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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
st. Paul Boarding
Homes Needed

Children's Service, a st. Paul
Community Chest agency, an
nounces that it needs Negro board
ing homes for children of all ages.
There is special need for homes
where two children, either brothers
and sisters, or two of the same sex,
can be accommodated. The children
are of normal health and intelli-
gence, and their stay in a boarding
home depends upon the family prob
lem which brought them to the at
tention of the agency. The board
rate is Sc a week and all expenses.
Medical care and clothing are pro-
vided, along with ration books.
Interested persons may either
write Children's Service, 670 Mar
shall ave., st. Paul, or telephone
Elk. 1901.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Cherries (Art)
Gruhum Decd

Charles Arthur (Art) Graham,
$50 St. Anthony, St. Paul, died at
Ancker hospital, Sunday, Feb. Is.
He had been confined to the hospital
for about six weeks.
Mr.. Graham, a saxophonist, was
born in St. Paul, 3S years ago. He
spent most of his life in the Twin
Cities and for a long number of
years has been identified with
various orchestras. At the time of
his death, he was heading his own
band in downtown club.
His wife, Eula Graham, mother,
Mrs. Alice Crane and a daughter,
Betty Preston, survive.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day morning, Feb. %, at st. Peter
Claver church. Rev. Jerome ].
Luger officiated. Int erm n t,
Calvary cemetery. Brooks Funeral
home was in charge.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23

Recorder, Tampa Bulletin, Waco
Messenger and the Washington
Tribune.
Officers of the Publishers Asso-
citation are John Sengstacke, of Chi
cago, president; Alexander Barnes,
Washington, D. c., Eastern vice
PRESIDENT C. A. Scott, Atlanta, Ga,
Southern vice-president; Frank
Stanley, Louisville, Central vice
president; Carter Wesley, Houston,
Texas, Western vice-president;
Leon Washington, far Western
vice-president.
Executive board, William o.
Walker, Cleveland; Mrs. Robert l..
Vann, Pittsburgh; Cecil E. New
man, Minneapolis; ]. E. Mitchell,
st. Louis, and L. E. Austin, Dur
ham, N. C.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Railroads Endunger
Public Hire Kids
Ruther Thun NEGROES

washington, ID. y. (NNPA)-
While the safety of the travelling
public and the safety of 16 and IT.
year old boys is endangered by
their employment on railroads as
firemen, trainmen and yardmen, the
Stacy Committee continues to sleep
in the matter of employment of
Negroes which the railroads have
refused to do.
The Children's Bureau of the De-
partment Of Labor is attempting to
direct the employment of young
boys, 16 and II, into jobs where
these youths are least likely to get
hurt or to cause injury to others
working on the jobs with them or
travelling.
According to an announcement
last week, the Bureau is working
with the Association Of American
Railroads, the railroad brother
hoods and other unions, and
Government agencies, concerned
with transportation. They are draw
ing up advisory standards for en-
ployment of young workers in the
railroad industry.
"With the shortage of labor what
it is and with 'railroading' as CLAM
orous as it is to the average Amer
lean boy" the Bureau says, "some
direction is needed to see that these
youngsters are not placed in jobs
where they are likely to get hurt,
or to cause accidents that might tie
up transportation"
The Stacy Committee was ap-
pointed by the President over a year
ago to adjust the impasse which
developed when the railroads re-
fused to abide by the directives of
the FEPC ordering them to cease
their discriminatory practice s
against Negroes.
In a recent letter to Charles
Houston, attorney for two organi-
cations of Negro railroad en-
ployees, the Stacy Committee in
Dictated it did not intend to take any
action on the case, even though the
Supreme Court had outlawed the
Southeast Carriers Agreement on
which it had based its past in
activity.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Real Estate
Boards Urge
Negro Housing

