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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23

Musical Treat Of the Season,
wings Over Jordan" Minneapolis
Auditorium, Sunday.-adVt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23
Frances Nellie
Instructor 0t
Mehurry College

Frances McHie, Minneapolis,
will report to Meharry Medical
College at Nashville, Tenn, on
September l, to fill the post Of an
assistant TO the director Of the
School Of Nursing. She will also
instruct a class in mental hygiene.
Miss McHie, student at the Uni
versity Of Minnesota some time
ago, returned to the school about
two years ago and received B. 8.
degree in nursing education in
June. She has held several nurs-
ing posts in Detroit and at the
University Of Minnesota hospital.
MILL CITY ELKS
OFF TO BUFFALO
The Ames Lodge No. LOG Of
Elks will be well represented at
the international Grand Lodge ses-
sion at Buffalo, N. Y, to be held
next week. The officers Of the
Minneapolis Elks who will attend
are: Exalted Ruler James Hudson,
Past Exalted Ruler Cecil Taylor,
J. W. Pate, Grand Deputy, and
RUDE Warren, State Deputy.
Other members Of the lodge and
temple plan to attend the meeting.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23
DIR. Edris Rice to
Lecture Here Sunday

DR.. Edris Rice Wray, a practic-
ing physician Of Evanston, H., win
lecture at $3.50 p. m. Sunday, Aug.
Is, in the Bahaf Center, 322 Mid
land Building, Sixth and Wabasha,
on the subject This Earth One
Country"
DR.. Rice Wray is a graduate of
Vassar and Of Northwestern Uni
versity Medical School. She has
served on the faculty Of the Lou
helen Bahaf School, GeyeryilIe
Bahai School Of California and the
Bahai School at Banff, Alberta,
Canada. Having lectured before
service clubs and many other or
CARNATIONS on such subjects as
Building the Peace" and dPattern
for q Future Society" DR.. Rice
Wray is fully competent to speak
on peace, the crying need Of the
world today.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23
Gains Made in
Department Stores
Sales Forces

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (NNPAl
lin q manual on aInteRration Of
Negroes in Department Stores"
the National Urban League re-
vealed last Saturday n substantial
gain In the use Of eolored persons
as sales and clerical workers In
the retail merchandising field
throughout the country.
The department store manual,
compiled by Leroy JefIries, as
sistant director Of the Leagues
Industrial Relations Department,
from reports Of local Leagues, In.
dicated that the greatest gains
have been made in New York, New
Jersey, and Massachusetts.
The retail merchandising field.
described as late as 1888 as being
barred to Negroes as effectively
as u by legislative fat" is gradu-
ally opening new Job opportunities
to colored people, Jeffries states.
Fourteen large merchandise
firms In the New York area use
colored persons asysalss and stock
clerks, stenographers, and person.
mel executives. In New Jersey, the
local Leagues Industrial Relations
Department reported placement Of
six clerks in two Newark stores.
Seven Boston stores, including
small exclusive shops In the Cam
bridge and Back Bay sections, are
using a total Of twenty coiored
sales girls in addition TO clerical
workers. Department stores In a
number Of small western and mid
western towns are hiring eolored
clerks. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
the first colored department store
clerk was placed early this year
through the local League.
This lessening Of opposition to
employing colored people In the
retail merchandising industry,
which completed more than z bill
lion dollars worth Of sales in 1915
and employs millions Of workers
around the country, is viewed as
an encouraging sign in the total
white collar picture for eolored
people, Jeffries stated.
It is one Of the areas, he pointed
out, in which timidity on the part
OF employers fearing public opin-
ion has kept employment bars
most rigid.
Indignation Of colored workers
In department stores has become
one Of the major activities Of the
Urban League movement. In this
connection it has worked with
other organizations throughout
the country in spearheading vari-
Gus movements, particularly in
Chicago where the local Leagues
Women's division formed an inter-
racial committee in launching a
special effort to secure employ
ment for colored women as sales
clerks in stores In the nloon
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
.Today's Birthdays

