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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
BOhanOn Named
Vice President
Social Workers

Leo BohanOn, Minneapolis pub
lie relief executive, the only Negro
in the United States occupying a
similar post received another hon.
or last week when the Minnesota
Conference of Social Work elected
him second vice-president.
Mr.. Bohanon is married and has
one child and lives at 3736 5th Ave.
So, Minneapolis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14

authorities could, if they choose,
close practically every well-known
ballroom in the city.
Despite War Department deni-
al of responsibility in the closing, it
is known that concern had often
been expressed at the co-mingling
of Negroes and whites. The clos
ing thus represents victory for anti
democratic forces"
A. Philip Randolph, president,
Brotherhood Of Sleeping Car Por-
tiers and Maids: 81 consider the
closing of the Savoy a blow to the
morale Of the Negro people at this
time. The Savoy is one Of the
centers of community affairs, where
both social and welfare activities
are held. 1t should be re-opened
Immediately"
julius A. Thomas, industrial d.
rector Of the National Urban
League, speaking in the absence
of Lester Granger, its executive
secretary: at seems unfair that
the Savoy should be singled out as
the one place in New York which
is damaging the morals Of soldiers
and the community.
"Closing it appears to be a clear
case of discrimination. By all
means the city officials should con-
slider the request that the case be
reviewed again"
Advertising Limited
Henry X. Craft, secretary, Har-
lem YMCA: "My most imminent
contact was during the period that
my children and their friends occa-
sionally visited the Savoy and no
reports of a bad nature reached
me at that time.
More currently my contacts
have not been close, but have been
close enough to have picked up any
anti-social contacts or policies if
others had not been in operation.
II have therefore thought that
as a result Of a thorough investi-
cation and a complete hearing that
the Savoy ought to remain open"
Assemblyman William T. An
drews d., Manhattan), said:
81 think that the punishment
melted out to the operators Of the
Savoy was excessive"
Buchanan charges that 0'Leary
had caused him to be clipped of"
that unless whites stopped going to
Harlem the Savoy would be closed
and that o'Leary had insisted that
he advertise only in Negro news
papers.
0'Leary had no comment but Po-
lice Commissioner Valentine en-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
Council Asks
Survey on u.
Army Bias

New York - The Council for
Democracy, a joint white-Negro or
ganization, announced Saturday
that it planned to ask Elmer Davis,
Director of the Office Of War In
formation (oWI) to arrange for a
factual OWL survey of discrimina-
ton against the Negro in industry
and Army camps.
The Council passed a resolution
at conference at the Hotel Penn
sylvania providing for a committee
Of Council members to present the
request to Davis.
Newspaper Study
Another resolution passed by the
Council proposed that New York
University, in collaboration with
the sociology department of Fisk
University, make a study of news
and editorial themes in relation to
Negroes by the white press and to
whites by the Negro press.
The Council recommended that
at its next meeting in Louisville,
the National Negro Publishers
Assn. appoint a committee to study
the findings of the NYU-Fisk sur
vey.
Better Understanding
The purpose of the two-day con-
ference was to bring about a better
understanding in the handling of
Negro news in the white press and
vice versa.
Many prominent editors and pub
fishers Of both races attended the
conference, at which Mayor La
Guardia was one of the speakers
Saturday.
Paint Up-Clean Up
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
Rock Island Cook Is
Slain by Waiter Over
Order Fried Potatoes

ing passengers. The argument was
over an order of French fried po-
tatoes. Later, at the close of the
meal Morgan, the cook, came out
into the dining room from the
kitchen to eat his dinner.
Smith slipped up behind the seat
ed man, pulled his head back and
slashed his throat from ear to ear.
Morgan died before the train
reached Des Moines. The train
crew of the moving flyer captured
the murderer and Des Moines po-
lice removed him from the train to
jail.
In Iowa convicted murderers face
the hanging penalty.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
MURDER TAKES PLACE ON
TRAIN EN- ROUTE TO
DIES MONIES

Des Moines, Iowa.-One of the
most brutal, cold-blooded murders
ever perpetrated occurred on the
Rock Island Mid Continent Limited
train near here Saturday when a
dining car waiter severed the head
Of a cook as the latter sat eating.
The slain man was Charles Morgan
of Chicago and his slayer was Ellis
Smith Of Chickasha, Okla, a waiter
on the same diner on which the
cook was employed.
Witnesses 10 the staying said
the two men had argued earlier in
the evening as the crew was serv-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
nkaline NJ. Moore
WAAC at Fort Des
MOines Center

