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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15

Sherwood in charge of the parcel
post division after 10 p. M, and in
complete charge of the entire post
office after 2 a. m.
Mr.. Sherwood entered the postal
service November Is, 1901, as a
clerk.
Mr.. Sherwood is one of the
Northwest's most prominent Negro
citizens, a past grand master of
the Masonic Lodge, and active in
the National Postal Alliance.
Mr.. Sherwood is one of the best
known members of the Masonic
fraternity in America, having held
high offices in both the Knight
Templars and the Royal Arch Ma
sons.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
SHERWOOD NAMED POSTAL FOREMAN
N.Y.A. POSITIONS OPEN

John F. Thomas, recently APP
pointed State Supervisor of Negro
activities, National Youth Admins
tration, announced that there are
several openings on work projects
and high school and college stu
dent aid administrated by the Ma
tional Youth Administration.
Mr.. Thomas is anxious to place
eight Negro youths in the Shakopee
resident project where instructions
in aeronautics is being given. Any
boy or girl interested in being
placed with N.Y.A. should leave his
name and address with the Urban
League office in either city so that
Mr.. Thomas may call on him.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
MARCEL THOMPSON
ARRESTED FOR
DRUNKEN DRIVING

MARCEL Thompson, 852 st. An
thony avenue, was arrested Mon
day, September II, following col
lision on Rondo and Kent street
when his LaSalle coupe collided
with street car. Thompson was
drunk when arrested by officers.
He pleaded guilty in Municipal
Court Tuesday, September IL, and
was given the option of 10 days in
the workhouse or 500 fine. Thomp-
son paid the fine.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15

Jimmy Lee won the trophy for
the lowest score (16S) in the James
W. Slemmons Minnesota Negro
open golf tournament. Other scores
were: Raymond Wright, 1859;
Johnny Williams, 173; Duke Cor
am, 176; James Murray, IT.;
Charles Noble, 1872; Jimmy Hughes,
1872; Clyde Johnson, 1888; Percy
Hughes, 1913; Otis Woodland, 199;
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
CHEF COOK Is HIGHLY
PRAISED

James Eiford, who served as chef
at Camp Tonkawa the Boy Scout
camp this year, completed his sea-
son there August %.
L. o. Cornell, scout executive,
through his assistant, 81. B. Rouzer,
recommended Mr.. Eiford highly for
his excellent work. Mr.. Eiford re-
sides at 1901 Sixth Ave. No., Min
neapolis,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
Alice Onque
Gets Philly
Y. w. Post

Mrs. Alice Onque, former girls
worker at the Phyllis Wheatley
House in Minneapolis, has accepted
a position at the Germantown
Branch of the Y.W.C.A. in Phila-
delphia. Prior to taking this posi-
ton in Philadelphia, Mrs. Onque
held a similar one at the Y.W.C.A.
in Louisville, Kentucky. She is the
wife of Earl F. Onque, 531 st. An
thony avenue.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
Barnett & HOlsey
Visit Cities

Claude Barnett of Chicago, di-
rector of the Associated Negro
Press, and Albion Holsey, Tuskegee,
Ala, secretary of the National Ne
gro Business League and member
of the AAA set-up, were in the
Twin Cities for three days this
week.
The two outstanding men were
returning from the Oklahoma City
convention of the Business League.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
DR.. RObt, Weaver
Annual Urban
League Speaker

Low cost housing and how it has
been helpful to Negro Labor
throughout the country will be dis
cussed by DIR. Robert Weaver of
Washington, D. c., U. s. Housing
Authority chief, at the annual din
ner meeting of st. Paul Urban
League, it was announced this
week.
Harvard Graduate
DR.. Weaver, Harvard graduate,
is in charge Of Negro Affairs and
assistant to Nathan Straus in
Washington.
The dinner will be at the st. Paul
Y. w. C. A. auditorium at $50
p. m, September ~. Admission
will be so cents.
Dynamic Speaker
A reputation as a dynamic and
interesting speaker has been earned
by DR.. Weaver at all of his appear
ances. A maximum of $50 guests
can be accommodated for dinner so
the Urban League urges all persons
to make their reservations early.
The dinner will begin promptly at
$3.50 p. m.
Committee In Charge
The progra committee in
charge of the dinner is made up of
James Hughes, chairman, Rev.
Wallace Robbins, Clarence Wig
ington, Father A. G. Lealtad and
Mrs. Josie Williams.
the program.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
USE YOUR PHONE

st. Paul readers or advertisers
may call the main business and
editorial offices direct. MIDWAY
8340 is the number.
You can call the Minneapolis of
fee of the RECORDER without
toll charge. Simply pick up the
receiver and ring Midway 834O.
Don't forget the number, Midway
8340.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
GUEST ARTIST

