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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-30
Eric Linden to Star in Odets
Famous Story Of the Prize Ring
Broadway Stage Success First of Tacoma Junior
Leagues Sponsorship of Winter
Entertainment Season

Clifford Odes, author Of Golden Boy, coming to the
Temple heater tonight under the sponsorship of the Tacoma
Junior league wrote fine drama after several oneact
dramas that of the heaer Then Odes
to HOLLYWOOD and with great profit composed movie scrps
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-30

This Is evidenced by the names
associated with Zanuck's produce
ton of Drums Along the Mo-
hawk" John Ford was made direc-
tor. Claudette Colbert was starred
with Henry Fonda, whose family
halls from the Mohawk valley.
Other names in the cast guaran-
teeing unusual playing power are
Edna May Oliver. Eddie Collins,
John Carradine and Doris Bow
don.
To top II all. II was decided to
film the picture in technicolor so
as to bring out as wildly as possi-
bic the great action and battle
scenes and to take advantage of
the beautiful backgrounds of the
valley in which the filming was
done.
As a companion picture, the
Hamrick house will offer THE
Day the Bookies Wept," co-star-
ring Joe Penner and Betty Cradle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-30
Golden Boy Special Stage At The Temple
NOW PLAYING AT
LOCAL THEATERS
fIRsr ennMING

s-Fh FHHVN W.
: MUSIC BON--Deanna Durbin
and Helen Parrish IN "First
Love" 90 $50. SIS. 10 700.
: also Edith Fellows In Pride Of
; the Bluegrass" 1i:s5, 2sso.
; $40, 6:z5.
RTsIERA-oene Autrv and
. Smiley Brunette in Colorado
Sunset" II 30. 3.oS. $50. 7.5o.
1923: also Frieda fnnexourt
and Otto Kruger In a woman
. IL the Judge IL 80. 2 o5. <.o5.
$50. Gas.
ROxy-James cagney and
Priscilla Lane In The Roaring
2oA.' 1850. 3.35. 6.45. $50.
. also Jean Rogers and William
Frawley in stop. Look and
Love" ii:3o, 2:so. 5;45. s.25.
TEMPLE-on stage Eric Lin
den and Bernice Claire In clif-
ford Odets' Golden Boy" Cur
tain 80
RETURN SHOWING
BEVERLY - Ralph Richardson
and June Du PREF IN -Four
Feathers" also Joe p. Brown
and Martha Raye in "si 900 a
Touchdown"
Blue OrsE-Riehar Dix
and Joel McCrea in Lost
and Bette Davis IN "of Human
Bondage"
C0MMu>ITy-Humphrey Bo-
CART and Gale Page in You
Cant Get Away With Murder"
also Dorothy Peterson and
Clarence Kolb In Five Little
Peppers and How They Grew"
KAY sTREET-Mickey Rooney
and Lewis Stone In Andy
Hardy Gets Spring Fever" also
Ride Cowboy Ride"
PARk--Bob Burns and Susan
Hayward In our Leading Citi-
zen" also Lloyd NOLAN in I'm
dercoYer Doctor"
PROeToR-The Lane sisters
and John Garfield In "Daugh-
tiers Courageous.
Michael Whalen and
Mary Hart In THE Mysterious
Miss X" also Lynn Bari and
Michael Whalen in Pardon
Our Nerve"
REALART--James Cagney and
George Raft In Each Dawn
Die" also BILL of Rights"
SHEI.L,--Richard Dix and Gaii
Patrick In Man OF Conquest. /"
also Robert Wilcox In Cam
bling Ship"
SI>sET-Alice Pave and Don
Ameche In "Alexander's Rag
time Band" also The Texas
Rangers
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-30
ANIRITIOUQ

AMBITIOUS
Comedian Eddie Albert's ambi-
ton is to write philosophical works.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-30

