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Associated Negro
Credit Union To
Hold Meeting
Group Sponsors Forum At Halle
@. Brown House, st. Paul

Group Sponsors Forum At Halle
@. Brown House, St. Paul
The Associated Negro Credit
Union is sponsoring the forum at
Halle @. Brown House, Sunday,
May IL, at 400 p. m.
"The Credit Union as a Basis
for Security" will be the topic of
discussion led by Talmage B.
Carey, Sec.-Treas. The public is
cordially invited to take part in
the all important subject.
Music selections will be rendered
by Twin City Jubilee Singers with
Mr.. Herrod as conductor. Clayton
and Percy Hughes will offer an in
strumental duet and will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Percy Hughes. DR..
Earl S. Weber is chairman of the
committee in charge.
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Evans, St. Paul; Maceo Moody, St.
Paul; R. B. Lynch, Minneapolis;
Talmage B. Carey, Martin Brown,
Minneapolis; Mrs. George Mundell,
st. Paul; Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Jennings, Minneapolis, and Curtis
Chivers, Minneapolis.
Another Meeting Planned
The audience asked that the
Business and Professional group
stage a similar meeting in the
Fall. 1t also passed a motion re-
questing the association to have its
president call together various
heads of Mill City organizations to
confer on general community prob
lens. About 200 persons attend
ed the meeting.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-05-10
Rev. Nelson Speaker
At Alpha's Annual
Citizenship Service

The annual Citizenship Cam
paign of Alpha Phi Alpha Fra
ternity will be conducted locally by
Mu Chapter at a service to be held
at Camphor Memorial Church, St.
Paul, on Sunday, May 26, at 8
p. m. Several of the talented
young people of the Twin Cities
will be presented on the program.
The Choir of the Camphor church
will sing. Mu Chapter presents its
program this year at Camphor af-
ter a very impressive invitation
was extended a year ago by the
pastor, Rev. Clarence T. R. Nelson.
A scholarship to any Minnesota
college or university will be
awarded to some worthy student of
the Twin Cities. Applications were
received in January by the Chap
ter and the announcement is being
withheld until this Educational
meeting.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-05-10
Walter N. Ridley Speaks at
St. James Sunday
Morning

A special Mothers Day program
will be offered at st. James A. M.
E. Church, St. Paul, Sunday morn
ing at II a. m. Principal speaker
will be Prof. Walter N. Ridley, di-
rector of the extension department
of Virginia State University.
The speaker will be introduced
by Samuel Reed. Special and ap-
propriate Mothers Day music will
be presented by the St. James
Choir under the direction of Mrs.
Mabel Lewis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-05-10

Downtown Ticket Office, N. w.
National Bank Bldg, general ad-
mission tickets are on sale at the
Minneapolis Urban League, 240 So.
Fourth Street and the Minneapolis
Spokesman, 3O6 Third Street So.
Rev. Glenn T. Settle, the origina-
tor of wings Over Jordan and
pastor of Gethsemane Baptist
Church in Cleveland, Ohio, will ap-
pear here with the chorus, which is
under the direction of Worth Kra-
mer, former Program Director of
Radio Station VICAR in Cleveland.
Kramer is said to be the only white
director of a Negro choir in the
United States.
wings Over Jordan" was origi-
mated by Rev. Settle, over two
years ago when he approached
Kramer at VICAR, and asked for
an addition for the Gethsemane
Choir. Kramer was enthusiastic in
his praise of the group, and sched-
uled them to provide music for the
Negro Hour" heard each Sunday
morning on his station. Six months
later, through Sterling Fisher, Edu-
cational Director of the Columbia
Broadcasting System, the Geth-
semane Choir, augmented by sew
eral of the better singers in great
er Cleveland, became a feature of
the nationwide broadcast known as
wings Over Jordan" 1t was at
this time that Rev. Settle began
offering his variations outlining
the history and musical back
ground of each of the spirituals
which the choir sings.
"Wings Over Jordan" also in
augurated the practice of offering
a distinguished guest speaker,
prominent in the educational, re-
ligious, or economic progress of
the Negro race at that time. All
of the talks which have been Of
fered on "Wings Over Jordan"
have been prepared and presented
with the idea of furthering inter-
racial goodfellowship.
Soloists to be featured at the
"Wings Over Jordan" concert in
clude Paul Breckenridge and AL
bert Meadoes, tenors; Olive Thomp-
son and Martha Spearman, So
pranos and Williette Firmbanks,
contralto. These singers have been
featured in over 1876 concerts
throughout the eastern central and
southern portions of the country.
When wings Over Jordan" ap-
pears at Minneapolis Municipal
Auditorium on Sunday, May &c, the
occasion will mark their first visit
to this city. Their appearance here
is part of an extended tour
throughout Illinois, Indiana, Wis
consin and Iowa. Other cities
scheduled on this tour include
Omaha, Sioux City, Des Moines,
Dubuque, South Bend, Rockford,
and Madison.
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Sprightly Operetta
"Oh Doctor" Two
DAYS, May 1917
JUNE HAWKINS TO SING
PRINCIPAL ROLE

