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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22

Senators Blast The
Editors'F arm Confab

time in Louisville. visiting his wife
and family
Mrs John Mckinney. who was
taken suddenly III few days age
is now convalescing.
Ice cutters are making ready foi
the annual ice harvest
Twenty Third avenue Is now be-
ing stumped and opened up 10 Iraf-
ne This makes fine improve
mcnt for the Resort
Mrs Mamie Rivers, who has
been III for some time. Is reported
10 be weakening She is under the
care OF skillful physician.
Mrs Minnie Yeagins IS spending
the winter in Detroit as guest OF
her daughter and son-inlaw. Mr..
and Mrs. Geo +. Smedley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tommie Tucker. OF
Chicago. have purchased the point
belonging to the Sadie Combe Es-
tate for $1.5o000. They plan 10
make extensive improvements this
summer
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ +. Author were
recent guests of Mrs Thelma Auth
er Wisdom in Detroit
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22

'liow important il Is TO the entire
nation. as well as 10 the Nesroes
themselves 10 have The soil-con-
.er1a;iun program operate ciier-
lively among Negro farmers can be
Instantly appreciated from iw'
essential facts First. a sEo>'an''al
pan of lhe Agricultural land Of the
ytiNd states. particularly m me
souih. is farmed hy Neero,e ard
& eeud. ihe heavy rainfall, steep
Sl99 and texture oi the 1s. have
combined 20 cause the Sfcr.s' '''-
-'rat'iln ~ soil III iar S2!hee'-
~ p,fi 81 he county wAel' 50
muea 81 M fArminr by y -'nps is
deu,
There are in The United safes
NOR. than N55.oa0 Negro farm
families. OF whom about li,r"c are
landowners and ga. co-rtntc.s and
sliarecroppers These families eul-
,iva,e approximately iS.ooooOo
acreas of land.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22
A New Deal Sought
For P. o. Employees
tBy staff Reporter)

The Detroit Branch of the Ma
tional Alliance OF T. o. Employees
Is in the midst OF big and serious
drive for additional members. The
purpose OF this campaign is not
merely TO draw in new forces and
forget them afterwards. but also TO
forge permanent weapon with
which TO defend the special inter-
ests OF the Negro in the Service.
The Alliance fights for adequate
promotions and preferred assign
ments for Negroes In the Post Of
flee. II also acts to prevent those
petty tyrannies which beset the
colored workers wherever they are
employed. Although employees are
supposed 10 receive promotions
and preferred jobs on the basis OF
seniority and efficiency. the colored
worker almost invariably gets the
least desirable position. Denied the
rights to work on windows and in
other departments, the Negro pos
tai employees are compelled TO take
matters into their own hands
Therefore. II Is necessary for them
10 organize In order to correct
these evils.
In this connection ii is interest
ing TO note that during the last Ii
years. only three Negroes in De.
troit have been promoted to super
visorships. On the other hand, dur.
Ing the last two years. there hav,
been more than 30 persons from
among the other groups
AS means Of improving this
situation. the Alliance finds 1t adj
vlsable 10 cooperate with othel
progressive persons and groups IL
the community. For instance. theil
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22
PRESS APATHY
EVIDENCED In
ALL SECTIONS
Several Columnists
Have Leveled Guns
Against Bill

