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WOman's Day at
Border Methodist
Church Sunday

All day Sunday, March 9Th, will
be "Woman's Day" at Border. AT
the HOO o'clock services, Miss
Mary Langford of Rochester, New
York, will speak to the congrega-
ton on "The Church in the Com
munity."
A program of appropriate music
will be rendered by the church
choir and the Phyllis Wheatley
female sextet. Mrs. W. C. Pattillo
will render a violin solo. Miss
Magnolia Latimer is the chairman
for the morning meeting.
A Hobby Tea" will be held in
the basement of the church from
a to 6 P. M. on the same afternoon,
at which time hobbies from various
persons throughout the city will be
presented. Musical selections will
be rendered throughout the after
noon. Miss Bernice Brown is the
chairman for the tea.
Activities of the entire day will
be sponsored by The Keys, a club
of the church of which Mrs. Harry
Neal is president.
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NAACP Official
Coming to st. Paul

E. Frederick Morrow, of New
York City, will conduct the 1912
membership campaign of the St.
Paul Branch of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of
Colored People, March "a to March
81. Mr.. Morrow, who is the CO.
ordinator of branches of the N. A.
c. C. P, will be the principal
speaker at mass meeting in the
st. James A. M. E. Church, Sun
day, March 29th.
In a recent meeting of the local
branch it was decided that farewell
parties for st. Paul selectees would
be sponsored by the Branch in the
Halle Q. Brown House. Men who
have been selected for the draft
are asked to call the Halle @.
Brown House, Dale 9278, or one of
the members of the committee of
arrangement for these parties and
give the time Of their proposed in
duction into the army. Members
of the committee are Mrs. Hen
rietta Capesius, Mrs. Ora Reed
and Mr.. J. L. Stokes.
STUDENT TALKS ON NEGRO
Stanley F. Paulson, white, stu
dent at the University of Mime
sofa, participating in the Pillsbury
prize Grafton contest at the Uni
versity Friday night had as his
subject "Democracy's Problem
Child" an attack on Americas
treatment Of the Negro.
NEWMAN SPEAKS AT "U"
A talk given by Cecil Newman,
editor of the Spokesman and Re-
corder, before the Socialist Club
at the University of Minnesota
Monday was the subject of a front
page story in the Minnesota Daily,
student newspaper, Tuesday.
Newman said that while the Ne
gro's morale is low he is loyal to
his country. Elimination Of dis
elimination against the Negro in
industry, civil and military serv-
ices will strengthen the effort of
the Negro in Americas war effort,
he said.
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on the WIS National Barn Dance.
Later the group travelled from
coast to coast singing for the
School Assembly Service. 1888 and
1884 Mr.. Tolerson worked in three
Fox pictures with such stars as
Hattie McDaniels, Stepin Fetchit
and James Dunn. There was also
an appearance with Raymond
Pages Orchestra over XIII. The
gifted tenor had the pleasure of
studying voice with Bing Crosby's
teacher.
For the past three years Mr..
Tolerson has sung on WDGY. He
appeared on the Family Altar pro-
gram. At present he sings every
Sunday morning.
Mrs. Arvie Ware will assist as
accompanist and pianist. Mrs.
Ware is one of our most scintillat-
ing artists. She began her train
ing with her father, the late DR..
S. ]. Jordan, Sr. Later study car
ried her to the Pittsburgh Musical
School. She worked in the studios
of Drake Kapphan Music House as
teacher of piano and had more than
ten years radio experience with a
Mixed Quartet over KQV and as
trainer and accompanist Of the
Suwanee Singers Of KDKA, Pitts
burgh.
Tickets are being sold by the
Pilgrim Church clubs for the popu-
lar price of twenty-five cents and
the patronage of all local music
lovers is solicited. Come and en-
joy an evening Of cultured diver
sion.
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Housing Heads
VacillatiOn Real
Cause OF Trouble

