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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10
New TavX Law Goes into
Effect; Accepted a. Necessary
BY People in General

The new tax law which went
INTO effect the first of the month
and which raised prices ON a
large number of itcm+ a. much
Il" ten per cent, has not made
much difference to most people.
Alb solute necessity of the t..
government to find 4 way T.
llnan"e the arms program and
the ieaSe-lend aid 20 Egland and
Russia as well as the Chinese is
so widely recognized very little
protest has been heard.
An encouraging aspect Of the
matter was that although most
people knew the law would 90 on
October LIST very few of them
rushed to the stores to Law in
stocks Of this or that to avoid
payment of the lax by buying
before it went in effect.
There was neted, however, \
miniature rush on the liquor
stores but from various sources
we learn that the laid-awav
liquor did not last long and we
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10
New Haitian President
Welcomes Americans

NEW YORK = President Ellie
Lescot, who took office in Halt
last August, has a cordial feel
ing for American Negroes and
welcomes closer ties between
Eaitians and colored Americans
according to dispatch in the
October Crisis magazine by Dr.
l.. D. Reddick.
DIR. Reddick who made q
visit to Haiti and secured q
lengthy interview with Pres
Lescot, asserts in his article
that the new president is very
strongly in favor of inviting
Negro business men to develor
enterprises in Haiti.
The new Haitian executive
was formerly Haitian minister
at Washington. While there he
did not find it difficult to main
tain the dignity of his office
while at the same time building
up many friendships in Wash
ington's colored population, a
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10
Prize Short-Weight Coal =. $500.
Scale Discovered in Grecnbricr

One of the most out of order
scales to be found by the state
labor department was reported
to Labor Commissioners ChaE
j. F. Sattler last week. A coal
scale at a mine in Grcenbricr
county was weighing exactly
1000 pounds short. the Commits.
sioner reported the scale was
promptly put out of operate
pending repair by a department
inspector. rT~'-r-r-'
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10
Farms On The Increase


Farms in West Virginia own
ed and operated by Negroes
numbered GIL last year against
400 in 1890, but the total acre
age in 1910 was 23,741 while in
1880 it tOtallcd 2S.013.
An interesting part of the
farm picture was that in 1890
West Virginia had one lone
American Indian farmer but
when the roll call was made last
year he was gone. What became
Of him is not known.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10
BOeing Hires 1000 a Week
But None of Them Negroes


Prosperity note + or some i
the announcement made by the
Boeing Aircraft company last
week that its employment reach
ed a new high of 21,000 after
ten weeks of hiring at the rate
of 1000 persons Il week.
Boeing is one of the plants
against whom repeated charges
of discrimination have been
made and which the Fair En-
ployent Practice Committee is
investigating.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10
lemon Juice Recipe Checks
Rheumatic Pain Quickly

u you 'pHcr from rheumatic. sr,b,i.
tIs of ncutlus pain. try this s,npi.
IneITtn'ivc home recire that thonlnd,
USING Get package Of Ru.E1
o. water. add the juice Of lemoa,.
Us easy. No trouble at all ,oi
p'easant. You need only ,sbi,,
VIM a "P tunes day. Often
hifh' splendid results A..
9 9i.e.1yd' r.,JIl ths pains % no;
ieel better. RUIZ will oott W.,
no,hnC 70 Try as it Is sold Nv
your druggist under an ab,ol,rs
Compoy p5dN :, euifantee. : Ru-ES
mehded BY Good Drugstores Eyeryv5.r.-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10

to go smiling thru trying mid
die age"
Taken rcgularly-Lydia
Plnkham s Compound help.
build UP resistance to such an
noylng symptoms that may be-
tray your age faster than any
thing. Also very effective for
younger women to relieve
monthly cramps. Follow label
directions. WORTH TRYINGl
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10
--.o0o--


Christendom d.I no: hee'n - date
Its ycorf ron tho firth Of Chris,
until almost $50 A. D.. says Co.licr's
Weekly, when the method was in.
'roduccd by Dionysius ExiGuus, .
learned mc.lk OF HoYle.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10

1t is regrctablc that Cover
nor Nicely paid such a high
price. if it is true former offers
TO the state were so low for the
property compared to what ne
vii pay.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10
Pins In Macy Varieties
Did "Diamond Jim" Have
Stomach or Ulcer Pains

1t is hardly likely that Diamond Jim
Brady could have eaten so vora-
cious!y if he suffered after eating
pains. Sufferers who have to pay
the penalty OF stomach or ulcer
pains. Indigestion. gas pains. heart
burn. burning sensation. lloat and
other conditions caused by excess
acid should try n 25c box OF Udra
Tablets. They must help or money
refunded.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10
1852 Years
uffer Distress At This Time!

