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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
Woodland Funeral
Home Carries On

Theodore Woodland, funeral di-
rector, owner and manager of the
Woodland Funeral Home, 11OS Lyn-
dale Avenue No., told reporters Of
this newspaper this week that con-
tinued, prompt and efficient service
can be expected from the Woodland
Funeral Home.
Mr.. Woodland related how he and
his father, the late McDuff Wood
ard, started the business more than
ten years ago with limited equip
ment. He feels the wise counsel of
his father and the strenuous work
on his part is responsible for their
success thus far.
Recognized as the most fully
equipped funeral home west of Chi
cago, operated by a Negro, the
funeral home owns its own hearse
and four large funeral cars. It is
also equipped with modern lighting
system, a rolling stock and casket
room. The place was recently I'M
sulated and redecorated and the
chapel made sound proof.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
Rites Today
for Mrs. Dunlap,
Wife of Soldier

Mrs. Viola Elizabeth Dunlap, 33,
334 Rondo Ave., who had been i'll
for some time, died very suddenly
at Ancker hospital, Sunday, Feb. 81.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day (today), March 8, at Brooks
Funeral Home chapel at 2 p. m
Rev. C. T. R. Nelson will officiate.
Interment will be at Elmhurst GENE
terry.
Her husband, Corporal Alphonso
Dunlap, Camp Livingston, La; two
sisters, Mrs. Irene Smith, and Mrs,
Hortense Baker, st. Paul; two
brothers, Corporal Louis Johnson
Camp Ham, Calf, and Roland
Armstrong, Chicago, survive.
Cpl. Louis johnson learned of his
sisters death after arriving in St.
Paul on furlough.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
Danny Allen,
Former Resident,
Dies California

Word was received in st. Paul
this week of the death, Jan. 10, in
Los Angeles of Danny Allen, for
mer st. Paul resident.
Allen was well known here and
was the brother of Lieut.. Richard
"Dick" Allen of the U. S. Army.
The deceased attended the Univer-
sity of Minnesota for a time and
had many friends here.
Relatives or friends seeking in
formation regarding his death may
write to Mrs. Valerie Debow, pro-
prietor, New Orleans Hotel, 551
So. Central Ave-, Los Angeles.
California.
This newspaper was furnished
news of his death by Sylvania
Roberts, another former Twin
Citian who now resides in Cali
fornia.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
War Department Raped
for Failure to Utilize
,.;;;;NE Negro Troops in Combat
piSSSSr!tHorn
Named to FEPC
By President

Washington, D. C.-The Wash
ington bureau of the National Ne
gro Publishers Association reported
Tuesday that President Roosevelt
had asked Charles L. Horn of Min
neapolis to accept membership on
the Presidents Fair Employment
Practices Committee. No confrma-
ton was Forthcoming from the
White House.
The FEPC probes and reports to
President Roosevelt fragrant dis
elimination by unions and industry
against people on account of race,
creed or color.
Wednesday in Minneapolis Mr..
Horn, president of Federal Cart
ridge Corp, would not confirm or
deny the Washington rumor.
Wednesday nights Minneapolis
Star Journal carried story from
its Washington Bureau stating the
appointment of Horn is expected
soon.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03

armed services, though the Demo
Gratis commended that under Roose-
welt the Negro soldier, sailor and
marine have achieved a greater de-
gree of participation in the armed
forces than at any other period in
the history of our country.
Both Democrats and Republicans,
in almost identical words con-
demned and deplored the "unholy
and vicious alliance of reactionary
Republicans and Southern Demo-
Gratis in undermining the funda-
mental principles of American de-
mocracy," with the "avowed OBJ
jectives of defeating progressive
legislation and maintaining So
called white supremacy
Congressman William L. Daw-
son (D) of Illinois, gave his full
support and endorsement to the
meeting. He appeared as speaker
on the opening day and proposed
the resolution for endorsement of
the President for a fourth term. The
resolution was adopted without a
dissenting voice.
Speaking of the Republican reso-
lutions adopted in Chicago, Dawson
said: 'There isn't a single point
in the Republican resolutions from
the Chicago meeting which hasn't
been put in force already by
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Sure"
he said, 1--WE have some bad folks
in the Democratic Party. If it were
left to me, I'd put them out. But
there are some worse ones in the
Republican party"
Referring to the coalition of Re-
publicans and Southern Democrats,
he said. "When I see the combina-
ton of Republicans and reactionary
Democrats from the South, welded
together because of the Presidents
liberal policies toward the Negro,
I say, if the Republicans want
them, they can take them"
The coming of June and July and
the party conventions, said observ-
ers, will tell the story of which
party, if either, respects the power
an intelligent Negro ballot can
WELD,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
Bilbo Makes Political
Plum Of D. G.. Welfare