dSnlnRLOnJ ~. -. NNNfAD-
The opportunity offered successful
builders in the field of housing con-
struction for Negroes has been
stressed again in a statement by
Harry M. Seldom, Detroit realtor,
recently appointed chairman of the
Negro Housing Committee of the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards.
Seldom declared "once it is
recognized that this field offers a
splendid investment for our large
institutional lending associations
and capital is made available, the
builders part in the development
of good Negro housing will natural
ly follow" He suggested to those
who are not now interested in max
ing loans on homes occupied by Ne
groes that they appraise this situa-
ton and see if they do not agree
that many sound loans can be made
on such homes.
Provision of such housing by
private industry is past the expert
mental stage" he declared.
Throughout the country we have
many successful examples of build
ing for both sale and rental to
Negroes. Surveys of the NAREB
have shown that the Negro is a
reliable and anxious home buyer.
He takes pride in good property
when he is able to secure it. Private
builders of projects, both large and
small, have been able to sell modern
homes to Negroes on the basis Of
monthly payments, which, some
times, are even lower than the
amount the same family formerly
paid in rent for much inferior hous-
ing. The survey also shows that
commitments made by Negroes
have been very well taken care of. !"
The Negro Housing committee
was organized by the NAREB to
gather information on the Negro
housing need and the ways in which
it has been practically met by sue
cessful builders for Negroes, and to
encourage widespread entry into
the Negro housing field because of
its economic opportunity.
One of the biggest drawbacks to
the entry of private enterprise into
this field, however, has been the
policies of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration, which will not ap-
prove insurance of loans for Negro
housing in many sites because they
border on white neighborhoods. The
FILA also encourages the use of
restrictive covenants through ad-
vice given in its manual of opera
tions.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Army Cousins

Pictured above are two members
Of the same family serving in Uncle
Sans army. Pvt. COzell o. Heath,
on the left, the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. w. LassIey, SIS Bryant Ave. No.
He is now in a hospital at Indian
town Gap, Pa, recovering from
bullet wounds received in an acct
dental shooting. On the right is his
cousin, Pvt. Barnell Breedlove, the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Breed
love, 622 Fremont Ave. No. Pvt.
BreedlOve is somewhere in the
Southwest Pacific. He has a twin
brother, COzell, who is a private in
the army stationed in Mississippi,
and two other brothers, Henry in
New Guinea and Franklin, of the
Merchant Marine.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Fourth Sunday
Musical ut St.
Iunes Feb, rs

The Senior choir of st. James
A M E Church, st. Paul, will pre-
sent Miss Elizabeth Moore and Miss
Ruth Pittman as guest artists at
the choir's Fourth Sunday Night
musical, Feb. rs, at 8 p. m. There
will be supporting background of
special numbers by the choir. The
public is invited.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Maryland Senate
Votes to Abolish
Jim Crow Cars

Washington, D. C. (NNPA)-A
bill called the "Jim Crow" bill, but
abolishing segregation on common
carriers in the state of Maryland,
was passed by the State Senate this
week by a vote of 20 to 9. The law
in Maryland now requires common
carriers to segregate white and
colored passengers in interstate
traffic.
The measure now goes to the
House, where, it is understood, it
will encounter considerable opposi-
ton. There is some fear it may be
pigeon-holed in committee, which
has been the fate of similar bills
during the last 40 years.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Henderson Describes
Work of FEPC

In the February Town Meeting
on Feb. 10, Elmer Henderson, of
Chicago, regional director of the
Presidents Fair Employment Prac-
tees Committee, described the COM
prehensive work of the wartime
agency.
He cited figures and instances of
how the committee with a small
budget and limited power had been
able to halt race discrimination in
many areas since the establishment
of the committee.
The committee aided greatly in
the war effort he told the meeting
by forcing employers and unions to
consider the untapped Negro
American manpower supply.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Calbert Davis Perry
Services Wednesday

Funeral services were held We'd
nesday, Feb. 81, at Pilgrim Baptist
church, for Calbert Davis Perry, Sc,
967 st. Anthony, St. Paul, who died
Feb. 16, in St. Lukes hospital with
Rev. Floyd Massey, Jr., officiating.
Mr.. Perry, who was born in
Keyser, W. Va, was Great North
ern Railway employee and has lived
in st. Paul "a years. He was a
member of the Perfect ASHER lodge
No. 4, F. and A. M.
Survivors include Mrs. Mary
Anne Perry, his wife, and a son,
F. Lc Raymond Perry, stationed
at Seattle, who attended the
funeral.
Interment, Oakland cemetery.
Brooks Funeral Home was in
charge.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Jesse w. Hutchruft
Visits Minneapolis

Jesse W. Hutchraft of Chicago,
former Minneapolitan and active
Ames Lodge member, visited the
cold surroundings" for ten days re-
Gently.
Among those who entertained Mr..
Hutchraft were Mr.. and Mrs.
Reuben B. Warren, 3641 Clinton
Ave.
Mr.. Hutchraft is happy in Chi
cago, but he says he still thinks the
Twin Cities are the greatest COM
munities in the world.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Citizens Rally to Send
Delegation in Support of
Permanent FEPC to ID. C..