Lieut.. Gen. John c. H. Lee,
Commander of U. S. Forces in the
Mediterranean, born at Junction
City, KanS., SO years ago.
DR.. Helen Taft Manning of
.Byrn Mawr College, professor of
history, daughter of the late
President-Chief Justice. born in
Cincinnati, SIS years ago.
Robert c. Stanley, president of
International Nickel Co., of Can
ada, born at Little Falls, N. j.,
20 years ago.
DR.. Harold S. Osborne, chief
engineer Of American Tel. & TEL,
New York, born at Fayetteville,
N. Y, SO years ago.
Ernest T. Weir, chairman of
National Steel, Pittsburgh, born
in Pittsburgh, II years ago.
Rabbi Nathan Krass of New
York, born in Russia, 81 years
ago.
Prof. A. Franklin Shull of the
University of Michigan, noted
zoologist, born in Miami Co.,
Ohio, SIS years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
Today In History

1498--Columbus, on his third
voyage, finally touches mainland.
1873-First world street cable
car in operation, in San Fran
cisco.
1876 Colorado admitted to
Statehood.
1907-Army Signal Corps es-
tablishes the Division of Aero
nautics-birth of the Army Air
Force.
191l-U. S. Postal Savings
Banks first established.
19l4-Germany formally de-
clares war on Russia.
1919-Army troops suppress
race rioting in Chicago.
1933-First official appearance
of the N.R.A. Blue Eagle.
1934-United States relin-
quishes control in Haiti after 10
years occupation.
1943-Some IT'S u. S. Liberia
tors, flying from North Africa,
bomb Rumania oil refineries.
Race rioting in Harlem section
of New York City.
1944-U. S. forces spread out
from Normandy into Britanny and
France. Philadelphia street car
workers go on strike.
1945-Hundreds of Superfort-
resses bomb Jap cities. U. S. 18th
Army, over million men, dis
solved.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
Pinder-Sheperd
w edding Friday

Miss Faye Pinder, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Pinder,
1402 Newton ST., will be married
tomorrow at $50 pm. in the First
Methodist (Stone) Church to
John Gerald Sheperd, Of Quincy,
Fla, recently discharged from
the Navy. The Rev. G. Leon
Wells will officiate at the cere-
mony.
All those who attended the re-
cent shower given for Miss Pin
der are invited to the wedding.
A reception will be held after the
ceremony at the home of the
bride.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
DuUdI Street USO
To Continue Dance.
Thursday Nights.

The Duval Street USO operat-
ed by National Catholic Com
mInity Service, announces that
the Thursday evening dances
will continue to be held at st.
Mary's Parish Center, 1921 Duval
street. The dance will begin at
$3.50 p. m, and continue till 1890
p. M, there will be refreshments
and novelty dances. Service
men, Junior Hostesses and Key
.Westers are invited to attend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
COW SHOOTS MAN

DOUGLAS, Wyo. Floyd Lore,
49,, was shot fatally in the abdo-
man by a cow. Lore, who had
carried a pig to slaughterhouse
to be butchered, was shot when
a COW knocked a rifle from the
hands of a slaughterhouse owner
and it discharged as it fell, fatally
wounding Lore.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
SUPPER is PLANNED
BY VIVA. MEMBERS

The Young Women's Auxiliary
of the First Baptist Church will
entertain with a covered dish
supper for young people and
service men at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Elijah Sands, 2746
Staples ave-, Friday evening at
7:30 o'clock. This meeting will
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
IN MEMoRIAM

In sad but loving remembrance
of Our Dear Son, Husband,
Father and Brother, Thomas j.
Sands, who departed this life
August |, 1915.
No one knows the sorrow nor
feels the grief nor pain, but
there's that Heaven of Tomorrow
-where we shall meet again.
THE SANDS FAMILY
taI-ltx)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
ATHLETES FOOT ITCH
NOT HARD TO KILL.
IN ONE HOUR,

If not pleased, your Soc back at
any drug store. TIE OIL, a
STRONG fungicide, contains 900
alcohol. IT PENETRATES.
Reaches MORE germs to KILL
the itch. Today at Gardeners
Pharmacy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
Discount for Delay

YES, it was a case of love at
first sight
why didn't you marry him?0
Il saw him several times after
ward"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01

