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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-09-18
Highway Auto
Smashup Injuries
Twin Citians
PEOPLE RETURNING FROM
DIES MONIES

On the way home from Des
Moines last Monday night, Mrs.
Elizabeth Wade, 41s Bryant Ave
nue., was seriously hurt in an auto
accident.
Miss Zelda Cassel, riding in the
Wade car, sustained painful but
minor injuries. Edward Lee, Will
liam Wade and D. J. Wade, who
was driving, escaped unhurt. Just
how the accident occurred no one
was quite sure.
The Wade family and their rela-
tives, the Lee family, were on the
road coming home from Des
Moines.
In the Lee car were Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Lee, Alonza Lee and
Miss Geraldine Cassell. This ma
chine was leading the way and was
not involved in the accident.
The Wade car was struck by an
unknown motorist about ten miles
from Owatonna, MINI. The car
was completely demolished.
The injured woman was rushed
into the 0watonna hospital where
she received first aid and was pre-
pared for the journey to Minneapo-
lis. She was found to have suf-
fered from a dislocated shoulder,
cuts on the face and lower limbs.
Mrs. Wade is resting at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Edward Lee,
1880 Hiawatha Avenue, and is re-
ported recovering slowly from her
injuries.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-09-18
For w. Ford
C0nlnIltllllist 4 eader

"A group of Twin City citizens
met at 554 st. Anthony Ave. Sat
urday afternoon, September IL, to
select a committee to plan a re-
ception in honor of James Ford,
Communist vice presidential can
didate who comes to st. Paul
Sept. % for an address.
Tickets for the dinner may be
purchased from committee mem
bers.
Other information may be OBJ
tanned by calling at 554 st. An
thony Ave., Dale 6555.
Among those who attended the
meeting were Bill Heron, who
acted as chairman, Bruce Journey,
Richard Allen, Otto Hall, Manuel
Rosby, George Hoagge, Jr., and
many others.
Mr.. Ford will arrive via plane
the morning of September 23d.
The reception will be held the same
evening at $50 at Pioneer Hall,
588 Rondo St., dinner per plate
so cents.
Many prominent citizens of the
Twin Cities have already pur-
chased their tickets. Citizens are
urged by the committee to attend
and discuss the important prob
lens of the day, which are of vital
Importance to the race, with Mr..
Ford.
Applications for tickets should
be made early.
Members of the committee
selected are from st. Paul: Arthur
Allen, newspaperman, chairman;
E. N. Martin, G. L. Hoage, Jr,,
Richard Allen, Frank Boyd, DR.. A.
M. Butler, A. E. Boyd, A. j. Nc
Gavock, M. G. Moody, w. s. Neal,
w. Hodge, M. II. Jackson, Rev.
Boyd Patrick, William Heron,
Leona Goodman, Bruce Journey;
from Minneapolis, Rev. D. P.
Young, Bob Moulden, A. Gibson,
Fern Knight, Ben Singleterry,
Davis Gibson, J. Naupue, Dorothy
Gibson, C. E. Newman, ]. E. Perry;
James Novels, Mrs. George Colman
of st. Paul.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-09-18
William Penn
Traps Pickpocket

Bill Penn, who for the past seven
years has had charge of the locker
rooms of the st. Paul Athletic
club, by means of a clever trap
caught the pickpocket who had
been snatching wallets from the
mems locker room for the past sew
eral weeks. The thief turned out
to be junior member of the club.
This is the third pickpocket that
Bill Penn has caught since being
employed in the locker room at the
Athletic Club. Strange as it
seems, all the thieves were mem
bers.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-09-18
Fireman Answers
Fire Call, Finds
Own Home Afre
REGINALD HARRIS LOSES
TROUSERS IN FIRE

