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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29

mattely 60 of the walters, Attorney
Crispus A. Wright represented two,
David Williams one, and Donald
Mckay one. Two stewards repre-
sented by Attorney Morris Levine
also appeared for arraignment.
One waiter stated that he had no
attorney and intended to use no
attorney.
The clerk of the court read the
indictment and each defendant was
asked as to what his plea was. At
torney Gordon, representing the
large group of walters, moved the
court for additional time to con-
slider the indictment before he al
lowed his clients to plead. Other
attorneys present Joined in the
said motion and the court did con-
tinue the plea on said Indictment to
December 26, at II a. m.
In statement to the press, Cor
don said that there are more than
just two pleas to an indictment.
Most people, he said, thought there
were only two pleas-one guilty"
and the other mot guilty." but that
an attorney could attack the in
dictment and claim it did not state
public offense. He might move
to quash the indictment on many
and numerous grounds or he might
demur to the indictment and that
before entering any pleas these
acts should be carefully considered
because once a defendant pleads
mot guilty" it is too late to bring
up these other objections to form.
In the event that pleas are en-
tered on December &c, the time
and date of trial will then be set.
The defendants comprise one of
the three groups of railroad work
ers totaling 1876 who were indicted
by Federal grand jury. They are
accused of stealing money in Union
Pacific dining cars on the Chal-
lenger, by manipulation of meal
checks, causing losses amounting
to 100000 a year. Pleas for an
other group arraigned a week ago
were also set for Dec. 26. Approx
mately 80 additional defendants
will be arraigned Dec. 26, according
to Asst. U. S. Atty. Homer Bell.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29

Mrs. Lucille Thomas of Topeka,
Kans., is in the city visiting her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Robbins, and he1
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Smith, at 3725
Fourth Ave. S.
Sgt. Clarence Hammond arrived
in the city Dec. Is, from Tampa
Fla, to be at the bedside of his
mother, Mrs. D. H. Hammond, 2741
Clinton Ave-, who was confined al
Fairview Hospital with pneumonia
Mrs. Hammond was brought home
from the hospital Christmas day
Sgt. Hammond will leave for his
station Saturday, Dec. 80.
Enlists in Navy: Homer Beas.
ley, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Beasley, 9O4 Bryant Ave. NJ, en-,
listed in the Navy last week. He
left for Great Lakes training sta,
ton, Tuesday, Dec. &c.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
Boston Store
Hires Eight
Negro Clerks
From Afro-American)

Boston, Mass. - Gilchrist and
Company Department Store set a
precedent here this week by being
the first to hire colored saleswo-
men.
The company was one of six in
vited to meet and discuss the posi-
bility of disseminating segregation
employment policies. Representa-
tives of one store refused to at
tend the meeting, and four others
refused to employ other than white
saleswomen.
Gilchrist which has employed
eight, has placed them in posts
throughout the store.
The Radcliffe College student pa
per, commencing this action, says
editorially:
"For some time now, the Urban
League of Boston has been work
ing for just such action. But only
now, when it has been difficult
for stores to find additional help,
have their efforts been successful.
Before, colored girls were dis
couraged from entering the mer-
chandising business in Boston be-
cause chances of finding employ
ment were so poor.
"Gilchrist'S has long been noted
for its good relationship between
employers and employees. This re-
cent action is but another example
of their liberal policies. But this is
only the first step. The employ
ment of these girls is just for the
Christmas holidays, and probably
will be terminated shortly after.
"This store has set a new prece-
dent, the Importance of which
should not be underestimated. It is
practical groundwork which can be
adopted by other stores. Eventu-
ally it can become an accepted and
universal policy in Boston.
"This will, in part, depend on
public action. A favorable opinion,
written in a letter or postcard to
Gilchrist's will encourage them to
continue this policy and will go a
long way toward promoting it's ex-
tension to other stores in this city.
If this precedent can be perman-
emily established, it will be small
but, nevertheless, important step
in our fight for racial liberation"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
New Body Girl
At Fuckers House!

