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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
Trick To Prevent
Registration Is
Exposed In N. c.

AS bad aS the old grand
father clause" is The practice
employed by election officials
in AShcvillc, y. c., to prevent
Negroes from Registering to vote.
TO United States Attorney
General Robert ii. Jackson,
Thursday, April %, went atli-
davitS showing that s. f. Thorn
as, Reverend Nj. &. Eickelbergcr,
and w. r. Saxon, all of that
city, were denied the privilege of
registering to vote in the last
presidential election.
The affidavit states that the
registration official demanded
the men read a long paragraph
in three to five minutes. close
the book, then write from mem
DRY what they had read, calm
ing that this procedure was II
state law. The men testified that
while they stood there Il white
man was able to register after
answering only questions of who
he was and where he was from.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
World Affairs
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

;...* -: - {. )
The war abroad has entered a
most dangerous phase insofar as
danger of America becoming
involved as an active participant
The British have fought the
Germans to a Standstill in the
eastern end of the Mediterra-
mean and are expected to have
greater successes in the near
future. The main reason for
this is that American ships full
of war supplies have been pour
ing vast quantities of what it
takes to turn Hitler back on his
heels into BsitiSh hands. Hitler
has begun to realize that he is
nc match for the American as
sembly line and unless he can
reach the oil fields in the East
ne won't even have gas for his
present mechanical equipment.
He can keep them running only
til late this fall. And the fact
that the American navy is sus-
pected of not only being ready
to convoy its armament for the
British but is already doing so,
is very apt to provoke serious
repercussions.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
BY DR.. Emmett j. Scott

WASHINGTON, D.C-A few
weeks ago, Representative ice
w. Martin, Jr, Republican lead
er in the U. S. House of Re-
representatives., and Chairman OF
the Republican National Com
mittee, called upon Republi-
cans in industry and in politics
to help widen opportunities for
the employment OF colored citi-
Zens without discrimination and,
also, to see that greater oppor-
tunities and recognition are pro-
vided for them in public service.
Last week, in a discussion Of
the utterly mad carnival of
ghasty mass murder and destruc
ton now going ON between ma
tons, he realistically pointed
out the menacing dangers and
potentialitics that may affect
this nation, especially the youth
of the land.
These young people, he said,
are emitted to a chance to be
educated, to get positions in
which there is an opportunity
to advance, a chance not only
ito live hut salso to be happy
while living, to enjoy the adj
vantages and comforts of life,
and to contribute their share TO-
ward making this better land
to live in.
In calling TO complete unity
for strong national defense so
as to strengthen the security
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
ELKHORN HIGH GLEE
CLUB GOES TO MUSIC
FESTIVAL AT BSTC
~
Young Singers To Appear
In Recital Sunday

T he Elkhorn Negro high
school glee club, composed of 80
voices will go to Bluefeld May
9, to compete in the state music
festival to be held BSTC.
This is the first year that the
festival has been held on the
Blu"fcld campus. Last year, and
in previous years, w. Va. State
college at Institute, has acted as
host.
On Sunday afternoon, May IL,
the glee club, under the direction
Of NJ. Geneva Hcwitte, will sing
in recital in the Elkhorn audi
forum at 500 pm.
Tickets may be obtained from
any Of the members of the or
ganiZatiOn. A cordial invitation
is extended to the public t,
hear these young singers.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
koppers Pre-School
Clinics To Be Resumed

PittSburgh.-More than g.
600 children from the families
of mine employees of the Kop-
prrS coal company are expected
To receive physical exam ma
tiOnS at the Is free clinics which
Will he conducted this summer
by the coal company's % doc
tors and nurses. it was annom
ccd by Thomas f.. lightfoot,
director Of welfare for the COM
pany.
Children Keepers employees
who are prc-School age - from
six months to six yearS-will be
given these free examinations
if brought to the clinics by their
parents.
The 1871 series of clinics will
b. inaugurated at WockSbury,
Ky. ON April 2l.
The keystone clinic will I've
he'd July y.
Seventeen cinics were con-
Quoted by Keepers doctors AID
nurses in 1910. 2,211 children
were examined and 50 per cent
of t he physical defects dis
covered were corrected b V
medical care or surgical treat
mcnt.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
Buffalo, n. Y. Plant Turns
Down Two Qualified Race
Workers in Defense Work

