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Southern Farmers
Negro, White
Plan Meeting

ST. LOUIS, MO.-Announce-
ment was made this week that the
18th annual convention of the
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
will meet in st. Louis, Mo-, on
December II, IL, Is. Approx
mately $50 Negro and white dele
gates representing $4,000 farm
laborers in seven southern states,
will attend the sessions at the St.
Peters Episcopal church.
F. R. Betton, vice president of
the Union, in making the announce
ment, stated, eve have invited sew
eral acknowledgement speakers to
address the convention. Mrs. Mary
Mcleod Bethune, president of the
National Council of Negro Women,
has been invited to speak on the
evening of December IL to a mass
meeting to which both Negro and
white citizens of St. Louis will be
invited"
Mr., Betton said the convention
will take up a proposal for Union
contract on cotton plantations to
insure every wagehand, sharecrop-
per, and tenant an annual wage of
$625 per year.
The convention will also work out
plans to aid members of the Union
in purchasing farms and homes Of
their own in other parts of the
country. Betton said, Thousands
of Negro and white families are
going to be displaced from the
plantations of the South by the
new cotton picking machine which
is now being manufactured and
will be used everywhere in less
than 10 years." It is estimated
that the picker will replace 40
hands in the cotton fields. That
means that one-third or one-half
of the labor supply will no longer
be needed.
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Riess carried handkerchief, which
was used in 1894 by an aunt Of Mrs.
w. c. Jones, a close friend Of the
family's. She wore an old gold pin
studded with blue sapphire given
her by the groom's mother, Mrs.
Lucinda Ewing. Her dress was
made and designed by her mother.
Miss Dolores johnson Of We
woka, Okla, was in the city to at
tend the wedding. She returned to
her home this week.
The soloists were Miss Anna
Pearl Horris and Miss Ruth Pitt
man. Mrs. Dorothy Pittman Sims
was the accompanies.
Raymond Phillips and Phelp
Holmes were the ushers. Mrs. Jones
poured punch from the ice punch
bowl which had fruit frozen
throughout it. Ciborium ferns and
plans were used.
To receive the 200 guests which
attended the reception was the
bridal group and Miss Johnson. The
bride was given away in marriage
by her father.
The newly wed couple will be at
home at 1928 Fourth Ave. S.
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Committee Member
For YWCA AHuir

The Volunteer Personnel Com
mittee of the Young Women's
Christian Association, of which
Mrs. Roger 1. Lee is chairman, has
issued invitations for an informal
evening of training on Tuesday,
December 4, at 1880.
Following dessert, Mrs. Cy Bar
mum, Jr., and Mrs. Lemen Wells
will present the history, philosophy,
and policy making practices of the
YWCA. Other members of the
planning committee are Miss Har-
riet Bly,, Mrs. Abbott Fletcher,
Mrs. Maurice Hessian, Mrs. E. M.
Pennock, Mrs. w. D. Brown, and
Mrs. John Granner. Any women
in the community interested in
learning of volunteer needs and
opportunities in the YWCA are
invited to attend.
WARDLAW SPEAKS
AT CARLTON COLLEGE
James Wardlaw, executive secre-
tary of the Minneapolis Urban
League, was the principal speaker
at Carlton College, Mortified,
Mimi, Tuesday, Nov. 81, for their
Social Science Committee. His
subject was "The Challenge of Color
Caste to American Democracy"
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Social and
Personal

