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Evening star., 1939-02-13
You Ca,, Haze Good Har

Thomas treatment replaces old
fashioned hit-or-miss methods with
modern, scientific precision. Each
case is carefully analyzed and treat
ment administered to meet the par
ticular needs of the individual. For
example, each type of dandruff is rec
ognized and treated in the correct
Evening star., 1939-02-13
international Officers
Optimist Club Guests

Two officers of Optimist Interna-
tional will be honor guests at a
luncheon meeting Of the Optimist
Club tomorrow at the Mayflower
Hotel. They are Russell F. Meyer,
secretary-treasurer, and Frank A,
Scharlott, vice president, both OF
st. Louis.
The visitors will discuss plans for
the twenty-flrst annual convention
Of the organization, to be held in
Richmond June IS.
Evening star., 1939-02-13

While the earth was struggling In
the turbulent sea Of the cursed
depths Of war, he stood amid the
storm; while 1t was engulfed In the
furnace Of bitter hate, he rested
his spiritual eye on the seamless
robe and spotless vestment.
I'VE thank Thee that Thy mes
senger marked the star in the dark
ness and hailed the dove in the
deluge. He stretched forth His
hands, clinging to the cross, and
yearned for the brotherhood OF
man.
I'VE beseech Thee that Thy spirit
may brood and have sway over
Evening star., 1939-02-13

VI YOU are genuinely interested
in saving the hair you now have
and in growing new hair on the
thin or bald spots-consult a
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bles Z. -. Thomas scalp specialist.
He'll tell you precisely what's wrong
with your scalp and what must be
done to return it to a normal, healthy
condition. He kao,0s the symptoms
of the II external causes of badness
and he kno1Os specifically how each
must be treated. He knoDs exactly
how to stimulate the inactive sources
of hair growth so that new hair can
grow again.
Evening star., 1939-02-13

Casualty, as the
first chief sur
geoll of the new
Amador Guer-
rero H spi tai.
N e VS. of the
death W as re-
ceived here at
the Panama Le-
cation.
DR.. Lewis had
been on leave
from Casualty
Hospital since
June, 1887, when
he went to Colon
to become the
chief SURGEON 0f
Evening star., 1939-02-13

bruised and troubled humanity;
thus may 1t be brought back to
God. In the name Of the Prince
Of Peace, Amen"
The House resolution was intro
duced by Representative Stanley.
Democrat, Of Connecticut.
Evening star., 1939-02-13
Workman Picketed

ST. LOUIS P.-Disgruntled union
workmen here used picketing for a
new purpose.
They stalked up and down before
the home Of a worker who refused
to sign up, police said.
Evening star., 1939-02-13
Club Smoker Postponed

The smoker of the st. Michaers
Parish Mems Club, Silver Spring,
Md, originally scheduled for 8
o'clock tonight, has been postponed
due to the Pope's death, it was an
nounced today by Bernard G. Ost-
mann. No future date for the
smoker has been set, he said.
Evening star., 1939-02-13
State Society Purty

A Valentine day party and dance
will be given at 10 pm. Wednesday
in the Wardman Park Hotel by the
Massachusetts, Society of Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1939-02-13
Dr.. I.G. Lewis, Noted
Surgeon, Dies
In Panama
Casualty Chief Of Stoff
Had Been on leuve
In Colon Since 1887

DR.. Jose Guillermo Lewis, 40, chief
Of staff of Casualty Hospital, died
yesterday in Colon, Panama, where
he was serving, while on leave from
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
Legislature Should Pass Law Against
Liability Insurance Discrimination
AN EDITORIAL

