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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
MEASLES EPIDEMIC CITED
WORST In SEVEN YEARS

The most serious outbreak
of measles in seven years was re-
ported along the eastern sea
board and is spreading west
ward, the public health service
in Washington said this week.
Reports showed the epidemic
was concentrated in Middle At
lantic, East North Central and
South Central States, with New
England, Middle Atlantic, West
South Central and Mountain
States reporting more cases
than they did during the cores
ponding week of 1888, the last
measles year. o.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
GOV. NELLY TO OPEN
CANCER CONTROL DRIVE

Huntington, w. Va, An
nouncement was made yesterday
by Mrs. John S. Harvey, Hunt
ington, state commander of the
West Virginia Division of the
American Society for the Control
of Cancer, of a state wide radio
broadcast by Governor Mathew
NJ. Nicely, Sunday, April 6, from
12:45 to loop. m. The address
will be broadcast from Charles
ton over the West Virginia not
work by radio stations WCHS
of Charleston, WPAR # Parkcrs
burg, WBIK Of Clarksbm& and
WSAI of Huntington.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
LITERARY CONTEST

The West Virginia Literary
Society will hold its annual liter
airy contest on the campus of
Bluefield State Teachers college
Friday, April 4. The winners
and runners up from the various
sectional contests will vie for
state hcnors. The program in
cludes competition in eXtempore
speaking, Declarations, essays
and interpretive poetry. The
general public is urged to attend
the sessions which will be held in
After Hall. Miss Lena M. Wright
is president of the society and
has charge Of arrangements.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
Health Week
Theme Praised
By Executives

In a ,atcmcnt praising the
theme for National Negro
Health Week in 19I1. personal
Hygiene and Fir'' Aid Pre-
parednesS. Mrs. k.canOr Brown
Merrill. Executive Dir ttor of
the National Society for the
Prevention Of BLINDNESS, urges
that special attention be direct
cd toward the protection of eye
sight. This will help the nation
al defense program, she points
ont rs good cyrSipht is an eS-
S"ntial Requirement for those
who wish to serve i'm any branch
of the armed forces or in ma
tional defense Industries.
Blindness is an enemy that
strikes without regard to race.
color or creed. and il strikes rich
and poor alike" said Mrs. Mcr-
ril whose organization is CO.
operating in the observance If
National Negro Health Week.
March 80 TO April 6. "ThouSands
Of An rrican Negroes have lost
their sight nccdlcSSly. or suffer
from defective vision The treat
tragedy of loss of sight lies in
the fact that il is prrvrntablr in
TN" majority of eases.
Good cycsipht for all the pco-
Ulr of the United States was
never 50 vital rs il i, today
when each one of us is eager to
contribute his share toward the
national defense program
The nation is cXcrtimg every
effort to be prepared and the
protection of cycSipht is now a
mattcr-nOt Onl " Of good eco
nomics and humanitarianism-
but patriotism as well. The Ne
Eroes # America are doing their
part in the program, and Nation
ii Negro Health Week is an inn
uottant part Of the campaign to
keep Americans healthy enough
to face any eventuality.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
English Navy
Tears Apart
Italian Navy

Friday night of last week the
greater part of ltaly's dwindling
naval power was destroyed or
seriously damaged by an English
squadron which way-laid the
Fascist fleet in the eastern end
of the Mediterranean Sea.
Although from five to eight of
Mussolini's largest and most
powerful battle-wagons were
was zero. Reports were that the
sunk by gunfire the English loss
Italian ships were oiiicered by
Germans or at least had been
sent out from port by Nazi add
vice. The battle was fought Just
before dark and undoubtedly
will go down as the largest sea
fight so far when all details are
in.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
Commercial, Literary Contest
To Drau Over 100 Students

