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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-04-29
Canf.. brnurht the meanage.

Calf, brought the message.
Mrs. Dan Coates, $40 No. Mabls
ST.. secretary OF the NAACP and
q member Of st, Johns Baptist
Church, represented both atxil-
hAries at the Masonic Lodge Sat
urdAy where plans were outlined
for the Mothers Day program for
Mothers Day May 9th.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-04-29
Mrs. Geo. C0TfeV
Dies; Hold Lived
Here 10 Years

Funeral services were held on
Tuesday. April %. for 81 year old
Cleo Carter. Mrs.. Carter died AZ
Aneker Hospital Friday. April ~,
after being III there for . little
more than . month She had been
q resident Of st. Paul for twenty
eight years Nearly twenty years
ago she helped her husband man
age the Crispus Attneks Home.
A loyal member Of camphor
Memorial Church. she was born
In Kansas City. No.
Survivors include George, hns-
band; John Barnes. brother and
other relatives and friends. MrS.
Betty Lee Of Kansas city. No, q
cousin. has come here 70 attend
the funeral
Rev. L ID. Dorsey. Rev. Joseph
Turner, and Elder John Nelson
offIciated at the rites which were
held at Brooks Funeral Home.
Roberta Davis was the soloist.
Burial was at Oakland cemetery
Brooks Funeral Home was In
charge Of the arrangements.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-04-29

being IN for quite some time. He
was 90 years old. He was . vet
sran smpIoye Of the Pullman
company. retiring several months
ago.
HIS survivors include his wife,
Mamie; q brother. Herbert. and .
sister. Joella Calhoun.
Funeral services were held Mon
day, April 10. At Zion Baptist
Church. Rev. II. w. Bolts, Ames
Lodge No. log. Palestine Lodge
No. Z. and Ancksr HIlyard Ma
sonic Lodge officiated at the fu-
neral.
The lnterment was at HILLSIDE
cemetery. Woodland Funeral Home
was In charge Of the arrange
ments.
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Nerve BGby coRsOsi
The Senior Choir OF 2lon Bap'
list church 10 sponsoring . baby
contest. the finale Of which vii
be held at the church On Mothers
Day. May 8. AZ 4p. m.
Prizes 70 be given are first
prize. $50; second prize, S26; third
SIS. and other prizes which win
eonsist Of 10 per cent OF the
amount raised by the babies.
Babies In the contest are Mari.
Ign Parker. Mary Ann King. Gym
thiA Marshall, Ward Mitchell, Jr.
Daryl scroggins, RhodA Mae Pet
tiford. Dorothy Hooker and Baby
Carter.
Part Of the program win con-
sist Of . May-driIl, with young.
STEERS between the ages Of five and
seven participating.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-04-29
lCnntinued from para 1l

(Conunued from page ~
population Of about 10000. In the
graduating classes from the city
high schools In June, l940. thsre
were only sin Negro girls ana 0ns
Negro boy. This was not an en-
EagsFnti0n. but rather II was re-
preventative Of . type Of condi-
ton prevalent throughout ths
large esntsFs In the north where
Negroes were In appEseiabls num-
bsrA Ths results Of this invsSti-
CATION caused Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity 10 create an education
al program called tbs Go To High
School. 90 To College Campaign,
which became q natiOn-wids move
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-04-29
ST. PHILLIPS LUTHERAN
nlAumlvM

This sunday the first adult class
will be confirmed and received in
10 membership as the first commu-
meant members Of 81 Philips
Those TO be confirmed Will be Mr.
and Mrs, Arthur l. Harness and
Mr.. and Mrs, Carl Wade, Jr, Their
children, Arthur and David HAT-
ness and Peter Wade, will also BE-
received A. child members. Another
adult Instruction class will be start
cd In the very near future These
classes meet together once a week
over a period OF 10 weeks and study
the fundamental teachings OF the
Bible and the Lutheran Church. We
invite any and all who are inter
eStSd In q Bible study OF this kind
TO speak To Pastor Anderson at tho
church or call him at his home
COifaE OTIS
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-04-29
THE WEEK
Under Capitol
DONE
BY Clifford Rueksr

