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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-04
By Monroe Mason

Banquets, "riots", smokers and all
kinds of uproar greeted Rochester" of
radio fame, known in private life as
Eddie Anderson, when he arrived in
Boston by motor early Tuesday even
ing.
The ovations were spontaneous. Rep
resentatives of the Commonwealth and
city participated in the vociferous well
come to the modest and smiling colored
celebrity. Squads of police were pow
erless in holding back the enthusiastic
thousands who risked life and limb to
view "Jack Benny's man Friday" on
his triumphant journey through Bos-
ton and over the Charles River Bridge
to Cambridge and back again through
a milling mob to the Hotel Statler,
where he, Mrs. Anderson and others of
his encourage occupied one of the bri-
dial suites. At Providence his eventful
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-04
DR.. HOLMES AT
Community
CHURCH SUNDAY
LIBERAL SOCIETY CLOSES
SEASON

"a Plea for Tolerance: The Case of
the Jews and Catholics" will be the
subject of the address by DR.. John
Haynes Holmes at the closing service
of the Community Church of Boston
in Symphony Hall, Sunday, May 5, at
1920 am. The non-sectarian Church
will commence services in the Fall on
the first Sunday in October. DR..
Holmes is the minister of the Com
munity Church of New York and is
the chairman of the American Civil
Liberties Union. He is the author of
Through Gentle Eyes,, "New
Churches for Old", "Hethinking Re-
ligion", and patriotism is Not
Enough" He has travelled widely in
Europe and parts of the Near East.
He is personal friend of Mahatma
Gandhi. A leader in the movement
for a cleaner civil life he worked for
the election of Mayor La Guardia. AS
an opponent of war his voice was
raised against the U. S. entry into the
World War in 1917 and he became the
leading pacifist in the country. Ever
since the Boston Community Church
was founded he has frequently occu-
pied its pulpit and cooperated in many
ways in making it one of the largest
liberal congregations in America.
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PLAN MEMORIAL
FOR NATCHEZ
FIRE VICTIMS

NATCHEZ, Miss, May (CNA)-
Eight thousand Colored citizens of
Natchez, Miss, unwilling to accept the
"act of God'' explanation for the
CHASTITY fire tragedy which took the
lives of more than 200 young people,
are planning a memorial mass meet
ing at the scene of the disaster.
The people of this section, hardly a
Colored family of which was not
touched by the tragedy, are rejecting
the attempts of local white officials
and newspapers to pass over the holo-
caust as an accident" realizing that
the real reason lay in the Jim Grow
system which left the people no place
to meet except the Rhythm Club fire.
trap.
1t is also being pointed out that be-
yond the negligence of Natchez fire
commissioner lay the absence of ade-
quate hospital and ambulance facili-
ties for colored people as a major
cause for the enormous death toll.
White city officials and the press
were straining for explanations" for
the tragedy, but left unexplained was
why the fire commissioner had per-
mitted the existence of the ancient
firetrap at the corner of Pine and
Jefferson streets, the windows of
which were nailed tightly shut. The
building, corrugated iron and wood
structure, 100 by 60 feet, was turned
into a blazing death trap when fire
Continued on Page 81
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}. CROW CAUSED NATCHEZ TRAGEDY
Rochester Given 'Riotous' Welcome
BISHOP WALLS INDICATED

LOUISVILLE, KY, Lasting only
two minutes the case of Bishop w. J.
Walls VS.. Lawyer Tucker was thrown
out of court by the presiding judge
who declared the case one for church
settlement.
When Bishop W. j. Walls and his
Presiding Elder Henningham went into
court at Louisville, Ky. at 200 pm,
April 25th, there accompanied him
many of Louisville's and Kentucky's
prominent citizens to see that the pre-
late was properly supported and his
character vouched for to Judge Young,
who presided in the court. Ministers
of all denominations, lawyers, physi-
clans, teachers, business men, postal
carriers, newspapermen, women and
men of the congregations, and especi-
ally of the Broadway Temple Church,
Of which the Bishop was formally pas
tor, and members of other A.M.E. Zion
Churches of Falls City, crowded the
court room, Railways and line of
ministers waited to greet him from the
INSTRUMENTATION group, as he
aighted from his automobile. They
raised their hats and he acknowledged
their salute with raised hat also, as he
moved briskly up the walk way that
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-04
Martntt AAAtHntt
Lain In ArHt

