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Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
WANTS H. U. TO
SPECIALIZE IN
GRAD. SCHOOL

WASHINGTON, July ,18-(AN
P)-Discussing Howard univer-
sity briefly while waiting for a
train, one Of the officials Of the
institution said. this summer SEES
sion was the best the school has
experienced since summer school
was suspended during the height
of the depression"
But" he continued, cit is re-
markable in DIT many summer
Of the opportunities offered by
students have taken advantage
big white schools in the larger
cities and have continued their
work there. However, we have
400 enrolled this summer which
points to return of the popular
ity Of Towards summer SEES
sions."
Regarding the school generally,
this official said: -.
"There is little that Howard
can do in maintaining itself as an
undergraduate school. 1t has been
my contention for number OF
years that Howard should definite
ly specialize in graduate schools
and work, leaving the regular
college work for the very capa-
BILE schools in other localities.
Expense Greater
Nowadays a student can get q
thorough education for an A. B
or B.. S. degree at other schools
like A. & T., Hampton, Shaw
Morehouse, Atlanta u, Tallade-
ga, and other schools scattered
throughout the country which
wasn't true some years ago.
"The expense of sending stud
ents to Washington to attend Ho.
ward is factor to be consider
ed. Towards tuition is higher
than the average school, and the
cost Of living is UNNECESSARILY
higher. Therefore, student
/ who is an average human being
lis met with problems he doesn'
encounter in a smaller school.
"Howard's future definitely lie!
in the furthering of its graduate
and professional schools and
believe the trend will show tina
this is correct.
! "Of course, there will be neec
/ for a much smaller college de-
partment to take care of the loca
and nearby states which will con
tinue to send their students Il
the university. However, thi
could well be taken care of on
smaller scale than it now is done
However, mine is only one opin
ion against many and I suppos,
| that Howard will have its colleg
department as long as there is ;
Howard university"
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
D. c. HOUSING
BODY PLANS Sc
ACRE PROJECT
Seek to Develop
Model Community

WASHINGTON, July l8-(AN
P)-Great interest has been a.
reused throughout the District and
the state of Maryland in the pro-
posed site Of a moderately priced
housing project on Washington
Baltimore boulevard.
The site, comprising about sc
acres, was purchased by the Fred
erick Douglass Housing Corpora
ton, E. w. Martin, president, the
aim being to develop a modern
housing community for the Ne
groes Of Washington and nearby
Maryland who are employed by
the government or by private in
dustry.
According to Martin, the pro-
ject will be a community within
itself; it will include shopping
center Of ten stores and shops
! facing the boulevard, there will
be 73 single, detached dwellings
for sale and 81 other buildings
will contain 448 family apartment
units. A community and recre-
alton building, Fairgrounds anc
a swimming pool will be other fea-
lures. r II %lI
az Million to Complete Work
The corporation repeatedly
spent several thousand dollars fol-
engineering and architecture
plans, after which it secured two
and half million dollars to COM
plete the work.
Among the citizens interested in
developing the project are u
Simpson Tate of the local N. A
A. c. P, Otis Blasingame anc
Thos. H. R. Clarke, a FDHC
member.
President Martin stated the
BONES win lsaYold Oh 1 small
cash payment and reasonable
monthly payments. The apart
ments will be rented with all IA
cilities included except gas, and
whit prices ranging from $50. to
$50 per month, according to the
number Of rooms.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
England Says
Selassie Ruler
Of Ethiopia

LONDON, July 18-(ANP)-
Great Britain recognizes the gov
eminent Of Emperor Halle Selas-
sic as the lawful government of
Ethiopia, R. A. Butler, under
secretary for foreign affairs, told
the House of Commons Friday.
A completely different stand
from that taken by Great Britain
on Nov. Is, 1898, when she for
mally acknowledged Italian rule
over conquered Ethiopia, the new
acclaim comes as the result OF
contact between the British gov
eminent and Halle Selassie, But
Ter said.
The deposed Emperor has liv-
ed in England as a private citi-
zen since Ethiopia was con-
quered.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
Predicts Destruction of Movie Industry
King, Former
State Senator,
Willkie Aid

