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Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13
McCARE
Caroline Paine

Miss Maiken Moline left Wednes-
day for Los Angeles. She plans to
remain there during the summer
months.
s-OO--
Guests over the weekend of Mr..
and Mrs. Pete Brown were Browns
brother and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Brown and his father, Flint
Brown, all of Phoenix, Ariz., and
his niece, Miss Mable Brown OF
Mesa, Ariz Miss Phyllis Brown
returned to Phoenix with her aunt
and uncle to spend short vacation
with them.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13
1000 ACRES
SIGNED UP TO
RAISE BEETS

One thousand acres have been
signed up on contracts with the
Los Alamitos Sugar company. said
j. I. Robertson of Brawley who is
in charge of this work.
In order to establish the deal,
six thousand acres of valley land
must be signed up for the planting
of sugar beets and as the planting
time is in September the company
is desirous of contracting the acre
age as rapidly as possible SO that
the firm may go ahead with the
of dumps in the conn
tV
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13
Ell Centran Gets
Army Commission

Pritchard Couch, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. E. Couch of Ell Centro re-
ceived his appointment as second
lieutenant in the army air forces
Thursday.
Young Couch was assigned to the
10Th bombardment group at March
Field where he has been station
ed since Otober. A year ago he
completed his training at Ran
dolph field and has held the rank
of flying cadet since then.
He attended Central high school
and junior college and had some
university work before deciding TO
take up flying, starting his train
ing first at Kelley field and then
at Randolph.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13

varying between 40 and 80 per cent
of the total net acreage, regard
less of what crops have been plant
ed in past years.
To further more diversified farm
ing the general discussion favored
full diversion payment for one year
only on ranches where the entire
acreage is planted from soil de-
pleting to soil conserving crops,
while on ranches where part of
the acreage only, for example, SO
per cent, is put into soil conserv-
ing crops, the group favored con-
tinuing the full diversion pay
ments.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13
FARM TIPS
By l.. G. GOAR
Il. v. Experimental StatiOn)

Grain sorghum is an important
crop in the Imperial Valley. More
than $1,000 acres were planted to
this crop here in 1886, and it is
likely that the acreage will be in
creased this year. The sorghums
are we'll adapted to the prevail
ing climatic conditions of this
area, and are suited to q variety
of soil types Since their introduc-
ton many varieties of grain sor-
ghum has been grown CONNER
cially The more popular types used
in the past have been the milos,
durras, kafirs, feterita, hegari, and
shallu. However, a greater part of
the grain sorghum acreage is now
devoted to the Double Dwarf vari-
ETY. of milo, which is grown pri-
marily as a grain crop, as the name
implies, the plants are quite stun
ted They attain a height of 2
TO feet according to soil and
moisture conditions. The plants
are usually fairly uniform in
height, and, therefore, adapted TO
machine methods of heading. VAL
ley grown "Calapproved" seed of
Double Dwarf milo is available and
should be used for best results.
Hegari is also popular with many
growers. The plants are more leafy
than milo, and the heads stand
erect. Because of its leafy and
succulent nature, hegari stalks
make better pasture than milo
stalks after the grain has oeen
harvested.
Grain SorghumS usually produce
best when planted about July l to
July Is. The rate of seeding de-
pends on number of factors, in
cluding the condition of the seed
bed, viability of the seed, method
of irrigation, variety used, and me
thod to be used in harvesting. II
a good seed bed is prepared, as for
cotton, and the sorghum is drilled
on the ridges, the best possible
stand is assured, because in this
case, furroW irrigation can be used
and crushing of the seed bed avoid
ed. Seeding flat on preirrlgatcd
land is the common practice, and
is successful if ample moisture is
present to germinate the seeds
without the necessity of another
irrigation soon after planting. In
either case the rows should be 80
to SO inches apart; and II the
grain crop is to be harvested by
hand, 1A to 2 pounds of seed per
acre will probably give best results,
as the plants should be II to 10
inches apart in the row to insure
free stooling and large heads. But
if the crop is to be harvested by
a combine machine, a higher rate
of seeding and closer spacing In
the row should be used.
Plants spaced 4 to 6 inches apart
in the row will stand more erect
on account of less tillerlng, ana
the heads will be smaller out more
numerous. From 4 to pounds OF
seed per acre should be ample Tor
this purpose. Regardless of the val
iety or method used, one or Two
thorough Civilizations will pay good
returns on the investment. Grain
sorghums are easy to grow, but
they respond we'll to any good
treatment given them. The point
is this: 1t costs very little more
to produce two ton grain crop
than it does 10 produce the aver
age one ton crop. but the added
ton may increase the profits more
than 200 per cent. Good farming
pays better profits.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13
Barley Harvest to
Continue in Valley.

