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beautician, was pleased last Fri
day, when her eight-year-old son,
James, came home from Greedy
school, 18th Ave. s. and 26th St.,
and told her he had been in a play
in his classroom, but she wasn't
pleased when he told her he'd
played the role of Little Black
Sambo," who was chased by a wolf
until he got so frightened he turned
into a piece of butter.
Mrs. Jones contacted Miss Jenny
Holtz, principal of Greedy, and after
a series of telephone calls, got in
touch with Superintendent of
Schools Willard Goslin at his home.
Mr.. Goslin arranged a meeting on
Monday between Mrs. Jones, Miss
Holtz, and Mrs. Florence Ander-
son, James teacher, but action in
the matter was postponed until a
Wednesday meeting when Mrs.
Jones' husband, James Jones, ST.,
could be present.
On Tuesday, Miss Holtz in a
telephone conversation with a re-
porter from this paper, said that
steps would be taken to prevent a
repetition of the incident, and Mrs.
Jones was told the literature would
be removed" from the classroom.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Jones who at
tends parent-teacher meetings reg
ularly at the school, said she be-
lieved Negro mothers should be on
the alert, attend PTA meetings,
and take more interest in what goes
on in their children's classes.
Civic and social groups, both Ne
gro and white, are pushing the de-
mand in many cities that the Little
Black Sambo" books be removed
from public schools because Of the
stereotyped conception of Negroes
they form in impressionable minds
Of youngsters.
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Sugar Robinson
Wins New Trial

CHICAGO (NNPA). - Ray
(Sugar) Robinson, New York well
terweight contender, defendant in
a $4,000 claim suit, was granted a
new trial by Municipal Judge Will
liam v. DAILY last Tuesday.
The court set aside a jury judg-
ment of $4,000 in favor of Fred
Irwin, New York promoter, who
claimed Is per cent of the boxers
earnings, plus expenses. Twins
suit is based on an oral agreement
he claimed Robinson entered into
with him on June 9. Under the
terms of this alleged agreement he
was to handle Robinson in fights
with Jimmy Mandel in Buffalo and
Jake LaMotta here. Irwin said he
was not given his percentage Of
Rays purses.
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Final Vote
Bonneville
Mayor Race
Funeral Services
Held For Head
BeHman Martin

Rudolph Martin, ST., IT'S Car
roll Avenue, 62, dropped dead We'd
nesdsy, December 5, at $50 p. m,
at the rear of the Minnesota club,
where he had been employed for
the past thirty years, as Head Bell
man. Rudolph Martin was born in
South Carolina and had lived in
the city for forty years.
Survivors include his wife, Ber-
nice; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Crosthwaite of Detroit, Michigan;
a son, Rudolph Martin, Jr., of Los
Angeles; and a grandson, Harold
Crosthwaite.
Funeral services were held Mon
day, December 10, 1920 a. m, at
Brooks Chapel, with Father L. E.
Williams, officiating. Burial in
Oakland cemetery.
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of Virginia Beach, Virginia, the
men were forced to sail from LIE
Havre on a much slower vessel.
The veterans, members Of a
quartermaster truck unit, were
scheduled to sail for the United
States on the Croatan from LIE
Havre on December 4. But, over
protests of Army officers, their
names were stricken from the sail
ing list at the insistence of Navy
officers, who argued that the
Navy's policy was not to mix the
races and pointed out that the
facilities on the aircraft carrier
would not permit segregation in
asmuch as all troops would have
to be quartered in the ships
hangar.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
telegraphed Secretary Forrestal
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Rust Girl Singers
In Guest Spot
On WCCO Show

The Rust College Singers, of
Holly Springs, Mississippi, were
guests on the Darragh Aldrich air
show, Tuesday, at $3.50 p. m, over
WCCO, Twin City network station
for CHS.
Under the direction and guidance
of Natalie Doxey, the famous girls
singing group has been touring
Minnesota and Iowa raising funds
for the college which is supported
by Methodist churches, chiefly in
Minnesota and Iowa. Students at
tending Rust pay their way through
school by working on farms under
the colleges control, selling produce
and raising vegetables.
Appearing on the radio program
were: Mary Pearl Wylie, January
Jones, Verdell Fort, O'Neitha Nor
feet, and Lassie Van Buren,, all
Rust College first and second year
students, with the exception of Miss
Van Buren, who is at present in the
Twin Cities attending Hamline
University where she is taking spe-
cial music courses.
Mrs. Doxey was interviewed by
Mrs. Aldrich, and told of the work
of the school. Each Of the girls
also presented brief sketch Of her
background and ambition for the
future.
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Walter White Aids
Labor Draft Group

