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Nv. Frank James Dies;
Former Michigan
COP Representative

w. Frank James, 72, former Re-
publican Representative from Mich
igan, died last night at his home,
1909 North Washington boulevard.
Arlington, Va. He had been i'll
since last January.
Mr.. James served in the House
from the 18th Michigan district
from 1914 until 1884, when he was
defeated for reelection. A MEM
ber and later chairman of the
House Military Affairs Committee,
he long favored a single depart
ment for national defense, and in
troduced a bill, around 1925, which
would have merged the Army and
Navy.
For several years he was chief
investigator of the Military Affairs
Committee and conducted surveys
of Army posts throughout the
country, In Panama, the Philip
pines and in Hawaii.
Born May %, 1873, in Morristown,
N. j., he went with his parents to
Hancock, Mich, when he was a
boy. He was educated in Hancock
schools and attended Albion College
for two years. In 1898, he enlisted
in Co. F, 34th Regiment, Michigan
Volunteers, and served in Cuba.
He returned to Hancock and en-
tered politics. holding local and
county elective Offices. He served
two terms in the Michigan State
Senate before his election to Con-
gress in 1914.
Mr.. James retired from politics on
leaving the House and three years
later moved to Arlington.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Jennie James, two sons, Newell and
Frank James, two daughters, Miss
Jean James, and Mrs. Ann Herlihy
and three grandchildren, Miss
Eleanor James. Miss Jane Aller
James, and w. Frank James, III
| all Of Arlington.
Funeral services will be held al
10:30 am. Tuesday at the Ives fu.
neral home, 2847 Wilson boulevard
Arlington. Chaplain Alfred Oliver
will oficiate. Burial will be in Ar.
lington Cemetery.
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In Mrntnriant

ANDERSON. WILLIAM II. In loving re-
membrane nd Of our u,1 dear HUSBAND father
who departed this life four years ago to-
day. November Is. l941.
Remembrance is 4 golden chain
Death tries to break but all IN vain;
To have. to love and then to part,
Is the greatest sorrow of ones heart.
DEVOTED WIFE, FANNIE ANDERSON;
CHILDREN. RAYMOND c. ANDERSON,
ba1aArER hsNRsIeks nRRaTERl4E AEp G. akRTD asRF
BROWN, CLARA z. In memory Of our
CLARA e. BROWN. who departed this life
two years ago today. November 8. 1913.
We took good care of mother.
We nursed her every hour.
And treated her as gently
As you would tender flower.
We csressed and cared for her
All hrongh the nishts and mornings.
When she was gone.
HusBAND AND CHILDREN.
dear nlGss maa & nAa r g pu e sSs
h. 49, ,ss ~ two H ssS ies.'
HOLLAND, HANNAH J. tribute OF
love and devotion to the memory Of my
dear mother, HANNA j. HOLLAND, who
SsPa1ssd Ssr s III ~ life one year ago Novem-
Devoted and true to the end Of her days:
She was loving, gentle, sweet and kind,
Oh what as, a beautiful memory she left
] will never. never forset you. mother
While in this world stay;
God knows my feelings,
since you have passed away.
of Ths say s e we2s sGsd hs1d .ss tsttRs e 5 5,ous
And ,l;a ls;oitiEy Whispered sfsse. b.
Y9gE LONELY DAUGHTER. ELLA "
~, HRgskA, ANNIE: In loving memory o.
HRUskA. who departed this life four years
ago today, November Is, 1871.
-Four ssaIs ear have passed since that sad
God came and took you away.
he knsF ,., your suffering and thousht
LOVING HUSBAND AND cHHDREN. D..
HUMM. MARY CATHERINE. In men,
9ry OF @, q our deyoted daushter. MARY CATH
Ell EHaNE AUMM who departed this life
Dear daughter. you are not forgotten,
Though on earth you are no more;
ctlii IN memory you are with us,
YOUR Lo%Nd eSH swsys MorHHs Hi5s saD ssfSrs father
-'A1 = -, uLNh1 rs W. In Sad Dut lov-
father HENRY our w. afaI MEysR aqsOsnS VSo snd a..
parted this life six years ago today, No
LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN.
MURRAY, EMILY b. In loving memory
Of my mother, EMILY 3. MURRAY. who
entered into eternal rest one year ago
today. November 1S, 1874.
SAFE in the arms of Jesus"
DAUGHTER, HELEN.
ROBINSON, EDWARD WARREN. In
WARRkN RoBfNsoNSv SeiSvea Sbe son. p,sleG 19wARD
three years ago today, November is, 1919
Sleep, my boy, sweet peace be your rest.
As hands are folded on thy brest
Under the sod of the dew-kissed grass.
sweet memory Of you will forever last.
YOUR LOVING MOTHER.
SELBY. LANDONIA r. In sad hut INV
ing remembrance OF my dear wife, LAM
IONA r. SELBY. who passed away seven
years ago today, November Is, 1888.
Gone, but never will be forgotten.
hEE a., LOVING HUSBAND, ALFRED II. r,
STEWART, JAMES. In memory of nh,
ioging g husband and father, JAMES STEW.
Nnv.n,hno hMno passed away two years ago,
Alinousn our loss is hard to bear.
Ihe one we love SO dearly
Can never so away.
For in our hearts and In our thourbt.
You always walk beside u.s.
AS, through the years, your memory
VIII inspire US and guide MS
LOVING WIFE AND CHIfDREN. .Jrssrr
JAMES AND ODESSA
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tration will start at 7 pm. tomor-
row. The Potomac Cooperative
Federation, 1921 Virginia avenue
NV, is headquarters for the work.
shop.
The faculty includes: Elizabeth
Halpern, modern dance: Robert
Dane, ballroom dancing; Mary
Averett Seelye. drama; Gar Gilbert,
painting; Leo Steppatt, sculpture;
Inez Boulton, poetry. Glasses in
folk dancing and music apprecia-
tion also will be held.
Film classics will be shown as a
regular Sunday evening feature
starting December 2, in the Jeffer-
son Auditorium of the Agriculture
Department. These will include
Abraham Lincoln" "The Infor.
mer, ~"of Mice and Men," Anna
Christie" and 1.-THE Big Parade"
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Albert 5. ]. Atkinson
District EmpIoye
For 81 Years, Dies

