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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27
Is There Anyone Else?

Dear Editor:
After twice pleading to our eld-
ers to help US, the boys and girls
of South Minneapolis, establish
some sort of recreational center,
Rev. Leonard Hirman, Hardy White
and Clarence Hughes have COM
bined their strength to render aid
to this urgent need.
Rev. Hirman, pastor of st. Leon
ard Church, in conference with one
of the youths declared that he
stands ready and willing to offer
his service and facilities for the ad-
vancement of recreation for youth.
Trips out of town for basketball
teams is just one of the many things
he would like to do. Mr.. White, en-
ployed at the city hall, sought out
the County Attorney, the Sheriff
and the Captain of Bryant Station,
asking their opinions concerning a
boys club for this district. They
agreed there is a need and Mr..
White organized the "Deporahs."
Mr.. Hughes, a veteran at fight
ing for our cause, has again come
to the front. Over a long period he
has sought places where youth may
entertain themselves. Public senti-
ment and outrageous attacks have
severed each string Mr.. Hughes has
strung for us-Your Children, Your
Youth. He now gives us his total
support in our effort to alleviate a
deplorable condition and set a defin-
lite trend for accomplishing our
youth program.
Surely these three men can't DOS
sibly be the only people who know
that what we ask for is imperative
in obstructing increasing juvenile
delinquency.
Isn't it true that in the past year
juvenile delinquency has deepened
its roots into the soil of this COM
munity? Don't stand by and watch
US be dragged beneath the purple
shroud of humiliation. We beg of
you, isn't there anyone else who
is interested in helping US?
Sincerely,
Elmo Jones and Youth.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27
Duluth News
By ZILLAH WATERS
TIC Sth Ave. East

Mrs. Eddie Saunders returned to
her home in st. Paul Sunday, Oct
%, after having been the house
guest of Mrs. Leona Kelley, 1926 E,
10th St., for several days.
Mrs. Kitty Knox, 118 N. First
Ave. E., is recuperating from an OPP
Grafton at the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, MINI. She was ac-
companied to Rochester by Mrs.
Jimmie Leonard of the same ad-
dress.
Mrs. Birdie Copeland has finally
given up her residence here and
gone to st. Paul to make her home.
Corporal Howard Thornton, son
of Mrs. W. L. Shook, is convalesc-
ing in a hospital somewhere in
Italy after having been wounded &C
cording to word just received in
Duluth. He expects to rejoin his
llIllJ SOOus
Miss MarjOry Kelley, daughter of
Mrs. Leona Kelley, 1926 E. 10th
St., is taking up Cadet Nursing at
The Villa Scholastic. Miss Kelley
seems rather enthusiastic about the
course and reports the girls at the
Villa are very friendly. She is the
only Negro enrolled there.
Mr.. Elmer Norris, Sr., of st. Paul
is delegate to the Parent Teachers
Congress which is being held at
Hotel Duluth. Mr.. Morris is stop
ping at the home or Mr.. and Mrs.
George Adams, lis E. Fifth st.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27
Lonely
By Private Leonard o. Smith

by private Leonard ~. Smith
(StGtioned Somewhere in Frnce)
Mother miss you lots as days go
by,
I write you letters and yet you cry,
I think of the things we used to do
And write you when Pm feeling
blue.
I cannot go to show or dance,
1 cannot make dates or have
romance,
1 have a job that must be done,
I will not rest until it's won.
Now write as often as you can
Cause I'm a very lonesome man.
7 want you to smile at this mean old
world
Cause you are my Mother, my own
little girl.
This is written somewhere in
France where mail is always late,
A Christmas card in June is really
up to date.
I love you Mother so please don't
cry,
You can't be half as lonely as l.
Editors Note: The above stonzds ore
port Of q poem sent by Pvt. Smith to his
mother, Mrs. Myrtle BGnks, 1881 BryGni
Ave. ~
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27
Birthday Greetings

Birthday greetings In St. Pauli Nov. -
Harold Brown, sr.. 4O6 st. Anthony Ave.
In Minneapolis; Nov. LEROY Reese.
Mrs. R. A. Mendoza. 54s Girard Ave. NJ. The
resa Smith. 976 Bryant Ave. No.; Nov. p
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Carr. 2O21 Smelling.
Irma Clardy, PAST 9th Ave. So. Edna
Russell. 22Ol Fifth Ave. So; Nov. -
Felix Fogg, 1928 Elliot Ave. So. Mrs.
Leroy Howard, 2l6 W. Slst St.. ; Nov. g.
Mrs. Oscar Gates. 900 Bryant Ave. No..
r. b. Waiver. S645 Clinton, Bert Dawson
87I5 Fourth Ave. &c., T. Beal, HOO Fourth
Ave. No.
out-of-town greetings: C. W. Washing
ton, Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 2; Engla Schey'
Anoka, Mimi, Nov. B.
BeIated greetings: Oct. 26-Mrs. Allie
Brown, sos Olson Blvd Minneapolis Oct
2I-Rev. G. w. Mcconnell, 1913 Olson Blvd,
Minneapolis Miss Helen Smith. 76l Rondo
Ave, Oct. s.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27