There is a new Holiday Visitor
scheduled to make her home at
1914 18th Ave. &c., Minneapolis,
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Rucker. "She" is a baby girl
born to that couple at Fairview
Hospital one day after Christmas,
December 26. "She" weighed seven
pounds at birth and along with her
mother is getting along fine. Mr..
Rucker is an accountant at TCOP,
and secretary of the Minneapolis
branch of the NAACP. Mrs. Ruck-
er is a librarian and is on leave
from the Wheatley branch library.
The Fuckers have another child,
a boy three years old.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
Sgt. James B.
Carter Wins
Bronze Star

M. Sgt. James B. Carter, for
merly of Minneapolis, has been
awarded the Bronze Star Medal by
the Commanding General of the
93rd Division for meritorious serv-
ice in support of military opera
tons against the enemy while serv-
ing on Green Island and the Solo
mon Islands in the South Pacific.
Sgt. Carter, whose wife and
daughter, Gloria, live at 5O7 Girard
No., has been transferred and is
now somewhere in New Guinea. He
has been in service since June 2,
1912, and has been overseas since
January, 1914.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
Washington Brown
Rites Dec. 80

Funeral services for Washington
Brown who died Wednesday morn
ing, Dec. 27, at the Uptegrove Rest
Home, 1913 Fourth Ave. &c., Min
neapolis, will be held Saturday,
Dec. 80, at the Neal Funeral Home
Chapel at 10 a. m. Interment will
be at Crystal Lake cemetery. Rev.
H. C. Boyd will officiate. His son,
Frank, SCI Eighth Ave. No., Min
neapolis, and a brother, French, of
Des Moines, and other relatives
survive him.
Mr.. Brown was born in Stockton,
Va, but had made his home at
Abba, Iowa, until a year ago when
he came to Minneapolis to live. He
was SO years old.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
Credit Union
Christmas Club
Deposits Doubled

Early in December the Associated
Negro Credit Union mailed out
checks totalling $2,3O3.25 to men,
bers of it's Christmas Savings Club.
The 1914 checks were an increase
of more than $1,000 over those re-
ceived by "43" depositors.
The Associated Credit Unions
Christmas Savings committee in an
announcement Monday urged old
depositors and new ones to begin
their 1916 savings Immediately.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
Miss L. O. Smith
Attends Auntis
EuneTnl in K1e

Miss L. o. Smith, 1905 Fifth Ave.
So, left Wednesday night, Dec. 81,
to attend the funeral of her aunt,
Mrs. Louisa Johnson, at Lawrence,
Kans., who died Tuesday, Dec. 26.
Mrs. johnson returned home Oct.
81, after spending four months
visiting her sister, the late Mrs.
G. D. Smith, here in Minneapolis,
who died Nov. 7, 1914.
Mrs. Johnson was the last of a
family of nine children. The others
preceded her in death. Mrs. Smiths
grandparents settled in Lawrence
in 1862.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
VISITORS

Visitors to this newspaper office
this week included: Mrs. M. h.
Jackson, Leon DeBoze, H. K. An
derson, Edward Barker, and Nor
val Barksdale, Void Chamberlain
Air Base; and Pfc. Leon Biles, Vet
Grams Hospital, Hines, Ill.
seriously i'll.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
Eulu Belle Moore
in John Golden
Stuqe Production

Eula Belle Moore, sister of Mrs.
Lucille Williams, 597 Rondo, St.
Paul, is a member of the cast of the
comedy "Three Is a Family" now
playing at the st. Paul Auditorium.
Miss Moore, a graduate of
Mechanic Arts High School, was a
scholarship student at Hamline
University before going to a New
York school. She has appeared in
several other stage productions.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29

