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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-09-26
It PAYS to Do One Thing Well

The that the builder of better will find the
people beating path his door brought out sharply few days
when magazine illustrated its with the picture
horse and his Negro Not long the writer
this great heard that Negro tell what ~ DONE His
pride the horse his word and expression The thousands
paddock
Blue Grass country might we'll have been coming him.
pleased was he with the popularity of his charge.
Such singemndedne wns So many this world neither
hot cold that makes much the few who their hearts into
what they Looking back the posts confidence responsibility
that trusted and the and trying discover
why this generations better education has oppo
tun considered judgment that the lack of the fathers door
detryng spirit is the weakness that makes it lose
For any who does his however little that
be- will be preferred the better prepared who chose only part
of their talents to work. Good enough industrial suicide Watching
the clock other activity that rivals the job dividends
Only it, 100 cent compe respect This Negro standing
by the fence down Old Kauck telling the greatness of his beloved
Man War; figure heralded the four of
globe Can those who know have done es
K. C.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-09-26
With the Churches

Mt. Olivet Church: Sunday morn.
ing Rev. Wheeler spoke on the
subject Spiritual Manifestations
We regret the departure of Rev
and Mrs. Mcdonald for Tennes-
see. Sunday evening services Rev
Coffey, lady evangelist, spoke on
"Unmounted Love" and st. James
Gospel Choir sang.
The youth of the church are
sponsoring a revival Eight Great
Days" On October IS the honor
banquet will be held. Tickets are
$50. and may be secured from the
following persons: Doris Massie,
Edith Massie, K. Raglands, Mary
Collins, Barbara Hampton, Brady
Ray, E. Everson, Jewel and De-
lores Sears, Geraldine Middlecoff,
John Preston, John Collins, George
Price, Leon Combs, Samuel Rag
lands, Boyd Collins, Jr., Harvey
Hopkins, Jr., and James Milsap. The
young lady and young man who sell
the most tickets will be crowned
the queen and king. We are glad
to have Mrs. Lovly Tuyse back
with US after her honeymoon and
also Mr.. ]. C. Kelly.-Geraldine
Middlecoff, reporter.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-09-26
A LEADER
BY CLARA MAE ROBINSON

BY CLARA MAE ROBINSON
A leader must be fine and strong,
And have ambitions, too.
He must have a pleasing person
atty,
And some ideas that are new.
And, above everything else,
He must be willing to fight
For dreams and ambitions and
ideas
That he knows are right.
He must have the courage
To struggle and fight,
Even when the last bit of hope
Has seemingly faded from sight.
When you are discouraged and
blue,
Don't let the others know;
Remember you are a leader,
You must not let your feelings
show.
Never forget you're a leader,
You stand for the things that
are right;
Keep your dreams and ideas,
And, if necessary, fight! fight!
fight!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-09-26

st. Thomas Notes: Next Sunday,
Sept. 18th, the general church
challenges the youth Of the nation
to learn to know and accept Christ
as their Savior. Meetings for
the young people are to be held
throughout the country There
was a celebration of the Holy
Eucharist last Sunday. The sub
ject of Father Hogarth's sermon
was Remember Lots Wife," in
which he reminded US of the fu-
tility of looking back and living
in the past. We ask your prayers
for Major Culberson who will I'M
dergo an operation soon ;. Father
and Mrs. Hogarth wish to express
their most heartfelt thanks and
appreciation to those members of
the church and friends who so ut
terly surprised them last Tuesday
evening with PANTRY Shower" at
their home. Those present were:
Messrs. and Mines. Andrew Clark,
Jr., Ben Peery, Hobart Mitchell,
Clarence Hughes, Martin Brown,
Tom Carroll, w. D. Brown, Eugene
Shepherd, Percy Hughes, Don La
Faucette, Joe Liny, Boyd Crawford,
Olin Wells, Arthur White, Tela
Burt and Vernon Young and fam
lily. Mines. Odette Kemp, Blanche
Mason, A. Moss, M. Crowder, Ma
rie Boswell, Ruth Judy, Margaret
Ford, Helen Morris, R. Van Hook,
T. B. Carey, Carrie Neal, Mae Bur
naugh, L. Tibbs, Marjorie Curry,
Pansy Chavis, Leo Bohanon, Hazel
Clark, Katherine Mitchell, Belle
Plummer, Frank Terry, N. ]. Hunt
err, P. Saunders, Lucia Mcclure,
W. H. Richardson. Misses Viola
Whatley, Anita Mason and Mil
dred Shull, Messrs. H. G. Thomp-
son, Warden Woodford, C. B. Mel
son, Howard Wells and D. G..
Dowdy.
Pilgrim Baptist Church News:
Rev. W. D. Carter of Pasadena,
California, was the guest minister
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-09-26
You Can Take It!
EVERYBODY Talkin' Bout Heaven

