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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-02-11
African Ads.


Through courtesy Of Bishop r. r.
Wright, Jr., soon to be back in the
United States, we are receiving two
South African Native papers, the
Bantu World, and Umteteli Wa Pan
tn, weekly, from johannesburg. The
papers are tabloid, and carry twenty
pages each, with five columns to the
page. The Bantu World is printed
in both the official languages, Eng
lish and Afrikaans, and In addition,
Zulu, Xosa, Sesuto and Sechuana.
Numteteli is printed in the two Off
cial languages, and Sesuto, Rosa and
Zulu.
Reading the papers, the thing that
impresses us is the spirit Of the
African to stick to and glorify things
African. That spirit is in marked
contrast to the Negro in America.
Advertisers in African newspapers
present their copy in a form that
appeals to the self-respect of the
African. Almost uniformly, Negro
characters are used in illustrating
| the ads, even to the product well
known in America as "Ovaltine. Z
In the African papers the Ovaltine
ad. shows two African young men
playing tennis, and one says to the
other across the net: Il feel done IN
Jim-you'ye beaten me properly :
(note the good English, not dialect)
The other replies. Take 'Ovaltine'
every day like | do Sam, and you'll
soon forget that tired feeling
In tea advertisement, (similar to
our coffee advertisements series of
| four action pictures is shown, of
two young men riding bicycles along
a country road. In the first picture,
| one youth says. ''Do not go so fast.
am tired!o In the second picture,
the youths have stopped, and the
| second says: Let us have some tea
then you will feel better In the
third picture, showing the two en-
| ioying lunch, the second youth con-
tinues: 81 always drink tea, so
do not get tired easily In tht
| fourth picture, the two youths have
resumed their ride, and the first
| says: "That tea has made me fee
| fine.' The second replies, yes, yol
| should always drink tea 1t does yoa
| good.o At the bottom is picture
| Of an elderly Negro man and woman
| well dressed, drinking tea.
| But in America, we know the stor,
IS different, wit all of our vauntet
progress. The average coloret
| newspaper reader Ii so overWhelmet
with the idea Of white that he al
most naturally expects everything 4
| come to him in the form or white.
\ The American white man SAYS h
wants the Negro to have self-respeci
out be does little to cater to tha
l Se1-fespecI, Inc way the eeoiioHii
life is organized here, the Negr
can't get very far promoting rae
pride. There are indications tha
our white neighbors don't want I
to have but 50 much race pride, be
cause it might threaten their sens
} of security.
New Newspaper List
: We take much pride in the ne
: Negro Newspaper List carried in th
international Year Book number
Editor & Publisher, just out. on
pride is based on several facts, chi'
Of which are, first, that more news
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-02-11
Scottsboro Boy
Goes TO School

KANSAS CITY, Mo. 49, (ANP)- s.
Eugene Williams, 20, and one of thu
Scottsboro hoys, was enrolled at thu
Western Baptist Seminary here
Tuesday. The Home Mission Boar.
Of the National Baptist Convention
Inc, is financing his education. vii
liams said he would take s.raigh
academic course with special lessons
in piano and voice.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-02-11
BISHOP WRIGHT
Continued from page one

