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Smyrna times., 1938-08-18
'REFLECTORS'
TO LIGHT ROADS
State Highway Commission
Orders Experiment With
Lucite' a DUPONT Device
ODESSA SITE SELECTED

An experiment was authorized
last week to determine whether
long stretches of Delaware's high
ways can be brilliantly illuminated
without power lines, by a new-type
reflector which catches rays from
auto headlights and throws them
back on the road. The State High
way Commission, meeting in Do
yer, authorized installation of the
devices, called 'Lucite Reflectors,
along a mile stretch of the DUPONT
Highway at Odessa. Should the
refectors prove satisfactory, it is
probable the commission will auth
orize their widespread use in Del
aware Lucite is a product of the
DUPONT Company. It is regarded
as one of the most remarkable
plastics yet developed. While the
DUPONT Company manufactures
the material it does not make the
refiectors. These are manufactured
by another concern which cuts the
Lucite into discs about the size of
a dollar and arranges them in
groups to make the reflector. Ex-
periments in highway illumination
with these Lucite refiectors have
been made in several other states
and the results obtained are said
to have been remarkable They are
said to make highways almost as
bright as day and after the initial
cost of installation the mainten-
ance is small Still another step in
a broad program to turn night into
day on Delaware highways to les
sen driving hazards was taken at
the meeting. The commission auth
orized installation of additional
street lights on the South Market
Street causeway from the city line
to the new grade crossing elimin-
ating bridge. The lights will be
similar to those recently installed
on North Market Street from Thir
ty-seventh to Shellpot Park.
Radio Grant To Be Asked
Chief Engineer w. w. Mack was
authorized to apply to the Public
Works Administration for grant
Of funds under which the State
may install a new police radio
transmitter at the Georgetown sta
tion Of the state police. The state
police already have transmitters at
the State Road and Dover Station.
With installation of a new trans
mitter at the Georgetown station
the entire state would be covered
by the system.
Bridge Estimates Received
Six estimates were received on
the contract for the construction
ne fba Charlac w Cullen Bridge
Smyrna times., 1938-08-18

Between 1000 and 5000 colored
folks excursioned to Woodland
Beach Saturday.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
Housing Authority
Selects West Side Site

We note that the Dayton
Metropolitan Housing author
ity has chosen an area south
of Germantown street be-
tween Danner and Clement
avenues as the site for the low
rent federal housing project.
The development is supposed
to be occupied by Negro fam
lies and to be a slum clear
ance project.
The project cannot obtain
it's objective without the CO.
operation of the group it is
suppose to benefit. To obtain
such cooperation a Negro
should be on the commission.
1t is inconceiveable that one
tenth Of Dayton's population
would be ignored in the mat
ter. In every other section OF
the country where these pro-
jects are developed Negroes
have been members of the
commission.
Why have Chairman An
drew S. Iddings and his com
mittee treated Dayton Ne
groes with such contempt?
Colored citizens should have
been consulted about the site.
Moreover, they know better
than any downtown commit
tee the best type of buildings
suited for them. The whole
project will be lopsided and
unsatisfactory unless the peo-
pie concerned most are con-
suited. Negroes are not wards
of the federal government.
They have among their group
social science experts, sociol-
ogists, contractors, builders,
architects and experts along
all lines of home building
persons whose judgment would
be invaluable in planning this
project. Why have they been
ignored?
The Forum suggests that a
vigorous demand be made
upon Dayton Metropolitan
Housing authority for the ap-
rointment of a Negro member.
The project is public, not pri-
vate. The money that is to be
spent is the peoples money.
And moreover, the project is
for Negroes, therefore Ne
groes should have represen-
tation on the commission.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
CALVIN'S DIGEST
By FLOYD j. CALVIN
Listed BY Editor & Publisher)

