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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
MlKdy's Wires
Reveal Him as
|, State COP Gar

In the early months of 1889,
during the Republican administra-
ton of Gov. Frank ID. Fitzgerald,
Frank Mckay. COP national COM
mitteeman. welded such power
that he didn't hesitate 10 erder
or request state officials to do his
bidding. kilograms introduced at
his trial showed.
Mckay and IL others are on
trial in Fedora! Court before
Judge Arthur F. Lederle and a
Jury. charged with taking part
in a S5O0,00O liquor conspiracy
mail fraud.
The governments case will
probably be concluded today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
McKAY's TELEGRAMs

A dozen kilograms sent from
McKay's Winter home in Miami
10 political figures throughout the
state were introduced by Garland
Musick, Miami manager Of the
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany.
In the kilograms Mckay either
ordered or besought the governor
the secretary of state, the public
service commissioner and othes
officials 10 find jobs for friends
arrange contracts. fill vacant posi-
tions and perform other services.
Some of the kilograms were
signed Mckay" other bore the
signature Dave" and still Others
were signed Harrison" After
court adjourned Mckay told news
'papermen that many of his friends
particularly his close ones, adj
dressed him as Dave"
On Jan. ii. 1899. he wired Ed
ward ~. Barnard. Wayne County
Republican boss and prominent at
torneS.
.tAiFe- name Of man to
a. A
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19

.Aire- me name Of man to
take charge Detroit liquor store;
now held by Laioie."
Evening star., 1941-04-07
Natures Children
Summer Squash

them with fertile soil and where
there is sufficient moisture. While
sensitive to frost. these vegetables
are more hardy than cucumbers OF
melons.
We have two classes of squash, the
winter and the summer varieties
The summer group is known as the
bush scallop. Notice the margin
also called the cymling, and a sum
mer squash called the crookneck
The winter crop has hard shell
varieties maturing late and being
stored These are the Hubbard, de-
licious and Boston marrow.
The flowers of the summer squash
are dainty yellow with star
shaped corolla. The male flowers
are without the green globular base
which is found on the female
flowers
Insects hover over the open flow
ers with such intense concentration
that you may study them at close
range, even lift them away from
the pollen banquet board by their
wings. After their visit, the plant
begins to mature the fruit at once,
The summer squash is used as food
for man, though some farmers feed
the imperfectly shaped ones to their
stock, sending the handsome ones
to markets.
The plants flourish best when in
Evening star., 1941-04-07
Meeting Schedule Set
For Homemukers' Clubs
pecial Dispatch to The Sta

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, April April
meetings of Montgomery County
homemakers' clubs have been an
nounced by Miss Edythe M. Turner,
home demonstration agent, as fol-
lows:
Today, Cabin John, Mrs. Vincent
Burgess, hostess; tomorrow, Clarks-
burg, Mrs. E. o. Gardner; Wednes-
day, Gaithersburg. Mrs. Norman B.
Jacobs; Thursday, Poolesville-
GAINESVILLE -Dickerson, Mrs. George
D. Willard, and Damascus, Mrs.
Elgie Hawkins.
April IA, Cedar Grove, Mrs. Waters
Woodfeld April IS. Four Corners,
Mrs. F. Collier; April 16, Brownings-
vile, Mrs. Leana Day: April II,
Wheaton, Mrs. John Maddox, and
Rockville, Mrs. Inez Sheads; April
81, Burtonsville, Mrs. William Gray
bill; April %. Silver Spring, Mrs. v.
Miller; April %, Olney-Sunshine,
Mrs. S. T. LaWler.
April "a, Germantown, Mrs. C.
Evening star., 1941-04-07

hills and far enough apart to permit
of cultivation and expansion Of the
plant itself. Growing from seeds,
squash plants must be thinned, for
all of the seeds may be fertile and
there would not be enough room
in the prepared hill for them. Thin
ming out is done when the young
plants are several weeks old, leav-
ing three to each hill The soil is
kept loose about the young plants.
The discarded ones may be passed
on to neighbor, though these are
usually tossed aside-our pet form
of waste of good material
The summer squash is attacked
by a downy mildew which shows up
on the leaves as yellow spots in
angular outline. These spots throw
off a powder which destroys the
leaf or makes it most ugly. Powdery
! mildew, another disease, forms white
coatings on the leaves. Since the
leaves are so vital to the plant and
maturing fruit, this condition is
likely to cause much loss to the
grower
Spraying the plants with a bor-
| deauX mixture $3.50, when the
vines begin to travel over the ground,
often checks the trouble. Then
squash bugs may make their ap-
pearance. They have an unquench-
abel thirst for squash juice served
natural" This visitation from
these foes results in wilted leaves
and inferior fruit. Melon aphids
are also great drinkers, as you we'll
know. When other sprays seem to
fail, a kerosene emulsion or a strong
solution of nicotine usually is fatal
to these pests.
Since we are going in for con-
servation in a big way and using
our soil for growing vegetables, we
will succeed with fewer heartaches
If we are aware of the particular
foes to our projects and their modes
of attack. Summer squash, becom-
ing more of favorite vegetable each
year, should be grown in our small
kitchen garden.
Evening star., 1941-04-07
Beer License HEARING

