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ON NATIONAL HOOK-UP »■ i ■ ■■ —_BBU|MM CHICK WEBB Chick Webb, famed maestro, who ranks at the top of the orchestra world with Cab Cal" loway and Duke Ehington, reaches the climax of his ca reer on Wednesday, November 11, at 9:00 p, m., when h sup plies the musical background to Irvin S, Cobb plantation - how heard on a coast-to-coast net work over WEAF. Webb, whose music is known ^o dance lovers everywhere, was chosen from a wide selection for this especial occasion. The entire east of the show is com ing in from Hollywood for this broadcast and it will be staged, amid special effects, at the Commodore Hotel in celebra tion of the sponsor’s annual dis play of its products. The possibilities are that Webb may go back to the coast with the show and rema'n with it to the end of the series. Adventist Refuse to Attend Texas Meet Because of Jim Grow Ft Worth, Texas, Nov- 7 (ANP) —Lf’arninjr that they would have to use the freight eleva'or if they attended the conference sessions held in the Texas hotel, Negro lead ers in the Seven!h-day Adventist denomination refused to, come to this annual conclave. Ons-picuous hy their absence were tho following well known leaders who are regular delegates: Rev. G G- Peters of New York; Rev P. G.. Dodgers of Caifornia; President J. L Moran and usiness Manager O A Troy of the Oakland Junior col lege, Rev. T H.. Allison of Chicago and Rev. A E. Webb of Saint Louis Local citizens are chagrined that a denomination of such cosmoplitan proportions as the Seventh-day Ad ventists would arrange for a con vention in a hotel where all its dele gates could not receive fair and im partial consideration Eight State at Morristown College Morristown, Tenn-, Nov 7 (C) — Eight states are represented in the student population of Morristown college, according the President John W. Haywood They are Illin ois, Indiana, Kentucky, N°rth Caro lina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee. Cheyney Gets $30,000 For Improvemnets Cheyney, Pa , Nov. 7 (C)—Chey ney State college hag received $30, 000 for permanent improvements, which will include the installation of a dual electric lighting system, the removal of all fire hazards, which means the digging of a new artesian well to safeguard the col lege against any shortage of water; the cnstruction of an othletic field, which Is a WPA project. Soil Conference At Alcorn, Miss. Aloom, Miss-, Nov 7 (C)—A conference carrying oht the pur pose of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act was held at Alcorn college last Tuesday. M M- Hubert, state agent, presided and presented President Bell, who welcomed the delegation Dr ""^'inr Dies Little Rock, Ark-, Nov. 7 (C)— Dr G- C- Taylor, pastor of Rust ME church, Oberlin, Ohio, died in Oberlin last Sunday following a stroke. Dr. Taylor was for 14 years president of Philander Smith college here- He was buried here last week. Welch School Gets Grade “A” Rating _ Louisville, Ky, Nov. 7 (ANP)— Officers and members of the In dependent National Funeral Dir ectors Ass’n attended the recent three-day conference of a'l State Boards of Embalming, held at the Seel back hotel- Those present were R. R Reed, executive director of (be association; Wm- Johnson, chairman, executive committee; G Wm- Saffell, former president; A L Welsh, executive members of Birmingham, Ala-; B- Lincoln Tea gue, Madisonville, Ky, C- B "laughton, Lexington, Ky.; Wm Cooper, Versailles, Ky and nine other funeral directors not members of the association. The assertion members present ed to the conference an application _>r the Grading of Welch School of Embalming at Birmingham, follow !rg whiih the conference appointed c mmittee (white) to accompany them to Birmingham to inspect the physical setup and faculty of the Welsh school- A L- Welsh, founder of the school; R. R Reed and the cnferen(e committee made the 'rip. School Gets “Grade A” Rating The school was inspected and ex cept for the necessity of arranging a different room for practical dem nstiutlons and other minor chan ges in the present setup, met the approval of the committee. Associa tion fficials were informed by the conference group they could adver tise that the next entrance calss of the Welch School of Embalming, after the first of the year, ©wuld be entered In the grade “A” School •o Embalming- The school is con ducted at Miles Memorial college. Educational