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The Arizona gleam., 1937-02-12

ATL1StS. x00 O0S1EG IOE Ad1lAC AoS
made too many Negroes overlook
the Importance of earning money
equal to said fame.
OUT OF ALL the famous color
ed artists you read about, don't
know Of a single one who earns
as much as four thousand dollars
a week for his, or her, own pocket.
That is really pitiful, when we
think of little white STARLETS
like Shirley Temple earning four
or five thousand dollars weekly,
to say. nothing Of the big white
stars (whose drawing powers at
the box office, is no more than
many of our artists, earning from
six to ten thousand dollars week.
Uh huh, I am making myself clear
on this point, so that you will
understand me fully, when I start
DEBUNKING our colored artists
who have nisled so many ambi-
tious young artists with the emp
ty cry Of: 1--WE are big shots, be-
cause we are famous" Yeah, dear
readers, I mean the time has come
for those among us who have
made the "grade" to demand
money equal to their fame. so that
newcomers in their fields won't
be so completely disgusted when
they ARRIVE" Amen.
Hollywood might as well know
that 1t cannot control Negro writ
ers, for, the most successful
branch of the Negro Press, is run
BY intelligent colored people who
know the value Of the FREE
DOM OF THE PRESS. Colored
people deserve some "STRAIGFIT'
roles in motion pictures. Yeah,
minus the insults. Hollywood can
continue to rave about the GOLD
SHOULDER" colored people are
giving their pictures with Negroes
in them unless Hollywood wakes
up to the fact that. this is 1887,
and not 1866. I hate insults, don't
you? @ - s''
+, -, .-
Jimmie Lunceford (America'a
No. I band leader, wrote the
songs titled: "RHYTT1M rs OUR
BUSINESS" and RHYTHM IN MY
NURSERY RHYMES" He has
The Arizona gleam., 1937-02-12

Without peace in mems hearta
there can be no peace on earth 4
The Washington times., 1937-06-25

An alI-time sales record broken! And
made by the beer that was already the
biggest seller in this part of the coun-
try! But it's really not surprising. For
Gunther's is wonderful hot weather
beer. Made like the old time brews, its
dry, berry flavor and light body is more
satisfying than ever when the weather's
warm. It doesn't fill you up or spoil
your appetite for food like sweeter,
heavier type beers. You can drink more
of it without feeling as though you had
eaten a heavy meal. And in warm wealth
err, when you want to quench your thirst
often, that's important.
All over the country the same thing
is happening. In st. Louis, Milwaukee,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, wherever a dry
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
The DRY berry BEER IS OUTSELLING
SWEETER BEERS BY A COUNTRY mile

beer like Gunther's is made, it has
become the leading seller. Real beer
drinkers know good beer is dry and
berry. Those sweet connections of
prohibition days-home brew and
needle beer didn't even deserve the
name beer. They were made by adding
sugar and raisins to malt and hops. To-
day, wherever real beer drinkers can get
a good, dry, tangy beer like Gunther's,
their preference for it is unanimous.
So, if you aren't already Gunther
fan, begin now to enjoy its cool, dry,
berry flavor. 1t will grow on you. Keep
some on ice. Call for it at your favorite
tavern or restaurant. Be real beer
drinker and cool off with dry, berry
Gunther's. Order aFcase today!
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
Materials and Equipment
For the Home

} Consider also the nearly un-
breakable, flexible glass recently
invented. At present fairly ex-
pensive, its use will bring down
costs and provide the perfect ma
terial for windows or mirrors in
homes containing children.
Folk planning to Superintend
the building of their own home
may have new varieties of glass
and any other new materials-in-
stalled If they so desire. What is
a little extra expense at the be-
ginning compared to a lifetime Of
beauty and serviceability?
WINDOWS
Speaking Of glass and windows,
do you know the latest?
Washing windows is one of the
most difficult housekeeping tasks
but its accomplishment offers
ample repayment in bright, shiny
surfaces, adding attractiveness to
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
Building Sites
Available

Families desiring home site big
enough for a garden and play space
for children will be able to secure
an acre lot in a wooded section
today if they attend a sale to be
held near Chevy Chase, Md.
The sale. during which the first
10 purchasers will be given their
acre Of land at one-half price, was
to be held, beginning at noon, by
the Mitchell Realty Company.
To reach the location of the
lots and the sale, the motoriSt
should drive out Wisconsin Avenue
to Bradley Lane, turn left into
Bradley Boulevard and then pro-
ceed for three and one-half miles
until the sign of the Mitchell
Realty Company is seen.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
Market for Homes Seen Among dle-Cass Families Here
Houses Bought
Near Model
Dwelling
z Woodhaven Homes
Sold; Others Now
Available

