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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-20
K. {. GRADUATE SINGS ON THE
MAJOR BOWES,, AMATEUR HOUR
Juanita Gibbs, Lyric Soprano, Goes to
New York and Chicago; Sings on Amateur
Hour and in 1887 Music Festival

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. 80 Juanita
Gibbs, lyric soprano, who was grad
uated from Knoxville College last
June, left the city last night in a
drawing room bound for New York
City where she will sing on Major
Bowes' Amateur Hour, Thursday
night, August 10. While she is
away, Miss Gibbs will also go to Chi
cago to sing in the 1887 Chicagoland
Music Festival.
The trip to New York and the
opportunity to sing on the famous
Major Bowes' Hour was made pos
sible through the City Manager Of
Knoxville, George Dempster, and the
Young Mems Democratic Clih Of
the city. IN the midst Of all his civic
and political affairs, Manager Denn--
ster, along with the help of Roderick
b. Busbee, president of the Young
Mems Democratic Club, arranged the
trip for Miss Gibbs.
Miss Gibbs, the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Curtis Gibbs Of I18 Kyle
Street, Knoxville, is called by many
ssKnoxville's Little songbird,' and i
known throughout the state for hel
beautiful soprano voice. She is :
graduate Of Austin High schoo
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-20

where she was a member Of the Aus
tin A Capella choir, glee club, and
octet. The little soprano continued
her study Of music when she came
to Knoxville College in 1888, and
spent four years in the &c. School
Of Music with Professor Newell G..
Fitzpatrick as her instructor. While
in college, she was a member of the
College Vested Choir and the Col
eridge Taylor Chorus. In both OF
these organizations, she was fea-
tured soloist. She completed her
work for Music Major, and re-
ceived her Bachelor of Arts degree
at the K.C. Commencement exer-
cises last June s.
City Manager .Dempster aided
Miss Gibbs's local popularity by ar
ranging for her to sing at several
lyneheons given BY various city clubs
and organizations at the Andrew
Johnson and Farragut Hotels. More
than once has Mr. Dempster lauded
| Miss Gibbs In interesting column
which appears in the Knoxville
Journal.
TO Sing IN Chicago Contest
After she sings on the nationall,
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encouraged them to engage in SINH
lar undertakings.
Educational leaders," said Dir.
Walker, "have poked fun at the
strivings of the timid. but weil-i,a--
tontioned attempts, by Negroes to
conduct business enterprises. M
stead of sending out SO many of our
young men and women into the pro-
fessional fields, our colleges stould
be leading our youth into the field
Of business, and helping them achieve
economic security.
Business among Negroes offers
the most remunerative field of our
collective endeavor. 1t calls for
higher efficiency and more far
reaching preparation than any other
field into which thg Negro youth may
enter. Those who catch the vision
of the future in the business world
will find the rewards greater than
any yet obtained.
"The buying power of twelve mil-
lion people, properly directed, star
ties the imagination, and the Negro
youth Of today who thoroughly pre-
pares himself to translate this buy
ing power into business enterprises
will reap untold rewards IN economic
results for himself as well as make
himself measurable factor in racial
advancement Today, it is definitely
true that the Negro youth who be-
comes 'diligent in business, shall
stand before kings" DIR. Walker
concluded.
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maternity mortslity. era Interested
physicians and the hubble III the effort
by us. Public Health Officer, nr.
Thomas A. Paaarnan, TO drive out the
scourge d syphilis. Through is
efforts q post graduate course in
venereal disease has been establish
cd At Howard University in cooper
alton with the government. lamp.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-20

NEW YORK The four Scots
boro boys will go On the stage, it
was announced today.
Defying the wishes Of Samuel Lei
bowitz, the attorney who fought to
free them from q nine-year-old
charge of attacking two white girls
in Alabama, the boys will appear in
a show in Harlem theatre 1t will
be q reenactment Of the court scene
in Alabama when they finally were
released.
The boys--Olen Montgomery, Eu--
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-20
FOUR fSCOTTSBORO BOYS TO GO
ON STAGE, IN SPITE OF PROTESTS

