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Candidates Oked
By Recorder Win
Voters Nod

John ]. McDonough was an over
whelming victor in the st. Paul
City elections over William II. Fall
Ion Tuesday. McDonough received
46,O99 to Fallon's 17,758.
John Mauer, whom the St. Paul
Recorder asked voters not to sup
port, lost his second bid for the
city council by eighth in a field Of
IL candidates.
All of the incumbents were re-
elected with Irving Pearce, giving
Milton Rosen a close race for the
sixth place on the ticket.
POLICE AND FIREMEN GET
RAISE
The Police-Fire Ordnance de-
signed to increase pay in these de-
partments had a narrow squeak but
won by a 1,470 majority.
All candidates endorsed by the
st. Paul Recorder won at the polls.
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Gordon Parks
Wins ROSenWald
Photo Fellowship

Gordon Roger Parks, ace Chi
cago photographer and Twin City
product, has received a Rosenwald
Fellowship for advanced study in
photography, it was learned this
week.
Parks is the first Negro to re-
ceive such a grant. He will study
with Roy Striker of the Federal
Security Administration in Wash
ington, D. C.
Mr.. Parks and Mrs. Parks and
their two children are in Mime
apols visiting with Mrs. Parks
mother, 1928 4th Ave. So. The pho
tographer will leave for Washing
ton in a week and Mrs. Parks will
join him later.
In Chicago where he has lived
for the past year, Parks attracted
nationwide attention by his fine
photography. Some of his work is
on display at the Festival of Ma
lions at the St. Paul Auditorium
this week.
Parks was a staff member of
the Spokesman & Recorder news
papers for a long period. His first
photos published appeared in these
papers.
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Robert Thornton
Speaks to Inter-
Racial Group

The Working Girls Council were
hostesses to the Y.W.C.A. Indus
trial Girls at their regular meeting
on Monday, April 26.
Robert Thornton, professor of
physics at Talladega College, Talla-
dega, Alabama, who is now on
leave of absence for study on his
Ph.D at the University of Mime
sofa. was the guest speaker. Thorn
ton spoke on the subject of inter-
racial relations and a discussion
period followed. Refreshments
were served and plans were made
for the next meeting on Monday,
June Is, at the Y.W.C.A. These
groups meet monthly throughout
the year on the last Monday of the
month and alternately each group
furnishes the meeting place and
nroorror,o
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-01
THIS
WORLD

Negroes operate IL banks in this
country. Aggregate deposits the
year ending December 81, 1941,
reached total of $7,509, 405, an in
crease of $1,250,511 for the year
1910. Total resources were $685.
543. The following cities have
banks controlled by Negroes: Phila-
delphia, Nashville, Tenn, Atlanta,
Ga, Richmond, Va, Newport
News, Va, Danville, Va, Boley,
Okla, Washington, D. c., Durham,
N. c., and Columbia, s. c.
The Danville, Va, Savings &
Trust Co. is in a town with a pOpu-
latiOn of only $4,000! At least half
of the population must be white. If
1000 Virginians of color can Oper-
ate a bank why not 1000 Mime
sOtans!
The Office of Facts and Figures
gives out the following data based
on Tokyo broadcast: Insurance
companies formerly under the OPP
Grafton of America and other enc
my nations have been iquidated
and transferred to the control of
specified Japanese companies, the
press section of the Japanese Army
in China announced. The firms in
volved include 10 casualty insur-
ance companies and 10 life insur-
ance companies. The transfers OF
business and accounts of these
companies took effect April H."
AS far as we are concerned the
Japs can have several American
companies we know of who refuse
to write other Americans of GER
tain nationalities both life and liza
biGty insurance. We have several
such firms operating right here in
our state. Just try to get a decent
ordinary policy at a decent rate
from for example the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co. which has sew
eral million Negro risks who are
insured under the so-called insur-
ance plan.
A young Los Angeles Negro
minister, Clayton D. Russell by
name, realizing that his folks must
eat as well as pray, formed a coop
and has established a market en-
ploying 20 employees in the heart of
the Negro district.
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Arthur Allen
Dies After Thirty
DAYS Illness