%&UfkAtNNGA RAEE StAEF
person needs to go; but with the
Native African there are still more
languages. He must know his Ma
tive language and, if he works in
town, the English and Africans
My chauffeur knows and speaks well,
English, Afrikaans, Dutch, Zulu,
Sesutho, Rosa, Spedi, and the Lord
knows what else. He acquired this
knowledge of language not IN school
(he has been only to second grade)
but by contact. We have been all
over South Africa, and have seen
him hesitate only once and that was
In Portuguese East Africa where he
tried half q dozen languages before
he got the right one.
SIX Languages 1t Wilberforce Inst.
At our Wilberforce Institute we
teach English, Afrikaans, Southern
Sesutho, Northern Sesutho, Rosa and
Zman.
When speak in the Cape | al
ways have an Africans interpreter.
When | am in the Free State | have
4 a Sesutho interpreter as we'll as one
for Afrikaans. When am in the
Transyaal / sometimes have as many
as four interpreters.
A young friend of mine, with q
voice rivalling Caruso's, lno exag-
geration) is interpreter for Native
Affairs Department and speaks eight
different languages. The facility
with which the African moves from
one language to another is wonder
1 full. i've not seen anything like it
| in America. At Queenstown / was
welcomed in six different languages,
/ and one man interpreted for all the
! speakers.
The Africans are proud of their
languages. They are learning Eng
| lish but not yielding too strongly te
ii. Quite a literature has been built
| up in several Of the languages. The
pressure was so great on me that
have to publish our church literature
| in Afrikaans, Sesutho and Rosa.
Many Know English
MANY know English but viii not
speak it unless pressed. | had ar
\ amusing incident. was buying .
4 small galvanized iron building for
4 church. was told could get i
l for Az pounds (s210l. When ar
\ rived the Native lady said she wanted
4 al pounds and would not yield. sh'
4 spoke q Portuguese-African dialec'
i which was relayed to me through
4 interpreters T said in English TO Df
i Tantsi, my superintendent: Il don
Il want to argue with this woman. Civ
\ her 44 pounds if she insists, thougl
1 | was told specifically that it wa
/ only 42 pounds" The woman go
I the IA pounds. A few weeks late
II met her at Wilberforce Institute
! Running up to me she said: "Ho'
! are you Bishop" and ] ratified off q
good English as | could. ! said: "fo
old fraud, I thought you couldn
speak English" She said laugh
ingly that she spoke six languages
but, she added, Il love my oW
language best and | only speak tn
il others when I have to.
l This is but one illustration Of tn
1 fine mental calibre of the Sout
i African Native which / have see
1 in all parts of the country. And
1 makes me enthusiastic in helping
1 give him his opportunity There
no doubt he has fine native ability
he just does not have many oppol
4 tunities for training.
Evening star., 1938-09-14
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Nritsp

NEW YORK. Sept. 14.-Fresh waves
Of selling swept over the stock market
today, sending prices into another
swift decline, ON reports OF clashes be-
tween Sudeten Germans and Czech
soldiers.
As the news of incidents" In
troubled Czechoslovakia came in over
financial tickers, Wall Street seemed
to relinqulsh an early show of hope
for peaceful settlement of the issue
and markets gave up struggle to re-
cover from the staggering selling blow
they suffered in the final hour yester-
day.
Gains Of l to points scored by
representative issues in the first half
hour of trading were converted into
losses ranging to around 5 points be.
fore the selling lightened late in the
session.
Liquidation Is Heavy.
Liquidation was the heaviest since
last autumn, with transactions ap-
proximating 100000 shares. The
ticker frequently was behind the mar
ket, sometimes as much as five or six
minutes, on the crest of successive SELL
ing waves, but proceedings generally
were orderly
Fears for Europe's peace appeared
to increase as the day wore on in
the market places. Major commodities
turned upward. led by another bulge
in wheat. At the close of the Chicago
pit wheat was up * to la cents a
bushel on top of yesterdays sharp rise.
Corn was up 7s to IL cents bushel.
Cotton near the close was 80 to so
cents bale higher.
Wide losses were recorded in few
stocks. Allied Chemical at one time
was of more than 9, Philip Morris 8
and American Telephone more than 5,
Copper Shares Better.
Other conspicuous losers included
Dome Mines, Johns Manville, Mon
santo Chemical. Goodrich. Electric
Auto Lite. Southern Pacific, Owens
Illinois Glass and Chesapeake & Ohio.
Aided by reports of brick export de-
mand for the metal, copper shares
Jared better than most groups as the
markets tone improved toward the
finish. Numerous issues were of only
fractionally on the day and a few
.clung to part of the early gains. in.
Guiding Kennecott, Briggs and Inter-
national Nickel.
The selling urge extended to bonds
and many issues. especially rails. were
marked down sharply in the invest
ment list.
On the curb losses of to around
showed near the close in Aluminium of
America. American Cyanamid B. Lake
Shore Mines, Cities Service. Mont
gomery Ward A, and Pan-American
Airways.
The British pound fell to new low
for the year and at midafternoon was
quoted at $4.78sa, of IL cents. The
French franc was 26sla cents, down
.005s of . cent,
Evening star., 1938-09-14
New Orleans Prices.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. IA tF.--Cot-
ton futures prices showed early gains
today, due to more optimistic news
Of the European situation and better
cables. bue eased later on reports Of
tension of the Czech German border
Gains of as much as ii points over
yesterdays closing figures were shown
in active early dealings, but after mid
session the October contract reacted
to 788, December to 1893; January,
1893; March. 7.89; May. 784; July,
7.S7, and October to 78l, or l to S
points net higher.
Evening star., 1938-09-14

of the Wash
ington Chapter,
American Insti-
tute of Banking
Friday night at
BIS o'clock in
the small ball
room of the Will
lard Hotel.
Hilleary Hos
kinson, president
of the District OF
Columbia Bank
erS Associa tion
and vice pres
ident of the Riggs
National Bank
and R.aVnOnd B
Evening star., 1938-09-14

