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Evening star., 1938-06-08
THREE MOTORISTS
HELD BY POLICE
One Accused of Firing Shot
at Truck Driver After
Collision.

Three motorists were under arrest
today on charges varying from as.
sault with dangerous weapon to reck-
less driving and police were hunting for
an unknown hit-and-run driver as
the result Of four trafic accidents.
One person was badly injured in the
crashes.
William Henry Cough, 65, of 1885
M street NV. was reported in serious
condition at Georgetown Hospital with
possible skull fracture and a broken
left leg received when he was struck
by an automobile near his home last
night
Mr.. Cough was taken to the hos
pital by Herbert Breakey. AZ, Airing
ton, Va. identified by police as driver
Of the striking car. He was released
under $1,000 bond on q charge of
reckless driving.
Others Under Arrest.
Others under arrest were booked as
Fred A. Crawford. 80, of the TOO block
OF F street NE, charged with leaving
the scene of collision and driving
under the influence Of intoxicants,
and George Smith. 80. colored, 2200
block of Georgia avenue NV,
charged with assault with a dangerous
weapon for allegedly shooting at the
driver of beer truck after a near
collision.
Smith, an undertaken, who was said
to have been returning from funeral
when the alleged shooting incident oc-
CURED late yesterday, waived prelim-
mary hearing and was ordered held
for grand jury action under $4,000
bond in Police Court today. He also
was fined SIS on charge of operating
his car with bad brakes.
Police said Smiths auto almost COL
lided with truck driven by David
Schelsky, 500 block of Quackenbos
street NV, at Fourth and w streets
NV, and during an ensuing argu-
ment the colored man drew a pistol
and shot at, but missed, the truck
driver.
Crawford was arrested after police
said his automobile swerved from be-
hind street car and collided with
machine driven by William P,
Gordon, ~, Of Bethesda, Md. Mrs.
Gordon was treated at Providence
Hospital for fractured right shoul-
DER. Her husband escaped injury.
Truck Driver Target.
Calvert Ross, %, of Prince Georges
County was the victim of the un-
known hit-and-run driver. Struck
by sedan in the 400 block of Riggs
road NE, he was treated at Casualty
Hospital for abrasions to the head and
thigh. A front-door handle, apparent
ly sheared OF the sedan in the acci-
dent. provided the only clue to the
missing driver.
Other accident victims included
Theodore Thompson. Arlington. Va.
both arms broken, who was treated
at Georgetown Hospital, and Mack
Grabill. Spencerville, Md, who re-
ceived head lacerations and bruises
when he lost control of his motor
cycle while standing on it and
"stunting' last night in Silver Spring
Md.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
FIRED BULLETS
IN GUN DESCRIBED.
Harlan Youth Says His
Father, Slain in Fight,
Took No Part.
BY the Associated Press.

6s thc hSsoCihteQ FEeSS.
LONDON. KY, June 8.-Sherman
Clouse, 18-year-old miner son of Lloyd
Clouse, slain United Mine Workers OF
America organizer, testified today His
father put his last eight bullets into
his pistol the night he was killed.
And when the young witness got the
gun and took 1t home to his mother, he
told the Harlan labor conspiracy jury,
there were still eight bullets in 1t.
The defense has been attempting to
show that Clouse, shot the night Of
April "a, 1887, in front Of a verda.
KY, saloon, took part In the fatal
affray. Lloyd Clouse's brother Jasper
testified yesterday that Bill Lewis, a
defendant here, and Melvin Moore
were doing the shooting" Lewis was
wounded in the encounter.
The slain organizers widow, Mrs
Minnie Clouse, mother OF nine, gave
testimony supporting that Of her son.
She said she knew Sherman did not
have any bullets with him.
The Government made ready addi-
tional testimony today to strengthen its
claim there was conspiracy In Harlan
County to prevent organization of
mine unions, after two boys told of
seeing an automobile containing union
organizers fired upon from ambush.
John Clouse, IA, and his 13-year -old
half-uncle. Markham Clouse. testified
about a shooting in which Thomas
Ferguson, an organizer, was wounded
In the shoulder. The two could not
AK the precise date, although it was
in February. They were on a scrap
iron gathering expedition on a road
between Verda and Ages. KY.
John told Of seeing a car parked
along the road and of going up to
the machine.
When we went up to it, we saw q
man with his hat pulled down over
his eyes. and he said for us to 60 along,
that that wasn't any place for u.s." he
said. I'VE went up the road 10 or IL
yards when man on a cliff by the
road yelled for us to get out Of the way
or we might get shot.
His voice sounded like Lee Hub
bard's "a former deputy defendant.)
Then there were tow automobiles
come along. One was just a peice be-
hind the other. The one in the back
blowed its horn about three times,
and the horn of the parked car blowed,
and the then shooting commenced.
We run under the cliff"
Testimony John gave at the Senate
Civil Liberties Committees hearing on
Harlan conditions at Washington last
year was read by Chief Defense Coun-
sci Charles I. Dawson. That testi-
mony recorded John as saying he did
not see a parked car. John denied
making the statement.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
AMTORG PROTESTS TAX

