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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-24
TIGERS, NAVY
 PLAY TO TIE

BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. "A. Princeton and Navy put on a great offensive show last Saturday after noon. the count standing 13-13 at the end after the Tigers came from behind in two spectacular scoring drives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-24
E|ks' Men Take
 Brunswick Five

The Elks five-man team once again beat the Brunswickers in the regular Sunday matches, taking three straight with Hagerups 589 high tally.
 Scores follow:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-24
Ohio State Wins Around Chicago
 MidfieId Gains
Bu C keyes Roll Up Top HeavyPoint Total Though
 Outgained by Maroons

COLUMBUS, Oct. 24.-The Chi cago Maroons outgained Ohio State yardage last Saturday afternoon but lost 42 to T.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-24
SARDINES WIN, 0UL.ICANS ALSO
 AMONG vICT0RS

Sardines won two Of three frcm the Crawling and Ouligan won three straight from the Trout on Saturday at the Elks Club.
 Tonight's games are King Fish games with Sharks vs. Tunas, Mus kies vs. Whales and Salmon vj. Belugas.
 Saturday nights scores fcllow:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-24
PITTSBURGH IN
 VICTORY MARCH

PITTSBUGH, Pa, Oct. 24. - Un- beaten in 21 games, Pittsburgh last Saturday swept over Southern Methodist to win 34 to '.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-24
Cornell Attacks
 Trip Up Penn St.

ITHACA, Oct. 24.-Cornells pow erful running attacks netted three touchdowns last Saturday after noon as the Big Red outfit over powered Penn State 2l to 6.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-24

Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire office.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-01

Had Diverse Talents
1t Ii rather difficult to estimate at
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-01
DUNBAR LAUDED AS NATURE
POET; HUNDREDS SEE HIS
HOME DEDICATED AS SHRINE

DAYTON The man who could
make words into patterns ef music
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-01
JAS. WELDON JOHNSON DIES IN CRASH
DUNBAR HOME BECOMES STATE SHRINE
NOTED AUTHOR. EDUCATOR DIES
IN RAILWAY CROSSING CRASH
Auto of James Weldon johnson Is
Wrecked by Train Near His
Summer Home In Maine

which Of his many pursuits James
Weldon Johnson achieved most, for
he eNcelled in all his diverse talents
He was poet, an educator, public
servant, writer iii popular songs
scholar, author and crusader for
Negro rights.
Probably his greatest service was
as an author. III his prose and verse,
iso hcesme he unofficial spokesman
fer the American Negro, and his in
flnence is credited with loosing Of
THE floed Of Negro self-expression
that reached its peak IN the late
Nineteen Twenties.
Ills works include 'SThe Auto
bog Apply Of an In colored Man.
written anonymously in 1912 and
republished in 1927; Fifty Years
and Other Poems" 1917; self
Determining Haiti 1920. The
Book &c American Negro Poetry
1921 THE Book of American Negro
| Splrituais, 1928; Second Book Of
spirituals, I 1926; and Gods from
bones" fpoemsl, 1927.
Also BLACK Manhattan 1880;
"St. Peter Relates An Incident of
the Resurrection Day, 1890; Along
This Way IAN autobiography.
1888. and No Americans, What
Now" 1884.
Mr.. Johnson was militant cru
sader for his race, demanding po-
litical and cultural equality for the
Negro Probably his greatest fight
was in the effort to put the Dyer
Anti-Lynching Bill through the
Continued on page two)
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-01
SENATOR WAGNER OPENS
NAACP CONFERENCE

U COLUMBUS, Ohio, June %.
Delegates from twenty-seven states
heard the opening keynote speech
of Senator Robert f. Wagner at the
29th annual conference Of the Ma
tionaI Association for the Advane ~
ment Of Colored People here Tue
day night, June g.
Senator Wagner, eoauthor Of ser
eral federal anti-lynchirg bills, told
of the fight for the passage Of h.
Wagner-van Nuys bill which oecu
pied the floor of the Senate fron
January 6 to February Il, 1888.
Aubrey Williams, assis ant g
Harry L. Hopkins as admiaistratpr
OF the WPA, will address the ccn-
ference Friday night. July I. a'osg
with Dr.. Mordecai W. johnson,
president of Howard universitv.
One of the highlights of The
conference is expected to be tire
speech Of Dir, Charles Edward Ru
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sell June 30 on the mistreatment Of
the Negro race in the textbooks used
in th public schools.
At the last moment, Dr.. Charlotte
Hawkins Brown, who was to have
addressed the conference, asked to
be excused because Of illness and
eeath in the family. Lester B.
Granger will speak June 80 to a
mass meeting dedicated to young
people on the subject A Challenge
to Youth.
Prominent in the discussions by
delegates during the day sessions
will - the tonics Of unemployment,
relief and social security. Speakers
on these topics will include Alfred
Edgar Smith, Washington, d. c.;
I,e Ter B. Gra-ga.; Charles H.
Houston, Of the NAACP staff; and
George Coho n, head of the social
81 o'ice II Harlem.
NAACP M it medal, given foY
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-01
NEGRO ELECTED VICE-CHAlRMAN
OF YOUNG REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL FEDERATION
Nationwide Organization
Recognizes CoIored Youths