WASHINGTON, July 18-
Preparing for a strenuous cam
paign and one in which Negro
voters will figure prominently,
Wendell Willkie, Republican nomi-
nee for the presidency, last week
named two colored members to
his campaign advisory committee
in the persons of Thomas G. Nut
ter Of Charleston, w. Va, and
William E. King Of Chicago.
Both men had figured promi-
nently in pre-convention cam
paigns, with Nutter a member of
the Glenn Frank program COM
mittee and Mr.. King a seconder
of the Dewey nomination in Phila-
delphia.
The selection Of Mr.. King is
regarded as a strong move to
solidify the Dewey forces behind
Mr. Willkie and gives the party a
strong man in the Middle West
which in recent years has turned
into a Democratic stronghold.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
New York West
Indians Organize

NEW YORK, July 18-(ANP)-
The West Indies National Emer-
gency committee was formed
here last week by West Indians,
who fear that the military sue
cesses of Nazi Germany and the
desperate plight Of Great Britain
will influence American policy
toward their Island homes.
Organized to create self deter
mination in their compatriots at
home, the committee plans a de-
claration Of principles to be sent
to the State Department Of the
United States as well as to the
headquarters Of the Pan-Ameri-
can Council at Washington. Hope
R. Stevens, attorney, is chairman
of the committee and H. P. Os-
borne is secretary.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
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La. Insurance
Body to Probe
Negro Companies

BATON ROUGE La, July 18
.-By. Leon Lewis for ANP)-The
newly. proposed Louisiana. Insur-
ance commission that was Great
ed by an enactment of the state
Legislature this session will take
as one Of its first moves, action
to investigate into the operations
of the states many Negro owned
companies. it was reported this
week. .t.... .- +
A general check-up on the
business operation of these COM
panies and their tendency to
''evade" payment Of Just claims
was cited by members of the COM
mission asa most urgent neces-
sity." The report further stated
that Negro insurance companies
have. been allowed by the former
secretary of state to escape the
strict provisions of the insurance
statute, and that many of them
are operating Illegally and mis-
using huge sums of their policy
holders money.
Present records and reports
from preliminary investigations
and complaints show that only
two, of the Negro companies op-
Grating in the, state. are on the
o. K. side Of the ledger. Those
are the Peoples and the Douglas
companies. The Louisiana In
dustrial Company, reputedly Lou
isiana's largest Negro business, is
reported as, being among those
that pay less salaries to employees
and largest salaries to- officials
and board of directors members
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
PR 0 D U R
SAY S " AR
BIG THREAT
Sees Necessity for
Drastic Changes

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, July ia
(ANP) affecting them more than
any other group, colored motion
picture players, with few pictures
at best needing them now, are
worried over the following state
ment made last week by pro-
Queer who knows.
''The motion picture business to-
day has its back to the wall,
fighting virtual life and death
struggle, and faces certain de-
struction unless it is Immediate
1y rescued from within its own
ranks"
This was the outspoken decla-
ration made by Edward Small,
president of the Edward Small
Productions, Inc, who has been
contributing heavy schedule Of
top flight productions for release
through the United Artists corpor-
alton. AT the present time, Small
has three pictures in production.
They are South of Pago-PagO",
Exit Carson" and "The Son of
Monte Carlo" His recent hit
productions released through
United Artists have included my
Son, My SOM" and THE Man in
the Iron Mask"
'The time has come when the
motion picture business must take
stock of itself and realize that it
must undergo major operation or.
face economic DEATH" Small said.
"The operation may not be pleas
ant interpretations seldom are
but the plain fact is that in the
face of a crisis such as now con-
fronts out great business, there is
no other course left open"
Salary Cuts Imperative, Says
The operation referred tJr 5y
Small is, Of course, a financial one
Salaries will have to 60 on the
chopping block, sacrifices must be
made in every department of OPP
GRAFTON, both in production and in
exhibition of pictures.
"A major readjustment must
come swiftly if it is not to come
too late" Small continued. "To
start with, the top salaried pro-
ducers, executives, stars, directors,
writers and all others will have
to realize that they are not worth
today what they were worth yes
terday. The fact that potential
revenues, both at home and a.
broad, have diminished in a start
ling degree automatically makes
their potential values equally less.
Thus, a person who-swas worth
100000 per picture six months
ago is today actually worth about
100000. The same rule applies to
every other money Garner in the
business.
''The trouble today is that while
everybody in the business real
ICES what must be done to save
it from complete decay, nobody
is willing to take the initiative.
No single producer, executive,
star, director or writer has been
willing to step forward and in
the interest Of the whole indus
try say:T am willing TO take the
cut which will save US from de-
struction.
(NnnfinTro1 orr.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
Carter ScRl Teacher Admits
7 orturing Girl, Ten, In Box

