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Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25

mayor expressed qualification over
settlement of the truck drivers strike,
and declared that he is beginning a
Eight on Communism" He urged
all concerned in the strike to forget
animosities, tdt added +fhas he win
devote his efforts to Kidding Che city
Of Communists. "Many of whom in
jected themselves into this dispute"
He charged them with being e.rabid
opponents of all law and order"
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25
N. Y. CUTS DOWN
WISHING TREE OF
HARLEM ACTORS

New York, Aug. 24.-The park
department Monday cut down
Harlem's wishing tree because it
was dying. ..'-:........
This elm on Seventh avenue at
131st street was supposed to
bring employment to Negro the
atrical performers when they were
out of work. All they had to do,
legend had it, was to stand under
the tree and wish for work.
Paul Robson has stood under
Harlem's wishing tree, and so has
Bill Robinson, the tap dancer,
Ethel Waters, now starring on
Broadway, and the late Bert Will
liams.
According to the legend, job
less and penniless Negro perform
er once stood under the elm, made
wish that he would find work.
He had not gone a dozen steps
when he met a friend who told
him where he might get a fine
job. From that the story spread.
Many Negroes gathered Monday
night to pick up chips from the
tree.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25
Alpha Phi Alpha
To Meet In Chicago

Chicago chapters of Alpha Phi AL
pha, national Negro fraternity, have
been busy during the last few weeks
making arrangements for a national
convention of the !. organization to
be held there August 10th to 22nd,
coincident with the staging of the
mammoth spectacle, go, Sing. A
New Song" in Chicago's Soldier
Field, August 25th.
Sessions have been planned so that
the convention business will have
been completed before the spectacle
is presented. 1t is anticipated that
approximately 1000 fraternity mem
bers and their friends will be in Chi
eago for the convention and will stay
to witness the great production.
Prominent among those working
on arrangements for the convention
are: A. L. Foster of the Urban Lea
que of Chicago; DIR. H. Reginald
Smith; George r. Arthur of the Ros-
enwald Fund and the Urban League.
20, Sing New Song" to be vie W.
ed by an anticipated audience of
100000 people, will be musical
history of the colored race, augment
ed with dramatic action and dancing
by huge grc7ps Ct brilliantly cos
TUNED players and dancers.
The spectacle is being made posi-
Bile through a donation by the Ros-
enwald Fund and proceeds will go to-
ward promoting musical education
among talented young Negroes of the
country,
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25
MAsoNS HOLD MEET
MINNESOTA r. & A. M.
END GOTH ANNUAL
:, COMMUNICATION IN ST. PAUL

The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge
of Free and Accepted Masons of
Minnesota prince Hall Affiliation)
just concluded its 40th annual COM
munication at st. Paul, as the guests
of Perfect Ashlar Lodge No. a. SEES
sions were held at the lodge hall in
the Halle @. Brown house.
Delegates say this was the most
interesting session of the Grand
Lodge in many years. The various
subordinate lodges were well repre-
scented. Important legislation for the
benefit Of the jurisdiction was pass
ed. All officers were reelected with
the exception of Grand Lecture, Geo.
w. Burkes was elected succeeding R..
W., Marion, A. Boiling. Officers for
the ensuing year are: M w. Grand
Master, Chester A. Johnson; M. w.
Grand Deputy Caster, Wilbur A. Will
liams; Senior Grand Warden, Sam
uel Ransom; Junior Grand Warden,
Fred D. Parkinson; Grand Treasurer,
Jno. F. Coquire; Grand Secretary,
Edw. R., Thomas; Grand Lecturer,
Geo. w., Burke. g.. Xix.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25
Exceed One
A Week Since June,
Z. :. I'll. Roosevelt Told

New York. Aug. "a. - President
Roosevelt was. told on Tuesday that
"Lynchings in the United States since
June first have been at the rate Of
more than one week." The tele-
gram to the president was sent by
Roy Wilkins for the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Col
ored People following the lynching
at Michigan City, Mississippi, of Rob-
ert Jones and Smith Houey, and
again urged Mr.. Roosevelt to insist
at the opening of the new congress
upon the passage of a federal anti
Iynching law. The telegram read:
q. 1.-TWO lynchings in Mississippi yes
terday bring the total for the year
to fourteen with six of this total from
Mississippi alone. This. total is two
more than the 1888 total to this date.
Twelve of the 1884 lynchings have
taken place since it became appar-
ent that Congress was not to enact
a federal anti-lynching law during
its closing days. Lynchings in the
United States since June first have
been at the rate of more than one
a week bearing out the prediction of
this association and others who urg-
ed federal anti-lynching bill that
lynchings would increase as soon as
the threat of federal legislation was
removed. The parade of bold mob
murders since June first is further
proof of our contention that the
states are unwilling or unable to
check lynching and that the only
method left is the invocation. of the
power of the federal government to
rid our nation of lynching law. We
urge again that you insist at the
opening of the new Congress upon
the passage of federal anti-lynching
legislation"
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25
Boycott Method OF
Getting Jobs Debated
In Th, Crises

