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Evening star., 1938-11-30

ton should be met by percentage
and not by lump sum; present
amount is not fair nor adequate.
IS. Real estate taxes must not be
higher and should be lower.
IS. Tax base should, If possible, be
fixed for longer period, and we ap-
prove seven-year idea.
~. Intangible personal tax should
be discarded.
IS. A graduated income tax as
proposed in last Congress is opposed.
80. Your suggestion, combination
tax including consumers sales tax,
in lieu of Intangible personal and
business privilege tax, is approved"
Realty Tax Held Too High.
Prior to Mr.. Addison's testimony
Francis A. Murray, president OF the
Washington Real Estate Board,
urged a reduction to $l.50 in the real
estate tax rate, charging that the
present SITS levy, coupled with the
ever-increasing acquisition OF Dis
trict property by the Federal Gov
ernment. have been responsible for
an unprecedented exodus of former
Washington residents into nearby
Maryland and Virginia.
Mr.. Murray pointed out that from
1880 to 1888 the Federal Government
had spent $35.121,4 ,439 in acquiring
property in Washington-property
that has been removed from the tax
rolls, thus adding to the tax bur-
den of property owners. Since jan
uary. 1896, he also pointed out, 5,301
single-family dwellings have been
built in Montgomery County, Nd,
and IN Arlington County, Va, at a
total construction cost of s29, 1888 ,69l.
The suggestion that the District
conduct a lottery to finance relief
needs was made by Henry A. Hay
ward. He also suggested that the
Commissioners ask the Attorney
General for an opinion as whether
Federal employees could be forced to
pay an income tax in the District
should it be adopted. He said he
would approve such tax If it could
be imposed on Government workers.
Witnesses at Hearing.
Among other witnesses at the final
hearing were Marvin H. Mclean,
president of the Brookland Citizens
Association; Louis Sherman of the
National Lawyers Guild. Martin
Chancey, secretary of the District
Communist party, and Harry S.
Wender, president of the Southwest
Citizens Association.
Mr.. Mclean presented four point
program which included among its
recommendations a SITS ceiling on
real estate taxes, sales tax with
food and medicine exempt, and a
1-cent increase in the gasoline tax,
the additional revenue to go into the
general fund.
An income tax graduated at pro-
gressive rates and corporation net
income tax was proposed by Mr..
Sherman. Mr.. Chancey opposed
sales tax and said the Federal pay
ment should be increased. And Mr..
Wender told the committee it should
draft tax program without regard
to any previous action Congress has
taken with respect to proposed Dis
trict tax reforms.
Evening star., 1938-11-30
Senator Van Nuys
Expects Seat Contest
b. the Associated Press.

b the ASSocfAted Press.
Senator Van Nuys, Democrat, Of
Indiana said today he would not be.
surprised If his seat were contested
after Congress convened In Janu-.
ary. 4
The Senator won reelection by aS
slim margin over Raymond Willis
Republican. Mr.. Willis has sought q
recount.
Senator Van Nuys declined to
comment on issues likely to come
before the next Congress but said:
There Is no doubt the Democrats.
will carry Indiana In lo40."
Evening star., 1938-11-30
Wheat Growers Loan
Barrier Removed
ES the Associated Press,

ES the Associated Press.
Wheat farmers in sections of
Maryland where Government wheat
loans have not been available be-
cause of a lack of storage facilities
were notified today the bar has been
removed.
G. z. Keller of College Park, State
executive officer for the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration, said the
wheat loan program had been modi-
fed to permit wheat to be shipped
to acceptable storage In Richmond
and Roanoke, Va, or other points.
Evening star., 1938-11-30
Mexican Workers Strike.


MEXICO CITY. Nov. 80 P).-A
sudden strike of stockyards workers
today left Mexico City without fresh
meat supplies. The strike followed
demands for wage increases and
friction between an independent
stockyard union and the Confedera-
ton of Mexican Workers.
Evening star., 1938-11-30
firehouse Dedicated

