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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
MethOdists Elect
Negro President of
Decentralization

Nashville, Tenn. (SpeciaD-Dr.
Timothy B. Echols of Austin,
Texas, was elected president of the
National Methodist Conference Ed
ucation which met here the first
week of the month at Scarritt and
Peabody Colleges. DR.. Echols, who
is executive secretary of Christian
Education in the Texas and West
ern Conference, is the first Negro
to be elected to the presidency of
the national body.
At one of the sessions DR.. Robert
W. Searle of New York, scored
racial prejudice and declared that
considering all problems facing the
church it had compromised most
with the issue of race.
The 49 Negroes attending this
conference participated fully in all
activities and accommodations. DR..
Echols presided over two of the
general sessions as vice president
before his election to the presi-
dency.
Others prominent at the sessions
were Rev. Howard A. Bailey of
Philadelphia who presided at the
Commission of Board Presidents
and Conference Executive Secre-
taries and Rev. Joseph P. jenkins
served as a member of the nomi-
mating committee.
Devotionals were conducted by
Dean William Faulkner of Fisk
University. Mrs. Eddie Hayes Nc
Donald of Houston, Texas, presided
over the joint session of the youth
workers, board presidents and con-
ference executive secretaries.
Included in the officers for next
year are Mrs. Sallie Cranshaw of
Bristol, Tenn, vice president of the
Children's Workers Section, and DIR.
Earl Cranston of Philadelphia, vice
president of the Commission of
Board Presidents and Executive
Secretaries. Rev. C. T. R. Nelson
served on the Resolutions Commit
tee.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Elvira Hicks
Buried. Jan. G

Rev. Floyd Massey, Jr., officiated
at funeral service for Elvira Hicks,
80, 1856 Rondo, st. Paul, held at
Brooks Funeral Home Saturday,
Jan. 6.
Mrs. Hicks, born in Tennessee,
had lived in st. Paul for the past
II years and was a member of Pill
grim Baptist church. She died We'd
nesday, Jan. 8, at home.
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. Bessie Massengil and Mrs.
Sylvia Whitley, st. Paul; a son,
Henry Mcdowell, Chicago, three
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12

sentative Rankin's attack against
him contained in a letter by Rankin
to Mississippi editor in which he
said he would not permit Powell to
sit beside him ain the House of Rep
resentatives-or anywhere else"
and terming Powell's election TO
Congress "the worst thing that
could happen to the members of his
race"
Powell declared: "As far as de-
mOcracy is concerned, Rankin is a
political degenerate. He is a lead
er of American fascism. His pres
ence in the House is a most serious
obstacle in America in winning a
peoples war or a peoples peace.
"He does not represent the best
or the majority of the South, even
in his own congressional district.
l am hoping Rankin will not sit by
me because that makes it mutual.
The only people he is qualified to
sit by are Hitler and Mussolini.
"His recent precedent-shattering
move in making the former Dies
committee permanent was typical
of the method used by Hitler in the
Reichstag. A recently appointed
committee on un-American activi-
ties should investigate Rankin first.
He and his minority lead America
in illiteracy and mass murder
lynching. And that is unamerican-
ism.
"If Rankin is not afraid of me,
I dare him to suggest my name for
membership in the new witch hunt
committee"
Veteran news men on Capitol
hill say this is the first time any
one has ever called Rankin down
publicly. One of the wire serv-
ice reporters says he has been wait
ing many a year to hear it.
Powell is seriously considering
answering Rankin from the floor Of
the House tomorrow on a point of
personal privilege as a result of
Rankin's attack on him.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Josephine Gordon
Rites Held Monday

Josephine Gordon, age 80, died
Monday, Jan. s, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Count Anderson, 52S
Bryant No., after an illness last
ing several years.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day, Jan. IL, at 10 a. m, at st.
Martins rectory. Rev. Frank Burns
officiated.
Mrs. Gordon is survived by her
daughter and son-in-law, the Count
Andersons, a grandson, Pfc. Eddie
Anderson, stationed in France, and
two great-grandchildren.
Woodland Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements. Interment,
Roselawn cemetery.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Roosevelt Makes
No Mention Of
FEPCm Message

