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Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27

from the United States were the fol-
lowing representatives of the American
League for Peace and Democracy
Theodore Dresser, A. a. Heller, Rev.
Herman F. Reissig.
Mrs. R. Burns is very i'll in the Gen
Ieral Hospital.
Mrs. Susie White and daughter, 365o
Smelling Ave, is vacationing in Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Rev. L. P. Lockett, pastor of the
ILyndale Church of God in Christ, just
returned from an extended trip from
East, preaching the Gospel of Jesus
Christ.
Mrs. Prinlith Massengill Doyle, 2S9;
Tenth Ave. So, is in the General Hos
pital much improved after a recen
operation
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27

uood 10 Keep" If your religion is
not real to you, if it has lost its glow
and ITS warmth and needs revitalizing.
or if Christianity has had no appeal to
you heretofore, hear our pastor in this
dynamic presentation Of the logic of
the mission Of .Chritianity The 60
Getters" annual pilgrimage and picnic
at Faribault was great success. An
overabundant feast was spread on the
spacious lawns of the State School and
Colony, and the inmates and friends
enjoyed the. fried spring chicken, side
dishes, ice cream, cake and fruit. On
returning to the city the Club went to
our social quarters and had a water
melon feast.
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
:. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH
Henderson Reddick, Pastor
(By L. C.. CO

Wy -. SNORNoJ
Within short period of ten days,
Rev. Reddick and delegates will be the
guests of former pastor of St. James,
Rev. Collins, who's carrying on the
good work in the city of Davenport,
Iowa, where the Annual Conference
will be entertained Each succeeding
Conference year to date has shown
greater percentage gain than its prede-
lcessor In ether words, you and l are
indirectly responsible to carry on this
traditional growth by contributing gen
ferousiy toward the assessment levied
on our Church by the governing body
/ OF our Conference. Let's all try to
outdo ourselves by more than meet
] ing our obligation, and at the same
/ time show DIR appreciation to Rev.
Reddick who has done SO much for us
and in return has demanded SO little
! OF us When speak of "us," mean
5 the church OF which we are part
I Let's all attend church the last two
Sundays Of our church year The
schedule for the last four worsh;ps
finds Rev Reddick delivering the
morning sermons and Rev. Albert pre-
siding at the lectures in tbs evenings
By the way, come little early Sunday
morning and worship with the little
folks in the Sabbath School where d
firm foundation is slowly rising to the
levels of the earth.
! The Steward Board and Junior Mis-
sionary Society are sponsoring a
church dinner in the upper rooms
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
DO NOT BIZ ETISLED

By the false agitation part of certain groups of questionable
progTessyes who continually agae fighting discrimination
Citation II gsrs9 sasH
We believe in fighting all forms OF prejudice but be
eve in fighting SENS1BLY. #.ratf-a a8s .ssaet
We would advise who bring action within the
meaning tile civil rights law OF Minnesota employ competent
their before and have decision rendered
the legal merits Of the s,.azg apf s-5s
this kind tried in conciaon may have dis
effect the working OF the law due the latitude
judges in such We cite the local
months ago The attorney for the firm which being sued
claimed that co Discrimination but that service
refused because the lady had offensive body odor No decision
this notwithstanding the
Judge had found for the plaintiff 81 assa1at
All that gained from the action embarrasslng
situation for the complainant and out discovered by
defense which applied under conditions
might damaging O future of this type
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
LOUIS TO CONTINUE ROAD
WORK

Joe Louis is apparently not going to
give way to a life of complete pleas
IRE during the long vacation which
Uncle Sans tax laws have forced on
him.
According to recent statements by
his trainer, Jack Blackburn, Joe will
continue to run and box until the peri
Cd for serious training for the four
bouts scheduled next year begins.
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
Race Gets Less Aid in Detroit

/. Detroit Aug, (M. P. Kelly for
CNA).-The Department of lub 9
Welfare here is discriminating aga'ns
Negroes and foreign-born, accor ing
to relief expenditures compiled b. tie
welfare department.
Districts where the population IA &C.
ly consists of Negroes and fore. gn-
born are receiving much less money
for relief than those districts populated
largely by nat. born whites.
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
To Run for Coroner

