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Public Mass Meet
Seeks Support
For Coop Idea

The cooperation of local church
es, social and civic organizations in
the launching of a campaign to
open a St. Paul cooperative store,
will be sought Monday, July %, at
a public mass meeting at Halle Q.
Brown, at 8 p. m.
The Rev. B. N. Moore, co-chair-
man of the education committee,
will preside and an outstanding
speaker, yet to be announced, will
be presented. The cooperation Of
the Minister'S Alliance is being
counted upon.
It is the intention of supporters
of the project to affiliate with Co.
Ops, Inc, of which the new store
will be the third member. Several
sites have already been proposed
for the location of the business.
Officers of the Coop committee
are: Mrs. Alverta Corum, president;
S. V. Owens, chairman of the loca-
ton committee; Huron Shelton,
treasurer; the Rev. B. N. Moore and
Ashmore Stokes, co-chairmen of the
education committee; John Banks,
Jr., chairman of the campaign COM
mittee, which includes as members:
Lydie Jones, Evelyn Brent, ]. R.
Jonas, Nilee Lewis, Dorothy James,
Hazel Butler, 1. Myrtle Garden and
Gertrude Boldly.
Members of the educational COM
mittee are: Beatrice Coleman, En-
ma Lou Light, Eula Taylor, Beneta
McHie and John Lawrence. Lois
Grissom is secretary.
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sion to file additional briefs and for
opportunity to present the case be-
fore him personally.
The NAACP was advised by
Ralph Bard, Acting Secretary of
the Navy, that "the trials were
conducted fairly and impartially,"
and that "racial discrimination was
guarded against" The seamen were
charged with mutiny in August,
1914, for refusal to load ammuni-
ton at Port Chicago after more
than 300 of them had been killed
in an explosion the month before.
Meanwhile, Lester Granger, ex-
ecutive secretary of the National
Urban League, who recently re-
turned from an inspection tour of
naval installations on the West
Coast, stated that it appeared mis-
takes in personnel had helped pre-
clpitate the mutiny.
The men, who were super
vised by white officers, had re-
eeived no previous training in
the handling of ammunition
prior to the disaster. Immedi-
ately after the tragedy, sur
vivOrs who had seen their bud
dies blown to bits before their
eyes, were picked up and sent
to other bases to continue load
ing ammunition.
According to the NAACP, race
and race prejudice was continuous
ly injected into the trial by Lieut..
Commander William F. Coakley. In
a brief presented to and argued
before the Assistant Judge Advo-
cate General of the United States
Navy, Thurgood Marshall, NAACP
Special Counsel, pointed out there
was no legal evidence to sustain
the charge of mutiny and that the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-20

Out of the 4,275 veterans of the
Africa, Sicily and Italy campaigns
representing nearly all of the SER
vice branches in the Fifth Army,
only four companies were white.
The men ranged from railway con-
struction outfits to bridge repair
units.
According to a story released by
the Associated Press, the idea of
being sent directly to the Pacific
without first being furloughed
wasn't too we'll received by most
of the men, who said they would
have "felt much better" if they'd
been allowed to see their wives,
sweethearts and families before re-
Stunning duty.
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Mill City NAACP
Pldns to Wind Up
Membership Drive
By Marjorie Curry

Plans to bring the membership
drive of the Minneapolis NAACP
to a close will be discussed at a
meeting to be held Saturday, July
81, at 7:45 p. M, at Phyllis Wheat
ley, it was announced this week by
Curtis Chivers, membership chair
man, who urged all members of the
executive board to be present to
meet with the solicitors.
Mr.. Chivers said: Members of
the board wish to thank the solicit
tors for the fine job they have
done.
eve realize the work of the
NAACP will be a potent force in
the postwar era. We have a new
President and Cabinet who must be
informed Of our needs. There are
still reactionary foes to be COM
batted. The foes of a democracy
who fought against a permanent
FEPC must be vanquished.
"This can best be accomplished
through organized action, and
through everyone taking out men,
berships in the NAACP."
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Hild0 SiInms named
Patron of Art Week
For Hampton Institute

HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va
Hilda Simms, star of Gamma Lu-
casta," Miss Marian Anderson,
world-famous contralto, Miss Lii
liam Smith, author of the best-sel-
Ter, Strange Fruit" and John
Wildberg, Broadway producer, will
be honorary patrons of the week
long carts of the Theatre" festival
which will open here on Monday,
July %, with a recital by Pearl
Primus, noted dancer.
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evidence on the charge of a refusal
to obey an order was in dispute
and grave doubt.
Navy Reduces Percentage
Meanwhile, Granger has stated
that according to the men he talked
to at Port Chicago, there was a
feeling the surviving seamen
should not have been picked to i'm
mediately go on another reloading
job after their tragic experience.
Granger also stated that the men
directly involved in the mutiny felt
they had been Disseminated
against because their detachment
on the dangerous loading job was
all-Negro, but others left at Port
Chicago did not have any feeling
of discrimination although since
the explosion, the Navy has adopt
ed a policy of reducing the COM
plement of Negroes in ammunition
depots to not more than 80 per
cent of the total.
Despite Navy psychiatrist's
testimony at the trial substan-
tiating certain definite fear re-
actions which men would nor
mally experience after having
been involved in such an explO-
sion, and despite the testimony
of the so seamen, the Court
followed the demands of the
Trial Judge Advocate, found
the men guilty of mutiny, and
sentenced each to so years
Imprisonment after only IS
minutes of elaboration.
Reduction in sentences were lat
er made by the Navy, with ten of
the men being given Is years, "a
given IL years; II given 10 years,
and 5 sentenced to 8 years.
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western National Bank, it was an
nounced this week by bank officials.
He also is vice chairman of the
trust committee of the bank.
CLANCY, who started with the
bank as a messenger July %, 1907,
worked in various departments
and was made assistant cashier in
January, 1920. He was promoted
to the vice presidency Of the bank
in January, 1929, and in Septem-
Der, 1910, was promoted again to
vice president and vice chairman
of the trust committee.
During his service on the Urban
League board, Mr.. Clancy worked
very closely with former Urban
League executive secretary, G. W.
Washington, in getting the Nun
singwear company to employ Ne
groes. He is still member Of the
board and active with the indus
trial committee.
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used to swell the Golfers of her or
ganization which is continuing its
drive to raise $4,000 to carry on
its program for improving the well
fare of Negroes throughout Ameri-
ca and the world with particular
emphasis on the role of women.
Almost as much as the guest OF
honor herself, I felt a particular
pride in the event. Fondly, many
people call her "Ma." I have always
called her "Darling"-and she
seems to like it. 1 think of her as
nv Washington mother" She has
been that now, for over four years.
1 can pay her no greater tribute
than think of her as Mother" for
then 1 put her in the same class
with that lovely little lady in st.
Louis to whom 1 owe so much
who earned the title of mother the
hard way, who prays for my health
and success every day and night,
who taught me right from wrong
who bled her fingers to the bone
in the kitchen and laundries OF
more financially-fortunate persons
in order that l might go to school
and have access to more opportunl-
ties than she had, whose unselish
love taught me to value service to
others above monetary returns.
Rightfully, my Washington
sweetheart belongs in the same
class with the 'rittle lady" in st.
Louis, for she too, has taught me
many valuable lessons. For year.
and-a-half 1 sat at her feet as one
of her assistants in the National
Office of the NYA. 1 learned more
during that time in the way OF
practical techniques, spiritual lofti-
ness, determination and service
than 1 could have obtained In
school, even had 1 stayed to receive
a doctorate.
1 have seen her mind work, her
heart beat, her eyes flash. I've
recorded her smoothly flowing
words when she'd get in an inspira-
tional mood to walk about the room
totally oblivious of me and talk to
the imaginary audience of youths
and grownups whose burdens she
never discarded.
Fortunately, Pm not jealous. l
know that to millions of people all
over this land, she is "sweetheart."
But 1 know too, that many of them
must envy me the close touch so
fortunately have had with Mrs.
Mary Mcleod Bethune.
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st. Paul NAACP
To Meet at Hdllie
Sunday, July 29

