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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-11-27
THE GUARDIAN
Matt Equal Rights League Sends
Letter To Senate Asking Hearing
On Anti-POII Tax Bill HR7

The National Equal Rights
League, as . body. takes firm
stand and urges everybody, re-
CARELESS OF race. creed or color,
to send letters 70 the Senators
/. requesting passage Of the bill.
This of1ee IS ready to assist n
writing letters 70 break down
the hlhbustsr threat 20 XII the
BILL
Just week ago, after = q
week delay, the Senate Judici-
ary Committee finally voted. z
10 8, for hearings on the bill.
Even after Z 2 rs approval by
the COMMITTEES, Senator OMa-
honey Of wyoming insisted Or
. third vote on his bill for a
Constitutional. amendment 70
outlaw The poll tax.
TINE TO ACT
As majority leader, however,
Senator Barley mas the power
70 cal the Dill up to- Senate
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NEW YORK SECTION

hearing and. Il he desires. Il
keep il On the floor til Deem
Der, Iez4-if the southern bloc
chooses 70 harzngue and alli-
buster that long. Organized
supporters Of the Dill are nov
urging d food Of letters 70 sen
ators demanding:
That the bill 4 r 7 % call
ed to the floor;
That It be kept on the foor
until il is passed;
That senator's make no
deals with fllibusters:
That the fIlibusters bs
made 70 talk Is hours z day:
That senators vote for clo-
turs-the rule limiting each
speaker 70 one hours talk.
Those requiring aid IN writ
ing letters call a. the once Of
The NATIONAL "a Al
RIGHTS LEAGUE 1895 It'll Ave-
nue., \. 7. c.
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lifting meetings are. However,
TIE speaker Of the program
spoke with al es-nest1ess 70
those present. An issue vas
raised concerning coIored people
in TIE Armed Forces and to the
number Of Colored Nurses en-
ployed in the Army. Alma Yes
sells, Registered Nurse, rapres-
enting the Joint Committee Of
Nurses Against Discrimination
in the Armed Forces. delivered
2 helpful talk and gave figures
on the number Of ready-trained
nurses in New YORK. IN her
statement she says, There are
1900 CoIored Trained nurses
and only $50 employed in our
own Army. Care is taken that
they are placed where only col
o-ed troops are stationed. Thev
are segregated from the Navy.
Coast Guard and Air Corps.
The National Equal Rights
League feels that We are al
Americans, regardless Of race.
color or creed and should be
permitted to serve our courtrv
without racial differences. We 20
on record as contracting certain
government officials and asking
that more Of our professional
people be employed.
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NEW YORK - WRITE The
BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE WAR
SERVICE! -. That's ny So
gan for the duration.
Last week : wrote z letter %
ny young nspheE-A Sgt Ban
ius Eedr.ck. 367s3886, Co. .
1910 Engineers Regiment. Camp
Clsi6ou-ns, La lhome IS Chi
cage: pre-medicaI z. WILDER
force University age q: baritone
singer II college quartet and
football player Girls write TO
him f you are worthy.
This week IN writing this
letter 70 z sweet Itt,e lady
whom I net in z visit a. Fort
De7e1s, Massachusetts last sum
ner. she is Captain Able Noel
Campbell, OF the WAC'S and
halls from TuSkeegee, Alabama,
Just received letter from her:
Due 70 Company work 7 have
neglected 70 write you before
nov III may De here for some
time my work IS getting
along swell, 10 complaints
We are getting many more girls
-. The more the nerrie-. Ny
family IS fine. I an planning
70 see them Xmas. Write me
when you can and : promise &C
write mere often IN ter
ri6Ie busy with ny work with
CUncls SAM and haven't KEEP.
up with ny correspondence
Sincerely,
Capt. a. y. Campbell, e
WAC, Bet. No. ? Sta. Hospital,
Camp Forrest Tennessee
Say Fellows. One thing. WAC'l
are not supposed 70 get married
while IN the service. 7 think
this dame has natrimo-y CT
the wing, but take : tip from
ne. she's not married yet. Shes
z diminutive olive broEuskiE
dansel who doesn't claim 70 *
pretty; but n a uniform shes
Z killer -diIler, and knows JUS
how 70 wear il ... Capt. A Noe
Campbell, commander Of he,
regiment o. Colued WACFs, il
4 grad q FISK Q. ard has hslc
her 100 with distinction. hzvin:
graduated from the first WAC
Training Center a. Des Moineg
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COSMOPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH

NEW YORK, y. Y-The Cos
nopoltan Baptist Church post
polsd its Conservation Services
due 20 the Illness OF It's pastor,
Rev G. c. Williams. VINO Is con-
Talssclng from an attack on
November Z.
Rev. Williams vas asked Il ne
had anything 70 say concerning
his speedy recovery. He said.
! thank God for his mercy; ny
physician for his skill, nv
church and friends Tor their
prayers 4 an feeIrg nice
y noT-'
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Give Dinner To
Judge HASTE

NEW YORK. y. "a testi-
rlo1isl dinner n honoE Of Judge
William 4 HASTE Dean Of Law
School I 0 Z Z : { University.
Washington, D C.. former Civ
Han Aide 20 the Secretary Of
War and sponsored ~ Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority vas held
a. The Grand Street BOYS Club
Saturday evening. November 20.
Presiding vas Mrs.. Aloucita J.
Food, president; Guest Speak
ers Included Dr.. Claiming I.
Tobias, YMCA. official: Ms
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Sarah Pelham Speaks. Counsel
lor a. Law: Arthur 3. Spingarn;
President. SA-ACP. Mrs. Ham
Greetings: Ms. Lathe Ham
machandra, President. Tau On
ega Chapter; Judge Jonah :.
Goldstsin. President. Grand ST.
Boys Association. Music vas 6y
Miss K Ward. soprano. Le7itcus
Lyons. baritone. Miss Z. Wise.
soprano and Miss s. OIden. ri
anist.
City Councilman Adam Clay
ton Powell. introduced the guest
Of honor, Honorable william 4.
HASTE.
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RELIGIOUS BULLETIN

MANHATTAN
Christ Community M. E. Church
SIS West I2sth Street Rev J. y. Davis Minister
Paradise Baptist Church
25s West Street Rev a. W Stanley Minisd
st. John A. M E. Church
3o1 West 1z5th Street Rev c. NJ Washington Minister
Shiloh Baptist Church
z2z6 Seventh Avenue Rev. E. ". Wainwright hinsPl
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church
46s West 18th Street Rev. G c. Williams Minister
Eternal Baptist Church
424 Leuox Avenue Rev J. $ Clark Mnsta
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L IS hoped our friends EiII
understand the postponmeut
and D. present Sunday after
noon, November q, 1913. The
guest speaker Eill be Rev. ". ".
Carter. President Of the General
Baptist Association and Pastor
Of Trinity Baptist Church. ".
y. King Solomon Grand Lodge,
AT L An. Of the jurisdiction
OF New YORK, Jesse ". Williams.
N ". Grand Master and many
other distinguished guests, as
vel as visitors and friends. Al
are welcome 2. Cosmopolitan.
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HighIighfs Of The
NAACP Meeting

NEW YORK, y. Y-The Cam
paign Meeting Of the NAA.CP.
against jim Crow, held Al the
Golden Gate Ballroom On Sun
day, November %. 1913, vas
poorly attended as most race ID
Evening star., 1943-02-12
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb ia l2-year-old
orphan was handed 500 War bond
and $40 in cash here yesterday by
fellow passengers on train bringing
her and her mothers body East from
Tucson, Ariz.
The story of Kathleen Sawyer's
bereavement became known when
her train stopped in Kansas City.
A committee of service men formed
by Yeoman Don Spire of the Coast
Guard. former Associated Press
employe from Harrisburg, Pa,
bought her a $100 War bond at the
station booth and stuffed $40 change
in her little purse. The committee
collected the money aboard the train
after discovering a verse she was
writing was in memory of her
mother, who died in Tucson after
an operation.
Kathleen, red-headed and freckled,
said her father died before she was
born and that she was going to live
with an uncle at Vassar, Mich.
Kathleen was scribbling busily
aboard the train when some service
men asked her what she was writing.
TITS a poem about my mother
she passed away" she told them.
Yeoman Spire and his friends read
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Baltimore Transit Co.
Defies NLRb Order
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 12.-The Bal
timore Transit Co. today had given
notice that 1t would refuse to COM
ply with a National Labor Relations
Board order that an independent
union of its employees be disestab-
nshed.
The NLRB's ruling, upholding the
findings Of an NLRB trial examiner,
found that the company had en-
gagged in unfair labor practices and
that, because the company trans
ported workers to and from plants
engaged in interstate commerce, the
company came under NLRB juris-
diction.
Philip B. Perlman. transit COM
pany attorney, announced yesterday
that the utility concern would not
comply with the order and said no
further action was contemplated by
the company.
Evening star., 1943-02-12

