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PREJUDICE

Give me, dear God, the venomed adder,
A reptile coiled to strike will hiss,
True may grow ill but never sadder
Than from the bite of quiet prejudice.
Give me, o God, the ivy's poison kiss,
It comes not guised as rare perfume,
To lure me to some bottomless abyss,
The way biased brother plots my doom.
Give me, God, the tigers tooth and claw,
My flesh to savage beasts I'd rather trust,
View my own breast torn and bleeding raw,
Than watch my soul dragged in the dust
Let me walk within storms dread throes,
And shudder the ightnings hurled
But I can't look little tyrants close
So many glowing doorways of the world.
Strangely I've met none who'd define
With truth this prejudice among us,
"Tradition, long-standing," they opine,
Say I, it's more the Devirs-fungus
hardly think I'd fret, show despair
Or let the thing upset my applicant,
If it were merely something in my hair
But there's no tourniquet for heart.
james T. Logan
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Good Time to Pay Bills and Save

conservative estimate of the number of Negroes employed
production this would be 600 Many
these workers have their first which them 500
month Therein lies opportunity An opportunity
of the earned defense bonds the wife
and kids and the final those furniture bills
Some of the defense plant workers throwing their earnings
fast they draw their checks This is foolish and had
Negro white
paid him. after of relief and WP ought be discharged and
who would better judgment hired
The and income which communities
ought be used also of those old forgotten debts Any
firm which extends you credit hard times ought be paid when
get jobs living Many workers who forgot
about owing certain bills finding their ganheed The COL
agencies doing collecting
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Deaths and
Funerals
MARY PRATT SUCCUMBS


Mary Pratt, age 81, of 507 Lyn-
dale Ave. N, died on Tuesday, June
80, at the Minneapolis General hos
pital. Funeral services were held
on Thursday, July 2, at 2 p. m. at
the Woodland Funeral Home Chapel
with Rev. S. A. Douglass officiat-
ing.
Mrs. Pratt is survived by her
husband Henry.
Burial was made in Crystal Lake
cemetery with Woodland Funeral
Home in charge of funeral ar
rangements.
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sermon at o'clock. Rev. Ware will
also speak at the special program
of the BTU at $50.
The Choirs Tea was lovely at
Mother Clayton's on Sunday after
vespers. On program were Laura
Mae Smith, Mr.. Murray, Master
Clarke and others. Don't forget to
support the Sunday School in it's
shoe size rally. Give twice your
shoe size in pennies.
The second Sunday, July IL, will
be Mems Day. "a Good Man Is
Hard To Find" is the subject of
the special sermon.
CamphOr Memorial Methodist
Church: The unwilling of the Ser
vice Honor Roll plaque, which was
to have taken place last Sunday
night, was postponed because of
inclement weather. The beautiful
plaque, which contains the names
of men in the service of the ma
ton, who are members of the Cam
phor Church, will be unveiled dur
ing the Sunday morning service
which begins at II a. m. Major
Samuel Ransom of the Governors
military staff will assist in the I'M
yelling with members of the Purple
Heart and American Legion.
Pastor Clarence T. R. Nelson
announced last Sunday that begin
ming with Sundays service and
continuing through August the
morning services will not be longer
than an hour and half. That is,
the service will begin at II a. m.
and be completed by 1890. Mem
bers and friends planning to at
tend the services are urged to come
on time.
The Every-Member- Canvass was
launched with a very enthusiastic
meeting last Monday night. Seven
teams are expected to canvass the
membership during the week.
$685.OO were raised for all pur-
poses during the first two months
of the conference year, according
to the report of the treasurer and
financial secretary Of the church,
Mrs. Levisa Roland and Mrs. L. S.
Tabor in their reports to the quar-
terly conference.
The parsonage committee of the
Camphor Memorial church will
sponsor an open house at the par
sonage, 631 st. Anthony Ave-, Sun
day from four to ? p. m. Rev. and
Mrs. Clarence T. R. Nelson will be
happy to greet the many members
and friends of the church and show
them through the parsonage which
was purchased last November.
ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL
CHURCH NOTES
Due to the illness of Father Mel
bourne Hogarth, rector, Rev.
Father Walter Schroeder, head of
the Social Service department of
the Episcopal diocese, will be guest
celebrant of the Holy Communion
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DETROIT RELIGIOUS LEADER
VISITS


