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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-24
EleUen Schools in Junior Red Cross

Eleven schools this week reported 100 per cent enrolment in the Junior Red Cross, Mrs. Francis OLeary. co-chairman, has announc- ed. The schools are St. Ann's Bun ker Hill, H. s. Chase. Hopeville Maloney. Sacred Heart, St. Mar garet's, Leavenworth high school. Wilby high school, St. Margaret's primary. and Mitchell school. Wood bury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-24

The myth of German chemical superiority has been exploded by the war.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

door, MARITIME awakened from a
troubled dream and-still half asleep
reached for his pistol. The police,
of course, pounced upon him and
beat him so badly that he was con-
fined TO hospital for three months.
During the depression few years
ago, snoring became a major problem
at the Gold Dust Lodge Of the Sal.
vation Army in New York. Some
times as many as 1,S00 men slept
there and three or four well-equipped
snorers could cause as much disturb.
ance as riveters in a shipyard.
The Salvation Army tried TO cope
with the situation by segregating the
sonorous sleepers. For some. the at.
tendants prescribed jaw bandageS 10
keep the mouth closed. But no sue
cessful plan was devised-as ii hasn't
been by any inventors or scientists.
All sorts Of gadgets have been pat
ented, including a uncontrolled ar.
rangement that pounds the sleeper
with trip-hammers. Drugs have been
tried, and in some cases have toned
down the snore to purr. Long ago
somebody devised an arrangement
like a horses bit.
Some snoring Is caused by OBJ
struction in the nasal passages. But
most results from fluttering OF the
soft palate at the back of the throat.
1t flaps like flag in the breeze.
Snoring is the nations habit
much as the chocolate soda. II V&b,
developed to such fine point in the
household of Lloyd B. Copley, a pat.
ent medicine salesman at Spokane,
that, according to Mr. Copley, his
wife, Leila, snored in Morse code TO
signal her lover outside their home.
P.S.-They were divorced.
rmR AAaEnIGAN MEEEIN
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

l have done everything I can but l
must get some sleep. / guess / have
had more shoes thrown at me than
any other man in the army"
Leonard d. Williams can sympa-
thize. He had a reputation, too, until
Rodriguez came along.
Williams was mustered into the
army in California After the first
night he was sent to other quarters.
But one night was enough there, too.
1--WE been told people block away
have heard me snoring, so the best
thing the army could figure out was
to put me in the hospital for observa-
tion." he said. "Then the other pa
tients squawked because they couldn't
sleep and Twas sent to the isolation
ward on porch.
That didn't do any good either
There were patients there, too, who
needed sleep, SO they moved me to a
hall next " the officers rooms. A
major who was i'll could not sleep
and got angry and so l was shifted
once again."
After % days the army gave up
trying with Williams. He finally was
10 April ~, 1915
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

given a medical
discharge.
Snoring, like
the poor, is al
ways with us.
1t ow s no
class, creed or
color. Aim ost
every family has
its problem.
John (Iron
Jaw Smith was
a C ele brat g d
Snorer. Under
life sentence in
n braSka for
murder, Smith
virtually snored
his way right
out of prison.
Smith got his
graphic sobri-
quet because he
once made a liv-
ing as a freak
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

sleep IN the DaSe
m mt Of his
home. But after
a few nights, the
warden's family
threatened to
move out.
So a spec cial
prison was built
for Smith out
side the walls
and when he be-
came eligible for
parole after six
and a half years
he was released
with heavy sighs
of relief by pris-
on officials.
Fortune M ar
tine. a French
man. made his
snoring pay divi-
dends. He was
in his office in
Hyeres, France,
when he dozed-
off. He made
some fancy nasal
noises, too, and
he made them so
dly that a
crowd collected
outside the build.
ing. To S m @
{ h G rum b G
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

After his third night in the cell
block, the other prisoners were on
the verge of revolt. They were in
such an ugly mood that the warden
made Smith a truSty and let him
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

in a circus sideshow by biting 20
penny nails in half. But he couldn't
keep his jaws closed at night.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

sounded like the moaning of an in
jured man, so police were called
AS the gendarmes broke in the
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22

tary p 0 IL c e III q II
from N e p { u n e,
N. j., who is sta
toned in England
with the u ite d
States Air Trans
port Command.
Rodriguez is tops,
and there are 200
of his buddies to
testify for h i'm.
They know, by ex-
perience, that every
tim G the bugler
blows taps Rodri-
gueZ corks off and
sounds rcveille.
They did testify
for him-in a way.
They 81 e n ed a
round robin and
presented it to the
commanding off.
GER when all else,
in clu din G we'll
aimed shoes, failed
to improve the noe
turnal situation in
the barracks.
1t got action, too.
r o d ri eZ was
transferred to soil.
tary Slumber in a
38-bed hut, and
when the quarters
were n @ @ d @ d for
other men he was
assigned to a sound
proof room.
Rodriguez w a S
mighty apologetic.
II can't help it,"
he said. Il don't
blame the boys for
feeling as they do.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-22
BY GERALD DUNCAN