who had chance to glimpse OF the recent
Convention held in Cleveland convinced
that preachers a that did credit the church
public seriously magns thousands of earnest hard
working conucve minded rgymen who lead Baptist churches
political campaigning disclosed in Cleveland obscures the
church and ISLANDERS the true spirit Of the
organization
Everybody talking about heaven but nobody acting like
angel All thoughts of closely church organization Of
church W has and of planning the
world conditions which confront mankind
ignored the amentabe elect somebody president
political battle has left which win not be easily
fault all with the ns" with the outs" Both
Each has responsibility that the convention is
what of the hamb and to seek and
building the church positive good
million Negroes looking the leadership of the
Baptist light world Only wicked sinful leader
could continue ignore the plight of these millions while few
fight it out for personal glory
would God thought had He stepped into of the
Cleveland Pittsburgh Courier
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-09-26
CARD OF THANKS

Wishing to thank my many
friends for their messages of con-
dolence, their expressions of SYM
pathy and floral offerings to my be-
loved wife, Eunice M. Torell.
Mr.. Courtney Torell, husband,
301 Emerson Ave. No.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-09-26
IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMORIAM
III loving memory of my wife,
Helen Allen Ross, who passed into
eternity three years ago.
We know we have never lost her,
For that could never be;
She has only gone on a Journey
Where God guards her constantly.
Till memory fades and life departs
You'll live forever in our hearts:
Time takes away the edge of grief,
But memory turns back every leaf.
Signed,
HENRY P. ROSS, Husband.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-09-26
Significant

There is something significant the Halle Brown gym
naum which dedicated Sunday afternoon That something is
the Negro community contributed amount
(s6OOO) to pay for building and did so willingly.
Every Negro community has right to expect the white people,
who control the the community and its business
and the community spends its money to help in
any worthy cause
that the financial contributions
the unworthy projects and gwen
to persons who personal their interest
Two factors Halle Brown project One the
need the other that the Negro community
dug deep in it's the before requesting
help from the white community
ransnds the joy and fun the young
folks will get of the facilities.
So when the gym Sunday remember that
is Negroes who paid themselves thereby putting the
group position requesting additional assistance from the rest OF
the community
All the talk of needs not significant
dime to help cause. can spend dime.
You Can Take 1t!
Negro gracefully? This is the
question the Brown Bomber fights This
it. We believe he take
lust his high honorsn stride.
America peculiar Negro who does well
in the world sport symbol The white lad
simply champion. How minority such the
Negro triumphs individuals that has OF
relief.
happens Monday nights championship fight show
you victory defeat for Lousn stride
Evening star., 1941-11-28
Mirage

The revival of the war in Africa
brings once more to the fore special
difficulty peculiar to desert cam
paigns-the mirage. The desert air
boils and bubbles like political con-
vention, and plays such havoc with
light rays passing through it that
there is no telling what message they
really intend to convey. A ray, start
ing out perfectly honestly from a
string of camels, may become so per-
verted with the heat that by the
time it arrives at the eye of be-
holder it may falsely represent a
column of enemy tanks. Many a
lone soldier has run a mile from a
camel when it was not necessary, and
many a camel has failed to run q
mile when it was.
All this must be disturbing to the
recruit. The knowledge that nothing
is certain gives him an inferiority
complex difficult to eliminate. It is
nerve-racking, to put it mildly, when
he makes a break for a bevy of
beautiful blonds on the horizon, to
have them fade away or, worse still,
turn into couple of other fellows,
possibly military police on the look
out for Stragglers. And think how
greatly magnified must be the diff
Guilty so many disgruntled privates
profess to have-that of distinguish
ing the top sergeant from the Army
mule,
Evening star., 1941-11-28