M0~ezzESAN

Border Methodist Church Notes
Sunday, Oct. %, was day of high
religious inspiration. The mission
airy thinking and giving was under
girded by the theme Christ After
Chaos" Economic injustice, political
intrigue, global war has kept the
world in an ocean of chaos and
tyranny with little islands of free
dom, true democratic living and
Christian fellowship. This chaos is
not peculiar to this generation for
the Creator has been bringing order
out of chaos from the very begin
ming.
Jesus Christ, the Redeemer,
works amid the chaos and works
beyond the tragedy of this hour
to bring justice, freedom, en-
during peace and infinite love to
confused, wearied, war-scarred hu-
manity.
The Prayer Band met at the home
of Mrs. A. Smith, 27O9 Both Ave.
&c., Tuesday, Oct. "a, at 8 p. m.
The Hattie Dwyer Guild met at
the home of Mrs. Clara Carter, 531
Emerson No., this week.
On Sunday morning, Oct. 20, the
minister will preach from the theme
Goods Judgment" The choir will
give special music. Mrs. Mabel
Henderson and Miss Mary Lee will
be soloists. At $50 p. m. the Bord-
err education committee features a
Family Night Service" The Rust
College singers, a great feminine
quartet of spiritual joy and exal-
tation, will sing and our friend, DR..
Damon P. Young, will speak. Re-
freshments will be served free by
the ladies of the church in the re-
ception room. Come early and spend
the evening.
Each member is urged to aid in
the furnace emergency rally. Pledge
cards may be obtained at the
church.-Church Reporter.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27

saw her home violated and her
protector shivering instead of meet
ing the white hoodlums at the door
with a shotgun. There are too many
Negroes around like Eldridge Sim
mons, the Mississippi Negro who
watched his aged father, the Rev.
Isaac Simmons, shot down in cold
blood by gang of white thugs in
Jerusalem, Miss, the other week,
without even being told what he
had done wrong. IN get off the
place, if you want me to-" whined
this fear-ridden victim of lack of
courage as the whites moved in to
take the oil-rich property of his
father.
The Simmons Let Women Down
The women folk of Eldridge Sim
mons race to take the larger view,
were counting on him, as they count
on thousands of other Eldridge Sim
monses in the South, to stand up
once like man and fight back, even
if it means dying. Instead, Eldridge
Simmons was whining, his teeth
chattering, his eyes popping out
of his head as his father met death
from a bullet in the back. Instead
Eldridge Simmons was bowling like
a puppy as the whites horse
whipped, stomped and beat him,
screaming that he would get off his
fathers place and never come back
if they let him go.
Had he and the thousands like
him before and those who will
come after him had the courage of
the white man in the outlaw days
of the West, he would have ended
this threat to his home on the spot.
But Eldridge Simmons, like so
many other Negroes, was more
afraid of dying than of defending
his home and his honor. He would
rather give up all and live as
coward elsewhere than die as
man that kept his womenfolk free
and conscious of how he paid the
penalty to maintain their self IRE
spect.
There is little any liberal white
person can do to correct these out
law methods of their own people
in the South, toward their black fell
low-men. The Negro himself has
to do it by speaking the same Ian
guage as do the outlaws. No Su-
preme Court decision will mean
thing unless Negroes are willing to
help enforce these decisions the
same way the outlaws try and do.
John Browns revolt at Harper's
Ferry died aborning, but the effect
of it lives today. The recent
Supreme Court decision in the
Texas Primary case gave Negroes
the right to vote. That is all that
can be legally asked of the white
mans government in Washington.
But outlaws in Mississippi said:
at don't mean thing. N-ers
amt gonna vote in this state" AL
though there are over million Ne
groes in Observation-Disclosures
ing the white in some places as
many as three to one-fear to fight
and die to exercise their legal rights
made all the long, hard work of
their white friends a waste of time.
A white man backs a fighter. He
turns his back on a coward.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27
Correction and
Apology

