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The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27
JUSTIFIES QUESTIONING
LIGHT WOMEN WITH
DARK ESCORTS

One Of the most damaging state
ments ever made here by public
officials against law-abiding cit
liens was made in the police COM
missioners' report white wash
ing" the action of police during
the three Greek letter convention
held in Kansas City last Christ
mas. Negro citizens complained
when officers insulted Negro Wo-
men who were light enough in com
plexion to be mistaken for white
women. They were stopped and
questioned when seen in the comp
any Of their darker skinned hus-
bands.
The police board justified the po-
lice officers action by telling the
Governor
"There were four instances
complained of in which policemen
had stopped and questioned dele
gates who were either riding or
walking with women who had ev-
cry appearance of being white
women. On these occasions the
officers, upon becoming suspicious
and having no way to determine
whether or not the women were
white women, stopped both the
man and woman and questioned
them, but we were unable to est
ablish that any force was used by
officers, that anyone was struck
or abused or even that anyone was
very seriously discommoded. One
of the men stopped under these
circumstances was the delegate
who was head of the convention
and the woman whom he was with
was a colored woman to whom he
had been married for many years.
but she had every appearance Of
being a white woman. The board
considered the incidents compris-
ing this part of their complaint as
unfortunate but in no case do they
think that the facts justified any
criticism of the officer involved
for misconduct.
"The whole trouble in connect
ION with this convention seems to
have been caused by agitation by
those who have a motive in Great
ing a situation of unrest"
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27
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Observation-Disclosures some of the revelations
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The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27

kicks and blows before he attempt
ed to defend himself by trying to
hit one of the officers with a pool
ball.
The report of the commissioners
not only found no fault with the
action Of the police but accused
Negro citizens of brutal action
toward police officers" The re-
port stated that there r "a large
number of instances in which Ne
groes without justifiable cause at
tackled police officers" and that
"there is a tendency among the
larger percentages of Negroes to
resist arrest and to attempt to do
bodily harm to the officer making
the arrests"
The police commissioners also
told the governor that members
of the Negro community Of Kan
sas City have been led to exagger-
ate and overemphasize some iso-
lated instances of misjudgement or
even misconduct on the part Of a
few police officers of Kansas City,
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27
THIRTY TWO WOMEN
ENROLL IN HOME NURSING
COURSE UNDER RED CROSS

Mrs. Malcolm Baldridge. chair
man in charge of organizing home
nursing classes for the Douglas
County chapter of the Red Cross
announced today that the first
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27
Police Brutality Brings About
Sweeping Investigation

Especial to the Guide from N.
AACP news service)-The follow
ing is a compute story of the ac-
ton by the aroused Negro citizens
Of Kansas City who are battling to
bring about a clean up of the po-
lice department. there. In spite of
Missouri Governor Forrest Donn-
ellis apparent interest in their
charges, the police board attempt
ed to excuse each instance of bru-
tally in it's report to he Govern
or, and the fight continues.
This story is written by Miss
Lucille Bluford, managing editor
of the Kansas City, MO- Call.
Charlotte Crump, Publicity
and Promotion
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27
new! "BACTERIOSTATIC"
! FEM ININE
HYGIENE
now finding great favor
among women

Many doctors recommend regular use
OF douches as a precautionary mea
ure for women who want to be clean,
dainty-for women troubled by Offend
ing odor or discharge.
Some products may be harmful to
delicate tissues. But not Lydia E.
Pinkham's Sanative WASN'T Pinkham's
Sanative Wash is gaining great favor
because it's NOT a harmful germicide.
Instead-it's a mighty effective ''bac-
terioStatic" (the modern trend) It not
only discourages bacterial growth and
infection but thoroughly cleanses. deo-
dorizes. Very soothing-relieves minor
i~rritations and discharge and has q
tonic effect on delicate membranes.
I~nexpensiveI All druggists.
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-The camp
align against police brutality being
waged here by Negro citizens, led
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27

