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Minneapolis Boy
Saves Youth
From Drowning

Bernard Wilkinson, 10 years old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard J.
Wilkinson, 1858 Xerxes Avenue
North, saved the life of an uniden-
titled boy at Crystal Lake, on Au-
gust 10, it was revealed this week
by his parents.
According to Mrs. Wilkinson
there is step-off about fifteen feet
from shore, but Bernard and his
playmates who go to the lake fire,
quently to wade and fish, are
familiar with the drop and avoid it
The unidentified boy apparently
didn't know about the danger, anC
walked off into deep water. =
Threw Him Pole
Bernard saw him struggling anC
crying for help, but at first thought
he was playing. 1t wasn't until he
saw him ready to sink for a thirc
time that young Wilkinson realized
the lad was drowning, and threw
him a pole which the latter grabbed
and held onto until Bernard pulled
him to shore.
Mrs. Wilkinson, who arrived OF
the scene a few minutes later, haC
no knowledge of the rescue unit
Bernard said, Mother, I just savec
this boys life" The rescued youth
afraid to go home and tell his par
ents of the near-fatal mishap, in
sisted on remaining at the lake tt
play.
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FEPC TOttering
AS War Contracts
Are Cancelled

WASHINGTON, D. G. (NNPA)
Wholesale cancellation of war
contracts by the Army and Navy is
stripping the FEPC of its authority
over determinations in hiring and
working conditions.
Under the Executive Order of
the President, the agency has had
jurisdiction over complaints against
all agencies of the federal govern
ment, over complaints against all
employers and the unions of their
employees having contractual rela-
lions with the federal government
which expressly or by implication
contain a nondiscrimination clause,
and over complaints against en-
ployers and unions of their en-
ployes engaged in industries essen
tial to the war effort, whether or
not they have contractural rela-
lions with the government.
Except for a few contract hold
ers, the FEPC will be limited now
to handling complaints against
agencies of the federal government.
This is happening at time when
determinations in layoffs and hir-
ing and rehiring are likely to in
crease. There is nothing the pres
ent FEPC can do, however, until
Congress passes legislation making
the agency permanent and giving
it jurisdiction over industries in
volved in interstate commerce.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-24

Endorsing the Back-to-School
Drive being sponsored by the Of
flee of Education and the Children's
Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor,
DR.. Caliver addressed his appeal
to the more than 275,0O0 Negro
students in high schools in IT
Southern States and the District of
Columbia, and to similar Negro
students in all parts Of the country.
recent developments in many
fields of activity-scientific, tech
biological, military and social
have indicated the Importance of
education for everyone" DR.. Cali
yer said. "The fact that generally
there is now need for so many to
know so much while among Ne
groes so little is known by so
many, makes education for them
must
Parents Responsible
"The wide educational gap be-
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tween other citizens and Negroes
on all levels and in all fields re-
quires that a greater number of
them be provided more and better
education than in the past. Every
Negro youth, parent and citizen has
a stake in the Back-to-School cam
paign; and the schools are obligat-
ed to render an educational service
designed to meet life's needs and
to assure more personal satisfac-
ton and social betterment.
The campaign is being pushed
mainly among youths in summer
jobs, those laid off from full-time
jobs, and those who are still in
school but thinking of dropping out
in the hope of getting a job. The
agencies hope to enroll 100000
more boys and girls in high school
this year than were registered
there last year.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-24
st. Paul Recorder
Gets Second Check
To Garry On Job

A second contribution was re
ceived this week to help the st
Paul Recorder carry on its work
Wolfram Hill, publicist, 1912 Nun
ster Avenue, sent in his check TO
$500 to Editor Cecil E. Newman
with the following letter enclosed
'Dear Mr.. Newman:
''In all their evil spirit, men
like Senator 'BilbOOb' of Mis-
sissippi accomplish some good.
He makes me appreciate more
fully the modest and steady
character of my many cOlOred
friends.
"a cursOry examination of
the war news reveals examples
of herOism of American Negro
troops too numerous to men,
ton. These men fought for me
and the millions of liberal citi-
zens who are grateful, and will
not allow men in or out of the
Congress to rob the boys of
their share of victory.
Enclosed is my check for
$500 as a modest expression of
my appreciation, and the hope
that you will continue in your
fight against race prejudice
and ignorance. Wasn't it Faith
er Divine who coined that
powerful slogan: Peace, It's
Wonderful
Sincerely yours,
wolfram HILL"
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Negro Worker
Must Fight
ALL Bias

