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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-11-30

stead of just setting them going,
as he was hired to do. He kidded
his sponsor and the product, telling
everybody they were insane for tun-
ing in. Listeners loved it, the spon-
sor was swamped by rush of Gus
toners, and today Godfrey has 30
sponsors! He ad Ibis most of his pro-
grams-makes notes on Matchbox
covers, then loses them.
Seems as if Confidential Agent"
should have been titled Cruelty to
Lauren Bacal." She's badly mis-
cast, as the daughter of an English
coal baron, and she's up against
such expert actors as Charles Boyer,
Katina Paxinou, Peter LORE and
George Coulouris. Maybe she can
win back her public in Stallion
Road; in that one she'll have Hum
phrey Bogart opposite her again.
y
Joan Lorring, Warner Bros. &C
tress who'll be seen soon in "The
Verdict" with Sydney Greenstreet
and Peter LORE, has been informed
that her father, Fred Ellis, has been
released from the Japanese prison
camp where he has been informed
for four years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-11-30

Johnny Sands, 18-year-old Texan,
makes his screen debut in "The
Dream of Home; he'll play the
teen-age sweetheart of Jean Porter.
He's under contract to David o.
Selznick, who's had him taking les
sons in acting by way Of breaking
him in.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-11-30

Parkyakarkus has been asked by
a Chicago philol0gist to send him a
recording of that Greek dialect
heard on "Meet Me at Parky's";
the records to be added to those in
a collection of foreign accents.
Parky, who majored in English
at college, will oblige.
p "The Sparrow and the Hawk"
CHS aviation serial, draws hum
dreds of letters from flying enthusi-
asts-and they're not all from anna
teurs, by any means. Some of the
top men in the aviation industry
have congratulated the programs
makers. ogS i47,s IL 2ar
b
Ralph Edwards should be remem-
bered as the only performer in this
country who, for the entire duration
of the war, voluntarily contributed
the services of himself and his cast
for the purpose of selling war bonds.
He iced off the Eighth Victory loan
drive with his appearance in Wi
chita, Kan. Two and one-haf million
dollars worth of bonds were sold
as the direct result of that Truth
o. Consequences" effort.
ODDS AND ENDS-Vera Vague, of the
Bob Hope shoiU, goes dramatic in Colrns-
bias "Snafu.". =. Rem Johnson, c0tub0y
hcsfIer. has been working for Hank Potts,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-11-30

Nick Castle, directing the ice bal
let's in Glamour Girl" in which
Monogram stars Belita, fell down so
often that finally he invented some
non-skid boots - golf shoes whose
soles are equipped with rubber
plugs. He offered to lend a pair to a
newspaper photographer who want
ed to photograph Belita in action
but the smart guy just donned his
own ice skates. -
Evening star., 1945-11-21

was her own and her family's in
tention that she should become the
mate OF the wicked Spanish over
lord. A tempestuous affair this one
turns out to be, you may be sure, for
these are proud humans determined
to break the other before their ir-
resistible attraction breaks them
both.
The strokes which have drawn
the characters in THE Spanish
Main" are broad, bold and ironic.
These are humans with whom you
can have a gusty good time if YOU
Will let yourself do so. That is as
true of its villains as we'll as its
nobler characters.
AS a matter of fact, one of the
most fetching fellows in the dia-
bolic Spanish governor. AS played
by Walter Slezak, he is a fine con-
tradiction of a man. While the
one-half of him is manifesting a
rarely discriminating taste in laces
and costumes suitable for drunken
dowager queen, the other half is
busy archly .contriving tortures
which have about them an admir-
Evening star., 1945-11-21

Henreid and Miss o'Hara, which be-
comes occasionally 30 rugged that
It appears neither will be left alive
to enjoy the Others spiritual de-
feat. Spiritual" maybe, is not the
word.
In their robust ways, all Of the
conventional elements Of the swast-
buckling tale md their proper place
in "The Spanish Main," including
the duel between the naughty con-
tessa and the full-blooded wench who
loved the pirate before his head was
turned by his aristocratic captive.
In the tradition OF the grapefruit
tn-the-lady's-face situation, they
Evening star., 1945-11-21

fight It out with pistols loaded with
SCOT. That just about establishes
the level Of subtlety which runs
through the screenplay, but remem-
ber 1t is not supposed to be subtle.
In the course OF animating the
stateroon1 farce, which is rougher
than the bedroom variety, as inti-
mated above, Director Frank Bor-
(See CARMODY, Page B-5.)
Evening star., 1945-11-21

and the enticing women who alor
heroes. If it was RKO's idea to ac-
quaint a new generation with what
the screen was like when the senior
Douglas Fairbanks was its most
dashing gallant, there is nothing to
do but indorse the idea and recon-
mend that escapists make note of
THE Spanish Main"
The team which was collected to
show what derring-do was like in
the days when the Spaniards were
muscular enough to be nasty on the
high seas is composed chiefly of
Paul Henreid, Maureen OHara,
Walter Slezak, Binnie Barnes and
John Emery. A handsome and
spirited set they turn out to be, OBJ
viously having the time of their
lives, all of them dressed fit to kill
and several of the lot being killed
before the violent charade ends.
If you would care to put your
tongue in your cheek and join them,
RKO would be delighted to have
you do so.
The authors of THE Spanish
Main" fairly ransacked the old
Fairbanks album to come up with
the full assortment of passionate
people who lived in the time when
Spain blocked the southern pas
sage to colonial America.
Chief among them, as you could
tell from the billing, are the hero
and heroine played by Henreid and
Miss O'Hara. He is the Robin Hood
sort, noble ship captain who turns
pirate-one called The Barracuda"
when that becomes the only way
to end the ruthless domination of
the sealanes exercised by the Span
ish. She is fiery Contessa, of aris-
tocratic Spanish birth, tossed by a
capricious fate into the hands and
the heart of the Barracuda, when it |
Evening star., 1945-11-21

able quality of imagination. The
fellow is ruthless and repugnant,
but his most pitiable enemy has to
admit he is a genius.
4 \ X 4
Once all the proper characters are
collected and identified, the tempo
Evening star., 1945-11-21

Of Keith's new picture becomes
riotous and remains that way until
the end. Its most tempestuous
single plot element is the romance
between the gallant pirate and the
proud counteSsa. It amounts to a
running wrestling match between
Evening star., 1945-11-21
THE EVENING STAR. Washington. D c
WEDNESDAY. a. ieIs =
Derring-Do Has a New Day.;
Gay One, in Spanish Main
BY JAY CARMODY.

CLOAK and dagger department Of the movies which has
life again The Spanish Main which opened night
kelths 1t have
nlcoior
and the encng attention of such
Evening star., 1945-11-21

THE SPANISH MAIN" an RKo Picture
with Paul Henreid and Maureen OHara,
produced BY Robert Fellows associate
producer. Stephen Ames; directed BY Frank
BorZage, screenplay by George Worthing
Yates and Herman ]. Mankiewicz from an
original story by Aeneas Mackenzie At
Keith'S. "
THE CAST
laurent Van Horn------- Paul Henreid
FIahciSca -Maureen OHara
Don AlVarodo- Walter Slezak
anne sonny -Binnie Barnes
"a Buar ------------- John Emery
Sapt blacK-- Barton MacLane
Riilof9 M. Kerrigan
blshop ---------------- Fritz Leiber
LupIa Nancy Gates
~. ar--------------- Jack LaRue
SWame Mazurki
capt. Lussan san---------- Ian Keith
santa Madre Victor Kilian
Farce ----------- Curt Bois
Commandante Antonio Moreno
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02

WheatIey annual meeting, last
week in a one act play, "Women
Who Wait" Those taking part were
Mae Marshall, Timma Leah Mar
shall, Grace Mason, Carrie Wallace,
Beulah Mitchell, and Bettye Du-
rant. Their next presentation will
be at the Y. w. c. A. on March II.
Following that they will take part
in an interracial program March
10 at Edison High School.
The Phyllis WheatIey Aces go
into the second round Of the Park
Board Basketball race in second
place. The Ramblers are midway
the race with a simmer chance to
place in the league.
The Phyllis Wheatley House
Council elected the following Of
ficers: president, Willis Reed; vice
president, Hardy White; secretary,
Carmen Allen; Corr. Sec'y., Jaeque-
line Cuff; Reporter, Jimmy Miller.
Members of the House Council,
made up of representatives from
the House Clubs, meet every Wed
nesday night at eight o'clock.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
Mrs. Estelle Riddle
on Nursing Faculty
of N. Y. University

New York-Another significant
achievement has come to the Negro
people in the recent appointment
of Mrs. Estelle Massey Riddle, to
the faculty of the department of
nursing education at New York
University.
In making the appointment, the
heads of the department at New
York University had this to say
about Mrs. Riddle: eve feel that
the students at New York Univer-
sity will benefit immeasurably by
the fine contribution you will make
in helping them broaden their con-
cept and understanding of COM
munity problems in public health
nursing"
At present, a consultant on the
staff of the National Nursing Coun-
ell for War Service, Mrs. Riddle is
eminently qualified for her new
position. She holds a Masters
degree from Columbia University,
was formerly superintendent of
Nurses of the 950-bed Homer Phil
lips Hospital, st. Louis, Mo-, social
explorer for the julius Rosenwald
Fund and supervisor of Adult Edu-
cation, Board of Education, Akron,
Ohio.
Mrs. Riddle spoke in st. Paul at
the 1914 annual meeting of the st.
Paul Women's Council last May.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
State Department Policy
Hit Two Telling Blows

Washington, d. c. (NNPA)-
Twice in the same week, telling
blows were struck at the State De-
partment practice of maintaining
gap between light-skinned persons
from Latin America or the Carib-
bean and the American Negro. For
years the State Department has
brought Observation-Disclosures to
this country and putting them in
touch with white North Americans,
and bringing colored Latin Ameri-
cans and putting them in touch with
colored North Americans.
Defying this practice, however,
the National Council of Negro
Women presented Sonora Raquel
Delgado de Castro from Peru, edi-
tor of the review "Vida y Salud"
to a group of Negro women at the
Council Headquarters. Sonora de
SdoLIO has DSCh III IhC OhlICN
States as a guest of the State De-
partment and has made a tour of
s c h ools, observing elementary
school methods, child health, and
public school health.
During the same week, the Hal
tan Government, at ceremonies at
its embassy here, honored DR..
Mordecai W. Johnson, president Of
Howard University, by presenting
him the Haitian Honor of Merit.
Haiti was severely criticized a
little over a year ago by a series
of articles in the Chicago Defender
for adhering to a strict color
scheme-to the white side-in the
diplomats and attaches it sent to
America. AS result of the series,
the Ambassador, Andre Liutaud
was called home for conferences
with Pres. Ellie Lescot.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
Shrine Circus in
st. Paul Mar. 12-17
At Auditorium

st. Paul labor organizations are
united behind the Shrine circus
opening March IL at the st. Paul
auditorium with a huge Labor night
program. Leaders representing all
branches of Labor and the Shrine
are serving on committee under
the direction of Henry Crepeau,
chairman of the Labor night pro-
gram.
Other special nights will include
a fraternal night Tuesday, March
10; Irish night, Saturday, March
II.
The special programs will be in
addition to the complete circus bill
which includes Terrell Jacobs and
his lions and tigers; Dianne Lovett
and her troupe of elephants; Otis
Griebling, king of clowns, and Les
Kimris and his high flying aero
plane.
Better than ever is the opinion of
the Shrine officials which have as
sembled the 1915 acts from the best
big top performers and from the
stage.
Special provision has been made
to accommodate school children in
the afternoon matinees which will
be held daily through the close of
the show, March II.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
Negro Bishop to
Speak at MINI.
Methodist Rally

Projecting a campaign to
strengthen five major areas in the
life of the Methodist Church in
Minnesota, members of all Twin
City churches will meet in the Nor
ton Field House at Hamline Uni
versity Sunday, March 4, at s p. m.
The speaker of the evening will be
Bishop Edward W. Kelly, ST., of st.
Louis. There will be music by two
choirs, a group of singers combined
from the Camphor Church of St.
Paul and the Border Church of Min
neapolis, and the choir of Hamline
Methodist Church of st. Paul, di-
rected by Mrs. Mary W. Fellows.
Bishop Kelly is a noted Negro
orator. He was elected to the
Methodist episcopacy in the Central
Jurisdiction last summer.
Bishop Ralph S. Cushman, head
of the denomination in Minnesota
and the Dakotas, will preside. Twin
City clergymen will take other
parts in the service.
More than 100000 already has
been subscribed toward a financial
goal of 100000 for the State of
Minnesota, according to the Rev.
erend DR.. R. J. Rice, director of
the Minnesota Methodist Million
Movement. The Sunday evening
mass meeting will further other
goals of the Movement which are
to be achieved between now and
May, 1913, as follows:
A mobilization of Methodist
people in support of International
ism symbolized but not literally ex-
pressed in the Dumbarton Oaks
agreement.
A campaign of evangelism to
add new members to the Methodist
churches of the state.
A more careful practice of Chris
tan stewardship.
A special effort to reach Mime
sofas share of the 100000
children and youth of the United
States who are not enrolled in the
church schools.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
National Urban
League to Award
Scholarships

