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break-through was the 10th Noun
tain Division, closely followed by the
85th Division.
Moving Across Plain.
From a hill overlooking Bologna
itself I watched our troops moving
out across the plain this afternoon,
crossing first the east-west road out
of the city and pushing on toward
Route 8, the second one, just visible
in the distance. Our artillery was
already denying use OF this arterial
highway to the enemy-in the hills
all around our guns were blasting
away, and towering treeshaped
plumes of smoke rose from the dark
green floor OF the valley. The scene
from that hill this afternoon was
a view OF the battlefield, such as
one rarely gets. In the first place,
there was the city. sprawling yel-
low blotch Of dark carpet. There
were our forces going out to the left
Of the city, clouds Of white dust
lowering over the narrow lateral
roads over which cur vehicles, in
cluding tanks and armored cars
were moving-moving fast now that
they no longer had the mountains
to contend with.
Clearing Out Nazis to South.
You knew the infantry were still
further out front, and that some
Germans were there somewhere, too,
although they could not be SEEN
You heard that not much resistance
was being met other than small
arms fire from fortified farmhouses.
This morning, when our forces were
nearing the end of their mountain
climbing advance, they ran into
heavy artillery barrage, but now 1t
appeared they had cleared out or
ganized German defenses in this
sector south of the Po River itself.
Germans. holding out in the
valley, were having a tough time of
it. Not only were our light guns
lobbing shells easily into their
targets, guided by perfect observa-
ton, but the air corps was also lend
lIlS IldIlu. = AkllGCl OOlllUCES Ol
18th Tactical Air Force, which
boasted a month ago that If they
ever caught the Wehrmacht in the
open Po Valley they would pulverize
it, were strafing. divebombing and
shooting up with rockets anything
German which moved or fought out
on the smoking plain.
Aerial Dress Rehearsal.
Black against the sun, their
motors roaring, planes circled wide
over the hills where We stood, then
made for their targets out on the
fiatland. It looked like dress re-
hearsal for bigger things to come.
A description like this sounds pat
and orderly, which Is misleading.
indicative of the wild confusion,
characterizing the military picture
here today, Is the fact that on =
hill about q mile to the right OF
where was standing this afternoon,
4 bypassed pocket OF fanatical
Germans was still fighting back
desperately against all attempts to
mop them up.
Possessing no heavy weapons, and
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Miss Lawrence in Howoii

HONOLULU, April 81 (P.-British
Actress Gertrude Lawrence and her
USO camp shows troupe passed
through Honolulu en- route to for
ward bases on tour which will last
until midsummer.
Evening star., 1945-04-21
Wounded
District Blood Donations
Appointments
yesterday 45l persons
ADnointneptS hrokep

AppUIIIClIIeIlIS DTOkcN
yesterday - % persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center In
the Acacia Building, 81 Louisi-
ana avenue NV, by calling
District $500 between Q a m. and
$50 pm. weekdays, and . am.
to noon Saturdays.
Volunteer women are needed
as daytime drivers in the Mo-
tor Corps, which transports 30
per cent Of the blood donors.
Call Republic $500, Branch 1877.
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NAACP on WLOL
Saturday, Apr. %;
Member Drive on

On Saturday, April %, at $3.50
p. m. over station WLOL the Min
neapolis branch of the National As
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People will present an
original radio play entitled, "a.
Phillip Randolph, Labor Organ
izer." The script was written by
Marjory W. Curry.
The role of Randolph will be
played by Sam Harris. He will be
supported by Clarence Hughes,
Ruth Pittman, Beulah Mitchell, and
Paul S. Curry. The musical ar
rangements will be played by Doro-
thy P. Sims.
Memberships for 1915 are be-
ginning to pour in. People seerS
to recognize as never before the
role of the NAACP in its struggle
to secure first class citizenship for
the Negro. Send memberships to
Clifford E. Rucker, secretary, 1914
18th Ave. So.
Curtis C. Chivers, chairman of
the drive, has selected the follow
ing persons to serve on his advis-
Dry committee, DR.. W. D. Brown,
Cecil E. Newman, Rev. Robert W.
Kelley, Jonas Schwartz and Harold
Combs.
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Rev. Nelson Is
Returned Here