Albert Sidney Johnston Atkinson
ST, assistant inspector of buildings In
the District for 80 years and q
prominent Washington architect
died Friday night at Sibley Hospital
several hours after suffering a heart
attack at his home, 2801 Macomt
street NV.
Mr.. Atkinson, who retired. as as.
sistant building inspector almost II
years ago to practice architecture
had been i'll about three weeks.
Born in Johnston County, N. G.
Mr.. Atkinson came to Washington
at 20, shortly after his graduation
from the University of North Caro-
lima. and went to work for the Dis.
trict government. He was one Of the
engineers assigned the task Of NOV.
ing the Calvert street bridge from
its original location.
After retiring from District serv-
ice, Mr.. Atkinson went into private
practice as an architect, special
izing In commercial buildings and
remodeling work. He designed
many large apartment houses both
here and in North Carolina and also
some large local cleaning establish.
ments. Mr.. Atkinson was an active
member of st. Johns Masonic Lodge
No. IL and had been a member o.
the washington Board Of Trade.
Surviving Mr.. Atkinson are hi
widow, Mrs. Marie L. Atkinson, Of
the Macomb street address, ant
their two sons, Wade Hampton At.
kinson and David Richardson At
kinson, and four children by a frs
marriage; Mrs. Edith Haage ant
Albert S. j. Atkinson, jr.. both o
Washington, and Mrs. Earl Hersh
berger. Buffalo, and Mrs. william
Trombley, jr., Towson, Md. Funera
services will be held at 1880 am
Tuesday at Hines funeral home
Burial will be in Rock Creel
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Col. Edward P. 0'Hern, 73
10 Be Buried Tomorrow

Funeral services for Col. Edward
Philip O'Hern, 10. retired Army
ordnance officer who died Thursday
in Oakland, Calf, will be held to-
morrow at San Francisco, with
burial in Preside Cemetery there
Col. O'Hern, a veteran of both
the Spanish american and World
Wars. was on duty in Washington
several times. He had lived in Oak
land since his retirement in 1896.
He is survived by his widow, two
daughters, Mrs. Charles B. Hunt.
$500 Edmunds street NV, and Mrs.
Thomas T.. Wynkoop. Norfolk. Va,
a son, Edward P. O'Hern, jr., of
Oakland. a brother and a sister and
eight grandchildren.
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Requiem Moss Planned
For Pvt. John B. Burnes

