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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-25
John, Anne Plan
Summer Wedding

NAHANT, Mass, Oct. % NS.)-John Roosevelt son of
the President Anne Lindsay Clarke will spend the first
months of their married life next in $4,000
summer home here with pink walls and a deck
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-25

Strange Events That Followed When
Young Mr.. Evans Met His Fathers
Ghost, Punched Him and Stole EctO-
plasm At the London Seance, Told and
with Sundays Washington Herald.
Times,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-25
IT, S. Weather Forecast

a. m. and sets at sis p. m.
The moon rises today at 1917
p. m. and sets at 1907 p. m.
The moon rises tomorrow at
1925 p. m. and sets at 12:45 p. m.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
SenatorD iggs Charges Lilly Whiteism
I'm Liquor Control Commission Office
Ohio Puts Teeth
In New Civil
Rights Bill

Columbus. O.--Merchandising es-
Establishments, from now on, will be
prohibited from discriminating
against prospective customers be-
cause OF color or race and airlines
cannot refuse transportation to any
one for the same reason, under
terms of an amendment to Ohio's
civil rights statute which became
effective Saturday.
The amendment, sponsored In the
state legislature by Keith Law
renee, white Democrat OF Cuyaho-
ga, was prompted largely by the
action OF a Cleveland woman's APP
parel shop in refusing to sell to "a
woman. The ONO supreme
Chart, while expressing regret, up
held the store and suggested the
remedy lay only through new legis-
lation.
AT that time the civic rights law
prohibited discrimination by an
inn. restaurant. eating house, bar
Der shop, public conveyance by land
or water, theatre or any other place
OF. accommodation and amusement.
Yhe amendment specifically in
,cludes store or other place for the
sale OF merchandise" and penalty
for violation is fine OF $50 to $500
or 80 to 80 days imprisonment. or
both.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
CARNEY HEADS
CANADA MEET
UNA Conference
To Be In Toronto

Marcus Garvey. president OF the
General Universal Negro Improve
ment Association. is enroute from
London, England. to preside at a
great regional conference OF the U.
N. I. A. and the Negro race. which
will take place In Toronto. Canada
August "a TO August 81. inclusive.
All friends OF the U. n. /. A. In
the United States and Canada are
invited to attend. An address by
Marcus Carney will feature the OPP
ening mass meeting. August "a.
Delegates and friends from the
limited states should secure identi-
tlcation certificates from notary
publics. to show at the Canadian
borders. Those desiring lodging, are
asked to communicate with Barris-
ter B. J. Spencer Pitt. president OF
the Toronto division OF the U. N. l.
A.. 16S Dundas street. W. Toronto
(ContInued on Rage y
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
MRS. RANSOM
MAIN SPEAKER
Talks To Confab
Delegates

The Committee of the Detroit
Branch. OF the Pan-Hellenie Copn-
ell has completcd an arrungemeh hts
for the ninth annual convention' OF
the organization which will be
held in this city. August 13 and IA.
The chief speaker will be Mrs. J,
II. Ransom.
Delegates to the convention will
arrive Friday morning and the SEES
sion will begin at IL a. m. A public
meeting and reception will take
place at the Lucy Thurman Y. w.
C. A. Friday night. at $3.50 The
public Is cordially invited.
Officers and membersiof the local
branch include Thomas B., Drum
chairman; Miss Jennie Young. vice
chairman: Miss Nellie Watts. trea-
surer: DR.. S. S. jenkins, L. c.
Blount. Mrs. l.. Walker. DR.. Her
bert Simms, Attorney Graves.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
READING GETS
ENDORSEMENT
Congressional Clubs
Back City Clerk

Unanimous endorsement of City
Clerk Richard w. Reading for
Mayor Of Detroit was made last
Tuesday night when the board OF
directors of the First and Fifteenth
United Congressional Organization
met in their hall. Brewster and
Rivard street, to pass on the merits
Of the other candidates who have
filed in the mayorilaty race.
This organization. which has a
membership OF close to 500. and Is
prominently Identified with the
civic progress OF the city, has for
its general chairman, Charles A.
Roxborough, prominent Detroit at
torney. Frederick A. Waterfeld,
who heads the West Side division
ofthe organization, is a prominent
business man.
BY invitation. Mr.. Reading was
present and answered a series OF
questions presented by members OF
the board and touching upon the
problems OF direct concern to the
colored people OF Detroit. Other
mayoralty candidates had likewise
been invited. but did not come, nor
did they send representatives. The
endorsement OF Mr.. Reading was
made with the board In closed ses-
sion.
Previous to Mr.. Readings en-
dorsement by this group. he had
been endorsed by the City Usher
Board Union. OF which W. d. Gard.
ner Is president. The state conven-
ton Of Usher Boards vas held in
Detroit at st. John c. M. e. church
last week. and Mr.. Reading spoke
before this group and was warmly
received.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
LOCAL MEET IS.
ADDRESSED BY.
R A N D dip
Urges Workers Stay
With Labor Instead
OF Capital

