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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-10
HEADS WOMAN's. COMPRESSION
AL COMMITTEE

Mrs. Charles w. Whaland. OF
Chestertown, Maryland, has been
appointed by Congressman T. Alan
Goldsborough, Dean Of the Maryland
Delegation. Democratic Congression-
al Committee Woman OF Maryland,
upon the. resignation of Mrs. Geo.
Heller, of Baltimore City, who has
been the Democratic Congressional
Committee Woman for Maryland for
seven years.
Mrs. Whaland was Eastern Shore
Chairman of the Democratic
Women's Clubs of Maryland for
many years,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-10

Fascists are using American. free
dom to work against freedom. Our
melting pot seems to admit too darn
ed much brass.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-10

No wonder families we're larger in
the old days. A baby didn't cost any
thing but weeks board for your
mOther-in-law.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-10

Don't think the world will ask
where you got the money to pay
your way.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-10

II man overindulges in mature
elaboration it's when he has a note
to meet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-10

Big business isn't new. A. wagon
factory was relatively as big when
the country was small.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-10
Old Age Pensions

DR.. Townsend says that the New
Deal has shown through five years
that 1t does not have the answer. He
says that its experiments. have
brought only an enormous debt, an
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-10
Nothing settled

The fight in Congress over the
amount of WPA funds is mostly
political bunk, for just so long as
the present Federal relief plan is
continued the amounts asked for by
the Administration will have to be
appropriated and supplementary
sums will be necessary to meet in
evitable deficits.
The real issue is strangely miss
ing in Congress. Everybody knows
that it is: Federal relief. or State
and local relief.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
FIGHT TO SAVE
FED. THEATRE

NEW YORK, July-The fight to
save the Federal Theatre and the jobs
of thousands of colored artists denied
opportunity in private enterprise,
took on added impetus this week as
hundreds of organizations in this city
and throughout the country appealed
to Congress to rescind the provision
of the Woodrum Bill ordering aboli-
ton Of this cultural arm of WPA.
The effect of the Woodrum Bill on
the theatre project was already OBJ
servable this week with the closing
down of several WPA Race plays, in
GLIDING the WPA's "Hot Mikado" in
Newark, N. J. Those on other theatre
projects were increasingly iittery as
work came from Washington that Col
onel Harrington, WPA head, had or
dered the pay of all Federal Theatre
workers stopped by the end of this
month. The order was utterly I'M
expected as the workers previously
had been informed that their wages
would be continued until Oct. l.
One result of the liquidation of the
WPA theatre and increased Iay-offs
on other projects was a sudden drop
in purchases, according to Harlem
merchants.-Scores of Harlem COM
munity amateur theatrical and dance
groups also faced early withdrawal of
WPA aid extended by the loan of
drama and dance coach.
Discontinuance of the Federal
Theatre was causing great uneasiness
among workers on other WPA pro-
jects, as the belief grew that the Ii
quidation of the theatre proceeds was
the first step in the campaign, init
ated by Southern members of Con
gress, to destroy the WPA altogether.
1t was feared that colored writer's,
artists, musicians and historical re-
search workers would be the next to
go.
Local and national organizations
lighting to save the Federal Theatre
have planned series of protest ac-
lions to be held during the next weeks.
The Council of Actors EQUITY has
sent a delegation to Washington to
interview members of Congress and
WPA officials to press for continual
ton OF pay for the project workers
until Oct 1.
The Colored Arts Committee. the
Theatre Arts Committee, the United
Artist Union and the Harlem Cultural
Conference are at present sounding
out other groups on the possibility of
holding a national conference in
Washington in support of the fight
for retention of the WPA Theatre. 1t
was indicated that such a gathering
would have the support of numerous
trade unions and cultural organiza-
lions.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
PEOPLES BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Richard NJ Owens

The first Rally Day on the Window
Drive was great success. Of the
twenty odd captains who made partial
reports, one fourth turned in over fifty
dollars, and three-fourth, over twenty
five dollars. The total was $759.59.-
Tuesday evening, Mrs. Lulu McQuit-
ter presented in concert the Byars-
Harris operate Group. The Pulpit
Repairing Club in conjunction with
Emmanuel Mansfield is giving a
Quartet Contest on July 27.-The
Vacation Bible School, under Miss
Florence Majors, is teaching useful,
practical activities to youngsters and
adolescents. Send your child along
to get this special training. July 20
is the date for the Sunday School
Outing, to Salem Willows. All friends
are cordially invited.-At last weeks
Prayer Meeting the Women's Chris
tian Union presented Miss Florence
Majors as guest speaker.-Newman
Smith, tenor, was soloist at the Sun
day morning service, Rev. Ovens
Rally Day sermon was "Pillars and
Pillows" The evening sermon was
"Two Types of Men"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
SHAG'S FORUM

