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Both sides of my parents is
very poor and l can't expect any
thing from them as my mother
has been sick in bed with the doctor
for over a year and won't change"
81 am a poor woman and what l
got is gone"
81 have already wrote to the
President and if I don't hear from
him will write to Uncle Sam and
tell him about you both"
please send my wife's form to
fill out"
"The Mrs. has no clothes for over
a year and has been regularly
visited by the pastor"
81 can't get my sick pay and 1
got six children. Can you tell my
why?"
"This is my eighth child. What
are you going to do about it,"
Il am writing to tell you my boy
was horned two years ago and is
three years old now. When do 1
expect relief"
"Please find out if my husband is
dead as the man am living with
won't eat or nothing until he knows
for sure"
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long on the phone that the irri-
tated operator "cut" the other lady
in on the conversation when she
was so persistently trying to get
the same gent on the phone. Now,
tits said the two ladies, who were
thicker than fly paper, are now as
far apart as the north and south
poles. N. H. was strutting
around in uniform the other day
looking awfully handsome and a
certain st. Anthony Avenue mar
ried man in the vicinity of st. AL
bans is singing, "I1l be glad when
the army gets you, you rascal
you" Then, the story goes that
"Simy" from Canada better get
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COMING EVENT THAT
CASTS ITS SHADOW:
1912 NAACP MEMBERS
MPLS. BRANCH

Continued from Page One)
soc. Mrs. R. B. Lynch. Mrs. Clarence
Miller. Mrs. Howard. Mr.. Howard, Mrs.
Robert Alexander. Robert Alexander. Mrs.
Stanley Berry and D. Slaughter.
Roy Ratchet, Mrs. Roy Ratchet, John
Scott, Mrs. John Scott, Father L A. Hir-
man. Gerald Bailey. P. J. Riley, Margaret
Cronin, Leila MeClelland. Helen Curry,
John Williams, Ida Roberts, Mrs. Daniel
Russell. Mrs. Beatrice Spana, Cleola Davis,
Noah SiEgers, James Crawford. Mrs. A.
Coleman, Mrs. R. c. Hughes, Mrs. J. B.
Crawford, Johnny Williams, Stanley Nc
Cornell and Alfred White.
Melvyn Carter, Hester Bray, John R.
Sheppard. E. V. Marshall, Lewis Ewing,
Judge Fred B. Wright, Arthur F. Moot,
Mrs. Mearl Sanches, DR.. Russell R. Helms.
Mrs. Leila Thomas, Gladys Z. Miller, Glenn
entine Ray, Rev. J. B. Clayburn, Mrs.
Grace Hudson, Estslle Harris, Viola
Thomas, Sarah Benson, Martha Lee, Wilver
Lee, Elder Wilson, Enroll Fasett, Bertha
Sr.
Wendell C. Jones, Harley POore, John
n. Maxwell, North Star Branch NAPE,
Thomas B. Stovall, Mrs. Wendell c. Jones,
Mrs. Floyd Mayes, Mrs. R. B. Moulden,
Myrtle Potter. Mrs. N. T. Monroe. Mrs.
Walter Early and Mrs. Elizabeth Galloway.
MAY 26 REPORT
Leila D. Smith, W. NJ. Small, Merle
Young. Mary Louise Cannon, Emma Gates,
Essie Arnold, Lenora Ray, E. J. Hender-
son, E. Winston, Mollis NJ. Cheek, ChAl-
mer Lawson, Charles Lawson, Elzora
Walls, Leon Moore, Nellie Rice, Don La
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Clyde c. Gilmore. Carl Ampey, E. L. Boyd,
Mrs. z. L. Boyd. Joseph B. Levy, Spencer
Shivers, Matte Samuels, Mary Carlisle,
Ben Smith. Robert Coleman, William
Crump, Mary Crump, Armada Rhodes.
Bessie Harris, Marcus Harris, Rev. n. w.
Bolts, Ursula Bolts, C. W. Glenn, Cora
Sanders, r. II. Glenn, Oseeola Wright,
Edward c. Gale, T. A. Eide, Grace K.
Davis, Luther Sanches, Andrews Mems
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Herbert Howell, Cecil W. Schofeld, L. C.
Vale, Faleoner Laundry, Jack Posten, Joe
Zif, Kathryn Robinson, A. R. Gallenkamp,
Esther J. Byars, Mrs. Ralph Wilson, Laura
Farmer, Henry C. Richardson, Alice Young
Mrs. Matthew Evans, Matthew Evans, Will
liam Bailey, F. A. Lynn, Walter Mccoy,
Hiram K. Gibbs, Eddie Hall, Dorothy Hall,
Margaret Ford, Mrs. Robert Wallace, Jr.,
Albert Williamson, Mrs Vernon PittmAn,
Robert Wallace, Donald Bryant, N. Nc
Keether, H. P. Kelly, Bernice Morris, E.
Shannon TaR0y IarkzOn
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by ABBE' WALLACE SERVICE

Ans: Wait a few months and
visit him in camp. That will prob
ably do him more good. He was
terribly excited when he wrote you
and there is no cause for alarm.
Keep in close contact with your
brother and when he reaches his
training post make your plans to
see him.
D. Why boy friend and I
went together a long time and an
other girl took him away from me.
He married her. He is not satisfied
and worries all of the time about
me. He says he still loves me, and
l love him. He says when he is
with her he likes her best, but
when he is with me, he hates her.
Tell me how to take him away?
Ans: My sincere advice to you
is to give him up. He chose the
other girl because he felt he loved
her better than he did you .
don't let him crawl back to you
with a sob story of not being I'M
derstOOd. Had he married you in
stead of her he probably would
be pulling the same gag on you
right now. He made his own bed,
let him lie in it and don't give him
your sympathy.
A. T. P.-I read your messages
in the paper all of the time. Please
help me. My husband is in Kansas
City and he writes for the children
and me to come up there and stay.
Every time I make up my mind to
go, he stops writing for a few
months. Shall l pack up and go on
up there or stay where 1 am?
Ans: You've called his bluff on
three different occasions and each
time he stops writing. 1t really
would be the wrong thing to do :. &.
stay where you are. Do not con-
slider taking your children to X. C.
until you are sure he has provided
a home up there and sends you the
money to make the trip. If he does
this you can be sure he is sin
cere.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-29

was to the west of him, up on st.
Adams and st. Anthony, Shorty
was over on Carroll and Shorty
was on Central. "Stewy" worried
so that he lost twenty pounds.
Doctor advised a rest cure. What
"Stewy" really knows is that his
best half is about the only one
that "Shorty" hasn't been nibbling
on. They're telling this one on
two married ladies that were
sparkling" after the same gent.
They were all up to one of the
ladies' houses playing bridge. At
ter the bridge game, the lady
whose house they were at was in
conversation with said gent for so
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-29

HOwdy Folks:
The latter part of this week
promises to offer a little excitement
to the party-gOers round the two
towns. The Omega Psi Phi Fra
ternity has everything in line for
its mellow spring prom which is
being held this weekend at the
lovely Columbia Chalet in Mime
apOlis. The same evening a dance
is being held out at the beautiful
Plantation Mite Club on White
Bear Lake. Methinks many of the
party -gOers, who are attending the
Omega party, win dash out after
the dance to the Plantation Club
and also Stumble Inn where a
number of after parties have been
planned. You can bet your
boots that Decoration Day picnic
plans are all set and that the folks
about town will have a too fine
time on that date. Of it doesn't
rain-) -.
HAVE YOU HEARD:
MRS. NELLIE WRIGHT, of
Minneapolis, just returned from
Kansas City, Mo-, where she spent
a mellow vacation visiting her
mother and friends. =. . Just heard
that Cupid is sorta cycling CLEVE-
LAND RAY and MARJORIE
THOMPSON. Now that NOR
RIS GIBBS, Jr., is back in town
from Washington, D. c., what To-
cal lassies Eyes pluraD are all
a-fiutter? The Kappa and
Omega boys are trying to get up a
baseball game between the two
frats. If they do get together the
game ought to be quite an excit-
ing one. Speaking of the
Omegas, did you know that LAW
RENEE GRIFFIN, CALVIN NOR
RIS, DONALD JOHNSON and
DUB" JONES were made Omega
last Sunday? (Just heard the boys
had a fine" little initiation, too.)
MRS. NELLIE HART of Illi-
nois is visiting friends and rela-
tives in the two towns. :. ANITA
BLOOEDORN is telling friends
that her brother, MARIUS
BLOOEDORN, may leave New
Jersey soon to spend his vacation
out in our Twin Cities. Was told
the following home town boys, who
are in the army, were recently
transferred from Florida to New
York: CARL WADE, JAMES
CLARIDY and RICHARD SEES
SION. Il wonder if this transfer
means the boys will soon embark
for overseas duty?D Mr.. and
MRS. JOHNNY COLEMAN of Chi
cago are in town visiting friends and
relatives. That Chicago lad,
RAYMOND McEWEN, who was
attending school in Minneapolis,
will soon be leaving for the Windy
City. D. CHARLES THOMPSON,
of New York City, who is attend
ing st. Johns College in Northern
Minnesota, was in to see Sal re-
Gently. He says that there are three
colored out-of-towners who will be
graduating from st. Johns Col
lege and St. Benedict's College in
June. Just received a very
Sweet" missile from a Florida
soldier boy, PRIVATE ]. LUCKY,
who happened to run across a st.
Paul Recorder at Eglin Field and
decided to write in. ..
AMT DREAM LOVE GRAND?
To that little st. Paul lass who's
carrying a torch for that local
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-05-29

