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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14
YOUNG MARTIN LIKES THE
ARMY!

The following letter from Pri-
vate James Martin is self-explana-
tory:
End Platoon Co. A,
seth Inf. Ting. Bn.,
Camp Wolters, Texas.
CO Estyr L. Bradley,
Correspondent,
am writing this letter to let
all my friends know that am now
member of the vast army of
the United States and am just be-
ginning a thirteen weeks training
period.
Every young fellow should grasp
the opportunity-it is very health
full and invigorating. To those
who think it is a prison camp, you
have the wrong idea.
We have dances in a large hall,
known as the Service Club, every
Friday, play cards, checkers,
Chinese checkers, dominoes, and
plenty of stationery is furnished
those who want to write home to
mothers and loved ones.
This camp is colored, we have
colored non-commissioned officers,
and colored chaplain. / think the
army is pretty nice, and for the
Northern Negro it offers great OPP
portunities.
Please write this up in the Re-
cOrder and Spokesman.
Yours truly,
Private James Martin.
P. S. The young ladies are very
nice and lovely as well.
private James Martin is the
only son Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. N.
Martin, OPT st. Anthony Ave.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14
Defense Moss
Meeting Nov. 80

The mass meeting, under the
auspices Of the Minnesota Negro
Defense Committee, that was
scheduled to be held at the Halle
Q. Brown Community House Sum-
day, November Is, has been post
poned until Sunday, November 80,
at 4 p. m.
At that time representatives of
various labor unions of the Twin
Cities will speak. The theme of the
forum discussion will be ''The Ne
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14
Police Search
For JanitOr Who
Knitted Man

Minneapolis police are searching
for Walter Barbee, who it is al
legged, seriously wounded Clarence
Underwood, 568 9Th Ave. NJ, Tues
day night.
Barbee is supposed to have cut
Underwood with a razor, near Fifth
Ave. and Sixth Ave. No.
Barbee is employed as a janitor
at Phyllis Wheatley.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14

erends Wilkins, Shelf, Quarles,
Hill, Armor, Gray, Underwood,
Carter, Mcdonald, Murrel, Hodge,
and Harris. Each of these min
listers in his turn contributed to the
success and development of the
church as we know it today.
improvements Under Carter
1t was under the administration
of Rev. W. D. Carter that signifi-
cant improvements were made in
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14
Notice

Will everyone selling votes for
my reelection for the Mayor of
Bonneville please make every eff
fort to dispose of their books by
Sunday, November 16?
With many thanks.
James w. Slemmons,
Mayor of Bonneville.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14
Walter White
Says America
Must Clean House

Hampton Institute, Va.-Walter
White, secretary of the NAACP,
in the closing address of that Or
ganization's third annual co-racial
Youth Conference at Hampton In
stitute last Sunday, told the 125
youth delegates that America must
"do some housekeeping here at
home for internal unity and
to demonstrate to Latin America
and the world that Talmadge and
the Ku Klux Khan are not repre-
sentative of the racial attitude of
the majority of the American peo-
ple."
Coming from rs colleges and 80
organizations from 20 states, the
delegates adopted a set of resolu-
tions at the close of the session
that showed an intense awareness
of the many social problems that
confront both white and Negro col
lege students today.
The meeting brought a score OF
nationally prominent educators,
government officials and outstand-
ing men and women from many
walks of life to the Hampton cam
pus.
Resolutions touched upon most
of the social difficulties which offer
threats to a democratic way of liv-
ing: civil liberties, poll tax, the
white primary, cooperation with
other minorities, anti-Semitism,
problems of the sharecropper, la
Dor education, labor unions, Negro
youth and education, Negro youth
and defense, Negro youth as con-
sumner, postwar reconstruction, vo-
cational guidance and training.
In drawing up their statement
of purpose of the report, members
of the conference called attention
to the irony of their position as
American citizens to be compelled
to fight for the right to fight for
democracy" The purpose of the
report, essentially, was to aid in
the development of a program of
action which will close the gap be-
tween the existing theories and the
actual practices of democracy.
This purpose, white and Negro
youth leaders pointed out, was ne
cessitated because failure to ex-
tend democratic rights and privi-
leges to any group in the commu-
nifty, either through Indifference or
deliberate intent, opens the way to
the destruction of democratic
rights for ALL"
In compiling their resolutions,
members of the conference were
aware of the new environment
forced upon them by the present
war crisis. They stated: ave rec
ognize that the instrument of war
is no final solution to the pressing
problems facing the world today,
and plege ourselves to work for
the building of a democratic and
secure world society in which war
as an institution has no place. To
realize this objective, we place
ourselves in the vanguard for the
winning of social and economic
Justice, not only for Negroes, but
for all underprivileged groups and
minorities."
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At Home Now

