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Ewing Shannon,
Pioneer Resident,
Dies Suddenly

Ewing Shannon, 62 years old,
3701 Fourth Ave. S., resident of
Minneapolis for 45 years, died Sat
urday night, November II.
Indisposed for over a year, Mr..
Shannon became seriously i'll No
vember IL. Saturday night, when
his condition became critical, an
ambulance was called to rush him
to a hospital. He died in the am
bulance in front of his home as a
hospital physician administered
emergency treatment in an effort
to save his life.
Mr.. Shannon was best known as
an active member of Ames Lodge
of Elks. He was born in Helena,
Ark, and came to Minnesota in his
early life. In 1900, he married
Jessie Hooper, who survives him.
Funeral services were hel d
Wednesday afternoon, at 2 p. M, at
St. Peter A. M. E. church, with the
Rev. H. C. Boyd officiating. The
Ames Lodge of Elks participated
as we'll as the Past Exalted Rulers
Council, of which he was also a
member. The Neal Funeral Home
had charge of burial arrangements.
Surviving Mr.. Shannon, in addi-
ton to his wife, are a daughter,
Mrs. Maxine Jones of Minneapolis;
four sisters, the Mines. Gertrude
Jennings, Kate Hall, Fannie Nc
Nary, and Beatrice Washington, all
of Chicago.
Interment was in Crystal Lake
cemetery.
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Left Hand Cut Off in Cafe Brawl,
Richmond Man Awarded $21 $50

RICHMOND, VA. (NNPA)-Damages Of $21,S5O was
Willie Branch Law and Equity Court November
49, his suit for $4,000 against two restaurant operators who
it was testified his left hand with meat cleaver last
December.
During argument Of the juror tainted and fell out
of the jury box at the trial Branchs lawyer Cutler May
bloody fight in which Branch assaulted by
Wong Sing and Hon Low in their restaurant when he
in to get something to eat.
The pair Mr. May told the jury threw chairs at Branch,
kicked him the floor and while he Of them cut
of his left hand at the wrist.
The jury only ten minutes and returned with
verdict Of $21 $50 against both defendants
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Whites letter to H. Strive Hen
sci, acting secretary of the Navy,
asked not only for reopening of
the case, but for permission for
NAACP counsel to examine all
pertinent records.
1t has been the contention of the
NAACP that the court-martial on
Guam failed to take into consider
alton the long series of attacks
which had been made on Negro per-
sonnet by white Marines, and
others and the failure of white Of
icers in charge of the Negro unit
% take any steps to protect their
nen. These circumstances created
such a feeling of desperation
lmong the Negroes that they broke
INTO a supply depot to secure
weapons and ammunition with
which to defend themselves.
The NAACP contends that the
:ourt-martial concerned itself sole
Y with the incidents of December
"a and &c, 1914, and, like so many
military courts, adhered strictly to
he incidents at hand and the par
ocular violation of regulations
charged, with no attention to the
actors of prejudice, unfairness,
and color discrimination known to
exist.
Prior to the so-called dis
orders of December, 1914" the
NAACP letter said, 'there had
been a series of unprOvOked, I'M
checked and unpublished attacks
on Negro servicemen on Guam,
particularly Negro Navy Base
Company personnel, by white
servicemen, chiefly by white
Marines. These acts of agrees
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~
In reporting favorably the
$51, OOO,OOO,OOO appropriations cut
back bill, the committee recon-
mended an amendment providing
for the return of the employment
Services to the states within 120
days after enactment of legislation
to effect ian orderly" way of do
ing it.
The action of the committee was
a rejection of President Truman's
request that the employment serv-
ice facilities and personnel, Dor
rowed from the states in 1912, be
under Federal control I'M
til 1947.
Singularly, the hearings on the
bill before a Senate appropriations
subcommittee, made public the
same day the measure was re-
ported, disclosed that no represent
tative of any Negro organization
appeared in opposition to. the re-
turn of the employment services to
the states.
In informed circles it is be-
lieved that transfer of the en-
plOyment services to the states
will impair the services that a
nationwide Federal employment
agency might render to displaced
Negro war workers and veterans,
who may have no unemployment
compensation claims.
According to Secretary of
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Truman Gibson Resigns Job
AS Aide to Secretary of War;
Army Man May Take HOtseat