ROCKVILLE, Md, April 7 (Spe-
ciaD.-On an application of the
Welfare and Recreational Associa-
ton Of Public Buildings and
Grounds, Inc, for a license to sell
beer and light wines at Great Falls,
the Montgomery County Liquor
Control Board will hold a public
hearing at the dispensary, Silver
Spring, at 2 pm. April 21
Evening star., 1941-04-07
Dance Set at FuirIund

The st. Marks Glee Club will hold
an Easter dance April IA in St.
Marks parish hall, Fairland, Md,
F. V. NARROW, club secretary, an
nounced TODAY.
Evening star., 1941-04-07
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Squashes are among our most COM
mon garden plants. They may be
grown in nearly all parts of the
United States where you furnish
Evening star., 1941-04-07

Browning; April Is, Colesville, Mrs.
F. Schwartz; April %, Travilah-
Darnestown, Mrs. William Mills.
Evening star., 1941-04-07
Pierce Hall Play Nets
$500 for AmbuIunces

Nearly $500 was raised at the
performances last week in Pierce
Hall of Tom Sawyer and Huckle-
berry Finn" which were given for
the benefit of the British American
Ambulance Corps.
About 450 children witnessed
each performance of the play,
which was arranged by Gene
Thomas, who reported their en-
thusiasm we'll rewarded our two
months rehearsing"
The cast included some $50 pro-
fessional and amateur actors. Lord
and Lady Halifax headed a long
list of sponsors. Mrs. Walter r.
Tuckerman is president of the local
unit of the corps.
Evening star., 1941-04-07

Mexico's ministry of national de-
fense has built a military city" at
Lomas de Chapultepec.
Evening star., 1941-04-07
Pretty Peruvian'oenter'

-. "knot-able" brief bolero; full-cut
waist-pleated trousers. Gold, aqua,
beige color-brilliant prints. 32-4o,
s2s5
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
Hines To Seek
NAPE Presidency

Percy r. Hines, who edited the
Postal Alliance, official organ Of
the National Alliance of Postal
Employees, from 1885 to 1889, has
announced his candidacy for the
presidency of the organization,
the position now held by La
fayette F. Ford Of St. Louis, who
has headed the body for the past
four years.
Prior to being editor Of the
Postal Alliance, Hines was secre-
tary-treasurer of District six of
the organization, comprising the
states Of Illinois, Indiana, Mich
gan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. He al
SO is a former president Of the
Chicago branch Of the NAP.E.,
having been active in the local for
Is years.
The election of officers Of the al
lance for the biennial period will
be held in August, at Baltimore,
where the 18th convention Of the
organization will be held.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
H. MACALPIN
GETS NYA JOB

WASHINGTON, May Ian
P)-Although Harry MacAlpin did
not win a complete victory in his
celebrated case, he at least has
a job because Of the fight put
up for him by organizations head
ed by George Goodman Of the
Washington Urban league.
Transferred to the NYA, Mr.
MacAlpin finds himself in a differ
ant spot from his former position
as chief senior interviewer for the
Washington Employment center.
But he is being transferred at the
same rate Of pay he enjoys on
his present position with the en-
ployment center.
Growing out of an alleged re-
port that Mr.. MacAlpin was the
cause Of information leaking out
that the civil service was asking
for whites only on jobs which
could be filled just as well by
Negroes, a bitter fight was Waged
after MacAlpin was summarily or
dered to leave his post with the
employment center.
Rallying to his cause, a group
Of civic minded persons and Or
CARNATIONS had him reinstated on
the job, only to find that he was
again dismissed because he had
been connected with a school
which was coaching civil service
applicants seeking government
jobs.
Again the friends came to his
rescue and discussed with Paul
McNutt the unfairness Of the de-
cision. Mr.. McNutt promised to
reconsider his decision, but it was
apparent that Mr. MacAlpin was
not wanted in the employment
center.
1t is stated that last Tuesday
on his return from a trip west
Mr.. MacAlpin found a letter tell
ing him to contact the office Of the
NYA to effect a transfer to tina
unit. Although Mr. MacAlpin i:
a civil service employee, it is F.;
question as to what he will d.
with a temporary organization
which the NYA is supposed t
be.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
FDR SIGNS
RAMSPECk BILL

