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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23

the direction of Miss Essie K.
Mason, will give a Yuletide must
cal.
At st. Peter A. NJ. E. church,
which is pastored by Rev. C. F.
Stewart, early Christmas morning
at 6 a. m. praise and communion
services will be held. At the 10:45
a. m. service the pastor will speak
on 'The Prince of Peace" Young
people of the Christian Endeavor
will present a program suitable for
the day at $50 p. m. The senior
choir, directed by Mrs. Margaret
Collins, will present Christmas
music at 8 p. m.
st. Thomas Episcopal church
will hold an IL a. m o'clock COM
munion service at All Saints
church, 31st street at Park avenue.
Minneapolis Fourth st. Church
of God in Christ will have its usual
Sunday services. The pastor, Rev.
A. w. Wilson, recently returned
from the church convention in
Memphis, Tenn, will speak from
the text, "To Us a Son Is Given"
The church Christmas tree and
program will be held Monday, De-
cember 26, at p. m.
Border NJ. E. church, Aldrich
and Fifth avenues north, Mime
apolis, will begin its Christmas
activity (tonight) Friday, with
big Christmas party, Christmas
tree and pageant at z p. m. Vari-
Gus church auxiliaries will present
numbers on the program. Boy
scouts will usher. Regular services
throughout Sunday. Rev. Damon
P. Young, pastor, will preach on
Modern Significance Of the Christ
mas Story" The Senior choir, I'M
der the direction of C. C. Under
wood, Jr., will sing.
st. Paurs Pilgrim Baptist church
Sunday school, beginner, primary
and junior departments, will give
a delightful Christmas program.
At IL a. m. Rev. l. w. Harris will
deliver the Christmas sermon, THE
Greatest Gift of the Ages" fol-
lowed by special music by the ia
nous Pilgrim Choir under the di-
rection of A. v. Hall. At $50
p. m. the B.Y.P.U. and the Young
Peoples department of the Sun
day school have united to bring
the church an impressive Christ
mas program.
At st. Peter Claver Catholic
church high mass will be held at
S a. m. At $3.50 there will be mass
for the children and young people.
Rev. Father Chas. Keefe announced
a solemn high mass for 1880 p. m.
Rev. Father Timothy 0'Sulhvan
will deliver the sermon.
Mount 0livet Baptist church
West Central and MacKubin streets,
is as usual having a spiritual
feast" with Rev. ]. C. Bothic
preaching on a Christmas theme at
II o'clock. The Young People and
the Sunday school will have joint
programs during the day.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23
Grateful
Acknowledgment

The staff Acknowledges Christ
mas greetings and messages from
Mrs. Dorothy Henderson, Mrs.
Cassie Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Smith, former County Commission
err Arthur F. Moot, Joe Louis,
Julian Black, John ROxbOrOugh, C.
Reiss Coal Co, H. w. Nash, Mr..
and Mrs. Clayton Wiley, and Well
ington Emery.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23
Guaranteed Coal
Satisfaction

Look through the columns of this
newspaper for your fuel wants.
If you need fuel, why not buy it
from a firm which solicits your
business? You will find that the
fuel dealers who advertise in YOUR
want your business and
will give you service and quality
to get it and keep it.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23
Gee. CHRISTMAS FUND
REPORT

The receipts and disbursements
of the joint Cameo-Elite- Credja-
fawn club Christmas drive which
was climaxed by a cabaret party
December Is, will be announced
in the next issue.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23
WILLIAM PERNELL

William Pernell, 1923 Rex Court,
died December 16 at Ancker Hos
pital, st. Paul.
Funeral services were held De-
cember 20. Rev. G. L. Hayden,
pastor of st. James church, offici-
ated.
He is survived by his wife, Ethel
Pernell, of Waterloo, Iowa.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23
Don't Look
Any Further!

