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The Washington times., 1938-06-28

Total Receipts ........ $50, 836.7l
The expenses were $6,743.41,
and the net profit check turned
over to the Foundation was $44.-
093.30 That's a mark for fu-
ture Washington celebrations to
shoot at. 1t does not include
what w a S h ington contributed
to the March OF Dimes"
Hollywood has always been
generous in aiding WaShington'S
contribution to this charity, and
this year the Between the
Devil company came down
from Broadway to open the cele-
bration with a Sunday night
show.
For Commissioner Hazen then,
and for the members of the en-
tertainment committee, deepest
thanks: to Janet Gaynor, Jack
Buchanan, Evelyn Laye, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fredric March, zorina,
Joe E. Brown, Eleanor Powell,
Ray Bolger. Ken Murray and
Oswald, Adele Dixon. Louise Fa-
zenda, Tommy Kelly, Patricia
Bowman. Nine. Gamborelli and
Ann ellis.
AS show folks, I know they
will be interested to know they
broke a Washington box office
record. Aided, of course. by the
evenings great headliner, Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
To Public Utilities Commits
sioner Richmond B. Keech. a
double salute for carrying nobly
most of the tremendous detail
work of the celebration.
ARCH VS.. ARTHUR
Arthur Godfrey, gentleman
farmer from Virginia, and Arch
Mcdonald, baseball Demosthe-
mes, Well-known personalities of
WJSV, will indulge in a COW
milking contest on the stage Of
the Earle Theater on Monday,
July 4, at $3.50 p. m.
Godfrey and Mcdonald were
rival announcers for a baseball
game last year and the con-
SensuS at that time gave Nc
Donald the laurel leaf for the
better broadcast. Godfrey ex-
poets to Stynlie Mcdonald this
year in the milking contest and
even matters up.
The contest will also be broad
cast over Station WJSV from
$50 to GAS p. m. The rival an
nouncers will appear on the
stage of the Earle for one per
Torrance only. The committee
of judges is now being panelled
and will be announced within
the next few days.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Crime School
Returns

Crime School" returns to the
Metropolitan Theater today for
it's second week downtown.
Effectively utilizing the tai
ents of the SIX New York boys
who became famous in both
stage and screen versions of
Dead End" as we'll as such
adult players as Humphrey Bo-
CART and Gale Page, the latter
a beautiful newcomer to the
screen from radio, the new War
ner picture makes strong case
of its basic theme-that the old
type of boys reformatory is in
fact a Crime School,"
The newer methods of dealing
with juvenile offenders-de-
signed to prevent their develop
ing into adult criminals-are
effectively contrasted with the
old by basing the story on the
determined fight made by an
idealistic young official to intro
duce his ideas into a reforma-
tory of the Old type.
Lewis Seile, directed this fast
moving, highly ent rtaining
Warner Bros. production. IN
which the Dead End Kids" are
said to be even better than they
we're in the stage and screen
production that made them IA
nous. Other players include
Weldon Hepburn, Cy Kendall,
Paul Forecast, Spencer Charters
and Helen MacKellar.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

of the most entertaining organi-
cations the popular radio figure
has assembled in recent months.
Ted Mack, last seen here as
master of ceremonies of the
majors second anniversary re-
vue, will preside over the new
unit. He'll present the six inter
collegiate Shag champions who
have mastered this swing dance
to the nth degree, which ought
to give them a masters degree
in the majors college.
Other graduates in the fine
arts school of entertainment
will be Harvey MearnS. the mu-
steal money man, Bobby and
Betty Edwards. the Three
Chorus" Neva AmeS, mistress
of the xylophone, Joe Higgins
and Roy Davis. monarchs Of
mimicry; Charles Hogan, Her
bert Taubler and others.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

