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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-03-19

Ministers Form A
Committee To
Help Unemployed

T h Inter-denominational
Ministers Alliance will hold it,
regular meeting Monday,
March 81. IL a. m. at ST. An
tome Y. VI G. A. AT which time
a central employment commit
Zee Will be formed The Rev
p. r Flack pastor Of 81, Paul
A. " + Zion Church. will
lead The discussion on the Topic
TO What extern can pastors
be 81 service in this economic
~i'ua'ion 10 our people,"
THIS haGy meets very first
and airG Mena2y- "a earh
rn'a Nll mirlp gers ~ nc-
;rcH are welcome
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-03-19
Friendship Baptist
Church

-v ssh IS wr.l as
- za'.ns u Friendship
1 -ssls-3 R1wena street,
81 -e-s.a- Numerically. The
less ras viewed by Ray mond
as -eI u The pastor last
S-1cs morning There was a fine
Attendance incluG.ng q beginners
-1e .--.9r BOYS contributed an
t-~r.rg q = cents
p-.-s q he morning message de-
iiv-.ec ~ ~ pastor Rev J H.
johnson. spiritual devotional
period vas IN charge Of the dea.
cons assisted by tie Rev Coe
assistant pastor
Zion. the perfection Of beauty
was the theme Of the pastors SER
mon which was one full OF infor-
nation Three new members Join
ed the ca4rsA one being a candi-
date for baptism
Among the visitors were DR.. and
Mrs Thomas The City Choir
Union celebrated their eighth an
niversary and held installation OF
officers FOR 1895
The ByPU met a. the usual hour
Sunday. March 20. 2 ?. m What
promises 70 be spicy program
will be rendered b. the JUNO,
Choir Visitors are welcome &C
worship with US at any time.
II you wan, 10 know the news
OF Friendship Church as well as
other churches. secure a Tribune
each week
s. Briggs is reporter for this
church.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-03-19
MASONIC NEWS
F. & A. M.
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52J Frederick {,


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Tssscsy = 4. Bristol. ". 81. l24l
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"a Mcntay L. S Gilbert. W. VI
.s.i Gtocwin Alvin James. SIS
Livingsfore
Abiif Lodge 80. 2l-lst Sat. &
~ Tuesday. Clarence Mason. W
" 1881 Goddard ave. Theo. Bar.
me- Ser. 1902 Cameron.
W Pzyon Lodge No. 2-2nd &
i'h Monday. Geo Hurst. W. NJ.
5ii5 yinewood Elmer Wallace
Sec woodrow.
Prince Hall 80. q meets LIST
and Ord Th1rsdays. Nathaniel Gar
reu. W. " BIO Z Forest; Eugene
nelson Sec. sssI Cameron.
Marracci Temple. A. z. A. o. NJ.
shrine 10 i3-2nd Friday. Sim
Flood ~ Potentate. 63s7 Hart
lord Egbert Martin, Recorder
1886 Craiiot
Wolverine Consistory No. 6 s. p.
X 5. AnatOle Victor. G. s.. 53l
Frederick; Edw ID Allen. Sec. 35s
Owen.
Wayfare Craftsman Club--2nc
Friday. Reacy Simmons. Pres.
1883 ST. Joseph: W. 81. eye, Sec.
sos f. Warren.
Compost Lodge No. II. Meets
first and third Mondays at their
Home. 20sl Trowbridge St. Ham
trsmck. wm. Morrison, w. NJ.
5o2i Edwin; Ordine n. TolIver.
Sec, 1925 Coodson.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-03-19
Presiding Elder To Preach
AT Rosevine's St. Luke A.M.E.

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-03-19
New Zion Baptist
Church

Rev Cunningham preached at
Ne~ Zion Bapiis, Church. sls Al
fred 81 the morning service.
Speaking from John 1913 the
speaker presented some very in
formative and helpful thoughts.
A. the O'Clock service Rev.
Miller delivered the message in
interest ~ the East Side Club.
Exalted Christ. was the theme OF
his discourse based on Luke 1876.
The speaker for the evening
worship was the Rev Saver
Rev r e Mercer is pastor Of
New ZiOu
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-03-19
CHURCH HOLDd
ANNIVERSARY
FOR MINISTER
Progress OF Church
Rapid Under Dr..
Armstrong