WASHINGTON, D. c. (NNPA)
President Roosevelt, in his mes
sage to Congress on the State Of
the Union, failed to mention the
blight upon the war effort Of dis
elimination in employment oppor-
tunities which impedes the war, and
failed to mention the need for a
Permanent FEPC which he has said
he favors. In this regard, the mes
sage proved a keen disappointment
to Negroes throughout the country
who were looking forward to the
Presidents vocal, fortnight sup
port of the pending legislation in
Congress for the creation OF a
Permanent FEPC.
The nearest the President came
in MS message to endorsing the
pending legislation was in the fol-
lowing passages: IAN enduring
peace cannot be achieved without
a strong America-strong In the
social and economic sense as well
as in the military sense.
"In the State of the Union mes
sage last year, l set forth what l
considered to be an American eco
nomic Bill of Rights.
81 said then, and l say now, that
these economic truths represent a
second bill of rights under which a
new basis of security and pros
perity can be established for all
regardless of station, race, or creed.
"Of these rights the most funda-
mental, and one on which the fulfill
ment of the others in large degree
depends, is the right to a useful
and remunerative job in the in
dustries or shops or farms or mines
of the nation 49,.
"The Federal Government must
see to it that these rights become
realities-with the help of States
municipalities, business, labor and
agriculture"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Alice Burgess
Services Held
Saturday, Jan. G

Private services were held Sat-
urday, Jan. 6, at 11:30 a. M, at
Woodland Funeral Home for Alice
Burgess, 14131h Third St. So, who
died Dec. &c, at Minneapolis Cen
eral hospital.
Relatives of Mrs. Burgess could
not be located at the time of her
death, but later a niece, Pearl Har-
rison of Milwaukee, Wis, learned
of her aunt's death and came here
to make funeral arrangements. In
terment, Crystal Lake cemetery.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Happy Birthday
to You'll!

Birthday greetings in st. Paul: Jan. 16
Mrs. w. Crouch, $40 st. Anthony. Jan.
17-Mrs. J. Riddeaux, TOT Rondo: Paul
Thomason, 1872 st. Anthony. Jan. 1s-Tom
Neal bSl st. Anthony; James Culver,
1889 N. Western. Jan. l9-Maude Bush,
646 81. Anthony; Mrs. Gertrude Willis,
1850 Sherburne.
In Minneapolis: Jan. l5-wilmoth Bow
en-, 1851 Bryant Ave. No.; Mrs. W. B.
Freeman. 2906 Portland; Mrs. Richard Ses-
sion. $3.50 Smelling Ave. Jan. 16-Irving
Blumberg. 1924 Russell No.; Miss L. R.
McClelland, 1917 Fourth Ave. So Jan. II
Mrs. Fern Helm. 9s5 Aldrieh Ave. No.
VIM. James Parker, 1905 18th Ave. So.
Jan. ls-Thos. Langums, 52S Girard Ave.
No. Jan. 19-Shirley Kyle, 1887 Fourth
Ave So. Jan; 20-Frnnees Rooney, 1107
Emerson Ave. No.
Out Of town: Jan. 15-Mrs. Dick Gale,
Mound, MINI. Jan. 1s-Daniel Reed. Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Former st. Paul
Resident Dies
In Topeka, Kans.

Mrs. Minerva Cherry, a former
resident of st. Paul for seventeen
years, died at her home in Topeka,
Kans., Thursday, Jan. A. Mrs.
Cherry was 80 years old. She was
a member Of Pilgrim Baptist
church.
Mrs. Lee Johnson, 355 st. An
thony, daughter of Mrs. Cherry, is
at Topeka attending the funeral.
Other survivors in st. Paul are Lus-
tus Cherry, her son, a granddaugh-
ter, Mrs. Leona Montague and two
great grandchildren, Valadia and
Elaine Montague.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Seaman Robert
Lewis in Two
Major Battles

