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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
JAMES E. GRAY DIES;
NO RELATIVES FOUND

James f. Gray, 40 years old, 4O7
W. Central Ave, died March q, at
Fort Smelling hospital. He was a
veteran Of World War II. He is
not survived by any living rela-
tives.
Services were held Wednesday,
March 81, 8 a. m, at St. Peter
Claver church, with Father Jerome
Luger officiating. Burial was in
Fort Smelling cemetery.
Brooks Funeral Home had charge
Of services.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02

an official representative of the
city Of St. Paul, met our national
officer, Madison S. Jones, Jr., upon
his arrival in town. Jones is max
ing a tour Of the Associations
branches throughout the country to
aid them in their 1913 membership
drives.
The statement was made follow
ing a special board meeting in
which a majority opinion felt that
the photo in question was being
construed in some quarters as an
endorsement by the NAACP Of Mr..
Barfuss for mayor.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02


The young woman stated that
the man Accosted her, struggled and
oVercame her with the light Of q
street lamp shining full in his face,
The girl was able to give an aecu.
rate description Of the assailant.
A year later the same man &C.
costed her while she was riding q
streetcar and she noticed that he
was carrying library books under
his arm. She took the exposed num-
Der Of the books, checked with the
library and got the mans name and
address which she turned over to
the police.
Picked up, the man an ex-sOldier,
was able TO convince the police that
he could not have possibly been
wearing G. l. clothing, as given in
the girls description.
He was held on a minor charge
and appeared In court before
Judge J. W. FinehOut, recently
deceased. The girl claims that
she was never notified when 10
appear at the hearing and the
man was subsequently released
on a $25 bail, which he forfeited.
Following the lapse Of a period,
sufficient for the case to be called,
inquiry by the girls family re-
vealed that the case passed out Of
the hands Of the police, with it
being referred to court.
The County Attorneys office
seems hesitant about taking up the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
Bipartisan Group
Presents Truman
5 Point Program

WASHINGT0N-(ANP)-A BIZ
partisan delegation of Negro lead
ers Monday urged President Tru-
man to send a supplementary mes
sage to congress insisting upon
anti-segregation and civil rights
amendments in any universal mill
tary training program and any re-
vival Of selective service.
In a White House conference
with the chief executive, repre-
sentatives of the Committee
Against Jimcrow in Military Ser
vice and training criticized the ex-
clusion of Negroes from the ex-
perimental UNIT camp at Fort
Knox, KY, and cited the statement
of Chairman Walter G. Andrews
of the house armed services com
mittee that "the war department
plans segregated white and Negro
battalions if congress enacts
UNIT"
Headed by Grant Reynolds, ma
tional chairman, and A. Philip
Randolph, national treasurer of the
committee, the delegation included
Albert Black, Washington chair
man of the organization; Norma
E. Boyd, director, Non-Partisan
Council on Public affairs, Alpha
Kappa Alpha sorority; Joseph H.
B. Evans, former executive secre-
tary, 18th Street Branch YMCA,
Washington; Charles H. Houston,
special counsel, NAACP; Horace
o. Pollard, National Bar associa-
ton; William Worthy Jr., action
director, Congress of Racial equal
ity. Mr.. Reynolds is New York
State commissioner Of correction.
Mr.. Randolph is international pres
ident of the Brotherhood Of Sleep
ing Car Porters, AFL.
an regard particularly to
revival of selective service, Ne
gro veterans are well qualified
to insist upon broad, unequivOcal
anti-segregatiOn and civil rights
safeguards for prospective
draftees," the delegation de-
clared. 1.-THE weak anti-discrim-
nation Section "A of the 1910
Selective Service and Training
act was willfully violated by Sc
lective service and the army, and
the violations were upheld by the
courts"
The delegation called to the at
tention of the President the recon-
mendations of his civil rights COM
mittee against segregation and dis
elimination in any peacetime draft
and in the already existing military
establishment, and then cited a re-
port that "the army removed an
INSTRUMENTATION proviso from
the UNIT bill as drafted by the
office of selective service records,
before the bill reached congress"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
OFF Sole Beer
Revoked by ST.
Paul Council

An off-sale beer license held by
Frank Boyce at 3s1 Rondo Ave.
was revoked by the council Tues
day, March 80, at the request of
the Public Safety department.
Revocation was asked after
James H. Ingram, an employee, re-
Gently was given a 9O-day sus-
pended sentence in municipal court
for diScharging a firearm in the
place.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02

