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Guardia's Municipal Center Art Com
mittee. which reports contributions of
s14, 100000 for the art project. He.
amazingly energetic and competent
activities in civic affairs usually turn
up some such imposing figure-as
when, acting on her own quick i'm
pulse, she shared $4,000, 900 from
Baltimore citizens and others to estab-
lish the Wilmer OphthalmologicaI
Institute.
The famous DR. William Hollani
Wilmer, Of Johns Hopkins, had saved
her eyesight. Quietly, she obtained,
bit by bit. from William, the doctors
old colored attendant a list of about
400 persons whom the doctor had
| treated. Then she went to work. The
$4,000, 900 was rolled up in jig-timc.
Vastly she had widened the human-
itarian range Of the doctors great
gifts.
The years between" the above in
cidents are quite as revealing, in their
record of one woman's effectiveness III
diSintereSted public effort. AS a Junior
Lacquer. she was president OF the
Babies Diaries Association and estab-
lished the first eight baby clinics IN
New York.
She was active and she got results In
anti-tuberculosis work, In campaigns
for open-air schools and rural rehabil-
itation and in the Association for I'M
| proving the Condition of the Poor; she
stepped out briskly and sold 50 900 900
worth of liberty bonds during the war;
she was overseas as a volunteer
nurse and later engaged in admins
trative Red Cross work in France Last
May she organized the National Art
| Show.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Ricardo de AcoSta. She is a sister of
the late Rita H. de Acosta Lydig. She
steers a big, wavering committee the
way she steered Santos-Dumont's err
rant gas bag Mere meliorists don't
get much of a play in these rule or
ruin days Here's a human balance
brought-forward worth looking over.
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am excluding the 1882 election
because in that year the Democrats
won the governorship in September
and the presidency in the Nation IN
November and We are dealing only
with elections in which Maine In Sep
tember was an index of Republican
victory in November in the Electoral
College.
The foregoing table shows that there
is usually q drop as between the Re-
publican percentages in Maine In the
November vote for the presidency and
in the Nation at large. This would
prove that the Republican tide runs
higher in Maine always than in the
country as a whole. What is the dif-
ferential? If we average the dineren-
tials in the three elections, namely the
drop of So and SO and 1o1, we get
an average drop Of 7.6 per cent.
Now. If we subtract this from the
minimum estimate of 80 per cent Re-
publican strength to be voted in the
November election this year IN Maine
we get a figure of 52.4 per cent as
the estimated Republican share OF the
popular vote in the Nation in Novem-
Der. 1895. Three elections-1896, 1900
and 1sl6-have been won by . per-
centage of popular vote Of around 81
or 53 per cent. The Electoral College
votes derived therefrom have been
more than . majority, namely. so per
cent, 65 per cent and 81 per cent, re-
spectively.
Roosevelt's Magnetism Factor.
The Republican partisans will In
sist. suppose, that I should have
used "a per cent as the estimated
Republican share in Maine in Novem-
ber, 1895, and that the above tables
would then prove Gov. Landon as sure
to be elected. But am not prepared
to agree that in a year in which such
an extraordinary personality and 50
remarkable a campaigner as Mr..
Roosevelt is the candidate OF the party
in power that the addition Of 9 per
cent gain to the November, 1892, per-
| centages is as yet justified.
The Democrats, on the other hand,
will insist, imagine, that should
L
have included the drop-on in No
vember, 1892, between the Maine Re
publican percentage Of the United
States total, which was 400. namely q
spread Of l5.5.
But suppose We accept contentious
in other words, let's add the Repub-
lican gain Of per cent Of September,
1896, over September, 1882, to the
Hoover per cent in 1892 In Maine
This gives us 64.3 a. the indicated
Maine Republican percentage for No
vember, 1886.
Gives Landon Majority.
Now let's include November. 1892,
as the Democrats might argue and
average the drop-oh in Republican
percentage - between Mains and the
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Secretary of State Orville z. Atwood
accepted last night the petition Of
Louis B. Ward. Pontiac. for recount
of all votes cast in the Democratic
primary for United States Senator.
Ward. former representative Of
Rev. Charles E. Coughlin in Wash
ington. ran less than 1000 votes
behind Representative Prentiss Brown
OF st. Ignace.
E. j. Steiner, Wards business asso-
ciate, filed the petition and deposited
with the State check for $17,335 to
cover the cost of the recount.
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scandal to be carefully concealed the differences oned
Japan since have committed harikar
Germany rebel span people like Ickes. Cooke and
Iiientha would be in concentration exile
Russia bourgeois utility nragnaes Dould haze
liberal opponents Dod also hape faced
firing mould been under the
difference bet,ceen
a douohnut.
the respective
still
without particular of shame
practical example OF
the
social impulses Within times have seen
countries with blood and split the Eastern
Hemisphere Of Communist" and FASCIST"
Despite money
individually and nationally prac
caste system a
of all evils For who committed suicide after the panic
Americans their life savings
their belts and began again coura-
geously.
between the New Deal and the
private utilities struggle wealth. and i'm
well the fate Of future gen.
should the MARKHAM theom
inevitable proletarian revolution
system discuss the issues
bombs in other lands We
rhAe disagree
actually al fundamentals
other nasty in private and in the pub
lawyers and play With tne
the fact that the real value OF
that everybody loses discus
pushed Of the forum Of politics into the arena Of class warfare
Evening star., 1936-09-22
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
S14,ooO,o0O for Art
Project Raised by Mrs.
Henry Breckenridge.
BY LEMUEL r. PARTON.