work. There would be no segrega~
tion at all, even in the South. We're
the question left to Negroes. Even
Hampton Institute, which turned
out Booker Washington and IN.
Motion, has a mixed Saaalizae'on =
is impossible for the NeeS y .
in America, separate and az
the sense that Mr.. Woodring IRE
it, and in the sense that he has thesa
effrontery to say that Negroes ap-
prove it. .s.....
MIR. Justice Black - "a A
The old saying that we must even
'sgive thes devil his DUE is true III
the case of Mr.. Justice Hugo Black
of Alabama, Of the United States
Supreme Court. A proven member
Of the Ku Klux Klan, Mr.. Black
now reverses himself and approves
the decision Of the Court to compel
all schools operating on public
funds to admit Negroes. This is the
essence of the Gaines decision. in
the case of the University of Miss
ouri Law School.
| Whether Mr.. Justice Black actu-
ally believes what he says is not
/ important. The fact remains that
i ~ ,yn+sI ,.,sth tL ,,,. ,a,,;txy ,,pI fja
| decision is binding, no matter what
/ the private opinion of the Justice
| might be. But we prefer to believe
that Mr.. Justice Black actually has
| changed his mind on some issues,
and perhaps the question of equal
rights for all citizens is one Of
| them. We must remember that as
a Supreme Court Justice, Mr.. Black
holds his job for life, has q good
salary, a high honor, and hence can
afford to speak his own mind. As
Senator, it is reasonable to suppose
that Mr.. Black represented the sem
timent of the white people of Ala
bama, which he was elected and
paid to do, rather than reflected his
own personal opinions and beliefs.
There is no telling what an indi-
vidual will do when given free rein
to make his own decisions, absolu-
tely, We would wager that many
white men in public life in the
South today, if permitted to give
their own private opinions, would
be fare more favorable to the prin-
ciples Of democracy, unqualifiedly,
than they would dare to admit, un-
|, der the present circumstances.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
HOLIDAY NOTES


LA ION - Among the monday
VISITORS was M. !. Damon Wiiiiams'
u MenaIry Meolcai coilege. Mr.
"ai'ialhs IS visiting MISS Anne fin-
aey oi aoS w. ruin street ana the
mouse guesl oI Mrs. Mapel Deaton
AZ % Meao street.
Mf. Koderick Pugh, Dayton stu
- Dayton iast week accompanied oy
W. 9ohh hlhg, ano1hef FISK stu
aeh1 from houston Iexas' who was
70 De tne mouse guest OF young
Noaef'cK. tb
sisitlng Mf. y. Duckette, home
agent Tor the Domestic Life Insur-
Ahce company was his niece, Miss
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
gy CARRIE BELLE CARTER

Deah, deah! Did that man Claus
come TO this mans town? Don't
question my being heppeds on sta
tIsties. An intimate glimpse into
Santa's bag revealed that he left
nothing to be desired. And from
my observation its contents includ-
ed no end of new .togs, for every
one is swingin' out" in new at
tire so you need not be doubtful as
To wnat to choose for your winter
wardrobe because you have but to
look about you for suggestions of
what the well dressed person wears.
Hold on, boys, she'll get foot
hold on you yet. But you asked for
it. With all these gift boxes of Old
Fashioned Lavendar, Cashmere Bou-
quet, Max Factors and Gardenia to
emphasize her charm and beauty.
We can see the admiration in your
eyes and we know your hearts APP
plaud.
We suspect that fitted case' is
the cause of someone's sudden urge
to travel, also, we know of whom to
inquire the correct time. She will
merely glance at her wrist and re-
ply
A certain someone's mind keeps
conjuring up visions Of a lovely
figure swathed in blue silk house
coat.
Cupid gets in. his work, hence =.
the marriage of Miss Gertrude Mar
shall to Albert Brown, Jr. Christmas
Day, at Third Baptist Church in
Toledo. Following the ceremony a
dinner was served in the home OF
the groon's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sanford Hicks and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Harper and family,
aunts and uncles Of the groom, at
tended the nuptials. A couple !. OF
Daytonians, namely, Tee Leigi. Aand
Sonny Turner seemed to enjoy the
company of several members OF
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
DAYTON LOCALS

Mr.. Kidd Hampton of Huntington,
Tenn. was a recent visitor in Day
ton, the guest of his son and family,
Mr.. and AIRS. Earl Hampton Of Mt.
CAR avenue.
\ 4
Miss Ruth Smith Of the Dunbar
High School faculty is spending the
holidays in Detroit, whore she will
attend the Boule OF the Alpha Kappa
Alpha sorority.
The Delphinium Garden Club met
with Mrs. William p. Miller Of Gle
ment ave. The December program
was business meeting. Plans were
completed for the annual dinner,
when the wives entertain their hus-
bands. At the close of the meeting
the hostess served a delicious lunch.
Mrs. Kicks will be hostess Jan. 4. at
the residence Of Mrs. Edith King
1915 Germantown St.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
BY oNAH L. SPENCER

