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Sgt. Joe Louis Awarded
Army Legion of Merit
For His Contribution
Alice Swain Young

FORT HAMILTON, N. Y.
(NNPA) - Staff Sgt. Joseph
Louis Barrow, known to fight fans
as Joe Louis, heavyweight cham
pion of the world, was presented
the Legion of Merit last Sunday
for Exceptionally meritorious con-
duct in. the performance of out
standing services" in the Army
from August 80, 1913, to October
10, 1914.
The presentation was made by
Major General Clarence H. Kells,
commanding general of the New
York Port of Embarkation, during
the Army Hour, a War Department
radio broadcast over the NBC net
work.
The citation for the award, read
by Gen. Kells's aide, stated:
GAS a member of Special Services
Division mission, which toured
through Army camps in the United
States, and the European, North
African, Mediterranean and Italian
theaters of operation, Staff Ser
geant Barrow has entertained two
million soldiers by frequent boxing
exhibitions, which entailed con-
siderable risk to his boxing future
as the champion heavyweight of
the world.
Willingly Volunteered
"But he willingly volunteered
such action, rather than disappoint
the soldiers who desired to see him
in the ring. Whenever possible he
visited the camp and theater hos
pitals, and his encouragement. to
sick and injured soldiers had a
definite recovery value and morale
lift. His services merited and re-
ceived acclaim from ranking COM
manders in the various theaters."
Prior to pinning the ribbon on
Louis's breast, Gen. Kells said:
Before I present this medal, I
should like to make mention that
Sergeant Barrow's contributions to
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28
Mrs. Nellie McC ullough
Dies In Seattle Hospital
After Brief Illness

Mrs. Nellie Mccullough, former
resident of Minneapolis, and prom
inent both locally and nationally in
Daughter Elk circles, passed away
early Wednesday morning at a
Seattle, Washington, hospital after
an illness of five days. Death was
caused by a gall bladder ailment.
Mrs. Mccullough, who for Is
years was Grand Recorder of the
Grand Temple of the Daughter
Elks, had just returned to her home
after attending the Grand Lodge
convention held recently in Phila-
delphia. She was the first secre-
tary of Minnehaha Temple of the
Minneapolis Daughter Elks, being
elected to office in 1920. At the
time of her death, she was a mem
Der Of the executive board of Grand
Temple.
Funeral arrangements for Mrs.
Mccullough had not been complst-
ed, Wednesday, but according to
close friends here, the services and
burial will be in Seattle. She is
survived by a husband, Clarence
Mccullough, and two sons, Phillip
and Curtis, all of whom were with
her when she passed away.
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the armed forces extend over a
much longer period than that in
dictated in the citation.
"In January of 1912 he volun-
tarily risked his heavyweight box
ing championship for the benefit
of the Navy Relief Fund, and three
months later he did the same for
the Army Relief Fund.
A Model Soldier
"Your service record; Sergeant,
states that you showed yourself to
be a model soldier in all respects
during your period of training, and
a great inspiration to other soldiers
everywhere during the exhibition
tour which followed. g..
"And since you have been as
signed to the New York Port OF
Embarkation it is my firm opinion
that you have made one Of the
greatest contributions of all in
helping to develop a reconditioning
program for veterans returning
from overseas.
"This Legion of Merit medal has
been well earned"
Sgt. Louis was indicted into
the Army as volunteer on jan
uary 10, 1912.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28
Indiana Students
Strike to Force
JimcrO Demand

GARY, INDIANA-Several hun
bred striking white pupils from
Froebel high school here, voted
Monday to return to school, Tues
day, in order to qualify for attend
ance at a meeting with the school
board at which their demands for
segregation Of Negro students was
to be discussed.
Meanwhile, the Parents-Teach-
ers' Association issued a statement
condemning unknown organizers
of racial hatred in Gary" The
statement read in full:
eve abhor and condemn the
work of some unknown organizers
of racial hatred in Gary who have
inundated the little boys and
girls, both Negro and white, in
sitting fear of bodily harm to
keep them out of the classrooms
and spreading this fear among the
parents.
"Rumors to the contrary, we de-
clare that there is no evidence
whatsoever that any child has been
injured in any fighting between
races in or around Froebel School.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28
Cpl. Ralph Wilson
Gets Army DischdrUe

