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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-05-24
Card of Thanks

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the many friends who
gave their kindness, sympathy and
beautiful floral offerings during the
illness and death of our beloved
daughter and sister.
Many thanks to Rev. Henderson
Reddick and to the friends who do
mated cars and sent lovely cards of
sympathy.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Stovall
and Family.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-05-24

Worth Kramer, youthful con-
ductor of the famous wings Over
Jordan" choir heard over the coast
to coast network of the Columbia
Broadcasting System each Sunday
morning, is frequently asked, who
are the composers of the spirituals
sung by the choir?"
During his early association
with wings Over Jordan" Mr..
Kramer attempted to find the an
swer to this question. All his re-
search and study of Negro music
seemed to lead to the same re-
Spouse. The authors of the Sc
lections which wings Over Jor-
dan" or any other true Negro Spir-
itual choir sings are unknown.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-05-24
Every Negro Has Felt
Like Native Son.
Staff Writer Says

pieces of furniture but to take les
sons requires a small fee which
they don't have. How much bet
ter it would be to pay salaries to
the bread winners in these fami-
lies with a part of their thousands
in conscious money, or better still
hire our youth in the capacity for
which they are trained. As in the
book there are always those Ne
groes ready to come to the defense
of the "Mr. Daltons" and lneel
to them in hero worship.
Getting away from the race an
gle the story applies to other
classes in the low economic strata
but we have a dual problem. For
instance, a communist whose par
ty is lOathed by most capitalists
was the rich girls lover; but Ne
grOes because of our color, are not
permitted to work for them in
many capacities. This is also true
in real life.
Summed up, the feeling the
trapped rat must have had in the
beginning of the story well de-
scribes the young Negroes situa-
ton, as Dorothy Garfield Fisher
states in the preface of the book.
That our social workers haven't
observed too many Bigger Thorn
ases is surprising unless the theory
holds true that we aren't so apt
to notice those conditions close to
home or that we close our eyes to
unpleasantness.
That Negroes in the so called
upper brackets, are generally re-
garded by other Negroes much as
the whites are, by all Negroes is
definitely true in the opinion Of
this writer.
Unless a Negro is outstanding
in his or her community as one
honestly concerned with problems
of our group and has demonstrated
it by working for the interests Of
the Negro of the streets as well
as the man of means, the masses
Of Negroes do not trust him or
her.
Look around in your community
and you will find that in many
cases this is justified where in
stead of making an effort to ex-
tinguish Bigger Thomases we do
just as the white man does, push
them aside and try to climb to the
top ignoring their needs and then
complain when they aren't good
citizens. Just as the story INA
tive Son" relates, we accuse them
of being a disgrace to the race.
Let's all take inventory of our
selves. We, more likely than not
are Bigger Thomases.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-05-24

ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION FOR
ADMINISTRATION, LIMITING TINE TO
FILE CLAIMS AND FOR HEARING
THEREON
55222
State Of Minnesota, County Of Hennepin.
In Probate Court
In Re Estate Of Oscar II. Bockus, Decedent
Order for Hearing Petition for Letters
Of Administration
1T Is ORDERED that all persons inter-
ested show cause, II any they have. before
this Court on Monday. May q, 1910, at 10
o'clock A. n. In the Court House in Min
neapolis, Minnesota, why the petition of
Agnes Bockus, Of Hennepin County, Min
nesOta, for the appointment Of herself a.
administrator, herein filed, should not be
granted.
Order to File Claims and for Hearing
Thereon
1T IS FURTHER ORDERED that within
four months from the date hereof all cred
ftorS Of said Decedent file their claims in
this Court Proofs will be heard and elaima
examined and adjusted before this Court
on Monday. October z. 1910, at 10 o'clock
a. M. In the Court House In Minneapolis,
Minnesota
These orders shall be published in the
Minneapolis Spokesman and q copy mailed
to each Of the heirs Of said Decedent al
least II days before the date of said hear.
ing on the petition for granting letters Of
WITNESS the HON. MANLEY L. Fos.
SEEN: Judge Of Probate Court, this Isl
day Of May, 1910.
COURT SEAL)
ERNEST P. LORENZ,
Clerk Of Probate Court.
ALFRED A. DONAGHUE, Attorney
AIS Masonic Temple.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-05-24
By De velma Newman

