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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-10-22

retail, STORES
UNFAIR TO RACE

The Negro residents of Dayton's
West Side can do great deal to
secure employment for their group
only by concerted action and CO.
operation can this aim be achieved
quickly.
In the area bounded by Third st.
on the North, Germantown on the
South, Bank Street on the East, and
Clifton Drive on the West, there are
over so retail grocery stores, whose
patrons are largely Negroes, doing
weekly volume Of business totalling
thousands Of dollars. Besides there
are hundreds Of other types OF re-
tail businesses, clothing, furniture,
hardware and drug stores, pressing
shops and gas stations who cater
mainly to this same group.
Although their incomes and pro-
fits are derived from purchases made
by Negroes, in the main they are
not interested in employing Negroes
as clerks, and assiatants in these
stores. The majority of these stores
do not employ Negroes as regular
workers. Those that do, pay excep-
tionally low wages to their workers.
There are four retail grocery stores
operated by Negroes and these are
on Western Avenue, and the volume
Of business done BY them Is COM
paratiyelv small. Such condition
Of affairs is not only highly undeslr-
able but deplorable.
This situation can be improved but
It depends on you! Cooperate and
do your part. Do not purchase a
| single article, loaf Of bread, or q
bottle of milk from any grocery
store in which you do not see Ne
| groes employed.
The chain stoes, Kroger and At
| lantic and Pacific are notorious Tor
/ their inaction relative to this PROB
lem. and ignoring requests TO enl--
ploys Negroes. So let our first re-
sponse be our united rafusal to pa
| tronize these stores until they re-
| spond satisfactorily.
Remember do not buy any article
at anv store where Negroes do not
J work.
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THE RESIGNATION OF REV. ESTELL
CAUSES FlJROR AMONG MEMBERS

bership of 73 in 1882 to more thar
1900 at this time is little short Of
miracle. Being an Evangelist OF
national reputation, he has success
fully conducted his own revivals,
baptizing, and fellowshipping into
the church as many as 1872 at one
time. During little more than SIX
years he has baptized into the Tab
ernacle Baptist Church 802 persons,
and kept up his outside exangelistic
work at great churches Ike Zion
Baptist Church, Louisville, KY, West
Chestnut Street, Louisville; First
Baptist, Lexington, Ky; Southern
Baptist, Cincinnati; East Mt. Zion,
Cleveland; West HJnter St.. Atlanta,
Ca; First Baptist Church, Winches-
ter, KY, and Green Street Baptist
Church in Louisville.
When the Rev. Mr.. Esteli came to
Tabernacle Church, there was an
| indebtness Of S35,soo.oo. This in
debtness has been reduced $26,70o,
and the present mortgage inaebtness
Is now only $4,000. Enormous
repairs and improvements have been
made during these years, and de-
nominational program developed that
far surpasses anything Of its kind
in the city Of Dayton. No church
! lcopt;nued on last page
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Joint Commission
On Negro Work
Negroes ON >.om.ss.>a.

