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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14
Whirl at the
World
brief GLANCE AT NEWS"

Although this is Cherry Blossom
Week in Washington, as always, the
place where the Government prints
it's money-and postage stamps
will probably attract the most
visitors.
The "money factory" is officially
known as the Bureau of Printing
and Engraving. It takes up two
huge buildings, one four floors and
the other seven stories high con-
nected by a tunnel. AS might be
expected secret service men and
guards are plentiful.
Every working day the plant
turns out $16,6OO,OOO in currency,
roughly about half a billion a
month. AS a sideline, 100000
stamps of various denominations
are also run off daily.
Visitors-about 1900 a day-get
a great kick out of watching the
hugh broad sheets of crisp green
paper rolling from the presses. AL
most too quickly for the eye to fol-
low the sheets are sheared into bill
size and presto, a bundle of SIS,
$5s, $10's, $100's, or $500's is
stacked up. The largest bill is
$4,000 but they don't print many
of those.
It takes nearly 5000 employees
to handle the job, and S7S different
kinds of presses. 1t costs the tax
payers about $1S, 900 a year to
run the place. It's one place the
Government gets its moneys worth
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14
Spanish Civil
War Veteran
Forum Speaker

The Halle @. Brown Forum will
have as its speaker on Sunday,
April 16, George II. Lund, the Ex-
ecutive Secretary of the Friends
of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
Mr.. Lund is a recently returned
veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
It was his good fortune to be close
ly associated with some of the Ne
groes who fought with the Wash
ington and Lincoln Brigades of
volunteers and with Salaria Kee,
the Negro girl who served as a
nurse in Spain. On Sunday, Mr..
Lund will tell of these friends
whom he met during this conflict
and explain the ideals for which
they fought. The Forum will start
promptly at 4 p. m.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14

On the occasion of the eighth
anniversary" of the world famous
Scottsboro case, Morris Shapiro,
secretary of the Scottsboro Defense
Committee, 112 East 18th Street,
N. Y. c., issued a statement re-
affirming the committees belief in
the complete innocence of all the
the Negro defendants and the de-
termination of all member organi-
cations composing the committee
to continue the work of winning
the freedom Of the ''five remain
ing Scottsboro boys"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14
Green Urges A.
F. of L. to Lift
Union Color Bar

April 8, 1939.-According to in
formation received at the interna-
tional headquarters of the Brother
hood of Sleeping Car Porters, PIT
West 125th ST., New York City,
from A. Phillip Randolph, Interna-
tional President, the following
statement has been sent out to the
Presidents of national and inter-
national unions of the American
Federation of Labor, by President
William Green, urging A. F. Of L.
unions to eliminate the color bar,
as a result Of a resolution adopted
by the Houston, Texas, convention
of the A. F. of l., which was sub
mitted by Mr.. Randolph and Milton
P. Webster, First international
Vice President of the Brotherhood.
The statement reads:
To Presidents of National and In
ternational Unions. .
Dear Sir and Brother:
, The Convention of the American
Federation. of Labor which was held
at Houston, Texas, last October,
concurred in the intent of Resolu-
ton No. 9, reading as follows:
"Resolved that this 18Th Annual
Convention, assembled in Houston,
Texas, go on record calling upon
all n ational and international
unions and departments to elimi-
nate the color bar and all forms Of
discrimination which serve to ex-
clude workers from membership on
account of race or color; and, be it
further
Resolved, that the President and
Executive Council of the American
Federation of Labor call upon the
conventions of national and inter
national unions whose constitutions
have color clauses and that practice
discrimination against Negro work
ers, to create committee to report
on the question Of the color bar and
various forms of race discrimina-
ton to their next convention, for
discussion and abolition"
Following adjournment of the
Convention, the Executive Council
considered this resolution at its
mid-winter meeting, and directed
me to communicate with all ma
tional and International uni o s
bringing the resolution herein
quoted to your attention with the
request that if possible action be
taken in a proper and constructive
way by all national and interna-
tional unions to remove any OBJ
stacle, in the event such obstacle
exists, to the admission of colored
workers into membership.
Please give this action of the
Houston Convention your official
attention as outlined and suggested
in Resolution No. 9 which is incor-
porated in this communication.
Fraternally yours,
WILLIAM GREEN,
President,
American Federation Of Labor.
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SOuthside Mite
Club Closes;
Ii Out of Work
ReOpens Under New Ownership
and White Employees

