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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-20
CLOSET SOLVES TOY PROBLEMS
Separate Cupboard for Larger Playthings Ideal
 Solution

Finding sufficient space in which to store the children,s toys is 2 problem that plaques home owners not only during the few weeks fol- lowing Christmas but 1t is likely to develop into a source of year-rOupd annoyance.
 In the city, where storage space is at premium and the problem is more acute, Q toy closet is practi- cally the only solution. There are many possible designs for such a closet, but the ideal one should cosi- tain separate cupboard for larger and more cumbersome toys. The cupboard should be equipped with movable partitions to allow for proper spacing of the toys, and the door should be made to open down ward to form runway on which toys with wheels may be easily moved in and out.
 Home owners will find these toy closets the most effective and mex pensive method of keeping toys out of sight when not in use.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-20
National Housing Act
 Aids Home Financing
Iberalized Features of Program to Be Continued;
 Construction of New Residences Encouraged

rency Committee pointed out in its report recommending passage of the amended Act: Such continuance directly concerns the orderly prog ress of recovery and employment and the opportunity of American families to obtain better living standards"
 Principal features of the amend ed Act are:
 1. Authorization for the president to increase to $4,000, 0,000,000 the amount of outstanding mortgage in- surance obligations the FILA may have at one time. The present lim- itation is $3,OOO, ,0O0, ,000, and the out standing principal obligation at this time is approximately $1,400, ,000, ,000, not including approximately $400,- 100000 in outstanding commitments to insure.
 9. Continuation of the FaA's au- thority to insure mortgages on exist ing construction until July 1, 1941. Homes financed with FHA-insured mortgages will continue to be elig- ible for FILA financing indefinitely.
 8. Requirement. that in the re- financing of mortgages the appli- cant for insurance must file cer- tificate that the mortgage holder has refused to grant him equally favorable terms.
 4. Extension indefinitely of the authority of the FILA to insure mortgages on small homes involving mortgages of not more than S, 400 for terms up to 25 years. Under the old bill the maximum maturity of 25 years reverted to 20 years, as of July 1st.
 5. Authorization to continue in- surance of lending institutions against loss on property improve ment loans up to $2,500 each with @ new provisio empowering the Ad- ministrator to charge an insurance premium not in excess of three- fourths of one percent to offset a portion of operating expenses and losses.
 6. Establishment of prevailing wage scale to be determined by the Secretary of Labor on large-scale projects (Section 20D.
 '. Revision of the conditions un- der which insurance may be granted on mortgages covering large-scale projects.
 8. Repeal of Section, 210 under which the Administrator was au- thorized to insure mortgages under special conditions in the price range up to $200.000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-20
FLOOR PLAN SCALE

The amended National Housing Act, signed by the President on June 3, 1899, is designed to continue, with modifications, the liberalized home financing program begun in February last year under the Na- tional Housing Act amendments of 1888.
 Its enactment should give renewed assurance to the residential con- struction industry, to home financ- ing institutions, and to individual home buyers and builders who may have been holding up plans because of uncertainty regarding the future of the FILA. In other words, they may go forward with confidence that virtually all the financing fa- cilities available to them in the past year will still be at their disposal.
 AS the Senate Banking and Cur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-20
TWO- TONE TAPE
 USED ON BLINDS
Venetians Provide Scienti- fic Light Control and
 Beauty

The treatment of windows to unite privacy with beauty and at the same time provide scientific light control can be achieved through the use of venetian blinds.
 Available in a variety of colors, the blinds may assume a major role in the decorative plan of a home. However, the exterior of a house calls for definite color harmony to avoid & patchwork effect when in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-20
SERVICES OF EXPERT
 ADVISED IN ALTERING

When an old house is bought with the intention of undermining it, the services of an expert are generally required to determine to what ex- tent modernization is necessary to make the house. comfortable. for modern living.
 There is certain amount of in- teri0r inspection. however,. which may be made by the layman.
 Some of the things to, check in examining house include. leaky faucets. clogged drains,. sticking doors and windows. broken. sash cords, and weather stripping. The prospective purchaser should see if the baseboards have shrunk or if
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-20