gene Williams, Willie Robertson and
Roy Wright revealed their plan at
the home Of the Rev. Thomas S.
Hartens. They were resplendent in
new clothes, and two sported canes.
Montgomery voiced the sentiments
Of all when he said that he felt that
since he was free he would be his
"own MASTER
The Rev. Mr.. Hartens, explaining
why he thought the boys should find
some kind Of work, said it is his
philosophy that "an idle head is the
devils Workshop"
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a young man who is blazing a trail
in new field for lis group, A. I.
Spaulding is making good as the first
colored actuary the North Carolina
Mutual Life insurance Company ever
had The company is being saved
thousands Of dollars annually thru
the scientific apple ation Of acturial
methods to its vast business, accord
ing to w. j. Kennedy, Jr., secretary.
Mr.. Spaulding, just IS, is one Of only
three colored actuaries in the
country. He is exceptionally well
prepared for his work. having grad
uated from New York University IN
80 from the School Of Commerce,
and having received the MA. degree
In Mathematics from the University
Of Michigan after completing coars-
els i'm Actuarial Science. He was q
brilliant student in college, winning
exemption from many examinations.
- calvin sssrvicel
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ST. Louis, treasurer; Bottom row
DR.. G. Hamilton Francis, speaker
House Of Delegates; DR.. Marcus b.
Hutto, secretary executive board !;
DR.. John 4. Givens, Norfolk, gen
eral secretary; and Dr.. George w.
Bowles, chair. executive committee.
Twenty-three hundred physicians,
dentists and pharmacists belong To
the body, including faculty members
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Of leading medical colleges, and ex-
ccutives Of all the accredited Negro
hospitals in the country. TIE Asso--
citation during the past year has
stressed medical education and dem
tai education, urging young men and
women to take up the alarming short
age which exists in the professions,
has given Scholarships fostered pub
lie education to cut down infant and
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PRES. WALKER BLANES COLLEGES FOR
NEGROES SLOW ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ANTI-LYNCH BILL Is SECOND ON
CALENDAR FOR 1888 SESSION
Legislation is Farthest Ahead on Senate
Calendar in History of Fight Agafnst Lynching

on tile Cestiga9n4 m Naallef biil II 1915
were made on the motion 70 consider,
not Oh the me1ats Of The ILL itself.
Now, Nv the agreement reached
August IL, there will be no tigFt
over Il plotion to consider The bill
Continued on page
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WASHINGTON After deadlock.
ing the enate and throwing the clos
ing days of Congress into Manic
INC supporters Of the Wagner-Van
Nsiys anti-lynching bill agreed to i
proposal made BY Senate leaders
that the bill be set down definitely
on the enate calendar for action il
the next session after the farm hill
Action on the anti-lynehinp bill
VIII be taken either III the regular
session beginning next January or
at the special session sometime in
The fall, il special session should
be called.
The resolution making the anti
lynehing bill the unfinished business
Of the Senate was proposed by Ma
iority Leader Alben w. Barkley, Of
Kentucky, and passed by two
thirds vote August IL.
The resolution means that The
anti-lynching bill will not have t,
fight for place on the calendar am
that there will be no argument Owe
whether y should tie taken up 81 not
y means that the anti lynching bill
is definitely set down on the senat,
calendar and must be debated an,
voted upon.
Victory for Bill
N hailing the present arrange
ment as victory, supporters Of th,
anti-lynching bill point out that ii
all the history Of anti -lynching legis-
lation in the Senate, the fight hai
always come on the motion to taks
up the bill. The filibusters in I'll,
Senate on the Dyer bill III 1922 ans
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-20

The officers Of the National Medi--
cal Association which held its annual
convention in ST. Louis this week
painted a record Of splendid accom-
plishment during the past twelve
months. Pictured above and read
ing from left to right are Or. John
A. Kenney, Newark, Nj, editor of
The Journal, DR.. Roscoe G. Giles,
Chicago, president; DR.. Z. T. Taylor,
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popular program Thursday night,
Miss Gibbs will leave for Chicago
where she will compete in the con-.
test referred TO as the 1897 Chica-
CONTINUED on page FOUR i,
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sive development Of matters touch.
ing the schools and the education Of
our youth in the city.
| earnestly invite the endorsement
and cooperation Of al our citizens
TO make my election sure and se-
cure, by such aid, counsel and sug-.
gestien as will assure our triumph
at the polls. All such help will be
most heartily welcome and crate
fully received
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29

