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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Four Face Court
After Cord Come
Disorderly Conduct

Arthur L. Davis, % years old
Jared better than his three COM
panions, when the four appeared in
municipal court Friday, November
16, to face charges of disorderly
conduct, growing out of a card
game, at 269 Rondo Avenue, Wed
nesday, November ID, where Davis
suffered injuries in a brawl that re-
suited from the game.
Willie RED Willie" Seay, Sc, of
the Rondo address, where the game
and skirmish occurred, and Lester
''Deerfoot" Ragland, 81, of 423
Rondo Avenue, each received the
choice of a $25 fine or Is days in
the workhouse, while Columbus
"Pale Face" Perkins, Al, of POI
Rondo Avenue, was given the choice
of a S75 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, "Just running for your life
doesn't constitute disorderly con-
duct"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

Z. 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 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
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Mary L. Minor
Wife of r. G..
Minor Dead

Mrs. Mary L. Minor, well 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.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Strange Fruit" Script
Whocked After PhillY
Ministers Protest

Philadelphia-Henry Starr Rich
ardson, chairman of the city board
of theatre control here, said that
because of protests from Philadel-
phia pastors, certain Objectionable
lines" have been taken out of the
script of the stage play, Strange
Fruit" which is having a two-week
trial run before its Broadway open
ing.
The lines objected to are con-
tanned in a scene in which a min
lister tells a white boy to give a
Negro girl money for a marriage
to a Negro lad, after the girl gets
into trouble because of her rela-
tionship with the white boy.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Ewing Shannon,
Pioneer Resident,
Dies Suddenly

Ewing Shannon, 62 years old,
3701 Fourth Ave. s., resident of
Minneapolis for As years, died Sat
urday night, November II.
Indisposed for over a year, Mr..
Shannon became seriously ill 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 h d
Wednesday afternoon, at 2 p. M, at
St. Peter A. NJ. E. church, with the
Rev. H. C. Boyd officiating. The
Ames Lodge of Elks participated
as well 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 add
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.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach,
under whose supervision USES
comes, the policy of the employ
ment service is to accept and
service discriminatory requisi-
tiOns for workers after persua-
sion fails to get the employer to
eliminate discriminatory hiring
practices.
When the employment services
are returned to the states, it is
feared that the state agencies will
revert to their former practice of
not referring Negro applicants to
jobs unless the employer specifies
that Negro help is wanted.
Administration of unemployment
compensation payments is con-
trolled by the determination of
whether suitable employment is
available, and whether the appli-
cant for unemployment compensa-
ton benefits was referred to jobs
which might be considered suitable.
Under existing law, unem-
ployment compensation benefits
are paid by the states. If a Ne
gro skilled worker is offered a
mental job by a prejudiced en-
plOyment Office, and he refuses
it on the ground that it is too far
below the level Of his skills, he
can be refused unemployment
com pensation benefits.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Mrs. Bessie Lucus
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 a farewell party, Thurs
day, and presented her with Vic
tory bonds, flowers, candy and
money.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Denied SonitY Herring.
Man to Die December IA

WASHINGTON, D. c., (NNPA).
- The United States Supreme
Court, last Tuesday, refused to re-
view the action of the District
Court in denying a 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.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
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 J. 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.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
First 92nd Ir1fdntrY
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.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
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.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

Whites letter to H. Strive Hen
sci, acting secretary of the Navy,
asked not only for a reopening of
the case, but for permission fof
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
ficers in charge Of the Negro unit
to take any steps to protect their
men. These circumstances created
such a feeling of desperation
among the Negroes that they broke
into a supply depot to secure
weapons and ammunition with
which to defend themselves.
The NAACP contends that the
court-martial concerned itself sole
ly with the Incidents of December
"a and &c, 1914, and, like so many
military courts, adhered strictly to
the incidents at hand and the par
ticular violation of regulations
charged, with no attention to the
factors of prejudice, unfairness,
and color discrimination known to
exist.
prior to the sO-calledl 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
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

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
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 race,
creed or color"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
RICHARD PETERSON WORLD
WAR; VET DIES

Richard H. Peterson, 815 Hum
boldt Ave. No, age 81, died Sun
day, Nov. IS, 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.
20, 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.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Protest Slaughter
Of Indonesiun Motives

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 "if
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:
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Former Mpls. Social Worker
Appointed First Woman
Head of N. Y. Orphanage

Mrs. Andre Delany, the former
Audre Mccullough of Minneapolis,
has been appointed Interim Direc-
tor of the Riverdale Children's As
ISOLATION at Riverdale, New York,
it was revealed last week.
Before receiving her present APP
pcintment which makes her the
first woman director of the orphan
age, Mrs. Delany was director of
the Foster Home Department of
the institution, job she held since
1889. AS head of the department,
it was her job to place children
from Riverdale in foster homes
where they would be loved and
appreciated.
A former worker for the Min
neapolis Department of Welfare,
Mrs. Delany now holds down the
following responsible jobs: on the
board of directors of Forrest
Neighborhood House, Lincoln Hos
pital for Nursing, is a member of
the executive board of directors of
the Social Work Vocational Bureau,
is on the executive committee of
the West Harlem Committee, and
on the Interracial Committee of
the national board of the YWCA.
She is the wife of DIR. Henry B.
Delany, prominent Harlem dentist,
and the mother of a 14-year-old
daughter, Phyllis. Mrs. Delany,
who was formerly married to
Phillip Mccullough of Minneapolis,
is well-known in social and civic
circles here.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Willie Joyce Signs
For Reuu lack Bout

