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PAGE TWO AFTER LONG TRIP Father Divine Blossoms Out In New York Negro Belt At End of Arduous Trek Exiled From Georgia By diaries Norman (AP Feature Service Writer) NSW YORK Awed whispers of "God," melodious chants of "peace, It's wonderful," greet Father Divine's appearances among his followers, but to ordinary mortals he seems a gen ially shrewd colored person of lees tbsn ordinary height, with a bald head, and an addiction to double breasted blue suits and bright ties set off by a pearl stlckpln- He reached the heaven of Harlem by easy stages from points south, Valdosta, Oa., saw the last of him In 19M. There, a Jury found him of unsound mind, recommended that he leave the state. The warrant called for the apprehension of "John Doe, alias God," Tor he withheld bis own name and his followers gave him the appellation which has stuck. Follow ing his trial, he left Georgia. . Jilts New York In ililff His real name seems to have been j Oeorge Baker. In his 60 years of wandering evangelism, bis various j names underwent a number or changes, but "God" remained. In Baltimore, as a disciple of one Sam uei Morris, a negro preacher who as serted he had been born again as "rather Jehovia," Baker became "The Messenger." At various times he was Major J. Divine, Rev. J. Divine, and finally Fainer Divine. He arrived In New York with a handful of followers In 1815. In towns en route, where he electrified negro audiences with hit powerful oratory (whose underlying doctrine is "Peace, It's wonderful"), his followers found temporary Jobs which supported the wunderlng group. Religious Communism i First In Brooklyn, then In Long 1 Island, Father Divine launched a kind ol religious communism, Wages wore pooled, he saw to the feeding and clothing of his followers, inserted ads to get Jobs for unemployed disciples, j and even appeared before prospective i employers to announce he was the! Rev. J. Divine, and could "recommend and re-recommend, guarantee and re guarantee" the Job-seeker concerned law., ritr ' W,T Kfirra... Glvvt I COM FORT DOWN wwm mm I in HOTEL DRflKE-UIILTSHIRE STOCKTON STHEET AT UNION SQUARE Convenit nt to Every Point of Interest 3J0 newly decorated room, with bath and shower and many with panoramic view EXCELLENT COFFEE SHOP Rain rem $2.00 Single $3.00 Double GEORC6 T. THOMPSON Mansfina Director 4 y T W:J' - J - &. la . yP- i r g, y j MISSED THE KINS. An Illness kept J. P. Morsn, American MDlUlist. from the coronation of King George VI. He is shown upon bis arrival in New York. It was in flayvllle, L. I., that bis group flourished and bis fame spread. His Sunday dinners, at which food was good and plentiful, and where no collections were taken, brought emissaries from Harlem, who returned to New York's negro community bear ing tidings of a messlah. By 1931, with complaints pouring in, the police of flayvllle decided Father Divine waa a "public nui sance" and arrested him on that cbarge. He went to jail. A Judge died, his conviction was reversed by the Appeal court In 1b33. and his fame grew. He removed his "heaven" to Harlem and Issued a statement to set at rest whispers rumors and charges. Divine Elucidates Part of his statement, signed, "I, Rev. M. J. Divine," follows: "I AM giving thU statement to fore-warn the public and those who may be concerned; that these reports are unfounded, the most of them, especially in reference to any person or persons selling their insurance policies or turning them In and giv ing the refunds to ME, and also the fictitious name, they have given MB. "X accept of no donations, contri butions or love offerings or sny such, that Is, If It Is known to have come from any person. ... The Ten Million Followers of Mine, and Believers, having given MS their Uvea and all they have possessed, does not mean that they gave It to ME as a person, neither hnve these things come under MY Personal Jur isdiction. When they say, they have given ME anything or all they have, they are not apeaklng of giving ME anvthtng Personally, for they can tell the world at large, I do not need It ns a Person. ..." Rides In Rolls Itnyc This statement, with characteristic punctuation, would appear to tell as much ss It leaves untold concerning Father Devlne's financial operations Observers believe the "angels," de voted followers of Father Divine, hand over their wages and posses sions, receiving In. return board and lodging and "Peace, It's wonderful." Several suits, to recover possessions thus handed over, Introduce a sordid, mundane note In the rapturous at moHphere of Divine's "heaven." Although no one has ever discov ered that Father Divine either car ries any cash on hla person or owns anything In his name, he rides In a Rolls Royce (second hand) and oper ates apartment house, flats, shops and "extension heavens" in Balti more, Newark, Jersey City. Bridge port Conn., and a "promised