Richmond Times-Dispatch du lieu suivant : Richmond, Virginia • 4

7 i' ry- 'i -s A State and City Richmond Times-Dispatch Saturday December 28 1940 Customs Collections Here Will Exceed $5902746 Fonr One Out of 20 Gets Relief In Virginia Per Capita Cost Estimated at $138 -JWS" 'at' 'V-' v- it 'My estimate shows that the calendar year ending December 31 will yield something over $5902746 he commented an Increase aver the receipts of my early days in this office Collections for the month ending next Tuesday will amount to about $400000 Receipts for the last fiscal year ended June 30 totalled port Collector Smith said the estimated receipts for the customs district of Virginia with headquarters at Norfolk where Customs Collector James Heath has his office exceed $9043583 Collections In the Richmond office exceed all other ports in the district combined The district includes Norfolk Newport News Petersburg Cape Charles Reedville and Alexandria 21 Foreign Vessels During this calendar year imports have come to Richmond by 21 vessels flying foreign flags and one American vessel engaged in foreign trade The ships of foreign registry were 12 flying the Norwegian flag five British two Honduras one Cuban one Latvian and one Finnish Receipts for all the ports in the Virginia district in 1940 show that about two-thirds of the total revenue was collected by the Richmond office Port Collector Smith turned from the estimate he was compiling to muse on his early days in the office The late John Bethel was collector of customs in Richmond when Mr 'Smith was taken on as one of his First Collector Dissatisfied He recalled that the most dissatisfied man with his job in the office in those days was the collector And the grievance was natural and logical All of the deputies were on salary but the compensation was a commission of per cent of his collections plus Infrequent small Gay Smith Veteran Customs Collector fees The fees and the commission brought the salary of the collector to about $900 a year Collector Smith said the increase in the port's business since the deep-water terminal was opened has been negligible This might be attributed in a measure he said to war conditions but he expects some gains in the coming year through the new terminal which will open the way to more foreign commerce for this port rtwta Akweke Orizu and Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Cox to Richmonder on Map Where Their Tribesmen Live Board Named To Investigate Armory Fire Adjutant-General Gardner Waller said yesterday the extent of damage in a fire that destroyed the Virginia National Guard armory at Hopewell early yesterday morning could not he determined until a special three-man board sent there to Investigate had made its report The board was composed of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Kent United States Army instructor Captain Roy Flannagan of the State staff and Lieutenant Richard Ryan of the First Infantry Petersburg Its members left Richmond for the scene of the fire at 10:15 A Cause of the blaze which razed most of the frame structure formerly used as a recreation club was undetermined but Fire Chief Cuddihy said It may have resulted from a short circuit in electrical wiring or from the furnace Insured for $20000 The loss was estimated generally' at between $60000 and $75000 The building valued at approximately $30000 was owned by the city and was reported to be insured for $20000 Company First Infantry Virginia National Guard known as the Hopewell Rifles had government equipment in the armory valued at between $30000 and $35000 according to Captain Calvin Crowder commanding officer In addition George Maison custodian estimated his loss in furniture and other personal items at $3000 Destroyed along with the National Guard equipment were all of the company records Captain Crowder said Included in the equipment were sixty new Garaml rifles and a dozen old rifles as well as uniforms hats shoes blanks tear gas bombs and ammunition Maison discovered the fire about 2 A He warned a Negro janitor in the basement and both escaped by jumping from windows in their night clothes The armory one of thirty-four in Virginia was erected during the World War days as a clubhouse by the Dupont Powder Company It later was operated as a private club and still later was bought by the city and converted into an armory It was used for all the larger dances and banquets given In Hopewell In a recent report to the Governor the State Planning Board rated the armory the poorest in the State and pointed out that structure hardly deserves the name of an armory It has very poor facilities for training personnel and offers absolutely no protection to Richmond 1 Prince Aktveke Sees Future For 17 Negroes in Nigeria -a fc -'W regretted that they apparently do not have the necessary vision and spirit of adventure to go to Nigeria to live Skilled Workers Needed he said "is the only continent which has more food than its people need You can get 60 oranges for a penny and 10 cents for a chicken is a high He said Nigeria needs trained mechanics and machinists Prince Akweke said he found life in America very enjoyable except the