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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
Navy Recruiting Off
GERS Haven't Heard"
of New Policy Accept
ing Negroes

New York-Secretary of the
Navy Frank Knox told the press
on April z that Negroes will be
enlisted in the Navy, but he evil
IDENTIFY hasn't yet told the Navy.
This week, Walter White,
NAACP executive secretary, in
quired of the Navy as to when
the enlistment of Negroes as
seamen in the Navy will begin.
Mr.. White said, Numerous re-
ports have been made to this
office that Negroes seeking to
enlist have been told by recruit
ing stations they have no official
knowledge of any change in
policy"
The New York Herald Trib-
une on May 1, reported that
Commander B. B. Ralston, in
charge of recruiting in the New
York area, said, mo instruc-
tons have been received as yet
on Negro enlistments. The
Herald Tribune said Ralston
stated no word had come from
Washington as to the prospec-
tive date when such enlistments
will commence, and that he
added that che presumed that
plans for training centers were
being set up"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
Carrie Adams
Receives Divorce

Mrs. Carrie Adams, 697 Carroll
Ave, was granted an absolute d.
vorce in District Court Friday, May
/, from Arthur Adams, city en-
ployee. Mrs. Adams was awarded
the divorce on the grounds of
abuse, cruel and inhuman treat
ment.
Judge Gustavus LOevinger, who
presided on the bench, restored the
name of Carrie Powell to the
plaintiff.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
Gospel Choir
Twilight Music
Treat Sunday

The Trustee Board of the Pill
grim Baptist Church will present
the Gospel Chorus in a Twilight
Musicale on Sunday, May 10, at
500 p. m. at the church. The
significance of the gospel songs
and their value as a potent part
of the worship service will be
brought out in this program.
Lee W. Harris will be the guest
soloist and John R. Lawrence, Jr.,
will be the narrator for the pro-
gram which is arranged and di-
rected by Arlee Harris.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION
MEETS SUNDAY

The ]. Wesley Jones Branch of
Musicians meets Sunday, May 10th,
500 p. M, at St. Peters M. e.
Church, 9O2 E. 22nd St., Mime
apolis.
Registration of new members
continues, other business of i'm
portance to be transacted.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
Brother of Local
Folk Buried i'm
Wisconsin City

Milwaukee, Wis.-Robert Whit
ing, former Minneapolis resident
and brother of Sam and Herbert
Whiting and Mrs. R. C. Calhoun of
that city, was buried here Satur-
day.
Mr.. Whiting, 62 years old, died
Monday, May 4. Attending the fu-
neral from Minneapolis were his
brother and sister, Sam Whiting
and Mrs. Calhoun.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08

Johnny Baker Post of the Ameri-
can Legion and the Associated Ne
gro Credit Union and for years has
been superintendent of production
for a large Twin City industrial
concern.
Quiet and unassuming he prob
ably won't like this public mention
but this paper thinks the public
should know about his thoughtful
ness.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
Ten Captains
Lead N.A.A.CP.
Member Drive
1000 MEMBERS SOUGHT BY
MILL CITY BRANCH
BY Isaac L. Moore

MILL CII1 bhANCn
By Isaac L. Moore
The Minneapolis Branch of the
N. A. A. C. P. has entered upon its
drive for 1000 or more members
with an enthusiasm and vigor that
will book no defeat. This is your
organization. You can ill-afford
not to be member. If you have
not yet been approached, then see
any one of the organized captains
or lieutenants who will be happy
to accept your membership.
A temporary receipt will be
given to you pending your official
receipt from the National office.
The N. A. A. C. P. is our first line
of defense against race discrimina-
ton and segregation. Democracy
must be a reality. Do your share,
make a sacrifice, help US to win
your battle for freedom, liberty,
justice.
The names of the Captains are
as follows:
Mrs. Nettie Shepherd,
Mrs. Louise Carmichael,
Miss Irma Claridy,
Miss Harriet Lane,
Mrs. Mary Crump,
Mrs. Marie Hughes,
Mr.. Harold Combs,
Mrs. C. Walker,
Mr.. Wendell Jones,
Miss Allie Glenn.
Teams will report weekly and
beginning next week a list of
names of those who have taken out
memberships will be published. Aid
your favorite Captain to win one
of the many prizes that will be
awarded.
Tela Burt is campaign chairman
and Isaac Moore, Chairman Pub
licity.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
Meet New Type of Subscriber!
Pays Own, Sends Paper to Boys
at Uncle SamuePs Army Camp

