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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-15
ROxbury Rest
Home Removal

The Happy Rest Home, now
located at 273 Walnut Ave-, will
move on or about April % to a
larger, more commodiouS n d
modernized home at 81 How
land St., in the Elm Hill section,
near the new Charles st. Church
The new location is convent
emily close to the Warren st. car
line. The building is steam
heated. The rooms are spacious
and there are more rooms than
at the Walnut Ave. home. There
are front and side piazzas for
open-air comfort andsun baths.
Yards in front and rear have
shade trees, Shrubbery an d
flowers.
Possessing more and better
facilities than the original dwell
ling the Happy Rest Home will
be able to accommodate a larger
number of convalescents and
others who require rest and quiet
amid cheerful surroundings.
Applicants can confidently ex-
pect sympathetic and under
standing service in all instances
that pertain to home comfort.
Mrs. Adrienne Elliott is the
proprietor. The telephone is
GAR. $685..
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worcester st were guests Of MI
Bost's father Edward Bost in
Hudson, N Y last week The
party travelled in the Bost new
Oldsmobile.
The Jolly Us Progressive Clul
hOnoring Mrs. Anna Bobitt
Gardner with an EducatiOna
Program and Victory Buffet al
464 Mass. Ave. Speakers: Mrs
Harriet A. Jones, DIR. A. A. Rob.
erts, Asst. District Atty. G. Bruce
Robinson. VOIcaI selections BY
The Royal Light Quartet with
other talent. Topic: First Sew.
enty Five Years of Freedom"
Miss Helen Worthy of 239
Northampton st spent recent
weekend in Washington, the
guest Of her brother-in-law
and sister. M r and Mrs ] Ar
thur Miles.
The Ladies Aid Club of st
Marks is haing its annual tea
Sunday afternoon April % at
$3.50.
Jonathan Edwards of "a
Harrishof st was called to Sa-
varnah, Ga by the critical ILL
ness of his mother.
The portable x-ray machine
of the Boston tuberculosis As
ISOLATION will be at st Marks
Parish House, Harold James
director of the social center,
on April 26 and at the Cooper
Community Center, Miss Lane,
superintendent and Mrs Mac
Kerrow, Social Service worker,
on April 81. All who wish to
avail themselves of this grand
opportunity will be cordially
welcomed at either place.
Mr. and Mrs Job Burwell Of
Sherman st, Roxbury entertain
ed Mr. and Mrs John H Wilker-
son of West Medford last Sun
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs Herbert Rhone
of West Medford had as their
guests to dinner Sunday even
ing, Mr. and Mrs w Raymond
Brown katherine Rhone) and
daughter Miss Kay L Brown of
Pawtucket, R I. Mrs Clara
Rhone, Mrs Hattie Henderson
and Mr. and Mrs John H Will
kerson.
Spring is just around the cor
ner. Have you planned your
Easter Wardrobe? Now is the
time to provide for the new sea-
sons needs. Besides new cloth
ing you may wish to add to your
house furnishings, replacing old
with new. If then you need
money for any purpose, medical
service, payment of bills oil
whatnot, consult H. B. Budding
Co., ZIG fremont ST., which firm
has a long record of service
Many colOred people are among
the patrons who attest to theil
complete satisfaction.
Bishop w ] Walls was ten
dered a reception wednesday
evening at Mother Zion church
New York City, with Rev A
Clayton Powell, Jr, Judge F T
Rivers and Councilman STAN
ley Isaacs among the speakers
Mrs Carolyn Jones is visiting
her daughter Lois over the
Easter holidays and attended
the exhibit by the National
Academy of Design in New
York with her cousin, Mrs Ed
nah Sannicks of the Bronx.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the annual meeting
of the Women's Evangelist IN
ion of the New England Dis
trict of the AME church, Sun
day, April 16, 1914, at the First
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-15

Of Mr. and Mrs Antonio Mon
teiro of Osterville.
At Great Lakes U S Naval
Training Station recent Massa-
chuSetts graduates the schools
in which they were trained or
their rates are: Frank Silva, ITO
Trenton st, East Boston, ma
chinist'S mate school; Arthur
A Centeio, Mashpee, machin-
lists mate school; August Lopes,
Onset, machinist's mate school;
and Edgar C Douglas, ITO Will
liam st, Springfield, machin-
lists mate Shop, third class.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-15
CITY NEWS
Have You A Ticket for
"NINE GIRLS?

