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Evening star., 1940-08-07

They met at college. They were
married, and week later started
trouping around New England to
the musical accompaniment of Gill
bert and Sullivan.
They are still trouping, the Bent
leys of the Daltry Opera Co., which
will present H. M. S. Pinafore"
and Trial by Jury" at the Water
Gate tonight. but those first weeks,
four years ago, are something they'll
never forget.
The company went into rehearsal
for its first season on the Wesleyan
University campus with the cast
domiciled in two fraternity houses.
The honeymoon couple was given
the card room in the fraternity
house where the girls stayed. Un-
fortunately, the makeshift dove
cote" also housed the only telephone
in the establishment.
"At all hours of the day and
night" Carlton Bentley recalled to-
day, girls would come tiptoeing into
our room to use the telephone. That
was our honeymoon.
Only Married Couple in Cast.
But they have stuck it out through
four hectic summer seasons. Mr..
Bentley sings the dashing Frederick
in The Pirates of Penzance" and
Miriam Bentley is the forsaken
Yum Yum of THE Mikado."'
Being the only married couple in
the cast, the Bentleys are the official
chaperones of the company of So
young people.
Were terribly strict, smiled Mrs.
Bentley. You can imagine.
There have been plenty Of odd
experiences and few arguments,
domestic and musical.
Mr.. Bentley recalled the night In
their first season when the cast
acted as stage hands, too. While
they were all on stage the light
cables started burning and finally
only one tiny light remained. The
others had popped out, one by one,
as they sang.
Demanded Realistic Kiss.
Then there was the Mabel IN
THE Pirates of Penzance" who in
sisted that her Frederick" kiss her
in the love scenes, but realistically.
Mr.. Bentley complied one night,
having first darkened his little
mustache. "Mable" played the rest
of the scene with a penciled mus
tache above her upper lip.
And Mrs. Bentley complained that
the "Nanki- Poo" in THE Mikado'
was always very much embarrassed
to kiss Yum YUM with her hus-
band looking on.
Artistic temperament is likely to
flare up when the Bentleys play
opposite each other as they do in
The Gondoliers."
Disagree Occasionally.
''She knows more about music,
but I know more about staging"
Mr.. Bentley declared. 'We dis
agree occasionally like the night
when she was singing her solo and
was too far from the microphone.
I kept pushing her forward. She
was furious. She thought she was
right"
II was right" insisted Mrs. Bent
ley, smiling
Despite the rigors of the summer
however, the Bentleys see each other
more than in the winter. Mr..
Bentley teaches English and drama
in Marion, N. Y, and Mrs. Bentley
Evening star., 1940-08-07
Lond-Locked Soqo Ends

EMPORIA, Kans., Aug. Z R.-
For 80 years Neil Currie roamed the
seas-and then decided he had seen
enough water.
So he unrolled map, looked for
the most land-locked city in the
Nation and decided it was Emporia
Monday night the retired sea cap
tain died after having lived here
for so years.
He would have been SO years old
on September l,
Evening star., 1940-08-07
Superhighway BIitzkrieg
Shows lis Military Value
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BEDFORD, Pa, Aug. IA Penn
sylvania National Guard officer said
the 135-mile blitzkrieg partly over
the States 100000 superhighway
yesterday showed that while the
equipment used was. mot wholly
adequate" the value of such high
ways to national defense was we'll
illustrated.
Leaving the Guards training
ground at Indiantown Gap, Pa, at
6 am, an artillery battalion sped
westward through Allegheny Noun
tain ranges to reach Bedford at 2:l5
pm. Mechanical trouble and a de-
tour extended the trip three hours
beyond schedule.
Maj. Theodore S. Paul, command
ing officer of the unit, said a
network of high-speed highways
would double the defensive power
of the Nation by increasing the
mobility of military units"
Evening star., 1940-08-07
Sir Hugo de Bothe Dies;
Lily Lonetry's Husband