Washington, D. c., Mar. s.
Wavering of Government officials
between colored and white Occu-
pancy of the 2O0-unit defense
housing project, the Sojourner
Truth Settlement, in Detroit, was
blamed here after reports of a
race riot over moving colored fam
lilies into the project were received
here Saturday.
The project was originally
planned to shelter colored war
workers with an understanding
that white tenants, who applied,
would also be accepted. It was
ready for occupancy last month.
But after protests were received
the Division of Defense Housing
Coordination announced that the
project would be occupied by white
tenants. This decision was made
on January Is.
Government Favors Race Tenancy
This decision brought strong
protests from both white and col
ored organizations and individuals.
A delegation from Detroit con-
ferred with Baird Snyder, III,
Acting Administrator of the Fed
eral Works Agency, and Charles F.
Palmer, Coordinator of Defense
Housing, and urged them to per-
nit occupancy of the project by
colored tenants.
AS result of this conference the
selection of colored tenants, begin
ming February 16, was authorized.
This vacillating policy Of Wash
ington officials is believed to have
intensified race feeling, resulting
in the picketing of the project by
white persons and the burning of
fiery cross at the site and culmin-
ating in the race riot of last Satur-
day.
Representative Hurls Charges
Representative John Tenerowicz,
of Detroit, who was active here in
the fight against occupancy Of the
project by colored tenants, in a
speech last Friday charged colored
leaders and communistic elements
with creating a dangerous racial
issue" "to achieve local and nation
al disunity."
His remarks confirmed the sus-
picion of vacillation by Govern
ment officials. "These officials" he
said, admitted that a colossal
blunder had been made, but aside
from assurances that mistakes Of
this kind would not be repeated
elsewhere, no satisfaction was to
be derived from them"
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Services Held for
Andrew Jackson,
Fraternal Pioneer

Andrew Jackson, 6O3 st. An
thony Ave-, well known church and
fraternal man, died Wednesday,
Feb. 25, at Ancker hospital after
being in ill health for about a
month. He was a member of
Pioneer Lodge No. 4, F. and A. M,
Mars Lodge, G. U. o. of o. F., and
Household of Ruth No. 553.
Born in Elmira, New York,
March "a, 1858, he came to St. Paul
to make his home, so years ago,
uniting at that time with Pilgrim
Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held Sat.
urday, Feb. %, at 2 p. m. from the
Neal-McGavock Funeral Home
Inc, 525 Rondo Ave-, with Rev
S. E. Ware, pastor of Pilgrim
Baptist Church, officiating. MusiY
cal selections were rendered by the
Pilgrim Baptist Choir.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs
Margaret Jackson, a step-daugh
ter, Mrs. T. ]. Williams of Winni
peg, Canada, who came to the cit!
to attend the services, and foul
nieces and four nephews, two o.
whom reside here, Mr.. and Mrs
Lawrence Tarver, with the othel
six residing in New York City.
Interment was in Oakland GENE
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ON THE JOB.

Your St. Paul Recorder is
on the job for the community day
and night. Every staff member is
alert for every opportunity for
service to the people.
Fifty per cent of the calls COM
ing over the papers phones are
service calls, calls in which some
citizen seeks information which
will help him or his family.
You can help your paper be of
more service by urging the mer-
chants you spend your money with
to spend a portion of their adver-
Using budget with the Recorder.
Call US when we can be Of serv-
ice to you.
Our phone number is Midway
834O.
Keep OF Monday, April 6. st.
Thomas Annual Style Show
Advt.
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Harvester Defense
Plant Upgrades
Negro Employees

International Harvester Com
pany's defense plant in Midway has
begun to give Negro workers a
break. Two weeks ago LIE Roy
Coleman was promoted to electri-
clans helper. This week Louneer
Pemberton and Freddie Slemmons
were given technical jobs and four
other men were promoted to drill
presses.
The Negro personnel at this
plant now is in excess of 25 men
and one woman.
Employees are certified by both
of the Urban Leagues. Ground
work for the Indignation of colored
workers into the plant was laid
months ago by C. W. Washington
Of the Minneapolis Urban League,
James Hughes and C. W. Wiging-
ton of the St. Paul Urban League
board. In December when S. Vim
cent Owens assumed the executive
secretaryship of the st. Paul
League he maintained contact with
the Harvester Co.
The International Harvester Co.
has always employed Negro labor
but before this time they have all
been janitors in the various plants.
It is understood that the Twin City
plant will be the experimental
plant for Indignation of skilled and
semi-skilled Negro workers.
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Two Meetings Planned
For SharecrOppers Week

