Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-10-08

and Mrs. Cora Newman, Kansas
City, Mo-; W. B. Walker, President
of the Associated Negro Credit
Union; Mayor ]. McDonough, st.
Paul; Mrs. Clarence Mitchell, Jr.,
Baltimore, Md, and Mr.. Clarence
Mitchell, Jr., of the FEPC, Wash
ington, D. c., and Baltimore, Md;
T. B. Carey, master of ceremonies
and general chairman of the plan
ming committee for the Newman
Testimonial; Cecil E. Newman;
Mrs. DeVelma Newman, business
m anager of the Minneapolis
Spokesman and st. Paul Recorder;
Mrs. Peavy Heffelfinger, oCD; C.
w. Washington, executive secre-
tary of the Minneapolis Urban
League; C. L. Horn, president of
the Federal Cartridge Corp; /.
Myrtle Garden, director of Halle
@. Brown House; Rev. A. F. Mar
TIM pastor of Bethesda Baptist
Church; Mrs. John COwles, men,
Der board of directors of the Min
neapois Urban League; S. Vincent
Owens, executive secretary of the
st. Paul Urban League; Judge Earl
Lyons, Minneapolis; r. A. Skinner,
president of the Minneapolis branch
of the NAACP; E. A. Purdy, treas
urer of the Minneapolis Civic and
Commerce Association; John Law
renee, president of the Credjafawn
Credit Union, St. Paul; Major Sam
Ransome, James Slemmons, A. A.
Hickman, st. Paul; Wilmoth Bow
en-, manager of Sumner Field Co
operative store; Senator Ralph
Mayhood, Minneapolis; Miss Irma
Clardy; Mr.. Milton Rosen, city
commissioner, st. Paul; Miss Ruth
Benner, president Credjafawn club;
Mrs. Jean Wilcox, Women's Inter
national League for Peace and
Freedom; Eva Neal, st. Paul, chair
man of the program committee;
Mrs. Ruth Cage Colby, members of
the st. Paul Urban League board OF
directors; Mrs. Effie Larkins, Cor
inthian S. M. T.; Mrs. Irving Blum
berg; James Hughes, president of
Sterling club, st. Paul; Theodore
Kahn, American Farmers Mutual
Insurance Co.; Guy Alexander,
Hennepin County Commissioner;
Frank Boyd, Brotherhood of Sleep
ing Car Porters; E. A. Selby, of
Nash Coffee Co.; VIM. M. Smith,
Rev. C. T. R. Nelson, president of
the St. Paul Branch of NAACP,
and Mrs. Essie Mason.
Among those attending the Cecil New.
man Testimonial Monday night were
MesHs. and Mesdames: Clarence Ander'
son, Glenn Allen, Frank Alsup, P. L. An
dersen, Edward L. Boyd, John |. Banks
Jr., Fl. S. Brown, Robert Bannarn, Wilmeth
Bowen, Sam Brown, Rev and Mrs. H. w
Bolts, DR.. and Mrs. W. D. Brown;
George Carter, Harold Combs, W. M
Cooper, T. B. Carey. Victor Galloway
Rufus Dodd, /. NJ. Dorsey, LaFayett'
Fields, Ollie Gum, Willis Gates. james
Gresham, E. E. Harris, Earl A. Harris
James L. Rowland. James T. Hughes
Clarence Hargraves, Owen Howell, J. Z
Jones, Theodore Jones. Harry Jackson
Robert Jones. Earle F. Kyle. Jas. A. Lewis
A. H Lyons, John Lawrence Jr., Free
D. Moore, Rev. and Mrs. B. N. Moore;
Wilbur Nevis, William Nelson, Clarence
Powers, John w. Pettiford, w. C. Patillo
Ollie Ray, Clifford Rucker, Clarence III
Russell, Eli Rice, ]. H. Riddeaux, MajOl
and Mrs. Samuel l. Ransom;
Huron Shelton Jr., A. E. Selby, E. L
Sims, James F. Simms, Jose H. Sherwood
L. H. Somers, Richard L. Stokes, Jonas
Schwartz, BENJAMIN F. Taylor, Charles
Tyler, Theodore Vaughn, W. H. Vivian
M. r. Wilson, w. B. Walker, Harold
Wright, C. w. Washington, George Wash
ington, Wilbur A Williams, ]. A. Waters
G. w. Wigington, Rev. and Mrs. s. E. Ware
and DR.. and Mrs. Earl Weber.
Mesdames: R. L. Allen, Minnie Aston
Roxie Anderson, Eva L. Abbey, Olive Allen
Essie Arnold, A. j. Bell, Anna 7. Blair
Minnie Boyd, Ruth Bloom, Alice Brown
Louella Brown, Mayme Burrell, France
Burton, Claude Burt, A. NJ. Butler, Ear
F. Brent, J. Bonner, Bertha Boyd, E