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The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25
Concert Artist
And Husband To
Broadway Eoon
Both Like Stage
Better Than Work
Before Cameras
Rv PETER DANA

NEW YORK-(SNS)-Jack Carr
and Ruby Ely GNrs. Jack CARR,
who have heep doing bit of all
right for themselves out Holly
wood way, are back in New York
for a revival of Georgo Gcrshwin's
"Porgy and Bess." which after an
opening at Maplewood. New Jersey
this week is slated for Broadway
within the next month.
No one was more pleased over
Jack and Miss Elzv's return than
Eva Jessye from whose choir they
are graduates and who is choral
director for the Gershwin opus. It
was warm reunion for these
three in their rooms at the Hotel
Theresa early last week, since Carr
and Miss Ely had not worked
with the noted choral conductor
for over three years. having gone
to Hollywood to stay in 1898.
BACK TO FIRST LOVE
For the tell, swarthy, handsome
Jack and his charming wife COM
ing back to the New York stage il
like returning to their first love.
Jack will BE- remembered. among
ether things, for his sterling per-
formance as the native doctor in
Guthrie McClintic's production Of
"YelloT Jack" and in Hall john
sons "Dun Lib Chillun"; while
Miss Ely will be recalled for her
relies in "Brown Sugar" in the
original production of "Porgy and
Bess''. Her singing of my Mans
Gone" in the part of 'Serena' was
one of the high points of the
Gershwin opera, and promises to
score heavily in the current re-
vival.
Speaking of their HOLLYWOOD ex-
periences, Carr and Miss Ely say
things have mot turned out badly
for. them. not ,.at ALL On 4going to
the movie capital int1938..$a they
were not, sure they would stay.s Bit
Jack got on well with his acting
and Miss Ely with her concerts
and occasional parts lin . pictures
Carl''S outstanding role was ,&.tlle
dual one in "One Hour To Live"
IN which e played the Senegalese
boxer a d lis twin brother.
TURNED DOWN C~-"r
Outstanding also was his part IL.
"Safari," which starred Douglass
Fairbanks. Jr. Miss Ely has JUST
completed her best roles nspictures
to date anpearing as "RocHester's"
wife in tho soon to be released
Firth Of the Blues", starring Bing
Crosby. Before. coming ato New
York, Miss ;, Ely was being con-
sidered @for@a a role in, ,RKO's <'sSyn-
ropation";; since her, arrival. the
role,2 was saffeGesas oiat a NeNs. York
con commitments Illit 2 ls prevented j sRy ac-
eep'lne S lat' # -. A +. ~ y, j,
& The. Cars &ares now 7 permanent
leside1tss y tofss CsIfeEnia,# having
'boRlghtsa holies aficiE a. small ranch
j1otgfar from. ollywood!%;. Tf5eY were
dinner guests this week: of Miss
Helen Dowdy,s. member. of the
""Porgy and &Pess" .ScaSt and famed
for her role of the Strawberry
Woman in the soriginal produc-
ton and which. she resumes in the
revival. s.
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IolN2URGEs J
EMPLOYMENT