NEW YORK.-Wl>t appears
to be Il perfect example ~ H."
vicious circle ar.und which
Negroes seeking employment i'm
defense industries must 90. has
been referred to DR.. Robert L.
Weaver e the OPM and Charles
Polctti, licut-Governor of the
state of New York, by the MA
ACP.
After having been told by
\ is instructor in vocational
training school at Guoddy. Me.
hat h" was best in his machine
shop class Eugene Rcdding. p,
+ New Rochelle. New York.
along with six others sent his
application for work to the Bell
Aircraft company in Buffalo.
-Four applications were ac-
copied. Those Of Rcdding and
c,t. another Negro youth who
stood high ON the instructors list
were rejected.
ItcddinG had forwarded to
him at Quoddy from New Rochcl-
lc the following wire from the
New y rk Employment service:
Don't come to Buffalo at
present will advise when we
have further openings.
The case was referred to the
NAACP legal staff by the boys
m theirs who exhibited letters
from her SON These led the staff
to conclude that the Buffalo
branch Of the state employment
service had acted fer the Bell
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
MINES WORKING
FULL TIME AS NEW
PACT is DNE TO BE MADE

Friday was the last working
day under the temporary agree
mrnt that cturned the miners
t the pits two weeks ago, and
NEGOTIATIONS towards Il wo-ycar
contract are now in order by the
powers that be in the coal in
dustry.
The mines have been pouring
out coal the past two weeks at
a tremendous rate and it has
been absorbed by the market
rs faS tas produced.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09

In the Far East Japan has a
bad case of the jitters-and for
very good reason. Senator Pep
per lately asked that we bomb
Tokio-get tough. In the back
ground the navy riding at an
cher and thousands of very
modern and very real bombing
planes belonging to America
are real threats to the Japan
csc who have been egging on
Uncle Sam under the impress
sion he had nothing to- fight
with nor the inclination to do
so. The ruth is that Uncle not
only can fight if egged to it but
possesses the mightiest navy
on earth. Nippon being an Axis
partner, can we'll expect help
from Hitter. But there are a
few things in tie way. Hitler
can spare very little and that
much must be transported half
way around the earth over seas
Literally lousy with enemy war
ships. And on the overland way
is controlled by Japan's deadly
enemy - Russia. And in effect
both they who control the sea
an the land say that they will
do nothing unless Japan does
some act of war first.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09

NEW YORK - Branded as 4
rank discrimination and willful
irlOrancc of the recent appeal
: Sidney llillman, co-direct ,r
e the Office of Production
Management, to employers to
forge race bias i'm the present
emery ncy. Il handful has Just
been issued by the Sparrow
Aircraft company. Inc. asking
for "whitc American citizens"
{ register for training courses
in the company's division at
Wichita. Kansas.
Coming close on the heels of
the statement made by j. II.
kindlrbegcr, president of the
y 9TH American Aviation COM
pany. who said he would hire
Negroes only as ianitgrs no
no matter how we'll trained,
this new near NaZi action is be
ING vigorously opposed by the
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09

of the American people, he en-
phasized the fact that this
could only come through honest
cooperation and fair dealing on
the part of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration. Particularly, h e
spoke out against giving any
one group in our country COLI
sideration over any other group.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
Aircra. t Companies
Say They Can't Be
Compelled T. Hire
Negro Workers

Sworn evidence of discrimln:.-
ton in the Consolidated Aircraft
corporation here will be read into
the Congressional Record by
Sen. Cappcr of Kansas. that Ed
gar y. Colt declared that rs
private corporation tn" United
States government could not
make IN aircraft company hoe
Negroes against its VII!
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
The Negroes Complaint

Right here is where the COM
plant of the Negro people be-
domes pertinent. The catalogue
of injustices to which they
have been subjected is a con-
tinuing and lengthening one. No
one in the Roosevelt administra-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09

Cornell Eas Own "IIol ,orinm"
Cornell university mas a "horto-
rum" which Includes one Of the
largest private hcrbGriuns in the
country and one Of the most CON.
prehentivc records OF the cultivated
plants OF the world
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
The Army Nazis and Reds"