Ths seth Minnesota state LSgis.
IAture IL now history. II was . scs-
sion In which Inconsistency ~
times overshadOwed ratlonAiiEa-
ton, political expectancy fFequsnt-
~ won over statsnmAnship. II was
q session marked BY hitter aFga-
mAnts and personal accusations
and yet there were many instances
Of harmony and cooperation.
Foremost In the minds Of
readers Of this column was the
failure Of the legislature 10 paas q
Fair Employment Practices biil
with the exception Of the passage
Of O resolution msmoFiaiizlng Con-
Rreas 20 enact legislation permit
ting tho Indignation Of all citizens
In the National Guard land that
was won only over strong oppoai-
toni no specific legislation Of
direct benefit 10 the Negro COM
munity was enacted,
Indirectly, however. there are
Negro veterans who win receive
bonuses under tho nsw bonus bin.
there are Negro recipients Of Old
Age Assistance VINO win bsnsfIt
BY the lifting Of the ceiling pay
mentsi there are Negro children
VINO win gain BY ths passage %
the nsw Ala 10 Dependant Chi.
dFsn BIN and there are Negro men.
tai eases which win receive the
improved care outlined BY the new
Mental Health program. In addi.
ton We win share IN the sduca.
tional gains ~ . result Of IsGialA.
tive action.
An % these programs win
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-04-29

Sam Whiting. WeIl-kn0wn Min
neapoHtan. died Thursday night.
April n. At . local hospital aftsE
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-04-29

caravan for . aEht-sssins triS
around the Twin Cities
Al 100 o. m. the caravan WI
arrive al RShs's In downtown 81
Paul where luncheon win be SER
we'd.
There win b . number Of out.
standing msn here for this con
ventI0n Including teachers. educa'
tors. ministers, men In the various
fields OF business and professional
sndsavOr m well a. public offics
holders. some Of national rsputa'
ton.
Rev o. o. Reynolds Of Lane
College. jackson. Tennessee, one
Of the delegates. win worship Al
Pilgrim Baptist Church In g.
Paul a. guest Of Rev. Floyd
Massey.
Alpha Phi Alpha cams into this
state In 1919 with the establish
msnt Of Mu Chapter at the UNI
VerHity Of Minnesota. With . nu-
cIeua Of 10 members the oFganiza-
ton began 10 function. The history
Of this chapter indicates . brilliant
contribution 70 college life among
Negro stndsntA AZ the years
passed on. many Of its Members
attained great distinction schoi-
aaticaily. F0r two successive years
u ranked all Of the 20 fratsrnities
on the campus In scholarship ~
shown by the official scholarship
comparisons Of the years 1880
1891 and i03i-i932. Some Of its
members distinguished themselves
In athletics. some In the university
band, one having been tn drum
major: two served a. members
Of the faculty. and many former
members Of Mu now are 20 be
found a. leaders Of wide reputs In
their particular fisIds Of sndeavor
throughout the land.
Some years ago Doctor Charles
n. Wesley, now president Of VII
berforce University. was commits
stoned 10 compile and write the
history Of Alpha Phi Alpha II
was entitled "A Development In
Negro College Life" and became
an authentic record OF . large
group Of Negro men OF college
grade which since has become the
basis Of much graduate study by
many Negro students. In this
work the record Of Mu Chapter
stands out consplcuotiSly.
Throughout the years. the Frat
ternity through It's great national
program and It's educational
foundation, has pointed the way
TO hating youth, and has sought
TO encourage that preparation
which enables the Individual TO ut
into tho scheme OF life with
greatest usefulness.
In iOtS the graduate chapter.
Gamma ~ Lamba was organized.
Most Of It's members reside In
Minneapolis and 81. Paul
sIiaRSsota "GFcehs" Cooperative
Kindred organizations. namely.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity,
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and In.
dividuAl members from Delta sig
ma Theta Sorority and the Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity have CO.
operated with Alpha Phi Alpha 10
make itR regional convention sue
cesaf'il In every respect
A Minnesota man. Raymond w.
Cannon. was General President Of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity for
four successive terms He also
served four years A. Director OF
Educational Activities, being the
first 20 hold that office and dir
sCtsd the great national educa-
tionAl program Of the orEanIEA-
ton. Mr.. Cannon also was First
Edltor-in-c Chief OF The Sphinx. Of.
fetal journal Of the fraternity,
and held other offices In the gen
eral organisation.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-04-29

