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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01
Picturesque Beauty OF Switzerland
Seen BY Staff Sgt. Roland Swank
Where You Will
Vote At Election
On Next Tuesday

Bluffton A-Gratie School.
Bluffton B-H. 5. Library.
Bluffton C-Rauenbuhler Plumbing
Office.
Bluffton D-Mayor's Office.
Richland N-Twp. Room, Bluffton.
Richland S-Town House, Beaverdam
Beayerdam-Town House.
Orange W-0range Center school.
Orange E-Township House.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01
School Head To Be
Brotherhood Speaker

Ralph Lanham, superintendent of
Bluffton public schools will address
the monthly meeting of the brother
hood of the Methodist church,
Thursday night. Supt. Lanham will
speak following potluck dinner to
be held in the church dining room
at $50 p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01
VeterNl Is, Mail
Clerk On Railroad

Herbert Kindle, World War III
veteran, has accepted position as
substitute railway mail clerk on the
Pennsylvania railroad from Chicago
to Pittsburgh, it was announced the
first of the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01
Births

The following births at Blufton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Schumacher,
Bluffton, girl, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Keyton, OF
tawa, boy, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Fisher,
Beaverdam, boy, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Gesler,
Lima, boy, James Leroy at Lima
Memorial hospital, Sunday. Mrs
Gesler is the former Vivian Schu-
macher.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01
Halloween Carnival

A Halloween carnival open to the
public will be held at the high
school this Wednesday night.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-01
SERIOUSLY ILL

Mrs. Jacob Schnegg is seriously
i'll with heart ailment at her home
on East College avenue.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

The Associated Negro Credit
Union, sponsors of the Mayor of
Bonneville contests, has followed
in the steps of the Minnesota
League of Credit Unions which each
year sponsors series of affairs
and one large dance to get funds
to carry on a campaign TO educate
the public in the advantages of
credit unionism and thrift. The
Minnesota League is holding its an
nual dance at the Minneapolis audi
torium on November II.
One IF the vain r + oontribu-
tons of the Negro Credit Union
SO far has been its survey of diff
ferences in mortgage loan rates Of
fered to white and Negro home
owners.
The Credit Union also takes it's
Mayor of Bonneville contest idea
from other cities which sponsor
similar contests annually. Los
Angeles recently had its mayor
of Central Avenue" contest which
concluded with a huge inaugura-
ton dance at which screen star
Lena Horne and many other out
standing celebrities were guests.
Chicago originated the Mayor of
Bonneville idea some years ago.
The Inauguration dance which
closes the Twin City campaign this
year will be held at Norway Hall,
29th and Chicago Avenue, on the
evening of December z, fourth an
niversary of Pearl Harbor. Door
prizes of 500 and $40 will be
awarded during the evening, and
the three first place candidates will
be awarded cash prizes of $25, SIS,
and $40. The Mayor" will also
receive the gold trophy emblematic
of victory.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
Telephone Coll Nets
St. Paul Cops Coin:
Nine PuY Boil Costs

On a telephoned complaint that
there was a dice game being con-
Quoted in an upstairs apartment at
269 Rondo avenue, police investi-
gated Sunday, November 4, and
confscated a $3.50 pot and three
pair of dice. The raid also Melted
the police nine victims, who paid
800 in bail.
On a dining room table, over
which had been placed a blanket,
they found seven men and two
women shooting craps"
Pending their appearance in
court on gambling charges, the
nine persons were released on $40
bail each. The pot and dice were
kept as evidence.
The nine released on $40 bail
each are Ruth Hammond, 81 years
old, 331 Rondo avenue; Evelyn
Milsap, %, of 800 Iglehart avenue;
Willie Seay, SO, of 269 Rondo ave-
nue.; William George, al, of 331
Rondo avenue; Columbus Perkins,
Al, of 221 Rondo avenue; Toreal
Lyons, 81, of COG st. Anthony ave-
nue.; Robert Milsap, 20, of 800
Iglehart avenue; James Nealey,
40, of 1896 Grotto street, and Floyd
Smaller, &c, of 312h Rondo ave-
nue..
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
Minneapolis C. [. Says
General George Patton
Was At Front Constantly

