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JULIUS ROSENWALD DAY CELEBRATED IN BALTIMORE “He loved his fellow man with a sympathy which knew no bounds. Es pecially did his great heart lead him to espouse the cause of disadvan taged and under-privileged groups everywhere. When he passed away the world laid beside his bier the heaped-up treasure of its respect its love its affection its veneration of his almost divinely appointed life of rare vision service and generosity . • “The grant gamut of his bene factions is to be noted in the $35000 000 fund which administered and still administers the projects which were so close to his heart; the $5000000 Rosenwald Industrial Museum locat ed at Chicago; the $6000000 given by him for Jewish Colonization work in Russia; the $3000000 he gave to the University ox Chicago of which he was a trustee; the $2500000 model apartments for colored families in Chicago similar to the Dunbar Apart raents established in New York by John D. Rockefeller Jr. and last and not least his wonderful gifts making possible more than 5000 rural schools for colored children in nearly 1000 counties of practically all the South ern States at a cost including his contributions those from colored peo ple and from puolic school funds on neariy $30000000 thereby providing for the education of nearly three quarters ol a million children and giving employment to about 15000 teachers; also his gifts for 16 Y- M C- A- buddings for colored youth and men and 2 Y'. W. C- A. buildings for colored girls and women- Also he provided liberally for fellowships for Negro scientists artists wtiters and in the interest of the social sciences and public health “And yet after all of this recital it still remains to be chronicled that be hind it ail was the man—the Mar Kosanwaktl- * * * *T must not fail to speak of' his in terest in the political rights^ of the Negro; of his feeling that nof part of ps ffn be wholly free unless kll of us are and untrammeled in all of the rights and privileges guarinteed to us by the Federal Constitution. * * * “This nobleman not only gave mon ey to Causes but the gave himself as well. He used the power of wealth that came to him with continual thought that he was only a trustee for the advancement of humanity. * * “Imperfect and iritdequate as this sketch of the Man is I hope it has in some measure portrayed to you a modest unassuming gentleman a warm hearted devoted American who possessing an eager sense of justice rose to great heights but who never lost his simplicity or his human com mon touch and who gave his time his great ability and his collosal fortune for the betterment of mankind—all mankind- Like Abou Ben Adhem he ‘loved his fellowmen-’ ” (Continued From Page One) Senate Committee To Quiz Maryland Attorney General At Anti-Lynching Hearing (Continued From Page One) Radio, News Reel to Be on Hand The hearings will be held in the caucus room of the senate office build ing on Feb. 20 and 21, beginning at 10:30 each morning- Arrangements have been made to take sound pict ures during the heraing and the Na tional Broadcasting Company has re quested permission to broadcast at the opening of the hearing- The Paramount News has already made a short reel of Senator Costigan talk ing about the bill* Senators and Congressmen are be ing swamped by an avalanche of let ters and telegrams from. Negroes and whites urging them to support the anti-lynching bill. Southerners To Testify. In spite of the continuing cold weather two automobile loads of prominent Southern white people from Nashville are journeying to Washington to testify in behalf of the Costigan-Wagner bill. Owing to lack of funds the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was unable to pay their transporta tion by train Several other prominent Southern whites will be on hand when the hear ing begins to testify in favor of the bill. Outstanding among these will be Mrs. Elizabeth Yates Webb, a pro fessor at Vasser College and a native of North Carolina, being the niece of former Governor 0. Max Gardner of that state. Interviewed here yesterday, Walter White stated that the Costigan-Wag ner bill would by no means have clear sailing as the opposition is al ready forming its ranks. Senator Huey Long has already given notice that he will fight the bill tooth and nail . The Majority of Colored Citizens Are Conscious of The Need of a Necessary Negro Leader in Omaha. I believe his very purpose was to inspire the school children that pass by, to awaken their future in the way of living as an insentive to them This is why he chose his residence where the colored people were the thickest and among the very ordin ary, that he could be their neighbor and their friend. The doctor is not slow to move for any cause, that he j thinks will better the condition of his! race- Now that the doctor is trying to ! get school teachers in puttie schools and doing all in his power to get em ployment for Negro laborers, in city county and state government as well as attempting to place skilled labor ers and clerks in tho various govern- j ment