spite opposition strange by
who would like to kill the designed end liability insurance
discrimination state
file S43 still has a good chance for passage.
Every citizen should challenged lend his full support
this law which has reported favoraby
committee but is still being held house committee This
port contact with some member of the house
and senate in order to get such members when
it gets the floor.
For the benefit of those who were not present at the public hear
should be said orderly group
composed audience hearing
Foes of the BILL unable to attack its merits circulated false report
that the size of this delegation ampedd the senate committee into
taking favorable action
Presumably this same group from making faces kicking
shns whatever else people do when they stampede
legislative action the house insurance committee headed Carl Eck
publicly
executive session only be that this committee played fair
the matter but have fallen into evil days such sessions
used cloak mjusfed attacks the bill by
est enough to state their opinions where all might hear
The opening paragraph of this writing calls strange
tactics used by the opponents of the bill One of such tricks
quest postponement before the senate committee order to give
ck man" chance well and testify against it. This request
denied but at house hearing motion passed keep the bill
committee until the opposition could be heard Representatives
the interests of the opposition present the time and others
in the hallway outside the committee but the motion passed
Members of the committee then told the of the
another hearing would be Friday few days LATER however word
leaked out that the hearing would be on Tuesday.
Tuesday found approximately twenty insurance ready be
heard against the bill They talked about how awful would be
NIT sale of all people wanted
the fact that mutual companies not equipped write
certain types of property and they requested the insurance
missioner tell them how much Negroes would need begin
company their THEY NEGLECTED.
HOWEVER, TO ADVANCE ONE SINGLE REASON WHY NEGROES
SHOULD NOT BE SOLD LIABILITY INSURANCE.
IT, companies contend the racial factor
this kind of the other
hand the record shows number of which there has been
discrimination juicef there such virtue in todays
mands that protection should be given the of
This entire matter shows how important it choose state and
city representatives with when vongas this has frequent
commended demonstrates while mayors and
ally command most of the attention during elections the lawmakers
the fellows should really scrunize 1t late
possible mistakes may have made at the ballot box previously but
citizen should watch what happens and remember when
those in office seek reelection other posts.
Perhaps the connections and the obligations of who
position help prevent them from doing
then that they will look those whom they
support future Each ballot should
Reserved for those who help when need them"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31

A st. Paul youth captured Mon
day night in Minneapolis home
from which he was allegedly at
tempting to steal purses and be-
longings of a household while a
party was in progress is being held
by Minneapolis police.
The youth is John Isaac Young
of SIT Rondo St., who is reported
to have confessed to police a nine
year career of crime in which he
has prowled over 100 Minneapolis
homes.
His procedure has always been
the same he told police who ques-
toned him. He would roam around
neighborhood, spot a home in
which a party was in progress and
watch carefully until guests were
in a certain part of the house theH
climb into a window and take
purses or valuables he found
handy.
In cases where he could not OBJ
tain entrance the prowler used q
fishing pole to hook pocketboOks
and coats.
Young, who gave his age at rs,
said he was employed as a butler
in a st. Paul home. He is mar
ried. st. Paul police will question
him later this week.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
Sixty Days in
WOrkhOuse!

Anthony Weaver, 81, race track
worker from Virginia, was SEN
fenced to 60 days in the workhouse
by Judge Robert v. Rensch in Mu-
nicipal Court after he pleaded
guilty to shopffting charge.
The charge was that Weaver on
March Is picked up SIS worth of
blankets in a downtown depart
ment store and, representing him
self as a chauffeur for a erich
lady" who was supposed to have
bought the blankets, sought to get
refund" Store employees became
suspicious and called police.
Weaver was dressed in riding
boots and sombrero when he tried
to return the blankets.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
Six Race Lads
Qualify in Met.
Prep Track Meet
By OSCAR NEWMAN

Six Negro youths from various
Twin City high schools qualified in
the preliminaries of the Metropoli-
tan track meet last Saturday,
March rs. Finals in the meet are
scheduled to be run off Saturday,
April 1, at the University Field
House.
These boys represented five diff
ferent high schools. Robert Steph-
ems and Henry Bowman from Min
neapolis Central qualified in the
high and low hurdles. Stephens ran
the low hurdles in TT seconds. Bow
man won the high hurdles with S.5,
making the events best time.
Grover Ingram, also of Mime
apolis Central, qualified in the half
mile. From South High, Mime
apolis, Carl Wade, Jr., qualified in
the 6O-yard dash and the 440-yard
run.
st. Paul had two stars, Paul Cole
man, Mechanics Arts, who qualified
in both the shot-put and the 60
yard dash. Johnson of st. Paul
Central placed in the high jump.
Other boys in the meet who failed
to place were Junior Ray, Maurice
Copeland, Mechanic Arts; Ben
Peery, Jr., Oscar Newman, from
South High; Jack Rainey, Arthur
Harness from Minneapolis Central
and Robert Johnson Of Minneapolis
North.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
Chicago Youth
Leader Here on
Friday, March 81