DETROIT, MICH. - Waite
White, executive secretary of the
NAACP, was a member of the
committee of five which drafted a
statement from ID representatives
who inspected the written record
in the UAW-General Motors labor
dispute.
The committee report declared
that the full possibility of collec-
tive bargaining had not been ex-
hausted and Eve believe President
Truman and his advisers would
have been in a position to insist
more firmly on the full use Of the
collective bargaining process be-
fore suggesting Intervention by the
Government" if they had inspect
ed the record Of negotiations.
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the list up, with the Slemmons tally
last. A burst of applause greeted
the announcement that Slemmons
had again won the Mayorship.
Harris Gives Thanks
Mrs. Slemmons gave a few brief
remarks, speaking in behalf of her
husband. Harris graciously thank
ed his supporters and pledged his
support to the new Mayor. Mrs.
Harry S. Brown, whose husband
won third place, received the No.
8 spot cash award for him as he
was out of the city, and also thank
ed the people who supported her
husband.
The other candidates, Foster
Brown, David Faison, and James
Gresham, were introduced and
given a good hand by the crowd.
W. B. dad" Walker, president of
the Associated Negro Credit Union,
and T. B. Carey, secretary-treas-
urer, were also introduced.
James Slemmons is employed by
the Northern Pacific Railroad, but
is best known as a salesman Of
tires and electric appliances. For
two years, he was an advertising
solicitor for the Minneapolis
Spokesman. For several years he
promoted Twin City golf tourna-
ment. He is tireless worker, with
an infectious personality, a native
of Minneapolis, and resides at 2201
Fifth Ave. S.
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husband were sleeping. The dresser
had already been destroyed. She
aroused her husband, her brother
in-law who was sleeping in another
room, and took her two small
daughters, Bonniestelle, 2k, and
Vera Lee, IA months, and the five
escaped from the house in their
night clothing. They didn't have
time to put on any shoes, and were
forced out into the cold barefooted.
All clothing and furniture be-
longing TO them was destroyed be-
fore fremen got the blaze under
control. The bedroom and dining
room and the living room and
kitchen ceilings were completely
burned. Cause of the blaze was not
determined.
The Gardeners were given shelter
by Mrs. bessie Gresham, 1886
Fourth Ave. So, with whom they
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Mpls. Veterans
Meet Dec. Goth
At Aid BUILDING

