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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04

numerous organizations stood
firm with Trotter's crusade last
week for one of the most STIR
ring events in Boston history
eyer witnessed at the State
House. All who participated
must be commended.
WHAT BOSTON NEEDS
And regardless of what side of
the fence many people might
occupy in this issue, the Boston
fight for the elimination of Jim
crow in the Massachusetts, Ma
tional Guard has been of ire
mendouS value in awakening
the somewhat staid and SNUG
citizens of this state to equal
rights values. The same pro-
cedure was necessary to secure
FEPC in this state and every
other reform ever enacted here.
And the equal rights crusades
are far from won at this time.
Even with FEPC and the pro-
posed law against military jim
crow, the need will long exist
for a militant press, and alert
Boston organizations like those
which have been active in the
current crusade.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04

Seanor of 81 St. Stephen Street,
and will be. the guest soloist on
Colored American Pops Night,
June 27.
Graduates and their friends are
advised not to miss the Annual
Graduation Dance sponsored by
the Music Lovers Club. This
gala affair is a fitting climax to
long effort. Music will be fur
nished by Joe Nevis Orchestra,
formerly of Blanche Collaway's
Band. Ritz Plaza Crystal Ball
room, 21S Huntington Ave-,
Thursday, June 16, $3.50 PM. Adj
mission S1.2O, tax included.
At Berea S, D. A. Church Sun
day, June II, 8:15 Pm. the
Choraleers, Maurice M. Small,
director, will present unique
program, which will also include
the following outstanding artists:
Fedora Manning, contralto; Ber-
nice Crymes, soprano; Elder 7. L.
Davis, baritone; William Sexton,
tenor; Louise Grannum, reader.
Need of Money? There is
no need to worry when loan
can so conveniently and priv
ately be secured by consulting
the well known firm of H. B.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04
An American Story"

The 38th annual report of the
National Urban League, Lester B.
Granger, Executive Director,
titled "An American Story, COM
bines a statistical account of
Urban League progress with a
history of its growth from 1910.
The report states that 19,439 col
ored workers were placed in jobs,
many in new fields or higher
skilled categories, and GIT en-
ployers who hired colored work
ers for the first time. Also nego-
tiations brought about the admis-
sion of colored workers into an
important southern AL union
and the admission Of the first col
ored doctors to a medical society
below the Mason Dixon line. Also
the placement Of the first colored
engineers and psychologists in
the city departments of West
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04

people were guests of McCalps
Magazine which sponsors the new
project known as "Yardville,
U. S. A." These speakers told of
the new plan for improving city
living and Transforming untoward
back spaces into pleasant protec-
ted play areas for children where
they can gather and be kept off
the streets. The plan was begun
successfully in Philadelphia last
year and this summer it will be
started in Boston. The South End
has been suggested as an area
for such an undertaking,
The Annual Musical Tea of the
William Z. Carter Auxiliary No.
16, American Legion, will be held
on Sunday afternoon, June 5, at
4 o'clock. Robert Gould Shaw
House, IL Windsor st. Subscrip-
ton Ssc. Lucille C. Barnes, presi-
dent; Melnea Cass, chairman;
CIaretta Wright, co-chairnan.
Congratulate tn graduate
with a beautiful Hall Mark card
from the Silver Mask Studio
Shop, 522 Columbus Ave, Boston
McHenry Boatwright, winner of
the recent nationwide vocal con-
test sponsored by Anna Bobitt-
Gardner, win be the soloist at the
10th anniversary dinner of the
Cambridge Quota Club, at the
Hotel Commander, Friday eve
ming, June 10th. Mr. Boatwright
a student at the New England
Conservatory Of Music, has been
studying voice with Miss r. l.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04

Pretty 1s-year-old ORPHEY GENE KIRKENDOLL was
crowned winner of the Portrait of Jenny contest
conducted by Nat King Cole and Capitol Records, Inc.
of King Cole records presented by the King himself,
Chicago last week She is shown receiving FIVE albums
along with autographed copy Of Portrait Of Jenny
recording, SIS gift certificate, and photo gift coupon
Miss Krkendoll is graduate of DISABLE High School in
Chicago. (ANP1
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04