WASHINGTON, May 1.-The
famous Ramspeck bill, debated so
long in the house and senate, fl
nally received the signature Of
the President last week, thereby
bringing under the civil service
some $4,000 additional employ
ees who had been on the tenn
porary rolls Of the government.
OF this number some two or three
thousand are Negroes.
All Temporary agencies in the
country with the exception Of
the IVA, the WPA and the war
boards are included in this act.
This indicates the permanency of
the positions now held by the
members Of the federal council
and the permanency Of the ad-
Vlsers's positions on these vari-
GUS agencies.
Provisions are being made fol
the classifcations under civil ser
vice of the various functions OF
these jobs and a simple quail
tying examinations will be giver
at an early date to bring then
directly under the civil service.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
ROSENWALD FOUNDATION ami
FELLOWSHIP award Announced

THE award of 81 felloWships to-
falling 100000 was announced
Wednesday by Edwin r. Embree,
president of the Julius RosenWald
fund. The fellows include 40
Negroes and "a white southerners,
selected for their scholarship and
special talent from over 500 APP
plicants. The awards are made
in two categories: To Negroes in
any field and from any part OF
the United States, and to white
SouthernerS who wish to work on
some problem distinctive to the
South, and who expect to make
their careers in that region. The
fellowships average $1,000.
The Julius RosenWald fund has
been granting fellowships for IL
years. Among the many notable
fellows Of earlier years are Marian
Anderson, contralto; Katherine
Durham, dancer; William Grant
Still. composer; Charles S. John
son, social scientics; E. E. Just,
biologist; Aaron Douglas, painter;
Richmond Barthe, and Augusta
Savage, sculptors, w. E. B. Du-
Bots and the late James Weldon
Johnson, writers.
Under the present fellowship
program awards are made once
each year by committee on fell
lowships consisting Of Will w
Alexander, adviser to the Council
on National Defense; Charles S
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
Council Subcommittee Suggests
Remedies For Chicago Housing

Mayor Kelly and the city coun-
Gil are called upon to request
more federal funds and to ask
private realty companies to build
new dwellings and rehabilitate
others for the relief Of the seri-
Gus Southside housing shortage,
in a report turned over to the
council last week by a special sub
committee headed by Aid. Earl
B. DickersOn of the second ward.
A study Of the problem was or
dered because Of the lack Of liv-
ing quarters for Negro residents.
This shortage, which produces
poor health conditions and in
CT eased juvenile delinquency, is
considered a problem affecting the
city as a whole.
The new Ida B. Wells project
into which tenants have been
moving or several weeks, as well
as two other smaller projects
planned by the Chicago Housing
authority twill only slightly re-
lieve the shortage" the report
sets forth. At least 10000 new
units are needed before there will
be a noticeable improvement, 1t
was pointed out. The Wells pro-
iect will care for 1862 families
but this is ''only third" OF the
number previously occupying the
same site.
Because private industry can
not construct and maintain homes
for loW-income groups profitably
and since USHA funds are ex-
hausted, the committee recon-
mends that the mayor and city
council petition congress ITO ap-
propriate sufficient funds that the
government program OF SUM
clearance and low rent housing
and rehabilitation may 60 for
ward"
FILA Could Help
For middle-income families,
those receiving between $1,000
and $1,000 annually, private IN
dustry and the FILA could pro-
ftably build homes, says Alder
man Dickerson's committee. Prl-
vate capital alone should be able
to supply homes for Negroes in
the higher income brackets, the
report says, urging that organized
groups Of realtors be called upon
to make a study of available pro-
perties with a view toward pro-
viding funds for the purchase anc
sale or rent of such premises t.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04

