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Twin-City herald., 1938-01-29
SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM

At the meeting to which yeu were
invited ON December /, Miller Voca-
tional High School, where some of the
special educational problems confront
Ing ohf group in Minneapolis were
discussed, d molten was passed to the
effect that this same group should meet
once each month for the purpose of
going mofe thoroughly Into the sub
ject.
Ii has not been convenient to ar
range for such meeting this month,
thefef6fe we are asking the committee
to attend a special sducatioRaI pro-
gram 10 be held at Border NJ. E.
Church, January 80, 6 p. m: Dr.: Rock
well, State Commissioner of Education
will speak We also request that you
urge your friends to attend.
Chas. w. Washington, Exec Sec'y
Minneapolis Urban League.
Twin-City herald., 1938-01-29

tIOiiCS VIZ
Introduction of Nicolas Nabokoffs S
First Symphonic Suite la Vie de
Po1ichinelle" will be the highlight OF
the orchestra's share in the prograHis
Written as music for a ballet first pres
,duced iii the Paris Opera i'll 1884, Ma
bokoff, young Russian now head OF
the music department at Wells Col
iege, re-arranged it for symphony. 1t
was played year ago by Cleveland
and this will be its first playing here.
Concerts during February will be OH
Thursday nights, Mrs. Carlyle Scott,
manager of the orchestra announces.
Although none is scheduled for Feb.
TO, she is planning OH possibility of a
special concert for that night. Mean
while OH Feb. 8 Trudi Schoop and her
Comic Ballet will return to Northrop
ON the University Artists Course.
The program for this Thursday will
open with Mozart's Serenade for
Strings, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'
After that will come Miss Anderson
in three songs-the Largo and "Ah
Spietato'' from Handers "Xerxes' and
the "Alluiia" by Mozart. Then will
come "Poiichinelle" and after inter
mission the orchestra will play Beeth-
ovens Symphony No. 5 in c minor,
Op. 81. Both the Mozart and the
Beethoven numbers have been played
many times rrc io 81. and are old
favorites.
Nabokoff says that the story OF Po-
licherfne is based on a series of draw
ings by Tiepelo which were discovered
20 years ago. The drawings represent
the life of the Neapolitan Pulcinella in
all its phases. This Polichenelle was
the son of barber and some of his
early habits were to pull wigs off Gus
toners and spill soap in their faces
He marries as young boy and soon
has accumulated a dozen children and
a bad case of poverty. He leaves wife
and numerous progeny to run off with
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Twin-City herald., 1938-01-29
MISS MEYERS EXPRESSES
APPRECIATION

Not wishing all credit for having
secured a position III the office of the
Register of Deeds; but rather TO ex-
press my appreciation to those good
friends who assisted ilie, who are as
follows: Mr.. l. G. Scott, County Com
missioner; Mr.. Henry Vogelii, County
Treasurer; Mr.. A. w. Skog, Register
of Deeds, Mr.. J. Bliss, Deputy Regis
trar; Mr.. Hamlet Roe, Hennepir
County Progressive League, and the
Owner and Editor of the Twin City
Herald.
/ wish to take this opportunity tc
sincerely thank fhe above mentioned
to let them know that am very crate.
full to them for interest they manifest
ed, the courtesies extended, and thc
opportunities offered me.
The fact that very few offices III the
Court House coiisider employment o.
ouf group, IS the more reason fhes.
persons should be appreciated fol
their attitude in being intereted iii oui
progress:
also want to thank iiiafiy friend.
who wished me we'll in my recent ef
fort.
Twin-City herald., 1938-01-29
STUDENTS PROTEST SHOWING
OF BIRTH OF A NATION"

