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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27
DR.. MeMILLAN
CINCINNATI
YOUTH DAY
SPEAKER

CINCINNATI--Dr. Lewis McMil-
Ian, Chair of History, Wilberforce
University has been chosen as the
speaker for the Third Annual Youth
Assembly, Allen Temple a. M. e.,
Church, Cincinnati, Ohio was The
announcement made today by Miss
Florence L. Heater, General Chair
man of the Assembly This tWo-day
meet of Cincinnati youth under the
auspices of the Church School Of
historic old Allen Temple Church is
an event of city and county wide
interest as it assemblies the youth in
to face-to-face study of present day
problems of the city, state, nation
and world, about which christian
youth must do something about Il
any thing il to be done at all.
Saturday evenings meeting will
assemble youths and youth leaders
in a factual meeting where DR.. Me-
MILAN will discuss. What can the
Young American Negro Hope For?'
and will be held in the spacious
Church parlors or at the University
OF Cincinnati. All other meetings
will be held in the Church School
auditorium and the closing meetings
will be held in the Church School
auditorium and the closing meeting
which is the City-County wide Mass,
will be held In the main Church
Auditorium Sunday afternoon Jan
uary 20 at 400 r. M. Dr. McMillan's 4
subject for the City-Wide Mass will
be: Lessons which the Plight OF
the German Jew should Teach the
American Negro
One fine aspect of the assembly is
that 1t includes all youths of all
churches, schools, colleges and uni
the meeting Is open to citizens of
versities and at the City Wide Mass
all ages and races. Miss Florence
L. Heater, is chairman Of the AS
sembly Committee, Jesse M. Chiles,
Director Of the Church School, the
Rev. A. G. Sumpter, is Minister.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27
.NYA HEAD REVIEWS EPOCH
MAKING WASHINGTON CONFAB
Pays Tribute to All Who Made
Mammoth Conferen ce Success

they were being heard--that their
government was Hstoningi
Tribute to Mrs. Roosevelt
can't begin to tell you how grand
it all was. What feeling Of fellow
ship warned rs when Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, a greet citizen IN her own
right, came 10 talk with MS and think
with ns, on Thursday afternoon.
/ stood behind The table il the
marvelously beautiful committee
room where ou1. sessions convened -
session after session. My body was
weary. But wasn't tired | vas re-
freshed. There before ne. thinking
together, were some of the finest
minds in this country Republicans,
Democrats, Socialists and many in-
dependents affiliated with 10 politi-
cal patty Ill al, The church was
there
There wefe many opinions ex-
pressed, but very little argument
and no dissension at ALL.
1hen there Were our guest speak
ers, most Of them from the great de-
paftments Of government ~ WASH
ington. Aubrey Williams u our
ny A--on host, viii Alexander of
Farm Security who Is aevoting
himself 10 the cause of the farmer
Who has nothing and wants to live
according % American standards;
Mitchell, chairman Of the Civil Ser
viee Commission who answered in-
Vulnerable questions with infinite
patience; Elmer Andrews OF Wages
and Hours won't name them all
here, They are I'LL listed ii our
press releases and Albert Barnett
from our Associated Negro Press
was on hand early III The morning
and late at night recording for you
everything That was worthwhile.
Ovation Given NAACP
We had some splendid pfescnta-
tions and discussions. You should
have heard The ovation those dele
gates gave Charles II. Houston, tho
AAACP's special counsel, who has
Just won history making case for
Negro education in the Supreme
Court Of the United States. look
I ed at HIM az he stood before us--So
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27
PAID TO
KILL PRIEST
Georgian Found
Guilty of Numbering
White Rector

BRUNSWICK, Ga, Jan. "a (ANP)
George Cleyborn was convicted here
this week of first degree murder for
the shooting last February of DR..
Charles II. Lee, Episcopal rector Of
Christ Church on st. Simons Island,
but the jury recommended mercy,
which means sentence of life inn
prisonment.
The state has charged that two
white men--H. j. and w. II. Cofer,
resort owners OH the island hired
Cleyborn to kill the rector, and they
will be tried for the murder during
the May term Of court Rector Lee
was killed by bullet fred through
window Of the rectory.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27

