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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-10
BY FLOYD j. CALVIN

NEW YORk-The tour is ended.
The speedometer registered exactly
5,3l9 miles Through II states1
from the time we rolled out of the
garage at 150th Street and Seventh
Avenue on August S, until we rolled
back to our door at the Dunbar
Apartments at am, on September
8. Twice we came back to New
York by train from Washington on
Saturday nights, leaving the car and
family in the Capital over Sunday,
and starting out again bright and
early Monday morning.
Shreveport, La.
Picking up the trail at Marshall,
Tex, where we left off last week,
we drove the 40 miles east to
Shreveport, La, arriving little af-
ter dark, and going directly to the
office of the Shreveport Sun, 1890
Texas Avenue, which we found
closed. We looked up the home
address Of Editor M. +. Collins and
went there, finding the editor in bed
from illness, where he had been for
two weeks. A few minutes chat
with him, during which he asked
many questions about journalism IN
the East, and we moved on across
the beautiful Long-Allen bridge over
Red River into Bossier City, then
north for 1,i miles to Benton, and
out two miles to the Bossier Parish
Training School, where my uncle,
Rev. @. L. Mitchell, has been prin-
cipal for eleven years, ard his wife
has been county supervisor. Rev
Mr.. Mitchell was absent. having left
earlier that day for the old home
place up in Arkansas. but his wife
was there, and made things pleasant
for US over night.
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FEATURES F0IT0PIAI COMMENTS
r E A I u r ( S

tags was housed In bubble hall
and held reception to thousands Of
visitors. OWney was benched at an
important San Francisco dog show
and won his ribbon and medal as the
greatest dog traveller in the world.
As Owney aged he became i'll and
irritable, frequently swapping at the
inconsiderate who increased his pain
by touching his ears. Suspected Of
madness, he was ordered shot and
died in Toledo, June IL, 1897.
Resuming his travels, Owney will
visit the city Of his death to attend
a convention Of the successors Of the
men who were his friends in his
lifetime.
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wo ScottsE,oro
Boys Baptized

NEW YORK CITY (ANP1 Tive
cf the four scottshoro boys, recently
released in the famous case Eu-
gene Williams and William Robert
son-were baptized last Sunday by
the Rev. Thomas S. Harten n
Brooklyn's Holy Trinity Baptist
Church. Their two companions, also
freed Roy Wright and Olin Mont
gomery-were i'll and unable to at
tend the service, during which 13
other converts were also baptized.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-10
OUR SUPPLY
BY WILLIAM HENRY HUFF
(for ANPl

As for kick I see no need
And I'm truly not afraid
God who made us all can feed
Every creature he has made.
We have eaten every day
Since upon the earth we've been
And we've thrown enough away
For to feed host of men.
We should cease to howl and cry;
Let as think how we are fed:
Earth yields up her great supply
Vegetables, meat and bread.
Waters hold delicious food
We have but to catch and eat;
Air has both old birds and brood
God has given man treat!
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-10
Rural Louisiana

At six o'clock next morning we
were ready to leave, after d break
fast Of southern fried chicken,
Motoring north through rural Louis
lana and Arkansas To Hone, was
pleasant. There was no suggestion
of metropolitan life anywhere, 50
there was complete change for one
fresh from Harlem
The NIGHT before I had stood on
the front porch and listened to hoot
owls IN 10 distance. and razed at
millions Of stars in the ssya sight
I hardly ever see in the East.
Back home III Arkansas we visited
friends and relatives no end. It was
humorous to see us pop-calling from
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-10
BY FLOYD j. CALVIN
Southern Papers changing

