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Evening star., 1939-08-19
Arrival of Stork Launches
Exciting Chain Of Events

them Of the change. The obliging
editor had the presses stopped and
changed Arlenr to Gail-after half
the edition had been printed.
All is quiet today in the Richard
son household. Mother and child
are doing fine and father has recon-
ciled himself to calling Arlene Gail
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Seeing Double Is O. K.
When This Ship Posses
By the Associated Press.

LONG BEACH, Calif.-PassenRers
on trans-Paciflc vessels may rub
their eyes and wonder If they're see
ing things, but that will really be
one boat sailing on top Of another.
The bottom one is the British
steamer Sheaf Crown, the one above
the Russian fireboat Dozorniy. The
British ship is hauling the Dozorniy
$3.50 nautical miles from New York
to Vladivostok and has it lashed on
its deck. The cost of loading 1t.
with heavy cranes, was $500.
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Virginia Treasures
Reflect Officers
BY the Associated praxx

By the Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 19.-The
Virginia Treasurers' Association ad-
journed its annual meeting at Vir-
ginia Beach yesterday after re-
electing all officers and voting to
meet next year in Richmond.
The Officers: Sidney S. Kellam of
Princess Anne, president: r. H. Wood
ward OF Middlesex and B. I. Jensen
OF James City County, vice presi-
dents, and Joseph K. Irving of
Amelia County, secretary treasurer.
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Thief Poses as Dummy

PITTSBURGH OP-The burglar
who robbed store here was no
dummy-even if he did pose as one.
Police and the owner. hunted
through the store for an hour and
were about to give up their search
when they spotted him" hiding in
a display window
Police said he still had in his hand
$50 taken from a cash register.
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Soil Conservation
Benefit Checks
Cut 10 Per Cent
Reduction to Apply
To About 1000, 900
Cotton Farmers
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Government payments to more
than 100000 farmers who COM
piled with the 1899 crop contro
program will be 10 per cent lower
than tentative estimates announced
last November
Explaining the reduction, the Ag-
ricultural Adjustment Administra-
ton said the S500,000,000 allotted for
soil conservation benefits would have
to be sliced into smaller individual
shares because more farmers par
ticipated in the program than pre-
viously estimated.
The 10 per cent cut will apply to
some 100000 cotton farmers. q
100000 or more farmers who receive
"soil depicting crop" payments in 10
North Central States, and several
hundred thousand rice and air-cured
tobacco growers. 1t will not apply
however, to corn. wheat and other
tobaccos. Growers of these crops
will receive the previously an
nounced rates.
Payments Increased in 1887.
Under terms of the Farm Act
the A. A. A. must apportion the
$500000,000 fund to various crops
and then estimate rates of payment
on a basis of estimated participa-
ton. The law permits a 10 per cent
increase or decrease in payment
rates if participation is smaller or
larger.
officials reminded farmers pay
ments were increased 10 per cent in
1887 and made as announced in 1888
The reduced rates will not affect
price adjustment" payments from
a separate s212 100000 fund avail
able for this purpose.
Anticipating another increase in
participation by wheat farmers in
the 1910 program, the A. A. A. an
nounced these benefits would be
from 18 to % cents a bushel. in
stead of % cents paid this year.
Checks Due Soon.
The conservation checks will start
going out to farmers in about a
month and will continue for four
or five months. The price ad-
justment" checks will follow.
, Under the reduced soil conser-
vation schedule complying cotton
growers will be paid 18 a pound
instead of 2 cents; rice growers, 9
cents hundred pounds instead of
10 cents, and growers of fire. cured
and dark air-cured tobacco. 1.26
cents pound instead of IA cents.
Similarly, the payment rate per
acre on soil depicting" crops to
farmers who adopted specified con-
servation practices will be 80 cents
an acre instead of S110 in North
Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma. Texas
and portions of Arkansas, New Mex
leo, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana
and California in the north central
region.
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Labor Author Dies

