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Evening star., 1939-07-28

Far Eastern situation, before sail
ing for Shanghai a month ago.
Only once before has he served in
the Far East. This was immedi-
ately after the World War when he
commanded a submarine fotilla and
tender.
Since then he has studied at both
the Army and Navy War Colleges,
has commanded battleships and sub
marine divisions and served as
superintendent of the Naval Acade-
my. Before joining the General
Board in 1886 he commanded the
Scouting Force cruisers in the fleet.
Mrs. Hart is a daughter of the
late Rear Admiral Willard w.
BroWnson. Admiral Hart is native
of Michigan, but calls Sharon, Conn,
his home. They have five children.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Named to Trustees

Francis x. Emmet, general man.
ager OF Georgetown Preparatory
School, has been named member
OF the Board of Trustees of Dewitt
School, 1855 Upton street NV. In
addition to his work at Georgetown
Preparatory School, Mr.. Emmett
served for six years on the board of
the Eastern Interscholastic Associa-
ton.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Night Gunnery Practice
Causes Ship Disaster Alarm
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CAPE MAY, N. j., July 28.-The
U. S. S. San Francisco, holding
night gunnery practice off Cape May,
was the innocent cause of a ship
disaster report last night.
When the five fathom bank light
ship wirelessed that it had seen
rockets, followed by the flashes and
reports of explosions. the Coast
Guard sent a patrol boat out from
Norfolk, Va, and the cutter Mohawk
prepared to leave here. The Navy
soon explained, however, that the
cruisers 5inch guns were the cause
Of the explosions.
Buildings in Cape May and in
Lewes, Del, on the other side of
Delaware Bay, shuddered from the
conclusion, causing local excite
ment.
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; KILLED, ; Seriously
Hurt in Auto Crash
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Ca, July 28.-Filling
station attendants who heard a
crash followed by screams found
three men dead and three other
persons severely injured in the
wreckage of two automobiles near
here last night.
The dead were Eston GaSkins, At;
Walter Chauncey, 81, and James
Williams, %, all South Georgia resi-
dents. Mrs. Gaskins, a 2-year-old
daughter, and r. L. Williams, 20,
suffered serious injuries.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Former House Member Dies

SOUTH PORTLAND, Me-, July %
R.-Former United States Repre-
sentative Simon M. Hamlin, who in
1884 became the first Democrat since
the Civil War to represent the 1st
Maine district, died at his home
yesterday. He was 73.
In 1886 he was defeated for re-
election by incumbent Representa-
tive James c. Oliver, Republican.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
leqion Post to Be Formed

A new American Legion post will
be organized tonight in the Depart
ment of Commerce Auditorium.
Nearly 200 employees of the depart
ment have indicated their intention
to become members of the unit
Election of officers, adoption Of
constitution and bylaws and Show
ing of motion picture are on the
evenings program.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Abrogotion AppIouded
By Manila Publisher

SAN FRANCISCO, July % R.-
American abrogation of the 1911
treaty with Japan was described
yesterday by Dee C.. Chuan, mil
lionaire Manila publisher, as really
a material and moral help to China. .
Mr.. Dee learned of the State De-
partment's action upon his arrival
on the Honolulu clipper with his
son, Robert Dee Sc Wee, to spend
year in the United States for his
health.
That's good news" the leader of
Manilais Chinese colony beamed.
ut will offset the action of the
British. I think it was what the
British wanted. The British don't
know what to do and want the
United States to come along and
do something"
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Weather Report
Furnished by tn,

District OF Coumba-Loca thundershowes tomorrow
variable winds becoming moderate nohery
Maryland-Loca thundershowe
interior afternoon
VgniaLocal thundershowes gen.
orally tonight
tomorrow afternoon night and southeast portion night
Sunday generally
West VrgnaShowers tonight tomorrow
tonnr and tnnOrr unipht
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Son Born to Lunos

HOLLYWOOD, July % [P).-After
Clark Gable and his wife, Carole
Lombard, spent the night at her
bedside. Miss Lombard's secretary
Madalynne Fields, became the
mother of a boy.
Miss Fields, known in the studios
as "Fieldsie." is the wife Of Walter
Lang, motion picture director.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
A Light Surprise

