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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-03-17

winter, will undoubtedly attract the
attention of those so politically
minded as to be looking forward to
the campaign of 1910, as all of the
Republican presidential possibili-
ties will be given an opportunity
to be seen and heard sooner or later
That reciprocal trade treaty made
with England by Secretary Hull, and
which became effective the first of
the year, has not been at all favor
able to the producers of wool and
the manufacturer of wooden goods
in the United States, is attested to
by report just out on imports from
England for the month of January,
the first month under the new treaty.
According to the figures approx
mately four times as many pounds
of nails were imported in January
1889, under the treaty, as in January
1888, under the old law. Practically
six times as many pounds of woolen
wastes came in under the new
treaty, while the importation of rags
was eleven times as heavy. Better
than double the amount Of yardage
of woolen goods came into the
United States from England in
January 1889 than in the same
month in 1888. All Of which means
less demand for American grown
| wool and, Of course, less employment
and less business for our Woolen
mills. :
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COLLEGE
FRESHMAN
Continued from page One)


Senior high school, the Bronx, the
youngest in class of 750. In Wal
ton Miss Calvin, elder daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd ]. Calvin, was
president Of the Current Events
Club, editor Of the Latin Paper,
member of the Scholarship Circle, a
member of the school chapter Of the
Foreign Policy Association, and at
tended lectures on world politics al
tie Hotel Astor Entering private
kindergarten at 1a, Miss Calvin en-
tered public kindergarten at 5, was
admitted to Junior High at 8, and to
Senior High at Ii. She began study
ing the piano at 8, and is an accom-
phi he'd pianist-composer, having ap-
cred with her younger sister, Do
lol =, II, now in the High School of
Music and Art, in two annual re-
citals, of which several national
leaders were patrons. Miss CALVIN
is voracious reader, keeping ur
with three daily newspapers, and
dulag vacation last summer read 81
books. She has done special study
in every museum in New York, and
wen two scholarships in New York
music schools, being now an advanc-
ed pupil of Winfield Abel of Stein
way Hall; and is well versed on
symphony music through study OF
Philharmonic concerts through sew
eral seasons. She has travelled
through 80 states, visiting Washing
ton, Durham, Chicago, Kansas City
| Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana anc
| Texas; and between making numer
| Gus scrapbopks, some of them OF
Negro history, she finds time *
cook, sew and help keep house. Mis-
| Calvin has not missed a day from
| school since she was i'll with mease':
! in 2B; and she teaches two music
pupils of her own. She lives in ths
| Dunbar Apartments in Haalem witt
1 her parents.
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SnnT0PlAH COMMENTS
FELLOWSHIP
(Cons;nued from page One)

Continued from page One)
the posture contest which the Girl
Reserve department Of the Fifth
Street X. w. C. A. is sponsoring.
On March % at four p. m. the con-
test will end when loving cup will
be awarded to the girl judged to
have the most posture.
Invitations are being issued for
the fourth annual musicale tea which
will be held Sunday, March 26 at
four p. m. by the Entire Nous Indus
trial club.
Mrs. Leota Rust is chairman Of
the committee which is making plans
for the quarterly meeting of the Y
w. G. A. March 80 at eight p. m. A,
this meeting it is planned to inform
the regular members the growing
effectiveness Of the work done BY
the branch. Other members Of the
committee are Mrs. T. ]. Smith
Mrs. Ollie Walton, Mrs. Ella Nc
Cluskey, Mrs. Opal Winston, Mrs
LOWE Gay and Mrs. Ruth Campbell
The Girl Reserve department i
rehearsing for two plays which ar,
being given in April.
Next week registrations for th'
adult education classes sponsore,
by the Y. w. G. A. will be takel
from any persons wishing to bench
from the extensive adult education
| program of the branch. No charg
is made for any classes.
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CALVIN'S DIGEST
|, the right direction. Here the rights
of ALL are guaranteed.
By FLOYD J. CALVIN
Listed by Editor e. Publisher)