Cott0nseed OIL
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed sic higher. Sales. 1872 con-
tracts. September 7.99-8.0l; October,
800; December, 804-8.05; January,
sos; March, 812.
Evening star., 1938-09-14
new YORK COTTON
By the Associated Press,

NEW YORK, Sept. 14-Cotton
showed more resistance to ominous
European news today owing to the
stabilizing influence of the Govern
ment loan program When the market
failed to ease with stocks, Wall Street
covering developed and December sold
up from 7.80 to 7.9l and closed at
7.88.
Evening star., 1938-09-14

The recession in late trading brought IN
new buyers. and the market rallied to
close steady. net 2 to 8 points higher
Cottonseed oil closed steady: detachable
6.50-621a
September. 7.55b: October. 7,54. De-
eember: 7.56b; January, 7.5Sb; July, 7.65b.
b Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1938-09-14
BALTIMORE STOCKS
FOREIGN TRADE REPORTS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Business advices to the Commerce
Department from representatives
abroad include:
Japan-Exports up slightly.
India--Business sentiment better.
Philippines-Drousht hits rice crop.
Yugoslayia-Exports drop while i'm.
ports rise.
Evening star., 1938-09-14
A. |. B. ARRANCES
!. COMMENCEMENT
Rosenberg Is Guest Speaker
for Fall Open Meeting
of D. c. Chapter.
BY DONALD B. HADLEY.

Maurice d. Rosenberg, president Of
the Bank of Commerce & Savings, will
be the guest speaker at the fall open
meeting and commencement exercises
Evening star., 1938-09-14
Futures closed 3-8 higher.

Spot steady; middlins, T.a5.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
THE End
Horse Show
Difficult Course at
H. Myer Ready

A new and more difficult course
of jumps has been prepared for
the Washington's Birthday Horse
Show tomorrow night in the Rid.
ing Hall at Fort Myer.
The show will bring out some
of the best military and civilian
riders in this vicinity. There will
be three championship classes, two
in the jumpers division and one
in the hunters.
The show will bring together
two horses competing for top hon
orS in the jumping class, Sir Con.
rad owned by Lieut.. John Pugh,
and Billy Do owned by Capt. Henri
Lubbermann.
Because of the new twists and
turns on the course, all entrants
will be permitted to school their
horses twice prior to the show.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

wants to see clown. I'll do it for
him this time"
Then be quick about it," said
the cook.
DaVey set to work with the dry
grease paint and managed to
achieve clowns face, chalk white,
with blue around the eyes and a
great, grinning, red mouth. He
put on the best of the costumes,
a gaudy thing of purple and white,
and the red wig that still famed
bravely.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
A CLOWN ONCE MORE


The cook led him to a side en-.
trance and guided him up the
servants stairs. She pointed to a
door half ajar.
I'll keep watch here" she said
But make as little noise as you
can"
Davey's soft old clown shoes
made no sound as he went into
the room. Tommy opened large
dull eyes and saw him suddenly
The eyes frightened and he gave
zip of excitement.
"Davey, you're a clown. You're
wonderful real clown" he cried
hoarsely.
Keep quiet or I'll go away
Davey warned. They'll be saying
I make you sicker."
Obediently, Tommy put his
hand over his mouth to smother
his laughter.
And now," said Davey, "rll
show you the tricks that made the
President of the United States
nearly bust"
Suddenly he forgot that he was
old and tremulous. He felt young
and gay. Tommy's rapt face multi
piled into the rapt faces of the
millions of small boys who had
laughed at him. He saw an audi.
ence-a monster audience with
all the boxes and the tiers filled
and he must do his best for them
He juggled five balls, but they
kept hitting him on the nose and
head, to his feigned surprise. He
began to wonder why the other
clowns didn't come on. It was
tough, working without the troupe
DEATHS PAINTED GRIN
So many tricks depended or
team work. But the circus had tt
go on. He'd have to keep up his
act alone. He went into the aero
batic dance that had once beer
his speciality. 1t ended in a sprawl
ing flop.
He managed it so we'll that he
surprised himself. 1t brought tears
of laughter to Tommy's eyes, but
he didn't note that. He heard the
gigantic, many-mouthed roar of a
mammoth crowd. And the flop
had always been his exit signal
He backed out, wiggling his hands
in a comic farewell. In his ears
beat a mounting crescendo of ap.
plause. He didn't even see the
cook as he went out, because be.
hind her, behind the tent flaps,
stood old Phineas T. Barnum him.
self, in his long frock coat. He
was smiling.
That was great work, Davey, ~
he said.
The doctor came late that night
Tommy was asleep. The doctor
felt his pulse and his forehead.
Then he said to the nurse:
The child has taken a turn for
the better. First time I've been
sure he'd pull through" he added
"On my way here passed a
fantastic street accident. An old
man dressed as a clown had
dropped dead. Poor old fellow
dead with a painted grin on his
face"
U,rYET Am
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
"The Last Gloom
By ROBERTA YATES

