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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-11
UNITED STATES APPROVES

LONDON. Sept. 1.-THE Brit
ish. in disclosing the attack or
Madagascar, said today that il
was undertaken reluctantly
after the Vichy governor genera
Of Madagascar refused 10 allow
the Allied command to take steps
considered necessary TO deny the
Axis bases and facilities on the
island.
With United States forces re.
portedly standing by to help if the
necessity arose. the offensive be-
gan yesterday when at least three
squadrons of British warships bonn
barded the coastline and Raj
planes carried the assault as far
as 80 miles inland.
The attack has the official ap-
proval of the United States gov
eminent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-11
The War
Today
Killers Navy
Cut in Half,
Still Feared
BY JOSEPH W. GRlGG
rnlt.e Pre-. s,.a corr,.ponasnt


began the war has been sunk,
damaged or driven TO refuge,
but its remnants still are a
threat to the British and
American Havies, particu-
larry in northern waters,
British naval auth critics
agreed today.
The German ships still
aAoat. for the most part,
either have been incapacitated
for months, or have taken
refuge in the Baltic Sea and
the narrow Norwegian fjords.
II, however, they should be
concentrated for an offensive
action, naval experts believe
they could be particularly
effective along the supply
routes TO Murmansk.
The only craft Hitler risks
now against the United Ma
tons sea power are subma-
rines, small motor torpedo
boats and a few, scattered
armed raiders.
ACCORDING TO the latest
available information. Hitler's
battle feet is disposed as
follows:
NORWAY-The battleship
'rirpttz, officially u, 1000 tons
but believed to be nearer
so, 900, and the most formula
BILE battleship in European
waters, is bottled up in the
new Man naval base at Trond-
helm. With her are the sur
viving pocket battleships, Ad-
miral Scheer and Lutzow
(both 10000 tons listed dis
placement and the 10, 000-ton
heavy cruiser Admiral Hyper.
Most of the Is to 20 remain
ing modern German destroy
ers and Hitler's large torpedo
boats are refuged in Nor
wegian fjords except when
they make occasional hit-and-
run attacks on Murmansk-
bound conveys.
THE BALTIC-The 5000
ton cruisers Nurnberg and
Leipzig. together with a few
small German destroyers and
torpedo boats and II Danish
torpedo boats seized in 1910,
constitute Germany's COM
plete effective naval force
against Russia. In the Baltic
also are two So year old
13,000-ton battleships-Schle-
sien and Schleswig- Holstein--
which participated in the seiz-
ure Of Danzig In 1910. They
are being used only as gun
merry training ships, naval au-
thorities believe.
THE BATTLE CRUISER
Scharnhorst $4,000 tons)
and the 10,000-ton cruiser
Prinz Eugen are at Keil. The
Scharnhorst has just CON-
pleted extensive repairs neces-
STATED by the pounding she
took when she ran the British
gantlet through the channel
last February. She Is ex-
pected TO return TO active
duty soon.
The Prinz Eugen also was
damaged In the channel dash
and later was torpedoed by
the British submarine Trident
off Norway.
The battle cruiser Gneise-
nau, sister ship Of the Scharn-
horst, which was damaged
more seriously in the channel
break, now il dismantled at
Gdynia.
Four gun turrets have been
removed and part of the fore.
castle stripped for repairs.
Since the beginning of the
war, Germany has lost at
least half her navy.
The definite losses include
the 40-000-ton battleship Bis.
marck, the 10,000-ton pocket
battleship Graf Spec, the
10, 000-ton cruiser Butcher.
the 6,000-ton cruisers Karls-
ruhe and Koenigsberg, Is de.
stroyers and Is armed mer-
chant cruisers.
In addition, the 6,0O0-ton
cruiser Koln is listed as prob
ably sunk.
Hitler has concentrated on
submarines, rather than sur.
face craft. Naval experts
believe there are al least 200
now at large. The actual
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-11
Glenn Miller i'm Army
Idol Of Hep-Ce+s Disbends Orchestra That Made
81 600, 900 in Year TO Catch Train for f. Bragg
BY CHARLES GENTRY

