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Evening star., 1938-07-15
PARADE LINEUP
P|CKEDFORDERBY
E|ks' Club Boys Band Is
Chosen by Lot to Lead
March Before Race.

The Elks' Club Boys Band was
chosen by lot yesterday to lead the
parade Of Washington boys which
will open Soap Box Derby Day with
q blare Of trumpets and a rolling of
drums. Hundreds of boys. including
bands from many boys clubs and
organizations, In addition to the derby
entrants themselves, will be In the
parade lineup, which is scheduled
to get under way promptly at 10 am.
Saturday, July %.
The position of the units in the
parade. which was determined by a
drawing of lots conducted yesterday
by w. H. Hargrave, chairman of the
Derby Parade Committee, and Hiram
w. Hummer, parade marshal, is as
follows: The Elks' Club Boys Band,
the group of derby entrants, the Fort
Stevens Post, Sons of the American
Legion, Drum and Bugle Corp; 10
troops of the Boy Scouts of America,
the Kiwanis Club Boys Band of Ar
lington, the four units of the Boys
Club Of Washington, the District of
Columbia Department of the Sons Of
the American Legion Drum and Bugle
Corps, IL squadrons of the Sons of
the American Legion, the Holy Com
forter Boys Band, the unattached
boys units, the Y. M. c A. Boys
Work Omit, the National Training
School for Boyss' Band and the Met
ropolitan Police Boys Club Band.
Judges of Bands.
Judging of the bands in the parade
will be conducted by Capt. Thomas
F. Darcy of the United States Army
Band and George jenkins and Win
fred Kemp, musicians of the United
States Navy Band and the United
States Marine Band, respectively.
Parade Committee members include
Guy c. Nadeau and Charles c. John
son of the American Legion, j. A.
Carney Of the Boy Scouts, Stanley
Jenkins of the Boys Club of Wash
ington, Robert B. Harris of the Met
ropollitan Police Boys Club and r. H.
Gaber of the Y. M. c. A. Thomas
r. Callahan, Harvey E. Knott and
1tdy ClCIlIlOlu are dSSlStd1lG JdId0c
marshals
Van Duzer Speaker.
Traffic Director w. A. Van Duzer,
speaking last night in the fourth of
a new series of radio broadcasts on
the derby. explained part of the pro-
gram of the traffic department,
which will insure every possible assist
ance to the thousands of pedestrians
and motorists planning to attend the
amateur coasting classic. He also
urged the boy builders and their
fathers to be certain that their racers
complied with all the rules of safety,
calling particular attention to the
construction of brakes and the steer
ing gear.
Thomas c. Skinker, 13, Of 1915
Kennedy place NV, student at
Paul Junior High School, and Joseph
Combs, II, of 1929 Jefferson street
NV, student at the Nativity School,
were the derby entrants interviewed
last night.
Col. L. G. Crawford, chairman of
the Board of Trade Safety Commit
tee and member Of the Derby Execu-
tive Committee, will be the speaker
on tonights program over Station
WMAL at 6 pm. The boys to be
interviewed are Lewis Horn. IA. of
Evening star., 1938-07-15

Here's swell Vacation Time golf buy.
Just think of it, steel-shafted irons each
stamped Professional Golfers Association,
numbered from to 8, at less than actual
wholesale COST Blades are flat-back, deep
face models, high polished. chrome-plate
finish. Steel shafts finished with mahog-
any sheathing, black calf grips, numbered
grip cap.
Evening star., 1938-07-15
DIRECTOR INDICATED
6-Cent Verdict in Suit
Against McFadden.

LOS ANGELES, July Is R).-
James Cruze. motion picture director,
who sued McFadden Publications for
s250,00o, alleging libel, has won vim
dication-and cents.
Il find that the defendant intended
no reflection on Mr.. Cruces character
or ability" Superior Judge Benjamin
j. Scheinman said in signing the
Judgment. For this reason I render
nominal damages in his favor to vim
dicate him, If any vindication is nee
essary"
Mr.. Cruze complained that a maga-
zine article implied that he had be-
come impoverished and had lost his
professional ability. His attorneys,
however, agreed to compromise on
the Scent settlement.
Evening star., 1938-07-15

1248 Thirty-first street NV. and
Charles Hines, IA, OF 1243 Thirty
first street NV, both students at
Gordon Junior High School.
Evening star., 1938-07-15

Britain's safest place, says the min
lister Of transport, is the Scilly Islands
where there was not a single road
accident last year.
Evening star., 1938-07-15

