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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-05-25
Social and Personal
. ST. paul.

Guests from Chicago: Mrs. Ruth Bloom and Mrs. Mary
WOLFE of Chicago daughters of Mr. and Mrs NJ Vassar
491 ST. Anthony, arrived at their parents home Monday
May Fl. Mrs Bloom plans to make her home in St. Paul.
Major Harriet West Entertained: Mr.. and Mrs Glen
Beck 994 Igehar entertained in honor of Major Harriet
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-05-25
Social and Personal
MINNEAPOLIS {

Margaret Grissam celebrated her birthday Saturday,
May 49, at her home 86 18th Ave N Marie Young acque
line Westbery Bessie Green Cecil Mendoza and Wilbur Girls
som were her guests.
The T. B. Club will meet at the home of Mrs Christine
johnson, 2201 Fifth Ave. S., Saturday night May e.
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more than 800 members. Fifteen
of them were af1lliated with the
church for more than Is years.
The church today can also point
to five officers who have been in
Office more than Is years. These
are Charles wilkins and Edward
Brent. deacons; Elmer S. Sprigs
and Ernest Spriggs, trustees. and
Mrs. Ada Fredricks, organist.
The Sunday school was started
shortly after the church was or
ganized. It's first superintendent
was Mrs. Ella Carter. She was
assisted by DR.. Jarvis and George
Oliver, deacon. The present SUI
perintendent, Mrs. Hariette B. Epps,
has been a member of the church
38 years and was a student in the
first Sunday school.
A gala celebration was held by
New Bethel Church in June, 1912,
to commemorate its founding.
DR.. Foster, the present minister,
is a graduate of Howard University
and OF the seminary at Temple
University in Philadelphia. He took
advanced work at Columbia Uni
versity. He Is the 10th pastor In
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to Washington in a similar capacity
with the District Goodwill Industries
in 1886.
The Navy officer first taught a
Bible class of boys at CAcopee Falls
Methodist Church. He was in high
school at the time. On coming to
Washington he joined the Chevy
Chase Church and in 1912 started
to teach the newly organized adult
class. He served as instructor until
he entered the service in February,
1943.
A study of personalities In the
Bible is one of the basic approaches
Comdr. Shape takes to the lessons.
He tries to recreate as completely
as possible the historical circum-
stances under which the individuals
lived and the problems they had to
face. Out of this study he inter-
prets the message for our time.
A combination of lecture and
class discussion features the naval
officers method of teaching. He
usually speaks most of the period,
leaving time at the end to allow
class discussion. He prepares for
his lessons by reviewing the minis
terial courses he took.
Comdr. Shape said on his last
duty station at a base hospital in
Guam he conducted a Bible class
on Wednesday and Saturday nights
for patients and corpsmen. The
attendance each night was
30 men.
Comdr. and Mrs. Shape live at 216
Elm street, Chevy Chase, Md. They
have three children, Seaman 1/c
William Shape, now in the Philip
pines; Mary Louise and Janet.
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Organized
| Bible Glasses
BY DIR. PAGE Mex. ErCHIsoN.