msnt and resulted In thousands Of
young msn and young women
preparing themselves by taking
advantage Of educational InHtitu-
lions At hand.
Evening star., 1949-03-31
By jones BirchfieId

DDT, slow death for most insect
pests, may be detected in milk
from herds where the insecticide
is used as a fy-control agent in
dairy barns.
Announcing that traces Of the
insecticide have been found In
milk after the use of DDT as a
barn spray, the Food and Drug
Administration has banned inter-
state shipments of milk containing
even the smallest particle of the
chemical.
Dairy farmers also are being
warned by Agriculture Depart
ment entomologists against the
continued use of DDT as a barn
spray and as an insect control
agent on dairy animals.
Commissioner P. B. Dunbar OF
Evening star., 1949-03-31
West Virginia Bridge
Co||apses, Killing d
Nv the Associoted Press

HINTON. w. Va, Mar. 81
Four men were killed when the
new Bluestone River bridge being
built near here collapsed in a high
wind today.
C. C. Stevefeld, superintendent
of the project. identified two OF
the casualties as Paul Sanders ana
John Albert of Radford, Va.
The men fell 200 feet into the
river. Three died in the water. a
fourth as efforts were being MADE
to revive him with a pulmotor.
Five others were injured and
brought to hospital here.
The highway bridge is being
constructed at the side OF the
Bluestone flood control dam, about
4 miles from Hinton.
Frank Young, 80. of Radford
said he was the only one OF the
men on the bridge to get out. He
= said there was no warning OF the
collapse.
"I was lucky" he said. Il had
a hard time getting back to the
top. 1t was pretty bad feeling"
At a hospital here, three Of the
other injured were identified as
Oak Fahzer, John Carter and
Virgil Thompson, all of Radford.
Persons at the scene said a 260-
foot bridge span being put across
the river had been completed to
within about 60 feet of the center
pier. The 200-foot completed Sec
ton collapsed into the river.
Evening star., 1949-03-31
Gov, Tuck Acts 10 Bar
Vepco Strike May s
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. Mar. 31-Gov.
Tuck issued proclamation today
stating that the Commonwealth
of Virginia will seize plants and
equipment of the Virginia Electric
& Power Co. at 1901 am. May 6
to prevent interruption of services
by a strike.
In an executive order issued at
the same time under the States
Public Utilities Labor Relations
Act, the Governor designated the
three members of the State Cor
poration Commission as his agent
to operate VEPCO plants and
equipment should it become nee
essary.
The Governor acted within a
few minutes after he received a
telegram from H. M. Ware, System
Council chairman of the Inter-
national Brotherhood Of Electrical
Workers local unions, notifying
him that the union was giving no
tice of intention to strike at mid
night May 5.
Evening star., 1949-03-31

