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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-05-14
Eli Rice Band
Lake St. Coliseum
Monday Night

Monday Eli Rice and his orches-
ira will play for the "home folks"
at dance at the newly remodeled
Lake st. Coliseum, 9th Ave. and
E.. Lake.
The Rice orchestra, on tour of
40 states, will play its first local
dance since a year ago.
On the Pacific coast the band
gained an enviable reputation as
a crowd pleaser and Monday night
will be the Twin Cities final chance
to hear the band before it leaves
on another tour.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-05-14
INDIANS FOUND PHONE
WIRE MADE GOOD RINGS
When Service Failed, Shiny Copper
Ornaments on Redskins Gave
Clue to Missing Circuits

When the telephone was begin
ming to lengthen it's reach, IN the
early Eighties, it was decided to
build a line in Wisconsin from La
Crosse, on the Mississippi River, to
Black River Falls, a lumber town
some 40 miles or so away. At that
time, hard drawn copper wire for.
long telephone line had come into
use and was proving successful.
When new, it is bright and shiny in
the sunlight and, therefore, very
noticeable. This copper wire was
used on the new line out of La
Crosse.
The Celebration Was Interrupted
When the day for the opening of
service between the two COMMUNE
ties arrived, there were appropriate
exercises in celebration, and con-
gratulatory speeches were made for
an hour or so over the line. Then
everyone adjourned for noon dinner,
but on returning to the telephones
for the remainder of the celebration
it was found that communication
had ceased entirely. The line had
gone completely dead.
Upon investigation, it was dis
covered that at one point where the
line crossed a corner of an Indian
reservation, the wire had been re-
moved from the poles for a distance
of several spans. Not trace of it
could be seen.
Indians Succumbed to the Lure
While two linemen strung new
wire on the poles, an official who
had been sent to La Crosse to open
the line officially, paid visit to the
Indian reservation. There he found
three old bucks decorated with
bright copper earrings, bracelets,
anklets, finger rings, and nose rings.
One of them, perhaps the chief, had
loops of the copper wire around his
neck. The mystery was solved, but
the problem remained.
The wire was replaced and every
thing worked all right until
about 9 or 10 o'clock that night when
again the line went dead. Evidently
the Indians could not Withstand the
dazzling lure of the copper.
Dirty Wire Was the Answer
Next day barrelful of tar was
melted and mixed with water. Into
this black mass a coil Of copper
wire was placed, loosening the
strands so that every part would be
covered and all the brightness con-
cealed. This dirty wire was then put
up in the afternoon, service was re-
stored, and it remained undisturbed
thereafter.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-05-14
Insurance Expert
To Address
Farmer-LabOrites

Edward C. Slettedahl, State Pay
roll Examiner for the Industrial
Commission, will address the Rondo
Farmer-Labor Club at 588 Rondo
St., Sunday, May 16, at 400 P. M.
Mr.. Slettedahl, an expert on
Unemployment Insurance." will
use that as his subject. J. Louis
Erwin is chairman of the Rondo
division of the Farmer-Labor asso-
citation.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-05-14
Detroit Union
Appoints Race
Executive; Aid
Organizer and Secretary
Named by UAWA ..

DE TROIT - Homer Martin,
president of the United Automobile
Workers of America, announced
Wednesday the appointment of
Paul Kirk, Race automobile work
er, as an organizer for the Inter-
national Union. Mr.. Kirk has been
a resident of Detroit since 1929 and
was formerly employed by the
Briggs Manufacturing company.
At the time of his appointment,
he was employed at the Michigan
Steel Casting Co., and was CORE
spending secretary of Local 281.
Mr.. Kirk made the following
statement:
"My appointment by Homer Mar
tin, as the first Race organizer
for the UAWA in Detroit, further
substantiates the policy of the I'M
ion, whose constitution says in
part:
"'To unite in one organization,
regardless of religion, race, creed,
color, or political affiliation or ma
tionality all employees engaged in
the mass manufacture of all parts
and the assembling of those parts
into completed automobiles
"The Race automobile workers
will welcome the appointment of a
Race organizer and girl stenog-
rapher, which will serve to in
crease their efforts to organize
the $4,000 or more members of the
Race employed in the auto indus
try.
Gin the beginning of the drive
to organize the auto workers, the
Race, because they had in mind
the past form of union organiza-
ton which in mass did not join
the unions-mistreated them. Con-
sequently they were hesitant in
joining the new industrial progress
sive body.
''The UAWA has opened up the
path for Race workers to join the
union on an equal footing with the
white, I, therefore, take this OPP
portunity to call upon all Race au-
tomobile workers to join the
UAWA. appeal to all progressive
Race people and their organization
to aid in the campaign to organize
the Race automobile workers. A
powerful auto union will secure an
American standard of living"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-05-14
NOTICE