By regrettable error the sigma
ture which was intended for
political ad which read: "Pre-
pared and inserted by the Re-
publican Negro State Campaign
Committee, Hammond Turner,
chairman, 314 Newton Bldg, st.
Paul, for which the regular political
advertising rate has been paid" ap-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27

want to also tell your poet
James Logan, that he is doing 1
swell job and the boys in the banC
of which am a member, find hi,
poems very good.
When my subscription is up,
hope that you inform me in time 81
that / can renew it. Thanks anC
may you keep up the good worl
that you are doing.
A very sincere reader,
Pvt. L. P, Wycough.
Serving in Italy)
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27
Soldiers Like
Paper"-Wycough

9th Sp. Ser. Co.
APO 1872, New York, N. Y.
Dear Editor: Being a weekly
reader of your paper I would like to
offer my few words of congratula-
tions for the fine shape in which the
paper is being published.
l lived in st. Paul before entering
the Army and have been reading
the paper for some time but here
Of late it has been unusually inter-
esting. 1t has much to do with the
boys morale over here and they are
responsible for putting out the work
right now, Although l know that
without the help of the folks at
home our work would not be worth
while. We are keeping our eyes on
the paper and always look forward
to receiving the next copy.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many friends and
neighbors for their kindness and sympathy
during our recent bereavement at the loss
of our beloved husband. father and brother
George W. Jones. Special thanks to Rev
II. c. Boyd, Rev. H. Reddick, Rev. A. F
Martin and Rev. d. Richards for comfort.
ing words and prayers. We also are grateful
for the beautiful floral offerings and Other
acts of kindness.-Mrs. Halle Jones, wife
George, Eugene, Avis and Doris, children
Mrs. Pearle Martin, sister.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27
The Other Side

Employers the with justification complained that
Negro absened themselves from
qunty Before the prove that
abnteesm industrial workers exceeded that other
workers In the defense the preaching leaders
and the resulting of Negro labor has developed the
workers regard for the value Of regular attendance the
mind gratifying
American fellow citizen Timothy Howard of ST. Paul. guard has
for regular attendance the Federal Cartridge Corp
operated Twin Cities Ordnance On Mr.
three consecutive employment that plant without having
missed a single day
The fact that the plant several miles city limits
that several have tied
operation did keep Howard from getting job.
His record remarkable
persons have payroll TCOP
he able make perfect attendance
developing like Timothy Howard who realize
great responsibility improving poor
attendance RELOCATING old theories past
SONGS FOR SALE
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27

peared at the bottom of an open let
ter from seventy-five young people
in this paper last week. The young
peoples letter told of the need
for community house on the Min
neapolis Southside.
This newspaper expresses its re-
grets at this error which perhaps
conveyed the impression the young
people were being backed by a
political party which is certainly
not true.-Editor,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27
GARDNER CLAIMS WHITE
MAN BACKS FIGHTERS
By DAN GARDNER

"Mawnn' Liza" That's the way the white in the
South greets the Negro His hat remains glued to
his head His of sautaon condescendng patron
ling though motvated at times by sincere personal
curiosity as to how Liza" or "Aunty" is feeling.
Good mawnin, Mssus Mary" "Of comes the hat low
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27

Memorial forests instead of build.
ings and monuments, are proposed
for heroes of the present world war
Minnesota has over seven million
acres of peat, an almost wholly un.
exploited resource.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27
Pin Settlers on
Hand for BOwIers at
Midway "Y. W.

Pin settlers are now on hand at
the Midway "Y" at University and
Pryor Avenues. Bowlers from Hal
lie Q. Brown House who bowl each
Saturday night will be spared the
inconvenience of setting pins for
themselves.
The staff at the community house
hopes bowlers will resume their at
tendance at the "Y" in large num-
bers.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27
SONGS FOR SALE

The Democrats of Minnesota have the Sidney Hman and
the G. O. P sob-song the Ball Blues.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-10-27

Prepared and paid for regd ADVERTISING by Waor Judd for
Volunteer Committee H. Chairman 5l2 Hodgon
Building Minneapolis !. Mimi
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-25
Sporismen's Group
Establishes Office
RoseviIIe Center
to Open June !