(KNS)-"S hag" Taylor's Drug
Store, officially known as the Lincoln
Pharmacy, 922 fremont St., has no
counterpart anywhere, it is reported.
Here where Silas F. Taylor and Bal
colin Taylor, both registered pharma-
cists conduct their drug store, with
Archie Mclean as capable assistants
in charge daily, may be found profess
sional men of color anytime ready to
help solve any problem of moment to
the community.
Graduates from leading universe
ties and those from the "school of
hard knocks" mingle and each has a
voice in any open discussion. This
forum while informal always has a
chairman, be he a Harvard, Tech
nology, Howard, Northeastern, Lin
coin, Suffolk Law, Hampton, Tufts
Boston University or a fremont St
graduate"
If record were kept and later
printed the colored people of Boston
would be surprised to learn what g
real helpful institution "Shag's" is
and how much real service is rendered
by the owner and his visitors daily.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
Hint MnttrnRUrnttpr|
Editor and Publisher
1901 1884
TO FIGHT AND WIN

Somebody ought to tell sold folks"
to stop handing out advice to the
young generations unless the old folks
are old enough to remember former
hard times" and have had expert
ence in coping with the sort of diff
cult conditions which confront the
youth of today. For usually such
advice is of the blues variety and
evidently influenced by comparison
of the halcyon years just prior to 1929
with the violent dislocation of business
and industry which heralded the ode
preston" Such "blue singing" serves
no useful purpose and may cause
harm, especially to unplaced men who
came out of college just at the mo-
ment Of the economic change for the
worse a decade ago. Their years of
adolescence were sheltered in a suffi-
cheney of family income. They looked
forward to fair sailing after gradua-
ton only to have their set hopes
smashed suddenly to bits in the econ
omic debacle. They were the hardest
hit; and it is no wonder that they are
the ones who are making the slowest
recovery. They are in need of en-
couraging words and inspiring exam
pie.
And the inspiration is coming in
notable instances not from the elderly
acknowledgements but from young
men and Young women who in the past
two to five years have jumped into
battle ready and willing to Fight.
Young America continues to show that
it has the stuff that wins.
To men experienced with the world
in the middle '90's, history seems to
be repeating itself in the ingenuity
and industry of today's youth-from
chore boy, errand boy, shoe-shine boy
to the itinerary salesman and the
persistent job-hunter who finally
lands job as a teacher or a clerk in
a store. To such oldsters the present
scene is thrilling: it revives memories
of the days when they "bucked" the
world, either breaking through or
downed in heroic struggle They
know how to exhort and to cheer the
future sustainers of the nation. Let
other old timers be silent in the Sc
clusion of gloom.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
COLORED REPRESENTED AT
FUNERAL OF GEN. LOGAN

Northumberland Edward L.
Logan was paid the highest military
honors at his funeral in South Boston
on Monday, July 10.-There in the
Gate of Heaven Catholic Church at a
high mass, before a filled church, the
lone casket covered with an American
Flag rested in all it's grand simplicity
There was no eulogy but the honors
paid the late gentleman and Judge
were such that the South Boston
Roaming Citizen-Cont'd from Is
streets were thronged with people I'M
able to get into the church.
Dignatories Of the Nation as well
as the State were present; from
among the rich and the poor many
come, also it was pleasing to note a
few colored persons present, among
whom was Mr.. Louis Caution, Depart
ment Lecturer, of the V.F.W., of
Massachusetts with his official moving
picture camera taking pictures while
dressed in his military uniform.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15

