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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-09-26
Russians and Germans Battle
Fiercely For Decision AS Cold
Weather Approaches

Both the NaZi invaders and
Russias red army have suffer
ed at losses in the fighting the
past week. While the Germans
have made important gains they
have made no progress against
destroying the Red army which
was their aim in invading the
Communisitic homeland.
The Russians have retreated
at several points but they fought
back while doing so and Nazi
gains cost plenty.
Russian roads are great seas
of mud at this season and the
fighting has avoided the roads.
preferring the open country. 1t
is expected that when the
winter comes that the mud will
turn to a frozen mass for the
duration, and that military
operations will be faciliated-til
it begins to snow, when they
will cease altogether
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-09-26
W.Va.State
Football
Team Good

Institute 49, With ~ letter
men returning from last year s
squad, headed by John Stuart,
captain; and outstanding end.
plus Il crop Of freshman and
Sohomorc materials, West Vir-
ginia StGtc college prospects for
q good football team ON thc
basis of one weeks practice
looks fairly bright
Coaches IIamblin, Goodc, Har
pole and Edwards hav been en-
phasizing conditioning and
fundamentals during this first
week.
The squad Of more than fifty
men have displayed plenty of
enthusiasm and the coaches are
well pleased with their pro-
grcs4 TO date
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-09-26
British Air Commission Is
Guilty of Race Bias. N\ACP

! NEW YORK. - ".All appii-
cantS must be of the white
race, states the last point in
the list of nine minimum re-
qulrcmcntS for pilots and CO.
pilots issued 10y the RAE COM
mand
The NAACP is in posscSsion
of ph"tostatc copies of the Mist
of requirements for AmcriSa n
flyers to ferry planrsNto Britain
and Il letter from j. ID. MudfoN,
a captain i'm the Raj Ferry orn
mand, Washington DC. to Chas.
M. AShc. 27l Division Ave. in
Washington. which are admis-
sionS that the British Air Com
mission turned down his appli-
cation for service with the Raj
as Il ferry pilot because he is a
Negro.
Ashes letter to the NAACP
gives the facts.
Since the Royal Air Force
has been requesting American
pilots for service in Montreal
(Canada), | have been applying
and have not been able to get
anything in black and white
showing the reason for the rcfu-
sual of my application until
received the enclosed copy from
the Raj.
I'm June an article appeared
in American newspapers asking
pilots with as little as 400 hour
of experience on any type of
to contact officials of the
TWA airlines, q have about
2100 hours and am Il CONNER
cial pilot and INSTRUCTOR if they
would be interested i'm receiving
additional training which would
prepare them for the position in
question"
Ashc states that TWA was
contracted by the Raj to give
three weeks Of intensive train
;ng to applicants at no cost to
The applicant. He applied and re-
'civcd Il favorable answer from
he training center, located at Al
Continued on Page Three ...........
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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-09-26
FORMER BSTC BUSINESS
MANAGER NOW AN
ESQ DEALER

Robert r. Carroll, former
business manager of Bluefeld
State Teachers college now
operates the ESQ service station
at 1907 Bland street, just below
'St. Mary's hospital in Bluefield.
The station, under Mr.. Carroll's
management, has been cleaned
up, reapainted and the curbing
whitewashed Many persons say
that the station looks better
now than it has ever looked.
When interviewed, Mr.. Carroll
stated that he would always
Stress cleanliness and courte-
Gus service. He handles full
line Of Standard Oil products.
This includes tires, tubes, and
all accessories such as are
handled by the Standard Oil com
pany. He also hopes to specialize
in fabrication, washing, polish
ing and SimoniAng services
since one of the best men in
Bluefield-Quinton Price--is in
charge of that end of it. In Fact
many persons WHO know say
"Quint" is the best who has ever
done it.
Mr.. Carroll informed us that
credit cards are honored. For
the convenience of anyone who
might not have a Standard
Courtesy Card, Mr.. Carroll said
he would do all he could to get
ne for him. This service might
it in well with school teachers
Who get their salary checks once
! month, and who might prefer
paying for such service at the
ime they get their checks.
lany persons, employed in the
> arious mines, might also take
advantage of it. They, in many
asses, can pay for their gas
through the company store on
payday. They could also pay for
it once a month with q Stand
ard Courtesy Card The courte-
~ card has another great ad
tantage. In case one wishes to
take a long trpi, he can travel
all over the United States and
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-09-26
Chairman Martin Makes
Important Speech On
West Coast to Group

