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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-04
Choir Festival
Featured Many
Leading Artists

Participating in the Festival of
Choirs sponsored by the st. James
A. M. E. Senior Choir, st. Paul, on
Sunday afternoon, August 80, were
the Pilgrim Baptist Gospel Choir,
Arlee Harris, director; Matrons of
Notes, Mines. C. Moore, v. Alsup,
L. Hickman, A. Ballenger; Mrs.
Bertha L. King and Douglass Lewis
at the organ and piano; the St.
James Senior and Gospel Choir;
-Soloists, Mines. Winona Jenkins, C..
B. Wheeler, Messrs. C. Pugh, j.
Cook; piano soloist, John Moss;
whistling soloist, Mrs. F. Hibbs;
readers, Mines. Eva Taylor, Carrie
Ailep.
The program, the first of its kind,
was under the craftsmanship of
Mrs. Jean Waters. Rev. B. N.
Moore was called upon to pro-
nounce the benediction.
H. w. SelOver Candidate
For Court Commissioner
H. W. Selover, for 16 years
member of the Hennepin county
probate court staff, is candidate for
Court Commissioner.
49, 1890 a,,A Az ponna.. p;ll L..
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EUGENE PRICE RECEIVERS

Eugene Price, 706 Rondo avenue,
has recovered from the effects of
swallowing a tin star which he
found in a bag of candy. Follow
ing X-rays at Ancker hospital the
tin star was sighted by physicians.
Mrs. e. E. Harper, 548 Aurora
avenue, entertained a group of
friends at a picnic at Kaposia
Park in South st. Paul on Sunday,
August 80.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-04
VOL. 9, NO. 4
Query County Attorney
Candidates on Civil
Rights Bill Enforcement
Four Candidates Promise to Enforce Law

This believes that the growing disregard for civil rights
in Hennepn public disgrace Citizens good standing
reputation soldiers and sailors uniform Negro ancestry daily
being by of public avens bars hotels and cafes
who refuse them service.
The state civil rights laws provide for punishment of proprors
and employees of establishments violating that law The county
tone the chief law enforcement officer of Hennepn
force such laws he chooses Neither Floyd Olson the late Ed
j. Golf chose enforce the civil rights law Both passed the bu
to the grand jury This the Spokesman felt the
public interest that the attitude of each candidate for the Hennepn
county attorneyship this vital be ascertaind
The Minneapolis Spokesman therefore addressed the
following letter the six candidates for Hennepn county attorney
Monday of this week.
Letter
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-04


a citizen of the United States. This
opinion, which was given at the re-
quest of Col. F. G. Stutz, adjutant
general of the Minnesota Defense
Force, brought again into the lime
light the fight that native born citi-
zens, who happen to be Negroes,
have been unsuccessfully making
for nearly two years to enlist in
the ily-white state militia. 1t is a
matter of record that it was this
same Col. Stutz, who wrote in a
letter to Samuel Reed, who was the
president of the st. Paul Branch of
the National Association in De-
cember, 1910, that "there is no pro-
vision for Negroes in the Mime
sofa Defense Force" This letter
had been written after two st. Paul
Negroes, Ernest Potts and Victor
Galloway, had attempted to enlist
in the Minnesota Home Defense.
The local branch of the NAACP
through its president, Mr.. Reed,
wrote to Governor Harold E. Stas-
sen, protesting against this dis
elimination and asking for a con-
ference with the Governor on the
matter.
For several weeks Gov. Stassen
ignored the request for a confer
ence. The Minnesota Negro De-
Tense Committee, composed of
about forty representatives of pa
triotic, labor, civic, youth, fraternal
and religious organizations of the
Twin Cities, was organized after a
mass meeting in the Halle @.
Brown House on January 10, 1871.
This Committee of which Mr..
Reed was the first chairman, wrote
to Governor Stassen, asking for
conference on the matter. The
Governor ignored the request until
the Committee threatened to Or
ganize a march on the State Capt.
toll to see the Governor. When
Governor Stassen was informed of
the Minnesota Negro Defense Com
mittee's intention to organize the
march on the Capitol, he denied in
a statement to the daily newspa-
pers that he had refused to give
the Committee an audience and
that he would see anybody on any
matter. The march on the Capitol
was called off and the Committee
expected the Governor to grant
them an audience. But instead the
Governor appointed Raymond Can
non, we'll known Mill City attorney,
and Leslie Tarver, adjutant of the
Leslie Lawrence Post of the Amer
lean Legion of St. Paul, as a spe-
cial committee to study the situa-
ton. In his letter to his appointees,
both of whom are prominent in
Negro Republican party circles,
Governor Stassen said, 81 am re-
questing you to advise me regard
ing a sound manner to grant an
opportunity to our fellow citizens,
who are of the Negro race, to par
ticipate in the defense of our state
and nation in the emergencies that
are ahead of US, particularly arts
ing through our National Guard
leaving our state to enter Federal
service" The Governors special
committee held several meetings in
the Twin Cities and in every one
of them they were severely con-
demned and thoroughly discredited
and the Governor himself was de-
nounced for insulting the Negroes
of the state, by the appointment of
a committee to study a sound and
sensible way in which Minnesota
Negroes can demonstrate their pa
Continued on Page Two)
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H. w. SelOver Candidate
For Court Commission,