Marion Addison of 81 Cunard ST.,
custodian of Carter Playground, pro-
minent in church and lodge circles,
genial citizen, was buried before a
a great throng at Columbus A. M. E.
Zion Church, Thursday, April Is at
l pm. Rev. w. D. Battle officiating,
Masonic services were held the night
before
Mr.. Addison was stricken while
leaving the playground on Monday
night, April 8, and was found Tues
day at 500 am. by his sister, Mrs.
Sarah Coleman, as he lay on the floor
where he had fallen. Taken to City
Hospital his case was diagnosed as
coronary thrombosis. He rallied from
the coma to state of irrationality fit
fully recognizing friends and relatives.
He passed away Sunday afternoon,
April 2, at four o'clock At his bed
side in the hospital were his sisters
Martha, and Sarah and his daughter
Bertha Marion Addison was APP
pointed to Carter Playground by Hon
James NJ Curley when the park was
finished about ten years ago. Is
years previously while Mayor of Bos-
ton Mr.. Curley had appointed him to
the Park Department and until he
came to Carter Playground was
supervisor of group of % men all
white. In politics he was a Democrat
and loyal to it's tenets having had a
Continued on Page 81
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GREETs ROCHESTER

trip to Boston began in a blaze of tu-
multi when a group of NIT. prank
sters persuaded him to leave the Amer
lean Anyways plane and join a motor
cade of shouting Tech students to an
unscheduled smoker held in his honor.
Each car was bedecked with "Roches-
ter" banners. Rochester" had been
unofficially kidnapped" from a sched-
uled function of 1000 Harvard stu
dents, who were awaiting his arrival.
At midnight, he appeared, never real
izing the prank until reporters revealed
the situation which he laughingly ac-
cepted as part of the game of being a
man of fame subject to the vicissitudes
of public nationwide glamour. He fin
ally reached his Hotel Statler suite in
the wee-wee hours of Wednesday morn
ing, where a worried wife and secre-
tary awaited him.
Commissioner James Timilty had
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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-05-04
YERGAN HEADS
RACE CONGRESS

WASHINGTON-Dr. Max Yergan
of New York, former vice-president,
was elected president of the Race
Congress which closed its sessions
here late Sunday night.
John P. Davis was reelected secre-
tary. The six new vice-presidents
are Henry Johnson, assistant director
of the Packing House Workers Orga-
nizing Committee, and Rev. Owen H.
Whitfield, sharecropper leader and
vice-president of the United Cannery,
Agricultural and Packing Workers;
Mrs. Fay Allen, member of the Los
Angeles Board of Education; Rev. w.
H. Jernagan of Washington, DR..
Charles A. Lewis of Philadelphia and
DR.. Robert A. Simmons of Boston.
One of the most important jobs
facing the new officers will be to pro-
coed to immediate negotiations with
Labor's Non-P Partisan League in order
to reach working agreement. John
L. Lewis, President of the CLIO and
Chairman of L. N. P. L., made the
offer of unity between the two great
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spans the green canvass between the
street and the ancient court house
building.
Tie court session did not last long.
There was brief battle with the COM
plaintant, Lawyer Tucker, and the
Commonwealth lawyer and defense
lawyers in private consultations with
the Judge. 1t turned out that Lawyer
Tucker was trying to prevent the trial
from being held then, contending that
he was not ready, but he only had one
witness and that witness was absent,
and the court admitted an affidavit
from him of that witness testimony.
The Judge then ordered the trial to
proceed. Lawyer and Preacher Tucker
asked to present the story Of the case,
which they did in four or five minutes,
alleging that the Bishop was ambitious
to be the senior Bishop of the A.M.E.
Zion Church and that he had offered
him the privilege of being delegate to
help retire three Bishops, and when he
refused that the Bishop would not
allow him to be elected No mention
of Brother fuckers suspension for
violent conduct at the Conference the
Continued on Page s.
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REV. @. N. WILLIAMS
Pastor Of Mass. Avenue Baptist
Cambridge. which is steadily
increasing in membership and infu-
ence under his direction.
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Opera Group
Heard In Recital