Ikalfne n. Moore, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac (Ike) Moore,
3705 Fourth Ave. s., Minneapolis,
is now In Basic Training in the
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps at
First WAAC Training Center, Fort
Des Moines, Iowa.
At the completion of Basic Train
ing, private" Moore will be as
signed at once TO office or other
work or will go to a WAAC Spe-
cialist School for additional train
ing in office administration, motor
transportation, baking and cooking
or radio to prepare for one of the
almost 100 different non-combat
jobs which WAAC's are doing in
the Army. She also will have an
opportunity to apply for officer
training at Officer Candidate
school.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
RuInOrs Fly as
DC. People Protest
Bus Co. Race Bar
Bulletin

Washington. d. C. Accord
ing to news agencies here q
food Of rumOrs Of ineipient
racial trouble has the natiOn's
capital agOg and tense.
The rumOrs were believed to
have started became Negroes
and whites launched a mass
pressure drive against the local
transportation for It's refusal to
employ Negroes despite a large
manpOwer shortage here.
Twin City daihes, with the ex-
ceptiOn Of the Minneapolis Trib-
me, have not carried q line on
the capital demonstration up to
Wednesday.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14

Second Lieut.. Robert w. Gard
ner, who was recently assigned to
the Tuskegee Army Air Field, re-
eeived his commission from the Air
Corps Administration Officers
Candidate School Miami Beach,
Fla, on April 16. He was indueted
into the army on last August s at
Scott Field, I'LL
Lieut.. Gardner, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Gardner, Route z, St.
Paul, Is a graduate Of the Univer-
sity Of Minnesota, receiving his
Bachelor of Arts degree IN 1912
1t. Gardner was married to Miss
Pauline Alexander on April 30.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
JAMES T. LOGAN'S
POEM THIS

week is "0rigin." Read it and en-
joy a laugh with this subtle spinner
of exhilarating verse. Mr.. Logan's
weekly poems in this paper have
attracted nationwide attention. In
addition to being a poet of rare
worth Mr.. Logan is a prose writer
of promise. Several years ago one
of his short stories was named
among the best of that particular
year.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
ONE REASON.

The old adage names make
news" has always been q maxim
well observed by this paper. II
is one reason why its circula-
tion has steadily mounted to the
point that IS per cent of the To-
cal Negro community read It
weekly.
For example: The May Z is
sue front page had % local news
stories containing 119 names of
Twin City Negro and white citi-
zens, men and women. Names
make news in this paperl
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14

Washington, D. C-This city Is
In an uproar a. more than $50
white and Negro organizations
Joined ranks this week in a mass
attempt to force the Capital Transit
Corp, on whose buses and street
cars war-congested Washington
rides to work, to employ Negroes
as car operators and bus drivers.
Yesterday, hundreds Of white and
Negro pickets parsded at eongested
traffic points IN the city; resolu-
tons were sent to President Roose-
welt and the president Of the utility;
$4,000 tags were sold on the streets
and $4,000 leaflets were distributed.
A big open-air demonstration viii
be held tonight in Franklin Park
at which Rep. Vito Marcantonio
(ALP, N. " and Charles A. Col
Inns, executive secretary of the Ne
gro Labor Victory Committee, Of
New York, viii SPEAK
Public Hearing Scheduled
The current agitation looks for
ward to a public hearing, May Is,
at which the Fair Employment
Practice Committee (FEPC) will
inquire into the charges that the
Capital Transit Corp. is guilty of
violations of the Presidents Exec
tive Order 1892, which requires hir-
ing for essential industry regard
less Of race, creed or color.
A Committee on Jobs for Ne
-groes IN Public UtilSSes WIS or
gained last August as an agency
for relief Of the manp0wer short
age of capital utilities through en-
ployment of Negroes. II is made
up Of delegates from local trade
union groups, civic, church and
business organisations.
When the Capital Transit Corp.
advertised in the local newspapers
ad out Of town for operators to re-
ieye the shortage Of available man
power, this Committee sent a dele
cation to E. D. Merrill, president,
to ask that qualified Negroes be
hired. The Committee CHARGES that
Merrill refused.
ManpOwer Shortage
Late last November, however, the
utility was classified as an essential
industry by the War Manpower
Commission, and on Nov. 80 the
FEPC issued an order directing the
company to bring its hiring policies
into line with the Presidents Ex-
ecutiye Order, which became effec-
tive Dec. 5. A week later Man
power Commissioner Paul v. Nc
Mutt addressed the operators and
asked their cooperation. The
Capital Transit promise TO comply
was carried in Washington papers
the following day. But two months
passed and no Negroes were hired.
Finally, on Feb. /, B. A. Sim
mons, a Negro college graduate,
was accepted for training. When
he reported 16 street car opera
tors, all members Of the Amalga-
mated Assn of Street Electric Rail
way and Motor Coach Employees of
America, Division $50 (AFL) re-
fused to instruct Simmons. In
spite of a personal appeal to the
union men by their international
president, W. D. MahOn, who cited
the marked efficiency of Negro
operators in Buffalo, New York,
Detroit, San Francisco, Tulsa and
Cleveland, Simmons never received
instruction.
The transportation problem in
Washington is admittedly critical
but the Committee win charge be-
fore the FEPC May 10 that the
manpower shortage is artificial
that if Negroes were hired it would
be eliminated entirely.
Paint Up-Cean Up
nov.ofhu p1onou
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14

