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The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-09
Fgaternal Leader
Returns Home

Mrs. Gertrude Mcmillan, Grand
High Priestess of the Knights and
Daughters of Tabor, California and
Arizona jurisdiction, returned to
the city last week after attending
the Triennial session of Interna-
tional Order of Twelve, Knights
and Daughters Of Tabor, which was
held in ST. Louis, Mo.
After the close of the session
Mrs. Mcmillan visited Chicago,
Kansas City, Hot Springs, Dallas,
and San Antonio, and reports a
very delightful trip.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-09
Dunbar Society
Of A. S. +. e.
T e m p e

A picnic held Friday, October 2
at the South Mountain Platform by
the members of the Dunbar Social
and Literary Club, was the initial
social event of what promises to
be very active season for the
Club. There were approximately
twenty-five guests present to par
take Of both the general gaiety and
the more than plentiful refresh
ments.S
Committee chairmen appointed
by the Club president, Miss Char
lesetta Favors were: the Misses
Jessie Wright. Dorothy Jones, Car
rie Grant, Mildred Phillips and
Alvce Williams, in charge Of re-
freshments, collection of dues, guest
list, reservations and transporta-
tion, respectively.
The picnic was proclaimed a sue
cess by all and was thoroughly en-
ioyed. Announcements pertaining to
future activities will be made at a
later date in their scheduled order.
Charlesetta Favors, president.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-09
SIGMA CHAPTER
A. X. A. Sorority Entertains

The Sigma Chapter A. K. A.
Sorority entertained the Tempe
College women last Saturday
afternoon with a bridge party
at the beautiful home of Mrs. Chas.
Gardner, 1929 E.. Washington St.
Guests present were Misses
Louise Oby, Ionic Dotson, Ger
trude Dixon, Alice Williams and
Lillian Brown.
The prize winners were Miss
Oby and Miss Bell.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-09
TEXAS RACE MEMBERS

SAN ANGELO, Texas as-San An
gelo recently suffered the worst
flood since 1892. Race residents
were hard hit, $4,000 worth of
damage eing done in their district.
Many houses were washed away
and furnishings strewn about with
much less of livestock and poultry.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-09
WILLOW GROVE

Rev. w. M. Hardinson, pastor Of
Willow Grove church, and congre-
cation had charge of the 8 o'clock
services on Sunday, Oct. 4th, cele-
brating the pastor of the 1st Col
ored Baptist Church 3rd anniver-
sary.
Services were we'll attended all
dav at the Willow Grove Baptists
The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-09
Church.

Wedding Bells are still ringing
Watch next weeks news.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-09
NEW PASTOR ARRIVES

DR.. C. L. Upthegrove, new pastor
of Tanner Chapel A., M. E. Church,
corner of 9th st. and Jefferson, ar
rived yesterday (Tuesday), having
motored through from Terre Haute,
Ind. He will preach Sunday morn
ing and evening services.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-09

Mr.. Isaac Evans is still on the
sick list.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-10-09
WHITE ASSAILS
HITLER FOR HIS
RACIAL BICOTRY

way democracy and justice can be
preserved from the onslaught of
Nazism, both here and in Germany,
is for all minority groups to join
forces with progressive and right
thinking individuals in the move
ment against Hitler.
This was declared by Walter
White, secretary of the NAACP,
speaking last week over Station
WMCA on "Nazism and the Negro"
under the auspices Of the Non-Sec-
tartan Anti-Nazi League Of which
Samuel Untermyer is president.
Mr.. White declared that it is all
very well to issue propaganda
against Nazism and other forms of
bigotry, but all such efforts are fu-
tile unless fundamental causes of
antagonism are ruthlessly wiped
out"
Mr.. White cited the Nazi publ
city following the Schmeling-
Louis fight, an illustration of how
"the forces of dictatorship and
Fascism are willing and eager to
utilize every possible means of in
flaming race against race, class
against class, people against peo-
pie, nation against nation, for their
own sinister and selfish purposes"
II have before me-, he said, "an
article from DER WELTKAMPE,
a German monthly founded by the
notorious Alfred Rosenberg, which
is headed 'Schmeling's Victory a
Cultural Achievement You will all
remember that prior to Schmeling's
fight with Joe Louis, the German
press either abstained completely
from commenting upon the fight or
spoke in most derogatory terms of
prize fighting. This was of course
when they thought Schmeling
would surely lose. Now DER VEL
KAMPE halls Schmeling as the saw
ior of the "white" civilization.
Schmeling Victory Hailed
"Let me quote passage or two
to show how the Schmeling vic
tory is utilized to fan the flames of
racial hatred against the Negro.
After denouncing the use by France
England and the United States of
Negro troops in the World war,
Schmeling, according to DER
WELTKAMPF writes: These three
countries cannot thank Schmeling
enough for this victory for he
checked the arrogance of the Ne
Gro and clearly demonstrated to
them the superiority of white intel
i"ence. He restored the prestige of
he white race and in doing so .ac-
complished cultural achieve.
ment."
Calling such race prescription
desecration of humanity, Mr.. White
urged all priests, rabis, ministers,
the press and all our organizations
70 make common cause against Ma
Evening star., 1936-09-16
Where the Shoe Pinches.

