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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-09-30

wrought against part Of the citi-
zenry of our nation The use Of
photographs on application forms
has and is being used for political
ard discriminatory purposes against
minority groups and especially the
Negro.
We therefore urge you, as Presi-
dent OF the United States Of
America. 10 use your executive
power to replace the photograph
method used by the Civil Service
Commission, substituting in its
place the fingerprint method,
We further request that you make
mandatory the appointment Of the
highest person on the civil service
list rather than one Of the three
Highest for again the present
method works a hardship upon
minority groups and the Negro.
Yours, for a reign Of absolute
equality
Citizens Committee,
Rev. Charles, A. Hill Chr.
Mrs. Linds59Zz
Rev J. D. Howell
Senator Charles c. Digs has
promised cooperation in an investi-
cation of the curbing by the post
office Of activities of its employees
which are non political in nature,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-09-30
Lewis Bus. College Grad Is Promoted

Maxine Knox, who is former
student of the Lewis Business is
now working as bookkeeper and
typist at the Bowers Cafe" which
is the third largest night club in
the United States.
She started working as a maid in
the ladies room and was promoted
to the position which she now holds
She IS a graduate of Miller high
chool. and a member of the Wayne
County Voters District association
Lewis Business college opened
25 and more than rs
students registered on that date.
Due to a deviation. registration
has been extended to October is.
Students are urged to register as
early as possible and take advant-
age of this opportunity offered to
our people.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-09-30
ROSS, GRIGsBY
made TO HALT
Civic ACTIVITY
Leaders Jobs Threatened
If Organizational Posts
Not Surrendered

In protest over the compulsory
withdrawal Of Turner W. Ross.
president of the West Side Human
Relations Council and Stow F.
Grigsby, chairman of the Detroit
Civic Rights committee, necessi-
tated by pressure from the post
Office department in whose employ
the two are, following a motion
made by Rev. Charles A. Hill. and
seconded by A. Bristol at the
last meeting of the committee al
Ebenezer AME. church last Sun.
day afternoon, a committee was
appointed TO investigate the actions
and secure a definition Of the colicy
upon which such acts are allegedly
based.
Members Of the committee in
clude Rev Charles Hill. chairman;
Mrs. Sadie Lindsey. president Of
the City Federation Of Women's
Clubs; and Rev. ]. D. Howell. pastor
of St. Stephens A.ME church.
Necessity for such a step came
as the ire Of citizens rose. when it
was alleged that Snow F. Grigsby
was forced to resign from the chair
manship of the Detroit Civic Rights
committee because ut was against
the policy of the government to
allow its employees to participate IN
political activities"
Turner Ross also postal an
ployee, as the result of leading
Negroes on the West side through
the West Side Human Relations
Council. Of which he is president. to
boycott the Granada theatre which
business place is alleged to dis
eliminate flagrantly against Ne
groes, was reported tire tened by
the postofice with the lossf Of his
job if he did not r liHquish his civic
post. 1t is believed by members Of
the committee that Ross was re-
ported 10 the postmaster Nv the
manager OF the theatre in question,
whose weekly losses. according to
reports. since the instiTation Of the
boycott, have been 5000 and up
ward.
Upon interviewing one NJ Wig
gle. postmaster Of the state OF
Michigan, relative 10 the resignation
1f Tt,rpor p,ee p,,- Cbarfoz IJfIl
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-09-30

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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-09-30
Church of God

Mr. Samuel Randels, superinten-
dent led the formal opening Of
Sunday school al the Church OF
God on Sunday morning at $50
Morning services commenced at
ll:30, with Rev. D. P Parham. as
s!stant pastor, making the announce
ments, Rev McGhee delivered an
enthusiastic sermon to a large audi
ence, taking his text from St Mat
;hews 24:44
One new member was AIDED To
The membGTShip.
81 6:45 the young people Of the Il
Y.PU. rendered a wonderful pro-
gram. Evening services followed
at $40 pm. with Rev. McGhee
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-09-30
TOT, S, DRANK LINMENT

