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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1939-11-02
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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1939-11-02
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The Valley settler., 1939-04-28
CORRECTION

All those interested in Yorkshire { not Homshire ) hogs should got in end tclk it over with Mir. Stock He hes contacted farms outside H:'n1 where aood breeding stock cen bo obtcined for 52O. each FOB. farm plus freight end handling charges. The farmers will bo required to finance their own purc chase.
The Valley settler., 1939-04-28
CHALLENGE ACCTT TED

The Challenges Of lest week to any like group" fer 2 6omo of softbcll before the show have becn accepted. The Gast side will play the Most side, qualifi- cations or no qualifi cati ions. The gamo is bound to be snoppy, full of fun, and whct have you? Lots look in and may the best tocm win.
The Valley settler., 1939-04-28
NEW KIND or TRIP NESTS

The brooder houses which figured so prominently during the build- ing boom in the Civic Center dur ing the woter shortago last win ter arc boin8 returned to tho
 farms. distinctive feature
 acquired during thoir stay up-
 town s tho new style trap nest. As yet, no report hes boon re- ceived as to how the hens tGko to it. Members of tho Extension Service who have undoubtedly
 used this style of trap most for years hcve voiced no opinAon on it. However, the idoo isn't
 patented yct.
The Valley settler., 1939-04-28

Our 7icl6 Mon is puzzled. Since the Ame rican Mercury, he has U. proper planting dcte for con- nj sars.
The Valley settler., 1939-04-28
LOCALS

Miss my Lnn McCullon celebrated her birthday Sunday April 18th. Tight small guests wero present occ onpcniod by their mothers.
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Miss Helen Barry hes recently returned from tho outside where she hes been attending school. Miss Barry is q graduate from tho Palmer High School.
The Valley settler., 1939-04-28
lthlI11LD

Ill those who hovo good first class carrots for salo, may dosposo of thom ct the produce department. The supply is run ming short, but they must be saleab1o.
The Valley settler., 1939-04-28

Mir. .Urn. Long denies any knowledge of plans for his wedding announc- cd two Wooks ego. He statos that the announcement wcs q great shock to him. Some We1l-Wi shing friend must have beon over in thus iostic concerning tho future happiness of Mir. Long.
The Valley settler., 1939-04-28

Mir. John Long who has been receive ing hearty congratulations lately is in the hospital undor tho Dr.. IS caro.
The Valley settler., 1939-04-28
FOUND

FOUND | key in q fancy leather case. If anyone has lost ono, plo;sc inquire ct the paper office.
The Valley settler., 1939-04-28

Mrs. George Novak is also recei7
 ing treatment ct the local hosp:
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
D. A. r. ADMITS HALL BARS
NEGRO ARTISTS

Boston, March, (CNA) = Marion
Anderson, worlds greatest contralto,
was denied use of Constitution Hall in
Washington because of her color, the
Daughters of the American Revolution
finally admitted this week.
Mrs. Henry M Robert, President
General, in message read at the 45th
annual state convention of the Mas
sachusetts D. A. R., said that the hall
is operated in accordance with rules
applying to most theatres in Washing
ton, calling for separate meeting places
for whites and Negroes.
Mrs. Frank L. Mason, National Reg
istrar, said the D. A. r. had received
no communication from Mrs. Roose-
welt announcing her resignation from
the organization.
I'm Los Angeles, Mrs. Roosevelt
told of Mrs Nason's statement, reiter-
ated her announcement OF several
weeks ago that she had resigned from
the D. A. r.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
N.A.A.C.P.
Membership
Drive Success

The membership drive Of the NAA-
CP, which will cuiminate, in the meet
ing to be held in St. Peters A.M.E.
Church Sunday night, April End, has
been highly successful, according to L.
O. Smith, Attorney, President of the
local branch Workers have reported
that memberships have increased over
two hundred as results of the recent
effort. ...
The meeting Sunday will probably
be one of the most interesting held in
years, and will be addressed by Roy
Wilkins, Editor of The Crisis, official
organ for the organization.
Mr.. Wilkins has aroused enthusiasm
throughout the middle west during the
past few weeks, having been received
by large audiences in many of the larg-
er cities.
His subject Sunday will treat on the
Present Crisis.
Persons who have not been contact
ed by workers during the present drive,
are urged to be present at the meeting
Sunday Evening, and join the move
ment as early as possible.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
Woman Joins
Husband At
Workhouse

