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CGnfield Hotel
In Dubuque. lowe.
Ousted Quartet

Dubuque, Iown--The Hotel Cam
field which was Quilted by FIRE here
Saturday night, with q total Of ~
persons dead and Is missing, was
the same hotel from which the
Southernaires, nationally famous
radio broadcasting quartet, were
forced to leave last month after
the management found the men
were Negroes.
Three members Of the Southern
aires secured rooms at the Cam
field, apparently without the man
agement knowing who they were.
When Il was found out they were
Negroes, the men were ordered TO
yet out Of the hotel immediately.
They were not given 4 chance to
finish dressing for their concert
appearance.
They were able TO find accommo-
dations In a private home 10 com
plete dressing, and after the con-
cert were offered accommodations
by white students at the University
Of Dubuque and by private citizens.
William Garfield, owner Of the
hotel, died in the FIRE, and his 70
year-old wife, Mrs. William Cam
field, was the 18th victim TO die
as the result Of burns suffered in
the holocaust. The Canfield's son,
who managed the hotel, is in eriti-
cal condition.
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Funeral Services
For Byron Dovison

Funeral services were held Mon
day, June 10, at Meals chapel in
Minneapolis, for Byron Dawson,
81 years of age, who passed away,
Saturday, June 8, at General hos
pital. Interment was in Crystal Lake
cemetery. He is survived by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rubertis Burt"
Dawson, 1928 Fourth Ave. S., and
his sister, Michele. A great aunt,
Mrs. Ben Robertson, came here
from Sioux City, Iowa, for the
services, at which Father Leonard
Hirman officiated.
Mrs. J. r. Murray, 3946 Third
Ave. s., and Mrs. James w. Frac-
ton, 1901 Portland Ave. s., were
pleasantly surprised at a birthday
party on Friday, June 7, given by
their respective husbands. Both
received many beautiful gifts. A
lovely birthday cake was baked and
presented by Mrs. Carl Wade, Sr.
Luncheon was served and games
were played.
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AOuA III GANVs AgOs
Occupants Of the car included
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Mayes, 704
Humboldt Ave. NJ; Mr.. and Mrs,
Paul Mayes, S617 Chicago Ave-,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Chester johnson,
Jr., 2S16 Clinton Ave. All were
taken to General hospital where at
tendants said that Harold and his
wife, elaine, might have bled to
death II the hospital hadn't been
so near the scene Of the accident.
Mayes, who suffered decorations
and serious head injuries, was on
the operating table two hours, ae-
cording to his mother, Mrs. Floyd
Mayes, 1916 Fourth Ave. s. His
wife suffered severe decorations, a
leg injury, and had to have stitches
taken in, her forehead, upper lip,
and hand.
Paul Mayes, brother Of Harold,
suffered hip injuries, and his wife,
ShirNi, leg injuries and decorations.
Most seriously injured was Chester
Johnson, who had his leg broken In
two places, and is still in a serious
condition in General hospital. His
wife, Marian, suffered leg, back,
stomach, head and chest injuries
and decorations. All occupants Of
the car suffered multiple bruises.
The rear Of the automobile in
which the six young people were
riding, was hit with such force by
the bus that the car was hurled
through the window Of the Employ
ment Service.
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CORE Organizes
To Fight Bias
In Minneapolis

A Committee On Racial Equality
(CORE) was organized in Mime
apolis on Monday evening, June
10, at a meeting at the YWCA.
Officers elected include the Rev
erend Robert Kelley, acting chair
man; Russell Johnson, recording
secretary, and Ruth Jette, CORES
ponding secretary. Representa-
tives Of various Minneapolis Or
CARNATIONS were among those at
tending the meeting.
The CORE groups which have
already made inroads against
public discrimination in eating
places in Detroit and Cleveland,
operate on a nOn-violence prin-
ciple, with special emphasis on the
technique of interviewing and ques-
tioning patrons of restaurants and
night clubs which use as an ex-
cuse for discrimination the story
that customers" are responsible
for the policy.
The manager of the establish
ment is first interviewed, and if
he insists on carrying out a policy
of discrimination, the second step
is to interview a cross section of
patrons. Legal prosecution or
picketing is resorted to only in the
event other methods fail.
The next meeting of the newly
organized CORE will be held Mon
day evening, June II.
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Gionts Play ot
Lexington Tuesday
NIGHT, June 18th