Minneapolis veterans of World
War II will meet on December 20,
at 8 p. M, in Room 3 of the Citizens
Aid Building, Eighth St. and Fourth
Ave. s., when the industrial de-
partment of the Minneapolis Ur-
ban League will sponsor a meeting
to study various problems returned
veterans must now face, including
the programs national veterans or
CARNATIONS have to offer, advan-
tages and disadvantages Of the
G. I. Bill of Rights, and the re-
adjustments the serviceman faces
in civilian life.
The Minneapolis organization
will include inter-racial meetings
and activities in its program, and
also will meet sometime in the near
future with the recently-organized
St. Paul veterans group.
All Minneapolis veterans are in
vited to come to the meeting.
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that it wished ito lodge its prote
against such treatment of Neg
personnel by officers of the Navy
and urgently request proper in
vestigation be held and proper dis
ciplinary action be taken against
officers of the USS, Croatan imme-
diately for this un-American ae-
ton on their part"
Army officers who bowed after
vigorous protests to the Navy
said they refused to remove six
high point Negro casuals who
were already on board the ship
when the Navy raised its pro-
test.
They added that difficulties over
redeployment of colored veterans
began as soon as naval vessels were
pressed into service as troop trans
ports.
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T the church code in every sense
of the word, Ashford charged.
Didn't Request Money
81 have been accused of dis
missing the choir because it re-
fused to turn over the proceeds of
the radio program to me personal
ly," Rev. Ashford said. 81 never
did receive or ask, nor did l ex-
pect to receive one dime from their
broadcasts. They claimed they
were working for the Trustees but
if / am not mistaken, out of the
approximately 300 dollars they
made while singing in the church's
name, they turned over to the
church $84.5O."
"As far as me making any de-
rogatory statements about church
members is concerned" Ashford
said, 81 think the people of the
vicinity and the fair-minded people
of the church realize they are ac-
cusing me of doing to them exactly
what they are doing to me. They
have been using these tactics for
years."
Ashford concluded by charging
that the Drain" behind the re-
curing attacks is a member of the
congregation who will not put his
name on any of the signed state
ments against the pastor, but who
is willing to let the other members
of the clique stick their necks
out"
Glad It's Out
They're simple enough to do it,
Ashford said, while he makes sure
he doesn't involve himself or get
into any trouble. Pm glad all of
this was brought out into the open"
According to Langums, there is
petition against Ashford con-
tanning the names of 35 members
Of the congregation; the document
brought to the newspaper office
contained four. 1t included the
following statement:
''The buck-passing in this
matter has already begun with
the Bishop Rev. John A. Gregg,
referring the entire matter to the
Presiding Elder, the Rev. w. E.
Guy, who was supposed to inter-
cede and hear the grievances of
the membership. A meeting was
called for this purpose by the
Rev. Guy at which time the
charges preferred against Rev.
Ashford were to have been dis
cussed in his presence. The
Presiding Elder had the infOrma-
ton in hand, but failed to carry
out the purpose of the meeting.
This meeting turned out to be
such a farce that the members
are contemplating the possibiI-
ity of resOrting to legal action
for the removal of the pastor"
Meanwhile Ashford, in a FIVE
page printed statement, answered
in detail the charges against him,
and said, Wednesday, There's
more where that comes from.
They've started this thing against
me, and intend to make them
finish it." (NDR)
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Charles Young Post
Elects New Officers

The Col. Charles Young Camp,
No. 90, U. S. W. ", department
Of Minnesota, held election Of Off
GERS, Saturday, December 8, at the
ODER Boys Club in st. Paul.
James L. Mckinney was elected
commander; Empie A. Durant,
senior vice commander; George
Mundin, Junior vice commander;
Robert Meade and Lawson Smith,
trustees; Thomas Neal, quarter
master, Calvin Parker, chaplain,
and A. ]. Todd, adjutant.
Comrade Smith, the past depart
ment commander, conducted the
meeting.
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Souvenir Argument
Ends in Hospital
Trip For Veteran

James Brown, of 634 Seventh
Ave. No., was taken to General
Hospital, Monday, in critical condi-
ton after being involved in a fight
in which a pickaxe penetrated his
chest.
According to police, Brown had
an argument with Robert L. Hol-
land, 634 Seventh Ave. No., in
which he accused the latter Of TAX
ing a bayonet he had brought home
from overseas as a souvenir. Hol-
land stated he could recall holding
the pickaxe to defend himself, but
couldn't recall using it on Brown.
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Brands Truman Reply
To Houston "Quibbling"

WAOdIINUIOINJ D. o NNNI ny
DIR. Emmett J. Scott, an indus
trial relations consultant to the
Sun Shipbuilding Company, Ches-
ter, Pennsylvania, last Saturday
branded President Humans reply
to Charles H. Houston's letter Of
resignation as a member of the
Fair Employment Practice Com
mittee as "casuistry at its worst"
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Lieut.. Davenport
Gets Army Upgrade

WASHINGTON, D. c. (NNPA).
The Senate last Wednesday con-
firmed the promotion of Second
Lieutenant Clarence M. Davenport,
Jr., to be a first lieutenant with
rank from January 10, next. He
holds the temporary rank of major
in the Coast Artillery Corps. Major
Davenport graduated from West
Point in 1913.
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Brazil Gambler Angles
For I OuiS-COnn Fight

