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Evening star., 1937-03-25
FANATIC SOUGHT
| |NEXT0RT|ON CASE
Hollywood Psychiatrist
Agrees to Handwriting Test
to Aid Probe.

0y the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, March 25.-A
handwriting test of Hollywood
psychiatrist was arranged today in
the search for . fantastic extor-
zionist who threatened to mutilate
Actress Anna May Wong and the
two sons Of Film Producer David O.
Selznick.
The psychiatrist, detectives said,
agreed to submit samples Of his pen
manship to aid the process OF elm
ination" in the two-day probe.
Federal agents also were investigat-
ing the handwriting Of several other
persons, it was learned.
The homes Of both Selznick and
Miss Wong, who admitted I'm hav-
ing the filters" we're kept under guard
following receipt Of letters Tuesday
threatening bodily harm unless $20,-
600 was paid for filming q biblical
scenario.
Another note. mailed to DR.. A. M.
Foote, retired Los Angeles chiroprac-
ter, notified him he had been Sc
lected to act as Intermediary and
handle "a sum of ransom money" be-
cause studio scout has picked you
out to play the part of Jesus" It
was signed "the gang" The other
letters purported to carry DR.. Foote's
own signature.
Capt. Clyde Plummer OF the dis
trict attorneys of1lce said he was con-
vinced "the letters were written by
some fanatic with the evident intent
Of embarrassing DR.. Foote.''
Evening star., 1937-03-25
DrinkWater
Continued From First Page J

when the automobile in which she
and Drinkwater were driving to q
party after her concert was in q COL
liSion.
Drinkwater had just completed his
own motion picture for the coronation
OF King George VI, OF which he was
both author and producer. The filn
dealt with "the King and his people"
from the time of Queen Victoria to the
| present.
He was very happy all day yester-
day" Mrs. Drinkwater said.
His last words written in an article
on the coronation were happy and
glorious.
Drinkwater's historical plays were
widely known in the United States,
particularly Abraham Lincoln" and
Robert E. Lee"
Big-boned and picturesque in ap-
pearance, DrinkWater was an insur-
ance broker turned actor and son of
schoolmaSter who turned actor.
The young Drinkwater spent his
youth touring the British provinces
with his fathers company. Born in
Leytonstone, Essex, his early education
was gained at Oxford High School,
where he was classmate and boyhood
friend of the youth who later be-
came famous as Lawrence of Arabia.
He was fond of athletics, and the
school broad jump record he set still
stands.
Drinkwater was an indefatigable
worker and exploited his success in all
directions. He was particularly inter-
ested in the lecture platform where his
good looks and superb platform man
ner created a tremendous demand for
his books.
He covered the United States in .
lecture tour in 1925 and was impressed
by life there which he described as
vivid, immensely varied, full Of
achieving energy and sparkling with a
natural wit that can hardly be found
among any of the older and perhaps
more tired peoples"
A versatile workman, he produced
numerous articles and poems for news
papers and magazines as we'll as his
many longer plays and poems.
Some critics branded his work as
middle class" but he was intensely
popular in England, which loved the
idealism in his works and considered
him typical of "the empires finest"
His London residence was once the
home of Samuel Pepys, character Of
whom he was very fond. 1t was there
the Drinkwaters' only chilo, Pencil
ope Ann, was born in 1880.
His first appearance on the Lon
Evening star., 1937-03-25

be the ports visited by the Second
Classmen.
The department. said the gunboat
Erie and six destroyers-the Jacob
Jones. Fairfax, Roper, Marley, Claxton
and j. Fred Thlbott-Are scheduled to
| make these cruises.
Tentative plans call for using the
battleships New York, Wyoming and
Arkansas on the European cruise.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
ANNAPOLIS CLASSES
WILL VISIT EUROPE
Practice Cruise Will Take First
and Third Groups to For
eign Ports.

The midshipmen's practice cruise Of
the nrst and third classes Of the Naval
Academy will be made this year to
European ports. the Navy Department
announced yesterday. Detailed ar
rangements have not yet been COM
pleted, however.
In addition, the department said,
midshipmen Of the second class win
make three cruises to North Atlantic
ports during the Summer. On each
cruise, one-third Of the Second Glass
will be sent, the remaining members
taking the regular aviation training
course for that class while their ship
mates are at sea.
Dahlgren, Va; Newport. r. l.: New
London, Conn, and New York City will
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Don't Irrifufe
Gas RlOQti1lu

