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two We're known to have endured,
citizens Of this section expressed
relief upon learning that the wom-
en- had survived the abuses and IN
suits Of the lynchers. Mrs. Neal
is an elderly woman,
Women Placed IN Home
Immediate steps were taken by
lir. Pickens to enlist the support
Of residents Of Pensacola and Mo-
bile, Alabama, in movement to
effect the release of Mrs Neal and
her sister, and their placement in
a suitable old folks home.
Mass meetings were held in both
cities, to which white residents
were also invited, although only
one white man appeared at each
meeting.
The women Of Pensacola were
particularly active in their support
Of the plan and perfected the ar
rangementa for the two unfortun-
ate women to be taken care Of UNI
til such time as they are able to
find work and re-establish home.
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James Weldon johnson S Book
Outlines A Course Of Action


NEW YORK James Weldon
Johnson has Just written little
book, entitled Negro Americans.
What Now published BY the VIZ
ing Press. ol which : New York
Iin5ss reviewer says
EVERY white American IA the
United states ought to read James
Weldon Johnson'a little book. eli
though It IS concerned solely with
and addressed WIDELY to Negro
Americans. For it is Of equal inn
portance . both sections OF cur
population
In bis foreword, Mr.. johnson
says that he Is not concerned with
whether or aot white people read
It because he IS writing directly to
his fellow Negro Americans on the
American question which most
deeply affects them. But It most
deeply affects" also the white POI
pulace.
For on whether or not the prob
lem with which the book Is con-
cerned is solved with justice. with
right. with humanity win depend
the spiritual future Of this Repub-
lie And It cannot Be 50 solved
without the fun and earnest coop
GRAFTON Of our white citizens, who
viii have to come to a clearer and
more intelligent understanding Of
the problem and its implications
than the bulk Of them have yet
shown before they can even recog-
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Our Fer


DH IHADnHuS BOLTON q
Temple IiniPel z|ty professor. after
eksnIuina the feet Of 200 colored
aua white persons. concludes that
ehs FEET s. lhe two races dIfEc1. and
Chat colarad persons would ha more
eoezotlahla is shoes that were
made especially Tor them.
Professor ;. E. G. TOLLS Of Yves.
Tern Reserve University examined
I4s pairs q fest. os white and So
eolofed and says the Howard Uni.
regslty Journal Of Negro Educa
fidn found no essential racial off
feFenees il TIE mode Of insertion
and variations exhibited b. Tue
muscles On the Inner border Of the
foot
According % Professor Hollis.
IunetIonally Significant racial diff
fetsnces. i they occur. would be
expected "a the patterns Of inser-
ton Of the principal foot muscles.
Since experts disagree. most Of
as wan probably continue to buy
shoes ard boots IN the general
stores
Stage and screen have stand
ing Joke about the colored person
$50 |1zI.1t
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BANKERS
IN SOUTHiAND
WEATHER STORM


JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Negro
banks IN the Southland are in good
condition and holding their own in
! face Of economic uncertainties and
difficulties. according to Major r.
r. Wright, ST., president of the Ma
tional Negro Bankers Association,
and the Citizens & Southern Bank
and Trust Company Of Philadel-
phia. who is here on combination
pleasure and business trip as the
guest Of his daughter, Mrs. c. c.
Clayton.
On his way to the Land Of Sum
shine, Major Wright visited the fol-
lowing banks and conferred with
the executives: the Industrial, Of
Washington. d. c.: Consolidated
Savings Bank and Trust Company
Of Richmond. Va; Danville Saw
ings and Trust Company, DanvlIle,
Va; Farmers and Mechanics, at
Durham, N. c.; Victory Savings at
Columbia, s. G. All Of these banks
gave promise Of survival and Of
great usefulness to the people, Pre-
sldent Wight reported.
In observing farm and industrial
conditions confronting Negro citl-
zens In the South, Major Wright
stated that while there are still
great deprivation and unemploy-
ment and general uneasiness. yet
there seems to be q remarkable i'm
provement along most lines"
IN watching living conditions. he
noticed in North Carolina more log
cabins among the tanners chan d
other states, the people, neverthe-
less, seeming to have q very firm
grasp upon themselves and a very
hopeful spirit This Is particularly
true in South Carolina and Geor-
gia.
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WASHINGTON a petition for
writ Of certiorari to review the
conviction and death sentence Of
Haywood Patterson IN the ao-calIed
scottsboro case was pasented to
the Supreme Court Of the United
States. Saturday.
The petition in his behalf, ike
the one filed in the case Of Clar-
ence Norris, who is also under sen
tence Of death for the same crime,
asks the Supreme Court to set a.
side the findings of the Alabama
courts conyicting him Of a criminal
attack on Victoria Price, white, On
the ground that his constitutional
rights were violexed.
The Alabama courts, It is assert
ed. denied Patterson's constitution
al rights in refusing to quash an
account Of the exclusion Of coIored
persons the Indictment BY the
grand jury IN Jackson County and
the panel Of the trial jury IN Nor
gan count
The charge is made that the state
Of Alabama. through its Judicial
and executive officers. nnlsled coun-
sci for Patterson seeking to assert
his constitutional rights.
It is pointed out that Judge Cal
lahan, who presided at the last tri-
al, and Attorney General Thomas
E. Knight, acquiesced in the declar-
alton that Patterson had thirty
days in which to make q motion for
new trial" that is, until Decen-
Der 20 last and subsequently com
tinuances were twice granted
The attorney general, according
to the petition, waited until Febru-
airy to make his move to strike the
motion for new trial, while had
he made his motion IN time and
has been granted, there would have
been plenty of time to serve the
bin Of exceptions.
Has Had Three Trials
Haywood Patterson has had
three trials and has been convicted
ff,onfinn,ed ~, pace Tsuo1
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DREAM
RUINS VIRGINIA
NUMBERS KING