The famous Southside Mite Club
operated by Bert Dutch" Thomp-
son is no more. Thirteen Negro
porters, walters, musicians and
cooks are looking for new jobs.
A new ownership is reported OPP
Grating the place now with all
white personnel for the. first time
in 20 years.
Reports that he had been forced
out were denied by Mr. Thompson
Tuesday. Poor business was the
reason for the closing of the place
as the Southside under his owner
ship, he said. Poor service from
employees did not help matters, he
said.
Otis Sheldon, under whose name
the license was held, has withdrawn
as icensee Monday.
Thus passes from the Twin night
club scene the famed Southside and
Is people are walking the street."
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Marian Anderson Sings
Before Crowd of $4,000
People Easter Sunday

Washington, D. c., April 13.-In
the most magnifcently impressive
scene ever Witnessed in the capitol
of the national capital, Marion An
derson, Americas greatest woman
singer, sang a song recital before
$4,000 white and black Americans
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14
HARLEM CHURCH HAS MADE
1900 CATHOLIC CONVERTS

New York (Cl-The occasion of
the presentation of a Passion play,
Barter" by Father Urban Nagle,
o. p, with an all-Negro Catholic
cast at st. Marks Church, West
138th Street, Friday evening, re-
called that this church, of which
the present pastor is Father
Michael F. Mulvoy, c. S. Sp., has
won 1000 Negro Catholic converts
since its founding in 1907 as a
church for white Catholics.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14
ST. PAUL PIONEER RESIDENT
DEAD

John Richardson, SO, formerly a
resident of st. Paul for 38 years,
died April A in Pennington, Mimi.
where he had resided the past IL
years.
While in st. Paul Mr.. Richardson
was employed in the Pullman serv-
ice and as a waiter at the Mime
sofa and University clubs. In late
years he has been in the truck
farming business.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eta
Richardson, four children and other
relatives in Ottawa, Kan.
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Under the Clock

Mrs. Carrie Lewis, so, $50 Rondo
street, was sentenced to 80 days
in Jail Monday, April 10, in NUM-
cipal Court, after she pleaded guilty
to the possession and sale of liquor
without a license. She was ar
rested last week when she pleaded
guilty. Judge John w. Finehout
deferred sentence for probation in
vestigation until Monday. When
she appeared in Court Monday she
was sent to the workhouse.
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Mrs. Ethel Adams
to Wed Sidney
Williams Saturday

Mrs. Ethel Adams, well-known
st. Paul woman, will marry Sidney
Williams of Minneapolis Saturday,
April =, at the home of the brides
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. /. C. Raymond, 654 Rondo
street, at z p. m.
The couple will be in their new
home, 857 st. Anthony avenue,
after May /.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14

Easter Sunday afternoon.
The concert was a triumph for
American racial tolerance. Lincoln
Memorial was the fitting scene of
the vast assemblage which heard
the singer open her open-air con-
cert with america"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14

The Mid-Winter Conference held
in February by the Chicago Bap-
fist Institute was devoted to con-
sideration of the theme - "What
Kind of a Church Does the City
Need?" Fourteen (14) speakers
were programmed for this confer
ence. The attendance reached the
impressive total of 1896.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14
WELCOME HALL ON KSTP

Saturday evening, April 15, at
6 p. M, Welcome Hall will present
the Coleridge-Taylor choral unit of
st. Paul, John NJ. Whitaker direct
ing, as musical support for a brief
skit taken from the life of Booker
T. Washington, noted Negro edu-
Gator.
Leroy Lazenberry and Mrs.
Clarence M. Mitchell will play the
principal roles.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14

Total payments amounting to
$19,145.27 were made to S17 Min
nesotans in old age insurance ben
efits in February, according to H.
P. Hartigan, manager of the Min
neapolis office of the Social Sc
curity Board. Payments averaged
$60.40 per claim.
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SHOOTS SELF IN HAND

Roy Watkins, 81, 40 Dupont
Ave. No., was shot through the
hand Sunday when a rife he car
ried was accidentally discharged as
he climbed through a fence in the
Minnesota river bottoms.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14
Your Hands Tell
Tales on YOu!!

