WORD SQUARES The numbers, 1 to 0, on the board refer to the arithmetical and alphabetical notations on the dial. The test of skill consists in fann ing a magic square reading five words across and five words down, as defined. Pick the right letter for each and every space to obtain a complete solution. HORIZONTAL First How—Egyptian dignitary, -j Second How—Labor leader. Third How—The constellation Ham. Fourth How—Water-sprite. Fifth How—Trials. VERTICAL First Row—Establish. _ Second Row—Crag, habitation. Third How—Native of a European country. Fourth How—Biblical, “- thou thy way.” Fifth How—Blockheads. 8 6 1 ______________ __ 3 4 8 4 5 8 8 8 5 8 2 8 Solution on Pa^e 12 _ STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN An official railroad watch in spector in a southern city recently ran an advertisement in a local newspaper. He pointed out the vital importance to the railroads to the farmers and manufacturer? of this vast nation. And he said: '■Almost one-third of the railroad mileage of the w'orld is in the United States. Have you ever stopped to think what a paralyz ing effect it would have on our entire nation if the railroads ■would cease operation for even 48 hours? It would be well if we would ‘stop, look and listen, considering well what the rail roads, and their employes mean to our community, their insurance of support to good school, church es and homes.” The direct employment afford ed by the railroads and the rail equipment concerns which serve their needs, is a tremendously important factor in the economic life of all America. And the in direct employment they preside is an even greater and more widespread factor. Your neighbor employed by a steel mill may have his job because of an order from a railroad. The grocery store down the block may stay in busi ness and prosper because of dol lars spent with it that originally were part of a railroad’® payroll. That is why the railroad prob lem is very citizen’s problem. That is why the welfare of us all depends, to some extent, on the welfare of our greatest single industry. That is why economists, labor leaders, government offi cials, newspapers and others have long pointed out that the country faces no more important domes tic problem. “A square deal in transporta tion” means money for millions of workers, and for thousands of other businesses, large and small -—’the businesses that keep this nation going. The issue comes straight home to you. BAPTISTS ASSAIL ‘GONE WITH THE WIND’; BACK ROOSEVELT ON PEACE Philadelphia, Sept. 28 (CNA)— The nation’s Negro Baptists this week backed President Roose velt’s peace policy and assailed the anti-Negro filim “Gone With the Wind.” A telegram urging “keep us out of war” was sent to the Pres ident by the 6,500 delegates of thr National Baptits Convention who represent more than 3,000,000 Baptists in the United States and Canada. The women’s auxiliary of the convention declared that Margate4 Mitchelll’s book “Gone With the Wind” defamed the Negro people and opposed its release as a movie. The action on the movie fol % lowed hard on the heels of its condemnation by the Grand Army of the Republic, at their national reunion in Pittsburgh last month. The convention elected the Rev. L. L. Williams, of Georgia as president of che organization. “PAINLESS” SAVING Net the least of the virtues of life insurance is that it “makes yon save.” All of us, being human, would rather have some fun with our spare money ithan to conserve it against the possible needs of the future. It’s a very easy thing to take savings out of a bank ac count, or to sell a security, to raise cash for something not vit ally necessary. But it is a rare person who will let an insurance policy lapse, when there is any way to prevent it. Depression prov % that, when thousands of people imade great sacrifices to keep their life in surance in force. Life insurance instills the habit of saving. It makes it as nearly “painless” as ift can be. ____nHn__ WEST INDIES PUT ON WAR BASIS (By Crusader News Agency) Persistent reports that German submarines are operating in the Caribbean Sea have served to turn the British and French West In dies into virtually another war front. Practically all the capital cities of the islands have nightly blackouts, while soldiers patrol the coasts 24 hours daily. Planes and war ships are in constant patrol of the coast lines. The islands have been placed under a state of emergency, with strict censorship of mail and printed matter and curtailment of meetings and free spefech. In all of the French and Bri tish colonies man power is being mobilized, and' in Jamaica, BWI, the National Peoples Party, an opposition party, has stopped its agitation. The labor unions have pledged support to the govern ment. The Paramount Chief of Basu toland, South Africa, and the Queen cf Tonga in the Friendly Islands have placed the resources of their countries at the disposal of Great Britain to prosecute the war on Nazism. Underlying the wide support of the colonials for Great Britain and France is their hatred of fas cism aad all it stands for. They have no illusions about Chamber lain’s position and policies but want to see Hitlerism crushed This is reflected in an article in a recent article in a recent issue cf “Public Opinion,” published in Jamaica: “.the sabotage of the Lea gue of Nations, the true reasons for the policy of appeasement and the unwillingness to accept in fci be moved without notice Mrm one end of the country to anoth er. His own wishes and desires count for nothing. So it goes, in other power? when the authority cf the ruling pol tical clique is supreme. Only ir the democratic nation is the work er a free agent, who can choos? his