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Evening star., 1940-03-27
Recreation Shift
To School Board
Completed in Bill
Subcommittee Ends
Joint Jurisdiction
Bv Commissioners

The House Appropriations Sub
committee reporting the l94l Dis
trict budget to the House today
completed a municipal reorganiza-
ton project initiated by the sub
committee last year by transferring
control of the city's recreation to
the Board of Education.
The committee thus terminated
decade Of jumbled Jurisdiction and
cumbersome arrangements.
Under the new setup the sub
committee transferred full control to
the board and appropriated $500
as the salary of a first assistant
superintendent of community center
and recreation activities. This
amount represents the salary now
paid Lewis r. Barrett, co-ordinator
OF recreation, out of the budget of
the National Capital Parks. which
was reduced by this amount.
Joint Control Tried.
Last year the subcommittee took
the first step toward consolidation
of recreation facilities by merging
the appropriations for the Com
munity Center Department and the
former Fairgrounds Department and
placing the merged unit under the
joint control of the Board of Educa-
ton and the Commissioners.
This was found to be too Cum
bersome" and when the provisions
of the Commissioners reorganiza-
ton plan were revealed they in
cluded the transfer of the recreation
problem to the school board.
Supt Frank w. Ballou has always
been supporter of having school
board control of this field and said
he was happy" to join with Auditor
Daniel J Donovan in his suggestion
that the school board have control.
The plan had the support of Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle, president of
the board. although she added the
board had not sought the change.
Barrett Preferred Other Method.
In his testimony before the sub
committee. Mr.. Barrett did not seem
enthusiastic over the prospects of
school board jurisdiction over the
recreation setup. He told the men,
bers his first suggestion would be
recreation board composed of rep
resentatives of schools. Commits
sioners. the National Capital Parks
and the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
He said personally he preferred
that these activities should be under
the general control of the board and
the Commissioners.
Previous to the last budget, rec
reation facilities were controlled
jointly by the schools. the Play
ground Department under the Com
missioners and the National Capital
Parks. For years experts argued
back and forth as to what was the
best solution. generally agreeing on
consolidation, but unable to reach
any harmonious settlement as to
who should have control. The
schools contended that recreation
was a school province, since it in
volved education in use of leisure
time and proper integration of ac-
tivity with the health and physical
education program The supporters
OF the Playground Department con-
tended that recreation was relief
from routine, including school. The
parks controlled certain parks and
play spaces and permitted the other
agencies to take out permits for ac-
CvitieS on these lands.
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Trade Boord Committee
Honors Ex-Chuirmen

Former chairmen Of the Member
ship Committee of the Board Of
Trade were honored yesterday at
the committees annual "old-timers"
luncheon at the Willard Hotel.
George Pitt. ST., president of the
board in 1911 and Membership
Committee chairman in 1928, pre-
sided in place of the present chair
man. c. Hayward Marshall. Several
other former presidents also at
tended.
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Glenn Dale Patient Fees
Cited as Revenue Source

The District Appropriations Sub
committee has uncovered 8 new
source of revenue for the District
the fees paid by patients at the
tuberculosis Sanatoria at Glenn
Dale, Md.
In its report to the House today
the subcommittee recommended
more careful investigation to deter
mine the patients ability to pay.
'The impression was obtained by
the committee" the report stated,
that too little attention Is given to
this question and that more careful
investigation and regulation would
produce greater revenue to the Dis
trict."
During the hearings it was re-
vealed that the revenue from paying
patients last year amounted to e ,263.
The average number Of paying pa
tients among more than $50 inmates,
the committee was told, was Is. pay
ing from 81 to - a day.
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Evening star., 1940-03-27
Death of }. R. Cowon
Is Beverly Hills Probed

~ the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, March 27.-The
body Of James r. Cowan, so, former
vice president and general manager
1or Walter'Wanger Film Productions,
was found yesterday in the bedroom
OF his Beverly Hills home. A post
mortem examination was ordered.
HIS housekeeper. Elizabeth Tyron.
said she heard . noise and. inv6sti-
eating, found Mr.. CowanS body.
Evening star., 1940-03-27
$1,000 Ruled Ample
For Liquor Board
Sample Buying