by lie VIENNA newman
Last Sunday at the Minneapolis
Sunday Forum the widely read and
much talked of novel Native Son"
was discussed by q panel repre-
senting a cross section of Mime
apOlis citizens, Negro and white.
Much of the discussion was
based on whether Bigger Thomas
the Native Son." the Thomas
family and the story in general
was typical of the American Ne
gro. The consensus of opinion at
the Forum was in the negative.
Yet, every Negro, low and high
income classes, business, profess
sional, laborer, ne'er-do-well, soci-
ally prominent all alike must have
at some time felt just as Bigger
Thomas did.
Many Negroes try to believe that
they hate all white people but get
to the bottom of it and we will
find a strong fear being covered
up by q pretense of hate which
seems to give US more courage,
just as many people pretend to
have a superiority complex when
they really have one of inferiOrity.
Intellectuals, many of whom are
born and reared in white commu-
mites, are frightened speechless at
a banquet table of whites, far in
ferior in intellect. These same
people at an all Negro affair are
usually observed making eloquent
fullsome speeches perfectly at ease.
No Negro need deny that at
some time when approaching
whites in all good faith for that
which is our due from renting a
dance hall to securing a position
and especially when protesting
even the most trivial discrimina-
tons and prejudiees-that indie
seribabIe feeling of mixed fear,
hate and distrust is experienced.
Why wouldn't Bigger Thomas with
his family background and limited
training resort to defeatism just
as too many of our youth of this
generation are doing. Much of
which is directly and indirectly
generated by parents and religion
of the Native Son" type plus the
other factors.
The only ray of hope in the nov
ell was in Bigger's little sister who
found some escape in the Y. W.
C. A. which for Negroes is SINH
lar to the settlement houses. To
these our "Mr. Daltons" real
estate man in the book who owned
the rat infested house in which the
Thomas lived - donate expensive
pianos. Little children are per-
mitted to admire these beautiful
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12

Save $2 by paying in advance for your subscription.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12
WIEN ACTIVITIES

Frank Whaley returned to the Nome base from Fairbanks Wed. nesday with two passengers John Sillo and E. Beckman.
 A trip was made in the after noon to Taylor with Sam God frey and E. Behrens.
 Yesterday Pilot Whaley made a flight to Haycock and Koyuk returning to Nome with Tom Brice and Chuck Goedde and one other from Solomon.
 Immediately upon his return he left for Council, Taylor and Deering with Joe Lucas, Walt Taylor and freight.
 Graham hammers and Joe Wallin were passengers to Fox Bar this morning. Express and mail was also carried.
 Trips are scheduled for Bluff, Taylor, Fox Bar and Deering.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12
MIROW ACTIVITIES

Pilot Jefford left for Point Bar row with the following passen- gers: MT. and Mrs. Chas. G. Bur- dick, Mir. and Mrs. Sid Rood, and Mrs. Madeleine Mirow. Three days will be spent on the trip north and points that will be wis tied will be Point Lay, Vain wright as well as Point Barrow which was reached at 1920 this noon No difficulty was encount- cred on the trip north.
 Pilot Chambers returned from the lower Yukon yesterday and upon returning to Unalakleet made a flight to Ruby with two passengers and also a flight from Nulato to Koyukuk with two oth CT passengers.
 Pilot Chet McLaine is expected in from Anchorage this afteroon with a load of passengers and ex press, coming via Nulato because of the ski landing conditions.
 Pilot Sasseen will leave for Nome from Anchorage tomorrow with a load of passengers and ex poets to make a round trip from Anchorage to Nome.
 Pilot Chambers will leave for American Creek tomorrow morn ing with passengers and freight, in the afternoon a trip is sched- uled for Council with passen- gers and freight.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12
Tractor Brushes HaycOck Youth

Wilson Scott, census enumerat- or, writing from Haycock, told ot the death of a young man of that section, when he was pinned to the front of a sled, by a cater pillar which was backing up to connect. The names of the parties involved were not given.
 The story related by him, said that the driver of the "cat'' was unable to stop it and so the machine backed the other person up against the sled where he was crushed. A chunk of ice is said to have become lodged in the brake clutches. From other sourc eS it was learned that the young man was the brother of Mrs. Fred Havercamp of Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12
NEWS ITEMS
Health Class Completed

