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Star Journal and
Tribune Agree to
End Old Practice

The old newspaper practice of
designating the race of persons in
news accounts when such persons
are Negroes will be discontinued
in the Star-Journal and Minneapolis
Tribune newspapers.
This was the promise of Basil
Walters, executive editor of the
newspapers, and David .Silverman,
managing editor, mad q a COM
mittee from the Minneapolis Coun-
Gil of Negro Organizations several
days ago.
Daily newspapers all over Ameri-
ca have had policy of ignoring
the racial identity of all people in
their news stories except Negroes.
News stories carried about in the
daiGes are preponderantly of police
court and crime variety the commit
tee pointed out and the identifca-
ton of such persons as Negroes
tends to create in the newspaper
readers mind that the Negro fig
ures very largely as a criminal.
The committee pointed out that if
it was improper to refer to the ma
tionality of other groups in the
papers it was also improper to
single out the Negro.
Mr.. Walters agreed that the COM
mittee's contention had considerable
merit and pointed out that the mat
ter had never before been brought
to his attention.
In the future unless the use of
the word Negro has some news
value in itself it will not be used in
the Minneapolis dailies' manner
formerly in vogue.
DR.. w. D. Brown, W. C. Jones,
Henry Thomas, Raymond W. Can
non and C. E. Newman composed
the committee which called at the
paper.
Two other dailies, the Dispatch
and Pioneer Press of st. Paul, dis
continued designating the race of
news story figures two years ago.
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Geraldine LawhOrn, 24-Year
Blind Artist to be Presented
In Recital November

Miss Geraldine Lawhorn, "a
year-old wonder, with her Masters
Eye dog, Blonde, will be presented
in a dramatic recital by the Cred
jafawn Club, November 5, at 8
p. M, at the Catholic Youth Center,
$50 North Smith Avenue, st. Paul.
At the Chicago Piano College and
School of Fine Arts where she is
studying on a scholarship awarded
by the State of Illinois, Miss Law
horn is regarded the institutions
most unusual student. She plays
the piano, dances, operates stand
ard keyboard typewriter and a
Braille machine, and has written
several short stories, some prize
winning.
1t is said that the dramatic read
er's adjustment to her handicaps,
her radiant personality and cour-
'ageous manner remove impulses to
pity her, but instead inspire ad-
miration and respect for her spirit,
determination and remarkable
ability. She will present some of
her most noted dramatic portrayals
in the November 5 concert as we'll
as the appearance of Blonde in one
number. She will also play Dett's
"Juba," difficult piano interpreted
ton for normal artists.
Members of the Credjafawn Club
believe that such a hIgn type and
unusual program will be appreci-
ated by the people of these commu-
mites and urge their support.
This young lady, accompanied on
her trips by her mother, has been
lauded by the Chicago Daily News
as well as many other leading news
papers and periodicals all over the
United States.
Assisting on the program will
De Norma Stokes Beauford, xylo-
phonist, and the Melody Maids,
youthful singing group, directed by
Arlee Harris.
Patron tickets are one dollar;
general admission is sixty-five cents
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-30

Mr.. and Mrs. WOodfOrd w. Mills,
944 st. Anthony avenue, are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth
of a baby girl, weighing six and
one-half pounds, Wednesday,, Oc-
tober Fl, at Bethesda hospital. The
new arrival has been named Carol
Jeanne. The Woodford Mills have
two other children, both boys. The
paternal grandparents are Mr.. and
Mrs. William Mills, 944 St. An
thony avenue, and the maternal
grandparents are Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Howard, 563 W. Central avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Huron J. Shelton,
Jr, 925 E. Magnolia street, gave
an informal party Saturday, Oc-
tober "a, following the Minnesota
Michigan football game to honor
their house guest, DR.. William L..
Postles of Detroit, Michigan, who
is also talented pianist. Games
were played and refreshments were
served. Guests at the party in
cluded Messrs. and Mesdames B.
F. Henderson, John R. Lawrence,
Jr., John L. Banks, Jr., Miss Nilee
Nyan Luclie and Mr.. A. ]. Lewis,
Misses Fern and June Lee, Mrs.
Norma Beauford and Mrs. Ernest
Baxter, Jr., of East Orange, New
Jersey. DR.. Postles was also
the dinner guest on Saturday of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lee, liza
Sherburne avenue. -. Sunday aft
ernoon, October 25, DR.. Postles was
the dinner guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. F. Stevens, 1924 4th avenue
south, Minneapolis.
Mrs. Aaron Jones of Chicago,
who has been visiting in the city
as the house guest of her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis P. Moore, 662 w. Central
avenue, left Monday, October 26,
for home.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-30

