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Evening star., 1939-12-24
Shooting

With a new rife and pistol range
installed by the National Rifle AS
sociation shooting acquired a popu-
larity unprecedented in local his
tory. The N. r. A. estimates that
at least $500 persons-organized into
Is rifle and pistol clubs-now are
hiring each week at the range, with
three full leagues following definite
schedules.
Individually, the standouts were
Walter Walsh of the Federal Bureau
OF Investigation with the pistol and
George Drewry, the former national
Junior rifle champion. Walsh, pistol
Instructor at the F. B. l., established
two new national records and hung
up q brilliant 298 x 300 in the ma
tlonal matches. Drewry, still in his
teens, won several championships
in his first season of senior COM
petition and showed up well in the
nationals at Camp Perry.
George Washington University
surrendered its intercollegiate title
to Navy, but Maryland upheld local
prestige by finishing second to the
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Table Tennis

With two new centers. at the
Chevy Chase Ice Palace and Colum-
bia Bowling Alleys, patronized
nightly by large crowds, table tennis
continued its consistent growth in
popularity here. From a spectators
standpoint, the exhibitions in jan
uary at Heurich's gym by Sol Schiff,
the national champion; Izzy Bells.
Sander Glance and Lazlo Bellak
again furnished the high light for
the second successive year.
Comparatively speaking, the local
features were the winning of the
District championship by Stanley
Field. one of the country's best
players who moved to Washington
early in the year, and the capture
of the women's title by a 14-year-
old girl, Jane Stauffer. A 13-year-
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Of the year in the Associated Press
poll, won all their games.
Tulane was the winner in all but
one, being tied, l4-14, by North
Carolina. Southern California lost
none, but played two ties, with Ore.
gon in the first game of its regu.
lar season and with U. c. L. A. in
the last.
Clemson, Boston College and Mis-.
souri, lost one each, to Tulane by
rs, Florida by TO and Ohio State
by 1910. respectively.
Georgia Tech, unbeaten and un.
tied in conference competition, was
beaten by Notre Dame on a field
goal, 17-14, and by Duke on q missed
extra point, rs.
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Horseshoe Pitchino

Horseshoe pitching received a
boon in the form of one of the
finest ringer layouts in the country,
built by the National Capital Parks
Service in the park opposite the
Commerce Building. Filling a great
need, the new courts brought a
boom to the sport.
Competition was climaxed by the
annual Evening Star championships
in which Clayton c. tBoo) Henson
OF Arlington returned to the Metro
politan district throne, from which
he was toppled the year prior by
illness.
Lee Fleshman repeated as South
ern Maryland champion and Irwin
Carlberg as Washington titleholder.
Henson took the Northern Virginia
crown in stride.
Surprise of the tournament was
the showing of Harold Ronning of
Washington, who, in the metro
politan play-off, eliminated the de-
Tending champion, Harry Saunders,
and was beaten in the final by
Henson.
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Sund|ot Football

Organized sandlot football was
confined exclusively to leagues or
ganized by the Boys Club OF Wash
ington and Metropolitan Boys Club,
as the unlimited independent or
CARNATIONS failed to stage their an
nual championship series.
Southeast Branch captured the
100-pound laurels, and Northeast
Branch triumphed in the 120-pound
race in the Boys Club of Washing
ton races.
In the police loop No. 4 precincts
representative defeated those of pre-
cinct No. 10 for the 125-pound dia-
dem, but the 135-pound title dispute
was to be settled this afternoon
Precinct No. S. second half winner,
and Precinct No. 4. victory in the
first half were to meet for the
trophy.
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Amueur Basket Ball

