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Evening star., 1938-03-05
BUILDING SLUMP
IS SEEN CREATING
DWELLING DEMAND
Valuation for Last Month
Is Less Than Half of
February, 1897.
HEALTHY REACTION
ABSORBS OFFERINGS
Potential Buyers Again Shopping
for Houses-Total Permits
Down to $1,396,435

The valuation of Washington build
Ing operations last month was consid-
.erably less than half of the figure for
February, 1897. it was revealed today
in the monthly report of Building IN
spector John w. Oehmann. February
private building here was valued at
Sl,396, ,435, as compared with a total of
81, $685. for the corresponding month
last year.
The downward trend of building
operations, which began last summer,
was more marked in February than
any month so far. Realty experts look
Tor a sharp improvement in volume of
new construction this month, but it is
doubtful whether figures will approach
the record totals of year ago. This is
particularly true of residential con-
struction, in which field the current
reaction has been the greatest.
Healthy Reaction Seen.
Many real estate men view the
building lull as a healthy sign. They
point out that three months ago the
local realty market was heavily bur-
dened by unsold houses A large per-
centage of these have been absorbed.
and many brokerage firms say now
that business is greatly improved.
They say the crowds that view their
offerings each week end are unprece-
IDENTIFY large and enthusiastic.
Permits were approve | - C-l. Och
mann's office in February calling for
erection of 80 one-family dwellings
valued at s524,950. Last February
there were 158 one-family dwellings,
valued at S978,075. included in the
permits.
Apartment construction last month
was only about third OF what it was
In February. 1887. Permits for only
five buildings, with capacity of 172
families and valuation of $4,000,
were issued. In the corresponding
month last year there were 42 new
apartments. These had a capacity of
All families and a valuation of ST.
273,OOO.
Alterations Also Drop.
The valuation of additions, altera-
tions and repairs to existing struc-
lures likewise showed slump of more
than half. This type of construction
work was valued at $l92685 in Col. |
Oehmann's report for last month. A
year ago it reached a total of 1897, ,160. |
Valuation of February new construc-
tlon by sections of the city is as fol- |
lows: Northwest. S849, 100: Northeast,
s2s6,750; Southeast. s57,9OO; South
west. none. Figures on valuation by
additions, alterations and repairs by
sections; Northwest. S148,69O; North
east. s2S,575; Southeast, So, 400; South
west, 5000.
Evening star., 1938-03-05
APPLICATION OF HOUSING
ACT TOLD BY LANDVOIGT
First in Series of Forum Meetings
Is Sponsored by Real
Estate Board.

Application of the amended Ma
tional Housing Act was explained to
washington realtors Tuesday night
by A. E. Landvoight, real estate
broker, as the Washington Real Estate
Board held the first in a series of
forum meetings at the United States
Chamber of Commerce. Landvoight,
member of the board, formerly was
chief underwater of the Federal
Housing Administrations Washington
Office.
Following Landvoights talk Joseph
A. Herbert, jr., chairman of the
forum. conducted informal discussion
OF the speakers subject The board
will hold other forum meetings on
each Tuesday night through March 20.
Evening star., 1938-03-05
Georgian Inspiration.

A f1rm of New York decorators, in
remodeling home. turned to the
Georgian period of inspiration. The
completed living room has walls of
dusty -pinkish-brown with furniture of
the Georgian and Regency type up
holstered in yellow, beige, white, yell
low-green and brownish-pink. A Gill
bert Stuart painting above the marble
mantel adds further dignity to the
room.
Evening star., 1938-03-05
HEADS INSTITUTE
New Yorker Elected President of
savings-Loan Group.

Joseph Holzka. Staten Island, New
York, is the, new president of the
American Savings &, Loan Institute
elected at the midwinter conference in
Columbus, Ohio, last week. A. j..
Bromfield, Denver. is the new first
vice president Of this educational Or
ganization of the thrift and home
financing business. and H. N. Faux
ner, Boston, is second vice president.
Evening star., 1938-03-05

tSee STAR HOMES, Page B-2)
Evening star., 1938-03-05

be used to stabilize rather than in
jure. values. We sold BIT properties
IN July, ATS in August, 593 in Sep
tember, $50 in October, 74s in No
vember and 785 in December. A con-
tinuing steady increase in the number
sold monthly is anticipated"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
Frank I'll. Pearce
Named Housing
Project Head

