St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-08-06
Publishers Corner

July hectic month for your humble
accounts in part for the disappearance of this filler from its
accustomed spot Mrs reta Mcknight of dozen read
ers of this Corner complained Monday night
laying down the job though-havng newspaper job
on which you can lie down, especially in July.
Thanks Million 1t July that the NEGRO DIGEST
carried fatterng article Twin Cities Spokesman by Lois Rich
We going write
New York advertising for her article when find
to clean up the debris work table and unearh her address
To all of nice people who congrauatoy
letters about the DIGEST article thanks mllion
Early in July had the Eks Mdwern meeting
here AS member Of the Ames Lodge committee had hectic
schedule hghligh of the opportunity chat
with Of the nations top personalities Finley Wilson the
OF the million or SO Eks and Daughter Eks OF the
nation the West Indies Cuba America OF
talked bit with Joe Louis who first met back in 1887 Joe
came 70 minneapolis that year at the oehest OF our friend George
Barton then sports editor of the TRIBUNE for benefit boxing
show Mr. Barton threw dinner party for Louis Radsson Ho
tel private dining room with members of Johnny Baker Post wei
committee and the writer Ike
Moore Tea Burt Enrol M FaSse and Julian Black who Joe
that time We took considerable kidding because
beard that time Louis remark that looked like Halle
Seasse put the party in stitches.
present-day golfng ur-day
saton during their stay the Twin Cities Jay ChaV Seattle
grand esquire of the Eks and only weserner holding grand
lodge official position Travelled Minneapolis with Wilson He's
long time subscriber Of this paper
a thousand Elks We
shook hands with them and told them hoped that they
would all back the Twin Cities the finest cities this side
Of heaven
July that Hall retired from the Ramsey county
auditors office We missed the party for him the St Paul
Covered Wagon but writer Carl Rowan interviewed 90
c. the title by which thousands know him When he went to work
holding county job above the classification of anto He took the
financial loss He and the stage for
the IS Negro county employees who hold all kinds of jobs IN
today. July that Field SChck Joined the
ranks of progressive mercantile establishments and upgaded
of its Negro employees to a sales job
political First it
Sn then Humphrey and then Benson with Mrs Lawrence
See playing the national political Because
Humphreys fight for stronger civil rights plank he electrified the
country Others down Wnona to board
the he home Chief Glen MacLean and this
Corner who have traded couple of punches in the daily press got
and the Hotel Wlnona
The when back to Minneapolis the third ride
open and down Ncoet Avenue inside the
fellow workers that's how we got
5untan!
Despite our being in an
editorial ambang with Charles Oscar Johnson executive sports
STARTRBUNE Even if audience consider
Johnson think both rounds OF
be little peeved at us personally but
phrases again in his column with
out thinking them bit
We listened to the ptfu story of Georgia sharecroppe who
avoid violence simply because
got of his landlord He's got Job
washing Minneapolis cafe that him more in one
months work of himself and his family
and children in the sovereign state OF Gawg
phony magazine publisher used quite freely IN
nuctng unsuspecng of of the realm He IS
spending 90day sojourn in the Minneapolis workouSe
better half went to the
, surgery there for days. two times day. to
track of meanderlngs both
invention of Alexander Ora
slight suspicion that she likes the service one
hospital Each time Dr. W. Donald Brown has
lad to insist that it time to 60 home
honor to guest at the tes-
nonial banquet by the Minneapolis Fedora
ion grand affair for grand uSetu
held the NiColet that first real
zed that Joseph the outstanding Of the country had
way He immigrant boy VINO To-Day
me of he successful grain in Minneapolis
Startling revealing his story of how the Northwestern