davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-06-10
Census May Erect
Milestone for Housjnu

New ecoromic history may be
written by the approaching 1910 ma
tlonal census if strong move to
include country-wid tally of hous-
Ing conditions is successful.
Numerous industrial and business
groups are understood to be strongly
urging the Department of Com
merce to take steps to have the 1910
decennial count embrace such an
undertaking. Even Government bu-
reaus, including the Forest Products
DIVISION of the Commerce Depart
ment, are anxious to see such an
enterprise put through, according to
authoritative sources.
All those who advocate the hous-
Evening star., 1939-06-10

information were made available, it
Is held. Moreover, such a census
would entail little if any additional
expense to the taxpayer and would
enhance the benefits already inher-
ent in the decennial tally.
No thorough census of housing has
ever been taken. and it would be the
first venture along national lines by
The Federal Government. Regional
surveys made by the Government
and private agencies have proved
valuable, it was said, but they do
not penetrate far enough into the
national housing picture.
Evening star., 1939-06-10

ing census declare it would be of
tremendous value in shaping future
housing programs and in meeting
problems created by inadequate shell
ter conditions.
Inasmuch as housing-new con-
struction. maintenance and repair
ties up directly with practically all
basic heavy industries, proponents
Of the census argue such a survey
would pave the way for wide and
sympathetic economic activity.
Distribution and production could
be planned with considerably
greater degree of accuracy if such
Evening star., 1939-06-10
Association Loans
Up in April 10 High
Since June, 1887
Mortgage Refinoneing
Drops 70 l8 Per Cent
Of Total Volume

Savings. building and loan asso-
Citations in April made the greatest
volume of loans for any month since
June, 1887, by advancing $83,425 900
to home builders. buyers and own
ers, the United States Building and
Loan League reports. At the same
time their construction loans
reached s23.727 900, making April
the peak month in this activity
since before the depression.
April total loans represented a
gain of 1876 per cent over March,
and of 1913 per cent over like month
of 1888. This is the sixth consecu-
tive month in which the loans by
these institutions have exceeded the
figure for the same month of the
previous year.
Loans for the purchase of exist
Ing homes, the league said were the
greatest for any month since Sep
tember, 1887, while the months
score for modernization and repair
loans was the largest in six
While all these types of loans
were accounting for increasing per-
centages of the savings and loan
activity, the one type of loan char
acteristic of depression which was
predominant as late as three years
ago, the refinancing of existing
mortgages, dropped in April to
new insignificance, being only 1874
per cent of the total volume.
Clarence T. Rice. Kansas City,
kans., president of the league,
pointed out that increasing per-
centages of the lending are being
done in the populous Atlantic sea-
board States and the Middle West.
comparing April with the two
months previous. The Cincinnati
and Winston Salem Federal Home
Loan Bank districts continue to be
the leaders in loan volume, account
ing for 283 per cent of all the coun-
try's savings and loan lending, but
the Pittsburgh and New York and
Chicago bank districts are all ahead
In April of the Los Angeles district,
which held third place for two
months previous. In the branch of
savings and loan activity devoted
to construction financing, however,
Los Angeles district still appears
next to the top in dollar volume,
being second only to the winston
Salem district.
Analysis of the April loans and
the per cent of total loaned for vari-
Gus purposes follows:
Estimated loans made
by all associations IN
Purpose the United States
New construction S23 1000
Repair and modernization - 4.974 600
Home purchase ase------- %, ,9O3, 900
Refinanclns ------ 1884 600
Other purposes ses- 9.437 900
$685., 900
Evening star., 1939-06-10
Natures Children
Nasturtium

despair given up the nasturtiums for
a season or two, but have gone back
to them, ashamed that we let lit
tie obstacle, like bugs and insects,
get the better of u.s. Anyway, we
cannot have this excuse now, for
there are some of the most potent
sprays known to science that knock
out the nasturtium pest with one
application.
Make visit to growing nastur-
tlumS this spring and summer. The
Evening star., 1939-06-10
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Ray Laurance has written a
charming poem about these flowers,
wherein he calls them little war
rlors and says their leaves are
shields. This may be fanciful. but
it is really wonderful what imag-
ination can do for you and help
Evening star., 1939-06-10

five sepals are united at their base
and the posterior one is very differ
ent, for it has been developed into
long spur. At its tip there is
well of delicious nectar. Notice, too,
how the five petals are grouped
around the mouth of this tube. The
Evening star., 1939-06-10

f1nd IN the three-parted seed box.
Nasturtium leaves are lovely, bril-.
liant green above, silvery below.
Seeds can be planted early in fats
or outdoors later. Fine new colors
are now available.
Evening star., 1939-06-10
jolly Polly
A Little Chat on Etiquette
BY JOS. J. FRISCH.

