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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18

The rush is on for tickets to hear
Paul Robson, famed Negro bari
tone, who will appear at NOrthrop
auditorium, Minneapolis, next
Wednesday evening, October 20, as
the first of six attractions on the
University Artists Course.
Public sale of tickets opened
Wednesday, October 16, at 109
Northrop auditorium, Minneapolis,
Downtown Ticket Office and at
Field Schlick's in St. Paul.
Mrs. Carlyle Scott, Artists
Course Manager, attributes the un-
usual interest in Robeson's coming
concert partially to the fact that
this is his first United States tour,
following his return from four
years in Europe, where he was &C
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18
Protest Absence
Of Negroes On
Draft Boards

When Minnesota draft boards
and medical examiners were an
nounced last Thursday the name
of not a single Negro was among
the over 500 persons appointed.
Protests were heard on all sides
and the Halle Q. Brown Forum,
by resolution Sunday, made a
strong protest to Governor Harold
A. Stassen, who is held responsible
by the President for the naming of
the state boards.
Col. L. C. Nelson, who heads the
state draft machinery, Wednesday
in answer to criticisms heard
sounded out Negro sentiment on
the naming of two special Negro
draft boards, one for Minneapolis
and one for St. Paul. He was told
that this plan would be resented by
the colored people.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18
White Washer
Fined by Court
BARBARA PEOPLES HAS
WASHER ARRESTED

Barbara Peoples, II, TOO Rondo
Ave., complained to the st. Paul
police that a man in an automobile
had accosted her at Rondo Ave.
and Mackubin st. That he followed
her, sounded his horn and attempt
ed to open conversation with her.
This occurred at 10 p. m. Friday,
October IL.
Police picked up Charles o.
Breen, white, 81, 10 Lake Ave-,
White Bear Lake, arrested him and
charged him with disorderly con-
duct. He was released on $25 bail
which he forfeited when he failed
to appear in Municipal Court Tues
day morning to answer charges.
There have been numerous COM
plants recently in the Rondo Ave.
district by women that they have
been annoyed by white men in cars
trying to pick them up. Police are
anxious, Chief Hackert told this
newspaper, to have these offenders
brought to justice.
If women walking on the street
at night are molested, their alert
ness in taking the offenders license
number and reporting the matter
to police win make the streets safe
for women who find it necessary to
be on the street after dark.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18
Democrats COlOred Division
Center of Hot Controversy for
Alleged Smear" Attempt

New York, Oct. 1.-THE Negro
took the political spotlight Satur-
day and early this week as Repub-
hcans ragged over the discovery of
an appeal to race bias in a pro-
posed pamphlet for Negro Demo
cratic speakers. .
The pamphlet, according to JUL
an D. Rainey, was never distribut-
ed except, he said, "by Republican
newspapers" He said it was writ
ten by a man who has been dropped
from the staff of the Colored Divi-
sion.
Chairman Edward Flynn apollo
gized for the incident to Candidate
Wendell L. Willde who denounced
the affair as a smear campaign in
his Monday night speech at SYRIA
cuse, N. Y.
Newspapers favoring the Repub-
ican candidate in special articles
and editorials such as appeared in
the Star-Journal of Minneapolis
tried to link President Roosevelt
with the tactics which brought
about the pamphlet.
The name of Governor Stassen
and the state of Minnesota was
noted in the pamphlet which erro-
neously called Minnesota the Ger
man state Of the country. Cover
nor Stassen asked that Flynn apol-
ogize to the state of Minnesota for
SANDER.
Minnesota Negro Democrats
struck at Stassen's request citing
the fact that a notorious booklet,
"Are They Catspaws or Commu-
nists" authored by Ray P. Chase
libeIed two minority racial groups
including the Negroes in the 1898
state campaign and that Stassen
made no attempt to stop or repu-
diate the booklet which they
claimed was designed to help him
be elected governor.
Other Negro leaders in the state
were Of the opinion that if the
Democrats wanted to smear Will
kie that they should have used
some other division besides the Ne
gro section to do it with.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18
Hunting Accident
Proves Fatal To
Year Old Boy
ERSKINE LEWIS KILLED ON
HUNTING TRIP

