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Evening star., 1934-01-08

Of her husband. Roy. and his sister.
Iva, last night was found In the kitchen
Of her former husband, Alan McGinnis.
In the pocket of her coat was found
. revolver with three empty shells and
two unexploded, police announced.
The woman was removed by police
to City Hospital for observation and
questioning.
Roger McGinnis, q son by her former
marriage, said he questioned his mother
briefly about the slayings, only to evoke
the answer. in monotone: ROY shot
himself" She would say nothing about
the staying of Iva Christman.
Asked where she had been for the
Evening star., 1934-01-08
The Sheriff. and the Professor,
BY.H. A. RIPLEY.

eu~OLDl Say. Joe, you don't
81 know what cold weather
isl" exclaimed Sheriff Whit
~ ney as Fordney took his
visitors wraps. They were
old friends and enjoyed their occasional
mental sparring. "You should have
Evening star., 1934-01-08
Speeches to Be Shorter.

To save time speeches are to be
shortened in the Madagascar Parlia-
meut In Sofla.
Evening star., 1934-01-08

but I urged them n-confldentially.
there was a reward for the return OF
that money and-I could use 1t! The
obedient and faithful hounds worked
on, baying as they followed the scent
for half a mile farther, where 1T ended
in a hut I captured the thief and l
was dern proud of myself"
"You should have been, sheriff.
what did you do with the reward?" in
quired Fordney, "and what was the
clue?"
1.-The thief's glove"
"You should have been able to follow
the robbers footprints in the snow,
sheriff"
Did you ever try it on moonless
night. professor" ,
Hmm a moonless night, eh?"
After the departure Of his guest the
professor smiled to himself. i sup
pose the sheriff thinks believed his
yarnl Well, he'll go back home and
tell his 'cronies' how he put 1t over Joe
Fordney. Good old Whitney,"
WHY DIDN'T THE PROFESSOR
BELIEVE THE SHERIFF'S STORY?
For solution see page B5.
Perhaps you have a story or problem
you would like to submit to Prof. Ford
ney. If so, send 1t to him care OF this
paper He will be delighted to re-
ceive it.
Evening star., 1934-01-08
Manganese Mines in Manchuria.

DARIEN R.-Enormous new man
ganese deposits have been discovered in
South Manchukuo. They total 5000. 900
tons and will be worked by q subsidiary
Of the Japanese-owned South Man
churia railway.
Evening star., 1934-01-08

been with me the
n l G h t my two
bloodhounds trail
ed the thief who
robbed arm e r
Riley, the wealthy
miser, Of $25,000,"
he continued, when
they had settled in
front Of the open
fire.
1T was IL below
zero and the dogs
started out eagerly,
their m u zzl e S
scooping the snow.
After bout a mile
the noses of both
dogs were frozen,
Evening star., 1934-01-08

past week, she replied: IN the woods. !"
She was suffering from exposure and
hunger.
Evening star., 1934-01-08
Sets Shorthand Record.

By transcribing two shorthand tests
Of 200 and 210 words o minute In the
time usually allowed for one, Alfred @.
Rosebotton Of London has made q new
record
Evening star., 1934-01-08
WIFE OF SLAIN MAN
FOUND AFTER WEEK
Located in Former Husbands
Home, She Says She Has Been
"In the Woods"

BY the Associated Press.
MASSILLON, Ohio, January 8.-Pale
and disheveled, Mrs. Edith McGinnis
Christman, sought for almost week
for questioning incident to the Staying
Evening star., 1934-01-08
M mute
.!'lySTERy
Can You, a.
SOLWH%@E &

n famous university, His advice is often
sought By the police Of many cities when
confronted with particularly. battling cases.
This problem. which has only one possible
solution. has been taken from his casebook
covering hundreds of criminal tnvestiga tions.
Evening star., 1934-01-08
Watch Tells Weather.

A watch which tells the weather for
the next II hours has been invented by
Q meteorologist In Munich, Germany.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
SISTERHOOD TO HOLD
DONORS LUNCHEON
Adas Israel Group Will Use
Funds to Beautify Syna-
gogue Vestry.

