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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16
Ask LaCuardia To
Probe Color Line
In n. Y. Hospital

New York, Mar. 81 In a Wig
orOus protest against the treat
ment accorded the late Mrs. W. C.
Handy by Knickerbocker hospital
of this city, the N. A. A. c; P. mas
written Mayor Fforella H. LaGlIar-
dia demanding that all city funds
and services now extended to
Knickerbocker hospital be with
drawn because the institution re-
fuses to accept Negro patients.
Knickerbocker hospital is not a
municipal institution, but 1t re-
ceives aid from the City of New
York through it's ambulance SER
vice and through payment by the
city for certain classes of patients
treated there. The hospital prop
erty is also tax-exempt.
The incident which stirred all
Harlem to anger was the refusal of
Knickerbocker hospital on March
II to admit Mrs. w. C. Handy for
treatment. Mrs. Handy, wife of
the composer of the world famous
"St. Louis Blues, was visited by
her physician at 2 a. m. March II
and immediate disqualification was
ordered. A reservation was made
for her at Knickerbocker hospital
and a private ambulance engaged
to take her there.
When the ambulance arrived at
the hospital, the officials on duty
announced that they could not take
Mrs. Handy because she was a
Negro. The desperately i'll woman
was left lying in an ambulance for
one hour while officials wrangled
over admitting her. She finally
was admitted but died two hours
later.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16

form there viii be nothing of the
sort. If there were, you could look
forward to seeing her sing spirit
uals over a tub of suds. They found
a spot for Paul Robson to sing
Old Man River and be a rousta-
bout.
Let radicals protest in the name
OF class struggle. Unfortunately,
few hear them except those who
are already convinced. Let lead
ing Negro thinkers write scathing
letters. They speak to their own
small group, which needs no urg-
ing to agree.
Il would like to raise a small
voice in favor of the truth, the
whole truth, a condition which, sad
to relate, finds little group support.
Strong groups demand and get ia
vorable half truths. Weaker groups
want favorable salt truths and get
unfavorahle half truths. Negroes
take the worst beating.
See it at your neighboring mo.
vie house."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16
Bank Improves
Its Headquarters

Applying the principle of mod
ernization which the bank has adj
vocated for others to the re-dec-
orting of it's own headquarters,
the Seattle-First National Bank
has just completely renovated the
spacious lobby and executive quar-
tiers in the main offices in Sc
attic and equipped them with a
new indirect lighting system, ac-
ccrding to Mr.. B. N. Schnoor,
manager of Georgetown Branch
of the Seattle-First National bank.
The large bronze and jeweled
lighting fixtures ornamenting the
main lobby, which is one of the
most commodious in the Pacific
Northwest, mas been converted in
to modern seni-indirect units and
the ceiling panels tinted a pleas
ing tone to harmonic with the
lights. The huge pillars were re-
decorated and the entire lobby
presents an impressive appearance
with the richness of bronze, mar
BILE and mahogany.
Executive offices and depart
ment units both on the main and
mezzanine floors have been equip
ped with a f~uturistic type of indi-
rect lighting fixtures of lunex-alu-
minum with alzak surface. The
ceilings have been finished in
snowy-white acoustical material,
which absorbs the sound and gives
an ever reflection of light.
The entire banking room now Of
fers striking contrasts in white
light and in the rich glow of dark
woodwork and the stateliness of
the lofty pillars.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16
Negro Social Service
Work To Be Exhibited

The work of Negro social ser
vice agencies will be among that
of SO Community Fund agencies
to be exhibited at the Community
Fund Exposition and Social Ser
vice Conference to be held May 6,
7, and 8 at Eagles Auditorium.
according to plans announced
this week, the exposition win be
the greatest display OF social work
to be held in Seattle. Aside from
the 80 exhibits and entertainment
features, it will include social SER
vice conferences on welfare prob
lens.
Negro social service agencies
exhibiting, both of which share in
the Community Fund, win be the
Seattle Urban League and the
Phyllis Wheatley branch of the
Y.W.C.A. The two agencies will
also contribute to the entertain
ment features of the exposition.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16

WINsTON-SALEM. n. C. tc)-
More than a hundred of the col
ored caddies Of the fashionable
Forsyth Country Club won a sit
down" striSe (only they stand up
and fold their arms) Sunday when
they were promised a raise next
Thursday The boys demanded a
10 cent addition fee for eighteen
holes as an important tourney was
about to open. Officials at first
laughed, then got serious when the
boys refused to go on the course.
The boys were ordered off Of the
course. but players became alarm-
ed at the prospect of no caddies.
so the officials gave in. Whether
there Is a trick in the promised
raise remains to be seen.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16
Civil Service Exams