Washington, D. c., Sept. 49,
The U. S. Housing authority an
nounced here today that Frank H.
Pearce, white, 1900 Drew Ave. S.,
Minneapolis, has been named man
ager of the Summer Field Housing
project.
Mr.. Pearce was formerly a de-
partment manager with the White
Investment Co., TIP Second Ave. S.,
Minneapolis. Mr.. Pearce's appoint
ment came as a surprise because
it was presumed that the selection
would be made from candidates
from the Third Congressional dis
trict. Mr.. Pearce lives in another
district. He has recently been en-
gagged in the real estate business.
Advices received from Washing
ton have consistently stated that a
Negro would be appointed assistant
manager of the project.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
Job Problem Is
Subject of Urban
League Meeting
Urban League Confers With EN-
plOyment Service on Negro
Placements

Seeking a definite. understanding
relative to possibilities for Negroes
to secure jobs through the Mime
sofa State Employment Service,
Chas. w. Washington, Executive
Secretary of the Minneapolis Ur-
ban League, >met with the super
visor and staff of the Mems In
dustrial and Farm Labor Division,
Thursday, Sept. %. The meeting
was arranged following a confer
ence between Mr.. Washington and
Mr.. A. S. Broberg, City Director
of the Employment Service. Fol
lowing a statement by Mr.. Wash
ington covering the major features
of the program of the Urban
League, Mr.. LeSeur, Supervisor of
the Industrial Division, pointed out
that the Employment Service can
place only such persons as are ac-
ceptable to employers and since
many industrial concerns do not
employ Negroes as a matter of
policy, the Employment Service is
correspondingly limited in it's abil-
ity to place them.
Mr.. Washington explained that
the Urban League is concentrating
its efforts toward overcoming the
industrial prescriptions faced by
Negroes through conferences with
employers, Individually and collec-
lively. The Council of Civic Clubs,
a section of the Minneapolis Civic
and Commerce Association, is CO.
operating with the League by
facilitating opportunities for repre-
sentatives of the League to discuss
the employment problems of Ne
groes before civic clubs and en-
ployers associations. The subject
was discussed before the Lions
Club August 10 and arrangements
have been made for the League
Secretary to speak before the Re
tail Grocers Association Monday,
October 8, and the Chicago-Lake
Commercial Club on October 10.
In the opinion of Mr.. LeSeur
this work on the part of the Urban
League would effectively compile
ment the efforts of the Employment
Service. Concrete suggestions were
made by means of which the two
organizations can work together
more closely. Similar meetings
will be held with the Commercial
and Professional, the Junior Place
ment and the Women's Divisions
of the Employment Service. In adj
dition to Mr.. Washington the meet
ing was attended by R. A. Skinner,
member of the Urban League In
dustrial Committee, and Earl E.
Shamwell, member of the Employ
ment Service staff.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
War Veteran
Killed; Struck
by Automobile

William Soldier" Henderson, a
Spanish War Veteran, died Mon
day morning in General Hospital
from injuries received Sunday,
Sept. 25th, at Fifth and Lyndale
Avenues north, by an automobile.
Mr.. Henderson was employed as
a caretaker at 2848 Irving Ave. So,
for eighteen years. There are no
known relatives.
Funeral arrangements are in
charge of the Charles Young Camp
No. 20, st. Paul Dept. of Mime
sofa U. s. W. ", of which Hender-
son was a member. The funeral
will be Saturday afternoon at 2:3O
from the Neal Funeral Home
Chapel.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30

Briggs cousin, was still in a coma
Tuesday afternoon in the hospital.
Fletcher, owner of the car, was
employed as a car washer by the
Sioux Bus Lines of Lyndale Ave.
No. ,-..
Irene Dunlap Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs. Dunlap
were held Wednesday, Sept. 20, at
two p. m. at the Neal Funeral
Home Chapel in Minneapolis. She
is survived by her daughter, sister,
Mrs. Alma Smith, and an aunt,
Mrs. Jackson. Interment at Crys-
tai Lake Cemetery.
Miss Briggs Services
Funeral services of Miss Del
phine Briggs were held Thursday,
Sept. 20, at the Mead Funeral
Home Chapel at two p. m. with
Rev. C. F. Stewart, pastor of st.
Peter A. M. E. Church, officiating.
The deceased is survived by her
mother, Mrs. Lizzie Briggs, a
brother, Mr.. Arthur Briggs, two
nephews, niece, and brother-in-
law.
Fletcher Arrangements Incomplete
Funeral arrangements for Sam
Fletcher were incomplete Tuesday
according to W. Squire Neal of the
Neal Funeral Home. Arrangements
await the decision of his mother
who resides in Texas.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30

