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Evening star., 1945-04-12
Spain Ends Relations
With Japs in Protest
Of Manila Killings
By the Associated Press.

0s ehc HssOSlalru ieoe.
MADRID, April l2.-Spain has
broken relations with Japan in en-
ergetic protest against the bayonet-
ing Of Spanish nationals In the
Philippines by japanese soldiers.
A government communique, issued
last night after a cabinet meeting
presided over by Generalissimo
Francisco Franco, declared:
Direct information of Spanish
origin and officially confirmed leaves
no doubt concerning the attack on
February II by Japanese troops on
the Spanish consulate at Manila,
followed by the assassination Of
consular functionaries and other
Spaniards there, and the willful
burning of buildings, in addition to
many other assassinations and de-
liberate destruction OF the property
Of Spanish citizens.
"As a result OF these exception
ally grave acts, the Spanish gov
ernment, esteeming them incom-
patible with the maintenance OF
friendly normality between the two
countries, has resolved to break
diplomatic relations with the gov
ernment of Japan, while maintain
ing a demand for indemnity sent
Japan for the loss OF life and dam
age caused to Spanish citizens.
Spain forwarded the demand on
March "a, soon after the first an
nouncement Of the atrocities came
from Washington. Yakichiro Suma,
japanese Minister, said this week
that the Japanese government had
acknowledged receipt of the protest
on April 7.
In the Manila consulate incident
$50 men, women and children were
bayoneted to death. The list in
cluded many members of prominent
Spanish families.
Recent editorials in the Spanish
press, paving the way for the dip
lomatic break. declared that Japa-
nese attacks on Spaniards and at
tempts to wipe out Spanish culture
in the Philippines began as soon as
the Japanese took over the islands.
An official estimate said 80 per cent
of Spanish property in the Philip
pines had been destroyed.
Only the usual guards were on
duty in front of the japanese Lega-
ton in Madrid after announcement
of the break in relations, and no
unusual activity was evident.
1t was expected the Spanish gov
;V1fo
other japanese diplomats until safe
departure of Spanish diplomats
from Japan can be arranged.
Evening star., 1945-04-12
Harvey {. Emery Is Given
Navy's Top Civilian Award

The Distinguished Service Civil
ian Award, top Navy honor for ci-
villains, has been conferred on Har-
vey C. Emery. special assistant to
the Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
for Air, it was announced today.
Assistant Secretary Artemus l.
Gates presented the decoration yes
terday to Mr.. Emery, who has COM
pleted a three-year term of Navy
employment. 1t was given for "ex-
ceptional performance of outstand-
ing services" in the planning and
coordination Of naval air programs,
according to the citation. The pres
entation was made at Anacostia
Naval Air Station.
A resident of Ann Arbor, Mich.
Mr.. Emory has been member Of
the faculties Of the University of
Michigan and China University.
Evening star., 1945-04-12
IA Are Listed as Dead
In Collision OF Bills
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSON, Miss, April 12.-Four-
teen men were killed in collision
of two Bit Flying Fortresses from
the Jackson Army Airbase yester-
day about S miles north of the air.
base, Col. william H. Garrison, COM
manding ofilcer, announced.
They were members Of the 203d
Army Air Force base unit of the
I'd Air Force, on detached service
from headquarters at Colorado
Springs. Colo. Both planes were
demolished and the seven men
aboard each instantly killed.
Those killed were: Maj. John F.
Cunningham. Milton Junction, Wis.
1t. George J. Canavan, Milwaukee
1t. Charles J. Keathley, Auburn
dale, Mass; 1t. Carl J. Shane
aBtesville, Ind; 1t. John c. Stevens
Boston; 1t. Daniel B. Sullivan, Ash
land, Wis; Flight Off1cer Michael
B. Elliott, Potsdam, N. Y; Flight
Officer Jack c. Ewing. Aline, Okla.
also Flight Ofncer Harold Lisdell
jr., Mineral Bridge, Ohio; Flight
Officer Gunter G. E. frost, Serge.
ganset, Mass; Staff Sergt. George
c. Brooks. Owensboro, KY; STAFF
Sergt. Walter L. Lark, Jennings
Mo; Sergt. Joseph A. OFT, Reading
Pa, and Pvt. August N. Lilienkamp
St. Louis.
Evening star., 1945-04-12

