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than by their devotion to social prin-
ciples. His conversion to the Catholic
faith as result Of study of all religions
was probably the greatest protest of his
life against the SNUG attitude of so
many so-called Christian leaders
Two great men have died within a
month. Who among the white group
will embrace the unpopular cause and
risk loss of caste? Who among the
Negro minority will forsake exploitation
of the race through leadership, and in
the humility of DR.. Kelly Miller, take up
the task of trying to further the king
dom of Christ in the United States?
E. B. HENDERSON.
Falls Church, Va.
December 81.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Rebuke to Britain

Great Britain, in her war against
German aggression, has enjoyed the
sympathy and moral support OF the
great majority Of the American peo-
pie, but this is an asset which will
be speedily forfeited if it should be
disclosed that the seizure of Ameri-
can mails by British authorities, in
direct violation of international law,
has the considered approval of the
Chamberlain government.
War is a hard taskmaster and 1t
is not always possible for a bellig-
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Praises Work of
Br0un and Miller.
IT, TIM Cl;t4r - rYhn Gtnr.

In the passing of DR.. Kelly Miller and
Haywood Broun, two noble Romans have
departed from the scene of battle. One
white, one black, both liberals of the
truest sort, they have affected, favored
or nodded the opinions of hundreds of
thousands of Americans.
Most people are so busy attending to
selfish individual wants and needs that
they don't or won't take time to try to
convert people to the habit of loving
humanity. Not so with spirits like those
OF Miller and Broun, for they strove
necessarily to interpret the life of the
depressed minorities to their fellow
men. It is difficult to estimate the
socializing influence of the published
thoughts of logicians like Miller and
Broun.
In later years both men evolved into
tolerant liberals Miller was at one time
a philosophic conservative. In the bat
tie of the racial ideologies of Dubois,
Trotter and Booker T. Washington, DR..
Miller essayed the role of mediator to
the extent that he~was often labeled
the Great Straddler." Kelly Miller in
the late decades of his life grew more
and more intolerant of the American
brand oftintolerance of minority rights
and privileges. In his native city of
Washington he saw the doors of civil
rights and cultural privileges closing
tighter and tighter. He complained,
after the fashion of a philosopher,
against the lingering shadow of the pref
udices of those who have relegated Negro
life to socially marginal existence.
Broun also espoused the interest of the
unorganized impoverished, struggling
classes, and strove to teach the border
line middle classes how to do battle for
civil liberties and democratic safeguards.
In his last days Broun became less
sympathetic with the radical fringe whose
identification with leftism was measured
more by the hatred they bore opponents
Evening star., 1940-01-03
No Soup

To nullify the blockade and insure
victory, Germany is said to be toying
with the idea of manufacturing syn
thetic fats out of shale and coal,
replacing the old-fashioned COW with
the quarry and the mine. The re-
sulting product is then to be made
up into butter or soap. When it is
possible to tell which is which, by the
taste, the process will be considered
perfect and put into operation to
give Germany q fat chance of win
ming the war.
This brings up the entire subject
of the Importance of butter and fat
in warfare. Somehow the average
man can never see it, although he
reads pages and pages written by
experts, explaining how vital these
products are, and how no nation can
win without them. And yet the
greatest military strategist of all
time, the late lamented Napoleon
Bonaparte, was strangely silent on
this subject. True, he knew. and
remarked, that an army marches
on its stomach, but that did not
worry him. Having been a corporal
himself once, he grasped the age
old principle that no matter how
much butter a soldier was given he
would still complain that the chow
was terrible; so, why not feed him
anything available and let it 60 at
that? Nor did he ever trouble his
head over a shortage of soap. Shrug-
ging his shoulders, he would unlim-
Der the artillery and clean up Eu-
rope with the greatest of ease.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

At Nashville, Tennessee, there is
full-sized marble reproduction of the
Parthenon. The University of South
ern California, fortunately, is too far
away for its students to get arouod
to painting up the figures IA to 0"
on it.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
COmmends Presidents
Peace Efforts.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Please permit me to congratulate the
President on his recent designation of
personal representative to the Vatican.
Such a movement should be approved
by all the people of the world who love
peace and detest war. To my mind it
will go down in history as one of the
outstanding acts Of the present admins
tration. GEORGE P. RATE.
December "a.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

The peace Of Versailles has never
really been satisfactory to any one.
Possibly the trick was done with
mirrors.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

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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., 1940-01-03
Safety Zone Shown as
Danger Zone.

