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Evening star., 1939-12-07

with registration Of delegates and q
debate on the subject by Eliot Jane
way, New York economist, and Rob-
ert 8. Henry, assistant to the presi-
dent Of the Association Of American
Railroads. %
During the afternoon the group
will break up into discussion ses-
sious and resolutions rejecting the
majority Of opinion will be adopted
Saturday morning.
A luncheon at the Mayfower Ho-
tel will close, the conference Satur-
day when DR.. William G. Johnstone
will discuss the war In the Far East.
Evening star., 1939-12-07

When a volcanic dust cloud 10
thrown to great height in the air,
as in the great eruption of Krakatoa
in 1883, it may take from one to
three years to settle.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Is Yours a Christmas Heart?

If 1t gives feeling Yuletde to that
wooy toy or what that
mos-hen you've got Christmas heart
the Christmas heart dollar nve dollars or even
a Christmas Heart Fund which
will pass the money distribute
trained Washington families Christmas without
bleak indeed
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
Carey Thrills
Hearers With a
Mighty Sermon

A challenge to the Negro who
is getting along all right" and is
oblivious or unmindful of the real
condition of the masses of Negroes
was delivered by Rev. A. J. Carey,
Jr., Of Chicago, brilliant Chicago
minister-lawyer and son Of the
late Bishop Carey, in a stirring
sermon Sunday morning at st.
Peter A. N. E. Church.
The gist of what he said was:
The Negroes of every commu-
nifty look to those who are well off,
who have jobs, operate businesses
for leadership but in many cases
the people who are in this class re-
fuse to accept their responsibility
and the people turn to the I'M
scrupulous, the racketeers for the
guidance which the so-called better
people refuse to give them.
If politics are corrupt and dirty
it's because the Christians, the
well-off people, refuse to get in
them and clean them up. From
the cradle to the grave the indi-
viduals life is touched by politics.
From the person who makes out
the birth certificate to the clerk
who records the death record will
be found persons who owe their
jobs to politics.
Rev. Carey also pointed out that
in Chicago, his home city, Negroes
purchased over 100000 worth of
milk from wagons yearly, and that
the diaries and dairy unions had
steadfastly refused to do anything
about employing Negroes.
He said the Negroes who can af-
ford to buy milk and do so are yet
not awake to the fact that some
of the $500 which they spenu
daily should come back to them in
employment.
The Chicago minister was the
principal speaker for the mems
day observance at the Mill City
Church Sunday, speaking also at
the evening service
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
Ruth Brown
Reed To Join
Husband In X. G.

The first inkling that Miss Ruth
Brown, popular st. Paul commu-
nifty house worker, was married
came this week when it was an
nounced by her family that she
would leave in two weeks to join
her husband, Frank Earl Reed, of
Kansas City, Mo.
At the same time it was learned
that the couple married June 8, at
Olathe, Kans. The groom is an
assistant manager at one Of the
leading drug stores in Kansas City.
He is the son of Sergeant and Mrs.
Marshall Reed of Fort Riley, Kans.
Mr.. Marshall Reed is pharma-
cist and a graduate of Kansas Uni
versity. The new Mrs. Reed is a
native of St. Paul, was educated in
the public schools and at the Uni
versity of Minnesota. For four
years she has been director of the
nursery at Halle Q. Brown Com
munity House.
For several years she has resid-
ed with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l. A. Melker of 455 st. An
thony Ave.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
Harry Scott
Frees Man In
Jail AL Years

A man who has been in prison
for Al years owes his freedom
granted him Wednesday to a Min
neapOlis Negro attorney, Harry L.
Scott.
The man, Daniel Blue, an Indian,
was sentenced to life imprison-
ment in 1898 for second degree
murder. He has served almost a
half century in the Saltwater state
penitentiary. Numerous attempts
have been made to obtain commu-
tation of his sentence by various
friends and attorneys.
1t remained for the Minneapolis
colored attorney to free him. His
Communication of sentence will be eff
fective August Is. Friends Of Mr..
Scott are congratulating him for
convincing the pardon board that
justice had been served in the case
and that the man who has spent
the most of his natural life in Jail
should be released.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
William Foster
Gets Philadelphia
Medical Post
GETS POSITION IN PHILADEL-
PHIA MEDICAL SCHOOL