man-abOut-tOwn, here's a few tips.
Perhaps you wouldn't like him at
all if you knew of a few of the fol-
lowing MANLY traits which he
possesses: His sister says he snOres
like a bass tuba; he has his lovely
locks marcelled; he actually cold
creams his face at night to keep
that youthful appearance; he's so
cOnceited he spends hours at a time
gazing at himself in a mirror; and
last but not least (his sister swears
this is true) he wears a girdle to
hold his bay window in. Of our
lassie still loves the "shiek'' after
finding out these secrets - she
must really have it bad and that
amt gOOd). -.
COMING EVENT THAT
CASTS ITS SHADOW:
The first big outdoor outing of
the year will be given by the st.
Peters 1Claver Church in St. Paul
on June 7th at Harriet Island.
There will probably be quite a
crowd present, especially since the
$4,000 new dance pavilion will be
in use. -.
Well, friends, l guess I'll have to
be dashing along, but I'll be SEEM
you again next week.
Your Pal,
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TWIN TOWN TALK

Twin has hiding for weeks but things have been
going around fast and nons hanging around that
wonder heard this they're telling Stewy "Stewy"
p P-was making trps-every time he to
Dame Rmor would tell him about another house that Shorty
the left of him Igehar Shorty
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-01-16
MISCELLANY:

vfchy: The Paris-press, controlled
by the Nazis, had sailed into Vichy
for failure to live up to collaboration
promises, and blamed the presence
in the government of American Ann
bassador Leahy.
Hollywood: Shots rang out on the
estate of Irene Dunno, awakening
the actress. She investigated. One
of her armed guards had an argu-
ment with another, shot him through
the arm.
Fort SlOcum, N. r.: The COM
manding officer got a letter from a
private at a southern camp saying:
''Sir, wish to volunteer in suicide
squad. am now in laundry unit
which is non-combat. Just chance
is all l ask.
Washington: Newsreel camera
men had 20 minutes in which to
photograph Winston Churchill. They
had planned to ask him to feed the
White House squirrels. Instead he
put on and took off his ''sirensuit," "
coverall with zippered shoes which
he can don in two minutes. They
asked for no more. N
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SINGAPORE:
Delaying Action

The British forces in Malaga,
though hurled back a long distance
from the opening of the Japanese
onslaught, were slowing down the
enemy advance, and were fighting
a delaying action Of growing sever
ity.
Though the general movement
was southwark toward Singapore,
though Penang had been lost and
Kuantan was lettering, there were
certain hopeful indications that the
tide might shortly be turned.
One of these was the increasing
severity of Royal Air force attacks
on the Japanese lines, especially on
several southerly landing attempts
that had been made. Another was
the fact that the British artillery,
as their positions began to draw
closer to Singapore, began to find
something to shoot at.
Weird descriptive stories had been
told of Japanese swinging from tree
to tree like understood apes, getting
behind the British lines and causing
the fighting to become confused at
times. There was less of this as
the battle lines became better
marked.
, Late reports had told of one Jap
anese landing effort being baked by
artillery fire alone, with one trans
port and four barges sunk and the
others withdrawing.
Many felt that the arrival of a
sizeable Allied fleet, and perhaps
100000 first-class troops, together
with a few hundred planes could
easily turn the tide of battle in Ma
laya.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-01-16
UNIFIED:
High Command