Grafton said yesterday In reporttng
that IL States had increases IN u.
cember collections and six rgport6d
decreases. December collections for
10 States were $S,232 900, an over.
all 2 per cent rise above December.
lS4l. collections for the same States.
The largest increase. SIS per cent,
was reported by Utah. while collec-
tions went up about IS per cent In
Arkansas and Kansas, and more
than 10 per cent in Arizona, Ken
lucky. Mississippi, Alabama, South
Carolina. Tennessee and Oklahoma.
Most Of these States, the fedora
ton said, have numerous Army
camps and many new war industries.
Other States reporting small In
creases included Ohio, Nassachu.
setts and New Hampshire.
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Chain Store Employees
Ruled Under Pay Law
Packing and BottIine
Personnel Affected

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1.-THE
Circuit Court Of Appeals ruled
unanimously yesterday that the
5000 employees in the warehouses
packing plants, bottling establish
ments and processing departments
of the American Stores Co. are en-
titled TO benefits of the Federal
wage and hour law.
The decision does not apply, how
ever, to the thousands of clerks In
the companys 1900 retail stores
scattered over Pennsylvania, New
Jersey. Delaware, New York, Mary
land and the District of Columbia
Nor does it apply to employees OF
some of the concerns bakeries
whose products do not cross State
lines.
The decision, written by Judge
Herbert F. Goodrich and concurrec
in by Judges John Biggs, jr., and
Evening star., 1943-02-12

Albert B. Maris, rejected the COM
panys contention that none Of It's
employees came within provisions Of
the Federal law because the store
chain was essentially retail es-
tablishment."
Judge Goodrich wrote that II the
company's Interpretation OF the
phrase retail establishment" was
upheld. "any manufacturer, no mat =
ter how large. would bring himself
within t,,- exemption through es-
tablishment Of his own retail out
lets for sale to intrastate customers" !"
The decision noted that the COM
pany's retail store sales for 1899
amounted to $770l4,652.
Evening star., 1943-02-12
P. Wirephoto

1t and were so impressed they de-
cided to do something In her be
half.
She wrote another verse to thank
her benefactors before she arrived
today at her uncle's farm. Hel
mothers funeral services are to be
held tomorrow.
This is the first verse she com.
posed on the train: -
MY mother was 50 very nice,
She heard me say my prayer
And when I woke she helped me
dress
And helped pe brush my hair.
At noon when I came home
from school,
She met me at the door.
Then when I had finished lunch
She let me sweep the floor.
The other day she passed away,
And now I'm on the train
To Michigan, my Michigan
To go and to remain"
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Household Argument
Brings Death 10 7
California Plumber Killed
After Shooting Policemen

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12-An
argument between a man and his
divorced wife broadened into a fiery
episode Of violent gunplay after
police officers responded yesterday.
When the shooting was over, two
men lay dead on the floor of the
small home.
Police Inspectors David Brady and
John Hunt said Patrolman Timothy
Ryan was first to answer police
radio car call which followed an
argument at the home of Glen L.
Warner, plumber. and that Patrol
man Ryan was shot through the
heart by Warner on stepping inside
the door.
The inspectors said they arrived
at the house shortly after1ard in
response to the same call and shot
it out with Warner, killing him. A
bullet from Warmers rifle tore the
pocket of Omcer Bradys coat
The divorced wife, Mrs. Mabel
Evening star., 1943-02-12