The Adas Israel Synagogue Sister
hood will hold its donors luncheon
Tuesday, at 1890 pm, at the May
flower Hotel. The proceeds of this
luncheon will be used for the beauti-
fication of the vestry rooms of the
synagogue as q memorial to the late
Mrs. Herman Hollander.
The luncheon will be opened by a
prayer by Mrs. George w. Levy, fol-
lowed by cello solo by Eli Amanuel,
accompanied by Alfred Yurdin. The
group will be addressed by DR.. l. j.
Lowe, author of Romance of Pales-
tine" and the Romance of the Bible u
There will be vocal selections by Mrs.
Herman w. Hertzberg, accompanied
by Gertrude Efenback.
Mrs. Raphael Tourover is chairman
of the program. The president of the
organization, Mrs. Jack Weak, will
preside.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
INJURIES CRITICAL

Mrs. Hazel Manfield's Spine Is
Found Fractured.
Mrs. Hazel K. Mansfield, member of
the Woman's Bureau, who was injured
some time ago in the overturning Of
the car in which Mrs. Elizabeth Fon-
taine was being taken to Richmond to
testify in the Mais-Lagenza trial, is
suffering from a fracture of the spine
and has been ordered back to bed for
an indefinite period, it was revealed
yesterday by her husband, Detective
Sergt. A. D. Mansfield
Mrs Mansfield was assigned to guard
Mrs. Fontaine, WHO previously had
been shot at Upper Darby, Pa. and
was on duty when the automobile in
which they were riding overturned on
the Richmond road. 1t is feared she is
permanently injured.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
JAMES A. FARLEY
TO BE POSTMASTER
Postmaster General to 0fficiate
at Dinner in Honor of
Pennsylvanians.

The Pennsylvania Democratic Club
Of Washington has announced
through the chairman of the Victory
Committee, James j. MacGuire, that
Postmaster General James A. Farley
will be toastmaster at a banquet in
honor of Senator-e Joseph F.
Guffey on Monday night. December
TO- at the Mayflower Hotel.
Gov ELECT George H. Earle and all
members of his cabinet, the presi-
dental secretaries and all Democratic
Representatives elected, % in num-
ber, have been invited to attend as
guests of honor. Many prominent
Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania
and members of the newly elected
Democratic Legislature will also at
tend.
Mrs. Lester j. Pollock, Mr.. I. Lewis
Marcus and Miss Grace c. Knerr will
accept reservations at 901 Eighteenth
street until next Saturday evening.
The affair will be the first time the
Senator-elect will address the Penn
sylvanians since election and the first
OF its kind to be held here.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Church Bazaar Scheduled.

A Christmas bazaar will be given
by the Women's Society of the First
Congregational Church Wednesday.
The bazaar will include a cafateria
luncheon from 11:30 am. to 2 p.m.;
dinner from 4:30 to pm, and a
three-act comedy entitled Hot Copy
will be the final feature.
Evening star., 1934-09-18
Kew to Teleuisi0n Believed
Found in UItra,Sl1Ort Waves

can send Is pictures second We
have television, and with the new
facsimile system that will be simple
matter"
Mr.. Sarnoff spoke Of advantages in
speed in the transmission Of letters,
messages and pictures through sucn
q medium.
System Still in Laboratory.
William A. Winterbottom, an
r. c. A. vice president, was quoted
by the Times as saying. '"The trick
is to broadcast q complete picture or
letter that is scanned by what we
might call q radio eye or camera"
However, Mr.. Winterbottom said
the system still Is in the laboratory
and is not being employed CONNER
cially by any one at present.
He said q New York = to = Phila-
delphia micro-wave, three-meter cir
cult might be ready for traffic within
q year.
The trafhc," he said. will con-
Evening star., 1934-09-18
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 18.-The
New York Times, in an interview
with David Sarnoff last night, quotes
the president of the radio corporation
as saying facsimile radio, now being
studied by the organizations research
engineers, Is "the gateway to tele-
vision"
Micro-waves, tiny impulses meas
ured in inches from crest to crest
are described as forming the key to
the development.
Discover Circuit.
I'VE have been aware that before
we could 60 ahead with fac-simile
or television we needed circuit, -
said Mr.. Sarnoff. I'VE have 1t In
the ultra-short waves. =" We have
learned enough through recent eZ-
periments, and the engineers are con-
stantly pushing ahead to learn more
to feel confident that the era Of fac
simile radio Is at hand. - II we
Evening star., 1934-09-18

sist Of letters and messages Just as
the senders write them"
Looking ahead five years, Mr.. Win
terbottom predicted high quality
picture transmission across the ocean
but said the normal short-wave bands
will be employed for the oversee
spans unless some inventor delves
further into the secrets of micro
waves and harnesses them to travel
beyond the curvature of the globe.
Evening star., 1934-09-18
STOLEN CAR RETURNED
Denver Man Unable to Recognize
Remodeled Machine.