The United States Service Com
mission announces the following
open competitive examinations:
Truck Driver (A to 2 Tons) U.
S. Forest Service, and Truck Dri-
ver e Tons or more) U. S. Forest
Service.
Applications must be on file
with the Manager, 18th U. S. Civil
Service District, Federal Office
Building. Seattle, Washington, not
later than April %, 1887.
Competitors will not be required
to report for examination at any
place, but will be rated on their
experience and fitness.
Full information may be obtain
ed from the Manager, 18th U. S.
Civil Service District, $50 Federal
Office Building. Seattle, Wash.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16


KNOXVILLE Tenn. {clwIesse
Overs, Olympic champion, od-
dressed students 81 Knoxville Col
lege last Thursday erecting a sem
sation wkea ne nnw ky ecu.
m On 8 group Of e o. ears
ing p play. Owens. " q
swing soaestro. told t.
Leading a band Is al righ
ancially, but socially it's no goS
Vas for ne, I'm going 70 try eoago
back to school next year elnish
my education, and try to do some
thing worth while for my race
Owens said heretofore he has put
athletics ahead Of studies, but be-
ginning next year, he win put the
studies first.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16

NEW YORK (C) - Solomon
Harper, inventor, 224 w. 135th st.
is one of the leaders in the fight
to get work for Negro technicians
at the World Fair, and to get a
Federal appropriation of $1O0, 900
for the Negro exhibit. Mr.. Harper
has received encouraging letters
from congressional leaders.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16

ScHNECKsVIELH Pa. fG1Tie
Journalism Class of Company 2313
Of the CCc published $50 copies Of
the Commencement edition and 500
copies of the Anniversary edition
Of the Buffalo Times, camp pa
per. last week on the mimeograph.
as a surprise for Adviser G. Por-
terrified Harris as he returned from
his vacation at Rocky Mount, in
North Carolina.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16

Adds ABABA (C) Three
American white women mission
aries, Helen French, Avoca, N. Y,
Ruth Shippey, Waverly, Pa, and
Bertha Domermuth, Avoca, Pa, re-
presenting the Bible Missionary
Society, were expelled from Ethi-
opis last Friday by italian offic-
ials. The American State Depart
ment is getting reports from Rome
on tie expulsion. They were ac-
cused as espionage agents.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16

NEW YOKk lC) Beginning
last Monday. understudies in the
successful Harlem production Of
The shawboat," at the WPA La
tayette theatre, were given roles
Of the principals SO regular
actors could take vae tlon.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16

at present is that it is being weigh
ed by Judge James S. Watson, ar
bitrator. His decision is expected
in a few days. But in view of the
Powell statement while Judge
Natson's decision is pending, and
the Guilds prompt reply, it looks
like tae arbitrator's decision may
count for little with either party.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16

NASHVILLE, Tenn. lC) Ro-
land Hayes sang two groups of
songs, and Hon. Newton d. Baker,
former Secretary OF War, spoke
on THE Place Of Minority Groups
in American Democracy at Fisk
University as they opened its drive
for S15O,00O Tuesday night.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16

Adds ABABA lC) The u.
S Legation was closed Thursday
as Consul Morris Hughes handed
the key to an Italian officer and
left for Jibuti. Marshal Graziani
bought the furniture Of the lega-
ton and plans 70 use It for an Of
ficers quarters.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-16

Director Of the Hodge EurOp-
a Tours, 1919 74th Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y. who win sail
on July 0 aboard the lie. de
France on a 47-day tour of Italy,
France and Switzerland, all by
motor. This is Mr.. Hodges ninth
tour, and his party win consist
mainly of educators, profession
al and business people. Calvin
service).
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Lions Escape Just
For Quiet Stroll.
TWO full-grown lions, tired of being