Los Angeles. Cal. - Calling
for an end to discrimination
against Negroes, Representa-
tive Joseph W. Martin DR., the
Chairman of the Republican
National Committee and Re
publican leader of the House of
Representatives. addressed tn,
Womcn'S Political Study clubs
of California, Wednesday even
ing, September 2l.
The Republican Chairman :
visit to Los Angeles was one of
Il series he is making i'm various
parts of the country to- meet
with party leaders and workers
Tor the purpose of launching Il
Nationwide movement to T..
Stallzc the Republican party for
ncN years congressional cIcc-
tions.
The Womcn's Political Study
Clubs of California, composed of
outstanding, colorcd womcn, with
I'm organzd progrtn-ia cverv
important city and hamlct>of
the state is sponsoring Il move
mcnt of great educational value
and importance.
Extracts from Address
am speaking here after the
10Th anniversary of the issu-
ance of the Emancipation Procla
nation by the immortal Abra-
ham Lincoln patron saint of the
Republican party.
That great Charter of Free
dom, together with the Consti-
tuition of the United States, and
the three great Civil War Amend
mcnts, have forever banished
from our shores, the shackles
which were for nearly 800 years,
the badges of involuntary ser
vitude.
Under the Magma Charta Of
our liberties, our FcdraI Con-
Stitution, we are all American
citizens in this country of ours
without racial or class distinc
ton. because of this, and bccaus,
] believe SO heartily in these
fundamental principles, ! hav,
come today TO meet and gree
you-not as Il special group, mo-
as = so-callcd minority group
but as American citizens.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-09-26
Safety Meet.
At Mt. Hope
Is Success

On Saturday, September 13,
one OF the largest and most sue
cessful safety meets ever held
took place at Mount Hope in the
football stadium.
1t was under sponsorship of
tn Winding Gulf Mining Institu-
tie and drew one of the largest
crowds ever assembled for such
an event. ...
Both white and colored teams
participated and were applaund-
cd and otherwise treated equally
without a sign Of prejudice or di.
elimination on the part of either
officials or the spectators.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-09-26

Canada on his courtesy card.
1t would be well, then, to secure
a courtesy card through Mr..
Carroll.
Standard products are gener-
ally accepted as tops where
automobiles are concerned. The
ESQ motor oil actually is UNI
.,celled. 1t is absolutely the very
BEST motor oil that money can
now buy.
Mr.. Carroll said he hoped the
'cDplc from the coal fields would
would find their way to his sta.
ton when in Bluefe,d. Their
patronage will he greatly apprc-
ciatcd. SO, Mr.. Auto Driver
rhcn you think of changing
from summer to wintr lubrica.
ton. anti-freeze, tires, tubes
gas or accessories, think Of
Carroll 5 ESQ Station
1907 Bland Street
BIuefield, w. Va.
The Station of Friendly
Service"
Where the likable Bob Carroll i
the Protector.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-09-26

almost comlete non-eXistence in
reality may months after it
began to grow" on paper. The
air Force of half q dozen small
nst;ons is larger. To date the
US. air force has followed the
set T'an of training a few dozen
pilots to fly new snowy planes
before The cameras, as if all the
world did not know that in the
viewing of these photos and
newsrccls it was not looking at
the major portion of our air
power. Anyway since the ex-
pansion began we have saw but
three new planes and heard OF
three more which we suspected
were the same ones.
However. if we stop playing
around and get busy we may
arm in time. But going on as VIC
have been doing will bring
disaster, and it is high time
those in authority realize it and
act accordingly.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-09-26
On Vacation

Leon Parker Miller. Attorney
at Law, left Sunday on his vaca
ton. He will spend a while with
his widowed mother in Roanoke,
Va. and on TO see the World
Series and the Joe Louis fight.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-09-26
VIVA. Teachers Assn
50th Anniversary Meet
At BSTC October 1881
BY Philip G.. Jefferson