ROSEVILLE 49, The Roseville
Sportsmen's Association wi /
open a full-time office June /,
at 10000 Elizabeth street, cor
ner Gratiot avenue, one block
south Of Utica road, in Rose
vile. This was formerly Mar
shall's barber shop. Due to the
increase in membership a n d
amount of business the club
finds an office necessary.
The Fisherman,s-Frolic held
at Roth's Barn in Van Dyke on
May -, was we'll attended with
about 400 members and friends
present. Winners Of the follow
ing awards are listed:
Row Boat, Alton Gulledge,
4190 Moran, Detroit.
Trolling Motor, M. GuleWich,
2021 Caniff, Hamtramck.
Fly Fishing Outfit, K. st. John,
Motor Products Corp.
Bait Casting Outfit, Alex Pat
koff, 1882 McDougall, Detroit.
Fly Rod & Reel, r. Lewis,
1867 Concord, Detroit.
Bait Rod g Reel, r. Belkuch,
80 +. Euclid, Detroit.
Fishing Tackle: M. Gregory,
ST. Clair Shores; w. Klakula,
1855 Stockton, Hamtramck; A.
Vissers, 1925 Montclair, Detroit;
Myrtle Smith, 10l50 Starret, De-
troit. c. Koleski, 5015 Soveski,
Hamtramck; Szlazesta, 1855 Pu-
laski. Hamtramck; Train, 343l
Midland. Highland Park; McCol-
lums, S hores Inn, st. Clair
Shores.
Roy Hinkle, president, and
William Cunningham, secretary,
will be the clubs voting dele
gates at the Michigan United
Conservation Clubs seventh an
nual convention at Bay City, on
June 1913.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-25
Bike Rider, IS, Hit
by Motorist, IS
East Detroit Boy
Injured at Shores

ST. CLAIR SHORES - An
East Detroit boy bicycle rider,
struck by an automobile on Nine
Mile road Tuesday night, is in
Saratoga Hospital in serious
condition suffering from a frac-
tured skull and other injuries.
Both the victim and the auto
driver were Is years old. The
bike rider is William Hughes, Of
1901 Toepfer, East Detroit, and
the motorist is Thomas Dick, of
22632 Hanson Court, st. Clair
Shores. He was ordered TO APP
pear at the Prosecutor Office
for statement regarding the &C
cident, which took place at $50
p. m. Tuesday.
Gerald Cameron, age IA, of
23518 Grove street, st. Clair
Shores, who was riding on the
bike as a passenger, was thrown
to the road by the impact but es-
capped serious injury.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-25
Two Gel Probation
in Theft OF Checks

VANTDYKE-Stanley Sowin-
ski and>Joseph Young, pleading
guilty to charges of breaking
and entering in the nighttime,
were each sentenced to five
years probation by Circuit Judge
Alton II. Noe in Mount Clemens
on Wednesday.
Both had been implicated
with a third man in the theft of
ESQ checks from the Perfect
Surface Plate Company here
and in the resultant forgery of
"in excess of $500 worth of the
company's checks" The court,
in pronouncing sentence, point
ed out that the youths are first
offenders and that they have
agreed to make restitution.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-25
RoseviIIe Gets
$55,9o0 Grant
Sewer Program
Exponds to $l,l2O,0OO

ROSEVILLE - A furth G r
grant of SIS, 900-bringing the
current sanitary sewer-building
program 10 a S1,l20,000 valua-
tion-has been received by Rose
vile from the Federal Works
Administration, Washin & ton,
through regional director L. A.
Gillett, Of Chicago, it was an
nounced this week by Village
President William c. Harper.
The latest grant, which will
be matched by a Roseville con-
tribution of Sl8, 100, to make
grand total of $4,000 added to
the big improvement program,
will provide sanitary sewers on
II Roseville streets and result
in the village being equipped 95
per cent with sewage mains.
Contracts will be let in two
weeks, Harper said.
The streets 10 benefit under
the new grant are; Elmhurst,
Beachhurst, Woodland, Long
fellow, Connecticut, Ruthdale,
Park, Frazho, Felician, Legion,
Senator, Coolidge, Paige, Hud-
son, Confress, Harding and Mar
tin road. The Martin road pro-
ject will benefit the Sacred
Heart School on that road.
The Federal Works Admins
tration program is now close to
60 per cent completed, and the
villages own sewer program
about 40 per cent complete,
Harper reports.
Applications for sewer taps
are now being received at the
Municipal Building from home
owners in every section Of the
village.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-25
LADIES' DAY

STEVENS POINT, Wis. - At
the 50th anniversary commence
ment of Central State Teachers
college there will be nothing but
the purest treble tones from the
graduating class.
For the first time in the
schools history there is no male
student among the sc candidates
for degrees.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-25
All Dogs in County
Placed Under Quarantine

All dogs in Macomb county
must be tied up at once and
prevented from running loose
throughout the next 80 days,
Charles Figy, State Commission
er OF Agriculture, said today
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-25
KANSAS CITY-William H