Stewards Mate 1/c Robert Lewis
was in the city from Dec. &c until
Tuesday, Jan. 2, visiting his moth
er, Mrs. Anna Lewis, 1859 Hum
boldt Ave. No. His wife, Christine,
of Rockland, Mass, accompanied
him here for an indefinite stay with
his mother.
Robert has been in the Navy
since Oct, 1912. He has been in
two major battles and was wounded
in action twice. He is now wear
ing two major battle stars and
three service ribbons.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12

hdlAhlu1 InLOuBh MCALHlN
a smooth parliamentary maneuVer
and with the cooperation Of large
number of Republicans, put over
an amendment on the very first day
of the new session changing the
rules of the House to make the
thought-to-be-dead Dies Commit
tee one of the Standing Committees
of the House with power to intro
duce legislation. The vote was 2O7
to 1856. This means the Dies Com
mittee will not have to come up for
authorization each year as in the
past, but will be continuing COM
mittee like the Appropriations
Committee, the Foreign Relations
Committee, the Ways and Means
Committee, etc.
On the Senate side, talked with
Sen. Robert Taft, leader of the Re-
publicans, and the man behind
whom most of the Republicans fol-
low. I wanted to know his position
on legislation for a permanent
FEPC, which his party had stressed
so much during the campaign for
President after including a plank
calling for such an agency in its
platform.
had from very good source that
Taft-now that the election was
over, his side had lost, and he was
in for 6 more years-had become
lukewarm about permanent FEPC
legislation. / had been told that he
felt the present bills were "too in
clusive"; that passage of such a
bill would cause riots and blood
shed; that every Negro, Jew and
Catholic refused a job could sue
the employer for back pay if the
pending bills became law.
In our conversation, he practical
ly verified these reports. He said:
II am not ready yet to say what
position / will take on Permanent
FEPC or what kind of bill 1 will
support. 1 have been studying the
question. I will support one, but
don't know whether ! will support
one of the bills presented. 9.
"It seems to me to establish a
principle in American life which
is contrary to what we have had.
l don't know when / will be in posi-
ton to state what kind of bill ]
will support. / have been trying
to work out something. But right
now we are so busy with the re-
organization of the Senate 1 haven't
had time to give it."
Yet the eyes of men like Van
denberg, Ball, Burton, Ferguson,
Reed and Austin are turned toward
Taft for the signal of what they
should do on Permanent FEPC.
It looks as if the Negroes and
other minority groups will have to
see that the fires of the Political
Action Committee spread to a few
other forests and consume the dead
wood unless the trees show some
signs of budding and leafing by
Spring.
Men who forget campaign prom
ises should not be forgotten by
voters!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Something for the
Whole Gang

Pa likes McAlpin's "Uncovering
Washington" Ma goes for Social
and Personals, Brother Bill likes
Jimmy Lees in the SPOTLIGHT,
and "Tan Topics" while Sister Sue
digs the latest from Mary Lewis
"This Is It." Little Bobbie enjoys
T. Melvin's Breezy" as does the
rest of the family for there is some
thing in each issue of this paper
that some member of the home gets
a bang out of.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Olga Anderson
Guest Organist
at Saltwater

Olga Anderson, 453 Rondo Ave-,
served as organist at the Ascension
Episcopal Church at Saltwater,
Mimi, on Christmas Eve in the alb
sence of the regular organist.
Miss Anderson is a junior at
Hamline University. She is a men,
Der of the Alpha Rho Delta Society,
Alpha Delta Zeta Music Society,
the preparatory choir at Hamline
and is the organist at Camphor
Memorial Church. Miss Anderson
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Anderson.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
st. Paul Brunch
, NAACP Meets
JonuorY Is

The regular monthly meeting of
the st. Paul Branch, N. A. A. c. p,
will not be held next Tuesday
night, Jan. 16, but will be held in
conjunction with the Halle Q.
Brown Forum on Sunday, Jan. 20.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12

Mrs. Clifford Marty, 9S3 Aldrich
Ave. No, who gave birth to an
eight pound baby boy, Friday, Jan.
5, at Fairview hospital is reported
to be improving after receiving
several blood transfusions. Her con-
dition was reported critical after
the baby's birth. Her sister, Althea
Hummer, a nurse, from Chicago,
is in the city tending her sister.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
COZeH Heath
Injured in Pa.
Army Camp

Pvt. Cozell Heath, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Lassley, 511 Bryant
Ave. No, Minneapolis, was acct
dentally shot Friday, Jan. 5, at his
camp in Indiantown Gap, Pa, ac-
cording to reports received by his
parents this week.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
G. O. p. & Rankin
Perpetuate Dies
Committee On us.

