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Ing into u1cle Toms 5 Mile Road
spc; a; late afternoon hour Mr..
and Mrs Isaac O. White entertain
ing NJ. Whites brother and sister
from down Arlington. virginia way.
Perhaps We can ger Ruth webb
20 tel just WHO BUNNY DUCK
ls,. Romano Johns IS the new
manager o, the Frogs Club. He's
going 10 make the spot pay. John
". Lewis. young president Of the
Criterion Civic League and YER
nell Shorty Watson will arrive
IN town az the end OF this week
after yaca;icning IN the south. :.
DR.. Powell Johnson will be in bis
glory when be attends the Legion
Convention in New York City dur
Ing the month OF August. -. Re-
ceived word from yuuies NARROW
the younger sis OF the World
Heavyweight. champ. She IS va
catching out on the coast -. W.
lies reports having ioyely TINE
and sends best wishes to all OF The
gang. The daily papers claim
that II Henry Armstrong wins TIE
lightweight championship he will
be the third Colored fighter &C.
cupying a throne i. -. Joe Louis still
will be heavyweight champ and
John Henry Lewis the ligh, heavy
weight title holder~a-....
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oHoY ME HEARTlEs. and al
tia, sorr CT ths-g /. Having Just
re.c--ed from clrcun-nav.gzting
Bal Isle VIA the inside passage on
re rooe Graf. Betty 7 scou.;e-
81 ct ,hs Bell Isle Canoe House
+ an back with you again salts
.!st that ny summer vacation IS
complete. SO row your sea 60
irz coirz1is; Is trying on the shoes
O: Ulysses ". BOTKIN. and
vhs,her they ~ or rot Is up 70
yc- 50 lets weigh anchor and
e, under way.
ETHEL MOSES EMOTEs. Tn
favorable reports such as lousy.
rot,en. put-id. and other synonyms
which may Be extracted from the
wcrd Terrible. - seem 70 be cir
cu,s,.ng generally in reference 10
tks Ethel Moses vehicle "Tnp:a-
t.or which showed a; he Down
Town Theatre last week. so
whs,. say we. There are many
good reason why coiored films are
10. all that we may expect them
20 be. Consider. for instance
TIA. here are more than few pie
ltr-es emanating from the movie
capital every year that send US
from the theatres In neurotic
/, condition tina, might be compared
70 The best hang over that we
have ever survived. Although
HOLLYWOOD Is fairly bloa,ed
wi,a directors. talent. hackers and
everything else that It takes.
SOcIAL-EYEZING. :. Some peo-
ple have a knack for doing things
unusual along the lines OF enter
ia.nirg ..
NATALIE CLARK. charming
wife Of Dr. Clark. filed claim for
spo, among them when she hos
tossed the QUEEN sABE members
with weinnie roast on the Island
recently. !. Believing that the la
dies whose organized name Is der
lived from the Castillian query
J really had something there. the
BE Yourself" Clan fell next in
I line and found that club meeting
under the skies" Is not only de-
llghtful or quite practical around
this time OF year. Entered IN the
Register Of Chicago's Grand Hotel
last week are Detroiters Marcella
ard Hugh (Caswell Inc. represen-
tative) Peterson and WHINE and
( Claude (Y secretary Cooper.
l DROPS ~ THE BUCKET. The
boys and girls Of the Tribune COM
posing room nicknaming certain
fly-by-night columnIst Sylvia. =
Gam I flabbergasted) Kermit
Mead heartedly endorsing RICH
ARD ". READING. bachelor
hood. and the F. B. A.. Sarah
Turner relating what Cotton Club
f, chlorine has 70 live up % in order
70 keep on the Job 49,. Well. she
cughta know Judge Nelson.
Melody Club boss and party stroll
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YOUTHS ARE
IN NEW YORK