DANVILL.E, Va. CAMP A
pullman porter dreamed Of the
"Porter's Love Song, or something
similar here last week and gave
the police department big hand
in Kidding the town of at least a
couple of the big shots in the num-
bers game. His dream was between
$4,000 and $4,000 out Of the
pockets Of the operators and pair
Of them skipped town rather than
pay off the hits the biggest re-
corded in this section in many
years.
The lucky man dreamed that BOB
would be the winning number and
to pour salt on an already opened
wound, told every friend he met to
''get on it, which they very evil
IDENTIFY did.
The numbers popped out and
not only butter and egg market fl
cures which the numoer operators
use, but the U. S. Treasury receipts
equaled s05.
Numbers barons, seeing their
castles crash around them as the
folk with the winning tickets jam
med the stations, looked about for
an avenue of escape, and several
Of them were seen hitting the road
out of town. This helped police a
lot as there has been an effort to
rid the city of the vice.
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Colorado Orphan Plays Parts
In Soviet Drama and Movies

and went to Chicago. He worked
for the Victory Life Insurance CO.,
Negro enterprise, and later for
the Chicago Defender. He decided
that boss-owners were unpleasant
people, white or black.
Rudd then went into business for
himself in Washington, taking a
mulatto woman Of the Negro 400
as partner. He found his light
skinned partner discriminating ag-
ainst their darker patrons in the
shop, and catering to the blue
veinse and wives Of professional
men. Disguised, he sold his inter
est and went to New York.
There he met Jasper Deeter, the
atrical coach who numbers Helen
Hayes among his proteges. Dark,
tall. picturesque, Rudd's experienc-
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nize its importance. to say nothing
Of working upon It willingly and
effectively
"Mr. Johnson's book. which Is
frank. realistic and fearless. win
help to clear their vision and to
quicken their conscience and, pos
slbly. rouse them to at least some
degree o. action. 1T Is therefore.
important that It should have Wild
ening circles Of white readers.
Moreover, It is worth reading be-
cause it is the book OF a gallant.
unbeaten soul.
THE volume is concerned with
the status of the Negro citizens Of
the United States. the basis upon
which their continued existence as
a vitality important part Of the po
pulation shall be carried on. One
by one the author discusses con-
cisely the various answers that
have been given to the question Of
their future and concludes that
their wIsest course is to work to-
ward the goal Of integration in The
national family on the same basis
with the other American groups.
He recounts the resources the
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West Indians Eye
Deportation Plan

NEW ORE(ANP) Hundreds
Of West Indians who have been in
New York ten years or more with
out having filed their intentions of
becoming citizens are alarmed ov-
er the plans of Edward Corsi, white
director of home relief, to return
to their native lands approximately
one million persons now on relief.
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School Head Dies

