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Bryant Principal
Tells Home Group
About New Plan

A meeting to discuss the COM
munity possibilities offered by the
use Of Bryant Junior High school
as an experimental center for
youth and adult recreation, was
held at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Curtis Chivers, 4017 Clinton Ave,
Tuesday evening, May 70, with
Harry A. Garrison, principal Of
Bryant, as speaker.
Attending the meeting were the
Mesdames Blanche Mays, Caroline
Peery, Edith Bowman, and DR.. John
Robinson, consultant on intergrOup
education for IS Of the nations
school systems cooperating IN the
new experimental plan.
Under the proposed plan, the
programs offered at Bryant and
Jordan Junior High schools win In
clude discussion groups, study
groups, choral groups, and classes
in woodcraft, art metals, mechanics,
millinery, and drama, and swim
ming.
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ployment and were given the job at
the Navy bureau.
A Common Bond
After nine months Of working
together there now exists between
Mitchell and Tasca a bond Of un-
derstanding and a unity of move
ment that is almost uncanny.
Tasca's entire life centers around
the movements Of her master.
When he sits at his desk sealing
envelopes, she lies faithfully al
his feet. When he rises, she is
Immediately on her feet and at his
side. II he drops anything she
has been trained to pick it up and
hold it until he takes it from her
mouth.
Around the Mitchell home in the
evening Tasca plays and romps
with the children just as any other
dog, but when morning comes she
completely ignores the children and
stands by ready to go to work with
her master.
Asked what arrangements were
made for feeding Tasca on her
lunch hour, Mitchell explained that
she has been trained to eat only
one meal each day and that the
lunch hour did not present any
problem.
Before entering the Navy in 1912
Mitchell was employed in the Cen
ter Market in Washington. He
attended the Phelps Vocational
School here.
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Bryant, Jordan Schools
Proposed as Centers
For New Experiment

In recognition OF the increased
nationwide demand for recreational
and educational opportunities for
youth and adults, Minneapolis is
planning two experimental COM
munity centers to be located at
Jordan Junior high school, Irving
and Goth Aves, No., and Bryant
Junior high school, Third Ave. So.
and 38th St., II was revealed this
week.
A survey Of the need for such
ceDters has been made by the Vet
erans' Education Committee Of
the Minneapolis Public Schools; the
Wider Use Of School Facilities
Committee Of Minneapolis Public
Schools; the Public Schools Com
mittee Of the Minneapolis Junior
Association Of Commerce, and the
Community Councils Co-ordinatinR
Committee Of the Minneapolis
Council Of Social Agencies.
The following organizations have
announced that they will partici-
pate in the project and have APP
pointed representatives TO work on
a cO-Ordinating committee to form
plans for operation: the Mime
apolis Public Schools, Walter A.
Anderson, chairman; the Mime
apOlis Council Of Parent Teacher
Associations. Willard c. Esau. vice
chairman; The Minneapolis Y. M.
C. A., J. BENJAMIN Schneider, sec
rotary; the Minneapolis Board Of
Park Commissioners, represented
by Karl Raymond; the Minneapolis
Public Library, represented by
Glenn Lewis, the Minneapolis Jun
Tor Association Of Commerce, rep
resented by Larry Hindrickson; the
Extension Division, University Of
Minnesota. represented by Hunt
ington Miller, and the Community
Councils Co-ordinating Commit
tee, represented by Theodore Knud-
son.
The co-ordinatinR committee will
operate under the following provi-
sions:
@That the community centers in
schools be administered by the
Minneapolis Public Schools, accord
ing to policies developed by the CO.
Ordinating committee;
OThat each cooperating agency
will contribute personnel and ser
vices in terms Of its ability to do
so, with authorization of its gov
ernin9 board;
OThat Bryant and Jordan Junior
high schools be the first experiment
tai community centers;
OThat experimental community
centers be opened about October I,
1916, and continue approximately
eight months.
Objectives Announced
The main detectives Of the
schools will be TO provide educa-
tional and recreational oppOrtuni-
ties for youth and adults of the
communities surrounding the CEN
tiers; TO provide convenient meet
ing places, without charge, for or
ganized and informal community
groups; TO coordinate the services
Of several community agencies and
organizations In one educational
and recreational program; 70 serve
as a demonstration Of the wider
use Of school facilities, and TO ex-
pertinent with indirect approaches
to the problems Of improving hu-
man relationships in the commu-
nifty.
Surveys will be made in each
community to determine the inter
est and needs, and programs will
be based on findings, and expanded
and changed as activities are found
to be successful OF unsuccessful.
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hospital after suffering a stroke
on May o. He had been slightly
i'll for about one year.
A crowd-filled church heard s. o
Harris read three score messages n
tribute to the deceased. Rev. II. G.
Boyd, pastor Of st. Peter church
described Abbey as a good citizen
Christian, father and husband.
Mrs. Winona Minis, director Of
Wayman church choir, sang, "Pve
Done My Work." Other music was
by the church choir.
Mr.. Abbey served on the trustee
board Of st. Peter church for many
years and was one Of the leading
members Of that congregation.
He was a native Of Hannibal,
Mo-, having been born there In
1871. He was educated in the pub
lie schools Of Des Moines, Ia. He
came TO Minneapolis as a young
man Of "a and was employed for
ten years as n Photographic printer
by the S. 4. Olson Co. Later he
was in the service Of the Pullman
Co. for 20 years, retiring in 1941
He married Eva Alexander Of
Quincy, H.. early in his life.
Anchor Hilyard Lodge F. and
A. NJ, presided at the funeral rites
held at Crystal Lake cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, a son
Leon, internationally known orches-
ira leader Of New York; Mrs
Emma Simms Of Minneapolis and
Mrs. Emma Manning Of Mont.
gomery, Ala, both nieces; two first
cousins, Mrs. Bessie Cooper and
Mrs. Mabel Smith. both Of Mime.
aDOlis, and three grandchildren OF
Chicago.
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debate. A similar measure was de-
feated last year. The legislation
becomes effective in 90 days.
More than 100 public officials
and representatives Of organiza-
tons which supported the measure
were present at the ceremony in
the Governors office in the State
House.
Governor Tobin declared that the
bill marks another milestone in
the history Of social legislation"
ItTis "the augmentation Of the
broad principle enunciated in our
Declaration Of Independence" he
said.
Patterned after the New York
State law, the measure differs only
in minor points. A three-man COM
mission will have broad authority
10 investigate complaints Of dis.
elimination. Anyone who will.
fully violates its final orders, OF
anyone who willfully files n falsS
complaint, will be guilty Of a mis-,
demeanor.
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REGISTERS Office
Hires NaVv Vet
In st. Paul