Program Outlined A subseguent report was sent to tho Association membership by Ex ecutive director Reed, outlining the educational program for the year NEGRO CHOIRS GET IN NEW PICTURES Hollywood, Nov. 7 (ANP)—This is choir week in Hollywood as two of the best known singing groups in the country have been engaged for film work The Hall Johnson choir, a world famous musical group has been en gaged to furnish Tibetan musical accompaniment to sequencesa of Prank Capra’s forthcoming “lost Horizon” at Columbia’s studios, which stars Ronald Colman Max Steiner, well known American com poser, will direct recordings of the musical background of the score for the film by Dmitri Tiomkin. The Hall Johnson group, since coming here for work in the film “The Green Pastures” for Warner Brothers Studios, have appeared in numerahble shorts and other big productions, and are one of the features of the new Irving S- Cobb, radio program, “Paducah Planta tion,” heard every Saturday night over the NBC chain The other choral group at work for Clumbia this week Is the cele brated St. Luke’s choir of Long Beach, who are appearing with Grace Moore, singing star of screen and opera. Tobacco Used as Remedy for Cholera in France During I lie cholera epidemic In France in ISdl the use of tobacco was said to induce immunity. To ward olf illness while the great plague of 10(15 was in progress in London everyone was urged to smoke. Small children were com pelled to take tobacco. At Eton clnsses were instructed to pause and light up at frequent intervals, writes Charles Sniutny In the Chi cago Tribune, Who first brought the plant to Europe is not established, nor is it certain who smoked the first pipe ful. Jean Nicot, whose name re mains today In nicotine, sent to bacco seeds to France about 1560. Within five years Sir John Haw kins returned to England with to bacco. Most of Europe and parts of Africa and Asia had the weed by the opening of the Seventeenth century. Snuff was preferred in France for many years. The "drink ing of tobacco," as smoking was termed In England, became com mon and later fashionable through the example of Sir Walter Raleigh. Every schoolboy knows the leg end of the drenching of Sir Waiter Raleigh by his valet. This faith ful fellow, for the first time seeing smoke Issuing from the mouth and nostrils of his master, believed him to be afire and promptly emp tied a howl of tvater, ale, or beer over Sir Walter. The beverage changes as do the characters In the Hnecdote. Slightly varied versions are given for Richard Tarleton and others. Another Sir Walter Ra leigh yarn involves a wager with Queen Elizabeth. He bet that he could weigh tobacco smoke. First he weighed a pipeful of tobacco, then smoked It and subtracted the weight of the ashes. Community Chest for 1937 to be Increased Tho Gommunty Chest budget for 1937 Is $546,683 85, an increase of $53,673, or more than 10 per cent over the amount raised last year. W- Dal« Clark, president of the Chest, announced this figure Sat urday after individual members of the budget committee surveyed each Community Chest 'agency in relation to its request Agencies requested $632,998 '.o handle their total needs, Clark said, but the committee slashed almost $70,000 from that figure to reduce the burden on Community Chest donors. He Said each agency was investigated by a member of the budget committee, and its work, programs and needs were carefully weighed before the committee fix ed the amount it should receive. Members of the committee, head ed, by Melvin Bekins, -are; Joel Wright, Francis P Matthew, J Francis McDermott, W. Dale Clark, W- F Cozad, Walter Plerpoint, J. L- Haugh and Mrs T- L . Davis . Explaining the increased budget for 1937, Bekins stated: “Welfare groups, children's homes and health organizations are faced with the prospect of caring for a greatly increased number of clients. Practically all agencies are working short-hand ed, and every one of them is con fronted with the problem of in creases in maintenance, operation, food and general living costs” Twenty-eight agencies are in cluded in the 1937 budget, and their needs vary from $600 to $90, 000 for the year. In every instance tho Community Chest will attempt to provide only for the Omaha cases, leaving outstate and other clients to be cared for through service fees, other subscriptions and interest on endowments, Bekin said: I ne duok^i vi