A T PARIS. In 1908. Albert Santos
~ Dumont was exercising his
~ wobbly little dirigible. A pretty.
a n beribboned Paris schoolgirl In
a fluffy dress and picture hat thumbed
a ride. On this and one or two later
rides, he showed her how the thing
worked. The next Sunday she asked
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Of Mr.. Roosevelt
and d e t e a t of
Gov. Landon as
b st furthering
the ultim a t e
Communist OBJ
jective. In turn,
the re / d e n t
says, through his
secretary, t h a t
he docs not want
and does not
welcome the vote
or support Of any
in diyi d u a ! or
group t a k 1 n g
orders from alien
O Th q Z
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Republican State
organizations will
eontinue to grow
In their effective
ness.
I am basing the
analysis Of Lam
don's chances on
the way the 13
States of the Far
West and Rocky
Mountains looked
in August and on
the way the New
England 8 t a t es
look In Septem-
ber. There is q
A.a-lkA ,,n1ot;0~
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to be allowed to
hy solo. He helped
her into the frail
wicker basket, and
up she went alone.
She few over the
Bois for two
hours, made a
nice landing
then and now this
only woman to fly
q dirigible alone.
The schoolgirl
was an American,
Aida de Acosta,
now Ms. Henry
Breckenridge. She
Evening star., 1936-09-22
News Behind the News
Order for General Budget Cut Brings Departmental
Lamentations.
BY PAUL MALLON.

growing In undertone
the budget for next
being prepared One independent commission
- had reductions.
ansthe has sbeenco to estimate 10 cert.
those the
complaining although not o OF course they
Navy be allowed
This inner pickering natural part Of budget making but
that the compliments
inside word that President Roosevelt has issued
general cutting to his budoemaker Dan Bell.
be too sincere to justify
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Estimated on basis OF other year ratios
Of increase.
It will be noted that since 1882
there has been . gain Of about 8 per
cent on the Republican side in the
two governorship contests, hence the
suggested addition Of 8 per cent to
the Hoover figure of 56 per cent.
But am using only so per cent
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Iney are wye ana FTdzler, WHO dlc
more or less Republicans from
North Dakota.
The two are reported to be in q
quandary 10 feet deper than the
one In which Robert Benchley
spent 10 years. They cannot make
up their minds, what with the
money they got for Mr.. Roosevelt
for the drought, their friendship
for Lemke (Frazier was co-author
of the Frazier-Lemke imitation
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Figures Argue
5O-5OChance
for Landon
Political Observer Takes
Past Votes in Maine
to Support Claim.

