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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07

pccted 10 be John Sengstacke. pub
Usher Of the Chicago Defender.
which last week openly declared
itself for Roosevelt's reelection
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
NAACP In Fall
Meeting Oct. %
At Big Church

First fall meeting of the Detroit
Branch NAACP will be held at
Ebenezer AME church, Willis and
Brush streets. Sunday. Oct. %, DR..
James ]. McClendon. president, an
nounced.
The entire membership will be
notified through press and other an
nouncements. The reports of the
executive secretary, and Miss Ro-
berta Mcclure. NAACP Fellow in
Intercultural Education, will be
heard. An outstanding speaker will
complete the program.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Defender Scribe

BIRMINGHAM. Ala.-Mrs. NJ. c..
Mccall entertained az her home
Sunday evening for Venice Tip'on
Spragg. Of Washington. D. c. VINO
stopped ever enroute from Tuske-
gee where she had a special assign
ment for he Chicago Defender Mrs.
Mccall and her mother, Mrs. Carrie
Ozan, served cocktails and a dainty
luncheon
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Organizes Group
To Aid Roosevelt

WASHINGTON, d. C.-(NNPA)-
A National Independent Committee
for Roosevelt and Truman is being
organized from Washington with
Leon Henderson. former administra-
tor OF the Office of Price Admins
tration. as its chairman. II will have
from 30 10 so members. four or five
OF whom will be Negroes.
One of the Negro members is ex-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
northern HIGH
SCENE OF MEET
At 3 O'CLOCK

Malcolm Ross. chairman OF the
Presidents Committee on Fair EN-
ployment Practice makes his first
public appearance in Detroit Sun
day. Oct, 8. He will speak at Nor
them high school at o'clock at a
huge public meeting sponsored by
the Metropolitan Detroit Council on
Fair Employment Practice.
Speaking on the same program
will be the Rev. Father Raymond
S. Clancy, director OF social action
OF the Archdiocese of Detroit: John
L. Lovett, general manager of the
Michigan Manufacturers Associa-
H--A
ton, and Victor Reuther. director
OF War Policy Division, UAW-CIO
Professor Edward w. Mcfarland.
Chairman of the Council and eco
nomist at Wayne University. will
act as chairman. Musical numbers
will be provided by selected artists
from the Marvin Dupre Singers.
Long Experience
MdlCOitll nOsS, IGdu VI EI -, IDS
had long experience in waging the
battles OF the people. as he would
refer TO his own job. Despite many
devastating attacks upon FEPC.
Mike as his associates call him,
has stood his ground: At no point
has he shown a tendency 10 waver
in the thankleSS job which many
less courageous men would long
ago have resigned.
Last year. for example. when
FEPC ordered the Southern Rail-
roads 10 cease discrimination, a
storm broke. False charges and mis-
statements were hurled at FEPC.
Its head was personally mall gned
He was charged with trying TO wipe
out discrimination oVernl ghi, But
Ross had a ready answer Said he:
Racial prejudice is not the issue
White Southern engineers have for
90 years had decent working rela-
tionshlps with Negro firemen Uti-
lizinC men at their top skills where
they are badly needed is a war
problem OF the first order We may
not be able to wipe GU dScrlmina-
ton over night" sad Chairman
Ross, but where war manpower
needs are at stake we can and shall
try"
New Jersey-borr. he sold bonds
on Wall Street. The future was
promising as il was for most
Yale men who had wealthy con-
nections But Ross found pursuit
OF money sitting and unsa;isfying.
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Music
Notes
Starlight Event
Lists Novelty
For Quartet

The Stuyvesant String Quartet
will make its Washington debut next
Wednesday night, when four young
American musicians will present the
seventh concert of C. c. Cappel's
starlight chamber music series in
Meridian Hill Park. Though new to
Washington, this quartet has to its
credit an imposing record of achieve
ment, notably its many recordings OF
contemporary music and its first
performance of Shostakovich's now
popular piano quintet and its hall
hundred performances of this work
and the same composers well-known
string quartet.
The feature of the program for
Wednesday night will be a first time
in-Washington performance of Paul
Creston's only, string quartet. Cres-
ton is rapidly coming to the fore as
an outstanding American composer.
His orchestral works are being per-
formed by major symphony orches-
tras. Frontiers" was presented by
the Boston Symphony Orchestra
and his saxophone concerto was per-
formed by the New York Philhar-
monic Orchestra this past season.
The members of the Stuyvesant
Quartet are: Sylvan Shulman. first
violin; Leo Kahn, second violin
Ralph Hersh, viola. and Alan Shul-
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With the Bridge Players
By Frank b. Lord