NEW YORK-Summarizing a
full article on progress in the
American Federation of Labor ap-
pearing in the current August issue
of Congress View" National Ne
gro Congress magazine, Edward S.
Lewis, executive director of the
Greater New York Urban League
declares that eve need to change
our overall negative strategy in
approaching the discrimination
policy of ALL"
Recalling advice given him by
Sidney Hillman in 1885, Mr.. Lewis
says that the only hope of success
in this fight lies in generating
enough pressure in the locals and
local councils to get favorable
action.
Many Are Progressive
Today, "the ALL has number
of democratic, progressive-minded
members in all of its unions" Mr.
Lewis says. at is our job to seek
them out and with them overcome
discriminatory practices which
have been carried on throughout
its history.
"Negro members must learn tc
borrow and trade votes on issues
in the locals and in the central
councils" he adds. He also urges
Negroes to pay their dues, attend
meetings and take an active part il
union programs.
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Twin City Critics
Applaud Brilliance
OF carmen Jones"

Twin City critics went about to
applaud Billy Roses Carmen
Jones" at its three-day showing at
the st. Paul Auditorium, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday.
Norman C. Houk in the Mime
apolis Morning Tribune, wrote of
the show:
GAIL those enthusiastic reports
were true. Carmen Jones' came
to the Twin Cities Tuesday night,
playing the first of four perform
ances in st. Paul Auditorium and
it is a swell show.
C.. Carmen was sung Tuesday
night by Muriel Smith, and Joe
by Napoleon Reed, and they shared
honors, giving parts 'oomph' and
pathos respectively -"
e.. Elton J. Warren sang Cindy
Lou, the Micaela of this version.
Well cast, she got more out of the
part than most sopranos do in the
regular version. June Hawkins, the
Minneapolis girl in the cast, sings
Myrt, one of Garments pals (the
Mercedes of the OriginaD and she
presides over the ensemble in Beat
Out That Rhythm on a Drum a
terrific swirl of sound and color
and motion in what used to be the
sidewalk cafe scene"
James Gray, St. Paul Pioneer
Press writer, said: "The dramatic
season has started with such prance
and glitter and gusto as we have
seldom seen. The production is
Billy Roses Carmen JONES' a YER
sion of the opera with the Bizet
score very nearly intact, but with
a new libretto by Oscar Hammer
stein II.
"Muriel Smith bounced on all of
her opportunities with a feline au-
dacity and grace that makes all the
Carmens of my memory seem in
retrospect like sedate chaperOnes
of all the virtues. She sings with
full-thrOated richness. Napoleon
Reed is the Joe, lending a genuinely
beautiful voice to all the heart-tOrn
melodies, and playing with an at
tractive, decent reticence. Buck and
Bubbles who used to be in vaude-
vile were usefully on hand. So
were many other superbly unin-
hibited people like June Hawkins
:"
John K. Sherman of the Mime
apolis Star-Journal: "That amaz-
ing and amusing hybrid, Carmen
Jones'-one-third Bizet, one-third
Oscar Hammerstein II and one
third the Negro genius that lends
rhythm and vitality to everything
it touches-opened last night in st.
Paul's auditorium theatre. Those
lucky people, the residents Of st.
Paul, gave it fervid welcome and
a full house.
e.. It's blithe disregard of
conventions, its entirely un-
awed scrambling of the stand
ard opera plot, its racy YER
nacular and bold use Of jazz
and hOnky-tonk flavors, all
make it a delight to those who
like to see comfortable old
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WOrld-F Famous Apollo
To Get Face Lifted

New York. - Harlem's world
famous Apollo Theatre is being
made completely over at the cost of
$4,000.
The house that built the bands
reopens August "a, and the theatre
goers who go in to hear Luis Rus
sell and his orchestra plus Deck
Watson and the Brown Dots and
other attractions will be introduced
to a theatre comparable in appear
ance inside as well as outside to
any of the other swank Broadway
playhouses.
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Outdoor Barbecue Planned