frsjatory note: In toddys dis
patch, David Laurence presents q
ntd-cdmpdign forecast based on
his Disits to 20 out of the 40 States
on his tour and particularly on an
analysis OF the Maine Dote in its
relation to the popular pote in
other campaigns.
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suspicious that they are putting
on an act for campaign purposes.
At the same time they know as
well as any one that such a situa-
tion is campaign ice under Mr..
Roosevelt's sled, and that their
grief may be premature.
A skeptical non-partisan out
look on the prospects must note
these following factors up front IN
the fiscal foreground:
%. The size OF the budget Will
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BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
TN ROUTE TO THE MIDDLE
- WEST, September 22.-I am
convinced at this stage of the
- campaign that Gov. Landon
has . hfty-fifty chance Of being
elected.
am assuming that two things will
materialize in the next 80 days-one,
that the Republicans will concentrate
on the main issue, namely, the waste
Of public funds, and, second, that the
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harmonious. and Of great interest
to power technicians and planners
from all over the world.
y
The point Is that in almost any
other country In the world such a
spectacle would have been impos-
sible.
In Great Britain, for business
men to presume to balk their own
government would he n ShOckinR
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We, the People
Power Conference Shows We Do Some Things
Better Over Here.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

URd the thunder Of wenoed political campaign WASH
tngon
At time when the private electrical utilities
- their darnedes to block the New Deal and when
utility President
v. yadsck with
presented visiting
the Government represented By Secretary
the r. T. A. Daue Lientho Of the T. " A.
MeNinch OF the Federal PoWer Commton weH
the honorary presidency D. r. he the
stty cropd anNew Dealer Floyd L. Car
whole osary from the industry Dhtch
II . GdnstntsTahon
Evening star., 1936-09-22

We take this habit Of mind for
granted, which il the best proof Of
its power. Its essence Is the JET
fersonian belief that nothing is
sacred in human institutions and
that there are no social or eco
nomic problems which cannot be
settled by allowing free play to the
opinions and interests OF our citi-
zens.
Every now and then we slip
little. Before the Civil War the
peculiar institution" which becal
Today there Is an unwholesome t
as sacred-an untouchable device '
And-to be quite fair-there
the early days Of the New Deal to
the Supreme Court craze Is passin
democracy.
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Controversy Is
of Service
toVoters
Roosevelt-Hearst Issue
Invites Electorate to
See Clearly.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

BY MARK SULLIVAN.
~RSDENT ROOSEVELT and
- William Randolph Hearst are
both accurate in what they say
L to each other. Hearst says that
Mr.. Roosevelt Is being supported by
the Communists. That Is true. Com
munist leaders in America have said
repeatedly that they regard reelection
Evening star., 1936-09-22

Government receipts in Sweden are
exceeding estimates.
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50 as to apply only the most conserva-
tive kind of estimate in order to show
its meaning when used in another
table that compares the Maine vote
of November in recent presidential
elections with the popular vote Of the
whole country.
Women's Votes Included.
I am starting with 1920 because that
was the first election in which women
suffrage played a part in materially
increasing the total vote:
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Gives Landon Majority.
Now let's include November. 1892,
as the Democrats might argue and
average the drop-on in Republican
percentage q between Mains and the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-28
VETS RAP HITLER'S
LACK OF DECENCY

New Brunswick, N. J. (WNS)-
The New Jersey department of the
Jewish War Veterans of the United
States in session here adopted a
resolution condemning Chancellor
Hitler of Germany for lack of
craftsmanship and decency in his
failure to greet Americans of the
colored race who were Olympic
winners"
The resolution described this as
IAN affront to all sport-loving
Americans" and urged that the
American Olympic Committee pro-
cure from host countries a pledge
that all athletes participating will
be accorded equality regardless of
race, creed, or color.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-28
Turner Trial
Set For October

The trial of DR.. Waldo Turner,
1856 N. st. Adams, st. Paul, on a
first degree manslaughter charge
is set for Oct. 5, in Ramsey coun-
ty district court.
DIR. Turner is at liberty on $4,000
bail. The charge grew out of the
death of woman in Ancker hos
pita1. The woman's husband charges
her death was due to an illegal OPP
GRAFTON performed by DR.. Turner
and George R. Viger, white.
Manley Brist, attorney for the
state medical board, has informa-
ton, he claims, to show that Viger
and Turner operated a "baby" hos
pital in an exclusive Minneapolis
residential district. Viger's mother
in-law employed at the Hospital"
as nurse is alleged to have told
authorities that Turner and Viger
performed Is illegal operations
weekly.
The case has attracted nation
wide attention because of Turner's
prominence.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-28
J. w. MILTON SUCCUMBs