Gwendolyn Marles Griffin, well
known pianist and organist of Min
neapolis, was official organist in
the Horticulture Bldg. at the State
Fair this year and guest artist at
the Women's exhibit.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
Allen Cops
Tennis Crown

Albert Allen was crowned the
Tennis Champion of the Twin
Cities Sunday, September 8, at Chi
cago Field when he defeated Her
man Bailey, runner-up in the final
matches.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
Fred Cunningham
Drops Dead on
WAY to Work

Fred Cunningham, pioneer resi-
dent of Minneapolis, dropped dead
in a store near Third avenue south
and Washington Wednesday night
about 8 p. m.
On the way to work on a 500
Line train, Cunningham ate a light
lunch at cafe. He walked into an
other store near the Milwaukee
depot, said to the proprietor, "My,
it's hot" and keeled over dead.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
ADELPHAI CLUB TO
OFFER SCHOLARSHIP

The scholarship offered by the
Adelphai Club this year will be
awarded October "a.
High school graduates and col
lege students are eligible,
ALI who are interested should APP
ply at 1872 w. Central Ave., Dale
575S, or 276 w. Central Ave., Elk
hurst 518S, both in st. Paul, on or
before October 1.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
Chock Full!

This paper is chock full of
names Of local people and their do
ings. Wars may come and wars
may go but the folks want to know
what's happening here at home,
read this paper weekly.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
COrnelia Burns
Returns from K. G.
Beauty Convention

Mrs. Cornelia Burns, 1913 Fourth
Ave. So, has returned from the
National Beauty Culturists Conven-
ton in Kansas City.
Mrs. Burns stopped in Center
vile, Iowa, to visit her mother for
a few days.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
BREEDLOVE TWINS GO SOUTH
TO SCHOOL

Cozelle and Bonelle Breedlove,
sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. v. G. Breed
love, 1901 Sixth Ave. North, left
Friday, Sept. l, for State Teachers
College at Montgomery, Ala.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15

W Aa4aLH N4AU1SLJ AVV'
Jimmy Slemmons, 2O2; B. Clar-
bourne, 20S; Fred Jones, 204; DR..
J. W. Crump, 2O5; Bobby Murray,
2O7; Mickey Mcclure, I'll; Leo
Lewis, 213; Don Brady, 215; Har-
vey Moss, 218; Emmett Simmons,
218; Theodore Allen, 224; Dick
Mann, 229; Edwin Salters, 2S2; Ray
Dysart, 253; and Louneer Pember-
ton, 265.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15

such an appointment in history.
The other appointment was held in
Minneapolis for thirteen years by
William Smith, now retired.
The st. Paul position places Mr..
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
ST.. Paul Postmaster Names
Jose III. Sherwood, Popular
Citizen, Postal Foreman

Jose Sherwood postal employee of the 900 block St Anthony
Avenue old resident of Paul. St.
Paul Posto by Arthur Van Dyke postmaster learned this
week
Sherwood is the second resident the Cities
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
EyANGELIsTs NAMED

Evangehsts listed are: Mines.
Maggie Bowles, Liska Moss, L. L.
Robinson, Effie Majors, Myrtle Hill,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
MENTION THE
ST. PAUL RECORDER

Julia Smith, Ethel Spears, R. B.
Turner, M. Parker, Lillian Parkin-
son and Estella Broomfeld.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
Pate Returns;
Attends Two
Annual Meetings
Grand Master U.B.F.'s
Pate Elected National Deputy