Edward H. De Groot, jr., pres
ident, Central Union Mission, will
be the guest teacher Of the Spark
man Bible Glass OF Hamline Meth
odist Church tomorrow. George
jackson has been elected president.
The adult Bible classes of National
Baptist Memorial Church will hold
a general assembly tomorrow morn
ing. DR.. Dewey Moore, missionary
to Italy, will speak.
The Homebuilders' Bible Glass of
the Washington City Church of the
Brethren elected DR.. Ernest r.
Sappington, teacher; Walter Wake
man, president; Media Eikenberry,
vice president; Ruth Cockrane,
recording secretary; Grace Kemerer,
assistant; Delta Meyers, correspond
ing secretary; Sarah Burkitt. assist
ant; Louise B. Smith, treasurer;
Ralph Compton, assistant; Lee
Weaver and Verna Booth, song
leaders; Ruby Heindal, pianist, and
Elizabeth Loney, assistant.
The mems and women's Bible
classes of the North Washington
Baptist Church will hold a business
meeting at pm. Monday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Ryan.
Sergt. Reid S. Hammann of the
police department, will be the guest
speaker tomorrow at the Harrison
Bible Glass of Congress Street
Methodist Church.
DR.. Theodore Martin of the Ma
tional Education Association will
speak to the Clyde Kelly Glass of
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
tomorrow on Balancing the Books"
Officers are: F. C. Breckenridge,
president; Walter F. Koran, David
Hammond, vice presidents; Robert
B. CASTOR, secretary; D. E. Thomas,
assistant; Ross j. Rudd, treasurer;
Will D. Nichols, historian; Herbert
A. Davis, pianist, and Edward F.
Lacey, pianist.
The Templemen's Bible Glass of
Temple Baptist Church will have
the Rev. Virgil M. Hobbs as guest
teacher tomorrow.
The Hummer Memorial Glass of
Epworth Methodist Church will be
taught tomorrow by Mrs. Marie
Kagey.
The Rev. F. L. L. Hitler will be
the guest teacher of the Mems Bible
Glass of Columbia Heights Christian
Church tomorrow.
The Trinity Mems Bible Glass OF
Trinity Methodist Church an
nounces as its guest speaker tomor-
row "a big surprise"
The Homebuilders' Glass Of Ma
tional City Christian Church asks
members to bring food and clothing
tomorrow for people of Europe.
Edwin Dice will teach the Calvary
Mems Bible Glass of Calvary Metho-
dist Church tomorrow.
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1eOIBe, fLIlOOd Dr. v. IL. rostef.
George, Maria Lee and Millie J.
George, now Mrs. Millie ]. Carter.
Pastors during the first year were
the Revs Alfred A. Egerton, Samuel
Washington and Richard L. Holmes.
The congregation purchased a small
building on Fifteenth between Eu-
cid and Fuller streets NV, known
as Abraham Hall, for its permanent
nome. The section was a purely resi-
dental one.
With the coming of the Rev. Dr..
William D. Jarvis in February. 1903
the church was fully set for a perma-
nent program. A native of Norfolk
Va, DR.. Jarvis was a graduate of
Howard University and of Wayland
Seminary. Before becoming pastor
of the New Bethel Church, he was
president of the Ushers' Board and
superintendent of the Sunday school
at Zion Church.
DR.. Jarvis remained as pastor OF
New Bethel Church 81 years, retir-
ing in 1910 as pastor emeritus. He
died in l945. Under his Leadership
the congregation prospered ano
grew. 1t was during his pastcrate
that the members purchased the
present building at Ninth and
streets NV. from Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church. The first service
was held there on February 7. 1915
| When the Rev. DR.. c. David Foster
assumed the pastorate in May, 1941
he found a congregation totaline
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Roman centurion, even breaking
bread with him.
Peter, hungry, had gone for prayer
to the roof of the home Of Simon
the Tanner, in what is now the Jew
ish city of Tel Aviv. Then he fell
asleep; in q dream he saw great
vessel let down from heaven, con-
tanning all manner OF living crea-
lures. The Voice commanded, Rise,
Peter, kill and eat" But Peter
protested that he had never eaten
anything common and unclean.
What God has cleansed make not
thou common" Thrice the vision
was repeated, while Peter pondered.
Soon the significance became
clear. While Peter prayed messen-
gers were at the gate from Cor
nelius, as he, too, had been given a
vision. What was happening in
Joppa was in accord with what was
happening in Caesarea. Obeying
the Spirits direction, Peter went
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new YEARS MESSAGE
Philippians 3:13

= 4A4AA AAPk<AcAA4D y 40
and IA:
B r e t hire n, !
count not my
self to have ap-
pretended: but
this one thing I
d o, forgetting
those t hin 6 S
which are be-
h / n d a n d
reaching forth
u to tn o S e
things W hich h
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later of the First Methodist Church
in Springfield, Mass. During the
latter pastorate, 1926 to 1885, he
also acted as director of the Spring.
field Goodwill Industries. He came
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Rev. Ellington are before.
press toward the mark for the
prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus.
Attention-To all men:
Not only to the Christian people
but to the unsaved, those of you
who are not Christians that have
q background and a past as black
as the abyss of hell. If you would
forget the past, years gone by and
look forward to the Cross of Jesus
Christ and be saved in His name
and by His shed blood, New Year
would be the happiest day you ever
spent.
If all Christians were to forget their
differences, especially their opinions
rather than scriptural truths and
look forward to the things that are
ahead, what a Christian world we
would have to live in.
Send for copy of our weekly paper
and Five Things Every Person
Ought to Know.
Rev. Dallas F. Billineton
1912 Manchester Road
Akron II, Ohio
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line on his mothers side. His father
c. David Foster, ST.. is both a min
lister and a physician.
A native Of Baltimore, he began
his career as boy preacher 10
years old at the Morning Star Bap-
tist Church there. He travelled
throughout the country preaching
while his mother sang. His first
pastorate was at True Bine Bap-
tist Church, Philadelphia. He then
held pastorates at the Second Bap-
tist Church, Burlington, N. j., and
at Cosmopolitan Baptist Church in
Philadelphia.
He Is a member of the Baptist
Ministers Conference, the District
Baptist Convention and the Ma
sons. He was formerly president
of the Baptist Ministers Confer
ence Of Philadelphia. DR.. and Mrs.
Foster live at 812 S street NV.
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By CASPAR NAMES.