Douglas S. Lewis, BIT N. st.
Adams St., son of Mr.. Cyrus L.
Lewis, has recently been employed
Nv J. c. (Cap) Bernhard, Register
# Deeds. Mr.. Bernhard, appointed
Register Of Deeds by the Board of
County Commissioners to succeed
the late J. J. (Jake) Gillen, is the
frst Register Of Deeds to employ
4 Negro in that office.
Douglas S. Lewis was born and
educated in st. Paul, attending the
Maxfield grade school and the John
Marshall high school. In his junior
wear at high school. knowing that
his draft number would be called
before he graduated, he enlisted
in the Navy, where he served as a
personal yeoman and choir accom-
PIANIST.
Upon being discharged, he COM
Melted his high school through the
Veterans Guidance center. He is
well-known as one of the potential
Young musicians of the Twin Cities,
being assistant organist at the St.
James A. NJ. E. church and having
served as supply organist in both
cities.
Douglas is the grandson Of Mrs.
Glenora Lewis, with whom he lives,
and is the nephew Of Mrs. Bertha
L. King.
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with Hon. John A. Weeks, Judge
Of the Hennepin County District
Court, as chairman, and John ]
Gallagher and Samuel L. SeheineI
as the members.
II was determined that the
Committee should investigate and
take action on complaints in
vOlVinE discrimination against
veterans and 20 engage in an
educational campaign TO abolish
such forms Of discrimination,
when the same Is called 10 the
attention Of the Committee. Il
h urged that any veteran who
encounters discrimination be-
cause Of his race, creed or color,
make complaint 20 any one Of
the members Of this Committee
and the complaint will receive
proper attention.
In setting up the committee, the
Joint Veterans Council unanimous.
ly went on record to the effect that
II was deplorable that after fight.
ing a war to abolish and eliminatS
the doctrine Of racial superiority
that there are still some Ameri.
cans among us who continue to be-
lieve in the doctrine Of the su,
periority Of one group over an
other.
The Joint Veterans Council
elected Merle Kroner as chairman
Oscar Bergstrom, vice-chRirman
and 81 WeismRn, secretary-treas
urer.
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Bribery Conviction Upheld
Ry High Court of Appeals

