Mr. Boothe said, should
celebrate the ratification of the
Bill of Rights. The Virginia bill
of rights was incorporated almost in
It's entirety as part of the Federal
Constitution and may very properly
be termed the American Magma
Charta.
1T was through the ratification
BY Virginia that the Bill of Rights
became a part of the Constitution,
and its author. George Mason, lived.
died and Is buried at GunSton Hall
in Fairfax County"
Evening star., 1941-11-28
Two Spine||i Gangsters
To Be Executed Today
~ the Associated Press.

oy the Associated Press.
SAN QUENTIN. Calf Nov. 2S-
Two of the Duchess Spinelli's
eanesters die today in San Quen-
tins gas chamber where the strange
woman. who led them in a career
OF murder and robbery, was exc
cuted last Friday.
The men were Gordon Hawkins,
%. and Mike Simeone. 33. former
Detroit hoodlum and the common
law husband and first lieutenant Of
Mrs Juanita Spinelli. 80. The
Duchess" first woman executed in
California.
Like their leader, the men were
convicted of numbering Robert
Sherrard. l9, another member OF
their mob. because they were afraid
Sherrard was losing his nerve and
might tell police Of the gangs slay-
ing of an elderly man in a San
Francisco barbecue stand holdup.
Mrs. Agnes Ruth Hawkins, moth
sr OF Gordon. paid her son a final
visit yesterday and then tried vain
" to see Gov. Culbert L. Olson to
ask him to grant a reprieve.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
Accountant to Speak

A. D. Abrams, local accountant
and tax expert. will speak tonight
on How to Preserve the Bill OF
Rights With the Bnai Birth AT
services of the Beth Sholom
Synagogue. Eighth and Shepard
streets NV.
Evening star., 1941-11-28

Girls of Lancashire, England, have
revived the wearing of old-fashioned
clogs for wet war jobs. --.-..-. ..
Evening star., 1941-11-28
lnnsrspring Mattress
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Resilient coll sprinS unit encased
In soft fluffy felt. Heavy art
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-08
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

points, assisted by Pritchard and
Del Vale. four each. Thompson
also made the best showing in
foul-shooting. five out OF seven
Covdovas sunk Ia Of their 81
field goal attempts and three Of
their Is free shots, while the
colgates claimed only nine Of 80
basket tries bat Melted eight Of
their ia penalty losses.
Sore by quarters.
CorgaovaS III ~ - Al
Colgate 3 IS - Is
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.!CROUCHINC MUSIC
MEETS JOE TONIGHT
NO. S ON BROWN BOMBER'S
FIGHT-A-MONTH
PROGRAM
tBy As.oclnsea Press,

ST. LOUIS, April 8.-Some TO-
900 of st. Louis fistic faithful
will set new record in box re-
ceipts here tonight to see Joe
Louis explode his fireworks on
the anatomy of one Tony Music.
No 5 in the series on Louis
fight-a-month program, Musto's
only chance is said to rest in a
deep and more or less battling
crouch. Musto's punch is consid-
cred better than average, but it
hasn't carried him far before,
and Louis probably will polish
him off as he already has Al Nc
Coy, Red Burman, Gus Dorazio
and Abe Simon the past winter.
st. Louis previous high point
in fight promotions came in 1880,
when 1880 customers paid $48,-
900 to see Primo Camera. They
are expected to contribute about
$4,000 for tonight's battle, which
can't very well be any worse
than Cameras offering.
The fight will get underway at
1920 o'clock (EST).
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l E G A L S
Notice of Special Meeting of
Stockholders
snTTTH g4nRE nEVEV NJ