Mrs. Colby has long been active
in the peace movement and is noted
for her interest in civic affairs. She
is also a member Of the Halle Q.
Brown Board Of Directors.
DR.. Phillip MCNairy, Rector Of
Christ Episcopal Church, will be
a guest speaker on the Anniversary
Program. DR.. McNairy was recent
ly invited to the College Of Pastors
in Washington, where he studied
for six weeks in the area of the
church and its relation to social
work.
Mr.. McNairy was the former
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02

CHARLES A. DANFORTH
was associated with Ragland's shop
at 433 ROndo Ave. Danforth, who
has had 10 years Of barbering ex-
perience, spent three years in the
last war, most of the time with the
93rd Division Field Artillery in the
South Pacific.
The shop has been completely re-
decorated and Mr.. Danforth prom
ises his patrons courteous, efficient
service.
Mr.. Danforth lives with his wife
and three-year-old daughter at 1888
Carroll Ave.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
ST. Paul Police Reid Nets
Nineteen Persons, DisfUrbs Diners;
PRINCIPALS Forfeit $3.50 Boil

Of the place, one Of the men hid
in a huge Ice box while another
attempted to escape detection by
hiding in a coal bin.
Dining Patrons Released
Twenty Of the patrons found
eating in the place wer= questioned
there and FIVE others were taken to
headquarters for questioning and
released. One Of the persons,
George Clark, IS, 800 Z. 14th St,
appearing in court pleaded inno-
cent and was released on $40 bail.
Others in court included CleVe-
land Gethers, 45, 379 Carroll Ave,
who paid a $40 fine; John Jones,
SO, 71s Iglehart Ave; Arthur
Davis, 81, III Eaton Ave; Horace
Myles, 81, 327h harrington St;
David Myles, %, same address;
Glenn Stewart, 81, 553 W. Central
Ave; Dewey Peters, ~, Of 81
Tilton st. and Isaac Began, 81,
443 Carroll Ave, each Of whom re-
ceived a suspended sentence Of SO
fine or 10 days. William Nance,
81, 2s5 Rondo Ave, was sentenced
to Is days.
FORGETTING bail were Alfred
Berks, 46, 800 Rondo Ave-, $40;
Rudolph Ellis, "a, 2ss W. Central
Ave-, $40; Roy johnson, 81, $50
University Ave-, IS; Charlie Jacob,
"a, 264 E. Fairfield Ave. $40; 1. w.
Washington, 80, Of 401 harrington
St., $40; Tim Massey, "a, 1853 Car
roll Ave-, $40.
Principals Forfeit Bail
Adam (GoOd Daddy Han for
feited 500 and $50 bail when he
failed to appear TO answer charges;
Clarence Lewis, forfeited 500 bail
for failure to appear and Florence
Creighton forfeited 500 bail for
failure to answer TO charge Of serv-
ing liquor without a license.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
MILWAUKEE, HAS ONLY
ONE NEGRO MILK
TRICK DRIVER

MILWAUKEE,, Wis.-(ANP)-
Milwaukee, a city of a half million
persons, has only one Negro milk
truck driver, Curtis Morgan. Nor
gan has been serving on his route
which serves 200 Lakefeld dairy
customers for u years.
Afectionately known by the
children along his route as Pop"
he lives with his wife, Corrine, and
four children, ranging from 7 to
l6 years old.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
Charles D0nforth
Borber Shop Is
Now Open

Danforth's Barber Shop, former
ly Meals Barber Shop, 5S1 st. An
thony Ave, is now opened for bust
ness. The owner and operator,
Charles A. Danforth, until recently
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02

hEN. FHILIIIF MCNAIhI
chairman Of the Council Of Social
Agencies and the St. Paul Council
Of Human Relations Of which he is
still a Board Member.
When the birthday celebration
takes place Mr.. McNairy will dis
cuss the subject Divided We Fall"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
DIVORCES IN ST. PAUL

Divorces granted in st. Paul this
week: DR.. c. C. Hill and Minnie
Hill; May and David Williams;
Nathaniel A. and Mary Evans.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02
Girl Who Suffered
Assault Gets Little
Help from Police
By BEN =. PERRY
StaR Writer.

