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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-20
Prey WRITES NEW BOOK

Prey WRITES NEW BOOK
DR.. Mordecai johnson, president oil
Howard university. is the author Of
a new volume, Common Sense Neu-
trality," which was published by
Hastings House, January Is.
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In order for any economic system
10 succeed, DR.. Pagan pointed out.
confident, competent, and honest Of
ficisls are essential.
President Roosevelt Commended
President Roosevelt. in appropri-
s:ing money 10 rehabilitate the
country economically in 1893, Gre
sied an artificial prosperity, which
-1ufd not last. Since then, Roosevelt
mas discontinued his policy Of infla-
on which has left US in a seemingly
ENDLESS slump.
IN closing, Dr. Pagan declared that
our present spending program can
not last We must either get a new
economic system or the capitalist
must reduce his producing power to
meet the consuming power.
Porter billiard introduced the
speaker, and Edward B. Swintt, the
presiding officer, lead the Mizpah.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-20
LEAVES FOR OKLAHOMA

Detroit, Mich.-Mrs. Ella McCul-
Tough OF Crosse Pointe. will leave
for Luther. Oklahoma on the second
Of February. Mrs. Mccullough plans
to visit her mother Mrs. Lulu Bar
nett whose health is failing. She
IS to spend at least a month visit
ing and resting.
Evening star., 1940-08-07
tree with Its leaves drifting to the

ground.
In his current Aim, "The How
ards of Virginia" Lloyd was tempted
to use cliche to bring out the fact
that Martha Scott was to have a
baby.
II wanted to have the camera
steal into her bedroom and catch
her in the act of sewing baby
Clothes" confeSses Lloyd.
"In the old days that is exactly
how we would have done it-in may
be 10 feet of film. An hour of mod
ern dialogue couldn't have been
more effective.
But I knew I'd be criticized for
being trite. So 1 merely put Miss
Scott into maternity dress"
Lloyd nominates as the prize
cliche in his Is years in the movies
one which was born when a producer
discharged his cast and a week later
discovered he didn't have the fade
out clinch"-the old lovers kiss
cliche.
Stuck for cinematic proof that
love was triumphant, he took des-
perate chance. He hired two extras
who resembled the hero and heroine
from the back, and had them walk
hand in hand toward rising sun.
This was the beginning of q
thousand Hollywood rising or setting
suns. Who was the producing genius
who started the cycle?
Why, Mr.. Lloyd, of course.
Evening star., 1940-08-07

then he has made four pictures as a
director. They are "A Man to Re-
member" THE Great Man Votes"
Bachelor Mother" and MY Favor
ite Wife" The first three managed
to land Kanin among the years
best directors in 1897, 1888 and
1889. And, If the last does not land
him in the same spot in 1910, it will
be because some good comedies re-
main to come from Hollywood be-
tween now and the end of De-
cember.
To 60 back to the saxophone,
however, and thus to. encourage
would-be saxophonists who are the
problem children of their neighbor-
hoods, Kanin has been addicted to
it ever since he was a child. Fewer
years ago than is comfortable even
for him to remember, he was a sax
genius in bands playing the Catskill
Mountains. Even more forbidding
are the other items on the Kanin
menu then, such items as acting as
social director, writing and direct
ing dramatic offerings for guests of
the hotels at which he played, and
uncomfortable-serving as
waiter in the Catskill dining rooms.
Those were experiences designed
to teach R-K-O's tempestuous young
director the value of penny. That
they did was attested by his first
success in Hollywood. His first three
pictures were made at such low cost
that he created a sensation, not
among the stockholders, but
among his fellow directors, who
thought him an upstart who was
inalterably opposed to spending
money.
That money meant something out
Evening star., 1940-08-07

scene HOW SneHAn OrAhAms
slow. They must have done it at
least six times!" I'm glad the doctor
is not around for John Barrymore
picture!
He is positively Mortified when
Myrna tells him she gets. up at 6
every morning for her o'clock call;
and discusses with her the emotion
al strain of working in front of hot,
bright lights, the STIFFNESS of the
stage and the hopping up of emo
ton for each detached few minutes
of action. His final remark was,
"They earn their salaries!"
X X X
Now that Mary's had her nose
fixed, she'll probably do a movie" !"
Jack Benny tells me on the Love
Thy Neighbor" Set. Mary is Mary
Livingstone-Mrs. Benny in private
life. Jack is again playing Jack
Benny as he did in Buck Benny
Rides Again." tits hard to play
yourself" he says. "It's hard to be-
lieve in your role when the actors
call you by your right name. It
makes you self conscious.
But the boy who is really self
conscious is Fred Allen. still don't
know how they got him to appear
with Benny in the film. Credit for
Evening star., 1940-08-07
They Earn Their Salaries,
Psychiatrist Decides
Noted Doctor Visits Myrna 10y
And Learns of the Tribulations
Of Making Movies
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.