the right direction. Here. the rights
of ALL are guaranteed.
Press Changes
The recent taking over of the
Washington Tribune by the Capital
News Service, of which the veteran
Robert A. Pelham is president, is
good sign, we think. We prefer to
see as many papers as possible keep
local control, for it is only througn
local control that a community can
obtain its truest possible expression.
By this we do not register opposl-
ton to the chain system Of pubilca-
ton. On the contrary, we rather
congratulate some of our newspaper
publishers for seeing an opportunity
in this field, and then exploring It's
possibilities. Some have explored
these opportunities rather success
/ fully, and some others have mistaken
| the idea as such for success, instead
of the hard work and wise manage
ment that go with the idea. We ap-
plaud vision and aggressive promo
1ion wherever found.
| In the case of the Washington
| Tribune, however, we think city
of the size of the National Capital
!, should have stEong local paper.
/ And we now feel that Mr.. Pelham,
in, spite Of his advanced age, has
demonstrated already that he is the
man for the job. The handling OF
/ the Marian Anderson case was su-
perbly done. What many Of our
local leaders need is smoking out
on issues vital to the group, and Mr..
Pelham is adept in this field.
/ We like the planks in Mr.. Peihams
announced platform, some Of which
are: 1--WE will endorse and champion
in our columns every movement for
| the advancement Of the economic
status of Negroes.
| 1--WE will not permit cowardice,
fear, prejudice or selfishness to de-
| ter us from either commencing that
| which is laudable or condemning
that which is derogatory.
eve will encourage, by word and
deed, Negro business and Negro
professions, and will exhort our
people to do likewise"
4 This is as praiseworthy platform
as any newspaper can stand upon.
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DR.. c. b. POWELL GAINS 8
POUNDS ON NASSAU TRIP

NEW YORK - (C) DR.. C. B.
Powell, editor of the Amsterdam
News, returned to Harlem last week
after spending a month, with Mrs.
Powell, in Nassau, the Bahamas,
basking in the tropical sun. The
editor gained nine pounds on the
trip, and announced: Il feel better
than ! have ever felt in my life,' as
he resumed active charge Of his
newspaper.
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Incidentally, speaking of the new
Administration program to bring
about recovery through aid to the
small business men of the country,
perhaps it might be well to point out
here that the first suggestion along
this line came early in January,
when Congressman Clarence j..
Brown of Ohio introduced bill for
aid to small business by the proper
extension of credit. The Brown Bill
caused much discussion in business
circles and it was not long after
wards until Administration spokes-
men began to feature similar pro-
grams, which were claimed as their
own. OF course, any law for relief
of small business passed by the pre-
sent Congress will bear the name of
a Democratic sponsor. The Admin
istration will see to that.
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in which the White House played no
small part, attracted great attention
and caused much comment AS the
President left for fleet maneuvers
he limited mysteriously that he might
be compelled to return at any mo-
ment because Of some unknown, but
evidently dangerous, situation con-
fronting the country. Huge appro-
priations for defense purposes were
rushed through the Congress. No
one was longer talking about the
failure of the New Deals domestic
policies. Then F. D. R, returned
from the Caribbean to take up the
program of business appeasement
and tax reduction, started by some
of his Cabinet officers a few days
earlier. The theme song now seems
to be one of Recovery before Re-
form" Thus we enter a new phase
of the New Deal.
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NEW POPE HAILED IN HARLEM