Miss Catherine Costello, white,
teacher in the Carter Grade
school, 58th and Michigan, admit
ted Monday in Judge Hermes,
Municipal Court that she punish
ed Gladys Dixon, age 10, by fore
ing her to get in a small supply
box beiore a class room of chill
dren.
She admitted closing the child
UP in the box for As minutes
with only a book between the top
and the lid so that she could
breathe. The box, approximately
3 IL feet in length, was used for
supplies and is referred to as ''the
coffin" by students, it was stated.
Miss. Costello inflicted the pun
ishment upon Gladys because she
was involved, in a childish fight
with another small girl over a
coat rack. Her confession came
as a surprise because in previous
hearing Mrs. Faye, the principal,
vehemently branded the allega-
tions as untrue. -~
Citizens Committee UnfOldS
Evidence
Last May the case was 'nolle
pressed" in Judge Braude's Court
of Domestic Relations until some
evidence or witnesses were secur-
ed to substantiate the charge of
Mrs. Irene Darby, Gladys grand
mother. A citizens committee
headed by Rev. E. B. Murchison,
Gladys Dixon's pastor, and Rev.
D. Dewitt Turpeau traced numer-
Gus rumors among the Carter
School children until they gath
cred sufficient information to de-
mand an investigation.
The investigation was granted
by Mrs. A. Cylkowski, Supt. of
the Seventh District. The Com
mittee and the superintendent
were astounded by the testimony
given by ten children picked at
random from Miss Costello's
room.
Judge Continues the Case
Until Sept. 10
Despite the fact that Miss Cos
tello admitted in court that the
charges are true, Judge Hermes
asked that the case be continued
until Sept. 10, after school opens
Judge Hermes termed the pun
ishment unusual" queer" and
cruelty like medieval torture
Mrs. Darby is being represented
by Attorney Duncan Pope, who
has rendered his services without
charge.
Citizens Demand Removal
Teacher
Various organizations and civic
groups are sending protests to the
Board Of Education that Miss Cos
tello be removed from the system
The members Of the Citizens
committee are Mrs. Eva T. Wells
Rev. David Turpeau, pastor In
diana Methodist church; DR.. Lii
liam Dove of the Douglas League
of Women; Mr.. Joe Jefferson O
the Urban League, Mrs. Maude E
Dennis, Rev. j. L. Roberts, pas.
tor Of Coppins A. M. E. church
and Rev. E. P Murchison, Jubilee
c.. M. E. Temple, who has beer
active in trying to bring abou
justice in the case and a reform
in the administration Of some o
the Southside schools.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21

ment in the Bronx. The boy,
playing on the fire escape during
his parents absence from home,
landed on a coal pile in the court
yard after hurtling through the
air. An ambulance surgeon treat
ed the abrasion on his leg,
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
BOY FALLS 5 STORIES, LIVES

NEW YORK, July 18-(ANP)-
A 6-year-old boy, Aubrey Smic-
kle, received only a slight bruise
on the left leg last week when
he fell to the ground from the
fire escape outside the window
of his parents 5th floor apart
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
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Evening star., 1940-09-16

order additional registrations when
the need arises, and the probability
is that special registrations will be
ordered for the 100000 boys who
reach majority throughout the Ma
ton each year during the 5-year
life of the conscription bill.
am IS years old and eligible for
induction Immediately. If 1 am not
ordered to duty until two years
hence, must i 60?
No. The bill applies only to men
of 81 through the age of 35. If by
accident you are ordered to one year
of duty after your 36th birthday an
niversary, the burden will be on you
to notify the local draft board of the
change in your age status.
lam over 21 and 1 am planning to
return to the university this fall.
Will my school year be cut short by
the draft?
No. Congress specifically deferred
from conscription students who
during the year 1910, entered upon
attendance for the academic year
1940-1941." This deferment expires
July l. 1941, and nothing was said
of future years. Total exemptions
were granted, however, to university
and college students who are cadets
of the advanced course. senior di-
vision, of the Reserve officers Train
ing Corps or the Naval r. o. T. C.
Upon graduation, these students
receive commissions as reserve off,
GERS and therefore become subject
to one year of military duty under
another bill which expires in 1912
Evening star., 1940-09-16
The Draft and You
Questions and Answers on Legislation
Providing for SeIectve Military Service

