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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-02-21

and council, police force and all
the other branches that our own
city government has. 1t was first
brought up by Mr.. Newman, the
editor Of this paper, some months
ago, but has just been brought
before the cats at Phyllis by Mr..
Westberry and Mr.. Thomas. This
program Of a government within
a government is something that
really catches the eye Of the girls
and boys. The campaigning is the
main part, to them. Let's not see
any Of the "spoils system" or stuff
ing Of ballot boxes, or any Of "the
man" BILB0'S stuff like putting
up a filibuster or some such show
Of ignorance.
A popularity contest seems to
be under full swing. II is the selec-
ton Of a king and queen Of Halle.
So, long live the rulers.
Roller skating is the main treat
for most Of the St-Ain't Paul-er-
ties and Minneapolis charictures on
Saturdays. When we should be
working we are rolling around
some place. "You got to bottle up
and Co." This week was really and
truly the skating week. There was
-JUANITA and JOE CAMP, AL
FRED STEWART (Flag-a-Flag),
NORMA, ROBERT JONES, BOY
DAVIS Tin the cool Of the EVENING",
KENNYJoNES (FLYINGH HONEY,
CHUBBY GRAHAM CLIPPING
M. OSCAR NEWMAN (SEP-
TEMPER S0NG) said he did more
sliding than anything else. He was
with some fine chick, ! think II was
BOBBY THOMPSON, fine fine fine.
BUSTING OUT ALL OVER Err
NISTINE DANFoRTH (Some
times wonder), JACKIE & DON
ma CUFF (AIN'T THAT JUST
LIKE A WoMAN), JOYCE CLAY
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ALMOST
ABOUT
EVER Y THING
BY Percy Villa

full justice was done to colored
fighters. 1t reads like a comic
opera from here on in when you
think Of the actions of some Of
the commissioners.
The Minneapolis commissioner
was K. J. Seiberlich, and when the
brave committee faced him, he ad-
mitted the unfairness Of the PERM
cious rule and said that the rule
was there when he became com
missioner. He said that he was
against it and for the fair treat
ment Of colored boxers. Seiber-
Itch said that if he could persuade
Commissioners Frank Thompson
and Ribernack to vote for the re
peal Of Rule 80, he would do the
same and the rule would be out.
He had no success in the matter
for Commissioners Thompson and
Ribernack would not concur.
Three Long Years
Then three long years passed.
Rule 80 stood there as big as life
and capable colored boxers, whom
the fans wanted to see in action
against the best white opponents,
were disappointed. This Hamlet
Rowe was a rugged guy" and he
didn't know the meaning Of quit.
On March 9, 1923, just before
the preliminaries to the Mandell-
Sanger fight got under way, Lyman
Stanton, who had replaced Seiber-
Itch as commissioner, was served
with the complaints and given 20
days to answer them. Knowing
that Rule 33 was discriminatory
and in direct violation Of the Frank
Wheaton Civil Rights Bill of Min
nesota, Stanton left the state, re-
alizing the futility of a fight.
On April 4, 1928, Judge W. W.
Bardwell, in a court ruling, per
manently restrained the Minnesota
Boxing Commission from issuing
license to any athletic club or
boxing club until the Objectionable
Rule 80 was removed.
The rule was Immediately abOl-
ished and the first mixed bout le-
gally held in Minnesota was be
tween Tiny Herman and Glen
johnson. If it had not been for
the fight led by heroic Hamlet
Rowe and his associates, the fine
colored kids you have seen in
Golden Glove competition these
many years would have been de
MED you and much glorious sport
would have been missing.
All through the ages, men like
Rowe battle for the rights of
others so that man may live in
enlightenment and understanding.
Hamlet b. Rowe has passed on to
that vale where all must go, col
ored or white, and there you can
feel assured the kid" is putting
up a fight for the underdog, if one
has to fight in the Great Beyond.
Recently | looked at some pictures
and there is one with Ham Rowe
and Champion Jack Johnson, and
the inscription, in Rowe's hand |
writing, says, ITO Jack Mac Dowell, |
referee, writer and gentleman"
To me il means that the worth Of
a man is not reckOned by the color
of his skin. Thanks, Percy Villa, |
for letting me do this column for
you and we all hope for your speedy |
recovery.
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Athletics Help
Keep Males
Normal Men
By f. b. HENDERSON