NEW YORK, Jan. (CNA) = The
showing of anti-Negro picture, "The
Birth of Nation" and the appearance
on the Columbia University campus of
its notorious originator, Thomas Dix
on, were protested this week by a
vigorous picket-line of Negro and
white students.
Organized in the main by the Com
munist Party unit at Columbia Uni
versity, the picketers shouted slogans
such as: 1--WE Say Nix OH Klansman
Dixon" "No Ku Klux at Columbia, >
and pass the Anti-Lynching Bill
Student spokesmen declared: There
is no justification for the presence of
the Negro-hating Dixon OH our camp
us. His appearance is a blot on the
progressive name of Columbia Univer-
sity"
Protests were telephoned to the
school administration by leading meni-
bers of the faculty, the Crusader News
Agency learned, but Dixon's scheduled
address was not withdrawn.
The Klansman's attacks upon the
Negro people during his address were
met by boos and Kisses from his audi
ence. The picture itself aroused the
greatest resentment among those who
viewed it.
"The Birth of a Nation" which de-
picts the rise and origin of the Ku
Klux Klan and which is based upon
distortion of history and of the role
played during the Reconstruction Peri
cd by Thaddeus Stevens, advocate of
the arming of the slaves and the diyi-
sion of the land of the rebel slave own
ers among the slaves, is being shown
throughout New York State
Twin-City herald., 1938-01-29
Neal Attorney Demands
Press Retract Statement

l.. o. Smith, Attorney for John
Neal, demanded that statements made
in local newspapers regarding the dis
appearance of Strong box" pre-
sumed to hold $SO0CO supposedly part
of $4,000 missing 500 Line funds.
According to Miss Smith, the state
ment, which might be considered as
damaging to her client, found its in
ception in a wild rumor of unknown
source, that someone knew where the
Neal strong box" was buried some
where in the environs OF the Twin
Cities.
1t actually developed that the box,
belonging to Mrs. w. S. Neal, and
containing some personal effects, In
cluding 1925 in cash was given Charles
Johnson, an employee, for safe keep
ing, during the series of incidents sur
rounding the arrest of John Neal.
Johnson, who felt he could not give
the box sufficient protection at his
home, turned it over to brother.
- During asperiod of the brothers alb
sence, the box disappeared Mrs. Nea
reported the facts to the County At
torney, and search warrant was is
sued. Following the search, warrant
was issued that resulted in the arrest
of Bernice Johnson and William Steele
According to Mrs. Neal, the $325 was
raised from the payment of two Christ
mas savings funds, and the sale Of
products from the Neal farm.
Newspapers throughout the cities
Immediately corrected the error.
Twin-City herald., 1938-01-29
LABOR SCHOOL BUTTON
CAMPAIGN OPENED

81 Support the Minneapolis Labor
School, is the slogan on the button
which is appearing on the lapels of
many Minneapolis Trade Unionists. A
Button Drive has been launched by
the Minneapolis Labor School Direct
ing Committee in accordance with
plans to acquaint the whole Trade IN
ion Movement with the work of the
school. A good start has been made
by the distribution of several thousand
buttons at the close of the sixth an
nual conference of the Minnea ,olis
Workers Council held Saturday, Jan
uary 8, at the Labor School headoliar-
ters
Twin-City herald., 1938-01-29
NOTICE

The City Federation of Colored
Women's Clubs will hold their next
meeting at Phyllis Wheatlcy House,
at 2 p. m. All members are urged to
attend-our speaker will be Mrs. Lou
ise Bromley, Head Resident. Mem.
bers are also urged to attend the Edu-
cational meeting, at Border M. E.
Church, cor. Aldrich Ave. No. at 40th
ST No, Jan. 30th, at p. m.
IS. Paul, Sec'y.
Twin-City herald., 1938-01-29
Likes Derail, But
/ Cant Go Goof Balls

=
Fred Jones, member of the Gate
way district fraternity, made his fif-
teenth trip to court in six years,
charged with drunkenness. Asked his
favorite brand of liquor, he said he
didn't know, he drank "derail" most
of the time, but never used goof balls.
Goof balls it is understood, is the lat
est method of securing the required
wallop, for those who are not easily
soothed by ordinary drinking methods.
Known to the drug trade as phenol
Barbital, a sedative, it is claimed that
one swallowed just before taking a
drink, will produce sleep little heav-
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Twin-City herald., 1938-01-29
NEGRO YOUTH COUNCIL OF
MINNEAPOLIS PLANS
CONFERENCE