Arthur Allen, we'll known sales
representative and former news.
paper executive, died Monday al
Ancker Hospital after an illness
of 80 days.
Allen came to st. Paul in 1888
From 1884 to 1886 he was a men,
Der of the Spokesman & Recorder
newspaper staff, serving as adver-
Using manager of the st. Paul Re-
corder and for six months in 1886
SO he was acting publisher.
In 1887 he left the newspaper to
assume a position with the Enger
Supply Co., distributors of cleo
trical appliances. A good salesman,
Allen sold coal stokers to many
Twin City families.
He was contractor for the recent
redecorating of Pilgrim Baptist
Church. He was familiar and well
liked figure in both Minneapolis
and St. Paul.
He is survived by three sisters
and one brother. Two of the sis
tiers, Mrs. Hallot Barnett and Mrs
Alma Gibson, both of Omaha, were
at his bedside at his death. Another
sister, Mrs. Louise Brake Of
Springfield, Ohio, and a brother
Frank Allen, of Chicago.
Funeral arrangements had mo-
been completed at press time.
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News From
SelectiVe Service

Qualification of the procedure
used by Selective Service in calling
men from different registrations
into military service was made last
week in a statement by Colonel
]. E. Nelson, State Director of Sc
lective Service.
The procedure was outlined as
follows:
Registrars from the first and
second registrations have been con-
solidated into one age group, in
Guiding men who at the time of
registration were from Fl to 35
years old. (The first registration
on October 16, 1910, required the
registration of men from the ages
of 81 to 35. The second registra-
ton on July 1, 1871, included men
who had reached the age of q
since the first registration.) -.
Men of the third registration,
held February 16, 1912 will be
placed in a second age group. This
age group will include those men
not previously registered who were
from 20 to A years old, inclusive,
when they registered.
The present policy of Selective
Service with regard to the different
age groups, it was announced, is
that available men from the first
age group will be indicted before
men from the second age group are
called. All local boards either have
completed or are completing CLASH
fcation of men in the first age
group. However, such classified
lions are not considered permanent,
since the local boards are now
checking all past classifications,
and they will continue to reclassify
wherever necessary. In addition,
the boards are now beginning to
classify those in the second age
group so that there will be enough
men available to fill future calls.
State Headquarters indicated
that many inquiries have been re-
ceived regarding the high order
numbers received by men who reg
istered in the third registration on
February 16. It was announced that
men who registered in this regis
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Mrs. Minnie Archer
Dies from Stroke

Mrs. Minnie Archer, 579 W. Cen
trail Ave-, died Friday, April "a, at
10:45 a. M, at Ancker Hospital, af-
ter suffering a cerebral hemorrhage
on Tuesday, April 81.
Born in Dresden, Ontario, Can
ada, Ct years ago, Mrs. Archer has
been a resident of the city since
1919. She was a member of St.
James A. M. E. Church, Princess
Oziel Chapter No. 10, and the
Daughter of Isis.
Funeral services were held Tues
day, April %, at 2 p. m, at St.
James A. M. E. Church under the
auspices of Princess Oziel Chapter
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-01
MILL CITY NAACP BEGINS
DRIVE FOR 1000 MEMBERS

The Minneapolis Branch of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People will
officially open its drive on men,
bership today, Friday, May 1. W.
ing for honors for bringing in the
most memberships will be the team
captains, Nettie Shepherd, Louise
Carmichael, Allie Glenn, Erma
Clardy, Harriet Lane, Mary Crump,
Marie Hughes, Mrs. C. Walker,
Wendell Jones, and Harold Combs,
who in turn have each selected nine
lieutenants to help with his cam
paign.
The team captains say they will
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and with Rev. B. N. Moore, pastor
of St. James, reading the service.
Several selections were rendered by
the Choir.
Survivors include five nephews,
Albert Black of st. Paul, Elwood
Cook of Detroit, Garrett Cook of
Detroit, Eddie Newsome of Duluth
and Louis Cook, also of Detroit.
Mr.. Newsome came to the city
from Duluth after Mrs. Archer was
stricken and was with her at the
time of her death.
Neal-McGavock Funeral Home,
525 Rondo Ave-, in charge Of ar
rangements.
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force were similar to the Gestapo
of Germany and that American Ne
groes had known Hitler for more
than 300 years.
Director of the march is a for
mer st. Paul resident, Juanita
Mitchell, wife of the former secre-
tary of the st. Paul Urban League.
The white man, blond, blue-eyed
and trim-lool1ing in a neat tweed
business suit, was on the edge Of
his seat, hanging onto every word
the rusty-shined, balloon-mouthed,
imbecilic-minded black man ut
tered.
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not stop until a goal of 1000 mem
bers for Minneapolis has been
reached. Tela Burt, post office en-
ployee, is the membership chair
man and Ike Moore, retired post
office employee, is the publicity
chairman.
Pep meetings and weekly reports
will be held alternately in South
and North Minneapolis on We'd
nesday evenings.
Sunday is designated as NAACP
Sunday and ministers of the va
rious Mill City Churches have been
asked by the branch to say a word
about the work of the NAACP.
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Crowd Witnesses
Last Rites for
Fire Victim
program,