done 30, but It Is not likely that he
would have led low from It twice.
The tie for the championship Of
the Capital City Chess Club was
broken at the last meeting Of the
club by the victory won by Ray
Garrett and accordingly he has
been awarded the much-coveted
plaque. When the regular season
ended Mr.. Garrett and Arthur Lane
had won an equal number OF games
and several weeks elapsed before
either was able to gain an advan-
tage.
The Washington Bridge League
will start Its usual summer pair
games next Wednesday night at
the Shoreham and they viii be
continued every other week. The
league is now working on q plan
whereby in the season games which
start in September and continue
until next April there will be special
awards to the winners Of the great
est number of aggregate points. The
competitors will be in two classes,
those holding 10 or more master
points and those having less than
that number. as of September l..
The character of the prizes has
not been determined but it is likely
that they will be In War Savings
Stamps. 1t is probable that there
will be 16 games played in the
contest and there may be an eligi-
bility requirement making 1t neces-
says to play at least IL games during
the season.
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Sinfonietta PLAYS
Three New Works

Three works will be given first
performances in Washington to-
night when the National Gallery
Sinfonietta, under Richard Bales,
conductor, will play "A Dance Ov-
erture," by Burrill Phillips of Ne
braska, "Nocturne," by Walter Mou-
rant of Chicago, and "Scherzo," j"
from "Sinfonietta No. l." by George
F. Mckay, associate professor of
music at the University of Wash
ington. The former two American
composers are graduates of both
Eastman and Juilliard Schools of
Music. The concert will take place
In the east garden court, pm.
The remainder of the program
will consist of Purcells "A Trum-
pet Voluntary two Bachs cho-
rails, "Jesu, Joy of Mans Desir-
ing and "All Glory Be to God on
High" Mozart's symphony No. Al
in C Major entitled the Jupiter"
tKochel, 55l>. Ries' Perpetual Mo-
ton" and Strauss "A Thousand
and One Nights"
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Quintet Featured

The Army Air Forces Band will
feature its comedy-musician quin-
tet, Five Kernels of Korn,' when
it plays Wednesday, $3.50 pm. at
Sylvan Theater, on the Washing
ton Monument Grounds. This is
part of summer series of pro-
grams under auspices of Volunteer
Camp Shows, a cooperative enter
prise of the District of Columbia
Recreation Department and Recrea-
ton Services, Inc.
Members of the "Five Kernels
all were associated with name
bands as civilians, the leader, Sergt
Rantsch, having played with Glenn
Miller, the others with Dick Sta
bile, Les Brown, Tommy Dorsey and
Sonny Dunham.
Capt. George S. Howard conducts
the Air Forces Band in classical
arrangements of popular hits and
popular arrangements of classical
numbers. There is no admission
charge for these performances, g
Community War Fund Service.
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Soprano Gives Recital