II you want to really GET RID
OF GAS and terrible bloating don't
expect to do it by just doctoring
your stomach with harsh. irritating
alkalies and gas tablets" Most
GAS is lodged in the stomach and
upper inteStlneS and is due to old.
poisonous matter in the constipated
bowels that are loaded with i'll
causing bacteria
If your constipation is of long
standing enormous quantities of
dangerous bacteria accumulate.
Then your digestion is upset. GAS
often presses heart and lungs,
making life miserable.
You can't eat or sleep. Your
head aches. Your back aches.
Your complexion is sallow and pim-
ply. Your breath Is foul You are
a sick grouchy. wretched. unhappy
person YOUR SYSTEM IS POL
sONED.
Thousands of sufferers have found
in Adlerika the quick. scientific
way to rid their systems of harmful
bacteria. Adlerika rids you of gas
and cleans foul poisons out of
BOTH upper and lower bowels.
Give your bowels a REAL cleansing
with Adlerika Get rid of GAS.
Adlerika does not gripe-is not
habit forming. At all leading drug
giStS
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Thieves Enter Apartment.

Thieves yesterday forced open the
door Of the apartment Of George A..
Payne, GA Massachusetts, avenue
northeast, and stole $50 in cash and
$3.50 worth Of jewelry and clothing,
according to police reports.
The Washington times., 1937-06-09
T0G|vE
NEW H0N0RS

Outstanding achievements in
business, medicine, law, journa-
ism, and public affairs will be re-
warded by American University in
the future by honorary degrees,
the board of trustees announced
yesterday. Only rarely have such
degrees been conferred by the uni
versity.
In making the grants, the uni
versity's board of trustees will take
into consultation not only its fac
ulty and students, but nationwide
advisory boards, and will be
guided by their recommendations
Each recipient Of any Of the
five degrees will be one who, dur
ing the preceding year, has made
the most significant and most
outstanding contribution to the
field of endeavor in which he or
she is engaged"
The Washington times., 1937-06-09
HARLOW
BURIED WITH
SIMPLE RITES
Final Tribute Paid to
Young Actress by
Film Notables
BY RALPH B. JORDAN

HOLLYWOOD, June 9 UN.SO.
In the light-hearted land OF make
believe there was no play today,
only deep and genuine sorrow.
They were burying a slight,
blonde girl-the glamour girl OF
the cinema world-Jean Harlow.
christened Harlean Carpenter in
Kansas City, rs years ago.
But more than that they were
paying their last tribute to one
they really loved - not to Jean
Harlow. the toast of the film So
phisticates, the heart-interest OF
brilliant pictures-but to Harlean
Carpenter. the girl who never lost
her girlhood cheerfulneSs. sym.
pathy and loyalty.
Services Brief
The services were to be short,
simple and attended by only few
of those closest to Miss Harlow
during her life, but there was the
inevitable touch of the film great
the crowds pushing and hauling
in an effort to glimpse the event.
The stars body lay in a massive
casket of bronze inlaid with silver,
and the casket rested in a little
flower-covered church, the Wee
Kirk o. the Heather, in Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, at nearby
Glendale.
Around the cemetery were
Squadrons of police, State troopers
and special guards from Miss Har.
lows studio. They were holding
back the thousands of persons
who sought entrance to the Me
mortal Park where but a few
could enter.
ESQ Admitted To Chapel
Only $50 close friends of the
star, including William Powell,
probably the best beloved of her
life, and members of her family
were admitted to the chapel.
A Christian Science funeral
rite was to be conducted by Mrs.
Genevieve Smith, practitioner and
Miss Harlow'S guide into spiritual
channels. At the end of the ser
vices the casket will be placed in
the Forest Lawn MauSoleum.
PallbearerS are Clark Gable
often her co-star; Edward j. Man
nix, an executive at her studio
Metro-G o ldwyn- Mayer; Hunt
Stromberg, producer; Ray June
cameraman, and Jack Conway anc
w. s. Van Dyke, directors.
Taking part in the unostenta
tious services are Nelson Eddy
who will sing "Ah, Sweet Mystery
of Life" and jeanette Mcdonald
who will sing "Indian Love Call.
The Washington times., 1937-06-09

most burning of the torments she
had to face.
was with her in those days.
And they were bitter days, believe
me, as you will see. I sometimes
wonder, as we read, we realize that
we are reading of human beings
like ourselves, hurt as we are hurt
and by the same things in the
same ways, betrayed as we have
been betrayed, facing death and
disillusion and pain-even as you
and I.
We are so apt to think Of a
movie Star-of a Jean Harlow
as part of synthetic drama upon
CONTINUED on Page 5. Col. a.
The Washington times., 1937-06-09
Ex-Kaiser Well

