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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-11-20

nothing. If the store fails it will
not be because the young men have
not tried but will be an admission
on the part of the citizens of Min
neapois that they do not wish to
see a legitimate colored business
succeed.
The Sumner Sweet Shop has an
agency for nearly every Negro
newspaper in the country, COM
plete line of tobaccos, magazines,
matted milk, candy, toasted sand
witches, Archie James hot tamales,
Nun Kings chop suey, chill and
oyster stew! Complete postal and
notary public service, handles oil
and coal comparatively.
Every person in the Twin Cities
is asked to contribute one dollar as
good will contribution to this bust
ness, at any time the contributor
comes to the store he will be al
lowed any articles to the amount
of one dollar. The Sweet Shop
needs your dollar but more than
that it needs your patronage, your
suggestions, your encouragement.
If Twin City Negroes will get
behind this little store we will
make it something of which all
the Twin Cities can be proud.
Drop into the store between Nov.
Is and 80 and be one to wish the
young men well.
The location, 642 9th Ave. No.,
just off Lyndale.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-11-20

A new kind of telephone wire Is
going underground now, placed
there by a simple blowing operation,
getting poles OF the roads and get
ting the wires out of the way Of
storm damage-sleet, lightning, fall
ing trees and branches, grass fires
and other hazards to open wire pole
lines.
Underground Cables Not New
Putting telephone wires under
ground is nothing new. 1t has been
going on for forty years or more, and
in the Bell Telephone System alone
there are 100000 circuit miles Of
underground wire. Practically all Of
this is in cables, however: either
the ordinary lead-sheathed cable
which is placed in protective ducts,
or amore recent type of cable whose
lead sheath is protected by layers Of
paper and jute impregnated with
asphalt so that the cable may be
buried directly in the ground.
The newest development is not in
putting cables, containing many cir
cults, below ground level, but in
burying an actual pair or two Of
wires. It's immediate application is
in rural areas, where one or two
credits may run for a considerable
distance on poles to carry telephone
service to a few farms or homes.
Side-Iights on Telephone Research
The problems which were faced
and solved in finding a practical
method of putting underground the
wires which furnish this so-called
rural service provide an interesting
side-light on telephone research.
To lay underground conduit for so
few wires would be prohibitively ex-
pensive. Scarcely less so would it be
to bury them in an effectively
armored lead cable. The solution
seemed to lie in rubber-insulated
wires. But this insulation would
have to protect the wires, insulate
them thoroughly from moisture,
have the necessary long life when
left in the ground and be adapted to
efficient and economical manufac-
ture.
First, then, such a rubber insula-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-11-20

A deep-tillage plow has therefore
been adapted so that at one opera
ton it digs a furrow and lays the
wire in it. A knife-edged blade an
inch wide can be regulated to plow
from a foot to 20 inches deep, and
at its rear is tube through which
the wire is fed into the furrow.
Above, mounted on spindles, are
reels to carry one or two pairs or
wires, feeding freely into the tube.
AS the plow moves ahead, drawn by
truck or tractor, the narrow furrow
is opened and the wire laid in it with
surprising speed.
Wires Placed Beside the Road
Since this type Of underground
wire has been developed primarily
for use in rural or agricultural re-
gions, where roads are usually OF
dirt or gravel, the best location for
it is just of the travelled portion OF
the highway, where the plow win
meet fewest distractions, where fu-
ture ditching will not interfere and
future grading will usually increase
the dirt covering the wire.
Where a house is fairly close to
the road along which the buried
wires are routed, the telephone line
itself may be brought up to the
house, to provide it with telephone
service, and then back to the road
again. Where the house is further
back from the road, terminal is
placed at the roadside and branch
circuit carries the service up to the
house.
Adds to Service DependahiIity
Since this new type of under
ground wire is a recent development,
no great amount of it is now in use.
By winter, it is expected that some
300 miles of it will have been placed
in service. Small though this amount
is in comparison with the millions Of
miles of wire in lead-sheathed cables
underground, it will doubtless be
used in increasing quantities as time
goes on. 1t is one more step in the
process of making telephone service
constantly more trouble-free and de-
pendable.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-11-20

