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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-18
A. M. E. Conference Coming

African Methodist Episcopal hosts from through
will numbers Twin Cities
general Minneapolis particular Northwestern Annual
will be held with St.
A. church host to the meeting.
a visitors delegates expected
every church and civic organization help in the
housing welcoming of guests Minneapolis and St. Paul
becoming hospitality of Negro and white people,
There kinder hospab people this broad land than
are found in this
Let keep growing reputation by opening wide doors
entertaining the Christian leaders,
laymen City early September
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-18
Know Your Rights

72S1-Equa Rights in Hotels, ETC. (FrOm Minnesota
Laws)
shall excluded account Of color from full
of accommodation advantage public prv
public thaer other public places
hotels barber Shops saloons restaurants other
refreshmen entertainment accommodation Every
provision this section aids ncs another to
msdemeanor and addition to the
atty shall be liable civil action the aggeved
for damages not exceeding $780,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-18
Timely Thoughts

81 figure that champion has to
be the best. That's why I'll accept
all challengers" Joe Louis.
an the world in which we live,
l am prepared to admit that mar
riage is a grim necessity &. SO are
kidney pellets and so, assuredly,
is the penitentiary" Nathan
Hopkins, writer of controversial
article, "Why I Won't Marry"
History is a source of strength
to an oppressed folk, for it teaches
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-18

them to respect their own heroism.
They learn to think in centuries
and to hang on grimly until the
oppressor has met his historical
and inevitable doom.
at is an interesting sign of the
awakening Of the Negro masses
in this country that they have be-
gun to study their own history and
discover that it is a record to be
proud Of" Mike Gold, radical
daily feature writer.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-18
Bring Home the Bacon, Boys!

Both the champion and the the Central States golf
circles Mnnesotan Tommy Donaldson Mnneapotan champ
Jimmy of St. Paul and sports scribe the No.
this section This week boys going south to St Louis to
to keep their
after the sps of boys Here's hoping Donaldson Lee Johnny
Williams the the Minnesota boys who toll the fairway
will Gopher State coors the Central States pole The
wishes of all of golf minded Minnesota with
tives. We hope they bring home the bacon"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-18
Poetic Thoughts
By MORRIS GIBBS, Sr.
Anniversary Greetings


Each year at this birthday time,
Our paper shows the growth from a dime,
For financial strength shows progress made
In crusading progressive ideas in constant parade
Progress may be slow to some
But this business will be on the hum,
If all subscribers will help us fight,
The battle started with all their might.
newspaper can only go so far
In advancing cause and keep ajar,
The bars Of prejudice which always produces
Lack of work and unwholesome excuses.
Make this paper your mouthpiece,
Help the editor to cease,
His early struggle by proving to him,
His argument was correct and vision not dim
Subscriber, haven't you noticed this last year
Progress was made in overcoming fear,
Fear hadn't right to receive
Positions which money had a right to retrieve.
The staff who remain from year to year,
Congratulates their editor and right here
The public is getting, the best everything considered
Since all had to grow before they delivered.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-18
Opinion
The Peoples
DISGUSTING


Editor: Your news story on the
attempted suicide of the young st.
Paul man disguised me. Why is
1t necessary for Negro newspapers
to cater to sensationalism, aping
the worst characteristics of the
white daily press? 1t would seem
that the Negro press, locally at
least, is hunting always for the
unpleasant things that occur.
H. L. w.
Disguised.
Editors Note: This paper does not
MAKE the news. Events, individuals and
happenings make the news. We only serve
our varied public by printing the news. A
fair check Of any issue Of this paper will
show that only . very small portion Of
this paper Is given over to the unpleasant
things" which occur. Subscribers of this
paper are entitled to know what Is going
on In the community, be IL good or bad,
and most Of the time the Newspaper has no
choice but to print what happens. That's
what the readers pay for and most of them
must be satisfied.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-04-06
C. Edwards Undergoes
Appendect0my Tues