WASHINGTON. d. 4 CAMP Thi-
week as the opposition senators
continued their nlibus'er again
passage OF the Waenei-Nan Nuys
anti-lynching bill The apathy OF
the white press columnists and
many prominent individuals In 'hl
North toward iho Ais'qry-niaktts
measure hccomts increasingly ap-
parent.
Observers in CLOSE tousa N!tA ihv
senate battle can Il sttaac 81 sis-
ui.icant thai not - single cn's an4-
ing white official or personality ~
The North has q lie ONT in behalf ~
The measure since Congress opened
the present session
Most editors Of The metropolitan
dailies have adopted the hands
off" policy; and editorials when
rarely written. are Supine. almost
20 the point OF indifference On The
other hand. such widely read col
umnists and spondents as
Westbrook Peglef reputedIy ib-
cral, and Frank Kent OF The Balli-
more sun. have attacked the bill
viciously. II net logically
Peeler. in one OF his recent col
lmns. says that should he Dill
pass and become Federal law il
might not save any Aves. Jecausc
anyway the prisoners mi-ht be
convicted and ,Necutsl H. Az
parertly doesi.' take INTO account
the disgrace a 'yuchins brings on
he county. state and nation, and
The Law lessness and contempt icr
continued authority which DON'T
mates the mcbocra's in their shame
less lust for IL life ana blood 81 a
fellow human being
Turning his Afternoon 70 the
political an@ie oiunnis' Kent
advises Before TIE so-cAlied Fed
-ral anti.iynch.t- bin now before
he senate passes g y i7~s pass
ID ought & ~ made elsa, that de-
.pie ~ h- rutir- ~ rs Specs
soy Se.ife Na-n t'i ihe sim
.r''y ot ll. ,aNls DECENTRALIZATION
f.mnixatsns wA' Aa aderscd
ite the real bsok.as ta h'.i
piHlcai anl 'f'i al
Is at plfiicI'a -s:l 4.a l'.-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22
By Russ J. Cowans

when a piercing yowl split the
calm OF cold stormy morning dur
ing the recent holidays. didn't
realize at the time that three more
names were TO be added TO the long
list OF unemployed now in the
hands OF the government.
But l discovered that that was
the case few days later when ]
visited the room of my neighbor,
Miss Cleo Diversey. in the Nor
wood Hotel. There was Wallie
Simpson. pedigreed Angora cat,
tenderly caring for three little
felines who had come rushing into
this world on the tail end OF a
snow storm.
Just l6 morths Of age, Wallie
was just as happy about this,
her first litter of kittens. as any
mother could be about her first
child She was very anxious that
all visitors meet the little fellows.
Wallie is very temperamental.
She must have baths twice a week.
and then. according to Miss Diver
sey. must have her beautiful wear
ing garments which nature gave
her, busted off with a high priced
powder And please don't forget TO
spray some OF that high priced per-
fume on my coat
However, Wallie is not averse tc
having her picture made while The
children are nursing. Her only re-
quest is that you let her see just
what you are doing. You will notice
this in the picture.
II wasn't so hard getting Wallie
to pose. My only difficulty came
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22
Winter Sports Day
Program At Island

The seventeenth annual Winter
Sports Day program will be held
at Belle Isle. Saturday and Sun
day, Jan. % and %. The program,
which is sponsored by the Detroit
News. will be divided into three
sections, with speed skating on
Saturday and Sunday afternoons,
starting at l p. m.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22
Just a Little Family
Sitting Down to Dine

from the little fellow in the center
He was adamant about keeping his
head buried, and all of my efforts
TO have him hold up his head met
with vigorous resistance.
But these little fellows will no,
be with Mother very long. Miss
Diversey has promised the three to
friends, and soon they will be
scampering about in different
homes.
AS you'll probably notice, there's
no discrimination at this table.
Both black and white sit right
down and eat together. Senator
Charley Diggs Civic Rights Bill
will never be applied here.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22

