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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10
A. B. Jackson Dead

Archibald B. Jackson, 2s2 East
18th Street, died Tuesday, July 81,
at Ancker hospital, at the age of
"a. Mr.. Jackson was born in Rich
mond, Virginia, coming to st. Paul
at an early age, and at the time
of his death, was employed as a
laborer at a local packing house.
His survivors are: his wife, Dora;
his mother, Alice Jackson; and six
children; also his sisters, the Mines.
William Sales, Frank Rawlings,
Leonard Curry, Ronald Hughes, of
Minneapolis; and Adam Hall.
Funeral services were held Fri
day, August 3, at 1000 a. m, at
a local funeral chapel, with the
Rev. La Grone, officiating. Burial
was at Forest cemetery.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10

returned from Ethiopia after serv-
ing out most of a two-year teaching
contract, it is altogether possible
that such a request was made by
Ethiopia. He prefers not to be
named.
If the request was made, he says,
it is no doubt a reflection of the
propaganda being spread in Eth
opia by the American triumvirate
in that country which is busy con-
vincing the Philippians, with Brit
ish help, that the American Negro
is useless fixture.
The American Triumvirate which
yields a tremendous influence in
the country is composed of ]. K.
Caldwell, American Minister of
Ethiopia; John Spencer, nephew to
the white woman who is chief of
the Royal Emperor's cuisine (who
introduced lemon-pie to the palace
household); and George Blower,
head of the Bank of Ethiopia.
Get the Most from Whites
The Philippians, therefore, says
this commentator, are pursuing the
course from which they hope to
reap the most benefit. They be-
ieve that in order to get the great
est amount from the Americans,
they must deal through white
Americans.
Unknown to the Ethiopians, how
ever, is the report that one of the
members of a previous UNRRA
mission to that country who is
white, has included in his recon-
mendations that the agency be very
careful of what materials and i'm
plements it sends Ethiopia because
"they won't know what to do with
most of it."
Blatta Ephram Tewelde Medhen,
Ethiopian Minister to the United
States, is reported on his way to
Europe to attend the UNRRA con-
ference in London.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10
Truman Still
May Appoint
Negro Aide

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA)-
Reliably reported plans of Pres.
Truman to reorganize the whole
White House administrative setup
after his return from Potsdam have
revived speculation among Negroes
whether he will name a Negro to
be one of his administrative as
sistants.
President Roosevelt, before his
death, had committed himself to
make such an appointment. The
names of Mrs. Mary Mcleod
Bethune, DR.. Claiming Tobias and
Theodore (Ted) Poston were prom
inently mentioned as possibilities.
The transfer of Jonathan Daniels,
Southern liberal, from the position
of administrative assistant where
he handled matters affecting Ne
groes, to the job of Press Secretary
in the Roosevelt administration was
viewed as a preliminary step
toward the appointment of a Ne
gro. Death cut short the Presi-
dents plans.
Because of the unmanageable
Southern wing of the Democratic
Party in Congress, which showed
its colors so gaudily in the FEPC
appropriation fight in both Houses
of Congress, and in the House of
Representatives on the permanent
FEPC legislation in the Rules
Committee, political observers are
saying that Truman needs to do
something dramatic to hold on to
the Negro vote for 1913. They are
saying that he could make a master
move by adding to his personal and
fortnight stand on the FEPC the
appointment of William HASTE as
a Judge of the United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Co
lumbia and the appointment of a
Negro as one Of his administrative
assistants.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10
Dragged To Jail

All three of them required medi-
cal attention as the result of the
beating inflicted upon them, and
Pvt. Smith was dragged to Jail,
but released in custody of military
police later.
According to the story told by
one Of the girls, after they returned
to the Post, they were reprimanded
by Col. Throckmorton for "dis-
orderly conduct" and violation" of
Kentucky's "jimcro" laws.
NAACP Counsel Thurgood
Marshall of the national office,
knocked this theory into a cooked
hat when he brought out that there
are no Kentucky jimcro laws call
ing for segregation of whites and
Negroes in railroad stations, bus
terminals or public buildings.
As a result of this, Army officials
dropped charges of violating"
state jimcro laws and "assaulting"
officers, and the WACs were tried
by court martial of disorderly con-
duct, and found not guilty.
Lieutenant Robert Ming, legal
officer at Goldman Field, KY, who
was asked to defend the three, was
said to be unable to appear at the
trial because he was in Washington,
D. C.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10
TWIN CITY REGULAR
MEETINGS