New York, Aug. IA debate on
the use of the boycott to get jobs
for Negroes in neighborhoods where
Colored purchasers are in the ma
jority is contained in the September
Crisis between George S. Schuyler
and We're E. John. Mr.. Schuyler
lambasts the boycott in his usual
slash-bang manner, contending that
it acts as a boomerang on the eco-
nomically helpless Negro minority
and often causes the loss of more jobs
outside the Negro residence area
than are secured in it. Mr.. Johns,
staff writer for the New York Age,
tells of the picket work against the
L. NJ. Blumstein department store,
largest in Harlem, which resulted in
Blumstein's signing an agreement to
hire colored clerks. He urges color
ed people to adopt the boycott as a
means of getting work.
In the same issue is an article by
DR.. Gustav Peck, executive director
Of the Labor Advisory Board of the
MIRA, entitled "The MIRA and Me-
gro Workers." in which the writer
tries to explain the differential wage
scales set up by many industrial
codes. Other features: Russian and
American Theatre" by Wayland
Rudd; "Liberian Natives Tell Their
Story" q letter from q native LII
berian loader; elm Grow in South
Africa" by ]. G. Coka. A short
character sketch Of Thomas Eat"
Waller, radio organist and pianist. II
done by Roy Wilkins. There 10 .
report also Of the student confer
ence held in Chicago early this
month and the prize winning essay
on (Which College Prepares the
Young Negro Better for Life!" The
Crisis will be out August %.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25
National Organizations
=. J.. Hit By Critic
SAYS N. A. A. C. P. AND URBAN
LEAGUE SHOULD BE ScRAPPED

7, The 18th annual educational con-
ference converting at the West 135th
Street Y. M. C. A. in New York, lis
tened to a varied program of speak
ears folio wing its opening on Thurs
day night, August 9th, DR.. E. Frank
lin Frasier, head of the sociology de-
partment of Howard University, J..
B. Matthews, lecturer for the Lea
que of Struggle, for Negro Rights,
George S. Schuyler Of the Pittsburgh
Courier, DR.. Willis N. Higgins, Ar
thur Reid and James w. Ford, Com
munist candidate for vice president
in 1882 we're all speakers on the plat
form.
James w. Ford outlined the issues
facing the group as the fight against
starvation and unemployment and
the procuring of relief for farmers
and share-croppers for equal rights
and liberation of the masses. The
conference was opened by J. B. Mat
thews, white, and E. Franklin Frasier
who discussed respectively, "The
Significance of the American Revolu-
ton" and the "Role Of the Colored
Man in the Social Revolution"
DR.. Frasier suggested that all sep
arate high schools and welfare agen-
cies should be closed If a social re-
volution is to be brought about. Par
ticularly did he stress the fact that
the National Urban League end the
National Association for the Adj
vancement Of Colored People. are no
longer serving . useful purpose.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25
MINI. Grand Chapter
Meets In Canada
TWIN CITY CHAPTERS
WELL REPRESENTED /.
IN NINTH ANNUAL SESSION

Minnesota Grand Chapter O. E. S.
Prince Hall Affiliation) are now in
their ninth annual session at Winni-
peg, Manitoba. Mispah Chapter No.
6 is hostess to the Grand Chapter.
The Minnesota Grand Chapter is
composed of chapters in Minneap-
oils, st. Paul, Duluth and Edmonton
and Winnipeg in Canada. 1t is ex-
pected that eighty or more delegates
will attend. Among those attending
from Minneapolis was Mr.. Helen
Jackson, DIT Ruler of Minnehaha
Temple, I. B. P. O.. E. W. and Past
Princess of Queen Esther Temple No.
S. M. T.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25

ment. The herbs and money were to
be wrapped about the leg. This un-
usual concoction was applied and re-
manned on the leg for an entire day.
Mr.. Taber became suspicious due to
the fact that the remedy was doing
no good. He removed the applica-
ton and to his surprise discovered
that the large sum of money which
he gave the woman to use was mere
ly one dollar bill wrapped about
SO much newspaper. The police were
notified but as to date neither woman
or $4,000 have been apprehended.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25
AK MURDER SUSPECT
JAILED In MONTANA

