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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-01

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In Chicago, upon her arrival she
will be met at the station by
reception committee from the
Greater Chicago Elks Lodge. We'd
nesday night, May 80, dance will
be given at the Savoy Ballroom in
her honor. Thursday she will tour
the Chicago Defender plant. Friday,
she will be taken sightseeing
throughout the city.
The prize given the girl winning
the contest was a round trip ticket
to Chicago and $50 in cash.
Miss Lewis is a postal employee
and writer of the column, "This Is
It," which appears in the Spokes-
man and Recorder newspapers
weekly. She is the niece of Mr..
and Mrs. James Lewis, 3817 Elliot
Ave. So.
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C. CT am between the devil
and the deep blue sea. I am a
married woman and have been sep
arated of and on from my hus-
band for about seven years. 1 am
now with another man. Ny hus-
band is always sending me word
about something. Now / want to
know which one I must hold on to ?
l think lots of the man / am with
and he is a good provider, however,
he is the devil when he is drinking.
Ny husband wants me to come back
to him and the other man doesn't
want to give me up, so please tell
me what is best for me to do?
Ans. This of and on game you're
playing will lead to disaster &.
eventually you will lose them both
if you do not make your decision
one way or the other right now and
stick to it. Weigh the faults and
virtues of both men and when you
make your decision, let it be final
and do not continue to shuttle back
and forth between them. There's
just no happiness in store for you
at all as long as you hang on to
both men.
T. M. T.-My husband and are
separated. He wants me to come
back to him. He said he loves me
and that he was going to do better
and that we need to be together to
raise our son. / am puzzled and
wonder will he do better. Should l
go back or remain here?
Ans: Your husband is right. In
order to give your son the best pos
sible environment, you two need to
patch things up and go back to-
gether and live cOngenially. Both
of you realize that the little misun-
derstanding was magnified and had
you taken the time to reason things
out instead Of jumping at conclu-
siOns, it, could have been avoided.
Raising your son together is of ut
most importance as is also main
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Publishers See Truman
Gen. Hines On Matters
Affecting Race In i. S.

Louisville Defender, Carter Wesley
of the Houston Informer chain,
Mrs. Robert L. Vann and Ira Lew
is of the Pittsburgh Courier, J. E,
Mitchell of the st. Louis Argus,
Cecil Newman of the Minneapolis
Spokesman and St. Paul Recorder,
William o. Walker of the Cleve-
land Call-Post, Louis E. Martin OF
the Michigan Chronicle, Dowdal
Davis of the Kansas City Cali, and
Thomas W. Young of the Norfolk
Journal & Guide.
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tanning q eOngenial, happy COM
partnership between you and your
husband.
E. J. Al try to treat everyone
right but it looks like folks are
against me. We are offered a new
job and want to know if we should
go and take it in a couple of weeks.
Please answer right away.
Ans: The new environment Of
fers you both a chance for a new
beginning. Go on this new job with
the determination that you are go
ing to be friendly and cOngenial
with your associates. Anyone in
public life must overlook catty re-
marks and sights of any kind If
they are to be happy and success
full.
1. D. G.-I am in love with a
boy in the service. We have gone
together for six months. He seems
to be truthful. He is getting ready
for overseas duty. He wants me to
wait for him until he returns. We
are deeply in love, do you think I
should wait?
Ans: There is a mutual affec-
ton existing between you two SO
why shouldn't you promise to wait?
Right now you both are too young
to get married and the months that
he is going to have to spend in the
service will pass more quickly if he
knows you will be waiting for him.
Boys in service literally live for the
letters from sweethearts and wives,
so write him often.
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Rural Churches Are
Interested In Problems
of Race and Color
By Rev. Clarence T. R. Nelson

