The guardian., 1940-08-17

and Toby Harris on the sax lovely
Maxine Sullivan backed by her hubby
Johnny Kirby and his Swing Sextet
scored tremendous success at the Ritz
Roof among the urban socialities &.
the Jones Brothers are performing
nightly at the 400 Club on the North
Easton highway and on Sundays at
the Red Fox Inn in Wareham, on the
Cape. .. Ernest Whitman, huge col
ored screen actor has a supporting role
in the film "The Return of Frank
James" now showing at the Keith Me-
mortal Theatre featuring Henry Fon-
da, John Canadine and Jackie Cooper,
Gene Tieney, Henry Hull, J. Edward
Bromberg and large cast filmed en-
tlrely in technicolor =. the companion
piece presents Joan Bennett, Francis
Lederer, Lloyd Nolan and Anna Sten
in the thrilling Nazi opus "The Man
[ Married" wherein a husband hardens
under the new German regime there
are some very interesting figures which
l request you to study closely the
total number Of male and females too
young to work in this country is 49,
S75, 1922 at the last census the count
OF males and females too old to work
is 41,576,205 persons the unem-
ployment records show a figure of 12,-
TIT ,4S9 o.. those students of working
age who are now attending schools and
colleges number 11,913,524 the
infrm and disabled in hospitals and in
stitutions who can't work are 6,123,SO7
the branches of the armed service
including the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps not engaged in industry regis
ters 712,588 . all these figures total
122,978,935 to which 12,215,140 eligi-
BILE draft age men will be added during
the coming conscription thus totalling
l35, ,l94,075 persons of the non-worker
class subtracted from the entire
population of the United States which
/ approaches 135,194,O77 at the present
/ 1910 census estimate . e. the remainder
! IS 2 people actually working in this
country the President has gone
fishing again and Pm getting pretty
tired of bearing the burden! the
Boston Chapter of the Girl Friends are
entertaining again e.. this time most
charming and distinguished visitor who
held the important post of National
Executive Secretary Of their organiza-
ton for a five year term, Mrs. Fannie
Wick Bergman, former Secretary at
the BOrdentown Manual Training In
stitute of Bordentown, New Jersey and
! at present on vacation from her posi-
ton as personal secretary to Executive
Secretary Henry r. Murphy of the
| famous Riverdale Colored Orphanage
Asylum at Riverdale-O On The Hudson.
Mrs. Bergman is popularly known as
"Vicky" in the upper strata of New
York's social set and thoroughly en-
joying her Boston visit as the house
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas and
Edna Cantor at their palatial residence
in Cantabrigia . the girls have been
doing the honors in big way dashing
madly here and there in Toms power
full town car sporting red leather seats
and expertly piloted by the exotic
Edna taking in the various greyhound
race courses, Chiclzland Barbecue, Es-
telle's Restaurant, the Taylor Drug Co.
and many other local points of inter
est Pork and Lillybelle took her
in tow this weekend together with
Edna they invaded the sanctum denum
of Uncle Paul and the old lion actually
purred drink for the gay young
things .. folks, it's treat to meet
Vicky and I hope all of you will share
that pleasure during her visit here
vivacious Teddy Mayes is continuing
to spread little joy and sunshine into
the brotherhood of local bachelors in
her very gay manner Cornelius
bud" Crosson, noted thespian suffered
severe injuries while driving down to
Mashpee last weekend mother
Lola and baby were shaken up but
Bud at the wheel took the brunt of a
collision on the highway . he is re-
cuperating at home 25 Aspinwall Road
in Dorchester best wishes for a
speedy recovery from Uncle Paul and
all the gang and now a singular
economic problem confronts the mer-
chants of that section in outer Roxbury
commonly known as Sugar Hill
what should flourish as thriving col
ored trade center is suffering the throes
of a severe business depression
enterprising race citizens have opened
new business locations invested
time and money employed colored
workers and expected the patronage of
their friends and neighbors so
lwhat happens? . at times this area
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