NEW YORK, Jan. 20--The loss
of more than million jobs through
Congressional slash of the Presi-
dents WPA appropriation recon-
inendation will work double hard
ship on Negro citizens, Walter
White told Senator Carter Glass, in
q telegram sent to the chairman of
the Senate Appropriations commit
tee January 10.
The text Of the telegram, which
was sent to the Virginia Senator
after the subcommittee had indi-
Gated IL would appropriate the
$50, 100000 slash recently voted
by the House, follows:
National Association for Ad-
yancement Of Golored People with
400 branches in forty states urges
appropriations for Works Progress
"A Administration be set at figure re-
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27

cance of the act Of The Spingarn
medal committee in selecting me as
medalist. 1t is my plan to remain
III America this summer and / would
be honored to come to Richmond
July 2 for the presentation.
Other recipients Of the annual
Spingarn Award in chronological
order since 1915 include. b. II. Just,
Col. Charles Young, Harry /. Bur-
leigh, William Stanley BraithWaite,
Archibald III. Grimke, William E. B..
Dubois, Charles S. Gilpin, Mary b..
Talbert, DIR. George w. Carver, Ro-
land Hayes, James Weldon Johnson,
Carter &. Woodson, Anthony Over
ton, Charles w. Chestnut, Mordecai
w. Johnson, Henry A. Hunt, Rich
ard B. Harrison, Robert r. Motion,
Max Yergan, William 4. b. Williams,
Mary Mcleod Bethune, John Hope,
and Walter White.
members OF the Splngafn award
committee include: Haywood Broun,
president of the American News
paper Guild; William Stuart Nelson,
president Of billiard University
Olive T. Dargan; United States At
torney General Frank Murphy; DR..
William Allan Nelson, president Of
Smith College; Walter White, ex-
ecutive secretary Of the N. A. A. G,
p.; Col. Theodore Roosevelt, A. Phil
lip Randolph, president Of the Broth
erhood of Sleeping Car Porters; and
Miss Marion Cuthbert Of the Ma
tional Y. w. G. A.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27

GOVERNMENT TO OPEN
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR FUTURE
FLlERS AT TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE

The school which viii begin as
an experiment, is expected to get
under way within the next few
months, Hinckley's letter informed
Congressman Mitchell. 1t was indi-
Gated that il, the experiment proves
successful, other schools will be
started.
Tuskegee is well suited for such
an experiment The institution al
ready has machine shops, ample
room for landing fields and other
physical advantages. 1t is located
only 3s miles from Maxwell field, a
federal landing field in Montgomery.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27
24TH SPINGARN MEDAL
TO MARIAN ANDERSON

NEW YORK, Jan. 20--Marian
Anderson, world famous contralto,
has been named to receive the Spin
garn Medal for 1888 awarded an
nualIy by J. e. Spingarn president
OF the National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People
"for the highest or noblest achieve
ment by an American Negro during
the preceding year or years"
The formal statement Of the Com
mittee declared:
Marian Anderson has been CHOSEN
for her special achievement IN the
field Of music. Equally with that
achievement, which has won her
worldwide fame as one of the
greatest singers Of our time, is her
magnificent dignity as human be-
ing. Her unassuming manner, which
has not been changed by her phe-
nornenal success, has added to the
esteem not only OF Marian Anderson
as an individual but Of the race to
which she belongs"
Miss Anderson, who is the twenty
fouth recipient of the gold medal
award since it was instituted in 1914
by Mr.. Spingarn, will receive it
formally on July 2 during the
thirtieth annual conference of the
N. A. A. G. P,fwhich will be held in
Richmond, Va. Accepting the award
in a telegram from Grand Forks,
North Dakota, where she appeared
in a concert, Miss Anderson said:
II deeply appreciate the signii-
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 - An
nouncement was made this week
that the Givi. Aeronautics Authority
will establish a school for the train
al Tuskegee Institute, Ala.
The announcement was made by
Congressman Arthur w. Mitchell
who was Informed Of the plan in Il
letter signed BY Robert H. IIinckley,
member Of the authority.
The establishment Of the school
comes IN answer 10 numerous re-
quests that members Of the Race be
given the same advantages as other
citizens to enter this branch Of the
federal service.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27