ASSo IohC VIC OIIiLC't oIdIcS
army. it is reported that, in
taking over *ships as troop
transports, it is now engaged in
wedding out civilian crews sus-
pected of being Nazis and Com
munists. Already, it has been
learned, there has. been a purge
on one large troopship, the SIS
Washington, recently taken over
by the army from U. S. lines.
After an investigation of the
sailing crew, 70 men were dis
charged. No one knows how
many remain.
In one case, it was found,
Communist employee sent a tclo-
gram to Earl Browder, aftc,
the latter's conviction, praising
him as great leader of A
merican working classes. The
message was sent to Browder, il
is stated, from a Government
owned and operated ship Whose
crew is being paid with Federal
Government funds"
And, during all this period
Secretary Of the Navy Knox i
still declaring mo Negroes wi
be employed except as mess
men"-as solutions, and walters
and personal servants for ofiic-
ers. And the army is following
suit on these troopships.
No traitorous group Of black
men has ever disgraced the
army uniform, and the same
holds Ffor the navy during the
period, years before the Rose
welt administration, when they
could aspire to and efficiently
serve with distinction and with
high and well-deserved praise.
Is it too much to ask country
perilcd and striving to pre-.
serve the principles of Ameri.
canism, to have more considera.
ton fer loyal, efficient blacl
men than for the tainted alier
transmission belts of Nazi5n
Fascism and Communism now
incorporated in army and navy
personnel?
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
MR.. r.. p. JOHNSON TO TALK

Mrs. K. y. Johnson will speak
to tho P-TA carrying out tho
good manners PROGRAM cf the
MaSoLit Club.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-09
Nazis And Reds Have
First Call On U.S..
Troopships, Says Scott

ticn, it seems, gives a boot, or
seriously considers their claims
to equal justice and fair-play.
During theseRing days, when
thoughtful men and women of
the country are deeply concern
ed with respect to a sustained.
inspired and stirred morale, and
full support of all government
efforts in defense preparation
by all elements of our country.
population, it is discouraging,
day by day, to note that practi.
cally nothing of a definite atiir-
native character is being done
by the Roosevelt administration
to cure the evils Of which Negro
newspapers, Negro leaders anu
Negro organizations, and many
Whites as well, have complain
ed, and are continuing to COM
plain.
AS Chairman Martin declared:
"All groups are expected
to pay taxes for defense;
all groups are required to
send m e n into the dat; all
groups are expected to fight
and, if necsseyy, die for
the countr u groups
should Z have hlGhance .
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-23

HALLOWEEN Is the time
for masquerades and almost
everyone likes to wear a cos
tune. Have your guests dress
as famous movie actresses or
actors. Give a prize for the
best impersonation and also
one for the person who guesses
the most DISCUSSES.
GAMES ARE so much fun
and so important. Try this
one called scissors. Everyone
sits in a circle with two people
knowing the game. A pair of
scissors is passed around the
circle and two who know the
game say, Il pass the scissors
straight" and then put their
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-23

feet together; or II pass the
scissors open" and cross their
legs.
When the person passing or
receiving the scissors does not
do as the scissors do, he is out
Of the game.
ANOTHER GAME which is
lots of fun is one called future
husband. Blacken the under
part Of a plate and tell the vic
tim that he is going to paint the
picture Of his future wife-doing
just what you do. You have
a similar plate in your hand,
but il is not blackened.
Rub your finger under the
plate and rub it ov,r your face;
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-23

then rub finger under plate
again and draw your finger be-
side your nose until you have
made the other poor soul smear
his whole face into an awful
looking mask. Let him look at
himself in the mirror!
CUTTING THE flour cake
provides a lot of excitement.
For this a deep pan is filleo
with flour. In IL are concealed
tightly wrapped in bits of
waxed or tissue paper, a ring,
a button and dime. The
pan is inverted on a platter
leaving the flour cake intact.
Each player in turn cuts off
a small portion with "A table
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-23
Animal Suits for The Children

Halloween has always pary-time the smal-fry
This found bring squeas of delight from all
of them.
Especially cunning flannel animal with animal-hesd
ma
doneys lions zebras tigers frogs and many other
animals and birds
galaxy Mother characters and
the young hearts many.
mother-and daughter things all the
grownup costumes have their small
OF the traditional and black combinations
evidence with capes pointed hoods full skirts
with checerboard borders black pumpkin and goblin
motif ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-23
Prizes for Your Costume