Ever so often, some hOmosexual
athlete gets in a jam and makes the
sports pages. Recently a great
tennis star was convicted and SEN
fenced for contributing to the de
GnQuency Of a minor.
Most people think homosexuality
is incompatible with an athletic
career. Many parents believe that
if their sons go in for sport, their
sex life will be normal. In part,
this is true but not entirely.
Nature does not make a purely
male nor a purely female animal.
Originally life was hermaphroditic.
Along a frequency scale, you will
find the most masculine and the
most feminine in the male sex and
vice versa among females. Sec
ondary masculine or feminine
traits vary in degree. Boldness,
pugnacity, strength and pursuit
are generally attributed to the
male, Tenderness, emotionalism.
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TON Il REALIZE NOW, PHYL-
LIS NEVIS (THE VERY
THOUGHT OF YOU'D, RALF
JONES CHERRY CHERRY,
PHILIP TRUE (MY SILENT
LOVE-, BILLY Mccoy EVERY
THING Is MOVING TOO FAST,
EDDIE MILTON UM THROUGH
WITH LOVE-PLL NEVER LOVE
AGAIN, LEOLA GRAHAM Il RE
ALIZE NOW or you've GOT
TO BOTTLE UP AND CO." SAR-
All HILL 0N THE BLUE OF
THE EVENING", EDDIE WOR-
SHINGTON q WANT A TALL
SKINNY PAPPA). VIRGINIA
BEASLEY you've GOT TO
GIMME WHAT YOU'VE COT,
WARREN HAYES q REALIZE
NOW, ROY CRAWFORD (SHE
WAS MY BUDDY'S CHICK,
LOIS TAYLOR EVERY NOW
AND THEM, LOUISE MCNEIL,
HAZEL and LEONA (THE
THREE LITTLE BLUE, KEN
MEAL ELLIS Oil NEVER
STOP LOVING YOU, BOOKER
ELLIS EVERYTHING is COM
ING MY Way, YOUNG q WON
DER, VIRGINIA ROBINSON q
REMEMBER WHEN), DICKIE
MAYES PLEASE, DON'T TAKE
YOUR LOVE FROM ME-, and
CLIO PARKER CYOU SHOULD
HAVE TOLD ME-.
The fine Cubanettes who are
CLIO PARKER, SARAH HILL,
RETTY LEWIS, LEOLA Ora
HAM, DOROTHEA HILL and
MERDAL CRAWFORD are giving
a mad party Thursday, Feb. 20, and
talk about a fine deal just know
it will be. After all, many things
are in the lights for that mite, right.
Duke you're my desirel Don.
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people Are Funny, On
Many, Many Things"
BY Percy Villa


Jack MRcDUwelI. famous Minnesota
referee and boxing authority. Is pinch hit
ting for Percy Wills this week. Wills l.
still confined 10 his home With 'hu' at
tack.
By JACK Mcdowell
People are funny in their actions
and their thoughts, but too often
those actions and thoughts are far
from funny" to the people most
affected.
What caused this first paragraph
was the memory Of man, Hamlet
y. kid" Rowe, who made a most
resourceful and heroic fight for race
equality in Minnesota, a fight that
was successful and ranks alongside
Of any mans fight for justice.
Rowe was a colored man. a gen
tleman, sportswriter, manager Of
fighters and a fellow to be reck-
oned with when it came to a knowl-
edge Of what the Bill Of Rights
meant to him and all peoples,
whether white or colored, regard
less Of religious beliefs.
Law Barred Interracial Bouts
When the Minnesota boxing bill
became a law. one Of the rules,
known as Rule 80, read, econ
TESTS BETWEEN NEGROES
AND WHITE PERSONS, OTHER
WISE KNOWN AS MIXED
BOUTS, ARE STRICTLY PRO
HIBITED." Surprised? Well, you
shouldn't be for is not the name
Of this article People Are Funny?
That Rule 80 forced the leading
colored boxers Of the day to stay
away completely from Minnesota
or appear on cards against each
other and the place found for them
on any card in the state was always
in the preliminaries. II Rule 80
was in force today, you never would
have seen Leroy Jackson against
Jackie Graves or the redoubtable
Charlie Riley. You never would
have seen Champion John Henry
Lewis against Sal Ruggierello, a
bout that | refereed in 1897.
Let's turn the clock back and see
how all this was changed. In 1918,
in Pittsburgh, Tommy Gibbons was
extended to the limit by a cOlored
heavyweight, and good one, Clay
Turner. The bout was over the
ten-round route and was a no-deci-
sion affair. Believe us, Turner gave
Gibbons a fight. St. Paul fans, who
idolized Tommy, couldn't under
stand it and wanted to see Turner
and Gibbons "do it again" in st.
Paul. Here came the rub: Rule 80
barred Turner from fighting a white
man. That rule stuck.
Negro Fighter Turns Indian!
The promoter in St. Paul kept
everlastingly at it and in 1920
Gibbons was matched with Clay
Turner and Turner'S application for
a boxing license in the State Of
Minnesota read that he was an
INDIAN" The fight was a good
one, ten rounds, no decision. That
part of this story is incidental,
what happened is Of prime impor-
lance.
Hamlet b. Rowe, J. A. Dickerson
and Al. G. tombstone, all Of Min
neapolis, formed themselves into a
committee to see that the unfair
Rule 80 was abrogated and that
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WheGtleY VIII Play
Two Munkoto Elves