Lummuu-v Chest campaign for 1937 should be a challenge to every- individual in the city of Omaha-” Fi'ands Matthews, campaign chairman, said; “Every contributor this yean* must be at least 10 or 15 per cent above that of the last cam paign” Tho Chest campaign will get un der way officially on Monday, Nov. 16th, and will continue through Nov 25th Longest Coast Lina Florida Is considered lo have the longest coast line of any state. Ac cording to tiie United States Coast and Geodetic survey this coast line, exclusive of Islands, Is 1,197 miles, including 399 on the Atlantic and 798 on tho Gulf of Mexico. Califor nia Is listed ns second with 813 miles of coast. Lake shore line Is not regarded ns const line h.v this government department. If It were, Michigan would have the second longest const line, according to this same authority. According lo oth er authorities, Michigan has 905 miles of coast line In file Upper Peninsula and 810 In the Lower Peninsula, a total of 1,715 miles. The coast of Maine is so indented that if a small unit of measure ment were employed that state would have a coast line of about 3,000 miles. As measured by the methods of the Coast nnd Geodetic survey, it has only 228 miles. Strive to Excel Strive always to excel; try al ways to keep that attitude of mind which abhors defeat; for it Is a proved fact that man's nature Is so adaptable that he can accustom hiusclf to mediocrity and numb bis sense of failure. But the converse of this Is also true, making It pos sible for one to train oneself to be satisfied with nothing less than the best, and with the failure Idea made so repellent that all one’s faculties will be kept constantly on the alert to discover opportunity, p&ssess It, improve It and through it carve out a significant and satis fying destiny. A study of the ca reers of successful men will reveal this attitude ns one of the under lying factors in their progress. It Is an unfailing source of Inspira tion and the fountain from which flows that matchless determination so pronounced In those who lead. Home of the Hemp Plant The native home of the hemp plant Is Asia, near the Caspian sea. Wild hemp is not used in rope mak ing. Italy, Russia, France, India and parts of the United States and Canada are the chief hemp produc ing countries. Hemp can be raised several years In succession and three bushels of seed are required to plant an acre of ground, accord ing to a writer in the Indiana Farmer’s Guide. Hemp demands a rich, light soil. The three chief products of hemp are: The fibers of the stem; the resinous secretion, and the oily seed. The leaves and blossoms are used as a drug and intoxicant for smoking and chew ing. The oil extracted from hemp seed Is used In making soap. The pulp that is left Is a good feed for cattle BOOMS AND SLUMPS LAID TO SUNSPOTS Various Crises Are Linked to Solar Activity. Cambridge, Mass,—In line with the "sunspot theory" of economic and industrial activity, there has come from Harvard's astronomical observatory a declaration by Dr. Loring D. Andrews, astronomer, that sunspot activity can be cor related with such varied phenomena as weather conditions, economic tranquility and distress, wars, floods and international crises. While admitting the correlation between earthly phenomena and un usually active spots on the surface of the sun. Doctor Andrews, in dis cussing the subject, states that the actual source of the correlation must be sought in other solar pe culiarities which are correlated in turn with sunspot activity. Especially "amazing," according to Doctor Andrews, is the correla tion of economic prosperity and de pression with periods of sunspot maxima which has held true over a period of the past two centuries. Using this correlation, the astron omer states that "it would seem that all the king's horses and all the king's men cannot bring pros perity back again; but the sun can." Next Maxima in 1939 With a sunspot maxima expected in 1939, the Harvard scientist tenta tively predicts an increase in stock market activity at that time, for "as the number of sunspots mounts, prosperity turns the corner; as the number of sunspots diminishes, prosperity hides itself in a depres sion.” "It may be pointed out,” he con tinues, "that the last sunspot maxi mum was in 1928, an epoch in the economic history of the United States to which one commonly re fers as the good old days." The last sunspot