Lois Curtis, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. Curtis of Hardwood
Ave., is now at home after being
confined to the hospital for some
time. She is the niece Of Mrs. Lou
Use Keene.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14

A. F. Mcfarland, 493 Whitall,
has been ill at home for several
days. Mr.. Mcfarland is employed
by the st. Paul plant of Zinsmas-
ter Baking Co.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14

urged by the committee to "hurry
and cast your ballots for your
favorite candidate in the last lap
of the race for this coveted Of
flee"
Merry making at the second an
nual Thanksgiving Ball will be
halted briefly while Tod Williams,
popular WTCN news commentator,
inducts the mayor" into office
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14
Brown Still Leads
Spirited Bonneville Mayor
Race BY 1880 Votes

W. D. Brown Minneapolis physician still leads, this week.
for Mayor OF Bonneville by 1890 Jimmie Slemmons "he
working mans candidate and holder Of the honorary
holding his second place and promises surprise
tally.
With only five left before Inaugural citizens
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14
PROGRAM FOR PILGRIM
ANNIVERSARY

Friday 1Grand Pageant "Th Story of the Church. 500
p.
Sunday 16-Rev VIM Murk Pastor of Temple Baptist
Church. choir. Rev. j. W. Phelps, presiding 300
Monday 1-Dr Glenn Clark Dean of Religious Education,
Manchester College. Music by Pilgrim Gospel Chorus
Solo-Mrs Ermine Allen. p. m.
Tuesday, 18-Rev NJ Moore Pastor of ST. James AME
Church. and choir p. m.
Wednesday, 19Rev A. j. Irvine Pastor of St Peter AME
Church. and choir. p. m.
Thursday Nov 2O-Rev H. W. Bo of Zion Baptist
Church. and choir. Solo-Mrs. w. Jenkins. p.
Friday, Nov 21Rev- A j. Martin Pastor of Bata Baptist
Church. choir. Solo-Mrs. F. P. Phillips 815 p. m.
Sunday Nov 2-Dr Sidney Powell Pastor of First Baptist
Church. and choir p Anniversary Service and RalyD
Monday, Nov 24-Anniversary Banquet. p
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14

Thanksgiving Football Classic,
Wheatley VI. Brown, Norton Field,
Hamline University.-Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14

RECOVERED: Mrs. Mae Lark,
627 Selby Ave., is able to be out
again after an illness which last
ed more than a month.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14
Twin City Churches to Join
Pilgrim Baptist In 18th
Anniversary Celebration

PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH
CELEBRATES ITS 18th
ANNIVERSARY
NOVEMBER 1926
Pilgrim was founded in 1868.
The first church was located on
Third street, later moved to Ninth
street and then to Cedar street.
Rev. Robt. T. Hickman was the
first pastor; followed by the Rev
D~oo0oA DOoA0r
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NOTICE TO PUBLIC

This paper goes to press one day
earlier next week. Deadline for
news and advertising copy is Tues
day, 6 p. m.
Papers will be on sale and in
mail Wednesday night.
The Leading People, White
and Black, Read
This Paper
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14

gro and Labor Unions in the De-
Tense Program"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-11-14

The following letter from Pri-
vate James Martin is self-explana-
tory:
Evening star., 1941-10-10
Democracy in Panama

