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The Washington times., 1934-03-27
Contractors Here
Ordered Under NRA

The District Commissioners to-
day issued an order requiring all
contractors doing business with
the District Government to file
certificates of compliance with the
NRA and Presidents Reemploy-
ment Act. This order is in COM
oliance with a Federal order
sued recently, which makes the
anne request.
The Washington times., 1934-03-27

the results of this action will be tremendous
effects should be and doubt will be Immediately apparen
in the Government service.
WITHIN SHORT TIME THEY WILL BECOME APPARENT
THROUGHOUT INDUSTRIAL AMERICA. PRIVATE EMPLOY
ERS WILL. FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF THE GOVERNMENT
WHERE THEY WOULD NOT FOLLOW IT'S PREACHMENTS
McCaan Representative Conney and the others
fought this reform the Federal
workers. the hear thanks every the country
due.
McCarran took up the fight when looked hopeless
Doggedy determnedy bated successful conclusion He
deserves satisfaction which he doubts feels
The Washington times., 1934-03-27
Air Mail Grounded
Bu Bad Weather

NEWARK, N. j., March II
G.N.SO ALI movement of Army
air mail service planes out Of
Newark airport were halted today
by Mai. B. @. Jones, Eastern zone
commandant, following receipt OF
unfavorable weather reports. Ma
jor Jones declared the Army
planes would remain grounded in
definitely.
The Washington times., 1934-03-27
Wrigley Co. Adopts
Job Insurance Plan

CHICAGO, March q Q.N.SO.
Stockholders of the William Wrig-
ley, jr., Company today approved
a plan, submitted by Philip z.
Wrigley, to set aside $1,000, 600
from the company'S surplus to
provide employment assurance.
Thus 1000 employees, under the
system, will be guarded against
depressionS or dull seasons.
The Washington times., 1934-03-27
80 YEARS GIVEN
K|DNAPER

ALBANY, N. Y, March ~
Q.N.SO.-Manny ,Strewl, former
beer runner, convicted of kidnap-
ing Lieut.. John j. O'Connell, jr.,
today was sentenced to so years in
prison by County Judge Earl H.
Gallup.
The Washington times., 1934-03-27
1--WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS"


McCaan Nevada yesterday
plan for restoration Of sal
aries Federal employees apy describe the situation confronting
pay restorationists.
The the and the House the provision
for restoration of five February and additional five
per July with the last five per cent left to the discretion
Of the President cry from the unydng wall which resora
tonists confronting when the bill passed the House early
January.
THE COMPROMISE AGREEMENT REPRESENTS A VICTORY
WHICH, THOUGH PARTIAL, Is SUBSTANTIAL.
This substantial advance would have been made had it not been
The Washington times., 1934-03-27
RFC Arranges Cut
In Loan to Chinese
By International News Service

BY INTERNATIONAL News Service
Request of the Chinese Ma
tionalist government to borrow
$5O,00O,00O from the RFC with
which to purchase American cot.
ton and wheat has been reduced
to $2O,006,OOO by agreement be-
t. zen that government and the
RFC, the lending corporation an.
nounced today. The RFC had
approved the original request or
$5O,OO0,O0O last May.
The Washington times., 1934-03-27
Annapolis Officers
Get Use of Li0uOT

ANNAPOLIS, March 27.-Or-
ders were issued today allowing
officers at the Naval Academy the
use Of alcoholic beverages in their
quarters. The order also permits
the sale Of liquors at the Officers
Cub.
The Washington times., 1934-03-27
Mae West Is LeerY
OF MnnLeSs World

HOLLYWOOD, CAL, March 27
Q.N.S0.-The manless world pre-
dicted by Prof. w. A.. F. Balfour-
Browne, Of England does not
appeal to Mae West, slamorous
movie star.
The Washington times., 1934-03-27
First Lady Leaves
For NeD York Visit