The super thriller about the beau
tiful ghost girl Of Kansas City Is
travelling like wild fire throughout
Chicago. Result: this Windy City
version that is supposed $to have
appeared about four years ago in
the Times. All participants white.
Two men motoring from st. Louis
reached Chicago's outskirts Thought
they heard blow out. Got out to
investigate and noticed a. woman
whimpering against "a cemetery
fence. She told them she.swas cold
and wanted to return to her husband
and three children on street here
named Cottage Grove. Fer hands
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
YWCA NOTES

1t Is a custom Of the Fifth street
branch Of the YWCA to hold an
Open House or the first day of each
year. The staff has attempted to
contact the president of every wo-
mans club asking each club presi-
dent to participate as hostesses and
other members to enjoy tea with
friends of the YWCA.
The building will be open from 4
until O'Clock New Years Day in
the afternoon, at which time visit
ors will be welcome. There s0ill be a
display of posters and placards of
the activities of each department
which includes the Business and
Professional club, The Entire Nous
Industrial club, The Blue Moon
club, the five Girl Reserve clubs,
The Public Affairs department and
Employment.
Members, you are invited, bring
your families.
Music will be furnished by the
WPA band.
The Members Quarterly Meeting
will be held Thursday, January IL,
1889, at the Fifth street YWCA.
Group discussions on various phases
Of the YWCA work will be con-
Quoted. -.
The WPA Progressive choral
group participate on the program.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
Apostolic Church
OF God
Church Notice

The Ministerial Council Of the
Ohio-Ky., and Illinois District of tha
Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church
of God will convene at the Haw-
thorne ST. A. o. H, Church begin
ming Wednesday Jan. to 8 in
elusive with Bishop w. T. Phillips
Of Mobile, Ala, presiding. Delegates
are expected from many large cities
and different states, including Ala
bsma, Florida, Mississippi, Ken
tucky, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio.
Interesting topics will be discuss
ed. Bible teaching and prayer for
the sick will be offered. Come let
us reason together and enjoy a spir-
itual feast. A. hearty welcome is
extended to everyone.
Eld Mckinley Young, Pastor.
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Carries 5 Chat About


Bellefontaine's younger set, Sunday
evening.
And now for the holiday visitors:
/ Miss Ellen Johnson of Cleveland
spent last week with her parents,
Mr. fand Mrs. Fred johnson.
Ralph Kinchen Of Dayton was
home over the weekend, also Miss
Estella Kinchen who has just com
pleted four years of study at Wilber-
force has returned home for awhile.
Mrs. Phelnaa Hamans, Mr.. and
Mrs. Neal, Linton Freeman, and DR..
HoDewell spent the holiday week
end in the home Of Mrs. Earl
Harper. -.
| am taking this opportunity to
wish all Happy New Year and
thank my customers for their liberal
patronage.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
LORITTS HAS
BEAUTIFUL.
CALENDARS

The Daily Scripture Verse Calen-
dar distributed each year by Hazey
z. Loritts, Dayton's prominent NOR
tician, are ready for distribution
Mr.. Loritts wishes to inform the
public that the calendars may be
had by calling at his funeral parlors
63S West 5th st. First come, first
served.
The calendars are more beautiful
than ever. The cover carries Il
picture of the Christ painted by
Hofmann, and the Lords Prayer
printed in large Old English text
type, with an artistic border. The
back Of the front cover contains a
description Of the picture, the 23rd
Psalm, special scripture passage and
two, hymns. The text is the author
lied Version showing the Lords
words in red.
Call for copy of this calendar at
once.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
Bethesda Temple

Saturday-Communion and watch
meeting. Sunday-sunrise prayer
meeting 6 a. m. Sunday School 10
a. m. Morning service 1870 a. m,
Church Aid and Children's meeting
p. m. Evangelistic services 7:45
p. m. Monday--BYPU. Tuesday
Ministers night. Wednesday -
Bible Glass. Thursday Missionary
meeting. Friday-Business meeting.
Saturday-Young Peoples business
meeting.
Eld. Ralph Bass, Pastor.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
War Department Libel -, s.. s..