By Rev. Clarence T. R Nelson
Last Sunday l was the guest
speaker at both the morning and
evening services in the First Meth
odist Church, Worthington, Mime
sofa, and was the guest in the,
home of the pastor and wife, DIR.
and Mrs. ]. Wilbert Lllieo. l had
an enjoyable time, as l did when
l was the guest of the Lilhcos, last
year when they lived in Red Wing
and l was invited to preach at the
union service of four churches dur
ing the lenten season.
There were several things that
interested me while in Worthing-
ton. I do not know when l have
seen so many adults, especially old
people attending Sunday School
as l saw last Sunday. There was
a large class Of men and a large
class of women, most of whom
were over forty-ive years of age
in addition to a large class of young
married people. Another thing of
interest was the fact that there
were three newspaper men, includ-
ing the editor of the local paper
- H. oho;r 80 A. ,brroL
The genial pastor turned the eve
ming service over to me and he
told me to speak on anything that
I wanted to. After leading the
group in the singing of three spir-
ituals, I spoke on the greatest men
ace to peace on the home front
race prejudice. Fortunately l had
about fifty copies of the leaflet
about the proposed Fair Employ
ment Practices Commission act
before Congress and these were
passed out to the audience. Some,
probably most of the people in the
audience, had not heard about the
FEPC. Several questions were
asked during the question period
that followed my talk. One of the
questions was asked by DR.. Mork,
ST., one of the towns leading ply
sicians and father of a physician
and the young county attorney,
Raymond Mork. His question was
to this effect: isn't there a lot of
prejudice because people of differ
ent racial groups do not usually
belong to or attend church to-
gether?" My reply was that he
had really hit the nail on the head,
because being separated as we are
we do not really get to know and
understand one another. 1 remind
ed my audience of the fact that
there was no trouble in any block
where whites and Negroes lived to-
gether during the Detroit race riot
The meeting lasted in the church
half an hour past the usual time
and then a group of young people
and three couples Of adults went
over to the parsonage where the
discussion was continued.
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the Minneapolis
Elks, March 8,
left Wednesday
morning, May 80,
accompanied by
Ernestine Dan
forth, 1906 Port
land Ave. and
G e orge Hall,
form e r exalted
ruler of Ames
Lodge, as repre-
sentative from
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Infunt Dead

Ella Lee Mills, infant daughter
IF Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Mills, 626
Girard Ave. N, died of pneumonia,
Friday, May 20, at her parents
home. Funeral services were held
Saturday, May 20, at st. Martins
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WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA)
During a busy 3-day session last
week, members of the executive
committee of the Negro Newspaper
Publishers Association conferred
with President Harry S. Truman,
Brig. Gen. Frank Hines of the Vet
Grams Administration, and House
Minority Leader Joseph Martin (R-
of Mass on major issues confront
ing Negroes
In their conference with the
President, the publishers urged
that he make q Fair Employment
Practice bill with enforcement
powers an administration measure;
that he direct the Attorney General
to use all the powers of his office
to carry out to its full force and
effect the decision Of the Supreme
Court in the Texas Primary case
affecting the rights of American
citizens to participate in all pri-
mary elections; that he appoint a
Negro as an assistant administrator
in the Veterans Administration to
aid the Administrator in seeing
that all veterans, without regard
to race or color, will benefit from
provisions of the CT bill and other
veterans legislation without the
losses that Negroes suffer frequent
ly through administrative chan
nels; and to give full support of
the administration to the federal
anti-pol tax bill.
The publishers reported that the
President received their statement
with interest and cordiality, but
made no express commitments. A
copy of the statement, covering the
points above, was left with him.
In their conference with Gen.
Hines, the group stressed the need
for closer attention to the problems
facing the Negro veteran in order
to avoid the determinations and
denials he suffered after the last
World War. They expressed their
opposition to the establishment of
additional jimcrow veteran hospi-
tai facilities as that at Tuskegee,
The same policy of non-segregation
as is now prevalent in Army hospi-
tails should be followed in all veteran
hospitals, they declared. They rec
commended the appointment of a
Negro to serve in an administra-
tive and advisory capacity to the
Administrator who would devote
his time to these problems.
The conference with Rep Martin
was concerning the pending legis-
lation for a permanent FEPC and
federal abolition Of the poll tax
On both these measures, Rep. Mar
tin assured the group that they had
his own support and that of a ma,
jority of the Republicans in the
House of Representatives.
In its executive sessions, the
NNPA discussed and acted on mat
tiers affecting the operation of its
Washington News Bureau and its
military correspondents pool, anC
other internal matters.
The regular convention of the
NNPA is scheduled to meet in New
York City on July &c, q and %
Among those attending the exec,
utive committee sessions were
John H. Sengstacke, president Of
NNPA, and Charles Browning, Of
the Chicago Defender; Howard h
Murphy and Carl Murphy of the
Afro-American Newspapers, Alex,
ander Barnes Of the Washington
Tribune, Frank L Stanley of the
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''PrOblems of Humanity"