tee report out the Pepper Bill i'm
mediately.
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Mrs. Clarence w. WigingtOn, 679
st. Anthony avenue, will leave the
city on Thursday, September 8, for
Langston, Okla, for a two weeks
visit with relatives. En- route home,
she will spend a short time in
Hutchinson, Kansas.
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FilipinOs Welcome To Home
Guard; Negroes Need Not
Apply; Attitude Is Hit
By Staff Correspondent

Negroes and ramndd whites of the Twin Cities aroused
inconsistency the of democracy
the Minnesota shown legal opinion given this week
Attorney General A A. Burnqu which stated that
Filipino born the United States enlist in the state guard
Foe) he has declared his intention become
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-04
August 81, 1912

preparing primary campaign
the Negro and their friends in the
seek know from candidate for County Attorney,
important things:
Will prosecute viOlatOrs of the Minnesota Civil
Rights Statute 1921 which reads:
person excluded color,
full and equal enjoyment of accommodations advantage
privilege furnished public theatres other public
places of by hotels barber shops Saloons
other refreshment entertainment
Every person section
aids ntes another shall be guilty of
in addition penalty therefore, shall be liable
civil action to the aggrieved for damages not exceed
ing $5OOOO"
you willing give representation your
On your answers to questions to
your program the minority
- group. which to extent the mOuthpiece.
Our deadne 600 Wednesday We will appreciate
early reply.
T. Yours truly
MINNEAPOLIS SPOKESMAN.
Four candidates. Henry Johnson Maxwell Fakne
Collins replied Two candidates. A c. LndhOm and Michael
did reply opinion should be considered by
who afraid speak out for democracy do deserve public
ferment and election to public office.
Johnson First To Reply
Johnson the first candidate reply Monday he
phOned questions the following
letters
September 1, 1912
your August inqung my attitude
two points.
wish to say with respect to the first point that give
your people nationaies the full
the law has been enacted by the Legislature There will
partially discrimination against
attorneys Minneapolis that qualified assistant
County Attorneys shall give them the consider
alton other person.
thank you your your communication
Yours truly
HAJrs Henry A. johnson.
Maxwell Next!
phoned paper Wednesday and said: Te Mr..
that with qualifications both questions yesl
FIakne Complaints and Prosecute
Fakne poed thousands of
the first question by he would
complaints
quired by law.
question replied that he would Negro at
torney qualified Negro office worker qualified
in his office if elected.
Collins Replies
the fourth candidate to reply the follow
September g. 1912
Gentlemen
Under date of August 81, 1922 you inquire
"Wil you, if elected prosecute voaors of the Mime
Civil Rights Statute 1921"
setting forth verbatim said statute.
best the foregoing question is the fact that
Special Assistant Attorney General of the State of Minnesota
Attorney for the State Agricultural Society," have prosecuted
violations and assured that such statutes and
all other strictly enforced become
your County Attorney.
You further inquire n said communication,
"Wil you be willing give representation staff
qualified Negro?"
the opinion of Committee the provisions Of the Corrupt
preclude making promises of political
pontment Of and think members of
confirm all persons regardless Of
creed belief the soundness of the principles set
Amendment of the Constitution of the United
States providing specifically there shall be discrimination
between race, this Democracy of
Very truly yours,
FJC:LA Frank J. Collins.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-04
Candidates Seeking
Your Votes

Most candidates for public office
seeking your vote Tuesday, Sept. 8,
have ads in this issueI
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-04

learned that Johnny is now some
where IN the South Pacific and
D We'll and happy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-04

{ convenient, pull-dut
record changer plays
and changes To- or
Ig records auto
natiCslly. Powerful
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mamie 80 X =.
beautiful " Al n ut
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-04

Iatgr 4-shcif Bookcase
msSsively built OF sea-
soued woods. beautifully
finished On walnut. Hand
rubbed 60 = soft, SATIN
GLOW. Measures as inches
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inches deep.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07
LETTER FROM BAYER

She didn't tell him about Ser
geant Bayer. even after she'd re-
Icelved her first letter from him
other than TO say that there were
q lot Of soldiers on her train who
were nice 10 her
And 7 was sweet 10 them"
she added, 10 which he thor
oughly agreed.
He said that you can't do toe
much for the men of Uncle Sam,
fighting forces and he added wist,
fully land honestly) that hC
wished he could be one of them
too
She hated TO admit it 10 herself
but there was tremor in the
region Of her heart whom she re,
turned home one evening anC
found Sergeant Bayers unstampec
free letter from an army camr
up the coast few hundred miles
II was written in clear, angu.
lar hand on Red Cross Stationery
II was wholly lacking in sloppy
sentlmentality; just nice note
telling how much he appreciated
knowing her and how he hoped &c
see her soon. He added that he'd
been made tech sergeant and
signed the letter, "Affectionately
Yours"
! She responded al once but didn't
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07

had served one enlistment as a
private before winning his first
lone stripe as pfc (private first
class.
Then, a year or so later, while
in the Philippines, he had been
made a corporal. and last year
after sewing on his second hash
mark to denote six years service,
he had been made a sergeant. He
was now joining one of the newly
organized divisions where he had
been promised the job of senior
instructor in an infantry company
of recruits, and with it the five
stripes of technical sergeant.
Medals and bars on his chest
showed that he was an expert fife
man, qualifying also with bayonet,
pistol, machine gun, automatic
rifle, grenade and other lethal
weapons.
Gladys saw much more of Ser
geant Bayer than Of the others
during their two days together
and purposely she neglected TO
telegraph Alan from FroeniX so
he could meet the train at the Los
Angeles Union Station.
1t wouldn't do for her fiance TO
watch half a dozen of Uncle Sans
fighting men kiss her good-by
there and the last TO do so was
Sergeant Bayer, who said:
ITS hard TO get a pass out
here. lady, but, II can, I'm
banking on an evening with you.
It's date, isn't it," and she
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07
GOOD PROVIDER

| ClluutSllOIldDlN VI a u v re-
Elected, he would be a good pro-
wider always and could be trusted
ito travel to Page Page and re-
turn alone on a yacht with the
entire Earl Carroll cast and not
make pass at one OF the beauties.
Not that he was unattractive.
He was really rather good looking,
always well groomed; no spend
thrift, but not. tight, either. He
danced well, although he did not
care much for it, knew how ia
order a supper at Ciro'S or an
elaborate dinner in New China
town.
He didn't sparkle, but husbands
who do often spend their idle mo-
ments demonstrating their superb
wit with ladies other than their
wives, and with occasional devas-
tating consequences.
Gladys liked Alan immensely,
but she wasn't sure she loved him,
and felt that his affection for her
had as its chief basis the old Bar
clay tradition that the men of the
family must marry nice girls. rear
"a family of proportions suitable 10
their incomes. and have a home in
the suburbs that must be well
managed and complete.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07

aflutter and asked what the score
was.
TlI tell YOU later" Gladys
said. as she completed the
prettying touches. "Be the way,
Alan will he along for me In
few minutes. just tell him I've
gone out with n soldier. Tell him
any darned thing YOU want to-"
What's all this ." exclaimed
Mary.
ut is" said Gladys beaming,
IN military secret"
THE END
TomOrrOw's short story: Sub
let Till june" by Belle Bruck.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07
SAILING SOON

And thus they correspondent, and
more and more as Gladys was
taking dictation from the boss. or
at lunch with some Of the other
girls in the office when Alan was
busily engaged elsewhere, she let
her thoughts wander 10 the army
sergeant who was now limiting IN
his letters that he might be sailing
for Down Under and a crack at
the Japs soon.
She even wondered, aS Alan
courteously glided her along the
floor AT tho Cocoanut Grove one
evening. If Sergeant Bayer danced
as well as he, and she was sure
he did The soldier, she reasoned,
was probably good al anything
he undertook. whether IL was
firing a water-cooled machine gun,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07
Daily Quiz
By THE ACE ANswERMAN