Miss Pauline Redmond, director
of youth activities of the Chicago
Urban League and nationally
known youth leader, will be the fea-
tured speaker at the opening mass
meeting of the City-wide Youth
Conference on Job Opportunities,
Friday, March 81, at pm. at Pill
grim Baptist church.
Speaking on "Negro Youth To-
day." Miss Redmond will discuss
the economic problems which Ne
gro young people face all over the
country and what they are doing
about them. A graduate of the Uni
versity of Chicago, Miss Redmond
has also received her Masters de-
gree from the University of Pitts
burgh.
Samuel Reed, senior student at
the University of Minnesota, will
also speak, giving a picture of the
problems which st. Paul youth face
and suggesting methods of attack
ing them.
The Grace Notes will render spe-
cial music. Miss M. Odelle Harris,
chairman of the Youth Committee
of the st. Paul Urban League, will
preside.
Mrs. Henrietta Henderson, chair
man of the program committee of
the conference, announced this
week that on Saturday morning,
April /, at $3.50 am, registration
of young people who will attend
the conference will take place at
the Halle Q. Brown Community
House, where the remaining ses-
sions of the conference will be held.
General assembly of all dele
gates, discussion group leaders and
resource persons will be held at 10
am. promptly. Discussion groups
will be held from 1890 am. to IL
noon, and from 2 to 4:30 pm.
The Conference Vocational party
will commence at 5 pm, climaxed
by a Youth Fellowship dinner at 6
pm. The dinner tickets are Is
cents. Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.,
executive secretary of the st. Paul
Urban League, will be the featured
speaker at this closing meeting of
the conference.
Those young people planning to
attend the conference are urged to
make reservations for the Youth
dinner at the Urban League office,
Cedar 2430, before Wednesday,
March 20.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
Roy Wilkins
Speaks at st.
Peter Church

Roy wilkins, assistant secretary
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
and editor The Crisis Magazine,
will deliver an address before a
Minneapolis mass meeting Sunday
night, April 2, at st. Peter A. M. E.
Church at 8 p. m.
The Sunday night meeting spon-
sored by the Minneapolis branch of
the association, Miss L. o. Smith,
president, will report on the MEM
bership drive of the branch which
has been in progress.
Mr.. wilkins subject will be "The
Present Crisis"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31

Gilbert Terwilliger, member of
the committee from Red Wing,
raised the question of why Negroes
did not begin an insurance COM
pany of their own if they wanted
coverage. He then asked Frank
Yetka, state insurance commission
er, how much money this would re-
quire. Mr.. Yetka replied that the
main thing required would be a
certain number of policyholders.
Those present as supporters of
the bill were: Father Charles
Keefe, John Culver, Samuel Ran
som, Hugh Schuck, Mrs. /. M. Da-
Wis, Martin Brown, C. E. Newman,
William CASTOR and Clarence Nit
chell. Previously, forty persons at
tended a hearing on Friday in be-
half of the bill.
Testimony on various instances
of discrimination was given at the
Friday hearing and the committee
called for any persons wishing to
speak in opposition to the bill.
Three Representatives of insurance
interests were in the room at the
time and two others were in the
hallway outside but no objection
was raised. The committee then
voted to consider the matter in
executive session.
Reports indicate that one MEM
Der of the committee asserted that
the measure had been "stampeded"
through the senate committee, but
the executive session of the group
prevented the same thing from
happening in the house. At the
close of the session members of the
committee stated that the next
hearing would be today friday
in order to give those opposing the
bill a chance to be heard.
Word reached friends of the bill,
however, that the hearing would be
on Tuesday instead of Friday. In
vestigatiOn revealed that the re-
port was correct and the persons
mentioned attended.
With the exception of Walter E.
Day of Pennington County, all
members of the subcommittee are
said to be opposed to the bill. In
addition to Mr.. Erickson the other
members are: P. B. Peterson,
Pope County; John A. johnson,
Fillmore County, and Mr.. Terwil-
Tiger. A report is expected from
them this week.
Those testifying on Friday were:
W. B. Baines, coal dealer; Ham
mond Turner, attorney; Mr.. Ran
som, representing the Citizens
Committee; Mrs. Rose L. Davis,
387 N. st. Adams St.; Mr.. New
man, newspaper publisher; the
Rev. Wallace Robbins, Unity
Church; o. C. Hall, supervisor of
records, and Clarence Mitchell, st.
Paul Urban League.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
Howard Kester
to Tell of Share
Choppers Plight

The Minneapolis Sunday Forum
will have the pleasure of hearing
Rev. Howard Kester, national field
organizer and member of the Exec
utive Board of the Southern Tenant
Farmers Union at the Phyllis
Wheatley House Sunday, April 2.
Rev. Kester will speak on the sub
ject, "Sharecropper in the South"
Those who heard Rev. Kester
two years ago will welcome hear
ing him again. He is one Of the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
Memorial for
B. I. Washington
YWCA April 1G