food- He said that since eating American food even the best his weight has dropped down to 175 pounds six feet tall Whether he will return to Nigeria immediately upon completing his law studies at Ohio State is not certain the Prince said yesterday He may take graduate work here all depends on when my people need me" he explained Disturbed About Picture The Prince was happy to talk about his dreams for his native land' but he was not so happy about having his picture taken wearing a plain American business suit However his native dress was not available and he agreed to pose in the less colorful suit he had on It was explained that in Nigeria members of the royal families 'wear elaborate hand-woven costumes Mr Cox who has traveled extensively in Africa and who has made a study of race relations told Prince Akweke that he hoped he (the Prince) would make every effort to get white colonists out of Nigeria Africa he said should be a country for the black man and the black man only The Nigerian visitors agreed Before they left the city Mr Cox took his visitors to see St Church where Patrick Henry made his immortal "Liberty or speech explained the Prince "is my Idol" McDonald Leaves $19139 James' Alexander McDonald of 2018 West Main Street who died in Grace Hospital on December 16 left an estate valued at $19139 according to his will probated in Chancery Court yesterday The property will be distributed among three sons and two daughters The State-Planters Bank and Trust Company qualified as executor Continued from First Page The Prince for instance let drop the fact that his father had 178 wives and that he (the Prince) has 27 brothers and 31 sisters- In Nigeria it was explained polygamy is part of the culture just as monogamy is in the United States The number wives a man has is a pretty good Indication of his economic standing said Mr Ojike Number Undetermined Neither Ojike nor the Prince are married as yet The Prince explained that he is a Christian but that this would not keep him from following the custom of his people and marrying many wives if so desired He know he said whether he would have just one wife or many explaining that all depended on which he finds help him to best accomplish his ends in Nigeria Ojike turned the conversation for a moment into a philosophical discussion of various cultures pointing out that Americans sometimes are apt to think that the customs they follow are the only right ones and that anybody else who does anything different is all wrong He called attention to the fact that the customs and traditions of his people date back for thousands of years as compared the few hundred years the white man has been on this continent1 iil 1-VJ i I The Prince revealed that divorce among his people was practically unknown up to a few years ago a man married one woman many he stayed he said Divorces on Increase But then came the Europeans and divorces became popular and on the increase he added Ojike said Christian missionaries preach against polygamy whereupon Colonel Cox remarked that Christians believe in having only one wife at a time The Prince said he had never seen an American wife any happier than a Nigerian wife even if she were one of many Pointing out that Nigeria could adequately provide for a population three times larger than its present 33000000 the two visitors here declared that Africa is not a land of cannibals reptiles diseasebearing insects ana other pests but a place where modern civilization is striding forward and where great opportunities await settlers Expressing the highest regard for American Negroes Ojike said he Name Selected For Building At VUU 'T A i -t The Belgian Friendship Building has been selected as the official title of- the $700000 structure which was the Belgian Pavilion for two years at the New York World's Fair and has been given Virginia Union University here for reconstruction on its spacious 8 campus it was announced last night by the university president Dr William Clark The title has been approved by ambassador to the United States Count van der Straten-Ponthoz according to Hening of the American Baptist Home Mission Society New York and treasurer of the board for Virginia Union who is a leader in the movement to establish the Belgian Friendship Building here in its entirety Only one 'Unit' containing an auditorium and large library is now assured It is to obtain the second unit with classroom and office space to increase the university's student training capacity 50 per cent that public contributions of $50000 are now being sought $10500 Is Donated The ambassador who has taken a keen personal interest in the project on behalf of Richmond has agreed to serve as honorary chairman of the national campaign committee said Mr Hening The drive initiated in Richmond under the chairmanship of Egbert Leigh 3d rapidly is assuming national proportions with its pivot located here Recognizing the importance of the complete building to the advancement of Negro education especially in vocational training public response to the campaign has been distinctly encouraging said Mr Leigh The initial report of contributions showed a total of approximately $10500 and the drive is being pursued with doubled Intensity this week in an attempt to reach the half-way mark by January 1 The Belgian gift of the building and Ambassador van der active co-operation have been called a marked example of international good will and the cordial relations existing between this nation and Belgium The building will serve as a permanent testimonial of Belgiums friendship it was stated notable not only for its architectural beauty but as a valuable asset in the Negro educational system It is estimated that the complete building would neet the needs of Virginia Union for the next generation 17 Condemns Land for Housing NORFOLK The Federal Government has taken title to slightly more than nine acres of land in Princess Anne County for a defense housing project and of 6825 acres of land in Elizabeth City County near Langley Field for another housing project it was revealed here yesterday when papers in condemnation proceedings in the two cases were received here from the Richmond division of the United States District court Judge Robert Pollard had entered orders vesting title in the two parcels of land in the Government Harry Holt Jr spedal attorney for the Department of Justice In land cases in this area brought both actions before Judge Pollard in behalf of the Federal works administrator The Princess Anne project will be for housing Army men at Fort Story and the other will be for men stationed at Langley Field In the Princess Anne County case $8000 was deposited with the court as the estimated fair value of 40 lots involved A deposit of $12546 was made as the estimated fair value of the Elizabeth City County property law was dispatched to call the family doctor s-v-The doctor who arrived some time later said he had no way of knowing how much if any of the glass the child had swallowed He advised his mother to feed her son potatoes and to call him if he showed any symptoms of pain Meanwhile little Robert went on playing with his toys apparently undisturbed either by the excitement or the decoration he had added to his stomach One person out of every twenty In the State of Virginia has received assistance in some form through the local boards of public welfare during 1940 Dr Stauffer State commissioner of public welfare reported to the Governor yesterday in his annua report Dr Stauffer explained that the ratio was obtained by applying the actual number of persons who received assistance -during the year to figures resulting from the 1940 census The result revealed that 492 persons per 1000 population received some direct aid during the fiscal year ending June 30 1940 The commissioner further reported that except for old-age assistance aid to dependent children and aid to the blind much of the assistance was temporary or of an emergency nature This turnover was indicated he ex plained by the fact that only $2806 per person was spent during the year Costs are Estimated In another observation he found that the total per capita cost for the State from all public assistance fundi for all assistances was $138 per person per year every man woman and child in the State the report pointed out total cost was $138 a year to provide some needy person with food clothing shelter medical or hospital care Or stating it another way the total tax contribution of 20 people at $138 per person per year provided one needy person with $2806 worth of public assistance during the course of the year' By localities it was found that the highest per capita cost appeared in the smaller counties and cities By counties Powhatan had the highest and Buchanan the lowest Among cities Suffolk and Bristol had the highest while Hampton and Williamsburg had the lowest Follow Geographic Pattern Hie study revealed that the rates of persons receiving assistance per 1000 population follow a definite geographic pattern The lowest were in the localities around the metropolitan area of Washington Outside of these Henry Campbell Nottoway and Nansemond Counties had the lowest As for the highest they were in Buckingham Fluvanna and Charles City Counties and the cities of Hopewell Suffolk and Bristol Studies made of the services to other persons who were In need largely employable unemployed show that 161772 men women and children were Involved in the active service non-public assistance care These cases either were referred to the various Federal work agencies or carried on the rolls for various non-relief services after the welfare departments had Investigated and established their need or eligibility for work opportunities The people involved represent approximately 6 per cent of the total population Putting the relief and service figures together it is found that the problems minor or major of 293078 persons were brought to local welfare officials and some definite aid or service was rendered This means that 109 per cent of the population was involved but Dr Stauffer explained that not all of the percentage was dependent totally on the welfare departments In some cases the welfare offices were the channel through which CCC and NYA boys from needy families were given opportunities for improvement and training More