in the paternity suit yesterday and
Chaplin's lawyer. Charles E. Mil
likan, indicated he would summon
Chaplin.
Miss Berry told the jury she
broke into Chaplin's home several
times during the spring and sum-
mer of 1912 and said that although
the movie actor and producer pre-
tended to be angry at her, "he
really wasn't mad because he liked
things like that"
Questioned by her own lawyer
Joseph Scott, Joan said her rela-
tions with Writer Hans Ruesch were
friendly "and he was sweet per-
son, nice and kind and more like
woman friend"
But Mrs. Elizabeth Hanni, man.
ager of the apartment house where
Ruesch lived, testified that Joan
told her she was in love with
Ruesch and considered him a
genius"
Previous testimony had shown
that Miss Berry, after being refused
admittance to Chaplin's home, went
to Ruesch's quarters.
Evening star., 1945-04-12
$4,000 Damages Asked

Julius Press, 1900 block of Raum
street NE. yesterday filed a suit
in District Court asking $4,000
damages from the Hecht Co. for al
legged injuries to this 3h-year-old
son, Morton H. Press, which the suit
says were suffered when the boy s
hand was caught in an escalator,
and for resulting expenses.
Evening star., 1945-04-12
Chap|in's Attorney 10 Ask
Defendant 10 Take Stand

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April l2.-Charlie
Chaplin had his opportunity today
to deny the accusation of Joan
Berry that he is the father OF her
infant daughter, Carol Ann.
Joan, the comedians one-time
protege, completed her testimony
Evening star., 1945-04-12
Guord Kills Nuzi Prisoner

DERMOT'T, Ark, April IL tHD.-A
German prisoner OF war was shot
and killed by guard yesterday at
the prisoner of war camp here, Col
Evening star., 1945-04-12

v. w. B. Wales, commanding officer,
said last night. An investigation is
under way.
Evening star., 1945-04-12

Can this be the last roundup?
Could be. Buy one extra War Bond
today.
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05
Credit Union
Annual Meeting
Jan. 8 St. Paul

The Associated Negro Credit
Unions Eighth Annual meeting will
be held Monday, January 8, at st.
James A. M. E. Church in St. Paul,
at $3.50 pm.
Rev. Floyd Massey Jr. of Pill
grim Baptist Church will be the
principal speaker. The motion pic
ture "The Negro Soldier" will be
presented, and a musical program
has been arranged.
The year 1914 was one of the
most active years of the Credit
Union, and the annual reports of
Union, and the annual reports Of
officers will be made.
A two per cent dividend has been
declared to shareholders of record
on December 81, 1914.
The public is cordially invited to
attend. Admission free.
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05
Theodore Beal,
Mpls. Resident
56 Years, Dead

Theodore Beal, SO, HOO Fourth
Ave. No., resident of Minneapolis
for Sc years, died at Fairview hos
pital Thursday, Dec. %, after a
brief illness.
Mr.. Beal, who was born in Boston,
Mass, had been employed by the
Milwaukee Railroad for 80 years.
He was a member of the Past Ex-
alted Rulers Council of Ames Lodge
Elks.
Funeral services were held at St.
Peter A. M. E. church Tuesday,
Jan. 2, at 2 p. m. Rev. II. C. Boyd
officiated. Ames Lodge held a brief
service. Interment Crystal Lake.
Neal Funeral Home was in charge.
Surviving are sister, Mrs. Grace
Lee, Minneapolis, and two brothers,
William S. Beal, Canada, and AL
fred Beal, Chicago. Both brothers
were unable to attend the funeral
due to illness.
A niece by marriage, Alma
Foster, who was very devoted to
her uncle, also survives.
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05