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Wash-
ingtonians, both white and colored,
got a glimpse of the "intense in
terest" of Senator Bilbo in running
the affairs of the District of Co.
lumbia when he named, this week,
resident of Mississippi as the new
counsel for the Senate District COM
mittee. The job of counsel for the
committee was created in order to
give the chairman of the committee
the services Of someone thoroughly
acquainted with the affairs and
problems of the District through
long residence and interest, in order
to relieve the chairman of details
and advise him.
Bilbo's selection, made in the in
terest of political patronage rather
than the welfare of the District, is
James Ozro Day, United States Dis
trict Attorney for the Northern
District of Mississippi. He is from
Tutwiler, Miss.
Considerable concern has been
voiced by District residents as to
how Mr.. Day can gain the back
ground information required for in
telligent legislative work on behalf
of a city in which he has never
lived. Negroes here are addition
ally concerned over the probability
that Day, a close friend of Bilbo's,
will attempt to bring the rest of
Mississippi's mores into Washing
ton, which already is a paradox to
its name-the capital Of world de-
mocracy.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
Earl w. Lacey
T.CO.P. Guard
Dies Suddenly

Earl Edward Lacey, 81 years old,
war plant guard, died suddenly
Monday at his home, 1913 E. 38th
St., Minneapolis.
Lacey's death was unexpected.
After recovering from a serious
heart attack he had recently been
returned home from a hospital as a
convalescent.
Lacey was a native of Lexington,
Mo-, and has lived in Minneapolis
for many years.
The deceased was we'll known,
having been a foreman at the Mil
waukee shops for several years.
For almost 20 years he was door
man at the Minneapolis Athletic
club. There he became known to
many Minneapolis leaders.
For the past two years he has
been a member of the Twin Cities
Ordnance Plant guard force.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day, March 2, at 2 p. m. at St.
Peter A. M. E. church, with Rev
A. J. IRVINE officiating.
Palestine Lodge F. & A. M. of
which he was a member gave the
Masonic rites.
Interment was at Crystal Lake
cemetery. He is survived by his
wife Annie and daughter, Mrs,
Grace Bryant, and others.
The Woodland Funeral Home had
charge of burial arrangements.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
Lenten Speaker
at Red Wing

Rev. Clarence T. R. Nelson was
guest preacher at the union Lenten
services Wednesday night, March
1, at the Covenant Church, Red
Wing, MINI. Cooperating in the
services are the Methodist, Baptist,
Presbyterian and Covenant denom-
nations.
The Camphor church pastor
spoke on Thursday afternoon,
March 2, to the Woman's Society
Of Christian Service of the Metho-
dist Church in LeSueur on "The
Negro-The Test Of American
Democracy"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
Lieut.. Hawkins
and Sister June
Coming Home

Lieut.. Clifford Hawkins, stationed
at Camp Ellis, ILL.,, and his sister
June, now playing the role OF
frankie in Carmen Jones, on Broad
way in New York, will meet in Min
neapolis, Saturday, March 4, for a
family reunion at the home of their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford W.
Hawkins, ST., 419 Colfax Ave. N,
and their brother, Hollis.
Lieut.. Hawkins wife, Evelyn, ex-
pecting the arrival of the stork,
could not accompany her husband
on the trip. She is living in Peoria,
ILL.,, near her husband.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
Willing Workers
Present PLAYERS