HOLLYWOOD, May 20 Q.N.S0
Joan Blondell probably is claimed
by more committees as "the home
town girl who made good in the
movies" than any other star. 1t
was estimated today that a hun
dred cities claim her as their own.
It's all because Joan'S father
was a vaudeville actor and he
took his family around the worlo
when he was on tour.
Appearing in cities for usually
not more than a week at time,
a letter from the New York Board
Of Education was the open sesame
for Joan to enter school for the
period Of his local engagements.
AS a result Joan attended many
schools in many cities, gaining an
education and a host of friends
Now Joan receives many letters
and is visited at the Warner Bros.
studio by former classmates,
claiming her as hometown girl
and recalling how they went to
school together.
Joan's travelling schooling hest
tated only twice. Once was for
eight months when she attended
junior college at Denton, Tex, and
again for a year and a half in
Santa Monica, Cal, where she
graduated from high school.
When silence is golden-Direc-
tor Raw McCareY is expecting the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29
Stars Fool EN-
On Phone

HOLLYWOOD, May 30 Q.N.S0.
Most of the famous Hollywood
film stars speak in two voices
these days.
The first is the one familiar to
millions of theater-goers; tn e
second a telephone" voice used
in parrying calls from strangers
who manage to obtain the private
numbers.
Claudette Colbert speaks more
rapidly and with a higher pitch
when she happens to answer the
telephone in the maids absence
and of course Claudette says she
herself is the maid until she is
quite sure she wants to talk to the
person who is calling.
Melvyn Douglas invariably imi-
tates his Japanese houSeboy and
thereby let himself in for an hilar-
ious rib" one night when Robert
Young telephoned.
Young initiated a Japanese
friend of Douglas houseboy after
Douglas answered in broken Eng
lish. Douglas was apologiZing pro-
fusely for posing as his servant
within a minute.
Regardless of the precautions,
private telephone numbers have q
way of leaking out so most Of the
stars have standing orders to
change their numbers every six
months.
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Broadway simultaneously-both
were headliners-but never on the
same bill.
Only Hollywood, she says ad-
mirably, could have provided the
ideal setting for such reunion.
She and Willie walk, fascinated,
about the Broadway Melody set.
They finger the red plush, tas-
seled Grapes, they gaze at the
chromos on the wall, at the long
boarding house table-the identi.
cal scene just as it was when she
waited on Willie back in Hartford
30 years ago.
She wants to stay in Hollywood
for the rest of her life. She has
found, as so many New Workers
have, that Broadway has moved to
Hollywood. Hollywood wants her
to stay.
Broadway Melody of 1888" will
show a new Sophie Tucker. A
dramatic actress" she explains,
instead of a coincidence. I do so
hope" she says soberly, that
they'll like me-"
And you," jibes Willie Howard
fondly, happen to be the only one
in the world who's worrying about
that"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29
Studio Honored
For FAMILY Films

The Chicago Better Films Coun-
Gil, consisting Of more than four
hundred women interested in
better films, children's welfare and
wholesome pictures designed FOL
the average American family, re,
Gently presented Daryl F. zanuck,
goth Century-Fox production chief
with a scroll in recognition OF the
fact that his organization has pro-
duced a greater number Of family
films than any other company.
Presentation of the scroll was
made through Clyde w. Eckhardt,
goth Century-Fox exchang e
branch manager in Chicago, at a
luncheon attended by prominent
Chicago civic and club officials. as
we'll as by representatives Of other
film companies.
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Willie Helped Her
She is among friends. Sophie
Tucker is among friends wherever
she goes. But these are special
friends. Pals of the vaudeville
DAYS. Friends like Willie Howard
of the original Howard Brothers
Messenger Boy Trio, who started
her on her career.
The first time I laid eyes on
that shrimp" Sophie chuckled,
"he was coming out the stage
door of Polls Theater, back in
Hartford. I fell in love with him
on the spot. First, I sold him on
the idea of eating at Poppa's
boarding house. Then I started
trying to sell him on Sophie
Tucker.
Every time I'd shove plate in
front of him I'd sing, careless-like,
hoping he'd notice my voice.
Finally told him I wanted to 60
on the stage. And he encouraged
me. That's all 1 needed"
She laughed again-the hearty,
infectious merriment that is
Sophie fuckers trademark. She
shook a script roguishly at Howard.
That's all you needed is right
Howard retorted. You know what
she did? I leave Hartford two
days later, to play in New Haven
"And 1 followed him!" Sophie
broke in. He was scared stiff!
Imagine! Afraid of me! He was
so scared he turned me right
around and sent me back to Hart
ford!"
They couldn't hold her down
after that, though. She ran away
from home, two weeks later. She
didn't come back for five years
not until she had made good-not
until her name was in big lights
over the same theater where she
once promoted clearinghouse
business at the stage door.
In all the years that followed,
years that brought fame and
much money and finally her new
Hollywood contract, she has
never played on the same bill with
Willie Howard. Both played on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29
Camera Crew
Gets a Trip

