Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-29
(Taken from this newspapers
headlines in 1887

NV " w SANAAAAN NNAi
named President Twin City Min
listers Alliance. Lewis Ewing Sc
cured release of a long time prison
r at Saltwater. Last rites were
held for Mrs Art'e Finney, St.
Paul business woman. Three Sis
tiers. Minneapolis women's apparel
store, lets out last Negro employee.
Joe LOWS flicker plays in Mill City
Nathaniel Evans sues for rein
statement to st. Paul Fire Depart
ment. Billy Williams and George
Hoage retained by new Governor
StasSen. Associated Negro Credit
Union announced it had loaned
$3,172 in 1888. Mrs. Juanita
Mitchell attended the White House
conference of the National Youth
Administration in Washington.
Forester B. Washington, Atlanta
social school director, was annual
dinner speaker at Halle Q. Brown
Community House. DR.. W. D.
Brown was reelected president of
the Minneapolis Business and Pro-
fessional Association. Marian An
derson captivated a capacity au-
dience at Northrup Auditorium on
the University of Minnesota cam
pus. Great Northern R. R. refused
to talk to Walters Union sic. Miss
L o. Smith is in Women Lawyers
Who's Who. Joe Louis knocked
out ]. Henry Lewis. Hatcher took
temporary charge of Phyllis
Wheatley House. Mary Huff Diggs
dismissed from Wheatley staff. J.
H. Bannister, St. Paul contractor,
dies.
February: Greyhound Bus Work
ers' banquet. Elmer Harris in first
recital. Mamie Lacey Walden dies.
Magnolia Latimer appointed Phyl-
lis Wheatley head resident. Ray
Dysart sponsors national Negro
jitterbug contest. o. ]. Walker, St.
Paul transfer man, celebrated his
5Oth birthday. Sidney Redmond,
st. Louis lawyer, was principal
speaker at Wheatley House annual
dinner. Aaron McGavock, married
E. L Boyd named travelling deputy
Elks for States of Minnesota, Wis
consin, and Illinois. G. o. P. APP
points white man to fill job held
under FL by C. E. Rucker.
March: Mrs. F. D. R. quit D. A.
R. in protest against organization
refusing use of it's Washington
for Marian Anderson
recital. Finley Wilson came to Min
to burn Ames Lodge home
Rev. Father w. O..
Brady was annual Mill City Urban
League speaker. Mrs. Mae Porter,
prominent St. Paul woman, dies.
D. A. r. concurs in
national body's barring of Marian
Clarence NJ. Mitchell,
Jr., st. Paul Urban League execu-
tive, leads groups in fight to have
state legislature punish auto in
surance firms which arbitrarily re-
fuse to write Negro risks because
of race. Kol-R Vending Machine
Co. expresses appreciation for Ne
gro support of its colored sales
man, M. T. Strong. Father Fran
els Gilligan speaks to Working
Girls Institute. C. L. Harris sue
ceeds Clarence CLANCY as Mime
apolis Urban League president.
Minnesota State Insurance Com
mittee puts o. K. on bill against
insurance company discrimination.
Eva Jessye choir here. Roy Will
kins, Crisis editor, speaks in Twin
Cities. Minnesota House Insurance
Committee held up insurance anti
discrimination bill.
April: st. Paul business and pro-
fessional men organize. Wisconsin
"U" track team cancels meet when
University of Missouri requested
Wisconsin leave it's Negro member
home. Steve Hopkins, pioneer citi-
zen, was killed by a street car.
Anderson sang before
$4,000 people. Bishop J. A. Gregg
speaks here.
May: Minnesota Milk Co. en-
ploys Negro milk wagon driver.
N. w. Bell Phone Co. employs
youth for new position. Leading
auto insurance COM
panies agree to drop bars in SELL
ing policies.
June: Fifty graduates from Twin
City public schools. Minneapolis
Elks re-elect NJ. o. Culberson.
Local sic wins right to represent
G. N. railroad workers. Minnesota
Club Women hold 34th annual
Father W. o. Brady
named bishop. Mrs. Charlotte Can
non celebrates Tooth birthday. Miss
Gertrude Brown takes new post at