Comprehensive Approach of Dr Stauffer concluded in his report into the spotlight the need for a more comprehensive approach to our assistance problems The present assistance and work programs are necessary only until time and ingenuity bring to all people either self-produced job security or minimum social insurances rehabilitative preventative and protective services Health insurances industrial compensation unemployment compensation re-employment vocational training and re-education old-age retirement widows and survivors benefits should all be simplified and geared together to encourage the maximum use of earning power in self-support and useful production as long as one is able When they are disabled they should have economic security as a matter of right and public assistance as a last resort same ingenuity which can produce useful products out of coal air and water can make two blades grow where once only one grew can measure the heat of a distant star and can probe into the vital physical mental and social functions of man can create a better self-generating means of providing for persons who would otherwise be needy than relief in Its present best form and under the most efficient St Philip Library Gets Funds for Books An award of $100 has been made by the Phelps-Stokes Fund of New York to the Medical College of Virginia for the purchase of new books for the St Philip School of Nursing Library according to an announcement by Dr Sanger president of the college Dr Sanger pointed' out that through similar grants made by the fund during the past few years an library has been developed for the nursing school At the same time Dr Sanger said that preliminary plans for the Improvements and additions to St Philip Hall which will be made with the aid of a $168000 grant from the General Education Board of New York are now in preparation Actual construction may not be started for several months Maxi Mbonu Ojike Prince Nigerian Visitors Point Out Fraternity Opens Sessions Tomorrow The sixty-seventh annual con' vention of Phi Kappa Sigma national social fraternity will begin here tomorrow with registra tion of delegates in the afternoon and a meeting of the executive board at night The convention to be held at the Hotel John Marshall will be sponsored by the Richmond Alumni Chapter and chapters at the University of Virginia the University of Richmond Randolph Macon College and Washington and Lee University Representatives of the chapters all present officers and all past alphas of the fraternity will attend the board meeting A stag jarty in the Washington Room will be a feature of the Sunday night program Attorney to Speak George Gordon Battle of New York widely known attorney will je the principal speaker at a banquet Monday night at the roof garden He will be Introduced by Thomas McAdams president of the Union Trust Company of Baltimore and formerly of Richmond Governor Price and Mayor Ambler have been invited to welcome the delegates at Monday session when committee appointments will be made Further business meetings will be held Tuesday morning A luncheon a tour of the Richmond area and a New eve party and dance also are planned for the closing day Bland Outlines Regulations For Motor Boats NEWPORT NEWS Representative Otis Bland of Newport News and two representatives of the Department of Commerce presented proposed safety regulations to govern motor boat operation at a meeting of Hampton Roads watermen yesterday in the Corporation Courtroom Generally speaking there was no dissent from the proposed regulations Nearly 50 navigators from the Eastern Shore Norfolk the Peninsula and other sections of Tidewater attended the session Following the reading of the proposed new regulations Bland and his two associates answered questions submitted by their listeners The principal speaker from the floor was- Wood president of the Wood Towing Company of Norfolk who i objected to creeping paralysis of affecting boat operators is opposed to reasonable regulation Wood said Bland who is chairman of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries was said to be somewhat concerned over some of the proposed regulations and called the meeting to give the small boat operators an opportunity to express their views Representatives of the Virginia Pilot Association the Commission of Fisheries and other marine and maritime agencies were at the session Food Stamps Here Total $454411 Thomas Samuel local food stamp plan representative announced yesterday that $454411 has been released through surplus food stamps since the plan was nit in operation in Richmond on December 15 1939 Of this amount $233287 worth of orange stamps were sold to relief clients and $201124 worth of free blue stamps were distributed -Nationally designated surplus bods which will be obtainable at ocal stores during January in exchange for blue stamps are fresh grapefruit cabbage oranges apples pears onions (except green onions) Irish potatoes butter raisins rice pork laid all pork (except that cooked or packed in mfal or glass containers) com meal shell eggs dried prunes hominy (com) grits dry eaible beans wheat flour and whole wheat (Graham) floor