work, go on strike if he an? his fellows have a complaint a gainst the management, and ris< as fast a? his abilities permit I' will be a sad day for Americar labor when it forgets 'that oui system of government has giver it the highest standard of living in the world. —--0O0 iS THE WAR PHONY? BRITISH PAPER ASKs Lomion, Sept. 28 (CSNA)—Lor< Beaverbrook’s Evening Standiai? wants to know why Britain i. not giving more effective aid t< the Poles. “What kind of a war is this?’ the newspaper asked editorially “We ask it seriously. Nineteer out of 20 persons are asking this Question: ‘Are we making as de cisive an attack upon Nazid^n as our strength allows?” -0O0 BUFFALOES HOLD 43RD ANNUAL CONVENTION IN PORSTMOUTH, VA. Portsmouth, Va. Sept. (ANP)— The Benevolet Protective Herds of Buffaloes of the World and Daughters of the Prairie, Inc., held its 43rd annual convention here last week, Monday through Wednesday. The sessions being held at Portsmought Auditorium. All grand lodge officers were present and Eugene R. Camblor of New York, grand exalted ruler presided, assisted by Hazel B Lawson, Portsmought, grand vice exalted daughter. The convention banquet was held on Monday night with Rufus L. Goodman act ing as toastmaster. The musical program featured renditions by the Lawson Harmony Quartet, by Mrs. Myrtle P. Edwards, Charles A. Butts and Miss Emma Amos TRe convention speakers includ ed E. R. Camblor, J. Thomas Elliott, Raymond Scott, Myrtle P Edwards, Dr. Charles E. Stewart David MuckLe and several and several others. James Choate, PGE R. and one of the founders of the organization gave a brief history of the lodge. At the election of officers, E. R. Camblor GER, was reelected, as was Dt. Hazel B. Lawson, GVED. On the dos ing night tokens of esteem were presented ranking officials of the lodge, by both sections of the jurisdiction. The 1940 session^ will be held in Norfolk, Va. as guest of Powhatan, Rose of Shar on and Ideal Lodges. -0O0 TRAIN PORTERS RESTORED ON TWENTY-TWO TRAINS Mobile, Ala. Sept. 28—Train porter service which had been cur tailed in the past has now been restored on twenty-two passenger trains of the Southern Railway system, officials of the railroad announced here recently. Expansion of this service which following strong pressure brought to bear by the southern confer 1 ence of NAACP branches repre sents a victory in tha more jobs will bo opened to Negroes, J. L. | LeFlore, chairman of the confer ence officials and officers of the ! Gulf, Mobile and Northern Rail road with a view to employing Ne gro agents on that road. —-0O0——— NAACP WIN FIRST ROUND IN LONG BRANCH BEACH Long Branch, N. J. Sept. 28— Tha right of Negro citizens to use the pubi c beaches of this city was upheld by tj.e State Supreme Court in a decision handed down last week, which at the same time denied without prejudice, a cour, action brought against the city hy Mrs. Allie Bullock, a taxpay er of this city, charg ng that Ne groe.i were limited to the use of 1 only ono of the city’s beaches. .Judge Joseph B. Perskie, in his decision, advised Mrs. Bullock that she could liring a manda mous action against the C ty Clerk and the city of Long Branch to get the relief to which she was entitled. The decision represented a partial culmination of a long fight waged by the local branch of the NAACP under Dr. J. C. I McKelvy. The branch was re pro i sented by Counsellor Robert S. I Hal'.grove. He was assisted by Attorneys Roger M. Yancey and Walter J. Upperman. Mrs. Bullock applied for a permit July 17 to use the bathing facilities ard access to one of .the I city Ibeaehea J. Arthur Wood . ing, city clerk refused to issue her a permit to any of the four | beoches save that of No. 3, to which beach all colored persons had been exclusively assigned. Mrs. Bullock contested this denial on the ground that the ordinances . under which the city clerk was I acting were invalid in toto. In an ' opinion handed down September 11, Judge Berskie of the N. J. Su preme Court, said “it is clear thal the agreed and determined policy or plan of regulation is based up on the admitted premise that the governing authorities did not wanl members of the black race to in 1 termingle with members of the white race while using the bead I and bathing facilities of the Citj i of Long Branch. The fact that thees ordinances are illegally ad i ministered does not render them void in toto; but it is settled that Bho dignities, equalities and rights of citizenship cannot legally be denied to members of tihe Negro ; race.” -oOo BUSINESS LEAGUE DELEGATES — — « Oklahoma City, Sept. 18 (ANP) —In the vanguard of delegates arriving here for the National Business League Convention, Aug. 29-31, was the delegation arriving by special train from Alanta, among whom were C .C. Spauld ing of Durham, N. C. fjormer League president. Stops were made in Chicago, St. Louis, De troit and other cities, were ad ditional deegates and officials joined the party. The train was made up of all Pullman cars with t emulation, first-class equipment and service. A local, pre-convention high light was an elaborate entertain ment and lawn party, staged on Aug. 28 at the Hassman Heights Addition—a low-cost housing pro ject being built under direction of W. J. Edwards, president Ok lahoma City Negro Business lea gue. That night, after the lawn party attended by delegates and their wives, a Stag party was arranged by the Local League at Rubyv Grill, night dug de luxe and one of the show places of Oklahoma City. Those in charge of •'•range mentis for the NNBL conclave are the following heads of committees Thomas Edwards, Roscoe Dunjee, H. McK. Rowan, Roy Blanton, Tohmas McNeeley, Dr. A. P Bethel and George R. Ragland. -—oOo RED FLAG WAVERS MISLEAD PUBLIC The professional politicians has long used the “band’ ’and “mon py powers” and “Wall Street” as the red flags he has waved when trying to inflame constitutents sc they would vote for him to save themselves from Something, al though neither they nor the politi cian really knew what the some thing was. Discussing the subject of how well the banks meet the public needs, W. R. Burgess of The Na tional City Bank, shows up some of the ltd flag wavers. He said in a recent address: “It is a long standing habit in ; this country to blame the banks for our troubles. Everybody wants j money, and the hanker has it. In every community there are many people who think the hanks should lend them money, and to whom the bankers had to say ‘No.’ They orread the news of the banker’s sins. They go to the politicians with their stories, and he hears ten such wtories to one of the oth er side, and each story carriies one vote. "The bunks of the country are organized to make loans. They are eonipped to make at least twice the $1(5,000,000,000 of loans which all the commercial banks1 of the country now have outstand ing. Many banks are advertising for loan.-:. All art eeking them. “The reduced volume of bank loans is not aseribable to bank policy but (.< a combination of business depression a n d the1 change in practices in financing business which ma V it elf evident before the depression. “But i nanswer to the question, ‘Are hanks lending money freely enough?’ there is much better ev dence than the naked testi mony of the parties concerned.” Mr. Burges* then shows that he Reconstruc'ion linnnce Cor poration and the Federal Reserve hanks have been given broad pow (rs to make loans for long terms on 1 on risks commercial banks could not take, but in spite of that in March 1939 nceordiing to fi gures published in the Federal Re servo Bulletin, these two agencies had outstanding a total of only $125,000,000 of loans, which is less than 1 per cent of the to‘al commercial loans of the banks of the country. Further, the Bulletin sa d that the risky type of loans did rot return sufficient income to cover expenses and los es. “That experience is substantia1 evidence,” said Mr. Burgess, “that in general the banks are doing a pretty good job of lending and that most borrowers turned down are not good risk*.” It is interesting and rather sur prising that the RFC and the Federal Reserve banks with theii liberal policies and their longer term lending, have been able to make as few loans as they have. It is sometime; well to know the facts before you wave a red flag or allow yourself to be stampeded by one. I ABOR PARTY BACKS NEGRO FOR N. Y. COUNCIL New York, Sept. 20 (CNA)—In a move to elect the first Negro to the City Council, the American I^abor Party will nominate Frank Crosswaith, veteran Harlem trade I unionist, as one of two candidates 1 on its Manhatten slate, it was learned this week. The name of Crosswaith, chan man of the Negro 1-abor Commit tee 312 West 125th street will be included in a full slate of can didates to be announced shortly by the executive committee of the A. L. P., Alex Rose, state secre tary revealed. “The Negro residents of New York form an integral part of our population,” Rose said. “They also form a large percentage of the citizenry of our municipality, and their desire f°r a member of their group in the City Council must be recognized if proportion al representation is to effective. -_oOo-— NEWSPAPER advertising IS FOREMOST Despite the appearance of oth er advertising media, the newspa per remains itihe most productive channel channel whereby indus try can reach the buying public and industry is fully aware of that fact. A recent survey well illustrates the sustained popularity of news papers among advertisers. The survey was made by four nation al associations serving chain stores, and covered 138 represen tative systems operating more than 33,000 stores, cosat-to-coast and having annual sales well in success of of $3,000,000,000. During the typical year covered by the survey, these companies spent more than $55,000,000 for advertising, an average of $1, 754 per store. Almost 58 per cent of the money was spertt with WMWAWWrtWWWW Duffy Pharmacv We. 0609 24th and LAKE STRE1T8 PRESCRIPTIONS Free Deliver? WAWAIWAVWAWWW newspapers. A little less than 16 per cent was spent on handbills and similar printed matter, much of which was produced in locr.i newspaper plants. Only 4.30 per c<>nt was spent for radio, with t! • balance made up of expendi tur h on miscellaneous media. Hr aking the figures down, 'i was found that drug chains spent 82.24 per cent of their advertis ing dollar with newspapers, grocery chains qpent 66.53 per cent and general merchandise and variety chains spent 51.35 per cen:. That is a testimonial to ths character of the American pres . No institution holds a high- i place in the esteem of the Amer' can people. This is particular^ true of t’ e n wspapers serving the smaller towns of the country, which are real from ‘cover to cover,’ by their subscribers—news locals, advertisements and all. Is Epilepsv Inherited? — Can T* He Lured? A booklet containing the opinions of famous doctor son >th s intere> ' I ing subject will be sent FItE while they last, to any reader wri ting to the Educational Division, 535 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. Dept. G-6 Songs or Lyrics Wanted for “Musical N ght Court” radio Hew and ru^li"a^*on- Write to TUDGE SPENCER, 145 West 4* h. New York, Stu'io 17-S. Enclose s tamped, sclf-addresi ed envelope for full particulars. Do not send song lyrics. Print name. 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