Cpl. Ralph H. Wilson, who has
been in the army since Sept. 8,
1913, is home with an honorable
discharge. He attended Tuskegee
Army Air Force Medical School
and graduated October, 1914. He
received his basic training at
Greensboro, N. c., and also attend
ed the Government Administration
School.
He and his wife, Allie, who re-
sides at 3749 Fourth Ave. So, left
Wednesday morning, September &c,
for three weeks vacation in Iowa
and Kansas City.
Cpl. Wilson plans on getting a
civil service job.
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ance.
Claudia Cassidy of the Chicago
Daily Tribune, wrote: "It's sound
ly entertaining play with punch,
sharply written, faulty directed
with plenty of elasticity at the
seams, and for the most part acted
so well don't quite see how John
Wildberg (the producer) placated
New York with substitutes when he
brought us all that remains-and
that is the solid core-of the cast
that scored such a Broadway sue
cess a full year was not enough
to satisfy the demand for tickets"
g. AS Anna Lucasta,' Hilda
Simms gives a glowing perform
ance, racy, humorous, tender and
shining. A beautiful girl in the full
sense of the term, she has the easy
way of those born for the stage :"
Henry T. Murdoch in the Chicago
Sun wrote: Gamma Lucasta is as
warm as love, as cold as hate, as old
as sin, and as universal as rain.
It shows the whiteness of courage,
the blackness of greed and the
tattletale grey of human nature in
between, and we think it adds up
to one of the most dynamic the
atrical attractions we have ever
SEEN"
g. Hilda Simms realizes
Anna in every respect-brilliance
of personality and sharpness of
wit 80"
Ashton Stevens in the Chicago
Herald-American: Gamma Lucas
ia" is unavoidable. You simply
can't miss it. The collective act
ing is an irresistible force, with
the stab of Hilda Simms' Anna,
and the sock of Frederick o.
Meals frank individuality some
thing to remember good theater
by"
Frances Kirk of Minneapolis re-
Gently signed a contract to take
over as Mrs. Simms' understudy in
the show.
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Minority Groups
Face Very Bleak
Job Outlook

New York (NNPA) - Represen-
tatives of eighty-three organiza-
lions conferred here all day last
Sunday on Federal Responsibility
for guaranteeing Fair Employment
Practice"
The conference, described as an
educational gathering, was under
scored by a warning from Malcolm
Ross, chairman of the Fair Employ
ment Practice Committee, that
minority group workers faced a
bleak outlook in their search for
peacetime jobs.
All Phases Discussed
Four conference panels discussed
all phases of the problem of secur-
ing fair employment practices
legal, social and moral. The dis
cussions began in the morning at
the Hotel Commodore, went into a
luncheon session that lasted until
well into the afternoon, and were
continued at a three hour dinner
meeting.
The panel discussion dealt with
four subjects; the legal background
of a Federal fair employment pol
icy; the relation of full employment
and industrial stability to the fight
against discrimination; the infiu-
ence of fair employment on national
unity, and the role of church and
religion in the campaign to do away
with intolerance in industry.
Mr.. Ross spoke at the dinner ses-
sion. At the luncheon, the diff
culties of furthering fair employ
ment practices in the South were
related by Witherspoon Dodge,
FEPC regional director. Other
speakers at the luncheon were DR..
Claiming H. Tobias, Co-chairman
of the New York committee of the
Southern Conference for Human
Welfare, which sponsored the con-
ference; Louis Hollander, head of
the New York State CLIO, and Mrs.
Mary Mcleod Bethune, who pre-
sided.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28
HARLEM KID
GANGS NEED
HARD POLICE