Glenn Miller has stepped off TIT
Chattanooga Choo-Choo" just il
time TO catch the Army Flyer
which doesn't stop at Tuxedo
Junction" but goes right through
TO Fort Bragg.
Yes, Americas No. ] swing
maestro is in the army now, hav
ing been sworn in today as a cap
tain in the army specialists corps
Disbanding the orchestra thai
made more than Sl,000,000 last
year, the bespectacled boy from
the Middle West who became the
hep-cats' idol, is now going 10 help
Organize bands composed of serv.
ice men.
Miller's climb has been a sensa.
tional one. His trombone became
a clarion call TO the 1--WE set anc
his name became synonymou:
with swing within the brief spar
of four years.
FIRST APPEARANCE HERE
When he first appeared here, al
the Fox Theater, Miller was al
ready a well known leader and
had the saddle-shoe set dancing in
the aisles before the uShers knew
what was happening.
He returned here last year 10
break attendance records AT East
wood Gardens. drawing a larger
dance crowd than this popular
outdoor spot had ever seen.
Even this year at the Michigan
the s. r. o. sign was strung out
in Bagley avenue while Miller and
his swing aggregation beat percus-
sion instruments and attendance
records at the same time.
HELPED DETROIT GIRL
Miller also helped a Detroit girl
TO achieve fame. Marion Hutton.
sister Of The iitterbug princess,
Betty left a local band 10 start
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-11
British Occupy
B Strategic Ports
In Madagascar
Meet Weak Opposition
Only in Offensive
to Thwert Axis Subs

LONDON. Sept. II Brit
ish imperial forces have captured
three key points on the west
coast OF Madagascar with little
opposition. Prime Minister Church
i'll announced today in the House
of Commons.
In a combined navy, army and
air force operation. the imperial
forces took three of the four stra-
ltegic ports on the Madagascar
west coast opposite Southeast
Africa-Amanja, Majunga. NADIA
gascar's second city. and Moron
dava-all of which are suspected
of having harbored enemy sub
marines.
Churchill said British, South
African and East African troops
and planes of the South African
air force took part in the attack.
FEW CASUALTIES
Churchill told the House that
.Majunga, Morondava and Nosy-
be Island, which commands the
northwest coast port OF Ambanja
were assaulted early Thursday and
captured with little opposition and
light casualties.
The town of Majunga surren-
dered during the day. Churchill
said. Here the imperial troops
now possess one of the best har-
bors in Madagascar and one Of the
few where ships can dock.
Churchill emphasized that the
points seized dominating the Me-
lzambique channel opposite south
east Africa. would be used as bases
to protect Allied shipping through
the channel.
The official military commenta-
tor estimated that there were TO-
900 Vichy troops TO defend NADIA
gaScar against the empire forces.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-11
Estranqed Wife Kills Self

Mrs. Melba Upshaw. "a. wa
dead today after police said, Sh
shot herself in the room OF he
husband. Ivy, in a hotel al i
Charlotte avenue. A divorce sui
is pending police said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-11

The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-11
HELPED DETROIT GIRL

Miller also helped a Detroit girl
TO achieve fame. Marion Hutton,
sister Of The jitterbug princess,
Betty left a local band 10 start
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
Negroes Swamp
Navy Recruiting
Station OF i. S.

Since the United States Navy
has begun its new program to in
clude Negroes in its areas of
service, recruiting offices in the
cities with larger Negro popula-
ton have been swamped with Ne
gro volunteers for the Navy. In
one of the eastern cities recruit
ing officer said that on Monday
morning the largest group of ap-
plicants this Naval District has
seen at one time were on hand to
enlist.
Not only are there new recruits
volunteering but the men who have
acted as mess men are taking adj
vantage of this open door and are
seeking to become fighters and
craftsmen and learn trades which
will be useful in civilian life.
The cry has already gone out
that steps be taken by Secretary
Knox and the office of Navy Per-
sonnet to transfer mess men who
can do better job for their coun-
try behind a gun rather than as a
mop handler.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
Elder Nelson
Feted for y
Years. Service

