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The Phoenix index., 1941-10-11

The Citizens Committee of
Phcian7x, Mariccpa County, Ari-
zona, under the leadership of Mr..
H. G.. Bell, and with Rev. J. H.
Motion, president, is bringing
things to pass Since they began
working few weeks ago, there is
much difference in the curriculum
of the Colored high school and the
Union high school, which carries
SO subjects, while the Colored high
school only carries 13.
Through the efforts of this
committee and by the help of one
of our newly elected senators and
a prominent lawyer of this city, it
has been made possible for our
girls and boys who desire to take
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-11
Citizens Committee
Getting Things Done

up subjects that do not come up
in our high school to go 70 Union
high school. and up to date it has
been reported that fifteen have
enrolled.
At the beginning of this attempt
by the committee, one individual
was advised by the principal that
the schools in Arizona were like
the schools in Alabama, Texas,
Georgia and all other southern
states. They were jir- and
the Colored boys and girls could
not get in They just had to pu+
up with what they had.
It is true we just have to make
our desires made.-Report fr'om
the committee
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-11
'PORTERSRESOLUT|ONSMAYPUT
AFL CONVENTION HON THE SPOT
Rando| oh Awaits
Action On Pleas

NEW YORK-(ANP)-At least two and possibly three
resolutions to be put before the 61st annual convention OF
the American Federation of Labor meeting in Seattle
Washington for II days beginning Monday by A. Philip
Randolph and Milton P Webster delegates from the Inter
national Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porers calculated
expose that organization to criticism by all Negroes and
many farsghted whites At the time, President Will
liam Green in light of developments of the past few months
will be confronted with the experience again being
in an untenable position.
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-11
STUDIES HOSPITAL
Charles

CHICAGO - (ANP) - Charles
Burbridge of New Orleans in pur-
suing a graduate course in hospital
administration at the University
of Chicago under a grant made
available by the Rosenwald fund.
Burbridge who did his undergrad
uate work at the university. will
do his interneship at Providence
hospital for the most part.
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-11
HOLD CARNIVAL DAY

FORT SILL. Okla-0ANP).--In
the first event of its kind ever held
at Fort Sill, the 31st Separate
battlion staged a gala event in the
form of Carnival Day" here Sat-
urday. 1t. Oscar E. Holder, chap
lain of the organization, directed
the affair.
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-11
FRIEND OF CHURCH DIES

CHICAGO (ANP)-Dr. Walter
Raycroft Nee. white, executive
secretary of the Chicago Church
Federation for the past 25 years,
died suddenly of heart disease
while attending a theatre Thurs"
day evening.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

this one. because nowhere has been found In
excavations the crude forms that would indi-
cate first experiments But who taught the
mother of civilization" nobody knows.
There are many legends including not inn
probable one that Phoenician traders camp
ing in the desert. marvelled at a CLASSY sub
stance under their dinner pot which had
been supported by blocks of natron on the
desert sand. The fire may we'll have caused
the natron, impure form Of carbonate of
soda, to combine with the sand into sicate
of soda Though this is not a permanent
form of glass it would be sufficiently inter-
esting TO start experiments
One of Charlemagnes cherished posses
sions is reported to have been an hour glass
so huge that it ran II hours, without being
turned But the Romans seem TO have car
ried glass-making to the highest point of
antiquity in some ways very close to the
best achieved today,
Science does not believe that ancient glass
makers had any secrets that are now lost
art Some pieces that cannot be duplicated
today were probably due TO accidental COM
bination of materials or to the mellowng of
age So called "malleable glass" is also dis
credited though traditions like the following
presst:
A glass maker of Rome managed TO win
al duuIeH'' VIII inc Emperor llpeIluS anu
presented him with beautifully designed cup
Of clearest crystal The Emperor duly pleased,
was ready to reward the giver in some rea-
sonable way, when the man asked to have
it back for moment AS soon as this was
done he shocked everyone by hurting the cup
down the hard flagstones
Instead of smashing to a million splinters,
it bounced with only a small dent. such as
a vessel Of copper or gold might show from
such abuse. The glass-artisan then produced
a small hammer with which he deity re-
moved the dent.
The Emperor was impressed. in fact too
much so. Asking If anyone else knew, the
secret Of this malleabe glass and being as
sured by the proud inventor that it was in
his head alone. Tiberus ordered that head cut
off at once lest this new material should make
gold and silver valueless.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