The Byars- Harris operate Group
gave an interesting performance of
Gounod's abridged edition of ''Faust",
on Friday evening April 26, at $50
o'clock in Jordan Hall, good sized
audience attended and heard the fol-
lowing principal singers: Newman
Smith, Faust; Matilda Birch Charles
ton, Marguerite; Ernest O'Banyoun,
Mephistopheles; Angelyn De Vaughn,
Siebel, Albert Cosby, Valentine; Fo-
dora Manning, Martha; and Fred
Riggs, Wagner. The beautiful cos
Continued on Page 81
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Boston Girl HOnOred

Mrs. Carl Cartwright (Margaret
Dorsey was initiated recently into the
Alpha Kappa Delta, the National hon
orary sociological fraternity, to which
members are chosen on basic of schol-
arships, personality, interest and pros
poets by special faculty members of
the college. This bright young Boston
girl is being congratulated by her many
Boston and New York friends as she
was when she received her masters de
gree from Boston University being
one of the youngest in the class. She is
Continued on Page 81
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BUTLER SISTERS
In SUCCESSFUL
PIANO RECITAL


The Butler sisters, Eugenia and
Dorothy, were successfully presented
in their initial pianoforte recital Sun
day afternoon, April %, in the New
England Conservatory of Music Build
ing: An unusually large audience was
on hand and continually applauded the
efforts of the sisters. Each of these
young ladies demonstrated manner,
execution and technical ability which
was highly complimented by those
present.
Their program was as follows:
Concerto (No. y G. minor
Mendelssohn
Eugenia and Dorothy Butler
Concerto mo. 81 List
:, Eugenia and Dorothy Butler
NocVurne .............................. Chopin
Continued on Page s.
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Mrs. Mewitt Heads
Pat Toy Auxiliary

m Inc Joint installations of Patrick E.
I uoy Post 953, Veterans of Foreign
wars, and the Ladies Auxiliary were
f feid al az Lincoln Hall, 1853 w. Spring
N Mdu street, Friday evening, April 26.
oay visitors were on hand to well
come come. the incoming officers of the
&nuXlillary who were installed by Past
UUept. President and conductress,
marion Coucher. The incoming Off
Continued on Page 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 20-R-A wheat
price drop of a cent d bushel follow
ed by a rally which wiped out this
loss before the close today reflected
trade uncertainty about disposition
in the next several weeks Of large
quantities. of 1888 and 1889 grain TN.
der government loan. ,
Milder weather over much of the
grain belt also induced some selling
but buying credited to mills appear.
ed on the downturn. Some traders
were inclined to look for improved
hf1our demand due to resumption Of
subsidy operations in Pacific coast
wheat and flour.
Wheat closed unchanged to Ia
cent lower compared with yesterday,
May $1.o1 1-S to IA, July SO 3.S to
IL; corn unchanged to 1.8 higher,
May So 5-S to IL, July So 5-8; oats
unchanged to 1-8 down; rye Ia to
3-8 up and lard 5-8 lower.
Shippers sold 100000 bushels of
corn, most going to export interests,
and dealers booked ITO, 900 bushels
to come here from the country, a
large total for Saturday. Cereal i'll.
terests were in the oats market.
Lower hog prices depressed tt
lard market.
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BIRD CLUB Will
VISIT U.s.. REFUGE
5O,00O-Acre Reserve At Lake
Mattamuskeet Attracts
Members