"0maha" Brown b being held In
Billings, Mont, 1t the request Of j..
Capt. Fred Gilman for Questioning
regarding the brutal murder Of
Richard Williams Of Cleveland, Ohio,
who was found Aug. i2th, at s1s
Bassett Place with his head split
open.
Brown was picked up ~ he was
about to register at a federal tram
sient relief office at Laurel, Mont.
Details Of the murder have been for
warded to the Billings sheriff .whs
win question the suspect.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25
$1,000 GONE
iii. AND NO CURE

Experience is a great teacher, but
we wonder if Mr.. Scott Taber of 40S
Carroll Ave-, will agree. It seems
that Mr.. Taber has for some time
been having an ailment with his leg
that has, caused him considerable
trouble. !, Last Tuesday, Mr.. Taber
fell prey to"a Gypsy woman, con-
fidence worker, who afore-hand kne W
of Taber's condition and also his f.
nancial status. The woman claimed
that through the aid of some especi-
ally prepared herbs and large sum
of money she would cure the all
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25
Young Wife Taken
By White Man
Husband Beaten By Mob

New. York, Aug. IA pathetic
letter from . thrifty Negro farmer
wning IS acres Of land near Man.
tee, Miss, whose wife has been tax
en- from him by white farmer back
ed up by mob, has been received
by Walter White, secretary Of the
National Association for the Ad.
vancement Of Colored; People The
writer for obvious reasons prefers to
remain anonymous. His letter, In
part, follows: -'
my name h residing In
East Chicago, Ind, until the past
four years. I came 70 Mantees Miss,
the native home Of my parents. Al.
ter being there two months I married
MY wife and ] Eot along fine mn
til about eight weeks ago her guard
Ian sowed dissatisfaction and, deceit
in her mind. She was sixteen years
Of age when we was married, being
only nineteen now, so she was young
and ignorant Of life. This kept up
until they eventually persuaded her
from me-.
"My wife In the meantime had
started cooking for a white man In
Msntee. He was supposed to have
sent word that she was there With
them and he wanted me to leave the
country, that he didn't want mo
around there trying to persuade her
from working for him. I didn't know
he said It and didn't care. I couldn't
afford to work, all year and leave II
without. cause.
,4"Well. Sat, mite June 80 went up
to my wife's uncle was standing in
the house talking to her and 12 Of
them or, more surrounded the house
sticking rifles and shotguns. thru the
windows and four with pistols came
in threw them on me, forced me out
in the woods about two miles from
to wn and Of them took turns beat
ing me with 4-inch wide gin belt
doubled. When one got tired he'd sit
down and each of the remainder
would fog me. After keeping this
up for hours, they carried me to the
nearest place which freight trains
stop. Twas in an unconscious state.
They give me orders to get out Of
the state and never return. BY the
help Of two transients I got aboard
Of freight train Bound south. I
got to a place called Louisville, Miss.
There railroad commissioner johnson
and Constable Cal Caplsson got me
off the train.
"EeeinT my conditions (ny clothes
was stuck to me from bend Of my
knees to the middle Of my bAek)
they felt sorry for me. They car
risd mo to the F. 3. r. A. .etrice and
secured medical aid for me and got
mo some clean clothes and get q
place for me to stay until I vas abs
to hobbie around"
In his letter the msa gives NE
name Of the white man who took his
wife, the names Of the white men
who beat him and the names Of the
Negroes who witnessed his kidnapping.
" . /. u
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25
TWO HELD IN
SIXTH AVE. BURGLARY

Alfred Williams and David Ingram
are being held in the city Jail for
burglary. The two are accused of
the theft Of a shirt and some boys
underwear, valued at $3.50, from the
Peoples Clothing Store, TO Sixth
Avenue N. Ingram had been in
town only short while.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25
Bainbridge To Rid
City Of Communist
"REDS" WILL NOT
BE TOLERATED IN
CITY SAYS MAYOR

Mayor cambridge served notice on
all Communist and those Of radical
leanings in Minneapolis in the future
will not be permitted to carry on
their activities as they have in the
past. ..&-..
In statement to the public, the
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25
TO HOLD DEFENSE
PICNIC SUNDAY

The init Labor Defense, McDufy
Branch, will hold . Herndon-Scotts-
toro-McDuffy Defense Picnic, Sun
day, August 26th, at Glsnwood Park.
grounds No. 3
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-25

Mrs. Samuel r. gtevens, Of 44os
vineennes Avenue. Chicago. H., was
a caller at The Herald ofiiss before
Asr retuSn hnrDe,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
u. S. Surrey ShOlUs Mix
Use ALarmingLy Lou.

