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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-18
M a n y Attend
Dinneer Program
Of Urban League

One of the most delightful So
cial and inspirational gatherings
which Detroiters have recently
witnessed, was the elaborate din
ner program, held at the Lucy
Thurman Y. w. G. A. Tuesday
night, in connection with the OBJ
servance of the twentieth anniver-
sary of the Detroit Urban League.
The affair, which was held in
the upstairs auditorium, was at
tended by several hundred of the
prominent white and colored citi
zens. Each of the numerous dinner
tables was artistically decorated
with attractive covers and cut
flowers. Eight persons were seated
at each table A delicious menu was
served, consisting Of fruit cock
tails, aspic salad. fried chicken,
green beans, candied sweet pOta-
toes, buttered rolls, jelly, ice
cream, cake, and coffee. The service
was excellent.
After the dinner, a splendid pro
gram was presented, with Kenneth
l.. Moore, president of the local
Urban League, presiding. The
guest speaker was DR.. Elmer Car
ter, editor of Opportunity Maya
zine. inspiring talks were also
made by John c. Dancy, Urban
League director; and Fred NJ
Butzel, prominent local attorney
and philanthropist.
Among the many citizens pre-
sent were
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Carney, DR..
and Mrs. l. II. Martin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Marshall, Mrs. Kate
Cheatham, Mrs. Wade, Miss E. l..
Gulley, L. G. Blount, Mr.. Dounvour,
HIS. Dunbar, Miss Harriet Barrier,
Mrs. Vann, DR.. Clement Scott, At
torney Lloyd Loomis, and mother,
DR.. william Howard, A. N. Lake,
Attorney Casey, Attorney Charles
Roxborough, DR.. Pope, Miss M.
Esther, Attorney Herbert Dent,
Mrs. Beulah Whitby, Attorney
Stoney, Mrs. Elizabeth Morton,
Birney Smith, Dr. and Mrs. James
Moore, Mrs. S. F. Grigsby, Attorney
and Mrs. Julian Rodgers, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ramon Scruggs, DR.. and Mrs.
IT. S. Simms and daughter, Mrs.
George Bundy, Miss Adela Jones,
Mrs. ]. J. McClendon, Mrs. Lillian
e. Johnson, Mrs. Ethel Howard,
Attorney Percival Piper, Attorney
G.. w. Jones, DR. and Mrs. ALI
Thomas, Attorney w. L. Golden,
Rev. W. II. Peck, DR.. and Mrs.
Robert Greenidge, DR.. Givens, ].
F.. Mccall, Miss Mignon Walker,
Joe Sole, DR.. Spann, Mrs. Nellie
Dobson Plante, Mrs. G. s. Smith,
Mrs. Madeline Fowler, Mrs. P. r.
Gamble, DR.. and Mrs. Haley Bell,
Mr.. Hall, Ernest Marshall, Miss
Louise Cooper, Miss Helen Wright,
Miss Helene Tines, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cofer, Rev. Charles Hill, Miss Leila
Wood, Miss Beatrice Scott, Miss
Anne Hutchins, DR.. and Mrs. Char
les Green, Miss Priscilla Gray.
Mrs. Burrell Carter, Fred Hart
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-18
Bridge Club
Sponsors Party

The members Of the popularity
Bridge Club and their guests en-
joyed a lovely party last Saturday
night at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
Haywood CAN'T Of Hartford avenue.
Dining and merriment prevailed
among the members and guests
which included Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Matthews, Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Pur-
die, Mr.. and and Mrs. H. II. John
son, Mr.. and Mrs. I. Jordan, Mr..
and Mrs. II. Burnside, Miss d. A.
Burton, w. Clark. Mrs. Bernice
Williams, r. Baker, Miss M. s.
CAN'T, Mr.. and Mrs. S. e. Wash
ington and Mr.. and Mrs. J. Robert
son.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-18