The playwright pauses briefly in
Golden Boy" to mount a soap-box
and toss off a little proletarian
eloquence just to prove that his
heart Is still in the right place. 1t
purports to reveal the soul Of a
youth who should have played the
violin but went into prize-fighting
instead At first glance that seems
to be an impossible theme, since
the number of talented pugilists
may readily be counted by an opti-
mist upon the fingers of a single
boxing mitten, but as Odets tells
the story it all makes sense
There is more in Golden Boy"
than vigorous plot; there are few
among the writers for the stage
who equal Clifford Odets In COM
posing talk that comes out with
life in it The people Of Golden
Boy" speak the language of the
tenements. the streets and the
cubby-hole offices where slickers
hatch their plots, and they speak
it with crackle
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-30

entations around Los Angeles,
while Howard. who attended CO.
lumbia university. New York. had
quite some experience in college
dramatics before appearing in two
plays in New York city.
Howard, who plays the role of
Deanna's lazy cousin, has black
hair and green eyes. He stands
8 feet, ? inches. md has a shock
OF unrlly black hair. His role is
largely comedy in First Love-
Helen Parrish, Eugene Palette,
June Storey, Leatrice Joy, Marcia
Mae Jones and Charles Coleman
complete the cast.
Sharing the screen Is pride of
the Bluegrass. with Gantry. the
famous blind horse.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-30

To anyone who has some slight
acquaintance with the malodorous
sport called boxing, the punch
laden lines of Golden Boy" cannot
fail to be a delight The honest
Odets, who scorns to soften any
thing he writes, has gone after
the prize ring with whizzing rights
and lefts and all his blows are pun
ishing.
Beneath the furious pummeling
there is a deeply sympathetic study
of the love of a father for son.
the love of girl for boy, and
the hatred of all three for the
cruel concessions that have been
made against beauty and faith.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-30
Drums Along the Mohawk"
Due on Roxy Screen Thursday
The Day the Bookies Wepi." Starring Joe Penner
and Betty Cradle TO Share the
Hsmriek Spotlight

Nnen Walter ID. Edmonds who raised in the tradi-
IONS OF New York states beautiful Mohawk valley wrote
ms biggest of best-seers, Drums Along the Mohawk it
was Immediately recognized by Daryl Zanuck as one of
ne finest screen possibilities he had encountered Ac
eorg the book was purchased by 10th CenturyFox who
Thursday TO the Roxy theater
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-30
Desnna Durbin in First Love
At Hamrick Music Box Today
Companion Picture. Titled Pride Of the Bluegrass"
Features Edith Fellows and esniry.
Famous Blind Horse

Deanna Durbn win have two leading men in First
Love both entirely TO the screen.
The newcomers who will be support of the star
the Music Box theater today Robert Stack and Lewis
from New York ~
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-08-12
SIGN THE PETITIONS

The Committee to End Police Brutality announced
at the last executive meeting that an effort would be
made to have speakers appear before audiences in
twelve different sections of the city next week in
order to secure more signatures for the petition to
Gust Pickert We have been informed that the COM
mittee is only little short of $4,000 signatures but
the aim is to get as many as possible.
Each citizen who signs the petition must be aware
of the vicious practices of the police department and
the total disregard the department has shown for the
common rights of the general etizenry.- Each
sgnateFy should be registered in order that the bill
of complaints which we have against the police and
other departments of the city government may be
reflected at the polls. The ease and success with
which the workers on the committee obtained the
thousands of signatures they have already indicates
how much can be done if go out earnestly to the
masses of the people in order to win fight
We must not forget that despite all that Commits
suner Pckert has permitted his department that
the city administration must in the last analysis
shoulder the responsibility. Commissioner Pickert
would be moved tomorrow if the vested interests of
the city demanded it. Each signer of the petition
must see the close relationship between the ballot
box and the treatment which he receives from the
police and other public servants. We must express
our anger at the polls and instead of merely wishing
our oppressors were in help let us send them there
In democratic way.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-08-12
WE CITIZENS