All elements opposed to the
forward march OF labor" were
assailed by A. Phillip Randolph.
president OF the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters, as he adj
dressed the mass meeting at Bethel
A. NJ. L. church Friday night. The
meeting opened the second annual
Michigan Economic and Industrial
conference.
Charging that the colored work.
ers are holding a significant posi-
ton in the industrial scheme, Mr..
Randolph said that "The time has
come when the Negro has to de-
eide between organized labor and
organized capital" ~ ~,-
In referring TO Detroit. RAN
dolph leyeled his guns against the
large automobile operators charg-
Ing that they are wrong on the
issue that workers. cannot organ
lie their own organizations" He
then pointed out that, after all the
companies are concerned mostly
with making profits.
Senator Robert vandenberg al
so came under the fire of Ran
dolph. The Senator was charged
with sponsoring unfair labor legis-
laiion.
Other speakers at the meeting
we're Rev. Horace White. pastor OF
Plymouth Congregational church,
who urged the church to join with
labor; Mortimer Furay, president
Of the Renters and Consumers Lea
que who scored landlords for I'M
reasonable increases in rents:
Leonidas Mcdonald, CLIO organiz-
or who was severely beaten in
labor demonstration In Monroe,
Mich. recently, Attorney LeBron
Simmons, National Negro congress.
and several others.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14

LONDON, Eng TAMPA vic
ious example OF color prejudice,
discrimination and Jim Crowism RI
valling that OF the Negro-baiters OF
Mississippi and Georgia-came to
light in Edinburgh, Scotland last
week when the Ri. Rev. William
II. Heard. Bishop OF the First Dis
trict. A. M. u. church. In America
and the oldest delegate to the
world Conference on Faith and Or
der now being held in Edinburgh,
was grossly insulted and abused
by a Scotch hotel clerk who fatty
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
CO To Organize
Federal Workers

Pres. Garvey will remain In Tor
onto after the close OF the confer
The United Federal Workers OF
America announces the formation
OF a Committee for Organization
OF Negro Employees OF the Federal
Government. U. Simpson Tate,
accountant for the United Federal
Workers OF America is the chair
man of the Committee. John Dav-
is, Executive Secretary OF the Ma
tional Negro Congress, will act
as its assistant chairman. other
members OF the Committee include
Beverly V. Lawson. prominent
Washington attorney, George Ry-
craw, administrator OF the new
Negro Alliance, and % Marjorie
Mckenzie. Social Worker.
The United Federal Workers Of
America which is affiliated with
the Committee for Industrial Or
ganizatIon is opposed to discrimi-
nation in any form In the Federal
Service. All employees are sub
ject to discriminatory practices at
some time. but the United FEEDER
al Workers OF America recognizes
that Negroes are subject to a spe-
cial and unremitting discrimina-
ton. The elimination OF discrimi-
nation, whatever It's form. Is an
integral part OF the program OF
the United Federal Workers OF
The consistent denial OF promo
ton to Negroes. their delegation
CONTINUED on page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
Anti-Lynch Vote to
Fouow Reform Bill

WASHINGTON. ID. C.-The mo-
ton to make the Wagner-Van
Mugs anti-lynching bill the unfin-
ished business Of the Senate TO be
taken up Immediately will be made
August IL or IL by Senator Rob-
ert F. Wagner OF New York. inn
mediately following the vote on the
judiciary reform bill. It was an
nounced here today.
When the housing bill is voted
upon the judiciary bill will be next
In line. Uniess there should
be- prnlnpsk4 atHu1pts to a
mend the cotrt hill It should be
disposed OF In two days.
Observers point out, however.
that there is no certainty in this
schedule as anything can happen
I'M the rush to adjourn. This
week a group OF southern senators
went on rampage and emasculat-
ed the housing bill, amending II
SO that no low cost areas where
slums desperately need to be clear
ed. The bill was trimmed neatly
NJ limiting the cost per room to
$1,000. figure impossible to meet
In New York After blocking the
housing bill the soufherners prom
pity turned about and sought a
huge amount to subsidize cotton al
Continued on page p
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
Wolverine Bapt. Sponsors
New School in Detroit

