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Y. W. Secretary
Speaker Halle
Annual Dinner

Alice Reynolds, General Secre-
tary of the st. Paul Young Wom-
ems Christian Association, to be
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Buy Defense Bonds
THEODORE ALLEN IN POST
OFFICE

Theodore F. Allen, 996 Iglehart
Ave., is now employed in the st.
Paul Post Office. For a number
of years Mr.. Allen was head bell
man at the Minneapolis Athletic
Club. His post there was filled by
Leroy Reese, another veteran en-
ployee. AS an avocation, Mr.. AL
len sells insurance.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
Defense Bonds

You can sell, buy or rent
through our classified ad col
umn. Cheap, too! Call Md
way S340.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16
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PAPER EACH WEEK
Advt.

YOUR LOCAL NEGRO WEEKLY
IS ON THE HOME FRONT
FIRING LINE-Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1942-01-16

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/ believe every individual is
naturally entitled to do as he
pleases with himself and the
fruit of his labor, so far as it
in no way interferes with an
other mans rights. - Abra-
ham Lincoln.
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mated against, denied his elemen-
tary right of an equal opportunity
for training and position in the ma
tons fighting forces, yet turning
with cool courage to fight in de-
tense even of those who might
have Disseminated against him
this picture must cause the blood
to boil in the veins of decent,
democratic men and women.
The Navy Department recently
announced that it was considering
a request permitting assignment
of draftees to the Navy, because
enlistments were not keeping up
with the expanding needs of the
sea forces. One of the reasons for
this is that young, qualified Ne
grOes-men of the calibre of the
Arizona mess attendant-are not
permitted to enlist in the Navy in
any capacity other than as a
steward. The Navy is crying for
men, for fighters. Yet it bars the
Negro people among whom there
is a reservoir of tens of thousands
of young men with aptitude for
naval service and with fighting ca
pacities second to none.
The Negro people for a long
time have wondered what kind of
war for democracy it is that must
be fought by a Jim Crow Navy.
They have asked what is the diff
ference between Hitler's treatment
of the Jews in Germany and the
treatment they receive here in a
war that has been officially dedi-
Gated to the high principles of the
-four freedoms" Perhaps wider
sections of the population will be-
gin to wonder the same thing after
reading about the Negro mess at
tendant on the Arizona.
The American people must de-
mand an end to the Jim Crow sys-
tenn in the armed forces. They must
speak up in loud voice for equal
rights for the Negro people in the
armed forces as we'll as every.
where else.-The Militant IN. W
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OOuLH DEdZh
It must be admitted that South
Brazil feels a certain regional and
racial superiority over the nom
white and economically less favored
North. After the decades of grad
ual emancipation and the law of
1888, North Brazil's plantations of
sugar, rice, cocoa, and tobacco were
hardest hit by the turning of thou
sands Of Negroes to the cities, to
industry, subsistence farming, and
other activities. South Brazil's
huge coffee plantations were able
to escape losses by turning to the
flood of Latin European immi-
grants who fiocked in after 1885,
particularly to the booming State
and city of Sac Paulo. South Brazil,
after the republic displaced the
monarchy in 1889, dominated Brazil
economically and politically. Sac
Paulo became richer with the help
of foreign capital through her
coffee and factories than any half
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Hope Eternal Faces New Year

Some immortal has said Hope springs eternal in the human
with the that before closes
again will mankind.
apparent that nation and other nations have had
bring about that Since this is hope that
this the full limit of possibilities At home
factory do what defeat those
who have attacked country.
hope that with and with realistic
leadership
which seek challenge the right of the dmocraces and
keep alive the hope of mans inherent right @ liberty and the
pursuit of happiness
not amiss rate that the position of the people
the Negro people, has reached the ideal hope that
New the challenge foreign will
bring the in America and end forever of the ills from
which the American Negro has all patiently suffered.
We have hopes for all of Gods people Hopes for those who
friend and foe Hopes for the rising intelligence of the coored
people Hopes for the growing understanding between them and their
white brothers.
fate prevents from Offering hopes this space
when another shall have rolled around remind
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Brazil:
The Largest Negro Nation
(BY Charles a. Could
Continued from Last Week.

