[[GNOMIC! ' Hi-Ughls *— --■' Happenings That Affect the Din ner Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual. National and International Prob lems Inseparable from I>ocal Wel fare. Armageddon has come to Eur opo again. More ominously pro phetic than ever, seen, the words of Lord Grey, Premier of Britain, spoken on that fateful n’ght in 1914 when tho .-tart of the first World War was but a few brief hours away: "The lights a re go ing out one bv one over Europe. They will not be I t again in our lifetime." And, uppermost in tho minds of every American is the rota that our nation onn and should piny in world affairs in this time of d saater abroad. The President hns appealed by radio to the people to maintain neutrelity. He has officially pro cla'mcd a state of neutrality, and has, as required by law, declared effective the general arms em bargo imposed by the neutrality act. Going by all available evi dence, the" American people, cym pathetic as the bulk of them are with the bulk of them with the carno of Britain and France, are vigorousliy determined to re- j main neutral in fact if not in thought. The tuning les sons learned from our participa tion in the last war have not been forgotten. Press polls of mem bers of Congress indicate practic ally unanimous opposition to a gain sending A"EF. to other lands. So do the editorial exprets ions of leadig newspapers. It is thought certain that th» President will soon call a special session of Congress to re-examine our neutrality legislation. The Administration firmly believes that we should sell arms and any thing else to warring powers on a cash and carry basis, to be transported in their own ships. The principal conflict between White House and Congress last session was caused by this. The isolations won and the in toto embargo was retained. Up to the very moment when Europe went to war, isolationist feeling was ap parently on the increase. But in these tragic and starring times change in sentiment can and does come with lightning-like rapidity. I^ate information indieates that a number of Senators and Repre sentatives who opposed the Roo sevelt Hull plan have now changed their position. The vote waa ex tremely close whon the bill came to the floor last session, and it is possible the cash-and-carry plan now has a majority. Theoretically, the cash-and carry sy tem i* a neutral one— any nation can come to our shores get what it wants and takes it home. In actual fact, as everyone know's, it would be of immense aid to the democracies. England absolutely dominates the seas and the trade lanea. In the first few days of the war England cap tured several German merchant men, and forced others to seek haven in neutral harbors where they must remain indefinitely. British worships, in the view of military experts, will mako it pos sible for the alles to carry on trade with this country on a near normal basis. And German ship seeking to make a run here and back would face almost certain destruction Of capture. There is no loss favorable phaso of the cash-and-carry plan so far as the British and French are concerned—and that lie's in the belief held by a number of qualified men that we will be able to give the democracies relative ly few military supplies—that our own re-armament program will •wallow Practice.1^ all the aims and munitions atm planes we can produce. That remains to bo seen. Looking at the war generally, there is one note of hope—the opinion that it cannot last a very long time, because of Germany's great economic weakness, and the clear desire of the masses of her people for peace. One of the best experts say’s that Germany might past two years if the French fight a defensive war, and not more than one year if the French t»ke the offensive. First report. indicate the French have chosen the latter course, and are carry ing tho war to the enemy on the Western 1'Vont. Tho Un^ed Staes News ob serves, “One certainty in an un-1 certain wo*Id now is this: Prai pect of any retu-n to ‘normalcy’ ct home or abroad is gone.” Thus the hazards of forecast ini,- become e’ en more acute. One thing seems to be t:aie. We will continue to re-arm on a gi-rantic ( scale and that is na u-al’y a i strongly favorub’e temporary fac tor. Budding up the military es tablishment mean- more business) for practically every industry and trade. Wo are better prepared for trouble abroad than in 1914. Plans hnvo been made for imposing controls on the stock exchanges to prevent disastrous rises or falls in -eeurity quotations. Other plans have leen made to help stabilize industry. Bad economic factoe is that a lerg;hy Or would undoubtedly result in a British blockade of Central Europe, thus cutting off our trade here. t ^ _/_ 4 O’CLOCK I in the MORNING On N. 24th St. i i ® — By Richard Stanley —— ® Special Notice—• This column is not a scandal monger. I don’t intend to make t such. Just good clean fun and itn got to be cl an. Lots of people have repeatedly asked me to write about old so and so. Now if you have a good joke on old so and so, lets you and I get our nozzles to MLET AGAIN AFTER 23 YEARS ABSENCE Tuesday, Sept. 12, Mr. Pulford Johnson of Los Angeles, formerly of Shreveport, La., dropped in to the little city of Omaha to visit some of his old friends from home and what a reunion. Bernard Thomas (Dutch) Sm.tty and the old reporter, we got together and nothing could separate the old gang. Just imagine 23 years ago wo were all in dear old Peabody High school, together' trying to obtain some knowledge. Well it looks like Dutch, Smitty and Pul ford succeeded—here i am. Last year about Sept. 16, Pulford, Mother and two sisters paid the old reporter a visit. They also re side in Los Angeles. There is one more of the old Alma Maters in Los Angeles by the name ol Georgo Harper. In fact, the Calif. City is filled up with Peabody graduates—some school. Clayborn Siruth one of Los An geles’ ace detectives, an old pro duct of Louisiana takes all the Shreveport boys and gals from Los Angeles. Poor Los Angeles. I’ve been on my way there for 22 years, so hero I am— can’t move another peg. Some of the boys from home, in fact, most of the boys have nick names. For instance, my nick ram© was ‘Rosimore’. What a mon ii'lo they hung on me. Well, Pul ford’s nick name was ‘Koochie.’ Don’t laught, not his fault. His sister’s name was ‘Titter.’ Her real name, Alma. We have real names in La., just like you do in Omaha, so don’t start calling me ‘Rosmore.’ Well, Pulford, is on his way back to Los Angeles about tiie 26th of December. If some of the home towners wish to drop him ti card, the address is 910 East 47th St., Ix>s Angeles, Cal. Bill collectors need not write. All the family is well. But mother has a little eye 'trouble. Rulford an nounced he was sorry ho missed Mr. and Mrs. Middleton, called but no one home and his time was very short. * # * Dreamland to Ban Jitterbugging According to Jimmie Jewell, manager of the Dreamland, all leading ballrooms are banning the JiXerbug dances. So James decid ed to fall in lino. He has had numerous complaints from hun dreda of dance fans. Jimmie wants everybody to onjoy themselves, but somehow the Jitterbug is a bit annoying. For instance, there is rarely a dance that 3 to 5 cou ples aren’t bumped or knocked out of step. Only a very few who do like to Jitterbug so there is no sense of wrecking the enjoyment of hundreds of dancers for a se (sT'nv I w. In Cleveland, Ohio and Detroit, Mich., and a host of oth er cities they have special places roped off for those who want to J.t erboft’, so there will be no in terference with the other dancers. So Ja.~r.cs decided to ban the Jit terbug ,11 the Dreamland. * if. )f. COUNT BASIE AND HIS BAND, SEPT. 1 11 '".. ?VVae$ McGill has hit the old nail on good fun and eongs. Look like the head. Well, speaking of Mc Gill, I want to congratulate Mac and you will too when you read this. About two weeks ago Travis Dixon was hunting vainly for some good samartin to indorse him $113 dollars. One hundred and thirteen dollars to place a colored soccer ball team in the city lea gue as you know that money is hard to find, especially as a gift. So I sent him to talk to McGill. About a half hours talk ing and convincing by the well known Travis, and he emerged ‘Ivictorfous.’ Smiles all over his face. So r.ow your kids and mine will play soccer ball this fall. | Thanks to Eugene McGill for kirdness and thoughtfullness of the young Negroes. I do hope the team will prove to all concerned that they are worthy of the con sideration that was shown them (to the team). You can win even if you lose on points. Just play the game square and hard. Win or lose, smile. After you give your level best, nobody can do better. Remember, in all games, somebody loses. Just follow your manager’s instructions and give yours all in the end you will emerge victorious, cleanly and squarely is the success to all games of pport. Here’s hjoping the next champion soccer team will be the Siorz. Good luck and God bless you all. * * * j Cotton Club Notes A new five piece orchestra ’ known as the Cotton Club Synco pators. Also the beautiful Jean | Powell, the shake-;’ancer. Jackie I Regers, another newcomer. Torch singer, Billy Williams, and Velma Morris. A whoop ng good floor show and new faces. The mana ger announces that from time to time, the floor show will be changed. Two shows nightly, 10 p.m. to 12 midnight. * * * What I’ve Seen With My Blue Eyes Mr. Cleo Mortimer, Mrs. Earn cliffe Blackwell, Mrs. Dorothy ! Johnson, Mr. and Mr- Paul Bar nett enjoying themselves to the height of perfec ion. Also Mr. John Smith and party of 6 in cluding Mr. W. C. Williams, Mas ter of Ceremony, Mr. James Cole and party of five with a well fill ed table, enjoying the night life. Mr, Willis Erwin entertaining | do enter.ainer and host of oth- j ers having a wonderful time. -oOo EDITORIAL OF THE WEEK (From the Amsterdam News, N. Y. City, Sept. 9, 1939) Evading the Law The setting up of a jim-crow mushroom law school in St. Louis as a part of Lincoln University of Missouri is a direct affront to the Negro race and the Supreme j Court which ruled last year in the i Gaines cast that the State of M.ssouri would have to admit Ne groes to the law school at the University of Missouri or provide : a law school equal to it. The jim- J crow school is, as a matter of fact, a violation of ‘the constitu tion, since it will not when open ed be anywhere near as good as the state university law school. The question is, will Missouri be permitted to get away with its avowed intention of violating the law of the land by setting up an inferior school for Negroes? Or will the Negroes in Missouri and elsewhere fight this brazen determination to keep Negro stu dents from acquiring legal edu eationis equal to those given at the University of Missouri? If the state is permitted to get away with its plan to set up an inferior law school for Negroes it will immediately become a pat tern to which every Southern state ‘Will conform. And thus the decision in the Gaines case will bo emasculated on the altar of prejudice and discrimination. It was seen as soon as the Gaine3 decision was rendered that the Southern states would fight to the end any attempt of Negro students to enter graduate schools provide inferior graduate schools wherever they were forced to for Negroes. Because of thia, it is mandatory to fight the deal the State of Missouri is now pulling at the expense of the Negro citi zens and in spite of the Supreme Court A complete victory in the Gaineu case will not be won until the Southern states are com pelled to live up to the letter of tho law. Any compromise m. basically and legally wrong. arid Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules FINE for SLUGGISH KIDNEYS AND BLADDER IRRITATION .. 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