ficers. teachers. missioary work
ers. parents and prospective Chris
tian leaders.
Minister'S classes will meet sep
arately from those of other church
workers. Extension courses Will
be offered in various parts OF the
state. also.
Outline Of Courses
Included in the curriculum OF
the school will be courses in Chris
tian faith and philosophy. the Bible
and other religious literature. the
history OF the church and It's rela-
Continued on Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
Colored Girl.
Refused v ork.
By Secretary.
Senator Takes Fight
To Governor To Stop
Lilly w h it e S m

Charges that the State Liquor
Control Commission which employs
scores OF clerks and stenographers
in its office in Lansing, has refused
TO hire colored worker. has been
made by Senator Charles G. Digs.
OF Detroit.
The charges against The COM
mission developed recently when
Miss Jeanette WEIGH. stenographer
and machine operator, applied al
the office 81 the commission for
job which had been previously ar
ranged for her by Senator Jose
Roosevelt and Representative
Joseph Martin. Detroit members of
the Michigan legislature.
The finding OF comptometor
operator had been assigned them
for placement. and after interview
ing Miss WEIGH and satisfying
themselves as 10 her efficiency.
Sen Roosevelt asked her 10 meet
him in Lansing at the Liquor Con-
troll office last Tuesday morning
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14

been elected by the Wolverine
convention. including two from
each district association and four
from the convection at large Inc
other six are elected by the De
troit Baptist Missionary society,"
which, in cooperation with the A.
merican Baptist Home Mission So
cIety, is aiding In the financial sup
port OF the school.
The purpose Of the school Is 10
develop and maintain . high stan
dard OF Christian education TOT the
program Of the churches In .ne
state Of Michigan by prov'oinls
training for ministers. church Of
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
HOTEL BANS BISHOP

refused TO rent the noted clergy
man a room because he was color
ed.
Despite the reported effort OF
the hotel officials to cover up.
when the identity Of the Noted
churchman became known, the
gross indignity perpetrated upon
him became a matter OF common
gossip among the distinguished
lay and church delegates attending
the world-conference. and II was
soon brought to the attention Of
British government officials.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
REFERRED TO YoUNCBLooD

On arrival in Lansing. Miss
WEIGH was referred 10 a Miss Cross
who is in charge OF the comptome-
ter operators, who, following a con-
ference with a Mr.. Riley, secretary
OF the commission, informed Miss
WEIGH that there was no opening in
the office. but If she would come
back Monday morning, she would
give her a letter TO Mr. Youngblood,
deputy secretary Of state. in which
he would try and have her placed
in the secretary OF states office.
Miss WEIGH later told Senator
Diggs about her experience. ex-
planning to the Senator about the
lettep she had TO Deputy Young
blood. Senator Diggs told her that
he knew that there were no jobs
available in the secretary OF states
office. and that this was just an
effort to give her the run around
and thereby discourage her
Senator Digs later explained to
"A Tribune reporter that the same
old trick had been applied when
ever a colored man or woman an
piled for a Job in the Office. not
withsiauding the directions from
Commissioner Mcfarland 10 hire
the nr0per uiiota Of colored work.
ers
II have talked with Riley on sew
eraI occasions" Senator Diggs con-
tinued and I don't hesitate 10 say
that he is prejudiced, and self
styled car. and has taken II upon
himself to keep the Lansing Liquor
Control office lilly-white.
Il am going to take the matter
up with the Governor. The Negroes
OF this state wish 10 inform Mr.
Riley. and others like him in state
government. that we are going 70
put up the same type OF relentless
tight as we did 10 put this admin
istration in office to purge II 20
bisots. Mr.. Riley has proved that
he not only lacks sense OF justice.
but utter lack Of political Judge
ment."
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14

Plans Tor a new school OF Chris
uan Education were unanimously
soopted by the Wolverine Baptist
S'a'e Convention in its 18th annual
session which closed in Saginaw.
august LIST The school will open
On the fourth of October.
lae new school IL to be known
~ me Baptist Training School. II
VIII W be located temporarily in the
onrlstian Center Building. corner
VI Joseph campau and Arndt
Suee'' Detroit. The school will
?. administered under the guidance
I" board OF eighteen ,trustsek
'no a dean. Twelve Of them hsrs
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
Charged With Theft
from Dead Bodies