Funeral services for Cleo Steele
of Minneapolis, who died April %,
were held Saturday afternoon at
1870 p. m. at Crystal Lake chapel.
The dead woman was the victim of
burns suffered March 16.
Rev. S. A. Douglas preached the
funeral service. About 200 persons
attended the rites. There were
many floral tributes. The Neal Flu
neral Home had charge of ar
rangements.
She is survived by her mother
and father and three sisters and
two brothers. Interment at Crystal
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WILLIAM EDWARD
SMITH is DEAD

William Edward Smith, 3O6 N.
St. Albans St., died at Ancker Hos
pital Monday, April 81. Funeral
services will be held today (Fri-
day. at 2:30 p. m. from the Apos-
tolic Faith Church, Rondo and
Chatsworth Sts., with Elder Law
renee officiating. Interment will be
in Elmhurst cemetery.
Among the survivors is James
Haynes, stepson, who is reported to
be living in California, but has not
been heard from at press time.
Brooks Funeral Home, 697 Ron
do Ave., in charge Of funeral ar
rangements.
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Membership Roll
of St. Paul NAACP
MEMBERS OF N. A. A. C. P.
REEORE CAMPAIGN

Mrs. R. L. Allen, Ralph w. Allen,
Charles s. Anderson, Theodore Allen, Har-
riet F. Brown, Marion A. Boiling, David
Brantley, John Barker, Henrietta Capesius
Bert j. Carter, Alverta Coram, Herman A.
Cotton, DR.. J. w. Crump, Mrs. ]. W.
Crump, C. s. Compton, Louis Cason, John
T. Claibourne, Mrs. Levy Coleman, ST., c.
D. Claibourne, George Downey, L M. Dor
sey, Roy E. Davis, L. ]. Ferguson, John C.
Few, G. Ferguson, Mrs. Lafayette Fields,
N. Walter Coins, e. p. Graves Ollie Gran
thum, VIM. Greene, Mrs. w. M. Godette,
Willis NJ. Hamilton. Owen Howell. Mrs.
Birdie Howell, Rufus Hodges, ]. G. Hagan,
Miss Helena Haider, William Hanna, Geo.
L. Hoage, Jr., b. d. Hilyard, Mr.. and Mrs.
Phil Hall, Henry G. johnson, DR.. w.
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Council of Negro
Organizations to
Meet Nav 10

The Council Of Negro Organize
tions Of Minneapolis will meet at
Phyllis Wheatley House, Sunday
afternoon, May 10, at a p. m. Dele
gates will discuss the various prob
lens affecting the Negroes locally
which have developed during the
past six months.
The public is invited to attend
the meeting as spectators.
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Jordan, Chas. H Jackson, Mrs. Matte
King.
Cyrus L. Lewis, Maceo v. Lttlejohn
Elizabeth Lee M. K; Mcknight Lou Ella
Nelson, W. M. Nelson, A. R. North, s.
Vincent Owens. David ]. Payne, Charles
Pratt, P. X. Pulte, Mrs. Marguerite C.
Payne, Leo Pritzker, David Paper, Mrs
Dwight Reed, ST., A. and D. Rossini, Mrs
Margaret Ransdall, William Ridley, r. L
Stokes, N. N. Smith, R. B. Shepard, D. G.
Shepard, Harriet v. Sherwood, ]. n. Sher-
wood, ]. Nathaniel Smith, Paul Turner,
Hammond Turner, Rose Tillotson, DR.. Earl
S. Weber, Rev. C. B. Wheeler, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. P. Williams, T. S. Williams, A. E.
Williams, Wilbur A. Williams, Williams P.
Warricks. Mrs. w, A, Young
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ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE 1912

