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Evening star., 1941-02-09
SITUATIONS MEN.


year public and private experience; fun
or D"r' i'm Box 314-K Star
ACCOUNTANT. exn: books started, kept
paFl lme a&C IS staten -nts, tax. service;
local refs; $3.50 mo. RA c544
hIP-CoNDrT- CNJNG ENGINEER. drafts
mar msrried S3d da Roe SSSfS fCT fTxpfsgs4ce; ssq
ARCHITECTURAL CRAFTSMAN IS years
eX2 ,r,GEce. aH types OF 5ulldlnrs desires
BAKER ex1cricncoed- all round good ref
PAKER AND PASTRY MAN. long exp. res
t9ur91t club or store; good references. Box
.S6-B, Star
BARTENDER Al. lookins for position.
Ae6T AGoTcSS nLt ia2o 9 18th ST. nv. or phone
BooK{xEEPER, over draft age. experienced,
reports. Box 36O-G. Star. I1s
COLLEGE BOY, colored, versatile, desires
!orsH' WcrH' preiers ply with French or Span
iards or bachelor. District oo32
BOY, white, Il. served years Navy, wants
II. 9s17.
BOY. colored, wishes work as bushoy or
dishTasher. 1928 T St NV. Dupont
BOY. colcred. 2l. vo-k service stations;
District s94$' -''''''' '''e'sN's'
BOY. colored, desires work If any kind;
D c. permit: references. Phone Lincoln
45I4.
10Y, colored. h!gh schoo! graduate. des.res
work OF any kind. Day or night Sterling
gl0l after l pm.
BOY. colored. wants ioD as porter at drug
store or kitchenman. Cal HO 697S
BOY colored wants evening lob; good
references. Call Michigan 5lu4
operator, porter etc. DU. 60S7.
BOYS o. want JOBS as busboy. dishwash-
er. porter or boarding house work. Call
DE. 4132
CARPENTER, PAINTER, white: gen. repair:
experienced, references. Call Sunday after
3 pm, Warheld 1852.
CARPENTER wants work by the hour or
Job spare time Columbia 5639.
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MAN, young. :, for soda fountaln Work
6431 Brookevlile rd Wisconsin $3.50.
MAN, Young. with high school education,
one with some sales experience preferred;
must have operators permit. Apply Box
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CREDIT MAN; stenographc ability and
general ONCE experience. P. J. Nee Co,
145 eth St NV.
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VIII train additional corsetiers 70" profit
able early spring business now al hand.
company established A. years. Profitable
commissions. permanent business connec-
TONS. NE. HR4S for annnintment
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ELECTRICIANS HELPER. with car; must
have at least l yrs experience refs. APP
ply 13ol Otis nj NV
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FURNITURE delivery superintendent want
ed at once Only thoroughly experienced
man need apply. P. ]. Nee Co, 745 9TH
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Baltimore's expanding PROMOTIONAI,
lr. dept: store requires experienced mars
only following depts.: Ready-to-wear com
plete infants and children's depts home
furnishings. and domestics State age. pre-
EinuS experience, salary. GOLDENBFRG' s
STORES CORP, 213 n. Eutaw st. BaIti-
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DA1RYMAN-Married man, good hand
stand operating motor driven machinery.
with help to care for 35 cows, Apply in
person to Ebert T. Clagett, Locks I'd,
Rockville Nd
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BOOkkeeper-Stenographer

For permanent position with manufsc-
turerS agent selling local bldg trade
Must be GENTLE. fully experienced 10 han
die double entry books and volume Of cor
IeSpondence. Applicants must give fun
INFORMATION as 10 education exper and
refs. SALARY open Boy "Sq-H S+a-
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MILLINERY SALESLADIES
Smart-FOrm Foundations

immediate openings in all our shops
apply Mr.. Williams, Hollywood Shops, 1902
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MAN young, honest. clean. sober, exper.
week in exch. for room. HO. s106.
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COUNTER and stock clerk, experienced, for
wholesale electrical supply house. State
age. salary and exper. Box 1O1-H, star.
COUNTER MAN white, short-order cook
ing; help run small rest; reliable, sober
Dill h2QA mornings
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COUNTTRMAN experienced. wanted at
once. Apply Terminal Grill. 1101 st. s.w.
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ENGINEER, experienced in design of
structural steel and reinforced concrete.
At least three or four months work. Also
good tracer for structural drawings. Box
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EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY Tor statesmen
with experience in selling steel shelving
lockers and cabinets, also high-grade line
OF gymnasium and playground equipment
Exclusive territory. Must have car. Box
S16-G. Star
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PERSONAL.

