davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1940-04-16
approximately sixty million dollars

approximately sixty million dollars
year.
Certainly, 1t might be argued that
visitors would come to the Federal
seat of Government without being
invited. Yet even after generous
allowance has been made for the
natural attraction of the Capital 1t
still is evident to the fair-minded
observer that ut pays to advertise"
in this as in other fields Of enterprise.
The committee "publicizes Washing
ton all over the United States by
means of circulation of motion pic
lures, distribution Of pictures, con-
tacting by correspondence and per-
sonal canvass several hundred radio
stations and several hundred news
papers, mailing out about half a
million pieces of literature each
year."
That the service Is wanted and
that it is appreciated has been
proved by thousands of letters from
strangers who have graduated into
friends. If the committee were to
suspend operations, the demand for
its revival would be universal. 1t
has attained the status of an indis-
pensable institution, not only in the
judgment of the local business COM
munity but quite as definitely in
that Of people in other localities who
gratefully have availed themselves
of it's facilities.
The funds required for financing
the committees endeavors during
the twelve months beginning May l
amount to but seventy-two thousand
dollars-a small sum as compared
with the profit which such an in
vestment returns. Surely, there
should be little difficulty in obtaining
subscriptions sufficient to meet so
modest budget for so important a
purpose.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Community Asset

The Greater National Capital Com
nlittee of the Washington Board of
Trade mo longer is an experiment..
When it first was established in 1881
there might have been skepticism
concerning the success of its efforts,
but it now has so completely demon
strated its utility that there can be
no question about the desirability of
the continuance of its work. It is
the motive power behind the city's
tourist trade, an industry which
brings into the District Of Columbia
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Urges Civil Service
For w. p. A. Workers.
To the Editor of The Star.

~ 'AAS A1>AA'OA Va 4iie otdI.
In your editorial of April 7, indorsing
the Ramspeck bill to extend civil service,
you rightly criticize the provision bar
ring civil service benefits to employees
hailing from States which have more
than their quota of civil service employ
ment. You fail to mention another and
even more arbitrary provision, which
bars some 10000 administrative en-
ployes of the Work Projects Administra-
tion from the benefits of the bill.
The provision regarding State quotas
has theory-even though it is bad
theory - behind it. The prohibition
against putting w. P. A. employees under
civil service was that it was improper
to put an emergency agency under civil
service laws. But the present bill itself
refutes that argument; it covers num-
ber OF emergency agencies-in fact all
except w. P. A.
Every one familiar with the civil
service laws knows that there is no con-
nection between civil service and agency
permanence. 1t is simply not true that
to put w. P. A. employees under civil
service would thereby perpetuate the
w. P. A. 1t would merely insure that
as long as the w. P. A. exists its workers
would receive the same treatment which
civil service provides for Government
employees in other agencies.
Civil service benefits the Government
worker and the public. 1t protects the
worker against arbitrary dismissal, and
in the event his particular job is term
mated 1t allows him to transfer to a
similar job when vacancy occurs. It
also allows the worker to contribute part
Of his salary in system of old-age retire.
ment. These elementary projections en-
able the civil service employe to do better
work and safeguard the public service
from the dangers of political manipula-
ton and political favoritism.
W. P. A. administrative employees have
record of faithful and efficient service
extending over the past five years. The
magazine Fortune wrote of the w. P. A.
administration that it functions with
an efficiency of which any industrialist
would be proud" A Gallup poll on the
question showed the public, both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans, to be overwhelm-
ingly in favor of putting w. P. A. under
civil service.
On the basis of their record w. P. A.
employees have right to ask that the
discriminatory provision in the Rams
peck bill (Which was put In against the
sponsors own desires) be removed, and
that they be given the opportunity to
serve the public better under civil service
KENNETH DECKER,
President, w. p. A. Union, Local l,
United Federal Workers of America.
April II.
Evening star., 1940-04-16

period of the worlds history" was Sir
Arthur Ponsonbys comment after the
Armistice. Apparently the propagan-
dlsts who are repeating the fears of the
first European War 0914-1els) think the
American people have poor memories.
A well-prepared Army and Navy is
Americas best insurance against in
vasion by any nation or combination of
nations. America will defend her own
land to the very last drop of blood.
April IA. FF
Evening star., 1940-04-16