A Youth Conference. given by the
Negro Youth Council and the clubs
of Minneapolis, is being planned for
March 5th at the Phyllis Wheatley
House.
At the last meeting the following
committees were chosen. John Thorn
as, Chairman, Arrangements Commit
tee; Claude Mason, Asst. Chairman
Marjorie Carter, Secretary; Publicit,
Chairman, Helen M. Scott, Financial
Chairman, Donald Session.
Twelve clubs were represented a
the last meeting If your club has no
Twin-City herald., 1938-01-29
LYNCH BILL FEAR HALTs
DIXIE MoBS


ATLANTA. Jan. tCNA) - Zone
lynching anywhere in the South now
and that anti-lynch bill before Con-
gress will pass sure as he'll"
This was the reason advanced by a
Georgia police officer for the unusual
precautions being taken throughout
the South to prevent mob violence at
this time.
In Georgia, highway troopers were
guarding Isaiah Mcbride, charged
with killing county deputy. In Ala
bama a white man charged with the
assault-murder of white girl was
closely guarded.
Twin-City herald., 1938-01-29
NOTICE

The midwinter meeting of the Mime
sofa Association of Colored Women
will be held Friday, Feb. 4th, at We'll
come Hall, St. Paul, Minn. Executive
Board at 10 a. m. Luncheon at p. m.
An afternoon program and tea at $50
p. m.
Mrs. Julia Douglas, Pres.
Twin-City herald., 1938-01-29
BUM BUSINESS"
fILADELPHIA, JAM, (CNA) :

Louis Pappas, white, who began one
ran battle fifteen days ago against
bum business" by raising wages, cut
ting prices and hiring additional help
in his restaurant, reported this week
that customers increased 68 per cent
over any previous IS days in eight
years.
Twin-City herald., 1938-01-29
CLUBS

The Kingsdaughters' Club of Be-
thesda Baptist Church met Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. L. Wad-
lington, 2737 18th Ave. So. The host
ess served lunch.
The Mothers Effort Club me. a;
the home of Mrs. Mabel Bell. 2!ll 5th
Ave. So. After the regular business
session party was enjoyed by all.
The next meeting will be at home OF
Mrs. Bertha Wright, 81 18th Ave. So.
The Washington times., 1938-08-19

ing mobization-at least in Germany-means that the
neghboring nations have to sit around biting their
fnqernals and wondering whether there is going to be
war or not.
Various theories are offered to account for Hlters
mobilization One is that he wants to scare Czechoso
vaka into surrenderng to him as Austria did, Another
is that he is merely testing out his equipment lot of
"ersatz (subsute) rubber and leather and wool hav-
ing played the German soldiers very dirty tricks
on the march into Austria. Another theory, of course,
is that Hitler actually intends to to against some
body this theory then branching out into subheories
as to who that somebody may be.
We ought to have learned one lesson by this time;
namely that any kind of dictatorship is bad. booted
and spurred neuroc who can keep the world on tener
hooks, because he can make a
We Hate 1neSe nation march at his command, is
1.x1 DI world public nuisance.
D'O'"'O' o. D"' This is not to say, however,
that should march to try to abate any of these null
sances actual professed lovers of democracy
are urging do. Europe jumps off the LEDGE that
is call for us to do likewise.
Of course we hope Hitler loses out in the end. We
have for this little yrant who mpounds robs and
tortures Jews just for being Jews whether they be old
young male female, scientists, saints scalawags
We hope Mussoini and Stain and Hirohito eventually
get their ears nailed permanently back We wish the
Spaniards would stop killing another off, though
we don't think they will in the near future.
But we hope the United States will resist to the last
ditch the urge go out and fight to make any of the
dictator-ridden nations see the light see it.
We were hooked once by the temptation to the
world for democracy. That is worthy object, and it's
to be hoped the world will some day be saved for
democracy. But failed to do the saving that other
time, and proved practically beyond dispute that
cannot do it Our cue for the duration of the
European jtters, is isolation
Daily
The Washington times., 1938-08-19

