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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, 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. ALT Law
renee, 1891 No. Chatsworth, and
is attending Central High School.
This placement follows a con-
ference held with Western Union
officials a few weeks ago when they
made a statement to the Urban
League Secretary that they would
hire messenger boys or girls and
clerks.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, 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 SO
times in New York-a 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
800 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 fuency,
with such lightness and ease that
few people realize that behind her
swift graceful whirling and
pirouetting lies 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.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
George w. Carver,
Famous Scientist,
Dies in 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.
DR.. Carver never knew the
date of his birth on a farm at
Diamond Grove, Mo-, but he be-
ieved 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 a 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-called
waste products" of southern
farms. From the lowly pea
nut, Carver developed more
than 800 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.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Employment in
War Plants in
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 a number of Negroes
are taking advantage of the OPP
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.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, 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 a 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.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08

Lieut.. Robert s. Brown, son OF
Mrs. Esther Brown, 1928 9Th Ave.
So, 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.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Double Trouble
For AsberyS

Trouble comes in double doses
is probably an established fact
in the home of MIR. and Mrs.
Herbert Asbery Of 1927 Emer-
son Ave. No. Trouble number
1 happened about five 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.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
To Interview
Persons Seeking
Defense Jobs

A representative of 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, 24O 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.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, 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, "is a complete
food market" Their ad appears
elsewhere in this paper.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Victory in the New Year
WISE MERCHANTS ARE

AS late as 1889 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.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
O'NEAL RELEASED

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

Mail subscribers get 81 weeks,
one year of pleasure brought to
their door by the mail man when
they subscribe to this newspaper.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08

HALLE ANNUAL
MEETING JAN. II

Halle @. Brown Settlement
House, 55S Aurora Ave-, viii hold
its annual meeting on Thursday,
January 81, at 8 o'clock at the
Halle Q. Brown House.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Sam Reed COOrdinating
Committee Issues Bulletin

bulletin outlining the of Sam Reed denoted St. Paul soldier
issued by the Twin City Coordang Committee which seeks
Congressional investigation of treatment of Reed the Army The
bulletin also the sending T. R. Nelson St Paul
Irving Bluberg Washington investigate
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
Congressman Tells
How to Pass Anti
Poll Tax Bill

A plan to pass the anti poll tax
bill in 1913 was announced this
week by Congressman Vito Mar
cantonio (ALP, N. W in the fol-
lowing statement:
have already arranged the in
PRODUCTION, on January g., of a bill
to outlaw the poll-tax as a pre-
requisite of voting in federal cleo
lions. It will be known as Il. R. z.
To insure against a Senate fill
buster such as killed similar bill
in, 1912, my plan is, with the help
of the aroused people of the coun-
try, to secure passage of this bill
in the first half of 1913. A year
and half will be long time for
poll-tax Senators to carry on a
filibuster.
At the end of 80 legislative days
1 shall place a discharge petition
on the Speakers desk, and the cam
paign to secure the requisite 218
signatures of members of the
House of Representatives to force
a vote in the House will begin.
Hearings in Committee on the bill
would be superfuous. The bill has
been fully debated. Hearings would
merely delay passage.
Every week, the people of the
country will be informed which
Congressman have signed the dis
charge petition, and which have
not. I am sure the people will see
to it, under these circumstances,
that the necessary 21s signatures
are obtained in short order.
It is to be expected that every
parliamentary trick will be used by
the pol-taxers to prevent or to de-
lay passage of Il. R. z.
I want to assure the people who
want this bill passed that every
parliamentary vancouver will also
be used to see that it is passed.
Quick passage in the House is es-
sential to the eventual enactment
of the anti-pon tax bill into law.
I am confident that with the whole
hearted support of the tremendous
majority Of the people of the coun-
try who recognize the necessity of
passage of this law as a win-the-
war measure, this quick action will
be obtained and II. R. z will become
law.
Youth Council
to Meet Jan. 8
The Youth Council of the Min
neapois Urban League will hold
its regular meeting, Phyllis Wheat
ley House, Friday, January 8, Z
p. m. The Council will initiate
plans for the 1913 Vocational Guild
ance Program. Participation of
the Youth Council in the Interracial
Week Program to be held in Feb
ruary will be discussed. All regu-
lar members are urged to be pres
ent and to invite other interested
youth.
MOVIES TO SHOW NAVY LIFE
Sound movies of Navy life will
be the feature of Navy Night, Jan
uary IA, at the Phyllis .Wheatley
House, 9Th Avenue North and Bry-
ant.
The program starts at 7:30 p. m.
and men, women and children are
to be the guests of Twin City Navy
recruiters who are planning the
showing.
Here's your chance to find out
about your United States Navy and
what it has to offer you.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-08
CLIMBING UPwARDl