The interned crew of the Graf
Spec do not seem to like it in Buenos
Aires, several of them having tried
to escape to the hinterlands OF Ar
gentina. They may we'll ponder the
fact that they might easily have gone
to far worse place, namely, Mr..
Jones' well-known locker.
Evening star., 1940-04-16

Britain seems to have a double
objective in Norway; getting the
Nazis out of Scandinavia and keep
ing the Italians out of the war.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
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=. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights OF publication Of special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1940-04-16

The Russian Army never seems
really to get into high speed, but
just the same it is a menace in low,
or even in neutral.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Praises Articles by
Jesse FAINT Evans.

want to express my pleasure in Mrs.
Jesse FAINT Evans articles, which I read
with increasing interest. The one in a
recent issue of your paper about DR..
Cushing liked so much sent it to one
OF Hopkins most distinguished doctors.
April 9. MARY a.. ARMAT.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 10rtter. although the use OF
a pSeudonyna for publication is
permissible. Please be brief!
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-04-27

E&sSsaslznsg4~
Lillian Caldwell (Rec. sec'y), Molie
Hamilton (chaplain), Messrs. Thur
leau James, Edgar Gillyourd district
Deputy, Stillman A. Tasco Estate di-
rector of Ed), Joseph Smith, Robert
Taylor Exalted Ruler Comm. Lodge
No 19), and Miss Pearl B. James,
daughter of the District Deputy.
Among others present were: Paul
Smith, esq. of Comm. Lodge No. 10
and chairman of the Point Education
Committee) Mesdames Beatrice Smith
Edith Guy, Dolores Marsh, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Hayes, Mr.. and Mrs. Bis
hop, Mrs. Taylor, Fred G. Smith and
Doris Dickerson; Mesdames Evelyn
Mendes, Geneva Arlington, Eddie
Gross, Vers Garfield, Hilda Talbot;
Misses Mamie B. Logan, Charlotte
Price, Ellen Daltry, George Jones,
George E. Thompson, William Price;
Mesdames Maude Anderson, B. L. ia
cobs, Maude Greene, Maude Brown,
Florence Smith, Aberdeen Archer,
Nellie Cooke; Misses Bernice Casneau
New York;, Gertrude Pope; Messrs.
F. D. Wright, Benjamin F. Jones; Mr.
and Mrs. William W. Wright; Mes
danes Bertha Walker, Gertrude Nick
erson, Estella Lane, Mr.. and Mrs. 81.
F. Boerts; Misses Gladys Carter, Ellen
H. Williams; Mesdames Annie Como
way, Lucille Jones, Mr.. Bessie Powe,
William Holt; Mesdames Alice Butler,
Pansy Graham, Mr.. and Mrs. Hamil-
ton Williams; Misses Eleanor Price,
TheIma Farrell, Nettie Jackson, Bue-
lah Freeman, Mable Roberts, Rhoda
Roch, Katherine Robinson, Edna Miles,
Sadye Penny; Messrs. George Jone,
Theodore Hayes, William Lewis, Rus
sell Collins, chairman of charity No.
l Comm. LODGE Joseph Smith (Chmn
Charity No. Comm. LODGE, Charles
Branch (Chmn. Civil Liberties State
Mass J, Archibald Prescott (Brigadier
General of N. E. Comm. Lodge), Fred
Smith Past Exalted Ruler, B. l..
Smith (Sec'y Comm. LODGE, and
many others.
To lend diversified entertainment, a
first rate Stanley Brown Floorshow
was presented under the direction of
Sammy Gardner The artists present
ed were Ford and Lewis of Apollo
Theatre fame, Johnny Jackson of the
"Hot Mikado", Helen Wade of the
Wade Sisters, the ever-popular Red
Graves and the inimitable Hazel Diaz.
Music for dancing was presented by
the Gentlemen of Swing, Sabby Lewis,
director, and Marie Hawkins, vocalist.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-04-27
ELKS BANQUET PEARL B. JAMES
Continued from Page II