with a dagger on which was inscribed the
word, TRAITOR.
The early American glass industry suffered
from these fugitives from a glass gang, as
shown by such old notices the following:
Ten Dollars Reward Run Away From the
Subscribers Glass House in Salem County,
West Jersey, A Dutch Servant. Named Adrian
Brust, About p Years Of Age. Then follows
a personal description, ending with the follow
ingl Had on When He Went Away A Good
Shirt. And Generally Wears The Bosom Part
Behind"
In the cut glass stands out the figure
of Edward Drummond Libbey tossing $40
gold pieces into the glass furnace Gold does
not give glass gold color. but that Of the
ruby In 1904 glass containers were still
being slowly and painfully blown by hand.
Michael ] Owens a Toledo glass blower. in
vented the automatic bottle blowing machine
which revoutionized the glass industry.
Where only a few bottles could be blown
per hour by the hand method the Owens ma
chine enabled glass manufacturers to make
several hundred glass bottles an hour
Owens, poor immigrant boy, applied for
his first job in a Virginia glass works in his
bare feet. The foreman laughed and told him
he COULDN'T. give him job until he got shoes.
Next day Owens appeared at the factory wear
ing woman's shoe on one foot and over
size mans shoe on the other. He got the job.
ovens creative genius introduced glass in
various other forms so that now bricks made
of glass are used extensively in business Of
fees and houses. Many new houses have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

almost in the class Of paper bag But before
that, there was the spectacular episode of the
famous glass dollars" Of jamestown, Virginia,
around 1909.
Among the settlers was family Of Italians
who knew the noble art OF glass-making.
And noble il was because since the dark ages
il was the only business in which a nobleman
could enter without losing caste. Also
glassmaker's daughter was the only woman
OF the working class he could marry with
out causing a large blot on the family
escutcheon.
These near-noble sons Of Italy, set up a
little shop and turned out few useful utensils.
In the course Of the process they produced
some beads. waste drops of glass. Then came
the great idea. One of the other settlers per-
suaded the local Indians TO accept these gilt
tering novelties as money. in place of their
wampum.
For while the delighted little settlement
thought II had found way. not merely to
got something for nothing, but everything the
Indian could produce The redskin had no
word in his vocabulary for initiation and the
settlers knew nothing of it either. 1t is a
catastrophe which each generation must re-
discover for itself.
One day the crash came The Indians be-
came suddenly conscious of the fact that they
had turned over all their pelts and other real
assets to the white men and in each tepee
was a quart or so of beads which even the
papooses had tired of playing with. And it
seems quite likely that this was one of the
contributing factors in the Indian uprising and
massacre Of 1922.
Glass has always fascinated humanity be-
cause light is the carrier TO the eye Of all
beauty and glass the magician that displays
IL best II initiates the diamond emerald and
ruby so we'll that only the expert eye can
tell the difference Through its lenses the
astronomer sees the rim of our universe with
light that has been travelling to him for
thousands Of years and through the micro
scope appear the beauties NJ another world
that would be forever invisible but for glass.
The discovery of glass ~ lost in the
twilight of pre-history. Egypt pioneer In so
many old things. probably did not introduce
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