Mrs. Roosevelt left on an early
train this morning for New York.
She will be back at the White
House tomorrow morning.
The Washington times., 1934-03-27

MIR. AND Mrs. GEUKGE MEIAAA
THIS PICTURE, taken few days ago at Miami
Beach, shows George Metaxa musical comedy STAR and
his 17yearold BRIDE the former Peggy Stafford. Mrs.
Metaxa, who was we'll known in New York social cir
cles instantly killed when the automobile in which
they riding overturned. Her husband seri-
ousy injured. Photo by International News Photo
graphic Service.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
Funeral Services
Held For Mrs.
Matte Benner
WAS MOTHER OF SIX CHILDREN

Funeral services for Mrs. Matte
Benner, As, 524 Carroll Ave-, highly
respected ST. Paul resident, were held
Monday, Jan. 8, at St. James A. M. E.
Church, of which she was a very &C
tive member. Mrs. Benner, the widow
of the late Cornelius Benner, who died
IA months ago, and the mother of six
children, died Friday, Jan. 5, from a
pneumonia attack.
Rev. Carlyle F. Stewart, pastor of
st. James, highly praised the fine
character and excellent Christian life
of the deceased woman. He was as
sisted in the pulpit by Rev. w. H.
Ogleton, presiding elder of the A. M.
E. Church in this district, and Rev.
W. E. Guy of st. Peter Church, Min
neapolis. Beautiful floral tributes
surrounded the casket. St. James
choir sang impressively and the
packed church attested to the high
esteem in which the deceased was held.
Mrs. Benner was born in Fargo, n. D.
Interment was in Oakland cemetery.
The Neal Funeral Home Of ST. Paul,
had charge of funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Benner is survived by six chill
dren, three boys, Stanley, Cornelius,
and Bradford, and three girls, Helen,
Laverne and Ruth; three sisters,
Mines. Laura Bradford, Jessie Heron
and Lottie Hyde, all residing in the
Twin Cities, and George Adams. a
brother, of Duluth, MINI.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
Halle 0. Brown
Annual Meeting
Thursday Jan. Is
DIR. RUTLEDGE BEALE TO
DELIVER ANNUAL
ADDRESS

makers of Men" will be the topic
of the address given by DR.. Rutledge
Beale, pastor of Peoples Church, ST.
Paul, guest speaker at the Annual
Meeting of Halle @. Brown Commun-
ity House Thursday, January 18th, al
500 P. M.
At this meeting the program will
be rendered by the various House
groups. This marks the fifth Annual
Meeting of the Community House
The need for such House as Halle
@. Brown in the community is be-
yond any question of doubt.
1t will be interesting to attend the
meeting and hear the report of the
Director of the institution, to see the
varied activities of House groups and
to hear the eminent DR.. Beale.
Because of the financial stress OF
the times this will not be a dinner
meeting but rather a large public
meeting where everyone in the COM
munity is invited without any charge
The public is invited to attend this
meeting and become informed about
the work of the recreation center.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
John Franklin
Gets Is Months
For Stabbing

The trial of John w. Franklin for
second degree assault in connection
with the stabbing of Wendell Scrog
gins, local musician, in the Harlem
Breakfast club several weeks ago, be-
gan Thursday, Jan. A, in the Henne-
pin district court before Judge W.
G. Leary.
Assistant county attorney Howard
Van Lear prosecuted the case for the
state. Witnesses called for the prose-
cution were Scroggins, Frank Hines,
De Witt Harper, Reginald Willis, DR..
W. D. Brown, and Phillip Ware.
Franklin was defended by an attorney
appointed by the court.
Franklin was found guilty and SEN
fenced to 18 months in the state re-
formatory at st. Cloud.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13