MINOT, N. Oak. P.-R. F. Stein
metz, returning to his parked auto
mobile, found one headlight shat
tered, but a new lens lay on the
front seat.
Attached was this note, unsigned:
II backed into your light, Mr., 20
I got you q new lens. Sorry"
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Navy Assigns Wyott
To Madrid Embassy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The Navy today assigned Comdr.
Ben H. Wyatt, outstanding flying
officer now on duty at Annapolis to
be the first American naval and
naval air attache at Madrid since
1923.
The order followed others re-estab-
fishing naval observers in the princi-
pal European capitals, and sending
new naval missions to South Amer
lea. Hitherto the American attache
at Paris has reported on Spanish
developments.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Midshipmon Who Lost
Foot to Finish Course
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 28.-The
Naval Academy announced today
Midshipman Gaylord Alexander
Buchanan, who lost his right foot
in an accident aboard ship during
drill, would be allowed to finish his
course.
Buchanan, of Claysville, Pa, was
caught in the blight Of a line on a
subchaser during seamanship drill.
He il scheduled TO graduate next
June.
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Record for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, 90. 3:45 pm. yesterday. Year
ago. %.
Lowest. rs, 4 am. today. Year ago, 70
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest. 90. on June l6,
Lowest, II. on February %.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon Yesterday to noon today
Highest "a per cent Ut midnight.
Lowest % par cent, ct Z pm. yestarday
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Weather Conditions Last Fl Hours.
The northern disturbance is moving
slowly northeastward with diminishing in
tensity Nottingham Island, Hudson Strait,
1868 millibars (29.42 inches) and a broad
trough extends thence southwark to the
lower ST. Lawrence Valley and thence SOUTH
westward to Oklahoma, South Bend Ind.
and Oklahoma City: Okla. 1929 millibars
.s9 80 inches,t hes Another disturbance is
Ancon. 10112, millibars t29.s6 inchesl
Another disturbance is moving southeast
ward over Alberta. Edmonton. 1907. g milli-
bars (29.76 inches) An extensive area
of high pressure is moving east-southeast-
ward with center over Southern Manitoba,
Winnipeg, 1023.7 millibars (30.23 inches)
and ; Nova SCOTIA southwark and southeast
high over the Gulf States and Florida, S. S.
Manhattan, about 300 miles south of New
foundland 1927 l millibars 60 33 inches>.
and Pensacola. Fla, 1888 millibars t3O.O1
1nches). Showers have occurred in portions
OF every State east Of the Rocky Mountains.
except North Dakota; Showers have oc-
CURED quite generally in New England
The weather has become cooler in the CEN
trail and northern Plains States. the upper
Mississippi Valley and the upper Lake re-
gion. while the temperature has risen in
the Far Northwest.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
at HarDers Ferry. Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today
Tide Tables.
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Report for Last "a Hours.
Evening star., 1939-07-28

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
at Harpers Ferry. Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today.
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TAFT OF OHIO
Continued from Page -

Continued from rage -
considered. the name Of Senator
Taft looms large on the horizon.
and wen ii may, for here is man
in the eyes Of the people Of his own
state has the ability and the VII
to do, backed by experience ana
training for leadership.
Concerning the affairs IN his own
state of Ohio. Senator Taft refer
red to many Negroes who have been
active in political circles and spn3e
h;yhly Of their services to the party
He WAS genuinely interested ~ ""
welfare Of the Negro in Ohio and
expressed the hope that the pres
anf state administration would con-
tinue the same attitude toward Ne
gro voters as former administrations
had observed.
An able man, The distinguishes
lineage, we'll trained and sympatf-
etic to minority groups throughout
the country, Senator Robert A. TAFT
will be factor u reckon with when
-she Republican National convention
sa Nasla.
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DIVINE HOLDINGS NOW $262;ooO
IN UPSTATE NEW YORK

peace" it is reported, q fact which
has caused much concern among
some whites not Of the Divine faith,
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CO M M E N T S
CALVIN'S DIGEST
BY FLOYD j. CALVIN
Listed by Editor &k Publisher)

