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The Washington times., 1936-02-28
Visitors Here
From Delaware

Mrs. Julian Ortiz, whose home,
"Valmy," Is one Of the loveliest
estates near Wilmington, Del, will
arrive at the Shoreham this week.
end with her daughter, Mrs. For.
rester M. Scott, to visit Mrs. Hog
gait Clopton and her daughter,
Mrs. Eloise Clopton Webb.
Mrs. Ortiz is an officer of the
National Society Magma Charta
Danes. which will meet at lunch
con at the Shoreham on Tues
day, and she and Mrs. Scott will
attend with Mrs. Clopton and
Mrs. Webb.
The Magma Charta Danes were
organized in Washington in 1909
and are a social order composed
OF women who are lineal de-
Scendants of the baronS of Eng.
land to whom King John of Eng
land delivered the Magma Charta
at Runnemede Field. on the
Thames, in 1915. The luncheon
Tuesday will be the second time
the national group has met in
Washington since it's organization.
Mrs. David Dixon Porter, wife
Of Brigadier General Porter,
regent of the organization, will
entertain at tea for members Of
the society Monday afternoon. in
honor Of Mrs. George Harrison
Houston, president.
i
Gen. and Mrs. Louis McC. Little
entertained at tea dance yester-
day afternoon at the 1925 F Street
Club.
The Washington times., 1936-02-28
Islanders Are
Honor Guests

The Governor Of the Virgin
Islands and Mrs. Lawrence w.
Cramer are visitors in the Capt.
tai, and are stopping at the Hay
Adams for two or three weeks.
They will be the guests in
whose honor Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Gruening will entertain at a tea
Sunday afternoon in their apart
ment at the Highlands.
Tomorrow evening the Cramers
will be the guests in whose honor
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert K. Burlew
will entertain at dinner in their
home on Eighteenth Street.
Among the other guests at this
dinner will be Mrs. Blanche Book,
Of Hollywood. Calf, sister Of Mrs.
Burlew, who is spending several
months IN Washington.
Major and Mrs. ]. +. Crosby, of
Fort DevenS, Mass, are in Wash
ington for a brief visit and are at
the Mayflower Hotel.
Mrs. George w. Whitehead, Of
Buffalo, N. Y, is spending a brief
time at the Dodge.
The Washington times., 1936-02-28
Dolly Cameron Says:
MANY ARE NOW READY FOR SPRING
Members Of Capital Society Already Hove Been
Shopping for Their Next Seasons Wardrobe .
Suits, and Straw Sailors Popular Choice

Oh flowers that bloom in the Spring. raa have nothing
peekng from fashion pages accessories counters
blow they needing their call
The Washington times., 1936-02-28
To Be AtHome

The National Capital Repub-
lican Club will be at home in
honor of the Republican Senators
and Representatives in Congress
and their families on Sunday from
4 until Z o'clock at the National
Capital Republican Club at Six.
teenth Street and Scott Circle.
Mrs. w. ]. Van Alstyne of New
York city, has arrived by motor
from her home in New York city,
accompanied by Mrs. j. w. Ar
thur, also of New York. They
are at Wardman Park Hotel.
#A
Major and Mrs. Fenton s.
Jacobs have come to Washington
from Fort Riley, Kan, and they
will spend several weeks at the
Martinique.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Blaisdell, &C
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Don
aid L. Gibbs, of Newton, Mass, are
at the Dodge.
i 4
Miss Nora Cansland and Miss
Sybil Croll, both of Toronto, Can
ada, are spending a few days at
the Martinique en- route to Florida.
Il 4
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Gibbs
have motored from their home
at HowardSville, Va, and are at
the Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Hougen,
Of Indianapolis, Ind, are in Wash
ington for several days. They are
at Wardman Park Hotel.
Mrs. D. I. Kirk and Mrs. A. w.
Buenting have come to the Mar
Unique from Pittsburgh for q
short visit.
Mrs. Richard H. Wilmer is in
New York for an indefinite stay
and is at the Hotel st. Regis.
The Washington times., 1936-02-28
DipIOnsnfic and Official Notes:
ITALIAN ENVOY IS GUEST OF HONOR
SuIqrove Club Is Scene Of Large
Dinner Given Last Evening
By the Mothers