The Volunteer Club of Zion Bap-
fist will hold an outdoor barbecue,
September 8, Labor Day, at Zion
Baptist. Hot dogs and hamburg
ers will also be sold. Serving will
begin at 1890 a. m. Sunday after
noon at 8 p. m, September 16, the
Volunteer Club will hold it's years
roundup rally.
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Los Angeles Does Okay

Los Angeles, Calif.-The mem
bership campaign of the local
branch of the NAACP ended here
last week with II, 1886 new members
secured and a total of SIT, 457.75
according to announcement OF
Thomas L. Griffith, branch presi-
dent. The new total exceeds the
1914 membership by 5000.
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Unemployment compensation
benefits are administered through
the offices of the USES. Already,
signs are appearing that this
"cushion" for unemployment which
is bound to develop during the
change over from war production
to peacetime activity is being used
as a hammer over the heads of
some groups rather than as bene-
fit to- them. With return of the
local employment service offices to
the states, the problem is expected
to become even more acute.
Reports are coming in that
war workers who are losing
their jobs because of the can
collation. of Army and Navy
war contracts are being offered
jobs at lesser pay and below
their acquired skills. When
they refuse the jobs, the en-
plOyment service interviewers
cut off their unemployment
compensation benefits by de-
claring them ineligible.
This practice is seen as a
particularly dangerous weapon.
1t is one which may be used
whOlesalely in the South to get
Negroes back into the kitchens
and other mental jobs at SUBJ
standard wages.
A protest has been sent to the
War Manpower Commission by the
CLIO concerning the alleged prac-
tice. In many cases, the CLIO de-
clared, skilled workers who have
been receiving 81 or more an hour
are being referred to unskilled jobs
paying so cents an hour, and upon
refusal to accept this "vicious wage
cut" are denied unemployment
compensation benefits.
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| nation in its own hiring and also
requires contractors and sub-con-
tractors serving the city to include
in contracts an agreement not to
discriminate.
Only One in Opposition
The measure was introduced by
two Negro aldermen, Oscar De
Priest (3rd) and William Harvey
(2d). It was opposed only by Aid
erman Walter L. Orlikosh (35th),
who said he favored it, but believed
that it should first be considered in
committee.
The new city law is entitled:
can ordinance providing for CO.
operation with the federal govern
ment agencies in preventing dis
elimination on account of race, color
or creed; prohibiting city and pri-
vate employers from making such
determinations, and declaring Grim
inal penalties for violations there
Of"
Fair Employment Law
The measure sets out that it is
to be known as ''The Fair Employ
ment Practices Ordinance" and that
it was framed to support "the policy
of the United States government
in furtherance of the successful
winning of the peace to insure the
maximum participation of all avail
able workers in production" with
out discrimination.
It declares it is to be unlawful
for any city department, official,
or employee to refuse to employ,
or promote, or otherwise discrim-
mate against any city employee on
racial, religious, or national origin
grounds, or "to seek any such in
formation as to any employee as a
condition of employment"
Contracts Covered
After requiring all city contracts
to include a non-discrimination pro-
vision and prime contractors to in
clude a similar provision in sub
contracts, the ordinance declares:
'It shall be unlawful for any per-
son to discriminate against any
other person by reason of creed,
color, or national origin with re-
spect to the hiring, application for
employment, tenure, terms of en-
ployment, or union membership"
The section providing the 5000
maximum penalty specifies "any
person, firm, or corporation who
shall violate or fail to comply" but
does not mention labor unions.
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First Negro Teachers
In Portland. Oregon

PORTLAND, ORE.-In a move
to improve race relations and open
up opportunities for Negroes in
this city, the board of education
has announced the appointment of
the first colored teachers in the
history of Portland. Robert G.
Ford, formerly of Shawnee, Okla,
and Mrs. L. o. Stone, formerly of
Kansas City, Kans., will teach ele-
mentary school classes beginning
this fall.
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Servicemen Send Donations
To National Negro Congress

New York. Topping the list
with his own contribution of $3.50,
T/5 Arthur Hawkins, a member of
the National Negro Congress, now
overseas with the 3225th Quarter
master Service Co., forwarded do
nation from enlisted personnel in
his outfit of $69.4O, which he had
collected for the work of the Con-
press.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-24