# appears from recent developments that we or
binary citizens are going to have wonderful time
in 1o4O as the pocal wheelhorses of the two major
nartes square off at each other and preen for battle
of hemhast and eloeuence- We are going to be
seriously informed on the one hand and well enter
tanned on the other Already the venerable DIR. En-
NETT j. Scott, new Republican publicity appontee
has on his own admission "ventured to enter tour
nament to tilt lances with the redoubtable Dean
Kelly Miller" These two we'll known Howard uni
versity gentlemen are at the moment on opposite
sides of the political fence
Last week Dean Kelly dared to write with some
favor toward the New Deal and this week DR.. EN-
nett J. Scott sends out publicity release taking him
carefully to task Like two heavyweghts the gentle
men are fenting at each other and before the cleo
ton is over we are looking forward to some damaging
-hfon-s all however above the belt.zQur group has
the highest regard for the intelligence and integrity
of these two scholars and their poemical abilities go
unouestioned If the recent verbal skirmishes be-
tween them continue the 1910 campaign will become
a political classic in Negro political history,
We believe however, that the vast majority of our
citizens today net going to be won to political
party by eloquence literary skill. Too, we believe
that although the Democratic party has not done
enough for Negroes it has advanced the group beyond
the Hoover regime when Republicanism became
identical with reaconism. The Republican party of
today must redeem itself and take again the lead in
advancing the opportunities of group. We citi-
zens are primarily concerned with own material
advancement and the political party that offer
the most and live up to it is going to be the party to
which Negroes will flock, notwithstanding the
tory of another Demosthenes or the literary skill of
another Votaire.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-08-12
SATURDAY, AUGUST II, 1889
Americans who are to b. honored

Americans who are 10 be honored
are:
Authors: Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Samuel L. Clemens, Washington
Irving, Louisa May Alcott, James
Fenimore Cooper.
Poets: Henry W. Longfellow.
James Whitcomb Riley, Walt Whit
man, John Greenfield Whittier,
James Russell Lowell.
Artists; James A. Whistler, DAN
iel Chester French, Augustus Saint
Gaudens, Gilbert Charles Stuart,
Frederic Remington.
Educators: Horace Mann. Charles
W, Eliot, BOOKER T. WASHING
TON, Frances e. Willard, Mark
Hopkins.
Inventors: Alexander Graham
Bell, Eli Whitney, Samuel F. B
Morse, Elias Howe, Cyrus H. Nc
Cormick.
Composers: John Phillip Sousa,
Edward A. Mcdowell, Stephen Col
Inns Foster, Victor Herbert, Ethel
bert Nevin.
Scientists: Luther Burbank, Dr.,
Crawford W. Long, DR.. Walter Reed,
John James Audubon. Jane Adams.
Slowly but surely the worth and
contribution OF the Negro to Ameri-
can culture and progress is being
recognized by our fellow Americans,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-08-12

with his characters in 20 Canaan"
han in his earlier book. Joe Ben
son, his family, friends and asso-
ciates seem like real people and talk
real language. Although there
is much tragedy here as was true
in These Low Grounds" there IS
greater note Of hopefulness which
counteracts what might have been
an overdose of tragedy. Here there
is more emphasis on individual mi
tiative as contrastad with a greater
concern for the Race and its future
on the part OF the characters in
These Low Grounds" To a gres;
extent this may simply be a reflec-
ton OF the differences between
Negro life in Maryland towns and
.!fe in metropolitan Chicago.
20 Canaan" gives its author an
opportunity TO touch on many
phases OF Negro life in Chicago a;
we'll as in the South. Housing con.
ditions, the policy game, the church
private Negro businesses, Negro so.
Getty racial differences are all
woven into the story. The author
could profitably tap this source o.
material again and again. Mr.. Tur,
pins book can be highly recon.
mended for the insight it gives tt
big city Negro life, as we'll as FOL
the excellence OF the authors writ
ng. Negroes need the type OF in
.erpreter Mr., Turpin has showi
himself to be, honest, well informed
and possessing a style which SCI
is books apart from the genera
run OF novels,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-08-12

