REP. MITCHELL
, URGES AID FOR
'j PUERTO RICO
Washington, D. C.—Belief that
Congress should pursue a very
liberal policy toward Puerto Rico
was expressed here today by Con
gressman Arthur W. Mitchell the
only Negro member of Congress
in a special ’nterview on Puerto
Rican affairs.
Congressman Mitchell said h'
believes that in furtherance of the
democratic ideal, the Puerto Ri
cans ahould be encouraged to look
forward to uelf- government and
eventually to statehood
Hi pointed out that at the pre
sent time he is advocating ap
pointmant of a native Judge for
the Virgin Islands, and said he
looked forward to the day when
Puerto Rico will have all native
officials, including a native gov
emo;
“It is also natural that native
officials would know more about
the needs and requirement of the
Islands, ” he pointed out.
He said fee thought that an in
tense effort should be made to in
culate American ideas and ideals
among the people of the Islands
as a mans of combating the mal
oonten'.s.
4<And as a part of the democra
tic principle it is necessary of
course, that we give their econo
mic situation close attention and
help them in every way,” he poin
ted cmt
As evidenca of his attitude to
ward Puerto Rico, Congressman
Mitchell cited his own record in
Congress. "I have voted for every
measure that hats come up to help
them,” he said.
Speaking from his own know
ledge vasrd on an extensive sur
vey of that region, Congressman
Mitchell said he considers Puerto
Rico very important to the United
States from a military standpoint.
‘‘Its stategic location makes Pu
erto Rico a very important first
line of defense for the Panama
Canal and the imanland,” he de
clared. “I think President Roose
velts plan to make it into a Gib
i ralter of the Carbbean, a very
^excellent one."
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Tuskegee, Ala. June 8 (C)—
Thirty-eight students were elect
*1 to the Honor Roll and thirteen
to the Honor Society, according
to Dean I. A. Derbigny, *f Tus
kegee Institute, Monday.
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A FORWARD STEP IN
LABELING
T.'jo National Better Business
Bureau has announced the issu
ance under drte of March 22,
1939 of a news release from the
Association of Cotton Textile
Merchant* of New York telling of
the adoption of a resolution incor
porating recommendations of the
National Bureau, the first para
graph of which reads as follows:
‘After July 1, 1939 to make
no shipments of sheets and
pillows cases below first
quality grade without pos tive
identification on each article
to prevent any confusion wilh
first quality product.”
The names of twenty seven
manufacturers arc* listed as sub
c nibing to the principles and
practices art forth in the recom
mendations and the news release
further states— “Based on senti
ments already expressed, it is ex
pected that expressions from oth
sheet and pillow case produ
cein will be practically^ unani
mous in support of their recom
mendations. Responsible dealers in
wholesale and retail channels of
distribution have assured toheir
cooperation in making the practice
effective.”
This culminates a years hard1
work on the part of .the National
Better Business Bureau in this
field. The first couit-e was to
contact the five principle manu
facturers of sheets. The coopera
tion of those firms was secured
and then the smaller manufac
turers of unbranded sheets were
contacted and therir cooperation
secured. Several of the mills them
selves got in touch with the As
sociation of Cotton T:ott’le Mer
chants of New York and the reso
lution paralleling the recommen
dations of the National Better
Business Bureau was passed.
While national in scope this ef
fort of the National Better Busi
ness Bureau is if importance and
directly beneficial to every retail
or in Omaha. The cooperation of
the retailers in this program will
make it double effective and ,the
same reasoning applies to them
that the National Bureau used in
its letters to the individual pro
ducers.
“Our recommendation to you
is based upon the promise
that Cailure to disclose the
fact that sheets are of second
quality ha„ the tendency and
capacity t)o mislead and de
ceive consumers. The dictrine of
‘decepaive concealment' is one
which is being read more and
more into Federal Trade Com
mission rules and orders, and
as an agency w'hich endeavors
to serve business by promot
ing better business consumer
relations, we urge the sheet
manufacturing industry to aid
in protecting his ultimate
customers from deception by
disclosing ‘seconds’ as such.
We urge that this action be
taken voluntarily because of a de
sire to cooperate with the public
in its legitimate demands upon
industry rather than to wait until
public resentment finds expres
sion irt legislation."
BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU
OF OMAHA, INC.
Dwight L Holmes, General
Manager
THE LOW DOWN
FROM HICKORY GROVE
You do not
read anything
any more about
money, unless itli
is up around 100
4riiftion.
'And'the latest
beep.ireading*
400 mfhon which J
Mr. ‘ Waffaee is
Jo Serra
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tojmaJ^e prosoerity, fcf the farm
ed. Rut most anybody would be
halfi-tostr pros^kMus wifh ‘ 400 mil
to ,9ir,<’ ) ,r;r>
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'dowW'Wtere ek' the!tfHngie"of' B
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kn0fW com, and oats, and farms,
etc. And this duck, he says, Jo,'’
^ uf mw " *<
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bought this com and put a pad
liMkdtf bie’ctib, artd'-therei-lt.ki. "
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thinks will sell his corn
planter and plows, and that he1
A qtm^se il\, accountings-'
and, work in the shade,
Jo Serra
THE FOLLOWING IS A APPLICATION BLANK FOR MEM
BERSHIP IN THE ROOSEVELT FOR 1940 CLUB, INC.
National Association of Roosevelt fdr 1940 Clubs, Lnc.
M9 Southern Building
Washington, D. C.
Please send circular entitled “America Calls” and other As
sociation literature to interested persons listed below.
Name Post Office Address County State
Requested by (Name).— Address.-.
Organized June 24, 1938
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
ROOSEVELT FOR 1940 CLUBS,
INC.
National Headquarters
819 Southern Building
Washington, D. C.
REpublic 4440
National Field Director
DA FID S BIXK7K
June 15, 1939
Dea- Friend:—
You have been suggested to us
as a friend of the present Admin
istration and we are therefore
maling you our pamphlet setting
forth the policy of our organiza
tion. Everyone agrees today, that
there is more discussion of the
Roosevelt for 1940 question than
anything else in the field of pol
itics and is the subject uppermost
in political talk throughout the
country.
We feel that President Roose
velt alone can save the New Deal
f>:>m being wrecked and ,hjt re
gardless of the President’s per
sonal inclination, that be owes it
to the country to stay in office
for an additional four years. The
third term tradition should not bs
allowed to prevail against the
emergency which the New Dc-al
faces.
You recognize, of course, from '
the pamphlet enclosed, our aims
and purposes. It. is our thought
that the President realizes that
he is in no position, because of
precedent, to ask for a third term
however necessary his return in
1940 may be for the economic
welfare of the country, and that
ho can only obey the voice of the
people in .this respect. In other
words, we must DRAFT him and
through an organization such as
ours, crystalize public opinion to
that end. Our job is an important
| one and must reverse presidential
history. Never in the past has it
been necessary as now.
We intend this organization be
available .to the President at the
proper time.
We are about to increase the
number of local clubs throughout
the country and we are about to
start one in your city. Each state
will be encouraged to follow its
own procedure. At .the proper time
we will resort to radio appeal for
mass organization. There is a
year ahead; and those who are
with us now, will be heading the
movement them.
Particularly now, we need
money and man power for sound
organization to carry on this im
portant work, and I hope we can
count on you for your support. We
feel you will give us whatever
financial support you can afford.
Therefore please send in your
membership blank immediately so
that we can arrange a club in
your city as soon as we have suf
ficient returns. We will gladly
answer any question.
A very truly yours,
Charles E. Hall
Division Secretary,
Thos. H, R. Clarke,
National Field Agent
--
Ernest Schelling,
Philharmonic Director,
Patron of Calvin Sisters
New York, June 15 (C)—Ernest
Schelling, director of tfhe New
York Philharmonic Society and a
world authority on music, became
one of‘the first patrons of .the
thirtl Jfepr York piano recital of
Werniefe and Dolores Calvin at the
Su^fy afternoon, June
for *is ticket
last .week,
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Ampjng p^ersi wKp have become
pa^ are Dr^ fef>owell, edi
4^k Amste?Aun,News) apd Mrs.
of
New York, and Mr, L. F. Coles,
New York journalist
ELKS NEWS
The past week unfolded some
important events bo the best in
terest of our fast growing Iro
quois Lodge No. 92. I will tell you
about it farther down this column.
