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The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
Actors Map Plans TO Curb Bias Against
Showing Of A||-CoIored Cast Pictures
freeze Our Is
Charged On Coast
By LAWRENCE F. LAMAR

LOS ANGELES, CaEf-- (NPB)-A arge and represen-
tave group of the Sepa press Tuesday heard pesena
ton the actors point Of in the current motion pic
production problems The newsfok guest of the new
y formed Negro Protective League at MONDAY luncheon
at the hotel grill salon. heard charges of bias
hurled both Hollywood producers and the Central Ave
nue. district exhibitors of al-sepia cast films
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09

First Night The Martin Beck Theatre on last Friday
night The worlds greatest coored commedenne and re-
puted the first lady of the dramatic stage la belle Ethel
Waters opened musical black and tan fanasty Cabin in
the Sky presented by Albert and Vnton Freedey. The
music by Messrs Vernon Duke, John Latouche and Lynn
Root do well by Miss Waters who In this new play supported
bv Rex Ingram and Todd Duncan he latter probably does
not feel himself set this he in George Gersh
wins 4star musical operetta, "Porgy and Bess.)
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09
Ethel Waters, Rex Ingram Score Hit
In "Cabin In The Sky"At The Beck
Critics Are Lauish In
Praise OfNe1U Musical

NEW ORK-{ANP)-Blase critics have gone
board in praisng the musical show Cabin in the Sky
which opened at the Martin Beck theatre Last week starring
Ethe Waters Todd Duncan Rex Ingram, Dooley Wilson,
Katherine Durham and her dancers and many Others
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-09

You'll hear move fine remarks
about this group as time marches
on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16
Legion's Membership
 Exceeds One Million
Greatest Number of Delegates in History to Attend
 National Convention in Boston Next September

Boston, August 16.-The largest number of delegates and alternates who ever represented the nation at any national convention of the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary have been assured for the 1940 convention scheduled here for the week of September g, according to announcements made by Glenwood J. Sherrard, president of the Legion'S National Convention Corporation, and Mrs. Mark w. Murrill, 3rd Cliff, Scituate, chair man of the auxiliarys national con- vention committee.
 Skyrocketing to 0 total of paid-up memberships higher than ever be- fore in the history of the organiza- ton, The American Legion now numbers over 100000 members. Convention headquarters here have been informed by national head quarters the daily membership re- ceipts forecast membership surpass- ing the million mark by 100000 be- fore convention time. Mrs. Mllrrill was overjoyed when she was in- formed yesterday by national head quarters of The American Legion Auxiliary that the long -dreamed-oi goal of one-ha1f million members is sure to be passed this month. The auxiliary has 497,111 paid-up mem- bers on record in Indianapolis to- day, and the 2,089 needed to reach the one-half million mark are be- lieved to be already in process oi transmittal by mail from auxiliary units and state departments. This years gain is more than 10000 above
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

any previous corresponding total for August.
 Since the number of delegates is determined by proportionate repre- sentation, record membership in 1940 is a guarantee that more dele gates and alternates will attend the Boston Convention than ever before have assembled to attend the na- tional policy making sessions of the Legion and its affiliated organiza- tions. In the national sessions of the Legion, eacn department is repre- sented by the department coln- mander, one national executive committeeman. four elected dele gates and alternates, plus one dele gate for each 1000 members or major fraction thereof.
 President Sherrard announced that in the record-breaking total of 49 American Legion Posts that have amassed a total of 1000 members or more, New England is represent ed by two posts, both in Massachu- setts; Springfield Post No. 2l and New Bedford Post No. l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