Ministers and members of sew
eral Twin City churches are CO.
operating in the twenty-second an
niversary celebration in honor of
Elder John A. Nelson as pastor Of
the Apostolic Faith Assembly,
Eleventh and Minnesota Streets,
for this week.
The celebration began on Mon
day night, with a sermon by Elder
A. W. Wilson, State Overseer of
the Church of God in Christ and
pastor of the Fourth Street Church
of God in Christ, Minneapolis. The
choirs and pastors of the three fol-
lowing churches conducted the SER
vices Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday nights respectively, Rev.
C. B. Wheeler, Mt. Olivet Baptist
Church; Rev. Benjamin N. Moore,
st. James A. M. E.; Rev. Clarence
T. R. Nelson, Camphor Memorial
Methodist Church. Rev. John We
fel of Minneapolis will preach to-
night (Friday). The anniversary
sermon will be preached by the
Rev. S. E. Ware of the Pilgrim
Baptist Church, Sunday, June 7, at
8 p. m. Elder L. Berry of the
Central Street Church of God in
Christ will preach Sunday night.
The celebration will be climaxed
with a twenty-second anniversary
friendship supper in honor of Elder
and Mrs. John A. Nelson, Monday,
at 7:30 p. m. Speakers for the
supper program will include DR..
E. A. Parish, pastor of the Central
Park Methodist Church, and other
citizens of both races. Elder Nell
son has the longest record of ser
vice of any active pastor of our
group in st. Paul.
AS a people, we should observe
the progress of the war in these
terms: In terms of sacrifice and of
promise. We cannot disclaim re-
sponsibility in the war. We can
not let the politicians and the Bah
bits keep US out. We and the rest
of the American people have got
to desert our wallfower compan-
ions and get out on the ballroom
floor.-Marjorie Mckinney.
Picnic at Harriet Island, Sunday,
June z. First and biggest of the
seasOn.-Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
Picnic at Harriet
Island Sunday to
Dedicate Pavilion

The first dance to dedicate the
new $4,000 pavilion at Harriet Is
land, popular summer outing, will
be part of the Golden Jubilee picnic
of St. Peter Claver Church organi-
cations, Sunday, June Z. Rock
CAM and his augmented orchestra
will play for the dance.
Picnic activity will begin early
Sunday. The feature of the after
noon will include a diamondball
game between the two cities.
Refreshments and various picnic
games will be in vogue during the
day.
A committee of wideawake work
ers have been busy for the past five
weeks getting ready for the affair
which promises to be the biggest
outdoor picnic of the season.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
MRS. U. s. CORAM INSTALLED
PRESIDENT OF MCKINLEY

Mrs. U. S. Coram, 495 St. An
thony Ave., active in club and
adult community work, was in
stalled as President of the McKin-
ley Parent Teacher Association,
Tuesday, June 2, at the Mckinley
School. Mrs. Lynette Hall, 455 St.
Anthony Ave-, was installed as re-
cording secretary, and Mrs. Leona
Montague as treasurer. Mrs. Co.
ram was introduced to the Asso-
citation by Mrs. Rebecca Touissant,
program chairman. E.. L. Elsner,
vice-president of the st. Paul Coun-
Gil of the P. T. A., spoke on the
aims and objects of the Associa-
ton. The Aeolians, under the direc-
ton of Miss Edie Crump, gave sew
eral beautiful musical selections.
The Armstrong Sisters were ap-
plauded by the group for their
mandolin and mando-cello solos.
Following the installation, a social
hour was held during which re-
freshments were served.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
Inter-Racial Musical
Friday, June 18th

An event of great interest to
music lovers of the Twin Cities will
be the inter-racial musical recital
in the Camphor Memorial Method
list Church, 585 Fuller Ave., St.
Paul, June IL, featuring De Loris
Lamp, brilliant young white musi-
clan of Enderlin, N. D., and Mrs.
Celestine Marshall Douglass. Miss
Lamp will play the accordion and
sing. Mrs. Douglass, who has
studied at the MacPhail School of
Music, Chicago Musical College,
and Kimball Hall, Chicago, will
play several selections on the pipe
organ. Miss Lamp, who is stu
dent at the MacPhail School of
Music, has studied music since she
was six years old.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
Night in Harlem.
Monday Night

Monday night, June 9th, will be
a big night at Phyllis Wheatley
House. The Ways and Means Com
mittee of the Auxiliary, headed by
Mrs. Nettie Shepherd, Mrs. W. D.
Brown and Mr.. Joe Levy, will spon-
sor a might In Harlem"
Mrs. Lillian Goodhue Penn will
present entertainers from all parts
of the city, including stars from
The Turf Club, children from the
House and stars from other local
clubs. This affair promises to be
the talk of the season.
It will be staged in the gym
nasium of the House at 8 o'clock
and will take the form of cabaret.
Tables may be reserved by calling
Cherry 1854. The general admis-
sion is Csc, tax included.-Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
Rock CAM Band
to Play for
Plantation Dance
To Continue To the Outskirts
Of Town