On June &th, the Marching Club
had its first dance at our beautiful
Elks Rainbow dance Hall, 2420
Lake St. Those boys under the
leadership of Brother Amos Thom
as and his aids are really deter
mined to put over a worthwhile
program. They are fast winding
into shape for their competition
during our Mid-western associa
tion which meets here at our hall
on July 2nd to 5th. It's our duty
to get behind these boys and give
them our whole hearted support.
The weather was contrary on this
and it spoiled some of the fun,
but I am sure thait all had a nice
time. On June 7th was election
night and to you that are listening
in the score is the same. Only
changes are Brother Carl Bone,
was elected lecturing km'ght,
Brother Robert Johnson was elect
ed asquire. Girl Bone replaced
Redrick Brown. Robert Johnson
replaced Nolan Anderson. The re
maining personnel of the Iroquois
Lodge remains the same and of
course Charle8 F. Davis was re
elected Exalted Ruler without
comment. Don’t let the time slip
up c.. you. You know the conven
tion is only 3 weeks away. Are
your applications in?
The Cherokee Ruler and her
Temple are extending to all women
who can qualify to take advantage
of this dispensation On June 9th
Mr. Win. Raab (Exalted Ruler
of our Brother White Elks Lodge
No. 39) extended to the Iroquois
Lodge No. 92 an invitation
(through their Exalted Ruler,
Charles F. Davis) to be their guest
at their Fkfj Day ceremonies
which were held at Hanscom Park
on Sunday afternoon. June 11th.
Our executive accepted the invita
tion and got busy and the tele
phones began to ring. Elks begin
to hoof and every conceivable way
to get word to the Herd was put
into execution. Naturally we were
pushed for time but by the ap
pointed time we had a well round
ed up Herd. The writer was unable
to be there 'being is line of duty
that day but they tell me that the
jpoquois were well represented
and was very much appreciated by
their white brothers.
The Lodges met and formed
their line ef March at 27th and
Leavenworth St,, and marched to
Hanscom Park, where their activi
ties were held. Everybody report
ed a very pleasant outing. On Sun
day just after itihe parade initiation
was held at the hall at; which time
nine members were added to the
Herd. The Marching Club and the
i P. E R. C. really played a major
part in the personnel of this grand
parade. Their sparkling uniforms
and their deportment stood put
for no rebuff. But fer enly the
highest commendations. Our Exal
ted Ruler wag lade on arriving. He
and one of hi« aids, Brother John
son. Bat our Exalted Raler is tired
out. He has a large responsibility
and with the convention nearing;
his work is tripled. We only hope
God will make him strong to carry
on. This wonderful work he is
doing is making history. We can
not reward him here hut even yon.
der, some where, where the flow
ers ever bloom, where the grass
is ever green and where the birds
ever singing, where the ended een
turies are ever in the spring time,
of eternal life.
John Street, reporter,
Chae. F. |)aVis, Exalted Ruler
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OMAHA GUIDE
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QUAKER CITY SCRIBE
MRS. BERNICE DUTHRIEILLE
SHELTON
Something new has come into
the field of journalism in Phila
delph'a—The Tribunette, a news
paper for the employes of the
Philadelphia Tribune, which was
founded last December and is edi
ted by Cris J. Perry 3rd, grandson
of the founder of the big Tribune.
Tho little Tribunette contains 4
pages and is designed to promote
a friendly and cooperative spirit
among Tribune employes. Mrs.
Shelton, nationally known newspa
and is chairman of the Tribune
Employes Club activities program
tor the year. She was appointed
by Lacey Tyree, linotype operator
who i8 president of the club. The
club meets every other week.
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BEflUTSpROlnflllCE
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The Laricuse Beauty Foundation was established by |
the Godefroy Manufacturing Company to study methc Is
of preserving women's natural beauty, and to make
the results of this research available to the public.
Although Summer Is not officially
here until June 21, this first week
of June presents the same problems
of beauty care and good grooming
which we will have right on through
July and August. It requires extra
care, time and forethought to look
your best In Summer but It can and
should be accomplished.