The McDows are reunited. The
family has been frequently separated
of late, due to the cold and unfeeling
attitude of the law.
Matthew, head of the family, has
long been known for his capabilities,
TO make two drinks appear, where none
had appeared before, and this without
sanction of police or tax-gatherers.
Given the usual ninety days sometime
ago, after having been charged with
bootlegging, Mrs. Mellow tried brave
ly to carry on. All went we'll until one
of the customers complained that he
had been rolled of fifty dollars in the
place.
She was sentenced to ninety days,
so they will meet once more at garden
ing time at Parkers Lake.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
White Youth
Arrested For
Crimes Charged
To Negroes

Chicago, March, C,~NAl-Sam Hry-
ciuk, 19-year-oid white youth, this
week confessed killing two white
Chicago women within the last eigh-
teen months and admitted fifty at
tempted attacks on other white women,
according to the police. Most of the
crimes allegedly admitted by Hryciuk
had been charged by police to "un-
identified Negroes.
Police said Hrycuik admitted that he
had raped. robbed and strangled Mrs.
Bertha De Meyer, 81, in her home last
November IL. He confessed, accord
ing to the police, that on October 9,
1887, he accosted Mrs. Caroline Schenke
in an alley, struck her on the head with
a milk bottle, raped her and lett her
for dead
Hryciuk was arrested after all attack
on a woman. The boy was taken to
Cook County Hospital, where he was
identified by Mrs. Anna R.ns, a,
widow, as the man who assaulted her
near home September 70.
Mrs. Ruth Weinberg also identified
Iryciuk as her attackcr Tune ],
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
AERIAL MAP-TRACING PRO
JECT EMPLOYS 21s WPA
WORKERS
100 Skilled Negroes on Staff

Washington, D. C.-Two hundred
and fifty persons, 100 of them Ne
groes, are working on an aerial map
tracing project at Washington. Three
government agencies are cooperating
to make this possible-The Works
Progress Administration, the National
Youth Administration and the Rural
Electrification Administration.
The project will give REA series
of large-scale strip maps showing
roads, townships and county lines in
the area of each of its more than 400
projects. 1t will give the NYA stu
dents employed experience and supple
mental training that will be useful
when they finish school and go out to
hunt for jobs. 1t will give the WPA
workers new confidence and a new
skill that will increase their chances OF
finding work in private industry.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
MARIAN ANDERSON SCORES
IN TEXAS

Fort Worth-The worlds greatest
contralto singer, Marian Anderson,
triumphantly scored again when she
sang her way into the hearts of the
city's music lovers Sunday afternoon
in a recital under the auspices of the
Civis Music association at the Munich
pal auditorium.
Marian Anderson's artistic rendi-
tons seemed to soar the ethereal
heights during her Interpretation of
Schubert's ave Maria" and the
American Negro spiritual group in
Guiding the we'll known Deep River"
and Heaven, Heaven"
The only members of the singers
race who witnessed the recital were p
of her sorors alpha Kappa Alphas)
who sat back stage with Marian An
derson.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
N. Y. ASSEMBLY BANS
'SWITCH-BLADE' KNIFE

Albany, N. Y, March, (CNA)-The
State Assembly this week passed by Z
vote of 140 to 0, a bill banning pos
session. of the Switch Blade" knife
an commissioning weapon with a
four-inch blade which has been con.
nected with several recent crimes ii
Harlem.
The bill was sponsored by Assemb.
lyman Burrows, Negro Democrat who
had the Assembly jittery as he brand
ished one of the knives and dilated
on its menace.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01