The sixth anniyersas,
Bethel Baptist Chui }. a,.n.l
March :. Al the same i.n m.,t
ed the third anniye n
pastor, the Rev y II ,roo~'
New Bethel Bap'i, 7
established March :. l
I'd Of a few logn, (,
New NJ Zion 'Bap'
new church Is lora
anu Hastings strte
Tie first ininls,.
Rev L. Y Bolton
After spending s,v F.,
Detroit the Rev Mg
cined the invitation n
II. Coleman, now pas Ns
donia Baptis, Chui Il, lien
called. and accepted ~.
III January. 1895.
Makes Proere>,
Under the pasiorafc f B-v
Mr. Armstrong The el0 ~.
made rapid progress Mas ,han
two thousand new m-Mb hay.
been added 10 the chirch n,stes
and $50, S93i2 has boon ya ga Is,
all purposes.
And. incidenlly ;Ae a4 NJ
Armstrong has recently ru
TO himself a bride
Sheriff Thomas WiIf 4 N.n K.
The principal sps akef &, Baa
Il Friday night March MI,
Rev r ". Wright wll seAi
ON the program.
The Rev. l.. X Sialnak has
ter Of the Third Baptist alch q
Toledo, will b. ihe p.n ipa
speaker Sunday mornins Mare
20. DR.. J. S. Williams. pas s
New Mt Zion Baptist vii. BIZ h
guest speaker at the Afternoon
services.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-03-19
TABERNACLE BAPTIST
CHURCH

elH b<S-rt I'D Avenue.
StzS Nnforc
ROBT. H. YiTTxAS. Minl-tty
--L1rt'- Day servIcr
600 A. n Prayer N%ttihz
s:se A. Billie ~ehpoI
ll:Oo 4 u. and - r. n
Preaching
$500 r. ~ H. s.. r. 4.
"wednesday Nixh'
General Prayer se~'ihx
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-03-19

Don't miss a single issue of the
Detroit Tribune.
Evening star., 1938-03-20
BY E. G.. Cau0va.

~ NE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
THOUSAND l0-cent street
car riders laid end to end
~ equal one 44-foot street car,
Evening star., 1938-03-20

tanning fast train schedules. Although
this train could be run at lit miles
an hour, it really operates at lower top
speeds than do most fast steam loco
motives. That's because you can start
and stop q Diesel locomotive so much
more quickly. Also, Diesels do not
have to make frequent stops for fuel
and water and they are not changed
during q cross-country run. The en-
gine that Is pulling us now will take
US into Los Angeles. II you were on
the California Limited you would have
about seven different engines before
you got there"
We were outside of Chicago now.
Over on an adjoining track I saw an
old woman, with the wind whipping
the ends Of the shawl she had tied
around her head. She was leaning
over. picking up bits of coal from
between the rails and dropping them
in q big market basket. I wondered
how she liked Diesel-electric locomo-
tives.
It is odd, but whenever I find my
self in q totally unfamiliar place I
feel restless until have explored it
all and made it as familiar as I can.
I suppose it's the same feeling that
makes most people want to 60 into the
kitchen when they visit friends. At
any rate. piloted by my friend, the
Santa Fe odicial, started on an ex-
ploration OF the entire traipA starting
Just behind the locomotive.
Evening star., 1938-03-20
NEW TROLLEY CAR
Capital Carmen Find Rubber.Tired Street
Cars Easier and Safer to Operate
Than Older Models.

cars?" I asked. II have heard that
they are much lighted"
Yes. these cars weigh $4,000 pounds
which is from 1000 to 10000 pounds
less than the Older style. The reduced
weight combined with roller bearings
and rubber cushions wherever possible.
makes them faster and much more
silent"
PERHAPS Id better stop right here
to explain that these questions and
answers took place at the end of the
line while waiting for time to start
his run-because operators can't talk
to you while running car, as the
little signs warn you.
And speaking Of signs, you may
be interested some time in looking at
the little copper plate fastened up
over the operators head which tells
you what bank owns the street car!
That's not as crazy as it sounds.
for when these As cars we're bought
last year land the same goes for the
ones being bought this year, the
Evening star., 1938-03-20

money to pay for them was loaned by
some 20 banks and these banks hold
liens on the cars. If you have a saw
ings account in any of these banks you
can feel that temporarily, at least, you
own a little part OF your vehicle!
In riding the cars you have prob
ably noticed that all the controls lex
cept the three foot pedals already
mentioned) are manipulated by row
Of small levers in front of the oper-
ator.
While many of us probably miss the
quasi-ta dance that bell-ringing art
ist on an old-style car used to do when
he got steamed up in traffic, it must be
admitted that it is much easier for
the operator to push lever No. and
know that his bell will ring with an
even beat as long as he holds the lever
in ringing position.
Literally by twiddling his fingers
the operator can throw an automatic
track switch. pour sand on slippery
rails, ring = bell. open or close a door,
Evening star., 1938-03-20
VI a