Attracted to Woodhaven, Md,
because it is the charming location
of The Washington Times Model
Home for April, two local families
have bought houses in the COM
munity, it was learned today.
One of the dwellings was pur-
chased by Mr.. and Mrs. James
Sullivan and the other by Mr.. and
Mrs. C. Taylor. Both houses are
near The washington Times
Model Home, which has been Wis
tied by hundreds of persons dur
ing the past two weeks.
Open at any time, the model
home is an imposing and beauti-
full two,story stone residence, with
six large rooms, four smaller ones,
two baths and lavatory as well
as a two-car, built-in garage.
Near Bethesda
Woodhaven, where many happy
families now reside, is a planned
community" surrounded by un-
touched woods and developed by
the Oakwood Engineering Cor
poration. Restricted, with paved
streets, Woodhaven offers Splen-
did advantages especially for
priced from $8,500 to $15,500.
1t can be most easily reached by
driving out Wisconsin Avenue to
Bethesda, where left turn is
made onto Bradley Boulevard.
Three miles down Bradley Boule-
ward is Woodhaven, on the left
of the road.
Nearby the model home Is q
new exhibit house, completely fur
niShed by Hutchison's, Inc, Of
2004 Fourteenth st. N. w. The
latter house is built as Soundly as
the model home and should be
visited so that an idea Of the ap-
pearance of the model home when
occupied can be gained.
Kitchen Up-tO-Date
The model home itself contains
on the first floor a mammoth liv-
ing room with a fireplace, beamed
ceiling and windows on three sides.
Up one step is the dining room,
which also has cross ventilation,
while next to the dining room is
the modern kitchen. equipped with
everything to delight the heart Of
housewife. Connecting with the
kitchen is a breakfast nook.
Upstairs are masters bedroom
with it's private bath, two other
bedrooms and another bath, be-
sides a den, plenty of closets and
a laundry chute to the basement.
In the latter are the up-to-date,
economical heating plant, a recre-
alton room with a beamed ceiling
and fireplace, as well as the en-
trance to the garage and a sep
arate lavatory.
The house fronts on Bradley
Boulevard, and is situated in a
grove Of trees. Visitors have ex-
pressed such admiration over its
beauty and practically that any
home seeker would do well to IN;
spect 1t.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
Two Arlington
Homes Sold

Announcement was made today
by Vaughn and Usilton of the
sale of two homes in Arlington,
Va, where the firm is offering
other houses.
One of the dwellings, at Sew
enth and Highland Streets, was
bought by William A. Coates at a
reported price of $10,750, while
the other. located at 315 South
Highland Street, was sold to Les
ter Wright at reported price Of
$8,450.
Dwellings for sale through
Vaughn and USilton in Arlington
are featured by large lots, up-to-
the-minute construction, large
rooms, detached garages, oil heat
and hardwood floors.
Nearby are schools, stores and
transportation.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
PWA Asks Bids for
LaCkaWanna Project

Public Works Administrator
Harold L. Ickes today called for
bids for construction of the
$1.5O0,000 Baker Homes in Lack
awanna, N. Y. PWAs most re-
cent low-rent housing project to
be initiated in its present housing
program.
The Lackawanna project will
help reli-ve a housing shortage
induced by rapid increase Of in
duStrial activity in the city. Sur
veys submitted by the Lacka-
wanna Housing Authority, which
sponsored the project. show that
the present housing shortage has
forced workers in the local plants
to settle as far as 80 miles from
their work.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
Large Per Cent
Prospective
Buyers
Incomes Above So, 900
Deemed Ripe Field
For Builders
BY JOHN DEAN MILLIGAN
Real Estate Editor

