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use the limited amount Of gasoline
while he is home"
Too, she maintained, many par
ents do not have enough food cou-
pons to feed their hungry sons when
they do get home on leave and have
to borrow from the neighbors.
Hospital work is only small part
Of the war work of the Blue Star
Mothers Of America, she explained.
"One of the most important jobs we
have today is the recruiting of young
women to take the National Youth
Administration program of instruc-
ton for vital defense work"
The organization also aids in the
recruiting of nurses, promotes and
helps in the collection of salvage,
provides canteens and service CEN
tiers in small towns where they are
not provided by the Red Cross or
USO, and co-operates with the Red
Cross in their fund campaign. 1t
was the Blue Star Mothers who or
ganized the kitchen grease saving
campaign.
Membership Of 300, 1000.
Each member of the Blue Star
Mothers is encouraged to take up
one war job and work at it every
day. This work usually includes first
aid, knitting and Red Cross or civil
ian defense work of any type. With
membership of approximately
100000 mothers, the organization,
with headquarters in Flint, Mich.
Is represented in q States.
Before leaving Washington yes
terday for her home in Little Rock
Ark, she also conferred with the
president of the District chapter,
Mrs. Halle Mccartney, and the
president of the executive board
Mrs. Mary Holt.
Past president Of the Army
Mothers Of America, Mrs. Afford
has 2 sons, II nephews and 81
cousins in the armed forces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-04-26
CAP Pilot Killed
In Atlantic City Crash

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., April &c.
The Civil Air Patrol public relations
Office announced that Second 1t.
Ben Berger. rs, Of Denver, Colo,
crashed to his death yesterday when
his plane plunged into the water
here.
1t. Russell r. Jonson, the public
relations officer, said the crash took
place while 1t. Berger was on a
flight mission for the Civil Air
Patrol.
1t. Berger had been with the CAP
for nine months.
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Wishes of Servicemen Guide
Blue Star Mothers Proqron1
Mrs. Afford Visits
Hospitals to See
What Boys Need

"Whatever the boys want" Is the
administrative policy OF. Mrs. Thomas
H. Afford, newly elected national
president of the Blue Star Mothers
of America, who was in Washington
over the week end on an inspection
tour of Walter Reed Hospital and the
Navy Medical Center in Bethesda,
Md.
Through the commanding officers,
chaplains and servicemen stationed
at the medical centers, Mrs. Afford
discovered needs of the men which
are not supplied by the military.
She was especially interested in the
kinds of entertainment they want.
On the telephone, Mrs. Afford
yesterday told Gen. John j. Pershing,
patient at Walter Reed Hospital,
that 1t was the aim of the Blue Star
Mothers to adopt" every motherless
serviceman convalescing in military
or naval hospitals and send him
gifts on his birthday anniversary.
Our work with the hospitals"
she declared. 'is concerned in the
main with the psychopathic cases
and boys who have no homes or
families"
To Advice Lscs1 Chapters, = :
AS Mrs. Afford tr1spects the vari-
Gus Naval and Army hospitals over
the United States and finds them
in need OF such work as the Blue
Star Mothers can supply, she notifies
the local chapters Of the organiza-
ton Of the kind of help needed.
The hospitals are then officially
adopted" by the national organiza-
ton.
To date the Blue Star Mothers
have adopted six hospitals: Nichols
Hospital, Louisville, KY; Percy
Jones Naval Hospital, Battle Creek,
Mich: Fort Hayes Hospital, Column
bus, Ohio; Fitzsimmons Hospital,
Denver; Marine Hospital, New
Orleans. and Walter Reed.
Striving to have the States which
she visits officially adopt December
7 as Blue Star Mothers Day, Mrs.
Afford already has the approval and
promises of the Governors of Ohio,
Michigan and New Jersey to pro-
claim such day this year. She
hopes the day may become ma
tionally observed.
Seeks to Merge Organizations.
Another point which I hope to
develop" she said, lis the merging
of all war mothers organizations in
the United States into one unit as
the Blue Star Mothers. This merg-
ing would include such groups as
the Navy Mothers, Army Mothers
and the Loyal Mothers OF America"
To have the organizations limited
to one service, she maintained, de-
feats the purpose of the organiza-
ton. It shouldn't matter whether
the mother has boy in the Navy,
Army or Marine Corps, they should
all work together as one unit.
While in Washington, Mrs. Afford
conferred with Prentiss M. Brown,
director of the Office of Price Ad-
ministration, in an effort to estab-
fish some means by which special
allowances Of food and gasoline ra-
tioning coupons might be given to
parents whose sons are home on
furlough.
Contributes to Absenteeism.
1.-The problem created by the lack
of sufficient gasoline for such occa-
sions," she declared, lis responsible
for a good amount Of absenteeism
now found In defense and vital war
plants. The parents stay home from
work in order that their sons might
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-04-26
AWVS Lunch Bar Opens
Outdoors Tomorrow