To Continue To the Outskirts
of Town
A severe storm May 20 spoiled
what was expected to be the first
big dance of the season given by
the Onyx Club at the Plantation
Night Club at White Bear.
Because of many disappointed
patrons the Club announced We'd
nesday that the affair will be held
Friday, June IL. General admis-
sion will be Coo and there will be
absolutely no cover or table charge.
No advance sale.
The Onyx Club invites the June
Is inductees to be their guests.
Free tickets may be obtained by
the inductees in Minneapolis at the
office of the Spokesman newspa-
per, 306 3rd St. S., and in st. Paul
at the Nifty Cafe, Rondo and Kent.
Soldiers in uniform will also be adj
mitted free at the door.
For this occasion Rock CAM
fine cabaret will entertain the pat
rons 10 p. m. until.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
Baptists Holding State
Meeting at Pilgrim on
Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Mrs. Mayme Burreu, president,
will open the Women's Convention
at 9 a. M, June 9Th.
Miss Evelyn Kelly, president Of
the Sunday School and B. T. u,
will preside at that meeting to be-
gin at 9 a. m. June sixth.
A banquet will be held at 6 p. m.
on June sixth. The Rosette Queen
will be crowned.
Candle light services will begin
at 1880 p. m. Everyone is welcome.
The 22nd annual session of the
Minnesota Baptist Association will
be held June fourth, fifth and
sixth at Pilgrim Baptist Church,
St. Paul. Rev. S. E. Ware is pastor.
The theme of the three-day meet
ing will be "Divine guidance to the
obedient in the midst of uncertain
ties," Isaiah 42:16.
The Association and Layman
Council will convene June fourth
at 10 a. m. Rev. H. W. Bolts, mod
orator, will be in charge.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
Nelson Peery
In Army, But
Will Graduate
Outstanding and Promising
Writer

Outstanding ana promising
Writer
Winning awards is nothing new
to Nelson Peery, versatile writer,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Peery,
1929 Fourth Ave. S., Minneapolis,
whose most recent laurel was a
bronze plaque with his name en-
graved from the Scholastic Press
Association of Columbia University
for an photographed sketch. He
has won several other prizes for
essays and short stories during the
past few years.
Nelson, a June graduate from
Central High, took time out from
writing during the summer Of 1910
for a Citizens Military Training
course at Fort Riley, Kan. He as
sisted with the organization of a
Hi-Y chapter at Central High of
which he was the first president.
Last summer he hitch-hiked to
the State of Washington, several
points in California and Vancouver,
B. C. He spent two months on
this adventure and picked up much
of the material used in his latest
photographed sketch, "Cinders
in the Blood" for which he was
awarded first prize.
The last adventure for this young
man for some time will be in the
United States Cavalry. After en-
listing May rs, he was furloughed
so that he might be graduated from
Central High with the June class.
Private Nelson Peery is now in
uniform and soon after graduation
expects to bid his relatives and
friends goodbye for a while.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
NEW YORK MAYOR
TO LEAD CAMPAIGN
AGAINST BIAS

New York.-New York's Mayor
LaGuardia inaugurated a nation
wide campaign to fight discrimina-
ton against Negroes in the armed
forces of America. Petitions have
been circulated by the Union for
Democratic Action and the Mayor
signed one of these petitions.
The campaign is endorsed by the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People. They
have circularized their branches
and sent petitions to the locals to
be signed. Our local branches were
included in this lot and if you are
interested in helping in this cam
paign, your Branch president or
secretary can tell you more about
the petition.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
MATTE CUMMINGS is
DEAD

Mrs. Matte Cummings, 40 years
old, died Tuesday, May 26, at
Ancker hospital. Born in Missis-
sippi, Mrs. Cummings had been a
resident of the city for more than
twenty years. Survivors include
her husand, mother, and five sons.
Funeral services were held Mon
day, June 1, at the Brooks Funeral
Home, 697 Rondo Ave-, with Rev.
B. N. Moore, pastor of st. James
A. M. E. Church, officiating. In
torment was in Elmhurst cemetery.
Mrs. r. S. Harris, 445 N. Kent
St., is in Missouri on account of the
death of a relative.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Webb are in
the city from Kentucky and are re-
siding at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Johnny Pettiford of st. Anthony
Ave. Mr.. and Mrs. Pettiford
were the recipients of many useful
and beautiful gifts at a house
warming held recently when they
moved into their home on st. An
thony Ave.
Mrs. Carrie Robertson, st. Paul
Urban League Auxiliary secretary,
was appointed to represent the Ne
gro group in the Council of the In
ternational Institute. She will
serve for a period of three years.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
G. A. R. CONVENTION AT
RADISSON

