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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Bronze Mayor
q Candidates Make
Public Talks

Candidates in the mayoralty race
of Twin City Bonneville are offer
ing each other keen competition as
shown by the voting results this
week.
At a meeting held last Sunday,
October 20, at the Halle @. Brown
House in st. Paul, candidates dis
cussed their platforms publicly and
answered questions put by men,
bers of the audience.
Another such meeting will be
held Sunday, October 81, in Min
neapolis at st. Peter A. M. E.
Church, at a pm. The public is
urged to attend these meetings
which will be held on Sunday after
Moons alternately in st. Paul and
Minneapolis until the contest closes
on Thanksgiving Day, November
q.
Watch this paper for new devel-
opments.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
On Church Council
Programs

Miss Frances Fair, Phyllis
Wheatley House girls director, &C
companied by Miss Jeanette Dor
sey, music director of the House,
sang Sunday, October 10, for the
Benedict Club, a group of young
married people, at Simpson Metho-
dist Church, Minneapolis.
They were on a program with
Mrs. Cecil E. Newman, from the
Negro Women's speakers bureau,
sponsored by the Minneapolis
Council of Church Women.
On Sunday morning, October 20,
the Lane Sisters trio of Wayman
A. M. E. Church sang on the regu-
lar Minneapolis Council of Church
Women's radio hour over WLOL.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
MRS. CHASLEY DIES

Funeral services were held Mon
day, October 81, at 500 a. m, at
the Woodland Funeral Home for
Mrs. Clariee Marchsault Chasley,
1924 E. Franklin, who died at
Minneapolis General Hospital at
the age Of 80 years. Born in Ohio,
she has been a resident of Mime
apolis eight years.
Father Leonard Hirman read the
burial services. Interment was
made in st. Mary's Cemetery.
Mrs. Marchsault is survived by
her husband, Leon Chasley, two
brothers, Herman Alderman, of
Fargo, N. Oak, and R. d. Alder
man, of Detroit Lakes, Mimi, who
came for the funeral.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
RObt. Kelly Campaign
Committee Urges
His Election

The Fourth Ward Volunteer
Campaign committee in supporting
the election of Robert Kelly for
state representative in the 3Oth dis
trict, announces that he is running
on a program to keep America out
Of war, opposition to a sales tax,
extension Of W. P. A. and Social
Security legislation, repeal of the
Homestead Lien Law, a wider pub
lie health program, and legislation
to provide educational oppOrtuni-
ties and jobs for young people.
Robert Kelly is well known
among the Negroes of the city
through his activities in the labor
movement. For the past five years
he has devoted his efforts as a
trade union official in helping or
ganize and improve the working
and living standards of a part of
the working people-the hotel and
restaurant workers.
Robert Kelly has been very ac-
tive in his work in improving the
working conditions Of the Negro
employees in the hotels, restau-
rants and bars Of our city. He was
in the forefront in securing wage
increases for Negro walters, as
we'll as porters, elevator operators,
bellmen, etc.
He also advocates the enforce
ment of the State Civil Rights Act
to protect the Negro population.
He is committed to such a pro-
gram and will work for the
achievements of these aims, AL
Bachman, his campaign manager,
said this week.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Brotherhood to Revise
Agreement With
Pullman Company

New York, Oct. A.-Conferences
between the Pullman company and
the Brotherhood began IN Chicago,
Monday, Oct. q, for the purpose of
revising the Agreement, states A.
Philip Randolph, international
president Of the Brotherhood.
The primary object of the revi-
sion of the Agreement is to reduce
the hours of work from 24O to 21O
a month, and to clarity certain
working rules Of the agreement.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Republican Mass
Meeting to Hear
Perry Howard

A mass meeting sponsored by a
committee of Hennepin County Re-
publican voters, Attorney Raymond
w. Cannon, chairman, will be held
Wednesday evening, October SOth,
8 o'clock, at Phyllis Wheatley
House, 300 Aldrich Ave. NJ, Min
neapolis.
Perry w. Howard, Of National G..
o. P. Headquarters, national COM
mitteeman of Mississippi, former
assistant to the U. S. Attorney
General, and lawyer for the Grand
Lodge of Elks, will be the principal
speaker. A good program is pre-
pared. The public is invited.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Big Revival
In Progress at
Power House