Correspondents and others send
ing any matter to us for publica-
ton are asked to be sure that their
name and address are on all such
matter.
This is necessary as an evidence
of good faith and also in order that
such names and addresses may be
recorded for use when we wish to
communicate with those submitting
news.
Do this each time news, pictures,
or special articles are submitted.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-05-14
Odd Fellows
Hear Annual
Thanks Sermon
ODD FELLOWS SERMON


All the branches of the Grand
United Order of Odd Fellows had
their Annual Thanksgiving Sermon
and Peter Ogden Day, Sunday, May
9, at Zion Baptist Church, Mime
apolis. A large number of the fra
ternity and guests attended the
ceremony.
The program included violin
solo by Miss Bernetta Cason, ac-
companied by lions organist; the
order then and now by S. Edward
Hall, Mars Lodge, No. 2202, st.
Paul; recitation, Mother" Oliver
Doty, Juvenile Society, No. ISL,
St. Paul; address, Friendship,
Love, and Truth" William Martin,
St. Anthony Lodge, Minneapolis;
Sermon, preached by Rev. Bolts,
pastor of Zion, the theme being
Loyalty; Bible Story of Ruth,
Mrs. Hilda Parker, Household of
Ruth, No. TIC, Minneapolis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-05-14
SILVER TEA

A silver tea will be held Sunday
afternoon by the Gopher club of
Pilgrim Baptist Church at the
home of Mrs. E. B. Johnson, 658
st. Anthony Ave-, from 4 to 7
p. m.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-05-14

WAIT! WAIT! For the biggest
picnic of the season at BASS Lake
Saturday, May 20, given by Mime
haha Temple Daughters of Elks,
First Bass Lake picnic in many
mo0ns.-adv.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-05-14
WOMAN SLASHED
BY FUGITIVE

Mrs. Flossie (Lots O. Mama)
Mathews, 542 Aldrich Ave. North,
Minneapolis, was slashed and seri-
ously wounded by a man last Sat
urday. The wounded woman was
removed to the General Hospital.
Police are looking for her assail-
ant.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-05-14
Happy Life !.
Play Enjoyed
By Many
A SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR
eHaiI to a Happy Life"