Thomas E. Lodge, chairman
Of the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board, thinks the boards
inspectors should be allowed
more than 81 900 a year to pur-
chase samples" in the liquor
establishments they investigate.
He 50 told the House subcom-
mittee in charge Of the 1941
District appropriation bill dur
ing recent hearings.
The plea Of Mr. Lodge, how
ever. apparently fell on deaf
ears. The appropriation bill re-
ported today provides only
$1,000 to buy samples"
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Bill Would Close
Nonresident List
For Free Schooling
Proviso Permits Those
Enrolled to Finish, Then
Ends Burden on District

The House Appropriations Sub
committee handling the District
budget moved today to lift the bur-
den Of supplying free education to
nonresident children from the
shoulders of District taxpayers.
After hearing testimony that some
3,700 to $500 such pupils are costing
the Distric. citizens about $265 900 a
year. the subcommittee reported the
budget to the House today with a
clause that none of the money ap-
propriated should 60 to educate non-
residents beyond those enrolled in
the schools today.
"The committee believes that it is
unfair for this burden to be borne
by the taxpayers of the District, y
the report accompanying the bill
declared" and has inserted in the
bill a corrective provision requiring
payment of tuition by such children.
It should be pointed out, however.
that this provision will not affect
pupils now enrolled, but will pro-
hibit future enrolment of children
for free instruction and will grad
ually correct the situation over a
period of years"
If this clause goes through, it
will represent a victory for District
officials. School officers have stead
tasty opposed the increase of nom
residents in the schools on a tuition
free basis and have been supported
by the Commissioners.
Tuition Formerly Required.
Supt. Frank w. Ballou told the
subcommittee during the hearings
that the original basic law back in
1908 or 1910 required all children
who came into the District schools
from outside the District should pay
tuition. This is annually fixed by
the Board of Education and the
Commissioners on the basis Of per
pupil cost. Since the early days,
however, the law has been success
sively modified by legislative riders
until now nearly all of them are able
to get into the District schools with
out payment of the tuition, Dr.
Ballou continued.
A court decision further opened
the gates to the outsiders and Sen
ator Tydings of Maryland has in
troduced a bill this session which
would extend these privileges to
include stepchildren or adopted
children Of persons employed in the
District.
Stefan Cites Handicap.
Representative Stefan, Republican,
of Nebraska told DR.. Ballou the
House has been very much in favor
of doing something about this situa-
ton, but we were stopped on the
other side of the Capitol in an en-
deavor to clear this situation up
Representative Lambertson, Re-
publican. of Kansas, however. argued
that while the non-residents live
outside the District they earn their
money here and spend most Of it
here.
DR.. Ballou told the subcommittee
of receiving word that a District
resident sending a child to county
school in a Virginia county had to
pay tuition.
There is no reciprocity there at
ALL" commented Mr.. Stefan.
DR.. Ballou told the subcommittee
the nearby counties have good"
schools.
Evening star., 1940-03-27
School Group to Meet

LUCKETTS, Va, March a (Spe-
ciaD.-The Loudoun County Edu-
cation Association will hold its an
nual meeting In the school here
Friday night. The meeting will open
with . supper at $50 o'clock served
by the Parent Teacher Association
Of the Lucketts School. A. L. Hut
ton Of Hillsboro. president, will pre-
side.
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Representative Shufer
Reported Improved
~ the Associated Pres:

By tnE A8SOC1ateu PfeSS.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 81.
The condition of Representative
Shafer Of Battle Greek, Mich, who
was injured a week ago in an auto
mobile accident near Salem. is re-
ported improved today at Youngs-
town Hospital. Mr.. Shafer was
brought here from Salem yesterday
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Discussion on Blindness

The District Society for the Pre-
vention Of Blindness will hold its
nth round table discussion meeting
tomorrow ct { pm. in the Episcopal
Hospital Nurses Home. Miss Eliza
beth Gardiner Of the national or
sanixation NH discuss The Social
8igniaeanceAei Refractive Errors
and Pro63en1 II ths One-Eyed Par
son."
Evening star., 1940-03-27
Lecture on Flowers