The planet Mars has two moons: DeimoS and Phobos.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-20
GARDEN GAINING
 NEW POPULARITY
Flood Lights During Eve= ming Hours Make Them
 More Beautiful

Many garden lovers have found 8 new way to get extra pleasure from their gardens .. !. simply by using flood lights during the evening hours.
 Soft, diffused lights in all the pastel shades, harmonizing with the flowers they reveal, many times make these gardens even more beautiful after dark than during the day.
 The cost of equipment and wiring charges are surprisingly reasonable and can be restricted even more, if the owner wishes, by being less elaborate. Try it on your garden this year!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-20
NONCORROSIVE
 METAL IS NEEDED

Finish hardware that is exposed to the elements should be of non- corrosive metal. If not, the home owner may be called upon to re- place the fixtures after a short pe- riod of use. Not only is the hard ware replacement necessary, but in many cases the woodwork around it will be damaged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-20

This home breaks away from the monotonous architectural design which so many small homes employ. Attractive fea- lures which stamp it as un- usual are it's generous front porch, it's novel living-room window with pointed gable, and the concealed garage that gives a sense of added space to the house. Appraised by the Federal Housing Adminis- tration at $7,35O, this home was built in New Jersey with an FHA-insured mortgage amounting to $6,400, to be amortized over a 20-year period.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-20

terior color schemes demand blinds of several colors. This is now &C., complished through the use Of two- tone tape which permits the use of different tape tones for interior co., or harmony, while the opposite side is in one neutral tone to permit out side uniformity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-20

slate, is used, the frame must bi checked to see if it will safely carry the added weight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-20

they fit snugly to the floor. Creak- ing floors should be checked.
 <. The plaster, especially at the top of door frames, should be checked for cracks, and all. exposed wires should be examined to determine whether or not they are properly insulated. ..-..
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-04-07
Former WPA L.aborer
$500 Guggenheim
Scholarship

NEW YORK CITY - A thirty
year-old former manual laborer on
Chicago project of the Works Pro-
gress Administration has just been
announced as recipient Of one of
the fellowship awards Of the Gug-
genheim Memorial Foundation for
1899. The award is $4,000 on
which to do creative work in writ
ing for year.
The winner of this coveted honor
is Richard Wright, who ran away
from his native Natchez, Miss,
home at the age of Is, and hitch
hiked Northwahd working at any
job that was offered him and read
ing at every opportunity.
Exactly one year ago, Mr.. Wright
sprung up OH the literary horizon as
promising writer when four Of his
stories Of Negro life were published
in the book entitled "Uncle Toms
Children" Earlier, this collection
of short stories won the first prize
in a contest conducted by Story
Magazine for employees of the Fed
eral Writer'S Project OF the WPA.
The young authors talent for
prose was first noticed three years
ago when he submitted to the WPA
| officials in Chicago samples Of his
work. The excellence of these
! pieces led to his transfer from a
! manual labor job of the WPA TO the
Federal Writers Project. Mr..
Wright came 10 New York shortly
afterwards and won Il place Tor HIM
self on the Writers Project here.
Before the WPA gave him his
first regular employment, the auth
or wandered from city to city in
| search Of work. He read us often
as circumstances would permit. In
some communities where Negroes
| were not allowed to borrow books
lfrom the public Libraries Mr.. Wright
| made friends with white men who
got books for him on their cards.
| In other communities he quietly OBJ
served and noted the life and types
3jof persons Iby "just hanging
around.
! In letter accompanying the
manuscript entered in the Story
Magazine contest Mr.. Wright said,
Before | left home my grand
mother dcspaired Of trying 10 keep
me from fighting, lying, stealing and
playing hockey; my grandmother
! predicted ] would end on the gal
lows. and an aunt attempted -
bring me under the softening influ-
cnce Of religion without success, but
| / eventually began to read and learn,
and achieved reformation. The
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-04-07
Harlem To Have
New Library