The Phyllis Wheatley House is
sponsoring ooh Doctor" a comedy
operetta in two acts, Thursday and
Friday, May 16 and II, at p. m.
at the Wheatley House.
Miss June Hawkins, brilliant
young soprano, major in the
School of Music at Hamline Uni
versity, is featured in the produc-
ton.
The cast includes Mrs. Gerald
Cumber, David Faison and so 9TH
ers. The operetta is said to be a
sprightly colorful comedy packed
with good music and humor. The
dance class will contribute several
dance routines.
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place in the Minneapolis Municipal
Auditorium.
Reserved seats and general ad-
mission tickets are on sale in st.
Paul at Field & Schlick's ticket Of
fee, general admission tickets may
also be obtained at the St. Paul
Urban League office in the Fried
mann Bldg. In Minneapolis re-
served seats and general admission
tickets may be secured at the
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A. P. RANDOLPH STATES HIS POSITION
WEBER GIRL AWARDED
SCHOLARSHIP

Yvonne Weber, ITO Carroll ave-
nue., has been awarded the Jane
Holland Cameron Scholarship to
study voice. This award is given
annually to a talented student at
st. Luke's School, where young
Miss Weber is a student.
Miss Weber is the 14-year old
daughter of DIR. and Mrs. Earl S.
Weber and is receiving her early
education at St. Luke's school,
Summit and Victoria streets.
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+
presiding. The fireworks began
when Robert Bolton, radio per-
former and lecturer, asked that
specific illustrations of faults in
the leadership be given.
Mr.. Bolton started matters off
himself by mentioning rumors
about shortcomings of various po-
litical, social and civic PERSONAL
ties. He particularly mentioned
ministers of the city as having
fallen down in their leadership.
Hitler, MussOlini and Chamberlain
Some speakers before Mr.. Bolton
had mentioned the qualities of good
leaders and also had made certain
remarks about Hitler, Mussolini
and Chamberlain. Mr.. Bolton at
tackled such remarks and insisted
that they were too general and
should be about local leaders rath-
CT IIldu CuIOpSdIl LS uACo'
Qualities Needed
Henry Thomas, personal service
worker for the Phyllis Wheatley
House, defined the qualities of
leadership as being "the patience
of Job and the humility of Christ"
Mr.. Thomas also said that leader
needs the wisdom of Solomon"
History
Historical contributions of per-
sons who have lived in Minneapolis
were discussed by Miss L. o. Smith
and Raymond Cannon, both attor-
neys. Cecil E. Newman, editor of
the Minneapolis Spokesman and
st. Paul Recorder, Landed the con-
tributions of the leaders in Min
neapolis and pointed out that both
the cities are places in which Ne
groes can make great progress.
Charles w. Washington, execu-
tive secretary of the Minneapolis
Urban League, told the audience
that leadership is usually only as
good as the followers want it to
be. He stated that the best leader
ship comes when the followers are
alert and interested in the actions
of the leader.
Optimistic Note
Clarence M. Mitchell, executive
secretary of the St. Paul Urban
League, struck an optimistic note
opining that he considered that
both Minneapolis and st. Paul are
forward communities. He pointed
out that in his home town of Balti-
more the 10000 Negroes had just
been successful after fifty year
fight to obtain the appointment of
Negroes to the city's police force.
He cited the prominent positions
held by St. Paul Negroes.
A general note on which there
was most agreement was when 1t
was indicated that no one person
could be the leader of everyone
and all programs for progress.
Other speakers were: Nathaniel
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Malcolm Mclean,
" Man, Named
Hampton Prexy