The outdoor lunch bar, sponsored
by the American Womens Voluntary
Services, will open it's third season
tomorrow in the park on Constitu-
ton avenue next to the Munitions
Building.
1t is to be open TO officers, enlisted
men and civilian employees of the
armed forces.
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ward.
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Ruisins for Sugar

To meet the scarcity OF sugar In
rural districts Of Iran. villagers are
eating more raistnA. "a
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a claim. The enemy plane must
have been seen to crash, to break up
in the air, or to burst into flames
in the air.
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contributes 10 ADSenCeelSm.
1.-The problem created by the lack
Of sufficient gasoline for such occa-
sions," she declared, lis responsible
for a good amount Of absenteeism
now found In defense and vital war
plants. The parents stay home from
work in order that their sons might
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-26
A. 0. Smith Corp.
Seeking Labor at
Fair Grounds

The st. Paul Urban League has
been asked by the A. o. Smith Corp.
to cooperate with the Unit d
States Employment Service in re-
cruiting Negro labor for their pro-
peller plant at the Minnesota State
Fair Grounds.
The Smith Corp. has successful
ly operated plant in Milwaukee,
Wis, with Negroes working
throughout, according to their
skills and abilities. They are
anxious to do the same thing at
the Minnesota plant and have
sought the assistance of both the
Minneapolis and St. Paul branches
of the League.
In conference at the Minnesota
plant this week, S. Vincent Owens,
Executive Secretary of the st. Paul
League, was informed that thi s
company hires Negroes in their
Milwaukee plant in larger proper
tons than any other plant in that
area and that the aid of the two
Urban League branches was being
solicited to do a job just as effec-
lively here.
The Minneapolis Urban League
has sent several applicants to the
plant.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-26
Meeting on Levy
Case at Wheatley
Sunday Afternoon

Reverend c. 7. r. Nelson, pastor
of the Camphor Memorial Church,
st. Paul, will speak on the ques-
ton of Racial and Religious Dis
elimination" at an open meeting at
the Phyllis Wheatley House, 800
Aldrich Ave. North, Minneapolis,
$3.50 P. NJ, Sunday, November
18th.
Irving Blumberg will give a re-
port on the developments in the
Alton Levy case. Levy has just
been released from the military
stockade at the Lincoln, Nebraska
air base, where he served a term
at hard labor. He was court
martialed and denoted for pro-
testing against discrimination in
the armed forces.
His case aroused nationwide in
terest. The fight to restore Private
Alton Levy to his original rank of
staff sergeant will be continued on
his behalf by the Workers Defense
League, under whose auspices the
meeting is being held.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-26
John Lawrence, Jr.,
Named President
By Alpha Frat

At the annual meeting of the Mu
Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, which
met at the home of DR.. Earl s.
Weber, ITO Carroll, Friday, Nov. IL,
the Mu Chapter held elections of
officers. John R. Lawrence and
DR.. C. C. Hill were chosen as presi-
dent and vice president of the club.
John M. Patton was elected secre-
tary and Henry R. Thomas assis-
tant, William Cassius, treasurer,
and DR.. C. C. Hill associate editor
of the Sphinx.
The president appointed Victor
Galloway chairman of the social
committee, s. Vincent Owens and
John M. Patton will aid him. DR..
Earl S. Weber, Raymond W. Can
non and C. W. Washington were
appointed to the delinquency COM
mittee and S. Vincent Owens, chair
man of the program committee,
with H. R. Thomas and A. J. Lewis
to assist him.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-26
Sterling Club
Conducts Halle
Q. Forum Sunday