ORANGE, Va, Nov. 80 (R.-An
address by Gov. Price, in which he
praised the "unselfish service" of
volunteer fire companies, featured
the dedication ceremonies for
Oranges new $32,000 firehouse last
night,
Evening star., 1938-11-30
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "A Hsurs.
(From noon yesterday to noon today
Hiehest, SO, noon today Year ago. 81.
Lowest, 33. am. today. Year ago. 80.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. a6. on August Is.
Lowest, IA, on November %.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today0
Highest, "a per cent. at 7 an. today.
Lowest. 81 per cent, ut 2:30 pm. yes
terday.
The San and Neon.
! Rises. Sets.
Sun, today 7:O6 4:47
Noon today 1888 pm.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one.hAlf hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1938-11-30
Report

District of Coumba-Far and slightly with lowest
about SO tonight mostly cloudy slightly
colder gentle norhery
Maryand-Fair tonight
mostly cloudy and slightly colder.
vrgna-Fair tonight slightly colder
tomorrow in north portion.
tonight mostly cloudy
in north portion
Evening star., 1938-11-30
Sofety for Animals

To save small animals in air raids
a gas chamber has been invented
in London with an air bellows op-
Grated by the animals movements.
Evening star., 1938-11-30

CARACAS. Venezuela. Nov. 80 tP.
Floods resulting from prolonged
transforms today spread death and
suffering through wide area in
Venezuela. Three bodies were re-
covered and II persons were miss
ing.
Evening star., 1938-11-30
1l3 Killed by Floods

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands,
Nov. 80 (P.-Dispatches from The
Netherlands East Indies today said
that l13 persons had been killed by
floods on the Island of Celebes.
Evening star., 1938-11-30
River Report.

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear at
Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy at
Great Falls today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Evening star., 1938-11-30
Preeipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches In
Sanital (c1Ifrent month tn dAtel.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-25
NATIONAL
NEWS BRIEFS
NEGRO TOWN COLLECTED
S2,o45.25 in 81

MOUND BAYOU, Miss. - (Cl-
Isaac Peterson, clerk Of this ali-Ne-
gro town, has filed the towns an
nllal statement showing $2,045.25
was collected last year, and there
was treasury balance Of $29.74 on
December 81. Receipts were: Water
rent S4s0.25; privilege taxes, S3o6.-
rs; personal taxes $s3.72; ad val
orem taxes, $614.53; street taxes,
$11s; fines $124; sales Of material,
1890; notes, $272.5o; contribu-
tions, $50; total $2,0d5.25.
Disbursements were: election ex-
pense s11; printing and publications
/ S206.50; payments on fire truck
$125; labor and service, $181.45
supplies, S8,os; street lights, S443.-
81; installation Of meter in depot
S.; interest on bonds, S272.50; sal
aries and commissions, $4,000; re
funding bonds, $500; refunds, $50
total, S2.015.5I. Balance in trea-
sury December 81, 1897. s29.7a.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-25
DR.. JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
SPEAKING AT PRAIRIE VIEW SAYS
NEGROES TEST OF DEMOCRACY

Negro is the real test as to whether
we shall have real democracy IN
America. The white American can
not achieve democracy unless Ne
groes are included The Negro IS
tho test of democracy as relates to
politics, as we'll as to common law,
the right to earn his bread, and the
right of the ballot. Negroes are
part of America and it is hard 70
extricate or subtract him. This
country is very largely what it IS
because of the part of the Negro in
helping to make it so, with the plow,
the ak and the hoe.
/ am confident, said Dr. Johnson,
that we will win the fight for de-
mocracy. This is CLEANED from
facts taken from three hundred years
Of progress. But there is one dang
II we must guard against. We are
safe as long as we do not allow our
souls to be "Jim Crowed, and ex--
tend the progress we have already be-
gun. Let us not forget, also, that
there are thousands Of white Amerl--
cans who are not against US, men
and women in all walks of life, who
stand for justice and fair play re-
gardless Of race.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-25
BIC INCREASE MADE
BY SUPREME LIBERTY

CHICAGO - tC) The Supreme
Liberty Life Insurance company,
3511 South Pakway, Harry II. Pace,
president, and Truman Kella Gibson,
chairman Of the board and treasur-
er, gained s179,160.55 in assets in
81, the assets Of the company now
being S2,122,J08.S8, according to
the annual statement made public
last week. The company has iAl,-
s66 policyholders, has S36,i55,5o9
insurance in force. and has legal re-
serve of sl,S21,S33. The cash item
is S46.93260. supreme Liberty em-
ploys 600 people, operates twenty
six branches III twenty-one cities of
nine states, and has home office
valued at 100000, fully paid for.
The company is seventeen years old
and has paid to polioyhelders, So
SO. .6a3.43 since p.
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gv NAPOLEON B. EDWARD