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chicago, the 81. hey. aeo1se 1...s
Stewart, the Episcopal Sl4A~A -
1sapiasnea Q aoial Lonli4l4sslon GA 49,
aro Work. IL consists vt .ns w..4.,
clergyman, the kew. homer "a. c4Ane
Of pittsburgh, Pa, and the three NJ
gro clergymen, the Rev. Il. ii. uA.sy
oI Souenern Ohio, the Rev. sonn h.
Gunner of Florida and the 4ses.
George M. plasket Of Newark; two
white laymen, Warren Kearney or
New Orleans. DIR. Kenneth Sills OF
Maine, and two Negro Laymen, Hen
ry K. Kraft of New York and Lieut..
Lawrence Oxley Of Washington, DC.
This forward action was taken by
the General Church through the rec
concentrations OF the Conference of
Church Workers among COlored peo--
pie at pre-convention meeting at
st. Andrew Church, Cincinnati. The
recommendations were based upon .
series Of suggestions by DR.. e. III.
Oxley in q paper read to the con-
ference.
In an impassioned and moving
plea at the mass meeting of the
Church Institute for Negroes IN
Taft Auditorium, Prof. Strange.
| principal Of the Industrial School in
Okolona. Miss. said: "Who knows
but that in some broken down cabin
deep South some Negro boy awaits
the magic influence Of some teacher
who will awaken his potential gifts
and find him another Roland Hayes,
another George Washington Carver?
Who knows but that Paul Laurence
Dunbar. Booker r. Washington, q
Marian Anderson ID now awaiting
the magic touch OF some, teacher
trained and employed BY this Episcc--
pal Church u give TO America the
rare gifts OF an awakened anindg"
i It 10 quite true 70 say that this
i Scsnssn@eA - pasa esas,
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Deep sorrow came over Tabernacle
Baptist Church Sunday morning,
when at the close Of his morning
message, the Rev. Mr.. Estell, pastor,
rendered his resignation to accept a
call extended him by the St. John
institutional Baptist Church in Dal-
las, Texas. The resignation came
like thunderbolt out Of the clear
sky. It was known that an offer had
been made by the Texas Church, but
no one in the Church or city had
entertained any idea whatever OF its
acceptance.
Everyone was profoundly stirred,
cries Of men, women, and children
made it the most pathetic scene
ever witnessed in a church. The
news spread over Dayton like wild !
fire. Throughout the afternoon 7
Sunday, group meetings Were held
even bv persons who are in no way
connected with the Tabernacle
Church, and strong influence was
being brought 10 bear on the Rev,
Mr.. Estell to reconsider the steps he
had taken.
Never before IN the history q
organized church life IN Dayton has
! anv man accomplished such q task
! as that accomplished by the pastor
the Rev. Mr.. Estell. From q mem
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REV. ERNEST G. ESTELL
have through seven years Of strug-
g.e, sacrifice and prayful coopera
ton come to this exalted place of
Kingdom work and community ser
vice.
Our indebtness then was $35, 800.
1t has been reduced S26, 10000 which
leaves a balance on our indebtness
Of $9,100.00, and we are well equip
ped in an organized way to carry
Oh victoriously.
In the spirit Of unselfishness /
have given myself to your church
community. | have succeeded only
because of your unquestionable 10y
atty. I have baptized 802 of this
membership that | love SO well. My
preaching was not with enticing
words, but the Holy Spirit used you
and me to build up a church disting-
uished for its spirit of evangelism.
No church ever labored more faith
fully with it's own minister, in try
ing TO save lost community from
sin, than did you. In every other
department Of our church life you
have shown peculiar love and great
respect for my leadership.
You have kept me in touch with
every forward move of our great de-
nomination, and thereby throwing me
in contact with some Of the greatest
minds Of this generation. BY gra--
cious act of this church, was in 1934
privileged to travel quite extensively
i'm Europe and view the land tha'
gave birth to our Saviour and to SET
the place where he lived and diet
and rose again.
You as church have willingly ac-
cepted my program from your youth
and with an enthusiasm that is tn
admiration of all who know you, car
r;ed on SO effectively that no churcl
Of WniCn l KNOW caH uuaoe ~ = h
loyalty to every detail Of their pas
tors program.
The Tabernacle Baptist Churcl
has left no stone unturned to max
me comfortable and happy and ther
has grown up between US ties OF az
fection that when considered fror
one angle should never be broker
Your love for both myself an
family is one Of the high experience
Of these seven years among you. bn
| am minister Of Jesus Christ
am not nv own, and I have there
fore been led to the consideration Z
a call. extended me nine weeks az
bv the SIT. John Institutional Baptl'
Church or Dallas, Texas It ha
been with much prayer and agon
of spirit that / have considered
call which would take me from
church, citv. and people who hay
5een 10 indispensable to my well be
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In . message to his diocese in the
current South African Christian
Recorder, the Bishop remembers the
folks back home when he says: "As
] write this to you, my children. !
am reminded that am over 10000
lies away from my home, my father
and brothers and sisters and my own
children. But | have God here in
Africa with me, and nothing else
matters much. God has given you
to me, and your love and your help
and am supremely happy. Then lot
us join together in prayer for more
of His love to US, and let us share
that love with one another.
(Continued ON page fcur)
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To the Officers and Members of the
Tabernacle Baptist Church:

Near seven years ago I came to
Tabernacle Baptist Church as it's
pastor. There were seventy three
members the most Of whom are today
at rest. The church was in court,
and trouble of every description
threatened Little Flock. Today
We are at peace with ourselves and
all mankind, and the twelve hundred
members of our communion enjoy a
distinction that could come only to
a militant group like yourselves, who
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-10-22
BISHOP WRIGHT REMEMBERS
FOLKS BACK EiLME"

