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Evening star., 1936-12-20
YULE TREE EXERCISES
SET AT COTTAGE CITY
Mayor Torvestad and Delegate
White to Speak on Pro-
gram December "a.

By Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
COTTAGE CITY, Md, December 19.
Community Christmas tree exercises
will be held on the Baltimore Boule-
ward at Barney street. by the Mems
Club of Colmar Manor and Cottage
City at $50 p. m. December "a.
Santa Claus will distribute horns,
Evening star., 1936-12-20
MAGISTRATES ELECT
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MOUNT AIRY, Md, December 19-
L. Pearce Bowlus, Mount Airy. was
elected president Of the Carroll County
Magistrates Association at an organ
ization meeting held in Westminster.
Other officers: Vice president, Sher-
man E. Flanagan, Westminster; Sec
retary. ]. Albert Mitten, Westminster,
and treasurer, Ralph Coe, New Wind
sor.
Bylaws will be submitted for adop-
ton by the group at the next meet
ing. January s, in Westminster.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06
States New Urban
League Policy

| to reckon.
Attention will be paid to State
and Federal employment agencies
where policies and practices are
against the interests of Negroes. We
shall join with other agencies in ad-
vocating permanent relief agency in
Washington to take the place of emer-
gency relief measures now in vogue.
When relief is provided in the form
of work, we shall seek for Negroes,
professional and white-collar employ
ment, as well as unskilled and casual
labor.
"The various Federal instruments;
such as the Wagner Labor Bill, the
Social Security laws, and the Ma
tional Mediation Board, will be
watched and we shall appear before
their official bodies as often as we
can find bona, flde cases to take be-
fore them.
Employment of Negroes in public
positions viii be striven for at all
times, Just as we shall continue to
treat with private employers for ade-
quate employment opportunities ="
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06

New York;. Arnold Hill, in an
article in the current Southern Work.
man, states the new policy of the Ma
tional Urban League as follows:
"The League will continue to place
major emphasis upon economic con-
ditions. It will point out, therefore,
to the Negro masses and leaders alike,
the points of attack upon economic
inequalities. Thus will we stress
shortcomings of trade unions and
company unions and business organ.
izations. We shall advocate the ad.
herence Of Negroes to collective bar
gaining and advise membership in
progressive labor organizations.
rather than obsolete and politically
run formations. We shall strive to
organize Workers Councils through
out the country in an intensive cam
paign.>. w shall make effort to have
these Councils not merely discussion
a. edn6etioaal groups, but pressure
g5ouys, Tia impact Of whose action
wM make itself factor with which
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06
NsrlL Side Y.M.C.A.
Church Athletic
Association

Continuing their winning ways
from the basketball campaign, the
Border diamondball team defeated the
Fremont Congregational boys by a
score Of 6-1, behind the effective
pitching Of Fred Kane. The boys
were effective in the field and at
bat, and made an impressive sight
In their new uniforms of red and
black Jerseys, which were contributed
by some Of our leading business men
and other north side merchants, q
complete list Of which will be printed
next week.
The Bethel Lutheran team went
down to an ignominious defeat at
the hands Of Border on Tuesday eve-
ming by the one sided score of 22-1.
The team deserved a shutout victory
except for an error made in the last
inning. The entire team hit the OPP
posing pitcher hard and the game was
marked by many home runs. An an
nouncement of the team roster,
places andsdates Of the games will be
printed next week.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06
BORDER BRIEFS"