Last week nine Minneapolis boys,
members of a company stationed in
northern Minnesota, were given
railroad transportation and ordered
to report to a camp at Delta, Mo.
When the boys came through the
Twin Cities en- route to Missouri,
they informed their parents of the
wholesale transfer of the Mime
sofa Negro youths. Parents and
boys took the matter up with Mrs.
Louise Oswell of Phyllis Wheatley
House. None of the boys wanted to
go South and none of the parents
wanted them to go.
Mrs. Oswell, with the assistance
of the Minneapolis Urban League
and the Spokesman newspaper, i'm
mediately began an investigation of
the situation. 1t was decided after
several conferences that the boys
would be advised to report to the
Missouri camp to prevent their dis
honorable discharge. Plans were
made by C. E. Rucker, of the Min
nesota Negro Council, and group
which was hurriedly organized, to
take the matter up Tuesday with
Mr.. Aufderheide and his assistants.
Third Attempt to Send Boys
South
The occurrence last week was the
third attempt by the CCC admins
trative officers in this area to force
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
Crispus Attacks
Board Holds Its
First Fall Meet

The first fall meeting of the
Crispus Attacks Home Association
was held at Halle Q. Brown House
on Tuesday, September 20. A good
number of the members were pres
ent and listened with interest to
the report of the Board by Mrs.
Jenny Young and the House Com
mittee by Mrs. Phleeta Jackson.
Memberships reported were:
Mesdames Doris Roper, William
Hood, Belinda Washington, Sarah
Johnson and Roberta Tyler; Mr..
Smith Bradshaw. All members and
representatives Of organizations
are requested to be present at the
October meeting which will be the
last of the fiscal year Of the Home.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
Elder Thompson
Dies in K. C. from
Infected Tooth

Word was received here last Sun
day of the sudden death in Kansas
City of Elder A. Gaynes Thomp-
son, former Minneapolis Seventh
Day Adventist minister.
Elder Thompson, young man,
was extremely popular in the Twin
Cities. His death, wholly unex-
pected, was caused by an infected
tooth.
Two auto loads of Minneapolis
people attended.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30

Minnesota Negro boys into the seq
regated camps in the South. Each
time prompt protest and coopera-
ton of state officials caused cancel
lation of the discriminatory order.
Most of the Minnesota boys who
have attended the state camps have
been very popular. Both companies
in the Minnesota camp from which
the nine boys were sent protested
to their officers against the trans
fer of their colored comrades.
Youth Threatens to Desert
One of the seven boys who went
to Missouri wrote a letter to G. W..
Washington of the Minneapolis Ur-
ban League telling him that he did
not like the southern camp and that
if not discharged or transferred he
would desert.
Await Word From Omaha
Meanwhile no further protest
will be made pending word from
Omaha.
The committee which conferred
with Mr.. Aufderheide was COM
posed of C. E. Rucker, John F.
Thomas, C. W. Washington, Mrs. L.
Oswell, Joseph Albright and Cecil
E. Newman.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
State Officials Take
Prompt Action to Return
MINI. CCCBOYs to State

State Relief Administrator Herman Auderhede and his assist
Andrew Taylor executive secretary and Rondestved Min
supervisor took immediate action Tuesday bring back to
Civilian Conservation Camp boys who sent to
Al-Negro camp in Missouri last week.
committee of citizens comforting with the three officials
relief department will do everything its to
Shortly after the meeting Mr. Rondevedt left
where he will take the matter with divisional head
quartz CCC
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
NORM MISS THISi

A Revival is now going on at the
Rescue Assembly, 412 Sixth Ave.
No. 1t is being conducted by
Evangelists Trabue and William
son from Indianapolis, Indiana.
Everybody is welcome. Don't miss
hearing these wonderful speakers
and singers. Come and enjoy your
self every moment Of the time. The
meeting will be going on for two
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
Accidents Take
Heavy Life Toll; Four
Minneapolis People Dead

Minneapolis people killed in highway accident Sun
day four miles Hudson Wis., when the which they
riding struck freshly graveed road
claimed caused the to leave the highway
Two the dead Dunlap 49, of 3640 Smelling Ave.
Fletcher Smelling Ave. car
killed instantly.
The other two rushed Josphs Hospital
St. Paul. where th Dephne Briggs North
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
Farmer-LabOrites
Open Campaign
. Headquarters

The Rondo Farmers Labor club
opened headquarters this week at
225 Rondo St., St. Paul, for the
purpose of promoting the fall
political campaign, it was reported
by the Chairman, Attorney ]. Louis
Erwin.
The regular business meeting of
the club will be held at the above
address Sunday, October End, at
400 p. m. The meeting will be
opened for members only and ur-
gent business will be. transacted.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
NAMES MAKE NEWS