WASHINGTON Recognizing the
increased part which Negro yolth
are playing in public affairs a d
politics, the Young Republican Ma
tional Federation at its biennial
convention earlier this month elect d
Charles M. Stokes, 33 years old, of
Levanworth, Kansas, as vice chair
man Of this nation vile organiza-
ton.
Stokes election followed amend
ment Of the Federation's con tituti n
providing that hereafter ore Of the
seven vice chairmen must be mem
Der Of the colored race. Thus the
young Negro Kansas lawyer become j
the first of his race to hold such a
high post in the Federation. The
Federation. the official national or
ganixation of Young Republicans,
held its biennial convention in Kan
sas City, Mo-, on June 10 and II.
&4UtE aCtieC All AEpubiA&aiA SiiNAs p
Stokes Is vice chairman of the Yourg
Republican club of Leyanwoth
county: director Of colored actig--
tiles In the First Congressional Dis
trict Young Republican club OF
Kansas, and member of the Re-
publican Speakers Bureau of that
State. During the 1886 campaign
he travelled more than three thou
sand miles on speaking tour for
Landon.
He Is a son Of the Rev. Norris j.
Stokes, who this August celebrates
his 25th anniversary as pastor Of the
Second Baptist church at Pratt
Kansas. He attended public school:
of that town and matriculated ir
Kansas university, where he gradu-
ated from Law School in 1881
While attending the university hi
made an outstanding record as al
orator.
Stokes began the practice Of Law
u In the ofSice Of T. w. Bell, is
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-01
NEGRO AKRONITES HONOR
FIRESTONE'S MEMORY

the Negroes of Akron but Throughout
America.
Al the annual meeting Of the as
sociation he's. in the AM.E, Zion
Church later, Mr.. Lancaster, Akron
attorney, presented the Firestone
family with the silver plaque, which
he said represented the sentiments
of the Negro citizens in appreciation
Of Mr.. Firestone's efforts in their
behalf 1t carried the following in
scription:
In Memoriam to Harvey g.
Firestone That Negroes might en-
Joy the fuller life, the privileges and
the responsibilities Of citizenship as
al expression Of humanitarianism he
gave us the opportunity to work, may
we through our faith in God and our
LOYALTY to America ever prove worthy
Of this trust and confidence.
BY the Negro Citizens of Akron,
Ohio, April, 1885,
Leonard K Firestone, accompanied
rs Mrs. Firestone, received the
plaque OH behalf Of the family, and
IN accepting it, said,
IN accepting this plaque on be-
ha}f Of my mother and other men,
hers Of our family, it is difficult for
me to express how deeply we appre--
ciate your sympathy and thoughtful
ness.
Our family was well acquainted
with the interest my father had in
the work Of vour organization. It
was an activity that was very close
TO his heart
This beautiful plaque with its in
scfinfion will be source Of con-
tinnal Inspiration to Us. We reeog--
nize the fine sentiment which promp-
ted IFS presentation. am greatly
touched BY the words of Mr.. Lam
caster and hope yo twill convey 10
other members of your community
how grateful our family feels for
the tribute which you have extended
to the memory Of my father
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AhhoN, =. tANf An unusual
stapttte % t1e memory 81 Harvey =,
alreseohe' founder q the flfeseohe
i1te ai'a huboer eohpailE WAS paia
py thousahas o. Negro eltlzehs OF
AKRON recently, More thah Law
aeeehaed 2 service hela ~ the second
bapsiat 1hnfeh a'la hahareas iatet
ae'eiiaea .he presentation q q oeau-
ti1ua ailNeI Iiaaue to the flteseoiie
lahiiiy ~ Inc annual meetiiig oi the
assoelataoia Tor aeloiea community
Wofk. ioeai Negro service ana Wei~
ia's oieah'@aeloh, g Willen III. iie.-
stohe was fohhdef.
The Firestone company Is one Of
The largest employer ST Negro labor
III America, and Mr. Fiscstalle va
the first employer IN the rubber in
dustry TO offer opportunities for en-
aloyment to Negro workers. Besides
hundreds Of colorel employees II TIE
American factofies, Fnestone gives
work TO between l5,0o0 and 10000
on lis Liberian plantation.
pr. George Edmund Haynes, ex-
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-01