In our previous discussion we con
cluded that the selfish rich lost moth
ing in the economic collapse of 1929
and from the standpoint of actual
physical need, the regularly employed
have not lost SO very much to recover.
Now we come to section three OF
human society, the army of disempioyed
in which even / street car token must
be counted.
This section has really lost some
thing to recover.
However, and just to suggest some
economic adjustments that are now
taking place, let me point out some
things that we don't want to recover.
lst. We don't want the recovery OF
the system (now tottering) that makes
is possible for per cent of our pop
ulation to own or control 90 per cent
of Americas wealth.
End. We don't want the recovery
(nor the discovery of any system
that by reason of the progress of
machinery would turn men and wo-
men into mechanical robots
3rd. We don't want the recovery OF
an unlimited, unfair, extortionate sys-
tenn of profits that would declare d
dividend in the face of 2 million I'M
dernourished little children and then
issue dole to keep them from starv-
ing or freezing to death.
4th. We don't want the recovery of
that old wash board over which our
house wives once rubbed the JOY out
of living while they rubbed the stains
out of our shirts.
There are lot of more recoveries
that we don't want, and right here let
me adopt Uncle Ezra's style and put
across one of my Economic Epigrams.
My Epigram ...
What this country needs is not a
recovery of what we have lost, but an
application and a control of what we
have found g..
To illustrate:
(a) We have lost the old wash
board, but we have found the electric
machine
(b) We have lost the system that
required one man one day to make
one pair of shoes, but we have found
the machine that turns out 100 pairs
in day.
So on down Cor up) the line of in
dustrial progress. We want adjust
ment to the new, rather than recovery
of the old
Now my little detour must end, we
must get back on the highway of our
subject.
What recovery does section three
want?
Let me answer We want recovery
of our rights.
Turn to page 3
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
NAME FORT WORTH NEGRO
TO SERVE ON TEXAS
GRAND JURY

5 Fort Worth, Texas-Watson Bar
ton no doubt is an ardent believer in
good things come to him who waits
and is prepared to receive them.
Barton was named Thursday to
serve and, being qualified, will be the
first of his race to sit ON the grand
jury in Tarrant county
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01

Discovered by Mr. Peterson, he bic
in a closet
When he was captured it took three
men to hold him for police.
He had carried away one load of loot
when captured, and was returning for
second when he was discovered.
St, Paul had apparently proved a
fertile field for his activities, as he has
admitted well over twenty prowls
there. 1t is expected that number of
similar offenses will be cleaned up here.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
SUPREME LIBERTY LIFE
WORTH $2,261, 564.s3

Chicago, Ill, (C)-The Supreme
Liberty Life Insurance Company, SSH
South Parkway, "the largest Negro
business enterprise in the North, now
has assets of $2,261, 564.S3, as of De-
cember 81, last, according to the an
nual report, just released by Harry H.,
Pace, president. The company gained
$l39,456.l0 in assets during the past
year, and gained $2,552,2o7 insurance
in force. The company has paid to
policy holders 61l,882.2l since It's
organization.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01

Youthful Managing Editor of the
Houston Informer, Houston, Tex,
who is graduate of Southern Uni
versity, Baton Rouge, La, and mem
Ter of A pha nhi A1oha Mr. Davis
IS only p, and is 7erhaps he
managing editor Of an important he s.
0aNer in Negro journalism t,e In
former recentl~ celebrating its tn =
]. Don Davis
7iversary Mr. Davis-did his first
news eper york ia Ta~ Orleans aud
Etea aDe7 school M
ears. He edited an tra-edition
which sold $500 copies when muir
der was solved. Mr.. Davis is also
member of the Managing Committee
of the company which publishes the
,Inforn1er.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
SOUTHERN AID SOCIETY
WORTH 500, 1886; S122,456.41
IN CASH

Richmond, Va, (C)-The Southern
Aid Society of Virginia has assets of
1902, 30S96, of which $122,456.41 is in
cash, according to statement of con-
dition of December 81, last, just pub
lished. The company has paid claims
of $7,752,257.19 since its organization
46 years ago.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
WALTER F., WALKER NAMED
LIBERIAN CONSUL GENERAL

Hon. Walter F. Walker, who has
been serving as Liberian Consul at
New York for the past six years, has
been APPOINTED by PRESIDENT Edwin
Barclay as Liberian Consul General
in the United States and has just re-
ceived his exequatur from President
Franklin d. Roosevelt acknowledg ing
the appointment.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
FOUR KIDDIES DIE IN
ILLINOIS FIRE

Phoenix, ILL.,, March. (CNA)-Three
Negro children were burned to death
and fourth suffocated here when
their home burned. The dead are:
Marguerite, S; Randall, a; Charlene,
2; and Carolyn, Z months, children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron To1son.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01

New York, March, CCNA)-Close
to 30,000,00G persons throughout the
nation have attended at least one
WPA presentation since the establish
ment of the WPA Federal Theatre on
August %, 1885,
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
BAUMGARDNER MAY BE NEXT
PREXY OF ALLEN u.

