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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-09-04

1t was empty but it was marked
Reserved for Mr.. Whitney
7 can tell his car because it's al
ways parked in the space where his
father used to park his horse"
But is his car any different
persisted. rs it larger or newer than
those of the men who work at the
machines?'
Il don't know he said. i haven't
been here much this summer. Per-
haps it is-perhaps not"
Just then a car turned in the
driveway to the plant and down
across the little bridge and into the
grounds. To my great satisfaction
it turned into the parking lot re
served for Mr.. Whitney and |
could see for myself just how the
boss's car differed from those of
his men
But when I came nearer | saw
there was no difference! 1t was just
another useful dependable automo-
bile-no finer, no newer than any
of the others. The only mark Of
distinction was its special parking
place.
Its small and comparatively
unimportant thing I said to my
guide, that the boss comes to work
in the same kind of vehicle most
of the workers have, but certainly
an interesting proof that this is a
Democracy where the good, conven-
lent things of life are more evenly
distributed than in any other coun-
try in the world"
Yes" he replied, "and isn't it
worth almost any sacrifice to build
defense equipment that will enable
us to keep it 500"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-09-04
The Right to Speak

that legislation
all other of
United States about to be introduced IN
such plans from President
original story Americans whovaue their liberty
can only hope that it is not
defend those freedoms
outside for signs
against aggression always from abroad
back and search America
for o Internal upon traditional liberties
of the
decree Take mans
honestly thinks and set the stage for
subtle
happened in other We let happen here
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-09-04

Defense Savings Bonds, Series E,
are available in denominations as
low as SIS, maturity value, the cost
of which is $l8-75. Ownership Of
Series E Bonds is limited to $4,000
maturity value of Bonds issued in
any one calendar year.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-09-04
Ex-Prcsident in Congress

John Quincy Adams, after he had
served as President OF the United
States, went to congress as mem
Der OF the house Of representatives.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-09-04
HOllYhOck Plants

Grow a few new hollyhock plants
each year. Dig up other plants
after two or three years to keep
ahead of the hollyhock rust.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
We / Lick En-,
Soldier Writes
Hawaii

First word from their son since
Me JapS attacked Hawaii has Just
been received by Mr. and Mrs.
Is. C. karwowSkt, STA Fischer
avenue.
I'm his letter passed by an army
censor, Pvt. George karwowSki,
n. who Is stationed ~ SChO6eld
Barracks. informs his parents that
ne IS safe and tells OF his eN-
ptrlcuceS
The letter follows:
Just "A few lines 10 let YOU
know that I'm still among the
living and feeling fine. I'm writ
ing this IN "A machinegun pit on
"A rock. We have been working
without break for two days
and three nights, filling and
digging trenches
We were all eating breakfast
when the first bombs started
falling NJ first we thought II
was just the air corps practicing,
hut when we saw the flames and
smoke from the bombs we knew
II WAS the real thing.
CAN'T EVEN SCARED
1--WE grabbed the rifles and
maChinegun and got on the
roofs and outside of the bar
racks and let them have IL.
When they ran out of bombs
they started Ia maChinegun us.
The bullets were thick as bees
around hive. We brought down
few planes with rife Are.
Then they left.
Most of the damage and cas-
ualtieS were at Wheeler Field
and that wasn't much.
'I'll write more later when I
have time. Believe II or not,
l amt even scared.
Love,
George.
"P. g Don't Worry, wei
lick EN-"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Work Stoppdge Laid
To ChrysIer Foreman

Officials Of the UAW-CIO today
attributed a Stoppage Of work At
the ChrySler tank arsenal 10 the
action Of an "officiouS foreman
who failed 10 utilize grievance pro-
cedure provided in the company s
Aith the union.
Production at the plant was
interrupted yesterday morning
after 40 employees had been sent
home for smoking in the plant.
The company charged that A
ma ority of the 1000 workers had
left their jobs IN protest. This was
denied by James Morgan, interna
tional UAW-CIO representative.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Bulldog Among
New Recruits

A total OF 1877 men enlisted in
The army, navy and marines at
Detroit recruiting offices today
and all but i were Immediately
sent TO training stations. The y,
after being sworn in. were given
furloughs until after the Christ
mas holidays.
Also formally recruited by the
marines was an English bulldog
who will be assigned" 10 duty AT
The marine recruiting office IN the
Federal building The dog. now
merely known as ugly" will be
promoted 10 Sergeant Ugly as soon
rs Lieut.. Charles Popp can get a
blanket, complete with sergeantS
stripes, made for him.
E a total Of 70 Of todayS recruits
Enlisted IN the army, - Joined the
navy and 13 entered the marine
corps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Real job
Dive Bomber Pilot Lsuds
Pear Harbor Marines

