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Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Draftswoman Aids
In Studebaker Shift

With the war-dictated neces-
sity of substituting women for
men in industrial drafting rooms,
the Studebaker Corp. has profited
by the presence of Mrs. II. E.
Wilcox Mrs. Wilcox became a
professional draftswoman during
World War l and for 20 years
has defied the precedent of Eve
less drafting departments.
Employed as a draftswoman in
Studebaker's engineering depart
ment, Mrs. Wilcox also serves as
a sort of co-ordinator between a
masculine management and femi-
nine newcomers.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
The Julian Myerses
At Laqoona Beach

MR.. AND MRS. JULIAN
MYERS are at Lagoona Beach.
Cal, following their recent mar
riage in Los Angeles. Cal. Both
are former Detroiters.
Mrs. Myers was Miss Ruth d.
Schultz before her marriage and
resided with her sister and
brother-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lindsay A. Thompson in Fair
view avenue. Mr.. Myers Is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. /. r.
Myers of Longfellow avenue.
The wedding took place In
Hotel Gaylord in Los Angeles,
and was followed by a reception
for a few friends and relatives.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Many Open for Hunting

Many of the resorts will stay
open for the bird hunting . in
the southern counties for pheas-
ants and farther north for part
ridge. ducks and other birds.
Deep sea fishing will be at its
best in the cold months of the
fall and the big Mackinaw trout
will strike savagly at the deep
trolled lures.
Many will find rest in front
of cheerful fires in fireplaces;
others in roaming the fields and
woods or taking boat or
canoe trips down Michigan's
beautiful rivers.
Labor Day will not ring down
the curtain on Michigan vaca-
tions this year.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
De Soto Features z Ads

DE Soto at War" is the head
line and keynote Of two advertise
ments just released by De Soto.
While De Soto's contributions TO
the war effort are stressed, these
two advertisements also reveal
that Dc Soto dealers are main
tanning the De Soto products of
peace with essential parts and
service-continuing close and
constructive tie between the fac
tory and car owners.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Key TO Precision Bombing

One key to the accuracy OF
American precision bombing is the
driftmeter, precision instrument
with which bomber navigators CAL
culate drift caused by wind cur
rents. The driftmeter is being
mass produced by the Eclipse
Pioneer division of Bendix Avia-
ton Corp. A hair-breadth error in
celebration may put long-range
bomber many miles off IFS course.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Vdcdtioners
Crowdins
State Resorts
GRAND RAPIDS, Aug. 7.

GRAND RAPIDS, Aug. 7.
THIS is one of the most un-
usual resort years Michigan
has ever experienced, according
TO William Palmer, secretary
manager Of he West Michigan
Tourist and Resort Association.
Contrary 10 early expectations,
most of the resorts are filled.
Housekeeping cottages are at a
premium yet the usual hi
larity that goes with vacations
is lacking. The rush is gone.
There is very little gadding
about on the highways, Auto
mobiles are being driven Sc
dately. People are taking time
10 see the roadsides.
Guests Easier 10 Please
"I've covered much OF the
Lower Peninsula of Michigan in
the past three months" said
Palmer, "and resort operators
tell me that most of their guests
are easy TO please easier
than In other years. They want
TO sleep late in the mornings.
They take afternoon maps. They
go about everything slowly.
Their chief desire Is for rest
and good food. They talk about
getting At to get back TO the
job
"They stand In trains and
busses for $50 TO 200 miles TO
reach their cottage, or the re-
sort they have chosen for their
period of relaxation: they join
their friends in filling an auto
mobile. They have few COM
plants against giving up the
things they were used to In
other years.
Most Are Good Sports
Their attitude Is they want
to do everything they can to
do the JOB TO win the war. IL
there Is a shortage Of food, or
IL the service isn't as snappy rs
formerly, most of them take Il
like the good sports Americans
In general are.
michigan resort owners are
working under difficulties to
care for these visitors. Many
of them are working with
greatly reduced staffs. They
are working Is hours a day.
They are undergoing hardships
because they know IL Is their
part In this effort to help keep
the nation At to win"
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Hahns Leave to
Visit Daughter

Mr.. AND MRS. GERALD
HAHN of Rivard boulevard,
Grose Pointe, left the early
part of last week for Phoenix,
Ariz., to visit their daughter,
Elise. who is spending the
summer at a ranch there.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08

THIS is letter to YOUR service It's all about
L his HOME TOWN. the most important place in the
world TO him. CLIP this letter today, sign your name
at the bottom and send ii him. Wherever he is, he
wants the news from HOME. It's up to you to mail it,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Annual Credit
Union Meeting
Monday 8P. NJ.