The Long precinct workers, of course, had all the voters tabbed. When . Jones man voted, he was instructed to put his ballot in that fourth box--which meant, of course, that the number one box would be full of Long ballots and little else. The idea was that when the polls closed and the votes were counted, the number one box would be counted first. The Jones watchers, seeing their man was running absol- utely nowhere, would eventually get discouraged, decided the fight was lost, and go home-after which this fourth box containing the Jones ballots would be taken to back room and replaced by fifth box, previously stuffed with an equal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

the property of IAlcite, the rnetl1yl methacrylate plastic, to carry light around curves. It is used to make edge-Nghted ballustrades, plastic door frames. light carrying col- lNnns.
 Smooth as porcelain and clear as crystal, this plastic is marking pos- sible many new decorative effects in ornate light fixtures, terrace fur nit,Ire, vanity chairs and tables. Its light transmitting property is also being utilized in an instrument made Of Lucite used to inspect irl- teriorx of engines. gasoline tanks, bombs and other objects difncult or risky to use Q light in examining.
 Woven garden furniture, in novel color designs, is being made from Tenite, another new plastic. Resistant to all types of weather, the furniture can be cleaned with soap and water.
 Vacuum cleaner reel, made of c molded plastic,> is built into a new
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

1t starts with a courageous news paper editor and ends with Q va- grant drunk whose name nobody remembers, and in between are all manner of people and events.
 Start with the newspaper editor .-grizzled Jim Grown, who has been running the New Orleans States for so long it seems as if he ought to be able to remember silver Spoons" Butler of Civil War fame.
 Crowns paper and it's sister, the Times -Picayune, had fought Huey Long ever since way back, en- raging that dictator 50 greatly that at one time he actually started to call out the national guard to seize the plant and take over the edi- torship. He was restrained only by the frantic appeals of some of his hefchmen.
 A HOUSE ON
 THE UNIVERSITY
 Last year Grown got Q hot tip about goings-on in connection with the use of workers and building materials paid for by the state university. He sent out Q photogra- pher and reporter to follow up the story, and discovered that workers and materials were being used tc provide . nice house for James Me- Lachlan, who was a colonel on the stan of Governor Dick Leche but who had no other right to get . house at the University's expense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

handle to automatically wind ur excess appliance cord.
 Corn plastic, made from by.prod- ucts of the vegetable. is still in the experimental stage. It may either turn out as c new textile, or as 6 coating for other materials, such as waterfproofing for straw hats greaseproofing for fabrics.
 Streamlined clothes pins, molded from cellulose acetate, are another
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16
OLD DOLLARS IN BACKYARD

Loudonville, O. (UP) Clydus Shoudt, 16, dug up a "lode" of mint- ed silver dollars, right in his own backyard. On property which the Shoudts have owned for 37 years, the youth uncovered the coins while digging fence post holes. They were dated from 1901 to 1879. Young Shoudt is now digging up the en- tire backyard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

of plastic's gifts to housewives. Smaller than ordinary pins. these are light in W eigh t bright in color and won't snag on the sl1eerest fabrics.
 Furniture of tra a nt plastics give 6 q desig n CTS q wide field to work in as they produce new chairg. an q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

number of fraudulent Long ballots.
 Saussy jumped up. He handed the drunk a dollar and said. "Okay, buddy-go buy yourself another Mickey Finn" Then he got on the phone and notified all his workers at the polling booths. with the result, of course, that the trick failed.
 Jones won the election by less than 10000 votes. If that trick had worked it would have swung at least that many votes to the other side. So you ca nprobably say, if you choose, that the unknown drunk was the final hero in the fight against the Long machine.
 (THE END)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

cover ever new sources of plas- tic materials.
 Cacc har in, sweet chemical sugar, substi- tute, is making it's appearance as . plastic in the form of Inolded pr 0 d : ucts like clocks, lamp stands, c Q b 1 n c t 6 and cases.
 Interior archi. fAatuPA has benefited from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16
LOUISIANA cLEANUP-LAsT OF FIVE ARTIcLEs-- The House That Huey Built
And How It Fell
Drunk Gave Tip That Put Jones Tn Statehouse And Gang In Jail
, BY BRUCE CATION
 NEA Service Staff Correspondent

New Orleans, Aug 16.-The story of the fall of the Husy Long machine is house sort of story with each little paragraph dovetaing into the paragraph ahead of it. none of them amportant but all of them tial to the telling of the tale
 This the i've articles the fight of docenCy Louisiana.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

Live uxury Have your bedroom beautifully fur PIECES $ 8
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