Negro Health Week than the edu-
cational play, "Hail to a Happy
Life" as was presented by the
Catholic Mothers Club of ST..
Peter Claver Catholic. Church. It
need no longer be said that health
plays do not take with the public,
for the spacious auditorium of the
Halle @. Brown Community House
did not have enough seats to &C
commodate those who came to wit
ness this beautiful pageant.
The play was written around
well known nursery rhymes. Little
Miss Muffet and Tommy Tooth
brush and his drill of twenty white
teeth was indeed a most unusual
dramatization of children of three
years of age. Each child had a
tooth brush and a large white tooth
in the center of their crowns. Drs.
Earl S. Weber and Charles Will
liams gave a good account of
themselves as artists.
Vitamins A, B, C, D and E and
the Wheel of Life were beautifully
portrayed by the young women of
the Sodality with Miss Billie Rita
Rhodes as queen and Miss Hortense
Oden as soloist.
The play and theme song were
written and composed by Mrs.
Laura Oden Williams, president of
the. club, who was also a director
of the. pageant. Mrs. Leah Mae
Minor Young, accomplished plan
list, wrote the music for the songs.
Too much praise cannot be given
the entire membership of the club
for this splendid show. To Miss
Hortense Oden is due the credit
of collecting and placing the dec
orations.
The club wishes to thank those
who attended, the Len-Thole Com
pany for the installation of loud
speaker, and to those who contrib
uted advertisements which made it
possible to have programs. The
members are Mesdames Margaret
Wilson, Laura Williams, Beatrice
Schuck, Delgracia Wright, Gladys
Mcfarland, Irene Jackson, lone
Brown, Betty Dodd, Mary Bradley,
Marie Sykes and Mary D. McFar-
land.
The cast of characters included
Hortense Oden as the Spirit of
Health, who surprised a large part
of the audience with a beautiful
singing voice; Lewis Williams,
father; Delgracia Wright, mother;
Rhoda Lyles, mother; Wayne Will
son, Billy; Juanita Schuck, Little
Miss Mufet; Paul Ray, Tommy
Toothbrush; Earl Weber, Jack Hor-
ner; James Brown, King Candy;
Charles Bradley, Poor Appetite;
Ralph Graham; Sammy Sweet
Milk.
Portraying the part of the Vita
minis were Rosemond Collier as A;
Adele Graham, B; Adelaide Sykes,
c.; Annette Hatton, D, and Hazel
Warrick, E.
The Wheel of. Life included Billie
Rita Rhodes as the Queen "a Hap
py Life); Audrey Williams, Good
Posture; Peggy Rhodes, Exercise;
Norma Wright, Play; Theresa Ray,
Fresh Air; Rosemond Collier,
Sleep and Rest; Ruth Oden, Mental
Attitude; Adele Graham, Cleanli-
ness; Adelaide Sykes, Sunshine;
Elizabeth Schuck, Prayer.
The costumes were created and
designed by Mesdames Laura Len
nix Williams, Marguerite Williams,
Beatrice Schuck and Delgracia
Wright. The scenery was under the
direction of Mesdames Gladys Nc
Farland, Irene Jackman, Mary
Bradley and Betty Dodd. Publicity,
Mesdames lone Brown, Mary Nc
Farland, Marie Sykes and Villa
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-04-26
HEAVY SELLING IN
THE STOCK MARKET
Losses of Fractions to More Than
Five Points Set New Lows for
This Years Trading

New York, April 26-(AP)-Heavy
selling waves swept stock market
leader overheard today, many drop
ping fractions to more than five
points to new year lows. In the first
hour the ticker tape was several min
ues behind for a time. Dealings light
ened later, but most issues were
around low levels of the day near the
fourth period.
Large offerings of securities by
foreign holders, brokers said, COM
bined with fresh rumors Washington
was getting ready to do something to
stem the gold inflow, was the prin-
cipal inspiration for the relapse.
Domestic staples slipped following
renewed weakness abroad. Bonds
were quiet. It was points out in COM
mission houses with foreign connec-
tons spectators in London and on
the continent had received severe
drubbing recently by the collapse of
commodities and many had been
forced to unload securities to make
good loses elsewhere.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-04-26
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
nv n g. RAGK ER WILL

Raleigh, April 26.-The appoint
ment of Frank L. Dunlap, of Arson
county, as chairman Of the reorganiz-
ed State Highway and Public Works
Commission to succeed Chairman
Capus M. Waynick effective May l.
was generally approved here today
by friends of both Governor Clyde r.
Roey and of Waynick. Opinion in
most circles was that Governor Hoey
extricated himself from a dilemma
which was becoming more and more
embarrassing, in that many of Way
hicks friends are voicing strong ap-
prevail of Dunlap's appointment in the
belief that he will come nearer carry
ing on along the same lines laid down
Ky Waynick than any other person
Governor Hoey could have named.
Waynick's Friends Pleased.
The fact that the governor again
has rendered Waynick the post of di-
rector of purchase and contract-this
time publicly-at the same salary he
has been getting as chairman of the
Highway commission and publicly ex-
pressed the desire that Waynick
would accept the appointment, has al
so gone long way towards alleviat-
ing the sting left among Waynlcks
friends by the governor failure to
reappoin. nirn as highway "hairm+''.
The general belief now is that Way
nick will accept the appointment and
become director of the purchase ana
contract division. They are also re-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-04-26
Roosevelt
Signs Ne70
Coal Bill