Rev. Clarence T. R. Nelson,
pastor of Camphor Memorial Meth
odist church, st. Paul, for the past
seven years, was reappointed to the
st. Paul church at the 10th session
of the Lexington Annual Confer
ence, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, last
week. He will begin his eighth year
there Sunday morning, April 20.
Rev. Nelson was reelected chair
man of the Conference Board of
Education for a second four-year
term and has been mentioned for
the position of full-time executive
secretary of Christian education.
The plans of the Board to employ
such person within the next IL
months, was adopted by the Con-
ference.
In statement to this newspaper,
Rev. Nelson said he is happy to
have been returned to st. Paul for
another year and now that the
church is free of debt he intends
to spend more time in personal
evangelism, and to increase the
membership of the church consid-
erably, during the next year.
Rev. Nelson said "The large
number of new people coming into
st. Paul and the large number of
unchurched people in the commun-
ity already, makes imperative that
a campaign of evangelism be con-
Quoted by all of the churches of the
city"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-04-27
WALLACE NAMES NEGRO
TO SMALL BUSINESS
ADVISORY GROTTP

Washington, D. C. (NNPA)-
John R. Pinkett, Washington in
surance and real estate broker, was
named last week by Secretary of
Commerce Henry A. Wallace to be
a member of the Small Business
Advisory Committee established on
March 2. Mr.. Pinkett is the only
Negro member of the group.
The purpose of the committee is
to make suggestions for enabling
small business "to do it's full share
IN furnishing maximum employ
ment" after the war. Sec. Wallace
has asked the group to give special
attention to problems of financing
small business firms.
Others on the 16-member COM
mittee are: Former Senator Prem
tiss M. Brown of Detroit, and
former OPA administrator; Eric
Johnston, president of the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce; Ernest G.
Draper, Federal Reserve Board;
John W. Snyder, named last week
by Pres. Truman as Federal Loan
Administrator; Ralph Flanders,
manufacturer of Springfield, Va;
Stacy May, publishing executive of
New York City; Vincent l..
Browner, retail grocer of Des
Moines, Iowa; W. E. Harbor, bank
er of Shawnee, Okla; Lou E. Hol-
land, head of an engraving COM
pany in Kansas City, Mo-; E. H.
Lane, furniture dealer in Alta
vista, Va; A. W. Lutz, wholesale
grocer of Wilmington, Calf;
Walter Ringer, garment manufac-
turer of Minneapolis, Mimi;
Morris S. Rosenthal, importer of
New York City, and George Rup-
pie, milk professor of Shawano,
Wis.
Two members of the original
committee have withdrawn-one
because of illness and one to go
abroad.
Mr.. Pinkett formerly taught
school in st. Louis, Mo. He en-
tered the insurance business with
the Standard Life Insurance Com
pany of Atlanta, Ca, and later be-
came agency director and vice
president of the National Benefit
Life Insurance Company. When
the latter company went into re-
ownership during the depression
of the early 30's, Mr.. Pinkett en-
tered the insurance and real estate
brokerage business in Washington.
His firm is one of the most sue
cessful in Washington.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-04-27
Humphrey Coils
Kline Too Little.
Too Late MuYor'