used in Fargo, N. D.
"We put on programs whenever
we had the money" he recalls. awe
struggled along earning only
enough money to keep from losing
the license"
The World war took him to
France where he, wired army
camps. Then he returned to Hal
lock.
He remembers a doctor there re-
marking to him, chow wonderful
it would be if there could be an x
ray machine that would move"
With this challenge, Jones
bought a small wagon and made
notifications to the X-ray equip
ment. With the device, broken
bones could be X-rayed without
moving the patient.
In 1928 he went to work for
Numero, who at that time was
manufacturing electrical equipment
and electronic devices for projec-
tion of sound.
Here Jones pioneered in sound
equipment development and today
more than rs per cent of the thea
ters in the Northwest use sound
equipment designed by him.
Gauge to his high standing
among engineers is the fact he re-
Gently was elected to the American
Society of Refrigeration Engineers
and has been called to the bureau
of standards in Washington to con-
suit with the office of the quarter
master general.
Jones, humble and unassuming
in his achievements, has formula
for his success: "I learned to know
what I know because I have put it
into practice"
He and his wife reside at Al S.
Twelfth street.
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05
StimsOn BemOans
SaysDisCriminatiOn
Against Japanese
BY Harry McAlnin

Washington, D. G. (NNPA)-
Secretary of War Stimson, in his
press conference this week went
farther in commenting on discrimi-
nation against Americans of Jap
anese descent than this correspond
ent recalls ever having been done
concerning determinations against
American Negroes.
Asked about such discrimination
and for comment concerning them,
Stimson said they were regrettable.
He added that there are at present
approximately $4,000 japanese Am
ericans serving in the Armed
Forces. The Tooth Infantry Bat
talon, he said, has been serving
for over year on the combat front
and has been cited for gallantry.
T personally reviewed that bat
talon in Italy, and was very proud
of its attitude and appearance and
the record given me on it by the
commanding officers" The 442nd
combat team, also composed of Am
ericans of japanese ancestry, has
been organized and committed to
combat, he declared.
"To me, it seems incongruous
and wholly inconsistent with Am
erican ideals of democracy" he
stated, "that these men who, like
millions of other Americans, have
demonstrated their loyalty to their
country should be subjected to un-
warranted discrimination"
American Negroes have 701, ,678
men in the Army, according to a
War Department announcement
this week. Their loyalty to their
country has been without parallel
in history. But press conference
questions concerning egroes
usually bring a one or two SEN
tence, evasive answer, that leaves
everything dangling in mid-air.
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05
Afro Announces
Staff Promotions

Baltimore, Md. (NNPA).-Wil-
liam I. Gibson, managing editor of
the Afro-American Newspapers
since 1884, has been named editor,
and Victor L. Gray, chief of the
copy desk, promoted to succeed him
as managing editor, it was announc-
ed this week.
At the same time, Mrs. Clemen-
tine Knox was advanced to chief of
the copy desk.
Mr.. Gibson, who joined the Afro
staff in 1927, is a graduate of
Hampton Institute and Ohio State
University where he majored in
journalism and earned the MA.
degree. He served as sports editor
from 1927 to 1884.
Mr.. Gray, native of Atchison,
Kansas, and an alumnus of the
University of Kansas, joined the
staff in 1884 following five years
on the staff of a Chicago weekly.
Mrs. Knox, who came to the Afro
in 1880 as proofreader, is a gradu-
ate of the University of Pennsyl-
vania and daughter of Mrs. Sara
Nicely, former society editor of the
Philadelphia Afro, and the late
Daniel H. Murphy, a son of the
founder.
Announcement of the promotions
was made by Carl Murphy, presi-
dent of the company which pub
fishes a chain of newspapers in
Baltimore, Washington, Philadel-
phia, Richmond, and New Jersey.
Mrs. Anna Wright, 1909 Clinton
Ave-, is convalescing at University
Hospital where she underwent an
eye operation. Her condition is re-
ported as fair.
Distributes Christmas Trees to
Shut Ins: Zion Baptist Church Mis-
sionary Society met at the home
of Mrs. Mayme Burrell, 3545
Fourth Ave. So., and had a lunch
con and made plans for the dis
tribution of 73 Christmas trees to
various shut-ins in the city. Mrs.
Stella Lawson, of Kansas City,
Kans., and Mrs. Mamie Harrison
OF Chicago, were the out-of-town
guests. Mr.. ]. W. Pate's car was
used for transporting the trees.
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05

