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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
Brotherhood Hour
On WTCN Sunday
At Four P. M.
Mayor John J. McDOnOugh
to Inaugurate Program

Backed by the powerful support
of several outstanding citizens,
brotherhood Hour" will be auspi-
lciously launched upon its third
series of programs. Every effort
is being made to keep the program
on the air as a permanent insti-
tuition. A group Of citizens bonded
together as the "Tnter-racial
Friendship Society,"" of which
Father Charles Keefe of st. Paul
is chairman, is undertaking this
task. Joseph Albright, founder of
the program, will again be its
director and commentator. Music
for the program will be under the
direction of John Whitaker.
Mayor John J. McDonough will
be the principal speaker on the first
of the series, which will be heard
over WTCN, 400 to 4:SO p. m.
each Sunday beginning December
z. For the Mayors address the
subject will be Community Inter-
racial Friendship"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
Mammoth Rally
to Feature bill
of Rights" Day

Northwest observance of "Bill of
Rights Day." as proclaimed by
President Roosevelt, will be eli
NAKED by a mammoth patriotic
rally at the Minneapolis auditorium
at 8 p. m, Monday, December Is.
bill of rights"
Tentative plans call for a ma
tiOnally-known speaker, yet to be
named, to be brought to Mime
apois to address the rally. A fast
moving historical pageant also is
being arranged.
Schifferes, who is devoting full
time to rally arrangements, has
opened an office at 202 Evanston
building, 122 South Sixth St., Min
neapolis, MINI.
The date marks the 150th an
niversary of bulwarking the Con-
stitution with it's first 10 amend
ments, which guaranteed, among
other things, freedom of religion,
press, speech and assembly and a
right to petition the government
for redress of grievances.
The Minneapolis Rally for the
Bill of Rights will be under spon-
sorship Of a voluntary committee
comprised of members represent
ing various civic and patriotic or
CARNATIONS. Justus Schifferes has
been appointed executive director
for the project.
Announcing the rally, Schif-
feres said, ave expect to pack at
least 10000 persons into the Min
neapois auditorium to reaffirp
their belief in the fundamental
freedoms implicit in the American
Admission will be free.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
Looks Like a Big
Issue!

The annual Christmas edition of
the Spokesman and Recorder
newspapers from present indica-
lions will be the biggest in the his
tory Of the two papers.
Space orders already made midi
cate that it will break all previous
records.
Christmas greetings have been
ordered by most Of the leading
clubs and lodges in the Twin Cities
and each mail brings additional
orders.
Many merchants will run special
Christmas shopping copy during
December and special copy in the
Christmas edition which will be
delivered to readers Dec. "a,
Christmas Eve day.
Deadline for advertising copy
for the Christmas edition is Sat
urday, Dec. 20. News copy will be
accepted until Tuesday, Dec. %,
at 6 p. m. Don't forgetI
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
SHORT NEWS SHAvINGS
Minneapolis

The executive committee of the
Minneapolis Council of Negro Or
CARNATIONS met Friday at the Of
fees of the Minneapolis Urban
League.
A consumers information center
has been established at Wheatley
House, Minneapolis, through the
cooperation of the W.P.A. John
W. Moultrie is director and Mrs.
Clara B. Robertson is office clerk.
Literature on foods, clothing,
health, housing, etc., is available
for the asking.
Thomas Gates of Bonneville, Mo-,
father of Willis and Arthur Gates
of Minneapolis, arrived here Sum
day. He plans to make the Twin
Cities his home.
T.. ID. brother" Payne, well
known officer of st. Peter A.M.E.
church, has been serving on the
Hennepin county district court jury
for several days.
Mrs. Jessie Jackson, who was
slightly injured in a fall on a street
car several weeks ago, is much
better at her home at 2915 Gar
field Ave.
Wait for Past Exalted Rulers
Testimonial Banquet Wednesday,
December IL, ElEs' Rest, Mime
apOlis. See next weeks paper for
details.-Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
Mrs. S. Joe Brown,
Western Woman
Leader, Dead

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 2-Mrs. s.
Joe Brown, most widely known
Negro woman in this state, died
here suddenly Sunday morning.
The wife of S. Joe Brown, famous
Iowa lawyer, Mrs. Brown was a
national figure in her own right.
She has been active for years in
the religious, civic and political life
of Des Moines.
Born in 1877 at Stanton, Va,
she was educated in the public
schools. She married the attorney
in 1903. She has served as presi-
dent of the Iowa Federal Colored
Women's Clubs, life trustee of the
National Association of Colored
Women, founder of the Des Moines
League of Women Voters, presi-
dent of the Des Moines branch of
the NAACP, and as officer and
board member in a score of or
CARNATIONS.
Active in politics and a member
of the Republican party, she was a
member of President Hoover's Con-
ference on Home Building and
Home Ownership in 1881.
Active in the Northwestern Con-
ference of the A.M.E. church, she
was expected in Minneapolis We'd
nesday to arrange the program for
the A.M.E. Young Peoples meet
ing which will convene in Mime
apolis this winter.
Funeral services were held here
today at 2 p. m. at st. Paul A.M.E.
church.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
ELIZABETH MOORE APPEARS
IN 'HANSEL AND GRETEL"

Elizabeth Moore, 662 W. Central
Ave-, senior at the University of
Minnesota, is a member of the cast
of E. Humperdinck's opera Han
sci and Gretel" which is being pre-
scented by The University Theater
and the Music Department this
week on the University of Mime
sofa campus in the Music Hall.
Miss Moore, who is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis P. Moore,
662 w. Central, has been a men,
Der of the University Singers for
three years. She is a member of
Eta chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha
sorority, and possesses a fine sing
ing voice.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
ST. PAUL WOMEN'S COUNCIL
TO HOLD QUARTERLY MEET

The regular quarterly meeting of
the st. Paul Women's Council will
be held at the Halle Q. Brown
Community House, Thursday, De-
cember II, at 1870 p. m. The In
terest Groups will make a report
at this meeting. Mrs. Ida Combs,
chairman of the Art committee,
will make a report on the emblem
contest held this summer.
Miss C. Conn of the National
Banana Distributors will give a
demonstration of the use of the
banana in the diet. The speaker
for the All Day Women's Confer
ence will be announced at this
meeting. All women are urged to
attend.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
Governor Stassen's
Staff to Set
Up Jim Crow
SEPARATE ALL NEGRO UNIT
TO BE ATTEMPTED

AS a result Of a suit recently
instituted in the Federal Court in
st. Paul, state officials plan to or
ganize a separate Negro unit as
part Of the Minnesota Defense
Force.
Notice to this effect was received
today by Jonas G. Schwartz and
Charles H. Halpern, Minneapolis
attorneys, who recently instituted
an action in the Federal Court
against Governor Harold E. Stas-
sen, Adjutant General E. A. Walsh,
Acting Adjutant General C. E.
Green, and Colonel F. G. Stutz of
the Adjutant Generals office to
force the acceptance of Negro en-
istment in the Minnesota Defense
Force. The action was brought in
the Federal Court in St. Paul on
behalf of Lee Kenneth Turpin, a
st. Paul Negro who was otherwise
qualified but whose enlistment in
the Defense Force was rejected
because of his color, the attorneys
charged.
When informed of the state Off
calls plan, Mr.. Turpin said that
he would not under any circum-
stances enlist in a separate and
distinct Negro unit. He said this
would create Jim Crow outfit and
was unlawful, discriminatory and
un-American, and was an attempt
to bring to Minnesota the anti
quated practices and prejudices of
the deep south.
Turpin's lawsuit against the
state officials eliminated from
months of effort by Turpin and
other Minnesota Negro citizens to
join the Minnesota Defense Force.
They were denied admission solely
on the ground of their African
descent and notwithstanding State
and Federal laws prohibiting racial
discrimination.
In view of Mr.. Turpin's refusal
to join the proposed Negro outfit,
and the opposition already ex-
pressed to this plan by the Mime
sofa Negro Defense Committee, At
torneys Schwartz and Halpern
said they will not drop the action
started in-the Federal Court, and
are prepared to prosecute it to the
United States Supreme Court if
necessary.
EDITORS NOTE: The daily press, usu-
ally full of criminal activity Of Negroes.
is strangely free of news on this impor-
tant case.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
MRS. SATTERLEE TO ADDRESS
CONSUMERS FORUM

Mrs. A. N. Satterlee, Chairman
Of the Hennepin County Interior
ganizational Defense Committee,
will address the consumers forum
on Monday night, December 8. at
8 o'clock. Her subject will be,
"The National Defense Program
and the Negro Consumer" The
public is cordially invited to at
tend. Admission is free. Refresh
ments will be served.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
EVENING OF FUN

The Sumner Cooperative Buying
Club will sponsor an Evening of
Fun in the social room of Sumner
Field Homes, 1901 Bryant Ave. N,
on Friday night, December 5, from
7:30 to $3.50. There will be refresh
ments, movies, games and group
singing. Mr.. Henry Nilsson, man.
ager of the grocery department at
Midland Cooperative Wholesale,
will give a short talk. The public
is invited.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
Ames Lodge Mem
bership Drive Gains

Ames lodge membership drive
continues to gain as the period of
the dispensation for new members
draws near the end.
Guaranteed death benefits for
the members over a long period of
years is the major reason for the
increased interest shown in the big
drive.
Ames lodge 100, is one of the few
fraternal organizations carrying
paid up insurance on its member
ship. The Elks home at 14S High
land Ave. north, Minneapolis, still
has some application blanks for
qualified men.
AMES ELECTION HELD
George W. Hall was reelected
Exalted Ruler of Ames Lodge No.
LOG, /. B. P. o. E. W., in a contest
over D. W. Willis and Cecil Taylor.
Other officers elected were G. j.
Van Wrinkle, esteemed leading
Knight. James Hudson, esteemed
Loyal Knight. Virgil Powell, es-
teemed Lecturing Knight. George
Washington, Esquire. Grant
Charleston, inner Guard. R. B.
Warren, treasurer, and A. II.
Lyons, Tyler.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
REV. WILSON OFF TO
CONVENTION

Rev. A. W. Wilson, pastor Of the
Fourth Street Church of God in
Christ, Minneapolis, left Monday
for Memphis, Tennessee, where the
National Convocation of the
Churches of God in Christ convene
for fifteen days.
Returning from the CoAvocation,
Rev. Wilson will make brief stops
in Oklahoma City and Kansas City,
Missouri.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
Group Of Minneapolis
Men Contribute $l00

At a meeting Monday night,
in Minneapolis, citizens subscribed
500 in cash and pledges to the
fund being raised by the Minnesota
Negro Defense Committee. A total
of SAP was raised in cash.
Subscribing $3.50 each were G..
W. Hall and DR.. w. D. Brown; $40,
Jos. B. Levy and D. W. Willis; SIS,
M. o. Culberson, j. Jackson, G. ].
Van Wrinkle, ]. Richie, E. Moore,
Rube Warren, and Frank Lynn;
So, C. D. De La Compson, George
Slaughter, v. Powell; 81, c. Steven
son, J. Hudson, ]. Cunningham and
George Washington.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
Two Women Shot.
Two Men Held

Oscar Hayes and Lou Zach,
white were questioned Thursday
concerning the shooting Wednes-
day night of Mrs. Juanita Simms,
81, Sic Aldrich Ave. No., who was
found shot on the floor of her home.
Another woman, wife Of Hayes
was also wounded in a fight which
police said took place in Hayes
home. Lou Zach is being held as a
material witness.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
Mayor" Installs
NAACP Officers
Sunday p. NJ.

The installation of the newly
elected officers of the Minneapolis
branch of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People will be held Sunday after
noon at 4 p. m. at Wheatley Com
munity House. The mayor of
Bonneville, DR.. W. D. Brown, will
make the installation.
Members and public are welcome.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
WILLIE TERRY DEAD

Willie Terry, 46, 244 Grove St.,
st. Paul, died Wednesday, Decem-
Der 8, at Ancker hospital.
Born in Texas, Mr.. Terry had
lived in St. Paul during the past
20 years. He is survived by his
wife, Mary, and relatives in Texas.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, December s (today), at
$3.50 p. m, at Brooks Funeral
Home, GOT Rondo Ave. Interment
in Elmhurst.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
STARLEY RICHARDSON JOINS
u. S. NAVY

Starley Richardson of st. Paul
and Pennington, Minnesota, has
enlisted in the U. S. Navy. He left
the city Tuesday, December 2, for
the training station at Norfolk,
Virginia. Mr.. Richardson is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Richardson of
Pennington, Minnesota. His sister,
Gloria, is a student at Manchester
College.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
w. Squire Neal
Released

W. Squire Neal, operator of the
Neal Funeral Homes Of Mime
apolis and st. Paul, was released
from the Sandstone, Mimi, Federal
Prison Monday.
He arrived in Minneapolis Mon
day. While at Sandstone he under
went a major operation.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
Mrs. Martin Brown
Wins Table Cloth

Mrs. Florence Brown, 3942 Third
Ave. &c., won the lace table cloth
given away by the Women's Auxil-
larry of the Minneapolis Urban
League at their meeting on Tues
day night at the home of Mrs.
Josephine Chambers.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
ATTENDS FUNERAL IN
DIES MONIES

Mrs. Eva L. Abbey, Ala E. 25th
St., international grand treasurer
of the o. E. S., went to Des Moines
to attend the funeral of Mrs. S.
Joe Brown, noted Iowa woman.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
STERLING CLUB HOLDS
ANNUAL DINNER

The Sterling Club held its an
nual turkey dinner, Thursday, No
vember 81, at the Clubhouse. Mr..
Herman Cotton was chairman of
the committee on arrangements.
Mr.. o. C. Hall, ST., acted as master
of ceremonies. Other speakers in
cluded Mr.. Ralph Ward, Jr., presi-
dent of the Junior Sterling Club,
and o. C. Hall, Jr., who extended
greetings to the Senior Club from
the Junior. Mrs. Hattie Loomis
Oliver, soprano, gave two vocal
selections. Snapdragons in beauti-
full arrangement graced the table.
Blind Salesman and Wife
Carrying On
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Wiley are
carrying on" at their home at 1905
Garfield Ave., Minneapolis. Mrs.
Wiley has been confined to her bed
for two years and Mr.. Wiley will
be remembered by many Twin
Citians as "the Blind Salesman"
For years Mr.. Wiley sold toilet
preparations and the leading Negro
newspapers from house to house.
He asks all Of his friends to buy
brooms and brushes from the So
ciety of the Blind, 1886 Nicollet
Ave. If customers mention Mr..
Wiley's name, he receives a COM
mission m y,urcbasas
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
George Howard
Recovering

George Howard, who has been in
Phoenix, Arizona, since fall with
his employer, is reported recover
ing in a hospital in Phoenix from
an attack of pneumonia. He is
we'll known here and a member of
the Cameo club.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
TWIN CITY TRAP AND GUN
CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL
DINNER

The Twin City Trap and Gun
Club held its annual game dinner
for members and their wives, Sat
urday, November 20, at the Phyllis
Wheatley House.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
Use Your Phone .

Phone your news items direct to
the office to insure prompt inser-
ton. In st. Paul call Midway s34O,
in Minneapolis Br. 1896.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05

The Chivers twins, Jean and
Jane, daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Curtis Chivers, 4017 Clinton Ave-,
celebrated their seventh birthdays
last Sunday.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
Barbara Coleman
Receives Divorce

Mrs. Barbara Coleman, hotel
matron, received a divorce in Dis
trict Court from Leroy Coleman,
well known railroad man.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
Baha'iLeader
Speaks Here
Sunday at 4

There will be a special forum at
the Halle @. Brown Community
House Sunday, December z, at 4
p. m, with Louis G. Gregory as
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
DEFENSE COMMITTEE MEETS
SATURDAY NIGHT

The Minnesota Negro Defense
Committee will meet Saturday
night at 9 p. m. at Halle Q. Brown
Community House.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05

speaker. Mr.. Gregory is a member
of the National Spiritual Assem-
bly, of the Bahais of the United
States and Canada, member of the
National Bahai Race Unity Com
mittee, resident of Elliot, Maine,
former practicing attorney of
Washington, D. c., attended Fisk
and Howard Universities.
Last August he conducted a most
successful inter-racial conference
at the Bahai Summer School at
Elliot, Maine, where people of
many races, nationalities and ethi-
cal origins gathered in consulta-
ton.
Many will remember Mr.. Greg
ory's visit to the Twin Cities in
1921. He comes to st. Paul from
a Race Unity Conference held by
the Baha'is in Indianapolis, Ind.
Members of the Halle @. Brown
Concert Group, under the direction
of John M. Whitaker, will present
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05

Stay OF December IL, Past Ex-
allied Rulers Council Banquet, Elks
Rest, Minneapolis. See next weeks
paper.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1941-12-05
MinnesOta's Most
Different Paper

Offering each week news and
comment on the city, state and ma
tons affairs as they affect the
Negro-American. Offering also the
sales message of merchants who
appreciate the patronage Of this
group of people.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
British and Iroq Forces
Reported Locked in Battle

BEIRUT. Lebanon, May rs lP).-
An Iraq communique declared to-
day that British and Iraq forces
had been locked in battle since Sat-
urday in the Habbaniyah-Fa Fallujah
sectors along the Euphrates River,
40 miles west of Baghdad.
Farther west, toward the Mosul-
Haifa oil pipe line, an Iraq patrol
was said to have forced a British
column to retreat between Ramadi
and Rutba.
On the southern front. the COM
munique said, British push north
of Basra was repulsed.
The Iraqis also reported damage
and destruction of number of
British planes in the air and on the
ground in bombing and machine
gun attacks in the vicinity of Lake
Habbaniyah, where the Royal Air
Force has its principal Iraq base.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
All misunderstanding
On Conveys Removed
By Raeder, Nazis Say
U. S. Warned Thut Escorts
For Controbund Would
Be Open Act of War
By the Associated Press.

~
BERLIN, MAY 26-Grand Admiral
Erich Raeder's warning that Ameri-
can conveys for contraband to Eng
land would be an open war act"
which would be met by the guns OF
the German navy if necessary re-
moved all possibility of misunder-
standing over the significance of
conveys and what Germany holds
to be an act of war authoritative
sources declared today
The statement of the commander
in-chief of the German navy, made
in an interview with Domei, jap
anese news agency. and published
here yesterday by D. N. B., official
German news agency, puts In pre-
else technical language what has
been generally known for some time,
especially through the Fuehrers
words" in the opinion of the Will
helmstrasse.
Patrols Held Aggressive.
Admiral Raeder described the
American patrol system as "aggres-
sive" and said German. Warships
would be justified in engaging any
American naval units trying 10 pro-
tect cargoes of contraband for Eng
land. His utterance has been released
for verbatim reproduction in the en-
tire German press.
I'VE have laid our sea cards open
on the tables" authorized sources
further commented.
Admiral Raeder told the Berlin
representative of Domei that in
stitution of an American convoy sys-
tenn would not scare off the German
Navy-which just reported sinking
Britain's 42,100-ton battle cruiser
Hood and damaging a new 35,000-ton
King George class battleship-from
fulfilling its duty in the Atlantic.
Since the nature of cargoes of
conveyed ships, according to Ameri-
can admissions, would be established
from the very beginning as contra
band" Admiral Raeder asserted,
resort to this type of convoy system
would not be neutral in the sense of
international or American treaties,
but an open war act and bare,
unprovoked attack.
German naval forces therefore
would be justified in taking meas
ures against these contraband car
riers, according to the law of sea
warfare, and would, by exercise of
these rights, have to repulse with
arms if necessary any hindrance-
even against American warships."
He said he only could confirm a
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Ampufated Leg Found;
Torso Murder Feared

BY tht Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. May ga mans
leg was found along the Ohio River
at suburban Moon Township last
night and detectives, seeking the re-
mainder of the body, said 1t was
probably another murder by the
long sought mad butcher" of
Cleveland.
The leg, cleanly amputated at the
right hip as though the work of
skilled surgeon, was found washed
on the river bank by two men who
had gotten off a freight train in
the vicinity. Physicians said the
limb had been in the water about
a week.
Allegheny County Detectives Sam
Graham and Lester Leonard said
the amputation resembled that
performed on the mutilated bodies
of three men found in freight cars
in nearby McKees Rocks a year ago.
The Staying of pose three was at
tributed to the $mad butcher"
The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Railroad from Cleveland runs along
the river where the leg was found.
The area was being searched for
other parts of the body.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Judge Trying Case Visits
Home OF Marion TaNeY
Ry the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. May 26.-Court
attaches said today Superior Judge
Ingall w. Bull was a self-invited
caller at the home of Marion Talley,
opera singer, whose divorce and
child-custody suit against Adolph
Eckstrom he is trying.
Judge Bull said. on recessing court
Friday for the week end, he would
visit Miss Talley's home to learn
the conditions under which her
6-year-old daughter, Susan, was
living.
Mr.. Eckstrom, Miss Talleys for
mer voice coach, contends the singer
is not proper person to care
for Susan. Miss Talley has testified
she dresses the girl, prepares her
meals, takes her to and from schools,
supervises her prayers-in short,
fulfills all motherly requirements.
Evening star., 1941-05-26
Bombs Damage Cruiser
At Tobruk, itofy Claims

ROME, May 26 GP).-An Axis
bombing attack on the harbor of
Tobruk was reported today by the
Italian high command to have
damaged seriously British cruiser
and sunk four steamers totaling
1000 tons.
The daily war bulletin said scout
ing units in the Tobruk area had
captured automatic arms and anti
tank guns from the British de-
tenders.
In the Sidamo region of Ethiopia
Italian forces were reported to have
stood off British attacks along the
left bank of the ONO River. --
Evening star., 1941-05-26

More than 10000. ZOO pounds Of
nicotine-free tobacco was grown In
Germany last year.