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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
MRS. ROOSEVELT PLEASED
WITH NAMING OF LIBERTY
SHIP FOR HARRIET TUBMAN

Washington, D. C. (NNPA).-
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, this week
in a letter to the National Council
of Negro Women, expressed pleas
ure on learning that the Maritime
Commission has named a Liberty
Ship after one of Americas most
distinguished women, Mrs. Har-
riet Tubman. 1t is the first ship
to be named for a Negro woman.
In her letter, Mrs. Roosevelt
said: 1 am happy to learn that the
Maritime Commission has named
liberty ship in honor of Mrs.
Harriet Tubman. This is a fitting
honor to a distinguished woman.
This liberty ship will carry war
materials to our fighting men in
all parts of the world where they
will be used in defense of those
principles that Mrs. Tubman sought
to establish and which American
women now, regardless of race,
color or creed are determined to
see through victory. I wish for
the National Council of Negro
Women and the members of Mrs.
Tubman's family success in this
important undertaking."
The naming of the ship was in
itiated by the NCNW, which or
ganization will sponsor the launch
ing.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
Two Movies of
Negroes in War
Effort Nav %

By request and in order to give
an opportunity for larger number
of young people, as we'll as adults,
to see Negroes serving in the war
effort here on the home front, the
two motion pictures released by the
Office of War Information, NEGRO
Colleges in Wartime" and Henry
Browne, Farmer" will be shown in
the guild hall at the Camphor Mem
orial Methodist Church, 585 Fuller
Avenue, Sunday at 1880 p. m, I'M
der the auspices of the Youth Eel
lowship. These pictures were shown
at the last regular meeting of the
st. Paul Branch of the NAACP in
the Halle Q. Brown House last
week.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
Mother of Leila
Thomas Dead

Harriet owensbYa. II, of Annes-
ton, Ala, mother of Mrs. Leila
Thomas, 1900 Portland Ave-, Min
neapolis, died Tuesday, May 20.
She had been ill three weeks.
Mrs. Thomas had just returned
to Minneapolis from her mothers
bedside last Saturday.
Seven children beside Mrs.
Thomas survive Mrs. Owensby.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
Thye & Johnson
Address Credit
Union Celebration

About $50 members and friends
joined in the First Achievement
Celebration of the Associated Negro
Credit Union, Tuesday night at
Phyllis Wheatley House. The meet
ing marked the reaching of the IN
ions $4,000 goal. Governor Ed
ward Thye and Robert Johnson,
speakers, praised the accomplish
ment of the Credit Union and pre-
dicted that with continued support
it would have a bright future.
Governor Thye gave a resume Of
the postwar planning by State and
local agencies to assure continued
employment and prevent chaos and
confusion which have followed pre-
viOus wars.
He criticized the inconsistency Of
an economy in which the nations
people suffered from unemployment
and low income during periods of
peace, while in contrast during war
time periods of destruction and hu-
man miseries, the populations earn
ing powers and living conditions
spiralled beyond imagination.
Mr.. Johnson's address was d.
rected toward the problems of mi
norities during the periods of en-
Urgency. He traced the inevitable
results of bigotry and intolerance
by peoples Of various nations to-
ward minority groups. He called
upon all thinking men and women to
face the facts and continue uninter-
ruptedly the struggle for adjust
ment during the emergency, rather
than wait until victory is won on
the war fronts. He directed atten-
ton to the important part credit
unions and other co-operatives can
play in the overall picture.
The Ware Treble Clefs and Mrs.
John Moultrie rendered musical Sc
lections. Mrs. Moultrie also led in
the community singing.
Talmage B. Carey, Secretary
treasurer, gave blackboard illus
tration of the penalties imposed on
property owners in so-called Negro
districts by the average mortgage
loan company. His illustration Of
fered as an example that a hum
bred (100) property owners seeking
loans on property valued at $4,-
900, subjected to these penalties,
would sustain a net loss of over
$3.50, 900. He proposed that this loss
be returned to Negro property own
ers by providing them with a fair
and equitable mortgage loan serv-
ice.
It was announced that mortgage
loan service would be added to the
list of services rendered to Credit
Union members, and a campaign
for increased resources was begun
to provide funds for the added
function. $25, 900 in resources is the
next objective. During the meeting
members pledged new savings in
the amount of $4,000.
v. S. Peterson and Dick Archer
of the League Credit were present
and spoke briefly.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
G. o. p. Senators Reopen
Anti-POll Tax Drive;
Seek Constitution Change
Poll Tax Rattle Rennened in Senate nv Renuhlicans
IN Senate by Republicans