In honor of the Ambassador of Italy, Sig
nor Augusta Rosso, Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus
Graves Mather, who spending the Winter at the May
flower gave dinner last evening at the Sulgrave Club.
Covers were laid for 80.
Among the guests Associate Justice and Mrs Harlan
Fiske Stone Rear Admiral and Mrs Joseph Strauss the AS
ssan Secretary of State and Mrs Wilbur J. Carr the
Counselor of the Italian Embassy and Marchoness Ros-
Longh Gibson Fahnestock Princess Boncompagn Miss
Mabel T. Boardman, Mr. Charles Henry Butler and Mr.
Mathers brother, DR.. Frank Jewet Maher jr, the we'll
known author and critic Of Princeton n j. and Mrs
The Washington times., 1936-02-28

Selects Summer Hats
Another Little Cabinet" wife
who has some pretty new things
is Mrs. Harry H. Woodring who,
with her husband, the Assistant
Secretary of War, is to leave
next month for a visit in Panama.
Naturally, she has been busy
rounding up Sunmery clothes. In
the way of hats, she has two very
attractive models. One is Of
bright red felt-rather mushroom
shape with a shallow crown.
Across the front there is a spray
Of gay little blossoms. This Is
ideal for light. printed frocks.
The other hat is large and very
distinctive. It is of white felt.
the wide brim. which can be rolled
a la Breton, turned up in the
back or down all around, is faced
with black shiny straw. The
crown is banded with a narrow
black ribbon, and on one side
there are two streamers that stand
straight up in the air, ending in
unique rolls.
Mrs. w. Forbes Morgan is one
of the first persons we saw this
year in a straw hat, and her dark
blue ensemble is most becoming.
Her frock is fashioned on simple
straight lines, the waist marked
with narrow belt. The sleeves
Short-are finished with bands OF
sunset red, twilight blue and sea
green (the names alone would
just about make a coStume). The
neck is fairly high and strikes a
happy medium between fastening
in the center and on the shoulders
by having an opening that runs
diagonally down one side, and is
fastened with long, narrow lac
quered buttons.
Her hat is of Navy blue straw
a moderated sailor-ribbonS OF
the three shades cross the brim,
forming a large triangle, when
viewed from above.
A mother and daughter who
dress well are Mrs. Russell Ben
nett and Miss Florence Harris.
They are both tall and slender.
Mrs. Bennett has chosen for one
of her Spring outfits a tailored
frock of dark blue sheer blocked
with gray. The neck is Smartly
high and the sleeves are long.
The straight skirt is given full
ness by narrow pleats. With this
she wears a fairly wide brimmed
hat Of Navy blue silk and straw
combined in an artistic way.
New Confetti Veil
Florence, as yet, has turned
her attention to only evening
frocks and hats. One Of the lat
ter is of dark blue and made so
that it is quite definitely off the
face and flares way out on the
sides. There is a veil. but not
worn as with most hats, tackled
to the edge Of the brim or the
crown, but rather in a European
manner, being first tied tightly
around the head before the hat
is put on-thus giving a smooth
finishing touch to ones appear
ance, before starting out to face
the world. A recent gift of Flor
ence's which deserves to be worn
with this same hat and doubtless
will, is one of those attractive
confetti wells with a myriad of
wee fuzzy dots, all colors of the
rainbow-a delightful thin G"
with which to greet the first real
daYS of warm weather.
Strange how all of the ideas for
wearables pop out at the first hint
Of another season, but this time
there seem to be so many that
surely they will last throughout
the months, keeping minds hap
PLY occupied well into the inevi-
table warm" days that will be
here ere long.
NoQ., Co4xs1m
The Washington times., 1936-02-28
Diplomatic Hosts