WomenI Read Marie Downing's
Beauty and Romance in this issue.
Miss Downing is the foremost wom-
ems beauty columnist read in the
Negro Press.
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Considering how stingy some
people are, it is strange how often
they give themselves away. - AL
toona (Kan.) Tribune.
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SWING CLUB JAMBoREE

Swing Club presents Boyd At
kins' Band at MinnesOta-Iowa Club,
Saturday, April Is. Admission
25c-Advt.
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MAMMOTH BABY SHOW AND
BATHING BEAUTY CONTEST,
TRIANGLE CLUB, JUNE H.
Advt.
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June Hawkins and Lee w. Har-
ris. Jr., Recital, May 5, Pilgrim
Baptist Church, auspices College
Women.-Adv.
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Stassen's Aid Asked
in Fight to Obtain
Insurance Bill Passage
SUPPORTERS CONTINUE CAMPAIGN TO SECURE
VOTE ON BILL,

Cooperation Governor Harold securing passage
of House Bill 1854 designed discrimination companies
the sale of liability Insurance. sought Thursday by supporters
the
Ransom Worthy Grand
Minnesota interview with
with him the Rev. Francis Ggan Catholic Priest and Clarence
Mitchell executive secretary of the ST. Paul Urban
opposition
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14

Commend a fool for his wit, or
knave for his honesty, and they will
receive you into their bosom
Fielding.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-14

Envy feeds upon the living; after
death it ceases; then every mans
well-earned honors defend him
against calumny.-Ovid.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-06
Flaxseed Association Reports Show
Sensational Growth Since First Year

The Southwest Flaxseed associa-
ton, whose members produce four
per cent of the flax grown in the
United States, has increased its
membership III in the past year
and has developed into the valleys
largest cooperative in the short
space of five years. John L. Dubois,
president of the association, told 235
persons who attended the third an
nual dinner meeting at the Planters
Hotel in BraWley Tuesday night,
Dubois, presiding over the meet
ing. called on L. Ct. Goar Meloland
experiment station superintendent
D. B. Roberts, association attorney
Wade Ramsey, of the Central Fibre
corporation, r. c.. Bennett of Spen-
GER Kellogg, Argyle McLachlan, sec
retary; Al Spicy, assistant secretary
and w. d. Foss, auditor, who gave
their annual reports.
Goar outlined the IA years of
study carried on at the experiment
station to improve flax production
methods in the valley. AT the pre-
sent time, according to Goar, ap-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-06

proximately 200 varieties of flax are
being tested at the station. Disease
resistant varieties are among the
chief types under test.
Wade Ramsey reported that the
Central Fibre corporation purchased
9256 tons of flax straw in 1899 as
compared to 42l6 tons in 1888 and
1868 tons in 1887. Average straw
Weld per acre has increased from
200 pounds per acre to 1850. Ramsey
predicted that the corporation
would continue its present pro-
gram of expansion in the future.
McLachlan and Spicy outlined
advancement of the organization
in their reports and praised men,
bers for cooperation with and trust
in the association management.
New directors from the Ell Centre
Brawley, Imperial, Holtville and
CaleXico districts we're elected i'm
mediatelv after routine reports
were completed. Jim Brock was
chosen to represent Ell Centre;
James Simons, Brawley; Roy West
moreland, Imperial; E. V. Edwards
Holtville and John Kubler, Calexico.
Each will serve a term of three
years on the 15-member board of
directors.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-06
Valuable JeweIry
Loot of BurqIars

CALEXICO, Dec. 6. - Valuable
iewelry, some of it priceless family
heirloomS, was taken from the Eddie
Kitow home here by burglars Tues
day night.
Burglars entered the house while
Kitow, produce dealer, and his
family were away from home Mrs.
Kitow told CaleXico police she heard
door slam when they returned at
11:30 pm. A screen had been taken
off bedroom window by the bur-
glars. The jewelry was kept in a
dresser drawer recently but one
piece, a pearl necklace, had been
kept in a safe for 20 years prior
to its removal recently.
The loot consisted of diamond
rings, stickpins, and bracelets; a
pearl stickpin and ring; and two
unset stones, a pearl and a zircon.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-06
General European
War Threat Grows
With Red Invasion
Allies Weaken in Goal
To Deal Separately
With Nazis, Soviet
BY LOUIS F. KEEMLE
United Press Cable Editor