WASHINGTON, May Ian
joint committee consist
ing of Bishop D. H. Sims, Bishop
J. "A. Gregg, and Bishop R. r.
Wright, representing the board Of
trustees of WHEREFORE university,
and the Revs. Charles t. Isom
and Wilbur A. Page, and Atty.
Ray E. Hughes, representing the
board of trustees and the G. N.
and |. department Of Wilberforce,
net at the financial department
Of the A. M. E. church at Wash
ington last Thursday and Friday.
Unified Program
The purpose Of the meeting was
to formulate a unified and coop
erative program for the operation
of the institutional policy of the
university and the G. N. and |. de-
partment. This committee unani-
mously adopted a complete pro-
gram of united action and will
submit the same to their respec-
tive boards for immediate con-
sideration. The adoption Of this
plan by both boards will eliml-
nate all differences as. to acade-
mic procedure and administra-
tive policies affecting both the
university and the c. N. and I
department and will constitute
distinct forward step TOWARD
unity and shared responsibility
in the control and management @
this historic institution.
1t is felt that this will have fal
reaching effect, both for the pres
ent and future good Of WILDER
force. Governor Bricker and thu
iIOhio state department of edu-
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
Seek President
For billiard u.

NEW ORLEANS, May 1-Trus-
tees OF billiard university are re-
ported to be canvassing the field
fer a president for the rapidly
growing institution to succeed for
mer President William Stuart
Nelson who resigned last year.
Among those said to have been
interviewed here during the past
ten days are DR.. Robert G. Weav-
er, OF the Office of Production
Management, Washington, and Dr.
Alphonse Heniningburg, formerly
Of Tuskegee Institute and now of
North Carolina college in Dur
ham.
Advices from friends of DR.
Weaver in Washington say that he
declined the post. Another posi-
bility is Albert w. Dent, super
intendent of Flint Goodridge hos
pital and business manager of
the university who is highly re-
| garded here.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
STOP TROLLEY
TRACKS FROM
BEIN C LAID
Negroes Resent
Ofense

PHILADELPHIA, May IAN
Pan unusual case here last
week saw several Negro families
seeking an injunction to halt a
trolley "spur' from being laid on
enc Of the strictly residential
streets Of West Philadelphia.
The spur would create a ''nui-
sance" the compliments said, as
they sued both the Philadelphia
Transportation company and the
city Of Philadelphia to prevent
them from going futher with the
tracks in the 500 block.
The petitioners included the
Rev. D. w. Henry, pastor, Tind-
ley Temple Methodist church; the
Rev. d. w. Hoggard, pastor, Mt.
Carmel Baptist church; the Rev.
r. o. Napier, AME minister; Mrs.
Isabel Chisholm, Mrs. Pinkey Nc
Caskille, and the Rev. George Ell
lison.
The petitioners were represent
ed by Raymond Pace Alexander,
who told the court that the pro-
perty owners had been given no
to voice their senti-
ments before the work was be-
gun. The Workmen began tear
ing up the street on Monday and
the hearing on the injunction was
heard the following day.
This action is declared one Of
the few in which Negro residents
have gone into court against the
city and a public utility in order
to preserve the standard Of their
neighborhood.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
FBI p ROBE
GOES ON; BODY
found MAR. 28.
Investigation To
Continue

FORT BENNING, Ca, May L
Lieut.. Col. Herbert B. Laux, Fort
Benning provost marshal, stated
Tuesday that the investigation the
military police and the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation are MAX
ing jointly into circumstances sur
rounding the death Of Pvt. Felix
Hall, Co. E, Oath infantry, last
February, has produced no con-
vincing evidence Of murder, al
though it is his personal opinion
that Hall was murdered.
Halls fully clothed body was
found on March % dangling over
a cliff on the reservation, with one
end Of rope around his neck
and the other tied to a sapling near
the top of the gulley. The feet
were bound together with wire
and the hands were loosely tied
TO the body. The gulley was 10
Gated in a little frequented wood
ed area adjacent to that part Of
the post in which the barracks of
the Oath infantry, a colored Or
ganization, are situated.
Discovery Of the body was made
by soldiers of the goth Engineer
regiment while engaged in a COM
bat training exercises. The man
apparently had been dead for sew
eral weeks. as the body was bad
ly decompoSed.
Positive Identification, other
wise impossible, was made after
finger prints had been taken and
checked with FBI records in
Washington. Hall, whose home
had been in Montgomery, was
last seen in his organization on
Feb. II, and was marked absent
without leave the next day.
F. b. I. Investigates
Col. Laux stated that the FBI
has had two Investigators on the
case for sometime, and that one
Of his officer assistants is devot-
ing most Of his time to it.
He said that in his opinion Hall
was alive when his body was sus-
pended over the cliff. The feet
were several inches above normal
ground level. They touched
lightly soil apparently deposited
under them as it dropped from
the side Of the gulley when Hall
struggled to obtain a foothold.
When this dirt was removed
piece Of wire and a small piece Of
rope, similar to those on the body,
were found under it.
A thorough check Of Halls back
ground has failed to reveal any
acquaintance of his or circum-
stances tending to fix response
bility for the death.
Maj. Lloyd r. Fredendall, COM
handing general Of Fort Benning,
has closely followed the progress
Of the long investigation. He
restated Friday his determination
to continue it indefinitely unless
clues now being followed provide
a solution.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04