Y DETROIT, Mich Delegates to
the sixth national convention of
the Federation of Engineers, Archi-
:tects,. Chemists and Technicians,
meeting here this week at the Fort
Shelby Hotel, . urged 4 the employ
mente of Negro >technicians and EN-
gineers in defense. Industries, and
the abolition of Jim crow laws
from American life as "the only
way of defeating Hitlerism and
maintaining democracy I in the
United States" r
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Hattie sends cigarettes instead OF
flowers 49,. Sorry there's not space
to repeat all the wires in full, out
among them were congratulatory
messages from Hattie Mcdaniel, Ar
thur Ray, George Mosby, Albert
Williams, Mary Ann Below, Maceo
Sheffield, Jed Buell., Rose Bair'.
paugh, and others, besides a lot OF
telephone messages. Most unique
of all was the tribute of my old
friend Hattie Mcdaniel, OF whom
both races are proud as our first
Academy award winner.
Eta Moten Returns to Coast go.
On Monday, October 20, a packed
auditorium at 9Th and ToWne
Church welcomed back to the CLAM
orous song-bird Eta Moten, who
appeared in recital there. Every one
of the boys and girls who danced
while she sang the Carioca in
Flying Down to Rio" should have
been in the front ranks OF the
throngs who listened to the voicA
that since has been heard in many
countries of South America, where
the Carioca was born. Fer it was
her part in it that glorified.the Ne
gro sequence, making it the best
musical out of Hollywood in that
cycle. 49,. -.
Sidney P. Jones sailed on the
Matson line streamer S.; S. Monte
rey for Honolulu from which. as a
central point, he will tour other
islands and all points of interest
in Hawaii, during vacation of
over a month"; Besides credentials
from the local national offices of
Associated Negro Press as .corres-
pondent, he has. letters to Honolulu
city officials, to Mrs. Porter, mother
of Thelma now settled there with
her husband, Duke Upshaw, /, to
Ted Shaw, we'll known Los Angeles
ball player, now warehouse manager
of the telephone company and 9th
er Honolulu citizens. F..
Work. Picks up in the: Movies -,
AS if by an act of Providence to, at
least assure ! many members. @of
SeEeens Act9Ess ssgglsilds's tiae> 5 81 5O*aue
foTs thex xrfeNt qlIarter' s. fee C alls 5fprEE
colored5 players ins current 1pictures.
picked sups corasid derably9 lasts !. week.
;BesiGess sthe ia ttIlos phere$ssplsyers ernf,
spldyeda by + ,Centrali Castillg5 bureau,
through Charles Butler, ,snuinber
of featured players -Weres also :: at
work :. through, their agents or !, by
personal contact. :. ~, - = !,
\. In Lady for; a Might" - at Re-
public, Leigh Whipper, who cata-.
:pulated Ito fame in. the stage, and
screen" version. of <"Of :. Mice and
Men, scoring RECENTLY again in
Bahama Bassage," has AN. excel
.lent%featured> role > ~. :
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of them represent two of the most
popular trends in American music
through Mr.. .Handy'sE Blues and
Mr.! .Robeson's singing of the folk
songs of all nations"
Mr.. CUlney who is arranging the
festival, is himself a well known
poet and musician, who is best rep
resented in his popular "blues"
poems. His latest work appears in
the best-seller album of records en-
titled, Southern Exposure" written
in collaboration with Josh White,
guitarist. Both Josh White and
Quincy will also appear on Novern-
ber 18th, the second day of the
National Conference of Negro
Youth, when some two thousand
young people from the 48 states
are expected in Washington.
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, October is the month when
4 YOU find folks in hectic Harlem