The Ambassador Of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics and
Nine. Troyanovsky will be hosts
at dinner this evening at the en-
baSsy in Sixteenth Street.
&AN
Senator and Mrs. Charles L. Nc
Nary entertained at a dinner last
evening at the Sulgrave Club.
There were SO guests.
The retiring charge d'affaires Of
Sweden and Baroness Beck-Friis
were the guests in whose honor
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert B. Dewey en-
tertained at dinner last evening.
Miss Cecilia Plowden Talbot
will entertain at luncheon at the
Shoreham tomorrow in honor Of
her sister, Mrs. John Hagerty, Of
Boston, Mass, who is visiting at
the home Of their parents, DR.. and
Mrs. Benjamin E. Talbot.
The Washington times., 1936-02-28
Chooses Suit of Oxford Gray

One young Capital matron who is we'll known for her
cellent taste in apparel is Mrs William NJ Cushman. One
of her outfits for Spring goodoong suit of Oxford
with fine shadow stripe 1t is double breasted has neat
noched apes and to further carry the mannish
uence the shoulders bit padded With this soft
gray worn and pair of harmonizng
penders.
AS for the shoes hat and accessories Mrs Cushman fol-
lowing the daring trend of deserg black the color for the
little touches that count and with her gray ensemble
brown souch hat of felt and her pumps gloves and other
accessories are of the same bright wooden color.
Little Mrs. W. W. Howes wife of the Assistant Postmaster
General very chic figure in her latest acquisition 1t is
black The rock of heavy relieved the neck and
down the front with white braid The be hghheeled
and bag of black patent leather thus providing smart
hghlghts for the costume Her hat of black felt of
m nodded into their bewitching shape with here
The Washington times., 1936-02-28
Musicale After
Dinner Party

The Belgian Ambassador and
Countess van der Straten Ponthoz
were the ranking guests at the
dinner given last evening by the
Undersecretary Of State and Mrs.
William Phillips. The guests num-
bered twenty-five.
Following dinner Mr.. Marcel
Mas, Belgian pianist who is a
guest at the embassy. gave a short
recital to which additional guests
were invited.
Tomorrow afternoon the Belgian
Ambassador and Countess van der
Straten Ponthoz will entertain at
a musicale at which Mr.. Mas will
play.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Webber and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Rome, of
Beverly, Mass, are at the Martin
ique for a short visit en- route to
Florida,
The Washington times., 1936-02-28

Following the dinner the Am
baSSador presented Mr.. Rufus
Mather with the Insignia Of an
Officer of the Crown Of Italy,
conferred on him by the Italian
Government in recognition of his
researches in the Italian Archives
concerning Italian Art and as q
cofounder with Mrs. Mather Of
the Italian Light House in Rome
for the Prevention of Blindness
and Justice for the Blind. Mrs.
Mather was decorated in 1920
as a founder Of the Italian Light
House.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-08-28
Re- Strickland Asks
Commissioner Post

Rex Strickland, Democratic can
didate FOR Commissioner Of Public
Lands, as a member Of the 1895
State Legislature from the 35th
district, has won the highly covet-
ed 100 per cent rating by two Of
the largest organizations in the
state - the Washington State
Grange and the Big -Four" rail-
road brotherhoods.
As chairman Of the House Say
ings and Loans Committee, he in
troduced a resolution which result
ed ia that committees investiga-
ton Of savings and loan operations
In the state and enactment Of re-
medal laws which viii save small
investors million Of dollars.
As q member Of the House APP
preparations Committee, he cham
pioned the cause Of the common
schools. He also introduced the
teachers minimum salary bin pro-
viding for uniform scales and a
minimum of 500 a month.
lie champion the bill providing
for the making and the direct sale
Of wines in the state from Wash
ington fruits and berries, and the
levylng of an additional 10 per
cent tax on hard liquors.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-08-28
Clarence Arai Favors
Preserving Constitution