Along with legitimate glass-making the
taking Of jewelry thrived in Roman days 1t
is recorded that ieweller, having gotten hold
Of some extra perfect limitations of jewels,
unloaded them on the best customer in the
world the Empress Salonina, wife of Emperor
Gallenus But she was also the most danger
Gus and somebody tipped her off that she
had been swindlcd.
The first lady Of the land asked her hus-
band to have the rascal put to death. But
she told so many people that the story got
around and by popular request Gallienus saved
him To give TO the lions as an extra added
feature for the next public games.
When the day arrived there the mis-
cradle wretch staked out in the Circus Maxi
mus and looking apprehensively at the lions
cage. In due time the gates of the cage
opened but, instead Of hungry lions, out STROBE
a rooster which crowed pompously.
The culprit was ANONYMOUSLY booted or
rather sandalled out of the arena under
suspended sentence of being lions meat. 1t
is said that to the end Of his days the jew
eller's goods were strictly as advertised.
Though the best-paid and most highly
honored of all labor, even above that of the
sword-maker and armorer, glass-blowing was
not as popular as one might imagine, but to
resign was not permitted for fear trade
secrets might be revealed. In the fourteenth
century, Paoli, glass worker Of Venice after
washing up ono Saturday night decided TO
get away from it all and wandered off TO
Normandy with his daughter. Someone traced
them and he was found, stabbed in the heart
L. 1T
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06
BY CHARLES w. GODDARD

A CONSIDERABLE part of the billion
- dollar-a-year loss suffered by poor,
little Czecho-Slovaka since the German
seizure has been from the stoppage of its ex-
port of crystal ware TO this country similar
fate has befallen, the scandinavian glass maxi
and even Germany and Austria which
hoped TO grab monopoly on most lines have
exported nothing on account Of the blockade.
AS usual it's an i'll wind that blows nobody
good and Hitlers ruin Of Europe has forced
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

Before the
War, the Pres
tige Of the
Glass Industry
Was Enhanced
by the
Manufacture
of Glamourous
Costumes Like
This. 1t Is Of
Thinly Spun
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

the \ m or c a n glass
m a n ufacturcr, already
supreme in many lines.
20 perfect himself in tho
others. increasing bust
ness about 400 per cent
last year.
But this required a
vast amount Of con-
centrated research. In
one laboratory glass rs
heated 10 a temperature
almost like that OF the
sun, IN a vacuum less
than one millionth Of the
air-prcssure at sea level
and the gases given off
are frozen at tempera-
lures almost as low as
those on the moon.
To make the glitter
ing stuff give up further
secrets. radio waves are
shot through II
In America was in
vented the glass-blowing
machine which changed
the glass bottle, from
a treasure to he kept
locked up. into some
thing so cheap and COM
mon as IN be regarded
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

regularly with water a nose dlQ Lle OlTI
poured off into cutters and down drain.
Next most revolutionary development In
gass-making is Duraglas which has just been
introduced This technique combines a num-
Der Of scientific advances including the use
of a radio beam to test the viscosity of mol
ten glass and results in a far lighter, more
durable and clearer glass than even the most
priced glass Of the ancients.
OF all great inventions glass seems to have
been used least in the past for war purposes
But in the British Museum, are glass globes
found at Rhodes and believed to have con-
tanned the mysterious and dreaded combusti-
BILE known as Greek fire" This secret sub
stance was hurled as a hand grenade and may
have been some sort of petroleum product.
There are several ancient cups and bowls
which contend without the slightest hstori-
cal authority, for the honor of being the true
Holy Grail" the vessel in which some of
the blood from the Saviour on the cross is
supposed to have been caught. One of these
is known as the Luck of Edenhall." The
story goes that this was taken from fairies
at st. Cuthberts Well, in England and kept
at Edenhall The fairies are said to have
warned that if the cup should ever be broken,
then farewell to the luck of Edenhall"
According to the poet INLAND, as trans
lated by Longfellow it was eventually
smashed with disaster to the Hall and the
MusSrave family which owned II. The poets.
however were wrong or slightly premature.
because the famous chalice has been preserved
to this day without nick, by the family.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

the proper ventilation pigs
and chickens need never go
outside their compartments
and wander into a neigh
boris yard. Glass walls were
easier to clean. too. The
farmer merely washed them
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

kitchen and dining room walls made Of glass
bricks because they let the sunlight in
Glass has even travelled as far as the farm
and scientific farming now includes the use
of glass in pigsties and chicken houses.
For years farmers toiled to keep their
sites and chicken houses clean. The dirt
seemed to stick to the wooden walls and it
was hard to keep the livestock
scrubbed and healthy
Then someone discovered that
glass made the usually dark sites and
-. lioht and that with
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

by weekly. Rights
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

Since The War Began +he Bulk Of Production Has
Shifted to America. Where Every Day Countless and
Surprising New Uses Are Being Found for If-And
Here. Too. Are Being Written Modern Chapters Com
parable to the Mystic Trodi-
nxz lions Of The Craft in The Old
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
BY W. W. CHAPLIN

