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Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
NAACP Gets Last Signature
For Anti-Lynch Bill

Washington, D. c., Aug. 3-The
218th signature necessary to bring the
Gavagan federal anti-lynching bill out
of committee to the floor of the House
was secured here today. The final
signature was that of Representative
James E. Van Zandt of Pennsylvania.
This means that the anti-lynching
bill will be among the first items taken
up by Congress at the next session,
whether that is a special session this
fall, or the regular session in January.
Passage of the bill in the House is
practically certain.
Rules of the House require that af-
ter a petition has been signed by 2l8
members, it must lie on the table 2
legislative days before action can be
taken upon it. After that length of
time has elapsed, the bill must be
brought up for debate and vote.
Since Congress is likely to adjourn
before the bill can be brought up at
this session, it will be one of the first,
if not the first item on the House cal
endar when Congress re-convenes.
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
Ice Box and trailer for sale. In good
condition. SIS Bryan Avenue North.
Calls Friend Mrs
Is Find $500

Columbia, S. C., August, (CNA)-
Mrs. Eioise Blake was fined in city
court here for "disorderly conduct be-
cause she referred to friend as "Mrs. !"
when asking to speak to her on the
phone.
The friend Mrs. Pauline Clay, works
as maid in the home Of. Mrs. Hadden,
white When Mrs. Hadden answered
the phone, Mrs. Blake asked to speak
to Mrs. Pauline Clay" The white wo-
man who had no objection to being
addressed as Mrs" went up in the
air when she heard about the term ap-
piled to her Negro maid.
She wanted to know why the caller
did not ask for Pauline. Not content
with bawling out Mrs. Blake on the
phone, the Hadden woman got in
touch with the police and had Mrs.
Blake arrested.
In court, Mrs. Blake was fined SIS
for "disorderly conduct
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
LYNCH BILL CAUSES FLARE-UP
BEFORE HOUSE ADJoURNs

Washington, D. c., Aug. 11-Eight
days before the close of the first ses-
sion of the seventy-sixth Congress
harmony caucus of the House Demo-
Gratis was interrupted with brief,
sharp flare-up on the Anti-Lynch bill.
When Representative Joseph Gavagan,
sponsor of the bill, made plea that it
be brought up, Representative Clark of
North Carolina and Rankins of Mis-
sissippi interrupted him by asking
whether he wanted party harmony and
whether he was pressing the measure
to vote Gavagan's reply was lost
in the general hubbub.
Rankins, who prompted the inter-
ruption, will be remembered as the
same Mississippian who made the
worst Race-hating speeches ever heard
in the House when he defended lynch
ing in April, 1887, only day after the
double blow-torch lynching at Duck
Hill, Miss.
Although Congress has adjourned,
the Anti-Lynch bill will be one of the
measures to be brough up when it con-
venes.
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
WASHINGTON
JOTT'INGs
Edward CorHe.sy

in the transportation office, which is
maintained in the Capitol for the SER
vice of the Senators and Congressman,
the employees were rushing around
validating tickets and making resefva-
tions. And going from the Senate side,
over to the House the picture seemed
to be of even greater activity with the
435 Representatives (ttiitus about $50
who had already left Washington
rushing through their last minute bus
mess and getting ready to draw the
curtain ending this session. Here too,
the galleries were filled to capacity,
and many others were waiting iii the
halls Not only Congress, but every
body working ON Capitol Hill was will
ing and ready to call it a day and
leave for their native states. Also, a
gentleman at the other end of the
City, Mr.. Franklin d. Roosevelt, did
not regret the least particai bit to see
Congress leave at this time, for his
was new experience during this ses-
sion when he met with several de-
feats. 1t has also been termed one of
the most hostile sessions of Congress
for many year. All in ALL the Cap
itol was one of the busiest places in
the United States today. The adjourn
ment of Congress never fails to be an
exciting affair and always OH that day
many bills are being rushed through.
Often, some of them turn out to be
bad. And it has been said in Wash
ingtnts that if some of the bills passed
on the last day had been brought up
during the earlier part of the session,
they would not have had chance at
passage and become enacted law.
Later on your Washington COM
mentator will review this session of
Congress for the benefit of the people
of the State of Minnesota.
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
FATHER DIVINE ANGEL
WANTS TO PAY 1907
PTTT