An Illustrated lecture on Eastern
wild flowers will be given in the Ma
tional Museum tomorrow at 8 pm.
by p. L. Kicker, under the auspices
of the Wild Life Preservation So
ciety.
Evening star., 1940-03-27

District motae accidents during
January and February ef ls4e fell
Of 467 from thS1 ,3og accidents dur
Ing October and November IN 1859.
Evening star., 1940-03-27

Henty-six hundred butchers u
Tekio are Aehting rising meat prices.
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-09
Calvin's Newspaper Service
TESTED RECIPE

Frances Lee Bdrs0n
IELLIED salads are becoming
J more popular each year. Cool,
smooth, and fl%avorous, they are
Fa,y,rffAa NJ 1 4 IN
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-09

Miss Nola Mae Cox 1910 grad
rate of the Atlanta University
School of Social Work has been ap.
bolnted Executive Secretary of the
Harriet Tubmam Branch YWCAs
North Carolina position for
which she is well qualified on a
basis of training, ability and exp
erience. Before entering the At
ianta School, Miss Cox was grad
uated from West Virginia State
College, Institute, w. Va, and had
been employed as a Counsellor at
Green Pastures Camp of the De-
troit, Mich Urban League and
also as Librarian OF the Dunbar
Community Center, An Harbor,
Mich. She is the daughter of C..
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-09
NATIONAL DEFENSE ADVISORY
COMMISSION

Negro consumers were urged
this week to join with other consumer
groups in a concerted effort to streng-
then America by wiping out malnutri-
ton and undernourishment
The appeal vas made by Miss Har-
riet Elliott, Consumer Commissioner
ON the National Defense Advisory
Commission, in a special statement di-
rected to Negro groups participating
in the program of total national def
ense.
Defense is not solely a matter of
planes and guns" Miss Elliott said,
cit is also building the health, physical
fitness, and social welfare of all of our
people" Hungry people, %undernour-
ished people, ill people do not make for
strong defense.
"Forty-five million of us are Ev-
ing below the safety line right now be-
cause we are not getting the kinds and
amount of food necessary for strength
and health. We have the lands, ma
chimes and hands to produce and move
and market all the foods we need to as
sure eve,v1one an adequate and safe
diet. Let's all get to work to see that
everyone, and the everyone ic impor-
tant, gets at least that. Especially is
this necessary for certain types of con-
sumers most in need of protection =
farmers, Negroes, labor and immi-
grant proups."
The Consumers Division of the
National Defense Advisory Commits
sion was established for the purpose Of
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-09
WE HAVE JOBTODO
reprint from Consumers Guide)

reprint from Consumers Guide)
We have a job to do. You, and /.
and everyone. Our jJb is this: To
make America strong.
We have our lands to hold, our
waters to protect, our skies ID guard.
We have these, but we have more. We
have people.
We are rich in people. People who
love and cherish cur land. People who
know how and want to work. People
who have deep faith that here WI have
the greatest chance for life, and liber-
ty, and the pursuit of happiness. Pee
pie who know the fight for these is
never won until it is won for every
body.
Defense is planes and guns. 1t is
equipping an army to man I'll military
weapons. 1t is this, and more. 1t is
building the health, and physical fit
ness, the sOcihl well-being of all u
people, and doing it the democratic
way. Hungry pegple, undernOurished
people, i'll people, do not make for
strong defense.
This, then, is our job, not all Of it,
but a vital part: Let us make every A
merican strong, stronger than ever be-
fore, sturdier in body, steadier in nery-
es, surer in living.
Harriet Elliott,
Consumer Commissioner,
Natl. Defense Advisory Com.
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-09