HORACE HENDERSON, FAM
GUS arranging and piano playing
MAESTRO, who will soon make his de-
but with a new band specializing
in sweet music, a radical departure
from his past efforts. Both Hor-
C and his illustrious brother,
Fletcher, ave won international ac-
clam as opponents of hot jazz.
CAMP photoj
Evening star., 1941-11-02

Brett practically told you to come
and get it. Now finish your job"
As Jeff's mind studied these words
his face showed his distaste for what
he knew he must do. Being a man of
deep conviction and quick decision,
the newly elected sheriff moved with
out hesitation to the bar, and bending
over. removed the badge of Office from
the dead mans shirt.
Tks Ed
Evening star., 1941-11-02

roar of two guns, which filled and
shook the flimsy building to it's foun-
dations.
jeff felt the bullet tear through the
flesh of his left arm. as he saw Brett
stand crafty motionless for a second,
and then pitch on his face and roll
into a heap upon the floor. Regret was
in Jeff's eyes as he hitched a handker-
chief around the wound in his own
aching arm. tying it awkwardly by
Evening star., 1941-11-02

unobtrusive. Your eye. focusing on
Aunt Sarah. doesn't see the clothes
pole behind her. But the lens sees both
and your print is a woman with a
stick on her head.
The same general principles apply
when you come indoors and do close
ups of people under artificial light.
Only here you get into more trouble
because your light sources are small
points instead of the whole sky. and
Evening star., 1941-11-02
A simple snapshooting
lesson from an artist
Of a long century ago

YOU'RE going to have little
homework with today's lesson.
u The accompanying illustration
is merely the portrait of a man, yet
1t is the best antitoxin for some of to-
days camera miseries yet discovered.
This portrait was made almost 100
years ago by that famous Scot. David
Octavius Hill. Unhampered by any
modern gadgets, ignorant of today's
vital reinements. he worked with ex-
posure times which would now be con-
sidered cruel and inhuman. Yet his
portraits rank with the best ever
turned out.
Your homework is to study this
portrait before you take somebody's
picture. Notice the absence of confus-
ing shadows. of distracting back
ground. Make note of the nice model
ing of the features - of the character
that has been captured and put on
paper. Then take up your next por-
trait effort with the resolve to keep
your lighting simple. soft and forth
right.
Put your subject in the shade where
you get diffused light instead of in
the glaring sun which creates intense
shadows. The eye sees through those
black shadows; the lens doesn't. And
the result is often biped zebra.
Keep your backgrounds plain and
Evening star., 1941-11-02
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
WATCH THOSE SHADOWS!

angles become vital. The farther to
the side your lights 60, the more you
emphasize features and details. bad
as well as good; the more directly
in front of the sitter your lights are,
the more you "fatten out" the details
and subdue the modelling. With your
little girls soft, unblemished face 1t
matters little where the lights are.
But with Grandma's lines and wrinkles
and nose and chin, lighting is prob
lem you've got to sweat over if you're
ever going to have nerve enough to
show her the print.
Our trouble today is that we have
too much light available and we pile
it on. Light bulbs give an intense
illumination. We crowd them up close
so we can get fast exposures: the re-
suits are stark pictures in whitewash
and India ink. You gain nothing by
putting two photofoods three feet
from a subject and making a shot in
1/25 or 1850 of a second. It's far
better to put your lights six or nine
feet away. give four or six times as
much exposure. and have nice. soft
portrait that's worth looking at.
Let me suggest that you 60 to your
local art museum and look at some of
the portraits done by the old masters.
Study the faces painted by Holbein.
Rubens, Van Dyck, Gainsborough
and others. After that you'll come
home determined to keep your lights
soft. diffused and simple - just as
David Hill did nearly 100 years ago.
-FULToN WILLIAMS
Evening star., 1941-11-02
SILENCE AT THE HALF MOON
Consisvsd from poss fkirtssn

holding one end in his teeth and the
other in his right hand. But knowing
Brett. knowing the intense feeling of
the man, Jeff realized that if this had
not happened today it would have
happened tomorrow. or the day after
tomorrow.
As he YEARLY turned to leave, a
strong voice came across the room and
stopped him. 1t was Barton, huge
owner of the Barr. He said: well,
Evening star., 1941-11-02