law.' near Kingston, N. Y., as a vacsjion ground. For Greater Satlsfaur'jn Buy NOLDB A HORS'l HOSIERY Ethelwyn B. Hott.nsnns BAR Oreen titamr. - TOWN 5T" M LI ,ft,tis ttit- A e, f--".l,ii vt ' j' 1 ( 1 PRISON TERMS FOR KLAMATH FAU, June 16 ;p) Three participants In a 92000 holdup of itate liquor store here May 30 re ceived prison sentences today rang :ng from five to 31 years. Mart Walkenshaw, alleged ring leader In the stlckup plot and the man who Is said to have entered the store, waved a gun and scooped up the cash, was given the longest term. Joseph Holub, asserted ly the driver of the "escape" car, was sentenced to 13 years. Both Walkenshaw and Holub plead ed guilty to assault and robbery while armed, Ethel Parker received a five-year term and parole. She admitted being an accessory after the felony and waived Indictment. JEANETTE KEEPS WEDDING SECRET HOLLYWOOD. Col., June 19. (AP) timlllng but serious. Jeanette MacDonald refused today to disclose a slnRlr detail of the arrangements for the wedding tonight which will make her the bride of Gene Ray mond, yellow-haired movie actor. "I'm superstitious." she said. "It'a bad 'uck to tell those things." Hollywood knows It will be i lavish affair, the first big church wedding In tho movie colony since that June day, 10 fears sgo, when Vllme, Bankr became. Mrs. Rod Lnrocque. and B';f orly Hills police hod to cnll out the reserves. Police predicted there would be 10.000 uninvited "guests ' Mrs. Wsrren Rock, iie bride's sis ter, will be maid rl honor. Robert Marlow. brother of the groom will be best man. Cloning tlr.ie for Too Lute to Clas sify Ads 1 1:30 p. m. r CORNERSTONE OF NEW STATEHOUSE LAID TOMORROW Part of Salem Ceremony to Be Broadcast Over N.B.C. Governor Martin Talks SALEM. June IS. (AP) Several thousand persons, one of the largest crowds ever to come to Salem, are expected to see the laying of the cornerstone on Oregon's new cspltol tomorrow afternoon the first such ceremony since 1873. Several who saw the laying of the cornerstone of the building that was destroyed by fire two years sgo will sea the ceremony, pert of which will be broadcast over s nstlonwlde (NBC) radio network between 2 and 3:30 p.m. Oovernor Martin will give two ad dresses, one on the rsdlo progrsm and the other later. The Rt. Rev, Benjamin B. O a g w e 1 1, Episcopal bishop of the Oregon diocese, will give the Invocation and Justice Oeo. Rossman will be master of cere monies. The 188th Infantry band will pro vide the music, while Francis Keallv. one of the architects who designed me Dulldlng, will describe it. State officials will be Introduced. and then the grand lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, with drand Master R. Prank Peters of ficiating, will conduct the laying of the cornerstone. Among those speaking In the pro gram following the broadcast will bs Carl O. Donaugh. U. s. district attorney: Rosa B. Hammond, con tractor who Is erecting the building: C. O. Hockley, Oregon PWA director, and Judge Lawrence T. Harris. Most Rev. Edward D. Howard, D-D., Catho lic archbishop of r egon, will give the benediction. Documents to be sealed In the cornerstone will be disclosed tomor row, but the sealing will take place In Portland today. All state offlcea, except those pre vented by the constitution, will close at noon tomorrow. Those not closing will maintain skeleton atsffs. Salem buslneas houses also will close. The new building Is scheduled to be opened In August, 1938, but con struction Is considerably ahead of schedule. SENATE APPROVES E WORK BILL WASHINGTON, June 18. (API The senste, disregarding a prediction the house would refuse to concur approved a bill to permit suspen sion t.f the annual 9100 assessment work requirement on mining claims held by location. Senator Murray (O., Mont.), author of the measure, tu-ged Immediate ac tion, contending seversl hundred miners and prospectors would other wise be placed In "great distress." He sr.ri that under existing law not less man $100 worth of labor must be performed before July 1 on min ing claims for which patents have not been Issued. . SILL GRAIN AND , FIELDSJENEFIT PORTLAND. June 16- -(pi Gener al rains over Oregon In the past week j DEVELOPMENTS INREP. CONNERY DIES; DEAD BABY CASE DUE COMING WEEK Investigation continued today Into the death 'of an unidentified new. born bsby whose decomposed body was found Monday afternoon in I nurse's room at the Ashland Com munlty hospltaL Possible new developments wers ex pected with the return of Miss Irene Simons. 