In this paper you will find hun
ireds Of names Of people you
know, people who are your friends,
people whom you admire every
week in the year.
There is no substitute for your
community paper. Subscribe to it
Or buy it each week.-Adv.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
Reception Held
for G.. NJ. Mitchell
and Bride

From the numerous expressions
of those who were present, the re-
eeption given by the Women's Aux
iliary of the st. Paul Urban
League, Sunday, September %, at
Halle Q. Brown House, honoring
its executive secretary, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence M. Mitchell, proved
without a doubt that even perfec-
ton may be made richer and fuller.
The weather being graciously
kind, over 300 persons came out
to greet the newlyweds.
The auditorium was most en-
chanting in its decoration of palms,
ferns and flowers of every species
and color known to the Northwest.
In the receiving line were Mrs.
Mary D. Mcfarland, president of
the auxiliary, Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence M. Mitchell, Jr., Mrs. Gladys
Wigington, vice president, Mrs.
Birdie High, Urban League office
secretary, Miss Constance Fisher,
social worker with the st. Paul
Family Service, Miss I. Myrtle
Garden, director of Halle @.
Brown Community House, and Mrs.
Henry Wynn of Macon, Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. Jones
were in charge of the splendid pro-
gram which lasted throughout the
afternoon. Miss Bonita Edwards
opened the program with several
piano selections, Mr.. Elmer Harris,
baritone, sang Because" and
Sweet Mystery of Life" accom-
panied by Miss Edwards, Mr.. Lee
Harris, bass singer, accompanied by
his sister, Mrs. Arlee Slaughter,
sang cold Man River" and "In-
Victus." Mrs. Eva Walker Taylor,
dramatist, gave an appropriate
reading on what married man
must expect. Miss Bernetta Cason
played a violin solo, Mrs. Leah Mae
Young, accompanist. Mr.. Albert
W. Maitland, former member of
the Minneapolis Symphony Orches-
ira, played several cello solos, Mrs.
Young, accompanist.
Mrs. Mitchell was presented with
a large basket of assorted flowers
from the Community House Aux
iliary and bouquet of giant size
yellow and white chrysanthemums
from the board of directors of the
st. Paul Urban League.
Madames Joseph H. Sherwood,
Benjamin Edwards, Robert
Mitchell and Robert Jones were
table hostesses. Madames Carrie
Robinson and Ireta Mcknight
served at the punch table. Madames
Jay P. Williams and Miss Ruth
Brown received the guests. Ma
DANES Carrie Lindsay, Lady Rid
ley, Belinda Washington, Lucy
Cason, and Miss Zoletta Hamil-
ton are members of the refresh
ment committee. Other members
assisting were Mesdames Julia
Douglas, Eva Taylor, Matte King,
Delgracia Wright, Beulah Twitty,
Leah Mae Young and Martha john
son.
Mr.. Robert A. Jones, Mr.. A.
Mcfarland, Mr.. Clarence Wig
ington and Mr.. Robert Mitchell
co-operated fully with the Aux
iliary in making this successful
affair.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
COLLEGE WOMEN

The first monthly meeting of the
National Association of College
Women met at the home of Miss
Ann Horis, 1921 18th Ave. So.
Miss Ruth Hamlin, Girls Worker
at Phyllis Wheatley House, gave a
short talk on "What the College
Women's Club Could Do for the
Community"
Miss Ruth Hamlin also became a
member of the organization. She
is a graduate of Butler University,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
weeks.
CAIN AND ORLOFF OFFER
CAR OWNERS SERVICE

Autoists looking for washing and
greasing service at economical
rates will do well to call at Calm
and Orloff's Sinclair Station at
GIT Selby Avenue Corner st. AL
bans). They will appreciate your
patronage.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
Calvin F. Williams, st.
Paul Hotel Proprietor,
Dies After Short Illness

thesda Hospital where he was re-
moved Monday, September 26.
Death was due to bronchial pneu-
monia. Mr.. Williams, a former resi-
dent of Duluth, had been proprietor
of the keystone Hotel since the
death of the late John Bridges.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
DEWEY JONES CANCELS TRIP
TO MINNEAPOLIS

Dewey Jones, Chicago social
worker, will not come to Mime
apolis next week as was announced
two weeks ago. The Minneapolis
Sunday Forum which was to have
had him for guest speaker will not
meet Sunday, October 2, due to the
cancellation of Mr.. Jones' trip.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
Smith Hits
Pastors Who
Trayel-Beg

g. members of the cloth who
travel the country over expecting
the already overburdened members
of local churches to bear the ex-
pense of their pleasure trips" are
hit by W. NJ. Smith in his weekly
column Here and There in this
issue.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
Blames Negro