KANSAS CITY-Wllllam II.
Osborn, l0l-year-old command
or of the Missouri Grand Army
of the Republic, proclaimed him
self reelected for a third year
and Joseph Briggs was named
chaplain, also for a third year.
They were the only members Of
the veterans organization.
While he was at it, Osborn al
so picked next years meeting
place. 1t will be in Joplin, his
nome town.
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-06-01
Holmes PIonters Enjoy
Barbecue Saturday

Farmers and businessmen Of Cooke
county had an opportunity Saturday
night to see work that is being done
for soil conservation in Holmes County,
when a group of 80 was entertained at
lamb and chicken barbecue at the ].
N. McArdle home on the old Denton
road. Kodachrome slides were shown of
in Holmes County.
asEs A3i1zsM 81 asa a}g.
J. T. Biffle, Jr., was chairman at the
meeting. The principal talk was made
by L. A. wilkins, district conservation
ist of the Soil Conservation Service of
Winona, who showed the work being
done there by the use of color slides.
l. w. Carson, county agent of Lexing-
ton, told how Holmes County people
there met the conservation problem.
Accomplishments Of planning were
given by Henri P. Watson, Chairman of
Soil Conservation commissioners and q
member of the AAA of Holmes County
Honor guest at the meeting was 1t
Henri P. Watson, Jr., stationed at Camp
Howe, Texas, son of the speaker.
Other talks we're made by Shirley
Taylor and Cliff Day Of the AAA in
Texas and Mack Mcconnell, district con-
servationist Of the Soil Conservation
service, Denton.
Visitors were Mayor Preston and Mr..
Donnell of Denton and County Agent
Elliott of Montague county.
Assurance Of cooperation between
business men and farmers was offered
by Cecil Tinsley, president Of the
Chamber Of Commerce.
Barbecued chicken and lamb with all
trimmings were served by Mr.. and Mrs.
McArdle.
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-06-01
14,651 interviewed
By Seiective Service

1851 men have been interviewed by
selective service as they were rejected
at the induction station from January
11th to May LIST, 1914, of which b,831
were white men. These men were ad-
vised what was best to do in the inter-
est Of a nation at war. 1861. or $40,
were found with correctable defects
which, If corrected, would be acceptable
to the armed forces in 80 days. 1880
men, or 1890, were advised to return to
their present jobs. 992 men, or $3.50,
were advised to enter agriculture
through the county agent. 1,100, or 1870,
were advised to enter industry through
the United States Employment Service,
74S, or $50, were advised to be vocation
ally trained, 1855, or 20%o, were advis-
ed to be sent to school, and 1,776, or
1870, were advised to have remediable
medical or surgical defects corrected so
that they may serve in the armed forces.
Selective service has followed 1857
of these men to date, and will follow all
of the remainder. 1t was found that $3.50
of those followed had entered into, or
had done what they were advised to do.
$3.50 had returned to their present job,
92To had been placed in agriculture, 829o
had been placed in industry, 1870 had
been given vocational training, $3.50 had
been placed in adult educational classes,
and $3.50 had corrected medical and sur
gical defects. 9et
The state director stated that there
are approximately $1,000 men in the
state now who have been rejected with
correctable defects (of which $4,000 arc
illiterate) while an additional $4,000
have been placed in the armed forces
after correction of their defect. This
means that the individual concerned be-
comes better citizen and also becomes
of more value economically to himself
and the state when such defects are
corrected.
Selective service pays tribute to the
many Health and Education Department
workers, physicians, hospitals, and
school teachers within the state who
have so generously worked in this plan
OF medical, vocational, and educational
rehabilitation which is progressing every
day.
Colonel Long is discussing the results
of this work with the authorities at the
induction station in Camp Shelby today,
with the view toward increasing the SAL
wage of this manpower for both the arm.
ed and employers.
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-06-01
County Nutrition
Committee Meets

The Holmes County Nutrition Com
mittee met in the City Hall at Lexing-
ton at 2:3o P. M. o'clock Monday, May
zznd, with Mrs. W. E. Jones, Chairman.
presiding. Minutes of the last meeting
were read by Mrs. wilma L. Dalton.
Secretary.
The following interesting and most
worthwhile program was given by Or.
W. W. Weeks, Director of our County
health Department, assisted by his
staff and Miss Mary Stansel. Nutrition
ist, Jackson, Miss.
Weleome-Dr. w. W. Weeks.
Nutrition in Child Health--Mrs. Mary
Alice Gillian.
Nutrition in Tuberculosis-Mrs. Hilda
Pickens.
nominations - Mrs. Minerva s.