House. Under his purge" Sena-
tors and Representatives who
make up the Congress Of the
United States and in that Con-
gress are supposed to represent
the people of the United States
and them only would, upon ar
rival in Washington for a ses-
sion of Congress, cease to be
Senators and Representatives Of
the people and become, instead,
Senators and Representatives
of Mr.. Roosevelt, to do his bid
ding and his bidding only.
Thus, under the purge"
scheme, the people of the Unit
ed States would be without rep
resentation in the legislative
branch of their own govern
ment. If the people of the coun-
try want that sort of an ar
rangement they can get it easily
enough simply by being supine.
It would be, so far as the peo-
pie are concerned, both taxation
and legislation without repre-
sentation. There was a fuss
about a similar question in this
country once, and there was a
tea party that led to a war
about it, too. E. S. L.
The Washington times., 1938-08-19
On "Purges"

It might be well if people un-
derstood a little more clearly
just what Mr.. RooSevelt's
purge" really means. There
seems to be a general belief
that Mr.. Roosevelt is carrying
on his purge" to punish those
members Of the Senate and
House who have gone contrary
to his wishes in the matter of
legislation proposed by him. 1t
would seem that the purge,
carried to the logical conclusion,
is much more important than
that. Let us look the matter
over.
The 96 United States Sen
ators, two from each Of the 4S
States, are elected by the people
of the States to represent them,
the people, in enacting laws for
the government and good Of all
Of the people. The 435 mem
bers of the House of Represent
atives are elected by the people
of the 435 congressional dis
tricts that completely cover the
country to represent them, the
people. in the House 'of Repre-.
sentativeS in all matters of legis-
lation. Through these Senators
and these Representatives. the
people have had a hold on legiS-
lation, because the Senators and
Representatives have been ac-
countable to the people who
elected them, and to nobody else.
That was the way matters stood
until Mr.. Roosevelt came along.
Under his purge" scheme
Mr.. Roosevelt seeks to pick out
Senators and members Of the
The Washington times., 1938-08-19


Each, thought Dollfuss, had the
right to think as he pleased and
act as he pleased within the
bounds of civilization. Do4lfusS
is to be liquidated from history
at least German and Austrian
history-as a tyrant!
HOWEVER, like Christophe, it
IL is within the bounds Of pos"
sibility that Hitler is making q
grievous error in sanctifying the
doctrine of assassination. In
days gone by absolute rulers
were careful, in their own inter
ests, to make it the greatest OF
all sins to offer violence to the
person of the ruler. No other
crime was punished so bruta1ly
and so barbarously when COM
mitted by an individual or a
conspiratorial group.
The record shows that when
a nation in revolt executed the
ruler, that nation could expect
to bring all neighboring mon
archial countries about their
ears in tempests Of wrath; that
was the experience Of the
The Washington times., 1938-08-19

ground system to make it easier
for people to get to and from
the area Of the Government de-
partments. Subways have proved
invaluable in other cities and it
would be a good idea for Wash
ington to seriously consider q
subway plan that would meet
the needs here"
X 4 4
Austin Young, 1917 sherwood
st. N. E., shop foreman, Pro
curement Division:
The Washington times., 1938-08-19
Hops on Hoover

H. L. T., writing in today'S
Voice, says, MANY Of us re-
member Hoover as the last of a
long line of American statesmen
who represent true democracy,
and as one of the greatest hu-
manitarians this country ever
produced"
Oh Yeah! Thomas Bracket
said, "a statesman is a success
full politician who is dead"
Herbert Hoover certainly must
have been dead from the neck
up when he gave orders to
Ananias Hurley and "Tear Gas"
Macarthur to call out the army
from Fort Myer, Va, to shoot
down and gas the men, women
and children Of the bonus army.
This was one of the biggest
blotS in the history Of America
and o disgrace to real Ameri-
The Washington times., 1938-08-19
Gambling a Right?

