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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
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Capital Welding Co, $40 University Ave.
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Minnehaha Cleaners. Dale $3.50.
Modern Refrigerator. Sal University Ave.
Ben Myers, Tailor, S29 Dale st.
Northway Motor Service, 500 N. Western
Owens Motor Sales, TOO University Ave.
J. E. Otto Furniture Co.. 1852 University
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Parkside Ice Cream Co.. 5s5 University
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Rondale Shoe Repair Shop, S27 N. Dale st.
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Service Garage, 473 Jay st.
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Toms Grocery, 9S1 Fuller Ave.
Tilden's Produce Co., SIS E. Kellogg Blvd.
Thomas Shoe Store, S67 Robert st.
Tradehome Shoe Co.-Shoes. 1O8 z. 7th st.
Unidals Liquor Store. $50 University Ave.
Union Cash Food Market. s1s University
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w. p. A. Strike

called by the W. A. throughout country
and hour regulations effect unfortunate but
policy which contrary philosophy
the administration.
Our has awakened the working people of the United
before
the right of labor enjoy the of collective bargaining
Negroes have proted by this policy through the W. A because
additionally thrown relief rolls form charity
during almost kind economic upheava they have forced
all kinds of industrial abuse private business For
the Administration gmmer
ings of fair play the job.
We by this that the W. P A. should given
bill of health treatment Negroes concerned It did
example, however, which business might copy
Congressman, led by narrowmnded individuals, taking
advantage public bewdement
hours of work Thus the which the
thing that this satisfied
everywhere will suffer because this that Negroes
will be harder hit than else.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-07-14
Mr.. Rerat Explains!
June 18th, 1889.

June 18th, 1889.
Editor: | noticed in last weeks
issue of your paper that you had a
small item where I made refer
ence to colored man as niger
before jury address in Hennepin
District Court recently.
In the years that / have prac-
ticed law in Minneapolis l have
represented a large number of col
ored people and during this time /
have become acquainted with nu-
merous outstanding colored citi-
zens in this county. I believe !
have enjoyed the respect of your
race. l have always admired and
held in high esteem colored people.
My many hundreds of colored ac-
quaintances in this city will vouch
for the fact that l have never in
any way done or said anything to
injure colored people.
The reference / made last week
was in a case where a chiropractor
was on trial for practicing medicine
without a license. The question of
color had absolutely nothing to do
with the case in any way. It was
my intention at the time to refer
to a colored man for illustration
purposes. The word "nigger" was
used by me in the heat of a closing
argument before jury. It was
said without my even realizing that
I had used the word because had
intended to use the word "colored."
After finishing this address to the
jury, when my attention was called
to the fact that I had used this
word I realized that I had mis-
spoken myself and Immediately
apologized to everyone in the court
room.
feel deeply concerned about
this matter and want to take this
opportunity of apologizing to the
colored people as whole for this
error. ...'. r ..e
sincerely hope that my apology
will be accepted in the spirit it is
made. ... r.
Very truly yours,
Eugene A. Rerat,
Suite 1860 Rand Tower,
Minneapolis, MINI.
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Here
and
There


Many of the Minneapolis and st.
Paul women of our group are re-
ceiving an introduction into the seri-
Gus business of earning a living
under the conditions which govern
WPA.
With more than so out of every
100 of our women finding it neees-
sary to help the family exchequer
by accepting employment from this
agency, they are learning day by
day, some of the sterner facts of
life.
1t was hard enough in the first
place for many of the women to
grow accustomed to earning a iv-
ing. Earning a living on WPA is, of
course, more acceptable than tax
ing plain charity. Everyone of our
women who have found it neces-
sary to work have realized this.
But most of them by now have
learned the lesson. They have
learned to make time on the job.
They have learned how to keep
quiet at their work. They have
learned how to work under the con-
stant oversight of a supervisor,
even a Negro supervisor.
And now when that first hard
lesson has been pretty well ac-
quired, comes the peculiar expert
ence of learning that they are part
of the great working force of our
cities. That whether they will or
no, they must be governed in their
actions by what shall be to the best
interest of all the working people.
What our working women must
learn and learn beyond question is
that the working forces of this
city, are governed by the men at
the head of labor, in or out of the
unions. That what these men de-
eide governs the working people
in or out of unions.
When congress recently decided
to increase the hours of workers
and reduce the pay heretofore
given WPA, there was a great out
cry and protest from those affected.
Taking advantage of the country
wide dissatisfaction of WPA work
ers, leaders of the workers have
ordered widespread resistance even
to the point of stopping work on
many WPA projects.
It is difficult at this time to de-
eide if labor leaders have bitten off
more than they can chew. One
thing is certain: Win or lose, labor
leaders will use all of their power
and influence to win this battle.
My own opinion is, it will end in
a compromise that will save the
face of the leaders, and will bene-
fit the workers little or nothing. I
would say to our own women who
are on the spot and who in the last
analysis, will have to shift for
themselves, take the advice of your
own leaders, our ministers among
others, and of organizations espe-
cially working in the interest of
the Negro group.
If this thing continues to a show
down, as think it may, our own
workers, few of whom are union
lied, will find it necessary and ad-
visable to take advice from their
own leaders. .
Our own churchmen should be
among those who can and should
give proper direction and counsel.
I believe our women can count alb
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Pertinent Thoughts