HOLLYWOOD, May 29.-Ernst
Lubitsch today ordered a skeleton
camera crew to Europe to obtain
necessary background shots for his
Marlene Dietrich picture, angel"
The crew, headed by DR.. Eric
Locke, his business manager, and
Harry Perry, cameraman, will
leave Hollywood on Thursday for
New York, and from there will
sail on the Normandie.
First shots will be obtained at
Ascot, England, during the races
on June IA, Is, 16, II. The itin-
erary then calls for visits to the
continent, where backgrounds for
the forthco1ning Lubitsch film,
"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife," will
be photographed.
These will be made at Nice,
Cannes, Vienna and Prague. DR..
Locke and Perry expect to be back
in Hollywood on August !.
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CONTINUES from Cover Page)
a young actress be lucky
enough to win a nod Of ap-
probation from the COM
bined critical gentry and
Immediately the talent seek
ers fall over themselves to
sign her up. Very often,
as in the case of Gladys
George, a producer will sign
an actress without having
the slightest idea of how
her talents will be fitted to
the new medium.
You can make a good
argument-and provie it
that any number Of these
young hopefuls, signed after
a single Broadway hit, are
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The Silver Screen

worst when his tax bill comes in,
because, If you don't know it, you
are taxed on your personal pos
sessions here. When the assessor
arrived at the McCarey domicile
Mrs. McCarey was not able to
restrain her ecstaSies over their
lovely new furniture.
1.-THE Man Without Country"
Edward Everett Hale's immortal
classic, will be only two reels long
when produced by Warner Bros.
but plans were announced today
for de luxe treatment. It will be
done in technicolor, and it is I'M
derstood the picture will be made
with one of the finest all-star casts
ever assembled in Hollywood.
This and that-the lovelieS
Walter Wanger assembled for his
new musical are in great demand
by night-club- booking gentlemen.
So much so they have to turn down
many invitations in order to get
their beauty rest Basil Rath-
bone, almost invariably cast as
suave villain, is going to play the
romantic lead in his next for
RKO Just II years after
Rudolph Valentino completed his
"Son Of a Sheik" his former wife,
Jean Acker, worked as an extra
on the same stage.
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Andrew R. Kelley

plucked before they are
ripe. They are not sea-
soned, at any rate, and too
often they grow moldy be-
fore Hollywood finds a place
for them.
These new faces, apart
from youth and beauty, pro-
vide little opposition for
the veterans of Hollywood
who know their stuff, be-
cause the stage trained
actors, with years of troup-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29

ing and hardships behind
them, can act rings around
the Broadway beginners. It
is a case of a graduate COM
peting with the primary
class.
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"Red Hot Momo" Has a Reunion
With Willie Howard, Who
Started Her Career

HOLLYWOOD, May 29.-Thirty years ago stagesruck
little girl named Sophie Tucker waited outside the doors of
Hartford Conn., heaers sell" the actors the merits
of her fathers clearinghouse.
Today, still stagestruck still very much the little girl
whose ambition was to of the best performers in the
tbeater history she back at the boarding
created in an NLGM for the broadway Melody of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29
Nations Ideal