RIO DE JANERIO (NNPA).-
Joaquin Rolla, multi-millionaire
gambling "king" of Brazil, con-
firmed last Wednesday that he and
his associates were offering Mike
Jacobs, New York promoter, a
guarantee of 100000 to stage
the Joe Louis-Billy Conn fight at
the Quitandinha resort, in July.
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In typewriter document
brought to the Minneapolis Spokes-
man office Tuesday, by Tom Lang
ums, and signed by four members
of the church congregation, Lena
H. Cobb, Floyd Cobb, Wenzel Mil
Ter, former treasurer of the Build
ing Fund, and Vicious Alternately,
former president of the Wayman
choir, the following charges were
made:
Wayman membership is de-
clining;
0 the financial status of the
church is so low that the few out
standing expenses can barely be
paid;
. misrepresentation of funds;
. complete disregard for disci-
plinary procedure in elections of
officers and boards;
. dismissal from office by Rev.
as they have brought these charges
against me, want the people to
know the truth behind this whole
thing. 1 invite anyone who has any
doubts to investigate the activities
of the church."
In regard to the charge of mis-
apprOpriating funds, Rev. Ash
ford stated: 81 have in my pos
session proof that there is no
foundation whatever in the ac-
cusatiOn. The secretary of the
department that issues the checks
has even more proof of falsehOOd
than l."
The minister said angrily,
Fourteen months ago, I found
this church under the Dictator
ship of certain old-line bosses.
They wanted to run Wayman
their way and they wanted to
Ashford of all members whom he
deemed "uncooperative";
o derogatory public statements
about individual church members
made by the minister.
. the alleged misrepresentation of
funds occurred, according to a
signed statement by Miller, on July
9, 1915, when "a check in the sum
of ten dollars was given to Rev.
Ashford to be applied to the Build
ing Fund, but that instead of pay
ing the same into the fund, Ash
ford cashed the check and appro-
priated the proceeds to his own per-
sonal USE"
The statement charged the pas
tor "has not replaced said money,
nor given any explanation for his
act, and that in doing so, Ashford
committed embezzlement of funds"
No mention was made as to the
identity of the person who gave
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FEPC Unit Pluns
Two Moss MEETINGS.

Both Twin City units of the Min
nesota Council for a Permanent
FEPC plan huge mass meetings in
each city sometime in February.
The Minneapolis meeting of the
council called together by T. B.
Carey and Mrs. Lawrence Steefel,
co-chairmen, was held at Millers
Cafeteria Monday night.
Tentative plans for mass meet
ing with Congressman Charles La
Toilette, Republican, and A. Phillip
Randolph.
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Lucinda Austin

Dies ut 70
Lucinda Austin, age 76, 997 AL
drich Ave. N, died Saturday, Dec.
8, at her home after a long illness.
Funeral services were held at
Bethesda Baptist Church, Tuesday,
Dec. II, with Rev. A. F. Martin.
Interment was at Crystal Lake
Cemetery. Her son, James, is her
survivor. The Household of Ruth
assisted the pastor.
She was a native Of Lexington,
Mo. Her husband preceded her in
death in 1888.
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Christmas Edition
Next Week

The annual Christmas edition of
this paper will be its Dec. 81
edition. There is still time for you,
your club, lodge, church or organ
ization to be represented in it.
Phone Midway SS40 If you have
advertising or material for that
edition.
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1911 - NAAA w cSoAAAAAe5 WIZ oSoOSD
speaker at the Sunday morn
Minnesota Farmer-Labor state
cember Is and 16 in the CLIO
)urth Ave. So.
he most active of the liberal
and Domestic Policies" will be a
"The Crisis in American Foreign
roll call Of groups which will be
united for action in the 1916 cam
paign, including the DFL party,
veterans, farmers, labor, co-ops,
women, youth, and minority
groups.
Other speakers will be Yorke
Langton of the Minnesota United
Nations Committee, on "The
Atomic Bomb and the UN0," and
Professor Theodore Jorgenson Of
st. Olaf College on Danger Of Re-
action in the United States, both
Saturday morning; in the evening,
Byron Allen, the 1914 candidate for
governor in the DFL party, will
preside over a symposium.
Keep OF the date. Christmas Eve
Dance, CLIO Hall, Dec. 24.-Advt.
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Ashford the check.
Denies Charges