sources that these appeals would
- dropped because OF the agree
men, 20 free the others, with the
s-ters.a,d.ng that Gov. Bibb
Graves would commute Norris
sentence 20 life imprisonment.
s;sil other sources declared that
every one OF he five would be
psrdoned within five years.
Surprise Move
Developments came With blind
iag speed after the jury in the
weems case. which had started
celebrating The previous afternoon
a, 2:es 2. n. reported az l0:55
Saturday morning, finding the
youth guilty O. attacking Mrs.
Victoria Price aboard freight
train near Scotfsboro IN March.
1881. and fixing his punishment az
IS years in prison.
Before the prisoner was brough,
before Judge ". ". Speed Cal
lahan 10 have sentence prorounc-
ed. Leibowitz moved for an arrest
Of judgement. charging the court
had no Jurisdiction. This was a
technical move 20 protect the rec
ord for future appeal from the
conviction.
After weems was led away, Pow
ell was brought before the ~
year-old judge. After hearing the
reading OF the irdictmen, charging
him with trying TO cut Deputy
Blalock on January %. 1885, as he
was being driven back 70 jail in
Birmingham, he was told he could
plead guilty or not just as ne
chose.
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Large Front Room at 53ii--
eth 81. Phone--Tyler $500.
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Furnished Room, 1924 Parker.
near Mack.
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Writer Prefers
Colored Heritage

Cc.--sc ,ecple = America are
-ak.-g sdTsrtzze q he tsc, TIA,
1ey ock x1.i~--srd II .-creas-
.-s n1nbers z-e passing as
safes scrc-1.-g . Ollie Sis~ar;.
=ss. q Nszro n the August
z=e.,a;or Conservative es-
=z.e ~ 1896 places he -unber
= 'AcsA Who powdered -, and
vs-- fws.,wed W -her they
,ssse ;.s ,.-s :: 1000. .s says.
ksse 10 such lezr.rgs con-
-1ss " s'sxzr' \ ws-, % Be
z1st an In glad In =
N4rs
H.z ar say .a.s. think I
~. -c-e o-t q lie as black
ns- \ k-s~ lie better because
: az st.scket from more angles.
Wherever there are coiored
sso5.e -.s-ss music AID laugh
fs- ! ~o-.dn exeha-gs that
.,- z.y Aonor o. eart1
TIE suicide rate among color
q ceop.s IS 60 low as 70 BE al
=os, negligible adds Mr. Stew
~, N.Y. We s.az away troubles
re sig ls1ces. when sorrows be-
crne hezv.es, show me col
o.ed nan Il ,rorbls and III show
ycg man singing Show me a
white nan :. .-orble-and III
po.r, OF: d you an explosion plus
. string OF god-damns. There are
.ew co.orci neuroiics We don't
nave nervous breakdcwns. or run
away 70 the South Sea Islands. or
In The Foreign Legion 20 Forget
l. All And for these omissions
src.n our character. dear Lord,
'1ank Thee
Being a Negro keeps me toler-
ant. II keeps me from being
tempted to say I'm free. white
and tventy-one. and mistaking
an accident OF birth for an
achievement on my part. ] would
never condemn those who cross
the line. whether they're 10000
CT 100000 a year but I'm salts
fled.
Being white could add nothing
% my understanding Of group
that. after seventy years OF free
dom. not only refuses TO moan rs
fate. but produces from the cowon
fields and swamp lands a Booker
IT. Washington, a Paul Laurence
Dunbar. a George W Carver a
Roland Hayes. Marian Anter-
son. or a Jesse owens. I'm sad
I'm Negro
I From The Commentator
August Issue
BE sure 10 read the used car ad.
vcrtisements on page of This IS.
sue OF the Tribune.
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. NON PARTISAN
NEWSPAPER