DR.. W. H. Williams of Detroit
has been in the city for several
days on his first quarterly visit to
the Camphor Memorial Methodist
Church. DR.. Williams, who is the
district superintendent of the Chi
cago District of the Lexington
Conference of the Methodist
Church, received the honorary de-
gree of Doctor of Divinity at the
Cannon Theological Seminary in
Atlanta, Georgia, last month. He
is a graduate of Howard Univer-
sity ABB, and AM, Cannon
Theological Seminary, 3D., and
has studied at Union Theological
Seminary, New York City. In
1910 he was a delegate to the Cen
trail Jurisdictional Conference of
the Methodist Church in St. Louis.
DR.. Williams has held pastorates
in Wheeling, W. Va, Washington,
D. c., and Columbus, Ohio. He was
district superintendent of the Co.
lumbus District before taking up
the SUPPLEMENTARY of the Chica-
go District, which is the leading
district of the Lexington Con-
ference. DR.. Williams reports that
he is we'll pleased with the work
and the progress being made at
the Camphor Church under the
leadership of Rev. and Mrs. Clar-
ence T. R. Nelson.
st. James A. M. E. Church: Girls
Day on Sunday, June %, was quite
a success with Miss Earline Stokes
presiding at the morning service,
with Mrs. Bertha King and Miss
Ruth Reed at the organ and piano
respectively. The Melody Maids
and choir of girls augmented by
members of the Senior Choir sang
under the direction of Miss Gloria
Williams. Others assisting at the
service were Miss Barbara Black
burn, invocation; Miss Ruth Will
liams, scripture; Miss Helen Ben
ner, decalogue. Miss Aretas Blaney
brought the message on "Girls
Look at War and God" Rev. B. N.
Moore preached a sermonette on
"Purity is Old-fashioned."
Flowers on the altar were pre-
sented by Mrs. Josephine Hunt. Mr..
T. H. Fitzgerald of Paducah, Ken
lucky, and Mrs. Norma S. Buford
joined the church. Visitors: Rev.
and Mrs. Carlyle Stewart; Mrs.
Moore of Louisville, Mrs. Robert
Crump, Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs.
Faye Duvall Of Kansas City, Mr..
Geo. johnson, Mr.. Roy Bowman,
Mr.. Geo. Minsky of the Gideons.
The eight o'clock service, under
the auspices of the Ladies' Aid, had
Josephine Hagan as their guest
speaker. She spoke from the sub
ject, "What kind of service are you
rendering to your church, home
and community" Mrs. Florence
H;bbc nova +vuo ,o11pobarc q wool
and whistling solo.
The Garden Fete sponsored by
the Mr.. and Mrs. Club was held at
the parsonage due to the rain.
On Sunday, July 2, the young
men will have charge of the morn
ing service. Mr.. Louneer Pember-
ton is the guest speaker and will
talk on "Negro Young Faces the
Future" Quarterly meeting is at
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Read Your Own

A trade mark for an old popular
tobacco "Bull Durham" was "Roll
Your Own"
Our circulation department
urges you to read your own fam
ily's copy of this paper.
When you regularly read your
neighbours copy you cheat both the
paper and the neighbor out of your
support in helping provide the
community with stronger
medium.
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Housewives who have time their hands had better
terest the various civilian defense activities special
be the work of the interests All
and the adjust budget period pointed
out by the varied volunteer committees bureaus.
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Card of Thanks

To my many friends, I wish to
thank you for all your kind re-
membranes in flowers, cards and
your cars.
Sincerely,
Julia Lewis and Family.
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superior
from the English having armed the claim with and
America take this uperoy
ability mostest" while
peace link all democratic
philosophy.-K. c. Call.
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Proud to Report

Your proud report that behavior by spectators the
Negro League has been excellent There is still improve
men which could be made by certain sectors but the whole the
far have done themselves proud happy the
whole thing.
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Editorial Notes