Barley harvest In imperial Valley
will continue for another week or
10 days but the wheat harvest Is
practically concluded.
Market prices have been satls-
factory and the grain deal this
spring has been a profitable one
for the farmer.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13
Garcia Wins After
Tough Battle

HOLLYWOOD, June 70. W.P)-
Ceferino Garcia held his claim to
the worlds welterweight champion
ship intact today although he was
rocked back on his heels twice by
Phil Furr of Washington, d. c.,
before winning a 10 round decision
last night. The Manila veteran
won seven. was awarded one, and
two were even.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13
Grape Harvest to
Be Delayed Week

Grape harvest will be delayed
week or 10 days due to the
late spring, growers declared.
Picking usually begins on or
about June % and local grow
ers anticipate that shipments
will not begin until about July
l. The general belief is that the
severe frOsts of the winter will
prove to have had beneficial
effect on the quality of the
grapes, Thompson seedless.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13

In Police COurt-Percy Hamphill,
49, was sentenced by Police Judge
Lee Nuffer of Ell Centro Saturday
to 30 days in the county Jail for
drunkenness. A previous sentence
had been suspended on condition
Hamphill leave town, which he
failed to do. ,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13

Miss Betty Smith entertained a
group of her friends at her home
Tuesday evening. Among those
present were Billy Powell, Raymond
Veliquette, Ray Carr, John, Hisako,
and Yoko Sakari, Martin and STAN
ley Metisinka, Mary Anna and
Emil Burch, Richard Smith, Wally
Christian, Frank OSuna, Shirley and
Hally Brown, Edmund Barmetler,
Eugene and John Thanner, Kimiko
Tsugi, Michiko Morinaga, Kazui
YoShida, and Velda Sherry.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
Gift Bargains
At A. W. LANCER

The 10th Anniversary Sale of
H. W. LANCER, jeweler and watch
maker, located at 491 N. Dale St.
at University, is now going on.
A. W. LANCER says, 81 have been
at this present location for the past
ten years. I have built my bust
ness on the foundation of satisfied
customers.
"This 10th Anniversary Sale is
one in which every customer can
save 1870 on all merchandise :.
such as diamonds, watches, rings,
etc.
"Get your Xmas gifts here. 1
appreciate your patronage, and
will be open every evening until
Christmas. Look for my ad else
where in this paper"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
Beacon Light to
Present Marles
Griffin, Pianist

Sunday evening, at 8 p. M, De-
cember IL at Beacon Light
S. D. A. Church, GIG Lyndale Ave.
North, Minneapolis, one of the most
talented young musicians ever pro-
duced in the Twin Cities, Miss
Marles Griffin, will be presented in
piano recital.
Assisting in the recital will be C.
Edwald Sailing, guest soloist, who
will sing two numbers: Nobody
Knows" and the we'll known
water Boy"
On Miss Griffin's program will
be Beethoven's "Pathetique Soma
tai; Chopin's Valse Brillante in A
fiat; "Impromptu" by Reinhold;
Mozart's Andante (From Sonata,
No. 12). The second part of the
young artists program will include
numbers by C. M. Won Weber,
GODDARD, Mendelssohn and a group
of Christmas songs specially ar
ranged by Miss Griffin.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this recital. Admission is
free.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
st. Paul Urban
League Post to
Maryland Man
CLARENCE M. MITCHELL OF
BALTIMORE APPOINTED
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

M. A. Welsh, president of the ex-
ecutive board of the st. Paul Ur-
ban League, announced Wednesday
the appointment of Clarence M.
Mitchell, Jr., of Baltimore, Mary
land, to the position of executive
secretary of the st. Paul Urban
League. The new secretary will
assume his new post January 5.
The new executive secretary is
27 years old and single, and at
present is state director of N. Y. A.
work among Maryland Negroes
He is a graduate of Lincoln Uni
versity, Chester, Pennsylvania. He
recently completed a years study
at the Atlanta School of Social
Service under a National Urban
League scholarship.
Mr.. Mitchell is a former staff
member of the Baltimore Afro
American and has been unusually
active in civic movements and in
the youth movement in his home
city and in Atlanta where he spent
year.
The st. Paul Urban League and
the Minneapolis Urban League I'M
til recently were operated jointly
as the Twin City Urban League.
Dissatisfaction with the progress
of the league under that set-up
and the use of only one secretary
for both cities finally caused the
two council of social agencies to
frown on continuance of the or
ganization under that set-up. The
two groups then were separated
and Chas. w. Washington, joint
secretary for the past five years,
was retained by the Minneapolis
League.
The st. Paul League, reorganized
largely through the efforts of Mr..
Welsh and others, obtained Com
munity Chest o. K. for the leagues
continued operation as a Chest
Fund agency, and Tuesday night
at its executive board meeting ap-
pointed the young Marylander to
the secretaryship.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
ELITE-RECORDER CHRISTMAS
FUND SMELLS; DONATIONS
POUR IN

The North Star branch of the
Postal Alliance topped this weeks
list of contributors to the Elite
Recorder Christmas Fund with a
gift of three dollars. Miss Bessie
Powell, chairman of the campaign,
announced Monday that all the let
tiers to the various clubs and fra
ternities had been mailed out. Can
vassers will contact business es-
Establishments for contributions next
week.
Wednesday night at the Stumble
Inn at Rice St. and County Road E
the Elite Club sponsored a dance.
The proceeds have been added to
the Christmas Fund. Following a
precedent set last year, the well
fare committee has sent the list
of needy children's names to the
Santa Claus Club of St. Paul.
Thus the lucky kiddies whose
names are on the list will receive
toys from the Santa Claus Club
in addition to the baskets sent by
the Elites.
Miss Beatrice Schuck, chairman
of the entertainment committee,
announced plans for a second dance
to be given on Monday, December
goth, at Halle @. Brown House.
She is holding back the name of
the orchestra as a surprise until
next week.
Miss 1. Myrtle Garden, director
of Halle Q. Brown House, has
generously donated the use of the
hall to the club on that night.
This weeks list of contributors
includes Postal Alliance, $500; Mr..
Ernest Charleston, Jr., Kappa Al
pha Psi Fraternity, $1.0O; Miss
DeVelma Strong, Mrs. Crane, Miss
Marion Mackey, Mrs. R. B. Holt,
Ted Harris, /. M. Dorsey, Norman
C. Light, Joe Vassar, Mrs. Rosa
'mond Collier, Mrs. Delgracia Hunt
er, Mrs. F. A. Stutz, toys.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
ScOttsbOrO
Youths To Be
Here Dec. II

Two of the most famous youths
in the world are coming to the
Twin Cities next week! Accom-
panied by Richard B. Moore, bril-
liant orator, two of the Scottsboro
boys will come here to address
mass meetings.
The first meeting will be held
Tuesday night, December IA, at
Pioneer Hall, Lumber Exchange
Bldg, 9th and Hennepin.
Wednesday night the youths,
Glen Montgomery and Roy Wright,
with Moore will speak at the st.
Paul meeting at Pilgrim Baptist
Church, West Central Ave. and
Grotto. To accommodate those who
will be unable to attend the mass
meeting, there will be a public re-
ception for the men at Pioneer
Hall Wednesday afternoon.
The st. Paul meeting is being
sponsored by the Scottsboro De-
tense Committee and the Mime
apolis meeting by the Minnesota
Negro Council and the Scottsboro
Committee.
The details of the seven year
fight to obtain the release from an
Alabama prison of the Scottsboro
boys and the final release of three
of the boys are known to practical
ly every literate citizen.
A large crowd is expected to
greet the boys who are on tour to
raise funds to attempt to secure
the freedom of the boys who are
still in Jail. The other Minnesota
meeting arranged is for December
l6 in Duluth.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
MRS. FORCE REELECTED
QUEEN ESTHER HEAD

Queen Esther Temple No. 2,
S. M. IT'S, Minneapolis, at it's an
nual election of officers held Mon
day afternoon reelected Mrs. Re-
beque D. Force worthy princess.
Other officers elected in the cleo
ton presided over by Mrs. Naomi
Thomas, of st. Paul, national
deputy princess, were Mrs. Jessie
Jackson, worthy vice princess;
Mrs. Anna Wright, financial secre-
tary; Mrs. Lucille Woodland, record
er; Mrs. Hilda Parker, chairman
trustee board; Mrs. Clara Napue,
Pilot; Mrs. Lutte Watkins, Joshua.
At the January meeting the in
stallation of officers will be held.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10

hospital.
Mrs. Faux denies this state
ment.
The Faulks told reporter for
this paper that the child had been
i'll only three days with what ap-
peared to be an ordinary cold from
which her sister, Monterey, II, and
Mrs. Faux were also suffering.
The mother used home remedies
in the treatment of the children
and herself. She and the older
child responded to the treatment.
At 7:30 a. m. Friday morning
the mother noticed the smaller
child's condition had grown worse.
She called the family physician,
DR.. D. R. Hastings, 7O2 Medical
Arts Bldg. When the doctor ar
rived at 500 he pronounced the
child dead. A pulmotor was called
but it failed to revive the child.
1t is reported that Deputy Cor
oner Callerstrom, after investigat-
ing the death of the baby, went be-
yond the scope of his duties by
questioning relatives of Mrs.
Faux, who is a white woman, as
to the legitimacy of the couples
marriage. DR.. Callerstrom appeared
more interested in the interracial
relationship of the couple than in
the case which he was called to in
vestigate and for which he is paid
by the county, Mr.. Faux said.
1t is reported the couple are con-
sulting attorneys to consider pos
sible legal action because of the
damages sustained by publication
of the story.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
TO GRADUATE

Ira L. Ferguson of Washington,
D. c., graduates from the Univer-
sity of Minnesota next Thursday,
December 16, at the Fall Com
mencement exercises. He receives
the bachelor of arts degree, major
ing in Preventive Medicine and
Public Health, and is the only
Negro among some 800 candidates
for graduation at the end Of the
Fall Quarter.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
Minerva TOtten,
Reader, Marries
. Illinois Man

Mrs. Minerva Totten, we'll known
and talented reader of Minneapolis,
was married in st. Louis December
second to John H. Moore of Love-
joy, Illinois. ..
Mrs. Totten left Minneapolis re-
Gently on a tour through the south
giving recitals. After December
Is she will return to Minneapolis
on business and will then reside in
Lovejoy.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
Neal Homes to
Give Christmas
Riddles Party

The Neal Funeral Homes, Inc,
will give a Christmas party for
st. Paul children, December 81, at
Halle Q. Brown House from 2 to
4 p. m. A similar party will be
staged for Minneapolis children at
Phyllis Wheatley House on Dec. 80.
Further details later.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10

Child's Death Story
Denied; Couple Will
Seek Legal Redress

MINNEAPOLIS STARS STORY DECLARED FALSE BY COUPLE
story carried in the MINNEAPOLIS STAR of December g. in
connection with the death of their three old
cared false and without foundation John Faux
1921 Fourth Ave. South, Minneapolis, this week.
The couple married for parents children OBJ
ed to portion of the which alleged died because the
mother failed obtain physician take the hospital
The STARS story apparently based report by G. W.
Caerstrom deputy claimed told Casrom that
she afraid to call doctor taken the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
Rufus Brown
ParOled From
State Prison
Must Serve U. S. Prison Tern

Must Serve U. S. Prison Term
Rufus Brown, Minneapolis man
who has been serving an indeter-
inmate sentence at Saltwater pene-
tertiary on a statutory charge,
was granted parole from that in
stitution by the State Parole Board
according to reports received here
this week.
Brown will be taken to Leaven-
worth were he will begin to serve
a five year sentence growing out of
the same charges on which he was
convicted in a Hennepin County
District Court.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
ThrOngs Attend
New McGaVOck
Home Opening

More than five hundred people
attended the formal opening last
Sunday of the new McGavock Flu
neral Home, Inc, at 697 Rondo St.,
st. Paul.
Visitors were still being received
at one o'clock that night and there
was a constant stream of people
Monday who were unable to attend
the opening Sunday.
Rev. A. H. Lealtad, assisted by
Rev. G. L. Hayden of st. James
A. M. E. Church, officiated at the
dedicatory services held at p. m.
The musical program was con-
Quoted by Mrs. Mabel McGavock
Lewis, secretary-treasurer of the
firm.
The home was banked with
flowers sent by the st. Paul Casket
Co., and A. johnson and Son, for
lists. A gift of two large plants
were also presented to the home
by the A. ]. Johnson and Son,
florists.
Messages of congratulations
were received from the Halle @.
Brown Community House, the L.
A. Melker family, Mrs. Carrie
Robinson and many others.
Aaron ]. McGavock, president of
the corporation, and his associates
themselves very CRATE
full to the public for the splendid
reception the concern has received
since its reorganization.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
Lewis Malone,
COlOrfuI Mill
Citian, Is Dead

Lewis Malone, more Familiarity
known to hundreds of his Twin
City friends as "Cold Wave" died
Tuesday night at his home, $40
Lyndale Ave. No.
Mr.. Malone had lived in Mime
apolis for 35 years and has been
in failing health for several years.
He was born in Omaha, Ne
braska. He is survived by a sis
ter, Miss Lizzie Malone of Omaha,
and his widow, Clara Malone of
this city.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10

ELECTRIC COOKING DEMON
sTRATION MONDAY EVENING.
DECEMBER Is, 1887, AT 1880
O'CLOCK, NORTHERN STATES
POWER co, Is SOUTH FIFTH
STREET, ON 18th FLOOR. ADJ
MISSION rs CENTS, MINNIE
HAHA TEMPLE No. 1923.
PRIZES.-Adv.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10

Note: We are returning to our
former custom of giving readers
a grist of news events as they pass
our desk, giving at the same time
a semi-editOrial Interpretation of
their significance in relation to the
country, community and the Negro
citizen.-Cecil E. Newman.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
This World
LIBERIA AT FAIR
SCHILPLIN
LIFE AT PARTY
TRAVEL BY RAIL

Liberia will spend $4,000 for
its exhibit at the New York
Worlds Fair in 1899. Fred
Schilplin, st. Cloud publisher, has
announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for gov
ernOr. John E. Casey's Jordan
(MinnesOta) Independent says, eff
nominated Fred Schilplin can be
elected, he is needed in the state
house to re-establish decent
government"
LIFE magazine went to party
in its last issue at the Idle Wild
Social Club, Dallas, Texas. While
the folks" were we'll photographed
at their best their camera self
consciousness was apparent. LIFE,
following the lead of its big sister,
TIME, considers Negroes news and
thereby increases the respect of all
fair-minded people for its policies.
:. Emil Holmes, past commander
of Minnesota Department of Dis
abled American Veterans, in a let
ter suggests a united front" of
all veteran organizations against
fascists, nazis and communists.
The dancer, Josephine Baker,
married a rich young French
broker. Our daily press carried
the story but played it down."
The estimable MINNEAPOLIS
STAR took care to bury" the
story and JOsephine's photo back
near the classified ads.
Two days later this same paper
front PACED a local story in such
a manner as to create in the minds
of its readers prejudice against a
married couple whose only crime
was that they were members of
different racial ancestry.
Frank Boyd, secretary-treasurer
of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
POrters, reminds us that the Negro
Press should urge readers to travel
by railroad. He points out that
the railroads are among the chief
employers of Negro labor and that
the competing bus lines do not
employ anywhere near the per-
centage of cOlOred men and women
that are employed by the railroads
of America. In most branches Of
railroad labor open to Negroes the
wages are good. Incidentally
John Harrison, a brakeman on the
Rock Island, informs me that there
are about so Negro brakemen en-
plOyed on the Rock Island R. r.
These men were given promotion
during the war period while the
government controlled the trans
pOrtatiOn systems. After the war
they were kept on their jobs but no
other Negroes were promoted. The
railroad unions will not admit them
to the brOtherhOOds but they draw
the same pay that their white fell
low brakemen do.
Kenny Washington, U. C. L. A.
Negro halfback, tossed two of the
longest forward passes in football
history last Saturday in a game at
Los Angeles between Southern Cal
ifornia and his school. One of his
passes was thrown 62 yards. {.
The editorial cartoons in the
PITTSBURGH COURIER are a
worth while addition to one of the
country's best newspapers. The
latest one pictured several giants
blocking the "Road to Perfection"
The giants were Ignorance, Lazi-
ness, Vacillation, responsibility,
Dishonesty and Cowardice. The de-
termined colored man who sought
to go up the road was armed with
Courage and Wisdom,
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Ike Sperling
Now Leads In
Mayor Race

Ike Sporting is now leading in
Como Temples Mayor of Golden
West contest. The standing this
week is as follows:
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Packed With
ThrilIs!!!

The concluding chapter of mo
Hiding Place." Joseph Albright's
thrilling novel, is in this issue.
Read It'll!
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Beauty Begins
At Forty!

At least that is the substance of
Marie Downing's popular Beauty
and Romance column in this issue.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
READERS

Do your Christmas shopping
early. from the pages of YOUR
newspaper.-Adv.
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FOR SALE

Restaurant for sale. $4,000
down. Call ELkhurst 4713.