In this paper appear invitations
from merchants who sell every hol-
iday need. Most of them have
Negro employees and all of them
want your business and show that
they do by advertising in your
paper!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23
BOutells Remembers Group When
Hiring Christmas Help

One of the downtown Mime
apolis stores which always remem-
bers its colored patrons when en-
ployment of additional help is be-
ing considered is Boutells, furni-
ture dealers located at Marquette
Ave. and Fifth st.
Mrs. Maxine Jones was hired
this year to assist at the store dur
ing the busy holiday season,
through the interest of Lewis
Ewing, civic leader. This store
has a number of colored en-
ployees on its regular payroll and
needless to say a large number of
satisfied Negro patrons.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23
st. Thomas
WOrships at
All Saints

During the extensive repairs on
st. Thomas Episcopal church, the
congregation worships each Sunday
at 4 p. m. at All Saints church,
31st street and Park avenue, Min
neapolis.
The Coleridge Taylor Choral So
ciety is sponsoring a Christmas
Musical today friday at st.
Philips Episcopal Church, Mack
ubin and Aurora, at p. m. The
public is invited to attend.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23
Churches Plan Special
Christmas Services for
Sunday, December Is

Added interest churches
Christmas this falls Sunday has been noted the
special services announced by
early morning communons and special holiday
choirs and soosts have been announced.
In Minneapolis Bethesda Baptist held
Sunday school will be held usual 945 well regular
ing worship m. Rev. Wellington pastor will deliver
using the subject The Guiding
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Myrtle WOrmley Here

Miss Myrtle Wormley, teacher
of Arts in Atlanta, Georgia, has
arrived for the Christmas holidays
with her family.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23

Look at the smiles on the faces Of
these youngsters in Salem, Virginia,
who are among the first to be fitted
out with winter overcoats furnished by
the Works Progress Administration
through its $l5,OOO,O0O purchase OF
surplus clothing. Plans were made
last June by Harry L. Hopkins, Ad-
ministrator of the WPA, and the
Procurement Division Of the u. S.
Treasury, after a conference with
Sidney Hillman, president of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America. Because of the unsold sur
plus of clothing, thousands of workers
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Chas. w. Washington.
Sumner Field Advisory Commit
tee, that Chas. w. Washington,
Minneapolis Urban League Secre-
tary, had been appointed to the
committee.
Mr.. Washington will take the
place vacated by Miss W. Gertrude
Brown.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23

Tickets for the scholarship musical
tea were issued.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
Farmer Attends Own Funeral, Ayers
It's Mcest Ever Seen, Then
Returns TO Daily Chores

KINGSTON, Tenn, June 81. (UP)
Felix Bush Brezale, bewhisker-
ed farmer Of the little Cavecreek
section, returned to his normal
chores today after celebrating his
74th birthday by attending his own
funeral.
Brezale, who claims to be cousin
of Mrs. Rachel Vanderbilt Morgan,
of New York, said he held his fu-
neral while he was still alive so
there would be mo question of a
preacher gettin' things wrong about
me" after death.
.aOre than 10000 people gathered
at the little Cavecreek church yes
terday to see Brezale walk behind
his coffin as it was carried empty
to the grave. He rode to the church
in the hearse bearing the coffin.
Food vendors worked through the
huge crowd, while the Rev. Charles
E. Jackson, pastor of the First
Christian church of Paris, ILL.,,
preached the funeral sermon.
Bezale was impressed both by
the crowd and Pastor Jackson's re-
marks.
There are no tears and heart
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27

Coachella valley, will finance pre-
liminary work. United Press dis
patches from Washington indicated
Other alottments will follow as need
ed. 2
Award of the contract for the
first As miles of the canal on which
bids were opened June 3 was ex-
pected soon, engineers said Monday.
w. E. Callahan construction COM
pany was low bidder at that time
with a bid of 1882 1922. The first
As mile link will extend from the
All American canal at a point just
west of the Sandhills to near INLAND.
Contract for the turnout for the
Coachella branch was awarded June
l8 to the Lewis is-Chambers Con-
Struction company on bid of $145,-
l19, which included construction OF
power drop No. l.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27