A splendid exhortative address was
delivered by Rev. D. P. Young at the
annual Guide Right meeting of Kappa
Alpha Psi fraternity at the Sunday
morning service. Amid a beautiful
setting of spring flowers the young
high school graduates were challenged
and inspired to new and greater
heights. With the exception of the
special music furnished by the senior
choir, only members of the fraternity
participated on the program. Dunbar
P. Gibson, Polemarch, opened the SER
vice with brief history of the organ
ization. A violin solo was rendered
by Clifford Hawkins. Clifford Rucker
then made few Introductory remarks
IN presenting the pastor. It is sim
cerely wished by all the fraternity
brothers that the high school gradu-
ates who were present, namely
Barbara Mallory, Harriet Lane, Jewell
Mann, Robert Shoffner, Clarence
Underwood, Hazel Matthews, and
Sally and Columbus Truman found
the sermon inspiring and the princi-
Piles of the Guide Right Movement
advantageous.
Immediately following the service.
the ladies led by Mrs. Bura Hawkins
and assisted by Mrs. Roy Austin
served delicious dinner in the social
room, which was enjoyed by the many
friends, who contributed to it's sue
cess. The pastor and the choir, led
by Mr.. Underwood, were very
received by the men,
bers Of the Excelsior Methodist
Excelsior, Mimi, when they
took charge of the evening service.
Monday afternoon Rev. Young in
furthering the cause of Border, and
building q reputation for the Church,
addressed class in Anthropology at
the University of Minnesota.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06
YOUNG WANDERER SEEKS
DEATH

San Francisco, Cal.-Passengers on
ferry enroute from Sausalite to
San Francisco were startled by the
cry, "Man overboardw But it was
"Boy overheard"
A deckhand pulled hungry, miser-
able 15-year-old youngster from the
deep, rough water near Alcatrez Is
land, the federal penitentiary. In his
pocket was a farewell letter to his
mother, somewhere in South Carolina.
His name was withheld by officials,
who said the boy, one Of the wander
ing youths, refused to say why he
had tried to kill himself.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE
NEGRO TO BE PUBLISHED

New York.-Plans are being pushed
for the early publication of an EN-
cyclopedia Of the Negro" which will
cover all important phases of Negro
lite and history in the United States,
Africa and other parts Of the world.
according to an announcement made
here this week on the authorization
Of DR.. Arson Phelps Stokes, presi-
dent Of the Phelps-Stokes Fund.
DR.. w. E. Burghart Du Bots, Pro-
lessor Of Sociology at Atlanta Uni
versity, was elected chairman of the
editorial board at a meeting of the
project last week in Washington.
The project was initiated in 1882,
when . group of educators met in
Washington under the leadership of
DR.. Stokes to draw up preliminary
plans. DR.. Du Bots has been work
ing for the past two years outlining
the subjects the encyclopedia will
cover and obtaining information.
The work has been supported by
small grants from the Phelps-Stokes
Fund, and the contents and line OF
the proposed work are necessarily
dictated by that body.
Officers of the board of directors
are DR.. Stokes, chairman, DR.. James
n. billiard and Major Robert Motion,
vice chairman, and Professor Benja-
min Brawley, secretary. Temporary
headquarters 10 at Atlanta Univer-
sity.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06
Helen jackson
Again Heads
laughter EIks

Minnehaha Temple. No. 129, held
their semi-annual election Thursday
evening, June 4th.
DIT. Ruler, Helen Jackson, re-
elected.
Vice Ruler, Lillian Anderson.
Ass. DIT. Ruler, Dora Pipkin.
Chaplain, Jennie johnson.
Escort, Sallie Johnston.
Organist, Cassie Hill.
Doorkeeper, Helen Woods.
Gate Keeper, Ruth Walker Davis.
DIT. Ruler, Helen Jackson was
elected delegate to the Grand Lodge.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06
A New Menace
To The Nation
BLACK RIDERS OF THE NIGHT

DETROIT, Mich.--Calling upon "an
avenging God and unmerciful Devil"
the Black Legion, appropriately
called, has been striking terror into
the hearts Of law-abiding citizens of
this and II other states, according
to evidence brought out In the In
vestigation Of the murder Of Charles
A. Poole, WPA worker. It il al
legged that Poole. who was not q
member of the Legion, had learned
too much about its activities.
The Black Legion, employing the
methods and aping the outward ap-
pearance Of the Ku Klux Khan, more
than bears out the terrible, though
melodramatic prophecies Of Sinclair
Lewis in ut Cant Happen Here"
Fascism, with all its paraphanalia Of
anti-unionism, anti-C Catholicism, anti.
Semitism, intimidation, kidnapping
flogging and murder, il in the pro.
gram of the Black Legion. One OF
its alleged purposes, it has been
brought out. is a Black Legion die
tatorship in the United States.
Obviously it had become . politi-
cal force in Michigan. in which the
investigation 10 conferred at the mo-
ment. Evidence has been offered to
prove that mayors, prosecuting at
torneys and other city and state Of
ficials, including large numbers Of
policemen and prison guards are in
cluded in its membership. The big
fish were promised political support,
while the smaller fry were threat
ened with death unless they joined
and participated in its program Of
and intimidation.
Now it is being discovered" that
the Black Legion has been function
ing for about three years. City and
state officials have testified that they
sign up with all sorts Of organiza-
lions during election campaigns as a
means Of getting votes, and without
looking into these organizations.
Others have said that they were
Continued on page two)
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06
NEGRO GIRL ESCAPES LYNCHING