Gambling a NIghc!
The great extent Of gambling
of all sorts in the United
States clearly indicates that
millions of citizens consider it a
natural right with which Gov
ernment should not interfere.
Government has no more
right to prohibit gambling than
to prohibit the wearing of red
ties or blouse shirts.
No matter how honest and
efficient the law-enforcement
agencies are, gambling cannot
be stopped so long as large
numbers of citizens believe it to
be an inalienable right.
A Dewey may convict the
kingpins Of the policy racket,
but policy goes on as strong as
ever, and right in the midst Of
the crusade.
Don Quixote discovered that
1t is of no use to tilt against
windmills. When will those who
try to stop gambling discover
it?
So long as gambling is illegal
criminals will necessarily be in
control. w. K.
The Washington times., 1938-08-19

can manhood. Many Of uS
World War veterans remember
Hoover's service in the Boxer
uprising in China, especially
Gen. Smedley Butler. I was Q
m e ber of Equality-Walter
Reed Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, when Comrade Beetle
helm, gave Hoover the obliga-
ton at the White House in 1923.
I wonder if H. L. T. remem-
bers Hoover's slogan, Prosperity
Just Around the Corner? Also.
what, if anything, he thinks Of
Hoover handshaking with Herr
Hitler in 1898?
In writing a eulogy of Hoover,
H. L. Mencken said, Lord
Hoover, the great 100 per cent
wet-dry, Democratic Republican,
English-American, is nothing
more or less than a fat
Coolidge" LIBRA.
The Washington times., 1938-08-19

about the traffic situation here,
a problem which seems to be
getting more serious every day.
washington is a growing city
and will always be a city Of
many automobiles. Some method
will have to be worked out to
encourage people to leave their
automobiles at home."
\
C. C. Champion, 712 Emerson
St. N. w., C. and P. Telephone
Company employe:
The Washington times., 1938-08-19
CraZy----But Still Funny

AL ROACH, who has built bigger fortune out of
IL Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel than he did out of
Harold Lloyd in the years gone by, is yelling "Wolf,
Wolf, again. He baws the fear that his shrivelpussed
clown Laurel is too emperamenal and must be replaced
by woodenpussed clown of yeseryear, Harry Langdon
If it u.s. indeed, Laurel temperament and not shrinking
publicity that is bothering him. Hal would be better ad-
vsed to stick Stan. History records that Mr. Lang
49,. don in his heyday uppity
AIWUYO OHOWeU and fluttery as Pola Negri.
Up for Work Ihat IS why both OF them nave
for years been buried in the
cemetery of movie oblivion.
On the other hand, Laurel, with all his wives and
bothers has shown up for work for good span of
years-frequently late, but eventually present.
On the other occasions when Mr. Roach holered 'Wolf,
Wolf" the response immediate and gratifying.
shrewd businessman, whether in the ice business the
saloon business the movie business he is await
ing another hckback, and that, and not on Mr.
Laureps tters, will depend the outcome
So make haste to his producer that as far
as we are concerned Stan is still funny-on and off.
The Washington times., 1938-08-19

~--~N0
that of England after the be-
heading of Charles the First:
that neither succumbed was due
to a peculiar kind Of national
luck that brought a great adven-
turer and a great soldier to each
country in the nick of time. But
Hitler will never be q Napoleon
Bonaparte any more than Goer.
ing will be an Oliver Cromwell.
THE autocrats of olden days
L had a weather eye on their
own security when they decreed
assassination as the greatest OF
all crimes. These later despots
who have sprung from the
hedgerowS of their countries
may be making a terrible mis-
take-for themselves, not for us
by hallowing the deed of po-
litical murder and erecting mon
umentS to such as Planetta,
Holzweber and the II yes-men,
the butchers of Engelbert Doll
fuss.
Hitler, by his action and COM
mands in what was once the
ancient empire Of Austria, but
which is now part Of his own
despotically ruled domain, has
given reputability to terrorism
and has recognized asSasSina'
ton as a commendable line Of
political action and patriotic
behavior.
Not to hark back again to so
distant a parallel as that OF
Henri Christophe, the japanese
have been following Mr.. Hitler's
line of reasoning for a number
of years, and as a result they
have lost, by the knife and by
the bullet, more premiers and
cabinet ministers than has any
other nation in history.
Il Il 4
OOUND despotic ideas, such as
~ the guillotine. the iron
mask and the crippling cage,
all came back to devil their in
ventors to death. If the Slayers
of DollfuSS came, through
hanging, to q sort Of deification,
is there any reason why a
patriot who differs with Hitler
should not expect similar hon"
ors eventually-and therefore
strive for them?
Copyright. 1888, BY Warrington
Herald-Timeg)
The Washington times., 1938-08-19