Interest in basket ball increased
with impetus added tothe sched-
ule by the Middle Atlantic tourna-
ment, sponsored by Chris Heurich,
which drew the leading teams of
the area. Alex Sloan cagemen Of
New Kensington, Pa, captured the
trophy, nosing out Regal Clothiers
in the final round, 1898.
Dapper Dams took District A. A.
U. unlimited honors, defeating Della
ware & Hudson by a 40-37 margin
in the deciding game of one of the
most interesting tournaments staged
in recent years. Y. M. C. A. and
Jewish Community Center made
determined bids for the title but
couldn't match the f1nalists' pace.
Rockville girls won their third
consecutive A. A. U. crown while
running their string of victories to
SO in row. Stanton Aces defeated
Boys Club Americans for the l2O-
pound title. and Washington Boys
Club nosed out Alexandria Boys
Club for the l05-pound laurels.
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Boating

In a year marked by one of the
greatest onslaughts on speed marks
the giddy sport of speedboat racing
saw two Washington drivers ac-
count for three new records, all
within less than two months.
Andy Crawford set a new emile
speed mark and Jack Hyde l and S
mile marks in the sporty 135-cubic
inch hydroplane class.
Hyde's 1-mile speed was recorded
in home waters, at the Presidents
Cup Regatta. which late in Septem-
Der witnessed the Chief Executives
valuable trophy leaving the United
States for the first time in its l3
years. Youthful Harold Wilson of In
gersol, Canada, drove his Miss Cam
ada II to win in two of three heats
after a choice field had been whit
tied down to only the Notre Dame,
twice winner and driven this year
by young Dan Arena.
A week earlier 129 sailing craft,
some from as far as Puerto Rico,
campeted in three-race series for
The Evening Star trophies, curtain
raiser for the Presidents Cup affair.
Racing was marked by performances
of two local shippers, Judge Prentice
Burlington in the 20-foot class and
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Swimming

The high light Of the swimming
season here found diminutive Steve
Wozniak Of Buffalo capturing the
Presidents Cup 3-mile swim in the
Potomac for the third straight year.
Three meet records were estab-
lshed in the District A. A. U. tank
event at Shoreham Hotel pool, with
Karl Schmitt. 23-year -old Univer-
sity Of Chicago student, represents
ing the Y. M. c. A., accounting for
two of them.
Schmitt broke both so and 100
yard free-style records, churning the
former distance in 0:246 and cover
ing 100 yards in O:54.1. Schmitt
also swan a leg on the winning
Y. M. c. A. medley relay team.
Ann Arnson set a record of 2:15.8
for the l50-yard medley race to
eclipse Betty OToole's 5-year-old
mark Of 2:l8, in addition to taking
first place in the 100-yard free-style
race and second in the 50-yard free
style event.
Shoreham's crack clubs swept the
team titles, its mems team winning
despite failure to capture a first
place in any race. Ambassador fin
ished second to the Shoreham
lassles, while Y. M. c. A. was run
nerup in the mems division.
Western won the public high
swimming crown with q 35-l victory
over Central.
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sport. Representative Ambrose L.
Kennedy of Baltimore, threatened
to introduce bill calling for Fed
eral control of the game unless the
various promoters, State boxing
commissions, etc, could amicably
iron out their differences.
The year also was marked by the
dissolution of the promotorial firm
of Joe Turner and Goldie Ahearn,
Turner finally throwing in the
sponge after a seemingly unending
series of financial setbacks. He con-
tinued to promote Wrestling, renting
his arena to Ahearn for boxing
after the latter secured new backer
to supportthe ring game.
The District A. A. U. staged two
championship tournaments in one
year, making successful bid for
December dates previously held by
the Golden Gloves. which tourney
was set back to the old A. A. U.
dates.
Most promising of the younger
boxers to make their debut was Red
Vernon, 126-pound novice champion,
who won the award as the outstand.
ing fighter in novice ranks.
Not to be overlooked was Marty
Gallagher's emergence from the
shadows of retirement for another.
but only fairly successful come.
back attempt
On the collegiate front. Maryland
captured the Southern Conference
championship. with Frank Cronin,
winning the 155-pound title, Newton
Askin middleweight honors and the
reliable Benny Aperstein the light
weight crown.
Fred Slant, Catholic University
middleWeight won the national
championship in the annual tourna.
ment at Wisconsin.
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sociation attracted most of the
countrys best players to its District
Open tournament held there In
January.
Winners in the Open event sound
like roll call of the nationally
ranked list. Mems champion was
Walter Kramer Of Detroit. the ma
tional champ. Women's titlist was
Gilmore Behr of Baltimore, one Of
the countrys best fair racketers.
Wanda Bergman and Helen Gibson,
national doubles champions, won
that title here, with Miss Gibson
playing with Jimmy Danaher to
capture the mixed doubles crown.
Mems doubles champions were
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VoI|ey Ball