IL Sa1d:
"TAe refusal to give an immedi-
ate public hearing on the vice
charges against the Savoy -. (is)
part of the whole deliberate cam
paign against the people of Harlem.
Heretofore, individuals were VIC
timized through framed and
trumped-up charges in order to be-
smireh the whole Negro commu-
nifty. . Now, with the revocation
of the Savoy license, we see a new
line being followed. Because
the Negro people do not ban whites
from their places of amusement
.. the Savoy is being closed. &.
Open the Savoy ="
Roundup of Opinion
The Savoy, famous throughout
the world, was closed by O'Leary
on a charge that an employee there
had procured a prostitute for a
serviceman. Charles Buchanan,
the manager, denies this.
Here is a roundup of opinion on
the closing of the Savoy:
Clifford Alexander, director of
the Harlem USO: 1.-THE demand
for the rs tickets which are given
to Us each day by the management
of the Savoy to be distributed
among the service men is greater
than for any other similar activity
for which tickets are given for the
service men and to which we refer
them daily.
Tragic Loss
AT the Center we have had moth
ing but complimentary reports
from the service men who have
been guests of the Savoy. We re-
gard the closing of the Savoy as a
tragic loss to the recreation of the
service men Of this area, especially
so because Of the limited number
of places to which our men are
welcome"
Cecilia C. Saunders, secretary,
Harlem Branch YMCA: 'There is
certainly an unanimity Of feeling
within the Harlem community over
this unfortunate situation. All
Harlem believes that the Savoy has
been closed because it is an inter-
racial venture"
Ludlow Werner, editor of the
New York Age: "H the Savoy
had barred white patrons thereby
laying itself open to prosecution
for violation of the Civil Rights
Law, the chances are it still would
be open today. l believe that the
free intermingling of the races was
more responsible for its closing
than anything else.
Seems Unfair"
"As for the alleged vice charges
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14

tered an immediate and vehement
denial.
Buchanan said that on one Of his
periodic visits to O'Leary's office,
OLeary said to him: Maybe if
the Savoy was closed, they would
have no place to CO."
Told to Close
Buchanan was summoned to
OLeary's office on March 10 for
hearing on the revocation Of the
Savoy's license.
At this hearing Buchanan says he
was confronted by an officer of the
Army and Navy and a doctor from
the Department Of Health. These
officials testified to receiving re-
ports from subordinates that mem
bers of the armed forces who had
become infected with venereal dis
eases had said they picked it up
from girls met at the Savoy.
The Savoy was notified on March
"a to close within "a hours.
It was then that the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) stepped
into the picture. Walter White,
its Executive Secretary, wrote to
La Guardia requesting a public
hearing.
The Mayor replied that White,
acting for a committee Of Harlem
citizens, should appeal the police
decision in the Appellate Court.
La Guardia said his hands were
tied.
The Appellate Court upheld the
police. But Justice Untermeyer
said he concurred "With consider
able hesitation"
GO. no competent evidence was
offered that the single incident COM
planned of occurred with the per-
mission, express or implied, Of the
licensee administrative Code, sec.
4S6-1.O, subd.) or any person con-
nected with the management" he
said.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
Wheatley Drive
Is Still On

