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EIks from Eight States
To Invade Minneapolis on
July 4th, for Annual Meeting

bands, drum and bugle corps and
marching units participating, a
baseball game and drill contests
al Nlcollet Park, q regional ora
torical contest, a banquet at the
Nicollet Hotel, a grand ball, n
$4,000 open golf tournament at
the Superior Golf Club and scores
Of other events.
Housing Needed
A housing committee headed
by Leon Barnett and Mrs. Mary
Hudson Is canvassing Minneapo-
lis and ST. Paul for rooms to
house the delegates. Persons who
can accommodate some Of the
convention visitors may register
with Mrs. Hudson at Bridgeport
1904.
The Denver, Colorado, del
egatiOn Of 65 will be lead by
Ham Jenkins, president Of the
association.
Minneapolis Elks will have two
musical units, a band and the
drum and bugle corps.
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Dewitt Stands
Behind YOungdahl
On Guard Issue

In a strong letter June 3, to
Secretary Of the Army Ken
meth Royal, Congressman Ed
ward ]. Dewitt of st. Paul
backed the fight of Governor
Youngdahl to open the Mime
sofa National Guard to all citi-
zens regardless Of race.
Governor Youngdahl h a d
asked Minnesota Senators and
members Of Congress to sup
port his contention that Mime
sofa should be allowed to enlist
Negroes into the state national
guard without segregation.
Dewitt not only denounced
discrimination and segregation
as un-American but called the
segregation Of Negro armed
forces dead in the Fort Smelling
National cemetery disgrace
full"
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Youth Suffers
Gun Wound in
ScuHIe in Home

Harry Estes, 10, 1913 st. An
thony Ave, suffered a flesh
wound in the back, following a
shooting Thursday, June 3.
BURNS johnson, 80, 24l ST. An.
thony Ave, is being held by the
police. He said he pulled out a
.38 Caliber automatic pistol tC
scare Estes but in the scuffle the
weapon discharged, wounding the
youth.
The shooting occurred in the
home Of Johnson's mother. $40 ST
Anthony, during a quarrel over
an incident involving Estes and
JOhnsOn's sister
The shooting was not reported
to police until Estes went to a
doctors office for treatment Of the
wound.
A marriage license was issued
to Harry Estes and Loyce V.
johnson last week.
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Swedish Scientist Charges v. s. with
RESPONSIBILITY Of Making Democracy
Work with Present Framework