Charles Young Auxiliary No. IL, Sec
ond Monday each month at Veterans Hall
in st. Paul Auditorium.
Brotherhood Sleeping Car Porters, reRu-
lar meeting dates, End of each month at
ODER Boys Club, st. Paul, and 18th of
each month at Phyllis Wheatley House,
Minneapolis. II these dates fall on Sunday
the meeting Is held on Monday.
J. Wesley Jones Branch, National As
ISOLATION Of Musicians, first Monday of
each month, business and study; third Mon
day Of each month. program and social
meetings.
credjafAwn Social Club, every other We'd
nesday.
Col. Charles Young Camp No. -, U. 8.
". W End Saturday each month at Ober
Boys Club, st. Paul.
WOmen's Auxiliary Local SIG, first Thurs
day each month at Dining Car waitarS'
Union headquarters, 43l1A Rondo, st. Paul.
Two O'clock Bridge Club, Saturdays.
twice monthly at the homes of different
members.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10
James N. Brooks
Is Dead at so

Is Dead at so
James N. Brooks, 60, 1914 Semi
nary, died Thursday, August 2, at
the Northern Pacific hospital. He
was born in st. Louis, Missouri,
and had been a resident of St. Paul
for 4S years. Mr.. Brooks was at
one time, a waiter on the Northern
Pacific railroad, later becoming an
employee of the Kopper's Coke Co.,
where he was working at the time
of his death. He was a member
of the Masonic Lodge.
His wife, Mrs. L. E. Brooks,
survives him; a sister, Emma
Brooks; brother, George Brooks,
and a cousin, Russell Gale.
Monday, August 6, at HOO a. m,
services were held, at Brooks
Chapel, with the Rev. B. N. Moore
officiating. Mrs. Cora Moore was
pianist and vocalist. Burial was in
Oakland cemetery.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10
CLIO Recommends
Judge HASTE
for i. S. Court

President Philip Murray of the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tons last week, in letter to Presi-
dent Harry S. Truman, recon-
mended the appointment Of Judge
William H. HASTE to fill one Of
the vacancies on the United States
Court Of Appeals for the District
of Columbia.
Murray's letter to President
Truman follows:
"The Congress of Industrial Or
CARNATIONS wishes to recommend
Judge William H. HASTE for ap-
pointment to fill one of the va
cancies on the United States
Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia.
Gives Qualifications
Judge HASTE is eminently
qualified to serve on the United
States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia. He was
formerly judge of the United
States District Court for the Virgin
Islands and is now Dean of the
Howard University Law School
Judge HASTE is a Negro and
one of the outstanding leaders of
his people in the United States. His
learning, experience and broad
sympathies combine amply to
equip him for a judgeship.
Il believe he would make an in
valuable contribution as a member
of the United States Court of APP
peals for the District of Columbia.
l therefore respectfully urge that
you give favorable consideration to
his candidacy"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10
Where Do We Go From Here Item:
Report Says Ethiopia
Turns Thumbs Down
On American Negroes

WASHINGTON D. c. (NNPA)-The much-discussed
but unconmed report that Ethiopia has requested the
United Nations Rehabilitation and Relief Administration
send Negroes that country with the agencys missions
of mercy is still the subject of speculation.
In the opinion of of the American Negroes recently
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10

