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Evening star., 1934-09-10
SNAKE AT REVIVAL

NASHVILLE, Tenn, September 10
R)-Rev. Dewey Dodson held rat
tlesnake in his hand at a revival
meeting last night, but Mr.. Dodson's S
son Dewey, jr., 10, did not.
Thus the policeman who attended
Mr.. Dodson's exhibition merely
watched, waited. and finally went
away. Juvenile Court and police au-
thorities had declared there would be
arrests if the Holiness preacher let
the boy have snake.
A week ago, in announcing last
nights snake display, the preacher
indicated the child would hold rat
tier 'ff the spirit moved him." But
'the spirit moved" only Mr.. Dodson
and the snake didn't bite him.
Evening star., 1934-09-10
SIX ST. LOUISANS DROWN
AS WEIGHT SINKS BOAT
Two Adults and Four Children
Die in Mississippi River.
Father Saves Girl, 8.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, September 10.-Six per-
sons were drowned in the Mississippi
River 10 miles north of st. Charles,
Mo-, late yesterday when their boat
sank under the weight of its occu-
pants.
The dead, all of st. Louis, were
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Kirn and their
son Charles, T. Mrs. Homer Coe, her
son Vincent and a niece, La Verne, 13
Homer Coe, husband of one of the
drowned women. grabbed his 3-year-
old daughter Virginia as the boat
went under and swan safely to shore.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-01
NEW LOCAL SERVICE

Chocse Greyhound for
every trip. Most con-
venient local service,
dollar-saving fares to
distant points. Nation
wide service over so, 900
miles of route in as of
the 48 states. Worlds
largest bus system.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-01
william J. oBrien Of Billings, Mont.

william ]. O'Brien Of Billings, Mont,
a former Bismarck resident, which
occurred Monday at st. Patricks rec.
tory at Billings. They were married
by Rev. Father James Donovan.
The ceremony was attended BY Dr.
and Mrs. Harris M. Erenfeld Of MI
not, parents Of the bride, who &C.
companied their daughter to Billings
on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. o'Brien viii spend
their honeymoon in . mountain fish
ing and camping trip.
Mr.. O'Brien, who Is the son Of Mr.
and Mrs. w. p. O,Brien, Devils Lake
Is q general salesman for the Stand
ard on company. He formerly wal
in the Minot territory Tor the same
company and then was transferred
to Bismarck, remaining here until
January Of the present year. He i
an alumnus Of st. Thomas college o.
st. Paul.
Mrs. OBrien, student for two year,
at the University Of North Dakota
was graduated from the University Of
Wisconsin ct Madison and Is . mem.
Der Of Delta Gamma social sorority
She studied art In New York city ane
has devoted much Of her time to thu
painting of portraits. She also ha'
been active at the Minot Countr,
club, being one Of the leading womel
golfers there.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-01
| ioneer Daughters Begin
Series of Annual Picnics

Marie Huber, president Of the chap
ter, announced that the first meeting
Of the new year will be held Monday,
Sept. II. and that q special session will
be called to elect delegates to the
eighth district meeting Of the North
Dakota Federation Of Women's clubs
which will be held In October. She
also explained requirements for mem.
bership in the chapter.
Mrs. Davis, who is historian Of the
group, arranged the program after
Mrs. Themar E. Simle and Mrs. G. w
Leifur, who were appointed to take
charge Of it, both were unable to act
Mrs. Minnie L. Shuman was genera
chairman Of arrangements and wa.
assisted by Mrs. Walter Sellens, Mrs
Milan Ward, Mrs. A. H. Barrett, Mrs
A. M. Fisher and Miss Marian Lewis
in addition to Mrs. simle and Mrs
Leifur.
Guests from out-of-town included
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Hughes, Mandan
and Mrs. Philip Swain Of Falkirk
Man., who is making an extended
visit with her sister, Mrs. Anna q
stebbins, 523 Sixth st. Mrs. Steb
bins Is the former Miss Matte Wick
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Stories Of Old Days, commun.
4 ity Singing and Sports Make
Up Program for Outing

III More than = hundred persons gath
cred at Pioneer park Tuesday evening
Tor the first picnic Of the Burleigh
county chapter, Pioneer Daughters Of
North Dakota, which is to be made an
annual affair. Included among the
guests were about 20 pioneer mothers,
who are eligible to be honorary men,
bers Of the chapter. ]"
A After family groups ate their sup
pers, a program with pioneer day
6tories told by Mrs. Florence H. Davis,
John B. Belk and Thomas j. Calvin
As highlights, was given in the setting
of large bonfire. Mrs. John A. Lar
son was the director for q number OF
old-time songs sung by the group
Informal stunts and baseball game
for the children made up the remand
{ er Of the entertainment.
Before the group adjourned. Miss
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-01
Miss Helen M. Bagley
WEEDS Elmer r. Hanson