A requiem mass for Pvt. John B.
Barnes, jr.. viii be said at st. AIMS
Church at 7 am. tomorrow, the first
anniversary Of his death. Pvt.
Barnes was killed in action In Ger
many on November 10, 1914.
He was the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John B. Barnes, 1926 Cathedral
avenue NV.
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r. c. FIesch to Address
Federal Bur Group

Richard c. Flesch, New York at
torney who formerly was in the
Chief Counsel's Once. Internal
Revenue Bureau, will lecture or
Partnership" at 7:30 pm. tomorrow
in the auditorium of the South Agri.
culture Building.
His talk will be the seventh in q
series on Federal taxation spon
sored by the Federal Bar Association
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UarnH nf Chunks

Of the late sARAHy K1Nf buNssoRE
gratefully acknowledges and THANKS its
kind expressions of Umpsthys and horai
tributes. THE FAMILY. & = : s.
LAssERY, MRS. EVA COOK. The FAM
lily OF the late Mrs. EVA COOK LASSERY
to its many friends for the expressions Of.
sympathy and beautiful moral tributes AZ
her passing. THE FAMILY. =.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Workshop 10 Resume
Activities This Week

Featuring evening classes In
drama, dance, art, poetry and mu-
sic, the Washington Workshop CO.
operative will resume activities this
week on the fourth floor of 2020
Massachusetts, avenue NV. Regis
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Miss EIizubeth Cooper Dies

Word has been received here of
the death of Miss Elizabeth Cooper,
II, resident of Washington for 80
years, at her home in Red Bank,
N. j. Miss Cooper formerly was a
clerk at the Federal Power Com
mission. Funeral services were
held Friday at Red Bank.
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Dratha

WHITE, PFC. JESSE d. Departed this
life on Saturday, November II, 1945, at
Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colo.
&c; M JESSE s,, =; WHiIE; son n, OF , Elder l.. and s
Arrangements by Rollins, 4339 Hunt pl
ne, Washington, D. c,
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WATERS. ELSIE ": On Friday, Novenl-
ELSIE v. WATERS, daughter Of the late
John and Elizabeth Waters She leaves to
mourn their loss . devoted uncle, Benja-
cousin. Mrs. Ella M. Gibson Of Washing
ton, D. c., and host of other cousins,
relatives and friends. Remains resting at
after 8 pm. Monday. November 10.
Funeral on Tuesday, November 20, at 1
PM. at Sharp Street Church, Sandy
Spring, Md, the Rev. !. II. Carpenter ON
eating. Arrangements by Snowden q
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MnnSs, ALEAnSSDEh H. ~ bkUUE. on
N board the U. g.. s. franklin,
ALEXANDER BRUCE ROBERT
@ SON, SIX &c, beloved son of
Elizabeth and the late Alexander
Robertson of ITO Baltimore ave,
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neither successor to nor connected will
the original W. r. Apears establishment
1909 H St. NV. S..ieasi nSn: :sssa
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ysmbsr 16. 1915, at his residenes: "a |
belorsd husband Of Dorothy Beck Praitt,
Of Mrs. Mary Root, Mrs, Hamp Hale, Mrs.
Frank Hale, Mrs. Albert James, Mrs. Jo-
seph Dickerson, Marie, Albert, Raymond,
willard, Erb and Douglas Pruitt. Remains
resting at Chambers funeral home, 14OO
Chaplin st. NV. Grayeside services at Ar
lington National Cemetery on Tuesday,
November 20, at 10 am. 10
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Colored High Schools Hold Anniversary