A lS-yearOld University Of Minnesota student was
sugged and crmnay assaulted by man in lonely section
of the city she returned home from her classes on the
ming Of December g. 1916 The has become football
for the St. Paul police department and the Ramsey county
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02

st. Paul police raided an alleged
speakeasy at 300 Rondo Ave, Sat
urday, March 81, at 2:30 am. and
herded nineteen persons into police
cars.
AS the nineteen, biggest crowd
arrested in a raid here in seven
years, were being taken to the po-
lice wagon, squad cars and police
emergency car, one of them
stopped to drop a nickel in the
juke-box which gave forth, "Bye,
Bye Blackbird."
Ten Show Up In Court
Ten Of those arrested appeared
before Municipal Judge Arthur A.
Stewart Monday on charges Of
visiting a gambling place, six 9TH
ers forfeited bail when they failed
to appear and three others are
scheduled to appear IN court next
week.
The arrest resulted when
members Of the police morals
division went to the ROndO Ave.
address to serve a warrant
charging Florence Creighton, 20,
$40 Harrington St., with serving
liquor without q license. Police
confiscated SIS and two dice Iy-
ing on the table.
Good Daddy In Net
Adam Good Daddy Hall, ~,
Of the Rondo Ave. address, was
charged with operating a gambling
house and restaurant without IL
censes and was released after post
ing 500 bail on the first charge
and $50 on the second. He is
scheduled to appear in municipal
court Monday, March 20.
Clarence E. Lewis, 46 Of All |
Rondo Ave-, was charged with |
operating a gambling game and
was released on 500 bail. Miss
Creighton was released on 500 |
bail and also is scheduled for court |
next week. She said she acted as
waitress and doorman at the place. |
As police rounded up patrons
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02

Jackie Robinson in World Series
MoVie-Shriners' Variety Show at
Halle Thursday, April 22.-AdVt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02

St Paul has no Negro milk
wagon drivers and Minneapolis has
one.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-02

ST. THOMAS FAMILY
NIGHT AT Y.W.C.A.
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, 1948-04-02
Principals Forfeit Bail

DIVORCE GRANTED
A divorce was granted this week
TO Alma True from Leroy True.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Jan. s lP,.-A GOOD demand
for cash corn, leailsed q rise in yellow
grain futures on the Board Of Trade
today. Some buying also was traced to
prices above last Saturdays close.
Soybeans rose to new record high
when the March contract, UP . cent, sold
at $4.1 In the spot market the same
prioG was paid for beans grading No. 4
Hifs stains had declined in early deal.
level. since November II. Commission
hedsinr s spoe.rsd % aovsVer @ s.ies ouf' " cash q
wheat to Grain dealers in Kansas City
were reported not as large as last week.
With trading becoming very active,
lns minutes and ended Just about at
ssss ssx Sissss ssss s4s "; H. higher IS !.ss;
6lsReI, A.y. s:sSA-$ $S5A; oats we're z ef9s. Z.
Tsr. e s cents hsssr haach aaa gfs
ChicaEo Cash Market
yellow. 2.64: No. 4, .2.50a-2. "a u; No, 8,
2.34 -2;4s: oats No. heavy mixed,
No, l white. 1856: No. 9 white, 1.35
Field seed per hundredweight nominal;
Timothy. 5.0O-6.0O; red top, 15.5o-1650
Barley nominal, mailing. 1909. 81; feed.
L SOL 80: soybeans No. 4 yellow, Ali.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Chicoqo Livestock

CHICAGO. Jan. 5 tA9 (UsDA).-salabls
hogs, 10000: total. $4,000: closed, active
after slow start; few early sales weight,
under $50 pounds 80 lower; but genera
market around / 90 lower than Friday
average on all weights butchers and sows
top, 27;00; bulk good and choice 1s0-26(
pound butchers, 2e.50-27:o0; eomparabl.
2oO.2s0 pound. 20. 6.00-26.5 so; sood and
choice 2s0-320 pound butchers, $3.50.
26.26; few GOOD and choice 1901 90
pound hsrrows and silts, 26.00-27 90
most good and choice 350-500 pound
sows, 22.00-23.50; prospects good clear.
ance.
salabls cattle. 10000; total. 10000;
salable calves, 800; total, 500; choice fed
steers and heifers scarce; steady; medium
to food grades weak to so lower; largely
steer rum; choice steers and yearIings in
demand at 37.OO upward; top. Al 90, paid
for 1,27S-pound averages; next highest
price, 1000; bulk medium to good grade
25.0O-3 80 90: choice heifers topped al
%ssan sSs 0u. :SSdd ssd nsisTs Rs.srs
fully steady; most beef cows. II 80 90. 90
cutters. 1900 down; wsishty SAUSAGE
choice stoekers. 22.OO-2b. so; fully steady
Salable sheep. 6y500; total, 1000; nc
lambs sold early; bidding lower; HOLDING
good and choice fed wooled Western lambs
above 2e.76; two loads good and choice
around 9s-pound fed yearling wethers
22.50; these unevenly hisher than last
representative yearlins sale; slaughter
ewes very scarce.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Big Steel Makers
Face Hearing Today
lY N, A,,aeiaisd pre,,