GLASGOW, Scotland, Aug. 10 up.
-Laughlin MacNeill Weir, 81. Labor
member of Parliament, whose critical
book, The Tragedy of Ramsay Mac
Donald attracted attention last
year, died yesterday following a long
illness.
Evening star., 1939-08-19

The policeman on the corner is in
. better position to see the whole
traffic picture than you are on the
sidelines. Observe his signals.
Evening star., 1939-08-19

at 400 Greenwood avenue, Takoma
Park. A great deal of his writing
was done here. Some of his works
were Life of William Mckinley, "
triumphant Life of Theodore
Roosevelt" Life of Pope Leo XII"
China Ancient and Modern" and
many magazine articles on Philip
pine, Hawaiian and New Zealand
social laws.
Hobby Was Travelling.
A man whose hobby was travel
ling, Mr. Miller crossed the Atlantic
Ocean 33 times, the Pacific Ocean
four times, and circled the world
twice, among other Journeys.
He belonged to the Authors Club,
New York, Overseas Writers Club,
was member of the Washington
Centennial Lodge F. A. A. M. and
directed publicity for all Masonic
bodies to the 32nd degree. He was
also member of the National Press
Club.
Surviving are two daughters,
Vlviane B, Miller, Labor Depart
ment librarian here; Bernice A.
Miller, general secretary of the
Y. w. c. A. at Tucson, and a son,
Capt. Melville H. Miller, Tucson
attorney. A sister, Mrs. Anna B.
Strong, lives in Lexington, Mich.
Burial will be in Newport, R. I.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-29
YOUTH IN ACTION

Despite 'he troublesome times in which live and the
many dscouragng problems Of unemployment and lack of
economic opportunity with which many of Young people
faced gratifying note the and OPP
timsn displayed bN rank and file Of our youth,
OF there who have been able With
stand the and Of and have Welded 10
the temptations that with nenplo, ment and loss Of
hope but al have surrendered failure and despair
There countless thousands 81 Young and
Vho ha hcen dauntc hy inability find Jobs but have
resoi'el work ncp usher of progress
We them the Youth organizations OF the various
churches The Youth councils Of the National Association for
tho Advancement 81 Coorcd People in the y NJ and Y
c. A. organizations the community centerS and i'm many
other organizations 81 youth
We often hear young folk cruczed By pesSmss who
believe that Younger spends much
jerbuegng Young people dance sing and make merry
Of course. but they do spend all their fr,oly.
They thinking and planning for the future
While they seek diversion in dancing
Only recently Of Detroit youth organizations an
effort TO create Job opportunities launched city-wide
campaign for stimulating Negro business They placed
bearing the slogan Trade With Merchants Who Employ
Negroes
Other groups Of Young and are taking an
active part political by making house
encourage members Of the register and
political candidates and legislation that SYM
panetic O the welfare of Negroes
Our ouh only becoming increasingly active in poll
tics and of Importance but also in the moral
and fehgois life Of people
For example April II and Is the second annual youth
conferences direct I'd BY the Detroit Baptist Christian
more than hundred local people participated repre-
senng nineteen different churches and three religious denom
nations They discussed with courage and intelligence many
vita ISSUES and displayed amazingly keen insight the
problem, they face
The Tribune salues and conerauates youth in Detroit
and throughout the land We have unaerinp faith in them
They dancing while burns but are edinp their
oins preparation graphic with and overcome the handi-
caps that stand in their path Of progress
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-29
A RAINBOW OF HOPE