TWO full-grown lions, tired of being
gaped at by screen actors and
technical workers, late last night de-
cided to turn the tables and what
human beings looked like when
frightened.
Accordingly the two cats with the
sense of humor esca ped the set of
Samuel Goldwyn's The Adventures of
Marco Polo" growled few times and
slinked about the stage-forcing set
workers up rafters and the actors
down trapdoors.
Then the lions went for walk in
the moonlight. snarled few times
near the production office and pranced
back to the stage, where the studio
fire department, the police force and
an embattled score of quavering film
workers we're waiting for them.
But the lions were tired by now
they had seen human life in the raw
and it must have disguised them.
Without further ado they snorted their
contempt and proceeded to line up for
closeup.
Oh, yes, Actor Gary Cooper, Di-
rector Archie Mayo and Chief Cine
photographer Rudolph Mate we're re-
trieved. Cooper and Mayo from a
trapdoor leading into the stage cellar
and Mate from the catwalk 40 feet
above the set.
The lions, rented from the Califor-
mia Geological Gardens. are supposed
to be the tamest feline giants in the
world. They're like kittens when their
stomachs are filled.
But no one told us their stomachs
were filled" said Director Mayo.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

who frankly took the defeated atti-
tude. He thought the top CT the
form better than the bottom OF he
form, and the boy who qualified bet
ter than the boy who failed to
qualify.
He indulged a great deal in reverie
until he was Is. because his active
imagination was not sufficiently en-
ployed. He used to walk about Brom-
ley, small, rather undernourished
boy, meanly clad, no one suspecting
that phantom staff pranced about
him and phantom orderlies galloped
at his commands.
1t is interesting to note that, ac-
cording to Mr.. Wells, while my
mind was full of International af-
fairs, conflicts, alliances, was blank
ly ignorant about money or any of
the machinery of economic life. I
think that was because nothing ex-
listed to catch and turn my imagina-
tion in that direction.
For many years, his adult life was
haunted by the fading memories of
these early war fantasies. Up to
1914, he found lively interest in
playing war game with toy soldiers
and guns.
HIS two brothers played only a
very small part in this early
mental development. One nine years
older, the other four years his senior,
they were both apprenticed to drapers.
Later on, he developed a considerable
companionship with Frank, the eld-
est. Freddy did not even attend the
Morley School, as did Frank. Dur
ing Mr.. Wells last three school years,
he visited Surly Hall, riverside inn
much affected by Etoneons, for at
least three weeks every year. There
he learned to punt, paddle and row,
but the current being considered too
swift, he did not learn to swim. AS
matter of fact. he was past 80 be-
fore being able to swim.
Two girl cousins, who from time to
time served as baTmaids. used him
as convenient chaperon, when en-
bSi pa aSiAiS SuolOlilClS NdllbCQ W
gossip on the lawn at twilight. 1t
all helped to educate him.
"A delightful vision in fluttering
muslin" appearing on the lawn at
Surly Hall, one day, proved none
other than the great actress. Ellen
Terry, then in her full loveliness, who
had come to the hall to study part
with Henry Irving
Shortly after this never-t to- for
gotten episode, the eager for books
schoolboy was sent on trial, with
view to apprenticeship, to firm of
drapers at Windsor. opposite the
castle. The one bright moment dur
ing his days at the drapers was when
the guards flies and drums, went past
the shop and up to the castle. These
swirled him away campaigning again.
He felt totally untitled for this
work He was always making mis-
takes in change. He had some sort
of difference with the Junior porter,
which resulted in conspicuous black
eye. This was gross breach of So
cial conventions. Shortly after he
was pronounced as mot refined
enough to be. a draper" amusing, in
view of subsequent developments.
A TWO-MONTH period as a "P.
T." pupil teacher at boarding
school was cut short by change in
headmasters, and the budding young
school teacher was in search of en-
ployment. During this period, he re-
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Joan Woodbury. Gets
A Leading Role.

WITH LEE TRACY carrying top
honors and Joan Woodbury. Sc
lected for the feminine lead (the dark
haired little actress first big break in
pictures), Lights Out" play by Paul
Dickey and Mann Page, is being
readied for early production at R-K-O-
Radio.
The cast also will include Lee
Patrick, Paul Guilfoyle. Richard Lane,
Bradley Page. Tom Kennedy. Jack
Carson, Frank NJ Thomas, George
Irving, Leona Roberts, Willie Best,
Evening star., 1937-10-24