Percy Hughes, paint firm execu-
tive, who lives at 1920 9Th Ave. &c.,
Minneapolis, is a new type of sub
scriber to this paper. Mondays
mail brought check from him for
his own subscription renewal and
an additional amount which he said
would pay for a subscription to an
army camp library where some of
our boys are stationed.
Mr.. Hughes is active in the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
NOTARY PUBLIC SERVICE
ADDED

The Brooks Funeral Home, 697
Rondo Ave-, has added the service
of notary public to its establish
ment. All legal papers may now be
notarized at the Brooks Funeral
Home. George Brooks, Jr., licensed
embalmer and director, and George
Brooks, ST., secretary-treasurer,
are officers of the firm.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
N. A. A. PDares
Pegler To Prove
Press Subversive

New York, N. Y-Westbrook
Pegler, sour columnist for the
Scripps-Howard papers, was chal-
lenged this week by the N.A.A.C.P.
to prove that the Negro press is
subversive and opposed to the war
effort.
In his column printed in New
York April %, Pegler told of his
examination of the Pittsburgh
Courier, and the Chicago Defender,
and strongly intimated that these
and other Negro papers were in the
same class with Father Coughlin's
Social Justice, which has been
denied the use of the mails because
of alleged subversive tactics. Peg
Ter made some criticisms of the two
Negro papers, but twice mentioned
Social Justice, and twice pointed
out that Negro papers were read
by colored soldiers in Army camps.
After characterizing Pegler's
observations on the Negro papers
as superficial, the N.A.A.C.P. let
ter to the New York World Tele-
gram declared:
eve challenge Mr.. Pegler, or
anyone else, to find a single dis
loyal or subversive line in any Ne
gro paper. We challenge him to
find any slurs upon President
Roosevelt. We challenge him to
find any assertion that the Japa-
nese were provoked into this war.
We challenge him to find any
praise of Hitler or the Axis powers.
We challenge him to find any sug-
gestion that America ought to have
stayed out of the war-that this
is not our war. We challenge him
to find any reflection in the Negro
press Of the Axis propaganda line.
"The Negro press has urged loyal
support for the war effort. It has
never been critical Of the war eff
fort, but only of the way in which
Negro American citizens are being
denied an opportunity by their
country to participate fully and on
an equality, and with dignity in
that war effort. So the Negro press
resents the shooting and beating of
Negro soldiers in Uniform; it COM
plains justly and logically against
the restricted quota of Negro fly
ing cadets for the Army at a time
when the Army is seeking des-
perately to enlist 100000 men in
the air forces; it complains of the
niggardly treatment Negro Ameri-
cans have received from the U. S.
Navy; it yells protest after pro-
test at the denial Of employment to
Negroes when Donald Nelson is
begging for more and more produc-
ton; it resents a lynching on a
Sunday morning a. days after
Pearl Harbor as being inconsistent
with the professed war aims; it re-
sents, also, the doctrine of segrega-
ton which has fathered many of
the inequalities and mistreatments
which the race suffers.
docs Pegler say that these pro-
tests are subversive ?"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
WE'RE IN THE
ARMY NOW

Ronald Judy of Minneapolis and
John L. McHie, Jr., TIA st. An
thony Ave-, enlisted in the United
States Army and expect to leave
this week for one of the training
camps. Both have signed up for
the air corps.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
Louise Bradshaw
Receives Divorce

Louise Bradshaw, formerly Of
st. Paul, and now of Washington,
D. c., received a divorce in District
Court this week from Stanley
Bradshaw, also of Washington,
D. C.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
AT HARVESTER PLANT

Junius (Bubs) Powell and Man
ley Rhodes, Jr., have been employed
for a number of weeks at the In
ternational Harvester Plant after
completing a machinist's course at
the government training school.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08