IEARLY- everybody snoreS = oc-
M casionally, frequently or prac.
i y tically every night. But it took
a war to focus attention on the cham
pion-Pvt. Ramon Rodriguez, a mill
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07
Bernuth- Dreamlund Case
What Really
Happened Last
Wednesday Night

Daily press reports of the
incident" at Dreamland Cafe,
1855 Fourth Ave. S., last
Wednesday night, have never
given a clear picture of what
actually took place. A Min
neapolis Spokesman reporter, after
interviewing the persons involved,
as well as patrons in the cafe on
the night detectives and police
women, headed by Eugene Bernath
of the morals squad, entered the
place, searched men patrons, and
took two girls into custody when
they refused to give their names,
found the true sequence of events
leading to the fasco.
Between 1920 and HOO p. m,
six plainclothes men, including Ber-
nath, and three policewomen, en-
tered the restaurant through both
street doors. They were followed
by two members of police squad
car. All entrances and exits were
blocked, and questioning of patrons
was begun. The men were asked
for Identification and draft cards.
No Credentials
According to Dick Mann, Dream
land bartender, and this statement
was substantiated by witnesses,
Bernath did not identify himself
nor make any attempt to explain
the reason for the police action. No
credentials were presented. The
men were "frisked" for weapons,
and Mrs. Roy Kay, wife of a
Dreamland bartender, had her
purse searched by policewoman.
Sitting in a party of six in one
of the booths were Mrs. Emma
Crews, head of the St. Paul office
of the Spokesman-Recorder papers;
her husband, Al; Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Small, Anita Bloedoorn, regis
tered nurse of the Ramsey County
Nursing service, and Charles Brad
ley, all of st. Paul.
Mrs. Crews states that police
Continued on Page g.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07
Negro Girls Win
Telephone Posts

BOSTON, Mass.-The most sig
nifcant labor victory for Negroes
in this area in more than a quarter
of a century was concluded here
this week when the New England
Telephone Company announced that
hereafter it will employ colored
women in clerical, skilled and other
brackets.
The victory came as the culmina-
ton of long, hard fight that began
several weeks ago in Providence,
R. l., moved to the Boston scene,
and engaged the full-time efforts
of the Boston Urban League staff
large part of the summer months.
The case broke into the "battle"
stage in June, when an official of
the company announced that he
would not employ colored people,
and did not believe that the time
to employ them would come during
his life. The Providence citizenry
was quick to express their resent
ment, and finally forced the official
to retract his statement. Later they
secured his promise that he would
consider the employment of Ne
groes, but first in the Boston area
(under the same controD.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07
County Attorney
Says Daily Times
Misguided Him

County Attorney Michael Dillon
on Tuesday denied he made a state
ment to the Minneapolis Daily
Times last week about ian un-
wholesome association of whites
and colored persons" in reference
to the fatal shooting of Marvin
Lewis, 27, of tbs Olson boulevard,
by Jeanette Faltico, Is, of 2507
Blaisdell Avenue, which took place
at $50 Eighth Avenue North, early
last Wednesday morning.
Attorney Dillon said his exact
words were: For several years,
there has been an unwholesome and
unhealthy condition in certain sec
tons in North Minneapolis. There
have been prosecutions from time
to time, and the offenders punished,
however, this has not been enough.
1t seems now that a complete in
vestigation should be made to see
if there are some factors on the
North Side that are responsible for
these conditions"
Last Friday, Dillon called Editor
Cecil Newman and said he had been
misquoted in the Times. 1t was
also on Friday that Newman had
a conference with editors of the
paper during which the latter de-
MED any misquoting. Later the
Times called Dillon who evidently
repeated what he had told New
man, namely, that he had been mis-
quoted by the Times.
A Times editor told Newman that
the reporter who wrote the story
inferred he thought Dillon meant
can unwholesome association of
whites and colored persons.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07