Gershom Myers,v The gorgeous
Savannah Churchill was in town
for date at the Paradise CO.
starring with Illinois Jacquet
and King Odem. Billie Holt
day closed capacity week at
the Paradise and moved to Mil
waukee for a date at the Contin-
entail Club. Andy Kirk and his
band returned to Gotham.
The glamorous wind blown
damSel often mentioned as thu
suntanned Ruby Dallas, Harlem
latest Joe Louis flame, spent &
couple of days at the Gotham
Hotel. She successfully eluded
reporters andfotogs who sought
vainly for an interview. .She
and the champ enjoyed dinner IL
the cafe. Everyone made it
PLEASANT for Ruby, including ..ie
{. So long, pals and gals, nv
next port of call will be in the
Windy City.-F.S.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04

cessfuL Guest speaker was Rev.
L. E. Crumlin Of Grant A. M. E.
Church, Boston. Churches repre-
sented were: Grant Junior Choir,
Miss Alice Raynor, director;
Christ Temple Chorus, Miss
Lorraine White, director, Miss
Doris Moore, pianist; Douglass
Memorial Church, New Bedford;
Providence and Springfield
Churches, and other churches in
Boston and vicinity. Participants
on the program were Misses
Wanda Winson, Elizabeth BoS-
well, Sylvia Casey, Helen Smith,
Ann Williams, the president, Miss
Amander Audrey was chairman.
Miss Lavinia Lewis and Charles
Elan of New York City were hol-
iday-weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest G. O'Banyoun, of 776
Columbus Avenue.
Rev. 7. L. Davis, baritone, will
appear in a concert at 18th Bap-
tist Church, Thursday, June 2,
8:15 PM. The minister Of Berea
S.D.A. Church Rev. Davis, whose
rich voice has attracted much
attention, is being presented by
the Pastors Aid Club of 18th
Baptist Subscription S1.0O.
The monthly meeting Of the
Army and Navy Union of the
U. S. A. Auxiliary was held at
the Harriet Tubman House on
Holyoke St, Wednesday, May Is.
Discussion Of the Membership
Drive which is on was the chief
topic of interest on the business
program. Vice president Mrs.
Mary Turner was elected delegate
to the national convention to be
held in Chicago in August.
Avery beautiful and impressive
memorial service for deceased
members and friends was held by
the Progressive Club Of Ehenezer
Baptist Church on Sunday eve
ming, with Mrs. Mayne DAN
bridge mistress Of ceremonies.
Prominent speakers explained
the "Yardville Plan at lunch
con meeting, May "a, held at the
Copley Plaza Hotel when 100
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04

Thelma Louise Lawrence will
be graduated from the Girls
Latin School this year and viii
enter college in the fall.
The fourth convocation of the
Interdenominational Ushers Asso-
citation of New England comes
June II and IL at the Belmont St.
A. M. E. Zion Church in Wor-
cester, Mass. National president
Allan A. c. Griffith, Sr., of Wash
ington, D. c., will be guest of
the Association.
The Scholarship Piano Bureau
Contest for Junior ushers given
by the Speakers Bureau was held
Sunday, May 20, at Peoples Bap-
tist Church. Winner in the CON
test was Miss Irma Husbands of
Union Methodist Church (Colum-
bus, Ala.) who was presented with
bus Ave.)who was presented with
eligible to enter the National Con-
test to be held in Boston, July %.
Judges for the contest were: Mrs.
Florence H. Taylor, Mrs. Cora
Lloyd, Miss Hunter and Lorenzo
Greene. Others who competed
were: Miss Shirley Sneed Of Ev-
erett, Miss Marian E. Smith Of
Worcester, Franklin Gordon, Miss
Jacsuelyn Gill, both Of Boston,
Miss Alice Taylor Of Worcester
and Miss Willie Marie Williams Of
New Haven, Conn
The Youth Councils Rally 81
the New England A. M. E. Zion
Church held at Rush A. M. E.
Zion Church. Cambridge. was sue
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04