Forty-three years ago seven for
mer members of Salem Baptist
Church met in the home of Ben
jamin Graves, IT'S Kalorama road
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QuSStlOIl N uOtll.
ing new. It Is
older than the
great story Of
our present les
son, which re-
lates how dra-.
natically Peter,
the proud Jew,
was taught to
owe rs t ep the
barriers which
separated Jews
from Gentiles
and lead to well
come into the
Christian church
G orn elius, the
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service in the
Navy as q chap
lain, Is of them
being overseas in
the Pacific.
A n a tive of
Chicopee Falls,
Mass, Co m DIR.
Shape is a grad
uate Of De Pauw
University a n d
of the seminary
at Boston Uni
versity. He served
as pastor of Bel
chertown (Mass.)
M e t h o d / S t
ChlIrch and
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The Sunday school lesson for
December 30 Is World Fellow.
ship Of Christians"-Acts, x.23-2s,
34-43
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NV, 10 organ
iZe a n e w
church. Guided
by the late Rev.
DR.. w. Bishop
Johnson, pastor
of Second Bap-
tist Church, the
6 roup formed
the New Bethel
Baptist Church.
M e m b ers of
the original body
W e re J erry
G r e e n, Robert
Carter, David
c SIS, Edward
G11-~1 nLL
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With the cer1turion's en1issaries up
the Mediterranean coast to Caesarea
where Cornelius and his household
and friends awaited him.
Here were devout gentiles seeking
light on The Way. Then Peter saw
the meaning Of his vision. So he
began his address with the pro-
found statement, "Of q truth I per-
ceive that God Is no respecter Of
persons. But in every nation he
that feareth Him and worketh
Righteousness is accepted with Him"
This Is the truth that underlies
all our present movement toward
racial and religious tolerance. Bee
fore God all human hearts are Of
one color.
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Bible Gloss Leaders
Bible Class Leaders
1t. Comdr. William II. Snope
Back at Chevy Chase Church

Part Of reconversion to civilian
life for 1t. Comdr. William Harold
Shape means a return to teaching
a Sunday school Bible class for
adults at Chevy Chase Methodist
Church. He is back after "a months
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| A Lesson
For the Week
~ WILLIAM r. ELLIS.

Christianity does not change
things, even, human faces. It bears
the same fruits In the East as in
the West.
Our present-day acute Jewish
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absorbed so gradually over = long
period Of years that they would not
be much of drain on the Treasury
Others would entail a heavy ex-
pense at once or perhaps after a
period of years.
While Army and Navy and vet
erans' hospitals will be crowded for
a long time with men recovering
from wounds inflicted in this war,
the peak Of hospital care for most
of their comrades will not come for
many years. The high point of
disqualification for veterans of the
last war suffering from the disabili-
ties and illnesses of later years will
Evening star., 1945-05-30

There would be, for instance, little
basis for estimating the cost of a
pending bill which would provide
emergency disability benefits to
soldiers and sailors separted from
the service, pending settlement Of
their permanent claims.
Nor could you make a reasonable
guess at the cost of the bill to ex-
tend eligibility for compensation
to widows and dependent children
of veterans of either war who had
disabilities which were caused or ag-
grevated by directed
examination, disqualification or
medical treatment.
Evening star., 1945-05-30