departments and utility corpor-! aliens employment; let every colored [ citizen help him. Too much credit cannot be given to Mr. C- C. Galloway, Editor and manager of the Omaha Guide- who so j a'oly comes with his assistance to aid Dr- Lennox in his loyality for race betterment The Guide has a local platform to j seek a pro-rata o-f employment with the business interest of Omaha for colored people. With this personified i faith by doing and asking what right fully should be given Omaha colored citizens is a command, however such 1 . I employment is withheld and why; is a question. Ministers during church service, should tell their congregations what j they must accomplish for their fu-1 tare- Each leader of each groups of colored people must get busy and' help bring about Sn understanding to ! the best interest of all; aiding Dr- G.1 B Lennox the Omaha Guide and oth er colored leaders who are cooperat-; ing in this groat movement for race 1 betterment Signed MARK TALKSWELL. — i TWO VIEWS ON SILVER i - i After the first flush of enthusiasm ‘ over President Roosevelt’s proclama- i tion fixing the value of silver had j waned somewhat two distinct vierws concerning the move appeared. One is that it will cause a worldwide in crease in the value of the metal thus restoring the lost purchasing power of the silver-standard nations- The other is that its importance has been exaggerated and that it will be neces sary to decree unlimited silver coin age at a fixed ratio with gold before the President’s purpose is achieved Mr. Roosevelt can do this under au thority contained in a rider to the Agricultural Adjustment Act The President himself has empha sised the importance he places on this power and that has lent weight to the belief that he will exercise it in the near future- Until that is done it is the general opinion of the silver producers that stimulation of their industry will be limited and qualified and of trade experts that the silver 1 standard countries will remain under the general level so far as purchas-: ing power is concerned- The next j move whatever it is will be of vital j importance to the commercial well being and the economic recovery of I the world. Protest to NBC Head on Spingarn Censorship NEW YORK, February 22—Walter White, secretary of the National As sociation for the Advancement of I Colored People, and Roger Baldwin, director of the American Civil Liber ties Union have written letters to M. H- Aylesworth, president of the Nat- J ional Broadcasting Company, pro-! ' testing against the drastic censoring | ; of the speech of J. E. Spingarn, pres ! ident of the NAACP- on February 11, in celebration of the 25th Anniver ' sary of the Association, when all re ! ferences to “lynching,” “race riots,” “discrimination” and segregation” were eliminated from his manuscript “We are writing” said Mr. White’s ! letter, “to ask if such censorship is the official policy of the National Broadcasting Company, and if it meets with your approval.” Mr. Baldwin wrote: “It seems to us incredible that anyone with ordin ary good sense should object to the phrases eliminated in Mr. Spingam’s | manuscript# The subject is so widely i discussed in the press, magazines and on the public platform that we should assume no possible objection could be raised to itb discussion over the radio-” Another Tragedy Follows Family Whose Home Was Struck By An Aeroplane j Red Bank, N. J—Artist King ' bought a coal truck last November with the money the State of New i Jersey paid him after his wife and ] two children had been killed by a National Guard plane that crashed through the roof of their home, set ting it afire I he truck went over a 75-foot cliff at Elmhurst, near Scranton, Pa-, on Monday, February 5, and King was burned to death. Six deaths resulted from the air plane accident. _ CENSUS OF 1810 RECORDED ABE LINCOLN AS MERELY ‘WHITE M ALE UNDER 10’ WASHINGTON, February 21—(C NS)—The first official notice of Abraham Lincoln was in 1810 as shown by che census of that year when he was listed as' “one white male under 10 years of age.” This was recalled on Lincoln’s 125th birthday anniversary celebrat ed last week. Thfc census listed four members of the Lincoln family. His father, Thomas was head of the family, which lived in Hardin Chun * ty Kentucky. Lincoln was actually one year old at the time of the cen- \ BUS* , ___ Back To Africa Movement Starts With Plan To Send 500 Artisans To Liberia The “Back-to-Africa Movement” appeared to have another tangible beginning Sunday afternoon when Samuel Daniels, head of a new organization known as the African Reconstruction Association discussed plans for sending 500 skilled workers j in the trades, professions and sciences to Liberia The meeting was held in the Henry Lincoln Johnson Elks Hall, 272 West 136th street. Daniels collected $110. which he declared was the first de posit in the African Homeland fund He sees the fund growing to one mil lion dollars. At the meeting a Western Union telegram was read from the Overseas Trading Company, 116 Broad street, stating that a vessel would leave for