Denies Charges
Rev. Ashford said, "There is no
foundation for any of this. l deny
it, and I am not afraid to go before
the public with my denial. AS long
run me, too. l put them out of
office. Il wasn't a pleasant thing
to do, but if / find more in the
church will do the same thing.
Il have as good members in
Wayman as in any church in the
world. They are lovely to work
with, and are good, Christian peO-
pie. They are putting over a
great program in the church, and
have done everything in their
power to cooperate with me and
help me in my work. l was sent
here by the African Methodist
Church to do a job, and will
fight those who are trying to
stop me, clear to the Pacific
Coast and back"
Of the other charges against him,
Ashford answered them as follows:
The church has done better finan-
cially since the dismissal from office
of those bringing charges against
him, than it has ever done. He
brought the congregation from a
building with a seating capacity of
65, with floor on the ground, and
oil-stove heating, to new site with
a center-lot location, a seating
capacity of $50, all hardwood floors,
a full-length cement basement with
stone wall, two boilers and every
thing working in tip-top shape. In
addition, there are now six large,
modern rooms for the accommoda-
ton of the pastor and his family.
Membership is incre asing
rather than decreasing, Ashford
stated, and as for his dismissal
from office Of "uncOOperative"
members, he said: Eyes, dis
missed some of these people from
the Stewards Board and Trustee
Board because l got sick and
tired of their high-handed tact
les.
For twenty-six years this
church has been receiving min
listers from the Annual Confer
ence, and of the many men the
Conference has to select to send
here, this clique has marked them
all, and yet the very men that
have been so marked, have gone
out into the world and made
great progress. Those who stayed
more than one year did so on
their own hardness, and not be-
cause of any good treatment and
fair play received from the
writer's of these accusations. It
has become a sort of occupation
with them to mark one preacher
a year, l guess"
Ashford said he dismissed the
former choir en- masse for "dis-
obedience to the discipline of the
church." After he had secured a
place for the choir on a radio pro-
gram sponsored by the Fingerhut
company, the pastor stated he was
barred from the business of the
choir, and was not allowed to ask it
about any Of its business. If he
asked for an extra service Of any
kind, Ashford said, he would be
fatty refused; if he asked for an
extra song during church service,
regardless Of how familiar the
song may have been to the group,
he would be told by the chorister
the choir would have ito have time"
to prepare the song.
They went to the management
of the radio concern and told him
they were changing their name
from the Wayman choir to the Cos
pei Singers. This was a violation
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DR.. John Chenou
Gets Appoint1n'
With Red G

WASHINGTON, D. G.
John w. Chenault of t.
Alabama, and DR.. William
rick Brown, Jr., of Pittsbur
are the two physicians rlM
appointments TO the A
Board on Health Services
ordinate activities of the An.
Red Cross in the health field, =
announced here this week by
O'Connor, national ARC chai
DR.. Chenault is well-knovs
the Twin Cities, where he's
while attending the Univers
Minnesota medical school. ID,
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Short Views
of the
News
Fifteen Army Nurses
Back to Civilian Life

WASHINGTON, D. c. (NNPA)
-Brigadier General James s. Sim
mons, acting surgeon general of the
Army, has informed Representative
Adam C. Powell, Jr., Democrat, Of
New York, that fifteen Negro
nurses who were stationed at Win
ter General Hospital, Topeka, Kan
sas, have been released from the
service under existing criteria. He
said thirty white nurses also sta
toned at that hospital have been
declared surplus.
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Veterans to Be
HOnOred at St.
James Sunday

st. James anne church, st. Paul,
is sponsoring a reception for re-
turned members of the armed ser
vices Sunday night, Dec. 16, at
8 p. m. at the church.
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Zion Senior Choir
To Present Christmas
Pl0y on Dec. 2:

The Zion Baptist Church Senior
Choir will present Christmas play,
1.-THE Little Shepherd" at the 7:46
services, Dec. 20, at the church.
Mrs. Lucy Harris is the director
Of the play and d. ]. Wade, in
charge Of music.
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Keep En- Segregated Instead of Sail@yoa
Navy Bars 1913 Veterans tSs
From HOmebOund Ship
Over Army PrOtes
yOul
lci i
that

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA)-As avalanche Of pl
rolled in the Navy Department declined last Wednesd
comment the action of the commander of the arcr
carrier CrOatan in barring 123 Negro combat soldiers frOI
sailing aboard the vessel
AS the result of the action of Captain Charles D. Gri
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No Congress Medals
For Negro GI'S

NEW YORK.-Declaring that
President Truman has awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor
"literally in patches" to white
heroes Of the war, The Crisis maya
zine remarks editorially that it
seems strange to Negro Ameri-
cans" that not one out of nearly a
million of their men in the services
should have won the nations high
est honor. The editorial is in the
December issue.