Altus, Okla.-Arrested after the
fatal shooting Of white man, -
year-old Olivia Gardner, Negro girl,
narrowly escaped lynching at the
hands of a mob led by the slain mans
widow.
She shot S. E. Harlan. the girl
admits, but it was in self defense.
No charges have yet been filed
against her.
When the wife of the slain 32-year-
old truck driver led a menacing
crowd of 200 toward the Jail, the
Negro girl was taken to the Jail at
Hobart, Okla.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06
AMES LODGE 106 ELECTS
OFFICERS

Ames Lodge held their regular
semi-annual election Tuesday evening,
June End, and at which time the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing six months:
Exalter Ruler, George w. Hall.
Esteem Leading Knight, H. ].
Lewis.
Esteem Loyal Knight, E. K. Van
Wrinkle.
Esteem Lecturing Knight, v. p.
Powell.
Esquire, Penn Williams.
Inner Guard, ]. Hutchcraft.
Financial Secretary, Tom Galbarith.
Tyler, VIM. Kemp.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06

Miss Harriet Lane, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Lane Of 1125
Emerson avenue north, graduated
June 4 from North High school. Miss
Lane, winner Of second place in the
recent Essay Contest held in con-
junction with Negro Health Week,
was the only honor student Of her
race in the large class Of 535 men,
bers. She plans to enter college this
fall.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06
The Passing OF bayfield, Johnson
By SAGITTARIUs

Thursday morning when the cease
lessly moving minute hand of the
whispering courtroom clock seemed
to stand at the hour of ten. There
sat in Judge Bardwell's court Negro
man in the prime of life, OF a dark
brown coffee complexion. His hair
gone back to its native business, for
lack of its debonair straightness thai
comes to his people in cans. His eyes
blurred with the seeing of too many
visions of a future that can hold no
peace for him, as he has walked the
long tiled scat walk" along the front
of the cells of the Hennepin County
Jail. Past bars, that already at the
of life of bars has be-
gun to. seem unbearably monotonous.
Outside, the gently moving swaves
of an early June breeze ares1iing
depression ridden world aSR fand
love again" Inside, sitting; Hl the
witness chair, the once debopas Ray
field Johnson, unkempt, suffering,
and crying. like drolNlY priest
cajoling his helpless Gods1fen years
on the first charge, and the white
mans mercy for the white mans un-
pardonable sin for the two indict-
ments to follow.
The last time l saw this man the
first tiny green jewels of spring were
just being tempted into being, by the
first warm days of an over-extended'
winter. He was dressed in long
brown expensive overcoat, his lower
jaw jutting out like that great con-
queror of the helpless, "Benito."
Pacing the floor of an over crowded To-
cal amusement place, snariing through
his teeth, brandishing a shiny nickel
plated pistol with barrel on it. GAS
long as have been away from home"
an instrument of murder, known to
the underworld as "Hand Cannon"
If he had shot that thing in that
crowded place, the casuals would have
still been coming in on Labor Day.
In court today when Judge Bard
well said, "You are dis to
this country and your race. Pm sure
you will find no sympathy among
Negroes" he voiced the deep heart
felt opinion of not only the Negroes
of this state and district, but the
attitude of every clean minded Negro
through the length and breadth of
the United States. Like all other
filthy and unclean things in the
country ninety-eight per cent of this
type Of Negro, male and female, all
come from below the Mason and
Dixon line, and even though the
woman in this case. as is true of nine
out Oh ten OF CneSe cases, aIIAlICeI
that she had been intimate with
"God only knows" how many other
Negroes Of her own free will, the fact
remains that the beastial, filthy,
moronity of this unnatural human
animal makes him unfit to be loose
in human society. And dollar will
get you ten in money, marbles, OF
chalk. That this "Boy" will have
long white whiskers like Moses when
the angels dropped him for the final
count on mount Moab, and he will
be as long getting back to Mime
apolis as Moses was getting into the
promised land. Because they found
him guilty on the first charge to-
day. Monday they will bring him up
on the second charge and more than
likely find him guilty. That's two,
and then they will bring him up on
the third charge. and then they viii
"Baumme" him AMI let some
Judge give him 'fro,n ninety
to life," as habitual criyciral.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06