years in the penitentiary. rhs
state insists upon H."
The other four were not brought
in court. Lawson stepped before
the bench and quickly moved that
the indictments be dropped. saw.
ing the state already had convict.
ed the guilty parties. two OF thu
boys were evidently not guilty
and the other two were Juvenile,
al the time OF the crime.
Doctor Provides Cars
Immediately Judge Callahan or.
dered state police 10 escort Lei.
bowirz. his associate. William
Richter. and the freed youths /,
the state line. Two cars had been
provided by DR.. Newman Sykes.
Negro physician whose testimony
resulted in the supreme cour, or
der 10 include Negroes on juries.
The boys did not know they
were free until Leibowitx himself
told them so. As they ran out Of
the opened jail doors with their
hands above their heads and duck.
ed into the waiting cars. Sheriff
]. Street Sandlin said TO Leibo-
WITT.
why don't you get In there with
your clients. you. ........ :.
Victoria Price. peering from
court house window. also saw
hem 20. Before news could bs
sperad about the town. they were
many miles away. They were 70
20 by automobile 10 Chattanoogs
and there catch train for New
York.
All But One Sentenced
In the original trials at Scots
boro, all OF the boys except Roy
Wright were convicted and SEN
fenced 10 die. Since he was only
y years old. the jury disagreed.
williams. az l3. also under the
limit OF 16 years Of age. was new
iheless condemned TO die.
The state has insisted that these
two juveniles were In the gondola
car at the time Victoria and Ruby
Bates were attacked. Miss Bates
later declared II was frame-up.
Judge Callahan. however, charged
the juries that all who were pres
ent were guilty, whether they &C.
tually took part in the assault or
merely stood by.
Montgomery was Ill and Rober-
son almost blind at the time ne
alleged rape was committed. Tes-
,imony indicated that these Two
did no, even participate In ne
ott-told story OF a fight between
colored and white hoboes on the
train. but the Price woman was
Just as insistent that they did.
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AIabama's Legal Lynching--
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By william Pieken.l

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Wilson (Stutz) Anderson, 3lfs
Chestnut street. who was recently
appointed a special salesman for
Old Bru Beer and IS making splen-
did success on his new job
Mr. Anderson says:
ri have always brought 70 the
Detroi, public the very best a.
musement attractions and dance or.
chestras available. Now. as a
salesman for Old Bru, l am
bringing 10 our patrons one OF the
very best brands Of beer on the
market when asking for beer,
remember old Bru"
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EDITORIAL PAGE

National Association For The Advancement OF Colored
People and similar organizations.
We therefore predict that or later the time
will come when Jews and other minority groups in
country will combine in ar organized effort with Negroes
to oppose racial discrimination and other forms Of In
justice.
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Pleads Guilty

I'm guilty CT cutting the depu.
iy.' said the prisoner. who was
shot and seriously wounded by
Blalock. Since the rape charge
had been withdrawn. Melvin c.
Hutson. circuit solicitor. said he
would insist on the maximum
penalty IN the cutting case. Lei
bow!,z pleaded with the Judge TO
take into consideration the six and
half years already spent in jail
by Powell. but the court said.
III Il had not been that the
state had dropped the other charge
OF rape against him. ! would have
given him Is years. As = is, ]
will have 70 sentence him to 20
Evening star., 1937-10-23
". c. 7. j. ASSA|LS
DRINKING IN FILMS
Mrs. Ramsey Is Reelected
President as TWo-Day
Convention Ends.

After criticizing what was termed
'the emphasis put on drink in motion
pictures" the Washington Women's
Christian Temperance Union yester-
day closed its two-day annual con-
vention in the First Congregational
Church.
The assembly went on record as
urging the motion picture industry
to minimize scenes that put en-
phass on drink for the sake of the
influence upon its use
The entire slate of officers put for
ward by the Nominating Committee
was elected unanimously. The officers
are Mrs Ida w. Ramsey, president for
the third time: Mrs. Earle Wilf1ey,
first vice president; Mrs. Jennie E.
Wright, second vice president, Mrs.
Florence w. Warner, corresponding
secretary: Mrs. Manuel Kline, record
ing secretary; Mrs. Lille Lawrence.
assistant recording secretary, and Mrs.
Darrell c. Grain. treasurer
The convention voiced its approval
of the Capper-C Culver bill pending in
Congress that would prohibit adver-
tisement Of alcoholic liquors in inter-
state commerce and over the radio. 1t
also favored the Ludlow bill to halt
the manufacture of rum by the Gov
ernment in the Virgin Islands.
The assembly adopted resolution
commencing The Star for refusing
advertisements of hard liquor"
Mrs. Margaret Munns, treasurer of
the national organization, gave re-
port on the educational fund now
being raised.
Evening star., 1937-10-23