Every day no matter weather old Davey walked to Seaside
Park and talked of Phneas Barnum Passrsby
shook their heads pityingly They thought he
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
The Last Clown"

Inc LdSG N1UWu
DAVEY, an old circus clown
who holds "confabs" with
the statue of P. T. Barnum
and discusses those glor-
ious circus days with
TOMMY, a youthful neigh
Dor.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
DEATH.BED REQUEST

"There I was, tumbling on the
ground, and every time I was on
my head I was looking up at Harry
with my heart in my mouth. But
he simply swings by that piece OF
rope. cool as you please, until nc
gets it going pendulum wise. Then
he jumps to another trapeze."
There was but one thing Davey
refused to do for Tommy. He
wouldn't paint up and dress in a
clown costume. He argued that
the grease paints were dried and
crumbled, and the costumes frayed
to rags. But those things didn't
constitute the real reason.
A clown must make thousands
Of people laugh, by being gay and
agile and smart. You can't do that
when you're old and palsied anc
slow witted. To attempt it woulc
be almost sacrilegious. So DaveJ
refused, though Tommy begged.
Then came dayS-a whole week
Of them-when Tommy did moi
come to the stable. Davey didn't
note his absence. He went on talk
ing to him. just as he did to the
statue of PhineaS T. Barnum. But
one night the cook herself slippet
through the hedge and into the
stable.
THE boys that sick they're
afeared he'll die" she said t.
Davey. He whipsered to me jus
now that he wanted to see tn,
clown"
"A ciown!" Davey Quavered. H
Evening star., 1938-04-25
CANADA REPORTS
INDUSTRIAL LAG
Most Lines Maintain Better
Levels Than Those Prevailing
South of Border.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MONTREAL, April 25.-The OPEN
ing Of the spring season has found
many Canadian industries working on
reduced schedules, but outstanding in
the contrary direction is the activity
prevailing in the steel. mining and al
lied industries, according to the cur
rent business summary of the Bank
of Montreal.
In general, while business is less
satisfactory than at this period last
year. it is maintaining level better
in substantial degree than that pre-
vailing in the neighboring United
States.
An adverse factor has been the
widespread anxiety about the delicate
international situation, which has
made both business men and investors
in new enterprises hesitant about
undertaking risks. But notwithstand-
ing these factors, during March the
great majority of Canadian industries
did not reduce their scale of oper-
ations from the February level.
The position of heavy industries
has been strengthened by additional
orders for railway equipment and for
airplanes, and in addition there seems
now fair prospect that the British
government will place substantial
orders for aircraft with Canadian
firms.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
PROFITS OF HERCULES
POWDER OFF SHARPLY

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WILMINGTON, Del. April 23.-
Hercules Powder Co. reports for the
first quarter Of 1898 net earnings of
s656,o27 after providing for depre-
citation and Federal taxes.
This is equal, after payment Of pre-
ferred dividends, to 40 cents share
on an average of 1,316,710 shares of
common stock outstanding during the
quarter.
Figures for the first quarter of
1887 showed net earnings of STATS, 500,
equal, after payment of preferred div
idends, to $229 common share on an
average of 585,948 shares then out
standing.
Current assets, as shown at the
quarter end, amount to $20,731,727.
This represents 1913 ratio to current
liabilities. Cash and marketable Sc
curities amount to $8,768, 1863.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
RATE ON COMMODITY
CREDIT ISSUE FIXED

By the Associated Press
The Treasury announced last night
that the s20O.OOO,OOO of Commodity
Credit Corp. notes to be offered today
would bear an interest rate of "a per
cent and mature November 2, 1899.
The issue was the first from the
Commodity Credit Corp. to be fully
guaranteed by the Government. Earlier
security offerings were collateralized
by farm crops.
The series b. collateral trust notes
OF the Commodity Credit Corp, ma
turing May 2, 1888. will be accepted
at par in payment for the new series
c" notes.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
FILM PLANT BUSY.

