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Smyrna times., 1941-07-17
SOME TAYLOR'S
BRIDGE ITEMS
News of Community Interest
Cleaned From Around
ThorOughfare Neck
BUDGET OF PERSONALS

Taylor's Bridge, July 16- Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Cannon spent last
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
Shelter.
Mrs. Clifton Casten and son OF
Middletown, spent Sunday with hei
mother, Mrs. Ella McClain an6
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee w. David spent
Sunday with their aunt and uncle
Mrs. Herman Kumpel and Mr.
Kumpel in Odessa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Latta and
daughters, of Marshallton, spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. ]
E. Latta, Mrs. Fannie Francis and
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson David.
Little Charles and Edward
Wheeler of near Wilmington, spent
last week with Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Shockley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Long and
family of near Hartly spent SUM-
day with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Orville Newman and family.
Miss Bernice Kielkopl of Odessa
is spending two weeks with her
cousin, Miss Marie Shetzler.
Clarence Johnson, Jr., has re-
turned after visiting his aunt and
uncle, Mrs. Wilson David and Mr.
David.
Mrs. Fannie Francis spent Sum-
day with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Latta
Miss Minnie Spitsnagel Miss
Martha Steller, and Messrs. Henry
and Lewis Steller spent Friday in
Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1941-07-17
A & ADOPT
WEEK
Shorter Work Hour Plan To
Be Tried Out for First
Time in History
PAY REMAINS SAME

John A. Hartford, president Of
the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company, today announced the
adoption of the five-day work week
for retail store employees as the
companys national policy. The
five-day, 48-hour week, first in his
tory of the retail food business, was
introduced on an experimental bas-
is in A & P stores in few eastern
states two months ago, Hartford
said, and will now be extended
throughout the entire A & P or.
ganization "as far and as fast" as
possible.
Frankly, however, we must rec
ognize," Hartford said, that in a
few states and some cities the in
PRODUCTION of this shorter work
week may be delayed or even pre-
vented by state and local labor reg
ulations and local agreements"
In Philadelphia, William F. Leach,
president of the Atlantic Division
said that the shorter week will be
in effect by September 18th in A G.
p food stores in hundreds of COM
munities throughout this area. He
pointed out that the pay of employ
ees affected by this policy will re-
main the same as for the six-day
week and although employees will
work only five days week, stores
will continue to serve customers six
days as usual.
"The new schedule is the latest
step in the company's traditional
policy of creating and maintaining
for its employees the highest wag-
es, shortest general hours and best
working conditions in the indus
try" Leach said. During the past
70 years A & P has repeatedly
broken with the traditional dawn
to-dusk working schedule of the
food business, and since 1916 we
have been able to reduce our store
employees work week by 34.2> per
cent, or total of 25 hours"
These improved working condi-
tions have never been achieved at
the cost of increased prices to our
customers or lower returns to our
suppliers. They are the employees
share of the general reduction in
operating expenses resulting from
the consistently increasing effic-
iency of our method of distribution.
'The A & P's annual report to
stockholders, issued last month, re-
veals that there is no conflict be-
tween low prices and good working
conditions. 1t shows that our Gus
toners are currently enjoying the
lowest retail prices in relation to
our costs in the history of the groc-
cry industry; that during 1910 our
growers and shippers received 13
per cent more of the consumers
food dollar than they did in 1887;
and that we were still able last
year to give our employees actual
wage increases and added compen-
sation totaling more than $4,000
OOO."
Mr.. Leach pointed out that the
new Arp schedule is in sharp con-
trast with the latest figures for
hours in the food industry,
contained in, a survey made a year
ago by a group of Washington, d.
c., labor unions which revealed
that the average working hours for
retail employees in individual groc-
cry stores in that city were 63h
hours and for fod chain store en-
ployees 81 hours.
Smyrna times., 1941-07-17