10 the Edltor OF The star
In answer to the question why Must
They Die?" which heads your daily
column, and referring to case Number
IS published in. The Evening Star,
Thursday, December %. 1899, wish to
offer these comments.
With the exception of eighteen
months, have resided within a radius
Of one block of this intersection Co.
lumbia road and California street,
since 1 came to Washington Septem-
Der 16, 1880. Twice daily I am a Pc
destrian at the streetcar stop at this
intersection and have had ample op-
portunity to observe the hazard Gre
ated by the so-called safety zone" at
this corner. I also have driven an au-
tomobile since 1919 and am fully aware
of the danger confronting the motor
ist at this intersection since the safety
zone was installed.
Before the safety zone was installed
motorists stopped behind the street.
cars and pedestrians were afforded an
opportunity to board the cars but now
the pedestrians are indeed fortunate if
they can maneuver from curb to zone
in safety in order to board car You
ask 'Why isn't he already in the safety
zone?" and the answer is simply be-
cause he doesn't relish the fact that
automobiles are bearing down upon
him at speed of perhaps 80 or more
miles per hour realizing that in all
probability the motorist hasn't seen the
weather beaten, dirty mushrooms which
mark the safety zone. Perhaps a sign
Safety Zone" three or four feet above
the pavement on an upright would save
q life!
1t occurs to me that had never heard
of an accident at this particular corner
prior to the installation of this safety
zone and now within a months time
two people have lost their lives here.
OF course it is entirely possible that
there were accidents I did not hear about
but I am of the opinion it is high time
that something were done to eliminate
the danger at this intersection in con-
sideration of the pedestrian as we'll as
the motorist
If this small area of street, ironically
termed safety zone," is the cause of
accidents which result in deaths,
wouldn't it be wise to abolish the safety
zone at this location?
December 29 CARL r. MYLIUS.
Praise for the
Heroic Firms.
To the Editor of The Star:
The example of Finland, heroic little
nation with population about equal
to that Of Chicago, discloses the fraud
and deceit of Communism. Those who
have followed the false prophets, Karl
Marx, Trotsky, Lenin and Stain, go
into battle as fatted steers to the
slaughter house. human automatons, in
capable of thinking or feeling.
In honest dealing, in valor, in noble
and unselfish purpose and in lofty
ideals, the Finns are the Last of the
Mohicans." If they perish, the best
that is in the world perishes with them.
Thanks to the Firms, it is no longer
considered smart in Washington to be
a Communist. L. A. PALMER.
January /.
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@. Is there any State which does not
grant divorces?-M. T.. R.
A. South Carolina is the only State in
the Union which does not grant divorces
for any cause whatever.
@. What is the source Of the quotation
From ghosties and ghoulies and long
leggity beasties and things that go Boup
in the night, Good Lord deliver us"?-
D. w. H
A. This is from an old Glastonbury
litany.
Q. Please give some information about
the famous dwarf Lavinia Warren-D. F.
A. Lavinia Warren was born about
1841 at Middleboro, Mass. She was less
than feet high and her name was orig
inally Mercy Lavinia Bumpus, but was
changed after she joined Barnum's show.
She was married to Charles S. Stratton,
better known as Tom Thumb. After her
husbands death in 1883 she married an
Italian dwarf named Count Primo Magri
She died in 1888.
@. Why is the thistle the national en-
blem of Scotland?-C. P. D.
A. When Alexander III was King of
Scotland, King Haakon of Norway landed
an army on the shores of that kingdom
and attempted to conquer it. In his night
attack on the Scottish camp at Largs, a
barefoot Norseman trod on thistle and
crying out in pain alarmed the Scots.
The attack failed and soon afterward
King Haakon had to withdraw his army.
In remembrance of this, the Scots
adopted the thistle for their national
emblem.
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December 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-06
Winters
After Match
With Louis
Defeats
Lee Savold
In St. Louis