Over one hundred high school
students will gather on the cam
puS of Bluefield State Teachers
college, Friday, April 4, to take
part in the Fourth Annual Blue
field State High School CONNER
cial cotest and the West Virginia
Literary Society contest.
The commercial contest pro
per will start at 10 am. Saturday
April 5. The contesting sub
iects are shorthand, typewriting,
business arithmetic and book
keeping.
The following h i 6 h schools
h V already sent in their en-
tries: Bramwell, Dubois, Elk
horn, Excelsior, Gary, Genoa
kimball, Simmons and Washing
ton.
Trophies, medals and cash
prizes will be awarded to the
winners and runners-up in the
various divisions of the contest.
Douglass high school of Hunt
ington won the contest last year
but this years event promises
to be wide open with all the
schools entered having a splen-
did chance to carry off the
honors. The local committee in
charge includes Professor Z. Ma
haffey, Chairman; Prof. j. E.
DickersOn, ristrar f. w. Browne
mad Mrs. H. P. Wilson. Prepare
lions have been made to take
care of spectators who wish to
see the contestants in action.
The general public is invited to
attend this event.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04

DETROIT.-In letter to Dr..
]. J. McClendon, vice chairman
If local draft board no. 3, the
navy department has reaiIirm-
ed its anti-Negro attitude.
The letter, signed by c. w.
Nimitz. chief of the Bureau Of
Navigation, states once more
the navy department, for some
time past has refused to accept
applications for enlistment from
Negroes in any but the messman
branch.
DR.. McClendon had writer
the Secretary of the Navy ask.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
u. S. INDIANS MAY ec ctl
GET ARMAMENT JOBS

Albuquerque, N. M.-Ameri-
can Indians, some of whom are
denied U. S. citizenship, are
about to be drafted into the
armament program.
Director Roy Cook of the
state employment compensation
announced this week that New
MeXico's skilled Indian artisans
are easily adaptable to jobs re-
quiring an aesthetic sense and
precision work" and stand a
good chance of getting defense
assignments.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
J. ID. Startling
Receives Firm
Award
Chosen From Among
Thirty-Five Whites

Jackson d. Startling, repres-
entative Of the Real Silk Hosiery
company, was chosen fro m
among 80 white representatives
to be awarded with diamond
studded medal for executive abb
lity.
The medal was given Startling
at the sectional meeting held in
the Daniel Boone hotel II
Charleston, March ~. Startling
at present is the only Negro re-
preventative for the firm in this
area. But since his meritOus a
ward, Startling has been authori2
ed to choose assistant agent
over which he will be manager
Mr.. Startling has been rcprcs-
enting Real Silk Hosiery com
pany since he was graduated
from Bluefeld State Teacher.
college.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
MIAMI GROUP ENDORSES
APRIL S PEOPLES MEET

Miami.-Unanimous endorse
ment of the national People S
Meeting called by the American
Peace Mobilization for New
York City on April 5 and 6 was
voted here by the executive com
mittee Of the Miami Negro
Youth Council at its last meet.
The council is also conducting
a local petition campaign tc
secure a municipal beach for our
people in this Jimcrow city.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
SENDS PROTEST LETTER
WITH INCOME TAX

NEW YORK.-A letter in
which he stated that the special
defense tax of the income tax
due March IS, was being paid
under protest because Of the
"grcSs shameful and unwarrant-
ed discrimination" against Ne
groes, was sent by 10y Wilkins,
assistant secretary Of the NAA-
EP, in making his income tax
return
Mr.. Wilkins stated that Ne
groes were refused the oppor-
tunity to enlist in many branches
Of the army, are barred from
the navy except as mess attend
ants, and in the vast majority
Of industrial plants engaged in
filing defense contracts, Ne
groes are refused an opportunity
to work. .
Under t h G circumstances,
ne wrote, Il register my pro-
test against being taxed to
maintain this huge program
when my people are denied an
opportunity to share in it,"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
World Affairs
************s*s..*.*::.*.

