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The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
Atlanta Gets Ready For
American Bridge Assn

The 9Th annual national tourna-
ment of the American Bridge as
sociation will meet here August l9
for a weeks competitive bridge by
members of the group. Preparations
already underway, show promise
that this will probably be the
largest and one of the most in
teresting tournaments in the as
Sociation's history
Organized in Hampton, Va. in
1888 by a small group of determin-
ed, enthusiastic men ond women,
the American Bridge association
has grown to great heights. Last
year, the seventh annual event held
in New York City, attracted 800 en-
trants from u states, South Am
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
ALL WILL BE IN LINE

Working toward the same goals as they are II
naturally but matter of time before they would
ion forces. good prediction would be that others
like the Knights of the White Camelia the Christian
Frontiers. the Silver Shirts the American Union of
Fascists American Gentle League the American
Patriots the Christian Mobzers and hundreds OF
other such organizations from coast to coast will
quickly fall into line to form the real Fifth Column
threat against which real Americans must be con-
stantly on guard.
Concealed under patriotic pretentions as they
ale, these organizations doubt have sucked in
many unwary Americans not of their true
purpose Mr. Dies, unless he himself wishes to be
labelled sympathetic toward those with leanngs
toward Hitler, can longer ignore requests that
he turn the spotlight of his investigations on these
the real Fifth CollmniGta, spreading undemocratic
poison in America
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
COMMUNISTS EVERYWHERE

Hundreds of followers joined in the crusade un
til many conscientious Americans and their public
officials ferreting out pseudo Communists
everywhere liberal beliefs were expressed. Com
rnunists turned up where before there just an
union organizer a strike leader or perhaps an
employed worker seeking more relief funds for him
5ef and others in a similar plight.
And though the writer holds no brief for Com
nltlnism, it appears that while we SO
GENTLY fighting Communism as the world revou
ton, another world revolution of far more sweep.
ing nature actually being consummated.
Messrs Hitler and Mussoni, who were swept to
power ON the pretext they saving the worlo
from the evils of Communism, did not divulge that
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
Laud Bishops Widow
For Estate Dealings

fact that $21 600 in bonds: kept III
q safety deposit box in Jackson,
Tenn, was the property of the
bishops sister, Miss Cora Wiz
chester, school teacher. The boIds
represented investments made Q er
a period of years by the bishop lor
his sister Mrs. Martin declared
The bishops widow could have
contested disposition OF the boz ds.
according to r. I. Moore, att Dr.
ney and administrator of the estate.
but declined to do So
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(A N P)--
d Mrs. J @ Martin. widow of Bishop
Martin of the Colored Methodist
Episcopal Church, received high
praise from g. ChanCery Court judge
last week. because of her honest
dealing in distribution of the Bis
hops $3.50, 900 estate for which ne
left no will
- aIt is legal axiom that Where
there is q wall there is lawsuit, -
Chancellor Bejach said, and prGiS-
ed Mrs. Martin for establishing The
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10

CRITICAL MOMENT
Coming nearer home, the speak
er declared THE Negro faces a
critical moment in the manner in
which he will cast his vote in the
forthcoming election. He will have
to decide between the forces of
reaction as symbolized in the blitz-
krieg nomination of Mr.. Willkie
and the hesitant drafting Of Frank
lin d. Roosevelt who has proved
throughout the years of his incum-
oency at the White House his in
terest in all people, including the
Negro Social gains are made slow
~ and American history has prov
ed that when social progress is
made and the common people have
been helped there has generally
followed reversion to the old type
in the election of some ultra
conservative. This was true follow
ing the development of Jacksonian
democracy, when the common
man in America came illto his
own.
OKAYS THIRD TERM
ut was true during the progress
sive revolution under the leadership
of Theodore Roosevelt. And, again,
it was true under the enlightened
leadership of Woodrow Wilson. In
each instance the hand of social
progress was stayed in the election
of men who had little Or no social
consciousness. The common people
of America, are, therefore, justified
today in setting aside a meaning
less and out-WOrn tradition and
demanding that the man who has
lifted the social level of the people
shall not relinquish this leadership
until they have been sufficiently
fortified to protect and maintain
these gains.
Politically, the Negro is in the
best position in which he has ever
been in that he is being courted
by both major political partiesss As
result of this strategic position,
both parties have gone out of their
way to place in their platforms
promise to grant the Negro all the
rights and privileges that go with
the full enjoyment of American
citizenship. To have placed i'll both
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
Escaped Convicts
Found In Virginia
Coast Cannery

WILSON, N. CLAMP - Two
long-term escaped convicts, both
originally sentenced for shooting
policemen, and a third man sought
for the past six months in connec-
ton with a cutting affray, were
found last week working in a can
merry on Cape Charles. They were
Dave Foy, IA, Solomon Herring, "a,
and Bud Floyd, SO.
Foy, serving five to seventeen
year sentence, escaped from the
Hertford prison camp. Herring,
serving a 10-year sentence, es-
capped from Statesville. Floyd is
wanted for cutting John Brooks
several months ago.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10

NEW YORK CrTY-(SNS)-In-
formation was received at the in
ternational headquarters of the
Sleeping Car Porters, 217 West 125th
Street, New York City that Secre-
tary of Labor, Frances Perkins,
will speak at the Biennial Conven-
ton Fifteenth Anniversary Celebra-
ton of the Brotherhood of Sleep
ing Car Porters on the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Cars Porters' Day at
the New York Worlds Fair, Thurs
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
PAUL robson STARS

CHGCAGO-(ANP)-%aul Robe
son, noted concert baritone, starred
here Sunday at the Grant Park
bandshell in a program with Rice
Marcelli's Symphony Orchestra, and
attracted one of the largest crowds
to attend the summer series.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
PREPARE FOR NOTIFICATION

ELWOOD, Ind.-(ANP)-In keep
ing with the efforts of the notifi-
cation committee in caring for the
thousands Of persons who are COM
ing to Elwood for the Willkie cele-
bration the colored American is by
no means overlooked.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
"a ATTEND COUNTY CAMP

RALEIGH. N. G (ANP) -
Twenty-four young men attended
Camp Delany. sponsored by the
Laynen's League of the Diocese of
North Carolina, during the two
week vacation period which ended
uinday, July IA
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10

erica and the West Indies. Sessions
were held in Harlem's Y. w. G. A.
Even more entrants are expected
this year, officers of the group re-,
port, and declare the meeting will
be like the gathering of one big
happy family. Dr. E. T. Belsaw,
Mobile. Ala, is president Of the
orOuD
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
NAACP SOUNDS WARNING

Information that we did not have to wait until
Hitler over here that there were already ex-
sting in the United States than 700 organiza-
tons and groups dedicated to the proposition that
Hitler is right could not excite his interest
In an apparently final appeal the NAACP this
week has forwarded q petition that he investigate
information that the forces of fascism plan to gang
up America The Ku Klux Klan and the Naz
Bund according to the NAACP, are scheduled to
have joint meeting at Andover, N j., August H.
The purpose of both the Bund and the Klan has
become increasingly clear to all sincerely interested
in keeping America American The fondeSt hope
of these twin organizations is to carry over here
the revolution that Hitler has begun over there
There should not be the slightest doubt in anyones
mind about this. 20. 4
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
READY FOR EL,KS,

ST. LOUIS-(ANP)-Mrs. Lethia
G. Fleming, well known political
leader and candidate for grand
daughter ruler of the Elks, arrived
here this week, and stated surprise
that the Elks of ST. Louis at this
date, almost a month prior to the
convention, are ready in every re-
SpecG for the meeting.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
Race To Feel Effects Of Dictators'
Victories In Europe Warns Walker
Wi|berforce Head
Okays Third Term

