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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
Nv Mrs. n. II. Mitchell

Perhaps the organization that
offers the most fertile field for
constructive interracial relations
In Minnesota today, Is tho L. 7. A.
7, r. A. work began in Minnie
sofa in 1912, but not until March
20, 1888, was Il possible To establish
u branch in district heavily
populated by Negroes. This was
due largely to lRXity on the part
Of Negroes and few fascist
minded Nordics who controlled the
school syStem--Ridcd and Allotted
by a few Negroes.
In tho person Of Clarence Mitchell
almost single handedly forced the
city 10 permit n local branch to be
established at MaxRcld school. and
one later at Mckinley school. |
served rs president, vice president,
program and music chairman, at
the local branch Of MaxReld.
During my tenure u Office, II
was not infrcquently necessary for
the principal to call me into the
office to discuss problems concern
ing the children and parents Of the
community The problems ran the
gauntlet from prejudice Of teach,
crs and pupils to marking Of
grades. We established policy at
Maxfcld that the officers u this
local branch would be 80 far as
possible equally divided between
tho races. This we considered
necessary for better understand
ing among It's members.
There has been No friction
within the ranks OG the mixture
Of races, which are about equally
divided. IN fact, the people Of
the NOrdIc extraction are anxious
10 work In harmony with us.
We, Rs q group, are n biz Eensi.
tive yet, hut l am sure In time We
will overcome the handicap. Our
local branch has card parties,
programs, etc, after which the
members have refreshments to-
EethcT. I don't feel that We are
using 20 the fullest extent this
local branch for the better future
Of our children ~ we'll as our.
selves.
AZ the John Marshall High
school. the support Of the Negro
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22

Evelyn was turned down for n
receptionists job at Landers, Nor
bloom and Christensen, 500 Build
ers Exchange, when she applied
there few weeks ago because,
according to the general manager,
the clients might not like the idea
Of Negro girl greeting them at
the door.
When Carl W. Eek, personnel
manager for Midland Cooperative
Wholesale, at 739 Johnson St. N.
F., saw Miss Escue's picture in
the Spokesman, read the story, and
good American gentleman that he
is, decided perhaps Midland could
md some use for her. He wrote
Evelyn a letter saying that the
firm was not only interested, but
had already tried to make contacts
with qualified Negro workers, but
hadn't been able to find the right
people. Evelyn. supplied with rec
lamentations from leading mer-
'hants in her neiGhborhood, is ready
for whatever comes along.
In indianapolis, Ind, someone
connected with the Madam c. J.
Walker cosmetic firm, saw a copy
Il the paper with Evelyn's picture
and story in 1t, and wrote to Evelyn
Offering her job.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
Short Views
OF the
News
Negro Colleges Receive
Only 740 Veteran Units

WASHINGTON, d. c. (NNPA)
OF the S6,SS0 temporary housing
units for veterans allocated to $40
educational institutions by the Fed
eral Public Housing Authority as
Of March l, Negro Institutions re-
ceived only TAO.
FPHA records fail to show any
Negro school as having received the
total number Of units requested.
Tougaloo College at Tougaloo, Mis-
sissippi, requested only two unit, .
but was denied them. Tuskegee
Institute requested 500 units, but
was allotted only 100. Virginia
Union University, which asked for
fifty units, had none approved.
Bethune- Goodman College received
only rs Of a requested 200.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
AAF Vets Note:
477th Air Group
Needs Tachniciur1S

WA SHING TON, ID. G.
(NNPA)-Ths 477th Composite
Group, commanded by Colonel
BENJAMIN d. Davis, JT., which IL
In process Of moving from God
man Field. Kentucky. 10 Lock.
bOurn Army Air Base, Columbus,
Ohio. In In need Of teehnieianS
Il was learned this week.
Under new War Department
policy, former AAP tschnicihns
Who have been hOnoTAbIy dis.
charged since May ~ now may
Ts-eniist In . grade oOmmsnsuT.
ate with their former Army sH.
perisnee and length Of active
service. The new plan will re.
main In effect until June 30,
after which date enlistmsnts
must take place within ninety
days 10 qualify for grade com.
menHuFats With service.
A. the present time snlisted
men may Renter the service In
the GRADE held when discharged.
" they rs-snlist within ninety
days 0f separation.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
Good InterrGciGl Field Ignored:
St. Paul Parents Fail
To Work With PTA
Mrs. Mitchell Charges