=. II this period in woman's life
makes you cranky, restless.
nervous, irritable, tired, blue at
times, suffer weakness, dizzi-
ness, hot flashes, distress of
irregularities
Start at nce-try Lydia E.
rPinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. It's one medicine you
7Fan buy today made especially
FOR aoomen-it helps relieve
distress due to this functional
tdiSturbance. Lydia Pinkham's
e compound has helped hun
tdredS of thousands Of women
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10
ADAMS Wedding Church

John Quincy Adams. President q
he United States, was married n
he Church Of All Hallows. London,
n 1872. William Penn was bap-
t!Zed there in 1914.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10
new! FREDERICKSBURG"
FEM ININE'
HYGIENE
now finding great favor
among women ...i

Many doctors recommend regular use
OF doucheS as q precautionary meas
ure fof women who want to be clean,
dainty-for women troubled by Offend
ing odor or discharge.
Some products may be harmful to
delicate tissues. But not Lydia E.
Pinkham's Sanative Wash! Pinkham's
Sanative Wash is gaining great favor
because it's NOT harmful germicide.
Instead-it's mighty effective "bac-
terioStatic" the modern trend) 1t not
only discourages bacterial growth and
infection but thoroughly cleanses, deo-
doriZes. Very soothing-relieves minor
irritations and discharge and has
tonic effect on delicate membranes.
Inexpensive! All druggists.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10

FIRST Troops op Governors Island
FIRST record of troops on Gov.
ernor's island. New York Bay mill.
sary post. was in l74i.
Pins In Macy Varieties
Pins are manufactured in Eng
land in hundreds of varieties from
3H inches long to entomologists'
pms so small that it lakes about
$50 to weigh an ounce.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-10-10
]. A. ROGERS

traveller Historian Ethnoogs author of CAS- Nature Lends
Prom Supcrman to Man." 0OO Amazing Fact Abor+ A.,
Negro"
Evening star., 1941-07-09
New Labor Supply Unit
To Find Defense Workers

Creation of new labor supply
branch of the o. p. NJ, with IL re-
gional committees in industrial
areas of the country, to provide
skilled employees for defense pro-
duction by invoking, if necessary,
priorities on workmen, was an
nounced today by Sidney Hillman,
associate director general of O. P. M
Mr. Hillman estimated that 1,418,-
900 additional workers would be
needed in manufacturing plants in
the next 10 months, and that total
Of 2,500, 900 to 100000 persons would
be given employment in the Nations
expanding business and industrial
activities in that period.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
lip-ServiceAid
To Britain Not
Enough, He Says
Military Bases in
Northern ireland,
Scotland Advocated
Earlier Story on Page B-4.)

Earlier Story on Page B-4)
Declaring there is no use in
Just giving lip service to Britain" "
Wendell L. Willkie said after
White House conference today
that he favored establishment of
American military bases in
Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Emphasizing that he was express
Ing his own views rather than those
of President Roosevelt. the 1910 Re-
publican presidential nominee told
an informal press conference Amerl-
can occupation of Iceland is, in
my Judgment, but the first of SINH
lar steps that should be taken"
In response to questions, Mr.. Will
kie declared it was vital Ito keep the
sea lanes open" He added that
British shipping losses were run
ming far ahead of new construction.
More Than Lip Service.
I'VE can do one of two things
he continued. I'VE either can give
Great Britain effective aid or we
can render her only lip service.
1T would be better not to try to
give any aid at all than to follow
the latter course.
Earlier when he left the White
House Mr.. Willkie diSavoWed any
desire for a post in the Government
Ipfn 10
cuSs his luncheon with Mr.. Roose-
Welt other than to say that he had
had a long discussion of foreign af-
fairs with the Chief Executive.
Speaking only in general terms
the Republican party leader said he
had discussed with Mr.. Roosevelt
the occupation of Iceland and the
RuSso-German hoStilitieS.
Asked about reports that he is
planning an extended speaking cam
paign on behalf OF the administra-
ton foreign policy, Mr. Willkie said
that he has speaking engagements
in Los Angeles July % and in San
Francisco July 25.
Mr. Willkie said he planned to
ltdNt washing lOIl Id l6 lIllS dllSIIlOOT
for New York and has no plans at
present for returning here.
Invited by President.
The Republican 1910 standard
bearer has been outspoken in his
support of the Roosevelt foreign
policy since the November elections.
but has occasionally been critical
of management of the defense pro-
gram. Twice previously since the
elections he has visited for consulta-
tions with the President, once just
before leaving for an observation
mission in England and later after
he had testified before congress
sional committee.
The White House announced this
morning that Mr.. Willkie had been
invited here for luncheon today. He
was received by the President in
the latter's executive Office shortly
after l o'clock and they had lunch
con served there Mr. Willkie left
the White House about 230 o'clock
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Auto Kills Woman:
43d D. G. Traffic Death