The Willing Workers club of St.
James A. M. E. church, st. Paul,
will sponsor the La Sorrels players
in a comedy drama, Southern Gin
derella," on Tuesday, March 7, at
8 p. m. at the church, Dale and West
Central.
"a Southern Cinderella" is the
climax of popularity contest that
has been held among the members
of the Willing Workers club. The
public is invited to witness the
selection of the most popular girl.
Prizes will be awarded. Admission
will be free.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
of Both Parties
Agree on Race Needs;
Differ on Party Lines
washington Bureau
National Negro Publishers Association

Washington Bureau
National Negro Publishers Association
WASHINGTON, D. CA unity
of Negro thought, though differing
in political party affiliation, has
been demonstrated by proposals
almost identical in their expression
of the needs and demands of their
race as made by Negro Democrats
and Republicans to their respective
National Committees in separate
meetings held in Washington ard
Chicago.
Observers agreed that the masses
of Negro voters, holding their bal
lots in suspense" without giving
either party prior claim, will
watch with interest the coming con-
ventions in June and July to see
whether either, both, or neither
party adopts the suggestions and
demands of the Negro party leaders
in the party platforms to be form
ulated at that time.
At a meeting last week in Wash
ington, over so Democratic party
workers-the men and women who
get out the votes-representing 10
pivotal states where Negroes can
WELD the balance of power, went
on record without dissenting vote
as endorsing Franklin Delano
Roosevelt for a fourth term.
They declared, however, that
despite the social and economic ad-
vances made under Roosevelt's adj
ministrations, they met to devise
ways and means of continuing the
acquisition and fuller enjoyment"
of (1) the right to work at a de-
cent wage, (2) the right to a decent
and healthful home, (3) the right
to education for all, az the right
to adequate Social Security, and
(5) the right to equality before the
law.
They recommended (which recon-
mendations later will be submitted
to the Democratic National Com
mittee) that certain specific steps
be taken in the interest of Negro
welfare and progress in this
country. Their proposals, made as
recommendations, paralleled those
made as demands by the Republi-
cans meeting two weeks ago in
Chicago.
The Democratic leaders proposed
passage of anti-poll tax legislation
and the Green-Lucas soldier vote
bill-the Republicans proposed a
law to obtain universal suffrage
and to abolish the white primary
system in the South.
The Democrats recommended
passage of the Dawson-Scanlon bill
for a permanent FEPC-the Re-
publicans, failing to mention FEPC
by name, nevertheless proposed
legislative creation of committee
to combat discrimination in en-
ployment.
The group in Washington urged
broadening of the Social Security
programme Chicago meeting
went on record for enactment of
adequate legislation to protect
workers in industry.
Both groups proposed federal aid
to housing to meet the needs Of the
greater bulk of Negroes and other
low income families.
Both meetings insisted that Ne
groes be placed in policymadng
positions in the government.
There was condemnation by both
groups Of discrimination in the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
Lieut.. David M.
Hall Sends Love

First Lieutenant David M. Hall,
formerly Of st. Paul, sent love to
his friends in letter received this
week by Mrs. Eva "Mama" Neal,
531 st. Anthony Ave., at whose
home he once resided.
Lieut.. Hall who was embarking
for overseas duty said he had been
in command of his company since
last November. He is the son of
David and Annie Hall, both de-
ceased. His mother, Annie, was one
of the first Negro newspaper wom-
en- in this area.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
Mrs. Cora Curry
Dies at 81

Mrs. Cora Curry, 879 Albermerle,
age 81, died Wednesday, Feb. %,
at her home. Funeral services were
held Saturday, Feb. 26, at 2 p. M,
at st. James A. M. E. church, with
Rev. B. N. Moore officiating. Inter-
ment was at Oakland cemetery. RI
She is survived by her husband,
Leonard, a sister, Mrs. Stella Rob-
erts, st. Paul, and a brother, Will
liam Brown, who came from Mil
waukee, Wis, to attend the funeral.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03

His advice on the gravity of the
situation is presumed to have
come from Secretary of War, Henry
L. Stimson.
The statement of the President,
in which he says "there is very
real danger in our failure to sup
ply trained requirements at the
time and in the numbers required"
has come right on the heels of
Stimson's reply to Rep. Hamilton
Fish's inquiry regarding the failure
of the Army to use Negroes in
combat overseas.
In his reply, Mr.. Stimson made
the broad indictment aginst Ne
groes that their soldier efficiency
records are so low that "many of
the Negro units have been unable to
master efficiently the techniques of
modern weapons" He admits that
Negro units with long periods of
training have been and are being
converted to service units. He
particularly mentions, in his adj
mission, the 930th and 931st Field
Artillery Battalions, formerly the
84th Field Artillery Regiment
which was formed from the old
9th Illinois National Guard, which
he said was inefficient. The men
had been in training for almost
3 years when they were transferred,
except for training cadre, to the
Quartermaster and Engineering
corps.
Despite Stimson's accusations of
inefficiency, the opinion has been
expressed to this correspondent, by
high military authorities, that there
is an aversion on the part of Army
brass hats and theater commanders
to having combat units under COM
mand of Negro officers. The 930th
and 931st had a complete Negro Of
ficer personnel.
With the attitude Stimson ex-
pressed in his letter to Rep. Fish
on the inefficiency of Negro troops
though the only combat units
given a chance in this war, the
goth Pursuit Squadron and the
450th Anti-Aircraft battalion, have
covered themselves with heroic
glory-it is assumed that he has
discounted the Army's 10 per cent
Negro personnel in computing bat
tie requirements.
This biased attitude was no doubt
reflected in his report to the Presi-
dent which gave rise to Roosevelt's
memo to McNutt and Hershey on
the gravity of the armed service
manpower situation. 1t has also led
to the withdrawal of great ma
jority of the men who were re-
ceiving Army Special Training in
colleges throughout the country.
The President, of course, has no
alternative but to take the esti-
mates and information given him
by his trusted cabinet officers.
Negro leaders have posed the
question is whether a man with
Stimson's attitude should longer be
trusted where the war production,
food production, the family ties and
even the lives of all Americans
hang in the balance?
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
Emusic AS You Like
1t" Club $50 Topic

Club 1868" of Halle @. Brown
will present Frances Hughes, IL
brarian, in lecture on Emusic As
You Like It." Sunday, at 8 p. M,
in the music room Of the House.
Mrs. Hughes will be assisted by
Gladys L. Harris and John M.
Whitaker. The discussion will be
on Negro music.
This is the eighth of a series of
recitals and lectures being pre-
scented by the Club. Adults as well
as the teen ayers are invited to
attend.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
They're i'm Navy Now!

The new recruits at the Great
Lakes, ILL.,, Naval Training Station
are Melvin Leonard Hammond, II,
2741 S. Clinton Ave; Herman Off
Ger, 81, Minneapolis; Curtis William
Duke, IL, 800 W. Central Ave-, and
Earl Daniel Salazar, 1889 Hawley
Ave-, st. Paul.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
Secretary Claims Negro
Troops Are Unable to
Master Modern Weapons
Roosevelt Orders Deferment Review While
StimsOn Bars Negroes from Combat
(By Harry MeAIpn, Washington Bureau NNPA)

Washington, D. CA critical situation in manpower for
the armed forces has led the President in memorandum
last Saturday to Paul Mcutt of VINO and Major General
Hershey of the $751; to order review of all occupaona de-
femens and to suggest raising the nodeferrabe age from
% 26 years He saws ut is time to strike new balance
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
BIRTHDAYS

Birthday greetings in Minneapolis to:
Mrs. J. C. Virgins, 2431 Fourth Ave. s.,
March 8; Mrs. w. E. Stovall, 1915 Fifth
Ave. s., March 10. In st. Paul to: Louis
White, Jr., 727 Thomas Ave-, Feb. 20 I;
Brewer Lee Clark, ITO st. Anthony, March
8 Mrs. Gertrude Boldly, 607 st. Anthony /;
Jerry Bell, March IL; Mrs. Amanda Bell,
531 st. Anthony Ave, March II.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03

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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
DIVORCES GRANTED
M pHNkCEY

In Ramsey County district courts re-
Gently divorces were granted James R.
and Delgracia Turner, and Harry and
Virgilee Jenkins Washington.
Norma Stokes Beauford was awarded q
divorce from Milton Beauford.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
VISITORS