Read the advertisement of the
Standard Hardware Company, list
ing bargains in auto accessories
and other merchandise, on page s.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-18

ganizer of the Detroit Association
Of Colored Womens Club, in Jan
nary, 1922 was president for six
years, until her health failed Sue
cess in club work crowned her
| efforts. To her credit, most Of the
city clubs joined the City Associa-
ton. Served also as presiden of
clubs of State, dealing in civic and
social work with the motto: Lifting
AS We Climb" who do their bit in
solving the destiny of our women.
Mrs. Della Barrier, "the best low
ed woman in Michigan" and for
forty-four years president of the
Willing Workers Club, attended
every National Association meet
ing, except the one held in St.
Louis, Mo. She passed into the be-
yond, April Is, 1885
Mrs. Christine Smith, widow Of
the late Bishop Charles Spencer
Smith is now president of the Ma
tional Missionary Society of the
| A. NJ. e. Church. She served as
president of the Michigan A. M. f..
Missionary Society," also for two
years as president Of the Michigan
Colored Women's Clubs At present
she fills efficiently a responsible
position in the Lucy Thurman Y.
w. c. A. Mrs. Smith is an out
standing and active worker in all
social, civic, and political uplift eff
forts.
The untiring efforts of Mrs. Ida
Postles, the first president Of the
Woman's Auxiliary Of the N A. A.
c. p, is commendable. She, too,
served as president Of the City AS
ISOLATION Of Colored Women's Clubs
At the conclusion of her official
work with the N. A. A. G. p, she
was rendered a reception to which
throngs of Detroiters responded.
Mrs. Roxie H. Bell, is the oldest
club woman, in point of service,
having served as first secretary
of the Indianapolis Federated Clubs.
Mrs. Bell is a recognized musician
was church organist for a long
time, and is a noted civic worker,
being identified with many groups.
This contribution, relative to the
activities and achievements of
"some Of the club women of De-
troit,' is due to her work. She has
been a resident of this city for
twenty-five years.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-18
(By VI. G. BledsOe)

Culture for its own members and
contributions to the cultural eX-
perinences of the community have
always been a part Of the program
of the Alpha Kappa Sorority, the
Oldest Greek letter Sorority for
Negro college women in the world.
In pursuing this purpose many
chapters throughout the country
have felt that the play is the
thing" and through the medium Of
the drama have attained some
very fine achievements and added
greatly to the cultural influence Of
their communities.
Outstanding among this group
are the chapters in Cincinnati
whose annual dramatic presenta-
ton has become a classic to which
all Cincinnati looks forward. Like
wise in Cleveland under the lead
ership Of Soror Pearl Mitchell out
standing for her work in the N. A.
A. G.. p. and other community ac-
tivities, the Gilpin Players got
started. While this has become
a community project it was initial
ly sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha
women:
In far Houston, Texas, Soror
Zatilla Turner in the past few
years has written and produced
plays that attracted the attention
OF both racial groups there. Soror
Turner is now a Sorority Fellow at
the University of London where
she is making a particular study of
the drama.
Alpha Rho Omega and Xxi Chap
ters of the Sorority in Detroit
have combined to give Detroit a
cultural treat on January 31st at
the Lucy Thurman Branch Of the
YWCA when they will present un-
der the direction Of Soror Frances
Welker, 1.-THE New York Idea" by
Langdon Mitchell. Soror Welker
is a graduate of the Chaffey-Noble
School of Dramatic Art and has
long been associated with dramatic
activities of Detroit. She has d.
rected the famous Aeschylus
Dramatic Group in its many sue
cesses, outstanding among them.
being its presentations winning
one year second prize, and last
year first prize in the Delta Jab-
berwork.
The Sorority extends to all It's
friends a cordial invitation to
share this fine cultural treat.
Admission Is free.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-18

efficient and earnest president was
shown in the reelection of Miss
Dorothy Edwards Miss Ellen Blue,
student of Wayne University, was
selected vic president. The Misses
Ruth Warren and Helen lines, form
er vice-president, were elected re-
cording and corresponding secre-
tary respectively. Miss rma Lang
ston, Northwestern High student,
was the choice for treasurer and
Hattie Robinson, club reporter.
Mrs. Maude Morris Page, club SUI
pervisor, expressed great hope for
the year 1886 under this splendid
leadership.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-18
Triple Octen Club
Elects Officers

The Triple Octen Club of the
Young Girls in Business and Indus
try Organization, celebrated its
first birthday on Thursday, Jan 8.
over twenty five young ladies gath
cred in the club room of the WV.
CA. to reflect upon their past
years work and to take steps to-
ward accomplishments in the emu
ing year. o..
Appreciation of very capable,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-18
GL IMPSES IN
MIRROR
By Sylvia Penn

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whatever.
With brightest and best wishes,
we leave you until next week.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-18
CARD OF THANKS

Mrs. Anna Strong and family
will hold in grateful remembrance
the kind expressions OF sympathy
received from friends during
their recent sad bereavement. Ill
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
PWA JOBS FOOT
UP BILLION