Mrs. Anna Minor, 55, of 922 Sheri-
dan street S.W., died this afternoon
of injuries received when struck by
an automobile shortly after noon at
Aspen street and Georgia avenue
NV.
She was removed to Walter Reed
Hospital after the accident. Her
hurts were diagnosed as compound
fracture of the skull and internal
injuries
The driver of the car which struck
Mrs Minor was held at the sixth
precinct. Mrs. Minor was the Dis
trict's 43d traffic fatality of the year
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Mrs. Roosevelt
| Jams on Brakes,
| Averts Crash
By the Associated Press.

BOSTON, July 9.-Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt's swift application OF
the brakes of her automobile ir
which the Presidents mother, Mrs
Sara Delano Roosevelt, was a pass.
enger, averted a collision today WITH
another car at an East Boston in
tersection.
Members of the party, travelling
in two automobiles to the family
summer home at Campobello Island
New Brunswick, said Mrs. RooSe.
welt halted her car just in time to
avoid colliding with machine that
passed through the intersection
against a red light.
After visiting briefly at the
Nahant home of John Roosevelt
the party planned to proceed to the
Beverly home of another OF the
Presidents sons, Ensign Franklin
D. Roosevelt, jr.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
District Child Labor,
Minimum Pay Bills
Placed on Calendar
Another Measure Would
Clarity Legal Rights Of
Alley Dwelling Authority

A bill amending the District child
labor law which would allow minors
IA years of age and over to take
part in professional theatrical pro-
ductions and concerts for pay was
placed on the House calendar late
today by the District Committee
The committee also placed on the
calendar another bill providing for
creation of an accident prevention
board which would be empowered
to make and enforce regulations for
the safety of industrial workers.
Both measures now are in a posi-
ton to be called up in the House
for consideration Monday, the first
District day of the month.
Representative D'Alesandro, Dem
ocrat, of Maryland, meanwhile, in
troduced a bill to amend the Dis
trict minimum wage law so it would
apply to men as well as to women
and children.
The bill outlines three specific pur-
poses:
l. TO protect the men, women
tSee D. C. BILL, Page 2-X.)
Evening star., 1941-07-09
German Attack
HasFai|ed, Says
Vice Commissar
Vichy Reports Nozis
Are Stalled Fifth Day
Except in Two Spots
Earlier Stories on Page A-1.)

