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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-11
WOmen's Clubs
Sponsor Better
Housing Meet
TO HOLD HOUSING MEETING
HERE

The Minnesota Association of
Colored Women's Clubs will hold
a mass meeting Sunday, No
vember goth, at A p. M, at We'll
come Hall, 393 Harrington Ave
nue., st. Paul.
The meeting will be for the
purpose of exposing the unsani-
tary and greatly deteriorated hous-
ing conditions under which many
Negro residents of st. Paul are
forced to live, because of the land
lords lack of improvements on
properties for which they charge
average rent.
This meeting will mark the be-
ginning of a city-wide effort of the
Association to urge landlords to
fix up dilapidated properties and
bring them up to the standard of
public health and sanitation laws.
Members of the State Housing
Survey Committee and the Public
Health department have been in
vited to speak. Further details
will appear in the next edition of
this paper.
Mrs. Mabel McGayock Lewis is
chairman of the committee pro-
noting the meeting. Mrs. Clarence
Nelson and Mrs. Clarence M.
Mitchell are among those assist
ing her.
Mrs. Josephine Hagan is presi-
dent of the Association, Mrs. Jean
Waters, secretary, and Mrs. Minnie
Archer, treasurer.
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Urban League
Aux. Holds
Waffle Supper

The Women's Auxiliary of the
st. Paul Urban League is giving
waffle and chicken dinner at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Jones, SIT w. Central Avenue,
Friday today, Armistice Day.
Meals. will be served from noon
on through the evening. for 25
cents.
Proceeds of this dinner, spon-
sored by the program committee
of the Auxiliary, will be used for
the work of the organization. Mrs.
Eva B. Taylor is chairman of
the committee. Other members
are Mesdames Frank Wiggington,
Josephine Hagan, Beulah Turtly
Leah Mae Young, Juanita Nelson,
and Juanita Jackson Mitchell.
The Auxiliary urges its many
friends to patronize this effort.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-11
Cast for "Take a
Bow Little Lady"
Is Announced

The cast of the dramatic sketch
"Take A Bow Little Lady," which
will be presented Thursday eve
ming, Nov. II, at st. James A. M.
E. Church, was announced Tues
day by the Dramatic Twelve Club,
organization sponsoring the pres
entation.
In the cast will be Marybelle
Lyell, who will also direct the
sketch; Beatrice Franklin Boyd,
Harold Holland, Elmer Harris,
Louis Williams and Lee Harris.
Admission to the entertainment
will be IS cents.
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Vann Detection
Defeats Pennsy
State Demos

Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. g. The
disaffection of Robert L. Vannt
Pittsburgh editor, probably cost the
Democratic party of this state
Tuesdays election. The Republican
ticket won both the <governorship
and the senate seat by small ma
jority.
Vann's bolt which evidently lost
the state for the Democrats was de-
nounced by Democratic chieftains
including his co-worker, Senator
Joseph Guffey. The Pittsburgh law
yer and newspaperman did not
leave the national Democratic res
ervation, but simply announced
that he would not support the
Pennsylvania state candidates.
Returns indicate that his bolt
was productive of many votes to
the Republican candidates.
Vann's critics say he was dissat-
isfed over a small patronage mat
ter. Vann himself said he felt the
Pennsylvania D e ocrats had
strayed from the paths set out by
"our noble leader, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt"
Some political observers say
Vann left the state ticket because
of Guffey, who, if the Democrats
had won, would have lost his pres
tige since the party nominees all
belong to the anti-Guffey faction.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-11
DIES COMMITTEE
HEARS CHARGES OF
BUSTED PROFESSOR

Washington, Nov. 10.-Dr. Nor
decai w. Johnson, president OF
Howard University, was openly
accused of advocating Communism
by James A. Cobb, ex-judge and
ousted professor of the Law
School when he testified before the
Dies House Committee on I'm
American Activities here Satur-
day.
Howard Receives Large Sums
Annually
The former District Municipal
Court judge alleged that Howard
received annually, huge stipends
from the Government, but 'by his
advocacy of Communism" was
trying "to destroy the very Gov
eminent whose largess he is re-
ceiving."
Cobb said that an investigation
into the activities of the Howard
president had been ordered by
Secretary Ickes, and conducted by
Louis B. CLAWS, former chief in
vestigator of the Interior Depart
ment, but that the matter had been
dropped as not one of government
concern.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-11
Three Clubs Join
Efforts To Bring
Needy Santa