Positions for the boys bands and other units in the
Boz Derby parade to precede the actual running coang
race drawn by lot yesterday Sho,on above
Hargraue etD past commander of SteDens Post g.
OF the American Legion and chairman of Derby Parade
Committee, Datchng 1Dhile Hiram Hummer Anericanism
officer of Serg Jasper Post 49, Legion dra,Ds
slips for parade positions. Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1938-07-15
PHILLIPS IS WINNER
BY 1921 IN OKLAHOMA

Announced From Tuesdays
Primary.
~ the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July l5.-
Leon O. Phillips, New Deal advocate,
won the Democratic nomination for
Governor Of Oklahoma by 1921 votes,
complete unon1cial returns from Tues
days primary indicated today as one
Evening star., 1938-07-15

South Africa's smallpox epidemic i
spreading.
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22
Gossip of the
MOVIE LOTS
By HARRY LEvETTE FOR AMP

Hollywood, Oct. 21-With the
war scare over at least for the
time being, all the major studios
have plunged into production that
many thought would have to be
held up while millions of theatre
patrons the world over count their
pennies and carefully spent them
for bare necessities instead of mo-
vie tickets. Both colored companies
functing at present started shoot
ing this week, Million Dollar Pro-
auctions on "Gang Smashers" with
Nina Mae Mckinney in the role of
a feminine detective who uses not
only her beauty and while to run
apparently immune vice barons to
earth, but also her deftly handled
pistol.
Nina is Laura, a cabaret en-
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22
KINGS OF SWINGS
LEROY U SMITH

Leroy Smith-'Stuff," to count
less swing fans through the ma
tion-is twenty-eight years old and
was born in Portsmouth, Ohio.
"Stuff" plays violin, guitar and
banjo, and learned to swing out on
these instruments while working
as a barber at Massillon, Ohio,
left b~arbering to lead a small col
ored band in a Buffalo night spot.
Charles E. Green, president of Ora
heard "Stuff's" swing violin play
ing and brought him to New York
where an engagement at the ONYX
Club followed and it was here that
Stuff gained his national repu-
tation as a swing artist. "Stuff"
the composer of Else a Muggin, +"
and cts Wonderful" has been
featured on the March of Time
reel; made several movie shorts
and has recorded for Brunswick
and Decca; in radio has guest shots
with Paul Whiteman.
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22
F. B. I. ASSISTS STUDIO
AUTHORS ON omen DATA

In order to make their story as
authentic as humanity poshible.
the five writer's of "Dick Tracy
Returns Republic serial secured
every available bit of data they
could from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation in Washington, D.
c.
Many weeks were spent study
ing this information before Barry
Shipman, Ronald Davidson, Rex
Taylor, Franklyn Adreon, or Sol
Shor ever began on the actual
writing of the script.
That the extensive preparation
was well worth while in evidenced
by the type of script the writer's
turned out. dick Tracy Returns"
is the most exciting serial vt to
be devised by these crack writer's.
Starring Ralph Byrd, the story
deals with his adventure while on
'hs trail of an arch criminal fami-
ly, the starks. Pa Stark and his
five sons, Trigger, slasher. Dude
Champ and the Kid cause the G.
~
Men no end of trouble until Dick
Tracy is assigned to the case. Al
ter many perilous exploits, the ace
Of the FBI finally succeeds in
bringing the entire gang to JUS
tice.
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22

Consensus of opinion maintains
and the illustrations uphold the
contention, that if Gershwin had
so chosen he could have earned for
hemself a reputation as an Ameri-
can painter which might have
equalled or surpassed the position
he holds in the musical world.
Armitagc has done a splendid
work on the volume. In his role
as editor he must have worked
prodigicusiy to prevent the picture
of the youthful Gorshwin from be-
coming a jumbled mass of CONTRA
dictions. AS it is, we follow in
charming patchwork the rhetoric
rise of a youth who was entrane-
ed by 2 schoolmate's playing of
"Humoresque," his first lessons
on a piano Mother Gershwin
bought because my aunt had one"
his immersion into Tin Pin Alley
as 2 piano FOUNDER in Remisk's
plugging department at S15 a
week. We recall somewhat poign-
antly that in '23, he composed a 1
acs opera, "1s5th Street, based
on Harlem life, and once again we
witness the rush with which he
composed the fist Of his Big
Four" the Rhapsody"
The years that followed brought
an endlss succession of Broadway
shows and films, highlight d by
his more serious works, the other
three included in the Big Four"
Concerto in F. "An American in
Paris" and 'Porgy and Bess."
It is this reviewers regret that
at the time he was too young to
appreciate it, bue he does remem-
ber having attended several years
ago a performance at Ne WORKS
Rexy Theatre when Gershwin,
playing the Concerto" was head
lined. He remembers the tall easy
going, somewhat gangling figure
which STROBE to the piano in the
center of the stage, and in ever so
delightful name played not only
upon the black and white worries
of tho keyboard, but on the heart
strings of his audience as well For
those who have never been able to
get any closer to the Gershwin
whose music is in the heart of
every American music-lover, this
volume is a welcome bookshelf
addition-for through his friends
we have been given the opportunity
to know him.
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22
DON REDMAN