dozen of the poorer North Brazil
ian States. A pattern of regional
ism, partly racial, arose. Brazilian
society in the southern cities gen.
orally refuses to admit Negroes to
its social life and clubs, or to allow
its children to marry part-Negroes,
even those of fine education and
talents. North Brazil, the original
plantation area and black belt, is
now the neglected poorhouse of the
nation. Like our South, its wealth
has been drained to the financial
and industrial cities.
The Negro and Religion
Religion, especially in its emo
tiOnal and exuberant forms, has
served in Brazil, too, as an escape
from poverty, boredom, and dis
ordinations. 1t is, of course, an
outlet for genuine mysticism and
religious feeling in Brazil, as well
as a social institution of large
possibilities for future good in
combating misery, disease, and
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Say 1t With Flowers!

Say it tactfully! Say it grace
fully! Say it with our flowers to
convey your message of remem-
brance, affection, gratefulness and
best regards. We keep fresh cut
flowers and plants on hand at all
times and will send them to any
address with your card.
The Posey Shop, 46S Lexington
Ave. at University. Dale 670O.
Gladys Lewis Harris, represen-
tative, Dale 1291.-Advt.
WE DO NOT PLAN TO RAISE
Our subscription rates despite
the heavily increased cost of pro-
ducing this newspaper.
However, subscribers must coop
crate by paying for. the paper
promptly.
War time conditions make it i'm
possible to carry delinquent sub
scribers. Delinquent subscribers
will only be mailed one notice.
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that didn't come here from coun-
tries where the people were OPP
pressed were the colored race. They
were stolen and brought here
against their own will. So, if we
look at it the right way, the Indian
and colored man should have a
little more right to serve the
United States than anyone else, as
the Indian was here first and the
colored people were brought here
against their own will. We are at
war now. It is no time to argue.
We must all put our shoulders to
the task and let all races do their
best if they want to. If these five
colored boys who offered up their
lives by wanting to enlist and the
way they have been treated, then
say, they must love dear old Uncle
Sam and the constitution. So as I
have said, we must let all races,
blue, black or white, if they are
willing to help and die for their
country, then by God, say give
them a break. It is no time to
draw the colored line now and if l
do say Never! Let's be real Amer
leans of 1776.
Marty Dunn.
Seattle, Washington.
(Fnrnerlv of Minneanolis.l
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Du Bots.
Roy Nash on Brazil


Among North Americans, one Of
the most creative and original
thinkers on the Negro contribu-
ton to the historical development
of Brazil and the New World is
Roy Nash. Although written in
Brazil during extensive studies and
travels there in the early 1920's,
his Conquest of Brazil will be use
full and stimulating for decades to
come. Roy Nash has a deep knowl-
edge of non-C Caucasian cultures and
peoples gained from residence and
shrewd observation in the Philip
pines, from service with American
Negro troops in France in 1918 and
through active participation in the
N. A. A. C. P. after the World War.
His interest in the rich history and
culture of the Negro in the Amer
icas is deep. For some years, Mr..
Nash was with the Indian Service
in California. The Conquest of Bra
I'll is so important that it merits
republication with additional chap
tiers and photography and notes to
bring the story of Brazils ire
mendous melting pot down to date.
He again travelled widely in Brazil
in 1941.
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LYNCHINGS IN al"
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:
1 send you the following infor-
nation concerning lynchings for
the year 1941. l find, according
to the reports compiled in the De-
partment of Records and Research,
there were 4 persons lynched in
1941. This is 1 less than the num-
Der 5 for the year 1910, / more
than the number 3 for the year
1889, 2 less than the number 6 for
the year 1888, and A less than the
number 8 for the year 1887. One
of the persons lynched was taken
from the jail.
There were 10 reports of in
stances in which offices of the law
prevented lynchings. One of the
reported instances was in a north
ern state and 10 of the reported
instances were in southern states.
In 18 instances, persons were re-
moved or guards augmented or
other precautions taken. In 1 case,
armed force was used. A total
number of Fl persons Il white
man and 20 Negro men-were thus
saved from the hands of mobs.
All persons lynched were Ne
groes. The offenses charged were:
Attempted rape, 1; suspected of
stealing, 1; alteration with white
man, ]; working on job from
which whites had been discharged,
/.
The states in which lynchings
occurred and the number in each
state are as follows: Florida, 1;
Georgia, l; North Carolina, 1;
South Carolina, 1.
F. D. PATTERSON,
Very truly yours,
President, Tuskegee Institute,
Tuskegee, Alabama.
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THE NEGRO MESS ATTEND
ANT ON THE ARIZONA"