decide whether to jump off, and
finally jumped off.
When it isn't one war scare in
Europe it is another. Just now it
is this damned Hitler who is giv-
ing Europe and the rest of the
world the jitters with his six weeks
of war maneuvers amounting to
mobilization of Germany's entire
military power.
Mobilization used to mean war.
When one nation began to mobil-
ize, it's neighbors did the same.
Now, to make life more interest
The Washington times., 1938-08-19
Your |. O..
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is q general quiz. Score
10 for each correct answer.
/. Lutetia, "the Muddy CITY,"
was the name given, before its
growth, to: (a) Rome. CD
Genoa. (c) Paris.
2. spelter is another name
for: (a) lead, (b) tin' (c) zinc.
3. What is the name Of the
long piece of cotton or silk which
constitutes the principal gar"
ment of Hindu women?
4. If a thing is frangible, it
is: (a) easily smelled, (b)
easily broken, Co easily seen.
5. Do you pronounce "quay"
like (a) key" or (b) "kway"2
6. Does the "littoral" Of a
country pertain to the (a) coast,
or (b) inland?
Z. When was the "nones" in
the ancient Roman calendar?
8. A magnum Of champagne
is usually (a) a fifth, (b) q
quart, (c) two quarts.
9. Acentric means (a) with
out a center, (b) in the center.
(c) odd.
10. The I. w. w. was founded
by (a) Eugene v. Debs, b) John
L. Lewis, (c) Samuel Gompers.
ANSWERS ON Page III
The Washington times., 1938-08-19

be impossible for people to have
as many accidents. People would
leave cars at home If they could
get to work conveniently and
quickly without them. I'd like
to have a method Of getting to
work quicker without using q
car. I have to take a bus and
then transfer twice to street
cars. It takes me As minutes to
get to work. With an automo-
bile I can make the trip in less
than 10 minutes"
The Washington times., 1938-08-19
ROllin' Along
By w. A. S. Douglas

DOLF HITLER like all painters-house WALL scene or
"A carrage-is dreamer. His greatest dream-a night
the rest of us-s Germany taught to adore ITSELF to
do right without benefit of clergy to operate without non
Ayan of inspiration and grind the world under
its heel.
few days he had another dream which might be the
sort of nightmare him. always recurrent was to
Henri Chrstoph the African slave who became Emperor Of
Haiti preached the gloes of assassnatonand finally COM
mtted suicide to avoid assassination.
The latest form of alteration which the Naz must SUBJ
scribe announced in the ensnement martyrs of the men
who murdered Chancellor Engebert Dolfuss of Austria
four and who properly hanged by the neck
until dead in expiation of their horrible crime.
Naz creed French Republic after tne eXec
"natriotc victims of tyr ton Sixteenth and
afte
The Washington times., 1938-08-19

the Off cial
We RS on Of
the rule Of
the little pa
triot W h o
S o u g hit to
have all men
d e C | a r e d
equal, wheth-
er NaZi, Jew,
C a t h o lie,
Pro t eStant,
G o m nuniSt
Toenicf
The Washington times., 1938-08-19

THE su b W a Y
plan thought out
by Mr.. Waldo L.
S c h m / d t, sounds
like it would be a
wonderful pr oject,
and it should have
thorough con 81 d.
Grafton. Something
has to be done