Perspiration vs. Daintiness
The most grievous sin against
summer daintiness Is excessive
perspiration. Frequent baths, of
course, are an absolute necessity
during the Summer months (and all
year round for that matter) but
soap and water are not proof
against offending these blood-boil
ing days. No one can be really fas
tidious and not use a deodorant.
There are excellent preparations on
the market which deodorize without
Interfering with the natural func
tions of the glands. One of these
should be applied at least once a
day, preferably after bathing.
If you are among those who per
spire very freely, a non-persplrant
may be necessary to correct the con
dition. Otherwise a good deodor
ant may be used to advantage.
These preparations come In dif
ferent strengths and you should
read the directions carefully before
applying. A non-persplrant is a
boon to th$ fastidious woman in any
season and saves a great deal ef
wear and tear on your clothes.
Perfumed Pick-Upe
Once you have taken care of the
fundamentals of summer daintiness
—at least one bath a day and regu
lar use of a deodorant or non-per
spirant—there are any number of
Calvin's Newspaper Service
TESTED RECIPE
—Jy JF routes Lae Berlem
WOMEN may be famed aa
lorers of chocolate candy,
but when it comes to chocolate Ice
cream, choco
late cake, and
chocolate pud
dins, the male
of the speciea
demands recog
nition. Chocolate
is surely a man's
food.
Here Is a
recipe for a
molded- chocolate pudding tnat win
please your man or mine _— and
you and I will not refuse it either:
Molded Chocolate Pudding
3 square* unsweetened chocolate;
3 cups milk; ft cup sugar; 6 table
aprons sifted cake flour; tea
spoon salt: 1 egg, well beaten; 3
tablespoons butter; % teaspoon
ranilla.
• Add chocolate to milk and heat
la double boiler. When chocolate
Is melted, beat with rotary egg
beater until blended. Combine
sugar, flour, and salt; add gradually!
te chocolate mixture and cook until
thickened, stirring constantly; then
continue cooking 10 minutes, stir*
ring occasionally. Add small amount
of mixture .to egg, stirring rigor
ously; return to double boiler and
cook 3 minutes longer, stirring con.
stantly. Add butter and
tarn into wet, mob'
mold and serre
Berras A tel
delightful pick-ups which muke you
look and feel fresher.
A light eau de cologne or toilet
water rubbed over the entire body
will make you feel cool i-.nd fresh
and add a fragrant aura tu jour
comings and goings. It will nmi.e
you feel luxurious and well-cnre<;
for although many eau de colognes
and toilet waters are so inexpensive
that they do not properly come un
der the heading of luxuries.
And in this battle against per
spiration, don’t forget thRt your
head, too, perspires more freely in
Summer. Wash your hair oftener
in Summer, if possible every week
or ten days, to prevent that sticky,
stringy look that we see all-too
often. Be sure to use a good
shampoo.
Make a complete change of cloth
ing dally. Never put anything away
without airing it thoroughly over
night. Try to limit your wardrobe
to washables so that you will feel
free to wash out a whole day’s
costume after one wearing.
Remember that “cleanliness Is
next to Godliness” and while we
can’t all be perfect, we can at least
avoid offending In this most unlove
ly manner.
What are your beauty prob
lems? Write Marie Downing,
Larieuse Beauty Foundation,
Room 521—-319 North Fourth
St., St. Louis, Mo., and she will
be glad to answer them. Be sure
to enclose 4 self-addressed
stamped envelope.
Bernice Calvin Given
Ovation by White Conn.
Audience
Cos Cob, Conn., June 9 (C)—
MTls.s Bernice Joyce Calvin, 14,
pupil of Winfiedd Abell of New
York and Stamford, was given an
ovatian when she played several
piano numbers at the Diamond
Hill Methodist Episcopal Ghurch
here, Friday evening, appearing on
a program presented by the First
Congregational Church Junior
Choir, Mrs. Rosalind Foster Abell
director. Miss Calvin was the only
colored artist appearing. Other
individually featured artists were
Miss Dorotohy Geer, soprano, and
Andrei Kristopher, tenor.
