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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-06-14
Ellington Records

LOS ANGELES (WS)-- Duke
Ellington and his orchestra made
three records here last week from
the recently finished picture, 'sMur-
der at the vanities."
Two of the new songs are entitl-
ed Ebony Rhapsody" and Cock
tail for Two"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-06-14
BAPTIST LEADER DEAD

TOPEKA, Kan.-(CNs) = DR..
Enos Larkin Scruggs, rs, dean of
the Central Baptist Theological
Seminary, died here Sunday after
a years illness. DR.. Scruggs was
a native of Cole County, Missouri.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-06-14
Fellowship Club To
Present l-Act Play

@Perils Of a Great City" 8 four
act drama will be presented FRI
day night. June %. at 1T. Olivet
Baptist Church by the fellowship
GLIB. The play promises to Dc the
best ever presented in Portland by
colored talent. Tic dra1oa IS un-
der direction Of Miss Geraldine
Williams and among the particle
pants are Erwin Flowers, robert
Price, Joe Ingersoll. Wilbur Mar
shall. Holman Crawford. Chrysta-
lee Maxwell vernell Watson. Julia
Blanchard and walker Harris. An
admission Of CSC win be charged.
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Negroes Comprise 10 Percent
OF Total Employed By Ford

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Evening star., 1934-02-26

DR.. and Mrs H. C. Smathers are
spending sometime at the Grafton.
Evening star., 1934-02-26

Mrs. Eldon P. King, wife of the
special deputy commissioner of in
ternal revenue, postponed the lunch
con she had planned to give today.
Evening star., 1934-02-26

nationally known author, tho Rev.
Urban Nagle, q young Dominican
priest of Catholic University, received
acclaim unusual for an amateur per-
formance. Members of the Black
friar,s Guild constituted the cast in
the reproduction of the life OF Cath
crime Of Sienna, the Joan of Arc Of
Italy.
The production was given by the
Ladies OF Charity Of this city, for the
purpose of raising funds with which
to furnish the needy children of
Washington with shoes.
Mrs. Chester j. MCGUIRE was gen.
eral chairman, assisted by Mrs. Frank
v. Schwoerer and Mrs. Joseph H.
Fritz. Many socially prominent WASH
ingtonians acted as patrons and pa
tronesses.
Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi
Sorority will hold its regular meeting
this evening at o'clock at 2400
Sixteenth street. Under the direction
Of its sponsor, Mrs. Ellis Logan, Beta
enters a new field in research work,
the study Of art, beginning with
1iOttO dA0 SuIidouC VI tIlC tWCll III
century. Miss Viola Palmer will
speak the byzantine: Julia Renfrew,
philosophy, and Ruth Nicholson, the
biographies of Giotto and Cimabue.
Miss Nicholson, Miss Ella Kaubler,
Miss Palmer and Mrs. Teresa Adams
entertained at the last meeting with
a one-act Spanish play entitled "One
Sunny Afternoon
Among those who have taken tickets
for the French Causeries are Mrs.
William Phillips, Mrs. Gibson F'ahne-
stock. Mrs. Keith Merrill, Mrs. Harold
Marsh, Mrs. John Marble and Miss
Dumbell. These causeries, given by
M. Andre Frank Liotard, professor of
French at the American University,
will be held Tuesday mornings: that
of tomorrow in the residence of Mrs.
Charles S. Alden; the subsequent
ones at the homes of Mrs. Edward
B. Meigs, Mrs. Brewster Warwick and
Nine. Vurpillot.
Additional subscribers to this series
OF lectures given by Dom Thomas
Werner Moore. NJ. D.. Phi. D.. o. S. B..
who will discuss THE Lure of Pleasure
and the Alterations OF SwinebVTne, -
tomorrow. are Mrs. Harry Gerrity,
Mrs. Charles s. Young, Mrs M. de
Glare Berry, Miss Dowling, Miss j. C..
Donnelly and Mrs. Edgar Mcpherson.
Mr.. o. H. Perry johnson Is treasurer
for the funds from these lectures
which will be used for the work of St.
Gertrude's School of Arts and Crafts.
Following the lecture Mrs. Robert
Whitney Imbrie will entertain at a
luncheon in honor of Sonora de
Alfaro. wife of the Minister from
Panama.
Miss Margaret Burchell will act as
hostess to Pi Chapter of Tau Phi
Sorority in her home at 1871 Kenyon
street northwest Wednesday. Pi
Chapter is opening its Spring rush
season and will have a bingo and
waffle party to entertain the prospec-
Tewksbury Is the chairman in charge
OF arrangements for the rush party"
and Miss Burchell is the president
Of Pi Chapter.
A tea was held for the new "rushes"
by the Delta Chapter of Beta Mu
Sorority in the home of Miss Myra
Kramer. at 8l3 Whittier place north
west, Sunday, February ID. Tea was
poured by Miss Thelma Cheek
The supervisors for the sorority,
Evening star., 1934-02-26

