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Aida STANSBURY
ST. PAUL NATIVE
DIES AT SIXTY

Aida Stansbury, go years old, of
222 Rondo Ave, died Sunday eve
ming, Apr. a, at Ancker hospital,
after a short Hines. Mrs. STAINS
bury, who has been blind for the
past q years, was employed be-
fore her illness at the School for
the Blind and in the 25 years of
her employment. did not miss a
single day. Her work was weaving
rugs, and other handiwork, which
was exhibited at the State Fair.
Mrs. Stansbury was born in St
Paul.
The sole survivor is her brother.
Edward Jones, a fireman in the
city.
Funeral services were held We'd
uesday, Apr. 7, 9 am. at St. Pc
ter Claver church, with Father Je-
rrmc Luger officiating. Burial was
in Calvary cemetery.
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Bethesda Choir
Present Cleveland
Singers April 13

The Senior Choir Of the Bethes-
da Baptist Church under the di-
rection of Mrs. Bessie Gresham is
presenting the John Howard Choir
Of Cleveland, Ohio, in a Great Mu-
steal Feast on Tuesday evening,
April 10 at the Bethesda Baptist
Church, 1118 9Th Street So, at
8 pm.
The public is cordially invited
to come out and enjoy the many
soul-stirring numbers by this great
choir. The managers of this great
choir are the Hickman Brothers.
The John Howard Choir under
the direction Of Mr.. J. II. Ogletree
have been heard in many of the
cities in the United States.
Admission is free.
Rev. Jerome Tate is pastor of
Bethesda; Mrs. Bessie Gresham,
directress of Senior Choir, and Mrs.
Eddie Jefferson, president.
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A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH
he claimed was the direct result Of
segregation. The camp commander,
he said, declared that Negro sol
diers train better when they have
access to sexual intercourse, thus
a house Of prostitutes was permit
ted to operate in the area Of the
camp, and no sanitary facilities Of
any kind were provided.
Elwood s. Mckinney, commits
sioner on the Massachusetts, FEPC,
gave very enlightening testimony,
as did Jesse o. Dedmon, secretary
Of veterans affairs, NAACP. Miss
E. Pauline Myers, director Of Pro-
visional National Committee to
Abolish Segregation from the Uni
versal Military Training program,
was scheduled to testify in the
morning session, but due TO lack
Of time, her 27-page prepared
statement was inserted in the rec
ord without oral hearing.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

Alfred Buddy Stone, a 16-year-
old youth Of $50 Carroll Ave, who
was TO be returned to Red Wing
Boys Training school for violating
his parole, flashed a gun in st. Paul
police headquarters, threatened a
Dispatch reporter and escaped Sat
urday, Apr. 8. The youth has a
long juvenile record dating back
to 1914, when he was only II
years old, police said.
Mrs. Evelyn Ashby, 3s, his moth
er, and the youth were picked up
at his home and driven to police
headquarters shortly before 1870
am. Saturday and ordered to wait
in a corridor outside the juvenile
office.
Mrs. Ashby told detectives her
son heard someone in the office
remark: He'll have to be locked
up and held"
Stone Immediately pulled a
blue-steel revolver from his
pocket, said, 'Tn be seeing
you later, MOm," and headed
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09
Woman in Joe Louis Suit
Will Resist Husbands Effort
To Cain ChiIdren's Custody

NEW YORK, Apr.-(NNPA).-
Mrs. Matte Faulkner, a model
known professionally as Carol
Drake Faulkner, said last Monday
she had not seen her husband, the
Rev. Matthew. C. Faulkner, a min
lister of Atlanta, Georgia, since the
Wednesday before Palm Sunday.
The Rev. Mr.. Faulkner is suing
Joe Louis, the world heavyweight
boxing champion, for damages of
100000 for the alleged alienation
Of his mates affections.
Mrs. Faulkner said her husband
had come to her apartment at the
time and demanded admittance.
She refused to admit him but
talked with him through the door,
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she said. On the previous Sunday,
she said, he had visited her apart
ment and picked up some Of his
clothing, including an overcoat.
Mrs. Faulkner declared that she
would resist any effort on the part
Of her husband to obtain custody
of their two children, Matthew K,
4, and Oran, 2. She denied she had
ever dated Louis but admitted she
had been at the same place where
Louis was on a number of occa-
sions. Their meetings, she added,
were purely accidental. Once, she
said, when she visited her three
sisters in Chicago, she heard Louis
was scheduled to be out there but
she did not see him on that occa-
sion.
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National Music
Leaders Coming
Here April 21-22