Miss Calvin played two num
bers from Chopin, and two from
Debussy. The young artist was ac
companied to Cos Cob, a fashion
able small city not far from New
York, by her motheT, Mrs. Willa
Lee Calvin, and her younger sis
ter, Dolores Maxine Calvin, who
is also a pianist.
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wt DCCIHTC
nfi’l tin IlLwUMv i oi
3 Regional Conferences
Scheduled By
Woodmen
Denver, Colo, June 14 (g)—
Three regional conference of the
American Wood-men were announ
ced lasit week by Hon. L. H. Ligbt
ner, Supreme Commander, as
follows: Austin Tex., June 7, 8,
9; Birmingham, Ala., June 21, 22,
23; Columbus, O., July 3, 6, 7.
These meetings will bring toge
ther field agents and leading local
camp officers to discuss the work
of the organization. The Wood
men operates in 25 States.
_nOn
HOT IRON TORTDRE LYNCH
ING IN MISSISSIPPI REPEAL
ED BY NAACP.
Lumber Worker Shot, Burned and
Body Thrown in River For Ob
jecting to $5.50 Deduction from
Pay
New York, June 8—The hot-iron
torture lynching of Joe Rodgers,
lumber worker and respected citi
zen of Canton, Missippi, on May
8, was revealed here today by the
National Association for The Ad
vancement of Colored People, fol
lowing receipt of an investigation
mans report.
According to the investigator's
report Rodgers, a deacon in Can
ton’s M'.i. Zion Baptist Church, was
shot, tortured by hot irons, brut
ally cut, and his body thrown into
tho Pearl River by a foreman of
a local limber mill where he was
employed.
He was lynched, the report said
because he refused to accept a
weekly deduction of $5.50 from
his wages in payment for renting
a company owned cabin wh'ch
he did occupy.
The lynching represents the
fifth in the United States for
1939 and the first in Mississippi
this year. It followed by nine
months the lynching of Claude
Banks, in the same town, July 21,
1938. Banks was the innocent vic
tim of a white mob which was
seeking suspects in the killing of
a white man.
The lynching of Rodgeas has
brought no arrests, no publicity
from 'the local papers, and an or
der from town officials advising
local citizens to refrain from dis
cussing the crime, despite the fact
that the m;ll worker’s bodiy has
been recovered from the river and
given a decent burial. The text of
the investigator's report follows:
“On the eight of May at Canton
Miss., a Negro named Joe Rodgers
was lynched. He was a workman
at a lumber mill and was nomieu
by his foreman that he had to
live in the m'll quarters. He re
fused to obey these orders. How
ever, the company deducted from
his weekly wages the sum of $5.50
for rent just as if he were living
in the mill quarters. This Rodgers
protested and asked for hU full
payment. His foreman struck him
with a shovel and Rodgers struck
h’-m back with one whereupon he
was captured, tied hand and foot
shot, tortured with red hot irons
and cut and the body throwm into
the Pearl River.
‘The body was recovered from
the river three days later and
held in 'the funeral parlors of
People’s Funeral Home at Can
ton, Miss. He was later buried at
Forest, Miss.
“This man was a deacon of Mt
Zion Baptist Church at Canton,
president of the church choir and
had a splendid record in every
way. The newspapers of Canton
hove not written a word and there
have been no arrests made. The
Negroes have been told not to
discuss the incident.
“The sheriff of Canton is C.
H. James. The mayor of the town
is C. N. Harris.”
Other lynchings during 1939
listed by the NAACP follow:
February—Eldora, Ark., Walter
Lee Frazier, alleged have moles
ed white couples—shot.
March—Woodcliff, Ga., Charley
Williams, accused of having said
“something to a white woman that
she didn’t like,” was snatched
from a freight train and hanged.
April 1—Panama City, Florida.
Miles W. Brown (white) convicted
of first degree murder for the
killing of a former employee, was
shot to death after being taken
from jail by a band of masked
men.
April 29—Daytona Beach, Flori
da, Lee Snell, Negro taxi driver
was shot to death on a highway
near Daytona Beach while being
taken to jail* and Ccgistable James
Durden, said tha slayers were two
brother3 of a boy fatally injured
by Snell a . taxi several hours
'earlier, im veiva-j vjururn