From time to ,mc the cloud that often overcast our racial
SKY are penetrated BY beams Of light and encouragement one OF
those ainbos OF hope illuminated this week by the
announcement the Michigan Bell Telephone company plans
in he Very near place rs staff Of employees
hirhly qualified Negro representative
For some months efforts this direction have been mace
bv oca race leaders including Emmett Cunnnsham John =
Dsnc Erncs, Marshall and others and several conferences
Nave hcn hold with officials The Telephone whose
attitude throughout has been courteous liberal
and sympathetic 49,.
The Michigan Bel Telephone company Is large utility con-
cer haxne many employees Among It's patrons are thou
sands If Negroes who regular subscribers transient users
pour nany thousands Of dollars INTO the COMPANY
Golfers Zach month There also large number OF add
tions Negro telephone patrons in Metropolitan De-
tro might he secured through the aid OF one or more
qualified representative OF our race
We graiifed know that the Telephone company has
Official, liberal and broad enough 70 the justice OF our
efforts seeking secure from The company degree OF repre-
senta'ion lob opportunity recognition OF the CON
siderable Negro patronage he Telephone company receives
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-29
VOICE OF THE.
PEOPLE
Detroit. Mich.
April 20. 1899

Detroit. Mich.
April 20, 1899
To The Public.
Let MS consider Goth Century JUS
tice. versus the Golden Rule. As
Christ Is the head OF the church.
ought not a man TO be the head OF
his home?
What we need to-day are better
churches and better Christians and
fewer prisons Hinge sums OF mon
ey are spent yearly for law enforce
ment and better prisons. II the
blood Of Jesus isn't sufficient TO
save us. what is?
I am not trying 10 criticize the
law. for christ SAYS. u come not
10 destroy but TO fnllll the law
feel that every child should
have The care Of mother and faith
or. n we depend more on Chris
tianiiv and less on guns. the homes
OF our country would he much hap
pier. and more wives and husbands
would be together, trying TO rear
healthier. happier children to he
good citizens OF tomorrow.
have always tried 10 he law
abiding citizen. hut recently ! haze
had to 90 through The same routine
a. The worst type OF criminal.
From September. 1925. 10 April
1888. I lriod 10 he an ideal father,
and endeayorcd TO givGspfv children
the care father slfSH1 give. I'M
III they were taken from me. II a
man is Stacker IN his home. he IL
slapped into prison and handled
like criminal hut what about
women
Now. We have a Friend ~ the
Court and other agencies for
handling domestic problems. hut !
ask are they always friends OF JUS
iiceg Men who arc Jailed in do
.mcsiic problem cases are auto
matically thrown oui NJ their Jobs
To what source can they turn?
(Signed)
Robert Tramoll
6fS f. Kirby
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-29
~ \. r.. WHITE
dor ANPo

WASHINGTON Niger Para
disc" was the name given wash
ingion, Dc. by Theodore G. Bilbo,
United States senator from Missis-
sippi Monday in the upper cham
Der OF congress when he spoke for
three and half hours on his pet
project. the AFRICAN Resettlement
Project" something promulgated
by The remnants Of Marcus Gar
views cohorts In this country de-
signed. SO ihey say. 10 return Ne
grocs TO the freedom OF their own
land IN Africa
Declaring that fully - per cent
OF the Negroes in The l'niicd States
were Just waiting for an oppoitu-
nity To selile IN africa ON lands
purchased by this government from
foreign governments. MIR. Bilbo at
tempted 10 prove 10 the three sena-
tors who remained in the chamber
and the crowded though disnter-
estcd galleries. that only in Africa
did The Negro have chance foi
equality
Speaking from Cotton I'D Smith S
desk this own being too far away
in The corner for Senator Bilbo---
he wouldn't have been SEEM Bilbo
declared he had the signatures of
s.jO0o00 Negroes. who were beg
ging this government TO send them
back 10 Africa where they could
become part and parcel of'he Ii
berian scheme OF things on
grander scale.
Pointing 10 the petitions tiled
with the gaudv red green and
black ribbons Of the defunct Uni
versal Negro Improvement assoc
citation. founded by the irrcspon-
Sihle Marcus Garvey) Rilho. used
This rs his opening wedge 10 work
on the government
Solves Problems
Not only would The sending Of
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-29
PLEASANT
VALLEY NEWS
NORTHWEST DETROIT
By BcrnIce Greene

