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Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
Army Bomber Crew Balls Out Over
Dense Swamps Near New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, March 8. UP)-
The crew of an army Bio Martin
bomber bailed out somewhere in
the vicinity of New Orleans shortly
after noon today.
There were three men in the
plane, one of flight from the 54th
bombardment squadron en- route
from Orlando, Fla, to New Orleans
The pilot was Lieutenant Lang.
He radioed the airport here that
he was lost and running low on
fuel. A few minutes later he an
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
Go Threatens Renewed
Strike Against Steel Co.


Negotiations on the dispute we're
adjourned indefinitely Friday night
at Washington by John r. Steel
man, U. S. Cancellation service di-
rector. Conferees were deadlocked
over wage increase demands.
A jurisdictional dispute between
two AFL unions was revealed TO
have disrupted partly construction
of the Detroit, Mich. Chrys.er Corp.
10000 900 tank arsenal. Union Of
ficials said the dispute might spread
to delay work on the Ford Motor
Co. $1l 100000 airplane engine plant
and a plane engine plant under
construction by the Packard Motor
Car Co.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09

than 800 persons on The first Sum
day of the 194l fair Dorman Stew
art, fair secretary, said rain cut the
coast representation last week and
as result many Of the annual Wis
itors were expected to attend the
fair to witness the horse show.
Saturdays program at the fair
was devoted to junior farmer activ-
tiles in the morning as Judging
teams from 81 schools competed in
the FLA division and more than
SO All club members took part in
another judging contest.
A All cll1io parade, demonstration
contest and other activities were
presented in front of the grand
stand.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09

Meagher of Harding school, cham
pion of both Harding and Mckinley
schools. Ten prizes were distributed
to winners and the runners-up.
At Harding school Saturday morn
ing Charles Leon Stowe won first
place and Bill BACKYARD second in
glider contest. Donald Hammond
won the loop the loop contest, his
glider making six loops.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
Cash, Cigarettes
Stolen from Cafe

HEBER, March 8 - Twelve dol
lars in cash, 10 cartons of ciga-
rettes, and three pounds of butter
were taken from the Rainbow cafe
here Friday night by burglars.
They pried wire off a window to
get inside the cafe and used an
ice pick and a potato knife to open
the cash drawer, officers said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
Explosion Rocks
Ohio Powder Plant

CINCINNATI, O., March 8. CUP)
"A terrific explosion rocked powder
plants at Kings Mill, O., early today,
shaking buildings for several miles
around.
The state highway patrol at Col
umbuS said their meager reports
indicated that the explosion occur
red in an outlying shed and that no
one was hurt. The plant was not IN
operation at time of the blast
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09

tenn.
An enthusiastic gallery of adults
and youngsters watched the cham
pionship game between Corley, Will
son school eighth grader, and West
seventh grader at the same school,
They also watched Claude Bell, Ne
gro of Washington school, go down
before West in the hard fought semi
finals. West also beat Jackie
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
Ernest CorIey
E. e. Marble kino

Meet Ernest Corley, champion marble shooter of Ell
Centre.
This tow haired 13year-od defeated Ned West in a
thumb Wrackmg contest Saturday morning for the honor
and glory OF being the king of the marbeers in the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
Aid Bill Nedrs
Senate PASSAGE
Vote Crushes Attempt to Ban Transfer
OfNew Warshi ps. Planes to Britain;
Tydinqs PIea for Truth in De bate

WASHINGTON, March g. (UP)-The administration
seamroller in the senate crushed attempt to prohibit
transfer of American warsps and naval planes under
the British aid bill and drove toward final passage of the
The senate defeated, Sc to So amendment
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
Record Crowd Due Sunduv
AS County Fair Plans
Big Final Day Program
Valley Horse Show Feature Event Of
Closing Session; CIoudIess Skies. Warm
Sun Pre- dicted by Weatherman Here

IMPERIAL March 8.-Imperal countys 18th annual
fair Saturday moved toward its grand finale fair Off
Gals predicted record attendance for Sundays dayong
program
Feature attraction on final day at the fair the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09

without knowledge of the stream
liner wreck. He said he was herd
ing sheep in Montana at the time,
A southbound freight train hit
ties placed by Fry at 10:40 pm,
and a northbound freight hit an
other obstruction As minutes later.
authorities said. Neither train was
derailed.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
Minister Leaves
Tokyo for olks
With Axis Heads
Balkans Change Mind. Believe Nazis to
Delay Offensive Until All Positions
Consolidated in Danger Areas
: BY UNITED PRESS

Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka of Japan prepared
Saturday for important consultations in Berlin Rome and
Moscow which may touch off the Axis alout spring Of
fensive against Great Britain.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
SUNDAY

SUNDAY
1890 am. Exhibit Building open
for inspection.
11:00 am. Imperial Valley Boys
Band.
100 pm. Horse ShOw-15 Events
500 pm. Stage Show
900 pm. Finals in Amateur
Contest.
1900 pm. Closing the 1941 Inn
perial County Fair.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
Signs of Poverty

Hugh Osborne, slated 10 speak
before the Westmorland farm CEN
ter Friday night, WASH sure wheth-
or he had got into the right place
or not.
The assembled citizenry we're the
weirdest assortment that Hugh had
ever seen outside the Hobo jungles
Prominent farmers were scarcely
recognizable behind erowths of whis-
kers and clothes that befit the
scarecroWs in their fields.
Farm center folk had neglected
to warn Hugh that his visit coincid-
ed with a tacky party.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
Train Wrecker
Suspect Quizzed

REDDING, Cal, March 8. (UP)-A 36-year old tran
silent held today for attempting to wreck Southern
Pacific trains here and questioned about the
Southern Pacific sreaminer wreck in which "a persons
killed in 1889 Deputy District Attorney John Spann
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09

SAID Elmer Fry, the transient, haC'
confessed he placed the ties on
the tracks near Delta, 40 miles
north of Redding Thursday night
Ito stop the trains SO he could
catch a ride He was captured near
one of the distractions by special
Agent Fred Taylor of the railroad
Fry, Spann said, claimed to be
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
= AMsl|Ne
~ EPORTER
On the Up and Up

On the Up and Up
The yarn the other day about
Mary Annette Rentz riding pig
brought rise to this story from a
kind subscriber in the Imperial ter
ritory:
"Four-year-old Richard Mealey,
son of j. C. Mealey, decided one
day recently that what bronco bust
ers could do, he could do too.
Dick selected what he thought
was fairly gentle member of a
dairy herd. The COW was lying down
at the moment, which made the
problem of mounting considerably
easier. Dick climbed boldly aboard
and stayed on momentarily while
the outraged animal was Scrambling
to her feet,
That was as long as the fun
lasted, on that particular animal,
because she promptly pitched Dick
off. He landed ON his feet, however,
but also on another COW! Cow No. 2,
surprised by this turn of events,
popped up, too. BY this time Dick
decided he would rather dismount
voluntarily than arbitrarily, so he
did his own bailing out
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
Logical Question

Logical Question
Overheard between a sparse hair
ed man and four-year-old girl:
whats the matter with your
head?" the girl asked.
II haven't much hair the man
replied.
who took it?' the girl queried.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
Too Much Rest

Too Much Rest
Guy Beynon. confined to bed III
a coast hospital, bemoaned his fate
and complained that he was hardly
allowed to lift a finger. Everything
was done for him and physical exer-
ton on his part was virtually nil
II am just like a WPA worker,
only haven't got a shovel to lean
on!" he explained.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09
WEATHER

Maximum temperature 81, minimum "A; am.
AZ, humidity Sc; noon temperature 80,
nmidity 20; am. temperature IA, humidity 20
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09

l. v. LETTUCE-Demand fair, market weaker.
Carloads fob cash track, IS S125, few $l.35, IS
few 81.
L. A HAY-U. S. No. l, l. v. $165O-17; S No 2
leafy 1 SIG 1850; S No. 2 S1s-13.5O; Mps Sept
Flax $161h.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-09

Total Cash, Checks and Drafts Sent
through The Two FL Centre Banksl
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
Seeing and Saying BY William 4. fo~1k<'