Lees. SO, told officers that grief over
reports that one OF their two sailor
sons was missing in a naval action
had launched Warner on a week.
long drinking spree.
Divorced from Warner IS years
ago, she said she rejoined him, a
month ago. She said he drank
heavily, and when she tried to hide
his liquor today he threatened to
XIII her. She then called police.
Officer Ryan, &c. was shot as he
paused to reload his pistol.
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Mrs. Houdini Dies
On Train En- Route
To New York Home
Famed Moeicion's Widow
Recently Revealed Doubts
About Spirit World
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12.-Mrs.
Beatrice Houdini, SO, has passed into
Che realm from which she waited 10
years in vain for a spirit message
from her husband, the famous Harry
Houdini.
Death came last night aboard a
train at Needles, Calf, few hours
after she left here for her New York
home.
Mrs. Houdini, in an interview
February from her bed in a rest
home, disclosed that she had grown
to doubt Immortality and that she
long ago gave up hope of communi-
cation after death.
whoever says they have COM
n1unicated with my spirit after my
death will be lying" she declared
Il will not come back, even If I
have the power"
Ill Several Months.
Mrs. Houdin1, i'll several months
from a heart ailment and too weak
to walk, was carried aboard the
train on a stretcher yesterday. Her
compartment had been fitted with
an oxygen tank and mask to help
sustain her during the Journey. She
weighed but n pounds. Her sister.
Mrs Marie Hinson of Washington
Heights, N. Y, accompanied her.
Mrs. Houdini, when II. married
the locksmith who was to become
famous magician and, in later life.
one who devoted much effort toward
discrediting fraudulent seers and
clairvoyants. He died in 1926, after
making a pact with his wife to at
tempt to reach her from the spirit
world.
For 10 years she held seances on
the anniversary of his death and
always kept light burning over his
picture in her home. The final
seance was held in 1896, after which
she abandoned all effort to COM
municate with him.
Kept Husbands Secrets.
Shortly after her husbands death
Mrs. Houdini issued a signed state
ment in which she said she and
James Collins, Mr.. Houdini's assist
ant and technical adviser for 20
years, were the only ones in possess
sion of all the magician's secrets.
Evening star., 1943-02-12

She said they would carry the Sc
crets to their graves in accordance
with his wishes.
In 1927 she went on the stage in
an act in which she froze an Indian
into a cake of ice in q tank, q DEM
onstration similar to some Mr.. Hou-
DIM had presented.
The following year she announced
that she believed she had had a
spirit communication from Mr..
Houdini's mother, who died in 1918.
On November %, 1926, she an
nounced that her husband, the
Great Houdini," had three compacts
by which he planned to try to send
messages from the spirit world. The
message. she said, was quotation
of 10 words known only to her, Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, the writer and
spiritualist, and an unknown man
in Philadelphia. whose name is to
be kept secret"
Blow Killed Husband.
Mr.. Houdini had died the preced-
ing october 80. According to George
Coxey. an agent for the New York
Life Insurance Co., who investi-
gated his death before the company
paid his widow an indemnity of
$25,000, he died as the result of a
blow delivered by McGill Univer-
sity student in Montreal after Mr..
Houdini asked him, to strike him
hard to prove his excellent physical
condition.
In the ensuing years Mrs Houdini
received hundreds of messages from
spiritualist mediums and others in
all parts Of the country, but she said
not one contained the key words
that would identify it as Mr.. Hou-
dlni's.
Offered $4,000 for Contact.
She offered SIC, 900 to any one who
would establish spirit contact. One
of the most widely-publicized fail
ures occurred April n, 1928, in the
Offices of Science and Invention, q
publication which had offered q
prize of $4,000 for any prenomenor
that could not be duplicated or ex-
piained by natural, scientific means
The self styled medium who failed
to give her the secret message or
that occasion was Nino Pecoraro,
Bronx portrait painter.
Mr.. Houdinis brother, Theodore
Harden, tried to communicate with
Mr.. HoudiI through a medium ir
1896. He pronounced the results
entertaining" but unsuccessful.
Contact Alleged.
r. G. Pressing, editor Of thu
Psychic Observer of Lily Dale, N
Y, has maintained that Mrs. Hou'
DIM did receive message from hel
husband after his death.
He said the message was received
in 1929 In New York through me
dium, Arthur Ford A Photographic
reproduction of e. statement ovel
the name OF Beatrice Houdini" car
ried In the August rs, 1898. issue O
the Psychic Observer read as fol
lows:
New York City.
January 9. 1929.
Regardless OF any statement
made to the contrary, wish Il
declare that the message, in it
entirety, and in the agreed upor
sequence. given to me by Arthu
Ford. is the correct message pre-
arranged between Mr.. Houdini ant
myself"
The statement bore the names O
the following persons as witnesses
Harry r. Zander, Minnie Cheste
and John w. Stafford.
Evening star., 1943-02-12
tobacco Taxes Found
Good Revenue Producers
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-Tobacco tax
laws are attracting attention of 1943
legislatures In their search for re-
placement revenues, the Federation
Of Tax Administrators said In re-
porting that levies from the sale Of
cigarettes are making q good record
as money producers In wartime.
Cigarette taxes in the 28 States
levying them vary with the amount
Of war activity In the State, the fed
Evening star., 1943-02-12
Food Distributors
To Discuss Rotionino