For the fifth time in eight years,
Philadelphia North Branch Y. M.
C. A. won the annual Cherry Bios
som volley ball tournament spon-
sored by the local "Y" and annually
the highlight of the season in WASH
ington. AS usual, the "Y" was the
center for the sport, but no WASH
ington team could get past the semi
final round of the only tournament
held here,
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National Collegiate
Gage Tournament
SET for March
BIZ the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 23.-
Americas two outstanding college
basket ball teams will clash March
80 at Kansas City, Mo-, for the
second annual National Collegiate
Athletic Association championship
now held by Oregon, H. G. Olsen Of
Ohio State University said today in
announcing plans for the post-sea-
son classic.
Olsen, originator of the national
tourney idea, and chairman Of the
general committee, set March 1928
for the district playof1s by four
teams east of the Mississippi and
four from the West, each district
to select one representative.
The Western playoffs are sched-
uled at Kansas City, but the site
has not been selected for the East.
ern sector.
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Souush Rockets

A new champion was crowned in
squash rackets when John H. Pratt
of the University Club defeated 1t.
D. D. Graves in the final round of
the District tournament. Phil Her.
rick was recognized as the third best
player in town. Most all of the
playing was done at the Y M. G. A.,
which sponsored the tournament
and provided courts daily for dozens
of devotees.
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HundbuII

1t was the same old story in hand
ball circles here this year. with Jack
Schwartz repeating as District
singles champion by defeating Paul
Engelhardt in the final match in
the tourney sponsored by the
Y. M. C. A.
Schwartz teamed with Paul Pearl
man to reap additional honors, the
pair retaining doubles title.
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boing commission concurred In this
opinion, but took the position that
under existing rules they could do
nothing about the matter.
RepercusSions were heard on Cap
itol Hill where an open meeting was
held to air boxing's ills and locate
the source of malignant growth
evidently killing of interest In the
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School Sports

The public high schools four
major titles were split among East
ern, Western and Central, with
Eastern snatching basket ball and
track championships, Western TAX
ing the football crown and Central
grasping baseball honors. Eastern
also finished as runner-up in both
football and baseball campaigns.
To Westinghouse High of Ar
Nngton and its coach, Johnny Baker,
however. went a major slice of
schoolboy sports glory, for Bakers
track team won the &C" Club, Uni
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Tennessee Coach
Is 'Knee-lund'
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 23.-
Confidential note to Pasadena,
home of the Rose Bowl football
game New Year Day:
To avoid any embarrassment in
pronouncing the name of Maj.
Robert Neyland, head coach of the
Tennessee football team, just say,
welcome to California, Maj.
Knee-land." (And put the accent
on the knee)
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Budminton

Participation of the national
champions and several other highly
ranked players in a local tourna-
ment and domination of the Dis
trict competition by Mr.. and Mrs.
Joel Baker featured the rapidly
growing sport of badminton. With
the National Guard Armory in Ken
sington the nightly mecca for the
city's better players, the local as
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william White in the comet class,
who swept their divisions.
The Potomac River Sailing Asso-
citation again staged both spring and
fall series of races with q total of
So boats, a new high, out for the
latter series.
Canoeists came in for their share
Of the boating spotlight and were
highly successful.
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derdog Johnny eleven walloping the
Purple. 900. Georgetown Prep, play
ing its first season under Coach
Tommy Keating; Landon and St.
Albans enjoyed successful seasons.
Bulls buried Dewitt, 1910, in their
annual grid battle.
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Frank Burrows captured the local
Metropolitan handicap trapshooting
title, blasting to the crown with a
gross score of 90. while Walter s..
Wilson smashed 88 and IS for a total
of 173 to take the doubles cham
pionship In the annual titulsr meet.
Wilson also took the all-around title.
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BowIers

