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Evening star., 1937-08-01
Wage.Hour
Continued From First Page J

Friday the Senate began voting on
all amendments and the bill, without
further debate, at 3 pm. yesterday.
Senator Connally had made his mo-
tion to recommit before o'clock ar
rtved-a privileged motion that took
precedence over amendments He
withdrew his motion to give Senators
a chance to have their proposed
amendments voted on, he said.
This may have been a tactical err
ror on Connally's part. For some of
the amendments were adopted, and
Senators who had been inclined to
vote for recommittal then voted
against sending the bill back to COM
mittee. Particularly was this true in
the case of the child labor amend
ment, offered by Senator johnson of
Colorado, and prepared by Johnson
and Senator Wheeler of Montana.
1t was offered by johnson as sub
stitute for the provisions already in
the bill, dealing with child labor
which were distasteful to many of
the Senator's The bill was carefully
prepared 80 as to avoid, as far as pos
sible, provisions which had been de-
clared unconstitutional by the Su-
preme Court years ago, when the
first child labor law came before it.
Child Labor Amendment.
The johnson child labor amend
ment prevailed by vote of Sc to 80.
Yot nfh foiv hot
1t will stand the test Of the courts.
The amendments to the wage and
hour bill adopted by the Senate re-
late mostly to exemption of workers
handling agricultural products and
to those engaged in seasonal occu-
pations.
Just before the voting got under
way, Majority Leader Barkley and
Senator Black delivered impassioned
pleas for passage OF the measure, de-
nouncing the effort to send 1t back
to committee.
Sandwiched in between their
speeches was brief address by Sena-
tor Byrnes, Democrat, of South Caro-
lima, who In the past has been con-
sidered = strong supporter Of the ad-
ministration, but who has broken
with the President on several issues
Byrnes insisted that the bill should
be recommitted.
Wrapped up in the struggle over
the bill was sectional issue, as South
ern Democratic Senators see the
measure as threat to the mills and
other industries of the South. Gen
Evening star., 1937-08-01
Geese Go on Debauch.

After distilling brandy from grapes
farmer at Balatonfuered. threw the
waste matter into the yard Next day
his wife found all her geese PROSTATE.
Thinking them dead, she plucked them
and threw the bodies into the garden
to be buried next day. Toward mid
night the couple awoke to hear a furi-
Gus kissing and cackling. The dead"
geese had recovered from their drunk
en- stupor and were shivering in q
goose nudist colony.
Evening star., 1937-08-01
WEST POINTERS ELECT
6. g. O'Connor Is Named First
Glass President.

SAVANNAH, Ga, July 81 LP).-Frst
classmen from the United States Mill
tary Academy at West Point an
nounced upon arrival today they had
elected Cadet George G.. O'Connor of
South Pasadena, Calf, class presi-
dent.
The cadets landed here from an
Army transport en- route to Fort Ben
ming, Ga, for training.
Evening star., 1937-08-01
British Vital Statistics.

Celebrating the centenary Of the
beginning Of state registration of
births, deaths and marriages. England
has announced that in 100 years
registrations include 100000 births
and only 480OO,OOO dea tbs.
Evening star., 1937-08-01

American electric household sewing
machines may be introduced into
France shortly.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
TO SAVE
TROOPER FROM
CHAIR0PENS

ERSET, Pa, Feb. l9
QN.SD.-Defense attorneys today
began the battle to save State
Trooper Stacey Gunderman from
the electric chair.
They called witnesses to testify
that Frank c. Monaghan, "a,
Uniontown hotelkeeper, had a re
putation for violence and vicious
ness surpassed by no one"
They sought to prove that when
he died in the Bertillon room in
the Fayette county courthouse it
was not because of a third degree"
torture at the hands of Gunder.
man and six others including
District Attorney James A. Reilly
but As a victim "of his own evil
disposition"
Defense Attorney John J. Dug
gan. jr., charged Monaghan'S last
lawlesS act was to slash the throat
of County Detective John C. Wall,
a man who befriended him and
was attempting to help him by
driving his car home.
When he was taken to the
Bertillon room, Duggan charged,
he was drunk and violent and fell
against a marble Dashboard in the
shower, incurring the injuries that
caused his death.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
FiUe Feet Four
Minimum for
i. S. Soldiers
international News Service

The smallest American soldier
must be five and noehalf inches
taller than the minimum height
of the Japanese fighter.
This was disclosed today in a
comparison of minimum fiscal
requirements between the stand
ards set by the United States
Army and the new minimum of
four feet 10 and one-half inches
established by Japan.
An American soldier must be
at least five feet four inches in
height. The average height dur
ing the World War when nearly
100000 Americans were under
arms was five feet seven inches,
considered a high average. The
peace time average height is
heigher.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
c. M. T. c. GETS MEDALS
award winners to Washington.