NEW YORK (C)-Harlem Cath
olics gathered at st. Marks Hall, 80
West l38th street, Sunday after
noon and hailed the new Pope, Plus
XII, as the Catholic Laymen's Union,
presided over by Father John La
Fargo, chaplain of the Catholic In
terracial Council and prominent
writer, met.
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"Republicans-on- n-the-March' is the
name that has been selected for a
series of dinners to be held in Wash
ington under the sponsorship of the
Republican members of the House.
Clarence J. Brown of the Seventh
Ohio District has been named as one
of the seven members of special
committee in charge Of arrange
ments for the dinner series which
will present to the public during the
next year the outstanding Republi-
can leaders of the nation. The first
dinner is being held Thursday even
ing March 18th with Governors Har-
Ian J.. Bushfield of South Dakota and
Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut
as the principal guest speakers, to-
gether with Senators Chandler Cur
ney of South Dakota and John F..
Danaher Of Connecticut. The second
dinner is planned for early in April
with two Ohioans in the limelight--
Governor John w. Bricker and
Senator Robert A. Taft-featuring
the program which will also include
two or three prominent eastern Re-
publicans. Later third dinner in
May will undoubtedly mark the ap-
pearance of fsracket buster" Tom
Dewey Of New York, and other
celebrities. The series Of dinners
which viii be- continued early nex'
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Evening star., 1939-06-29
President Signs Bill
Fof:War Department
Civil Functions
River and Hurbor
Improvements and Flood
Control Are Included
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt signed today
IN appropriation bill carrying $685.
1854 for non military activities of
the War Department, including
flood control and river and harbor
improvements.
Congress increased the Presidents
estimates for flood control and
river and harbor work by $50 900, ,OOO
OF the total provided by the civil
functions bill, $172,OOOO00 was ear
marked for flood control, including
$39,000,000 for the Mississippi River
and its tributaries and 500 900 900
for maintenance and new work on
rivers and harbors.
In addition, the measure carried
$7000,00O for continuing construc-
ton OF power facilities at the Bon
neville Dam on the Columbia River
in Oregon and $4,000 900 for a sim
liar purpose at the Fort Peck Dam.
Montana.
1t also carried slightly more than
$1,000, 900 to start construction of
the Denison Dam on the Red River.
between Texas and Oklahoma.
Other items in the measure were
$163, ,l40 for the office of the United
States high commissioner to the
Philippines, $24,774,924 for main
tenance and operation of the Pan
anna Canal Zone government and
$4,000 for the Alaska communica-
ton system.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Treasury Cuts Price
On Foreign Silver
To London! Level
Senate Bill Makes U. S.
Mines Subject to Tax,
Morgenthou Says

BY the Associated Press.
The Treasury cut its price for for
eign silver to SO cents an ounce
today shortly after Secretary Nor
genthau said the price would be ad-
justed to that on the London
market. The price was cut from
1914 cents an ounce.
The third cut in as many davs
brought the price exactly S cents
below the level it had held every
day from March, 1898, until Tuesday
noon.
The London price had dipped to-
day to 37.79 from yesterdays 1882
cents an ounce.
Secretary Morgenthau said it was
necessary to keep the Washington
prices adjusted to London's in
order to prevent dumping of the
metal here by foreign sellers antici-
patlng complete cessation of the
United States buying program.
Sees Tax Applicable.
Whether the program would be
continued uninterruptedly beyond
tomorrow midnight depended on
whether and in what form Congress
would finish before that time the
Dill extending President Roosevelts
emergency monetary powers, includ-
ing those to buy foreign silver and
domestic silver above world prices.
Secretary Morgenthau told his
press conference the silver situation
was particularly involved.
His attorneys, he continued. had
told him the way the Senate had
drafted its amendment fixing the
price OF domestic silver at 7757 cents
per ounce and forbidding the Gov
ernment purchase of foreign silver
made American mine owners subject
10 the 5O per cent tax on silver
proflts, which formerly applied only
10 spectators in foreign silver.
unless this was changed, he said
the American mine owners would
be taxed half of the difference be-
tween the 77.57-cent price and the
world price of the metal.
Silverite Comment Angry.
The Secretary declined to reply
when asked whether any of the
foreign silver-producing countries.
such as Mexico, had consulted the
United States since the Senates
proposed ban on foreign silver.
The Morgenthau statements drew
prompt and angry replies from sill
yer State Senators.
Senator McCarran, Democrat, of
Nevada told reporters the Treasury
Secretary's suggestion that domestic
silver producers might be subject
to tax was IAN absolute misstate-
ment of the law"
Evening star., 1939-06-29