Last Sunday afternoon, after
residents had noticed smoke roll
ing from a neighbours home, ]. T.
Harris, St. Paul fireman, who re-
sides at 878 Marion St., responded
with his fellow firemen from Sta
ton No. 9, to a call to extinguish
the flames in his own home.
Reginald, son of Mr.. Harris,
heated the electric iron Sunday
morning to press his trousers. A
friend who was waiting to drive
him to church honked his auto
mobile horn necessarily. Becom-
ing excited Reginald threw his
trousers across the ironing board,
donned another pair and ran from
the house forgetting to disconnect
the iron.
During the next few hours the
steadily heating iron ignited the
family laundry which lay on the
ironing board. Mrs. Harris, in a
hurry to get to their summer
home Saturday, had neglected to
put the clothes away.
The old adage "Haste Makes
Waste" would have proven very
useful had this family been able to
look into the future.
Besides a few dresses belonging
to Mrs. Harris, sewing machine
and rugs, being destroyed, Reggie
hasn't any pants any more.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-09-18
Leon Abbey Visits
Parents, Friends

Leon Abbey, world famed must
clan, is on his way home to his
mother. In fact by the time this
paper reaches our readers Mr.. Abb
hey will very likely be in Mime
apolis. Early this week Mrs.
Luther Abbey, mother of the must
clan, was awakened in the middle
of the night to answer phone call.
1t was Leon calling from New
York, telling his parents he was on
his way to the home he left some
13 years ago.
Much important musical history
has been built around this Mime
apolis boy who loved to play the
violin in the years ago. He has
become the leader of a world
famed orchestra and has travelled
with them over the larger part OF
the continent of Europe, into India
from which he has just returned.
To his Minneapolis friends he
will find that he is still the same
modest, retiring youth, who loved
his music and was always willing
to entertain his mothers friends,
play for a church concert, yet
known to have a consuming ambi-
ton to be some one, to go places
and to do things. Certainly Leon
has realized his ambitions, for ne
has surely gone places, done things
and is, perhaps, the biggest thing
unsteady in Europe. The Abbey
home is at Ala E. 25th Street, Min
neapolis. It will be the happiest
place in this community for days
to come.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-09-18
St. Paul Girl Gets
California Place

Miss Annie Foster of st. Paul
has accepted a position in Oak
land, California, as secretary of
the Girls Reserve, making the un-
usual qualification in both theory
and practice. In the past few
years Miss Foster has done num-
Der of things that reflect creditably
upon her home community and
herself. She is the only member
of the group to have taken the
camp course serving four terms in
that field. At the Federal camp
she was promoted over 18 aspir-
ants to the place of Head Coun-
selor. On Homecoming day in her
own city she succeeded in having
several girls of the group enrolled
among those who sold the balloons.
In school she was elected president
of the class and also captured a
reading prize.
She will best be remembered for
her sunny disposition and the
ease with which she made friends.
The good wishes of all these will
accompany Miss Foster to her new
post in California.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-09-18
Tommy Douglas
Band Plays At
Coliseum Monday

The Social Twelve Club is open
ing its Fall and Winter dance sea-
son with Tommy Douglas and his
12-piece orchestra at the Coliseum
Ballroom, Lexington and Univer-
sity Avenues, st. Paul, Monday
night, Sept. 81.
The Douglas orchestra comes to
the Twin Cities highly recon-
mended. Recently the band COM
pleted successful engagements in
Pensacola, Florida, winter play
ground of the rich, and Shreveport,
La.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-09-18

Minneapolis Spokesman and
St. Paul Recorder,
800 3rd st. South,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Monster meeting celebrating sew
enty-four years progress colored
people of America, Madison Square
Garden, Monday night, September
twenty-frst, will be broadcast over
NBC seven-thirty to eight and
WOR seven-thirty to eight-thirty.
There message will be read from
President Roosevelt.
R. R. WRIGHT, Jr.,
Chairman, Colored Division,
Good Neighbor League.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-09-18
Lee Installed AS
Legion District
Vice Commander