Marga Zillia. dramatic soprano,
will be presented in a song recital at
the Phillips gallery this afternoon at
SPIN. She will be assisted by Fran
CHS Garzia at the piano. Miss I'll.
has program will consist of three
arias: Mon Occur souvre a ia
Voix," from Saint Saens' Samson
ct Dalila";; "Casta Diva" from Bill
lini's Norma" and "Ritorno VIM
citor," from Verdi's Aida" She
will also include one of her own
songs, Poem and Melody" pre-
sented in her final group, together
with Harden Church's II Heard
a Lady Sigh" and Dorothy God
frey's The Full Sea-" Others are
Liszt's "Enfant. 81 j'etais Roi" and
oh Quand ie DORIS" Grieg's TAX
for Dit Raad" and Sibelius' Was It
. Dream7"
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In the more protected sections of
the city these dates may be ex-
tended as much as two weeks.
Sweet cherries and peaches
should be protected from the
brown rot" by spraying with a
mixture of sulphur and lime. The
University of Maryland recon-
mends III tablespoonfuls of lead
arsenate, 3 of finely ground lime
and 3 of wettable sulphur. The lead
arsenate should be omitted as the
fruit nears maturity. During the
present heat wave the sulphur may
cause some burning of the leaves,
but this need not cause worry unless
large portion of them show injury.
Spraying in the late evening pro-
duces less burning. Spraying at
two to three week intervals is suf-
ficient. This same program is also
recommended for apples. Jap beetles
will avoid trees and fruit that have
been sprayed.
If the lawn looks badly moth
eaten" it may be the drought, but
more than likely it Is due to too
close cutting and to beetle grub In
jury. Treating the lawn with lead
|arsenate IL pound per 1000 square
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feet is one method Of killing the
gruhs that feed on the grass roots
for the major portion of the year.
The use Of the milky disease" cul-
ture is another, and perhaps even
better method.
Fairpeake, new strawberry va
riety from the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, appears
very promising for home garden
use. 1t is reported resistant to the
leaf spot and leaf scorch diseases,
and is late-maturing variety. It
is doubtful If plants will be avail
able for planting next spring.
Soon now onions should be har-
vested, that is, those grown from
sets or plants. (Those planted from
seed this year should be allowed to
continue growing until the tops fall
and start to dry At this time the
roots will be found dried up, and If
the bulbs are not taken up, new
roots will start to form and the
bulbs will not keep. When pulled
from the ground the bulbs should be
put on screen or lattice or sus-
pended in shady place until the
tops have dried. The tops should
then be cut OF fairly close to the
bulb and the bulbs put back on the
trays to dry further. If they do not
have sufficient ventilation in drying
they are very liable to rot, so do not
pile them thickly on the screen and
do not set the screen right on the
floor or table nor put them in a
place the least bit damp.
\
Washington summers are hardly
conducive to vigorous garden work,
however. visit to one OF the local
community Victory gardens will soon
convince anyone that good cult
vation pays. Those gardens which
have not been well and carefully
cultivated are lacking in healthy
color and are stunted and unpro-
ductive. Adjacent, well cultivated
plots are thrifty looking and pro-
ductive. Some may call it a case
of the green thumb" but honest
sweat Is more often the right
answer.
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.ictoryGarden
Office News
J. Morton Franklin, supervisor,

D. MOTION FRANKLIN, supervisor
'ays:
We have received many in
quiries about the saving of seed
by the home gardener. Reliable
information regarding the seed
situation indicates that there
will be sufi1cient amount OF
seed again in the coming season,
and, therefore, there is no real
reason for saving seeds fror1
your own plants. 1t shoulG be
remembered that there are sew
eral seed-borne diseases which
would very probably be spread
by the saving of seeds where the
gardener does not realize that
the plants have a disease of this
type. Another point to be con-
sidered is that such seeds as
beans. peas and sweet corn are
subject to the setack of various
insects unless they are thoroughly
disinfected and protected. FL
nally. almost all seeds purchased
this year for the gardens will
germinate reliably next year If
they are stored in a cool dry To-
cation but not allowed to freeze.
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Henry
Continued From Page C-5.)