Johnny Winters Is DESTROYS OF a
match with Joe Louis. according TO
statements appearing in 81. LOUIS
papers after winters defeat OF Lee
Sayold. Des Moines heavyweight,
in the Mound City last Thursday
night.
According TO Harold Tuthill,
writing in the ST. Louis Dispatch.
Winters said. after the fight. i've
been training for four months and
I'm in marvellous condition This
was my sixth fight in that time
and think III get shot al loe
Louis IN the fall"
Tuthill further wrote; "Sayold
said that Winters was tie greatest
colored heavyweight Asked II
that included Joe Louis. Lee evad-
cd the question and countered with
Winters can punch with both
hands II YOU lei him get outside
OF you ard swing with his right
he'd knock vour brains out. Hes
very hard 20 fight and is rootln'
all the time
On his return from 81 Louis
saturday. Harry l.. Poppa D"e)
Johnson, who is handling Whit
ers. said. IN answer 10 f-ht with
Louis. his protege was in the maj
ket TO fight any heavyweight in
the country, including the champ
ion.
Winters gave Ssvold 4 good lac-
Ing in the 10 rounds However, the
boys have been rematched FOR
April 18th in 81. Louis.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-06
Zoe Louis To Make Second Movie
Picture In California Next Month

The heavyweight champion re-
turned to Detroit Saturday. follow
irg his second-round knockout OF
Johnny Paychek. Friday night in
Madison Square Garden.
Louis did not show mark for
the encounter with Paychek. The
challenger. according TO rneside
reports. landed one light blow on
the champion during the time he
was In the ring.
To Make Picture
JohE w. Roxborough. CONAN
ager OF the champion. said on his
arrival in Detroit Sunday night that
Louis would rest during the mon'n
OF April, and then 20 to California
10 make a picture. The picture is
scheduled to begin May I and con
tinue through the following IS
days.
Roxborough said he was not ac-
quainted with the plot OF the pic
ture. but expressed a belief Il
would be similar to the picture
Louis made IN 1888.
May Fight In June
There Is a possibility that Louis
will fight again in June. according
10 Roxborough. This depends en-
tirely on whether Mike Jacobs.
promoter OF all Louis fights. Is able
TO secure a suitable opponent.
Right. now II looks very much as
though the winner OF the Max Baer-
Tony Galento battle will he award
ed with a championship fight with
Louis.
Sports writer's. and fans. are
now yelpirg that Paychek was TIE
worst opponent ever 10 face Louis.
The Omaha battler was frightened
10 a chalk white when he entered
the ring. and his arms appeared 10
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-06
Leon Wheeler Is Rated Top Coach,
Based On Record OF Achievement

est teams IL the midwest. Some
OF the entries were the Detroit
Great Lakes. Toledo T.. playing as
the Delux. Easley Morlicians aud
others.
The Toledo team included such
PLAYERS as Chuck Chuckovitz, who
scored 20 points himself in the
championship game. Hintz and Nc
Even all OF American ability.
In leading Harlem Globe Trotters
Ia victory over the Rens in the
pro tournament at Chicago. the
dominating factor was Wheeler. He
knew where the men could play
best although they had not played
those positions in more than 100
games all season.
lie switched men who were bet
ter under the basket who had been
playing in the back court. told GER
tain men TO shoot long shots, 9th
ers TO do nothing hut cut and take
lay-up shots and it was this strut
mat Aou''u Abt uVN Va
the Rens and lead the Trotters TO
the world title.
Coach Wheeler. without a doubt
is one OF the greatest basketball
mentors ever TO place five men on
the hardwoods.
One OF lesser ability and knowl-
edge OF the game would have CIV
en- up long ago and retired TO a
more passive form OF living. Al
times there was no basketball ma
terial to choose from except jun
Tor teams and bows OF high schol
abality but that did rot stop him
for he would take these boys and
before the season was over would
be in the thick OF championship
play-o6.
II is men like Wheeler who have
made basketball the leading Amer
lean sport II il today
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-06
Nv JIMMIE BALL

One would have to 20 far 10
find maker OF champions and
championship teams that the Illus
tlious director and coach at the
Brewster Recreation Center, Leon
G. Wheeler.
For the past fifteen years his
teams has won % OF % mapor con-
tests and finished second in the
three others. Then there were les
or titles and awards and instances
where hIs influence and sugges-
lions we're determining factors In
title drives.
Several years ago. wher there
were basketball and softbsIl teams
from the midget TO the AAA class
wheeler teams won the Midget. Ju-
nlor and Senior softball champion
ship and the Class A. the Inter-
City. second In the State Recrva-
tion league and second in the AAA
basketball leagues.
That year he won more titles
than in any other single year.
Their there was his guiding IN
fnence in choosing good boxing
coaches 10 handle the boxing
teams For the past five years the
Center has won five or the last six
Golden Glove and Diamond Belt
tournaments and the one time the
team failed TO get the title they
finished in tie for first place and
were give second place or tech.
In one sense. the Wheeler champ
ionship touch was passed on TO Joe
Louis. who started HIS boxing ca
reer with the Brewster Junior Box
ing club and later graduated TO the
senior elias and the pro ranks. That
touch OF Wheeler is still with the
champion.
However. after more than Is
years in coaching and sponsoring
athletic teams the most dramatic
season came this year when he d.
rected the Harlem Globe Trotters
10 the world pro basketball title at
Chicago. winning a local basketball
title. the Midwest basketball tour
nament. the Golden Gloves and the
Diamond Belt Boxing titles.
In winning the Midwest cup
Brewster faced some OF the great
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-06
Warm Days To Bring
Out Tennis Players

It's swing time FOR racquet WELD
ers the weather has really broken,
so all YOU Guys and Gals" come
out and get the kinks out your
muscles. the ranking tournament
Is Just one month away TO win
all lnter-city matches which haze
been planned for the summer, you
must play TOP tennis.
ONLY few we're out over the
week end Al different tennis
courts saw Van buren,. Cal l.o-
max. Harold Richardson at Belle
Isle.
John Oats Dan Webster. clar-
cree Hunter. Norman Morris at Al
kinson.
Jack Scott az Northwestern
Monday afternoon. saw Harold
Richardson. Cal IOmax. They we're
so sun they could hardly walk
Van Buren, had Charlie Horse"
Jack Scott and myself have the
Jump on all the others. We PLAYED
indoors all winter A. Brewster
Center, so five hours OF play vas
just a good workout for us.
am warning all you tennis play
ers, II YOU don wart 10 be pan
ned each week In this column
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-06
Splashers Beat
Brewster Center
Swimmers
St. Antoine
Team Participating
For City Title

The ST. Antoine Y Splashers de-
feated the junior and intermediate
swimmers from Brewster Center,
a 10 40 last Tuesday evening The
meet was decided with the final
relays.
The meet marked the first time
OF home and home series between
Brewster and ST. Antoine. Brow
ster will be host TO the swimming
in April.
Brewster was represented by T..
Brown. p. Lovington, Al Jones, b.
kemper, II. oliver. A. Stapleton. n.
Williams, n. O'Gara. H. Bogus,
Clarence Gatline. instructor al
Brewster. was in charge OF the
team.
The st. Antoine Splashers are IN
training for tho City meet April
rs. Those on the team are: Ed
ward Blackwell. Alfred Meadows.
George Lindsay. AL Wright. Wilbur
Mays. Willie Bell. Lorenzo Wright,
Herbert Hayden. Hildred Taylor.
Joe Crawford. Robert Henderson,
and Herbert Thomas.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-06
Great Lakes Defeats
Jaglowicz, 80 To 10

Great Lakes drew bye in the
Triple A games OF the Detroit Bas-
ket ball association playoffs Sun
day, but were not idle. The inSur-
ance boys downcd Jaglowicz, 80 10
10 70 An exhibition game In Light
Guard Armory.
Thursday Great Lakes met East
Side Sports In the semi-hnals OF
the plays. The losing team was
automatically eliminated from the
championship.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-06
Techuician is a hard-luck boss at

a book.
Technician Is a hard-uck boss at
present. Bull Whip has beaten
him twice, and each time II was
lucky win for the victor, but |
will stake my reputation he will
not beat him again with equal rae
ing luck.
Flash. Just received word that
w. l.. Branr's Good boss Challedon
Is sure starter in the big stake at
Pimlico. so you boys who like
those cav bosses can get your rolls
out. II. Donoson. the little dark
skinned Jockey. is giving the race
fans in Florida something TO talk
about He Ia riding in rare form
and let's hope he continues.
Just 80 years ago. on the sixth OF
May. was in the paddock at
Churchill Downs. throwing away
my hat az the finish as Pink Star
beat out for the Kentucky Der
by prize. and got Is to l for my
ten spot.
lnefe IS some tdlk tnat \. u.
(Alfy) Vanderbilt will take over
Florida in the future hope II Is
true as the boys put over every
thing down there this winter as j.
+. Widener was ILL., II would seem
furry II Bing Crosby took over the
old Latonia race track and Groom 1t
into successful meeting, and he
could do Il / think. SO II this
should happen. don't be surprised.
All the colts that run at the win
ter tracks seemed lousy 10 me. not
one will do up this way.
Ken McCombe. Detroit jockey.
signs to ride for the airplane max
ers stable. w. n. Boeing, and he
has tough assignment as b. James
could not hold this job.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-06