showing resulted despite a record
rate level, freight and passenger
charges being increased S800000,-
600 in June, 1918, after freight
raise nine months earlier.
Where rail operation in 19l7-18
was a constant battle against con-
gestion-both on-line and terminal
exactly the reverse is true today.
Vast improvement has been made in
the railroad plant, and officials,
proflting by the experience and mis-
takes of earlier years, have developed
a degree of coordination that thus
far has enabled the service to meet
every demand placed upon it, and
promises to continue to do so. With
this record in mind, the general pub
lie will want a better reason for
Government operation than has been
advanced up to this time.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdce1Deu.

A careful scrutiny will reveal that the
bird is making no attempt whatever to
bore. To the careless observer, this may
seem to be what he is doing, but closer
watch will show that he is after insects.
He is not harming, but helping the tree
The chickadee and the titmice espe-
cially seem to like each others company.
Wherever one comes, the other is sure
to follow.
That is why it is always interesting to
keep e. close watch, after one is seen,
and why it is good to have a small feed
ing station by window, where the
observer may look out from time to time.
1t is not necessary, in watching birds,
to stand and glare at them, minute after
minute. 1t is much better to take them
as an aside, as it were. Sit down with
a book or paper or magazine, or listen
to the radio, or try to do both at the
same time, if that pleases you. Then,
now and then, look out the window.
In this way, watching the birds can
be made pleasant addition to any other
pleasant task. At times, when a new one
oPPSoto, Wiz OtiACi oSSupd Will DC
forgotten.
In this way ones mind is not pinned
down too closely There is a freedom
Of approach which rebounds to the good
OF reading or music. No doubt the
ladies could I'LL in between knit two. purl
| two, etc.
All the smaller birds, including that
gem, the song sparrow, seem to prefer
small feeding station The reason for
this Is not so much that they are small
birds, and so like small feeders 1t is,
rather, that the smaller the feeder. the
fewer other species can get in it at one
time, and therefore the more chance the
little ones have of getting in. They are
not fighters, any of these, and they
much prefer to snatch a bite and fly.
But even then they want to have a clear
field. They are not quarrelsome. like
the Jays; they are not willing to crowd
together, as sparroWs are. The song
sparrow is not sparrow-like, in this re-
spect. He, too, as much as any chicka-
dee, prefers to feed alone.
| II holloWed-out coconut is hung by
wire to a tree limb, or to an arch. or
from the overhang of the garage roof,
1t will attract many birds, particularly
| those named
| 1t is necessary to make the suspend
ing medium wire. because squirrels will
come, and they will break any cord or
| piece of string.
These suspended shells, as has been
pointed out here before, make perfect
squirrel gyms" The animals go through
all sorts of motions in trying to get at
the seed No two of them achieve their
ends in the same way, but they all man
age it, somehow.
Birds and squirrels 60 together in the
forests-there is no need to try to sep
arate them in the suburban yard. The
latter seldom hurt the former. If the
squirrels often hog" a feeding station
it is no more than the birds do when
they get chance.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
"STUYVESANT PLACE.

