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Council Renames
Brown President
Others Reelected

The Council of Negro Organi-
cations held its annual meeting
and election of officers Sunday,
Jan. 10, at Phyllis Wheatley House.
DIR. W. D. Brown, president, re-
viewed work of the Council during
1912 and among other achieve
ments pointed out that of the re-
lationship established with local
daily newspapers in regard to the
manner of handling news involving
Negroes.
Mrs. Ethel Lynch, chairman of
the committee on placement of Ne
gro teachers in public schools, re-
ported her findings and called at
tention to the fact that no Negro
had applied for such a position
during the past IL or 20 years,
thus no serious question of how it
might be handled had arisen. A
Mr.. Sands, an assistant to N. B.
Schoonmaker, public school super
intendent whom she interviewed,
stated that if such an application
is made by a qualified person he be-
leved that it would be handled
fairly.
The following officers were elect
ed by unanimous vote: DR.. W. D.
Brown, president; Henry R. Thorn
as, first vice president; George
Hall, second vice president; Wen
dell Jones, treasurer; C. W. Wash
ington, secretary; Miss Essie Ma
son, recording secretary; Mrs. Mae
Marshall, Leo Bohanon, Cecil E.
Newman, members of the executive
committee.
Discussion on "Do Negroes
Want Total Indignation" was pre-
scented by John NJ. Patton, presi-
dent of the st. Paul Community
Council, and Miss Irma Clardy,
secretary of the Minneapolis
Branch of the NAACP. Leo M.
Bohannon presided.
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WOLD CHAMBERLAIN NAVY
COMMANDER DENIES SERVICE
MEMS CENTER ''OIJT OF BOUNDS

The Service Mems Centers in
Minneapolis and St. Paul have not
been declared "out of bounds" for
Negro service men stationed at
Void Chamberlain Field, according
to Commander D. M. Campbell.
This statement was made to a
committee headed by Major Sam
uel Ransom during a conference
with Commander Campbell Thurs
day, January z.
During the past two months it
has been generally understood by
the Negro citizens of both cities
that officials at Void Chamberlain
Field had issued an order to the
Negro men stationed there that
they could not frequent the down
town recreational centers estab-
ished in Minneapolis and St. Paul
for the benefit of service men.
Both Commander Campbell and
Lieutenant C. J. Ruddy, Morale
Officer, at the base stated that
they had not heard of any such &C
ton, that it was only a rumor
which was coming to their atten-
ton for the first time. It was
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John Marshall
p. T. A. Meeting
January 19

The John Marshall High School
P. T. A. will hold it's regular meet
ing on January 10 at 8 p. m. in the
school auditorium.
Guests of honor will be Mrs.
Herbert Parker, vice president of
the State P. T. A.; Mrs. R. D.
Brubaker, president, St. Paul
Council, and Mrs. Glenn Finger,
movie and radio chairman of the
council.
Mr.. Ed Merit, liking of commu-
nifty singing" will lead in commu-
nifty singing.
The .highlight of the evening
will be a panel discussion on
"Child Delinquency" Mrs. Her
bert Parker will be the moderator;
Mrs. Glenn Finger will discuss the
home; Robert R. Mitchell will dis
cuss the responsibility of the
church; Barbara Cross, the school
and Norris Kunkleman, the COM
munity.
Everyone is urged to attend and
hear this important discussion. Re-
freshments will be served.
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Lincoln University, jefferson City,
Mo. The program will begin at
8 p. m.
This year the high cost of food
caused the House to abandon its
usual dinner and there will be no
admission or dinner fee.
A group of "Hallie's" young
people will present an impromptu
skit entitled ''The Citizen Family
Visits Halle O."
The announcement from the COM
mittee in charge of the meeting
said Tuesday:
"This year particularly the neigh
borhood has a lot to crow about,
payments have been completed on
the old building and it is now the
exclusive property of the Halle Q.
Brown. It was purchased on a
five-year plan from the Union Hall
Association. A newly decorated
auditorium with a new knotty pine
stage and new fiuorescent lights
all go to make far more attrac-
tive building.
The Nursery School which at one
time cared for children of low in
come families or children whose
families were on direct relief has
now changed its entire objective to
meet a new and growing need,
working mothers children will go
to make up the clientele of the
Nursery School plus those children
who are referred by social workers
for particular reasons to benefit the
child primarily.
While large number Of older
boys and young men have gone into
the armed forces there are no less
than 584 separate individuals en-
rolled in clubs and classes accord
ing to recreation study recently
made by the Community Chest Of
which Halle Q. Brown House is a
participating member.
DR.. Scruggs, who is a Ph.D. in
education from the University Of
Kansas, viii talk on the sub
ject, ''The Preparation Young Peo-
pie Should Make in the Midst Of
War for Peace Time Occupations"
A social hour win be held fol-
lowing the formal meeting.
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Finley Wilson
Says Ed. r. Speech
Was Disappointing

