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Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25
Maryland Protects Jim
Grow With Militia
Bel Air Authorities Call State Police
to Enforce Jim Grow Ordinance

Bel Air, Md, April-Refusal of
Bel Air restaurant owner to serve
two negro workers evoked an indig-
nant protest demonstration by 700
Negro and white delegates passing
through this town in IL buses on their
way to Washington to attend the
Unity Convention of several recently
merged associations of the unemployed
and to protest curtailment of the
Works Progress Administration pro-
gram and mass firing of WPA
workers.
AS the first buses arrived here re-
Gently, their occupants piled out for
breakfast. Over score of white dele
gates had entered a restaurant and
had just been served when two Negro
delegates came in and were refused
service The white delegates to a man
protested the discrimination and,
when the manager insisted in his jim
crow attitude, walked out in a body,
refusing to pay for the meals they had
not touched.
Howard Farmer, white president of
the Project Workers Union. of New
York, was arrested by a local sheriff
while addressing protest meeting of
the delegates before the restaurant
James fancy, Negro worker. was
similarly pulled in" while signaling to
delegates in incoming buses to pile out
and join the demonstration.
Bel Air authorities sent in an emer-
gency cali for State police to main
tain the jim-crow ordinance of the
town, and some forty State policemen
were rushed in from wilma, Como
wingo and Laurel substations, while
a special "riot squad" from the Balti-
more State police headquarters was
sent to the scene in automobile and
trucks, loaded with machine guns and
tear gas bombs.
The jobless delegates camped out
side the prison until they forced the
release of their arrested comrades,
after speedy trial before Magistrate
Stanley S. Spencer who. had at first
sworn that the. two. men must stay
behind bars for several days to await
trial Farmer and fancy were fined
81 and court costs, amounting to Six
dollars in all.
Threats of additional arrests and
fines failed to coerce the white dele
gates who had walked out of the
restaurant without paying for their un-
touched meals.
In their protest against iim-crowism
and the arrest Of Howard Farmer and
fancy. the delegates were Joined by
scores ofiocaf. Negro: workers. long
smarting under the fnddignities heaped
upon them in this jiIn-crow town.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25
Border Briefs"

Many of the members of Border took
advantage of the suspension of services
last Sunday morning by attending the
other Churches in the city to worship
with their many Christian friends. Be-
cause of Rev. and Mrs. D. P. Young's
delayed return from Chicago, where they
are attending the Annual meeting of
the Lexington conference, there is no
news available for this issue of the
plete report in the next issue. Sunday
morning, April 26, Rev. D. P. Young
will take his rightful place i'll the pulpit
to bring the message in his own ininit-
able manner. 1t is sincerely wished that
all members and friends will be present
to welcome Rev. and Mrs. D. P. Young
on their first Sunday home.
Border is indeed proud of the boys
club, which is an outgrowth of the
Epworth League for the splendid in
terest they have shown in the Church.
The "Gladiators," as the boys have
named themselves, continue to hold to-
gether, and are an integral part of the
Church, although the basketball season
has been closed for several weeks. At
this writing they are formulating plans
for the. coming diamondba1l season, and
it is hoped that they repeat the success
they enjoyed in the North Side Y. M.
C. A. Church Athletic Associations
basketball campaign, in which they were
crowned champions. Anyone who has
not seen the beautiful trophy that the
boys won, and which is enblematic of
tie North Side Championship may do
so when they visit the Summer Sweet
Shop 642-6th Ave. NJ. where it is on
display.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25
Secretary Iekes Announces State
Supervisors for National
Negro Survey

State supervisors appointed by Secre-
tary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes,
for the National Survey of Vocational
Education and Guidance of Negroes
being conducted by the Office of Edu-
cation, Department of the Interior, were
announced today.
The appointments made by Secretary
Ickes from nominations by leading
colored and white citizens in many
States, and which had been approved By
1888 = Perry Printing - - VGH
State Departments of Education, are
as follows:
District of Columbia Thomas E. Bat
son, Washington.
Arkansas: Joseph A. Bailey, State
College, Pine Bluff.
Alabama Ralph Davis, Tuskegee In
(Cont. on page -
ititute, Tuskegee.
Maryland: Victor H. Daniel, Balti-
more.
Florida: James A. Espy, A. & M.
College, Tallahassee.
Kentucky: E. M. Norris, Kentucky
State Industrial College, Frankfort.
South Carolina: Orleans Reid, Jr.,
Booker T. Washington High School,
Columbia. -
North Carolina: James 7. Taylor,
Raleigh.
louisiana: Ralph W. E. Jones,
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25
Open Letter
An Open Letter to Correct an Injus-
tice to Oscar F. Youngdahl, Now
Candidate for the Office of Attorney
General on the Republican Ticket