and has told such good one to Frances present
government that they have "once and for all time"
turned their back their former allies.
What tactics Hitler will the United
States cannot be prophetcally forecast by this
writer without the widest Of speculation, but, he
suspects that a great lie will do the work. Per-
haps the great untruth will fit In with the gfea'
lie Americans consciously making of their
democracy.
One thing Hitler likes to assert when finger
of scorn is pointed at his nations activities is
that "a democracy is lie Specifically point
ing out the United States, the Fuehrer says that
democracy doesn't work in his so-called demo
cratic country where Negroes "catch it' from
practically all angles. He said that Great Brit
ain was tie greatest "liar" in the world because
under it's plutocratic scheme, class was p tied
against class and colonial natives kept beneath
the heel of oppression, while the ideal of demo-
cratic rule was kept before every subJct.
The fact that hurts Americans most is that
Htiers truth about "lie" is so true and yet
so undesireably so. ,.e
A few months ago when maid made the as
sertion that she would be glad when Hitler came
there was constituted in her statement the eie-
ments of both great truth and great lie. One
or the other started the processes of the law 10
investigate the possibility of H1tler-"cl!heo
"blocks" among dlsgruntled ooutnern Aiet.am 'a.a
Negroes. Investigators admitted that Negroes were
farng badly under the economic and social oroer'
but just didn't want Hitler to gain foothold on
these shores, either from within or from wltnou'
with which we agree.) They sounded "a phlos-
ophy of "We'n continue to give you Hail Colum'
bia' but Hitler mustn't" Or, "Our lash has fewer
tails than his
American democracy is lying when it per-
mits mob atrocities, job and privilege dlscrlmina-
ton on every hand, rampant lnJustces. America
doesn't want Hitler and Nazism to win, and
America must stop lying about "the land of the
free and home of the brave or the Germans VII.
win from and among US. Let's make Hltlef CUT Oh
a lie about our democratic lle.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07

ruling classes. Years of enslave-
ment taught the American Negro
invaluable lessons on how to get
along with his powerful" neigh
Dor.
There is large mass of Ameri-
can Negroes who not only have
not lost these techniques but who
have improved and enlarged them.
They are what, for the lack of a
more apt term, are commonly call
ed the common folk" They COM
prise the vast majority of Negroes
living South of the Mason and
Dixcn Line. Life, for them, is
precarious-they live by The day.
For the past ten years many of
them have been forced to resort to
living by their wits because OF
long time unemployment or under
employment. They are certainly
children of destiny
NOT AN EXPERT
The incident that started me to
thinking along this line was a
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
Stand By The President

Of course you know this country is AT with Hitler
al heard Mr. Roosevelts great speech fortnight
When you boil it down conveys for supplies
and materials to England fighting with her back definitely
against the wall to withstand the onslaught of Her Bltz
tactics on sea, on land and in the air.
We are engaged in an UNDECLARED conflict with the
Axis powers the opposition Just German
IT-boat sinks of ships will FORMALLY get into
the fray So you that won't be long month"; opne
two months at the latest.
Don't worry about your Uncle Sam. He can take
of himself and anybody else he chooses to side You won't
be bothered too much with strikes from here out An
dents proclamation The chief executive clothed
with unlimited power Some thing too much power.
They wrong fire must be fought with fire 1t would
be disastrous to tie Presidents hands Tin these tmes
with yards of and other kinds of tape Britain must be
aided NOW Nobody will have to worry about you You
going to cd you have always done whe upon the
country-fight and fight and win This is time to bring
certain things that should be first your calendar in
times of normacy.
You are definitely your way to better day. Re-
gardess of your ncnations you couldn't let President
Roosevelt and his great wife, best friend YOU have in all
the world this side of the THRONE down. Your title may
not be high but in just little while you will be in ALL key
places protecting your country You will be around the White
House. You will load the implements of You have
chance to go to town. Co.
When the skoe is cleared you will have helped save
the world from Htlerism and yourself from Pagansm!
Stand by the PRESIDENT
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
South Carolina Defies The Supreme Court

THE SOUTH CAROLINA legislature adjourned Satur-
day. voting increase of $40 month to teachers
making at least 500 monthly and above 1t struck out
$40 monthly increase for Negro teachers approximatg
$l52.720 annually.
The teacher salary increase bill, passed. thusy
cdes the Negro teachers who the words of Senator
Harvey of Beaufort are getting 50 month and less But
this ignoring of the Negro teachers who early the egs-
ave session had asked for equalization of salary vounar
~ so that court fight will not be necessary South Caro-
1na seemed deliberate Senator Sawyer of Georgetown
promenadng in the fashion of tyrant shouted defiance
at the u S. Supreme Courts ruling against discriminatory
salaries Said he according to Associated Press reports
They're not going to pay the Negroes money,
Supreme Court Supreme Court. If the Supreme
Court does must the Negroes how going
to make do it? Are they going to send the army to
South Carolina to make us do it? We running this
government?
Despite Sawvers haant declaration South Carolina
be made o the Negroes and army need be into
the state to that this done While the Negro teachers
had sought to avoid court sessions in the matter and the
projection of the race question: they have alter
native.
Proof that the state better salaries is evident in
the passage of the bill to raise the white teachers to $100
month AS for the Negro teachers they must continue
$50 month less if Sawyer and his cohorts have their
way.
Charleston IS c. Lighthouse and ntormer.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07