DR.. Myrdal answered his own
question by saying he thought
the answer is what has some
times been called that moral
overstrain' OF the American ma
ton, this fact that the Negro
problem in America really is a
problem to the entire nation
which is constantly held in the
agenda. The answer is this psy-
Geological, political and moral
situation here which l called an
American dilemma
America could never think Of
giving the caste system the pub
lie sanction Of the law" he said,
Even the Southern segregation
laws were based on the friction
of equality. When Negroes are
fighting for their rights they have
therefore a most powerful tool
in their hands - the glorious
American ideals of democracy,
liberty and equality to which the
nation is pledged, not only by
its political constitution but by
the sincere devotion of its citi-
zenS.
This is the deeper reason why
Negroes are constantly gaining.
They have always many of the
best whites fighting with them.
They can fight Fundamentally
while their adversaries have a
split personality. They have not
only the law but the national
creed on their side"
Mrs. Roosevelt said the
color question in America has
really become IAN interna-
tiOnal question"
This question" she declared,
lis one which really hurts our
leadership in the world more than
anything else. The most vulner-
able spot we have whenever there
is opposition TO what the United
States stands for is our treatment
of our colored people. 1t is the
first point Of attack"
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was everywhere. Hospitals in
Portland were filed with victims,
hastily erected disaster stations
were jammed, emergency vehicles
were carting people to safety
areas as rapidly as the congested
traffic permitted.
Boats also were being modified
by the coast guard to rescue per-
sons clinging precariously to roof
tops and other wreckage floating
on the waters.
Loss Of 20 Reported
A man by the name of Whitney,
whose first name was not known,
was said to have lost several of
his children.
One unidentified colored wo-
man, with her children and a tiny
portion of her belongings, scram-
bled to dry land. She reported
that about 20 people were caught
in the house next to where she
lived, and that she feared they
had all drowned.
The Vanport hospital was COM
pletely under water, along with
all other buildings. 1t was not
known whether or not all patients
had been removed in time to es-
cape drowning.
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New York, June-(NNP) THE
treatment of colored people in
the United States was termed
here last Wednesday night by DR..
Gunnar Myrdal as Americas
greatest and most conspicuous
scandal" while Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt labelled it the most
vulnerable spot we have in inter
national affairs"
For the colored people all over
the world, whose rising influence
is automatic, this scandal is salt
in their wound" declared DR..
Myrdal.
DR.. Myrdal, author Of The
American Dilemma" a definite
work on the race problem in the
United States, and Mrs. Roose-
welt were the principal speakers
at a dinner given in honor of DR.,
Myrdal by the Committee Of 100,
an organization supporting the
work of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
The dinner, held in the Wedge
wood Room of the Waldorf-As-
toria Hotel, was attended by more
than 300 persons who contributed
approximately $4,000 to the
NAACP.
DR.. Myrdal observed that
world politics will increasingly
be concerned in the future with
the demands for equality raised
by the underprivileged colored
people in the world" He added
that the way America will han
die this problem will then acquire
its truly crucial implications for
America as a world power"
America, DR.. Myrdal asserted,
has kept its colored citizens first
in slavery and then "in subju-
gated caste" but still has always
been able to count upon their I'M
reserved loyalty and devotion.
Asking how this has been done,
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Hi, Bill will be the salutation
heard on Mill City streets again
and again during the first week in
next month.
Elks from eight mid-western
states, led by grand exalted ruler
J. Finley Wilson of Washington,
D. c., will invade Minneapolis
July 4, for the annual convention
of the Elks Mid West Association
which meets here July 4, S, 8
and 7.
Eight States In Association
The Midwest Association con-
sists Of Elk lodges and temples in
the states Of Minnesota, Iowa, Ne
braska, Colorado, Wyoming, Ok
lahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Minneapolis Elks led by Reuben
Warren as general chairman, have
made elaborate plans for the en-
tertainment Of delegates and Wis
itors who are expected to number
in excess of 1900.
Among the features of the four
days will be two parades, with
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Anna Hedgemanmane Letters.
Hamline records reveal that
Mrs. Hedgeman is the first woman
graduate of the school to receive
an honorary degree from the in
stitution.
The citation read by DR.. Charles
Pace, Hamline's retiring presi-
dent, said.
Anna Arnold Hedgeman
graduated from Hamline Uni
versity in the Class of 1922. The
recital of her activities in the
intervening years reflects the
abundance and the brililance of
her contribution to the solution
of the social problems Of our
time. She took graduate study
at the University of Minnesota,
the National Training School of
the Y.W.C.A., and the New
York School of Social Work.
She has taught in the south,
had official relations to the
Y.W.C.A. in such cities as
Springfield, Ohio, Jersey City,
Philadelphia, and New York.
She was consultant on racial
problems for the Department of
Welfare of the City of New
York. After Pearl Harbof she
became field representative of
the Civilian Defense for New
York, New Jersey and Della
ware.
In 1914 she became the ex-
ecutive secretary of the Nation
al Council for a Permanent
Fair Employment Practic e
Committee with headquarters
in Washington. Since the war
she has assisted in personnel
problems on the staff Of How
ard University and has acted
as Dean of Women.
by pen and voice, in maya
zine and on the platform, she
has advocated the cause of the
underprivileged and pied for
justice in the practices of bust
ness and government. Her dedi-
cation of personality and her
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unusual gifts have won her
friends in national councils
Her beneficial influence and
leadership is worthy Of special
praise, and Hamline University
takes pleasure in presenting to
you, Anna Arnold Hedgeman
the honorary degree of Humane
Letters"
Mrs. Hedgeman's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. ]. Arnold, came to
Minnesota from Iowa 40 years
ago and settled at Anoka, MINI
Mrs. Arnold was a native of St
Paul, being Marie Parker Arnold,
member of a pioneer St. Paul
family.
Mrs. Hedgeman attended the
Anoka public schools, graduating
from Anoka High School. In 1922
she graduated from Hamline, be-
coming the first Negro graduate.
II is believed that she is the first
Negro woman to receive an hon.
orary degree from a northern uni
verSity.
Among those noticed at the
Hamline commencement Monday
were, Mines. Ethel Maxwell Will.
liams, Frances Brown, Hazel But.
Ter, Idell Patton, Percy Hughes
Sr., and Miss l. Myrtle Garden.
Others receiving honorary doc
torates were Ronald Rowles Mer.
edith and Daniel Charles Carney
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ShrinerS Observe
Jubilee Day at