Erskine Lewis, 13, PCS Rondo
Ave-, was fatally injured about 9
a. m, Sunday, October Is, while on
a hunting trip six miles north of
Elk River. He was struck by
blast from a 16-guage shotgun.
His companions were Archie Jack
son, 698 Broadway, and William
Sayles, TIP Rondo Ave. Lewis and
his companions were hunting on
the second day of the pheasant
hunting season.
Tentative funeral arrangements
at press time were for the services
to be held Thursday, October II, at
2 p. m, with the Rev. Clarence T.
R. Nelson, pastor of Camphor M.
E. Church, officiating. Interment
in Elmhurst Cemetery.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lewis, and
five brothers and sisters.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18
Neal Conviction Upheld By
Circuit Court of Appeals;
Faces Two Years i'm Prison

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 1.-THE
Eighth Circuit Court Of Appeals
yesterday affirmed the conviction
of William Squire Neal, Minneapo-
lis undertaken who has twice been
tried on a charge of being Access
sorry after the fact in the theft of
5000 from the First National
Bank of Minneapolis in 1887.
Neal, when questioned Wednes-
day, said he had expended every
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18
GET TIME FOR SELLING
MARIJUANA

Roosevelt Crawford, st. James
Hotel, and James Oliver Durtt,
alias Jimmy Walker, % Second st.
S., were sentenced to six months
in Sandstone, and Calvin Taylor, 25
Second St. S., was sentenced to
four months when the three plead
ed guilty in federal court Monday
Of this week to selling marijuana.
They were sentenced by Judge M.
M. Joyce.
Following the prison term, they
will be on probation for Is months.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18
Well Known Men
/ Open Market

Four of the best known men in
the grocery, meat and food circles
in the Minneapolis loop recently
opened the new 7th Street Market
at 1914 South 7th Street.
The men are Art Bakken, Gun
mar Johnson, Clarence Hall and
George Allison.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18

cent he could raise in appeals and
that he did not know what he could
do at this time.
There was some talk in both
Minneapolis and st. Paul Of rails
ing a defense fund to help Neal
finance another appeal by interest
ed citizens who pointed out that for
years many individuals and organi-
cations of all kinds were the bene-
ficiaries of Meals contributions.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18
Earl Stephens
Gets Divorce

Judge Frank Reed of Hennepin
county district court awarded Earl
A.. Stephens, Minneapolis railroad
man, a divorce from Mrs. Beulah
Stephens, Friday, Oct. IL.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18

The Council of Negro Students
at the University of Minnesota
opened their fall activities with an
informal discussion Friday, October
18, at the Coffman Memorial
Union. DR.. w. o. Darlington of
Brooklyn, N. Y, was their guest.
Council meetings will be held every
Monday from 1890 to 1:30 p. m.
at the new union. ALI Negro stu
dents, old as well as new, are in
vited to join this organization.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18
Pastor Tries to Enlistin
Army; Finds Northern
Negroes Not Wanted
YOUTH GROUP HITS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
NEGRO IN ARMY AND DRAFT BOARD

The firm in an ad in this issue
invite all Of their former patrons
to visit them at the new market
where they say every need in the
food line may be had at economical
prices.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18

October 20 is the date of the
Hair Style Revue at Pilgrim Bap-
fist Church.-advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18

Come, Stop, Look, Laugh, st.
Thomas Ladies Minstrel, Nov. IL,
Knickerbacher Hall.-AdVt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-18