any moral to his story it is that we
in America should profit from the
gruelling ordeals which have been
plaguing London. The raid which
Smith tells about occurred one
night while he was reading in his
apartment. The chilling wall of the
sirens which announced the attack
was followed by the inevitable
drone of the German machines
dropping preliminary flares to light
the streets.
The moonlight. the flares and the
constant flashes of the guns made
it bright as day. Suddenly, without
warning, came what Smith des-
cribes as "the most colossal explo-
sion I've ever heard" He remembers
being lifted up with the bed and
hurled into a far corner, followed
by window frames and all sorts of
personal oddments. Fortunately the
bed had overturned in flight, and
the author escaped unharmed.
Recovering presence of mind,
Smith was Mortified as he left his
rooms and saw two women with
blood on their faces, and a fat
elderly man with a deep cut on his
cheek, moaning gently. But Lon
doners soon had the horror that
was descending from the skies, we'll
in hand. Fires were .extinguished,
the injured were rushed to first aid
stations.
AS the day began Smith says
early shopkeepers were sweeping
the glass away from their shattered
store fronts; buses and taxis were
running; the stations were disgor-
ging commuters. "That," he con-
cludes, sis the spirit of this great
city, the stout-hearted morale of
its people,"
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SEE DEMONSTRATION

Il can'tstell you how thrilled / am
with the performance, labor saving
features, and beauty of my new
NESCO Kerosene Range.
Before you buy, insist on seeing these
new NESCOS demonstrated and
learn about their many convenience
features and their fine cooking and
baking qualities. You'll find just the
model to fit your individual needs"
SImpIffisd opsraflor
The large, scientifically designed
oven has q reliable heat indicator and
is fully insulated with efficient elass
wool. Fuel tanks are easily accessible
and powerful burners provide In
stant heat in various desired degrees.
There's an enclosed storage space for
idle utensils and . removable burner
tray that keeps the stove and floor
clean without bsck-breaking dfudg-
cry. Staggered burners allow me to
use ) large utensils at the same time
and the convenient table top provides
much needed extra working space"
Declare a housercfpe,s holiday and
hurry doscn TO see the netc NESCO
Ranges at your dealer today!
Smyrna times., 1941-07-17
London Bombing Horrors
Described by Reporter

A N exhortation TO make Amer
n lea stronger than ever before
= on land, on sea, and in the air,
was voiced recently by Charles A.
Smith, war correspondent for the
International News Service.
In the July issue of Cosmopolitan
magazine Smith describes the hor-
rors of a night bombing he expe-
rienced in London, and if there is
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A DRAMA FAILS

Greenwich's ugly episode served at
least one good purpose. New Eng
landers saw at close range what hap
pens when the cry of rape is raised in
the Dixie manner. The southern tech
nique of manufacturing lynch hysteria
was followed in essential details. The
victims" story was played up by
sensationalism mongers of the local
press. At least one law and order off
cial succumbed to the furore. The plot
failed simply because of wrong locale.
1t encountered the hardheaded COM
mon sense and stern uprightness of
New England Yankeeism.
In the South the murderous attempt
would have "surefred" There would be
not even a semblance of court proceed
ure. The woman's word would have
been sufficient to summon a thousand
knights of the rope and the fagot.
Innocence wouldn't matter in the urge
to satisfy resentment and achieve
revenge for fancied grievance.
Protective organizations and the
colored press have earnestly sought to
acquaint Northerners with the hollow
ness of the Dixie "rape charge" As
an added exposure of its evil potent
alities of the collapse of the Greenwich
show is worth more than ten times
ten thousand words"
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Of Coed is the Real Permanent banning Degradation the USA

unto Me all We that labor and are heavy
laden, and l will give you rest. Take
My yoke upon you and learn of Me for
My yoke is easy and My burden light. !"
Gods waiting for an answer, for
behold the hand of the Lord is not
shortened that it cannot save-even
unto the uttermost, so send in your
answer and let Heaven be heard once
more. Let angels and archangels
rejoice once more for the redeemed of
the Lord, who have been standing in
the promises of the Lord, and have
heard the sound of the wind among the
leaves that sounded like the marching
of soldiers as a witness that Heaven
is not silent.
Gods waiting for an answer from
you to let Him know that you have
accepted Him, that you believe on His
Name, that you have faith in His love,
that you are standing on His promise,
that you have turned your back to
Sodom. that you will never bow down
to Baal, that you are filled with the
Spirit, cleansed by the blood and are
waiting for the great day when you
shall be called to that home to join that
Spirit, cleansed by the blood and are
waiting for the great day when you
shall be called to that home to join
that great choir to sing those great
anthems of redemption through all
eternity. Gods waiting for an answer.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-08
GOTHAM GOSSIP

