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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-19
BY WILLIS THORNTON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

COSHOCTON. O., March 10,
Life moves deliberately and
quietly down Main street here,
largely undiSturbed by the hub
bub with which the great cities
have received NRA, the AAA,
and all the new elements of the
recovery program.
There isn't any NRA cOmph-
ance board here and never has
been. Retail trade in its small
stores is definitely better, though
the small farmers hereabouts have
been benefited less by direct AAA
allotments than by the rise in
prices.
There have been no strikes in
its small factories, and very little
rev organization of workers.
CWA has been a godSend. and
should be continued as a relief
supplement. say those who know,
And the whole recovery pro-
gram is seen in a diluted and
easy-going form that is far diff
ference from its buzzing intensity
in great cities.
TYPICAL COUNTY SEAT
How typical is Coshocton of the
$50 towns of its size (just under
100000 in the country, where g.
100000 people live? Or the
SLIGHTLY smaller communities il
which 100000 more live?
Judge from this: Croshocton l:
an Ohio county seat, its brick
front. downtown district stringins
along Main street, which is lineC
with the autos of farmers who
have come in from three sur
rounding counties to shop, talk, @
go to the movies.
The railroad runs right dowr
the middle of Fifth street. boil
biseeting Main. There is an 20
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-19
need and con relief"
NEED RELIEF WORK

Snyder feels that work under
the successor plan to CWA will
be needed here-that re-employ-
ment hasn't nearly taken up the
slack. There were 80 applications
for relief the day the first batch
of CWA workers were discharged.
A good indication of employ
ment condities lies in a survey by
the Business Mems Association IN
angling for a new factory. 1t
showed 1000 women within a co.
mile radius were willing to take
jobs there. The entire population
of the county is only about 29,-
900. ,..... :;
One gas station closed, reports
Arthur Hale. president of the
Business Mems Association, him
self gas station proprietor. 1t
was a chain station, and closed
not because the company could
not afford to pay the code wage,
but because the station did not it
self produce enough income to
pay that scale.
KEEP EVEN TENOR OF WAY
Hale believes that perhaps 100
other gas stations in the state
have been eliminated for the same
reason.
The building throughout the
summer and fall of a new con-
densed milk plant. branch of a
great national firm, helped build
ing trade employment to the tune
of $50 men, and may be sign of
the trend to decentralization of
great city factories.
Never boom town. and never
quite down to the depths, this
typical small community goes
quietly on it's way, accepting what
it likes in the recovery, program,
benefting mildly by its workings,
confident that whatever comes the
farmers muddy cars still will
park in thick rank along Main
street.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-19

X. Restaurant" Furniture and
Undertaking" shop. and another
advertising Books, Drugs, and
Wallpaper
It's small industries employ in
no case more than $50 people
each: Gloves. rubber goods, ad-
vertising novelties, cast iron pipe,
pottery, condensed milk, enamel
ing. leather goods.
One newspaper. One movie.
Nearly 81 per cent white, native
born inhabitants. No industry
dominant, a conservative, old
fashioned, steady community.
DODGE COMPLIANCE BOARD
When NRA began. Coshocton
found itself ready to greet it with
q parade. But local business men
sidestepped compliance b d
work. There hasn't been, and
isn't any, such board.
Somehow, in a town like this,
where everybody knows every
body else and calls him Bill, no.
body wants to be in a position OF
calling Bill in and saying: Look
here, you've got to do thus and
So"
Why he might be wanting II
sell Bill an automobile next
week!
So a pad of complaint blanks
was stuck up in the post office
and notice given that anyone whC
wanted to make an NRA com
plant. could write it out and sent
it to state headquarters in Cleve
land. 90 miles away.
Four or five complaints were
adjusted locally and very infor
mally, but some must have beer
sent to Cleveland, for the boarC
there sent an Inspector here tc
check up. He found conditions
satisfactory"
JOB GAIN is SLIGHT
There being no local board, no
one knows how much employment
resulted from NRA. But the con-
dition of relief rolls would sug-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-19
VIRGINIA PINE NOT
TO MARRY RAFT