Col. Frank Knox, Republican candi-
date for Vice President, has warned
holders Of life insurance policies, hold
ers Of annuities and of savings bank de-
posits that, because of the handling of
Government finances by the Roosevelt
administration, these savings are in
Jeopardy. They are in jeopardy, not
because Of any fault on the part of the
insurance companies and the banks, but
because of the increasing imitation
brought about by Government borrow
Ing to meet billion-dollar Government
deficits.
Efforts have been made by New Deal
supporters to credit Col. Knox with an
attack upon the insurance companies
and the banks. They have suggested
that Col. Knox attacks the solvency OF
these institutions. He does not. It is
the solvency of the Federal Government
which he calls into question. What
business concern in all the world could
survive q continuous stream Of deficits
running around two or three billions OF
dollars annually, or even greater? The
answer Is none. Once the Government
Evening star., 1936-09-16

not so novel as the laureate momentart-
ly suggests. The great singers of an
tiquity probably were penalized in their
time, too. Indeed, as Allen Upward
pretty definitely proved few years ago,
the poets lot, like the policemans,
never has been a happy one. The sig
nificance of sensitiveness invariably has
been that of suffering. Men and women
who have felt deeply enough to write
inspiring verse usually have gone to
school to sorrow. Even Shakespeare
graduated in the college of pain. And
Mr.. Masefield himself has been on terms
of intimate acquaintance with poverty
and misery. Perhaps it is for that rea-
son that he can plumb the depths of
human experience in imagination.
Yet the logic of his complaint Is
sound. Walt Whitman agreed with him
when he bluntly declared: ITO have
great poets you must have great audi
ences." The law of cause and effect is
involved. But probably the basic re-
sponsibility lies with genius. Those en-
dowed with the power to sing must be
true to their star without regard to the
price demanded by society. The golden
age, when it tardily dawns, will be made
by the few rather than by the many.
Until then, perhaps, the struggle must
be maintained, poets dare not be dis
couraged and appreciation should be
fairly commensurate with effort.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
Return to Poetry.

John Masefield, coming to the United
States to read tribute in verse writ
ten for the Harvard Tercentenary, ad-
vocates a return to poetry. The world
he says, still wants the excitement"
which music provides, "but it is getting
it from machines, by going fast" Po-
tential bards, it seems, are discouraged
by neglect. The laureate argues: II
poets could feel that they were wanted
by their generation they could be stirred
to great heights. You can only have
great art when you give great encour-
agement, and then you do not get It
Immediately. It might take a hundred
years for the seed to flower and bear
fruit" Meanwhile, he continues: "It
is absurd to take an artist and make
him write advertisements all day. The
waste of strength in order to get through
is terrible. Artists should have both
leisure and opportunity"
Anciently, Mr.. Masedeld explains,
crowds gathered to hear verse recited,
"but today poets seek their audiences
as best they can, writing little books,
a haphazard way of reaching an audi
ence, because a book may not be dis
covered for fifty years. And so. poets
take to drink and riotous living, to
despair and to throwing themselves out
of windows or to writing advertise
ments."
But perhaps nodEn sonMtions are
Evening star., 1936-09-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