of Attorney General ]. A. A. Burn.
quist. B. M. Heinzen, Ivanhoe, Lin.
coin County Attorney, has been
named chairman of the group. Ear
F. Jackson, st. Paul attorney, is
vice-chairman, Maurice Hessian
Minneapolis attorney, is secretary
treasurer, and Mrs. Tess Carlson OF
Willmar is chairwoman.
Heinzen, in announcing the for
nation of the group, emphasized
the Importance of the office of at
torney general and the splendid
record Burnquist has made since
taking office in 1889, winning 226
out of 253 cases in court.
'The state is fortunate" he said,
Gin having a capable lawyer and
an efficient and experienced public
officer like Burnquist as attorney
general, especially in these difficult
times. His experience as governor
his service as lieutenant governor
and as member of the legislature
together with his outstanding ad.
ministration of the legal affairs OF
the state in the past four years
make him a valuable official in the
functioning of our state govern
ment."
1--WE must maintain the present
impartial and judicial administra-
ton of this office" Heinzen said,
"by re-electing J. A. A. Burnquist.
The committee has established
headquarters at 624 Endicott
Building, st. Paul, and is carrying
on statewide campaign for the
attorney general.
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Revival Service at
zion; Baptist Church

:: - =. -, - .',..'.,.,.
=. Members: and friends, pf' sister
churches are invited to attend a re-
vival at Zion Baptist church begin
ming Sunday, November first, con-
Quoted by Rev. C. A. Raulston of
Mobile, Ala.
Rev. Raulston, pastor of one of
the largest Baptist churches in
Mobile, is an outstanding minister
in State and National Baptist
circles. Zion Baptist says, "To hear
him once is a guarantee that you
will hear him again." They promise
a spiritual feast and fellowship.
Rev. H. W. Bolts is the church pas
tor.
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John Glenn,
Pioneer. Buried

John Glenn, 81 years old, pioneer
Minneapolis resident who died Oct.
10, was buried October 10. Born in
Mississippi, educated in Iowa, Mr..
Glenn was married to Mrs. Addie
Glenn, who survives him, at Two
Harbors, Minnesota, in 1900. The
couple moved to Minneapolis in that
year AZ years ago.
Mr.. Glenn had been i'll since De-
cember, 1941, and had not worked
since March this year.
Funeral services were held at
st. Peter A. M. E. church. Sur
viving the deceased are three broth
ers, three sisters and his wife.
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'Yd Littleiohn & HerTon)

in the armed forces.
2. Outlaw the poll tax.
8. Secure for women equal pay
for equal work.
The Negro soldier has many just
demands. He wants an equal chance
NOW in the armed forces. He
wants a second front. He wants
freedom for ALL oppressed people
throughout the world, including the
people of India.
Mr.. Benson we know will cham
pion these just demands.
Signed:
Frank Boyd, Observation-Disclosures
Twin Cities Division Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters.
Maceo V. Littlejohn, General
Chairman, Local No. SIG, Dining
Car Employees.
VIM. "Bill" Heron, Committee
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-30
Oscar Newman
Joins NAVY

Oscar Newman, son of Cecil
Newman, newspaper publisher,
signed up with the U. S. Navy Mon
day. Oscar resides with his mother,
Mrs. Villa Newman, 2434 Fifth
Ave. S.
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MinnesOtans Urged to Vote
for Elmer Benson, Former
Governor, for i. S. Senator
Statement Issued by I