You probably could get rough
idea, on an actual basis, Of the
early cost of the bill which would
grant pension Of $50 a month 10
veterans of all wars, campaigns
and expeditions prior to Decem-
ber 7, 194l, who had reached the
age of so or more.
But there would be no practical
way of estimating the cost of bill
which would establish a presump-
ton of service-connected disability
in all gripping diseases or injuries
existing within five years after dis
charge from service in the present
war.
The cost of some bills would be
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Experts Unable to Estimate
Cost of Plans to Aid Veterans

There Is no dificulty in comput-
ing the probable costs of bonus
measures unless they contain COM
plicating factors, such as highly
variable categories of payment, Ge-
pending on type of service and per-
haps the physical and economical
status of the veteran after the war.
similarly with pensions and disa-
nility compensation.
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not come until about 1948. And vet
erans' hospitals probably will have
their biggest influx of survivors of
the present war between 1880 and
1890
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, vet
erans' administrator, reports that
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10000 veterans of this war already
have filed disability claims, and that
10000 Of these have been adjudi-
Gated.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-12
ALBRIGHT, AMP C0LUMNIST,
GETS VETERANS POST

WA S HIN GTON, Nov. IL
(ANP)-Joseph Francis Albright,
veterans correspondent for the AS
sociated Negro Press, has been ap-
pointed information specialist to
the administrative staff, Veterans
administration.
The new appointee has had a
long career of 20 years in public
service and race relations. He is a
member of the national speakers
bureau of the NACCP, and, prior
to his second tour Of military duty,
he was special assistant to the
Washington branch of the organi-
zation. He was public relations
specialist in the army air forces,
where his interracial civilian-mili-
tary activities won him the title of
Goodwill Ambassador of the Air
Corps" He was the first Negro in
air corps history to officially de-
liver orientation lectures to the en-
tire white personnel, civilian and
military, of army air bases.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-12
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
WAS WHEREFORE
GRADUATE

SCOTLANDVILLE, La, Nov. IL
(ANP).- Russell Wood Smith,
Southern university instructor and
dean of men, died suddenly Satur-
day night in his campus home. His
death was due to a heart attack.
Mr.. Smith was born May 10,
1892, in Pembroke, Bermuda, B. w.
l., and received his B.S. and MS.
degrees from Wilberforce and How
ard universities. He came to South
ern in 1880 to teac'1 physics, mathe-
matics and education, and was ap-
pointed to the. position as dean of
men this summer.
He was active in education cir
cles, being a member of the Ameri-
can Teachers association, American
Association of Physics Teachers,
Louisiana Colored Teachers asso-
ciation. He was member of Alpha
Phi Alpha fraternity.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-12

sound and American ends. He is a
member Of the advisory committee
of the National Council for Per-
manent FEPC.
AS a member of one of the i'm
portant committees of the labor
management conference, the rail
road union leader hopes to impress
upon management that their argu-
mcnts that unions prevent them
from hiring Negroes is unsound if
hey are going to insist upon their
own right to manage their affairs.
After his speech Townsend re-
ccived many congratulations from
his CIO colleagues, but more par
ticularly from delegates from
management's side, including Ira
Mosher, president of the National
Association of Manufacturers.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-12
Jim CROW Law VIOLATED; THREATENS
SCHOOL system LAUNCHES
FIGHT AGAINST RACISM
BY BOOKS

CHICAGO, Nov. IL (ANP).-.
The local public school system here
has launched fight against racism
by the introduction of a 44-page
guidebook, entitled "Going Along
Together-Literature Points the
Way" to teachers.
First copies of the book were is
sued to teachers and principles of
80 elementary schools during a lit
'erature conference presided over by
Miss Nellie Ryan, at Moose Elemen-
tary school. The teaching of toler-
ance should begin in kindergarten,
Miss Ryan believes.
"Children do not have preju-
dices," she said. "Prejudices are
planted by adults, and it is the re-
sp,onsibility of the schools to lead
in creating a new world"
The book aims to instill in the
pupil attitudes of respect, trust,
and understanding toward all rae
ial and religious groups; to ac-
quaint him through literature with
the contributions made by various
groups; to lead him toward closer
cooperation with these groups, and
to develop in him pride in his own
heritage.
The recent anti-Negro school
strikes caused Miss Helen P. Bull,
president of the YWCA, to write
Mayor Edward j. Kelly a letter,
urging complete reorganization of
the school board to "establish demo-
cratic practices and highest educa-
tional standards.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-12
CATHOLIC GRID OFFICIALS
GRANT MEMBERSHIP TO
NEGRO SCHOOL