Paris and Die"
II would rather be lamp post
on Lenox avenue than to own the
whole of Atlanta, Ga. and no
offense to Atlanta. l think the
same about every place else."-
Rev. Adams Powell.
eff the World of Tomorrow is
at all like what I've seen in two
days at the Fair, then l guess l
stiIl haven't seen much. IT. H.
Barnes, 90-year-old New York Fair
visitor.
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what no one wants to admit
is that the administration is befud-
died and knows not to do other
than to build public works as a
means of recovery."-Amsterdam
News Editorial.
Wherever you go in Paris, be
prepared to stop traffic and be fol-
lowed about by admirers of both
sexes-that is, provided you are
brown-skinned and have that GER
tain something" -Geraldyn Dis
mond, New York columnist, "See
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solutely upon the advice and direc-
ton of that organization best fitted
to give advice and help because its
membership is both wise and indie
pendent: the urban leagues, the
business and professional mems
associations in both cities, for
counsel.
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The Peoples
Opinion

Contributions to this section should not
the right to reduce letters to this length.
Unsigned communications will not be pub
Iished. All letters should contain name and
address Of sender. Upon request the name
and address of the contributor will be de-
leted from the printed letter.
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SON OF OFFICER IS
IMPROVING

Robert Williams, Jr., 15-year-old
son of st. Paul officer Robert Will
iams, is convalescing after crit
cal illness of two months.
Robert is a student at John Mar
shall High School.
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Poetic Thoughts
BY MORRIS GIBBS. Sr.
Dressing Father Up

Father, dressing for occasions has awful time,
Can't figure clothes out by reason or rhyme, 49,
Be dressed just when the family goes
Or else be told to other clothes
He'd rather sit and enjoy his home
Than think of dressing up to roam,
For visiting is all right to him,
If he go in what he's in
He leaves the worries of what to wear,
Upon the family, but they really
When Father goes along they look to see,
If his tie is correct like fashions decree.
It's a constant lookout before they leave,
Examine his shoes or else some member will grieve,
Trousers pressed and hat just right,
Or else Father looks to them a sight
Father takes it all in good nature,
Told by the youngest-small in stature,
They love to see him like the rest
Dressed in style and ready for fashions test.
So he at last resolves to do
The thing he abhors, but to get through,
He'll suffer the agony stiff shirt produces,
martyr in silence there's no excuses.
Milford chronicle., 1939-06-16
HAS PIERCE TAKES HIS
S. S. CLASS FISHING
Youthful Izaak WaltOns Report A
@WOnderful Time"

NJ. Haswell Pierce. a member of
the well-knOwn hardware firm of
Milford is an ardent fisherman,
probably enjoying the sport as well
as any man in this community.
Has" is also the popular teacher
of a boys class at the Avenue Meth
odist Church. Monday of this week
he decided to give the boys an out
ing. as a reward for exemplary be-
havior during the past year. and af-
ter a straw vote among the group
a fishing trip was hit upon. Captain
Louis Plummer was contacted, the
party boat "Pocahontas" was hired,
and the group left the M:spillion
Lighthouse wharf. intent upon max
ing the denizens Of the deep take to
the lower depths or finish their finny
careers in a skillet.
The boys who enjoyed this splen-
did trip and their luck follows: Rob-
bins Webb, four bardheads and two
trout: James Brown Clements. alias
Jimmy" one oversize King fish and
four gasping hardheads; William
Denney. Jr.. seven hardheads. two
CTurn to Page }. Plessel
Milford chronicle., 1939-06-16
PETIT JURORS PICKED
FOR KENT co. COURT
ThOs. VI. Chambers, w. H. Warren,
Roy Sapp Selected In Tenth District

