Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-01-02

the ue8uuueS WHICH we COnSluer pe
happenings Of the year. Lack of
space prevents a larger word
photo of the year.
JANUARY
Tedd Evans, assistant states at
torney general, injects race issue
in Education Commissioner John
G. Rockwell custer proceedings {.
E. A. Syftestad, general mana
ger Farmers Union Central Ex-
change, was unders fire because
he discharged Caroline Bell, white,
because she was friendly with a
Negro girl. Dinner held in
honor of Rev. Benjamin N. Moore,
new pastor of St. James AME
church, st. Paul. DR.. Wallace Rob-
bins was principal speaker at Hal
lie Q. Brown House annual dinner.
1t was discovered that Rev.
Gerald L. Hauden had received his
divorce in Ramsey County district
court on December 16. The st.
Paul branch of the NAACP held a
mass meeting on discrimination in
state and national defense. L.
Earl Wilkins, newspaperman and
former Twin Citian dies. Jas.
Davis renamed Wheatley board
president. Mrs. Hayden begins
story of her difficulty with minis
ter husband. Ober Boys club
opens. Clarence Mitchell turns
down offer of Cleveland Urban
League secretaryship. Pioneer
Press and Dispatch open new
building. :. Katherine L. Smith,
wife of newspaperman and first
Negro child born in what is now
Minneapolis, dies. : Sam Reed
named chairman of the Negro De-
tense Committee. Mems Coun-
ell reflects John Culver.
FEBRUARY
BOhannOn speaker at WheatIey
annual meeting. .. Margaret Tur-
pin Lazenbury appointed to Ancker
Hospital nursing staff. Citizens
plan march on capitol to see Gov
ernOr Harold E. Stassen who had
ignored their requests for an in
terview. Governor names Ray
mOnd w. Cannon of Minneapolis
and Lawrence Tarver to advise
me in a sound manner to grant
opportunity to our fellow citizens
who are of the Negro race, to par
ticipate in the defense of our state
" /" " Representative John M.
Drexler introduces bill to outlaw
discrimination of auto risk COM
panies against Negro citizens who
seek auto insurance. st. Paul
churches plan joint revival Ground
broken for new Halle @. Brown
gym. E. Daniel L. H. West again
in tolls of law in Des MOines.
MARCH
Sharecroppers' Week observed
here. :. Emery Lindsey, pioneer,
dead. F. D. Patterson, presi-
dent of Tuskegee, is Mill City Ur-
ban League speaker at annual
meeting. Hennepin County
Farmer-Labor executive committee
endorses Robert L, Mallory for
park commissioner. Campaign
to establish community center on
Minneapolis Southside under way.
The Nicollet Improvement As
ISOLATION tries to block erection of
st. Leonard's Catholic church at
10th and Clinton, Mpls. Marian
Anderson awarded Edward Box
prize of $4,000. Arnold Hill
speaks. Joe Taylor dies. =.
Defense Committee elects Alsup.
"Pmkey" Lewis succumbs. =.
Democrats bring Bilbo to Mime
sofa. Negro Demos wrathy. 4.
Nat Evans elected st. Paul NAACP
President.
APRIL
Charlotte Crump appointe d
NAACP publicity director in N. Y.
Count Basic makes his first
Twin City appearance. Firston
White named warden of st. Phil
lips church. >. Clarence M. Mitch
ell, Jr., resigns Urban League post
to go with o. P. M. Stassen
signs bill aimed at race discrimina-
ton on public jobs. Harlem
boycott Of buses results in jobs
for Negroes. :. U. s. Supreme
Court decides Jim Crow accommo-
dations Of southern railroads must
be equal.
MAY
Rev. s. Edward Ware installed
as new pastor of Pilgrim Baptist
Church. Local SIG Dining Car
Employees hold annual dance. :.
Earl DickersOn, Chicago Alderman