Great Bend. Kas.- (ANp)--The,
have had 70 wait thro igh more
years than the total lived by tn,
average human, hut Nj and Mrs
George Washington Walker boil;
born IN slavery. seem now on the
road 10 riches. Oil was Il. nerrl
last "Wednesday on The 80 acre
Kansas farm u miles soutn oi
mere where they have lived ful
many years and reared their cisnt
ehildren
Mr. Walker himself is - vars
old aud when he looks oui u his
back window and see the rig whele
'he S,anoligd Oh and Gas Con.
rany hg.ueh' IN the we'll it should
se,m Ike a FAIRY tale The w,ll L.
sell gives indication OF being ore
~ the best IN this oil region
l,ut The TWO elderly Walkers
seem cysn less excited than their
neishbors and view tho possible
rcurn> from Oh as something fo~
The benefit 81 their children Walk
,r VAS born in Washington ID. c.,
"a l>ia and took the name OF the
man who purchased his mother for
SlJo0 He was slave in Miss
-ippi cotton field and was set
free al III. AT 20 he could not read
nor write, but he attended school
for a year at Paducah, Ky. and
since then has read the biogra-
plies Of many famous men. the
Bible. and daily papers. In 1875 he
married Kate Harris and three
years later the couple moved to
Kansas where quarter section.
three miles west OF the present
home was purchased from the
Santa Fe railroad for S205
Hundreds Of settlers became dis
couraged with crop failures and
left. including the man who home
steaded the land now occupied by
the Walkers. So Walker moved In
and began farming on large
scale He still is active and helps
two sons. Calvin and Richard.
operate the land They use tractors
and combines and feeds large
herd Of cattle. Neighbors praise
them for their perseverance, and
farming ability.
Their four boys and folr air's
have finished the neighboring high
school AZ 81. John. The girls at
tended Emporia Teachers college
and taught before their marriages
Three Of the sons are farmers. AID
the fourth Is employed in Chicago
Both Walker and his wife are In
good health, and say they do nol
wish 70 change their mode OF liv-
Ing no matter how wealthy they
become from oil. preferring 10 pro
vide for the happiness of theIi chill
dren. They are also amused at tn,
influx statesmen. lease buyers aul
| others who have called aroun,
since news OF their good FORUM
became known. Friends arc con
fident they will be able . rctail
the money derived and will % fnl
victims 10 confidence schemes.
| a.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22
Howard Law Dean
Anti-Nazi Speaker

New York City. ~ y.-wil-
liam +. Taylor. Dean OF the
Howard Law School. is among the
notables who will address q large
protest meeting at Carnegie Hall,
New York, on Sunday evening,
January 30th, to be held under the
auspices of the -Sectarian Anti
Nazi League of which Samuel Tn
termyer is president. in condemna-
ton of the fifth anniversary of The
Nazi regime in Germany
other notahies who have already
consented TO address The oonclave
are Hamilton Fish. Jr; Oswald
Garrison Willard; George Gordon
Battle; Vito Marcantonio: Profess
sor Franz Boas Hans Iiepmann .
and Ernest Meyer. newspaper coli
umnist
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22

members are 1907 holders Of
membership cards in the \. A. A..
c. u. In addition TO being, by a
large majority. members OF the Y,
the Organization has bought mem.
bership for underprivileged boys
in the Y. NJ c. A. II has contribut-
ed literally TO the Scottsboro De-
Tense Committee and Is affiliated
with this group. The President OF
The Alliance is also State Director
of the Michigan Division of the
American Negro Congress.
In the loght Of these facts. the AL
lance is preparing 10 elicit the
support OF more public spirited
citizens and other sympathetic or
ganizations In this drive for new
members. The call goes out to the
general public to aid the Alliance
In building powerful instrument
with which not only to protect the
interests OF the p. o. employees,
but also TO open wider the door of
opportunity for future generations.
-Q-
Saturday, Jan. %. Is "FrIars Ale
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22
n Inns Il. VI. oIlB

lar C.uo nl~t al the usual time.
2 p n.. !a~, Saniay AT The home
% ! 6 Ria, 3a superior After
,ne business hour- refreshments
we'd by tn host.
saturday night. Jan 22 the club
will .pyn.oi a party at 800 f. War
ron avenue The public is invited
Us attend.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22

Saturday. Jan. 20. is "Friars Ale
Day" In Detroit. BE sure 10 ask
your beer dealer about II. Read the
big advertisement IN this Issue.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22

The YMCA has mixed swimm-
Ing classes every Friday night.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22

Saturday, Jan. 20. Is "FrIars Ale
Day In Detroit. BE sure to ask
your beer dealer about II. Read the
big advertisement In this Issue.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-01-22

Read "rLL MARRY G OD' $
ANGEL" a fascinating serial story
on Page 5 In this issue.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
PUTNAM TO TAKE
Marine PAY POST
Assumes Office Tomorrow.
Succeeds Gen. Reisinqer,
Formerly His Chief.