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Catholic Church. Interment was
at st. Anthony cemetery.
Survivors aside from her parents
are her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. A. Steele, Mr.. and Mrs. H. F.
Mayes, aunt and uncle. Woodland
Funeral Home was in charge Of
arrangements.
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Elks Popularity
Queen Leaves
For Windy City

Mary Lewis, 2s13 Elliot, Mime
apolis, who was crowned queen in
a popularity contest sponsored by
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NAACP SOLICITORS

MEET TUESDAY
Membership campaign solicitors
in the Minneapolis NAACP drive
will meet Tuesday, June 5, at
Phyllis Wheatley House NAACP at
8 P. M.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-08
Stewart, Grubel
Elected TO
District Posts

Ollie Stewart defeated G. P. Den
ny, incumbent, by 143 votes in the
race for irrigation district director
from Holtville division and Frank
Grubel, incumbent, defeated Charles
Guest by 81 votes for director from
the Calipatria division.
In the Calexico-El Centro divis-
ion Evan T. Hewes, incumbent, un-
opposed, received complimentary
vote of 302 votes. Total registered
vote in this division was 2,844.
A total of 815 of 1924 was cast
in the Holtville division. Stewart
received 479 and Denny 1856. The 10
absentee ballots issued in the Holt
vile division, of course, cannot
affect the final decision.
A total of 469 of the BOT registered
voters cast their ballots in the
Calipatria division. Grubel received
268 and Guest 201, giving Grubel
lead of 81. Only three absentee
ballots were issued in this division.
The ballots will be canvaSsed next
Tuesday and the board reorganiza-
ton meeting will be held the same
day. Z
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-08

which had been delayed because
they previously thought they had
time for offensiyes against Kun
ming, Chungking and other places
Wedemeyer said everything the
Japanese do hereout will be govern
ed by strategic defensive consider
ations. He emphasized. however,
that this doesn't preclude possible
limited offensive operations"
Well-informed sources here de-
scribed the situation of the Japan
ese now as worse than the one
armed paperhanger. with more
fronts to guard and more interests
to protect than they have forces
available"
Wecemeyer said the japanese In
China were beginning to feel tho
punch of disrupted supply lines as
the 14th AAF continued 10 make
shattering attacks on enemy rail-
way transport and other commune
cations. These attacks. he believed.
will increasingly hamper Japanese
operations.
Other sources here believe Amer
lean successes in the Philippines
have cost Japan her chance to open
a decisive battle on the China
mainland.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-08
Ed Achstetter
Killed When
Car, Truck Hit

Ed Achstetter, 80, secretary
treasurer of Teamsters union local
1898 in Imperial valley for three
years, was killed instantly in, a
traffic accident in the Indio area
Tuesday night, it was learned in
Ell Centro Thursday.
He was driving a car belonging
to Thomas B. Parks, "a, Pasadena,
on highway No. 80 seven miles
north of Garnet. A sailor passen-
ger in the car also was killed but
naval authorities refused to reveal
his name until after his next of
kin had been notified. Parks suf-
fered minor injuries, Indio traffic
officers said, and two other sailors
riding in the car escaped injury.
Officers said that the car driven
collided head-on. James R. Davis
of Long Beach, said to be the driver
of the oil tanker was uninjured.
Achstetter and his wife and small
daughter left Ell Centlo last July
and at the time of his death they
were living at 1926 Pearl street,
Los Angeles.
For three years Achstetter was
engaged in union activities in I'M
perial Valley, playing a leading part
in all Teamsters unicn drives for
membership and participating in
plans for extending and enforcing
the power of his organization.
Funeral arrangements were not
complete Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-08
Sewer Lack balks
F. {. Trailer
Housing Project