Earlier Stories on Page A-1)
BY the Associated Press.
Military sources in Vichy said
tonight the Germans generally
were being held up on the Rus
sian front for the fifth consec-
utive day, with the exception Of
two new pushes-one on the line
of PotolSk-Lepel and the other
in the Novograd Volynski sector
of the Ukraine.
The first push mentioned would
be in the direction of Moscow.
Germany has failed in an effort
to crush Soviet defenses, even
though she sent 10000 tanks against
the Russian lines in an ultra secret
opening attack, Vice Commissar for
Foreign Affairs N. A. Losovski de-
clared in Moscow tonight.
Losovski acknowledged that the
German attack had caught the Rus
slams unawares, and that the Nazis
had succeeded in quickly wrecking
several hundred planes. He declared
that the German lightning attack
was carried out so secretly that the
German troops themselves were told
where they were going only one
hour before the assault.
Quotes German Dispatches.
Losovski quoted German reports
to the newspaper Frankfurter lei
tung to show that the road to Rus
sia is not yet open" The report he
cited said that the Red Army was
reacting to the blitZkrieg differently
from other armies previously attack
ed The Russians. he said, counter
attacked and surrounded the Ger
man salients instead of fleeing from
the battlefield.
The German soldier clashed for
the first time with soldier who was
trying to counteract with methods
similar to those of the Germans,
the vice commisSar said.
Losovski said the German Army
had traditional plans tested by the
first World War and modified by
capable use of new technique, but
its mistake was standardized ideas
which it attempts to use everywhere
against all enemies.
1T is one thing in France, but
another here" he said, where the
front extends over 5000 kilometers
u,875 miles,. The Germans are
good fighters, but they think every
thing can be obtained by force. Now
they have come against a first-class
technique and unity"
He concluded that "the war will
not end soon, but will end the way
we want it"
Command Shake Ups Reported.
French circles heard reports of
shakeup of the Finnish, German
and Rumanian commands in sew
eral sections. A Finnish general
was reported moved north because
Of a premature attack, and in the
south. the German general, Sig
mund List, was said to have COM
pletely replaced the Rumanian die
tator. Gen. Ion Antonescu. ostensi-
bly, because of the latter's illness.
The German command on the Ga
lician front also was said to have
been reorganized.
Reports reaching Vichy said the
Germans were greatly surprised by
the quantity and quality of the
tanks the Russians are using.
Meanwhile, the Germans them
selves claimed they had slashed
into the U. S. S. R. in three new
sectors and driven almost $50 miles
(See WAR, Page 2-XD
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Gu|doh|, Nelson and Hogan
Win Opening P. 9. A. Matches

Guldahl fired a birdie 3 at his
opponent to win the second hole
and take a lead which he never re-
linquished.
The first big name" golfer listed
as an upset victim was E. j. Dutch"
Harrison. He was ousted by Jim
FOULS of Hinsdale, ILL.,, and /.
Harrison, second low man in the
qualifying with 139. was followed
to the sidelines by Henry Picard of
Oklahoma City, another of the top
notchers. Picard bowed, and 4,
to the superior golf of Phil Green
wald, an obscure entrant from Me-
nominee Falls, Wis.
Craig Wood, after being / down
at the ninth, came back to bump
Clarence Noteworthy of University
City. Mo. into q 3 and 2 defeat.
Harry Bassler Of Los Altos. Calf :.
(See p. G. A., Page 2-X)
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Knox Says Roosevelt
Told Navy What 10 Do
In Case Of SHOOTING
All Necessary Steps to
Keep SEQ Lanes Open
Are Ordered. He Says

Secretary Of the Navy Knox said
late today that President Roosevelt
had told the Navy what to do if 1t
became necessary to shoot in order
to protect Atlantic approaches to
United States bases against hostile
activity.
The Secretary referred at his press
conference to Mr. Roosevelts recent
message disclosing occupation of
Iceland and declaring he had Or
dered the Navy to take all neces-
sarv steps to keep the sea lanes
open to strategic outposts
He refused to use the word shoot
ing himself, but in answer to ques-
tions as to whether he interpreted
the Presidents message as covering
shooting defense of the sea lanes,
he said, 1T certainly does"
He lodged questions on the ac-
tual defense of the lanes by read
ing two paragraphs from the Presi-
dents message to Congress in which
occupation of Iceland was an
nounced.
He declared the language would
indicate that the President in
tended the Atlantic patrol to 60
farther than its previous orders
merely to report any hostile craft
sighted"
Re-reads Paragraphs.
Twice during the conference Sec
retary Knox read over paragraphs
from the message in which the
President described his orders to the
Navy to take such steps as were
needed to keep the sea lanes open
and free of all hostile activity" The
second time he re-read emphatically
the phrase "all hostile activity"
and remarked that tere was no
room for any doubt about those two
paragraphs"
He declined to tell what, if any,
orders he himself had issued in fol-
lowing up the Presidents order and
likewise declined to define the
phrase hostile activity" telling his
interrogation, you know what it
means"
But when he was asked specifically
whether the paragraph he reiterated
meant that the President had gone
beyond his previous order to the
fleet to look for an report hostile
movements, Secretary Knox said. "I
should say that language would in
dicate it,"
couldn't Use Palmer Language.
The Secretary was first asked if
ne thought the Presidents work on
keeping sea lanes open to strategic
outpostS bore out the Knox Sugges-
ton OF June 80 that it was time to
clear the Atlantic of the German
menace.
He replied: 81 can't put it in any
palmer language than the Presi-
dent put it,
The Secretary said that after his
clean the ocean" speech he re-
ceived much mail The first 48
hours it was overwhelmingly favor
able to the speech, he said, and after
that he began to get printed post
cards against it.
Although he refused to discuss in
detail the occupation of Iceland, the
Secretary said the naval detachment
there included marines and ulti-
mately would be supplemented by
Army forces.
5 Billion in Contracts.
In statement from the Judge
Advocate General released at the
conference, it was revealed that legal
Office Of the Navy has passed on
(See KNOX, Page 2-X)
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Leland Jameson, 81, Flyer
And Writer, Dies in Florida

