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Evening star., 1934-01-22
Auto Exports Climb.

Exports Of automotive products from
Canada in the first II months Of last
year were nearly 80 per cent above
those Of the comparative period Of 1882.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-27
Buy On Our
1O-Pay Plan

Have new clothes on this PLAN wear them
while you pay. A small down payment and
ten weekly payments and your purchase is
complete. Open to all responsible parties.
The Washington times., 1934-04-21
The Human Side of the News
Babson Foresaw Panic-Ruth Draper, Actress
Bu EdwiHe C.. Hill

call her the greatest actress in
the world.
Honors have been showered
upon her gifted head. The Pope
received her at the Vatican.
She is the only actress who was
ever presented at the Court Of
st. James. Every continental
capital knows the thrill Of her
surerlative artistry. Her COM
plete equipment consists of the
table, the chair, the sofa, the
ground-cloth and a curtain.
In a flash, she puts before
your eyes a Ukrainian peasant
a Norwegian girl, an Arabian
lady of the harem, a shrewd
gum chewing telephone girl,
and builds around every central
character a rippling; flashing
accompaniment of vivid life.
Scorning publicity, she has never
been interviewed. From the
stage she retires behind the
veil of impenetrable seclusion
and mystery. How she achieves
her amazing effects? No man
knows. Probably with those
amazing eyes-those strange and
glowing mesmeric eyes.
England's foreign policy Is
in the hands of a very astute
gentleman named Sir John 81
mon. This tall, spare, immacu'
late, chilly, alert foreign Sec
retary, has been trying to con-
vince France that she has al
the safety she needs, and TO
persuade Germany not to up
set the European applicant. But
his success has not been no.
table, and while war talk has
abated over there, it is a fact
that Europe is not only more
heavily armed than at any time
since the great war, but Is
steadily increasing her arl1la'
ment.
The Washington times., 1934-04-21

can be deprived of the rights to which they become
titled upon their election. -,
CERTAINLY THOSE RIGHTS ARE A HOLLOW
SHELL AND A MOCKERY IF THEY DO NOT IN
CLUDE THE RIGHT TO VOTE
ALI. THAT THE SUPPORTERS OF THE MCLEOD
BILL ARE ASKING OF THE SO-CALLED LEAD
ERS IN THE CONGRESS IS THAT THEY BE
ALLOWED TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT OF
VOTING.
Clearly the sentiment behind the pay-off measure
is sufficient to enttle the public to know how those
whom they have elected to office stand the propo
sition.
That sentiment has been expressed by 145 members
of the House who signed the Weideman petition to
bring up the Mcleod bill.
Those 145 members deserve the opportunity to put
the to which they have pledged their support
to the final test.
They of course do not have the right to force any
The Washington times., 1934-04-21

There seems to be considerable doubt in the minds of
some of our public officials whether the House of
Representatives can be trusted to vote wisely and for
the good of the country
That doubt has recently taken concrete form in the
effort prevent the members of the House from vot
ing on the Mcleod bank pay-off bill
WE BELIEVE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
SENT THESE MEN AND WOMEN TO WASHING
TON TO VOTE THEIR CONVICTIONS ON LEGIS-
LATION AFFECTING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE WHO ATTEMPT
TO PREVENT THOSE REPRESENTATIVE
FROM REGISTERING THOSE CONVICTIONS ARE
DELIBERATELY ATTEMPTING TO THWART
THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COUN-
TRY.
It is not question Of whether the Mcleod bill shall
be passed or whether it shall be defeated.
It is question of whether the members of the House
The Washington times., 1934-04-21
of House Haze Right to Vote on Mcleod Bill

member to vote either one way or another But they
obviously have the right to demand that the member
ship shall VOTE
ESSENTIAL PART OF THE RECOVERY PRO
GRAM CANNOT BE IGNORED. IT MAY BE DE-
FEATED, BUT IT CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO DIE
WITHOUT GIVING THE MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE THE OPPORTUNITY OF SAYING
WHETHER THEY FAVOR IT OR OPPOSE 1T.
It for this reason that such sturdy advocates of the
Mcleod bill as Representatives Wolcott and Dondero
are objecting to the members of the House taking
vacation at the present time.
It is not popular to keep the House in session while
many members wish to take day or two off to visit
their home districts Yet these two Representatives
realize that no visit back home have the Importance
to members and to the country whole of vote at
this session on the Mcleod bill.
The Washington times., 1934-04-21
Truth About Air Mail Is
Coming to the Surface
By James T. Williams, Jr.