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30

able to a degree. he indicated. be-
cause Of the heavy volume Of resi-
Dental building that has taken
place in recent years in suburban
areas adjacent to the cities.
1T Is rather well-known," Mr..
Dover said. that many families
have moved into new homes Of
their own in the suburbs in recent
years. Most of these families for
merly lived within city limits.
Despite this great movement
out Of the cities, the vacancy rate
of habitable dwellings in our cities
has remained uncomfortably close
to zero. Just about every hveable
residence is occupied. In other
words. We have filled up all these
new homes which private industry
has been building in recent years,
while at the same time we have
not emptied the older homes"
The retail lumberman said he
believed the answer was to be
found in the fact that the United
States needed more dwellings per
capita in 1910 than it did in 1880
or in preceding decades. He said
that the rule still was zone house
one family" but that the answer
was to be. found in the diminishing
size of the American family.
1T means simply this" he said,
I'VE have been developing our
statistics on the wrong base. We
have more families to house than
we thought we had. 1t means that
the job of housing American FAM
lilies is much bigger than we had
estimated. I firmly believe, there
fore, that home building Is going
to be accelerated rather than
diminished, war or no war.
America has definitely become
home conscious and its families
will not be content to interrupt a
job already well started"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30
Questions and
Answers

Q. Is it good construction prac-
tice for wood joists or girders to
enter masonry walls below grade i?
A. II possible, this should be
avoided. However, II this condition
is necessary, the wood members
should be treated with an effective
wood preservative before installa-
ton. Provide a one-inch air space
for ventilation on each side Of
each structural member built into
masonry walls above or below
grade.
Q. What il the best method of
repainting the wire cloth In my
screens? What kind OF paint
should 1 use?
A. In repainting old wire cloth,
1t will be necessary to first scrub
the screen with a brush, using
soap and warm water. Rinse with
clean water and allow the screen
cloth to dry thoroughly. Then
apply one coat OF screen enamel,
using only a little enamel on the
brush at a time. Paint the screen
from one side, using up-and-down
brush strokes, from right to left,
and diagonally. Go over the other
side of the screen with a dry brush
in the same manner.
Q. In residential construction,
what are the basic principles in
volving protection against subter-
ranean termites?
A. These principles deal with
good practice in the use of wood,
good practice in the construction
Of masonry and concrete, the
provision of mechanical barriers
to prevent the passage of termites
from soil to wood, and the treating
of wood to make it toxic or repel-
lent and unpalatable to insects.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30
List Detectives
For Bathrooms

A few Of the main detectives TO
be sought in fitting up either a
new or old bathroom are pointed
out here:
The room should have ample
bathing facilities suitable for every
member OF the family.
The fixtures. regardless Of de-
sign or color. should be of good
make and of lasting quality.
All fittings should be Of material
which is easily cleaned 80 that
they may be kept bright and at
tractive at all times.
Floors and walls should be dur
able as well as washable.
The room should be furnished
with necessary cabinets and other
similar convenient accessories.
Ventilation and day lighting
should both be OF high efficiency.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30
Typical Western Home

Second In . series Of plans
selected by Western Homes foun-
dalton from hundreds submitted
by retail lumber dealers OF the
Northwest. the Wapato design
offers . complete small home
plan 10 finished In detail the
prospective home owner would
find II difficult to suggest work.
able changes.
The home h typically western
~ evidenced In its wide aiding,
liberal window space and the
ranch house boarding on front
gables. Room arrangement In
particularly effective regarding
entrance Of air and sunshine, and
also In providing maximum light
during winter days, according to
w. @. Bell, chairman of the foun-
dalton, and nationally recognized
authority on home design.
Information may be had by
contracting the Western Homes
foundation, GIT Lloyd building,
Seattle, or local retail lumber
dealers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30
Operating in
New Location
Get Suggestions
AT Point Store

Available for consultation at the
new Sherwin- Williams paint store,
1i12 Pacific ave, Is a master style
guide which gives complete Illus
tration of colors and color eombiri-
atoms. Offered also 10 home
owners are suggestions as to paint
specifications from blueprints sub
mitted 10 the engineering depart
mcnt.
Over 4 long period of time,
sherwin-Williams paints have es-
tablished the reputation Of doing
the Job" for which they have been
prepared. Because Of this fact the
company stands today as one OF
the oldest and largest concerns of
its kind In the world.
Paint needs of not only the
home but the factory. mill, office.
hospital. and most every other type
structure, can be satisfactory
supplied from local stock. A
special material Is offered the
manufacturer with which TO finish
the products Of his factory.
A wide variety In the newer
patterns of wallpaper lends itself
as distinct feature and conven-
fence.
The store. which recently cele-
brated its opening. Is Of complete
ly modern design, even to the
latest type OF fluorescent lighting.
Guests as the opening were
presented with a booklet titled
Home decorator and Color
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30
CityForester
Wanted Here