LOCUST GROvE-Cecil Edwards
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Ed
wards, underwent an appendectomy
at the Pasco hospital Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. K. Stafford were
Spokane visitors Tuesday and
Wednesday where they attended the
funeral Of Mrs. Louise Smith, a
cousin Of the Saffords. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Morandi Of Seattle, ac-
companied the Saffords on the re-
turn trip and spent a few days Wis
iting relatives here. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. G. Pratt entertained with a din
ner party Friday honoring the Nor
andis and the Stafford families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Nicoson en-
tertained the McCamish and Harley
Neel families Of Kennewick and
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie johnson and
small daughter Of Wenatchee at
Sunday dinner.
Mrs. Dwayne McNall has been q
house guest at the r. K. Stafford
home this week.
Wayne Smith, small son o Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Smith, has been a
patient in the Pruden Hospital at
Prosser this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. s. Thorne and
Wayne were weekend guests at
the home of their daughter and sis
ter, Mrs. John Owens.
Walter Edwards Is the proud
owner Of q car which he purchased
last week.
Locust Grove Home Circle will
meet Tuesday, April 10, at the home
Of Mrs. NJ. Simmelink instead OF
the r. K. Stafford home as was for
merly planned with the business Of
day being bread making.
Fred Simmelink was q Sunday
visitor In Lind.
Locust Grove Grange entertain
cd the Highland Grange Saturday
evening. This was the last meet
ing Of the year in this end Of the
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Simmelink and
family were Prosser visitors Satur-
day where they attended the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary contest in
"AmericaniSm." Rev. Luck accom-
panied them and was one Of the
judges in the contest.
Mrs. J. W. Root has been III the
last two weeks.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-04-06
SECOND CALL FOR SIGNING
ESTIMATE SHEETS FOR 1885

The second meeting for signing
estimate sheets for 1899 Conserva.
ton payments will be held at the
Community Hall in Hanford or
Monday, April 10th, from 2 to S
for the White Bluffs and Hanford
communities and at the county ex-
tension office in Kennewick next
Friday, April 18th, from 9 to II and
from 1 to S, for farmers in the Ken
newick, Finley, Hover and High
lands communities, according to
Waldo w. Skuse, county agent, who
urges all farmers who did not at
tend the first meeting to make every
effort to attend this time, since 1t is
necessary to talk to the farmers
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-04-06

personally to correctly fill out the
estimate sheets which indicate the
amount OF payment to be received
for the 1899 Conservation program.
in accordance with the plans which
the farmer gives at the time the
estimate sheet is filled out.
The time is short for the signing
OF these estimate sheets, and it is
hoped the remaining farmers will
take the short time that Is neces-
sary from field work to call during
the meeting period.
Forty-six dollars and seventy
seven cents was the average pay
ment on farmers figured at the
last meeting for this end OF the
county and S3855 was the average
on farms figured at the last meet
ing in the White Bluffs and Han
ford communities.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-04-06
|Simmelinks Entertain
Army Pals Families
LOCUST GROVE

The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. M
Simmelink was the scene Of an in.
teresting party on Sunday when
they entertained six families, the
men being World War army pail
Of Mr.. Simmelink's. Covers were
laid for ~. Out Of town guests
included Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Iape
and daughter Of Prosser, Mr.. and
,, Mrs. Sam Chernis and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Barnes Of Walla Walla,
Mr.. and Mrs. James LeVan, Mr..
and Mrs. James Smith and Mr.. and
Mrs. M. M. Boone Of Prescott.
Friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Lawson were pleasantly surprised
to hear Of the birth Of . boy In
that family two weeks q 60. The
Lawsons live In Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Kratser were
Sunday visitors at the George
Bradshaw home.
Miss Evelyn Hoem, teacher In
the Kennewick schools. spent FRI
day at the Fred Simmelink home
where she enjoyed horseback rid
ding.
Leona Beth Simmelink attended
an Easter party given by Donnie
Beste and Roger FELTON, ct the Fell
ton home Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Simmennk and
family were Walla Walla visitors
Thursday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-04-06