With only three weeks remain
ing before the primary election
May IA the campaign for mayor
today was on full steam as Hubert
q. Humphrey, in a radio talk Tues
day blasted his opponent as "the
too little and too late" mayor.
cts always too little and too
Late" Humphrey said. "Too little
law enforcement and too late to ap-
prehend the culprits. Too little sup
port for housing programs and too
late to be sincere. Too little CO.
operation with our legislature, and
too late to count"
Humphrey pointed out that two
years ago, and again this year,
he had outlined a positive, business
like program for dealing with the
city's financial problem and for an
overall program of community re-
development.
He called attention to his having
proposed a Greater Minneapolis
Association, in which government
and community, business and labor,
social agencies and financial insti-
tutions would work together" in the
program of community redevelop-
ment.
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nrSC recital WaSERMlNE HALL
one staged by the same society at
which time the church under the
leadership of the late Rev. L. W.
Harris was raising funds to build
the present modern church struc-
ture. Mrs. Allen, then Ermine Hall,
contributed her share of the pro-
ceeds to the building fund.
The May 4 recital is expected to
draw a packed house. On the day
following the recital Mrs. Allen will
leave for the East where she is
scheduled for recitals in several
cities.
Harriet G. Hall, her mother, an
accomplished musician, will go as
her accompanist and Mrs. Belle
Tyler as secretary.
Mrs. Allen is a member of the
st. Paul Civic Opera, the Opera
School of st. Paul, recently singing
the role of Mama Lucia in Caval-
leria Rusticana, member and SOLO
list of Pilgrim Baptist Choir, men,
Der of the Interracial Chorus and
president of the Adelphai Club.
Steering committee of the re-
cital includes Mrs. Susie GAYLORD,
club president; Mrs. Carrie Will
liams, secretary; Mrs. Cora Stroth-
ers, general chairman; Mrs. Effie
Wills, and Mrs. Helen Lawrence.
Admission is 60 cents including
tax.
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S FIRST
PRESS CONFERENCE

President Harry S. Truman and
l had lot in common as we faced
each other at his first press con-
ference last week.
He stood in his position as the
Chief Executive of this great ma
ton because of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt. 1 stood across the desk
from him as a White House Cor
respondent because of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt.
He was wearing a dark blue suit.
So was I.
His first name and middle initial
are Harry S." So are mine.
He is from Missouri. So am I.
He was burdened with the prob
lem of answering for the world the
loaded and unloaded questions Of
349 reporters (the largest number
ever recorded at a presidential
press conference) Il was burdened
with the problem of getting an
answer for Is million Negroes to
the "a dollar question of where he
stood on those matters of specific
and particular interest to them.
Unwittingly, Pres. Truman made
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Credjafawn Club
Elects Officers

The Credjafawn Social club has
reelected Theresa Herring, presi-
dent. Other officers elected at the
annual election of officers, held re-
Gently, were vice-president, Lola
Finney; recording secretary,
Norma Beauford; Asst. recording
secretary, Earline Stokes; CORE
spending secretary, Benjamin F.
Henderson; assistant correspond
ing secretary, Frances Moore;
financial secretary, Sally Wedding
ton; Asst. financial secretary, Jane
Lee; treasurer, John Lawrence, Jr.;
typist, Nilee Lewis; parliamentary
an, Huron Shelton, Jr.; sergeant-at-
arms, John Banks, Jr.; the auditing
committee, Cora B. Banks, Bella
Shelton, Gertrude Green, Virginia
Faulkner, Ruth Benner, Helen Law
renee, Emma Lou Light; member
ship committee, Lydia Jones, Nilee
Lewis, Beatrice Coleman, Huron
Shelton, Jr., John Lawrence, B. F.
Henderson, Emma Lou Light, Ruth
Benner, Virginia Faulkner.
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Judd Attacks
Army for Failure
To Use Nurses

Washington, D. C.-In a speech
delivered in opposition to the bill
to draft nurses Congressman Wal
ter Judd r., Minn.) pointed out
the Army's failure to use Negro
nurses.
Judd said, "Out of 5000 Colored
nurses in this country who are
graduates of accredited nurses
training schools, the Army has tax
en- only $50 nurses. = The Army
should accept nurses without re-
gard to race, creed or color, pro-
vided they have the proper profess
sional qualifications"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-04-27
NELLIE STONE CANDIDATE
FOR LIBRARY BOARD