is more important than the stabili-
zation fund in combating manipu-
lation of foreign currencies."
Chairman Somers Of the House
conference group also was emphatic
in saying the House would not &C
cept the Senate amendments.
But both the Republican anti-de-
valuationists and the silver-S State
Democrats who rewrote the bill in
the Senate were just as belligerent
in saying they would filibuster and
let existing powers lapse if their
amendments were eliminated in
conference.
The harried leadership counted
heavily on driving wedge into the
Senate coalition. while Senator
Townsend, Republican, of Delaware,
conferee and author of the anti
foreign silver purchase amendment,
declared:
We've all got to hang together
or We'll hang separately"
Foreign Purchases Assailed.
Vice President Garner was re-
ported to have taken a cloakroom
stand against foreign silver pur-
chases, contending IS per cent OF
the Senate membership is opposed
to their continuance. The admins
tration argues that buying of the
metal from abroad helps American
trade with Mexico and China.
Assailing this silver purchase pro-
gram in statement last night, Sem
ator Townsend declared:
The purchase of foreign silver is
a gift of American wealth to for
eigners. The folly of buying
Mexican, japanese, Russian, Ger
man or any other foreign silver is
illustrated by the drop in the price
of silver since Monday from 43 cents
to less than 80 cents. There is prac-
tically no support to the market.
If silver is worth so little that
the mere indication of cessation of
United States Treasury buying is
followed by price collapse, of what
use is the foreign silver to us? If,
instead of not buying we actually
tried to sell our silver, who would
buy it at any price?"
Evening star., 1939-06-29

he can find some way to loosen
them a bit"
Mr.. Collins said those on Capitol
Hill are very happy over the reap
pointment of Mr.. Allen.
Abiding to the battle over the
budget and the Federal payment, he
said, There is always certain
amount of dissatisfaction in the
District over the actions of Con-
gresS. There ought to be Just as
cordial relations as possible, because
this works for the betterment of the
District and the country as we'll. M.
Allen and the other Commissioners
are always willing to sit down at
the table and work out the prob
lems," he said.
Hazen "About Out of Speeches."
Mr.. Hazen, referring to the flood
OF tributes heaped upon himself at
last nights testimonial, said, I've
about run out of speeches." but he
braced for the occasion, and said to
Mr.. Allen, "Old comrade, we have
missed you and we're glad to see
you back-noW we can start the
fights all over again"
Praising Mr.. Aliens sense of
humor, Mr.. Hazen said that when
the two first took Office, back in
November, 1888, Since I then knew
a little more than Allen about the
details of the District government,
gave him all of the bad jobs, such
as the very trying relief problem,
and kept all of the soft jobs for
myself
Among the special guests were
Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward of the So
cial Security Board, Commissioner
Robert Hinckley of the Civil Aero
nautics Authority Judge John P.
Mcmahon, presiding judge of Police
Court; Holly Stover, former Corpo-
ration Counsel E. Barrett Pretty
man, John J. Pelley, president of
the Association of American Rail-
roads, Mrs. Allen. Mrs. M. j. Kean.
the mother of Mrs. Allen; Mrs.
Harry c. Butcher and many of the
District department heads and off,
cials.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Allen
Continued From First Page J

l. w.
chairman of the District Subcom-
mittee of the House Appropriations
Committee: Commissioner Hazen
and District Budget Officer Daniel J
Donovan.
Senator King, described by Mr..
Hazen as "one of the greatest
friends the District has" paid Mr..
Allen a personal tribute, saying he
hoped he would be here for many
years"
Senator King added that Wash
lngton was fortunate in having as its
Board of Commissioners such men
as Commissioner Hazen, Col. David
McCoach and George Allen.
This is especially so," he said,
since Washington is not only a
city, but also a State and Capital
of the Nation"
Mr.. Hazen jokingly introduced Mr..
Collins as the man who holds the
Districts "purse-strings" and re-
marked that, Right now, they are
being held right tight, and 1 hope
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Monetary
Continued From First Page.