Visitors to the Spokesman and Recorder
office were josephine Pullens, Howard
Englund, Carroll Melloy, Leonard H.
Minis, Earl Bell, r. H. Early, Mrs. Mar
jorie Campbell, Misses Olive Allen, Mrs.
]. c. Virgins, Oneida Jones, George L.
Millunchick, Hiawatha Tatum, Mrs. Emma
Simms and Hardy White, Minneapolis
Mrs. Annie Mae Brown and Mrs. Barbara
Warren, st. Paul.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-03
CHARLES ANDERSON FOUND

Charles c. Anderson, 81, 557 Rondo,
was found guilty Tuesday BY Judge Carlton
Mentally of the Ramsey County district
bench Of carnal knowledge Of . 16-year
girl. tE
Sentence was deferred until March 6.
II Is reported at press time that Judge
MeNally gave Anderson sentence in
prison up to seven years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27

They showed Pete's head into a
tavern and scared a few patrons
and finally got a friend TO drive
them 10 the Times.
Pete handed each a SIS War
Bond and S6,25 in War Stamps
for their trouble.
Eve tried on his shoes and
frisked him for cigarets," ST.
mon said. but II was no go. 80
we decided To collect the re-
ward
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
Sees Jersey for FDR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 QNS)
Former Gov. Moore of New
Jersey told President Roosevelt
that he believed the President
would roll up a majority of 100,-
600 over Dewey in that state Nov.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27

had thought to remove the body.
Then. Tuesday morning. he was
discovered missing and a kidnap
plot was suspected. Police found
finger smudgeS. small boy size. on
the huge sign and began seeking
out neighborhood small fry.
The people in charge of kid
naped dummies at Plymouth Of
fered the reward through the
Times and results were remark
able.
PITY FOR POOR PETE
The three youths turned up
with Pete in tow in the Times
city room and explained they had
found him right close to the sign.
board and took pity on him. They
had no idea how he got down
from his second-story perch.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
Pete the Stuffed Painter Us Home

Pete. the Plymouth Painter, is
back home today through the
good graces of three high school
students who saw his white over
all-clad form lying in some tall
weeds and turned him in to The
Detroit Times for a 500 War
Bond reward.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27
EVERY ONE WORRIED

\ Pete is 7-foot dummy of Mr..
Average Sign Painter. For three
days, starting last Friday, he sat
on a scaffold in front of a Plym-
outh signboard at Holcomb and E.
Jefferson, making like a man
painting a sign.
The neighborhood was worried
for a while. because they thought
maybe Pete had died and nobody
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-27

They were Bill Macdonald, 16,
2440 Mcclellan: Bill Simon. 10,
1914 Pennsylvania, and Ed Peitz.
II, 1917 Parkview. All are stu
dents at Annunciation High
School.
NO TRANSPORTATION
PETIT, spokesman for the res
cuers of Pete, said they had read
the dummy had been snatched
and they were carting him 10 ST.
mons home for the night when a
police prowl car stopped them.
They explained and proved Pete
was not drunk and went on
through alleys.
They tried to board a Kerche-
val streetcar but the motorman
lust shook his head and speeded
up" PETIT said.
Evening star., 1944-09-17
WCTU Leader Predicts
Return Of Prohibition
~ the Associated Press.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. l6.-The
return Of prohibition--with better
enforcement than last time-was
predicted last night by Mrs. D. Leigh
Colvin Of New York, vice president
Of the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union, as result of "the sight
Of girls clustered at bars"
Mrs. Colvin declared at the
WCTU's 10th annual convention
that during prohibition she never
saw IN intoxicated girl on the streets
Of New York and added:
Since repeal I have seen nice
looking young girls in my neighbor-
hood well loaded before noon. The
sight of girls clustered at bars gulp-
ing down hard liquor is distasteful
to drinkers and nondrinkers alike
and will soon nauseate the Nation
to action"
She described liquor interests a.
already scared to death" that pro-
hibition was returning and said they
were enlisting the aid OF church
groups to keep young people out OF
drinking establishments.
In an opening address, the ma
uonal president, Mrs. Ida B. Wise
Smith Of Evanston, Ill.,, urged de-
feat Of all wet" candidates in the
coming elections.