Dallas,-before the aroma drifted
completely into space of an alleged Ku
Klux Klan threat to bomb the home of
a wealthy eastern white woman unless
she refrained from selling her New
port, R. l., home to Father Divine and
his Angels, letter was delivered to
DR.. R. T. Hamilton, local physician,
from one of the Angels from far-ofi
Los Angeles, offering to settle SIS
bill for medical services rendered Feb.
ruary 13. 1907.
In the letter, the Angel stated that
the bill was for SIS, of which S. had
been paid, leaving balance of $40
She said in her letter that Father Di.
vine wanted all of his followers tc
square all bills as far back as they
could remember
DIR. Hamilton's reply to the Angc
was that more than 81 years had
passed, and no recollection of the
event was recorded-but if she recalled
that the bill was not completely paic
and wanted to pay the balance, he
would be very glad to receive it. He
further stated that there must bt
something in the teachings of Father
Divine, as to make an individual wanr
to settle bill that far back
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
FRAME-UP OF GEORGIA
ATTORNEY coLLAPsEs

Birmingham, August, fCNA)-An
attempt to frame Arthur d. Shores,
Negro attorney active in the fight for
the right of members of his race to
vote, collapsed here this week.
Shores was acquitted in Police
Court by City Judge Martin of charges
of disorder1y conduct brought against
him following an outbreak in connec-
ton with his prosecution of white
policeman for beating youth.
The police officer, George Williams,
had beaten Will Hall, a prisoner, with
rubber hose. Charges of brutality
were brought against him before the
Civil Service Board and Shores rep
resented Hail.
AS Shores left the hearing, Monroe
Conner, Negro police informer, leaped
upon him from behind. w. H. Hillins,
Shores partner, and G. H. Lucas,
Jumped in and pulled Connor off the
young attorney.
All four were arrested by the police,
who were naturally handy, and charged
with disorderly conduct.
Shores was represented by Cramp-
ton Harris, prominent white New Deal
er and former partner of Supreme
Court Justice Hugo Black.
The prosecution did not attempt to
make out case for disorderly con-
duct against Shores but concentrated
its fire on the attorneys activities in
behalf of the right of Negroes to vote.
Defense witnesses were asked if they
were members of the National Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of Color
ed People.
Shores was acquitted, Lucas and
Hillins were fined five dollars each and
Conner was fined ten dollars and costs,
Williams was later placed on pro-
baton for one year and ordered to APP
pear before the Civil Service Board for
public reprin1and.
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12

After seven long months the first
session of the 10th Congress has fin
ally drawn to close with very color
full adjournment proceedings. On the
Senate side, the Senators were very
busy trying to bring about passage of
their pet bills in which they had been
interested for some time. The CALLER
les were more than crowded, and in
the halls, people were standing in long
lines with the hope of gaining admit
tance to see the big show. The page
boys and official door-keepers were
kept busy rushing messages to the
Senators ON the Floor from people de-
string to secure courtesy passes to the
galleries, as we'll as numerous other
last-tninute matters they wished taken
care of. On the inside of this big
show, it is very amusing to see some
of the lobbyists working their way
through the crowds in an endeavor to
have passed bills in which they were
interested and in which they previous
ly had been unsuccessful All types
of businesses are represented by lobby
lists in Washington, ranging from a
candy store to railroad company.
The last day of the session generally
brings out all the lobbyists stationed in
Washington from all over the Nation
and foreign countries as WE'LL Vice
President Garner was in very hap
py mood and remained at his seat pre-
siding over the Senate most of the day.
When the clock struck 6:35 p, m. the
ivory gavel, which was used by George
Washington and handed down through
the ages, sounded for the last time for
the first session of the 10th Congress.
Just outside the Capitol could be seen
cars with license plates from practical
ly every state in the Union packed
with the Senators luggage and ready
for an early start from the Capital
City for their respective homes. Also,
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
Baptist Score
Racial Persection