DOORN, The Netherlands.-Al-
though reports from Paris said
former Kaiser Wilhelm was Seri-
ously i'll, he drove out in his car
yesterday as he generally does
when the weather is favorable. He
seemed in excellent health. Mem
bers of his encourage said he had
not been ailing recently.
The Washington times., 1937-06-09
James Roosevelt
Bans Governor Race

FAIRHAVEN, Mass, June 9
G.N.S0-James Roosevelt, eldest
son of the President, today had
eliminated himself as a possible
Democratic candidate for gov
ernor or lieutenant governor OF
Massachusetts, in 1888.
The Washington times., 1937-06-09
Crops Are Damaged
In Yakima Valley

YAKIMA, WASH, June 9 G.N.So
Dust storms and cloudbursts swept
over central washington yeSter-
day, damaging crops and other
property. Several persons were in
jured. Farmers suffered serious
losses in fruits, vegetables and
hops,
The Washington times., 1937-06-09

This is the story of "The Girl from Missouri first of
series of articles on the Hollywood of Jean Hdr
lo fntdoms platinum blonde. Written By AdeIG Rogers
The Washington times., 1937-06-09
Short and GIitteri1sg Career
With No Old Age Predicted
For Herself bsI Jean HN1'IOsI'

St. Johns famous noUelist and ne1OSpGper0on1Gn thas
chapter tells the untold about the glamour g1r|oS ony
one 4Oho kne1O her intimately can tell 1t.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19
''Ad Racket" Is
X Subject of Next
Forum Speaker

The Forum election of officers
will be held promptly at A p. m.
George Sanders will render two
vocal solos.
Frank G. Cramer of Better Bust
ness Bureau of Minneapolis, Inc.
will speak on care You a Victim
of the Advertising Rackets?" at
the Minneapolis Sunday Forum
meeting at Phyllis Wheatley house
800 Aldrich avenue north, Sunday
at A p. m.
The Better Business Bureau is
supported by merchants of the city
in the interest Of exposing misrep-
resentation under the state adver.
Using law and assisting merchants
in the promotion of legitimate
trade practices. The Bureau inves-
tigates charges of fraudulent ad-
vertising at no charge to the con-
sumner.
Evidence of corrupt practices is
turned over to Assistant City At
torney Joe Hadley, Assistant
County Attorney Pete Nelson
United States Postal Inspector
M. I. Ryan or other officials as the
case may warrant.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19

The Tri-State Conference of Bus
mess and Professional of the
Y.W.C.A. will be held Saturday and
Sunday, Feb. 20 and 81, at the
Y.W.C.A. The states being repre-
scented are North and South Da-
kota and Minnesota. The KY Sup
per Club of Halle @. Brown House
will attend this conference. Panel
discussion will be held and Eva Lee
will represent the Negro in this
discussion. The theme of the con-
ference is walls and Boulevards. -
Annette Hatton is secretary of the
entire conference. The members of
the club attending are Charlotte
Crump, Elizabeth Schuck, Earline
Walker, Rosamond Collier, Hazel
Warricks, Henrietta Anderson, Val
Dora Turner. Beatrice Vassar and
I. Myrtle Garden, advisors.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19
Phone Company
Employs Girl

Through the interest and inf1u-
ence of Lewis Ewing, Minneapo-
lis man, the Northwestern Bell
Telephone Co. employed colored
girl, Miss Virginia Powell, 3756
Fifth Ave. &c., last week.
This is the second placement
made by the telephone company
in the past eight months, due
largely to the efforts of Mr.. Ewing.
He is to be complimented on &C
complishing something which or
ganized agencies have not done.
The personnel manager of the
phone company told this newspaper
when the first placement was made
four months ago that other place
ments would have been made be-
fore if citizens had made proper
representations to the company.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19
Student Council
To Fight Race
Bias at State ~"
NEGRO STUDENT COUNCIL TO
FIGHT PREJUDICE AT gu"

The Student Council of the Uni
versity of Minnesota headed by Mr..
Arnold Walker are making plans to
break down the existing prejudice
at the University of Minnesota, es-
pecially in regard to dormitories.
They are earnestly requesting
YOU, THE TAXPAYERS OF ST.
PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS, to
get behind them and help. The
first thing to do is to send tele-
gram or letter to Governor Benson
requesting that careful judgment
be used in appointing regents to
the University, which matter is up
for appointment now. A volley of
protests to President Coffman will
let him know that you are aware
of what is going on.
In conversation with Mr.. Walk
er, we learned that President Coff-
man had asked him on one occa-
sion why students from out-of-town
were so interested in fighting ex-
listing prejudice at the gu" when
the residents of Twin Cities and
students were perfectly satisfied.
This, in our opinion, is stunning
Indictment of the residents and or
CARNATIONS of the Twins and es-
pecially the civic leaders. One per-
son or one organization cannot fight
this thing alone, but if enough pres
sure is brought to bear on Presi-
dent Coffman and the regents, Ne
gro students rights will be re-
spected.
Get that telegram or letter off
to Governor Benson and your rep
resentatives in the legislature To-
DAY.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19
BIBLE STUDY AND CIVIC
GROUP ELECTS
OFFICERS