comedy cycle-but that's not his
fault. His salary is $4,000 per film.
But any studio you name will double
that when his present legal tangle
with Columbia is over.
Nineteen thirty-seven will go down
in film history as Robert Montgomery's
year. With James Cagney, he founded
the Screen Actors Guild-in opposi-
ton to the dictates of his producer
bosses-and went TO bat for the small
people. 1t was not an easy matter to
make stars. earning over 100000
year, conscious of the troubles Of the
small fry in their films.
Myron Selznick-brother of David
is Hollywood's ace agent His Glen
tele list reads like a who's who Of
pictures, and includes Clark Gable,
William Powell. Ronald Colman, Fred
ric March, Carole Lombard, Enrol
Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Ginger Rog-
ers, Lily Pons, Gregory La Cava and
Tay Garnett. His yearly turnover is
over s20,000000, with 10 per cent for
himself. His commission alone from
radio contracts this year is $500. 900.
Myrons all-time record was $4,000.
earned in one day at the beginning Of
the year.
Will Hays receives $4,000 a year
and travelling expenses. which makes
him the least paid of Hollywood we'll
known personalities. But he is the
most important Of them all. The So
year-old Indiana born ex-chairman Of
the Republican National Committee
Q918-192D, ex-Postmaster General,
and now president of the Motion Pic
lures Producers e. Distributors of
America, Inc-in short, the Hays
office-is the most powerful man in
pictures today. There isn't another
man in the world who could not only
get Goldwyn. zanuck, Selznick. the
Warner brothers. Harry Cohn. Schul-
berg. Wanger, Louis B. Mayer ct al.
to obey him on matters of picture
policy, but make him like it.
tCopyrisht. 1887. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Ine.J
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Two New Ballets
Created for Film.

TWO complete ballets. the first
ever created directly for the
screen, are to be presented in Samuel
Goldwyn's technicolor musical film.
The Goldyyn Follies." They will be
interpreted by Vera zorina, two years
a premiere ballerina of the Ballet
Russo. and the dancers of George
Balanchine's famed American ballet
Vernon Duke composed the music
for both. Balanchine created, and Is
supervising, the choreography.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
WASHINGTON D. c. OCTOBER a.
.WELLS PLANS FOR HUMANITY
Author Who Visits Washington and Guest of President Has
Faith in Peoples Ability Overcome the Ills That Are
Faced by Civilization.

I allied his mother was . symbol OF
the blind and cropping parental solici-
tude of the times, soiicitude which
hampered and enslaved where it
sought to aid and establish. His
fathers business having failed, long
since. immediate employment was i'm
perative, and the young seeker OF
light filled various posts below
stairs" until he became a member
of the faculty at the Grammer School
at Midhurst.
He says: MY meals at Midhurst
were the first in my life that ! re-
member with pleasure. The stews were
marvelously honest, and the cook was
great at junket, custard and black
berry jam. Bless her memory"
1t was at Midhurst that the famous
novelist-philosopher read practically
the whole outline of physical and
biological science. Here he found the
beginnings of an outlet for his tre-
mendous abilities. His aptitude for
organized science enabled him to OBJ
tain free studentship at the Normal
School of Science, South Kensington,
where he was teacher in training"
for year in the biological course
under the great Prof. Huxley.
After years below stairs" happiness
was beginning to come his way, hap
piness backed by such a strong urge,
prophetic, yet realistic view of
tn
this was developed. what it offers will
be the intriguing subject of Mr.. Wells
lecture November 3 at Constitution
Hall, under the auspices of the WASH
ington Forum.
A LTHOUGH he unquestionably
ranks with the worlds greatest
contemporary figures, Mr.. Wells at
titude is the democratic one He is
against 'pretense" and "uncalled-for
swank." His ideals are those of the
self-made man, who. while travelling
the long. tortuous road to the pinnacle
has always obtained and retained the
viewpoint of both the masses and the
classes.
He is reformer, but reformer of
a sort-one who, strangely enough, has
faith In mans possibilities and in
herent goodness Mr. Wells believes
in mans intellectual capacities to
overcome the ills besetting civilization
and at present standing in the way of
the world community" he has long
visualized.
Il have attempted to show that
human life, as we know it," he says
lis only the dispersed raw material
for human life as it might be. There
is hitherto undreamed-of fullness,
freedom and happiness within reach
of our species. Mankind can pull it.
self together and take that now
Possibly William Allen White best
summed up Mr.. Wells when he said
in part: H. G. Wells is the worlds
greatest reporter of things of the
spirit. He has had that assignment
for 40 years. He is the crack reporter
of large corps who have been inter-
ested in the way man thinketh in
his heart. Herbert c. Wells has told
millions of his fellowmen the real
significance of their mental and
spiritual attitude. He has brought to
them a wider truth than that which
they held before they followed him as
a reporter of the times"
Mr.. Wells coming address at Con-
stitution Hall will undoubtedly be re-
garded as one of the most significant
OF our day.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