The mechanics of the processed
foods rationing program which be-
gins March l will be discussed by
the members of the Independent
Food Distributors of the District
Tuesday at BIS pm. at the Jewish
Community Center.
c. K. Osterman, food rationine
official of the Office of Price Ad-
mlnistration, will lead the discus
sions. Charles Jansson, head of the
Trade Relations Department OF
OPA, and Aaron Levin, executive
secretary Of the distributors, also
will speak.
Evening star., 1943-02-12

The bund has gone, but the bond
Is here. Buy 1t now for victory.
Evening star., 1943-02-12

Don't lose hope til you've tried
. Star Want Adj Ma. 5000.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-27

Bv SUSAN r. ANTHONY II
Editors Note: This Is the last
installment Of Susan r. Anthorys
article on the Equal Rights
Amendment)
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-27
The Housekeeper
By HELEN MAYS


Women agree that good hashed
brown potatoes are welcome at all
times. and during these times when
We will be living without q can
opener. their popularity will in
crease. For the housewife who
wants to try this dish for her next
meal, here's how we do il:
3 T flour
"a c milk
} C finely diced or chopped baked
potatoes
salt
u pepper
T fat R.8
!. to IL chopped onion
Blend together flour and milk
and add 10 cold potatoes. Add salt
and peppcy Heat fat in a heavy
skillet: add onion and cook about
Ave minutes or until soft but no,
Drowned. Add onions TO potato mix
ture. Turn i: into skillet. adding
more fat as necessary: press down
hrmly with spstula. shaping il
into round cake. Add more fat
IL necessary. Cover and cook over
low heat aoou, 20 minutes or until
crisp and Drowned on the bottom.
Turn 10 brown on the other side.
Makes four 10 six servings.
Potatoes like other root vegetables
ar most heslthful cooked in their
skins and served Immediately How
ever. variety in serving is important
IN wartime
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COMMENTS By lean

JUST GOT IN from New York Jessye ngon
studying hard at the National YWCAUSO school
only negro girl in class OF twelve Alabama
ana other points South Out selection
'eye ehose Ekon Nd where she will the USoYwCA director
SAW GRACE AND GRACE OUTLAW Of the Red cros, a,
tne Hotel Theresa They still waiting for orders embark
for points
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OPA Answers
Questions On
Dry Beans, Etc.
No Certificate Needed
To Buy Seed Beans

Rationing officials recently re-
leased the following questions and
answers on the rationing OF dry
peas. beans. and lentils:
/. Q-Are dry beans. peas. and
lentils rationed under the processed
foods program?
Ayes, il they are to be used for
human feeding. Sales for, livestock
feed are not under the processed
foods rationing program.
2 Q.-If I want TO buy dry beans,
peas, or lentils for seed. do I have
to give up either point stamps or
ration certificate?
A-No You do not give up points
IL these products are bought ex-
clusively for seed purposes. An
earlier provision requiring the sur
render OF ration certificates or
stamps to get such vegetables used
Tor seed was eliminated These prod
ucts bought for seed are now ex-
empt from ra;ioning This exemp.
ton was made in order % give
farmers and victory gardeners an
opportunity 10 do their planting
without so much as a days delay:
and also as means OF relieving
strain on the local boards. which
are working overtime on other ra-
tioning problems
GIN a grocer and have q
supply OF dry beans that are suitable
for both eating and planting. Can
| sell beans for use as seed from
my bulk supply without collecting
ration stamps which, OF course, I am
required to collect when selling the
same beans for use as food?
A.-You may sell the beans as
seed IL the sack from which they
are taken IS plainly labeled as seed
Beans for seeding ere no, ra,ioned
Beans for feeding are rationed.
T. Q-How should the packages
or sacks be labeled from which
sales OF dry beans, peas. and leniils
Tor seed use are made,
A.-They mus, be labeled 10 con.
form with any applicable federal
or state seed law and in accordance
Nth standards stated IN HE federal
law. II is not OPA's function 10
prescribe the method Of labelling.
5 OF ,l'sell dry beans. peas.
and lentils as seed and do not co...
lect stamps from customers, how
VIII replenish my supplies later?
A.-You are in the same position
the customer Is in. He doesn't need
10 Givs uD points 70 set the dry
beans. peas, and lentils from you
and you don't need to give up points
to buy them from your supplier. 80
long as you are buying them as seed
and not for sale as food.
s. OIL have already applied TO
my local board for a ration GER
tihca;c 10 buy dry beans for seed
What can the local boards do with
my application?
A.~The local boards will no
longer be required TO act on such
application and may now destroy
them.