Lillian Kicker with DIR. Mamie Pyburn
as the eloquent Mistress of Ceremonies
and a capable staff of hostesses played
an important part in the success Of the
venture. During the evening, various
representatives of Elkdom were intro
duced, all of whom were vociferous in
their words of praise to DIR. James,
while those unable to attend sent mes
sages profound in regret but over
whelming with congratulatory feeling.
Many valuable gifts were received by
the honoree who, when called upon to
speak, was carried away with emotion.
Her message, however, was direct and
inspiring.
Those seated with DIR. James at the
beautifully decorated head table were
Mesdames Florence K. Bell, Mahala
Austin, Lillian Kicker, Mamie Pyburn,
May Pressy Gin. sec'y); Clarone
Smith (Dtr Ruler, Bessie West
loyal DIR Ruler Nora F. Taylor
Council), Daisy E. Henry Gin. sec'y),
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-04-27

show you. Yes, and we'll see. We are
lost. What? Oh, billiard and New Or
leans, Randolph Edmonds, you say? A
real theatre with plays of contempor.
airy life, you say? I can't believe it
Edmonds writes them and the group
acts them. Thank God for the pseudo
rock of the colored race.
So we hop over Texas and land IL
California. We are told that we have
missed nothing. Los Angeles, All the
groups broke up while vieing for roles
in "Gone With The Wind" What hap.
pened after "Run Little Chillun q
Sorry Mister, that's what we wanna
know. Seattle asks us not to stop, but
go on down to Denver. The Denver
Little Theatre Group did beautiful
production on "Othello." How nice
That must have been sweet. 1t was
Thank you, ma'am. Goodbye. Any
thing going on in st. Louis, sir? Yes,
What? Oh, a bridge party! That's
what I thought. Well, nice knowing
you.
So we arrive in Chicago, all tired
all sad, and all beat, just like the city.
Well, mister I tell you, it was like this.
"The Swing Mikado" gobbled up every
body when it was on. Then they went
to New York. 'The Hot Mikado" came
in. The "Swing Mikado swung out,
all without relief, without eats and
without seats to get back to Chicago.
So Shirley Graham, theatre devotee,
is at Yale and all is well. Well, don't
you have little theatre here? No sir,
when we want to see plays we go to
New York. Ny!
Swinging across Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan and the great lakes, we found
all our theatre interest being sub
merged into pools of Big White Uni
versity theatre groups. Don't you
put on colored shows? No, on No! We
stop that. Those plays are ugly and
primitive. After a quick trek up New
England way( Where they have drama
groups only to learn to say drama with
a broad 'a') we hit back for Harlem
and went to the Appolo Theatre to see
Pigmeat, the colored comedian. PER
LODI
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-04-27
DR.. SHEPPARD AT ST. MARKS
CONTINUED from Page y


the Nile for 10000 years and never
made sale of the wares that were
fabricated by the skill of many gen
erations. "The mind of man cannot
comprehend" he said, "the greatness
of the past, especially the achieve
ments of the race in America during
the past IS years." Voluminous sta
tistics were revealed as a checkup of
this statement. He also stated that
the race will never amount to any
thing in America unless the people
who represent this minority group be-
come economically conscious. He en-
phasized that segregation in any form
will never solve the problems of the
Black race. The time has come when
teachers colleges in all sections of
America must close their doors because
of an overcrowded list of well trained
teachers awaiting appointments. The
cooperative plan of all racial en-
deavor is the only way out for the
present generation to succeed. He
stated the race could boast of anly
four capable sociologists. Only two
insurance actuaries. The medical pro-
fession," he declared, "must leave the
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-04-27

large urban centers and practice in
the smaller towns. He suggested a
new field of professional specialists,
as a doctor of happiness.
Creative writes like the author of
"Native Son" must arrive on the hori-
zon to give stimulus to the race. In
telligent preachers are the greatest
need. The $4,000 now preaching an
outmoded gospel should be cut down
one-third and after that start over
again wedding out a ministry he
termed parasites of humanity. Not
knowing the needs of the north re-
garding the legal profession, it was
pathetic in the SOUTH" he said," to
find only few who stood by their own
convictions of profound legal ethics.
The speaker concluded his address by
issuing a challenge to the nationwide
lack of racial morale which would de-
ter advancement unless cooperative
effort on large scale was invoked to
change a backward racial attitude.
The meeting opened with an organ
prelude by Dolan Yates. Rev. w. H.
Hestor of the 18th Baptist Church
delivered the invocation. There were
selections by the Alpha quartette and
remarks by DIR. T. E. A. McCurdy,
president of the Brotherhood and
Joseph Houston introduced the speak
err. Virginia Strothers, soprano, sang
"Deep River" Harry Burleigh's mas
terpiece, accompanied by Dolan Yates,
Master John White, a protege Of the
president, rendered a piano selection.
The speaker answered many questions
during a Commute period. "Lift
Every Voice and Sing" was sung fol-
lowed by the benediction by the pastor
of the church, Rev. S. L. Laviscount.
Several members of the Brotherhood
attended an informal reception at the
beautiful home of the Edward Dixons,
Greenwood Street, Dorchester.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-04-27
GUEST COLUMNIST