The West Virginia State Teach
ers Association celebrates it,
50th anniversary at its annual
meeting October 1881, as the
guests of Bluefield State Teach
ers college and the Bluelield city
teachers.
Bluefield, located in the heart
of the Pocahontas coal fields,
rio h in historic lore and
picturesque scenery as viewed
from the East River mountain,
part of the Blue Ridge chain, will
prove an ideal place for this
seth anniversary.
B!uetield State Teachers col
lege, the City Teachers and the
Mercer-McDowtl, Round Table
serving as joint n sts, are look
ing forward most anxiously to
this most memorable occasion.
1t is felt by the merchants, the
Mayor, Chamber of Commerce.
religious and civic organiZa-
tions. 1t is the sincere desire Of
Assistant j. S. Saundl that the
teachers and participants of this
5Oth anniversary experience an
informative and relaxing abode.
Together with the"fact that
80 per cent of the Negroes own
homes which will amply take
care of the 1000 expected teach
orS. :.
Origin of the College
Blueficld State Teachers col
!ege came into existance be-
cause Of the vision of some OF
the early pioneers in the South
ern section of West Virginia.
Professor Hamilton Halter in
1896 became the first president
In 1906, President Robert Sims,
who has not only envisioned Il
bigger and better Blueiiel(
State Teachers colleg, but who
las been able to direct and in.
teprate the various department.;
4 the institution to such an eX-
cnt that this years freshman
lass proves to be the largest III
he history of the school.
Boyd Policeman day will be
Dbervc by the boys and girls in
he state who make the best
tribute to DR.. Prillerman. Cash
prizes are offered. Contestants
should limits their compositions
% not more than 500 words,
verse or essay style. Contribu
tons must be in President Bruce
II IIull's Office not later thar
October -. The prizes will be
announced at the golden annivcr-
;ary, Friday October 81, at The
College.
Features CT the Association
Features of the association at
no extra +cost: Souvenir pro
gram showing in a pictorial man
ncr some Of the reasons why
West Virginia is a great state
Souvenir and commemorative
badge; massed school band con.
cert; pageant, THE West Nir.
ginia Hills" written by a West
Virginian directed by West Vir.
ginians and enacted by West
Virginian teachers; entertain.
ment deluxe by the Mercer.
Mcdowell Round Table; interest
Continued on Page Three
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-09-26
World Affairs

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One of the things that has
escaped widespread discussion IL
the present war is the under
cover efforts at making peace
with Hitler which h English
have actually carried on right
along. Also the inferiority of the
planes we have sent to England.
The English have all along
been sending high government
officials to Germany to confer
with the German government in
secret and that high officials of
the Reich frequently spend week
ends in London is not the secret
that Winston Churchill believes
it to be.
The British claim that they
need badly every plane that we
can send to them. At last report
$40 of our newest model pursuit
planes are lying on the docks at
London and have been there
several weeks. Nobody is much
interested in them-not enough
to even open the crates.
The Flying Fortresses we
sent the English are being used.
Gossip says that this is only
because they can struggle high
err up in the sky with load Of
bombs than ground guns can
shoot accurately.
In brief the British think our
planes are no good. They are
looked on as out-moded and
too hastily built. The raid or
Berlin carried out from a height
of 10000 feet, it has developed,
was entirely implanted and the
bombs fell all over the city.
With the English government
clamoring for more and more
arms to decorate their docks
and half of the new American
army is no more heavily armed
than a troop of boy scouts, and
getting them do not use them.
In our humble opinion there
is something wrong with an ally
who yels for our help and when
we send it don't even bother to-
unpack the stuff. And when we
hear that he's fraternizing
behind the scenes with the foe
we smell something rotten.
Either England is getting
ready to throw in with Hitler or
accept the staus quo. And she
will of course cease fighting and
leave Uncle Sam save demo-
cracy himself if he wants it.
Another slant on the business
is that Great Britain now feel.
victory is in sight for herself
and don't need an outside ai(
to prevent sharing the Spoii
and thus-well, any reader can
finish the sentence.
AS to the out of date aviation
designs of our planes we have
no doubt that it is true to g
degree because there seems to-
be so much pulling in different /
directions and allowing personal
feelings so much leeWay here |
that there is bound to be much
truth in practically any charge
one can think up.
More and more Americans |
have lately began to think that |
we should arm our own army |
RIGHT NOW. AS long as we |
have half a dozen or fifty tanks
or big guns where Hitler and
Russia throw away that many !
every few hours we are in big
danger. Our defenses Of our
rightful shere of action should
be made impregnable to any
offensive no matter how new il
may be. Then we can think of
becoming the big cheese of the
modern world and not before.
The US. navy il indeed somo-
thing Of which we are proud for
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-09-26
US. Entry Into War Now An
Established Fact
Negro News Syndicate)

the Negro News Syndicate was
able to predict. rom inside news
sources, that i'm the very near
future colored United States
soldiers might soon find them
selves fighting their blood
brothers on African soils.
That prediction has now come
pcrilously close to being an &C
tuality. For b, hind the head
lines. in the recent granting by
THE Civil Acronautics Administra
ton of Il franchise to Pan A.
mcrican Anyways for operating
Il commercial airline between
Mani. florida. and point or
points" i'm southwest Africa, is
Il story that deeply concerns A
mericas fifteen million colored
citizens.
The gist of that story is that
Americas interest i'm Africa and
African affairs. has ceased to be
academic. and become active
both from an economic and mill
tarN point of view.
From the wcll-concealrd story
~ the new Libcrian deals. it is
now evident that the United
States has entered Africa for
keeps. The war and commerce
OF the air have succeeded i'm do
ing what the war and commerce
u the sea have heretofore Fail
eel t" do-plungc the American
Tag into the imperial maze of
Afr,ca's eleven nations.
The comprehensive nature of
Amrrican-Libcrian negotiations
Were not apparent when the
lNdcnt returned from the
RooSdHlt-C Churchill conference
at sea AZ announced plans for
flying Amaican planes to the
British MidSle Eastern front.
via Africa. behlAd this move.
and Pan Americssi's subsequent
application for a franchise, were
two considerations, Witch only
now have come to lightN
They are: SA
!. New American defen1A.
bases in Liberia, only 700 miles
from Dakar.
:. New plantins of rubber in
Liberia to answer defense pur-
poses needs and the threatened
cst-oH of supplies from the
Dutch East Indies.
Here is the background of the
story.
Even before Liberian indie
pchdollcc was proclaimed i'm 1847
me warShips of the United
states were welcomed to- Ii
)erIa to protect the interests
u the American colonization
society, originator Of the settle
nchl OF free, cOlOrcd immi-
rants. Visits Of American naval
'hlpS became regular feature
II Il Yankee big-stick policy
preventing Liberia from being
squeezed by the British on the
North. in Sierra Leone. and the
'rcnch on the Southeast on tbe
ivory Coast.
Thus, until modern times
Monrovia Liberals capital. has
Dccn an unofficial American
naval base. " During the past
critical months, skiIlful diplo-
navy ny lhc united StateSS
Envoy Extraordinary and Mini
stcr Plcnipotcntiary to Liberia
Lester A. Walton has ncgotiat-
ed reciprocal air treaty: has
extended the unofficial naval base
INTO rights that include mill
tary, naval and submarine base
privileges.
In 1922, Harvey Firestone,
Senior head of the giant tire and
rubcr company bearing his name
ordered his tcchnicians TO scour
the world for new rubber-grow
inn uifng To-. .... 4,
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-10-09
Are W. Well Fed. pub. by |. =
Eurrau Of Home Economics.

This book comes at an opporlnnc
moment when food prices are
soaring and IT is becoming in
crcasirgly dlfficult to serve a
wcll-balanccd. INTENTIONALLY high
meal with Wow toward inform
ing the public abnu, the food sit
uation and toward improving the
diet of all Americans Are We
Well Fed -" j, fine hook
II is stressed IN this analysis
% the American die THAT although
the greatest number OF families
having a good diet are IN the up
per income brackets. still with
careful planning the housewife
can stretch the food dollar to in
Glade more protective foods and
provide good die,
Good diet is defined as = diet
which inclucs widc variety Of
foods and has an ample supply Of
the protective foods such rs dairy
products and green. lcafy vcgct-
ablcS Bureau booklets on low
cost menus and uutritional cduca-
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-10-09
cleaner following
IL YOU stop writing the MURRAY Industry
nincil Plan

broken down The worker vii! no
longer allow himself to be censid-
cred inferior because he works
with ms hands White collar and
professional workers Will no long
er consider themselves superior to
laborcrs. A whole new social order
with true equality for all will arise
ut the end % tins war The Trade
Union Moycmcn, OF England and
English workers demand TINS SO
cial revolution. They vii not Al
low these demands to be brushed
asidr
80. Prtrc explains IN ms book
So may II come To pass
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-10-09
Filtration
Filters

The entire filtration department
takes tht, opportunity to thank the
negotiating committee for its
spicrdid work N obtaining our new
contract
&C" shift workers would like
Ia lsnnm Why their foreman got
such "a swift change Of mind
last week. On Tuesday night hr
said the company could not stand
the expense of teaching n man
a new job Bui on the following
night he accepted the reconhmen-
datinn> of The committee and he
gan breaking in n new worker.
"a sniff Expresses it's sympathy
to Dayton Evcrsolc. whose wife
died last week. and Richard Nor
man whose father was taken by
death.
Filtration workers arc happy 10
500 Edward Blake and Frank Eas-
10y hack on their jobs after their
long illness
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-10-09

,,nu explain other good diets.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-10-09
Lady Be Good Is
Maryland Feature

Eleanor Powell. Ann Sothcrn
and Eobort Young join forces to
hriag one Of the years mos, at
uac'ivc musicals TO the screen in
Lady BE Good " which opened
today At tho Maryland theatre
With Miss Powell again reveal
lr- ar unmatched brilliarce as
dancer and Ann Sothcrn singing
songs by the Gcrshwins. Jerome
Kern and other hit composers. tho
picture unravels the story Of n
writing team. played by Miss
Sothern and Young. whose success
,lases the husband to neglect his
wife Miss Powell. playing
broadway dancer. contrivcs a plot.
with tho aid of John Carroll aud
Red SHELTON. and reconciliation
is finally effected in series Of
humorous situations
Miss Powcll's dancing hits new
high
Hitting a ncw stride as we'll Is
Ann Sotherr.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-10-09
Three Famous Murder Mysteries,
pub. hN Randnm unm>c. SInS.

Th- volume includes. complete
and unabridged. Francis lies. Be
fore The Fact T. { Bcrilcy's
"'rfcn,S last case" and \ =: ".
Mason's Tho House 70 TIN Ar
row
Before the Fact" moves slow
~ haS reasonable amour, of
suspense. bu: fails Ia click q a
convincin. story. It's phlhsophy
is N false philosophy IT ~ Eng
hsh ruling class All in MI tho
book fails TO measure up 20 the
requisites % good mystery and is
poisoned with unrca'iiicS. An owe
ming wasted
The books reviewed in Thu, reg
ular feature Of the VOICE or
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-10-09
Labor in the AYR. by John Price,
pmh. hN penrlin RnnI.s. S.l5.


A. the onset 90 the war. the
British Labor Parts. although not
n accord with the conservative
National Government" of Mr..
chamberlain. pledged and gave its
support 20 the government in an
effort to make England var II
tort all.nut aud effective Under
CHS government. the Labor Party
Ias not given representation IN
91c War Cabinet. IN, from timc
~ time. Chamberlain found il
Necessary to consul; Labor an
problems dealing with labor sup
Tiv and the ilk
When the now government vas
formed under Churchill labor
Gas represented in the War Cab
isse by Ernest Bcyins Tho gov
.elhment found il essential to in
crIde Labor in its plans The
government realized the import
asce Of Labor and recognized that
lsbor supply meant production
without which England would fall
In time Of war. in time Of ma
tional emergency the working
man who is too often forgotten in
times Of peace becomes vital
factor.
British Labor has sacrificed a
gsest deal in this war Hours have
been heightened. Other rights
have been waived. Their homes
have been bombed. their children
taken away The English Trade
Union Movement expects and will
demand at the end Of this war
not only a full restoration Of La
bsr's rights. but also new social
order for the working man.
The barriers OF hundreds Of
YEARS. says Price, have to he
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-10-09
Profit on Anti.Freeze

WASHINGTON The practice
of ono large distributor ~ ethyl
alcohol anti.frcrzo In raising his
retail price from Sl.oo TO 81 80 a
sailor recently - nothing NOR"
rur less than profitcrring office
~ rri,c Administration chemical
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-10-09
Labor
Library
By Dixie Louise Fiskc

Look al Labor. by Leon Goodle-
man. pub. hy Modern Age. ~
cents.
Look at Labor is precisely what
its title says sweeping. comprc-
hcnsivc depletion OF lsbor's dcvcl-
npment Each phase OF labnrS his
tnrical background and It's war
with capital is treated III such a
manner as to give unified re-
lated picture which leads to q
3rcatcr understanding Of lahors
problems.
We are made to realize the int
tcnsity Of the struggle forced
upon workers attempting to or
game. Citing specific eases,
Coodleman reveals how compan-
les proceed in union breaking. as
sisted by employers associations,
spies. law enforcement officers.
courts. private armies. the press
every major social force IN the
community.
How much like fascism are the
tactics of the employers and their
union busting thugs is as revolt
ing and un-Amcrican as any nt-
rocity Of the NAH regime find
it more So because i, happens In
Free America
This book WAS written for the
common man Its STYLE Is So clear
and direct that no one cau fail to
understand its full meaning II
tells labor's story straight SO that
the worker can soc lahors whole
struggle through al the employer
created camouflacc