The Nations biggest steel pro-
ducers were called before a con-
gressional committee today to dis
|cuss market operations estimated to
be adding $1,000, ,oO0. 900 annually to
the Nations steel bill.
They were due to testify before q
special House subcommittee headed
by Representative Macy of New
York which is inquiring into gray
market" practices in steel and other
scarce materials.
Emphasizing that none Of the
witnesses is accused Of anything,
Mr.. Macy said his objective is to
find details Of transactions in order
to trace sales at abnormal prices
outside the regular trade channels.
Oficials Of the following COM
panies were invited to be on hand
for the opening committee session
this afternoon: United States Steel,
Bethlehem Steel, Inland Steel,
American Rolling Mill, Jones g.
Laughlin, National Steel, Republic
Steel and youngstown Sheet and
Tube.
Mr.. Macy indicated the hearings
may last, with interruptions. for
several months and will delve into
the alternative, public works and
housing fields.
A separate hearing on Federal
Trade Commission complaints that
there have been conspiracy and
collusion" to price steel will start
next Monday before the commits
sion.
The original FTC complaint was
issued last August and amended in
November. Major steel producers
have denied the allegations. !
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Selected Stocks Cain,
But Selling { !. )epre!!si,!e, !
Many Leaders.
By Victor Eabonk
Assseiatsd Press Flnanelai Writer

NEW YORK. Jan. s. Selected
stocks extended their recovery mod
erAtely In today's market although
many leaders were depressed BY
light selling.
Dealings, active at the start,
quieted as trends wavered. Gains
running to q point or 80 were fairly
well distributed near the fourth
hour but numerous declines Of a.
much persisted.
Professional profit cashing In the
rails, which last week hit q 1s47-
4s peak, helped chill most other
sections. The campaign OF the
American Bankers Association for
stiffening credits accentuated spec
ulative caution on the idea that
other anti-innation steps may be
taken by Washington.
A certain amount Of reinvest-
ment demand by those who had
sold for tax purposes was = bolster
ing influence.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Jan. 5 LP.-Cotton futures
ings today. Commission house selling and
the week end depressed PRICES more than
market subsequently recovered on mill
Selling Was influenced partly BY weak
ness in grains, with some liquidation
credited to tax opera tions.
Uncertainty over. the Marshall plan
prospects, the continued delay IN Army
In textiles created = cautious attitude
amonG traders.
Late afternoon prices were go bale
lower to higher than the previous Close
March. 35.7e, May 1893 and July "a. SO.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
D. {. Postal Receipfs
SET New AII-Time
Peak in December
BY Edward c. Stone

Revenues at the City Post Once
wound up 1947 with a rush that
made December the biggest month
in the history of the ofice, even in
cluding 1914 Postmaster Vincent G.
Burke announced today.
December receipts climbed to 81
f01 1927 against $2,0l7. .965 "a in the
same month In 1916, an increase Of
$83,533.93 or 4.14 per cent.
Income for the full year 1947
totaled $16.s5o,572,77, compared with
$17,035, ,26S so in 1916, a small de-
crease of $184, 1858 or 1.0S per cent.
Improvement in the late months
of the year and the huge amount
of December mail almost wiped out
the earlier revenue decreases. BY
months, 1s47 receipts compare as
follows with 1916.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Business Briefs