CHICAGO, March 10. (UP)-
Mrs. Edward J. Lehman, Jr.,
moving picture actress known as
Virginia Pine, yesterday dismiss
ed as "silly gossip" the reports
that she had come here from Hol-
lywood to secure divorce so that
she could be, married to George
Raft, the actor.
Mrs. Lehman has filed suit
against Lehman, wealthy bus
mess man, for divorce and came
here yesterday for a hearing in
the suit. It was said that Raft was
on the same train. She said that
she understood this was true but
that, if so, it was a coincidence
and that she had not seen him
"It's just silly Hollywood gos-
SIP" she said. "You know how
things like that start out there. "
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-19

THE female
spawn earlier period when the is hard
Alare yield much Is gallons 100000
Because sturgeon sLch valuable prize becoming
rare,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-19

ooze, I have tossed dollars into
the Wiltshire Boulevard stores
with much the same result.
with a bunch of California
grapes, j have climbed to the top
of a Beverly Hill and spat the
seeds satisfactorily into the can
Won below. l have been thrown
off the beach at Malibu on gen.
eral principles and 1 have been
nearly, but not quite, drowned by
the broad, comma, Pacific at La
guna Beach.
= "All of this, to be sure, would
never have happened to me back
shall | say, home. And home, pod
neh, is right whar you've hung
your beret. The mild insanity
prevalent in these parts is not so
we'll received back east. There is
less of it, to the square mile and
it attracts more unfavorable no
tice.
"In fact, here one has really
to go out OF ones eccentric way
to get any observation worthy of
the name. If a housewife driving
to market sees a number of peo-
pie in evening clothes leaping into
a swimming pool, she does not
turn in an alarm; she merely
realizes it is spring and that she
will be able to get fresh aspara-
gus from the vegetable man.
"No sheriff's car will roll into
your back yard until you have
murdered your wife for the fourth
time. Hollywood, like Elllses
'ouse, is bright and breezy, free
an easy. You'll find when you're
inside, it's go as you pleas-y'."
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-19

to be- be suO-diyiied into -
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and likewise the er vi Ht ,
steers steers he would I rs',.
them where they wer men y
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who have employment G 5;.t. ;
ing unemployment o u.'la
their the work with the D Yt1s.ss
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slons' a national SYSTEM Gnu a. q
ton, the last named Ci' is,c Of :;
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ton of the schools" o. %
abolish seniority rule !, ne ;
and pledse himself to a, a t SS'
tenure in Washington 'oai
attn Needle fsnas. To- add that n, ,
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thing. Incidentally, the the ! !
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farm redemption plans 81 1
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-19

USE THE WANT ADS,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-19
For Hard Coughs
Colds That Worry,

Creomulsion is made to ciu,,J
help for coughs or colds. L cs-.J
helps in one the best helu I,,s|
science. 1t is for quick relief, irvl
But careful people, nor. nj j
use it for every cough tia, o.,
one knows where a cough nuJy
one can tell which factor viii bJ
That depends on the type Of oH1
Creomulsion costs a lirll. NJ,
lesser helps. But it mean: d, y
help. And it costs yor nothiuaIl
to bring the quick relief YOU vi p
druggist guarantees it. Uai,trI
sake. NJ
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-19
EVERETT HOUSE FOR SALE

BOSTON. (UP).-The historic
Edward Everett house, in Charles
town, where General Lafayette
and Daniel Webster were enter
tanned, has / zen put on the real
estate market. 1t was built in
1912 and is one of the finest ex-
anples of the architecture of that
period eXtant.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-19
HOLLYWOOD
FILM SHOP
By ALANsoN EDWARDS
United Press Staff Correspondent


HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 10. (UP).
Filmville is full of many surprises,
Henry William Hanemann, the
scenarist, has discovered.
apart from the business OF
making the cinema safe for little
children, there is, / find, a great
deal more to Hollywood" Hane-
mann told me. at is full of sur
prises of the most surprising kind.
| have been pursued down Holly
wood boulevard by bazaar en-
ploye laboring under the fixation
that l was a shoplifter. / have
fought a brave but losing fight
with laundries about starch. I
have tossed pennies into the La
Brea Pitts where they have sunk
inexorably into the primordial
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-19

Main street in Coshocton, Ohio,
above. typical community of TO-
600, where NRA effects are less
marked than in the big cities. 1t
is surrounded by farm territory
from which farmers come in Bos-
tor hugsies, like that at the right
hitched before the nearby Millers-
burg courthouse. Though A. F.
of LIS William Green (circle) is
Coshocton's most prominent citi-
zen. the town has seen little labor
organization since NRA, and no
strikes.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16
MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY
FORUM

