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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
A|tmeyer's Security
Reportfor 1939Cites
Liberalization
47,5oo,ooo oId-Aee
Accounts Now on
Boards Books

With payments under the old-age
and survivors insurance program
payable in January, Arthur j. Alt
meyer, chairman of the Social Sc
curity Board, today issued a year.
end report of progress under the
Social Security Act.
Mr. Altmeyer reported "a sub
stantial record of accomplishment"
during the fourth year of operation
of the national social security pro-
gram, declaring that amendments
to the act during 1899 substantially
liberalized and extended the protec-
ton available under this program"
Survivors to Benefit.
I'm January, 1940," the report
said, monthly benefits will go to
retired wage earners 65 or over, their
aged wives and dependent children
and to the survivors of insured wage
earners who die after 1939-their
aged widows, dependent children,
widows of such children in their
care or in some cases their aged de-
pendent parents"
1t will be the beginning of the
monthly pay-of of old-age insur-
ance benefits under the social Sc
curity law, and estimates indicate
that during 1910 more than $780,
100000 will be distributed to approx
imately 1000 900 persons.
The social security pay-of will not
approach the goals of various pro-
posals advocated by old-age pension
groups. For the most part it may
fall short of the $55-a-month av-
erage security wage paid w. P. A..
workers.
Government statisticians have es-
timated that payments for retired
single men will average about $26 a
month for life. The estimated av-
erage for married man who re-
ceives a supplemental benefit for
his wife will be about 500. :.
$85 a Month Top Figure.
The tops in Government old-age
benefits is $85 a month, but to get
it, a married man would need to
be covered by the social security
system for 40 years and be able to
show an average of $3.50 month in
earnings throughout that period.
The start of payments for jan
uary-for which checks will reach
beneficiaries about February will
put into operation the final phase
of the Social Security Act approved
by Congress in 1885 as one of the
key features of the New Deal pro-
gram to provide systematic security.
Other parts of the law already are
in operation providing Federal fl
nancing for the administration of
State unemployment compensation
plans, and Federal grants to the
States for the care of the needy
aged, the blind and the dependent
children.
More than 47,50O,OOO old-age in
surance accounts were reported on
the boards books, representing an
average gain of nearly half a mil
lion a month during 1899.
S55O,O00, 900 Paid in Year.
All told, more than 100000 per-
sons are being directly aided through
monthly cash allowances from Fed
eral, State and local funds, Mr.. Alt
meyer declared, with $4,000, 600
having been paid to beneflciaries
under assistance programs during
the last year.
1--WE now have every State and
Territory paying unemployment in
surance benefits to jobless workers"
the report pointed out, with an
estimated 4,5O0,0O0 unemployed
workers having received benefits
amounting to more than $425, 000,-
900 during 1885,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Air Trip Used as Cure
For Whoopine Cough
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WATERV1LLE, Me-, Dec. 26.-1t
was a real Christmas for James, 10,
and Claire Betty, S, children of Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Jacques, because
they went up in an airplane and
got rid Of their whooping cough.
They went up 1000 feet as an
experiment to determine whether
the rarified atmosphere would help
their condition. The parents said
neither child has shown a sign of
whooping since the plane ride.
Although optimistic, DR.. Divide
Pomerlau withheld a definite opin-
ion until more time has elapsed.
The test was undertaken on the
basis of recent successful expert
ments in Holland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Bus Driver Robbed
Of STA by Two Bundits

Police today were searching for
two colored bandits who held up a
Capital Transit Co. bus driver at
Fifth and w streets NV. early yes
terday.
King Vance, 1707 West Virginia
avenue NE, the driver, reported
that the two men robbed him of
about $14 in cash and tokens when
he stopped his bus at that inter-
section,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Concrete Golf Stance

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 26 R.-Earl
Burke lifts his left high in the air
when he hits a golf ball, and is
never quite sure where it will go.
Hap Slater decided something
should be done to remedy the sit
uation, so for a Christmas present
he gave Mr.. Burke a left shoe of
the correct size-but made of con-
crete.
It weighs so pounds.
Now all Mr.. Burke has to do is
figure out how to carry it around.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26

Jump is reported from Russia, where
Y. M. solodovnik jumped at 32,808
feet.
ITO Clarence Giles goes the worlds
record swim. He swan 288 miles
down the Yellowstone River In
Montana IN 771a hours"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Punomo Canal Tolls
Slightly Above 1893

BY the Associated Press.
The Treasury says Panama
Canal tolls so far this fiscal year
total $11,978,261, compared with
81, 686,212 in the corresponding
period last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Outgrown Footwear
Trade Arranged by
German Shoe Guild