u I IL ulSuSu MCADRlN
Service Cross for Corp. Waverly
Woodson, Jr., for his service per
formed over and beyond the cal
of duty on D-Day. Woodson's feat
was very similar to that of Pvt
Carlton w. Barrett (white) whose
Congressional Medal of Honor was
presented by 1t. Gen. John c. H.
Lee early in December in Paris,
1t was similar, too, to the feats OF
Sefanaia Sukanaivalu of the Fiji
Infantry Regiment, who became the
first non-European soldier in this
war and the first non-white colonial
to be awarded the Victoria Cross
by the British.
Considering the fact that no Ne
gro has been awarded the Congress
sional Medal of Honor in 80 years,
it seems a shame for someone in
the War Department to sit on the
recommendation concerning Corp.
Woodson. The White House is
willing to act.
2. I'd be very much pleased and
no little relieved to have the Presi-
dents Committee on Fair Employ
ment Practice resolve to reconsider
it's decision to hold hearings against
the Capital Transit Company for
discriminating against Negroes,
and postpone the hearings to a
more propitious time. Maybe Pm
thin-skinned-maybe Pm just plain
dubious of the underlying motive
of some of the people concerned
maybe 1 would like to put first
things first. However you want to
put it, I'd rather see the excellent
chance of Congressionally author
lied permanent FEPC becoming a
reality in the near future without
having to run the gauntlet of a
hearing that is still not fully plan
ned and on which preparations were
stepped up only after severe criti-
cism was made in this column and
by other writer's.
8. I'd think it worthy of real
celebration if the incoming 18th
Congress-the Senate specifically
would resolve to take lesson from
Sen. Tom Connally who expressed
determination to break any threat
ened flibuster on the Presidents
State Department nominations by
calling members back to the city,
holding night sessions, etc. This
so-called "more liberal" Senate
coming in might we'll apply that
lesson to any threatened or real
flibuster which Connally will assist
in leading against a Permanent
FEPC, the Anti-Poll Tax bill, and
Anti-Lynching legislation. The
President, too, can help on these
measures by the same fortnight
action he took on his nominations.
Look where American Democracy
could move in the eyes of a search
ing world.
l have a lot more resolutions I'd
like to see made and kept! But l
don't have the space to list them.
These three are perhaps the most
important, anyway.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
Jennie LETTERS,
Crispus Attacks
Resident, Dead

Jennie LETTERS, 81, resident of
Crispus Attacks Home, St. Paul,
died Saturday, Dec. %, at Ancker
hospital.
Funeral arrangements cannot be
made before the arrival of her
son, Clifton Ingram, formerly of
St. Paul, who now resides in San
Francisco.
Neal Funeral Home is in charge.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
BIRTHDAYS

Birthday greetings in st. Paul: Jan. l.
Mrs. Annie Mae Brown, SIS w. Central
Ave. Jan. Mrs. H. r. Coins.
Clayburne, 3843 Smelling Ave. So; Mrs.
Josephine Pullens, 1906 18th Ave. So;
A. j. johnson, 1892 Clinton Ave. So. !;
Mrs. Pearl Brown, 1900 Portland Ave. !;
Mrs. Marcus Jackson, 1887 E. Franklin
Ave. Jan. 2-L. L. Sanches, 214 w. 31st
st. Jan. 3-Mrs. VIM. Ewing, 1920 goth
Ave. So; Mrs. Burie Carmichael, Jr., S744
9Th Ave. So Jan. ALVIN Peery. 1928
4th Ave. So. Jan. 5-Mrs. Barbara Walls,
372O 5th Ave. So. Bessie Lee Laws. $40
18th Ave. So; Mary Lewis, 2s17 Elliot
Ave. So.
Ont of town: Jan. 3-Frank McClain,
Cincinnati, Ohio Jan. - Lieut.. Clifford
Hawkins, U. S. Army. Jan. e-Mrs. Viola
Hall, Des Moines, Ia
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29

Mrs. Margaret Jewett and Mrs.
E. Carter of Des Moines and John
Ampey of Omaha, Neb., were in
the. city last week to be at the bed
side of Carl Duffy Ampey, who
is ill at Minneapolis General hos
pital. While in the city they were
the guests of Mrs. Carl Ampey at
IS Royalston and Oliver Ampey,
215 First st. N.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
TO SEATTLE

Mrs. Thelma Warren, 1915 Wash
ington Ave. S., left Christmas day
for Seattle, Wash, where she will
be employed in the Bremerton
Navy Yards.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29

Pfc. Bernice Huggar of Camp
Breckenridge, KY, left Thursday,
Dec. %, after spending part of her
furlough visiting her family, Mar
garet and Harry Pauley and Mrs.
Marguerite Buckner, sisters and
brother, at 1924 N. Washington
Ave.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
Seventy-five UP. Dining
Car Walters Arraigned
In Los Angeles Court
By EDDIE BURBRIDGE

LOS ANGELES-Charged with conspiracy to commit
theft in interstate rs walters and two stewards of
the Union Pacific Railroad arraigned before Federal
Judge Ben Harrison Room the second floor of the Fed
oral Building at II Monday morning. Attorney Walter
Gordon Jr brilliant young attorney represented approx
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
Librarian
MINI Historical Society
Unit l
UncOvering
Washington
By Harry S. McAlpin