A member of the faculty of the
University of Minnesota, DR.. NAL
colin S. Mclean, will be the next
president of Hampton Institute in
Virginia, it was learned this week.
Last week rumor indicated that
DIR. Mclean was being mentioned
as possible president. The first
public indication came, however,
when he spoke at the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers
at Omaha, Neb., on Tuesday.
DR.. Mclean is the director of
general college at the University
and professor of education. He
succeeds Arthur Howe, who re-
signed from Hampton recently.
Known throughout the country
as a liberal educator, Dean Mac
Lean said that it will be his policy
to find and develop Negro talent.
my interest is in education of
group of human beings-an i'm
portant group with known capaci-
ties for high service to the coun-
try in art, music, law, politics, lit
erature and agriculture" he said.
Plans Testing Bureau
He plans to establish testing
bureau, counseling and guidance
service and organize a research
staff to carry on continuous self
education of the college.
81 also want to explore employ
ment outlets for Hampton gradu-
ates," he said.
Hampton Institute, a co-educa-
tional school with an enrolment
of about 1000 students, is among
the most important Negro schools
in America. It was begun in 1868.
1t is the first Negro school to
use the self-help plan by which
students without funds can take
five years of college work for a
four year course, working their
way through.
Hampton is class A college and
includes schools of education, bust
ness, home economics, agriculture,
building construction and trades.
Guy Stanton Ford, university
president, said DIR. MacLean's lead
ership at Hampton will mean the
institution will maintain and JUS
tify increasingly the historic posi-
ton it has long held among insti-
buttons devoted to the education
of the Negro"
DIR. MacLean has headed gener-
al college since its establishment
in 1892.
Before becoming director of the
college, DR.. MacLean was curricu-
lum director at the Milwaukee
center of the University of Wis
consin. Previously he was finan-
cial editor and night editor of the
Minneapolis Tribune and an in
structor at the University of Min
nesota.
DIR. MacLean is the chairman of
the National Committee on Gen.
eral Education and a member of
the board of the Institute of
Propaganda Analysis. He is a fell
low of the American Academy of
Political and Social Sciences.
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DRAMATIZED SERMON

Mrs. Eta Graham will deliver
dramatized message Monday eve
ming at 7:45 p. M, at Camphor
M. E. Church. All choirs of the
city will sing. Everyone is cor
daily invited.
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Don't Forget
Mother Sunday!

Tickets are now on Sale for
wings Over Jordan" Chorus in
person at the Minneapolis Audi
forum, Sunday afternoon, May 26.
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will be guest.
.CAMPHOR M. E. CHURCH
At Camphor M. E. church, Full
er and Kent, St. Paul, the Rev.
Clarence T. R. Nelson will deliver
a special Mothers Day address at
the II o'clock service.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-05-10

Twin City N. A. A. C. P. Roy
atty Contest opens-Gala Corona
ton Ball, June 14th. Advance tick
eft sale IS cents.-Adv.
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Wings Over Jordan Chorus
Coming Sunday, May rs;
Tickets Now on Sale
INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN CHORUS, TO SING
FOR TWIN CITIES

wings Jordan" nationally chorus Columbia
artists heard WCCO each Sunday
morning t. will Minneapolis Sunday
May auspices MnneapoSt Paul Citizens
soring Committee.
The concert which is scheduled to begin NJ
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AUDIENCE ENJOYS DISCUSSION!
Crowd Hears Discussion
On Leadership; Speakers
Volunteer Varied Opinions

Attacks for the leadership Minneapolis
Sunday Minneapolis Business As
ISOLATION forum Leadership" Phyllis Wheaey
formal speaker scheduled and all remarks mpomptu,
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Tickets are now on Sale fer
"Wings Over Jordan" Chorus in
person at the Minneapolis Audi
torium, Sunday afternoon, May 26.
-advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-05-10

The Worlds Greatest Singers of
Spirituals Are Coming To Twin
Cities Sunday, May 26.-advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-05-10

Call Dale TOO for cleaning,
pressing and repairing. The Elite
Valet Shop, 364 N. Dale Street.
Advt.
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BRANCH TO MEET

The st. Paul branch of the N.
A. A. C. P. will meet Tuesday,
May IA, at Halle @. Brown House.
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LEADER STATES CASE!
Phillip Randolph Tells
Why He Quit Presidency
OF Natl. Negro Congress-
WOULD NOT STAND FOR REELECTION FO

WHY WOULD NOT STAND FOR REELECTION PRESIDENT
OF THE NATIONAL NEGRO CONGRESS
By A. Philip Randolph
convinced that the Third National
succeeded from the mind of the public the
charge of the Dies Committee that the National Congress
Communist Front and Transmission Belt Communist
ganda In fact the Congress has brilliantly succeeded
giving the charge appearance validity
Evening star., 1940-09-16