The chances of Russia be-
coming involved in the Eu-
rOpean war grew greater
Wednesday as Britain and France
pondered the extensive protests
against the invasion of Finland.
The desire of the Allies to deal
first with Germany, weakened as
the implications of the Russian drive
westward became apparent.
The Allies are faced with two
aggressors, not one. The British
and French are realizing more and
more that if they are to be consis-
tent in their fight to guarantee the
weaker nations of Europe against
conquest, they must meet the Rus
sian threat as we'll as the German
The feeling is growing in England
that the time to face the issue is
now. If Germany is crushed and
Russia gets complete control of Fin
land, with toehold on Sweden and
Norway the end of the war with
Germany will see Stain entrenched
with his loot.
Then either the conquest would
have to be accepted or a new wal
started to drive the Russians back
Acceptance of the Russian con-
quest is unthinkable to a powerful
Continued on Page 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-06
Heber Votes on
Labor Camp Site

HEBER, Dec. GA straw ballot
was taken in here Wednesday to
determine If residents favored es-
tablishment of a federal mobile
labor camp to house migratory
workers in Heber.
Petitions were circulated in the
business district and house-to-
house canvassers covered the resi-
Dental districts to ascertain the
wishes of the public.
The ballot was ordered at a
meeting Tuesday night when a
group of Heber businessmen spoke
in favor of Heber as a site for the
proposed mobile camp in the
southern end of Imperial Valley.
Businessmen said the old baseball
diamond west of the railway de-
pot. a 20 acre tract, was believed
to be available for the camp.
Results of the ballot were sched-
uled to be announced Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-06

+ So many artists and artists
die and SO what?
But the item awoke memories
in Ell Centre Wednesday, memoir
les of a busy little man and busy
little woman ..
HE was about the size of Charlie
Small" Jasper Travers, pioneer con-
tractor, recalled That was in 1914
when Vysekal and the woman, Lu-
vena Buchanan, who afterwards be-
came his wife painted the famous
scenes on the lobby walls of the
Barbara Worth hotel.
The oil paintings, depicting the
early days in Imperial Valley as
outlined in Harold Bell Wright's
Winning of Barbara Worth. are
still there and have since become
one of the valleys wonders.
Vysekal, the Czech painter, is
gone, but the figures he created
from more than a dozen pioneers
who served as models, remain. Many
of the pioneers who posed have gone
too. Only two are left in Ell Centre,
Jasper Travers, who with his apron
and implements represented the
Trades and Andy Elliott, who
Continued on Page 8, Col ~
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-06
u AMBLING
u EPORTER

On the Side
Two more or less personal notes.
Profound thanks and an oleander
to Mrs. o. G.. Horne for a good tip
on story about the artist who
did the Barbara Worth hotel pam
els.
Sympathy for John Barron, who
won a check in the Christmas
Lighting contest. Johns check was
addressed to 1850 Brighton, when
it should have been 1850 Brighton.
RR hopes he gets it anyhow If not,
give us ring and we'll see what
can be done.
Oh Boy
Best laugh of the week was on
Hugh Osborne.
Charlie Nice, while on the coast,
noticed one of these printing plants
that run off copy of what is ap-
parently regulation newspaper,
only with headline of the buyers
choosing inserted. Charlie bought
some and at a meeting pulled one
out of his pocket.
1TdVely, lie dilIlOuIlCSu.
This is a terrible thing that has
happened. Not only Goes it reflect
discredit upon one of our leading
citizens but will prove shock to
the entire community"
He threw the paper on the desk
and the headlines shouted:
HUGH OSBORNE IN PAY OF
REDS"
HughS face was as red as a
sunset and they say he spluttered
for several minutes before he could
manage word
Now Hugh can scarcely get around
without someone commiSerating
with him about yellow" journal
ism.
Betrayed?-
Fred Sterling is still explaining
how he happened to be all alone
at the bottom of the list in the
PoSt-Press football guessing COM
petition. Fred had 10 wrong and
two right
Fred claims some skulking enemy
sent in a list of choices in his
name, but we'll wait until next
Continued on Page 8, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-06
Bridges Orders
San Pedro Strike

