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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05

used in Fargo, N. D.
1--WE put on programs whenever
we had the money" he recalls. Eve
struggled along earning only
enough money to keep from losing
the license"
The World war took him to
France where he wired army
camps. Then he returned to Hal
lock.
He remembers a doctor there re-
marking to him, chow wonderful
it would be if there could be an X
ray machine that would move"
With this challenge, Jones
bought a small wagon and made
notifications to the X-ray equip
ment. With the device, broken
bones could be X-rayed without
moving the patient.
In 1928 he went to work for
Numero, who at that time was
manufacturing electrical equipment
and electronic devices for projec-
ton of sound.
Here Jones pioneered in sound
equipment development and today
more than rs per cent of the thea
tiers in the Northwest use sound
equipment designed by him.
Gauge to his high standing
among engineers is the fact he re-
Gently was elected to the American
Society of Refrigeration Engineers
and has been called to the bureau
of standards in Washington to con-
suit with the office of the quarter
master general.
Jones, humble and unassuming
in his achievements, has a formula
for his success: 81 learned to know
what l know because have put it
into practice"
He and his wife reside at A S.
Twelfth street.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
Edword A. PurdY
Dies Suddenly

Edward A. Purdy, IS, 2400 Irving
Ave. So, Minneapolis, assistant to
the president of Federal Cartridge
Corp, died suddenly Tuesday morn
ing after a heart attack suffered
New Years day at his office in the
Foshay Tower.
Mr.. Purdy was postmaster Of
Minneapolis from 1914 to 1922.
He held many positions Of trust
in city and state civic groups and
was one of the most influential
members of the Democratic party
in the N. w.
He was much interested in the
advance of the Negro people and
in interracial understanding.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
Mississippians Not
Satisfied Despite
Editors Claim

Washington, D. c. (NNPA).-
A Mississippi editors statement
implying that Negroes in Mississip-
pi are perfectly satisfied with their
status and with the "state of har-
mony that exists between them and
the white people" was challenged
by Perry W. Howard, prominent
Mississippian and Republican Ma
tional Committeeman from that
state, in an exclusive statement to
the NNPA this week.
John w. Lynch, editor of the
Delta Democrat Times in Green
vile, Miss, had made his state
ments concerning the declaration
of Adam Clayton Powell, Congress-
man-elect from New York, that
with the abolition of the poll tax,
he would run for governor of Mis-
sissippi.
Mr.. Howard, while not comment
ing on the Powell declaration other
than to say that we all know the
impossibility of a person from one
state going into another to run for
governor, declared nevertheless that
certainly one million of our group
in the State of Mississippi are by
no means happy or satisfied and
never will be as long as they are
DISTINGUISHED" He said he has
never thought much of that hap
piness which comes from being held
down by other people.
"The colored people of MISSISSIPPI
pi are like the people of Washing
ton, they are in semi-slavery. Yet,
they are like people everywhere.
What they want is freedom, and
equality of opportunity" he said.
"They want the same thing people
everywhere on earth want"
Lynch, in an open letter to Powell,
had said: eve get along fine with
members of your race down here
in Mississippi and we shall con-
tinue to get along with them as
long as their leadership is en-
lightened and tolerable.
"You are setting your people
back many years in social and
economic progress by your atti-
tude. To keep old wounds open
and irritated is not the way to
cure the patient. You have no
status to speak for your race in
Mississippi and, if we know them
correctly, they will be the first to
repudiate you and to denounce your
fragrant violation of the state of
harmony that exists between them
and the white people"
Mr.. Howard said a few years ago
there was a Mississippi Negro can
didate for governorship of the
state. At each election, he stated,
there is Negro candidate for Con-
gress.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
Jennie letters
Funeral Service
Held Iununrv 4

Clifton Ingram and his wife ar
rived in St. Paul, Tuesday, Jan. 2,
to attend the funeral of Mr.. In
grams mother, Jennie LETTERS, who
died Saturday, Dec. %.
Services were held Thursday,
Jan. 4, at 2 pm. at the Neal Flu
neral chapel in st. Paul. The Je-
hovan Witnesses had charge of the
funeral. Interment, Elmhurst.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
EudOra Mcclure
Funeral Service
St. James, Thurs.