BOLEY. Okla CAMP - Prof,
Caesar F. Simmons, recently ap-
pointed superintendent Of the State
Training schoS: Boys here, died
last Sunday night in Oklahoma CT
ty
He had only been in charge for
three months, succeeding the late
J. H. Little. The doctors say be
died from the effect Of acute indi-
gestion. No one has been appoint
ed in his place.
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New Industrial Sec'y
at NY. Urban League

NEW York; CAMP Appoint
ment Of Miss Grace e. walker as
acting industrial secretary of the
NY. Urban League was announced
last week by James H. Hubert, ex-
ecutive director. At the same time
he made known the resignation of
Miss Emma S. Gilbert. who had
succeeded to that position when
Samuel A. Allen joined the FERA.
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Here's A Tough Brain Teaser

S a Brain a very easy
to dsband his
pay shepherds told
equally
sheep there
Lets give sheep 70 the first shepherd two 70 the second four to
third succeeding
herd The patient father
when YOU the last shepherd hcfe wou be only sheep to
.sjpe him.
Now the problem sheep there, how
shepherds7
The answer vim be printed in next weeks Enterprise
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Two Get Maximum
Sentences for Burglary


GREAT FALLS Charged with
burglary in the first degree, Chas.
Carter, 25, and Roy Goodhal, 21,
laborers, Thursday appeared in dis
trict court before Judge H, H. Ew-
ing and each defendant was sem
fenced to serve IA years in the
state prison The sentences were
the maximum that can be imposed
for burglary
In imposing sentence Judge Ew-
in.g informed Carter and Goodhal
thar they could have been charged
with Robbery and uron conviction
have been sentenced. to serve life
sentences.
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Bishop Asks More Pay
For CINE. Ministers

EARLE, Ark, CAMP "TherelI
be no spirit of 7itlerism existing
under my administration, asserted
Bishop J. n. Moore, of mississippi,
before the fifty-fifth annual CINE
Conference. The prelate also ex-
pressed a desire for a better paid
ministry.
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IDENTITY OF FLA.
LYNCHERS KNOWN

NEW YORK The names Of
three Of the alleged lynchers Of
Claude Neal Of Mariana were
turned over to Attoluey-General
Homer S. Cummings aad Govern
ofs sholtz Of Florida and Miller Of
Alabama Friday BY the NAAsP.
whose Investigator has just render-
ed 8 5000-word report Of the grue-
some proceedings
Ore e the ringleaders Is said to
HAYS a.s4nged with friends in PEN
sacola to have word sent to him
when Neal was removed from jail
there to the Brewton, Ala, jail. An
other ringleader Il prominent in To-
cal civic bodies.
Woman Identified
a clerk IN q filling station, who
admittedly attended the lynching,
has Identified the woman who ra1.
out or the cannidy house and put
. butcher knife into the heart Of
the Neal corpse. when it was toss
ed BY the mob into the Cannidy
front yard.
The association submits that
these leads viii give operatives Of
the Bureau Of Investigation clues
as tc where information sufficient
to lndiet and convict the kidnapers
may be secured.
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lcontInued 0n Page Twol-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-25
CATTLE STEADY,
HOGS STRONGER
Light YearlingS Firm-Vealers Mostly
Weak Bulk $3.50 to $3.50; Top
Hogs 1925: Lambs Tending Higher.

(By y. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco
noniics and Minnesota Department OF
Agricultural
South ST. Paul, Mimi, Jan. %, 1894:
Most slaughter classes opened the
week about steady with light year
lings firm. Medium to good steers
and yearlings under 100 pounds made
$4.25 to $3.50, common kinds $500 to
$500, medium to good light heifers
$3.50 to $5.25, common and cutter
grades $500 to 1928, common to good
beef cows 1925 to $500, cutters and
low cutters $3.50 to 1925, medium
grade bulls $3.50 to S2.75, common
to medium native stockers $500 to
1925, heifers up to $500. Vealers
were weak, good to choice bulking at
$3.50 to $3.50. practical top $500,
throwouts $500 to $500.
Hogs were mostly 10c higher than
Saturday or fully steady with Friday
Most better 100 to 260 pounds cleared
at S3.15 to 1925, better 26O to 325
pounds, $500 to S3.15. heavier weights
down to $3.50 or below. most packing
sows $2.40 to 1910, better 100 to 155
pound hogs $3.50 to $500, mostly $2.75
and up. Bulk better pigs $500 to
1925, a few strongweights $3.50 to
$2.75, palmer or lighter pigs down to
$125 or below.
The lamb market carried a higher
tendency, trade, however, not being
fully established up to a late hour
A few native lambs sold at $500 to
$8.25, bulk fed westerns held around
$3.50 or above. Common to medium
grade natives cleared at $3.50 to
$500. Good to choice 60 pound range
feeders sold at $3.50, fleshy "A pound
shearing lambs $500.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-25
KIDNAPERS MAY BE
IN THIS SECTION