Oscar Applebaum, George A. Atwell,
Mrs. Allie Ballenger, John L. Banks, Mrs.
George Berry, ST., Mrs. Hazel Blair. Mrs,
Gertrude Boldly, ]. w; Bolden. II. G. Boil
Brown, Raymond C. Brown. Mrs. Raymond
c. Brown, Julian Buford, Cassiville Bullard,
Mrs. C. Burgess, Mrs. Lillian G. Burris.
Cameo Social Club, Victor E. Galloway
Mrs. Estelle Galloway, DR.. w. H. Carroll,
Mr.. M. D. Carter, Mrs. M. J.. Christner.
Coleman, Mr.. Robert Crump, Mr.. Leonard
Curry, Mrs. Matte Cyrus, Mrs. John
Davis. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Douglas, Mrs.
Flora Erwin, Ernest w. Fields, Jesse Gard
ner, Robert Gardner, Mrs. Emma E. Coins,
Rev. F. ]. Gilligan. Charles Graham.
" Mrs. Josephine Hagan, Mrs. Minnie Hail,
A. ]. Hanon, Jerry C. Hargraves, Louise
Hargraves, Mrs. Bertha Harris, Elmer L.
Harris, Albert H. Heller, Jr., A. w. Hold
en-, Lucille Holland, Mrs. Josephine Hunt,
Houston jackson, Mrs. Claretta Jackson
T. ]. jackson, Mrs. Dorothy James, Mrs.
w. ]. johnson, M. T.. johnson, William
Johnson, J. R. Jones, James G. Kirk, L.
E. Lerman, Mrs. Irving Levy, Mrs. G. II.
Lucas, Mrs. Pauline Martin, Mrs. Alice
Priscilla Art Club. L. P. Moore, Sr.. Mrs.
L. P. Moore, Mrs. Rosa Moore, B. l.
Morris, Mrs. Katie Myers, Mrs. Mayme
Mccoy, Mrs. Fred D. McCracken, Mayor
John ]. McDonough, Walter Mcfarland,
Mrs. Dora Mcclure, Mrs. Beneta McHie,
Mrs. Katherine Ousley, Paul Ousley,
John S. Overton, Mrs. Vivian Overton,
Queen of Sheba Chapter No. Eastern Star.
William Radcliff, ]. H. Rideaux. A. j.
Ries, Sidney Rodiquez, Mrs. Nora ". Ross,
Nathan II: Russell, st. Paul Chapter No. 1
o. E. S., B. E. Scott, Mrs. Leantha Scott,
Ellis Sharkey, Pearl Sklar, Mrs. Ella Shep-
ard, Mrs. Anna Sisemore, J. A. Smith. j.
E. Smith, Mrs. Pearl Smith. w. M. Smith,
Mrs. Laura Stanton. Ted Steichen, Sterl-
ing Club, Inc. Mrs. Mary ]. Thomas, Hay
mond Walker, Mrs. Raymond Walker. Mar
jorie Ward, Mrs. Berlinda L. Washington,
Mrs. Frances West, Oliver w. White, Mrs.
Alice Whitley, c. w. Wigington, Mrs.
Edith Williams, 8. e. Williams, Mrs. Ger
trude Willis, Mrs. G. W. Wills.
YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS
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Gospel Chorus Twilight Musical.
Pilgrim Baptist Church, Sunday,
May 10, $500 p. m.-Advt.
VICTORY WORKERS IN
CIVILIAN DEFENSE

CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Mrs. Mabel Harris, 445 N. Kent
St., has been appointed lieutenant
of civilian defense over the area
bounded by University to Central
and Arundel to Dale streets. Mrs.
Harris has appointed as sergeants,
Mesdames Ruth Grice, Blanche
Dawkins and Viola Munson, and as
aides, Mesdames Lady Hilyard
Wyatt Cooper and Frank Boyd.
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tration were given order numbers
beginning with 10,001 merely as a
means of easily Distinguishing
them from registrants of the first
age group.
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Marylanders, Led by Former
St. Paul Woman, March on
Governor to Protest Killings

Baltimore MdProtestng the Of police brutality in Bal
eighteen
Annapolis Md last Friday and laid bill of grievances before
Herbert O'Conor.
which
made the twenght miles pilgrimage by chartered
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Wheatley House presents Holly
wood Bound, comic Operetta, May
%, 7. w. C.. A.-Advt.
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YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS

Barbara Blackburn, Maureen Coleman.
A. Cyrus, Junfus Powell, Kenneth Stokes
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ALICE FLEMING DIES IN
SOIITH