Five-year-old Jerry Cooper Of 7l2
chene street was reported recov-
ring from the effects Of drinking
liniment in his home last Friday
Jerry was treated at Receiving
hospital where doctors stated he
suffered from no apparent i'll ef-
fects after accidentally drinking the
liquid He was taken to the hos
pital by his father, Francis.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-09-30
Wanted!
10-Year Veterans

Brewster Recreation Center is
planning a birthday party Tor their
tenth anniversary program, October
25. All Athletes who played on rep
resentative teams ten years ago are
requested to get in touch with the
center'S directors in preparation for
75ompetitizH "a sIiifISt= brewster
teams Of today.
There will be contests between the
swim teams. the basketball teams
and the boxing teams.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-09-30
Citizens Committee Investigates Policy OF Post Office

preaching from | Kings 1921, serv-
ices will be held every night this
week at the Church Of God. located
at Cratic, and Jos Campau arenue-
Revival services will begin Oc-
iober and continue through the
month.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-09-30

A handle OF new electric hatiron
can be reversed to enable the iron
to be stood on end for steamins.
Evening star., 1939-03-09

does more to stimulate and develop
members of the staff and to main
tain high ideals of medical practice
than any other factor. I know of
no hospital in which resident physi-
clans hold position which gives
them authority over the attending
staff whether or not the staff are
engaged in teaching.
You have suggested a regulation
defining the responsibility of the
resident physicians at Gallinger
which meets with my entire ap-
proval. In fact, I do not see how
the visiting staff of the hospital
could render useful service If their
responsibility were less than in
dicated below:
The chief resident shall be re-
sponsible for the care of all patients
admitted to the department subject
to the rules of the department and
the orders of the head of the de-
partment and chief of service"
The heads of departments and
chiefs Of service are members of the
faculties of the medical schools,
who are appointed by the Commits
sioners upon recommendation first
by the schools and then by the
health officer.
Evening star., 1939-03-09
In Mrntnrtuttt

my dear moher % MARY 'flSasf BEAL o. vRe 11ee left f
me fourteen years ago today. March 8,
Deep in my heart lies; a picture
In memorys frame I shall keep it
DEVOTED DAUGHTER, FANNIE.
BEALL, MARY E. In sad but loving re-
membrance of my mother. MARY E. BEALL.
who LETT me- me fourteen years ago today.
When days are dark and friends are few.
Mother. dear. how miss you;
There may be friends who may be true.
But ne Her AZ pEvofEb NReF SO soN' y0s GEORGE
HENNING. GEORGE A. In sad but low
GEORGE A. HENNING, who was taken
from me 50 suddenly eleven years ago to-
The blow was hard. the shock severe.
We never thought his death so near
Only those who have lost can tell
The pain of parting without farewell.
What would I give to hold his hand.
His dear face lust to see.
His loving smile. his welcome voice.
That meant SO much to me.
He little thought when leaving home
That he would never return
That he SO soon in death would sleep
Ano leave me LoNELY osSs Y WIFE. WIFE, IDA.
MCMAHON. WILLIAM H. In sad but
AM oynf Of our Sepd fhr as s w
March g. 1887 THE FINALLY.
PAYNE. LUCY. In loving memory of
our dear mother. LUCY PAYNE. who died
March 9. 1885
Peaceful be thy rest dear mother.
1t is sweet to breathe thy name;
In life we loved you dearly.
In death we do the same.
LOVING DAUGHTERS. CARRIE PAYNE
AND ADDIE WASHINGTON.
SAKS. SAMUEL. In loving memory of
my dear father. SAMUEL SAKS. who de-
parted this life eight wears ago.
HIS LOVING SON.
VENABLE, FRANK. In loving memory
Of our dear father and grandfather. FRANK
VENABLE. who passed away one year ago
today. March 8, 1888.
Oft we think of you. dear father.
And our hearts are sad with pain:
Oh, this would be heaven.
Could We hear your voice again.
You are gone. but not forgotten.
Never shall your memory fade:
Sweetest thoughts shall ever lingef
Around the grave where YOU are laid;
LOVING DAUGHTER. ETA, AND GRAND
SONS. RODNEY AND EDDIE.
Evening star., 1939-03-09