II very pOOr--and 10 should be
lust the opposite, because Of the
wider territory u covers. Also
tho problems here are even more
pronounced. There are about
500 parents and foster parents
belonging 60 this local branch.
During the last Ave or six years
we have had at least two members
on the executive board. They have
held such offices as, chairman of
Ways and Means, publicity, pro-
gram, and first vice president. Less
than ten Negroes have attended
any one meetingl
Our board meetings are held at
various board members homes. Il
Is In these meetings that we thrash
out problems concerning the com
munity, before presenting them 70
the body.
There Ia one prOblt N of which I
would particularly like 10 speak. Il
concerns a bill be 1re Congress
relative to giving aid 70 under
nourished children In the grade
schools Of the nation. This bill
was written so as TO exclude Negro
children In the South, Our PTA
local, and the National Association
Of PTA, arc instructInR their leRia-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22

Mrs. Elizabeth Van Hook
Hook, who had not been well for
the past year, had been IN I'M
proved health recently. but after
suffering what appeared 10 be n
minor heart attack Thursday eve
ming. became seriously III the night
preceding her death, and passed
away nj G55 n. m. She was "
years Of age,
Born in Jacksonville. Tenn, she
married the late Robert Van Hook
there in 1890, The couple later
moved 70 Chicago, and came 10
Minneapolis 10 make their home In
1902.
At the time 81 her death, Mrs.
Van Hook was n member 81 Electa
Grand Chapter, Order Of Eastern
Star, and a member 81 Pride Of the
West No. o. local chapter. She was
Associate Grand matron Of the
lodge, and a past Mhtron Of tho
local chapter. She was also n
member 81 the Minneapolis branch
~ the Council Of Church Women,
the Hennepin County Women'S Re
publican club, and 81. Thomas
Episcopal church.
She IL survived by her daughter,
Mrs. Hobart Mitchell, ST., Of the
Elliot Avenue address; six sisters,
Mrs. Mary Sykes Of PRSadenA,
Calf, Mrs. Fannie Hunt and Mrs.
Alean Persons Of LouiEville, Ky,
Mrs. Emma johnson Of Cleveland,
Mrs. Hattie Moore Of Jackson,
Tenn, Mrs. GGeorRiA Henry u Chi
caRo, and one grandson, Hobart
Mitchell, JT.
Funeral rites for Mrs. Van Hook
were held at 2;30 p. m. Wsdnss-
day afternoon. At the Neal Funeral
Home. with Mr.. Robert Wright,
lay rector ~ 81. Thomas EpiEcOpal
church officiating. Order 81 East
ern Star services were held at 100
D. m. preceding the funeral. In
tsrment was in Crystal Lake GENE
terry.
Attending the funeral from out
of-t0wn were Mrs. Henry, the only
one Of the dsceassd'a sisters who
was able 10 he present, and Mrs.
Ann Colby Albright Of Duluth,
MINI.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
George H. Slaughter
Resident for Fifty
Years Dead ut 70