The Church of God in Christ at
627 Sixth Ave. N. is holding a
soul-stirring revival at the church
throughout the remainder of the
month.
Guests from Iowa, Mrs. G,
Thomas, missionary, with Miss
Kitty Thomas and Miss LESSEE
Ward, musicians, are in charge of
the meeting.
Everyone is enjoying the serv-
ices and the public is urged to come
out and hear Mrs. Thomas. No
definite date has been set for the
ending of the meeting, but the pas
tor, Elder ]. W. Graham, is expect
ing to hold the revival until the
first part of November.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25

Chubby" Brady of Minneapolis
was elected basileus to head the
XII chapter, Omega Psi Phi frater-
nifty for the coming year at the an
nual election of officers, held Fri
day, October Is, at the home of
Frater Bob Schoffner of 4th Ave.
s., Minneapolis. Others elected to
office include: Earl F. Kyle, vice.
basileus; Thomas Stovall, keeper
of records and seals; DR.. A. M.
Butler, keeper of finance.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Got Drunk On
First Cigar,
Not Liquor

New York, Oct. 24.-John VII
hams, 43-year-old Harlemite of %
West 122nd Street, commended last
week in court that it was his first
cigar-not iquor-which made him
dizzy and caused his car to crash
into that of Marion Smith, a groc-
cry clerk of 1928 43rd Avenue,
Efmhurst, Queens.
A patrolman, however, testified
that he smelled alcohol on the
breath of the unaccustomed smok-
er, after the crash at 99th Street
and First Avenue.
The would-be smoker was SEN
fenced to 10 days in the Workhouse
when he couldn't pay a 500 fine.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Lawrence Griffin,
Mill City Youth,
Hurt I'm Game

Laurence Griffin, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. Griffin Of 1857 4th Ave. s.,
was injured Tuesday while partici-
pating in a game of football at the
NYA Camp at Shakopee where
Laurence is in camp.
He was taken to General Hospi-
tai for treatment and at press time
he was much improved and doctors
are very hopeful that the spinal in
jury will clear up.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Thanks Public

The committee for the recent
Testimonial Dinner to Captain
H. C. Jones, retired captain of
the st. Paul Fire Department, on
Thursday, November II, at the
Sterling Club, wishes to thank
those who helped make the testi-
monial so successful.
Owen Howell, General
Chairman.
Wilbur A. Williams,
Secretary.
W. S. Butler, Treasurer.
Nathaniel A. Evans, Chairman
Entertainment.
l. Myrtle Garden.
DR.. ]. Walton Crump.
W. Baxter Walker.
o. D. Charleston.
Albert Mcfarland.
Maurice Love.
Cecil E. Newman.
Charles Hargrave.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
st. Paul Chest
Drive Teams
Pass Quotas

Teams 16 and II of the Rice
Lexington Division in the st. Paul
Community Chest drive both passed
their quotas Tuesday, when the
campaign closed at the st. Paul
Athletic Club. Il
Mrs. Mary D. Mcfarland was a
co-captain on team 16 and John M.
Culver held a similar position on
team II. The quota for Mrs. Nc
Farland's team was $2,170. Mr..
Culver's group had quota of 1894.
By reporting a total of $168 on
the closing night, Mrs. MacFar-
lands workers brought in a closing
squirt of energy which put their re-
turns at 103 per cent of the quota.
Members Of Mr.. Culver's team
were: Miss Odelle Harris, Miss I.
Myrtle Garden, Mrs. Cecil Boswell,
Mrs. Hazel Butler, Samuel Reed,
Andrew Combs, John M. Whitaker
and James Lee.
Members of Mrs. McFarland's
team were: Mrs. Susann Tudos,
who once won the Old Oaken Buck
ct for bringing in the highest per-
centage over her teams quota;
Mrs. Josie Williams, Mrs. Arthur
McWatt and Mrs. Lucille Har-
graves.
These two teams are interracial
and the leadership of them is
shared jointly by persons in the
colored and white communities.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Agnes Johnson
Funeral Held
FUNERAL HELD TUESDAY
FOR MRS. AGNES
JOHNSON