AS the new year of 1916 ap-
proaches, there are a lot of New
Year Resolutions I'd like to see
,,,oIo ooJ l-orE
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29


Here are a few:
l. I'd like to
see the War De-
partment resolve
to get up off
that recommen-
dalton which has
come from over
seas for a Con-
gressional Medal
of H onor OF
D i S tin g uished
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
Pittsburgh School
Named for Vann

Pittsburgh.-One of the largest
public schools in Pittsburgh, Pa,
was rededicated as the Robert Lee
Vann School in honor of the late
founder and publisher of the Pitts
burgh Courier. Ira F. Lewis, presi-
dent of the Courier, reviewed his
life and Mrs. Vann presented a
portrait of Mr.. Vann to the school.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29

This newspaper has been a reli-
able public servant for over 10
years.-adv.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29

ment
in
and in
Ggu Flying Cross Hlda simms of the play Anna Lgsta has
'front.' Betsy Talbot Blackwell Edn Belgian Shep
pohumous
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29

Bureau of the NAACP, 100 Massa-
chusetts Ave. N. W. Captain DIED.
mon will begin his duties January
Il, 1915.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Curry,
1880 Fifth Ave. S., received word
that their son, Charles, was mar
ried recently at San Francisco,
Calf. The Currys are eagerly
awaiting more information.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29
Ddniel M. Wagner,
Greet Northern r. r.
Employee, Succunbs

Daniel M. Wagner, Sc, $50 St,
Anthony, st. Paul, died Monday,
Dec. rs, at Ancker hospital.
Mr.. Wagner was employed as a
train porter on the Great Northern
R. R. at the time of his death. He
was born in st. Louis, Mo.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day, Dec. 20, at one p. m. at Neal
Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Floyd
Massey, Jr., will officiate.
Survivors include a son, Pfc
Leon Wagner and two daughters
Esterlynne and Frances Wagner OF
St. Paul.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-29

Mrs. Cecil Hunter, 14OO Third
st. S., Minneapolis, is reported
seriously i'll.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-17
EX-TiraleS Man Tells
Invasion Experiences

Seventeen month old Gafl's
daddy Padar Man 2 & Palm NJ
- %,
! MS o. - J1S' ''"''.' i'"''' '''e
biS INVASION ana IN" baby is
chiefly concerned about getting
acquainted with him AN oyor
80
"9...'''
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-17
International Photo

International. Photo
British soldiers charging through the
wreckage of building in Caen TO hunt
out German sniperS aS other TommieS
take positions 10 cover the advance Of
their mates. Today. with Caen captured.
British troops are advancing to the SOUTH
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-17
Hero S Parents
Give Ambulance

An ambulance bearing the in
ScrlpllOn donated by the parents
of + 1 Morris Miller killed in
action June 10. 1914. over
France" was received today by
the army.
Sgt Miller. .. son Of Mr.. and
Nh, Abe Miller of 32i7 Colling-
wood. enlisted in the army a year
and half AGO as a maintenance
engineer and was overseas SIX
months.
In presenting the ambulance
Miller said
II hope II will help save the
lives of some of our boys in the
service"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-17

But they kept going and We
kept firing and IL wasn't long
before we knew they were there
To stay.
THE greatest words in the
English language are: Rapid
Fire. When We heard that we
knew We were on the target and
we let loose with everything We
had, which was plenty. Our best
deal was n patch of woods. In
telllgence gives us credit for
destroying 500 Germans and a
bunch OF tanks. We were really
on the beam.
ENTERED CHERBoURG
I'VE had is days OF that. We
were privileged TO 40 in at
CherbOurg. 1t was n wonderful
feeling to know after some 81
hours that things were clear
there.
we were lucky. We didn't
lose a man and We picked up
the entire crew OF a foundered
land boat"
Most famous person aboard with
he young radar man--Lt. Comdr.
Robert Montgomery.
He's n fine officer and he
stood up with the best Of
them"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-19
Women in Congress
These Days S }; gz I3ti z. soRo1sxr