How to make two sewers where
there only is one, and it of small
caliber, was a problem posed at
Ell Centro city council meeting We'd
neSday night.
To solve that problem-and a
pressing problem as all concerned
conceded and recognized-Council-
man w. E. Tondro, commissioner
of sanitation and City Engineer E
Paul Ford went on a still hunt
Thursday in the eastern city limits
Involved in the solution of the
problem is the establishment of a
trailer camp of at least 100 units
to house vegetable shed workers. The
trailer setup is under the direction
of the Federal Housing Administra-
ton with Imperial Valley Farm As
sociation sharing in the project
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Yank anks Push
Manila Mop-up
Make Crossing
Of Pasis in
Hammerins Blow

MANILA, Feb. 8. (UP)-
American troops, employing
amphibious tanks have start
ed crossing the bridgeless
Pasig river into the burning,
Japanese southern half of
Manila, Tokyo broadcasts re-
ported Thursday, while Jap
anese advance was eliminat-
ed in the northern half of the
city.
Halted temporarily when Japan
ese sappers blew up the last of the
four bridges across the Pasig, which
bisects Manila from east to west,
u. S. forces have effected cross
ing west of Malacanan palace, the
japanese reported. Tokyo radio,
quoting a Domei Japanese) news
agency dispatch, said japanese gar
rison units were "fiercely attack
ing" the river bridgehead.
CUT WAY INTO CITY
While heavy artillery barrage
poured down on the surviving Jap
anese forces vanguards of the U. S.
18th airborne civision were cut
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-08
Kenny
HIurIs
Charge
Calls for Quiz
On Ex-Envoy
In Wafer Treaty.

WASHINGTON, Feb 8.
(UP)-Attorney G en- e r a |
Robert w. Kenny of Califor-
MIA charged Thursday that
w. 0. Jenkins, a former state
department official, acquir-
ed two-thirds of the land to
be irrigated by the proposed
Mexican water treaty during
1914 when the treaty was be-
ing negotiated.
Kenny made the charge during
the concluding day of California
testimony before the senate foreign
relations committee.
He based the assertion on a let
ter sent him last summer by the
late Harry Chandler, publisher of
the Los Angeles Times. Chandler
was one of the principal stockhold-
ers in the Colorado River Land
company, an American sync ieate
which owned 100000 acres of land
in Mexico irrigated by the Colorado.
DESCRIBES DEAL
Describing the liquidation Of the
company's Mexican holdings, Chan
dler noted that 550,C0o acres were
transferred to jenkins in early 1914
in exchange for lands worth $780,
900 which he owned in the United
States.
II charge Kenny said, "that
the records will show that jenkins
is perhaps the most dangerous enc
my to the good neighbor policy in
the United States"
Kenny said jenkins served as
American consul in Pueblo, Mexico
from 1918 to 1890, and brought the
United States almost to the Verge
of war with Mexico" when he was
kidnapped in 1919.
In that year, Kenny said, jenkins
was kidnapped and held for 100000
ransom. The state department de-
nlanded his release and demanded
that the Mexican government pay
his ransom. The Mexican govern
ment refused, but jenkins friends
secured his release. The state de-
partment then demanded that the
Mexican government reimburse his
friends.
Mexico again refused, Kenny said,
on grounds that jenkins conspired
IN his own kidnapping jenkins was
arrested by the Mexican govern
ment, Kenny saic, which asserted
that he had disappeared on the or
ders of the state department to
provoke an incident with Mexico.
Meanwhile, Kenny said, a resolu-
ton was introduced in the senate by
then Senator Albert Fall of New
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-08
k!rug Stresses
Monpower Need

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. CUP) -
War production chief j. A. Krug
Thursday called for immediate
enactment of work-or-else legisla-
tion with the declaration that each
week CT delay means more and
more war production will be lost
for lack of sufficient workers
Krug told the senate military af-
fairs committee that the voluntary
system of labor recruitment work.
ed we'll When the labor supply was
plentiful but began to falter late in
1914.
"Tc day." he said, "the voluntary
system is not manning the war
plants either quickly enough, or
with sufficiently competent work.
ers."
Previously two leading members
Of the committee predicted ultimate
committee approval of the bill. The
measure would make men Is to As
subject fer war draft for war work
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-08
REDS BATTLE TO 0UTFLANk frankfurt
Big Three Thought
Forming Military
Board at Meeting