tion of the population not provided for
Two years later similar appropriation
was made, but this ended aIlotmentS
of this stype,
"A special census the following year
made the colored population one-third
instead of one-fifth. Of the 60 schools
for colored in operation then, only S
were under the trustees.
THE first high school commencement
was held in 1877 when II pupils were
given diplomas. According to Mary
Church Terrell in the Journal of Negro
History in 1917, the first class was to
have been graduated in 1875, but the
first two classes were drawn into teach
ing service because of the great demand.
School officials said the first colored
junior high school was the Shaw, set
up during the World War in the present
location of the Terrell Junior High.
"In the report of Supt. Newton for the
year ending in June, 1868, side lights
on the education of colored youth at
that time are abundant. For example,
he reported that reading, with some
exceptions, was not up to proper
standard of excellence and penmanship
was far from satisfactory He paid
tribute to the natural aptitude of col
ored children for vocal music but
pointed that this does not preclude
study Of musical notation.
mfr. Newton felt that while female
teachers unquestionably are the best,
a few male teachers of the right stamp
would help lot.
He reported 594 cases of corporal
punishment but observed that in the
opinion of many parents the teachers
were too lenient. He related a COM
plant from one parent who, he notes,
apparently had no education, that The
teachers is too soft with 'em; they
must beat EN- more Chin needs a
heap O beaten to make 'en have and
to make 'em larn.'
"One incorrigible who was questioned
by Mr.. Newton frankly confessed that
where he had previously attended school
he had always been whipped and he
didn't know how to behave without it.
The superintendent recorded con-
siderable tardiness, which he attributed
to the lack of watches and timepieces
among the parents. Suitable bells for
each schoolhouse, he opined, would
probably remedy this situation.
1T is also interesting to note that
Mr.. Newton classed ample playground
space as highly important
THUS from small beginnings has
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Patrolling the River Front

Firefghter in putting out bad blaze
which ravaged an excursion steamer in
Georgetown Channel. Shallow water
prevented the fireboat from approaching
too close to the stricken vessel A
harbor police boat transported firemen
and hose right to the spot and the
fire was rapidly brought under control.
A few years ago the Pennsylvania
Railroad trestle over the Anacostia went
up In flames. Besides keeping small
craft away from the danger area, 1t
Sanders men were kept busy stamp
ing out little fires on decks of pleasure
craft caused by flying embers.
Faulty electric wiring connections on
an old 33-foot cruiser caused bad
fire some time ago which not only
burned the boat and another one as
they lay in adjoining Anacostia piers
but also many feet OF wharfage. Incl
dents like these make 1t necessary tc
periodically inspect boats and piers TO,
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Richard Wright
Continued From Page C-3.)

"I am glad the book was written. LII
liam Smith is very good when she is deal
ing with the mentality of the upper
class Southern whites. She falters oc-
casionally in her Negro Psychology. but
the book is important not because of
what it does to the Negroes feelings, but
for what 1t tells the whites. She Is
rare and noble woman to live in Georgia
and do what she did"
Mr. Wright is very definite when he
discusses the purpose of his own work.
mo good writer makes deliberate
effort to show something. You live and
write out of your experiences. I lived
mine and I write them. A white boy
from decent middle-class family might
produce q Remembrance of Things
Past I couldn't.
"In Bigger Thomas cNative Sono
was not trying to show type OF Negro,
but even more than that-a human be-
ing reacting under pressure, reacting the
only way he could because of his en-
vironment.
my description Of Negro life is no
more horrible than Karl Marks picture
Of the English workingman during his
time"
Mr.. Wright sums it up like this:
THE Negro Is learning what 1t means
to be man, but the white people are
not conditioned to this change. The
part American literature can play in the
re-education of the white race is obvious.
when the average popular writer
realizes this, stops resorting to the cliche
OF the Negro type in his work and be-
gins characterizing him as full human
being, literature and America will have
made great progress"
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statistics gathered by the Department
of Commerce and other departments OF
the Government are exceptionally fine
sources of intelligence which show the
capabilities of a country for war.
So are road maps and telephone books.
Pamphlets issued by such organiza-
tions as the Nazi party listing its MEM
bers and their residence are excellent
sources of information which has value
parades in which proud powers exhibit
their latest weapons provide experts with
ordnance knowledge. Locations of large
industrial plants can be viewed from an
automobile-and they are hard to move
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Continued From Page C-60
zens as part of the community and
allotting money for the schools on a
population proportion basis. The trus-
tees set this at 20 per cent.
THE money clause was so loosely
written, however, that the Mayor of
the city, by his Interpretation of it,
was able to cut this in half, and he
declared that even this amount was
too much in relation to the taxes paid
by the Negroes.
THE Mayor charges that Congress
had changed the law of 1862 because
of need to provide for new and
powerful element of political party
Despite this reading of the money
clause the colored schools forged ahead,
and on May !, 1885, the first public
school building was dedicated on C
street, between Second and Third streets
Sc. In an early annual report of
George F. T. Cook, superintendent of
colored schools, it is stated that this
building was removed when the Abra-
ham Lincoln School was built. Some
persons believe, however, that frame
building in the rear of the Lincoln may
be the original first colored schoolhouse
THE first schoolhouse was a two
story affair with two classrooms on each
floor, and was dedicated by the Rev.
Henry Highland Garnet.
TT should be mentioned that at this
time there were other schools for
Negroes in Washington operated by
various philanthropic agencies and the
Freedman's Relief Association. Between
these schools there developed lively
and unhealthy rivalry for the best
pupils. Children, disciplined in one
school, would retort by enrolling in
another. This was put to an end by
the formation in this same year of the
District of Columbia Educational Asso-
citation.
MANY of these other schools were
held in churches, and after the Civil
War the Freedman's Bureau succeeded
in obtaining the use Of many old bar
racks as schools.
Congressional Appropriations
"In 1866, while the Mayor and Con-
gress were feuding, the legislators set
aside his Interpretation of the law in
favor of the reading of the trustees
and authorized the latter to take the
Mayor into court II he failed to make
payments as directed. The sum Of
$4,000 was appropriated. too, for build
ings for colored schools, since, his
torian records, they were the only Sec
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illustrations by Star Stan Artist Glib Crockett