Washington. D. c. (NNPAD-
The United States Court Of APP
peals last Monday affirmed the con-
viction Of DR.. Henry NJ. Ladrey, a
physician. and his wife, Mrs. Eva
W, Ladrey, Of Alexandria, Vir-
ginia. on a charge of attempted
bribery.
The court held that the errors al
legged in behalf of Mrs. Ladrey, who
offered a bride to a government
witness. were without substance,
and that there was sufficient evil
dence to justify the jury's conclu-
sion that DR.. Ladrey was an ac-
cessorv before the fact.
DR. Ladrey was indicted for
cr;minaI abortion in October, 1913.
The operation was alleged to have
been performed on Hazel Queenan,
Wbo lived at 231O Georgia Avenue
Northwest.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-05-31
Ceiling Price Roised
On Chester: Court
Ups Ex-Wife's Ante

Chester W. Oden, 672 st. An
thony Ave-, well-known st. Paulite,
found the cost Of living not the only
thing going up and up, this week
when a Ramsey county district
court Judge ordered him to in
crease his allowance to his divorced
wife, Mrs. Juanita 0den, 1881 Bry-
ant Ave. N, Minneapolis, from $40
to $50 per month.
The ex-Mrs. Oden said the orig
inal payment was not enough to
provide for the upkeep Of the
couples two daughters who are in
her custody. The court agreed, al
though it turned down her bid for
$50 a month for the girls.
Mrs. Oden maintained the Zoom-
ing cost Of living was responsible
for her demand.
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Supreme Court Won't
Review Murder Sentence

Washington, D. c. (NNPA)-The
United States Supreme Court last
Monday held that it lacks power to
review the conviction of Lee Van
Woods. Of Chicago. who claims he
was railroaded to the Illinois State
penitentiary at Menard, Illinois, for
life, for a murder he never com
mitted. The case was dismissed
by the Supreme Court on the
ground that he failed to exhaust
the remedies open to him in Illinois.
Woods was convicted Of murder
and sentenced to prison for 80
years by the Cook County Criminal
Court in May, 1910. He sought
his release on writs Of habeas
corpus. contending that police ex-
torted a confession from him and
that he was not allowed to call wit
nesses in his behalf.
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reau OF Medicine and Surgery
Mitchell, who, with his wife
Laura, resides at 1924 First Street
southwest, was blinded by enemy
action in the bitter fighting for
Saipan in November, 1914, while a
boatswain second class in a naval
base company.
Interviewed on his job at the
Navy installation, Mitchell ca
ressed his beloved seeirig-eye dog,
"Tasca," as he told how he faced
the world following the loss of his
eyesight.
"All could think Of while l lay
in the hospital" he said, was that
l had to get myself one Of these
dogs"
Has to Learn
After completing the Nays re-
Mobilization course at the United
States Naval Hospital in Phila-
delphia, Mitchell learned that he
had to go to school with Tasca so
that he could learn the things that
Tasca knew in order to attain the
vital teamwork which they now
have.
He, therefore, enrolled for a
months course at MOrristown, New
Jersey, home Of the famous seeing
eye dogs, where he and Tasca lit
orally went to school together for
a month.
at was not that Tasca didn't
know" emphasized Mitchell, 81
simply had to learn what she
knew"
When the two graduated to-
gether they were ready for en-
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the Roots are CANADA LEE
supposed 10 be, this drama IA about
Negroes moving into a white resi-
DENTAL area In the North, and Il
ls making a lot OF playgoers elac-
trically uncomfortable.
Written by Maxine Wood. a De-
troit white girl, and directed by
Margo Jones, q Southern whiks
woman who also directs tha iong-
standing hit, "Th6 Glass Men
agerie," the play is acted By an
interraeial cast consisting Of Can
ada Lee himself, VIII Greer, who
won fame In Tobacco Road" Perry
Wilson, Augustus Smith, Hilda
Vaughn, Vivienne Baber, and ~
year-old Richard Williams.
Exciting Plot
II poses q problem Of what fol-
lows when q broad-minded dauRh-
Ter OF a middle-elass white family
TERRY WILSON, rents the upstairs
apartment 10 a Negro (Canada
Lee) while her mother and father
are down South on vacation, Re.
suits are such that one Broadway
critic says Il "has the excitement
that exhausts pulses" and another
opines: Here Il Is, folksl The play
on the Negro question for which
we have all been waiting IL
may be dynamite, for all we know, ("
As the story develops, the CEN
trail white family Is split wide omen.
The father sides with his rash
daughter; the mother goes with the
young son whose attitude has been
conditioned by his Nazi-type pals
In the neighborhood. Inevitably,
there Is the neighborhood meeting
where, while coneeding that the
Negro family Ii clean and respect
able, the bigwigs Of the community
decide that Just the thought Of
blacks In their midst is unthink-
able, besides the danger to their
property values.
Terrific Climax
Threats, yelled and opeu, are
duly delivered by the Spokesman
for the real estate company Robert
SimOn) that, by handling mort
cages on homes and businesses, dc
tates TO the conscience Of the com
munity. And the drama whirIs to
climax in a series Of clashes and
outbursts which force action
against the Negro family, not with
out a terrific rebound upon the
whites.
"On Whitman Avenue" is more
than a run-of-the-mill interracial
drama. Though having perhaps
too much detail, and being a little
too literary in spots, It cuts deep
into the reasons for prejudice. Il
cOmpels white people, both in the
play and out, especially those who
profess literally about races, to
make up their minds IL II Is real
democracy they go for, and IL they
are willing TO pay the price. It Is
thoroughly up-to~date since the
leading character is a Negro vet
eran Of the Pacific, caught in the
tolls Of the present universal hous-
ing crisis and unable to find a
place to live, even in the stuffed,
unsanitary district earmarked for
Negroes.
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Eisenhower Gives Lift
To Stranded Soldiers