Twin City baseball fans viii be
treated TO their first night baseball
game featuring a Negro nine on
Tuesday night, June IS, when the
Twin City Colored Giants go to
bat with the Nickel Joint Nine,
one Of the strongest triple A clubs
in the Northwest, at Lexington
Park, st. Paul.
The Nickel Joint team will fea-
ture Youngberg, Schmidt and
Cooley, pitchers, and Fahrenrich,
catcher; while the batteries for the
Giants will be Sammy Harris,
formerly Of the Birmingham Black
Barons and the reliable Jake Foots.
George White, manager Of the
Giants, promises baseball fans sew
eral more attractive games during
the season.
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the National Baptist convention.
COl0rful Figure
A native Of North Carolina, he
studied at Virginia Union Univer-
sity, City College Of New York,
and at Temple University. he is q
former member Of the Pennsylvania
legislature. Always a colorful fig
ure, it was DIR. Shepard who prayed
when the late Senator "Cotton Ed
Smith Of South Carolina, walked
out Of the Democratic convention, a
few years ago. Shepard's interests
cover the field Of labor, economics,
and social economy, as well as re-
ligion.
At 4 p. m. on Founders day, q
full musical program will be pre-
scented. The annual presentation Of
the L. W. Harris chorus will be m-
augurated. This service is in menu
DRY Of the late Rev. L. w. Harris,
who spent long and fruitful pas
torate at Pilgrim, and under whose
leadership the present structure
was erected. Miss ]. Ariee Harris
viii direct the chorus Of rs voices.
Among the soloists viii be L. w.
Harris, Jr., Mrs. 0delle Harris
Galloway, and Mrs. Ruby Grant.
Invitation To All
The Rev. Floyd Massey, Jr., Is
making public the church's invita-
ton 10 the citizens Of the Twin
Cities to join in the birthday eele-
bration and worship with the PHI
grim congregation. No financial OBJ
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Louisiuno Jimcro Law
Will Continue. Too

BATON ROUGE, La. (NNPA)-
Louisiana will continue to enforce
its laws relating to segregation of
races on buses and trains in inter-
state commerce despite the decision
by the Supreme Court that such
segregation in buses crossing State
lines is illegal, Clayton Coleman,
acting secretary Of the Louisiana
Public Service Commission, de-
clared last Monday.
Louisiana's laws on segregation
Of the races in railway coaches and
depOts date from 1890 and 1894,
Coleman said, and were extended
to cover buses by a commission
resolution in May, 1889.
Enforcement Of the ban on
race segregation in buses en-
gagged in Interstate transpOrta-
ton is a matter under the iuris-
dictiOn Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission" the secre-
tary said. but | can tell you that
LOuisiana's laws on segregation
in buses in Interstate tTanspOrta-
ton will continue TO be infOrced."
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Review OF Decision
AWuited By Most