Mr.. James Wesley Milton, of 526
w. Central Ave., died at Bethesda
Hospital, Thursday morning,
August 20, at 4 a. m. Mr.. Milton
had been in failing health for the
past six months. Funeral services
were held from the late residence,
Saturday, August %, at 2:3O p. M,
with Rev. William E. Guy, pastor
of St. James A. M. E. Church, st.
Paul. Mrs. Hattie Oliver rendered
"My Task" and resolutions were
read from the Sterling Club by At
torney Hammond Turner. The
honorary pallbearers were Messrs.
Shelby Kemp, M. o. Cannon, ST.,
and. Bismarck G. Archer. Active
pallbearers were Sterling Club
members. Survivors include his
wife, Mrs. Gertrude Milton, and a
niece, Mrs. Patterson of Nashville,
Tennessee. Other out-of-town rel
atives who came here to attend the
services were Joseph and Elmer
Patterson of Nashville and DR.. and
Mrs. Clarence Smith of Philadel-
phia.
The deceased was born in Nash
vile and has been a resident of st.
Paul for the past 81 years. He was
employed at the Post Office in ST..
Paul for the past 80 years. He
and Mrs. Milton would have cele-
brated their 5Oth wedding anniver-
sary in October had he lived.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-28
St. Paul Union
Depot Workers
Elect Officers

The Board of Directors of the
ST. Paul Union Depot Progressive
Association held it's annual election
of officers on Friday, August 81.
Those elected were: president,
John R. Lawrence, Jr.; vice presi-
dent, Bishop H. Floyd; secretary,
Richard L. Smith, Sr.; treasurer,
William A. Young.
The annual meeting of the AS
ISOLATION was recently held at the
home of William Bowen. Other
Directors besides those named
above are Nicholas Smith, Mack
Carter, William Bowen, J. R. Jones,
and John Lewis.
The auditing committee ap-
pointed from the membership in
cludes B. H. Floyd, Lee Gwynne,
Raymond C. Brown, Edward Hat
ton, and N. Walter Coins.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-28
MRS. MARY WATKINS DIES

Mrs. Mary Watkins, residing at
1892 Chicago avenue, died August
"a, at Parkview sanatarium.
Mrs. Watkins was born in Press
colt, Wis, and had lived in Min
neapolis for many years.
She is survived by her daugh-
ter, Mrs. VIM. D. Cratic, son-in-law,
Mr.. VIM. D. Cratic, two grandsons,
William and Ray Cratic and many
other relatives and friends.
Burial was August 26 from st.
Thomas Episcopal church, of which
she was member. Sermon by
Rev. ]. H. Thompson, rector. He
was assisted by Rev. A. H. Lealted,
and Rev. E. A. James of st. Phil
lips Church, st. Paul.
Service arrangements by D. C.
Dowdy, funeral director.
Labor Day Dance, Monday night,
September z, at Norway Hall, Min
neapOlis.-Adv.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-28
Young Girl
Injured In
Auto Crash

Miss Edna Kemp, 1912 Smelling,
was one of the two persons who
escaped death when an auto in
which she and two other persons
colhded with another car at a
Lake street intersection. The driver
of the car in which Miss Kemp
was riding, DeWilton Hilyar,
white, was killed instantly. The
other injured person was Miss A.
Hanson, white. Both of the young
women are employees at Henne-
pin avenue restaurant. Both are in
serious condition.
Robert Johnson of Sixth Avenue
North was badly burned about the
legs and hips when "junking" on
the city dump unaware of the fire
beneath. He is in the city hospital
and is slowly recovering.
The boys of Phyllis Wheatley
left for camp at Excelsior, Mimi,
early this week to spend a few days
in helpful company.
Daughters Elks Barbecue, 1O7
ROyalstOn Ave. No., Labor Day,
Sept. 7.-Adv.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-28
To Settle
Best Local
Band Question