Don lRedman, famed as a saxa-
phonist, singer and arranger, has
long been nationally known as an
outstanding colored band attraction
for the band has been heard the
past summer at The Surfside Club
Long Beach, Long Island and are
noted for their engagements at
Comics Inn, New York and with
the Mills Brothers on the coast
to-coast NBC network.
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22
BY LOU LAYNE

George Gershwin, whose musical
compositions bear the unmistaka-
bic stamp of Amoricanism, was in
fluenced to a large degree by the
Negro idiom. That is incontrover-
tible fact. It is only natural, there
fore that in a collection of tributes
to that great composer whose I'M
timely demise shocked the nation
little more than a year, hat fla
vor should be preserved.
This was only too evident to
Merle Armitage, California impre-
sario, to whose car was entrust-
ed the editing of an impressive
memorial to Gershwin in the form
the virtuose-composor's close fri
ends and associates; for when the
book was published last Tuesday
("George Gershwin," Longmans,
Green and Company, $5) it includ-
ed the names of ]. Rosamond John
son, one of the foremost of our
opponents of that Negro idiom, &
TODD Duncan, whose remarkable
singing voice and historic ability
have won for him worldwide ac-
claim as a true interpreter of that
must.
Johnson and Duncan (both Of
whom are incidentally outstand-
in gmembers of the Negro Actors
Guild of America) were closely al
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22
SCHOOL DEVELOPS
FINE PROGRAM OF
MONDAY ACTIVITIES

st. Louis, Oct. 13 (ANP)-Three
years ago, at Sumner High school
Principal Brantley, impressed at
the great interest shown by rs
boy and girl students in a noo
day table tents match, decided to
capitalize on this interest and
broaden the monday activities of
students The program as outlined
by him and developed by the teac-
hers has won Sumner High city
wide commentator. Assisting the
principal in p~erfecting the noon
day activities were Messrs. Hud-
lin, Fox, Thornton, Beckette, Gar
rett jackson Payne and Beatty;
Miss Parker and Mrs. Grady.
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22

Sarah: l hear Cupid almost got
you last week.
John: Yes, | had a narrow es-
cope.
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22
ROSAMOND JOHNSON, TODD
DUNCAN ARE INCLUDED
IN GERSHWIN MEMORIAL

lied with Gershwin, principally
through the Gershwin Hayward
folk-opera "Porgy and Bess,' and
Il is mainly of that association
they have written.
Names easily recognized every
where have combined to produce
this volume from Irving Berlin
representing Tin Pan Alley to Wal
ter Damrosch and Serge Kousse-
whisky, conductor Of the Boston
Symphony orchestra. Also includ-
ed ara tho contributions of Paul
Whiteman, (another Guild MEM
ber), Olin Downes, outstanding
music critic; Arnold Schoenberg,
modernist classical omposer: Rudy
Vallee, Leonard Biebling, Jerome
Kern, DuBose Hayward, Sam II.
Harris, Reuben Mamoulian, Eva
Gauthier, and Ferde Grofe. In all
there ara 36 of these memoirs, not
to mention two reprints of arti-
cies by Gershwin himself, which
combine to give a w~ell-rounded
picture of the man, the composer
and certainly not the least in i'm
~portance, the artist.
Just as the Negro influence is
present in his work, so too it is
with his paintings, illustrations
Of which arc included in the vol
ume. This is borne out by his can
vas titled NEGRO child" done in
1888, and NEGRO Sculpture" of a
year later. Particularly foreful of
his brush are portraits of Arnold
Schoenbcrg, one labeled emily"
and his "Self Portrait in Checker
ed Sweater"
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22

te~rtainer, in the new thriller, Law
renee Hawley, Reginald Jefferson,
and Edward Thompson have pow
erful supporting roles.
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22

Hollywood Productions is the
lther company, rectently organized
and starting off at the Murray
ranch with Bronze Buckaroo.'
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22