Harold Combs, 2435 Fourth Ave.
S., shown above, will act as CO.
chairman for the Minneapolis
NAACP drive. Mr.. Combs will
take over the business of officially
closing the campaign because of
the illness of Chairman Curtis
Chivers, recently injured in an ex-
plosion at Twin City Ordnance
plant. Combs announced this, week
that the drive would officially end
on August 81. Solicitors are asked
to make their final report by that
date.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-24
Wedding Rings Must Stay

Hollywood. - Movie stars Alexis
Smith, whose next film will be
Rhapsody in Blue" and Lauren
Bacall, will not remove their we'd
ding rings before the cameras.
Makeup men cover them so they
don't show.
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Resigns NAACP Post

NEW YORK-As of August Is,
Miss Consuelo C. Young resigned
her position as director of pub
icity and promotion for the
NAACP, and returned to her home
in Chicago. She had been en-
ployed in the national Office Of the
NAACP since March, 1914.
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Martin Brown Inspects
Heating Plants Free

Martin Brown, inspector and
salesman of Standard Heating COM
pany, will be calling to inspect your
heating plant at no cost to you.
Cleaning and repairs at low cost.
New heating units of all types IN
stalled. Homes insulated. 10. OFT.
-Advt.
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Coop Meeting Friday

A Coop meeting will be held
Friday, August "a, at the Halle
Q. Brown House. A final report
will be given on the $4,000 be-
ing raised for the Cooperative
Grocery store.
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Change of Jimcro Policy
In Vets Administration
Still May Be Doubtful

WASHINGTON, D. c. CNNPA)-General Omar Bradley
took the reign of the Veterans Administration from
Brgader General Frank Hines last week. and indicated that
change in the organization and personnel would only
after study.
Many changes have been advocated by Negroes partcu
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Dumbbells Out of Date;
Negro Youth Urged
to Return to School

WESTINGHOUSE recent scientific chronological
and social developments evidence of the Importance of edu
cation in the modern world Dr. Ambrose Caver, Senior
Specialist in the Education of Negroes u S. Office of Educa
ton this week urged all Negro high school children to return
to school and finish their education.
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"WOmen In Prison" Topic
At Sunday Meeting Here

Grace Holmes Carlson, only wom-
an prisoner among the 18 sentenced
in the Minneapolis labor case, will
speak on "Women In Prison." at
the American House, Sunday, Au-
gust &c, at 8 p. M, at a meeting
sponsored by the st. Paul branch
of the Socialist Workers Party.
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Rex Ingram Buys Play

Hollywood.-Actor Rex Ingram
is reported to have purchased a
play, "The Newark Playboy," which
he may produce on Broadway in
the near future.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-24

The fellow who got some extra
gasoline coupons from his ration
board hardly had time to brag about
it before gas was taken off the
ration list.-Advertising Age.
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Lower Pay or No Job
Is Choice for Workers
AS States Take Over

WASHINGTON, D. c. CNNPA) Return of the United
States EMPLOYMENT Service to state CONTROL requested by
of the Governors Council at the White House
last week reported to have the acqescence of President
Truman will present additional problems to minority groups
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VISITORS

VISITORS
Visitors to the st. Paul office this week {:
Gloria Parker, Alice M. Lawson, James R.
Culver, Pvt. Thomas Walden, Mrs. Mary
Hooks, Arnold L. Ingram, Mrs. Mary M.
Bradley, Mr.. and Mrs. George johnson and
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Banks, Sr.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-24

Structlon t n a I
war can bring
into the lives of
millions of peo-
pie. We have
shuddered at the
news of the ter
rife impact of the
a t o m ic bomb.
We've seen pic
lures of whole
t ow ms laid to
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traditions kicked in the stOm-
ach now and then, if the kick
has artistry. -"
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Librarian c.,.tw
Unit /
U.ncOvering
Washington
BY Horny S. McAlpin