Reports and pictures from the
Office of War Information refut-
ing Mississippi Senator Eastland's
SANDER of Negro troops will be pre-
scented at the next regular meeting
of the st. Paul branch Of the
NAACP, Sunday afternoon, July
20, at 4 p. m. at Halle Q. Brown
House. The meeting will be held
on that date instead of on Sunday,
July %.
Reports of the progress of the
membership drive will be made.
Mrs. Della Holsomback is chairman
of the membership committee.
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The sailor and soldier, pictured
above, are sons of Mrs. George
Milton, 1853 Carroll, St. Paul. A
brother, Jake, and a sister, Mrs.
Mae Campbell, also reside in st.
Paul.
Sam G. Lynch MIC, left, re-
ceived his boot training at Great
Lakes, was then transferred to
Hampton Field, Va, before going
to Mare Island, Calf, from where
he was sent to the South Pacific,
where he is at present. Cpl. Ernest,
right, was sent to Fort Benning,
Ca, for his basic training. He has
served in North Africa and Rome,
Italy, and is now somewhere In
Germany.
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Coming in
This Puper

A series of articles on Getting
and Holding Your job" by Ethel
M. Williams, will begin in the
July ~ issue of this paper.
The articles will have special
significance to the Negro work
ers, many with new experiences
and adjustments in industry.
Mrs. Williams, an assistant
personnel director at a large
war plant, has written this spe-
cial series as a contribution to
the workers who are seeking
permanent employment during
the postwar years.
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mot only did these troops pass
the ammunition" General Sayler
said, but on numerous occasions
many Of them fought the Germans,
participated in patrols and took
prisoners"
Had High Percentage
The ordnance men operated for
ward ammunition supply points
known as ASP's up front, from
which ammunition Of all types was
supplied to infantry, artillery and
armored units. Of 100000 tons
of ammunition transported be-
tween D-Day and We Day, more
than 100000 tons were handled
by Negro EN-, who comprised IL
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Art Exhibit at Library

One mans attempt to promote
racial understanding and friend
ship through art will be exhibited
at the Minneapolis Public Library
from July % to September % in
the showing of the series of paint
ings, "Uncle Sans Children" by
Flovd e. Brewer.
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Visitors

Visitors at the Minneapolis Office were
Miss Nancy Norman. Nashville, Tenn. ;
Mrs: Mary Williams, Argo, NJ; Mrs. Pa
tricia Dawson Mr.. and Mrs. r. ]. Willis
Mrs. Elijah Henderson; and Dwynelle v.
Criss, Kansas City, Kans.
Visitors to the st. Paul Office this week /:
The Rev. N. Boyde Patrick, St Marks
A. N. E. Church, Duluth, Mimi: Albert F.
Banham, Jr.; the Rev. J. W. Phelps
Elmer l. Harriss Mrs. Phil Hall: Richard
L. Stokes, and w. B. Walker,
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per cent of all ordnance personnel
in the theatre.
General Sayler cited examples
of the courage displayed by these
men who handled such a dangerous
job. Members Of the 655th Ord
nance Ammunition Co. unloaded a
trainload of white PHOSPHORUS
shells on December 26 near Sois-
sons, France, while shells were ex-
ploding all around them.
The 57th Ordnance Ammunition
Co. earned the name "The Fighting
57th" when some of its personnel
man SIS troops near the Belgian
border in September, with SO Ger
mans killed.
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College Fund Donated
GO nnn h., M "

NEW YORK.-Checks totalling
$4,000 have been received by Unit
ed Negro College Fund headquar-
tiers here from Russell Mcguire,
president of Mcguire Industries,
Inc.
The Fund is seeking $1,550,OOO
this year for the wartime needs
of thirty-two accredited private
Negro colleges in twelve states and
the District of Columbia.
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Mrs. Glen Passes Away