Africa about April 1; that they could carry not less than 50 workers at one hundred dollars each, as a lesser nun - ber would not pay at that figure- Al though the vessel does not plan to stop at Liberia, the telegram said that if at least 50 workers are car ried at $100 each, they will be landed at the port of Liberia When asked if he had the consent of the Liberian Government in his “back to Africa” movement, Daniels said that he negotiated Walter F Walker, the Liberian Consul here, 98 Park Row, and with Liberian officials through that be had been instructed to organise a body of skilled workers to go to Liberia to assist in building up the country. Daniels said he contemplates form ing an “African Institute of Technol ogy” and an “African Geological Survey.” Maybelle Berre and S. N. Galloway are secretary and treasurer of the association, respectively ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS was still worth 61 cents- Result of that was that banks could buy gold there for $34 ship it to Washington and sell it for $35—a profit of 3 per cent in a week- At last reports the fast liners for America were solidly booked with gold freight for more than two weeks in advance. Much of the world’s supply of gold came out of the treasuries of Holland Belgium Switzerland and Italy to the United States- France sent most of all—105 000000 francs worth- This exactly what the Treasury wants- So long as gold flows into the country there will be no difficulty in keeping the dol lar’s exchange value dowm. There is danger that France however will pro hibit gold exports- In that case the American Treasury will have to sell dollars to keep their value down pre cisely as stock manipulators throw great blocks of shares on the open market to depreciate their value. But the burning problem of lethargic commodity markets remains to be solved In spite of all the obstacles to be overcome the signs of better business are growing more numerous. A short time ago one of the best of all of them appeared — the report on mail order sales which is a sure-fire baro mete of the rural purse- Sears Roe buck showed 30 per cent improve ment over last year and Montgomery Ward 45 per cent- Ward’s retail stores operated in large and medium sized cities w'ere up 21 per cent- Its mai order department w.-hich serves the very small town and the farm wras 80 per cent ahead. There’s hardly an industry that isn’t feeling the change- The terrific jump in automobile business is re sponsible for much of the betterment inasmuch as a thousand other indus tries contribute to the making selling repairing and servicing of cars- The department stores are likewise doing much better. Woman Causes Arrest Of Bishop In Brooklyn For Violation Of Mann Act The long arm of the law reached out Monday and caused the arrest of Charles Manuel Brace, 58, self-styled founder and bishop of the House of Prayer for All Peoples, a non-sec tarian order which maintain churches at 965 Herkimer street, Brooklyn, and 66 West 126th street, Manhattan The bishop is said to be the head of some 200,000 white and colored followers who have seventeen churches in all-parts of the United States He was arrested on complaint of Minnie Lee Campbell, 21, of 20 Whip ple street, Brooklyn and is being held in $1,500 bail on a charge of violating the Mann white slavery act. The i young woman, a native of Savannah, Ga-, recently became a mother and charges that the prelate brought her north in his limousine, in violation of this law. The bishop appeared at the Brook lyn Federal court on Monday in a large sedan with a uniformed chauf feur at the wheel- A short, stocky man, weighing about 180 pounds, the defendant told the court that he was of Portuguese origin and that his de nomination makes no distinction as to race or color. He pleaded not guilty in broken i English and Judge Grover M- Mos cowitz held him in $1,500 bail for trial on February 14. Denounced By District Attorney Assistant U. S. Attorney Murray Kriendlcr declared to representatives of the press that Bishop Grace was a “faker ” He charged that the bishop was the father of the Campbell girl's baby. “The bishop is constanty on the move from church to church- In ad dition he publishes a magazine to which a large majority of his flock subscribe. He is reputed wealthy,” ■said the Assistant U. S- Attorney Georgians Get Light Terms Avuer Death Sentence Reversal Albany, Ga., Feb- 16—Oscar Gor don and his son Oscar, jr-, two col ored farmers near here, were found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to one to three years in prison by the Grady county superior court for the killing of a white man last June. Gordon and his son were convicted last year of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death in the electric chair- Their two white attorneys, James W- Smith ami Delacey Allen of this city appealed to the Georgia supreme pourt and secured a reversal of the verdict and a new trial. The Albany branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the national of fice in New York employed Messrs Allen and Smith after the first ver dict and enabled them to press tebe appeal and second trial. The two lawyers secured a change of venue from Baker county to Grady county and virtually worked a miracle in securing the light manslaughter verdict- They write: “We doubt whether there has been a case in the hstory of your associa tion . • . under the circumstances • little help that we could secure from 1 our witnesses, some of them had been lynched and some had been driven to the four corners of the earth . . . we feel very proud of our efforts in this case” rihe murder occurred on June 3, 1933, when four drunken white men of the locality entered the Gordon j house where a party was in progress. 