The New Englanders hold their an
nual costume party on Friday night,
February %. This affair brings out a
large crowd of former "Down East
erners" and their friends. e. Bedford
Delaney-remembered by Bostonians
as a student at the Boston Normal Art
School-has just closed a successful
art exhibition at the Vendome Art
Galleries on West 57th st. He received
much favorable comment from the met
ropolitan press, the Art Digest, Times,
Herald-Tribune and other papers.
The opening was attended by many
familiar art connoisseurs including
Dorothy Gates, radios art exponent;
Hirsfeld of the n. Y. Times; Nell
Occomy, Cloyd Lee Boykin, progeni-
tor of African Art in the United
States; Will Lawrence and others. The
Don Freemans, chief sponsors, gave a
party at their studio overlooking Cen
trail Park which was attended by W. H.
Handy, Atty Stanley Douglass, Mac
and Seymour Osgood, the Misses Ten
ore, Theodore Upshure, Cloyd and
Marie Boykin. Miss Edna Babouin
also gave fine one-person show re-
Gently at her studio. Her flower studies
are remarkable for detail Mrs.
Opal Cooper entertained for the Euro
pean refugees" Monday night at her
apartment, sos Edgecombe Ave. The
refugees, like the Coopers, are musi-
clans who had been filling engagements
in Europe for number of years but
have returned to the States because of
the war. A remarkable musical evening
of song and all that goes with a merry
party was enjoyed. New Englanders
present were the Boykins, Nell Beck
er, Edith Rollins, Bessie Embry and
Carrie Yates, the song bird. Ro-
land Hayes will sing at Town Hall,
Tuesday night, February is. =. Paul
Robson in Emperor Jones" opened
Monday at the Fifth Ave. playhouse. &.
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REV. POWELL

The Reverend Jacob w. Powell will
be greatly missed by members of the
Equal Rights League. Up to the time
of his death he was an active and
conscientious participant in the
leagues councils and endeavors. The
membership was never large. How
could it be? No person was eligible
to join who had the slightest leaning
toward segregation or who was apollo
getic and soft-hearted when confronted
with it. The organizations purpose is
ceaseless warfare against prejudice
discrimination and Uncle Tomism and
ceaseless striving for a full measure of
the rights and privileges that belong
to all citizens in a democracy.
Many an organization may boast a
larger membership, joiners who pay
dues-and that is not to be despised-
but who may not be converts to the
plans which the organization advo-
Gates. Not so with the Equal Rightists,
Every man or woman of them is a
warrior consecrated to the cause
dependable guardian against the foes
within and without" Today there is
as much need as ever of such men and
women. They are and ever have been
scarce. The loss of one is always a
grievous loss.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-08
|Mnt MnnrnR UruttRrI
Editor and Publisher
1901 1884
RACE HISTORY WEEK

February 9 to February 16, Sunday
to Sunday, is Race History week
throughout America.
The Guardian is observing History
Week with special presentation of
pictures, stories, and poems, the latter
including works of the famous Race
Poet, Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
The Guardian Rover has written a
feature on Colored achievement, and
some very frank observations are the
result.
At vital period in the course of our
history when Colored American stu
dents are being taught to ignore their
own race prestige, virtues, and future,
we believe Guardian readers will find
added values in this weeks specially
prepared Race History Week feature.
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Hurt UnrnRr
S1ANZAS FROM PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR'S POEM
SrFAFrtrk lnunlaHH

"A hush is over all the teeming lists,
There IS a pause, breath-space in the
strife;
A spirit brave has passed beyond the
mists
And vapors that obscure the sun of
life. -
And Ethiopia, with bosom torn
Laments the passing of her noblest
born.
And he was no soft-tongued apologist
lie spoke straightforward, fearlesslv,
uncowed;
The sunlight of his truth dispelled the
mist, '''0
And set in bold relief each dark-bned
cloud; -'''o'
TO sin and crime he gave their proper
hue,
And hurled at evil what was evils dine.
The place and cause that first aroused
his might '''0O
Still proved its power until his latest
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-08
US. Civil Service
Examinations