Hullaballoo about the necessity
for adequate housing of families
with a yearly income of less than
$4,000 has reached such : point
that MANY good folk seem to have
overlooked the obvious fact that
the same plea could be made for
many families in higher income
groups.
1t is a fac that, even here in
the District o. Columbia. there
exists a large number of improp-
erly housed families, many Of
them tenants, with incomes rang
ing from $4,000 to $4,000.
One hears an objection:
people With that r,uch
money can take care of them.
selves"
One also hears the answer:
Yes, but often they don't"
EIARKET UNKNOWN
Which is by wa. of saying a
potential market for home build
ers, admittedly of indefinite size,
is waiting among families enjoy
ing more than $4,000 a year.
To develop this market, two
steps are necessary:
l. To prove the advantages Of
modern conVenienceS.
2. To prove the value of home
ownership.
Spectacular corroboration of
this theory comes from Chicago.
In that city, the Department of
Labor has discovered. only two
out of five families earning above
$4,000 annually own their dwell
ings. And in the $2,000-$2,500
category, only one out of five
families owns a home.
Home Prospects Here
To be sure, these figures can
not be applied directly to the
local picture, since any economic
generalization is cockeyed as far
as washington is concerned. But
few would question the conten-
ton that large percentage Of
middle-class families here, and
many above middle-claSS, are good
prospects today for residential
brokers.
An idea of their potential pur-
chasing power is provided by
Stanley L. KedzierSki, chief Of
the retail trade section, market
ing research division, Depart
ment of Commerce, who declares
families in the $3,000-$4, 500 class
can afford to buy homes costing
twice as much as their annual
earnings.
Hence, a great many houses
priced from $4,000 to $4,000
should be sold in the future in
this neck of the woods.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24

both the exterior and interior of
the home.
A solution of the window-wash-
ing problem is found in q new type
of equipment whereby a window
may be reversed as readily as it is
raised or lowered, thus bringing
the window pane within easy reach
Of the washer.
The sash may be adjusted to a
horizontal position and the paneS
washed and polished on both sides
without risk of falls or other acci-
dents to the cleaner.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
GLASS

CLASS
Whereas castles Of 1000 years
ago had no windows and whereas
so years ago windows were made
futile by heavy blinds; therefore,
be it resolved that plenty of sun
shine and air shall creep into every
corner of the modern home.
Such resolution seems to have
been made by today's home buyer,
and manufacturers of glass are
aware of the fact. So wide-awake
are they that they have already
placed on the market many types
of glass unknown to the average
citizen.
Consider one Of the latest
types-a boon for bathrooms
which is of the semi-opaque clas-
sification. 1t can be used for one
or more entire walls of a room,
admitting sunlight but excluding
the gaze Of passers-by.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
Small Homes FOstered Bv FILA

In view Of the urgent and
immediate necessity for expand
ing the production Of good houses
at low prices, tue technical divi-
sion Of the Federal Housing Ad-
miniStration has undertaken Spe-
cial studies Of the planning and
construction Of such houses.
A booklet on planning OF small
houses has been prepared embody-
ing the results of these studies.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24
building low-priced

the field of building low-priced
houses.
Many Of these are five and six
room houses equipped with
modern conveniences, and selling
at from $4,000 to $1,000 in the
immediate vicinity of our largest
Northern cities. Many others, par
ticularly in smaller cities and
towns, are priced to sell at from
800 to $4,000.
The Washington times., 1937-04-24

Demonstration houses making
use Of the suggested plans have
been built by private capital at
strategic points end have received
widespread attention from build
ers and the public.
It is significant that builders
whose names have been associated
in the past with the building of
large structures have now entered
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17
Prices Certain
To Climb

According to cabled dispatches
received in Washington during
the past week, the Crown agents
in London have completely ex-
hausted their stocks Of Crown
Colony Coronation stamps.
The only way left to obtain all
the Crown Colony issues is direct
from the individual possessions.
Such a procedure may take
months as some of the remote is
lands have as few as two small
deliveries per year. In addition to
the time hazard there is always
the possibility that some Of the
colonial stocks may be exhausted.
This would eliminate any further
direct purchases of complete sets.
Experience with the Jubilee
stamps in 1885 bears out the lat
ter remark.
In many instances the small
stocks were exhausted within a
few weeks after going on sale.
With the selling out of the Crown
agents holdings the result was
the tremendous surge in price
that elevated the Jubilees from
$24 to $50 and 500 per complete
set.
II the past reflects the future
then the Coronations will become
a second Jubilee. Stocks may be-
come exhausted and prices go sky
ward,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17
INAM. SERVICE is NOW ALMOST SELF-SUSTAINING
MY War With the United
States Is Refreshing
Summer Readin6

from Mr.. Bemelmans' first few
sentences that his "war" is all one.
sided. That is, that he is routed
on all sides by these United States.
In fact it would be better to admit
at once that Mr.. Bemelmans finds
himself in this personal war"
when he joins the United States
Army.
His war" in fact is Just the
manner of speaking he uses to
explain the manner in which he
discovers America. He discovers
the Army by joining it. True he
attempts to put a little Of the
PrusSian into the American Army
and finds himself wholly at odds
with the way it is being done. He
has made himself the butt of many
q joke.
He explains simply and care
fully everything that strikes his
eye, and very little seems to be
missed.
His style is that usually reserved
for children's periodicals, and his
drawings which illustrate the book
show no great attempt at reaching
the higher rungs of artistic
achievement, but they fit with the
book, and the book is a rarity.
c'My War With the United
States" by Ludwig Bemelmans,
Published by Viking,)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17
New Book
Notes