NEW YORK (ANP) Harlem is
to have a new library building on
the site Of the present one, accord
ing to a report issued this week by
the board of estimate of New York
City. The building to be started
during the year is to cost approx
imately $250,000.
Many civic organizations have
asked for new library building to
house the almost priceless records
of the colored race contained In the
old building now standing. Repre-
senting the life work of the late
Arthur Schomberg, noted historian
and collector of Africana, the col
lection is reputed to be the largest
and finest in the world.
The department of Africana,
containing thousands of documents
relating to history and data on the
darker races occupies one whole
fioof IN the building az lu5 w.
135th Street, and is visited daily by
hundreds of persons.
The present building is not fire.
proof and is surrounded by many
flimsy buildings and fire is an ever
present scare.
The board of estimate approved
an initial appropriation of $4,000
for Che construction and equipment
Of an annex to the library.
The board also approved the plans
form of contract and specifications
and estimated cost of $3,500 fol
all labor and materials needed fol
the demolition of buildings on the
site Of the contemplated annex.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-04-07

fee. the Negro Observation-Disclosures
spist; Toussaint L'Ouverture's heroic
deeds were recounted; the poems OF
the slave-poet. George M. Horton
were published, with plans for the
organized campaign to win his lib
esty. The lives Of the Negro SOL
diers were related, their heroic
deeds recorded for the first time; ];
the songs Of Phillis Wheatiey, the
Negro woman poeI, were printed,
with challenges to the enemies to
prove the alleged inferiority Of the
Negro race. Especially important
and interesting was the Journals
vindication of Negro womanhood,
for under slavery, the Negro wom-
an suffered worst of ali. The Jour
nal called upon all free Negro won
en- to join the battle for progress,
and held out hope even for those
enslaved. Phillis Wheatley, the
slave-pet, was held up as an ex-
ample of Negro womanhood.
Freedoms Journal was one Of the
distinguished and worthy creators
of those prgressive and militant ira
ditions Of the Negro people, which
are the priceless heritage of demo
cratic America.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-04-07

bitter almost to swallow.
There was the time when I saw
the circus with the Singer Midgets,
the Sianese Twins, and the Laugh
ing Hyena that cried. The carnivals,
fairs expositions and "big tops
that presented thrills and chills that
rivaled New York's Luna Park,
Coney Island, Starlight Park, and
even New jerseys Palisade Park
overlooking the scenic Hudson River
across from the penthouses on Man
hattan's Riverside Drive.
Yet IN these troubled times when
the dictatorial powers have risen in
armed strength against peace lov-
ing people--stopping at nothing, it
is hard to conceive how even a
clown can laugh SO brilliantly when
inside his heart is breaking. Still
they do and manage somehow to at
tract more crowds and get more free
publicity.
1t all goes to prove that the fun
damental principle Of success in any
business is performance. In circus
life as in everyday life, we, the
people, term it showmanship.
Laugh clown, laugh! Ha, ha! Ha,
ha, ha! They're cheering you.
Laugh until your tummy aches
but, laugh! Laugh and the world
laughs with you. Weep and you
weep alone.
Tomorrow perhaps. Who can
tell? The dictators may themselves
feel like doing some clowning (if it
can be termed as such). But their
laughter viii spell death in it's wake.
I'VE BEEN AROUND -.
The Manet Harrison Fowler Mwa-
limu Festival Chorus put on a SUI
perb program at Town Hall Friday
night March 31) 80. Henry Arm
strong's bout with the aggressive bat,
tier Davey Day just went to prove
what great ''twin" champ 'Hurri-
can Henry is. Both battlers fought
with one eye half closed. A great
fight it was! Seasoned judge.
ment in fashions will be put to !
| test as Harlem does its anual Easter
Parade this Sunday Who car
forget the Easter holidays when .
youth? It is the last whirl before
the final exams andgraduation II
June. Fresh-faced youngsters are
seen about town. For moment yol
| would think it was summer. But
alas, It's but spring. New York ii
the spring. The stream of shop
| pers on West 125th Street s. Th,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-04-07
LEGAL NOTICE
William o. Stokes, Attorney