Funeral services for Eudora Jane
Mcclure, 72, Gel W. Central, St,
Paul, were held Thursday, Jan. 4,
at 4 p. M, at st. James A. NJ. E.
church. Rev. B. N. Moore officiated.
Mrs. Mcclure, a native of Arkan-
sas, died at her home Tuesday, Jan.
2. She raised her family of three
boys and lived in Des Moines, Ia,
until seven years ago when she
came to st. Paul to live with her
eldest son, Harve J. T. at the W.
Central address. She was the widow
of Archie Mcclure.
An active member of St. James
church and member of the church
Missionary Board, Mrs. Mcclure
was a member of the Order of
Eastern Star and American Legion
auxiliary in Des Moines, and a
member of the Purple Heart aux
iliarg No. of Minneapolis.
Surviving are three sons, Harve
]. T., St. Paul; James L., ST., and
l. Phillip Mcclure, Des Moines;
two sisters, Mrs. Eta L. Smith
Oklahoma City, and Mrs. o. V,
Smith, Minot, N. D.; two grand
children, Miss Roselilyan Mcclure,
now in Washington, D. c.; and
Pfc. James Mcclure, Jr., serving
in the Philippines. The sons from
Des Moines and sister of Minot at
tended the funeral.
Neal Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements. The re-
mains will be shipped to Des Moines
for interment Saturday.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
Racial Bias
Hampers Work
In War Plant

SJ. LOulS-OppoSltlon by WnlCe
employees at the st. Louis ordnance
plant to the cOmpany's hiring Ne
gro help to fill some of the 6, 400 va
cancies at the plant resulted in an
almost riotous meet Sunday at
Kiel auditorium where ATS workers
gathered in an open meeting of the
CLIO United Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers of America,
Local 825.
The union previously had adopt
ed a resolution which stated that
the company should hire workers
as needed, regardless of race,
color or creed" At the meeting on
Sunday when the union reversed
this position the local president,
Otto Maschoff, and Betty Raab, Sec
rotary treasurer. resigned their
posts.
The resolution which Maschoff
had introduced, stated in part:
"That we reaffrm our beliefs in
the policies of our union, the CLIO
and the nation to prevent and elm
mate discrimination in employment
because of race, color or creed;
THAT we indorse the re-employ-
ment of all laid off members, Negro
or white, and other needed work
ers in such departments as may be
necessary to fulfill the production
requirements set by the war de-
partment for our plant;
"That the union, through it's Of
ficers, call those of its members, no
matter where they may be found,
to account for aiding or abetting
the division in the ranks of our
union because of race, creed or
color"
Though the resolution was adopt
ed, 80 minutes later when a worker
rose and asked whether the resolu-
ton meant the company was to fol-
low its plan, members shouted their
protest. A motion from the floor
to allow Negroes to work in the
packing department resulted in de-
feat. 1t was then that Maschoff
and Miss Raab resigned.
"The union is prepared to lend
its full cooperation to the company
and the government to man the
plant with workers, regardless of
race, creed or color, where they are
needed to get out the ammunition"
William Sentner, general vice pres
ident of the union, said Monday.
"Stop this interracial pickering
and attend to the job of winning
the war;" the Rev. John P. Markoe,
S. j., and Erwin Meissner, chair
man of the st. Louis Race Relations
committee, urged.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
Afro Announces
Staff Promotions

Baltimore, Nd. (NNPA).-Wil-
liam I. Gibson, managing editor of
the Afro-American Newspapers
since 1884, has been named editor,
and Victor L. Gray, chief of the
copy desk, promoted to succeed him
as managing editor, it was announc-
ed this week.
At the same time, Mrs. Clemen-
tine Knox was advanced to chief of
the copy desk.
Mr.. Gibson, who joined the Afro
staff in 1927, is a graduate of
Hampton Institute and Ohio State
University where he majored in
journalism and earned the MA.
degree. He served as sports editor
from 1927 to 1884.
Mr.. Cray, native of Atchison,
Kansas, and an alumnus of the
University of Kansas, joined the
staff in 1884 following five years
on the staff of a Chicago weekly.
Mrs. Knox, who came to the Afro
in 1880 as proofreader, is a gradu-
ate of the University of Pennsyl-
vania and daughter of Mrs. Sara
Nicely, former society editor of the
Philadelphia Afro, and the late
Daniel H. Murphy, a son of the
founder.
Announcement of the promotions
was made by Carl Murphy, presi-
dent of the company which pub
fishes a chain of newspapers in
Baltimore, Washington, Philadel-
phia, Richmond, and New Jersey.
Mrs. Anna Wright, 1909 Clinton
Ave-, is convalescing at University
Hospital where she underwent an
eye operation. Her condition is re-
ported as fair.
Distributes Christmas Trees to
Shut ms: Zion Baptist Church Mis-
sionary Society met at the home
of Mrs. Mayme Burrell, 3545
Fourth Ave. So, and had lunch
con and made plans for the dis
tribution of 70 Christmas trees to
various shut-ins in the city. Mrs.
Stella Lawson, of Kansas City,
Kans., and Mrs. Mamie Harrison
of Chicago, were the out-of-town
guests. Mr.. ]. W. Pate's car was
used for transporting the trees.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05