Don R. Bonaparte, Jr., formerly
of st. Paul where he resided with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A.
Chapman, TOT st. Anthony Ave-,
has been promoted from Acting
Manager to Manager of the Ida B.
Wells Home according to a recent
announcement by the Chicago
Housing Authority.
The Ida B. Wells Homes, gov
ernment aided housing develop
ment, is made up of 1858 apart
ments which house more than T.
900 persons. 1t is the largest of
nine projects operated by the Chi
cago Housing Authority.
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05
Racial Bias
Hampers Work
In War Plant

st. Louis-Opposition by white
employees at the St. Louis ordnance
plant to the company's hiring Ne
gro help to fill some of the 6, 400 va
cancies at the plant resulted in an
almost riotous meet Sunday at
Kiel auditorium where 475 workers
gathered in an open meeting of the
CIO United Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers of America,
Local 1876.
The union previously had adopt
ed a resolution which stated that
the company should hire workers
as needed, regardless of race,
color or creed" At the meeting on
Sunday when the union reversed
this position the local president,
Otto Maschoff, and Betty Raab, Sec
retary treasurer, resigned their
posts.
The resolution which Maschoff
had introduced, stated in part:
"That we reaffrm our beliefs in
the policies of our union, the CIO
and the nation to prevent and elm
mate discrimination in employment
because of race, color or creed;
"That we indorse the re-employ-
ment of all laid off members, Negro
or white, and other needed work
ers in such departments as may be
necessary to fulfill the production
requirements set by the war de-
partment for our plant;
"That the union, through it's Of
ficers, call those of it's members, no
matter where they may be found,
to account for aiding or abetting
the division in the ranks of our
union because of race, creed or
color"
Though the resolution was adopt
ed, 80 minutes later when worker
rose and asked whether the resolu-
tion meant the company was to fol-
low it's plan, members shouted their
protest. A motion from the floor
to allow Negroes to work in the
packing department resulted in de-
feat. 1t was then that Maschoff
and Miss Raab resigned.
"The union is prepared to lend
its full cooperation to the company
and the government to man the
plant with workers, regardless of
race, creed or color, where they are
needed to get out the ammunition"
William Sentner, general vice pres
ident of the union, said Monday.
"Stop this interracial pickering
and attend to the job of winning
the war;" the Rev. John P. Markoe,
S. j., and Erwin Meissner, chair
man of the st. Louis Race Relations
committee, urged.
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05
EudOra Mcclure
Funeral Service
St. James, Thurs.

Funeral services for Eudora Jane
Mcclure, 72, 661 W. Central, St.
Paul, were held Thursday, Jan. A,
at A p. M, at st. James A. M. E.
church. Rev. B. N. Moore officiated.
Mrs. Mcclure, a native of Arkan-
sas, died at her home Tuesday, Jan.
2. She raised her family of three
boys and lived in Des Moines, Ia,
until seven years ago when she
came to st. Paul to live with her
eldest son, Harve j. T. at the w.
Central address. She was the widow
of Archie Mcclure.
An active member of St. James
church and member of the church
Missionary Board, Mrs. Mcclure
was a member of the Order of
Eastern Star and American Legion
auxiliary in Des Moines, and a
member of the Purple Heart aux
iliary No. of Minneapolis.
Surviving are three sons, Harve
]. T., st. Paul; James L., ST., and
L. Phillip Mcclure, Des Moines;
two sisters, Mrs. Eta L. Smith,
Oklahoma City, and Mrs. o. ".
Smith, Minot, N. D.; two grand
children, Miss Roselilyan Mcclure,
now in Washington, D. c.; and
Pfc. James Mcclure, Jr., serving
in the Philippines. The sons from
Des Moines and sister of Minot at
tended the funeral.
Neal Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements. The re-
mains will be shipped to Des Moines
for interment Saturday.
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05
Rev. Nelson Attends
Methodist Meetings.