Completion Of a total Of 1928
projects, at a cost Of more than
one billion dollars under the Pub
lie Works Program, was an
nounced today by PWA Admins
traitor Ickes.
Almost 1900 million dollars
worth of work, involving 4,419
projects, are under way, the big
majority under the old program
from the 1933-34 appropriations
by Congress. Under the 1880 mil
lion dollar work relief program,
PWA was cut to 1913 million dol
lars. Under the 1885 program,
this 328 million dollars provided
for 1858 projects.
More than so per cent of the
PWA expenditures have been for
material manufacture. at a cost
Of 1929, 100000, providing a vast
amount Of indirect employment,
according to PWA officials. Wages
paid to workers at the site
totaled 639 million dollars:
Among the big projects under
construction are the Triborough
bridge and the Hudson midtown
tunnel in New York, the Chicago
and Minneapolis sewerage disposal
and sewerage system plants, and
the Fort Peck and Grand Coulee
dams in the Northwest.
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
Dr.. Condnt Honored
By William and Mary

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, March
9.-President Conant, of Harvard,
will receive an honorary degree
o" Doctor of Laws at the com
mencement of the College of Will
liam and Mary in Virginia,
June 8.
Two hundred and forty-three
years ago, the College of William
and Mary was the only institu-
ton Of higher learning in America
which could have conferred a de-
gree upon DR.. Conant.
Harvard was founded in 1886
and william and Mary in 1893.
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
WOMAN TAKES
COURT POST

With the swearing in of Mrs.
Mabel M. Bouscaren as assistant
probation officer by Presiding
Judge Gus A. Schuldt, the Police
Court probation staff today was
back to its normal quota of four
workers.
Tall and dignified in appearance,
Mrs. Bouscaren fill the vacancy
left last month by the death of her
mother, Mrs. Katherine v. Mankin,
who served in the office nearly 20
years. She began her duties imme-
diately in the D. C. branch of the
court.
Each of the four probation Off
GERS handles about $50 cases at a
time, although social work agencies
set the number for efficient hand
ling at As. If the District appro-
priation bill passes the Senate un-
changed, the probation staff will
be cut to only two workers each
with some 500 cases.
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
I CAR DEATHS
AREPR0BED

CUMBERLAND, Md, March 8.
Investigation of two traffic IA
talities Saturday night opened
here today.
The victims were Mrs. Bertha
Elizabeth Parks, 81, who was
killed while crossing the street
near her home, and Robert Cleve-
land, Twiggtown farmer, who died
at Memorial Hospital of injuries
received when he was struck by
an automobile on the highway
five miles from town.
Frederick Michel, driver of the
car that struck Mrs. Parks, said
she was wearing dark clothing
and he did not ee her until it
was too late to halt his car. She
was taken to the morgue, where
her husband identified the body
Yesterday.
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
DEMPSEY BABY
THREATENED,
HASGUARD

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., March
8 G.N.SO-Jack Dempsey, former
worlds heavyweight champion, to-
day declared he is not alarmed
by warnings that his 19-months-old
baby, Joan, might be kidnapped.
He attributed the warnings to
the work of "cranks."
But, Dempsey told International
News Service, he is not taking
any chances and, therefore. has
employed a bodyguard to keep a
close eye on the child.
G.Men on Scene
Two G-Men from the Depart
ment Of Justice have been as
signed to investigate the threats.
Dempsey said his wife, the for
mer Hannah Williams, knows
about the warnings, but she is
mot worried"
Mrs. Dempsey is expecting the
arrival of another child in June.
She, Jack and the baby came here
from New York because of the
building strike. Dempsey said
II can't imagine why anyone
would want to kidnap our little
JOan.-I think the whole thing
is lot of hOOey-crank stuff.
The threats, you know, were
anonymous and that's why l
don't place any stock in them.
"The warnings we're in the
form of two postcards, one
mailed at 5 o'clock last Friday
evening. the other two hours
later. One of the cards came to
Louis Greenburg, q friend Of
mine who is managing editor Of
the Atlantic City Press. The
other came to the police here. ]
have been shown the cards.
WOULDN'T PAY
"The anonymous writer said
he overheard two men and
woman talking in q foreign
tongue on a train Jound from
New York to Atlantic City, and
that they were talking about
kidnapping my baby.
"Why, haven't any enemies
who would do thing like that
to me. Besides the job wouldn't
pay-I haven't any money"
Dempsey's manner indicated he
was not alarmed. He seemed to
be happy, too. When asked il
Mrs. Dempsey knew about the
warnings he said:
eyes, honey knows, and she's
right here with me-and the
baby"
The Washington times., 1936-03-09