1 In a fight with a Negro outside the house one of the white men was shot I and later died. It lias never been exxactly determined who fired the fatal shot- Gordon and his son were jailed in Albany, Pa., whence Mrs Gordon also fied in terror. Their crops, stock and belongings were con fiscated. Will Tour South To Study Negro Cookery New York, Feb- 16-—Mrs- Carl L. Cannon, wife of Professor Cannon of | the Yale University library, and Miss Hope Spingarn, daughter of J. E. i Spingarn, president of the N- A- A C. P., will make a tour of the South | early in March for the purpose of | studying Negro cooking recipes and I other matters of colored folklore • Their tour will extend from Philadel I phia and Baltimore to Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans- Mrs Cannon is writing a Negro cook book, in conjunction with Walter White, I secretary of the N. A. A- C- P-, and is anxious to obtain as many recipes as possible, and to meet famous cooks throughout the South SPINGARN AT FORUM Baltimore, Md-, Feb- 16.—J. E Spingarn, of New York, president of the N- A. A. C- P-, will speak here Friday, Feb- 23 for the city-wide Young Peoples Forum. Doris Weaver Decision May Block Judge from U. S. Post N. A- A. C. P. Protests Naming Judge Alien to Circuit Court of Ap peals Bench. Cleveland, Feb. 16—Declaring that “the history of the world will show that one who discriminates against the fellow lowest down unfits him self to sit in judgment on the matters of the fellow highest up”, the legal defense committee of the Cleveland Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple in a letter to President Roosevelt, Vice President Garner and the two U- S. senators from Ohio, opposed the appointment' of Ohio Supreme Court Justice Florence Allen to the U- S Circuit Court of Appeals at Cincin nati, O. The protest was voted at a meeting of the legal defense commit tee in Cleveland, February 15 The opposition to the appointment of Justice Allen to the position to which she aspires is based on “the: infamous opinion of herself and as sociates in the ease of Doris Weaver i vs. The Board of Trustees of Ohio State University, et ai, rendered! February 1933”. The opinion, the1 committee holds“is contrary to the policy and law of Ohio for the past fifty years,” and was based on the notorious “black laws” of Ohio, re pealed fifty years ago Miss Weaver applied for a labora tory course in Home Economics at Ohio State University, without which she could not complete her course This involved keeping house for a number of wh!+o persons approximate ing in size a family. The Court held this contact to be a “special pr.vi lege” and upheld the action of the University in discriminating against Miss Weaver- Justice Allen con curred in this vicious discrimination. If appointed to the job she seeks.' Justice Allen’s district will include the states of Michigan. Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio, a section having a Negro population of around one million. The N. A. A. C P. is rallying Ne grcs throughout the country to fight the appointment of this prejudiced judge. CWA and FERA Discrimi nation Charged in Richmond Richmond. Feb- 16.—In a letter to Secretary of the Interior Harold L Ickes, Dr- J. M. Tinsley, President of the Richmond branch of the N- A- A. C. P- has protested against wide spread discriminations against Ne groes in the ocal administration of the CWA and the FERA, and claimed inability or unwillingness on the part of local administrators to remedy the situation, ' Dr. Tinsley charges that on teach 1 ing projects Negroes are receiving a . ovver scale of pay than whites; that j on nursing projects coloren nurses are paid $75 and white nurses $100; that no Negroes have been appointed to administrative positions or so-called white collar jobs; that very few Ne groes have been hired as skilled me chanics and that except on a few pro jects instituted by Negro agencies. Negroes are only employed as labor ers. Dr- Tinsley asks that there be a Negro on each advisory committee in each city, town and state; “that a Negro be employed in each federal employment bureau to insure fair treatment in the selection of work : ers.” English Paper Scores American Lynching Orgy New York, Feb. 16.