something Of the ocean rolling in under
the piers at Atlantic City in the very
early morning.
How clean the wind and the waves
keep our beaches, despite the myriad
feet Of humans and their Uttered minds!
Every one will have different memories
OF Atlantic City, but somehow to us an
outstanding memory is that of the un-
derside Of the Steel Pier, when we were
q small lad.
We had gone exploring, about o'clock
in the morning, before the Boardwalk
was astir.
Beneath the pier we had almost
stumbled over a gypsy couple asleep in
the sand.
They had their arms tightly around
each other. 1t is cold sleeping on the
beach, even in Summer.
The small boy looked down on them
and wondered, as small boys will.
He tiptoed in the sand to prevent
awakening them.
Their strange, dark faces. the gaudy
pinks Of their clothing, gold earrings,
curious immobility Of sleep
Deeply etched themselves into a
human mind, which. looking them over
closely. took itself away from them for
ever.
But forever is short, after all, in
some ways.
The little boy steps to the Boardwalk
and there, at the side of the pier, runs
into a white couple.
They were fiercely berating each
other, with forcible words of one syl-
liable, and straight Anglo-Saxon deriva-
tion.
The boy sidled to the rail and pre-
tended to be watching the ocean alone,
but while his eyes watched the ever
satisfying panorama of the great sea,
and his nostrils snuffed the most Won
derful fragrance in the world, that of
the salt air, his ears took in some of the
most picturesque swear words he had
ever heard.
BE careful" said the man at last,
with sideward glance, "the child will
hear you"
The woman did not look around. She
intimated, in no uncertain terms, that
the child might
Hush" said the man, "ain't you got
no sense at alp"
The child, the woman continued with
rising infection, might
At this point the child discreetly
withdrew, enriched with a few choice
phrases not usually found in the vo-
cabularies Of one so young
Word study has many strange angles.
k*E
The home gardener with water pic
lures on his mind may almost smell the
sea breeze, at times even as he almost
may see the reflection Of his trees in
shis lawn.
At this time of year there are strange
scents coming up from the earth, as
time goes about its annual task of tear
ing down all this loveliness which has
grown up.
Out Of nothing. something, and out
OF something, nothing again
So goes the eternal round.
The gardener. deep in September,
stands on the very edge Of Autumn, but
unless he looks carefully into his lawn
he may not see it, but think Summer is
still here, seeing all these morning glory
blossoms in blue and pink, and these
feverfews in their second blooming, and
these great sunflowers, hanging their
heads with precious seeds for the birds.
Evening star., 1936-09-16

securities lessen In value, what then
will become of the banks? Senator Car
ter Glass of Virginia, Secretary OF the
Treasury in the Wilson administration,
speaking on the floor of the Senate more
than a year ago, pointed out that the
banks are loaded down with Govern
ment securities, some of them having
as much as sixty per cent of their entire
assets invested in these securities. He
made the statement then that If there
was a drop of ten per cent in the value
of these securities ninety per cent of
the banks would be insolvent.
If there be imitation of the currency
because of continued Government finan-
cial operations in the red, what matters
it if the insurance companies are able
to pay dollar for dollar the face value
of their policies? If a dollar will pur-
chase only one-half or a tenth as much
as would the dollars which were orig
inally invested in these policies, the
policyholders come out at the little end
of the horn.
There has been no indication that
the Federal Cover ,nent will not con-
tinue to spend al its present rate
although hopes have been expressed by
the President that such would be the
case. Indeed, the flow of money from
the Treasury today proceeds at greater
rate than in the other years OF the
New Deal. Unless there is change in
policy, imitation or reputation of obliga-
tions, with all the tragedy that would
entail for the working men and women
of the country, is inevitable.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
Britain and the Nazis.