oOV. Slyue II. ulSlty ana Ulle
youths mother. Mrs. Ruth Hanna
Mccormick Simms, have personally
directed the search since Friday,
but the actual mountain work is
being done by experts in the haz-
ardous sport. Virtually all search
ers agreed that Mccormick had met
death on the precipitous face of the
mountain, as did his companion,
Richard Whitmer, 20. Whitmer's
crushed body was found Friday eve
ming.
He and Mccormick drove into the
mountains Wednesday from their
Albuquerque homes. Presumably
they fell that afternoon.
Five expert climbers, four of whom
were flown here from Colorado,
were working their way toward a
ledge 1000 feet below the crest of
the 5000 foot mountain when a
storm forced them to descend. Tied
together by ropes, the five were
trying to reach spot where Col
E. j. House of the New Mexico
state ploice believed he had spotted
through field glasses the crumpled
form of man.
I'm not sure that it is a body"
Colonel House said. "The distance
is too great for certainty. 1t may
be only stone formation. How
ever, it appeared to me that it was
the form of man dressed in blue
trousers and a red shirt"
While the expects will work their
way along the sheer face of the
granite cliffs, exploring ledges and
crevices for a trace of young NC
Cormick, about 200 other searchers
will work through the lower ranges
of the mountain. Mrs. Simms
brought cowboys from her famous
Trinchera ranch to search the base
of the cliff and five Indian trackers
from a New Mexico reservation beat
through the back slope of the
mountain.
DR.. Karl Arndt of Denver, one of
the expert climbers, said climbing
the face of Sandia mountain was
very difficult.
"Sandia mountain cliff is as tough
climbing as I have seen anywhere,
either in America or Europe" he
said. 1T really isn't a place for
mountain climbing Rather, it's a
sport for gymnastics.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
Another British Ship Sunk by Bombs
Dropped from Nationalist Raiders

VALENCIA, Spain, June 81. (UP)
Five Nationalist airplanes bombed
the British ship Arlon today. The
ship caught fire and began to sink
rapidly. There were several casu-
alties.
Six Insurgent bombers attacked
Alicante, south of here, and the
British ship Farnham was struck
and fired by bombs.
Three British sailors were killed
and two Spanish stevedores were
injured aboard the Farnham The
ship was badly damaged amidships
below the water line and was sink
ing fast. Workers sought to save
her cargo of foodstuffs.
1t was said that Franco had given
assurances that he would issue Or
ders that his airmen must not mo-
lest British ships.
According to the Daily Mail, the
reported Nationalist assurances were
the result of considerable diplomatic
activity in London, Paris and Rome
during the weekend. They said
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
Thieves Active
In EI Cenfro
During Weekend
Burglars Loot 2 Homes,
Another Sits Pockets
TO PurlOin Cash

Three thefts netted $28.25
in cash and $125 in jewelry
in Ell Centre over the week
e n d. Another attempted
theft failed.
Early Sunday morning a burglar
entered the home of Raymond
Measures, Ala Vine street, by using
an ice pick on the rear door. He
took a pair of pants and a purse
from a bedroom chair and discard
ed them after taking Sc from the
pants and $40 from the purse
Rings, valued at $125 also were
taken from the purse, police said.
Approximately the same time
burglars broke the glass III q door
window of the Richfield service
station, 251 Main street, and enter
ed by unbolting the door. They
took % cents in pennies, Operator
Avery Chalmers reported.
Most spectacular theft was made
by means of a razor blade that
slit the pockets of three men while
they slept in truck on Main
street Sunday morning. Clifford
Peterson, Melvin Peterson aud Ray
Melton reported to police that they
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
Kiwanis Berates
lsms in Power

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27. CUP
-Kiwanis international delegates
more than 5000 strong, opened their
first convention business session to-
day on militant tone by warning
that their orgaiatiop is prepared
to stand as bulwark against die
tatorial governments.
F. Trafford Taylor, K. c., ST
Boniface, Manitoba, international
president, vigorously attacked all
"lsms-Communism, Nazism and
FaSciSm."
Democracy is now limited to
three major powers" he said. In
the United States, the British COM
monwealth and France, democracy
still prevails and individual free
dom still exists"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
Swarm Of Negroes
Blamed for Crash

Two Negroes and a white man
were held in the Ell Centre jail
Monday after an automobile acci-
dent they claimed was caused by
a swarm of Negroes.
The men were riding in a car
driven by Joseph Clark that crashed
into the rear of a machine parked
on Broadway early Sunday morning.
The parked car was owned by Ray
mond Connell.
Clark, his brother Mack, and
George Couch, white, told police al
least twenty Negroes swarmed over
the car like blackbirds' and caused
the accident. Police said the trio
was drunk.
Clark suffered a deep cut over
one eye. Their case will come up
in police court Tuesday morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27

Ulllce lOlQerS OF Imperial county
government has opposition, County
School superintendent c. B. Col
Inns. Assemblyman Clarence Walk
er, the county's one state office
holder, is the only other incumbent
facing opposition.
Democratic and Republican Cen
tral committees plan little political
activity as a result of the lack OF
contest for county offices. c. G..
MouSseau, chairman, said the DEM
ocratic committee would arrange a
countrywide meeting for all DEM
ocratic candidates for state offices
at a date yet to be selected. Frank
BirkhauSer, ice-chairman of the
Republican committee, declared the
Republicans will assist state cam
didates to arrange meetings in I'M
perial Valley if they wish but plan
nothing further.
County clerks have five more days
to certify candidates to Secretary
of State Frank c. Jordan. Mid
night Friday is the deadline.
Chief interest in the state CEN
ters in the race for governor. DEM
ocratic candidates for governor in
clude Daniel C. Murphy, Culbert
Continued on Page 2; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
FR ST 9nature Makes Wage
Bill Law Of Land