ian model, Miss Tildons the great
granddaughter Of Reconstractiosn
legislator. calmly greeted the conn
munity's most eligible young bach
elors in the receiving line within the
ballroom, which for once was closed
to its customary jitterbugA" !
A story that was truly news
feature, packed with color and hu-
man interest, and remarkably well
written, which "sa wthe light OF
| day" in q great metropolitan after
noon paper, not in q special edition
for Harlem, b1s N ALL editions.
| Now, what do you make Of that7
/ There must be real reason why
Negroes of intelligence love New
! York.
Congratulations Miss Tildons con-
gratulations Mr.. Poston; and con-
gratulations to the New York Age,
the veteran leader of the Negro
press Of the East, for giving TO the
group such charming society edi-
tor as Miss Tildon. The Age IS still
! leader, as this incident definitely
proves And last but not least,
congratulations to the New IorK
Post for rising above race and color
and printing the NEWS.
"Dcnounce RAsism"
Catholic Editors Denounce Rae
ism,o was welcome headline in the
New York Times last Sunday. Tns
pledge against racism, contained n
resolutions drawn up by conmit-
tee, had as one Of its membefE
Richard Reid, editor of the Augusta
4 (Ga) Bulletin.
This news came out of the clos
! ing session of the Catholic Press
! | Association at the Hotel Comrno-
dore in New York. But more per-
: tinent to the Negroes interests Was
the statement by Rev. John LaFarge
Of New York, which thanked the
: Catholic press of the United States
for its fortnight cooperation iT
the cause of the disadvantage
T. r
/ American Negro and in support %
n the Catholic interracial movement
The Catholics seem TO 60 all ths
k way in their fight against prajudice
4 We appreciate this spirit
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Mrs. Hattie L. Lee
Succumbs; Mother of
Lieut.. Geo. w. Lee

MEMPHIS, July Shy james
C Dickerson for ANP) Mrs. Hat
tie L. Lee. 6s. died at her residence
early Tuesday morning. She came
here from Mississippi several years
ago and is the mother Of Lieut..
George w. Lee, well known beaia
s.reet writer. insurance man and ~
aited ruler Of Bluff City Lodge NO.
CO IBPOE of w
Lieut.. Lee has one outstanding
memory of his mother in their ma
tive Mississippi shortly after his IA
ther died. There WAS disastrous
food. but somehow the mother man
aged 10 get her two sons, 1eofee
and abncr. into i boat and 70"
them through the flooded area g
III safety al barn. She was ehe
mother ii three children, and tWH
mentioned above and Chester iee
She kept house for Lieut.. Lee nht
her death.
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Rraithwaite Harvard >
Lone Grad This Year

noSTON. July 5.-fANPl Tire
one Negro graduate with the baeh.
elor of Arts degree from Harvard
nn;versitv this year was Goier'dge
d f;raithwaitc If Cambridge, Mas,
lie i the son Of Dr. and Mrs. Jehh
A Braithwa!ite, hong residents "
Cambridge where IDr Braith@ait
has practiced medicine since -
graduation wears ago from Narvafd
Medical school.
Young Rraithwaite mal"fed -
music and modern languaees a'''
was graduated cum laude. He WAS
An honor graduate from Gaahflas''
High and Latin school. during NJ
years at Harvard he WAS Tor lin
], member of the S,lec club aud = s
Chanel choir AS we'll as on the sta't
of ph;llips Brooks house and nefa
her of the Music and Italian ciups.
He held the Buckley and Sthaeht
Council scholarships and q pos'' ''ts'h
ON the honored deans list ms
thesis for graduation WAS vo'u'i'-
Gus piece of research on The Achieve
ncnts and Contributions 10 Mns's oi
Samuel Celeridge Taylor, which WI
heisled III thc Harvard university
library.
IN addition 10 cemrleiing the r.
au;red work Of his class IN music
Braithwaite has done other eo'al'os-
ing Of orchestral and chamber M.
sic. He plays botlr~ the piano a'1i
organ and is a member of the choaf
of St. Peters Episcopal chnfeh'
Cambridge. He plans tc retnfr $
Harvard IN the fall for his master
degree in musical composition anl
pedagogy. Other Negro aluni''
from Harvard this year were t'e'h
the various graduate departments.
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NEW YORK, July 5.--(C) =
Holdings OF Father Divine and his
saDgels, acquired in Ulster county,
in Kingston and nearby towns, since
1885, are estimated as being worth
S2I2, 1000, and it is estimated that
$50 900 more has been spent in i'm
proyrments, making q. total valua,
ton Of $2G2,O00, according TO
fro L page feature article in the
Herald-Tribune Monday morning.
II is believed the properties, some
25 in number, were bought Tor
about s2i2 900. he Diyineites
keep their "kingdoms' and prom
ised lsnds'' clean. and all followers,
both white and colored, pay aiiegl-
ance to Divine as God" it is re-
ported Divine's recent addition TO
his holdings in fashionable Sutton
Manor on Long Lind Sound has
ca d coasternsti u among some
whites. Divine bought several Of his
properties through white women
WHO paid cash in bills af large de-
npa,ipat. .9ns. Banks selling the
properties did not know they were
going to Divine until the deeds had
baen executed.
white and eaiored angels live
| in the akingdems" in sperfee'
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Economic Transition