OF all the stars to see in HOLLYWOOD Myrna chosen
friend OF mine eaons psychat from Johns Hopkins
was in Hollywood for one day only want Myrna
states ephacay when dangle before him
Mickey Rooney Marlene Dietrich
Third Finger Hand" Myrna playing
girl sdtor
Evening star., 1940-08-07
That Sax Player Legend
Is Disproved by Kanin
He Goes on From His footing
To Far Better Things in Films;
Local Singers Get Chance
By JAY CARMODY.

Once time which the coniest beginning
there legend the effect that the definitely destined
bad end the who played saxophone
roaring continued
through the blank
to Carson Kann, current boy wonder of Hollywood.
Kann a appar-
Evening star., 1940-08-07

of which one should get only his
moneys worth is something Kanin
is attempting to prove with his
latest picture. The picture in ques-
ton is They Knew What They
Wanted" an adaptation of the late
Sidney Howard's Pulitzer prize win-
ner Having proved that he could
make something big out of some
thing for which very little was spent,
Kanin has been allowed q recogniz-
able budget on his latest effort.
OF 1t he says:
with two actors like that (Carole
Lombard and Charles Laughton)
and respectable budget this picture
is not job. It's an assignment.
Laughton can act. and Lombard is
wonderful at anything. What more
could ask?"
When an ex-sax player asks the
question there probably is no answer
except to wait for the picture with
confidence!
This department, always curious
to know how artists relax, checked
last night on the Daltry Opera Co.,
singing tonight at the Water Gate.
AS a result of the check it Is able
to report that the company's night
of was spent singing Gilbert and
Sullivan.
incidentally, speaking of Guest
Conductor Joseph Daltry and his
troupe, there will be vacancies in
1t after the close OF the summer
season tonight. AS one part Of the
effort toward filling them Mr., Dali
try will hold additions of local sing
ers at Wardman Park Hotel tomor-
row morning, 10 to 1l:30. Require
ments, roughly, are college back
ground, voice, a sense of rhythm
and an appearance that fits the
company's collegiate specifications.
In II Love You Again" Palaces
August 16 attraction, the screens
perfect wife" otherwise Myrna
10y, contemplates divorce. :.
But she only contemplates it. j. ;.
So Miss 10y, who sill is the screens
perfect wife as a IT, ,ult of the Thin
Man pictures, maintains her rcputa-
ton. =. And, speaking of reruta-
tions, Akin Tamiroff has no lear
of losing his as one of the screens
more made-up villains in THE
Great McGinty." In that one,
even without makeup Tamiroff is
quite certain he is villainous enough
to satisfy his most exacting admirer
Evening star., 1940-08-07

this must go to Director Mark
Sandrich, who not only got Allen to
sign on the dotted line, but is shoot
ing the picture in what would have
been Aliens vacation time! Allen
swears this is his last picture.
Dye want to know the origin Of
the famous Benny-Allen radio feud?
ut started three years ago." Jack
tells me. Quite by accident. Al
len had a 10-year-old violinist on
his program and asked him how
long he'd been playing. One year.
said the boy. Jack Benny should
hear you,' Fred said, and the feud
was on! Excuse me-" says Jack at
this point. I'm going to do some
acting"
You mean," Allen shouts after
him, you're going to be Jack
Benny" -
Four hundred children are emot-
ing in There's Magic in Music"
starring Susanna Foster and Allan
Jones. Looking out for the young
sters is Rachel Smith, chief school,
teacher on the Paramount lot.
Nearly every child star in the busi-
ness has been taught by Miss Smith.
Her pupils include Shirley Temple,
Ida Lupino, Mickey Rooney, Mrs.
William Powell and the three
Jackies-Coogan, Cooper and Searl
Miss Smith has much to say
anent the recent rumors of quar-
reling between Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Powell. II don't believe it,"
she says emphatically. "Why, only
last week Diana had lunch with me,
and she told me how much she
loves Bill and how happy she is in
her marriage"
Guess which infant prodigy is the
favorite with School Teacher Smith.
Jackie Searl, whom she describes
as the only natural actor among her
pupils. Mickey Rooney she describes
as "a ham," AS for Jackie Coogan,
"he was bright enough UP to 8 or 8,
but then his development Gas an
actor stopped"
Miss Smith is not a bit surprised
at Ida Lupino's emergence as a
dramatic actress. How she strug-
gled against ingenue roles!"
Miss Smith has written q book
about her experiences as a teacher
Of Hollywood's million dollar babies.
RELEASED BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1940-08-07
Movie Cliche
Is Defended
By Director
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
A three-times Academy Award
winner comes to the defense of
the movie cliche.
The cliche may cloy," says Di-
rector Producer Frank Lloyd, but
it's economical.
1T saves Hollywood a million or
more a year in film alone, to say
nothing of economy in production
time and brain fatigue"
Lloyd says the worst cliches have
become passe. The movies have
liberated doves by the thousands to
signify domestic peace, he says-but
they seldom do 1t any more.
Now and then, though, some pro-
ducer still uses a dimming candle
to indicate death. Lloyd lists as the
most annoying cliche the calendar
with-rapidly- turning pages to indi-
cate quick passage of time. Now
adays it's bit subtler to show a
Evening star., 1940-08-07

Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showink

Palace-"Pride and Prejudice"
screen version OF the Jane Austen
novel and play: 11:15 an, 1.50, AIS,
Z and o:35 pm.
Earle-'My Love Came Back" a
gay young romance: IL am, 1:40,
4:30, 7:15 and 1905 pm. Stage
shows: 12:40. 3:25, 6:15 and . pm.
CapitoI-"The Man I Married" ;"
drama Of Inflated matrimony: II
am, las, 4::30, tbs and 10 pm.
Stage shows: 1850, 3:40,, 6:25 and
9:10 pm.
Metropolitan-"I Married Adven-
ture," through darkest Africa with
Osa JoFnson's camera: II an, los,
3:15, $40, 7:30 and 9:40 pm.
Columbia-"Andy Hardy Meets q
Debutante," M. Rooney, W. cafe So
ciety: II am, ITO, 800, $50, 7:45
and 9:55 pm.
Keith's--"The Ramparts We
Watch," the fateful years that be-
gan in 1914: HAS am, 1:45, 3:45,
5:45, 7:45 and 9:45 pm.
Little-"One Night Of Love-" that
greatest Grace Moore hit: ll:05
am. l:15. $40. $50, TAO and s:4o
pm.
Trans-Lux -- News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1940-08-07
ADJUSTMENTS.

Enrol Flynn has done more fenc-
ing in movies than any living actor
Evening star., 1940-08-07
Works Without Pay
For Uncle Sam 4

william Holden will become a star
without salary for Uncle Sans
movies as soon as he completes his
leading male role in Columbia's s
Arizona" now in the final stages of
shooting. under the direction Of
Wesley Ruggles. Holden has been
invited by the Civil Aeronautics
Authority to star in a series of l6
millimeter technicolor films depict
Ing the complete aviation training
course for civilians. The series, it
Is understood, will be exhibited
throughout the United States to
build up the civilian flying corps
and inspire new recruits. Holden
will star as young recruit who
starts from scratch and emerges as
a full-fiedged aviator. incidentally
during this time,
Evening star., 1940-08-07
Dale Kin of Composer

Warner discovery Dana Dale is
q direct descendant of Composer
Claude De Busy.
Evening star., 1940-08-07
Author Hasn't Read
English Version of
His Own Novel
the Associated Press

by the ASSOCIATED PreSS.
HOLLYWOOD.
II you enjoyed "All Quiet on the
Western Front" Erich Maria Re-
marques great story Of the last war,
you may like his reaction to it.
He hasn't even read it-at least
not the edition most of you saw.
Il skinned through it once after
I wrote It," says the German pacifist
whose writings forced him from his
homeland. but haven't the slight
est idea what the American trans
lation is like. You see, ! learned
English only in the last year and
I still do not read it well. I'm
satisfied, though, at the copies 1t
sold"
Evening star., 1940-08-07

Ksnin came to
Hollywood three
years ago. Out
of the George
Abbott school of
comedy acting
a n d directing,
he brought lit
tie to the cine
ma beyond an
in e x h a u S t j.
b lie store of
e n e I 8 y ana a
ceaseless curios-
ity q b ut the
technique of mo-
ton pic ture
making. Since
Evening star., 1940-08-07
In the Country.