General George Patton's famous
Swim" across the Rhine river be-
came a subject of conversation
again this week as David Turner
of Minneapolis who was discharged
from the Army at Camp Mccoy,
Wisconsin, on October 80, arrived
in town this week with the informa-
ton that some of the boys who
was dere, Sharlie," told him they
saw the General swim the river,
Pearl Handled pistols and all.
After the American press carried
the story, Patton denied it. Turner,
who spent IS months in the service,
eight in the European theatre and
two in the Obi theatre, says he
heard the tale from men who were
at the Rhine at the time Patton is
supposed to have made the swim
to prove it was the only means of
locomotion across, as all bridges had
been blown out. Dave believes if
the General didn't do it, the feat
was one he certainly was capable of
performing, because Patton was one
of the greatest showmen in uniform
and had liking for the spectacular.
Turner said Patton never was one
of the coy commanders. "He didn't
stay behind the lines very far. He
was right there at the front most
of the time, and he certainly gave
us credit for the job we did"
BURL GRIGSBY is IMPROVING
Burl Grigsby, s14 Aldrich Ave.
N, who was seriously injured three
weeks ago in a cutting fracas, is
improving, but is still a patient
at General Hospital.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

Mr.. Granger said he found a few
cases of exemplary leadership in
the Pacific and many cases of
downright biased leadership" But,
he added, the Navy is gradually
improving.
The most serious failure of the
Navy, he said, was in its selection
of officers to command Negro
personnel. Most officers found
commanding Negro personnel, he
stated, were palpably not capable
of handling Negro men to the full
extent of their ability and eff
fectiveness.
"The final answer to a democratic
and completely efficient Navy" he
said, "is going to be found in the
abolition of all types of segrega-
ton" and "the abolition of any spe-
cial approach to the service of
colored men in the Navy"
Saw Commissioned Men
He said he had run across num-
Der of commissioned officers. He
saw six or seven in the Philippines,
the highest ranking being Lieu
tenant Edward Hope, he stated;
three on Einewetok, Martin Sublett
and Nelson; three on Saipan, Lieu
tenants Philip Barnes and Reginald
Goodwin, and one with a construc-
ton battalion, Ensign Joseph Will
liams.
In reply to a question concern
ing criticism of him implying he
was a tool of the Navy, MIR.
Granger said the comment of
Walter White, secretary, and Roy
Wilkins, assistant secretary of
the National Association for the
Advancement of COlOred People,
boiled itself down to a question
of the honesty of the Navy and
his competency as a social work
err. He said he is sure the Navy
is willing to meet the issue of its
honesty and that his record as q
social worker was open.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

and as a result contracted a serious
cold.
Mrs. Florez also charged, ac-
cording to DR.. Pollard, that a nurse
had said during Tunes 19-day con-
inement at General, that if Mrs.
Florez wasn't satisfied with the
treatment he was getting, she could
take him out of the hospital A
third charge, DR.. Pollard stated,
was that the hospital wouldn't
furnish an ambulance to take Tune
home.
Pollard said that the elderly man
was in an X-ray room of sufficient
ly warm temperature and that he
was exposed only when treatment
required. The strapping down was
necessary, and the diagnostic pro-
cedure called for the patient to lie
on the X-ray table for a consider
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

able time, the superintendent
stated.
Pollard further said that he
doubted if any nurse made the
statement Mrs. Florez charged, and
that when a patient leaves the hos
pital contrary to medical advice as
Mr.. Tune allegedly did, it is not
customary for General to furnish
ambulance service to the home.
Mrs. Florez had revealed her
charges to Mayor Hubert H.
Humphrey, Pollard stated, and it
was through the Mayor that Pol
lard knew of the case. He wrote
a letter to Mrs. Florez on Novem-
Der l, the Doctor said, replying TO
her charges and explaining the
diagnostic procedure necessary for
treatment.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

problems was to try as far as pos
sible to take active part in the life
of the cities in which they reside.
They can do it by getting into
all civic affairs, joining commit
tees" McDonough said. Staying
of into an isolated corner and
taking pot shots at the outside
world will never bring about inter
racial understanding because it
doesn't break down the queer and
prejudiced attitude of many whites
that Negroes are not human beings,
is the way John MeDOnough sees
it.
He's a business-like, thoughtful
man, but friendly along with it
He said he was so years old, but he
could easily pass for a man in his
early forties. His record stands
for itself. There's no meeting toe
small for Mayor McDonough to at
tend, and he shares with the late
Mayor Larry Ho" Hodgson the
reputation of being the most popu-
lar with St. Paul's citizens. Away
from his civic duties, he's known
to be jolly good fellow. He's out
spoken against racial discrimina.
ton, and lets the sparks fly where
they may. Like Minneapolis youth,
full Mayor Hubert Humphrey, Nc,
Donough has certain firm convic.
tons and doesn't stand for them
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