Three of the Twin Cities leading
clubs will unite to bring Christmas
cheer and happiness to needy fami-
lies.
These clubs, the Credjafawn
Social Club, the Cameo Club and
the Elite Club, will begin this week
an intensive five weeks drive to
raise funds to provide Christmas
happiness to families which other
wise might not have it on Deem
Der %.
Cooperating with the three clubs
will be Ted Steichen of Steichen's
Food Market, who yearly cooper
ates with the Cameo Club in its
Christmas effort.
TO HAVE BUTTON CAMPAIGN
A joint committee from the three
clubs, headed by George w. Brooks
Jr., and consisting of Hazel War
ricks, Fanny Mae Butler, Lucille
and Chas. Hargraves, announced a
novel campaign stunt, a "buttor
drive"
Benefit Dance at White Bear
Buttons will be sold to those who
want to help in the drive. These
buttons will serve as admission tc
benefit dance on Thursday, Dec
Is, to be held at the swank Colony
Club at White Bear, Minnesota.
Further details, names of con.
tributors, etc., will appear weekly
in this newspaper.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-11

the Board of Foreign Missions of
the M. E. Church.
This will be St. Paul's only OPP
portunity to hear him, since he and
his wife, the former Marian Jack
son of Baltimore, will leave in June,
1889, to work with E. Stanley
Jones, the Methodist missionary in
India. They will be the first Ne
gro missionaries of the M. E..
Church.
The a cappella choir of. the Wes-
ley Foundation, St. Anthony Park
M. E. Church, and the St. James
A. M. E. Church choir have been
invited to render special music.
There will be no admission fee.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-11
48 Red Caps
In St. Louis
Are Fired"

st. Louis Terminal Fears Possible
Tips Ruling-Men Seek Advice
On Law
st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 10.-Forty-
eight of the Union Stations los
red caps were dismissed last week
because their employer, the Ter
minal Railroad Association, feared
an adverse ruling under the Wage
Hour Act on whether. tips may be
considered as a part of wages, and
this would require back payment of
salaries.
Just before the new Federal law
went into effect October "a, the
Terminal discharged 43 red-caps in
expectation that the act would fix
the mems wages at rs cents an
hour. They were re-hired, how
ever, after an agreement whereby
their tips, previously their only
compensation, were to be supple
mented if they fell below the 81
weekly minimum wage.
Discharged Men to Seek Advice On
Law
J. A. Mathewson, general man.
ager of the Terminal, said the sec
ond dismissal followed because
there was no assurance that the
courts might not eventually hold
that tips are not wages and order
payment of "an awful lot of back
pay"
The reduction, he continued, re-
duces the staff of red-caps to the
lowest possible number.
Paul A. Dwyer, general chair
man of the Railway Clerks Union,
and representative of the red-caps,
has stated he would ask U. S. Dis
trict Attorney Harry C. Blanon
about the possibility of the dis
charged men signing waivers of
wage claims under the new law lin
order to return to work for tips
only.
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Forum Meets
At Halle @.
Sunday, Nov. 3

"How Effectively Are the Ma
tional Negro Organizations Meet
ing the Needs of the Negro" will
be the discussion of the Sunday
afternoon Forum to be held Sun
day, November Is, at 400 P. M.
promptly. The symposium will in
clude Clifford Rucker, Negro Coun-
Gil; Clarence Mitchell, Urban
League; Juanita Mitchell, N. A. A.
C. P. This is an excellent subject
for discussion.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-11
Saint Paul's
Community Fund
Drive Nov. 14-22