giving each other the 'gO-by'.a as
they pass in. the night. The au-
tumn chilli take it, stills ones
tongue 1t is the Harvest
Moon month when my column X
ing is all the rillera and the
hut-Sut! >,: Z.
SOME OF THE TYPE THAT THE
BOYS ARE PUTIN DOWN:
Lucky Mil1inder was recently high
ly honored by Hon. j. Finley Wilson,
Grand Exalted Ruler of EMS. Mea-
Stro Millinder was made Honorable
BandmaSter of the State OF New
York 49,. Cute little Edith Bedil,
formerly of Albany, New York, has
artist Romare Bearden singing,
"You and I" 49,. Comic laugh
provoker Pigmeat Markham is
touring the burlesk wheel 49,. Tap
dancer Bill .(Bojangles) Robinson
and the ace of bandleaders, Jim
mie Lunceford are now doing bang
up biz on a theatre tour -. The
Joseph. Qnternal Revenue) I Yam
ceyssailticipate ia blessed: event. j,
Mrs. Melvins Proctor 's@ entertained
friends greeealtlyJ : the!, Riverdales
New ysY ok 5sOrnh hah8ge Stos celebrate
her Srscent;t appoihtaientf Aasts1T: a,
-men1ber7 7aof Stf1e<s Board 1of Trustees
Negro sports writer's dos nots get
workiifg5 press tickets that areefree
from taxa ton. There .are So many
taxes 1, levied J on : the. decatss that
you can't sit; down and. enjoy the
bouts without yelping,. "Ouch!" In
cidently, sthef signing u. of y Sugar,
Cane": Ray Robinson to- meet: Red
Cochrane in a$10-round !. non-title'
bout was a cry to the. stencil; that
went. with. boxing when Harry Wills
tried to get a,match, with the Man.
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assa Mauler Jack Dempsey Tiny
Bradshaw'S appearance at the Apol-
10. is awaited by Harlemites who
are anxious to lend their eyes IN
ears to blues (swinger) Lii Green,
the bands vocalist who vowed em
on a recent tour of 1-nighterSr. =.
What disgusts me-. most is to hear
Negro say that he never reads
Negro newspapers. 1t is the most
enlightening way to support Negro
business know of non-other enter
prise as mighty as the Negro Press.
Ida James, featured vocalist with
Erskine Hawkins Orchestra was
born in Providence, Rhode Island,
and not Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
as one columnist recently put it. :.
:. One thing White Americans
should learn to love Negro Ameri-
cans if they expect them to fight
for America that is, as we have
been taught to believe, as white
as one of the colors of Old Glory
... Cecil (Babe), Cooke, former
Nation. A A. u. and I. GA
quarter. mile. king, sis stop, ranking
salesman in the ! New sYork, areaffoN
|. .(A)s sbeer 3concern 49, Fats 5.Waalerj
andfh large Nietor recording Orr
,cf1estra "a ssensation &thisE4Week . at
I.RKosf tEfipire sin ! ESyracuse;t;Iss New
:York@: q < ssa ,FH',:,:' -: I. &; 8; q
p Most Sought after ;schorine .sis% tall
.beautaneoqs Emily fSantoz ~. .9Adel-
aide Marshall lis one Of this: towns
sweetest. lovelys: If, you. don't think
so ask Maurice (Chicago Defen-
der Dancer a. - Marian Anderson
sings in Memphis gon October %
And, I think that is about the incest
thing that.l could happen . on my
birthday Gosh !! Just;to. i'm Mem
phis: In good. OIL Memphis. Tennes-
see.
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book, Native Son." the play stars
Canada Lee and has been perform
I'd before packed houses in various
parts of the country.
The Importance of the play being
staged at Good Shepherd Com
munity center was pointed out as
kindred to the center's task to pre-
vent children of the community
from becoming Bigger Thomases. "
When lie Chicago recently, Rich
ard Wright stated at the center
two weeks while gathering materi-
al for a new book.
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HONOR ZION BISHOP