.ern city, first colored bank clerks
in the nations largest automobile
manufacturing city and the open
ing of sales and executive posi-
tons in mercantile industries
throughout the country. (Note to
Guichard Parris-Please leave out
so many Negroes" in your next
report to the press.-Ed.)
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04
MISS STALLWORTH
HAS SURPRISE"

The beautiful home of Mrs.
Lottie Miller, "A St. James ST., in
Roxbury, was the scene of very
pretty surprise party given in
honor Of Miss SalIie Stallworth
on Tuesday evening, May 81. Mrs.
Vivian Saunders, daughter of Mrs.
Miller, acted as gracious hostess,
sparing no pains in making it very
pleasant for the guests. The large
dining room was most tastefully
decorated, the table laden with
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04

delicious refreshments. Covers
were laid for II and all the r.enas
enjoyed themselves tremendously.
The guest of honor received many
nice gifts.
Those present were: Mesdames
Harriet Standfield, Lillian Bynd-
less, Margaret Davis, Gertrude
Farrier, Hartley Paige, Lizzie
Thornton, Luella Goodman,
Myrtle Surrey, Mrs. Lomax and
Mrs. Scott, also Miss Claudia
Hardwick and Miss Freddie Lilley.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04
'ROxBURY GIRL WINS
in PIANO CONTEST

Miss Irma Husbands was win
ner of the scholarship piano con
test held under auspices of the
Speakers Bureau Of the Ushers
Association last Sunday afternoon
at Peoples Baptist Church. There
were seven contestants.
Miss Husbands, student at Rox-
bury Memorial High School, is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbert Husbands, % Cedar ST.,
is a Junior usher at Union
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04
Graduation

hibit as beautiful a character.
On June l the Roxbury Me-
mortal High School for Boys had
their graduation exercises, Among
them were many of your favorites
and mine, such as Joseph Patrice,
Donald Shelton, Douglas O,Con-
nor, Herman Hemingway and
many others but these are the
favorites. Herman Hemingway
is the fortunate president of the
Senior Class for Boys. And Joey,
Don and Doug are the athletes of
the school So, we all congratu-
late you and wish the best of luck
attend you in the years to come.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04

Methodist Church, Rev. E. c. Nc
Leod, pastor. Honorable mention
went to Miss Alice Taylor, of w.
Boylston, Mass; Willie Williams
of New Haven, Conn; Shirley
Sneed, Everett; Marian Smith,
Worcester; Jacqueline v. Gill,
Boston; Franklin Gordon, Boston.
Judges were: Florence Heggie
Taylor, Lorenzo Green, Cora
Lloyd Arnold and Miss Hunter of
Adams School of Music.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-06-04
CITY NEWS

Readers must submit news items
not later than Wednesday morn
ing to be sure they are included
in the current issue. Wednesday
midnight is dead line for late
news
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-27
Play That Made 2Os Roar
Tries q Repeat at O|ney =.
By Joy Cormody

thing about that whining. lost generation OF the
written record of the enormous
pity it felt itself brave and and reckless 1t was
snatch of this in the form OF
movie in what seems to be
maevolen generation from getting on with It's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-27

might be even more than wasted
Yet, to their credit, all the per-
formers were accounted for at the
final curtain.
The dialogue which Miss
Crothers provided for Miss Francis
and the others in the current
Olney exhibit has taken on q
wretchedly used look, about like
that of car from the same
period.
A random sample, from a
scene in which gram wants
to get rid of a young man clut-
tering up the stage, goes like
this:
Go, Townley, go!"
where shall I go?'
"Oh, go to H."
Theatergoers do not seem to
be convulsed by this sort OF thing
any more.
Of the people in the cast OF
Let Us Be Gay" Miss Francis
is most Fundamentally in favor
of making the evening crackle
if possible. She bounces into every
line and situation with the fervor
of a true summer theater star,
a woman who chose her vehicle
and never distrusts her judgment.
Going most theoretically along
with her is Mazda Reade as the
grandmother.
Less apparent conviction marks
the work of such others as Joel
Ashley, Dean Harens, June Day
ton. and William H. Putch. II
they comprehend the emotions
of the lost generation people, they
restrict their enthusiasm to a
mere workingman- like minimum.
The mansion living room and
balcony sets are the work OF S.
Syriala, who has built enough OF
them by now to go out into the
real world and launch a high
cost housing program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-27
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLL WOoh.
Milton Berle has signed for four
more pictures at Warmers, making
one a year for five years. For
his current Always Leave Them
Laughing" Milt gets $4,000 and
a percentage. For the rest. his
fee is $150,0OO and a percentage
Milt and his Mrs, Joyce Mathews
return East September is. And
I hope to do another play on
Broadway" Joyce tells me.
John Agar's love scenes with
Janis Carter in II Married a Com
munist" will leave you gasping. I
hear that RKO is giving this pic
ture the biggest publicity and ad-
vertising campaign in its history
With Howard Hughes saying
mo" for Robert Ryan to go to
London for "Streetcar," it looks
like Stewart Granger for the Brit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-27

