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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
First Consideration

Merchants who advertise in this
paper want the patronage of the
readers. You know your patron
age is appreciated when you trade
with any of the merchants listed
below.
Advance Appliance Corp. 1915 Chicago
Ave.
Artistic Cleaners. $50 sth Ave. So.
DR.. Banks. Dentists, 252 NieoIlet Ave.
Bells Cafe, 207 S. Third St.
B. 4 B. Laundry, 3041 9TH Ave. So.
Barney's Lunch. 709 Sixth Ave. No.
Blue & White Liberty Cabs, Atlantic
1881
Boutells Furniture Co.. Marquette at 9Th
St.
Cooks Liquor Store, 2S9 Cedar Ave.
Comedian Beauty Shop. 1918 9TH Ave. So.
Cut Price Food Market, "a w. Lake ST,
Dreamland Cafe. S755 4th Ave. So.
Elks Rest. 14S Hyland Ave.
Goodman's Jewelry Co.. SIT Hem. Ave.
Gluek's Brewing Co.
Karlsbrau Beer. 1900 So. End St.
Kato Beer
Al Knutson. Meats, S752 4th Ave. So.
Liberty Cleaners, 1889 Nicollet Ave.
Lincoln Drug Co., Nieollet at 4th.
Minneapolis Brewing Co.
Nash's Food Market, 1901 4th Ave. 50.
Northern States Power Co.
N. w. Bell Phone Co.
N. w. Fuel Co.. SIS End Ave. So.
Plymouth Liquor Store. sol Plymouth No.
Porters' Waters Club. Is So. Srd St.
Purity Drug Co., 100 Wash. Ave. So.
o. X. Service Station. All Z. 8sth st.
Roseler Drug Co, FOL 9Th Ave. No.
Rube's Ice Cream, 1888 Z. Franklin Ave.
Schmidt's Brewing Co.
Shedlov Oil Burners, TIT Srd Ave. So.
goth Century Market, 724 Hem. Ave.
Zinsmaster Baking Co.. Master Bread
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
Eta MOten to
Draw Capacity
Crowd April rs

So enthusiastic has been the re-
spouse to the announcement that
Eta Moten, star of stage, screen
and radio, will sing here at the
benefit performance of the Wom-
ems Auxiliary of the st. Paul Ur-
ban league, sponsors of the concert
to be held at Central High school
on Friday, April 26, at $50 p. M,
are urging that those who have not
already purchased tickets do so i'm
mediately to assure themselves of
good seating accommodations.
Miss Moten's voice, which has
been described by leading critics as
"ecstatically beautiful" ranges
from the low, vibrant warmth of a
cello to the high, bright silver of
a soprano. The lovely artist her
self has perfect poise and most
gracious platform personality. I'm
like most singers, she is not con-
fined to one type of song for she
has the gift of singing spirituals,
difficult foreign language classics,
light opera arias and popular re-
quest ballads in just the way the
composer intended, thus assuring
complete satisfaction to all audi
ences.
There are a few choice tickets
still available. They are on sale
at the following places. Field
Schlick and Urban League office,
Ce. 2430.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
Mill City Branch
N.A.A.C.P. Begin
Membership Drive

The Minneapolis Branch of the
N. A. A. C. P. will begin it's mem
bership drive next week, according
to Talmadge B. Carey, 1910 drive
chairman. Some of the Mime
apolis matrons who have consented
to be campaign solicitors are:
Mines. Nettie Shepard, Lois
Murphy, Percy Hughes, Marguerite
Combs, Estella Simms, Leo Bo-
hanon, Martin Brown, Louis Keen,
Mildred Strader, ]. B. Levy, Bruce
Lucas, Clarence Smith, Helen Nor
ris, C. e. Newman, Allie B. Glenn,
Enrol Fassett, Jessie Shepard,
Hazel Curry, Frank Perry, Ray
mond Hatcher, Miss Erma Clardy,
Henry Thomas, C. w. Washington,
Mrs. Weller White, Wallace Cham
bers, w. W. Humphrey and Mrs.
Bura Hawkins.
Members of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of
Colored People and friends in the
Twin Cities have been urged to ar
range radio listening parties, Nom
day night, April %, from 1880
to IL p. m. when Senators Robt.
Wagner Of New York, Arthur Cap
per of Kansas and Mathew M. Nee
ly of West Virginia will speak over
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
TENS Blue Net Work in behalf of
the anti-lynching bill which is
pending in the U. s. Senate.
The final solicitors meeting be-
fore the beginning of the drive will
be held Monday night at $3.50 p. m.
at 1915 Fourth Ave. S.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26