CAPE TOWN, south Africa (C)
Bishop r. 4. Wrignt, Jr., who is
presiding over the fifteenth episco al
district Of the ANIL. Cnurcn, mas
the largest district in the church,
covering l,s75,0o0 square miles. 1t
is $500 miles from Cape Town to
Nyassa on the north, and nearly o.
900 miles from Walvis Bay on the
Atlantic to Inhambane on the Indian
Ocean, and there are four European
languages spoken--English, Dutch,
German and Portuguese, score of
native languages, and four different
governments.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-10-22

effective January third, Monday fol-
lowing the FIRST Lords Day IN the
month, which will mark the conclu-
sion of an association and fellowship
that have meant so much to me that
time cannot erase it's deep impress
sion from my memory. May Gods
rich blessings be upon me, His SER
want, and upon you, His people.
ERNEST G. ESTELL,
October 1S, 1897.
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Church Institute for
Negroes Presented

The story of the Church Institute
Tor Negroes was presented to the
convention by DR.. Robert l.. Patton,
director OF the institute. Under the
auspices of the Episcopal Church the
Institute operates chain of Normal
and Industrial Schools, q Theological
Seminary, st. Augustine College
nine in all--in the black belt of the
South. "0ne tenth OF the Negro
population Of the United States are
Negroes. In some counties OF the
South four out of every FIVE OF the
population are OF the Negro race.
The kingdom Of Christ can never
come to III in the South or in Ameri-
CO until taking our black brother by
the hand we enter the gates with
him. We are certain that in that
great procession .hese will be no
segregation based on the color OF the
skin. / believe that Negroes are the
most God-conscious of all races.
They have that gift which Professor
Royce said was the most valuable
of all personal endowments, the
power of adapting themselves to hard
conditions and rising above them.
Among their great personal gifts i
loyalty, without which great charac-
ter Is impossible. They are loving,
kind, and forgiving; and running
through it all is an almost universal
sense of humor. Let us recall some
Of his remarkable achievements in
the face Of many severe handicaps.
/. From a population Of about a
million in 1860 he has increased to
twelve million.
q. The Negro worker is an indis-
pensable part of American agricul--
ture and industry.
3. His labor for the most part has
built the economic empires Of cot
ton, sugar cane, and tobacco.
4. He furnishes nearly 10 per cent
of American breadwinners including
about the same percentage of farm
labor.
s. Emancipated in 1856 with
scarcely any property at all, Negroes
today operate $4,000 business es-
adjustments.
8. Having scarcely any money a
all when freed, they annually owr
, and buy $4,000, 100000 worth 0.
goods.
z. They have 206 million worth ei
church property and spend 43 miilior
annually to maintain their religiou
enterprises.
8. In the world War 10000 Ne
groes went TO France and many gay
their lives that Democracy fnEgh
| live.
/ 8. Negroes are members Of twelv
State legislatures, and Negro judge
are on the bench in several statet
| 20 Negroes have sat in the Unite
States Congress.
10. One hundred and sixteen Ne
groes are members of Phi Beta Kap
pa. Over sixty have won the degre
of Doctor Of Philosophy and ninety
seven are In Who's Who in Americs
| Ii. Frederick Douglass and Bsoks
T. Washington were orators of th
first order. George w. Carver
one of Americat's greatest chemist
Paul Laurence Dunbar the poet, ar
Roland Hayes with his glorious voic
are men Of whon any race nigl
be proud (a voice @What abol
runnarS?")
liz. They have created the In
mortal music Of the Spirituals.
But this record Of achievemel
represents only the email percentai
| Of the race. Those accorded oppol
tunity denied TO the race as q whole
Reviewing the sad condition
the great majority OF Negroes
our country Or. Patton said: q
all Negro workers SO per cent ase
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-10-22
EVERY ONE MUST VOTE NOV. z

The election, Tuesday, November q is very import
ant civic affair for the citizens of Dayton Three city
commissioners to be selected four members of the
board Of education will be chosen chief justice of the
police court city clerk, and two judges OF the civil
municipal court. The performance OF the duties OF
these positions will affect every and woman, boy
and girl Of Dayton.
Evening star., 1937-02-22
u. S. NAVY GROWTH
PRAISED BY CRITIC
British Authority Commends Pol
icy on Air Power as Far
Sighted.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
A British naval authority praised
the United States Navy's development
of 'well-balanced" feet rather than
"overemphais' on air power in an
article published today.
Hector c. Bywater, writing in the
Journal of the Army Ordnance Asso-
citation, termed the building and MAIN
tanning of a strong force of capital
ships, with proportionate quotas of
other craft, instead of placing too
much dependence on air power, a
"clear-sighted appreciation of actu-
alities."
Airplanes are an important auxiliary
arm of the feet, Bywater explained,
but air power alone will not play a
decisive role in high seas warfare of
the future"
"It is difficult to see," Bywater wrote,
"how the paramount naval problem
confronting the United States-main-
tenance of strategic control over the
eastern Pacific and the security of
communication with the Far East, in
Guiding the Philippines. can be either
complicated or simplified by the de-
velopment of air power"
Evening star., 1937-02-22
INITIATION PRANK
VICTIM RECEIVERS
Probe of G. w. Students Ac.
Cident at StandstiII- II-Fra:
ternity Explains.