The quiet and constitutional"
coup d'etat by which the government
of Panama has changed almost over
night from one which has evidenced
pro-Nazi leanings to one avowedly
democratic and friendly to the
United States is certain to relieve the
official tension which has prevailed
in Washington since the Inaugural
ton as President year ago of DR..
Arnulfo Arias, Harvard educated
physician and political opportunist.
In his inaugural address the youthful
executive Che is just turned forty)
caused secret misgivings not only
here but in strongly democratic cir
cleS in Panama by statements which
seemed to bear out opponents
charges that he was imbued with
totalitarian ideas and fascist fervor.
BY various words and acts since his
inauguration he has given evidence
that his extended visits in Germany
and Italy had made profound
impression upon him.
The American Government has
been deeply concerned over the
Panamanian situation, and rightly
so, for under several agreements, the
latest ratified in 1899, the United
States has assumed a sort of protec-
torate over the canal-Straddling
Central American republic. Although
Panama, under these agreements,
has pledged cooperation in plans for
mllltarydefenSe of the canal, officials
failed to obtain from the Arias re-
gime the type of wholehearted CO.
operation which had been envisioned
in the 1899 pact. Negotiations for
alrfields and other defense bases in
Panama have not proceeded smooth
ly, according to published reports.
There is said to have been haggling by
Panama officials over prices to be
paid for bases which are as vital to
the defense of the Republic of
Panama as to the security of all Of
the Americas. Latest Of incidents to
arouse protests by pro-American cir
cles in Panama was the Arias procla-
nation calling for the diSarming of
American-owned merchant ships of
Panamanian registry.
This Government has held its
patience throughout the Arias presi-
dency, seemingly convinced that
democratic elements in Panama were
sufficiently strong and influential to
handle the situation effectively. That
this attitude was justified is attested
by yesterdays rapid developments,
which began when DR.. Arias flew to
Havana, incognitO, and which cul-
minated in the swearing in by the
Supreme Court of a pro-democracy
successor. The new President is
Ricardo. Adolfo de la Guardia, re-
garded as friendly to the United
States and sympathetic to hemi-
spheric defense policies. Chief
Justice Dario Vallarino, in presiding
over the ceremonies, exclaimed: "At
last there is democracy in Panama"
1t is the earnest hope Of officials here
that this statement accurately repre-
sents the situation in the strate-
gically located republic to the South.
Evening star., 1941-10-10
Timely Celebration

The current celebration of the
l50th anniversary of the signing
OF the American Bill of Rights is
particularly timely and deserving of
more than passing interest. Citizen
ship Educational Service, under
whose sponsorship the celebration is
being conducted, should find the
American public responsive to it's
efforts. World events have served to
make the United States more than
ever conscious of such privileges as
freedom of speech, freedom of press
and freedom of religion. The cele-
bration can serve q useful purpose
in making every citizen realize the
Importance of fighting to obtain such
basic rights and the sacrifices neces-
sary at critical times to preserve
them.
The rapidity with which these
fundamental principles of democ-
racy have been lost in certain foreign
countries has startled America. The
Nations momentous defense program
to safeguard those principles in the
remaining free" countries and to
restore them elsewhere will be futile
unless Americans are alert to prevent
Evening star., 1941-10-10

agreed to by the promoters, the
entire property was to be offered at
auction when it was ready for occu-
pancy. The date of the sale was the
first Monday in May, 1900, and the
successful bidder was one John
Suter, who managed the place as
long as he lived and set an example
which was followed by his widow
after his death. Fire destroyed the
building in 1882 and reconstruction
does not seem to have been COM
pleted until 184o
American worthless who are sup
posed to have patronized the Union
Tavern included Thomas Jefferson
and Patrick Henry. Distinguished
foreigners whom it sheltered were
Louis Philippe, subsequently King of
the French, and Jerome Bonaparte, a
brother of Napoleon and the hus-
band of the beautiful Elizabeth Pat
terson OF Baltimore from 1903 to
1905. A legend declares that the
diplomatiSt Talleyrand-he who be-
lieved that speech was given to man
to disguise his thoughtS"-was in
hiding within sight of the placid
Potomac during 1893 and 1894 when
the Terrorists were hunting for him
in Paris with no charity in their
quest
Evening star., 1941-10-10
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles Z. Trdce11eH.