the recent test. He did not know
how the Democrats might vote on
such a motion.
Consider this item whose purpose
apparently is to show that the in
dividual is but definitely superior:
"Miss Julie Hightower, charming
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Super X.
Hightower graduated last wee k
from Wet Wash College. An honor
student, Miss Hightower is the only
Negro to have graduated from Wet
Wash College" I would question her
being an excellent student unless
saw transcript of her grades. Her
being a Negro and a graduate Of
Wet Wash College is a non-signifi-
cant coincidence.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
St. James Choir
Fourth Sunday
Musical MAY e

Mrs. Josephine Hagan, head res
ident of ODER Club for Boys, will be
the guest speaker at the Fourth
Sunday night musical sponsored by
the Senior choir of st. James A. NJ.
E. church, St. Paul, May % at 8
p. m.
Guest talent to appear on the
program are Prentice Harris, Myra
McAdams, Villa Mae Barber, Clara
Mae Davis, Frances PEBBLES and
Prof. NJ. Barber. Mrs. Gertrude
Boldly and Miss Constance Duke
are co-chairmen. The public is well
coined by those in charge.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
Don Marshall
Is Now Aviation
MachiniSt Mate

Donald Jay Marshall, son of Rob-
ert W. (Bob) Marshall, $3.50 Fourth
Ave. So, Minneapolis, has complet-
ed the course of training in the
Aviation Machinist's Mate school
and is now a Seaman Second Class.
Donald entered the U. S. Navy in
August, 194S, and received his boot
training at the Naval Training Sta
ton at Great Lakes, Ill. He attend
ed Central High school in Mime
apolis and before entering the Navy
was an electricians trainee in the
Kayser Shipyards in California.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
Mexican Official Joins
Committee for Per-
nnnnanf EEPC

Washington, (NNPA) - Accept
ance of membership on the National
Committee for a permanent FEPC
by Ernesto Galarza, chief of the
Division of Labor and Social Infor-
nation of the Pan American I'm
ion, has been announced by the
Committee.
Mr.. Galarza is a Mexican. Many
of the problems now handled by the
present FEPC and many of those
which would naturally come before
the proposed permanent body In
volve persons of Mexican birth and
parentage.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
Tulsa Daily
Managing Editor
to Join Tribune

William P. Steven, for seven
years managing editor of the
TULSA TRIBUNE, Oklah ON a
daily, will become the managing
e editor of the MINNEAPOLIS
TRIBUNE.
Although Steven has worked in
the South for ID years he was born
in Eau Claire, Wis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
Attention. All Singers

If you belong to a choir or
any singing group in Mime
apOIis, st. Paul or Duluth, don't
fail to have your organization
register at once for the Twin
City Elks' first big musical
festival to be held during the
month Of July. Outstanding
awards to be given. Registra-
ton free. Write J. w. Pate,
General Chairman, 1896 So.
Fourth Avenue, Minneapolis, or
call Cherry 1923.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
William Bailey
Suffers Stroke

VIM. Bailey, 3S45 Fourth Ave.
&c., suffered a slight stroke Tues
day morning, May %, and is now
confined at Minneapolis General
hospital.
Mr.. Bailey is a Minneapolis club
employee.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
VISITORS

Among the visitors at this news
paper office this week were, Miss
Osceola Wright, Mauria ]. Griffin,
Lee Bland, Ken Robinson, James
Eiford, Mrs. Mary Crump, Clarence
Palmer, Mrs. Spencer Smith, Wyatt
C. Pierro, Mrs. Pearle Brown, Mrs.
Elsie McMoore, Mrs. Evelyn Ban
narn, Minneapolis. Pvt. Samuel L.
Scheiner, Camp San Luis Obispo,
Calf, and Marvin R. Shivers, Los
Angeles, Calf.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
Dorothy Schuck
Becomes Member
of u. of M. Groups