EhBEim DdptlSl
The Shriners of Fezzan Temple
No. 26, will observe Jubilee Day
in a service at Pilgrim Baptist
Church, Sunday, June Is, at SOC
pm. Rev. Floyd Massey, Jr., will
preach the sermon. Music will be
furnished by the Pilgrim Young
Women's Choral Group, FezzaR.
csc Sextette, and the Shrine
Chanters.
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Rufus BOydS Divide
Property AS Wife
Sues for Divorce

Mrs. Rufus Boyd OF 1877 lyle
hart Ave, filed suit for divorce
on May q, from her husband,
Rufus.
Property settlement was report
eddy made out of court, with
Mrs. Boyd receiving the home,
half Of the family savings and
custody and support of their 7
year old daughter, Marva Ann.
John c. DeCourcey is the at
torney for Mrs. Boyd.
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Daughter EIks Re-eleet
Mary Hudson Leader

Mrs. Mary Hudson, 5O7 Bryant
Ave. No, Minneapolis, was re-
elected for a third term daughter
ruler Of Minnehaha Temple, LIB.
.P.O.E.W., Thursday night, June 3.
Other officers elected were Ash
ton Tatum, vice-daughter ruler;
Gertrude Ogletree, assistant
daughter ruler; Teresa Mae Jones,
chaplain; Lola Jackson, gate
keeper; Minnie Hudley, door
keeper and Ioletta Ampey, es-
Cort.
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Other Breaks

BY late Tuesday, the army had
ordered the evacuation of 10000
people in areas stretching I2O
miles along both sides Of the Co
lumbia River.
In Portland, water was rising in
the downtown area Tuesday az
ternoon, with the creest expected
to be reached that night. AS yet
no danger to life was anticipated
there.
On Monday, President Truman
proclaimed the Northwest an
emergency area.
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Crowd Hears
Phillip Randolph
And Webster

A crowd which filled to capac-
ity the Halle Q. Brown gymna-
SUM Sunday afternoon heard A.
Phillip Randolph tell Of his plans
to lead a civil disobedience if
the armed services continue to
Jim crow" Negro draft selec-
tees.
H. Milton Webster first vice
president of the International
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por-
tiers, which Mr.. Randolph heads,
also spoke.
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Recital

Mrs Esther Roach will present
her Annual Piano Recital, Sunday
evening, June 20, at 7 p. m. at
Paul S. Schmitt Music Center,
88 South Tenth St.
The public is cordially invited.
ADV.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-06-11

Edward Johnson Of Colorado,
Murray Of Montana and Claude
Pepper Of Florida voted for the
anti-poll tax amendment.
MlnneSOta's two Senators
Thye and Ball voted for the
LANCER amendment.
LANCER, a Republican, had
sponsored six other amendments
based ironically on Democratic
President Humans civil rights
program.
All the others were ShelVed
or voted down without the
Senate actually passing on
the civil rights issue directly.
None Of the northern Demo
cratic Senators from the heavily
Negro populated north and east
ern states supported LANCER.
One, Senator Lucas Of Illinois,
accused the Republicans Of violat-
ing a general agreement" that
all civil rights amendments would
be shelved.
Negro leaders, newspapers and
organizations throughout the
country Immediately praised VIII
liam LANCER, the North Dakotan,
for having the courage to attack
the "disgraceful and degrading
treatment of Negro soldiers in
uniform"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-06-11

the three lndl-
viduals receiving
h norary de-
grees M o n d a y
morning at the
commencem e n t
exercises of his
toric Hamline.
She received the
honorary degree
of Doctor of HUI
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VOL. XIV, No. A
Negro Leader First Woman
HamIine Graduate to Get
Alma Matters Honorary Degree