and boldness our financial overlords
and their political stooges are going
to attack the growing conviction that
human rights are superior to propertv
rights. Thus the need for Workers
Defense will assume first place in the
struggle of workers who seek to lift
out of the realm of theory, those en-
during principles so elouuentlv eY-
pressed in our immortal Declaration of
Independence and to apply them to
the realities of American life.
IN THE ONCOMING struggle. if
Colored America possesses that meas
ue Of vision and understanding Of
our problem which experience and a
little knowledge should give us, we
will lose no time in uniting our forces
in order to play our part in Workers
Defense. In defending the rights of
workers we will be recognizing our
natural allies in the struggle for In
dustrial Democracy and at the same
time promoting our best interest as
the most despised, tormented and bru-
talized minority under system based
upon human exploitation. Already
the Workers Defense League is activ-
ely at work in the South. In the
midst of race prejudice, anti-labor
administrations, and Ku Klux terror,
y valiant fight for the right of Colored
TWpcntine Workers, Citrus Fruit
pickers and the unemployed is being
waged. Industrial and economic hell
holes i'm Texas, Louisiana and Florida
are being overhauled Unlike some
other organizations the Workers De-
Tense League does not seek to make
capital out of Colored Americas
plight 1t has no intention to repeat
the eXtremities of the old Carpet
baggers which left such tragic scars
upon the generations that followed
the Civil War.
THEREFORE IT is the duty of
Colored America to become actively
interested in Workers Defense. In
formation on the subject can be Sc
cured from either the Workers De-
Tense League, 112 East 10Th Street,
New York City, or from Alfred Baker
Lewis, 318 fremont Street, Boston,
Massachusetts. A branch of Workers
Defense is now being established in
the Harlem Labor Center, 312 West
125th Street, New York City, with
Leon Bell as Executive Secretary
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
LOOKING AROUND
and BEYOND
By
FRANK R. CROSSWAITH

IN OUR SOCIETY, property is gen
orally recognized as possessing rights
superior to the rights of human beings.
This fact is reflected not only in our
laws, but also in our concept of cul-
ture and in the entire fabric of social
institutions and human relations. We
have. always called attention to the
absence of lynching during the two
hundred and forty-five years of chat
tel slavery in the United States No
lynchings occurred during that extend
ed period solely because COlored
Americans enjoyed the protection that
has ever been accorded to property.
AS THE PRESENT economic and
industrial chaos continues to reflect
its influence upon the thinking appara-
tus of both the workers and their eX-
plolters alike, we are certain to see a
greater stress being placed upon the
rights of property as against human
rights. This writer believes that the
New Deal in its approach to our pres
ent day problems represents several
progressive steps forward At the
same time we have always been i'm
pressed with the large number of mill
tary men chosen to head up the vari-
Gus governmental agencies function
ing primarily among workers. As the
New Deal its avowed good intentions
not withstanding. continues to demon
strate its inability to again put our
economic system upon its feet, fgura-
lively speaking, we are going to be
faced increasingly with the task of
defending the rights of workers.
THIS FACT WAS impressively
brought to the attention of the world
by the recent clash between Mayor
Frank 81 am the law" Hague of Jersey
City and that great American fighter
for human rights, Norman Thomas,
who is also the respected and admired
leader of the Socialist Party of the
U.S.A. After two years of struggle
and maneuver to win for labor its
elementary rights of free speech and
free assembly in one of the nations
most notorious open shop Ravens,
Norman Thomas and his admirable
and capable group of supporters
chalked up signal victory in behalf
of human rights. However, this vic
tory does not mean that the job is
completed. With increasing frequency
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
DUNBAR ASSOCIATES PRESENTS
JIMMIE LUNCEFORD, JULY IS,
ROSELAND STATE BALLROOM

The Dunbar Associates are proud to
announce to its patrons the re-engage-
ment of Jimmie Lunceford and his
N.B.C. orchestra.
Jimmie Lunceford has been con-
sidered the king of syncopation for
many years and possesses one of the
most versatile bands known to the
musical world. Vocals are done by
Dan Grisson and Jimmy Young, the
trio, and the Lunceford chorus, com
posed of the entire band. The trio,
which includes Jimmy Young, Cy
Oliver and Willie Smith, were the
chief factors of the popularity of the
songs, Cheating on Me-" and "'Taint
What You Do"
This musical entertainment will be
at the cool Roseland State Ballroom
on Tuesday evening, July IS, featur-
ing Jimmie Lunceford and his orches-
ira.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
Plan Church Ball
League