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 7.--Sir Hugo Ger
aid de Bathe, SO, second husband OF
the famed actress and beauty, Lily
Langtry, died of pneumonia at
Cannes, France, June 30, it was an
nounced today.
He was married in 1899 to Miss
Langtry, who was 20 years his senior
Known as "Shuggie," he was a
typical figure Of gay society. in
the COS.
Sir Hugo is survived by his widow
formerly Nine. Heinius, a dancer
whom he married in 1881, two years
after Miss Langtry's death.
His nephew, Christopher de Bathe
succeeds to his baronetcy.
Evening star., 1940-08-07
Theodore Weicker Dies;
Headed Squibb Firm

Il" the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. Theodore
/ Weicker, 80, chairman of the board
of E. R. Souibb g. Sons, died today
at his home in Greenwich, Conn,
the company Office here announced.
Mr.. Weicker guided the firm, one
of the largest in the pharmaceutical
field, for IS years. He was born in
Darmstady, Germany, and began
his business career with the old Ger
man firm of E. Merck.
Evening star., 1940-08-07
Youths Sought in Killing
Seized by Police Here

Washington police early today ar
rested two colored youths, one Is and
the other II, sought by Charlotte
N. c., authorities in connection with
the baseball bat murder of a Char
lotte druggist in robbery Monday
The pair, picked UP as they got
off a bus here, had in their posses.
sion the billfold of the slain drug
gist, police said.
Evening star., 1940-08-07

is IS miles away, teaching music
in Spencerport, N. Y.
''Of course we mind" said Mr.
Bentley, smiling back at his wife,
but it's really more romantic, !
guess. just seeing each other week
ends"
Evening star., 1940-08-07
Two Army Flyers Killed

PANAMA, Panama, Aug. 7.-Pilot
Paul P. Brown, jr., of Raleigh, N.
c.. second lieutenant in the Air Re-
serve, and Technical Sergt. Alfred
j. Talyor of Collinsville, Mo, were
killed yesterday in the crash of an
attack plane at France Field.
Evening star., 1940-08-07
Draths

BOSWELL. HELEN E. On Tuesday
august 1s4q At sSsg Hos
beloved. wife of William B. Boswell mother
FREDERICK E. Daum and sister Of Frederick
Services at the S. H. Hines. Co. funeral
nome, 290I 14th st. NV. on Friday. Au-
gust 9, at l Pm lnterment GlenwSood
B CALLBREATH. JAMES FINCH. On Sun
JAMES s1Se Finch cAIIsREATH gIs seloved S bus.
band of Martha H; Callbreath and father @
calit. and brother Of Mrs. G. x. Van
Sane5al serviess e1 MsHaos1 on fSSpsday; Ausust
sssssns l$SS iPtsT%snt Hsi.pf! vt e
Relatives and friends invited to attend. z
CRAFT. SAMUEL. L. On Wednesday:
st. ne, SAMUEL L.. CRAFT: beloved IA
h ther css,. Of Robert H. Samuel c. and James
FynsTaI services st the above Tssdsnss ps1s t,nss
eRefeus; ssst funeral 0taoroes homes 0s 0H"A''' ~
ECKLoFF. GEORGE On Wednesday.
August Z, 1910, GEORGE EGKLoFF be
Gvfa 10 Ensr Israv Of reko sqss E'k0 and father
Funeral from his late residence. 2s43
selair pl ne on SATURDAY: t1s. AnGnss nns TO- az
terment Glenwood Cemetery.
EDELMANN, ANNA B. On Monday, Au-
gust 5, 1910. at Children's Hospital, ANNA
B. EDELMANN, the beloved daushter OF
Bernice and John Edelmann, sister OF john
Edelmann, and stepsister Of Mrs. Madeline
Hess and Mrs. Peggy Barcelona. =,
Funeral from her I1.a parents reside. residence =. :
$40 am: thence to ST. Aloysius Church
where mass will be offered at am. Rel
tyes ncan and invited
and Syracuse. n Y. papers please copyo
Services by Chambers
EDINGTON, MINNIE LOUISE. On Sun
ffS seosd & Hsfo wife Ne ef the
Hunter Stark Edington and mother Of
Maud E. Parker and Wallace p: Ellington
home, SIG II st. ne, on Thursday. August
s. at > pm Relatives and friends invited.
Interment Glenwood Cemetery.
EVANS: MARY; On Tuesday. August 8;
Katie Harris, Mary Dominess and Aron
Dixon, She also is survived by other rela-
Notice of funeral later. ARRANGEMENTS
by Malvan Schey.
EvERHART, GEORGE o. On Monday;
August 8, 194o at his residence, n vG9a 2sa2
HART, beloved husband Of Gertrude Ever
hart, father of Fred O.; Walter s; George
C. Everhart and Mrs. Ethel 9. Selden
Funeral services at the Thos. F. MUIR
on Thursday August 8, at 2 pm. Rela-
tives and friends invited. Interment Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
FOWLER, CLARENCE E. On Monday,
August 5, ie4O, at Sibley Hospital CLAIR
ENCE E. FOWLER, the beloved husband OF
AiiEs Services Ess s0sef at Chambers funeral home
14OO Chaplin St NV, on Thursday, August
8, at 1880 am. Relatives and friends In
vited. 1nterment Confessional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-08-07