If white America does not wake the evils of racial prejudice
and its byproducts life death
against its enemies, it will wake up-untl late
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8 p. m. Rev. A. j. Irvine of st.
Peters, Minneapolis, will preach.
At 500 p. m. union services will be
held at Camphor Methodist Church.
Rev. Moore will preach.-Chas.
Miller, reporter.
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church: In
the absence of our pastor, Rev. w.
Hicks, formerly of Shreveport,
Louisiana, now a member of Mt.
Olivet, preached the sermon on
''Three Salvations, Industrial, Eco
nomic and Spiritual"
The doctrinal subject "Why Am
a Christian and a Baptist" was
discussed by Rev. Hicks with all
BTU groups at the evening meet
ing. On the program were Mrs.
Della Robinson, Mrs. Blakey and
Miss Nash. deep Wells With No
Buckets" was the sermon preached
by Rev. Hicks at the evening serv-
ice. The Educational department
gave a short program with Boyd
Collins, Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. Massie
Reasby taking part in the program.
All Missions will please meet
with Mrs. Dorothy Massie, $50
Carroll, on Sunday afternoon after
one o'clock.
The Red Circle Girls will present
Mrs. S. Vincent Owens at the YES
per Hour at 5 p. m. on Sunday.
Rev. S. E. Ware of Pilgrim Church
will preach for the deaconess July
IL, at 7:45 p. m.
July 26 is Mems Day who are
out to beat the women this year.
On Sunday, July 5, the first of the
Union Services for Sunday evening
will be at Camphor Methodist
Church.
Covenant meeting and the OBJ
servance of the Lords Supper will
be at the morning hour on Sunday,
July 5. Home Missions will have
charge of the prayer meetings for
the month.
Friday at 500 p. m. (tonight) 3,
regular business meeting of the
church. All members are urged to
be present.-Arlee Blakey, report
er.
Pilgrim Baptist Church Notes:
Women's Day was a great success
in spite of the weather. The morn
ing sermon "Women's Role in Gods
Scheme" was educational to men
as we'll as the women. Special
music was rendered by Ira Dorsey
and Douglas Lewis.
The rally is still rolling in blitz-
krieg fashion. The women led a
surprise attack this Sunday and
just about bombed the men from
memory. If the men don't get re-
Inducements or "lend-lease" sup
plies this next Sunday, they're done
for. keep En- Pledging, Women"
Mrs. Paralee Milligan gave a
very instructive and inspiring talk
at Vespers. The Twin City Jubilee
Singers were on the program and
an especial favorite number was
"Holy Art Thou"
On Sunday, July 5, Rev. Ware
will give an exposition on the
Psalm of Love, the 18th CORN
thians. The Melody Maids will rem
der the Lords Prayer. Sunday af-
ternoon baptizing and a doctrinal
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We have time for Uncle Tom Negroes
smiles and friendly those of other national origin
why they should be placed category gooc
friendly smile is good for anybody any time
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Loud talking ownng boisterous people poor
for racial
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ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL
CHURCH NOTES

Due to the illness of Father Mel
bourne Hogarth, rector, Rev.
Father Walter Schroeder, head of
the Social Service department of
the Episcopal diocese, will be guest
celebrant of the Holy Communion
at Sundays service, July fifth.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

LLohL NJ IN lho LJuL4N1
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
NOTICE
1891
IN THE MATTER OF THE
PETITION OF ALBERT
SOLOMON
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Albert Solomon has filed in
this Court a Petition TO Establish
the Fact of Birth, the hearing of
which has been fixed by said Court
for Friday, the 9th day of May,
1912. at 200 o'clock pm, at the
Court Room thereof, at the Court
House in said County of Imperial
and all persons interested in said
Hearing are notified then and
there TO appear and show cause,
if any there be, why the said Petit
ton should not be granted.
DATED: April 81, 1912.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk
By G. O. KENYON
Deputy
No. g A 23-M 4 inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-29

lywood proper is a district called
Melville. where the late Tom Mix
made some of his earliest thrlllers,
and where he invested a good deal
Overlooking Melville is a still ele-
CANT residential region on the west
ern face of a midget mountain
which AntCnio Moreno once topped
with a rambling mansion. The dis
trict is still called Moreno High
lands, and a Moreno Street. a
Moreno Place and a Moreno Drive
crisscrosS confusingly.
DeMille Drive borders one of
a nearby part of hilly Hollywood.
There's a Goldwyn Avenue in Cul-
yer City commemorating Sam
Goldwyns tempestuous association
with the studio which still uses
his name along with Metro and
Mayer
Virtually all the picture pioneers
had streets or parks named for them
such as Pickford Way and Fair
banks Place A street in San Fer
nando Valley has been chriStened
Priscilla Lane.
South of the Warner Studio in
Burbank rises a respectable emf
nence once known as Cahuenga
Peak Socn after the studio was
established. press agents made ar
rangements to rechristen it War
ner Mountain. A preliminary sur
Vey disclosed that the top was
covered with IN d r. N a
brush, so the prop department
made large papier- mache rock,
which was dragged up by tractor
and a bottle CT real champagne
Company officials and a few pretty
actresses trudged up under their
own power. AT the climax of the
ceremony studio cutie swung the
bottle-and Dashed a big hole in
the phony bouloe..
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-29
Hero Surprised at
Mention ByFDR