The Minneapolis Sunday Forum
will meet Sunday, Nov. 18th, at the
Phyllis Wheatley House, at A P. M.
We urge the public to support the
Forum which has been in existence
for over IS years. This seasons
program has many outstanding
speakers.
On Nov. 18th the Forum will
have as guest speaker w. w. Nor
ris, whose subject will be, "New
Trends in Capitalism" Mr.. Norris
is an authority on this subject, and
also an instructor under Workers
Education. He is an author, trav-
eler and an outstanding Forum
speaker.
Tea will be served following the
regular program.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16
Citizens Organize
To Keep Ramsey
Political Jobs

At a mass meeting held at Pho
neer Hall, 5S8 Rondo St., last
week, st. Paul citizens organized
to safeguard Negro representa-
ton in Ramsey county Offices
where changes were made by the
recent election.
Committee Appointed
A committee of nine was APP
pointed by the chairman with the
approval of the meeting to ap-
proach the newly elected county
auditor and sheriff to stress the
necessity for continued Negro
representation in their depart
ments.
The committee is composed of
Frank Boyd, w. S. Butler, Morris
Love, Rev. II. M. Marbley, N. A.
Evans, Rev. w. E. Guy, ]. E. John
son, Maceo Littlejohn and Hector
Vassor. This committee viii also
call on state officials to urge ap-
pointment of members of the
group to a larger number of posi-
tons in state government.
Seek Formation of Council
The formation of a Council of
Negro Organizations was sug-
gested by some of those present
at the Saturday meeting.
A committee, the names of
which will be carried in next
weeks paper, was named to for
mulate plans for such an organiza-
ton.
Nathaniel Evans served as tenn
porary chairman of the organiza-
ton and Charles H. Miller as
temporary secretary.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16
Friends Pay
Final Tribute
To ]. b. Glover

Funeral services for Joseph Ben
jamin Glover were held in the st.
Peter A. NJ. E. Church Tuesday
afternoon, November Is. Mr..
Glover died after an illness which
began in January of last year and
became critical in October. He was
for many years an employee of the
Pullman Company, a citizen of
long standing in Minneapolis, and
was married to his wife, Mrs.
Belle Glover, for almost half a
century. He was buried in the
Crystal Lake cemetery, the Neal
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Funeral Rites
St. Peter Church, in which the
deceased had held membership to-
gether with his wife for many
years, was filed Tuesday with
members not only of st. Peter but
of all Twin City churches, MEM
bers of the three orders to which
he belonged and friends who came
to pay tribute to his sterling worth
as a citizen and churchman.
Floral Decorations
Flowers banked high about the
altar almost completely concealed
the pulpit. The casket itself was
free of all emblems except the
Masonic apron, the insignia of his
order. Behind the banked flowers
the choir stand was filled with the
joined singers of st. Peters three
choirs, the Senior, Gospel and
Choral organizations, who sang
during the services.
Rev. VIM. E. Guy Delivers
EulOgy
At the request of the family, the
Rev. VIM. E. Guy, pastor of st.
James A. M. E. Church, st. Paul,
and a former pastor of st. Peter,
and in addition a staunch friend of
Mr.. and Mrs. Glover, was invited
by the Rev. C. F. Stewart, pastor
Continued on Page q
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16
Gertrude Thomas
Fraternal Leader
Succumbs AT 81
FUNERAL ANNOUNCED FOR
SATURDAY

Mrs. Gertrude Thomas, 81, 3021
First Ave. So, prominent in wo-
mems lodge circles, died early
Wednesday morning after a lin
gering illness of many months. Her
funeral will be held tomorrow
Saturday. at 1 P. M. from the
st. Peter A. M. E. church, Mime
apolis.
Widely Known
Mrs. Thomas has been among
the most widely known women in
lodge work in the state and has
held high office in number Of
organizations. At the time of her
death she was Loyal Lady Ruler
of the Golden Circle, the highest
order of the Order of Eastern
Star, Women's Branch, Past Ma
tron of the Pride of the West
Chapter, o. E. S., Past Daughter
Ruler Elks, Minnehaha Temple,
No. 1923, /. B. P. o. E. W., Past
Daughter Ruler of the P. D. R.
Council, member of the S. M. T.
and of the Court of Calanthe.
For many months she has suf-
fered from the serious illness
which resulted in her death We'd
nesday.
From Prominent Family
Mrs. Thomas comes from fam
lily large in number and social
prominence. Among her surviv-
ors are her daughter, Mrs. Fay
Butler, and grandson, Richard
Kemp Of Minneapolis, her mother,
Mrs. F. H. McCracken of Mt.
Pleasant, Ia, three brothers, Sam
McCracken, Duluth; Charles Nc
Cracker, Des MONIES, Ia; Fred d.
McCracken of New York; sister,
Mrs. Myra Cater, Duluth.
VIM. Clancy, husband of Mrs.
Thomas deceased daughter, Thena,
accompanied Mrs. Cater to Mime
apolis. Other relatives are ex-
pected to arrive for the funeral.
Church funeral services will be
conducted by the Rev. Carlyle F.
Stewart, funeral arrangements by
the Neal Funeral Home, burial in
Crystal Lake cemetery.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16
Randolph Comes
To Twin Cities
For 2 Addresses
RANDOLPH HERE SUNDAY