Be lovely Sweetheart Mother, with a
Sweetheart Baby to match! But, don't ex-
Pect you two can keep SweetHeart's benefits
to yourself! Once it's out in the soap dish,
father and children will claim Sweetheart
as their special soap, too! Which is all very
we'll, for SweetHear's mighty efficient toilet
sculpture and mild as it is. And its special,
dainty fragrance makes friends every time!
You'll ,Cant to lay in seueral dozen
Of those big, plump cakes at present
thrifty prices. Buy S,ceefHeart Soap,
and saue money today!
Evening star., 1941-11-02

TWO COMPILATIONS TO ADMIRE
Mothers soft, clear gl0io - Baby's
delicious Observation-Disclosures. And-
pure S,ceetHeart Soap lends a help
ing hand to bOth!
Today, as in 1890, mothers discover the
delight of a gentle, thorough Sweetheart
cleansing-then decide to share this fine
beauty-aid with their babies! That's why so
many darlings are cooling, these days, in
splashy Sweetheart baths getting quick,
mild cleansing out fresh little
beauties for all to admire!
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17
RENO REPORTS
-TCONn FREEZE

ETNO- NC|- ~ Il T-NV.0
aac I;s second freeze q the VII
-. .a>. nigh. a. ! inches Of IAN
a..5 >uaw lei, N the city and more
t.am a 90; Of snow was reported
- NJ. F OSe.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17

STOCKTON. Cal. Nov. II CUP)
- An all-pCints bulletin today ask
ed the arrest of Maurice Fucker
man, 63, Los Angeles commission
merchant known as CALIFORNIA;
potato King" on a charge of mur-
der growing out of the fatal shoot
ing of Otto Dander, 40, american
Legion officer.
District Attorney Raymond Dunno
said he had been advised Fucker
man would surrender today or to-
morrow, but the police department
order for his arrest still stood.
Zuckerman is free on 100000
bond fixed on an earlier charge of
assault with a deadly weapon witt
intent to kill Dander'S death early
Saturday resulted in the signing o.
Il murder complaint by his widow
Hazel. The superior court refused
to fix bail on the new charge unit.
zuckerman is in police custody.
The commission merchant haG
been reported near collapse in a
Stockton rest home but police wert
unable to locate him.
Danders death climaXed a quar-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17
State Financial
Pros poets Rosy

cial house in order, acculudate
reserve in the general fund and pre-
pare in every way possible for fu-
ture contingencies"
Killion pointed to the following
bright spots in state ledgerS
/. The general fund cash defici-
ency on Oct. 81 was S24030,000
compared with approximately S72,-
100000 on the same date in 1910
and an all-time high of $82 10000
on June 30, 1910. The deficiency was
the lowest since Sept. 80 1888.
SALES TAX UP
.. October sales tax collections
totaled S28,404,0OO, the largest
monthly amount of record and rep
resenting a gain of $6,535 900 over
October. 1910. collections.
3. The current S36,5860 coo excess
of receipts over expenditures dur
ing the first four months of the
present fiscal year compared with
an excess Of S7,72l,000 for the same
four months of 1910.
4. General fund revenue, aside
IIOIIl SdltS ldh ItCtIpIo' Qil lllS lIlt
first four months of the fiscal year
amounted to S31 $50 900. an increase
Of five per cent over the same per-
iod in 1910
5. Expenditures during the past
four months from the general fund
totaled S42,6720OO approximately
S638300 less than during the same
period year ago
Continuation of the current higi.
levels of retail trade and the pros
pect of heavy Christmas buying this
year virtually assures liquidation of
the cash deficiency early in 1912
and thereafter the state should be-
gin accumulation of a surplus" the
director said.
If the state building program
now reduced to a minimum in order
to avoid conflict with essential de-
fense construction. is to be carried
to a successful conclusion the state
must have a financial reserve avail
able for use in carrying out these
projects"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17
20 Days in Jail
Mans Penalty for
Threatening Wife