tonly destroyed in the days wher
people could go out and shoot ducks
or deer or what have you withou,
thought Of the morrow. It Is q pro-
gram for which considerable justi-
fication can be advanced.
But it is to be noted that most OF
these items are small. Neither the
department Of agriculture admins
tration nor the members of the
house and the senate have seen fit
to do more than maintain them. !
have seen the inmates of the CAPT.
tol squirm and fuss and scowl about
some Of them, while swallowing the
items reaching into hundreds of
millions with the greatest of glee.
AS I said, it was not so long ago
that department Of agriculture ap-
preparations were regarded as huge
if they totalled 40 millions. AS far
as I can see, agriculture is no bet
ter off today than 1t was in those
years. OF course, q very great
number Of farmers have learned
that the beautiful phrases like "the
more abundant life" and such, are
meaningless. But venture the as
sertion that the education has been
rather expensive.
From all Of these things It Is
surely made to appear that there
are some large Ethiopian gentlemen
in the wood pile. When the politi-
clans and the advanced thinkers
joined hands to manage agriculture
just then federal expenses for the
department Of agriculture began
looming upward.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-04-06
,,uckart's Washington Digest
E;nd Joker in Department of
Agriculture Appropriation Bill
10 the Soon to- BeF Famous Food Stamps and Here
4 How Advanced Thinkers Think It Will Work:
R;l1ion Dollars Is All They Want
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
wNu Service. National Press Bldg, Washington. nc.

/ small that men almost smirk be
cause they have forgotten how t.
speak In such limited numbers.
Then, and here is the Joker which
IS hidden away. I really should no
say hidden" because no referenc,
is made in the agriculture bill Ian.
! guage- The joker Is that there ar,
almost countless millions of othel
dollars with which the department
can play around, including approx.
mately $100,000000 of money fol
use in getting rid of farm SURPRISES
That is the money from which Sec.
rotary Wallace and his advanced
thinkers will draw funds for thu
soon-to-be-forgotten food stamps.
The country got its belly full O.
blue eagles before the MIRA wa,
plowed under. But the undis.
tinguished, yet befitting, end that
came to the MIRA blue eagle has MOI
deferred the advanced thinker.
from attempting something else
that is blue-a blue stamp for relief
food. Yes, relief workers will have
j the same wages as before, but they
will receive free blue stamps with
which to buy surplus products fol
foods.
How Wallace's Men Think
Blue Food Stamps VIII Work
must write a little bit about that
blue food stamp, about how the adj
vanced thinkers think it will work
before I report on the main depart
ment of agriculture appropriation
bill.
It seems to be Secretary Wallace's
idea Of more abundant life to des-
ignate certain farm products each
week as being surplus and to help
get them off Of the glutted market
by making them available for relief
workers kitchens. The first trial
Of the scheme will be limited to six
cities. In those areas, the relief
supervisors will be supplied with
books Of blue stamps. They are
rather pretty stamps, too. Each
WPA worker will get a book Of
stamps Of a specified value. He
can take those stamps to his gro
Gerry store and use them Just like
they were quarters or half dollars
or dollars. The groceryman will
take them and he will be paid hon.
est-to-goodness United States mon
ey for them. Thus will the surplus
stocks Of food products be reduced
and the remainder will bring better
prices. Or so say the advanced
thinkers.
When I read the explanation Of
the program that was sent me by
one Of Mr.. Wallace,s publicity staff,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-04-06

the first thing that struck me wa
the extreme discrimination that vii
result. It Is easy to see. Take an,
man who IS trying to hold down {
private job. It may be paying hin
only $50 q month, or about the sam,
as the relief worker gets. Natural.
~, he would like to be making more
money. Who wouldn't? But he stick.
on his job and stays off of relief
Then, when he gets paid he goes tx
the grocery store to buy some food
He pays cash, and gets his food.
About this same moment relief
worker walks in, orders the same
list Of groceries, perhaps, and pays
Tor them out Of a stamp book. It ap-
pears to me that the hard bitten
private worker is going to find little
solace in remaining on his job. II
strikes me he-and millions of 9TH
ers-are going to be resentful OF
such tactics.
See Possibility Of Grating
A Lot Of Bootleggers
There is another phase Of the pic
ture which was mentioned to me by
Representative Hope Of Kansas, one
Of the ranking members Of the house
committee on agriculture. He sug-
gested that the blue stamps are 60
ing to create lot of bootleggers.
For example: the relief workers are
not permitted to buy liquor with the
stamps. They won't be redeemed
If they are used to buy anything
but food. However, Mr.. Hope could
see no reason why a relief worker
couldn't use the stamps to buy liq-
uor from q liquor store and the nq-
uor store owner might possibly be
q crook. It IS possible, you know.
He might own a food store, too, or
he might have an understanding
with food store owner who would
take the stamps at few pennies
discount. What is to stop such pro-
cedure? It's your guess.
The whole thing strikes me as be-
ing so silly as to defy ones powers
OF imagination. It Is dealt with
here at such length only because I
regard It as typical Of a great many
things that are going on within the
department Of agriculture for which
more than $1.000000. 900 is soon to
be appropriated for a years opera
lions. The blue stamp scheme Is
destined to fail, even as the plow-
ing under Of 5000, 900 pigs was
doomed a-bornin' and as the limita-
ion Of crop production was certain
20 flare back on those who were
sucked into the maelstrom Of nit
Wit plans.
Now, lest I be misunderstood let
ne restate with emphasis that
here is good work that the depart
nent can do, and has been doing.
Road building appropriations, for
Instance. Where would this country
be had there been no attempt to
ouild disable roads? Who can say
hat eradication of tuberculosis and
Bangs disease among livestock Is
not of valuable aid to farmers?
Learn Beautiful Phrases
But 1t Rather High Cost
am not prepared to say that the
Wild life restoration program is
wholly bad. It seems probable that
he country ought to rebuild the
Wild life stocks that. have been wan.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-04-06