The Amtorg Trading Corp, COM
mercial representative of the Rus
sian government, protested yesterday
against paying $46.186 in American
Federal income taxes.
Amtorg. appealing to the Board of
Tax Appeals, said the taxes had been
assessed on cotton trading profits
earned entirely by the All Union Tex
tile Import of Moscow. Amtorg denied
it had any interest in the money.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
Dance Pupil, Is,
To Giue q Solo
Tap in Recital

A solo tap dance by 65-year-old
member of the business womens class
will be high light of a dance recital
to be presented by Miss Ivy Randall
at 8 pm. Friday in Pierce Hall on
Harvard street between Fifteenth and
Sixteenth streets NV.
A 3-year-old dancer also will appear
on the program, which will be pre-
sented in three parts. The first part
Will offer a dance dramatization of
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. :"
the second will consist of q comedy
skit entitled Matrimonial Rhythms," !"
and the third part will present a night
club show. with Miss Randall partici-
pating.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
1871 GRADUATED
AT SOUTHEASTERN
8 Honorary Doctor of Laws
Degrees Among Awards
at Commencement.

A total Of 1sl graduates of South
eastern University were awarded de-
grees and certificates at commence
ment exercises last night in Memorial
Continental Hall.
1ne awarding Of three honorary
doctor Of laws degrees was feature
Of the occasion. Those receiving the
honorary degrees were Leonard w. De
Cast, general secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association; Henry P.
Seidemann, senior staff member and
treasurer of Brookings Institution
here. and Dr. James Amer Tobey of
New York, visiting lecturer on public
health at the Massachusetts, Institute
OF Technology. the Harvard School of
Public Health, the Yale School of Med
icine and Rutgers University.
Ill Get Law Degrees.
The Law School graduates receiving
degrees totaled Ill while four others
were awarded certificates of gradua-
tion. The degrees included 81 bache-
,iot Vi laws, ~ ulASteT OF laws ana q
master of patent. law degrees.
From the School OF Aceountancy 81
were awarded degrees of bachelor of
commercial science. 10 master of COM
mercial science degrees and two GER
tiflcates of graduation.
The Rev. DR.. j. Lowrey Fendrich,
pastor Of the Metropolitan Presbyte-
rian Church, addressed the graduates.
The degrees and certificates of gradua-
ton were presented by DR.. James A.
Bell, president of the university. The
candidates for the law degrees were
presented by Acting Dean Thomas j.
Frailey of the Law School and Clar-
ence L. Parker, professor of patent
law. the latter presenting those for
patent law degrees. The Accountancy
School candidates were presented by
Dean Joseph K. Meyer and Prof. Har-
vey T. Casbarian, director of graduate
work. Invocation and benediction we're
delivered by the Rev. DR.. John r. Ed
wards, pastor of Union M. E. Church.
James P. Schick. president of the Y.
M. c. A., presided.
The graduates were as follows:
Evening star., 1938-06-08
Don't Suffer With
Acid Condition

from famous Hot Springs. Arkansas. helps
to correct acid condition. Mildly alkaline
Works naturally to eliminate harmful tox-
ins from body. Endorsed by physicians for
over 15 years. Phone Met. 1862 for book
let.
Mountain Valley Mineral Water
Met. 1852 1905 X St. NV
Evening star., 1938-06-08
Memorial Bill PASSES

Inc Senate passed and sent to the
Wnite House yesterday a bill to
authorize $4,000 appropriation to
establish q memorial to Gen. Peter
Gabriel Muhlenberg, at Woodstock
va. The bill would require Shenan-
doah County, Va, to provide a suitable
site and all care and upkeep.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
VETERANS TO Benefit
Bill Sent to White House Adds
$5,1s2, 900 in Pensions

About 43.1o0 Spanish American and
World War veterans would receive
about s5,ls2, 900 more in pensions each
year under terms of legislation sent
to the White House yesterday.
The Senate passed a bill, previously
approved by the House. liberalizing
the definition of permanent, total,
non-service-connected disability" and
restoring the $40 monthly pension rate
which had been cut to $50 in some
cases.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
FARLEY GIVES UP
Cannot Answer Airmail Week
Letters Personally.