The men who kidnapped Edward G.
Bremen, st. Paul banker. may be in
this section of the state. This is
thought possible because of the action
of the drivers of two automobiles
Tuesday on highway No. 81 near Rut-
ledge when they bottled up" the car
driven by a salesman, Harry Bach
man of ST. Paul. According to Bach
mans story the two automobiles, one
sedan and the other a coupe, were
jockeyed back and forth one behind
and the other in front of his automo-
bile for considerable distance. The one
in front would not let him pass and
the one behind would not pass him.
Finally, according to the story, one
of the cars drove alongside him and
told him to beat it." At any rate
whether the kidnapers or not, the
men certainly did not want to be
bothered with the close proximity of
Mr.. Bachman and endeavored to
scare him away.
So far as is known at this writing,
no contact has yet been made with
the kidnapers since the day of the
Observation-Disclosures of last week.
The ransom note demanded 100000
and it is understood the money is in
readiness for them awaiting their
call.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-25

the trunk highway system in the
state, 1920, up to Jan. 1, 1888, the de-
partment spent about S215,00O, 0O0
Out of the $17,0O0,0O0 spent by the
Highway Department during 1888.
since Mr.. Elsberg became commits
sioner. $6.O00,O0O was on obligations
from the year before-road cOnstruc-
ton contracted for. Maintaining H.
800 miles of road and with the debt
obligations there is not nearly so
much left for new construction each
year as formerly. said Mr.. Elsberg
and therefore it is essential that the
federal aid be direct without match
ing of funds.
The commissioner explained that
the cost of building concrete high
ways is about $4,000 per mile and
while much of that has already been
built there are still some places in
the state where traffic warrants con-
crete and where it will be the cheap
est in the long run. The new con-
struction work is now more of the
bituminous treatment variety, and he
added that there is wide difference
between just oiled roads and bitumin-
GUS treatment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-25
MAGNUS JOHNSON IS
FOR KEEPING UP CWA

Asserting that he hoped for early
and speedy passage of funds so that
the Civilian Works Administration
could go on without interruption, Con-
gresham Magnus Johnson of Mime
sofa, has gone on record favoring
continuance of all CWA projects as
the one real worthwhile step towards
national recovery.
"PayrOllS," Mr.. Johnston stated,
means purchasing power and gen.
uine, not false, market for farm pro-
ducts and industry's manufactured
goods.
Civilian works projects, are not
in sense relief projects, although
they are classed as work relief; and
the budget problem that opponents
Of public works relief measures are
propagating is false because when
local, county. and state budgets are
curtailed the additional load must be
borne by the national government,
and in the aggregate spending is not
greater nor do the citizens bear a
heavier tax load In meeting these re-
quirements.
81 am heartily in favor of continu-
ing the CWA until such a time that
private industry and increased profits
to farmers for the things they pro-
duce again return to normal" said
the congressman.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-25
MRS. JOHANSEN
is SUMMONED
ASkOy Woman Had Been I'm Failing
Health Since Last June. Buried
Wednesday.

The AskOv community was Saddened
Monday to learn that death had come
to one of it's loved woman residents,
Mrs. H. C. Johansen. Since last June
Mrs. Johansen had been in failing
health and for the past few years
she had suffered impaired eyesight
which affliction made it impossible
for her to see anything with the ex-
ception of distinguishing between day
and night. The direct cause of death
was heart trouble.
Mrs. Else Christine Johansen was
born in Vejle, Denmark, on Aug. IS,
1861 and came from the old country
this state, the following year. There
she lived with the exception of two
years which she spent at New Brigh-
ton until 1908 when she came to
ASkov. She was married to Hans
Christian Johansen on July 4. 1890
at Tyler, and to their union two chill
dren, Mrs. Aage Molby of Askov, and
Peter Johansen of Withee, Wis, were
born and survive with the father. >
Mrs. Johansen had always been an
active church worker and possessed
a cheerful disposition which enabled
her to form large circle who mourn
her death. She had taken her place
in the community and had given the
best she could toward its betterment.
She was a member of the Danish
Lutheran church.
The funeral was held from the
Askov church Wednesday afternoon
at o'clock with Rev. A. E. Frost Of
ficiating. Burial was made in the
Askov cemetery with Hans Lunde,
Hans Jorgensen, Herluf Rasmussen.
Jacob Hansen, Carl Sorensen and
Christian Hansen acting as pail
bearers.
Friends and neighors of Mr.. johann
sen, Mrs. Molby and Peter Johansen
extend to them deep sympathy in
their hour of sorrow when they lay
to rest a dear wife and mother.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-25
LONG RESIDENT OF
DIES
Mrs. Jennie Anderson Had Made
Home With A Daughter i'm st.
Paul Since October.