sound equipment and invention of
the first self contained, gasoline
engine-operated refrigeration unit.
It's his adaptation of the latter
invention to fit the armed forces
that gives him his greatest pride.
He fathered the automatic mo-
bile refrigerator as chief engineer
at U. S. Thermo Control Co., A
S. Twelfth street, and today every
firm in the United States supply
ing refrigeration units follows
Jones' basic design, ]. A. Numero,
president of the company, points
out.
His self-contained refrigeration
unit functions almost like the hu-
man Misunderstanding and stopping
and defrosting itself automatically.
All the CT need do is pour in gas
and oil.
He overcame the problem posed
by the conventional automatic
starter by developing a starter gen.
orator in one unit mounted directly
on the crank shaft instead of the
flywheel.
The unit, adapted to small and
large "ice boxes"-one of which
can be carried to forward areas by
air and set up in a matter of min
utes-are capable not only of re-
frigeration but of making ice in
cube form.
The sweltering CT thus gets that
tall glass of lemonade-and he gets
it cool.
Through Jones' efforts the cor
ner drug store may figuratively be
moving down to the South Pacific
and to other warm climates.
A lightweight, portable ice cream
making machine, for which he de-
signed the motive power, spouts
ice cream minutes after powdered
ingredients are poured into it.
He also has been asked by the
war department to develop a light
weight box for holding serums and
medical supplies and for a refriger-
alton unit to serve a lotion light
weight trailer truck.
All of his equipment functions
where no outside source of electric
power is available.
Jones' success story follows the
Horatio Alger pattern. He literal
ly pulled himself up by the boot
straps.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1894,
he was raised as an orphan by an
Irish Catholic priest. At the age
of 16 he ran away. To get job
in a garage he had to put on long
pants, he remembers.
His first work was shining the
bronze plating on claxon-equipped
flivvers. 1t was at this job he be-
came intrigued with the workings
of electrical devices and began to
explore their mysteries.
His education other than the first
six grades consisted of a cores
pondence course in electrical engi-
neering. He bought a slide rule
from a boy who had found it on a
street corner and by trial and error
learned to operate it.
In 1918 he and a friend built q
radio station at Hallock, Mimi,
equipment of which is still being
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
Cornelius Rice
Dies at State
HOSpital Dec. 30

Cornelius Rice, Al, 80 Hyland,
died Saturday, Dec. 80, at Roches-
ter State hospital after an illness
of nearly two years. He was born
in Evansville, Ind. and had lived
in Minneapolis for 81 years.
Funeral services were held Tues
day, Jan. 2, at pm. at the Church
of God in Christ on Olson Blvd.
Rev. ]. W. Graham officiated.
Woodland Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements. Interment,
Crystal Lake.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Ca
milla Hickerson of Chicago and
three brothers, Warren, Edmond
and Gilbert Rice, all of Minneap-
oils.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05

Don R. Bonaparte, Jr., formerly
of st. Paul where he resided with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A..
Chapman, TOT st. Anthony Ave-,
has been promoted from Acting
Manager to Manager of the Ida B.
Wells Home according to a recent
announcement by the Chicago
Housing Authority.
The Ida B. Wells Homes, a gov
eminent aided housing develop
ment, is made up of 1858 apart
ments which house more than T.
900 persons. 1t is the largest of
nine projects operated by the Chi
cago Housing Authority.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
Syracuse Transit Company
Hires Negro Bus Driver

SYRACUSE, N. Y.-One more
of the nations rapid transit COM
panies dropped discriminatory en-
ployment policies last week when
the Syracuse Transit Co. hired its
first Negro bus driver, upon recon-
mendation of the FEPC.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
Percy Villu
Files for Third
Word Aldermen

Percy Villa, well known boxing
authority and instructor, filed Mon
day for alderman of the Third
Ward.
Citizens from all of the commun-
ity attended a banquet in Villas
honor Dec. % at the Masonic Hall.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
SpOrtsman's Club
Dance at Pla-MOr
Sunday, Jan. 7