BY the Associated Press.
HALLE, Germany.-The To-
cal Shoemakers' Guild, with
consent of the lord mayor, has
formalized the business of
hand-me-downs in footwear.
An exchange for children's
shoes where parents can trade
outgrown shoes for worn but
not wornout larger sizes has
been set up to avert waste Of
precious leather and to sidestep
the red tape Of rationing on
new shoes.
A small administration fee
is collected on each trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Another sign of Spring

OLATHE, Kans., Dec. rs F.-
Snow and freezing weather not
withstanding, James G. Manning
insists he's uncovered a sure sign
Of spring.
A hen Matched eight chicks in a
BARNARD nest.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
YOUNG COUPLE
FIGHT WAY
INTO CHURCH

A speech by Mrs. Lizzie La
Grone of 16 E. Jessamine St.,
probably saved Catherine Harris,
252 Rondo St. and Ralph La
Grone, her son, "a State st.
from the workhouse.
On Saturday, July 8, Mrs. La
Grone attended the police court
to hear testimony in a disorder
ly conduct case involving the
two young people. Judge Robert
Rensch sentenced the couple to
thirty days in the workhouse on
a disorderly conduct charge.
Mrs. LaGrone, a member Of the
Church of God in Christ, inter-
rupted the proceedings and
made a fervent plea for leniency
for the convicted.
Judge Rensch suspended the
sentence and put Mrs. LaGrone
in charge of the two young per-
sons. One of the stipulations
governing their release was that
both Miss Harris and Mr.. La
Grone must attend Church each
Sunday.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
Daughter EIks
Install Officers

Minnehaha Temple No. 129 in
stalled Mrs. Ida Burrell as its new
leader Thursday night, July 6. The
new daughter ruler of the Mill City
daughter Elks Temple defeated
Mrs. Helen Jackson, daughter rul-
er for several terms, at the election
held in June.
Other officers installed at the
Thursday night ceremonies pre-
sided over by Mrs. Cassie Hill, dis
trict deputy for the Daughter Elks,
were Mrs. Celia Patterson, vice
daughter ruler; Mrs. Dora Pipkins,
assistant daughter ruler; Mrs.
Myrtle Polk, escort; Mrs. Helen
Jackson, chaplain; Mrs. E. Collins,
organist; Mrs. ]. w. Hutchraft,
doOr-keeper, and Mrs. Ruth Walker,
gate-keeper.
A revivified temple is predicted
under the leadership of Mrs. Bur-
rell and her corps of officers.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
Joint Council
Urges Congress
WPA Action

The Joint Negro Labor Council
last Monday night adopted a reso-
luton to send letters to the Mime
sofa Congressional Delegations in
Washington, asking that they sup
port the Wagner amendment to
the w. P. A. bill and support the
Casey Murray bill. The letters also
asked that they work for the pas
sage of Secretary Ickes' proposal
for a 100000, 900 increase in P.
W. A. funds.
This legislation would provide a
million more W. P. A. jobs, re-
establish the prevailing wage scale,
abolish enforced 80 day vacation
periods after eighteen continuous
months of W. P. A. employment
and re-establish the Federal Thea
ter Project.
The committee decided to send
copies Of the minutes of all the
meetings to all of the representa-
tive organizations.
G. w. Martin of Local SIG visited
the meeting. The council heard re-
ports on the Red Cap controversy,
the W. P. A. strike and the Red
Caps case before the Mediation
board.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
BOhannOn Gives
Address on Mpls.
Relief Set-up

Members of the Minneapolis
Business and Professional Asso-
citation with invited guests heard
timely address on various as
poets of the relief situation in Min
neapolis, by Leo Bohannon, a su-
pervisor in the Mill City department
of public relief, Tuesday night.
In a well developed and inter-
esting address Mr.. Bohannon out
lined problems created by relief,
told how relief was financed and
how costs were paid partly by
municipal taxation and the rest
from Federal funds.
After his prepared address, for
over an hour he answered ques-
tons fired at him by members and
guests of the association. The
complete manner in which he re-
piled to the queries made the meet
ing a school on relief and its kind
red problems with the speaker as
the school instructor.
VIM. Cratic, an investigator in
the department of public relief, also
told of the work in his department.
His talk concerned chiefly the per-
sonnet section.
DR.. W. d. Brown, president of
the association, outlined the pur-
poses of the organization. Others
who were called upon were Jasper
II. Gibbs of the ]. and II. Laundry
who is vice-president of the asso-
citation; Martin Brown, proprietor
of the B. & W. Service Station;
Raymond W. Cannon, attorney;
Robert B. Moulden, proprietor of
Bob's Cafe, Miss L. o. Smith, at
torney, and C. E. Newman, news
paper publisher.
Among the guests were Miss
Magnolia Latimer, Ralph Watson,
Mrs. w. D. Brown, Mrs. Margaret
Combs, W. M. Smith, j. L. McHie
and Don La Faucette.
The meeting was held at the
Fellowship Hall.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
MasOns of Minnesota to
Hold 18th Annual Grand
Lodge Communication