supply anu DcIHAHu Ill VIC oscSA
industry will not be balanced In
ls4s, although some strides will be
made In closing the gap, predicted
the magazine Steel. This balance
NAV be as little as Il months or
as much as "a months away, the
magazine declared.
Freisht Car Loadings in the first
1e48 Quarter are expected to show
an increase OF 35% over . year
earlier - Association OF American
Railroads. 4;
Sinclair Oil Corp. has borrowed
$4,000, 900 from an insurance cern-
pany to complete its expansion
program. The loan is in the form
Of 25-year. 2ATs debentures.
Central Illinois Public Service Co
awarded s1o,000,000 Of 3as% flrs'
mortgage bonds to Halsey, Stuarl
A. CO. and Associates on a bic
Of 101.705.
Public Service Co. Of New Hamp.
shire awarded 100000 Of 3A q
first mortgage bonds to First Bos-
ton Corp. and Coffin g. Burr on .
bid OF 1923.
Safeway Stores, Inc, sales IN foul
weeks ended December ~ totaleo
4,467 .879, a rise Of 20.9%o from q
year earlier; in 50 weeks ended the
same date, SLIT, sos ,944, a gain OF
32.3Te from the previous year.
Franklin Stores Corp. declared a
quarterly dividend of Is cents a
share and an extra of 10 cents, ooth
payable January 10.
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad ex-
poets higher freight and mail rates
to boost its 1948 revenues by $26,-
100000 which would lift net rail-
way operating income to about s4o,-
600 900, a return of around 40 on
investment, said President Roy B.
White.
National City Bank, Of New York
reported deposits on December 3
totaled $4,874 ,O0o, 900 VS.. 4,622 600, :
900 On September 80 and s4.664 ,000,-
600 q year earlier. Assets totaled
s5.203,OO0,O 900 vs.. $4,957 ,000, 900 and
$4e78.O0o,O00.
Guaranty Trust Co. reported de-
posits totaled $2,451, ,659. .286 on De-
cember 81 VS.. $2,5o1 ,513,45s a year
earlier. Assets amounted to $2,s4S,-
S43,557 VS.. $2,893 ,376, 1863.
Burlington Mills earned $23 1887 :
til or $6.4s a share in IL months
ended september ~ VS.. $12,92o, ,797
or $3.47 in the previons year,
virginia Electric & Power Co. net
income for II months ended No
vember 80 was $6,267 ,204 or $1.64
VS.. Se,573,132 or $1.74 in the preced-
ing fiscal period.
Wesson Oil & Snowdrift Co
earned $1,510,602 or 500 in three
months ended November 80 VS.. ST.
515546 or $2.10 a year earlier.
Norwalk Tire g. Rubber Co. profit
for IL months ended September 80
was SOL STA or 81 VS.. $469,827 or
$2.25 in the preceding fiscal period.
Public Service Co. of Indiana
earned IS, ,708, ,026 in 10 months ended
November 80 VS.. $4,902,017 in the
previous year.
EIPaso Natural Gas Co net for II
months ended November 80 was $3,-
500 s,410 or $4.64 VS.. $2,656,572 or 1884
in the preceding fiscal period.
Minneapolis Moline Power ImpIe-
ment Co. earned $4, TO-, ,969 or s5.81
In u months ended october 81 VS..
$1.702,597 or $1.52 in the previous
year.
Hayes Mfg. Corp. profit for IL
months ended September 30 was
81 1,667.175 or $1.57 VS.. $213,740 or "a
cents In the preceding fiscal period.
Scott Paper Co. has distributed
one common share to each enploye
with nve or more .yeafs nf service
under q plan which provfdes share
for each five years worked.
Evening star., 1948-01-05

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Evening star., 1948-01-05
CaDitaI Banker Honored,

Capital Banker Honored.
Robert v. Fleming, president of
the Riggs National Bank, has been
re-appointed member of the Fed
eral Advisory Council to represent
the Fifth Federal Reserve District
it was announced by the Richmond
Reserve Bank today.
The council is composed Of repre-
sentatives of each of the IL Reserve
districts and meets with Treasury
and Reserve Board officials several
times a year for conferences on
financial policies.
Share Deposits Mount.
Fred A. Smith, president OF the
jefferson Federal Savings & Loan
Association, stated today that share
deposits rose from $4,000, 900 to $5.-
600, 900 during 1947, a IS per cent
gain. . ;,
John b. Eccles, with the Royal
Typewriter Co. since 1924, has been
appointed Washington manager
succeeding George II. Palmer, trans
ferred to the Boston ofice.
The State Loan Co. and the North
American Finance Co. have merged
into . new corporation, to be known
as the State Loan & Finance Corp,
with Offices in the Ring Building.
Banks Fight Imitation.
The nations $4,000 banks today
started an anti-inf1ation program
,Joseph M. Dodge, president of the
ABA, announced. =.
Banks will assume leadership in
their communities in arousif1g q
consciousness of the growing an
fation problem and a realization
on the part of lenders of credit and
the users OF credit that loans should
be sought and made only for the
production and acquisition OF food
and such goods and services as will
add to the supply side Of the supply
and demand equation.
Pepco Common Again Active.
More than 400 shares Of Potomac
Electric Power common were sold
on the Washington Exchange TO-
day, moving ut 1871, 13% and 1875
Both preferreds we're also In de-
mand. Capital Transit closed at
13%, Peoples Drug at 46 and Gar
finckei common at 17la.
Bid and asked prices on Al capital
securities issues sold over the coun-
ter, quoted in The Sunday Star, as
of December 81, were unchanged to-
day .>*5s5 -: 4.sss3:t: