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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
William MunrOe Dead

William Munroe, SO, 235 Rondo
Ave., died at Ancker Hospital on
Monday, Sept. 20, after being in
ill health for several years.
Born in Denmark, Iowa, in 1873,
Mr.. Munroe came to st. Paul to
make his home more than forty
years ago. He was employed as a
chef cook for the Great Northern
Railway for a number of years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Ida Munroe, a sister, Mrs. Louise
Fuller, and nieces, Mrs. Tulora
Booker, Arletta and Ancinetta
Cross of st. Paul, Mrs. Gladys Nor
rison Of Rock Island, H., and Mrs.
Bertha Hopkins of Omaha, Nebr.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Apostolic
Faith Mission, Chatsworth st. and
Rondo Ave., with Rev. A. Lawrence
officiating. Interment was in For
est Cemetery.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
Fireman, Fireman,
Save My Child!!!

81 didn't want to set the world
on FIRE, l just wanted to build
a little FIRE for my kddies," is
what Mrs. Helen Mann Gallo
way, 700 w. Central Ave-, was
trying to tell the fire chief when
he reprimanded her for putting
sizzling hot ashes in a card
board box last Wednesday after
noon that started a roaring fire
in the basement Of her home.
Damage was mostly confined to
the basement.
Mrs. Galloway went to the
basement, fixed the FIRE, put the
hot ashes in the offending card
board box and returned upstairs.
About a half hour later, when
she was sure she smelled too
much smoke for Just an Ordi-
nary furnace fire, she opened
the basement door to find flames
enveloping the basement. She
dashed to the phone, called the
fire department, rescued her
five-week-Old son and 22-mOnth-
old daughter and went outside
to wonder just what she should
have done with those ashesl
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
COmedy-Drama
To Be Presented
On October 10th

The newly organized dramatic
club of the Phyllis Wheatley House
will present its first play of the
season on Friday evening, Oct. 10,
at 8 p. m, in the Phyllis Wheatley
Auditorium.
"No Wedding Bells For Me-"
comedy-drama in three acts, will
be presented and the following per-
sons will take part: Avis Ware,
Marion Majors, Helen Bowen, Har-
riet Renix, Eunice Brown, Gerald
Cumbers, Boyd Crawford, B. Renix,
Ray Cooper. Thomas Russell and
Marguerite Combs are co-directors
of the play.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03

From the 10 nine were named
trustees.
A total of 80 votes were cast.
Those elected were C. E. Newman,
who received 80 votes; Ed. Brown,
20; Sam Lewis, 26; Curtis Chivers,
"a; Clifford Smith, 81; Thomas B.
Stovall, Jr., 20; R. Mallory, 10;
Walter Rhodes, IS, and Mrs. Lu-
ellie Cooke, Is.
Five of the trustees, Messrs.
Brown, Chivers, Lewis, Mallory
and Newman, were reelected. The
other three men and one woman
are new church trustees.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
Frank Rawlings to
Pearl HarbOr

Frank Rawlings, 419 Sherburne
Ave., left the city for Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, where he has accepted a
position with the Navy Shipping
Department. Prior to his depar-
ture for Pearl Harbor, Mr.. Rawl-
ings, who was bass soloist with
Pilgrim Baptist Choir, was enter
taiped with a party at which testi-
monials were given by all the men,
bers of the chorus. He is the
brother Of Mrs. Sara Rufus, 419
Sherburne Ave.
st. Thomas Mems Club sponsor
Harvest Carnival at 345 E. 38th
st. Two Big Nights-OctOber II
and IS. Fun For All.-Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03

John La Coste, globe trotter and
one of st. Paul's favorite sons,
few into the Twin Cities last Fri
day via a Mid-Continent plane to
spend a few days with his many
friends of both cities.
Mr.. La Coste, who spends much
of his time between New England
and California, lives now at Cash
land, Mo. Mr.. La Coste spent
much time at the Sterling Club
and with "Bill" Williams, execu-
tive clerk in the Governors office.
Mr.. La. Coste was scheduled to
stay here ten days.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
st. Peter Church
Holds Annual
Trustee Election

The Joe Louis-ight did not in
terfere with the church meeting
and trustee election at st. Peter
Church, Minneapolis, Monday
night. Between discussion and
balloting to name nine trustees the
meeting heard the Louis-Nova
fight over radio supplied by one
of the members.
Eighteen members were nomi-
mated for the trustee board by the
pastor, Rev. C. F. Stewart, as pre-
scribed by the A. M. E. discipline.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03

A. C. p. here, including the final
word from the Bureau of Medicine
and Survey of the Navy Depart
ment: "You did not meet physical
qualifications for appointment"
DR.. Franklin wrote to the Navy
May rs, 1871, and on May q, he
received letter containing a cir
cular, instructions for fling his ap-
plication, and information that the
next examination for appointment
in the medical corps of the Navy
would be held August IL to Is, in
elusive.
Proof that the Navy is anxious
to secure surgeons may be seen in
the cordial tone of the letter, whose
salutation was "Dear DR.. Frank
lin," and whose ending contained
the phrase with kind regards"
Under date of July q, DR..
Franklin was notified to report to
the Naval Hospital at Brooklyn,
N. Y, at 9 a. m. August IL for the
examination.
On the back of that letter is an
official endorsement from the u. S.
Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y,
signed by P. P. Maher, which
states examined and found physi-
cally qualified for appointment as
Assistant Surgeon in the U. s.
Navy with the rank of Lieutenant
(junior grade)."
Later in August, DIR. Franklin
found that he had passed both the
written and oral examinations, and,
since he had been certified as
physically fit, he awaited notice of
his appointment. When no notice
was received, he finally wired the
Navy Department in Washington,
and on September IL received a
telegram stating "You did not meet
physical qualifications for appoint
ment."
Puzzled by this apparent CONTRA
diction, DR.. Franklin wrote the Bu-
reau a letter Immediately, and on
September Is received a letter
which added no information to that
contained in the telegram. The
letter merely states "a review of
the report of physical examination
conducted on August IL, 1871,
shows that you do not meet the
physical requirements for appoint
ment as Assistant Surgeon"
In contrast to the cordial tone
of the first letter received by DR..
Franklin on May rs, the letter of
September Is is strictly business
like, beginning Dear Sir"
DR.. Franklin, who is light in
complexion, told the N. A. A. G. P.
that the only possible reason he
could imagine for the reversal of
opinion by the Navy Department
on his fitness was that somewhere
in going over his record the Navy
found out that he was actually a
Negro.
By its actions in the case, the
Navy once more demonstrates that
it is determined to prevent the en-
listment of any Negro above the
rank of mess attendant.
A protest on the Franklin case
has been sent Secretary Frank
Knox of the Navy by the N. A. A.
C., p,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
CORRECTION

Funeral services for Warren Nc
Gallon, 345 Harrington Ave-, were
conducted by the Rev. Clarence T.
R. Nelson, pastor of Camphor M.
E. Church. Additional survivors in
clude George Carter, step-son, and
Mrs. Cleo Carter, daughter-in-law.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
Five Hundred Persons
Join i'm Dedication of
Halle @. Brown Gym

An estimated crowd of five hun
dred persons, white and colored, at
tended the dedication Of the new
thirty thousand dollar gymnasium
and auditorium of st. Paul's Halle
Q. Brown Community House Sun
day, September 28th.
The dedicatory address was de-
livered by Attorney L. R. Frankel
(white), former president of the
st. Paul Interracial committee and
charter member Of the executive
board of the Halle @. Brown CEN
ter.
Attorney Frankel paid tribute to
the st. Paul Negroes for their fine
community spirit in paying one
fifth of the entire cost of the new
building, also the Masons and Odd
Fellows for their generous gift Of
the ground upon which the new
building is located.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
GUEST SOLOIST

Lorraine E. Chivers was guest
soloist at the annual luncheon of
the Women's Union of Lake Har-
riet Baptist Church Wednesday
evening, October first.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
US. Navy Bars Negro
Doctor After He Passes
All Exams Given Him
- Rannarn,s Cnrtoon on Pare q

New York. N. YThe United States Navy does not Dr.
Harold Franklin of Jersey City, N assistant
rank of junior lieutenant though has
written, oral and physical for that post
Dr. Franklin who Medical Jersey
City, office the A.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03

UC1CIISU IHUuSILy Uy SLIPLOyA1B MFC
Negro guards this week.
The photos of the five men Sc
lected are shown elsewhere on this
page.
AS far as has been ascertained
the Federal Cartridge Co. is the
first defense contractor to use Ne
gro citizens as guards.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
st. Paul Community
Council Meets

The st. Paul Community Coun-
Gil, of which John NJ. Patton is the
president, met Tuesday, Sept. 80,
at the Halle @. Brown Community
House at 8 p. m. for its monthly
business meeting.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
Man Wants to Go
Back to Jail

George Williams, $40 Carroll
Ave-, appeared at the Public
Safety building, st. Paul. on
Sunday and asked police to send
him back to Saltwater prison
from which he had been parOled
several months ago. He dis
closed that his financial diff
culties had him in such a state
that the peace of Saltwater
prison would be welcomed
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
ST. PAUL WOMEN'S COUNCIL

The Religious Interest Group
known as the Seven Cardinal Vir-
tues will be the first of the four
interest groups of the st. Paul
Women's Council to hold a meet
ing. Members who have signed up
for that group and others are
urged to attend the meeting on
Friday, October 8, at 2 p. m. at
Halle Q. Brown House. Mrs. S. E.
Ware, the able chairman, promises
an interesting and inspirational
afternoon for all who attend. Forti-
tude will be the topic of discussion.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
Presentation of Keys

Mr.. julie Hannaford, Jr. (white) ,
expressed deep satisfaction in pre-
senting the keys to the new build
ing to DR.. J. w. Crump, local
physician, who turned the keys
over to Miss 1. Myrtle Garden, resi-
dent director of the community
center, and now serving her
thirteenth year in this capacity.
Outstanding on the program was
the large Halle Q. Brown youth
chorus of sixty-three voices with
ages from sixteen to twenty years.
The center serves more than
fourteen hundred youth of both
races and is a community chest
supported agency.
The center is recognized as hav-
ing made an enviable contribution
toward interracial betterment and
goodwill in the city Of st. Paul.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03
Five Negro Guards Are
Appointed to Twin City .
Ordnance Police Force
win CitY Men Cd

Federal Cartridge Company Names Twin City Men to
Guard Plant
Federal Cartridge Co., prime contractors Of the Twin City Ord
munitions plant New Brighton carried both
spirit of the Presidents discrimination in
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-10-03

THE FISK JUBILEE SINGERS
ARE COMING TO PLEASE Low
ERS OF FINE MUSIC.-advt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31
THE WORLDS SO WIDE

but because she had been at
grips with a life brutal and UNI
compromising since her
mother held her by her
fingers and told her. go
ahead and walk, Vernie."
She was born in Herrods-
Vile. Tenn, and her mother
Liza, was crowding Is when
she took TO her bed to be de-
livered of the child. She was
a Yanken and the Yanken
women were known in the
mountain country as SLOW
marriers." Esther, LiZas
mother and Laverne's grand
mother, was almost 10 when
she was wed.
She was an old hag by 33
when Laverne, the first baby.
came. Samuel Weeks, father
of Laverne and of Zeke,
Annie, Belle and Clyde in the
four years following, was in
his middle twenties when he
''mard' Liza. He had five
acres of land on the mountain
side near the top and his
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31
NOT FOR LAVERNE

Laverne saw none of these
letters, of course. They We're
Shunted over to the publicity
department. A few of them
were read. Most of them
were baled and stacked in
storage. Mammoth followed
the old and proven rule never
to let its actors know what
audiences think of them. Long
ago, the moving picture in
dustry found that what actors
don't know never hurts them.
especially about their beauty
or their capabilities.
Not that any of the letters
would have made any diff
ference TO Laverne, even it
she had been given a chance
to spell them out carefully
and thus arrive at their
meaning. Laverne was I'M
spoilable. not because of any
particular corner on modesty
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31

quarters, dimes and pennies.
1t amounted TO S3.l5.
She was back at the same
palace the next night, singing
the last verses. She was there
the night after. singing all
three verses. That night Sol
Westell heard her. He was
producing the picture, Sour
Mountain" He watched and
listened unbelievingly, "My
God" he said reverently,
shes just the type"
So that's how they found
Laverne Weeks. you thousands
of inquirers. No. the movies
won't spoil her. at least not
for a long while. She lives in
real house, one of a cluster
around a patio. She's A.
learn to play the geetar. She
knows lots of songs now.
THE END.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31
Friday, January 81, 1874
Elsie Robinson
Get Fed Up on Safety