UldleVOlSHt emu W hCCp lAAAo o.
own problems.
A f:grant sample of this morbid
narcissism is on display this week
at the Olney Theater, where Kay
Francis is appearing in Rachel
Crothers' 1929 comedy, Let Us
Be Gay"
The Joke is no doubt highly
comic. as comic was thought OF IN
that period, but, as no one needs
to be told, this is another period.
BY now the only dramatic aspect
left to Let Us Be Gay" is that
such things still survive. even IN
the summer theater. Miss Francis
and her colleagues do not see 1t
thus, however. for they play the
thing lust as it was written, or oc-
casionally. as if they felt it might
in time become a classic.
This, at least. is funny. put
clearly not enough to retrieve the
evening or approach the Olney
standard.
AS a specimen of how comedy
went in the jazz age, nothlne
could be more typical than Let
Us Be Gay"
Its master-mind character is
76-year-old grandmother, world
" old harridan who smokes cigars
runs what appears to be sum-
mer palace for young people VINO
have irregular romances that they
have to take somewhere, and yet
who appears to be developing a
conscience after all those decaoes:
Her problem is 20-year-oio
granddaughter, who shows every
prospect of being chip oil some
seedy old blocks, including gram.
At the moment, the child IS
about to break her engagement TO
a suitable young man in favor OF
a liaison with a handsome scoun-
drel type among the house-guests.
She is a push-over for his line
about how mysterious she is ana
for invitations for midnight sWlms
In the palace swimming pool.
Gram has not picked up, played
and discarded men for years. in
Guiding apparently one King OF
England. without learning some OF
the tricks of the romantic trace.
The one she decides to employ
here is to summons Wondfous
siren miss Francis to join the
house guests and to take the male
menace away from the not-so-
innocent girl.
What do you think happens
then?
That's right. the scoundrel turns
out to be Miss Francis ex-hus-
band. And do they have time
of it, flirting like demons with
every one on the premises before
they decide that they, too, are
sick of this frivolity and must geti
married all over again? 7
Plays like Let Us Be Gay" were
directable after fashion back IN
their own time. Today they seem
to present insoluble problems TO !
men like Jerome Shaw. who clearly |
gave up and decided to let the
actors churn around the living
room set as best they could. The
suggestion of all this movement
is that each pair is looking for
rendezvous, but since it is pain
fully clear that they never found
them even back in 1929, the energy
of it all is obviously wasted.
On a night as hot as last, 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-27
Going to Spain

Louis Hayward trots of to
Spain to make a picture there
when he completes his current.
House by the River" Louis has
only Just come back from Italy,
Be a movie star and see the world!
Gloria De Haven is girl with
her divorce all settled and signed
for, But don't know when it will
go into court. There are so many
divorces on the calendar ahead of
US" Gloria says she's still seeking
Kirk Douglas, but only on Satur-
day nights
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-27

work with so lions. Says it'll be a
cinch.
\ X
Irene Dunno in a long session
with Felipe Del Giudice before he
took off for Europe. He wants
her to star in a heretofore I'M
produced d'Annunzio play.
Dana Andrews and Director
Jacques Tourneur say they are
pooling money from the sale of
See GRAHAM, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-27
Hollywood Diary
BerIe Makes q Picture Deal
. By SheiIoh Grohom