Postmaster General Farley, who al
ways has boasted that he answered all
personal mail. threw up his hands in
despair last night.
In radio address he estimated that
he received 10000 letters during Ma
tional Airmail Week, May IA to 20.
Even If replies could be prepared,
Mr.. Farley said, and he signed 10 of
them per minute for seven hours each
day, 1t would take IS days to clear his
desk.
Evening star., 1938-06-08
project. She is % and her husband

is 25.
Lieut.. Kelly has not decided wheth-
er to continue his military career as
a legal specialist or to enter the private
practice Of law, but he's taking the
summer examination for admission to
the District bar. So Is Mrs. Kelly.
Evening star., 1938-06-08

The first Federal anti-monopoly
statute was the Sherman Act in 1890
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-10-14
V Ceskoslovensku omezili pos
town. zasilky do cizinv.

V d1sledku mimoradnych O.
patient Poole vladnfho narize-
nj re II. zar1 stanovi Sc pro "a
silky, urcene do ciziny, tato O.
mezenl: Psan1 sc must poda-
vat pouze otevTena. Pfsemne
sdelen1 je dovoleno pouze- je-
Ii sepsano v jazyku ceskoslo-
venskem, rus1nskem, ruskem,
polskem, n6meckem, madar-
skem, srbocharvatskem, ru-
munskem, anglickem, fran
couzskem a italskem.
Pouzit1 p1sma neb jazyka
Observation-Disclosures, tajneho
p1sma, tesnopisu, vseho, co by
vzbuzovalo podezTenf Re styli-
SAGE naznakove, znacek a po-
dobne, je nepTfpustne. Sdele.
nj must byt vyhotoveno pfs.
mem zfetelnym a citelnym q
nesm1 pfesahovat dive stranky
ctvrtkoveho formatu. K psa.
MIN mono pouz1t pouze jednc
duchych obalek.
Gonna psan1 a cenne krabice
must byt podavany rovnez O.
tevTene a nesml obsahovat zad
ne pfsemne sdelenf nebo expo.
novane, ale nevyvolane filmy
fotograficke desky a obdobnf
fotograficke ~pTedmety. Pref.
macf p~ostovni uTednfk Sc {
tom pfesvedcf.
Potion vlozf podatel v pff-
tomnosti a pod stalym dozo-
rem p~Tij1mac1ho 1Tednfka cen
ny obsah do obalky (krabice)
uzavTe il a zapecet1 soukro-
mou peceti, kterou 81 prinese.
Psanf Sc pax 1Tedne zapecetf
Ia otevfene podan1 a 1rednt
zapecetenl Sc poplatek nevy-
b1ra, poznamka "pTepocteno'
Sc nepripojuje.
Bal1kove zasilky nesm1 OBJ
sahovat tez zadne pfsemnf
sdelen1. Ma ustr1zc1ch postov-
mich prIvodek a jinych prdvod
postovn1ch poukazek nesm.
byt rovnez zadne pfsemne SIDE.
len1. Tato omezenl plat pc
dobu til mesfc1, pocfnaj1(
dnem II. zari 1888.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-10-14
Uznanf CechHrn.