In the issue of this paper of November
2, 1884 there appeared an article relative
to an incident which occurred during a
Forget-Me-Not Sale by Legion Posts
sometime previous to the publication of
the article mentioned. The purpose of
the article was to prejudice the colored.
people to vote against Oscar Youngdahl,
then candidate for Attorney General.
The act complained of and which gave
rise to the publication of the article was
the discourtesy and un-American act on
the part of certain employees of local
department store in refusing to honor
meal checks given to certain colored
women who had been selling forget-me-
nots for the D. A. V. The matter was
taken UP with Mr.. Joseph Poirer, then
an assistant in the County Attorneys
office and now an assistant Attorney
General, with the request that he in
stitute criminal proceedings. No action
| was taken.
The matter was afterwards taken UP
with Mr.. Youngdahl and he suggested
that Baker post raise funds through
| voluntary contributions to investigate the
| facts and present the matter to the
! proper public officials for necessary
action Mr.. Youngdahl also presented
| the matter to the Fifth District Ameri-
can Legion for such action as that body
might determine upon.
| In fairness to Mr.. Youngdahl we wish
to state that we believe that the publica-
ton of the article mentioned was un-
fair to him and unwarranted In his
official position he had no authority to
commence any criminal or civil pro-
ceedings. That was matter for the
County Attorneys office of which staff
| Joseph Poirer was member.
We believe that when we have seer
a mistake made which has wrongfully
! injured an innocent person that we owe
such a person the moral obligation of
correcting the error. We are, therefore
| giving this letter as much publicity as
| possible in the hope and belief that the
| wrong done to Oscar Yeungdahl NAV
be riehted. We do not believe that anv
| person can point to any act or deed of
Oscar Younedahl, either in private or
public capacity which has been unfair
to the colored people The fact is that
Oscar Youngdahl is staunch believer
in the american Greed, as guaranteed
by the Constitution and espoused by
| Abraham Lincoln.
| Richard E. Cramer
Hadley L. Jones
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25
Brown Freed OF Criminal
Assault On Ten Year Old Girl
"Six Lick /" Brown
Adv Defended BY
Atty. II. L. Scott

Attorney Harry L. Scott scored
great legal triumph in Judge Levi M.
Halls court late Thursday afternoon,
when without the aid of a jury, Sc
cured the release of William Brown
from the very serious charge of carnal
knowledge, as brought by the County
Attorneys office at the instigation of
the mother of one, Virginia A. Prem
tice, white, age ten years. Had a YER
dict of guilty been returned by the
court it would have carried a penalty
of not less than seven and not more
than thirty years in the State peniten-
tiary at Saltwater. The child, a SEEM
ingly very bright girl of small stature.
was very firm in her testimony of the
act. But Attorney Scott by adroit cross
questioning brought out facts in the
case that made any other verdict except
mot guilty" impossible. AS for instance,
on examination, this tiny, white, ten
year old girl, had contracted serious
social disease, according to reports. An
examination of the wrongly accused
man showed no such analysis.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25
"Guinea Pigs" New York
Paper Charges
(By the Crusader News Agency

(By the Crusader News Agency
New York, April-Foilowing up its
publication of the suppressed sensa-
tional health and hospital report OF
Mayor La Guardia's Harlem Commits
sion. the Daily Worker charged this
week that Negro patients are used as
guinea pigs for experiments in the
Harlem Hospital. The paper. which
won Harlem-wide commentator for
its vigilance in defeating Mayor
La Guardia's evident purpose of bury
ing the report of his own commission,
commented that "this dangerous
guinea pig practice does not obtain in
other hospitals in New York"
The "hushed-up" report told Of
city-wide discrimination against Negro
patients. nurses and doctors by Har-
lem Hospital and other agencies
operated by the city of New York.
The renort was handed to the Mayor
on December 81. 1885, according tc
DR.. Charles H. Roberts, Harlem den
fist and head of the Commission
which was appointed by the Mayor to
investigate the causes of the Harlem
Outbreak of March 10, 1855. The re-
port was pigeon-hoied by the Mayor
despite repeated attempts of the Com
haissionefs and Harlem groups 70 have
X made public. II traces the Harlem
AouSSfeaK directly to the jini-crow
policies of the city government, relief
(Cont. on page -
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25
Frederick Douglass Civic League