Cambridge, Mass. - Visions of a
Sunday School and Social Centre Ath-
letic League loom bright for 1910 as a
result of a conference held here at
Mass. Ave. Baptist Church recently
between the coach and captain of the
1929 Mystic Valley Church team
champions who discussed the plan of
putting back into circulation a beau
tiful 612 inch trophy left in their keep
ing.
In 1929 Medford's Shiloh Baptist
Church Honor Club won the trophy
over crack Sunday School teams from
W. Newton, Winchester, and Maiden
That was ten years ago. Today the
league no longer exists, the players
have long separated and the dust of
time is settling over the unused trophy
The winning team manager, Joseph
Joe" Johnson, is now Sunday School
superintendent of the Mass. Ave. Bap-
fist Church and his former team cap
tain is Mabe Kountze, now a sports
writer.
Last week the two-ex-baseball lead
ers weighed the possibility of a com
bined Sunday School and Social Cen
tire league for 1910 1t is requested that
all officials concerned please write Mr.
Johnson, "a Howard st., Cambridge
Mass, for league registrations.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
PRETTY UNIFORMS FOR
YOTTNCS STEERS

Recently at the June II, Bunker
Hill Parade, many persons observed
how Young America seems to be in
trigued by pretty uniforms.
This statement caused some to no
tice the parade more closely and watch
the youngsters especially.
The youngsters accordingly made
us realize that our colored Youngsters
should also have pretty uniforms for
parade purposes. To be sure here
and there a colored boy or girl was
in large group, but we were not rep
resented either by church or club as
a body.
However, one Catholic Church group
from Maiden, coached by it's priest.
had three hundred youngsters in line.
These youngsters were from ten to
eighteen years of age and were of
both sexes. How about some colored
church cadets?
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
" q q . z q Z Z Z Z Z z Z Z Z
ON THE CAPE,
BY WINIFRED WILLIAMS

The Hyannis section swarmed with
visitors from Boston and out-of-state
places over the July Fourth holidays.
Among those seen on the Cape were
Mrs. Willard F. Reid Mrs. Portia
Craddock and Mrs. Clarence Davis.
They were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Toney, the cape's caterers.
Over at Guiomar's there was a merry
crowd from Boston. We saw Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Williams and party
including Vivian Hodge, who couldn't
stay over the Fourth because of her
summer teaching course also
Messrs. Osborne Smith, Parks, Arthur
Stevens.
Guests at the Zilpha Cottage are
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Dyke, Connecticut;
Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Myles, Mr.. Poindex-
ter, Boston; Mrs. Daniels, New Ro-
chelle, N. Y; Mrs. Brown, Washing
ton, D. c.; Mr.. Strange, Washington.
D. c.; Miss Louise Harris, Texas, who
is a sophomore at Emmerson College.
AT Joseph Comes famous Twin
Villas we spied Misses Gertrude
(Toki) Schalk, Reba Ferguson and
Marivian Hodge, Mrs. Catherine Gray,
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Harris. Mrs,
Sallie Lumpkin, Messrs. Osborne and
Smith, and Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Will
liams, all of Boston.
Last Sunday, the Press Club of Bos-
ton and friends, to the number of about
thirty, in route home from their first
annual outing where they stopped at
"Joe's" Twin Villa and enioved the
music and refreshments.
Mrs. Marguerite Flint Jeffries of
Boston is at Hyannis for the summer.
William Taylor is the genial and
efficient manager at Guiomars. His
years of experience at the Parker
House taught him how to conduct the
affairs of frst-class hostelry and how
to meet and greet the public. Some of
Boston's downtown business men were
recent guests at Guiomar's.
Mrs. Andrews Cottage on Dock
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
NATIONAL WOMENS
CONVENTION IN
BOSTON, JULY 21-2S

The National Association of Colored
Women will meet in Boston during the
week July 21-29. This will be its first
convention held in the Hub since the
organization was founded here in 1895.
Thousands of visitors from all over
the United States will stimulate local
business.
CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS
OUR GUESTS
The National Association of CoIored
Women, Inc, Mrs Jennie B. Motion
of Virginia, President. First meeting
was called at Boston, July 1881, 1895,
by Mrs. Josephine st. Pierre Rufin.
Organized in A states.
Also, the National Association of
Colored Girls, Miss Josephine Brice
johnson of California, President.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
VISITORS ASK ABOUT Y.M.A.R.