Washington, D. c., Jan. IL.
Finley Wilson, Grand Exalted Rul-
er of the Improved Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks of the
World, the largest dues paying or
ganization Of Negroes in the Unit
ed States, in commenting on the
Presidents speech at the opening
of Congress, promised the full sup
port of his organization for Mr..
Roosevelt's foreign policy of per-
manently defeating dictatorship
and aggression, but declared that
the speech was weak in failing to
support any effective measures to
strengthen democracy at home, ex-
cept for the proposal to extend the
Social Security Program.
Mr.. Wilson declared, "Mr. Roose-
welt is a great leader for the nation
at war, and the Elks, Of which I
have the honor to be the Grand
Exalted Ruler, intellectually
support the policy of fighting the
war against dictatorship and ag-
gression on behalf Of democracy
and peace, even though peace-time
democracy as it is actually prac-
ticed in the United States treats
Negroes as merely second-class
citizens in many parts of the coun-
try. We are also intellectually
behind his statesmanlike proposal
to assure lasting peace and perma-
nent employment to all men and
women who need and want to work.
For Negroes, who constitute ten
per cent Of the population and who
are constantly Disseminated
against in industry because Of race,
stand to make special gains from
guarantees of employment. But
otherwise the Presidents speech
was disappointment.
Race Bias Weakest Link
Racial discrimination const-
tutes the weakest link in our de-
mocracy, yet on this subject the
Presidents speech was very weak.
He conspicuously failed to endorse
the Federal Anti-Lynching Bill, for
example, even though the past year
saw three lynchings in one week.
Lynching is not merely blot on
civilization. It is detrimental to
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admitted that several undesirable
spots had been declared "out Of
bounds" but under no eircum-
stances would such an order apply
to the Service Mems Center.
Men at the Base are not suffer
ing from a lack of recreation in
the opinion of Lieut.. Ruddy. He
stated that many of the men were
married and live in the city. 9th
ers have become well acquainted
with local citizens and have no diff
ficulty in finding wholesome recre-
alton. He stated that he would
check to see whether or not the
rumor regarding the Service Mems
Center had originated at the base
The Commander expressed his de-
sire to have the men spend their
time at such places as the Service
Mems Center.
Other members of the investigat-
ing committee, headed by Major
Ransom, were Rev. B. N. Moore,
St. Paul, Harvey Moss and Chas.
W. Washington of Minneapolis.
The committee represented the
Twin Cities Service Mems Council.
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Annual Credit
Union Meeting
Hears Reports

The Associated Negro Credit
Union held its sixth annual meet
ing at Halle @. Brown Settlement
House, st. Paul, on Monday, jan
uary II.
Annual reports given by the
president, W. B. Walker, Talmadge
Carey, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, c. W.
Washington, chairman of the credit
committee, and George G. Mundell,
chairman of the supervisory COM
mittee.
R. E. Archer, treasurer of the
League Credit Union, spoke and
highly Landed the officers for hav-
ing done such an excellent job UNI
der such terrific handicaps. Mr..
Archer also urged members to pitch
in and work and give more sup
port to their officers who worked
tirelessly for no compensation. he
reminded them that they were all
partners in this organization and
that those who availed themselves
of the credit unions loan service
which has amounted to $20,S94.35
since 1897 had saved a total Of sew
eral hundreds of dollars in loan
fees.
Rev. B. N. Moore briefly gave
history of the cooperative move
ment and the advantages in them
for the people. Miss ]. Myrtle Car
den conducted the panel on which
Rev. Moore spoke and William
Modem kept the discussion lively
by asking pertinent questions, the
answers to which were educational.
W. B. Walker, Talmadge B.
Carey and DR.. Earl S. Weber were
reelected to the board Of directors.
Mrs. Nettie Shepherd, Minneapolis,
was elected to serve during the un-
expired term of Percy C. Hughes,
also a director, who resigned re-
Gently.
Geo. G. Mundell and John NJ.
Patton, st. Paul, and Jos. B. Levy,
Minneapolis, were reelected to the
supervisory committee. C. ".
Washington and Tom Carroll, Min
neapolis, were reelected to the
credit committee. Mrs. Mildred
Daniels of Minneapolis was also
elected to the credit committee.
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Rev. Robbins
Forum Speaker