George II. Slaughter, age ~, 70s
Girard Ave. NJ. well-known re.
tired Pullman employe, died Friday,
March 10, Mt the Minneapolis Gen
oral hospital after n brief illnesS.
Al one time, MIR. Slaughter was
operator Of n hotel In Canada, and
for several years served AZ chap
lain Of Ames Lodge No. 100 In
Minneapolis, For many years he
was one ~ the best dressed men In
Minneapolis. lie has been "A resi-
dent ~ Minneapolis for the pas,
nifty years.
He In survived by his wife,
Choice.
Funeral services were held from
st. Peter A. NJ. T.. church Tues
day, March 10, at 200 p, M, with
the Rev. II. G. Boyd oTiciatinR.
Tho Amos Lodge No. l06.
IBP.O.E.W. oTiciatcd at lodge
rites.
Burial was nj CryRtal Lake Gene
terry,
Woodland Funeral Home was in
charge az arrangements.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22

now living in Evanston, H., has
been invited 10 speak at the mass
meeting. Rev. Moore, an EpiEco-
pal clergyman, served as chaplain,
attaining the rank Of major, dur
ing the war, visited Columbia, Ten
nessee, at the time Of the disturb
ance and will tell fTst-hAnd facts.
A free will Offering was taken at
the Meeting Tuesday night, and will
be sent TO the National office Of the
NAACP 10 help In the defense Of
the defendants in the Columbia in
cident. kilograms urging that
every possible power Of the Fed
eral government be used 10 prevent
further prosecution, and 20 prose-
cute vigorously members Of the
mob, both civilian and official, who
violated the laws against search
and seizure without warrant" was
sent 10 President Harry 8. Truman
and Attorney General Tom Clark,
by the order Of the meeting.
Minnesota Fight
Mrs. Henrietta Ridley, the prin-
cipal speaker at the meeting, gave
an interesting account Of the fight
that has been waged since 1867
by Negroes In the state Of Mime
sofa for their rights. According
10 Mrs. Ridley, a bill 10 permit
Negroes 10 vote in Minnesota was
presented 20 the State Legislature
in 1867 and defeated. but passed
in 1869. The first equal rights bill
was passed in 1885, on March 5,
upon the motion Of Senator G. ID.
Gillian. A civil rights committee
was organized in 1891, and Mrs.
Ridley's grandfather. T. II. HEX
man, was a member Of that com
mittee.
Mrs. Ridley scored "the apathy
and retieenee" Of 20 many Negroes
today 70 work with others 20 secure
their full citizenship rights. We
are not pioneering in this matter.
because the fight for our rights
was started by the first Negroes
10 come 70 this state" she asserted.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22

Minneapolis March
57S Olson /; Harry
o Ave. March IL
'urth Ave. So. : Joy
Ave. So. March IS
2. l4th 81. : Arlene
Ave. No. : Mrs A.
b Ave. So. March
March 2O-Carl
ling Ave. : Carolyn
?. So. March 2l--
$500 Fourth Ave.
Aldrich Ave. No.
Wallace. 573 Olson
l, 1914 Fourth Ave.
S07 Dupont Ave.
+. l.. Sims. 1910
W. Carter. 1905
IN. 1909 Third Ave.
Highland Ave. No. :
Dupont Ave No,
25th Ave. So.
n, Daniel Swain,
Leo BOhanOn, Eu-
rnon. Washington.
$ 1888 Fourth Ave.
MaSsenRill, 8746
% Harvey Sims,
March 25-Lela
Ave. s.
ir. $50 st. Adams.
ST. Paul: March
7O7 IRlehRrt Mr..
q, Sr., 926 Marion :
Carroll. March IS
No. ChAtsworth.
2. 500 st. Anthony:
ondo. March 20
nEton, 437 Rondo
Rrroll. March al
WaeOuta Lucille
st, +: Mrs. Dorothy
Janet Armstrong.
Richard Stokes, 1877
=, 66l st. Anthony.
= Kirk. 937 81. An
,wland. $50 Carroll.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
Henry Johnson Dies;
81. Paul Resident
Foriv- Seven Years