Harold Mann, Relocation Officer
of the War Relocation Authority,
will be the principal speaker at the
Halle Q. Brown House Sunday
Forum, Nov. %, at 4 p. m. under
the auspices of the Sterling Club.
James Hughes, president of the
Club, will preside.
Mr.. Mann's subject will be ere
locating a People" He will tell of
his work in relocating American
born Japanese and of his interest
in all phases of interracial activi-
ties. A large number is expected
to attend this meeting to hear of
the problems of other racial mi
norities.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-26
Search for St.
Paul'sMOst Popular
Girl Now On
WINNER TO BE NAMED
MISS HALLE @. BROWN

A Popularity Contest will be
sponsored by st. Paul Women's
Council and Twentieth Century
Maids and Matrons. The winner
will be announced at the 18th An
nual Meeting of the Halle @.
Brown Community House January
81 at 8 p. m. Mrs. Idelle Patton is
contest chairman. Votes will be
five cents each, every vote counting
100. Each contestant will be given
100 count handicap. The prize
award will be a silver loving cup
with the name of the winner en-
graved and a personal letter of
commentator from Miss Halle @.
Brown, who still lives in her Home
Wood Cottage on the campus of
Wilberforce University in Xenia,
Ohio.
The letter can be kept among
the winners priced possessions and
will be a cherished possession in
years to follow.
Who will win these two very spe-
cial awards and have the distinc-
ton of being the most popular girl
in St. Paul?
Sign up at Halle @. Brown or
the st. Paul Recorder office. Every
one will get started at the same
time. The contest will begin Dec.
8. All people registered by that
time will have a lead on those reg
istering after them.
SIGN UP AT ONCE. CALL
HALLE Q. BROWN, DA. 927S.
ST. PAUL RECORDER, MI. 834O.
Lucius Hendrix
In North Africa
M. P. Lucius Hendrix, well known
former Minneapolis man, brother
of Governor Cook of Minneapolis,
is now stationed in North Africa.
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the Vocational Guidance Associa-
ton.
His presence on the Recreation
committee of the Minneapolis De-
tense Council was largely respon-
sible for hating a planned jim
Crow service mems center. His
activity on the state committee on
War Production Training enabled
him to be of service to Minnesota
Negroes.
Washington told reporters Mon
day that he sincerely regretted leav-
ing Minnesota but that the chal-
lenge of the larger field in Pennsyl-
vania was too great to ignore. Pitts
burgh has over 100000 Negroes.
Plans are being made to hold a
public farewell reception for Mr..
and Mrs. Washington in December.
Announcements will be made in the
press.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-26
Lewis Ewing
Spreads More
Thanks Cheer

For the sixth consecutive year,
Lewis Ewing, local civic worker,
has distributed Thanksgiving din
ners to Minneapolis families.
On Wednesday morning he per-
sonally delivered 25 baskets to
needy families, this year including
two blind persons. In the baskets
were an assortment of holiday
goodies, fowl, pancake flour, cof-
fee and butter.
The dinners were donated by a
number of city officials and bust
ness men, solicited by Mr.. Ewing.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-26
Marian Anderson
To Appear Twice
With Symphony