OF primary importance, far out
shadowing the loss of Manila or the
Philippines, was the fact ~ that
Churchill and Roosevelt had pledged
a first-class effort in the southwest
Pacific area, and (2) the formation
of group of rs nations to prose-
cute the war to successful conclu-
sion and (3) the selection of high
command comprising British, Amer
leans, Dutch and Chinese to carry
on the southwest Pacific war against
the Japs.
Gen. Sir Archibald Wavel was
put in supreme command of the
armies, navies and air forces. Ad-
miral Thomas C. Hart was subcom-
mander of the navies; Gen. George
H. Brett of the air forces, and Gen.
Sir Henry Pownall of the land ar
mics.
This was the high command. Gen.
Chang Kai-shek's ability was rec
ognized and part of the strategy re-
vealed when he was asked to COM
mand an army that might at some
time be placed in the field at the
rear of the Japanese in Burma,
Siam or Indo-C China.
A glance at the map of the area
showed one lifeline" well open to
the Allied forces, and this included
a line from Darwin in North Austria
liza, along the coast of Sumatra and
Java to the Strait of Malacca and
thence to Singapore.
This left a fleet action the wide
South Pacific on one flank, and not
the island-dotted and treacherous
waters Of the China sea to navigate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-01-16
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
u. S. Forces Will Go to British Isles;
Unified High Command in Pacific,
Headed by British Veteran, Wavell,
Plans Strategy of War Against Axis

.pinons IN shs column
by Weste Newspaper UnicnO -
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|5e;l!l!3}d

THE army, the navy, the air force
= and the marines are looking in
one main direction for their re-
cruits. This direction is toward the
athlete who is supposed to be--who
ought to be--in physical condition,
plus the alertness he has drawn
from competitive sport. This means
above all, the football players. After
this comes baseball players, basket
ball players, fighters and track
men.
We have received some complaint
that too many sports writer's are
trying to place the main burden on
athletes, especially well-known ath-
letes.
This is where the main burden
belongs. It is only natural that
country should look to its young
men trained in sport, above any
other class, when war arrives.
These young men make-or should
make-the best service material,
with something to spare. They
should be much more physically At
than others who have had no such
chance to get In such fine shape.
Competition is supposed to de-
velop the form Of alertness needed in
war-especially football compete
ton, where one has to think and
act in hurry.
Most Of these now in sport-and
mot yet In the service-have re-
ceived unusual recognition from
their country in the way Of headline
and radio tribute. Also, in the way
of financial rewards.
More will be expected from our
athletes than from any other class.
These happen to be better equipped
to serve, and only the most vital
reasons should keep them from re-
membering this line-"But when
the bugles sounded war-they put
their games away
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-01-16
CIVILIAN:
Defense Plans

A recent blackout in San Fran
cisco, when unidentified planes were
heard approximately 80 miles west
of the Golden Gate, and 44-minute
alert was sounded, served to stress
the strides civilian defense was
making.
The city had been well BACKED
out in fifteen minutes, fire engines
moved to fires without headlights
burning, there was no panic, little
disorder.
At the same time it was an
nounced that civil air patrol would
be formed from among the $4,000
qualified air pilots in the nation, Of
whom about 1000 were women.
These would be given priorities on
planes and parts, and the patrol
would be made an adjunct to the
army air force.
The patrol, by watching for enemy
raiders, would free many Ameri-
can army planes and pilots for ac-
tual combat in the war areas, it was
pointed out.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-01-16
Don't Wait Too Long

recall the sound advice that
Maj. Swede Larson, late excellent
navy football coach, gave promi-
nent gridiron star before we were
in the war-as we are now.
"Please don't wait too long before
enlisting," Swede said. II don't be-
ieve the country at large is going
to like famous athletes, still young.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-01-16
BATTLE STATIONS:
IN Britain

AS the new session Of congress
opened President Roosevelt in deliv-
ering his message on the state OF
the nation outlined extensive plans
for the prosecution of the war and
declared that U. S. land, air and
sea" forces would take up battle sta
tions in the British Isles.
In addition, said the President,
Powerful and offensive actions
must and will be taken at many
points in the Far East on all
the oceans"
In the coming fiscal year the war
against Hitlerism would cost the
United States $56, 00O, O00, 900, accord
ing to the President.
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Big Time OUer