at 18 to As on the third draft instead
of the present 81 through 35, total
of 24,234,021 men registered and only
2.810,2S6 were inducted into service.
Those inducted were less than half
the number in the first classification
In the District of Columbia during
the World War, 9O.36l men regis
tered and of these 24,719 were placed
in class l.
How many men must the District
of Columbia supply to the Army as
conscripts?
Present plans are to have about
1000 Washington youths inducted in
service each year This is based on
the War Department. plan to train
300 900 annually from the entire Ma
ton. and is computed on the basis
of Washington's population in pro-
portion to the entire country. The
quota may be increased, however. if
an emergency occurs and Congress
withdraws its present limit of 100000
as the total number of conscripts
who may be under training at any
one time.
I'll be Fl years old next year. VIII
1 be required to register then?
The President is empowered to
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Chavez Takes Lead
Over Dempsey in
New Mexico Race
Reports From Northern
Spanish h-Americun Areas
Put Senator Ahead
BY the Associated Press.

BY the hsSocia ted Press.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex. Sept.
Ex-senator Chavez, who had been
trailing in Saturdays bitterly aged
Democratic primary senatorial race.
forged into the lead over Representa-
tive Dempsey today on the basis of
late reporting returns from Northern
SpanlSh-American counties.
Amended unofficial returns from
all but about 100 of the 914 voting
precincts Overcame the slender lead
held by Mr.. Dempsey since counting
started, and put the Senator out in
front by handful of ballots from
a total Democratic count of about
$4,000 votes to this point.
The count: 787 voting divisions,
Mr.. Chavez, 42,37l; Mr.. Dempsey,
al 1926.
1t appeared that the winner would
be known only after the official can
vass and possibly precinct contests.
Representative Dempsey took ad-
vantage of New Mexico's first direct
primary to contest the State Demo-
cratic organization with a bid for
the seat of his congressional COL
league.
Gov. John E. Miles made runa-
way race against Mayor Clyde Ting
ley of Albuquerque. who bid for an
other term in the Capitol after serv-
ing two terms, from 1884 to 1888.
Their Democratic gubernatorial con-
test went to Gov. Miles tWo-to-One
on nearly complete returns.
In the ine-Candidate contest for
Democratic nomination to Congress.
former Attorney General Frank
Patton, recently attorney for the
Federal Wage and Hour Division in
Washington, held slender margin
over Clinton P. Anderson, Albuquer-
que insurance man.
In the Republican senatorial con-
test. Rancher Albert K. Mitchell
was virtually assured the nomlna-
ton over former Gov. Richard c..
Dillon. Townsend indorSed candi-
date, by 3 to /.
Similarly. Maurice Miera of Santa
Fe was making an easy race of it
over Seth Aston, Lovington banker
for the gubernatorial nomination.
Maj. Herman Grille OF Roswell
held a slim margin over Waldo
Rogers, Albuquerque attorney. for
the Republican congressional nomi-
nation.
1t appeared probable the Demo-
cratic vote would be more than
100000. The Republican turnout
was not expected to exceed $4,000.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
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(Second OF q Series. J
My legal home is in New York.
Must / return there to register?