Widespread underconSumption of
milk is shown in a preliminary report
issued by DR.. Fred c. Howe, consum-
er's counsel of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration, Washington.
The report based upon the widest
survey of its kind ever undertaken
covers information obtained by club
women from 29, 485 families in SO cities
and rs states. The survey was limited
to families with children in school and
with incomes ranging from average to
low. The average number of persons
in the families surveyed was 5.44 and
the average number of children per
per family was $21.29 per week.
More than IA per cent of the families
reported that they bought no fresh milk
at all and average daily purchases OF
fresh milk for the entire group
amounted to less than six-tenths of a
pint per person.
Average purchases OF eVapOraUeQ MIX
by the families surveyed were high
compared to the national per capita
consumption, but total purchases of
both fresh and evaporated milk We're
low in comparison to the nutritional
needs of the individual as specified by
the U. S. Bureau of Home Economics
Average purchases of evaporated milk
amounted to little more than IL
pounds per year per person.
Average per capita purchases of fresh
and evaporated milk combined were
more than q per cent below the poin
which is safe from a health standpoin
and "a per cent below the liberal die,
level, according to the Bureau of HON,
Economics standards.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
County Chairman Early
Mrs. ROSemeier Here

Over fifty members of the Ely Re-
publican Club were present at the
regular meeting Wednesday evening at
the Community Center and listened to
Mrs. Frank Rosemeier of Virginia and
James Early of Hibbing make enthusi-
astic predictions regarding the state
campaign now on.
Mr.. Early is Republican county chair
man and Mrs. Rosemeier is chairman
of county women for the campaign
Both stressed the necessity of organi-
zation and team work throughout the
county in order to defeat the Russian
inspired propaganda and keep Mime
sofa in America.
W. j. Risebrook of Hibbing, Anton
ZbaSnik, B. 0. Straehan and Ed
Bolitho made short talks. A. w. Mel
son presided at the meeting. Mrs
William Jones acted as secretary during
the absence of Ray Hoefler
The next meeting will be held on
Wednesday evening next week and
outside speakers were promised for the
occasion.
The executive committee also began
preparations for the visit of Martin
A. Nelson, candidate for governor, to
this city on Saturday, October Is.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
"a
SAlGzeEE =
* NOTES

The annual husband and wife
tournament of the Shagawa Country
Club came to am end Sunday when the
finals We're played between Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Prisk and Mr. and Mrs
Clifford Nelson.
The Nelson team defeated the PriSk
team 4-3 in an exciting contest wit
messed by a large gallery. Thirty six
holes were scheduled Eighteen holes
were played in the morning and fifteen
in the afternoon when the game ended
4-3.
The tournament began during the
summer The parings and the winners
in the first round of eighteen holes
were as follows:
The Nelson's drew a bye; Andersons
won on a forfeit from Carlsons; Eng
lunds beat Smiths, 8-6; LaBeauS beat
Bolithos, up; Prisks won an forfeit
from Careys; ThielmanS beat Rikhus'
6-5; Gianottis beat Laings, ga; Di-
Ninos beat HaugenS, Sd
The second round: Nelson's beat An
dersons, 4-3; LaBeaus beat Englunds
4-3; Prisks beat Thielmans, 80; Clan
otis beat DiNinoS, 5-4.
Semi-finals: Nelson's beat LaBeaus
2 up; Prisks beat Gianottis, 80.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
Highway PatrOLmen
Take Pistol TrOphy.