The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces an open competi-
tive examination for HELPER
TRAINEE (For filling the position of
Machine Operator (Trainee) $4.88,
1924, 5000 a day. for filling vacancies
in this position in the Ordnance De
partment at Large, War Department,
WATERFOWL Arsenal, w a tertown,
Massachusetts. Vacancies in the posi-
ton of Helper, Trainee, $.63 an hour,
at the I. S. Navy Yard, Boston, Massa-
chusetts, will also be filled as a result
of this examination.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR RE
CEIPT of applications is: February
10, 1941.
The necessary application forms and
further information may be obtained
from the Secretary, Board of Z. S
Civil Service Examiners, at any first
or second class post office in the vicinity
of Boston, Massachusetts; from the
Manager First Z. S. Civil Service Dis
trict, 1902 Post Office and Courthouse
Building, Boston, Massachusetts; from
the Recorder Labor Board, Z. S. Navy
Yard, Boston, Massachusetts or, from
the Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Ser
vice Examiners, Watertown Arsenal
Watertown, Massachusetts,. Applica
tions must be filed with the latter on OF
before the closing date specified above
Editors note: The L. S. Civil Ser
vice commission especially requested
that THE GUARDIAN print the above
information.
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GFttRr On Uhp
6uarAtatl
CONDEMNS B. C. BOW TO PREJU-
DICE

CONDEMNS B. C. BOW TO PREJU-
DICE
To the Editor of The Guardian:
A great deal of praise must go to
Rev. F. Havis Davis and Attorney
Matthew w. Bullock who dashed Boston
College athletic authorities and Coach
Leahey as veing every poor sports"
for catering to Southern race prejudice
in keeping Montgomery out of the
Sugar Bowl Game in New Orleans.
The writer got in touch with the
great sports commentator, Jim Britt,
shortly after the Sugar Bowl Game
and asked him just what he thought
about the treatment given Montgom-
cry by the Boston College athletic
authorities. He replied: 81 really feel
that it is too bad for such a fine athlete
like Montgomery to be Disseminated
against in games played with South
ern Colleges like Tennessee, Auburn
and others on account of his color"
To another question his reply was: 81
feel that football teams in Northern
Colleges should refuse to play with
Southern teams unless they were will
ing to discontinue such discrimination
on account of race or color" In sub
stance, this is just what Attorney Bull
lock and Rev. Davis said at the testi-
monial at the Hotel Westminster
In my opinion the athletic authori.
ties at Boston College merit the con.
tempt and condemnation of all people
of all races who believe in fair play foi
the cheap act of discrimination against
Montgomery by catering to Southern
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The Foe Within

In orr battle for justice we must
realize that there are thousands of
traitors within our own ranks-men
and women who, having mortgaged
their own craven souls to our en-
emies, are willing and anxious to
sell out our group for a mess Of pot
tage. In myraids of instances they
have already done so. Many of these
beings are like moles which burrow
beneath the surface, and they have
by their pernicious activities placed
the entire structure Of our rights In
peril. The vilest, cruelest, most bru-
tai. craftiest, most venomous, and
most cold-blooded outspoken enemy
is far less dangerous than the vile,
crafty, Sinking, snake-like burrow-
ing foe within
-LLEWELLYN LEWIS.
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Prof. Quits School
Says JanitOr Gets More
SAYS JANITOR MAKES MORE
Especial to Guardian)

FORT WORTH, Texas-A. Maceo
johnson, mathematics professor at the
Terrill High School has resigned with
the announcement that school white
ianitors are making more than he was.
johnson an accomplished Prairie
View College graduate, has been re-
ceiving $3.50 a year White teachers
here of the same scholastic rating as
Johnson have been getting as much as
$500. more than colored, according to
the Houston InfOrmer, one of the lead
ing weeklies of the Southwest
The maximum for white was listed
as $4,000 as compared to $1,260 for
colored teachers.
johnson said a Colored teacher had
no prospect of reaching the race maxi
mum salary Sin less than q years"
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day.
In Freedoms lists and for the aid OF
Right
Still in the foremost rank he waged the
fray
Wrong lived; his occupation was not
gone.
He died in action with his armor on
Oh! Douglass, thou has passed beyond
the shore,
But still thy voice is ringing DER the
gale
Thou'st taught thy race how high her
hope may soar,
And babe her seek the heights, nor
faint, nor fail.
She will not fail, she needs thy stirring
cry,
She knows thy guardian spirit will Dc
nigh,
And, rising from beneath the chasten'
ing sod,
She stretches out her bleeding hands
to God.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-08
TAYLOR

Funeral services for Mrs. Lavinia
Taylor, So Mortified St., were held at
Johnson's Funeral Home Wednesday,
Feb. at 100 pm. Interment at Mt.
Hope.
The funeral services for Mrs. Bessie
Hall, 80 Milton Rd, Brookline were
held at Peoples Baptist Church on
Thursday, Feb. s, 1871 at 1900 noon.
Interment at Mt. Hope. J. B. johnson,
Undertaken.
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SAYS SELFISH LEADERS PLAGUE
OF RACE