IN
4, he had finished his fine
Il his stable-mate Basnful
4 vas sent three-quarters over
|sms track in lis nodding to
Ior. on the fence. What an
entry. Marse Bradley, but |
|lsv all the tea in China that
dort finish one two.
IN Keencland Park opening
ouly a few days away, boys
= meeting this is going to be
! R Bradley Is sure to show
,oll Bimelech of at this meet.
ne rack will he loaded with
isns from everywhere on that
q look at the Derby star.
Williams. one OF the Oldest
0 trainers. died suddenly in
DrnIa He formerly trained the
4 Of T. l.. Haggin who in the
rineties carried one OF the
rest stables on the United
! turf headed by such steeds
ior Rey. Emperor OF Norfolk.
,thers too numerous to men,
Dow williams could cite
h aboa' good bosses to make
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-06
Prep Track Ace Will
Enroll At Michigan

Joe Baptiste, national AAC high
higrdle record holder. will enter
the University OF Michigan next
fall. according 10 word received
this week from Tuscon. Ariz.
Baptiste. who toured Europe with
the American track team last sum
mer. will graduate from the Tuscon
High school In June.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-06

ToHN WILLIS MENARD, the first Negro to be heard as
j representative in Congress, was born in kaskaska,
Illinois, April B. 1883 The first eighteen years OF his
life we're spent on farm after which he sent TO
school at Sparta, Illinois. He also attended Iberia
College, where he fitted himself for the distinguished
part he was to play in the reconstruction history of
the Negro.
In 1862, he was appointed to a clerkship in the De-
partment of the lnteror-the first Coored man to
hold such post in Washington Since the feeling
against this innovation bitter Menard found his
position trying one. Shortly ahcrward the Commits
soncr of immigration sent him to Central America
TO ascertain the feasibility of using that location for
Negro colonization center.
Menard moved in 1865 TO New Orleans, where he
participated in local poltcs-served as Inspector OF
Customs and later as Commissioner of Streets-and
published newspaper called The Radical Standard
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-06
Toledo Star
Hits Hoops For
29 Points
King Tallies
20 Points For
Detroiters

TOLEDO Setting the hnal
game apart from the other contests
in the first Midwest Basketbl al
tournament was the dramatic fin
ish OF the Brewster Center FIVE as
the Detroiters came from behind
to defeat Toledo Delux. SO to So IN
Frederick Douglass Center Satur-
day night.
The winners. paced by Ollie
Clark and Wilbur King. spurted IN
the last period 10 tally is points
eight field goals and two foul shots
while holding the Toledo scorers
TO IL points.
The Big Noise
Clark was the big noise in the
last period rush. collecting four
field goals. King helped himself
TO two field goals and foul shot.
while Childs aided With two field
goals.
Toledo had forged TO the front in
the early minutes OF the game.
holding II 10 lead al the end
OF the first period The lead was
whitfield to 80 to 20 at the end OF
the first half.
Chuck Chuckovitz was the prime
reason for the Toledo team holding
the advantage throughout the three
periods. Chuckovitz turned in one
OF the greatest scoring achieve
ments ever witnessed on a basket
ball court The former Toledo
university star accounted for IL
field goals and seven foul shots for
total OF % points.
King On Spree
Tn an effort TO stop Chuckoyitz,
Coach John Glover had three men
guarding him at times.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-06

YOU had better play top tennis,
especially during inter-city match
es.
Members. don't forget the party
Is only one week from Saturday.
You'll have grand time that night
at 1919 Mortified street
Denton Johnson. who retired
from tennis two years ago. says he
will he out TO get you fellows this
summer Keep your eyes on him.
bows"