V redakcnim clanku pod o.
hlavenfm "Still Land of Free"
pise Chicago Daily Times o
p~ozvanf, ktere dostalo Sc byva-
lemu p%residentu Ceskosloven-
ske republiky Eduardo Bene-
SOW, ably pTednasel ma univer-
site Chicago a uvad1:
university Chicago a Brown
pozvaly dra Eduardo Benese,
resignovavs1ho presidenta &C.
skoslovenska, ably pTijel do A
meriky a pTednasel O demo-
kracii. DR.. Benes, jehoz pre-
wanna cast jeho zivotnfho dfla
je smetena rozkouskovanlm
jeho naroda, vystava jake nej-
statecnejs1 osobnost cele ira
gedie. Amerika by 81 mohla
pokladati "a cest, mohla-li by
jej pTijmouti.
Chicago vi, jakymi obcany
Cesi jsou: houzevnat1, inteli-
gentnf, pilnf, a schopnf. Mohli
bychom potrebovati tisice ia
kovych, jakymi jsou oni. Kdy-
by Sc mdr. Benes prisel, jake
pfisli vyznacnf bezenci jakymi
jsou Thomas Mann a Albert
Einstein, tato zeme svobody
by tim z1skal, co Europa ztra-
tia"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-10-14

Kdyz pax pTisli cetnfci a boi u
koncili, zGstalo ma bitevnfm
poll 10 tezce zranenych sedla-
ku, kterl museli byt prevezeni
do nemocnice. Zanedlouho
Dude Romano take soudni pre-
llceni, pr kterem usednou ma
lavici obzalovanych vsichni O.
byvatele re dvou vesnci.
" asijskem Tibetu a V
JIM Americe setkavaji Sc be-
losi Sc zazracnymi b6zci, kterf
dovedou pochodovat rychlem
tempu sest az sedm dnf bez
prestavky. V JIM Americe
bylo o mich z~jist6no, re pouzf-
vail omamnych prostredkd.
Zjisteno vsak nebylo, CO umoz-
nuje africkemu domorodci, po-
vefenemu ddlezitym poslanim,
urazit "a "a hodin az 12O kilo-
metrG. Stejnou zahadou ie
pfedavanf zpravy. Kdyz bylo
V roce 1918 uZavrenO v Europe
pflmer1,v edeli o tom domorod-
CT prokazateln6 drive, nez zpra
WI dodal belosskym stredi-
skum telegraf. Evropan1m Sc
dosud nepodarilo pochopit wy
nam domorodych signaln. Po-
llceJnl organy 81 davno stezu-
j, re nacelnfci ocekavajf pff-
chod belocha a mali pro neho
pfipraveny Diary, ackoliv vysel
re sveho mista V naproste tai
nosti. Bill policejnf 1rednfci
We vnitru Afriky dostali nyni
pflkaz, ably Sc zahadu pokusili
soustavnym sledovanfm vysve-
tliti.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-10-14
Proc tax zhubensl v Nsmecku?

Kapitan labske parOlOdi (N6-
mec z okolf Decimal, ktery byl
dels1 dobu v Nemecku, pTiSel
pc SVEN navratu do Ceskoslo-
venska do hospody sve rodne
Oboe. Vyhlfzel tax spatne, re
Sc jeden z pr1tomnych tazal,
IDA nenf nemocen. "Nemocen
nejsem", odpovedel kapitan,
"ale musili jsme pro poruchu
parnfku zdstat pc dobu peti IT,
dnG v nemeckem pr1stavu, nez
byla zavada odstranena. Jen
zkuste jfst ten chleba, jemuz
tam Tfkajf "chleb" "a jen
zkuste jfst to, cemu Sc tam RI
ka "maslo" - nebudete vypa-
dat lepe!"
V onom lokalu, kde kazdou
sobotu Sc vasnive debatuje, ne
hlesl v omen vecer nikdo o po-
litice.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-10-14
Sedmdesatileti politisovali a
pax Sc porvali.

Pro politiku dostal Sc do
hadky Konrad Illner re Schon-
waldu u Kraslic, 75lety roln1k,
s jinym starcem v mistnlm no
stinci. Ia debaty vznikla prud-
ka hadka a pax sc oba stafesi-
move dostali do sch a zde 81 ne
praskali. Pc rvacce zastydel
sc Illner, odesel z hostince a O.
sc v blizkem mlazf. Ne
prezfti hanbu, do ktere
no pTivedla politicka henlei-
novska debata.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-10-14
Podvod Sc n~evyplatil.