Brig. Gen. Russell B. Putnam will
be sworn in as the paymaster Of the
Marine Corps tomorrow, succeeding
Brig. Gen. Harold c. Reisinger, who
was retired for physical disability.
Gen. Putnam will be sworn in at
10 am. by Maj. Gen. Thomas Hol-
comb, commandant Of the Marine
Corps, in his Offices at the Navy De-
partment.
Gen. Putnam, 60 years old, was
Gen. Reisinger's assistant during the
latter's term of office, which began
March l, 1896. Last year Gen. Rel
singer was accused of Irregularities
in his personal Official travel accounts
and was ordered to appear before q
general court martial Pleading in
ability to conduct his defense properly
bec8use Of his mental state, he was
ordered by Secretary Swanson to the
Naval Hospital here for observation.
He remained there until short time
ago, when he was placed on sick leave.
Gen. Putnam has served in the
Marine Corps in nearly all parts Of the
world during the last "a years. He
was recently promoted from the rank
Of colonel He was born at Abbeville,
La, and was graduated from Cornell
University in 1901 with a bachelor
Of science degree in mechanical en-
gineering. He entered the Marine
Corps as second lieutenant Febru-
ary 10. 1904. He holds the Mexican
Service Medal, the Haitian Campaign
Medal, the Nicaraguan Campaign
Medal and the Dominican Campaign
Medal.
During the World War he served as
assistant paymaster at Atlanta, Ca,
and at headquarters.
Evening star., 1938-05-01

to be touched by the hands. There
are no parts" to wear out.
At present the rotor Is very small.
There Is no reason, DIR. Beams said,
why it may not be increased to much
greater proportions with stronger mag
netic fields. The chief use Of the
device at present appears in the fields
of experimental physics and chemis-
try With a constant rotation, any
mixture placed within 1t will be ar
ranged in layers Of constantly in
creasing density toward the center so
that complete chemical separation
according to weight may be obtained.
The annual meeting of the society
ended yesterday afternoon with a gen.
eral session at the National Academy
Of Sciences in which papers were pre-
sented on new disintegrations Of mat
ter and on new method, devised by
DR.. E. o. Hulburt Of the Naval Re-
search Laboratory, for measuring the
temperature and density of the at
mosphere to heights of about so miles
far higher than ever can be attained
by robot-bearing balloon.
Many of the physicists are remain
ing in Washington, however, for the
annual meeting of the Acoustical So
ciety Of America. which opens at the
Bureau Of Standards tomorrow with
a large number of experiment reports
on the physics of sound. aids to hear
ing, elimination of city noises and
other physical topics.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
Near Frictionless Moving Body
Set Up at Virginia University
Magnetic Rod Suspended in Space Once
SetmMotion Viii Keep Turning
for Month.

the centrifugal force which constantly
separates the heavier from the lighter
parts Of mixture, the isolation of the
strange -viruses which cause some
Of the deadliest human diseases and
are leading to a new understanding of
the origins Of life itself.
Magnetic Field Set Up.
1t Is highly important in such ex-
periments that the rate of rotation
be kept as constant as possible. This
involves getting rid of contact with
any surfaces. This is accomplished
by placing two solenoids, coils Of wire
through which currents are sent to
produce magnetic field. on opposite
sides outside the tube. The magnetic
pulls on both sides balance each other.
with the result that the little rod of
metal is supended without any sup
port whatsoever in empty space, SEEM
ingly in defiance of the laws of grav-
ity. 1t is held up by the immaterial
rods of magnetism.
1nuS IL can turn without rubbing
against anything except the very at
tenuated atmosphere inside the tube.
This is what stops it eventually. 1t
is impossible, of course, to produce
anything like an absolute vacuum, and
where there is the least trace Of gas
there is bound to be some friction.
The earth moves through an almost
complete vacuum, but still encounters
enough friction to stop it eventually
because Of the drag of ocean tides on
its beaches.
The little rod automatically keeps
itself in perfect suspension. When it
Is in exactly the right position it
shields photoelectric cell from light.
When it drops by the barest trifie light
falls on this cell and this instan-
taneously increases the current in the
solenoids so that the rod is pulled into
place again. Once placed in the tube
there Is no occasion for the rod ever
Evening star., 1938-05-01
JUNIOR TABLE TENS
CHAMPIONS TO MEET
Matches to Be Held Thursday
and Friday at Central
Y. M. C. A. Building.