AS 4 Man Sowefh.' three ct
play. written by Miss Mary Doc.
tor will be presented AT Birdhursi
Community center, Friday, Apr
20, at 3 p. m. Miss Doctor Is q
teacher al the Grant school grad.
uate ~ the University OF Michigan
and a member of the Sorosis orga.
nization The Urban League Ora
matte guild shares The honor OF
making this play big success.
Mrs. Grace q. Williams. 6777
Scotch, Is hack Al hcr duties as
a teacher ~ The Grant school after
i Neck.s illness
Tine Goodfellows sponsored a sill
Yer d ga At he home OF Mrs Jones.
2lo32N Gardenlane Members and
guests were entertained by some oi
Peaceful valleys outstanding tall
ent. including Miss Dorothy Copen-
ing. Miss Bnrnice Avery, and Miss
Evansville. Ind over The week end.
Vivian Scott
Mrs. Pearl Wright was called TO
ia aliond The funeral ~ cousin.
also 10 visit her mother who is
seriously IN.
In observance NJ Health week
The !, 7 \. council is offering to
The community free clinic, April
y ~ and Nav :
Mrs Clifford Branllcy. The former
Rernice James, Of Battle creek.
died April ~. at Herman Kiefer
hospital. She was seventeen years
~ age and was the wife of clifford
Rraniley. vocalist in Gloster Cur
rents orchestra.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-29
A NON . PARTISAN
NEWSPAPER
The Bulletin Board

ing. Cancellation. mediation. ana A..
bitration through governmsn,
agencies.
The only way we can show m,
approval OF this Is by the balm,
Fhe influence OF the Federal Gov.
eminent is being felt daily an n.
farm and in factory. In The on,.
and shop, on the roadside whe,.
the WPA is working and in the for.
est that rings with the axes Of m.
CCC. For the Inhabitants oi ever,
community, the Federal Govern.
ment has become banker. provision.
err. and landlord In time ~ need
and sieadily II has extended Il.
services for social welfare.
In the future the Federal GOV.
eminent may conceivahl, en,er
even more intimately into The i've,
OF the citizens with health insur.
ance, furtherance OF group medI.
cine. conservation OF national "a
sources. extension OF beneais IA
domestic groups not now included
The pressue of individual Interests
bridging over. but not ohliefatns
state lines. may cause 10 be erect.
cd more traffic lights and towers IA
insure the orderly and safe Dur.
suit OF their business and pleasu,s
by American women and mon. 70.
CARELESS of race, creed. az color
NOTE: We could not close M.
column without mentioning how
well received was the Nacirema
Clubs 1899 dramatic presentation.
The Children's Hour" II was a..
rected by Mr.. and Mrs. Clement T. /
Mills
NOTE A few DAYS ago Morley
Redmond Horace Stretly. 'NalhanI-
cl Lccch. and Gloster Curren, with
Joe Neal visited Lane college in
Jackson. Tennessee. Joe made /,
talk AZ the college and presented a
donation FOR the schools endow.
ment fund fifty dollars Of which
was given by John w Roxhorourh.
manager OF Joe Louis The bou|
visited several other Sonlhefn col.
leges before returning TO Detroit
PEOPLE WE ELECT To Rry|
THE FEDERAL COVER NMENTl
ARE UNITED STATES SENA.
TORS AND cONGRESSMt.N FR0Nl
THE VARIOUS CORNERSTONE
DISTRICTS. AND MEMBERS 0Fl
T III PRESIDENT ELECTORAL
COLLEGE.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-29
PROGRAM OF GUIDE RIGHT WEEK