Our constitutional form Of gov
eTnment must be preserved de
ciared Clarence Arai. who IS run
ming Cor state Representative on
tie Republican ticket ia me 37th
districts No laws should pass
which impair the time-honored
principle q American liberty as
isms have no place in cur form
Of government.
II Is the duty Of 3 state Repre-
sentative to represent all people
ana to do It right he should know
the problems Of the district. clar-
enee Ara was reared in the district
and with his ability and training
he IS ia the position to serve Vhe
best interests Of the people II el-
ecled. clarence Arai promises to
demand a complete investigation
Of welfare fund xpeiiditures and
a radical reduction IN administra-
tive costs. 50 that the resief money
VIII 60 70 those on relief and not
elsewhere.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-08-28
King County COP Clubs
Begin Campaign Drive


King County Republican organ
zations were swinging into high
gear activities this week with the
house-to-house canvasses and the
eoun' y-wide activity by a corps Of
100 men and women speakers fea-
turing the program Of King coun-
~ Central Committee.
County Chairman George Flood.
asserted that big Pro-Republiean
strides were being made as a re-
suit Of intensive educational cam
paignlng by precinct committee
men and women, district leaders,
and workers.
Highlights Of the Republican ac-
tivitiea this week included the vi
sit Of J. Kenneth Bradley, nation
ally known Young Republican
Federation leader and Miss Kath-
ryn Ford Of New York. co-chair-
man Of the Republican national
youth organization ia charge Of
women's activities. Bradley, chair
man Of the young national organ.
ization, and Miss Ford, were speak.
ers at conferences arranged by the
Pro-American Juniors. county and
site Young Republican organiza.
lions, and the King County Central
Committee.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-08-28
Tells Number of Baptists

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (C) = DR..
W. H. Jernagin, in his address as
president of the National Sunday
School and B.Y.P.U. Congress in
kansas city recently, told of the
number of Baptists in the country
as published in the National Bap-
fist Voice, as follows: "Of the 22,-
600 Negro Baptist churches in this
country, 1888 reported Sunday
Schools with 1,120, 1862 scholars and
148. 900 teachers and officers-It is
great mass of these scholars are
in our Sunday Schools from Vir-
ginia to Texas. Alabama claims
1875, ia; Arkansas, 62,56s; Florida,
A, 1913; Georgia, 6s.622; Kentucky,
100, 14O; Louisiana, 55,287; Missis-
sippi, 92,ss9; North Carolina, IT,
GIG; Oklahoma, 22.527; South Ca
rolina, 9e,532; Tennessee, 44,212;
Texas 11O,452; and Virginia, 103,-
lis.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-08-28
Official Resigns In
Segregation Battle

HUDSON. N Y, Co Mrs. Ed
It'll Mordecal, assistant matror #
the Industrial School for Girls. re-
signed last week in protest against
discrimination practiced against
colored girls at the school Mrs.
Mordecai said Mrs. Fanny French
Morse superintendent, mad accus-
ed her Of talking" and starting
the investigation, and had asked
that she help cover up" the prac-
tees until the investigation blew
over. On the contrary. Mrs. Nor
decai in long statement, exposed
in detail all discriminatory prac-
tees, and the statement was wide-
ly published in daily papers. She
accused the school of maintaining
dungeon" for colored girls to
which no white girls were sent as
punishment. and said the colored
girls were told to say they prefer
red to stay to themselves,
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-08-28
Initiative II Repeats
4O-MiIl Tax Limit Law