William Clarence Foster, re-
search chemist at the Medical
School of the University of Mime
sofa, has received a similar position
at the Hahnemann Medical School,
one of the five medical schools in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr..
Foster will work under DR.. Jesse
F. McClendon, who will be profess
sor of physiological chemistry.
While working and studying at
the University of Minnesota, Mr..
Foster has won recognition for his
research work with iodine. He has
been working under DR.. McClen-
don, who recently resigned as head
of the department of physiological
chemistry at the University, to ac-
cept professorship at the Hahne-
mann Medical School.
Mr.. Foster has contributed medi-
cal papers to the Proceedings of
the Society of Experimental Biol
ogy and Medicine" the journal of
Biological Chemistry" journal of
Industrial and Chemical Engineer
ing" American Journal of Physi-
ology," and was the subject of an
editorial comment in a recent issue
of the journal of the American
Medical Association" the editor of
which was commenting on Fosters
masters thesis, published in the
journal of Physiology" The
technical work for a 1889 publica-
ton of DR.. McClendon, iodine and
the Incidence of Goiter," was done
by Mr.. Foster.
He was educated at Brown Uni
versity, Providence, Rhode Island,
from which institution he received
Bachelor of Philosophy degree.
Mr.. Foster received his Master of
Science degree from the University
of Minnesota, with a major in
physiological chemistry and a
minor in bacteriology and has done
two years. work at the University
toward an M. D. degree. Before
coming to st. Paul he taught at
Morehouse College in Atlanta,
Georgia.
He has been a resident in the
Twin Cities for the past five years,
lives in st. Paul, and is a member
of Mu chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity. He will report for work
October l, leaving st. Paul Sep
TENDER 20.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
S,467 COLLEGE GRADUATES,
MAGAZINE SURVEY SHOWS

NEW YORK, Aug. A total
of S,467 college graduates received
diplomas of one kind or another in
June, 1899, according to the annu-
al education number Of The Crisis
magazine. Of these, 1880 received
the bachelor degree from Negro
colleges and 173 from mixed col
leges. The masters degree went
to 1872, with az being awarded at
Howard, "a at Atlanta, and II at
Fisk. Meharry and Howard each
graduated 80 doctors of medicine.
There were IL doctors of philoso-
ply. Howard university had the
largest enrolment among Negro
colleges, with 2,40S, while New
York university, with 556, had the
largest enrolment among mixed
colleges.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
TEACHERS VISIT

Miss Ida Louise Jones and Miss
Catherine McMechen of Hampton,
Va, and Baltimore, Nd, respec-
lively, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., in St.
Paul this week.
The two visitors are on their
way East after a trip to the San
Francisco Fair and Canada. Miss
McMechen is director of the cafe
terra of the Douglass High School
in Baltimore and Miss Jones is in
charge of nursery school education
at Hampton Institute. The latter
recently returned from a European
trip where she was studying Dan
ish and Scandinavian schools on a
fellowship.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11

ming. The morning service will
feature Rev. F. C. Lowry of Chi
cago, well known speaker and out
standing Youth Worker.
Rev. Lowry is also one of the
widely known ministers of the
Northwest.
A special Young Peoples Choir
will sing and special selections will
be rendered by the following art
lists: Elliot Lane, Instrumentalist;
Walter Rhodes, vocal soloist; Miss
Marles Griffin, Mrs. Dorothy Sims
and William Glen, Jr., piano, violin,
and organ ensemble; Mrs. bessie
Gresham, reader, will also appear.
At the evening service Miss
Myrtle Wormley, artist, will act as
mistress of ceremonies.
Mrs. Alyce Stewart and Mrs.
Dorothy Thomas, both accom-
plished vocalists, will appear.
Miss Marles Griffin and Mrs.
Dorothy Sims, both well known
piano artists, will be presented in
a piano and organ ensemble fea-
turing the following semi-classic
selections:
Deep Purple by Peter De Rose.
Song of the Bayou, RUDE Bloom.
There will be other selections.
At the conclusion of the evening
program, refreshments will be
served in the dining room of the
church.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
Lawns & Gardens
Exhibit Awards
Sunday Afternoon