themselves in whatever country tney happeHeo u
be- Hitler set out to rid Europe of what he term
ed as lies and to consolidate under one German
plan Germany based on protector and proCec-
torate' principles
The first great one that Hitler told his people
was that they should hate inferior -Aryans and
assert themselves like masters of pure-pred
stock By trickery, pledges and scapegoat anti
Semitsm, he consolidated their ideals into ma
tiona front and appealed to their dominant mill,
tary nature fer conquest. Having once claimed
that Nazsm was counter to Communism and that
the Russian leaders were dogs, to effect an ade-
quately powerful military coup he suddenly be-
came friendly to Russia, made peace and trade
treaties, treated them with much respect
that the international communists in the United
States had to field up their tents and HE away in
the night.
Having continuously taught that all other
races besides the Aryans were inferior and not to
be reckoned WITH Hitler suddenly brought the
Japanese into the Axis with himself and Musso-
lini telling another lie his first one.
Issuing the cunning quality of the fox, he has
filtered practically every country of Europe con-
quered and unconquered with Nazi philosophy
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
EDITOR |ALS S
Armies Set
Continued from page II

Aircraft regiment 1tGmbled thru
Manchester at II o'clock this
morning to take up its position
near Rutledge Falls.
The 104th Field Artillery from
the Bronx and the 104th Field
unit from Upstate New York,
light artillery regiments with their
rs nm. guns, and the 106th Field
from Buffalo and Western New
York. "a medium artillery regi-
ment firing 155 nm. howitzers,
moved their equipment into po-
sition and established bivouacs
near Haley. close to the Duck
Rivef.
The 108th Infantry from Upstate
New York, near Syracuse, has es-
tablished camp on the broad
slope of a hill, high enough above
the road to miss the dust raised
by conveys and do take advan-
taga of all the wind that comes
over the trees TO the south.
The 102nd Medical Regiment,
attached to the 9th Division,
with Headquarters at Brooklyn,
NJ Y. pulled into its position
about 10 o'clock this morning.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07

feature article appearing in the
May 81, 1S41 issue Of the Bir1nlng-
ham, (Ala.) News titled Judge
Alb Knows Negroes BY Heart" In
the first place Judge Abernethy is
white man and that, alone IS
sufficient to disqualify him as an
expert on what the Negro thinks"
In the second place to qualify even
as a psendo-authority on the
thinking habits of any people re-
auires closer and more intimate
association with the subjects than
could possibly be had through the
distance that separates judge
and the defendant.
The Negroes who appear most
often before Judge Abernethy are
"closed society"-a very secret
society. The "better Glass; of Ne
groes re excluded from the inner
workage Of this group as severly as
are white people. Any experienced
police officer will testify as to how
completely "dumb" and "blank"
these folk can be when one of
their comrades is being accused OF
a crime.
LIVE IN SLUMS
AS a majority they live in the
bottom lands, the slumS, on the
ether side of town. Here they are
isolated the upper class Negroes
do not want to be identified with
them and the ruling classes Of
white people have them ear mark
ed as criminals. They are forced by
the veryy society in which they
live to develop automatic group
defense.
Outside of their immeriate group
service jobs are experts in mani
pulating white employers and Gus
toners. They know just how gull
lible they are and susceptible to
flattery. They present to the white
with whom he is dealing.
WHERE HE is WRONG
The naive reporter who wrote
the Judge Abernethy story dis
qualified himself in the first line
of his first paragraph which reads,
"A Man (Judge Abernethy) who
man the picture that he wants of
Negroes. He sees the Negro that
he wants to sea modern carry
over Of the slave type However
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
Executive Unit
CONTINUED from Page y