A compliment 10 his fellow
marines who aided in fighting Of
the Japanese az Pearl Harbor was
paid TODAY by Lieut.. Ruben lden.
dive bomber pilot and graduate OF
Northern High School. who was
stationed al the naval base on the
day OF the attack.
In a letter 10 his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Iden OF 1918 Plngree
avenue. which was written two
days after Japan had declared war,
lden said:
Il have n real job on my
hands here and l am proud !
am In this splendid outfit. They
are truly = fighting lot of men"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
DelrOiter Safe
Gables to Family Here
From Honolulu

Three words from their son.
Wilbur, p a navy fher stationed
at Pearl Harbor. were enough to-
day TO quell tho anxiety of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar r. Roberts Of l72
Monterey avenue.
Wiibef,S long awaited cable
gram read:
"Safe and Sound"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23

Mr.. Osborne Of Pontiac who
was a Nazi prisoner in Paris
and who speaks little English
although an American citizen,
saluting the flag in the Fed
eral Building after enlIstIng
in the navy. His father. an
AEF sergeant who settled IN
France after the first World
War, brought the family TO
America on their release.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Days Receipts
OF LunChroonn
Going toAidU. 5.

The government COTS an The
cash tuuc ap rotsy Pre- rno t. IF q
small lunchroom a. 74l9 l'arper
svopuo Us ~a' f4~ .0romo fsN.
sAcs TAX or oven d,.oo~, bon IS
lts ar 7strI Euf
Tony VaNos short and slightly
CRAVING owner oi The iurrHooH. is
the cvev. All the money Dee takes
IN until 5 O'Clock thus evening Viii
be sent by check 10 the treasury
department Of Tho Jntod States.
he saws. il Will hr cdWukcd tor
the army - help hule one Of
sthn>e hghun' arpIaneS
EXPECTS At LEAST 500
Tory SAYS tho amo,yt ~ the
RI would boz an least 300, be-
cause n don take IN that much
wei. III make Up the difference
IL was with reluctance tnat
Tony talked about Tins new pat1.
euc wrinkle. lie fears people VII
think his motive Is publicity in
stead Of a pure desire 10 help his
country ~in a crisis with no fan
fare
II really wish YOU wouldn't
write anything about this ne
said I'm doing this oHly be-
cause lot OF young men are
giving their lives 10 preserve lib-
ertv. can't fight hut I can do
DAYS work. 80 I'm helping out
that way. Money doesn't mean
anything II you haven't any
liberty"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07
WORKING GIRLS PLAN
INSTITUTE


The Working Girls Council met
Tuesday evening at the Phyllis
Wheatley House. March q, Thurs
day, is the date set for the Third
Annual Industrial Institute, which
will be held at the Settlement
House. The theme adopted for the
Institute was "The Working Girls
Meet the Present Crisis" Harriet
Lane was chosen as chairman of
the Institute. Other program chair
men were appointed as follows:
Marguerite Combs, program; Eu-
nice Brown, publicity; Marianne
Carter, registration; Edna Russell,
dinner.
Samuel Reed, president st. Paul
NAACP branch, win address an
open Forum at the Clio Hall, 169
w. Kellogg Blvd, Sunday, Feb. 9,
at 8 p. m. His subject will be "The
Negro and National Defense"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07

terms of scene and narrative in
imaginative fiction. 1t cannot be
otherwise, for they are my people,
and my writing which is my life
and which carries my convictions
attempts to mirror their strug-
giles for freedom during these
troubled days.
ITO be more explicit, l accept
this award in the name of my
father, a sharecropper on a Missis-
sippi plantation, and in the name
of my mother who sacrificed her
health on numerous underpaid jobs,
and in the name of the millions of
others like them, whose hope for
peace and security reflects the as
pirations of the common people
everywhere during this period Of
war and cataclysmic social change"
The Spingarn Medal Award was
instituted in 1914 by the late Joel
E. Spingarn, who was formerly
president of the N. A. A. C. P. 1t
is awarded annually to the Ameri-
can Negro who has made the high
est achievement during the proceed
ing year or years in any honorable
field Of human endeavOr. Its pur-
pose is to "call the attention of
the American people to the exist
ence of distinguished merit and
achievement among American Ne
groes, to serve as a reward for
such achievement, and as a stimu-
lus to the ambition of colored
youth" - ..
Mr.. SpingaFn died in July, 1889.
In his will he set up a trust fund
Of $4,000 to pay and provide for
the continuance of the annual
award.
Native Son, Book-of-the-
Month Clut Selection for March,
1910, sold more than 215,OOO copies
within the first week Of publica-
ton, and during a period of six
weeks went beyond 25O,OO0 sales.
Today it is still selling consider
able number of copies weekly.
Material for the novel, which Gre
ated wide discussion when it was
first published, was based partly
on boys he met in a Chicago re-
Mobilization school for Negro dead
End" kids, and partly on the Rob-
ert Nixon case, according to
Wright.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07
SIG Carnival
Girls Make Big
Hit in Parade