Dan Gardner discusses the
grave kid-gangster menace in
New York's Harlem in this is
sue.
Juvenile conditions all over
the country are of great con-
Germ. Mr.. Gardeners word-pic-
ture Of the Harlem situation is
interesting. Read Mr., Gardner
this week.
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the deep South.
The Massachusetts, court found
the book to be obscene, indecent,
and impure" A dissenting opinion
by Justice Henry T. Luminous as
serted that while the majority opin-
ion seemed to construe the statute
rightly, he did not believe the evil
dence warranted a finding of
guilty.
Six other justices upheld the
action of Judge Edward P. Hanify,
who found Abraham A. Eisenstadt
guilty of possessing an obscene
book with intent to sell and selling
an obscene book. He was fined
500 on each of the two counts
on December 4. His sale of the
book was made for a test case.
COngratulates Court
Congratulating the Massachu-
sets court, Bilbo referred to the
author, Miss Lillian Smith, as "that
strange-minded lady of the deep
South" He said:
cit is regrettable that hun
dreds of thousands and per-
haps millions of the pure
minded white people of Amer
ica-men, women, boys and
girls-have already been pol
luted and corrupted by the
reading of this dirty and OBJ
scene book, which is an indict-
ment against the South, a
gross Misrepresentation of
facts, and a puny attempt to
integrate the American Negro
into the social life of the white
people.
''The only other book which
is worse is Black Boy, by
Richard Wright, a Negro who
is living in New York with a
white wife.
'Of course, it is a we'll
known fact that Miss Lillian
Smith, the author of Strange
Fruit, is the idoI-the pin-up
girl-Of every Negro organ
izatiOn in the United States
that is seeking social equality
with the white race. With a
few exceptions the right-mind-
ed and decent-minded white
people of America who have
any regard for the integrity
of the blood Of the white race
have absolute no respect for
her."
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UncOvering
Washington
BY Hurry S. McAlpin

EDITORS NOTE: Harry MeAlpin,
National Negro Publishers Association,
who regularly writes this column, is on
his way to the Pacific on an inspection
tour Of Naval bases, with Urban League
executive secretary, Lester Granger.
familiar with In. washington scene in
following weeks. As q substitute this
week, we present highlights Of Rev. C. T.
r. Nelson's trip to the Capitol City with
the state FEPC delegation.)
By Rev. Clarence T. r. Nelson
This is the second time this year
that I have had the privilege of
writing "the highights" of a trip
to the nations capital as a member
of a Minnesota delegation working
for a permanent Fair Employment
Practices Committee. The first trip
was made in February with dele
cation of sixteen persons. There
were eight of US from Minnesota
who attended the national confer
ence of local councils and cooperat-
ing organizations for a permanent
FEPC in Washington, D. c., Sept.
II, Is.
A word or two about each of the
last group follows: George Phil
lips, who was my roommate at
Carver Hall, made a valuable con-
tribution as the representative of
the Central Labor Union of Min
neapolis. Albert Allen, Jr.,
modest and unassuming, the rep
resentative of the Minneapolis
Branch of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, was surprisingly effective
in our conferences with the Repre-
sentatives we contacted. Miss
Elizabeth Moore, chairman of the
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Chicago Critics Laud
Hilda Simms as Star
OF "Anna Lucasta' -

Chicago.-"Anna Lucasta," the
story of the girl of the streets who
finds regeneration in the love of
a farm boy, was put on view for
Chicago audiences at the Civic the
alter, Monday evening, and critics
found it good play fare. Starring
Hilda Simms of Minneapolis as
"Anna," the play got enthusiastic
notices from the press, with the
local girl receiving her share of the
honors. for an excellent perform
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28
For Your
Reading Pleasure

Each week this newspaper offers
the writing of some of the top
local and national writers.
Readable always are such writ
ers as Dan Gardner, Harry Nc
Alpin, Nell DOdson Russell, Villa
Booker, Emma Crews, Donald
Gates and Georgia Russell.
All for your reading pleasure
Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28
Fred Berry Convicted
On Morals Charges;

aus IIIEt tdIS
Fred D. Berry, 20, of 533 Du-
pont Ave. No., who was convicted
Wednesday of accepting the earn
ings of prostitute, may spend the
next three years in prison because
he took $35 from 2O-year-old girl.
The maximum penalty under the
states new little Mann Act calls
for a three-year sentence.
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FL q s h
MRS. EDITH
a.. BELL DEAD

Mrs. Edith Bell, 2712 Clinton
Ave, Minneapolis, who with her
husband, Clarence, were formerly
prOprietOrs of Bells Cafe, died
Thursday morning at st. Barnabas
hospital. Woodland Funeral Home
has charge of funeral arrange
ments.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28
r. r. Mitchell
Elected to Morshdu
Purent-T Teacher Pos!