Amended to Death
In his 10 years in the state
legislature he introduced the first
old age pension bill in the state,
fought for unemployment insurance
and housing. His Old Age Pension
bill passed, but it was modified"
McDonough said.
"In fact, it was almost amended
TO DEATH" he recalled.
In 1941, 1913 and this year, he
had a housing bill drawn and
brought before the Legislature,
which would permit cities in the
state to set up housing authorities
and tear down crime-breeding, un-
healthy slums, but nothing has
been done about it, and now Min
nesota is the only state in the
Union with cities the size of Min
neapois, st. Paul and Duluth,
which doesn't have a housing
authority law. Meanwhile Twin
Citians pay federal taxes which
go to support housing authorities
in other cities.
When 1 asked him why such a
vital bill was by-passed, McDon-
ough snapped: ''Too many Repub-
hcans."
whats the best way to remedy
the situation?"
"Elect the right men," the
Mayor replied again without any
hesitation.
McDonough thinks the spirit of
inter-racial goodwill in St. Paul
and Minneapolis has been ahead Of
that in other large cities, but he
would like to see a state or national
FEPC enacted into law.
First StenO Hired
1t was through him that the first
Negro stenographer was hired to
work in the state legislature. Nc
Donough, then in the governing
body, hired the girl to work for
him although it brought down on
his head some violent protests. The
young lady performed her duties SO
well, and had such ikeable per-
sonality that it wasn't long before
some of the very men who had
protested the loudest were asking
for her services!
He feels that the breaking down
of racial discrimination can be &C
cOmplished through patience and
intelligence rather than through
the type of pressure tactics that
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

sible for his success. Detroit, CleVe-
land, Chicago, Philadelphia and
other cities have seen him on the
tour, the first one of its kind, which
will bring him to Minneapolis.
Is Now Appreciated
For many years Tatum has
earned unqualified praise of other
musicians, classical and jazz alike,
but he worked for only minor COM
pensation. But slowly his music, at
first appreciated only by the dis
corning, began to catch on, and
suddenly a Tatum vogue devel-
oped.
He now has become the highest
priced artist in places featuring
jazz music, and is soon to enter the
movies. Already a leader in the
night club and recording fields,
films and the concert stage offer
him new fields for development.
FavOrite of Gershwin
A favorite of the late George
Gershwin, he hopes to emulate
Gershwin in investing jazz with
dress-up embellishments. Tatum's
forte, however, has been in devel-
oping other mems melodies to their
highest degree, giving them a pol
ish which in many cases the COM
poser hasn't thought possible.
Tatum will be brought to Mime
apolis by C. C. Mikes Of Greater
Minneapolis Attractions. Tickets
are available at Adam Hats ticket
office, 16 S. Seventh street, Mime
apolis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
NEGRO Enlistment
In Peocetine Army
Hits Two Thousand

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov.
(NNPA). - Voluntary enlist
ments of Negro men in the new
peacetime Regular Army
reached 2,450 as of October IA,
the War Department disclosed
last Saturday.
AS of the same date, voluntary
enlistments of white men totaled
S0,09S. Negro soldiers repre-
sented about seven per cent of
the total.
Enlistments are open for three
years, two years and 18 months,
with a one year enlistment for
the man who is presently in the
Army and who has served not
less than six months.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