The Phyllis Wheatley Celtics and
Gophers will clash with two Man.
kato, Mimi, teams on Saturday,
Feb. %, at 1880 p. m. at Phyllis
Wheatley in two thrilling basket
ball games.
The Celtics and Gophers played
at Mankato on Saturday, Feb. Is,
and both games ended in close
scores, 1898, and 41-42, respect
lively. Admission will be 80 cents
including the games and the dance
afterward.
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Dear Joe
CIVILIAN COMBAT ZONE
By JAMES L. HICKS

How much life insurance protec-
ton can you afford in these times
of peace, Joe?
You'll have to find your own
answer to that question, but for
your information please be in
formed that the total death casual
ties in the armed services from
Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day were only
POI 900 while during the same
period in these here United States
$4,000 people were killed in ac-
cidents alone, to say nothing Of
the thousands who died Of natural
causes. In other words you were
pretty safe in New Guinea with all
those Japs-but over here with
these civilians-you'd better keep
your insurance paid up.
What kind of insurance should
you take? Give a look and have
learn.
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Charles Hargavehe Nat EansGeOrge Brooks and wfAugOO
and MargOa HHarre BrOwnthe OrringOn Hail. Jrs and
Jim MitChethe brideMary
their husbands Ralph and FOSam Reed and w-FOrence
welked person. who the aways-Gladys Kirk
Rhedu Fletcher and his brdethe oa Squire NeaL Emile
Hland The Sterling club by the getting
overhauing-new oil burners, lights repaired
basement and decorated throughout.
members the organization
American Legion No 606 leaflets down the
loop district the Charter MISUNDERSTANDING yes"
the leaflets printed for the their
Of the fellows the George Manu. Reed
his wife, Beatrice Andrew Charles
also Ransom Coins June Morris and Moses Wallace united
lovely with the family and close friends
June will reside Moses home, w.
Received letter from Mrs. Bonnie Davis Jr living Los
Angeles who asks how the tells
lovely and there (goang)Mrs Davis has moved into
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leaplng ana peep
ing is on the pla!
il cool side i
seems.
A new oTRani
zation is in thu
making. II is {
new form Of cit!
government for
the governing o.
chicks and cats
by their own con-
stitution and
thar nun pnovOr
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HOW MANY SIS WORTH