Treasurer Of the Sunday School
Publishing Board, Nashville, Tenn,
whose financial leadership is widely
recognized. A native Of South
Carolina, Dir. Bowman finished
dentistry at Meharry in '12, and has
built up an extensive practice, and
at the same time further prepared
himself for service by studying
finance. This study resulted id his
being elected treasurer of the S. S.
Publishing Board and treasurer Of
the Finance Commission Of the
National Baptist Convention, Inc.
calvin Service)
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27

Famed Harlem radio minister and
pastor Of the Church Of Refuge in
Christ, Brooklyn and Harlem, has
gained him large congregations in
both cities. He lately announced
that profits from grocery store
owned and managed by him would
go to the poor Of his parish to al
leyiate suffering. He is heard over
station WBNX Sundays and Mon
days. (ANP).
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27
Death Penalty Stands

COLUMBUS, O., Jan. IS. - The
house judiciary committee killed Il
resolution today by Rep Chester X.
Gillespie, (R.), Cuyahoga, for con
stitutional amendment to abolish
the death penalty in Ohio. The vote
was IL to 2.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27

clared that the policy was designed
to extend over several generations,
as the ultimate absorption of the
blacks into the white race was recog-
nized as inevitable, but measures
woud be taken to fit the aborigines
for their place in the white COM
munity.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27
| Whites to Absorb
Black Aborigines


MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 90
1 (ANP lit has just been announced
here that Native Affairs branch
controlled by the Department of the
Interior will have charge of the care
Of the aborigines in the northern
territory, according to decision OF
the federal cabinet.
The minister for the interior de.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-01-27
BY MARY MeLEoD BETHuNE,
Division of Negro Affairs, National
Youth Administration for AMP

WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. 28-
We have just closed our Second Ma
tional Conference on Problems Of
the Negro and Youth and as / thank
fully look back over the past three
days, ! am reminded Of the parting
Evening star., 1939-12-08
Young Democrats
Elect BiIIhimer

BY Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
GA1THERSBURG, Md, Dec. s.
Robert S. Billhimer of Washington
Grove has been elected president of
the Young Mems Democratic Club
OF Montgomery County, it was an
nounced today following the an
nual meeting at the firehouse here.
He succeeds Robert Waters of Ger
mantown.
Ulysses S. Grifith of Laytonsville
was elected vice president; M. S.
Waters Of Germantown, recording
secretary; DR.. Juan Micuda OF Wash
ington Grove, corresponding Sec
retary. w. Linwood Thompson of
Boyds, sergeant at arms; and Sam
uel Walker Of Washington Grove,
parliamentarian. District vice presi-
dents named were Hebb Freeman,
Gaithersburg; Mr.. Billhimer, WASH
ington Grove; Mr.. Griffith, Laytons-
vile; Clagett Jones, Darnstown; Mr..
Waters, Clarksburg; and Mr.. Thomp-
son, Barnesville.
The club voted to hold a dance
Christmas night in the Gaithersburg
High School, The Arrangements
Committee will be composed of Mr..
Jones. chairman: Park King, George
Darby, M. S. Waters. Eugene Casey,
DR.. Micuda, Mr.. Griffith, MIR. Bill
himer and Mr.. Freeman.
Evening star., 1939-12-08
Lack Of Vote Curbs
Progressiveness,
StuIl Asserts
Citizens Who Want to Do
Something Facing Bod
Situation, He Says