Dinner guests: Mrs. Ada Airhart
of Indianapolis, Ind, and George
Blair of Winnipeg, Can, Mrs.
Louise Keen, Kansas City, Mo-, and
John Maxwell, Jr., of Minneapolis
were the dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Enroll Fassett, 5136 18th Ave.
S., Monday, Nov. 20. Mr.. Blair
and Mrs. Keen were the breakfast
guests that morning, Nov. &c, of
Mrs. Robert Mallory, 4053 Clinton
Ave. S.
Mrs. Kathryn Digit, 425 Emer-
son Ave. N, entertained at Thanks
giving dinner, Mrs. Carrie Walker,
Cincinnati, Mrs. Carolyn Bannern,
of Oklahoma, Mines. Ethel Nc
Intosh, Bessie Lamb, and Walter
Pettiford. After the dinner, the
group attended the dance at the
C. l. o. Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Kay, 3748
Fourth Ave. S., had as their dinner
guests Thanksgiving, Mrs. T. B.
Stovall, ST., and their son, Roscoe
Kay.
Capt. and Mrs. Frederick Coleman
of Arkansas and Texas who were
in the city en- route home from
tour, stopped in Minneapolis for a
stay with Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Carr, 2021 Smelling Ave. S. Captain
Coleman is just back from duty
overseas. He will be stationed at
Fl. Knox, Ky. Mrs. Coleman at
tended the U the first semester this
year.
Miss Deveau Escue of Washing
ton, D. c., was the Thanksgiving
visitor of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. L. Escue, 1924 Fourth Ave. S.
Ex-Soldier Visits Sister: Jack
Olaf Floyd Of Kansas City, Mo-,
surprised his sister, Mrs. Ann
Walker, Thanksgiving, with a visit.
Jack has been in the army for the
past Az years, of which 31s were
spent overseas. While overseas he
was in England, Sicily, Italy, South
ern Austria and Africa. He is now
employed by the Rock Island R.R.
Thursday, Mrs. Walker, who lives
at 1912 Elliot Ave-, will have as
her house guest, her sister-in-law
and two children, Mrs. Walter
Floyd and Michael and Ralph of
Kansas City, Mo. They will make
their home with her until their
home is ready for occupancy.
The Merry Maids met at the
home Of Mrs. Doris Anderson, HOG
Aldrich Ave. NJ, Monday, Novem-
Der 26, with Mrs. Betty Reed as
hostess. Games were played and
refreshments served. The next
meeting will be Monday, December
8, with Mrs. Cleo Hampden, GOT
Olson Blvd.
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Maria Montana
Is Pleasing
In Recital

Maria Montana; soprano, pleased
an audience Of appreciative con-
cert-goers on Sunday afternoon at
Phyllis Wheatley House with a
program of songs from the opera,
classic and ballad.
Accompanied by Madeline Titus,
Miss Montana got excellent re-
spouse from all her numbers,
especially Gun Bel Dr." from PUG
cini's, Madam Butterfly" and
"Songs My Mother Taught Me-"
by Dvorak. AS an encore, she sang
with effective beauty and under
standing, the spiritual, Nobody
Knows the Trouble I've Seem" For
variation she sang, Cuckoo" a
sprightly lighter number.
Tastefully gowned in white crepe,
Miss Montana displayed good voice
at all times. The Phyllis Wheatley
Auxiliary presented her with q
bouquet Of red roses. Miss Mon
tana donated her services for the
benefit recital.
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a staunch supporter in Harold E.
Stassen, potential presidential
Nominee. In his first speech as a
Legionnaire, Stassen stated that, in
his opinion, the first obligation of
the American Legion should be to
correct inequalities in dealings with
veterans, and that he firmly stood
for social justice for the Negro ex-
servicemen, as well as the citizenry
as a whole, and that the resolution
had his hearty support.
Following the Stassen statement,
opposition which had developed
among outstate delegates was
withdrawn, and the resolution,
previously endorsed by Governor
Thye, and vigorously supported by
both State Commander Joe Finley,
and Ray Barker, commander of the
Minneapolis district, the resolution
was referred to the national legis-
lative committee, and from there to
the national executive committee
for action at their next meeting to
be held December 10.
Resolutions permitting National
Legion headquarters to grant char
tiers to Negro posts in the five
southern states, instead of the
states themselves, and making it
mandatory for such applications to
be honored, were also acted upon
favorably by the Minnesota group.
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lane Bunks WEEDS
George TYren

Marriage vows were exchanged
in a candle light service by Miss
Jane Banks and George Tyrell,
Sunday evening, Nov. rs, at the
home of the groom's aunt and uncle,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Meade, 522 st.
Anthony Ave-, st. Paul. Mrs.
Gloria Gates Green, was matron
of honor and Ira Allen, best man.
Rev. Robert W. Kelley performed
the ceremony.
Attending the ceremony were the
brides mother, Mrs. Isola Banks
of Mason City, Iowa, Mrs. Rebecca
Tyrell, mother of the groom of
Minneapolis, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Fields, Misses Gloria jackson,
Janet DOMINICAN, Villa Booker,
Mrs. Eunice Wilson, Mrs. Bessie
Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs. Connie
Landers, Carl Green and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bertram Slaughter all of Min
neapolis, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hall OF
St. Paul and Captain and Mrs.
Frederick Coleman of Arkansas
and Texas.
The bride wore a winter white
dress.
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LULU MAXWELL RITES
uET ATT CIT DHSTE

ucLD "A Oh TE1 END
Funeral services were held Mon
day, November &c, at 900 p. m. at
st. Peters church, for Mrs. Lulu
Blair Maxwell, Alb Fourth Ave.
S., who passed away at General
hospital, Wednesday, November 81,
after long illness.
Mrs. Maxwell, well-known as a
welfare worker, had been a resi-
dent of the city since early child
hood. She was a member of the
Eastern Star Lodge. She is sur
vived by a son, John, of Mime
apolis; a daughter, Mrs. Louise
Keen of Kansas City, Mo-; a
brother, George Blair of Winnipeg,
Canada, and a sister, Mrs. Isabelle
Whitley.
Interment was in Crystal Lake
cemetery. The Rev. H. C. Boyd
officiated at the rites.
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YOUNG GIRL SUFFERS
SECOND DEGREE BURNS