A tea was held for the new "rushes"
by the Delta Chapter of Beta Mu
Sorority in the home of Miss Myra
Kramer. at Sl3 Whittier place north
west, Sunday, February 18. Tea was
poured by Miss Thelma Cheek.
The supervisors for the sorority,
Evening star., 1934-02-26

Mrs. G. e. Turner and mrs. E. X.
GUNNER, were also present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Z. Lambert Of
New York are at the Martinique.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Gordon have
motored from their home in Rich
mond, Va, accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph r. Marcus, and are at the
Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. C. Fox and family
of Cedarhurst, Long Island, have
taken an apartment ut The Fairfax
for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Kirtz of SPRING
field, Mass, are passing some time at
the Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Macdonald
have come to Washington from Boston
to spend q few days and are at the
Martinique.
Mrs. F. r. Patten and Miss e. M.
Baylis of Kansas City, Mo-, are visit
ing in washington and are at the
Fairfax.
Miss Mary Lucia Macina Of Chevy
Chase. D. c., entertained at bridge
Friday evening, February %, in COM
pliment to Miss Mary Kappa and her
guests. Miss Val Jenung and Miss LII
liam Apuzo of New Haven, Conn.,, who
are In the Capital for q short visit.
Among the guests were Miss Edith
Brooks. Miss Pauline Yates Long, Miss
Adelaide Dwyer. Mrs. Helen Mcmahon,
Miss Monica Dwyer. Miss Erminia
Leonardo and Mrs. Lucy Clark Berar-
ducci.
The Beta Chapter OF lambda Chi
Sorority held q luncheon meeting at
the Madrillon Saturday In honor Of a
visiting sorority sister, Miss Rita Davis
of Ocean View, Va, who is now the
house guest Of Mrs. Mary Madden;
also two "rushes," Miss Billie Welch
and Miss Mary Tucker. Others at
tending the luncheon included Miss
Margaret Barrett, Alpha Province,
chairman; Miss Dorothy Harris, Miss
Alice Mennehan, Miss Sally Meene-
han, Mrs Mary Madden. Miss Irene
Mccarthy, Miss Ruth smith, Miss Ylr-
ginia Tehas and Miss Claire Western
bruch.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
Will Address Democrats.

Senator Alban w. Barkley will be
the guest speaker at meeting Of the
Young Democratic Club OF Capitol
Hill on March in the Senate caucus
room. according to an announcement
made today.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
Miss Mary Harlow was hostess to
a company at tea yesterday.

Mr.. and Mrs. Strickland Gillian
will return early this week to their
apartment In the Shoreham after
spending the week end in Richmond,
Va, as guests of Mr.. Berkeley VIII
liams.
Evening star., 1934-02-26

Miss Mary Perdue Ruden has re-
turned to Chicago after several
weeks visit to Mrs. Frances Wall
Hines and Miss Mary Ingraham
Henry. Miss Ruden has been the
honor guest at q series Of parties dur.
ing her first visit in WASHINGTON since
Evening star., 1934-02-26

Mrs. E. Rust-Smith entertained at
dinner at the Shoreham last evening.
Among her guests were Maj. and
Mrs Edgar e. Hume, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wade H. Ellis and Mr.. Daniel G..
Fahey. ir.
Evening star., 1934-02-26

Mr.. and Mrs. I. c. Fox and family
of Cedarhurst, Long Island, have
taken an apartment at The Fairfax
for the season.
Evening star., 1934-02-26

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gordon have
motored from their home in Rich
mond. Va. accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph r. Marcus, and are at the
Carlton.
Evening star., 1934-02-26

Mrs. g. e. Turner and mrs. E. X
GUNNER, were also present.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
Plight of the Cities.
From the Buffalo Evening News.