GU ESl OOLUMNlOl
Abram Hill is a playwright and
formerly administrative assistant to the
office of the national director of the
Federal Theatre. He is the author Of
"HelPs Half Acre" and "On Strivers
Row.. John Gassner of the Theatre
Guild says Mr.. Hill has one of the most
"enomorous minds" in the theatre to-
day.
THE COLORED THEATRE
One cannot fail to observe the pala-
BILE fact that the efforts to build com
munitv theatre in Harlem are almost
as old as Harlem itself. Pioneering
groups and individuals have burst forth
on the dramatic scene pursuing the
theatre arts with a spirit equalled only
by a religious zest. These attempts
have popped up out of gloomy little
cellars, chilly four by four attic rooms,
and he records show one or two that
have been established on rickety little
house boas that plough up and down
the Harlem River. Draw the line Add
up the efforts. The answer is nil. All
have shot down the shaft of defeat.
However high up on the cultural
ledger of Harlem the Rose McClendon
Players may be, it is too early for one
TO predict Just how far up the ladder
to real community theatre will this
Group go. IT'S needless for me to say
that the three year success of this
group has not been through any rose
embroidered path. Harlem has attached
a distinguishing tag to the Rose Nc
CIendon Players for its histronic
efforts; that is the five thousand loyal
patrons of the group. Now divide, you
will find that this is only one-six thous-
andth of the three hundred thousand
coIored people who dwell within this
Race Capital of The Nation.
Harlem is the Colored Capital of the
Nation, is a statement open for debate.
But Harlem as the Colored Capital of
Little Theatre Failures is a fact worthy
Of national interest. Like any other of
cur colored capitals, and hamlets, too,
Harlem suffers from the illusion that
the little theatre is a charming and toll
Grant ornament where the "quacks"
the "arty" and the social bugs let off
steam!
Just how our modern concept degen-
Grated to such a level is beyond me. A
few centuries ago, the theatre was such
powerful weapon for crystalizing
public opinion, that the theatre was
called 'the anti-chamber of the devil"
As long as our theatre, which is indeed
the colored theatre, perpetuate these
ornaments, IT'S better that they should
close than consciously to mistreat so
noble an art. In the words of the MD,
Put them out of their misery"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-04-27
BISHOP WALLS FORTIETH
CONTINUED from Page y

of Trustees. Anthem by the Choir,
Poem, Mrs. Blanche Peyton; Felicia
tions of the City of Boston (City
Registrar, representing Mayor Maur-
ice J. Tobin); Address, Attorney
Irwin T. Dorch. Solo, Mrs. Alice
Wright. The Bishop as Pastor, Rev.
w. o. Carson of New Haven, Conn,
the Bishop as a Journalist, Rev. R. B.
Hurt of Worcester, Mass. Solo, Mrs.
Helen Halliday. The Bishop as a
Scholar, Rev. Charles H. Foggie of
Cambridge, Mass. The Bishop as a
Leader, Rev. J. H. D. Bailey of Hart
ford, Conn. Anthem by the Choir,
"Zion Stands with Hills Surrounded"
Response by Bishop William Jacob
Walls.
Then came the grand march to the
vestries which had been decorated for
the occasion with streamers of red,
white and blue and festoons of other
colors, where the diners enjoyed the
menu served by the well known ca
terer, Mrs. Mary C. Jackson of 431
Massachusetts Ave, Western Lunch
Box, Tomato Cocktail, Fried Chicken
with Sweet Potato, Peas, Cold Slaw,
Cranberry Sauce, Celery, Rolls, But
ter, Orange Sherbet, Assorted Cakes,
Coffee. Grace was said by Rev. S. w.
Weller, and short toasts were given
by Mrs. Eta Morse, President of the
Boston District Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary Society, Mrs.
Rosa L. Weller of Waterbury, Conn,
for the Hartford District; Rev. Zoe
Adelaide Walters of Meriden, Conn.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-04-27
MORE THAN 100 COLORED DIE
IN DANCE HALL FIRE
(Hnntinnnd from Pncn IL