FRESNO, Cal. April 90 up
Interrupted in the midst of prepar-
atoms TO leave here, 28-year-old
Captain Hewitt T. WhelesS today
told of his amaZement to hear him
self mentioned by President Roose-
welt in the fireside chat last night.
Modest TO the point of reticence,
Wheless would say little concerning
himself. "Of course l was very sur
prised," he said. Il kind of liked
it, though, he added.
Pilot of an American flying for
tress which fought a running battle
of rs miles with 18 Japanese 20"
fighters, and landed with only two
motors in operation. Wheless was
spoken Of as one of three examples
of American courage and determine
ton in the Presidents talk.
A native of Meynard, Tex, where
his parents still live, he lust stop
ped over" here to visit his wife,
Raymonda.
Are you anxious to get back
there?" he was asked.
He chuckled. Just as soon as
can And it makes no difference
where they send me-"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-29
jap Ammunition
Dump Destroyed

cut of a fleet which made hlgh
altitude raid on the Manila bay is
lead fortress
United States bombing planes
fought their way through heavy
enemy gun fire to attack the air.
drome at Lac and returned without
loss after putting their bombs on
their targets.
The ccmmunique noted that an
artillery duel continued at Corregi-
dor with enemy shore batteries.
Elsewhere in the Philippines,
Macarthur reported continued
enemy movements in the Cagayan
valley of northwestern Luzon. He
said there was patrol activity in
the Zamboagna area of Mindanao
island and that the situation on
Panay island was unchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-29

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, April 20 =
UP)-United States and ,Austral-
ian planes. raiding the Japanese
base at Lac on the Huon gulf OF
New Guinea, destroyed a big enemy
ammunition dump yesterday and
fighter planes drove eff japanese
bomber fighter fleet from Port
Moresby, on the south New Guinea
coast, Gen. Douglas Macarthur an
nounced in a communique today.
There were % planes in the Jap
anese fleet which raided Port
Moresby, which they are now per-
sistently attacking after receiving
at their New Brit
ain base at Rabaul.
Macarthur said that in the
Philippines the guns of Corregidor
shot down two Japanese bombers
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF INTENDED SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
THAT Nah Jong Suey. Vendor, re-
siding at FL Centre, California, in
tends to sell TO Franl. Wah, resid-
ing at Yuma, Arizona. all of that
business belonging to Vendor now
located at 240 S. 4th Street, in the
City of FL Centre, County of I'm
perial, State of California, known
as Grand View Market, which sale
includes all equipment. fixtures
and merchandise owned by said
vendor.
The agreed purchase price is
100000 together with additional
considerations and will be paid by
the Vendee TO the Vendor on Fri
day, the first day Of May. 1912. at
the hour of HOO am, at the office
of the Security Title Insurance and
Guarantee Company, 678 Main
Street. FL Centre, California.
Dated this 23rd day of April, 1912.
Nah Jong Suey
Vendor
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-29

LONDON. April 90 CUP)
British planes left great fires blaz-
ing at Kiel on the Baltic and heav-
lily bombed Trondheim on the Nor
way coast in the seventh straight
night of their longest and biggest
round the clock offensive of the
war. the air ministry said today.
In addition to the raids on Kiel
and Trondheim. two of Germans
key naval bases, British planes at
tackled airdromeS in Holland and
Belgium and bombed a big power
station at Client, Belgium.
Nine bombers were missing after
the nights operations.
One German fighter plane was
destroyed in the attack on Kiel.
The air ministry revealed that
while big bombing planes were at
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-29
HoIIywood's
Foncies
By Paul Harrison