Nellie Stone, 3437 Smelling Ave-,
is candidate for the Library Board
in the city election to be held May
IA.
Mrs. Stone is a native of Mime
sofa; she has been a resident of
Minneapolis 81 years. Ten years
of that time has been spent as
member of the Hotel and Restau-
rant Employees Union, Local No.
665, A. F. of L., and is at this time
vice president of that organization.
She is also affiliated with the Ma
tional Association for Advance
ment of Colored People, Women's
Army for National Defense, and
League of Women Voters.
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spoke at Nicollet hotel at a meet
ing under auspices of the League
for Labor Palestine.
"Under Nazi rule, many Jews
were annihilated, but some sur
vived- hiding or joining partisan
groups" Zaslani explained. ''They
had hope, expecting a new at
mosphere and a fresh start with
liberation.
"But now they are losing hope.
The first objects and the first vic
tins of Hitler's rule, they are
afraid the war may have been
fought in vain.
There is the hatred against
Them built up through the years
particularly under Nazi rule
which has taken root. In Poland,
The Polish people who at the risk
If their lives helped Jews while
he Nazis were over them don't
want it known by other Poles
low.
"The Jews in Europe either
wanted a fresh start there or
chance to go to Palestine. They
are getting neither"
Speakers who extended greetings
to Zaslani and the distinguished
group labor union, leaders, liberals
and students of world problems in
Guided Herbert Joshua, president,
Minnesota League for Labor
Palestine; George Phillips, presi-
dent, Minneapolis Central Labor
Union; A. Karlsson, Association of
Railroad Brotherhoods; Rodney
jacobson of the CLIO; Mrs. George
W. jacobson of Twin Cities.
Consumer Cooperative Council
and Cecil E. Newman, publisher Of
the Spokesman and Recorder news
papers.
Mr.. Newman called attention to
the traditional friendly feeling of
Negroes towards Jews and ex-
pressed the opinion that the Amerl-
can Negroes were sympathetic to-
ward the Jewish homeland move
ment in Palestine.
Negroes hope" he said, "the
San Francisco conference will
initiate action which will mean the
end of exploitation of men Of all
races and creeds throughout the
world"
He said he approved heartily
resolution adopted by the recent
pre-San Francisco colonial confer
ence held in New York which as
serted, "The ownership of colonies,
protectorates and dependencies by
any country, has been and still is
a repeated cause of war and OPP
preston, and is causing extreme
poverty, predominant illiteracy and
widespread famine, undernourish-
ment and disease. Out Of these
colonies comes large income to in
crease the power and excite the
greed and intensity the envy of
great modern nations"
]. Benjamin Schneider of the
Minneapolis Y. M. C. A. presided
as POSTMASTER. Invocation was by
Rev. Carl E. Lund-Quist.
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nese. 1t is reported that powerful
forces in the United States are
willing to permit colonial powers
like the British, Dutch and French,
to do whatever they choose in
colonies they held before the war if
in return the United States is per-
mitted to hold on to the islands it
wishes.
at is to be hoped that the United
States is not going into the con-
ference with any willingness to
perpetuate colonial empires.
Equally important is the adop-
ton: by the conference of a world
bill of rights which will include
unequivocal affirmation of the
equality of all peoples and races.
Such a resolution was introduced
at Dumbarton Oaks by the Chinese
but was quietly smothered. It is
our hope that there will be no repe-
tition of such suppression at San
Francisco, since that would be
merely an affirmation of deter
mination to perpetuate white SUI
premacy.'
eve realize that the task we face
is not an easy one. Our voices viii
be heard only if a sustained and
enlightened public opinion backs
the efforts to induce the San Fran
cisco conference to support such
reasonable and necessary prin-
ciples."
At the last moment Mrs. Mary
Mcleod Bethune, president Of the
National Council of Negro Women,
was added to the NAACP delega-
ton with the permission of the
State Department, but she viii not
be recognized as representing her
organization. She is one of the vice
presidents of the NAACP.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-04-27