Assets of nearly $4,000 will be
reported at the sixth annual meet
ing of the Associated Negro Credit
Union at Halle Q. Brown House
Monday, Jan. II, at 8 p. m.
Beginning with assets of less
than $50 this credit union has
plugged along for nearly six years
against many obstacles and with
volunteer workers entirely.
The election of officers will be
held, annual reports will be made,
and the value of Credit Unions will
be discussed by a panel including
Miss 1. Myrtle Garden, Rev. B. N.
Moore, VIM. Modem, Wilmoth
Bowen and DR.. w. D. Brown. R.
E. Archer, treasurer of the League
Credit Union of Minnesota, will be
on hand also.
During the life of this organiza-
ton it has offered various services
to the community, the latest being
a Christmas Savings Plan.
Wilmoth Bowen, manager of the
Sumner Coop Grocery, Mime
apolis, will attempt to show how
other cooperative or private enter
prises can be bolstered by credit
unions.
The whole community is urged to
attend this meeting, join in the dis
cussion and learn more about credit
unions.
(The credit union annual state
ment is elsewhere in this issue.)
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
NEW BOY SCOUT
TROOP TO BE
ORGANIZED

In connection with an effort to
start new boy scout troop at st.
Peter Claver Church, the Mems
Club of the church is sponsoring a
moving picture show on Friday,
January 8, at 8 p. M, in the sub
auditorium of the church. The
movie is entitled, "The Trail to
Citizenship" and is being shown by
the Local Council of the st. Paul
Boy Scout organization.
Membership in this new boy
scout troop will be restricted to the
boys of st. Peter Claver and those
in the immediate neighborhood of
the church. Boys between the ages
of 1915, their parents and friends
are invited to come out Friday eve
ming to the movie and organization
meeting.
The special committee for the or
ganization of this new group of
boys is headed by Mr.. Owen c.
Howell, president of the Mems
Club, and the other members of the
committee include Doctors Earl s.
Weber and Charles H. Williams,
Messrs. Fred Schuck, William J.
Gardner and David ]. Payne.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Elks Custodian
Attends MINI. W
on @. 7. 6 Years

Grant Albert Charleston, Gus
todian at the Elks Rest, Mime
apolis, is so quiet and unassuming
that his friends and acquaintance
would never had guessed that he
has been a student at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota for the past six
years!
But this week because out of a
biology class of LOT pupils he was
the only one to receive 1000 on
his report card, Dean W. Waiter,
professor of biology at the Uni
versity, thought it was worthy of
mention in this newspaper. He is
the only Negro in the class.
For the past six years Mr..
Charleston has attended the Uni
versity only one quarter each year,
taking a veterinarian course. Dur
ing the remainder of each year he
has worked to save for his one
quarters tuition and provide for
a family the entire year.
If this ambitious student can
manage to continue his studies ac-
cording to his former schedule he
will finish the course in 1914.
In his statement to this paper
Dean Waiter said, "We glory in
his spunk!" $50 do We"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Mpls. Council
Annual Meeting
Sunday Afternoon

The annual meeting of the Coun-
Gil of Negro Organizations will be
held at the Phyllis Wheatley House
on Sunday, January 10, at a p: m.
The Executive Committee of the
Council has planned an interesting
program in the nature of a panel
discussion "Do Negroes Want Total
Integration?"
The discussion will be led by
three well known speakers, John M.
Patton, chairman of the st. Paul
Community Council; Erma Clardy,
secretary of the Minneapolis
Branch of the N. A. A. C. P; and
Talmadge Carey, secretary-treas-
urer of the Associated Negro
Credit Union. Following the talks
by the three speakers, there will be
a general discussion in which ev-
eryone is invited to participate.
The annual report of the officers
and committee chairmen will be
made and the election of officers
for 1913 will be held.
We urge all delegates to be pres
ent.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
The Truth About the
MUtter

The official announcement of fig
ures on Negro draftees and enlist
ments quashes two ugly rumors.
1t ends the rumor that Negroes
were not drafted in proportion to
their numbers in the population
they were, and a little bit more,
though at first the rate was slower.
For with segregation in the ranks,
they sometimes had to wait on
new facilities and the organization
of new units.
1t also ends the rumor that Ne
groes don't think the country worth
defending. They are justifiably
critical about the way they are
sometimes treated. But this is
their country, too, and 16 per cent
of the volunteers entering the
army through selective service"
were Negroes. Moreover, 10.1 per
cent of the soldiers "inducted into
the army through selective service"
were Negroes, though Negroes
make up only 9.s per cent of the
population. Des Moines (Iowa)
Register.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
What? No Soldier
BOYS PhOtOS!!!!