One of the most promising
young statesmen in st. Paul is Har-
old White of PIT Rondo St. He is
employed by the Acme Appliance
Company, 72 East Fifth St. Mr..
White is rapidly increasing his
sales weekly.
Among the products which Mr..
White sells are: Norge refrigera-
tors, washers and stoves; Motorola
car radios; Zenith and Emerson
radios; cupboard motors, vacuum
cleaners, and various other electri-
cal appliances.
Those who desire a demonstra-
ton of any of these products may
call Mr.. White at Garfield 1890 or
Dale 0617. Convenient terms may
be arranged, Mr.. White says.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
College Women
Dance Big Affair

The public will be entertained
royalty at the Scholarship Fund
Dance by the College Women's
Club on May 6, at Halle @.
Brown House, st. Paul, according
to the committee.
The hall will be changed
throughout to give an atmosphere
of Spring Festival time.
Thelma Murdock's swing band
will play. For special entertain
ment the club is featuring Joseph
Paige, splendid young tenor, in
popular songs during the evening.
Caps, balloons, confetti and ev-
erything to make for festivity
will be in evidence. The commit
tee in charge is putting forth
every effort to make this the gay
est and most gala affair of the
season.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
League President
Names Committees
For This Year

At a meeting Of the Board of
Directors of the Minneapolis Urban
League Tuesday, April 20, the fol-
lowing committee appointments
were made by the President, C. l..
Harris, and approved by the Board:
Industrial Committee: C. L. Har-
ris, Clarence R. Clancy, R. A.
Skinner, Cecil E. Newman, Geo. B.
Leonard, A: B. Cassius, J. A. Quint,
w. M. Smith and Talmage B.
Carey, chairman.
Educational Committee: Lloyd
P. Johnson, John F. Thomas, Rev.
Carlyle F. Stewart, Miss Katherine
M. Kohler, chairman.
Interracial Committee: Mrs. E.
L. Sims, Rabbi Albert G. Minda,
DR.. C. Franklin Ward, Mrs. Ma
beth H. Paige, Mrs. G. F. Maetzold,
chairman.
Social Welfare: s. o. Harris,
Warren Wells Fisk, Mrs. H. W.
Bolts, Howard R. Hush, chairman.
Executive Committee: C. L. Har-
ris, Lloyd P. Johnson, Talmage B.
Carey, Clarence R. Clancy, R. A.
Skinner, Mrs. James Paige and
Cecil E. Newman.
Chas. W. Washington, Executive
Secretary, outlined the major COM
mittee detectives.
Appointments were made for the
promotion of a membership cam
paign and for the expansion of the
services of the organization.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
Les Hite's Famous Los
Angeles Band Coming
Saturday Night, May 4

Les Hite and his Cotton Club
Orchestra from Los Angeles will
play for a dance at Stem Hall, st.
Paul Auditorium, Saturday night,
May a. The famous orchestra,
dubbed by many the cheat wave
from California" who taught Hol-
lywood how to swing, is making
triumphal nationwide tour.
1t will be his first appearance
in the Twin Cities. - -.. ...
Tonic Anthony, famous torch
singer, is with the band. A Twin
City boy, Cudellus Martin, saxo-
phonist, is a member of the Hite
aggregation.
Refreshment concessions will be
managed by we'll known Daugh-
ter Elk.
Tickets may be purchased in St.
Paul at Field-Schlick, Jim's Place,
G & G Barbecue and Majestic
Drug, Carrots Place, Western &
St. Anthony.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
Workers Defense
League Secretary
To Speak May 2

David L. CIendenin, national
secretary-treasurer of the Workers
Defense League, will speak at the
Phyllis Wheatley House, 800 Aid
rich avenue north, on Thursday
evening, May 2, at 8 o'clock. The
subject of Clendenin's speech will
be "Workers' Rights in War Time"
Mr.. Clendenin has an active rec
ord in the field of labor problems.
He is a graduate of Yale, has
studied and travelled in Europe and
Asia, and is participating in the
fight to remedy social injustices.
Since the fall of 1886 Clendenin
has been an executive of the Work
ers' Defense League and has led in
many of its fights for the workers,
including labor's fight against
Mayor Hague, the various cases of
the Southern Tenant Farmers
Union, the fight against the use of
the private detective agencies in
strike breaking, and many other
struggles.
A committee from various or
CARNATIONS, interested in the pro-
gram of the Workers Defense
League, has been set up to cooper
ate with the League in sponsoring
Clendenin's appearance in Mime
apolis. This committee is COM
posed of representatives of the fol-
lowing groups: The Youth Commit
tee Against War, the Fellowship
of Reconciliation, the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People, the Pacifist Action
Fellowship, and the Minneapolis
Urban League.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
Zion Choir in
Request Program
Sunday Afternoon

Sunday afternoon, April %, at 8
p. m, Zion Baptist Choir, one of
the Twin Cities most popular mu-
steal organizations, will present a
request program at the church,
18th and Lyndale Ave. N, Mime
apolis.
Friends of the choir and persons
who have heard the group who
have made requests for special
songs will have an opportunity to
hear their favorite numbers rem
dered on this program.
The choir director is Mrs. ].
MCGEE and E. W. Johnson is choir
president. Rev. H. W. Bolts, pas
tor.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
HEALTH FAIR COMMITTEE
. ORGANIZED TO OBSERVE
NATIONAL HEALTH WEEK
49, 4 IN ST. PAUL --.e..-

Every year for 10 years the
Negro National Health Week OBJ
servance has been held on a city
wide basis. This year dates are
May 1910. Chairman of the
city wide committee is W. S. But
Ter, real estate broker and insur-
ance agent. Serving on the 1910
Committees are Drs. J. W. Crump,
E. S. Weber, Charles Williams,
A. NJ. Butler, Ruth Stevenson,
graduate registered nurse, War
rem Grissom, John Patton, Myrtle
Garden, Clarence Mitchell, Bernet-
ii Cason, Edwin Salters, Mary F.
Wilson, Hazel Butler and Halle
Q. Brown Nursery Staff.
A particularly striking program
is planned for this years observ-
ance. DR.. J. W. Crump will give
a series of Mantoux tests We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday eve
nings, May 8, 9, 10, from 7 to
$3.50 p. m. Programs begin on
the same evenings from $3.50 to
1000 p. m. The complete pro-
gram will appear in the next is
sue of this paper.
Mantoux tests will be available
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
from 700 to $3.50 p. m. Appli-
cation forms can be secured at
the desk at Halle Q. Brown.
There will be no charge for the
test. All services are gratuitous
for the sake of better Community
Health. The Committee urges ply
steal health check-ups during the
campaign. At least once every
year this special emphasis is nee
essary for better individual and
community health.
"The Health Mart" is a new
attraction this year and it will
be particularly attractive and in
teresting to those who partici-
pate in the Annual Health OBJ
servance.
Everyone is requested to keep
open the dates May 8, 9, 10 for
the Health Fair which promises
to be not only educational but
recreational and practical as well.
Halle Q. Brown House Auditori-
UNI will be the site of the
HEALTH WEEK FAIR"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
DANCE HALL FIRE KILLS TWOHUNDRED
Gay Dance Crowds Die as
Converted Church Building
Burns i'm Natchez, Miss.

death of PAP people and of Walter
Barnes, famous Chicago orchestra
leader, whose band was playing for
the dance.
A coroners jury, hurriedly sum-
moned, has been trying to discov-
er whether the fire, which Quilted
the building and left dead people
piled up waist high near the band
stand, was caused by accident or
by incendiarism.
The Barnes orchestra played at
the old Apex Club, 635 Sixth Ave.
NJ, Minneapolis, in 1884.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
SlenInOns Goes
to Washington for
Negro Congress
Albright, Regional Director, Heads
Minnesota Delegation

Albright, Regional Director, Heads
Minnesota Delegation
In addition to Sam Reed and
William Heron of st. Paul whom
the st. Paul Joint Labor Council
sent to the National Negro Con-
gress in Washington, Minnesota
will have a representative from
Minneapolis in James Slemmons,
secretary of the Minneapolis Labor
Council.
Heading the Minnesota delega-
ton is Joseph Albright, regional
director of the Congress and resi-
dent of st. Paul. Albright and
Slemmons left Tuesday night.
Citizens and several civic organi-
cations and unions assisted in rails
ing funds for a Minneapolis dele
gate.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
LittlejOhn Named
New st. Paul Labor
Council Chairman