THE first car apparently had every
thing in it but a gymnasium and
a bowling alley. 1t was called the
baggage ge-dormitory-chair car. First,
there was the baggage compartment,
where you had checked the suit case
containing your dinner jacket and a
present for Aunt Maud. Then there
were two large dormitory rooms built
into the center Of the car. Each room
had hunks for six men, enabling the
same train staff that got on with you
in Chicago to go all the way to Los
Angeles. This has obvious advan-
tages. You don't have to interrupt
your cogitation of how to respond
to your partners four trump slam
invitation to tell new conductor who
got on in Kansas City that you gave
your ticket to the conductor who got
on in Chicago. Besides, you get to
know the train crew and they tell you
little stories about passengers on some
other train trip. There was the one
about the philosophic Southern trav-
eler who declared as how:
1T amt what you don't know that
gets you in trouble. No, sir. It's
what you know for sure that amt so.'
You even find that in this same
imposing car the conductor has an
Office and there is newsstand, COM
plete with magazines, newspapers,
books, candy and souvenirs: and
pillow locker in which pillow is
kept for each and every one Of the 1872
passengers that would fill Ell Captain
to its capacity. And still that doesn't
take all the space in the car. There
are individual reclining chairs for 50
passengers.
The diner is the longest of the El
Captain cars-over 50 feet. Only
half Of it looks like q regular dining
car. The other half looks more like
the diner on the corner of Vermont
avenue, in Washington, where you go
late at night for hamburger. It is
lunch counter, running lengthwise
up the car, with seats for II persons.
Next come two cars devoted entirely
to double chairs which seat So pas
sengers each. The first car is reserved
entirely for women and children, and
1t is in this car that the blue-uni-
formed courier nurse has her head
quarters. She's the pretty girl you
see going by carrying baby bottles,
the one who stops and adjusts your
pillow for you If you look uncomfort-
able and are too drowsy to do any
thing about 1t.
The last car was the chair-observa-
ton car, and 1t was Just like the two
cars ahead Of 1t except for the smooth
ly-rounded rear and observation win
dows In back. OF jpassenser ca
Evening star., 1938-03-20

olive green cars, mahogany passages
and green seats. Here you found old
rose and lake reds, buffs and tans,
gray green's and orchid. with all trim
mings in silvery steel or chromium.
"Colors stolen from the Painted
Desert and the Grand Canyon" the
Santa Fe ofhcial said, following my
eyes. .r....
ST1LL trying to reassure myself this
really was 4 train, I sank down on
a vividly upholstered sponge rubber
seat and watched the crowd Of visitors
outside the window. Suddenly they
began to move, as If the train platform
was carpet that some one had begun
to drag away with the people standing
on 1t. I looked up and across the
tracks. No, it was my train that was
moving. I felt disappointed. There
had been no sudden jerk as the loco
motive took up the slack in the train
and the familiar accelerating "chugs"
OF driving pistons was missing. In
fact. there wasn't any sound at all
just sensation of gliding, like being
on sled. The cars also were insu-
lated against noise as well as heat and
cold. We had started.
Buildings whisked by as the train
gained speed rapidly. ,.~.
: Notice how quickly We develop
Dpeed." said. the santa - lof{1cinl
That's IN important thing ID main-
Evening star., 1938-03-20

ment panel that made the cab look
like an automobile. The windshield
which. gave a clear view of the track
ahead, was made of safety glass. and
had sun visors. hot-air defrosters and
even windshield wipers. In fact, you
almost felt you could look out one
Of the side windows and see mo
parking between 4 and 6 pm" sign.
The engine looked like a "snap"
to drive, lot easier than an auto
mobile. All you had to do was lean
back in a deeply upholstered seat.
There were only four things you would
have to remember how to operate-the
speed throttle, the reverse lever, the
air. brake lever and the dead man
control" pedal The last is great
safety device. for. If the engineers
foot ever leaves it, the train auto
matically stops Then too, you even
had a speedometer to tell how fast
you were going.
Another thing you noticed in the
engineers cab was the quiet. It was
10 times as quiet as the street side
of any apartment house-just a little
acoustical treatment to allow the en-
gineer and his assistant to exchange
block signal information or even argu-
ments over last nights bridge hand
without having to shout. They were
insulated against both the noise OF
the engines and the noise outside.
'REHIND the engineers cab were the
Diesel units-two 900-horsepowcr
engines to a unit-and the engines
were so located that you could walk
down q runway beside them. much
like the runways on q printing press.
As I understood it, you could couple
on all the units you wanted, like har-
Messing up another pair Of horses, only
1t wouldn't take many Of those units
to pull all the plows in the Corn Belt.
Outside the engine again, I noticed
something else that made me think
yearningly Of the trains of yesteryear.
These Diesels don't even have cow
catciers," l mumbled aloud.
The Santa Fe ofhcial grinned
You don't have bell-bottomed trous-
ers any more, either" said he brightly.
He had me there. only cast q
wistful look In the direction of the
faithful old steam locomotive on the
next track. Then We turned and
climbed aboard Ell Captain.
Inside. I still had vague feeling
that this wasn't q train at all. Ex-
cept for the rows Of seats and the
center aisle, it seemed more like the
clubroom of ship or perhaps cock
tall lounge. It was . matter Of ,aolor.
ng. Trains for No had always 4Eeant
Evening star., 1938-03-20
Streamlined Travel Puts
One Into Atmosphere
of Finest Clubs.
Bv I. William Hill.