]. W. Lee, of SOS Rice street,
was installed as Vice District Com
mander of the American Legion at
the Installation services held
Thursday, September 3, at the Vet
Grams hall. He was elected to this
position at the District Convention
of the American Legion which con-
vened June Is, at the North End
Commercial Club.
Mr.. Lee joined the American Le-
gion in 1920 at LaPorte, Indiana,
and became a member of Leslie
Lawrence Post in 1928, when he
came to st. Paul to live. He was
Post Commander in 1882 and 1888,
Service Officer in 1884 and 1886,
and was District Entertainment
Chairman for the Veterans Hospi-
tai Committee in 1884.
He has served as a member of
the Ramsey County Republican
State Central Committee since
1881.
Leslie Lawrence Post No. 497
has pledged their whole-hearted
support to Com Toomy, 4th Dis
trict Commander, in carrying out
his program.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-09-18
Bishop Robert
Jones at Border
Church Sunday

According to an announcement
by Border M. E. Church, Mime
apolis, Bishop Robert E. Jones of
the M. E. Church will address the
night meeting of that Church Sum
day, September 20, at 7:45 p. m.
Border church uses the church
auditorium of Beacon Light Mis-
sion, GIG Lyndale Ave. No.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-09-18
Like CrOsswOrds?
NEXT WEEK

Jessie Steele, Minneapolis woman
athlete, is an expert crossword
puzzler. Recently she contributed
a puzzle to the Movie Mirror which
was accepted. Liberty Magazine
recently accepted one of her puz-
zles. From time to time she will
contribute a puzzle for Spokesman
and Recorder readers with local
people as subjects. Watch for the
puzzle next week.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-09-18
W. Squire Neal
Gives Review of
National Meeting
Convention of Negro Funeral
Directors Is Impressive
By w. SQUIRE NEAL
President, Neal Funeral Homes,


it's annual convention August 10
to q, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincin-
natl being an outlet from the south
to the north, the place of meeting
was an excellent one as it could
be reached by Funeral Directors
from all parts of the United States
conveniently.
Almost every city in the United
States was represented by its lead
ing mortician. 1t being the policy
of our organization to keep abreast
with the times, relative to the lat
est equipment and newest methods,
/ thought it fitting and proper that
a member of my organization
should attend the convention and
bring back new ideas to the finest
and largest institution of its kind
in the Northwest.
We have always been the first
to give the public the very latest
in equipment and funeral directing.
We feel that the Twin City public
is entitled to the best for the sup
port they have given our establish
ment.
On our arrival we Immediately
became busy in committees. Every
day there were demonstrations of
Importance to the progressive NOR
tician. Having never attended
convention of this kind before, /
was surprised to see its large MEM
bership of cultured and well trained
men in their profession, men con-
Quoting business equal to that of
other groups, qualified and equipped
to serve.
The most impressive thing was
to learn that the Negro public
throughout the United States has
begun to expect from the Funeral
Director modern service; that to
succeed he must not only prepare
himself but his establishment must
be modern and well appointed. We
were reminded of the fact that the
old style store front establish
ments, antiquated equipment and
ambulance chasers are things of
the past, and will no longer be
tolerated by the intelligent public.
The only way such establish
ments continue to exist is due to
the fact that they are supported
and maintained by small per-
centage of non-thinking unappre-
ciative individuals who are salts
fed with anything.
was reminded of an expression
I once heard from a very intelli-
gent negro leader: 'That the per-
son we often patronize merely be-
cause of friendship often proves to
be our enemy" because what he
took from US in dollars and cents
was dissipated. That is, year after
year because of bad management
or dissipation of his earnings he
has nothing to return to US in the
way of a modern establishment or
up to date equipment.
Service as matter of fact rep
resents sixty per cent of the
charges made for funerals and SER
vice cannot be given without a
modern establishment and up to
date equipment. The point was
brought out that a city or COM
munity that is fortunate to have a
strictly modern funeral home
should show its appreciation to the
men who made it possible for them
to have something that they would
not feel ashamed to show their
out of town friends. A man of
truly business qualities is rare in
any group and especially true in
our group and on the shoulders of
these men rest the responsibility of
Continued on Page 81
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-09-18
CABARET BALL AT
HAPP'S MITE CLUB

There will be a cabaret ball at
Happ's Mite Club at Shakopee next
Monday night, September FL. Ray
Dysart and his band will provide
the music. Dancing from 10 p. m.
It'll 4 a. m.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-05
FEDERAL VS.. STATE AGENCIES