This gallant truckers story is
typical of the heroiSm and sacrifice
in the ranks of the Negro drivers
who gave mobility to the most mo-
bile army in the world-the rolling
U. S. Third. During the PSI days
that General George S. Patton's
Third Army was in combat, it ad-
vanced farther in less time than
any other army in history, while
hberating more than $1,000 square
miles of territory, including $500
cities and towns and some 1900
inhabited places.
On May 10, 1e45, the fast-mov-
ing Patton paused long enough to
commend the officers and men of
the 514th Quartermaster Group,
which was built around the all
Negro 514th Quartermaster Regi-
ment, in the following words:
May 9, 1915 saw the final tri-
umph of our arms in the European
Theater of Operations. On this
glorious occasion I take the OpPOr-
tunity to thank and commend
every officer and enlisted man in
the Quartermaster Truck Units of
the Third Army, for your enviable
achievement in helping to make our
great victory possible.
The tasks which have been
placed upon your shoulders during
this history-making campaign have
been almost superhuman. You have
rolled your trucks through mud and
snow and sleet and rain. You have
operated around the clock for days
on end. You have fought side by
side with the Infantry, and rolled
side by side with the ArmOr. But
no matter what the obstacles, roll
you must and roll you did. You
never failed me"
Trucks Badly Needed
Early in the campaign it was
found that each Armored Division
would require two truck companies
to handle its requirements and each
Corps would need certain truck
units under its control to handle
Corps necessities.
As Patton's troops spread out
east, south and west the bottle-neck
road through Avaranches, became
the most travelled road in France.
The bridges there were vital to the
success of the offensive and the
Germans knew it. Each night, as
regular as clock work, the Luft-
waite paid the bridges at Ava
ranches a visit. There was strong
rumor circulating that it was here
"Bed-Check Charlie" got his start.
But despite the bombings, Patton's
wheels rolled on and on.
As every truck unit of the
Group got its share of bombs while
passing through the much bombed
city of Avaranches the old myths
concerning the tranquil life led by
the Quartermaster Corps were
rapidly put aside and instead deeds
of heroism and sacrifice in the
ranks of the Quartermaster began
to take their places.
On Job Constantly
At the Rhine, where the Third
Army astounded the world by slip
ping across the Germans mightiest
water barrier with the greatest Of
ease, Third Army trucks were on
the spot every inch of the way
streaming across the Rhine with
their usual overload of men, am
munition and supplies-then pour
ing back with the record catches
of Prisoners of War, disarmed and
left behind by the onrushing Pat
ton men.
The trucks of the Third were
knee deep in action right up to the
last moment of the struggle.
The story of the 514th ON Truck
Regiment is the story of hundreds
of other trucking units of the
Quartermaster Corps.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10
Jimcro Restaurant
at D. c. Airport
MdY Bdrrdss Henry

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA)
some definite moves are
taken to eliminate the jimcro prac-
tees in the cafeteria and dining
rooms of the National Airport,
Secretary of Commerce Henry A.
Wallace, "the peoples symbol of
liberalism" may be seriously en-
barrassed. This is the opinion of
liberal groups being widely dis
cussed here.
The National Airport is under
the jurisdiction of the Civil Aero
nautics Authority, branch of the
Department of Commerce. The
cafeteria and dining rooms at the
Airport are operated by a lessee.
Service in the cafeteria and dining
room is refused to Negroes, whether
they are civilian or military, on the
basis of race.
Boundary Dispute Involved
The excuse given by Airport au-
thorities is that the Airport is To-
Gated in Virginia. contentious
question involved in the District of
Columbia-Virginia boundary dis
pute. There is, however, no ques-
ton about the Pentagon Building
on the War Department being To-
Gated in Virginia. Yet, the cafeteria
in the Pentagon is open to all per-
sons indiscriminately.
The CLIO has now entered the
picture, and has lodged a protest
against the discriminatory prac-
tees with Secretary Wallace, the
Civil Aeronautics Authority, and
the Airport officials. The CLIO,
through its Political Action Com
mittee, was Wallace's chief hacker
at the Democratic Convention in
Chicago last year.
Sec. Wallace is out of the city.
He is expected to return sometime
this week.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10
Acquits WACs
AS 'JimcrO' Violation
BOunces Back on CO.

Fort Knox, Ky-The three WACs Pfc. Tommie Smith
of Lexington KY Georgia Bosom of Dallas and Helen Smith
of Syracuse N " who brutay beaten by Elizabeth
town. KY policemen on July and result cited dis
orderly conduct charge by Col R. Throcmorton post
mander here acquitted last week of violation of the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10
Slowly, But Surely the Truth!
Story of Quartermasters
Tells of HerOism, Work
and Valiant Service

With the U. S. Third Army in Germany-Shot next to
the heart by 20-mm SHE'LL Techncan Fifth Grade James
ID. White, of Monticello Arkansas member of the 3910th
Quartermaser Truck Company courageouSy brought his
vehicle halt by the side of the roadbefore dying the
wheel
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10

93rd Article of War by sitting on
the white" side of an Elizabeth
town bus station waiting room, the
act which led to the beating.
Meanwhile, the Louisville NAACP
has announced the possibility of
taking specific action against the
civilian policemen who beat the
uniformed women because they
didn't move fast enough" when
they were ordered out of the wait
ing room.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-27
PUtriCk keelUn