FITTER AND SEAMSTRESS. AGE 81
wants permanent Jon; 10 years exp. high
Sass clientele: Al ref. furn. Box OAK
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LARGE CORPORATION, with wellestab-
lished business in Washington, will have
an opening for two men Immediately white
oniyJ Applicants TO be considered must
have a free mind. must be keen and alert.
must be interested in making above-aver--
age income. must be strictly honest and
sincere. Please avoid briefness. State
your age. and qualifications whether or
not you have car: indicate income re-
omired TO Start- Box 213-K. Star
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DAIRYMAN, experienced. prefer middle
esed man. Ralph Webb, Rockville. Md.
Rockville 3Q4-W
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DANCE TEACHER-Leroy Thayer has
opening for a young man to teach BALL
room dancing: must be sood dancer, have
pleasant personality. Apply Monday,
TO 6 pm, 1918 Connecticut ave
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MAN young, about 20 years old with
laundry experience preferred. Apply Page
Laundry. $40 St NV
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BLUEFIELD SCHOOL
BABIES BOARDED

Under supervision OF physician and grad
uate nurse; reasonable rate. 940l Georsis
ave. Shepherd 1874
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-27
MARRIAGES, PARTIES
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
IND OF a SEASON.

An cmber from the eInSet
Fell on the quiet sea.
And water turned to Gne
In brilliant alchemy.
Dusk blew upon the ashes
OF a fog-iaded day,
And out from every breaker
Flew sparks instead Of spray.
Like flames the little inl1t5
Leaped up aCrOss the land,
And incandesCent rIpples
Beat on the burning sand.
SO nightly now this country
Triunphantly denies
The chilling winter ocean,
The darkening winter skies.
Barbara OVertUn
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-27
Come from GoIdSbOrO.

Mr.. and Mrs. r. y. Mustain and
son. of Goldsboro, spent Friday here
with Mr.. MUstain'S parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. G.. Mustain.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-30
Labor Day 1941
By RUTH TAYLOR

SEPTEMBER IN EUROPE-what new horror will it
uneash What nightmare of war will drive hapess,
harried people from their homes sending them scrrylng
hther and yon search of shelter from the ptess con-
querors whose bloodlust is never stated?
Here in this land of ours the first days September
will also send people from hoebut for different cause!
Here the first Monday in September is set apart for the
celebration of Labor Day. In contrast with the panic stck
hordes abroad here city dweers will be rushing to the
country shore and mountains for last golden payme,
fitting climax to happy summer while from the country
side and small town. thousands of others will hurry town.
ward to enjoy the pleasures of city life before settling down
to the quiet of their calmly orderd lives.
However this year the celebration of Labor Day takes
meaning, added significance. This Labor Day
is not Just day of recreation 1t must also be day OF re-
dedication to of life to form of government In which
each of has part and where of great holidays
has it's to do honor to those who workO all the
and whose toll and travail has made the
try great
In the days that lie ahead the be kept from
Shores will all be modified for service in form
other the adequate defense of this country and for
that form of government which hold dear There will
be for ilers We will all and gladly Whether
positions of prominence in the humbles ca
pacty all aborers working for the good of the
that the rights and privileges which have been struggled
for and at such great sacrifice be handed down
to future generations.
Labor Day 1871 is not set apart for any group. It
belongs to all of whether work is of brain hand
How do appointed task is the important thingnot
what that task be- We cannot the end from the
ginning what fruit labor may bear All We can do is
the best of which capable working conscientiousy
and sincerely at the task just before be great
it may be menal-but it is work to be done-and it is
our job to do it we'll.
We all laborers in the vineyard of the Lord And
in the end the Parable the Talents. the reward is
'Well DONE thou good and faithful servant
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-30
Seeing and Saying BY William A. Fe~lke;

threat, insult and duress have occurred because
black Americans have volunteered or been draft
ed to prepare to protect this great nation. Of
instances, thought l, where soldier in uniform
"now allowed" to walk the streets of many towns
because their color shows brown or black-de-
scendants of proud warriors of Africa. OF black
men, ready, willing and able to work the meta
and wood, the powders and paints, the blue princs
and specifications into the reality of President
Roosevelts dream, "arsenal Of democracy" OF
black men and women at home-the forebears
of whom protected with tremendous might the
white women and children left the plantations
during the Civil War-who dare not now be in
cluded too much in even the home defense pro-
gram headed by Mayor LaGuardia.
1t didn't make sense.
So many times, over and over again, it has
been asked why ruling Americans continue to at
tempt to ignore the greatest potential gold mine
i all time-the black man Of America, particularly
the South I repeat that question for emphasis.
WHAT SAID MR. HITLER?
Months ago when Hitler let fall words of
warning to the United States that it would be al
most needles for this country to oppose his march,
he laughingly pointed to the nations division be-
of racial lines and potential and active an
tagonism. He said that elements "of his" in this
country would to it that America would soon
be completely slowed in its tracks while the Ger
mans conquered the world, Sc to speak.
Strife in the Army camps because of race;
strife along the production lines because of
different colors; strife among the home guard
certainly do us no good. Hitler is being help
ed while we hinder ourselves. No wonder those
gentlemen Of the Axis jeer at and
Gains" No wonder they say the talk of de-
mocracy is Small talk"-mainly for foreign
consumption-not for working home.
There is small strife in the world today.
Americans of all classes and races need to realize
their enemies, of efficiency and of happiness
it. The fight of righteousness and justice against
against unhappiness, attempted guaranteed by
the governments Of peoples of the earth is OUR
eight. (Let none be fooled that it isn't) The
benefits to be gained from the downfall of tota-
tariansm or so-called democracy the ills that
may follow are OUR benefits ills. Men cannot
be segregated from to total benefits ills
nc matter where they occur. 1t is simple futility
on the part of any group to forever hope to keep
and reap all the benefits of decent living. De-
mocracy was intended for all the subjects of the
state and none will enjoy it while others pale
before its very practice
Wake up. America!
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-30

IN MEMPHIS. Tenn. where Negroes have been
catching 'H in the ninth Degree Ralph Mlett associate
editor of the Press Scmitar
"A Memphis fined So for double parking
because she dared to tell policeman that she thought he
was unnecessarily rough with Negro he hustng into
patrol wagon.
eff our democracy lasts it will be because of
We folks afraid that if speak up well lose an
opportunity sell few dollars worth of stuff to city,
county or state
cheap dollars labeled PROFIT will let democracy rot and
dictatorship thrive"
"Rutedge. Georgia, dozes while smoking pipe.
Result She dies of fatal burns house destroyed by
This should stand a warning to young people To-
bacco be evil Influence.
Columbus Georgia. arrested for stealing several
bushels of sheed peas"
Which goes to prove that prefers his peas already
sheled.
louisville Kentucky, white youth shooting at rats on
city dump kills aged colored Accidental DEATH ac
cording to a cOroners jury
Shooting Negroes down like rats is old as the hills
"Birmnghgam Alabama, man opened his mouth ano
yawned the other morning Then something happened ne
couldn't close his trap At the hospital doctors said MS
Jaw dislocated"
Now why couldn't something like that happen to Hitler,
or, to of our American woud-be detators?
Fayetteville N c. soldier given 12month sentence Tor
operating lottery"
That's way of getting around serving in the army
Farmers warned against trying to raise silkworms be-
there not sufficient cheap labor to make SILK pro
duction profitable in this section
Was time when men and toied from sun,up
sundown for crust of bread and to sleep on bu'
days of slavery gone forever, we hope.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-30
BETWEEN THE LINES By Gordon B. Hancock