"p - ~ mum II Jtts
TT WAS late afternoon at the Dear
born street railway station in Chi
cago. Outside taxicabs were
wheeling in out of the snow.
Crowds iammed the entrances. Red
CAPS were darting after anything
brown and leatherv Occasionally
there was the sudden glare of a pho
tographer's flash bulb Ell Captain,
the Santa Fe Railroads newest train,
was about to begin its first run to Los
Angeles, whipping 2.227 miles cross
country in 1894 hours.
I squeezed through the gate and
took my first look at a streamlined
train. There was line of cars of
silvery steel, the last curved to a tear
drop point. and the whole thing
glistening like cigarette case. At
first I counted six cars, but I was
wrong. When you came close you
found the front one was the Diesel
electric locomotive. You could tell
because it was the only one that had
red decorations.
We'll. how do you like it?" asked
one OF the Santa Fe officials, who had
proud-father gleam in his eye. 1t
is dangerous thing, that gleam. 1t
means anything you say is going to
fall short.
I felt little panicky. It was this
way. I suppose every one has his own
idea OF how trains ought to look, Just
as every one had his own idea of how
babies ought to look. I suppose the
psychologists would say it has some-
thing to do with early environment,
and was certain I had never knelt
down on the floor and played all day
with anything that looked like Ell
Captain. AS matter of fact, 1 al
ways preferred train you wound up,
because the engine had driving pistons
ana smokestack that looked as if
any moment it would emit grayist
bllloWs of good old train smell. And
this Diesel ocomotive-why, it looked
even less like real engine. Still. it
was shiny and valuable looking, like
something you always tried to get out
OF claw machine and couldn't. But
couldn't answer the Santa Fe official
like that 1t would be like telling a
proud father his baby looked new.
A T THAT moment had an inspira.
ton. remembered an uncle of
mine who was always popular with
newly-made parents. He often at
tributed his success to one thing he
would always say about a new baby.
and, furthermore. he was never made
out a prevaricator. Altering his his
toric remark by substituting the word
train for the word baby" I finally
answered the Santa Fe official.
Say" said, that is train!"
He beamed and beamed, and then
we went to take closer look At the
locomotive. It was all pretty techni-
cal, but did manage to understand a
little.
The engineer sat up in front in a
cab that resembled an office and the
front seat Of sedan automobile COM
bined. except It was cleaner than
either. In fact, the engineer said that
on formal occasions he would feel no
hesitancy whatever in wearing his
white tie and tails to pilot Ell Captain.
Its cleaner up here than in most
night clubs" he said. .-..a
It was the Windshield and instru-I
Evening star., 1938-03-20

ElCapitan, From Chicago
to Los Angeles, Is Last
Word in Comfort.