Churches, civic organizations
and laymen have combined their
efforts in St. Paul to make the an
nual Community Chest Campaign
a success.
Volunteer solicitors will be Clar-
ence Mitchell, Jr., st. Paul Urban
League, executive secretary; Mary
D. Mcfarland, captain of the
team; l. Myrtle Garden, Halle Q.
Brown House head; Mesdames
Juanita Mitchell, Josie Williams,
Lola Edwards, Cecil Boswell,
Birdie High, Julia Douglass, 1delle
Patton, Roy Green, Mary Jones,
Arthur McWatt, Eva Neal, Clar-
ence Wigington, James Hugh, S. E.
Hall and Herman Cotton; the
Misses lolita Hamilton and Ruth
Brown and the Reverends Chas. F.
Keefe, L. w. Harris, G.. L. Hay
den, Victor Holly, A. H. Lealtad, G.
L. Nelson, J. C. Bothic, S. Cal
ander and Bishop Holdman. =
The following speakers are
scheduled to speak at various
churches Sunday morning, No
vember ID, in behalf of the drive.
Clarence Mitchell will speak at
Pilgrim Baptist; 1. Myrtle Garden,
Camphor M. E.; Mary D. McFar-
land, St. Phillips; Julia Douglas.
Mt. Olivet; Mrs. Arthur McWatt,
Holly Catholic, and Mrs. Clarence
Mitchell, Holman, Apostolic.
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@. ID. Charleston
Elected President
Sterling Club
DUFF CHARLESTON HEADS
STERLING CLUB

Sterling Club Elects Officers
The Sterling Club held its annual
election of officers, Tuesday, No
vember 1, at the Clubhouse. o.
Duff Charleston was elected to the
presidency.
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ATTEND AMERICAN LEGION
CONFERENCE

Members of the Johnny Baker
Post and the ladies' auxiliary who
attended the Fall Conference and
banquet of the American Legion
held at the Nicollet Hotel Satur.
day, November 9Th, were Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Poster, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Stewart, Miss Helen Jefferson, Mrs
Alice Lewis, Mrs. I. Moore and Mr.
Harry Lewis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-11
VISITING FROM FARGO

Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Broughton
of Fargo, N. D., here last week
seeking medical advice, were house
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Ross, 534 Aldrich Ave. No.
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they will take their classes to view
the display, Similar exhibits will
be up at the branch Libraries.
"New Books-New Worlds" is
the theme for this years National
Children's Book Week.
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MasOns Charity Dance
Monday Night To Bring
LeOnard's K. C. Rockets

Monday night November a. all roads and highways
Hail. ST. Paul Auditorium where the Twin Cities will get
glimpse Haon Rockets attracting
much ,attention n dance circles
Advance On Tickets
tickets will admission
may purchased in st. Paul
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-11

Scintillating SyncOpatiOns! Sen
satiOnal Swing! Dance with
Fletcher Henderson and his band,
Coliseum, Monday night, Nov. Fl.
ADV.
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M AJ Ed 10 DINUU
SIROTT DRUG
JIM'S PLACE
LOVES TAILOR SHOP
, In Minneapolis:
ACME SMOKE SHOP
ELKS REST
BOB MOULDEN's CAFE
IOWA-MINNESOTA
BELLS CAFE
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Portland, OregOn-Y oungsters of the Negro
Federal School of Music, part of the WPA rec
reation program. Bert Turner, pictured above,
is leader of the boys and girls who play in the
thirty-two piece band and the drum corps made
up of sixteen youths These musical enthusiasts
meet regularly for Instructions and practice.
They give performances at schools and in parks.
The instruction, practice and public appear
ance of these youthful musicians in Portland are
part of total of 100000 hours spent week
by thousands of persons taking part in choral,
band and other musical training programs in
WPA recreation centers throughout the country.
(WPA Photos.
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MRS. JORDAN UNDERGOES
OPERATION

Mrs. Annie Q. Jordan is improv-
ing after an operation at Miller
Hospital. Her daughter, Mrs. Dolly
Crushshon of Chicago, will remain
here until her mother fully recov-
ers.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-11-11

Fletcher Henderson, Radios
Mighty Master of MelOdiOus
Swing! Coliseum Ballroom, Mon
day night, Nov. 21.-Adv.
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St. Louis Terminal Fears Possible
Tips Ruling-Men Seek Advice
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-03