The Department of Minnesota,
Ladies of the Grand Army of the
Republic, held it's 50th Annual
Convention, June 2, and 4, at the
Radisson Hotel in Minneapolis,
with a large number of delegates
attending. On Tuesday evening,
June 2, a reception was held in the
Gold Room. Mrs. Martha Clayton
and Mrs. Emma Moseby were dele
gates from Biddle Circle No. 38,
Ladies of the G. A. R. Other men,
bers and officers of the Biddle
Circle attended the convention.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
ST: PAUL GRADUATES CHURCH
SERVICE AT CAMPHOR SUNDAY

Plans are being completed for
the fourth annual graduates serv-
ice, which will be held on Sunday,
June 81, in the Camphor Memorial
Methodist Church at II a. m. All
graduates of our race group from
high school, college and university,
who live in st. Paul, will be the
guests of honor at this service,
which is sponsored by the Youth
Fellowship of the Camphor Church.
During the service each gradu-
ate will receive a token from the
Youth Fellowship and from Rev.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
First Woman
Western Union
Messenger Is Negro

Palo Alto, June 3.-Miss Luz
ellie Rogers, Negro woman, of
PalO Alto, Calf, has the dis
tinctiOn of being the first West
ern Union messenger in skirts.
Sister of Mrs. Hattie Bell
Douglass, active in religious and
fraternal circles in Minneapolis,
Miss Rogers doesn't pedal a BIZ
cycle but gets around in a 1884
Chevvie.
The Palo Alto office adver-
tised for women when men be-
gan to leave their jobs for the
army or defense work.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
Fortune" Says
Race Bias Is
Costly to i. S.

New York. - Repeating what
Negro Americans have stated time
after time through the press and
the NAACP, the June issue of
Fortune magazine, in long arti-
Gle called "The Negroes War"
states: "The Negroes fate in the
U. S. affects the fate of white
American soldiers in the Philip
pines, in the caribbean, in Africa;
bears on the solidity of our al
lance with 800 million colored peo-
pie in China and India; influences
the feelings of countless neighbors
in South America"
Fortune maintains that discrimi-
nation is too costly and that cyni-
cism cannot win the war, for men
do not die for causes they are cyni-
cal about"
Illustrated by young Negro
artists Romare Bearden and
Charles Aston, of this city, the
article quotes the Crisis magazine,
NAACP organ, which it calls a
responsible Negro journal, in an
editorial written three months be-
fore Pearl Harbor.
The Crisis editorial stated:
NEGRO Americans might as well
discover at the beginning whether
they are to fight and die for democ-
racy for the Lithuanians, the
Greeks and the Brazilians, or
whether they had better fight and
die for a little democracy for
themselves" Fortune declared this
expresses a widespread attitude
and that the American Negro is
agitated not because he is asked
to fight for America but because
full participation in the fight is
denied him.
The Negro minority is more full
ly qualified as citizens than any
other national group, the article
reveals. Of nearly 100000 Ne
groes 99.4 per cent are American
born and about 81 per cent are Of
purely native parentage. Of the
white population less than 70 per
cent are of native parentage on
both sides and nearly 10 per cent
were born abroad.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05

Clarence T. R. Nelson, pastor Of
the church.
The service will be planned by
and is in charge of the young peo-
pie of Camphor Church and the
sermon to the graduates will be
delivered by Rev. Nelson.
every graduate of the year is
asked to attend this service,
whether they receive a formal in
vitation or not" declared Miss Irma
Monson, president of the Youth
Fellowship, in a statement to the
St. Paul Recorder representative
last Tuesday.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
J. E. Jones to
Take It Easy;
Retires from r. r.

J. E. Jones, 1900 Portland Ave-,
Minneapolis, Pullman employee for
the past "a years, retired May %.
Entering the Pullman service in
Boston, Mass, in 1918, Mr.. Jones
and his wife moved to Minneapolis
in 1920. Since that time he has
operated on nearly every railroad
in the United States, north as far
as the heart of Canada and as far
East as Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Having travelled widely for such
a long period, Mr.. Jones plans to
rest now and become better &C
quainted with the Twin Cities.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05
ANDY NEAL IN
RREMERTON. WASH

Mr.. Andrew Neal, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Neal, 531 St. An
thony Ave-, is now working in
Bremerton, Washington, in the
Navy Ship Yards. Mr.. Neal COM
pleted a Welding and Machinists'
Course here this year.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-06-05

Miss Bernous Stone, Navy De-
partment messenger at Washing
ton, D. c., who has been visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Boykins
Stone, 551 Carroll Ave.
She is shown in the uniform of
a women's volunteer military unit.