Circulation of this newspaper
among people Of all races has climbed
steadily in the past twelve months.
This paper is on the must list of 80
per cent of the Negro families in this
city. Added to this total are the lead
ers in business, finance, labor and the
professions who know a good newspa-
Nor Ill., TEo1 -S56A
Evening star., 1943-04-20

daughter Of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward G. Curl.
Surviving Miss Curl are brother,
Joseph r. Curl Of Wheeling, w. Va,
and two nephews, Joseph Hood and
Ryland Curl, also OF Wheeling.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
lit Mrnturta11t

kENDRICK, WILLIAM A. tBnLY>. In
son and bpohsr & Sq5 He
VINO VINO, PASSED away one year ago today
April 90 1912.
He little thousht when leaving home
That he would never return
Ihat he so soon in death would sleep
And leave US here to mourn
happy home we once enjoyed
oh How sweet the memory still;
The world can never fill.
Each dav but brings the grief anew,
- The, sense of bitter loss;
o God. in Heaven. pity us,
" LONELY FAMILY.
LUCAS, ALICE NJ. Sacred to the mem :
oTy of our devoted mother ALICE NJ
LUCAS, who entered the great beyond six
teen years ago today April 20, 1897.
What is home without a mother
All other things the world may send.
buu wnen we lost our darling mother
GEoRGfA, z 2baA ! AsD sG51hRMzN' Es}Ma' EVA
MARSHALL. ELIZABETH (BILLINGs,.
ABETH M E9TthS memary Of my my dear sister EIz
twenty-five years ago, February 20. IsIs.
She had smile for every one,
heart as pure as gold:
To those who knew and loved her
HER sS1' s1srRSs sly RfxsF AND zSfS SRorz 81
MAYHEM, MARY E. In loving memory
OF my dear wife and our mother, MARY q
MAYHEM. who departed this life eight
years ago today April 20. 1855 ''
Her memory is as dear today
AS IN the hour she passed away
LOVING HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.
OF my dear father LEONARD RUBEI, who
passed on twenty years ago today April
20, 1928. DAUGHTER, EUNICE.
THOMAS. CLARENCE. tribute OF love
TO the memory of my dear husband, CLAIR
ENCE THOMAS, who passed into eternal
rest rest. nineteen years ago today, April 90
Loved in life. remembered in death.
PEARL THOMAS
WRIGHT. JESSE E. In sad but loving
remembrance Of our dear father and grand
father, JESSE E. WRIGHT. who departed
this life two years ago today, April 90
Somewhere back of the sunset,
Where loyelineSs never dies
Father lives in the land Of glory
With the blue and gold of the skies.
Keep him, Jesus, in Thy keepins.
Until We reach the heavenly shore,
And then. o Master, let us see him,
Love and have him as before
HIS LOV1Ni CHILDREN CATHERINE
ALPHONZO, CONSTANCE, AND GRAND
DAUGHTER, MARION WRIGHT
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Charles {. Little, Laurel
Bank Cashier, Dies at 81

Charles Eugene Little, ,sr.. 81.
cashier of the Citizens National
Bank of Laurel. died yesterday Of
a heart ailment at his home in
Laurel, Md.
Funeral services will be held at 3
pm. tomorrow at st. Philips
Church, Laurel, where he will be
buried.
Mr.. Little, who served for sew
eral years as Mayor of Laurel, was
born here July 81, 1878, and was a
member of the First District volun-
teers in the Spanish American War.
He had served as cashier of the
bank for the last Is years and was
a member of the Maryland Bankers
Associat ton.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Sue Edwards Little; a daughter,
Miss Lena Edwards Little: son,
Aviation Cadet Charles E. Little, jr.,
and a sister, Mrs. George Baldwin,
Avon, Conn.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Judge Benjamin Pavy,
Foe Of Huey Long, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OPELOUSAS, La, April 20.-
Former District Judge Benjamin
Henry Pavy, 50, whose son-in-law
DR.. Carl Austin Weiss, was killed
in the Staying of the late Senator
Huey Long, died yesterday at his
home here. He had been i'll for
some years.
DR.. Weiss was riddled by bullets
from Senator Longs bodyguards
after Mr.. Long was fatally wounded
Blame for Senator Longs death
never was officially fixed although
his followers declared DR.. Weiss
fired the shot which killed the
Louisiana Senator.
Friends of DR.. Weiss, a practicing
physician, claimed that on the basis
of known facts it could not have
been he who killed the Senator.
Senator Long was killed at the
State Capitol in September, 1885,
during a special session of the
Legislature, largely directed by him,
In which a bill was passed which
gerrymandered DR.. Weiss father
ln-law, Judge Pavy, from his posi-
ton on the district bench. This
was done by re-arranging the 18th
judicial district by removing Judge
PAWS native st. Landry Parish to
that district from another.
The wife and young son of DR..
Weiss have for some time made
their home in New York City,
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Deaths Reported

