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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
Brother & Sister
Both Named To
Honor Society

At Wendell Phillips Junior High
School Tuesday when S5 students
Of a student body Of 1850 were
named to the National Junior Hon.
orary Scholastic Society among
those named were a brother and
sister, William Donald Brown, Jr.
IS, and Jean, age IL, children Of
DR.. and Mrs. w. d. Brown, SOS
East 14th st. Young Donald is q
school marshal and active in ath-
letics and is an "a" student. Jean
is active in several of the schools
organizations.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
Race Lad Wins
Two Track Firsts
SAM LYNCH is OUTSTANDING
ATHLETE IN ST. PAUL CITY
TRACK MEET

Sam Lynch, student at Mechanic
Arts High School, ranked as one of
the outstanding athletes in the re-
cent City High School Track Meet.
Lynch pulled a minor upset in the
meet when he won the high jump
from a strong field of contenders.
He leaped five feet eight inches for
the title.
Adding another triumph to his
brilliant performance in the meet,
Lynch won the shot-put title with
a heave of az feet eight and one
fourth inches. He placed third in
the discus title.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
81. Paul N.A.A.C.P.
Meets

The st. Paul Branch N. A. A. C.
P. held its regular meeting Tuesday,
May 20, at Halle Q. Brown House.
Plans were begun for the "On To
Washington March" to take place
July /. All heads of organizations,
religious, fraternal, civic, youth,
labor, women's clubs and social
service agencies will meet Monday,
June 2 at 8 p. m, at a mass meet
ing to form an "0n to Washing
ton" committee. This march is to
be made in an effort to secure
equal participation in National De-
tense.
Frank Alsup, Nathaniel Evans
and Rev. Clarence T. R. Nelson
were elected delegates with Miss
Junald Brown as an alternate to
attend the N. A. A. C. P. annual
convention to be held in Houston,
Texas in June.
Mrs. Josie Williams, member
ship chairman, reported $50 in new
memberships. Maceo Littlejohn,
chairman of the legal redress COM
mittee, gave a detailed report Of
the cases handled by the St. Paul
Branch since the last regular meet
ing.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
WHERE TO REGISTER
FOR ARMS PLANT JOBS

According to Nathaniel Evans,
St Paul NAACP president, per-
sons seeking employment at the
new International Harvester arms
plant in Midway should file applica-
tons at 2723 University Ave. s. E.,
Minneapolis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
HESTER EDGAR is DEAD

HESTER EDGAR is DEAD
Hester Edgar, 4SO st. Anthony
avenue, died at Ancker Hospital
Friday, May 16, after an illness of
three weeks.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, 20
years ago, she has been making her
home in st. Paul for the past
twenty years.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday, May 81, at 2 p. m, at Mt.
Olivet Baptist Church, with Rev.
c. B. Wheeler, pastor, officiating.
Musical selectiOaa were rendered
by the Mt. Olivet Choir. mterment
was in Elmhurst cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
Homer.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
GOING FISHING
VISIT RUSSELL'S
BAIT STORE

The 1941 Fishing Season Is now
officially openl Russell's Live Bait
Store, 392 University Ave. at West
ern, is equipped to take care Of all
your fishing needs, including your
Minnesota and Wisconsin licenses,
"a hours a day. See their ad else
where in this issue.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
Youths Enter
Guilty Pleas
TWO GIVEN 45-DAY WORK
HOUSE SENTENCES