Atlanta, August, (CNA) = Racial
hatred and oppression were denounced
as violation of the law of God in res
olution adopted by the sixth congress
of the Baptist World Alliance, which
closed here last week. Other resolu-
tions condemned religious persecution
and demanded absolute religious free
dom," and set forth program to pro-
mote peace
The resolutions setting forth the
Baptist condemnation of racial and re-
ligious persecution and the Baptist
stand on world problems were adopted
without dissent at session attended
by more than 10000 delegates in
Ponce de Leon Baseball Park.
The resolution on racialism asserted
that the congress was constrained to
express the judgement of Baptist peo-
pie in general on the question of race
relationship" and added that "the
members rejoice that the preparations
for the present congress have been car
ried through by joint committee Of
many races, and in perfect harmony"
Regret for the appearance of jim
crow signs in the early sessions of the
congress was expressed by the Rev.
DIR. James H. Rushbrooke of London, Z
newly elected president of the alliance,
in a speech at the concluding session.
81 have been told that even up to
this morning there have been attempts
at segregation. The alliance has never
countenanced that, he said
A statement by the Rev. L. K. Will
liams, president of the National Bap-
list Convention, pointed out some re-
grettable incidents" but expressed gem
eraf satisfaction.
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
COAST JIMcRoW BAN FACES
COURT TEST

Los Angeles, August, (CNA)-Di-
rectors of a municipal plunge in Pasa-
dena must appear this week in the
courtroom of Superior Judge Emmett
Wilson to show cause why they should
not stand trial for attempting to bar
six boys from the pool because of their
race.
The deadline was set by Judge Viii
on when he refused to sustain demur-
rers submitted by Pasadena City Man
sger c. w. Kainer and Superintendent
|of Parks w. H. Nichols in answer to
"a writ of mandate sought by the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
nlent of Colored People and the Amer
lean Civil Liberties Union.
An attempt will be made by A. L.
Nirin and Thomas Griffiths, attorneys
for the boys, to prosecute the city di-
.rectors of Pasadena on the grounds
that the discrimination has been sane
toned by the city's officials.
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
GERMAN TROOPS SENT TO
AFRICA

Geneva, August, tCNA)-Despite
Italian denials, foreign observers In
sist that German troops are being dis
patched in increasing humber TO LibyaJ
Italian North African ceiony border
ing OH Egypt.
Military experts expressed the opin-
ion that in case of general war, the
German and Italian troops would at
tempt to seize the Suez Canal by an
attack on Egypt from Lydia.
The concentrations of Italian and
German troops and technical forces in
Lydia is also held to be constant
menace to French Africa, which the
Italian fascist covet and repeatedly de-
inanded.
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
Sammy Hatch Draws
One Year In WOrkhOuSe
CHARGE BEWILDERS SAM; HE
ALWAYS PLEADES VAGRANCY

The law sprang new one Wednes-
day on Sammy Hatch.
Municipal court is no strange place to
Hatch, but when he was taken into
Judge w. w. Bardwelrs district court
the 42-year-old Negro was dubious.
Presently he was standing before the
bar and Clerk Stewart Reamer was say
ing to him: "You are charged with
grand larceny in the second degree.
What is your plea-guilty or not gull
typ"
Hatch, charged with frisking another
man of $40 Sunday, looked at Reamer
blankly. whats that charge again?"
he asked.
Grand larceny in the second de-
gree" the clerk repeater.
Hatch shook his head. "Oh no;
won't plead guilty to that l always
pleads to vagrancy."
So plea of not guilty was entered
for him and he was held under $4,000
bail for trial September IL. He lives
at IS Hoag Avenue North.
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
WOMEN DELEGATES VISIT N.
Y. FAIR, HEAR UNITY TALK
BY MISS BURROUGHS

