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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-08-23
Chester johnson
Again Heads
Minnesota MasOns
MCFARLAND CASE NOT
SETTLED

The 41st annual communica-
ton of the grand lodge of F. & A.
Masons, Prince Hall affiliation,
met in Minneapolis Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week. Chester
johnson of Minneapolis was re-
elected grand master for his third
consecutive term. All other grand
officers were reelected. They in
clude Wilbur A. Williams, Samuel
L. Ransom, Fred D. Parkinson,
John F. Coquire, E. R. Thomas,
and George w. Brooks.
AS far as could be ascertained
by reporters for this paper, the
much-discussed case of A. F. Nc
Farland of st. Paul, who was sus-
pended last winter by grand mas
ter Johnson, was not settled. Mr..
Mcfarland was suspended follow
ing publication in the press of an
address delivered by him in the in
terests of the Masonic order. Many
Masons privately expressed sur
prise at McFarland's suspension,
considering the address construc-
tive in character. No public state
ment came from the grand master
as to the cause of the orders sus-
pending Mcfarland.
One grand lodge member said
the case rests in the hands of the
grand master. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Mcfarland did not appear
at the grand lodge sessions.
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Youth Loses Legs
In Fall From
Moving Train

A sixteen year old youth bum
ing his way around the country
had both his legs severed when he
fell off train in the Northwestern
R. R. freight yards last Friday.
The youth was Milton Madison
of Omaha, Neb., who was rushed
to the hospital where both his legs
were amputated just below the
knee, finishing the job only half
done by the wheels of the train.
Local Man Gives Blood
Blood transfusions were neces-
sary to save the youths life. Pas
cal Commodore, president of the
Citizens Community Union volun-
teered to give blood to save the
lads life. His offer was accepted.
Hope Held Out For Life
Hope is held out for Madison's
recovery. His mother and father
have both arrived to be at his bed
side. The father came here from
Omaha and the mother from Mon
tana.
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C. w. Washington
Marries Atlanta
Society Figure

Charles w. Washington, secre-
tary of the Urban League, took adj
vantage of his recent vacation to
go to Atlanta and quietly marry
one of her charming daughters.
The bride is Miss Johnnie Frances
Kelly, one of the leaders in Atlanta
society is a native of Atlanta, and
a former teacher in the public
schools of New York City. The
marriage was consumated in the
home of the bride on August ID.
Only the immediate relatives of
the high contracting parties were
present. Among them was Mrs.
Julian Flood, only sister of the
bride, wife of the secretary of the
business administration of Tuske-
gee and Miss Hazel Washington,
sister of the groom, now connected
with the Atlanta World, the only
daily Negro paper in the United
States.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. E. R. Carter, pastor of the
Friendship Baptist Church for the
past fifty years. The bride will
remain with her father for a few
weeks and will then join her hus-
band in st. Paul where the young
couple expect to make their future
home.
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Biggest Picnic
Scheduled For
Monday, Aug. 70

What its sponsors call the "big-
gest picnic of the year" will be
held at Harriet Island, popular st.
Paul playground, when the Twin
City Triangle Clubs give their first
annual picnic Monday, August &c,
all day.
Many Features
A full day of games, and other
activities for young and old have
been arranged by a busy commit
tee. Prizes will be given to win
ners of the various field day ac-
tivities.
A feature of the afternoon will
be a girls diamondball contest.
Phyllis Wheatley girls diamondball
team will play the Norris Cream
cry girls team (white) in a special
diamondball game.
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War Between Italy and
Ethiopia Almost Certain
Morgan and Mrs. L. schofeld.

Morgan and Mrs. l.. Schofeld.
Other committee members in
clude Mrs. Mary Lee Parks, gener-
al secretary; Della James, Gladys
Chandler, Theodore Woodland,
Mary Lou Beal, John Harper, E. l..
Riley, Matte King, Lear Howard,
Lucy Quigley, Lear Howard,
Chas. Mcleod, L. S. Schofeld, F..
w. Samuels, DIR. r. w. Hatch and
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Worker Among
Youth Dies

Benjamin F. Hooks, age At
years, residing at 412 Carroll Ave.,
st. Paul, died at the Northern
Pacific hospital early Wednesday
morning the 21st. Funeral services
were held from Zion Presbyterian
Church, st. Paul, Friday the 23rd.
Interment at Oakland cemetery.
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary
Hooks, daughter, Gloria, and a son,
Benjamin, Jr. Neal Funeral Home,
Inc, st. Paul, in charge.
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SUCCESSFUL
COMMUNICATION

Anchor Hilyard Lodge, enter
tanning lodge led by E. H. Payne,
the chairman of the grand lodge
entertainment committee, spared
no effort in seeing that all grand
lodge members were welcomed.
MEALS AT BOB'S CAFE
The question of food for the
lodge was amply and efficiently
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for the honor of being the most
popular woman at the picnic.
Bathing beauty contest entrants
are Virginia Williams, Dorothy
Bowers, Shirley House, Marcella
Copeland, Vivian Howard, Dorothy
Hall, Mildred Green, Grace Tyson,
Edna Tyson, Claudia Williams,
Louise Cheatam, Beatrice Cheat
am, Vivian Pullum, Hilda Moses,
Victoria Bell, Virginia Parder, Ida
Wade, Loretta Lashley, Octavia,
Atha and Maggie Moore, and Bar
bara Coleman.
In the evening from 8 P. M.
until late, Monroe's Coloradians
will dispense the latest dance tunes
for those who dance.
oLD-FASHIoNED BARBECUE
Barbecue prepared in the old
fashioned open-pit manner will be
prepared by group of chefs, and
the usual other refreshments will
be available for the picnickers.
The members of the Triangle
clubs are all members of the S. M.
T. and u. B. F. temples and lodges,
located in the Twin Cities. A
large committee headed by ]. w.
Pate of Minneapolis with heads of
the various lodges and temples as
co-chairmen have been working
hard during the past few weeks
preparing for the affair. Co-chair-
men of the affair are Mrs. Naomi
Thomas, Mrs. Inez Ford, o. l..
Benford, Mrs. Anna Wright, R. S.
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Italians and
Negroes Stage
Pitched Battle
Feeling Over ItalO- Ethiopian Sit
uation Cited AS Cause


Eleven men, including three Ital-
ians, were held for grand jury ac-
ton Monday, as the result of race
riot on Sunday, said to have been
brought on by feeling over the
Italo-Ethiopian controversy.
The fracas, in which nearly a
hundred persons, equally divided
between the two races, fought with
knives, bottles, baseball bats, stones
and sticks, resulted in injuries to
five persons, two of whom were
Italians.
Numerous women, most of them
armed with broomsticks, were
among the rioters. One man car
ried a rife, which he swung at
many heads, but did not attempt
to fire.
Three Held Without Bail
Ernest Miller, SO, of 314 Fifth
St.; Henry Sailing, 81, and James
Byrd, Is, both of 81 Newark Ave.,
are held without bail on charges of
having knives in their possession
when arrested shortly after police
broke up the free-for-all.
Michael Teresi, white, and Rob-
ert Booker, "a, of 222 Railroad
Ave., are held under $1,000 bail
each on atrocious assault and bat
terry charges.
The following were held under
$500 bail each as material wit
nesses:
Daniel Turf, Jr., and Robert Ca
trillo, Italians; Chester Wooten,
IS, of 218 Railroad Ave-; Edward
Ruff, 40, of 22O Railroad Ave;
Marion Holmes, %, of 2O4 Rail
road Ave-, and James Hudson, %,
of 214 Railroad Ave.
Holmes sustained a fractured
right arm in the melee, while Woo
ten and Ruff were among those suf-
fering decorations.
Boundary PatrolIed
Police patrolled the boundary
line between the colored and Italian
section Monday and Tuesday. Ten
sion gripped the area and a mild
panic ensued when white youth
Intentionally broke a window of a
saloon in retaliation for the loss of
his fathers business.
For some days preceding the
riot, Italians are said to have been
stopping youths who passed
through the section, asking them
what they thought of Joe Louis. If
they replied favorably the youths
were attacked.
A small group of Italians and
colored men were dispersed on Sat-
urday night, after they came to
blows during an argument near
Coles st. and Railroad Ave.
On Monday, after word of the
event had circulated, crowds began
to gather near the scene of the
original disturbance and the fight
ing began at about 8 p. m.
A riot in Jersey City has always
been most unexpected event be-
cause of the fact that the two races
have lived in unusual harmony,
with practically no segregation in
public places.
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settled by Bob and Edith Moul-
den of Bob's Cafe, 3755 Fourth
Ave. So, where the delegates took
their meals. Lodge members
praised highly the food and serv-
ice at the cafe.
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defender Foreign News Cores
pondent)