Henry John Johnson, B0s 81. An
thony Ave, died Monday, March
IL, In Ancksr hospital, after n five
months Illness.
Mr.. Johnson, who was born In
Bordcntown, N. j., in lsaO, had
resided In 81. Paul since 1890. lie
had been retired for many years
from n job M night Waterman In
"A South 81. Paul bank.
lie In survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Rhetta Williams and Mrs.
Marjorie Hopkins, and one son,
Henry John, Jr.
Requiem high mass was held
Thursday, March q. Mt 8 n. m, Rt
81. Peter Claver church, with
Father Jerome LuRer officiating,
Rosary was read Wednesday,
March 20, ut = p. m, at Brooks
Chapel. Burial was in Calvary
cemetery
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22

Ave. S. He was one Of the most
popular men in the Northwest.
Mr.. Levy had been on the
ailing list for the past two years.
He suffered a stroke in April, 1914,
while working on the Northwestern
railroad where he was a waiter in
charge.
A native Of Georgetown, British
Guiana, he had made his home in
Minneapolis for many years. He
was one Of two Minnesota Negroes
to hold a grand lodge office in the
Elks lodge. Levy was Grand Tiler
Of the lodge for several terms and
was a close personal friend of j..
Finley Wilson, Grand Exalted
Ruler of the Elks. He was a
member Of the MasORs, Palestine
No. 7, Elks, Eastern Star, a mem
her of St. Thomas Episcopal church,
and was we'll known throughout
the entire country.
Fraternal funeral services will
be held Friday evening at $50
y. m. from the Neal Funeral
Parlor, and regular service will be
held Saturday morning at 900
4. m. from St. Thomas Episcopal
church with the Rev. Robert
Wright officiating.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
Lincoln ~ Protests
N. c. Basketball Award

UNSATISFACTORY, II. c. INNPAI
Lincoln University has entered
formal protest to the Colored Inter
collegiate Athletic Association over
the selection of North Carolina
States Eagles as CIAA basketball
champions Of 1916 and has asked
that any formal championship
award be held up until the 34th
annual meeting Of the association
at West Virginia State College next
December.
The protest was sent TO John II.
Burr, CIAA president, who is also
athletic director Of Howard Uni
versity. II was signed by Manuel
Rivero, head coach at Lincoln, II.
F. Grim and Theodore Hawkins.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
St. Jones Presents
It's Fourth Musicol:
NeWmun to Speak

The fourth Sunday night musical
presented by the St. James AME
church senior choir in ST. Paul,
Sunday, March "a, at 3 p. m, will
include selections by Zachary Mon
son and Bradford Bcnner.
Cecil f. Newman, publisher Of
the Spokesman Recorder newspap-
crs, will be guest speaker for the
program.
Lakcfish Canning Co, Mankato,
tins as high as 1000 pounds Of
carp a day.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22

will mark the high spot Of the year,
Leading of the weeks donations
was the Associated Negro Credit
Union with a $50 contribution.
Contributing So were Al Knutson,
and the ABG club.
Contributing 81 were: MIR. and
Mrs. Clyde Johnson, Sr., MIR. and
Mrs. Robert Wallace, Jr., MIR. and
Mrs. Leroy Reiss, MIR. and Mrs.
Floyd Poole, MIR. and Mrs. Jack
Ryan, Jr.. MIR. and Mrs. Ben Car
ruthers. MIR. and Mrs, Solomon
Hughes, and MIR. and Mrs. Raymond
Phillips.
Contributing 81 were; Al Martin,
Lucille Jordan, W. c. Dunlap, Mir.
and Mrs. Kelly Stone, Mr.. and
Mrs. Otis Woodland, Clarence Pat
rick, MIR. and Mrs. Luther Hub
bard. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Stone,
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Wallace. Sr.,
Samuel Johnson. Edna Russell
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22