Eatcntown,. N. J.-Charles J. Riley,
4 resident of. this city and one OF, the
outstanding race leaders Of Monr1outh
county, has announced his candidacy
for coroner. Mr. Riley was former
page in the New Jersey Senate.
Mr.. Riley seeks the post formerly
held by Leon Harris, undertaken OF
led nj, and lsbury Park,
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
his featherweight title.

his featherweight title.
According to Mead, there is no big
money in featherweight matches, and
that il would work hardship on Arm
strong to make the weight of l26
pounds, considering the smallness oI
the rewards of wars in this class.
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27

August 31st, which incidentally falls on
Wednesday, the day set aside by the
s1vavfinders for prayer. You see, alter
dinner, all are invited to worship WIN
the Wayfinders, the, staunch Prayer
Band of St. James.
See YOU Sunday.
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27

Memphis, Tenn. Aug, (CNA)-A
$4,000 damage. suit charging derelic-
ton of, duty was lodged against WI.
Vaughan, Covington, 7 enn Sheriff, in
connection with the lynching of Al
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
Hits Jim Crow Rule in Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Aug, (CNA)-Condenn-
ing discrimination against Negroes in
Cincinnati, Robert Gunkel, white Ham
iIton county secretary OF the Commu-
mist party, this week addressed an open
letter to the press demanding that city
officials enforce equal rights for col
'ored citizens.
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
To Run Again in St. Louis as Justice
OF the Peace

St. Louis, Mo.-Among the candi-
dates who were nominated on August
2 was Justice of the Peace George L.
Vaughn, of the Fourth District, who
was nominated to. succeed himself on
the Democratic ticket.
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
Porters' Convention Set for Chi
September %

New York, Aug, (CNA) =
nouncement was made this week at h
national headquarters of the Bret e.
hood OF Sleeping Car Porters, p V
l25th street, that its annual conve ito
will be held in Chicago, Septemt e: +
.tp-23
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27

( Washington, D. Cs..Aug,, -(CNA)-
With more than 5000 contracts be-
tween sPWA and cities and states al
ready mailed out, and with 800 more
being completed Public Works Ad-
ministration officials announced this
week that work will soon start on
$SG0,000,0G0 in non-Federal construc-
ton work
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
Kansas Candidate Defeated in Close
Race

Kansas City, Kansas - Attorney.
Claude L. Jones, candidate for County
Commissioner, was defeated by forty
nine votes in a recent election here
Tones polled 2ll1 votes. A. J. Murray
the winner, received 21z4 votes local
ly. Absentee ballots reduced Murray S
lead to forty-nine.
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
ARMSTRO3IG MAY RELIN-
OUISH TITLE

Eddie Mead, manager of Henry
triple title holder, states
that jtile little man who some day
hopes ebe minister, may relinquish
.hoksd i93gl.
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27

bert Gooden, Negro youth. The suit
was filed by Gooden's sister, Miss
Mary Gooden.. 80
Gooden was lynched year ago by
band of masked white men while be-
ing transferred by Sheriff Vaughan
from a Memphis jail to Covington
The suit charges the Sheriff with fail
ing to resist the l,idnappers and lynch-
ere .rF1t
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
Named to Annapolis

! Congressman Joseph a. Gavagan an
Ino.nced. Tuesday that he had nominated
EGotte Y. illiarns .oi. 4S5 Convent ave-
nue. for midshipman TO the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
On Housing Authority

washington, sD:seSmAip poi1istifent of
clareneee r., ,r6hhsog 81 4 AZ aaggsles,
Calf, as an assistant fpr sAssgEplel alAeh @
relations; .on1,ther ssaffi 81 thebs4sssos
Housing sAathorityss~ssa sessasnaeuh ced'
here thissweek, sffeeei~Se Sepsenfseis AZ
A~ ,SseesEo7seEt zso'
Twin-City herald., 1938-08-27
A Weighty Funeral

Chicago specially constructed
casket. 80 inches in width, and 10 ac-
tive pallbearers \, ere required for the
body of Mrs. Ida McI>it- 7'z,2S years
of age, weighing 275 pounds, whose
frneral was held Wednesday at Little
Zion Baptist Church in Berwyn. lie
Rev. az e. Mitchell officiated at the
rites. MRS. Nc Ilitsicls is survived by
her paren1s. Mr. and Mrs. Wayman
McKitrick: and three. children, Her
man, Bobbie and Bessie
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-12-23

tears in his eye5 begging and
praying for his fat dame to re
turn to him or else he would
have to kill himself Thus it is
she cautiously and considerable
ly returned Is
But since that time there has
been another tnaN scrape, one
wherin man TOOK the liberty to
flactur the skull of an innocent
woman, breaking her arm and
forcing her to have to go to the
hospital where she is almost UNI
conscious up to the present. All
these tragedies happened in Key
stone. No one has been arrested.
One is still at large, and the
other is striving with all his
migt to rehablate himself in the
good graces of his darling wife.
Promising he will never again
object to his wife voting to suit
herself. He is Demmie and
she a Republican.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-12-23