F. & A. M. of the Prince Hall affili-
alton will be Pioneer Lodge No. 1.
His Most Worshipful Grand
Master Sam Ransom will preside
over the grand lodge sessions.
Other officers Of the grand lodge
are deputy grand master, Hector
Hunter; senior grand warden,
James Watson; junior warden, Will
liam P. Gallwey; grand lecturer,
Harvey Moss; grand secretary,
George L. Hoage, Jr.; treasurer,
John F. Coquire.
Chester Johnson, a past grand
master, serves as chairman of the
national defense committee.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
JOHNNY WALTON GOES
WITH GIANTS

John Walton, graduate of Cretin
High School and amateur baseball
pitcher, was signed for a try-out
Wednesday, July IL, to play with
the Chicago Giants, professional
baseball club. Walton joined the
club on the road Wednesday.
The Chicago Giants were hum
bled by the Kansas City Monarchs
in a regular American Negro base
ball league encounter at Lexington
Park Tuesday night, IA to 1. pep
per" Bassett, 2SO-pound Giant
catcher, entertained the crowd of
$500 by catching from a rocking
chair during the eighth inning.
Frank Bradley was the Mon
arch's winning pitcher.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
Beneta Edwards
Gets State Job

Beneta A. Edwards, 244 w. Gen.
trail avenue, received an appoint
ment this week as Senior Stats
tician in the Research Division of
the Minnesota Unemployment
Compensation Department. Miss
Edwards took up the duties of this
position on Monday Of this week.
Miss Edwards, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin F. Edwards,
244 W. Central avenue, received
her B. A. degree in Sociology from
Hamline University, and was form
erly employed as case worker with
the Board Of Public Welfare. She
is secretary Of the Twin City
Branch of the National Association
of College Women.
Miss Edwards mother, Mrs. Lola
Edwards, is a member of the Ram
sey Republican City and County
Committees.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
Attorneys Wife
Makes Valiant
Fight for Life

The condition Of Mrs. R. A. Skin
ner, reported near death in last
weeks paper remains unchanged,
according to members of her i'm
mediate family. She is putting up
a plucky fight for her life.
Mrs. Skinner has suffered in
tensely for two weeks. Last Thurs
day when immediate family mem
bers gave up hope priests were
summoned and rites for the dying
were administered her.
Last Thursday morning Mr..
Skinner reported her critical con-
dition to the press. Her courage
under the suffering which she has
undergone has encouraged the
family and her friends greatly. The
family received an avalanche of
phone calls when news of her con-
dition was given in the news
papers.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
TO GO TO DENVER

Henrietta Bonaparte Henderson,
TOT st. Anthony avenue, has ac-
cepted a position as Executive Sec
rotary of the Y. W. C. A. in Den
yer, Colorado. Mrs. Henderson will
be on the job the first of Septem-
Der.
Mrs. Henderson is the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Chapman,
TOT st. Anthony avenue. She re-
ceived her B. A. degree from Mac
alester College, is a member of
the National Association Of Col
lege Women and of Eta Chapter,
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
She has held similar positions in
Winston Salem, North Carolina,
and in Youngstown, Ohio.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
Martin Brown Featured i'm
Minneapolis Tribune Story

ply based on Service"
His employees, the article said,
are instructed to "let the customers
do the talking" The Tribune ar
ticle was carried on page one of
the second section of the June 20
issue of that paper.
Readers of the Spokesman in
Minneapolis and the Recorder of
st. Paul have read a number of
stories in the columns of those pa
pers about the hard work and sue
cess of Mr.. Brown.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14

departments, according to an
nouncement by the Urban League
this week.
Thirty persons took the mental
tests, but those who took examina-
ton for one department only were
not notified to take the physical
examination. Others did not pass
and some who passed were elimi-
mated because of physical defects.
Successful candidates will now
have personal interviews and fur
Their medical testing. What places
they hold on the lists have not yet
been announced.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14

ten In the face Of opposition from
the Minnesota w. P. A.
Regulations requiring that all
workers who have been employed
for eighteen months or more be
cut off for thirty days and then
be re-certified may hit number Of
white collar activities. Music, art
and education workers may also be
open to injury from this angle.
In Minneapolis where sewing
projects were closed because Of
strikes approximately xty
women were affected. st. Paul men
on a project at the State Fair
Grounds were also thrown out Of
work, but the exact number was
not available. The total number Of
Negro laborers, however, on st.
Paul W. P. A. projects is officially
listed as 207.
Workers at the fair grounds
stated, in some instances, that
they did not want to participate in
a strike but left their jobs because
they did not wish to cause any
violence.
Social agencies Of the Twin
Cities are watching the happen
ings with the hope of preventing
hardships to those who may be
dropped by the W. P. A. because
of the strike and at the same time
be ineligible for relief because of
rulings by the Hennepin and Ram
sey County welfare boards.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
Milwaukee Pastor
to Preach at st.
Peter Sunday