Alois Fleming of 231S 10th Ave.
&c., Minneapolis, took seriously Ill
while travelling in the South and
died early Wednesday, morning at
Dallas, Texas.
Her body is being shipped here
for burial but arrangements for
burial were not complete at press
time. Woodland Funeral Home is in
charge of burial arrangements.
ALL RACES REGISTER
AT WHEATLEY
One of the most cosmopolitan
registration centers for men in the
1864 age selective service occupa-
tional enrolment was that at the
Phyllis Wheatley Settlement
House, 800 Aldrich Ave. No., where
out of the 553 registrants, prac-
tically every nationality was repre-
sented except that of Japanese.
In charge of the registration job
was the Johnny Baker Post, No.
POI, American Legion. Enroll Fas-
sett, Commander, said, Twenty
four men of this organization were
happy to take their turn at the
registration post on Saturday, Sun
day and Monday, and thus con-
tinue to fulfill the greatest objec-
tive of our organization-that of
service to our country and COM
munity."
MAXFIELD P. T. A. HELPS
WITH SUGAR RATTONING
The rationing of sugar under re-
cent federal act for district 62-1-12
will be conducted at the Maxfield
School, st. Anthony and st. Adams,
on May 4-5-6-7 from 2 p. m. to 9
p. m.
The necessary teams have been
selected to serve at least 5000 reg
istrants. This work is being done
under the supervision Of Mrs. Ida
B. Halper, president of the school,
and Mrs. Robert R. Mitchell, presi-
dent of the P. T. A.
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Increased payrolls among
Twin City Negroes means
higher living standards,
more purchasing power.
Merchants using this news
paper get first considera-
ton from this group of con-
sumers. Investigate this
logical approach to people
who spend what they make.
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Future historians may well
ascribe partial blame for
British and American de- .
feats and blunders as at
Pearl Harbor to intellectual
deficiencies of our admirals
and generals and to their
race prejudice. = Congress-
man John N. Coffee Of
Washington. a. ..-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
ANOTHER RAID

Meanwhile. CIO chiefs are busy behind the scenes repelling another attempted Lewis raid.
 This on is in the Packinghoust Workers, headed by J. c. Lewis Although no relation of John L. J. c. is close henchman and 8 veteran UNIV organizer.
 Recently, Murray received a num- Der of complaints from PW mem bers that J. c. was quietly working with a group ot Lewis agents, head ed by Ray Ea.nondson, another vet eran Lewis henchman, to pull the union out of the CIO and presum- ably tie up with District 50.
 Irate PW officials have asked Murray to remove J. c. and tc clean out other Lewisites. Action on this is scheduled to be taken at the next CIO Executive Board meeting.
 Note:- One United Mine Work CTS state branch already has quit the CIO. Under the leadership oi William Mitch, Alabama isolation ist, officials of District 20, which he heads, voted to withdraw from the Alabama State Industrial Un- ion Council.
 
 Copyright, 1942. by United
 Feature, Syndicate, Inc)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
MORE TO COME

After many weeks of silence the War Department admitted last week that the first air attack Japan in history the work of United States Army bomb CTS and at the same time, spoke of such raids to come. ss1
 The announcement revealed nothing of possible value to the Japs. Still left a source of inter- esting conjecture to is the place of origin and the place of final rendezvous but if the American public would like this information we may be sure that the imperial headquarters in Tokyo is ever much more eager than we to know about the terminal facilities used by the attackers
 However, the communique does clarify for a few things already known to the Japanese imperial command. The bombers approached from the sea They army bombers, rather than carrier based navy scout bombers-although it is conceivable that the army craft launched from carrier
 They very swift, and therefore medium oi attack bombers rather than heavy four-motor planes They flew low, low that they could not miss their objectives. As result the bomb loads they carried distributed with maximum efficiency
 The War Department has the word of the Tokyo radio for it that extensive damage done that casualties into the thousands and that the fires caused were of such scope and severity that the people were asked to pray for rain
 There still has been official mention of the cost of the raids to us in men and planes, beyond the Russian report that American plane which took part in the action had landed some- where in the Soviet Maritime Provinces However there is mmistakabe inference both in what the Japanese have said and what official have said, that the operation not merely stunt or suicide venture Indeed, it has the earmarks of a well-planned and we-executed operation which is capable of repetition at any time deem it ad- visabe So perhaps it is just as we'll to let the Jap- anese worry about the further particulars,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26

American low grade chromite suitable for the manufacture of ferro- Chromium, used in alloy steel for plate projectiles and other military pr- poses.
 In the past, have imported 81 percent of our chromium from outside this hemisphere because nat i've ores couldn't be used commercially It from countries now in the hands of the enemy or from countries to which shipping is uncertain-the Philip pines, India, Greece, Turkey New Caledonia.
 We use nearly 100000 tons year. It is believed the new process will enable to develop up to 9oO000 tons from native ores.
 American technology can and will make this hemisphere completely self sufficient Ea