Germantown, Pa., Sept. 3-(UP) The United States plays Austra- lia for the Davis Cup here today and despite the fact that the cri- tics have made this country an overwhelming favorite, I have half a mind to pick Australia to win.
 Before you say would have to have half a mind to pick any team over Don Budge and company, let me explain my reasons, of which there are two. Taking them in re- verse order, just for the devil of it, they are:
 9. Right here in Germantown, where today's matches will be played, a much stronger American side than that of Budge, Riggs and Mako once took bad licking form a British force. That was in Oc- tober of TIT and our No. 1 and No. 9 players on that team were George Washington and Mad An thony" Wayne. They were consid- cred invincible at the time, and were 1 to 10 favorites to lick the British, Sir William Howe and Colonel Musgrave of the 10th foot.
 Before the fight it was reliably reported that both Sir William and the colonel were in none too good shape. They had spent the tutumn training in Philadelphia bathrooms and were suffering from "minuet elbow" Washington and Mad Anthony" were in the pink, Wash ington from throwing dollars across the Potomac and Mad An- thony" from losing and recovering his temper.
 Sir William and the colonel, who were supposed to be strictly base line players, attacked from the start and won in straight sets, send ing Washington into Valley Forge for the winter and Mad Anthony" into a rage.
 My point is that if such an Amer ican team as that one was could be beaten at Germantown, so can Don and Bobby and Gene. Of course. Washington didn't have Walter Pate and the other Davis Cup sages to counsel him.
 Now, with the logic for which this column is noted. I move to reason No. |.
 1. Essentially. this Davis Cup se-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-03
HUNTINGTON AUTO
 RACES LABOR DAY

Huntington, Conn, Sept. 3 - A claSSy field of Eastern experts in- cluding several Connecticut favorites will thunder around the Huntington track in series of thrilling big automobile races on Labor Day aft- ernoon, striving at once to shatter the record for the half mile dirt oval and to pull down some of the attractive guaranteed purses.
 The mark for the half-mile cir- cult is 29.4 seconds, held by George Rice of Milford, and at least two of the contestants, Allan Kellog of Danbury and Joe Sudick of Fair field. are conceded real chances of bettering the feat, because of their close approach in former attempts. Other Nutmeg riders who will roar over the stretch in Connecticut's most sensational sports show of the holiday are Bud Tato, Bridgeport; Ted Carly and George Bouley, Wa terbury; George Baxter, Danbury; Charlie Royce, Hartford; and Speed Washik, Bristol. Contestants from out of state include Eugene Frank, Boston, and Freddie Carlson, Os- sining.
 Twenty-two entries are listed for the six-race program, the feature of which will be l5-mile grind. There will be two match races and two handicap events. Time trials start at o'clock, with the first race set for 2 o'clock.
 The Huntington track is on the Danbury-N -Newtown highway, 10 miles from Bridgeport, and easily accessible from any point.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-03

Those who caught the balls were George Lange Kelly, who was to become quite a first baseman with the New York Giants, and Michael Angelo Bessolo, semi-professional player of southern California.
 
 SEMI-PRO SNAGS 778-FOOT BALL WITH INFIELDER'S MITT
 Tt was windy that afternoon, but Kelly caught his ball with a first baseman's mitt, with the altimeter at 778 feet testif1es Otto. And Bes- solo made a back of the neck catch of his with nothing more than an inflelder's glove"
 Height doesn't make much dif- ference if there are no indeter- minate air currents and you can follow the ball." says Muddy Ruel, the Chicago White Cox coach who dropped just two foul balls in 20 years of catching. Air acts as a cushion for the ball"
 "The toughest foul to tackle is one hit directly above the plate" asserts Gabby Hartnett, who has dropped or lost only two in l6 cam paigns. Its no trick at all when the ball travels in its natural arc, That gives you something by which to judge it."
 So, in the matter of catching baseballs tossed fro ma lofty ele- vation, 1t would seem that somebody has been kidding somebody ever since Gabby Street made himself famous by spearing one heaved from the top of Washington Monument.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-03
Today's Sport Parade
By HENRY McLEMORE United Press Stan Correspondent

ries Is Q battle between the eagle and the kangaroo. You can't get away from that, the eagle being our national symbol and the kan- garoo having that honor in Austra- lia. On clay or en-tout-cas, even, the eagle would be favored over the kangaroo. But these cup matches are fought on grass, and that fact makes it look as if the result were "in the bag" Tor the kangaroo. The kangaroo just loves grass eats 1t up, in fact. The eagle only eats 1t up when he is not feeling well-or am I confusing the eagle with the Collie dog? Or is Albert Payson Terhune the only one read- ing this at this point?
 There was a time when I was considering picking the Americans, but as a man who was born under the stars and stripes and who gets his seeds free from a congressman, I simply could not do it. knew that if I picked the Americans they would lose, and I would be branded as the modern eff slight ly fatter) counterpart of Benedict Arnold. G-men would be after me for treason, my telephone wires would be tapped, and I would not be allowed to shoot firecrackers on the fourth of July.
 So, with my half a mind, I pick Australia over the locals.
 Copyright, 1888. by United Press)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-03
Is It Cricket to Try Too Hard?
By DAN PARKER