If you think America can lose
this war, you had better change
your allegiance or your thinking.
Discipline is hard only for the
undisciplined.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
Japan No Friend of
Black Folks, Harper Says
b. LUCIUS HARPER

lot of talk going the rounds in cOOred America
regarding the friendship Japan for the darker Some Negroes
stupid believe that Japan actually fighting this
bring worldwide freedom and happiness to the black
Moth la farther truth.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08

Cooperating with other nations
is civilized. Taking by force is bar
barism.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08

Save transportation by buying
what you need and curtailing your
desires.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
SECOND ANNUAL
BANQUET

The st. Paul Auxiliary to the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por-
tiers will hold its second annual
banquet, Saturday, May 16, at 8
p. m. at ODER Boys Club, Western
and st. Anthony. Dinner SOC. -Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08

Mrs. KintchlOw To Junction City
Mrs. N. J. Kintchlow of 2316
Fifth Ave. &c., left Sunday night
for Junction City, Kans., where she
will attend the funeral of her
brother.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08
WIFE DIVORCES

WIFE DINUhOEo
LEON BARNETT
Leon Barnett, well known man.
about-town, was divorced in Dis
trict Court this week from his wife,
Zelda Barnett.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08

Don't sacrifice-GIVE. 1t is your
greatest privilege.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08

Howard Brown, son of Mrs. W.
H. Brown, Waseca, Minnesota, and
brother of Bernice, Eunice and AL
fred Brown of Minneapolis, is in
the Truck Detachment at Fort
Leonard Wood, Missouri. Howard
is a corporal and serves in the
military police.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08

War wages are not going
to last forever. Wise work.
ers will save, invest in
bonds, buy only necessities
and get ready for the post
war period. Only foolish
folk will cast their money to
the four winds.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08

Rubbing skins is Galloway for
shaking hands.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-08

Mothers day Is the one
day when all of us can agree
that the women living and
dead whom we honor as
mothers are worthy of our
best thoughts and greatest
devotion. Don't forget to re-
member her.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
A LESSON FOR THE
POSTWAR YEARS

The other day in Ell Centre, State Sen
ator John Phillips Of Banning showed
at Masonic Homecoming celebration
motion pictures he and Mrs Phillips
filmed in Germany in 1887. The pictures
served once 1gain 10 spotlight the Woeful
blindness which gripped the political and
diplomatic leaders of the world, outside
of Germany and Russia, before the ad-
vent of World War II.
The pictures were taken at a public dis
Tlay of German war preparations III
Nurnberg. There was nothing private
about the display, nothing confidential,
The fact that Senator Phillips and Mrs.
Phillips were able to make the films
proves that.
Germany, as early as 1887, was boast
ing openly of her preparations for war.
What were members of the now United
Nations doing in 1897, when they should
have been meeting the danger?
Great Britain was following an ap-
peasement policy intended to allow the
pursuit of business as usual
The United States was paying men to
rake leaves and paint murals and dig
bitches that were Immediately filled up
again.
China was already at war with Japan,
to all practical intents, and was get
ting the worst end Of the deal from both
the United States and Britain insofar as
help was concerned. We had to remain
neutral, or we might not be able to sell
scrap iron and oil to Japan.
Russia, of all the nations now fighting
the axis. was the only one preparing for
what the whole world could see was
bound to come.
In our own country, our political lead
ers were busy promulgating the theory,
when they spoke of it at all, that Ger
many's war preparations were a thing for
Europe to worry about, and that we were
in no way effected.
SO far did our national leaders carry
this theory that they not only refused to
allow CCC boys to be trained in elemen-
tary military drill, but even sent out an
order refusing to allow them to march
in any military parade.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
Stirrup Pump
Contract Awarded