portunity here for Negroes and
whites To get together and find q
solution for their problsms. ! like
Minneapolis very much. I think
there is a job that can DO accom-
pliBhed IN cities like these which
can't be accomplished In large cities
like New York, whore race tensions
are increasing"
lie also said no approved Of the
NAACPa idea Of setting up n Hol-
lywood bureau 10 fight the Rtereo-
typed film roles Negro motion pie
turc actors have been portTayinR
on the screen, and he Rcoffed at the
complaint by some Of them that IL
would lead To loss 81 income.
AN actor can accept a servant
role without also accepting the ex-
aRRcrnted dialect that goes with
H." YoRtos said. lie pointed QUE
Rex Ingram ms nm example Of an
actor who has consistently fought
for decent portrayal In his screen
roles, The browning achievement
81 lnRrnms career was his out
standing work In Sahara" the type
~ role he has been fighting 20 play
for some time.
Tho Souihcrnnires will continue
their tour with personal appear
hncoE schedulcd for towns from
here 10 the west coast and on the
west coast.
IN May, they may mako another
appearance In Minneapolis and st.
Paul before returning 10 New York.
Their regular Sunday broadcRAta
will he heard from various key
cities on their itinerary.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22

Frank Curtis. A, l., Brown, Eunice
Caldwell, Frances Wagner, Allie
T.. Wilson, Ada Cunningham, Wyatt
Nerro, LaVcrne Shedlovo, James
Turson. Lewis Jenkins. Ocie brakes,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cash. MIR,
and Mrs. ID. Russell, Lucia Me.
Clure, Maurice Strong, MIR. and
Mrs. Roy Wiley. Sylvester Oliver,
Mrs. Sam Arnold, Mrs. Jessie Shan
non. Mrs. s. o. Harris, MIR. and
Mrs. Roy Bowles, MIR, and Mrs,
J. W. Ryan. Sr., MIR. and Mrs. W,
J. Sherman. MIR. and Mrs. Ron
jamin Boho, Mrs. Sam whiting,
Leroy Allen, Romeo Gresham,
Jeanette Dorsey. A. Il. Wright,
Hardy White, Miss Carolyn Frances
Smith, W, partec, Bert Dawson.
Contributing 90 cents were MIR,
and Mrs, W. II. Crump, and J. +.
Brown.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
Mrs. FDR 10 SDeak
At w. Va Graduation

INSTITUTE, W. Va. (EEPA)-
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will deliver
the commencement address for
West Virginia State College on
Sunday afternoon, May 20, II was
announced this week by President
John W. Davis Of the college.
II II expected that the theme 81
the address win follow Mrs. Roose-
Nelt's interests In international
peace and the common welfare Of
mankind for which she has con-
SANITY worked for many years.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
Urbon League Dinner
Reservations Close
Saturday, Murch %

The final report on the number
Of reservations for the annual din
ner meeting Of the Minneapolis
Urban League board, Tuesday,
March 20, at 6 p. M, at Wesley
Methodist church, must be made
Saturday morning. March %. All
members and friends Of the League
who desire reservations are urged
to place them before that time by
calling the League office CAT. 1922.
No reservations will be required
to attend the final session at which
Carey McWilliams will deliver the
principal address. However, n sec
ton Of the auditorium will be re-
served for those attending the
earlier affair.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
Rabbi Wise Strikes at
Columbia University's Race
Quota System i'm PET

NEW YORK (NNPA)-Dr. Stephen 8. Wise, preside
American Jewish Congress- filed application last Thursds
New York City Tax Commission 10 cancel the exempt
10 Columbia University nOnBectarian educational In
the ground that II practices racial and religious diScrmin
student applicants.
Dr. Wise argued that ian institution claiming TO be
which selects students solely and exclusively beeau
tslectuA ability and moral character but for the
serving racial religious prejudices, does not devo
and In educational institution within the meaning
Dr. Frank d. FAeksnthal, acting president Of COlV
would only comment Thursday night, There Is no
practice at the university"
Because Of this DISCRIMINATION" Columbia Up
titled 10 exemption under the State law, DR.. wi
suit petitions the Tax Commission 10 add the real
verEity TO the list Of taxable properties.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22