From Georgia westward TO
Louisiana and Arkansas came the
same report, which was:
Awaiting review Of the decision;
Negroes occupying rear seats"
Matt L. McWhorter, vice chair
man Of the Georgia Public Service
Commission, said the State would
abide by the decision, then added:
at is my thought that Georgia
laws providing for segregation will
continue to be applicable to intra-
state traffic"
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high l. q. beyond the scale Of
the test administered which
places her within the area of
genius" She made a 14S plus
score on an Otis mental ability
test.
At Ohio State University, the
following was said Of the child:
I'VE have found her Of very SUI
periOr intelligence" Other experts
have called Susan Nan zone in q
hundred thousand"
Susan Nan could snap her fingers
at the age Of year and n half, n
feat showing remarkable muscular
coordination. She could read nurs-
cry rhymes at the age Of three, and
began to learn to write at the same
age. She started to read news
papers at the age Of three.
Been In Two RecitAls
Although she's only been taking
piano lessons for nine months,
Susan Nan has already appeared
in two reeitals at University Of
Minnesota, the first on March 20,
and the most recent one, Wednes-
day, June u, when she was the
youngest recitalist on the program.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis, a hand
some couple, are graduates Of West
Virginia State College at Institute.
Mr.. Ellis, who has been attending
the University here on a scholar
ship from his state health depart
ment, will assume executive duties
in that profession when he has
finished his field work which he
will start July 1, in Atlanta, Ga.
The Ellises have one other
daughter, Joy List, three years old,
who although n bright youngster,
has not yet shown any Of the ex-
ceptional tendencies which have
caused educational experts to label
Susan Nan lone in a hundred
thousand"
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DOODy, weaver, anu hdIlSOIIl
and they can stop II when they get
ready" complained Bumpus who
will attempt to disprove the de-
Tense contention that Negroes are
excluded from juries in Maury
county and that the jury which in
dicted the 81 defendants was dis
criminatory.
The NAACP attorneys are at
tempting to prove through the
process Of elimination that Negroes
have not been called for jury duty
in Maury county for more than fifty
years. In order to do this they are
prepared to call 10000 Negroes to
the witness stand. When asked by
the court just how long the exam
nations would continue, Attorney
LOBBY dryly answered: well, we
have examined twenty-seven wit
nesses today and so you can figure
that out for yourself"
Rednecked spectators filling the
courtroom gaped in open-mouthed
wonder at the unprecedented spec
tacle of Negro lawyers vigorously
applying the legal club to their
local attorneys during sessions
often brought to redhot pitch as
the defense attorneys and prOsecu-
ton tangled in violent verbal ex-
changes. According to one news
paper correspondent here, there is
more tense drama in this crowded
courtroom than he has ever wit
messed in many years Of report
ing. 81 don't believe the rest of
the nation realizes the implications
Of what is happening in this court
ROOM" he said.
One hundred forty-eight wit
nesses have been called by the
IAACP attorneys TO date all Of
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30-Yeur Policy
Still in Effect

c. L. Toney, division passenger
agent for the Southern Railway,
exhibited a company news bulletin
which quoted the courts opinion
along with a statement that the
action does not affect the railroads.
Mr.. Toney said his office was con-
tinuing to sell tickets to Negro
persons only for space on cars re-
served for them.
"We're selling tickets here just
as we've been doing for 30 years"
he declared.
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subscribes to the democratic prin-
ciples endorsed by this organiza-
ton.
The broad aim Of the club is to
promote racial equality as an in
tegral part of the fight for a real
democracy. Specifically the group
aims to oppose discrimination of
any kind, and to cooperate with all
groups in the fight against dis
elimination.
Veterans are urged to join the
Maceo Harris InterraciRl Veterans
Club during its present drive to
be eligible to participate in an cleo
ton of officers to be held in July.
The group is also planning to af-
filiate with some national veterans
organization in the near future
and would like the opinion of its
new members on which national
group to affiliate with.
Felix Clardy is chairman Of the
membership drive committee and
Billy Stevens is the club president.
Veterans interested in joining this
organization are urged to contact
one of the above parties or else to
attend the next regular meeting at
Phyllis Wheatley House on June
10, 8 p. m.
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SUSAN NAN ELLIS
voFite airshows in the following
order. First, Blonde and Dag
wood" then Baby Snooks," "Oz-
zie and Harriet" and Henry Al
drich." She also adds for variety,
"Crime Doctor"
Mother Watches Her
Mrs. Ellis, a former kindergarten
teacher, watches Susan Mans up
bringing very carefully. 1t was she
who insisted that her daughter play
with kindergarten children her own
age, even though Susan Nan was
studying with second graders.
Okey M. COger Of the state
education department Of West
Virginia, said Of Susan Nan last
year: Man has an exceptionally
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No Policy Change
SqYs RI President

Norman Call, president Of the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac Railroad, said attorneys Of
that road were studying the courts
decision and that for the present,
at least, there would be no change
in the company's policies as TO its
accommodations for Negro passen-
gers.
He said Negro passengers on
that road ride in separate cars or
in cars which have partitions sep
aratinR white and Negro travel
lers. The accommodations for Ne
gro passengers are equal to those
for whites, he added.
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Recital

Mrs. Esther Roach will present
her regular piano student recital
and talent program Sunday eve
ming, June 10, at the Paul A,
Schmitt auditorium, SO South Tenth
St., Minneapolis, at p. m.
Students appearing will be:
Misses Edna May and Matte Della
Shaw, Patricia and Dorothy Jack
son, Joan Carter, Constance Turner,
Dorothy Ann StOvall, Eloise
Wetherall, Colleen Moore, Harriet
Bowman, lone Roach, Louverne
Noble, Velma Williams, Marlene
Allen, Mary Esther Young and
Masters Michael Bohannon and
William Brown. No admission.
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st. Paul Drive
For Food. Gosh
To Aid Europe