James Butler, 2421 Fourth avenue
south. graduated from Central High
school last Thursday evening. He
was recipient of many beautiful and
useful gifts.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06
To Give Fish And
Green Dinner

Victor Chapter No. o. E. S. will
give q Fish and Green Dinner, June
II, at 532 Aldrich avenue north, serv-
ing from IL noon on. Mrs. Helen
Jackson, Chairman.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06

Miss Marjorie Calhoun of 1884 FL
lott avenue south, is graduating at
Western College in Kansas. We wish
to congratulate Miss Calhoun.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06

Mrs. Emma Helm Of 3115 Column
bus avenue, has returned from o six
months vacation in Chicago. She was
welcomed home by her many friends.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06

The Missionary Society Bethesda
Baptist church will meet Friday af-
ternoon at the home of Rhoda Rem
froe, 280S 10th avenue south.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06

Rev. w. E. Dodlongton, pastor Of
Bethesda Baptist, will be able to
preach Sunday after brief illness.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-06-06

Little James Gresham, 244S Fifth
avenue south, is convslesciag OF his
home.
The Washington times., 1936-08-06

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The Washington times., 1936-08-06
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The Washington times., 1936-11-13
SUSPECT HELD
IN GEM THEFT

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 13 0N.S0.
Traced by long-distance telephone
calls and arrested by two detectives
who flew here from New York,
John Little Pete" Benitendi, %,
suspected in a daring $125,00O
jewelry store holdup there last
January and charged with the rob
berry and kidnapping on Long
Island bank messenger, was in
custody today under $4,000 bond.
you've got me wrong" Benz
tendi told Detectives Frank Null
rean and Chris Carroll when, &C
companied by Kansas City plain,
clothesmen, they confronted him
suddenly yesterday in a northside
tavern. He pleaded not guilty as
his arraignment before United
States Commissioner Charles H.
Thompson on a charge of obtain
ing $4,000 from the messenger OF
the First National Bank of Farm
ingdale, L. L, last June, and denied
participation in the daylight rob-
berry of the Radio City Jewelry
Company. A hearing was set for
November 20.
Detective Mulrean said the
prisoner was traced here through
long distance calls between him
and friends in New York. and that
New York police knew of his
whereabouts before they arrested
another suspect in the jewelry
raid, John Linardi, in New York
Wednesday.
None of the jewelry has been re-
covered, Mulrean said. adding he
could not say if any of it was dis
posed of here.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
Worker bangles
IS Minutes on
Live Wire

Robert R. Forbes. 31.year-old
linesman of the Pennsylvania
railroad, was in a critical condi-
ton in Casualty Hospital today
after he had dangled on a live
wire under the Bennings viaduct
this morning for Is minutes while
1000 volts of electricity courSed
through his body.
Forbes was working with other
linesmen in removing an old
freight trolley wire when his lad
der slipped. Cropping for support,
he accidently clutched the live
cable.
He gripped the wire quarter
of an hour until the current was
shut off.
Forbes home is in Landover,
Md. He has been an employe
of the Pennsylvania railroad for
the past five years and has a
wife and three children. The chill
dren recently recovered from scar,
let fever.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
Man Nude i'm Street.
Battles ReScuerS

tory, Mason then proceeded into
the middle of the street, where he
began to unclothe himself. Sev-
eral bystanders received samples
of his pugilistic prowess and,
finally, a bystander pulled a bottle
out of his pocket and hit Mason
over the head. With blood Spurt-
ing from the wound, Mason con-
tinued to remove all clothing, until
only his shoes remained.
He then jumped into the rear
compartment of a light delivery
truck, where bystanders locked the
door and imprisoned him until
police arrived. He was taken to
Gallinger Hospital charged with
indecent exposure. He gave his
address as that of a local hotel.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
SHOT
BY G-ME EN-
IN BATTLE
Fugitive North Caro-
lima Gunman Captur-
ed on Ohio Farm