Working precisely. State Elcc
tricjtian l.. P. Cheatham com
plcted his macabre task in 81
minutes from the time Willie
Russell stepped into the cham
be until Raymond Garter was
dead. $500.
All the doomed men were com
forte by reliiouS emotion built
to 4 climax through a breakfas
less morning of singing and
prayei with 4 Nero clergyman.
Longest interruption in the
executions came when Arthur
Mack, second to die, gained per
mission to kneel beside the chair
All of the Neg nes admitted
quit aud thanked prison attcn-
dantS for kindness.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-12-23
and says he is feeling fine.
What about this AK Middle

For some reason, here of late,
there seems to hav been and now
is an AK parade epidemic. Inn
mediately after. the election of
| November 8 there arose quite a
sensation relative to the right
and privilege of one female citi-
zen voting certain ticket,
which seems to have irrated the
male master of the domestic
family life to such an extant did
this episode CD or might have
been EPISODE cause public in
spection and investigation, till
a number Of ladies and gentle
men had to interior, and in a
pleading way for pacificatory
adjustment against the disruf-
fled gentleman who wanted to
settle his fury by means of an
ak that required the nerve of a
bulldog the ourage of a lion and
the persuasion of a Solomon.
Bodily h a nm was narrowly a
verted by friends of the home,
persuading the madam of t h e
house to leave the city until the
infuriate gentleman became cool
ed down to normally. This she
did, but since t h a t time, the
gentleman, having come to his
senses, set the woods on fire with
letters, kilograms, telephonng,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-12-23
Legislature TO get Fire Law bill

State Forester ID. b. Griffith
said today that West Virginia
faced with 1888 forest fire loss
of $500. 900. needs drastic tight
cring O fire laws and the next
legislature will be asked to do il j..
Griffin disclosed that a five
point program which among
other things would make start
ing Il forest fire Il penitentiary
offense will be given Gov. Holt
for his approval and submission
to the January session.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-12-23
Six Negroes Die in Mass Exec't'n

....Reidsville, Ga, Dec. 8 - Six
young Negroes, buoyed up by
song and prayer, waived firmly
to the electric chair today and
died in swift succession for the
slayin of three white men and
young mother.
One by one, fervid prayers,
cheerful farewells and deeply in
toned spirituals were hushed alb
rupty as the chair in the states
prison took more lives than the
Georgia legal machinery ever
in a single ay before.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-12-23

cornell Has Own "IIortorium"
Cornell university has n "horto-
rum which Includes one of the
largest private hcrbariums in the
country and one of the most com
prehensive records of the cultivated
plants of the world.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-12-23
news BRIEFS

Mrs Edna Mills wife Of Will
Mills has returned from the
Stevens Clinic hospital where
she underwent a yer y success.
full operation. The occasion was
the removal of tumor. She is
now gradually doing her house
hold duties, making ready for a
Merry Christmas.
Miss Ruth Russell of New
York City, having come to Kim
ball, was visiting friends in Key
stone one day this week, she was
accompanied by Miss Alice
Green, a popular young lady of
Kimball. They shared the kind
ness of friends at a party given
by some friends at the celeblnt-
ed Landers Casion on Main St.,
in the Calhoun Building, which
is under the skilled management
of tn e versatile Sonny Mans
field. Miss Ruth plans to extend
her trip to Lynch, KY, wheal'
she will be the guest of her i'm
mediate relatives and friends for
the Christmas holidays.
Mr.. Arthur king of Kimball,
who has been confined to his
room and bed Of day or so on
account of cold is out and at
his post of duty, spy as lark
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Voice of New York By Louis Sobol