A6HNs tdtA sssfsF
We wish to vigorously protest the
libel on the Negro group, voiced by
the Secretary OF War, Harry Il.
! sWoodring, in letter To Walter
White, secretary of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, when he says.
Following well established prin-
.ciple that the races should not be
mixed within organizations, prin-
ciple which is indorsed by your own
people, it is necessary to set UP
specific units to which colored per-
sonnel may be assigned, and these
organizations must have a definite
Iand proper place in the balanced
force organization Of the Army as
whole
h OF course it is the common ex-
perience Of Negroes that both the
Army and the Navy are all but
contemptous Of the existance OF
Negroes, except when the country
is facing possible disaster and the
unqualified support of every man
woman and child is needed to as
sure victory for the Stars anc
stripes. 1t is notoriously true thai
when the Stars and Stripes face ns
! immediate foe, the Army and Navy
treat Negroes more as Warus on a,
| subjects than as citizens.
I But when Secretary Of Wa
Woodring comes out poIntedly AM
says to Negroes that Negroes them
selves approve the principle Of seq
| regation, he needs to be set right
even though he knows, aud tn
record of the battle of Negroes TO
civil rights shows, that the rae
does not OF its own violation in
dorse or approve this principle.
/ In no field of activity within tn
Negro group can it be shown tha
/ separation of the races is accepte
| as final by Negroes. The Nations
| Urban League and the NAACP bot
| are interracial organizations. Th
| Interracial Commission Of the Sout
| is composed of beth races. The Re
| senwald Fund and the Jeans an
| Slater Funds have Negro and whit
| Negro schools, and white and co
| ored teachers are in the sam
members. White men head som
l schools in several places in th
| South. In short, Negroes work wit
4 whites in the same organization
/ wherever they are permitted
u
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30

seemed yellow and
dry like parchment.
She kept her face
hidden by turning
the lapels Of her
coat up.
aaia her chill
dren needed her be-
cause her husband
couldn't take care
of them properly
IL. such cold wealth
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
A CHICAGO VERSION OF THE;
KANSAS CITY SPOOK SCARE

Car suddenly hit bump on railroad
crossing. They looked back to see
how she was taking it. She was
gone ...
Thinking she had jumped out Of
the car they drove to the address
she mentioned and described her to
her frightened husband, who told
them she had died four months
previous of pneumonia.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30

was viewed Wednesday. Rev. 7. j
Smith officiated and burial was II
Woodland cemetery. Mr.. Carter, {
native of Virginia, is survived by !
half-brother, Frank Williamson, oi
GAINESVILLE, and two sisters-in-law
Mrs. Jennie Thomas, of Lancaster
and Mrs. Effie Fields, of Dayton.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
Old Citizen Passes

Louis Il. Carter, 78, for IL years
an emrloye of the city water iworks,
died at $40 p. m. Sunday at his
home, 1923 West First street, after
a three-month illness. Services were
held at p. IN. Thursday at the
Jones Brothers funeral home, ass
West Fifth street, where the body
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
D A Y T @ N
NEWS BRIEFS
~

Remedy for chilblain
De-coness Maria Gaines wishes
to give Forum readers the following
remedy for frosty hands, ears or
feet: Wet the affected part, then
powder with pulverized alum Re
peat until the frost is drawn out
Mrs. Maria Gaines says this is a
sure cure.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30

Visit Family
Mrs. Priscilla Robinson Gray,
Miss Beulah NJ Robinson, both of
Detroit, Mich, and George R. Rob-
inson, student at West Virginia
State college, are visiting their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Robinson
of Home avenue.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30

On Christmas Day the swatiga
club entertained many friends at a
Cocktail party held at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Morris Of
Bank street.
On Tuesday evening, December
27 The Swank-ettc's Social club en-
tertained with a formal party at
the home Of Miss Rosalyn Wilson
at 1928 West First street.
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er. Sat on back seat of car and
every time the men tried to- steal =
glance puiiea coat Iapels higher.
Tourists thought she was an escaped
inmate of the institute for feeble
minded and glad to take her home.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-30
FEATU RES
THE FORUM

Publication office--s14 w. 5sh st.
Dayton, Ohio.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-05
|SANDLAND WILL
 ADMITTED TODAY
Relatives Share Assets of SiSter=in=LaW of Late
 Mayor

The will of the late Emma c. Sandland of Newark, N. J., but old- time resident of Waterbury and sister-in-faw of the late Mayor William H. Sandland, was admitted to probate today by Judge Dennis J. Slavin in the probate court.
 Mrs. Sandland, who died Jan. 13. 1886, disposed of property in New ark to various relatives, among them a son, George H. Sandland, nephew of the former Waterbury mayor, who also is bequeathed "the old home stead" in Waterbury, a house lo- cated on property at 52 Wilson street.
 The will, drawn August 2, 1892, provided bequests of $1,000 each to two daughters, Adelaide Drescher of Irvington, N. J., and Edith Hanitsch of Campello, Mass, and $100 to a nephew, Bert Sandland of Seattle, Wash.
 Mrs. Sandland moved to Newark many years ago but was well-known in Waterbury during this time and visited here frequently.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-05
Women Athletes Register Here
 For A.A.U. Meet