Making the headlines for the first
time by virtue of their 210-game
whoppers, the highest ever rolled
here in league competition, Tom
Galleher and Bill Gartrell shared
with Astor Clarke and Tony San
TIM, two of the city's better-known
bowlers, the top achievements by
Washington's horde of man duck
pinners during this year.
A special place in the bowling
sun belonged to Mabelle Herring,
who gave the Capital its only ma
tional tournament championship by
retaining her singles title in a roll
Oh with Ethel Brewer of Baltimore.
Galleher posted his massive score
early in the year in the Navy De-
partment League at Arcadia. His
feat, which cracked Tony De Fino's
mark by two pins, stood until Gar
trell went ON a rampage at Con-
vention Hall in the Sanico League
late last month.
Named Washington's No. bowler
for the fifth consecutive year,
Clarke retained his national title
for the fourth time In q row. His
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Frank Roberts Of Baltimore and
Bill Pinkerton of Canada.
There wasn't q local title that
either Joel Baker or his wife Kay
didn't win or share. Each won the
singles championship of their sex,
paired to win the mixed doubles
title. with Baker winning the mems
doubles with Max Harrington and
Kay sharing the womens diadem
with Polly Norment.
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Odd ArchiboId-Jeffru Battle
Decision Blow SoreIy Felt
In Capital Boxing Game
New Deal for Ring Business Is Tried
After 1t Uses GuIIons of Red Ink

champions, four local individuals
and a five-man team capturing hon.
ors. Larry Williams, jr., won the
Junior championship and Mrs. G.
Coe the women's title. while Victor
A. Frank and I. C.. Delmonico
formed a titular two-man 2O-gauge
team and the National Capital Bob
cats won the five-man team crown.
The national all-bore champion
ship and high overall champion
ship, the major title at stake here,
was captured by Rufus M. Watson
Of Laurel. Md, who fired a perfect
round Of $50 in shoot-off with Dick
Shaughnessy of Dedham, Mass.
Shaughnessy gained some consola-
ton by winning the .4l0 bore title.
Boxing
Boxing followed its customary
patch pocket pattern during the
year but into the gay, colorful back
ground was woven a black thread
of tragedy that cast a pail of gloom
over the sport.
James Lofnin, 19-year- -old private
stationed at Fort Belvoir, sue
cumbed to injuries suffered in a
District A. A. U. tournament bout.
His opponent, Willie Tapp, the ref
cree and all officials connected with
the tournament we're absolved of
blame in the matter, but the acci-
dent took the edge off the tourna-
ment.
In the professional scope Harvey
L. Miller, secretary of the District
Boxing Commission, was elected
president of the National Boxing
Association at its convention here.
He also was singled out to hold
check for $4,000 put up by Joe
Jacobs, agent for Tony Galento. as
a guarantee of good faith in chal-
lenging heavyweight champion Joe
Louis.
Washington was the scene Of an
other featherweight championship
bout. but it ended on a sour note
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old. Carolyn Wilson, was runnerup
for the fair title.
The mems doubles crown was
shared by Field and Lou Gorin and
the team Of DR.. Lamar Harper and
Tom Abelara.
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Skeet

Once again the North-South shoot
provided years feature for skeet
shooters. And once again Washing
ton was well represented among the
Evening star., 1939-12-24

Middies. The three best shooting
teams here were thought to be those
OF the Marine Corps. National Capt.
tai Rifle Club and the White House
the latter probably the best police
shooting team in the country.
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Harlem Sketches