Negroes of Minnesota should
give their whole-hearted indorse-
ment to Elmer A. Benson's can
didacy for United States senator.
There are many reasons why we
urge the election of this great
Farmer-Labor leader. The reasons
given here, we believe, are peril
nent to the tremendous task of win
ming the war quickly and decisively.
America needs real unity if it is
to defeat its enemies - both the
enemies abroad and the fifth col
umn at home. Mr.. Benson fights
for that unity. His record is one
of the best in the nation.
1t was Mr.. Benson who exposed
the Black Legion Fascist threat in
1886. 1t was Mr.. Benson, then
United States Senator, who de-
manded a joint House and Senate
investigation of that subyersive
movement. The Congressional Rec
ord in 1886 quotes Mr.. Benson in
these prophetic words:
evidence discloses that this
BLACK Legion) organization
plotted to overthrow the govern
ment of the United States by force
and violence, establish a Fascist
dictatorship, and deny certain
classes of our citizens the rights
guaranteed under our Constitution.
"The activities of such an or
ganization, conducting terrorist
campaigns against labor, liberals,
and other. groups of law-abiding
citizens, is a national outrage and
presents a national rather than a
state problem. Unless the federal
government acts quickly, we may
awake to the day when our cher
ished American liberty will be a
TGllC VI Tile past.
That same year Mr.. Benson
called to national attention the ac-
tivities of the Silver Shirts, an anti
Semitic and anti-Negro organiza-
ton whose leader Policy recently
was imprisoned.
Because the administration gave
no heed to the appeals by Mr.. Ben
son and other champions of the I'M
derprivileged, it has become pos
sible for some $50 subversive
groups to be in existence in the
United States at this time. Au-
thority for this statement is found
in the September, 1912, issue of
the Readers Digest IN an article
entitled, "The Ghost Walks Again"
Successors to the Black Legion
continue to be active even since the
outbreak of war. They were found
melting the race riots last spring
against the Sojourner Truth hous-
ing project in Detroit. They have
made trouble in war industries and
in the armed services as well.
These same forces are respon-
sible for the lynchings and terror
ism which the Axis propagandists
use in their efforts to create dis
loyalty among American Negroes.
The Administrations Indifference
(until Pearl Harbor) to these
homegrown Fascist movements, we
believe, is a contributing factor to
the present state of international
chaos.
Therefore we pledge our efforts
to elect Mr.. Benson to the United
States Senate where we know he
will fight to:
1. End racial and nationality dis
elimination NOW in industry and
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-30
Hammond Turner
Endorses Lynch

Hammond Turner, st. Paul at
torney, says Games F. Lynch, can
didate to succeed himself as county
attorney, has been one of the finest
prosecutors Ramsey County has
ever had. In his career he has
been marked by his fairness to all
classes. He has not been influenced
by any pressure groups"
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HALLOWEEN PARTY AT
WHEATLEY

Saturday, October 81, at z p. m.
is the time and place for the kid
dies Halloween party at Phyllis
Wheatley House. Refreshments
will be served.
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Burnquist Committee
Issues Statement

Announcement has been made of
the formation of Volunteer Com
mittee to work for the reelection
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LORRAINE CHIvERS IN
RECITAL

LORRAINE E. Chivers will be
among the pupils of La M. Garfield,
teacher of vocal and piano, to be
presented in recital at the Mime
apohs branch Y. W. C. A. at p. M,
November 10. Admission free.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-30
HALLOWEEN PARTY
AND BEAN FEED

The Mems Club of st. Thomas
Episcopal Church will have their
annual Bean Feed in the form of a
Halloween party Saturday, October
81, at 345 E. 18th St., from 8 to
IL p. m.
This feed is for the boys and
girls of the South Central district of
Minneapolis. Movies, dancing and
other entertainment will be free
with plenty of good eats.
Prizes will be given for the girl
and boy wearing the best costume.
Mothers of the smaller children are
urged to be present. Everyone is
welcome. C. A. Hughes is chair
man. Tela Burt, Martin Brown, J.
Boyd Crawford, A., ]. Clark, Jr.,
and DR.. W. D. Brown are other COM
mittee members.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-30

A. Gladys Cannon Nelson, Chi
cagO soprano. Recital Nov. Is
Camphor Church-Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-30

This is Americas most complete
of its size.-Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-30

In these columns this week
will befound the appeals and re-
quests for votes from most of
the leading candidates for pub
lie office subject to the Nov. 8
elections. Read their ads. The
fact that they advertise here is
possible evidence of their inter-
est in the Negro people of this
state and county.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-30

Salient features of this paper
include thorough local news COW
erage, 'Tnquisitive SAL" James
T. LOgan's moving poems, Estyr'
Bradley's Personals and Social
Notes, the best editorial COM
ment from the nations out
standing newspapers, the births
and the deaths, the disappOint-
ments and the triumphs of the
many.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28
Ferry Flyers
Status probed
East Detroiter
Held in Shores