CHICAGO, Nov. II (ANP)-
Full membership in the Chicago
Catholic league was granted St.
Elizabeth's High school, which has
an all-Negro enrolment, during a
regular monthly meeting of Catho-
lie football league officials.
The admittance of st. Elizabeth's
grid team to the Catholic league
was voted upon without incident
along with other routine league
problems.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-12
MOB Threatens WHITE
OFFICER FOR BLOCKING
jim CROW AGAINST
NEGRO SOLDIER

JACKSON, Miss, Nov. IL
(ANP).-A white army officer
demanded and received food for
two Negro soldiers in white down.
town restaurant here but was
threatened by mob of irate whites
estimated at 1000 persons.
The Negro soldiers were among
a group of rs troops Maj. Edward
Gierring, the white officer, was
taking from California to Camp
Shelby. He led them into the JEFF
ferson grill here, seated them in
booths, then took seat with the
two Negro soldiers. When the white
waitress observed the colored
servicemen, she hurried to the kit
chen to report the situation to John
Pappas, the grill manager.
Pappas went to the booth and
told Maj. Gierring that he could not
serve him and the Negro soldiers at
the same table as it was a violation
OF the state jim crow law. The army
officer defiantly told Pappas that
the Negroes would be served meals
with him. The restaurant manager
agreed and meals were served as
Maj. Gierring ordered.
White customers began to show
resentment by the time the group
finished eating and irate crowds
began 70 swarm about the grill.
Police arrived on the scene to dis
perse the throng just as Maj. Gier-
ring was about to leave. The two
Negro soldiers had finished their
meals in the meantime and had gone
to the station where some of the
mob had assembled to point them
out to police, who took them to head
quarters.
When Maj. .Gierring defiantly re-
sented the arrest of the Negro SOL
diers as we'll as the attitude of the
crowd, he was arrested as an alleged
safety precaution and was also
taken to headquarters. Military au-
thorities soon arrived to place the
arrested soldiers and Maj. Gierring
on the train to continue their jour
ney to Camp Shelby.
Ten or II cars of troops were on
the tracks here when the daring
white major and the two colored
soldiers were encountering diff
culties, but Joel D. Holden, chief of
police, refused to comment about
the flareup other than to say he was
gratified that the disturbance re-
suited in no bloodshed.
Local authorities booked Pappas,
the grill manager, on charge of
violating Mississippi's jim crow
! law.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-12
TOWNSEND SPEECH SENDS JOHN |.
#4HAH4$ FROM LABQo CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, Nov. IL
(ANP) Willard S. Townsend,
president of the United Transport
Service employees of America and a
CIO alternate delegate to the Labor
Management conference now under
way here, addressed a plenary ses-
sion of the conference and caused
John l.. Lewis, minewOrker chief,
to stalk out of the meeting.
Townsend had stood to point out
to the assembled delegates his fear
that in their pursuit to evolve plan
to avert further industrial strife,
they might overlook the important
role of Negroes in industry. He had
no sooner began his statement
when the bushy haired labor leader
bounced out of his chair and walked
out of the conference room.
His action was so obvious to
the conferees that expressions of
amazement were noted on many OF
their faces. Lewis did not return un-
til Townsend had finished his state
ment. Every effort to query Lewis
on his affront were useless. He was
unavailable at the conference,
could not be reached at his office,
and his spokesman, K. c.. Adams,
was equally inaccessible or unavail-
able.
The move was interpreted as a
byplay of the lineup which has been
established here in the conference
between the AFL and the mine
worker and railway brotherhood
delegates. The CIO had opposed al
lowing either of these two groups
seats on the executive committee.
Townsend and R. j. Thomas,
president of the UAW, were the
two CIO men invited by President
Philip Murray to make opening
statements before the delegates.
Townsend is a member of the COM
mittee on management's right to
manage.
Said Townsend in his short, ex-
temporaneous address:
'In the industrial backwoods of
American industry there are 13
million black voices seeking liberia
ton. If we meant all the things we
say about goodwill, then it is a re-
Election upon us that we have to
pass laws such as to establish an
FEPC to provide jobs for Negroes.
1t would be unnecessary if men of
goodwill would assume the respon-
sibility that is attendant to it."
Townsend made it clear that he
is for a permanent FEPC, but
thought it q sad commentary upon
the American system that made
such moves necessary to achieve