RALEIGH, Jan. 20-(R- Mer1-
bers of the North Carolina Bird club
will journey to the Lake Mattamu
skeet migratory waterfowl refuge
next Saturday to observe geese,
swans and ducks.
Plans for the field trip. were an
nounced today by c. H. Bostian of
Raleigh, secretary Of the club. The
trip will be led by Miss Claudia Hun
ter of Henderson, president, and DR..
John H. Grey of Raleigh, editor of
the clubs publication.
The waterfowl refuge embraces
$4,000 acres in Hyde county. Most of
the land is covered by water two or
three feet deep, and contains lar re
amounts of emergent and submerged
vegetation.
In an effort to stop a reduction in
the number of waterfowl the 'eder.
al government acquired the area in
1884. Under the supervision of tn
OAo1o61SoA ou1 VCy, CA1C 1lu1llUCAS VI
waterfowl have increased steadily
since that date.
The field trip is Planned principal
ly to acquaint the bird-lovers with
the work of the refuge, and to OBJ
serve the beautiful whistling swans
the largest birds of eastern America
and the thousands of Canada geese
During the last several years, ar
average of $4,000 swans and $4,000
geese have been present each winter
A flock of swans in flight resem
bles a g%listening snow-bank.
Armed with binoculars, telescopes
and cameras, the bird club member.
first will climb to the top Of an oh
%servation tower, which formerly was
the smokestack Of a large pumping
station, and view the surroundir
territory. Then they will split II
into smaller parties and tour thu
refuge.
Last year the club sponsor ID
trip to Pea Island refugee, on thu
outer banks.
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What Stocks Did
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Jan. 90 Up The
Netherlands guilder paused today
after a headlong rush downward
throughout the week.
The guilder, and the belga and
Swiss franc as well, remained UNI
changed in relation to the dollar.
Sterling and the French franc i'm
proved slightly.
+ Foreign exchange dealers said the
approaching weekend recess ac-
counted for considerable tinitdity
among traders.
Closing rates follow (Great Brit
ain in dollars, others in cents):
Official Canadian control board
buying rate for U. S. dollars 1000.
selling rate 111.O0. Open market
rates, Montreal in New York $500
IA, New York in Montreal 1850.
Europe: Great Britain, demand
1886 3-4, cables 1886 IL, 60-day bills
1894 IA, 90-day bills 1892 ga; Bel
GUM 1888, Denmark 1888, Finland
1.95N, France 2.24 3.4, Germany
4O.25N, benevolent 1900, Greece
.73N, Hungary 1850, Italy sos,
Netherlands 1915, Norway 22.73,
Portugal 3.67N, Rumania .73N, Swe.
den 1888, Switzerland 22.43. Yugo.
slavia 2.35N.
Latin America: Argentina official
29.77, free 22.S5, Brazil official sos,
free $40. Mexico 1879.
Far East: Japan 23.49, Hongkong
24.73, Shanghai $40.
(Rates in spot cables unless other
wise indicated. N.Nominal).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Jan. 20-R-(U. S.
Dept. Agri.)- Salable hogs 1000;
total $500; fairly active; generally
1915 lower than Fridays average;
good 190-240 lbs averages $4,000;
nothing offered of value to test top
price; quotable top around SIS;
several loads good and choice $50.
lbs blu ch e r S good 450-
480 lbs packing sows 4.40-50; ship
pers took 200; holdover 500; com.
pared week ago; good an6 choice $780,
24O lbs averages steady to : lower;
lighter and heavier weights 1926 off;
packing sows steady to 10 lower.
Salable cattle 100; calves none;
compared Friday last week: General
market confusingly uneven; all kill.
ing classes closed dull and well be.
low weeks cary high time induced
by stor mruns; NO reliable outlet
late except for common and medium
grade light steers, heifers and can
ner and cutter cows; in general way
steer trade steady to strong, with
strictly choice kinds all weights
strong; but shipper demand longfed
steers collapsed late, and some
strictly good and choice kinds taken
off market; fed heiferr strong to rs
higher; beef COWS weak; Gamers and
cutters steady; bulls 1926 lower;
vealers 100 higher; extreme top fed
steers and long yearlings 1915, new
high since last June; practical top
finished heavy steers 11.75; but 1881
lbs. reached 11.90; widely fuctuat'
ing trade on fed 1200-1450 lb steers
at $50 down, medium to good grade
yearlings being in broadest demand
at close; finished heifers topped at
11.25 but mostly $50 down on short.
feds; most beef COWS 500 to $50;
Gamers and cutters 400 to 5.65; aft.
er reaching 7.75 heavy sausage bulls
fell below $50; vealers 1900 to 1880.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
COTTON REVIEW