The sixth annual National
Sharecroppers' Week is being OBJ
served in the Twin Cities March l
to 8. In Minneapolis, the plight of
the sharecroppers will be discussed
at the North East Neighborhood
House, 1929 N. E. End Street,
Thursday, March 5, at 8 p. m. DR..
Lowry Nelson, Professor of Sociol-
ogy at the University of Mime
sofa, the Reverend Clarence T. R.
Nelson, formerly of Arkansas, and
Arthur Sternberg of st. Paul will
speak. Movies will be shown.
In St. Paul, at the monthly
forum at the Halle @. Brown Com
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Jolly Is Presents
3-Act MYSTERY Drama

The Jolly Sixteen Club will pre-
sent three-act mystery drama,
mystery of the Third Cable" on
Thursday evening, March IL, at the
Phyllis Wheatley House. The play
is exciting, full of quick action, and
the players say it will have your
hair standing straight up.
The following persons are men,
bers of the cast: Mary Louise Can
non, Lucille McAdams, Allie Will
son, Lillian Carter, Hazel Curry,
Esther Byars, Lucinda Hill, Marie
Reddick, and Harriet Jones.
Admission is 15c.
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Women of Leslie Lawrence Post
Auxiliary 497, Mayor John ]. Nc
Donough, Lieut.. Sam Ransome
joined Saturday, Feb. % in pay
ing a fond goodbye to Is st. Paul
men who were drafted to serve in
the armed forces of the Nation.
The boys heard talks by the mayor
and others and were loaded down
with candy, cigarettes and maya
zines. The goodbye meeting was
held at the Armory in St. Paul.
The boys reading left to right
are: Front Row: Reginald Harris,
Jesse Dodd, Alexander Jordan, Jr.,
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Each Day

This newspaper gets scores of
phone calls, inquiries requesting in
formation regarding everything
from the capitol Of Malaga to the
address Of the Majestic Drug store.
Naturally, we are glad to be Of
service to the public. The increas-
ing number Of such requests indi-
Gates the extent to which the people
depend on the newspaper which
serves its community well.
Our phone number Is Midway
$40. Call Us and we'll do our best
to serve you.-Advt.
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ThOs. TOlersOn
Tenor Recital
PILGRIM Friday

Thomas Tolerson, prominent
Twin City tenor and radio singer,
will be presented in recital at Pill
grim Baptist Church, West Cen
trail and Grotto, on Friday evening
(tonight), March 6, at $3.50 o'clock.
The recital is under the auspices of
the Pilgrim Trustee Board.
Mr.. Tolerson was formerly a
member of a quartet which sang
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munity House, 553 Aurora Avenue,
Sunday, March 8, at q p. M, three
speakers will discuss the problems
of the sharecroppers. They are
Aft famous, of the Sociology De-
partment of the University of
Minnesota, Garland Kyle, former
teacher at Knoxville College, and
Arthur Sternberg of st. Paul.
Funds or used clothing for the
sharecroppers may be shipped to
Mrs. Ruth Osoinach, chairman,
Tenant Aid Committee, sc South
Third Street, Memphis, Tennessee.
-Ruv Defensa Ronda-
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MARIAN ANDERSON
ESCAPES INJURY AS
CRACK TRAIN WRECKS

Marietta, Okla, Mar. 5.-Marian
Anderson narrowly escaped injury
here last Saturday according to a
United Press release, when the
Santa Fe Ranger, crack limited
from Galveston, Texas, to Chicago,
wrecked. The locomotive and two
baggage coaches were overturned
and two trainmen injured.
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Welcome Hall a
Busy Institution

There is always something going
on at Welcome Hall at Harrington
and st. Anthony Aves., st. Paul
You'll find a weekly report Of the
"doings" at the Hall in your week
ly edition Of this paper.
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Brown Slated
To Speak To
Mems Council

On Wednesday, March II, at the
Mems Council of Halle @. Brown
House, DR.. w. D. Brown, mayor
of Bonneville, will be the prin-
cipal speaker. All churches and
organizations are invited to send
representatives.
The Council reelected John NJ.
Culver president at its election Of
officers Feb. s. Other officers are
Robert Jackson, vice-president;
Arthur McWatt, secretary; John
W. Walton, ST., assistant secre-
tary; U. G. Coram, treasurer. Hugh
Schuck is chairman of publicity
committee; George Shannon, enter
tainment, and John Walton, ST.,
program.
The latter committee under its
chairman is launching a drive to
stress the need of closer co-opera-
ton with the Negro weekly news
paper.
Keep off Monday, April 8. st.
Thomas Annual Style Show
Advt.
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PROSPECTIVE FIREMEN