ST. CLAIR SHORES A 80
year-old East Detroit man was
held for investigation by police
today on the suspicion he imper-
sonated a pilot in the u. S. Ferry
command.
The man, arrested at 2:41 a. m.
today when he drove his car into
a ditch on Harper near from
bley, was to be questioned by
FBI agents.
He told Patrolmen Alfred Ter
rell and Stanley KLAUS he had to
leave for New York at 6 a. m. on
an official mission. He said he
formerly worked in a South Ma
comb war plant, but inquiry at
the plant, according to Klauss
revealed he is still employed
there.
He was wearing a leather jac-
ket, tan pants and shirt and had
an overseas cap in his car. He
had ben drinking, KLAUS said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28
Archbishop of Canterbury
Feors u. S. to Draw Awoy
His Grace Asks Il Relationships
Between Y. S., Britain Moy be Stroined

line of England's primates new
er has given a tinker's dam for
harsh names.
He has kept on preaching his
socialistic bran d of practical
Christianity both through his
brilliant tongue and his equally
brilliant writings.
Finally, last February, despite
the sensational manner in which
he had been standing diehards
on their heads, he was called at
the age of 80 from the Arch
bishopric of York to his pres
ent high position upon the res
ignation of DR.. Cosmo Lang.
What l really called on the
Archbishop for was to get his
views on the delectable subject
of hanging Hitler and whether
the Allies were fighting this war
for Christianity - a matter of
some debate in England.
The question of the "leftist"
movement just cropped up incl
dentally.
I'm glad this angle did appear
because it emphasizes what lot
of people fail to realize - that
not only Britain but the United
States and many other countries
are undergoing a great social
revolution which is being spur
red on by the war.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28
Gwen Dew Thrills Lorge
Audience at High School
Tells Of Experiences at
Honskons and Of Jop Prisons

and Canadian troops defending
the island.
She told of the grim trek on
foot from Port Stanley to Kong
kong and of the extreme suf-
fering of the internees through
lack of proper foods and the
strict curbs enforced by the con-
querors. Miss Dew told of the
bodies of unburied British dead
which the Japs permitted to lay
by the roadsides and of their
seeming indifference to all but
their own sufferings.
Miss Grew expressed the swift
transition from despair to Joy
Wien word came ths. American
civilians were to be evacuated
and of the trip back home to the
United States.
Ending her address on a plea
for concerted civilian support Of
the war effort Miss Dew evoked
tremendous ovation from her
audience as she bowed silently
from the stage.
The program was sponsored
by the Teachers Club of Mount
Clemens.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28
SabOteur
Returns
to Stand

CHICAGO, Oct. % - R -
Ernest Peter Burger, one of the
two -urviving members of the
German saboteur gang sent to
this country to cripple the ma
TONS war production by des-
truction of industries, was to re-
sumo testimony today in Federal
Court in the trial Of six Chica-
goans on charges of treason.
Burger, the first witness call
ed by the government, yesterday
related publicly for the first
time the operations of the Nazi
agents, six of whom were exc
cuted in Washington Aug. 8 for
their part in the abortive at
tempt to destroy war plants,
public utilities and railroads. He
and companion were sentenced
to prison.
The 35-year-old Nazi sabo-
teur testified at the States first
treason trial that the members of
the German gang were given
special training at the Banden-
burg School of Sabotage in the
Reich before they embarked on
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28
China Bases
Still Safe

NEW DELHI, India, Oct. %
P)-Japanese attempts to knock
out Assam bases of u. S. Army
bombers and the ferry service
to China were regarded as fu-
tile here today in the develop
ing fight for mastery of the air
over southeast Asia.
Speaking of both enemy at
tacks and AEF raids as far away
as that upon the Linsi mine
north of Tientsin recently, a u.
S. Army communique issued last
night said THE lull in wide
range aerial warfare may be
said to have e n d e d with the
monsoon.
Although several grounded
transports were destroyed or
damaged, an American was kill
ed and five others were. wound
ed in an attack by strong force
of Japanese fighters and bomb
ers upon air fields in the Dib-
rugarh area of Assam Sunday,
highly informed military COM
mentator who may not be named
summed up the situation thus:
The blow was not hard
enough to dislocate the ferry
service.
"They can bomb all they want
to. and they won't wipe out the
fields, from which we'll con-
tinue bombing them and sup
plying China"
The spokesman reported the
number of transport planes on
the ground when the japanese
hit was mot unusually large"
The communique said two Of
the r al ders were shot down,
against a loss of one interceptor.
"a Tokyo communique broad
cast Monday asserted at least 80
grounded planes were destroyed
and at least three were shot
down in air combat over Chitta-
gong and Tinsukia, near Dib-
EuBdIu'I
American officers were .es-
pecially proud that q japanese
fighter attack aimed against the
Chinese air base at Running
never reached its goal, from
three to seven planes going
down in the attempt.
To many observers one OF the
most pleasing sidelights OF the
Sunday bombing raid, W h l c h
was followed up with machine
gun attacks by japanese fighters
yesterday, was the disclosure
that Indian workers, needed for
upkeep of the fields and other
essential services, did not run
away.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28

Internationally but in stark
ly vivid terms Gwen Dew, De-
troit News reporter recently re-
turned from ia. anese intern
ment camps at Hongkong, last
night thrilled over 1900 Mount
Clemens residents at the high
school auditorium as she out
lined her experiences prior to,
and after, outbreak Of war in
the Pacific.
Miss Dew told her attentive
audience of her trip to Hawaii
and of the great changes she
noted upon her arrival in Tok-
20 as contrasted to the once
friendly attitude U the populace
during other trips there. She
told of her determination to
visit Hongkong and of her de-
sire to be on hand when war,
which appeared imminent, broke
over the Orient.
The talente' reporter, who
was introduced to the audience
by l.. Wade Fast whose pupil
she once was, gave a graphic de-
scription of the false-sense of
security which seemed to per-
meate all Europeans nd Amer
leans in the Far East.
Beginning with a description
of the bombing of Hongkong on
Dec. 8, Miss Dew, traced her
/ uesome experience curing the
unbelievably rapid advance of
the Japanese force toward Kow-
loon and their eventual invas-
ion of Hongkong. She told how
the monkey men" kept coming
and climbed over the bodies of
their own dead in the face of
inadequate British resistance.
The girl reporter spoke in the
most emphatic terms of the val
liant defense offered by greatly
outnumbered British troops.
certainly" she said, eff any
fault exists it was not that of
the men and officers on the
scene. They did everything pos
sible to protect the CT 'ilians and
the colony"
Miss Dew described the brut-
ality of the Jap troops after they
had finally subdued the British
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28
BY DEWITT MACKENZIE

LONDON, Oct. % - up -
The Archbishop of Canterbury,
DR.. William Temple, tells me he
believes Anglo-American friend
ship is one of .c,e first needs in
rebuilding the post war world
and he Is concerned over re-
port he has received that the
United States may draw away
from this country because of
Britain's trend to the left"
When the Archbishop speaks
of the cleft" he is not using the
expression in the political sense
but in its broad socialistic mean
ing. He has in mind England's
social upheaval which is head
ing toward equal opportunity
for all with special privileges
for none.
His Grace asked If there was
danger of amity and cooperation
between the two countries being
harmed by this tendency.
/ assured him that my obser-
walton led me to believe that
the United States was surging
forward with the times and that
we should keep step with Eng
land in any humanitarian devel-
opments.
The Archbishop has a very
special interest in this "leftist"
movement in Britain, because,
forsooth, he himself Is vital
part in it. In DR.. Temple we have
q curious break in generations of
conservatism which have occu-
pied the primate's throne.
He not only has been named
a member of the Labor Party
but for years has urged the rank
and file toward goal of part
nership in industries in which
they serve and has called for
Limitation of the profits of cap
ital.
He has done this while vested
interests have roared "leftist"
and radical" but this most out
spoken Liberal of all the long
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-28
Girl, ., Struck
by Automobile

Mary Esther Secriest, 2 years
old, of 1871 Shook road, suffered
minor hurts shortly after p. m.
Tuesday when struck by . car
driven along Shook road near
her home by Henry Gruzwalski,
"a, 1880 Garnatt road. Macomb
township.
The girl received first aid at
st. Joseph's hospital for injuries
to her head and left leg and was
released.