have been married once and didn't
get along and surely you don't
want to go thru with that again.
This fellow you are going with
loves you devotedly but he doesn't
want you if you can't return his
love.
s*&**#
G .H.-This is my second year in
college and | have been allowed to
play football in a couple of the
games for a few minutes. Viii l
ever make the first string?
7 Ans: Yes-next year you will
be one of the most important fell
lows on the team. Your work in
the games have proven quite sat
isfactory this year so give them
all you have young man.
#a##&*
L. Al don't want to go with
one boy | want to have several
fnaanlf. But they are Jealous.
Which should I pick? | want a
private answer.
Ans At your tender age of is
you shouldn't decide ON any one Of
them and devote your entire time
to him. Go on with several if
you like-let them get jealous. 1t
is much nicer to be popular am
ong your friends than to have to
be satisfied with one fellow who
doesn't come up to your standard.
Send a quarter for my new 1941
ASTROLOGY READING AND
LUCKY DAY CHART, and | will
answer your problems privately.
@#****
E. R.-How must I go about
getting into the Navy? Do you
! think | would like it there?
! Ans: Go to your local Post Of
flee and l believe that you IA get
the information you are seeking
about joining the Navy. If not,
they can inform you where 20 go.
If you feel that you want to get in
the Navy am sure that you win
find it interesting work.
#s%
r. M.-Please tell me if | will
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-09

J. B.-I have Ii houses and
want to keep them full of good
renters. Is there anything ar
ound my house to keep me from
renting and doing good?
Ans; Not one thing. You nave
nothing to worry about. As long
as you keep your houses in good
condition you a keep them rent
ed-you must not let them become
run down and looking shabby or
you will lose money.
**4*s*
I. o. B.-The boy / am going
with an engaged to has promised
to give up drinking. Will he.
Ans. No-and further more he
isn't going to give up the GIRL
VISITS every week either.
You had better reconsider things
bit-this man just isn't ready to
down and you can't make
him over. I advise you against
marrying him.
#&#AAA
w. E. D.-Should l keep my
present job OF get married to the
boy | go with? | don't love him.
Ans: Keep your job then. You
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-09

R. M.-Please tell me if | will
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-09

w. Cox, vice-president and direct
or Of agents of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance COMPANY,
a member Of the Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, and is well known
throughout business and social
circles Of the South and East.
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-09

Nots-YouR QUESTION Will Be ANSWERED "fRnH" IN Tins COLUMN. or :
ep,nate Reply" Send only zSc for ~ lew ANTHOLOGY READING & LUCKY
DAY CHART and receive by return mail confidential letter Of rec A15fsa naiy1-
ing three 81 Questions privately Sign your full name, address, AM Fthd q
al l.,.r. and please include a sell. addresed, STAMPED envelope for your reply.
Send all Letters fs ABBE WALLACE, care Of THE OMAHA GUIDE z4s
D AMr " OMAHA NERRA SKA.
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-09

of the defense program, and To streng-
then the country's human defenses by
maintaining standards of health, nu-
triton, physical fitness and social well
being necessary for adequate defense.
At present twenty-five national
Negro organizations are cooperating
with the Division in its work of aiding
and protecting the civilian population
in the drive for national defense. Miss
Frances Williams, assistant to the
Chief of the Civic Groups Section of
the Consumers Division is working
with these and other organizations.
Miss Williams is on leave from her post
as interracial secretady of the national
Young Women's Christian Associat-
ion.
In her call for concerted action in
the drive against undernourishment
and malnutrition, Miss Elliott suggest
ed the following 8-point program:
% Get a municipal radio market
news service started SO household buy
ers will know what foods are good
buys and cheap each day;
(2) Start a school lunch program
and see that every school child has at
least one well balanced and adequate
meal each day;
3 Work for loW-cost ways of sell
ing milk and fruits and vegetables so
that low income families can buy a
greater abundance of these protective
foods;
4 "Set up diet clinics where families
ear bring their food buying problems
and talk them over with experts in nu-
triton and consumer buying;
81 Support the Food Stamp Plan
now operating in $50 cities;
81 Learn, if you have the land, how
to grow the foods you cannot buy, pre-
serve the foods you cannot Immediate
ly use and plan for balanced meals
throughout the year;
(7) Urge merchants to sell Govern
ment-graded foods, and urge consum-
ers to buy by grade so they will get the
quality they want for the money they
have to spend;
81 know what your local, State and
National governments are doing to
help get safe meals to more people"
Negro organizations now coop
Grating with the Consumers Division
of the NDAC include: National Assoc
iation of Colleges and Secondary
schools for Negroes, National Asscia-
ton of College Women, National Con-
gress of Colored Parents and Teachers
National Association for Advancement
of Colored People, National Associat-
ion of Colored Women, National Ne
gro Business League, National Negro
Congress, National Council of Negro
Women of the U. S., Southern Negro
Youth Congress, National Urban Lea
que, Conference on Adult Education
and the Negro, General Conference
African Methodist Episcopal, General
Conference of African Methodist f
piscopal Zion Church, National Bapt-
list Convention, U. S. A., Inc, National
Convention of Churches of God Holm
ness, National Federation of Colored
Farmers, National Association of Col
ored Graduate Nurses, General Board
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church,
National Medical Association, Nation
al Association of Negro Business and
Professional Women's Clubs, Associa-
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-09