Lne industry is largely mdIUeT Ol'
dollars and cents. All her pictures
good or mediocre-net two or more
millions of dollars for her studio. The
dimpled youngster has led the box
Office popularity parade for three years
Longer than most of her elders last
in celluloid. Her earning capacity
three pictures q year, at 100000 per
film, plus $500 a week for indorsing
dolls, hats, swimming suits, pencil sets,
hair ribbons, gloves, etc.-brings
Shirley close to the $1,000. 0.000-a-year
income category.
When Irving Thalberg died last
year, he left Goldwyn unchallenged
as q maker OF Hollywood class pic
lures. In private life, Goldwyn Is
uneducated, hot-tempered. His mis-
pronunciation Of the American Ian
guage has made him the laughing
legend of millions But when it comes
to film-making, the ex-glove salesman
has some divine instinct for the best.
Rarely does a GoldWyn picture 1all
to please the discerning picture public
but not all of them make money.
Come And Get 1t" and "Dodsworth'
are still in the red.
Daryl zanuck, a complete contrast
to Goldwyn, is just as important to
the Aim industry. The 35-year-olo
wahoo-born producer paints his pic
ture canvases for the masses. Zanuck
started his film career as writer for
the Warner Brothers star, Rim Tin
Tin. His yearly output Of films for
Twentieth Century-Fox is 40, which
makes him the biggest solo money!
maker in Hollywood.
THIRTY -YEAR-OLD David
4 Selznick is the producer OF the
future. At least so per cent OF ms
pictures are made in technicolor. He
knows the business from the ground
up-has made the two biggest sue
cesses this year, "A Star Is Born"
and THE Prisoner of Zenda," and
o1ns the biggest potential money
maker. Gone With the Wind"
Jock Whitney, backer-in-chief OF
Selznick International. rates his place
here for being the first society film
angel" to leave picture-making in
the hands of experts. Jock is not in
terested in pictures from class or mass
viewpoint. He is primarily flnan-
cier-and a shrewd one His millions
have poured a healthy flow of vitality
into Hollywood. And, incidentally, in
creased his investment several hun
dred per cent.
Gary Cooper is the only film star
valued at S5,000,000 by his employers.
But, more important, Gary is the only
film actor who is exactly the same to-
day as he was when given his first
speaking role in the Winning of Bar
bara Worth" 13 years ago. He has
kept his sense of true values in COM
munity where success spells a swollen
head.
Norma Shearer is the first lady of
Hollywood-in every sense OF the word.
Not only is she the best actress, but
she is the best type OF woman in pic
lures. She's a good mother. She is
gracious, dignified and charming. She
is the wealthiest screen star and owns
a large portion of M-G.-M. stock, be-
oueathed her by Irving Thalberg.
ERANK CAPRA is the one modern
: director who dared to put origi-
nality into his films. His 1T Hap
pened One Night" and Mr.. Deeds
Goes to Town" started the current
Evening star., 1937-10-24
DANCING.

PEYToN PENN STUDIO. iil5 st. NV.
Met. 1880. Modern dancing, balIrosm
specially: standard routines, ballroom
etiquette. Please telephone evenings.
Learn to dance smartly in a few private
lessons by one of WashinEtons foremost
teachers. Catherine Bal'le, 134I Conn.
ave. North s2l3. ga
Esnrlotz Studios, 2115 Connecticut-Pri-
yate lessons, day or night. Ball room classes
Wednesday nights: also stage and reducing
classes. Branch Studio, Cherrydale, Va. .
Evening star., 1937-10-24

Billy Franey, Maxine Jennings, Cecil
Kellaway and Alec Craig.
Miss Woodbury., signed to a long
term contract only short time ago,
is another example of the recent rise
to prominence of younger players in
Hollywood. Although she appeared
for R-K-O in only three pictures,
Super Sleuth." Forty Naughty Girls
and Living on Love-" her charm and
ability have convinced studio execu-
tives she possesses distinct potentiali-
ties as a leading lady.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

ERANK CAPRA is the one modern
director who dared to put origi-
nality into his films His 1T Hap
pened One Night and Mr.. Deeds
Goes to Town" started the current
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Hollywood's 10 Important
Persons Are Named
And the List Goes All the Way
From Will Hays to
Shirley Temple.
By Sh@Iah Graham.

oILYwOOD NANA).-Its pretty the
personalities
the industry would fall Blu n
4 opinion. 10 Will
sznck Jock Whitney Myron Senk Frank
Shearer. Montgomery Shirley Temple
import to
Evening star., 1937-10-24

Marlene Dietrich has taken farm
near Salzburg, Austria, which she
will make her headquarters for the
remainder of her stay in Europe.