Washington, d. C. (NNPAl-
Five soldiers who were stranded
at Savannah, Georgia, by the rail-
road strike, arrived last Friday
night at the National Airport here
with General Dwight d. Eisen-
hover, Army Chief Of Staff, after
"hitch-hiking" a ride in the gen.
erals plane.
The general, who was vacation
Ing at a Georgia island resort, was
called back to Washington as a re-
suit Of the railroad crisis.
Two Of the FIVE soldiers who re-
turned with him were T/5 Troy
Fielder and Pfc. Leon Lee, both of
Philadelphia.
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Singer Todd Duncan's Son
Gets Navy Press Post

Washington, ID. c. (NNPA)-
Ensign Charles T. Duncan, a son
Of the noted singer, Todd Duncan,
has been assigned to the Office Of
Public Information in the Navy
Departments press section, the
Navy announced last Wednesday.
Ensign Duncan few here from
Japan where he has been assigned
as assistant navigator Of the U. s.
S. Plant, a naval tanker.
A graduate Of Dartmouth Uni
versity, Ensign Duncan will take
over the duties formerly performed
by Lieutenant Sylvester White,
who was the first colored officer
ever to be ASSIGNED to Navy head
quarters in Washington. Lieu
tenant White is now discharged
and living in Chicago.
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Over 1000 Persons
Attend WASHINGTON Memorial

New York (NNPA)-A bronze
bust Of Booker T. Washington, the
slave-born educator who rose to
international eminence before his
death in 1915. was unveiled at cere-
monies attended bv LOO persons,
including nine of his descendants,
at ceremonies in the Gould Me-
mortal Library of New York Uni
versity last Thursday.
The bust was unveiled by his
granddaughter. Gloria Davidson
Washington. who came from Wash
ington, where she is a student in
Woward University, to join in the
ceremonies. 1t will be placed in the
Hall Of Fame for Great Americans
on the university campus.
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the exhibits Of plastics shown by
Fred Sperling, secretary Of the
wholesale department Of the St.
Paul Association of Commerce.
Other exhibits will include a show
ing Of old documents, relics and
collectors pieces, by the Boys and
Girls of Yesterday, pioneer club
of Halle Q. Brown, and exhibits
by the GAR, the Association of the
Blind, the Goodwill Industries, and
the Pragmateia business and profess
sional girls sorority.
A symposium on 0PA, housing,
legislation now pending in Con-
gress, and on cooperatives, will
start at 2 p. m, headed by Beatrice
Coleman, interviewer at the United
States Employment Service, Ruth
Gage Colby, Jean Rife, and Nell
Dodson Russell, news editor Of the
Spokesman Recorder papers. Daisy
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-05-31

Abbott, St. Paul Pioneer Press
garden columnist, will also appear
on the program during the day.
DR.. Alain Locke, visiting profess
sor at the University Of Wisconsin,
will be principal speaker at the
dinner in the evening. Some Of
the well-known walters Of st. Paul
are donating their services at the
dinner to which the public is in
vited. Reservations for the turkey
dinner are 81 per plate.
Officers Of the Women's Council
are Mable Harris, president; Laur-
enc Tabor, secretary; Hazel Butler,
treasurer, and I. Myrtle Garden,
program chairman. The program
planning committee consists Of the
Mesdames Jean Rife, Alberta Co
rum, Idelle Patton and Henrietta
Ridley.
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semblage Of track and field
athletes since 1910. The many
great performances BY many
stars, including the eOlOred
sensations, Herb MeKenley Of
Illinois, George Walker Of II
hnois, Lloyd La Beach Of Wis
eOnsin, already this season point
70 one Of the finest meets Of all
time.
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Luther Dennis Home
After NGvdl Discharge;
Was With Shore Petrol

