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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
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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. ..."
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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
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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.
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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
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