DR.. Dubois and Mr.. White will
be consultants to the American
delegation at San Francisco, Off
cially designated as such by the
State Department. The NAACP is
one of AZ organizations, and the
only Negro organization, invited
by the State Department.
In a statement issued before
boarding a special train in New
York April 10, Mr.. White said:
at is our hope as consultants to
the American delegation, to induce
the San Francisco conference to
face what is one of the most serious
problems of the twentieth century
-the question of race and color.
We are particularly concerned with
what is done about colonial empires
and the well-being of colonial peo-
pies around the world. Most of
these colonial peoples are colored.
What happens to even the most
exploited of these has direct bear
ing upon the future Of Negroes in
the United States.
"It is disturbing to read on the
eve of the conference the state
ment by Secretary Of State Edward
R. Stettinius, Jr., that the position
of the United States government on
the question Of assignment of trus-
teeships for Pacific islands and
former inundated territories has
not been determined upon. The
Army, the Navy and other forces,
including the Hearst press, are
waging a determined campaign
against the American delegation
approving any formula for former
mandates and island possessions
which would interfere with the
United States retaining as military
bases certain Pacific islands which
have been wrested from the Japa-
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Rowe Baby Dies

Darnell Anthony Rowe, seven
month-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin Rowe, 2546 Hiawatha, Min
neapois, died at st. Mary's hos
pital Wednesday, April rs. The
baby was rushed to the hospital
when it was learned of his serious
illness. He died few hours later,
suffering with pneumonia.
The funeral services will be held
Friday (today) at nine a. m. at st.
Leonard's Catholic church. Father
L. R. Hirman will officiate.
Woodland Funeral home is in
charge. Interment, st. Anthony
cemetery.
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Fifth All Day
Conference at
"-IWs AZ

AAdIuc N1dy 10
The fifth all-day conference of
the st. Paul Women's Council will
be held Friday, May 10, at Halle
Q. Brown House. At the morning
session demonstrations will be
given on caring for victory gardens
and making small pieces of furni-
ture at home. A style review of
clothing, styled and made at home
will be held. At noon, coffee will
be served free to those bringing
their lunches.
From two to four p. m. there
will be a panel discussion of "The
Role of Women in the Post War
World" A business meeting will
be held from five to six p. m.
Major Harriet West, top Negro
WAC officer Army Casualty
Branch, Washington, D. c., will be
the principal speaker at the eve
ming meeting. Mable Harris is presi-
dent of the Council, Lorraine Tabor
is secretary and I. Myrtle Garden,
program chairman.
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Sergeant jones K.
Ash Wins More
Militury Honors

Sergeant James K. Ash, son Of
Blaine Ash, Route 7, Highland Sta
ton, with the 371st Infantry, is
making quite a name for himself
in the Armed services. First he re-
ceived the Purple Heart and now he
has been awarded the Combat In
fantryman Badge for his outstand-
ing performance of duty in action
against the enemy.
In a letter to Sergeant Ash's
father, Colonel James Notestein
wrote: "Your son has clearly
demonstrated the excellent soldier
ly qualities which are in keeping
with the highest traditions Of the
military service"
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WAR TIME FEPC SUBMITS
JUSTIFICATION FOR
1916 BUDGET

Washington, D. C. (NNPA).-
With delaying and filibustering
tactics apparent in the House Rules
Committee, and with predictions
that FEPC legislation will not
reach the floor of the Senate until
fall, the budget request of the
present war time FEPC has as
sumed new importance. The JUS
LITIGATION for the request for $780,
900 for operation during the next
fiscal was submitted to the House
Appropriation Committee on March
80.
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CONGRESSMAN POWELL'S
MOTHER Is DEAD

New York.-Mrs. Matte Fetch
er Powell, 73-year-old mother of
New York Congressman Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr., and wife of
Harlem's senior minister, died here
Sunday afternoon after a 12-year
illness.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday at her widower's passionate,
Abyssinian Baptist church, 1872 W.
18Th street, with huge throng in
attendance.
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Julmur Johnson
Files for Mayor

Jalmer o. johnson formerly
chief Investigator of the Minnesota
State R. R. and Warehouse COM
mission for over thirty years, files
for Mayor. He resides at 1343
Queen Ave. No.
Born and raised in Minneapolis
and a business lifetime of Govern
ment experience, Jalmer said he
thinks it's about time Minneapolis
elected a Minneapolis-born boy as
Mayor and incidently "give the city
it's first Mayor Johnson"