pacity, this car, too, had untrainlike
colors. Mountain brown, burnt yellow,
burnt orange. shades of green, light
sand, beige and ebony gave you a sort
of western impression.
WELL, that was all, and I was al
ready missing the old-fashioned
observation car with its back porch to
sit on. even though I realized you
couldn't have people going in and out
and still have your train air-condi-
toned so that you felt comfortable
whether you were in an Iowa blizzard
or in the midday heat Of the Arizona
desert.
I'VE don't appear to be going par
ticularly fast told my official friend,
after look out the window.
He looked at his watch, then closed
his eyes, with the sort Of suddenly
i'll look people get when they begin
concentrating abruptly. Presently he
opened his eyes again.
Everything all right?" I asked.
Were doing about co." he said. II
was counting the clicks of the rails"
"Ninety?"
Yep, that's right. 1t doesn't look
like it. of course, but that's because
the windows of this car are about
twice as broad as the windows Of the
usual train car. You get the impress
sion Of speed by the rapidity with
which objects pass by the edge of the
window frame. Well, if you are not
conscious of the window frame, you're
not conscious of speed"
That sounded a little too much like
relativity to me so we began discussing
the New Deal. This lasted until bed
time and bedtime put us back on the
subject Of E Captain again. You see,
Ell Captain has no beds.
IT SEEMS that there's some sort of
working agreement between rail-
roads on schedules That is to say,
you can 60 from Chicago to the West
Coast in 1924 hours by Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific or
Great Northern, as we'll as by Santa
Fe. Therefore rail competition re-
solves down to which road provides
better service for the traveller. Ell
Captain, an all-coach train with no
sleeping cars, was designed to provide
q fast, luxury train for the medium
circunstanced traveller. You pay just
q shade less than 81 an hour for q
39% hour trip. and that includes the
IS extra fare to ride El Captain.
It Is rather amusing, at that, to whiz
by Pullman train, pulled of on a
siding to let the faster day coach
train go through.
Nevertheless, unless you are one Of
the revolving-type sleepers. you can
sleep on Ell Captain. The seats tilt
back almost to reclining position and
they turn on a blue night light that
doesn't get in your eyes.
That isn't what worries me most
about Ell Captain. It's this. All my
life I've thought one of the most beau-
tiful sounds in the world was the dis
tant "whoo-oo" of a train whistle late
1t night, particularly If it was raining.
Well. .>El Captain has no whistle. It
has horn-a French horn mounted
atop the engineers cab. Close your
eyes and you'd think you were on
Pennsylvania avenue just at the time
The Government DEF fartments are let
ting out.
Evening star., 1938-03-20

light the lights, and tip his hat-well,
not quite that, but he can dim his
headlight as q courtesy
Evening star., 1938-03-20

reached their maximum, you really
needed spurs to hang on with"
How about the weight Of these new
Evening star., 1938-03-20

YOU'VE all heard Of the Seeing
Eye" dogs? Well, these new cars
have Sensitive Edge" doors!
Evening star., 1938-03-20

hour on level ground The older street
cars only had speeds ranging from 18
to 30 miles per hour and when they
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
INN OWNER HELD
 FOR ARSON PLOT

Gloucester. Mass, Feb. 18-(UP) Thomas w. White, 48, formerly of Philadelphia, was booked at police headquarters early today as an ac- cessory in an incendiary plot to de- stroy his half-century old flaw thorne inn summer colony.
 Fire caused $25,000 damage to the Felton House, History wooden annex to the main inn, and another three-story building on the proper ty Thursday. Bremen eXtinguished ingenious torches" consisting of lighted candles attached to paper strips leading to buckets of de- natured alcohol, in 10 nearby cot tages.
 White, proprietor of the colony, was arrested last night in Boston s hotel Essex by City Marshal J. Hen " Burgess and Police Lieutenant Frank N. Parsons of Gloucester, questioned at state police headquar- i ters and brought here to face for nal charge of accessory before the fact to burning a building to de- 1 fraud"
 White told police that he had ar rived in Boston from Philadelphia two days ago. He presumably was in Miami, Fla, when the fire broke out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
Your Inc one Tax
No. 21
Deduction for Interest


 Amounts paid or accrued within the taxable year 1897 as interest on indebtedness are deductible, with certain exceptions, from gross in come in determining net income. Such items include interest on bor- rowed money to defray personal eX- penSeS, and on money borrowed for the purchase of real or personal pro- perty. If person owes money on a lien or mortage note on his home, the amount of the interest may be deducted. Indebtedness by lien, judgment, or mortage to make the interest on it deductible. Ere quently indebtedness is evidenced only by note.
 Interest paid on indebtedness in- cured in the purchase of obligations (other than obligations of the United States issued after Septem- Der "A. 1917, and originally sub scribed for by the taxpayer), the in- terest upon which is wholly exempt from Federal income tax, is not de. ductible. Interest paid on loans on life insurance policies is deductible provided the amount of the loan is not used for the purpose previously referred to in this paragraph.
 Interest paid on behalf of a friend or relative where there is no legal obligation on the part of the payor is not deductible. In such cases the amount is the same as a gift. An interest paid is deductible, so interest received is taxable. All such amounts, including interest received on bank and savings deposits, must be included in the taxpayers return of gross income.