award winners to Washington.
The years winners were:
Victor A. Lebednick, Nashua, N.
H.; Howard P. Allen, Brooklyn,
N. Y; Matthew Huttner. Char
leroi, Pa; Alfred H. Page, Mem
phis, Tenn: James Lee Cochrun,
jr., Akron, Ohio; Alfred w. Dubs,
Waukegan, ILL.,; James F. Re-
mond, Kansas City, Mo-: Edwin
O'Connor, ST., San Antonio, Tex,
and Hugh r. Thompson. Tacoma,
Wash.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
China Seizes 1000
In Opium Purge

SHANGHAI, Friday, Feb. 19
UN.sO.-More than 1000 drug ad
diets have been arrested and rs
sentenced to death in the model
city" of Nantung Chow, rs miles
northwest of Shanghai, it was re
ported today. City temples, hastily
converted into houses of detention,
were packed with the addicts while
authorities continued a large-scale
opium purge"
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
N. Y. Coal Dealers
Grant Higher Pay

NEW YORK, February 19.-
wage increases amounting to
$1,O0O,0OO annually and affecting
5000 employees in Greater New
York coal yards were agreed upon
today in negotiations between the
unions and the coal merchants.
TeamsterS, chauffeurs, stablemen,
helpers, longshoremen and oper-
ating engineers received a is per
cent increase.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19

The John j. Pershing gold
medal was awarded to nine mem
bers of the Citizens Military
Training Camps yesterday by Sec
retary of War Woodring.
The award, made annually to
the most exemplary citizen SOL
diers, was established in recogni-
ton of the c. M. T. C. at a citi-
zenship training agency, and is
offered by the Civilian Military
Education Fund. The fund also
provides TRANSPORTATION of the
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
Gasoline Covers Road
As Pipeline Bursts

The bursting Of a gasoline pipe
early today brought Arlington
county firemen to the scene Of
the Texaco Company's bulk tanks
located south OF Highway Bridge
on the Observation-Disclosures
Highway to prevent a possible ex-
plosion or fire.
Approximately $50 gallons Of
the fuel covered the road when
the connection between one of
the tanks and a railroad car
broke during transmission Of the
gasoline.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
CoIored u. 5. Clerks
Will Meet Tonight

Representative Merlin Hull Of
Wisconsin and Representative
Ralph o. Brewster Of Maine will
be the speakers at the meeting
Of colored United Government
Employees Association in the audi
torium Of GarnetPatterson Junior
High School tonight at 8 o'clock.
Pay increase for the Federal and
District workers will be discussed.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14

more than 100000 sets nightly
or 100000 900 radios blaring them
nightly.
Pick n Pat, appearing for Bits
Best and Model Smoking Tobacco.
do not rival the Amos and Andy
team. but have a siteable audience
on their own account Another
black face team carving niche
for itself.
Then there are Bert Swor and
Lou Lubin. familiar 10 Columbia
network listeners. and Handy and
Mandy. Molasses and January. 10
mention only few. who are ex-
plotting sepia foibles and WITNESSES
in huge amounts.
L II these teams are any criteria
the way TO assure success in radio
Is to act in a black face skit. Whe-
Their you remain In that particular
character or branch out, you are
made" but there's the rub. You
have to apply the burnt cork your
self. ;. that with which generou:
Mother Nature supplied you won''
do.
Comes the question. ominous and
menacing. -. WHY? Your guess Is
just as good as mine. CD Are
we too close to ourselves 10 OBJ
serve ourselves subjectively and
see the humour in our daily lives
(2) Are we sensitive about the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
ON THE AIR AND IN IT
(By Jackie Meares for AMP

CHICAGO-"The Fates don't de-
cree it?" The cards are stacked
against rus." wouldn't II be a
pleasant little old apple upon
which TO live II making futile
statements like these could remedy
all our ills? Your scribbler hasn't
gone philosophical on you--never
fear. She just calls to your at
tention the present state OF affairs
in the nation. tries TO come to
some conclusion. and realizes
that its like the Tapping Of wings
against a bird cage. .....
Amos'n Andy, who sold tooth
paste for eight years at fabulous
salaries. recently signed a three
year contract with a soup COM
pany at still higher stipend.
Vars and vars ago Sam n Har-
ry fell out with wGN. Chicago. ov-
er a contract. and fled to WNIAQ
and the Pepsodent national hook
up. WMAQ would not accept
them until the Urban League. at
the behest OF Gordon Strong, then
publisher OF the Chicago Daily
News, had polled so or rs sepia
citizens to see II their stuff was
Objectionable. 1t wasn't. The rest
Is history. Freeman Goslen( Am
os) and Charles Correll (Andyl
have enacted 100 different charac-
tiers to an average audience OF
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
(By ULYSSES W. BoykIN, iii
tBy ULYSSES W. BoYkGN}