Resuming its regular twice month
ly meetings, the Minneapolis Sunday
Forum reelected Cecil E. Newman,
president for the third consecutive
term. All other 1888 officers were
reelected in the shortest election in
the history of the organization. Curtis
Chivers was reelected vice president;
Mrs. Mildred Strader, secretary; Mrs.
Lillian Burris, treasurer; Isaac l..
Moore, Jr., journalist, and w. M.
Smith, critic.
Miss Rachel James is the new chair
man of the program committee and is
assisted by Mrs. Mae Marshall and the
veteran Forum member, w. M. Smith.
New Feature
A new feature of the Forum pro-
gram is the short community sing
which will be led by Mrs. Blanche o.
Mason, director of the music depart
ment of Phyllis Wheatley Settlement
House. The sing at the first meeting
was enjoyed by the audience of about
100 persons.
Chas. Mann Speaks
"How Glass Is Made" very in
teresting lecture was given by Pro-
fessor Chas. A. Mann of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota. The lecture was ac-
companied by stereopticon views. Fol-
lowing the principal address by DIR.
Mann, members of the Joseph Gibson
Circle of the G. A. R. presented
Phyllis Wheatley House with large
national flag.
Next Meeting Jan. 21
The next Forum meeting is sched-
uled for Jan. 21. The Forum opens
promptly at A p. M, and closes at
$50 p. m.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
Negro Inventors
Hold More Than
5000 Patents

WASHINGTON.-More than 5000
patents are held by Aframericans, ac-
cording to report of an investigation
by Henry E. Baker for the Journal of
Negro history. In spite of the fact
that the United States Patent office
does not record the race of patentees,
Mr.. Baker was able to verify his
facts only by careful check of rec
ords.
The report showed that the most
prolific of Negro inventors was Elijah
Mccoy of Detroit, who, from 1872 to
1920, obtained 81 patents.
"His inventions cover a wide range
of subjects" says Mr.. Baker, "but
relate particularly to the lubricating
of machinery. He was pioneer in
the art of steadily supplying oil to
machinery in intermittent drops from
a cup so as to avoid the necessity of
stopping the machine to oil it,"
The first American Negro to re-
ceive a patent on an invention was
Henry Blair, of Maryland, who, in
1884 and 1886, was given patents on
a corn harvester. 1t has been claimed
but not certified that a slave either
invented the cotton gin or gave Eli
Whitney, who obtained the patent for
it, valuable suggestions to aid in the
completion of that invention.
Among the most important inven-
tions by a Negro was the machinery
for automatically attaching soles to
shoes. The original contrivance OF
this sort was devised by John Ernest
Matzelinger, who was born in Dutch
Guiana in 1852, but who came to the
United States and lived in Lynn
Mass. His invention revolutionized
shoe production methods, greatly re-
duced the cost of making shoes, and
is said to- have laid the foundation
for the establishment of the United
Shoe Machinery Company, the larg-
est organization of it's kind in the
world.
Granville T. and Lyates Woods of
New York were the patentees of some
so articles. Most of these have to
do with telegraph and telephone in
struments, electric railways and cleo
trio power control. Among their de-
vices are several relating to the
transmission Of telegraph messages
to moving trains.
Shelby J. Davidson and Robert Pei
ham, both of them civil service en-
ployes in Washington, are the inven-
tors of office machines now in extern
sive use by the government for the
tabulation of statistics. George w.
Murray of South Carolina, once a
member of Congress, patented eight
inventions on agricultural implements.
Frank J. Ferrell of New York has
obtained patents on a dozen or more
improvements in steam engines. Jo-
seph Dickson, New Jersey, has been
responsible for a number of inven-
tions in player piano mechanism
most of them now in general use by
piano manufacturers. William B.
Purvis, Philadelphia, is one of the
principal inventors of machinery for
making paper bags.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
WHITES SUBSTITUTE
FOR NEGRO PICKETS