]. w. Pate, one of the Minnesota
delegates to the Elks National Con-
vention in New York City, and also
state representative Of the U.B.F.
and S.M.T. at the national grand
session in Kansas City, Kansas, re-
turned Tuesday, September 5.
Mr.. Pate states that the Elks
Convention was outstanding in its
educational, economic, and civil
liberties program. The reception
given for the delegates by the city
of New York, headed by the dis
tinguished Mayor LaGuardia, one
of the most liberal mayors of all
times, was appreciated.
After attending the Elks conven-
ton in New York City, Mr.. Pate
attended the Worlds Fair which he
states is magnificent in its array of
beauty. The lighting system he
said challenges the imagination of
the artist of all times. He stated
further that a few Negroes are en-
ployed throughout the grounds in
some capacities, but the number is
very small in proportion to the Ne
gro population of New York City.
Leaving New York, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pate motored to Pittsburgh, In
dianapolis, Chicago, and then on to
Kansas City, Kansas, to attend the
U.B.F. and S.M.T. Grand Lodge,
August 20, 80, and 81, where rep
resentatives from more than doz-
en- states were assembled.
Change System
The reorganization plan of this
convention whereby units made up
of both men and women with equal
representation as to office holding
is perhaps the most forward and
progressive step ever taken by the
old line fraternals.
Minnesota HOnOred
The convention revised its law as
to the three-year plan and will
meet in 1941 in the Twin Cities.
Special honor was given to Mime
sofa when Mrs. Naomi Thomas,
National Deputy Princess of Min
nesota, was made chairman Of the
National Finance Committee. Mrs.
Rebecca Force was given the posi-
ton of National Outer Door Keep
er, and ]. w. Pate was elected to
the office of National Deputy
Grand Master of the entire juris-
diction.
Mr.. Pate was accompanied on the
trip by his wife, Mrs. Pate, who
visited relatives in Kansas City,
Missouri, and Clarinda, Iowa.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
Jimmy Lee Cops Minnesota
Negro Open Golf Title
With Total Score of 1853

William Gardner, 200.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
By BEN H. PEARSE.

What the District of Columbia
needs, among other things; is q
Department of Agriculture, in the
opinion, guardedly expressed yester-
day, of County Agricultural Agent
o. w. Anderson of Montgomery
County, Md.
With eight boys, 5000 beetle traps
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Mrs. Walters Victim
Of Accidental Shot,
Coroner 5 JuryFinds
Decision Reached in
Two Minutes at Reno:
Nine Witnesses Heard

| By the Associated Press.
RENO, New, July 12.-Mrs. Caro-
line Roebling Hagner Walters, 27-
! year-old heiress who was found
fatally wounded in her home here
Saturday night, died of a gunshot
wound in the left shoulder "acci-
dentally inflicted" q corners jury
decided.
The jury of three men deliberated
only two minutes before returning
the verdict of accidental death late
yesterday.
For five hours the jury had listen
ed to the testimony of nine wit
nesses, including Mrs. Walters hus-
band OF only a few weeks, Paul
Walters, and Col Arthur O'Brien
OF Seattle, her stepfather.
Mr.. Walters told how his wife ap-
peared annoyed and smashed a
cocktail glass on the floor after
reading letter he handed her. He
said she said this is very annoying.
Il said. oh, darling, don't do that, "
Mr.. Walters testified.
Then she left the room, he said.
Hears Voice Calling.
pretty soon I heard something
like a door slamming, then I heard
her voice calling, Paul. Paul! It
Evening star., 1939-07-12

and sigh of resignation resulting
from countless campaigns against
countless insect pests that haunt the
dreams of county agricultural
agents, Mr.. Anderson has taken up
the cudgel against the most recent
threat, the Japanese beetle. Already
he has run slapdab against that
imaginary. intangible shortest dis
tance between two points, the Dis
trict line, of which the Japanese
beetle is no respecter.
what good does it do to clear up
one side of Western avenue or
Eastern avenue with our traps If on
the other side, in the District, the
beetles are allowed to go unmolest-
ed?" he asked himself aloud. THE
District government doesn't include
a department of agriculture and I
can't find any bureau, division, de-
partment or individual who has
jurisdiction"
An appropriation of $1,000 by
Montgomery County, matched by
similar amount from the State and
Federal Governments, furnishes
financial ammunition to combat the
hungry intruder from the Orient.
Already 5000 traps have been set
out, most of them in the suburban
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Business Women Man
Fight on Opponents
OF Working Wives
Miss White Suggests
$500 Fund for
1939-40 Program
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, July 12.-Amer-
ica's organized business and profess
sional women modified last night
for a major fight to save the working
rights of married members of their
ranks.
Facts and figures were the am
munition proposed in two-year
program mapped out by Miss Earlene
White, Washington, D. c., president
of the National Federation of Busi-
ness and Professional Women's s
Clubs. in biennial convention here
Miss White told a special forum
meeting the working wives prob
lem" was the organizations most
important business now.
She recommended the federation
set aside $500 to establish at New
York headquarters the machinery
for carrying out the 1939-4O pro-
gram. Referring to introduction o1
bills in State Legislatures to bar
married women from gainful en-
ployment in State and other jobs
she asserted:
Not one of us really feel sure
that the bills which came UP in
State Legislatures and were reported
as killed in many States this spring
are really dead. Many of us expect
Evening star., 1939-07-12