He told his audience that he did
not subscribe to the theory that the
Negroes economic plight was due
to the whites, but that most of the
Negroes trouble is with himself.
Negroes are jealous of each
other, will not follow their lead
ers, and will fight anyone who
seeks to lead them, he said.
We waste our money throwing
it away on parties, clothes and
numbers playing the speaker
averred.
Good for Nothing
= In speaking of the fact previous
ly announced that SO per cent of
st. Paul Negroes were on relief,
he said he believed the reason for
that condition was that "there
must be too many good for moth
ing Negroes in st. Paul" The
preachers here must be laying
down on their jobs, Mitchell told
his listeners.
The Illinois solon told an ia
teresting story of parts of his life,
his activity in Congress, his talks
with President Roosevelt, and his
contact with Booker T. Washing
ton.
Raped Resolutions
Negroes can pass more high
sounding resolutions than any
group in America. They don't
mean a thing, Mitchell said, with
out action.
Democracy as practiced in Amer
lea in regard to the Negro is little
more than mockery, the speaker
said.
He claimed the Christian church
(white) was most hypocritical and
that you can find more democracy
and racial tolerance at a baseball
game than you can in church.
Hurried Trip
Mitchell, a forceful speaker, and
sincere, held the audience for al
most two hours. 1t was his first
visit to st. Paul. He arrived on
a 7:30 p. m. train and left shortly
after the close Of the banquet on
an 11:30 p. m. train for Chicago
where he is in the midst of a hot
campaign for reelection.
Mitchell was introduced by the
Rev. Father Francis ]. Gilligan.
S. Edward Hall, vice president
of the Urban League presided,
introducing the executive secretary,
Clarence M. Mitchell who received
the longest ovation ever given an
Urban League secretary in the six
teen years of existence in st. Paul.
Mr.. Mitchell briefly told of some
of the things the league had ac-
compished during his stewardship.
Officers, with, the exception Of a
new president, were named. The
nominating committee made it's re-
port and its chairman, DR.. ]. w.
Crump, moved for election of Of
ficers and they were elected in the
customary Urban League manner
with little voting and with no Wis
ible opposition.
At the speakers table, in addi-
ton to Congressman Arthur w.
Mitchell, were Clarence Mitchell,
S. E. Hall, Judge Carlton Mentally,
Cecil E. Newman, Ruth Gage
Thompson, Pierce Atwater, De
Velma Strong, DIR. ]. w. Crump,
Juanita Mitchell, Rev. A. H. Leal-
tad, Mary Mcfarland, Rev. Francis
J. Giligan and John ]. Doyle.
Scattered in the audience of
white and colored citizens were
many leading citizens of both
groups.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
CONGRESSMAN NIT CIiELL FLAYS GROUP EVILS
TRIAL OF COLSTON'S FATHER
IN-LAW IN PROGRESS

Trial of Leo Jaworski, white,
father-in-law of Leonard o. Col
ston, whom he shot four times on
August IL, is in progress in Hen
nepin county district court now.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
Mitchell Says Negroes
Ills Must Be Solved
By the Negro Himself
ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN FLAYS GROUP FOR LETHARGy
ENVY AND JEALOUSY

a smashing driving address, Congressman Arthur Mitchell
Chicago threw gauntlet ST. Negroes Wednesday
night spoke meeting
The American Negro has solve his problems
said.
Crowd
A viii overfowed Y w. c. A. Auditorium
attended the dinner and heard the Congressman lash the American
white their discrimination general of
lash the American Negro for being thrifty
nnd hnrdr tha,ar =
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
HOTEL PROPRIETOR DIES
SUDDENLY

Cal Williams, proprietor of the
Keystone Hotel, Tavern and Res
taurant, died, Tuesday morning
September 81, at 4:O5 a. m. at Be
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
ENGAGED

Miss Elizabeth Payne of 494
Fuller Avenue is wearing a beau
tiful diamond engagement ring, the
gift of Mr.. Clifford Combs of 422
Carroll Avenue.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-09-30
CORRECTION

We wish to correct the statement
made in last weeks society column
concerning the marriage Of Mr..
Henry M. Settle and Mrs. Edith
Green. Mr.. Settle and Mrs. Green
both deny rumors of marriage. The
report came through a calling card
left by the couple at the home of a
friend, "signed Mr.. and Mrs." It
seems as though it was only a joke,
but intimate friends of the couple
informed reporter for this paper
that it was authentic.