From the Buffalo Evening News.
The plight of the cities of New York
State is brought to attention by a
committee Of the Conference Of May
ors in a report which Strikingly indi-
Gates the need that they have of gen.
erous assistance from the State gov
ernment. The committee points out
that the revenues which they have re-
ceived from Albany have decreased IS
per cent since 1929. And in the years
since then municipal expenditures
have greatly increased, largely because
of the heavy burden put upon them by
unemployment relief. Under the cir
cumstances several Of the cities are
on the brink of bankruptcy.
Real estate now is carrying the limit
of taxation. Year by year an in
creasing percentage of defaults on the
part of taxpayers Is evidenced. In
Buffalo the 1882 tax delinquencies rep
resented 20 per cent; in 1888 1t in
creased to 208. In other cities the
percentages were considerably higher.
Unlike the State, the cities have few
sources of income. Principally they
have to depend on real estate taxes.
In view Of the situation that has de-
velopcd. the State must deal more
generously with them. This means.
in part, that it must find new sources
of revenue; in part, too, it means that
the State government must exercise
rigid economy.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Preferable.

Preferable.
Whenever you're worried. with things
going wrong,
It's time to go slow and to smile.
Whenever you're fiurried it's time for
a song
That relates to the after awhile.
You may grin, though the word may
be spoken that hurts
And makes life appear just too bad.
For an ancient philosopher truly
asserts,
"It is better to laugh than get mad" !"
For anger may leave a perpetual mark
Like the thrust that produces scar.
But the smile will shine on through
the hours that are dark.
Like the gleam of a radiant star.
We may learn as we live to forget
and forgive
And never be cherishing pain.
Well shake out our sorrows like sand
through sieve,
While the nuggets of laughter
remain.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
Talking Lottery.
From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Is the lottery, long legal and So
cial outcast, going to stage a come
back? New York Is talking about it.
and Gov. Horner of Illinois, If correct
ly quoted, looks upon it not unkindly.
He is reported as disposed to consider
any feasible method for raising badly
needed relief funds.
1t Is an old institution, the lottery.
1t once enjoyed a good repute in the
United States. 1t still flourishes in
various countries. Possibly American
public sentiment would accept 1t, or
condone it, as an emergency measure
in the present cirS Slmstances. But
one man in official LIE has come out
forthrightly against it. Gov Ely of
Massachusetts,, as the Springfield Re-
publican reports him, declares: The
principle is unsound, the example is
bad" And that will, We imagine, be
the public judgment.
After all. any money provided by
such method, however worthy the OBJ
ject, would necessarily come from the
American pocket. 1t might be a pleas
ant way to levy a. tax. The tax might
be paid uncomplainingly, to the ardent
accompaniment Of the. hope that
springs eternal" And if We have to
be bribed to do our duty by the lure
of gamble in which only a few can
possibly win-if. in word, We have
become such weaklings that I'VE can't
take it'-then bring on the lottery.
Put LET lIS first have tho darapcu IN
acknowledge our moral bankruptcy.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
Government Housing.

From the Wichita Easle.
How is the Government coming out
on its slum clearance projects in the
big cities? An appropriation of $780,
100000 is now available and work is
going forward in several places. Slum
clearance is one of the -liquidating
public works projects. Will the mod
ern apartments to replace the slufns
be in fact self-Hquidating?
Mrs. Anna Ickes, wife of the Secre-
tary of the Interior, and a politician
in her own right, sheds some light
upon this question. She says: Care
full study of the figures of low-cost
housing experiments promise relief if
the anticipated projects can be car
ried out. From $3.50 to $3.50 a month
per room is a conservative rental fig
ure, but other plans are being worked
out which promise to lower these"
1t would seem to be absolutely nee
esSary that Government housing prof.
ects to replace slums be available to
renters at a lower cost than that If
they are to do present occupants of
slums much good. A four-room apart
ment at that figure would come at
$26 to $50 per month. Rentals in the
slums are now considerably cheaper
than that and the occupants can not
afford to pay more, however desirable
the new quarters may be.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
relationship is too distant to be main