If anyone in Waterbury is
 nursing an idea that the Ma
 tional Women's Track and Field
 Meet at Naugatuck Sunday is
 a back lot production, the fol-
 lowing statistics will give the hotels and merchants some idea of what it is. These figures were released today from the field
 day headquarters at the Hotel Elton:
 Athletes are arriving from: Tuskegee, Ala; Toronto, Can-
 ada; St. Louis, Mo-; Cincinnati, Ohio; Frankfort, Ky; Ocean City, N. J.; New York City; Brooklyn, N. Y.; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Pennsylvania. There are approximately 100 women stars, all from Out-Of- state, in addition to trainers, coaches, chaperones and track
 officials from the National A. A. U.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-05
Pride Of Welch To
 Hold Annual Outing
To Be Held at Dunlavey Summer fiome-Legion Drum
 Corps to Give Concert in Park Tonight
WATERV
Mrs. R. w. Henion-1786 Thomaston Ave.-TeI. 3-5462

Waterville, Aug. - The Pride of Welch Circle, Companions of the Forest, held a regular monthly meeting Tuesday night, at Foresters' hall. Plans were discussed at that time for the annual outing, which will take place Thursday, August 18th, at the summer home of MT. and Mrs. William Dunlavey off the Middlebury road. It will be an all day outing with the following com mittee in charge: Mrs. James Dun- can, chairlady; assisted by Mrs. William Dunlavey, Mrs. Joseph Mc- Ardle, Mrs. Edward Barlow, Mrs. Thomas Buckley, Mrs. Peter Corrl- gan, Mrs. Louis Dadario, Mrs. John Sonier, Mrs. Francis Whalen, Mrs. David Grenier, Mrs. Ackland Wright Mrs. Anthony DiBlasi, Mrs. Frank Robinson, Mrs. William Rooney and Mrs. Thomas Buckley, to be ln charge of the entertainment.
 At the meeting Tuesday night, the Circle voted to receive three new members, namely, Mrs James Coffey, Mrs. Arnold Keith and Mrs. Arthur Dessault
 Concert Tonight
 The Casper s. Davis, American Legion, Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps will give a concert at the Waterville park tonight at 8 o'clock, the bene- fits of which will be used to pro- vide transportation for the drum corps when its goes to Middletown tomorrow to participate in the ofti- cial opening ceremonies, of the Middletown-Po Portland bridge.
 It is expected that thousands of visitors from all parts of New Eng land will witness the ceremonies and Waterville should feel proud to be represented at such time.
 All local residents axe urged to support the Drum Corps by attend~ ing the concert tonight. Special ba- ] ton swinging will be exhibited by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-05

proceeds of this track meet will be made available to carry on pro- gram of constructive aid and en- couragement for thousands of chil- dren in Connecticut"
 The souvenir program also car ries the following words of greeting from Samuel E. Hoyt of New Haven, National President of the A. A. D.:
 T wish to congratulate the Coun- ty Sheriff's Association for having brought to Connecticut the first National championships in Track and Field that we have had, and I am sure that the great prepara- ton that as been made for this event by the association will result in a meet of fine competition and interesting events.
 "The Amateur Athletic Union of the United States is organized for the encouragement of systematic physical exercise and education as well as improvement and promo tion of amateur athletic sports and we believe in wide education of all classes of individuals in the bene- fits, physically, morally and men, tally, to be derived by participa- ton in athletics and wholesome re- creational sports.
 "A meet such as this does much to develop and encourage the ob- jectives that we seek"
 HOOver's Comments
 In addition the book contains ex- cerpts from speeches by Director J Edgar Hoover of the FBI, some in- timate lights on the First Offen- der" radio cast, the full history of how the club came to be formed, and the many ways in which it has attempted to better the lot of chil- dren, especially those from across the track. There are pictures of many outings and free theater par ties sponsored by the club, especial ly the party held June 25 at Hamil- ton park in Waterbury, when about 5000 children were given free ice cream and a full afternoons en- tertainment.
 Through the book Waterbury is going to get some very favorable publicity-the book is to be mailed to all state department heads, judges of high and low courts, chiefs of police and superintendents of schools, Chamber of Commerce and libraries, on a certified mailing list containing 2,021 names in every part of Connecticut.