Funeral services were held Tues
day, October q, at 9 a. m, at st.
Peter Claver Catholic Church,
Aurora and Harrington, with Rev.
FIR. Charles F. Keefe officiating,
for Mrs. Agnes Johnson, 20 years
old, GA Rondo Ave-, who died Fri
day, October 18, in her home.
Born in DOnaldsville, Louisiana,
more than 10 years ago, Mrs. John
son had been a resident Of St. Paul
for 80 years. Her daughter, Mary,
of New Orleans, came to the city
to attend the funeral services. She
was accompanied here by another
nun, Sister Marie Rita.
Other survivors in the city in
clude a son, John Ellis; grandson,
John, Jr.; granddaughters, Mrs.
William Gardner, Mrs. Lloyd
Shanks, Mrs. William Roach, Vivi-
an and Betty Ellis; three great
grandsons, William Gardner, Jr.,
John Ellis and William Roach, Jr,
and one great-granddaughter, Ro-
celia Gardner.
During the services, Mrs. Matte
Rhodes, soprano, sang Jerusalem"
Other selections were sung by the
St. Peter Choir with Ora Lee An
derson, soloist. Interment was in
Calvary cemetery.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
In the WOrkhOuse

James Sanders, 313 Carroll Ave,
pleaded guilty in Municipal court
Monday to selling liquor without a
license and was sentenced to the
workhouse for Is days by Judge
John W. Finehout. Police raided
Sanders home on Thursday of last
week and took two bottles of whis-
key. Sanders had a record of pre-
vious convictions.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
National Music
Figure Shot

Chicago, Oct. 24.-Mrs. Maude
Roberts George, nationally known
in the foremost musical and social
circles in America and wife of the
late Judge Albert B. George of the
Municipal Court here, was shot
early Monday morning by her son,
Albert, Jr., in their home at 1921
Vernon Avenue. She is now in
Provident Hospital suffering from
a gunshot wound in the mouth.
The bullet is lodged in her right
jaw. Her chances for recovery are
reported favorable.
Young George, in his statement
to officers Eugene Rad, David
Thyme and Clarence Jones of
Squad Six Of the Stanton Avenue
Station, declared the shooting was
not Intentional He said that at
an early hour IN the morning he
heard a noise in their home near
his bedroom and his mothers.
Both are on the second floor of the
home. He claims he called his
mother twice when he heard a
noise in the house and when there
was no response he rushed down
stairs with the pistol and from a
distance he saw a form in the half
darkened kitchen and fired.
1t proved to be his mother.
She was taken to the hospital by
James Bell, 1927 Vernon.
The police were first informed of
the shooting at S:15 Monday morn
ing by Irving Miller, 1898 Vernon.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
G. 0. P. Supporters
To Hear Stokes,
Young Leader

A mass meeting sponsored by
members of the Young Republican
League of Ramsey County will be
held Thursday night, October 31st,
8 o'clock, at Pilgrim B aptis
Church, corner w. Central Ave.
and Grotto St., st. Paul.
Charles Stokes, vice-chairman of
the Young Republican National
Federation, member of the Tax
Commission of the state of Kansas,
outstanding political figure, will
speak. A fine program has. been
prepared. The public is invited.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Smith Still
Leads Bronze
Mayor Race
Housing Project Named
After A.M.E. Bishop

Philadelphia, Oct. "a - by
ANP).-Five thousand people
1924 families-will be accommo-
dated in the Richard Allen homes,
new low cost project for which
ground was broken last Monday,
the last such enterprise that can be
built here, because the city has re-
fused to invest further in slum
clearance.
Richard Allen, it will be recalled,
was the founder and first bishop of
the African Methodist Episcopal
church, started here over $50 years
ago.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
By Anthony B. Ferguson

New York.-The lowest and vii
est types Of political skullduggery
is the smear campaigns and Ne
groes are usually made the goat
because the so-called Negro poll
ticians and gwivel-chair artists
haven't the CUTS to say "no" when
asked to do the dirty work by their
political bosses.
Neither political party is immune
to this type of thing. Back in 1928
when AL Smith was a candidate for
the Presidency on the Democratic
ticket, the opposition had pictures
made of Civil Service Commission
er Ferdinand Q. Morton, who hap
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Three More Join
Chivers Committee

Mr.. Clarence Hughes Of Mime
apolis and Robert Jones and Earl
Bell of st. Paul will assist Curtis
Chivers in an effort to secure the
Mayor Bonneville" race it was
announced this week.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25

Annual st. Peter Claver Bazaar,
October 81, November and 2. Din
ner will be served. Prizes, refresh
ments, fun for all!-adv.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
R0hasaf NiIlsY J
Long Applause