latlon. The bill concerns the well
fare and security of the nation, he
declared. Cecil Newman spoke
against Senator Taft's proposed
bill, bill which has no enforcement
powers, which would only make an
investigation to find out if discrimi-
nation in employment really exist
ed. Mr.. Newman said that there
are seventeen international in addi-
ton to many employer unions that
discriminate against Negroes. He
asked that a delegation of at least
Is persons be sent to Washington.
Hammond Turner, st. Paul at
torney, made motion that a per-
manent organization be perfected
by the group as Twin Cities Coun-
ell for a Permanent Fair Employ
ment Practices bill and the motion
was passed unanimously. Reuben
Latz, of Minneapolis, made a mo-
ton empowering the steering COM
mittee to send kilograms to various
organizations, urging them to send
or assist in sending persons to
Washington on the proposed Min
nesota delegation. An amendment
to Mr.. Latz's motion also empower
ed the steering committee to send
kilograms to the Minnesota Con-
gressmen informing them of the
action of the body and that a dele
cation would be in Washington on
Feb. 81.
Judge Edward Waite, Cecil New
man, Jonas Schwartz, Rabbi Minda,
and Mrs. Ruth Gage Colby were
named as the committee to select
the personnel of the delegation to
be sent by the Twin Cities Council.
SOL in cash was raised at the
meeting. Hubert Humphrey pledg-
ed $25, the Spokesman and Re-
corder Newspapers 500. Louis
Gross, president of the Minnesota
Jewish Association said his group
would send a delegate or contribute
5000 to help defray the expenses.
The cost of sending at least Is
persons to Washington by Feb. 81
is to be borne partly by public sub
scription. Several of the suggested
delegates have volunteered to pay
their own way to Washington in
answer to Randolph's fervid plea
for help in Washington.
Wednesday, members of the
steering committee made solicita-
tons to secure the funds necessary
to send the large group to the
capital. st. Paul ministers agreed
to take a collection for the trip
Sunday morning. The Twin City
division of the B. S. C. P. plans to
send Frank Boyd. Others mentioned
as possible members of the delega-
ton are Harry L. Scott, Mrs. Colby,
Vincent Owens, Talmage B. Carey,
Myrtle Garden, Guy Alexander,
Helen Mudgett, Ethel Maxwell VIII
liams, Jonas Schwartz, Wendell
Jones, Rev. C. T. R. Nelson, Mrs.
Peavey Hefflefnger and S. Edward
Hall.
Father Francis Gilligan, chair
man of the state interracial COM
mission, was suggested as a dele
gate because of his deep interest
and support of a permanent F. E.
P. C. but he could not join the
delegation because of previous COM
mitments.
If attempts to raise funds are
successful the group will leave
the Twin Cities Sunday for Wash
ington arriving there on March 81.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
ENLISTS IN NAVY

James Thomas, Jr., nephew of
Miss Cora E. Thomas, 423 Rondo,
st. Paul, had repeatedly enlisted in
the Navy in San Francisco recently
and is taking his boot training at
a naval station there.
James, whose father is stationed
at Fl. Benning, Ca, with the U. S.
Army, has been living in California
for some time with his mother. The
Thomases are former st. Paulites,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Radio Broadcast Saturday
Opens Annual National
Negro Newspaper Week
BROADCAST OVER KSTP

Station KSTP will broadcast the National Negro News
Saturday, Feb 25 at 1SO The
Rochester Jack Benny Paul Robson
HampOns orchestra. message from FDR will be
and foreign pkups Negro troops and
be heard Tune in!
Chicago - The annual celebration of National Negro
Newspaper Week will be observed during the week Febru
airy 25 March g. The 1915 celebration marks the 18th
anniversary of the Negro press.
In statement announcing this yearly celebration John
H. Sengsacke, Negro Newspaper Publishers Association
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23