The course in Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick which was begun in January was completed Thursday evening. Glasses were taught by Mrs. Sprenger, Public Health Nurse and Miss Sheppard Office of Indian Affairs Nurse. Twelve class meetings were held. the subjects taught included car ing for the sick in the home, in dividual and community health, and care of the infant, preschool and school children.
 Those receiving certificates awarded by the American Red Cross are:
 Mrs. Lottie Bahnke, Mrs. Anna M. Snyder, Mrs. Bessie Topkuk, Mrs. Stanley Martin, Mrs. Fred w Yenney, Mrs. Vera Gunderson, Miss Matilda O'Connor, Miss Ma bel Bourbon, Mrs Cecilia Tate, Mrs. Margaret Bowman, & Mrs. Catherine Wheeler.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12
WATER ON ICE
 CRUST AT NENENA

Daytime sun is apparently Wag ing a winning war against night ly freezes at Nenana.
 A telephone report from Geor- ge Hupprich, manager of the Ne mana Ice Classic which closed Sat urday, carried information that the Panama River is fanked by pools of water.
 The ice is reported as shaky rotting, and broken by water str etches as large as 300 to 400 feet in several places. The main body of the ice, however, was said by Hupprich to be still solid.
 From another site on the Tan ana at Richardson, came the re- port that the main channel is now open. At Big Delta water is running as it has during virtual ly the entire winter.
 A new all-time high temper ature for April in Fairbanks ap- pears to be the aim of Old Man Sunshine.
 Saturdays mercury took an up swoop to 50 degrees for the warm est day since last fall and a mark within five degrees of the all time April record of 65 register ed April 28, 1916.
 Meanwhile the Cinema River icecap took a drop of foot and half since last Monday.
 The crust of 26 inches was ar expanse of honeycombed ice marked by large overflow areas and open water breaks. Last week at this time the ice wa. A inches thick and solid.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12

Arriving by PAA Thursday from Fairbanks were the follow ing passengers: Fred w. Jones, Warren Johnson, John Carlson, Graham hammers, Joe Wallen, Gunnar Loe, Alfred Hovelin and Joe Walsh. Outgoing passenger was R. E. Thompson. A PAA mail plane also arrived and de parted carrying mail and ex- press.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12

A member of three former Territorial Legislatures, Tolbert P. Scott, is again candidate for nomination on the Democratic ticket. His political card appears on page three. MT. Scott was a member of the 1883, 1885, & 1887 Legislatures and has been engag- ed in the mining industry in this Division for many years.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12
ESKIMO METHODIST CHURCH

Miss Sarah Taylor, Deaconess HOO a.m.-Church School 500 p.m.-Worship service. Sermon topic: "The Undeaf- able"
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12
PATERSON HOTEL GUESTS

C. Jones Warner Johnson
 Miss Deborah PentZ
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12

The firedepartment was called this afternoon to the residence of Al Carey, where a blaze had broken out in a Finn bath house next door, belonging to him. The fire was eXtinguished with only slight damage to the building.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12
Federated Church

Wilbur P. Wood, Pastor 1l:00 a.m.-Church School 7:45 pm. WorShpi Service. The pastor will report on his recent trip to the native religious conference at Film.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12

The MiroW Air Service Stinson tri-motor with Jack Jefford at the controls took off late yesterday for Point Barrow with he Rein deer Acquisition Unit, on one of it's final tours of the reindeer ranges in northern Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12

The Grand Jury for the 1940 General Tenn of the U. s. Dis trict Court is to convene at II am. next Monday, April 18th. The Petit Jury will convene a week later at the same hour, Mon day, April 22nd.
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12

William Blakely and Gertrude Nunasaruk were held to answer to the Grand Jury today by U. s. Commissioner C. C. Tanner, on charges of cohabitating in state of adultery.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-23
ACCOMAC GOLF CLUB
CONTINUES TO OPERATE