from 1903 to 1925. He was a
friend of more than 80 years
standing of the candidate for
the office of general superin-
tendent of the air mail service
who landed that job in the
spring of 1888.
This official had previously
served as general ~superintend"
ent from 1928 to 1926 but was
stationed at Fort Worth, Texas,
as an assistant superintendent
when appointed to his present
job. This official was ap-
pointed from the same State
which produced the solicitor OF
the Post Office Department, who
finally recommended the can
collation. of existing contracts.
AS Senator Austin has pointed
out, the record discloses that
the president of this society Of
nonmail operators and the
newly-appointed solicitor of the
Post office Department were
working together before the
Senate special investigating
committee"
Whole Sordid Story
The record shows that other
clients of this attorney Of the
nonmail operators who were
seeking cancellation that they
might bid on new contracts
were also active in the cam
paign. In fact, one of these
clients wrote to this attorney:
~ h0Ue bombdrded the Post
Office Department lOith all the
national Democratic committee.
men, State ch0irnen, governors,
COngressmen, all Democratic
Senators and Everyone else in
this territory vhO materially
helps keep the Democratic don.
key 0liVe."
The record even reveals that
the investigator Of the so-called
Black committee, according to
the attorney Of the nonmail
operators, requested him to OBJ
tain from his clients the names
of three or four qualified &C.
countantS who could assist the
committee in it's investigative
work. But this extraordinary
request was never revealed un.
til Senator Austin developed
this amazing fact and put it
into the record.
In view of these and many
other revelations before the So
called Black committee since
Senator Austin began the
cross-examination of witnesses
and the submission of evidence,
it is not surprising that patri-
otic Senators of both political
parties are now demanding that
this investigation shall con-
tinue until the whole Sordid
story is dragged into the light
and written upon the record.
This must be done if the judg-
ment of the Senate, and the
verdict of "the great jury of
the people" regarding the wreck
ing of the Federal air mail
and the national disaster that
followed in it's wake, are to be
arrived at in the light of all
the facts Obtainable.
Copyright, 1884, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1934-04-21
A FUNNY RACE

hour, for both must be back in
Paris in time for breakfast.
Ready - aim - fire dn
French) |" a clean miss! Ready
aim-fire!" again. Again a clean
miss! Pack up the pistols,
Vidoq! We're through for the
day. Who brought the sand
wiches? Where is my bicycle?
Where is the inkstand which my
sister-in-law promised to bring
to the boot store by noon?
And back to Paris both duel
lists rush, while the seconds stay
behind just long enough to pick
up the four empty cartridge
shells to sell as muffin tins.
A big national scandal breaks.
It is discovered that a great
financier has committed suicide
following the embezzlement Of
funds. The police rush into the
case. The chief of police is
fired. He calls the premier on
the telephone, but, owing to
The Washington times., 1934-04-21

After two melancholy months,
the naked body of the truth
about an American tragedy,
which has turned out to be a
national disaster, seems at last
to be rising slowly to the sur
face.
This disaster occurred two
months ago when, on February
10, all domestic air mail con-
tracts were suddenly cancelled
without due process of law.
This cancellation wrecked our
Federal air mail. It crippled
our national air transport. It
undermined our national de-
fense. 1t sapped our interna-
tional prestige. It sent to a
needless death a dozen of the
bravest and best military pilots
who ever defended the Colors
Of a great Nation.
The charges that these con.
tracts we're obtained by "collu-
sion and fraud" have yet to be
proven.
The contractors alleged to be
guilty of this "collusion and
fraud" have yet to be given
their day in court.
But evidence is at last being
adduced before a special COM
mittee of the Senate which
shows that a group of air trans
port companies, without air mail
contracts, soon after the Novem-
ber elections of 1882 organized
into a society to find ways and
means of obtaining contracts,
which, of course, could only
mean cancellation of the exist.
ing contracts.
Startling Revelations
The record of the evidence
which Senator Austin of Ver-
mont has been developing in
the last fortnight, before the
so-called Black committee Of
the Senate, abounds in startling
revelations.
This record shows that for
many months prior to the can
collation. of all domestic air mail
contracts on the nineteenth of
February last, the Post Office
Department was bombarded by
the organized operators who had
no contracts and by their politi-
cal sponsors to do what the de-
partment finally did-cancel all
existing airmail contracts.
The record shows that this
sinister and sordid alliance of
political SpoilSmen and special
interests urged upon committees
Of the Senate and the House
and upon individual Senators
and Representatives, as well as
upon the Post Office Depart
ment, the cancellation of exist
ing contracts.
The record shows that the
special privilege wing of this
alliance hired an attorney and
kept him busy pressing its
scheme at both ends of Consti-
tuition Avenue.
The record shows that this
attorney was not without ex-
perience in the Post Office De-
partment. He had served as
one Of it's officials for % years
The Washington times., 1934-04-21
By Robert Benchley