Southern Papers Changing
We are glad to note that some
daily papers in the South are chang
ing their attitude toward colored
people who stand for something. For
many years members Of our group
have complained that the white
lilies paint only one side Of the
picture-the criminal side.
Readers Of the Greensboro Daily
News, one Of the leading papers Of
North Carolina and the South, re-
Gently noted an article in which
tWenty-tWo inches of space at the
top of page 3, with a two-column
headline, was carried, the headline
reading: Durham Insurance Ex-
ecutive Chosen Head of Negro
League" The sub-head read: 'tDr.
Charles G. Spaulding, President of
Durham Company, Fills Post Once
Held by Booker T. Washington
Career Is Notable =
An interesting thing about the
article is that it was sent in from
the Daily News Bureau and Tele-
graph Office, 800 Wachovia Bank
Building, at Raleigh, anu was not
written up and taken to the paper
and asked to be published by some
interested person. The Raleigh cor.
respondent considered the article
news and wrote it up, and the editor
in Greensboro considered it news
and published it
Another interesting thing about
the article is that it was placed di--
rectly above halfpage Camel Gig
arctic ad., and on the same page with
news of church services in Greens
horo. Only pserons who are familiar
with the 'jim crow columns" prac-
ice OF some Southern white news
papers can appreciate this to the full.
ONE southern white papers print
Jews Of colored people, but do not
let these editions go to white people.
North Carolina has definitely be-
come leader in the field of inter
racial relations. The University of
North Carolina is leading in educa--
tion; until he left the state recently,
Dr. Poteat was leading in religion
nd it is good to see that the news
iapers are following suit.
A paragraph in the Daily News
srticle reads: Recognizing this
sreat ability the Harmon Foundation
award for distinguished achievement
business was won by DR.. Spauld-
ng in 1926. Five years later he
sook his first real rest since laying
" time on the Columbus farm 35
ears earlier. He took a trip to
europe. 1t was a perfect break in
hard routine; but he varied his
isits to the arts buildings and the
ultural centers with intensive study
f old ways in an old world, both
which were new to him. He came
,ack greatly enriched by his visit. Z
A New Champion
Collector of Internal Revenue,
ames ]. Joey, of New York, has
one on record in such way that
may be regarded as new
hampton of the Negro. In an in
rview in the current Interracial
eview, Mr.. Hoey says:
81 realize that the Negro is con-
onted with a host Of problms and
1t it seems to me that the most
rious and far-reaching problem,
he one which demands an early
luton, is that Of occupational OPP
,rtunity and employment. For the
Tegro equipped with a higher edu-
stion, the field for vocational OPP
ortunity is distressingly restricted
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Calvin 5 Digest

and limited. While this problem
dates back to the time Of emencipa
tion, it has become Infinitely more
serious since the depression. Negro
college graduates are forced to ac
cept employment in the most mcnial
capaestles. as Eorters and elevator
operators. Yet Thousands 81 ouc
Negro youth ale Today s3-tstadissg
colleges with high hopes Of the fsi-
ture, with little chance Of being able
to utilize their education in spccisl
lied fields. Even when they do sue
coed in entering the professional
ranks, Negroes are obliged to de-
pend solely Jon the patronage of
their own race.
Indeed there is something funda
mentally wrong when the employers
Of America are not aware Of the jus
tice and necessity OF opening the
doors Of opportunity so as to provide
fields Of employment for the colored
While am in favor Of higher edu-
cation for the properly qualified
youth Of every race in America, |
feel that the mort important Prob
lem for these individuals and asso-
Citations interested in the future of
the Negro is this question OF OPP
portunity.n
Some one might ask, what has
Mr.. Hoey done about this problem.
Mr.. Hoey says: At preg tlt ten
persons are under appointment in
the offices of the Goslsetor Of Inter
nal Revenue fsf !lia Second District
Of New York a numhee which be-
lieve represents i hisher percentage
of colored employees than nlsy le
found in the Internal Revesac ef
fees Of other large cites like Gil
cago and Pits4Lurah.
when ran for public Office
some years age, | made the slolniae
in Harlem that If ever had the
power, / should try - preyc ny
theory that, given the proper edu
cation and possessing the necessary
qualifications, colored man or wonl-
/. an could measure up for, and hold
responsible position whether in
business or in public office. Later
when / was appointed Collector of
Internal Revenue 4 appointed eleven
colored people to positions in this
office; Of these, ten have been con-
spicuously satisfactory There is
no more loyal or efficient group
than these employees. They have
done their work well, and tried to
improve themselves by evening
study. For instance, the young
women have taken courses in stem
ography and typing, some Of the men
in accounting, and several others
Ia law
Experience, says Mr.. Hoey, lis
a most important factor in determin-
ing merit. Although an individual
may have educational qualifications
SURPRISING those Of some Of his COM
| petitors, should he fail to have had
the necessary experience, his rating
will fall below theirs. And the only
place where he might have had this
training is in private business. The
Negro often lacks this. 70 provide
it, there must be a better attitude,
more tolerant view, on the part
Of white employers.
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LOG OF THE
HODGE TOUR
July 21