Those of US who remained on the
home front did not have the oppor-
tunity of seeing the devastating de-
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larry by the Negro newspaper
Publis hers Association, which
would assure more equitable treat
ment of Negro veterans and aboli-
ton of the jimcro practices of
the Administration. The publishers
recommended appointment of a
Negro as an assistant admins
traitor to advise the administrator
on Negro affairs within the Ad-
ministration.
Part of the problem involves the
separate hospitals, and jimcro
wards for Negroes in other hos
pitfalls. Gen. Bradley brought into
the department with him two Army
medical men as his advisers. They
are Maj. Gen. Paul R. Hawley, who
was chief surgeon of the European
theatre, and Brig. Gen. Elliott G..
Cutler, chief consultant in the
surgery section, headquarters,
Services of Supply.
Military Men Added
AS administrative adviser, he
brought with him Brig. Gen. Henry
B. Lewis, who was Gen. Bradley's
deputy chief of staff in Europe.
Earlier in the war, he was director
of military personnel in the Ad-
jutant Generals office, in Wash
ington.
The trend toward military ap-
pointments has raised the hopes of
many interested in the problem
that Col. Campbell C. Johnson, ex-
ecutive assistant to Maj. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey of Selective
Service, may get the position the
publishers recommended be filled
by a Negro.
General Hines is not totally out
of the picture, however. He is ex-
pected to devote his full time for
the present to the dictatorship of
rehabilitation and unemployment,
which he is retaining at request of
President Truman.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-02-01

home Sunday from Camp Rob-
erts, Calf, to spend a furlough
with his wife ana parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Barry Roberts.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Ford re-
ceived a phone call Saturday
evening from their son, S/Sgt.
Kenneth Ford, VINO has Just
returned from a cnree month
trip to Saipan.
Word has been received by
Herbert Hibnes of Hardin that
S/Sgt. Carroll Hrpnes has been
commissioned a second lieut.
enant. 1t. Hibnes is with the
tank battalion in Europe. He
received a citation medal grant,
ed to him on service rendered
on the Normandy beach on D.
day. He has also been awarded
tine Purple Heart for wounds
received in France. He has seen
action in France, Belgium, Hol-
land and Germany.
T/Sgt. Robert Pickard, grand
son of Mrs. Ella Gilmore IS now
stationed at Lowry Field, Den
yer, Colo, in the Western Union
office. T/Sgt. Pickard was in
Hardin a short time ago on a
80 day furlough and has recent
ly been stationed at Lowry
field.
Mrs. Lura P. Strand received
word that her son A. R. M. SIC
Ralph Strand arrived for duty
overseas on Jan. 10.
Mrs. Strand received a letter
this week from Harold Jensen,
who is stationed with a hospital
unit on the island of Oahu.
Harold is a dental technician
and likes his work.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1945-02-01
MIKE
SEz-

Baby beds with mattresses
$23.95 and up; Baby blankets
in boxes with gift cards $2.95.
Chenille Bed spreads for babies
bed $4.95. Chenille bed spreads
Sl2.s5 to $685.. Baby buggies
$16.95 and up. Potty chairs, $3.45
and up. Hi chairs $4.45 and up
and a lotta other baby things.
No we are not in the baby bust
ness but the baby needs a start
and you can gettum started
young here.
I've been wondering why it is
that I have never seen any
twins among the Indians. I've
herd of whites that have had
5 at a time. That is kinda
flooding the market. In Chicago
they say that there is 3 shes to
every he. It's Shure funny that
I only had the same she. The
other two musta been out some
place.
You kin talk all about Chicago
all about Minneapolis, all about
Detroit but I'll just talk about
Hardin. I even herd that the
REA is figgerin On building a
new bldg. In Hardin. I kinda
fingered sooner or later they
would move back to where it
really should be. Don't git me
rong there is nothing rong with
Lodge Grass, but if they have
it here in Hardin I wont have
so far to go when I wanna see
one of the bosses.
They say Mr.. Sheets the Little
Horn State banker has been in
Hardin quite a bit lately. I
knoe lottsa people think he is
checkln up on me, or maybe
they think he is borrowing
from me The heck of it is I'm
borrowing from him g. talkin
about MI. Sheets makes me
think that the new Bank in
Hardin has opened up. When
you come to think of it maybe
2 banks are too many in lIar-
din. I wonder if MIR. Sheets was
here in Hardin to hire Mr. An
derson to help him at his bank
In WyOla. 1Ney say CQaC Dave
Moss is gonna quit if Al doesn t
get another banker in there to
help along.
There is talk going around
that Carl Rankin isn't gonna
run for mayoer no more. I cant
see why ne should quit now.
Lolita people sed they voted for
Roswell so that the war wood
end. Enyway as long as I amt
runnin III vote for Carl so that