information needed. And they were all
paid well for their services because Of
the risk involved. Intelligence officers
estimate that agents operating clan
destinely would be about 10 per cent OF
all the intelligence operations.
An Intelligence Low
Intelligence operations of the United
States we're in sad state before the
war. Twice recently civilian investigat-
ing committees have criticized the type
of intelligence available to the Army
and Navy. The report of Ferdinand
Eberstadt concerning the unihcation of
the Army and Navy under single de-
partment of defense, declared that
neither service had an adequate intel
ligence service"
The committee which made the United
States strategic bombing survey in Eu-
rope criticized the lack of intelligence
apparent in the selection OF bombing
targets, especially in the failure to bomb
the power net of Germany which was
particularly vulnerable. This target
would have been easily detectable in
peacetine to any trained intelligence
operative.
Prewar intelligence in the American
Army and Navy was at particularly
low ebb. One of the more learned en-
cyclopedias listed intelligence in the
order Of animal. human and military.
That was certainly the priority given to
intelligence by the services.
Before Pearl Harbor
One ex-ofhcer who graduated from the
Command and General Staff School the
day before Pearl Harbor never heard
anything mentioned during the three
month course in intelligence which
might be construed the instructors were
discussing foreign power. No mention
was ever made of the German or Japa-
nese Army, their order Of battle (com-
position of the units, their methods of
fighting or their tactics. Discussion was
based largely around movements of
troops in the battle grounds Of Gettys-
burg.
The intelligence oficer Of the division
to which he was assigned happened to
be good friend OF the commanding
general and was made eligible for pro-
motion by his assignment He spent his
time acting as press agent for the gen.
eral.
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ture for educating the colored citizens
of the District"
Harold Apo Haynes principal Of
Dunbar High School, who took ONCE
two years ago, is a native of Washing
ton, graduate Of the old M Street
High School and the School Of Elec-
trical Engineering of the University
Of Pittsburgh. Having received his
degree at the University of Chicago.
he is now persuing final work leading
toward a doctor Of philosophy degree.
Evening star., 1945-11-11

in wartime. The Air Force bombers
need such target information. This is
only partial listing of intelligence tar
gets.
Military attaches were the chief source
of such information before the war. Gen.
George C.. Marshall, Army chief of staff,
recently termed them coffee cup push
ers' in recommending to the Senate Mil
itary Affairs Committee a permanent
intelligence organization. Their function
was to gather up stray bits of informa-
ton dropped by the unsuspecting or the
inebriated, as well as to collect other in
formation Of intelligence value.
A Group of Experts
This information is OF value only when
it is evaluated by experts able to Judge
its worth and its Interpretation. And
that would be the major value of such
an organization.
The spy plays small but important
part in an intelligence agency. The
have used generally citizens Of the
country in which they were interested.
Unlike his flashy counterpart in fiction,
the most successful espionage agents
were generally the least conspicuous, the
one who had all his Identification docu-
ments in order and who led blameless
life.
Generally, also, they had been en-
ployed for long periods of time before
the war and thus were not noticeable as
stranger in a locality upon whom
suspicion would fasten Immediately
They were able to penetrate into highly
secret plants and Offices to obtain the