She couldn't make bed or q
cup of coffee, but Helen Brod.
erick is chosen one of the ma
tons leading housewives in
''MisSuS America" RKO'S hilari.
GUS comedy with Victor Moore
opposite the comedienne.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29
News War

A war between two newspapers
is the theme of Paramount's "Ex-
elusive" with Fred MacMurraV
and Frances Farmer, being di-
rected by Alexander Hall.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

For ten or fifteen cents you can
buy a carton of SUNSwEET '7en-
derIzed Prunes that will well
you know what prunes do foryou.
Prunes share some of their vir-
tues with other fruits. But they
are in class by themselves in
this special way. They contain an
active Axatipe agent known to be
present in Prunes, but not known
to be present in any other fruits
or vegetables.
Besides, SUNSWEET Tender
ized Prunes are rich in fruit GEL
lulose (meat of the prune), food
bulk in its natural and most valu-
able form. You need the bulk.
Serve Prunes some way every
day. Every member of your fami-
ly, children and grown-ups alike,
need their wholesome gentle nat
S!l'|EIl5 !
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-30
BRITISH Terms
IN SHOOTINCOF
ENVOY DRASTIC
Full Acceptance by Tokyo
Seen as Blow to Japa-
nese Prestige

LONDON, Aug. 30. (UP)-
Great Britain, in formal protest
to the Japanese government yes
terday over the machine-gunning
of the British ambassador to
China, called the incident a ode
liberate and deplorable" attack
attack non-combatantS and de-
manded an immediate apology.
The protest, delivered by the
charge d'affaires of the British
embassy in Tokyo, also insisted
on suitable punishment for those
responsible for the attack" and
assurance by Japan that measures
will be taken to prevent further
incidents.
There was no mention in in
demnity in the 500-word protest,
the stern wording of which plain
ly revealed British anger over the
shooting of Ambassador Sir
Hughe acknowledgement.
There was wide speculation
among diplomats as to whether
Japan would agree to an outright
apology and punishment of her
avaiators-a pentlty that would
be 4 major blow to Japanese
Continued on page three
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Chinese Strategy Kept Sc
cret; Will Recognize
Estate of War"

TSINGTAO, Shangtung, China,
Aug. 80. (UP)-The Chinese
government, preparing for n
"hve-year-war," intends to issue a
statement soon recognizing that
a state of war "exists" with ia
pan, interviews with ~ of the
highest Commanders on the Teit-
sin-Pukow line revealed today.
The leaders said extensive pre-
parations were being rushed on
all fronts for a war which may
continue for at least five years.
They were positive that Japan
would collapse economically be-
fore that time. China would be
capable of waging war over such
a period, they said, because of her
tremendous man power and SIM
pie agricultural economy.
They said the Marking Central
Government was planning to issue
a statement recognizing a state OF
war with Japan rather than make
an outright declaration of war.
A clear-cut picture of Chinese
strategy on the northern front
was unobtainable because it is
considered a military secret. The
Chinese army, however, has not
yet begun serious offensive, the
officers said. ..
Despite the fury of Japanese
attacks, they pointed out, the Jap
anese army thus far has advanced
only 10 miles and captured four
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TWOFUGITIVES
ARRESTED
Search Continues for 9th
ers Wanted for Killing
of Patrolman

ASHEVILLE. Aug. 30. - Two
escaped North Carolina convicts
were arrested by officers here
yesterday morning as the search
continued for Bill Payne and
Wash Turner, wanted for the kill
ing of State Highway Patrolman
George Penn a week ago yester-
day.
The two arrested were John
Henry Lowder, 20, one of eight
prisoners who tunneled out of
General prison on August IL, and
Delmer Stanley, who escaped
from Calendonia prison farm on
May %.
They were arrested at the
home of Van Wilson, who was ar
rested on a charge of harboring
fugitiveS.
Dan Cox, arrested at Darling
ton, S. c.. at the request of Sher-
iff Laurence Brown. will prob
ably be released today. He was
arrested as a suspect of being the
purchaser of the shotgun found
in the car of PENIS slayers.
Estelle Miller of Biltmore, al
legged to have visited Payne at a
tourist camp near here, is still be-
ing held in the county Jail, and
was questioned again by officers
yesterday.
North Carolina and Virginia
officers yesterday raided hide
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