DENVER, September 1S R.-The
stolen car of John H. Beeler was
returned to him yesterday decked
out in so many accessories he didn't
recognize it. Police said they re-
covered the car from Harry wilkins,
18, who was sentenced to jail.
Officers said wilkins took the ma
chine, which Beeler valued "at about
Sl0," rebuilt the motor, installed many
accessories and polished it. Then
officers who found him driving the
car without license checked up and
found 1t was stolen.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-12-06

MOSCOW Sweetheart Of the
Red Army has replaced for the
time being the appellal.on ''Michi-
gan songbirdp ia the career Of a
dark. slender. American girl who,
IN 1888. was soloist in Rhapsody
in Black and who in 1928 won the
Atwater Kent national radio audi
ton in the state Of Michigan.
But she admits that she did not
come to Russia to be anybody's
sweetheart she came to continue
her musical training. which began
in Wiley College. Marshall. Texas,
under Prof. Edward Dennis, and
seems destined to be completed I'M
der private Russian master.
Army Man Met Her
However. when she stepped off
the train in the Red capital, an err
ect red army man met her. con-
tract ready. AS the red army is
unconquerable to all invaders be
they theatrical or military-there
was nothing for her to do but CAPT
tulate, although it meant deferring
for several months her musical stu
dies.
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.COL0RED PILOTS
TO PARTICIPATE
IN AVIATION DAY

WASHINGTON It is hoped
that the twenty-five colored pilots
licensed by the Bureau of Air Com
merce Department, will take part
in the celebration Of National Avi-
alton Day being planned for Dec
ember IL, the American Negro
Press was told by an official at
the bureau this week.
A national committee was NAM
ed last week to make plans for the
observance, which will mark the
twenty-first anniversary of the
first airplane flight.
The committee will call for the
participation of every available ar
my, navy, marine corps, national
guard, coast guard, private and
commercial airplane in the U. s.
in the event.
TO Fly over Communities
It is planned to have all airplanes
which can be mustered for the pur-
(C.ontinl1ed on Page Fourl
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SYLVESTER IS FREE
OF DEBT SO SENDS
PRESIDENT TURKEY

WEST POINT, Miss. CAMP
Mister Sylvester Harris continues
in press headlines this week. It was
announced that the Columbus far
mer, who "phoned the President"
via long distance to save his cabin
from mortgage foreclosure, has
worked his way free from debt.
AS an expression of gratitude,
Mr.. Harris has sent the 2s-pound
turkey he promised President Roo
sevelt during the summer, to the
White House for Christmas Day
consumption.
Last April, II. A. Jenkins, field
inspector of seed loans in North
west Mississippi, made a seed loan
of $50 to Sylvester. Wednesday
he received a check for $50 from
the Columbus, Miss, Cotton Com
pany, to cancel the loan made to
Mr.. Harris.
The company had bought bale
of cotton from Mr.. Harris who in
structed the firm to forward the
check for $50 to Inspector Jenkins
Mr.. Jenkins was advised by F. P.
Phillips of the company to treat
Sylvester right" or he might phone
the President again"
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RENO. New. Oscar H. Ham
monds, observer Of the United
States Weather Bureau at Reno. Is
the only colored person. so far as
known, employed in such capacity
Ia America.
Mr.. Hammonds, romerly school
teacher entered the service in 1907
taking the civil service examination
IN Indianapolis. Indiana. his home
stEte. Within two weeks after re-
ceivlng notice that he had passed
the examination. he was appointed
to the Reno station. The follow
ing year be was transferred to San
Francisco, and during his time
there. he was for q while in sole
charge Of the weather bureau sta
ton on the South East Farallon
Islands. thirty miles off the Golden
Gate. where weather conditions are
recorded and boat passings noted.
In Main cs...S<
Ia 1910, Mr.. Hammond returned
to Reno. At present. as second as
sistant observer, he works entirely
In the main Reno office and obser-
vatory located on the top floor and
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ATLANTIC CITY AVIATORS.
ARE FORCED DOWN NEAR
LAKE IN SANTO DOMINGO
COLORED FOLKS
IN FLORIDA ARE
AFRAID TO TALK