wAsH1NGTON-1t was not *
,.r. aro-six or eight years, per.
S ,sn,-that the annual cost Of the
.a ,s of agriculture to the
.arnavers Of tine country amounted
- something like s4o.oOO,00o. There
". some talk even in those days
snmt the drain upon the federal
.rsas,,ry resulting from department
:, agriculture operations. The to-
tals we're questioned; many persons
wondered whether the politicians
rere justified in voting that much
n,onev to the department. because
there was little to show in the way
~ results. That is, congressman
c,uld show very little except the
r,ckages of seeds sent out to their
q stricts.
r. was In those days, however,
that the department of agriculture
vu seeking to operate effectively.
FARMING was not regarded by the
f,lks Who used to run the depart
ant as subject for politics. The
dsnartmental officials were going
about their business, rendering as
sistance in the form of advice and
premoting better farming - when
the farmers asked for it.
I was reminded of those days re-
Gently when the house appropria-
lions committee brought out for
consideration the appropriations bill
for the department of agriculture
for the fiscal year that begins next
July /. A Rip Van Wrinkle who could
have slept through the last 10 years
would have believed, truly, that he
was In another world. The new
money bill for the department con-
tains q total Of more than $1,000,-
100000. The measure, indeed. ranks
Is the third largest appropriations
bill Of this year when altogether
there IS likely to be almost 10000
100000 appropriated.
What Il Planned to Do
With Billion Dollars
It Is extremely difficult to realize
what q billion dollars is. That Is,
II Is difficult for me to understand
what 1t Is. I can write the figures
slibly enough. But to comprehend
that sum Of money, or a billion Of
anything, is something almost out
side the pale Of human knowledge.
Yet that IS what the department. Of
agriculture seeks this year, and
here is how that money is supposed
to be divided:
$l2o,560,000 for soil conservation
payments.
t25o,000;000 for parity payments.
sl91, 100000 for road building.
81, 900 for soil and moisture
conservation and operations.
$A,S84, 1000 for the farm tenancy
program.
T,l75,OOO Tor graduating N1berctr-
losis and Bangs disease.
$6996,570 for the weather bureau
and Its services.
AS78,000 for retiring submarginal
lands.
Sl,63l.000 for soil and moisture in
resignation.
$l,500000 for wild life restoration.
100000 for cooperative farm for
.stry.
$250,000 for the water facilities
program.
There were some other odds and
.nds embracing items of 20 or 40
u 30 thousand dollars, amounts so
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-04-06

Big market for little sninssLsx,
Q want Cd.
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am not prepared to say that the
Wild life restoration program is
wholly bad. It seems probable that
the country ought to rebuild the
wild life stocks that have been wan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-10
PAUL DERRINCER
 TO BE ARRESTED
Big Cincinnati Reds Pitch- CT Has Failed to Pay an
 $S,OOO Judgment