Many have been the complaints
that the column was hard TO locate
because OF a single column heading
and that it has. for the last two
Issues been labeled Around Ann
Harbor" instead OF Around Ann
Arbor.n Sorry folks, it was the
fault OF the linotyper.
Many were the notes OF thanks
for the eulogy given last week for
our dearly beloved pastor. Rev, j,
W. Wright, in this column. i.
Allow me to thank you readers
who were interested enough to
write and thank me. Am also
proud to acknowledge the notes Of
thanks of the sports enthusiasts.
To Juanita Chism: Am sorry that
you are i'll, and am wishing you a
speedy recovery.
To His Honor, Sanford Mckinney:
Dear Sir: When may we expect a
statement on your future activities,
| bOtH SlNiE anu Othet "iot. ~ hoS
been a long time since this column
has been honored with your con-
tributions. Hope to hear from you
soon, sincerely yours e.
Have heard rumors that Slim
Watkins may leave town in the
near future. What Not Slim
Watkins? What would the girls do
with Slim away?
To The Band Boys: Why not try
different routine on your weekly
shows, it would be welcome
change for the patrons Give
us some variety.
A salute to Dave McMoore, Tor
his perseverance, patience will be
rewarded. -. He went to work
last week, and although its only
for short time. Its possible that
it may be permanent. Con-
gratulations, my good friend
We're told from a reliable source
that Pauline Braziel- spent very
enjoyable time on her vacation, CO.
ing hither and yon. Ye old
scribe hasn't had vacation in
many moon. But perhaps
il he did get one, it probably would
be permanent, So we're not
complaining, merely stating a fact.
Yowsah! Yowsah! Yowsah!
The well known man about town,
Slim Watkins finally went on a
bender, he INDUCES quite frequent
ly. but last Tuesday week and
Wednesday, he really went on a
spree Wonder why the cele-
bration, or was he trying TO drown
his sorrows women will make
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-08-12

ances had made their living pre-
carious. Joe Benson, the central
figure, leaves Mississippi with his
family and finds Chicago a true
Canaan until the depression years
His gradual rise to a place OF prom
inence among Chicago Negroes is
traced by Mr.. Turpin and along
with the lives OF his five children
His wife, a mulatto although loatl
To leave her family in Mississippi
found her new position in Chicago
very attractive But unlike Joe,
snisfortune weakened rather than
strengthened her. or the children
the two girls and particularly Essia.
had more OF the fathers will and
character, Sol, Junior and Lem
oil met tragic ends, in the riots
after the war, as victims Of a socia,
disease and Of consumption. The
mother, Christine, turned to other
men and after the crash returne
% Mississippi. unable to face
poverty
Mr. Turpln hs, greater success
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-08-12
NORTHWEST
DIET ROIT