1.-THE Curiosity Of Mr.. Thread.
gold" returns ID the readers Of
Valentine Williams many mystery
storieS-that extraordinary West
End tailor and amateur detective,
H. B. Threadgold. It will be pub
liShed in September by Houghton
Mifflin. The publishers announce
that Mr.. williams went to Lon
don for the coronation and is re-
naming in England for the sum-
mer.
1.-THE Thane of Cawdor," by
David Baird, to be published July
is by oxford University Press, is
an unusual offering. In it Mac
beth is written as a detective story
from the angle Of the lady's physi.
clan.
Little Brown and Company an.
nounce publication in November
Of O new book by William Henry
Chamberlin to be called Japan
Over Asia"
James Warner Bellah has just
finished "This Is the Town" The
manuscript is in the hands Of
Appleton-C Century and will be pub
lished in August. It is q story
Of New York.
Vich Baum's new novel will be
Tale from Bali" It will be pub
nshed by Doubleday Doran in
October and contains 100000
words.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17
Selected Late
Records

Mezz MeZrow, clarinetiSt, pre-
sides over selected gorup Of play.
ers from the Hot Club Of America
in producing 1.-THE Swing Sessions
Called to Order" Victor 25612),
resulting in swing music gone
native in a hot maelstrom Of
rhythm. George Hamilton and
his Music Box Music in Born to
Love" (2561D, is as different
from most orchestra styles as is
Shep Fields and not half so monot-
onous. Tommy Dorsey plays
Who'll Be the One This Sum-
mer?" (25610) and Bunny Beri-
gan plays Roses. in December"
(25613) in the regular smooth
style for which these maestros are
famous.
Mozart Moods and DvOrak Dances
For light summer music, Jascha
Heifetz, premier violinist, accom-
panied by his regular pianist,
Emanuel Bay, presents two sonatas
by Mozart. A Mozart sonata may
sound formidable, but the music is
light and gay, with enough tech
nical difficulties to hold the inter.
est and played with a breadth Of
tone and understanding that dis
plays well Heifetz' mastery Of the
instrument. Sonata No. 10" and
Sonata No. IS" in Victor album
M-343 are the works chosen by
Heifetz.
Dvorak's Slavonic dances,
Brahms Hungarian dances, and
LISTS Hungarian rhapsodies are
classic examples Of local color in
great music. All too seldom are
heard Dvorak's Slavonic dances.
Victor corrects this deficiency in
Album M-345 presenting Slavonic
Dances Nos. 4, 5, 7, II, 10, IA, is
and 16, played in authentic man.
ner by the Czech Philharmonic Or
chestra conducted by VaclaV
Talich. This set is a most attrac-
tive collection Of dances in rich
orchestration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17
Now in Farley
Collection

Covers bearing The Washing ton
Times prize cachet commemorate
ing the anniversary Of the first
United States postage stamps were
forwarded to several high Govern
ment officials for inclusion in their
private stamp and cachet collec'
lions. One of these were sent to
Postmaster General James A. Far.
lev, who has large collection OF
similar philatelic pieces.
The Editor Of The Washington
Times stamp department is in re-
ceipt of a letter from Mr.. Farley,
which bears out the fact that the
Postmaster is a lively collector Of
timely philatelic subjects of the
United States. It follows:
81 wish to thank You for your
thOughtfulneSs in sending me
the cachet concentrating the
Ninetieth Anniversary Of the
First Issue of United States
Postage Stamps. The design
Is a most interesting and attrac-
tive one, and ] shall be happy
to add it to my collection.
"Be assured I appreciate your
getting this into nv possession.
Sincerely,
GAMES A. FARLEY" (Signed)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17
The Hi177itabIe
Wodehouse