Jim Cagneys Sind film battle,
fought in city for Conquest" is the
first he lost in his 1o-year movie
career.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

have come back to claim their own
With metronome regularity, long
closed doors are opening on new
decors. new floor shows, new bands,
new tune hits. and new arrange
ments of old hits, all designed to
ease the black-out of the human
spirit.
Troika, for one, is back; earlier
this year in testament of the vir-
tues of air-cooling and air-condi-
tioning. The same old spot in the
hearts of habitues, it is changed with
reference to entertainment formula.
The old straight, capricious Mus
covite pattern has been combined
with the gayety of the Latin Ameri-
can. the new spirit best symbolized
in the Brazilian tenoring of Candido
Botelho. Folk, love and other tunes
native to Brazil and Senor Botelho
made especially gala the opening
| Doffing the oriental atmosphere
1t wore for two years under the
name Shar-Zad, the Cartons stars
now blink down on an altogether
new decor, this departments choice
as the most fetching background in
town. Artist John Kochs mytho-
logical figures around the walls may
need candlepower or so more light
ing to bring out their silken grace,
but that is being taken care Of
may have been already, indeed. The
extra light will illuminate the new
choice of name, Cosmos Room.
Ben Young's versatile band, Of
which the press caught only a brief
preview, is Manager Frank Swadley's
selection to please his discriminate
ing customers.
Still to open, with appropriately
gala ceremonies, are the Shorehams
Blue Room, the Raleigh's Pail Mall
and the Mayflower's Lounge.
C. c. Schiller general manager
OF the Raleigh, has chosen Septem-
Der 26 as his premiere date, an
nounced simultaneously that Bert
Bernath will again provide the music
with new orchestral setup and
that the popular Arthur Murray
dance hour. under the direction of
Ethel M. FiStere. will be resumed.
x X X
Bulletin board: Starting Wednes-
day, Warmers 60 into the circulating
library business at their Earle and
I1voll TheaterS The books and
plays out Of which the company is
making, or plans to make. movies
will be available to citizens for the
mere asking :. A telephone listing
is the only recommendation needed
to borrow book for five days
One does not even have to buy a
ticket That newcomer to the
Capitol's stage show. the one who
came day late, is Augustin Ribal.
Cuban bass-baritone, who is making
his first appearance in the United
States He is widely known in
Latin America where he is consid-
cred the ultimately authentic inter-
prefer of voodoo songs.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

love for her, its duty to support the
biggest star with the largest figures.
or upon the actual figures, this de-
partment does not know. 1t only
knows what the memo says, that
with proposals growing like wild
fire under the influence of the draft,
Miss Davis has had more than
either of Warner Bros other two
leading leading ladies, Ann Sher-
score as handed out reads. Miss
Davis, 842; Miss Sheridan, 698; Miss
De Havilland, SIT.
What it means, each inhabitant
OF the democracy is permitted to
decide for himself.
A thought around which Sheridan
fans might build a defense for their
favorite star, in her plight as run
nerup. is that her hard-boiled film
roles have indicated she is so we'll
able to take care of herself that
no draft board would dare call her
dependent
De Havilland followers, on the
other hand. may validly take the
position that her highly publicized
recent romance with James Stewart
simply discouraged those who other
wise would have proposed.
Or. both the Sheridan and De
Havilland forces can combine on the
cynical thought that Miss Davis
merely Is girl whom more men
would rather leave behind them.
There are all sorts of escapes
from the intimations of figures like
those-the S42, the 698, and GIT, we
mean.
X
After months of acquieSence in
the average persons desire to live
in the open and become sunburned,
moonstruck, or whatever, night clubs
Evening star., 1940-09-16
It's an Ill Wind