Once again big-time sport for
spectators is all through until the
war is overland won.
When men like Colin Kelly are
diving at Japanese warships and
dying-when a few marines proved
what marines are at Wake island,
the broken-field runner and the
blocking back and the charging
tackle are badly overshadowed.
The nation expects football play
ers to put their games away-as
far as all available for service are
concerned. 1t is up to these men in
sport-the younger men-to prove
that competitive sport-that big
time sport-has q purpose to serve
beyond publicity and gate receipts.
This doesn't mean just small
percentage. 1t means an over
whelming majority. 1t doesn't mean
exemption through fiat feet or some
minor physical detail. 1t doesn't
mean dependencies, unless it is a
matter of dire need.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-01-16
MERRY-GO-ROUND

Lend-leaSe officials were puzzled
by a British request for "horn and
hoof meal" manufactured from dead
cattle-until they learned it was ex-
cellent for extinguishing incendiary
bombs.
Most staggering lend-lease request
was for one railroad-complete with
locomotives and freight cars. The
order has been filed, and shipped
off to Iran.
Before buying cloth for army rain
coats, the -quartermaster depot in
Philadelphia tests it with a machine
that creates an artificial rain storm.
For military reasons details can't
be revealed, but the U. S. is pro-
ducing an anti-aircraft gun that is
more powerful and deadly than any
now in use in the army. The new
weapon is designed to combat STRAIT
osphere bombers.
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RUSSIANS:
Ne,v Objective

The Russians, perhaps flushed
with repeated victories after long
defeats, perhaps in the calm reai-
cation that they had the Germans
on the run, were setting new and
seemingly grandiloquent objective
for the rest of the winter.
They would not be satisfied, they
said, until the fighting was taking
place on German soil before spring.
They had long way to 60, but
even with Hitler reported in per-
sonal command at Smolensk, only
80 miles from the nearest Russian
troops, there were many evidences
that large portions of the Ger
man army were in extremely pre-
carious positions.
The recapture of Maloyaroslavets,
a key point, the loss of which had
been keenly felt by the Russians in
the first place, was reported by them
to have trapped in giant pincers
$50, 900 of the first-class Nazi fight
erS.
Surrender or die was the grim
command of the Russians.
So much Of an impression were
the Russians making on England
that many sources in London ex-
pressed the sober belief that third
'front.' would be created on the con-
tinent in the spring if the Germans
attempted a new offensive againt
Russia. sf
London had been studying the
Russian technique of using to the
fullest extent the disgruntled peo-
Piles in the conquered territories
through which the Germans had
been passing in their far flung drive
toward Moscow and through the
Crimea.
Back of the Germans were mil
lions of murderously angry Rus
slams, Poles, Czechs, Greeks. Every
one of them, half-starved, beaten
down, were only too ready to con-
duct guerrilla tactics against COM
munication lines.
The British now pointed out that
this same formula existed in much
of western Europe. And they were
planning to use it soon.
| LIBYA:
Although delayed from time to
time by bad weather, the British
forces in Libya, under command Of
General Auchinleck, were keeping
well abreast of the enemy. constant
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-01-16
Another Problem

II have tried to get in both army
and navy" a certain well-known
athlete writes, "but have been
turned down on account of de-
fective eyesight. have done my
best. Yet can see people looking
at me queerly, wondering why / am
not in some service. ! am not alone
in this respect. There are many,
many others. Isn't there some way
the war or navy department could
give US q button that win show we
have at least tried to get in? It is
too much to keep explaining.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-01-16
PHILIPPINES:
Battle

General MacArthur's army of
close to loo, 900, mostly Filipinos and
ill-equipped with air protection or
striking force, finally had been
forced back along prearranged lines
to make their last stand in the hills
and to fall back slowly on their
best defensive fortresses to the north
Of Manila bay.
Few believed that it would pro-
duce anything but a delaying action,
but many hoped that the final and
apparently inevitable surrender
might be delayed until the complex
ion of the war in the Far East might
take more favorable turn for the
Allies.
It was conceded by most authors
ties, including the British, the Dutch,
and Observers in Washington, farm
chair generals for the most part,
that there was scarcely a hope of
the American Filipino army tri-
umphing.
But if the Japanese should find a
heavy naval engagement on their
hands, or if the battle in Malaga
should turn against them, or If they
found their supply Lines cut by an
attack on their rear in Thailand or
Indo-C China, it was at least conceiv-
able that the Philippine battle would
turn the other way.
Sen. Connally of Texas had said,
u,hav Manila fall ssfhie iS what mill