Miss Dorothy Schuck, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Schuck, 500
Rondo Ave-, was initiated into the
University of Minnesota Chapter of
Eta Sigma Epsilon, education soror-
ity for senior women, at the King
Cole Hotel, Thursday evening, May
25. On Saturday, May Is, Miss
Schuck was initiated into the Cos
mopolitan Club at the Coffman
Memorial Union on the University
of Minnesota Campus.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
Jolly Sixteen
Clubs Annual
Musical Sunday

The Jolly Sixteen Clubs annual
Twilight musical will be held Sun
day evening, May %, at the st.
Peters A. M. E. Annex, 349 E. 38th
St., from 6:45 to 8 p. m. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
CORRECTION

In the story of the death of Abb
raham Rennix in this paper May
10, the fact that he is survived by
a nephew Jerome Robineau was not
given.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
Col. Johnson
Coming Here

Lt.-Col. Campbell c. Johnson,
special assistant to General Lewis
Hershey, national director Of SeIec-
tive Service, will visit the Twin
Cities in June.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
MILDRED MUDGETT TO
LEAD SATURDAY LUNCH
CTJTR DJCTIICSInN

Mildred Mudgett of the Univer-
sity will lead a discussion on the
Negro at the Saturday Lunch Club
meeting at Miller's Cafeteria, Sat-
urday, May 81, at 1890 p. m.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
EbOue, First Negro
French Governor, Dies
In Egyptian Hospital

WASHINGTON, d. G. (NNPA) Felix Eboue ebony
hued Governor General of French Equatorial Africa the
whom the entire United Nations indebted for his
resisting Vchy France and making possible the turning
point of the through the North African Campaign
dead His death reported this week by RADIO FRANCE
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
Corporal Pullum
Corporal

Corporal
s e m o r.
(B u d d y
Pullum is
stationed at
Scott Field,
Ill. His
wife, Erie,
liv e s a t
2909 Gar
field, Min
nea polls.
Two weeks
a G o, Cpl.
Pullu ms
photo ap-
peared in
this paper
w i t h a
Ou d of
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
CHURCH TO
DO $1,000 IMPROVEMENT

Christ Temple Pentecostal
church, 1893 Chatsworth, will spend
81 900 to repair the church.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-26
Attention Please!

Tuesday, May 80, being Mem
orial Day, correspondents, adj
vertisers, ETC., should get their
copy to our Office as early as pos
sible. .... ...
Copy deadline is Wednesday
night at 5 p. m. as usual.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-07
BRISTOL COMPANY TOPS BOND QUOTA Platts Mills War Plant Oversubscribes $S6,OOO
 Quota By $500

Congratulations from executives of War Savings Staffs throughout the state and manufacturing plants in the Waterbury area have been numerous today at the Bristol Com pany following the announcement yesterday afternoon at 4:30 that the Platts Mills war plant had overSub- scribed its $S6,o0O cash quota in the Sixth War Loan drive by $500, six days after the campaign officially opened at Bristol's. Investments in the bonds continue at a merry pace today and indications are that the established quota will be greatly ex- ceeded.
 The Bristol Company quota in the Fifth War Loan drive was $135, ,000, with a total of over $150,000 being subscribed. This remarkable record provided g ambulances for our fighting forces.
 Bristol Company employees have averaged 95 percent participation in payroll allotments for bonds for the past year with average allotments in all departments of the organization in Waterbury, and in the field, reg istering over Il percent for that pe- riod.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-07
Investors Faith In Future Revives Stock Exchange After Years Of Quiet

But-and this is offered as a pos- sible explanation why the market broke when Mussolini's custer promised to shorten the war, and again when Anglo American armies made the Germans run in France stock buyers are worried about the state of American planning and preparation for the switch to a ciy- ilian economy. :.
 They realize that 1t will take some time for industrial plants to convert. During this period they are told there will be- linemplo ploynnent ranging from estimates of 4!000, 900 to l4,OO0, ,OO. Public works, to tide over this period, will pay much less than war workers have been getting of late, and this will mean tempo rary economizing in family expen- ditureS.
 The result is that while the ex- pertS profess utmost confidence in what will happen ultimately, they confess complete inability to guess what will happen during the first six months to year after Ger man.. capitulates.
 There seems to be an accumula- ton of begged selling orders or perhaps only of mental decision to sell at a predetermined level = against which the stock market butts its head every time it tries to gallop. Buying pushes prices up, they reach the level at which the smart boys have decided to get out, selling develops, and the market WeakenS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-07
North Country Votes In Snow