Minnesota woman, first Negro graduate of Hamline
University Mnnesotas oldest college of higher learning
back home Monday receive the high distinction of
honorary degree from her alma mater.
The woman is Anna Arnold Hedgeman of New York and
Washington former Anoka Minnesota girl who was
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Oregon Flood Waters Leave
5000 Homeless; Many May
Have Drowned at Vanport
CLOS Angeles Sentinel News Service)


Portland, OreHundreds of Negroes feared drowned
the terrifying flood that swept through nearby VanpoTt
and surged the whole Portland late last Sunday
May 27 when the mighty Columbia burst through bikes
and retaining walls.
Five thousand Negroes Vanport rendered home
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Chicago News Gets
Anti-BiaS Award

Chicago-An award for i'm
provement of human relations"
has been given to the Chicago
Daily News by the Chicago
Council Against Racial Discrim-
nation.
The award was presented to
A. T. Burch, chief editorial writer,
for John S. Knight, editor and
publisher Of the Daily News.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-06-11
Senator LANCER Wins Fight
To Exempt Draftees from
Southern Poll Tex Payments

Washington, D. C.-Fightng almost all alone battle
Senator William LANCER of North Dakota Monday finally put
through Civil Rights amendment to the draft bill to
emPt draftees from paying poll tax in federal elections
The vote was by the narrow margin of 81 to IS.
Thirty-four Republicans and three
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Back issues Of this paper are
available. Just call Midway S34O.
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less, with the entire city COM
pletely inundated. Tuesday after
noon the waters there were still
Is feet high. The city had entirely
disappeared from view.
Lose Everything
Many of the victims lost every
piece of furniture they owned and
all their clothes except the few
pieces they were wearing when
the disaster struck.
The situation of the Negro vic
Tins was the more acute because
of the segregated housing condi-
tons that exist in Portland Ed
win c. Berry, executive secretary
Of the Portland Urban League,
told the Sentinel that not another
individual could be crammed into
the crowded Negro area of Port
land.
He stated, however, that all Red
Cross and other aid is being dis
tributed to evacuees without any
trace of discrimination. Because
Of the excellent racial policy be-
ing followed, he urged Los Ange-
les Negroes who wished to contri-
butte help to donate through the
regular agencies.
Same Treatment
He said that Negroes and whites
were being given identical treat
ment in all temporary housing
areas, and that the total commu-
nifty, including the press and
radio, were responding excel
lently.
No reliable information could
be obtained as to the names OF
the dead and injured. The actual
extent of the disaster will not be
known until the 10000 former
residents have been registered
and checked.
All Of Vanport was a surging
sea with two, three and four
story buildings lurching crafty
like rudderless ships on the turgid
waters, careening against each
other and crumbling into Splint-
ers.
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Panic

Automobiles, trucks, every
movable object floated around in
the wreckage, twisted, overturned
and sank out of sight. Many of
the automobiles, according to eye
witnesses, were filled with panic
stricken passengers as they disap-
peared beneath the waters.
Men, women and children fed
to the comparative safety of the
bikes when the flood broke
through the main line railroad
fill from Smith Lake. The entire
population Of Vanport had no ad-
vance warning Of the disaster.
Twenty minutes after the dixie
broke, water had risen to he
second stories of buildings, and
was still mounting rapidly.
Until only a short time before
the waters began spilling through
the breach, residents had been
assured that the city was safe.
No Warning
Atty Ulysses G. Plummer, Jr.,
who lived in Vanport advised the
Sentinel on Sunday that there
seemed no imminent danger. On
Monday, Plummer, a member Of
the Board Of Directors of the
Portland Urban League, had lost
everything he owned - clothing,
valuables and furniture, and es-
capped only with his life and the
clothes on his back. He said that
his case was typical.
Devastation and destruction
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ONLY IN THE RECORDER

ONLY IN THE RECORDER
Do st. Paulites get the news from the
surrounding Negro population centers.
Each week correspondents in Sioux
Falls, S. D., Duluth and Minneapolis
provide readers of the RECORDER
with the news of those communities.
By means of this paper the various
communities explore and examine their
common interests in Negro progress.
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READERS HAVE THEIR SAY
Many readers get steam off
their chests" by writing letters to
the editor. Usually on page four of
this paper will be found the varied
opinions of our readers.
This newspaper welcomes letters
on all subjects. Brief, concise let
tiers have best chance of being pub
lished.
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She Graduates