gent Negro's status IN the world
nearly three quarters OF century
after the Civil War According 20
a local Detroit optometrest wearing
dark glasses is endangering the
health OF normal eyes j. Wearing
smoked spectacles outdoors sofiens
the optical muscles and lowers the
sensitiyi'y Of optic nerves causing
the eyes 10 squirt and droop 49,.
There are however dark prolectives
prescription lenses that filter out
only the harmful glare light rays
and permit the much needed light
20 pass through the proper vision
Joe Louis has been base ball
fan since he was u years old -.
Willis Ward yearns 10 see a ball
game from the Press Box. 49,.
Robert HAYDEN is still turning out
some very promising poetry. -.
Nacirema (through Judges Graycs
Sadler Winifred DeGrass and q.
W b picked as the best dressed
couple at their sport dance last
week Lillian Brown and Richard
Carter IDLE WILD is attract
ing more and more visitors as the
summer reaches It's climax -.
Folks from The borders Of both
oceans were numbered among the
weeks attractive guests. Mrs.
Joe Louis Barrow and friends from
the Windy City. many Detroiters
Including Joseph Oraigen, deputy
labor commissioner. and numerous
others were there last week 80.
Kermit Mead was guest az Wood
land. IS miles from Idle Wild. -.
He was guess at the Cottage OF
Miss Louise Raw and her mother
- Promoters Sturz and Andrew
JAP sneed are bringing 10 the
Graystone a battle OF music be-
tween Fletcher Henderson and
Earl Hines nex' Monday night. !.
Joe Branum. Marvin Cocker. Tom
Spencer. Frank Spencer, Frank
Davis. Ernest Fisher. Thomas Scott.
sam Thomas. Jack Wells. and Ben
Webster are linked with Yacting
party Wednesday, Aug. H.. The
City Of Hancock is the boat and IL
leaves he foot Of Dubois al p m.
... This gang should advertise
their affair through the Tribune
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14

chicago--we haven't as yet seen
the highly publicised new Para
mount film, Artists and Models. .
in which Louis Armstrong and a
Harlem sequence are featured. but
we did read the comments In last
weeks Variety" the theatrical
magazine. on the satchmo scene in
which Martha Raye appears.
says Variety: There are a cou-
pie OF misguided sequences. one OF
which may react negatively to the
future Of Martha Raye whom the
studio has developed into sizeable
box office. It's that Public Melody
Number One sequence. done in a
Frankly Harlem setting, with
Louis Armstrong footing his
trumpet against a pseudo-musical
gangster idea. While Miss Rave is
under cork, this intermingling OF
the races isn't wise, especially az
she let's herself go into the extrem-
est manifestations OF Harlemania
torso-twisting and gyrations. II
may hurt her personally"
All OF which proves that when a
studio attempts to take a sensible
view Of entertainment, there are
plenty Of race separationists to OBJ
Jet Miss Raye Is a coincidence
and therefore has no Greta Carlo
reputation to maintain: It Is there
fore difficult to see how she can be
harmed by appearing in blackface
or in 8 colored sequence. She does
not kiss Louis Armstrong or asso-
ciates nor does she embrace them
What then. can the objection be?
II Is nothing strange for whites
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
tn TRIcAL

70 appear In Negro scenes. Marion
Davies did II few years ago with
the Four Mills Bros. and others n
iilm laid In Civil War days Va,
II has not Jared Miss Davies re.
putation one iota. Paul Robson, 4
rev years ago. appeared IN 3
broadway drama opposite a white
woman who was cast as his wife
put not a single reputation wa,
damaged. "''
The fact is that Miss Rava car
take care OF herself and Paramount,
officials knew what they were do.
ing. Variety's ill-advised attempt n
make a mountain out of molebil1
Is as senseless as It is unfortunate
IN DIRECT CONTRAST
Exactly opposite from Mis-,
haye's attitude on things interra.
cal Is that OF Mary Nolan. former
hollywood actress and onetime
broadway beauty. who filed suit for
=
$4,000 against the N. Y. Amster.
dam News claiming her reputation
was damaged to that extent when
'he Harlem paper last MAY mad
vertently referred to her as the ex.
vile OF Dr. Eugene Nelson. the
California physician.
In the next issue, the Harlem
weekly ran correction after
learning Or. Nelson's former mate
was another showgirl But this
front page article was not enough
for Miss Nolan.
II It were Dixie. there would be
no question, bur it remains 10 he
seen Just how much damage 1, IS
20 the reputation OF white woman
IN New York TO be named as the
onetlme spouse Of a successful col
ored doctor-especially when this
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14