New York, June 10.-(UP).-Jus- tee Ernest E. L. Hammer ordered the arrest today of Paul Derringer, but the big Cincinnati Reds pitch CT was not to be found among his teammates at their hotel here.
 Derringer was wanted for failure to pay an $8,000 judgment obtained by Robert E. Condon of Larchmont. N. Y., who charged that Derringer had beaten him during party in Philadelphia hotel in 1886 Der ringer has filed notice of appeal.
 Justice Hammer issued : writ yesterday. ordering Derringer jailed until judgment is satisfied. But William McKechnie, Cincinnati manager, who brought his club here for a series with the Brook lyn Dodgers. said he hadn't planned to pitch Derringer during the series and that he had remained in Phil- adelphia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-10
PATRIARCH BEING
 FLOWN TO BOSTON
Authorities Want to Learn Why He Served Only 84
 Days of Sentence

Boston, June 10-(UP)-It will be "at least week" before Raymond Patriarca, former Rhode Island pub- lie enemy No. l, appears before the legislative commission Investigating his pardon, commission member said today.
 Patriarca, pardoned last Decem- Der after serving only 84 days of 8 three-to-five-year state prison sentence for armed robbery, was due here by plane from Florida this af- ternoon in custody of state detec- tive. He will be arraigned Monday in East Cambridge superior court on charge of being an accessory after the fact to theft of an auto- mobilein 1887. Arrangements were being made today by defense coun- sel to post $10,000 bald for Patriarca
 Meanwhile, authorities re-ques- toned suspect seized late yester- day in connection with two so-called blackmail notes received by gover- nor'S councillor, Daniel H. Coakley central figure in the Patriarca case. It was Coakley who dictated the petition on which then Governor Charles F. Hurley and his executive council granted the Patriarca par don.
 Authorities would not say wheth- CT they believed the notes, signed 'The black Shamrock" had any connection with the pardon investi- gation. The second note warned that $10,000 must be paid or "the lid will be blown clear off the city and you will go with it." The sus- pect, whose name was withheld, was arrested near City Hall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-10
IS ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE But George E. Barnet Is
 Facing Deportation to Canada Home

Boston, June 10.-(UP). .-George E. Barnet. 34, of New Waterford. N. S.. father of two children. faced possible deportation today after standing trial for his life charged with the first degree murder of Jo- seph P. Gallagher. 38. of Roxbury.
 The jury returned It's verdict of acquittal In Suffolk superior court last night after being out three hours.
 Gallagher was shot dead Sept. 27 last in the station cafe near Rox. bury crossing.
 Immigration aushorItles taid bar- net was departed 10 Canada In 1897 and returned to this country Illegally
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-10
LOCAL INTERNAL
 REVENUE ORDERS
Druggists, Doctors, Dent ists, Retailers of Beer,
 Whiskey Are Notified

The Waterbury internal revenue office announced today that al local druggists, doctors, and den- tists who hold federal narcotic reg istrations, must renew them on ol before June 30 to avoid any pen alties. All holders of special stamps for wholesale and retail sale of bear wines. and liquor will have to file form Il for stamps for the period July 1889 to June 1940 not later than July 31 of this year, to avoid penalties, the agents said.
 According to a notice from Collec- tor Thomas s. Smith of Hartford forwarded to Gabriel Price, Senior Zone Deputy in charge of the loca. office, the following working hous effective June 19, will be observed by deputies here:
 Monday to Friday, inclusive, 8:3( a. m. to 4 p. m, the office at Room 202 in the Waterbury post office being open from 8:S0 a. m. to 10 a m. daily, and from 8:30 a. m. tc 12:30 p. m. on Saturday.
 Quarterly returns under Title VIII of the Social Security Act must be filed before July 3l, 1889. the agents said. Payment of the second install- ment on income tax returns filled March IS, i939,. Is due and payable before June IS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-10
TOBACCO WORKERS
 GIVEN DECISION
Thousands of Them Em- ployed in Warehouses
 Eligible for Aid

Hartford, Conn, June 10.-(UP)- Unemployment Comptnsation Com missioner Frank R. Odlum ruled to- day the thousands of employees working in Connecticut's tobacco warehouses were not engaged in ag- ricultural labor and thereby were eligible for unemployment compen- Satior.
 Odlum said warehouse work was processing and hence form of manufacturing Hitherto, these em- ployes were exempt from provisions of the compensation law.
 An appeal to the courts by the warehouse owners was seen likely.
 Commissioner Odlum's ruling came in three cases before him.
 What else then is manufacture ing" he said, "but that intervening status which is calculated to mar ket a thing with greater ease facility and economy htan could be done through the pure and unaided processes?"