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(NNPA)
Secretary of War Robert P. Pat
terson last Friday accepted the res
ignation of Truman K. Gibson, Jr.,
as civilian aide to the Secretary of
War.
Gibson, in his letter of resigna-
ton, commended both Mr.. Patter-
son and Assistant Secretary of War
John ]. McCloy for their efforts in
behalf of fuller utilization of Ne
gro personnel in the Army, but
added that "even now the situation
is still far from IDEAL"
There are indications, Mr.. Gibson
said, that the type of planning for
colored troops that was done before
1910 has been discarded. Continu-
ing, he said:
when policies are finally adopt
ed that will achieve the best pos
sible military utilization of all seq
ments of our population, there will
be little doubt in the minds of a
majority of Negroes that a system
of universal military training
should be supported"
Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Ray,
of Chicago, who commanded an ar
tillery battalion in Italy, is men
toned as Mr.. Gibson's probable sue
cessor. Recently discharged from
the Army, Colonel Ray was due
in Washington Tuesday.
Gibson's resignation becomes eff
fective December 1. He plans to
return to Chicago and resume the
practice of law.
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harold +. StasSen, who Joined the
Legion the day following his dis
charge from the Navy last week,
and who will sit at the convention
as a delegate from Minnesota.
Sponsored originally by the
Johnny Baker Post of Mime
apOlis, and backed by the Fifth
District Legion, the resolution
declared it the sense of the Min
nesOta delegation that "all hon
Orably discharged veterans of
World War l or II, regardless of
race, creed or color, who have
not been convicted of a felony,
be exempted from all restrictions
on the right to vote such as poll
tax payments, Grandfather's
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OPA Head Praises
NEGRO Inteqrution

WASHINGTON, D. c., (NNPA).
Chester Bowles, OPA Admins
traitor, expressed pride, last week,
in the report on employment of
colored persons in the national Of
flee of OPA.
He sent memorandum to his staff
chiefs outlining seven points in
personnel management policy
which he said were responsible for
OPA setting the pace for other
Federal agencies in employing col
ored workers in white collar jobs.
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Protest Slaughter
Of Indonesiun Natives

NEW YORK - Sharp protest
against the slaughter of Indonesian
and Palestinian youths" by British
troops was voiced to Prime Minister
Clement Attlee, who is visiting
America, by the NAACP.
Declaring that the victory over
the Axis will have been lost eff
allied nations perpetuate upon de-
pendent Peoples the same slavery
Germany and Japan would have i'm
posed" the NAACP wire said, at
is all the more inconceivable that a
Labor government should be a
party to the perpetuation of hu-
man slavery" The complete tele-
gram:
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Mary L. Minor
Wife of r. C..
Minor Dead

Mrs. Mary L. Minor, we'll known
st. Paul woman, died Monday, No.
vember 49,.
Her husband, R. C. Minor, pioneer
resident, who resides at All W.
Central, and a cousin, Elmer Nor
ris, survive. Her step-children are
1t. Clinton Minor, Fort Devens,
Mass; DR.. Walter Minor, Houston,
Texas, and Mrs. Leah Mae Butler
of North Carolina.
Private services were held We'd
nesday, November 81, at 10 a. M,
at Brooks Chapel, with Rev. J. C.
Clayburn of Minneapolis, officiat-
ing. Interment Oakland cemetery.
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clauses, and all other local re-
strictiOns and requirements, to
the end and purpose that such
hOnOrably discharged veterans
be enabled hereafter to exercise
their voting franchise under the
intent and provisions of the Con-
stitutiOn."
Also passed upon with favor by
the caucus were two proposed
amendments to the national Legion
constitution which would make it
mandatory to provide local post
charters in states throughout the
nation to any eligible groups seek
ing them regardless of trace,
creed or color"
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First 92nd InfontrY
Division Soils for Home

WASHINGTON, D. c., (NNPA).
The first contingent of the Nine
ty-second Infantry Division to be
redeployed to the United States
sailed from Leghorn, Italy, aboard
the William T. Barry on Novem-
Der 6, the War Department an
nounced last week.
The troops sailing included the
headquarters battery, the seth
Field Artillery Battalion, and Com
pany M of the 371st Infantry De-
tachment. They will arrive at
Hampton Roads on November "a.
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Four Face Court
After Cord Come
Disorderlv Conduc