A. Phillip Randolph will be in
the Twin Cities the coming week
and will speak Sunday afternoon
at 8 P. M. at the Halle @. Brown
House in st. Paul and at the Phyl-
lis Wheatley House in Minneapolis
on Monday night at 8 P. M.
Mr.. Randolph, president of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Port
ers, is conceded to be among the
most eloquent and impressive
orators of the race. His fight in
behalf of the railroad men has
won him national renown.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16

While not generally known, it
is fact that Elsie Williams, one
of the most promising and tai
ented of the country's crop of
singers and entertainers, has been
filling an engagement at the most
exclusive of night clubs conducted
by the Race "Thann's Place" in
st. Paul.
Miss Williams, a singer and
pianist with distinct and original
style, won instant popularity at
"Thann's Place." the rendezvous of
St. Paul's leaders in business and
society.
The charming singer came to
the Twin Cities on q vacation visit
this summer and was persuaded by
friends to remain. Soon she was
besieged by offers of local engage
ments. Liking the Twin Cities, she
accepted her present engagement.
Is Radio Artist
Her unusual voice has been
heard over the two chief national
radio hook-ups. For five consecu-
tive years she entertained radio
listeners over station WIBW, be-
ing the first and only colored
''single" artist to be used by that
station, the leading Kansas broad
casting station. She filled long
engagements at stations WHIP,
Harrisburg, Pa, WREN, Law
renee, Kan, and station KRKD,
Los Angeles.
Well Trained
A graduate of Topeka High
School and of Washburn College,
Miss Williams has studied extern
sively under the best teachers of
voice and piano. For three years
she served as organist for st.
Johns A. M. E. church in Topeka.
Discovered by Hall Johnson
When Hall Johnson, with his
choir, was filling an engagement in
Topeka, he heard Miss Williams
and Immediately requested an
addition. So pleased was the
noted choir-master and author of
the popular play, "Run, Little
Chillun, Rum" that he arranged to
have Miss Williams go under the
exclusive management of William
Gassner, Americas premier con-
cert tour manager. Miss Williams
is the only singer of her type
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16

One OF America IuOSL COIOI4ul
figures, William "Big Bill" Tate
is in the Twin Cities this week. A
former prize ring great, friend and
confdant of Jack Dempsey in his
championship days, and a boxer of
championship calibre in his own
right, Tate, for the past few
years, has been international or
ganizer for the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Work
men of North America, an A. F. of
L. connection which has jurisdic-
ton over butchers and packing
house employees.
For years a public figure in the
sports world, Tate, a college
graduate, after he hung up his
boxing gloves turned to organic
ing race men and women in the
labor movement. In Chicago, he
organized the Negro butchers on
the Southside who were getting
maximum wage of SIC. Six
months after he organized them
they were drawing a minimum
wage of $40 per week.
Led Chicago Job Campaign
Tate led the most significant
economic movement initiated by
Negroes in the country when, four
years ago, he took the leadership
of the "Don't Spend Your Money
Where You Can't Work" campaign
which gained 5000 jobs for Negro
men and women on the Chicago
Southside. Assisted by the Chi
cago Whip, Tate organized the
Chicago Southside into a cohesive
unit which forced practically
every store that did business in
the so-called black belt to hire
some Negro help. The campaign
reached it's climax when the pow
erful Woolworth five-and-ten-cent
store chain capitulated to the de-
mands for colored girl clerks in
its Southside stores after holding
for II weeks against the organized
demonstrations of pickets and citi-
zens led by Tate and the Chicago
Whip. During the campaign,
which attracted nationwide atten-
ton, Tate's life was constantly in
danger.
Life Threatened
Almost daily he received threats
against his life, and efforts were
made to buy him off. After the
historic fight was won, Tate turned
again to the labor movement. So
successful was he in interesting
Negro workers, and white work
ers, too, in the organized labor
movement that he was appointed
an international organizer for the
organization with which he is now
connected.
Conducting Membership Drive
Mr.. Tate is in the Twin Cities
to conduct a membership drive
among packing plant employees.
He is conducting meetings on
Tuesday nights at the Labor Tenn
pie, st. Paul, and on Fridays at
the Polish Hall, South st. Paul.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16
JUNGLE" BOB BELToN