R. R. Mitchell of 6S5 Carroll
Ave. st. Paul, has been elected LIST
vice-president of the John Marshall
High School Parent Teachers AS
ISOLATION.
The first meeting Of the year will
be held in the school auditorium
Tuesday, October 2, at 500 p. M,
and win be an open house affair.
Parents will have the opportunity
of visiting with the teachers in
their classrooms,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28
Walter Smith in Hospital

Walter Smith, 5041 Humboldt
Ave. No., was taken to Fairview
hospital i'll, Monday, September "a.
His condition is reported as i'm
proved. He is the husband of Mrs.
Ann Smith, secretary Of the Mime
apolis Urban League.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28

Education Committee of the St.
Paul Branch NAACP, showed her
keen interest by taking time from
her vacation in Washington to at
tend the conference both days as
the representative of Eta Chapter
of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Special mention is also due
Miss I. Myrtle Garden, director. of
the Halle Q. Brown House, who
took two precious days out of her
vacation period and attended the
conference at her own expense. . &.
Mrs. Ruth Gage Colby, among 9TH
er things the st. Paul co-chairman
of the Minnesota Council for a
Permanent FEPC, served on the
important Strategy Committee,
and was invaluable and indefatiga-
BILE in all of the conferences with
our Congressman. S. Vincent
Owens, executive secretary of the
st. Paul Urban League, with his
expert knowledge of the problems
effecting the Negro and other
minority groups, made his pres
ence felt in conferences with our
Minnesota Representatives.
Jonas Schwartz DIETER known
as "the Colonel" to Mr.. Owens and
me) was the spark plug Of the con-
ference Finance Committee of
which he was the able chairman.
In this passing review, the writer
might mention the fact that he was
called upon to open the first session
of the conference with prayer, al
though 1 was "out of bounds" at the
time; was also asked to write the
Wednesdays news release of the
conference by Miss Ida Fox, pub
licity director of the National
Council.
At this point, ] want to pay
tribute to the members of the
staff Of the National Council
for a Permanent FEPC for the
truly great sacrifices they are
making for the cause. A good
illustration of the spirit of the
women who compose this inter-
racial and inter-faith staff is
the following incident. The
day after the conference it
was disclosed by Miss Fox that
for the two days of the con-
ference she was suffering in
tense misery from an abcessed
tooth. Miss Fox neither took
the time to see a dentist, nor
would she tell Mrs. Hedgeman
about it. Il would not tell Ann
about it." Miss Fox said, DE
cause she had enough to worry
about" That is the spirit of
the members of the National
Council staff, all of whom could
be getting larger salaries in
secure positions. Indeed one
of the latest additions to the
staff (Mrs. Taylor) is young
white woman who resigned a
position as a teacher in lead
ing university to work for
FEPC. Another newcomer to
the National staff is the Sec
rotary of the late Wendell
Willie. You simply can't beat
that kind of spirit!
Members of the National Coun'
Gil are still "raving" about "that
Minnesota delegation Of last Feb
ruary." One Of the members o!
the national staff said to me il
CONTINUED on Page p
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Strange Fruit Book Ban
Tickles BilbO Who Thinks
Author Is "Strange" Too

WASHINGTON, D. c. (NNPA)-Senator Theodore G..
The NAM Bbo, Democrat of Mississippi is pleased with
the decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
upholding the conviction of Cambridge Massachusetts,
book store proprietor for selling Strange Fruit tragic
novel of illicit love of white and Negro woman in
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28
TOlliver In New Job

James Tolliver, an employee of
the Northwest Airlines midwest
ContinentaD was recently appointed
to the job of yellow cab starter.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28
An Uncle Tom BY Any Other Nome:
Vet Administration Head
Says Some Negro Doctors
Urge Hospital JimcrO

WASHINGTON, D. Give recommendations for an
"overhauing of the Veterans Administration sub
itted here last week to General Omar Bradley by NAACP
representatives Walter White executive secretary Jesse O.
Dedmon, Veterans secretary and Judge William NJ Hase
chairman of the Associations legal committee
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28

Hilda Simms of Minneapolis, who
rose to Broadway stardom in the
title role of Gamma Lucasta," the
play which opened Monday night,
September "a, at the Civic Theatre
in Chicago, is shown above in
scene from the show.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-09-28
Elsie Lewis Granted
Divorce From Husband