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. tUP)-
The office of civilian defense todav
announced award of S4500,000 in
contra cts for the manufacture of
2,258,000 stirrup pumps which are
used to fight incendiar" bomb fires.
The office of price administration
fixed maximum retail prices for the
government-approved pl'nps, rang
ing from So to $3.50 each.
OCD officials said air raid war
dens and other civilian defense
workers will probably be able to
purchase the pumps at fixed whole
sale prices ranging from S2.3l to
$3.50.
The pumps will be allocatcd to
various sections of the country on
the basis of the particular area S
vulnerability, the likelihood of at
tack and the areas Importance in
the war production program. None
will be available to midwest agri-
culture areas, CCD said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
SOME AT HOME
SAW THE DANGER

The preparations across the ocean, by
the nation now our greatest enemy, did
not go unnoticed in this country. There
were many voices raised in favor of our
own preparation for conflict, if it should
come The American Legion was leader
in demands that we make ourselves ready.
Our political leaders not only ignored
the demands, but attempted to discredit
the Legion as a fascist" organization,
and its members as warmOngerS. 1t IS
these same leaders who today attempt
to discredit some of their political OppO-
nents on the grounds that they were
''isolationists" shortly prior to Pearl Har-
bor.)
These facts are cited for the record so
that we can all remember them when this
war is over, and war WEAKNESS tempts
us once again to let down our guard.
We should resolve now. and keep up
the resolve throughout the years, that
never again shall we ignore obvious war
preparations by any power no matter
how seemingly friendly. Twice we have
been caught with our guard down. A
third time might be fatal.
There will be great temptation in
years to come to adopt again the view
point that we have nothing to worry
about-that providence will take care of
us Unless We profit by the mistakes Of
the past, such an attitude can we'll de
stroy us. Let's make sure that it does not.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SALE AT PUBLIC
AUCTION OF MATERIAL IN
WRECKED AIRPORT HANGER
CONSTRUCTED ON IMPERIAL
COUNTY AIRPORT

NOTICE is hereby given that the
undersigned will sell at public auc-
ton to the highest and best bidder
for cash at the Road District Yard
OF No. Three Road District in the
Git of Imperial California, at 200
O'Clock P. M. on Wednesday, Oc-
tober ID, 1912, all of the material,
including approximately 1000 square
feet of used corrugated iron, taken
frcm the wrecked airplane hanger
formerly located on the grounds of
the Imperial County Airport ad-
Joining the City of Imperial, Cali
fornia, and said material will be Of
fered for sale in lots or quantities
which in the opinion of the under
signed will bring the best and high
est prices to the County of I'M
perial. Such bidder will be required
to pay the full purchase price for
each lot bid at the time of said sale
and before the removal of any Of
said material.
Dated: El Centre, California, Oc-
tober 5, 1912
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
THE COUNTY OF IMPERIAL,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
BY w. j. McCLELLAND,
Clerk of said Board.
No 90 (O8
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions. then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
l. Should neighbors borrow each
others gard equipment without ask
ing?
2. If you borrow something as
small as a postage stamp should
you pay it back?
3. Should the person who is SELL
ing defense stamps thank each per-
son who buys?
4. Should you make gloomy con-
verSation about the war when talk
ing to parents who have son in
the service?
5. Is it better to say, Aren't you
proud of Bob?" or, Aren't you ter
ribly worried about Bob?" to par
ents of a boy who is doing foreign
service?
What would you do if
Your husband is in the service
(a) Make it plain to all the wives
you know that you think their hus-
bands should be in, too?
(b) Don't feel that just because
your husband is in you have
right to decide what is right for
other husbands?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
s. Burton
Heath
Writes:

President Roosevelt, Donald Mel
son. Leon Henderson, Joseph Grew
and others have told us, over the
past little while, that the United
States is falling down on its job
as the arsenal of democracy.
That fact is beyond dispute. Like
Messrs. Roosevelt, Nelson, Hender-
son and Grew, this column also
has tried to needle the public into
greater activity by finding fault
with its attitude, pointing out how
each che could do more than he
has yet taken the trouble to do.'
For this we offer no apologies.
OF what we have said we retract
no word But perhaps the time has
come to say something on behalf
Of us men in the street, us mech
anics and artisans and clerks and
taxpayers and bond buyers.
We are at fault, but we're not
alone We want to win, but we do
not have the aggressive will to win;
ana one reason is that the men at
the top do not display that will to
win.
From washington, starting with
the President and working down.
we hear a lot of talk about getting
tough. and sacrificing willingly. and
giving everything that we possess
to beat totalitarianiSm.
All right, we're ready to get
tough. We're prepared to sacrifice
without a whimper. We will give
our all.
Now what?
Shall we sit around some more
while the politicians decide wheth-
er they dare risk votes by antagon-
izing a few labor middlemen who
misrepresent the rank and file of
workers?
Must we continue to wait until
politicians weigh the dangers of
ignoring few professional farm
spokesmen' who misrepresent the
patriotic farmers?
Who is it that hangs onto the
40-hour week complex, at a time
when the President says we are
only at half production and when
Donald Nelson says we are losing
the war?
We're not very good at organiz-
ing scrap drives, to keep the steel
mills going. We pay lot of men
a lot of money to do such things
for us-to take the lead, tell us in
dividuals what to do and how to do
it. Are we solely at fault because
our hired men in Washington have
not done the job of organization
that is needed?
We've been careless about rub
ber. Why? Because we heard SO
many conflicting stories we could
MT believe anything we heard. Be-
cause Mr.. Roosevelt himself, in his
best facetiouS mood, stuck pins into
several efforts to impress the public
with the seriousness of the Situa-
ton.
Now the Baruch Committee has
made official what any good news
paper reporter could have discover
ed given access to sources, and has
verified what most of us did know
and did say
Must we have another Baruch
Committee to verify that we are los
ing the war, before Washington will
go to work and lead us to victory?
Sure. Pan us civilian laymen
Needle us to the limit. Tell us the
truth, that we can't win the way
we are going.
But give us leadership-courage
Gus, self sacrificing, non-political
inspiration and direction and in
Struction-and we'll show the will
to win.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
IRISH TERRORISTS
ATTACK POLICE

BELFAST. Northern Ireland, Oct.
3-U.PD-For tie second success
sive night bomb throwing terrorists
attacked Belfast police last night.
The bomb shattered windows Of a
police barracks and injured a youth
passing in tl.c sCreet. Earlier a
smaller bomb had exploded at the
back gate of the barracks but caus-
ed no damage.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX
NFA Service Staff Writer

Even though the ingredients of
your Sunday dinner are not start
ling different, try to think of new
ways of cooking them. BY using
imagination and good recipes, you
can serve loW-cost meals that will
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
AMERICA VIII LAST AS
LONG AS FREE SPEECH

As long as Americans can speak their
minds, in print or from the orators plat
form, the American government Will be
a peoples government.
If the time ever comes when Amerl-
cans can no longer say what they please,
we shall no longer have peoples gov
2rnment.
There can be no division in freedom of
expression. We cannot have a controlled
press without having controlled discus
sion. nor can we have censored oral ,2X-
preston without having a completely
censored press. Free press and free
speech are the same thing; one is merely
an extension of the other.
There is this, however. Free speech
can never be DESTROYED as long as the
press is free. but without free press,
there would not be any free speech. Oral
freedom presuppOses a knowledge of
facts about public events and programs,
and uncolored facts are available only
when the press is free.
Without freedom of the press, a man
might still say what he pleased. but his
conclusions would be based on half-truths
furnished him by those who exert self
ish influence, so that actually he would
be coerced into expressing opinions de
sired by others The tragedy would be
that ho would not realize the coercion,
and would believe his expression to be
his own, and uncontrolled.
No power must ever be allowed to IN
terfere with the right of an American
TO say what he pleaseS.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-08
GL0RIFYING
YOURSELF
BY ALICIA HART
NFA Service staff Writer

Beauty ideals shift with the head
lines. Old hat as pre-war CLAM
our" and chic" is last years fash
ionable vitality" The wanted look
for this fall: hardy.
Cosmetic houses interpret the
trend strikingly, streamiining their
charm protectors and makeup be-
yond the war production require
ments. Instead of the usual fall
crop of half dozen new makeup
colorS- of the moment, each just
whit different from last seasons
fashionable tone. outstanding hous-
es are emphasizing two basic make
up schemes. One is dramatized by
the true-red lipstick. The other
by the lipstick with a blue over