Marian Anderson, world-famous
American singer, has begun he1
eighth American tour which will
bring her to Minneapolis for two
concerts with the Minneapolis
Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri
Mitropoulos conducting, at North
rop Auditorium December 3 and A.
The first concert will be the reg
ular Friday night event of the or
chestra's subscription series. The
second is in tribute to Miss Ander-
sons tremendous local popularity
and will enable patrons to hear her
who probably will not be able to
procure tickets for Friday night.
Since last May, when she concluded
her previous seasons activities,
Miss Anderson has led a varied and
active life. Her singing assign
ments consisted of three appear
ances for the Treasury Department
in Chicago, Detroit and New York
for the purpose of selling bonds.
It was in Chicago that the keynote
was struck when the singer ap-
peared on the platform wearing a
corsage of defense stamps. Two
weeks before Miss Anderson ap-
peared on the 81 Am an American
Day" program in New York's Cen
trail Park before more than a mil
lion people.
Two other engagements were the
concerts given at Ocean Grove on
the Jersey coast and an appearance
with the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra at Lewisohn Stadium be-
fore a record crowd.
The remainder of the summer
was spent in study, preparing her
new program of songs for the con-
cert platform and an album of her
favorites for a Forthcoming publ
cation. There will be more news
concerning this book when it as
sumes definite shape in the fall.
To cap it all, Miss Anderson was
married to Orpheus H. Fisher, Ne
gro architect, last July. She had
known Mr.. Fisher for IL years.
They retired to the singers farm
home near Danville, Conn.,, for their
honeymoon and for well-earned rest
by Miss Anderson before starting
this seasons activities.
For relaxation Miss Anderson
busted herself in her Victory gar
den, in which all the vegetables
which appear on her dining table
are grown. "There is no stock in
the form of cows, hogs or sheep.
81 guess I am just a real dirt
farmer" is the way Miss Anderson
looks at it.
For her Friday night program
Miss Anderson will sing four
Songs of Wayfarer" by Mailer
and the aria: "More regal in his
low estate" from Gounod's "The
Queen of Sheba." The orchestra will
play two Beethoven works, the
overture "Leonore" and the first
symphony in C major, an overture
by Charles Johnson and symphonic
fragment from the ballet Spiders
Banquet" by Roussell.
Saturday night will find Miss An
derson singing the aria: Almighty
Power" from Wagner's "Rienzi'
and a group of Schubert's songs
with the orchestra playing Bach's
overture from Suite No. 8 in D
major, the Brahms second SYM
phony in D major and Ravels Gal
borada del Gracioso."
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turned down several offers of i'm
portant posts in other parts of the
country.
Well qualified for his assignment
by his Is years of work in the
Urban League field, Washington is
"A years old and was born in Odessa,
Mo. Educated in the public schools
of that city and at Western Univer-
sity, Quindaro, Kans., he received
his degree from the University of
Minnesota. Prior to 1928 when he
received his first appointment he
worked with Abram L. Harris on his
survey of the Negro in Minneapolis.
He was acting executive secre-
tary of the Twin City minneapolis
and st. PauD Urban League from
August, 1928, to January, 1929.
From January, 1929, to June, 1929,
he was industrial secretary when he
was called to fill the industrial
secretaryship of the Atlanta Urban
League. After a year in that post
he was named executive secretary
of the Atlanta League.
In 1882 he returned to the Twin
Cities as executive secretary of the
Twin City League, serving in that
capacity until 1886, when the
leagues of Minneapolis and st. Paul
decided to discontinue joint opera
ton. Mr.. Washington then came
to Minneapolis as secretary of the
program in this city.
An active worker, Mr.. Washing
ton did much to develop public un-
derstanding for the Urban League
movement. Among the accomplish
ments during his tenure as secre-
tary were:
Development of membership
plan; interracial relations improved
by active committees and annual
observance of interracial weeks;
presentation of leading national
Negro leaders; cordial relations
with trade unions; active interest in
housing program in state and city;
fought barring of Negro students
from trade schools; assisted in
peaceful settlement of interracial
disputes; developed working agree
ment with U. S. Employment Ser
vice; initiated approach to such
plants as International Harvester
Co., Minneapolis Honeywell and
Munsing-Wear in the interest of
Negro employment; served as re-
source agency in stating and integ-
ration of Negro workers into Fed
eral Cartridge operated Twin Cities
Ordnance Plant attracting nation
wide attention; addressed hundreds
of white groups in the N. W. on
the problems of the Negro; served
on numerous committees appointed
by governors and mayors.
The Minneapolis Urban League
under Mr.. Washington has the repu-
tation of holding the largest annual
meeting of any league in the coun-
try. The March 1912 meeting at
which Lester Granger, national
secretary, spoke, held at Coffman
Memorial Union, University of Min
nesota, gained that record for Min
neapolis.
Mr.. Washington is married and
has one child, Joan Frances, and has
resided for some years at 1920 goth
Ave. s., Minneapolis.
In addition to belonging to sew
eral social workers organizations,
he is secretary of the Minneapolis
Council Of Negro Organizations,
member of the NAACP, TSTC Club,
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-26
George w. Harvey
Will Conduct
Pilgrim Revival

DR.. George W. Harvey, pastor of
New Hope Baptist Church, Brod-
dock, Pa, will conduct a ten day
evangelistic campaign at Pilgrim
Baptist Church from December 6
through December Is.
DR.. Harvey is one of the religious
editors of the Pittsburgh Courier,
vice president of the Pennsylvania
State Baptist convention and a
transcontinental lecturer and Bible
teacher.