additions, what prominent Mime
apolis couple are expecting bum
die from Heaven soon? I've
never paid attention to Friday the
18th, but did you hear about
HORACE BELL slipping on bar
Of soap in the shower room out at
school and narrowly escaping a
fractured skull? What young
st. Paul man-about-town, whose
gal has "done him wrong" says
he's about to become a woman hat
err? His first step will be to grow
a beard and become a bald-head.
IF you ask me, he's liable to at
tract more attention than he did
before. You know some women
like men who go in for effect :. .
I hear JIMMY CARTER was in
st. Paul last week visiting K. V.
and LLOYD CLARK walked in at
the same time. (Deah, deah, / bet
some daggers were shot.) .
RICHARD SESSIONS seems to be
having double trouble" these days.
Ut wasn't told to me, I only
heard.)
Well, worthy Ones" I'll be
looking your way next week and
in the meantime don't forget
Your old friend,
SAL.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-11-20

ton must be produced. In addition,
a means must be found of splicing
the wires where necessary and of
sealing the splice against the en-
trance of moisture. And, finally, a
method had to be devised of burying
the wires safely and economically.
These were some of the problems
which the Bell Telephone Labora-
tories undertook to answer.
Research chemists produced the
needed rubber compound. It insu-
lates the wires against moisture
even under severe conditions. It's life
in service is unknown, of course,
but tests indicate that it will last
for long time-perhaps as much
as 20 years. Like all high-grade rub
Der products, it is sensitive to light;
but since it is for use underground,
it needs to be protected from sum
light only where it emerges from its
resting place. And it can be manu-
featured in quantity, the insulation
being formed around the wires and
vulcanized as the wires are extruded
from the machine that makes them.
An Ingenious Method of Splicing
Is Developed
The wires run side by side within
the insulation, and are Of 17-gauge
annealed and lead-coated copper. To
splice them, the insulation is cut
away at the joint and round cop
per sleeve is pressed over the ends
of the wires to be Joined, max
ing a tight joint. To seal the splice,
cylindrical sleeve of unvulcanized
rubber compound is placed over the
joint and is then vulcanized in an
electrically heated mold. The Lab
oratories engineers even developed
the vulcanizer, which operates from
storage batteries.
So far, so good. Now what about
getting the wires into the ground?
PTow Cuts Narrow Furrow
The outside dimensions of the in
sulated pair of wires are one-third
by one-sixth Of an inch. 1t doesn't
take much of trench to bury that;
nor, by its nature, does the wire
need to be buried far below the sur
face.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-11-20
Sumner Sweet
Shop Launches
Expansion Drive
COOPERATIVE BUSINESS
SEEKS COMMUNITY
SUPPORT

Nov. Is to 80 has been set aside
as "Good Will" period by the Sum-
ner Sweet Shop, 642 Sixth Ave. N,
Minneapolis. The public has not
given the young men it's full
support and without support no
business can continue. The young
men have pooled their resources,
have a complete set up, have Sc
cured a postal sub-station, and the
store offers many services and
courtesies for which it receives
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-11-20
HALLE Q. BROWN FORUM

The Halle @. Brown Young
Peoples Forum will meet Sunday,
November %, at 4 P. M. The
speaker for the afternoon will be
Mr.. Wendell Norris, whose topic
will be "Class and Race" Mr.. Nor
ris is vitality interested in inter-
national affairs, the Minneapolis
Youth Council, and is an expert
enced Forum speaker.
Don't forget to get your Forum
membership card if you have not
already done so.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-11-20

Hello Folks:

Hello folks:
Our interview this week is with
EARLE F. KYLE, one of our we'll
known business men of Minneapo-
lis. He is prominent in both civic
and social affairs and owns one of
the most up-to-date grocery stores
in Minneapolis on Fourth Ave. S.
His personality is very pleasing
and probably accounts, in a meas
ure, for his success. He was very
kind in granting the following in
terview, which, / am sure, you will
all enjoy.
Where is your home town?
Ans.-In Chattanooga, Tenn.
2-What part of your work do
you enjoy most? Ans.-I enjoy
the buying phase, especially the
shopping around for good merchan-
disc to sell at a reasonable price.
3-If you weren't where you are,
where would you rather be? Ans.
In some medium sized eastern or
central city.
4-What did you say to your
wife when you proposed? Ans
Honey, will you marry me?" EDO
you mean it," she replied.
5-Who is the boss in your fam
lily? Ans.-Our family arrange
ment is a mutual one, in which we
plan and discuss every item, thus
making the agreement a fifty-ffty
proposition.
6-What's your favorite dessert?
Ans.-Lemon chiffon pie is the
most delightful dessert.
(which do you prefer, air
travel or land travel? Ans.-Of
the two, I prefer to travel by land,
but think travelling by water the
best.
s-Do you think the movies are
benefit or a detriment to the chill
dren of today? Ans.-The movies
of today are beneficial to the child
provided the child has had a good
foundation in the home.
9-f you had one wish what
would it be? Ans.-I wish I could
impress the Negro of the great
need of cooperating and support
ting their own endeavors.
10-Do you think the colored
race is holding its own economical
ly? Ans.-Emphatically, no, I do
not, because not enough of the
young people are entering the field
of business and those that do are
only receiving half-hearted sup
port from the group.
(which are the bigger fiirts,
men or women? Ans.-In my opin-
ion, the fairer sex is by far the
bigger firt.
12-Who, in your opinion, is the
greatest man our race has ever
produced. Ans.-Relatively speak
ing, I think Booker T. Washington
is the greatest of all American
Negroes. .
13-What's your favorite radio
program? Ans.-Breakfast club
of the air program.
14-Who is your favorite movie
actor or actress? Ans.-Norma
Shearer is the number one actress,
with Charles Laughton close Sec
ond as an actor.
The gala festivities of Thanks
giving and Christmas are almost
here. I hear Santa Claus is going
to have a rushing season this year,
so it might be kinda wise for some
of you gals and he-men to get your
lists out right away. !. The c.
w. WASHINGTONS will have to
hang an extra stocking up this
year for their darling new addition
a. A. @nv,as1~v CnnaIr;vans nf Vaoxxy
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v. S.-Does my ex-football boy
friend like me, or what can / do to
make him like me?
Ans.-Yes, this person does like
you, but does not love you. / see
he is in love with someone else and
does not intend to give her up.
A. Twill my husband and I
go back together? If so, how long
will it be?
Ans.-Yes. You will go back to
your husband in December. He
does care a lot for you and I see
you will be very happy.
H. T.-Can you tell me where
my brother is, or if he is still iv-
ing?
Ans.-Your brother is in Texas,
and is doing well. I do not see,
however, that you will ever come
in contact with him, as he does not
want to see you.
L. E.-Please tell me what must
I do to change my luck?
Ans.--I would advise you to
get two of my Snow White Luck
Charms and carry them with you
at all times. You will find them
to be what you need. The price is
only soc for 2 and 8 questions an
swered FREE.
w. W.-Does my wife love me,
or someone else?
Ans.-Yor wife is very much in
love with you and wouldn't ever
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look at anyone else, so get this out
of your mind.
r. W.-Will I ever get the pen
sion from the railroad and the gov
eminent?
Ans.-I see you will get part of
this money, but not all that is due
you, but take it and don't try to
cause trouble.
A. S.-This girl have just met,
will we ever mean anything to
each other?
Ans.-YOu will be very good
friends and nothing more. You
will marry a girl by the initials of
M. J. in March.
l.. C.-Someone stole my car.
Could you tell me who it was?
Ans.-The initials of this person
are Fl. E. I do not see you getting
your car back as he does not have
it in his possession now.
E. T. A.-Does my friend love
me, and who will / marry?
Ans.-Yes, this person does love
you and you will marry him with
in the next few months.
G. H.-Could you tell me my
vital days and also vital numbers?
Ans.-I would advise you to send
for my How to Win book, which
gives vital numbers and vital days.
Price $3.50 or $500 with 10 ques-
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J enclosed with your QUESTION,
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-11-20

To permit the placing Of pair or two Of telephone
wires underground In rural areas, thus rendering the
wires less subject to storm damage and the service
even more dependable, Bell Telephone System eng-
neers developed rubber compound for InsuIa-
tion, new kind of splice, and new way of blowing
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
THREE DEATHS
HELD NATURAL

Certificates of death from nat
ural causes we're issued today by
DR.. A. Magruder Macdonald, Dis
trict coroner, after investigating
the deaths of three persons yes
terday and early today. who, the
coroner said, suffered chronic
heart trouble.
Hans Frasch, 80, was found
dead in his room at the Com
modore Hotel, North Capitol and
F. Streets. The body has been
taken to the Morgue.
Estelle G. Brown, 73, collapsed
in a rooming house at 1412
Massachusetts,. Ave. N. W., yes
terday and was found by Eliza
beth Macdonald, also an occu-
pant of the house. DR.. MacDon-
aid is now attempting to locate
relatives. said to be in California.
A heart attack while bathing
in the bathtub at his rooming
house at 1905 N st. N. w. early
today caused the death of Rich
ard Burdette. so, carpenter.
He was found by Charles A. NC
williams, fellow roomer.
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
SAVED,
SERIOUSLY
BURNED
Rescuers Find Eight
Bodies; Rock Fall
Hides Others