Frank l.. Aisup. above, former
resident Of 81. Paul, became the
second Negro In the history Of local
Frank l.. AlHup
politics In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 10
seek public Office. iIe announced
his candidacy last Friday 10 run on
the Democratic ticket for one Of
the two constable posts In Rapids
township.
Alsup was active In civic and
union circles during his residence
In 81. Paul. In making public his
candidacy. he said: - believe that
with the number Of colOred families
In Cedar Rapids, II IL time We are
taking a more active part In the
politics 81 our community"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
National Bar Week
Is Planned for April

CHICAGO (NNPA) - The Ma
tional Bar Association will observe
National Bar Association Week"
April z to 10, Earl B. Dickerson,
its president, announced last Mon
day.
The purpose Of the observance,
Mr.. Dickerson said, is to emphasize
the Importance "of the continuing,
unrelenting fight Of the Negro
people to bring about the enforce
ment and augmentation Of the
United States Constitution, par
ticularly the Thirteenth, Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
through court action and legisla-
ton"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
IL Per Cent Military
Prisoners Are Negro

WASHINGTON. D. C. (NNPA)
of 80 900 general military prison
ers at the end Of l945, about II
per cent were Negro, Captain W.
Robert Ming, Jr., Correction Divi-
sion, the Adjutant Generals Office,
War Department, revealed at the
regular monthly meeting Of the
Washington Alumni Chapter Of the
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, last
Saturday night.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
Matinee and Style
Dance Sunday at
Go Hnll. MplR.

Irving Williams and his popular
eH-Navy band will provide the
tunes for the combination Matinee
Dance and 1916 Style Show at the
clio Hall, Minneapolis, Sunday
afternoon, March ~, beginning at
3 p. m.
A feature Of the style parade
will be the showing Of next seasons
fur coats styled by beautiful
models.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
Claude Hopkins Fails
To Appear Against Cab

NEW YORK (NNPA) - Be-
cause Of the failure Of the COM
plainant to appear, Justice John
v. Flood dismissed a third-degree
assault charge against Cab Gallo
way, the night club band leader, in
Special Sessions last Thursday.
The charge was lodged last Sep
TENDER by Claude Hopkins, alter
nate band leader with Mr.. Galloway
at the Club Zanzibar. who said he
was struck in the club in a cere-
mony celebrating W Day on the
night Of August ID.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
Howard ~ Clears
Site for Housing Units

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA)
The site for Howard University's
167 units for student housing on
the west side Of Fourth Street
Northwest, between Gresham and
Hobart Places, is now being
cleared.
Preliminary work also has been
started by the Roth-Schenker
Corporation, New York, contrac-
tors for this project.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
Rure Musical
Treat At 81.
Peter Sunday

81. Peter choir will present a
musical program March "a, at 7:So
Guest artists appearing viii be
Mrs. Jessie Clay, Harvey and Fred
Atkins.
A cordial invitation was extended
IN the public TO attend the musical
by James Gresham, chairman, and
Mrs. Emma SimmS, director.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
Negro Voters Outnumber
Whites In W. Palm Beach

MIAMI, Fla.-According TO word
reaching party headquarters here,
the registration of Negro voters
for city, county, and state cleo
tons in West Palm Beach out
number whites by almost 2 to !.
It is estimated that Of the $500
persons who have registered since
the books opened January 2, three
fourths are colored. Practically
all Negroes are signing up as
Democrats.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
CIemency Asked In
G. I. Death Sentence

WASHINGTON, D. C-Clem-
sncy has been asked Of the Secre-
tary Of War in the death sentence
imposed upon Leroy Steen by a
court martial in France last May.
Steen was found guilty Of first
degree murder. but Thurgood Mar
shall and Franklin H. Williams Of
the NAACP legal staff contend
the charge was not proved beyond
a reasonable doubt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-22
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|AV Morning

noted electrical
Up out of a sick
broadcast over
Inday morning,
Northwest News
/. m.
III be in connec-
l League annual
&c program.
chief engineer
mo Control Co.
inneapOlis, won
by his develop
-ic refrigerator
! forces in the
fined to Asbury
al weeks with
been given per-
ysicians to APP
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