During nuptial ceremony per-
formed ct Trinity Lutheran church
at o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
Miss Helen N. Bagley, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl E. Bagley, Bis
marck, became the bride Of Elmer r..
Hanson, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hans
Hanson, also Of Bismarck. Rev. Opie
8. Rindahl read the service.
At her wedding, the bride wore q
closely fitted ankle length gown Of
white satin, = white picture hat and
matching pumps and she carried q
shower bouquet Of white roses and
lilies-of-the-valley. The bridesmaid,
Miss Anne Millner, was gowned in an
ankle-length model Of baby blue or
CANDY with . matching picture hat
white pumps and . bouquet Of sweet
peas and carnations to complete her
costume.
Charles Shaw was Mr.. Hanson's at
tendant ct the ceremony.
Covers were laid for 30 guests, in
Guiding members Of the immediate
families, at the wedding dinner serv-
ed by the parents Of the bridegroom
and bride at the Hanson home.
After q wedding trip to Detroit
Lakes. Mimi, Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson
will be at home August 8 at SIS Ave.
nue. F.
Mr.. Hanson received his education
at Bismarck high school and for thu
last seven years has been employed
by Corwin-C Churchill Motors. Inc.
where he now has the position o
floor manager. His bride GRADUATED
from Mandan high school and ther
received . standard degree from Val
ley City Teachers college. She laugh
in the Cogswell public school for tw'
years and was q teacher at Appl'
Greek School No. during the 1888
"a term.
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Baptist Ladies' Aid
Giving Second Social

The Ladies' Aid Of the First Bap-
fist church will sponsor its second Ice
cream social Of the present summer
on the lawn Of the church, which Is
located at $40 Fourth st., Thursday
evening, starting at Z o'clock. The
public Is invited to attend the social
and be served either at small tables
on the lawn or in cars parked along
the curb. Ice cream, cake and COT
fee will be served. Mrs. Ellis L. jack
son, chairman OF arrangements, Is
being assisted by Mrs. Milton Eue and
Mrs. Edward w. Herbert.
4 = =
Miss Helen G. Bascom, 2l0 Third
st., left Wednesday morning for .
short stay ut Valley City, which for
merly was her home.
Miss Edith r. Peart, SlS, Fifth st.
is having a months vacation from hel
work with the state regulatory de-
partment. She left this week with
Miss Eleanor Morrison Of Minot for 9
stay at the Dells Of Wisconsin.
Miss Kathryn Klein, county nurse
of Oliver county with headquarters q,
Center, Is improving after an opera
ton which she underwent Saturday
evening ct st. Alexius hospital. Mis-
Klein Is an alumna Of the hospital.
\ + y
Mr.. and Mrs. A. O. Henderson, Man
dan, have returned from . trip y
Chicago, Detroit and Indianapolis
which they took In company with Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Henderson and thei
son, Robert, Of jamestown.
i + =
| Mrs. John ]. Lazerine and her two
sons, Robert and Charles Michael, Of
Washington, D. c., have arrived TO
q months visit at the home Of he
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Boespflue
| 223 Eleventh st.
s i
Miss Clara Usselman Of Fort Rice
who is . sophomore student Of st
Mary's high school, has come her
for q weeks visit with her schoc
friends. She Is the house guest O
Miss Lillian Bobb, daughter Of MI
and Mrs. Emil Bobb. 307 Tenth st.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-01

HOLLYWOOD bas gose "V-&" In
- Americas colorful moving pic
lure capital the Ford VS. is easily the
most popular car. ).
Here IS one more Indication Of Ford
Leadership IN style IS syeN IS berforns-
s1cs. For it takes both TO "get BY" in
Hollywood these days!
Look over 4 new Ford VS.. Examine
its fittings-they're rustless metal.
Notice the rich upholstery. See the
many extra conyeniences-from spe-
cial compartment for your purse to
sun-visors to protect your eyes:
Then drive this car yourself. Once
FOND RADIO PROGRAM
With Wafint's Penasylvanianss 4v0y
0saday 1s6ain1-Coaumbia Network
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-01
Young Priest Leaves
For Missionary Field