Leola Jackson, 49, ear-o d
daughter of Mrs. Frances Jackson,
21O5 Fifth Ave. &c., is in General
Hospital suffering from second de-
gree burns received Nov. 18th, Mon
day.
A hot water heater was open
in the bathroom and her dress
caught fire from the back.
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TON university school OF 1neoloSy
and is working on his Pho. degrees
at the University of Southern Cali
fornia.
Youngest College President
1t was while he was a student at
Cannon and Boston that l became
acquainted with him, when he serv-
ed as a student pastor under DR..
(now Bishop E. W. Kelly, in the
Scott Methodist Church, Detroit.
After completing his work at Bos-
ton, Rev. Downs served for six
years as the very successful pastor
of the Scott Methodist Church, Pas
adena, Calf. His deep River
Vespers" were for several years
one of the outstanding religious
programs broadcast from KMPC,
Hollywood's "Station of Stars"
Rev. Downs was called from the
pastorate of the Scott Church to
the presidency of his Alma Mater,
in 1913, and at the age of 20 was
the youngest college president in
America at that time! He found
his Alma Mater in dire circum-
stances in practically every way.
In the less than three years of his
administration this college in West
Texas is making great contribu-
ton to the cultural, intellectual and
spiritual we'll being of large con-
stituency.
DR.. Downs was at one time a vice
president of the Methodist Youth
Fellowship and in 1888 he repre-
sented the youth (not just the Ne
,ro youth) of the Methodist Church
at the great Aldersgate meeting in
Chicago. The meeting marked the
2OOth anniversary of the ''heart-
warming" experience of the founder
of Methodism, John Wesley. l shall
never forget how this young Negro
thrilled the thousands of people
who heard him speak on that event
full day in 1888.
DR.. Downs is the author of one
of the current best sellers among
race relations books-"Meet the
Negro" published in 1913.
In 1888 DIR. Downs married Miss
Marian Jackson, a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Kieffer Jackson of Balti-
more. Mrs. Downs is the sister of
Mrs. Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Mr..
Mitchell was at one time executive
secretary of the st. Paul Urban
League. The Downs have one
daughter, Karlene, who is six years
old. Mrs. Downs is an accomplish
ed musician and is much in demand
as a singer in the south and west.
DIR. and Mrs. Downs are slated to
go to India next year with the
noted missionary E. Stanley Jones.
DR.. Downs spoke at the Univer-
sitv of Minnesota on Wednesday
afternoon and at Manchester College
Thursday morning. He left by
plane for Austin on Thursday night.
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Pare st. Paul Recorder
Friday, November 30. 1946
Young College
President Speaks
At Hamline ~"
By Rev. Clarence T. r. Nelson