improved in it's handling of Negro
service men in the last three years.
This conclusion was reached by a
comparison with conditions which
existed in 1912 when the Navy per-
mitted Negroes to enlist only in the
messmen's branch.
Names Mistakes
After the late Secretary of the
Navy Frank Knox announced in
April, 1912, that the Navy would
accept Negro volunteers for enlist
ment for general service in the re-
serve components of the Navy,
Marine Corps and Coast Guard, and
all ratings in those two branches
would be opened to them, two mis-
takes were made, Mr.. Granger said.
These mistakes, he stated, were
the establishment of a separate
training program and the large con-
centration of Negro personnel in
the ordnance service, which resulted
in a disproportiOnate number of
colored men being assigned to duty
in ammunition deports.
In 1916, he said, the Navy actual
ly began to admit Negro inductees
to all branches of the service and
% remove the segregated features
which were interfering with good
morale and efficient service. But
progress in the Pacific, he stated,
has Jagged behind the standards
on the mainland"
EDITORS note: Negro person
mel still is not enrolled in the
regular Navy, nor accepted for
training as pilots in the Naval
Air Corps. Naval policy still
restricts Negro personnel of
auxiliary craft aboard ships ex-
cept as messmen, although Mr..
Granger said a few Negroes were
serving in rated positions aboard
battleships. He would not ven-
ture a guess as to the number.
Negro women are still barred
from the Women Marines.)
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
Bonneville
Standings
St. Paul Mon
Edges Out Mpls.
For Second Week
PVT. Williurn Wdde
Re-Enlists in Army
For Three Years

Pvt. William Wade, who is sta
toned in Italy with the aviation
corps, has re-enlisted with the army
for three more years.
Pvt. Wade, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. ]. Wade, 2421 Fourth Ave. S.,
wants to remain in the army be-
cause he can learn a trade, and he
has an opportunity to work with
the Coast Artillery.
His parents expect him home by
Thanksgiving for a 90-day fur
Tough.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

David, was with the 1867 Engi-
neering Trucking Company, at
tached to Patton's Third Army. His
outfit did truck and convoy duty be-
yond the infantry lines. 1--WE got
our dose of the medicine" Turner
said. with what little training
the boys did have, they did won
derful job"
After the end of the war in
Europe, he was redeployed to the
Obi theatre where he stayed until
he came home for discharge. Turner
lives with his wife, Diane, and
daughter, Constance, at 1892 Fourth
Avenue South.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
Mon Denies Guilt
On Munn Act Rup

Livingstone Sims, known as
"Pigmeat" Sims, 81 years old, en-
tered a plea of innocent to a charge
of violation of the Mann act, Tues
day morning, November 6, making
this the first white slave case in
St. Paul, in a number of years.
The federal court, in its present
term, will hear the case.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

Mr.. Wreatha Maxwell, 1920 goth
Avenue s., has received word that
her sister, Mrs. Margaret White of
San Francisco, Calf, passed away,
November z. Mrs. White was a
prominent civic and church leader
in the California metropolis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

John Johnson of Jellico, Tenn,
arrived in the city Monday, October
20, for an indefinite stay with his
mother, Mrs. E. B. johnson, and
with his wife, who reside at 658 st.
Anthony Avenue.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
Blind Art Tatum Brings
His Piano Magic to Town
AtAuditOrium, Nov. IA

The jump from night club to
concert hall is a long one, but was
successfully negotiated by Art Ia
tum, the fabulous jazz pianist who
will appear in a swing concert
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
Isaac Jackson Dies

Isaac Jackson, age 81, 1919 8th
Street S., died Wednesday morning,
November 7, at General Hospital.
Jackson, a former resident Of
Martindale, Tex, was owner of q
small truck business in Minneapolis.
He is survived by his wife, Min
ME.
Funeral services were not COM
plete at press time. For further
information call Woodland Funeral
Home, Hy. 5377.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
General Hospital Head
Answers WOman's Charges
OF Patient Exposure

Dr. D. w. Pollard, superintendent at Minneapolis Gen.
era Hospital Wednesday answered charges of Mrs Har
ret Forez 920 18th Ave- No. that her foster father All
Tune TO- lay strapped down and unattended
table at the hospital for two hours and half with nothing
covering him but sterile gown October % October g.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

Wednesday night, November IA, in
the Minneapolis auditorium concert
bowl.
Tatum's amazing piano tech
nique and the sheer drama of a
partially blind man surprising all
his competition have been respon-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
Bonneville Contest Idea
Originated in Chicago;
Harris Keeps Lead Spot