Mrs. Jessie Alexander Glenn, for
mer resident of st. Paul for over
twenty years, died in Springfield,
Illinois, on July II. She is survived
by her husband, Russell; son May
nard Alexander of Chicago, and a
daughter, Jesrose Wade of Spring
field.
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How to Lose Your License

How to Lose Your License
More than $500 Minnesota mo-
florists forfeited the right to drive
during the first six months of 1915,
according to figures released by the
State Highway Department. There
were GAP outright revocations for
more serious violations of the law
and 1901 suspensions.
Conviction of driving while I'M
der influence of intoxicants was
responsible for 773 revocations.
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Clarence r. CLANCY
Gets High Post
At. n. W. Bank

Clarence R. CLANCY, who served
as president of the Minneapolis Ur-
ban League board from November,
1884 to March, 1889, has been pro-
NOTED to the vice Craftsmanship of
the board of directors of the North
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nee, she isn't let
ting t h e innova-
ton disturb her.
This a m a ri n g
lady, who has a
personal library
of over 500 vol
umes, and who
works as an ele-
vator operator at
t h e Minneapolis
Athletic Clu b,
said she didn't do
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Senators Blast Eastland;
Mississippi No Prize
Says Mead of New York

WASHINGTON, D. C.-New York's two Senators, Wag-
and Mead last week to the defense of the Negro
soldier who had been castgatd by the lies of Senator James
Eastand of Mississippi during the FEPC buster several
days ago. Both Senators made bone about the fact that
they directly answering the unfounded charges of East
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An Uncle Tom By Any Other Name Is Tom Just the Same


praised tn Of and
o. the
in whR have known him
o
through useful to
e
q Ongu he he IF
tM dealing with
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CORRECTION

The late Major McGaughey, who
died in February, was buried at
Crystal Lake cemetery and not at
Lakewood cemetery, as was stated
in this paper at the time of his
burial.
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ZION CHOIR HAS OUTING

The Senior Choir of Zion Baptist
church held its annual outing at
Theodore Wirth Park, Sunday
afternoon, July Is. A picnic lunch
was served. A large number Of
visitors were present.
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west coast as well as the naval
Training Station at Great Lakes,
Illinois.
Granger, who revealed his find
ings at a press conference at Navy
Department headquarters here,
listed some of the gains as fol-
lows:
Q admission of Negroes to gen.
eral service;
Q rating of Negroes in practi-
cally every category, and their
training as commissioned officers;
Q assignment of Negro person
mel to auxiliary craft up to ten per
cent of ships complement;
Q assignment of Negro commits
stoned and petty officers to these
vessels to serve in their duties
without regard to rank;
Q important elimination of
racial segregation in mess and
'recreational facilities;
Q a beginning of assigning Ne
gro personnel to combat duties on
warships.
Two Fields Closed
He stated that at present only
two fields remain closed to Ne
groes, those of aviation pilots, and
combat posts on submarines. Also
on the constructive side, Granger
said, are the facts that Negroes
are now being rated as petty off
GERS in practically every category,
and are working at the ratings for
which they are being trained. He
made mention of the fact that on
July 1, the first IL Negroes COM
missioned as ensigns were all pro-
NOTED to the rank of lieutenant
(j.g.).
Granger admitted, however, that
the further down in the ranks of
command the policy of Indignation
descended, the more instances
there were of deviation from it.
81 don't think any of US is pre-
pared to give the Navy blanket
check of confidence" he declared,
"but any reasonable person who
has been around the country must
give it credit for not being the
same Navy SO far as the Negro is
concerned"
Won't Accept Navy Post
The Urban League secretary also
revealed that he will not accept
the post as Civilian Aide to the
Secretary of the Navy, offered to
him after the Negro Newspaper
Publishers Association had con-
WINGED the Navy Department there
was need for such an official.
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On the Debit Side:
On the Debit Side:
Navy Says Trial of Seamen
On Mutiny Charges Legal;
NAACP Won't Accept It

NEW YORK-Athough the NAACP advised last
Friday by the Navy Department that the sentences of the so
convicted in October 1914 muny charges at Port
Chicago California have been held legal the organization
through it's Special Counsel Thurgood Marshall has made
formal request to Secretary of Navy Forresa for permits
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-20