One wonders if Italy under
Mussolini is not going to be the
downfall of Hitler and his i'm
possible dreams-Hitler basking
in world Nominations rays with
nary woe. SO far the Italians
have woefully bungled every
everything they have under
taken and today stand almost
stripped of colonial possessions,
wherever her men are fighting
they are doing so defensively,
the English navy has almost
torn Mussolini's navy into Junk,
The Germans are in Italy to see
that Mussolini's people do not
force a surrender.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
Virginia Union To
Honor r. L. Vann

RICHMOND Virginia Union
University plans to honor the
memory Of one of its most diStin-
TIishcd graduates by naming
ne 500, 600 tower of the Worlds
air Belgian building when re-
rrctcd ON the campus - the
colbert l.. Vann memorial tower.
This is an unusual and signi-
icant project dedicated to in
cInationaI friendship. intcrrac-
al 90 q will, and negro cduca-
ton.
The tower Will be co'pp,d
With amplifycrS and dedicated
o the development Of the best
IN Negro music. No such mem
pIial has so far been erected
anywhere in the world f. the
memory Of colored person.
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received will be sufficient to
cure three hundred crippled chill
drcn.
One dollar means little to the
average pcrs'n but thousands
P'caSc turn 10 page four
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
Miners Celebrate
Mitchell Day

April LIST WAS duly celebrated
in Mcdowell by the miners who
have set aSid" the day as Il
memorial To Mitchell whose um-
firing laborS for the miners re
suited III so many advantages
now enjoyed by those who dig
coal out of Mcdowell coumty's
mountains. The day was quietly
celebrated because of the fact
no contract for the next two
years had been signed.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
JanitOr Jobs Won't
Hold Loyalty Of
Negro, KnudsenT0ld

NEW IORk.-T h e employ
mrnt policies in national defense
Industries which bar Negro
workers. or limit them to ianit-
or Jobs, cannot command their
full loyalty and unstintcd sup
pert. of he national defense
program, il was declared i'm a
letter today from the National
Association for the ADV. nee
mrnt of Colorrd People to Will
liam :. knudScn. OPM director.
The NAACP cited for MIR.
knudScn an interview given to-
the Kansas City Star ON March
II, by j. II. kindrlbrrpcr.
president and general manager
of North American Aviation.
Inc. in which Kindclbcrpcr is
quoted as saying under no cir
cumStanccs will Negroes he ON
ploNcd" by his company except
as IanltorS, "rcEardlrSs of their
training as aircraft workers.
The NAACP letter declared
the kindclbcgcr pronounccmrnt
was the most brazcn that had
been made, and continued:
I'VE recall your statement
that as director of OPM, You
have no authority to force
plants to employ Negro workers
But we believe that such
policies as those announced pub
lieily by Mr.. Kindeiberger and
practiced throughout the avia-
ton industry, and in scores of
other plants, constitute menace
to the united effort demanded bv
President Roosevelt and yourself
and as such deserve the serious
consideration Of OPM.
In his radio address to { h.,
world on March Is, Mr. Roosc
welt stated: There is not one a
mong us who does not have .
stake in the outcome Of the cr
fort in which we are now cngag
ed.
I'VE respectfully submit tina
# the stake Of Negro American,
is the maintenance Of Il system
in which they are to be drn;cG
employment and restricted il
opportunity. then the effort j.
not one which can command
their full loyalty and unstintr"
support.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04

Birmingham, Ala. - Prompt
protest to the office Of Sidney
llillman, OPM co-director iu
Washington, secured the sign
ing of contract between the
Ingalls, iron works in this city
and local go american Fedora
ton Of Labor, after the manage
ment had baked at signing the
contract because it guaranteed
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
Protest Gets Protection For Negro Labor
In New Works Contract

birmingham. The union stood
pat and finally the company
signed
I'm the judgment Ct the local
ucPotiators. the most far
reaching gains for Negro labor
were made in the approved con-
tract and its terms are expected
to affect Negro workers else
where.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
v ok Not Expected To Be
Good For Next Month

Reports that large consumers
Of coal have on hand a fairly
large supply of fuel, laid up in
anticipation of a strike, indicate
that regardless of when the new
two-year contract is signed that
wcrk will not be so good for
coal mined for the open market.
The large reserve stock will first
have to be reduced before new
orders are placed.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04