Jury Commissioners Mifflin and
Jacobs drew petit and extra jurors
last Monday for the July term of the
Kent County Court which convenes
July 3. They are:
Petit jurors-First district: W. NJ.
Doughten, William Ellison, John
Barnes, John Palmer, Sr.; second:
George w. Mayer. George C. Hagger-
ty, John Ellingsworth, Russell Ha-
man; third: Carol B. Brown, Will
liam E. Carter. Raymond Wright,
John Roth; fourth: Isaac Thomas,
Charles Thompson, Sewar DAILY, Dom
aid Carey; fifth: Jesse c. Burton,
Morris Simon. Leonard Oliver, Her
bert Raymond; sixth: Earl Minner,
Brinton Holloway. Oliver Melvin,
William E. Townsend: seventh: Ebe
s. Townsend. E. Cowgirl Barnard,
Oscar Dawson; eighth: Jacob Sci
crest, Millard Thompson, Charles B.
Bastian; ninth: Milton Hopkins, Ed
ward Collins, Laurence Porter;
tenth: Thomas NJ. Chambers. Will
liam H. Warren. Roy Sapp.
Additional panel-First district:
William Wright. Edgar w. Frazier;
second: Benjamin B. Burrows. Will
liam H. Marker; third: Herbert Mas
ten, Edgar H. Remley. Robert W.
Horn; fourth: Ralph Thompson, Eric
Lasch, Roland Knots; fifth: Earl
James: William D. Denney, Eugene
Raughley; sixth: Elmer Cain, Chas.
N. Sipple. Frank P. Walker; seventh:
Edward Jackson. Charles R. Gra-
ham, Roland Wilkinson; eighth:
Clifford Simpler, Walter H. White,
C. Fred Johnson: ninth: Lorenzo T.
Jones, W. W. Simpson, J. Gordon
Smith: tenth: Merrill Thistlewood,
J. B. CounseIman. James Cannon.
A tax rate of 40 cents per $1OO of
assessed valuation, the same as last
year, was set by the Levy Court for
Kent county.
Milford chronicle., 1939-06-16
SOCIALSECLJRITY
CHANGES URGED
Board Chairman AdvO-
Gates Sliding Scale For
Federal Contributions.

A fundamental change in the so
cial security act was suggested on
Monday by Arthur J. Altmeyer, who
recommended that the Federal Gov
ernment distribute public assistance
grants on the basis of the relative
economic capacity" of the various
states.
Altmeyer. chairman Of the Social
Security Board appeared before the
Senate finance committee in sup
port of House-approved changes in
the security act.
His recommendation as to public
assistance grants was that the states
with small per capita wealth should
receive a proportionately larger
share of federal grants than should
the wealthy states.
At present, federal grants for the
old age assistance and aid to the
blind are made on the basis of
dollar for each dollar of state funds
used for that purpose.
For dependent children, the FEEDER
al Government provides one-third
and the states two-thirds. but the
House has approved an amendment
the federal contribution so
per cent.
Altmeyer also suggested to the
committee that state social security
programs be administered by per-
sonnel selected under the merit sys-
tenn and indicated opposition to any
reduction in the present per cent
payroll tax for the unemployment
insurance program.
He said the board would be re-
luctant to support any reduction in
the unemployment levy because ex-
perience indicated that the present
3 per cent rate would not be suff1-
CENT ito pay reasonable benefits
over longtime period"
Milford chronicle., 1939-06-16
MAKING PLANS FOR
5TH DELMARVA TOUR
Several Hundred People VIII Go On
Excursion July Is, 19, 20

