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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-08
NAACP CONFAB
HOLDS JOHNSON
NJ E M @ RAJ.
SER VICES

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July At
the same hour that funeral services
for James Weldon Johnson, famed
poet and professor Of creative liter
ature at Fisk university, were being
held in New York City, memorial
services for the one time executive
secretary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
people were held here June 80 at
Shiloh Baptist church, where the
associations 29th annual conference
was being held.
Marked by simple yet moving
solemnity, the service, quickly ar
ranged as part of the conferences
agenda, was attended by delegates,
local citizens, staff members, ana
members Of the national board OF
directors of the organization. Wal
ter White, executive secretary of the
Association was in New York, where
he attended the funeral Of Mr.
Johnson. ases,
William Pickqens, director Of as
sociation branches, urged members
Of the organization to waste no
tears" on the death of James Weldon
Johnson, but put into practice the
words of his famous anthem, Lift
Ev'ry Voice and Sing"
81 believe that is the way james
Weldon Johnson would have wanted
us to react to his DEATH" he said,
and so I repeat after him God OF
our weary years God Of our silent
tears Keep US forever III the
path we pray
Others on the program included
The Rev. James III. Robinson, DIR.
William C. Anderson, who sang Go
ing Home" and the Rev. ]. Raymohe
Henderson, who read Johnsons VIDE
Iy known sermon in verse, 60 DoWr
Death
AS a benediction, the audience
closed the service by recitlng thl'
paragraph from the authors boeS
aNegro Americans, What Now!
II will not allow one prejudice
person or one million or one hun
dred million to bright my HE.
win not let prejudice or any of y
attendant humiliations and inJustl-
ces bear me down to spiritual de-
feat. Ny inner life is mine, and
shall defend and maintain it's IN
tegrity against all the powers 2
heli.'
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-08
Spend your money where
you can work. Pasronize stores
that employ Negro clerks.
LEGAL NOTICE
w. @. Stokes. Attorney

Jesse Hcnderse,, whose last known
,iace III rs.i ieaee was Detroit, Mich,
iila Is now unknown. will hereby
AXE notice that on the Twenty-first
av of May, 1888, Fannie Henderson
fled her petition against him in the
Court Of Common Pleas, Division of
Domestic Relations, Of Montgomery
County. Ohio, being case No. 2009f
on th edocket Of said court, praying
for a decree of divorce from him on
the grounds of gross neglect Of duty
and three years willful absence that
aid case is entitled Fannie Hender-
son. Plaintiff, VS.. Jesse Henderson,
Defendant.
Said Jesse Henderson will further
take notice that he Is required to
answer said petition on or before the
expiration Of six weeks from the
date Of the first publication Of this
notice, to-Wit; MAY ~, 1888.
Fannie Henderson, plaintiff.
w. O. Stokes, attorney, Fifth and
Spragne Streets.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-08
ARE YOU ONLY A
THREE QUARTER WIFE?

M EN, because they are men. can
.AF1 never understand three
quarter wife wife who is all love
and kindness three weeks In
month and he'll cat the rest of
the time.
No matter how your back aches
how your nerves scream don't
take 1t out on your husband.
For three generations one woman
mas told another how to 60 "srnii-
ing through with Lydia Ir Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. It
helps Nature tone MP the system.
thus lessening the tiiscomfortsf from
the functional disorders which
women must endure In the three
ordeals OF life: /. Turning from
glrIhood to womanhood. 2. Pre-
pairing for motherhood. 8. Ap-
preaching middle age.
Don't be three-quarter wife,
take LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND and
Go Smiling Through
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-08
WPA PICNIC,
TO BE HELD
SATURDAY