good January to June record.
They are my personal choices
for decoration at the half way
mark, though it is barely pos
sible your Selector has ignored
some feature that you liked
much better.
It's an all Hollywood list, al
though "Mayerling," 1887 pic
ture that didn't reach Lafayette
Square until this spring, might
properly be included as No. rs.
On the record, box office and
otherwise, it seems to me Holly
wood need offer no apology to
those who contend producers
have lost the art of turning out
screen home runs.
All of these pictures are en-
titled to the hall mark Of quail
ity, can be honestly bracketed
in any list labeled Fine Enter
tainment."
HIT PICTURES WASTED
The amazing thing about this
problem of exhibitor grumbling,
and booking dissatisfaction, is
that many theaterS where the
double feature policy prevails,
have not felt these Grade A Gel
luloids were strong enough to
stand by themselves. They have
booked another picture. usually
a screen turkey" to fill out the
program.
One of the reasons why there
is a current shortage of new pic
lures is the fact that these dou-
BILE feature houses have disSi-
pated their top-flight products
by insisting upon playing an
other feature with a Grade A
Hollywood release. Fortunately
this evil does not prevail in the
Washington territory.
I think Hollywood producers
will benefit by getting the sound
kick in the trousers recently ad-
ministered by the Independent
Exhibitors. 1t will stir them out
of an obvious smugness and in
Spire them to greater effort. But
as one with a permanent seat in
the reviewing stand, I will call
1t normal year, if the releases
from July l to January, 1899,
maintain as high an average as
those from January through
June, 1898.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Bowes Offers
Roh-Roh Unit

Major Bowes has gone to col
lege.
The genial gong-giant has
combed the alma matters of the
land and has brought to light
a group of extremely talented
lads and laSsies whom he gives
opportunity for fame and for
tune in his collegiate Revue"
which LoeW's Capitol will pre-
sent on the stage starting Fri
day.
Major Bowes Collegiate Re
vue" is the latest unit to take
to the roads and represents one
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

SUN USll EluSGiS as
THESE WERE GOOD ONES
l. "Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs."
2. Adventures of Robin
Hood" With Enrol Flynn.
3. "Test Pilot" With Myrna
10y Clark GabIe-Spencer Tracy.
4. I'm Old Chicago" With
Tyrone POwer-Alice Faye-AIice
Brady.
5. Mad About Music" With
Deanna Durbin.
S. "Of Human Hearts," With
Walter HuStOn-BeuIah BOndi.
Z. "WelIS Fargo" With Joel
McCrea-BOb Burns.
8. Happy Landing" With
Sonia Henie.
9. Hurricane" With Dorothy
Lamour-JOn Hall.
10. "GOldwyn FOIIies." With
ZOrina- Charlie McCarthy-RitE
Bros.
IL. "Je1e With Bette
Davis.
"l2. Rage of Paris" With
Danielle Darrieux.
Is. "Yank at Oxford" With
robert Taylor.
IA. Girl of the Golden West"
With Nelson Eddy-Jeanette Mac
Donald.
Is. Holiday" With Katha-
eine Hepburn-Cary Grant.
16. "MerriIy We Live" With
Constance Bennett.
II. "The Buccaneer. With
Fredric March-FranciSca GaaI.
18. "A Slight Case of Murder"
With Edward G. Robinson.
10. Judge Hardy's Children"
With Lewis StOn e-Mickey
Rooney.
20. "Three Comrades" With
Margaret SulIaVan-Robert Tay-
Tor.
FL. "True Confessions" With
CarOIe LOmbard-Fred MacMur-
ray.
20. 'Mannequin." With Joan
CraWfOrd.Spencer Tracy.
%. "VivaciOuS Lady" With
Ginger Rogers.
"a. 'Rebecca of SunnybrOOk
Farm" With Shirley Temple.
Is. "Y cure a Sweetheart"
With Alice Faye-Ken Murray.
That, / should say, is a pretty
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
KELLEYGRAMS