PENSACOLA, Fla.--(By 4. II.
Smallwood for ANP)--Two men
neld here last week as robbers OF
The dead were Joe Singer and Ray
held Carter. both orderlies at the
Pensacola Hospital and both held
10 the erand jury for the alleged
NET Of watches from hospital pa
nen's who had died. Police say the
men confessed, Singer admitting
taking iimepiece from dead
mans locker. while Carter says he
stole his from a patients bed. An
investigation by police disclosed
me thleyery. The miscreants'
bonds we're set at $500.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
His
Condition In
Sealed Note
Distraught ath e r
Survived BY 3
Children

Grim tragedy knocked at the
door of an humble home at 1865
Van Court. Detroit, last Saturday,
leaving two young 81 and boy
orphans. when, dishea ened and
bounded by debt. a father ended
his life in the Detroit River.
Albert, w. Davis had tried u
be ,brave--to noht the hntt1ts ~
Ina ith iDdon}s xr6t courage !
courage similar to that demon
strated by those besiegers OF the
Bastile which succumbed July II,
the day on which he was born al
most hundred years later.
But where the family larder had
been. heavily laden with provisions,
the Riddles we'll attired in fine
clothes, and there was comfortable
bank account. in better days II was
different now he was confronted
with an ever increasing pile OF
debts-he was getting behind ev-
cry day" and his last dollar had
disappeared He was broken
and dispirited man who was near
ing the end OF his trail.
WIFE DEAF 10 YEARS
Added to this wae the thought OF
the death OF his wife just ten years
before-death which had come TO
rob him Of his life companion and
leave him with three children to
rear--twin girls and boy OF four.
Overcome with the bitterness. OF
his grief, Davis, real estate brok-
err who had come upon evil days
he had been employed as a WPA
worker--decided the he would end
IT all last Friday evening,
His coat and brief case were dis
covered at the foot OF Twenty
fourth street Saturday morning.
This led to the discovery OF his
body In the Detroit River Monday a
short distance from where his coat
and brief case had been found.
A sealed envelope. addressed to
william A. Davis, OF Inkster. bro
Their OF the dead man. was found In
the pocket OF the coat. The letter
read as follows:
Dear Bill: Sorry for the Riddles,
but what could I do? Worrying all
along with debts. getting behind
every day. My last dollar gone.
There Is a deal closed between
buyer living at 6441 Van Court by
the name OF Edmondson Steers.
and Mrs. Jordan. living at 1904
Fernwood, corner Beechwood. The
house being sold Is at 6721 STAN
ford ave. Edmondson has paid 800
and will pay 400 more in cash to
move in Monday or Tuesday at
ss5 per month.
TOO LATE now
There are so many things that
need looking after. but II Is too late
now. Kiss the children. I want 70
see them safely through but I can't
make II further. Al.
According to Mrs. Mary Grier,
$685. Van Court, avenue, with whom
Davis had been living he had been
worrying about his financial condi-
ton for quite some time. /. y
In addition to his brother, Davis
A. .urvtvoH NV hfa thrae children
Ruth and Betty, 16-year-old twins
who are sophomores at Northwes-
tern High School. and Albert, IA.
Mr.. Davis at. one time operated
realestate office on st. Antoine
street. near Adams ave. He later
moved 10 the West Side. He was
born IN Lansing. Mich. July H.
1875. He attended school in Albion.
Evening star., 1937-03-30

authority, acting within its proper
field, is not bound to extend its regu-
lation to all cases it might possibly
reach"
Against the inference from this that
the Washington law would have held
valid had it included men, was this
statement by the Chief Justice, quot
ing from an earlier opinion upholding
an Oregon maximum hour law for
women:
I'VE emphasized the need Of pro-
tecting women against oppression de-
spite her possession Of contractual
rights. Hence she was properly
placed In class by herself and legis-
lation designed for her protection may
be sustained even when like legisla-
ton is not necessary for men and
could not be sustained"
Another argument advanced at the
Senate hearings has been that the
court should presume laws to be con-
stitutional until clearly shown to be
otherwise, and that the belief Of a
minority OF the court that a law Is
valid should carry great weight with
the majority
On this point the Chief Justice,
quoting from the decision in the New
York milk-control case, said:
Times without number we have
said that the Legislature is primarily
the Judge Of the necessity OF such an
enactment, that every possible pre-
sumption Is in favor of its validity, and
that though the court may hold views
inconsistent with the wisdom of the
law, 1t may not be annulled unless
palpably in excess Of legislative power. "
The only important argument raised
in support of the Presidents bill that
was not answered in effect in the
opinion was that the court has not
taken sufficiently broad view of the
interstate commerce clause. This is
sue was not involved in the Washing
ton case, but is the fundamental ques-
tion in the Wagner act cases awaiting
decision. Rulings in these cases, how
ever, cannot now be announced in
any event before next Monday.
Evening star., 1937-03-30