tute of Technology at Cambridge,
said DR.. Dow was travelling there
to participate as a distinguished
guest in that institutions mid
century convocation which is to
be addressed tonight by former
Prime Minister Churchill OF Great
Britain.
Police said the aircraft struck
a farmers field and burst into
flames.
The Dow Chemical Co. is one
of the worlds largest manufac-
turers of chemical products.
Willard Henry Dow, chairman OF
the board, president and general
manager of the Dow Chemical Co..
was born January 4, 1897 at Mid
land. Mich.
He received his early education
at Midland High School. later
attending the University OF Mich
igan, receiving his bachelor OF
science degree in chemical engl-
neering in 1919. In that same
wear he began his career with the
company as chemical engineer
working in various capacities
throughout the extensive plants.
In 1922 he was made a director
of the company. and assistant
general manager in 1926. Upon
his fathers death in 1880. he took
over the duties of president ano
general manager, and in l94l be-
came chairman of the board.
He was also president OF Ethyl
Dow Chemical Co., Midland Am
monia Co., and Dow Chemical OF
Canada, Ltd.
Evening star., 1949-03-31
Clear, Mild Week Enc
Forecast for Festival; !;
Blooms Resist Rain
Hotels Booked Solid
In Advance Of Crowds
For Tidal Basin Show

The Tidal Basin wore it's lowell
est dress today, with the cherry
blossoms resisting the rain and
ready to appear all the brighter
in expected clear and mild weather
for Washington's festival week
end.
The Greater National Capital
Committee of the Board of Trade
said the weekend crowds are
likely to be the largest in festival
history.
Just enough petals were futter-
ing to the ground today to provide
flowery patterns along the walks
and on the water. National Capital
Parks officials said this is no rea-
son for the thousands Of visitors
to fear that the trees will lose any
of their beauty during the three
day celebration.
Promising fair and mild weather
for practically all of the three.
day festival period, the Weather
Bureau forecast clearing skies fol
tomorrow, after showers through
out today and tonight. Signs
point to fair weather Saturday
and Sunday. although tempera-
lures will be considerably below
yesterdays near-record of 80 de-
grees, the forecaster said.
Yesterdays sunshine almost set
a temperature record for March
30. The 80-degree reading at 2::30
pm. was the second highest on
record here for that date, being
topped only by the 86-degree
maximum OF March 80. 1910.
Parks employees yesterday COM
pleted the job of spraying the
nearly 600 cherry trees with a
special hormone solution. They
finished with the conventional
sprayer, after experimenting with
a turbine fan. known as a mist
blower, and finding it less effec-
tive.
Capt. Mark Raspberry Of the
park police noted an increase in
yesterdays crowds over Tuesdays
estimated $4,000 blossom visitors
Evening star., 1949-03-31
Truman Aim 10 Bypass
Congress on Repairing
White House Denied
OfficioI Tells Why Funds
Were Asked Before Seeking
Authorization of Job

President Truman had mo in
tention whatsoever of bypassing'
Legislative, committees Of Congress
on the White House renovation
project, Assistant Budget Director
Leo C. Martin said today, but a
misunderstanding" apparently
developed.
Mr.. Martin was trying to ex-
plain to the House Public Works
Committee why a supplementary
$5, 400. 900 budget estimate for the
work was sent to the Capitol with
out any previous request for spe-
cific authorization of the job.
The question was raised yester-
day by Representatives Pickett
Democrat, Of Texas, and Angel
Republican, Of Oregon. in a hear
ing before the committee on legis-
lation to establish a commission
to supervise the renovation.
Precedents Mentioned.
Mr.. Martin said today he had
checked into the matter and
found the procedure was based
on precedent. He said a $475,00C
appropriation for White House
repairs was voted in 1902, and
one of $375,0 900 was approved in
1926.
I'm neither Of these instances
was any question raised, either
in committee or on the floor, as
to the propriety of making the
appropriation without specific
enabling legislation, Mr.. Martir
said today.
Mr.. Angel commented these
items were handled before adop-
ton of the present rules of the
House.
Mr.. Martin said he had been
in touch with the executive offices
since yesterday, and had been
told Mr.. Truman thought he had
made clear his intention to seek
the money when he invited Sen
ate and House Public Works Sub
committee members to the White
House to discuss the project.
Harry G. Hunter, acting com.
Evening star., 1949-03-31
Dow Chemical
President Dies
InP|aneCrash
Wife and Two Others
Also Killed.; One Man
Is Taken to Hospital
BY the Associoied Press