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Nov. II
G.N.SD The long arm of the
G-men reached out today and
Snatched Reese Bailey, North
Carolina bank robber and escaped
prisoner, who was wounded three
times, but not critically, while
resisting arrest on a farm 19
miles southeast of here in Jack
son county.
Twice before since he broke out
of the North Carolina State
prison on March %, 1884. while
serving a seven to 10-year sen
tence for bank robbery, the des-
perado had shot himself out of
traps set by officers. He tried
to do it a third time today, but
his luck deserted him.
Shot Three Times
Omen under E. J. Connelley,
chief of the Cincinnati division,
aided by Jackson county authori-
ties and the Chilicothe police
chief, returned Bailey's fire,
wounding him three times in the
legs and hips.
With Bailey under guard in a
hospital here, Connelley related
how he was captured early this
morning at the farm home he
had purchased between here and
Jackson on main highway. He
said:
Bailey had been under sur
veillance several months. Last
night we planted him and be-
fore daybreak we surrounded his
house.
There were about 10 men in
our party, including Sheriff w.
C. Turner, of Jackson county.
and Police Chief Ben ROut, of
ChillicOthe.
"As we entered the house,
Bailey opened fire with an au-
tomato. The officers returned
the fire and fortunately their
aim was better than his. He
was brought down with three
bullets taking effect in the hips
and legs"
In the house during the gun
battle we're Bailey's wife and
their three children. two boys
and a girl, the oldest about five.
They we're unharmed as were the
officers.
Had Bought Farm
Bailey bought the Jackson
county farm several months ago,
Connelley said. Before that he
had lived at several different
places in the same county.
Connelley did not know whether
Bailey has committed any crimes
during his Ohio sojourn, but he
said the escaped convict was Sus-
pected of participating in several
bank robberies since he fled from
North Carolina.
Bailey's brother, Ray, recently
was sentenced to life imprison-
ment after being convicted of the
murder of South Caraolina
officer.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
CLEARS SOVIET
IN ARMSCASE

LONDON, Nov. 13 G.N.S).
Having weathered another Italo-
Russian storm, the Spanish non
intervention committee today
awaited the approval of 81 powers
to a scheme for supervising Span
ish imports to prevent shipment Of
foreign arms into the warning
country.
Despite a fiery speech by Dino
Grandi, the Italian ambassador,
the committee formally absolved
the Soviet Union of three of Italy's
four charges that Russia had been
shipping arms to leftiSt Spain.
Previously the committee had ex-
onerated Germany and Italy OF
Soviet accusations.
The U. S. S. r., Grandi bitterly
charged, had used every form OF
interference" since the outbreak of
the Spanish revolution. He said:
"The flight Of the Spanish
government from Madrid ended
the greatest attempt of the Boil
SheviStS to export their creed
beyond their frontiers"
In a laundering reply, Samuel
Kagan, Soviet charge d'affaires,
said:
"If today we must listen to
Italy piping a tune composed in
BerIin-aIthOugh we may con-
gratuIate Berlin on her victory
we must cOndOle with Rome on
yielding her independence in in
ternatiOnal matters and attitude
toward Russia at the clamOr Of
Berlin"
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
Hunter With Game
Leg Bags & Hdres
From WheeIChaiI

ASBURY PARK, N. J.-Herman
Schaar, IS, an enthusiastic hunter
who refuses to let leg ailment
which confines him to a wheel
chair keep him from his favorite
sport, was wheeled out to a woods
near his home here and bagged
six rabbits.
Although he cannot walk, Mr..
Schaar insisted that his sons, Fred
erick and Herman Schaar, jr.. take
him to the woods. They lifted
him, in his chair, to a truck and
drove to the country, leaving Mr..
Schaar with his dogs. The dogs
chased the rabbits toward him and
he brought them down. He said:
1--WE hunted all my life and l
will keep at it, game leg and
ALL"