) Falconry was practiced by the
ancient Persians, Egyptians and
Romans thousands of years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01

take the place of the regular
VIVA. gathering which is held
in the church every Friday
evening.
Evening star., 1946-09-29
By Edmund 6. Monk

for time after his capture. The
Confederate leader was held in a
prison arranged In one of the case
mates. These classmates, behind walls
many feet thick, are veritable cata-
combs-arranged to accommodate
the famous gun batteries. Many of
these batteries are commemorated
today with plaques set into the
masonry
Evening star., 1946-09-29
ACF 7 axes Fort Monroe

settled their families in nearby com.
munities. Some of these families will
continue to live near Fort Monroe,
awaiting the retirement OF their
soldiers.
With the outbreak of World War
I, Fort Monroe accommodated both
the Coast Artillery School and the
Coast Defense Command of Chesa-
peake Bay. During that war it
performed the dual function Of
training officers and housing troops.
When World War II began Fort
Monroe again seethed with activity.
Soon after the news of Pearl Harbor,
continuous crews manned the big
rifles. Along the beaches for miles
in the Cape Henry and Cape Charles
area Coast Artillery regiments threw
out batteries of machine gunners
and anti-aircraftsmen. They and
their replacements stayed there until
the end Of the war.
Not long after the entry of the
United States into World War II.
it was decided to separate the anti
aircraft and sea coast divisions OF
Coast Artillery. All instructions in
the big coastal rifles was retained
at Fort Monroe and an antiaircraft
school was set up at Camp Davis,
N. c.
Antiaircraft artillery was a neces-
sary outgrowth of World War I.
The new weapon, the airplane, called
for military antidote. Field artil-
lery improvised during the war, but
afterward, work began at Fort Mon
roe to develop weapons primarily for
antiaircraft use. Plans worked out
during the intervening years went
into effect at the beginning of this
last war. Coast artillerymen and
antiaircraft artillerymen were out
standing among the defenders at
Bataan and Corregidor. All over the
world AA and CA posts were estab-
lished. The AA defense against
buzzbombs at Antwerp's important
military docks has been heralded az
outstanding.
Evening star., 1946-09-29
5OYears Of R. I'D.
BY Quentin r. Mott

published it, and it was adopted as
the national song.
The RID News. authentic source
OF material for Mrs. Aaberg's book,
was the first Official organ of the
carriers. Their constant communion
with the ever-changing vistas un-
folded by nature developed the
poetic characteristics of some, and
the RID News carried stanzas about
their work, their hopes and dreams.
Carriers battled bad roads until
1913, when the Government ap-
propriated $500, 1000 to improve them.
This was forerunner to the Federal
Road Act of 1916 and the Federal
Highway Act of 1921. All-weather
roads are still the goal of the asso-
citation.
Mrs Aaberg's book recalls that
H. H. Windsor, who published Popu-
lar Mechanics in Chicago, started
the RID News. At the second
annual convention of the carriers,
they objected to his formal, which
carried sketch of a mail wagon
drawn by one horse. They wanted
team of horses. In 1908, Widsom
D. Brown bought the magazine and
moved it to Washington. In 1926,
the association, long bent on running
its own organ, authorized a rival
weekly, the National Rural Letter
Carrier. For a little more than a
year, there were two publica tions,
Evening star., 1946-09-29

MelUin T. Strider of
Charles Toaon, w. Va, only
surDiUing member of the
team of 1fDe carriers 1Dho
started rural free deliUery
so gears ago Tuesday.
which take care Of family participa
ton. Both organizations have wal
records of patriotic work. Lloyc
Hepner, jr., of Woodstock, Va, is q
past president of the Juniors, hav-
ing served in 1878.
Headquarters for the NRLCA is
the Munsey Building, only about
two blocks from the Post Once
Department. It's magazine is edited
there, and it occasionally goes on
the air with programs related to
mailing.
In conjunction with the jubilee
anniversary. special cachets were
dutllOAAGCu Alu CVtI anniversary y
cancellation for mail at Charles
Town and Halltown from August II
to october Is and for the conven-
ton city, Des Moines, in August.
The jubilee convention drew an
attendance of 1000 delegates and
visitors, and was addressed by high
ranking figures of the Post ONCE
Department, members of Congress
and representatives of carrier sys-
TENS. 1t elected B. A. Winquest of
Nebraska as president, succeeding
Thomas G. Walters of Georgia.
Ofiicers pointed with pride to ac-
complishments OF the association
and laid plans for constant improve
ment, still backing their popular
slogan, Service With . Smile"
Evening star., 1946-09-29