The Phyllis Wheatley member
ship drive is repeatedly showing
some progress. However, special
effort by workers is said to be nee
essary if the goal is to be achieved.
Those who haven't been contacted
by a solicitor are asked to call
Cherry 1864.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
$1,000 Church
Rally at Zion
Sunday, Nav %

Sunday, May %, is the day for
the $1,000 rally at Zion Baptist
church. Rev. C. B. Wheeler of Mt.
Olivet church, his choir and congre-
cation, will worship with Zion Bap-
fist members at the $3.50 p. m.
meeting. Friends and members of
their Twin City sister churches are
especially invited to come and share
in this financial effort.
Rev. R. ]. Jordon will speak at
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
Donaldson Air
Conditioning Co.
to Hire Negroes

The st. Paul Urban League has
announced that the Donaldson
Company, 666 Pelham Boulevard,
st. Paul, manufacturers of Air
Conditioning Equipment, now en-
gagged in defense work, will hire
Negro women, according to their
skills and ability. This commit
ment was given to S. Vincent
Owens, executive secretary Of the
st. Paul Urban League, by Mr..
R. II. Donaldson, vice president of
the Donaldson Company.
The committee showed moving
pictures which included four reels
of war pictures and two of sports.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
PAINT Up-CIean Up
Dorothy Blaney
Enlists in WAAC9s

Dorothy Blaney, daughter of Mrs.
Cudellis Jackson, 479 st. Anthony
avenue, has enlisted in the Wom-
ems Army Auxiliary Corps and is
now taking entrance examinations.
Miss Blaney has Just recently re-
turned to the city from Colorado
Springs, Colorado, where she has
been employed in the United Ser
vice Organization Center there.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14

MAURICE ALBRIGHT Is DEAD
Maurice Albright, 800 ROndo
avenue, died Monday, May 10, at
the State hospital at st. Peter,
Minnesota. No arrangements have
been made at press time.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
JOHN SELLERS, PIONEER
MILL CTTIAN, Is DEAD

John Sellers, well-mown pioneer
Minneapoitan, died Tuesday. Flu
neral services will be in charge Of
Neal Funeral Home and had not
been announced at press time.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
Savoy Ballroom Closing Laid
To Large White Patronage,
Harlem Aroused, Protests
By WILLIAM FISHER in PM

group of prominent New York Negroes Joined today in demand
Mayor Guarda hold public hearing the revocation
Fourth Deputy Police Commissioner oTeay of the license Of the
Savoy Ballroom, which padlocked last Wednesday.
protest Mayor American
Party public today by Sean F its executive
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
BOARD MEETING

The Associated Negro Credit
Union board Of directors met Tues
day night at the home of T. b.
Carey, 1904 9Th Ave. S.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14

Vote for your favOrite baby.
Urban League Auxiliary. Closes
June 6.-Advt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
SGT. HAROLD BEASLEY ON
FURLOUGH

SGT. HAROLD BEASLEY ON
FURLOUGH
Sgt. Harold Beasley Of Camp
Whiteside, Kansas, is in the city on
a two-week furlough to visit his
wife, Mrs. Hazel Fox Beasley, 400
st. Anthony Avenue.
Community Council
Will Meet May 20
The st. Paul Community Council
will meet at the Halle Q. Brown
Community House, 553 Aurora
Avenue, Thursday, May goth, at 8
p. m. All organizations are asked
to have their representatives pres
ent as the conduct of Negro citizens
in public places will be discussed.
John B. Elliot Died
Sunday, April rs
J. B. Elliot, 3009 Garfield, died
Sunday, April rs, instead Of Tues
day, as carried in the story of his
death in this newspaper last week.
The funeral was held on Tuesday.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14

Paint Up-CIean Up
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14

Paint Up-Cean I
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-05-14
EYES ON ROAD