The Twin City Women's Civic
and Bible Study Club, founded by
Mrs. Frank Titus, met Feb. 10 at
the home of Mrs. Luetta White,
BOG No. st. Adams, to elect Off
GERS. The meeting was opened by
a selection from 'Hymns of
Praise" sung by the members.
Mrs. Frank Titus was elected
president; Mrs. V. Blakley, vice
president; Mrs. Mary Jane Viii
iams, financial secretary; Mrs.
Ida Mae Titus, recording secre-
tary, and Mrs. Luetta White, treas
urer. Mrs. Utah Johnson was ap-
pointed chairman of the program
committee and Mrs. Birdie Jones,
chairman of the social committee.
Four members were appointed to a
constitution and bylaw committee.
Names of other committees will be
given later.
Mrs. Titus gave an interesting
talk on Loyalty to Our Fellow
Members" The meeting was adj
journed by repeating the Lords
Prayer"
The second meeting was held al
the home of the president at 81
No. st. Adams, Feb. II. The next
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19
Churches to Join
In Series of
Night Meetings
SPECIAL MEETING

Beginning Monday, February %,
a series of meetings will be held at
the Church of God in Christ on
South Fourth Street. Various pas
tors and their choirs will be in
charge. Each evening beginning at
7:30 p. m. Special music and song
will be rendered.
Order of Services will be as fol
lows: Monday night-Rev. Hen
derson Reddick and Choir of st,
James A. M. E. Church; Tuesday
night-Rev. II. w. Bolts and Choir
of Zion Baptist Church; Wednes-
day night-Rev. w. E. Washington
and others of Bethesda Baptist
Church; Thursday night-Rev,
Damon P. Young of Border M. E.
Church; Friday night-Pastoral
night with Rev. Wilson and con-
gregation furnishing Spiritual va.
rieties, with a message being
brought by a minister of the other
group. Don't fail to attend these
meetings. Each service promises
to be interesting.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19
Urge Negro Be
Put in Dept.
OF Agriculture

WASHINGTON, D. C. While
the House committee on agriculture
is conducting hearings on the
$500, 100000 Bankhead-Jones farm
tenancy bill, it becomes more ap-
parent that if the Negro farmer is
to get the full benefit of legislation
enacted to assist farmers, the first
step toward that end should be the
securing of an appointment of a
colored man to an administrative
position in the Department of Agri-
culture.
Census figures show that of the
total farm population of 81, 809, 907
on January 1, 1886, 4,742,056 were
colored persons.
"A step forward in this direction
would be the appointment of Ne
gro as Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture, a position now held by
Georgian. Such an appointment
would have a salutary political eff
feet among colored voters and give
assurance to colored farmers that
their interests would be looked af-
ter. .-..
An example of their disadvan-
tages may be seen in their inability
to avail themselves of the benefits
of legislation already enacted to as
sist the farmer. A large percentage
of them cannot qualify for loans
under the Farm Credit Act, which
requires stock, a financial state
ment, and unpledged property suf-
ficient to justify. the loan. The
only collateral most of them have
is their prospective crops.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19
LIFE

Man comes into this world with
out his consent, and leaves it
against his will. During his stay
on earth his time is spent in one
continuous round of contraries and
MISUNDERSTANDING. In his in
fancy he is an angel; in his boy
hood he is a devil; in his manhood
he is everything from a lizard up;
in his duties he is a damn fool.
If he raises family he is a
chump; if he raises a check he is
a thief, and then the law raises
hell with him. If he is poor man
he is a poor manager and has no
sense; if he is rich he is dishonest
but considered smart. If he goes
to church he is a hypOcrite; if he
stays away from church he is a
sinner. If he donates to foreign
missions he does it for show; if
he doesn't he is a tightwad. When
he first comes into this world
everybody wants to kiss him; be-
fore he goes out everybody wants
to kick him. If he dies young there
was a great future before him.
if he lives to a ripe old age he is
in the way-Only living to save
funeral expenses.
Yes, life is a funny proposition
after all.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19
NelsOn-O'Brien
Offers Friday,
Saturday Specials