=
Arthur L. Davis, 20 years ole
Jared better than his three com
oanions, when the four appeared i
municipal court Friday, Novembe
6, to face charges of disorder
conduct, growing out of a car
:ame, at 269 Rondo Avenue, Wee
lesday, November IA, where Davi
uttered injuries in brawl that re
suited from the game.
Willie "Red Willie" Seay, SO, of
the Rondo address, where the game
and skirmish occurred, and Lester
"Deerfoot" Ragland, 81, of 423
Rondo Avenue, each received the
choice of $25 fine or Is days in
the workhouse, while Columbus
"Pale Face" Perkins, Al, of 221
Rondo Avenue, was given the choice
of a $75 fine or 80 days in the
workhouse. Perkins had been ar
rested six times previously.
A bystander watching the four
play cards, discovered a card on
the floor at Davis feet, and the
trouble began. When it was called
to the attention of the players,
Seay, Ragland and Perkins set upon
Davis.
Witnesses testified that someone
punched Davis and someone else
cut his hand with a knife while
Perkins hit him on the head with a
brick.
Judge Dane said, in clearing
Davis, Gust running for your life
doesn't constitute disorderly con-
duct"
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Willie Joyce Signs
For Reuu lack Bout

NEW YORK (NNPAJ. = Al
though Willie Joyce, lightweight,
of Gary, Ind, was beaten by Allie
Stoltz the last time out, he was
signed by Mike Jacobs, the pro-
moter, to fight Beau Jack, former
lightweight champion, ten rounds
at Madison Square Garden on De-
cember IA.
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Mrs. Bessie Lucas
Resigns After 81
Yeurs' Service

Mrs. Bessie Lucas, IT'S Carroll
Avenue, clerk in the City and
County Physicians office, at Ancker
hospital, offered her resignation,
Thursday, November Is, after
twenty-seven years of faithful
service, sixteen years of which
were spent as a Dental nurse in
the institution.
Co-workers of Mrs. Lucas honor
ed her at farewell party, Thurs
day, and presented her with Vic
tory bonds, flowers, candy and
money.
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BrdTEze71le
Standings
Harris Regions
Lead In Mayor
Bonneville Race
Albert Allen
Elected President
Mpls. NAACP

The Minneapolis branch of the
N.A.A.C.P. last Sunday, elected Al
bert Allen president for the en-
;uing year.
Other officers elected were MAJ
Marshall, first vice-president; Clal
ence Hughes, second vice-president
Laura Gaskins, secretary, and Eric
VI. Fassett, treasurer.
Twenty-eight persons nominate
'or the 25 places on the board of di
:ectors, will be elected by mail.
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RICHARD PETERSON WORLD
NnrAn L HrrNrN nHnc

Richard H. Peterson, s15 Hum
boldt Ave. No., age 81, died Sun
day, Nov. 10, at Veterans Hospi-
tai, Fort Smelling. He was a vet
eran of World War I.
Mr.. Peterson, a musician, was
born in Freestone, Tex. Funeral
services will be held Friday, Nov.
%, at 1 p. m. from the Woodland
Funeral Chapel with Rev. H. C.
Boyd, officiating. The Johnnie
Baker Post will assist.
Mr.. Peterson is survived by his
wife, Nina, two sisters, Mrs. Esther
Jackson and Mrs. Ella Banks and
two brothers, Johnnie Peterson and
Eura Peterson, all of Texas.
Interment will be at the Fort
Smelling Cemetery.
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Denied SonitY Herring.
Mon to Die December ID

WASHINGTON, D. c., (NNPA).
- The United States Supreme
Court, last Tuesday, refused to re-
view the action of the District
Court in denying sanity hearing
to Monroe D. Nicely, 35, who is in
the District of Columbia Jail under
a sentence of death for the murder
of Policeman Charles R. Johnston
in 1913. Under provisions of an
order issued recently by Justice
David A. Pine of the District Court,
Nicely will be executed on Deem
Der IA.
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Short Views
of the
News
Liberia Ratification Of
Notions Charter On Tap