23-The stage is now set for what
may turn out to be the most de-
vastating of all world conflicts. De-
spite the pleas of the great powers
who see the handwriting on the
wall-the uprising of black people
everywhere to throw off the yoke
of white dominance-Mussolini has
kept true to his course; to invade
and attempt to ravish Ethiopia.
Only a few more days and the
rainy season, which has turned this
country into a morass, its roads
into rivers and its lowlands into
lakes will cease almost as suddenly
as it began. Then the Italians will
start tramping toward Adowa, 20
miles from Nassau, where Mus
solini hopes to wipe out the dis
honor of 1896.
AS the day for sounding of the
battle cry draws near, the eyes of
the world are centered on Adds
Ababa, capital of this ancient land
which has never been under the
heel of foreign white dominance.
His face, outwardly an upper
turbed mask, but his heart and soul
aching from the load destiny has
showed upon him, Emperor Halle
Selassi, Conquering Lion of the
Tribe of Judah, the Chosen of God,
goes about his tasks with the
weight of the world on his Shout
ders.
Upon this 44-year-old black man
lies the destiny of the world:
whether this old sphere as we know
it, is to be torn asunder by the
blasts of explosives; its atmosphere
rended by the cries of the wounded
and dying, and the changing of So
cial orders and the ushering in of
a new economic system which will
be the foundation of the world of
the future.
He knows his responsibility. Be
ing man of destiny, he carries his
cross as did another Man of Des-
tiny at Golgotha, 1885 years ago,
in Palestine across the Red Sea.
He knows he must check the reck-
less impetuousness of his people,
lest, they in their ardor, precipitate
the inevitable clash with Italy be-
fore their leader is ready.
The Ethiopian populace is rest
less. It's army, which means every
man, woman and child of this shut
in kingdom, is tired of drilling. 1t
yearns for actual encounter with
the white-faced foe, with the hordes
Mussolini continues pouring in an
unchecked stream into Nassau, in
Italian Eritrea.
Black Populace Watch
Not only is the Ethiopian popu-
lace spelling for combat, but re-
ports reaching here from all parts
of the African continent, indicate
that the black people are watching
Ethiopia as closely as they would
watch the moon and stars for a
sign. That sign may portend the
awakening of the Sleeping Giant"
81 am grateful to Mussolini for
one thing" the Emperor said this
week as he lifted a champagne
glass to his lips. He sat in the
midst of a group of Mohammedan,
Egyptian, Danakil and Somah
chieftains.
"He has united my people as
never before"
He spoke in truth. Crystalized
opinion and sentiment all over the
world as brought here by adventur-
ers, travellers and fighting men, has
focused the eyes of black people
everywhere on Ethiopia and upon
its ruler, the Conquering Lion of
Judah. If he is successful, then
the salvation of the black man in
the world scheme of things is as
sured.
The blatant verbal blasts of Mus
CONTINUED on Page Two)
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BATHING BEAUTY
POPULARITY CONTEST

Another feature will be the
Twin City-wide bathing beauty and
popularity contest which will find
over a score of Minneapolis and
st. Paul young women contesting
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-08-23

writer's in the Big Ten University
football machine this fall Pictured above Oze Simmons
TexasbOrn youth who off good last but who,
killed his sweed Fellow
reentng the large publicity given him and his
attitude did little blocking for the elusive halfbac and
fzzed during the latter of the Critics Simmons
potential star conditions the have changed and Sim
mons has undergone a change of attitude.
The Omaha guide., 1935-02-02
NATIONAL RECOVERY
ADMINISTRATION