Rome, Nov. 7-UP)-Activity in- creased all along the entire Italian front with improving weather today and Polish troops of the Eeighth Army advanced as much as 1000 yards to occupy several villages and hill features, including Monte Mag giore, eight miles southwest of 1mo- la on the Bologna -Rimini highway.
 A communique said the Polish troops met stiff enemy resistance in the drive toward Imola. an im- portant junction point on the high way 19 miles east of Bologna
 Other Eighth Army forces were still stalled along the Romeo River at Forli, another focal point on the Pc aVlley'S main highway 18 miles east of Imola, and front reports said the Germans were heavily shelling the Allied lines.
 American patrols of the Fifth Army were active in the mountains below Bologna, but there were no reports of any noteworthy gains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-07

swarm of bees wondering whether or not to get angry.
 After years of relative quiet, the Exchange appears to be coming to life. Sales are increasing slowly but noticeably. There is. a general feeling in the investment business that the Exchange is going to play substantial part in the postwar era. As a result, those memberships that rose in early 1929 to $500,LJ0 (net) and sank in early 1942 to $17,- 900, now have worked their way back up to $75,000.
 For whatever it may be worth, as measure of financial sentiment about the country's future, the up- swing started early in 1943 and has continued. The first 1943 sale was at $27,000. The first 1924 sale was at $48,000. The big rise has come since the beginning of last May.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-07
of Public Welfare.

ment of Public Welfare.
 Three additional institutes have been set with special interest for workers in schools, churches and recreation agencies. How to de- velop recreation programs and gear them to the needs of returning serv- icemen and other special groups are among the subjects for considera- tion. Discussions will be led by Miss Leah Milkman, faculty mem- Der of the New York School of Social Work, Mrs. Mary Eidson Crawford, assistant director, Union Settlement, Hartford and Nathan Cohen. director of the Jewish Gen. ter Division, National Jewish Vel fare Board, New York.
 The institutes which will take place on the first day of the con- ference will be held at the YMCA from 10:30 to 12:30 in the morn- ing and from 2:30 to 4::30 in the aft- ernoon. The second day of the con- ference will be devoted to general sessions and section meetings which will be held at Sprague Hall and nearby buildings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-07
Compensation Agreements

Compensation Commissioner John J. O'Connell today approved the fol- lowing agreements for weekly pay ments during disability or for spe- cific payment in case of permanent injury: v.
 Edwin T. Johnson of Naugatuck against Connecticut Railay and Lighting Company, of Bridgeport, $27.4t beginning September 28. in- jury to left foot.
 Edward Cunning of Union City against Naugatuck Chemical, divi- sion of U. s. Rubber Company. $15.34 for 2.4 weeks, five per cent disability of left index finger.
 Sam Lepore of PIP Bishop street against Eyelet Speciality Company, $50 beginning October 29, fracture of right great toe.
 John Ambrozaitis of 400 Country Club road against American Brass Company, $3O beginning November 2, burns of left eye.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-07
FRANCIS J. SIMKO
 KILLED IN ITALY

Torrington, Nov. 7-Private Fran cis J. Simko, son of MT. and Mrs.
 Stephen Simko of 3O9 East Elrn
 street. was killed in action in Italy on October l.. according to a War
 Department telegram. received by his parents. His parents received a telegram last week reporting him mSising in action Born in Torring- ton, he was a graduate of Torring- ton High School and was employed at Turner and Seymour Mfg. Com. pany before he entered the Army October IA, 1943. He was assigned to overseas duty March g and served one month in North Africa, with an infantry unit before trans fer to Italy. He was a member of Unity Circle. K of C., and First Catholic Sokol Jednota. Besides bis parents he leaves two sisters, Anna and Dorothy Simko, and one broth CT, Private Stephen Sinlko sta- toned at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. A solemn high Mass of requiem for the repose of his soul will be celebrated Tuesday at 8 a. m. at Sacred Heart church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-07

By the time war security permits the visitors gallery to open again, the Exchange should be more ex- citing place than it was just before Pearl Harbor. But 1t may never again attain the hecticity of the late 1920's-if for no other reason than that, under present policies, many old gamling practices have been made difficult and relatively unprofitable.
 One can't play around with 10 per cent margins any more, and hope to make a fortune with al- most no investment. Nor is it so easy for sharpers to manipulate stocks to their own enrichment, the impoverishment of the lay sucker, and the stimulation of large stock turnovers on the floor. Even the circulation of innocently inten- tioned speculative rumors is ac-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-07
VETERAN ENGINE
 PUTS IN 16-HOUR DAYFOR ARM '