Hollow your pumpkins friends get into your fancy
dress off for evening of fun and hlarty spoo<y
decorations and all sorts of boodcdlng tricks order
iceclbes down back ghoSt-wrng ck-tacks the
windows some Of the Mr. and Mrs Detroit and Junior
celebrate!
II prizes order there why shouldn't
in for share of the spos will be find
costume TO carry the widest flight of imagination
They all the way from the elaborate the groesque
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-23
uaI Party Games to Bring Out Spirit Of Halloween

knife. If one Of the packages is
in his segment he must stoop
down and pick it up with his
teeth. The ring denotes speedy
marriage. the button, spinster-
hood and the coin, wealth.
CHILDREN LOVE to make
things of crepe paper and wear
them. They can make hats and
caps and aprons. A. prize is
given for the best thing made in
the given time.
Grab bags are fun and you
can use a large pumpkin with q
face cut in it at a party on
Halloween. NM
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-23
Chilled Pumpkin Dessert

Perhaps you'll something chilling with the cookies
How about pumpkin ice cream Make csard OF quart Of
cream eggs IL teaspoon
cinnamon, u teaspoon nutmeg teaspoon ground ginger ~
teaspoon ground cloves and y teaspoon salt
slightly thickened add Of pumpkin. Heat
thoroughly cool Freeze either In freezer refrigerator Serves
q q ~NN.f A
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-23
Miss America Leads

Miss America leads in popularity this year and her attire is
Of Thes
bright bodice and headdreSS
There is Uncle Sam suit for escort complete with
high hat and whiskers
For grownups found skating girls ballet dancers rhumba
dancers Argentine maids hulahua shepherdeSes
Combne and all the coloru dresses of the foreign lands
With each of these costumes there is companion suit for the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-23
Gay Masquerade Costumes
That Will Win First Prize
BY JOAN DEAN

THE GOBLINSLL get you If you don't watch out =
Halloween when witches ride ghosts walk and all sorts of weird
things happen parties merrymaing and renewing old
superstions with games and costumes.
Modern Halloween partyng frolickng course,
a masquerade
For the Of you busy people who haven't time
whip up your the youngsters made
found quantities of fancy dresses
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-23
Effective Salad Service

tasty JackOLanten salad be made by following out
the desired number of red apples keeping the shells intact
Mix apple pulp with celery and chopped Add
salad dressing and fill shells with this MIXTURE with whipped
Stick eyes with pieces of oothpcSs. Cut out
portion OF the skim showing white beneath for the mouth
Meat pies right for main dish fare choose
to buffet supper To make place your avorte
Individual ramens baking dishes and
top with spooly faces cut Of pastry
Halloween cookies lend festive air and Sinpls
to fix Use your recipe for vanilla box sugar
cookies. VV-4 ! i
Cut dough into moons fancy cutters and
cut into witches elves pumpns other traditional shapes
Sprinkle with mixture Of and graduated then bake
Frost part Of the cookies with bright icing and
tiny black candies for decoration.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-23
Give Refreshments Glamour

Perhaps this accounts for the traditional OF apples pump
kins and doughnuts.
just wouldn't be Halloween didn't bob for apples
doughnuts on string gan1or1Ze the
refreshments q
fashion weird faces with white coneconers frosg On
make pumpkin appetzers oftening snappy
with horseradish
Shape small pumpkins bit of parsley for the
One pound 10 II small pumpkins
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-23
Pumpkin Cream Tops Off
Salad and Meat Pie Menu
cssr,sht BY District TI~.s. An ,rIsAts rsssv.S.
BY PRUDENCE PENNY