Dear Sir:
MY favorite bird is the chickadee, that
tiny mite who is favorite of every one
l seem to like him even better than most
Il would like to do something particu-
larly nice for him, so am writing you to
find out what to give a chickadee for
Christmas.
This may seem a silly question, but
if you could know how much this par
ticular bird means to me, you would not
think it strange. If we do things for
people we like, at Christmas, I see no
reason why we cannot do something
extra for bird
There are several of these little mites
around our garden. 1 put out seed for
them, and they come to get it regularly
but are a trifle afraid of the sparroWs
and do not come until these go away.
Very truly yours, E. S. ""
real gift for a chickadee is a COCO
nut shell, cut out SO that the small bird
can get into it.
If the cut is made rather high in the
shell, the bird will have to get in to get
the seed put inside.
When the contents are well eaten out,
they will not be accessible to the chick
adee unless it gets in bodily.
When he is out of sight, he still
makes his small sound. This comes
bubbling up to the ear of the observer
1t is a cross between buzz and sound
of anger We have never seen it de-
scribed anywhere
The sound surely cannot be anger
however, because the bird is enjoying
himself immensely
There seems to be something about
the size of the cut-out shell which ap-
peals especially to the chickadee.
Other species like it, too. Among these
are the nuthatch and the titmouse.
Chickadee, titmouse and nuthatch-
there is one of the finest of all bird
trios
The downy woodpecker often is seen
with the chickadees and the titmice.
Often the downy woodpecker teams up
with the nuthatch.
The four Of them will be found in the
same suburban gardens together.
If you happen to spot a chickadee,
for instance. you can feel pretty sure
that, in time nuthatch will appear,
and then titmouse, and finally downy
woodpecker.
The doWny IS the smallest of the
woodpeckers, and one of the most appeal
ing. Not even the most touchv house
holder will feel that this one is going
to damage his house or precious trees.
In fact. often when the downy wood
pecker seems to BE attacking a tree he
is not doing so at all, but is merely try
ing to find insects in the crevices of the
bark
1t is interesting to watch this little
woodpecker go after insects in this man
ner He rears back, so that he is braced
by his tail, which he holds very stiff1y.
Then he plunges in his bill.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
Harmony

Into my tUindo1U, like timid guest
Insure of Uelcome, comes gentle
flight
OF notes released Uhere, hesitant
and light,
Small fingers touch the magic keys,
in quest
OF some eluSiUe strain, and ,ciH not
rest;
Then for a space, such patience to
reQuite,
Touch, time, and rhythm feet
ingly unite
TO sho,o the loUely pattern at its best.
And is not life itself harmony
Whose full, majestic scope forever
must
Lie beyond reach? We practice pa
tiently,
And in that practice, childlike, put
our trust.
Only in the hereafter shall Ue know
With uhat melodious beat the meas.
ares 90.
HELEN CONNOLLY.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
Defense Waste

Testimony received by the Senate
Defense Investigating Committee in
its probe of the Wolf Creek shell
loading project at Milan, Tennessee,
lends a sensational touch to the COM
mittee's efforts to find out just where
some of the taxpayers defense dol
lars are going.
1t was originally estimated that the
plant would cost about 10000 900,
but the committee has been told that
some S50,000,O00 already has been
spent and that the job is not yet
completed Some of this excess, it
seems, has been disbursed in what
the committee chairman, Senator
Truman, properly described as a
shocking" manner.
According to the testimony, Mai.
Paul Brewer, formerly in charge of
the project; an assistant, and a secre-
tary rented three cars to drive to
Milan from Texas. When the rental
had exceeded the cost of the cars the
Government bought them for more
than their new purchase price.
Major Brewers father is alleged to
have been hired at $40 a week as
general foreman in charge OF water
barrels" Another man was paid
sixty-five cents an hour to kill flies"
and relatives of various department
heads, it is said, were hired when
there was nothing for them to do
and some received double pay while
thus idle.
1t is not to be supposed, however,
that practices such as these, despite
their shocking character, account for
all of the s3OOO0,OOo discrepancy be-
tween the estimated cost OF the
project and the amount which has
been spent to date. Nor is there any
reason to believe the Wolf Creek
project is the only defense under
taking whose cost to the taxpayers
has been greatly inflated by waste,
extravaganza or worse.
In too many instances there has
been a disposition not to count the
cost of any project which bears a
defense label. The Wolf Creek in
veStigation abundantly demonstrates,
however, that this has resulted in
intolerable abuses, and it is to be
hoped that Chairman Truman'S COM
mittee, in the interests of hard
pressed taxpayers, will not be content
to let this matter drop until all of
the facts pertaining to defense spend
ing and the needless waste involved
are matter of public record.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
u. S. Rail Control