The st. Paul Urban League has
made request that applicants for
the Firemen's examination which
is to be held on March %, 1912,
notify the Urban League in order
that whatever type of assistance
they may. need in qualifying for
the position may be offered to
them.
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Hank Johnson, Jr., Marvin Lewis,
Connie L. Sutton. Back Row
Fowler Fullbright, Preston Cult
roy, Albert Harper, John William
Askew, Walter Blaney, Rhedus
Fletcher and Roger johnson. Ray
LaGrone and Mathew ]. Russell
also went with the group but were
not there when the picture was
taken.
The photo was made by Mrs.
J. L. Rowland who will be glad to
give parents of the selectees copies
of the photo upon request. Her
phone number, Elkhurst 1912.
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K. K. K. Behind Attack on
Detroit Negro Residents
AS II Suffer Injuries

Detroit March prejudice famed by what bserv
claim undecover Kux Kan activity fared with
intensity all day Saturday and Sunday when 1900 armed whites
families moving Truth
housing according the Pittsburgh Courier Tension
growing the the project and the whites
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The Boys in
Service

Many relatives send their boys
in the service this paper. Keep up
the boys spirit. The weekly copy
of this paper is as good as a letter
from home.-Advt.
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Ku Klux Khan has made a come
back in this area and that much Of
the responsibility for the tense
situation here is due to this fact.
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RELATIVE OF PAYNES DIES
IN MTN0T

Minot, N. D.-Henry Morris of
this city, brother-in-law of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. H. Payne of Minneapolis,
died here Friday, February 81.
Mrs. Payne had just returned to
Minneapolis after visiting the sick
man here.
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YOUR LOCAL NEGRO WEEKLY
IS ON THE HOME FRONT
FIRING LINE-Advt.
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rounded the site at Fenelon and
Nevada streets, and would not let
the moving vans enter the prem
ises.
Of the scores injured in the
sporadic fighting that continued
until Sunday evening, SO persons
required disqualification and of this
number SO were Negroes. Police
arrested 104 persons on various
charges from felonious assault to
melting to riot, of this number 1O1
were Negroes.
Say Police Lax
Colored leaders charge police
with laxity in providing protection
for families moving into the prof.
ect and quote Police Inspector
Chester Cox with saying, "My men
are naturally in sympathy with the
white mob because some of them
live over there"
The disorder started when the
whites sought to prevent the "a
families from moving into the
project which the United States
Housing Authority designated for
Negro occupancy over Detroit pro-
tests.
Burn Fiery Cross at Site
More than $50 white pickets pa
troled the project Friday night
when a fiery cross was burned at
the site. Hundreds more reinforced
the pickets early Saturday morn
ing and when the moving vans ap-
peared they had been augmented to
nearly 1900 others armed with
rifles, shotguns, knives, clubs and
other instruments.
Police made no attempt to dis
perse the armed whites and when
the furniture laden trucks ap-
peared the whites stopped the driv-
ers and began breaking up the fur
niture. NSome of the trucks were
overturned and the drivers fled for
their lives.
When news of the trouble spread
throughout the colored neighbor-
hood bands Of Negroes rushed to
the spot to do battle with the
whites. In the melee that followed
many were injured, including six
policemen. The crowd was dis
persed with the cops using tear
gas, swinging their clubs and rid
ing down the Negroes but not
bothering the whites.
Change Tenancy Several Times
In a brief exchange of shots, two
bullets from policemen's guns
penetrated the home of Mrs. Mary
Williams, 4015 Nevada avenue, and
lodged in the walls of a room
where child was sleeping.
This particular project has been
in controversy for some time be-
tween a certain element Of whites
and the colored citizens of Detroit,
and Washington has stepped in
several times to change the tenant
selection, finally ruling last week
that Negroes must be allowed to
move in. at once. Saturday was fixed
as moving day for 25 families, the
first group selected for the 1874
units now ready for occupancy.
Despite the bitter protests Of the
white residents, the project from
the very first was intended for Ne
gro occupancy. It was named in
honor of Sojourner Truth, a mar
tyr of the race who was born in
slavery and one of the leaders of
the underground railway move
ment. She died in 1888 at Battle
Creek, Mich, and was said to be
108 years old.
Holds Up Occupancy
Mayor Jeffries postponed all oc-
cupancy of the project until fur
ther notice." saying, II understand
it would take 5000 policemen to
get the new tenants safely into the
project" He announced plans to
go to Washington and take up the
matter with housing authorities.
Charles F. Edgecomb, director
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Basketball-Dance. Wheatley vs.
Omegas. Saturday, March z. Girls
Preliminary.-Advt.
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Holds Up Occupancy

