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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-20

New singers and instrumentalists
Of international renown will be pre-
sented for the first time to an Amer
lean radio audience. this fall and
winter. according to an announce
ment by A Atwater Kent. for q fourth
year Of Sunday night radio concerts.
The network Of stations for the
Atwater Kent Radio Hour extends as
far west as Denver. with twenty-six
stations virtually blanketing the
country. Beginning with the open
ing concert OF october z. these pro-
grams will be on the air for one hour
Zach Sunday night.
The Atwstef Kent Orchestra Of
twenty-fous pieces introduces such
famous conductors as Gennaro Papa.
former Metropolitan conductor. and
Josef .Pastesnack. nationally known
through his work ~ conductor at the
Metropolitan Opera House, tho Cen
tury OPEN Company. Boston and Chi
cage symphony orchestrss. and with
Other musical organizations. -,If
The program for the opening con:
cert Is typical, Of the entsrtasn'pens
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-20

In store for the millions Of listeners
who tune In for this hour each Sun
day evening. according TO the an
nouncement. An ensemble OF ten
Metropolitan Opera artists. starring
Frances Aida, leading Metropolitan
soprano, and Mario Chamlee. tenor,
with an octet Of women's voices and
a male quartet. sets new standard
for radio concerts.
The list of artists included In the
announcement reads like "Wnos
Who" In the musical world-Efrem
zimbalist. Nanette Guilford. Giuseppe
DeLuca, flor Thomas. Leonora Coftez'
SOPHIE Braslau. Maria Kurenko. BENZ
amino Gigli. Josef Hoffman,. William
Gus,afson, Frederick Jagel. Jeanne
Gornon. Foecha Seidel, Albert Spald-
ine. Kathryn Meisle, Florence Austral.
John, Amadio. Nina Morgana, Alea-
,snder BrAlowsky. Tittar Rufo. Mary
Lewis, Michael Bohnen, Richard Bo-
neln, Alice Mock, Charles Hackett.
Ntkoiai, orioH. Carmela Ponseile, Eits-
abeth Rethberg. Louise Homer, Allen
Mcouhae, william Simmons, Lucrezia
Bod, Paul Kochanskt John Powell,
Tito schipa. and many othera
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-20

These Atwater Kent concerts began
Sunday night. october 4. 1925, with
radio recital by Reinald Werrenrath.
the popular American baritone. They
have established record as. the great
est radio feature continuously pre-
sented and. have already passed the
l50th concert. More than one nun
dred nationally known singers AND
instrumentalists have appeared az
Atwater Kent artists The majority
Of these have made their radio DEBUT
under the auspices, of Mr.. Kent.
? The stations TO broadcast this series
IN association with the. National
Broadcasttng Company are: WEAF.
New, York; WgEl. Boston: VII. Phil
sdeiphia:r wRC. Washington: wGY.
Schenectady; woR. Buffalo: wcAE.
Ptttsburg; WTAM- Cleveland. WV.
Detroit: wsA1. C1nctnnati; wGN.
Chicago: KsD. St. Louis: wCoo. Mn
neapofts: voc. Davenport: WHO. Des
Moines: WOW. Omaha: wDA1. Kan
sas City: KvoO. Tulsa: wFAA Dali
Las: WSM, Nashviile; WS6C. Memphis;
WEB, Atlanta; wBT. Charlotte: KoA.
Denver: KPRC. nouston; WoAI Gan
Antoojo. 7"ee- ~ofro
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-20

RI1wRvEw BAPTIST CHURCH.
(Jacouel and Lombardy Streess)
Rev. E. D Lewis. Pastor. Resi-.
,cnce 3l6 S Lcmbardy Street. Ser
CO.'S: Sunday, II A. M. and18 F. n
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-20
MosBY MEMORIAL Baptist
CHURCH