THE Crime Wave At BIandings"
reveals the inimitable P. q. Wode-
house at his ripest. Nobody need
be scared away by the catchpenny
title. Mr.. Wodehouse not only
laughs at "lawlessness rearing its
ugly head" but lets us in on the
secret. He would like, he con-
fesseS, to go on indefinitely, de-
scribing his SKY of cornflower.
blue and his rolling parklands and
wellbred bees" He knows, how
ever, that his readers will "chaft
at scenic rhapsodies." That they
Will want to get on with the rough
stuff.
When, they will ask, did the
dirty work start? Who were mixed
up in it? Was there blood. and
II so, how much? And, most par.
ticularly, where was everybody and
what was everybody doing at what
ever time it WASP"
Having decided that, Mr., Wode.
house does not believe in holding
back. He gives us Clarence, ninth
Earl Of Ellsworth, in the potting
shed, in conference with Angus
McAlliSter, his head gardener. on
the subject Of sweet peas. He gives
us Lady Constance, Strolling on
the terrace and beach, the butler
in a deck chair smoking a cigar.
George, Lord Emsworth'S grand
son, is dra m a ticall y revealed
proving through the Shrubbery''
armed with an air gun. Jane. his
!ordshlp'S niece, appears In the
summer house and the
Crime Wave At Blandings" Is un-
der way.
Before long as Ford Ellsworth
puts 1t, there is a constant stream
OF people running in and out tell.
ing him they are going to marry
men named Abercrombie and saw.
ing they've been shot and saying
he shot them"
Lord Ellsworth Is q man of
nlIAeo motives. He is also Q sure
shot. And sure fire for those who
like Mr.. Warehouses; brand Of fun
and who, after all, does not?
Finishing with the wave of
crime which rocked zone of
ShropShire'S Stateliest homes to
its foundations" Mr.. Wodehouse
gambolS on to another farce en-
titled 'The Medicine Girl" This
begins in the eighteenth hole at
Bingley-on-Sea, a golfers mecca
on the south coast of England,
1t Is nearly long enough to be a
novelette, but not nearly long
enough to satisfy those readers
who will draw near the end of
the book wishing 1t were bigger,
CThe Crime Wave at Bland
1ngS," some short stories by P. g.
Wodehouse. Published by Double
day Doran)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17
Great Smoky

Official information concerning
the souvenir sheet for the s. P. A.
convention at Asheville, N. c.,
was announced this week by Post
Office authorities.
AS reported in these columns
several weeks ago, the sheet will
contain a single panel reproduc-
ton Of the 10-cent denomination
Of the parks series. The color,
though, is green and not gray as
was the original adhesive.
The stamp depicts a view Of
Great Smoky Mountain, one Of
the scenic landmarks in the Fed
eral Park, near ASheville.
At the top Of the sheet is the
inscription. Under Authority Of
James A. Farley, Postmaster Gen
eral," while at the bottom of the
sheet is the wording "ASheville,
N. c., August 1928, 1887. Plate
No. $685."
Flanking the sheet at the left
is the inscription, Printed by the
Treasury Department, Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing" while at
the right is I'm compliment to
the forty-third annual convention
of the Society of Philatelic Amer
leans"
This souvenir issue, unlike many
others which have contained a
block of four or six stamps, will
consist of only the lone panel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17

SSSSo43S NSSSSSSe4SSA
The Pine family consists Of the
widow, Mrs. Hartney Pine, her
son Arthur, and her daughter
Joan.
Mrs. Hartney Pine has a will
strong enough to help her in her
Vaccinations to make her daugh.
ter marry Mr.. Worthington, there
by assuring a life Of ease for the
son whom she had pampered into
uSeleSSnesS.
Death stopped her little plot but
almost sent the idol Of her eye to
the electric chair to pay for the
murder of her daughters sutton.
Lieutenant Valcour, an old
friend of those who read the
works of Rufus King, keeps a lit
tie secret from the family about
the death. It seems that when
the bullet entered his neck and
hit his spine it caused a cadaveric
spasm resulting in instant rigor
morris. BY all medical measures
a man in the state Of rigor mortis
in which Worthington was found
should have died six hours before.
The Pine family therefore set
their alibis to cover the period six
hours previous to the actual kill
ing while the lieutenant casually
dug away to find what they had
been doing at the exact time at
which he had been killed.
DR.. Selby who pronounced Mr.
Worthington dead and immedi-
ately fell in love with Joan took
it upon himself to warn her
against her mother and had SO
succeeded that she was drawn
into an even stranger plot.
without revealing the startling
conclusion it is safe to say that
It will invoke such intense interest
as to be a one-session book. The
end always seems so very near
that it is a shame to put it down
until it finally does arrive.
("Crime Of Violence" by Rufus
King. Published for the Crime
Club