Int1 News service National Defense ENpert
Sergeant Pilots; In the new de.
Tense army the air force is nc
longer 10 be on Officers club" and
the door has been opened for thou.
sands OF sergeant pilots.
There are two great training
schools for defense pilots to swell
the ranks OF the air force from
civilian life and the enlisted ranks
A man with the equivalent of two
years in college can become an
aviation cadet and on graduation
AN officer, And now a man with
the equivalent of a high school
education can enlist as an aviation
student and so become a sergeant
pilot. -.
The decision 10 "dtmocratizc'
the military pilot profession fol-
lowed CStir ,c jia only SO can
enough pilots ~ trained to meet
present AIR lece expansion tc
100000 during 1872.
The enlisted pilots Viii have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
Officers Club Open To Serseanfs

compensation for the officers bars
they can't have on their shoulders
When a sergeant pilot re-enlists he
will be a technical sergeant pilot
and on his third hitch will be a
master sergeant pilot. Pay: $144.9C
as master sergeant and S72.45
extra flying pay. Total: S21735
That's more than a line captain
gets.
Portable airfield: The United
States army's first portable air.
field" has been set up at Hoff.
man, N. c, Tor the first army
maneuvers. It's 1000 feet Ions
and $50 feet wide and is formed oil
IS 900 steel grids like those pliable
metal doormats.J Before laying
this mat the army had to level two
hills, fiji in a lot of 'hollows and
cut down a small forest; which
was done in IL days
The steel grid sinks into the
ground and gives q surface loI
plano wheels thai has tractiop re-
gardless of mud. It's a new idea
for the American army hut L saw
iotsof them in use by both French
and British afr forces in Flanders
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
By Walt Disney
A Family Likeness

TERE pleasant little game that will you message
every day a numerical puzzle designed spell
first II the
II the number is less than
add g. The is your key number upper left
reetanGe and check of key
right read the the letters undes
the checked figures give you U-4
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
DVERTIsEMENT

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in the first stage of this war.
Probably Junkers and Messer-
schmitts are using them now.
Air reserve The United States
has a tremendous reserve Of
behind-the-lines pilots on which
to draw for auxiliary services.
Latest figures show there are
81 ,442 licensed pilots in the coun-
try. an increase of 108 per cent in
a year Civilian defense leaders
are planning to ask for volunteers
for a national air auxiliary. go.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
NAMED THE RAT

"All right" Smitty snapped
over his IS hou q er, as they
reached the timekeeper's shanty.
Sign on here. Five bucks
day."
Joe staggered into the shack
and the old man who sat there
with long lists on the table before
bin wrote his name down. anC
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
3-14 Years Given
Mrs. Powell in Fraud
Times stan Correspondent

GRAND RAPIDS. Nov. Mrs
Sophia -. Powell. AZ. who admit
ted defrauding the Interstate Mo-
tor Freight System of $4,000
through forged endorsements of
checks. was sentenced by Superior
Judge Thaddeus 3, Taylor 10 serve
from 3 TO Ia years in the Detroit
House OF Correction.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
DNiIy Short Story
The Rat