The Negro public and its white
counterpart has only to keep its
collective eyes on the road and
minds on eventual victory over
the forces of evil and all win be
well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-03
High Officers Anong6
Killed in Plane Crash
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLEVOIx, Mich, Aug. g.
Six persons were killed here last
night when a two-engined Army
trainer plane crashed and burned
in an attempted take-off from the
Charlevoix airport.
At Wright Field, Dayton. Ohio,
1t. A. H. Pearson, public relations
officer, said several of the men killed
were high-ranking officers from the
Air Forces experimental laboratory.
He identified three of the dead as
1t. Col. John Evans Davis, 81, of
Columbus, Ohio; Capt. Wendell P.
Lester, 33, of Baytown, Tex, and
w. w. Cummins of Scion, Ohio, a
civilian technician.
1t. C. E. Ginther of New Albany,
Ind, was injured critically.
1t. Pearson said Col. Davis and
Capt. Lester both were connected
with Wright Fields equipment lab
oratory activities.
The plane, Army authorities said,
was from Dallas. Tex, en- route
north on a mission.
Walter Henley, CharlevoiX County
agent. who witnessed the accident,
said the plane was about 100 feet
above the ground when 1t suddenly
banked sharply to the left, plunged
to the ground on its left wing and
burned.
Lewis O'Neil. Charlevoix cottage
owner, said the accident occurred in
the view of Col. Davis wife and
15-year-old son John, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-03
Groves Leaving Post
OF Airport Manager

Johnny Groves 17-year career
with the Government will end this
month when he leaves as manager
of the National Airport to become
operations division manager for the
Air Transport Association of Amer
lea.
He succeeds Fowler Barker, who
has joined McGraw-Hill publishing
Co., as editor of an aviation pub
lication. Mr.. Groves successor has
not been appointed, airport officials
said.
A former Maryland University
quarterback, Mr.. Groves anticipates
many challenging problems in his
new job The advancement and CO.
ordination of all airline services, the
question of safety equipment at air.
ports and the future commercial de-
velopment of meteorology are among
the problems confronting him.
Mr.. Groves attended Western
High School. After graduation from
Maryland he joined the Marine
Corps in 1924 as second lieutenant
and left the service two years later
to enter the old Aeronautics Bureau
of the Commerce Department.
In his career with the Government
he served the Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority in many capacities, holding
positions in the pilot training pro-
gram, the airport section and the
flight information section. Mr..
Groves was licensed as a pilot in
1929.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-03
VIA Asks Is Pct. Rise
In Peanut Butter OUTPUT

By the Associated Press
The War Food Administration has
asked the food industry to increase
the production Of peanut butter
about % per cent this year as a sup
plement to short supplies of other
highly prtein foods, particularly
meats, 1t was announced today.
The VITA has tentatively allo-
Gated 100000 tons of this years in
dictated production of 1925, 900 tons
of peanuts for edible food purposes,
such as peanut butter, candy, sailed
and roasted peanuts, and 475,00O
tons for crushing into vegetable oil
for use in making shortening mar
garine and similar products.
1t hopes to get approximately
$4,000 tons converted into peanut
butter-375, 900 tons for civilians
and the balance for the armed forces
compared with $4,000 tons proc
essed fro mthe 1912 crop. VIA said
that in order to get this amount of
peanut butter made it may be nee
essary to issue an order limiting the
quantity consumed in candy and in
the shelled and roasted form.
The 475,000-ton goal for oil
crushing compares with 10000 tons
crushed from last years crop
Growers are expected to retain
about 100000 tons for seed, feed
and other uses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-03
IComdr. F. W. Purdy
Listed as Dead by Navy

1t. Comdr. Frederick Warren
Purdy, U. S. N, whose wife, Mrs.
Molly Pagan Purdy, resides at 34o7
Lowell street NV, was listed as
dead in a Navy casualty list issued
today. 900.
Comdr. Purdy is a native of Chi
cago, where he was born December
4, 1911. Prior to entering the Naval
Academy he attended. the .Severn
School at Severna Park, Nd.
He graduated from the Nava
Training School In. 1883 and was
assigned to the battleship Missis-
sippi, on which he served until jan
uary, 1896. He was in Cuba during
the revolution in 1898. From Janu-
airy l, 1896, until january 1, 1887, he
was on the staff Of the commander
of the Battle Force, after which he
joined the destroyer Bagley for duty
Today's list of II casualties in
the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast
Guard includes 3 dead, 16 wounded
and So missing