Edward E. Harris, manager of the ST. Paul Elks Rest
continued his lead in the 1915 Mayor of Bonneville contest
this week by rolling up total of $500 votes with Jimmie
Slemmons of Minneapolis maintaining close second with
1000 votes Harry Brown veteran St. Paul railroad waiter
was running third with 1900 votes
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
ANNUAL SIG MEMORIAL
SERVICES SUNDAY, NOV. IS
AT CT pETEap f,pTTpCu

IA "a" SA SAS NnONNn
Annual memorial services of Lo-
cal Sic Dining Car Employees Union
will be held Sunday, November 10,
at st. Peter A. M. E. Church at
8 p. m.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
Granger Report on Pacific Navy Bases
''General' Washington Writer Charges
By Louis L.autier


visited at invitation
Of
the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
Taking Pot Shots Is No
Way to Fight Bias Says
Mayor McDOnOugh

Don't get into little section and throw rocks"
the advice Mayor John j. McDonough of ST. Paul offered
Twin City Negro citizens this week in interview for the
Spokesman-Recorder papers. Mayor McDonough long a
leader of the liberal bloc in the legislature and con-
slant uphoder of Negro rights in the three he's headed
the st. Paul city government, stat to tempered
ed frankly that he thought the best Amended o Death
solve their In his 10 vears in the ststa
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-31
A Free World Press

Russian leaders claim the Russian press is
freer than ours, even though Red newspapers
are permitted to print only such news as the
government gives its okeh. The claim sounds
to American editors who print
what they please without interference and get
away with it so dong as they avoid libel.
They see in the Russian boast what they in
terpret as evidence the Russian government
considers itself infallible and at the same time
believes the people do not know what news
they should print or read. Whether this is
actually the real situation, the fact remains
that Russian newspapers reflect only the gov
ernment's position and its estimate of what is
and what is not news.
If the American press were under similar
restraint, nine editors and publishers out OF
every ten would be strung up in short order.
The battle for free world press obviously,
is going to be among the hardest in the postwar
world, with victory in doubt.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-31
BY w. G. ROGERS

Eastern Europe Between The Wars
19-18-1941, by Hugh Seton-Watson
Cambridge University and Mac
milan; $6.50.)
Recalling Chamberlains airy ref
erence to the Czechoslovaks as a
people of whom we kno W
nothing this author, assuming
that the ignorance of English, and
Americans too, extends throughout
the Danubian, Balkan and Polish
areas, proceeds to enlighten us.
Six countries lying east and south
OF Germany are his principal con-
Germ: Poland, Roumania, Bulgaria,
Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Yug-
oslavia. He winds up with this con-
clusion: they must cease to be "a
center of social unrest, political
tyranny and international disputes"
and they can cease to be a Euro
pean infection only if America,
Russia and Britain sincerely coop
crate.
It's a long and somewhat ardu-
Gus way from first page to last,
and Seton Watson doesn't shirk his
duty even when he risks having
the class fall asleep on his hands.
There are chapters on early his
tory, politics, minorities, geography
and the peasantry, with which he
took pains to become acquainted
personally. during five. years Of la
Dor on this volume.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-31
DailyPrayer
FOR HOME-KEEPING HEARTS

Out of the travail of war Thou
hast brought, o Lord, u new sena
of the sacredness Of home. The tla
of love have been made stron8a
and more precious because ofser
arations and hardships. May thi
Providence work a new wonder n
our national life, o Father Of Us
all; so that all our homes : tit
poorest, with their deprivatloni
and the richest, with their van'la
may be purified and enno0ti
and made deeply home-conscloL
Teach us gentler manners afi
more sympathy one for anothe'
Forbid that we should hurt those
dearest to us by thoughtlesS Or m'
kind words. Enable US to SEND 70
our absent boys only words Oh
cheer and courage concerning
home affairs. May the home'fron
be the great heartener and lnspNel
of the battle front. Cause to DUN
more brightly the fires of religion
in our homes, drawing us closer
to one another and to Thee b.
pecially do we pray that the ll!a'
children may escape wars hurts,
and know only its inspirations Inn
we pray in the name OF my onI
Son, reared in Workmsman'
home. Amen-W.T.E.