WASHINGTON, June 81. CUP)-
President Roosevelt, it was disclosed
today, has signed the wage hour
bill thereby effectuating a major
objective in the New Deals program
of economic reform.
Mr.. Roosevelt signed the bill be-
fore departing for Wilmington, Del,
for ceremonies commemorating
landing of first Swedish and Fin
nish colonists in America. He also
signed 131 other bills.
The wage hour bill. enacted after
bitter and protracted congressional!
controversy, required presidential
action by TODAY.
Presidential approval of the bill
launches the administration on one
Of the most far-reaching projects
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
September Morn
Girl Little Crazv'

SAN FRANCISCO, June 81. CUP
Sadie Eldridge, %, was recover
ing today from being purposely "a
little crazy" after being serious all
her life.
Resting in the Harbor Emergency
hospital she explained why she took
off all her clothes before hundreds
of persons and jumped into the cold
waters of San Francisco bay near
the ferry building.
Two policemen threw her a rope
and pulled her out.
I've been serious all my life and
it never got me anything she
said. From now on I'm going to be
little crazy"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
coIexico Staying Verdict
Left Open After Inquest
Slug Taken from
Head of Woman
Who Killed Lover
Housewife Taken to S. D.
In Critical Condition
From Her Wound

A bullet Mrs. John Mason,
33, admittedly fired into her
own head after she shot and
killed Mike Golsh during a
lovers quarrel in Calexico
early Saturday was removed Mon
day in a San Diego hospital.
The jury at a coroner's inquest
Monday left an open verdict, de.
claring Golsh met death possibly
at the hands of Mrs. Mason"
Mrs. Mason sank into a coma
Saturday afternoon and was rush.
ed to the coast. For 48 hours she
insisted her head wounds were caus-
ed by ring on Golsh's hand when
he struck her. X-ray pictures show
ed the bullet resting in the skull
over the right eye.
She finally admitted she had at
tempted to take her own life.
Jealously of Golsh she said, induc-
ed her to shoot MIN. His groans as
he writhed on a bed at her home
caused her to fire a second shot.
One shot entered his neck and the
other crashed into his had. She
then shot herself. Sometime later
she regained consciousness, wash
ed the blood from her body and
clothing, made a cup of coffee,
drank it, and sat down to wait in
the room adjoining that occupied by
the dead man. The death gun was
found in the bathroom washbasin.
Mason, American husband of the
Continued on Page 2; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27

aches but only happiness at this
service, time for sober reflection
Rev. jackson said, speaking over a
public address system. Brezale wept
beside his coffin.
Brezale was almost overcome by
emotion after the services as he
autographed funeral notices for
clamoring members of his funeral
party. Singers from nearby country
churches sang solemn hymns
through the loudspeaker system
while a few politicians handed out
campaign cards and cigars in the
crowd.
1T was the incest funeral ever
heard Brezale said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27

Premier Benito MuSSolini cooperat-
ed.
1t was reported also that the
diplomatic discussions included the
possibility of confining future air.
plane bombing in Spain strictly to
military objectives, and the pos
sibility of speeding up plans for
stricter non-intervention policy as
regards Spain.
There seemed a possibility that
extreme nervousness shown in Lon
con over the possibility that the
Loyalists might retaliate for Ma
tionalist bombing of undefended
cities might have played an impor-
tant part in negotiations.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27

ond; and 40 hours during the third
and subsequent years. Exemptions
are provided in event of payment
Of time and a half for overtime;
collective bargaining agreements,
and seasonal occupations.
4. An administrator in the labor
department and a board for each
industry to consider wage and hour
standards upon the basis OF COM
petitive conditions as affected by
transportation, living and produce
ton costs.
5. Prohibition against Interstate
transportation Of products manu-
factured by child labor
The act, to become operative after
100 days. is almost certain 10 face
a supreme court test.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27

of its history-a project designed
to place a floor under wages and
ceiling upon hours for American
workers employed in interstate in
dustries.
The bill establishes:
l. A goal of a 40 cents per hour
minimum wage and a 40-hour work
week to be attained as soon as
economically feasible"
2. A universal minimum wage of
% cents per hour for industries in
interstate commerce during the
fist year of the program and 80
cents per hour during the second
year.
g. A maximum work week of "A
hours during the first year OF the
program; AZ hours during the Sec
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
Pilots Bail Out
ToCheat De ath