PRAIRIE VIEW pr. James Wei
don johnson, professor of Creative
Literature, Fisk University and Guest
Professor, New York University was
the principal speaker all Prairie
View state College March 10. The
occasion was the formal opening q
the college gymnasium which cost
ii round numbers S55, 100000. The
seating capacity as an auditorium Is
2,100; as d gymnasium the capacity
is 100.
Preceding the address Of DR..
johnson, the college choir directed
by Professor q A. Fuller sang
praise Ye the Lord, Great Day,
and the Negro National Anthem
the famous song written by Dr.
johnson. The Rev. Lee G. Phillip,
college minister, prayed that IN pre-
pairing for the development Of the
body, we may not forget the import
ance Of the mind and spirit The
gymnasium was practically filled be-
fore the speaker was introduced.
Visitors, white and colored gathered
here from all sections of the state.
DR.. johnson was introduced by
Principal W. r. Banks, who spoke
briefly Of the significance Of the
occasion. 1t was well known that
Principal Banks was the leader and
foremost advocate in securing the
gymnasium, a credit to him no less
than to the state.
The subject Of the address Of Dr
Johnson was "The Negro: The Test
of Democracy in America Among
other things, the gifted author, poet
and educator said, it was fitting te
have here a gymnasium affordinf
opportunity for developing soune
minds in sound bodies. Democracy
is the greatest question in America
DIR. Johnson said, but made especia
application Of democracy to 10000,
900 Negroe, the oldest and larges
of the minority groups.
The Minority group Of Negroe
began when they were landed il
America in 1919. Since then the,
have always been q question, bu
not the same question. These ques
tions among others were fa) Ar
Negroes really human? (b) DO Ne
groes have brains enough to maste
elementary education? (c) If give
liberty would Negroes go back I
the jungles2 The Negro is face t
face with democracy and the basi
question is, will he survive?
DR.. Johnson said most Of the Oh
jections raised against the Negr
are artificial. If the Negro was take
for what he il. bis position in Ameri
GO would be greatly enhanced. Th
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-25

CHICAGO fANP1 - A coup OF
prominent Chicagoans met last week
at the home of A. L. Foster, execu-
tive secretary Chicago Urban League
10 discuss the formation Of an adj
visorv committee to guide the Sun
set Pictures CO., Of Hollywood III
their fve-year Chicago program OF
producing all-Negro films for world
wide distribution.
In a short talk, President Lundy
Of Sunset Pictures pointed out the
marvellous opportunity such pro
! gram afforded the race in foreeiuiis
and repeatedly presenting to the rest
Of the world the better side OF Negro
life-a side. he felt, so little known
or understood it was responsive Ioi
| much Of the race oppression anu
lack Of equal employment oppor-
tunity.
He further pointed out that sun
set Pictures would require thousands
] Of local persons in the fabrication OF
| their feature pictures. Moneys How
| ING in from the far-flung sale OF
their product would end up IN the
hands Of local actors, techniclans,
writer's, etc. From there it would
find its way to the rest Of the COM
munity.
Mr.. Lundy estimated that Chicago
theatres alone drained $4,O00,oou
annually from Negrgo patrons--llore
/ Of which ever found it's way back
under present conditions but that
once Sunset Pictures was well on It's
way, the bulk Of this $4,000,000 an
nual expenditure would return to
/ the community enriching all.
/ AT Mr.. Fosters request, the COM
pany agreed to conduct courses IN
various technical phases Of motor
picture production thereby expediat-
ing the replacement Of their white
| HOLLYWOOD imported technicians witt
Negro men and women. Mr.. Lunds
may be reached at 500 E. 43rd st.
Oakland 1887, by appointment only
!. It was emphasized that Sunse
! Pictures, in embarking upon this en-
terprise, was merely opening a gate
heretofore closed, leading into thi
virgin field Of race advancement ans
self sufficiency, and that for its ul-
innate and complete success, it's de
pends entirely upon the wholeheart-
ed cooperation and support Of civi
minded groups and individuals.
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NAVY NEWS AND ODDITIES
United States Navy Recruiting Service
Main Station Cincinnati, Ohio
Sub-Stations Lima, Dayton, Portsmouth,
Columbus, Athens, Marion, Springfield
and ChiIlicothe, Ohio