—A copy of the : Liverpool Echo, an influential Eng ish newspaper, has been received at the office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo | pie here, containing a scathing fea ture article by Harold Butcher, American' correspondent. I Charging that “The clue to lynch ing is largely economics", the article says, “The swift terror of lynching faces the Negro who gets ‘uppitty' 1 His employers want to keep him as a cheap tool in the labor market; even N. R. A. is permitting differential wage scales against Negroes as com pared with whites. But a cheap Ne gro is bad for a white worker, whose chance of a job is jeopardised by the I colored man, who will work for less It is a vicious circle leading to per petual terror, especially in districts where Negro citizens outnumber whites.” Cltmg the W. A. A. U- r. lynciuug statistics and Walter White’s state ment on “the futility of depending on j local officials to stamp out mob vio lence”, the article declares that the excuse of the “usual crime” is gen erally without foundation. It goes i on to say: “Often these assault ' charges are untrue. They merely serve, like war atrocity stories- as a convenient weapon to inflame the mob ... In many ways other than attacking white women the Negroes • have ‘qualified’ for lynchings”. I Asserting that the recently intro i duced Costigan-Wagner federal lynch ing bill would be a boon, the article ! concludes: “Perhaps at no time since i the days of ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ have Negroes been so near to slavery as they are today-” Retired Howard University Professor Approaching His 96th Birthday. WASHINGTON February 21—(C NS)—Professor George J- Cummings who was Dean of the Academy of Howard University until its discon tinuance in 1919 and also Professor of Latin and Greek at the time of his retirement in the same year is now a resident of Andover Massachusetts. He is approaching his ninety-sixth birthday. He and Mrs. Cummings re cently celebrated their s:xty-fourth wedding anniversary. Professor Cummings has attained greater long- j evity than any individual ever con nected with Howard University- He and his wife are also the oldest liv ing graduates of Kimball Academy of which he is the oldest living exprin cipal. He is further the oldest living citizen of Andover Massachusetts and ! carries a gold-headed came which is owned in perpetui'.y by that city ana is reserved for use of its oldest living j citizen- Professor Cummings and his j wife are both in good health and in ful possession of all their powers. Professor Cummings taught many of those now connected with Howard ■ University in professorial capacities and is greatly revered by the Alumni of the University. .___ KNOWS TEN DOLLAR BILL BY ITS SMELL WASHINGTON February 21—(C NS)—Identifying a ten dollar bill by its scent Carthonia Payne a young colored woman was principal witness against Earl Foreman who charged with taking the money from an attic trunk- I While testifying in the case Mrs j Payne was asked: “How did you know the bill was yours?” She re plied “Because I could smell it-” A bottle of perfume she explained up- j set in the trunk- Foreman was sent enced to 60 days in jail. A. M. E. Minister Sues Church For S2990 Expense Account. WASHINGTON February 21—(C NS)—The Rev. A. B- Farmer of 1650 Eighth Avenue Huntington West Virginia is seeking through the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to collect a judgment of $2 990-17 awarded him in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia. The local suit is filed against the A. M E. Church of Philadelphia a corpora tion doing business at 1541 Fourteen th Street the location of the office of the Financial Secretary of the A- M E Church ... The petiton filed through Max Ten dler sets forth that the A.M.E Church was ordered to pay him $2,-970 Octob ber 19 1933; and to pay the costs of $20.17- The Rev. Mr- Farmer claims that this amount not been paid and to collect it together with interest from the date of action and the costs of the present suit- . According to the bill the Rev. Mr. Farmer was employed by the A M E Church through Presiding Elder A.J Smoot November 29 1932 to take over the pastoral charge of twin branch an Fall River W Va. in the capacity of a itinerant pastor with salary as such In addition the minister contends that he was to receive fuel travel expenses and house rent for self and family during the conference year The Rev. Mr. Farmer states that he was dismissed without trial in ac cordance with the Book of Discipline on April 20, 1933- The bill cites ac cording to the Discipline the salary of an itinerant pastor shall be $2000 a year. It is claimed that the Rev. Mr- Farmer received only $30 com pensation during the period he ser ved. In addition the minister avers that through failure of the church to make proper provisions he spent $600 a year for house rent and $400 for traveling expenses and contends that his dismissal non-payment of salary and miscellaneous items are not in accord with the Book of Dis I cipline therefore asks the court to i correct the reputed error by giving him judgment for $2990.17. CRAWFORD GETS SEC OND LIFE TERM LEESBURG, Va- February 21— (CNS) — On the recommendation of Commonwealth’s Attorney John Gal