Rev. Father Clement r. Boespflug,
VIII ohas been here for month visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Matt
Boespflug. 223 Eleventh st., left We'd
nesday from Dickinson for the West
coast and will sail August Is from
San Francisco, Calf, for Tokyo, ia
pan, where he Is to be engaged IN
Catholic missionary work.
During his stay in Bismarck. Rev.
Father Boespflug celebrated his first
solemn high mass and was the guest
Of honor at large receptions given by
his parents, and by the Altar society
and Catholic Daughters Of America Of
the st. Mary's procathedral parish
Last Sunday, he addressed the con-
gregation Of the procathedral at the
three masses in behalf Of the work OF
the Maryknoll society Of New York by
which he was educated at the Ossin-
ing, N. Y, seminary.
Rev. Father Henry Holleman, as
sistant priest at st. Mary's, took him
to Dickinson where he took the west
bound train. Before sailing, Rev
Father Boespflug will visit relatives
at Miles City and Billings, Mont. and
also will stop to visit friends In Cali
fornia. He expects to be at Tokyo By
the first Of next month.
i i =
William J. O'Brien
WEEDS Miss Greenfield
OF interest to many friends hert
is the announcement Of the marriage
Of Miss Doris M. Erenfeld, Minot, ant
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-01
Meetings Of Clubs
And Social Groups

Senator A. r. Bonner. Jr, Ltdger-
wood, will be the speaker for the reg
ular meeting Of Women's Nonpartisan
club No. l, which Is scheduled for 9
o'clock Thursday evening ut the World
War Memorial building dining room.
Miss Charlotte Satire, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. p. o. Satire. will sing
q group Of vocal numbers. Lunch will
he served after the program.
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you experience ''V.s performance"
combined with Ford ease of handling,
you'll realize why every woman loves
to 70 places in the new Ford VS..
Remember, too-you save on the
low Ford VS. prices. Ford parts cost
little. And the new Ford VS. is more
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-01
William J. O'Brien
WEEDS Miss Greenfield

OF interest to many friends here
is the announcement Of the marriage
Of Miss Doris M. Erenfeld, Minot, and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-01

Now you can take a
Northland Greyhound
bus for intra-state trips
to Dickinson, Fargo
and all intermediate
North Dakota points on
U. S. Highway No. 10.
Straightforward serv-
ice, without change, in
cool, com fort a b e
coaches with deep
cushioned, individual
reclining { hairs and
clean, white, linen head
rest covers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-01
Church Societies
McCabe NJ. E. Ladder Aid

McCabe NJ. E. Ladies' AID
Three divisions Of the Ladies' Aid
society Of the McCabe Methodist
Episcopal church will meet at 3
o'clock Thursday afternoon as fol-
lows: Division ! meets with Mrs. F.
H. Register, 622 Fifth st., with Mrs.
1. P. Warren as assisting hostess. Dr.
vision 3 is to meet ct the home Of Mrs.
H. M. Beall, 618 Third st. Mrs. Her
bert Roberts IS to entertain Division
1 ct her home three miles south Of the
ball park. Mrs. G. q. Martin will be
the assisting hostess 1T this meeting.
Division z will not meet.
i i i
Trinity Lutheran Ladies' Aid
Members OF the Trinity Lutheran
Ladies' Aid are to meet ut the church
at $50 o'clock Thursday afternoon
From there they will be taken to the
farm home Of Mrs. Charles Swanson
/ for their regular meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09

sure of the solidarity of the work.
ers of the world. We are sure of the
guidance and leadership of our
world general staff-the Communist
International.
Together with you, We will adj
vance as the storm brigades Of a
new day. We will fight until the cry
of He'll Hitler will be silenced in the
streets of Germany, and until in
stead there will arise the great song
of our international working class ::
Arise We prisoners of starvation. "
A resolution demanding the free
dom of Ernst Thaelmann, presented
to the meeting by Charles Krum-
bein, chairman of the meeting, was
greeted by stormy unanimity, as
YVES q resolution demanding the end
of Wall Street-inspired terror
against the Cuban masses and one
protesting against the killing of San
Francisco pickets in the longshore-
mems strike.
The resolution demanding Thael-
mann'S release was accompanied by
cablegram to be sent - ''~'-''
Hitler reminding him that, Work
ers of the entire world keep wac
over Thaelmann's life"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09
Contest for Anti Var
and Anti-Fascist Song
Announced by Flight
by del