DAYT0N--The annual picnic Of
the West Side WPA Adult School
will be held Saturday at Miami View
Country Club. Last year the picnic
was attended by hundreds of WPA
ltndonts as the guests Of their
teachers and supervisor. This year
record attendance is expected.
MISS Roselgn noWars, 4 teacher Of
the adult school and chairman Of the
social committee Of the WPA Adult
School Faculty Club, is in charge OF
the arrangements Tor the picnic.
Buses will be used to carry those
wishing to attend the picnic. The
sifth street YWCA and the railroad
crossing on South Broadway have
designated as stopping places to
pick up passengers.
Students in the WPA school and
their friends are invited to attend the
picnic which will get underway at
three o'clock.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-08
Louis Calls on Chicago
Mayor; City Hall
Blocked

CHICAGO (ANP) Heavyweight
Champion Joe Louis, accompanied BY
Co-Manager Julian Black, called OF
Mayor Edward j. Kelly in the city
hall Wednesday and had his picture
taken with the official family. Pa
tricia, Stephen and Joseph, the three
Kelly children, assisted in greeting
the boxer.
When it became known that the
recent conqueror of Max Schmeling
was in the building, crowds all bul
blocked the corridors waiting for .
glimpse Of the champion.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-08
BARGAIN REAL
ESTATE OFFER
LOTS ON BROADWAY
IN GARY-STEEL. CENTER


An unusual opportunity to acquire
raj estate Investment of high char
acter is offered. Two lots on Broad
way, the principal street in the fam
Gus steel city, Gary, Indiana, are
offered at sacrifice for early sale.
These lots are located right on Broad
way, the main artery of the city al
28th street, fronting the colored
settlement and one block from beau
tiful Dune Park, four blocks from
Roosevelt High School. May be puf
chased for cash or on terms.
For full information write to At
torney Trumen X. Gibson, Jf., 179
w. Washington Street, Chicago, II
linois.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-08
Baptists Raise Sc, 900
At Tuskegee Meet

TUSKEGEE (C) = The National
Baptist Sunday School and BYPU
Congress which met here last week
raised $4,000 to carry on the work
The Congress reelected DR.. w. H
Jernagin Of Washington as president
and DR.. A. M. Townsend of Nash
vile as director general.
Evening star., 1938-12-31
Large Temperaments
Worry This Studio

Hal Roach Studios thought they
had star and stand-in in Queenie
and Sally, the two elephants ap-
pearing prominently in Its Spring
Again." romantic comedy starring
Oliver Hardy and Harry Langdon.
But it develops that they have a
sister act. Queenie, being the more
amenable of the two, was given the
role Of Zenobia, and Sally assigned
the duty of stand-in and companion.
Preparations for taking the first
shot of Queenie made it clear to
Director Gordon Douglas that the
two elephants resented being sep
arated.
Sally stayed at her post while
Queenie was led away to do her act
ing. AS soon as Queenie was out Of
sight, Sally set up trumpeting that
would make Benny Goodman jeal-
Gus. Queenie answered and the two
vocalized until the whole country
side vibrated. .. /.
Sally was then led further into
the scene, so that she could see
Queenie and quiet was restored.
Now the studio is wondering
whether it has one or two cases of
temperament, both of elephantine
proportions, 70 contend with during
the remainder o6 the filming.
Evening star., 1938-12-31
ferdinand Stays
At the Trans.Lux

Popular fellow, this Ferdinand
the Bull" Of Munroe Leafs, brought
to screen life by Walt Disney. The
picture continues now for another
week at the Trans-LuA, the warm
and whimsical charm Of its fantasy
being fine contrast to the factual
sectors of the newsreel theater's
biz. It is very satisfying, sort Of
soothing, to have Ferdinand sitting
under his cork tree shifting flowers,
where, for all we know, he may still
be, when the news cameras find so
much strife. Anyhow, you should
see ferdinand the Bull' even If
you do not become SO despairful
when contemplating newsreels.
And If you are of a mind to be-
come despairful over the course of
events you have but to follow news
Cameramen. The United States re-
conditions old destroyers; the United
States Is to train 10000 naval pilots
yearly; British speed Hong Kong de-
fenses; the British hold army ma
neuverS; Chamberlain rebukes the
Nazis; students mock Mussolinis
colony demands. There are other
things in the news, of course, such
things as crochet queens, beauty
Evening star., 1938-12-31

also planned to bring the folk music
of each country, Mr.. Downes stated,
and it Is hoped to match this par
ticular type of music with that of
the same character from this coun-
try.
The main asset, Mr.. Downes said,
will be programs of music to repre-
sent cross sections of the American
people and the best must be shown
to compare with the art of Europe.
A native expression of the American
people is what is wanted, from min
strel shows up to the finest crea-
tions, and Mr.. Downes asked that
musicologists and musicians get to-
gether to make worthy choice.
In the afternoon the Washington
Choral Society, with Louis Potter
conducting, gave a notable program
in the ballroom of the Mayflower
Hotel. The first part, which con-
sisted Of Christmas songs and part
songs, was sung mostly .cappelia.
The second part was devoted to
Deems Taylor's "The Chambered
Nautilus" with accompaniment by
a small orchestra and Karlinn Mey-
er. pianist, and Lyman McCrary
organist, playing the Hammond
organ.
The chorus sang with excellent
tonal quality and was warmly ap-
plauded for it's specially fine per-
formance Of the varied program.
Evening star., 1938-12-31
Citadel Returns
OCOlumbia

"The Citadel" fine and faithful
transcription of DR.. A. j. Cronin' S
best selling novel of the same name,
became the Columbias attraction
yesterday. The Aim, which stars
Robert Donat and Rosalind Rus
sell. has made virtually every 10
best. list for the year just closing
There Is every reason why 1t should
for its dramatic impact would be
outstanding even in a period during
which the competition was consid-
erably keener than in 1888.
The essential force of 1.-The Cita-
del" derives from its story, the tale
of an idealistic young physician in
conflict with practices within his
profession which he believes are
definitely disadvantageous to the
public. Rebuffs and defeats, many
at the hands of those whom he
would serve, turn him temporarily
to the practices which he so bitterly
condemns in his fellow doctors.
Threaded through the plot Is one
of the finest, most sensitive love
stories which the screen has told
in many months. It gives Miss
Russell opportunity for one Of the
finest parts in her screen career
an opportunity she seizes to keep
pace with Mr.. Donat's performance
The supporting cast, composed OF
some of England's finest actors, is
impressive indeed. J. G.
Evening star., 1938-12-31

ExcelS in
Concert
Music Teachers
Hear Budapest
String Group
Rv ALICE EVERSMAN.

A fitting climax Tor the Music
Teachers National Association Con-
vention, which closed yesterday was
the concert by the Budapest String
Quartet rendered by the Gertrude
Clarke Whittall Foundation to the
association at the Library of Con-
gress last night. The program COM
prised Mozart's Quartet in D Ma jor,
K. V. 575,' Beethoven's Quartet in
@ Minor, Op. 18, No. 4" and the
Dvorak quartet in F. Major, Op
&c." all works particularly we'll suited
to bring out the exquisite tonal quail
ity Of the quartet of Stradivari in
struments used.
No more sensitively attuned group
of artists exists than the Budapest
players and last evening they gave
an unforgettable exposition Of fine
chamber music playing. Their one
ness of feeling is expressed in the
richness of sound which they draw
from the instruments and the uni
formity of thought and line which
dominates them with special spon-
taneity A joyousness of approach to
the music and an aliveness to its
emotional intent seems to character
ize each individual member yet
makes them play superbly as an in
divisible unit.
The delicacy of understanding in
shading and the sure grasp of the
spirit of the compositions by this
ensemble was splendidly exemplif1ed
in their light and graceful treatment
of the Mozart which was of rare
beauty. The Beethoven quartet was
so clearly defined and so imbued
with depth of sentiment that it
stood revealed in an entirely new
light while the tender themes of
the famous Dvorak quartet brought
fresh opportunities for individual
expression and the development of
the three movements mounted to q
stirring effect in the final one.
Thunderous applause after each
number spoke the great pleasure of
the large audience in the gift of
great music, marvelously performed,
which the Budapest Quartet had
given to it.
The morning session of the M. T.
N. A. eliminated in a luncheon
given under the auspices of the
National Federation of Music Clubs
with Mrs. Vincent Hilles Ober, ma
tional president, presiding. The
speaker at the luncheon was Olin
Downes, music editor of the New
York Times and director of music
for the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. Downes gave an outline of
the music plans which he is super
vising for the fair and asked the
cooperation of the national fedora
tion in forwarding his desire to fea-
ture the folk music of America. With
the help of foreign governments,
the best of each nations artistry will
be available. such as the Paris Grand
Opera, the Swedish Royal Opera, the
Leningrad Ballet and the Polish
Ballet, to mention but few.
While it will be of value to COM
pare these outstanding musical Or
ganizations of Europe with what this
country has to offer in the way Of
orchestras, opera and ballet, it is
Evening star., 1938-12-31
Prison Film
Preachment
Of Mirth
Up the River at
Keith's Speedy
With Fun
BY CHRIS MATHISEN.

Hardie Meakin has a prison pic
ture at R-K-O Keiths this week, but
it is by no means "just another
prison picture" 1t is, instead, new
edition Of up the River" a big
house" film story which makes the
steel chateau and its inhabitants
very amusing with only touch of
the grimness with which the "crime
doesn't spay" preachment celluloid
usually is SO deeply ingrained
up the River cares little about
the profits or lack of them in illegal
pursuits. 1t is content to have fun.
The story is completely illogical in
so far as current procedure in all
the better prisons is involved, but
it is superbly logical with regard
to the pattern for coaxing hearty
and frequent laughs. A football
loving warden who will go to almost
any lengths to get his ace backf1eld
men into the lineup for the big
game may be frowned upon by
penologists but not by a cinema
audience.
Allen Dinehart plays the fellow
in this version, and does it very
well. The star gridmen who cause
him much worry are Preston Foster
and Arthur Treacher, here provided
with their best assignments in many
releases. When these two veteran
slick characters foil Tony Martins
desperate attempt to break stir"
and set forth to deal with two con-
fldence men who are about to swim
die Tony's mother and are threat
ening to reveal his record and that
of his fiancee to her, the picture is
on the way to its funniest sequence.
When the hooded figures confront
their prey with nooses while the girl,
Phyllis Brooks, plays a crowd noise
record on a phonograph outside, the
protector is clicking off one of the
most sure-fire side-splitters of this
year or any other.
Other excellent comedy is provided
by Slim Summerville, as the prison
football coach; Eddie Collins, in the
role Of the inmates revue master of
ceremonies, and Edward Sargen as a
guard. They do their work ably in
making up the River" just the
thing for those who never did like
prison pictures"
The story OF. how newsreels are
made, a Screen Snapshots" release
and "The Practical Pig" an accept
ably Disney production, are on the
program.
Evening star., 1938-12-31