Columbia, S. c., (C)-Prof H. w.
Baumgardner of the Department OF
Psychology may succeed the late DR..
E H. McGill as president of Allen
University, it was mentioned in edu-
cational circles this week. Dr. Me-
Gill died suddenly m Baltimore, and
was funeralized from the college
chapel last Friday.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01

Washington, March, (CNA)-The
Senate Civil Liberties Committee,
which studied employers violence
against striking workers for the past
two years and half, this week spon-
sored bill to forbid the sale of gas
or firearms to industrial concerns for
use in any kind of labor dispute.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
HOUSEPROWL KING
CAPTURED

John Young. Ir, s17 Rondo, ST
Paul, had made .houseprowling his pro-
sfession. Small of stature, muscular,
unusually strong and fast, he had de-
.veloped technique that has led Twin
City officers a merry chase.
Early this week, he attempted to
.crash party held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs.. Elmar T. Peterson, 1898
4sfia Ave. So. s@ss ---4-.e>st -
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
PRESIDENT TO VISIT TUSKE.
GEE NEXT WEDNESDAY

Tuskegee lamp Unless Pfesi-
dent Rooseveit's trip to Warm Springs,
Ga, is caneeiled, the nations chief
executive will visit Tuskegee institute
next Wednesday; April 5. No extend
ed speech is expected from the presi=
dent, and he viii probably address the
Tuskegee continuity briefly from his
automobile.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
BARRooM BRAWL BARES
WHITE 'FRONT.' OUTFIT

Coral Gables, Fla, March, (CNA)-
EMstance of a fiseist outfit called the
White Front was barred this week dur
ing the trial Of two of its members for
their participation in a barrooin fight
1 William Blanchard, IT,, %, who said
he was director Of the lanti-Negfo
group; and Raymound Heaiy, 26; ap-
peared in court alfred like Nazi Stfoni
Troopers. They were fined SIS and
costs each on disordefiy conduct, with
two other white fiief who said they
were not members of the outfit.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01

The Credjfawn Club is sponsoring
a Parents Banquet at Pilgrim Baptist
Church, West Central and Grotto Sts.,
in St. Paul in the near future.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01

Philadelphia, March, (CNA)-Fof-
nation of Pennsylvania Policy hold
ers' Committee has been launched, it
was announced this week, to break the
monopolistic strangle-hold of insur-
ance companies over the interests and
rights of policyholders.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01

Mrs. America Sims, 2816 18th Ave
So, is improving at Fairview Hospi-
tai,
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
$500 Per Year
EXoNERATED

Idlewild, Mich.-the operators of the
branch post office mere, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Eslner, were exonerated re-
Gently of suspicion in a $500 theft
from the post office. An employee
confessed to the robbery.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-04-01
/ SATURDAY NIGHT
PRELUDE
by Walter Henry Thoti1as

THtl: z./:
Portrait of Mr.. Thomas is printed
by request of his many friends Ed
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-06
Expresses Hope For
Early Peace in Mes
S a g e on 22nd An
niversary of Littl e
Republics Indepen-
dence; Peace Moves
Under Way.