My legal home is in New York.
Must / return there to register?
No You can register in the Dis
trict or in the nearby counties
wherever you are living at present.
The Washington draft director has
tentative plans to register Govern
ment employees through a special
board.
My wife is employed and self
supporting. / have no other de-
pendents. Does that mean l will be
consciipted ahead of other married
men?
Not necessarily. 1t is the policy of
the War Department to disturb
families as little as possible through
separation of husband and wife dur
ing peacetime conscription. You
probably would be conscripted, how
ever. in an emergency, along with
other men who have no dependents.
How do know If I am eligible to
be conscripted?
Inc AEIlN CldSSllltS lSSiSll oiilo Ny
eligibility as follows:
Glass 1-Those available for serv-
ice Immediately. This includes gen.
orally men without dependents,
physically and mentally fit, not en-
gagged in defense industries.
Glass 2-Those deferred because
of the importance of their service
to the Nation This includes defense
workers, such as those at the Wash
ington Navy Yard. few Govern
ment workers. including those
necessary to the maintenance of
the public health, safety and in
terest"
Glass 3-Those deferred because of
dependents. This includes married
men. as we'll as unmarried men who
are supporting parents and other
dependents.
Glass tThose deferred because
induction would be undesirable TO
the Government. This includes
aliens who have not yet signifled
their intention of becoming citizens,
physically unfit, criminals and the
insane.
Others specifically deferred from
service BY Congress will be explained
later.
Is there any chance Of my being
conscripted if l am in the second or
third class"
Very little. During the World
War, when the age limits we're fixed
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Gen. Macarthur Urqes
Aid for British Now
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Gen
Douglas Macarthur, former Army
chief of staff, said yesterday the
Nation would make 1.-The greatest
strategicar' mistake if it failed to
give immediate aid to England.
In cahlegram from Manila to
William Allen White, chairman of
the Committee to Defend America
by aiding the Allies, Gen. Mac
Arthur, who now is military ad-
wiser to the Philippines, urged "co-
ordinated" and "synchronized" help
for the British.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Jewell College Alumni
To Honor Grid Team

A dinner in honor of the William
Jewell College football team will
be held at the Cnastelton Hotel at
7 pm. Sunday by the Washington
Alumni Club of the college. The
team will tour Washington that
day following its game with Wake
Forest at Winston Salem, N. c.. Sat-
urday.
Members of the alumni club max
ing preparations for the dinner are
A. Russell Ash, president; James
Davidson, vice president, and Miss
Ruth Weyand, secretary treasurer.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Arnold Heads Film GuiId

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 16 (P)-Ed-
ward Arnold was elected president
of the Screen Actors Guild last
night to succeed Ralph Morgan.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

fReaders OF The Star are in
Dited to mail their queries to the
Conscrtptton Editor, who wiL at
tempt to reply through these ar
ticles, but not through personal
correspondence. Queries cannot
be anstUered By telephone.)
Evening star., 1940-09-16

Students Of theology and divinity
are totally exempted but they must
register.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-05-02
Cecil Smith Is Named
New Rotary President
Other Officers Elected AT Organ
izatiOn Meeting of Directors

W. Cecil Smith was named presiden!
of the Oakland Rotary club at the or
ganization meeting of the board of
directors on Tuesday evening. New
members of the directors board were
elected last Friday, but the combined
board did not meet Immediately.
Other officers elected included O. T.
eraser, vice-president; W. o. Davis,
secretary, and Delbert Davis, treas
urer. Newly elected officers do not
assume their duties until in July. Mr..
Smith succeeds Grover C. Stemple as
head of the organization.
Members Of the board of directors
for the ensuing years will be Grover
c. Stemple, Emroy Bolden, Cecil
Smith, Prentiss DeBerry, 0. T. Gra-
ser, c. E. Sharps and Frank Kley.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-05-02
Two Young Men
Are Hurt in Wreck
West Virginia University Stu
dents in Keyser Hospital

Two West Virginia University
students are in Potomac Valley hos
pital, Keyser, w. Va, under treatment
for injuries sustained when their car
crashed through a fence near Cor
mania, W. Va, on Friday night.
Paul Correll, Jenkins, KY, senior at
the University, and John Lawson, Of
Williamson, w. Va, sophomore, driv-
er of the car, were enroute from Nor
gantown to Washington when the
automobile swung wide on a hilltop
curve just west of German, in this
county, and plunging through fence,
rolled down the hillside and struck a
tree. They were taken to Keyser in
the Bolden ambulance from Oakland.
Hospital attaches described the stu
dents condition as "only fair" Visi-
tors have been excluded from CorrelPs
room. Lawson's mother was allowed
to visit the driver of the wrecked auto
on Sunday.
Dir. Thomas E. Bess, head of
Potomac Valley hospital, went to the
scene of the accident to reclaim Cor
relrs and Lawson's baggage, held by
the owner of the fence damaged by the
auto at Gormania, it was stated.