CHURCH
fdlewosd Ave. and Randolph st.
Rev. J A Brinkley, A. b. B. D..
Pastor. Services: Sunday, 1880 A.
n. and 8 p M Sunday School. 80
A. M. All are welcome.
ZION BAPTIST CHURCH.
fENSs2sssz
(2etb and Decatur. So. Richmond.)
Rev. J.. w. Dudley, D. p, Pastor;
Parsonage. Els Everett Street. Ser
vices, Sunday, 11:80 A. II. and .
p. NJ Sunday School, $3.50 A NJ
Fhe public Is welcome.
MT. SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH,
tPenola. va.)
Rev. AZ. q. Ruhfin. Pastor. Resi-
dencs, GIL st. Peter 81. Services at
Glen Allsz, End and 4th Sundays at
P. Nj. Eat Penola, services on the
srd Sunday at 1890 P. NJ. Sunday
School every Sunday at both places
at II no A. II.
MT. GIUEAp BAPTIST CHURCH.
chesterfield County,
Rev. W. n Liggins, Pastor. Res
idsnce. 1885 Taylor st. Services,
LIST and Srd Sundays at 1880 p. n.
Sunday School every Sunday a
1880 A. II.
a. I
FIFTH BAPTIST CHURCH
(14Oe West Cary Street)
Rev. A. D. Da4. Pastor, Residence
I412 W. Cary st. Services: 1880
A. M and 8 P. M. Sunday School,
1900 A. M. ALI are welcome.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
(Broad and College Strects3
Rev. W. r. Johnson, d. D., Pastor
Residence, sa1 N 9Th st. Services
sundays, 1880 A. N. and 8 p. u.
Sunday school. s:se A. Il All are
welcome.
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CHURCH
DIRECTORY

EBENEzER BAPTIST CHURCH,
{Leigh and judah streets.)
Rev W. n. stokes. Pm. D., Pastor,
Residence, 1907 Brook Road. Ger
vices: Sundays, II A. II. and 8 r. u.
Sunday School, 9 A. N. The public
Is invited.
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The Washington times., 1928-12-18
RACE QUESTIONS
DISCUSSED

A groue of 200 colored educators,
doctors and leaders are holding
daily sessions in the auditorium of
the Interior building, which are pre-
sided over by DR.. r. r. Notion,
president of Tuskegee; Miss Mary
Van Kleek, Russell Sage Foundation,
and DIR. Mordecai Johnson, president
of Howard University.
The meetings are given over to
discussion of problems confronting
the colored race. The inequality in
schools for colored and white chill.
dren was criticised by DIR. Thomas
E. Jones. president Of Fisk, who
also called attention to the absence
of compulsory attendance laws for
colored children, and the poor
library facilities open to the colored,
and to the low salaries paid teachers
in colored schools
DR. Raymond Pearl, Of Johns
Hopkins Hospital. spoke on the
results Of autapsies performed upon
white and colored bodies. He found,
he said, that the two races die from
weaknesses in different organs when
attacked by disease,
John Hope, president of Moore
house College. Atlanta, closed yes.
terday's sessions with discussion
of some Of the problems facing the
Southern colorcd people. He de.
clared that negro colleges must lead
their students to see that broad,
general education is for life and not
for snohbish aspiration for jobs
above the common level.
The Washington times., 1928-12-18
Women DRIVERS
ARE FINED

Accused of traffic violations, two
young women appeared before Judge
John P. Mcmahon in Traffic Court
late yesterday and were fined. Both
pleaded guilty.
Mrs. Rita Miller, OF the 800 block
Fourteenth st. N. W., a modishly
dressed blonde, was fined $40 by
Juge Mcmahon after Park Police
man Thomas P. Fogarty testified
that she drove an automobile cr-
ratically in Potomac Park, en-
dangering others and finally coliid-
ing with a lamp-post.
Miss Sally Ann Morrison, a
stenographer living on Chestnut ST.,
Takoma Park, ID. C., drove her
light car across a bridge on Con.
necticut Avenue at a 30-n1ile clip,
whereas the limit on the bridge is
Is miles an hour. Motorcycle Police
man Marcel Caussin testified. She
was fined SO.
The Washington times., 1928-12-18
Flames To HUM
LOST COUPLE

Starting down the Colorado river
in a boat two months ago and no
news Of their whereabouts having
become known since then, Maj. Gen.
John. l. Hines. of the Ninth Corps
Area at San Francisco, was yester'
day directed by Secretary of War
Davis to search by airplane through
the Colorado river canyon from
Bright Angel Trail to Needles,
Calf, for Glenn Hyde and his wife,
of Hansen, Idaho.
Relatives and friends said the two
had not been heard from since Nov.
90 and they feared that they might
be stranded some point along the
river. Gen Hines was instructed to
use all the planes necessary and
to report to the War Department
by radio.
Representatives Smith and French,
both Idaho Republicans had trans
mitted to President Coolidge the re.
quest of citizens of Hansen and
Twin Falls, for airplanes to be
used in the effort to locate the
couple.
The Washington times., 1928-12-18
FLU NOT FEARED
IN ARLINGTON