When Local Sizes Unit stepped
out with the Northern Pacific out
fit in the Winter Carnival Parade
Saturday, they made big hit with
the parade watchers and received
loud applause az well as numerous
favorable comments. In addition
to the girls mentioned last week,
Ruth Hickman, Jane Russell and
Deloris Fears marched with the
girls and the Mems group was led
by Local Sizes president, M. A.
Finney.
The group has been invited to
Duluth, Sunday, February 16, for
the Paul Bunyan celebration. They
will be escorted there by Mr.. Fin
ney. They paraded Wednesday in
the Midway Parade and Saturday
in the Torchlight Parade.
CORRECTION
In the Harrington obituary pub
lished last week, the name of the
deceased should have been Solomon
Harrington and the date of his
death was Thursday, January %,
with burial on the following Mon
day.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07
Van Rogers, Vet
Pullman Porter,
Dead at Ga

Van Rogers, SOC st. Anthony
Ave., died Saturday, February /,
at Ancker hospital at the age Of
81.
Born in Georgia, he came to st.
Paul to make his home forty years
ago and has been employed by the
Pullman Company for thirty-six
years. He is survived by a beloved
wife, Lonia.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday, February 5, at 3 p. m,
with Rev. ]. w. Phelps officiating.
Mrs. Susie Gaylord, contralto, sang
two solos. Interment was in Oak
land cemetery.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07

Church, St. Luke's Episcopal
Church, Lake Harriet Church, P.
T. A., Meadowbrook School, May
flower Church, North Methodist
Church, st. Andrews Presbyterian
Church, Hobart Methodist Church,
Richfield Methodist Church, Colum-
bia Heights Community Methodist
Church, Minnehaha Baptist Church,
Edgewater M ct h dist Church.
Other organizations cooperating
with the Urban League in spon-
soring this program are the Min
neapolis Church Federation, Zion
Baptist Church, St. Peters A. M.
E. Church, st. Thomas Episcopal
Church, Beacon Light Church, Be-
thesda Baptist Church, Parent
Teacher Association, Y. W. C. A,
Council of Jewish Women, Church
of St. Leonard of Port Maurice.
Interraeial Committee
Persons serving on the year
round Interracial Committee are
the following: Mrs. Chas. Hymes,
President, Council of Jewish Wom-
en-; o. A. Pearson, Superintendent,
Minneapolis Division of Public Re-
lief; Frank o. Koehler, General
Secretary, Y. NJ. C. A.; Miss Edna
H. Porter, General Secretary, Y.
w. C. A.; Frank J. Hertel, General
Secretary, Family Welfare Asso-
citation; Miss Magnolia Latimer,
Head Resident, Phyllis Wheatley
House; M. Leo Bohanon, Social
Service Director, Division of Pub
lie Relief; J. A. Davis, President,
Phyllis Wheatley House; Rev.
Leonard A. Hirman, Church of St.
Leonard of Port Maurice, Superin-
tendent Carroll Reed, Dean M.
Schweickhard, President, Parent
Teacher Association.
Speakers who will assist in fill-
ing engagements before many or
ganizations are William Cratic,
Elder S. A. Douglass, S. o. Harris,
Miss Harriet Lane, DR.. W. D.
Brown, Norman Light, Edelbert G.
Rodgers, Clifford E. Rucker, Henry
Thomas, John F. Thomas, Mrs.
Clifford Hawkins, Roger Johnson,
C. v. Troup, Mrs. Hazel Curry,
Miss Margaret Alternately, Ira
Ferguson.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07