Rev. Wallace W. Robbins, pas
tor of Unity Church and president
of the Executive Board of the St.
Paul Urban League, has been Sc
cured by Eta Chapter, Alpha Kap-
pa Alpha Sorority, as speaker at
the Sunday Forum, January "a,
at the Halle @. Brown Community
House, sponsored by the Sorority.
An interesting musical program
is being arranged. The program is
under the direction of the Civic
Committee of Eta Chapter. Mrs.
Allie Balenger is chairman of the
committee and is being assisted by
Mrs. Bella Lee Shelton, Mrs. Wan
da Owens and Miss Laura Jeffrey.
Rev. Robbins subject will be an
nounced later.
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u. Indicts 5
Miss. Lynchers

Jackson, Miss. - The South
land, at least that part Of it
which likes its lynchings, was
astounded today when U. S.
Marshals prepared to arrest five
white men charged with lynch
ing a Negro.
1t is indicated that an attempt
will be made by defense lawyers
and the daily press Of the State
to show that the indictments are
another" invasion Of States
rights by the Federal govern
ment.
The lynched man, Howard
Wash, was a farm hand. He
was taken from the jail at
Laurel, October 16, and hanged
by a mob.
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Minneapolis. Rev. NJ. R. Hogarth
will officiate.
Joe Young, reputedly well to do
in a financial way, was in the real
estate business in Minneapolis for
many years. At one time he had
offices with William R. Morris, at
torney who also committed suicide.
Reports say Young owns several
pieces of Minneapolis real estate
and property in Los Angeles where
he went to live in 1889. The hus-
band of the late Lena Smith, an
other Minneapolis figure, he mar
ried a Los Angeles woman after
moving to the West Coast. The
most recent Mrs. Young also died
in 1912.
Young visited Minneapolis sew
eral months ago.
His only known relative who sur
wives is a niece, Miss Geraldine
Broaddus, a teacher in the Leaven-
worth, Kans., public schools who
arrived in Minneapolis Wednesday
for the funeral on Friday.
Interment will be at Lakewood
cemetery.
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Private Reed, a native Of st.
Paul, Mimi, graduate of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, brother Of
Dwight Reed, Minnesota All-Amer-
lean end, and former president of
the St. Paul Branch Of the NAACP,
was accused of destroying" a
paper containing an application of
private for the Officer Candidate
School.
Just prior to this alleged "crime"
the then Sergeant Reed had been
the chairman of a committee which
had presented, through regular
military channels, a petition to the
commanding officer citing certain
grievances and asking redress. The
petition charged color discrimina-
ton and mistreatment of Negro
soldiers at Camp Lee. In reply to
an inquiry from the NAACP, Ma
jor General James E. Edmonds
wrote that the fact that Sergeant
Reed had been chairman of this
committe was "only coincidental"
with his demotion and had no rela-
ton to it.
The matter is being pressed by
the st. Paul and Minneapolis
branches of the NAACP where
Reed and his family are held in
highest respect. His father, Dwight
Reed, ST., is a graduate of Dart
mouth college and has been a civil
engineer in st. Paul for more than
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ings at which it was prepared to
shoot the works against railroad
management and ypions. for defy
ing President Roosevet's anti
discrimination order.
McNutt's move appeared certain
to create a major blow-up on the
discrimination issue and may lead
to sudden collapse of the FEPC,
spearhead of the drive for equal
rights in war work. With Negro
groups expected to interpret Nc
Nuts action as a death SEN
tence" for the FEPC, key members
of the Committee already were re-
ported on the verge of resignation.
Who'll Take Rap?
Official announcement of the
"postponement" of the hearings
scheduled to begin here next Mon
day, may come at McNutt's weekly
press conference today. Members
of the FEPC are understood to
have fatty rejected McNutt's re-
quest that the Committee issue the
announcement on it's own. They
told him bluntly that, if he insisted
on abandonment of the hearings, he
would have to "take the rap" him
self.
1t is understood that McNutt's
final decision to block the hearings
was communicated to Lawrence W.
Cramer, executive secretary of the
FEPC, on Saturday. Cramer con-
ferred with other members of the
committee, then informed the man.
power chief that he would have to
make an announcement under his
own name.
The gravity of the case is under
lined by the fact that the projected
railroad hearings have been her
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Mrs. Mae Williams of New York
City is the sister of Mrs. Dorothy
Boyd, manager of the Nifty Cafe,
$50 Rondo Ave.
During the Christmas holidays
Mrs. Williams went from New
York to Chicago to visit her moth
er and after a trip back to New
York, came from that city directly
to st. Paul to assume her new du-
ties as assistant manager of the
Nifty Cafe. These two sisters will
carry on while Artie Boyd, pro-
prietor, and husband of Mrs. Doro-
thy Boyd, is doing his part in the
armed services.
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several months ago, was rushed to
Minneapolis General hospital short
ly after 8 p. m. when it was dis
covered that she had drunk the
poison. She could not be revived
and died about 11:30 that night.
Some members of the family said
the Lysol was drunk by accident
but the coroner's report listed the
death as suicide.
Besides her seven children, Mrs.
Robinson is survived by her mother,
three brothers and two sisters, one
her twin. One son is serving in
the United States Navy.
Rev. Robert Kelly conducted the
funeral service. Interment, Crystal
Lake cemetery.
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Cerilda Craig
Resident u Years
Buried In Iowa