District of Columbia junior table
tennis championship matches will be
held next Thursday and Friday in the
Central Y. M. c. A. Boys Department
Building, 1882 G street NV. Entries
for the contests close tomorrow.
The championship games are for
boys l6 and under There will be both
singles and doubles in a junior di-
vision, made up of boys from 13 to is
and singles for boys in a division, to
consist OF those IL years old and under.
Edward Il. Thacker of the Boys De-
partment staff will be in charge. Mem
bership in the Y. M. CA. is not neces-
sary to take part in the champion
ships. Gold. silver and bronze medals
will be awarded the winners. The
affair is sponsored by the Washington
Table Tennis Association and the
Boys Y. NJ c. A.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

The nearest approach to a friction
less moving body ever made on earth
has been set up in the physics labora-
tory of the University of Virginia.
1t Is a magnetic rod suspended in
space in vacuum by a perfectly
balanced magnetic pull which is set
in rotation. Once the power has been
shut off it loses eight-tenths Of one
revolution in an hour. That is, once
set in rotation, it will keep on turn
ing for a month. This Is at the rate
OF 600 revolutions second. the high
est speed yet given the device. It can
be speeded up to many times this
rate-up to the point where the ma
terias of which it is made will fly
to pieces from the strain OF the CEN
trifugal force upon them.
The device was reported to the
American Physical Society, meeting
here yesterday, by DR.. C. S. Smith of
the University of Virginia staff. There
never can be perpetual motion. physics
text books say, and so does the Patent
Office, because of friction. Otherwise.
once a body was given a push, it
would keep on going in the same d.
rection and at the same speed forever.
The earth is an example It has been
moving around the sun for a couple
OF billion years because it was given
an initial shove in that direction
and there has been very little friction
to stop it.
Held Nearest Approach.
The University of Virginia device
is about the nearest thing to perpetual
motion man can hope to approach.
Presumably it might be kept going
for year with no other power than
that of the first push. To this
vacuum-suspended rod tiny cup can
be attached so that it acts as a CEN
trifuge, a sort of ultra-cream sep
arator.
This little apparatus is far more
than scientists plaything. 1t is the
latest development in the ultra-cen-
trifuges upon which DR.. j. w. Beams,
professor of physics at the Charlottes-
vile institution. started work about a
decade ago. He needed q constant
rotational speed as a practical meas
uring instrument in the physical lab
oratory and solved the problem of
having a wheel turning in a vacuum
tube without any connections with the
outside. 1t had to be supported, how
ever, and this meant friction which
continually was slowing down the rate
of rotation. Since then DR.. Beams has
built continuously bigger and faster
rotors At first they we're expert
mental tools. Within the last three
years they have made possible, through
Evening star., 1938-05-01
SELF-HELP EXCHANGE
TO ELECT DIRECTORS
President Reports IA Work Shops

President Reports Ia Work Shops
in Operation in Less Than
One Years Time.
Reports of officers and election of
members OF the Board Of Directors
will feature the annual meeting Of the
Washington self-Help Exchange at
4:so pm. tomorrow at the home Of
Mrs. Emil Hurja, 24l9 California
street NV.
The president, Hugh v. Keiser, in
an advance report to the members,
pointed out that "in less than a year
of operation the exchange has estab-
lished IA workshops in which needy
persons, who are unable to secure cash
employment. are daily exchanging
their labor for food and other COM
modities which they, themselves,
produce"
The Membership Committee has
nominated the following to become
members Of the Board of Directors for
the year 1938-39: Hugh v. Keiser, Mrs.
Harlan Fiske Stone, Msgr. John r.
O'Grady, Mrs. Charles Goldsmith, Mrs.
Evening star., 1938-05-01