minimum occurred in 1933. Some one has mentioned an economic depression similarly dat ed.” The blemishes on the face of the sun, with which Doctor Andrews finds so many correlations, have been demonstrated, according to the scientist, to be huge solar cyclones, whiriwinds in the solar atmosphere, accompanied by pronounced mag netic conditions. Each sunspot, he says, is a huge magnet as a result of the whirling of electrically charged particles within it. Sunspots have cycles of eleven years. Maximum spottedness has come in 1906, 1917 and 1928 since the turn of the century and mini mum spoltedness in 1901, 1913, 1923 and 1933. Since the sun rotates on its axis in a period of 25 days, Doctor An drews states that it is impossible for the earth to be permanently in the range of a sunspot or a sunspot group, but when the spots are near the earth, such terrestrial phenom ena as auroral displays, electric storms and effects on long-distance radio reception are noted. Sunspot Activity. “All of these phenomena,” Doctor Andrews declares, “show a close correlation with sunspot activity and particularly with the passage of an active sunspot group across the central area of the sun’s disk; the aurorae, borealis and australis, perform beautifully, magnetic com passes oscillate to and fro over a small amplitude centered in their normal position, and long-distance radio reception is either improved or hampered. In connection with the last of these It should be said that whether reception is improved or hampered depends upon the wave-length of the signals and oth er factors related to radio trans mission.” lilt: CA^idlldtiuu Ui UlC bUHCiauuu between sunspot activity and eco nomic prosperity and other items on earth is explained as being indirect ly caused by the solar phenomena. When sun spots are at a maxi mum, he finds, the earth’s receipt of heat from the sun is above nor mal. Strangely enough, this does not make for warmer weather be cause it increases the evaporation of water from the earth’s surface and therefore the weather is cooler than usual and there ia increased rainfall. Norway’* Home of Giant* About in the middle of southern Norway there rises from the great central plateau a vast wilderness of peaks and glaciers, Interspersed with hundreds of brooks and lakes, teeming with trout. This national park is the Jotunheim, a name which means the Home of the Gi ants. In the Norse mythology It is considered the home of the Jotuns (giants), trolls and other enemies of the good gods, consequently the home of everything evil. Except for a few hunters, no one had seen much of this dreaded district until a little more than a hundred years ago, when the scientists of Oslo “discovered” It. Liking and Having College Man—What would you like, dear? Coed—Well, I’d like some fruit, cocktail, some caviar, an order of frogs’ legs, some fruit salad, a sir loin steak smothered In mushrooms, a large lobster, some demitasse anrf some pie a la mode. College Man—That Is all very well. But, now, what wfll you have? VARSITY QUEEN t* ■ —- -. -S3! RUTH ANN ROBERTS Attractive senior at Knoxville College is Ruth Ann Roberts of Gary, Indiana, who was elected varsity Queen by the K. C. gridders to reign at Homecoming festivities. Miss Roberts is very active in campus organizations. She was re cently cast in a leading role in the religious drama, “The Rock”, which will be presented by the dramatic fraternity of which she is president. Start Bethune Com munity Meetings Dayton Beach, Fla- Oct 31 (C)— The community meetings each Sun day afternoon, inaugurated 30 years ago, began for the current year last Sunday- The meetings serve to promote interracial work, and to train students in public speaking Mrs. Myers, 2308 N<>. 29th St , Is convalescing Mr. Willis Roberts, 2629 Charles street, is on the sick list. Mss Clara Shaffer, Council Bluffs, who has been ill, has re covered. The Paxton Social club niet Moni day night at the home of Mr. C A Branch, 2866 Binney street. Mrs. Hattie Hieronynv'us, 2528 No. 28th Ave., who has been con fined to bed because of illness, Is nw able to be up Mr. James Murphy, 2615 Parker street, who was in an accident some few days ago, is convalescing nicely Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Brown, 1848'ti No. 20th street, will be held Saturday from the Myers Funeral home- Mrs. Brown died Monday Mrs. Jessie Gray, who was in an automobile accident