Sunday, April 16, at the Y. w.
C. A. Auditorium Welcome Hall
will present a Booker 7. Washing
ton Memorial Service at which time
a life size bust of the late educator
made possible through the contri-
buttons of friends of Welcome Hall
will be presented to the Hall.
Mr.. Harry Abbott of Chicago,
former head of the printing depart
ment of Tuskegee Institute, will
be the speaker of the occasion.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
Where to Buy
Recorder

Isaiah Brown, 500 st. Anthony Ave.
Moses Brown, 500 st. Anthony Ave.
Norman Davis, 500 st. Anthony
Oliver Doddy, POI st. Anthony Ave.
Eugene Hilyard, 551 West Central
Ave.
Robert Jones, 369 Jay st.
La Rain Latimer, BAT Cathedral Fl.
Majestic Drug Store, Dale and Ron
do st.
Sirott Drug Store, Rondo and
GrOtto
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
BUSINESS AND PROFESSION
AL ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS
INSURANCE BILL

The Minneapolis Business and
Professional Association added its
strength to the drive to have the
Minnesota Legislature enact a law
to prevent the discrimination by in
surance companies in this state
against Negroes who apply for liza
bility insurance.
Each member of the association
addressed letters to various mem
bers of the legislature asking them
to support Senate File S43 and
House File 1854.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
st. Peters so
Voice Choir to
Present Cantata
MUSICAL TREAT PROMISED
FOR PALM SUNDAY

The Choir of St. Peter A. M. E.
Church comprised of over so
voices will present a Cantata, "The
Risen King" Palm Sunday after
noon, April End, at A o'clock. Other
features on the program will be
violin solo, "The Palms," by Will
liam Glenn, and vocal solos by Mrs.
Lorain Chivers and Mrs. Mary
Louise Cannon, viz: "Open the
Gates of the Temple" and "The
Holy City," and an anthem by the
choir: "Lift Up Your Heads"
The personnel of the choir is:
Alyce Stewart, director; Halle
Batrum, assistant; Dorothy Sims,
organist; ]. r. Collins, trombonist;
sopranos: Emma Sims, Loretta
Walls, Jessie Bonner, Frances
PEBBLES, Sarah Murdoch, Lorraine
Chivers, Mary L. Cannon, Anna
Graham, Ida Mae Green, lola
Allen, Dessa Peppers, Josephine
Escue, Virginia Powell, De-
Velma Newman, Bertha Turner,
Blanche Briscoe, Irene Burbridge,
Allie Glenn, Bernice Shelton, Myr-
tie Potter, Margaret Horne, AL
berta Culberson, Viola Whatley,
Ann Pearl Horris; altos, Lydia
Charmon, Leila Thornton, Ruth
Pittman, Audrey Beatriz, Mary
Turner, Sybil Bell, Dorothy E.
Thomas, Helen Bowen, Blanche
Robineau, Helen Jackson, Harriet
Renix, Helen Smith, Eula Sims,
Ruth Hall, Gertrude Boldly: ten
ors, Paul Curry, George Sanders,
Chas. Moppins, Robt. Early, Jid
Crews, Ira Allen; BASES, E. ].
Brown, James Gresham, James
Burke, Albert Bantam, ]. w.
Powell, Fred Coleman, Thomas
Stovall, John Maxwell and Arthur
Harness.
best informed men on the condi-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
Babes Overcome
by Gas Fumes
Perfect BABIES OVERCOME
BY GAS

BY GAS
Eugene Perfect, IL months old,
and Archela Perfect, 21S years old,
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Archie
Perfect, 935 Thomas street, were
overcome by coal gas as they lay
in their cribs Tuesday, March %.
They were revived by members
of the St. Paul Fire Department
Rescue Squad after working with
inhalators for twenty minutes.
They suffered no ill effects.
Mrs. Joseph Combs, grand
mother, who lives at the same ad-
dress, discovered the presence of
coal gas from a defective flue about
9 p. m. She called Mrs. Perfect,
who summoned the Fire Depart
ment.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
House Committee Holds
Up OK. on Insurance Bill;
Citizens Continue Fight
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT

By appointing subcommittee fve including himself
Erickson chairman of the house insurance committee held
Ond week report house file 1854 designed discrimination
by companies selling liability insurance Tuesday.
His action after special hearing during which approximate
twenty insurance opposition grounds
that would be damaging certain small mutual
writing fire insurance None aege any
belief justification denying people coverage
the kind sought through the bill.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31