DV JOS. j. NISCH,
N. B-Yes, the introduction, Miss
A, meet Mr.. B." is taboo in the best
circles, even though many radio pro-
grams are guilty of this and other
incorrect forms of introductions.
The simplest and most widely used
form is: Miss A, Mr.. B"
The leaf1et, "Introductions," will
be sent upon receipt of a self
addressed, stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1939-06-10

others to see what they had not
before.
Nasturtiums are natives from Chill
and Peru. These countries like hot
spicy foods and they use the stem
of this plant for salads. If you have
not added this piquant flavor to
your salad try it by all means this
summer.
Few flowers are more brilliant or
add so much to your garden color
scheme. Insect foes have made so
much trouble for us, We have in
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
Razor Used To
Slash Husband

Cut about the forehead, eyes,
nose, lips and chin, 29-year-old Lee
Baker Of 1913 Illinois street. was
in temporarily serious condition
at Receiving hospital last week as
the result of a family fight
Baker told police that he was cut
by MS wife Frances, during a 6ght
Of which complete details have as
yet been disclosed. She cut him
with a razor, Baker further stated
He was taken to get aid from Fire
hall at Livingstone and Rivard
streets. The razor alleged to have
been used by his wife during the
cutting was held by police officers
pending a complete investigation
Of the case.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
= I ri f.
Marches On
The NetOs OF The World
IN Pftby Paragraphs
NEGROES 100000
IMPROVES TOWN

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.-When
John W. Underhill Of Mays Land
ing died he left an estate OF
100000 to the township and school
board to be used for recreational
fseiIities7-U nderhill,-who--for- a
long time was tAe-eHlY- Negro IN
Mays Landing, prospered in the
different lines of business in which
he engaged. He first opened a
barber shop, later a candy tobacco
and novelty store. With his earn
inqs he invested profitably in real
estate thus amassing the fortune
which he willed to the town IN
which he had gained his wealth
Since a large part of his trade was
derived from the pennies and nick
els of school children who traded at
his store. it was fitting that he
should specify that his legacy
should provide improved recrea-
tional opportunities for children. At
present trustees of the estate are
equipping a modern playground on
a tract Of land which they recently
purchased.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
TAKAHASHI
SAID TO HAVE
WHITE Wife
Married Dau G h ter Of
Former Police Chief
In Canada

Takahashi, the elderly japanese
who allegedly leads several thou
sand colored citizens in a movement
20 work for the supremacy Of the
colored peoples Of me world, was
found to have a white wife and
four children in Tacoma, Wash,
according to immigration officials.
Takshsshis wife is the daughter
of a former police chief in Moose
Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada where
Takahashi operated a hotel He IS
held under bond at the Federal
Detention farm at Milan, Mich,
charged with violating the Federal
immigration law.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
NEGROES ON
WPA STORM
CITY HALL
Senator Diggs Speaks To
Vast ThrOng From
Top Of Car
By WILLIAM sHERRILL

Fifteen hundred Negroes stormed
the City Hall today together with
10000 other workers in protest
against the provisions of the New
Federal Relief Act which cuts wages
and increases working hours of
those on WPA.
A parade OF nearly $4,000 marched
down Woodward avenue carrying
banners upon which were inscribed
I'VE Want Jobs" Must Our Women
Go On the Streets?" No Cuts In
WPAw
Following the parade, 10000 gath
cred on the City Hall lawn and
marched around the building way
ing banners and signing Solidarity
Forever" and hurting "cat-calls" at
Mayor Reading who watched the
demonstration from his Office win
dow.
The marching and yelling lasted
for nearly an hour after which the
chairman, standing on the top OF
the car upon which microphone
had been set up, announced the
purpose Of the demonstration and
introduced the following speakers:
Senator Charles c. Digs, R. J..
Thomas, president Of the U.A.W.-
CLIO. Nat Wald, organizer for the
1Vsvra County Workers Alliance
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
Mans Throat Cut;
Had Beaten Mate

Willie Gould, 81, Of 1914 Russell
street was treated at Receiving
hospital last week for numerous
decorations about the upper part Of
lis body hospital attaches reported.
It seems that Gould had been
cut about the right shoulder left
chest back and scalp and is in a
serious conditions caused by loss
Of blood. He was cut following al
argument with his wife who cut
him with q knife. Gould on being
rushed to the hospital was imme-
lately taken to the operating room
for an emergency treatment
Venie Sheadrick, "a. Of the Rus
sell street address told police OIL
The case that Gould had beat his
wife with a flashlight and that she
cut him during the alleged beating.
Police found two knives and the
flashlisht at the Gould residence
and are holding them as evidence.
Mrs. Gould is not yet apprehe1 ded,
police stated.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
SHAKESPEARE, MAXINE
SULLIVAN AND BENNY
GOODMAN