Harry N. Stull, president of the
Federation Of Citizens Associations
and representative of the District of
Columbia Suffrage Association, last
night told members of the Bradbury
Heights Citizens Association at q
meeting held in the Bradbury
Heights M. E. Church that residents
Of the District of Columbia who
really want to do something for the
District have run into an intolerable
situation due to no voice in the
Government"
Those people who do not want
q vote for the District have things
just about their own way" Mr.. stull
said, while the progressive man who
wants to see Washington grow bigger
and better through more efficiency
and with more economy has to get
down on his knees and almost beg
for something greatly needed by our
Capital city" In stressing his point,
Mr.. Stull cited the fact that about
Is years were fought through before
the outstanding achievement of
civic organizations is giving to the
city of Washington the John Philip
Sousa Bridge.
Had the people of the District
Of Columbia been able to vote and
voice their desires through the polls
this bridge would have been in op-
Grafton years ago." he said.
In outlining his remarks OF what
he called the poor economy" of the
District government, Mr.. Stull COM
pared Washington with Baltimore,
saying 1t is half again as large in
population as the District, yet the
annual budget Of Baltimore is very
little more. If as much, as that Of
the District.
Mr.. Stull said the city manager
council form Of government would
be fine for the District. He said
that for some time only partial suf-
frage could be hoped for.
Speaking Of the growth Of South
east, Mr.. Stull declared the advance
was almost unprecedented in the
history Of Washington, and the now
fast-growing sections will soon be
Of tremendous value to the city"
The association adopted resolu-
ton to be directed to the Capital
Transit Co., the Public Utilities
Commission and the Washington,
Marlboro & Annapolis Transit Co.,
asking that transfers be given from
one line to the other for passen-
gers compelled to ride both lines to
and from their homes in the Brad
bury Heights area. A l0-minute
bus service during rush hours also
was favored.
j. w. Potts. Traffic Committee
member, stated. "A community has
to have schools and transportation
to build it. and ours out here hasn't
enough bus service to adequately
handle one-tenth Of the residents. I"
A strong plea was raised by all
, present for a new bus line into
Bradbury Heights.
Evening star., 1939-12-08
Bryons Road Grange
Chooses Officers
snec;.l Dispatcb tn The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LA PLATA. Md. Dec. 8.-At a
recent meeting here of the Rryans
Road Grange, the following officers
were elected: F. A. Bolton, worthy
master; w. F. Metcalfe, overseer;
Mrs. Julia Hungerford, lecturer:
Patrick Slavin, steward; r. A. Hun
gerford. assistant steward; Mrs.
Edith Downs, chaplain Mrs. Melissa
Bolton, treasurer; Mrs. Martha Flet-
cher, secretary; R. G. Murphy, gate
keeper; Mrs. Lydia Murphy, Ceres;
Mrs. Agatha Buteau, Pomona; Mrs.
Daisy Wooster, Flora; Mrs. M. p.
Downs, lady assistant steward, and
Miss Mary Graham, grange reporter.
The grange is planning to send
two delegates to the annual session
of the Maryland State Grange, to
be held at the University Of Mary
land next week.
Evening star., 1939-12-08
U.S.-British Trade Pact
To Be in Full Effect Soon

The reciprocal trade agreement
between the United States and the
United Kingdom will come into full
force .on December "a. the State
Department announced yesterday.
The agreement, proclaimed by
President Roosevelt on November
Is, 1898, has been applied prCyi-
sionally since last January !. The
President signed q supplementary
proclamation Wednesday to bring 1t
into full effect, following the ex-
change of q duplicate Of his original
proclamation and the ratification by
King George VI at London on No
vember a.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
The Boss and the Law

The law at last has caught up with
BOSS" Tom Pendergast. For more
years than the good citizens of Kan
sas City, Missouri, care to remember,
the Boss" was above the law. AS a
matter of fact, BOSS" Tom Pender-
CAST was the law in Kansas City.
This amazing master mind of ma
chine politics, through his control
of elections and legislatures, was able
to make laws-and, in the light of
his own admissions, presumably to
break them as suited his conven-
ience. Time was when candidate
for public Office in Kansas City and,
indeed, for more important State
and National offices, knew that his
fortune at the polls depended on
whether he was "in good" with the
Boss" If the portly czar of the Kan
sas City Democratic machine smiled
upon the candidate, the vote was
delivered on election day as surely
as lucrative municipal contracts
were delivered with surprising regu-
larity to the varied Pendergast busi-
ness enterprises. If Pendergast
turned thumbs down on any aspir-
Evening star., 1939-05-25
A Good Job