they will raise their heads again
when the Legislatures meet In 1941.'
The program would have two
phases-the first would set up an
agency to collect and correlate facts
about married women workers, in
cluding their purchasing power
their economic contribution in rela-
ton to family income and their need
Of jobs.
The second would revolve around
a publicity and educational program
to bring to public attention the re-
suits OF the fact-flnding survey and
TO change public opinion in some
OF its attitudes on the woman
worker"
Margaret Culkin Banning, author
told the women delegates the attack
on women workers is three-fold
from men who begrudge women their
earnings, from those who fear
women's work is deleterious to their
wifely functions, and from capable
women and girls who can work, but
have lost the feeling that they have
a social duty as well as a personal
one.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Invaders From D. C.. Plague
Existence Of County Agent
japanese Beetles Don't Respect His
Concession, and District Is No Help

area where infestation is greatest
because Of the beetles weakness for
rosebushes, grapevines and other
plants of the fancier class species.
The eight boys visit them regularly
and empty and record the catch.
Residents or r4otorists passing
through the Montgomery County
suburban area should not be fooled,
as the beetles are, by that barber
shop odor that permeates the air.
1t Is beetle bait, known technically
as "eugenoil," which draws the pests
IN a beetle line to the traps, where
they bash their heads against q
metal flange and drop, insensible,
down into a metal container below.
The boys collect them and dip them
IN kerosene just to be sure they
don't recover from the conclusion,
or whatever 1t is that stuns them.
The plan may sound foolish, but it
works.
To Mr.. Anderson, however, Jap
anese beetles are just another pest.
A few years ago, it was the Mexican
bean beetle and next year it may be
Evening star., 1939-07-12

sounded like it came from the guest
room. 1 went in there--she was
lying across the bed I picked up
her head and asked what had hap
pened, She pointed at her shoulder
and then said, oh, Paul, love you
SO much I told the cook to find
a nurse and get doctor"
Marie Agnes Conway, nurse at
the Walters home, said she had
found Mr.. Walters holding his wife's
head. She added Mr.. Walters ap-
peared hysterical, and exclaimed
they had had a happy household.
The nurse disclosed that Mrs. Wal
ters was an eXpectant mother and
was very happy about it."
Col. O'Brien described Mrs. Wal
ters was very happy in her new
married life" with Mr.. Walters, as
shown by letters he and Mrs. O'Brien
had received. He said she had no
financial or other problems and
added she had been familiar with
firearms since childhood, but was
very careless" in handling them.
Harry Fletcher, captain OF detec-
tives, testified that when he Wis
tied the Walters home, lit looked
like suicide from the sequence of
events" Asked if he had a present
opinion, he replied "It appears to
me on the face of things that it
was a suicide"
Doctor TeStifieS.
Her former husband, Alexander
B. Hagner of Washington, D. c., and
Warrenton, Va, did not attend the
inquest. His attorney said he plan
ned to leave Reno by train yester-
day with his two children born to
Mrs. Hagner Walters.
Dr. Horace j. Brown testified he
was called to the Walters residence
Evening star., 1939-07-12

by telephone and. was informed by
a nurse that Mrs. Walters has
shot herself"
He quoted the nurse as saying
Mrs. Walters had asked for the
gun, saying she wanted Ito oil it. "
The letter mentioned by Mr.. WAL
ters, testimony disclosed, was from
David Raub, formerly her personal
pilot, regarding her Nantucket,
Mass, airport, in which Mr.. Raub
offered $500 for its purchase.
Col. O'Brien testified the letter
would not have led her to suicide,
and added, "she had decided to
liquidate her airplane interests, any,
way"
A private funeral service was held
yesterday, with the Rev. Warren L.
Botkin of the Episcopal Church Of
floating. Interment was in Noun
tain View Cemetery here.
Evening star., 1939-07-12