The fifteenth annual board meet
ing Of the National Convention Of
Choruses and choirs Of America,
Incorporated, will convene at Cam
phor Memorial A.M.E. Church on
April 2lst and 22nd. Camphor
Church is located at 5S5 Fuller
Avenue in St. Paul.
A pre-convention program will
be given April Goth, at 800 pm.
Prof. Thomas A. Dorsey Of Chi
cago is national president Of the
group, which has Unions in prac-
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Among the men contacted by
this paper, there was consider
able doubt that the masses of
colored youth will stick together"
However, the personal disillusion-
ment and bitterness of some, par
ticularly men who fought in the
last war, prompted them to in
sist that they would prefer Con
centration camp" to a segregated
armed forces.
These are the opinions received
by this paper:
ST. PAUL
BILL YATES, ex-soldier, who
now has a grocery store at 55S
St. Anthony:
II wouldn't like to fight unless
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09
Twin City EIks Hold 9th
Annual Thanksgiving Services at
St. Peter Church Sunday Niqht

The 9th annual Thanksgiving
Service of Twin City Elks will
be held jointly Sunday night, April
II, at 8 pm. at St. Peter AME
church, Minneapolis.
Minnehaha Temple No. 1919 will
be host to Ames and Gopher lodg-
es, Como Temple and other Elk
units. Rev. H. c. Boyd will de-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

The Usher Club of st. Peter
A.M.E. church will sponsor Elder
A. L. Kirk, well known soloist, in
unique program Of sermon in
songs" at st. Peter church Sum-
day, April II, at $3.50 pm. The
program, which will comprise Of
about ten different songs, will not
consist of a single spoken word"
Mrs. Thelma Wade, chairman Of
the program committee, said.
A large crowd is expected to at
tend the affair as the doors are
opened to the public. You are urged
to cooperate with the ushers by be-
ing prompt in attendance.
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Man Who ''FOrgOt"
About Previous Wife
Suad for nivnrea

CNNN AOA
Mrs. Anna NJ. Reynolds of 391
St. Anthony Ave, filed suit
Monday, April 8, in district
court for annulment Of her mar
rage to Isaiah Reynolds. Mrs.
Reynolds says in her complaint
that she married Isaiah Rey-
nolds, 80, in Oakland, Calf, in
August, 1914, and in January,
l945, a summons and complaint
arrived from a Mamie Reynolds
from Dallas, Texas, suing for
divorce. She says when she
asked her husband about it, her
husband told her he had aust
plain forgotten" about the pre-
vious marriage.
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Adam Powell
Backs Randolph
Army Views

WASHINGTON, d. G. (NNPA)
Representative Adam c. Powell,
Democrat, Of New York, last Thurs
day Joined advocates Of civil dis
obedience to any draft or universal
military training law the Congress
may enact.
Unable to obtain time in which 10
appear personally before the SEN
ate Armed Services Committee, Mr..
Powell filed a statement in which
he said the testimony given before
the committee by A. Philip Ran
dolph, president Of the Brotherhood
Of Sleeping Car Porters, "emphati-
cally" stated the mood of the col
ored people Of this country.
He added that the viewpoint ex-
pressed by Truman X. Gibson,
former civilian aid to the Secre-
tary Of War and q member Of Presi-
dent Humans Commission on Uni
versal Training, did not even rep
resent minority opinion.
Mr.. Powell, in his statement fled
with the committee, said eolored
veterans and their families viii
always remember Mr.. Gibson "as
the rubber stamp Uncle Tom who
was used during the war by the
War Department TO cast aspersions
on Negro troops In Italy while these
same Negroes were shedding their
blood and dying"
Not Going TO Be Frightened
ave are not going TO be fright
ened by the cry Treason" Mr..
Powell said, referring to Senator
Morse's warning to Mr.. Randolph
that in time Of war civil disobe-
dience to compulsory military serv-
ice would be treated as treason. Mr..
Powell added:
I'VE. the Negro people, for
over 800 years have been the
most loyal element Of this de-
mOcracy. II the finger Of trea-
son can be pointed at anyone, IL
must be pointed at those Of you
who are traitors to our COnstitu-
ton and to our Bill Of Rights.
There aren't enough jails in
America to hold the Negro people
who will refuse to bear arms in a
Jim Crow army. II you threaten
our leaders, then to 10000 pulpits
Of the Negro Church will thunder
through their ministers against the
immoral hypocrisy Of you, the
leaders. dare you to arrest the
10000 ministers of God in order
to whitewash your un-Ameriean-
ism.
Nurse Corps Excludes Negroes
Step by step, this Congress is
pushing the Negro peoples backs
against the wall. Last March, you
refused to accept my amendment
and you set up a permanent nurse
corps of the Armed Services which
rigidly excluded Negro women.
"You are now planning to pre-
sent a bill authorizing q permanent
women's auxiliary to the Armed
Services. This bill again rigidly
excludes Negroes despite the fact
that l appeared before the House
Armed Services Committee and pre-
sented my amendments but they
were overwhelmingly defeated.
"And now you think you can ram
UNIT down the threats Of the Ne
gro people. Well, you eah'ti We
refuse to bear arms In un-AmsEi-
can, Jim Grow armed services. That
choice Is forced upon us BY our God,
our conscience, our Constitution,
and the Bin Of Rights.
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liver the anniversary sermon.
Mrs. Genevie Cooper, mistress
Of social sessions of Minnehaha
Temple, will preside. Various Of
ficers and members of the various
temples and lodges will participate
in the program including daughter
ruler Mary Hudson of the host
temple.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09
Revival Will
Feature Chicuqo
Pastor April 1890