F. L. Grant, 20 years old, 293
Rondo avenue, and Littleton T.
Gardner, Jr., IS years old, TAI Car
roll avenue, were each given A.
day workhouse sentences by Judge
Robert v. Rensch in Municipal
court Saturday, May II, after
pleading guilty to disorderly con-
duct.
The two were charged with
knocking down and robbing Mar
tin Shoemaker, S8 years old, 525
Holly avenue, on May 9. Police
records say that Gardner and
Grant encountered Shoemaker at
the corner of Rondo avenue and
Mackubin street on May 8, that
Grant knocked Shoemaker down,
took his billfold containing S..
LEWIS SUFFERS BROKEN
NOSE IN CRASH ON
UNIVERSITY
Ernest Lewis, Jr., 81 years old,
375 Carroll avenue, was injured
early Thursday morning, May Is,
when the car in which he was rid
ing with Mymm Carter, 20 years
old, 305 Rondo avenue, crashed into
safety isle at University and Ray
mond avenues at 3:15 q. m.
Lewis was taken to Ancker Hos
pital suffering with q broken nose.
COLONEL MILLIGAN, JR,
LEAVES FOR JOB IN
PENNSYLVANIA
Colonel Milligan, Jr., 1908 Rondo
avenue, left the city Friday, May
16, for Wilmerding, Pennsylvania,
where he has accepted a position
with the Westinghouse Electric
Company. Mrs. Milligan accom-
! panied him.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
YOungdahl Only Twin City
Congressman Who Hasn't
Signed Anti-POll Petition

The Twin City Division Of the Brotherhood Sleeping Car POrter
took prompt action early this month after members
in this urging Minnesota Negro organizations individuals
to write their COngresmen HR 1O24 discharge petition
No. l. This petition would bring the bin aimed hating Souths
rotten ptax system which keeps Negroe and whites
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
REGINALD HARRIS TO SPEAK
ON UNIVERSITY OF LIFE
PROGRAM

Reginald Harris, a member of
the publicity committee of the Ma
tional Negro Congress, will be the
speaker on the University of Life
Program, Sunday, May rs, at st.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23

Keep of dAte-June 2, Merry
Makers and Fun Finders, Big
Broadcast and Dance, Phyllis
WheatIey HOuse.--Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
MRS. CHAUNCEY /. COOPER
ILL IN WASHINGTON, D. C.

Mrs. Chauncey I. Cooper, wife Of
Dean Chauncey /. Cooper Of How
ard University, is recovering at her
home, 1855 California Avenue
N. w., from an appendectomy. Mrs.
Cooper is a former st. Paul resi-
dent, and is the daughter of J. w.
Taylor, 654 Rondo avenue.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
Six Employed
at CHEESEMAN'S

When you buy a new or used
car at Cheeseman's Chevrolet Co.,
1904 E. Lake St., Minneapolis six
Negro employees Of this firm will
be benefited.
This papers inquiring reporter
nosing around for firms which en-
ploy colored people found that
Cheeseman's employs six men.
One of the best known is Fred
Jones, secretary Of the Twin City
Golf Club, who has been at Gross
mans for several years. Others
are c. Jones, Roy Kay, Vernon
Pittman, Ernest Thompson and
Robert Wynn.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
Twin City News Briefs

James A. M. z. Church at 8 p. m.
John M. Patton viii preside.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
NATIONAL NEGRO CONGRESS
TO ORGANIZE ST. PAUL
BRANCH
BRANCH

F.. A st. Paul Branch of the Ma
tional Negro Congress is having its
organization meeting ON Tuesday.
June 8. Elizabeth Sehuck Is tenn
porary chairman and Haskell Glenn
mons is temporary secretary.
The meeting will discuss Jobs in
Defense Industries, the Poll Tax
and the Anti-lynching bill.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
Cornerstone of
New Catholic
Church May 80
ARCHBISHOP MURRAY TO LAY
F.. CORNER STONE.

Archbishop John Gregory Muir
ray will lay the cornerstone of the
church of St. Leonard of Port
Maurice now under construction at
doth Street and Clinton Ave. on
Friday, Decoration Day, at II a. m.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23
ONQUE EAST

Earl Onque, Northern States
Power Co. employe, left this week
for Philadelphia were he win spend
a Today vacation visiting his wife,
Mrs. Alice Onque, director Of the
Germantown, Pa. Y. w. c. A.
While in the east he will visit a
sister in New York and other east
ern points. -. ... F.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-05-23

Keep OF date Mpls, N.A.A.CP.
Coronation BAH, June 9. Royal Ar
canum--Advt-
Evening star., 1941-12-16
An Important Vacancy