Q 1886, 1IeoErT & MYzAs TOBACCO co.
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
DOROTHY LEE
H0NEYM00NS

CHICAGO, March 9 GN.S0.
Its the marriage to end all
marriageS-at least for u.s."
Dorothy Lee. petite film star,
said so today in her honeymoon
apartment here as she gazed with
adoring eyes at her new husband,
A. G.. Cox Atwater.
81 can hardly wait to put on
an apron and cook one of his
favOrite dishes"
She beamed as a steward en-.
tered the apartment carrying a
table laden with a substantial
breakfast.
I'm going to settle down now
and sew buttons and darn socks,
and all that.
"The movies? Well, I nay
make one or two more pictures
1t all depends"
The movie star and her fourth
husband eloped to Crown Point
Ind, Saturday. 1t was "A. G.'s
second matrimonial venture. He
is a brother-in-law of Philip K
Wrigley and an officia in the
Wrigley organization.
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
'UnIoaded' Pistol
Shoots Man in Foot

John Bonnell, Is, is recovering
at his Lanham (Md) home today
from a bullet wound in the right
foot received yesterday when his
father pulled the trigger of a %
caliber rifle which he believed to
be unloaded.
The accident occurred in the
Bonnell home and the father,
John A. Bonnell, 81, took his son
to the Bladensburg Fire Rescue
SQUAD headquarters in Bladens-
burg. Young Bonnell then was
taken to Casualty Hospital. He
returned home after treatment.
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
Tags Soon Ready

RICHMO OND, Va, March 9.
Virginia automobile license tags
for 1885 will go on sale March Is
in agencies Of the motor vehicle
division throughout the State,
John @. Rhodes, jr., director Of
the division. said. The deadline
is Abril IS.
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
"CiVic Entertainment"

TAKOMA PARK. Md, March
9.-An evening of civic entertain
ment," intended to acquaint resi-
dents Of Takoma Park with the
activities and government Of the
town, will be held at the local
Volunteer Fire Department Build
ing March 81 at 8 p. m. under
the auspices Of the Takoma Park
Community League. Frank S.
Harris has been named chairman
of the committee in charge OF
ARRANGEMENTS.
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
DEMPSEYS' BABY UNDER GUARD
Kidnapping Threat Heard
THIS CHARMING young

THIS CHARMING young
woman is Miss Joan Demp-
sey, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Dempsey. The
baby is being guarded in At
lantic City by detectives and
G-men as a result of threats
to kidnap her. Mrs. Demp-
sey, the former Hannah Will
liams of the musical comedy
stage, expects another child
in June and has not been in
formed of the alarm over
Joan.
Evening star., 1936-03-14
G0tham's '''Fifth-Park'' Section
Faces Decline With CrO,uding

The famous neighborhood" between
Fifth and Park avenues and East
Fifty-sixth and Ninety-hrst streets
in New York has too many families
paying high rentals, just as the lower
East Side has too few, according to
Arthur G. Holden Of the New York
Chapter Of the American Institute
of Architects.
at is going TO mean depreciation
and obsolescence for the Fifth Park
section because as the area becomes
more closely built up and more con-
gested, the well-to-do families with
freedom Of choice will not tolerate
lack OF sunlight, lack Of convenience
and over-crowding," declares Mr..
Holden in market survey for housing
in New York City, prepared by the
Land Utilization Committe of the
New York Building Congress.
THE exaggerated base of the rental
curve in the Fifth Park section is
likely to contract as the increase Of
families paying lower rents tends to
accelerate. This may not be a happy
outlook for owners of what Is thought
to be expensive property, but 1t Is
q likelihood which they face.
Phenomenal contrasts in the lower
East Side are to be found in the two
high-prtced areas, the Fifth Park sec
Evening star., 1936-03-14