NEW YORK.-A contest for an
original anti-war and anti-fascist
song is announced by Fight" the
illustrated monthly published by
the American League Aaginst War
and Fascism. The prize will be a
round trip ticket to the Second
U. S. Congress Against War and
FasciSm to be held in Chicago, Sept
%, 20 and 30.
/. All songs, words and music
must be original and based mainly
on American conditions in relation
to war and fascism.
2. Simple language. 8. Quatrains.
4. Short terse refrains, if possible
with Fight Against War and Fas-
cism as the theme.
5. Music must be within comfort
able singing range-neither too high
nor too low.
6. Avoid difficult intervals.
7. Every entry must come in six
copies.
8. Words and music must reach
office; Song Contest, care of Fight,
liz E. 10Th St., New York City, by
Aug. Is.
9. The judges reserve the right
to cancel contest if material re
ceived is not found suitable.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09
NAACP Lawyers Aided
White Rulers Frame
Crawford
BY HARRY HAYWOOD

GEORGE CRAWFORD, Negro,
v stepped out of the courtroom at
Leesburg, Va, hands chained by
steel cuffs, to enter the penitentiary
for life behind bars.
Out of that same courtroom, the
representatives of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People stepped, with the
brand of treachery craven deeply
upon them.
The hands of the legal represen-
tatives of the N. A. A. G. P. at that
trial are stained with the blood of
innocent Negroes. Their feet have
helped the Virginia courts trample
down every human right of the Ne
gro people.
False Premises
To the Negro masses, the N. A.
A. C. P. appealed for funds to
fight" the case of George Craw-
ford. The Crawford ease was to
be another bred Scott trial." an
other test of the rights of the Ne
groes. The Crawford case was to
establish new Underground Rail-
road" over which an oppressed peo-
pie could escape from slavery into
freedom.
But to the white ruling class
lynchers and their courts the lead
ership of the N. A. A. c. P. con-
tracted for service as assistants in
the persecution of the Negro peo-
pie. They volunteered as watch
men over the privileges of the white
slave-drivers. They volunteered to
act as oVerseers in the bloody rule
of the American rich over the OPP
pressed Negro masses.
Agents of the Lynchers
Many honest Negroes, many
white workers and intellectuals de-
voted to the cause of Negro liberia
ton, have believed that the Com
mun1st Party is guilty Of exaggera-
ton when it brands the leaders Of
the N. A. A. c. P. as agents of the
lynchers." The events of the Craw-
ford case leave no doubt in the
mind of any sincere fighter for Ne
gro freedom, that the leaders of the
N. A. A. G. P. are the best lisuten-
ants the lynchers have at their
command.
Reading the testimony in the case
of Crawford, one is constantly
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tenn of slavery in the South, Ne
groes pledged to uphold American
capitalism and all its ways. On
these terms, the Virginia courts
were willing to let the representa-
tives of the N. A. A. c. P. go
through the motions of defending
George Crawford.
What happened was startling.
Charles Houston did not even 60
through the motions of defending
Crawford. Quietly, politely, un-
sweryingly, Charles Houston helped
the state of Virginia to erect the
prison bars about an innocent Ne
gro.
So brazsn was this treachery,
that even members of the N. A. A.
c. P. staff, probably believing in all
sineerity that the N. A. A. g. P. is
an organization dedicated to the
struggle for Negro rights, were
shocked into exposing from the in
side the tactics in the Crawford
case. Helen Boardman, veteran N.
A. A. G. P. investigator, in an article
appearing in the Nation, accused
the n. A. A. G. P. of downright
treachery. A week later Houston
answered the charges. The first
article was an indignant exposure.
The second was shameless self
exposure.
Masses Demand Militant Defense
A few weeks of investigation,
and it became clear to the N. A.
A. G. P. heads that the Crawford
case would not be as pretty" as
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puzzled by the question: Was
Charles Houston, the lawyer sup
piled by the N. A. A. C. P, acting
as defense counselor was he part
of the prosecution? Was his evil
dence presented to free Crawford
or to convict him?
The Facts of the Case
Review for a moment the facts
OF the Crawford case. Two white
women were found dead in cot
tage IN Middleburg, Va, by white
man. Under ordinary circum-
stances, the white man would have
at least been held for questioning.
AS it was, the cry of niger" was
raised at once. George Crawford
was picked up in Boston, and on the
fllmslest of evidence indicted for
the Middleburg murders.
The fury of the Negro masses,
including the rank and file of the
N. A. A. G. p, made it imperative
that the N. A. A. G. P. take action.
The Crawford case had all the ear
marks OF another vicious frame-up
by the white rulers. Since that his
torlc day, now three years ago, when
the organizations of the revolution
airy workers raised their hands to
stop the legal massacre of nine in
nacent boys at Seottshero. Ala. the
white ruling class has trembled be-
fore fhQcp nruo faizof s1ne 1slz g..
that these forces will step into the
case OF framed and prosecuted Ne
gro and white workers, haunts the
courts of the land, particularly the
courts OF the South. For revelu-
tionary organization to enter into
such cases, will surely mean that
the veil will be torn from the
hldeous oppression of the Negroes
and the white workers. The basic
issues involved in the degraded
position of the Negro people will be
Brought out into the open. No stone
VIII be left unturned to expose the
frame-up, to free the defendant, to
make the issue one more hammer
blow at the whole structure of OBJ
preston, discrimination, Jim Crow
ism.
The Lesser Evil
Rather than run such risk, the
Virginia courts agreed to let Negro
lawyers plead for Negro charged
with the murder of white woman.
This was the first time such a pro-
cedure had been allowed in the
state. But these Negro lawyers
must be humble Negroes, good
Negroes, Negroes with no thought
Of overturning the monstrous sys-
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is the destruction of his mass base.
1.-THE working class of Germany
is being united. The Soeial-Demo-
cratic leaders, the Loebes and Sew
erings, have landed on the dung
heap of history. But the Social
Democratic workers are still fight
ing Hitler. Though they had fol-
lowed the Social-Democratic lead
ers, they never had in mind to fight
for an abstract Germany. They
fought for socialism. That is why
thousands of them in the prole-
tartan centers have joined our
Communist Party.
ut is true that Hitler came be-
fore the Communist Party. Hitler's
power came first; but. it will go
first. When the workers will con-
quer power they will conquer to
keep it.
I'VE do not have time here to
analyze the situation in detail. But
we are justified in pointing out,
even without detailed analysis, that
the conditions are ripening for this
struggle for power.
Comrades! There were some that
complained that our Party was not
ready enough to resist the taking
Of power by Hitler. Tens of thou
sands of victims out of the ranks
of the German Communist Party
are a testimony to the fact that our
Party did fight, and did fight hard.
We resisted with all power in our
hands. But we knew that the time
for the final battle had not come.
We did not merely call the workers
on the street to be slaughtered.
When we call them, We call them
to conquer and win.
Party Has Proved Itself
"Our Party did not need to show
that it can fight, that it has the
ability and the courage to fight. 1t
showed its readiness, its ability and
courage to fight In 1919, 1920, 1921
and 1923. We do not fight for the
sake of fighting. The aim of our
fight is the conquest of power.
Another great war is ahead of
us. Against the rayages of this new
war those of the last will look like
child's play. The bourgeoisie tries
to save itself in a new blood bath.
But it will itself be smothered in it.
A new victorious October will arise
and will conquer the world for the
working class.
I'VE Communists make it a point
of honor to be the storm troops of
this revolution. We swore to fight
Hitlerism. With Thaelmann at the
head of our Party, we have kept
that oath. We swear to fight capt.
talism to the end. We will keep that
cath. We are sure of the solidarity
of you, workers in America. We are
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Investigators E xpos e
Treacherous Policies
of NAACP