1DLEWILD, Mich@ @(ANP)-Presdent D. Ormonde
Walker of Wberforce university speaking Sunday before
the ldewd FORUM he Negro and the Present World De-
veopmens declared that everything affecting any part
Of humanity affects all and that the Negro will begin to feel
the effects of the totaltaran victories in Europe
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
Biennial to Be
Held in New York
Sept. 1920

day, September 19.
Secretary Perkins will discuss the
whole question of organized labor
and unemployment and the role of
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10

New Dealers"
We love to have names and labels to tack onto
those organizations or individuals for whom may
have profound dislike. Thus to Americans
all who advocate social legislation or support labor
movement are loosely Jumped together under the gen
eral classification of Communists"
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
The KIan And Bund Unite?

DAILY NOW being warned to get ready
p1 1epare for the almost certain coming of the arch
criminal of all history Adolf Hitler. A hysteria
against Fifth Columniss saboteurs and "borers from
hirn,c he OI1ntry
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10

Hitler has supplied the hate
mongers with a new bugaboo, just
when the old ones were becoming
very shopworn. America has al
ways been a sucker for name
callers. We started out as a ma
ton lambasting Tories" we moved
on to "Whigs,' then "Liberators,
''Secessionists,' Rebels Negro
lovers" and in recent years, Com
nlunists,'' "Bundists,' Economic
no,,1;eIe,,. ,~J esPcoctinnariecH auH
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
The Globe Trotter
Bv cliff Maekay

the way they planned to it by substituting
their Fasc1Sl-Nazi ideology which to most Ameri
cans is just as distasteful as the MarXist plan.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
STILL CAMPAIGNING

Many Americans, falling to see, because they
choose to be blind are still carrying their reent-
less campaign against Communism while remaining
strangely silent aboutthe active denocracy-desroy
ing forces unleashed by the Axis dictators
One of these Americans is Mr.. Martin L. Dies
who has been most active in revivng the name-call
ing business and who as chairman of the Congress
siona1 committee investigating un-American actlvi
ties has cenered almost to the exclusion of all others
his probing on Communists and so-called Commun
ist groups.
On repeated occasions he has been asked to make
a thorough investigation of the Ku Klux Klan and
its un- American night-rding and ntimidating prac
tees He has chosen to overlook and ignore these
requests.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
IL WISHING WELL Il e
Registered u S. Patent Office

TERE pleasant little that will give
II every puzzle designed to spell out
the letters first the number
of letters subtract If the number is less than
Start at the left
hand the rectange and check of key
to right message
the checked figures give you. 6.S
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Briqhtwood Park Glasses
70 Resume Tomorrow

The organized Bible classes of
Brightwood Park Methodist Church
will resume tomorrow morning. At
II am. the Rev. S. Carroll Coale
will speak on The Far Reach of
the Gospels Challenge" He will
give a children's talk before the
sermon entitled An Old Lantern" :"
At 8 pm, The minister will preach
on "A New Beginning"
The First Quarterly Conference
will be held Monday evening. DR.
Edgar C. Beery, superintendent of
the Washington east district, will
preside.
At a recent meeting of the Board
of Stewards, D. Stewart Patterson
was chosen a member of the Board
of Education. During the summer
study committee representing all
the adult women's groups considered
plans to merge all the women's work
and the organization of the Women's
Society of Christian Service. The
committee is composed of Mrs. Flor
ence Warner, Mrs. Estelle P. Neal,
Miss Frances Harms. Mrs. Ethel
Warner, Miss Sadie Mellen and
Miss Jessie Smith.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Sermon Topics Announced
Bv DR., B|ackWeIder

DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder, pastor
of the Lutheran Church of the
Reformation, returns from his va
cation to occupy the pulpit at both
the II am. and 8:l5 pm. services to-
morrow.
"Loyalties That Cannot Be Brok-
en-" is his subject for the evening
and Keeping in Touch With God"
for the morning.
The Rev. Ralph w. Loew, asso-
ciate pastor, will preach at the $3.50
am. Matin service on The Riches
of His Grace"
The Sunday school will meet at
$50 am, resuming regular schedule
for the fall.
The Luther Leagues will resume
their regular sessions at Gas pm.
James Taylor, president OF the
Luther League of the Synod OF
Maryland, will address the Young
Peoples League.
Robert E. Lee, senior seminarian
from the Gettysburg Lutheran Sem
mary, will speak at the round table
The Church Council will meet
Tuesday evening.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
DR.. Harris 10 Preach
On House Of Prayer
AT Foundry Church
Then Came Jesus TO Be
Pastors Topic at
Evening Service

Dr.. Frederick Brown Harris, pas
tor of Foundry Methodist Church,
has returned from vacation and will
preach at morning and evening
services tomorrow. Observing a day
of prayer. DR.. Harris sermon topic
at IL am. will be "A House of
Prayer" At pm. he will speak
on Then Came Jesus"
The adult classes of the Church
School will meet together at 10
am. in the Bolgiano class room,
under the leadership of the Adult
Bible Glass.
Members of the Young Peoples
League will meet at s pm. and go
to Asbury Methodist Church as
guests of the young adult group.
Foundry's Young Peoples Fellow
ship group will meet at the Let's
Building at 8 pm. Tuesday.
DR.. Harris will conduct the mid
week service at pm. Thursday.
A Study Committee appointed by
the pastor was organized during
the summer to work out details for
the new organization of women in
the church under the Woman's Di-
vision of Christian Service of the
United Methodism. Mrs. Porter l..
Gaddis is chairman; Mrs. William
L. Clarke, secretary, and Mrs. How
ard R. Stinson, treasurer. Other
members of the committee are Mrs.
Joy Elmer Morgan, Mrs L. H. Paul
ger, Mrs. Robert N. McMillen, Mrs.
Samuel w Mcintosh, Mrs. Clarence
w. Kitchen, Mrs. Frederick Brown
Harris, Mrs Eddy L. Ford, Mrs. Carl
M. Ratliff, Mrs. F. J. Rossiter and
Mrs. C. A. Lindsay. The Woman's
Society of Christian Service will
supercede the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Society, the Woman's For
eign Missionary Society and the
Woman's Guild. The wesleyan
Service Guild also will be included
In the new organization.
The Study Committee has ar
ranged for charter meeting and
tea Sunday afternoon. September %,
when permanent officers will be
elected.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Lincoln (COIOredl .

DR.. R. w. Brooks returns to the
pulpit to discuss "On Conquering
the World" Sunday morning. Holy
communion. DR.. st. Elmo Brady, di-
rector OF the Mems Brotherhood,
speaks Sunday at 10 am. before re-
turning to Fisk University, Nash
vile, Tenn. Thursday evening DR..
r, w. Brooks will discuss Spiritual
Discipline"
Evening star., 1940-09-07
The Victory Of Faith
Dr.. Fendrich's S Topic

DR.. J. Lowrey Fendrich, jr, pastor
of Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church, will occupy his pulpit on
homecoming day tomorrow and
preach at II a m. on THE Victory OF
Faith"
At Gas pm. the young people
and high school age Christian En-
deavor groups will meet.
At 7:45 pm. DR.. Fendrich will
speak on The Twelve Powers of
Man
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Central.

DR.. James H. Taylor, the pastor
who has returned from vacation in
Charleston, S. c., will preach in the
morning on an Appeal for Right
eousness."
In the evening DR.. Taylor will
preach on Courage in a Crisis"
The Fellowship Hour will be OBJ
served at 6:15 pm. Christian En-
deavor Society will meet at 7 pm.
The bowling league will open a
series Wednesday evening.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
GeOrgetoWn.

The Throne Of Grace" will be
the subject at II am. by the Rev.
Harold E. Beatty. Advancing With
Christ will be discussed at the
young peoples meeting at 7 pm.
The Women's Missionary Society
will meet Tuesday, pm, at 1853
Columbia road NV. Prayer service
Wednesday, pm.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Baptist
East washington Heights.