accounts for the choice of the
historic location for RID. Mr..
Wilson had lost his seat In COP
landslide in 1894, but was sum-
moned to Washington by President
Cleveland to take over the reins of
the Post ONCE Department. He
did much to improve postal service,
besides inaugurating rural free
delivery. His secretary was Newton
D. Baker, destined to become Sec
retary Of War under another Wilson.
The Postmaster General Wilson did
not live long enough to see the
growth Of rural mail. After a brief
term as head Of Washington and
Lee University, he succumbed to a
combination of typhoid fever and
tuberculosis IN 1900.
The pioneers got 5000 a year for
their services. In 1897, they were
raised to $500, and an upward trend
took until 1920 to make the car
rier's earnings reach $1,000. Inside
Of the first nine months, however,
RID extended to 50 routes, out
Of 43 Offices in 20 States. Carroll
County, Md, was the first to be
completely serviced, in December,
1899.
Now the State of Illinois leads
in route mileage, and there are
32,134 routes, totaling 1882 .O59 miles
along which 29,508. .0O7 patrons get
their mail from 7,917,04l roadside
boxes. Carriers have retirement
benefits, vacations, sick leave and
adjusted compensation, based on
route mileage.
50 Years of History
Summarized in Book
The story Of the RFD's so years
has been summarized in a book re-
Gently published by Mrs. Gwendolyn
Aaberg, Washington, an editor Of
the National Rural Letter Carriers
Association. This organiza ton began
in 1908, six years after RID. She
plans a sequel which will tell of the
personal hardships, the hazardous
experiences and bravery of the RID
men. Some of them rivaled the
pony express riders in battling the
elements and built up ample back
ground for their slogan since 1921,
which is Service With q Smile. Z.
Lyrics for q song by this title were
supplied by A. n. Ackley, and 1t
was first sung at the Coshocton
County banquet. Homer Rodehsaver
Evening star., 1946-09-29
Artillery Trained There
Since Order of 1924

Field, Antiaircraft and Coast Ar
tillery, of course, come under the
aegis of the AGF. But there will
be nostalgia among present and
former Coast Artillerymen when
the AGF takes over. The fort has
been the formal seat of Coast Ar
tillery instruction, development and
training since 1924.
In that year, according to the
Coast Artillery journal, the Secre-
tary of War directed that regi-
ment of 10 companies be organized
at Fort Monroe to be known as the
Artillery Corps for Instruction.
Col. Abraham Eustice carried out
the organization. Fort Eustis, Va
where many Washington area mer
trained for World Wars I and II
was named for him.
Through the years, the schoo
went through various phases of de.
velopment. In 1868-after the Civil
War had interrupted operations fol-
several years-the Artillery School,
OF the United States Army was set
up under the command of the Civil
War Artillery Chief, Maj. Gen. Will
liam F. Barry, the Coast Artillery
Journal continues.
During the war ITSELF" says an
Army Ground Forces statement,
several expeditions were equipped
and embarked from Monroe and the
old fort witnessed one of the most
significant naval engagements of all
time-that between the Merrimac
and the Monitor in Hampton Roads.
In the long era of peace which
followed the Civil War, the Artillery
School again flourished at Fort
Monroe from 1868 until 1898, when
instruction was interrupted by the
Spanish-American War. In 1900,
however, the school was revived and
all Artillery instruction was offered
there until 1907, when the Coast
and Field Artilleries were organized
as separate branches of the service. !"
Coast Artillery School
Moved to San Francisco
Severance of the Coast and Field
Artilleries was step of some mill
tary consequence in those days. A
FIELD Artillery School was set up
elsewhere and "The Coast Artillery
School" was organized and carried
on with success until this summer,
when the War Department decided
to base the AGF at Fort Monroe.
and the Coast Artillery was moved
to Fort Winfield Scott, San Fran
cisco.
The move was accompanied by
the temporary severance OF home
ties of large numbers of officers
and enlisted men. Many men had
Evening star., 1946-09-29
Congress Gave $4,000
To Start Mail Delivery

The boon to rural America had q
hard time getting started, but few
governmental agencies grew faster
Postmaster General Wanamaker
outlined the plan in his 1891 report
Congress ignored a $4,000, 900 appro-
priation, but, in 1893, appropriated
$4,000 and in 1894 $4,000 more
This, with another $4,000 in 1896
made a 100000 fund with which to
inaugurate the system. Postmaster
General William L. Wilson, former
member OF the 12th Virginia Cav
airy, former professor of ancient
languages at old Columbian College
in Washington and a member OF
Congress for IL years, was the in
stigator.
West Virginia was his home, which
Evening star., 1946-09-29
Fort Built to Stand
Pounding of Fleets