The National Urban League has
announced plans to award two fell
lowships for the school year, 1916
46. One valued at $1100 will be to
the University of Pittsburgh, at
which the student must matriculate
in the field of Industrial and Labor
Relations. The second scholarship
in the amount of at least 5000 is to
be awarded for study in a school
not yet announced, the recipient of
which is to study to prepare him
self to help returning Negro vet
Grams to make adjustments to civil
life. Blanks for these scholarships
may be secured by writing the Ma
tional Urban League, 1913 Broad
way, New York City.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
Halle Selassie-
FDR Conference
Raises Speculation

Washington, d. G. (NNPA)-
Speculations are rife as result of
the White House announcement last
week of a conference held by Presi-
dent Roosevelt with Emperor Halle
Selsssie of Ethiopia on the formers
return trip from the Yalta confer
ence with Churchill and Stain.
Only meager information con-
corning the conference was given in
the White House announcement. No
mention was made as to whether
the President and the Emperor dis
cussed Ethiopia's demands for repa-
rations from Italy for damage in
flicted upon that country during the
Italian invasion in 1886. Nor did
it say whether the two heads of
government discussed the question
of punishment of Italian war Grim
inals, whose wanton aggressiveness
was the spark which touched off the
present World War II.
Emperor Selassie is reported to
have demanded both on previous
occasions.
In talking with the Emperor, the
White House revealed, the Presi-
dent stressed communications be-
tween the United States and Eth
opia. He said he hoped with i'm
provements in communications,
particularly by air, the two coun-
tries would come to know each
other better.
The Emperor is reported to have
told the President of the many i'm
provements recently made in Eth
opia and enthusiastically endorsed
the Presidents hope for closer re-
lations.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
News of the
CHURCHES

Wayman Methodist Church News: Last
Sunday the pastor, Rev. L. P. Ashford
spoke from Rev. 20. His subject was
They Sung a New Song" The congrega-
ton filled the House to capacity. The mes
sage was based on the vision of John while
on the Isle of Patmos.
Visitors Sunday morning were Cockswain
Lewis H. McGaugh, u. s. Navy; Pvt. An.
drew Majors, U. S. Army, and Mrs. Daisy
Thomas Of Huron, S. D.
The Junior choir made its first appearance
Sunday night, under the direction of Mr..
Wenzel Miller, assisted by Miss Mary Davis.
The pastor will preach on Sunday, March
4.-Church Reporter.
Pilgrim Baptist Church News: At 10 :45
a. m. the children were given a lesson in
cooperation and respect for one another by
the telling of the story Frank and Bill
and the Burberry Pie" by Rev. Floyd Mas
sey, Jr., pastor.
At IL a. m. Rev. Massey's sermon topic
was The Sign of the Cross based on
Luke 9 :23. He said the Cross is disturbing
to our complacency in sin. In Jesus we see
an innocent man hanging upon the cross,
dying because Of the sins of others. In
nOcent people often bear the sins of the
guilty.
Mrs. Vivian Perry and her daughter.
Dolores, of $40 W. Central, and Rubin
Fienlds, $40 st. Anthony, united with the
church. Visitors were Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
Matlock, Kansas City; Mr.. C. Tucker Nash
vile, Tenn. Mrs. P. z. Jones, Omaha, Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sterling Jones and Miss
Gladys La Blanc, st. Paul.
There was good attendance at the re-
cital Sunday evening. The Senior choir
with Thelma Dorsey Thomas and Brewer
Lee Clark were presented by the Literary
club.
When you thirst for a fine sermon and
good music, come to Pilgrim.-Cordelia X.
Hunter.
st. James A. M. E. News-Temperanc
day was observed at the IL o'clock service.
Rev. Moore in a very forceful message, sub
that the Church above all needs to be re-
placing emphasis on alcoholism.
A special appeal from the Temperance
Society was made by Rev. G. Branttam.
Miss l. Myrtle Garden made a short but con-
vincing appeal at the close of the morning
service for the F. E. p. C.. group which will
represent the Twin Cities in Washington,
D. G. More than SIS was the response of
the congregation. Rev. B. N. Moore, our
pastor, Is one of the committee.
The audience, Sunday evening, enjoyed
musical numbers rendered by Elizabeth
Moore of st. Paul and Charles Wesley of
Montclair, New Jersey, brother Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley of SIS lglehart.' A biography
of George Washington was given by Wayne
Mccoy. concluding with the introduction of
Martha Washington" Mrs. c. Maude
dressed in the attire of the Martha Wash
ington period. A piano solo was rendered
by Master Bobbie Grigsby. Musical back
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
Jennie Ousley Funeral Feb. q