Clye Wilson, 81 let starry v
st. Louis byl odsouzen ma de-
vet mes1cG do kaznice, protoze
uzfval slugG, kdyz telefonval.
Primal Sc, re pustil slugy do
telefonu " jistem obchode v
meste dne> %. zaTf, ably zapla-
til poplatek "a volan1 do Day
ton. O., JIM hodlal DAFT svemu
pT1teli radu ohledne konskych
dostih1 a sack ma kone. PTiz-
uz1val slugG, kdyz telefonoval.
i do jinych NEST. R. 1888 Cd
byl 81 trest v kaznici "a pade-
lani podpisu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-10-14

V Texasu je asi sedm set
farmaTskych kooperativnlch
druzstev, ktera cftajf celkem
ash 125,O0O clenG. Vice jake
polovice techto druzstev bylo
zalozeno cd roku 1888. = V
pr1st1m zasedanf zakonodarny
Dude pTedlozen a jist6 take
pTijat zakon kooperativnfch
sdruzenf farmaTskych. Dele sc
tax jen proto, ably farmaTi byli
chraneni pred 1toky bohatych
obchodnfch korporac1, ktere
opravdu nerady vidi, re far
mari Sc Jim pletou do obcho-
du.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-10-14

We starem Londyne jezdfva-
Ii drozkaTi jen "naplno", totiz
kdyz NELL vsechna m1sta We vo-
re obsazena. Do te dolby &C.
kali.
Jednomu drozkari chyb6l k
odjezdu do urciteho m1sta je-
Ste jeden pasazer. .Tu Sc pTi-
zene neobycejne tlusty pan a
chce take jet S ostatn1mi. DrOz
kar Sc ma neho chvfli diva, tro-
chu vrt1 hlavou a pax Sc pta
tlustocha:
"Neracte mi mfti Ia zle!
Chcete jet S Mani cely?"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-10-14
TIL zabiti v a~eropIanu.

V Eau Claire, Wis, tri osoby
byly zabity, kdyz aeroplan, po-
~kousejfcf Sc pTistati uvnitr me-
sta pro poruchu motoru, vraziI
do obchodu a vznal Sc.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-10-14

byl oznamen novy uspech ia
ponskych vojsk v offensive pro-
tt Hankau p~rozatimnimu hlav-
n1mu mestu Cfny.
Japonske lodstvo ma Jangce
dostalo Sc dale O deset mil a
je nynl vzdaleno pouhych IS
mil Cd Hankau.
z Hongkongu Sc oznamuje,
re japonske aeroplany vrhaly
dnes bomby ma Canton v JIM
Cine. Padesat osob bylo "a
bito. Nektere z bomb jichz by
10 pres dvacet, byly zapalne a
zapalily ma nekolika mistech.
= Mezi sedlaky Milosova a
Rados1na v Jugoslavii vladne
temeT 100 let rozhoTceny spor.
ODE vesnice tvrd1, re hranice
mezi mimi nejsou spravne. Be
hem teto dlouhe DOLBY rostlo
nepratelstv1 obou vesnic stale
vice, az nyn1 vedlo Ike krvave
srazce. Obyvatele Milosova
pripluli pc zuby ozbrojeni We
clunech, ably pokosili louku, O
kterou Sc 100 let perou. Ra-
dos1nst1 vsak uz ma ne cekali a
pfiv1tali je kamenovanim. Ale
Milosovst1 piece pTistali a pax
Sc rozpoutal trihodinovy BOZ
ma kosy, cepy a kyle. Ma obou
z1castnili Sc bitky i
zeny, ktere byly daleko dive
cejsi a vasnivejsf nez muzi.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-10
Two Detroiters Named
On State Commission
by Gov. Murphy

Detroit, Sept. 8 (ANP) State
Senator Charles c. Diggs and
John C. Dancy. executive secre-
tary Detroit Urban League, have
been appointed by Governor Frank
Murphy on the Commission TO re-
write the Michigan constitution
and which will be chairmanned by
Dr.. ]. Ralston Haydn, former
Vice-Governor Philippine Islands,
now head of the Department. of
Political Science, University of
Michigan. Governor Murphy de-
scribes the newly created body
thus.
'sThe commission viii lbe called
a Commission on Reform and Mo
dernization of Government. In
order to permit comprehensive
study ard the submission of such
proposals and recommendations
as the commission may deem adj
visable, the comission will be au-
thorized to make study of means
and methods Whereby changes
may be made in the procedure and
structure Of the state government
that will provide greater efficiency
and economy in the conduct of
public affairs, improve the quality
Of the public service, and make
the government more responsive
in tho public needs.'
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-10
Mrs Roosevelt Scores Southern Exploitation