The Committee of 1000, Taco
ma Chamber of Commerce agency
promoting Identification of the
city, at a meeting Tuesday, en-
dorsed a proposal to revise a city
ordinance relating to the planting
and care of shrubs and trees on
parking strips.
1t was proposed by the 1000
group that the ordinance provide
for a city forester, or inspector, to
take care of the various shrubs
and trees. 1t was also suggested
that the ordinance provide for
control of the types of shrubs and
trees planted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30

II you're not using it, sell 1t with
a Fast Action Tir-'s Want Ad.
Phone Main 1851.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30
Census Shows Housing Job
Larger Than Anticipated
John Dover Predicts Residential
Construction Will Be Accelerated

A bigger job than was antici-
pated in adequately housing Amer
lean families faces the building in
dustry. Analysis OF preliminary
census returns developed this COM
mentary today from John Dover,
local building supply dealer and
regional committeeman Of the
Western Retail Lumbermen's asso-
citation.
we knew that we had big
job on our hands," Mr.. Dover said,
because for a long time We have
been bombarded with statistics
purporting to show how many
hundreds of thousands, even mil
lions, of modern dwelling units the
United States was short of pro-
viding modern and adequate shell
ter for its families.
Aware of that shortage, and
aided by vastly improved homes
financing and construction meth
DDS, the private building industry
has been constructing new residen-
tial units at an unprecedented
pace. Despite such 'speed-up' the
census now indicates that we have
underestimate the job ahead"
Mr.. Dover pointed significantly
to the fact that many of the ma
tons larger cities revealed static
or even declining populations in the
1910 census. This WAS understand
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30

No magic has been employed
70 effect the contrast In these
two illustrations. The home II
typical OF the many that need
remodeling 10 convert them into
respectable and financially prof
table structures.
The simple, sweeping lines Of
the home as remodeled In the
sketch give the structure an en-
tirely new character. Gone are
the hodge-podge Of detail. the
unattractive protruding porches,
the broken. irregular roof line.
Windows darkened by the over
hanging porch roof now are
permitted to serve their purpose
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30
Plot Planning Is Essential
When Building Small House
Poor Development of Lot Offsets Home
Appeal: Trees Effective Decoration

The need for careful plot plan.
ming Is almost as great as the need
for careful house planning.
No matter how attractive the
dwelling may be. it Is pointed out,
poor development Of the lot may
DO much to offset the appeal of the
home.
Too much emphasis cannot be
placed upon the usefulness of
planting A. an adjunct 10 the de-
sign Of the small house. il is said.
Trees and shrubbery may be used
70 enhance the architectural char
acter and are frequently more ef-
fective than the decorative use Of
material in providing the charm
essential to a satisfactory home.
Planting may furthermore add
directly to the living quality of a
property.
Suggestions Offered
The following suggestions are
offered to home owners as a
guide to practical plot develop
ment:
Shade trees should be placed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30

by supplying the living room
with sunlight. The three second
floor windows are converted into
n triple easement Of extremely
simple design, and no longer are
they the focal center Of the
house. Overhanging caves, fancy
designs In the Misunderstanding,
and other gingerbread" ele-
monts have been stripped off for
the sake Of simplicity and the
beauty which comes of simple
lines.
The choice OF the various ele-
ments which make this q home
of English design may be ques-
toned from n pure architectural
standpoint, but the extent of the
Transformation makes Il a most
desirable Improvement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30
Inspect Hardware
And You Will Sove

Locks, bolts. hinges. and window
fastenings Of the home require &C.
casional inspection. Loose fixtures
should be frightened. and broken
ones should be replaced. II the
hardware has started to rust,
sandpapering and refinishing will
lengthen its life and improve its
appearance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30