Rev. A. NJ. Smith, former Macon,
Mo, evangelist and at present a
Chicago pastor, will conduct a re-
Iigious revival April 10 through
April 30 at Bethesda Baptist
church.
The meetings will begin
promptly at s p. m. and will be
held nightly except Saturday.
Rev. Smith is known as a dy-
manic, convincing speaker.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

Ralph Ward, Jr., a young CT grad
uate Of the University of Mime
sofa.
Mr.. Butler started in the real
estate and insurance business in
the old Gilfllian Block at Fourth
and Jackson on March q, 1927.
Since March, 1882, he has had Of
fees at PSI Rondo Ave. Mr.. Butler
told reporters Monday that IN ap-
probation for the loyalty and pat
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

ronage Of many clients during the
years, he decided to take in young
well trained man as a partner.
The firm name is now Butler
Ward Realty Co. Mr.. Butler has
been active in the civic life of the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

community. Mr.. Ward is a grad
uate Of the University and has been
studying accounting. He is a vet
eran Of World War II, is married,
lives at 1856 Carroll Ave. and be-
longs to Omega Psi Phi fraternity
and Leslie Lawrence Post Of the
American Legion.
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bringing salvation to a dying
world"
The Twin Cities Union is com
posed of II choirs and choruses
from Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Mrs. Viola Nash Of St. Paul is
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09
st. Thomas Family
Night Mpls. YWCA
Saturday, April 10

Bring the family for a party at
the Y.W.C.A. April 10, at 8 p. m.
Square dancing, bowling, bridge.
Admission 40c. Sponsored by the
Social Service Club Of St Thomas
Church.-adVt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

Next week this paper will
print the opinions OF white
Twin Citions on the question
OF Negro participation in q
Jim Crow armed forces.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09
Twin Citians Support
Randolph; Won't Accept
Jim Crow Armed Forces
By CARL T. ROWAN

A. Phillip Randophs statement last week before Con-
gressional committee that Negro sentiment is to
segregated participation in another appears well founded
Many possible drafees in the Twin Cities that they will
not fight others state that the armed forces will find in
them Individuals whom "they would be better off without
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09
CALLS SOUTH TOTALTTARIAN:
Lillian Smith Criticizes
Southern Liberals Silence
On Civil Rights Issue
FLORENCE FLETCHER

NEW YORK CTT4-In a letter appearing in the n. 7.
Times of April d. Lillian Smith, noted southern writer
y criticized both southern and northern liberals for their
ence the question of civil rights since President Truman
message to congress
Miss Smith writing from her home in CLAYTON. Ga
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Gibson. Reynolds Nedr Blows:
Randolph Threatens Civil
DisObedience Campaign Ii
UNIT. Is Jim Crow

WASHINGTON CANP)-The jimcrow system used by
armed forces blasted high heaven before the
ate armed services committee Wednesday by of the most
leaders of this country While of the wit
nesses favored universal military training BILL and
opposed it. all in accord that segregation and dscm
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

Stay OF Date-May -COsmO-
POlitan's Matinee Style Show
Pioneer hall, SSS ROndo.-adV.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09
w. S. Butler Announces Formation
Of Butler Ward Realty Company