The Frederick Douglas Civic League
met Wednesday evening April 22, at
Phyllis Weatley House. Mr.. c. w.
Washington of the Urban League and
Attorney L. o. Smith of the N.A.A.C.F.
spoke on Prejudice in Minneapolis. {"
A very representative group were pres
ent. The League will participate in
Negro Health Week beginning on May
4. On Wednesday evening April %, the
League will discuss "The Negro in Min
neapolis' Relief Line" Miss Marjory
Wormley, an investigator in the Divi-
sion of Public Relief, and Mr.. M. Leo
Bohannon of the Mems division will be
asked to speak. The public is urged to
attend.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25
The Negroes Northern Trend

The Northern movement of the
Metro in. the United States was one
Of the sociological effects Of the
Wofid War. A continuing slight attri-
, ton upon the mass solidarity of the
Negro population from Civil War time
had only inconsequentiai effect But
when Northern industrial productive
effort for the War created extra ordi-
nary labor demand and doomed wages,
!: an important hegira began. It was
never definitely known how many
came and how many went back. The
United States Census Bureau has now
made public some figures representing
q Study of permanent effects.
On the whole, nothing resulted to
change seriously the proportion o.
white and. black populations in the
Southern States. Mississippi remained
::ethe one State Gas of 1880, where
Negroes exceed whites, the white per-
;eentage 4o.s. the Negro 50.2. Missis-
s;ppii and Georgia are credited each
with approximately a million Negroes.
For : Negro population density in
particular areas, Alabama is remark
able. the. Negro percentage being as
much as 60 in some instances.
Twas the cities of the North that
felt the sociological effect. The Negro
III tie South is largely rural in resi-
dence, in the North almost entirely
urban: Sixteen per cent of all live in
cities. of which there are fifteen with
Negro populations of $4,000 or more,
Omitting the nine that are distinctly
Southern cities and others close to an
extended Mason and Dixon line, there
remain New York, Chicago, Philadel-
phia, Detroit. Cleveland and Pitts
burgh. Detroit showed the largest 1920
to 1880 percentage gain, coming up
;fs4 per cent, from 4l,O00 to 10000,
bot Chicago, with ii3 per cent gain,
rose from 100000 to $4,000. while
New York's total. with a ia per cent
increase. changed from $4,000 to
377 900.
These changes have created large
permanent: Negro districts in these
cities, bringing new sociological prob
LENS. How little effect this trend had
upcn Minneapolis and St. Paul is
shown BY census figures of 1908 for
the Twin City Negro population in
1870 aid 8,i77 in 1880.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25
Mf,Il ssse,eIl Take.
Cguusu "Ss,e"
haitsae0f Photographs

Misunderstanding. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt has no objection &c
being photographed with Negroes. she
said at her press conference, Monday.
April TO-
Referring TO 4 picture taken of her
with two, officers from the Howard
University R.O.T.C. unit, Mrs. Roose-
Welt said, 81 had no. objection to its
being taken and / have no objection
to- II, now" ~.
When Mrs. Roosevelt went to How
ard University: to make speech sew
,esai weeks ago, cadet officers were
sent where her car was parked to
escort her up the steps Of the hall
where the meeting was to take place.
Praises Treatment
: "They treated me with the utmost
respect" Mrs. Roosevelt said, "and
walked out with me. The photograph
was taken as it would have been taken
in any other place where was max
ing Speech"
Discussion over the picture taken
with negroes developed. during the
senate lobby committee investigation
Of propaganda spread throughout the
South by the Southern Committee to
: Uphold the Constitution. In the pro-
paganda, the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt were accused Of practieing
.:sseeiai sqysiity" with Negroes.
- Photographs showing either the
President-osstae first lady with gfoups
Of Negroes were: given wide publicity.
One picture used sin this eanapaign
showed Essid<ut Rodse5ek Sreltihf
4 delegation. Of Negro Efks In his
ehsee as.hs White House
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25
Coop Meeting

