The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 25, 1934, Page 3

Father Divine, Called Converts He Feeds in ‘Heaven’ |= sex 2 Mystery Veils Income of Col- ored Evangelist Who Spends Thousands GIVES FREE MEALS TO ALL ‘Kingdom of God’ With 15 Branches Founded in New York 10 Years Ago » with fros a 4 some new brain material. 1 am Gr 1 sail Sina aha ea nan: day nig go low "round? Bunday |e ation, presented to a.) MoTine tls Did.” eatest of All Her Roles! Teannered, soft-spoken and serious colored man has become the Mystery iad eg Fs Hea bry vet MIneE shen Tue Scene August 27 to 13 ip ‘Man of Manhattan because he ap- For the upper ‘and Jow-| favor in Willson’s view because of H parently can afford to spend thous- er Missouri valleys northern | the large amount of hand labor in- ‘ands of dollars without having any vis- central Great Plains: e cluded in the estimates, with a cor- K ible source of income. fair with moderate perature €X-| responding low total for material He says his name is Major Divine. cept possibly showers nesr middle of | purchases. j ‘Tens of thousands of Negroes and whites acclaim him as “God, king of kings, lord of lords,” the founder and director of Father Divine'’s Peace Mis- aion, which maintains 15 branch heav- ens of the “kingdom of God” in the the lower Mississi; Valley north-|on Minot park board property on SSOUSES “AYA OES rio lla, WEEWENd tO, REEMA GbaEETT Fourth Avenue Southeast across from|State’s Quota Advanced to Many of his followers believe he came the, Far "Weet’” Qietens, “Ssast | Roosevelt Park where a tract of about! Meet Critical Situation in irto being full blown, the personifi- Precipitation has occurred in Okla- cation of God, at Sayville, Long Is- land, about 10 God by at beginning. GENERAL CONDITIONS A high pressure area extends from FIELD PROJECT FOR MINOT IS APPROVED Construction at Federal Gov- ernment Expense to Start in Near Future Minot, N. D. Aug. 25—()—The federal government will spend $118,- ;]000 in Minot for the construction of an athletic field, with work to start at once, as the result of approval Fri- day afternoon of an application for Willson, state administrator of the federal emergency relief administra- The cost of material for a grand- stand and fence was placed at $9,000, with an estimated equal amount for labor in the construction of the plant. The athletic field will be laid out seven acres is available. The park the | board donated the site, estimated by weather is generally fair. Cool weath-|the board to have a valuation of years ago, when cr. prevadis in all sect ht | about $21,000. he founded the ; frost occurred in in] Material for the stand and fence, first branch “heaven” of the th- Low- The project had its inception two] shipment by M. T. Morgan, St. Paul, Sanat its Sra pean, ee. Fas tet er sie a 5 « e Mint in nm post,! lef service in charge of cat! ‘ip- marchers carried banners prociaim- “4 = ed called by Goarit ieee oes eee ping. Thursday night he, notified P 4 ‘9p | Dougherty, an just two) ‘Tindall of an unity to ship 15,- eee ae 18 ae sii @ 34 3) weeks for the plan to be carried to| 000 additional ar he could get them ways Agia Se be Cok: 65 35 00 | it8 Successful conclusion. A commit-/ out over the week-end. y; God, God, 1» 61 36 .00| tee of American Legion men, with J.| "In spite of the brief time allowed— The main branch of the “1 @3 35 .00/F. Vandenoever as chairman, met) Friday and Saturday—to secure all denied Gt" uate 63 38 .09|Wholehearted support for the pro-| the cars necessary for shipment, the at 20 W. 115th street, 87 39 .00| position, with cooperation extended| four major railways serving North| just a few steps off Fifth avenue. It 62 35 .00| by the park board and city officials. | Dakota, the Northern Pacific, Great is housed in a five-story building that 63 37 6.00) ‘Ira L. Rush, Minot architect, will] Northern, Soo Line and Milwaukee, Gains s churchly air from its gothic & 35 0) have supervision of the project and remarkably well to the trimmings. @ 32 0lthe plans for the structures were/emergency call for transportation Worshippers about the door greet 66 37 .90|drawn by Rush. The city manager,/and as a result the entire allotment every newcomer: “Peace, Brother, 85 25 .00|Jay W. Bliss, and L. G. Wilhelm,| was contracted for and will be out! Peace,’ to which the devout reply @ 30 .00|city and perk board engineer, colla-| of North Dakota by Sunday night,| tervidly: “Tt is wonderful!” 62 36 .00/borated in the preparation of blue) Tindall stated. Hymns Are Jazsed 4 35 .00/ prints of the grounds, estimates as to} Some of the outstanding shipments, In the vestibule is bediam. From the labor needed and the labor costs.’ where feed and water conditions are the dining halls below, where Father POINTS ‘The project was approved wunan-/ extremely critical, Tindall said, were Divine Uaily feeds his flocks free— High-Low- | imously last Tuesday evening by the! from Dunn county, 55 cars or 2,000 unless they can afford to pay fifteen est est Pct.| county emergency relief committee.| head; Hettinger county, 55 cars; cents for his fried chicken and turkey oe 4 0 —_—_—_——— Stutsman and Stark counties, 37 cars| banquets—comes the clatter of table- Valle City Defeats each; Adams, Ransom and LaMoure} ware and enthusiastic shouts of MINNESOTA POINTS ey counties, 25 cars each; and Bowman sich Improved ices nak cae High-Low. |. Jamestown on Friday | county, 30 car. Give You Anything But Love, Baby.” Minneapolis, clear ..... 