preSlueuLy SAUL
"Since Russwurm's Freedoms
Journal in 1927, the Negro Press
has played significant part in the
evolution of democracy. Negro
newspapers have been the testing
ground for the principles of de-
mocracy and have been in the van
guard of all efforts designed to
raise all Americans to the rank of
first class citizenship. s.
In the broadcast sense, the Negro
press is conducting a crusade for
the preservation and extension of
our democratic ideals. By doing so
the fundamental interest of Ameri-
cans, regardless of race, color, creed
or national origin, are served.
With the theme, "The Negro
Press in Tomorrow's America" the
Negro press is again raising its
sight in envisioning greater democ-
racy and a lasting peace in the
world of tomorrow.
The racial tensions and group an
imosities within our own borders
constitute major problem in plan
ming for Americas tomorrow. Only
through knowledge of the facts and
complete understanding can Amer
ica's realization of her dreams be
contaminated"
The Negro Newspaper Publish
ers Association, the official sponsor
of National Negro Newspaper week,
has designated Frank L. Stanley,
Editor of the Louisville Defender, to
serve as Chairman of the National
Negro Newspaper Week Commit
tee consisting of Dowdal II. Davis,
Advertising Manager of the Kan
sas City Call, and Thomas W.
Young, Business Manager of the
Norfolk Journal and Guide.
Newspapers sponsoring the week
are the Afro-American Newspapers,
Arkansas World (Little Rock),
Atlanta Daily World, Birmingham
Weekly Review, Birming h a m
World, Boston Chronicle, Buckeye
Review youngstown, o., The Call
(Kansas City, Mo-, The Call-Post
(Gadsden, Ala.), The Carolinian
Raleigh, N. c., The Carolina
Times Durham, N. c., Chicago
Bee, Chicago Defender, Cleveland
Call-Post, Cleveland Herald, Detroit
Tribune, Gary American, The In
former (Houston), The Journal and
Guide (Norfolk), Indianapolis Re-
corder, The Lighthouse & Informer
columbia, S. c., Louisiana Week
ly New Orleans), Louisville De-
fender, Los Angeles Sentinel, Mem
phis World, Miami Times, Michigan
Chronicle, Minneapolis Spokesman,
New Jersey Herald-News New
ark, New York Age, New York
Amsterdam News, Ohio State News,
(Columbus), Oklahoma Black Dis
patch (Oklahoma City,, Oklahoma
Eagle (Tulsa). Omaha Guide, Pal
metto Leader Charleston, s. c.,
Peoples Voice New York;, Phila-
delphia Independent, Philadelphia
Tribune, The Pittsburgh Courier,
The Plaindealer KANSAS City,
Kans.), San Antonio Register, The
Savannah Tribune, st. Louis Amer
lean, st. Louis Argus, st. Paul
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23

Thema Dorsey Thomas lyric and Brewer Lee Clark
pianist will appear artists the Senior choir SACRED Concert
Program" Sunday, Feb %, Pilgrim Baptist Church. W.
Central Ave- Gr St. Paul. Mrs Thomas studying at the
French Mr.. Clark student
Nelson Barber Both products of Sunday school and church
life of Pilgrim. 7
The program being sponsored by he Social and Literary Club
Susie Gaylord Pauline Martin Vice Pres Carrye
Williams Sec, Wills Minnie Robinson Sunshine
Fund Chairman
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Marion Williams
Dies in Los Angeles

Los Angeles.-Marion Williams,
former st. Paul resident, died here
February IS. He lived at 1886
East seth st.
Surviving him are three children
who reside in st. Paul. They are
Clyde, Craig and Donald who live
with Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Martin
at opt st. Anthony.
His former wife, mother of the
three children, is Edith William
of 354 N. Dale St., st. Paul.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23

Garment Manufacturing Co., 2S2 E.
9Th st.
Moody is purchasing an eight
room home at 295 Carroll Ave. The
loan has been approved by the bank
and the Chicago office of the Ad-
ministrator of Veterans Affairs.
Shown above from left to right
are Mr.. Moody, Ralph Grove and
Arthur W. Melander closing the
deal in the banks loan quarters.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
YOUNG CAREY HERE

Sgt. Talmadge G. Carey, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Talmadge Carey, 37O4
Fifth Ave. &c., is in Minneapolis
on a 1S-day furlough. He is sta
toned at Fl. Belvoir, Va.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
In Hospital

Joseph B. Levy, 1896 Fourth Ave.
&c., Minneapolis, was returned to
Fairview hospital, Monday, Feb. 10.
His condition is reported good.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Adult Classes
Opening at "Y''

Opening at ''Y"
The Adult Education department
Of the Y. W. C. A., Minneapolis,
has announced that classes in dress
making, tailoring and millinery will
open in March. Reservations may
be made by calling the Y.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23
Testimonial Dinner
For Frank Boyd
Saturday, Mar. Bird

A testimonial dinner is being
planned in honor of Frank Boyd
Saturday, Marh 8, at 6:15 pm. at
the Junior Pioneer Hall, st. Paul.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-02-23

Mrs. Hammond Cotton, 3l8 N. st.
Adams, who has been ill at home
during the past week is convalesc-
ing at home.
Evening star., 1945-11-12
for MEN
SOC

Young fellows and their Dads will
like the personal touch as much as
they'll appreciate the big herman
size! Fine white cotton with neatly
purled edge and shadow stripes.
Evening star., 1945-11-12
for WOMEN
Csc