Fresh spinach available throughout December to stamp plan participants in Richmond has been removed from the January list of surplus foods of he it to or are by in a It Pythians Elect Jaynes At Hopewell HOPEWELL Barter Jaynes has been elected chancellor of Hopewell Lodge No 141 Knights of Pythias for the ensuing year Other new officers are A Beach vice chancellor Black prelate Pace Sr master of works Lewis keeper of records and seals Fred Mede master of finance Barnett master of exchequer Powell inner guard and Justice outer guard These leaders will be installed at the first meeting in January Charity Ball at Petersburg Armory at Petersburg has been secured for the tenth annual charity ball of the Club -of Hopewell Mrs Murphy general chairman announced yesterday The dance had been announced for the Hopewell Armory which was destroyed by fire early yesterday Mrs Murphy stated that everything would go off as planned Service For Young People The First Methodist Church will have a special service at 7:30 tomorrow for the young people of the church who are home from college Charles Guthrie Is in charge of the program which will have as a theme Role of Youth in the World Among those taking part will be Archer Marks Daphne Crump Nancy Elder Ruth Birchett and Coleman McGehee Attend Rally Meeting Approximately 40 young people from First and West End Presbyterian Churches in this city attended the semiannual rally of the Young League of East Hanover Presbytery held yesterday at the Third Presbyterian Church The rally was concluded with a banquet last night addressed by Dr Blanton Belk 1ST Allens Register Postmaster Henry Munt said yesterday 187 aliens had registered at the Hopewell Post Office while in Prince George County Mrs Rella Bailey postmistress reported 85 registrations making a total of 272 aliens registered in this area Red Cross Plans -3-Day Meeting Red Cross preparedness for national defense will be the theme of a three-day conference in Washington of chapter directors of Red Cross first-aid life-saving and accident prevention service Attending the conference to be held January 2-4 as the Richmond Red Cross representative will be Dudley Bradstreet the director of first-aid and life-saving At the January 3 session Mr Bradstreet will present a paper on adapting home and farm accident prevention programs to chapter programs as well as to other safety programs within the chapters The Red Cross is expected to place special empha sis on this phase of its safety program next year James Fieser vice-chairman In charge of domestic operations for the Red Cross will deliver the keynote address at the opening of the conference The chapter directors will outline the programs being carried out by their chapters and will hear spokesmen or the national organization discuss possible co-operative measures to assist local chapters with their 1941 work Jordan Named Dispatcher Police Chief Wilmer Hedrick of Henrico County yesterday announced the appointment of William Jordan 300 block Granite Avenue as dispatcher at police headquarter! Several Police Are Promoted At Petersburg PETERSBURG Several major changes largely promotions were made yesterday in tie Petersburg Police Department by Chief Charles A Rybum as he also announced that four men appointed as special officers for the holidays would become permanent members of the force starting January 1 Forrest Beasley for many years a detective-sergeant was named assistant chief and given the rank of acting lieutenant Sergeant Curtis Patrolmer VV Wilkinson and Jackson will join the detective force and will be under the command of Mr Beasley Sergeant Cassidy is elevated to the 'rank of acting lieutenant and will be in charge of traffic with Patrolman Traylor going up to sergeant Patrolman Iview Andrews will 'become a sergeant Another change will find Detective Avery retiring on February 1 after nearly 34 years of service with the local department Jefferson only recently retired as chief to be relaced by 28-year-old Chief Ry-m a former State trooper In addition to the placement of four new officers Chief Rybum said that he expected four others with the beginning of the new year Rain Depresses Escaped Convict He Gives Up The rain in Richmbnd yesterday was too much for Robert Smith 25 of Greensboro About 9 o'clock last night he entered Second Police Station and told police he was an escaped convict and wanted to be fed and locked up He said the weather had depressed him Smith revealed he had been serving two sentences for highway robbery in the North Carolina Prison Farm until December 19 when he left for a "Christmas He said for the past seven or eight months he had been a trusty and that he just walked out of the Institution Police put the man in a cell at Second Station and notified Carolina authorities 2299 Aliens Register Before Deadline Here When the deadline for registration of aliens in the Richmond area closed at midnight Thursday 2299 noncitizens had complied with the law requiring name recording and fingerprinting Postmaster Fergus McKee announced yesterday The total for the final day was 49 Aliens who failed to contply with the law are subject to fine and