The much argued question as to
which is the top dance band To-
cally will be decided sometime be-
tween 10 p. m. Sept. 6, and sun
rise Sept. z, when Ray Dysart's
Rhythm Kings and Boyd Atkins
Cotton Club band perform at a
Sunrise Dance at Happ's Mite Club.
In the last dance of the season
at this popular spot, two of the
towns leading dance bands are go
ing to edo their stuff" A truck
ing contest will be held to deter
mine the best trucker" in the
Twin Cities.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-28
THOUSANDS PAY HOMAGE TO JESSE OWENS

ers appreciated such support, from
Floyd B. Olson on down. There
are some white party leaders like
StOckwell of Minneapolis and few
others who have done very well by
the cOlOred voters, but they have
been except 1hs. There is no &C
tive Farmer-LabOrite in Minneap-
oils unless H inlet B. Rowe,
whose political activity is usually
nOn-partisan can be considered
Farmer-LabOrite. Rowe is close
to various Hennepin county Farm
er-LabOrites but probably has not
been able to convince them that
real campaign must be conducted
among the cOlOred voters. At least
you will find no Negroes employed
in campaign activity.
There are some who will say to
all of this that such campaign jobs
are not important. However, if
you are ignored in jobs during the
campaign, what is to be expected
when the campaign is over? There
are no altruists in politics. The
Negro is the only one asked to give
something for nothing.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-28

st. Peter A. M. E. church, Min
neapolis, will be rededicated Sum
day, August 29, at special services.
Rev. C. F. Stewart, pastor, an
nounced.
The following story appeared in
the Minneapolis Star of last Sat
urday:
In 1881 st. Peters African
Methodist Episcopal church was or
gained. The Negro population of
Minneapolis then included about
300 persons. st. James African
Methodist Episcopal church on the
east side of the Mississippi river,
known then as st. Anthony, was
the only colored congregation in
the city.
The first meeting of the group
was held in Heaton hall, Washing
ton and Nicollet Avenues. The mis-
sion then organized was called Neal
Union mission and it's work was
undenominational and of a COM
munity character. Later the mis-
sion was moved to Freer hall, 10
Washington Ave. S., where John
L. Neal began a Sunday school, also
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-28
WOrnser Has 3
St. Paul Stores

There are three St. Paul Worm
ser Hat stores. They are located
at 5 East Seventh st., 112 East
Seventh st. and 404 Robert st.
These stores offer quality mer-
chandise through the columns of
your paper.
An unidentified girl injured her
leg while playing on the swings at
Sumner Field Fairgrounds.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-28
serving as its first superintendent.
Church Secured

serving as its first superintendent.
Church Secured
With the growth of the work the
old German church at Fourth Ave-
nue. S. and Fifth Street was Sc
cured. In 1888 the congregation
purchased a lot and erected it's
present church building on E.
Twenty-second Street between FL
hot and Tenth Avenues South.
Through the sacrifcial efforts of
the present membership number
ing $40 persons and with the lib
erality of friends, the church edi-
flee has recently been renovated.
New carpets, rugs and furniture
have been purchased and the
church organ and pews have been
revarnished. A new floor has been
laid in the basement and a new
furnace installed.
To Rededicate Church
The work has been done under
direction of a committee of the
congregation composed of John L.
Neal, Jr., son of one of the foun-
ders; VIM. Modem, chairman; Ed
Brown, treasurer; Samuel Lewis
and Wilbur Nevis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-28

Note: This is the first of series
of articles by Mr.. Newman on
Negro participation in Minnesota
politics. The articles will be de-
signed to throw the spotlight on
the political scene as it affects the
Negro. Readers, as always, are in
vited to disagree with the attitude
expressed in the articles. Brief
letters in criticism or appreciation
are solicited. Our main idea is to
start the Negro thinking for his
own best interests.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-28
Ohio Crowds
Mob J. Owens
Olympic Star
B u L l. E TIN =!

CLEVELAND, Aug. PSI do
not want to be remembered as an
athlete, but as a man who has done
something" Jesse Owens told 5000
who braved a tOrrential dOwnpOur
to pay him honor to the public re-
ceptiOn in Cleveland's convention
hall, Tuesday afternoon. This was
the climax of the days devotion to
the Olympic champion.