HALLOWEEN is ONE of the Oldest known festival days
and relic of times The ancient Celts who the
inhabitants of the British Isles called IL Summers End.
the old Romans had goddess Pomona who protected
the fruits and II she who the harvest feature to
Halloween.
Bonrs the hills intended to the gods to
bless the and heroes the coming and
thanksgiving the Sun God for the present harvest
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-06
10 Cob Corn Marketing
II ] onnlsPorent Wrapping

packaging. On fertile soil sweet
corn often will yield 10000
marketable ears an acre.
Customers found no reason for
picking over" the packaged
corn. There weren't any corn ear
worms. Many times these worms
are on tips of the ears when the
ears are picked. II marketed in
the husk, the ears often show
excessive damage before the
corn is sold. One retailer was
willing to sell the packaged
corn on a 20 per cent margin,
but said he needed 80 per cent
margin for corn in the husk.
In the 1910 experiment the
half-dozen husked and wrapped
packages were selling for Is
cents at the same time that the
grocer was selling good quality
corn in the husk for Is cents a
dozen. In this same period corn
could be obtained on q farmers
market for as low as 10 cents a
dozen. An explanation of the
process and the experiment is
reported in the May, 194l, issue
of the Quarterly Bulletin of the
colleges Agricultural Expert
ment Station.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-06

those who like their sweet
corn lrssher and those who pro-
d1sce md prepare that sweet
corn for sale In retail outlets are
1oing 70 appreciate q suggestion
hat husked sweet corn be
wrapped In transparent material
such q cellophane for better
keeping, easier selection and
smaller packages.
M Poor quality keeps families
from eating as much sweet corn
u they might, observes Keith
e. Barrons, vegetable specialist
On the Michigan State College
staff.
An experiment in 1910 indi-
Gated how this can be changed.
Corn picked from . field was
huslEed and tips cut off. Ears
were punched in half dozens In
Z pyramid form and wrapped in
cellophane. The extra cost per
package was around 4 cents.
$500 The price went up q bit, but
consumers appreciated the serv-
ice, retailers had less waste and
corn ear worms were avoided.
Apparently sweet corn grower
can obtain . cent an ear above
the extra labor Of husking and
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-06
j. 5. Greatest
Dairy Nation

The United States today Is
the greatest dairy nation in the
world and milk and its products
comprise over Is per cent of the
1900 pounds of the principal
foods consumed each year by the
average American.
Americans also enjoy the best
milk in the world and efficient
distribution, sanitation, pasteuri-
cation and other safeguards have
made the u. s. supply . world
standard which other nations
emulate.
More than $4,000. 900 bottles
of milk will magically appear
tomorrow morning on the door
steps of American homes-clean,
pure, safe milk.
Speedy Delivery
Special trains and big tank
trucks serve the large cities,
rushing the precious fluid at
express speed direct from cows
to city plants. In no other land
do consumers enjoy such won
derful milk distribution system.
In the modern dairy every
piece of equipment is taken
apart, scrubbed and completely
sterilized daily job that
takes more time than any other
in a milk plant.
Efficient daily distribution of
milk is distinctively American.
The modern equipment of the
American milk distributor has
no superior. The American dis
tributor is trained in handling
perishable food. He is a guardi-
an of community health.
The milk industry emphasizes
the unique health value of
drinking milk. Milk now pro-
vides farmers with their largest
source of cash income and milk,
hutter and other dairy products
annually create an output val
ued at 81 billion dollars. Our
production and utilization of
milk have so advanced that we
are the greatest dairy nation.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-06

II taxes q spartan 70 grow
roses in Michigan. In q new ia
bulation of insect pests a list of
IL has been compiled as rose
enemies, although fortunately
only a few are important.
A tentative spray schedule for
the control of insects on Mich
igan roses has been advised by
e. I. Mcdaniel of the entomology
department at Michigan State
College.
There really are five serious
pests. Top rating goes to the
aphid which can be sprayed with
nicotine sulphate, one ounce Of
40 per cent in three gallons Of
water plus one ounce Of soap
and applied rs soon ass mixed.
Next in rating probably is
the rose beetle or rose chafer
feeding on flowers and foliage.
Protection of choice plants Is
obtained with cloth tents, or
flowers can be protected with q
fortified pyrethrum dust.
The rose slugs probably come
next in importance These skele-
tonize the foliage or consume
entire leaves. Dusts or sprays
are recommended by Professor
Mcdaniel. Copper-rotenone or
pyrethrum dust can be applied.
Several treatments are possible
and the most efficient Il the one
that also will control other types
of insects at the same time.
Red spider rates about fourth.