imprisonment The records were forwarded to Washington yesterday without waiting for any belated returns that may come to the Richmond Post Office from other cities or counties the postmaster said--: Estate Valued at $3649 Carl Shepherd yesterday qualified In the Henrico Circuit Court as executor of the estate of Mrs Nena Birdie Shepherd who died December 4 The estate is valued at $364981 In the will admitted to probate Mrs Shepherd bequeaths her home to her adopted son Carl Shepherd of Langley Field and cash bequests to Hudgins her brother Mrs H-H Hudgins Miss Lucille Hudgins and Mrs Henry Hudgins The testatrix was the widow of Frank Shepherd of Palmyra Fluvanna County 11-Months-Old Baby Still Playing With Toys After Eating Ornament From Christmas Tree A total of $153089 has been received by the Chesterfield County Tuberculosis Association from 1635 persons since the Christmas seal sale opened on November 25 Mrs Earl Maitland sale chairman said yesterday Further returns are coming in daily she declared and the committee feels that its goal will bo reached by the end of January Those who have not paid for their seals still have an opportunity to do so The amount sent in during the fourth week of the drive was $30902 while $122187 already had been received (J Membership Rally The Richmond Council United Commercial Travelers of America will hold its annual membership rally and Christmas party at 7:30 today at the Hotel Richmond On the committee for arrangements are Lynn Manson chairman Turner and Kenneth Blankenship To Inatall Officers New officers of the Kiwanla Club of Richmond will be Installed at a meeting at 6 Monday at the Hotel John Marshall Reports by the retiring officers will be feature of the meeting John McCann will be in charge of the program A meeting of the board of directors will be held atSPM Skaters Get Light Ornamental lights have been Installed around the lake and walks in -Forest Hill Park for the benefit of night skaters in freezing weather Malcolm Pace chief of the Bureau of Paries and Recreation announced yesterday Cost of the Improvement was $2600 which was provided for in the budget Examinations Scheduled Open competitive examinations will be held at an early date by the United States Board of Civil Service Examiners to supply the following vacancies it was announced yesterday by Garrett clerk of the board: Senior stenographer $1620 a year junior stenographer $1440 senior typist $1440 and junior typist $1260 The positions open are in the States of Virginia West Virginia Maryland and North Carolina Full information may be obtained as to the examinations from Mr Garrett at the Postoflfce Building Hair Buck to Teach The teacher for the combined and women's classes of St Giles Presbyterian Church Sunday morning will be Blair Buck Mr Buck will have as his subject and Its Relationship to Floyd Adams Is 5 resident of the men's class and Irs Andrew Wood heads- the women's Officers to Meet Monday Lieutenant-Colonel Copeland will discuss at the -Troop School at 8 Monday in the Parcel Post Building it was announced yesterday by Colonel Ellery Farmer Eleven-months-old Robert William Charles had his family in a dither yesterday all because he thought a shiny red ornament on the Christmas tree looked delicious enough to eat To little Robert called his parents Mr and Mrs Caroll Charles of 4321 Williamsburg Avenue the Yuletide was an entirely new and fascinating season There were loads and loads of tasty goodies to delight his childish appetite: fruits and nuts and especially the red-striped candy canes that his mother took off the big Christmas tree standing a corner of the living room It was this tree bright 1 with tinsel and varicolored ornaments that attracted the child's attention yesterday afternoon as he swayed back and forth in the duck-shaped rocker that Santa had brought him Left Child Alone His mother content that he was having a fine time and would not need her attention for a few minutes left the room All by himself little Robert gleefully rocked away not noticing perhaps that the chair was moving across the slick waxed floor toward the tree Pretty soon the tot was right beside the tree A gaudy red glass ornament about the size of tangerine hung within his reach looked a bit like some of those colored things he had nibbled on Robert stretched out his tiny fingers When his mother came -back into the room the child lifted up his face and smiled at her Mrs Charles didn't smile She screamed Little Robert's hands and face were covered with red It didn't take her long to discover that the red had come from K- 'rurr hmul Little Robert Charles Looks at Ornaments A Big Red One Seemed So Nice on Tree That He Ate It a bright ornament that had hung at the bottom of the tree The ornament was missing but tiny pieces were stuck to the face and one larger piece lay on the floor The rest assumed Mrs Charles was in her son's stomach Family Doctor Called Mrs Charles' first cry had brought her mother-in-law and the rest of the family running into the room to see what was wrong with blue-eyed blond-haired little Margaret a sister-in- -v V-: 7 2 1 1 --i -r i'-J' v-1: -'V- I -J- -1 iWu r1 vtV Jiw jw.