The day Of prayer will be OBJ
served at II with the pastor, Rev.
Glenn B. Faucet. speaking on "The
Intervention of God" At 8 the
message will be The weapons of Our
Warfare" The Junior, intermediate
and Senior B. Y. P. U. will begin de-
votional meetings at Gas.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Episcopal
Church of Our Savior.

CHurCH OF our SaV10f.
At 7:30 am. the holy communion,
prayers for peace. At $50 am. the
church school will hold a combined
service in the parish hall, At II am.
the rector will be in charge of all
services. Rev. Alvin Lamar Wills
will speak on Building the Kingdom
of God"
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Petworth RantiSt.

The Rev. Stanley Baylor Houghton
of the Pittsylvania Baptist Associa-
ton, Danville. Va, will be guest
speaker at Petworth Baptist Church.
In the morning he will preach on
Our Apostle and High Priest" In
the evening on The Real and the
Living Way" The Philathea class
will meet Monday evening.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Church of the Ascension.

Services tomorrow will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. Raymond l..
Wolven, minister in charge, who has
returned from a vacation in Maine
Holy communion at 8 and a second
celebration with sermon by Canon
Wolven at II.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Wisconsin Avenue.

Clarence Ray Ferguson, pastor of
the Wisconsin Avenue Baptist
Church, will preach at II on The
Victorious Servant" Miss Elizabeth
Fox will lead a gospel service in the
Home for the Incurables Sunday, 8
pm. The pastor will preach on
Out of the Land of the Living"
The pastor will preach at 8 on
The Worlds Danger"
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Lincoln Road.

DR.. Reginald H Stone will speak
on the topic "The Presence of Christ
in America" Prayei for peace will
be offered at special service at IL
am. At pm. the sermon topic will
be When Shall the Meek Inherit
the Earth?" Prayer meeting Thurs
day at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Second Baptist.

The pastor, DR.. J. l.. S. Holloman,
will preach at IL am. on The Over
flowing Life" The communion
service will be held at pm. At the
evening hour the pastor will preach
on The Exercise of Christian Gifts"
The Bible school will meet at $50
am. The B. Y. P. U. at pm.
Evening star., 1940-09-07

was member Of the Westminster
Choir for three years, and was tenor
soloist with the choir when it toured
Europe in 1884.
DR.. J. Hillman Hollister. pastor.
has returned from his vacation, and
will preach at IL am. tomorrow on
Now That Am Become a Man.
Church school will reconvene to-
morrow morning. The Red Cross
unit will meet at 10 am. Tuesday.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Knox Orthodoxy.

"A Preacher Who Practices What
He Preaches' Is the morning theme,
by the Rev. Henry D. Phillips.
The Interrelation of Faith and
Works" will be taught in the evening.
THE Prison Witness" is topic Thurs
day evening.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
John Wesley A. M r.

Gods Spirit in a Clean Heart"
will be the subject by DR.. Stephen
Gill Spottswood at IL. An organ
recital by Prof. T. Curtis Mayo, head
of the department of music at lie
Moyne College. Memphis, Tenn,
will be given at pm.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Christian Science

Man" is the subject of the lesson
sermon in all the churches of Christ
Scientist tomorrow at II am. and
8 pm. Sunday school is at ii am.
All are cordially invited to attend
the church services, including the
Wednesday evening meetings at 8.
The goldent text is from Romans,
Wills, II, THE Spirit itself beareth
witness with our spirit, that we are
the children of God: and if chill
dren, then heirs; heirs OF God, and
joint heirs with Christ"
Among the citations which COM
prise the lesson-sermon is the fol-
lowing from the Bible: Thy hands
have made me and fashioned me:
give me understanding, that I may
learn thy commandments"
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Rhode Island Avenue.

DR.. Edgar A. Sexsmith will speak
tomorrow morning on THE Place of
the Church in Present-Da Life"
A gospel song service will precede the
evening sermon on "A True Heroine"
Midweek service thursday at 8. The
Official Board will meet on Tuesday
evening.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Columbia Heights.