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Dec. IL.
Citizens of Arlington county are
urged not to become alarmed over
she reports that influenza is coming
This way. said DIR. p. M. Chichester,
county health officer, today.
DIR. Chichester said that examina.
Mons Nv the county nurses. who
rtarted out yesterday to make an
investigation of all the schools In
the county, indicates that there IS
~ cause for alarm. The county's
general health is excellent, he SAID.
In complete reports from workers
in the civic week campaign, spoh-
sored by the Arlington county
Chamber of Commerce. show that
total of s1O,S0O has been raised
ont of the $4,000 budget set for
fine wear 1929. President Clarence
r AhaIt announces a special meet
IA in the rooms of the Chamber
Of Commerce this afternoon at
!. which time final reports will be
received.
Incomplete returns in the annual
Pad Cross roll call conducted by
the Arlington County Chapter. ac
cording to the executive committee
total $S43. Indications are that the
county will not do more than
reach half of its quota of $1,000
Failure to reach the quota is
attributed to the large number or
special appeals for funds during
the past year.
The Arlington Fairfax Voluntea"
! Firemen's Association holds its
monthly meeting tonight in the
Clarendon firemen's hall at 8
O'Clock.
Judge Howard w. Smith, Of the
circuit. court of Arlington county,
in accordance with a rule issued
at the opening of the December
term, providing for the holding OF
sneeiaI divorce court. convened that
court today. The practice for the
past several months has been that
All divorce cases have been heard
before special commissioners ap-
\ pointed by the court.
J John G. Graham, of Alexandria,
-Tesumed the stand under direct ex-
an1fnation conducted by Common.
wealth's Attorney Albert V. Bryan
1 of Alexandria, at the opening of
the annexation proceedings in the
circuit court of Arlington county
Yesterday after a recess of three
weeks.
Mr.. Graham stated that he as q
realtor in the city Of Alexandria
knew of no sites within the con.
fines of the city where $4,000
home could be erected.
Unon cross-examination conducted
nv Charles T. Jesse, for Arlington
county. Graham stated that the
pentire river front of the city is oc'
cupiea and active.
The Washington times., 1928-12-18
Faces Reckless Driving
And COIliding Charges

Charges of reckless driving and
1aevin1 after colliding were faced
todav by a 2s-year.old colored man
As the result of an automobile acct.
9ent last night in the $500 block
Georgia: Ave. N. w.
Willis Mitchell. of the 1900 block
Florida Ave. n. W., was arrested
nv poiice of the Eighth precinct.
He il alleged to have forced Miss
Loretta Murphy, %, of the 14OO
block Chaplin st. N. w. to drive
her car into a trolley pole. The
younr woman was taken to Gar.
field Hospital and treated for cuts
and bruiseA
The Washington times., 1928-12-18
Fete Planned Next Week
For Duke of ROxburghe

LONDON, Dec. 18 u.N.S.).-'fhe
Duke and Duchess of Roxburshe
will celebrate their silver wedding
anniversary next week on the
floors of Castle Kelso If the health
Of King George permits. The
Duchess of Roxburghe was the
former Nav Goelet.
On the occasion of their wedding
at ST Thomas Church New York
n hundred unlimited women created
a notable disturbance when they
invaded the church by way of the
coal chute.
The Washington times., 1928-12-18

FLOSSIE WINS A NEW HOME
MAYBE LITTLE LORRAINE INLAY, of 1949 L St.
N E.. wasn't happy when she was handed her new
Flossie Flrt' doll for obtaining three subscriptions
to the Washington Times and Washington Sunday
Herald. Just look at her tell her doe about the new
home that awaits her.
The Washington times., 1928-12-18
Railway President, 81,
Takes Bride Only 26

NEW YORK. Dec. 18 G.N.SD.-
Arthur G. Needles, of Roanoke, Va,
61-year-old president Of the Norfolk
and Western Railway, today weds
Edith Clarke. 26. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William +. Clarke, of
Union City, Pa. The ceremony win
be performed at st. Bartholomew
Church.
Needles, who has been q widower
since 1928, was born in Baltimore.
Miss Clarke now lives in New York
The Washington times., 1928-12-18
FOREIGN BONDS
SHORT TERM SECURITIES
KalOrama Group to Hear
About Community Chest
(Furnished hy W. b. Hibbs & Coz
IANVaaeSfte ROnfla

The regular monthly meeting of
the Kalorama Citizens Association
will be held this evening in the
parish house of st. Margaret 3
Church at o'clock.
Mrs. Harry Hull will tell the as
sociatiou members of the plans OF
the Community Chest Mrs. Hull
Is said to have had much experl.
ence in operating community chests
in several other cities. Spencer
Gordon. president OF the association,
will preside.
The Washington times., 1928-12-18
WOME n FOUND
! STILL NEW IN
BUSINESS
By MERRYLE STANLEY
RUKEYSER