NEW YORK-Warned by Jack
sonville Negroes not to rick visit
ing Mariana, Fla, scene of the
recent torture-lynching of Claude
NesG WILLIAM Pickens, field secre-
tary Of the N.A.A.C.P., visited the
West ITlorids Gown on November
n. Sssnlsufh following the sadistic
orgy. srd found Negroes cowed
and afraid te+ask.
Had quite long stop at Mari
anna" Mr.. Pickens reports. "All
seems quiet, as if no madness had
ever been until you attempt to
elicit any real information from
one of these slaves (Negroes) /.
Then you are answered by a nom
sensical grunt, and a vacant stare.
They are afraid to talk about it.
Even big Negroes some pro-
fessional people, are afraid to talk
out in Florida. When I went with
one to see white man whom he
knew, I had to do all the talking
myself"
Mr.. Pickens adds that "AlI these
little towns are just the same"
The N.A.A.C.P. field secretary is
on one of his periodical tours of
southern branches of the Associa-
ton.
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Hayes Sings Before
Brilliant Audience

NEW YORK CAMP Roland
Hayes sang at Carnegie hall before
one of the seasons most brilliant
audiences Friday night. Approx
mately half of the throng were col
ored music lovers. The event was
for the benefit of Walden School.
Offering four groups of songs,
Mr.. Hayes enchanted his hearers.
Especially fine was his would You
Gain the Tender Creature 2" Sew
eral spirituals completed the pro-
gram to which many numbers were
added, the prayer, "It's Me o Lord
the spiritual embraced in the o.
Neill-Bruenberg opera, 1.-THE EN-
peror Jones" being one of the en-
cores.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-12-06
BY Davis Lee

SAVANNAH, Ga.-This quaint
old Southern town boasts of one
Of the few existing colonies where
both women and men wear rings
in their ears.
Natives of the little neighboring
section Of Coffee Bluff can be iden-
titled by this strange custom.
Coffee Bluff IL situated on the
banks of the river by that name.
It is owned and inhabited by the
members of this colony with the
exception Of three or four white
families who live close enough to
exploit them.
These people live In one-story
ancient log cabins. Some Of them
are so old and dilapidated that
props are required to keep them
from falling down.
The men are all fishermen and
hunters. They live in the water.
The edge Of Coffee Bluff River is
dotted with slziffs and a few sail
boats belonging to them. Some of
the tribesmen indulge in sail boat
racing,
Lave 5usr returned from Coffee
B..ff. Spent the day down there
With these tribesmen. The women
seem to do all Of the work, or that
which Is done. Now and then the
male members catch more fish,
crabs or oysters than their families
can use. In such an event. the
wives take the surplus to Savannah
to sell.
These people use no bread. They
use baked sweet potatoes instead.
Rice is served at every meal. Fish
and crabs constitutes the meat OF
their menu.
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Coffee Bluff Colony Where
Men Wear Rings in Their Ears

Strangely enough, I could not
find one COW owned by any Of the
group. I saw several small, slen-
der horses. Some of them own
chickens, and have dogs galore,
which they use to hunt with.
The roads are narrow and sandy.
Mostly foot paths with high weeds
and bushes protruding over them.
Many of the cabins are hidden be-
hind these growths.
There is not a public school in
Coffee Bluff for the education Of
the colored children. However, the
county board of education has pro-
vided bus for the transportation
Of those who want to attend school
and they are taken to q school a
few miles out from Savannah.
Children Healthy
AS filthy and unsanitary as these
log cabins are, the children appear
healthy. And this too ,notwith-
standing the fact that the young
sters are half clad, undernourished
and their little bodies could stand
bathing a little oftener.
The people Of Coffee Bluff, like
those In Africa, are great warriors.
They are always fighting and kill
ing one another.
Before returning to Savannah I
drove to one OF the fish houses on
the river. 1t is owned by a white
man. A number Of Coffee Bluff
tribesmen were on hand catching
cells.
Good mawnin' Capt'n George, .
one tan, dark-slinned chap bowed
to the white owner Of the fish
house.
iii, Sun Burnt" he drawled in
return.
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STICK TOGETHER
BARROW ADVISES
CDLORED PEOPLE

PHILADELPHIA - Declaring
that the colored race seems at pre-
sent to be forgotten by both Cod
and the white man, Clarence OAR
row told the Philadelphia Commun-
ity Forum that they have got to
take for themselves whatever they
need or they will not get it.
The celebrated criminal lawyer
took a gloony view of the posi-
bility of solving the race problem,
if solving it meant the wiping out
Of all lines of racial discrimination.
Raped Promoters
The speaker started his address
by rapping the promoters of the
affair when less than 200 people
had been induced to come out. He
told an AMP reporter that the for
UNI group which promoted his APP
pearance here had relied upon pos
tiers when an intelligent publicity
program through the papers should
have been resorted to.
Although lie praised the progress
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DO-RE-M, SCAT
RACE PREJUDICE