A sOldzOut house greeted Paul
Robson, noted baritone, at North
rop Auditorium Wednesday night.
Robson received a veritable ova-
ton neceSsitating seven distinct
eneores.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25

Auxiliary No. SIG Card Party at
Pioneer Hall November 9. Prizes.
-Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25

Come, Stop, Look, Laugh, st.
Thomas Ladies Minstrel Nov. IL,
Kniekerbacher Hall.-Advt.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

thinking of savages; he has no per-
sonal God"
- Illogic Charged.
DR.. Edward Hughes Pruden, pastor
of First Baptist Church, charged the
scientist with some rather illogical
thinking"
DR.. Einstein "does not pretend to
be a. theologian," said DR.. Pruden
"and I am sure he would not expect
his excursions into the realm OF
theology to be taken too seriously
DR.. EinHein is a scientist, and ac-
customee to dealing with material
and mathematical things.
"On the subject Of a personal God
he is about as complicated and in
volved as he seems to most Of us
on the subject of relatvity."
DR.. Rafael Miller, pastor of Ma
tional City Christian Church, told a
large congregation that he was sur
prisedf that any one with the in
telligence Of DR.. Einstein would be
so naive"
FaAt of Christ Remains.
AS reported in the papers, DR..
Einstein has expressed his conviction
that we have no need of personal
God in the sense Of a Divine Will
existing as an independent cause of
natural events
1T seems that DR.. Einstein at
tempts to read God out of the
Evening star., 1940-09-16
DC. Preachers Take
DR.. Einstein 10 Task
For Statement ON God
Poor Logic, Nuivete
Charged to Princeton's
Fumous Professor

DR.. Albert Einstein, famous. scien-
tist and Princeton University pro-
fessor, was taken to task yesterday
by several Washington ministers for
his recent speech questioning the
existence Of personal God"
"As a theologian, DR.. Einstein is
a good mathematician" declared
DR.. John Bailey Kelly, pastor of
Georgetown Presbyterian Church,
In his morning sermon.
Calling DR.. Einstein guilty of
poor logic and faulty, confused
thinking, DR.. Kelly accused the
scientist OF a failure to think things
through, saying that most of his
remarks would not hold water.
1T is obvious that DR.. Einstein
is not at home in the field of meta
physics, philosophy or religion" DR.
Kelly said. God is omnipotent,
but not in the way that Einstein
has pictured him. His failure to
think the question through is re-
vealed when he overlooks the i'm
portant fact that God invested man
with free of will to choose. DR..
Elnstein's theory comes from the
Evening star., 1940-09-16

universe" declared DR.. Miller. 1--WE
can hardly believe that so notable
that the human mind has solved
or can solve ali the mysteries of the
universe and pronounce dogmati-
cally on the relation of the natural
and spiritual in the cosmos. There
yet remains the fact of Christ and
personal spiritual experiences of
God"
DR.. Einstein's speech was delivered
recently in New York before the
Conference of Science, Philosophy
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Dr.. A. |. Levin, Inventor
OF Stomach lube Dies
Nv TIE Associated Press

~ the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16-Dr
Abraham Louis Levin, SO, known for
his invention in 1921 of the Levin
stomach tube, which revolutionized
treatment of gastroenterological
diseases. died yesterday after an
Illness of two weeks.
s;He was professor of gastroen-
krology at the Louisiana State Uni
varsity Medical Center here.
"a native of Poland, DR.. Levin
served three years in the Russian
Army before coming to the United
States. During the World War he
vas commissioned a captain in the
United States Army.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Power Employees to Give
Soup Kitchen to British
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, S. c.. Sept. 10
Employees of the South Carolina
Power Co. planned to send a check
for $1,000 to the New York head
quarters of the British War Relief
Society today to purchase a mobile
feeding unit for war sufferers.
Specifications of the unit call for
complete kitchen equipment with
insulated containers for soup, stew
and coffee. 1t would be sent into
bombed areas with enough provi-
Evening star., 1940-09-16
K. of G. to Elect