New York, Sept. s-Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt took a slap at
tho South's exploitation of the Me-
gro in her syndicated column my
Day."
In the New York World Tele-
gram of August II, tn eFirts La
dy said:
'sThe South has so many po-
tential riches but it always seems
to me that many of its advantages
go for nothing because of habits
and customs which have grown up
and been injurious to the land and
people. The people who have been
forced to the lowest standard of
living and have a minimum of edu-
cation and the loves tcash income
are the Negroes, and think it has
always been felt by the south that
IN some mysterious way, this is
an advantage. During the last few
years some question has arisen
in the minds of many Southern
people as to whether a backward
group is ever an advantage"
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-10

suro that their benefactors slook-
cd alright before accepting. And
since these lifts were short the
girls trudgdd most of the dis
tance on foot.
They arrived on the outskirts
of Cleevland around midnight
Tuesday, weary almost to exhau-
sion. Their last ride had been with
postman. They claim that they
wero not afraid of him because
he Cooked official"
They rode only as far as Kins-
man road and walked the rest of
the way to Wade park, about four
miles. There they stopped for a
long-awaited rest. Efforts are be-
ing made to keep the girls in
Cleveland.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-10
WHITES SELL NEGRO PAPERS
IN GEORGIA TOWN

Augusta, Ga, Sept. s, (ANP)-
For a number of years there has
been white man on Broad Street
who sells the Chicago Defender,
along with white newspapers. The
Defender and Tittsburg Courier
may be secursd at some news
glands, but the real news" around
here is that white boys are now
going through the colored section
selling as one called it, the Penn
sylvania Courier" This shows that
whites will handle anything that
is a good seller, and plenty OF
them read it, too.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-10
NOT MUCH, JUST $780, 900
600 FOR POOR FOLKS

Washington, d. C.-The Govern
ment's $800,O00,000 slum-clear-
ance and low-rent housing pro-
gram was launched becuase came
rica has decided to subsidize good
housing instead of subsidizing
slums" r. M. Little, a consultant
of the United States Housing Au-
thority, declared las FRIDAY, Sept.
z, at the dedication of the Brand
Whitlock Homes in Toledo, Ohio,
in which 264 families, mostly Ne
groes are housed.
eve have paid money to build
jails for criminals and public hos
pitals for the sick" Mr.. Little
continued. "We have tried to wipe
cut juvenile delinquency to inn
prove health, to clean up fire ha-
yards for the good of the entire
community. But We have only re-
Gently began to attack these pro-
blems from more logical angle"
That angle, he indicated, is the
improvement of housing condi-
tions.
Erected from an allotment of
$4,000, 900, Brand Whitlock Homes
was opened for occupancy last
spring by Nathan Straus, Admin
istrator of the USHA. and the 264
dwelling units are not now 100 per
cent leased. Rents, including heat,
hot water, and electricity for
light and refrigeration, average
$24.56 month.
M. Little called attention to the
fact that in the construction of the
project, employment was given
both Negroes and whites as near
ly as possible according to the ra-
tio each bears to the total local
population
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-10
Colored Players In MGMs
Too Hot To Handle"
Paid $4,000 Per Day

Hollywood, Sept, 8. fBy Harry
Levette for AMP THE "big bad
wolf" can huff and puff in vain
at the doors of many local colored
films actors and extras this COM
ing winter, for the payroll at
Metro-Goldwyn studio for their
new film Too Hot to Handle" dur
ing the past ftw weeks has bsen
a godsend to them.
During the past nine days near
ly $4,000 per day has been paid
out to the eolored players alone,
most of them who are members
of tn eSereen Actors guild. Those
who did not belong to this power
ful and very beneficial union were
allowed to work by the studio af-
ter securing waivers so they could
full out the numbers required.
These received the same rates of
pay as guild members, which was
attended to by Charles Drubin,
capable young militant checker
for the guild.
The sum total was the largest
amount of cash paid colored movie
actors since "Slave Ship" at Fox
studio over year ago when in
addition to the stock players, and
day players who had worked all
through it, 700 were used on a sin
gle day. This was the we'll remem-
bered scene of the sweltering hell
hcle of a crowed ship hold packed
with human cargo.
Including a number whose
checks with adjustments for over
time and stunt pay averaged 500
per day during this period, 255
men worked for three days
straight. Of these many doubled
back after a few hours sleep at
home to start a new day of 8
hours at studio specifications.