the intricacies Of the French
language and his speaking so
fast he is understood to say
that he is about to start a
revolution, whereas what he
really says is that he is out of
a Job. So a revolution is
started, anyway Action-that's
what we want!
Then it is discovered that
maybe the financier was killed
instead of committing suicide.
Who killed him? The police!
So the old police rush out and
new police rush in. Owing to
the intricacies Of the French
language, the new police have
the same names as the old.
Now it becomes a case Of
tracking down the police. More
coffee, Castor! Ruffle my hair
up for me, will you? The gov
ernment has been overthrown,
but, owing to the intricacies Of
the French language, the names
The Washington times., 1934-04-21

Whatever else you may say
about the French (only don't
say it now), they certainly go
through the motions. Whether
it be fighting a duel or unearth-
ing a scandal, they are hither
and yon like pedestrians in a
1ewsreel which is being run off
at five times it's normal speed.
Only, sometimes the reel is run
off backward.
Let us say that Deputy Pellis-
sier from the Department Oise.
Meuse-Haut Sauterne has whiS-
The Washington times., 1934-04-21

tied in Deputy Bouvais' beard
and called him IAN ignob1e beet
root. Quick as a wink, M. Pei
lisSier has bridled, Saddled and
burst into flames and has chal-
lenged M. Bouvais to a duel.
Un-deux-troiS- that!
Then, such a hurrying and
scurrying! Seconds are en-
gagged, pistols loaded, coffee
drunk, hair ruffled. and it's out
to the rifle range at dawn at q
speed variously estimated at
from five to ten kilometres an
The Washington times., 1934-04-21
ONCE OVERS

them, in fact, they feel you
would rather forget them.
This thought is not the least
Of the troublesome ones they
have.
To make a difference in the
y life and JOY of your friends,
just because you have gained
prominence and have picked up
other friends is really too bad.
The friends you have known
the longest are the ones you
should try hardest to keep.
Be better sport in the future
and look up the old, friends.
Give the most attention to
those who have the least.
Copyright, 1884. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-21
By T. E. Powers

the police! Get a taxi! Only
there are no taxis. Well, then,
get me a glass Of coffee and a
brioche!
Of course, it may be said that
we, in this country, have our own
little scandals and our own lit"
tie confusionS. We do, and often
we get nowhere with them, as
the French do. But we don't
hurry so about getting nowhere.
We take it easier, being a gay
people, fond Of dancing and
light Scotch whisky.
Copyright. 1894. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
Articles By Robert Benchley
appear each Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday.
The Washington times., 1934-04-21

It is not. the quantity Of the
meat, but the cheerfulness Of
the guest which makes the
feast.-Gord Clarendon.
Unsuccessful merit will never
have many followers. though ad.
mirers may be found.-zimmer.
man.
No gain is so certain as that
which proceeds from the eco
nomical use of what you have.
Self love is the greatest Of
flatterers.-1bid.
The Washington times., 1934-04-21
Old Friends Are Good Friends

OASA u AAOAASAo Az NSOVSA = AS4ASAS
In reminiscent mood you
. often wonder about some Of the
young people you knew when
you were young.
Indirectly, you have heard
about some of them and prob
ably you have managed to see
some of those who prospered.
How about the ones who have
not met with much success?
Probably they are the ones
who would most appreciate a
visit from you.
They realize that they have
not outwardly gained the posi-
ton you have attained.
They think you have forgotten
The Washington times., 1934-04-21