I like ~oOd road'-
They haze pay toth them. .
Not oide wood roads, all prumed and paved y
But little, tangled paths
Half-hiddcn IN the brush
That % ,0ink eye
And ,chisper-"Coms with me-"
Masked paths that turn and toist-
Andd double of sight.
So rrusky Sweet, 8 shadoW still
Yet full Of murmurng-
As though Adventure waited-
around the turn
And Romance tip-toe, sarry-syed,
And Magic ficked through the deep. green shade
like oood roads
I aloays o foIot whem they call.
I oant to leav the hghway soith its lights
Its sleek, expensive and welLfed folk.
Its changing signals, and its traffic cops
It's signs al tell good children where to
I rant to Ieare the kigh~ay oith its ease.
Duco finish and its safety
And hit for small rood road. rough and oild.
That ne knew a sign
A road ,chere ri toet feet.
And scratch my face and mus my marceled hair,
And my dress and dirty both
And get a big, fat tick right necki
Where nobody toM tell me tchere 90.
But uhere m find Adventure around the turn,
And Sec green Magic Sinking through the shade
And again mad. cali
] Ike rood roads
They dark, naughty, aud jul Of ticks.
Andg you tell chat you .cm frd
II you foHolc uhere the rood road
roads.
PERHAPS THAT'S WHY I'VE ALWAYS LIKED BAD PEOPLE
BETTER THAN GOOD ONES.
You're icha you'll fnd in good
Safety N euerything.
But DO GET so FED Up on SAFETY!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31

a fundamental belief of the mind
because there is no basis for it
in experience. 1t probably springs
from that unquenchable quality
of human hope.
And it is fostered by remarks
such as My sister found the
most remarkable doctor in
little city in Michigan this Sum-
mer who cured her with rubbing
and baths and manipulation"
Or, The doctor cured me COM
pletely with his electrotonic ma
chine"
Unshakable belief in some
sort of herb or tea is common
knowledge. And l must say the
members of the regular medical
profession have foStered all this
with their announcements of
new infallible remedies and talk
about the great strides in medl-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31

HAVE again been looking
over a work on the Art of
Treatment of sick people by
DR. w. r. Houston Macmillan
and | feel that the general
classification of forms of treat
ment which he gives would be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31

good thin 6
for the public
to know.
II seems TO
b Q, or n
6 [ a n c @, a
t u ndanental
belief of the
human mind
that for every
disease there
is somewhere
a d finit e
cure. if only
YOU could find
il.
I d o n o [
X n o W W h y
this should he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31
Daily Short Story
By CHARLES McGUIRK

had gentle eyes and a quaver-
ing voice. He was a mountain
singer and he moved among
the Smokes singing of people
and things that the world
forgot 200 years ago.
He came into the freight
of the Weeks cabin one night
in early Fall and he sang for
all of them, plunking his old
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31

ana tAeh 90 gdffy on tnelr way
to round of dinners or church
Socials. or card games or BUSH
ness grind, or long motor trips.
without interfering with the
treatment at all.
Such thing as resignation
has entirely gone out of mod
ern life. People think the doctor
should do all the work and that
any limitation on their lives is
reflection on medical science.
Yet here IL is put down as the
primary condition OF treatment
in obesity, high blood pres
sure. angina, chronic bronchitis,
tuberculosis.
Another chapter Classics GER
tain diseases as conditions in
which the treatment is tentative
and experimental. In this Sec
ton l notice rather surprisingly.
arthritiS.
But on thinking il over. 4
believe one of the most
portant things an arthritis
patient can begin to realize is
that the treatment of arthritls
is tentative-subject TO change.
and readjustment. No treatment
of II is final.
The longest section in the
book Is that on conditions in
which the chief method OF treat
ment is psychological.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
S. Bin q case Of tubercu-
Iosis, how Is q patient deter
mined TO be positive or negative
II no sputum can be raised for =
test: Isn't there . chance that
the X-ray can be wrong:"
Answer-A great many people
with tuberculosis have neither
cough nor sputum. The diagnosis
is made on a basis of other
symptoms, such as undue fatigue
and loss OF weight, afternoon
fever "a very important sign).
characteristic changes on ex-
animation of the chest with
stethoscope, positive tuberculin
test with the patch test, an
X-ray of the chest with a flat
plate.
1t is true that the interpreta-
ton of X-ray plates may be
wrong if the X-ray examination
is made merely with the fluoro-
scope-that is. without taking a
print, 1 believe it is very likely
TO be wrong. But there is dan
ger in kidding yourself, persuade
ing yourself that the X-ray is
wrong. This is very easy to do;
il is very nice TO believe that
the X-ray is wrong, and in most
cases leads TO dangerous delay.
Doctor Clendening has segen
pamphlets Which can be obtained
bu readers. For any one pumpk
let desired, send 10 cents IN co,
aud seif-uddressed enceiopo
stamped Nth scent stamp, to
Dr.. Logan Clendening, IN care Of
this paper. The pamphlets are:
Three Weeks Reducing Diet"
"Tndigestion and Constipation"
Reducing and Gaining" Infant
Feeding" Instructions for the
Treatment of Diubetes," Fem
mine Hygiene" and THE Care
Of the Hair aud Skin"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31