Cortez Costanada Monday was
given 90 days to study up on Vc
proper way to Chastise a wife-if,
indeed chastisement ever again
should appear to be in order.
What Costanada already knows,
as a result of his official contact
with FL Centre Police Judge Lee
Nuffer Monday morning, is that the
law looks with definite disfayOr
on intent to carve ones spouse
with a knife.
Costanada was sentenced to 90
DAYS in city Jail on Mrs. Costanada' ..
testimony that her short and
swarthv mate tried to knife hel
during a marital misunderstanding
Saturday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17
Farm Communities
Name Committees
For Conservation

Five more community committees
Of Imperial Valley agricultural con-
seryaton association had been cleo
ted Monday They were:
Community H CBraWlcN arcal:
Mrs. Lulu b Middleton, Len Ken
nadr. Charles L. Wieman, R. c.
Kaylor and Adam Eulberg.
Community "Gn CBrawloy and
Calipatria): Charles Smith. Roger
T. Taockcr. Frank Chalupnik, Max
Pneglcy and H. a Hastain.
CommunitT j oCalipatria'; L.
H. Boylo. Frank S Hewitt. w H.
Com. L. E. Sinclair and George
P TAYLOR
Community &C" 0El Cyntro and
Holtvillcr Harold Hunt, D. F..
HaWcs. J. w. Roberts Albert F.
Lohmann and Norman Humphrey.
Community Z" Imperial: f. a.
Sal.cc. f H Hand Neil COX, j.
c. Mcaley and f, O. Ro5cnbaum.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17
Governor Balks at
Tax Slash Plea By
Business Agency

LOS ANGELES, No. u up -
GOV. Culbert Olson said today he
did not favor reduction Of state
taxes al this time. as suggested by
the Merchants and Manufacturers
association OF Los Angeles in re-
quest for q special session OF the
legislature.
Instead OF a Shortslghted polc%
Of reducing state reTenucS, ana taC-
ing the necessity later OF lm9oslns
additional taxes for the states re-
ouiremetns. lnc Aovernor SAID. !
am convinced that sound fiscal and
business policy. from the stand
point Of the state and all tax
pavers. is rather that We ShouIC
not reduce our present reIenueS
but should continue WIplng out tAt
deficit which has heretofore 80 en-
barrasSed the state with costly re-
suits. and place the state genera.
fund in & position to go torWayo
with our building program without
additional taxes, and thus contIl-
butte to cushioning the impact o!
the unemployment problem which
will inevitably face US.
A letter to the governor from Pau,
ShcuD. president OF the merchants
and manufacturers. said il was un-
necessary to build up a surplus n
more than $4,000 900 in the state
treasury. the sum he said would bf
accumulated by June 20, l943, unless
taxes are reduced. ne sad reduc-
ton in state taxes would offset the
burden of new federal taxes.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17
Arizona Farmers
Discuss Future

PHOENIX. Nov. Il. UP -Ho"
to a.crt a recurrence OF postwar
chaos and still produce Sut.lclent
tooo to meet national defense COM
modify demands was discussed to-
day by the annual Arizona farm
bureau federation convention.
Gzy Srdno-. P. O,born and Earl
Mahar2. Cxscu.yc secretary OF the
bureas. delivered bg!et addresses 20
the 20 tanners IN attendance, tc--
.owcd b. &c p conferences.
Dr George W Barr, Cconoml't
Of the U!4,es-I. of ARIZONA. |aa
cnoda.e9 = GacIss TIC oatlG3K
o. agricultural .nc0 ~ IN al aG-
Ir-s. later II .Ac ca.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17