Rev. A. P. Wilson returns after
vacation; his topic. why Does Not
God Stop War?" The Christian En-
deavor groups meet at 7 pm. The
Woman's Council meets Tuesday at
10:45 am. and the Church Board
Thursday at 7:45 pm.
Evening star., 1940-09-07

The Rev. E. l.. johnson opens a
revival at II am. He will preach
again at $3.50 pm, and preach Mon
day night through Friday night at
8 pm. At 8 pm. Sunday there will
be a moving picture. THE Creation
of Man" The Miracles of Jesus"
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Chevy Chase Church Calls
New Director Of Music

Charles E. Stebbins. jr., has been
called by the Chevy Chase Presby-
terian Church to serve as assistant
to the minister and director OF
music. Mr.. Stebbins, a native of
South Deerfield, Mass, attended
Boston University and is a graduate
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Br0Okland.

Christian Mobilization" will be
the sermon topic of the Rev. M. C..
Stith, pastor, Sunday at II.
The Training Union will meet
Sunday, 7 pm, to present a play
entitled THE Last Dream of Sum-
mer."
Starting Monday evening at $50,
the Brookland Training Union will
cooperate with the Training Unions
of Second Baptist and Fifth Baptist
Churches in study course to be
held at Second Baptist Church. The
course will continue daily through
Friday.
At o'clock Sunday the pastors
subject will be Sunshine and
Shadow"
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Israel c. NJ. Z.

Praise service, 6 en-: Sunday
school, GAS a m; worship. II. sermon
by the Rev. L. S. Brannon on "A
Good Soldier" Young peoples hour,
$50 pm. At 8 pm, the Rev. Mrs.
Isabelle Bundy breaches. Praise
service Tuesday, $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Other Services
Church of the Brethren,

Church school convenes at 9:45.
Morning worship at IL. Dr.. War
rem D. Bowman will preach on
Christ Has the Answer" At pm.
his subject will be Growing Chris
tians." The B. Y. P. D. will meet
at $50.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Methodist
Congress Street.

The Harrison Bible Glass meets
tomorrow at 9:45 an. Chief S. T.
Porter. first vice president, will pre-
side. Samuel J. Prophet will have
charge of the lesson The Rev. Dor
sey K. Sturgis. pastor will talk. The
Rev. H. E. Metcalf will be guest
speaker. The lesson theme is 'Invit-
ing Others to Worship" The Rev.
Mr.. Sturgis will preach at II am. on
Communion Meditation in Two
Pictures" The Young Peoples So
Evening star., 1940-09-07

OF westminster
Choir College,
Princeton, N. j.
For the last four
years he has
been minister of
m u sic at the
First Methodist
Church Of Royal
Oak. Mich, and
for two ye ars
prior to that
was minister of
music at the
Chestnut Street
Baptist Church
of Philadelphia.
Ste b bins
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Fifteenth Street.

Morning worship at II. Sermon
by Rev. Leslie L. Bowers on Life
in the Upper Room" Youth c. E.
groups at 6:45 pm. Prayer meet
ing Thursday at 7 pm. followed by
a get-together meeting Of Bible
school officers and teachers.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
North Carolina Avenue

Building to Stand the Stress" is
the sermon theme by the pastor, DR..
B. I. Barnes, at II. The Sunday
school begins at 9:45. The Sunday
School Council will meet with Mrs.
May Mills Tuesday.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Emmanuel (Colored), ,

At HAS am. the pastor, F. D
Thornton, will preach on "a Woman
of Faith and Courage" At 3:15 pm,
pray and covenant meeting. At
4:30 pm. sermon by Rev. F. D.
Thornton on Our Day of Worship"
Holy communion,
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Pilgrim A. NJ r

Morning and evening services will
be conducted by the Rev. A. c. Car
roll. The second quarterly confer
ence will be held by the Rev c. C..
Ferguson, presiding elder, Monday
night.