|. In the Country.
Cross Roads Fallen Angels, !"
Noel Coward comedy: $40 pm.
Roadside-"Murder in the Red
Barn." favorite Of all Roadside melo-
dramas, back again: $40 pm.
Evening star., 1940-08-07
Does the reality come up to ex-

expectation2" I
ask him after 10
minutes of star
gazing. IS n e s
even better look
ing he replies.
And tells me
why Myrna 10y
is the No. l film
t a vorit e with
m ost m a e S.
"She has class;
she's attractive,
and she looks
intelligent" .
After S e v e r a !
takes" of one
~ooy,a Uuou,
Evening star., 1940-08-07

An unreformed "hot sax" artist,
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Poetic Thoughts
By Morris Gibbs, Sr. I
Let Me Grow Lovely

Let me grow lovely
AS grow old,
A sweeter disposition have
To forget how to scold.
Let me grow lovely
Like many fine things,
Mature with age and my voice
Not crack when it sings.
Let me grow lovely
In whatever I do,
To get real joy out of doing
Then to myself Pm true.
Let me grow lovely
Never asking for reward,
In righteous labor rest
Helpfulness keeps me never bored.
Let me grow lovely
Just like the trees,
Stately, rooted in years of truth
A refuge from life's stormy seas.
Let me grow lovely
Is my daily hope,
Some help to mankind I've been
Shining brightly for those who grope.
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Listen To This
By Hobart T. Mitchell

MISSISSIPPI Mississippi 1857 Section
XI, Article SO:
Negro muatto shall give false testimony
the punishment DEATH such offender conviction
nailed the poy there for hour
the be off and thereafter the other be nailed
like manner be the expiration of another hour
And whenever slave free Negro muatto shall be called
testify Witness it shall be the duty of the before he
charge declare truth the following
brought Witness and to tell before
tell the truth the whole truth and nothing
and be found hereafter that told M and
false testimony in this matter must for DOING have both
nailed to the pilory and cut off,"
BLACK: New York City, August TO- 1903. state
by Kssam"Back almost white at birth,
change a the change generally complete and their
color decided about eight months; within the it is
complete"
FIRST ANTI-sIAvERY SOCIETY: April A. 1775-The first
this other formed the
before the battle of Lexington by meeting
the Sun Second Street in Philadelphia.
OWNERSHIP OF SLAVES: In $780, the three millions three
people
POLITICAL RIOT political riot occurred Charleston South
Carolina evening the 9Th September 1876 between
Republicans and mixed crowd of Democrats
number injured and intense excitement reported
in the city.
PAUL CUFFEE: Cuee American Negro sailor and phan
Massachusetts, 1859; died Sept T. 1873 His
Acanborn Massachusetts, slave who purchased his
of 100 brought responsibility
family hen his mother Nantucket Indian At 1e he
whaling vessel and in 1906 experienced navigator
owning property ship two briggs and
small craft He built schoohouse, hired teacher and
the only public school the nghbohood
his sailed for Sierra Leone his ship the
blacks the Friendly Society Sierra Leone In London
Wherefore and Carkson and commits
African Institution goods to Sierra Leone He
while out his plans for coonizng that country
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Letters to the Editor

must continue on through this era
of dissension, hatred, and democ-
racy.
The coming generations have
many problems confronting them
and we of the present one must do
all in our power to prepare a way
for them. To them the mode of pre-
paredness we offer probably does
not meet their approval, therefore
we might feel that we are again
deceiving ourselves by their not
accepting our ideas and well
planned programs.
AS a father of a. family in the
community, I have many child
problems confronting me. I am
asking that you inaugurate col
umn in your paper for the "Advice
to Mothers and Fathers" I believe
this should be a series of articles
pertaining to community co-opera-
ton of families, with or without
children, individual obligations to
the community, and last of all, a
few good motherly and fatherly
talks to the youth of our commun-
ity. If this is done it would be a
great service rendered to the COM
munity, whether accepted or not
remains to be seen. Some of your
recent issues have carried news
items regarding conditions in my
immediate community, that need
the cooperation of every Father
and Mother who are interested in
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the future welfare of their chill
dren, and I believe through the
medium of your great newspaper
that the convincing propaganda
can be circulated.
am quite sure you will meet
a hearty response from the inter-
ested public, welcoming such a
program. AS a leader and public
service organization, I hope your
paper will give these few thoughts
a little consideration. Through this
column an exchange of ideas and
experiences could be brought be-
fore the public.
God only knows what is to be-
come of US if the present rate of
illiteracy continues upward, there
fore we must attempt to help our
selves. All other groups are hav-
ing their problems diagnosed, why
can't we?
Thanking you for the past in
terest you have shown, also the
new, I beg to remain
Civically yours,
G. A. Hughes,
1852 4th Ave. So.
Minneapolis, MINI.
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Ernest Lundeen, Peoples Soldier!