The Detroit chapters 81 Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and
Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity be highly commended
splendid programs they presented during their annual
Guide Rgh Week which observed from April 10
through April %
These cocgeraned and men through their efforts
reach and lend guiding hand TO BOYS and girls who
graduating from high schools IN effort TO aid them IN
ambition college thereby rendering service
that invaluable n>elfsh spirit and that is the spirit
by which college and woman should be imbucd
MANY brilliant young students who lacked funds with which
10 pursue higher have been aided through col
ege and bN scholarships given by various orores
and fraternes Who estimate the farreachng benefits
that have through such scholarships gwen
worthy boys and girls
To the local Alpha Kappa Alpha. Kappa Alpha Psi
and all The other sorore and tracrne that helping
youth college and find their proper life
great debt Of gratitude MAY all such soorities and
raternites membership and influence
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-29
Miller Students To
Exhibit Paintings

Miller High school Will present
an exhibit OF oil paintings a. the
Lucy Thurman branch Of % YWCA
beginning May and continuing
through Nav the sfn
Through the efforts % Charles
Burns. principal. and Miss Ruth
Spencer OF the art department the
paintings OF many Miller students
will be offered 10 the public for
sale and exhibition. over - works
by II students will be on display.
Among the captions listed over
The paintings are Sky Line. Jspa-
nese Rhapsody Acro.. the Street
Deer on Belle Isle. Dream House
Street Church on elm
ION Street, and Ford Rotunda.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-29

For the next few issues we shall
discuss reasons why We as Negro
citizens should become more In
terestcd in politics and In whom
we elect to public office.
The active participation OF wage
earners IN our national life is more
active and more important for the
achievement OF The permanent and
democratic civilization 10 which
we are committed as a nation. This
weeks column will discuss our po-
sition in national politics.
our hope lies in growing real
ization OF our inter-locking interest.
We must continue 10 have faith In
our basic conception that free self
regulated people make for bet
ter country and greater happiness
for all. According 10 the Depart
ment Of Labor. we have In Ameri-
ca today between fifty million and
ffty-fve million workers OF whom
only about one NTH are engaged in
agriculture. OF the n-agricultural
group. about half are industrial
workers That means that in the
past one hundred and fifty years
We haze changed over from ma
tional economy predominanily agri-
cultural TO one permanently indus
trial
The emplo, ment of the past ten
years show how this change has
affected the security Of our work.
Ing population. At no time during
Tho depression did agricultural en-
ploymcnt decline more than about
FIVE per cent below the 1929 level.
but non-agricultural employmer
as q whole declined nearly thirty
per cent while industrial employ
ment declined more than forty per
cent. AZ The peak Of recovery in
1877 industrial employment was
siill above eight and one half per
cent below the 1929 level
I.abors problem Is more than a
personal one. II IL national in scope
and n vital part Of the whole eco
monte picture. We agree with Sec
rotary Of Labor Frances Perkins.
that the United States department
of Labor has been an active leader
in assisting in The development OF q
program OF reasonably short hours
OF labor adequate income from
wages. safe and healihful cordi-
lions ~ work. elimination OF child
labor, and progressive Industrial re-
latlons based on collective bargain
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-29
New Pastor Called To
Scott M. E. Church

The Rev n. NJ Carroll. who
formerly pastored South Park ME
church, IN Chicago, H.. arrived in
Detroit recently. to take up his du-
Ties as The new pastor OF the local
Scott MEi church, at ST. Antoine
and +. Kirby avenue.
The Rev. Mr.. Carroll left The city
Thursday evening, TO attend The
Joint general conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Methodist
Episcopal, South. and the Methodist
Protestant denomination in Kan
sas City. other Dctroiters expect
ed 10 attend the conference include
the Rev Mr. Bankhead. nf Rcrea
ME church James Traylor. also
several members OF the ME- Young
peoples organizations OF this dis
trict
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-29
BABY sister