Have You A Ticket for
"NINE GIRLS?
IF not, you're missing
ARISTO'S "Play of t h e
Year..
Directed by Ralf Coleman,
Ne wEngland Mutual Hall,
May 3.
Prize winners at the meet
ing of La Mardi Bridge Club
at the home of Mrs Grace
Moody, Fayerweather st, Cam
bridge were Mrs Frances Tai
bot, LIST; Mrs Cynthia Black
burn, End; Mrs Verna Fisher,
consolation.
Sgt Charles Bost, coming
from Camp Swift, Texas, was
guest last week Of his brother
and SiSter-in-law Mr. and Mrs
Granville Bost of Worcester st..
The ways and means COM
mittee of the Galilean Fisher
men will give a musical tea
tomorrow afternoon at 558
Mass. ave.
Boston friends will be glad to
learn that Miss Ruth Occomy,
graduate nurse, hos returned
to her Providence home from
the Rose Lothrop Hospital,
Fall River, Miss Occomy is the
niece of the late Prof Frederic
P White of Boston.
Make reservations early for
Hilltop. A short season on ac-
count of the war
Miss Martha ] Brown of
Worcester, Mass was il Boston
over the week end, the guest
of Mrs Cora Reid MacKerrow
of Dartmouth st.
The Women's Educational
Union of Shaw House VII hold
the 10th annual Riddles Re-
view Friday evening, April rs.
The Aristo Club will soon
present Mine Girls" a play to
be directed BY Ralf Coleman.
Mr. >and Mrs Granville Bost
and Miss Phyllis Collins Of
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-15
COIOred Soldiers
In Pictures

LOS ANGELES, Calf. - The
premiere of the official War
Department. film depicting the
role of the colored soldier in
the United States from ITO to
1941 was held in the Ambas-
Sador Hotel Theater Thursday.
Among those present were
Brig-Gen Benz o Davis.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-15
$4,000 MATINEE

Something of a record was
established yesterday (TueSday)
when the matinee performance
of Decision" at the Copley
Theatre took in $4,000. This
municificent sum, however,
went directly to the Golfers OF
the Treasury Department in
the form of War Bonds.
Held under the auspices of
the U S Treasury Department
the special matinee was held at
the Copley, admission to which
was granted only to those who
purchased war bonds. The
front row was sold for $4,000
bonds and the rest of the house
was scaled down to the $1875
class. In accordance with a
special campaign of the Treas
ury Department, the greatest
bulk of these bonds were sold
to Grandmothers who bought
the bonds in the names Of
their sons and grandSonS who
are in the armed forces.
Edward. Choate, the produc-
er, Edward Chodorov, the au-
thor, as we'll as the entire cast
and crew of Decision" waived
payment for this performance,
donating their time and energy
to the important task of swell
ing the American war chest. A
special citation is being pre-
pared for them by the Treas
ury Department.
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with time.

Reserve Sunday, April %,
$50 p m, 558 Mass ave, for the
regular monthly meeting of the
Samuel Coleridge- Taylor Must
cal Association. Lillian Viii
liams is to sponsor the program
and we expect something good.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-15

AME church, Warren st at Elm
Hill ave, Roxbury, Mass. The
services will consist of a SYM
postum by the evangelist with
fine music and solos. Rev o w
Childers, pastor. Evangelist
Ruth E Morris, President.
Selling out Sturgis Chemi-
cal Co.'s products: Cosmet-
les, perfumes, deodorants,
insecticides, etc. "a Cabot st,
near Windsor street, E. T.
Smith, Prop.
The Rose Tea Club het at IL
Benton st on April IL, when
Mrs Rose Wright and her
brother, Nelson Courtney cele-
brated their birthdays togeth-
er. The guests included Mrs
Sarah Allen and Mr. Allen,
MesdameS A Ross, Maude
Brown, Hattie Lattan, Mr.
Prince Cooper, Rosalind Kenn,
Mrs Lane, Herbert WinbiSh, Mr.
and Mrs T Stephens. The
guests all had a most enjoy
able time till the wee hours
and a collation. was served
consisting of delicious sand
wiches, nuts, candies, tonic, etc.
The next meeting comes April
II at 5 Arnold st.
Mr. and Mrs Gustave w
White of Cambridge announce
the birth of daughter on
Easter Sunday at the Richard
son House. Mrs White is the
former Frances E Bennett Of
Roxbury.
Selections from HandepS
Messiah were rendered by the
Senior Choir of Columbus ave
ANdE Zion church, Rev A A
Perry, Pastor, on Monday even
ing, April 10. A large and re-
sponsive audience attended. DR.
Walter o Taylor was conductor;
Cora 1ovd Arnold. Organist.
Gladys Purdue, pianist. An
orchestra assisted composed CT
Robert L Gatewood, Quilla
Baptiste, James Hinton, Floyd
Freeman, violiniSts; James
Mackey, bass violiniSt. The So
loistS were: Dovie Porter, So
prano; Gladys Pierce, Central
to; Irving Ridley, tenor; Ernest
G OBanyoun, bass.
A public installation Of the
Patrick E Toy Post and Ladies
Auxiliary 95S, VF'W will be held
Tuesday evening, April 25 at 8
o'clock in Butler Hall, 1895
fremont st. Commander Elect
Robert M Taylor; President
Elect, Alice Jackson.
The Night HawkS-Why were
the following boys rambling
through the park Thursday,
April 6: Doc Cheatem, Bill
Marshall, George Flood, Nal
Middleton, Buster Gibson,
Shorty Byars, Freddie Andrews,
Donald SnipeS? BY Nat, the
Night Hawk.
Rooney Davis of Bowdoin st,
Dorchester returned this week
from a visit to relatives in
North arolina. In New York he
visited his daughter Miss ely
ME Davis who is employed
there as a chemist.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-15