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA)
The bombshell dropped in the
House of Representatives on its
opening day of the 10th Congress
by Rep. John Rankin (D) of Mis-
sissippi, amending the rules of the
House to make the Dies Committee
on Un-American Activities a regu-
lar Standing. Committee, is still
having its reprecussion in the ma
TONS capital and on the Hill.
Whether the new committee will
carry on as "witchhunting expe-
dition" as it did under former Rep.
Martin Dies is the subject of specu-
lation. How to nullify the effects
of the "smart, parliamentary ma
newer" by which Rankin outwitted
the administration forces is being
discussed at bars, in cocktail
lounges, in government offices and
at the Capitol.
The key to the activity of the
committee will be in the man select
ed as chairman and in the member
ship, which will be named by the
Democratic and Republican men,
bers of the Ways and Means Com
mittee Of the House. Except for
the Republican members of that
committee, whose Party colleagues
gave two-thirds of the vote by
which the Rankin amendment was
carried, the Ways and Mean Com
mittee is under administration con-
troll.
Rep. Charles LaFollette, (R. of
Ind.) in commenting on the House
action in approving a permanent
Dies Committee, declared: "The
stealing of elections, the mainte-
nance of monopolies, the discrimina-
ton against economic opportunities
of citizens because of race, creed
or color, and the maintenance of the
poll tax are just some of the I'M
American activities which the sup
porters of this amendment might
first attempt to eliminate through
the existing standing committees
and Legislative principles before
starting out on another witch
hunt"
The Rankin amendment to the
House rules was passed by a roll
call vote of 2O7 to 1876, after having
lost on a division vote by 1874 to
146. Both the Negro Congressman,
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr,
CD of New York, and Rep. Will
liam L. Dawson (D) of Illinois,
voted against the proposal. The roll
call vote showed 1877 Republicans
and 70 Democrats (mostly from the
South), for the amendment; and
$50 Democrats, "a Republicans and
2 members of minor parties voting
against it.
Passage means the Dies Com
mittee will not have to come before
the House each year for authorize
ton nor appropriation. It is stand
ing committee like the Appropria-
lions Committee, the Committee on
Accounts, the Ways and Means
Committee, the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, etc. It will have the
power and authority to submit leg
islation to the House for action.
The old Dies Committee will be
remembered for having attempted
to pin the label of Communist" on
Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, Judge
William HASTE, DR.. Robert G.
Weaver, Willard Townsend, Ros-
coe Dungee, and other Negro lead
ers; and for its attempts to smear
the Political Action Committee of
the CLIO with Communist charges.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Willu Mae Bdrber &
st. Peter Choir in
TWILIGHT Musical

On Jan. 81, at 4 p. m, the Gospel
choir of Pilgrim Baptist church, st.
Paul, will present Villa Mae Barb
err, soloist, assisted by the st. Peter
A. M. E. Church choir of Mime
apolis, in Twilight Musical at Pill
grim church.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12

Compact, readable presentation
Of important local happenings, big
gest national news events, straight
from the shoulder editorials, best
editorials from the nations reprints
of press are found in this easy to
read paper each week.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Mother of st.
Paul Man and
Woman Dead

Martha Ann Furgerson, formerly
of st. Paul, was buried in Austin,
Texas, Dec. 20, at Ebenezer Baptist
church.
A son, Alice Furgerson, 406 st.
Anthony, and daughter, Mrs. Mat
tie Gillyard, 40s st. Anthony, were
called to their mothers bedside and
arrived in Texas on Dec. 16. She
died Dec. II.
The deceased, a native of Texas
who had not lived in st. Paul for
the last eight years, resided with
sister, Mrs. Sarah Manor in Austin.
Another son, DR.. C. T. Furgerson,
lives in Waterloo, Iowa.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12

SihS hOuoC aAlu tnS
Senate got OFF to
a dismal start
t h e H o u s e
t h r u g h legisz
lative action, and
t h e s e n a t Q
through tn e
''backsliding" Of
the Republican
leader s e n a t or
Taft of Ohio.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Visitors