BARNSLEY, England, Aug. 8
G.N.SO.-All but one Of the 81
miners trapped by a coal gas ex-
plosion in the Wharncliffe-Wood
mere colliery are dead, rescue
workers said today.
Word that the tragedy had re-
allied the worst fears of wives
and relatives of the entombed
men gathered at the pit head
was brought to the surface after
bodies of eight of the victims
were located and it was deter
mined the otners we're trapped
behind a large rock fall. .
The blast in the colliery, mid
way between Sheffield and Leeds.
occurred at $3.50 a. m. The vic
tins were miners Of the night
shift.
The single survivor was So
verely burned, although he was
rescued far from the point where
the blast actually originated.
-VoTE AMERICAN-
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
Train Demo|ishes
Stolen Car on Tracks

A stolen car was demolished
early today when it stalled on the
B. and o. tracks at Melrose cross
ing, near Hyattsville, Nd. but the
driver escaped.
The car was owned by August
Ahlers, % Maryland Ave-, HyattS-
vile. police said. AhlerS told po-
lice he last saw the car about 9
o'clock last night when he parked
it in front of his home.
A dairy employe told police he
saw the car stall on the tracks in
the path of the oncoming north
bound train about l:30 this morn
ing, and that a man dressed in a
white shirt and white trousers
jumped out and ran just before
the crash.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
Determined Auto
After a Pedestrian
Finally Gets lis Man

Some people can avoid being
struck by an automobile just by
running out of its path.
But not so John Bias, "a, col
ored, OF 723 Sixth st. N. w.,
whom an automobile yesterday
followed with such tenacity that
it finally reached him.
Bias was crossing the street
at Fourth and @ SITS. N. W., when
he looked up to see a car about
to run him down. He ran to
the curb. The car followed him.
He hid behind tree. The car
followed him. The automobile
crashed into the tree and Bias
was knocked down by the shock.
He was treated at Freedman'S
Hospital for cuts.
Police are looking for the
driver of the automobile.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
FORECAST
FOR TODAY

Showers were forecast for this
afternoon by the Weather Bureau,
which added the rain probably
will continue until early tomorrow.
The bureau said there will be little
change in temperature.
The mercury rose to a high Of
81 degrees shortly before 4 p. m.
yesterday but with a shower last
night, the thermometer fell to IA
degrees, the low, shortly after mid
night and remained in that
neighborhood for the remainder Of
thu night.
Experts at the bureau said that
a polar front" an area of cool
air moving out of the North, was
responsible for the reasonably
cool weather the city has been
experiencing.
-VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
Spanish Reds Execute
-Four German Citizens

BERLIN. Aug. 6. Q.N.SO.-Cap-
ture and execution of four Ger
man residents of Spain by Span
ish Communists was officially an
nounced here today shortly after
the Reich sent a second protest
to Madrid over alleged miStreat-
ment of German nationals.
The victims, the announcement
said, were three active Nazi party
mmberS and one German not Of
ficially affiliated with the party.
They were captured while trying
to reach the French border and
summarily executed although they
possessed a permit to cross the
frontier.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
u. 5. Gunboats Take
Women from WuChoW

HONGKONG, Aug. 6 Q.N.S).
American and British gunboats
today began evacuating foreign
women and children from WI
chow upon an outbreak Of fight
ing between nationalist and rebel
forces on the city'S outskirts.
The warShips were sent to
Wuchow, above Canton, last week
when new outbreaks in the
northern southern civil war
threatened,
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
GIVES
TERMS ON
SPAIN
Nazi, Italian Planes
Ferry Thousands
to Mainland
Crisis in Spain:

Inferentially charging
France and other nations al
ready have instituted a clam
orous and dangerous form OF
Intervention in SPAIN" Italy
today agreed to the principle
of strict neutrality in the civil
war onlysif France takes full
responsibility for its enforce
ment.
Through censorships and the
mutually discrediting claims
and counter claims of Spanish
insurgent and loyalist victories,
one highly important develop
ment stood out clearly amid
the smoke of battle today:
By ship and airplane, con-
voyed by Italian and German
fighting aircraft, thousands Of
Riffs and foreign legionnaires
are successfully being ferried
from Morocco to the Spanish
peninsula.
Five thousand troops have
already started for Madrid
from Seville, and by the week
end, 10000 more will thrust
Eastward from Algeciras for
Malaga.
With the three-day battle in the
Guadarrama Mountains north of
Madrid apparently deadlocked,
Madrid's relatively unprotected
south side is now gravely menaced.
Developments include:
GIBRALTAR-British authori-
ties vigorously protested against
action of Spanish planes in fir
ing on the destroyer Basilisk in
the Straits.
GRANADA.-All the diplomatic
powers of the American Govern
ment were being brought to bear
today in an effort to succor
group of Americans marooned
here. Cut off by fighting between
the two forces contending for
power in Spain'S bloody civil war,
the Americans have been be-
leaguered in the ancient Moorish
capital since July 18.
IRUN - Spanish LoyaliStS
claimed 1000 insurgents march
ing to SaragosSa deserted to the
government side.
LE-InSurgentS cutting a
wide Swath in drive on Madrid,
expect to capture BadajoZ, Merida,
Caceres and Trujillo en- route.
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VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
Martial Law 10 Rule
Until Greece Is Safe

ATHENS Aug. 6 kN.SO.
Greece will remain under martial
law only when all dangers Of Q
possible bloody Communist coup
are wiped out. Premier Metaxas
said today. Asked when the na.
ton would revert to normality, the
dictator said:
"When the social state b
completely consolidated and all
dangers are ended, the govern
ment will study the situation
and decide accordingly. For the
present there is no question Of
a new chamber"
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
Student Mistaken
For Fascist Robbed
OF His u. ). Frat Pin

PARIS, Aug. 6 GN.sD Mis-
taking it for a Croix de Feu Fas-
cist emblem, two French Commun-
lists today tore Phi Kappa Sigma
pin from the vest of Claude Haw-
ley, of Waukegan, H.. student
of the University of Chicago.
Just how the Communists mis-
took the pin for the fiery cross
emblem surpassed Hawley'S under
standing. The incident occurred
in front Of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Police caught and arrested the
Reds. The pin was returned to
HaWley.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06
0NL|E
IS VICTIM
IN NIGHT
TRAGEDY
Plane Falls Four Miles
North Of St. Louis;
Cause Mystery

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 6 G.N.SD
Eight persons crashed to their
deaths on a field four miles north
of here in a Chicago and Southern
airliner last night. Today's dawn
revealed the tragedy.
County and airline officials were
early on the scene and at once
opened a double-barreled investi
CATION into the tragedy which oc.
Cured about 1905 p. M, just five
minutes after the plane left the
Lambert municipal field here for
Chicago.
The U. S. Bureau of Air Com
nerce dispatched Investigators B.
M. Jacobs and A. P. Kerr, assigned
at its Chicago office, to St. Louis
to hold an inquiry into the cause
of the crash.
Among the killed was Vernon
Omlie, husband of Mrs. Phoebe
Omlie, of washington, famed avia-
trix attached to the Bureau of
Aeronautics of the Department Of
Commerce.
The two pilots and six passen-
gers in the plane apparently were
killed instantly and with no sur
vivors authorities had a difficult
time to determine what caused the
crash.
Names Of Victims
Carleton Putnam. president of
the company, announced the vic
tins as follows:
Carl Zier, pilot, Chicago.
Russell MOsSman, cOpilOt, New
Orleans.
A. r. Holt, Boston, Mass.
George Grishaber, Oak Park,
III.
d. r. McDavitt. Chicago.
C. B. Wright, Hinsdale. Ill.
w. S. Bartlett, Chicago.
Vernon Omlie, Memphis,
Tenn.
The Inflated ship was a Lock
heed Electra, 10-passenger plane,
which took off with only six of
the passenger seats occupied,
Ship Fully Tested
The ship had been fully tested
and okayed before its departure
in compliance with rules, accord
ing to Mr.. Putnam. There was no
hint of trouble from the pilot
before the disaster occurred, Mr..
Putnam said he had been in
formed by representatives at the
airport.
The first intimation that some.
thing had happened came with
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VOTE AMERICAN