We hear that Grace Shell
burne is very low at the Boston
City Hospital. Our sympathy
goes out to her husband and
family, and we pray for her
restoration to them. 1t seems
that death is invading the
ranks of the musicians to an
exceptionally large extent, but
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-15

Dorothy MaynOr sang on "The
Pause That RefresheS" air pro-
gram Sunday afternoon over
CHS. The brilliant soprano re-
turned to New York fer the
broadcast after a coast too coast
concert tour of rs cities.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-15
MUSIC TOPICS
By ERNEST o'BANYoUN

49,
In view of past perform
anceS given by DR.. Taylor, I
can't say that the performance
Monday night was the best;
but it certainly held its own
with the best. Doyie Porter re-
vealed a voice full of vitality,
and had no difficulty with the
tricky numbers of Handel
Gladys Pierce sang with a
heart-reaching pathoS well
adated to her part. Irving Rid
ley sang easily and interpreted
his narrative parts nicely. The
bass singer did his best. The
instrumental accompaniment
was a feature of the produc-
ton, and the choir rose to its
usual heights. All in all it was
a fine performance, and well
appreciated by a large audi
ence.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-15
WANTED

Man and woman or married
couple to help operate Poultry
Farm on the Cape. For summer
or all year round. No experience
required, Apply G. BOST. 154
Worcester st.
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we hope he will pause and
turn back before crossing the
threshold of any more ZONES.
The postponed recital of Ina
Rapier, soprano, and William
H Richardson, baritone, is
scheduled for Tuesday evening,
May 2, in Jordan Hal, and
should provide an enjoyable
evening for those who attend.
Catherine Van Buren,, So
prano, was presented by the
Shaw University faculty in
concert last night at the Uni
verSity. Miss Van Buren, is
member of the music faculty
at Fisk.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-15

Sarah Mckenzie sang a Sc
lection at a mid-week service
of st. Marks church last week,
and caused a sensation among
the audience by the sweet
tones of her contralto, which
seems to be growing better
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01
Ted Allen Tops.
Again Writing
New Insurance

Ted Allen, 800 Iglehart, st. Paul,
agent for North American Life and
Casualty Co., was one of the agents
awarded a Thanksgiving turkey by
the president of the company, H. P.
Skoglund. Mr.. Allen played promi-
nently in a recent drive in which
the agents collectively wrote over
$1,056,962 in new insurance. He
wrote $2O,1S6 which was 1877 per
cent Of his quota.
Mr.. Allen, who for 8 years has
represented the North American
company, is three-star member %
the Black Cat club, said to be the
most exclusive accident and health
organization in the world. The
Allen agency also represents othel
top grade companies in fire, burg
larry, public liability and Othel
forms of insurance.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01
FILA Gets TalOns Into
Vets Home Loans
By Harry McAlpin