DIVOICt IUlu uUSUdIIU
Elsie Lewis, 1017 Fifth Street
South, Minneapolis, was granted a
divorce this week from Leon Lewis.
She is the former Elsie Carey.
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 3611

No. 36ll
ESTATE OF FRANCIS MICH
AUD, DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned, M. d. ZINN as AdminiS-
traitor of the estate of Francis
Michaud, deceased, to the creditors
of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, that
within six months after the first
publication of this notice they
either file them with the necessary
vouchers in the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of the State
of California in and for the. County
of Imperial or exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers to the said
M. ID. linn, as administrator OF
said estate, at the office of D. b.
Roberts, 207 Bank of America Bldg,
Ell Centre, California, the same be-
ing the place for the transaction OF
the business of the said estate in
the County of Imperial, State OF
California.
Dated at Ell Centro, California,
this S day of January, 1915.
M. D. zINN,
Administrator of the Estate of
FRANCIS MICHAUD,
Deceased.
(No. 13) (J10-17-24-3D
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
4th Inauguration
Plans Brief, Few
Visitors Invited

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. (UP)-
The White House today made public
the program for President Roose-
velt's simple and brief fourth lnau-
guration on Saturday and appealed
again to persons outside of WASH
ington to stay away mleSs their
presence is needed.
The program for the ceremony on
the south portico of the White
House fulfilled the Presidents pre-
viously expressed desires to keep the
ceremony as short as possible in
view of the war.
Mr.. Roosevelt estimated it will
take only 20 minutes, including his
five-minute inaugural address.
All invitations have been mailed
and some unofficial estimates arc
that only about 5000 persons will be
inside the White House grounds for
the ceremony. Most of these will be
from Washington officialdom.
The ceremony will start at noon
with the marine band playing Hail
the Chief" during which President
Roosevelt will take his place on the
platform. Vice President-elect Harry
| S. Truman will take the oath from
retiring Vice President Henry "A
Wallace. u.
Chief Justice Harlan F.. Stone
will administer the cath fer Mr.
Roosevelt's fourth term of office
followed by the brief inaugural adj
| dress.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
TOO MANY COOKS
(San Diego Union)

Mixed up in the current matter OF IN
ducting deferred draftees and forcing
more workers into war industry are the
following authorities and agencies: -.
The Mobilization Director, Mr.. Byfnes.
The Salective Service.
The War Manpower Board.
The War Production Board.
The War Food Administration.
The War Department.
The Navy Department.
The army and the navy want m orr
men for requirements in the services;
The War Production Board, the war
Manpower Board, the army and navy
want more munitions output.
The War Food Administration wants
greatly increased food production.
The Mobilization Director is trying TO
get more men for the armed services and
more men in war industry by calling up
farm workers. The Selective Service IS
backing both moves.
The War Food Administration un-
doubtedlv realizes that it cannot obtain
increased food production if these work
ers are drafted.
Meanwhile, there is a serious question
of authority on the part of any agency to
take workers from farms, as congress mas
passed a law giving farm workers spe-
cific exemptions.
1t seems to be one more case OF TOO
many authorities and not enough au-
thority.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
$500. 900 Impro vements
Planned for Mitchell

Col. Joseph E. Campbell. Mitchell
commanding officer, reports. Bat
tie casualty patients are being sent
to Mitchell daily, many OF them
flown back from overseas from the
European. theater of operations.
Some have served in England, North
Africa, Sicily, France, Belgium, Hol-
land and Germany. Othters are
still coming in from the Southwest
Pacific.
Builc ings contemplated are a
large reconditioning office building,
additional messes, increased housing
for Officers and civilian personnel
on the pest, an enlarged post ex-
change. enlarged Service club, four
new bachelor officers quarters, a
new library and a Rec Cross recrea-
ton hall. Existing buildings will be
remodeled, many practically re-
built.
Also contemplated in plans are a
roller skating rink and bowling al
leys. At Lockett Field, tennis courts
will be built; baseball diamond,
volley ball courts anc' soccer fleld
laid out. There is already football
field, an archery range, two SWIM
ming pools, and golf course tor
outdoor recreation.
An additional $4,000 Will oe
spent to complete landscaping and
Identification now underway. There
will be improvements in the post
water supply at Marino lake in or
der to supply increased water to
sprinkle the so acres of lawn to be