Rev. Clarence T. R. Nelson, pas
tor of the Camphor Memorial Meth
odist Church, st. Paul, returned
home on Friday from Nashville,
Tenn, where he attended the Ma
tional Methodist Conference on
Christian Education, at Scarritt
and Peabody colleges from Dec. 29
to January 8. Rev. Nelson is chair
man of the Lexington Conference
Board of Education.
Rev. Nelson also attended the
meeting of the Board of Managers
of the Leadership Training School
of the Central Jurisdiction of
which he is secretary.
Miss Elizabeth McCracken who
spent Christmas with her mother,
Mrs. Nora McCracken, 852 Abe
marie, returned to Dayton, Ohio
last Sunday.
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05
Edwdrd A. Purdy.
Dies Suddenly

Edward A. Purdy, 65, 24OO Irving
Ave. &c., Minneapolis, assistant to
the president of Federal Cartridge
Corp, died suddenly Tuesday morn
ing after a heart attack suffered
New Years day at his office in the
Foshay Tower.
Mr.. Purdy was postmaster of
Minneapolis from 1914 to 1922. -
He held many positions of trust
in city and state civic groups and
was one of the most influential
members of the Democratic party
in the N. W.
He was much interested in the
advance of the Negro people and
in interracial understanding.
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05

sound equipment and invention of
the first self contained, gasoline
engine-operated refrigeration unit.
It's his adaptation of the latter
invention to fit the armed forces
that gives him his greatest pride.
He fathered the automatic mo-
bile refrigerator as chief engineer
at U. S. Thermo Control Co., "A
S. Twelfth street, and today every
firm in the United States supply
ing refrigeration units follows
Jones' basic design, J. A. Numero,
president of the company, points
out.
His self-contained refrigeration
unit functions almost like the hu-
man Misunderstanding and stopping
and defrosting itself automatically.
All the CT need do is pour in gas
and oil.
He overcame the problem posed
by the conventional automatic
starter by developing starter gen.
orator in one unit mounted directly
on the crank shaft instead of the
flywheel.
The unit, adapted to small and
large "ice boxes"- of which
can be carried to forward areas by
air and set up in a matter of min
utes-are capable not only of re-
frigeration but of making ice in
cube form.
The sweItering CT thus gets that
tall glass of lemonade-and he gets
it cool.
Through Jones' efforts the cor
ner drug store may figuratively be
moving down to the South Pacific
and to other warm climates.
A lightweight, portable ice cream
making machine, for which he de-
signed the motive power, spouts
ice cream minutes after powdered
ingredients are poured into it.
He also has been asked by the
war department to develop light
weight box for holding serums and
medical supplies and for a refriger-
alton unit to serve lotion light
weight trailer truck.
All of his equipment functions
where no outside source Of electric
power is available.
Jones' success story follows the
Horatio Alger pattern. He literal
ly pulled himself up by the boot
straps.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1894,
he was raised as an orphan by an
Irish Catholic priest. At the age
of 16 he ran away. To get a job
in garage he had to put on long
pants, he remembers.
His first work was shining the
bronze plating on claxon-equipped
1ivvers. 1t was at this job he be-
came intrigued with the workings
of electrical devices and began to
explore their mysteries.
His education other than the first
six grades consisted of a cores
pondence course in electrical engi-
neering. He bought slide rule
from a boy who had found it on a
street corner and by trial and error
learned to operate it.
In 1918 he and a friend built a
radio station at Hallock, Mimi,
equipment of which is still being
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05
Cornelius Rice
Dies at State
Hospital Dec. 30