up from the audience and they must tell about
themselves man will come up and say sell
fish for a living and I earn so many bob
q week and my wife would like me to be tailor,
ETC. He says he has heard it is great howl in
England and he thinks soon they will be doing
it here.
Refuses to "DTess"
OATURDAY: There is some argument about
~ dressing to go see Abraham Lincoln in ILL
nos," but Mustache says no, he will not under
any circumstances be stuffed-shirt f + nighter
and the Queen gives in very meekly which is
something I cannot understand.
He seems very disguised with me because I re-
fuse to walk on my hind legs. cannot see the
sense of this because 1t is very uncomfortable
for me and as long as I have these four legs
God has given me why should stand on two OF
them and make a fool Of mysel-for what ask2
lot of my friends can do all sorts Of tricks but
none of them is very happy about it and indeed
dear Diary, while do not like to boast must
admit am something Of leader in my set be-
cause I refuse to knuckle to these household
Mussolinis and turn somersaults and so forth
Not me!
.CUNDAY: have never seen him in such gentle
~ mood and he is praising everything Never"
he says, "in my orn days have seen such
performance as Abraham Lincoln in Illinois, =
That Raymond Massey was as if he had stepped
right out of the picture frame-1 never saw
more perfect Abraham Lincoln. will go to
see the play again and again." and the Queen
says "Mr. Harry Warner said to me that he
would like very much to make picture Of the
play Just as it is-with Massey and the whole
cast-and show it in every school from coast to
coast-and night schools, too"
Dear Diary. I have never been to theater.
wonder what it's like? 1t can't be very honest
because gather people are always being what
they really aren't and pretending to be some
one else.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

and she says: what in Heavens name has
gotten into you?" and suddenly she stops short
and begins giggling.
"Whiskey," she shouts to me. Now I know.
He hasn't been the same since he saw Hamlet
the other night. The poor itty man thinks he's
another Hamlet. He's a melancholy baby"
ST." snaps nk-Cbeek, will leave this house
and never return"
"An Apt Description"
CRDAY: He is reading aloud "He knows
= that his emotional life belongs to the pub
Lc," he reads, 80 that he may be seen IN vari-
Gus environs his adjectives poised. dreaming
wistfully along Manhattan's midnight waterside,
musing upon the Bowery's sorry humanity, or
sitting in the cigarette twilight of the towns diz
Giest wineries
"Oh," sighS the Queen, II should like very much
TO meet a marvellous man like that" and Droop-
Chin says smugly: "You are living with him.
John Anderson wrote that and it's about me
and very apt description I should say" where
upon the Queen Slaps hand over her mouth
and leaves the room in a hurry and I can hear
her laffing in the next room and Midge. the
Canary seems to be laffing with her.
T ATER he tells her that the big thing in
- London night clubs and theaters is some
thing like a confession night. People are called
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Says Boake Garter

It is perfectly true that Congressman Dies has
long been out Of sympathy with the Roosevelt
administration And while the Dies committee
has been conducting genuine investigation into
subversive activities with far more decorum and
restraint, and far less browbeating than. for in
stance, the La Toilette Civil Liberties Committees
performances, it is equally obvious that Dies
committee is composed of gentlemen who are
politicians.
While they have been conducting proper and
sound investigation they are probably not with
out sense of satisfaction that revelations OF
their findings come couple Of weeks before elec-
tons.
But regardless of whether or not they are "in-
fluencng" an election, since when has the time
arrived when Mr.. Roosevelt and his political gang
may arrogate to themselves the sole right to lin
fluence" elections?
Since when has it become "un-American" to
attempt to influence the voters?
What, pray might one call the practice Of plac-
ing one-third of the nations people in q position
where they are directly or indirectly dependent
on Government checks?
What, pray might one call the practice Of pub
licly lashing ALL business and ALL industry as
holdbacks and oppositioniSts every time freSide
chat is made? What, pray, might one call the
practice Of promoting class hatred by coming
emotional, hysterical invective such as Lord
Macaulays" Prince of privilege" and TORY
reactionaries"?
Copyright. Ledger syndcate)
(Bodke CGTter's opinions are his otDn and not
necessarily those Of The Washington TtnIeSJ
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
JOB INSURANCE
PAYMENTS DROP

Unemployment insurance bene-
fits in September aggregated $41.-
100000, the Social Security Board
reported yesterday.
This constituted drop Of near
ly $6.000,0 900 since August in pay
mentS reported by % of the %
States in which benefits were pay
able for that month.
The board also reported the
volume of initial claims declined
for the third consecutive month.
The board said reports from
various States indicate that ex-
haustion of wage credits was an
influential factor in the decline Of
benefit payments. although reem-
ployment of workers was a con-
tributing cause"
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