Too often it has required cen
tury of agitation and education 10
win q point toward progress.
The slavery question, Woman's
suffrage, labor laws, workers COM
pensation were issues, but unemploy
ment just now is paramount
WPA reports from San Francesca
reveal the fact that every fifth work
err is denied both q job and assist
ance.
Only q fourth of the jobless IN
Frisco are getting federal relief OF
any sort. Reports from other cities
this week enable US to sense the
situation.
We are just now in the stage o.
economic transition when It ISM
/ the wise thing to say to the fur'
lopghed or unemployed worker.
sIt's yepr bad luck
r. NJ, Kirkendall
Dayton, Ohio
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Hare Bl Bac WsAI ncwsis broadcast WsAI Wednes
o chief WIN chooses days from 1880 to 746 M Eal
.,arial or WsAs features Clair shadwei ~ ne
a,ra .The Editor Writes" the living Of his myth
shown here his clipping cal home reading to MON the ed
to be that week In dozen more coun
nevt program .The Editor Writes" daies and weekes
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june Pension Roll
Boost Reported

A total cf lle,27s psrhpns rep
rcsentips net increase OF sos
oyer Nav, received old age benefits
in June, according to the monthly
report Of Tom MeEaw. chief Of the
Division of Aid for the Aged.
During June, total Of Sa,SzA'-
i3e wa spaid out, with the average
grant $22.57. or three cents more
than in May.
Since the first of the year. 6,O9S
recipients have been added to the
pension rolls without decreasing the
average grant, Mcaw reported.
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CoYnrnissiosa Named for
Fairs Negro Day

Pursuant to q resolution adopted
b. The General Assembly, commits.
sion to represent Ohio on Negro
Day at the New York Worlds Far
has been named. with David d, Tufs
peau, member of the House OF Rep.
.4sentatives, from Cincinnati, as
ehaarwsan.
Other ma embers of the cimmission
named TO date are Ray Hughes, Co
lu,nbus attorney and n,siaber OF that
city's Civil Service Commissions. and
Mrs Cora Jordan White, Of Cleve-
land
Negrs Day at the fair will be held
next week.
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Liberal Press


We cannot overlook the liberal
gestures being made by the daily
newspapers Of New York toward the
Negro group. One Of the latest,
and by far the most outstanding,
was the publication in the New York
Post on June %, society feature
article by Ted Poston, Hopkins
vile, KY, youth and Eormer stu
dent Of Tennessee A. & |. State col
lege whose rise in New York jour
nalism has been rapid. On the front
Eage Of The Post, in the summary
Of contents, appeared this Legends:
Harlem Cafe Society agog as up
town glamous girl makes her bow
to society in formal debut at Rem
aissance Ballroom. Page 81
And on lsage 3, over a two-column
cut / the very charming society
editor of the New York Age, appear
ed the caption: Glamour Girl No.
Makes Her Bow to Harlem's
Elite" while beneath the cut an the
legend: "Wezfynn Margaret De,
velle Tildon, Harlem Debutante'
Physicians Daughter, .18. Has De-
hut---600 Attend Party
Then followed quite long story
excerpts from which read: Har.
lem's own Brenda Frazier, the No
glamous girl Of Dark Manhattan:
exclusive Four Hundred, made he,
formal bow to uptown society las
night--in much livelier, if les.
costly, coming-ont Iarty than hei
famous predecessor downtown.
"The outstanding NEGRO debu
tante Of the season--eighteen-y
| Old Wezlynn Margaret Develle Til
don--was presented to more thai
900 socially prominent guests at tn
Renaissance Ballroom in the larg
est affair Of its kind in the histor
or the Negro community.
4 "And her formally clad guests
politely but firmly shielded from th
cameras of two national pictur
! magazines, took the party IN the
: stride, although it was landmar
in the social life of the urtow
. section.
Demurely clad in white 81
mousseline- e-de-soie gown Of Victo
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war. At least nonefy percent Of tic
position to the Administration sLon- /
communications received voiced or !
somed Blom Neutrality Bill. Most (
of the messages reguceted that ~, |
embargo on sl,i,mcnt of arms and |
munitions TO nations engaged in
war be continued and that Congress
not extend to the President airy new
rowers garding international af-
fairs.
The amount Of gold in the United
States continues to pile up. In he
last three months the increas in
shipments Of gold to this country
has been amazing and today the
government has in its possession ani
control--the most Of which Is bur-
led In great vaults near Louisville
Ky-rnore than sixteen billion dol
lars worth OF gald. or more tbon
sixty percent Of all the gold In the
& ID IN ad lition to the gold men
| toned above. the government has
/ gre.at amount of silver buried II
vaults at West Point, N. Y. Some
Of this precious metal represents sill
| yer purchased from American mines
but much Of it was purchased in
world markets at abnormally high
prices, which experts insist has in
jurad th. monetary system of 4
number Of foreign countries, rs well
is seriously curtailing American
foreign trade. Some Of the Admin
stration's monetary policies are
hard To ndcrstand. For instance,
thu United States government pays
thirty-tive dollars an OUNCE for all
gold purchased from foreign coun-
tries, but continues TO pay Amefl
can citizens only twenty dollpf
nd sixty-seven cents per ounce for
American gold.
That tee Senate does not have
comIlete corner on fiiibustering tao
tiAs was proven last week when Re
{ publscags in the House opposed .
the Presidests control of monetar
values despite the five minute rul
on debate, successfully c9Hddupeted
flibuster for many hours in sppp8r
of the Sepate's determination tina
the Presidents power to devaiu
! tha dollar should expire at the en-
I Of the tiscai ysur sn June S0tf
Both the House and Senate wer
= kept in continuous session each da
until late at night.
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it'll 4 Buckeye
In Congress.