Distributed by King Features syud, Inc.
Russian knowledge is
required TO point out where
Little Russians come from,
Where?
BY name, what famous Amer
lean general became a pair OF
whiskers7
3-What three BIS have you in
your bonnet If they're the
Three BIS" of music?
III it's the real Nacaw it's
what kind of a bird?
5-What is the originatiQn Of the
Lords Prayer? W.
6-Longspurs don't Jingle. iangle,
jingle" but they are common
on Americas Great Plains.
What are they?
7--Loggerheads at loggerheads
would be a fight between a
pair Of what creatures ?
ANSWERS on Page 80
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07

tell the senior instructor Of Com
pany y that she was engaged 70
a promising young engineer. Shed
seen Ann Sheridan in a depart
ment store and remembering how
the sergeant had told her that
Miss Sheridan was his favorite
film luminary. Gladys said that
she was Just as beautiful off the
screen aS on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07

drilling rockies. or lecturing or
aerial photography.
Then, one day, she received the
following typewriter letter
Icouched in formal military channe
terms:
TO: Miss Gladys Wilson, 76e
Hartford Ave, Los Angeles.
SUBJECT: Date.
/. Respectfully request your
4preSepce- At Lyman, $ Grill, Los
angeles, Cal. AT Z p m. Saturday
in full war paint and regalia.
2. a matter of monumental inn
Iportance TO both of us will be dis
.cuSsed.
tSigned) THOMAS F.. BAYER,
Tech. Sgt, Inf.
GOT 1T LATE
She didn't get the letter until
nearly 6 o'clock that evening
when $he returned from attending
"a baseball game at Wrigley Field
with Alan. who was TO call for her
at Z and take her 10 dinner with
n very dull married couple whom
he liked very much
Gladys hurried into the most
elegant evening apparel she pos
sessed and Mary Owen. with whom
she shared the apartment, was al
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07

Is StubbOrnneSs Your Prob
lem? DIR. Donald \. Laird,
Eminent Psychologist, Explains
What Stubbornness Really Is.
How to Detect II. What to DO
About n, and How Co Make II
n Help Rather Than n Hapdi-
cap. Read What He Has 90
Say on This Well-Nigh Uni
versal Problem in The Amer
lean Weekly With This Sun
days Issue of The Detroit
Sunday Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07
Recorders Clerk RESIGNS

John a. Graham today resigned
as deputy clerk Of Recorders
Court 10 enter the practice Of law
Charles O'Hagan. an attorney, was
named to succeed him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07
KnowIede Test
A Perfect Pastime!
A Perfect Type
nv DIR. SABINA II. CONNOLLY

By DIR. SABINA II. CONNOLLY
1-On what date (a) did Ethan
Allen surprise the British at
Ticondcroga; th) did Burgoyne
surrender TO Gates at Sara
toga; (o was Major Andre
hanged?
2-&Nho Undiscovered Lake
Champlain; (b) was the gen.
eral killed AT Little Big Horn;
(CD was the President called
Old Hickory.
iumblcd words arc namex
of flowers. What are they: cal
Sayid tb) loviet; tcl Codhir =
What color would you label Cal
sapphire; CD saffron; tc)
olive?
5-Who loved ca Beatrice: CD
Heloise tc) DuBarry?
6-What nation claims Ca) Calico;
tbl Wilbur Wright; (c) Marie
CuriC?
(AnSUers on Page 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07
TOUGH AS NAILS

Here was one who looked as If
he could be as tough as a keg of
nails if need be. and yet was a pol
ished man who had read a great
deal beyond the basic field man.
uals Of his profession. The way he
wore his uniform spelled Regular
Army; it takes months for some
and years for most soldiers to
acquire that fair for the uniform
that these old timers have. Young
heutenants, new TO the service,
rarely have il
Because she liked Sergeant
Bayer and rather singled him out
she learned lot from him. Soldiers
like to talk about themselves when
they have interested listeners, fem
mime gender. Bayer was no excep-
ton. 1t seemed that he had en-
tered the army at Is, just after
graduating from high school, and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07

For the Inside News" of
Washington, Follow Paul NAL
Ions Column in the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07
Daily ShOT1 Story
military Secret
BY SANFORD FARRELL