EAST DETROIT - Services
were held Monday for Patrick
Keelan, age 81 years, of 500
South Jesse street, Pontiac, who
died Thursday at St. Joseph
Hospital, Pontiac, from injuries
suffered when struck by a car
while crossing Pontiac street.
Mr.. Keelan was a former East
Detroit resident. He is survived
by son, James, of East Detroit;
daughter, Mrs. Michael LARGO,
of Detroit, and two grandchild-
rem, and also four sisters: Mrs.
Oliver Bush, and Mrs. Walter
Dierkes, of Detroit; Mrs. Philip
Delmontte, of Roseville, and
Mrs. William Bannon, of Gads-
hill, Ont.
The funeral was held on Mon
day from the Clyne funeral
home, with services at St. Yer
onica's Catholic Church, East
Detroit, with Rev. FIR. F. x.
Deitz officiating. Burial was in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-27
Mrs. Mary Madse,,

Mrs. Mary Madsen, age 20
years, a resident of Mount Glenn
ems for more than so years, died
Sunday morning at her home,
IL Leslie street. Mrs. Madsen
suffered a stroke a year ago and
had been confined to her bed
for a week.
A native of Norwich, Ont, the
deceased woman came to this
country in her youth. She had
spent 33 years as a mineral bath
attendant prior to her retire.
ment from this work some years
ago. She formerly worked at the
Colonial bathhouse and for the
final % years Of her service at
the Arethusa bathhouse.
She was a member of Gilbert
Memorial Baptist Church.
Besides her husband, John,
She is survived by two daugh-
tiers: Mrs. Ray Quackenbush, Of
Mount Clemens, and Mrs. A. C..
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-27
City in Tears
MournsChiMren
in Bus Crash

CHELAN, Wash, Nov. q -
(R - Chelan today was a city
Of sorrow, its beautiful Lake
Chelan an icy ogre which had
swallowed a community of chill
dren when an inbound school
bus left the road yesterday.
Fifteen youngsters and its
driver were carried to death in
the deep waters. The town hall
stood ready for duty today as a
morgue.
Six persons, five children and
woman passenger, escaped.
Mrs. Ted Brown, the passenger.
said driver Jack Randle, 26,
stood up and fought the wheel
when the bus struck a rock in
the snOw-swept road and swerv-
ed over a 20-foot bank into the
lake.
The bus sank slowly, the air
trapped inside delaying its des-
cent. The survivors escaped
through windows broken either
in the plunge down the bank
or by the frantic children. Mar
garet peggy Rice, 16; Bob
Watson, z; Donnie Mack, 13;
Ethel Keck, 10; Mary Stark, II,
and Mrs. Brown got to shore.
Divers who rushed from
Grand Coulee Dam and Seattle
were to resume their search for
the sunken bus and its grim load
this morning after two of them,
brothers Colin and D. S. O'Don-
nell, went down 16O feet last
night without locating the We.
hicle. At 100 feet they found one
body. that of 16-year-old Henry
Davis. ------------.----,.----
The O'Donnells today were to
try with deep sea equipment.
How deep the bus might have
gone no. one dared guess. Lake
Chelan is famous for the 1900
foot depth which puts its deep.
est point 421 feet below sea
level.
The bus served the farming
community Of Is Mile Creek
and residents of the area said
last night nearly every school
child from the community was
aboard.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-27

of River Rouge; two sons, Bern
hard Of Utica and Edwin, of
Detroit. Also surviving are IL
grandchildren; four great grand
children; two sisters, Mrs.
Charles Kukuk of Mount Glenn
ems and Mrs. William Blank of
Detroit; two brothers, Henry
and August Priehs of Detroit.
Services will be held from the
Schwarzkoff funeral home, Uti-
ca. on Wednesday, at LAS p. IN.
and 2 o'clock at Trinity Luther
an Church. Rev. Louis Helm
ecke officiating. Burial will
take place in the Fraser Gene
terry.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-27
DeMOtt Chase

NEW HAVEN-Funeral serv-
ices will be held at the Will
funeral home on Wednesday for
DeMott Chase, age AZ years,
who died in the Ford Hospital,
Detroit, on Sunday following n
brief illness. Mr.. Chase lived at
$50 Gardendale avenue, Fern-
dale.
His widow is Mrs. Ruth
Kirkum Chase, well known in
Ray Township and vicinity.
The deceased was in the radio
repair business in Ferndale.
Besides Mrs. Chase, he is sur
vived by daughter, judith
Ann; a son, Keith William; a
brother, Leland, of Birmingham,
and three sisters: Mrs. Geraldine
Erity and Mrs. Esther Gilbert, q.
Royal Oak; Mrs. Janet Dunning
of Garden City, and his father
Willis E. Chase, OF Ferndale.
Funeral service at the Will
liam Will funeral home are set
for Wednesday at . p. m. Burial
will be in New Haven Cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-27