Six Presidents Of the United
States are buried in Virginia, five in
New York and four in Ohio.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
1920 of Connecticut
Town NAACP Members

HARTFORD, Conn. - Nearly
ten per cent of the Negro popula-
ton of this city are now members
of the NAACP, according to Mrs.
Daisy E. Lampkin, field secretary
of the organization who recently
directed a seven-day membership
drive here.
The drive committee, under Ken
meth Hickman, brought in 400 new
members and raised 1921, bringing
the total branch membership be-
You'd the 500 mark. The campaign
also resulted in the organization
of youth council with 46 mem
bers. Charles Jennings, president
of the group, said the immediate
program will be More Jobs for
Negro youth" DR.. Allan F. jack
son is president of the local branch
During the campaign, Mrs. Lamp
kin addressed a class in inter-cul-
tural relations at st. Joseph Col
lege here. The class is an extern
sion course attended by teachers
in the local public schools.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
New Jersey Will Not
Bar Reliefers' Ballot

NEW YORK - The New jersey
state legislature will not give fav-
orable consideration to that part
of a report recently placed before
it by Col. Glover, of the Joint Leg
islative Committee on Emergency
Relief, recommending that all per-
sons who have been on relief rolls
for the past three years be declar-
paupers and denied the right to
vote.
This was the announcement
made March 16 by State Senator
Charles e. Loizeaux, of Plainfield,
N. j. in response to a telegram
from the NAACP protesting the
vicious proposal as a denial of con-
stitutional rights to the states
100000 Negroes, many of whom
are on relief.
Loizeaux, leader in the New Jer-
sey State Legislature, made the
statement in a letter which said
in part:
THAT part of the report which
would brand as paupers and deny
constitutional privileges to relief
clients will not receive favorable
consideration by the legislature"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
MIR. Walter Reiman

Mr.. Reiman is the Seattle
Branch Manager of the Dennison
Mfg. Co., and he is serving on our
committee as the representative of
the Knights of the Round Table,
our co-sponsor. He possesses a
great interest in youth activities
and Scouting and has taken the
Scoutmaster's Training Course.
Before coming to Seattle, he serv-
ed as troop committeeman in the
San Francisco area.
Plans have been completed for
Parents Night, which because of
unforeseen conflicts, has been
changed from April 1 to April s.
The attendance at our meetings
has been excellent and we are
grateful to the parents and adults
who have helped us to establish
this good record.
Don't forget Parents Night APP
ril 8!
Byron Johnston Scribe
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
Norris, Nation
Mag. Praise High
Court Decision