Notice OF Spectat Meeting or
Stockholders
SOUTH SHORE DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY,
a Fl0rida Corporation
Notice of Special Meeting to be
held April IL 1941, upon the written
request of the owners of more than
one-third of the outstanding Capital
Stock
Key West, Florida,
March 20. 1871.
To the Stockholders of the SOUTH
SHORE DEVELOPMENT COM
FANNY, a corporation organized
State of Florida:
Notice is hereby given that a spe-
cial meeting of the stockholders of
the SOUTH SHORE DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY will be held at the office
of j. Lancelot Lester, 400 Whitehead
Street, Key West, Florida, on Thurs
day, April II, 1941, at eleven o'clock
in the forenoon, for the following
purposes as well as in place of the
omitted on the day app 0inted by the
bylaws for that purposes:
/. To elect Board of Directors.
2. To consider and act upon the
matter of amending the bylaws
of the corporation as follows:
(a) BY adding at the end of
Article III, Section i, of the
bylaws, the following:
If such regular meeting
is omitted on the day
herein provided therefor,
special meeting may
be held in place thereof
and any business trans
acted or elections held at
such meeting shall have
the same effect as If
transacted or held at the
regular annual meeting.
(b) BY amending Section of
Article III, as heretofore
amended so as to read as
follows:
A majority of the Board
of Directors shall con-
stitute a quorum.
g. To consider and act upon the
matter of authorizing and con-
senting to the sale of all of the
real estate of this corporation in
Key West. Florida, to determine
the price and terms of such sale
and to take any other action in
relation thereto.
4. TO consider and act upon the
matter of ratifying and confirm
ing all actions of the stockhold-
ers taken at their meeting held
September 9. 1887, and of the di-
rectors at their meetings held
September 3, 1887, December 8,
1887, January 81, 1889, and
August "a, 1889 and at any meet
ings held subsequently, as re-
corded In the Corporation Rec
ord Book of the corporation.
5. To consider and act upon the
matter of ratifying and confirm
ing the action of the president
of this corporation in executing
In its name and behalf. deliver
ing and accepting, an agree
ment dated April Is, 1910, by
which this corporation appointed
Richard T. Childs it's exclusive
agent for the period of one year
from the date of said instrument
for the sale of all its real estate
located at Key West, Florida.
and fixed the compensation of
said agent in the event of a sale
of the property.
6. To consider and act upon such
other matters. IL any, as may
properly come before the meet
ing.
BY order of the Secretary.
GEO. V. PERPALL,
aprI -S-I5,1941 Secretary
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-08
McCOWNS CUT ARNOLD
LEAD IN MIDGET CAGE
RACE; CORDOVAS WON

LySle McCown's Red Raiders
yesterday afternoon at high school
gym racked up their third straight
triumph in Junior High School
Basketball Tournament action
The victory shot them up to
within a half-game of the lead
ing Hornets Of Ralph Arnold, who
were idle.
McCownS made their advance
at the expense Of Robert Hamlin's
midgets. 4l-29, in the nightcap of
a twin bin yesterday. Haskins,
Is, and L, Sweeting, 10, led the
victors in scoring, and Guerro, IL,
and X. Sweeting, 8. paced the
losers Guerro possessed the best
foul-Shooting average. three out
OF six.
Raiders sunk 10 of So goal at
tempts and three out of Ia char
ity shots, while the Hamlins net
ted Is out Of SO goal tries and
three out of eight free throws.
Score bv Quarters
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S0FTBALL HEADS
GATHER TONIGHT
IMPORTANT MATTERS DUE
FOR AIRING: FULL At
TENDANCE URGED


Matters of vital interest to the
softball sport in Key West will
be given an airing TOO o'clock
tonight in City Hall.
! Marvin Lewis, defense recrea-
ton coordinator who issued call
for the meeting, requests all Off
Gals and managers of the newly
formed league be present.
Decisions rendered at the ses-
sion tonight will chart the course
of future activities of the sport,
Mr.. Lewis announced. A full at
tendance of all interested is of
the utmost importance.
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Showing complete reversal
Of form ormond Cordova's juniors
made il two in row In the
opener. Cordovas. who had lost
four straight. thus vacated
the cellar in favor of the Hamlins
who dr1rped their fifth game in
the niehtcap.
Cordovas scored their second
victory aFainSt Harry Colgate's
rockies. Si-26, naeed hy Archer,
10 points. and X. Newlan. nine,
Arthur Thompson topped the
Colgates and Cordovas with n