900 in 1894. The Department of
Agriculture expected it TO be little
more than Sc, ,0OO,O 900. The
farm income was 600
in 1888.
Bank clearings for the first
week of the New Year in the p
leading cities Of the United States
amounted to S., 372, GAO, 900, or %
per cent higher than in the cor
responding week of 1884. Taken
by itself, New York City showed
an increase Of 20.3 per cent, while
he other q cities jumped 26 per
cent. The biggest gains for the
week were made by Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit,
Cleveland and Cincinnati.
Only five national banks were
s i'll unlicensed on December 81,
according to j. F. T. O'Connor,
Comptroller of the Currency.
When the bank holiday ended,
there were 1,417 banks with dep
osits of 81, gu, 100000 without
licenses. The deposits in the five
unlicensed banks total only $6,622,
600.
Automobile and farm machin-
cry production, factory and mill
erection, and railroad require
ments are continuing to advance
stell, output. 1t has now reached
an average of Ats per cent of
capacity, 72 per cent higher than
at this time in 1884, according to
the American Iron and Steel In
stitute.
The annual indexes Of adver-
tisig prepared by Printers Ink
give a gain of about Is per cent
over 1888. Farm papers and
radio had increases Of 33 per cent
each; magaziesn, % per cent; out
door advertising, y per cent
newspapers, 10 per cent.
More than 10000 additional
the Ford Motor Car Company pay
roll since December 90. This is
the best employment increase in
that company since 1929, and is
due in part to the large step up
in sales volume in the agricultural
sections
An increase Of 1883 freight
car loadings for the week ended
week has been reported by the
Association Of American Rail
roads. The total of 498,073 car
loads was a slight decrease under
the corresponding week of last
year.
The Omaha guide., 1935-02-02

public addresses. His caustic denun-
cation of the Princess Anne | nch-
ings in the Baltimore Sua aroused a
storm Of protest from the Eastern
Shore Of Maryland.
1t is learned on good authority that
Senator Joseph P. Guffey, new Dem
ocratic member from Pennsylvania,
will publicir espouse the bill on the
floor Of the Senate. The fight will
again be led in the Senate BY Sena-
tors Edward P. Costigan Of Colorado
and Robert F. Wagner of New York,
eo-authors Of the measure. The lead
ing opponent Of the bill is said to be
Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana,
who last year sought to show there
really no need Of the bin. Since
then there have been three lynchings
in Louisiana.
The Omaha guide., 1935-02-02
FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF
ADMINISTRATION
1000 Unattached Negro Male Trans
tents Cared for By FERA-

The report Of December Is on the
transient relief program to- Harry L.
Hopkins, Federal Emergency Relief
Administrator, shows 1900 unat-
tached male Negroes Of all ages being
cared for b. the transient bureau Of
the FERA- This is 11.22 per cent Of
the total number Of unattached male
transients.
There were 750 Negro unattached
women on the transient rolls. This is
Is per cent of the total number Of I'M
attached female transients under care.
The ratio Of colored transients ap-
pear to be more nearly equal to that
Of the Negro population than the gen
eral family relief load, which runs
nearly Is per cen of the total num-
Der of persons on relief; while the
Negro population is only II per cent
of the whole population according to
SAC Low (CAlo0o. ANAAAc LAlOuoaiQ lAAO1C
Negroes in family groups and other
individuals in families were cared for
by the FERA transient bureau, re-
ported in two separate divisions of
1000 and z 900 respectfully.
The two largest age groups of these
transients irrespective of race, range
between IS and "a years which make
up Is per cent Of the total number
and those from "a to "A which COM
pose another twenty per cent. The
next two largest groups are between
the ages Of q and "a, totaling Is per
cent; and 45 to 81 make up another
II per cent. Those under 16 years of
age was almost negligible accounting
for only fifty-four hundreds per cent
of the total number.
The Omaha guide., 1935-02-02
News Letter To Statesmen

New Years business started
with a bang. The New York Times
Index Of Business Activity for
the week ended January 5 reach
ed 81. his was about 4 points
higher than the record made by
the last week of the old year
ad nearly 9 higher than the
record of the first week of 1884.
Encouraging reports continue
to come in from the business com
parsons Of 1884 over 1888. The
banks in the Federal Reserve
Sys EN- earned Sc, $4,000 in 1884,
while they lost $917, 900 in 1888.
Company wrote $50, 10000 more
lated Bell System had a net gain
new business in 1884. The Assoc
Of 298, 900 telephone installations.
General Motors sold 927, 493
cars and trucks compared with
755,778 in 1888. The department
and dry goods stores made 14.7
per cent more IN dollar sales in
1924 the variety store sales ran
8 II higher; electrical equipment
sales, q per cent higher.
Real wageS-based on purchas-
ing power instead Of dollars-in-
creased z per cent in the first
II months Of 1894 over the com
parable period in 1888, accord
ing to the National Industrial
Conference Board. Employment
and pay rolls were at all times
higher last year than in 1888.
Farmers shared the better times
with the urbanites. Standard
Statistics Company estimates that
farm Income reached $8,056, 0O0,-
The Omaha guide., 1935-02-02
R FERA SLAVERY
COMPACT IS EXPOSED