in small way at least will supple
ment yours" MIR. Perkins concluded.
Telling Of the use of the famous
paintings in his art classes. Mr.. Ma
hony said, The date of release could
not have been better timed to our
advantage, as we were enrolling stu
dents for the 1878 session and were
enabled to begin their studies in art
appreciation by using the first set OF
four of your portfolio of 48.
Faithful In Color.
I'VE shall continue the use of the
famous paintings portfolio in our
classes" he said, "and have urged each
student to obtain the sets as they are
available from you, for current study
as we'll as for future reference. In
my travels have seen, in the various
art galleries of the world. many of
these original paintings, and I am
more than pleased with these repro
ductions which show faithfully the
color. detail and composition. The
lessons which accompany each set
are the best composed biographies
which it has been my pleasure to read.
May I, as an old member of The
Star staff, compliment you on this
project The large humber of people
who frequent our galleries clearly
points to their interest and quest for
knowledge in art You have placed
within their reach very valuable in
formation which will enable them to
appreciate with greater Joy the finer
works of art" Mahony asserted.
Evening star., 1937-10-23
TWO NATIONS TAKE
ARBITRATION OFFER
Honduras and Nicaragua to Seek
Peaceful Solution of
Boundary Dispute.

By the Associated Press
The governments OF Honduras and
Nicaragua have accepted the offer OF
the United States, Venezuela and
Costa Rics 10 seek peaceful solu-
ton Of the Central American boundary
controversy through mediation.
The State Department received
cabled replies from Honduras and
Nicaragua late yesterday. shortly be-
fore the Ministers of Costa Rica and
Venezuela arrived to confer with
Sumner Weles. who is Acting Secre-
tary of State in the absence of Sec
retarv Hull.
Earlier in the afternoon. Frank P.
Corrigan. whom President Roosevelt
designated to represent the United
States in mediation proceedings called
at the State Department to confer
with Welles
Corrigan said he would leave Wash
ington tonight to spend week end
at his home in Cleveland. Corrigan,
who recently was named as United
States Minister to Panama. added he
had not yet been informed as to the
place where he would meet the media
tion delegates of Costa Rica and
Venezuela TO begin study Of the
boundary controversy.
Evening star., 1937-10-23
.|CKES HOPES j. s.
CANQU|TSLUMA AID
He Says He'll Lead Happy
Retreat" When Business
Is Ready to Take Over.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, October 23.-Sec-
retary of the Interior Harold l.. Ickes.
praising low-cost housing as the best
investment country can make. "
held out the hope today that private
capital might some day take over the
Governments slum clearance work.
AS the man who directed the Gov
ernments first housing projects under
the P. w. A., Ickes told the Nations
real estate leaders last night that he
would lead the happy retreat of Gov
ernment" from the slum- clearance
field when business is ready to as
sumo the undertaking.
Conceding that mistakes had been
made in the Governments pioneer
ing work, he asserted that low-cost
housin plans would go forward
much more smoothly" under the
Housing Authority set up by the Wag-
ner-Steagsll act.
Wherever the Government has built
one OF its ~ housing projects. he as
serted, real estate values In adjoining
neiehborhoods have advanced. He
added:
I'VE can start q nsiehborhood on
the upgrade. You can keep it on the
upgrade"
Approving some tax exemptions for
low-cost homes, he declared that
America had been substituting her
slums' and Paying cash premiums
on ill-living and bad health"
1--WE have been furnishing cash
scholarships" he said, to educate
students in schools of vice and crime. :"
He continued:
Let us not forget that profiteers
build slums. The people who are
condemned to them do not make
them
In ending its three-day convention
the National Association of Real Es-
tate Boards recommended modifica-
tion Of the national housing act to ere
ate central mortgage bank
The association also advocated new
legislation to:
Permit designated percentage
(say 25 per cent? of a home mort
gage to become due at the END of the
twentieth year instead of demanding
complete amortization with a 2O-year
period. provided that neighborhood
projection and development would
justify the extending Of the period of
amortiza ton"
Evening star., 1937-10-23
10 KILLED, 19 HURT
AT RAIL CROSSING
Streamllned Train Crashes
Into Bus at Mason
City, Iowa.
BY the Associated Press