Director of the new Youth Serv-
ice department of the st. Paul Ur-
ban League, who will guide the
city-wide Youth Conference on job
Opportunity Friday and Saturday
of this week.
Miss Harris is a graduate OF
Hamline University and is the
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. l. w
Harris of Pilgrim Baptist church
st. Paul.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
A Whirl at the
World

The WPA Federal Theatre Prof.
ect has produced five plays. Ne
groes are employed in four of
them. One hundred and ten Ne
groes act in the cast of the "Swing
Mikado" of Chicago. It's New York
performances have been witnessed
by $4,000 people.
The State Departments use of
the word temporary" in conneG-
ton with it's comments on the
Czechoslovakia- Germany outrage
has caused Germany and the world
at large to wonder just what it
means. Does it imply that the Ger
man dictator will be called upon
soon to release it's grip upon the
unfortunate Czechs?
The Wagner Labor Relations
Act has caused so much unfavora-
able comment and criticism from
the industriahsts that congress will
hold hearings on the matter.
Religious bodies have protested
their inclusion in the proposed
amendments to the Security Act
and congress has yielded to the
pressure and will not attempt it.
If more money is not appropri-
ated by congress the April quota
of employment by WPA for Min
nesota will be reduced by $500.
The NAACP's national office has
in the past few weeks added to its
already long and valuable and
widespread fruitfulness. Among
it's actions have been the following:
Walter White, secretary, has ad-
dressed letter to the governor of
Pennsylvania urging that official
to, refuse to honor an extradition
request for the return to the state
of Alabama of Hartie Lee Waters
charged with an offense against a
white man. Alabama's record in
the Scottsboro cases is pointed to
as evidence of its failure in melting
out justice to Negroes indicted for
crimes of big or little degree.
Attorneys for the Association
have been assigned to assist Miss
Airline Black in her court attempt
to secure equal pay for equal work,
in the schools of the state of Vir-
GINA. The Association has adopted
a vigorously worded resolution to
Howard University, Miss Marian
Anderson and her management to
refuse the grudgingly granted per-
mission of the Board of Education
of Washington, D. c., for Miss
Anderson's use of the Central High
schools auditorium for a concert,
previously denied. The resolution
adds: at would be much better for
Miss Anderson to sing in the open,
as has been suggested, or not to
sing in Washington altogether than
to accept the humiliating conditions
set down by the board as a
prerequisite of its permission to
use this public owned school build
ing"
The National Urban League is
praised for it's recent stand in urg-
ing it's people to apply for better
paying and wider opportunity CIV
ing jobs through the civil service
examinations. Such jobs as pay
from $4,000 to $500 dollars per
annum. DIR. Ira A. McCowen has
recently won such a civil service
appointment in the medical fund of
the state of New York.
The WPA announces that it has
in the department of aerial map
making 100 skilled Negro work.
men. These maps show roads,
townships, and county lines in the
areas in which they are drawn.
This employment will increase
the skill of the worker and give
him a better opportunity for SINH
lar work in private industry.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31

COMMITTEE BLOCKS INSURANCE BILL


The Minnesota SenGte today (ThursdGY) passed the bill
known an Sen0te Pile e43 which is designed to halt dis
elimination by liability insurance companies who
noe against Negro applicants for auto insurance. Enact
ment OF the measure into lGw up the House Of
Representatives where the bill has oppo
sihon in the insurance committee The the
IS for and GgGinsL q victory for civil Justice in
Minnesota.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
Easter buds .

Most thrifty folks purchase their
spring "duds" (clothes) during the
period from now until Saturday
before Easter Sunday. This week
and the weeks to come, merchants
will offer through the ad columns
of this paper the very best values
in wearing apparel from shoes on
up to Easter bonnets and hats. See
those merchants who advertise in
your paper first. We know you will
be satisfied.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31
Fishing?

Daniel Laws, $40 Bryant Ave
NJ, will challenge any of his
friends who think they are good
for the 1889 fishing championship
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31

You'll Find Merchants
Who Really Appreciate
Your Business In Our
Ad Columns
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31

Biggest Dance of Season, Union
SIG, at st. Paul Auditorium, April
14.-Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-31

st. Thomas Easter Parade
KnickerbOcker Hail. April TO-
Advt.
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Regular Features Are "Inquisitive
SAP and w. M. Smiths Here and
There