Virgie Lee Davis, whose last known
place of residence was Johnson City,
Tenn. will hereby take notice that
on the First day of March, 1899,
Uriah Davis, filed his petition against
her i'm the Court Of Common Pleas,
Division of Domestic Relations, OF
Montgomery County, Ohio, being
case No. 21141 ID. r. on the Docket
Of said Court praying for a decree
of divorce from her on the ground
Of Gross Neglect of Duty and that
said case in entitled Uriah Davis,
Plaintiff VS.. Virgie Lee Davis, De-
fendant.
Said Virgie Lee Davis will further
take notice that she is required to
answer said petition before the ex-
piration Of six weeks from date Of
the first publication Of this notice,
to-wit, March 10, 1889.
Uriah Davis, Plaintiff.
William O. Stokes, Atty.
Fifth & Sprague Streets.
Dayton, Ohio.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-04-07
Everything
for the Student

Scholastic and Fraternal Jewelry.
Banners, Pennants, Emblems, Chen
lie Letters, Athletic Equipment.
Badges. Dance Novelties. Notions
and Dry Goods, A firm, founded in
1885 BY graduates Of Negro col
leges, with hundreds Of satisfied
customers. New way of processing
sport shirts Feltex - name of
school, fraternity or club printed on
shirt. Write for our new Spring
catalogue, showing latest baseball
and softball equipment.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-04-07

debs and sub-debs going to and fro,
laden with parcels 81. The crowded
Fifth Avenue buses The packed
Nos. 4, and 20 buses that flow up
and down Lexington. Columbus and
crosstown on 116th Street. The
iammed to capacity Eighth Aveue
bus. The notorman-conductor who
evidently recently hailed from Cork
County, Ireland, yelling to a shuff-
lin group of aged women getting on
the crowded bus going north at
125th Street and 9Th Avenue, Hold
tightp' The rumble of the "ET'
above. New York's dizzy pace that
sets you wild. But you love it !.
The sophisticates here suspect that
their country cousins will be look
ing for almost anything to take
place since the Fair is a charm trip
for vacation time, are planning par
ties after parties Resers ations
at Eddie's are being made at this
early date IS. The Roma Gardens
is being enlarged and remodeled to
satisfy the taste of the most criti-
cal stranger from .home" .. BY
the time folks arrive the Worlds
Wonder City will be dressed in
bunting. Fifth Avenue is already
with three weeks vet to 60 before
ssthe World Of Tomorrow makes
its premiere 81. LustHous black and
navy straws, suits of polka dots, and
tweeds are the style. NY. is put
ting on show.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-04-07

WpA job III Chicago gave me my
first opportunity to think, and to
put those thoughts on paper
The former WPA laborer Is the
only Negro receiving one Of the
sixty-nine Gaggenheim Fellowship
awards granted this year. More
than one thousand applicants origi-
nally We'd for the honors hotaliug
$l5O,o00 The awards were given
sfinalists'' whose work IN many
fields of knowledge and creative eft
fort in all the arts shows scholar
ship and promise Of greater produc-
tions in the future.
This is the fifteenth year in
which the Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation Fellowship awards have
been given. The Foundation was
set up in 1925 by former Senator
and Mrs. John Simon Guggenheim
as a memorial to their son
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-04-07

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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-04-07