National Service Life Insurance
is issued in any amount from 81 900
to $4,000 in multiples of $500 and
there is a plan to fit almost any
insurance need. Make up your mind
how much you want, Joe, for here
come the various insurance plans.
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if it has been in force for 20 years,
the paid-up amount will be $4,-
568.20.
THE 3O-PAYMENT LIFE
The 3O-payment life policy pro-
vides insurance throughout the life
time Of the assured by the payment
Of fixed premium for thirty wears,
At the end of thirty years payment
ceases but the insurance will con-
tinue in force and guaranteed val
ues continue to accumulate and
such dividends as may be declared
will be paid as long as the insured
lives. The premium on this plan is
somewhat higher than that for the
ordinary life plan because pay
ments for only thirty years are re-
quired no matter how long the in
sured lives.
20-PAYMENT LIFE
The 2O-payment life is similar
to the 3O-payment life except that
the fixed premium is payable for
only twenty years. Naturally this
premium is higher than the ordi-
nary life or the 3O-payment life
because the policy is fully paid up
in twenty years.
THE 2O-YEAR
ENDOWMENT
The 20-year endowment policy
provides that fixed premium shall
be paid for twenty years. At the
end of this period unless the policy
natures sooner by death, the full
amount is payable to the insured in
one sum or in monthly installments
ranging in number from thirty-six
to 24O as the insured may elect.
This policy not only provides for
full payment to the insured if he
is alive at the end Of the endow-
ment period but guarantees full
payment to his beneficiary if he
should die at any time during the
2O-year period.
THE ENDOWMENT
AT AGE 60
The endowment at the age Of 60
provides for fixed premium pay
ment only through the endowment
period. The endowment period is
the number of full policy years
which, added to the age of the in
sured at the date the policy be-
came effective, totals 60. At the
end of the endowment period, I'M
less the policy natures sooner by
death, the face amount of the policy
is payable to the insured in one sum
or in installments ranging from
thirty-six to 24O as he may elect.
THE ENDOWMENT
AT AGE 65
The endowment at the age of 65
is similar to the endowment at age
60 except that the endowment
period is the number of full years
which, added to the age of the in
sured as of the date the policy be-
came effective, totals 65.
THAT'S ALL, SHE WROTE!
There you are, Joe. From where
we sit the 20-year endowment looks
like the best deal. But no matter
how it shapes up to you just re-
member that the odds against you
in Operations USA" are much
greater than they were against you
when you scrambled onto the
beaches at Normandy. Latch on to
one of those plans.
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20 De mOnLhIy aHalT-a parry once a mOnth-lt
of the first affairs since Christmas holidays
and everyone in a mood for sociazing-Mr. S. V.
Owens, the new president, usual having grand
time-the dancing, Ted Allen, who is minus his
moustache because told him his daughter
Ermine (the wife, sang beautifully in the opera.
Ted claims he will look younger This age) without his
brush" . Bob and Mary Jones, Ed Salter (Eds
wife is visiting in Winnipeg her home John and
BObbie Cyrus-Clarence and Kitty TaylOr-Dr. and
Mrs Weber-the Bill willie" Smas-Mr. and Mrs.
Hector Vassar-LerOy and Bea COleman-the Carl
Griffins=Iohn md CnraheIe Ranks-InciIIe and
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BY DON GATES

"You call it madness" but BLOW
Top Blues" is just the deal Pick up.
This week is one Of few jumps,
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TALES OF TWO CITIES
By EMMA KIRK

Injecting blood into the membership Sterling is
the club kinda An
by the club Friday evening which, going
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-02-21

genOus sex tendencies. But
much Of hOmOgeneity in sex is
acquired and not Unborn. The
history of inmates in houses Of
correction or shelter homes
where in early life the members
Of one sex live show an abnOr-
NAL amount of hOmOseXual de
velOpment This is acquired.
1t will also be true that homo
sexuaIs will be found to enjoy
working with and prefer being with
members Of the same sex; in fact,
they will avidly seek this rela-
tionship. And. Of course, some of
them will contribute to the de
linquency of youth" Nevertheless,
we still believe athletics is means
of keeping our boys normal males,
even if occasionally some homo
sexual athlete gets found out
MINNEAPOLIS SHUT-INS
Among Minneapolis Shut-ins this
week are: Theodore Vader, 25 S.
Second St; Lynn Price, 10, 1925
Seventh St. S; Abraham Petty.
HOS n. Dupont; George P. Kitchen,
GOT Olson Blvd; William J. Sims.
lS49 f. oath, and Colleen Moore,
SAL N. Fremont.
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THE PLANS

There are seven types of Nation
al Service Life Insurance available
to you. They are the five-year level
premium term plan, the ordinary
life plan, the Repayment life plan,
the 2O-payment life plan, the 20
year endowment, the endowment at
the age of 60, and the endowment
at the age of 65. The last six plans
are permanent plans. After you
have carried your insurance for
eight years you must convert it
into one of the six permanent plans.
You may convert it at the end of
the first year if you choose.
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ORDINARY LIFE

The ordinary life policy provides
insurance protection by the pay
ment of a fixed premium through
out the lifetime of the insured
Ordinary life calls for the lowest
premium payment of any of the
permanent plans and thus offers
the largest amount of permanent
protection per dollar Of premium
paid. An ordinary life policy, is
sued at the age of 25 for $4,000
which has been in force ten years,
with no Indebtedness and no divi-
dends left on deposits, may be sur
rendered and exchanged for 81, $780,
40 worth Of paid up insurance, or
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TERN INSURANCE