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. (UP)
San Pedro CLIO longshoremen be-
gan a "slow down" strike against
diverted San Francisco shipping to-
day.
The move was ordered by Harry
Bridges, California CIO director,
after collapse of contract negotia-
tions between San Francisco CIO
dock clerks and waterfront en-
ployers.
San Pedro longshoremen an
nounced they would handle all in
bound Los Angeles cargo first be-
fore touching shipments originally
consigned to San Francisco but
diverted because of the 26-day-old
tieup of San Francisco, Oakland
and Alameda piers.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-06
Russia Forced to Call on
Esthonio for Aid Against
Firms as Defense Holds
Defenders Report
New Successes lin
Military Actions

HELSINKI, Dec. 6. (UP)
Finnish troops were re-
ported holding the Russians
on all fronts and scoring new
successes today, as the re-
public reached its 22nd birthday
fighting for it's life against its hered-
itary enemy.
Cheered by military successes and
the arrival of so to 60 Italian air.
planes to strengthen their air force
the Firms feared danger from an
other quarter when it was reported
that Russia, chagrined at its own
inability to conquer the republic
quickly, would call on ESthonia for
greater military cooperation.
Reports in Helsinki, and reach
ing here from other capitals, were
That Russia has lost 10000 dead
wounded or captured since the be-
ginning of the war with Finland.
That Finnish detachment had
crossed the arctic border into Rus
sia, dynamited a bridge near Muir
mansk, and returned safely to Fin
land.
That Russia is massing 100000
troops for a big offensive against
Helsinki from two directions, one
from the Karelian peninsula, the
other from the Lake Ladoga region
in the north.
That the Russian fleet is likely
to be immobilized soon by ice ir
Kronstadt Bay.
That Russian prisoners captured
by the Firms told their captors they
were forced to advance by secret
police who trained machine guns
on them from behind.
That two Finnish airplanes, fly
ing toward Leningrad, have beer
intercepted by Russian fightins
planes. One Finnish plane was sal1
to be shot down. The other escaped
pursuit.
A general staff communique claim
Continued on Page 8, Col. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-06
First Lettuce OF
Season Rolls From
BrawIey Shed

Western Fruit Growers of BraW-
ley rolled the first cars of lettuce
from Imperial Valley late Tuesday
eight days earlier than the first
shipments in 1888.
Three cars were included in the
first shipment, two cars being sent
to Kansas City, one to Toronto
Quality of the lettuce was good
sizes ran heavy SIS with some As,
Prices were comparatively low as
Phoenix shipped 435 cars Tuesday
to a market that returned only $1.35
for top quality lettuce.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-06

pointed paragraphs to negotiate
mutual aid pact with Russia similar
to those forced on the Baltic nations
by the Soviets, the Communist In
ternational alleged that the Ru-
manian government is under the
influence of British and American
capital. Z
Rumania was attacked bitterly for
prosecuting minorities in Bessarabia,
taken from Russia after the World
war, and in Rumanian provinces
which formerly we're Hungarian and
Bulgarian. N
Conditions in Bessarabia are par~
ticularly unbearable," the Com-
munist organ said. 1t limited broadly
that Russia has an obligation to
rescue her oppressed brothers"
The Communist International
urged Rumanian Communists to
organize united front against war
mongers" supported by "Anglo-
French Imperialists and Social DEM
ocrats who are melting Rumania
against oppressed minorities in Ru-.
mania and other Balkan countries"
Greatest attention was attracted
to Communist International's sug-
gestion that Rumania conclude a
mutual aid pact with Russia which
would be similar to the treaties
with Esthonia, Latvia and Lithu-
ania.
The Communist International
published another artical caustically
criticizilg Turkeys foreign policy
and warning that the anglo French
imperialists" are using their mutual
aid pact with Turkey to involve
that country in war in the Balkans.
Coming from such source, and
in a country in which inspired
publication is usual, the mutual
Continued on Page 8, Col - =
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-06

She was gone a week in her first
escape but authorities did not be-
lieve she could survive that long,
in her present condition, as a
hunted woman sleeping in the open
and in sheds, and eating only what
little food she could snatch from
unguarded Kitchens.
There was also the possibility she
had already committed suicide.
Asylum attendants believed she took
a straight edge razor with her
in her flight; one was missing from
the hospital barber shop where she
often worked. She was reported to
have said in a note that she would
die rather than return to the asylum
and what she fancied to be persecu-
ton.