David Cushman Coyle, Frederick P,
H, siddons. Mary Anderson. Robert
Woods Bliss, Selma Borchardt, L. T.
Breuninger, Mrs. Henry Grafton
Doyle, G. c. Glover, jr.; Mae Helm,
John 1hlder, Edna Lonigan, Mrs.
Henry Morgenthau, jr; Claude Owen,
Udo Rail, Elwood Street. Mrs. Emil
Hurja, Jacob Baker, Marion Hedges,
H. D. Hynds.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
CONVENTION SET
ORB'NA| BIRTH
Supreme Lodge Will Hold
TrienniaI Meeting Here
Beginning Saturday.

Celebrating the establishment in
Washington of the national headquar-
ters Of B'nai Birth, the triennial con-
senior Jewish fraternal order will open
here Saturday night.
Elwood H. Seal. District corporation
counsel, will welcome delegates from
all parts of the country on behalf Of
the District Commissioners at the
morning session next Sunday in the
Willard Hotel. That afternoon Alfred
M. Cohen, 78-year-old president Of
the order. will lay a wreath on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, men,
bers OF the Jewish War Veterans form
Ing an honor guard for the ceremony.
Speaker Bankhead will be heard
over an international radio hookup
Monday night, May 9, when he will
address the order at banquet in
honor of the retiring president of the
Supreme Lodge. James Roosevelt is
expected to read a message from the
President, and Secretary of the Treas
ury Morgenthau and number of
members Of Congress are to be guests.
Local Committee.
Preparations for the convention are
being made by members Of the local
Argo Lodge. Benjamin Ourisman,
president of the Jewish Community
Center. and DR.. Ivy A. Pelzman, presi-
dent of the lodge. are co-chairmen of
the Convention Committee.
Now hor Df tlo
tee are Morris Cafritz and Col. Julius
!. Peyser, co-chairmen; David Weiner,
Abe Shefferman, Isidore Hershfield,
DR.. Abram Simon, Hyman Goldstein,
Judge Milton Strasburger. Harry Adel-
berg, Clarence Grosner, Edward Hahn,
Morris Blumenthal, NJ D. Rosenberg.
!. i. Kaufman, Milton King Fred
Gichner, Edward Rosenblum, Edward
: c. Ostrow, Rabbi Norman Gersten-
field, Harry Viner. Judge Joseph From
berg, Rabbi S. H. Metz, Louis Often
berg, Joseph D. kaufman, Alvin New
meyer, DR.. Jacob Kotz Charles Gold
smith, Col. Nathan Wallack, Morris
Gewirz, David Bornet, I. S. Turover,
Mark Lansburgh, Paul Goldblatt and
Morris Garfinkle.
In Charge of Banquet.
Members of the Banquet Committee
are Harry Viner and Edward C. Os-
trow. co-chairmen; Leon Katz, Alfred
Goldstein, L. v. Freudberg, DR.. David
Davis, Sidney B. Lust, Leo Schloss-
berg, Maurice NJ Solomon, DR..
Charles A. Basseches, Simon Hirsh-
man, Dr. Edward A. CafritZ Sol A,
Himmelfarb, Henry Salus, Harry Wen
der, Robert Rothstein and Isaac Jocob-
son.
Morris Blumenthal is chairman of
OF the Mems Entertainment Commit
tee. Mrs. Harry Viner and Mrs. Nor
rls Gewirz are co-chairmen of the
Women's Entertainment Committee.
Norman c. Kal is chairman of pub
llclty, Hyman Goldstein and Moe OF.
fenberg are co-chairmen OF the Reg
1stration Committee and Herbert
Glassman and William Bush head the
transportation Committee.