Visitors at the office this week were !:
Mrs. Betty Lou Wilson and T. d. Wilson.
Kansas City, Mo-; Albert M. Johson s Ic,
Mariana, Ark. Rev. VIM. E. Guy and
Harve ]. T. Mcclure. st. Paul.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Brother of Duluth
Mon Asphyxiuted

Word has been received, by Ed
ward Nichols, 1880 N. 7th Ave. E.,
Duluth, Mimi, that his brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Nichols, were asphyxiated in their
home Jan. 2. The exact whereabouts
of the couples home could not be
learned but is believed to be in the
West.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
UncOvering
Washington
BY Harry s. McAlpin

Hopes for a more liberal Con-
gress took terrific beating on the
first day of the 10th Congress. Both
the Housa and the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12
Adam Powell Calls
j Rankin Leader American
Fascists i'm Sharp RetOrt
Dnes Rankin to Nome Him to New Dies
Committee
(By Wire NNPA Washington b

(By Wire NNPA Washington Bureau)
Washington D. C.-COngressman Adam Clayton Powell
quick to Mississippi Congressman John Rankns
attack him reported the radio and in the daily
this week
Representative Powell, Jr first Negro elected to Con-
gress from New York. fired his first gun to Repre-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12

NI y. VI ID d N4LAfON@N
Cpl Otis L. Carson is in the city
on an emergency furlough due to
the serious illness of his mother,
Mrs. Rufus Carson, 977 Carroll
Ave-, st. Paul. He has been sta
toned somewhere in the Southwest
Pacific and he has served overseas
26 months. Sgt. Carson expects to
be in the city for thirty days.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12

Sam Miller, 3644 Fourth Ave. &c.,
returned last week from a trip
through the South and East.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12

After ten years Of service this
paper is a community institution!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12

group sptuas will climax presented
Marian Anderson worlds foremost contrao
Minneapolis Auditorium Concert Bowl The will
$3.50 pm
Miss Andrsons here the third
SCOTS Sunday afternoon music series
Mrs Scott indicated packed house expected singer
who making her tenth annual the Twin Cities. Tickets
still available however, the Downtown Ticket Office,
western National Bank building Minneapolis, Field
in St. Paul.
The auditorium ticket office will
modate late ticket purchasers.
Miss Anderson due to arrive in Minneapolis Saturday morning
and will rest here prior to her recital.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12

Not the biggest paper but one of
the BEST.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-01-12

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Evening star., 1945-04-04
AMG Woman Reopens
Schools in Aachen
BY HELEN KIRKPATRICK,
War Correspondent of The Star and
the Chicarn Daily MauS

tne Cnlcago daily news.
AACHEN, Mar. % Delayed)-
Children of Aachen, who haven't
been to school for a year, are being
taken in hand by an American Red
Cross girl.
Since Pearl Druveck began or
ganizing social welfare work in the
German town of Aachen two
months ago, juvenile delinquency,
which was rising at an alarming
rate, has disappeared. Miss Dru-
week, former Chicago teacher, has
been working in Red Cross Clubs in
England. This is her first attempt
at organizing the life of young Ger
mans.
Miss Druveck established six well
fare centers here. Parents and
teachers were rallied to fix up quar-
tef, and somehow out of the wreck
ase they got together enough equip
ment to enable manual training and
sewing classes to start. Only chill
d.en who are picked up as delin-
quents are compelled to attend these
centers, but in fact all the children
of Aachen wish to do so and there
isn't nearly enough room.
Local committees of parents and
teachers organize, find social work.
Evening star., 1945-04-04

ers and volunteers. Each district
now has two social workers, trained
by Miss Druveck. They hope soon
to restart the schools, but textbooks
prepared by Allied headquarters
aren't ready as yet. The job Of
sorting out non-Nazi from NaZi
teachers will be q difficult problem,
too.
The next problem for Miss Dru-
veck-the only woman attached to
American military government in
Aachen-is to find homes for hun
dreds of orphans from the city and
outlying districts, where habitable
dwellings are few and far between.
(Copyright, 1945, Chicago Daily NewsJ
Evening star., 1945-04-04

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