The week OF great activity Is
gone .Naeirema Week has passed
into pleasant memories . Detroit
ers can now relax and dream OF the
greatest week In the history OF the
Clubs social life . One entire
week OF entertainment Roy Nor
ton. club president, and his staff
deserve lot OF credit for putting
Nacirema Week over ..All De-
troit will long remember the
grandest week this side OF Christ
mas !. Popular visitors helped TO
make the past week an occasion for
attractive entertaining 49,. Edna
May Harris is the new singing star
with Noble Sissle's Orchestra at
Jefferson Beach in the new Spanish
Ball Room Claude McKay's new
book OF "reminiscences is interesting
as a special kind OF autobiography
80. The book lie interesting be-
cause every incident is recorded
and every parsonage met is describ-
ed in terms OF color reaction
Mckay came 70 the United States
after gaining a local reputation as
a poet in Jamica (. He spent two
years in college and for FIVE years
wondered about working at any
sort OF job !. He was waiter on
the railroad when his invitation 70
VISIT Frank Harris started him on
the road 10 recognition. The road
since then has led through London
and Paris TO Russia. Germany. Har-
lem. Marseilles. Morocco and back
70 New York again We learn
from him what people OF Europe
nations think OF Negroes and how
they treat them All sumed ur
they represent white hell for
the author who has, nevertheless
often felt himself estranged and
misunderstood has stood by his
own people One cannot fail 10 re-
ret the bitterness that has been dis.
titled by some Of his experiences .
Ofay critics who reviewed his
book CLAIM that many OF his inter
pretations are due TO an inability
to understand why certain persons
think as they do The Detroit
News states that McKay's honesty
makes his book a valuable docu-
ment as a statement Of an intelli-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
Screen Actors Guild
Cuts Negro Ranks

Hollywood (By Harry Levette
Tor ANP)-'The closed shop" or
ders by the Screen Actors guild
which has forced all colored motion
picture players to join at s2s per
has reduced the quota OF extra or
atmosphere players from 1900 to
l72. or these 104 are men and 6s
women. All are anxious to Join even
at the prohibitory price but the
large amount Of work expected this
summer and due yet 70 come has
not yet materialized. Hence many
OF those who joined in order to fill
calls offered them had to borrow
money or pawn articles In order 10
get the fees.
or course for those who received
several days work at s25 per day
this was not felt so badly but those
who only got day at the present
price OF 1925 had 10 be incon-
venienced until they could make
le" more days ana catch up. Ac-
cording to reports some OF the
higher salaried colored players
whose salaries ran from $500 10
$1,000 a week are responsible for
the severity OF the rule laid down
on the extras, One OF these. a wo-
man, is said to have remarked
when white guild officials were
considering low special rate for
extras. oh, let them pay II. all
they do with their money is get
drunk as soon as they are paid. and
waste II away
Yet II was not so long since this
same lady was an extra herself.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
81 Want To Be A
Doctor and Musician

LoNDON-(By Rudolph Dunbar
for ANP)-olin Montgomery. one
OF the four liberated Scottsboro
boys, said he wanted to be "a doc
tor and a musician" after describ-
ing prison conditions in Alabama
in an exclusive story written by
him last week for the London
Chronicle. a leading British daily
newspaper.
The story, which was printed
under the name of Olin Montgom-
cry, said I'm proud--niore than
can explain. It's because fin
ally got justice All during the
six years I felt would get out in
the long run. because I was limo.
cent. l felt that Mr.. Liebowit7
was not going 10 leave US. II Il
hadn't been for him, never would
have gotten out.
Il was In my cell in the Decatur
jail and hadn't been in court wher
Robinson Sill Gal.
they moved 10 set us free, so
didn't know. The Sheriff jus
came TO the cell, opened the dool
and said. You niggers are free
You better get out OF Alabama al
quick as you can. We went through
the jail door to the street anC
saw Mr.. Leibowitt standing beside
an automobile.
we ran 10 the car with oui
hands over our heads. because W.
didn't know what was going 4
happen 10 us. Then the Sheriff
looked at Mr.. Leibowitz and said
You bastard. You get in that cal
and ride with those niggers.
We rode all the way 10 Gin
cinnati and then took the train tc
New York. But we couldn't sleej
and we couldn't eat. We didn
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14