Mr.. Edward Bolton, formerly a
field agent for the Piney Wood
School but now working indepen-
IDENTIFY, can be heard over WCCO
every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 3:15 P. M.
He would appreciate very much
if listeners would drop a post card
addressed: Uncle Bob Bolton,
WCCO, Minneapolis, expressing an
appreciation or criticism of his
renditions.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16
ST. PAUL NATIONAL TEA CO
OPENS NEW STORE

The National Tea Co. of st. Paul
is opening a de luxe food store at
98S Wabasha St., st. Paul, today
friday. This concern has II
stores in st. Paul and, most i'm
portant of all, has four Negro
employees.
The National Tea Stores solicit
your business through the columns
of this newspaper (your newspa-
peri in the advertising columns in
another section of the paper.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16

under Mr.. Gassner's management.
While in Hollywood, California,
she appeared as the featured
artist at Earl Dancers Barn, an
exclusive mite spot, catering to the
movie colony. In New York,
where she went early during the
past summer, she appeared on a
monster theatrical benefit for Har-
lem children with such well known
stars as Bill Robinson, Ada
Brown, Harpo Marx, Stepin Fetch
it and others. Her offering was
well received.
Early in her public career Miss
Williams toured her home state
rendering concerts. Later, when
she went into stage work exclu-
sively, she filled long engagements
at the more exclusive night clubs
in the Missouri Valley and in most
OF the larger clCleS.
Of pleasing appearance and en-
gaging personality, Miss Williams
has definite plans for the future
and her ambition combined with
her talent should take her higher
and higher in the theatrical firma-
ment.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16
WILL BE BANQUET GUEST

Mr.. Randolph will be guest of
honor at a banquet sponsored by
Walters Union Local No. GA on
Thursday evening, Nov. %, at 8
p. m, at Phyllis Wheatley House,
according to an announcement
made by s. o. Harris, president of
the union.
The public is invited to make
reservations for the banquet by
contracting any of the members of
Local No. Ga.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16
w. ROBERT SMALLS RESIGNS

w. Robert Smalls, secretary of
the Kansas City, Mo-, Urban
League, rendered the executive
board his resignation last week. 1t
was accepted. Mr.. Smalls was for
several years secretary of the Twin
City Urban Leagues. He was sue
ceeded by the present secretary,
Chas. w. Washington, when he left
Minneapolis to take charge of the
Kansas City office.
1t is said that Mr.. Smalls feels
he has a larger opportunity in
some field not controlled by private
interests.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16
They Want to
See You!
VISIT THE BOYS AT THE
VETERANS HOSPITAL

VETERANS HOSPITAL
Thirteen war vets of the group
are patients at the U. S. Veterans
hospital at Fort Smelling, accord
ing to Isaac L. Moore, Johnny
Baker Post service officer.
All of them want some of their
Gown" people to visit them. The
men are all well cared for and
comfortable. They do not want
people to bring them gifts; they
simply want Twin Citians to come
out to see them.
Visiting days are Tuesdays,
Thursdays, Saturdays and Sun
days from 2 to 4:30 P. M. and
from q to 9 P. M.
Confined at the hospital are
William Henderson, George Dodd,
Frank Walker, Lewis Day, William
Robertson, all of st. Paul; George
Newton, Dave Rogers, Rayfeld
Garth, Arthur Davis, Clifton Har-
ris, all of Minneapolis; George B.
Kelly of Duluth; John Littlejohn
of Walker, Mimi, and John Crook
of Marshalltown, Iowa.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-11-16

Bringing you the "good news"
each weekend, the best editorial
columns and sports is our aim.