The new Controller General, Fred
H. Brown, has rendered a distinct
service in backing up the efforts of
the Civil Service Commission to keep
politics as far out of the picture as
possible in choosing postmasters un-
der the year-old law which gave
them an actual instead of a nomi-
nal civil service status.
In the first case of the sort to arise,
the Controller General has held that
the commission was within it's rights
in calling on the Post Office Depart
ment to GUST postmaster whose
appointment allegedly was obtained
in violation of the political activity
rule, and has directed that the salary
of the official be discontinued.
Oddly enough the appointment
could have been made legally be-
cause the appointee ranked among
the first three in the civil service
examination, but the commission
ordered his removal because a local
political committee intervened to see
that he rather than one of the other
competitors was named.
The Controller Generals ruling now
puts it up to the department to drop
the postmaster or prove that the Sc
lection was not the result of i'm
proper influences.
When postmasterS were brought
under competitive civil service and
given life tenure, there was no
thought that stronghold of pa
tronage which long had resisted all
assault would be reformed overnight.
The reluctance with which the grip
on the fourteen thousand jobs in
volved was relaxed was evidenced in
the retention by the Senate of the
power of confirmation.
The law was recognized as a def
mite advance for good government
however, and the joint move by the
Civil Service Commission and the
Controller General to uphold it is
gratifying to those who want to see
it given a chance.
Evening star., 1939-05-25

road labor and retirement plans, and
much else.
Nearly ten years Of service on the
Tariff Commission has furnished
him with administrative experience
which should be further beneficial
to him in assuming a new quasi
judicial post.
1t may fairly be supposed that Mr..
Lewis, assuming the Senate gives the
expected approval to his nomination
and such approval should not be
withheld merely because he ran as
the New Deals candidate in the un-
successful attempt to purge" Senator
Tydings-will make careful effort to
blend his own accumulated knowl-
edge and mature judgment into the
excellent record and sound prece-
dents of the Mediation Board. At
seventy, the respected Marylander
faces new opportunity to render
constructive service in a field vitally
important to the we'll being of the
country; that he will justify this op-
portunity is anticipated confidently.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Bridging the Gap

The difference which exists be-
tween the upper limit of cost for
publicly financed housing projects,
and the lower limit possible to private
builders is one of the more battling
problems connected with efforts to
shelter suitably the Nations popula-
ton. In many cities, particularly the
larger industrial centers, it is dis
tressing as well. Washington is
fortunate in having the program of
the Alley Dwelling Authority as a
co-ordinating factor.
With estimates that forty dollars
month is the lowest rental which
could economically be looked for
from privately-financed family units
in community such as Washington,
and with occupancy in Federal hous-
ing projects limited to families earn
ing less than eleven hundred dollars
annually great many whose income
falls between one and two thousand
dollars are left no choice but to
occupy the least suitable housing
available.
1t is here the Alley Dwelling
Authority finds its field of usefulness.
Its primary purpose is to supplement
the program of private builders, and
its aim is to assure an adequate
supply of suitable housing.
In the words of John Ihlder, ex-
ecutive officer of the A. D. A., I'VE
recognize locally no no mans land
in housing"
Much remains to be done, par
ticularly as regards private enter
prise, in the construction of resi-
dental investment property. The
efforts toward reduction of construc-
tion costs, and for the releasing of
private financing move slowly. 1t is
only through coordination of every
phase of the housing problem that
real progress can be expected. The
contribution of the Alley Dwelling
Authority in bridging the gap be-
tween federally financed construc-
tion and private investment projects
is valuable and encouraging.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
A NGvy Triumph

The saving of so many lives in the
Squalus disaster Is an achievement
of which the Navy may be proud.
Never before have any survivors
come out of a submarine disabled at
such a depth; in fact the disturb
ingly long list of submarine disas-
ters has been lightened by disheart-
eningly few rescues, regardless of
depth.
1t is apparent, despite the many
new safety devices which have been
incorporated into the new subma-
rines, that the submarine service is
still highly hazardous and that Off
GERS and men still merit to the full
the extra pay they receive for duty
in undersea boats.
In view of the hazards which at
tend submarine operations, it is of
especial Importance that the finest
possible rescue equipment be de-
veloped and kept available for use.
That this is being done has been
demonstrated dramatically in the
case of the Squalus.
In its first practical test, the new
submarine rescue bell has proved it.
self heartening success. A few
years ago the plight of every man
aboard the Squalus would have been
hopeless. That more than half of
them have been saved is testi-
monial to the design Of rescue equip
ment and to the courage and eff
cheney of the officers and men of the
rescue ships and diving crews.
The knowledge that such efficient
and practically tested rescue appa-
ratus is available should be a source
of encouragement to the nation and
a tonic to the morale, If such tonic
is needed, of the crews of the Navys
submarine force.