Guide" The book, prepared by
Roy Hookway. nationally promin-
ent authority On color harmony
and design. contained 143 illus
trations in full color, bringing out
many ideas IN plant styling.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-30

both to provide shade from the hot
afternoon sun and to frame the
house. Such trees need room to
grow and should never be planted
too close to the house. Rapidly
growing, heavy feeding shade
trees. such as popiars and willows,
should be avoided. as the roots are
liable to clog sewer and drain
lines. and they very quickly ex-
tract all the nutriment from the
soil. making II difficult TO grow a
lawn or otner planting material
near them. A few fruit trees are
always desirable for their fruit and
flowers.
Material selection
In selecting material TO be plant
ed close TO the house. slow-grow-
ing. compact varieties should be
chosen, Of type that Is easily con-
trolled and will not develop quick
ly into a miniature forest be-
hind which the small house is hid
den. II IL equally desirable to
place the higher-growing speci-
mems at the corners OF the house,
facing them down with appropriate
shrubs or low evergreens. A ruffle
OF planting completely surround
In gthe dwelling Is most unpleasant.
causing the building TO appear to
be sitting on a green pillow and
not coming down to earth at any
point. Enough OF the foundation
should be exposed to show that the
house u placed solidly on firm
ground.
The most pleasing effects are
produced by simple treatment and
the use OF minimum of materials.
Overplanting should be avoided.
Hedges that can be controlled and
easily trimmed are frequently de-
sirable along the lot lines, particu-
larry across the street front, to in
crease privacy and keep paths
from being worn in the lawn.
Evening star., 1940-06-21

Philippe rhymes with I'VE leap
The first syllable Of Petain is like
the word pay; tain, which receives
the accent, is difficult to indicate
exactly: start to say tank" and
stop suddenly before voicing the
INK:
Henri-on(g)-REE
Philippe-fee-LEEP
Petain-pay-TA(N
VERSAILLES: French city where
the treaty with Germany was signed
in 1919. Do not say "vur-SA1LS"
or "vur-SIGH." This word has
three syllables. The third is prac-
tically obscured; voice it lightly:
vair-SAH-yuh.
MAGINOT: French line of fortifi-
cations. Do not say Maggie Mott
or "Madge Noe" The first syllable
"a" is broad as in father; the "g'
has the sound of "zh" as in azure;
the third syllable rhymes with toe;
the final ct" is silent: mahzh-Noe.
VERDUN: Important fortified
French city on the Meuse; heavy
fighting here in 1916. Do not say
"vur-DOON." The first syllable
rhymes with fair; the second syl-
liable has the troublesome nasal
IN" as in the French words un,
lundi. Start to say dunk" strongly
nasalized, but stop abruptly before
voicing the "-nk." This is only ap-
proximately correct since French
nasal sounds cannot be duplicated
by English phonetics: .vair-DU (N).
Capitals indicate syllables to be
accented)
Evening star., 1940-06-21
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

Several afforts have been made
to explain why Hitler has acted in
the way he has.
One statement declares that Hit
Ter has taken Frederick II Called
"the Great') as life model.
Whether or not that is true, can
not tell you, but it might be so. Ger
tain acts of Hitler may remind us
of those of Frederick, who ruled
Prussia from 1740 to 1786.
During his long reign, lasting al
most half century, Frederick
showed his belief in force. He was
willing to make war on his neigh
bors so he could add to the size
of his kingdom. He built up larg-
er and stronger army than his
father had left him, and he used
the army to win an empire.
In the first year he ruled as King,
he opened war on Austria, a coun-
try which was of large size at that
time. He sent out declaration of
war, but struck the first blow be-
fore his message had time to reach
the Austrian capital.
The war lasted year and half.
As result, Frederick obtained a
''slice" of Austria. Two years lat
er, he started another war against
Austria. This war was of about
the same length, and again added
to the land under his rule.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
BIitzkrieg Names
How to Pronounce Them
By FRANK COLBY,

PAUL REYNAUD: Former Premier
of France. Do not say "RAY-nawd'
or "RAY-noe." Reynaud is accented
on the same syllable, which rhymes
with toe; the ID" is silent: ray-NOE
HENRI PHILIPPE PETAIN: New
Premier of France In the first
syllable of Henri the "h' is silent;
the "-en-" has a French nasal sound
for which there is no English equi-
valent. 1t is something like the
sound of "ong" without the "g".