Investigation of the Sigma Chi Fra
ternity prank that indirectly nearly
resulted in death for George Wash
ington University freshman Saturday
night appeared at standstill today
as the student was reported recover
ing from burns received when he was
shocked by 13,000-voltage wire.
Physicians said the victim-vernon
Rasmussen, 25, of East Salt Lake
City. Utah-will get well, although he
is still confined to Georgetown Hos
pital, where he was taken after being
found semi-conscious on the grounds
of the Dalecarlia Distributing Reser-
voir, at Conduit and Reservoir roads.
Although burned on the arms and
legs, police do not believe Rasmussen
actually touched the power line. They
think he probably was thrown back
when he came too close to 1t.
Found by Pepco Employe.
The youth was found by a Potomac
Electric Power Co. employe about two
hours after he had left the Sigma Chi
house, 1912 N street, where prepara-
tions were being made for an initia-
ton on Saturday night.
A student at the fraternity house
said Rasmussen was sent out on an
"errand''-to look for IAN object
while the initiation equipment was
put in readiness.
IF he had followed the written in
structions he was given," the student
said, ''it wouldn't have happened. He
wouldn't even have been near the
power line"
University Won't Investigate.
DR.. Cloyd H. Marvin, president OF
George Washington University, said
he was not investigating the incident
IF any inquiry is made" he said,
cit will be up to the Student Relations
Committee.
Prof. John A. Mcintyre, head of
this group, said he had not yet de-
termined whether there would be an
investigation.
Seventh precinct police, who investi-
gated the case Saturday night, denied
they intended to charge Rasmussen
with trespassing when he is released
from the hospital.
Evening star., 1937-02-22
'Woman's Estate Held Ample
ToPay%, 900, ,OOOin Bequests

The extent of the estate OF Mrs.
Clementine Farr Duff, So, whose will
specified about 100000 In chari-
table beduests, probably will be re-
vealed this week or early next week,
the executors declared today.
Meanwhile. they declined to esti-
mate her holdings, other than to say
that her estate was ample to pay all
the legacies.
Stanton C. Peelle. one of the execu-
tors, disclosed that one of Mrs. Duff's
last requests was that she not be
buried until late Spring so that peo-
pie will not have to brave bad
weather to visit my grave"
Burial will be in Philadelphia be-
side the grave of her husband, John
j. Duff, wealthy New York real estate
owner. During the interim her body
will repose in an unmarked metal vault
in the receiving room at Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
For years Mrs. Duff, small woman
who habitually dressed in black, had
given literally to charities and to her
friends and servants.
Evening star., 1937-02-22

Living a retired life in her large
apartment at 1150 Connecticut ave-
nue., she was little known to those
of this generation, taking part in few
outside activities.
Her apartment was lavishly fur
nished in the style Of half a century
ago. In it her best friend, Miss Mary
r. Baker, to whom she willed $100, 900,
now lies Ill.
It was said she had inherited three
large fortunes, the first from her
father, William Farr, Philadelphia
manufacturing jeweler: the second
from her husband, who died about IS
years ago, and the third from her
sister, Mrs. Seaton Perry. In memory
of her sister, Mrs. Duff financed the
Childrens Home of the Central Union
Mission.
Evening star., 1937-02-22
Sebring, Police Court Clerk
For Last 80 Years, Dies at u
Was I'LL T,UO Months,
Would Haze Been
Retired March 1.