ever own my fathers property.
This problem is worrying me lots.
Ans: At the present time your
father hasn't made a willard I
fear that under the circumstances
(if nc doesn't make a will the one
living there now will be the one 10
inherit the property. If you see
fit-encourage him to have a will
drawn up.
$50
S. H. Y.-Please tell me wheth-
er or not the man in Missouri that
l love will ever come back to me
or does he love me like he says?
Ans: This man does admire
you very much but he isn't finane
iallv able to return to you. | am
inclined to think that by the time
he gets back-you will have found
else who will take you
for their wife and will be quite
happy.
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-09

IL AA0R
women and pop
ular even with
men who often
ignore 9th g
types of salads.
f ortun a t e
there are dozens
of combinations
of fruits n d
vegetables that
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-09

may be served in this form. Here
Is a combination of beets, cabbage
and green peppers that you will
find particularly delicious:
Beet Luncheon Salad
1 package lemon-1avored gelatin
l pint hot water
3 tablespoons vinegar
l teaspoon salt
11a cups diced cooked beets
11s cups shredded cabbage
Il cup diced green pepper
u teaspoon scraped onion
Dissolve gelatin in hot water
Add vinegar and " teaspoon salt
Chill until slightly thickened. Sea-
son beets, cabbage, and green pep.
per with u teaspoon salt; add
onion. Fold into slightly thickened
gelatin. Turn into individual molds.
Chill until firm. Unmold on crisp
lettuce. Garnish with mayonnaise
and slices of hard-cooked egg or
stuffed egg. Serves 8.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05

i have an abiding faith III the
people Of North Carolina and l pro-
pose TO carry my campaign straight
to them-not to 4 few loud-mouthed
political workers who are now MAX
ing most OF the noise in this CAM
paign."
The Gravely campaign is really
much further along. from the stand
point of working, going organizations
in the counties than the lack of any
fanfare about managers would indi-
cate, he said.
"Crayon Representative c. c.
Efird, his State manager) and l be-
lieve that our managers can do bet
ter work for me without so much
publicity. Once they have been an
nounced as 'Gravely managers they
are discounted when they approach
the voters he said.
He indicated that in something less
than ten days, however. announce
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05

a INSTALLATION OF trent. in highway
revenue. | mean TO use all available
resources. combining them into a
comprehensive four-year program.
ne wrote.
Every candidate for Governor
pledged against diversion of any of
this fund. In the same way | want 10
maintain our general fund tax struc-
ture and use all available revenue
from it for forward movement in
public schools and other humanitar-
ian causes. Schools and transporter
ton are the States major financial
responsibilities. They are not AMIGO
nistic, but mutually contribute to
each other.
"Without roads our system OF con-
solidation schools fails to function
TOO frequently schools are closed for
week on more because school buses
cannot be operated. The loss to pupils
and teachers is deplorable, and
should not be permitted to continue.
The highway program which l am
advocating stresses an all-Weather
road for every school bus route IN
North Carolina.
"HiehWay Improvement, therefore,
is in no sense a rival Of the public
schools, but rather is an essential
part Of the public school program