drop in on them when I had a good
excuse. A few days before the COM
mand of the regiment had been
given to a colonel who was an old
friend of Africa and Sicily and this
seemed good excuse to call on the
old division. I arrived at a bad
time. 1t was rough going-incredi-
bly, rough going-down there in the
swampy forest.
The situation was so critical that
at that very moment the regiments
cooks and clerks were being hastily
organized into a rifle company to
hold one weak part of the line
where there was danger OF a Ger
man break through. The enemy
mortars were "zeroed" on the regi-
ment. Two battalions had been iso-
lated and 1t appeared as if two COM
panies. essentially 500 men, had been
annihilated. The other two COM
panies had been gathered up with
the remnants of the other battalion
and were putting up a desperate
fight.
The Germans were making coun-
terattack after counterattack. Grip
ping steel fingers had been pushed
through in several directions. There
was no news of the lost companies.
Any of the men left alive and out
Of German hands had only one way
Of escape. across 4 miles Of salt
marsh. where they must wade and
swim shoulder deep in oozy mud and
cold water under enemy observation
from the hilltop and swept by ma
chine-gun fire.
The only chances Of concealment
were occasional patches OF swamp
grass. Up to that time eight men
had come through. They were dazed
and semidelirious. They said their
outfits had been cut to pieces. They
knew nothing OF the fate Of their
comrades. Finding themselves alone,
they had started as individuals on
the only road back. They knew
several who started with them had
been killed in the marshes.
Among those who got back after
being cut off was the battalion COM
mander. 1t. Col. Paul Kilday Of
San Antonio. I found him sitting
on log the next morning. He had
passed nearly 100 hours without
sleep. His clothes and stubble beard
were mud-caked.
During that night and the next
day remnants of two battalions
reconstructed into one, the third
battalion which was able to join up
with them, and the hastily organized
rife company, held firm against re-
peated counterattacks. but they were
forced back from the lower slopes of
the hill. 1t was obvious that the
success Of any efforts to storm the
hill from this direction probably
would fail. At the best it would be
extremely costly But the enemy
attention was directed toward the
east.
Another regiment, slipping around
to- the west. the next day ascended
and captured the nose" of Mont
Castro. This was . westerly extern
sion which was almost, although not
quite, the highest point Of the hill.
The ascent was almost without op-
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man, cello. The latter. though
young in years, has already received
recognition as a composer. His
works have been performed by the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the
NBC Orchestra and other major
organizations. All the members of
the quartet have established repu-
tations as soloists as we'll as ensem-
BILE players. Ralph Hersh will be
we'll remembered for his connection
with the National Symphony Or
chestra and performances of cham
Der music here few years ago.
Besides the Creston premiere. the
Stuyvesant Quartet will play Men
delssohn's "E Minor Quartet" and
Dohnanyi's ID Flat Major Quartet"
Evening star., 1944-07-30

1ereo winter injury. Generally
speaking. they are hardy in this
area. Although . mulch Is recon-
mended for them, they do best when
not given too much protection.
The blue spirea normally reaches
height OF from to 4 feet with
a spread as great or greater than
its height. Given a sunny situation
in a well-drained soil, it will thrive
and bloom profusely at a season of
the year when blue flowers are not
plentiful.
This shrub does best when planted
in the early spring. Established
plants should be pruned to the soil
in the early spring. The flowers
are borne on new wood, hence
severe pruning and liberal feeding
produce the finest displays.
Propagation Is from seed, division
and from cuttings. The cuttings
are best made in the early spring
under greenhouse conditions. Cut
tings made out of doors (softwood)
are tender and must be carried over
winter in a greenhouse or protected
frame.
The recent showers have put
plenty Of moisture in the soil and
fall crops should be planted as soon
as possible. Many gardeners have
already started sowing seed and .
few have set out broccoli, brussels
sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower
plants. The latter is not always a
successful crop in this area, al
though 1t is most likely to succeed
as a fall crop.
The Montgomery County Victory
Gardening once recently issued the
following list which will De help
ful to all Victory gardeners:
LATE ST SAFE PLANTING
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Schedule

l00ay.
Mares Zllia, soprano. song re-
's SationaI ipnes aaiery GaeEy snfonFe9i. pm Rich
ard Bales. conductor. National Gal
Aida" National Negro Opera
Company. Water Gate, $40 pm.
u.5;sieE soslety ,,,t Of "A, Ancient Instruments
Tomorrow.
Navy Band, Oscar Short cornet
soloist, east front Capitol, pm.
Marine Band. Paul Goeel clari-
net; Edward Masters, cornet, solo
lsts; band stand, Marine Barracks, s
La Traviata" National Negro op-
era Company, Water Gate, $50 pm.
Tuesday.
Marine Band, auditorium, Ma
Ellis Varley. organ recital. Wash
hston Cathedral 7:30 pm.
Wednesday.
Stuyvesant String Quartet. Merid-
ian Hill Park. $50 pm.
EdWard ssna Paul Gosel ciarinss: clarinet,
Army. Air Forces Band, 'Five Ker-
nels Of Korn," assisting, Sylvan
Theater. Monument Grounds, S:30
pm.
Army Air Forces Band, Capitol
steps, pm.
Marine Band, auditorium. Marine
Barracks, 1890 pm.
Concert recorded music, Public
Library. Georgia avenue and Up
shur street NV, 7:45 pm.
Saturday.
John Sebastian, harmonica: Enya
Gonzales, soprano: Meridian Hill
Park, $40 pm.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
BY ". H. Younsm an,
Garden Editor,

The blue spirea (Caryopes
one OF the most desirable blue Towering peenas
nerpaceos shrub However, 1t
where its bloom September pleasing display The blue
to
bit tender Following by It
Evening star., 1944-07-30