The final meeting of the series on
Consumers Co-operatives will be held
on Monday evening, at Hosmer Branch,
Public Library, 36th and 9TH Avenue,
South and Thursday evening, at Halle
Q. Brown House, St. Paul. AS a review
and summary of the complete series will
be given it is urged that a large group
will attend the final meeting. They will
begin promptly at 8:l5 and will last one
hour only. Both meetings will be con-
Quoted by c. E. Rucker of the State
Department of Education.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25
Oscar DePrie,t Wins
lIissis Primary
To Run Against Arthur w. Mitchell
For United States
Congressman

Chicago. - Especially - Former Con-
gresham Oscar DePriest, running for
the Republican domination for congress
man from the first district, defeated
former Alderman Louis B. Anderson in
the primaries of Tuesday, April IA. Final
vote on basis of the returns given out
at the election bureau was
Oscar DePriest ll,6os
Louis B. Anderson 6,375
DePriest was the first Negro con-
gresham from Illinois. He was the rep
resentative from the first congressional
district, the richest congressional district
in the United States. He rose from. a
plasterer to become an extensive real
estate owner. He was born near Salina,
Kas. Many of his relatives still live
in the SunHower state.
Entering politics, DePriest was elected
county commissioner In the days of the
old second ward bitter scraps, DePriest
and Major Robert r. Jackson. COM
mander-in-chief Of the uniform rank of
the Knights of Pythias and foreman
in the old southside. postoAice, then at
Thirty-second and State street, fought it
out at the polls, De Priest not only being
nominated but coming back to win the
election as first Negro alderman in the
city of Chicago.
DePriest then had the backing of the
regular second ward Republican organ
ization, headed by the late Edward H.
Wright. Anderson succeeded DePriest
in the city council after serving some
years as assistant city attorney. De-
Priest formed his own second ward
organization and used the old Unity
clubhouse at Th;rty-frst and Indiana as
its headquarters.
Anderson was a popular member of
tie city council He became not only
floor leader for former Mayor William
Hale Thompson but be was for years a
member Of the councils finance COM
mittee which passed on all appropria-
tons and expenditures of monies.
DePriest and Wright Disagree
DePriest, known as strong political
figure as we'll as fiery one, and Edward
II. Wright couldn't agree. Anderson
and Wright went along together only
to part after Wright had been named
Illinois commerce commissioner, the first
Negro to hold that position in the state.
and Wright supported Len Small, then
governor and Fred Lundin, Republican
power behind the throne. against Thomp-
son for reelection for mayor.
Wright and his organization supported
John Dill Robertson, head Of the West
Parks board, who was badly defeated
in the primaries. In some sort of a
last minute deal, Small went over to
Thompson.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25
Who's Superstitious Now7

Philadelphia, April - (CNA) - Ac-
cused as a sorceress and possessor of
"the evil eye" by two white witnesses.
Mrs. Bridget caprara. 4s-year old white
woman, was held in $1,000 bail last week
on charge of duping superstitious
whites out of thousands of dollars in
recent years s,
Mrs. Caprara appeared in court with
one arm In . sling, the result of -frae.
ture she received. when; two OF her
alleged victims attacked her with hat
chet near a cemetery on February "a.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25
Dresslef's Servants Open Night Club
With Legacy

Savannah, Ga, April-(CNA)-With
he legacy of $4,000 from Marie Dres-
sler, late Hollywood star, her servants,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry R. Cox, opened a
night club and tourist camp near here
known as the "Cocoanut Grove"
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25

Harlem Ho.,ital pst,ents Used As
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25

., Among those who were visitors at the
tfferafds Office during the week were
Mr.. and Mrs Leroy Howard of SIPS
Fourth avenue South, and Mr.. G. STAN
sell of Rondo Street. St. Paul.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1936-04-25

Wash Grant, Te..s wPA worker Who took
his LIFE Is completing Of his head
shown BY the photograph Details Of his facial have
Den carved mite the plaster gazed himself in mirror
When completed the viii Be displayed the Negro exhibit
wide variety Of exhibits depicting in art science
Hall OF Negro Life and Csas eonsacted b. the u
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-28
Man-Eater Kercheval Dug
Grave With His Teeth