Dainty gifts-well beloved-are these fine
cotton handkerchiefs, hand embroidered in
white. Name embroidered in appenzell blue.
Dainty rolled hens.
Evening star., 1945-11-12
PRINTED JERSEY
Hostess Robe
1926

Give color to leisure hours in this
brightly blossoming jersey print.
There is soft flattery in the easy drape
of Jersey. Youthful notched collar,
buttoned shirt front and "a sleeves.
Fly-fronted skirt, gently gathered. Sizes
20 to Is. (Wrap-around model with
short sleeves. Sizes 38 to Az
Evening star., 1945-11-12

The fitted winter coat is every inch smart this season
Its beautifully disciplined lines young and slender
izing dressy and comfortably warm Notice the
emphatcaly fine tailoring of these fitted coats, furred
and injured, the atterng curve of the silhouette
In sizes for women
Evening star., 1945-11-12

Ksnns-Handkerchiefs-street Floor
Evening star., 1945-01-21

It's the same old war in many
other ways. The same old glorious
divisions are here: the First, the
Second, and the 26th. Strangely
enough they're telling the same old
jokes and singing the same old
songs And the Retread knows all
the words, teaches the youths some
verses they didn't know.
The vet surveys the mess. which
is popularly believed to have been
jacked up into banquet proportions,
and sadly tips his helmet to the same
old bully beef, the same beans, the
same timed goldfish.
Some Retreads think this war is
pretty tame compared with 1918.
There's no noise" said one.
mot enough shooting to keep you
awake"
Not Lake 1918
HE WAS sleeping soundly every
night, he said, under the nose of a
battalion of 1855.
Another commented on the luxury
of the U. S. air cover.
"Why in 1918" he said, I'VE had
to learn to chew tobacco. We could
MT light cigarette without getting
winged by German guns or planes.
The Germans had the air force in
1918. And we certainly never could
park on crossroads, like these boys
are doing today, without getting a
big shell smacko in the middle"
They agreed that sunny France
was still getting it's share Of
rain. They agreed that French
mud hadn't changed.
Why did the old boys do it? No
body knows. But you couldn't keep
'em out. They bounded the recruit
ing Offices, signed waivers for every
thing up to leg and eye and took
what they were given. Some OF
them had to be content with Special
Services, Civil Affairs. Transporta-
ton, Judge Advocate, Ordnance,
and other havens of old folks. where
a maximum of brains and mini
mum of wind were required.
The colonels and up are, of course,
mostly hang-overs from 1918, and
most of the big shots on the staffs
can talk of the Argonne assaults
feelingly.
For Cab Money
ALL of them know what the GI
will have to find out for himself -
that the returning soldier won't
have any picnic.
One more thing. The Retreads
have set aside few Bonds just to
be sure they have cab money when
they come walking down that gang
plank.
A 1918 captain who's fought Jer-
ries and Japs and most of the young
fellows in his command for that
promotion to major doesn't expect
to come home hero. But at least
Evening star., 1945-01-21

sheppsd Such gorgeous embrodees! MOT halt
exciting your hands, you said (And with job that takes
the natural soteners from skin! But ten-I erge Loion
i
"rep Your hands stcee said
Girls Jergens do have hans
Evening star., 1945-01-21

No, the Retread knows his Ger
man. He knew him at Chateau
Thierry, at St. Mihiel. in the Ar
gonne He had a healthy respect
for the cunning. the skill, the fatal
ism of his enemy. He does not trifie
with him. The veteran who did it
before can do it again, in one piece.
The ebullience of the old boys
came out one day in a Midi city
when Retread, in charge OF con-
voy, rolled into a square filled with
excited French who we're wondering
whether or not Paris had been taken.
The big Retread leaned out of the
leading jeep and. in a 1918 French
accent. inquired loudly, La root
Paree?"
They Made Him Blush
FRENcHMEN cheered and gesticu-
lated. 1t was the best news they had
heard. The Americans were on ia
root Paree." If it had not been
taken, it soon would be. They made
the old Retread blush by tossing
blossoms at him.
The Frenchman understands the
Retread, too. The old boys French
hasn't improved much - he still
calls eggs "woofs' - but he never
lacks for a thing Frenchman can
get him. On the other hand, a lot
of the shiny new French taught in
the state universities is Topping dis
mally. 1t is American Express
French and in the provinces they
don't understand it. Half the French
men in the provinces don't under =
stand Partisan French anyway.
Mos. of the older ones remember
LES Yanks'' as comrades. So your
Retread is riding high with his peas
ant patter. Also, the Retread is
taken" less often than the younger
GI. He handled francs before in
the last war.