In Iowa re ceiving a broken jaw and internal injuries, was brought to Omaha and is now at 2519 Corby street, where she Is convalescing nicely. Mrs. Hattie Wallace, of Boley, Okla- who came to the city to at tend the burial of her daughter, Mrs- Roosevelt Johnson, suffered a paralytic stroke Mrs. Wallace is recovering The Junior Girls Culture club and the Royal Rhythm boys gave a Hallowe’en party at the home of their instructor, Miss Ethel Jones, 2811 Caldwell street, Wednesday evening, Oct. 28th- Music was fur nished by the Royal Rythm Boys’ orchestra. During the evening the boys used their own broadcasting microphone t announce the dance numbers. Fortune telling and games furnished other amusements for the evening Mothers of the young people assisted Miss Jones in the chaperoning NORTH 24TH STREET SHOE HOSPITAL your worn shoes areformed to yiur feet- Retain their comfort and get more service and ap pearance by having them pro perly rebuilt. hoes are never old until they can no longer be rebuilt 1807 No. 24th St. WE 4240 Sweet Georgia Browi Hair Dressing Men and Women earr - up to $35 a week as •agents for Sweet Georgia Brown Hair Dressing, Face Powder, Blea ching Cream; 300 products. Jusl send name and address for FREI SAMPLE and Money Making Agent’s offer. Write Quick! VALMOR PRODUCTS CO-, Dept 616, 2241 Indiana Ave-, Chicago III. INSURANCE COLLECTORS ROBBED ON GRANT ST. L. E- Wal'brldge and II F. Jones, manager of the Washington Insur ance O., reported that they were robbed Monday while sitting in their parked ear at 28th and Grant streets by a dark brown skin N**-l gro wearing a dark over coat and black fedora hut. The Negro, It is said opened the right front door and held them up, taking a bill fold containing Insurance papers, a sil ver dollar and four dollars in small change GETS FINGER CRUSHED Lafayette Carodine, age 9, 2123 No. 28th Ave. got, the third and fourth fingers on his left hand mushed, Wednesday, ()e<- 28th Lafayette was playing with an Id washing machine in the buck yard of his home when his fingers were caught In the cogs of the Machine, resulting in the mashing if two of them PRICE LEE SHOT Price Lee, 5038'i So. 25th St. received gunshot wounds In an af fray at 2605 P street, on Nov. L 1st. Lee received gunshot wound through right leg when shot by James Jackson, 2511 P street In the house at the time of the hooting were Gladys Wright, 2606 street; Robert Jones, 6310 So. 28th street; nnd Thos Rurse, 2512 Q street. HIT ON HEAD WITH BRICK Virgil May White, 25fh and Indiana Ave., was struck on the head by n brick when coming out of the homo of Ernest New. 26th Ave and Mich igan St , Virgil Massey, She was found by Miles Johns (white) and brought to the Police Station where she was treated for scalp lacera tions, bruised forehead and lacera- ' tions of the left side of the fore head REPORTS ROBBERY Mrs. Savannah Newman, 2809 R St-, Apt 3, says she lost a 45 cali ber pistol, a large black pocket books con'{Ur|ng tejidtians and a bank book after a Negro man,wh« hart been visiting, left- Description "f this man was that he was dark skinned, 6 feet, 190 pounds and wearing bule overalls, blue jumper, blue corduroy cap work shoes and had a small mustache Hr Sam Jackson, 2105 No. 28th street was robber by two women and a man GERTRUDE’S LITTLE HUT We specialize in nothing but Bar-B-Q. Once you try it you will always buy. 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On Oct 10th, Ramsey, one o' those arrested, reported to city de tectives that Hollis disappears when a boat overturned with thei in the Ocmulgee river near Macon Ramsey also faces ’a previous mu' der charge connected with andthev Negro, Isom Denmark, who died as the result of an ’auto wreck cli maxing a chase with police. The white man was tried here last June, mistrial declared, and the prisoner released under bond The body of young Hollis has not been recovered. Deputies went t the site of^th alleged drowning and reported residents and dynamited the river in vain efforts to find the body. Other deputies arrested Hut to 'at his garage and the other two gave themselves up at headquarters AH denied the murder ’ritz ~SH0F ’ ’‘nEPAI?.' SERVICE Excellent Service If you like our work, tell others, if not, tell us. We shire and dye any color. 2033 N. 24th Street FRIEDMAN S SHOE STORE OuaUty Ler th'-r Esed on Every Job. 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