WASHINGTON, JAM; 20.-P3-
Domestic spot cotton markets were
moderately active this week as ex'
ports increased sharply and Amerl'
can textile activity continued at
unusually high level.
The agriculture department re-
ported that prices fluctuated con-
siderably. The ten-market average
for middling 15-16-inch cotton was
1887 cents a pound on Friday,
compared with 1881 a week earlier.
Prices for this class of cotton
averaged 1890 for the week on the
ten markets compared with 1887
in the preceding week and S.Se in
the corresponding week a year ago
Prices for the lower grades n
for the 13-16-inch staple continued
to strengthen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
Volume Is Much Smaller
And Many Issues Close
Day Unchanged
BY FREDERICK d

NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Up
Stocks swung over a narrow range
in today's market but, with the aid
of a few specialties, managed to
finish the week on a mildly rising
note.
Despite blocks of 5000 to 10000
shares of low-priced issues such al
Commonwealth & Southern, which
closed unchanged at / Is, the turn.
over Of 271,170 shares was the SMALL
est since Dec. 9. 1t compared with
424,130 last Saturday. The weeks
volume of 3,377,36O shares was about
1000, 900 under the preceding week
and was the lowest since the period
ending Nov. rs.
Gain of i
The Associated Press average of
go issues managed to hold on to q
gain of L of a point at 49.7, and.
for the week, was up 2. A year
ago the composite stood at 500.
The news Of the day. while fairly
cheerful, provided scant speculative
stimulation. Brokers thought part
of the buying timidity was due to
fears Of larger European liquidation
if the market ever gets up a point
or two. Light selling from abroad,
it was said, has been just enough
to put brakes on various rallying
attempts.
Up fractions to a point were West
inghouse, Great Northern, Western
Union, Worthington Pump, Lock-
heed and Texas Corp.
Bethlehem Steel was a shade i'm
proved, but U. S. Steel dipped. These
were handicapped by forecasts Of
another decline in mill operations.
General Motors and Chrysler gave
ground notwithstanding announce
ments of satisfactory sales of new
cars by other manufacturers in the
first part of the current month.
Rails did relatively we'll on the
strength of continued traffic expan.
sion and prospects Of higher net
revenues for the principal roads.
Marked up fractionaliy in the
curb We're American Cyanamid "B",
Electric Bond & Share, American
Gas & Electric and Brewster Aero.
Fisk Rubber and Humble Oil slid
off a trifle. Turnover of $4,000
shares, smallest since August 10,
compared with $4,000 a week ago.
Bonds we're mixed, as were COM
modities. Wheat at Chicago was I'M
changed to off Ia Of a cent a BUSH
ell and corn unchanged to 1.8 UP.
to Is cents higher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 20.-P-Cash
wheat no sales reported. Corn No.
1 mixed 80 "a; No. 1 yellow So "a;
No. 2, SO IL; No. 8, $3.50.
Oats sample mixed 38; No. 4
white Al.
Soy beans No. 2 yellow 1.12 IA.
Timothy seed 4.65-90 nom.
Barley mailing 54-67 nom; feed
1880 nom.
Red clover te%.E0-15.00 nom.
Red top 8.50-9.00 nom.
Alsike Is. 00-18.00 nmo.
Alfalfa 17.50-22.5O nom.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
BONDS SHOWING
FIRMER TRENDS
Recovery In Scandinavian
And Utility Issues
g.. Mark Day