New York, August, (CNA)-Wo-
men delegates at the National Associa-
ton of Colored Women's Day held at
the New York Worlds Fair, cheered
Justify stirring appeal for women of
all lands to join hands in common
fight against reaction.
The appeal, made by Miss Mamie
Burroughs, president of the National
Training and Professional School for
Women in Washington, d. C., high
lighted the session. In brief speech
to 120 delegates and as many more
visitors at the Equitable Life Gardens,
Miss Burroughs stressed that women
must chart bold course in developing
the frontiers of tomorrow"
"'It will be wonianhood that will
count" she said, "and not white wo-
manhood or Negro woffianhood'."
Throughout speech, packed with
stirring eloquence, Miss Burroughs
spoke for the common front of wo-
manhood against the enemies of de.
mocracy.
Scores of white passersby who paus-
ed to listen remained to the conclusion
of Miss Burroughs speech and ther
applauded her along with the regular
delegates and guests.
National Association of Colored
Women's Day, arranged by Mrs. Jen.
ME B. Motion of Capahosic, Va, presi.
dent of the Association, in conjunction
with Worlds Fair officials, was the
elimination of a weeks meeting ir
convention at Boston.
The Boston convention was attend
ed by more than 1000 delegates from
every state in the Union, and was the
21st biennial convention of the Asso-
citation, originally comprising Negro
clubwomen only. The Association was
founded in Boston a years ago by
Mrs. Josephine ST. Pierre Ruffin, wife
of one of the first Negro judges in thu
United States.
At the Worlds Fair, the womer
were welcomed by Miss Henrietta Ad
dition, Fair director of Housing aIle
Welfare.
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
REUNION-PHYLLIS WHEAT.
LEY CAMP

The Phyllis Wheatley Camp Re
union will be held at the Phyllis
Wheatley House Gym at 500 P. NJ,
Monday, August l4th.
AT that time camp life will be re-
lived for the benefit of friends and rel
atives of the campers. The public is
cordially invited TO attend.
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
LIQUOR CASE CONTINUED

Cases of four persons charged with
selling liquor without license as the
result of a raid at "Peggy's" beer joint
at 1929 Fifth street So, were contin-
ued in municipal court today until 10
a. m. Friday after several Witnesses
testified.
Defendants are William R. Jones,
Sterling Davis, John Mack and Mamie
Jones.
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
APARTMENTS FOR RENT

South Minneapolis
a rooms-$17 3 rooms-$13
1905 18th Avenue So Br. 1893
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12

Mrs. Mildred Rice of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Green, 616 Seventh
Avenue North.
Twin-City herald., 1939-08-12
FRANCE ARMING HER
COLONIES


y Paris, August, (CNA)-As result
of the increasing war tension in
Europe the French Government is
rapidly increasing the defenses of the
French Colonies.
~ Frances overseas empire is now uni
fled uRdef the command of General
julie Antoine Buhfef, chief of the
Colonial General Staff Aitplane fac
tories are rising in Indo-China. Ma
tives are being called to the colors in
Africa and Asia Naval bases are be-
ing built on the Coasts of AMMAN, In
do China, and Daker, West Africa.
Evening star., 1939-09-19
Mr.. Zanuck Defies a Jinx
Pays No Attention to That Taboo
On Stories of Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD

Twentieth CentuyFox Hollywood setting behind
picture, Fiddle
Zanuck slipping last Weren't stories
strictly
point.
Certainly much 1924 when
Evening star., 1939-09-19