Now that the spectacular week of Nazi
military pomp and explosive spellbinding
at Nuremberg has run its course, stock
can be taken of the effects of Hitler's
annual pep" meeting. That the Fuehrer
can contemplate, as an aftermath, a
regalvanized spirit of idolatrous personal
devotion within Germany can hardly be
doubted. AS to the results produced
abroad by his assaults on Soviet Russia
keynote of the party congress-Hitler
has far less reason to be gratified. His
unabashed revelation of German terri
torial hunger, comprehending both Eu-
rope and colonies overseas, has aggra-
waited international fears of the Reich's
purposes, despite simultaneous lip service
to the cause of peace, and strengthened
the resolve of it's neighbors to arm
against Nazi aggression.
Perhaps the most costly damage done
in the field of Germanys foreign rela-
tions is the undermining of British con-
fdence in her policy. Nothing more
graphically illustrates this than the
change in attitude reflected by the Lon
don Times, still the most powerful and
representative organ of British opinion
and in recent months openly sympa-
thetic to Germany. The Times finds
Hitler's -Bolshevist threats and
TRADES reminiscent of the former Kai-
sers provocative warnings against the
yellow peril" The Fuehrer's appeal to
the outside world to support Berlin's
crusade against Sovietism falls on deaf
ears in Printing House Square. Says
the Times "The German leaders will
quite misjudge the temper Of the British
people if they suppose that-to adapt
the famous quip of Charles 11-thls
country would be ready to help cut on
the head of communism in order to make
fascism king in Europe" 1t was not long
ago that the Times was plcturlng the
U. S. S. r. as a menace and declaring
that Nazi-ism, at least, was not an article
for export, like communism.
Commenting on Hitler's admission OF
German craving for vast areas OF Rus
sian territory, the Times points out that
he is patiently still welded to the political
gospel expounded in his book, my
Struggle" the Nazi bible. wherein is
advocated not only the destruction OF
France but the qualification OF Ger
many's irrepressible urge to expand TO
the east. Under the circumstances, Tne
Thunderer" finds the alarm OF France
and Russia and their determination 10
help each other wholly Understandable.
If, as there is reason to believe, tne
Times speaks for Downing Street, Hitler
has cause to rue the great days AT
Nuremberg, with resultant manifest loos-
ening of the ties with Great Britain
which the Nazs latterly have been as
siduously cultivating. Herr Won Hln-
bentrop, the new German Ambassador
to the Court of st. James, apparently
has a big repair job ahead OF him.
Evening star., 1936-09-16

Buds of the New England asters are
showing their color.
Soon they will be In bloom, those tall
asters, proving to everybody that Au-
tumn is here.
Next in the flower parade will be the
chrysanthemums, blazing their colorful
presences in many home garden.
They will close the 1896 garden sea-
son.
And what a fine season 1t has been,
at least hereabouts, despite the near
drought and the intense heat!
All have done well-that is, except the
annuals-and these have prospered in
some yards. Only the other day we saw
as fine q bunch Of Chinese aSters as
might be found anywhere.
Yes, "a very presentable bunch" the
man who had 'em said. He was very
proud of them, and well he might have
been. They were just as bright as If
he had purchased them from the push
cart down the street!
Distinguishing this year has been the
tremendous and lush growth Of all
shrubbery, with the possible exception
of the priyet. In many instances this
old faithful has not yet recovered from
the hard Winters Of the last three years.
Everything else has thrived.
Suburban communities are veritable
bowers of green.
Homes, In many instances, are COM
pletely hidden from the street.
On many q corner you might look In
all directions, one after another. and see
not so much as the sight OF a brick or q
board.
From the inside, looking out, the only
color to be seen is green.
This condition still prevails.
This September has attained q lush
ness seldom seen.
Fences where the morning glory vines
twine are simply crowded with bloom.
Good, honest althea bushes, hardy and
beautiful. still open their fine old how-
ers, in the single variety.
As for the double althea blossoms,
these are like roses, with the remark
able faculty of staying bright and fresh
for days on end.
It is seldom, one may believe, that a
season works up to such climax-and
then holds it.
The garQen Is SIMPLY SLdtlC.
First evidences Of Autumn showed
themselves in the grass. but after these
increepings Of browns and different
greens the lawn. too, remained at its
peak.
If one was beforehanded enough to
put in fresh grass Seed new blades began
to come up and to mix their fresh green
with the old.
The result was a static lawn, too, to
the casual eye, lawn which was so
lush and thick that it seemed the best
it had been all season long.
This was satisfactory to the garden
minded. Few features Of the home gar
den are more beloved, and create more
interest, than the grass itself.
Is it not the primary note Of green
which reflects back. as lake. the trees
and the shrubs and the leaves Of the
flowers?
The sensitive gardener these days will
more than once get this impression Of
water, lake, or q river side. or Ia
COON, or something in the water line.
There is the same stiffness, the same
sense OF green everywhere. the lush
Evening star., 1936-09-16
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Scrambled Alphabet.

Scrambled Alphabet.
We've scrambled up the alphabet
In a peculiar way;
A little stutter now is met;
We're saying "A. A. A."
"a" stood for Alabama
When the roll we called anew
In great convention drama
And for Abyssinia, too.
We have been slipping up the line
To suit a deal that's new;
And in the middle we incline
To seek for safety true.
The letter which now sets the pace
And bids us cheer again
While watching an exciting race
Is M, which stands for Maine.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
Improper Partisanship.