Mayor Jeffries postponed all oc-
cupancy of the project until fur
Their notice." saying, II understand
it would take 5000 policemen to
get the new tenants safely into the
project" He announced plans to
go to Washington and take up the
matter with housing authorities.
Charles F. Edgecomb, director
secretary of the Detroit Housing
Commission, told the whites there
would be mo sneak moves" and
they would be notified in advance
of any future attempt to move in
the Negro families.
$50 delegates, representing the
JAW, vigorously condemned the
riot in a strong resolution Satur-
day.
CLIO officials have claimed that
since the beginning Of the war the
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Don't Miss It! Sunday afternoon
Musicale. st. Philips Episcopal
Church. March Is, 4 p. m.-Advt.
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THIS
WORLD

PEGLER INTERESTED
GRANGER-HORN
OUR HAROLD
USE LETTER COLUMNS
HITLER LAUGHED
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Defense Bonds
Evening star., 1942-06-13

Other furniture, such as the
desk, piano and similar pieces
which have only one function.
may be set back out of the traf-
fic area, and If this seems to give
a rather lonely" effect. you will
feel as though you are successful
when the days become oppress-
ingly warm.
The dining room should have
your special attention in hot
weather. If you are lucky enough
to have a metal or rattan garden
table and chairs 1t would be
smart to put your mahogany
away for the summer and use
these lighter pieces. Place the
table where it gets any breeze
that blows. If the view from the
window is not pleasant, cover it
with a Venetian blind and place
a tiny electric fan in a box full
of trailing plants before the win
dow. In this way you will get
an illusion OF GOODNESS and keep
out the unpleasant sights and
sounds which are doubly irritat-
ing in warm weather.
Then, when you have made
these arrangements, check up on
your work of art" to see If you
have achieved the spaciousness
you desired. Try your big chair
in front Of the windows and see
II you get the effect Of sky and
air when you lean back CON-
fortably.
Evening star., 1942-06-13
Bring Outdoors To Your Apartment
By Marsaret NoveH

Even the long. narrow hall with
the living room door at the end.
which drives decorators slightly
mad in their attempt to make
it interesting, would be new and
gardenlike with miniature
white painted trellis at intervals
along the wall and delicate ivy
growing in pots at the base. A
large. unframed mirror at the
far end above a collection OF
potted plants and fern on low
shelves would give the appear
ance of a long walk and COM
pletely furnish the hall.
Turning the corner into the
living room, the large window
group should be the center of in
terest. Colorful draperies which
Just frame the window wall are
needed as accent. At the base
of the window, foliage plants in
pots continue the garden theme
and the whole group may be
flanked at either side with more
OF the trellis idea, decorative trees
in tubs, tall standard plants or
flower arrangements set on high
pedestal. The furniture should
be grouped in a semi circular ar
rangement at either side OF the
window, with low chairs or love
seats for comfortable converse
ton groups. II a shaggy green
rug is used in the center Of this
composition. you may even pre-
tend II u green grass.
Evening star., 1942-06-13

II you live in a small Washing
ton apartment without a garden,
or in small house close to
neighbors. where going out to the
garden offers about as much pri-
vacy as window display in an F
street store, you may prefer to
spend your time indoors and
bring the garden in" Even
though few of us would care to
duplicate a small edition of the
arboretum to live with" every
day, there are possibilities with
growing things which any one
may do to bring the garden right
into the house.
Out of doors we enjoy the
effect of space, vista broken at
intervals with color and the wav-
ing motion of foliage. With this
in mind, it is not too difficult to
create its facsimile indoors.
Stand at the entrance to your
apartment and see what you could
do to open it up and give the
appearance of long expanse of
floor with a picture" framed at
the end of it. BY this I do not
mean an oil painting, but a COM
position Of a pair Of comfortable
chairs, a low table and an arrest
ing flower arrangement which
you put together yourself and
which Is a definite invitation to
your friends to linger when they
come TO call.