OAKLAND AIRPORT, Cal, June
27. CUP)-Bailing out at 1000 feet.
two test pilots had miraculous es-
capes today when they cleared their
disabled plane a moment before It
exploded in mid-air and crashed In
fragments into San Francisco bay
off Oakland airport.
The men were Michael Casserly.
30, San Mateo, widely known sports
man aviator, and Harold E. Webb,
"a, San Leandro.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
Stocks Advance
In Strong Session

NEW YORK, June 81 -CUP) -
Stocks prices advanced aggressive
ly today for the eighth consecutive
session after profit-taking had
checked the rise at the outset Of
trading.
Orders poured in from all parts
Of the country and Europe, and
tickers fell as much as four min
ltes behind the market
Gains ranging to more than
two points displaced early losses
of fractions to a point in leaders.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
Bumped Bottom.
Declares Expert

LOS ANGELES, June 81. CUP)-
Cheered by a merchandising ex-
perts declaration that I'VE bump
ed bottom in May" and the trend
is now upward, 100 delegates from
IL western states, Alaska and Ha-
waii today opened business sessions
Of the 35th annual convention OF
the Pacific Advertising Clubs asso-
citation.
Kenneth Collins of New York
City, vice president of 'Gimbel Bros,
Inc, who will address the conven-
ton tonight, made the cheering
prediction in an interview.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27

'SA4SJ OAbyt IN. -.
His brother, Orelle, 25, was shot
In the right shoulder and was taken
to the county jail at Kanakakee,
about seven miles southeast of here.
They were trapped in a cornfield
when their car became mired after
they perhaps mortally wounded In
diana State Policeman Ray Dixon,
%, near Laporte, Ind, last night.
They kidnapped three men and a
four-year-old boy in their flight
across two states.
Two hours before they were shot
in a fierce gun battle, the despera-
does had kidnapped James Novy, a
farmer and his four-year-old son
and held them as hostages when
they attempted to pierce a police
blockade.
Police had barricaded all roads
near the northern Illinois
border after the bandits shot Dixon
and then kidnapped two Indiana
deputy sheriffs whom they released
unharmed eight hours later two
miles west of Cook, Ind.
Novy and his son escaped when
the gun battle started.
In their spectacular all-night
dash, the gunmen exchanged shots
with a state police car at Symerton
and village policeman here before
their car finally became mired.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
VandaIs Return to
Used Car Lot

Sam Naliboff Monday reported to
Ell Centre police that vandalS who a
week ago left havoc in his used car
lot on Main street, had returned
again. They started engines and
ransacked the cars, he said.
Sunday afternoon, an attendant
at the Roy Womack used car lot
found a Negro youth running one
OF the cars up and down the lot
at high speed. The youth gave his
name as Charles Baker, ITO State
street, then fled.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
PauIette Goddard
Bound for Reno

HOLLYWOOD, June 27. (UP)-
Charlie Chaplin's wife, if wife she
is, left here today by automobile
for another conference with him at
Pebble Beach before flying to Reno,
Nev-to establish a ski club.
Whether that meant she also
planned to establish residence there
and announce her marriage to Hol-
lywoods richest MANLY divorcing
him-Miss Paulette Goddard still
would not say, after four years of
marital mystery in the Chaplin
household.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27

as a film salesman today, IolIoW-
ing release from prison last wek.
His enemies and the 'Hell-nights'
did it.
IF he does come out, he's be
worthless man.
Capone is scheduled to be freed
next year from Alcatraz. Gardner
was fellow convict there before
being transferred to Leavenworth.
The "Hell-nights" which so prey
ed on Capone's mnd, Gardner said
are the sleepless nights convicts
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-27
CaIexico Infant
browns in Tub

CALEXICO, June 27.-Coy Fos-
ter Ritter, 9-month-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Ritter of this city,
drowned in bathtub at the family
home shortly before noon today
A physician was summoned but
his efforts to revive the child was
futile. The body was taken to the
Hens funeral home to await funeral
arrangements.