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Evening star., 1948-11-16

Bishop John j. McNamara ON
eiated at the wedding November 9
of Miss Patricia Ann Woodwork,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A.
Woodwork, and Dr.. Frank James
sanzaro of Washington, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Sebastiano Sanzaro Of
Kensington, Conn. The ceremony
took place at 10 O'Clock in the
morning in st. Anthony's Church
and was followed by a reception at
the Catholic Daughters clubhouse
on Scott Circle.
Mr.. Woodwork gave his daughter
In marriage and Miss Joan Wood
worth was her maid of honor.
Bridesmaids were Miss Gerry Wood
worth. Miss Elizabeth Mahoney and
Miss Patricia Ritter.
DR.. Louis j. Goffredi was best man
and the ushers were DR.. Edward
Palank, DR.. William Devlin and DR..
William Saccardi
After q honeymoon the couple will
be at home at 2811 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Guild to Give Tea

Miss Bessie B. Blacknall Of War
renton, Va, will be the guest OF
honor ut a tea to be given tomorrow
afternoon by the Parish Women's &
Guild of st. Thomas Church at
the parish house.
Miss Blacknall spent Is years in
missionary work in Nenana. Alaska,
and will tell Of her experiences at
the tea. Mrs. Norman M. Yonan
will preside.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
0bic announced

Mrs. William M. Mann will speak
on postwar developments in Euro
pean ZOOS at the meeting Of the
Society Of Women Geographers to
be held tomorrow at the home of
Mrs. Marian Stirling. Mrs. Mann
spent six weeks last summer visit
ing ZOOS and private collections in
Europe and will tell Of her personal
observations of their conditions.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
WCTU Session

An executive session of the Dis
trict Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will be held at 10:30
am. tomorrow in the parlor of the
Mount Vernon Methodist Church.
Mrs. Amy Glossbrenner will preside.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
ZOnta Luncheon

The Rev. c. Leslie Glenn. rector
Of st. Johns Episcopal Church. will
deliver q Thanksgiving message at
the luncheon meeting Of the Zonta
Club to be held at 1890 pm. to-
morrow at the Dodge Hotel.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Sneaker Named

Robert II. Mutt, memory expert,
will be guest speaker at the monthly
meeting of the Credit Women's
Breakfast Club at 7:45 am. tomor-
row at the Willard Hotel.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
ADVERTISEMENT.
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-06-18
Summer Theuter
Group Chooses
Comedy As Play

The Broadway comedy hit,
1.-The Man Who Came to Dinner"
by Moss Hart and George S.
Kaufman, has been chosen by the
Summer Theater for production
and tryouts for parts will be held
Tuesday at 1880 p. m. at the
Eleventh Street auditorium.
Albin Krebs, president of the
young peoples summer theatrical
organization, has requested that
all young people interested in
theater work attend the next
meeting.
The play which is in three acts
ran for two years on Broadway
and was made into a motion pic
ture several seasons ago. 1t was
adopted by a vote of the member
ship of Summer Theater on rec
ommendation of Miss Rita Neil
sen and members of the play
reading committee.
Tryouts are open to all college
students and high school stu
dents injunior and senior classes.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-06-18
Dredge Contract
For Inner Horbor
TO Mobile Firm

A contract for dredging the
Pascagoula Inner Harbor was let
last week to the Mobile Dredg-
ing company for the amount OF
$40, 1887
The Mobile company was
awarded the contract for dredg-
ing the inner harbor adjoining
Lake Yazoo, just west of South
Pascagoula street, including the
back-filling of the existing steel
pile wall and the disposal Of al
dredged material within 80 cal.
endar days after the work order
is ISSUED.
The channel will be dredged tc
a depth of six feet at mean low
tide which will be approximately
8 feet at normal tide. The entire
basin between the pilings will be
cleaned out which will give a
width of approximately 200 to
$50 feet and at the far end or
westward after 1t passes the Cole
property the channel will have a
width of so feet, II was stated.