ePPA SSA1SS ~. VAIAASuo oAoSoNSAAAA6
the use to which it is put in this
new comedy at the Earle.
"Jeepers Creepers," in addition to
being popular ditty of the moment,
is horse in Going Places" A mag
nifiicent horse is "Jeepers Creepers"
fast, sure-footed in cross-country
tangles, a strong jumper and truly a
spirited beast. This horse does not
win any steeplechases, however, on
account of he dislikes having people
sit upon him. He dislikes this so
fervently, in fact, that he is known
to the boys around the stables as
sudden doom. The only thing that
will ever calm him is Louis Arm
strong trumpeting "Jeepers Creep
ers."
Slightly insane, maybe, but it is
rare fun. First you get Dick Powell,
impersonating fellow who does not
know how to ride any horse, astride
"Jeepers Creepers" in the steeple-
chase that will win him his little
lamb-pot-pie. Then you have Louis
Armstrong, complete with trumpet
and orchestra, riding truck parallel
to the race course. playing the day
lights out of "Jeepers Creepers' so
"Jeepers Creepers" will run fast and
horizontally and not take to vertical
calisthenics. Jeepers creepers! We
laughed our silly head of.
A taste of this sort for this higher
type of humor is of great assistance
in dealing with other portions of
Going Places" too. No inspired
comedy is this tale of a lad who
poses as famed rider to sell rid
ing togs, and it will not surprise
you to find that the fellow falls in
love and must vindicate himself by
riding in the steeplechase. But
Going Places" does have some
Evening star., 1938-12-31

sprightly moments Most of these
are contributed by Allen Jenkins
and Harold Huber, couple of
Broadway bambinos in search of q
famed rider so they can have a sure
thing and win some money for the
mob. Mr.. Huber and Mr.. Jenkins
are very fine, indeed. There is Anita
Louise, too. and she never looked
livelier, which is also fine.
This taste for the higher type OF
humor is also helpful in appreciat-
ing some portions of the stage show,
particularly those contributed by Mr.
Harry Savoy. Mr.. Savoy is a very
funny fellow, equipped with some
insane gags and some fine, terrible
puns, all of it adding up to turn
that stopped the show at yester-
days first matinee. With him Mr..
Savoy has trim lass who sings a
song, whose name we do not know.
tThe girls name We do not know,
the songs name is IF. D. r. Jones, u
and she does it vivaciously.)
The rest of the show is divided
between comedy and less strenuous
doings, Harry Anger having dressed
it all up in handsome style. The
Roxyettes have two more of their
tricky precision tap routines (they're
becoming as dependable as the
March of Time" and taxes, and
they 60 sort of summery to brighten
Frank Hornaday's appearance. Mr..
Hornaday sings, and sings we'll.
And Freddie Dosh has fun with his
representations of old radios, sub
way trains, dogs and things; Hol-
land and Hart are graceful dancers,
and Lowe, Hite and Stanley pro-
vide some more laughs with their
knockabout comedy.
Evening star., 1938-12-31