EngroSSed as he Is with the all
important problems of prosecuting
the war, it is not to be expected that
the President will be able to give any
great amount of time to the task of
filling the vacancy created by the
forthcoming retirement Of Chief
Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the United
States District Court. Yet it is to be
hoped that Mr.. Roosevelt and those
who may be expected to advise him
in this matter will give careful con-
sideration to the advisability of
selecting one of the justices now
serving on the District bench as sue
cessor to Chief Justice Wheat.
There is no slightest doubt that the
local tribunal has become the most
important and the busiest District
Court in the country. And it will
continue to grow in both respects.
Thus, in addition to the important
judicial responsibilities which will
devolve upon the new Chief Justice,
he also must be prepared and quail
Evening star., 1941-12-16
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles Z. TrdceUeH.

is no simple amusement which has more
sanity in it than this Of watching the
birds.
Wildbirds are free, holding the torch
of liberty as high as any created thing.
1t is only in their unfortunate mo-
ments, when they have been forced into
cages by thoughtless aggression that
they lack the freedom for which America
fights, now as always.
There is something about the simple
lives of these feathered folk which draws
the observer back to the elemental
things, those essentials upon which
wholesome life is based.
We 60 to war, but we keep in our
minds and hearts the idea that war is
not, after all, something which we crave,
but which has been thrust upon us, and
now we must acquit ourselves like men.
Suddenly 1t daWns upon us that our
birds, like our hearths, are precious to us.
Especially those of us whom fate has
thrust into minor roles will do we'll to
make up our minds to help conserve all
of Americas natural resources.
All growing things, including trees and
plants, must be protected.
The wildlife Of the nation must be con-
served
Not every person can play major role
in doing this, but every one can take over
a minor role, and right at home.
you have not done so.
Determine to help Americas birds as
much as you can.
There will always be few crumbs.
God willing. which you can throw out to
them, especially when it is cold, and
snow may be on the ground.
Not every one can be hero, after all,
| but every one can be a helper in this
small way, and in many small ways
We must never forget that war tends
to take the mind away from the smaller
affairs of life, but only for time, during
the first upsetting hours.
When we settle down to it, We find that
| by playing our parts as determinedly in
the small ways of life as our heroic men
in the service play it in the major battles,
we are able to keep our own minds on an
! even keel.
We are able to steady our nerves, and
answer In the affirmative, when sud
denly that old question flames before US
Does the Star-Spangled Banner still
wave, o'er the land Of the free and the
home OF the brave?
| 1t does
1t will always wave, as long as We can
keep ourselves Americans.
This means keeping our minds keen
open and unafraid Toward this end
the birds have something to give us. Let
us not forget them.
Evening star., 1941-12-16

Bird watching ought to come into It's
own now, since people are going to have
to stay at home more. cut down on their
expenses and maybe indulge in blackouts.
The birds took to the blackout CEN
turies ago.
They have been showing the world
since ancient days that it is a good thing
to go to bed when darkness comes.
Few human beings have ever believed
them. Now it may be that need to save
electricity, coupled with the desire to
give an enemy as little target at night
as possible, will make us think more
Of the wisdom of the birds.
While there have always been persons
who go to the woods to seek the birds,
the more modern idea is to enjoy our
feathered friends at home
This fits in well with war time
economy.
Let no one any longer smile at the
phrase, "our feathered friends"
They are our friends. 1t does no harm
to admit the debt
They have never harmed us, but have
done us good. Over the years, they have
helped to rid our gardens, both flower
and vegetable, of insect pests In recent
years they have furnished an honest and
comparatively inexpensive amusement to
increasing thousands of persons.
- ~
1t does not cost much to feed the birds,
unless you want to keep up a continuous
feast
Such wholesale feeding is not neces-
sary.
Many persons manage to get great in
terest and have excitement out of a few
cents a day spent upon grain and seed
for them.
A great many birds demand much food,
but few Of the choicer songsters may be
lured to the home grounds by beef suet,
which most grocers will give to their
patrons.
Three of the finest of all our birds
which winter here-the chickadee, tit
mouse and nuthatch-are enough, when
you come right down to it.
These are easily attracted in any sub
urban community.
There is something -steadying in
observing the birds, especially for per-
sons whose lives largely center in the
home.
The housewife in her kitchen is stead
led, her mind kept from brooding over
the widespread affairs of the day, by
watching downy woodpecker working
on chunk of suet attached to tree.
1t may be that an invalid is upstairs
She will find no end of amusement in
looking out the window at birds on her
window sill.
Men Of all types will discover that there
Evening star., 1941-12-16
Come and See