J, Edgar Hoover, chief of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
--G-Men to you-makes a whale
Of an after-dinner speech. He
must have been feeling extra
good yesterday afternoon for he
had kissed Shirley Temple three
times, once as a token of affec-
ton, twice more for the photo
grapherS-had received a hand
some gold plaque for his office
wall from Variety Club, a seal
card case with a gold life mem
bership in the National Tent.
Chief CHAN Hoover has the
statistics on crime at his finger
tips, the arguments for coopera-
ton in law enforcement well
organized. His Commute talk
was loaded with fact and logic,
and was so we'll delivered l fig
ure he must be in training for
the screen. He has an offer
from Paramount to appear when
they film his book, Persons in
Hiding" will probably compro-
mise on a screen foreword,
rather than challenge Clark
Gable Governor Price of
Virginia led the ovation when
he finished.
OF course. Shirley Temple
made a speech, as usual said
just the right words. The COM
bination of the child star and
head CHAN brought out the
largest luncheon attendance in
the history of Tent No. H..
Though Variety luncheons are
presumed to be all male affairs,
bars we're let down yesterday
and Is women, quite a few little
ones, shared in the fun.
D. C. BREAKS A RECORD
When Washington on January
%, turned in $50,836.71 for Pres
ident RooSevelt's pet philan.
throphy, the National Founda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis. 1
think city with a great heart
is entitled to stand up and take
q bow.
General Chairman Melvin C.
Hazen too, has a right to be
proud over breaking all Pres
ident'S Birthday elebr alton
records, and Hollywood should
feel gratified over its substan-
tial contribution to a great
success.
AS chairman of the entertain
ment committee for the 1888
local celebration, I have just
received the official figures
from Commissioner Hazen. They
hst the receipts as follows:
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Avoirdupois Lost

Virginia Bruce was forced to
reduce for the first time in her
film career to meet require
ments of her role in Metro-G Gold
wyn Mayors yellow Jack, "
which stars Robert Montgom-
cry. She lost II pounds before
undertaking the part.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

and chairs, with refreshments
Of all kinds handy.
Glen Echo is easy to reach by
fast street car service. or by
motor via Massachusetts Ave
nue., and motorists are assured
that there will be no parking
problems to worry about, as the
immense free space takes care
of that,
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Has Largest Eyes

Olympic (O-lamp) Bradna, IT.
year-old French actress, has the
largest eyes in Hollywood by
mathematical measurement, &C
cording to Wallace Westmore,
beauty expert. She has just
been elevated to stardom in
Paramount's Stolen Heaven"
continental musicale.
Evening star., 1938-01-12

Don't miss this sale in a store full
OF values! Beautiful undies. lace
trimmed and tailored, are reduced
to half price to give you outstand-
ing savings! All-silk crepes, satins,
and rayon Bembergs in regular
and extra sizes.
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-30
John HENRY LEWIS TITLE
DECLARED VACANT

John Henry Lewis, unluckiest top
notcher since Harry Wills, received
two setbacks of some Importance this
past week.
First, Tony Galento, who was to
have served as his stepping stone into
big time heavyweight circles, was
flattened by pneumonia. AS result,
doctors say it will be long time be-
fore he can again enter the ring.
Circumstances surrounding the Ga
lento affair, coupled with the attitude
of the boxing commission, make
future match unlikely.
Of more importance, is the declara-
ton by the New York boxing commits
sion that the light-heavy title is vacant
Basing his claim on the fact that
John Henry defended his title here re-
Gently, the irate Greenlee evidently in
tends to cross bats with all concerned.
There is little doubt that he will
have a great deal of assistance in the
coming argument; the more recent
declaration that Freddie Steele did not
lose his title at Seattle, and that Ho-
stak is not the champion although he
won his laurels in a swift Knockout,
will not make commission decisions
any more popular west of Broadway.
Whether events may mean that there
is {. concerted effort on the part of
the powers that be to force John Hen
ry Lewis to join the garden stable, or
whether it means manipulation to put
some favored ''bloke" in the command
ing position is anybody's guess.
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-30
SEEKS JAIL FOR CHICAGO
COPS WHO KILLED MAN