NEW YORK CITY-fherc- e
possibility that Maxine Sullivan may
play the part of Titania in a YER
SION Of Shakespeare's Midsummer
Nights Dream which Benny Good
man is thinking Of producing. Good
man proposes to present a worked
over version Of the Shakespearan
comedy with a cast Of $50 Negroes
and whites Erik Charel, who VIII
be the producer stated recently that
Mr.. Goodman is creating something
"newer than swing"
The play is scheduled to go into
rehearsal in August Mr.. Charell
will be in Hollywood soon to see
members OF the prospective cast
among whom is Stepin Fetchit.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
WAS HOUSING
INVESTIGATOR
IN This CITY
To Be Given A Training
Course Before His
Assignment

Eddie Richardson, "a. resident OF
ST. Antoine street Y.M.CA.. former
Brewster Housing Investigator, has
been given a position with the De-
troit Edison company, it was learned
this week.
Mr. Richardson was born in
Woodstown, n J., the son OF Mr..
and Mrs. A. R. Richardson. u have
been in Detroit since 1896 Am a
graduate of WHEREFORE and taught
chemistry there before coming
here
He stated that his new duties be-
gan Monday, July TO- Al present he
is with the Sales department but
believes his permanent duties will
be as field trouble man. The duties
of a field trouble man are TO visit
homes which have called in the
office. locate the trouble and if pos
slble repair them he stated I'm
to replace light sockets, cords, fuses,
etc"
Have just begun training
course which will possibly take two
weeks. after which ! expect to re-
ceiVe a permanent az5TEumcrft7
Disclosing information concern
ing his new position, he replied Il
applied for a position with the COM
pany some time ago Mr. Ernie
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
Great Lakes Seeks
Louis Training Site

plans have not been fully COM
pleted.
To date in the offer has not been
made public but it is believed to be
the usual ten per cent Of the gate,
which Jacobs pays for the use OF the
New York ball parks.
The decision will be announced
some time near the end Of the
week Mr. Briggs stated that he
would discuss the proposition with
his father on returning TO the city.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
ATTEMPTING
TO REPAIR A
BROKEN Chain
Was The Father Of Five
Children; Ship Body
To Pennsylvania
BY LARRY CHISM

At approximately 11;57 last Fri
day morning a 58-year-old man was
electrocuted while working in a
waste paper plant at 1880 Dallas
street Death was instantaneous.
Fifty-eight-year-old Joseph NJ.
Turner o: 1874 Dallas street. OPP
orator of a paper press, was killed
instantly when, according to re-
ports, the back Of his head came in
direct contact with an exposed live
wire while he was repairing a paper
press at the Levine Waste Paper
company plant
In an inter- lew with = Chronicle
reporter Mrs. Essie Gamble, daugh-
ter Of the deceased, explained that
at approximately three minutes till
noon the chain over the press her
father was operating broke. Her
father climbed a ladder to repair
it. His head and body were damp
with PRESENTATION and as he ,o...s
bo.r- - 60,
aus '''o e'''''" 'he oacK
OIL ms mead came in direct con-
tact with an exposed live wire.
elcctrocuting him instantly.
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
Sergeant Slater Snags
Marsh Case 'Whitewash

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 14-"Bring
me a man who looks exactly like
Marsh and by that mean EX-
ACTLY like Marsh, and l will be
willing to say I might have been
mistaken in identity of the driver
OF the car bearing Ohio license
number lO2lA on the night of June
%" is the retort Police Sergeant
Margaret Slater gave to persons in
teresting in "hushing" the charge
Of accosting a female placed against
Leo B. Marsh, IS. of 1921 Palmwood
and who is executive secretary OF
the Indiana avenue branch YIN.
CA.
Otherwise" continued the SER
-geanl, testimony and --ideHti-
flcation Of the driver to be Marsh
stands: # the court sees fit to dis
charge the defendant upon hearing
this testimony. it is alright with
-Hie+ / viii have fulfilled my duty .
This gives a lie to the rumor that
the policewoman would play BALI
with the group wanting to hush up
the casa and whitewash the sec
rotary Of an international Christian
institution.
Mrs. Slater accused Mr.. Marsh
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
Don't Scream
Thug Tells Girl

Twenty-eight-year-o.d Elizabeth
Savers of 1706 Orleans, told police
that an unidentified man came up
behind her last week as she was
walking east on Sherman street,
nut a knife to her back and said:
Follow me. and don't scream"
She involuntarily screamed VI
loud and long that the would-b7
sttacker fled from the scene. the
woman told officers now invest
eating the case. She was able .
give police a good description q
the man with the knife.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
AUGUSTA SAVAGE PRESENTS
MODEL TO WHALEN

