St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-08
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~. BY NEIL D0DS0n RUSSELL

Monday morning l at office feeling fiddle
a optimistic of at
desk through pile releases
that in at the beginning of each week. |
gratifed to learn through NNPA syndieated story
that Amena Davis editor of the Los Angeles Tribune
had walked off with the first prize in the Wendell
Wikie awards for Negro journalism. awards were
based material submitted individually by
editors and writers competing for the przes)
have great deal Of admiration for Almena and her -
work, and just gloating the fact that she
had copied the $500, when l read the following: III
hat column which
particularly attracted the attention of the judges
being lousy RUSSELL
she said when dispatches England that English
girls wept when coOed soldiers embang England return
this country"
Brother after that had for coffee let
howl that caused Passby the street outside furVey
the window whether there murder aOO The
who the telephone talking important old cod jumped
two feet out of his chair and Mrs Johnson the little lady who eO
social of the Minneapolis elite vanished her desk in
precptOus haste. They thought I'd gone berserk.
Now get thing straight
hadn't been for Mrs Davis column the boudoir prOces of
Negro her talent journalist would the
of the august gentlemen acting judges? she had written
of ships and sealing cabbages and kings would her ability
have been recognized? To writing ability writing ability and
be determined easily enough regardless of whether deals with
the bedroom the ballot.
of struggling scbes
who may aspire to enter the race next year I'd like to find out how
boys judging reaching
they passing the awards actual journalistic ability with which
spicy enough take the kinks of their kaboodles!
Spue Braden assistant state of the speakers
dinner said exempy gracious
the practical application of liberalism Make minds
you want liberalism oil Freudism, EN-?
Incidentally that final selection of made
by Mark Eherdge publisher the Louisville
bur Forrest assistant editor of the New York Herald Tribune and
Marquis Chd cOumn all white Nary brOwnskn in the lot
sorry Mayor Humphreys
Relations couldn't have been listening last week when get
the they
have gained mmerng of the kind of coceyed thinking they're
going to have to buck in trying put over an nteraeia good"
program
Richards manager MargOd Ballroom for an
example talked to him the telephone after had received
Jimmy Brown popular high
athlete had the he tried
with white classmates the Sunday Brown had
the Mrod week before reported he had good time and that
said thing to him. Mr. told that southern sailors
wearing combat ribbons and battle stars had made he
said hard know what when these battle
boys complained about such things
From there Mr. R. and didn't understand each other
all reminded him that under the impression the bell bottom
wearing the combat ribbons they'd the
middle of eged fought to PRESERVE democracy instead Of
kick around also prodded Mr. RS that this Minnesota
Mississippi R. said
he do he repeated when southern sailors battle
protested the of Negro? realized making
Roadway the only thing him exactly
of other public places had done under the
politely but firmly tell the Dixie bigo that they didn't like the
perhaps they'd better elsewhere Mr. protested it
l did because
bgory usually brave only when the odds
finally said the Marigod had Negro porter and maid waiting
him garbageman necessarily
eega all whites the class of garbagemen? The
ended with Mr. R. saying the next time southern sailors he
would try to handle them more firmly.
/ Uhhuh
few days before Mr. R. and INDUCED little
got just song Simmons
Noboom and Christensen building
Mr. Simmons had turned down Doris Escue Minneapolis
zionist job Mr. S. didn't have southern sailors blame
he blamed the clients Clients wouldn't
sight of goodookng brownkn greeting them when they
the door, Mr. s. said THAT amt the heerd chuml)
Mr. s. said personally prejudced
his church coored and he shook the cuodn hand just like
he did anyone slight lullaby
chummy the ove Negroes
| old red nanny
Two favore appeared from the blue this
Band leader Leon Abbey who for enjoyed cosmopolitan
of Europe and then back
Park Hotel Louis where
followed person. a Washington c.,
eight Club Sudan New York.
home for few days with his people,
Luther Abbey Minneapolis before Abbey
his cOmb hotel and club dates Of the quiet
type Veddy veddy good The telephone
Betty Haynes
the Betty the original "Anna
show She enjoying for the first time long
peace quiet comfortable home Bett guest
Underwoods of Clinton She didn't
Minneapolis picked copy the paper
couldn't believe what she When heard her
believe what heard mutual ExWac Bernc Hugger
just service couldn't
price, they solved the problem by buying
Avenue North Lucky Cute little Betty Ann Carmichael
wedding Tuesday
Papa Carmichael ey tin roof You'd thought
making the the altar dear! St. Paul
quietly caaogued for discriminatory practices
by a inter-racial
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