Mobile. Ala, Nov. 7.-4dke many ,old-timers who have come out ox retirement to help the war et1org along. the ''Lady of the Lake 2 locomotive of 1908 vintage. today .is putting in . full l6zhopr a-dag schedule.
 The oIady of the Lake" 2 former road or passenger engine, was calea out of retirement by the Army, ana converted into a switch engine. Be- cause of the extremely Qute manner in which she goes about the bust ness of the day, the CTS at Fort Benning, Ga, cl1ristened the locQ7 motive with the poetic name sne'
 Her .fiye-man crew represents % years of railrod experience, plus the considerable number the Lady" has.
 While the .'Lady of the LakeY never really. goes anywhere, she does cover a lot of ground. Work inf: her full 16-hour schedule, the sI'ady" covers an average o3 1.20q miles per month as she goes about her daily task of shunting box cars to and from the warehouses at Mobile Air Service ConlmaId depot here. v
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-07

lively frowned upon now.
 The Stock Exchange today seldom makes front page news. But it is operating, more efficiently than ever before, on a pretty substantial scale. By its very freedom from the old fevered gamling it is in bet ter position to serve it's legitimate purpose as a market place in which those who want securities can buy, those who no longer want them can sell, and those who want to finance businesses can get money for me- gotiable shares in the profits.
 For the long run, the experts are bulnsh about stock prices. They feel that the huge damned up de- mand for civilian goods, backed by enormous savings with which to pay, are certain to make well-chosen industrial securities worth holding. Postwar tax cuts would help.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-07
BY s. BURTON HEATH NEA Staff CorrespOndent)


 New York, Nov. 7Two-dollar brokers can afford now-a-days to smoke cigarettes. The good old days when 6 smoke cost $40 have gone-if not forever, at least much farther than just around. the cor ner. y.M
 Chances are you. couldn't get into the visitors gallery at the Stock Exchange today. 1tyis reserved for personal guests of members and their partners, and for men and women in United Nations uniforms, as 8 war precaution. If you did ob- tain access, you would see quite a different floor scene than the one of around IS years ago when visit to the Exchange was one of the standard tourist sights of New York.
 The average day now sees from 60O,O00 to 100000 shares of stock changing hands at the fifteen posts" which no longer are posts but horeshoe trading booths. That is a lot more than the 129,650 shares that set a modern low Au- gust 19, 1940-but it seems triv- ial contrasted with the 16,4l0,030 shares that were traded October 29, 1929, when the ticker ran three or four hours behind in a frantic att tempt to record all transactions.
 In the busy days of the late 1920's "two-dollar brokers" flat fee men who then received. g for each transaction they handled, regard less of its size, had so much busi- ness that for every cigarette they left the floor to smoke they figured they lost 20 commissions or $40.
 EXCHANGE IS BUSIER
 Nowadays g broker-who no longer gets that flat fee, but slid ing scale commission on-assumeS that he probably won't lose more than one sale in the time 1t takes to consume a cigarette.
 On busy days now, perhaps 800 of the Exchanges 1875 members will be present. On quieter days attend ance may run as low as around 400 members. There is nothing ot schoolroom quietude about the floor, even on a relatively dull day, The business of buying and selling securities is 8 highly vocal one Often not more than one of the F posts" on the main floor will be busy, but the hum that rises from all over the floor is like that of g
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-07
FLORIO POST
 HONORS DEAD
Memorial Mass Read At LOurdes Church for
 Heroes of Two Wars

The memory of Waterbury men who have lost their lives in World War and II was honored by Florio post, Italian-Anaerican World War Veterans, at a memorial Mass at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes Sunday. Msgr. Joseph Valdan1brini read the names of 19 communicants of his church who lost their lives in the first World War and 19 who lost their lives in the present war. 1870 communicants of the church are now in the armed forces, he re- vealed.
 After the service, the veterans group marched to Library park where Comdr. Michael DPrimio placed a wreath at the honor roll. Nicholas Mancini was parade mar shal. Church call and taps were sounded by Bugler Raymond Walk CT, the St. Thomas Boys Brigade was in the line of march.