Helsinki, Dec. CLAP
With all Finland fearing a new
blow from her Soviet neighbOr,
President Kiosti Kallio, in an
independence day speech today,
told the Firms they could cab
solutely trust" their army to
fulfill cts heroic duty" in re-
sisting the Russian invasion.
Finnish officials expressed
particular pleasure over con-
gratulatOry message from Pres
ident Roosevelt on the 22nd
anniversary o. freedom from
Russia The message was broad
cast, followed by the "Star
Spangled Banner"
Bolstering Finland'S courage,
the government announced that
1000 Russian troops had been
captured since the invasion
started last Thursday, and that
81 Russian tanks had been de-
stroyed.
Despite the war, President
KalIiO and his government held
their customary independence
day reception for the diplomatic
corps.
Washington, Dec. 6.-(AP)-Presi-
lent Roosevelt expressed to Presiden
CONTINUED on Page TWo)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-06
.Destituti0n
In Cleveland
Is Charged

Cleveland, Oec 6-(AP)-A sur
vey declaring needy Ohioans were
living under unbelievable cOndj-
tons" was made public today in the
wake of sharp word exchange be-
tween the Buckeye State governor on
the enc side, and New York's mayor
and the chief Of WPA on the other
over the relief crisis.
The leader of the Council Of Social
Agencies, reporting interviews by sc
investigators, declared there were
many cases in actual want and acute
necd-Where persons were starving
Investigators reported that many OF
the potential relief clients were liv-
ing under unbelievable conditions
Many people we're picking up scraps
-scavenging.
Officials of Toledo and Cleveland
both industrial centers, have declar-
ed themselves at wits ends to solve
their relief dilemmas without State
aid.
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New
York, in an address there, quoted
Continued on Page Two
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-06
Sweden Is
Mer1aced By
Soviet Push
Russian S ira t e g y
Nj a y Be to Seize
Swedish Mines For
Iron Ore Supply;
Firms Promise Gun
breakable Resistance"
To Reds.

Kirkenes, Norway, Dec. Cat the
Finnish Frontier (AP)-On this
22nd anniversary Of Finnish indepen-
dence, a Soviet Russian army was
reported to have driven almost a
fifth of the way across northern Fin
land-apparently under orders to cut
the country in two.
This army was said to have pene-
trated 35 miles into Finland, reach
ing Kuolajarvi on the seventh day
of the war, and leaving only $50 miles
to be traVcrsed before Finland would
be Disected.
Completion of the drive would put
red forces on the Swedish border
Just beyond the border lie SWeden's
rich iron mines. Observers saw in
the relentlessly developing Russian
strategy q great menace to Sweden
apart from the disease it might mean
for Finnish troops in the far north.
Finnish sources cOntended the Rus
sian advance was discounted in ad-
vance because the region already
penetrated is practically uninhabited.
The Firms declared the invaders
would encounter 'unbreakable" re-
sistance when they reached Finnish
Continued on page tWo)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-06
McNutt Men
Seek Support
OF Tar Heels
Daily DiSDatcl BEreAss.
in the SIR Waiter Giss:e:
BY HENRY AVERJLL

Raleigh, Dec. Estate officials
here have learned that Paul McNutt
has the support of big men in his
campaign for the Democratic presi-
dental nomination.
There was no doubt Of that after
quartet OF McNutt boosters, who
looked exactly like four husky and
hefty tackles on a Grade-A college
football team, invaded this capital
city in an effort to spread the Nc
Mutt gospel and gain the good will
Of prominent Tar Heels for their
Hoosier candidate.
They were big men, too, in the
sense. that they hold important po-
sitions in their homes. There were
Frank McHale, Democratic national
committeeman from Indiana; Judge
M. L. Fansler, Of Indianapolis; Oscar
r. Ewing, Of New York; and Fred
Continued on Page Two)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-06
j. s. Intends
To Defend
Its Rights

Washington, Dec. g. (AP) =
State and Treasury Department Of
ficials indicated today that the gov
eminent intended to protect its
rights under international law, even
though this course might mean ex-
pense and delay to American ship
ping lines.
The question of American ship
ping rights arose informally in con-
nection with Great Britain's navi-
cert system-a policy under which
British consulates issue naval GER
tjficates showing that American ex-
ports to neutral European countries
are not Objectionable to Great Brit
ain.
The system was designed to ex-
pedite the flow of American COM
merce through the British contra
band patrol to neutral countries
and to save time and trouble for
the patrol. In most cases, it would
permit ship master carrying a
cargo completely covered by navi-
certs to pass quickly through the
patrol.
There were reports that some
shipping lines, anxious to avoid the
expensive delays involved when
their vessels were ordered into port
for inspection, would refuse to &C
inl