The Folly Creek Country Club, at
Accomac, Va, will continue to operate
despite the recent fire which resulted
in the loss of the beautiful old club
house.
Officials, members of the Board of
Directors, and club members held a
meeting Monday night when it was
decided to continue the activities of
the club and keep the grounds in shape
for the remainder of the year.
It was decided at the meeting not
to rebuild the club house at the pres
ent time, but to hold this decision in
allegiance until next year.
Folly Creek Country Club has been
operating for several years, first as
Ye Accawmacke Country Club, and
the name changed to Folly Greek
Country Club when it was re-organiz-
ed this year.
It is one of the Shores finest at
fractions and has afforded a great
deal of pleasure to local residents and
sportsmen.
Members of the club have said that
every effort will be made to again
rebuild the club house some time dur
ing the coming year, and that the
Folly Creek Country Club will contin-
ne to function as in past years it is
hoped.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-23
WAGE and HOUR
LAW FOR WORKERS
IS REDEEMED

Area of production, as this term
is used in the definition covering ex-
emption from the wage and hour pro-
visions of the Fair Labor Standards
Act of employees performing opera
tions on fresh fruits and vegetables,
was REDEEMED recently, effective Oc-
tober 1, 1910, by Colonel Philip B.
Fleming, Administrator of the Wage
and Hour Division.
The new definition of "area of pro-
duction" for fresh fruits and vege-
tales will exempt from the wage and
hour provisions of the Act only per-
sons employed in establishments hav-
ing 10 or fewer employees and OBJ
tanning their fruits and vegetables
from farms in the vicinity. Hereaf-
ter, he said, no other fruit and vege-
table establishments will be within the
"area of production"
This redifinition of the "area of
production" was brought about be-
cause the former definition limited to
ten miles and to towns with popula-
tions of less than $500 people, re-
sulting in serious determinations be-
tween those packers and Gamers with
in the area and those OUTSIDE of it.
Packers and Gamers who appeared
at hearings stated no "area of pro-
duction" definition should be adopted
which would seriously disturb Compel
tive relationships. They pointed out
that the present limitation of ten miles
narrowed the market outlets for many
farmers and also restricted the area
in which packers and Gamers could
purchase fresh fruits and vegetables
without suffering competitive labor
cost disadvantage. One of the very
significant facts developed at the
hearing was that very large vol
ume of both fresh fruits and vege-
tables are packed and canned in med
ium and large size cities as we'll as
small towns. For example, large vol
umes of fresh fruits and vegetables
are canned and packed in such cities
as San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose,
Los Angeles, California, Baltimore,
Maryland, Tampa and Orlando, Flor
ida, Racine, Wisconsin, and in other
towns and cities of substantial size
in the Midwest and other Southern
areas. Further, many of these plants
draw their produce from considerable
distances, in some cases from 200 or
800 miles away. 1t is evident that
such canneries and packing houses
could not be considered within the ear
ca of production" no matter how de-
fined. Yet it also is obvious that a
definition of "area of production"
which excludes these large packing
centers and eXempts their COMPETE
tors would result in unfair competit-
i've disadvantages between employers
and also in wage disadvantages be-
tween employees engaged in the same
occupations.
This redifinition according to Leo
H. Mccormick, Supervising Inspector
in charge of the Baltimore office, is
very important to Maryland, because
of the size of the canning industry
throughout the state, and the location
in Baltimore of numerous canneries.
1t actually means that practically all
Gamers in Maryland will be covered
by the Fair Labor Standards Act as
to hours, wages and record keeping
provisions, on October l, 1910, when
this redifinition becomes effective.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-23

Egg curls make grand additions to
beet soup or chicken broth and pro-
vide simple way to include an egg
in the diet of child or an invalid.
Beat well a whole egg. Pour over it
slowly, stirring it all the while, the
boiling soup, which cooks as it touch
es it.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-23
Remember too, that with ordinary bottles, without the foil
top all OF dust and dirt lodge under the cop and
fall back into the beer into the glass you pour it, Thof
why this new Gvnher protection popular home tool

THE FOIL-PROTECTED TOP found
on most premium beers, brought to
you FIRST by Cumberland at no
cost to you!
Glacier County chief., 1940-11-15
Greek Minister at
Washington Leans
To the Long VieU

country he has encountered not only
wars, but periods of exile and jail.
with everything coming out all right
in the end, at least so far as he
was concerned.
His occasional Jail and exile trou-
bles have been due to being tempo
rarily on the wrong end of argu-
ments involving the proper form Of
government for Greece. He is a
staunch royalist and firm believer
in monarchial government, and is
skeptical about the working of de-
mocracy in the United States, or
elsewhere. But he makes it clear
that he is not for dictatorship. He
thinks freedom thrives best under
q king.
Glacier County chief., 1940-11-15