WASHINGTON, D, C. (NNPA).
The hooked talons of the Federal
Housing Administration, with all
it's regulations encouraging extern
sion of restrictive covenants, and
refusal of loans in so-called border
line neighborhoods, have been dug
into home loans to veterans provid-
ed under the CT Bill of Rights.
This fact, according to observers
here, makes the prospects for re-
turning Negro veterans very dark.
The FILA announced last week
that field offices are now accept
ing applications from banks and
lending institutions for home loans
to veterans which will supplement
the $4,000 limit insured under the
CT Bill of Rights by the Veterans
Administration.
In extending this additional serv-
ice, the FILA, however, is placing
itself in position to determine
whether any loan will be made. Ac-
cording to FILA Commissioner
Abner H. Ferguson, FILA insurance
of a home loan makes less likely
"a mistake in the nature of bad
buying or over-buying" on the part
of the veteran.
Sinister implications are seen in
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01
Varied Racial
Groups Participate
In Panel Sunday

working Toward World Fellow
ship" is the topic of a panel dis
cussion being presented by The
Youth Fellowship Group of Pilgrim
Baptist Church, Grotto and West
Central Ave-, Sunday, December
9rd, at 600 p. m.
Participants in this panel are
students at Manchester College and
are members of various races,
namely, Clifton Ching, British
Guiana. Tokiko Inouye, a japanese
American, from California. Alfred
Remlochando, an East Indian Brit
ish Guiana. Reginald Girdbarry
also from the British Guiana, anG
Miss Iris Brown, Negro and mem
Der of the Pilgrim Baptist Youth
Fellowship Group which is sponsor.
ing this, their first public appear,
ance.
The group was organized Nov.
and are cooperating with the
church in Interesting Senior High
School and First Year College stu
dents. Miss Leatrice Dodd is presi-
dent. Miss Elmercia Baines, secre-
tary, Miss Evelyn Kelly is Youth
Adviser.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01

I again.
CharIene Noble and Hinsley Hill
were out Sunday. Saw Betty Anne
Carmichael too.
La Vera Smith is just too cute
talking about her hubby, Eddie
Robbins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Jones and
Mrs. Donald Marshall had Mr.. Rob
ert Marshall and your cOlumnist
for dinner Sunday. Lii Michael
Marshall is just too cute.
IT'S said that the T. C. o. P.
workers riding with Allie E. Will
son had quite party Wednesday
on their way to work when Bernice
Morris supplied steaming hot ham
burgers-and Bernie is an expert
on hamburger-and Helen Phillips
supplied the soft drinks.
Frances Kirk and Charles Brad
ley were the dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. James Kirk, ST., Sunday
afternoon.
There are a lot of good shows in
town now. Be sure and go see
them!
Mrs. Lee Thompson of Berkeley,
Calf, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Cora Moore of st. Paul.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01

Ferguson's statement that "the
veteran should have all the protec-
ton that can be given" In its
ordinary activities, protection" in
the view of FILA is protection of
white home buyers from "encroach-
ment by Negroes" This is borne
out by statements in the FILA I'm
derwriting Manual as follows:
protection from ADVERSE IN
FLUENCES which includes pre-
vention of lower class occupancy
and inharmonious racial groups"
eff a neighborhood is to retain
stability, it is necessary that prop
critics shall continue to be occupied
by the same social and racial
classes"
prohibition of the occupancy of
properties except by the race for
which they are intended"
mo person of any race other
than the shall use or occupy
any building or any lot except that
this covenant shall not prevent oc-
cupancy by domestic servants of a
different race domiciled with an
owner or tenant"
Mr.. Ferguson, in discussing fur
Their the loans to veterans, said,
"The Federal Housing Administra-
ton with it's sound system of I'M
biased appraisal is going to do its
part"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01

Plattsvale, Miss, stopped in Chi
cago. He is visiting his brother-in-
law and sister, DR.. and Mrs. P. w.
Hill, and other relatives at Platts-
vale. On his return trip he will
visit in St. Louis and Kansas City,
Mo. Mr.. Morris expects to arrive
in the city Friday, Dec. 1.
Willie (''Little Willie") Robinson,
251 Rondo Ave.. has been confined
to his home for the past three
weeks with a cold. He is reported
to be improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Johnson, 1872
Edmund St., returned this week
from Des Moines, Ia, where they
spent Thanksgiving week end.
Party: Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Neal, 531 St. Anthony Ave-, en-
tertained rs guests Thursday, Nov
%. The guests of honor were Earl
Neal, a Chicago attorney and his
son, Earl Langdon Neal, Mrs. Lulu
Thomas, Washington, and Mrs. Lee
Thompson, Berkeley, Calf, and
Mrs. Edith Gray, Omaha, Nebraska
The ladies were presented corsages
by Mrs. Neal. Mr.. Neal and his
son returned to their home Sun
day, Nov. &c. Other courtesies
extended Mr.. Neal and his son
and Mrs. Gray were dinner at
Mr.. and. Mrs. Bruce Lucas's, Min
neapolis. Before going to the
Lucas's they stopped for cocktails
at Mrs. James Murray's. Saturday
afternoon, Nov. "a, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Brown and Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Anderson entertained at
a cocktail party. Saturday night
Mr.. Neal was guest of honor at a
stag given at the Thomas Neal
home. Members of the Alpha Kappa
Alpha Fraternity were the other
guests.
The Grand Slam club met on
Saturday, Nov. rs, at the Sterling
Club. First prize was won by Mr..
]. Black, second by Mr.. o. C. Driz-
zle and third by ]. W. Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen C. Beck, 994
Iglehart, entertained at five O'Clock
dinner Sunday, Nov. 26. Guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Allen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Butcher, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Petticord, Misses
Carolyn Dickson and Omar Fawcett
and Mrs. Dorothy Edwards.
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=" This is it,"
I1MARY LEWIS