the Afghanistanian, or Peruvian, or
Congolium xcyWkzr bug, which
might be much harder on the county
agricultural agent because of the
pronunciation.
Its getting so not only farmers,
but home owners as we'll, have to
live with a trap in one hand and a
spray gun In the other" Mr.. Ander-
son observed. Its not enough to
plow and cultivate the ground now-
adays: you've got to be bug hunt
er, too."
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Miss EvoIyn Mclean
Undergoes Operation
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BAR HARBOR, Me-, July H.
Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean's 49,
year-old debutante daughter and
namesake was doing well" today
after an appendectomy at the Mount
Desert Hospital here.
The girls mother, owner of the
famed Hope diamond, was at the
hospital to be near the patient. DR..
John Lyons performed the operation
yesterday after flying from Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Common Law Marriage
Curb Voted for JERSEY
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j., July l2.-De-
signed to plug gap in New jersey S
anti-syphilis campaign, bill deny
ing legal sanction to future common
law marriages needed only As
sembly concurrence on a technical
Senate amendment today before 60
ing to Gov. A. Harry Moore for con-
sideration.
The Senate without debate ap-
proved the bill yesterday, II to 2,
after changing the effective date to
next December /, and sent the bill
back to the House for concurrence
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Troop Troin Crash Kills
n Rumuniun Soldiers

BY the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, July l2.-Twenty-
two persons were reported killed TO-
day In Transylvania when a freight
train plowed into a string Of wooden
cars carrying Rumanian troops. The
crash occurred at Clodul Mare, near
Dez.
CLUJ, Rumania, July IL R.-
Three military planes collided in
midair today and the three pilots
were killed. The accident was at
tributed to poor visibility.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Spared II Times, Man to Die

ERIE, Pa, July IL R.-Eleven
times spared from the electric chair
by respites, 51-year-old Paul Ferry
silently received news that the Par
don Board had denied his plea for
clemency and that he must die next
Monday for fatally beating his wife
three years ago,
Evening star., 1939-07-12

1t is estimated that there are
7,70O American citizens still in
China.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-03
Honoraries
7 o Banquet
Stadium Triple S and Hi-Y
VIII Have Joint Affair
Tuesday Evening

Stadium high schools Triple
S and ii-Y clubs. girls and
boys honorary societies. will
hold a joint banquet Tuesday
night in the school lunchroom.
Rev. T.. o. Wheeler. College
Of Puget Sound professor OF
religion. will be guest speaker.
A member Of each club will
also speak.
Nine new members ~ the clubs
will serve They include Ciarsbel
Stevens. Maurcen Martin. Mary
Mcdonald. Virginia knight. Jane
Lund. Bob LOfinass. Yves Hudson.
Nell Anderson and Dick Donels0n.
The following committees are In
charge Of the affair.
Speaker Shirley Horf. Mary
Katherine Hsger. Hargefy noyer.
reservations Harriet Cline. place
cards Charlotte Ann Thompson
and Virginia Austin leo.ehalfmenD.
Bea Macdonald. Shirley Larson.
decorations Eva Cinsil fehalf-
mani. RUTH Grain. Betty Lou
Mitchell. Esther ssnastsdt. Kay
King. Bill AcHastsr, stan Boyle.
Glenn Guiieti, Jim Nelson. Bob
Hamilton. Herman kleiner and
Paul Richardson.
Dave Glenn ard Miss BilDe Jean
Diedrieh are general ehsifnen ~
the Stadium Junior claas sweep
Stakes swing Friday
Committees include decorations.
Virginia Carver. chairman. Ray
Ryan Bill Cough. Kathleen Duss
tan, Al Browne. Eoresn Johnson
and 10 Ann Boyd. Publicity Pat
Russell. chairman. Janice EtIbs-
man. Juileise gehwalsn. Helen
Clark and Dick LAHORE
Entertainment and prizes: Pat
Cook. chairman. Edith grabaT,
Ray Montbrotlssous. Bette Shepard
and Frank Kiarieh.
Refreshme1ts; hafEery Engi-
brecht. chair nan. Jacqueilne
Moore. Beverly Carbon, and Mari
Ign BItinbeli. Door; Rod Clske,
chairman, George Victor and Bill
Cystsfson.
WeIeh American society men,
beTE viii leave by chartered bus
for Seattle % attend the -. DAVID
Concert al First Christian church,
al 6:f5 Saturday evening, from
the 9Th and Pacific station Reser-
ystiOns may be made through Mira. /
George Palmer. Main 1926. and /
Mr.. Lewis Morgan, Garland 476c. !