Consolidated Features-WNU SerV1ceD
NEW YORK.-This reporter was
~ in Washington in June, 1881,
when Pierre Laval made his visit
to President Hoover in the interest
Glacier County chief., 1940-11-15
INAUGURATION STANDS

The presidential inauguration is
nearly three months off but already
white-overalled carpenters are busy
erecting stands and seats on Capt.
tol Plaza Reason for this unusual
haste is-the defense program.
If we waited much longer" ex-
plains David Lynn. veteran Capitol
ARCHITECT, I'VE wouldn't be able to
get any lumber The erection Of
the great camps for the selective
service trainees has caused short
age in the lumber market. The gov
eminent is buying up all the good
lumber it can get for the canton
ments."
The lumber shortage also will af-
feet the seating capacity. There will
be room for only 1880 spectators
1000 less than in 1887. Congress
appropriated the same amount of
money as four years ago, but with
increased material and lumber costs
the $35, 900 isn't going as far.
Glacier County chief., 1940-11-15

LOCKPORT, LATHE Lafourche
parish oil fields are bringing in hun
dreds of oil field workers and their
families and they're learning things
about parish customs and supersti-
tons.
The bayou people, STEPPED in ira
dition and old wives tales, have
their own ideas about when and how
to move into a new house. With
houses at a premium, strangers are
surprised to see homes stand vacant
Glacier County chief., 1940-11-15

the previous tenants left as to re-
move the actual dirt.
The occasion demands the use Of
a new broom, because no discern
ing housewife would dream of taking
an old broom into a new house. Fur
niture is placed carefully, accord
ing to custom. Beds point in the
same direction. Some say the beds
should be placed on the north wall,
others contend the beds should be
placed SO the sleepers' heads point
toward the rising sun and it's all q
very serious business.
Glacier County chief., 1940-11-15
PROBLEM TOWNS

PROBLEM TOWNS
The defense commission is getting
its noisiest headaches from the de-
mand of inland communities for de-
tense industries. Hardly a day
passes without a bombardment OF
demands that plants be located il
certain localities. To this din has
now been added a barrage of new
demands by towns that have al
ready been favored.
These defense boom towns, over
run with thousands Of new residents,
are confronted with serious housing
sanitation, police and other prob
lens and are bounding the commits
sion for help. In some places the
problem is so serious that the COM
mission is considering recommend
ing to congress a public works pro-
gram which would give them the
projects outright-that is, 100 per
cent free.
An example of such a boom town
is Charlestown, Ind, site of what
may become the worlds largest
powder plant. A sleepy hamlet of
800, overnight Charlestown was
transformed into a seething city of
5000, with perhaps $4,000 in pros
pect by January as the new powder
plant expands.
Naturally this boom brought thou
sands of workers, spectators, camp
followers and others to Charlestown.
Housing soon became non-existent,
prices skyrocketed, and one enter
prising realtor even started to SUBJ
divide an ancient cemetery into
town lots.
The town has no sewer system,
the tiny municipally-owned water
plant is totally inadequate, and the
community treasury is so broke
that it can't even pay the salary of
a town marshal. although a govern
ment payroll of more than 1000
is now cashed every week at the
towns bank. The boom has spread
to Jeffersonville, II miles away, and
to New Albany, Is miles distant,
where housing can't be had for love
or money.
In this dilemma the town fathers
turned to Uncle Sam. to the WPA
the u S. Housing authority, the
| Federal Housing administration
even the White House, and finally
TO Frank Bane, director of the state
and local division of the defense
commission.
At the Presidents orders, plar
has been worked out under which
the defense commission, the state
of Indiana and the town will set w
joint planning body TO transform
CharleStown into a community capa
BILE of meeting its problems.
Glacier County chief., 1940-11-15

n EMETRIOS SICILIANOS, the
~ Greek minister at Washington
takes calmly the news of ltaly's as
sault on Greece. This is perhaps I'm
Glacier County chief., 1940-11-15
People of Bayous Carefully Observe Parish Customs

even after they've been spoken
for"
The almanac will tell you when to
move. It's best when the moon is
full, and don't make that mistake
of moving when the moon is on the
wane.
The first thing the housewife does
when she moves to new address is
to clean the home very thoroughly,
as much because she wants to clean
out all the vestiges Of bad luck that