To the Editor of The Guardian:
The selfish Race leader has been the
plague that has handicapped our
people. His evil arts have constituted
the "black magic" of politics, he has
proved an elusive and willy customer.
Yet as long as he fourishes in our
midst we shall never have representa-
ton for our group.
Boston has been infested with his
kind for years, and the administration
of local affairs that affect our people
so directly and intimately in their daily
lives has suffered acutely as a conse-
quence. Our own community has al
ways had its full quota of these politi-
cal impostors.
The demagogue is a man who in all
things consults no interest but his own;
all his powers and talents are conse-
Grated to thoroughly selfish ends. He
is insincere and intellectually dishonest
to the core. He thinks one thing and
says another. Many a time | have sat
in an intelligent audience of men and
women and listened to such hypocrite
crate, proclaiming his love for his race,
his hatred of those who exploit his
race; but his anxious devotion" to the
interests of his people is merely lip
service: his heart is far from them. l
hope the day will soon come when we
can say, sect behind me, Satan!"
DAVID D. KINNEY,
Candidate for City Council
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lit MRntnrtattt

1929 SAYLES 1871
In sad but loving memory of
VIM. H. SAYLES
Who departed this life Wednesday
February II, 1929.
Deep in the heart lies picture,
Of a loved one laid to rest.
In memory's frame we shall keep it.
Because he was one of the best.
LILLIAN NJ. CALDWELL.
Daughter
WILLIAM H. SAYLES, Son
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MOseley

Funeral services for Mrs. Warree
Moseley, 10 Gertrose St., were held at
Reynolds, Georgia, Thursday, Feb. g.
Interment at White Hill Cemetery,
Reynolds, Ga. ]. B. Johnson. Under
taker.
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Race Prejudice. In all probability,
Boston College was thinking more
about the money she would receive for
playing Tennessee than about fair
play to a Colored athlete. In her
actions she has shown herself to be a
very poor representative of the great
Roman Catholic Church of the world,
and she is not worthy of being called
Christian College, for real Chris
tians do not cater to race prejudice
and discrimination on account of color.
l heartily agree with Attorney Bullock
and Rev. Davis in telling the coach
and athletic authorities of Boston
College where they "get off" and
accusing them of being, Every poor
sports" in their treatment of Lou
Montgomery who is just as good a
football player as the 'far too much
over praised, Charley O'Rourke.''
Chelsea, Mass.
(Rev.) LUTHER M. FULLER.
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Faulk

Funeral services for Joseph Faulk,
% Arnold St., were held at the Church
of God & Saints in Christ, Jan. 27,
1941. Interment at Mt. Hope ]. B.
Johnson, Undertaken.
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Cough

The funeral services for Miss Doro-
thy Cough, 76 Williams St., were held
at Johnson's Funeral Home, Jan. %,
1941. Interment at Cambridge Gene
terry.
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BRYANT

Funeral services for Franklin Bry-
ant, 25 Westminster ST., were held at
Titles Temple, TAI Shawmut Ave,
Thursday, Feb. 6. Interment at Mt.
Hope. J. B. johnson, Undertaken.
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Baker

Funeral services for Clarence Baker,
175 Townsend St., We're held at John
sons Funeral Home on Thursday, Feb.
6. Interment at Mt Hope. J. B. John
son, Undertaken.
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Carr

Funeral services for Otis T. Carr, IA
Oswego ST., were held at Johnsons
Funeral Home Tuesday, Feb. 4. In
terment at Mt. Hope.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-08
Forester

Funeral services for George P. For
roster, 421 Mass. Ave-, were held at
Johnson's Funeral Home, Monday, Feb.
8. Interment at Mt. Hope.
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Henry

Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Henry,
CAB Shawmut Ave, were held at
Peoples Baptist Church, Monday, Feb.
3. Interment at Mt. Hope. J. B. John
son, Undertaken.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-08
Recent Deaths

MRS. ELLA E. JOHNSON, SO Har-
rishof St., Roxbury, died December q,
1910. Funeral services from Norris G.
Davis Funeral Chapel, December 30,
1910. Interment at Mt. Hope Gene
terry.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-08

WALTER CEDRIC MCKNIGHT, As
Monroe St., Roxbury, died Jan. 27,
1871. Funeral service held at Glouces,
ter Memorial Church, 1898 fremont
St., Boston, January 81, 1941 Inter
ment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norris G.
Davis, Funeral Director.