Jennie Ousley, "a, 1913 Fourth
Ave. So, Minneapolis, who died
Jan. "a, at Minneapolis General
hospital, was buried Tuesday, Feb.
81, in Crystal Lake cemetery. Rev.
L. P. Ashford officiated at the ser
vices held at Woodland Funeral
Home Tuesday.
The body of Mrs. Ousley, who
died in January, was claimed by a
nephew, Harry Bludsoe, Mime
apolis, and released to Woodland.
She is also survived by three nieces.
She had been a resident of Mime
apolis for 65 years.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
Goodwill Industries
Practice Interocidl
Cooperation 40 Years
By M. E. Dickinson

L. NAs DlNhAAloOh
Among the many things which
WAR does to the human race is to
teach the real meaning of certain
words such as: handicapped, re-
Mobilization, interracial and good
will. These words have been the
very essence of Goodwill Industries
for forty years.
In it's devotion to the interracial
element in its program, the Mime
apolis Goodwill Industries cite Mrs.
Ollie Lindsay, 3511 Smelling Avenue,
as an example Of its worth. Mrs.
Lindsay has given four years of
faithful service, never missing a
day, appreciative of the daily
Chapel Services and other privil-
eyes, working in harmony and CO.
operatively with the other workers
She has become expert in her line,
which is sorting and cutting the tons
of clean garments for the ten diff
ferent classifcations in one of the
most remunerative departments.
The buttons she has saved have
been another source of income to-
ward the wages of herself and the
one hundred other workers, 81 per
cent of whom are handicapped.
Mrs. Lindsay has one son who has
received medical discharge from
the Army. He is proud of his
mothers devotion to a cause which
believes in Interracialism and Good
will.
Hear broadcast on National Ne
gro Newspaper, station WCCO,
Saturday, March 8, at 6:45 p. m.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
FELLOWSHIP DINNER
AT, PILGRIM
WELL ATTEND,

About 1875 grown-ups and children
attended the Fellowship dinner at
Pilgrim Baptist Church, last Fri
day, Feb. %. The picture, 'The
Negro Soldier" was shown, and a
playlet written by Myrenne Allen
and acted by her, her sister, Mar
cheta and Beverly Kirk was given.
Rev. F. Massey, and the two choirs,
senior and gospel, also participated
in the program. Major S. Ransom
was chairman and Mrs. Pearl Mar
tin co-chairman.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
Mable Mcdonald
Ruriod Tuocdau

Mable Mcdonald, whose remains
were shipped here last week from
Seattle, was buried Tuesday at Fort
Smelling National cemetery.
Survivors include her husband,
Charles Mcdonald, 518 Tenth Ave.
&c., Minneapolis, Mrs. Laura Nc
Donald, mother-in-law and a
brother, Luther Taylor, stationed in
the South Pacific with the United
States Army.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
GET CERTIFICATES OF
RECOGNITION

Three students of South High
were awarded certificates of recog-
milton by Mayor M. Kline for out
standing work in child delinquency
for this year. The students were,
Blossom Grimes and Bill Grimes,
2211 Elliot, and Eugene Robinson,
1888 E. Franklin Ave.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
Sic. Willium
SdYles Honor
Nuvul Student

William Wexford Sayles, Jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Sayles, 575
W. Central Ave-, who recently COM
pleted his boot training was among
one of the three honor students in
graduating class of two hundred
at the Naval center at Memphis,
Tenn.
He is now a Seaman First Class
and expects to be stationed at Pen
sacola, Fla. Seaman Sayles will re-
ceive his rank of Petty Officer third
class at Pensacola.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02

Sgt. James X. Ash, pictured
above, recently received the Purple
Heart award for wounds received
in battle in the European War
theater on Christmas day. Sgt.
Ash, serving with the 371st In
fantry in Italy, has been in the
hospital since receiving injury.
He sent the Purple Heart to his
father, Blaine T. Ash, Route z, Hy-
land Station, Minneapolis, who had
already been notified by the war
department.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-02
Wayman AME Church
Has Purchased New
Building On Fremont

Negotiations have been complet-
ed for the purchase of a building
by Wayman A. N. E. Church, Min
neapolis. The large structure, To-
Gated at 619 Fremont Ave. No, will
house the parsonage upstairs and
the place of worship downstairs,
with a seating capacity of about
225. The full-size, finished base
ment with two heating plants, will
accommodate small gatherings,
church clubs, dinners, etc.
Until the new building is ready
for occupancy, Wayman will con-
tinue to worship at their present
quarters, 819 Fremont.
The Adelphia Club met at the
home of Mrs. E. W. Lindsey, APO
Rondo Ave. The subject discussed
was as Race Prejudice Increas-
ing or Decreasing" Mrs. U. G.
COram was in charge of the meet
ing.