al organizations with which Mrs.
Smith was identified.
kilograms from many groups
and individuals and a letter from
Mayor George E. Leach of Mime
,apolis were read. S. o. Harris read
the obituary. Oliver Thornton
sang a solo and LET Ny People
Co." a composition of Mrs. Smiths,
was played. Other soloists were
Mrs. Lillian Jackson, Mrs. Estella
Sims and Mrs. bessie Gresham.
Rev. Washington told of his close
contact with Mrs. Smith during her
recent illness. Rev. s. A. Doug
lass read a passage Of her Bible
which she had requested to be read
at her funeral.
Interment was in Layman's
cemetery in the family lot. Honor
airy pallbearers were the deacons of
Zion and Bethesda Baptist
Churches, William Martin, Nelson
Kintehlow, N. ]. Hunter, William
Crump and Frank Samuels.
Active pallbearers were s. o.
Harris, Clarence Hughes, Curtis
Chivers, Luther Abbey, E. H.
Payne and Cecil Newman.
Survivors include W. M. Smith,
husbands civic header, and hen
daughter, Mrs. Essie R. Mason. At
tending the funeral were Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank B. Jones of Chicago,
sister and brother-in-law of Mr..
Smith.
Boyd Wright had charge Of
funeral arrangements assisted by
Theodore Woodland.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07
Group Finally
Gets Place On
Ancker Staff

Appointment of Miss Margaret
Turpin to the nursing staff of
Ancker Hospital in st. Paul was
announced this week by the St.
Paul Urban League.
Miss Turpin, who began her
duties in the obstetrics ward, is a
graduate of st. Paul schools and
received her nursing training at
Provident Hospital in Baltimore.
Although one other nurse worked
at the hospital in connection with
a WPA project several years ago,
this is the first time anyone has
been named to the regular staff.
The League also announced that
three persons are now at work on
the building of the Halle Q. Brown
gymnasium. Two of the men are
building laborers and the third is a
carpenter. All of the men are
members ofsSheir respective unions.
Later it is expected that others viii
be employed as bricklayers, cement
finishers, plasterers and painters.
The Urban League pointed out
that previous experience in these
fields is required for employment.
The men at work receive the union
scale of pay and must either be
members of unions in the construc-
ton industry or be willing to join.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07
Negro Citizens Plan to
March to Capitol to
Protest Stassen's Attitude

outlined plans for a mass march
to the capitol for an audience with
the young governor.
Governor Stzssen's statement in
Mondays daily papers that the
matter had not come to his atten-
ton was secuted by leaders Of the
defense committee who claim they
have evidence that the governor
knows all about the situation.
The plan to march on the state
capitol has attracted nationwide
attention. Practically all Of the
large Negro weeklies have wired
for information on the matter.
Correspondents for Time maya
zine and the New York daily paper,
P. NJ, have sought information on
the causes leading up to the pres
ent situation.
Stassen has been mentioned as
a sure contender for Republican
presidential nomination in 1914.
Members of the defense COM
mittee include ministers from both
the Catholic and Protestant faiths.
Social work executives, the Ameri-
can Legion and Spanish War vet
Grams are represented as well as
the labor unions, youth groups,
newspapers and fraternal organi-
cations. Every shade of thought
and opinion is represented among
the names on the committee.
Fairminded whites in all classes
of society reading the daily papers
expressed themselves by calling
various members Of the committee
to pledge their support. Several
Of them said in effect, ''You Ne
groes are finally waking up"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07

and Trade Unions are invited to
present their views and proposals
for better government in the City
of Minneapolis, at the Farmer
Labor forum, February 9, at 9O2
Hennepin Ave.
A special invitation is extended
to church and reform groups.
The forum, one Of the regular
weekly series, is under the aus
pices Of the Educational Commit
tee of the Hennepin County Farm
er-Labor association, but persons
of all political opinion are urged
to participate. Walter Frank, A,
F. of L. Lathers' Union, is in
charge of the Forum.
Organizations are asked to sub
NIT proposals which ought to be in
cluded in a program Of Better Gov
eminent.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07