Roger Ward BabSon strokes
his gray goatee and opines that
things are looking up for a
fact in these more or less
United States. He's a pretty
good predicter, is the astute Mr..
Babson. On a number OF oc-
casions when most economists
went haywire, Roger Babson
saw or guessed what was COM
ing. Thirty-five of his 81 years
have been spent in gathering
and analyzing statistics of husi-
ness, and teaching 200 students
in the Babson Institute at
Wellesley, Mass.
For all of his $4,000 Florida
acres, Mr.. BabSon is a rock
ribbed New England Yankee.
He has never borrowed a dollar
in his life and he has no love
for Wall Street. Born in the
old fishing town of Gloucester
and graduated from the MaSsa-
chusetts Institute of Technology,
he went to work in his fathers
bank. Then statistics gripped
him, and from his study Of
figures he became the Delphie
oracle of business.
In the Records
It's in the record that in
1926 he said that a distinct busi-
ness recession and probably a
panic could be looked for within
three years. In 1929 he followed
that up with the sharp warning
that the collapse was imminent.
Criticism and abuse was poured
upon his head. A few weeks
later the Babson panic arrived
promptly on schedule, but Bab-
son said that hereafter, where
he had any talking to do, he
would do it to his horse.
The reporters, however, quote
him as saying that the recipe
for prosperity is work harder
and think harder" He knows
10 ways in which anybody can
make a million dollars. Here
are three Of the ways: Invent a
gearless automobile. Produce
self.finding golf balls. Invent
a fountain pen which will write
in three different colors.
The curtain rises slowly in a
New York theater. The stage
is bare except for table, a sofa'
a groundcloth, and a curtain.
A woman in her early forties.
taller than the average, with
jet-black, luStrous hair and 'dag-
nificent dark eyes-magi.etic
eyes-stepS from the wings.
Before your eyes she trans
forms herself into a Southern
belle, an Irish peasant, an Italian
beggar, or a Scotch immigrant
marvelously and to the life.
without any question, this enig-
matte and mysterious lady is the
greatest one-woman show in the
world.
In the general. eclipse Of the
spoken drama this remarkable
player, who is her own author.
stage director, manager and
cast, fills her theater at $4,000
a week, with people storming
vainly at the doors. She is
Ruth Draper.
Her father was VILLA m
Draper, a physician. She played
a small part which failed, went
to France to entertain the A.
E. F., thrilled and delighted the
army camps and went to Lon
don to score her first great sue
cess. Shrewd and discerning
! critics like Ward Morehouse
The Washington times., 1934-04-21
WORDS OF WISE MEN

Commend a fool for his wit,
or a knave for his honesty, and
p they will receive you into their
bosom.-Fielding.
The mind ought sometimes to
be diverted, that it may return
the better to thinking .-Phaed-
rus.
There is a majesty in simple
ity which is far above the guam
titles Of wit.-Pope.
The most difficult thing in
life is to know yourself .-ThaleS.
The Washington times., 1934-04-21
Sir John Simon

This cool, acidulous states
man has loomed in British az
fairs for the past IS years. He's
an oxford man, with all the
protective veneer that Oxford
gives. During the war he was
a Liberal advocate Of unpre'
paredness, but served, neVerthe'
lass, as a major in the air
force at the front.
AS much as any other man,
he helped break the dangerous
general strike which paralyzed
England for a time in 1875.
And it was this urbane lawyer
who tackled and mastered the
enormous Job of surveying the
political and social wilderness
of the empire of India. and
who submitted the reform
recommendations which are the
basis of the new Indian consul
tuition. z.
Fifty-nine now, the Right
Honorable Sir John Simon u
recognized as the most schol'
arly and adroit member OF the e
British government. They tel
a story on Sir John WHICH
illustrates his keenness.
His most important case
hinged on the Identification:
by the witness on the stand, OF
the client that he represented.
Sir John asks the witness:
Have you a good memory for
faces?" "Yes," said the wit
ness. "Did you ever, see me
before?" demanded Sir John.
"Never," said the witness.
"Then take a look at this paper
of pins which purchased from
you, yourself, in your shop yes
terday." He won his case.
A,opyright, 1894, King Features
Syndicate Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-21


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The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-05-05
Rev. Ross Honored
At Big Banquet

approximately $50 enthusiastic
citizens gathered at Greater Shiloh
Baptist Church. on Benton. near st.
Antoine street, Monday night and
enjoyed splendid program and
banuet given in honor of the fifth
anniversary or Rev. S. ID. Ross's
pastorate at Shiloh.
The efficient master OF ceremon-
les was John Burns popular
young undertaken who presided
with rare grace and wit. The pro-
gram featured number of eycel-
lent musical selections. including
renditions gy the Metropolitan Trio.
Jon Lewis. Prof. Walter f. West
and others. Or. Ross was fittingly
eulogied by seveal speakers. the
chief address being delivered by DR.
A. c. Toodle, who paid an e,Oquent
tribute TO Pastor Ross. Other
speakers were Attorney Charles
Mahoney, DR.. Moore. DR.. Powell
Johnson and Attorney Herbert
White. Miss Mildred Eubanks rem
dered a beautiful poem, entitled.
Our Pastor"
After the program. the guests re-
paired TO the SPACIOUS dining room
down stairs, where they were serv-
ed q sumptuous banquet. II was a
feast fit for the gods The dining
room was artistically decorated.
and all present We'd with each 9TH
err in extending fluctuations TO the
honoree.
Rev. Ross WIS presented with a
handsome sum OF money, as an an
niversay gift from his many
friends. Mr.. Burns the master OF
ceremonies. presented the purse.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-05-05
HOUSE PASSES
de PRIEST CAFE
RESOLUTION
! 3 Representatives
Of M c higan
Favor Measure
DePriest To Fight For
Civil Rights Law