Chicago, July, (CNA)-Prison SEN
tences loomed this week for four sus-
pended white policemen accused of
fatally beating John Robinson, 49,
year-old West Side Negro to death.
Leaders of the West Side Citizens
Organization sought indictments for
manslaughter against the four officers
John Bowen, Bernard White, Ed
ward Brown, and Fred Herman, all of
Maxwell Street Station-after the civil
service commission took under advise
ment charges that the policemen as
saulted Robinson on April 2.
The weak defense for the four Of
ficers crumbled completely when their
attorney, A. L. Narrowly, failed to
prove a past police record for Robin
son before the beating on April 2, and
after Dr. Andrew ]. Toman, medical
supervisor at the House of Correction
testified that Robinson's death on
April might have resulted from in
juries inflicted by the Maxwell Street
officers.
First exposed by Chicago bureau
of the Crusader News Agency and the
Daily Record of this city, the Robin
son case seemed headed toward a
smashing climax as complaints against
the four officers were signed by
Branch Ray, l249 Roosevelt Road,
chairman of the West Side Citizens
Organization; Mrs. Cleona Robinson,
I'LL w. Roosevelt Road
Assistant States Attorney, James
J, Cherry told a delegation of IL,
headed by Mr.. Ray, chairman of the
West Side Citizens Organization this
week that his office would consider in
dictment of the four policemen after
studying the coroner's record and also
the new evidence given in the civil
service commission during the past
two days.
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-30

Mrs. Margeruitte c. Washington,
6l9 Oak Lake Avenue north spent a
few days in Des Moines.
Mr.. Gardner Springfield, 7l6 10th
avenue south is vacationing in St.
Louis, Mo.
Miss Timma Lea Marshall, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. V. Marshall, 5000
Elliott avenue, returned from Chicago
where she spent a few months on her
vacation.
Miss Ruth CALL Kansas City, arrived
in Minneapolis to be at the bedside OF
her aunt Mrs Elnora Walker, sol Al
drich avenue north.
Mrs. Mayme Battle Carter, 2808 10th
avenue south returned home after a
visit with her children in Chicago
and Milwaukee.
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-30
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF
COLORED WOMEN CLUBS MET
IN DES MONIES, IOWA

of St. Pauls Church, 200 attended the
banquet Many presentations were
Women from ten states met in Des
Moines, Iowa, July "a to 27 at St. Paul
AM.E. ChEch, Twelfth and Crocker
Street.
Sunday delegates attended church
services. Sunday afternoon sight
seeing tour was followed by acquaint-
ance reception at the home of Attorney
and Mrs. S. Joe Brown.
Mrs Myrtle Foster Cook, presiden,
cf the Association presided at the ses-
sions. Talks were given by Mrs. Lii
liam Jones Brown, Indianapolis, Ind
and Mr.. John I. Clark, ST. Louis, Mo-
UrN2n League Secretary
Tuesday night i'll the banquet hal
made to the officers of the Central as
sociation and State Presidents.
Mrs. S. Joe Brown was elected pres
ident to serve two years.
Delegates from Minnesota were Mrs
Julia Douglas, president of the Mime
sofa Association of Colored Women's
Clubs, and Mrs Marguerite C. Wash.
ington, Past President. Mrs. Frances
Duncan, Chaplain, and Mrs. Fannie M
Shanks, Pres. City Association.
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-30
HALLELUJA STAR RE-
CEIVES LONG TIME
CONTRACT