Mrs. J. Coulter of Birmingham
Alabama, are the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. T. Waldy, Gardenland, Fren-
dale.
Miss Nellie williams Of New
York City, after spending four
weeks with her mother, Mrs. John
Williams of Gardenland, Fernadle,
has returned.
House guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Power OF Westview avenue is Mrs
Susie E. Settyles OF Mccormick,
South Carolina.
Mrs. Mamie Blackburn OF Indi-
ana avenue is attending the con-
vention IN Grand Rapids.
Mrs. Malinda Spain OF North
lawn avenue left the city last week
COR points in-Alabama where she
will attend family reunion which
will be attended also by her grand
mother who is 100 years old.
Mrs. Henderson has returned to
the city after having visited Chel-
sea.
Mrs. Myrtle bearing OF st. Louis
Mo, was the house guest of Mrs
R. Agnew and daughter, Lillian, Of
Roselawn avenue.
Ben J. Jamerson Of Macon, Ga.
was guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Roberf
Perdue OF Bethlawn avenue ir
| Ferndale, Mich.
Father Lewis guest preacher a
St. augustine for-thc past-twt
weeks, preached his farewell ser
mon last Sunday at the church. A
party in his honor will be given a
the parish, August 7.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McCauley o
Wyoming avenue are entertaining
Mrs. Ondray Thomas ard her fou
daughters, Misses Sarah Thomas
Grace Thomas, Dorothy Thoma.
Julia Mae Thomas who are vaca
tioning in the motor city.
Mrs. C. W. LeGrand and daugh
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Ridenhour from
Rockingham, N, c., are in the cit.
visiting his sons and daughter, Mi
and Mrs. George LeGrand and Bucl
LeGrand of Bethlawn avenue
Ferndale, Mich.
Mrs. Sadie Emerson and brother
Mrs. William johnson left the cit
last Thursday for Whiteboro. NeS
Jersey where they will be the hous
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Hosea Bru
ton. They also plan to visit tn
Worlds Fair before returnin
home.
The Oak Grove Missionary SC
ciety which meets each Wednes
day at the church were hostesse
at Oak Grove AME. church la!
Sunday evening.
Robert Perdue OF Bethlswn ave
nue. is confined TO bed at Receiv
ing hospital. He is suffering injui
les sustained in an automobile az
, cident
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-08-12
AROUND ANN ARBOR

in the hospitable state OF Kentuck,
on August Fl,
Harry Wickers, newly married
and a boxer OF sorts. has been un
mercifully ribbed about the styl,
OF his jitterbug suit, especially TIT
coat but If you are satisfied Harry
DON'T let anyone kid you out o
wearing il But the coat is /
but long for such short fellow
Ell?
Am told that Joe Stubs, anna
teur playwright and poet, is still
at his favorite pastime, writing po
etry. and composing lyrics.
Who was with Lafayette Grimm
when he mistook Lacey Fordren''
sister for someone else? Was he ir
a high" mood?
Will the cool looking waitress a
Chris hold the job long? We don
think so, how about it R. A.? The
work is really hard. too hard. fol
woman, and the wages too small
for the time involved.
A salute to the delectable delove.
ly Cordilia Union, of Ypsi. :.
It's rumored that Al Roman may
come back to our fair city to live
Wonder what it is that draws one
back here once they leave? Can i
be the lovely women or the so.
called hospitality Of our folks
1t is said that our city is very I'M
gregarious really, that is the
facts as expressed by many people
who come here TO work and live
Will be glad to see you here
in our midst again, AL
Notice that Razz Moe has es-
tablished himself as No. man al
1T Ann street Hope you stay
long time, Razz. Is that real
~ your name?
Have heard that Pauline Brsziel
wants the recipe for bar-b-q sauce
Will try and get it for you, but
if I fail 10 do so please write to
MI. Mabte [McKinney.Hf-hnn
street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. .
She really has wonderful sauce
Dropped over to the Big City in
time to witness the large gathering
of the Mobiles and Shriners .
Listened to the brass band, quite
impressive Met Mrs. M. D.
Emerson OF Durham, N. c., have
yet TO meet formally the provoca-
tive Miss Carrie Siler, lovely niece
of MF--aHd- Walter Marsh
Have there been a reconciliation
between L. F. and the Mrs? We
predict one because L. F. is really
that way bout her, Good
luck, L. F.
Have heard that the National
conference OF the A.M.E. will be
held in Detroit next May
Folks will be there from all over
the face OF the globe. :. Our
State conference will be held in
a few weeks -. a fact which
some seem ignorant. With
that parting crack at those behind
in the up-to-date local news we say
so long. -.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-08-12
WG, THO negro
By VIM L. Sheriff.
PRESIDENT. Afro-American Institute and Federated
fireslde Groups
By WIN. L. Sheriff.