ish trolley ride. The play opens
in Manchester, England on Sep
TENDER 20.
Denise Darrell is the only girl
with 100 men in battle-ground"
In her Tarzan picture, Denise will
Evening star., 1949-02-14

spiritual force he attributed his triumphs.
The Emperor himself was depicted with
his foot on the neck of one of his fallen
rivals.
DR.. Cameron's laborS were dangerous as
we'll as arduous. He toiled for nearly
month on the facade of the mountain in
bitter cold weather, and on at least one
occasion narrowly avoided being knocked
from his lofty perch by stone dislodged
above. But he patiently stayed with the
assignment until it was finished. The
result is three sets of copies of the inscrip-
ton - handwritten, photographed and
squeezed" in latex Publication of his
interpretations will be awaited with keen
interest by scientists and by the lay public
also.
1t happens that Darius, who died in 485
BE-, really was modern politician in
his social philosophy. For example, he
wrote: II am of such sort that I am
friend to right, am not friend to wrong;
it is not my desire that the weak man
should have wrong done to him by the
mighty; nor is that my desire that the
mighty man should have wrong done to
him by the weak"
Evening star., 1949-02-14
Behistun Inscription

Students of the history and culture OF
Western Asia have learned with satlstac-
ton that the inscription on the famous
sculptured monument of Darius the Great
on Mount Behistun in Iran has been
deciphered by an American archaeolog1st.
With the exception of one single passage
all four columns of the text have been
Transcribed and translated This means
that "the Rosetta stone" OF Persia has
yielded it's secret to modern methods OF
antiquarian exploration and research.
The man credited with the successful
prosecution of the work is DR.. George c.
Cameron of the University of Michigan
and the American School at Baghdad He
operated from scaffold suspended on
steel cables from the top of the carved
cliff. The inscription he copied is more
than twenty feet high and more than fifty
feet long. It was cut in the rock twenty
five centuries ago. To insure its preserva-
ton against subsequent vandalism, Darius
ordered it placed two hundred and twenty
five feet above the ancient highway to
Babylonia. Exactly how the workmen
ascended to the job still is something of
q mystery. Dr. Cameron suggests clue
in the remains of stairway up the
mountain, apparently destroyed deliber-
atelv when the task of incising had been
completed.
Three languages were employed in the
text-primitive Persian, SUSAN or Ak
kadian and Elamite. Darius, one of the
truly great statesmen and organizers of
classic times, wanted his imperial powers
appreciated by his own peoples and by
foreigners alike. His tremendous "bill-
board" was an affirmation of his claims to
the obedience of multitudes. 1t recited his
victories over nine major enemies and
stressed his close association with the
authentic 4ligion of zoroaster, to which
Evening star., 1949-02-14
"A Political Hundout'

That not all veterans are bonus minded
has been evident from controversies within
veterans organizations over proposals for
adjusted compensation" pensions and
other extra benefits for former servicemen.
1t is encouraging to know, in addition, that
not all veterans organizations are in favor
of unrestricted raids on the Treasury for
the special benefit of all ex-GIs, whether
they saw combat service or not
An exception to what seems to be the
prevailing trend of testimony on the pend
ing pension bill for veterans was that given
by Joseph G. Clorety, jr., national vice
chairman of the American Veterans Com
mittee He bluntly called the scheme to
give veterans of both world wars auto
matte pensions when they turn sixty "a
political handout." Eventually the plan
would cost the taxpayers two billions a
year, the Veterans Administration esti-
mates.
1.-The country owes the veterans a right
to readjustment into his community life
and chance to get started as civilian"
Mr.. Clorety told the House Veterans Com
mittee "but the country does not owe the
veteran a handout." The Star Is in COM
pete agreement with this view. The Gov
ernment already is carrying out f1nan-
cially burdensome program of readjust-
ment and rehabilitation, with particular
attention to veterans injured in combat.
1t is proper and just that adequate care
be given to the wounded, that aid be given
the veteran whose schooling or vocational
training was interrupted by war, that as
Instance be rendered in housina 1aGd en-