GLADYS was travelling with The
VI army and she was a LITTLE
bewildered and not blt dis
pleased about II. a very preti,
GIRL with a number Of admirers
in Los Angeles and ITS spacious
environs. She never before hao
been engulted by such a swarm OF
SWANS.
And nice boys. too. these MGR
in uniform who haunted her Pull
man and escorted her into the
diner. insisted on giving her candy
and cigarets and soda pop and OBJ
tanning her address SO they could
writer her.
II was not a troop train tech
nicallv that GLADYS was riding on
II was the second section of a
through train that passed through
the Oklahoma town where she had
been vacationinC with her uncle
and aunt. and one car was re-
served for civilians.
She was alarmed when the por-
Ter preceded her 10 her berth,
thinking a mistake had been
made. as the sleeping car was
filled with soldiers.
FEW CIVILIANS
However. across the aisle. a
cray-haired woman travelling with
a little boy. sensed her trouble
said smilingly:
These boys in this car are
returning from Burroughs"
She then noted a few other
civilians couple of middle-aged
men whose ample portfolios indi-
Gated that they were commercial
travellers, and an attractive young
couple
The eight other Pullmans were
packed with troopS-aviatlon ca
diets on their way 10 field on the
Coast, attachments Of soldiers
fresh from replacement training
centers and destined for combat
divisions in the West hardened
noncoms travelling under sealed
orders and keeping grimly quiet
about il, but loquacious enough
when il came to telling Gladys
that she was treat for their
weary eyes.
One of these was Sgt. Tom
Bayer. He was a professional SOL
der, the first she had ever met.
He had been in the army seven
years and liked il. He was 6 feet
tall, lean and hard and brown.
- He spoke in clipped sentences
and he didn't butcher the kings
English, and while his light blue
eyes were friendly now, Gladys
observed them chill as he told how
some of his best friends had been
with the 31st Infantry on Bataan.
The sergeant looked as if, he
already had formed plans on how
to deal with the Japs when he
contacted them over there, and
Gladys was glad that her skin
was not yellow and that she was
armed with a smile and her own
indubitable self-confidence rather
than a Toxic bayonet in dealing
with this likable young man.
Gladys had often danced with
officers of the new army, most of
them college graduates plucked
from civilian life. and with
soldiers, too, at USO parties, and
she had gathered the impression
that a regular army sergeant was
something between a 1912 version
Of Simon Legree and the devil
himself
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07

told him that it certainly was a
date.
Alan Barclay was considerably
put out when she saw him at the
office the next day. A serious
minded young engineer, connected
with the firm which Gladys orna.
mented as the big boss secre.
tary and which had more contracts
than you could shake a stick at
he was not pleased because she
had not telegraphed him the time
of her arrival.
Alan Barclay was doing right
well for himself, and he would
make an ideal husband in most
ways. He neither drank nor
smoked, earned fairly large
salary, was skillful in his work
and widely respected by his fellow
workers and by the federal inspec-
tors on the government jobs he
SllDerViSad
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-07
FEW CIVILIANS

However. across the aisle, a
cray-haired woman travelling with
a little boy. sensed her trouble
said smilngly:
Evening star., 1942-09-13
no YOU KNOW HOW TO
STAY YOUNG?
Ask Chocolate-King Hershey,
who "quii at 20 and is
now going strong at IS

Why asks MIR. Hershey. Or. more
often, Why ,aot2
If you were walking along the
Atlantic City boardwalk year
ago you might have seen gray
haired man - sixtyish to you -
demonstrating new kind of soap
powder. Sleeves rolled UP, arms
deep in suds, the poor fellow was
apparently working hard to earn
the $40 week they probably paid
him. But the man was no demon
strator. This was Hershey. He was
doing an experiment with his new
product, soap.
New Projects
liz HAS started nine enterprises
since he passed 70: hotel, theater.
fish hatcheries, junior college, fur
niture factory, big1eague sports,
game farm - and now, soap and
frozen foods. All of them are CEN
tered around the picturesque town
of Hershey. Pa, which he founded
with his employees near the Men
MONTE farmhouse where he was
born. All are operated for the
benefit of the 1000 boy orphans at
the Hershey Industrial School, to
whom he long ago turned over his
personal fortune.
They aren't old-man busi-
nesses. They are young-man
enterprises. The nations call
for food sent IN. ST. as he is
affectionately called in Hershey,
headlong into frozen foods. All
summer long he had boys at the
Industrial School up to their ears
in quick freezing of all the surplus
peas, green beans, lima beans,
corn, asparagus and fruits from the
schools broad farmlands.
NJ. S. has never learned that an
old man should have old thoughts
In fact, he has not yet learned that
he is old. He's too busy running
into things that puzzle him and
then going on a one-rnan hunt to
dig up the answers.
Over cigars to group around