Plans for the Fifth Delmarva Tour
which is to take place July Is, Is
and 20, when several hundred peo-
pie from the Delmarva Peninsula
will go to the New York Worlds
Fair, were announced this week by
the University of Delaware Agricul-
tural Extension Service.
The 1889 Delmarva Tour, which
will include. besides two days at the
Worlds Fair in New York, a trip up
the Hudson River to West Point, and
a visit to the United States Military
Academy, is to be the fifth tour in a
series sponsored by the Delaware
Extension Service.
According to Mrs. Helen McKin-
ley, assistant director of extension,
a train will cave from Delmar early
Tuesday morning, July 18, to pick
up people from the southern part Of
the Peninsula. Several stops will be
made before reaching Wilmington,
and, from that point, the train will
go straight through to New York
City.
Milford chronicle., 1939-06-16
HIGH WAY BILL
ARGUMENTS WE'RE
HEARD MONDAY
Court Withheld Decision,
Pending Filing Of Brief
By Lynch June 10.
ORAL ARGUM Mt
Former Atty.-Gen. Green
And Rep. Henry M. Can
by Oppose Mr.. Lynch.

With oral argument heard on
Monday of this week, Stewart Lynch,
attorney, who started the action, will
file a brief by next Monday In ans
wer to the opposition's contentious
In his quo warranto proceedings in
Superior Court attacking the State
Highway Department amendatory
Reorganization bill passed by the
Legislature over the veto OF Cover
nor Richard C. McMullen.
Donald P. Ross, Ralph w. Emer-
son and Charles d. Abbott, Repub-
licans, were named in the legislative
measure which would change the
political complexion of the highway
department. The bill also would
eliminate the Governor as an ex-
oficio member of the department.
The argument was heard before
Judges Richard S. Rodney and Frank
L. Speakman who reserved decision
until after the filing of the brief by
Mr.. Lynch. Former Attorney General
P. Warren Green, chief legislative
counsel, and Representative Henry
M. Candy opposed Mr.. Lynch.
Mr.. Lynch contended that the ap-
pointive power lies directly with the
Governor while the Republican at
torneys maintained that the State
Constitution of 1897 curbed the ap-
pointive power of the governor to
Offices named in the Constitution and
such others as authorized"
Mr.. Lynch further contended that
the bill is unconstitutional as the
title does not give complete notice
of the contents of the act, setting
forth that the title limited the re-
organization to an increase in mem-
bership while the measure also re-
moves the governor and deals with
the term of Office of secretary, quor-
um for a meeting, and terms Of office
of the members. Mr.. Green and Mr..
Candy maintained that all necessary
requirements were made In the
wording of the title.
Another contention of Mr.. Lynch
was that the act required a two
thirds vote of the General Assembly.
The vote i'm the Senate was II to s
and in the House, % to 13.
The measure increasing the de-
partment membership from four to
seven. The Republican members. in
cluding Frank v. dupont, holdoVer
member from the old board. organ
ized on May II and elected Ernest
Muncy as secretary. replacing
Chauncey P. Holcomb. 1t was after
this action that Mr.. Lynch insti-
tuted the quo warranto proceedings.
Milford chronicle., 1939-06-16
NY ATTEND
BOHEMIA
FIELD MASS
Plea For Loyalty To Con-
StitutiOn Made At 235th
Anniversary Service.
SOLDIERS TAKE PART
Necessity Of The United
States Keeping Out OF
Foreign Affairs Stressed
SOLDIERS TAKE PART

Confidence in God, a strong moral
code and loyalty to the government
are the necessary requisites if the
principles of democracy are to en-
dure. the Rev. William ]. McElwaine,
assistant rector of st. Peters r. C.
Church, New Castle. said in a SER
mon at the annual military field
mass at historic st. Francis Xavier
Church, better known as Old Bohe-
mia, Sunday morning, June II. The
occasion marked the 235th anniver-
sary of the founding of the church,
the Oldest Catholic edifice on the
Delmarva Peninsula.
More than 800 persons from Della
ware. Pennsylvania, New York. New
Jersey. and other nearby states. at
tended the services on the spacious
lawn about the church. Most of the
congregation was sheltered from the
hot sultry sun by large shade trees
and a breeze which swept over the
nearby hills provided some relief
from the heat. Many persons also
went into the church and were able
to witness the ceremonies and hear
the sermon through the open win
dows facing the altar erected on the
porch near the church proper.
Soldiers Take Part
A detachment of so soldiers from
the First Engineers. Fort DUPONT,
under the command of Lieutenant
A. H. BagnuIo, gave added impress
iveness to the ceremony. At the be-
of the mass the soldiers lin
ed up on each side of the center
aisle and presented arms as the
procession of children and officers
of the mass passed between them
At the conservation and elevation Of
the Host a bugle was sounded.
CTurn tc Pare }. PieaseD
Milford chronicle., 1939-06-16
GUARD CAMP TO
Be NAMED FOR
GEN. W.ESTOVER
Delaware Adjutant Gener-
al To Be HOnOred At
Summer Encampment.
TO RETIRE IN MARCH
Gov. McMullen Announces
That Camp Will Be Held
July 20 To August IL.