Ny boss called me and suggested
it was time to print some more
soldiers pictures in the paper and
l readily agreed and promised him
l would send some over to the en-
gravers for this weeks issue.
Lo and behold, looked and had
to swallow those words 81 would
send some over to the engravers"
because our supply is exhausted.
So l have to make an appeal to
you to send US pictures of the hus-
band, brother, son, who is in the
service-army, navy, air corps. We
prefer the pictures in uniform. We
will not damage the picture and
will return it to you and will print
it free of charge. Snap shots are
not acceptable. 1t must be a photo
graph with clear features.
But we do want some pictures!
e. B.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Brother of L.O.
Smith and Mrs. w.
D. Brown Dies

Herman A. Smith, son of Mrs.
G. D. Smith of Minneapolis, now
in Los Angeles, Calf, died sud-
denly January 2, on train en- route
from Winnipeg, Manitoba, his
home, to Vancouver, B. c., Canada
He was an employee of the Cana
dian National R. R.
Educated in the Lawrence, Kan
sas, public schools and the Univer-
sity of Kansas, Mr.. Smith lived in
Minneapolis for a number of years
before going to Canada where he
had resided for 35 years prior to
his death.
In Minneapolis, Miss L. O.
Smith, attorney, and Mrs. W. D,
Brown, sisters, survive. Two
brothers, Johnny and Prentiss, also
survive.
Services will be held at Lake
wood Chapel, Minneapolis, Satur-
day morning, January 9, at 1880
a. m.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
John M. Culver
Wins Promotion
to Fire Engineer

John M. Culver, 1889 N. Western
avenue, st. Paul, who has been a
member of the fire department
since 1929, was recently promoted
to the position of engineer. He re-
ceived a civil service rating which
entitled him to the position, and he
was appointed by Chief William ].
Sudeith.
He began work in his new posi-
ton on January l. Mr.. Culver has
been active in civic affairs in St.
Paul and is regarded through the
performance of his work as merit
ing this promotion. He is married
and has two children.
The closing of Station No. 9,
former all Negro manned station,
there was concern expressed in the
community as to whether Negro
citizens would be able to advance
in a department. However, G. H.
Barfuss, commissioner of public
safety, said that Negroes would be
appointed from the eligible list in
regular order. The new policy
means that Negro eligibles may be
appointed to any position in the
fire department, and not confined
to any special designation.
In 1910 a Citizens Committee
composed of Samuel L. Ransom,
W. S. Butler, l. Myrtle Garden,
Rev. G. L. Hayden, Cecil E. New
man, John M. Patton and Clarence
M. Mitchell, Jr., who was then ex-
ecutive secretary of the st. Paul
Urban League, approached the
commissioner of Public Safety and
the Fire Chief in an effort to see
that the jobs of the men in Station
No. 9 were safeguarded by keep
ing the staff up to the regular num-
Der of people required at the sta
ton.
There was an attempt also to
have a Negro captain appointed,
but there were eligibles ahead of
the Negro candidate who would
not waive in his favor, but were
willing to go to the station manned
by colored firemen rather than lose
civil service rights.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Double Trouble
For Asberys

Trouble comes in double doses
is probably an established fact
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Asbery of 1927 Emer-
son Ave. No. Trouble number
i happened about Eve weeks ago
when Mr.. Asbery broke his foot
and was confined to st. Mary's
Hospital for several weeks. Now
that he is expected to return to
work soon, Trouble number 2
appeared.
What was it? Mrs. Asbery
slipped on the sidewalk near her
home on Christmas Eve and was
slightly injured. At press time
she is feeling much better.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08