be, to require that certain standards
OF attendance records, ETC., be
achieved and that the standards of
the American Medical Association
and the American College of Sur
geons be made part of the regu-
lations of the staff and that the
regulations be obeyed."
Mr.. Mackenzie declared the prob
lem a year ago and at present was
essentially problem of manage
ment"
He said the standard of care given
patients at Gallinger is better since
last July when the five chief resident
physicians were appointed and that
these men were competent"
Failure to Control.
He declared: mot the least of the
difficulty that existed prior to July
l. 1898, was the regrettable failure
OF the management of the hospital
to control the house staff of resident
physicians and internes. The free
dom that was allowed these young
doctors in the care and treatment
OF patients in the hospital is just
cause for shame and the fact that
1t was only stopped July /, 1898, does
not allow either visiting staff or
management to find much cause for
satisfaction in the improvement
since that date"
One of his final recommendations
was that accusatio and recrimi-
nations against one group by the
other be put aside for the develop
ment Of rule by law, high stand
ards Of professional practice and
adherence to accepted principles OF
hospital administration"
Mr.. Mackenzie gave to the Com
missioners photostatic copy of a
letter he received from DR.. William
D. Cutter, secretary of the Council
on Medical Education and Hospitals
of the American Medical Associa-
ton. dealing with the Gallinger Or
ganization plan.
In this communication, DR.. Cut
ter said: Il take pleasure in advis-
ing you that in the opinion of the
Council on Medical Education and
Hospitals, it is absolutely essential
for a medical school to have access
to hospital or hospitals of reason
able size in which the school has
the unquestioned right to nominate
or appoint the members of the at
tending staff in order that they
may be able to use the clinical ma
terial for the purpose of instruct
ing medical students, internes and
residents. Lacking the power to ap-
point members of its faculty to re-
sponsible hospital positions, the
school would find itself without sat-
isfactory means for the practical
instruction of its students.
"Furthermore, the experience in
this country shows incontrovertibly
that those hospitals which are used
for teaching render to their patients
the best grade of medical service
and that the influence of the stu
dents and the faculty in hospital
Evening star., 1939-03-09
Miss Rebecca Washington,
Emp!oYe Of !. {. C., Dies

Miss Rebecca j. Washington, 63,
ar employe in the Interstate Com
merce Commission, died yesterday
in a nursing home in the 400 block
Of Connecticut avenue NV, after
long illness.
A native of Charles Town, w. Va,
she came here as young girl and
had been a Government employe
for % years. During the World War
she served here as a yeomanette in
the Naval Reserve Corps.
She was the daughter Of Thomas
B. and Eleanor Washington and a
direct descendant of John Augustine
Washington. On her mothers side
she was descended from Francis
Thomas, an early Maryland Gov
ernor. She made her home at 16
Wetherill road, Westmoreland Hills
Md.
A sister, Mrs. H. Lightfoot Forbes
Elkridge, Md, survives. Funeral
services will be held at pm. Satur-
day in Zion Church, Charles Town
w. Va, and burial will be in the
church cemetary.
Evening star., 1939-03-09
Samuel 7. B|edsoe,
Santa Fe President,
To Be Buried Here
Rock Creek Cemetery
Services Planned
After Chicago Funeral