AS the war has been progress
ing lately the English have
more than held their own. Be
sides blasting the Italian navy
off its own sea they have built
up a huge force on the South Of
Germany's gains and have made
Adolph forget invasions for the
present. The one-eyed General
Wavell has built up such stock
Please turn to page three
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04

In World War No | the men
of Italy were on the other side
and the contempt that Wilhelm
held for them was vast and UNI
limited. When the French fell
last year it was made known to
the world that they had only two
or 3 divisions on the Italian side
of their country-a mere nand-
full of men. German officers
privately agreed the French had
placed a correct valuation on
Mussolini's fighting ability. Thus
we may classify Italy not as a
Hitler partner but as one of his
victims. 1t is hard to arrive at
any other conclusion.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
Business And Educational
Conferences Held At WVSC

INSTITUTE. In connection
with its semi-centennial cele-
bration inaugurated March 16.
West Virginia State college was
host to its first conference on
Negroes in business, March q
and %.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
BISHOP DIGGS HERE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Bishop J. d. Diggs will preach
at 300 p. NJ. in basement Of
the Presbyterian church.
Everybody welcome. Come and
hear him.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
Refuses To Bulge
On Anti-Negro Policy

ing information upon -applica-
ton of Negro youths for train
ing in the United States naval
air reserve.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
Presbyterian Church Draws
Large Attendance Last Sunda

Rev. Il. p. Johnson, DID. Of
Kimball, was guest speaker at
the local Presbyterian church
last Sunday. S. G.. Hugh and
choir furnished the music. At
tendance was most gratifying.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04

In the Far East things have
uuietened down. With the whole
grim array of the L. S. navy
ready with steam up for any
monkey business, and the great
guns of the ships are manned
by the best gunners on earth
men who can match anything
the English can do with a naval
gun. Having served notice our
sources of raw materials are not
going to be pawns of war we are
ready to back it up.
The Japanese are at liberty
to attempt to wrest them from
English, Dutch and French con-
troll, but with foreknowIedge
it will bring disaster upon her
head. And this woe may come
from a non-naval power.
The wisdom of the Japanese
in slowing down is not neceSNar-
ily of a high order for she is al
ready doomed to defeat in the
vastness of China and any eN-
tension of the status quo would
be unwise. All potential foes
the Nipponese have marked are
big and tough. One must admire
the magnitude of Japanese am
billions.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04
Louisville Teachers Form
Non-Jim Crow Union

The first non-Jimcrow local
of school teachers in the South
was set up in Louisville when
150 Negro and white high school
and elementary teachers receiv-
ed their chatter from the A
merican Fef Of Teach
ers. Nuler spef
The strus er parent sro
feackes thisS for the
~. s i.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04

organization of the teachers.
both white and colored, and re
Gently the Louisville teachers
local in cooperation with the
Kentucky Federation of Labor.
held mass meeting to which all
teachers and citizens were in
'yited. The meeting was a huge
sllsceas And fssnltsd in an over
fbw crowd. a large number of
Eachers joined the union at the
close of the meeting.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-04

Foreign dispatches last week
stated that the English had at
last caught some of Mussolini's
battleships away out on the
open sea and had sunk and badly
damaged all those they could
get within range before they
could reach the safety of their
bases. One wonders why there
are guns on Italian ships of war
for they seldom fire and never
hit their target then, probably
,a,1n.,,,furious speed of the "advanc-
lrying wgo the rear -distuIbs the
gGnners' aim. The English do
seem to connect while advancing
Forward though.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-27
'Y VOLLEY BhLL HITS NEW 5 HIGH ]
3 Different Age Groups. Enjoy Pastime { Every
 Night at Red Triangle