The Collectors Club of Washing.
ton will meet at the Thomson
School. Twelfth and L streets NV.
Tuesday evening at 8. Program, ex.
hibition and bourse.
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Before West made his opening
lead East asked for a review OF the
bidding. which was granted. When
1t was taken, East, quite innocently
I admit, said that his own call had
been two hearts" Instead. his bid
had been two diamonds" He made
the correction after the error had
been called to his attention. The
effect, however, was to show his
partner that he presumably had
support for hearts. Consequently,
his partner, knowing that I had
bid three no-trump over two dia-
monds as well as over the heart call
led the five of hearts rather than
a diamond. East played the king,
and I won with the ace, leading
back club to knock out the ace
OF clubs and set up the suit. West
won and again led a small heart.
which East won with the jack and
returned the eight to the queen.
thus setting up four in the suit
and with the ace Of clubs causing
me to be set one. Had West after
winning with the ace of clubs re-
turned the queen of hearts, which
would have been the natural play,
EaSt'S jack-eight would have blocked
the suit, and I would still have
made my contract, but West,
knowing that East had hearts, led
a low one to the jack. and the
eight was returned to the queen.
My question is, What were my
rights in the circumstances"
The answer is that under the
bridge rules adopted last year you
were clearly entitled to forbid the
lead of heart. Had you asked for
the lead of a club, that suit would
be set up while you still had con-
troll of the hearts and also the dia-
monds. Perhaps you condoned
East's error by allowing West to
lead a heart, which he should not
have done, East having indicated
possible support in that suit. Had
East not mentioned the heart suit,
even though improperly. West could
have led 1t and perhaps would have
Evening star., 1944-07-30

Most Of the Washington players
who are going to New York to at
tend the 18th annual summer ses-
sion Of the American Contract
Bridge League are intent upon a
determination to make . strong
showing in the special master point
events. These features of the
tournament will be in addition to
the world and national champion
ship contests In which the local ex-
perts expect to participate.
The special Al master point
games are designed to give players
an opportunity to earn one, two or
more points needed to become a
master. There are q dozen or more
Washington players in that condi-
ton. Each event will be a one
session affair and the schedule calls
for games on Tuesday afternoon and
evening, on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday afternoons as we'll as on
Sunday afternoon. The winners
will receive two master points and
the runnersup one.
Three other one-session games are
also on the program. These are
the Goddard Cup pairs on Wednes-
day afternoon, the New Jersey
League pairs on Thursday evening
and the New Partnership pairs on
Saturday evening for the Doris Full
Ter Trophy. Winners last year were
Mrs. Bernard Goldman and julius
Fine, both of New York.
The New Jersey League is one of
the oldest units of the parent Or
ganization and until it became nec-
essary to transfer the summer ses-
sion to New York had always acted
as host to the national players. It's
game this year will be held in the
evening instead of the afternoon as
heretofore, in order to allow oppor-
tunity for more players to partici-
pate.
G. S. B. writes: I maintain that
Evening star., 1944-07-30

Expenditures for postal adhesives
privately manufactured for the Post
Oflce Department totaled s1.610.-
62S.40 between 1884 and 1898, ac-
cording to year by year figures al
follows: 1884. $135, ,974.47; 1885, $751;
753.47: 1885, $114,969. 90; 1887; sl1s..
700; 1888, $32,411; 1889. $3.50 ,062 III.
1880, $l55,874; 1891. $4,000; 1892.
1892, 1882; 1893, $312,ll0.93.
Evening star., 1944-07-30

G. S. B. writes: I maintain that
l was "gypped"-if that is the way
the word mean is spelled-on the
play of the deal given herewith and
would respectfully ask your ruling.
Evening star., 1944-07-30

done 80, but It Is not likely that he
would have led low from It twice.
Evening star., 1944-07-30

Mint stamps of the Dominican
Republic soon will be again on sale
at the Office Of the Philatelic Section
Of the Pan American Union.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-05-27
Who's Who In 81 and go.

Smart girls: Laura Moore and
Emma Harper. Smart boys, Paul
Ratliff and Levi Owens. Funny
girls, Ethel Kelley and Virginia
Thompson. Funny boys, Johnnie
Parker and Fred Byrant. Quiet
girls, Elizabeth Jasper and Lealer