We carried an editorial last week on the rural
electrifcation situation it pertains to North Car
DINA today 1t was limited in the article that ap-
parently there isn't the best Of feeling between
the North Carolina Rural Identification Authority
and the Federal Commission.
The Federal Commission wants to be boss IL
doesn't like for the various state organizations to
get too much credit. As matter Of fact, the FED
eral Commission would like to have most OIL the
authority centralized in Washington, with the state
authorities acting merely as their agents or repre-
sentatives.
The North Carolina Rural Electrihoation Author
ity has been doing splendid work in this state
The work has been carried along on highly efi'
Gent basis. North Carolina has made more prog
ress in rural electrifcation within given period
than any other state in the union.
We believe that the North Carolina Authority is
in far. better position to handle the affairs of
North Carolina than is the Federal Commission
And to be perfectly frank about it, we are inclined
to have much more confidence in the local COM
mission than in the federal agency Mr.. Dudley
Bagley and his associates directly responsible
to the people of North Carolina the Federal COM
mission is not.-State Magazine.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-05
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
THE MILLS INCREASE WAGES

number of the largest manufacturing plants in
North Carolina announced two weeks ago that they
had authorized substantial increase in wages paid
to their employees.
That's good news to everybody except two classes
of people: First, those union officials who think
that they're not doing their duty unless they are
engineering strike somewhere, and: Second, those
individuals who continuously clamoring that
Industry in North Carolina has only one object in
view and that is to crush out the lfe-blood Of its
employees.
The wage increases were made without any in
fuence being brought upon the mill officials by
the unions anybody ese Business is good at
the present time and the big majority of industries
in North Carolina have always shown a tendency
to deal fairly with their employees.
Practically every worker who will benefit by the
raise in pay is a non-union worker. All OF which
goes to show that the mills in North Carolina DO
not need outside pressure to make them do the
right thing by the men and women who work for
Magazine.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-05
PERTINENT INQUIRY

The Carolina Retailer asks very important and
pertinent question:
care the taxpayers of North Carolina able to
play six millions per month for the maintenance
and operation of their state government during the
next two years."
That is, six million dollars month for each year
Of the biennium, or $72,000,0 900 a year.
That organ properly remarks that this increase
Of $10,000,o00 annually over present state appro-
priations does not include the estimated So
900 900 which the legislature will be asked to pro-
vide for the purpose of effectuatng the social Sc
curity program in North Carolina
The answer which The Retailer makes to its own
question as to the ability of the taxpayers of North
Carolina to foot this Increased bill will widely echo:
owe do not believe recovery has been felt by
the people of the state to the point where they
can shoulder an additional S10,000,000 or $15,0oo,
600 of annual taxes, but if we are mistaken in the
extent of the recovery and the improving has been
that great, then we contend that the emergency
which it is claimed prompted the enactment of the
sales tax no longer exists and that this unsound,
unwise, and unjust form of taxation should be
forthwith repealed Charlotte Observer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-05
A DRAGON BY THE TAIL