now being redeployed to the United
States, and an outfit of 400 men
who spent seven months on the fir
ing line has been assigned to wait
ing Battle-Ground conveys of Signal
heavy construction, Quartermaster,
Engineer, Ordnance and Transpor-
tation Corps battalions.
The fifth was the only unit of
its kind to participate in one of the
largest mass field artillery barrages
in the history of warfare. 1t fired
more rounds than any other bat
talon in the XVI Corps in proper
ton to the time it was in action.
1t participated in the first assault
on the Rhine; and crossed the
Rhine with the 9th Army.
Illustrative of the perform
ance of the unit, it had only
two of its officers and none of
its men killed in action. Yet it
boasts of eight bronze stars,
"a air medals, % certificates of
merit, and eight purple heart
medals.
In the Wiesel pocket, ele-
ments of the fifth were under
constant observation by the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07
Youth Pleads Guilty
In Theft of Bonds
From Stepmother

A plea of guilty was entered by
Walter B. Stone, 10 years old, of
1888 N. Dale st., to a second degree
grand larceny charge, in the theft
of two war bonds from his step
mother. Benjamin Carruthers, 1s,
of 1872 St. Anthony Avenue, de-
clared to be involved, pleaded inno-
cent, and his trial was set for Oc-
tober /.
The bonds were stolen by Stone
from Mrs. Alma Stone of the same
address. They had a maturity value
of $3.50. A 16-year-old girl, using
Mrs. Stones social security card
which Walter Stone also stole,
cashed them, and the proceeds were
divided between the three of them.
The juvenile authorities have the
girl in custody.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07

Matron, Mrs. Queen K. Ransom of
St. Paul, and the Worthy Grand
Patron, George Adams of Duluth,
presided over convention sessions.
Memorial Prayer
The formal announcement was
made of the death of Lieutenant
George L. Hoage, Jr., who was
killed recently in a motor vehicle
crash in Los Angeles. A silent
prayer was offered in memory of
Lieutenant Hoage, who was a
former Past Worthy Grand Patron
of the OES. The Honorable John
]. McDonough, Mayor of St. Paul,
was presented to the delegates, at
the opening session.
Visiting guests included: Mrs.
Zehna Derrick, Past Worthy Grand
Matron, of Washington State; Mrs.
Maude Brenton, Past Worthy Grand
Matron, of Iowa; Mrs. Harriet Bell,
Grand Associate Conductress, ILL
nois Jurisdiction, and Mrs. Frances
Baker, of Chicago.
All sessions were instructive,
much work having been accom-
plished by the OES during the past
year.
On Thursday evening, August %,
the Ransford OES drill and pro-
gram, under the supervision of Mrs.
Elizabeth Hall, Worthy Grand
Lecturer, and the reception ten
dered the delegates by the st. Paul
Chapter, were the highlights.
Many Out-Of-TOwners
Among the out-of-town OES
members were: the Rev. W. R, T.
Romaine, the Mesdames Elizabeth
A. Stewart, Violet Hurt, and Edna
Jackson of Winnipeg, Canada; the
Mrs. Emma Watts, Carrie Dozier,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07
CLIO Enters Case
of Dreunlund Cote

The powerful CLIO Local las
of the Minneapolis Honeywell,
supported by the Hennepin
County CLIO Council, and the
Minnesota Labor publication,
this week entered the Dream
land Cafe case.
On Wednesday, Earl Cluka
of Local HAS; Robert 1. Wis
hart, chairman of the Hennepin
County CLIO Council, and S. K.
Davis, business manager of the
Minnesota Labor, paid a visit
to Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey
and County Attorney Michael
Dillon. According to the men,
Dillon denied he had made the
statement attributed to him by
the Minneapolis Daily Times
about IAN unwholesome associa-
ton of whites and colored per-
sons" in the northside district
of the town. He also said both
men agreed police procedure in
the Dreamland case was faulty,
and that they both wanted to
see the whole situation cleared
up.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07
Girl Gets Kicked Out
By Kickernick Firm
When She Seeks lob

Ernestine Perry, 1882 S1st Ave.
&c., who applied for employment
at the Kickernick Company, 2843
26th Ave. So, Wednesday morning,
in answer to an ad in daily paper,
was told by an office girl, "I'm
sorry we don't take colored." She
was told the manager of the firm,
which manufactures women's lin
gerie, was not around.
Miss Perry has referred her case
to William Seabron, industrial
secretary of the Minneapolis Urban
League. She was formerly en-
ployed as a machine operator at
the Twin Cities Ordnance plant at
New Brighton, MINI.
The Kickernick Co. garments are
purchased by thousands of Negro
women.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07
New Club Organized
In St. Paul to Give
Tots Music Truining