Who is ,ueary, let him listen,
Let him come and see
HotU the mullolDs stand a-gltsten,
Waiting for the bee.
Where the lake has met the land,
Lapping at the shallo,rs-
There, like 1Dealth of Sardrkand,
Rise the lordly malloDs.
There each stately nlint-oreen stalk
Lifts proud leaf and petal
Like some giant hoIlyhock
Done In pink-ueined metal.
These to kingly courts belong, O.
These might grace throne.
But their beauty is song
For summers lips alone
And for Ueary ones 1Dho listen.
Those pho come and see
Hou the mdllo,os stand a-oHster.
Waiting for the bee!
VIRGINIA SCOTT MINER.
Evening star., 1941-12-16
War Risk Insurance

Air power and the outbreak of war
having put a sudden end to the pri-
vate war risk insurance business, the
Federal Government wisely has de-
cided to enter this field of insurance
at once through $1O0OO0,O0O War
Insurance Corporation organized by
Federal Loan Administrator Jesse
Jones. There will be no cost to prop
erty owners at present. Development
of the modern bombing plane is
largely responsible for this unpre-
cedented move. During the first
World War the Government insured
lives, but not property. But then
there was no appreciable danger of
an attack by Germany on our main
land and private companies were
willing to take the risk involved in
insuring property against war dam
age. Even 50, records show that
Evening star., 1941-12-16
fled to undertake complex and ex-
tenSive administrative duties.

fled to undertake complex and ex-
tenSive administrative duties.
These requirements can best be
met by some one of the justices now
serving on the court. They are IA
miliar with the tribunals admin
istrative routine and are we'll versed
in local procedure. They are &C
quainted with the temperaments
and abilities of their associates, the
personnel of the court and the mem
bers of the bar who appear before it..
They are also energetic, conscientious
and thoroughly competent.
1t seems quite evident that no man
who is stranger to the District
bench can have all of these qualifica-
tions. Therefore, in the interests Of
the court itself and of the people of
the District, it is to be hoped that
the President will see fit to advance
to the chief justiceship one of the
qualified juriSts already serving on
this tribunal.
Evening star., 1941-12-16
there was little of this insurance sold
in 1917 and 1918.

there was little of this insurance sold
in 1917 and 1918.
Today, however, the threat of
aerial attack on our coastal cities Is
real and imminent. Hostile planes
have been sighted off California, ac-
cording to military authorities, and
the possibility of bombing raids on
the East Coast is being seriously con-
Sidered Under these circumstances,
private insurance companies have
announced their withdrawal from
the war risk property insurance
business. This was to be expected,
since the companies have had no ac-
tuarial experience by which to gauge
risks under conditions of today's rev.
olutionized ''blitz" warfare, and the
premiums undoubtedly would have
to be placed SO high as to make them
almost prohibitive. The Government
itself is the proper insurer in such
an emergency as now exists, for the
property destruction wrought by
bombs cannot fairly be regarded as a
private matter. 1t is a concern Of
the community and of the Nation as
a whole. The risks of war must be
shared equally by all. The British,
recognizing this principle, put a gov
ernmental war risk insurance system
into effect more than a year ago and
they have reaped from their invest
ment ample dividends in bolstered
morale and strength of the people
whose homes have been demolished
by the enemy. The United States,
too, should benefit in the long run
from this far sighted security
measure
Evening star., 1941-12-16
Urges More Cooperation
With Telephone Company.