The St. Paul Joint Labor Coun-
Gil elected Maceo V. Littlejohn as
chairman to serve out the unex-
pired term of Frank Boyd, who re-
signed because of Increased du-
ties" at its recent meeting. Mr..
Littlejohn is general secretary of
the fast-growing Local SIC of the
International Brotherhood of Din
ing Car Walters. Mr.. Boyd is Sec
rotary of the Brotherhood of Sleep
ing Car Porters.
Climaxing a whirlwind soliciting
campaign which went over the top
at the last minute, the Joint Labor
Council saw its delegates off to
Washington, D. c., Wednesday, to
take part in the Third National
Negro Congress. The delegates,
Sam Reed, of the University of
Minnesota Students Council, and
William Heron will go by train
and bus respectively.
The bulk of the money gathered
for the trip came as result of a
letter and speaking campaign car
ried on by a volunteer committee
from the Council. These members
spoke to approximately a dozen
unions and mailed out letters to a
hundred. A flood of small checks
and donations at the last minute
assured the success of their work.
Workers on this committee were
William Heron, Sam Reed, AL
Black, Elizabeth Schuck, Jos. AL
bright, and ]. M. Dorsey. .-,
The Joint Council set May z,
next Tuesday, as the date to hear
the report of the returning dele
gates from the Congress. This
meeting will take place at Halle
Q. Brown House, Tuesday, May z,
at 8 p. m. An interesting pro-
gram will feature the Washington
delegates.
The Asphalt Workers Interna-
tiohal has officially given its con-
sent for the st. Paul local to affili-
ate with the Joint Labor Council.
Consequently, Mr.. Carter of that
local, will become a member Of
the Joint Council.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26

The girls of the Cosmopolitan
club and the Senior Boys are urged
to be present at 700 promptly
Saturday. A group of boys and
girls from Manchester College will
be special guests. Doris Massie,
president; Helen Smith, club ad-
wiser. Miss Smith has been recent
ly added to Welcome Hall staff.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
FallOn Offers
Job Record AS
Accomplishment
By Mayor William H. FalIOn

Ny program encourages indus
try to locate and expand in st.
Paul so that real jobs at real
wages can be created for our citi-
zens. st. Paul's record during
the past two years is ample proof
that my program does just that.
During my administration sew
enty-three new firms located here
with annual payrolls in excess of
a million dollars.
The continuance of an indie
pendent administration is vitality
necessary so that the present en-
couraging upward trend in indus
try may continue and additional
thousands of our unemployed citi-
zens find jobs.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
Dance Promoter
Loses $500 to
Room PrOwler

Charles Mcleod, 4l5 Colfax Ave
NJ, Minneapolis, one of the pro-
moters of Monday nights Jimmy
Lunceford dance, lost $500 to a
robber who ransacked his room
Wednesday afternoon.
Mcleod had a portion of the
dance receipts in a closet in his
room Wednesday afternoon.
When he returned home he dis
covered his loss. Police are hold
ing two suspects.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
Next Week

Joseph Albright will contribute
an article on the principal happen
ings at the National Negro Con-
gress which meets this weekend
in Washington, D. C.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
ALSUP TO ADDRESS UNIvER.
SITY GROUP

The Council of Negro Students
of the University of Minnesota will
have as guest speaker Monday,
April 20, Frank Alsup, C. /. o.
labor leader. His subject will be
labor Problems AS They Affect
College Groups"
The meeting will be held in
Room 211, Minnesota Union. The
public is invited to attend.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
CLUB WARNS INFRINGERS OF
NAME

The Esquire Club of the Twin
Cities have filed copyright papers
on its club name. No other club
under formation in this area should
use this name, Willard Jones, the
club president, said Monday.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
FIRE KILLS PAP ATTENDING
DANCE; WALTER BARNES
AMONG THOSE DEAD

Natchez, Miss, April rs - The
death toll in this sections great
est tragedy, the death by burning
of over 200 souls in a one entrance
dance hall fire here slowly mount
ed toward 300 today.
At nightfall tonight in this city
of 10000 with its 60 per cent Ne
gro population, was stunned by the
tragic holocaust which caused the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26
SAINT PAULITE
DIES IN SEATTLE

Gertrude Hattie B. Davis of
Seattle, Washington, mother of
Georgia Gordon Jones, formerly
of St. Paul, died Sunday, April
IT, in Seattle, Washington.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26

LEADERSHIP? What is it?
Why is It? That's the question
which will be discussed pro and
con at the Minneapolis Sunday
Forum, Sunday, May 5.-Adv.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26