Samuel Thomas Bledsoe, 10, presi-
dent of the Santa Fe system, who
died yesterday at his Chicago home,
will be buried in Rock Creek Gene
terry here after funeral services at
2 pm. tomorrow in st. James Epis-
copal Church, Chicago, the Associ-
ated Press reported today. Final
arrangements for burial have not
been completed, cemetery officials
said.
Mr.. Bledsoe was we'll known here
for his active interest In railroad
legislation. On numerous occasions
he appeared before Senate and
House committees to give his views
on railroad needs. He had a host
of friends among Senators and Rep
resentatives from the Western States
through which his lines ran.
Among his many acquaintances
here were members of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, before
whom he appeared many times since
first joining the railroads legal staff.
He was member of the board of
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States. He also
was chairman of the Chamber S
Transportation and Communication
Department Committee. He was
one OF the leading advocates of the
transportation conference sponsored
here by the chamber last fall, and as
a member of the Advisory Commit
tee spent considerable time here last
September and October He was a
member of the Association of Rail-
way Executives and a director of the
Association of American Railroads.
MI. Bledsoe married the former
Talitha Bernhard of Washington,
December %. 1898. in the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church. She was
the daughtre of Mr.. and Mrs. Casper
Bernhard.
Born in Clinton County, KY, he
was the son of Elijah and Ottilla
Snow Bledsoe. Col Joseph Bledsoe
of Virginia was the family head dur
ing the Revolutionary War and the
family was prominent in early Colo
NAL times. They care to Virginia
from England and Wales early in
Evening star., 1939-03-09
Ernie Hare, Comedian of Radio
And Stage Fame, Is Dead
Partner Of Billy Jones
III for Two Months:
On Air Since 1927
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 9.-Ernie
Hare, 56, of the radio and stage COM
edy team, Jones and Hare, died to-
day in Queens General Hospital
For many years the team was one
OF the top headliners in vaudeville
and made records which were best
sellers.
Mr.. Hare became i'll about two
months ago and entered the hos
pital February 26. Attendants there
said general complications caused
his condition to grow steadily worse.
The actors stage and radio ca
reer led him to the screen field in
1888 to make one picture, Rambling
Round Radio Row." His partner
was Billy Jones.
The two were born on the same
day of the month, and were of the
same height and weight. Both were
in business before turning to the
entertainment field.
The team went on the air in 1921
on station WIZ in Newark, N. j.
before the days of loud speakers,
and held one of the first commercial
programs. Since then the team had
taken part in half a dozen or more
radio programs.
Mr.. Hare was born in Norfolk, Va.
Evening star., 1939-03-09
Maj. c. W. Schmidt,
Polo Player, Dead

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. March 9.-Maj.
Carl Walter Schmidt, Al, polo player
and contractor, died today of in
juries suffered in an automobile &C
cident Tuesday.
Maj. Schmidt, an officer of the
10th Artillery, was found beside his
automobile after it crashed into a
tree.
He was graduated in engineering
from Johns Hopkins University in
1919 and joined the George Fuller
Construction Co., in charge of con-
struction of the 5th Regiment Arm
ory.
Evening star., 1939-03-09

the 10Th century. Among his other
Affiliations, Mr.. Bledsoe was men,
ber OF the Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution.
Though he received his formal
legal training in Kentucky and
Texas, in 1885 he received ar LID.
degree from Washington and Jeffer-
son College.
Besides his wife, Mr.. Bledsoe
leaves daughter, Mrs. Bartlett
Cormack, Beverly Hills, Calf, and
son by a former marriage, Vergil,
of Phoenix, Ariz.
Evening star., 1939-03-09
Aged Woman Breaks
Thiqh in Fall

Mrs. Rose E. Adams, 81, OF IS
Randolph place NV, fell and broke
her thigh early today at her home.
She was found at the foot of STAIR
way by a roomer and removed to
Casualty Hospital.
Raymond Adams, 8, Of 1913 M
street NV, was admitted to GAL
linger Hospital for treatment for in
Evening star., 1939-03-09
Both Die at 90
CLEARWATER

CLEARWATER, Fla. (P.-D.
Grundy and his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Grundy, were born on the same day
at Bolton, Worcestershire, England.
Mrs. Grundy died here at the age
of 80. The next day her husband
died.
Evening star., 1939-03-09
Legal Fraternity to Meet

The Oliver Wendell Holmes
tIheta) Chapter, Sigma Nu Phi
international legal fraternity. will
meet next Wednesday at pm. at
the Washington College of Law
WIN Chancellor NOVEL; presiding
Plans will be made for spring
rushing, which opens March 18.
Evening star., 1939-03-09