81 nature. Thus Paul Il ealss y
aisht, the sherhcfd, Aea L ls is
star. The ealumbine's red bsHa mefe
rung, tne loeast yestal enoras
ung
or Dunbar's philosophy, Df.
Haynes recalled his lines about
Life, i crust Of bread and d corner
to sleep IN; d minute q smiie and
an hour to weep III: 1 pint Of JOY,
Il peck 81 trouble, and never q
laugh, but the moans come double"
lie said that the poet was sad
dened by The fact that 50 many ac-
cepted him only as q portfager of
Negro characters aud dialectieian.
Robert s. Murphy, Chicago, half
brother of the poet, expressed thanks
70 The people of the city Of Dayton
aud The state q Ohio for making
possible the dedication Of Duubar's
bone 10 the public, lifelong dream
If their mother, the late Mrs. Ma
tilda Dunbar.
Neither Governor Martin 4. Davey
nor Lieutenant Governor Paul r.
Yodef. who had promised 10 attend,
was present Emerson Lands,
chool superintendent, was out Of
Continued on page eight)
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the State Supreme Court Of Kansas,
the Federal Courts, the Circuit
Court Of Appeals for the 10th Dis
trict and before the Treasurery
Department. He il Special Assistant
to the Attorney General Of Kansas;
executive secrtary Of the Interstate
Library Association Of Kansas .and
the West; executive chairman Of the
Colored Civic Commission Of Leven.-
worth: and president Of the Lincoln :
Douglas Day club Of Kansas. He Is
a member Of Kappa Alpha Psi, ma
tional fraternity, and Of the Inde I
pendence Baptist church Of Leven.-
worth. In 1884 he married Evan
geline Goddard Of Levanworth.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-01

meritorious work In the Il socialion,
will be awarded Friday night, June
u, to Mrs. Enolia Pettigen Mcmillan
Of Baltimore. Md, president of tie
Maryland Education Association, for
her work IN connection with the
campaign against inequalities IL
public education.
Other speakers at the confere e.
will be Dr. Charles H. Wesley q
Howard university; Dr.. T. Y. Smith
Of the University Of Chicago, , Waiter
White, NAACP secretary; and Mfs
Henrietta McGhee, who will tell Of
the shapccropper problems in cast
ern Arkansas. The conference ses-
$ ons will be held at Shiloh Baptist
church, Mt Vernon and Hamil on
avenues, and will conclude Saturday,
july 2.
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tFrom New York Times)

WlGAsSET, Me- June 26 James
Weldon Johnson author, poet and
composer. died III railroad grade
eossjng accident here today. His 40
year old wife, Grace Mail Jonnsol.
suffered severe injuries.
Hospital attaches IL Bamaliscoita
gave her ~ eYen chance to recoyeis
The Johnson automobile was III col
lision with Maine Central Rail
road train
The author of The Book Il
American Negro ST iritualsn and
other work died few momen q
after witnesses had exticated him
from the wreakane If his automo--
bile. u, Charles ] DePerra said
both his legs had been broken and
his skull fractured. MRS. Johnson
suffered head and leg injuries.
Identification of Mr. johnson was
established through personal pa
pefs which gave his address as 4i5
West 18th street, New York City
The Johnsons had been at their
Summer home at Dark Harbor
Besides his literary and musical
accomplishments, Mr. Johnson was
an educator and former member Of
the United States consular service.
Professor Of Creative Literature at
Fisk university, Nashville, Tenn,
since 1890, he had been visiting pro-
fessor Of the same subject at New
York university since 1884.
Had Diverse Talents
II Is rather difficult to estimate at
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-01

was honored Monday night, 81
years after his death, with tn4
dedication OF Paul Laurence Dun
bars homo at 2l9 North Summit
street.
Hundreds were TUNED away be
cause 81 the limited facilities, but
about l,50o remained for an OUT
door speaking program and inspee
ton Or the home and Dunbar s
studio.
In the principal address. Dr.
George Edmund Haynes, Of New
York city, secretary Of the race re-
lations commission Of the Federal
Council Of Churches. pictured The
greatest of Negro poets as essenti--
ally q nature singer.
Poet Of Nature.
Dunbars description Of Negro
life aud character he said, ssgrows
partly from the fact that his talent
reached almost to genius as poet
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-07-01

noted authority On Federal Habeas
Corpus. In January, 1884, he set up.
his own office in Levanwortl, kans.
He has been admitted to pra tice ia
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
Famous St. Bernard Dogs
Have Saved Many Lives