WAShlNG1OLN, ~. ", NNNTAJ
Liberia is among the thirty-nine
governments which have deposited
instruments of ratification of the
United Nations charter, the State
Department announced, last Tues
day.
The instrument of ratification of
the charter by the government of
Liberia was received by the State
Department from the American le-
CATION in Monrovia, and was de-
posted on November 2, the an
nouncement said.
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Bee Bee Washington
Decisions Lower

WASHINGTON, D. c., (NNPA).
Bee Bee Washington, the fifth
ranking middleweight contender,
won a unanimous 10-round decision
over Johnny Lawer at Joe Turner's
Arena, Tuesday night of last week.
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Stassen Moves Adoption
Of Anti-Bias Measure
At Legion Convene

CHICAGO, -The Minnesota delegation to the national
American Legion Convention in session here sauped out
against racial discrimination, Sunday night in resolution
adopted at its initial which will be passed on to the
Legislative Committee of the national organization
Moving adoption of the measure was former governor
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Zion BTU Sponsors
Fashion Show Musical

The B. T. U. of Zion Baptist
Church is sponsoring a fashion show
musical Tea, Sunday evening at 8
p. m. Mrs. P. Moore is the presi-
dent. Rev. II. W. Bolts, Jr., is
director.
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More POliceWOmen Needed
Mayor of Bonneville
Candidate Tells Public

AS the contest for the 1915 Mayor of Bonneville passed
the halfway mark this week. Edward E. Harris manager of
the St. Paul Eks Rest, issued statement thanking the
public for the support given him to date and along with it
asked that local take interest in Twin City Police
Woman examinations held in the future
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
ARTHUR GRAHAM
BACK IN GIVES

Sergeant Arthur E. Graham, 9Ot
Bryant Ave-, Minneapolis, MINI.
Who was with the 659th ON. Trk.
o., attached to the 18th Armored
Division, is home and has assumed
he role of civilian again.
Graham wore the bronze star and
our battle stars for participation
n four major battles. He was over
'eas fourteen months.
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Men Singers
In Sunday Evening
Music ProcTYoT11

Sunday evening, November rs, at
7:30 p. M, the men of st. Peter
A. M. E. Church choir will be pre-
sented in a musical program.
Special guest soloists will appear.
The public is invited.
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Our Readers Speak!
Q Stassen Not True Liberal
. Whites Only Guard Japs
Q FilipinOS Puzzled

On the editorial page every week. the readers of this
paper have chance to express their opinions Turn to
Page and read the vital and timely letters three Spokes
manRecorder subscribers have written to the editors
opinion counts!
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Return of Employment
Control to States Will
Hit Negro Job Seekers

Washington, D. C.-(NNPA)- for the trans
of Negro workers from peace time jobs and for the
redistribution of these workers. essened last
by the recommendation of the Senate Appro
pratons Committee for the return of the United States En-
G. L. o-n4n4n
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NAACP Demands Navy
Reopen Guam Riot Case
Asks to Check Records

NEW YORK-A request that the Navy Department re-
open the in which As Negro Navy convicted
following riO in December 1914 made last week, by
Walter White, NAACP Secretary, who present in Guam
when the tried and who acted defense counsel at
the invitation of the island commander
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Three Minneapolis Husbands
Shed SpOuses Via COurtrOOms
AS Divorce Business BOOms

Three Minneapolis husbands walked out of courtrooms
free last week after being divorced from their wives
two on deseron counts and charge mental cruelty
None of the suits was contested
Patroman Audrey Doughty, 511 Emerson Ave. No. was
awarded divorce from Cecilia Peord grounds of deser
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Es the Nation have purchased $3OOOOO worth OF
Victory bonds date and Ames Lodge of Minneapolis has
share keep the sales clicking Last week. Ames
bond purchases its quota making grand
$4,000 Peavey Heelfnger chairman of the Victory
shown above making the $4,000 sale to Ode Lee Benord
exalted junior Es Warren Ames
Cecil Taylor exalted ruler, grin proudly.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

Edward E. Harris, manager of
the St. Paul Elks Rest, who is doing
all right with the campaign slogan,
"The Man With The Atomic Per-
sonality," came forward with few
suggestions this week for civic i'm
provement in the Cities.
You get a good deal" from
advertisers in this paper.
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Seriously Burned