esting continued story Hollywood
has told the people in years. 1t is
full of all the established ingredi-
ents, humor, pathos, tenderness and
the like, all of them handled with
a dexterity that comes with such
practice as a group acquires in play
ing in five pictures together.
Most interesting of the numerous
developments in the family's latest
experience in being human and sim
pie is its contact with young Virginia
Weidler. Virginia, who is II and
small for her age, seizes the occa-
sion of the Hardy's visit to the West
to give Mickey Rooney the deflation
of cocky young actors lifetime.
His Importance to the series per-
mits no such thing as his reduction
to the status of stooge to Virginia,
but her talented playing brings him
to the brink of that disaster on more
than one occasion. 1t is the justifi-
cation for some of the highest and
most sustained merriment which
comes to the customers in the pic
ture. Miss Weidler is most accom-
plished imp, more beguiling than
beautiful, which is just the kind of
little girl the movies have needed
for some time.
The accent in the current episode,
as in earlier ones, is on the comedy.
1t flowers from situations which put
the effervescent Mickey up against
such standard Western phenomena
exclusive of Virginia) as bucking
ponies, lonely mountain fastnesses
the cries of strange and frighten-
ing night birds, six shooters and the
like. Fresh from important con-
quests on the basket ball court at
Carvel Uowa), he has delusions of
grandeur which take an awful beat
ing. Running concurrently with
Mlckeys affairs are an adolescent
romance with picturesque ranch
foreman on the part of sister
Marian, and the effort of the judge
and his wife to save the ranch of
their friends from a piratical neigh
Dor, a wolf in sleeps clothing, and
we mean literally.
With his characters thus occu-
pied and having no need to define
their varied temperaments after
Tour previous releases, Director
George B. Seitz concentrates upon
getting the ultimate human value
out of the many interesting situa-
tions in the film. 1t is very adroit
Job, one that leaves never a really
dull moment.
Most humorous of the sequences,
IN which the dialogue is bright
without ever being fancy or forced,
are those which deal with the un-
ending conflict between the brats
OF the piece. All of them are played
Evening star., 1938-12-31
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Nati0nal-"The Women" as they
were seen by Clare Booths satirical
typewriter: $3.50 pm.
Palace-"Sweethearts," new musi-
cal with Jeanette Macdonald and
Nelson Eddy in technicolor: 11:35
am, 2:10, 4:40, ITO, $40, 11:01 pm.
and 1920 am.
Earle-"Going Places" new COM
edy with music and Dick Powell: II
am, 1885, AIS, 7:05 and 9:55 pm.
Stage shows: 1885, 3:15, sos and
1855 pm. Complete show at IL mid
night.
Keith's-"Up the River" comedy
with a prison background: 11:15
am, los, 3, 4:55, $50, 8:45, 10:4O
pm. and 12:45 am. d..
CapitolE"Out West With the
Hardys," newest adventure of the
popular family: GAS am, 1910, 2:4O,
500, 7:35, 1905 and 1:05 am. Stage
shows: 1920, las, Ais. 6:4O,, 9:1O
and 1910 am. Complete show at
1880 pm.
COlumbia-"The Citadel" absorb
ing cinema story of a doctors search
for a career: 1850 am, 2:15, 4:45,
tbs, 9:45 pm. and 1920 am.
Metr0pOlitan-"Dawn Patrol" ad-
venture in war planes: 1920 am,
1:20, 1925, $50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Belasco-"Story of a Cheat" bright
and impudent French satire: 4:15,
6:05, 8 and $50 pm.
Little-"Chapayev," exciting Soviet
film that ranks as one of that coun-
try's best: II am, ITO, 3, $40, 7:20
and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1938-12-31

to the hilt by both Virginia and
Mickey, the latter Of whom has been
known to play a bit beyond the
hilt since he became self conscious.
He is back within bounds here, how
ever, and once more demonstrates
that he is good enough actor to
deserve his place in the box office
big 10.
Lewis Stone as the Judge gives
another one of those warm charac-
terizations that are expected of him,
and other members of the cast,
Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann
Rutherford, Sarah Hayden, ETC.,
turn in very convincing perform
ances.
The Hardys are interesting people
in any environment, out West being
far from an exception.
X X X
Topping the stage show, in the
billing at least, are the three Slate
brothers. They are the boys who
went to Hollywood to be comical
in college Swing" and managed
to be comical in it. They still are,
more so in their eccentric dancing
than in the various other depart
ments.
Before the Slate boys comes
Charles Carlile, the radio tenor,
whose way with a song is too thor
oughly established to need any de-
scription at this late date. Mr..
Carlile had to give his usual bunch
of encores, especially after that
version of Donkey Serenade" which
is SO pleasing.
Gloria Gilbert, the toe dancer,
fits the bill like a glove, and so does
Raymond Wilbert, the man who can
do very fine things with a hoop, or
a dozen hoops.
The Chester Hale Comets are fine,
as usual, in a pair Of nice routines.
Evening star., 1938-12-31
Hall Johnson Choir
Signed for Film

Producer A. Edward Sutherland
has signed the Hall johnson Negro
Choir for a musical sequence in his
new production, "It's Spring Again" !"
for the Hal Roach Studios.
johnson, who has been in San
Francisco preparing to open his
stage show Of Run Little Chillun,"
will have to make a round flight
daily between Hollywood and the
northern city during the filming
Of the sequences in which his choir
will appear.