NEW YORK. April Is Especially -
Universal Pictures Co.. Inc, has 1912
workmen on its pay roll at its Hol-
lywood plant, excluding extra talent
an increase of so per cent over three
months ago and the largest total in
more than a year, Nathan H. Blum
berg, president, announced today. The
company has completed 80 of the 48
pictures scheduled for the 1937-1938
season ending August 81.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
TRESPASSERS ELECTED,

An average of 100000 illegal train
riders and other trespassers were
elected monthly from railroad prop
erty in 1897.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
FARM INCOME BELOW
1887 MARK IN MARCH

By the Associated Press.
Farmers received $572,0O0,0 in
March from the sale of agricultural
products and from Government bene-
flt payments, the Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics estimated. In
March, 1887, they received $708 ,000, 900
from these sources.
This years March estimate repre-
sented, the bureau said, an increase
OF $85, 100000 over the previous month.
The bureaus estimate brought the
agricultural income estimate for the
first three months of this year to ST.
571,000,000 compared with 81, ,739, ,0O0,-
600 for the first quarter of 1887.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
ASSOCIATED OUTPUT OFF.

NEW YORK, April % (SpeciaD -
For the week ended April IS, Asso-
ciated Gas g. Electric System reports
net electric output of 81,157, ,428 units
(kilowatt-hours). This is a decrease
of 7,131,671 units or 81 per cent be-
low the figure of 88,289,O99 units re-
ported a year ago. This is the largest
percentage drop yet reported during
the current decline.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
INCREASE SHOWN
|NLUMBER ORDERS
Shipments Also Up Sharply
in Week-ProduCtion
Off Slightly.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
The National Lumber Manufac-
turers' Association reported today that
shipments and new orders gained
appreciably in the week ended April
Is, production fell off slightly and
new business was 4 per cent below
production.
Orders booked by 523 reporting
mills were 166, ,748,OO0 feet. compared
with 153,936,00O feet booked by 544
reporting mills in the previous week
(revised flgures).
Production of the 523 mills was
estimated at l74,073,O00 feet of hard
woods and softwoods combined. and
shipments totaled l80630,O0O feet. In
the preceding week, the 544 mills pro-
duced 180,55l 900 feet and shipped
l63,672,00O feet.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
INVESTORS ADVISED
TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS
specis1 Dispatch to The Star.

Specie Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 25-Poor's In
vestment Advisory Service, issued to-
day. says:
There has not been sufficient time
to gauge the effectiveness of the
spending and lending plan as a stimu-
liant to business activity and equity
prices. However, the initial favor
able reaction appears largely spent
and purchases of equities now in an
ticipation of an effectual business re-
sponse would ignore serious funda-
mental weaknesses in the business
picture"
Evening star., 1938-04-25
BRIGGS MANUFACTURING
REPORTS LOWER NET

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 23.-Briggs
Manufacturing Co., Detroit, manufac-
turers of automobile bodies, reported
for 1887 net profit of 50, 9,39O,743, after
all charges, equal to $4.74 a capital
share, compared with 1896 profit Of
$10,4l1,077, or $5.26 share.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
Continental Can
Earns $8,362,O25
In Twelve Months
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 25.-Conti-
mental Can Co. reported net earn
ings for the IL months ended
March 81 of $8,362,O25 after all
charges, equal to $278 a share of
common stock after provision for
preferred dividends. This compared
with net earnings in the preceding
12-month period Of $9,080,316, or
S3l8 a share.
Evening star., 1938-04-25

NEW YORK. April 25 (P).-Opera-
tions in the steel industry for the
current week will decline 4 of point
to 80 per cent of capacity, compared
with 32.4 per cent last week, the
American Iron and Steel Institute
estimated today.
A month ago operations were at the
rate of 35.7 per cent of capacity, while
q year ago they were 923 per cent.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
TOBACCO AVERAGE HIGHER.

NEW YORK, April Is P).-Average
price of U. S. type IL, grade B4F, flue-
cured tobacco for the week ended
April % advanced to 227 cents a
pound from 22.5 cents in the preceding
week, H. A. Stitch, tobacco economist,
reported. A year ago the average
price was 1875 cents.
Evening star., 1938-04-25
JAPAN KEEPS LEAD.

Japan retained in 1887 its position
as the worlds leading exporter of
cotton piece goods, the department
said.