Los ANGEL rs " r fI.I.--
The FcGcra hu~cas . sg## ...-
tIon today he'd Cu .a... .s 3. 49,
tortion Alfred AiHU - = -a 4
wealthy university p..n..# r. F.
dent and uu-.csas J.. .s-st. u.
crime stories
The agents >aIo Ia. ss.a..'.. .
that in dc-por8 ..sss ~.
story material lc gsH.t i $500.
from the promiu.r.t ra..'- =. H.,.-
ty Betty Bogch - O.. t..ea. &,
burning her face NJ .,.u.
Richard E Hoaa FE- 5s9.....
here. ordered EIM Ee.g .-.a"a. ILL.,
cado until a :or.41 ,.ai=s Ma
filed Hood said that ..ic >us.h h..
given an "IncoMp ,NE.aaa;lsG
u was Just getting na.ss..- f..
story l intended 10 W.t.s HoN-
quoted him ! wanted So .aa o..
what these peopl" Wg..~ &c /. a
case of this KIND
Neither the police uor - FL
agents wosad rcN,#. She e.a-.,...
of the two noj", SeH, 10 NJ. Be-.
which demanded iha. -ne r..,e
the money IL an envelope a..a t.>,. ;.
it with adhesive tare at @ H..l!5o&
at designated addre-s. -Es Rt:,a-
es also sad they l#e....# : t..,-
phone call u.-lus l>,-H.-..ss. '.-
elst
Mrs. Betch noa..f. a-..a..:i.~
and they plekcd y s.t.e ~. b.,
appeared d; The me..a.N We. L he
had left q dummy en.,,'re.
Harry Sree Wcll-to-do haad T.. a.
amusement firm. $50 Ill.,. 81 tr,-
tainly did not noea lhe n.c!o. an
he believed the atta.. Was "k.l
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17
Lucille Weigand
Dies in Turlock

Nv Ias.-c We.eand E, Centran.
NO dies S..GaT woruine IL Tt
z4.E. ~ ,t esaso5 II ArllnGtoa
cemetery II A.ame5a after services
.: t.c Fo.tcr aaG Anderson m2s-
....v n A.aweaa TUESDAY.
Size became = while On Nac3-
aan III TU,Dck 4ad rapidly became
worse. He. Gca:a waS shock TO Aer
Relatives and friends. Size was the
isrue" vie of Ph.ip Welgan. 81.
a.c,.t~ q. M,> Pau. HarklnS aad
.....a Wc.gand =. both OF E
Gc.Il. aaa C:he" relatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17

SACRAMENTO, NOV. II iUP) -
CalIfornla'S financial condition is
the rosieSt in more than three years
as a result Ct unprecedented sale
tax collections and elimination Of
unemployment relief expenditures
state finance Director George Kill
Lon reported today.
But the fac, that the improve
ment in state revenues Is rooted il
he mushroom defense boom only
serves to emphasize the need for
caution in state fiscal management,
killion declared
Citing general fund revenue tot
aling S79.258,0O0 leaving an excess
OF receipts over expenditure.
amounting to S36.586.OO0 during the
four month period ended Oct. 81
KilllCn said:
DROP FORESEEN
1t would be unWiSe to assume
that the current levels OF state in
come will continue indefinitely, OF
that because Of greater employment
opportunities in The defense pro-
gram. unemployment relief will not
again become a pressing problem OF
government. Because no one can
speak with assurance on either
point. it is vitally important that
the state utilize this period Of de-
fense prosperity TO place Its imam
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17
Former CaIexico
Resident Succumbs