CHICAGO-(ANP)-=Bishop and
Mrs. John w. Martins and 7Presid-'
ing Elder and Mrs. .Silas Sanluels
We're. the guests. at an ,apprecia-
;t'on ! reception4:heId 3here Thurs
day / night. at : the. Chicago North!
e1nS District Club houSe'' Leaders in
the community and church were
present at the affair which was
sponsored by the conference work
ers of the Chicago district.
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If the above quotation from poetic masterpiece not
the sentiments of the thousands of readers of this va
able paper assured it the thoughts and wei
come home of the members of the Screen Actors guild
Thev missed it last week. when from lack of time Yours
Truly was unable chop out and many of them have
informed ME they looked for it in vain.
You see not only fellow actor have jumped through
movie Jungle or strutted "Harlem highways with them
in 118 pictures during the past 16 but or Koym
keeps them posted what's coming up; who's WORKING
where the title of the last picture worked Ill., SO tey
will know what to watch for; and lot of other
owdown they can't find in Variety, and other of Holly
woods N0rdc featured sheets.
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Plan t:Natiue Son" For
Good Shepherd Church

CHICAGO, LAMP Plans to
sponsor a benefit performance of
Native Son" at Good Shepherd
Community Center, Monday, No
vember 10, has been announced by
Horace r. Clayton, director of the
center.
Il have contacted Lester Smith,
advance representative of the show,
and November 10 has been agreed
upon as the tentative date" Clay
ton said. This is the locale of the
play and performance of it here
should be ideal"
Taken from Richard Wright's
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BY : FRANK !. MARHALL DAVIS
For AMP
PICKING TIE ELEPHANTS

-Four past masters of the art of
picking the elephants teeth are
heard in: a Victor album entitled
',f4ot-' Pianos. Tuens sand artist are
ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE
STREET and MY MELANCHOLY
BABY, Earl Hines; RING DEM
BELLS and CAROLINA SHOUT,
Fats Waller; SOLITUDE and
DEAR OLD SOUTHLAND, Duke
Ellington, and SEATTLE HUNCH
and FREAKISH, Jelly Roll Morton.
Ali OF these solos weer waxed this
year except Mortons pair, pressed
III 1929.
All Of these masters are strik-
irgly different from each other
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RATING THE RECORDS

The only thing they have in coru-
mon is ability to get music from
the moth box. Hines work is, as
usual, daringly inventive Waller
pounds piano to pieces with ac-
cent on rhythm; the Duke reveals
a polish and modernity that has
been too little heard, while the
late Jelly Roll shows his kinshir
with ragtime and thet hoky-tonk
plus original ideas 1 think that il
there are any honors they go to
tie Fatha, but the collection is so
good that all eight sides merit
warm applause.
SINGLED OUT
The Department of Commerce re-
ports 'thata current sales. of bicycles
are believed to be in excess of
those of the Gay Nineties."
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25
The Column That's Harlem

OCTOBER: Here the month when golden leaves fly III
the breeze from the squirrels gifts of nuts from
passersby away that is come This IS
asy colored Jackets the ~
miady sentlens Honourg hat
gloves spa take the place of looseng cloF
bareheads
In October you hits pedestrians at the knees
where maescay stands the tall
towering hosteyfacng Hars
most beautiful stree This month in particular Inc
inviting tension conferences Study recon
strcon efforts every discomfort imaginable
October month coats minks and sabies
the conversation Decidedly
life, swing art indoor sports picket hne
police gridiron lines grab the headlines It's the "e
dance dates find all in the
groove
ancies get prominent space IN the news
papers nowsince colunnts their caustc man
gongs-on town. and nearly everyone you
clubs venture to say
that of this month New York correspondent
wi thirty and six.
shopping centers will be aphenty You can see
m pencil otng in their code
when Christmas rolls round
York there kinds of people, people who but o
difference and accent might belong Detroit or At
Cleveandor perhaps Chicago some
far distant Middle Atlantic South Central
city dvelers In october these people hit the high spots
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MOTHER OF MAYOR PASSES

MOUND : BAYOU, Miss.-(ANP)
Mrs. Eva P. Green. Francis pass :
ed away Saturday evening after
an extended: illness. She. was !, the
mother of b. a. Green, mayor of
THIS all ll-Negro@town. She was one
off the,. first fsettlers s.of $>this vcom-
.mur1ity, y Having I Gomez here. with
sher< husband ttheslatesBa t. Green,
sonef of 1.-THE. founders u M of stheS town.
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Adaptable Laxative
is Popular!

LaXatives, ike people, are quite
different. Some are quick, some
are strong, some are gentle. Pop
ular ones among them must have
something of all three qualities,
and be adaptable to individual
needs.
Adaptable BLACK-DRAUGHT
has been popular with four gen.
erations of Americans. This spicy,
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aromatic powder may be taken
dry followed by water. or made
into tea. Either way, it is easy
to take, and you regulate the
strength to suit your needs.
And either way, you get the
full benefit of "tonic-laxative"
herb in BLACK-DRAUGHT that
helps to tone lazy intestinal
muscles.
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body of inStrumentalists invikes
monotony expent the ascending
tone of the final chord. of the
pieces, thereby raising doubt that
they will ever succeed in developing
a permanent taste for that sort of
entertainment. Nevertheless, the
sincerity of the effort, particularly
that OF Cassie Schilling, manager
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25
URGES STUDENTS TO
DEVELOP CAPACITIES