Contributions Of cash and canned
foods to bolster the starvation diets
Of people abroad will be sought
from st. Paul residents next Mon
day through Friday.
Canned foods may be brought TO
any Of the 10 St. Paul fire stations,
between 1880 a. m. and 1880 p. m,
Monday through Friday, Fire Chief
William J. Sudeith announced.
Cash donations may be made at
any time until June q, addressed
TO Harry E. Kern, treasurer, st.
Paul Famine Emergency commit
tee, First National bank.
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Negroes Still Sitting
In Rear Seats in Buses

In the CarOIinas, Atlantic Grey
hound Lines officials said that in
structions were received from the
company headquarters at Charles
ton, W. Va, to permit Negro pas
sengers to sit anywhere they
wished. But, the officials added,
they still were taking the rear
seats.
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ST. Paul Youth
Struck BY Gloss
In Window Crash

Wardell Warren, Is years old,
AGA Rondo Ave, was sitting near
a large plate glass window in Car
ter's Sweet Shop, Western and Cen
trail, about 9:45 p. M, Sunday,
June 8, when a gust of wind came
along and blew the window in. The
lad was cut by the flying glass, and
taken to Ancker hospital where a
numbr Of stitches closed his
wounds.
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Supreme Court Ruling
Won't Affect Railroads

RICHMOND, Va. (NNPA) -
Railroads operating through Rich
mOnd were continuing to segregate
white and Negro passengers in sep
arate cars, and representatives of
two roads said they did not believe
the Supreme Court decision Of June
3 in the bus segregation case would
apply to train travel.
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Juanita Nevis
Wins Aqua Title
In Close Race

In a close, spirited contest, Jua-
nita Nevils barely nosed out Bon
nistelle Jones by 100 votes to win
the Aquatennial Personality
Queen" contest, sponsored by the
Socialite Club, last week.
Mary Jane Cyrus finished in
third place, and Gloria jackson in
fourth. The official coronation of
Miss Nevils as queen will take place
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Chesapeake Official
Won't Make Comment

A. T. Lowmaster, executive vice
president Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio, was out Of the city and no
other company official would com
ment on the matter. Representa-
tives Of other roads said they were
continuing to segregate Negro pas
sengers.
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Seoboord Railroad
To Continue Iimcro

An official Of the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad in Norfolk said his
line provides separate accommoda-
tons for Negro passengers and
that the company does not feel
obligated to change this practice
as a result Of the Supreme Courts
ruling outlawing segregation on
buses when Negro passengers are
travelling interstate.
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toward segregation Of colored in
terstate passengers until s. R
Prince, general counsel Of the road,
returned from New York where
he is studying the Supreme Courts
decision.
Edward NJ. Plack, manager Of
the Seaboard Air Line here, said
his office had received no instruc-
tions from the general headquarters
at Norfolk, Va, as to changes Of
policy regarding the interstate
travel Of colored passengers.
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Atlantic Coostline
Studying Decision

AS soon as the decision Of the
Supreme Court was announced in
the Virginia Jim Crow interstate
bus travel case, Mr.. Alexander said,
the general counsel of the Atlantic
Coast Line at the headquarters in
Wilmington, N. c., telegraphed for
a copy Of the courts opinion. Of
ficials Of the company are now
studying the decision, he said.
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father worked on his masters de-
gree in Public Health Education at
the University of Minnesota, is to
be promoted to third grade because
she is mentally so far advanced
of her second grade fellow students.
She started off in kindergarten
last fall when the Ellis family
came here, remained a month, and
then began to take her reading and
theory with second graders, al
though she continued to play with
the kindergarten group. Recently,
her teacher told Mrs. Ellis that
Susan Nan was advancing so fast
she would have to be promoted to
second grade.
Wrote to ElmaR
Her hobby Of writing to soldiers
is not a new one. According to
Mrs. Ellis, her amazing little
daughter was listening to the
Hobby Lobby" show one evening,
when she said suddenly: Mother,
l have a hobby. May l write about
it?" 1t was a rainy day, and Mrs.
Ellis was willing to agree to any
thing to keep Susan Nan occupied,
so she told her to go ahead and
write to Elman. When Susan Nan
had finished the letter, Mrs. Ellis
added a postscript assuring Elman
Susan Mans letter-writing hobby
was a serious one.
Mrs. Ellis mailed the letter
and thought no more about II
until one day the telephone rang
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Vernon Young, 2426 Fifth Ave.
s., where the Ellis family Is Iiy-
ing, and on the other end Of the
wire, calling from New York
City, was the famous Dave Elman
himself inviting Susan Nan TO
New York to appear on the
Hobby Lobby" show. June 20!
Susan Nan not only listens to
Hobby Lobby" but names her IA
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whom have ample qualifications for
jury service, but none Of whom has
ever been called. None Of them has
ever heard Of a Negro in the county
being called for jury service. The
ages Of the witnesses range from
Il 10 rs years. They come from all
walks Of life and from all sections
Of the county.
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Alabama Criticizes
Supreme Court Rulinu