all their messages is the subtitle in
ference that Jehovah'S witnesses
are right and all the other people
are wrong; there is the assumption
that they have monopoly on the
Bible and its teachings; there is
always the fundamental assumption
that all who are not of their group
are their enemies. They use the
term enemy" frequently.
OF course it was intriguing to
watch the Negro witnesses" who
were "in the ring even If they did
not make a thing" o and it is safe
to conjecture that they did not.
These dark skinned witnesses" did
their part to sell their share of
printed merchandise. The thing that
interested me was, that at one of
the meetings I went TO a rather
important section of the spacious
auditorium of the arena and betook
myself to one of the prominent
rows OF seats and sat in the very
middle of the unoccupied row. !
sat there for three hours, and al
though my section became crowd
ed, these white witnesses left un-
occupied three seats on my left and
two on my right which goes to
show that they were not too busy
witnessing" to forget the color
line.
Room was at ever so great a
premium before one of the good
witnesses dared to sit beside me;
and since I was tired of the whole
thing, moved out and struck bee
line for home thinking within my
self that Jehovahs Witnesses like
the other religious witnesses, do
| not throw away their prejudice
when they embrace q religious faith
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'"That's too bad" I comforted.
BELONGED TO UNCLE SAM

"Of course he belonged to us--Tm his uncle on
his mas side--but he also belonged to Uncle
Sam. They're going to bring him home tonight
on the limited. The sergeant lieutenant and
gonna bring him in.
"His pa tainted when he got the telegram
down at the gin. They cried whole lots at the
house when they first heard it, but
all feel kinda proud that he's served his
try nine months and that they feel good
enough about him to send him home and send
officers with him. Yes, maybe his little
service helped to get ready for that Hitler.
"LoCk here, that fool driver amt gonna stop
at Amatch. Let me out. Hey"
And the old man went his way to prepare to
bury his countrys dead.
I rodes On, reflecting that here a plain
black American. A citizen proud of the oppor-
tunity his nephew had to serve Uncle Sam--a lit
tie Proud of the ability to contribute something
against the Hitler they've heard about way back
boy was Uncle Sans and that military escort
down in the cotton field Proud that the dead
was accompanying him to his home and final
resting place.
There are hundreds of thousands of
these plain black Americans, proud of the
opportunity, but more often kind of shy
to show their patriotism in the land they love,
l thinking. Brow-beaten and intimidated,
hindered and often cheated out of their op-
portunity, they remain, nevertheless, capable
of Showing their teeth" and willing to pay
dear prices to serve their country.
THERE is DISTURBANCE
Then I thought of Fort Bragg and Arkansas
and number of other locations where it is re-
ported that riots, near-riots and instances of
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-30
Wake up. America!

Negro youth to live different lives
than other American youth are
sickening. How can the United
States maintain it's unity and sup
port and active democratic govern
ment if it must perforce harbor a
variety of cultures based upon
color? The best one could hope Tor
would be a hodge-podge society at
odds with itself.
I am convinced after years of ex-
perience in the fields of social work
and education that the only Negroes
who are worried about racial In
termingling are these staticminded,
self-centered, defeatist age Negro
educators. Modern educated Negro
youth are rather inclined to be
highly race conscious. They are
fighting for chance to live rather
than exist. This makes them In
creasingly apprehensive of white
people who hold lucrative positions
that might be filled by Negroes.
The rapid displacement of Ne
groes from traditional jobs and
the obvious effects to keep them out
of new and remunerative vocations
is forcing them to become not only
race conscious but black conscious.
Increasingly the effective leaders Of
Negro youth are persons who are
distinguishably Negroid in color.
Private PeekS issues q Stinging re-
buke to President Holley when he
tells him that, "it is discouraging
to the many young Negroes who are
in line with the defending forces
when vent is given to race batting
spleens, bigotry and stupidity.
Private Peeks has the philosophy
of American life which should make
him soldier of which his country
might well be proud.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-30
Tales OF
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alongside the Panuco that had a
government cargo when somebody
yelled about the fire. Me and boy
named Arthur Daniels got down on
the dock and hurried to where the
fire started hoping to put it out.
It was no one. 1t was too hot. One
fellow already there tried to put
his coat over the valve and turn it
but the heat was awful. The host
was limp.
Daniels and I ran back to the
deck of the ship and warned the
men in the holds. Then we turned
and just had time to get over the
side and hoped on cotton light
er. We figured if we could catch a
rope from the other pier We could
Hull the lighter over. The rope
thrown to us fell short and the tide
was against us. Only thing we
could do was to jump in the river
BY that time there were others and
it was just like a bunch of rats
the way the men were jumping in
I'VE all tried to reach Pier 2f
hut you never saw such scrambling
and pulling in the water because
some could swim and some couldn't
A few of the boys got pulled out
when they reached the pier but the
flames were licking SO close that !
had to swim under the pier to the
| other side before I could be pulled
out. Anderson, Watson and Easley
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-30
WALTER CHIVERS S AVS:
theirs is dangerous, even communis-