Recently many persons visiting
Boston have been asking about the
Young Mems Academy of Boston and
what has become of it.
The answer is that these former
young men still have the charter of
Incorporation and want only young
men of today to follow in their foot
steps, the sooner the better.
Back in 1921 and thereabouts prac-
tically every ambitious young man
with high school education or its
equivalent was a member, provided
he was citizen. The organization
helped to foment public sentiment and
in every way tried and succeeded in
helping every worth while cause
affecting colored persons in Greater
Boston, or Boston proper.
Some of its members are BERTHE w.
H. Davis, the last active president,
Edward Dixon, Clifford Miller, David
Lane, Anselmo Krigger, Joseph S.
Mitchell, Matthew W. Bullock, Edward
.. Gourdin, William Roper, Walter
Foster, William S. West, John Russell
Cidonius Williams, James Nofett
Armstead Dixon, Edward Saunders
Leon Marshall, Frank S. Snowden
Charles Newman, Lawrence Whaley
Arthur Whaley, Ross Miller, War
mouth Gibbs, Lamar Perkins, Benia-
min Pinckney, William Starkey, Alex,
ander W. Cox, Jr., Emerson Pierce
Eugene Gordon, Thomas Dyett
George Freeman and the late Edward
Rivers. No doubt many will recall
the names of more members of this
progressive organization.
Since this group was non-politica-
and non-fraternal in the usual accept.
ance of these terms, Republicans
Democrats or any of the other various
American party members fraternizeC
with Greek Letter and other fraterna-
men and discussed ways of helping
and improving the community in
which each lived.
Boston today could well afford tc
have its young men carry on this club
which as one may see by perusing the
list of names, included in its member.
ship many outstanding colored men OF
today.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
THE TIME
July 21-29, 1899.
rnHn III Han

THE TIME
July 21-29, 1899.
THE PLACE
General Sessions: Symphony Hall
Registration, Girls meetings, Dining
Room, etc: at Horticultural Hall.
PROCEDURE
Three sessions per day, with speak
ers of note from all over the country
on timely subjects. The public-men,
women, children, everybody-is cordi-
ally invited to attend ALL sessions
which are open and free.
THE HOSTESSES
Mass. State Union of Women's
Clubs, Miss Gladys Holmes, President,
and Mass. Association of Colored Girls.
"Come and meet as at the shining
CRADLE"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
STATE HOUSE HEARING PUBLIC

At the State House, Boston, on
Monday, July 10, was opened a hear
ing by Governor Leverett Saltonstall
against Commissioner William F.
Callahan of the Department of Public
Works of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
This hearing which continues every
day, except Saturday and Sunday, is
being held in Room $40, State House,
Boston. 1t is public hearing and if
one is on time, usually $50 am, he
or she may sit in and learn about the
biggest State department, where more
than ten colored persons in high
grade work, both mental and physical,
are employed.
So far colored persons are conspicu-
GUS by their absence at this public
hearing. The writer knows only of
Mr.. Stephen Douglass, who has been
present besides himself.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
OFFICER MAYO DOES FINE
WORK

Recently, Capt. Duggan of Division
of the Boston Police Department
asked for a volunteer or night duty
for two weeks from among his patrol.
men.
Without hesitation Patrolman Fred.
erick I. Mayo of Roxbury offered his
services although he is regular day
man. The captain accepted him anc
as result this fine officer now patrols
the Humboldt Ave, Townsend st.
section.
People are already noticing q
change at the street corners since Mr.
Mayo, who knows all of the young
men and boys in his home section
warns them that he is going to stanc
for no Hanging around" the corners
while he is on duty and the youngsters
know he means what he says so they
keep moving.
1t was interesting to learn from Mr.
Mayo that he told his captain that the
same persons who conduct stores and
receive the youngsters money are the
very ones who call the Dudley st. Sta
ton for police to clear the sidewalks
in front of their stores.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-15
COMMISSIONER TIMILTY FAVORS
$3.50 AM. CLOSING

Commissioner Timilty of the Boston
Police urged the License Board to
allow colored South End restaurants
to remain open until $3.50 am, instead
of closing them at the new hour lately
in vogue.
This later hour will provide more
work for persons who work in these
eating places. 1t would also cause
more business during the warm nights
when more people are up late and
want late snack. Of course liquor
could not be sold after one am. on
days other than Sunday when twelve
midnight is the end for liquor.