Known at first as the Happiness
Boys" the team of Jones and Hare
performed on stage and radio for
20 years until Mr.. Hare's illness
caused break. Recently his 15-
year-old daughter, Marilyn Hare,
has taken his place.
They claimed the distinction of
being the first paid commercial en-
tertainers on the air.
Evening star., 1939-06-07
pave the way to wider Italian influ

pave the way to wider Italian infiu-
ence in the Mediterranean, in order
that Anglo-French supremacy in the
great Middle Sea, which separates
Europe from its African colonial do
main, may be checkmated and per-
haps some day transferred to Italy.
At present the Suez is governed by
a board of nineteen Frenchmen, ten
Britons, two Egyptians and one
Dutchman. The Britons represent
their government, the others private
interests. Mussolini has described a
share in control of the famous Brit
ish lifeline to the East as "a natural
aspiration of the Italian people. j"
Even with an Italian voice in the
management of the corporation, now
French-dominated, Britain's position
in Egypt and its military control of
the Alexandria area adjacent to the
Canal make John Bull the real boss
on the Suez-a situation not likely
to be changed until Italy is able to
do so as result of war. But that
does not seem to diminish the Fas-
clst hue and cry for a different man
agerial set-up.
Evening star., 1939-06-07
Seasonal Traffic
Hazards Discussed,

To the Editor Of The Star:
Different seasons bring their distinc-
tive hazards in traffic and the present
mas one which is among the most tragic
OF all in its potentialities 1t is that
OF children playing in public streets and
thoroughfares.
States and municipalities have enacted
regulations forbidding this dangerous
form OF play. Parents have inveiehed
against it. The children themselves have
been apprised of its dangers in their
school safety lessons. All these re-
strlctlve influences have had their bene-
hclal result. The sad fact remains,
however, that children still play with
needless enthusiasm and their play takes
them into the realm which legally, if
not actually, is reserved for motor We
hicle traffic.
The situation, then, still is one which
clamors for care and caution on the
part of the motorist His is the re-
sponsibllity of realizing that summer
playtime will take thousands of child
bicycle riders, roller skaters, top SPIN
ners and others into the streets. His
Is the duty to know that any one of
group of children which he sees stand
ing on the curb or beside the highway
may dash thoughtlessly into the path
of his car.
Even more than winter with its coast
Ing, summer has one childhood sport
that brings thousands of youngsters
t1v i,tn lbo
That sport is bicycle riding. 1t has
become popular, not only with the older
child, but the very young one-the one
who has no sense of the fact that all
wheeled traffic must keep to the right.
This Is specific danger for which
every motorist should be on the watch.
Summer is the season in which the
motorist should be especially heedful,
for outdoor games are of a character
that frequently outrun the dimensions
of the playground. Ball games of all
kinds, particularly baseball, fall into
this category. The youngster retrieving
a baseball that has been hit for home
run Is oblivious OF all else. The motor
ist must make allowance for that fact.
The speed at which it is considered
safe to pass children at play is a matter
OF different opinions. In most instances
1t Is 10 miles an hour. Never is it
higher than IS.
At either Of these speeds it should be
possible to stop modern car with brakes
in good condition within its own length.
That kind of stopping alone is regarded
as safe when the potential hazard is a
child.
At this season the highways have no
more important warning sign than that
presented by the child at play.
1t distinctly is up to the motorist to
realize and make allowance for the
seasonal condition.
June 6. WILLIAM ULLMAN.
Evening star., 1939-06-07
Milk Situation Here
Called Disgraceful.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Though newcomer to washington
and one who feels it is a beautiful and
pleasant city in which to live, I do wish
to add vehement protest to that of
other mothers in the District in respect
to the milk price situation.
In New York City, where I have been
living, carefully inspected and thoroughly
reliable milk sells for cents a quart.
Whipping cream, for which I have been
asked 80 cents half pint here, sells for
IL in New York
Naturally I have been following the
milk inquiry closely and though but a
newly established resident, I am in ac-
cord with the thousands of other parents
who feel that the whole matter is dis
graceful
II 1t were possible to do so without en-
dangering the health and even the lives
OF District children, I would cheerfully
take part in boycott. Since it isn't,
may observe that while those organiza-
tions which apparently have exclusive
rights to distribute milk in the District
may be profiting at the moment. in the
long run they are earning for themselves
nothing but Ill will. And lot of us have
quite time to live-and to buy milk.
June S. HELEN E. SKINNER.