leave him brass check with a
number on II.
That's Yer number" the time
KEEPER voice was Surly. Where
/ dye live, and who DO we notify"
"Notifys" Joe couldn't figure
what he meant
III We get kilt or bad hurt"
the old man explained. NJ
a SILVER passed over Spurlos.
He had never been courageous in
the physical sense. He hesitated,
land then Strengthened his thin
shoulders. Briefly he gave Grace'S
name and address.
81 think Wen call you The
Rat" Suitty crowley. "Anl
objections ."
1.-THE Rat :" SpurloS stared
AZ him.
For a split second his fists
Iclenched. Well, what would the
use be? Smitty could beat you to
pulp ). and there wouldn't be
any job. You had to have that
job for Grace.
GIVEN TOUGH JOB
"No objections" the uttered
words slipped from the corner
Of his mouth.
They walked over TO part Of
the block-long lot where the thick
walls of the old building were still
standing. Brick and stone, with
few window openings. about 30
feet high and 10 feet thick at the
base
We're not usin' dynamite
here" Smitty announced. point
ing 10 the giant boom swinging
from crane. "See that ball,
hangin' from the boom ."
Joe looked. From a steel cable
there swung a giant iron ball, some
feet in diameter. AS he watched,
the crane swung the boom. and
the ponderouS ball described an
arc. finally hitting the wall with
a heavy mud.
Then the ball swung back. con-
trolled to some extent by the
cables. TO be caught by group of
laborers at the base of the crane.
AS soon as they had steadied II,
they resumed loading wheelbar-
rows with loose brick and mortar.
That's where you'll work."
SmittY pointed TO the group.
Joe shrugged his shoulders. He
knew in his heart that he couldn't
take it, Probably il was harmless
-. easy enough for strong guys,
TO catch the ball when it reached
just the right spot, and not get
hurt. But Joe knew he'd turn and
run when he saw il coming at him,
just the way he'd turned 10 run
all through his life every time
anything threatening approached,
it was the cop on the beat,
or the toughest kid on the block
But he'd try. That's all you could
do try.
So he followed Smitty over.
This is The Rat, boys"
Smitty barked, "he's from the
main office. so keep him busy"
The rest Of that day was the
worst experience Joe Spurlos had
ever gone through. Unused 10
physical Tabor. he tried his best to
keep up with the others. They
soon found he was soft, and gave
him the job of trundling the wheel
barrows back and forth. There is
no rest in that job. You have TO
keep the full barrows going TO
feed the trucks, and the empty
ones on the move for more wreck
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
MUSCLES ACHE

II may look easy to watch a
practiced hand trotting along a
Scantllng pushing his barrow. But
try il some time. Half an hour
and every muscle you have will be
a screaming agony Joe began 10
look enviously at the men whose
job IL was TO catch the iron bail.
At least they had chance to
straighten UP everY now and then.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04

Tomorrow's short story: "Mrs.
Petruchio. Missionary" by Carl
Truitt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
DECIDES TO STICK

what do they call you, Joe:"
she asked. "'JOe,' or 'SpurlOs'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
SAVES BOYS LIFE

Joe eyes followed the Wild
/ flight of the ball, and he saw with
horror that it was headed directly
for a small boy. about II years
old. who stood watching with para
lyzed fright, A frenzied cry strug-
gled through.-Jee Spurlos mouth,
and he flung himself forward as
the ball hurtled by.
He could not have told you how
he summoned the strength for the
twifti leap that carried him INTO the
air. and permitted him 10 wrap
legs, arms and body about the
Ipendulum-like missile. All he knew
was that he must defect IL, for IN
that moment he remembered a
iscrawny, terror-stricken little boy
of 20 years before.
They had to pry him loose. and
when they did things went black
Later. through a mist OF ether in
the hospital room. he heard Grace
voice and the voice of McGinnis.
the foreman.
Three ribs gone" McGinniS
growled. IAN not another man
there would have had tn nerve"
~ "Joe's very brave" he heard
Grace murrnur. g. I've al
ways known that"
"Oh, oh :" McGinniS seemed
embarrassed. Joe, EN-. I'll have
10 tell tn lads
But deep in his heart. warm for
the first time with praise from
other men. Joe SpurloS told him
self that they'd call him by the
name that brought him luck-"the
Rat
Tomorrow's short story: Mrs.
Petruchio, Missionary" by Carl
E Truitt.