Charles H. Morehouse. SO, s1o 21st st. NV.
Emma Jones So, 5000 N. H. ave. ne.
Sarah Thompson, "a, 1869 Upton st. NV.
Frank Passero, IS, 225 Z st. ne.
Herman A. Fox, rs. United States Soldiers
Home.
Mary B Baker, 75 Maryland
Robert Phillips, -, Pennsylvania
Alice N. Harmon, ~, Maryland.
George M. Whitwell, 80, 6509 Barnaby
st. NV.
Lewis Riggles. 6s, 311s p St NV
Edward Harris, 6:}, i07 st. NV
William Wetmore, 5506 18th ST. NV.
Mabel B. Norris, "a. 2736 Courtland pl.
Jennie Gilman, 40, s24 :,2nd st. NV.
John Dillman. 40, 9US K st. NV.
Isobelle G. Lahr, 4S. 1900 Shepherd St NV
Charles H. Cumming, 80, 1909 ST. ne
Wilhelmina W. Rose, 80. 6426 Sth st. NV.
Thomas E.; steyens, 20, Maryland
MaNorie E.. Stevens, :}3, Maryland
Infant Geraldine Watson, 9OS st sw.
Infant Schuler, 336 18th ST. ne.
Infant Cullen, 2134 G st. NV.
infant Fawley, 13l Tennessee ave. ne.
Enoch Simpson, 5S. 1927 G st. NV.
Louis Diges, Il, Pennsylvania
Elmer r. Glascoe Al. 1917 tnw.
Infant Fisher, 1868 Alabama ave. Sc.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
Dr.. John {. Williams,
Virginia Tech Dean,
Dies in BIacksburq
Masonic Funeral Rites
Will Be Held Tomorrow
For Veteran Educator
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BLACKSBURG, Va, April 20. -
Virginia lost veteran educational
leader yesterday with the death of
DR.. John Edward Williams, rs, dean
of the college at Virginia Polytech-
mic Institute here. DR.. Williams
died at his home.
Funeral services will be held at II
am. tomorrow at the Blacksburg
Presbyterian Church. Masonic rites
will be conducted.
DR.. Williams, son of Albert Henry
and Matilda Anne Berkeley Will
liams. was graduated from Hamp-
den-Sydney College in 1892 and
later attended the University of
Virginia, where he obtained the
master of arts and doctor of phil
oSophy degrees. Hampden-Sydney
conferred on him the honorary de-
gree of doctor of laws in 1925.
He had been dean at VPI since
1924 and professor of mathematics
since 1904. From 1892 until 1894
he was principal of Boydton High
School and later was assistant prin-
cipal of the Commerce Street
School in Roanoke.
From 1898 until 1908, he was
member of the faculty in the mathe-
matics department at VPI, and the
next year was made full professor
of mathematics.
Dr. Williams was one of the princi-
pal faculty sponsors of the college
athletics program. A football game
was dedicated to him on the oc-
casion of his 18th birthday last fall.
DR.. Williams, who was member
of several honorary college societies
and fraternities, served on the State
Board of Education from 1919 until
1880. He also was on the board of
trustees at Hampden-Sydney Col
lege for several years.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Sallie Taylor Patton Williams; a
son, William Patton Williams. now
in the Army. and two daughters,
Mrs. Anne Williams Slaughter and
Mrs. w. S. Holland.
Evening star., 1943-04-20
New York Is Preparing
For Realistic Raid Drills
BY the Associated press

by the Associated PfeSS.
ALBANY. N. Y, April 20.-Ed-
ward G. o. Thomas, new State civil
ian protection director. declared to-
day large-scale simulated AFRAID
drills, involving Army aircraft, prob
ably will be conducted in New York
in the near future.
MI. Thomas affirmed his previous
announcement that the number of
practice blackouts will be greatly
increased after Easter and added:
"All the indications we have point
to the strong possibility that the
enemy is preparing for long distance
bombing"
The Army's blackout regulations
have been adopted 'in full by New
York's civilian protection system. he
said, and drills will be held fire.
quently starting within two weeks.
"As soon as the public has be-
come accustomed to the new rules"
he added, I'VE will probably have a
series of maneuvers which will in
volve the use of Army aircraft. This
will bring the entire civilian defense
system into play. including aircraft
spoilers and the various inforina-
tion centers"
Evening star., 1943-04-20

hickey was James w. Rickey.
graduate of Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute as civil engineer in 1894
and began his engineering career in
Minneapolis. In 1907 he joined the
aluminium company He made
study of the undeveloped water
power of the South and designed
and superintended the building of
all the company's dams from 1907
to 1887. the year of his retirement.
Mr.. hickey was director of the
Engineers Society of Western Penn
sylvania and member of the
American Society of Civil Engineers
and the Rensselaer, Society of En-
gineers.
Surviving Mr.. Hickey are his
widow, Mrs. Lucy M. Hickey, and
sister. Miss Laura L. Hickey of North.
Plainfield, N. j. Mr.. Hickey made
his home here at 2101 Connecticut
avenue ....,..