Cliff Bergere, ace auto race driver
and one Of Hollywoods premier
stunt men. returned disconsolate
from Bonneville Salt Flats. where.
as relief driver. he spelled Mayor
Alb Jenkins of Salt Lake City on his
recent record-breaking auto run.
His hands were blistered from grip
ping the wheel and were in band
ages.
Got a job for you" phoned Pro-
ducer Frederick Ullman, jr., who is
making I'm Still Alive" movie OF
the stunt man, at R-K-O Radio.
Cliff mourned. explained: Sorry
My hands are still bandaged."
Fine" enthused Ullman. you're
to play a stunt man who has just
come through a crackup. Come
right over. and keep on those band
ages"
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Earle-"The Howards of Virginia,
film adaptation of Tree of Liberty:
1890 m. 1:20, 4:10, and 9:55 pm
Stage shows: 12:35, 3:25, $40 and
9:10 pm.
Keith's Dance. Girl. Dance,
musical tale of life backstage; IL AS
am, las, 3:45. 5:45, 7:4S and Gas
pm.
Metropolitan-"The Sea Hawk"
Buccaneer Enrol Flynn on the
bounding main: 1880 am, 2, AS
7:10 and $40 pm.
Capitol - "Dr. Kildare Goes
Home" new adventure Of the cin-
ema's No. l inferno: IL am. 1:45,
4:3O. 7:l5 and 10 pm. Stage shows:
12:45, $50, 6:15 and 9 pm.
Palace" Boom Town" excite
ment in the oil fields. with Gable,
Tracy, Colbert and Lamar: 11:05
m, las, 4:20, 7 and $40 pm.
Columbia Love You Again"
Myrna 10y and William Powell in
gay romantic comedy: IL am,
los, $40, $40, 7:25 and 9:35 pm
Little-"Mayerling,' Boyer meets
DarrieuX: IL am, lilo, $40, $50,
7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts,
continuous from 10 am.
In the Country.
Roadside-"East Lynne" the pop
uiar melodrama group in a rare and
notable tear-jerker: $40 pm.
Evening star., 1940-09-16


meth Bangheart. Lois Alexander,
Norman Rose, Margaret Osterwald,
Edna Evans in leading roles and
sundry other folk with lesser but
equally important tasks.
The Cross Roads Theater, unless
it is being secretive about it. has
already turned its barn back to
the cows until late spring.
And there you have this depart
ment's straw hat" swan song of
this season.
On the urban sccene we wish first
to report that our medal for the
most ambitious local theater group is
not going to go kicking around
any longer seeking place to light.
The D'Artagnan Club, which Joined
our ranks last year. promises this
season to give us "Winterset" Other
plays being considered for presenta-
ton during the season include
French Without Tears" Double
Door," Moor Born" The Cradle
Will Rock" and Babes in Arms"
some Of which undoubtedly will ma
terialize, though the latter is just
a gleam of hope in D'Artagnan eyes.
But none of these plays-only
"Winterset"-calls for construction
of the Brooklyn Bridge on stage.
The stage to be used in this case
being Pierce Halls, one can but say
that ambition is made of no sterner
stuff than this.
The D'Artagnan Club may find
still another obstacle in its path,
Evening star., 1940-09-16

OTk, SAT III lllo I1Oily WoOo dPoi y
ment collecting colossal salary
each week for six months without
the studio even knowing he was in
town.
Incidents Of an equally grotesque
nature are happening right along
out here. Take the current expert
ence of Tamara, the diminutive
Russian actress, famous on the mu-
sical comedy stage.
Hollywood, according to the sage
Tamara. may not be the craZiest
town in the world, but there's
plenty of business here. she believes,
for the man with the white uniform
and padded wagon.
Why does she think so? Listen.
Tamara has crossed this 5000
mile wide continent exactly five
times to take screen tests.
Each time she was told her face
was not photogenic. The more
brutally frank ones told her the
tests were a mess-that she'd better
go right back on the stage and
forget all about moving pictures.
So, after test No. S Tamara did
Just that. She forgot about Holly
wood-until two months ago when
she came West from heat-swept
New York for a six weeks yaca-
ton.
And what happens? Tamara
promptly wins screen role with
out trying-and without making a
test.
Both her parents were Russian.
She was born in Russia. So. for
her Hollywood debut Tamara is
playing a phoney Russian from
Syracuse.
She's one Of the outstanding torch
singers of the country. 1t was
Tamara who first introduced such
hits as Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
"Speakeasy," Get Out OF Town"
II Can Dream, Can't r." If I Love
Again" and many others. So, in
the movie, she won't sing a note.
She knows virtually nothing about
ballet dancing. So. she will do a
ballet number in the picture.
This is how Tamara happens to
be making her upside down Holly
wood debut: When she dropped into
R-K-O during her vacation to visit
an old friend he took her to lunch
in the studio cafe.
Herbert Wilcox, getting ready to
produce mo, No, Nanette,' with
Anna Neagle starred, stopped at
their table. He was introduced to
Tamara.
DO you know anything about
ballet?" Wilcox asked.
NOT thing said Tamara.
Splendid" said Wilcox, will you
play ballet dancer in No, No,
Nanette'?"
When do I start?" Tamara asked.
Tomorrow morning"
mo tests?" said the astonished
Tamara. I've had five tests and
each one cost me a part"
Mono tests" smiled Wilcox.
Tamara blinked and pinched her