of Lundeen
To personal loss Tor
the classic example OF human being
Lundeen equally the Kisses and boos
of the crowd He had than
opportunity study human behaviour
of his fellow neverendng industry building
political idols today only ear them down tomorrow
the thing that stood out
his support nstory though popular
of Lundeen differed with him over
coture halt the fbuster the
We thought he should have supported
being used to defeat which
million underpriveged people
Lundeen usually worked The Senator
taking that Of coure would
used against legislation intended protect minority
his with had the support OF
Stockwe still feel that right and ne
wrong in this particular stand
the only his long when
interest and sympathy with
Negro his Members of the Spanish War
organizations well his fight thing which
their organization Others remember that
exchanged with white Spanish War veteran who nsuted
editor who Spanish War veteran
Of the people Ideaist yet practical he
political oblivion by opposing
He mob law because he
during the Through all the following
remained active in politics suffering defeat times
with the aid of his splendid
he fought his back to the opand to the
U. 8. Senate.
country lose of Lundeens broad
perence qualifications period inter-
will be hard fill He good soldier
for the people.
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Keep Out of the
Gutter
By DIR. Charles Stelzle

by LIZ SkkdIl6S OCE1ZIG
The percentage of Negroes of
the total population in the United
States today about equals the per-
centage of the foreign born. The
progress made by both groups is
credit to them, but by far the
greatest honor should go to the
Negro race, because of the tremen-
dous handicaps which have been
placed upon Negroes from every
standpoint.
In the first place, foreigners
came to this country as a matter
of choice, and they have been given
every encouragement to succeed,
scarcely any door being closed to
them. They were accepted upon
an equality with native Americans
in practically every particular and
given an equal chance. About the
only limitation placed upon them
was that no foreign-born citizen
may become President of the
United States.
On the other hand, Negroes were
originally brought to this country
against their will, and subjected to
the degrading conditions of slav-
cry, and for a couple of centuries
we Systematically and deliberately
expunged from them the qualities
which fit a man for citizenship in
a democracy by depriving them of
nearly every privilege granted to
the white man.
We compelled the Negro to live
in the worst physical sections of
our cities and towns, often without
drainage or sewerage or garbage
facilities; we drove the worst
forms of Immortality and deprav-
ity into the Negro quarters of the
city; if cred Light" District were
permitted, it was usually confined
to the sections in which the Negro
was compelled to live; and then we
cursed the Negro because of his
"moral weakness" Until very re-
Gently his opportunities for secur-
ing an education were very limited.
In times of depression the Negro
was the first man to lose his job,
and the last man to be re-em-
ployed. Even to survive under
such conditions required character
and ability with which the Negro
is rarely credited.
Isn't it about time that we gave
him a fair chance? Neither race
hatred nor mawkish sentimentality
will settle this question. And don't
lets forget that "you can't keep a
man in the gutter without getting
into the gutter with him." The
future of the Negro lies as much
with the white race as it does with
the Negro race. Labor, in par
ticular, must face this question.
If the standard for Negroes is kept
at low level, the progress of
white workers will be proportion
ately halted. AS a matter of self
defense-if for no other considera-
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Color Line Boys Against Draft

The War Secretary Mr. Smson it this "Uny
be destroyed by attempting establish ensmen
which is contrary to War Department plans"
Stmson had Congress amendment
tense Act which colored
cuded from enlistment the
units"
This confusing statement means: i'm crow
units ooed
filled up
lodged the issue just Republican predecessors
nue to evade his obligations unless Congress
versa military CONSUMPTION law
Make mistake about this The
not alone from the fifth coumn the
Communists and the Sons of Italy springs also
color line boys who do want population
in the armed forces of the United
Jobs Their Importance -.
Ever the Negro has been competitor
free man. he has been paid the least times
perit and the first fired when the slump
sisted right down through the Negro unable
to change this to great extent
labor generally His plight continues be undertook