seek to run tor a full term.
For the oast II years he mad
been employed by the Motor
products company as a shipping
clerk.
He was a member of St. Yer
onica's Catholic parish.
He Is survived by two sons
and two daughters, Paul L., and
John j.. of East Detroit, and
Mrs. Norman Volz, and Mrs.
Nicholas Stack. of Detroit. There
are fiv grandchildren. sister,
Mrs. Henry O'Bryan lives in
Chesterfield Township, north OF
Mount Clemens, and a brother,
James, lives in Los Angeles.
Services were from the Clyne
funeral home cr Saturday to ST.
Veronica's church, tn Rev FIR.
F. X. Deitz officiating. Turial
was il. Aount Olivet cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-27
Martin PriehS

UTICA - Martin Priehs,
well-known resident Of Utica,
passed away at the home of his
daughter, at 4O57 River Road,
early Monday morning, follow
ing a lengthy illness. He was
81 years of age.
Mr.. Priehs was born in Fraser
on May l. 1853, the son of Fred
erick and Sophia Priehs. Fol
lowing his marriage to Freder-
icka Miller in September, 1887,
they first made their home in
Detroit. Later they came to a
farm in Sterling Township
where they resided until 80
years ago when they came to
make their home in Utica. Mrs
Priehs passed away Oct. z. 1888
He is survived by two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. William Kracht OF
Utica, and Mrs. Matthew Kimler
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-27

OF his taste-sampling colleagues
are fastening to do so. A fairly
well-mapped plan has been set
up in most studios as a guide
in the purchase of future story
properties.
NON-WAR FILMS
In the immediate future, COM
edies, musicals. and in general
non-war movies will be the rule.
However, within a year after VI
Day, 1t is thought that pictures
dealing with World War II from
peace-time perspective will be
able to creep into theatre pro-
grams.
That would be fully two years
before the same happened fol-
lowing World War /.
One thing Hollywood agrees
upon is that the myth of movies
must be sheer entertainment"
has been exploded by the war.
Such documentaries as Acad-
envy Award winning Fighting
Lady," with it's tremendous box
office appeal, will from now on
continue to be part of our movie
bill of fare.
The airplane is going to be a
tremendous ia ctor in Holly
woods plan for bigger, better
future movies. BY shrinking the
globe as 1t has done, it makes
possible distant location trips,
and already many of these have
been planned for that time when
travel restrictions are fully lift
ed.
Good as are the synthetic
backgrounds Hollywood cooks
up on her sound stages, you
can't beat the real thing, and
that is what we are promised in
our postwar movies.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-27
Reeapture Two
Fugitives from
Ionia Prison

IONA, Mich, Nov. q - R)
Three youthful inmates of the
Michigan reformatory were re.
captured Monday night, less
than two hours after they saw
ed their way to freedom and
stole an auto.
Prison officials said the trio
sawed bar off window, u.s.
ing a hack saw which prison
authorities reported had been
smugsied into the Institution.
The three used putty to cover
their preliminary efforts at
saving through the bar.
State Police listed them as
Archie Mcpherson, %, of Saulr
Ste. Marie; Roy Hawkins, %, of
Royal Oak and Paul White. 20,
of Manitou Beach.
Hall Officer Harry Richards
discovered the break while maxi
ing his early evening checkup.
Police said the youths stole a
car from a nearby residence, but
ian out of gas near Portland, Is
miles from Ionia. A State Police
ratrol car became suspicious of
the boys actions and drew up
Alongside their car to investi-
gate.
Mcpherson and Hankins were
captured. but White made
break. He was a. liberty for less
than half hour more before
State Police found him.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-11-27
Obituaries

The deceased was well known
to many of the older Mount
Clemens families for whom he
worked faithfully as handyman
and gardener. He ceased such
activity eight years ago. He was
an active member of the Turner
Chapel congregation.
Besides his widow, Minnie B.,
Mr.. Turner Is survived by a
daughter and four sons: Mrs.
Jala Brown, Mount Clemens;
Alex. of Memphis, Tenn; Azzie.
of California; John, of Mount
Clemens, ar , a step-son, Philip
Harris, of Mount Clemens. A
sister, r,rs. Matte Sizemoor. and
two brothers, Edw; ! and Ben
jar IN, live in Alabama, the ma
tive state of Mr.. Turner.
Funeral arrangements are in
charge of Duncan B. Hubbard.