St Paups oldest Negro realty
firm founded p years ago by W. S.
Butler has taken into the firm
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tically every state, and one in Can
ada, The groups purpose is ITO
promote the Gospel in song in
Evening star., 1948-04-20
House Committee Urges
Public Report on Condor
BY me A.seeiossd Press

The House Commerce Committee
yesterday urged the House to seek
q full and public disclosure" of the
activities and afiiliations of Dr.. Ed
ward U. Condor.
DR.. Condor is head Of the National
Bureau Of Standards. A House Un-
American Activities subcommittee
recently called him "one of the
weakest links in the Nations atomic
security. It said that knowingly or
unknowingly" he had associated with
suspected Russian spies.
DR.. Condor retorted that if he is
the weakest link, the Nations atomic
secrets are safe.
The Commerce Committee re-
Gently approved a resolution re-
questing Secretary of Commerce
Hartman to turn over to the Un-
American Activities Committee con-
Dental files bearing on the Condor
case. The resolution is scheduled
for House action Thursday.
The committee urged that the
House insist on the right of the
legislative branch to obtain from
officials Of the executive branch in
formation in their possession which
it is essential for Congress to have"
Evening star., 1948-04-20

What America needs is more
preparation for family living. the
quarterly meeting of the Washing
ton Council of the Alliance for
Guidance Of Rural Youth was told
yesterday.
The speaker was, William Shep-
pard, II, student of Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School and member
of forum of teen-agers from near
by Washington schools. DR.. Charles
Bish, principal of Mckinley High
School, was the moderator.
The biggest industry in this
country is having families" young
Sheppard declared, land there isn't
enough preparation for it in the
schools He advocated marriage
courses that would cover all aspects
of the problem.
Agreeing, Alban Brooke, student
at Sherwood High School. Sandy
Spring, Md. urged that the courses
should start in high school.
Gretchen Paffenbarger, a student
at Richard Montgomery High School,
Rockville, called for more frank dis
cussions by parents with their chill
dren.
Parents slide over things too
much" she asserted.
Jane Lewis of Bethesda Chevy
Chase, said children should be given
more opportunity to make their own
decisions.
Evening star., 1948-04-20
DR.. Parran Rejects Offer
OF Major Generals S Rank

DR.. Thomas Parran, who stepped
down April S after IL years as sur
geon general Of the United States
Public Health Service, rejected an
offer to retain the equivalent rank
of major general, it was reported
today.
Federal Security Administrator
Oscar R. Ewing, at ceremonies April
5 when DR.. Leonard A. Scheele was
sworn in as the new surgeon gen.
eral, announced DR.. Parran was re-
tanning the health services highest
rank.
Mr.. Ewing said today he learned
of DIR. Parran's refusal about two
days later.
Dr.. Parran declined the rank In a
memorandum to DR.. Scheele. He
said he felt he should not benefit
unoer the law he helped draft,
authorizing USPHS to make addi-
tional appointments to the high
rank, and that the assignment he
has asked in the services Office of
international relations docs not
warrant the grade" The Office is
headed by a colonel.
Evening star., 1948-04-20

from Italian soil which the Western
powers have suggested be returned
to Italy.
Mr.. de Gasperi recalled his fire.
quent admission that the govern
ment had made mistakes, but ex-
planned the problems of postwar
Italy are difficult. He added:
The Italian people, without
doubt had, in the first place firm
intention not to be Bolshevized.
They recognized, in the second
place, that the men in the gov
eminent are good men who have
made every effort for the recon-
struction of the country and i'm
provement of its economic system.
Mr.. de Gasperi said political ma
turity has been evident in the peo-
pie since he formed his fourth
ministry in May. 1947, when he
tossed out the Communists and the
Socialist fellow-travelers. That, he
said, took courage and faith in the
people.
| A high Official of Mr.. de Gasperi's
party said earlier that 1t appeared
the party may win a clearcut control
of both the Chamber of Deputies
and the Senate. Mr.. de Gasperi's
Office issued a statement saying:
while I was confident that we
would win, 1t appears from the re-
turns now available that the sup
port given our party is even greater
than'we could have hoped for.
The result is due to common
sense on the part of the people.
THE issue was Italy or not Italy
not one party or another party"
Evening star., 1948-04-20
-Four Justices Declare
TheyDon 'tUnderstand
All High Court Rulings
by me Assoeioted Press