JEFFERSON. City, Mo. Father
John LaFarge, IS j.. of : New York
City, ; nationality known4 Catholic
leader, 4 urged ]. Lincoln { University
stddents : to f-"develop = the = Infinite
capacities lying dormant" in them,
in all address delivered in Page Au-
ditorium.
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KILLER EXECUTED :

TUCKER pRISONEeFA Ark
(ANP)-The execution of John
k1Edrew Washington 33, went i off
at dawn: Saturday. Eight minutes
after he had been strapped: to-, the
electric chair, he was pronounced
dead Washington ! was sentenced
to death for5 the mttrder, CT Mrs
Raymond Rongey, white 17-year-
clds housewife. - ~ q. a.
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and sponsor, is too great not to
provide a general hearing for the
organization since its work far sur
passes in quality that generally
heard in community concerts.
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NEWS OF
7 I'll IIEAT' T RES
OuizzicaIe To
Return To Air

lis highly successful radio program Cab Caoways Quizz
GALE recently in order to fulfill mdwestern theatre tour
contracted prior the advent of the broadcast series
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25

Income payments to individuals
are estimated by the Department
of Commerce at 80 billion dollars
for this year.
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Jack Carr And Ruby
ElzyBackFro,1eF
Capital To ':Porgy"
] !!
sEINlESI R5II :yys %
HOLLYWOOD Calf
The Prodigal Son has come back home
The OF KClyum week did roam

Pour some brew and let's highbalIs quail!
Heieh Ho, let's kill the ''fatted caf!'
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Makers Of Aluminium
Utensils 10 Get Test
Orders for Defense
o. P. M. to Take Up
Possibilities With
Plane Manufacturers