U6NlaB WtEl1 HkU&t VElUFnls
 Painting black pIastlcs In Q vari- ty oS colors 6 made easy with . new enamel that sticks where no other coeting would hold. lt c6fnes in cold coloEs and iridescent form cen be spzayo6 or dipped.
 Plastic Dhenogr8ph feeosas will be popular with swing fans and symphony lovers alike. Four times e many grooves can be cut ia this new product making poeelbIo lona- e recordings or smaller records.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

This expose naturally led to an inquiry into the actions of the uni- versity president, pr. James Mon. roe Smith, and that inquiry led to the discovery that Dr. Smith was short half g million dollars of the tniversity,s funds. Dr. Smith, whose initials U. M.," led irrever- ent people to start calling him Jingle Money" was playing in hard. luck; he had used the money to gamble in wheat, and If the ex- pose had come two months later he would have been in the black and could have put the money back tindetected.
 Anyway, the blow-up of the university president swung State Senator Jimmy Noe into action. Noe set out 10 collect affidavits about the general, all-around crookedness of the state adminis- tration headed by Huey's brother. Earl K. Lone. Noe knew just where to look, and he collected some scores of documents. He saw to it that the gist of them got to Washington, and presently Assist. ant Attorney General John Rogge came down to start federal in. vestigation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16
. IT'S NEW VI
Plastic Furniture
 For Home, Garden Novel, But Practical
BY W. H. WILSON

Plastic knick knacks for the home
 and big articles of furniture too, are making their appearance with increasing rapidity as chemists dis.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

This is the satisfying type of home
dress that you can wear in the aft
ernoon as we'll as in the morning
when you're busy and don't want to
do any fussing until dinner time.
You'll never mind finding unex-
pected guests at the door, when you
answer the bell, If you have on a
dress as becoming and crisp as this
one. Yet 19o9-B is just as comfort
able and unhampering as you could
wish, with slim waistline, drawn
in by sash bow in the back.
The button-trimmed, braid-edged
yoke makes the dress unusually
youthful and attractive. It's becom-
ing to everybody alike, whether size
20 or 40. Gingham, percale, calico
and chambray are practical cottons
for this dress, and later on, you'll
enjoy a fall version in spun rayon.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1909-B
is designed for sizes II, IA, is, 1S, 20
and 40. Corresponding bust meas
urements 30, 80, "a, 36, SO and 40.
Size IA (32) requires 3A yards of
36-inch material without nap; is
yards braid.
Have you sent IS cents for your
Fall and Winter Pattern Book? It's
brimming over with smart fashions
and clever ideas for gifts to wear
and to uSe-more than 100 fasci.
mating designs! Every one of these
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Manner RS
OF the
Nj O m e n t

There's always the problem of
when to rise when you are visiting
your friends in the country over
the week end, or anywhere for that
matter. If the hostess says the
night before, Now we have to be
up and at our breakfast by If
we're going to get to the tennis
tournament in time" all is we'll
You may be awfully annoyed at the
idea Of rising at on your one free
morning. But at least she's spe-
cific.
But II she says, "Sleep as late
as you like" (Which she will do If
she's any kind of a hostess) you
may have a problem on your hands.
You may wake up at 9, raring to
GO. And the house will be as silent
as haunted barn. You'll have a
fear lest your footstep wake the
hostess and make her feel that she
should get up to cook you an egg.
So you get up and sit on the corner
of your bed in your tweeds for two
hours looking at your watch and
listening for the sound of a footstep
in the hall
It's very silly. What you should
do, when your nice hostess tells
you to get your sleep out, is to an
nounce that you appreciate that
but if you should wake up you hope
she won't worry, and that you'll
be perfectly content taking walk
or smelling the flowers in the garden
JEAN.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

stand that a life destroyed is be-
yond restoration. Guns are In
struments of death and children
have no use for such an instru-
ment. There is no fun in that
kind of game.
Sport? Grown men and women
who enjoy killing birds and animals
are their own masters. Every one
to his choice. Children are not
responsible sportsmen. They are
children and without judgment or
reason in the use of an instrument
OF death, because they know nothing
of death. The word has no meaning
for them as it has for grown people
Experience has woven tragedy in
its sound for us, but not for the
children.
Guns, BIS. rifles, pistols, how
ever small, are murderous weapons,
especially in the country where
people do not expect their appear
ance. They are not toys. They
should have no relation to child's
play. The man or woman who sells,
gives, allows a gun to a child is
responsible for what that child
does with that gun. But sorrow
does not bring resurrection.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