NEW YORK-Because she has
given to Americans who have eyes
to see, a picture which must be
faced if democracy is to survive"
Richard Wright, 32-year-old author
of "Uncle Toms Children" and
Native Son." the 1910 best-seller
novel, was made the 26th recipient
of the Spingarn Gold Medal at a
meeting of the award committee
held here Thursday, January %,
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
announced today.
The committees formal citation
said the medal was awarded to Mr..
Wright 'for his powerful depic-
ton in his books, Uncle Toms
Children and Native Son. of the
effect of prescription, segregation
and denial of opportunities to the
American Negro. He has given to
Americans who have eyes to see, a
picture which must be faced if de-
mocracy is to survive. The Award
Committee salutes Mr.. Wright as
one of the most powerful of con-
temporary writers"
Members of the Award Commit
tee are: Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
A. Philip Randolph; president of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters; Marion Cuthbert, National
Y. w. C. A. official; Bishop Robert
E. Jones, of the M. E. Church;
Robert A. Pelham, editor and pub
Usher of the Washington, D. c.,
Tribune; Mrs. Dorothy Backer,
wife of the publisher of the New
York Post; DIR. John Haynes
Holmes, pastor of the New York
Community Church; DR.. Mordecai
w. johnson, president of Howard
University, and Mrs. Mary Mcleod
Bethune, Natio.lal Youth Admins.
tration official.
Accepting the medal, which will
be presented to him at the Associa-
tons 32nd annual conference to
be held in Houston, Texas, June
24-29, the noted author issued the
following statement from his home
in Brooklyn, New York:
at is with a deep sense of re-
sponsibility that l accept the Spin
garn Medal. 1 accept it in the
name of the stalwart, enduring
millions of Negroes whose fate and
destiny l have sought to depict in
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07
Infant Son of
C. W. Washington
Dies of Pneumonia

Charles W. Washington, Jr., the
six. and one-half month old son of
the Minneapolis Urban League ex-
ecutive secretary, died Sunday, Feb
2, at Fairview Hospital. He had
been ill three days with pneumonia
Funeral rites were held Wednes-
day, Feb. 5, at the Woodland Funer-
al Home chapel at IL a. m, with
Rev. C. F. Stewart, pastor of St,
Peter A. M. E. church, officiating
assisted by Rev. H. W. Bolts, pas
tor of Zion Baptist church.
Interment will be in Atlanta,
Georgia, the home Of Mrs. Wash
ington. The remains will be &C
companied to Georgia by J. R. KEEL
ly of Atlanta, and Mrs. J. r. Flood
of Tuskegee, father and sister of
Mrs. Washington, both of whom
came to Minneapolis to attend the
funeral. Mrs. Annie washington
of Kansas City, Kansas, mother Of
Mr.. Washington, came to the city
for the services, also.
The C. w. Washingtons will not
accompany the remains because Of
the serious illness of their daugh-
ter, Joan Frances, who is confined
to Fairview Hospital where heI
condition was reported improved al
press time.
Brother members Of Mr.. Wash.
ington's fraternity, the Alpha Phi
Alphas, Messrs. John Patton, Nor
man Light, S. o. Harris and Ray
Hatcher, served as pallbearers.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07
Twin City News Briefs
Mckinley p. T. A.

Mckinley P. T. A. met Tuesday,
February 4, at the school, Carroll
avenue and Mackubin street. DR.,
A. ]. Fandell addressed the meet
ing and the. rescue squad of the
Fire Department gave a demon
stration. Foundry Day and Cherry
tree skits were given.
A Steak Breakfast was served at
local tea room honoring Mrs, Bee
Arthur, who has just returned to
the city from Wisconsin. Other
guests included Mrs. Huldah Gar
ner, Mrs. Matte Lagrone, Mrs,
Helen Jackson and Mr.. Freddie
Smith. Mrs. Arthur was also hon.
ored on Tuesday evening of this
week at an informal party at q
Minneapolis restaurant given by
Mrs. M. Lagrons, 1914 E. Franklin
avenue.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07
Neal Funeral
Homes Make
Omen Statement

Rumors which have spread that
the Minneapolis Casket Co. owned
the Neal Funeral Homes, Inc,
were denied this week by both the
casket manufacturing concern and
officials of the funeral home.
The casket company inserted an
advertisement in the current issue
Of this paper calling the rumor a
misrepresentation Of fact"
The funeral concern issued the
following statement: "The Neal
Funeral Homes are owned and are
still being operated by the same in
terests who have conducted It since
its inception. Our policy" the
statement continued, "still is to
render the highest type Of service
to humanity in its hour Of greatest
need. To render that service so
completely that every detail how
ever small, il promptly taken care
Of iso thOughtfully that the burden
of sorrow Is made lighter"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-02-07
OTIS PERRY DIES
SUDDENLY

Otis Fazeand Perry, 518 st.
Anthony Ave., died quite suddenly
Monday, February 8, following an
acute illness. Born in MARVEL,
Ark, 81 years ago, Mr.. Perry came
to st. Paul to make his home Is
years ago. He was employed by
the Pullman Company.
Survivors include a wife, Minnie,
and a SON. Clennie. Funeral ser
vices were held Friday, February
Z, at 2 p. m, with Rev. Jace Clay
bOrns, pastor of the Baptist church
in Humboldt Heights, officiating.
Interment was in Elmhurst ceme-
terry.