BS the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 16.-The alum
mum ware industry is serving as q
test guinea pig" in the effort to
turn the resources of non-defense
industries into defense production,
it was indicated today by representa-
tives of the ONCE Of Production
Management.
o. P. M. officials told a group of
aluminium ware makers last night
they would consult Immediately with
production executives of the air.
craft industry as to what contribu-
ton the makers Of pots and pans,
now unable to get aluminium, could
make to the aircraft parts needs of
the plane manufacturers.
When production men have un-
tangled the knots of tooling, re-
training of personnel and use OF
equipment, the aircraft industry will
be asked to let subcontracts de-
Scribed as educational" to permit
ware makers to shift their resources
to defense production.
Third of Industries Affected.
o. P. M. spokeSmen said that as
much as one-third of the domestic
durable goods industries in the
United States will be affected event.
ually by the force of the defense
program, either in the tightening of
materials sources, shortages of skilled
Workmen or in other ways.
Due to the aluminium needs of the
defense program, the makers of
domestic utensils were among the
first of the non-defense manufac-
turers to be affected, they explained,
but on the other hand are in a posi-
ton to utilize their knowledge of
aluminium processing in defense pro-
duction.
Manufacturers Of aluminium ware
numbering about two dozen, have
employed at peak production about
$4,000 workers, nearly half of them
in Ohio and most of the others in
wisconsin. Approximately half of
the total have been laid off as the
plants shut down or restricted op-
erationS.
WOrkmen Drift Away.
The ware manufacturers said they
needed defense orders as soon as
possible in order to continue or
resume operations> and maintain
the status of their organizations.
They declared their workmen were
drifting into other lines of work.
1t was pointed out that very little
of the present machinery for pro-
ducing utensils could be used in
making such items as were tenta-
lively discussed-wing flaps, tanks,
doors and bomb bays, pilot seats and
small parts.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Minute Planetary NebuIa
Found by u. 5. Scientist
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PASADENA, Calf, Aug. 16.-Dr.
Paul w Merrill said today he had
discovered a minute planetary neb-
ula, a globe of gas which gets its
light from star in its center, in
the constellation of Lacerta.
The nebula is speeding $4,000
miles an hour in the general direc-
ton of the earth the Mount Wilson
astronomer said, but at an undeter-
mined angle which might take it
millions of miles away, if it should
pass 1t is so distant its light re-
quires 10000 years to reach the
earth.
Only few more than 100 plan
etary nebulae have been found in
all the sky
William c. Miller. using the 10
inch telescope at Mount Wilson,
noted an object with an unusual
spectrum and DR.. Merrill made a
detailed inVestiga ton with the so
and 100 inch reflectors, discovering
1t to be a planetary nebula.
1t is so small. DR.. Merrill said,
that even in these telescopes it
looked like star.
The nebula would have to be 100
times brighter to be visible to the
naked eve.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Party in Philippines
Reaffirms Stand
For independence
Convention Keynote,
However, Is Loyalty
70 America
ny the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press,
MANILA Aug. l6.-The Nacional-
&ta party emphatically re-affirmed
It's stand for Philippine independence
In 1916. in the platform adopted at
the national convention today.
But in preliminaries which were
expected to lead to the unanimous
nomination of President Manuel
Quezon to head again the party's
ticket in the November elections, the
keynote was loyalty to America and
to democratic principles.
Noting that economic readjuSt-
ment had been set back by war con-
ditions, the platform proposed that
provisions of the independence act
be invoked permitting conferences
for the revision of economic pro-
visions of the act, so that prefer
rental trade with America be al
lowed to continue after independ-
(tThe Philippines is scheduled
to gain independence in 1916 in
accordance with the Tydings-Mc-
Duffie Act adopted by Congress-
I'VE declare unflinChingly the de-
termination of the Filipino people to
attain independence on the date set
by act" the platform stated I'VE
countenance no move to alter or
postpone it"
(Senator Austin, Republican. of
Vermont suggested recently that
indefinite poStponement of Philip
pine independence would be "ad-
vantageouS to us and to the is
lands" in view of the interna-
tional situationD
While President Quezon's nomina-
ton. and that of his Vice President,
Sergio Osmeno, was expected, the
President has said repeatedly he
would not be a candidate for NOM
ination, but would run again if the
people demanded his reelection.
Mr.. Quezon was expected to ad-
dress the convention Tuesday, his
SD birthday anniversary.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
New York Woman Denies
Charge Of Tipping Soviet
Ry the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Aug. 16. - Nancy
Reed. suspended New York State
Labor Department employe. denied
yesterday the charge of Dies Com
mittee investigator that she was a
Communist tipSter.
Her statement. released by Daniel
Allen OF the New York district of
the State. County and Municipal
Workers of America &C. I. o., was: :
Spy charges are preposterous lies
typical of the Dies Committees anti
labor tactics. 1t is clear to any one
who knows me I did not avoid a
subpoena. My lawyers notified
Washington that was under doc
tors care and requested a two weeks S
postponement."
The investigator, Stephen w. Bir-
ningham, declared at a committee
hearing in Washington Tuesday that
he had indisputable information that
Miss Reed, prior to the outbreak of
war between Russia and Germany,
gave Russia information on the
movement of conveys to Britain.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Viscose Workers
To Get Pay Increase
Nv the Associa led Press.

Sy Jne hSSOCldJeu fTeSS.
FRONT ROYAL, Va, Aug. 16.-
Eleven hundred employees of the
American Viscose Corp. plant herc
will receive wage increases Augu'
"a of 2, and cents an hour o
various kinds of operations, A. F
Woodard, representative of the Tex
tile Workers Union of America
c. T. o., announced yesterday.
Other increases will become ef-
fective February l, 1912, bringing
the wage rate in the plant here
more nearly to the level prevailing
in the six other plants of the cor
poration, the announcement said
Wage increases were negotiated
Tuesday in Offices Of the corporation
at Wilmington, Del, and the loca,
union ratified the increases.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
War Drives U. S. Trade
From KoIgon, China

Severance of trade relations be-
tween Outer Mongolia and North
China and the devastating move
ments Of armies have driven out the
American merchants from the once
f1ourishing colony at Kalgan, chief
city of Meng Chang.