Funeral services for Mrs. Cerilda
Craig, a resident of st. Paul for
% years, were held January 10, at
Keokuk, Iowa, where she resided
before coming to st. Paul.
The remains were accompanied
to Iowa by Mr.. and Mrs. R. s. I'm
derwood of Minneapolis. Mrs.
Craig was born in Shelbina, Mo-,
September 6, 1870.
She was q member of st. James
A. M. E. Church and st. Paul Chap
ter No. 1, o. E. s.
No known relatives survive her
according to the Underwoods who
were close friends Of the deceased.
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Brother Payne
In Hospital

E. H. (Brother) Payne, 1888
Fourth Ave. S., is in fair condition
at Minneapolis General hospital.
Mr.. Payne has been in poor
health since last May when he suf-
fered a severe heart attack and
was forced to give up his employ
ment.
Last Sunday morning his condi-
ton became worse and he was tax
en- to the hospital.
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It is reported that Irving Blum
berg of Minneapolis will make a
report of his and Rev. C. T. Mel
sons trip to the East at a meeting
of the Minneapolis branch Sunday,
January "a, at Phyllis Wheatley
House at A p. m.
Rev. Nelson will report to the
St. Paul branch Tuesday, January
10, at Halle @. Brown House at
8 p. m.
"Strike Blow at Old Jim Crow
Equal Rights for Negroes in the
Armed Forces" has been selected
for the slogan of the Twin City
Sam Reed co-ordinating committee.
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Glad to Pay
His Paner Bill

Mr.. A. R. North, ABS Rondo Ave-,
st. Paul, writes on the bottom Of
his circulation statement, "This is
one bill I am glad to pay. En-
closed find money order for the
above amount"
Twas fun to receive that bit of
encouragement instead Of the
usual, II want to get that paper,
but you'll have to come by here
and get the money" And we suf-
fer, too, from the lack Of gas and
tires just as other civilians, so col
lectin' amt so easy for as as it
used Ia be. To those who have
cooperated, we graciously thank
you.-E. B:
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Johnny Baker
Post Men Given
First Aid Kits

At meeting of the Minneapolis
Civilian Defense Council Rescue
Squad January 6 at NicoIlet hotel
First Aid Kits were distributed to
members who had finished the
First Aid course.
Members of Johnny Baker Post,
American Legion, receiving the
kits were Percy Hughes, Webster
Stovall, Jack Posten, Joe Napue,
E. M. Fassett, Spencer Shivers and
Henderson.
These men are now equipped to
answer any emergency due to
bombings or other war casualties.
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O.E.S. Patrons and
MatrOns Council
to Meet Sunday