inspiring Bright and early we left
the city at the end Of continuous
round of sightseeing and exotic
night life. (Mrs. Zaidee Malone Of
Chicago joined our party in Paris
and will continue with W. for the
summer.)
Twenty miles out we passed Claye.
The German scouts got this near to
Paris in 1914. Speeding along the
road which took General Gallein's
Taxicab Army to the first battle Of
the Marne. Next Maux on the Marne,
where Americans held the bridge
head during the second battle Of the
Marne. Then Chateau Thierry,
where the Germans We're turned
back by the Americans. Then
through Belleau Woods to the
American cemetery, where so many
of the American boys sleep. One
Vi pdily ioIsitSu, Will! H. tioaDiG, lliC
crave Of friend. Stopped at
Rheims for lunch This city was
oombarded BY the Germans every
lngle day for four yes~s and one
month. 1900 people lived during
this time in the wine cellars. We
visited the subterranean cellars Of
pifer Hedsick, saw them making
hampagne. The owner entertained,
served champagne to the party
Next we visited the cathedral,
where all the kings Of France were
crowned. Jean d'Aac brought
Charles VII here to be crowned be-
fore she was burned at Rouen. Ca
hedral is the most sacred in France.
Arrived in Verdun to spend the
light.
july 22
Visited Fort, Dauamont, explored
it's depths. Then the 0ssuary where
$40, GOO soldiers are buried lF'rench)-
i00,O00 French and 100000 Ger
mans lost their lives. as the massive
.ortress changed hands twenty times.
lack colonials finally captured it
or France. Spent one hour explor--
ag Fort De Vaux, on the Meuse
River. Then the Trench of Bay
,nets. An entire regiment Of French
soldiers were buried alive in these
enches. There bayonets are pro-
ruding above ground just as sol
.iers died.
AT st. Mihiel and Bar lie Due we
nought of the gallant deeds of our
lack American boys. Many Of them
leep on the hillsides here, st. Mi
lei was the apex Of the famous Ger
IAN salient. The Argonne-Meuse
1--WE was the greatest Of the entire
var. $4,000 Americans killed here.
hen we crossed the Vosages noun
aims, tame, cool, green, woodsy,
h little rivers hurrying toward the
rhine. But what awful death
urked here twenty years ago.
Lunch at Nancy-noble city, ap-
pealing sense of veneration. En-
ircled by vineyards. Entered by
ne Of it's seven gates. Crossed the
rovince of Lorraine to Strasbourg
il Alsace Taken from French DUR
ng war of 1870, but returned in
319. Strasbourg is 100 per cent
'rench but people all speak German.
Visited its rose-colored cathedral,
tadelle Orangerie and many Of its
mails, which remind one of Burgess
\ Holland. Gutenberg and John
Calvin lived here. The French ma
tionaI anthem, the Marseillaise, was
gritten and sung here in 1892.
Continued next week.
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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-10

Cecile Roberts, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. w. L. Roberts, 1910 Home
Avenue, tied for national scholarship
award at National Association of
Negro Musicians in st. Louis. She
is a pianist and student at Roosevelt
High School,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-10


CINCINNATI, O. (Ofpoc News
Service) The most Travelled dog i'll
the world has waited, nearly forty
years, in his niche in the Smith
sonian Institute for worthy sue
cessor to assume his task. Recent
" returned to the custody Of the
Post Office Department and convinc
ed at long last he will have no emu
lator, 0wney the Postal dog will
leave his retirement and journey to
Toledo, there to visit the convention
Of the National Federation Of Post
Office Clerks IL the Commodore
Perry Hotel during the week of Sep
termer sixth 70 eleventh.
~'The interesting exhibit Of Own
ey's mounted body. together witt
his medals and decorations will b
displayed, well guarded, in the con-
ventioa headquarters in the Com
modore Perry, said John q. Sween-
ey, secretary Of the Ohio Federation
Of lost Office Clerks in Cincinnati
today. sOwney was obtained fol
the convention through the interest
principally Of w. w. Howes, First
Assistant Postmaster General. Ger.
eral Howes believed that his presence
woald constitute a gracious link be
tween the traditions Of the old anc
the new postal services
Owney Joined the Us. Mails
A stray dog Of uncertain but de-
finitely varied antecedents appeared
from nowhere in the Albany, NY.
postoffice during the year 1883 and
his wistful friendliness and the
pleading and happy wag Of his tail
won him protection from the post
office clerks. Owney came to learn
that where the mail bags We're he
had friends in the men who handled
them. In time his curiosity lure
him to take trip with the mails.
The postoffice clerks feared that he
might be lost and bought him
a collar with his name and address
and the request that all postal clerks
attach the postmarks Of the office
he visited. In short time he car
ried so many tags they hampered
him. A harness replaced the collal
and Owney was equipped for the trips
that eventually became a journe,,
around the world.
A World Traveller Developed
Returning from trip to Alaska
in 1895, Owney trotted up the gang
Way Of the SIS. Victoria and sailet
for Japan, August Nineteenth. Oh
arriving at Yokohama October Third,
CWney attracted so much attention
he vas decorated by the Emperor and
a medal was struck for him. He
LOOK passage Tor Shanghal ana roo
chow, accepting more medals, and
then went to Kobi, Japan. He was
taken aboard the Post Phillip by
Captain Grant who placed him ashore
ri Singapore. whence he sailed for
Port Said, November Thirtieth MAX
ing his return trip via the suez Canal
r1a The Azores. After a few hours
in New York he chose q New Yorl
Central mail car and was on his way
TO Tacoma where he arrived in FIVE
days completing his girdling Of thl |
world in one hundred and thirty |
two days.
The now famous dog with severa
hundreds Of medals, decorations and !
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OWNEY THE
POSTAL DOG
WILL. .TKAvEL.
ONCE MORE

FAMOUS POSTAL MASCOT OF
THE GAY NINETIES' LEAVES
STORAGE. SMITHSONIAN Ex-
HIBIT FOR YEARS WILL VISIT
CONVENTION OF THE POST
OFFICE CLERKS IN TOLEDO
LABOR DAY WEEK.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-10
CLEVELAND EDITOR WEEDS

PITTSBURGH (C) Announce
ment is made Of the marriage OF
Editor Eugene It. Cheeks of the
Cleveland Guide, to Miss Virginia
Woodsoa. at the Woodson home here
Saturday. Miss Woodson is q mem
Der Of the AKA, and is court reporter
for the Workmen's Compensation
Bureau. Bishop G. RI. Phillips Of
Cleveland performed the ceremony.
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pany, corporation charging dis
elimination in failing TO furnish
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
AN AMERICAN
CLASSIC
by one of Americas
best LOUed Authors

James Fenimore Cooper stands
out as the author of the most
famous and appealing novels
about life in the pioneer days of
America. His books possess great
and permanent value for their de-
Nneation of the American scene
for their breathless and thrilling
plots and for their absorbing lit
erary style. Of Cooper's many
works, THE LAST OF THE
MOHICANS" stands out as one
Of the most thrilling stories
America ever knew.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-20
Potato Bulletin
Is Now Available
By Osborne
q Western Newspaper Union

A new bulletin, Potato Pointers
is now available at the county agents
office at Pine City. The bulletin,
written by A. C. Tolaas, of the di-
vision of horticulture, University
Farm, st. Paul, is one of the new
publications of the Minnesota agri-
cultural extension division.
Every phase of potato production
is touched in this publication, from
the varieties recommended by the
Minnesota experiment station to the
marketing of the crop. How to rec
ognize and control potato diseases,
how to prepare the soil for planting,
the selection of seed, spraying, dust
ing and storage are among the sub
jects discussed in this very complete
bulletin.
This bulletin may be obtained by
calling at the county agents office
or by writing to the county agent at
Pine City.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-20
PROCEEDINGS OF
ASKOV COUNCIL