This Week in Navy History


March 20, 1920 U.s.s. Maryland
launched. Displacement $4,000 tons,
carrying s l6-inch guns.
March 21, 1847American Nava
Forces shelled Vera Cruz, Mexico.
March %, 1820--Commodore Ste
phen Decatur died.
March %, 1873 - U.S.S. Essex
captured Peruvian schooner Nereyda
which had previously capturee
American whaIcrs Barclay and Wal
ker.
March "a, 1778-U.S. sloop Ran
ger. Captain John Paul Jones, cap
tured British sloop off Ireland.
March 25, 1914 U.S.S. Adams
captured British ship Woodbridge
but was obliged to abandon her up
on arrival Of superior enemy force.
March 26, 1917President Wilson
ordered Increase in enlisted strength
of Marine Corps to l7,40O men, the
limit allowed by la"
Do You KNOW?
The Navy was the first regular
customer for radio apparatus IN this
country, and this demand resulted
in their manufacture for general
use.
When you see your favorite ath-
lete ii slow motion movies, you are
indebted TO your Navy. The neces-
sity for studying the fight Of pro-
iectiles led the Navy to the develop
ment Of slow motion photography.
Navy Hospitals
The us. Navy maintains Is hos
pitfalls for the welfare Of its per-
sonnel. one is at Canacao, P.I., ont
ii Guam, one in Hawaii, and tbs
others are located in the Unitee
states. There are also three Naya
dispensaries.
More Naval Facts
The us. Coast Guard Station a
Gloucester, Mass., was actually un-
der fire from a German submarine
during the World War.
The U.S.S Lexington is airaos
100 feet longer than New York
giant Woolworth Building.
In 1775 Navy enlisted men receiv-
! ed SEQ per year for their services.
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Last Week in Naval History

March is, 1s62-Naval attack on
Confederate batteries near New
Bern, NC.
March il, ls6s--U.s.s. Mississip-
ri burned in action.
March Is, 1S99-Action between
Naval landing force and Samoans.
LieuEsnaat Landsdale and Ilasign
Monahan killed
March is, 1912-Wreck Of U.S.S.
Maine towed to sea and sunk,
March IL, 1898 First submarine
war vessel Of American Navy and
the first Of modern submarines made
its first dive ID staten Island Sound,
NY, remaining underwater one
hour, forty minutes. John ] Hot
land, inventor.
March l8, 1901 Gunboat Vicks-
burg attacked Filipino insurgents a'
Palawan Bay, P.I.
March 10, 1898 U.s.S. Oregon
began famous tip around the Horn
to Join Us. Fleet in Cuban waters.
Replacing Filipinos and Chinese
Filipino and Chinese messmen q
The Navv are being replaced BY
United States Negroes al the rate q
about 1000 per year. At this rate
the messmen branch Of the Navy VII
consist entirely Of American Negroes
five years from now.
Naval Facts
The American Navy has had bu'
four fleet actions and il every one
has captured or destroyed every
enemy vessel.
No American Navy vessel has eFel
been ii the hands Of mutineers
Approximately 10000 advance
ments il rating among the enlistaf
personnel of the Navy are atieetet
annually y
The reeoil system on 4 turret gql
1T battieship exerts a resistance
sufficient IL stop Al auto going l25e
miles an hour. IN two feet,
lNa,v Recruiting Service
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-25
HOLLYWOOD
GROUP PLANS
CHICAGO FILM


TO PRODUCE ALL-NEGRO
PICTURES OF BETTER TYPE;
PROMOTERS TO TRAIN
ACTORS WRITERS, TEcHNi-
CLANS AND DIRECTORS -
ENTERPRISE OPENS NEW
FIELD IN MOTION PICTURE
INDUSTRY
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-25
aN-FtVtI- S-xfN III II EFStNN5E
Arrnnged by Dovid w. GuioH
wlgnM!A q

At the age of seven Dayid's formal musicu
educction begon. with author ChorIes ]. Finger
as iutcr: continued with Godowsky IN Vienna:
then TO New York. en- route TO Texas to direct
the School OF Music in Donial Boxer College.
Brownwood
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-12
hi.
, MANS SEVEN MISTAKES