The dilemma of the man who catches bear by
the tail and finds it equally difficult to hold on or
to let go is proverbial The protracted course OF
Sino-Japanese negotiations at Marking may have
sometimes suggested to Japans representative, AM
bassador Shigeru Kawagoe that it is equally in
convenient to clutch dragon by the tail
For Japan has apparently served on China a
series of demands some of which are SO far-reach-
ING in their implications that Chinese public opinion
would prefer war to acceptance. And Japan, for
several reasons does not desire war. So the prob
lem arises of liqudatng the negotiations and bring
ING back more normal atmosphere into Sino-Japa-
nese relations without loss of face"
The Japanese government has endeavored to
make justifable grievance-several incidents OF
killing of Japanese by mobs or individual Chinese
the basis for settlement of a wide variety OF
disputed political economic issues in its favor De-
spte the official secrecy which has been preserved
in Tokyo it is pretty well known that the Japa-
nese demands include wider autonomy for North
China, Sino-Japanese cooperation against commun-
ISM lowering of the Chinese tariff and opening OF
air communication between Japan and China, be-
sides rigorous control of textbooks with view to
eliminating ant-Japanese expressions and general
suppression of anti-Japanese propaganda.
The Chinese position has apparently been that,
while reasonable satisfaction would not be refused
in cases of attacks on Japanese subjects, there
could be no question of signing on the dotted line
in acceptance of list of unrelated demands, some
of which are so vaguely phrased that an aggressive
Japanese government might interpret them in the
future as granting Japan the right to treat China
almost as a protectorate "Co-operation against
communism" for instance, might be construed as
authorization for Japan to dispatch troops to any
part of China where communists may be active.
Japan deos not want war with China because 1t
would interfere with the program of building up
ornaments, on which the army has set ITS heart,
because it might lead to international complica-
tons and because the conquest and occupation Of
all China would be impossible, while the holding
and garr;soning of few strategic ports and large
cities in the long run, would be both political
and financial liability 1t remains to be seen
whether enough concessions can be extorted in
North China to make possible quiet dropping of
some of the more extreme demands on Nanking.-
Christian Science Monitor.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-05
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
kEA Service stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON - Present New
Deal strategy is to undermine
the prestige Of the U. S. Supreme
Court, to prepare the public mind
for whatever Roosevelt decides to
do about curbing the court-if
and when he decides TO do any
thing at all.
The court. not for the first time,
has helped the administration by
a performance at which its critics
point finger of scorn.
Just before the political con-
ventions, when 1t appeared that
Republicans would make preser-
walton of the courts powers a
campaign issue, the justices hand
ed down a S to A decision against
the New York minimum wage law,
a ruling so unpopular that the
Republican candidate thereafter
publicly suggested a possible con-
Stitutional amendment. Court and
Constitution faded away as biz
political issues.
Now the court Is on the pan
again because it split even, tour
justices against four, on the New
York unemployment insurance
act, approving as il by default a
favorable decision of the lower
court.
If the lower court had held the
act invalid, the supreme court
deadlock would have had the
effect of denying states the right
to provide for unemployment in
surance, tearing away a New
Deal cornerstone.
And the fact that no opinion
was written on either side gave
the critics additional opportunity
Tor ridicule.
CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES once
- said: "The Constitution is
what the judges say it is" Thus.
when the judges Of the highest
bench fail to say anything at iii
On a vitality important constilu-
sional issue, New Dealers are
EiYen q chance tn say that the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-05
H.,
Defamation,

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test was held at II. 'F rIs
high school ycstcrJ,, |a't7I
as a; a preliminary to G"; i attn
Mars Hill contest. " @s az,
boys first place wa ne" 60. ,oa'ss
Floyd Ncsbitt. who %SaIdtt
the school at Mars Hii IISlP ,,.
and second place to Do c'I 'as \
Others in the contest Dy waI. p p
Collins and Gordon CI srIe H''
In the reading con, .a,Ai !,
will represent the scbooyI '. :. :,
Hill this year. and TbeIm,' 8:
won second place. Other . {
contest were Virginia "T ps..e
Melton. Evelyn Clark. B %sa ]
ner, Alma Moss, GLADYS w Mr \
Margaret jackson and IVA III
| Wells. u ~
Two years ago Jurio, D.
won first place in rbs MI ,ts|
contest and EdncyviIle Ta'' /
represented in the fr,k - =.
last -four years. :"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-05
ON THE PLANET EARTH
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

and hit people" said the police as
they hauled the culprits to head
quarters.
There the police found they had
made a terrible mistake, a shock
ing mistake: The drunken driver
was the son of an influential po-
litical ringster.
"You can't do a thing" one of
the policemen cOnfided later to
Lawrence. Don't quote me -
they'd break me if they knew |
had told you: but they have got
together and made up story;
they arc going to swear that those
fellows were not drunk, and that
a third chap who skipped out, was
driving the car .
"Of course you could sue him, y
said Iawrcnce's lawyer; but how
far would you get in Il ring-con-
trollcd COURT
As John Edgar Hoover, drec-
tor of the G-men, constantly
warns the people, they can never
have adequate police protection
as long as they permit police de-
partmcntS to be controlled and
bulldozed by political gangs.