located at the new Beltsville Horti-
cultural Station.
Christmas poinsettias are propa.
gated readily In the greenhouse pro.
vided with standard propagating
boxes supplied with bottom heat and
glass covers but, for the home gar.
dener without such equipment, propa.
cation Is at the best rather difficult.
In May, the old plants can be set
out of doors and, when the new
srowths are several inches long. they
may be cut of and handled as cut
tings In the hotbed in sand. After
roofing, the cuttings may be potted
and, with care, should provide nice
plants for the following Christmas.
However, the poinsettia Is o sub
tropical plant and requires rather
exacting conditions.
Grating Is q fascinating art, well
within the province Of any home gar
dener, particularly when working with
some tractable species. such as the
apple. The cleft graft Is about the
simplest Of all and simply consists Of
the insertion OF wedge pointed scions
Of last years wood, containing two or
more buds, into the split ends OF
sawed of limbs Of another tree. If
the green inner bark of the scion is
placed In contact with that Of the new
mother tree and all wounds covered
with parafin or wax, q union Is almost
certain. This work must be done In
the next few days before the buds
expand. Grating may also be done
on soft species, such as annual f1ow-
ers and vegetables. It Is possible to
have a tomato plant bearing tomatoes
above ground and potatoes beneath
the soil.
Hundreds Of thousands of young
flowers and vegetable plants are now
being grown by Southern florists and
local greenhouse men for the big
Spring trade. With many species, this
commercial stock Is very good, but
with certain kinds, such as snap
dragons and asters, the home gar
dener would get much better stock II
he purchased his own seeds from firms
specializing in disease resistant strains
1t would be ideal for each sizable
home garden to have q hotbed, prefer
ably an electric-heated bed, because
this new type gives such splendid auto
matte control of temperature. If used
as receptacle for little plants started
in warm, sunny window In the
house, the electric bed would not cost
much to operate. BY all means con-
struct the sides Of the bed of concrete
or brick to avoid termites and rots.
Speaking Of hotbeds, the old-type
manure-heated bed was not always
a success because the heating element
was always uncertain. For the COM
mercial man with abundant supplies
of manure the problem was not 80
difficult, but for the home gardener
dependent on the passing manure ped
dler the situation was often very dis
appointing.
Evening star., 1936-03-14
LOG JAM BREAKING
IN HOME REPA|R|NG|
Revival of Activity Under
Way-Some Owners Face
! Loss of Equities.

The loss of nearly $1,000 900, 900 in
equities is faced by some 16,250,00O
owners Of single and two family
homes in the United States because
of deterioration in their properties
over the past six years by failure or
inability to maintain normal upkeep,
according to an analysis Of the imme-
diate prospects for residential building
by Herbert Abraham. president of a
New York firm manufacturing build
ing products.
The current revival Of activity in
residential construction work, due in
large degree to the piling up Of this
accumulation Of needed repairs and
requirements during the depression
years, first became evident toward the
end Of 1884, when the dollar volume
OF building contracts showed an in
crease for the first time since 1929,
Abraham said. The year 1885 topped
1884 by close to 100 per cent, he went
on, and the coming year should show
much faster acceleration both because
of the improvement in the general
economic situation and because a con-
stantly increasing number of Ameri-
can homes are daily reaching a con-
dition where repairs and replace
ments are imperative.
Statistics Are Given.
"The estimate of $7,800,000, 900 as
the approximate amount Of the back
log of deterioration accumulated in
American homes during the past six
years was based on readily available
statistics" Abraham said
''On the basis of 1880 census figures,
1t is estimated that there are in this
country approximately 26,000,00O sin
gle and two family houses. OF these
1t is estimated, on the basis of real
property inventory of GA cities made
by the Department of Commerce in
1884, that approximately 81 per cent,
or about 16,250,0 houses, are in need
Of repairs. Taking $4,000 as the aver
age original investment in a house,
the total investment In these de-
Perforated houses is s97 100000.
IS Years Average Age of House.
THE average life OF a house, with
normal upkeep maintained, has been
Fariously estimated at from 40 to lao
years. Taking an intermediate figure
of rs years, the average amount of
deterioration each year in the 1885,
600 homes now in need of repairs is
one seventy-fifth of SGT 7,500, ,O00, 900,
or $1,000, 100000. For the Six-year
period since 1929 this average an
nual amount of deterioration is null
Gplied six times, bringing it to the
huge total of $1,000, 100000.
Home owners everywhere appear
70 be realizing more fully that delayed
repairs not only detract from the ap-
pearance and comfort of their houses,
but steadily reduce the value of their
equities. Evidence of this Is seen in
the rapidly growing demand for loans
for repair and modernization purposes
on low-interest, monthly payment
plans such as that provided for under
the national housing act"