that neither husbands nor wives can
accept, and so no wonder it breeds
quarrels and often has tragical re-
suits, as is witnessed by this letter
from a businesswoman: Il have
worked earnestly to get ahead" she
writes, "and at the age of Is I have
fine, steady position and am earn
ing more than many men of my age.
Ever since I have been out of school
I have supported my parents, both
of whom are old and feeble and not
able to- help themselves. I have
never questioned the fact that it is
my duty to take care of them, for
they have always given me love,
and care and tenderness.
Nov my problem is this: Last
year / was married and my hus-
band cannot become reconciled to
the fact that good bit of the
money I earn must go to the sup
port OF my parents. I don't feel
that he has any right to object to
this as am working and not CIV
ing them penny he earns. In fact,
at the present time he Is not work
ing at all and I am making the
living for both of us.
Since I have the entire respon-
sibility of my household and am
willing to work to help my own
family, which certainly includes my
parents as we'll as my husband,
feel that what I do with my money
is my own business, and that I
should not have to account to any
one for it.
However, whenever my husband
thinks I have given my parents a
few dollars he starts counting up
what have spent and what have
left, and there is row in which
he says unpleasant things about my
father and mother being parasites
and in which I am reminded that
my first duty is to him.
Il am not going to discontinue
helping my parents as long as they
need it, but this continual arguing
over money is undermining the very
foundation of our marriage"
And it is. Nothing could more
completely shatter wifes love and
respect for her husband than to
find out that he regarded her merely
as a peon whose wages belong to
him, and that she has no right to
the money she earned.
Equally disillusioning is it to
discover that she has married a
man so greedy that he begrudges
the few dollars she gives to her poor
old father and mother to keep them
from starving.
Of course, women often take the
same attitude toward what their
husbands do for their parents. and
in both cases the reaction of the
men and women who have to help
their families by stealth is the same.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Mahogany Finishes

The finishes on mahogany today
are a vast improvement over those
OF decade ago. Gone are the deep
dark, red stains that completely
masked the depth and beauty OF
the wood. Gone is the thick coat
of varnish that turned the surface
into mirror that showed every
smudge and finger mark.
The traditional finishes of today
show the full depth and beauty OF
mahogany. They bring out the
flashing undertones. The technique
of today is to put the finish in-not
on-the wood. The result is close
approximation of the rich patina
of the museum piece
In modern styles lighter finishes
are used. These rich honey tones
are the successors to the washed
out blonds of several years ago and
are beautiful and permanent con-
tribution to fine wood finishing.
These lighter finishes are also being
applied to traditional styles of ma
hogany. Individual pieces SO fin
ished are often placed in rooms Of
darker mahogany as pleasing ac-
cent notes.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Are instruments of Death and Have No Place Among
BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.

OUR SCOUTS SUGGEST
That If you want to put up picked
beets for the winter months, you
can save yourself lot Of trouble
by purchasing the beets that have
already been cooked in salt and
water. All you have to do is heat
them for the picking process E.
Novelty brushes for your little
girls room are made with painted
wooden tops. Some depict an old
nanny with bandana around her
head, or there's circus elephant
poised on a ball. Most charming for
the tots room is the one with
Humpty Dumpty sitting on the
wall ..
When travelling in the summer
time always take white shoe polish
along, for nothing looks worse than
dirty white shoes. Carrying the clean
er is very simple matter nowadays
as you can get glass jars filled with
about SO treated pads. II you prefer,
choose the stick form that you rub
on the shoes and then use a wet
cloth to spread evenly. These do
away with any possibility Of finding
clothes ruined by liquid polish from
a broken bottle upon arrival at your
destination =.
Keep transparent rain cape
with hood neatly folded in its tiny
bag in your car or office desk so as
to be prepared when that sudden
storm comes up -.
Pincushi0ns need not be unsightly
things in your room, for you can get
| adorable calico animals or gaily COL
| ored dolls to serve the purpose :.
Give the history-loving boys
| party a touch of the unusual with
the drum cake to accompany the ice
cream. The drum cake is iced in red
and white and on top are three
marching figures representing the
Spirit of '76" D..
is an easy matter today with the
new curler that is on the market.
This device looks like . curling iron
with an inside spring to hold a
bobby pin. Roll up the hair, release
the spring and presto!-the bobby
pin is holding your curl in place. 1t
takes bit of practice to get it
down pat" so that you never miss
your target with the pin =.
Deodorize your closet and give 1t
a sweet scent by hanging a small
white plaster vase in the corner and
pouring a little cedar oil, lavender
or bouquet scent into it =.
We know where you can buy
delicious raw vegetable salad in aspic
or pineapple jelly and there's grated
carrot In gelatine, too, to serve on
crisp lettuce leaves with cheese.
These will keep you out of the hot
kitchen on the torrid days -.
An ideal gift for the pipe smoker
is a Offending kit" This consists of
a large round box containing nine
small boxes. Each holds a different
tobacco, SO that he may blend his
own to taste.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