1t. AL Burgess was home for the
Thanksgiving holidays. He is look
ing very sharp as usual. He has
been mentioning in Washington,
D. c., and New York.
Donald Charleston is home on a
furlOugh visiting his family.
Seaman Stanley Mcconnell is
here on a leave. He plans to take
his mother and father back to New
York with him.
Puzzy Wallace was home for the
weekend. Poor boy, he says he is
starving-yet he's gaining weight.
Do you understand that?
Deepest sympathy to Mr.. Louis
Mason and family in the sudden
death of Mrs. Blanche Mason. But
of one so dear "she isn't dead, she's
just away"
The sailors had a smoker
Thanksgiving day. Some of the
many attending were Beulah
Baines, Viva Jean Vaughn, Villa
Booker, Joyce PettifOrd, Ernestine
Danforth, Harriet Thompson,
Lauretta Lassley, Lucille Majors
and Wanda Wallace.
Sgt. Jimmy "Bell" Lawson is
somewhere in the South Pacific.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Ward and
Cpl. and Mrs. Carol Day were
cabareting Saturday night.
Barbara Mallory and Bill Carroll
were doing the town Sunday.
Thanksgiving night the town
really jumped. Everyone was out
and were they ever having a good
time? Saw Louise Hughes, Ernes-
tine DanfOrth, Lillian SchOfield,
GwendOlyn Crenshaw, Grace Ma
son, Harriet Thompson, Margaret
Campbell, Katheryn Harper, Lorna
Hughes, Evelyn Miller, Grover In
gram, Clyde Johnson, Puzzy Wal
lace, Moses Brown, Robert Johnson,
Donald Charleston and many
others.
Evelyn Miller, Margie Lewis,
Puzzy Wallace, Al Burgess, Donald
Charleston and yours truly were in
a party at the Boulevard Wednes-
day.
Saw Doug Moses the other day.
Haven't seen him around for long
time.
Why do some people talk and
NEEDLE in other peoples business
when they are doing the same
thing?
Dick Mann and Bill Small are
really two regular guys.
Elizabeth Roberts is up and out
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Ethiopia Wants Britain
To Get Out; i. S. State
Department: No Comment

end of the year. In reply, the Brit
.sh Government informed His Ma
jesty that the natives of the rich
Ogaden and Harar provinces did
not want him as Emperor any more
but desired to pay allegiance to a
more powerful monarch, King
George vi of England.
Discouraged, but never surren-
dering, the Lion of Judah pressed
the point. He was told that the
British had no intention of leaving.
Parts of Harar and Ogaden prov
inces, it became clear, were to be
annexed by nearby British Somali-
land.
"At this point, the Emperor,
greatly disillusioned, addressed his
appeal to the State Department.
Distressed State Department off
Gals have been sitting on the lid,
trying to keep the matter quiet,
though making polite representa-
tons to the British Foreign Office
that it should respect the rights OIL
little nations.
"NOTE-There are only two in
dependent countries in Africa
both, incidentally, Christian. Lii
IBERIA, founded by American slaves,
is under American protection.
ETHIOPIA, now under British protec-
ton, has appealed to the United
States several times in the past.
when the British wanted to
build dam on Lake Tana to con-
troll the headwaters of the Blue
Nile, the Philippians countered by
arranging a deal with the J. G..
White Corporation of New York,
figuring they would build the dam
without any political strings at
tached. The British hit the ceiling.
But Henry L. Stimson, then Secre-
tary of State, stood behind the
Ethiopian-American contract, sent
various U. S. experts to Adds
Ababa to advise and assist the En-
peror. Halle Selassie showed his
appreciation by sending his person
al Bible as a present to the Ma
tional Cathedral"