CALEXICO, Nov. II - Miss Sadie
MUIR, 35, resident of Calexico for
many years, died Sunday night in
Les Angeles after an illness of three
months duration.
Funeral services were scheduled
at st. Georges church at Gramercy
and 36th place III Los Angeles at
| pm. Tuesday.
She was a daughter of Mrs. Helen
MUIR and M. MUIR, who conducted
mercantile business in Calexico
for many years She was a sister
OF Joe MUIR of Los Angeles. She a..
tended CaleXico schools and had a
wide circle Of friends IN the Ca
leXicO area.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17

-FCT TIE Kl<G'S FEAST
OLIVE. F.C,Iss JELLYe, GLAZED FRUITS,
ChNC - C-1 and 2inEh2PLE, PICKLES.
rs erd JUICES
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17
TOWN LOSES

QUINCY, Wash. CUP - Long
haired males were the style here
when the towns only barber left
for the defense booming coast,
leaving the 800 residents Of Quincy
without tonsorial attention. Quincy
only beauty operator also has gone
to the coast so women are learn
ing to do their own hair.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17
Suspects Returned
To Coast City

Los Angeles police arrived in
Ell Centro during the weekend and
returned to the coast city with Joe
Marks. 80, and Herman Osborn,
80, who abandoned supposedly
stolen car in Holtville last Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17
Potato King. g.
Sought as Killer

rel and fist fight in a cocktail
lounge here Armistice Day which
crew out of the asserted attentions
paid Dander's sister-in-laW by
Zuckcnnan's companion.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-17
WouId-Be Author
Held os Extor&er

ae.> He SAID tso yo.h had beea
=.--..,## :. . se.n- tgg con>lces-
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0..tt.
a- B..,a also Is a student at
.Cl.A -. Size ~a.G she Gl5 not re-
-" =. haHHs NE, Ssoro. HeT
#-.,:. sanus. H B,rch = Beverly
f5 -. II H~,s.ges. Ct oae oi the
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Evening star., 1941-03-02
By MICHAEL CLOUD.

AT AN R. A. F. BASE NEAR
KEREN, Eritrea, Feb. % (By Gable
to NA.NA.).-British aircraft has
concentrated on reducing Keren,
Eritrean keypoint, from smoke to
ashes and dust with the aid of thou
sands of black warriors armed with
flaming arrows. have watched sew
eral flights of British planes take
off from our base here in darkness
and proceed over the blacked-out
city.
While they roared over the town,
black archers crawled on their bellies
right through the Italian defense
lines. Advance parties dubbed and
speared Italian infantrymen as they
went, clearing a path for 600 native
troops heavily armed with bows. and
carrying parties with reserves of ar
rows in huge sings. For one hour
they continued forward, until with
in 300 yards of military targets.
A runner padded silently back
and up an incline on the extreme
outskirts of the city and sent a
signal back over the enemy lines.
The British bombers at command
took their cue. The night filled
with the thunder of multi-engines.
Arrows Hum Like Hornets.
Archers silently discharged their
arrows. The arrows hummed like
hornets through the air, and with
Evening star., 1941-03-02

end to end like huge torch, so the
italian leader tried to ram the
British leader, but helldives, misses,
and as he flung past at 400 M. P. H.
another shadow, below, suddenly
plunged out of the darkness straight
across his path. With dramatic sud-
denness he cut the port wing off one
Of his supporters. Both crashed.
The defense was all over. The
Italians turned homeward, those
that were left very tattered and
flying oddly Our ships plastered
the ground beneath with explosive.
One British fighter was shot
down, but the pilot bSiled out and
landed in the British lines. AS the
British force withdrew the fighter
rear-guard of the r. A F saw
little group of bowmen cut OFF beside
a flaming hut below by Italian
machine-gunners on two sides. The
British pilot swung his machine and
put her into a powerdive with all
guns blaring.
! One Italian gun-creW was wiped
out; others dropped their guns and
/ ran. The archers withdrew, dog
gedly carrying away their wounded,
while another fighter tipped out Of
formation and covered their retreat
back to the British lines.