They will sooner pick 1t on the heads,
or off the ground.
If goldfnches are prevalent in the
neighborhood, it is good idea to plant
sunfoWerS for them, leaving the heads
to ripen for the birds. Practically all
species will come to this feast, but the
goldfincheS surely.
- k4
Almost every garden has a corner
where sunf1owers could be planted.
They are a good supplement to the
well-stocked feeding trays. If enough
plants are grown, there surely will be ripe
seed there all winter long for all the
birds They will attract many OF the
wilder songsters which ordinarily will not
visit feeding stations except on rare oc-
casions. Then, too, sunflowers are fine
garden specimens, especially in out-of
way corners where nothing usually
grows
What sight Is finer. even in the
highly cultivated garden, than group
of sunfowers showing their yellow heads
over a fence?
1t must never be forgotten that one
of the best ways. and, indeed the orig
inal way, of attracting the wild birds
to a home garden is by using plants
which lure them.
There are scores of these plants, but
often the home gardener wants too cul-
tivated a place. He will not let shrubs
go unpruned, the way birds like them
hoct po dnpc odpoiro h1o Va
patch, which draws scores of species OF
birds
A little ruggedneSs will attract birds
where a more cultivated place repels
them.
Goldfnches also eat insects, but mostly
they are yegetarians, seed eaters in the
best sense of the term.
Observations have shown that they
eat, successfully, the seeds of the dande-
lions, the field daisies, the purple asters,
the wild carrots, the various thistles, the
wild lettuce, the ragweeds, the plants
which bear the famous "begger's lice,
and the trumpet vine.
You can score up two triumphs for the
trumpet vine.
One is the goldfnch. which comes to
the seeds, and the other is the ruby
throated hummingbird, which Is attract
ed by the trumpet-shaped flowers.
Our gOldfnch is not the same as the
European goldfnch, which is slightly
larger, and has red on its head.
Many attempts have been made to
transplant the European goldhnch 1t
has been brought to Hoboken, Cincin-
natl, to Massachusetts,, and to the island
CT Cuba, and to New York City, mostly
by Germans, who are great bird lovers
Indeed, the Germans love all small forms
of life, hence Hitler's crime against them
is on q par with his crime against
humanity in general.
All of these transplantations took place
at about the same time the English
sparrows were brought over, or maybe a
little later. But today there probably
isn't free European goldfinch left in
this country The birds lacked the fight
ing spirit of the sparrows, and could not
make the adjustments to a new life In
q new world which the sparrows and
the starlings have made so successfully.
Evening star., 1941-10-10
The Cry Of Geese

The fields you loped are bro1on and
turro,Oed nop,
Before the sprouting OF merit sea-
sons grain;
The cro1US are calling from the
onarled bough
OF sycamore there is the feel CT
rain
In hazy autumn sky. It's time to
bring
The yearling colts from pasture.
The full moon
Hangs high in Twilight, and 10tld
geese d-1Oing
ForeteH q change OF l0eather Uery
soon.
Ho,o 10eH do I remember other days
OF midautunanal blue, When you
and
Riding together, searched horizon
haze
For the first wedge OF Utld foul
flying high.
I cannot look on furro,Ded fields this
year,
Nor lead the colts from pasture;
and this night
My lonely heart Uould break IT I
should hear
The cry of geese upon their south.
Dard flight.
BILLY B. COOPER.
Evening star., 1941-10-10
Letters to the Editor
Offers Suggestions for Improvements
In Washington Traffic Conditions.


In Washington Traffic Conditions.
To the Editor of The Star
On account of my daily experience
driving about Washington since 1925,
would like to offer few suggestions on
the traffic situation:
The timing of traffic lights should be
reduced by half This keeps a steady
flow of traffic from all directions. AS
1t is, it takes half the forenoon to drive
across town When the motorist is
forced to wait so long for the go" sig
nal, he loses his temper, and when he
does get the green, it is race to the
next light. Far too many accidents occur
from this blunder on the part Of traffic
officials.
All taxicabs should be required to draw
up to the curb, clear of traffic, for pas
sengers. They now drive in and out
slow and fast, make sudden unexpected
turns, thus slowing down traffic. Also,
require buses to draw up to the curb for
taking on and discharging fares.
Washington is no longer a small town.
There are almost million people here.
We must spread out. We are too large
for one-street artery. Take tip from
the policy of some business concerns.
Get out where your customers can park
and shop to their hearts content. Pass
an ordinance requiring. wherever posi-
BILE, that every apartment, Federal and
Office building hereafter provide base
ment large enough to house eyery ten
ants and employees car. Those cars
then would be off the streets and we
could wipe out all unsightly parking lots.
1t would be impracticable to under
take to remove all downtown parking.
Instead. space should be made for every
car possible. and cut out the meters.
AN INTERESTED TAXPAYER.
Evening star., 1941-10-10