Cornelius Rice, Al, 80 Hyland,
died Saturday, Dec. 80, at Roches-
ter State hospital after an illness
of nearly two years. He was born
in Evansville, Ind. and had lived
in Minneapolis for 81 years.
Funeral services were held Tues
day, Jan. 2, at pm. at the Church
of God in Christ on Olson Blvd.
Rev. J. W. Graham officiated.
Woodland Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements. Interment,
Crystal Lake.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Ca
milla Hickerson of Chicago and
three brothers, Warren, Edmond
and Gilbert Rice, all of Minneap-
oils.
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05
Two Congressman
Of Negro Descent
Take Seuts


WASHINGTON, D. C.-The his
toric 10Th Congress of the United
States, before a packed gallery
which had less than 80 Negro spec
tators in it, saw two Negroes take
the oath of office when Congress-
man William L. Dawson CD of
Illinois and Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. (D) of New York were sworn
in. The oath was taken by the
entire body of 374 congressman
present at the same time.
Powell, the newest member of
the Congress, the first Negro from
the state of New York, was escort
ed to the legislative chambers by
Dawson. Their offices are next to
each other in the old House office
building. The two Negro congress-
men sat together during the pre-
liminary organization of the House
during which time Representative
Sam Rayburn (D) of Texas was
reelected speaker.
Later, during the session, Powell
spent much of his time talking with
Representative Vito Marcantonio
(ALP) of New York, who was seen
introducing him to a number of the
men who will be their colleagues
during the 10Th Congress.
Rumors that Powell would be
seated beside Representative John
Rankin (D) of Mississippi, failed
to materialize during this first ses-
sion. Rankin occupied five differ
ent seats during the session. No
one was assigned to any particular
seat. Powell, by choice however,
was seated on the Democratic side
of the House, though elected on
the Democratic, Republican and
American Labor Party ticket.
From New York for the swearing
in ceremony and to pay their re-
spects to the new congressman
came Hazel Scott of movie and
night club fame whose name has
been romantically linked with
Powell; Joseph E. Ford, Democratic
leader of the 18th Assembly Dis
trict (South); Guy R. Brewer,
Democratic leader of the 18th As
sembly District (North); Acy Len
non, secretary to Ford; David Lin
corice, assistant pastor of the Abys-
sinian Baptist church, of which
Powell is pastor, and Elizabeth C.
Bullock, a Democratic district cap
tain, and DIR. A. C. Powell, Sr.,
father of the congressman.
Seen in the galleries were Mrs.
Mary Mcleod Bethune, president
of the National Council of Negro
women; Mrs. Mamie Mason Hig-
gins, assistant to Mrs. Bethune;
Mrs. Regina Chandler and Mrs.
Venice Spraggs.
Powell had an opportunity to
make his maiden speech in Con-
gress in answer to Rankin when
the Mississippi congressman made
the first order of business, after or
ganization of the House and other
preliminaries were out of the way,
a resolution amending the rules of
the House so as to make the old
Dies committee on un-American
activity a regular standard com
mittee of the House with Powell
to introduce legislation. Opposition
to the measure seemed so strong,
however, that Powell made no move
on his first day toward carrying
out his campaign pledge to answer
Rankin whenever he shouted off
with his anti-Negro and other re-
dictionary spiels. Rankin amend
ment was passed 270 to 1856.
SON.
St. Paul recorder., 1945-01-05
Jennie Jeffers
Funeral Service
Held TuY1IIryy-xy a

Clifton Ingram and his wife ar
rived in st. Paul, Tuesday, Jan. 2,
to attend the funeral of Mr.. In
grams mother, Jennie Jeffers, who
died Saturday, Dec. %.
Services were held Thursday
Jan. 4, at 2 pm. at the Neal Flu
neral chapel in st. Paul. The Je-
hovan Witnesses had charge of the
funeral. Interment, Elmhurst.