Laurence Olivier was doing a
pretty cold job of kissing Joan
Fontaine in "Rebecca" until Di-
rector Hitchcock said-"Larry, pre-
tend she's Vivien Leigh" They are
still trying to put out the fire >.
Paul MUM is the only actor in
Hollywood who pays his agent 5
per cent instead of the regulation
10 per cent. But I wouldn't exactly
say that the agent was starving
to death Charlie Chaplin is
using cheap sets for his "The Die
tator"-just to be on the safe side
in case the production is halted
on the score of propaganda .
Deanna Durbin now limits heI
meetings with Vaughn Paul to once
a week-Saturday night-when you
can usually see them at the Victor
Hugo.
I bet Danielle Darrieux wishes
she had not left Hollywood in such
a huf-or rather not left it at all
Her husband, Henri Decoin, is now
in the French Army and she her
self is out of job. If she is smart,
she will forget her peeve against
Hollywood and come right back
"Ninotchka" has gone back to the
sound stages for few more scenes,
in which fun will be poked at
Russia >. Virtue is it's own reward
in Hollywood. The secretary of
Woody Van Dyke has been with
him 10 years, but, unfortunately, she
is paid by the studio that pays Van
Evening star., 1939-09-19

Dyke. And the studio has just
diminished her salary by s11
week. How can they talk of loyalty
after a thing like that?" asks
Florence.
Mrs. Carole Lombard Gable has
hired and fired six couples within
the past ten weeks. Well, it is nice
to know that the servants of Cali
fornia are so democratic-they treat
us all alike in the matter of ineffi-
cheney Every man in Sonia
Henie's new picture-"Everything
Happens at Night married. Ray
Milland, Robert Cummings, Alan
Dinehart, Leonid Kinsky and elderly
Maurice Moscovitch. So what is
the studio going to do about pub
licity romance? According to Sonja's
mother, the less they do the better.
She is heartily sick Of seeing her
daughters name linked in print with
the hero of each successive picture
Jimmy Stewart has just COM
pleted ITO solo hours of flying, which
as he puts it-"now makes me
eligible for a war" .
X
Premiere notes Tyrone Power
should win back some of the ground
lost in recent pictures with his por-
trayal Of an Indian of high caste in
"The Rains Came" He looks gor-
geous in his dark makeup. But I
think Myrna 10y committed an error
in this picture. Not by playing the
heaviest role of her recent career
the change is welcome. Her mistake
was in having scenes with Brenda
Joyce, who Is just about the bright
est, freshest fragment of femininty
to hit the screen in long time.
Brenda made Myrna look just the
wee-est bit faded-a la the age con-
trast of Norma Shearer-Joan Fon-
taine, and Joan Crawford-Virginia
Grey in The Women" Two
somes at this premiere-Claudette
Colbert with Gregory Ratoff and
Constance Bennett with Gilbert Ro-
land. Connie had a new curled-in-
front hair-do and looked very beau
tiful Hard to believe she is all of
38 years old.
Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1939-09-19

mount made Merton OF the Movies
bad box office luck has dogged the
tracks of nearly every film bearing
a Hollywood tag in the title or in
the story. The rare exceptions, such
as "A Star Is Born" only made the
general fate of such offerings the
more apparent.
But, strangely, this Second
Fiddle" which violates 15-year-old
tradition, is today sizing up as one
of the most successful of the Henie
pictures. 1t can't be the story, which
is no great shakes. And it can't be
Sonja's skating routines, which have
been witnessed many times before.
The studio therefore reasons that
the much-scorned Hollywood story
flavor is delivering that needed
punch. &.
The success of Second Fiddle"
has caused the same studio to lift
it's already heavy budget on a film
called Hollywood Cavalcade," which
is of, for and by the movie capital,
and to order full speed ahead on
preparations for still another,
Screen Test" which enters the
same allegedly jinxed classification.
When Zanuck first put Hollywood
Cavalcade" into work, its title caused
a minor riot among exhibitors and
film exchanges obligated to play
and sell the studios product. Dis
tributors, as one man, frantically
wired the base of operations:
Hollywood in a title is dynamite,
or warnings to that effect. Even the
determined Zanuck swallowed hard
and wondered If he could be on the
wrong track.
Finally, as an appeasing gesture,
he killed the Hollywood Cavalcade"
title and made it Failing Star"
which might mean anything to the
casual patron. But, when the re-
turns on Second Fiddle" began
piling up in unexpected Jumps, Ia
muck decided to return to the old
title, which he liked much better.
Fears of the showmen had plenty
OF justification in actual expert
ence. Hadn't a whole series Of
Hollywood" titles-such as Holly
WOOD" Hollywood Hotel" Holly
wood Party" Hollywood Boule-
Evening star., 1939-09-19
or 'Jeeter' Akin