theirs is dangerous, even communis-
tic.
These leaders, of course, have the
approval and assistance of certain
powerful people in the. majority
racial group VINO enormously be-
lieve that the best interests of
themselves and the South are SER
we'd by forcing Negroes to live
continuously, year after year, in a
non-changing Societal structure. The
Negro educators, which I refer to
here, are largely responsible for
this illogical attitude. You see these
Negro men and women carry the
authority of age and gray hairs.
The South by tradition, is pecu-
liarly prone to regard age and
gray hair as sacred. This has value
when the aged are characteristical-
ly honest, mentally alert and dy-
manic personalities. The wisdom of
such aged people has through the
ages served valuable ends. However
the type of aged Negro leaders, to
which reference is made here, act
so much at variance with the &C
cepted prevailing PHILOSOPHERS OF
life of modern educated Negro
leaders and the aged Negro tradi-
tionalists. He says that I'VE want
an equal opportunity to live and not
exist. These aged Negro educa-
tors, judging from their actions as
we'll as peecheS. fell
that old age entities Negroes to
live rather than exist.
And believe you me they live
oftentimes their palatial homes
are the most imposing and COM
pletely equipped buildings on the
campus. Their expensive high
powered automobiles would do a
bank president proud.
The pleas of these educators for
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-30

The letter reveals how far apart
modern educated Negro youth and
educated Negro Educational admin
istrators can be and too often are.
This is particularly true of those
aged Negroes in leadership posi-
tions who assume that they have
worked out the correct prescription
for all racial problems. There are
to my knowledge several such men
and women occupying strategic po-
sitions in reference to the future
OF Negro youth. They have convinc-
ed themselves that any thinking on
racial problems which differs from
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helped me-"
Hilton Anderson's story packed
all the fear and desperation of any
that was told. Not only that, but
it carried an element of heroisrn.
AS he lay in bed at st. Peters
hospital, Brooklyn, recovering from
back injury he calmly told of his
gruelling experience.
"There were "a of us working in
the three holds in the forward end
of the ship when we found out
about the fire. We could feel the
heat but didn't know how serious
things were. There was a scramble
among the men to, get to the sin
gle hatchWay, which measured
about Is inches by "a inthes. wes
the third one to come out. When I
got to the top of the hole it was
as black as night from the smoke
all around The wind was blowing
the smoke and the fire over the
hold and made it hard TO get out
There was no way to go. The only
thing I could do was run for the
port side of the boat and jump in
the river.
HELPED MEN OUT OF WATER
"One of the other men jumping
In behind me struck my back pref
ty hard. 1t hurt too. Fortunately
/ could swim, and managed to reach
the other pier about 100 feet away.
I helped some of the men as best
I could and pulled myself out OF
the water then dragged six other
men out.
Couldn't pull any more of them
up because my neck was hurting
me and I felt chills. so I called for
help. Police came and doctor
from the hospital gave ME a drink
of whiskey. This made me feel
more chills all over and 1 got
weaker and sick. I remember them
asking ne some questions at on@
time but I don't exactly remember
them bringing me to the hospital.
I muSt'Ve been out"
Anderson is married and has a
child nearly two years old. The
Sunday before this disaster, his
wife, Catherine, underwent an op-
Grafton at Harlem hospital.
When firefighters were able to, a
line was fastened to the burning
ship and the Panuco was towed
| down the bay. This in itself was a
| heroic task. The ship continued to
burn for days, particularly that
part below the deck. Gradually in
vestigators from the Fire Marshal's
office have been able to probe it
bit by bit as the plates remained
hot a long while. Not until they
have cooled off completely will all
the bodies in and On the Panuco
be moved. identification is still
another question Already that has
become a problem. Other bodies are
finding their way 20 the top OF
the river. They. Of course, are be-
ing mole easily Identified,