HOLLYWOOD. April %. - The
most widely Sprawied city in the
world. Los Angeles. never has been
able to strange Hollywood or to
destroy its Individuality The two are
wed by corporate bond, but their
relationship is like that of a movie
star married to a celebrity and
determined to keep her maiden
name.
Although it never has enjoyed any
official separate existence, Holly
wood now has been given specific
geographical boundaries. Such rec
ignition comes little late because
Hollywood already has extended
itself far beyond mere physical lin
its. If you write a letter say, to
Robert Taylor, Hollywood, Calf,
it will be delivered promptly at
Metro-G oldwyn-Mayer in Culver
City. Write to Bette Davis, Holly
wood, Calf, and the postal peo-
pie will flip our letter to Warner
Brothers in Burbank. In the same
scattered nay, Goth Century-F Fox
is in WestWood Village, Republic is
in the town of North Hollywood,
and Universal is in Universal City.
A few years ago warmers found
wooded area some IS miles out
of Los Angeles and there filmed
much of Enrol Flynn's Robin Hood
ca the c3mpany's daily call sheet
the place was identified as Sher-
wood Forest. And Sherwood Forest
it remains today, officially. In
cidentally, Flynn and "a movie
troupe are back there now, only
this time Sherwood Forest is doub-
ling for the Black Forest of Ger
many for scenes in Desperate
Journey
Along the eastern edge of Hol-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-29

WASHINGTON, April 49, CUP)-
The government today ordered rent
controls in areas that comprise the
homes of two-thirds of the nations
population.
The action taken by Price Ad-
ministrator Leon Henderson would
reduce rents by varying degrees in
certain areas where they have risen
steeply. In most affected places,
it will result in freezing rents at
the March |. level.
Henderson designated 302 new de-
Tense rental areas in as states and
Puerto Rico. This makes total of
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-29
Great Nozi Navy
Center Attacked

lacking Trondheim the night be-
fore, coastal command planes made
series of strong diversional at
tacks on airdromeS and other OBJ
jectiveS in Norway, and on coastal
shipping.
Hits were seen on two ships off
AaleSund. the ministry said. and
on oil tanks in the neighborhood.
One coastal command plane fail
ed to return.
There was a strong northeasterly
wind. blowing up toward gale
strength. in the Dover strait to-
day. to impede any fighter COM
mand planes which might make
daylight raids on occupied France.
1t was indicated that last nights
raids were fully up to the stand
ard of those on previous nights
which were the biggest of the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-29
RENTS CURBED

323 regions SO designated, with
population of 86,000,000.
The rent control areas range from
Metropolitan New York with a pop
ulation OF 8,706,OOU TO King George
county, Va, with only 5,431
The rent control areas include all
but seven of the 1879 cities with
populations over $4,000, and evey
city except Miami, Fla, over $1,000
population. North Dakota and Idaho
are the only TWO states not repre-
sented. The Puerto Rican area in
cludes the entire island.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL


IMPERIAL.
No. 1893
IN the Matter of the Petition of
CHARLES LEROY FERGUSON to
Establish the Fact of his Birth.
n o TIC E
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
CHARLES Leroy FERGUSON has
filed in the above entitled Court a
petition pursuant to Chapter of
the Health and Safety Code of
the State of California for an order
establishing the fact of his birth
and that the hearing of said petit
ton has been set for the 9th day of
May. 1912. at o'clock pm, at the
Court House at Ell Centre, in the
county OF Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, and all persons interested
are notified to appear and show
cause, if any they have, why said
petition should not be granted.
Dated April oath, 1912.
w. J. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
By Maxine Console,
Deputy.
(SeaD
mo. 16) tA26 M6 inc0
Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-29
Red Army Claims
kazis Weakened

KUIBYSHEV, Russia, April %
CUP - The Red Army is holding
The offensive against German
'spl.ng" reserves, dispatches re-
ported today as a Soviet spokes-
man declared that the enemy was
weakened sufficiently TO make feas-
ible the opening of a second Allied
front IN western Europe
The spokesman said large forces
of Soviet reserves who have been
trained throughout the winter were
poised 10 strike as soon as the
spring thaw is over.
Despite muddy fields and impass-
able loads, dispatches said the
Red Army was hammering Hitler's
spring troops and watching for any
indication of an enemy offensive.