Mrs. Jennie Anderson, who had
been a Sandstone and FinlaysOn resi-
dent for the past several years until
last October when she left to make
her home with her daughter in st.
Paul, passed away at the Ancker hos
pital after having suffered in recent
years from the effects of stroke
with which she was afflicted in 1928
about a year after the death of her
son, George. The direct cause of
death was pernicious anemia.
Mrs. Anderson was born at Fred
rickstad, Norway, on March 4. 1865,
and in 1880 at the age Of Is she
came to the United States where she
settled at Minneapolis. She made
her home there for few years where
she was married in 1885 to Arne An
derson, who preceded her in death
in 1918, as did a son in 1927 and a
daughter in 1882.
After leaving Minneapolis the de-
ceased came to Sandstone but soon
moved with her family to their home
stead about one and half miles
|
lived until in 1919 when she moved
into Finlayson to make her home.
Mrs. Anderson was a member of the
American Lutheran church and a
good wife, mother and neighbor. The
family lost all their belongings in
the Hinckley fire many years ago.
Those who survive her are her
l..J i Toh And
Norfolk, Va; Lillian (Mrs. Fred
Scheeler) of New Haven, Ind; Ruth
Mrs. Louis Orloff), st. Paul; Mar
garet (Mrs. Clifford Carmen). Arthur,
Phillip and Ernest, all of Finlayson,
and II grandchildren.
The funeral was held from the M.
E. church Tuesday at 1870 p. m. with
Rev. Doe of Superior officiating. The
body was laid to rest in the Sand
stone cemetery beside the bodies of
her husband and son, with Richard
Foley, Harold Mack, Ed Arth, d. l..
Samuelson, A. r. Belling and Syl-
vester Petry acting as pallbearers.
Rev. Doe sang, 1.-The Old Rugged
Cross" and quartet sang two hymns,
Crossing the Bar" and Still, Still
With Thee"
Those from away in attendance at
the funeral were, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Orloff and daughter of st. Paul, Mr..
and Mrs. John Moser, Willow River.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Anderson and Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley Anderson of Cloquet.
Commander and Mrs. John Anderson
of Norfolk, Va, were here to see his
mother in October but were unable to
attend the funeral. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Scheeler were also unable to attend
due to the ill health of Mrs. Scheeler,
and Phillip, who is employed in the
northern part of the state was also
unable to be present.
The following is a verse submitted
by a member of the family and pub
lished in Mr.. Anderson's obituary:
A precious one from us has gone.
A voice we loved is stilled-
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled.
God in his wisdom has recalled
The boon his love has given.
And though the body slumbers here,
The soul is safe in heaven.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-01-25

PAIR UNITED
Larsen.Walner NuptialS are Pro-
nOunced I'm Bruno Church Sat.
urday Afternoon.

A wedding of particular interest
to the Askov and Bruno communities
took place Saturday afternoon when
Miss Luella Walner of Bruno, became
the bride of Mr.. Victor Larsen of
Askov. The bride is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Walner and the
groom is the son of Mr.. and Mrs,
Andrew j. Larsen.
The ceremony took place in the
Swedish Lutheran church in Bruno
at 2:30 p. m. with Rev. Hallstein of
Moose Lake officiating. Miss Helen
Larsen, sister of the groom, was maid
of honor and Gilbert Walner, brother
of the bride, was best man. The
wedding march was played by Miss
Hildegun Samuelson.
Immediately after the ceremony a
reception for the families of the
couple and a few close friends was
held, at the home of the brides par
ents. A larger party of friends were
entertained in the evening.
The happy couple left Monday for
weeks visit with relatives in the
southern part of the state. Upon
their return they will make their
home on the Walner farm at Bruno
which they have rented.
A large circle of friends congrat-
ulate them and wish them the best
through a long life.