The encampment of the 19Sth
Coast Artillery. A. A.. Delaware
National Guard at Bethany Beach
this summer has been designated as
Camp Weller E. Stover."
Governor Richard C. McMullen
last Saturday said the camp, to be
held from July 20 to August 10, has
been named in honor of Brigadier
General Weller E. Slower, adjutant
general of the guard upon compile
tion of IS years of continuous ser
vice as an officer of the Delaware
National Guard"
The general will retire next
March.
He was born in Clinton County,
Pa, March 8, 1876, and was educat-
ed at local public schools and Cen
trail Pennsylvania College. He Joined
the Pennsylvania National Guard as
a private and rose to the rank of
first lieutenant.
After the Spanish-American War
he retired from the service to ac-
cept a position as secretary to the
comptroller of the RepaunO Chemi-
cal Company. Later he became sec
retary and treasurer of the Manu-
facturers Contracting Company
which erected the first three sec
tions of the DUPONT Building in Will
mington.
He Joined the Delaware National
Guard with the rank of second lieu
tenant in 1904. He was soon prOmot-
ed to first lieutenant, and in 1905
was named lieutenant-colonel in the
quartermaster corps. He remained
in the office until the World War
when he was named U. s. property
and disbursing officer for Delaware.
He was appointed adiutant general
by Governor C. Douglass Buck in
1881 to succeed General ]. Austin
Ellison. The appointment was fol-
lowed by a legal battle.
General Slower has been president
of the Wilmington Board of Assess
ment since 1915. He is former
member of Wilmington Council.
Milford chronicle., 1939-06-16
FARMERS RECEIVE
WHEAT CHECKS
Kent County Group One OF First To
Get Federal Compensation

AS Kent county was one of the
first counties in the East Central Di-
vision of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration to complete the
majority of applications for the 1889
wheat price adjustment payments,
several hundred farmers in this
county have received their wheat al
lotment checks within the past few
weeks, according to Lyndon ID.
Caulk, treasurer of the Kent County
Agricultural Conservation Associa-
tion.
These benefit checks are received
from the treasurer of the United
States, and are distributed to the re-
spective payees through the county
extension Office where official re-
ceipts must be signed by each land
lord and tenant who receives one of
these checks. Assistance in the dis
tribution of these federal checks is
being given by members Of the
county committee including R. Harry
Wilson, H. Clifford Clark and Law
ITfirn 70 Pare J. PiesSsi
Milford chronicle., 1939-06-16
TO
OPEN MONDAY
Again Sponsored By Mil
ford Rotary Club, Coach
Elliott Is Director.

The opening day for the Milford
Playground will be. next Monday.
June 10. This worthwhile commun-
ity project was started last summer
by the Milford Rotary Club and will
be continued this summer under
their sponsorship. Coach Elliott, ath-
letic director of the Milford High
School. will again be in charge of the
playground.
The Rotary playground committee
consisting of R. A. Derrickson.
chairman; Irwin Burton, Jay Pierce,
Roscoe Galloway and c. v. Wilker-
son, has approved the following
regulations for conduct of the play
ground. These regulations are prac-
tically the same as those which we're
in effect last summer.
General Regulations
ALI parents are asked to fill out
an enrolment card for each child.
These may be obtained at the play
ground by each child on opening day.
2-Opening hour for the play
ground will be $3.50 a. m. Closing
hour will be IL a. m. The afternoon
will be reserved for special activi-
ties at the discretion of the play
ground director. These hours must
be observed.
3-To attend the playground boy
or girl must have been enrolled in
the first grade of school during the
past school year. Pupils above the
eighth grade will not be able to at
tend this year. (This curtailment is
due to the lack of space created by
the construction of the new Avenue
Methodist Church.l
CTurR TO Page ,. Pleased