-Four justices of the Supreme
Court told the rest Of the bench
with broad irony yesterday that
they do not always understand the
opinions" Of the tribunal.
| The four said that If a former
ruling in which they had joined
really did have the effect the rest
of the court said it had, they
didn't mean 1t.
They also accused the majority
Of unusual difference" to the idea
that the court has to stick by
whatever it has held in the past.
Outspoken Justice jackson, who
often points a sharp pen at his
fellow justices, wrote yesterdays
dissent In a 5-4 decision on a highly
technical tax case. Justices Frank
furter, Douglas and Burton went
along with him.
Priority Of U. S. Claim Issue.
At issue was how much priority
"a Federal Government claim has
against the assets Of an insolvent
person or concern. The particular
point was whether the Federal Gov
ernment can collect the full tax for
unemployment compensation. The
law permits a solvent taxpayer to
pay 80 per cent of that tax into
State unemployment fund and get
Federal. credit for having paid the
whole levy,
Justice Rutledge. for the court
ma jority, held that the priority in
insolvency covers all forms of debt"
to the Government and the full tax
claim is such a debt. He said that
had been decided unanimously In q
previous case from Illinois.
Jackson Writes Opinion.
Yesterday, however, Justice Jack
son wrote:
THE courts opinion goes to some
lengths to show that the court as
whole and without dissent on this
point has become committed to the
Interpretation it adopts.
."I am unable to detect the COM
mitment which the court SO clearly
sees. But If have agreed to any
prior decision which forecloSes what
now seems to be sensible construc-
ton of this act, I must frankly ad-
NIT that I was unaware of 1t.
Under these circumstances, ex-
cept for any personal humiliation
involved in admitting that I do not
always understand the opinions Of
this court, I see no reasons why I
should be consciously wrong today
because I was unconsciously wrong
yesterday.
The dissenters wanted the Fed
eral Government to get the 10 per
cent of the unemployment tax which
it would have received from q SOL
vent firm, and the State to get the
other 80 per cent after all Federal
claims are met.
The case. from Massachusetts,, in
volved claim of only 1903 from the
assets Of Somerville Sales and Serv-
ice. Inc,
Evening star., 1948-04-20
Supreme Court 10 Hear
Transom Peekinq Case

The Supreme Court will decide
whether the occupant of a room
in a rooming house may be pro-
tected from ungentlemanly peeking
through the transom by police.
The high court agreed yesterday
to hear the case of Earl H. McDon-
aid, 38, and Joseph F. Washington,
48, colored, said by police to be
employed by Mcdonald. On Feb
ruary is, the Court of Appeals had
affirmed the conviction Of the two
men on an indictment charging
gaming offenses.
They had been tried before JUS
tice Henry A. Schweinhaut in Dis
trict Court. Mcdonald had been
sentenced to from six to 10 months
imprisonment. and Washington to
60 days. In their appeal they
charged their Constitutional rights
had been violated.
The appeal to the Supreme Court
recited that, on June %. 1916, De-
tective Sergt Howard E. Ogle had
peeked through the transom of
McDonald's room at 1908 Third
street NV. Sergt. Ogle said he
saw Mcdonald and Washington in
the room and money. numbers slips
and an adding machine on the
table. The arrests followed.
The appellate court ruled that
watching through the transom was
mot gentlemanly." but that the
Constitutional rights Of the two
men had not been violated. The
police made the raid without a
search warrant.
Evening star., 1948-04-20
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

BY the A,,oeioisd Press
ROME, April 20.-Premier Al
eide de Gasperi, confessing that
he had been too pessimistic
about Italy's elections, told Ital-
|ians today the chief reason for
his party's victory was the ma
tons firm intention not to be
bolshevized."
The Premier's statement, broad
cast over the Italian radio network,
said he had anticipated his party
would have plurality in the vote
Sunday and Monday for selection
of members of the republics first
Parliament.
But I never dreamed Of affirming
as they the Communist dominated
Popular 'FRONT.' did, that we would
have an absolute majority" the
statement said.
This was the first intimation that
the premier shared an expressed be-
lief of some of his party lieutenants
that the Christian Democrats might
wind up controlling both houses OF
Parliament.
Mr.. de Gasperi said his opponents
of the left had carried their tactics
to absurdity. Their defeat was due
to the understanding and political
maturity of the Italians. he said.
The Christian Democrat leader
said 1t was a discussion of national
problems which claimed most of
the attention in the campaign. He
added that everywhere he had found
a great interest and affection for
Trieste, the free territory formed