leher, George Crawford colored was sentenced to life imprisonment on February 12th, for the murder of Mrs. Nna Buckner- He had previous ly been found guilty of the murder of Mrs- Nina Buckner. He had previous sportswoman and given a life term. Crawford pleaded guilty to the murder. In passing sentence. Judge J- R- H Alexander declared that Crawford had entered the guilty plea without any arrangement or pressure being brought to bear. He said that due to the fact that Crawford was the only person who was a witness to the killings and w'ho might testify a gainst Charles Johnson, accused bi Crawford as the actual murderer, the life imprisonment was the sensible | thing to give. SALEM TUT WHITNEY OF ‘GREEN PASTURES’ DIES IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, February 21—(CNS)— Salem Tut Whitney 55 who played the role of Noah in “The Green Pas tures” died here Tuesday, February 13 at the home of a cousin Mrs. George Sawyer. Whitney a native of Logansport, Indiana had been ill of heart disease for several months Mrs- Sawyer, Homer Whitney and a stepson Gaylord W’hitney of Phil adelphia are the only surviving rela tives, she said. | Open from 2 P. M. until 3 A. M. Saturday and Sunday, , Close at 4:00 A. M. Good Food PI us EFFICIENT SERVICE King Yuen Cafe Chop Suey and Retcamein i our hobby American and Chinese Dishes | Phone JA. F576 2010% North 24th St- |1 Omaiia, U. S. A. l| Woman Who Saw Lincoln Shot Recalls Tragic Night (Continued From Page One) “I sat in the third row of the gal ^ry then known as the 'dress circle-* The Presidential box wa3 on the right. I could see it distinctly. It was draped with flags and a center parti tion which had once divided it into two boxes, had been removed to pro vide room for General and Mrs. Grant, whef however did not come ” Packed as the theatre was that night by gay parties, celebrating the close of the Civil War with Lee’s sur render at Appomattox only five days before, the Presidential party itself was singularly small- Only Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln and Major Rathb-jne and his fiancee, Miss Harris formed the Presidential group. Late in entering, they arrived in the middle of the first act hnknown to the intent audience until Laura Keane abandoned her lines to a low courtsey, and the orchestra struck up “Hail to the Chief.” I was watching for them, and *aw them enter the box” Mrs Eastman says. “And, curiously all these years I have remembered the lines that were being spoken on the state at the time. As Lincoln stepped into the box Lord Dundreary on the stage was asking, ‘Why does a dog wag hi* tail?’ Lincoln smiled at the answer, ‘Because a tail can’t wag the dog.’” Lincoln as always, received his ovation from the crowd very quietly, and the play continued immediately. Gount even in the clothes which were especially made by tailors to conceal his 30-pound loss in weight during .the war years, Lincoln watched th*> play with a tired smile. A frequent patron of the theatre, the management had provided bin> with the cozy rocking chair which he liked best. He rocked slowly back and forth, intent upon the lines of the comedy, until Booth’s pistol suddenly roared forth at the last of the play. “The shot came at a time when the stage was clear. I think Booth, who knew the stage routine well, had planned it that way,” Mrs. Eastman points out. “I saw a burst of flame and smoke come from the box and heard Mrs. Lincoln scream Then a man in dark clothes and spurred boots leaped from the railing of the Presidential box to the stage. It was a long jump of about 15 feet and he caught his spur in folds of the American flag that was draped across the box. tie crumpled to the lloor as he fell but picked himself up again and dashed into the wings shouting ‘Sic Semper Tyrannis!’ I learned later that it was Booth and that he broke his leg in that fall.” Mrs. Eastman will never forget the pandemonium th-t reigned under the flickering gaslights- Men shouted and cursed women screamed and fainted after the first stunned sur prise of the act. . . Mrs. Eastman remembers both Lincoln and Booth clearly—the older man with his grave and noble fea tures the younger with his dark handsomeness. Every Sunday morn ing she passes the scene of that un forgettable night and always her thought is the same. “I don’t see how anyone could have done that to Lincoln” she says re membering that bleak April night— 69 years ago. “Every time I look at it. I see the flash of Booth’s shot and hear his cry from the stage,” says Mrs. East man. “I was only 17 then, but I shall never forget it.” NEW HOME WASHING SERVICE 14 Its. 48c 3i4c for each addition al pound SHIRTS finished out of the service 8c each I Evans Laundry Zoric Dry Cleaners Phone - JA. 0243 I I • J 3B KZ* ? HELLO FRIENDS AND TOWNSMEN If Yoa Want Auto Parts, We Have Them—also Wanted 1000 Cars. Old, Wrecked or Burnt. PAI TS FOR ALL CARS FOR SALE —Auto Parts for All Makes and Models Gerber Auto Parts Co. Consolidated -2501 CUMING ST.- Auto Parts Co ATlantic 5636 16th & Pierce JA. 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