The original st. Bernard, raised
many centuries ago, was a cross be-
tween a Swiss mountain mastiff and
a Danish female bulldog. This stock
turned out a progeny of magnificent
creatures strong enough to carry
man a considerable distance.
The breeding Of these dogs was
begun by the monks at the hospice
founded by St. Bernard of Mention
in the early Ninth century, notes
writer in the Chicago American.
The monastery is 5000 feet above
sea level, near the path, or pass,
across the Pennine Alps. This pass
is covered with perpetual snow from
seven to eight feet deep, and drifts
sometimes accumulate to the height
Of forty feet. This pass is used by
French and German pilgrims on
their way to Rome. For the con-
venience and protection of the trav-
elers St. Bernard founded the hos
pice.
1t is estimated by students of his
tory that the St. Bernard dogs,
named after st. Bernard, have
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
Old Viking Port of Bergen

Situated at the head of the Ber-
gensfjord and pierced by its three
branches, the old Viking port of
Bergen, Norway, lies Wedged in be-
tween its quays and its mountains,
with Floifjellet, over 1000 feet high,
rising at its back door. Tile-roofed
houses in white and yellow stick to
the mountains sheer slopes like pins
on a map, and a cable-car takes
travellers up to Floien on its crest,
where they can look down on the city
and the ford spread out below.
On the old German quay is
Nordnes, the oldest part of the city,
where tiny houses, damned one
against another, cling precariously
to the slopes of steep hill and mar
row streets climb a zig-zag course
to the top. These houses are an
cient, and Bergen, in spite of it's
tumble of traffic, the life and color
of its fish market, is an ancient
city. 1t was founded in 1910 by
King Olav Kyrre, the Peaceful, and
during the Middle ages was a great
part of the H"Hseatic league.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08

TO pronounce ale unfamiliar names
Of places along his route. So diff
cult for the stranger are some Of
these Indian and Spanish words
that travel companies distribute a
key to the pronunciation Of towns,
lakes and falls which tourists usually
visit in journey round the southern
continent. Magallanes, for instance,
a town near the Magellan straits,
is pronounced Mah-gal-yea-nayes,
and Llanquihue, a lake in Chile's
vacationland, sounds like Yankee
Way. africa (Ah-ree-kO, Asuncion
(ah-soon-see-own), Bahia (Baa-ee-
yah). Barranquilla (Bare-ran-keel-
ya), Buenos Aires CBwa-knows-eye-
race), Cartagena (Car-tay-hayna)
Iguazu Falls (Ee-qua-Soo), Iquitos
(Ee-key-toeS), Lima Oee-mah),
Llama (Yah-mah), Llao-Llao (Yow
Yow). Rio de Janeiro CRee-oh-day
Zhah-nay-row), and Toquilla (Tow-
keel-ya).
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
Maguey Plant Source of
Powerful Alcoholic Sap

Siphoning out the sap Of the ma
guey plant is one Of the first steps
in the making of pulque-that potent
drink which puts pep into native
fiestas in South America. The ma
guey plant is a form Of cactus and
when full grown is an upside-down-
looking affair with ten-foot leaves
massed in artichoke formation near
the ground, giving rise to flower
stalk which often grows to a height
of Is feet and bears thousands of
flowers. Plants such as this are
among the strange sights in Mexico
City, writes a correspondent in the
New York World-Telegram.
When the plant is ready for har-
vesting-just before the flowers are
born-the tlachiqueros cut off the
newly formed flower stalk and dig
out the heart. In the hollow pocket
thus formed the sap gathers, which
in the normal course Of events would
rise in the flower stalk and feed
the flowers. AS this honey water
collects in the hollow the tlachiquer-
os make the rounds, two or three
times a day, and siphon out the
fluid. The siphons, or acocotes, as
they are called, are in the form of
long gourds with a small pipe at
each end. One end is placed in
the sap pocket, the other in the
mouth of the tlachiquero, and the
sap drawn by suction into the gourd
and from there emptied into the
keg. These kegs are then taken to
the hacienda, and the honey water
is placed in large watts to ferment.
The resulting pulque has a 6 per
cent alcohol content and is very
powerful.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
To Help Sponsor Capitol
Boat Excursion