propeay Taxpayers VII have 81
opportunity h. cast 8 vote for Their
own protection e fse general cleo
ton on November 2.
Initiative ~. feeDoefiae me 70.
Mn Tax Limit On real and per-
sonal property vii come before
the voters Of the state at thai
Hutchinson has announced
time, Secretary Of State +. =
How many Of the 141 600 sigma.
lures 70 petitions 70 place the
measure on the ballot are valid
has not been determined. but en-
ough have been counted 70 assure
$4,000 valid names.
Passage Of Initiative IA win in.
sure the retention Of the 40-Md
tax limit on real and personal pro.
perry until 1888.
THE fight is not over yet" aaie
Frank c. Jackson, state campaig.
director. I'VE are preparing L
swing into drive to get every
voter to register then to go Il
the polls on november 3 and cas-
a ballot for Initiative Ia. Farm
ers, home-owners and other prop
erty taxpayers must take this op
portunity to express their opinion
in no uncertain terms.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-08-28
Two New Publications
Are Made AVAILABLE
BY Dept. of Commerce

The Division of Negro Affairs
Eugene KinclSle Jones, Chief, has
made available the study. Negro
Chambers of Commerce by JOS
eph r. Houchins, Assistant Bus,u-
ess Specialist, Negro Affairs Divi-
sion, which reveals that at least 81
Negro chambers of commerce are
in existence. An analysis of TWEEN
ty-one questionnaires reve.ved from
these business groups indicates
ID the nature of organizations ex-
listing among Negro business men.
~ the services rendered by local
Negro business groups to the mem
bers; OBJ the relationship which
organizations of Negro business
men have with organizations of
white business men; and a. the
extent to which Negro business
men make use of Federal offices
This study includes a section de-
voted to recommendations AMI
suggestions
The Division has also made rea-
dy for distribution its revised list
of Negro Aviators. This list, which
gives the various grades of licens-
es held by Negroes, shows an in
crease of 100 per cent in the num-
Der of Negro ayiators recorded a
year ago.
Both of the above mentioned
publications are available from the
Division of Negro Affairs, Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Conn
merce, Dept. of Commerce. Wash
ington. D. c.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-08-28

A Mass Meeting sponsored by the
King County colored Women's Re-
publican Club will be held Friday
evening, September at Mt. Zion
Baptist Church. National Commit
teeman Frank Burns will be the
speaker.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-08-28
New York Daily Rates
Race At 1896 Olympic


NEW YORK (C1 = In its week
end survey Of the news, the World
Telegram noted. ~. S. Negroes
Beat Nazi 'Aryans' al Olympics
The paper said: erbe Nazi-glori-
fled x1th oiympiaa N Berlin drew
to a close today. The Germans ex-
eelled in gymnastics, canoeing and
weight-lifting, but tagged foreign
ers and non-Aryans IN o er sports.
Up to last night, Am lean ath-
letes had won twenty eJld medals
taking first place in these CON
tests: Eleven in mems and two in
women's track and field events;
one in weight lifting, three in the
mems and two in women's swim.
ming events, and one ia rowing
Americas Negro athletes, sneered
at by the Nazis as black au,sil.
iaries, maco a better showing In.
dividually than Germany's Aryans
Jesse Owens, Ohio State sophie.
more, was the osly athlete to an
mex three first prrses. Three 9TH
er Negroes, Archie Williams, Johr
Woodruff and Cornelius Johnson
also captured gold medals, while
three others finished in second
Reichsfuehrer Hitler faded out Of
the picture whenever a Negro VOL
high honors."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-08-28
NAME COMMITTEE
OF FIVE TO MEET
WITH LA GUARDIA