Nina Mae Mckinney, one of the
foremost Colored actresses appearing
upon the international stage and
screen, has just been signed to long
term contract by Creative Cinema Cor
poration, l845 Broadway, New York
City, exclusively engaged in the pro-
duction of all-Negro feature motion
pictures.
Film fans will remember Nina Mae
McKinney's first outstanding screen
triumph as the star of Metro Goldwyn-
Mayors "Halleluja," the picture that
gave Gary Cooper his start in the
movies. Since then Miss Mckinney
has appeared in many films abroad, in
Guiding her great starring success,
LIFE IS REAL" for Gaumont- Brit
ish. She was also featured at the
Palladium in London and played for
ty-two consecutive weeks at London
famous Ciro's, said to be the favorite
habitue of royalty. She recently re-
turned from a tour of Australia and
New Zealand for the well known Tate
Williamson Circuit
"St. Louis Gal' will be Miss McKin-
ney's first starring vehicle for Creative
Cinema Corporation. This will be fol
lowed by "Beale Street. Irwin R
Franklyn, well-known director of Ne.
gro films, has been assigned as Miss
Nc Kinney's author director. Mr.
Franklyn recently completed POLICY
Man" and "Harlemania," starring Jim.
mie Baskette, Ethel Moses, Count Ba.
sic, and the Plantation Club Chorus
for Creative Cinema Corporation, who
distribute nationally through Sack
Amusement Enterprises.
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-30

Estelle Smith, northside lady who
engaged in a cutting scrape in which
Paul Duvall was stabbed, was held in
$4,000 bail charged with first degree
assault Represented by Attorney
Harry L. Scott, the preliminary hear
ing was set for the tenth of August.
Police have been active both on the
northside and in the Washington Ave-
nue. district, clearing the streets of Ne
gro citizens with small regard for who
or whom.
There has been considerable COM
ment on the activity
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-30
ON DoMESTICS

New York, July, (CNA)-Arthur
Schutzer, attorney for the Domestic
Workers Union, Local l49, A. F. OF
l., filed formal complaint this week
with Chief Magistrate Jacob Gould
Schurman, Jr., against Magistrate An
thony F. Burke, who sneered at do
mestic workers from the bench last
week.
Schutzer asked the Chief Magistrate
to hold hearing to determine the fit
ness of Burke to continue in office.
When Mrs. Patsy Kennedy, a do
mestic worker of Harlem asked Mag
istrate Burke in Yorkbille Court last
week to make her former boss pay her
back wages, Burke sneered that "do-
mestic workers put on the Ritz. "
"They put on the Ritz" he said, be-
cause they know they can get on home
relief"
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-30

Last week a southside Romeo, pay
ed court to a northside Juliet. This
time there were rivals, apparently ga
lore.
The first decided to give the south
side swain a good licking, and was
not so successful.
Not only feeling little foolish over
his escapade, but realizing he had
sullied the honor of the northside, the
boy called his clan together to do
justice to the man who was lucky at
love, as well as handy with his fists.
True to its traditions, the gang re-
sponded twenty-six strong. Choosing
the best of the twenty-six, he was
given orders to black both eyes, and
use such other means of making the
gallant southsider tough looking as
well as miserable.
No one wanted to miss the death of
this lovers romance, so they came to
thirty-eighth and fourth avenue, fully
equipped, and in heavy marching or
der.
1t is easy to find any of the younger
gentlemen of the neighborhood for it
has been the custom for long time
for them to assemble at the corner,
crowd themselves into about twenty
feet of sidewalk space and laugh at
the pedestrian who must step out in
the gutter if he wants to pass.
The young caribou of the northside
roared his challenge. The answer was
immediate, and bloody carnage follow
ed. The bull of the southside emerged
from the dust cloud, shaking his horns
in victory.
Irate residents had called police and
the gangs fled.
Monday night, the northsiders decid-
ed to go fuedin' again, so this time
they came back thirty-two strong. Re
sorting to the methods of mountain
eers they were armed with guns and
knives.
For some reason no southside
gladiators were in sight, so they rode
up and down fourth avenue, hurting
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-30
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20 DGuneFo ALedyAW Aa
TO CELEBRATE FREEDOM
OF RACE IN WEST INDIES