Francis A. Sebring, II, clerk OF Po-
lice Court for the last 80 years. who
would have been retired March l. died
today at his home, $500 Colorado ave-
nue.. after an illness of two months.
Mr.. Sebring, who HAD been conflred
to his home by illness since early IN
December, asked to be retired IN q
letter addressed to Presiding Juige
John P. Mcmahon last month. HIS
request, made because Of poor health,
was approved and Walter F. Bramhall
has been appointed as his successor,
to take office March l. William A..
Norgren is acting chief clerk.
Retirement Mr.. Sebring, who had
been an employe of the court more
than 40 years, was blocked in 1882
when Police Court judges interceded
in his behalf and obtained special or
ders from President Hoover waving
terms of the economy act in his case.
Praised by Judges.
In asking that he be retained In
Office beyond the retirement age fixed
in the act, the judges said in their re-
quest to the President that Mr.. Sc
brings "capability. sound judgment
and energy and capacity for work has
not been diminished because of his
age"
President Hoover granted a 30-day
extension in Office and later a further
extension was granted under which
he had held Office up to the time OF
his final illness.
The judges paid high tribute tc
the veteran court clerk in their re.
quest of 1882.
Under his progressive regime" they
said, "the system in vogue in the
Police Court Is well above the aver.
age found in other jurisdictions. Ir
view of the splendid organization
which he has built up and his ability
to handle difficult situations, which
constantly arise. and his thorough
knowledge of all precedents and re.
tentive memory relating thereto, which
are Of inestimable value to the judges
his retention is therefore considered
vital to the interests of the genera
public and to the judges of thL
court"
Refused Vacations.
The judges cited the fact that he
had been absent from his desk be-
cause of illness only twice in hi.
long term of service-during the Worlc
War, when he was victim of the
influenza epidemic, and in 1919, wher
he was run down by an. automobile
For many years he refused to take
vacations.
Mr.. Sebring was prominent ir
Masonic affairs. He was a thirty.
Evening star., 1937-02-22

OF course, it's quite an intricate
process. Yet, architects and builders
believe the day is coming when glass
houses will be made from salvaged
bottles found on city dumps. The
glass house is no idle dream. There
is warehouse on Rhode Island ave-
nue. made almost entirely of this sub
stance.
Chemists already have learned that
bottles need be done over very slightly
to accomplish this end. There needs
to be added to the silica (sand) only
the right proportion of some oxide in
order to make the glass as durable
as brick, steel or iron.
Only four plants in the country,
according to experts at the Bureau of
Standards, are so equipped today.
This scarcity of producing centers, to-
gether with the high cost of trans
portation. hauling material from city
dumps, holds up the making Of glass
houses from empty bottles.
Down at the exhibit room in the
warehouse operated by the procure
ment division of the Treasury De-
partment, there are samples of what
can, and is being, done with glass such
as can be reclaimed from old remelted
bottles. Some of this material is being
used In the construction of Govern
ment buildings throughout the land.
Evening star., 1937-02-22
SCIENCE SOCIETY
TO NOMINATE 20
Ceremonies at Cosmos Club
to Precede Installing of
G. W. U. Chapter.

Fifty workers in the field of science
will be nominated for election to the
Society of Sigma XII, natioal honorary
scientific fraternity, at the Cosmos
Club at 5 pm. today. The cere-
monies will precede the Winter con-
vocation of George Washington Uni
versity. scheduled for pm in Con-
Stitution Hall, at which a university
chapter of Sigma Xi will be installed
and eight internationally known
scientists will receive honorary de-
grees.
Dr. George B. Pegram of Columbia
University and Dean Edward Ellery
OF Union College, both national Of
ficers of Sigma XII, will conduct the
installation. Dean Ellery will present
the chapter its charter, while DR..
Pegram will deliver the charge.
Those on whom honorary degrees
will be conferred tonight are the fol-
lowing: DR.. William Alanson White
superintendent of st. Elizabeths Hos
pital; DR.. John C. Merriam, president
of the Carnegie Institution of Wash
ington; DR.. Charles G. Abbot, secre.
tary of the Smithsonian Institution;
DR.. Lyman j. Briggs. director of the
Bureau of Standards; DR.. William
Bowie, director of the Division of
Geodosy, Coast and Geodetic Survey;
DR.. Paul Bartsch, curator of the
Mullusks Division. National Museum;
DR.. Ellery and DR.. Pegran.
The convocation also will be marked
by the awarding of certificates and
degrees to 315 students who are gradu-
ating from the university. President
Cloyd Heck Marvin will make the
awards and presentation of diplomas
Dean Elmer Louis Kayser, university
marshal, will head the academic pro-
cession and preside.
Delegates representing 81 chapters
of Sigma XII in colleges and univer.
stiles throughout the country will be
present. Forthy-three members Of
the faculty, who are members of
Sigma XII chapters at the universities
where they took their degrees, will
be charter members of the new
chapter.