NEW YORK (NNPA). - 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,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Short Views
of the
News
Liberio Ratification OF
Nations Churter On Top

WASHINGTON, D. c., I(NNPAl.
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.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

y
In reporting favorably the
$51, 200, 100000 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
retained under Federal control un-
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 represen-
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-
heved 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
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Bonneville
Standings
Harris Regions
Lead In Mayor
Bonneville Race
Albert Allen
Elected President
MpIs. NAACP

The Minneapolis branch of the
N.A.A.C.P. last Sunday, elected AL
bert Allen president for the en-
suing year.
Other officers elected were Mae
Marshall, first vice-president; Clar-
ence Hughes, second vice-president;
Laura Gaskins, secretary, and Enrol
M. Fassett, treasurer.
Twenty-eight persons nominated
for the rs places on the board of di-
rectors, will be elected by mail.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
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.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Men Singers
In Sunday Evening
Music Prourum

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.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Moves Adoption
Of Ant-Bias Measure
At Legion Convene

CHICAGO, I-The Minnesota delegation to the national
American Legion Convention in session here SLAPPED out
against racial discrimination Sunday night resolution
adopted at its initial which will be passed ON tn the
Legislative Committee of the national organization
Moving adoption of the measure was former governor
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Our Readers Speak!
Q Stassen Not True Liberal
. Whites Only Guard Japs
O 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
Our readers are of all races creeds and classes Their
opinion counts!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
ARTHUR GRAHAM
BACK IN GIVES

Sergeant Arthur E. Graham, 900
Bryant Ave, Minneapolis, Mimi,
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
four battle stars for participation
in four major battles. He was over
seas fourteen months.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
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 rOt" in December 1914, made, last week. by
Walter White NAACP Secretary who present in Guam
when the tried who acted defense
the invitation of the island commander.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
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 Elks 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
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Three Minneapolis Husbands
Shed SpOuses Via COurtrOOms
As Divorce Business Rooms

Three Minneapolis husbands walked out of courtrooms
free last week after being divorced from their wives
two on deseron counts and charge of mental cruelty
None of the suits contested.
Patrclman Audrey Doughty, 511 Emerson Ave- No. was
awarded divorce from Cecilia Pettford on grounds of eser
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Return of Employment
Control to States Will
Hit Negro Job Seekers

Washington, D. C-(NNPA)-Prospects for the trans
fer Negro workers from peace time jobs and for the
proper redistribution of these workers. lessened last
Wednesday, by the recommendation of the Senate Appro
pratons Committee for the return of the United States En-
to he
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, 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 a few
suggestions this week for civic i'm
provement in the Cities.
You get a good deal" from
advertisers in this paper.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
Zion BTU Sponsors
Position 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. H. W. Bolts, Jr., is
director.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
PROF. HUGULEY WILL
SPEAK AT PILGRIM

SUNDAY NIGHT
Professor ]. W. Huguley, Jr., will
speak at Pilgrim Baptist Church
Forum at 6 p. m, Sunday, Nov. 25.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

Negro the Nation purchased $30OOOOOO worth of
Victory Ames Lodge of Minneapolis has
the sales clicking Last week. Ames
its quota making grand
Peavey Heelfnger chairman of the Victory
making $500 sale to Ode Lee Benord
Rub Warren Ames
andC exalted ruler, grin proudly.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
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.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

Keep of the date. Christmas Eve
Dance, CLIO Hall, Dec. 24.-Advt.
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Evening star., 1945-09-03

pensation laws for the past decade,
there are large groups not covered
by these laws, such as Federal en-
ployes farm labor, merchant sea-
men and employees of small firms
hiring two or three persons.
The pending Kilgore bill would
make Federal funds available to tide
these unprotected groups, with the
exception of farm labor, over the re-
conversion period and to revise the
payments of those already covered
by State laws to uniform maxi
mum of s25 a week for 26 weeks.
There is not much opposition to
covering unprotected groups. but a
lively battle is in prospect over the
uniform standard of existing cover
age. and this feature is likely to be
modified.
State Benefits Vary.
Weekly benefits under existing
State laws range from SIS to s28
with variations also in the duration
Of payments and standards of eligi-
bility. Most of the States are oppos.
ing further Federal supervision oi
this function, because they feal
eventual establishment of Fedora
system Opposition also grows Out
of tho fort thot Since tho hill pro.
poses to make up the difference be-
tween existing State payments ant
the $25- for -26-weeks standard. tn,
high-level States contend it work.
to the advantage of low-paymen
! States.
The Senate committee probabl.
will act ahead of the House Way
and Means Committee and by tn
end of this week.
Evening star., 1945-09-03

ago. The picture, taken few sec
onds before a samurai sword fell,
was described when published as the
execution of an unnamed Allied air
man.
1t. Newton's execution occurred
in March, 1943, IL days after his
plane crashed. His body was identl-
fed after the Allies captured Sala-
moa and it was buried in the Air
Force Cemetery there.
In October, 1S43, the Australian
government announced that Allied
troops found evidence that a RAAF
officer had been beheaded but it was
rot until today that the victim " as
revealed as 1t Newton. Authorities
believed he was severely tortured
during his imprisonment.
1t Newton was awarded the VIC
for his dive bombing exploits. The
citation said The story of his brave
deeds will become a legend in the
RAAF and will be read with pride
in years to come"
Coal mines of she Donbas In
Russia, flooded by the Germans. are
now yielding 40 per cent of their
preWar OUTPUT.