The Minneapolis Lawns and
Gardens Club will sponsor its third
annual lawn festival Sunday, Au-
gust Is, 800 to p. m. This af-
fair will be held on the beautiful
lawn of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Ward,
1887 Fourth Ave. &c., Minneapolis.
There will be a short program
consisting of talk by a represen-
tative of the Minneapolis Gardens
Club and a report on the improved
condition of lawns and yards by
Tom Carroll, president of the club.
On Wednesday, August 2, Mr..
Carroll directed an inspection tour
of the lawns of the following resi-
dents: Mr.. Boyce W. Ettlejohn,
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Judy, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. c. Russell, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Burrell, Mrs. Blanch Judy,
Mrs. Tiny Holder, Mr.. and Mrs. C.
W. Glenn, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Ward, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Payne,
Mr.. and Mrs. Horton S. McQuerry,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Clark, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallis Chambers, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Shepard, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Carroll.
Members of the Inspection Com
mittee were: Mrs. Gertrude Smith,
Mrs. Alice Brown, Mrs. Loretta
Walls, Mrs. E. H. Payne, Mrs.
James Ward, c. W. Washington
and Thomas Carroll. Visitors were
Mrs. Esther Roach, William Eaton
of st. Louis, Missouri, guest of
the Wards, and Rev. Trago Will
liams of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Principal feature of the festival
to be held Sunday will be an elab-
crate exhibit of flowers, fresh and
canned fruits and vegetables.
Awards will be made for the best
exhibits in each class. J. w. Ward,
chairman of the Committee on Ar
engagements, reports that. a large
number of entries have already
been made and urges that those
who plan to enter exhibits should
contact her not later than Satur-
day evening by calling Colfax 1887.
Following the program refresh
ments will be served. The public
is invited to attend this affair and
those who have kodaks will find
numerous subjects for beautiful
still life pictures.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
Brother of St.
Paul Pastor to
Preach Sunday

Guest speaker at the IL a. m.
hour at st. James A. M. E. Church,
st. Paul, Sunday, will be Rev. R.
W. Hayden, pastor of the Commu-
nifty Church at Birmingham, Ala.
The speaker is the youngest
brother of the Rev. Gerald Hayden,
st. James pastor. His wife, Mrs.
Hayden, viii give musical numbers.
The st. James choir, under the
direction of Mrs. Mabel Lewis, will
also sing.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
Annual Twin City Net
Tournament Begins Sunday,
August Ii, at Chicago Field

begins at 7 a. M, sharp, and we
can not hold the courts after l
D. m. All you racket wielders
come early.
All entries must be in by Sat-
urday noon as the drawing will
then be made. Fees must accom-
pany the entries if possible and no
one will be allowed to participate
without his fee being paid. Sun
day morning is the deadline.
Ladies, at last your dream has
come true. This year you will have
a chance to compete with your IA
vorite male tennis players in a
mixed doubles tournament. Hurry
up and choose your partner and
tell Norm Light, who is taking al,
entries, about it. The fee will be
25 cents per couple. So far We
have these doubles entered: Jau-
nita Wallace and August Piper,
Mildred Jackson and Percy
Hughes, Louise Neal and Charles
Banks, Jewel Mann and Gordon
Parks, Betty Sessions and Herman
Bailey. It is also said that the
Cora Belle and John Banks pair
will be entered. If there are others
who wish to enter you had better
make contact soon. Everybody, go
to bed early Saturday evening, get
up early Sunday morning. Come
out and watch your favorites ad-
vance in the Twin Cities biggest
tournament. A big gallery and a
lot of support will help.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
Baker Post
Makes Good
Parade Showing

Headed by cute little mascot
Robert Reddick and Post Comman-
der, Eddie v. Marshall, the Mill
City's Johnnie Baker Post No. POI
of the American Legion made a
fine showing in the Legion conven-
ton parade Tuesday.
In the Baker post contingent
were Martin Brown, Tela B. Burt,
Percy Hughes, Erol M. Fassett, Ike
Moore, James Keeys, Robt. Jack
son, John R. Tucker, Robert Wal
ker, Carl Ampey, Dayton Black
man, Eddie Blacbman, Charles
Smith, Joseph Napue, William Red
dick, Leon J. Craven, Edward W.
Hall, VIM. H. Henderson, Samuel
Waller, and Robert Lewis.
Legionnaires Jack Poster and
Webster Stovall carried the post
and national colors.
The Baker contingent drew
rounds of applause all along the
line of march.
Four Johnnie Baker Women's
Auxiliary members were noted in
the parade. They were Mrs. James
Wicks, Mrs. Jack Posten, Mrs. ].
Napue and Mrs. Sarah Townsend.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11