New York.-It was revealed here
last week that WAC Major Harriet
M. West is being sued for divorce
by Major Charles 1. West, who is
serving with U. S. Public Health
Mission in Liberia. Both of the
principals live in Washington.
Major Harriet West was former
ly married to DR.. John Chenault,
a graduate of the University of
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Won't Accept Navy Post
No FurlOugh, No NOthin'
ETC Service Troops
Arrive in Pacific

MANILA-Negro service troops straight from the
European theatre minus the usual uroughs granted to most
redepoyed men, arrived here the first of the week. and
settled in their about IS miles from the city
They the first such troops shipped directly from Europe
to the Pacific without being given leaves at home.
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On the Credit Side:
Urban Leagues Granger
Finds Navy Indignation
Of Negroes Improving

WASHINGTON, D. C-The Navy has made remarkable
strides during the past two years toward complete nega
ton of Negroes in it's service according to Lester B. Granger
executive secretary of the National Urban League who
recently completed at the request of the Secretary of the
Navy tour of II naval stations bases and depos the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-20
Blood Donors
Are Needed For

Henry H1ChurdSon
Blood donors are needed for
Henry Richardson, 1924 Fifth Ave.
&c., who is seriously i'll at Fairview
hospital. Donors may go to the
hospital.
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They Passed the Ammunition
In Face of Danger; Lauded
By Army for Bravery

According to Allan N. Morrison staff writer for the
Army newspaper Stars and Stripes Negro ordnance
handled than Is per cent of all the ammunition used by
American forces in Europe and have been paid tribute for
job well done by Major General Henry B. Sayler chief
ordnance officer of the European Theatre of Operations
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not hair out OF place, to announce
she liked the proceedings very
much.
The first Negro to hold a city Of
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Library Board Session
Doesn't Excite Mrs. Stone
Who Just Takes It Easy

Nellie Stone attended her first library board meeting
last Thursday at the board offices in the Minneapolis Public
Library main building 18th and Hennepin out with
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UncOvering
Washington
BY Hurry S. McAlpin

Last week my sweetheart had a
birthday. She was 70 years young
and still going strong.
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Minnesota and former resident Of
the Twin Cities.
The attractive woman army Of
ficer who is rated as the top Negro
woman in the WACs, was in st.
Paul, May 10, when she spoke at
the st. Paul Women's Council an
nual meeting.
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Partners of every reader of this
paper are the firms who advertise
in these pages.-Advt.
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FRIENDS OF herS
paid her a fitting
tribute at a birth
day party in the
Howard THEATRE
and the house
was packed to
overlooking. They.
paid to have the.
privilege of hon
oring this woman.
and the entire
DrOcnndS wore
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PVT. mccoy RECOVERING

FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO.
Pvt. William W. Mccoy of Min
neapolis is recovering in the hos
pital here after an operation.
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Keep of the date August IL, Bor-
der Methodist Church W0men's
Day.-Advt,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-19
Alleged Slayer Of Three
Women Taken Inst: Louis

friended on March II. He said thai
Medley had registered under the
alias James H. Hannah" but readi
ly admitted his identity.
Hoover said the suspected slayer
carried loaded revolver which is
being sent here to permit com.
parison with bullets recovered from
Mrs. Boyer's body. Also recover.
ed were a silver fox jacket and q
handbag which answer the descrip.
ton of articles missing from Mrs.
Boyer''s apartment. An expensive
emerald ring stolen from her was
recovered last week from a Pitts.
burgh pawn shop.
Medley. escaped from the Mich.
gan State prison last November.
He had been sentenced to from
80 to 60 years for the kidnap-rob-
berry of Louis E. Brooks, eX-mayor
and wealthy manufa cturer of Mar
shall, Mich.
Serving in several "semi-trusty"
capacities, he literally talked his
way out of prison. Accompanied
by one guard, he was sent into
Jackson to purchase war bonds
with $500 in cash collected from
other inmates, but skipped with
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