NEW YORK, Jan. 2o.-R-A
recovery in SCANDINAVIAN and Stan
dard Gas & Electric issues stiffened
the backbone of the bond market
today.
On the curb Standard Gas bonds
snapped back for gains ranging to
4 points in fairly active dealings.
The Standard Gas group had fall
en- sharply after the markets at.
tention was called to a pending
stock readjustment plan before the
SEC by a Subsidiary, the Philadel,
phia Co. Holders apparently feared
an adverse decision might cut the
income Of the top company.
Officials pointed out it remained
to be seen just what action the
Securities commission might take.
Gains of fractions to around 2
points in Scandinavian bonds SEEM
ed to grow out of the markets
judgment the al threat to the
northern countries had diminished,
at least for the time being.
Oslo City 4 LIS advanced 2 at
70 IL and Norway IS rose fraction
ally to 81. Denmark IS were up
nearly a point at IS ga.
Manhattan-Transi 4 LIS
moved up 1 IL to 81 On news the
RFC was ready to lend 100000,
600 to aid the New York City
Transit unification plan.
Elsewhere fractional gains and
losses were generally distributed.
Missouri Pacific IS of 1877, buoyed
earlier in the week by ICC approx
al of a reorganization plan for the
road, edged ahead a small fraction
to 7.S. Also a little higher were
Studebaker IS, American & Foreign
Power IS and Missouri-Kansas-
Texas IS. @ NE:
u. S. treasury loans. held in a
narrow range.
Portland General Electric IS fell
2 IA to 104 IA. The 4 LIS of 1861
broke 4 to IA.
Transactions amounted to SS,577,'
500, face value against s2,62S,6O0 a
week age. The Associated Press
for selected groups OF
domestic industrial and foreign
bonds were up a shade. The rail
group on the average was unchang-
ed and the utility down a bit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
Stocks Move Up Slightly
After Dull Trading Week
Answers To
Uranium Crackers

Questions on Comic Page
1. False. DR.. Frank Buchanan
was born in P%ennsburg, Pa.
2. True. The movement began in
1921.
8. False. The Oxford Movement is
not an organization, is controlled
by no group, has no dues, badges
or rules.
4. True. The movement is cur-
rently concerned with a moral re
armament" program.
5. False. The movement invites
adherents from all Christian faiths.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
few months and the farmers in.
creased income, continued to hold
at near its peak figure.

few months and the farmers in.
creased income, continued to hold
at near its peak figure.
Is Not Heavy
Industry's slowing down was not
heavy, and some departments con-
tinued to produce at close to ca
pacity. Although the diminished
rate was against the usual seasonal
trend, there were those who recalled
the last four months of 1899 had
seen n of the fastest recoveries
in the country's history and held
that a return to a normal and non
war-stimulated Improvement would
do little harm.
n bureau of agricultural eco
Monies reported that an industrial
downturn was expected in the first
half of 1910, but that it was not
likely to be prolonged or severe.
In Milwaukee,, on the other hand,
executives of some of the nations
largest railroads saw a small, but
well-defined upswing in the offing,
accompanied by disappearance of
the effects of the depression years
and the dawn of a brighter era.
The consensus of a good many
delegates to the convention of the
National Retail Dry Goods associa-
ton, held here, was that this twelve
months would be not a boom, but a
pretty good" year.
Although output slipped a little
and new orders in many cases were
only about half of shipments, some
ANALYSTS saw a decline in inven-
tories hastily built up after the
start of a war and a possible re-
neWed demand within the next
month or so.