volleyball in the central Y MICA. has hit a new high for . popular indoor sport with approximately 259 different individual members com , peting in games either in league competition or general play.
 Although the game was first play% ed by the tired business mar" !" it has much greater appeal and popu- larisy. with younger men and boys Of high school age also now then when William sG. Morgan. pllys sical director of the Fzblyoke CGass.1 YM.C.A. invented the .ganleA The game was created for the sole pur. pose of finding sport that did not require too much physcial exertioil for men of the middle ages.
 Today in our own local Central "" the game is popular with three different age groupings. First group, business and professional men after a general conditioning class follow this up with three or four games of ,volleyball each Monday and Thurs day of each week at 5:15 and play for an hour.
 Second group, young mems clubs of which six have representative teams competing in the Inter-Cluh Volleyball league each Tuesday eve- ming starting at 7:30 until closing. Some 60 to 75 have been taking part actively the past three weeks.
 Every night from Monday through Friday at 6;3U, the Hi-Y clubs have teams competing in round-robin play with some 120 different high school boys displaying their skills of the game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-27


 HIT sANe not seo erouHAaly ac. auAinsea l.h She sanl1 bxzsg de- scxlution Of history, fundamental and rules Of this sport will help hst- seg understand the game and how ie ls played.
 The first time the game was play cd was 46 years ago with a tennis not and q bladder taken from s soccor ball. Tn the beginning thesdl were crude implements to play with, but. t served the purpose and help ed get grand Indoor pastime offl to q good start.
 In volleyban six players compostl a team An indoor court 60x3O feet IS used The ball Is batted back and forth over the net with the hands of the players on both sides of the net and must clear the net on serv- ice. After that the players can hit or bat the ball over the net with hands or bump 1t across with any part of the body above the hips. The feet may not be used. Game is i5 points provided the opposing team ls beaten by two or more points If score is l4-l4 play continues until one side has a two-point advantage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-27
By JACK AMMAN United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

!
 Hartford, Conn, Nov. 27.-tUPl- The current minor crisis in the Democratic party leadership, while still unresolved, brings from re- sponsible source the prediction that things soon may take turn for the better.
 This source, respected for in- tegrity and accuracy, is of the opin- ion that soon the Democratic party in the state may see this develop ment:
 l.. Control of the party's machin- cry, including matters of patronage will be assigned, as it always has been-or should be-to the Demo- cratic state central commmittee. 2. Control of the party's policy, its program. ideals and goals, will be assigned to new committee, en- l tirely separate from the state cen- tral committee, and entirely divorc- ed from patronage considerations.
 This, if it happens, will be some thing new in the political world, and might well have far-reaching re- suits. And the source, who has talked confidentially with this cor respondent, is of the opinion that it is likely to happen, and sobn. Perhaps before the end of the year.
 Recent Manifesto
 All this is an outgrowth of the recent manifesto sent to Gov. Hur- | ley by the states four other elected Democratic officials Lieut. Gov. Odell Shepard, Controller John M. Dove, Secretary of State Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse, and Treasurer Frank AnaStasio.
 This group wants a greater voice in the control of party affairs, something which 1t has had little to say about in the il months Gov Hurley has been in office. Te group must run for reelection with Gcy. Hurley, and feels 1t should have something to say about the way matters are rum
 It so happened the matter of par- ty contributions became involved in the controversy, and the group took the opportunity of baking at an assessment from the state chairman by stating its position.
 Now, there is a general feeling ln independent political quarters that this so-called minor crisis, if 1t Is not taken care of swiftly, may blos- som into a full insurgency. Tn this event, the person standing to make the greatest gain is U. s. Sen. Fran cis T. Maloney.
 Sen. Maloney has done very it. tie mixing ip the State Democratic picture ever since his move to re- nominate former Gov. Wilbur L. Cross failed, and Gov. Hurley was nominated. Sen. Maloney's partner, former State Chairman J. Francis Smith, Waterbury, also has refrain ed from taking much part in the picture, perhaps because he wasn't asked.
 Prof. Shepard and Mrs. Wood- house are the idealists of the group, and their political strength is not high. But Comptroller Dove Is dif- ferent. He has alhances-close al- liances-wnich, if they back him ID, can be an important balance of power in the state picture.
 Spellacy-D0we
 The most important alliance Dove has is with Hartford Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy and his city organiza~ tion. Recently, Dove hired a Mer- iden resident friendly to Sen. Ma loney. Dowe's secretary is Miss Katherine Quinn, West Hartford,