On Monday evening, July 1S, the
Junior Farmer-Labor Clubs of
Ramsey County will sponsor q
moonlight boat excursion on the
Steamboat Capitol"
Outstanding feature of the eX-
cursion will be the admittance of
all who purchase tickets regardless
of race. Some groups who for the
past years have been systematical-
ly excluded from using the steam
er Capitol"
The County Council of the Jr.
Farmer-Labor Clubs, including the
three regular delegates from the
New Youth Club, fatty refused to
consider the excursion on a Jim
Crow basis.
Mr.. ]. F. Sailor, Representative
of the StreckfusS Company, replied
that although boat officials had
never really taken the problem of
discrimination seriously, he didn't
think that Negroes really cared
enough to bring the problem to a
showdown.
The New Youth Club, largest Jr.
Farmer-Labor club in the south
half of the eighth ward, has been
given 200 tickets to sell. Albert
Black, vice president, is in charge
of the tickets and publicity. His
committee helpers are Charles
Blackburn and Beatrice Schuck.
Sole representative in Mime
apois is Miss Dorothy Carter, 1857
Fourth Avenue South.
Tickets may be purchased at the
Minneapolis office through De
Velma Strong and at Phyllis
Wheatley through Donald Session,
Helen Scott or Marjorie Mason.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
DOg-0wned Island

Juan de Nova is in the Mozam-
bique channel, nearly a hundred
miles from the coast. Four hum
dred years ago it was an isle Of
Birds at which Portuguese ships
called for water, turtles and fruit.
Many a brave ship was wrecked on
its lonely shores, and marooned cats
and rats found a happy hunting
ground. Then the dogs came, in
the same way, and from that time
Juan de Nova has been a kingdom
of dogs, says London Tit-Bits Maya
zine. Large and dangerous packs Of
them roam the island, hunt in the
thick bush, and prey along the
beaches. Well-nigh every known
breed is represented. 1t is stated
that the different packs claim their
own territory, and woe betide a dog
which dares to pass the unseen bor-
ders. The dogs, whose tails droop
like those of wolves, resent the pres
ence of men; and often a ships
watering company will be attacked.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
First Governor of N. W. Territory

Gen. Arthur ST. Clair was appoint
ed the first governor of the North
west Territory, and in the summer
of 1888 he established his headquar-
tiers at Marietta, Ohio. The day of
his arrival someone stationed at
Fort Harmar wrote in his journal
that ION landing he was saluted
with Is rounds from the field piece.
On entering the garrison the band
played salute; the troops paraded
and presented their arms. He was
also Saluted by clap Of thunder
and a heavy shower of rain as he
entered the fort, and thus we re-
ceived our governor of the western
frontiers. Of the original domain of
the Northwest Territory six states
we're formed-Ohio, Indiana, Illi-
noiS. Michigan, Wisconsin, and part
of Minnesota. Such were our hum
BILE beginnings. The pattern Of a de-
mocracy had been established in
the old Northwest
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Descendants of Viking
Chiefs Recall Grandeur

At VlSby, picturesque capital OF
the island of Gotland, there is pre-
scented an historical pageant, which
is a popular feature of the Scandi-
navian season.
Over this lovely Baltic island flies
the flag of Sweden and over its tur-
reted walls and vaulted ruins there
is peace-a peace shot through with
dreams Of long-gone grandeur, says
a writer in the Philadelphia Inquir-
er.
Here roses bloom in profusion
where once bearded Goths prostrat-
ed themselves in worship of the sun
where later Viking chiefs sought
safe harbor for their sea-wesry
ships and where, during the Middle
ages, the all-powerful Hanseatic
league established its trading cen
ter.
Here, long ago, sea-faring Got
landers lived amid wealth and re-
fnement, their ships the rulers Of
the northern seas. But their very
wealth brought about their decline.
Seemingly secure behind its
mighty city walls, Visby allowed the
tales of its great wealth to spread
beyond the seas. They were mint
ing their own gold coins, those Got
landers-even their pigs ate from
troughs of hammered silver.