The Minneapolis Business and
Professional Association will spOn-
sOr a meeting on Leadership" Sun
day afternoon, May 5.-Adv.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26

May 6-Festival Dance College
WOmen's Club. Halle @. Brown
HOuse.-Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-04-26

Operetta-"Oh, DOctOr"-Phyllis
Wheatley House, May 16-17.-Adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-03


is better for having al in the vicinity Miss Leeds too is
well cast in her role of charming girl of the southland
The other half of the bill features Sidney Toer in
his Characterization of Charlie Chan The picture is titled
City in Darkness and makes of Paris blackout
as the basis for excellent mystery yarn
The presence of Harold Huber helps great deal to
make this feature truly enjoyable In your reviewers
opinion all of these Chan stories well told and rank far
above the average of the so-caed second features.
It's Roy Again!
The popular Western star Roy Rogers headlines the
bill at the Riviera this week in his latest production titled
'.Southward Hor
Mary Hart and George (Gabby) Hayes assist
Rogers in story of the adventure of Confederate
soldiers who head for the wide open spaces at the
of the Civil War.
Like the majority of Roys pictures this is packed
with thrills and the action well sustained from the begin
ming to the end
Roy's army uniform is not nearly so becoming to
him his western toys but there is much of the
cowboy than there is of the soldier Thus the picture
rates right along with other films in which he has
appeared.
The companion picture at the Barovc house is titled
Scandal Sheet and features Otto Kruger Edward Norris
and Ona Munson newspaper story which, like the Rogers
production has plenty of action and suspense
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-03
Thrilling War Days
Drama Now at The Shell

The feet of marching men, from
the farms and cities of America,
wrote history as they plodded
through Flanders mud.
The history they wrote unreels
on the screen of the Shell theater
starting today, where for the first
time is shown when Germany
Surrendered" the authentic pro-
duction revealing all the horror
and destruction of the World war.
Combined with scenes taken
from the secret archives of the
war department Of the United
States are films from similar
sources of seven other great ma
lions, Germany included, which
were participants in the great
war. Compiled with an eye to fl
deity, they present a chronology
cal picture of the greatest armed
conflict in world history.
No Hollywood version this, but
war-stark and real. And with q
background of martial music and
a running-fire commentary by the
producer, A. L. Rule, a veteran
of the A. E. F., it both inspires
because the American soldier
proved his bravery and presents a
powerful argument for the preser-
walton of peace.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-03
New Marx Bros.
Laugh Hit Here

IN the widest. craziest and
most uproarious comedy of their
careers, the Marx Bros. return to
the screen after a years absence
in Marx Bros. at the Circus. I"
now playing at the Blue Mouse
theater.
This time the Mad Makes in
wade the world of the Big Top for
their riot of merriment and are
assisted by the strangest aggrega-
ton ever assembled for a carnival
of comedy. They inclule a gorilla,
an Upside Down-Girl, a midget,
the Strongest Man in the World.
a trained seal, a symphony orches-
/ ira adrift on the ocean, a herd of
elephants, African lions and beau
tiful ballets that sing and dance
atop of horses.
Marx Bros. at the Circus" is
! the story OF two circus rousta-
bouts, Harpo and Chico, who en-
gage a jobless lawyer, Groucho. to
save Kenny Baker, circus owner,
from losing his show. Through a
series of typically MARKHAM hys-
terical sequences. the show is
saved, Baker wins the love of Flor
ence Rice and Groucho fades out
in the arms of Margaret Dumont.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-03
Allan Jones, Mary Martin and
Walter Connolly Head Cast
Companion Picture Titled. Main Street Lawyer"
Fssiurss Edward Ellis. Ante Louise and
Harold Huber h Drama

cast headed by such celebrities Allan JONES' Mary
nble melodies written by Victor Herbert and rousina
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-03
Science Bous To
Power OF Heart

Great as science is. it's not
enough to fill mans life. Love
is even more vital to his existence
and without it there is no happi-
ness, even for the devoted scien-
tisti
That's the poignant and dra-
matte theme of the latest Lloyd c.
Douglas story to reach the screen,
Disputed Passage" which is now
playing at the Beverly theater.
with Dorothy Lamour. John How
ard and Akin Tamiroff in the
top roles.
The Douglas plot explores the
problem of a young doctor, who is
torn between a devotion to pure
science and his love for beautiful
girl. The action takes place in a
big medical college and later shifts
to the remote interior of war-torn
China.