All you ladies of the tennis
courts had better look to your
rackets because all stars of the
past few years have been seriously
practicing in anticipation of lot
of competition in the field this
year. Among the entrants we find
Albert Allen, last years champ,
the brothers, John and Charles
Banks, Leroy Riess, Gordon Parks,
Bill Carroll, Louis Commodore,
Herman Bailey, an out-of-town
lad who has been trouncing every
opponent so far this summer, Per-
cy Hughes, a lad of great promise,
August Piper, Robert Brown, Otis
Woodland, Norman Light, Johnny
Harper, another promising Mime
apolis youngster, Jack Bell, Lawr-
ence Brown, the brothers, Louis
and Charles Moore, Wendell Jones,
John Nellie, Howard Brown and
James Brown. 1t is said that for
mer champ, Bill Penn, is anxious
also to claim the title again after
this years contest, and then we
have our old stand-bys, Norman
Howell and Doc Mobiley, and
James Lee seriously looking over
the field of players. Remember,
the tournament begins this COM
ing Sunday, August 18th, at Chi
cago Field. All courts have been
reserved to the tournament COM
mittee by the Park Board for the
first Sunday and three courts for
the two succeeding Sundays. Play |
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
Prof. Weir, Music Teacher
For St. Paulites for so Years,
Dies. Funeral Held Tuesday

William A. Weir, Familiarity
known to st. Paulites as Professor
Weir, died Saturday, August 5, at
Ancker Hospital, following years
illness.
Born in Chicago, Mr.. Weir
taught music in st. Paul for 80
years. He was a resident here for
go years, and was a member of the
Elks. He was 70 years old and
since the death of his wife, the late
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
CAMP REUNION

The Phyllis Wheatley Camp Re
union will be held at the Phyllis
Wheatley House Gym at 800 p. m.
Monday, August ID.
At that time, camp life will be
re-lived for the benefit Of friends
and relatives Of the campers. The
public is invited to attend.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
MINNESOTA GRAND CHAPTER
MEETS IN ST. PAUL

The Fourteenth Annual Session
of the Minnesota Grand Chapter,
Order of Eastern Star, State of
Minnesota jurisdiction, will be held
at the Halle Q. Brown Community
House, Thursday and Friday, Au-
gust IT and 1s, as guest of st.
Paul Chapter No. 1. A public re-
ception will be held at 10 p. m.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11

Attends Funeral: Mrs. Beatrice
Harris of Kansas City, Missouri,
came to st. Paul Wednesday, Au-
gust 2, on account of the death Of
her uncle, Mr.. Reuben L. Seals,
800 w. Central Ave. Funeral serv-
ices for Mr.. Seals were held Fri
day, August 4, from the Neal Flu
neral Home, Inc, 525 Rondo St., at
2:30 p. m.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11

Mrs. Amanda Lyles Weir, has lived
at the Crispus Attacks Home, 469
Collins st.
Funeral services were held Tues
day, August 8, at st. James A. NJ.
E. Church, Dale street and Central
avenue, at 2:3O p. m. Burial was
in Oakland cemetery.
He is survived by a nephew,
George Weir, of Chicago.
Neal Funeral Service in charge.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Next week the Fifth Anniversary
edition of this paper will be issued.
Many messages and congratula-
tory statements and advertise
ments from readers, subscribers
and advertisers will appear in that
edition.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
MRS. JOHN SHEPARD GOES
EAST FOR VACATION

Mrs. John R. Shepard, Of 1928
Fifth Ave. &c., Minneapolis, left
last week for an extended vacation
trip East. While in that section
she will visit friends in Detroit.
Her chief stop will be in New York
City where she will view the
Worlds Fair. Mrs. Shepard is one
of the Mill City's most popular
matrons.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
''Tat" Crockett
Seriously Ill

Charles "Tat" Crockett, we'll
known Minneapolis man, is critical
ly ill in the General Hospital.
It is reported that blood transfu-
sions may be necessary in order
to save his life.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
Chicago Minister Youth
Worker to Be Principal
Speaker at St. Peter Church