Seriously Burned
Mrs. Florence Thompson, GOA
Seventh st. No., received serious
burns Saturday, Nov. II, when she
spilled coffee on her right leg.
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PROF. HUGULEY WILL
SPEAK AT PILGRIM
SUNDAY NIGHT

Professor J. W. Huguley, Jr., will
speak at Pilgrim Baptist Church
Forum at 6 p. m, Sunday, Nov. rs.
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Keep of the date. Christmas Eve
Dance, CIO Hall, Dec. 24.-Advt.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23

We'll, Margie." he went on, it was during this
splendid partnership between Marty Miles and
myself that met woman who was destined TO
become my wife. She lovely, delicate crea.
ture-and not a bad shoplifter either as women
go.
II told Marty that this dear girl was TO be my
bride, and, as always he was thoroughly consider
ate. He knew there wouldn't be quite enough to
split three ways. So we shook hands, and he
stepped out of the picture"
Margle clasped her hands. "You must have
missed him!" she breathed
Il did, indeed" exclaimed Harry the Gent. 1T
wasn't until five years later that I saw him again.
was the father of two lovely kddies by that
time but conditions were not OF the best. Frankly
Margie needed money badly"
Margie's head wagged in sympathy. She, too,
knew the exact nature Of such a situation
ut was then in my hour Of dire need, that I
again ran into Marty Miles" Harry the Gent
smiled reminscently. "Ah, never was happier
than when saw his delicate hands and soft eyes.
told him of nay difficulties. and he proved imme.
diately that he was the same. considerate Marty
Miles!
HE told me that, the following day, there was
to be big sale of fur coats in downtown store
He said he was going down in the early morning
to pluck himself few of the choicest. And he
pointed out that there no earthly reason why
I shouldn't drop in few hours later and do the
same thing.
"You understand me clearly, Marge? After
five years of dissolved partnership, he was tip.
ping me off to cnch layout"
What a mani" murmured Margie reverently
"Amen!" said Harry the Cent But pay strict
heed now, for I reach the climax of my tale.
The following morning, precisely as he had
stated. Marty Miles walked into that store. He
plucked three choice mink coats for himself, and
bundled them under his coat in his own magni
ficent way. Then he moved toward the door.
Suddenly as he was almost to the exit,
Copyright. Isij Kine syuoese.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23

AIRY THE GENT was in a mellow
s@11@ mood. Things were going we'll for him.
He was crowding sixty, but he looked
1 + forty. AS shoplifter, he still one
@S~"~ ~~@@ Of the best in the world. Money was
easy, conditions were good.
Now he sat toward the rear Of famous Broad
way restaurant, putting contentedly on an expen.
sve cigar. BY his side and hanging on every
word, was Margie.
-Margie would have fooled you. She fooled a
lot OF people. She was a sunburned doll, with
very blue eyes, and she looked like Little Miss
Innocence in the high school play. Actually she
was clip dame who was rising fast in her pro-
fession. Every time she left her hotel 1t was the
start OF a shakedown cruise.
This dinner with Harry the Cent however, was
not matter of business She was delighted to be
with the old master. and she listened breathessly
as he unfolded his tales OF the underworld AS
soon as he finished one she'd urge him on to
another
please keep talking, Harry" she'd cry. I'm
fascinated" -.
,.....--, . --.- e2....s -
Harry the Gent regarded her smilingly
You're good listener, my DEAR" he assured
her. And because you are so different from most
women shall relate TO you the story of Marty
Miles. The story Of the most considerate man I
ever knew"
His voice softened. Marty is dead now-may
the Lord rest his soul-but must tell you there
was never another man like him. The police have
been kind enough to suggest that am an expert
shoplifter. But Marty was thousand times bet.
ter than could ever hope to be-
He was perfection, itself. For years, he and
were partners, and always marveled at the
beauty Of his work. His touch was delicate, his
workmanship complete. Why, when Marty Miles
walked out Of store, about the only things he
hadn't lifted were the salesmen!"
Harry the Gent paused in tribute 10 the mem
Dry OF great man. Then he cleared his throat