Luther Fl. Dennis. 718 Girard
Ave. NJ, is home after receiving
his discharge from the United
States Navy, May 6.
Dennis, who was a security spe-
cialist second class, was in the
service two years and six months.
He, with three other men, were in
the first Negro shore patrol unit
TO be assigned to special duty in
Seattle, Wash. Gradually the shore
patrol staff there was increased
to IA.
He was a graduate Of the Shore
Patrol Service School Of Great
Lakes Naval Training Station,
Great Lakes. H., and had training
and practical experience in law en-
forcement. first aid, legal proce-
dure, the law Of arrest. apprehen-
sion of criminals, and other funda-
mentals Of law enforcement pro-
cedure.
Dennis is married to the former
ncro4bu opdarq
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Newark Eagles KayOed
Frnm First Place SnOi

Newark. n. J. (NNPA)-The
Newark Eagles were knocked out
Of first place in the Negro National
League yesterday afternoon at
Ruppert when they dropped a
doubleheader to the Baltimore
Elite Giants, 4-3 and 5-3.
The Elites collected four runs in
the seventh inning Of the first
game to overcome a three run
deficit and clinch the victory.
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Black Yankees Split
National League ODeneH

New York (NNPA)-The New
York Black Yankees inaugurated
the Negro National League cam
paign by splitting two games with
the New York Cubans before 1000
in Yankee Stadium Sunday, May
10. The Cubans won the opener,
5 to 1, behind Patricio Scantle-
bury's four-hit pitching, while the
Black Yanks took the nightcap,
2 to 1. wv
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Final Rites Are
Held for Luther
Abbey Pioneer

Funeral rites for Luther Abbey,
"a, Of ala E. 25th st., Minneapolis,
were held Monday afternoon at 2
p. m, at st. Peter A. M. Z. church.
Abbey, a Minneapolis resident Of
over so years, died May 23, in the
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CRUMP SERVICES

SnO" GhNASEo
Funeral services for Paul Crump
whose death was reported in the
May "a edition of this paper were
held Monday, May 81, at p. m,
at Border Methodist church with
Rev. c. B. Wheeler in charge.
Couch for Sale. Regent 1913. Phone
Sunday.
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Perry Wins Middleweight
Crown of Washington. d. G.

Washington, D. C. (NNPA)-
Aaron Perry won the middleweight
championship Of the District Of
Columbia before a crowd Of $4,000
fans at Griffith Stadium last Mon
day night by knocking out Bee Bee
Washington in 1897 Of the ninth
round of their scheduled ten-round
bout.
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Employed as Assistant
In Production Dept.
Of SnOrtSwpaT- Firm

Another name was added this
week to the list Of st. Paulites with
white collar jobs.
Eugene Grant, 739 RondO Ave,
is assistant production manager in
the leather and sheep-hned prod
uets department Of the Gordon and
Ferguson, Inc, largest manufac-
turers Of sportswear in the north
west.
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Wiseonsin's MjIk Production

According to official figures the
state Of Wisconsin has 2,577, 900
dairy cows. Statistics disclose that
there are about 10000 dairy farm
ers In the state and that the aver
age dairy herd Is from 10 TO Is
cows.
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Short Views
OF the
News
Deny Negro G. LIS
Relieved of OccunatiOI

Berlin (NNPA)-General Joseph
7. McNarney, American military
governor, last Tuesday, denied re-
ports that American authorities
were considering relieving Negro
American troops Of occupation
duties.
"As a matter Of fact" he told a
press conference, "the proportion
Of Negro troops in relation to
other troops will be slightly in
creased soon"
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The Real Foundation

Burn down your cities and leave
your farms, and your cities win
spring up again as II by magic;
but destroy our farms and the grass
viii grow in the streets Of every
city in the eountry.--William Jen-
nings Bryan.
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Massachusetts, Becomes
Second State in u. S.
To Pass FEPC Bill

BOSTON (NNPA)-Massaehusett last Thursday be-
the second State to adopt fair employment practices
law which makes it crime to refuse to hire promote per-
grounds of race creed color national origin"
Governor Maurice j. Tobin signed into the law the
which passed by the Legaure last week after long