23-year-old nurse In whose room hospital executives said the body was found. Miss Simons, they said, hsd occupied the room up to June 1 when she left for the esst on a month'a vacation. Investigating authorities said to day they had been Informed that Miss Slmnos hsd notified sn Ashland friend she would be back about the middle of next week. It was not known whether shs wss yet aware of the discovery. Meantime, Miss Ardsth Losher, hos pital superintendent, formally noti fied the Ashland city council bv let ter at Its meeting last night that she wanted to relinquish her leste on the hospital. The council decided to sub-lease the hospital or assign her lease to any qualified person Miss Losher might suggest. The council did not discuss ths discovery of the bsby's body. The meeting wss adjourned subject to call to consider the qualifications of anyone who might be suggested ss sub-lessee. It Is understood that Miss Simons hsd been Interested In leasing the hospital, which Is city- owned. Remains of the baby's body were to be sent this afternoon or tomor row morning to Dr. Prank Menne of Portland, pathologist of the Uni versity of Oregon medical school, who Is to make a mlcrosconlo examina tion In sn effort to reveal facts not yet disclosed. Investigating author ities said they were awaiting word from Dr. Menne regsrdlng the wy In which he wanted the remains sent to him. They expected to hesr from him this afternoon. It was through negotiations for a sub-lease that the baby's body was discovered. Miss Losher consulted Frank J. VonDyko, city attorney, re. gardlng the lesse and In the .Ourse of the conversation told hira about offensive odors which ay? said hsd been emanating from ''.ne room for some time. VanDy"-; ordered an In vestigation and the body was found in a traveling case. creatly benefited emsll grains snd come fields thought to be seriously dsmagec? by drought began to appear promising, the O. S. department of agriculture weather-crop summary sold today. -Scattered sections still remained In feed of more molnture and in some ' .ireas grain was logged by heavy! rains, while the growth of cdra was I retarded. Considerable rain damage ' to strawberries occurred but canej fruit benefited. ' SO. OREGON GLEEMEM CARNIVAL NIGHT MEDFORD ARMORY GAY NINETIES TUESDAY, JUNE 22 OtHtl-d Orel LABOR COMMITTEE Co-Author Wage Hour Law "Stricken by Food Poison ing Sen. Chavez III WASHINGTON, June 18. () The death of Rep. William P. Connery, Jr. (D.-Mlss.) may place a second woman In sn Important government labor post. Rep. Msry T. Norton (D.-NJ.) Is entitled by seniority to aucoeed Con nery aa chairman of the house lsbor committee a position which requires frequent conferences with Miss Prances Perkins, secretary of labor. Mrs. Norton ssld she was too shock ed, however, by Connery's unexpected desth lste yesterdsy from food pois oning to decide st once whether she would accept ths chairmanship. She would have to relinquish her position ss chairman of the District of Columbia, which gives her the unofficial title of "Mayor of Wash ington." If she chooses to retain her pres ent post, the labor chairmanship will pass to Rep. Ramspeck (D.-Ga.) Connery was co-author of the wage and hour measure. During his IS yesrs In congress he sponsored many labor bills. He Introduced In the bouse the Wagner labor relations bill. The 48-year-old representative be came 111 late Monday after returning from a speaking tour In Massachu setts. Connery and his wife once were psrtncrs In a vaudeville act. He also had been a theatrical manager and a candy manufacturer. It was his annual custom to be "master of ceremonies" or the dsy the house finally adjourned. Then he led the marine bap.a and members In songs snd stus4s. ' He was rate ss one of the capi tals' best r'tbnteurs. Many of his fsvorlte furies were based on experi ences overseas during the 10 months he served in the 26th (Yankee' dl- i vision. WASHINGTON, June 16. OP) Senator Chavez (D.-N.M.) was In the naval hospital today, suffering from food poisoning similar to that which caused the death yesterday of Repre sentative Connery (D.-Mass.) Chavez was stricken In bis office with nausea, chills, and a high fever, and the capltol physician. Dr. Oeorge W. Calver, Immediately ordered htm to the hospital. His condition this Insist On Delicious Lost River BUTTER morning was reported much Improv ed, and his son. Dennis Chaves, Jr., said the senator apparently was In no danger. Rome, It was officially estimated, had a population of 1,133,058 In 1S35. Its greatest population In an cient times waa 312.000 In 685 B. C. History records a number- of par tially successful attempts at aerial gliding In Europe In the 10tb cen tury. 4 Great herds of musk oxen now confined to the Arctic circle once 01 111 WINS ENTHUSIASTIC ACCLAIM OF AMERICAN MOTORISTS BY INVA SION OF LOW-PRICED TIRE FIELD WITH THE GOODRICH We had a hunch. We rush ed an order to Akron for an extra large supply of. these new Commanders. Because we figured that the moment our customers heard about Goodrich en tering the low-priced field with a high-quality, long mileage tire they'd take one look and buy. Yes sir I Plenty of motorists are in line to cut their motoring costs with this sensa tional tire. 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