The term insurance furnishes the
largest amount of protection per
dollar of premium paid but is is
sued for only a limited period and
provides for no guaranteed values
upon lapses or surrender because
the premium is figured at the low
est amount considered necessary
to cover the normal cost of the
insurance. 1t is considered a tenn
porary form of protection as COM
pared with the permanent plans
but accumulates substantial values
during the lifetime of the insured.
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if it has been in force for 20 years,
the paid-up amount will be $4,-
56S.2O.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-07
Asst.
Superintendent
ChiLdren's Home

The Children's Home Society
of Florida, at the beginning of
it's 46th year of service to Flor
ida homeless, orphan and desti-
tutc children, Nov. 3. l947. an
nounces the appointment of
George T. Swartzott of Cleve-
land and Boston, as associate
superintendent of the society to
assist Marcus c. Daddy" Fagg,
who recently completed 81 years
of service as state superinten-
dent. during which time over
$1,000 homeless, orphan and LESS
CHANGED" children, from babies
up to Is years of age, of every
creed and belief, were referred
to the Home Society for aid and
care from every city, town and
village in Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-07

Manager,
Not Mayor,
Suggested

The man who finished
last in Tuesdays city cleo
lion expressed thought in
telegram of congratulations
TO the man who headed the
ticket that, probably. has oe-
Cured to a good many other
Key Westers.
Aware of Maitland Adams
success for many years as
manager Of the Thompson
Enterprises. Albert G. Rob-
erts. in his congrstulatorY
telegram. remarked that Ad-.
ans could do far more good
for Key West as its man.
sger thsn as its mayor.
With Maitlsnd Adams
as city manager" Roberts
said today. you can bet
your last dollar that things
would be run rightly in our
city"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-07
AGREE TO BACK FOR.
MER MANAGER ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT
Sfs; : :, - j. +: IT. :.'..
{. WITH NO, STRINGS


Commissioner John CarbonelI
told, The Citizen that he and
Mayor Demcritt will ask at the
next meeting of the City Com
mission that Dave King be re-
turned as City Manager of Key
West.
Csrbonell said today that
"after seeing Mr.. Ellington
and Mr.. King work. I am
convinced thst King is the
more capable man." He con-
tinued. The mayor and I will
advocate the return OF Dave
King to succeed Ellingson. We
will back him 100 per cent
with no strings attached"
Carbonell stated that he con
Sidered Ellingson to be very
personable man. and that their
relations had been very pleasant
I'm regard to King, there never
was any personal grievances al
all"
The commissioner. who has
served nearly ten years, first az
a councilman. and then as {
commissioner. hoped that the
other three commissioners. Matt
land Adan&s. Louis Carbonell
Continued On Page Eight
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The Silver Star
Wins Contest OF
Seaboard X. r

NORFOLK. Va, Nov. 1.-THE
Silver Star" is the name select
eel in the $500 prize contest for
the Seaboard Air Line Railroads
streamfined train to be put in
service December II, for travel
between New York and both
coasts Of Florida it was an
nounced today by G. f. Bell.
passenger traffic manager Of the
road.
Mrs. Harry Jordan of 1915
Tangerine avenue. ST. Peters
burg, won the $500 and is being
presented check by f. r.
Matthews, Seaboard'S assistant
general passenger agent IN st.
Petersburg. Mrs. Jordan and her
husband, a retired cmplOye Of
an oil concern, moved from
California TO St. Petersburg to
make their. home early this year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-07

Float For CITY
Orange Bowl
Miami Parade

An effort is being made by
the Key West Chamber of Com
merce to get $50 tickets for the
Orange Bowl football game at
Miami, and to give, tickets to
donors here to a fund to- have a
Key West float in the Bowl
Parade.
1t was decided to take this
action yesterday at meeting of
the board of directors of the
Chamber.
The directors also decided to
contact the states representa-
tives in Congress in an effort to
have them support movement
in Congress to have the inter
coastal waterway extended from
Key West to Bahia Honda.
This action was taken at the
suggestion of the Atlantic Deep
err Waterways Association, OF
which the local Chamber is
member. A letter was received
| from the association suggesting
! this course of action.
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Bridge Tolls
Show Decrease
g
During October

i Though 5,601 more passengers
used the Overseas Highway
bridges last month than in Octo-
Der. 1916, tolls decreased ST.
844.50 as compared with October
of last year.
Reason for the decrease was
because 1,178 fewer motor We
hicles used the bridges last
month.
!. Tolls in October of 1916, to-
tailed $24,7O425; last month they
amounted toe$22,359.75.
Passengers last month num-
bered 1880; October of last
year, 25,649.
Motor vehicles using the
bridges last month totaled H.
246; October of last year. 1924