decided future policy on foreign
silver purchases, the Treasury would
continue to adjust its foreign silver
price to the London market price in
order to prevent foreigners from
dumping the metal here in anticipa-
ton OF a cessation of Treasury buy
ing.
The Treasury cut its foreign silver
price from 43 to 40 cents per ounce
tuesday and cut it further to 381a
cents yesterday and reduced it to
50 cents today.
unfortunate Time"
Secretary Morgenthau said he
could not imagine any more un-
fortunate time" for the President to
lose his dollar devaluation power.
Asked what he meant, the Secre-
tary referred reporters to newspaper
stories of renewed tension between
Germany and Poland and England
and Japan.
suppose someone starts competi-
tive devaluation of currencies on
July l, what can we do?" Mr.. Nor
genthau asked.
He said a lapse of devaluation
power and the resultant difficulty
OF the United States in offsettinp
another country's devaluation might
endanger the tri-partite agreement
oy which the United States, Eng
lana and France contracted in 1887
10 light competitive devaluation.
Reminded that the Senate voted
to extend the $4,000 100000 stabili-
zatlon fund operated under this
agreement, the Secretary said that
unless Congress finishes the none
tary bill in time. the $2,0OO,OOO 900
automatically will revert to the
general fund of the Treasury and
leave nothing for stabilization oper-
ations.
Arriving from Hyde Park late last
night, Mr.. Roosevelt at once directed
his attention to the monetary bill
fight
The administrations chances of
recouping Senate losses on the
bill were preserved by the House
in two roll call votes yester-
day. On the first, 216-to- 1874 ma
jority rejected Republican motion
to concur in the Senate changes; on
the second, a 209-to-161 majority
voted to send the measure to con-
ference in time to reach some COM
promise before midnight tomorrow.
The Senate House conferees were
confronted with these two bills:
l. A House measure extending for
two years the Presidents power to
devalue the dollar another 9 per
cent, continue the $2OO0,O 900 900 cur
rency stabilization fund, purchase
domestically-mined silver at prices
above the world market and buy
foreign silver.
2. A Senate bill ending the de-
valuation and foreign silver buying
Authority, fixing the domestic silver
price at 77.57 cents an ounce as
against the 6464 cents fixed by proc
lamatlon expiring tomorrow night
and continuing the stabilization
fund.
Talk of Compromise.
There was much talk of a COM
promise whereby the silver amend
ments would be accepted by the
House conferees in return for resto
ration OF devaluation power.
Majority Leader Rayburn declared
before going to the White House:
If the conferees fail to restore the
devaluation power, there will be no
bill at all. The House will never
agree to a bill with that power re-
moved. This power. in my opinion,
Evening star., 1939-06-29

BY the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, June 29.-Jenny
Kammersgaard, 18-year-old Danish
girl who last year swan the Baltic
from Denmark to Germany, today
began an attempt to swim the Kat
tegat from Korsor to Grenaa, about
83 miles. BY noon she had covered
IS miles.
Associates said that if she reaches
her goal she will have achieved the
longest swim ever made in open
water.
Miss Kammersgaad's feat last year
was a 37-mile swim from Gedser,
Denmark, to Niegenhagen, near
Warnemuende, Germany, completed
July % after 40 hours 2 minutes in
the water.
Korsor is on the Danish island of
Zealand, Grenaa on the Danish
coast to the north.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Stark Pilots SuiIbout

TUNKHANNOCK, Pa, June %
P).-The Nations chief of naval
operations, Admiral Harold r. Stark,
Is spending his first vacation in six
years by plotting a 16-foot sailboat
around little Lake Carey.
Il got my first love of sailing. as
a boy, right here" the 58-year old
naval veteran said.
Evening star., 1939-06-29

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(2) $500 PALMETTO SUITS. White "a
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Evening star., 1939-06-29

Broadcasting of jazz from London
is being cut down.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-10-07
Bagley Playground
Cop 2 Championships
In Recreation League

OF the FIVE softbal teams organ
lied at the old Bagley playground
this past summer 10 compete In the
city Recreation league. TWO won
championships in their respective
divisions: the senior girls and
midget boys The junior boys were
rurner-up In their division
In addition. The directors OF the
playground sponsored bicycle
field day and the second annual
track and field meet The track
and field meet. the second IN sa-
ries TO be held annually by the
Southwest Community center. at
tracted 500 participants in the "a
events and was witnessed by $500
spectators.
The most interesting production
OF the playground extensive han
dicraft program under the super
vision OF william Winters was
model fve-room house with scaled
furniture for each room This mod
el was or display at several loca-
tons in the city.