Copyright. 1898. by Universal servie
NEW YORK, Dec. 1s.-Women
have demonstrated in recent
years that there are no purely
masculine jobs in the realm Of
finance and trade.
Meeting almost insuperable OBJ
stacles of prejudice and custom.
pioneering women have demon
strated the capacity of the sex
9for responsible executive positions.
as well as for the time honore'
clerical tasks. Many have sue.
ceeded in the face of tremendous
discouragement.
More Humane
The question. now arises
whether the world of trade and
finance has become more humane
because of the entrance of wo-
men into the field. The super.
ficial observer would be inclined
IAto answer Immediately in the
affirmative. but close students
Of the question give less Glib
reply. It should be recalled that
in the field of politics there are
no certain signs of changed
electorate since women started
to vote. Corrupt politicians. par
ticularly in municipalities, still
flourish.
No Great Ones
It would seem presumptuous for
q mere man to attempt to esti.
mate the business consequences
@of the entrance of the gentier
sex into the world of workaday
affairs. The gifted Anne w
Armstrong, business consultant.
and q former executive of the
National City Company and the
Eastman Kodak Company. con.
tends that women in business
have accepted conditions as they
found them without seeking TO
make them conform to feminine
standards Of Justice and fair play
'sWomen," mrs. Armstrong
points out in Harper's, have
not as vet laid a feathers weight
Nof distinctive influence upon the
business world except in its most
superficial aspects.
Thus far the most brilliant
and highly trained minds. the
most compelling personalities in
women. have expressed themselves
In other fields Business has not
vet attracted such crusading spir.
its as Susan B. Anthony's; the
daring imagination and creative
intelligence of an Ellen Key;
Il has developed no woman with
the gift for leadership Uf Carrie
Chapman Gait. no genius akin to
1that Of Jane Adams.
The Washington times., 1928-12-18

MADRID, Dec. 18 .S.).-Three
workmen are dead four missing and
seven seriously injured today as
the result of the collapse OF a new
railway tunnel under construction
near Burgos.
The Washington times., 1928-12-18
EARNINGS Low,
R. R. HEAD
ASSERTS
BY w. S. COUSINS
Copyright, 1928, by International
News Service)

NEWS oeTNlCSJ
NEW YORK. Dec. 1S.-"If the
railroads of the country are left
reasonably free from the attention
of the lawmakers, and the Inter
state Commerce Commission is given
free hand in its endeavor to in
sure the railroads the fair return
on the values of their properties as
provided by law, the year 1929
should prove year of satisfactory
results" said Edward E. Loomis,
president of the Lehigh Valley rail-
road, to international News Service
today.
Loomis, who is one of the best
known railroad heads of the coun-
try and chairman of the committee
on public relations of the Eastern
railroad group, furnishes one of the
most important contacts between
tors, law makers and the general
public. all of which are vitality in
terested in some phase of the rail.
road situation.
Earnings Low
"The railroads, as whole, said
Loomis today, have never earned
the fair return upon their invest
ment the transportation act (of
1920 promised them, yet they face
a continued loss of revenue through
constant whiting away of their
revenue as a result OF the steady
pressure for rate reductions upon
the Interstate Commerce Commis.
sion by shipping interests as well
as by competition among the car
riers themselves for temporarily in
creased tonnages.''
The transportation act of 1920
sought to provide return Of 5A
to per cent on the actual prop.
erty value Of the roads, and set up
elaborate machinery for determin-
ing fair valuation of the roads. 1t
has been an extremely cumbersome
and expensive process: none of the
railroads concerned have been will.
ing to accept the valuations as
signed to them: and efforts to com
pei ''recapture' of earnings above
the stipulated 51z and per cent
the interests of fair play for the
roads
"The kind of Transportation serv-
ice this country is to receive in the
future will depend largely upon the
condition of the railroads and that
depends mainly on the treatment
they are accorded at the hands of
shippers, lawmakers and the gen
eral public as well" Loomis de-
clared.
Freight Traffic Important
"Our prosperity is pegged' upon
fast and dependable transportation
service. About two-thirds of the
revenues Of the American railroads
come from freight traffic, and
freight rates as a whole are lower
than at any time since 1922. If our
national rail system is to meet the
demands of commerce" Loomis de-
clared, lit must enjoy adequate
revenues, that it may obtain neces-
sary capital at reasonable rates to
keep its plant modern and up-to-date
in every respect