Nelson-O'Brien Family Liquor
Store, All Robert St., is offering
several specials for Friday and
Saturday. The firm cordially in
vites you to visit this attractive
new store. You will find it a fam
lily liquor store in all respects. La
dies will receive courteous atten-
ton and service.
You will find the environment
pleasant, the location convenient
and the salespeople glad to advise
on qualities and types of wines,
whislies, brandies, liqueurs suited
to all occasions. ...
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19
Court Denies
Racial Plea in
Residential Suit

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.-(CNA)
Supreme Court Justice Raymond
E. Aldrich refused this week to
grant a temporary injunction to
restrain Captain Joshua Cockburn,
Harlem real estate operator, and
his wife, from occupying the $780,
900 English style house which they
recently purchased on Fort Hills
Road in Greenburgh, Westchester
County. +
The presence of Negroes in the
ritzy residential section on an
equal footing is opposed by rich
white residents. Mrs. Marion A.
Ridgeway, white, acting as the
spearhead of the opposition
brought suit several weeks ago to
enforce a jimcrow deed covenant
which bars Negroes or any per-
sons of the Negro race or blood
from owning or occupying homes
in the section known as Edgemont
Hill.
Justice Aldrich, who took Mrs.
Ridgeway's petition under advise
ment on Feb. 1, said that granting
an injunction might Every well be
gross injustice"
No date was set for the hearing
of the salt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19
Brown BOmbers
Basketball
Team Hits

A group of our boys between the
ages of fourteen and seventeen
years, in the vicinity of 38th and
Fourth avenues S., Minneapolis,
one of the few organized boys
clubs in the city, is really "going
places" and doing things!
The boys are representing the
neighborhood in the Junior Divi-
sion of the Y. M. C. A. basketball
league and are living up to the
name of Brown Bombers, blasting
their way into first place last
Thursday night. The boys are
playing heads-up basketball and
your cooperation is asked in their
effort.
Needing uniforms, the boys, un-
daunted by lack Of funds, set out
to seek aid from the merchants
and friends in the neighborhood
who responded by raising funds
for eleven complete outfits.
Friends will please note the
merchants who have helped make
these things possible for our boys.
Kyle's Grocery, T. C. Fruit
Company, Wide Awake Cleaners,
Knutsen's Meat Market, Spiegel
and Krane Drug Store, Harry's Oil
Station, Skelly's Oil Station, Husky
Oil Station, Backstrom's Grocery,
Rays Bakery and Johnson's Meat
Market.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19

Taylor, and Markve marked the
first two days of the trial.
"Joe" Taylor, the defendant, in
custody of a deputy, seemed very
cheerful and spoke to many Of his
friends who were in the court
room. Taylor has lived in Mime
apolis for years and has many
friends in all walks of life. He is
partially crippled by rheumatism.
For years Taylor worked for
various railroad companies and the
Pullman Co. He was known dur
ing that period as a jovial, well
hammered person who was liked by
everyone. This probably accounts
for the genuine surprise which the
unfortunate shooting occasioned.
In contrast, the dead man, Peter
son, was known as a very trouble
some character in the neighbor-
hood where he lived.
No inkling of the defense could
be obtained from Taylor's lawyers.
The trial is expected to take until
the weekend. Final details of the
trial will be published in next
weeks paper.
The shooting occurred in the
Fresno Chafe, which Taylor op-
Grated. Taylor's statement to the
police said he shot Peterson in
self defense.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19
CONWAY WALKER

Conway Walker, At, died in Mil
waukee, Wis, last week. Funeral
services were held at the Woodland
Funeral Home Thursday, February
10.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, Mamie Walker, 324 State
street, st. Paul, and other rela.
tives. Interment Crystal Lake.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19
Joe Taylor Trial for
Murder Begins; One
Race Juror on Panel

Among the jurors selected for the Taylor murder panel
James HOrris 1921 18th Ave- So HOrris cOIOred
Neither the State the defense objected his acceptance
juror.
The trial of Joseph Taylor Minneapolis business man, second
degree murder growing out of the fatal shooting of Harry Peterson
white January 49, began Tuesday District before Judge
w. W. Bardwell
Taylor represented by Neil Hughes of the well
Hughes and Rat and Harry Scott Assistant county attorney
Arthur Markve is prosecuting the for the State
large crowd gathered the Tuesday opening
the trial. -Four jurors selected the first day the
second day Frequent clashes between Hug counsel
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-02-19
DIVORCE TWO
YEARS OLD

The story carried in last weeks
paper regarding the divorce of
Mrs. Irene Dunlap from Garrett
Dunlap was almost 2 years late,
according to the lady.
She received her divorce in June,
1885. An error in names caused
the mixup last week upon which
the story was based.