NEW YORK = Senator George
Norris, famed Nebraska liberal,
and the Nation magazine have
both lauded the recent supreme
court decision handed down Feb
ruary IL, and written by Justice
Hugo L. Black of Alabama, in
which the supreme court of Flori-
da was denied the right to affirm
the execution of four Negro youths
whose conviction of numbering a
white man had been upheld on the
basis of confessions obtained by
week of torture.
Said Senator Norris February
20 in letter to the NAACP whose
attorneys carried the case to the
high court:
II think that that opinion is GO
ing to go long way towards plac-
ing not only the courts but the adj
ministrative officials of the entire
United States on a much higher
plane than ever before. am not
thinking particularly of the color
ed race, because, as I see it, this
applies to the white race as we'll"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
Social Hygiene
Bulletin Retreats
Slur On Race

NEW YORK = Complete re-
traction of supposedly scientific
article written by DR.. Emily D.
Barringer, slandering the Negro
race, which appeared in the Janu-
airy issue of the Social Hygiene
Bulletin, publication published
and distributed by the New York
tuberculosis and Health Associa-
ton, was announced today by the
NAACP.
The retraction which is carried
on the front page of the February
number of the bulletin expresses
the regret of the New York Tu-
berculosis and Health Association,
the Social Hygiene Committee, and
the editor of the publication for
having allowed the article to APP
pear.
The sentence appearing in DR..
Barringer's article entitled Con
orrhea in the Female" to which
the NAACP took exception, reads
as follows:
Some races are apparently
more susceptible, as for instance
the Negroes, but the reason for
this may largely be due to the
presumably greater promiscuity of
the black race"
The NAACP characterized the
article as a vicious SANDER
against whole race" Announce
ment of the retraction and copy
of the bulletin containing it, was
made by Frank Herman, director
of the New York tuberculosis and
Health Association, in a letter to
the NAACP, March 10. The bull
letin Is distributed by the health
association to professional work.
ers in the health field.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
Campfire Sparks

In an effort to present fully
uniformed troop to the community
not later than May 1, Troop ID
spent the entire evening at our last
meeting passing Second Glass test.
Alfred Butler, Melvin Ward, and
Richard Bash, by keeping busy
with the rest of the troop, man.
aged to hold their three-way tie
for first place by slim margin.
Mr.. Bernard e. Squires attended
the meeting and presented us with
our Tenderfoot pins and encour-
aged us to work harder on our Sc
cond class requirements. At this
time it was announced that hike
would be held in the near future to
give us an opportunity to pass four
of these requirements, namely:
Fire building, Cooking, Tracking,
and Knife and Axe proper use of
them). With these completed, the
majority of the troop will be ready
for their uniforms and the Second
Class Court of Honor.
Two alumni Scouts stopped in to
visit us at our meeting. These
were Stacey Waters, formerly a
fellow Scout with our Assistant
Scoutmaster Doug Brown in Troop
30; and Scotty Brown, one of the
few, if not tn comfy member of our
race in the Pacific Northwest to
belong to the Sea Scouts. Scotty
held the high rank of End Mate.
We would like for you to become
better acquainted with some of
the men who are giving their time
and interest in our behalf, so a
series of snapshots" of these men
will appear in our column. The
first of these men Is:
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
SO HELP ME
BY JOE STATION