Q OCOTQOT COIINIICU5E,
Instigated campaign OF personal perSecutiOn
against Senator Burt Wheeler because OF the lat
ter's fight against the Supreme Court packing
bill;
Personally attempted to influence the voters
Of Georgia, Maryland, Oklahoma, Texas and
other States by personal appearances prior to
local primary elections.
"Influencing Elections"
DUT, when the Dies committee exposes, through
- testimony of sworn witnesses, the tie-up be-
tween one of his pets" Governor Frank Murphy,
Of Michigan, and Communistic activities and
breakdown of cviil authority in that State, up
Jumps Mr.. Roosevelt. with great show of moral
indignation and denounces the Dies committee
with "flagrant unfair and un,American attempt
to influence an election"
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
House to ReVaHllp Taxes

QN.S.) Democratic congr es-
sional tax leaders plan to start
considering revision of the Fed
eral tax structure Immediately
after Tuesdays elections, it was
disclosed today.
Chairman Doughton CD of
North Carolina, Of the House
Ways and Means Committee, has
dispatched word to members of
the special tax subcommittee that
work will begin on tax problems.
F. DIS REQUEST
The Democratic House tax lead
ers plan to &C tupon the demand
made by President Roosevelt, when
he opposed virtual elimination of
the undistributed corporations
profits tax in the last session, that
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
LOANS AWAITING
RAILS, UTILITIES

UN.6O.-The RFC today con-
tributed a healthy push to the
private utilities two billion dollar
expansion program, and revealed
a readiness to expand it's aid to
the railroads.
RFC Chairman Jesse H. Jones
announced the organization had
$3.50, 100000 ready for loans to
private utilities, and that dis
tressed railroads probably will oe
able to depend on the Govern
ment as banker" until they are
in better condition.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

Everybody's tearing their hair and chewing
their nails and generally having fit over the
scarcity of Army-Navy game tickets. SOMEONE
has some: come on, crash through, and let us
know where you're hiding them; we want to make
up our parties ahead of time!
I'VE had letters asking me to write about very
l. cheerful subject, o nice morning after-the
nightrbefore" subject, q pretty subject: The
Morgue. l. of course, know where it is I've seen
it from the street and from the water in back Of
it, and I'll say that it's certainly not a very in
spring building and that we surely should
get busy and have new one. Now, won't that do?
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

the whole question be considered
again.
Major problems expected to bt
dealt with include:
Repeated recommendation of
the Administration for recipro-
cal taxation of State and Fed
eral bonds and salaries of State
and Federal employees.
Possible special tax to finance
anticipated huge rearmamentS
program.
WALLACE PROPOSAL
ecretary Of Agriculture Wal
lace'S proposal for processing
taxes on major agricultural
products.
Suggestions for broadening
the income tax base to hit
pockets of the little fellow" a
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Labor Act Change
AssaiIed by Clio

Opposition to all proposals for
amendment of the Wagner Labor
Relations Act. and to proposed
congressional investigation of the
National Labor Relations Board,
was declared last night by the
Committee for Industrial Organi-
zation. headed by John L. Lewis.
The CIO issued a 24-page pamphlet
aSSailing proposed amendments.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

pleased to go down with In
spector Lamb at the height Of
the traffic jams, or what
should be traffic jams in any
other city. With our "no-park-
ing" streets and our part-time
one.way streets, together with
our lighting system and mo
left-turn" streets, there really is
no congestion at all, even In
front of the stores and the
Government buildings. Every
thing moves on quickly and
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

Attempted to influence
seven local elections in an un-
successful effort to unseat
seven Democratic Senators:
Threatened dire political re-
venge against those national
legislators who did not vote for
the Reorganization Bill;
Wired publicly to Congress
woman Mary Norton, of the
House Labor Committee. in
an effort to influence the pub
lie to force discharge Of the
Wage-and-Hour Bill from the
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

say it is love, but I think it's
those cigarettes you smoke"
and he says: 1T is only be-
cause I have a great restless
ness. think I will get into
the car and just go cross
country for, a change of seem
cry" and the Lady says:
'Without me?" and he says
moodily: IT may even go with
out me-" The Queen says
"That makes no sense" and he
says darkly: There is no
sense in anything these days"