"And the picture I have
loved so we'll
"And hencefOrth we will
meet as strangers,
But l can never say fare
we'll"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31

vegetables and corn grew on
the bias. But they grew be-
cause in the first days of mar
riage, Sam was ambitious.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31
MOVED TO RELIEF

Sam got "tard" along about
1880 because he'd heern that
they was a deprussion and
ev'y in Unied S tates was
a-starvin'. He did work for
three years after he got the
first news but long about
1888, he heern that the Presl-
dent Roosevelt was a feedin'
all the po' people withouten
you had to work so Sam
promptly moved himself and
his brood onto relief.
Laverne was 8 then and the
other four were from one to
four years younger right down
the line. Sam got so he was
not only tard but drunken on
the sweet powerful con liquor
which he made with praise
. worthy diligence in still
back in a holler. He got to
abidin' with the loafers in
Herrodsville and to hangin'
around the town center where
his name became an abomina-
ton.
The child watched his de-
terioration as she would watch
the dry-rot of an old tree.
There was no anger in her
heart when pappy came stag
gering home and beat up
nanny. 1t was a phenom-
enon like a lightning storm or
a drought. 1t just made her
work all the harder TO help
nanny with the amending
tasks inside and out, that
present themselves on a
starving farm.
MOUNTAIN SINGER
Clyde Breeks came into
Laverne's life when she was
II. He came asinging and
aplunking on an old geetar.
He was a lean mountaineer
with a clear, tanned tri-
anglar face on which the
black beard grew heavy. He
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31

Well now, Doctor Houston Dir
Vides his forms of treatment into
seven parts. and one of these is
diseases that yield to specific
treatment. In other words, the
list of diseases for which there
is one real and certain remedy
specific.
1t happens to be the shortest
chapter in the book, and the
common diseases mot counting
tropical diseasesl for which he
has specific remedy are II.
Another point, These is a
section on diseases that yield
largely to nursing care. Now |
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31

Doctor Ciendening will an
Swer questions of general IN
tereSt only and then only
through his column.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31

mentioned ulSh. guess ShOuId be
ashamed Of myself Not only that, went
TO Les Halles Market in Paris and didn't
order onion soup 1 hate onion SOUP
4 s FOR golf, l can hit that ball at least
"A 80 yards from the tee every time,
but it won't be straight. II I didn't slice
my drives, knew how to approach and
could take less than three shots on the
green think would be quite a golfer -.
"Why is it most restaurant and theater
cashiers are blondes ." asks a client I
asked a fair-haired cashier about this once
and she said: You can trust a blonde"
There is no such thing as a single
barreled crank" stated Norman Douglas.
IF a man is vegetarian or a religious
fanatic he is sure to be touched in some
other way. He viii be an anti-vivisection-
ist a nut-food eater a stamp collector or
a spritualist in the bargain" =. AS
lover of poetry" writes a Chicagoan, Il
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-31

get letters by the dozen from
people who have one lnfalllble
remedy for the common cold
something TO be taken by mouth.
Yet here in scientific treatise
II is classified-very wisely. ac-
cording to my experiences
disease that we must treat
largely by nursing care-rest in
bed. applications TO the throat
and Ghost etc.