Washington (CNS) = The new
Negro Alliance, an organization of
young Negroes, organized to secure
employment for Negroes in those es-
Establishments where the majority trade
is colored, was restrained by court or
der last week from picketing Kauf-
mans Department Store on 7th Street
N. w. Kaufman's is large depart
ment store, located in a Negro neigh
borhood.
No sooner had the injunction been
issued than the Young Peoples So
cialist League, White, began to picket
the store with signs reading, Negroes
do not buy where you cannot work"
and "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" They could
not be stopped until the management
of the store went into court and Sc
cured another injunction.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
MOTHERS EFFORT CLUB
ENTERTAINS

During the holiday period, the
Mothers Effort club entertained at
an elaborate dinner in honor of Mrs
Carrie Burns, who is past eighty
years of age.
Each member prepared one of the
eight courses of the dinner. Mrs.
Marguerite Washington, state presi-
dent of the Minnesota Association of
Colored Women, accompanied by
Mr.. Washington, was among the
guests. Mrs. Katherine L. Smith
sang. Mrs. Hester Jackson received
the gift packages. In all, twenty
guests were present. Mrs. Burns, the
honor guest, resides with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. C. M. Coree.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
Urban Race Folk
More Intelligent
Than Caucasians
BIG CITY NEGROES OUT-CLASs
WHITES

Washington (ANP)-In three large
cities of the north, according to the
Census of 1880, Negroes, on the av-
erage, are smarter than White folk,
on the average, believe it or not. Those
three cities are New York, Boston and
Chicago.
In 1880, the percentage of illiteracy
among Whites in New York was 4.6
and among Negroes, 81; in Boston
the percentage among Whites was 80
and among Negroes 1.9; Chicago
Whites are 80 per cent illiterate and
Chicago Negroes 2.2 per cent.
In Gary, Ind, the Whites are 5 per
cent illiterate and the Negroes 3.3
per cent.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
Big 10 Unwritten
Law Bars Race
Basket Ball Men
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BARS
NEGRO BASKETBALL STAR

Ann Arbor, Mich, January s.
Franklin Lett, freshman student at
the University of Michigan, and for
mer all-State center on the Battle
Greek (Mich.) high school basketball
team and all-State end on that
schools football team, has been barred
from the university's freshman basket
ball team because of his color =
In explaining his reason for dis
eliminating against the young Negro
athlete, head basketball coach Frank
lin Cappon, has stated:
"There has never been colored boy
to play basketball in the Big Ten. 1t
has been a mutual agreement between
the coaches not to use a colored boy
in basketball. There is no rule in the
Big Ten 'in writing that says boy
cannot play because of his color, but
just this 'unwritten agreement of the
coaches to keep them out. No other
Big Ten school has used colored boy,
and I do not want to break the ice.'
That would put me on the spot, so to
speak"
Nevertheless, Coach Cappon finds
himself on the spot from another di-
rection. In response to a complaint
received from DR.. Adonis Patterson
of Battle Creek, both the local branch
of the N A. A. C. P. and the National
Office have taken immediate action.
Protests have been sent to Coach Cap
pom, to President Alexander Ruthven,
of the university, the President of the
Battle Creek Chamber of Commerce,
who as head of the local Michigan
Alumni Association has promised to
do his utmost to break down the color
bar, and to Representative Kulp of
the Congressional District who has
placed the matter before the Univer-
sity Board of Regents.
In sharp letter to Coach Cappon,
Roy wilkins, assistant secretary Of
the n. A. A. C. P, denounced ''the
gratuitous insult to young Lett per-
sonally, and to the race of which he
happens to be member" and, point
ing to such Internationally known
Michigan athletes as DeHart Hubbard,
Eddie Tolan and Willis Ward, declared
that the color bar "can be interpreted
as nothing less than gross ingratitude
for their services" After calling at
tention to the fact that the University
of Michigan is unsupported insti-
tuition supported by and maintained
for all of the States citizens, Mr.. Will
kins concludes:
"No university in the Big Ten could
better afford to bring this issue
squarely to the fore than the Univer-
sity of Michigan. Its athletic pres
tige is unquestioned. It's effect on the
policies of the Big Ten is tremendous.
;. It can well afford to step out and
say that Michigan will not be party
to this unjust, undemocratic and un-
grateful ban on Negro basketball
athletes"
President Ruthven is away on an
expedition in Egypt, but other Off
GERS have assured the N. A. A. G. P.
that the protest will be considered by
the board of regents.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13