ETE wrote many of the great sue
GA cesses of another day, like.
blue Is The Night. Gee, But It's
Great To Meet A Friend From Your
Home Town. Come Josephine lii
My Flying Machine, when | Get
You Alone Tonight. Peg O. My
Heart. There's A Broken Heart
For Everya Light On Broadway.
"Dardanelia", etc, and yet. SO small
is the interest OF the average Amer
ican IN the creator of music that
few people know his name.
He was born IN Germany OF
American parents. and led color
ful life. Forty years ago he en-.
listed in the German navy, later
joined the French Foreign Legion.
Went 10 India and finally rejoined
his parents In Chicago. His parents
were musical, and he had learned
from them to play the piano and
other instruments and had turned
his hand TO songwriting. with In.
different results, until i'll 1902 he
turned out II The Man In The
Moon We're A Coon"
tie became one of the earliest
writer-members OF the American
Society of Composers. Authors and
Publishers. and later when he en-
tered the publishing business, be-
came eligible for that classification
also. He earned a million dollars,
and lost 1t when the sheet music
business collapsed. He tried for
success III Hollywood, and then re-
turned to the publishing business
I'm New York, where his wife shares
executive responsibilities His son
is an arranger. and his daughter.
Doris Rhodes, d radio singing star.
His name Is
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-04-07

Welcome to the 1889 New
York Worlds Fair. See the
World's Wonder City .. Tour
the Harlem Hot Spots
Write now for free booklet ex-
planning the alI-expense Harlem
hospitality tours. To Ted Yates,
225 West 18th ST. New York,
City.
TAKE IT FROM ME
Yes, indeedy! The month of April
has arrived. 1t came (or came on, :
as the boys say} like gang busters.
Heavy rains drenched this town on
April Fools Day and-well, Palm
sunday was too, too divine. There
will be more showers And there
will be more bright days. But who
can deny that April showers will not
bring May flowers?
APRIL IN NEW YORK:
The circus has come to town. And
yon can bet it is the biggest show on
Earth--barring none. It's wild ami
mails, freaks in the side show, and
the wild west broncho busters; the
last Of the real true Americans, In
dians with war paint wearing moe
casins, the stratosphere man-every-
thing to thrill everybody from six
to sixty. The World Comes to the
Worlds Fair.
have always liked the circus,
from kid. The biggest and most
dangerous beasts Of the animal king
dom, the death defying stunts, and
the 10000 marvels held my respect
to say nothing Of my shivering
self as Gargantua the Great, the
Earth's largest captive gorilla was
pointed out to me. Still, there is
one part of every sbig top" that
holds my interest most. 1t is from
the time the brass band plays, an
nouncing the opening of the show OF
shows is on that this character
that draws the attention Of the
roaring crowd that is all eyes and
ears. I refer to, Of course, the
clown. And what an interesting
part he must play in carnival life.
Painted weird, screamingly fun
ny, he draws more attention thar
the big giant gorilla, the snake
charmer, the strip-tease dancers, the
fun house, the japanese acrobats
the tight rope walkers, the palmists
fortune tellers, and, yes, even the
penny arcade. Yet the clown WHIT
stands on his hands, his head, ane
sometimes on his feet, is the one
whose life is often bitter pill. Too
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-01-05
GaIlaudet Was First to
Start School for Deaf

DR.. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet,
for whom Gallaudet college is
named, was the first American edu-
Gator to establish school for the
deaf in this country.
Born in Philadelphia on Deem
Der 10, 1887, he was tutor and
theological student, but, because OF
ill-health, declined a ministerial po-
stition.
Then Gallaudet became acquaint-
ed with deaf child named Alice
Cogswell and il was his interest in
her education which led him to de-
vote his life to the education of the
deaf. Furnished with funds raised
by Ahce's father and a number OF
friends, he went TO Europe TO make
a study of methods employed there.
Upon his return, relates Leslie
Hartley in the Washington Star Gal
laudet. in. 1877, founded at Hartford,
Conn, the first free American school
for the deaf and was its president
until 1880. During that period he
was able to train number of men
in his methods of teaching and
these, in turn, became heads of sim
liar schools all over the country.
DR.. Gallaudet married one of his
pupils, Sophia Fowler. They had two
sons: Thomas, who became a mis-
sionary to the deaf, and Edward
Miner, who was the first superln-
tendent of the Columbia Institution
for the Deaf when it was established
in Washington. The advanced de-
partment of this institution, which is
the only college for the deaf in the
world, is named in honor Of Thomas
Hopkins Gallaudet.