The AGF personnel which leaves
the ultra modern Pentagon and the
Army War College grounds will find
themselves amid surroundings at
Fort Monroe which are identified
with years just preceding the Civil
War. The fort was built with thick
ramparts and bastions to withstand
the pounding of enemy fleets. Any
one who has walked through the
tunnels will gather the impression
that even a modern battleship's
guns would have at least a brief
workout before penetrating the
thick masonry.
There is a moat running continu-
ously between the double walls and
this will give studious AGF officers
a picture of defenses of the "old
Army" They will find d few fish
in it if they chance to toss a line.
The main part of Fort Monroe is
laid out in streets that are stately
with Victorian and earlier era
buildings. Huge trees line these
thoroughfares, giving welcome shade
to troops sweating back from long
training marches into the tidewater
country.
AGF personnel with a penchant
for history will doubtless locate the
place where Jefferson Davis was held
Evening star., 1946-09-29
\ UESDAY the Army Ground
Forces formally will estab-
lish headquarters at Fort

uSn neaoquarterS at Fort
Monroe, Va, step Of con-
siderable interest in the annals of
the United States Army and mo-
mentous in the records of the oldest
military post in Continental United
States.
Gen. Jacob L. Devers, command
ing the AGF, in effect, will take
over command of a fortress set up
at Point Comfort now Old Point
Comfort) by Capt. John Smith in
1909. 1t was named Algernourne
Fort by the doughty captain of
Pocahontas and John Rolfe fame.
About the time of the administra-
ton of President James Monroe,
the grim guardian of the mouth of
Chesapeake Bay and the James
River Estuary became Fort Monroe
Old Point Comfort and the his
toric fort, has been viewed in the
yCdIS 6lllCS US GllOuSdlluo vi w doll-
ingtonians and others aboard the
numerous boats that ply between
Baltimore, Washington and Norfolk
The name Old Point Comfort itself
brings fond memories to many Dis
trict residents who recall the boat
on which they were passengers
docking for a few minutes at Old
Point to discharge group of trim
Army officers reporting for duty
at the Coast Artillery School
To movie goers-particularly those
of the silent film days-it will be
recalled that news reel was hardly
complete some years back without
scenes Of the great 16-inch coastal
guns being fired. Often these pic
lures were made as West Point
cadets made their annual pilgrimage
to Fort Monroe to learn about the
big guns.
Evening star., 1946-09-29
.hi|drenrs lour in the Ads

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pause in the days occupa-
Evening star., 1946-09-29

~ ROUBLE with Spain published adopted
l brewing Utah a brand the national song
The RED Neus eutben+ic So,rc.
land wind up
Evening star., 1946-09-29
Transfer of Personnel
Already Is Underway

The two artilleries were part Of
the AGF. of course, and so the
memories will not grow rusty at
Fort Monroe. The flag will still 60
up at reveille and come down at
retreat and Coast Artillerymen on
the staff of the AGF will remember
the old days.
Transfer of military and civilian
personnel has been moving along
steadily and on Tuesday the AGF
will take over. The bulk of the
records, equipment and Office furni-
ture were shipped last week. Many
families have moved from Washing
ton to take up residence, probably
permanently, in the Fort Monros
area.
Washingtonisns bound for Virginia
Beach or other points who cross the
mouth of the Chesapeake will see
the same old battlements. The fort
that Capt. John Smith began will
still be there, but an American gen.
eral-head of the United States
largest military echelon-will be in
command.
Evening star., 1946-09-29

| OoStSSS fGSS ~ ttS@o Wv SfcAf ~
Uhen the RID began as
q $4,000 experiment.
and then the executive board fos-
tered a merger. The newer maga-
zine bought the r. F. D. News for
$45, ,07101 and prints it now in Bal
timore. Mr.. Brown had sold out
to Cleland McDevitt, q Washington
newspaper editor, and went to
Florida to found a colony for retired
carriers.
Official AK Fell
On Two Presidents
At least two presidents of the
association felt the oficial ak fol-
reasons connected with the organ
ization. r. H. Cunningham OF
Nebraska, first president d903-4
was removed from his route, but
stayed on as president another term
r. L. White Of Buckhead, Ga.
seventh president, was retired 10
private life after he wrote in the
RID News Of . plan to suspend
some carriers and pile additional
work on the rest.
Devotion to the organization and
individual generosity were exempli-
| fed in the administration of Paul
Lindsay of Tucker, Ga, the second
president. He had mortgaged his
farm in order to carry on as presi-
dent and faced eviction when the
RID News barred the story. Carriers
voluntarily subscribed $1,151.51 and
saved his home.
The association has It's Ladies
| Auxiliary and it's RLCA Juniors