ridicule which may accompany such
a role? True humour, you know,
transcends race. and removes all
the barbs and siings that are like
ly TO offend in a joke. Note that
all the black-face teams amuse
without insult. (3) Is It that we
Just don't get break? ca Can
other races inject more entertain
ment into our own special forte
OF humour than we ourselves?
Questions like this could 90 on ad
mfinitum. The fact remains that
you and /. her and him, provide
the situation. and the masters Of
blackface comedy pocket the mill
lions therefrom.
Africa sees the necessity 10 de-
fend Joe Louis. heavyweight cham
pion OF the world. to it's newspap-
ers readers editorially. From the
Gold Coast comes an article which
comments on Howard Marshall's
talk over British Broadcasting
Company in which he de-cried
the way the Schmeling had
been "shamefully sidetracked''
from a bout with Jim Braddock.
then champion. Says the editorial
The recent fight in which Joe
figured was none OF his choosing
II was Braddock himself who e.
letted to meet Joe Louis instead
OF Max Schmelins, because for
racial consideration a fight with
Max would have been a terrible
financial blow for Braddock. while
one with Joe would have meant,
and did mean, the opposite
Before the fight the Empire
programmes made little OF no men
ton OF Il, and after the event on
ly one announcement came through
from Daventry on such an import
ant sporting event az the worlds
heavyweight boxing championship
light. Moreover, In last Sundays
Sports Summary not q breath was
blown In that direction. II IL so
unlike D. b. c. authorities. who.
we have no doubt, would be In
different circumstance have given
the requisite publicity to the move
ments OF the heavyweight cham
pion." Ahtnl Could the colon
lists. long suppressed BY the CEN
surtd and censored press, be quar-
reling with the mother country a.
bout It's failure to play fsir7
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-14
M aid Tells About
Sylvia Sidney

HoLLYw0oD-(ANP)-- There
an old saw to the effect that no
man is hero TO his valet syL-
VIA SIDNEY has no valet. she
has a maid named Madlyn And
10 Madlyn, Miss Sidney ispi
hero-shes a heroine.
You can learn lot about Miss
Sidney from Madlyn She can tell
you. for instance. that Miss Sidney
always puts On her stockings in
side our. that she won't put hat
on the bed. that she cares little
about dresses but is extravagant
when il comes 10 hats and shoes.
and that she Is an inveterate dood-
Ter, A doodler by the way. is one.
who picks UP a pencil and makes
designs en- able cloths. telephone
booth walls. and bits OF paper.
Miss Sidney leaves everything
TO Madlyn. Approached by inter-
viewers who crave information
concerning the stars idiosyncra-
sizes. habits. likes. and dislikes.
she point to her maid. who. In
this instance. is something OF
press agent;
ASK Madlyn." she says She'll
tell you all about me
'All?"
Well. nearly all
Madlyn is more than a maid.
She's companion and contidsnt.
and during the filming Of Samuel
Goldwyns Death End when the
hairdressers We're on strike, Mad
lyn did little private scabbing
and dressed Syivia's hair.
Certainly know all about
Miss sidney" she says 4 should
We've been together for seven
years--eyer since she worked in
An American Tragedy"
She says that most people are
little afraid OF Miss Sidney
when they first meet her. She
wasn't. when worked for
Florence vidor learned how TO
handle people. she explains. 7
learned how 10 study them and
find out their dispositions.
The frs, week she worked for
Miss sidney she learned that the
star wasn't all temperamental
not a. all moody She's like .
child" Madlyn SAYS. Full Of
life. she's not at all like the cha
racters she plays in pictures"
In seven years. Miss Sidney and
Madlyn Lesene have. never had an
argument. There are times. Mad
Ign says. when they don't speak
10 each other for hours 4 know
when she doesn't want TO talk
she says And then I don't talk
10 her"
Twice in Europe together. last
year the couple spent many de-
lIghtful weeks in the South OF
France we went on LONG walks
together l was about the only
person she talked 10 She never
went anywhere without me"
When Miss Sidney moved 70
New York for time she took
Madlyn with her she had an
apartment decorated for me. fixed
just the way I like IT," The star
has gone on but one trip without
Madlyn TO Washington. D. C., Il
won't 90 into the south for any
body" Madlyn explained I'm .
New Yorker. and I don't like the
South. Miss Sidney understands
that"