BY Rev. clarence H N NELSON
Hate can never overcome hate;
love can and will overcome hate, "
declared DIR. Karl Downs, youthful
president of Samuel Huston Col
lege, Austin, Texas, in an address
on Wednesday at Hamline Univer-
sity. DR.. Downs in speaking on
the subject "Blueprints for Tomor-
rows World" said that the Holy
Scriptures point the way for right
living in tomorrow's world. The
speaker held his audience of several
hundred students and teachers SPELL
bound as he told personal incl
dent that took place when he was
in London after having attended
the first world conference of Chris
tan students which was held in
Amsterdam, Holland, in 1941. DR..
Downs, who was one of the repre-
sentatives of the Methodist Church
to this world wide youth confab at
which 72 nations were represented,
said that he sat in a seat with a
white young man on bus in Lon
don. The white youth jumped up and
said in loud voice, 81 won't sit with
a niger" DR.. Downs said that his
first reaction was to strike the pre-
JUDGED young white man and knock
him from an amazing grace to a
floating opportunity" But" said
he, 81 had resolved not to let one
or a thousand prejudiced individuals
make me lose my self respect and
integrity"
That night London experienced
it's first trial black-out and DR..
Downs saw something slump down
and fall off the curb into the street.
Trucks and buses were running
along the streets without lights. He
stopped down and lifted the fallen
object, which by a most unusual
coincidence was the prejudiced
young man, who had refused to sit
on the same seat with him on a
bus. They walked arm in arm to
their hotel that night, DIR. Downs
declared.
The Wednesdays address was one
of several addresses that the
young Texas college president de-
livered as the speaker for the Re-
ligious Emphasis Week at Ham
line University from Monday
through Thursday.
In his address on Tuesday, DR..
Downs told about the fact that he
gave up a career as an orchestra
leader to enter the Christian min
istry. He said that as the leader
of the "Collegians" he had hoped
to surpass all the big time orches-
tras, like Duke Ellington and others
in time, when the call to the Chris
tan ministry became so strong
that he quit his orchestra on a
Saturday night and left for the
theological seminary on Sunday.
A review of the short, but event.
full career of this young man, who
was born in Abilene, Texas, to the
late Rev. and Mrs. ]. w. Downs
80 years ago, is more interesting
than an Horatio Alger success
story because truth is always
stranger, and stronger, than fiction.
He holds the ABB. degree from
Samuel Huston College; the 3D.,
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HARLEM GLOBE TROTTERS
WILL PLAY IN MINNEAPOLIS
FRIDAY NIGHT. DECEMBER Z

Basketball fans will view two Of
the top professional teams Of the
country, Friday, December z, when
the famous Harlem Globe Trotters
and two other well-known teams
will play at the Minneapolis Arm
ory.
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Johnny Boxer Post
Auditory Quartet
Are Guest Artists

The Ladies Auxiliary quartet Of
the Johnny Baker Post Of the
American Legion, were guest
artists on Thursday evening, No
vember 20, at the Fifth District
clubrooms, 602 Second Ave. So.
Members of the quartet are: the
Mesdames Doris Anderson, Mable
Henderson, Viva Vaughn, and Hen
riette Poston. Mrs. Ada Bludsoe
is accompanist.
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ATTENTION SERVICEMEN,
WANT A FARM?

Hazelwood and County Road C.
19-acre farm, all tillable with z
room house, 2-car garage, barn
and chicken coops. $1,000 down.
Balance like rent. F. ]. Ref
Agency, White Bear. Tel. 80.
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Johnny Baker Post Wins Round
At American Legion Convention
To Give Negro Veterans Ballot

resolution designed to end ACKNOWLEDGMENT of veter
ans submitted the national convention of the American
Legion held in Chicago November 18 to e. is still live issue
in Legion politics.
Presented to the Minnesota of delegates by Ben
Peery chairman of Johnny Baker Post it found
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CLARENCE MCCULLOUGH
IN TWIN CITIES

Clarence Mccullough of Seattle,
former Mill City resident, is in
Minneapolis for a few days. He is
stopping with D. J. Brady, 1900 9Th
Ave. So.
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and DID,, degrees from Cannon
Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga. |;
the Sim. degree from the Bos-
ton University School of Theology
and is working on his Ph.D. degrees
at the University Of Southern Cali
fornia.
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The services last Sunday were very help
full. Brother Frank J. Clark, Des Moines,
Iowa, brought the morning message. The
musical given by the Mems Chorus of st.
Peter church was enjoyed by all present.
The services were spiritual and inspira-
tional.
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The pastor will preach Sunday morning
and evening. Subjects: The Source of An
Our Spiritual Needs" 10 AS q. m. ; Gods
Call to the Faithful" z AS p. m. The SER
ices at St. Peter are becoming more and
more helpful. You are invited to worship
with US at all services.
Evening star., 1945-08-12
By Wilbur L. dubois.

Ihere Is no meat shortage at our
house, although we live near Washing
ton which is forgotten city as far as
meat is concerned. When the grocer
offers only wieners and spare ribs
very spare-for our red points we can
always pick out nice fat rabbit from
our pens and have a delicious meal
for family or company.
ABOUT two years ago, when it looked
like meat would be progressively harder
to get and the grocer looked reproach-
FULLY at us if we asked for steak, we
decided to do something about it. Our
back yard was already furnishing fresh
vegetables for our table and we began
slooking for ways to add a meat de-
partment.
The Answer to Our Prayer
Then friend who had heard about
our threat to raise our own meat sent
us a bulletin issued by the Fish and
Wildlife Service of the Interior Depart
ment entitled, Rabbit Raising" The
note accompanying it said Here's the
answer to your prayer, The only string
to it is that you furnish us with rab-
bits for our Sunday dinners" Our
friend has not been sorry that he sent
the bulletin-neither have we.
We had had some experience with
rabbits-not all favorable. When our
children were young they had bunnies
as pets, which ran around the yard
and ate the young tulip shoots and
chewed the bark of the shrubs. They
got into the garden ana selected the
young cabbage and lettuce plants as the
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Ne Rabbits and Add Meat Department Your Garden