The Past Matrons and Past
Patrons Council, o. E. S., will hold
a very important meeting on Sun
day, January II, at 2:30 p. m. at
Welcome Hall, on the corner of St.
Anthony and Harrington, st. Paul.
Every member is urged to at
tend, for there is business Of grave
Importance.
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our war effort. Immediately after
the lynching of Cleo Wright in
Sikeston, Missouri, last year, the
Japanese used the incident to pour
contempt on American democracy
by propaganda broadcasts to the
teeming colored population of Asia.
The Nazis, too, have used the Tex
istence of lynching to buttress
their argument that our democracy
is mere hypocrisy.
"The President said nothing on
behalf of the movement to abolish
the Poll Tax as a necessary quail
fication for voting in the eight
Southern states where it still ex-
lists. The Poll Tax is often cumu-
lative, so that it effectively dis
franchises the economically un-
privileged, both white and Negro.
This is grossly undemocratic and
results in the election to Congress
of reactionaries from the poll tax
states. Strengthening our democ-
racy by abolishing the poll tax
would strengthen our morale in a
war for democracy. Yet Mr..
Roosevelt remained silent on this
issue on which a bipartisan group
of Senators, both reactionary
Southern Democrats and reaction
airy Northern Republicans, defeat
ed the will of the great majority
of the people.
"In the poorer states, education
is sometimes sadly neglected. Ne
gro children suffer especially. Col
ored school children have funds
spent on their education in some
states less than one-ffteenth per
child of what is spent on an aver
age per child throughout the ma
ton. Yet no genuine democracy
can exist or long survive without
proper education. A bill to pro-
vide federal aid to education, with
no strings attached to the federal
subsidy except that there should
be no racial or religious discrimi-
nation in the expenditure Of the
funds, was introduced in the last
Congress but died there. Mr..
Roosevelt as a true democratic
leader should have supported the
bill, but did not.
@Finally, as Commander i'm Chief
Of the Army and Navy, our Presi-
dent should have spoken out
against the frequent indignities
and occasional brutalities to which
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25 years.
The Rev. C. T. R. Nelson, presi-
dent of the St. Paul branch, and
Irving Blumberg, a member Of the
board Of the Minneapolis branch,
conferred personally with Walter
White here January 8 and with
Congressman Mas of Minnesota,
Judge William d. HASTE and 9th
ers in Washington on January II.
Congressman Mas has written
the st. Paul branch of the NAACP
that he is "not satisfied" with the
explanation of the War department
in the Reed case, and will be glad
to place the matter before the
House Military Affairs committee
for investigation.
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J. Wesley Jones
Music Group Meets

The ]. Wesley Jones Music
Club met Sunday afternoon in Fell
lowship Hall of Pilgrim Baptist
Church. After a brief business ses-
sion, the club rehearsed numbers
for the Missionary Program to be
held at the Pilgrim Church on Sun
day, January II, at 500 p. m.
The next meeting will be held in
Minneapolis at the st. Peter
A. NJ. E. Church.
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KIDDIES FORM JACK
ARMSTRONG CLUB

Marcheta and Myrrene Allen,
es6 Iglehart Ave-, have organized
a Jack Armstrong Club with the
staunch purpose ''To Help Win the
War"
Other members are Julia,
Roberta and Marion Jones, Norma
Jean and Joan Howell and Patsy
Moore. The Jack Armstrong club
members have badges and cal
themselves the WAFC's.
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Interviews For War
Plant Jobs To
Continue .

St. Paul citizens seeking employ
ment in local war industry will be
interviewed Monday and Tuesday
9 a. m. to A p. m. by a plant repre-
sentative at the St. Paul Urban
League, 1873 E. 9Th Street, st. Paul.
On Wednesday and Thursday in
terviews may be had in Minneapo-
lis at the Offices of the Minneapolis
Urban League, 240 S. 4th St., Min
neapolis, at the same hours.
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Jewish Church to
Honor DIR. George
Carver Fri. Mite

The memory of DR.. GEORGE
W. CARVER, noted scientist and
humanitarian, will be honored at
the service of Temple Israel Fri
day, January 15th-8:00 p. m.
Rabbi Albert G. Minda will speak
on 'LET MY PEOPLE GO FREE"
The Temple Israel choir, under the
direction Of Mr.. C. A. Jensen, will
render a special program of mu-
sic.
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Joe Young, Minneapolis
Character, Kills Self In
California, Funeral Here

LOS ANGELES, Calf 8-Joe Young, former Minneapolis
there 19 committed suicide here
Thursday shooting himself No details of his deed obtainab
Youngs body being shipped Minneapolis for burial
Wednesday that the funeral will be held Friday
at M at Woodland Chapel Lyndae Ave NJ
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Poison Fatal To Mill
City Woman, Mother
OF Seven Children

Funeral Chapel Minneapolis packed Wedne
afternoon with people attending the funeral of Rachel Robinson
mother children who ended her life last Saur
day. January drinking Lyso poison her home 14O Hyand
Robinson aegedy respondent Of husband
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REV. NELSON'S STORY
ON EASTERN TRIP

Arrived too late for this issue.
His Timely portion Of his story and
sidelights on his New York trip will
appear in next weeks paper.