Johnson of Fisk university; Henry
Allen Moe, secretary Of the John
Simon Guggenheim Memorial
foundation; Raymond R. Patty,
president of Birmingham-South-
err college; Robert G. Weaver, adj
ministrative assistant, Office of
Production Management; Edwin
r. Embree, president Of the Julius
Rosenwald fund, and George M.
REYNOLDS, director for fellowships.
The 1941 fellows will work on
projects in a variety Of fields,
ranging from southern agricul-
ture and South American forests
to study of the Spanish-speak-
ing settlements of DelacroiX Is
land Of Louisiana and the paint
ing of scenes Of the Southwest.
In addition to fellowships in the
academic fields, three awards
were made in art, three in creative
writing and one in music.
Negroes who received fellow
ships are:
CHARLES HENRY ASTON,
New York City: for creative work
IN painting and the graphic arts
Reappointment.
THOMAS HENRY BEMBRY,
head Of the department of chem
istry, Livingstone college, N. c. for
studies in chemistry, at Columbia
university.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
NSzszEssdg- e 1zarzEsM III
Woman Sues
Alec Tenpleton
For $500 0

Mrs. Flossie Richards filed per-
sonal injury suit in superior court
Thursday against Alec Temple
ton, white blind pianist, because
of injuries sustained in an auto
mobile accident while she was a
passenger in his car.
According to the bill, Mrs. Ri
chards was riding as guest in
Templeton's car, driven by his
chauffeur, Albert Birge, when it
collided with a truck on the high
way between Hanna and Hamlet,
Ind, on Nov. IA, 1910. She asks
$4,000 from Templeton and Girls
pens Truck Lines, Inc, for her
injuries.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
Negro Technicians
Optimistic After
Federal Visit

WASHINGTON, d. C.-(ANP)
Following visit to the various
department heads in the govern
mental setup, members Of the Ma
tional Technical association closed
an executive meeting here conf
dent that their visit had impressed
the persons they saw with the
ability Of the Negro group to fur
nish competent scientifically train
ed men for governmental work.
Present at the spring conference
at Howard Sunday were Richard
G. White, architect Of New York
City; John A. Landlord, president
elect of Washington, James c. Ev-
ans, dean of the technical and vo-
cational department Of A and T
college, North Carolina, secretary;
Joseph A. Parsons, Dayton, o..
metallurgist, and chairman Of the
constitution committee. James A.
Dunn, civil engineer, country
bridge engineer Of Dayton, o..
chairman Of the membership com
mittee; ]. Thurston McGill, civil
engineer employed by the city Of
New York, publicity committee:
Howard D. Woodson, structural
engineer, public building authori- !
ty Of FWA, Washington, employ
ment committee; Joseph G. Jen-
kins, civil engineer with Michigan
state highway; Louis A. Billinger,
architect employed as an inspector
in the building inspectors office,
Pittsburgh, Jason F. Craig, struc-
tural craftsman, New York City; |
Donley E. Howard, professor Of
mechanical engineering, Howard
university; Charles S. Duke, civil
engineer, with USHA; Dean Louis
K. Downing, Of the school Of en-
cheering and architecture, How
ard university; Francis E. Crit
fin, Of Washington.
The principal business of the I
meeting was to devise means to
secure greater opportunities for
Negro architects engineers chem /
lists and physicists to participate |
in the national defense program.
400 Members
With Il chapters throughout the
country the association boasts a
membership Of more than 400
members, all trained technical
men.
By means Of QUESTIONABLE the
association is making survey to
determine the full data on avail
able technicians to present the
government should need arise to
utilize their services.
The committee has been re-
quested to provide construction
for defense projects and
other technicians in the federal
Trained and eX-
perienced mechanics are needed
as foremen for shops principally
in the metal trades.
Among the persons were Aubrey
Williams and Mrs. Bethune Of the
NYA, John M. Carmody Of FWA,
William J. Trent, Jr., of the same
and Ebert K. Burley
undersecretary Of the interior de-
partment.