BOSTON, Mass. (ANP)-At the
close Of a recital at the University
of New Hampshire last Saturday
given by the Mansfield Singers, e.
manuel Mansfield, tenor and leader
of the group, was approached by
white girl student, it was reported,
who with tears flowing down her
cheeks said: Mr.. Mansfield, want
to tell you something, something
you have done to me. I had race
prejudice but you have destroyed
it completely"
The program, which included old
English-American Art Songs and
Negro spirituals and songs in Eng
lish, was sponsored by the Christ
ian Work, Inc, Prof. Robert Man
ton pianist and composer, and also
head Of the Universitys Music De-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-12-06
Communists Don't Convince
Negroes, Declares Padmore

NEW YORK (SpeciaD-Charg
ing that all of the talk about
"champicning" and defending
the Negro race is bluff, George
Padmore, former editor of the
Negro World" Communist news
paper, in a signed statement to
the American Negro Press, "ex-
posed" the activities of the Com
munist party, last week.
Padmore declares that he re-
signed from the party after he'd
found out that the Communist In
ternational is "outdoing the Nazis
in Germany and the lynchocrats
in Alabama" But Earl Browder
American secretary for the Com
munist Party, declares that Pad
more was expelled from the party
In France, sits Padmore and he
hurled challenge after challenge to
Browder who claimed that Pad
more acted in a "villianous" man
ner which caused his forced resig-
nation from the party.
Padmore in setting down the
facts in the case says: "Our opin-
ion is that the Communist Inter
national is politically bankrupt. 1t
can no longer carry on an ordin-
airy political discussion with its
own leading members, but has to
resort to lies, ISLANDERS, the frame
up method, the weapon Of politi-
cal assassination, in order to cover
up its own treachery in dealing
with representative of the most
oppressed and exploited people in
the world
The Communist international
charges George Padmore with sup
porting the bourgeoisie in Cypress
ing and exploiting the Negro mass
es of Liberia. That was what start
ed the expose, 'Padmore hurled
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question after question to Browd-
er. He further asked the Ameri-
can secretary, CAS- you know Lii
IBERIA is an economic colony of A
merican Imperialism, and as such,
it is the duty of American Com
munists to defend Liberia" Tell
us when and where your Party ev-
er organized meeting or demon
stration in defense of Liberia, and
tell us where you as secretary of
the Party, have ever written an
article about Liberia?"
Hits Ford, Patterson
The former Communist was
grieved to see men like James A.
Ford and william Paterson, out
standing in the Communistic move
in the United States, sit idly by
eondoning this outrage against
him, Padmore writes.
I'm all the eight years 1 have
been connected with the Commun-
list movement no one has ever
dared to question my honesty and
integrity" he further writes.
Padmore says that he must
have a "show down" in the very
near future because he wants. to
be indicated before the eyes of
the world.
He says the reason why the
charges were brought against him
were because the American Party,
faced with the tremendous upsurge
and unrest among the Negro mass
es of the United States, among
whom it is unable to make any
headway after IS years of its ex-
istence, is now trying to make him
the scapegoat by iso,ating him
from the masses.
"But the time is coming when
all the world win know what is
what Padmore concluded.
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EDITORIALS
Roosevelt Smiles

WHILE VISITING Nashville re-
Gently. President Franklin D. Roo
sevelt IS reported to have smiled
broadly while Flsk University stu
dents sang spirituals.
The President had good cause to
smile. There is little to fear from
spirituss-singing coIored folk, Who
think the Orgy way to entertain Vi
sitting dlgnitaries is to vocally re-
mind them Of the days Of slavery.
This always causes a mental
flnshbaek IA the mind OF person
Of the opposite race which says:
When you remember where you
were and see where you have come
you ought to be satisfied He then
proceeds to do nothing about the
race question.
THOUGH HE SMILED at the
yodeliug Fiskites. President Roo
seVeIt refused to see 4 delegation
Of broad-mInded persons Of both
races, who sought his good offices
on the scostsboro case. These peo-
pie wanted to talk not sing, and
wanted to tpllx about case that
has been a cancer on the American
body polite for nearly four years.
NEXT TIME delegation wish
es to get the Presidential ear on a
serious matter Of race adjustment
they would do wen to march to the
White House entrance singing No
body Knows de Trubble I've Seen"
When they get inside they can
change their tune
spirituals should be used for
more serious purposes than mere
" to tickle the funnybones Of white
folks.