AKIN Tamiroff, the mad Russian,
sat placidly on a set for "Untamed,"
Paramount's technicolor drama Of
the north woods. He was dressed in
high boots, mackinaw and parka as
befitted the Arctic atmosphere, and
was fanked by huge snow bank.
A small group of visitors watched
him and suddenly saw him scoop up
a handful of the snow and stuff it
into his mouth.
"Oh, look, he's eating snow!"
whispered one of the women visitors.
AKIN munched away, apparently en-
joying the repast.
BRIL-" shivered one of the
women. 1T gives me chills."
But what they didn't know was
that the snow was made Of shredded
turnips, which the studios have
found to be the best substitute for
the real article.
Evening star., 1939-09-19
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Keith'-"The Under-Pup," do.
mestic comedy introducing Gloria
Jean: 112O am, 1:25, $3.50. 5:35
TAO and 9:45 pm. March of Time"
/, 3:05, $40, tbs and 9:20 pm.
Palace-"The Star Maker" Bine
Crosby sings his way through Gu!
Edwards career: 1925 am, 1870
$3.50, 5:35, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Earle-"Angels Wash Their Faces,
Ann Sheridan reforms the "Deac
End" kids: II am, 1:30, 4:2o, TOE
and $50 pm. Stage shows: 12:45
$3.50, 6:15 and 9 pm.
Capitol-"Thunder Af1oat," Wal
lace Beery and the "ash-can fleet
VS.. submarines: II am, 1:40, 4:25
7:05 and $50 pm. Stage shows
1880, 1886, 6:15 and 9 pm.
Columbia-'Lady of the Tropics,
Boy Taylor meets Girl Lamar ir
Indo-China: 1875 am, 1875, $40
$40, TAO and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"The Old Maid,
screen version of the Pulitzer Prize
play: II am, 1:05, 3:15, $40, 7:3(
and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux-NeWsa and shorts, con.
tinuous from 10 am.
Little-"Cavalcade," screen version
of the Noel Coward drama: II am.
Ito, BIS, SIS, 7:25 and Gas pm
Open -Air-"Of Human Bondage,
revival of the Bette Davis film: 7:5s
and 1920 pm.
IN THE COUNTRY.
ROadside-"The Drunkard,' reviv.
al of a Roadside hit: $40 pm.
Evening star., 1939-09-19
First Closeup War Newsreel
Makes Appearance Here
Camera Hits New Peak in Ominous
Storytelling in Paramount's
Shots of Actual Warfare
BY JAY CARMODY.

omnos newee in history the first closeup Of World
Washington
Necessarily
military
Evening star., 1939-09-19
Old.Fashioned Fall
Good for Nerves,
Says Joe Brown
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
There's nothing like good old"
fashioned fall, says Actor ice E..
Brown, to clear the brain and quiet
the nerves.
Wide-mouthed Joe was a circus
acrobat before he became a film
comedian. He really knows how to
fall.
Appearing for the first time IS a
policeman in Beware, Spooks," !"
Brown performs these stunts:
A double somersault on a floor
too slippery for standing.
Catapults from a dizzy height
onto steep slide.
Makes a precipitous descent from
a balcony via collapsible stairway.
Dashes madly through a swiftly
revolving tunnel and is hurled
against the walls of the tube.
Break his long established prin-
ciple and employ a double?
Realist Joe was shocked at the
suggestion.