Wallflowers arc all the same col
or-blue.
The Omaha guide., 1938-10-22

tertainer, in the new thriller, Law
renee Hawley, Reginald Jefferson,
and Edward Thompson have pow
erful supporting roles.
Il
Hollywood Productions is the
lther company, ~rectently organized
and starting off at the Murray
ranch with Bronze Buckaroo.'
Making new movie history, 20
little colored babies aged from six
to ten months old worked at Fox
Western studio last week in the
Jones Family feature, "A Bundle of
JOY" They were all selected and
cast by Chas. Butler of Central
Casting bureau, and all received
pay checks of $8.25 per day. whe-
ther they knew they were being
paid or not. Transportation was
furnished by the studio to and from
their homes, and trained nurses
wero with them at all times in ac-
cordance with California laws.
Hattie McDaniels has an important
featured part in the film. Mel
st. Clair is the director .
In Kentucky" at Fox, West
wood, a number of we'll know
screen players worked last week
including John Lester Johnson, Ed
Short, Robert Jackson, Dan Mar
lowe and Nathaniel Badger.
In "Stand Up and Fight" at M
GIN, Clinton Rosamond, who leap
ed into the limelight there in They
Won't Forget" has been allotted
the featured role for colored. 9th
er colored players in the film in
cluded Jesse Graves, Wade Dun
can, Ed Allen, Ted Collins, and
Jesse Clark.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-14
TEXTILE MEN TO
 FIGHT AGREEMENT
Mass Manufacturers Unite Against Reciprocal Trade
 With England

Boston, March 14-(UP)-MaSSa- = chusetts textile manufacturers, labor leaders and state officials mustered forces today for determined fight to block ratification of the pending reciprocal trade agreement with Great Britain.
 Headed by State Labor Commis- sioner James T. Moriarty, the spe- cial committee appointed by Cover nor Hurley left last might for Wash ington preparatory to hearings be- fore the federal tariff commission beginning tomorrow.
 A delegation of 50 will leave to- night from Lawrence, woolen and worsted manufacturing capital of the world. They will be joined by similar delegations from Haverhill, Taunton, Lowell, Attleboro, New Bedford and Fall River.
 The governors committee has in- vited James Roosevelt, the presi- dents secretary U. s. Senators Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., and David I. Walsh and Massachusetts repre- sentatives to a dinner tonight to dis cuss the pact.
 The Massachusetts delegation con- tends that proposed lower tariffs on British textiles would lower prices of imported cloths to such sn extent that American mills would be forced out of business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-14
ALL DIPLOMATS
 TO LEAVE VIENNA
Notes to Be Sent Foreign Powers - Germany to
 Handle All Matters

Berlin, March 14-CUP)-Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop left for Vienna by airplane today to consult Adolf Hitler regarding proposed note to foreign powers re- questing them to withdraw their diplomatic representative from Vienna.
 It was understood that the gov ernment intended to send the note to all powers soon.
 The basis would be that Germany will take care of all Austrian diplo- matic affairs now that Austria has been incorporated into the Reich.
 Ribbentrop returned here only yesterday from London. where he had remained pending the consum- nation of the Nazi coup in Austria
 Germany's plan, it was under stood, was to advise foreign powers in one note that Austria had be- come part of Germany and that, therefore, there was no need for them to maintain diplomatic repre- sentativeS at Vienna.
 It was said officially that in his talks with Hitler at Vienna, Rib bentrop would report on his dis cussions in London. It was during Ribbentrop's visit that Great Brit ain and France protested strongly to Germany against her course in Austria-and that Germany reject ed the protests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-14
U. s. WILL NOT
 ACT SUDDENLY
Diplomatic Recognition of German Annexation of
 Austria May Be Held

Washington, March IA - (U.PO- State department officials indicated today that the United States would move slowly and cautiously before granting diplomatic recognition to Germany's annexation of Austria.
 The question has not been raised official-yet. Until formal notice of AuStria'S union with Germany has been received at the State Depart ment no reason exists for official consideration of the matter, it was said.
 When such notice is received, it was indicated, all circumstances O. the union of the two countriSe will be studied carefully. It was antici- pated that by then the principal European governments, particularly Great Britain and France, will have decided upon their course of action and, while it is not certain that this governments decision would be the same, it was believed that the Brit ish- French course would have an important bearing on this country's decision.
 State Department officials have received no official word of any pending change in the diplomatic representation of Austria in the United States. Officials declined to speculate on what action would be taken in event such notification comes through official channels.
 In the matter of American diplo- matic representation to Austria, it was said that If the American gov- ernment is notified officially that American diplomatic representation is no longer desired in Austria, this governments representatives would be withdrawn immediately.
 It was emphasized that the entire question of recognition of Austria's present position and status is bound up with complete clarification of what has transpired in Austria dur ing the past 48 hours. Official dis patches giving this clarification, in cluding the questions which the projected plebiscite are expected to clarify, still were lacking. Officials said no attempt would be made to study any questions concerning the German n-Austrian situation pending receipt of such dispatches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-14
Aldermen To Meet To
 SeHBonds Wednesday
Special Session to Open Bids Called for Wednesday, Proceeds From Funding Bonds May Help
 Out Current Expenses