Earlier Governor Chauncey
Sparks of Alabama criticized the
Supreme Courts decision.
THE decision interferes with
the rights of states to conduct
their internal affairs" Sparks
said. when that right is COM
pletely denied, we no longer have
a nation composed of sovereign
states"
Sparks asserted that the ruling
was entirely unrealistic" and
served as fertilizer for the Ku
Klux Khan"
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Greyhound Company
To Study New Rulinq

L. c. Major, vice president Of the
Greyhound Lines at Richmond, Va,
said that "of course, we'll comply"
He added that a copy Of the courts
opinion would be referred to the
company's legal department before
any orders were promulgated.
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ILL AND SHUT-TNS

Among the Minneapolis shut-ins
this week are: Lulu Drew, 534 No.
Aldrich, who was home for her
birthday, but had to return to the
hospital. Oscar Jackson, 512 18th
Ave. So, and James Harris, 715
No. Seventh Street.
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duties as pastor Of Mount olivet
Tabernacle Baptist church in Phila-
delphia, viii occupy the pulpit at
both the IL a. M, and the 8 p. m.
services at Pilgrim. DIR. Shepard
Is also editor OF the Christian Re-
view Of Philadelphia, and chairman
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Interracial Vets Group
Schedules Member Drive;
Open to All Veterans

The Maceo Harris Interracal Veterans Club of Mime
apos has embarked membership drive which aims at
doubling the present club membership The drive will
nue throughout the month of June Membership will be open
former member of the armed forces regardless of
creed national origin RELIGIOUS political belief provided he
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People. The deci-
sion it won in the
Virginia jim GRO
case is bound to
have an impor-
tant impact upon
race segregation
wherever it s
practiced.
But at the same
time score a mis-
cue against t h e
Washington Bu-
eau of t h e
NAACP I h e
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Jimcro Coaches
Remdin On Trims

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA)
Trains leaving Washington for
points in the South were continu-
ing to carry jimcrow ears, requiring
Negro passengers travelling from
points in the North TO ride in sepa-
rate cars on leaving the Washington
Terminal southbound
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LUCY V. GRIGER, FORMER
MINNIE Dol VTAN nR

Mrs. Lucy V. Geiger, formerly Of
Minneapolis, died in Paducah, Ky,
on Saturday, June 8. Mr.. William
II. Cannon, 1882 Fifth Ave. S., her
grandson and his mother, Mrs. J.
W. Cannon, left Sunday, June o,
to attend the funeral services.
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Two Railroads Refuse
Comment On New Rule

L. NJ. Abbot, general solicitor
Of the Southern Railway Company,
said he was not in a position to
make any statement concerning
the future policy o! his railroad
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Leila Taylor, Gloria Wright and
Janet Ann Starks dropped out of
the contest prior to its termination.
At the time she dropped out, Mrs.
Taylor had 3,785 votes, while Miss
Wright had 965 votes. Miss Starks
dropped from the contest before
she submitted a tabulation.
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Columbia, Tennessee, Trial
Tense; NAACP Attorneys
Battle the Prosecution

COLUMBIA, Tenn.-A tense volcanic atmosphere hung
the crowded courtroom in this town. this week.
the sOcaed Columbia riot spectators heard Southern
Attorney General Paul F. Bumpus complain against "a court
room lbuster being staged by NAACP attorneys Marshall,
LOBBY Weaver and Ransom "They started this business