Lieut.. Robert S. Brown, son OF
Mrs. Esther Brown, 1928 9Th Ave
&c., arrived at home Christmas
Day from Camp Davis, N. Caro-
lima, where he received his COM
mission as Lieutenant. He left Sat
urday for Camp Tyson where he
will be stationed temporarily.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Employment in
War Plants i'm
Mpls. Climbing

The number of Negroes en-
ployed by local war plants con-
tinues to increase, according to re-
ports of the Minneapolis Urban
League. Among those firms that
have hired additional workers dur
ing the past month are Minneapolis
Honeywell, International Harvest
er Company, D. W. Oman Sons,
Twin Cities Ordnance Plant, Mum
singwear Corporation. Additional
jobs have been secured with the
garment manufacturing industry
and with several local foundries.
More Negro women are being
employed by war plants, but with
the exception of the Twin Cities
Ordnance Plant and Munsingwear
Corporation the employment of
these women is not proceeding as
rapidly as it is for the city as a
whole. The Urban League report
shows that there has been no
change in the number of Negroes
employed by the Northern Pump
Company. Three men were en-
ployed by this firm approximately
a year ago. To this date the num-
Der remains the same.
Chas. w. Washington, Executive
Secretary of the Minneapolis Ur-
ban League, states that a casual
check of the war training program
shows that number of Negroes
are taking advantage Of the op-
portunities to develop and improve
their skill. However, the present
number of trainees is negligible in
comparison with what the situa-
ton ought to be. Those interested
in securing information regarding
various training programs are ad-
vised to contact the training di-
vision of the United States EN-
ployment Service, Miller Vocation
al School and the National Youth
Administration. Information re-
garding other training opportun-
tiles at the University of Mime
sofa, Dunwoody Institute, can be
secured from the Urban League
office.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
To Interview
Persons Seeking
Defense Jobs

A representative of a local war
plant will interview applicants for
positions Monday, Jan. II, from
9 a. m. to 4 p. m. at the st. Paul
Urban League office, 1873 E. 9Th st.
Wednesday the representative
will interview Minneapolis appli-
cants at the Minneapolis Urban
League, 240 S. Fourth St., from 9
a. m. to a p. m.
A large number of jobs are avail
able and qualified persons will have
opportunity for placement.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Josephine Hall Dead

Mrs. Josephine Benton Hall,
niece of Mrs. Renix Duke and Mrs.
M. R. Wilson, both of Minneapolis,
died Sunday morning, January 8,
at the Anoka, Minnesota, Hospital,
after long time illness. Mrs. Hall
lived in Minneapolis most of the
43 years of her life.
Mrs. Duke and Mrs. Wilson, her
aunts, will accompany the remains
to Kansas City, Missouri, for fu-
neral services and burial.
Also surviving is Luther Benton
of Kansas City, Missouri, and
other relatives of Missouri.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Victory in the New Year
WISE MERCHANTS ARE

AS late as 1899 Negroes in this
trade area spent an estimated
$2,760,000 per year for durable
goods. With increased buying pow
er the local Negro consumer is
spending far more money for mer-
chandise than ever before. Wise
merchants are cultivating this re-
ceptive market via the ad columns
Of the Negro press.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
ST. PAUL WESTERN UNION
HIRES YOUNG RACE LAD

S. Vincent Owens, Executive Sec
rotary of the st. Paul Urban
League, Wednesday announced the
placement of a young man as mes
senger boy for Western Union
Telegraph Co. The new employee,
Richard Lawrence, who began work
the latter week in December, is the
son of Rev. and Mrs. ALI Law
renee, 1891 No. Chatsworth, and
is attending Central High School.
This placement follows a con-
ference held with Western Union
officials few weeks ago when they
made a statement to the Urban
League Secretary that they would
hire messenger boys or girls and
clerks.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08