Washington. April 26.-(AP)-The
Guffey-Vinson bill to stabilize the soft
coal industry became law today with
the signature of President Roosevelt.
The act, which depends upon price
fixing for establishing stable cOndi-
tions in the giant industry, will be-
come effective June.
Last year the Supreme Court in
validated the first Guffey coal bill,
which provided not only for minimum
T1ices and fair trade practices, but
also for certain guarantees to labor.
The Supreme Court objected to the
labor provisions of the earlier act, and
they were omitted from the rewritten
bill.
Shortly before he signed the coal
bill, the President moved to prevent
unsettling of the transportation in
dustry through a strike of railroad
and shipping employees in the New
York area
Along with all the rest of the days
developments at the White House, 1t
became known that President Roose-
vet has taken stand against stock
speculation by government employees.
He said in a letter to President
Harry Mitchell, Of the Civil Service
Commission, that he believed it was
sound policy for no officer or en-
rlovee of the government to parti-
cjpate directly or indirectly in stock
homo, commodity or other speculation.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-04-26
OUTLOOK DARK FOR
ACTUAL NEUTRALITY
Seems Impossible to Work
Out Scheme That Will
Be Alright
is YOUTH FOR WAR?
They Don't Know What One Is Like
and Don't Realize that TOday's
Problems Are Hangover
From 1918
By CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COIumniSt

Washington, April 26.-The outlook
for satisfactory legislation to keep
the United States neutral in the next
major war is not very good.
Students of the situation generally
are pessimistic.
They practically are in agreement
that all plans thus far suggested
promise to involve Uncle Sam in such
a struggle rather than to keep him
clear Of it.
On the one hand, "Shall the neu-
trality rule be made absolutely in
flexible?" If so, some situation may
arise which the rule absolutely won't
fit: our policy will be utterly I'M
adaptable to circumstances and we
will become unneutral invOluntarily
On the opposite hand, "Shall a GER
tain discretion be allowed to the man.
ayers of our affairs?" That discretion
cannot but be sufficient to permit our
government to decide that the time
has come when neutrality no longer
is possible which is what happened
on the last occasion, neutral as we
thought we were at first.
THEY DON'T WORK
Treaties and compacts and arma-
ment limitation agreements are talked
about They don't work. There was a.
regular epidemic of them for several
years following the world conflict. All
of them have fizzled out.
The only thing which could prevent
nations from clashing would be dis
inclination on their respective PEG
ples' part to fight. Disarmament can't
be made effective. Primitive weapons
always are available if so-called mod
ern equipment has fallen into obsoles-
cence. Wars ante-date even gun-pow-
der.
Nor IS there any longer a DISPOSE
ton to let modern equipment lapse.
To the contrary, it is being improved
on al, TIE while.
HOW ABOUT YOUTH?
We oldrsters make the mistake of
thinking that the current generation,
into which we have lived and of
which we assume that we still are a
major part, does not want war.
Theoretically the youngsters do not,
but actually each generation does feel
an urge toward a war of it's own.
We. the oldsters, have had ours. So
far as we're concerned, "Never again"
And we imagine that we still speak
authoritatively.
Heck! Millions of youths of Mill
tary age, and their sisters, were not
horn in 1914 Millions more were in
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-04-26
Dunlap Appointment For
Highway Job Is Pleasing
Shifting of Arson Man an Waynick Seem Master
Tight Place; Budget A ppointment Not Political