The Sportsman's club will hold
the grand opening of their Sunday
night jam sessions and dances at
the CLIO. Hall, formerly the Pla-
Nor, January z, beginning at $50
pm. Both the large and small halls
are to be used.
The Navy band with members of
name bands of the country, includ-
ing Count Basic, Duke Ellington
and Cab Calloway's aggregations,
will be guest artists.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05

Released by u. s. War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
HEROIC CHAPLAIN-Chaplain
(Captain) Thomas A. jenkins of
Charlotte, N. c., recipient of the
Silver Star for gallantry in action
with the Fifth Army in Italy, is in
the United States on leave. AS
signed to a Quartermaster truck
group in Italy, Chaplain Jenkins
citation states that "In an area lit
by brilliant flares, under heavy
enemy fire and bombing, Chez adj
ministered to the dying, assisted
in the evacuation of the wounded
to points of safety and helped in
the identification of the dead.
Throughout the enemy bombing
and strafng, his cool courage and
disregard for his own safety d.
inspired the officers and men," u.
S. Army Photo from BPR.)
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
By JOHN NYBERG
In the Star Journal

Doughboys and leathernecks down in the steaming
unges of the South Pacific have fresh vegetables and
their bill of fare because of the inventive genius of
Minneapolis man.
He is Frederick verably "back Thomas Edison
With formal education the sixth grade his inventive wzardy
has given his another George Washington Carver
among his achievements equipment;
machines
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
Consult the
Club CUlendor

Exclusive service feature Of this
newspaper. Just another one Of the
many reasons why most people
read it every week.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
Elizdbeth Palmer,
Author. Speoks dt
Hullie Q. Sunday

Elizabeth Palmer, well known
author, will speak Sunday at Halle
@. Brown House at s:15 pm. Mrs.
Palmer will speak on the subject,
"An Evening with Negro Writer'S.
The public is invited to attend.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
Nettie c. Brown
Buried Wednesday,

Funeral services for Nettie C.
Brown, 80, 1913 7th st. &c., Mime
apolis, were held Wednesday, Jan.
8, at 2 pm. at Shilo Temple. Rev.
Matte Smith officiated.
Mrs. Brown, born in Owatonna,
Mimi, died Sunday, Dec. 81, at Dea-
coness hospital. She is survived
by her husband, William Brown,
two brothers and two sisters.
Woodland Funeral Home was in
charge. Interment, Crystal Lake.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
Perfect AShIar
Elects Officers

Officers of Perfect Ashlar Lodge
No. 4, F. and A. NJ, elected and
installed at the annual meeting held
at Perfect Ashlar Hall on Tuesday,
Dec. IL, were Gerald C. Hargrave,
VIM; John R. Lawrence, Jr., S.W.;
Huron ]. Shelton, Jr., J.W.; James
R. Lynn, Secy.; Huron j. Shelton,
ST., Treas.
Officers appointed were Ed
Moore, SIS; Freddie Hall, Us;
Firston White, Sd; Lee A.
Gwynne, Jr., J.D.; W. S. Butler,
tyler. The installation was con-
Quoted by George L. Hoage, Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of
Minnesota and Jurisdiction,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05
BOILERMAKERS MUST
ADMIT NEGROES

Sacramento, Calf. - The Cali
fornia supreme court, in a case in
volving refusal of ALL Boilermak-
ers' union to allow Negroes as
members, that "an arbitrarily or
partially closed shop is incompati-
BILE with a closed shop" Result
Negroes win admission to union.
Mr.. Clyde Johnson, 2201 Fifth
Ave. So, and his brother, Mr.. Sam
uel johnson, st. Paul, received
word of the death of their father
at Keokuk, Iowa.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05

This newspaper has been a reli-
able public servant for over ten
years.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-05

Deadline for social and personal
news Wednesday noon each week.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Two Planes Collide,
One Falls, in Richmond
6y the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 1.-Two
planes, thought to have been Army
craft, collided today and one crashed
in Windsor Farms, fashionable resi-
Dental district of Richmond.
The two planes were believed to
have collided at about 10000 feet
altitude as they were flying in a
southeasterly direction over the
western part of the city.
A. r. Jenkins, 26, ex-Army flyer
now employed at a filling station,
said he was standing in front of the
station at Peterson and Colonial
avenue and noted two planes, one
in front of the other.
THE leading plane was smoking
and I thought it was having engine
trouble" Mr.. Jenkins said. THE
second plane flew closer as both
appeared to lose altitude.
Then, the second plane appeared
to hit the smoking plane at the
tail and the smoking plane plunged
downward"
Mr.. jenkins said he saw one fig
ure bail out of the smoking ship.
The second plane appeared to
continue its course after crashing
the smoking planes tail and Mr..
Jenkins said he lost sight of it as it
appeared headed toward the Byrd
Park section.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
$1,000 in Tips
Kept inDrower
For Trip Stolen