My hahv sister Is
A mischievous little girl.
She always pulls my hair
Though # takes so long to curl
She's always fighting
And griiiing her teeth.
But when YOU speak about H.,
She stamps her liitle feet
You ought 10 see the things
She eats cach day,
She snaiChes' at- llii cat.
When he gets In the way
My baby sister IS
An awful little CROUCH
Bnt often wonder wha, I'd do.
II she we're NOT about.
BY Irene Binion
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-29
The Poppies Speak

Those we're MANNED in war.
please buy from us" they implore.
The peoples made by our own
hand
The hands hat fought to save our
land.
Now are outstretched 10 you.
Give them aid with hearts so true.
They fought on Flanders Fields,
Upon the earth that yields
The peoples orange and red
They wave around the gravestones'
head
So huy from them who fought In
the war
And now an helpless I Implorc
By Doris Mclaughlin. Grade SD.
Age H. a6f Frederick
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-29
!F'N!,!9!,,I! !! H!Is'
ywCA BOARD MEMBERS

IS pcr cent Of an board members
~ the NWt'A are white or The re-
naming percent ~ Negro board
members Mrs Ann 'olhy Albright
of 6ls Eas' foolh Stref. Duluth.
Minnesota j. the only Negro Boa,d
member NJ. NwCA who docs nor
represent Negro branch ny a.
Alhriehi puluth Minnesota
~ WING TEN CENTS
fietsslr = Rrock aud bic faith
or A'ss Brock. we've indicted for
ladns with Dick me slaNe ~ +.
y. Pcgues The rial was hold be-
fore Judge Munro Chesterfield.
South carol ma lS5S
The Rroek : we're retailers 81 .pi-
rruous liquors ana in this pariicn-
Jar case bad sold The slave q hottie
~ liquor for len cents lyder The
Nc' ~ 1873 selling liquor Ia slaves
was forbidden
The Rioths were indicted ON the
barge ~ PURCHASING 10
CENTS In co.'s FROM 4 ShNvE'
which Wa no offense. DO you get
DATES START AN FINISH or
HlNll. WAX NOBODY KNOWS
The proclamation ~ intended
blockade hv me Prcsidcnf NAV
therefore he assumed "a MARKING
me frs ~ these dates. and tho
proclamation thar tho war had clos
ed as making The second
But The war did not begin or
close al he same time IN AN fhe
states There were Two proclama-
tons ~ intended blockade. INC
FRS, Of he tenth Of April. 1861.
embracing the states OF South
Carolina. Georgia. Alabama. Flori-
da. Mississippi Louisiana. and
I Texas the second OF 18th April
1861 embracing ire States Of Vir.
ginia. North Carolina. Georgia. Flo.
rdla Mississippi. Tennessee. Alaha
ma. Louisiana. and Arkansas. and
HE other issued on The 2Oih OF
August. 1856. embracing the state
of Texas
J. would be- dinieul,. II uot inn.
possible. 10 say on whai prcrise day
The civil War began or Terminated
NAY &. I>Is
Martin n Delaney, horn May 6
1872. in charlestoWn West yir-
GINA then Virginia. son of Sam,
uel and Pati DELANEY. free people
81 color Parents moved 10 Cham
hcrsburgh, Penn when he was ten
years old where he first attended
school In 1891. he Went 10 PITTS
burgh .. Twelve years later be-
gan the study Of medicine. Assool-
ated with Frederick Douglass in
The publishing OF Douglass paper
the North Star. Attended Har-
ward Medical School In 1912.
PraCticed medicine in Chatham
Ontario tCanadal 1855 Travelled 10
Africa in the interest % Negro
colonization Visited London on
his return from Africa and spoke
on the same platform with Prince
Albert Returning to the United
States assisted In recruiting Negro
soldiers for the Civil War Feb
ruary s. 1855. was commissioned
major and two months later was
ordered TO Charlvstown Served
for two wears IN the Freedmen's
Bureau Nominated In 1874, on
tho Independent Republican tick
els for Lieutenant governor OF