She knows a lot, I'll admit, but,
she's only IL years old son; be
careful
The wilted corsage had a mean
ing. Didn't you know that?
If somebody doesn't form a Me-
gro organization with all of Sc
attle's so-called leaders at its head,
all at the same time (sort of a
round-table presidents) we are 60
ing to be treated very roughly =
Watch and see.
hear (reliably) that an ex-
bad policeman is scheduled to APP
pear for a rehearing before the
Civil Service Board-and has a
good chance of getting back on
the force.
wonder why there's SO much
talk about big event soon to
come off?
Cleve Netherly hangs out on
East Spruce ST. quite a bit = I
think she likes the athletic type of
man.
What happened to the engage
ment ring Willie Stockard bought
while back?
You get your first peek of the
Royal Giants this Sunday at Gar
field when they practice with Joe
Budnick's team at 2:30.
Who said she loved your raven
locks-Harry Earls?
Jerry Hunt has them calling on
her by twos.
What great lover was embar-
raised by little paddy boy who
upon seeing the lover with his real
love, remarked about the lover
having been out with a beautiful
fair haired paddy girl just few
days before?
They say Davey Williams is go
ing to California and get married.
On what, son, on what??
Did you know: Cleo Hunt, a Me-
gro girl, is the only census emu
merator applicant to pass the test
1000 perfect? Good work.
A divorce is being sought be-
cause the wife couldn't cook or
wouldn't. He, the towns famous
lover of society in general, seems
to enjoy being single.
SENT IN HONEST MUM
That so-called handsome, bullet
headed Al Smith is very repulsive
to jennie Mae Smith. Does he
know why?
Joe Smith is the only man who
can come and go at the same time.
If your brain amt nimble, take
look at his feet sometime and see
which way he is looking.
Joseph
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
Couple Married
At High Noon

In the presence of a few intim-
ate friends, Miss Helen I. Gentry
was welded to Mr.. Chas. e. Nc
Gill, both of Billings, Mont.
In the beautiful home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Vrooman, the Rev.
Judson Swancy read the rites that
made the twain one. Following the
ceremony, Mrs. Jennie Vrooman
was hostess for the happy couple
at high noon breakfast. Mr.. Gus
West, local fuel dealer and radio
sponsor, motored the couple about
the city.
Mr.. McGill is a talented must
cian-plays and sings. His repu-
tation as an artist is co-extensive
with the best. AS guest artist
over KEEN, two old friends renew
ed their friendship.
The bride and groom returned
to Billings, Montana, where they
will be at home to their friends.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
Railroad News

J. w. Fennell, Pres, local BSCP
left for Portland, Oregon where he
will undergo an operation.
w. Girten, Pullman porter from
Spokane, has been transferred to
the Marine Hospital. His condi-
ton is not improved.
Pullman passenger to the por-
ter: "Tell me, what is the average
tip you get from a passenger on
this run ?"
Zone dollar, suh," was the re-
ply.
The traveller handed over a dol
lar bill, and the porter Immediate
ly burst into voluble thanks.
"Suh," he said, you are the first
man who has ever come up to my
average"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
Dayton Pilgrimage
HonOrs Dunbar

DAYTON, o. (CNA) = The
Pilgrimage of Poetry started
West when Ted Malone gave
a broadcast over the NBC-Blue
Network from the modest two
story home of Paul Lawrence
Dunbar, noted poet.
Dunbar, SON Of a slave, fought
poverty and illness to write his
poetry while at the same time bat
thing for the rights of his people.
He numbered among his friends,
William Dean Howells, Robert C.
Ingersoll, and other outstanding
white contemporaries.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
Mrs. Ann Trimble
|Creets Easter

BY DORIS JONES

Twenty-one guests, DOMINIC
their Easter finery, hats pinned
here and there, began their trek to
the home of Mrs. Annie Trimbal,
hostess for Easter breakfast at
dawn.
Long before the hour for dining,
7:30 a. M, the beautifully decor
ated home opened its doors for
the reception of guests. Banked
by palms, Easter lilies and other
floral decorations, a miniature but
impromptu Easter Sunrise Service
broke the stiffness of the gather
ing, as Mr.. Ed Payne paved the
way with Easter music.
The dining table was offset with
tall lighted candles and Easter
rabbits munching green grass,
while everywhere Easter eggs
temptingly invited guests take
me-"
The Easter breakfast was spec
tally arranged for those who had
kept the long vigil throughout the
Lenten season: grapefruit, broiled
salmon, fried chicken, sliced ham,
rice, Easter buns, etc., turned the
breakfast into a veritable feast.
Promptly at 10 a. m. the guests
hurried away to the various chur-
ches of their choice. "a sublime
achievement by perfect hostess
was the parting salutation. Those
present were: Mr.. and Mrs. John
Horton, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Por-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Payne, Mr..
and Mrs. John Edmonds, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Las
ter, esdames Gordon, Hawkins, In
ez Smith, Annie CASTOR, Miss Gla-
dys Fisher, Messrs. G. T. Miller,
S. T. L. Waters, H. Hood, and S.
L. Billings.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
Patterson Hits Ala
Refusal To Free
Boys