NEW YORK (CNA) - Harlem
gave notice to Mayor LIE Guardia
last week that there would be no
retreat In its demands for improve
ment of the conditions in the COM
munity by setting up a permanent
body to confer each month with
the Mayor.
The Committee of Five, request
ed by the Mayor, was elected at a
meeting of outstanding community
leaders, members of the delegation
that met with the Mayor on July
%, and presented him at that time
with a series of proposals for the
abolition of oppressive economic
and political conditions in Harlem.
At the conference with the May
or last month, the group criticized
him for his suppression of the re-
port of his own Commission on
Harlem, and demanded withdrawal
of the police army of occupation
in Harlem
other proposals of the delega-
ton dealt with Improvement in the
relief and school systems and the
removal of barriers to the enjoy
ment of civil rights in Harlem. The
delegation also made suggestions
Tor overcoming the discrimination
in the Harlem Hospital and other
city institutions and for increasing
employment opportunities for col
ored workers.
Members of the Committee Of
Five are DR.. Augustin Petioni, for
hospitals; Merrill C. Work, leader
Of the Unemployment Councils and
the Workers Alliance, who will act
on relief problems; Emmett May,
Vice Chairman of the Permanent
Committee for Better Schools in
Harlem, on the school problem, and
william Pickens, Jr., on civil
rights. The following were also
elected as alternates: VIM. Quail
don. of the American Federation
of Government Employees, for re-
lief. Theodore R. Bassett, schools
and Ignatius Lawlow of the All
Peoples Party of Harlem, on civil
rights.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-08-28
SPORTS DOPE
N Biddy Bishop
JOE WALcou


The prize ring has never, nor It
perhaps never wiz produce ~uea
an unusual boxer as Joe Wal1ott.
the Barbados Demon.
His best weight was 40 pounds
ana he stood but feet - inches
III height. but he defeated heavy
weights. some Of them standing
ven over 6 feet and scaling more
than 200 pounds.
From The chest 70 the top Of lns
head he was built like a heavy
weight. with strong, heavy arms
snort thick neck, and deep chest
From the waist down he was &c
bigger han a small lightweight
This great battler was steered into
the welterweight championship By
Tom o'RourlSe. who also had man.
aged George Dixon.
When Walcott severed his rela
lions with O'Rourke he was handl.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-08-28

cd by Billy Pierce, Of Montana
Pierce was not a well man and
when ne booked Walcott to box on
the Coast he sent him to me to
handle for him. It those days i
saw much of the squatty, Black
Demon. Once I lad him listed to
20 into Dawson, Alaska. but stories
Of the rough passssses by boat. the
big schools of whales in the Pa
cific Ocean. gst 70 the ears Of Joe
and he made me cancel the match
es. Joe didn't care to risk his life
riding through those huge whales.
AT least that was his fear, 50 the
Alaska trip was called off.
In 1904 be was matched with :
famous Dixie Kid at colma, Cal A
rift came up in the ring over the
referee. jim Coffroth, who pro-
NOTED the show, assured Joe to the
extent Of $1,000 guarantee that
his club referee would render .
fair decision. This satisfied Wal
colt and the fight proceeded Dixie
XII was no match for Walcott and
after the 18th round tried only co
stay the full 20 rounds. It was
walcott's fight by several city
blocks, yet in the middle of the
goth round the referee raised Dix
les hand in token of victory, stat
ing that walcott had lost on foul
there had been no four commit
ted. This very unusual decision
caused a small riot.
Alex cregg.ns, Waicott's chief
second rushed across the ring. The
referee had ducked under a left
swing Walcott aimed at him and
jumped out of the ring. Greggains
hurled himself over the ropes and
landed flush on the officials chin.
knocking him into a pile of chairs
as cold as an iceberg.
Walcott was to favorite in
the betting in that battle and there
was quite a large sum cleaned up
among those who wagered In box
ing matches.
According to the terms of the
match the boxevs were getting 90
per cent of the gate, split so per
cent to the winner, and 40 percent
10 the loser. Joe kicked about taxi
ing the losers end on the foul de-
cision, SO Promoter Coffrath salts
fled him by giving him so per cent
And thus both boxers received the
winners end. Walcott die not hold
Coffroth good to the $1,000 guar
antee with reference to the deci-
sion being okay.
Walcott took part in 149 ring
battles, winning most of them. He
was stopped four times by Kid
Carter, Young Peter johnson, Kid
Lavigne, and Larry Temple. He
was born at Barbados, West In
dies, April Z, 1872, and is still alive
and living-in New York City.