Her supervisors are Mrs. M. M.
Glover, Octillo Club president:
Miss Curiene ;;5S%s'ell, Mrs. Ada T.
Washington. supervisor; Emma
Gardner, CUB president; Miss
Helen Armstrong. Here we have
the jolly workers and the Sollie
w. Stewart clubs, and all are pro-
crossing. The program sponsored
by the Junior clubs was very in
spring. Miss Curlene Ewell was
mistress of ceremonies. Mrs.
Gardner was introduced to the
Juniors and thanked them Tor
their splendid cooperation. And
the surprise was to find a club
named for her. She presented
the Emmer Gardner $5 as token
of her appreciation. Mrs. Farmer
and Mrs. Burnett were introduc-
ed to the Juniors. Miss Julia Will
Hams expressed her thanks to
Mrs. Glover and Mrs. Washington
WHO Have SClNCu 81 hoiOAAAeAAy 80
supervisors Of the Juniors. Satur-
day afternoon Mrs. H. M. NC
Neil entertained the state officers
with sightseeing trip.
Mrs. H. M. Davis served as
hostess Saturday evening with a
picnic party. Mrs. M. M. Glover
entertained state officers at break
fast Sunday morning. Sunday aft.
ernoon they were dinner guests at
the home of Mrs. Lucy Williams,
332 East 5th Street. Mrs. Missouri
Noble. 1041 Anita Street, member
of the Progressive Club, as house
guest. the state officers.
Sunday afternoon at the Fed
Grated Club House a beautiful tea
was sponsored by all Federated
Clubs. Forty clubs women attend.
ed bringing their friends. Hear
ing the wonderful address by Mrs.
Gardner, all were inspired. Mrs.
IF'eresa Henderson was appointed
state chairman of ways and means
committee. Tucson clubs are
Rowing and not Drifting"
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
By GORDON B. HANCOCK
For AMP

The time is at nand when we
must face the ugly fact that demo-
cracy has its back to the wall.
Things are serious indeed and only
the simple can ignore this solemn
fact. Hitler is about to make a
clean sweep of Europe and then
only God knows what will happen.
One by one he has Subdued the ma
tons. Turkey and Russia inspired
the hope that they might Withstand
his pressure; but there is every
evidence that they are ready to
capituate to HitleliSm.
1t is high time that this counry
was buckling down to the task of
preparedness. With Lindbergh
playing the role of heckler and
with Wheelerism continually muddy
the political waters; with strikes
oristlins from one side of this
country to the other and with ex-
plosions and whats nots occurring
daily, we are in the middle of
serious situation. Unless democracy
can rally itself we are lost. With
facist and Nazi theology is threat
ening the whole concept of demo.
cracy. With the passing of de-
the hopes of the Negro
race will fade; for only under a
democratic regime can the Negro
hope to achieve in the future. The
the Negro has made in
this country would have been in
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
Nearly 100000
Race Youths In
New Drafting

WASHINGTON, D. c. One
million more youngsters will be
given numbers and subjected to|
call for military service with their
Uncle Sam following the new red
iStration which has been set fc
July /.
Which indicates a total OF
100000 or more Negro registrantS
will be included in that group.
Added to the already large num-
Der in camps undergoing severe
training this will give the United
States its largest peace time army
and build up reserve the like of
which has never been seen in this
country.
At the same time, there is a
probability that these new regis
trants will be given preference in
military training to some of the
older men already registered, for
the army is asking that the older
men now included in the registra-
tion be given deferred classifica-
tionS.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
From Ny Study Window
By REV. JOHN CLARENCE WRIGHT
Members Of The Graduating Class

May 1 Add A word of greeting
and felicitation at this asupicious
season when you are passing an
other real milestone on the road to
city of realized dreams. Much will
be said to you in the days of cere-
mony and festivity just ahead.
Those who have preceded you b.
a decade Or more will be eager to
share with you their experiences
on the journey you are about tc
take.
Advice, waning, encouragement
will be the keynote of most Of their
messages. Now and then out of
the flood of stereotype and down.
right commonplace twaddle that
passes under the name Of com
mencement and baccalaureate ad-
dresses, something really signlfi-
can't, timely and genuinely inspir-
ing emerges. Something that ex-
hibits so much of the vision coura-
geous. as we'll as glorious, that it
acts as a balm and tonic for world
weary souls fol endless days.
Such an address was delivered by
Raymond Fosdick to the graduating
class of Smith College, Northamp-
ton, Mass. several years ago. His
subject was 1.-THE Adventurous
Lie; / have read it over again
and again and each year the sound
ness of it's truth seems to have in
creased meaning and application
especially for the young people com
pleting their work in our schools
and colleges. May I share with
you few of his thoughts.
"My concern is that you will
catch the contagion of fera, that
you will too gladly pay the price of
living comfortably with neighbcrs.
My apprehension is that you will
walk in the middle of the road and
sit in the middle of the boat and
too soon forget the duty that is
laid on all those who would cal
themselves educated-the duty OF
rebellion. l am not afraid of you
non conformity; I am afraid o1