MASON CITY, Iowa. October 23-
Ten persons. including seven high
school students, were dead and 10
injured today in the wake Of the Mid
die Vests most disastrous streamlined
train accident on record
Besides the students. two teachers
and a bus driver lost their lives when
the glistening new Rocket" three car
streamlined passenger train of the
Rock Island Railroad. plowed into a
school bus on the outskirts Of the city
yesterday afternoon.
The bodies of dead and injured we're
scattered 500 feet down the right-of-
way as the wooden bus burst like a
crushed watermelon under the impact
at a private crossing inside the yards
Of the Mason City Brick & Tile Co.
The students came here from Rem
wick, Iowa. early in the day on a tour
of Mason City industrial plants. They
had visited one brick and tile plant
and were on their way to another be-
fore returning home when the tragedy
occurred.
1eOTge olHpson OF DeS MONIES,
Iowa. the engineer, said his train was
travelling between 20 and 25 miles an
hour.
The dead:
Rex Simpson, %, bus driver; Dor
othy Ross. 25, of Creston, Iowa, and
Loren Morten, 26, of Guernsey, Iowa,
both teachers; Lillian Cedar, IA. Hardy,
Iowa; Don Amossen, l6, Goldfeld.
Iowa; Patsy Turney. a; Norman Egg
erth, l6; Lowell Keeling, Is; Jimmy
Bell. Is; Albert Siemans. l6, all stu
dents, the latter five from Renwick.
Evening star., 1937-10-23

offered by The Star have become a
part of the schools 9curricula. He
praised the campaign in general, the
quality of the color reproductions
and the accompanying lesson material.
The Stars campaign began almost
two weeks ago and has met with
success on all fronts Collaborating
with the National Committee for Art
Appreciation. the paintings are
offered by The Star at nominal prices
They are released in sets of four
each week for IL weeks. Each set
brings a lesson in art appreciation
by DR.. Bernard Myers of New York
University.
Great Value in Plan.
DR.. Darby said "the idea is an
excellent one. It Is sure to have
great educational value. especially
in homes where there is no oppor-
tunity to see the masterpieces of
the past.
Many of these great pictures are
of religious nature" he said and
will have fine influence upon the
formation of character"
In a letter to The Star Mr.. Perkins
said of the campaign:
Congratulations upon your very
timely and helpful art appreciation
campaign. We have been convinced
for some time as to the wisdom of
the art dealer whose young friend
had appreciation only for pictures
OF ballet dancers, with which he had
covered the walls of his room This
keen art dealer decided to give his
friend copy of Raphaels Madonna
and request him to put 1t in a
conspicuous place in his room. He
knew If that were done and his young
friend gazed often enough at 1t.
he would gain an appreciation of
that great masterpiece. such as to
make him satisfied with nothing
cheap and tawdry
Nothing but the Best.
You seem wise in this day when
young people and others fill their
rooms with pictures of Hollywood stars
to give the people some copies Of the
best works of art. that they may learn
TO appreciate and be satisfied with
nothing less than he best Success
to your endeavor.
1T may be of interest to you to
hear that we have had for the last
Ave Sabbaths an art appreciation cam
paign, specializing in religious sub
jects. Our sermons have been of
Great Pictures as last Sabbath's
Christ Healing the Sick" We have
given copies. not so fine and elaborate
as yours. to those attending. We shall
b. continuing ours a. YOU continue
your campaign, and We hope that ours
Evening star., 1937-10-23
DR.. F. H. DAMROSCH
DIES IN NEW YORK
Son Of Famous Composer Was
Educator and Founder of
Institute of Music.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. October 23.-Dr.
Frank Heine Damrosch, rs. son Of
the famous composer, conductor and
violinist. Leopold Damrosch. and a
brother of Walter Damrosch. the con-
ductor, died yesterday at his home
here.
A noted musical educator. author
and founder Of the Institute of Music,
which later became the Institute of
Musical Art of the Juilliard School of
Music DR.. Damrosch was native Of
Breslau, Germany. He was named for
Franz Liszt, who, with Wagner, was
close friend of the elder Damrosch.
Except for a six-year period when
he went to Denver. Colo, on a busi-
ness venture and remained to become
superintendent of music in the Denver
schools in 1884, he resided in New
York
DR.. Damrosch founded the United
States Army Music School in 1911.
He retired in 1885 az director of the
Institute of Musical Art, post he
had held since the school was founded
in 1905. From 1897 to 1905 he was
superintendent of music in the New
York public schools.