clothes when she discovered it TO be
4 Negro laundry, because, as she
explained, these garments are of
very delicate fabric and must be
done properly" There is no differ
ence between this old lady and those
Negroes who give all Of their I'M
important legal business to a Negro
lawyer, but seek a white lawyer
whenever they think they have an
importsntS case; or those Negroes
who prefer having a white doctor
look down their throats rather than
3 Negro doctor: or those Negroes
who would rather have a white ma1
collect their insurance than a Negro
insurance man; or those Negroes
who prefer being supplied and
serviced by white folk rather than
Observation-Disclosures
difference.
LACK OF FAITH
This "feeling"-this slave psychol.
ogy is not confined to the old slave
mother. 1t determines to a large
degree the attitude and action OIL
far too many of our college ano
university men and women. Oul
lack OF faith in ourselves and wha'
is ours is great obstacle in tn:
path of race progress.
We. the Negro, are sadly in neet
of faith in ourselves as a people. W:
have an abundance of faith, but no
in our own. We believe in every
thing and everybody, but othe
Negroes. Our major weakness is tina
Of believing in whitefolk. Thre
hundred years OF slavery did it
work we'll, If black man says i
is red-we question it. II a whit
man says it is red-it is red.
TOO MUCH FAITH
Most of believe implicitly in wha
white folk say or do. We are 5
plastic in the hands OF the whit
man, that he boasts OF being abb
to handle Negroes better than Ne
groes themselves. White people ar
90 sure about this that we ofttime
have a most difficult task trying I
convince white authorities. socis
service agencies, and industries tina
Negro workers can be as effectiv
amongst Negroes as white worker
Put it is so true-that we seem t
think more OF anything said by
white man than we do OF the trut
4 spoken by the most reliable Nesr
in the community.
Let us have confidence in on
own people as well as white peoplt
We believe in them-believe ais
in yourselves. Don't attach undu
importance 10 q thing simply be
cause IL is done or said by a viii.
man. Don't discredit a thing simpl
because It is done or said by Negrl
Have faith in all men according
heir worth, efficiency and chat
acter.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-08-12
The writer's thoughts do NOT the
and opinions Of this paper.
By RAMON A. MARTIN

,... :,
r-''sN' -O'i' IL ''' u' Al UNIT
parts OF the country the very gov
eminent that taxes him very otter
rersecutes him. As far AK yov.
orrr,.n, :, ,o,o.r,.a a. ~
s'anos OH the margin OF Official
favor and consideration. He is the
rooner OF the back room and sne.
cisI nrov;,ion $3.50. r.
-''
i''S soiieisioli anu 70 keep MN IN
his place" On the margin.
The Negro is kept out NJ the
American family either nv , not a,
snti-intermarriage laws or bv nub.
lie agitation Fven u,hsn 49, =,
wealth Of American fanrilie, ia.
been built from the sweat a, Ne
proes. vet. he cannot marry III,
that money. The American chnrcb
either excludes him outrioht ~
foees him into Negro cb,rcbes =.
Negro units within tbs ,rhi,o
church. Fraternal orpanizations
have outlawed him either nv rafus-
ing him membership or nv declar
ing as "irregular" Neoro iodga. =,
.he same order Patriotic orgsnizo.
ions will not admit him and tboss
that do will segrepate him eve,
though they take his dues He dare
rot peep into the hall, ~ swankv
white clubs except as = waiter bm.
hoy, maid. or a flunky OreanizeJ
baseball will not accent him ard
other athletics will give him the
mod Of annroval onlv wben thay ms,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-08-12
Reviewed by
GERTRUDE MARTIN

Mr.. Turpin's second novel is q
worthy successor to his first, These
Low Grounds which appeared in
1887. The novels are different in
locale. and subject matter, but in a
general way they are much alike
Both deal with several generations
OF family covering period o.
many years; both have a eertai-
broad sweep which seems to be
Characteristic OF Mr. Turpins writ.
ing; and both are written with sin
cerity and understanding on the
part Of the author
The scene Of the greater part OF
20 Canaan is Chicago in the years
from 1916 through the depression
Of 1929. The earlier pages are con-
cerned with the exodus Of large
numbers Of Negroes from the South
after bad crops and racial disturb