1t is the accepted thing in Har.
lem for men to ask the girl to
either go home with him after ar
evening out or to ask to go to he
room. Soon after arriving ther+
as one girl told me, the men 500,
become sleepy and want to L.
Gown for "a few minutes. If tils
girl refuses him, she is likely not
to sec him arlv more. If she per
mits him to sEty she may hang
Cnto him for a while but soore!
or later loses him. For a man easy
to get is. easier to- lose.
The lonely girl In Harlem has n
hard time OF it If she has beer
brought up care sully at home, a1e
IS particular abt mt Ter men friends
But if she is top particular, sh,
Goes not have any. Many well
dressed men With leisure and MOI
~ know Of this and they have q
pretty good time preying off The
lonesome girl who will do any
Thing for an evening of pleasure
after long stretcn of loneliness.
The village is full of girls WAC
nave come to New York to make
good. Competition in th-ir parti
cular line is keen and they soor
have to drift into some kind vi
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las p. M; Tues, a. m; Sat, IL
a. m. MBS, Sat, GAS p. M; frl'
$50 p. m. Vocal quartet)
DEEP RIVER BOYS, CHS, wide
ly scattered schedule. Vocal group.
LIONEL HAMPTON, vibes and
drums; FLETCHER HENDERSON,
piano; CHARLIE CHRISTIAN,
guitar, with Benny Goodman, NBC
Red, Sat-, 10 p. m; CBS Wed,
Thurs, 11:30 p. m, MBS, Mon, IL
midnite, Waldorf Astoria hotel
NYC.
ERSKINE HAWKINS, N B c
Blue, Mon. 1890 a. m: Sat-, $50
p. m. WNEW 125Ok, Wed, 1 a. M,
Savoy Ballroom, New York City.
770k, nightly except Mon. Tues, 2
HORACE HENDERSON, WBBM,
a. m; Mon, 1:S0 a. m, 500 Club,
Chicago.
CHARLIE JOHNSON. Duke of
the Uke'' In "Madcap Matinee,
WAAF, 920k, Chicago, Mon. thru
Sat. 4 p. m. ~ s~
INK SPOTS. NBc, scattered
schedule. vocahsts. '....
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our branches will arrange national
broadcast, wherein musicians from
all over the country will celebrate
this particular Sunday. Make it
1nown( to the world, stressing Negro
music and composers. Continue on
through the week, presenting ar
lists to sing and play Negro music,
spirituals, art songs and compost
tons. You may add lore, bring
ing in dancing, ETC., thus giving it
in the form of Festival.
June: Finals: The three select
ed winners of contests held in
March will perform in the June
Finals. Winner of this group will
be eligible to compete in the Ma
tlonal contest to be held in Chica-
go. Friday night prior to the open
ing meeting.
President Dawson was elected at
NANMs last convention held in
Boston. The organizations board of
directors will hold its Winter
meeting in Chicago on December
28. Board members include: Effie
Diton, New York City; Elizabeth
Coleman, Galveston; Orrin lSuthern,
Tuskegee institute; Pearl E. Frank
lin, Knoxville, Tenn; D. A. Holmes,
Kansas City, Mo-; Kathrine N
White, Baltimore; v. Seymour
Brown, Kansas City, Mo-, and zor.
John w. Moore, Flint, Mich.
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JOHN KIRBY, WNAQ, 67Ok'
nitely except Monday, | a. m.' Am
bassador East Hotel, Chicago.
ANDY KIRK & TEDDY WILSON
MBS. WOR 710k, Wed, Sat. l1:3o
D. M, Sum-, 1:3O a. M. Golden Gate
Ballroom. NYC.
JIMMY NOONE. WBBM, 77Ok'
mite except Mon, 1870 a. m, Mon
day LOS a. m, Cabin Inn, Chlca-
VAGABONDS, NBC Blue, Wed.
9 a m.. also scattered schedule. vo
cal quartet.
FATS WALLER, NBc, Sun, Fri
p midnite; WMAQ, 620k nitely ex'
cent Monday, IL nidnite, WENH'
87Ok nitely except Monday, lSO a.
M Sherman hotel. Chicago.
YOUNG MAN WITH A BAND
CHS, Friday, 1o:So p. M gues
band. -
MAJOR BOWES AMATEUR
HOUR, CHS, Thursday, 8 p. m.
FISK JUBILEE CHOIR NBc
Blue, Tues, 7:30 p. m.
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The following listing is IN e1tect
for the week of December IL only!
ALI time shown is Eastern Staho,
ard. Subtract 1 hour for Centrai
Time; 2 hours for Mountain lime
and 3 hours for West Coast lime
AS is the unavoidable case IN radio
scheduling, all programs are SUD-
ject to last minute changes ana
cancellations.
HOT INSTRUMENTAL
AND VOCAL
LOUIS ARMSTRONG-Sunday
Monday, IL midnite. Cotton Cluo'
New York City.
ERSKINE BUTTERFIELD-MBS
Tues, 11:45 a. m.-WOR 71Ok-
Sat. 9:l5 p. m. Pianist Vocal
iSt.
BON BON, singer with Jan Saw
tits orchestra, NBC Red, Wed, Il
midnite, Thurs, 11:3o p. m. NBC
Blue Tues. 12 midnite. Hotel Lin
coin Hotel, New York CITY.
CARTER AND BOWIE at twin
pianos MBS, scattered. schedule.
CHACIOTEERS,, NBc Blue, Mon.
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THOSE WILD RADIO RAVES