Competing against the best police
marksmen in Minnesota, state highway
patrol team No. /, won the team event
trophy in the state pistol and revolver
championship recently conducted at
Fort Smelling. The patrol officers score
was 992 out of possible 1000. The
team was made up of Lawrence Thrun
of Moose Lake, former state individual
champion, Richard Pursley, Garnet
Hall and Sylvester Porter. A second
highway patrol team, made up of Ar
thur Ousley, William Soderstrom, Ed.
Cummings and Henry Sorby, finished
fifth with score of 1888. Municipal,
federal and state marksmen competed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
Fine Program at Rotary.

c. G. Winfrey of Buffalo, New York,
who is in the city making changes in
the treatment OF crushed rock at the
Emeralite Surfacing Products Company
plant, spoke to the Rotarians at We'd
neSday's meeting. Mr.. Winfrey is a
deep thinker and gave the meeting
much food for thought in his remarks.
B. o. Strachan spoke on current
events and George T. AyreS gave a
noted incident in the history of Ely in
the year 1904 when labor troubles at the
mines were prevalent.
Judge Bert Fesler and DR.. j. E.
Thompson were guests of the club. The
ladies of the Bethany church served
the dinner
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
To Install Officers.

The Past Noble Grand's Club will
hold their regular meeting on Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs William
Richards as hostess. The newly elected
officers will be installed at this meeting
by Mrs. E. Brobin, president; Mrs
Hulda Anderson, marshall, and Mrs. E
Bridson, chaplain. Officers to be in
stalled are:
PreSident-MrS. r. Halamik.
Vice Presidential John Nankervis
Secretary Treasurer-Mrs. Herbert
Venner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
The Word "Climax"

The word climax" comes from the
Greek and meant originally ladder
or stairway. In the ancient Greek
theaters the stairway which led from
the lower part to the upper seats bore
that name. In rhetoric, a climax is a
statement in which the thought leads
upward step by step to a eliminating
point. An anti-climax is the opposite.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
American Polo Ponies

american polo ponies are usually
about 10 hands high and weigh in the
neighborhood of 1000 pounds. In this
type OF horse short back and big bar
rel are encouraged, since these give
WIND and endurance for horse which
must carry weight at speed. Polo
ponies usually have some thoroughbred
blood A good cross is three-fourths
or seven-eighths thoroughbred with
some other stockier breed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05

The famous Ruud Quartet, winners
of the rural championship at the state
competition in which singers from all
parts of the state took part, will give a
sacred concert at the Bethany Lutheran
church on Tuesday evening, October 8,
at 7:30 o'clock The program to be
rendered will be as follows:
First Group:
Proudly AS the Eagle"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05

The Mems Brotherhood of the M. E
church will open its winter activities
on Saturday, October 9Th at 8 o'clock
at the church All members are asked
to attend Officers will be elected for
the coming year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
Diamond Shaped Liz. Afr;e.

A freak diamond shaped like the
map OF Africa, was found In the
Theunissen district Of South Africa,
by company operating in that area.
II LIS a pure white specimen. and Its
greatest length is about half an inch
and Its width three-eighths Of an inch.
The thickness Is about the Same as
that Of q quarter. As a diamond its
value II considerable. but as q freak
1t Is considered to be valuable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05

ATTENTION RADIO FANS! Your
Favorite Programs for the Entire Week
Are Published COMPLETE in the SUN
DAY CHICAGO HERALD AND Elk
AMINER Be Sure To Get Your Copy
of the Sunday Chicago Herald and
Examiner Every Week!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
Southampton Trading Center

Southampton has been an important
trading center for the interchange OF
British and foreign goods ever since
the days of the Phoenicians and An
cient Greeks 1900 years ago. Today
100000 tons of shipping enter the
docks annually.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
The Word Impeachment"

The meaning Of the word "impeach-
ment" is accusation. and to say that a
President was impeached means that
he was accused Of certain acts by a
method laid down in the Constitution.
Andrew Johnson was so impeached,
but was acquitted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05

Leo Miller, who formerly conducted
the Forest Hotel barber shop but now
of Grand Rapids where he is con-
Quoting a tavern and cafe, was in the
city Friday to attend the funeral of
Henning Olson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
Rare Cypress Trees

Romantic Monterey, first seen by
white men In 1912, and named after
his patron, Count de Monterey. By Sc
bastian vizaino In 1902. has cypress
trees found nowhere else In the world,
and an old mission built in III.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05

Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Jones will attend
the Nebraska Minnesota football game
Saturday at the U. of M. After the
game they leave for a trip to the
Worlds Fair at Chicago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05

Sensational is right, Jim. After
months of higher prices, the Tiger
Stores Tire Sale is the biggest news of
the year. Lowest price tire, $325, exch.
price. Crest Tire and Tube, $3.50 exch.
adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
Read Them Carefully.

On the inside pages of the Miner will
be found the text of the Constitutional
Amendments to be voted on at the
coming election Read them carefully.