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 s1s S and their lead has dwindled IA putting their in serious jeopardy
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 Experts have players potential world series rivals man for man. say hst the Yankees superior at all at barely perceptbe. '-' "'A '" -''~' '''' T % snsws 5 % S that M batting is veer and its pitching easier because rockies with the unpleasant prospect meeting Mary maraung
 THERE ARE of view regarding the perennial in vncby of the Yankees One that they're for baseba think the latter view the correct Rupper frightened up on his bags and club owners who either can't won't improving their satu the standard lowered greatly As long he maintains other to shoot at which better class of baseball when babas conud depends putting penalty on success 1t will be high time to scrap game.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-03
Three Games For Tribes Ouer Labor Day
The pAYOFF|
in Cleveland, But Seni-PrO Snagged 778-FOOter From AirpIane With InfeIder's Glove in Texas
By HARRY CRIMSON Sports Editor, NEA Service

Much fuss was made about Henry Helf and Frankie Pytlak catching baseballs tossed from atop the 708- foot Terminal Tower in Cleveland.
 The Indian catchers were credited with breaking the altitude record established 30 years ago when Gab- by Street snagged a pellet thrown from the top of the 550-foot Wash ington Monument. The original Billy Sullivan, Wally Schang, and Ray Schalk duplicated Streets accom- plishment.
 Spearing ball chucked from a high elevation is highly overTated stunt, however.
 Catching that ball at the base of the monument was quite thrill" says Street, now old Sarge of the St. Louis Browns, "but I realized when the ball was 100 feet or more from the ground that I was going to catch it if I could get my hands on 1t. Judging the flight of the ball is the only feat. If he can do that properly, any ball player can catch a ball from a great height"
 Helf and Pytlak made the 708-foot catches in Cleveland look ridiculous ly easy. As matter of fact, Helf, the third-string Indian backstop, made a enchanted catch of his ball. The pellet bounded out of his glove, and he grabbed 1t with both
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-03
Bric-A-Brac Softball

Preparations were completed to- day for the Benrus Watch girls de- parture tomorrow morning for Hart. ford where they will meet the O Fox Company girls at Colt Park IT. a softball exhibition, proceeds o1 which go toward transportation ex. penses for the Fox team to Chicago where they will compete in a ma. tional tournament this month.
 Eagle Locks Second
 Tn relation to the Terryvilie Eagh Lock girls, who are second in the state league standing, and have won and lost to the G. Fox team, the following letter is in receipt from the management of the Locktowr team:
 Terryville. Conn.
 August 3l, 1888. John Cluney,
 Waterbury Democrat, Waterbury, Conn.
 My dear MT. Cluney-In reference to your article in the Waterbury Democrat of August 3l stating that the G. Fox girls have beaten the Terryville girls, we wish to say that you have told only half the story. Terryville has beaten the c. Fox girls being the only team in Con- necticut to hand them defeat this season.
 The Eagle Lock girls are in sec ond place in the state league los- ing one other game, that to the New Departure Maidensand Terryville has since defeated them 7-l.
 It may interest you to know that the Eagle Lock lassies have wen al consecutive games-that includes c. Fox, New Departure and the Eagle Lock Foremen, a means team. 4 not hit, no run game being against your own Benrus girls, who we have trimmed twice, they getting only 3 hits in two games.
 Sunday. Sept. {, at the Terryville Fair Grounds Eagle Lock girls are playing the Streaky Press girls of Chicopee, Mass, state champions, who have beaten c. Fox girls twice.
 For the sake of our own softhalI followers, we wish to have correct statement of the Eagle Lock stand ings printed in your column, and we will send our official score book for checking purposes if you care to have 1t.
 Yours in sports, JACK LOJEWSKI,
 Mgr. E. L. Girls Team