relationship is too distant to be main
tanned.
The committee appointed by the
Public Utilities Commission to ex-
anime these related" problems and
offer recommendations for their solu-
tion proposes q few definite and
worthwhile steps that should be taken
In anticipation OF SnowStorms next
Winter and repetition of preventable
trafic paralysis and general incon-
venience. The committee recommends
an adequate fund, definitely aIlocated
for snow removal, and the selection
by the Commissioners of a group of
District officials to coordinate the
work of the various departments con-
cerned with snow removal. The COM
mittee points to the demonstrated
lack of coordination between the au-
thorities, due in part to uncertainty
over availability of funds, during the
snowstorms Of February. Both recon-
mendations should be followed by the
Commissioners and due study given to
another proposal to give the police
power to remove automobiles from
certain streets when snow begins to
fall.
But committee recommendations to
speed up traffic represent something
else again. The proposal to stagger
the opening and closing hours of the
Government departments, to spread
Washington's traffic peak over several
hours, has been made before. 1t is
a logical proposal. but the Commits
sioners are powerless to do anything
about it, beyond suggesting other
studies. They have no authority over
the working hours of Government
personnel.
Like its predecessors, the committee
has found excessive parking privileges
at the root Of many traffic difficulties.
While the Commissioners have author
ity to extend no-parking areas. every
such extension is the occasion for new
protest from those affected. The ad-
dition of one-way streets, as recon-
mended by the committee, is one step.
however. that should receive imme-
diate attention. Its effectiveness in
speeding trafic has been demon
Strated.
1t is to be hoped the Commissioners
will centralize authority and co-ol di-
nate the work Of snow removal in
order to perfect machinery that will
function efficiently when it Is called
into action. The general trafic prob
lem, which lasts twelve months in
every year, is one that is constantly
changing and requires unceasing
study.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
Freight Cars Needed.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
1t is estimated that total OF
1925 freight cars will have been
ordered by the railroads this month,
and the comment is made that this
IS more equipment of that type than
vas ordered lin the entire last three
gears"
If that comment is correct, it will
give to many a new idea of the depth
of the depression. 1t has been recog-
nized, of course, that in the past few
years railroad buying, compared with
that Of prosperous years, has been
practically at a standstill. It also Is
recognized that at best car building
has not been uniform upon a yearly
basis, equipment being allowed to run
down at some periods and extra build
ing being required in others. For in
stance. taking American and Cana
dian statistics together, there was
large output Of freight cars In 1923
and then tapering of to compare
lively small number in 1928.
Still when it is marked that 284, ,188
freight cars were built in 1907 and
1AA 4cGS, dAAA LALdI al year
over long period up to 1928 was the
output of such cars less than $4,000,
the statement that the purchase of
tewer than 10000 this month was
more than the aggregate purchases
of the preceding three years seems
startling.
However. observation OF some of
the long coal trains that are appear
ing again confirms the declaration
that the equipment is sadly run down.
A large number Of the cars are moth
ing less than dilapidated.
Nevertheless this draws attention
to one of the most substantial prom
ises for the future-the pent-up de-
mand for steel. With business inn
proving, the railroads will be COM
PEELED to buy more cars along with
more rails and other materials. Two
years ago It was asserted that steel
was rusting away faster than 1t was
being made A vast number Of the
freight cars still in use seem to bear
this out.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
Burdened Cities.
rom the Syracuse Herald.

From the Syracuse Herald.
The Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration is seriously considering the
claims of many financially embar-
rassed cities to Federal aid. Accord
ing to Chairman Jones, it is studying
the problem of Government aid to
municipalities to determine the neces-
sity and the possibility of evolving a
practical program. I'VE are trying, 4"
he says, Ito find out just what it
means and whether it is a demand
that can be met. We want to know
whether the principal cities can
finance themselves We want to know.
also, whether it would be necessary to
deal with towns and villages
The Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration has thus cut out a herculean
task in its prerequisite scrutiny Of the
needs of hard-pressed cities, not to
mention towns and villages. AS a mat
ter Of course, cities soliciting aid must
undergo the same thorough Govern
ment Investigations as other appli-
cants for its financial assistance. This
will call for examination on a large
scale.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
Doubters Want Further Proof
OF Finding Sheba's Capital

light on an event or a location which
have come down to us as a brief men,
ton in the Bible or in other ancient
literature These discover
les not only confirm the accuracy Of
the chroniclers of ancient times, but
they tend to make the history of the
race a continuous and progressive
story rather than a series Of unrelated
fragments. They make live for US
the people Of the past, the ancestors
Of our civilization"
"It is another reminder" declares
the Springfield (Mass) Republican,
that there are still wide regions of
the earth besides those at the poles
that are virtually unknown. 1t is
another reminder also Of the tremen-
dous aid to travel and exploration that
has been created by the invention and
development of the airplane. From
another point of view, it would, Of
course. be a great satisfaction both to
archaeology and to Biblical and his
torical scholarship to be assured Of
the actual finding of the rich capital
from which the Queen Of Sheba set
forth upon her visit to King Solomon,
to return a brilliant witness to the
authenticity of the Hebrew monarch's
reputation as the worlds wisest man"
Several London archeologists are
scoff1ng. and saying the thing Is pre-
posterous, but Comdr. C. Crauford,
himself an authority on Arabian lore,
announces his belief" says the Wich-
ita Eagle. while the Owensboro (Ky)
Messenger adds that 1.-The reports may
be accurate. but they demand great
deal of verification"
The Manchester IN. HI Union con-
cludes: "Once again the airplane has
triumphed in the interests of research.
1t has provided still another vindica-
ton Of Biblical history. 1t has made
a desert bloom with musk and ro-
nance. Little has come down to US
concerning the intimate life of Sheba's
ruler. Perhaps these surviving relics
will make the revelations necessary
to adequate appraisal Of a queen
whose fascinating personality seems to
be above question"
Evening star., 1934-03-22
Personnel in Government.