The Senate Special Committee to In
vestigate Campaign Expenditures has an
important, non-partisan task to perform
In the examination of expenditures and
donations. Committee expenses are
borne by public funds, fact that in
itself should assure a non-partisan at
titude toward its task. But the commit
tees procedure in the Maine elections
clearly indicates that it is utilizing its
functions for political purposes. This
detracts from the committees prestige
and minimizes the Importance of its
future activities.
A few days before the Maine elec-
tions and Governor Landon's visit to
Maine, the committee, with considerable
gusto, made public the revelations of its
investigators, whom it had dispatched
Into Maine, showing that the donations
from Rockefeller, Morgan, du Pont and
other wealthy men to Republicans in the
Maine campaign exceeded $4,000.
That is all right. Information relating
TO such is public property and should be
made public under the law and as mat
ter of course. But why, on the eve OF the
election, did this Senate committee
select only the donations to the Repub-
Ncan cause? Were there no Democratic
contributions? What is the name OF the
Democratic philanthropist, for instance,
who is financing publication of the Port
land Evening News? That paper had
suspended publication when Norman
Baxter was sent from the Democratic
National Committee to take over its edi-
torship after somebody's money had
breathed new life into its veins. Who
supplied the funds? Is not that
matter for senatorial investigation, and
should not the facts be made public? Is
this newspaper, which under Mr.. Bax-
ter's competent editorship had cam
paigned valiantly as Democratic organ,
once more to 60 out of business-now
that Maine has gone Republican? That
will be worth watching.
No congressional committee, supplied
with public funds, should put its services
to the use of any political party. When
It does, it violates what should be an
unwritten law in public service. The
Senate committee should promptly make
public all available facts regarding
Democratic donations and expenditures
In Maine, and show contributions to all
political parties in its future explorations
In the other States.
This campaign has witnessed unique
capitalization, for political purposes, OF
the expenditure of public funds. The
Democratic candidates have been shout
Ing from the rooftops about the bill
lions poured into the States under the
Democratic administration, and asking
Tor the votes that will continue this rain
Of gold-or greenbacks. The Republicans
are using the itemized figures on ex-
penditures in an effort to demonstrate
that public funds are tacitly used IN
what amounts to a purchase OF votes.
One party is appealing to the voters on
the ground that it has spent so much
money in their behalf. The other party
is appealing to the voters on the ground
that such expenditures have been wildly
extravagant. If voters are also taxpay-
srs, which is the stronger appeal?
Evening star., 1936-09-16
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Drifting Into Autumn

I walked through fields at the sundown
OF bright September day,
When all the meadow around me
With goldenrod was gay
And the stalks of flaming sumach
Matched every crimson ray.
Bronze chestnuts cracked in open burrs,
Rivaling sunsets gleam;
Leaves red and gold danced through
the air,
To sail adown some stream
And I felt September cut adrift
From August's langlud dream.
Evening star., 1936-09-16

The dialects of English are varied ana
interesting. It is impressive to ma
Kansas talking politics with the sottness
of enunciation characteristic OF way
Down East"
Evening star., 1936-09-16

Insurance and savings accounts are
expressions of sentiment which under
lies all human interest. When a rea-
son presents itself for fearing that they
may become incidentally involved in a
state Of social turmoil 1t is the duty Of
responsible executives to give the public
every possible assurance.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
Big Bills Tough Job.

From the Shreveport Journal
Big Bill" Thompson says his guber-
material campaign on the Lemke ticket
is going to "curl the Democrats hair"
He'll have tough assignment when he
gets to bald-head row.
Evening star., 1936-09-16
No Show Piece.

"Why are you so earnestly opposed to
heavy taxes?"
"As matter of practical politics"
answered Senator Sorghum. "A tax col
lector is like q bill collector. He may be
necessary to the business, but he doesn't
help to make 1t popular"
Evening star., 1936-09-16

Old-time oratory is not very much IN
demand. A few errors in grammar may
be excused in discourse offering taxation
mathematics as the big idea.
Evening star., 1936-09-16

Some OF the Nations most dis
tinguished personages were born in
Maine. The mere fact Of being a resi-
dent of that State apparently. lends
prophetic prestige to the citizen who
casts ballot.
Evening star., 1936-09-16

AS a former athletic commissioner,
General Farley is qualified to remind his
cohorts that major contest can seldom
be positively decided by the first few
rounds.