There is the tale of Kercheva1. A
popular horse in the West thirty
years or so ago, he had won the
Burns Handicap, then one of Cali
fornia's most celebrated turf
events. But perhaps success went
to his head or it may have been
that he was bad one at heart. To
this day men will argue about that,
but the facts in the case are plain.
Kercheval was a man-eater. At
first he merely nibbled at his sta
BILE boys and-since those free and
easy hOrsemen of another era prob
ably figured that there was no ac-
counting for tastes-nobOdy took
that seriously.
Soon not even the biggest helping
of oats or the juiciest hay that mon
ey could buy could tempt him half
as much as a nice bite out of a
customers arm. Even in an era
for jaded appetites this was a trife
too much. They wanted to be fair,
though, and so they gave him an
other chance.
1t was no use. Like many a man
who lets temptation run away with
him, Kercheval was determined to
dig his grave with his teeth. So one
afternoon after he had slashed off
most of a lady's bonnet as well as
too feet of hair and some scalp,
they decided that there was moth
ing else to do.
Kercheval was indicted and tried
in due form by the sovereign state.
There was much that could be said
in his favor because, as has been
mentioned, he was a horse with
winning ways.
So they deliberated-thOse twelve
good men and true-and then re-
turned with the verdict. OF course
there were other alternatives open
to them, even though they deemed
him guilty beyond doubt. But the
thing was new then and the West
ever has been a section given over
to novelties. Besides there may
have been those who noted wicked
CLEAN in the eye of this horse who
stood in the crowded court room
with probably never worry as to
where his next meal was coming
from.
do not know about that though.
1 only know the facts in the case
and they are plain. While Kerche-
val looked longingly at the. fat fore
man the verdict was read.
Kercheval had been sentenced to
be electrOcuted. And these are the
tales that are told in the evening.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-28
Father Coughlin's Group
Endorses Lenke

FOLLOWING the recommendation
of Father Charles E. Coughlin,
the National Union for Social JUS
tice, in convention in Cleveland, in
dorsed the candidacy of Represent
atives Lemke and O'Brien, heads
of the Union party ticket. But, clso
on the advice of the priest, the
Lemke platform was not Endorsed.
The $4,000 members of the N. U.
S. J. present enthusiastically and
unanimously elected Father Cough
lin president of the organization.
Lenke and O'Brien both appeared
before the convention, delivered
speeches and were given a rousing
reception.
The final episode of the meeting
of the Coughlinites was sensational.
The militant priest was delivering
a dramatic address before a vast
throng in the Cleveland municipal
stadium when suddenly he faltered,
begged pardon and announced
weakly that he could not finish be-
cause of illness. He was half car
ried to a car that hurried him to
his hotel. There it was said his
indisposition, due to the heat and
overwork, was not serious, and next
day he returned to Detroit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-28

ing that the American neutrality
law prohibiting assistance to war
ring nations does not apply to the
Spanish civil war, Mr.. Phillips said
that the United States intended to
conform with its "well established
policy of noninterference with in
ternal affairs in other countries, Ell
Their in time of peace or civil
strife"
Most of the nations invited to
participate in the non-intervention
agreement were willing, but Ger
many temporarily blocked the plan
by announcing that its answer
would be delayed until Madrid gave
a satisfactory reply to German pro-
tests regarding the execution of four
German nationals in Barcelona.
American Ambassador Bowers
abandoned his floating embassy"
aboard the coast guard cutter
Cayuga and went ashore at St. Jean
de Luz, France, by advice of the
Department of State in Washington.
According to the Army and Navy
Journal, Mr.. Bowers had tried to
assume the role of commander of
the American fleet in Spanish wa
tiers, and when the officers politely
told him they took orders only from
the Navy and Treasury depart
ments or the President, he protest
ed hotly to Washington, with the
result recorded above.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-08-28
No New Taxes Promise
for Coming Year

FOLLOWING a conference of
President Roosevelt, Chairman
Harrison of the senate finance COM
mittee, Chairman Doughton of the
house ways and means committee
and Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau, the administration fiscal
program for the coming year was
thus outlined:
/. Assurance that no request will
be made to the next congress for
the levying of additional taxes or in
crease of present tax rates.
2. Launching of an immediate
study by treasury and congressional
tax consultants of present revenue
laws as a basis for recommends
tons to the next congress for elimi-
nation of inequitable taxes, espe-
cially those unfair "to consumers or
to trade"
8. Treasury assurance that with
continued recovery" the revenue
yield is approaching the point where
It will cover government costs and
provide a surplus for reduction of
the public debt.