three years as a pilot in the Army
Air Corps before becoming con-
nected with E. A. l.. 10 years ago.
For the past seven years he made
his home in Coral Gables.
Two years ago he was awarded a
medal by E. A. L. for his 'outstand-
ing contributions to aviation out
side the line of duty"
Survivors include his widow, two
young children, Sandra and Leland,
jr.; his parents, Mr.. and Mrs w. C.
Jameson of Edmond, Okla; a
brother, Warren Jameson, also a
pilot with E. A. L., and sister, Mrs.
Fayette Copeland Of Norman. Okla.
The body will be sent to Edmond,
Okla, for funeral services and burial.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Representative Kilday, Democrat,
of Texas, today called on 1t. Gen.
Ben Lear, commander of the I'd
Army. to explain his mass punish
ment" of $50 soldiers of the 35th Di-
vision for whistling and calling to
shorts-clad girls on a Memphis Golf
course last Sunday.
Mr.. Kilday. a member of the
House Military Affairs Committee,
said he contemplated introducing a
resolution to investigate Gen. Lear's
severe punishment" of the soldiers
who were ordered by the general to
repeat their trek, partly on foot,
from Memphis to Camp Robinson,
Ark, $50 miles away.
Asking for an immediate reply,
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Step Is Taken
To Cut Short
5ufferings'
U. S. Consul General
Is Intermediary
In Request
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VICHY, France, July 9.-The
Vichy government announced to-
night it had asked Britain for
an immediate armistice in the
month-old war in Syria.
A communique said Gen. Henri
Dentz, French high commissioner
for Syria and Lebanon, had been
authorized to ASK an immediate
silencing of arms. and that this
was done yesterday "at Beirut
through the intermediary of the
United States consul general"
The communique said Vichy had
taken this step in order not to pro-
long "a particularly grievous blood
shed in combat daily more un-
equal and to cut short the suf-
ferings which the war inflicts on
the peoples of Syria and Lebanon"
Marched Into Syria June 8.
The British and free French
forces marched into Syria on June
8, simultaneously with issuance of
British Foreign Office statement
declaring Britain could not tolerate
German infiltration into Syria
which. it was charged. already had
begun and which would bring
Syria and Lebanon under full Ger
man control if it were not halted.
The end of fighting had been fore
shadowed in reports that an arm
istice was being arranged while the
British-Free French Allies. in pos
session of the Syrian capital of
Damacus, closed relentlessly in on
Beirut. on the Lebanese coast. and
other centers of Vichy resistance at
Aleppo and HONS
1t was said that Vichy had been
unable to send needed reinforce
ments to the French Near Eastern
forces.
The communique indicated that
one of the reasons the fight had
been waged was to prove French
good faith in fulfilling obligations to
maintain the empire. This obliga-
ton was the subject of one of the
clauses in the French-G arm
istice.
Text of Communique.
The communique said;
For more than a month troops
of the Levant have engaged in a
fierce struggle to affirm Frances
will to assure the defense of terri
tories entrusted in her protection.
Despite all its efforts the gov
ernment has found it impossible to
send these troops in sufficient num-
berS the reinforcements it had pre-
pared to enable them to continue
the struggle.
Thus, desirous of not prolongirG
particularly grievous bloodshed
in combat daily more unequal
and of cutting short sufferings
which war inflicts on the peoples
of Syria and Lebanon and consider
ing the honor of their arms to be
safe. the government decided to
authorize Gen. Dentz to ask the
immediate silencing of arms.
"A step was taken to this effect
yesterday at Beirut through the
Intermediary of the United States