Mans imperfections lead him to make
many mistakes in life, and the pointing out
of these frailities has engaged the attention
of philosophers and reformers in all ages.
A recent writer enumerates what he con-
siders to be the seven greatest mistakes of
man, as follows:
1. The delusion that individual adj
vancement is made by crushing others
down.
2. The tendency to worry about
things that cannot be changed or cor
rected
8. Insisting that thing is impos-
sible because we ourselves cannot accom-
plish it,
4. Refusing to set aside trivial pref
erences in order that important things
may be accomplished
5. Neglecting development and re-
finement of the mind by not acquiring the
habit of reading.
6. Attempting to compel other per-
sons to believe and live as we do.
z. The failure to establish the habit
of saving money.
This appears to be a pretty fair dag
nosis of what is the matter with us, and
everyone might proftably check up on
himself in the light of these suggestions
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-12
NEWS AT A PREMIUM

Like other things which are easily
and cheaply obtainable under ordinary
circumstances, news is valued most when
it is difficult to get. We fail to realize
what bargain we receive in newspaper
that costs only two cents.
In the early days, of course, people
had no means of getting the news frequent
ly, and when they did it was often weeks
or months old. But even in more recent
times newspaper often has been at
great premium. One of the highest prices
ever paid for single copy of a newspaper
was that brought by one in Alaska only 40
years ago.
Shortly after the Klondike gold rush,
the Spanish-American War broke out in
1898. 1t is related that a prospector who
had brought a copy of a San Francisco
newspaper containing war news sold 1t for
fifty cents upon arriving in Alaska.
The paper was then taken to Dawson
City, where it brought ten ounces Of gold,
worth $160. and the buyer made. money
on his investment at that. He rented hall
ard charged 81 each for admissions To
hear the news read.
When one stops to think of it. there
is nothing that gives so much for ones
money as newspaper. No newspaper is
so poor that it is not worth more than it
costs
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-12
BRITAIN'S CAPITAL

In the light of recent events, which
have given rise to the question of whether
England could be defended against the
rising power of Germany, the suggestion
has been made that Great Britain's seat of
government be removed to Canada.
While the idea may appear fantastic
at the moment, it is being discussed, though
perhaps not very seriously, by some news
papers on both sides of the Atlantic The
time may come, however, when some such
step might become desirable, or even neces-
sary.
'''' The London news weekly Cavalcade
points out notable precedent for such a
move, citing that the Emperor Constantine,
fearing Rome could not be defended
against the barbarians of the north, re-
moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium
later named COnstantinople-in the year
80. The barbarians did, in fact, take Rome
in the next century, while the empire based
on Constantinople persisted with varying
fortunes for another thousand years.
Naturally, the proposed visit of King
George and Queen Elizabeth to Canada
and the United States next year is linked
with the suggested capital removal, but
this is only idle speculation, although af-
fording wide possibilities for discussion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-12
SALMON USE LADDERS

When the Bonneville Dam was pro-
jected in the Columbia river there were
many fears that the structure would pre-
vent the salmon from ascending the river
and thus end the important industry that
has been developed around the royal
chinook fish.
1t seems, however, that such fears
were groundless. Reports from the dam
site are that the fish are using the Tad
ders' built around the dam in great num-
bers and reaching the upper levels without
suffering the injuries that occurred when
they battered themselves up the rapids.
This is good news. AS most readers
know the salmon fish return to the river
where they were born to spawn and if the
run of the salmon upstream had been
blocked by the dam the salmon industry of
the Columbia river would have been seri-
ouSly injured.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-12
L l. ) L l. d u X
K n OW l. Z ID G E
Can you answer seven Of these
test auestioEs? Turn TO
Page 4 for the answers

/. Is the North Pole nearer to
the center of the earth
tnan the equator?
2. Is it proper for a bride to
wear a wedding gown and
veil when the groom is
dressed informally?
3. Name the alloy of copper
and zinc.
4. Which states are officially
called commonwealth?
5. Into what body of water
does the Mississippi river
flow?
6. Name the German Minister
of Economics.
z. What is the name for the
science of antiquities?
8. Name the oldest institution
of higher education in the
u. S.
8. Who was the Republican
nominee for President in
n 1896? 'r
10. Did Jim Braddock win the
,ousheavyweight championship
.G, a from Max Baer by a
knockout or by decision?