Creation and rapid growth of new
deal agencies without benefit of Civil
Service or merit system have added
Importance to the always important
subject, Personnel in Government,
which the National League of Women
Voters, in conjunction with the Vote
less District of Columbia League, has
chosen for discussion at a Citizen
ship School" on Saturday. Prominent
and we'll informed speakers will give
their views on the various phases of
a matter that directly affects eff
cheney and economy in Government.
The discussion arranged for Satur-
day is in line with the National
Leagues announced policy ito provide
a forum for discussion of timely ques-
tions" No question is more timely
than the policy of this administration
toward the merit system. Inroads
have already been made on the merit
system by the vicissitudes of politics,
plus the urgent demands for speed in
setting up the new deal machinery. In
two recent moves. however, the ad-
ministration has in effect given notice
that henceforth more attention Will be
paid to protection of the merit system
than to political preferences. One of
these is indicated in the recent order
transferring the remnants of the Pro-
hibition Bureau from the Department
of Justice to the Bureau of Internal
Revenue, in which it is specified that
personnel must take Civil Service ex-
aminations. Another is found in the
Presidents Endorsement of Senator
Norris amendment to the home loan
guarantee bill to bar politics from
appointments to the Home Owners
Loan Corporation. The amendment,
which barely passed in the Senate,
was stricken from the bill by the
House committee now considering the
measure. If administration wishes
are respected, it will be included in
the act as passed.
The merit system was established
as the result of increasing protest
from the people over the evils Of the
spoils system. Selection of personnel
ON the basis of merit, with accompa-
nying prohibition of political appoint
ments in the Government service,
affords the best guarantees of efficiency
and economy in government. The
League of Women Voters is perform
ing a public service in arranging for
intelligent discussion of the subject.
Evening star., 1934-03-22
Inspector Davis.

A fearless, loyal and energetic
servant of the community died yes
terday, when Inspector Ogden T.
Davis of the Metropolitan Police es-
tablishment succumbed to the effects
of bronchial pneumonia. A native of
Washington, he had been a member
of the force for third of century.
Step by step he climbed the ladder of
promotion from the status Of rookie
patrolman to the inspectorship, and
on more than one occasion received
consideration for appointment as SUI
perintendent. The most colorful
phases of his career were the periods
when he was head Of the vice squad
and of the Crime Prevention Bureau.
His name was i'll the news with con-
sistent regularity in those days.
Veteran fans remember him also as
O base ball player of more than local
celebrity. He had a numerous fol-
lowing as pitcher in the old South
Atlantic League. Later he won for
himself a reputation as disciple of
Izaak Walton, fishing the streams of
Maryland and Virginia and the waters
Of Chesapeake Bay. All his life, in
point of fact, he loved the out of doors
and the manly sports thereof.
But his duties in recent years left
him little leisure. Temperamentally
a natural worker, he spent of his
energies without stint, never sparing
effort nor admitting fatigue. Given
an assignment, he attacked it with
an ardent enthusiasm which brooked
no opposition. His talent for effec-
tive leadership was one of his most
remarkable characteristics. Where
other officers might have said, "You
go do it." he customarily declared,
Come on. Follow me-" He asked
no subordinate to attempt any task
he himself would not try.
Perhaps 1t would be fair to sum-
Evening star., 1934-03-22

marize him as "an ideal police execu-
tive of the old school," Fortnight,
direct, unpretending. he believed In
the fundamentals of law and order.
and his attitude toward criminals was
uncompromising. New conditions
may bring into the limelight new
types of officers, but Inspector Davis
will remain a classic exemplar OF the
soldierly school of public guardians
to whom the present generation owes
a large debt Of gratitude.