DR.. H. E. Stewart, pastor of St.
Mark A. M. E. Church, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, will preach at st. Peter
Church Sunday morning, July 10th.
DR.. Stewart is well known to the
people Of the Twin Cities, having
preached here on previous occa-
sions. He has served in the minis
try of the A. M. E. Church for
over fifty years and has occupied
some of the largest churches in the
North and in the South. He is
connectionally known and noted.
DR.. Stewart recently married and
is bringing his wife with him to
spend a few days visiting his son,
the Rev. Carlyle F. Stewart.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
MRS. ETHEL LEWIS DEAD

Mrs. Ethel Lewis, age Al, 500
14th Ave. South, who died July z,
at the Minneapolis General Hospi-
tai, was buried July 10.
Funeral services were at the Neal
Funeral home chapel with Rev. A.
w. Wilson officiating. Burial at
Crystal Lake cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
Willie Lewis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
White Way
Shoe Repair
Will Deliver

The White Way Shoe Repair
Shop at 816 Marquette Ave. will
call for and deliver your shoes.
Compare this firms prices for
high grade work with that Of any
repair shop in town, Arthur Ho-
gan, a Race man, proprietor, sug-
gests to Spokesman readers. The
White Way advertisement runs
regularly in this paper. The phone
number, Geneva $3.50.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
PIONEER RESIDENT DIES

Mary Hatcher, 70, died Wednes-
day, July 5, at st. Peter State Hos
pital, after an illness of several
years. Mrs. Hatcher was a men,
Der of st. James A. M. E. Church
for forty-fve years, from which
funeral services were held, Mon
day, July 10, at 2:30 p. m, with
Rev. Gerald W. Hayden, official
ing. Musical selections were rem
dered by st. James Choir.
Born seventy years ago in Cal
lettsburg, Kentucky, she came to
st. Paul as a child bride at the
age of Is. She was the widow Of
the late Samuel w. Hatcher.
Her only survivor is Mrs. Flor
enee Stokes, niece, Of Urbana, Ohio.
Interment was in Oakland Gene
terry.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
Union Picnic Is
Next Wednesday
at Minnehaha

The annual Twin City Union
Sunday School Picnic will take
place next Wednesday, July 10, at
Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis.
This gathering always brings to-
gether several thousand Twin
Citians who bring their picnic
baskets and enjoy themselves for
the entire day.
The general chairman of this
years picnic is J. r. Aubrey Of
Minneapolis. Free ice cream is
promised the Riddles and games
and athletic contests will occupy
much Of the day.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14

ton Hall there.
Touching upon the South's econ
omy, he said:
"The N. A. A. C. P. is against
regional differentials Of any kind
in relation to the economy of the
North and the South. The South
will never cease being the nations
No. economic problem until de-
cent wages are paid all souther-
ners, white and Negro, and until
the South puts aside its inferiority
complex and is willing to meet
competition. There is no differ
ence in the cost of living as be-
tween the North and the South.
There is only the difference in the
standard Of living"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
Alta Boy! Camp
Bus Leaves 8 A. NJ.
Monday, July II

The bus for the Phyllis Wheat
ley summer camp at Brainerd,
Mimi, will leave the community
house at 8 a. m. sharp, Monday
morning, July II, Raymond Hatch
er, camp director announced.
The bus will leave promptly, rain
or shine.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
Strike Affects
Nearly 1000 Local
Negroes and Families

w. p A. projects precptated by disagreement between
labor government officials enforcing Legislation affecting
working involve the welfare of nearly 1000 Negro
workers Cities and surrounding counties
this week.
Congressional action eliminated the Of union
wage by requiring W. P A employees work longer hours
with salary blow the asphalt work
e of recently payment Of their union scale
victory came of Of
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14

In a recent evening edition of
the Minneapolis Tribune, Martin
Brown, proprietor of a downtown
Minneapolis gasoline and service
station, was the subject of a
lengthy human interest article.
The story stressed the fact that
Mr.. Brown had built up a loop bust
ness despite terrific competition
with the additional burden of his
race by the use of a simple philoso-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
BRIEF GLANCE
AT NEWS OF
THE DAY
PROTEST KLANsMAN

New York, July IA strong
telegram Of protest against the
confirmation Of Elmer D. Davies of
Nashville, Tenn, as judge in the
Federal Court for the middle Ten
nessee district, was sent to Senator
Henry F. Ashurst, chairman of the
Senate Judiciary committee, by the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People.
Davies was reported in the press
of July 8 as having admitted to the
Senate committee that he had be-
longed to the Khan at one time.