Washington, ID. C.-The House
OF Representatives last Wednesday
voted on and passed the DePriest
resolution concerning the House
Restaurant. by vote of 237 to 113.
The resolution. which provides
for an investigation into the DIS
elimination against Negro citizens
by the House Restaurant, reads as
follows:
DePriest Resolution
Resolved, That a committee of
FIVE members OF the House be ap-
~ointed by the speaker to investi-
gate by what authority the COM
mittee on accounts. controls and
manages the conduct of the House
Restaurant. and by what authority
said committee or any other MEM
bers thereof issued and enforced
rules or instructions. whereby
amy o;tizen of the Emitted St1tes. A
discriminated against on account OF
race. color or creed In said House
Restaurant. grill room or other
public appurtenances or facilities
connected therewit under the SUI
pervision OF the House OF Repre-
sentatives.
Said committee is authorized to
send for persons and papers and
TO administer oaths to witnesses.
and shall report their conclusions
and recommendation TO the House
at the earliest practicable moment"
Beck Backs Measure
In an address on the floor OF
Congress. in favor Of the DePriest
resolution. Representative Beck.
Republican of Pennsylvania spoke
in part as follows
"As the House Restaurant is now
managed man or woman, whether
a citizen or an alien can freely en-
ter. An alien from Japan. China,
New Zealnd Patagonia, or an Eski-
mo from the frozen region OF the
Artic Circle can come into the
restaurant and no one will say him
nay. Only the Negro citizen Is ex-
cluded. and this Notwithstanding
the fact that for his benefit and to
prevent discrimination against him
I'm the most important OF all rights,
that of suffrage, the Fifteenth
to the Constitution was
ratified by the states. which for
bae any such discrimination either
the United States or by ny state
on account OF race. color, or previ-
GUS servitude.'
Continued on page
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-05-05
Streator Pleads For
Race Cooperation
Makes Brilliant Address
At Local Y. M. G. A.

Makes Address mt Local "Y'"
Can the Negro Make up His
Mind?" was the theme of an H.
Eliminating address delivered at
the st. Antoine Branch Y. NJ. G.
A.. Sunday afternoon, April 30 by
George W. Streator managing
editor of the Crisis Magazine.
A fairly large audience listened
atuentively' as the speaker graph
ically traced the employment sit
uation OF the Negro and showed
how the masses of the group have
been kept out Of the labor unions
He stressed the fact that the
Negroes should get together and
work with unified effort for the
general advancement of the race
as a group and as individuals
Mr. Streator came to Detroit
under the auspices OF the Detroit
Civic Rights Committee of which
s. +. Grigsby Is chairman. He was
introduced by Thomas Solomon.
L. c. Blount, president of the
local N. A. A. c. p, was present
and made a brief talk on the mo-
raj significance of having the
Crisis Magazine in Negro homes.
c. c. Henderson also made an elo-
quent plea for subscriptions to
the magazine. Thirty-eight annual
subscriptions we're secured and
sixty copies of the magazine sold
during Mr.. Streator's visit here.
Editor Streator left Detroit
Monday evening, enroutc to Cleve-
land, Ohio.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-05-05
NEGRO WAR FILM

New York City,-A motion Pic
ture dealing graphically with the
work of Negro troops in the World
War is now in production and Will
be released within the next few
weeks. It is announced. The pic
ture. which will contain hitherto
suppressed shots taken by the u
s. Signal Corps during the great
conflict. will be entitled THE I'm
known Soldier Speaks
While many films dealing with
the subject of war have been pro-
duced in the past few years, none
has yet shown in any detail the
tremendous part played by color
ed troops stationed along the
Western front. This the new pho-
toplay will attempt to do. It's an
nouncel purpose is to ompare the
present situation, with its unrest
and rumblings OF war, with the
situation which Immediately pre-
ceeded the great world conflict. =,
Robert Rossen, who produced
and directed the anti-Nazi play
"BirthrIght," has written dialouge
and continuity for "The Unknown
Soldier Speaks"