The Junior Civic Association of the
Sterling Club will hold their monthly
meeting Thursday, January 18th, at
the Club. Miss Beneta Edwards will
lead the discussion on the American
Newspaper" There will be musical
program following the discussion.
Miss Estyr Bradley is Chairman of
the Program Committee and is being
assisted by DR.. and Mrs. Norman
Howell and Miss Willadene Eastman.
Miss Juanita Brooks of ITO st. An
thony Ave. has been confined to her
home for the past several days due
to illness.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
Funeral For Thup
Victim Held Police
Baffled By Crime
VICTIM OF HOODLUMS'
BULLETS BURIED

Funeral services for Joseph Mich
OILS, SO, of Gary, Indiana, one of the
two men shot down by White thugs
looking for the Harlem Breakfast
Club Thursday morning, Jan. a, were
held Wednesday, Jan. 10, at the Neal
Funeral Home Chapel The Revs. H.
w. Bolts and W. E. Guy officiated
jointly at the services. Interment
was in Crystal Lake cemetery.
Nichols and his brother-in-law,
Frank Tolliver, 60, S3 Highland Ave.
N, were shot early Thursday morn
ing as they struggled with two
strange White men who sought en-
trance to the Tolliver home Both
were rushed to Asbury hospital
where Nichols died two days later.
Tolliver's condition remains critical.
Crime and Motive Battling
The motive for the cold-blooded
shooting has baffled the Minneapolis
police. Four detectives assigned to
the case have been working night and
day to establish clues as to the iden-
tity of the two men who shot Nichols
and Tolliver and drove off swiftly in
small auto.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
Gunman's Victim Buried;
Citizens Seek Closing OF
Highland Ave. Resorts
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

Our collectors will call on all Min
neapolis. and st. Paul delinquent sub
scribers between Saturday, Jan. 13,
and Wednesday, Jan. II. Be sure to
have your money ready. Pay your
subscription only to persons who can
present bona fde credentials.
No delinquents will receive the
Herald beginning with the Jan. 20 is
sue.
The Management.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
Looking For Club

Tolliver told the police the men
banged on his door about $50 in the
morning demanding admittance. When
he went to the door they tried to
force their way in, telling him that
they were looking for the Harlem
Breakfast Club which is located at 141
Highland Ave. Tolliver told the men
they were in the wrong place and up
braided them for waking him and then
slammed the door in their faces. Evi-
IDENTIFY incensed the men continued to
pound on the porch door. Finally
Tolliver returned to the porch, en-
gagged in heated argument with the
men. One of the men reached in his
pocket as he tussled with Tolliver. AS
Nichols, Tolliver's brether-in-law, who
had just arrived in the city to visit his
sister, Mrs. Tolliver, came out on the
porch in answer to his sisters cries,
the man tussling with Tolliver fired
three shots into T,lliver's body.
Nichols armed with a stick dubbed the
intruder over the head and the man
shot him, fatally wounding him.
The men then jumped in the waiting
motor car and sped away into the
early morning gloom.
Police Question Score
Police questioned score of persons,
including two walters at the Harlem
Breakfast Club, who were implicated
by the circumstances surrounding the
shooting by rumors sweeping over the
city.
Citizens Want Resorts Closed
Citizens all over the city were
aroused over the crime. One group of
citizens are expected to petition the
Mayor to remove clubs and alleged
disorderly houses from Highland Ave.
district. One citizen more outspoken
than others said, "Such things are to
be expected when joints are allowed
to operate in districts alongside pri-
vate homes"
Citizens are making a private in
vestigation of conditions that led up
to shooting developments of which
will be publisher in next weeks
Herald.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
Joe Allison