New York, Jan. 25@Connivance
Of FERA officials with white employ
ers of Groveland, Florida, to exploit
Negro relief workers on private work
has been exposed by the National As
s~oc:atioa for the Advancement of Col
ored People.
Investigation by the Federal Emer-
gency Relief Administration at Wash
ington. D. c. following protest from
the N. A. A. c. B. revealed that
twenty-five Negro workers on the re-
lief rolls were forced to cut cord wood
on land which had reverted to the
State for non-payment Of taxes. Ten
Of the colored mea refused, knowing
it was not legitimate relief work, and
were promptly stricken from the relief
rolls by Mrs. o. F.. Mayes, FERA aide
who had agreed to let A. c. Yonnolly
of Tavaros, Fla. have the men to full
fill a contract he had made to. sell
wood to nearby grove owners. The
land on which the timber stood had
been leased by another white man,
]. Ray Arnold, owner of the Arnold
Lumber Company of Groveland. But
owing to failure Of Arnold to pay his
taxes, the land had reverted to the
State.
In order to stay on the relief rolls,
fifteen of the Negroes continued to
work until they were arrested by the
local sheriff and his deputies for cut
ting wood on State land. Six workers
eluded the deputies and escaped. The
other nine were jailed. The two white
men, however, were promptly released
upon their own recognizance, immed-
lately following their arrest.
The Omaha guide., 1935-02-02

Florida FERA officials contend
that the Negroes were to be paid by
Yonnolly for their work and for that
reason they were dropped from the re-
lief rolls But the Negroes claim they
were forced to do this private work
or be removed from the relief rolls.
The nine Negroes have been releas-
ed. The N. A A. c. p. is trying to see
whether they have been restored to
the relief rolls and whether the two
white men have been prosecuted. A
demand has been made that Mrs.
Mayes be ousted for her connivance
with the white employers.
The Omaha guide., 1935-02-02
Ell. L. MENCKEN TO TESTIFY AT
SENATE HEARINGS ON cos
T~IGAN-WAGNER BILL

New York, Jan. 25.-The sub-com-
mittee of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee will shortly hold hearings in
Washington on the Costigan-Wagner
anti-l snchng bill, according to the
Natioaal Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People, leading sup
porter Of the legislation
The Association announced that II.
i. Mencken, noted Baltimore critic
and outstanding opponent of l~ynchiag,
will attend the hearings and speak in
favor Of the passage Of the Costigan-
Wagner anti-lynching bill. This will
be an unusual departure for Mr..
Mencken as he is known never to make
The Omaha guide., 1935-02-02
DRUG STORES

SAVE TIME. WORRY, CONFUSION AND MO NEY BY CONSULTING TIL COMPLETE
DIRECTORY OF NEGHBORH0OD AND CITY BUSINESSES.
The Omaha guide., 1935-02-02
RESTAURANTS, CAFES

GOOD HOME COOKED MEALS
Is and 25 Cents
SILVER MOON CAFE
1903 n. oath Street
The Omaha guide., 1935-02-02

Two room apt. and use of Kitchen
We. 4162.
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ROOMS and

Loves Kitchenette apartment for
rent at 2518 Patrick Ave. We 5553.
The Omaha guide., 1935-02-02

K~itchenette for Realistically modern
2914 North 25th Street.
Evening star., 1935-04-30
U. 8. READY FOR JURY.
100 Informations on Calendar for
Probe in Tucson.

TUCSON, Ariz., April 80 (P.-The
Government was prepared to go be-
fore a Federal grand jury today with
evidence it hopes may solve the kid
naping a year ago of June Robles.
The jury was called into session
by Federal Judge Albert M. Sames
for q hearing which will include the
only kidnapping plot the Department
of Justice has failed to solve.
Although more than 100 informa-
tjons are on the calendar of the grand
jury, one-the information charging
Oscar H. Robson. former night club
operator, with writing extortion letters
demanding $4,000 for the return OF
the Robles child-stands out.
Continual reports have been circu-
lated that new evidence will be pre-
sented linking at least three persons
with the kidnapping
Supporting the belief that the Gov
eminent is ready to break" the Ro-
bles case Is the statement of Clifton
Mathews, former Federal district at
torney and now Judge of the United
States Court of Appeals, that start
ling new" evidence will be disclosed.
K. Berry Peterson, assistant attor-
ley general, announced II witnesses
will be summoned.