good weather. Door knobs they can
reach, stairs with wide treads and
short risers will give you more peace
of mind. Windows that are not low
enough to make tumbling a hazard,
and screwed-in screens will cause
less worries. Wide doorways help in
the maneuyering of high chairs,
wheeled toys and baby pens, just
as painted walls save many a sorry
moment. Make the whole arrange
ment and interior Of your house as
"scolding-proof" as possible, and
within five years when your house
has settled and needs doing over,
the children will be old enough so
that you may indulge in the pretty
wall papers and other delicate
touches that are lost on them now.
Linoleum floors in the playroom are
ideal from the cleaning, warmth and
bump proof angles, and beyond that,
simplicity of line and sturdy ma
terials are the order of furnishing.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Exciting Moment

Licking the bowl" used to bs
important activity in q warm
kitchen on cake-baking day. 1t still
is gleeful pastime for young ones
who cannot wait for the cake itsel,
to come out of the oven. However
Ticking the bowl" is like seeing a
movie preview-exciting, but not
half so satisfying as the real thing.
The cake is the thing.
Never before has cake making
been so easy and so economical.
Reliable recipes, convenient kitchen
equipment and ingredients Of good
quality have made 1t 50. With
careful attention to recipe direc-
tions, homemakers can turn out
prize winners every time.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

IVY oeoiAoAiAS al lllc SullllSIlt, DlOOQ
pouring from his stomach, and in
stantly made for him. Fast as they
could get help they got it and the
hospital took charge of the boy.
Well skip the awful weeks that
followed when a father and mother
hung over the bed of their son.
watching him go by inches, in pain.
day by day for long, long, anxious
weeks. The little town watched
with them, prayed with them, hoped
with them, but death claimed its
own and we bowed in sorrow to the
angel with the shining sword.
Neighbors. family and friends were
in tears at a loss no power on earth
could mend.
Why did the boy shoot into the
woods? Why didn't he wait to
round the bend? Why didn't he
know better than to shoot blindly
like that? What's the use? The
only why" that counts at all is why
he had a gun. Guns are made to
shoot with and the boy had been
given this gun for a birthday gift
by his father, who loved him as
that other father loved his son.
believe that all boys and some
girls should be taught to use guns.
In my experience the time to do
that teaching is when they are old
enough to appreciate it, to under
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Dorothy Dix Says go
Common.Sense Point of View Is
Needed in Money Matters

The money question is just as
controversial in the home as 1t is
IN politics, and balancing the budget
brings on as many domestic fights
as it does in Congress. This is the
case, no matter whether the hus-
band or the wife totes the pocket
book. The party of the other part
always thinks that he or she has
a right to supervise the expendi-
lures of the other, and asks: What
did you do with your pay envelope
last week?" And woe betide the
unlucky man who has bought a
fishing rod with the money his wife
designed to spend on a facial and
new wave, or the foolhardy woman
who has blown in SIS on new hat
that her husband thinks should
have been better invested in Gig
arettes and golf balls That the one
who earns the money has prior
claim to it seems to be proposition