poicing in the fact that the appoint
ment of Dunlap is in no sense a vic
tory for the various political factions
which have been fighting Waynick
least of all for the George Ross Pou
old State Prison, highway contractors
and materials men groups or for the
Senator Josiah w. Bailey group.
Dunlap To Be flight"
For those who know Dunlap are
convinced that he is going to be lust
as hard a nut to crack as was Wav-
nick when it comes to dealing with
politicians, highway contractors, ma
terials men and any others who NAV
have axes to grind in their dealings
with the highway commission. After
watching him for four years as as
sistant director of the budget-the
watchdog of the States finances-ob-
servers here are convinced that Gov
ernor Hoey could not have selected a
new chairman with ability more in
line with Waynick's, with the same
rugged honesty, character and forth
rightness than Dunlap, are convinced
that he will keep the same kind of
close watch over highway finances as
he exercised over the entire States
finances as budget director. It is also
agreed that Dunlap will probably be
a bit smoother and more diplomatic
than Waynick and not as likely to
step so hard on political toes and
bunions. If anything, Dunlap is ex-
pected to be even more exacting than
(CoNtinued on Page Six.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-04-26
FLOODS THREATEN
SOME STATES NOW
Pennsylvania, Maryland,
West Virginia Experience
Rise in Rivers
PITTSBURGH FEARFUL
Rise to ONLY Eleven Feet Under st.
Patricks Day $2OO,OOO,OOO Flood
Predicted There for
Tuesday
PITTSBURGH FEARFUL
(Rv The Associated Press)

Rains swelled rivers today and
drove residents of lowlands from their
homes in Pennsylvania, Maryland and
West Virginia.
The Ohio climbed toward the 25-
foot flood stage. It's tributaries, the
Allighany and Monongahela, which
meet at Pittsburgh, were at their
highest since January Some railroad
tracks were in danger, and merchants
in the business district feared for eel
lar stocks.
The Potomac rose to six feet above
flood stage. Merchants of the low
lying business section of Cumberland
Md, took cellar goods to upper floors.
Water stood in the downtown streets
but was not high enough to impede
traffic seriously.
The rain sent the Conemaugh river
and Stony Creek to II feet three
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-04-26
Senators Say Government
Spokesman Turned Down
Compromise for Only
Two Extras
FOES PLAN FIGHT
ON EVERY CHANGE
Hope To Force Test Vote
on Bill as 1t Now Stands;
Early Division To Be
Pressed in Committee; Is
Members May Split Even
ly on Issue

Washington, April 26 (APl-Sena-
tors who declined to be quoted by
name said today an administration
spokesman had discussed compromis-
ing the Supreme Court dispute by au-
thorizing four new justices, but had
turned down suggestions for only two
There were no signs of an agree
ment or modification, however, on
the eve of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee's first closed session to begin
voting on the court bill. The measure
would permit appointment of six new
justices if members over 70 do not re-
tire.
The opponents have indicated they
would fight all notifications in order
to force test vote on the bill as it
stands.
Opposition strategy will be to seek
first to split the Presidents proposals
into two bills, sparing the Supreme
Court issue from recommendations to
speed up judicial processes.
Senator Van Mugs, Democrat, In
diana, said he would ask for an early
vote.
Check-ups of committee members
present attitudes indicated that not
more than nine were prepared now to
vote to report the bill favorably. If
the committee should split finally
along these lines there would be q
nine to nine draw, sending the bill to
the Senate without recommendation.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-04-26
TOBACCO STATION
PROGRAM JULY,29
Event At Oxford One of
Series Announced by
Farm Chiefs
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Nv 4 e RA So TCsT VIII

Raleigh, April 26.-North Cardinals
progress in agricultural research will
be viewed by $4,000 farmers at the
annual field days of the six Depart
ment of Agriculture test farms be-
ginning July Is, F. e. Miller, director
of test farms, announced today.
The field days will be held on the
following dates:
Blackland Station at Wenona, July
Is, featuring exhibits on feed crops
and livestock.
Piedmont Station at Statesville,
July %, featuring exhibits on small
grain investigational work, cotton,
forage crops, fruits and sheep.
Tobacco Station at Oxford, July 29,
featuring exhibits on Blue Mold, va
riety tests, fertilizer and rotation
studies, plant breeding and tobacco,
Upper Coastal Plain Station at
Rocky Mount, August II, featuring
exhibits on cotton, corn, soybeans
and tobacco.
Mountain Station at Swannanoa,
August 10, featuring exhibits on dairy
ing, poultry, fruits and vegetables and
field crops.
Coastal Plain Station at Willard
on September 9, featuring poultry,
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