NEW YORK, July, (CNA) = The
Centennial of the abolition of slavery
in the British West Indies will be
celebrated in this city on August by
thousands of West Indians and Amer
leans.
The Rev. E. Elliott Durant, paste:
of ST. Ambrose Parish, has issued a
call to Negroes throughout America
to gather together in prayer and
thanksgiving on Sunday, July 81.
Father Durant will deliver special
sermon at ST Ambrose Church at IL
a. m. which will be followed by a
street parade on Seventh Avenue.
On Monday, August l, special
World Congress will convene at Rock
land Palace, Harlem, when resolutions
will be introduced relating to the Ne
gro people of the West Indies, British
Guianna and Bermuda The event will
be climaxed by grand ball at Rock
land Palace.
The Jamaica Progressive League, an
organization dedicated to complete
government for Jamaica in the
West Indies, is also holding Cen
tennial on the lst of August at the
Renaissance Casino in Harlem, protest
ing at continued slavery in the West
Indies and will outline a vast social
and economic plan for real emancipa-
ton that is to be. The chief speaker
of the occasion will be Archbishop Err
nest of the African Orthodox Church.
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-30
Mess Line

If grubbers in history are correct, 1t
seems as though the lowly have at
last crashed the final barrier.
Often we have heard the boast,
"some of my ancestors came over on
the Mayflower."
Now it might be quite the right
thing for some of us to reply, so
did mine"
According to debunkers of history,
the Mayflower was commissioned as a
slave ship, soon after it finished it's
famous Plymouth Rock assignment.
Another unusual feature was, the car
go that it carried were not slaves in
the sense that Uncle Toms Cabin de-
picts.
There were more of type of in
dentured servant, who worked GER
tain length of time to pay for their
passage, then served another period to
secure their freedom This probably
accounts for the various historical re-
ferences to freedmen in early Ameri-
can History.
Some go getter might discover the
spot where the first slave put his foot,
surround it with fence, open a hot
dog concession near by, and sooner or
later become prosperous.
When Pershing arrived in France,
and made his famous utterance, la
Fayette we have come" he paid tribute
to the French for their aid during our
E own revolution
We wonder what the remarks of the
first Marine Officer were who landed
in Haiti You must recall that LaFay-
ette brought with him, 800 Haitian low
ers of liberty to cast their lot with our
revolutionists.
We know that after the arrival OF
Americas group of "Pacifiers" the
U.S.A. was flooded with tales of WOO
doc worshipers, stories of orgies un-
speakable, rumors of ignorance abys-
NAL
1t took twenty years for stories to
leak, of how the gentlefolk of the Is
land were dispossessed in the name of
civilization and uplift by Uncle Sans
peacemakers.
The fact that many of the people re-
ceived their culture in Paris, Educa-
ton at ST. Cyr or Sorbornne, was over
looked. The beautiful little chateaus
and villas that dotted the mountain
sides were not.
They were occupied by the families
of the invaders and the native was left
to do the best he could
1t is the fact that many such tales
as this are buried in the verbiage of
history that has lead many to believe
that idealsm and decency among these
people was buried with Toussaint l.
Overture.
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-30
Northside Southside
Fight All Over Town

threats and epithets.
Again the police came, and they
fled.
A few had gotten out of cars and
were running down the street. "A street
car was stopped in the middle of the
block and they climbed aboard. An.
ticipating further trouble, police were
stationed at thirty-eighth and fourth
avenue Tuesday to keep peace.
Meanwhile it has not been disclosed
just where the affections of the tickle
lady have rested
Twin-City herald., 1938-07-30
OBITUARY NOTICE

Mrs. Laura Wiley passed into eter-
nal rest Tuesday, July 10, 1888, at
St. Peter State Hospital She leaves
to mourn their loss sister, Mrs. Al
ice Brewer, a brother, Mr.. Eli Miller,
niece, Mrs. Harriet Green, and two
grand nieces, Florence and Dorothy
Green, and devoted friend, Mrs. Lulu
Titus. Funeral services were held
Wednesday, July 9th, at p. m, from
Pilgrim Baptist Church. Rev. L. w.
Harris officiated. Interment Crystal
Lake Cemetery. Service by Neal Fu-
neral Home, Inc.