With six months Of continuous
session behind it. the Seyenty-sixth
Congress has already proven itself
to be the most expensive In all the
PEACE time hitory Of the United
States. Total appropriations al
ready made, or certain to be made
before adjournment. will reach the
amazing figure Of more than eleven
billion dollars. This despite the or
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-07-07

~..A+ Gdt year UGSIiulHE L
July ist, 1899 amounted to nearly |
ten billion dollars, being the largest |
budget ever presented to an Ameri-
ean Congress except during the
World War period. To the budget
| estimates have been added an in.
crease Of approximately three hun
dred and fifty million dollars in tn.
agricultural appropriation and small
Ter increases for WPA. flood control,
/ tional defense, and other govern
! ment purposes The more than
| eleven billion dollar total does no.
include any of the expenditures re-
4 qucsted by the President IN his re-
cent message 10 Congress in connee-
ton with his new "Spend-LcnP'
program There is considerable
doubt as to what action Congress
may take at this session relative to
The new presidential spendin GIRO
gram. but should any appropriation
be made in furtherance thereof they
will Of necessity be added to the
total cost Of government despite the
claim that such Il spending program
will be without the budget. inas-
muchas the Federal government
meaning the taxpayers will be fin
, tncially responsible therefor.
j Final Udjouanment d fthis ses-
J sion Of Congress will depend entire
II upon what the Senate may do
regarding the presidential demand
for new "Neutraiity' Bill greatly
extending the power Of the Presi-
dent and his Administration in in
teinttionai affairs. The House spent
racticaliy all OF last week fighting
a. the so-caiied neutrality pro-
gram, q vote finally being forced
aerson la te last Friday. In thu
$ Senate, however the story will be .
Z different one, as the rule Of uniim
& tied debate guarantees that ths
matter will be discussed fully an,
/, thoroughly in that body. As thi'
ii written there appears to be 1
nasibiiity that the Senate may re
fl the neutrality measure to it
farcign Relations G0naaatkee ane
take no further action thereof a
Y this session. If usch a turn Of at
: fairs should come about, Congress:
I will undoubtedly adjourn before tn,
e FIRST of August. The President ma,
/ then make good his threat to call )
u special session to consider the Net
Y trality Bill demanded by the Ad
ministration. However, should th,
/ neutrality measure be taken up TO
[, debate the Senate at this time
i Congress will undoubtedly remain il
I session until late August, or evei
Il nto September.
!. Speatcsng Of Flo 6~ht ~ Congress
: .rer the Administration g on ore
g Neutrality BIZ. perhaps nc nfne'
maas,,re has attssefrd +@ nn,Gl, e
I: fontion from Over tic country stnc'
The battles over the Snprsm f'"''s
packing Bill and the originsi Reer
ganization Bill Thousands. an
perhaps even millions. Of letters am
telegrams poured in from baci
home on Members of Congress reia
tive to this controversial measure
: SEEMINGLY the great majority o
! American citizens interested enouvl
n to get in touch with their congress
Y sionai representatives rafsarding th'
i measure. are insistent that ever
! nossibla provis'en be made by Law
to. keep the United siatoe out Q
4.
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position Oh n mil
liant Republican
minority supported
by a small grohp
of economy mind
e d Democrats. The
budget submitted
by the Admins
tration for the fis-
pal upar haUinpiuu