The village council of the village of
Askov, met in special session on the
18th day of May, 1887 in the clerk S
office, at o'clock p. m.
Members present: Fritz Holm, Paul
FrOker, Hans Mosbak and Anton Grav-
essen.
Upon motion duly seconded and car
ried, Hans MOsbRk was chosen acting
president, the mayor being absent.
The bids for hauling gravel on the
loop road were opened and read as
follows: Walter Rydberg offered to
haul it at the rate of Ga cents per
ton; Arne Hollands bid was 81 cents
per ton; Hans Christensens bid was
So cents per ton.
Upon motion duly seconded and car
ried, the contract for hauling $50 tons
or more of gravel was let to Hans
Christensen, and the clerk was in
structed to draw up contract accord
ingly.
There being no further business tC
come before the council, it was moved
seconded and carried to adjourn.
HANS MOSBEK,
Acting President
ANTON GRAVESEN,
Village Clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-20
NickersOn

Mrs. S. Wiggin visited Mrs. Leroy
Miller Monday evening.
Friends in this community extend
sympathy to Mrs w. F.. Becker in
the loss of her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Bohlin and
Thora visited Mr.. and Mrs. L. Casa
don't Wednesday evening of last week.
Rev. Elmer J. Johnson and Carl
E. Anderson visited Mrs. L. D. Mil
Ter Monday evening.
Thora Bohlin left Sunday for an
extended visit with friends and rela-
tives in Minneapolis.
Bill Crosby of Duluth, spent the
weekend in this community.
Mrs. L. D. Miller and children were
supper guests Saturday at Grandma
Virgins home
Mrs. Slower, Mrs. Sam Croft
and Mrs. Charley Nelson of Clear
Creek, were supper guests at the Mrs
E. J. Miller home Wednesday of last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs w. F. Becker visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Edw. Beaudry Sun
day afternoon.
Margie Wiggin spent the weekend
with her grandmother, Mrs. S. Wig
gin.
Mable and Earl Maheu attended the
dance at the CCC camp at Yellow
Banks Friday evening.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-20
AskOv

DR.. Elmer Sorensen and family and
Mrs. Jens Nielsen were Minneapolis
visitors Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Niels Hede and Mrs
AXel Birkholm were callers in Min
neapolis yesterday.
Mrs. Mccoy and Mrs. Benn from
Minneapolis, were Monday visitors
at the Clarence Dubbels home.
Harry Sorensen has recently Sc
cured position driving an auto
transport truck between the Twin
Cities and the Twin Ports.
Kristine and Hedge, musicians from
Duluth, have been engaged to fur
nish the music for the D. B. S. dance
Saturday evening in their spacious
hall here. This pair is noted for their
ability to render modern as well as
old time melodies, with some special
numbers in between.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-20

And that brings us to a subject that
is being approached with foreboding,
that of the deficiency bill just re-
ported by the House appropriations
committee and which carries a bill
lion and half for WPA and related
activities for the coming fiscal year
That means from July l, 1887 to
June 80, 1888. The administration
had asked for that sum. 1t is far
from adequate, from all the Informal
ton the writer can assemble, and
even according to those who actually
administer the relief agencies and
the works projects. Public works,
the resettlement program, the white
collar activity, the work for women,
and other parts of the coordinated
program, all will come in for their
raids on the great sum, making it
fall still farther short of taking care
OF what seems to be the barest neces-
sites. Even this amount will mean
the sharp reduction of those now on
the rolls, harsh readjustment of
policy, and an undoubted protest that
may be violent indeed Those are
not pleasant words, but this writer
endeavors to paint a true and a fac
tual picture of legislative develop
ments.
Already the wrangling has begun.
The subcommittee began it by report
ing to the full committee with a
drastic cut to a billion. That was
the voice of the conservative South
plus that of the Republicans who are
constantly calling for economy and
balancing the budget whether it
means starvation or no. Republicans
propose to push a good-sized share
of the burden back on the several
states, and in addition to reduce the
total bit by bit. Another group is
more interested in the pork" in pub