Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-08-26


Harlem continues be dirty crowded. hack
ing local IeadershIp almost unbcieV
,, p,,.ur,, The educated Negroes
1 ~ entity 90 SAGrOsscd thSir frOu.frOu
happens Unfortunately this
holds true In too many cities In America today
I've seen two white policemen intoxicated making
cops get gambling games,
numbers prostitution they do all New York but
In Harlem its taken for granted
Night business uptown pieces The brownskn
brother downtown in the upper forOS and lower es to do
imbibng afterdArk might be all
that there certain characters who
the bos down there operating bases for picking up too
heard all about the and
Nobody
and them to swivel their hips around and about
Every person I've talked dlsErun,Icd
Whites Poppy some Of the In
dViduA who few months accusing Whit" Of being
appointed spokesman for the Negro and taking the
he.t wAlnE n pity 10
leader" the Negroes America should let his
down 90 badly.
think Walter Whites private life Ia his own business II seems
he Poppy years
desperate the
OF some OF our white friends to prove that Walter only
anyway forgive him his ansgrcsonT" The
whole thing is ridiculous 30 let's forget IT,
HERE Tuesday morning the CHS
studio building on business saw on the schedule board the lobby
the Helen Trent show in rehearsal upstairs made
mi l going o Helen Trent looked like
Spectators the reharSals and shows
nawB network presidents
stopped to talk to secretary pleasant d"rh"ed girl She told
until Mr. Somebody orothcr got back from lunch
something could be whRngcd that could get peek at the
proceedings going on inside
The opened pcrSonable
NOT beautiful yellow cotton dress out She
smiled at US and ducked into Phon" booth
you Helen Trent person." the secretary
We'll that Helen Trent"
that the In the phone BOOTH"
The secretary nodded
can understand why spectator. n soap
operas believe character has
the rcane product would be- too much
Of n shock.
Tho siusi bulln I old army
my the CHS service staff
group young backed against
young Teller a good looking KID good looking
Who's that" I asked my husbands friend,
"BiH Lawrence OF the Godfrey show" he told me.
Just about that time girls grabbed
Il edged close to him
pals snapped This Bn Lawrence
IL newcomer show business performer
permitted picture taken such with
EsuaaIA Tee many complications could result,
bacLma aemp, Lawrence IL only about twrnty two years
finer points % handling autograph fans
/ Godfrey gang the next day.
the studios that the edhcHd IL Away" tAlni
know II Arthur Godfrey fan Robert
taking the while Mr. O Is in South Amer
VAcStIoning
Downstairs n studio dng through
beauty would expect her To be
radio look just like Ordinary
you jeanette ended her with
little Screech-just kidding around
Meanwhile, ! met Nathaniel and lewis
the Negro quartet both
looking boys very friendly very earth When
told them I'd just from MIC eeO" studio Dks'-
said;
What's wrong with CHS
They and will just
| = have a spare moment
Thursday county office Foley
building where th
sat for about hour feeding tn
pigeons and watching through the Square
II policeman along drunks sitting
bench
B0wery. ordered them roughly
The Bowcry only . blocks
Of the DRINKS fellow In his Early twenea
Clothes hadn't dnsosndd 10
drsEs companion The OIdsr dirty
ragged SCARED with fresh marks
SOMETHING drunken st"por
had besn In . night.
pulled Themselves unstsady from the bench
policeman They luhed
They stopped across thu
followed 70 what they would do
pulled bottle Of cheap from his Trousers
pocket young grabbed him. unsreed the top and
greedy only morning His companion
behind his back like
q Stubbornly trying KEEP toy from playmate
Gimme bottle" the ragged one demanded
mo. H." insisted young clean
of the direction Of the Bosry
with alcohol numbd the cheap bottle Of wine
long take the young oIsAn To b.
dlTty. ragged, . BoSeTy bum