A sure-fire attraction for the goldhnch
Is the trumpet vine.
The seeds of this vine, sometimes
called the trumpet creeper, are ripening
now.
The long pods holding the seeds split
open and permit the little yellow birds
to get at them.
There is no finer sight in the autumn
garden than a goldfinch feasting on
these seeds, swinging back and forth as
he eats.
No bird visitor is more welcome to a
garden than the goldfinch, not only for
the very sight of him, which is graceful
and pleasing, but also because he eats
many inimical weed seeds.
The goldfinch, often called American
goldfnch to distinguish it from the Eu-
ropean specimen, although there is no
real resemblance, is classed as perma-
nent resident hereabouts.
There is more likelihood, however of
it coming TO any given garden in the
spring and fall.
The goldfinch is one of the latest of
our birds to nest. Ordinarily it does not
begin until July, and occasionally carries
on nesting until about the middle of
September.
Many observers confuse it with some
of the warblerS, or vice versa. 1t Is,
however, a much stockier songster, more
resembling the shape of the junco, or
snoWbird.
Americas goldfnch.
In various parts Of the country 1t is
called the yellow bird, the wild canary
a favorite-the catnip bird, the lettuce
bird, the sinner, the salad bird, the beet
bird and the thistle bird.
One may wonder If some of these COM
mon names have any real circulation.
Thistle bird is good one, because the
goldfnch is often seen on thistles and all
sorts of weeds, including the ragweed
and the goldenrod. Indeed, as a de-
stroyer of such seeds it is in a class by
itself.
The goldfnch is small, but inches
long. The male is lemon-yellow all over,
with the exception of wings and tail,
which are black. marked with white.
This is the summer coloration. Toward
fall and in winter the male goldfnch be-
comes olive colored, like the female. He
loses the black patch on his head which
he carries ali summer.
-
This bird is known all over America,
yet is often not recognized for his true
self
Perhaps more people see goldhnches
without recognizing them than any other
bird
More people call them wild canaries
than goldfinches.
The birds have hght-hearted air
about them, and light way of coming
down on weeds in winter. especially when
they stick out above the snow.
No finer sight in bird watching is to be
seen anywhere than in your suburban
garden when a small flock of these
happy small birds flies down to partake
of sunflower seed.
Although they like sunfower seed bet
ter than weed seed. even, they are not
likely TO come to feeding station where
it is set forth for the wintering birds
Evening star., 1941-10-10
Union Tavern

The last vestiges of what once was
the Waldorf Astoria of the Nations
Capital have been removed. Proba-
bly, none of the workmen who demol-
iShed the remnants of the west wing
of the old Union Tavern realized
that they were wrecking a famous
landmark. Yet time was when the
hostelry which stood at the north
east corner of Thirtieth and M Cor
Bridge streets Northwest was the
latest word In professional hospital
ity. Nothing more notably luxurious
was boasted by New York, Philadel-
phia or Boston. A group of citizens
of Georgetown had sponsored the
establishment as "a useful improve
ment."
Built between 1896 and 179s, the
celebrated inn is reported to have
cost not less than sixteen thousand
dollars-a very considerable sum of
money in those days. Three stories
high, sixty feet long and sixty-three
feet deep, it was handsome struc-
ture of red brick with white trim
mings. "An elegant assembly room,' -
called "the Pompeian Hail." is men,
toned as a feature of the second
floor on the Twenty-ninth street
side, and there were at least thirty
six lodging rooms" available for the
convenience Of guests. The official
opening of the house was a birth
night ball for George Washington,
allegedly the last function the first
President attended.
Under the terms OF the contract
Evening star., 1941-10-10
Cot 1ufe

At Rye, N Y, a valuable pearl
necklace was lost, and a $500 reward
posted for it's return. With this
stimulus, necklace hunt was on.
Going through the Rye became a
popular pastime, but to no avail A
careful search of all pig pens in the
vicinity showed that the pearls had
not been cast before swine, and all
other likely spots proved equally
barren. Probably the necklace had
been stolen.
When hope was almost abandoned,
a humble pussy cat found it and
brought it to her mistress, No doubt
she had observed that women liked
these gewgaws, and hoped to swap
it for milk or mice, in trade profit
able to both parties. Her mistress
turned it over, and the insurance
paid the reward.
But not to the mistress. BY a
technicality, it had to 60 to the
actual finder, the cat. But, though
a cat may look at a queen, she cannot
spend money or sign releases. Hence
courthouse spectators in Rye will be
treated to the strange spectacle of
poker-faced. judges and lawyers SOL
emnly deciding that kitty is legally
incompetent to administer her $500
estate, and must be represented by
her mistress as trustee, to feed the
kitty There is more than one way
to skin a cat.