St. Paul added a new club to its
roster of organizations recently
with the formation of the Gust Us"
club, a social and humanitarian
group organized to give talented
children musical education. The
first student is Edward Ballard, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ballard.
Ten members are in the club
which meets every other Monday
evening at 500 p. m. The first
meeting was held at the home of
Mrs. Pansy Dodd, TOP Carroll, and
the second meeting, with Mrs.
Vivian Crews as hostess, was also
held at Mrs. Dodd's home. Each
member will entertain the club in
turn. The next meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. L. Claridy, 723
Rondo, on Monday evening, Sep
TENDER 8.
Mrs. Frances Humburd is presi-
dent, and Mrs. Irene Harper is re-
porter.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07

The Red Cross, in a news release
announced that it was making plans
for readjusting its services to aid
the national and international prob
lens of civilian life. 1t stated that
blood donations for civilians will
take the place of the Blood Donor
Service for the wounded overseas.
Army Accepts Responsibility
In the past, the Red Cross has
hidden behind the fact that the
separate labelling of the blood in its
blood plasma bank was dictated by
the Army. This fact was cor
roborated in an interview with rep
resentatives of the Surgeon Gen.
erals Office of the Army last April.
The Army accepted full response
bility for the policy, and indicated
no intention of changing it.
The letter to the Red Cross
from the NNPA stated: I'm
view of the fact that the Amer
lean Red Cross has consistent
ly maintained that its policy
of separately labelling the blood
of whites and Negroes in its
Blood Plasma Bank has been
dictated by the Army, please
advise us what policy will be
followed in the handling of
blood donations for civilians"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07
INFANT SON OF PVT.
VIM. STARKEY DIES

Theodore Starkey, infant son of
Pvt. VIM. Starkey, in the Philip
pines, and Mrs. Irene Starkey, 40S
Carroll Ave, born, Aug. 25, 1915,
died Thursday, Aug. 80, 1915.
Funeral services were held at 10
a. m. Saturday, Sept. l, at the
Brooks Funeral Home with Rev.
B. N. Moore officiating. Interment
was at Oakland cemetery.
Other survivors are her paternal
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Starkey, her paternal great-grand-
mother, Mrs. Louise Baker, of St,
Paul, and maternal grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Blakey, Yank-
ton, S. D., and two brothers, Will
liam III and Russell.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07


Reviewing the difficulties Ne
groes will experience in the post
war period because of discrimina-
lions, White urged also enactment
of legislation for a permanent
FEPC, the bill to establish q ma
tional housing policy, amendments
to give assistance to veterans with
out discrimination, broadened IN
employment compensation benefits,
the Pepper Wage Hour Law amend
ment to provide a minimum wage
to an increased number of workers,
expanded social security coverage
to include agricultural and domes-
tic workers, anti-lynching legisla-
ton, and abolition of the poll tax.
ut is tragic" White de-
clared, that it took the catas-
trOphe of war to give the Ne
gro for the first time in his
more than three centuries in
America an opportunity to
earn a decent living"
He said that even the modest
benefits have had to be fought
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07
st. Paul Urbon League
Asks to Be Notified
OF Job Bios Immediately

The st. Paul Urban League this
week, through its industrial secre-
tary, Charles F. Rogers, urged Ne
gro workers who feel that they are
being Disseminated when they ap-
ply for jobs at St. Paul plants, to
notify him Immediately.
Mr.. Rogers continued to say that
many workers let several days
elapse after they are refused before
notifying the Urban League office
of the discrimination; consequently,
the job is filled when the matter is
called to the attention of the office,
and nothing can be done.
The telephone number of the st.
Paul Urban League is Cedar 2539
and its new location is 402 Metro
politan Bank Building, 9Th and
Cedar Streets.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07