Joe Allison, 70, died at Parkview
Sanitarium Sunday, January Z. The
deceased had no known relatives and
given Christian burial by friends
headed by Claud Lytle, McDuff Will
lams and friends. Interment at
Crystal Lake, under the direction of
the Neal Funeral Home on Jan. 10.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13

Phillip Aston, so, st. Paul, was re
covering today in Ancker hospital
from a bullet wound in the eye in
fiicted by a % caliber rifle bullet.
Police were holding Mrs. Florence AL
ston, his wife, for questioning. The
couple live in shack near Pigs Eye
island.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
COMING EVENTS
Matinee Dance

Matinee Dance Sunday afternoon
Jan. IA, at Apex Mite Klub, 2 to $50
Floor Show and plenty of good music
The Turtles Whoopee Ball
Whoopee Ball at Club Kongo Mon
day night, Jan. Is, in honor of Pedro
Lane & Co., with host of stars en-
tertaining.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13

St. Paul Choirs won high honors in
recent city-wide church choir contests.
Both st. James A. M E. and Pilgrim
Baptist.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
CANNON RETURNS FROM
ST. LOUIS

Raymond W. Cannon, Minneapolis
returned last week from st.
Twin-City herald., 1934-01-13
Forum Reflects
Officers, Hears
Chas. A. Mann

Newman Reelected President
Evening star., 1934-09-16
Lady5 Cigaret'
Continued From Tenth Page.

try" said Bob Garrity to Carey Lassen his tone
pleasant no more. I'm deputy fire warden"
He lifted the flap of his left shirt pocket and
revealed badge. Then he drew forth the
monogrammed cigarette butt. Nancy Wilmot
is already under arrest and this is the evidence.
She threw this end, still lighted, into the
woods and started q fire. Right now she Ia
due to be the county's guest for six months"
IF this is a bluff" snarled Lassen don't
think won't see it through"
you're asking for it," said Garrity grimly.
Paddy Kane won't need any coaxing to press
the same charge against you. It's plenty poison.
Last year we had q fire that burned out 10
square miles of timber. 1t started from spark.
Well are you playing out the bluff?"
For 10-count Carey Lassen stood fast, his
gaze shifting from Garrity to the girl, then to
the tree of an axman, Hels Hagen, and at last
to the immensity Of space over the timbered
valley. His arrogance subtly slipped from him,
as he realized the primitive loneliness Of the
woods. Without another word, he turned and
left
Nancy Wilmot watched Bob Clarity trample
his evidence into the forest earth. 1t seemed
symbolic of the burial of the past and also Of
the seeding of new lfe There was much to
do. The roadster to sell. her father to be
brought home, but the other was all over. The
last painful trace seemed to vanish rs heavy
calked boot trampled clean earth over the
monogrammed cigarette. a1 b3ot - satir1l
Evening star., 1934-09-16

won't cater less than one-quarter of pound .
day.
AT first my family was very much amused at
my idea for canine catering" Golf continued
"But they don't think 1t Is funny any more, for
they see its tremendous possibilities. However,
I must admit that amusing things are happen
ing to in the office and on the road all the
time
Recently we were asked to cater food for q
goat, but we declined because goats are herba-
ceous and We prefer the meat business. The
raccoon on our hst-he belongs to Ralph Earle
of Haverford-is thriving excellently on our
canine catering.
1--WE are continually being called on the tele-
phone by maids who ask us how soon Rollo's
dinner will appear. By the way, it seems that q
great many oogs are named Rollo. The other
day when was trying to trace one Of my driv-
ers, called up place, asked whether the Ca
nine Catering Co. truck had been there and re-
ceived the answer that must have the wrong
number as they weren't giving party.
I'VE have even received calls for estimates for
church socials. And the butchers from whom I
buy insist on addressing me as Mr.. Caneeny,'
since they think that Is my name"