A special meeting of the board of aldermen will be called for 8 o'clock Wednesday night to consider bids for bonds. Two issues, approved at the last meeting of the board, fol- lowing ecommenda tions by the boards of public works and finance, will be considered.
 One issue is for $500,000 in fund.- ing bonds, the other for $585,0 in street and general improvement bonds. Both issues were approved by the General Assembly at the last session.
 A special meeting of the board of finance may be called later in the week at request of Controller Sher- wood L. Rowland who, at the last meeting, sought to borrow $300,000 against the May 1 tax receipts for general expenses. The board took the proposal under consideration but opinion of the members was that the funding bonds might be borrowed against for the purposes of the controller.
 It was brought out that James G. Robinson, Griffenhagen & Asso- ciates' partner, when he was in charge of the charter commission survey eight years ago, had recom- mended such procedure rather than to have the city go into the market for comparatively small loans for very short terms. Controller Row land had reported a balance of $359,000 but expressed the opinion that this sum would be inadequate for the seven weeks until May 1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-14
NEW DEMAND FOR IVA INVESTIGATION

Washington, March 14.-(UP.- Senator George L. Berry, Democrat, Tennessee, today made a new de- mand for investigation of the Ten nessee' Valley Authority, making public a letter to Senator George w. Norris, Independent, Nebraska, ac- cusing IVA directors of faulty business ethics" in connection with his marble claims.
 Berry's statement came as Senti- ment in the house and senate ap- peared to be crystallizing for a con- gressional inquiry into the new deal agency despite administration op- position.
 "One member of the Tennessee Valley Authority raised the question of bad faith" and intimated that an attempt was being made to de- fraud" Berry wrote to Norris, in a letter dated January 4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-14
FARMLAND SOUGHT
 IN ASSAULT CASE

West Boylston, Mass March 14.-- (UP) "A farmland was sought to- day as the masked gunman who forced a youthful Worcester couple from their parked automobile and attacked the girl while her escort, bound to a tree, watched helpleSsly.
 The girl, Miss Ruth Hall. g. brunette stenographer, was reported in a hysterical condition at her home under a physicians care. Her escort was Robert Cook, 25, an en- gineer.
 They were seated ill Cooks parked car in sandpit early yesterday when the masked gunman knocked on a window. He forced them at point of shotgun to walk a half mile into woods.
 After tying Cook to tree with his raincoat belt, the gunman at- tackled Miss Hall thrice. The couple told police they were held prisoners nearly three hours, after which the assailant united Cook and followed the pair back to the automobile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-14
BLUM IS
 FRENCH PREMIER
Socialist at Head of Gov:
 ernment; BoncOur New Foreign Minister

Paris, March IA - CU.P.) - Pre- mier Leon Blum today headed a new popular front government pledged to fulfill its duties" in the European crisis without delay" and with quiet firmness."
 The scholarly socialist took over the premiers office last night from Camille Chautemps, who designed Thursday, leaving France for four days without a government in the midst of Europe's most serious crisis since the World War.
 Last night, after the retiring for eign minister, Won Delbo, had &C., quainted Blum and the new foreign minister, Joseph Paul Boncour, with the Austrian situation as reported by diplomatic agents, Blum made a nationwide radio appeal.
 This moment in history is ser ious," he declared. We are consid- ering the situation in which France has been placed, and consequently the duties that await us and which we have begun to fulfill without de- lay, prudently and wisely but with quiet firmneSs."
 Blum, who had tried vigorously to form National Union Cabinet, a cabinet of all parties, was forced finally to accept popular front government, including Socialists and radical Socialists, but excluding Communists. Communists assured the new cabinet of at least tempo rary life by pledging their support.
 "The government is not one that public opinion hoped for nor which circumstances required" the pre- mier said in his radio broadcast. q dare say know it better than any, one because in a tenacious effort I tired to form a truly national government-I mean a government gathering around the popular front all the country's Democratic and Republican forces.
 T am ready to try again with the
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