To the Editor Of The Star
Two things have impressed me at this
time, when the telephone company re-
peatedly has urged every one to avoid
using their phones unless absolutely
necessary. There were broadcasts from
different places of business urging the
public to do differently. The other morn
ing, right after the plea, an announcer
came on with an advertisement from one
Of our prominent stores saying, "If you
don't care to worry about the shopping
problem, just stay In bed, pick up your
phone and Miss J-Somebody will do
your shopping for you" Then, this
morning, one Of our newspapers adver-
tised, Promptly phone your order and
the paper will be left at your door" Now
why couldn't these advertisements have
come through with Send penny post
card? Not only would this help the con-
gestion Of the telephone service, but also
save nickels that could be used to buy
Defense stamps.
ESTEILE F. MACNICHOL,
Evening star., 1941-12-16
Family Volunteers to Help


To the Editor Of The Star:
As an American citizen, I wonder if the
people realize the seriousness of our dan
ger. do, and am willing to do some
thing to help-namely. to offer my serv-
ice and the services Of my family as
farmers on any Government farm any
where. We will work for our board.
I haven't any boys old enough for
service, but have three boys, ages IL,
IA and IS. and two girls, ages 1s and 20.
We all are ready and willing to take the
field as farmers to help the Government.
We have begun already to make clothes
of old discarded garments and feed bags.
Also our four smaller children, aged
from to 10, are saving an egg day to
buy Defense stamps.
We will make any sacrifice to help our
country. H. B. JONES.
Dickerson, Md.
Evening star., 1941-12-16

in their noble efforts to bind up the
wounds of the mutilated and bring to
haven of safety those who had been set
upon and cruelty beaten. We have
mighty forces represented by Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Wendell Willkie and scores
of others who typify our fighting spirit.
We have thousands of glorious souls who
today under strange skies and on tropic
seas, are facing death for us with singing
hearts and smiling eyes.
A Nation like ours will not 60 down to
defeat at the ignoble hands Of callous
murderers.
HOWARD PITCHER OAKIE.
Evening star., 1941-12-16

@. In what years were Melancholy
Baby" and st. Louis Blues copy
righted?-M. T.
A. Melancholy Baby" was copyrighted
in 1911 and st Louis Blues" in 1914.
O. Should high school boy have "Mr."
engraved on his cards?-C. J. H
A. According to Emily Posts Eli
ouette,' a boy never puts Mr." on his
cards until he leaves school, and many
use cards without Mr." in college.
O. Please describe the memorial to
Father Isaac Jogues on Lake George
M. NJ. R.
A. On a site facing 80 miles Of clear,
blue water, the statue of Father Isaac
Jogues was set up in July, 1889 Against
granite background composed of a
stone 25 feet by g. the figure Of the ex-
plorer and priest is shown. His hand is
upraised and he stands alone The me-
mortal was designed by Charles Keck of
New York
Q. Can pilot who wears glasses quail
ify for flying bombers to Britain?-
w. A H
A. The British Embassy says that the
visual standard required Of a pilot who
flies bombers to Britain must be 40
in both eyes. The wearing Of glasses is
no bar.
Q. Please give the quotation from
Robert Louis Stevenson in which he re-
fers to the physician standing out above
| the common herd-A. c.
A. 1t Is as follows: There are men
| and classes of men that stand above the
common herd; the soldier, the sailor and
the shepherd not infrequently; the artist
rarely: rarelier still, the clergymen; the
| physician almost as a rule"
@. Where is Theodore OHara. author
of the "Bivouac of the Dead" buried?-
H. j. H.
A. His tomb is in the cemetery at
Frankfort, Ky. Engraved upon 1t are
verses from his famous poem.
@. When were the Indians given citi-
zenship?-N T. F.
A. BY an act of Congress passed June
2. 1924, citizenship was conferred upon
all Indians born within the territorial
limits Of the United States.
O. What is the derivation of the word
Moscow?-M. j. P.
A. The word comes from Moskva, the
name Of river signifyins, in Finnic,
place for washing
@. What Is secular music?-W. D. s.
A. 1t is music intended for a theater
or concert hall as opposed to sacred
music.
@. What makes q Mexican jumping
bean jump?-H. T. z.
A. The larva of a moth enters the
seed on which it feeds. and by its con-
tortions makes the bean jump.
@. What was the name Of Huey Longs
paper?-M. X. E.
A. American Progress was published
by Senator Long as a daily and later as
q weekly newspaper from August, 1888,
to August, 1885.