Sunday, August Is, will be day
for the Young People of st. Peters
A. M. E. Church, Minneapolis.
The day will climax the series
of Youth Sundays sponsored by
the Young People of st. Peter,
under the leadership of Miss Ruth
Pittman..
Special services have been
planned for both morning and eve
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
MITCHELL RAPS (JNF AIR LABOR UNIONS
Brewery Unions
Unfair To Negro
Mitchell Says

Negroes are not welcome even
as janitors in the brewing indus
try of Minnesota so far as the
unions which control this type. of
employment are concerned, accord
ing to information received this
week by Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.,
executive secretary of the st. Paul
Urban League.
Schmidt COOperates
Mr.. Mitchell stated that an of
fetal of the brewery workers
union told him this during a con-
ference. At the same time the
Urban League head announced that
the Jacob Schmidt company was
employing its second colored per-
son this week. He pointed out,
however, both of these people are
classified under office personnel
and do not have to join the union.
End Color Bar
The secretary stated that it is
important to end the color bar
which the union has established be-
cause the industry in question is
one of the largest in Minnesota.
He added that there is no reason
why a union or any other organi-
cation should negotiate a contract
which requires that its members
only should be employed in certain
categories and then refuse to per-
NIT persons in a certain race to
become members.
To Speak To Union
Mr.. Mitchell said he has been
negotiating with the union for 9
number of months but this weeks
conference is the first concrete in
dication he has on where the or
ganization stands. He also said
that he has been granted an OPP
pOrtunity to take the matter up
with the membership of the union
at one of its regular meetings on
August II In the Labor Temple.
In a statement to the st. Paul
Recorder and the Minneapolis
Spokesman he declared that this
attitude on the part of the union
members was most unfortunate in
a time when the labor movement in
Minnesota is under close scrutiny
from many people unfriendly to it.
To Appeal To Square Shooters
He said further that he hoped
the whole trade union movement
would not have to suffer for such
expressions on the part of one
group. The secretary stated that
he was going to put the matter up
to the unions membership in a
fashion which he hoped would APP
peal to the square shooters" in
the group. When questioned on
what he intended to do if the mem
bers still failed to cooperate, he
stated that he had other plans in
mind but hoped that it would not
be necessary to make use of them
According to information re-
ceived by this newspaper, the
union has a closed shop agreement
with all breweries. This means
that anyone getting employment
at the concerns, except such persons
as are classified under office per,
sonnet, must either be a member
of the union or be given what is
called a permit card by the union
To date, not even permit cards will
be given colored people.
Prior to the employment giver
at the Schmidt company, there
have been no openings in this field
for the colored people of st. Pau
or Minneapolis because most of the
owners of the concerns have in
sisted that they would not hire
anyone unless the unions would ap'
prove of the action.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11

Roller Skating Party, MinneapO-
lis Arena, auspices Border M. e.
Church, August 81. Admission Is
oents.--Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11
ARTICLE IN MAGAZINE

An article by C. NJ. Mitchell, Jr.,
of st. Paul appears in Opportunity
Magazine for August.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-11

Keep OG the date, August Is.
b. s. C. P. picnic, Harriet Island.
--Advt.
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CALL ROY PALMER

For Personal Attention to Your
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Robert BeltOns .

Concluding article ~ Love
America" is found in this issue.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-11-03
ColOred Citizens Equally Deter
Mined to Stay Out of War
Continued from PaGc One,

Continued from Paec One)
tatives.
at is my opinion" said he,
that the Republican party
should dedicate itself to the task
not Of hoping this country
will stay out of war-but see
ing that l DOES STAY out Of
War. .-
"Obviously there will be diff
erences of opinion within the
REPUBLICAN, party as to the effect
of individual measures of legis-
lation. Because such matters
should be approached from a
non partisan viewpoint there
will be honest differences of
opinion.
"The Republican organization
as such will not permit itself to
be placed in a position where it
cannot reder service to the party
asa whole by takig sides in any
matters upo which Republican
leadership in Congress may have
differences Of opinio. Our whole
objective will lbe to see that this
country is not called upon to dis
sipate the material resources
or sacrifice its men upon the
battlefelds of Europe"
The task of keeping the coun.
try out Of war is ohe to which
colored citizens, along with other
citizens. Of the country, may
well dedicate their best efforts
and influence.
Unless, we wish to become in
volved, we should keep out anc
stay out, and devote the enrgiei
of our people to solving thos,
problems which so directly af
feet our social order-a recov
cry program which will put IL
100000 unemployed men back t,