4 46.00 ; . | parodied to “I Can't Give You Any- gisele a | arnmsiomn testes eer Bae Superintendents End Ben Pollock and Band - P P ie — jam. *. H - . thing But Love, Father.” On the WEATHER IN OTHER STATES. | ragged baseball game Friday night,| TWO-Day Meeting Here Comedy Pr and Sicitdanlnad main floor is an auditorium. On the igh-Low- |_| 4 to3, in 7 innings. — T * ht 25c¢ upper floors rooms are available in est est Pet. RHE] Fifty county school superintend- onig! the dormitories at $1.00 a week. 56 04) Jamestown ..... + 100 020 0—3 6 1/ents ended their two-day conference Midn. Sun. until scape weyers : seth phir Valley City ...... 013 ” O—4 8 4! here Friday, with siserieions of taxa- Mon da 7:30 ading a Davis and Perkins; arter and! tion and health problems. | TRE 3 Sree nee eae Divine, is having Haneock. Under direction of Mrs. Inga Nors-, YY —smr THEATRE oe & busy day. On the way up one i keep his sayings you will blazoned banner proclaims: ther Divine is the light ‘The tree of life is’ New Yorkers rubbed their eyes in amazement when they saw this pub- lic demonstration of faith in Father Divine’s deification. SIDEGLANCES -°- By George Clark |[imye tc Accumulated defcy. to date ..-.. NORTH DAKOTA POINTS ag well as other items necessary, will be let by contract, chiefly to local station barometer, :inch- firms, it was stipulated at Priday’s| win) leared out of the state this bes fama rivera to aoa, Tevel. hearing before administrator Willson. ae ie Tindall, supervisor of ft. Mehour change: 00 ft.” Work will start as soon as a few/ cattle shipments for the FERA in minor details in connection with the plans are completed and it was the opinion of R. M. Stee, assistant state engineer for the relief administra- tion, that actual operations may be started in three days. ‘The field will include facilities for baseball, football, tennis, softball, hockey, skating and other sports. Irkutsk, Aug. 25—Pine trees, low mountains, beautiful valleys. Distances are far here and names have to be long to reach the next town: Petrovskyisavod and Verh- neudinsk. A meas of nationalities on this train, English, German, Russian, Swiss, Checks, American Indians, Japanese. And the emartest of all is a Chinese, a noted authority on far eastern affairs. Nothing in the world is smarter than one Chinaman and nothing dumber than two. Mr. Roosevelt told me to scout him CATTLE SHPMENTS “BOOSTED 10 58,00 Slope Sector Given a second extra grant above the weekly quota of 24,000) head of cattle, 55,000 of the animals North Dakota, reported Saturday. In one week North Dakota was giv- en twice the normial quota, indicating he said, that “this state is being given every consideration by authorities in charge of the gigantic task of cattle movement. Earlier in the week an extra grant! of 16,000 calves was authorized for) speakers problems facing educators, and of- fered solutions. New officers of the association will not be elected until the annual gath- ering of the North Dakota State Ed- ena association at Fargo in Oc- r, E. J. Taylor, former state superin- tendent of schools, told of and drouth conditions in the state 40 years ago, and the effect on educa- tional facilities. He described the rise of the country from that depres- sion period and predicted similar re- Sponse from the present situation. A county unit taxation system in- stead of the present district system was advocated by Richard Boehm, 3 F e Z . i 5 i tain the same number of ~school: houses. The overhead could be re: duced under a county unit system,'he claimed, WEATHERMAN RETIRES -— - Washington, Aug. 25—(AP)—Dr Charles F, Marvin, former head of United States weather bureau, retired Saturday from government service on the 50th anniversary of his enroll- ment as a government official. Dr. Willis R. Gregg succeeded’ him as chief of the bureau last January and continues in the post. ee, “No, no, mother is busy. Go walk around the block with the postman.” Tuis Curious WorLb looming for one and all Divine, I thank you, Fath- Appearance Surprising peated evidence of devotion the appearance of Father Di- more Short By William ] Ferguson Rashssareeseneseasusesasasseasesesse BeRBussssssesscsesssesessesssssseses TQO LATE TO CLASSIFY AUGUST Special—Our regular $5.00 oll tonic permanent complete with shampoo, trim and fingerwave, $3.50 this month. California Wave Nook, 103-3ed St. Phone 782. nswered uestion about his size Explains “I've never been measured, because 1 don’t bear record,” he says, “but I] EIGHTY-EIGHT STAR CONSTELLATIONS ARE RECOGNIZED TODAY..... ABOUT FIFTY OF WHICH WERE NAMED IN ANCIENT TIMES 7 = By INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT, THE BOUNDARY LINES OF A CONSTELLATION APE PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE CELESTIAL EQUATOR. Eyes Examined Glasses Prescribed The eye is an organ you can't afford to neglect. Dr. H. J. Wagner gests a question. It reads: Divine is God, lord of lords, king of kings and will live forever.” ” followers Dedication of Lake Planned by Williston ei egee i {ule et coos = , ROOMY, GENERAL MOTORS VALUE Oo NO CAR IS COMPLETELY MODERN WITHOUT 2// THESE FEATURES OLDSMOBILE ‘650 Fleck Motor Sales, Inc. " Biamarce 100 Broadway, West ... Telephone 55 EB & I i i ieee i i E (i Divine Is married. ls wate | Sis tenth of a mile of blood vessels as Mother Divine one 1s required by.every pound of fat i his most active assistants: ithe Suman body.