to correct his testimony and said he
had received $50 for a filing fee and
$500 to meet Government bond.
Indicted for perjury, it was testified
during his trial that he had been
promised the support Of the Repub-
lican party in Nebrska If he would
oppose Senator Norris, who was a
candidate for reelection.
Held Ready to Serve.
According to an Associated Press
dispatch the grocer when informed
Of the decision, said: That's the end
Of it," and expressed readiness to
pay s10O fine and serve a three
month sentence.
In other actions the court unani-
mously upheld provision Of the 1884
national firearms act requiring deal
ers to register with the collector of
internal revenue and pay a special
tax of 5000 a year, and affirmed a
State of Washington law imposing a
2 per cent tax on articles brought
into the State for use in construction
of Grand Coulee Dam. Justices Butler
and McReynolds dissented in the lat
ter case.
A group Of Georgia tobacco ware
house men won review by the high
court of their challenge Of the con-
stitutionality of 1885 State law fixing
the maximum fees to be charged for
handling tobacco.
Evening star., 1937-03-30
SPIRITUAL REVIVAL
URGED BY BISHOP
Right Rev. Kern Pays First
Visit to Virginia Since
Taking Office.
By the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, March 30.-Southern
Methodists Of the Richmond district
studied their activities today in the
light Of a warning by Bishop Paul B.
Kern that the church had been more
concerned with budgets" and the
comfort and beauty Of our impos-
ing edifices" than with spiritual and
social problems.
Bishop Kern, making his first visit
to the Virginia Conference since his
temporary assignment to succeed the
late Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon, and
Bishop Arthur James Moore joined
here last night In plea for q return
to "the old-time Methodist zeal"
"The world waits upon the church
in one OF the critical hours of her
destiny" Bishop Kern told ministerial
and lay representatives of the dis
trict's rs churches. II think we have
lost something Of our world vi
sion. ="
Bishop Moore said Methodism would
again take its place ''in the marching
battalions of God" with the success
OF the bishops crusade for spiritual
revival and reinvigoration of the mis-
sionary movement.
DR.. j. F. Rawles of Nashville, Tenn,
treasurer Of the crusade, a two-year
movement, disclosed that $4,000 had
been raised during the past two
months In drive to wipe out the
Mission Boards $685. 600 debt.
The initial phase OF the crusade will
close April 1926 with bishops crusade
dinners in churches throughout the
| South and sacrificial offerings in each
church Of the denomination.
Evening star., 1937-03-30
Court
Continued From First Page.)

the discussion aroused by that meas
ure was having some effect" on the
court.
Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis-
souri,, an opponent Of the court leg
islation, said he did not think the re-
versal would have any effect in the
battle over the legislation. The Su-
preme Court has many times reversed
ITSELF he said. 1T is the proper
function Of court"
Senator Robinson added the de-
cisions In the New York and District
cases had convinced him more than
anything else that the injection of
new blood was necessary for the
court. I'm glad the court has faced
about and recognized the necessity for
overruling its former decision" he
added.
Other comments included:
Attorney General Cummings: THE
decision in the Washington minimum
wage law will be generally welcomed.
The country will ponder the fact that
the four dissenting justices were un-
able to concur in this enlightened
opinion"
Speaker Bankhead Comments.
Speaker Bankhead: I'm very glad
to hear the court upheld this law, but
I'm wondering how it got around its
decision in the New York case. I hope
the opinion in this case presages the
adoption of similar attitude toward
laws We enact here"
Chief Justice Hughes was joined by
Justices Brandeis, Cardozo, Stone and
Roberts in upholding the law, the dis
senters being Justices Sutherland, Van
Devanter, McReynolds and Butler.
Justice Roberts had sided with the
four present dissenters in nullifying
the New York law by 5to-4 decision
He was not on the bench when the
Adkins case was decided
One of the principal arguments ad-
vanced during the Senate committee
hearings in support of the Presidents
court bill has been that the Supreme
Court had set itself up as a sort of
super-legislature by passing on the
wisdom Of laws as well as on the power
Of the Legislature to enact them