An election to fill the office OF
advocate will be held by the Edward
Douglass White Council of the
Knights of Columbus Thursday in
the Knights of Columbus Hall, 920
Tenth street NV. The council will
sponsor a bingo party Saturday at
the hall.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

sions to care for 400 persons at the
time.
The $50 employees authorized the
company to deduct 25 cents apiece
from their pay envelopes semi
monthly and the company agreed
to advance the full purchase price.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

and Religion at the Jewish Theologi.
cal Seminary.
Evening star., 1940-02-05
Team Title Struggle
In Golden Gloves
AT Hot Stage
Four Squads in Running
Promise Keen Action.
In Wednesday Semis

Some inkling of which team will
inherit the seventh annual Golden
Gloves championship may be
cleaned after semifnal scrapping
Wednesday night at Turner'a Arena,
with the current deadlock involving
St. Mary's Club, Pete's A. c., Ma
tional Guard and No. Police Boys
Club expected to be fractured.
With that quartet of clubs still
conceded chances of capturing the
senior crown, action is expected to
be brisk and brutal. The National
Guard outfit, with Bill Nolan, Billy
Kerkeris, Jim Perrow, Roy Dunn and
Bobby Hockenberry still swinging,
has been stamped slight choice to
snatch the title. but even mild up
sets can swing the championship to
any of the three other contenders.
A family feud for the final round
will develop if the Macini brothers,
John and Nick, survive Welterweight
division tests. Both members of
Pete's A. c., Nick will face Kekeris,
while John will stack up against
Perrow in bouts which also will have
an important bearing on the team
title.
John and Nick battled in the fin
ais of the District A. A. U. tourney
last year, John crawling off the
canvas to whip his younger brother.
Evening star., 1940-02-05
20 Years Aqo
In The Star

Georgetown University's relay
team was nosed out by st. An
thongs in the Brooklyn College
track meet at Brooklyn. LIE
Gendre ran exceptionally we'll for
the Hilltoppers and made up eight
lengths on the last lap.
Harry F. Sinclair, oil and base
ball magnate, has purchased half
interest in the crack racing stable
owned and trained by Sam c.
Hildreth.
The American Lawn Tennis
Association. now meeting in New
York, will not change the present
scoring and handicap system de-
spite of the wishes of many tennis
officials.
Norman Ross, noted California
swimmer. won the 440-yard Vic
torian championship at Sidney,
Australia. Ross beat F. E. Beaue-
paire by 10 yards.
Evening star., 1940-02-05
Cunningham Still Is Greatest
Mile Runner, Says Herbert;
Firms Bring Heart Throb

4:O7.4-second fastest indoor mile
ever run-to beat Cunningham
who was seeking his last Wanamaker
Mile Trophy.
And that was the evenings high
in excitement, taking the play from
four other superrecord-shattering
performances-and a throat-chok-
ing tribute to little Finland.
For during the course of the
games, they introduced Paavo Nurmi
and Taisto Maxi, past and present
world distance champions, who are
here to raise money for their fellow
countrymen in series of exhibit
tions. Every one in the Garden
silently vowed help as the two stood
spotlighted while the band played
Sibelius' "Finlandia" - and then
The Star Spangled Banner"
Other Great Efforts Mark Meet.
Other standout performances that
put new records in the books in
cluded a 2-mile mark of 5000 by
Indiana's Don Lash; new world
indoor effort of 3:026 for the "a
mile run by John Borican, national
A. A. U. 1,000-meter and penthalon
champion; thrilling 1923 for the
Millrose $50 by Long John Woodruff
in time that never has been equaled
in the Garden, and a mile relay
meet mark of 3:19.8 set by New York
University.
Evening star., 1940-02-05
BY BILL WHITE,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-Dusky
durable Jimmy Herbert had come
within three-tenths of second of
his own world indoor record for the
900" and later had anchored New
York University's mile relay team to
a new meet record of 3:198-but he
still had breath enough to praise a
courageous fellow competitor in Sat-
urday's Millrose games.
That Cunningham! Did you see
him go? He got beat all right, but
if he'd have started that kick OF
his half lap sooner, he would have
won that race
Declares Glenn Greatest.
81 don't wanta take anything away
from Fenske, but that Cunningham
still is the worlds greatest miller"
If Herbert felt that way, he stood
alone among the $4,000 in Madison
Square Garden who howled them
selves hoarse at what must have
been the best of all the 33 Millrose
meets
For Fenske, the Wisconsin wizard,
carefully rating himself while Blaine
Rideout of Texas guided the field
through a terrifically- three
quarters, took the lead at the
seventh lap, stretched those wiry
legs of his and rolled home in