ulation gathered at the scene after mid
night. Thirty or 40 more, burned or
injured in the stampede to leave the
flaming building, were taken to hospi-
tails.
Smith, said the building was form
erly a church with only a front exit.
The windows had been boarded up. The
hall was decorated with Spanish moss,
which highly infammable.
Most Of the bodies were found in a
heap near the bandstand at the rear.
1t was estimated that several hundred
were in ate ndance. The hall, known
as the Rhythm Night Club, featured re-
gular dances at which music was fur
nished by nationally known bands. Lo-
Gated on ST. Catherine St., in the col
ored section, the building was only a
few blocks from the commercial dis
trict Of Natchez.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-04-27
Watch Tower
Continued from Page A.

to the black and white share-croppers
and tenant farmers south of the Ma
line, receive nine cents a
year in fixed wages. In Bombay, where
the wage-scale is the highest anywhere
in India, men get 81 cents day and
women 20 cents, while children obtain
Z cents, in industry.
British imperialism opposes strenu-
ously any attempt by the Indians,
through the Indian National Congress,
to introduce democratic measures which
would ensure solution of economic
problems to the advantage of Tndia's
teeming millions. 1t tries to divide the
Indians by aiding and abetting COM
munal strife between Hindus and Mos
lens, asserting that the Muslem Lea
que, an organization of reactionary big
landowners who are not representative
of real Mohammedan sentiment regard
ing the independence of India, finds no
fault with its administration. It
chooses to ignore the fact that the Maui
lana Azad, celebrated throughout the
learned Moslem world as a Koran
scholar, is now president of the Indian
National Congress and has always been
a comrade Of the Mahatma Gandhi and
Pandit Nehru.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-04-27
NAACP HOLD BIG
CONVENTION RALLY
Continued from Page y

Reports of captains brought many
active workers to the front. After a
check-up it was announced that $1100
had been raised. 1t was further an
nounced that the drive would extend
over another week and that reports
could be sent to the secretary of the
branch, Alfred Baker Lewis, 318 Ire
mont St., Boston, or to the officer of the
chairman of the drive, DR.. John B.
Hall, go Windsor St., Boston.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-04-27
WISE SAVINGS

Statesmen feel the pulse of the
country by listening to what it says
concerning politics.
Prejudices harden the arteries of
the mind
The real benefactors of mankind
are not it's generals, but the thinkers
and inventors and poets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29

Gun Cotton, f o Scotland
Yard agent, becomes interested IN
a stranger, who calls himself Pull,
linger, and has an agent assigned
to follow him, but the latter loses
the trail. Guns superior, known
only as x, is interested Also out
assigns Cotton to the case OF a
missing bomber. The agent goes 10
a new 'fhush-hush" station Where
new and secret types OF military
planes are tested.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
[BEF0RE THEE@6RR!E!IEzkElR (!
m nnIa MR sSSo4uo ~ RUPERT GRAYS0N
RUPERT

hush talk about this plane. I've
even seen paragraphs in the news
papers. But, barring a few pecu-
liarities about the shape of her,
Pm hanged if I can spot anything
very new about her!!"
And Tommy answered, in a SINH
lar tone:
That's just the joke - there
isn't!!"
Then - why all the secrecy"
Just for that reason, I guess!"
What reason
Just because there really ISN'T
anything new about her!'
This gave Gun food for thought,
and he chewed it, carefully. Pres
emily he began to recognize the
taste of it.
Got any notion what the stunt
really is, Tommy"
"Just a glimmering."
Something to do with the miss
ing bomber"
II shouldn't be surprised!"
Gun suddenly grinned.
well, we shall e what we
shall see. I say, have you tumbled
to the biggest joke of all-or, at
any rate, the most subtle piece of
humor"
mo. . y"
That number!!"
"What-X-O-O. Don't see
It, old mani"
mo Well, read it this way
"Ex-Ought-Ought," or, if you
prefer it, notwithstanding"
Now do you get it"
Tommy looked bewildered.
Hanged if l dol"
well, there's nothing to it."
Sounds weak. Where does the
x come in"
You'll probably learn that lat
er!" said Gun, with a touch of
grimness.
The mechanic had finished his
final inspection. Four men came in
and started to push the p | a n e
through the doors and on to the
runway.
What are your instructions,
anyway" Gun asked, in a low
voice.
"You should know all a b o u
Continued On Page Eleven)