Featured Star In Russian Ballet
Perhaps no theatrical venture
travelling in the country today en-
braces as many great stars as does
The Ballet Theatre which brings
the Twin Cities annual Russian bal
let season to Northrop Auditorium
on the University of Minnesota
campus Friday and Saturday
nights and Sunday afternoon with
the Minneapolis Symphony Or
chestra.
And all of the great stars will
be seen in each performance, all Of
which will consist of entirely differ
ent productions, ten of them in all.
Among the stars are Alicia Mar
kova, Trina Baronova, Anton Dolin,
Andre Eglevsky, Karen Conrad,
Nora Kaye, Rosselle Hightower,
Lucia Chase, Annabelle Lyon, An
tony Tudor and many others.
On Friday, January 8, $3.50 p. m,
"Giselle," "Three Virgins and a
Devil" and "Bluebeard" will be
presented. The famous ballet
"Bluebeard" was performed 6S
times in New York; worlds rec
ord.
princess Aurora" "Pillar of
Fire" and "Helen of Troy" will be
performed on Saturday night, jan
uary 9, at $3.50 p. m. These three
dances are full of drama and the
music by Tschaikowsky, Schoen-
berg, and Offenbach will furnish an
excellent background of color and
movement.
Sunday, January 10, will be a
matinee performance beginning at
500 p. m. This matinee presenta-
ton is ideal entertainment for chill
dren as well as the adults. "The
Romantic Age" "Peter and the
Wolf" "Pas De Quatre," "Pe-
trouchka" will be staged.
Of the ten ballets to be presented
in the three performances, eight
are entirely new to the northwest.
John Martin, dance editor of the
New York Times, says, "This is the
finest ballet company that has yet
been seen in America"
Principals in the company are
Massine, Baronova, Markova, Do
lin, Tudor, Chase, and Eglevsky.
Alicia Markova is England's most
famous prima ballerina and dances
with such extraordinary fluency,
with such lghtness and ease that
few people realize that behind her
swift graceful whirling and
pirouetting lies a technical skill al
most unequalled in modern dane
ing.
Tickets for all three perform
ances are on sale at the Downtown
Ticket Office and the Symphony
Ticket Office in Minneapolis and
the Field Schlick Office in st. Paul
for the popular price (tax included)
$2.75, 1920, $1.65, $1.10.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
George w. Carver,
Famous Scientist,
Dies i'm Alabama

Tuskegee, Ala, Jan. CDR.
George Washington Carver, a son
of Negro slaves, died at his home
at Tuskegee Institute last night,
leaving his mark on the South's
agricultural economy.
Despite his humble beginning,
he became one of the Nations
greatest scientists in the field of
agricultural chemistry, discovering
countless uses for native-grown
products and developing them for
commercial utilization.
DIR. Carver never knew the
date Of his birth on a farm at
Diamond Grove, Mo-, but he be-
lieved it to be about 1854. His
father died when Carver was a
baby. Carver and his mother
were stolen and taken to
Arkansas.
The boy was ransomed for a
race horse valued at $500. His
mother disappeared. Carver's mas
ter recognized the boys intelli-
gence and permitted him to enter
school. After a long struggle, he
won master of science degree in
agriculture at Iowa State college
in 1896.
Two years later, DR.. Booker T.
Washington, founder of Tuskegee
Institute, invited Carver to direct
agricultural work at that school.
There was little equipment for
Carver to use and only 10 acres
of some of the poorest farm land
in Alabama.
He accepted the challenge
and set out to utilize sO-calIed
waste products" of southern
farms. From the lOwIy pea
nut Carver developed more
than 300 useful products alone,
including paper, ink and even
oil to be used in the treatment
of infantile paralysis. The
sweet potato, another of scores
of plants with which he
worked, yielded well over 100
by-products.
Carver steadfastly refused to
exploit his discoveries. Working
in his laboratory at Tuskegee, in
torn apron and baggy trousers,
he declined financial offers.
Carver's health, always frail,
took a turn for the worse after
his return several months ago from
visiting Henry Ford's model Green
field village in Michigan at the in
vitation of the automobile manu-
facturer. He was confined to his
bed the last 10 days before his
death, which was attributed to
heart disease.
Funeral services will be either
tomorrow or Friday. The body will
lie in state at the school until burial
in Tuskegee cemetery near the
grave of DR.. Washington.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Ruben Silverman
In New Market

Ruben Silverman, well known
fish market man, has announced
the opening of the Great Northern
Food Market at GIG Hennepin Ave.
Mr.. Silverman invites his many
friends to shop at the new location.
"The store" he said, sis complete
food market" Their ad appears
elsewhere in this paper.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
O'NEAL RELEASED

Ransom O'Neal, former war plant
guard, held for questioning in the
recent shooting of ]. L. Armistead
Jr., was, released last Thursday
when a coroner's jury inquest called
Armistead's death a suicide.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
FiftY-two Weeks
OF Pleusurell

Mail subscribers get 50 weeks,
one year of pleasure brought to
their door by the mail man when
they subscribe to this newspaper.