The suggestion from A. F. Whit
ney, president of the Brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen, that the Govern
ment may be asked to take over the
railroads for the duration OF the
emergency to avert danger of gen.
eral strike growing out of the wage
dispute presumably rests upon the
precedent established in the first
World War when the Government
assumed control of the transporta-
tion system The conditions re-
sponsible for that step, however,
were far different from those now
existing Although railroad labor,
coincidentally, was seeking 40 per
cent pay increase at that time-and
eventually got $500, 900, ,0OO- Govern
ment operation was undertaken en-
tirely in the interest of improved
service. To adopt similar measures
now-if the Whitney argument is
followed to it's logical conclusion
would be primarily for the purpose
OF having the Government under
write a wage scale that private man
agement rejects.
When the Government finally took
over railroads, water lines and ex-
press companies on December 81,
1917, the movement of men and ma
terials needed for the war effort had
produced chaotic conditions. Rail
MANAGEMENT for several months had
co-operated to insure smooth flow
Of traffic, but without success, and
in issuing the proclamation that gave
the task to the Government, Presi-
dent Wilson said it was necessary in
order to bring the carriers under a
single authority and a simplified
method of coordination which have
not proved possible under private
management and control
This venture cost the Government
more than ST GIG, 100000, of which, in
round figures, $1,335, 100000 was paid
out to the railroads to make up the
difference between the income guar
anteed in the arrangement under
which they were taken over, and the
amount actually earned. Sixty per
cent of this loss was incurred in
the twenty-six months the carriers
were federally operated. The re-
mainder, of more half billion dol
lars, was paid out in the SiX-month
guarantee period after Federal con-
troll ended March /, 1920, when the
postwar slump set in in earnest and
trafnc suffered accordingly. It is
worth mentioning, too, that this
Evening star., 1941-11-28
Rent Administrator

The rent-control legislation for
the District of Columbia finally ap-
proved by Congress and awaiting the
Presidents signature provides a sane
approach, by and large. to the diff
cult problem of preventing rent
proflteering during the present
emergency. Obviously. it is a vast
improvement over the ill-advised
Ball Rent Act of post-World War
days, in that it is designed to do
away with the cumbersome regula-
tory machinery which caused the
earlier experiment with rent control
to fail. The bill as it originally
passed the Senate, however, was bet
ter than the finally approved COM
promise measure, for it was unen-
numbered by the ambiguous Patman
amendment, which, in modified
form, was written into the bill in
conference
The inclusion of the eleventh-hour
amendment sponsored by Represent
ative Patman, even though greatly
revised, makes it more important
than ever that the Commissioners
exercise extreme care in appointing
ar administrator, for it is no exag-
geration to say that the success or
failure of the new program will de-
pend largely on the intelligence with
which it is administered Under the
modified Patman amendment, the
administrator conceivably could re-
sort to the complicated regulatory
procedure of the impracticable Ball
Act, which sought to apply to rent
fixing the same cost accounting
formulas used in regulating public
utility rates. Senator Burton Of
Ohio, in urging Senate acceptance of
the conference-approved bill, made
it plain, however, that the purpose
OF the act is to avoid such complex
methods and to provide instead
simple rent-freezing and adjust
ment plan based on rent levels which
prevailed generally on January l
last, when rents were little if any
above the normal scale
A heavy responsibility will rest
upon the Commissioners, therefore,
in selecting a rent administrator
qualified to undertake Washingtons
second experiment in rent control.
Besides meeting requirements of the
law as to residence The must have
lived in Washington for at least
three years. the administrator
should be person unhampered by
prejudiceS, capable of resisting pres
sure groups and possessing other at
tributes usually expected of one occu-
plying a quasi-judicial post. Finding
person of these qualities who is
willing to undertake the admittedly
difficult task imposed upon him will
be the immediate problem confront
ing the Commissioners when the
President signs the rent bill-as he
undoubtedly will