LONDON, Feb. 8. (UP)-Diplo-
matte quarters believed Thursday
that one of the momentous deci-
sions to be announced at the end
of the big three conference may be
the formation of a military board
by the United States, Britain, and
Russia to deal the death blow to
the German army.
Observers here believe the Rus
slams are now ready = for the first
time - to join the Americans and
British in the formation of a mill
tary committee that will execute
the strategy planned by President
Roosevelt, Premier Stain, and
Prime Minister Churchill. Military
experts already are working on the
decisions made by the big three.
QUICK AGREEMENT
There is great satisfaction in
British official quarters over the
fact that the big three came to an
agreement so quickly on plans for
the final defeat of Germany. There
has been some feeling that in the
past, operations of the eastern and
western fronts have been carried
out on too independent a basis
Now the Russians on one side and
other are exchanging full military
the British and Americans on the
information as the wise closes on
Germany.
CAIRO, Feb. 8. (UP)-President
Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill,
and Premier Stain opened their
conference Monday at a town some
where in the Black Sea area which
earlier in the war teemed with Ger
man troops, it was reported today
Mr.. Roosevelt and Churchill
reached the rendezvous first, and
worked like Beavers while waiting
for stalin's arrival some time Sun
day afternoon, according to reliable
reports here.
MILITARY LEADERS
Five-star American generals,
British field marshals, and Soviet
military leaders were believed to
have started their conferences six
days ago as prelude to the second
meeting of Mr.. Roosevelt, Churchill
and Stain.
The first phase of the conference
was entirely military. Later the
diplomats joined in the talks. Some
cf the greatest military figures Of
the war got together and spent long
hours in discussions carried out in
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-08

as we'll as service in the armed
forces.
'Under existing conditions war
production is already suffering bad
ly for lack of labor Krug said.
Without legislation we can be quite
certain that as each week passes
more and more war production will
be lest for lack of sufficient work.
ers."
Krug said the number of plants
falling behind schedule in produc-
ton of critically urgent war goods
for lack of sufficient workers is in
creasing daily.
Chairman Ebert D. Thomas, Cd,
Utah, told reporters he expects
favorable committee action but not
before the end OF next week. Sen.
Warren r. Austin, (R), Vermont,
ranking Republican member, also
expecting approval, although he de-
clined to SET any deadline on when
it might come.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-08
Nazi Housewives
CIan1or for Food

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 8. CUP -
The free German press bureau said
Thursday that 300 German house
wives clamored for food in front of
the mayors office in Steglitz, a
suburb of Berlin.
A policeman was knocked down
in the demonstration, the bureau
said, quoting a traveller from Ber-
lin.e
I'VE want food the women we're
quoted as shouting. "Give us some
thing to eat"
The newspaper Dagens Nyheter
reported from Berlin that Roland
Freisler, president CT the so-called
peoples court, was killed in the
American air raid on the German
capital Sunday Freisler was said
to have handed out more death
sentences than any other judge in
Germany.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-08
Council Orders
Changes in
Closing Rules

Initial steps were taken Wednes-
day ngiht by Ell Centre city council
to revamp city ordinance having
to do with closing hours CT amuse-
ment-recreation places of business,
to-wit: skating Kinks and bowling
alleys. City Attorney Dorsey White
law was instructed to draw up an
amendment to the existing ordi-
nance which will permit these two
types of business tc remain open
until 2 a. m. instead of having to
close at 1870 p. m. as now set out
in the ordinances.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-08
bombers Blast
Holland Port

LONDON, Feb. 8. (UP) Lam
caster heavy bombers dropped six
ton earthquake bombs en- German
motor torpedo boat shelters at IL
muiden in west-central Holland.
An air ministry announcement
said the bombers were escorted by
Spitfires, and all returned safely to
base.
The Ijmuiden U-boat base is less
than 100 miles north of the Schelde
estuary entrance to the port Of
Antwerp, the most vital gateway
to western Europe for Allied mill
tary supplies.
The daylight air fleet followed
1900 British bombers which attack
ed western and central Germany
late yesterday and last night. They
struck their heaviest blows at Kleve
and Goch, anchors of the north
end of the Siegfried line.