NEW YORK CITH-Last week
Grover Whalen, president of the
worlds Fair corporation, received
a model OF the sculptursl group.
"The Harp" from Augusta Savage,
Negro sculptor The original Of the
miniature which Mrs. Whalen re-
ceived is located on Rainbow ave-
nue. in a garden adjacent 10 the
Contemporary Arts building Of the
Fair. TIE statue represents a
large harp whose strings are in the
forms Of Negroes and whose sound
ing board is the arm and hand Of
the Creator. Kneehng in front Of
the statue Is a young Negro who
is presenting the music Of the Ma
tionsl Negro Anthem Lift Every
Voice and Sing"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
Eddie Tolan Is Appointed
Director 1910 Exposition

NYA will go as far as possible %
assure the success of=the= NAM
moth undertaking.
Edward Swan Of Detroit will take
over Tolan's duties as state admin
lstrator for NYA, it was announced
Tolan is expected TO assume his
Jew position on July Is. Mr.. Kaye
stated that "Tolan is the most COM
petert person that the fair officials
could possibly secure for promot-
ing this enterprise"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15
GIRL, %. ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

She drank lysol in en- attempt 10
end it all because Of some undis-
closed trouble with her boy friend
last week. 22-year-old Lee Buckaer
told police.
She was taken from her home
q 1925 Goodwin street to Receiving
hospital and given ar antidote 70
oounteract the poison IN her system,
hospital attaches disclosed.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15

Eddie Tolan, former olympic
track champion and state admin
istrator Of Negro activities in the
NYA will assume the dictatorship
Of the. Seventy-Five Years Of Pro-
gress Exposition which viii be hel1
IN Detroit in 1880. it was announced
Wednesday.
Grin W. Kayle state NYA head,
declared in an interview this morn
ing that the new job for Tolaa
IS a great promotion and that the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-15

Police disclosed that Jerry Mix,
81, Of 1861 Mullette street had been
arrested or an investigation Of muir
Ger on information supplied from
Cleveland, Ohio, where it vas re-
ported he was wanted for the
murder Of his father-in-law during
1875
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-05-04

CONSUMERS AND BUG NESS LOOK At GRADE LABELLING
In Cincinnati there is group Of consumers who
don't think they should have to trust to luck that
they'll get the quality they want when they buy
canned goods.
Mn one of a series of consumer get-tosetlrrs
they met with wholesalers and retail 1ers get prac-
tical informal ion to guide consumers in buying
canned goods" reports the Consumers Counsel Of
the AAA.
IA week before the meeting, various canned frui It's
and vegetables tested for quality according to
Government standards. Then. at the meeting, an
bition took place showing the results Of the tests,
matching quality ratings against price.
"often the price had no re1at ion to qua 1ity.
Leaders in the food business and in the consumer
movement addressed the meeting the pros and
Of grade labelling. One business said that grade
labelling beneficial not only to but to
retailer a. we'll.
Meetings like this aid the di fferent groups to
learn soaetl ng about the otheris point and
to discuss their problems in intellig gent
Way."
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-05-04
SPRING MEANS MOTH PPoTEcT1,

StRIW MEANS MOTH PROTECTION
Moths will make holiday Of Spring unless you
store away your winter wp o1ens properly.
Here are some anti-noth rules suggested by the
CONSUMERS GUIDE, publ cation Of the Consumers, Cou-
sci Division Of the AAA:
First, have the garments dry cleaned washed
before you store them away. Next best thing is to
sun them thoroughly end brush beat them on the
backyard clothes line.
"Secnd pack the garments light ly SO al ing pack
ages and other containers with gurned tape. Moths
can wrigg1e through the tiniest opening left in
packages, chests, or closets.
Third, remember fancy treatments NAV make gar
mont bags smell queer but tn ey won't kill destruo-
tive moth larvae. Garment bags as useful as
they are tight, but only for keeping moths out.
'Cedarized cardboard chests or closets and cedar
heatwood Of Virginia red cedar will protect cloth
ing If they are tightly clos ed.
Fourth, gadgets to hang in closets that you keep
opening waste Of money. Moth-proof soluti ons
If they contain f1uorides and rotenone enc if used
with thorougmess. are fairly effective, but won't
make garments permanently absolutely immune to
moths. Department of Agriculture experts do not
recommend solut containing arsenic.
Fifth. moth-h11ing chemicals that will work.
according to the Department of Agricu 1ture, are
naphthalene, and gum camphor.
Burt moth poi sons don't work unless the fumes are
strong enough to kill intruders. A pound Of any of
these chemi Gals spri ned folds Of tissue paper
through the layers of clothing will protect trunk
full Of clothes. For closets, use pound Of the
chemical to every 100 cubic feet Of space. Always
remember to seal the aners in viii oh YOU pack
away the clothes.
"For more information write the US. Depar tnert
of Agriculture, Washington, De- for free leaf
let No. las, CLOTHES Moths -"