ANT ON THE ARIZONA"
An eyewitness account of the
Pearl HarbOr battle, published in
the Dec. % New York Times"
tells how "a Negro mess attendant
who never before had fired a gun
manned a machine gun on the
bridge (Of the sinking battleship
ArizOna) until his ammunition was
exhausted"
We cite this story not simply to
show that Negroes have heroic
fighting qualities. The Negro peo-
pie have demonstrated such quail
ties in fullest measure through all
the centuries of their struggle
against slavery and racial oppres-
sion and in every war in which this
nation has participated.
Rather we point to this incident
of the Negro mess attendant on the
U. S. S. Arizona as an example of
the discriminatory treatment ac-
corded Negroes in all branches of
the American armed forces, par
ticularly the naval division.
This unnamed Negro sailor gave
an example of bravery and re-
sOureefulness under fire that would
do credit to any member of the
Navy. Yet, if he is still alive, he
will not be permitted the OppOr-
tunity even now to train in the use
of a gun on an American naval
vessel. He must remain what he
was, a mess attendant, privileged"
only to clean tables, empty slOps
and clean the boots of some who
might have but half of his intelli-
gence and courage.
The thing that sticks out like
sore thumb in the Times" account
of this Negro mess attendants
action is that he never before had
fired a gun" Why? Only because
this Negro and every Negro in the
country is barred by the Nays
Jim-Crow regulations from any
post other than mess attendant.
This picture of the Negro mess
attendant - segregated, discrimi-
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LIKED WRTTE-UP

December 20, 1941.
Editor: This is to express our
sincere appreciation for the excel
lent writeup of our Christmas pro-
gram. We feel that the large at
tendance was due directly to the
excellent news of our program in
your paper.
Thank you for your excellent CO.
operation. Any time we can serve
you, be sure and call US.
Yours truly,
Jeanette Dorsey,
Director of Music,
Phyllis Wheatley House,
Minneapolis, MINI.
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oedIIIeI washington
formerly of Minneapolis.)
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Ito be continued)
l001o Americans Despite
Abuse
Seattle, Washington.
December 81, 1941.

Seattle, Washington.
December 81, 1941.
Editor: Please put this in your
paper. After reading in your paper
of the five Minneapolis men who
wanted to enlist in the country's
armed forces and were refused be-
cause they were Negroes, l, as a
1000 American born white man, it
is to me, l don't know what to
think. They scream over the radio
all must do their share. Naturally
the colored people, who are really
more patriotic to America if l do
say so, than any other race. That
no one can deny. Who was the first
man to fall in the Revolutionary
War defending his country? If you
don't know, it was Crispus Attacks,
a colored man. During the Civil
War they fought and during the
Spanish American War, they
fought and in the first World War
they fought. They are mistreated
and that we can't deny, but with
all the abuse that has been heaped
upon them, they still are 1000
Americans. They are not allowed
to vote under the Geyer Poll Tax.
They are barred from most eating
places, but still when they see
their country, the U. S. A, they
still love it and will and have died
for it. 1 am in a position to see
what is going on out here. I have
watched the Boeing Airplane fac
tories, the Todd Shipyards, the
Government Shipyards at Bremen
ton, across from Seattle, and
around Seattle and few colored
people also work there.
The first time a stitch was put
in a human heart, it was done by
a colored man; the first stitcher
for shoes was invented by a colored
man and, of course, we have all
heard of Doctor Carver, one of the
second greatest men outside of
Luther Burbank in their line.
Now what 1 can't understand is
this. All races come here from OPP
pressed countries and came to
America without a seat in their
pants and after being here and are
successful they want the same law
enacted here on colored people as
they themselves ran away from in
their country. We see in the paper
and hear on the radios that all
must do their part. All right then,
the Negro people get patriotic and
want and try and will do their
part. But how are they to do it,
if not given the chance? The only
race today in the United States
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Ewing Places
Another at
Telephone Co,

Through the effort of Lewis
Ewing, two Mill City men have
good jobs today.
o. J. Thornton, 2609 Fourth Ave.
&c., has been employed by the
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.,
and Thomas Tollerson, BOT Dupont
Ave. No., by the Clover Leaf
Creauerv
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MY DOG VIRGINIA BEAsLEY, Az

I once had little dog cute cute could be,
But she is dead and miss her. oh so much
But could have another just like that BEFORE
would another make sad and
l loved her very much though she a dog
would do anything just get her back and look her
Ny Grandpa always used where is that Molly 2"
would say she is home.
this that all of liked dearly
cutest dog
l had n this earth.
And that she is gone feel as sad as sad be,
So please dear God take of her for
will for her. and keep her mind to think Of when
not good
But long she love her just the
my little
Baby girl for Molly B. is her
And people will always know little Molly Beasley
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-17
This, That And the Other

will those present at Bobby the Motel Bond Hartford which his must leave for New York omo Phean Hartford today stretches a extend himself up though be the feather title bout Friday night the dusky dome of Albert Chay l9 football Sunday safety with less than minute play Coach Bill Tracy tried to Danbuy High USO Saturday against Leavenworh though he did get feeer from Coach c. Roy Danbu for Thanksgiving Day Tracy by the way Is firm i'll that blows good" Wany him blazing l20 defeat Torngton the the Torringon Sonny Tedesco Make mistake about the football payerbu did be defeated and the Tech kids they they accomplished against Weaver High of Hartford.
 Cant WRONG betting Wright Manager Eddie Walkers
 boulevarders along Walker absolutely IS SHORT, Pep Hartford Willie via the K
 hot-ShotS laying and quoting unless balance they will higher In New York last Friday night Pep choice
 that made Allie Stoz l4 who had em running for aspirin st lo:S0 p.
 of the local break have had reflect who all the best of the bet necessarily collect WorN there the 9 to 1 the New York Yankees the series After the
 Saturday. against and points "Soest touch of the himself smiling nwardybut Leavenworh underdog to complete surprise of the high school grid
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-17
(Reg. U. s. Pat. Off.) Ry HACK CIJDDY

New York, Nov. l7.-0UP)-Foot- ball is almost as definitely part of America as the Stars and Stripes and should be continued during the war, if not for its domestic advan- tages, at least for the benefit of the boys in the services.
 Those pregnant words, uttered by Adrian Berwick, an official of the Ofiice of War Information, and backed up by George Munger, coach of the University of Pennsylvania, put the torch-in my mind-to the domestic squabbles current over the importance of continuing sports events, particularly football, during times made strenuous by the na- tional war effort.
 The preachings of those arhn- chair theorists and back-of-the-line tigwigs who extoll the virtues of a country at war sans sports become just so much rubbish when it is dis closed by a man like Berwick just how the soldiers and sailors and marines in the field and at sea gob- ble up avidly every scrap of sports news.
 Honestly, the boys just cannot get enough sports news" Berwick said. when We get cable ask ing for news for the boys overseas, the first and most urgent request is for news of sports-and We can't give them enough"
 Berwick should know for in his position he has a finger on the pulse of every man in the thick of battles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-17

New York's Garden
 Is Graveyard Of Winning 'Streaks'

New York, Nov. l7 - DO you know" said Eddie Walker, the man. ager of Chalky Wright, that Madi. son Square Garden is the graveyard of winning streaks2"
 Explain" said teh press agent.
 "well, that Willie Pep Is coming down here Friday from Hartford to try to take my Chalks feather. weight title away. Pep has never been licked in 53 fights and l just want you to remind him and his Connecticut friends that a lot of things have happened to guys with long winning streaks when they come into the Garden"
 Explain" said the press agent.
 "Well, take the case of Tlffy Grif- filth, for instance. He came into the Garden from out West with no de- feats in something like forty fights. Then whaml he got stopped cold by Jimmy Braddock.
 "One of my own fighters, Mike Belloise, once came into the Garden with a winning streak of 30 odd fights and then he gets himself out- pointed by Lew Feldman.
 "Tami Mauriello, when he was a middleweight, bounced his oppo- nents around like they was duck pins. He had more than 25 wins in a row and comes into the Garden to get whipped by Billy Soose,
 Bad News
 T see where Ally Davis is fighting again and doing pretty good. Re- member when Al Davis piled up 10 straight wins and then got smeared all over the Garden ring by Lou Ambers? And how about Maxie Shapiro? He's pretty good light weight. Do you know he came into the Garden once with a record of 37 straight and then got licked by Al Reid?
 "A couple of months ago Charley Jones, the manager of Sammy An- gott, brought his young bantam weight Freddie Pope into New York for a fight at the Garden. Pope is one of the best bantams in the country. so good he ain't been beat en in A straight. But guy named Ham Wiloby put an end to that streak in hurry.
 That's what1l happen to Willie Pep's streak on Friday. The Chalk's an old hand at smashing winning strings. Look how he stopped Lulu Costantino's string. And Lulu had won more than Pep. He had 56 straight. Out in California Ray Lun- ney had won S9 in a row but that's as far as his streak got because then he met Chalky Wright.
 "Now do you get what mean2"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-17
DIXON, NYU NEGRO FLASH, WINS RACE
Yale's SchwarzkOpf Sec ond in 5-MiIe Event; R.l.
 Takes Third Team Title

New York. Nov. IT - CU.Po n Individual and team honors in the annual IC4A cross-country meet be- longed to New York University $ Frank Dixon and Rhode Island States fiye-man team today.
 Dixon, Negro NYU freshman star, and national interscholastic mile champion, finished 90 yards in front of Leroy Schwarzkopf of Yale in 27O8.4 yesterday to win the five- mile varsity event at Van Court uandt park. Rhode Island State won the team laurels with 55 points.
 Schwarzkopf was timed in 27:25 while Ken Taylor and Lawrence Barrett, both of Rhode Island State, finished third and fourth respective ly. Barely a yard separated them, however, from Ray Zoellmer ot NYU.
 Three Straight
 Rhode Island States team victory was their third in a row and gave them three legs on the fiye-leg team trophy. Taylor. Barrett, Nichols, Douglas Graham and Arthur O'Sul- liyan made up the winning team.
 Penn State came in second in the team standings with 79 with the other teams following in this order -NYU. 83: Manhattan. i35; Yale, i50: Michigan State. l6e; Maine 2ii; Fordham. 22o: Cornell, 252 and New Hampshire, 269.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-17
PEP CONFIDENT HE CAN DEFEAT
 CRALKY WRIGHT
Feather Title Bout Friday; PheIan at Hartford
 for 0. o.

Hartford, Conn, Nov. 17 -- tU. P.) - Challenger Willie Pep brightest ring prospect to come out of Connecticut in IS years, predict ed today that Featherweight Cham pion Chalky Wright was in for a rough time when they meet for the worlds title Friday night at New York.
 Its been my life's ambition to be featherweight champion of the world" Pep told the United Press. That's all I've been looking forward to since can remember.
 "When I get in the ring with Chalky, I'm going to start throwing punches and keep throwing them. You know, the best defense is an offense."
 Pep and Wright meet in a l5- round bout for the title at Madison Square Garden. It will be the first time Pep has signed for l5-round bout, but he was confident he could do 1t.
 I'm in the best shape ever was" said Willie, as he is known fondly by his east side cronies. Pep is un- defeated as a professional, having won 5S fights in row, i9 by knock outs.
 Call Him Champ
 Pep. just turned 20. admitted that cfflcially he would not be rec. ognised as the worlds champion iI his home state if he defeated Wright. Connecticut is a membe, of the NBA which does not recog. nize Wright as the title- holder.
 'Officially. they won't recognize me. They'll cali me the champ, though, if I win. Don't worry about that"
 General John J. Phelan. chairman of the New York Boxing CommiS sion. arrived in town today to lool over the challenger's condition, and met the mayor and other dignitar- ieS.
 Tomorrow. Pep concludes his training and leaves late in the day for New York.