a confession. This was but the
first step.
Judge Lowell, yielding to the an
ger of the workers, had refused to
allow Crawford to be sent back to
Virginia to be murdered. The
higher court set aside this opinion,
and the U. S. Supreme Court re-
fused to review the matter. Not
once did the N.AAC.P. open its
lips to expose this action of the
U. S. Supreme Court.
All White Jury-But No Appeal
The defense" failed to investi-
gate witnesses who had seen
Crawford in Boston at the time of
the crime. The defense failed to
cross question important witnesses
for the state. The defense called
no witnesses to testify on Craw-
ford's behalf. The case of George
Crawford was tried before an all
white jury, but there was no ap-
peal to the higher courts on this
issue. Not only did Houston ask
for life sentence for his client;
he actually asked the court to
state to Crawford that one of the
conditions of sentencing him to a
mere life-term in jail-instead OF
putting the moose about his neck
was that he aid the state OF
Virginia in running down and
framing another Negro for the
same murder. Spare the life of
this man, put him behind bars, 50
that he may become the instru-
ment for a new frame-up against
my people" said Houston to the
state Of Virginia. Can treachery
go further than this?
Crawford having been duly SEN
fenced by an all-white jury, Hous-
ton deliberately permitted the time
for an appeal to elapse, and made
no move.
All this time the masses of the
Negro people were diligently kept
out of the picture No mass pres
sure, said the NAA.C.P. heads. Nc
kilograms of protest, no demon
STATIONS, to annoy the excellent
gentlemen who sit in the seats Of
the lynch courts of Virginia.
Ito Be Continued)