cEOPGETTE HARVEY, maid on
the Betty and Bob serial Noe
Red, Mon. thru Fri, 2 p. m.
GOING SOUTH WITH CLYDE
BARRIE, baritone and the Deel
River Boys, CHS, South only, sun
day p. m ,.sA
OSCAR POLK, actor on the
Shadow series, MBS, Sunday, 5:3t
p. m.
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, CHS
Sum-, 4:30 p. m, Guests.
SOUTHERNAIRES, Vocal quar-
tet, NBC Blue, SUM-, l1:3O a. M
Fri, 1915 p. III.
WE, THE PEOPLE, CHS, Tues
2 .. m. West Coast rebroadcasts
1890 a. m., featuring guests OF ev'
arv race, and creed in real life cpl
sodes.
hOCHESTER, JACK BENNYs
radio valet, NBC Blue. Sun, z p
m. West Coast rebroadcast 1l:5t
p. m. ..... .. ....,-.---
WINGS OVER JORDAN, CHS
sun. $50 a. m. Chorus and talks
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BY SID THOMPSON

NEW YORK-(ANP)-One thing
which the depression and lack of
jobs for colored persons has done
Is to make for new code of NOR
als for working girls. With most
Of the support of families coming
from the working women, with
young girls working as oomest1cs
gl1o, during normal times, did not
work, moral CODES III New York are
undergoing a decided change from
the old standard.
The girl who has to support her,
Eeif soon feels she as able to live
her own life away from the scru-
tiny of her family. Most of them
either secure rooms for themselves
Or bunk with some OF their girl
friends. There they meet their
Young men friends, entertain them
and scne time keep them through
out the night. Living iii thes,
fl, nished rooms, they are withou
parental or any other kind Of su-
pervision. In most cases, the lana,
lady or landlord does not care
how the rooms conduct themselves
as long as their rent is paid anu
Eot too much noise is iaised
ACCEPTED THING
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Stresses Seven
Point Program

PITTSBURGH, Pa.-(ANP)-In
statement sent out last week to
officers and members of National
Association of Negro Musicians
branch organization, President
Mary Cardwell Dawson, this city,
told her co-workers: Remember at
all times during the year that we
are going out for $1,000 drive in
scholarships and 1000 new mem
bers."
The drive for scholarships and
new members is part of President
Dawson's seven-point program this
year for MANN, and full report
Of progress made will be submitted
at the 1910 convention to be held
the third week in August in Chica-
go. The president urged all officers,
Members, committees and groups to
cooperate in pushing the program
through to a successful conclusion.
Highlights of the activities for
1910 as described by President Daw-
son, follow:
February National Negro History
Week. With activities of national
character. and memorial service to
memory Of James Weldon johnson
and of any other famous Negro
musician, dramatizing their lives
with local talent, etc.
May: Celebrate National Negro
music Week. First Sunday in May