CHICAGO (CNA) = VIII Me-
gro America continue to be ruled
through frame-ups and false I'M
prisonment?
Will the campaign of the South
ern congressional bloc against the
Anti-Lynching Bill cause more
Scottsboros?
This was the challenge issued
this week by William L. Patterson,
national vice-president of the In
ternational Labor Defense, as that
organization began a renewed
campaign for the release of the
five remaining Scottsboro boys de-
MED freedom last week by the Ala
bama Board of Pardons and Par
oles.
The five, serving terms of from
20 to 80 years each, are Clarence
Norris, Hayward Patterson, Andy
Wright, Charles Weems, and Ozzie
Powell. Four other youths, orig
! inally convicted in 1881 on the
same charge of "raping" two white
girl hoboes in a drumhead trial at
Decatur, Alabama, are free.
Earl B. Dickerson, South Side
alderman from Chicago's Second
Ward, also issued a scathing de-
nunciation of the boards action in
sending back to their living
deaths these five innocent boys"
Based upon the trumped-up ev-
idence presented at their trials
declared Dickerson, who is the
president of the Cook County Bar
Association, "all of the boys are
equally innocent or equally guilty
II believe that they are all in
nocent, that they have been VIC
timized because of their poverty
and their color. Their conviction
is moral disgrace to Alabama
and to Alabama's officials, who,
because of the states poll tax law,
are elected by a handful of vot
ers."
Patterson, who directed the
worldwide fight to free the boys,
said:
"Unquestionably, the failure of
the United States Senate to ioin
the House in passing the Anti
Lynch Bill influenced for the worst
that criminal decision of the Ala
bama board.
THAT decision - one of the
rankest ever handed down by a
Southern governing body = shows
that the landlords and mill-owners
of the South will continue to rule
Negroes by frame-ups and false
Imprisonment until the poor white
and colored citizens of the South
unite to establish real democracy
in their part of the country"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
Ladies Club Hold
Inter-racial Meet

At the A.M.E. Church, 14th and
Pine Sts., the Ladies' Club will
sponsor an inter-racial program
from 3 to o'clock, Sunday, Mar
81.
The Junior choir of the church
will furnish music during the af-
ternoon. Representatives from the
Japanese. Chinese. Filipino. Swe-
dish, Norwegian, Negro churches
will be part of the program. The
Methodist church (white) will also
be represented.
Mrs. Iva Carter will be mistress
of ceremonies. The public is in
vited to attend.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
Only IS Hospital Beds
For One Million

WASHINGTON, D. C. (CNA)-
Through the chairman of its
Steering Committee, Doctor Paul
B. Cornely, the National Non-Par-
tisan Council on Public Affairs
this week placed at the door of the
Senate the tragic fact that for one
million Negroes in the state of
Mississippi there are only 65 hos
pital beds.
Testifying before a Senate La
Dor subcommittee considering a
proposed Federal disqualification
program, DR.. Cornely further stat
ed that there is only one hospital
bed for each 1000 Mississippi Ne
groes, in contrast to one hospital
bed for each ITO whites; and only
one hospital for each 100000 Ne
groes and one for each 10000
whites.
Buttressing his testimony was
DR.. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, ma
tional Basileus for the Alpha Kap-
pa Alpha Sorority, who has for
five years directed the Health Pro-
ject of the Alpha Kappa Sorority
in Mississippi, who related more
facts that were equally startling.
She told of thousands of persons
who have never had the care of a
doctor or dentist; that more than
1000 Negroes die FROM tubercu-
losis each year and that there are
only 1000 beds for their care in
the South.