see by the newspapers that
Miss Jane Todd has withdrawn her
candidacy for the Republican nomi-
nation for Congress in Westchester
County. Just outside OF New York
City. Il would seem that the mem
folk up there reached the conclu-
sion that in these perilous times
they need a man in Congress, so
they picked on another lawyer
whose availability seems to be a
desire 10 be chosen. They pass
over an unusually competent legis-
lator on the sole ground that she
is a woman which seems TO take
US back TO the dark ages.
The pity OF IL is that these prac-
teal politicians are so utterly i'm.
practical. They 90 by a rule OF
thumb without much knowledge
Of the forces that are currently
moving in the world. They fail TO
realize that in this year 1914, most
Of the voting will be done by
women.
Politicians have almost no under
standing of the fact that whereas
most men are not organized as
men. many women are organized as
women in women's clubs, universi-
-ty women,s clubs, leagues for
women voters and all sorts OF AS.
sociations at which political ques.
tons are discussed from the stand
point of women and the family.
The politician who fails to ap-
preciate the position and influence
OF women in politics is riding for
fall II, for instance, the Republi-
can womenoof Westchester County
organized 10 take control of the
politics of that area. there would
be no withstanding them.
cite this one place as an exam,
pie. 1t is true this year in most
OF the country and 1t is particular
ly true in the Republican party
which still must prove its compel
ence to win The political boss of
an area who dies not quite grasp
this fact is not particularly titteo
for this years job.
ne eSSeHlldI ulHeIcuCS DtlN zen
a man and a woman in politics is
that American women generally
get their facts straight. When the
OPA. for instance, lifts the points
OFF meats, men think that some
thing has actually happened. but
the women know that when they
20 to the market the meat is not
there. They deal with the econo-
mic facts of life as living day
by day experiences. while most men
study graphs and charts and deal
with arithmetical averages.
used to believe that women
ought to stay home and look after
their children, but | have reached
the conclusion that the only way
to protect their. children Is to get
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-19

! into politics and TO crusade for
decent life. A man might think
that $500, OOO. 100000 OF national
debt is not understandable, but a
woman knows that she cannot
stretch a dollar any more the way
she used TO. A man can wax ora.
torical about keeping this country
out OF World War i'll but a woman
counts her grey hairs as night after
night she worries about that boy
she gave birth to and raised. The
viewpoints are fundamentally diff
ferent and both need to be repre-
scented in the Congress.
When the women OF an area pro-
duce a trained legislator OF their
own and in her place is put. an
ordinary politician or a political
lawyer, they are going to show
their anger-snd this year, the
votes are theirs. They will use
them more wisely than usual |
should hate TO be the politician
who thinks he can push women
around the way political bosses
push men around lie Is In for a
drubbing at their hands whenever
they decide that the time for it
h come.
/ know several women who are
serving or have served in Congress
and have discovered that they
work unusually hard at it, They
take the job seriously They seem
to wants to vindicate the principle
Of equal political rights. have
never known a woman in Congress
or a state legislature who takes
her election as something coming
TO her. Ny three favorites. Fran
ces Bolton OF Ohio. Clare Luce
OF Connecticut and Winifred Stan
ley of New York produce with the
fervor OF pioneers in a great cause.
And this year there will be many
more OF them. The politicians had
better move over and make room
for some real people.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-19
37-Year-Old
Company

This policy is backed by a
37-year old Company
which has faithfully serv-
ed the Middle West for
over two generations. AS
provided in this policy.
you are paid cash for hos
pital expenses whether
the disability occurs at
home or at work. And
you are not limited to any
certain hospital. The
money is paid to you. So
you pick the hospital, any
where in the U. S. or
Canada. You are provid-
ed with an identification
card which furnishes the
hospital satisfactory evil
dence of your financial
responsibility.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-19
as Days in Hospital

According to the liberal
provisions of this new
plan, you get the follow
ing benefits: % Cash
for room and board, up
to forty-five days for each
member of the family in
the given year; CD Cash
to pay for the various hos
pital extra charges, such
as operating room fee, "
rays, anesthetic, medi-
cines, ambulance service,
etc. (3) Cash to pay the
surgeon fees. There are
many OF h er benefits
which make this North
ern Mutual policy the
most liberal hospital pro-
lection ever devised.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-19

Hampstead Lane, after a four day
illness.
Mrs. Brown was born in New
York state in 1855 and made her
homo in Romeo, Mich in 1856.
She was a graduate OF Michigan
State Normal College. Ypsilanti
She had made her home here since
1896.
Surviving in addition TO her