source of their vitamins. When these
pets were gone we were off rabbits for
life.
But now we were hungry for meat.
The Government bulletin told us that
rabbits can be raised successfully in any
back yard and that the meat is most
delicious, much more delicate than that
OF the wild rabbit. The bulletin also
assured us that while the cost of the
enterprise would vary with the avail
ability of feed, domestic rabbits are a
profitable source of meat for the table
II managed intelligently We hoped to
be able to supply the intelligence.
The Whole Family Was Excited
The whole family was excited over
the prospect OF having something better
than wieners, spareribs and cold cuts
for dinner and we were tired of fish.
So We drove across the Arlington Bridge
to nearby Virginia to see a rabbit
breeder He sold us beautiful animal
with black ears and black patches
scattered over her white coat. She
weighed seven pounds and the price
was one dollar pound.
This may seem high for a rabbit. It
did to us at the time, but Angie has
paid her way generously. She has
presented us with 48 tryers, which
eaten ourselves or sold to our neighbors,
we have valued. at $1.5o apiece, or a
total OF $72. Feed at city prices for
mother and babies has amounted to
S42, leaving very satisfactory profit.
inns Inis is not an excessive return for good
When we began eating fried rabbit
Evening star., 1945-08-12

relish by Bre'r Rabbit and his clan.
Dandelion, plantain, and dock are es-
pecially liked. Given in amounts that
the rabbits can clean up in half an
hour, this green stuff is an excellent
diet supplement and helps to reduce
the feed bill.
How to Feed EN-
Green foods alone, however will not
keep a rabbit colony in good health.
The Dummies need more protein than
these foods provide, and this must be
furnished by grain or special CONNER
cial feeds. A mixture of oats, barley
and wheat in the proper proportions
dormula in the Government bulletin)
provides all the protein required by
papa rabbit and his family.
In eating mixed feeds, rabbits clearly
show that they know their vitamins
and minerals. They pick and choose
from several foods offered and nutri-
tionists tell us that they will eat just
enough of each item to get balanced
diet. They seem to know more about
nutrition than a lot of us folks.
But in making this selection by
scratching around in the pan, some
of the food is thrown out on the floor.
Rabbits, being poor housekeepers, do
not pick it up and this makes dent in
the feed budget.
Another drawback to feeding mixed
grains in the city is the difdculty of
obtaining the several varieties called for
in the formula. We gave 1t up and fell
back on rabbit pellets made by we'll
known milling company. They cost more
Evening star., 1945-08-12

State now-American Airlines-which
stops at Elkins. Pennsylvania Central
Airlines formerly served Morgantown,
but suspended service June Is on the
contention the airport runways are too
short.
West Virginia is not without airmail
service, however. Its many cities and
towns are connected by an airmail net
work that equals the service given many
OF the Nations metropolises, thanks to
the in-flight pickup service OF An-Amer-
ican Aviation Corp. Wilmington. Del.
Its planes dip from the skies over fields
outside small towns sweeping up sacks
of mail with equipment specially de-
veloped for this type of work.
The current lack of airline service in
this State probably will be corrected in
Evening star., 1945-08-12

than mixed grains, but the extra expense
is offset by the convenience and saving
OF time. Our rabbits have grown very
satisfactorily on mixture of pellets and
green's with treat of alfalfa hay
occasionally.
Good Economy
Looking over the records of our brood,
we find that the meat they have provided
for our table has been very economically
produced. Only 4ha pounds of feed have
been required to produce pound live
weight, which yields about ounces of
meat. On this basis, rabbit meat ready
to cook has cost us about 80 cents
pound Compare this with the price of
chicken and roast beef-if you can get
them!
Rabbits are good mothers and at kim
ding time make every possible provision
for the comfort of their babies. A few
days before the young are due the
breeder supplies a box containing straw
or other soft material with which the
doe fashions nest to her liking. She
pulls copious quantities of fur from her
chest and hips with which to cover her
blind, naked babies. Even in. summer
time they need this warm blanket. You
will find them snugly tucked in deep
down in the nest.
In few days they have fur of their
own and are crawling around, and in a
couple of weeks begin investigating the
outside world. They grow rapidly and
begin to nibble at green and solid food
when or 3 weeks old. The mother
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