A bureau drawer, heavy with the
four years accumulation of nickels,
dimes, quarters and half-dollars
which Mrs. Robert Tetlow earned in
tips as waitress, was stolen from her
home, 5708 Nevada avenue NV, last
highland Mrs. fellows dream of
a Christmas trip to Florida went
with it, she told police.
There was $4,000 in change in the
drawer, which she'd saved during
the war years when travelling was
difficult.
Police were hopeful the burglars
could be traced. They found clear
footprints of woman and two men
in tine basement of her home.
MIR. Tetlow is in Chicago on busi-
ness. Mrs. Tetlow received the tips
working in restaurant operated by
her mother, Mrs Charles Hale, at
s48 New York avenue NV.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
B-29 Sets Record in Bringing
Films Of American Landings

A B-29 bringing films of the land
ings in Japan set a new record for
nonstop flight from Honolulu to
Washington today. The plane
landed here just II hours and 81
minutes after leaving Honolulu.
The former record was estab-
lished last June by Maj. Gen. Curtis
E. lie May, who made the fight In
the same type OF plane in 20 hours
and Is minutes.
1t. Col. Charles j. Miller, Dex-
ter, Mo-, commanded the B-29, the
Lady Marge." Col. Miller said at
a Pentagon conference shortly after
his arrival that he had encoun-
tered fine weather throughout the
trip except around Indianapolis, Ind.
A veteran of AZ combat missions
and IL trips over the hump from
India to China, the B-29 was strip
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Bormann, Successor
To Hess, Reported in
Allied Hands for Trial
HitIer's Deputy Once
Wos Rumored to Have
Died With Fuehrer
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Sept. l. Martin
Bormann, chief deputy of the
Nazi party once rumored to have
died at Adolf Hitler's side, was
reported by the Berlin radio to
be in Allied hands again today.
The broadcast gave no details of
where Bormann was or what official
announced his arrest.
Shortly before the Radio an
nouncement, Associated Press Cor
respondent Charles Chamberlain re-
ported from Hamburg that British
military circles believe that if he
(Bormann) is a prisoner, he is in
the Russian zone"
Bormann's name appears first on
a list of Nazis to be tried as war
criminals at Nuremberg next month.
A spokesman for the alleged War
Crimes Commission said Bormann
would be tried in person, if he had
been captured, and otherwise lin
absentia"
Bormann was advanced to the po-
sition of Hitler's chief deputy in
l941 after Rudolph Hess made his
spectacular flight to Britain.
Mr.. Chamberlain said an anti
Nazi physician working with the
Allies reported he had seen Bormann
in Hamburg after Hitler's supposed
death.
Headquarters Of Field Marshal
Sir Bernard l.. Montgomery an
nounced last night at Hamburg that
Field Marshal Walther Won Brau-
chitsch and Erich Fritz Won Mann
stein had been interned yesterday
by British authorities in SchleSwig-
Holstein.
Won Brauchitsch, former COM
mander in chief of the German
Army, was taken into custody at his
estate near Lubbock. and Won Mann
stein, chief of army headquarters at
the wars end, was taken from a hos
pital where he had been under
treatment for a heart disease.
The American controlled Luxem-
bourg radio said last night that Her.
mann Rechling, 56, Austrian Nazi
brown shirt" leader, has been ar
rested at Hitler's birthplace, Brau-
nau-am-
The broadcast described Rechling
as one of the principal organizers OF
the brown shirts and said he lis held
responsible for numerous murder at
tempts against supporters" of Aus
tria's pre-Nazi government.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
By w. II. SHIPPEN, Jr.,
Star Staff Correspondent.

TOKYO, Sept. Inhabitants
of this beaten, bombed-out and
impoverished capital are react
ing to the first Americans ar
irving here with bewilderment
instead of fear or hate.
Only an occasional girl ran for
cover as correspondents numbered
by in an ancient Japanese truck,
but all others I saw while driving so
miles through the scorched, bomb
torn heart of industrial Japan
seemed dazed by surprise.
Friendly japanese f1remen came
grinning to cur rescue when we ran
out of gas half way between Tokyo
and Yokohama in the center of a
dock and factory area which our
fire bombs scourged into sham
bles. They seemed glad and happy
it was all over and that they no
longer had to scurry for their red
trucks while watching B-29s criss-
crossing the section At low attitudes
with bomb bays shut Some Of the