ulerS call plCLuIS "SENAA AAN
him waving his hands loosely from
the wrist, swaying from his bloat-
ed hips, almost idiotly drooling
from the mouth. He had just re-
turned to the Senate from a trip
overseas and he was telling the
world that Negro soldiers are lazy,
will not work, will not fight, are a
disgrace to the flag of the United
States. He was basing his facts, he
said, on what some high ranking
generals had told him.
This week, he returned again to
the Senate from another foreign
trip-to Mississippi. But this time,
if he were consistent, he would be
saying that all white people are
untrustworthy, incapable of Shout
dering responsibility, unable to
make sound decisions involving the
lives of millions, and hence are en-
titled to none of the rights and
privileges of citizenship in this
great country.
AS source of information for
reaching this conclusion, he could
cite the Army Pearl Harbor Board
Report, the summary statement of
Secretary of War Stimson, the
findings of the Navy Court of In
quiry, and the conclusions of Sec
rotary of the Navy Forrestal.
Of course, the errors of judg-
ment attributed to 1t. Gen. Short,
Rear Admiral Kimmell, Admiral
Stark, General of the Army Mar
shall and former Secretary of State
Hull, the dereliction of duty on the
part of some of these men, the
failure to cooperate and coordinate
their efforts and information, are
by no means an Indictment against
the entire white race. To claim so
would be stupid.
1t would be no more fantastic,
however, than to publicly state on
the floor of the Senate that Negro
soldiers will not work, will not
fight, and are a disgrace to the
American flag.
Of course, in a million Negro
soldiers, there would be some who
were lazy, some wllor did not want
to fight, some who by their actions
would be a disgrace to any flag.
These few, however, would have
no monopoly on such infamous
claims. Plenty of white soldiers
could be found to keep their miser-
able company, and with less rea-
son to justify their attitudes.
The fallacy of generalizing on
the basis of a few specific incl
dents is illogical, unfair and stupid.
But just the same, it makes very
funny, side-splitting picture-even
if in the imagination only-to
think of what a complete ass Sen.
Eastland could make of himself
again if he were only consistent.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07

South, Minneapolis, spent two-and-
a-half of his three-and-a-half years
of army service, overseas. He was
wounded in the battle of Dillinger,
Germany, and was awarded the
Purple Heart.
According to Patrick, Negro and
white soldiers "got along fine" in
the unit. He says he found the
white soldiers on the battle line for
the most part, unprecedented, be-
cause they realized 1--WE were all in
the same boat"
In addition to the Purple Heart,
Patrick wears seven battle stars,
and with an accumulation of 105
points, he expects his discharge
soon.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07

enemy and were encircled sew
eral times while the unit
launched its attack across the
Rhine. 1t was during this
mission that a 24-hOur barrage
of heavy Allied field artillery
fire leveled portions of Krupp
Works, Inc, in Essen, Ger
many. This resulted in an ex-
change of cOurnterattacking
blows between the fifth and
the enemy which finally re-
suited in the enemy's sur
render.
The unit was commanded by
Brig. Gen. C. C. Brown, who pulled
the lanyard when the first shot was
fired across the Rhine river last
March rs. 1t was formerly com.
manded by 1t. Col. Russell Harris
of Atlanta, Ga. Among it's Negro
officer personnel were Capt. James
H. Robinson, Jr., 2O21 Melrose Ave.
Cincinnati; Chief Warrant Officer
James D. Walters, 1923 Braddocl
Ave-, Braddock, Pa, and Warrant
Officer (j.g.) Royal T. Elliott, 6221
Frankstown Ave-, Pittsburgh, Pa
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-07

Edmonia chatham, and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Adams of Duluth, Min
nesota.
Officers elected for the coming
year are: Worthy Grand Matron,
Mrs. Queen K. Ransom of st. Paul;
Worthy Grand Patron, George
Adams of Duluth; Associate Grand
Matron, Mrs. Elizabeth Van Hook
of Minneapolis; Associate Grand
Patron, James r. Lynn of st. Paul;
Grand Secretary, Mrs. Mayme K.
Mccoy of st. Paul, reelected for
the eighth term; Grand Treasurer,
Mrs. Ardelia Allen of St. Paul, re-
elected for the 18th term; Grand
Conductress, Mrs. Ella Shepard of
st. Paul; Associate Grand Con-
ductress, Mrs. Edna Jackson, and
Grand Lecturer, Mrs. Mable Harris
of st. Paul.
Appointed officers are: Mesdames
EdmOnia chatham, C. G. T. c.;
Lucille Shivers, C. G. S.; and Grand
Ada, Mrs. Ethel Stevens; Grand
Ruth, Mrs. Sarah Johnson; Grand
Esther, Mrs. Mable Willis; Grand
Martha, Mrs. Mamie Fogg; Grand
Electa, Mrs. Carrie Lindsay; Grand.
Chaplain, Mrs. V. R. Hurt; Grand
Organist, Mrs. Viola Culver;
Grand Marshal, Mrs. Blanche
Mayes; Grand Warder, Mrs. Alma
Woodson, and Grand Sentinel,
George Downey.