LONDON, Ontario, Mar. 81
DR.. Willard H. Dow, So, president
of the Dow Chemical Co. in Mid
land, Mich, and three others were
killed when their plane crashed
and burned near here today.
Among the victims was Mr..
Dow's wife, Martha.
Police identified the other vic
Tins as the pilot, A. j. Bowie, and
Mrs. Calvin Campbell, As, of
Midland.
Mrs. Campbell's husband, 46,
was taken to st. Josephs Hospital.
Police said the private aircraft
struck the ground l mile from
the city airport at 1915 am. 1t
was near the village of Fran
shave.
Airport officials believed that
icing conditions might have
caused the crash.
The Dows are parents OF two
children.
officials of Massachusetts, Insti-
Evening star., 1949-03-31
Grand Jury Hears Sam Beard
In Two Brief Appearances
Ex-Kinepin in District
Gambling Refuses to
Discuss Testimony

Sam Beard, one time kingpin of
Washington gambling, made two
brief appearances today before the
special grand jury investigating
the gambling racket here.
On his first visit, he stayed 10
minutes. When he returned an
hour later, he stayed in the jury
room 2 minutes. Then the special
grand jury went to lunch.
The avowed gambler refused to
discuss his testimony.
Beard was the first witness
summoned as the special grand
jury resumed its inquiry into the
links between Maryland sources
of race track information and
Washington bookies.
Except for a moment when he
grinned heetingly at photogra-
pliers, Beard maintained a poker
face and refused to talk to re-
porters. He even refused to ad-
NIT he was Sam Beard.
Arriving we'll in advance OF the
session, the paunchy witness set
tied his girth in a chair outside
the United States Attorneys office
and thumbed through a news
magazine.
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay and Assistant United
States Attorney John w. Fihelly
walked past him without looking
his way. A few minutes later, a
deputy marshal was sent for him.
After his first brief appearance
reporters pressed him fruitlessly
for comment. When he reached the
door and saw photographers lined
IContinlled on Page AS, Col. o.
Evening star., 1949-03-31
7OOPupiIs Dismissed for Failing
To Pay NONRESIDENT Tuition
Future Fees to Be Collected in Advance;
District Loss on Group May Total $4,000
Speaking Of Gambling

ton assistant to the school super
intendent, said. Advance payments
would prevent this from happen
ing again, he added.
The Board of Education, School
Supt. Hobart M. Corning and Mr.
Heinmiller called on the Commits
sioners today to ask that the bill
ing procedure for tuition fees be
changed to avoh repetition of this
situation. He said some $269. 900
had been collected in fees so far
from 1000 nonresident students
and that the $4,000 apparently
was uncollectable. However, the
Evening star., 1949-03-31
Milk Showing Any Trace ofDD7
Banned in Interstate Shipment

the Food and Drug Administra-
ton said the ruling against DDT-
contaminated milk was made after
lengthy studies definitely proved
that the chemical appears in milk
after it's use in barns and on
cattle.
He explained the ruling is
based on a law which prohibits
the presence of an added poison
in food. No tolerance for DDT
in milk will be allowed, he said.
Food and Drug Administration
toxicologists explained that no
proven cases are on record where
DDT contained in food has caused
poisoning.
They added, however, that tests
where rather large amounts OF
the chemical have been 1ed
mother rats have resulted in den
1See DDT, Page A-6o
Evening star., 1949-03-31
w. A. julien Cut Out
Of His Wife's Estate
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

CINCINNATI. Mar. 31.-United
States Treasurer William A. Julian
was "by design and intent cut
out OF his late wife's $4,000 estate,
Mrs. Gertrude M. Julian's will
stipulated that her secretary
George A. Argus, and the Provi-
dent Savings Bank & Trust Co.,
share equally in the estate.
In the will. filed yesterday in
Probate Court, Mrs. Julian said
the absence of bequests to others
"is not by inadvertent omission,
but rather by design and intent,
for reasons deemed by me to be
adequate and proper"
Mrs. Julian died last week..
Evening star., 1949-03-31

One hundred nonresident stu
dents have been dismissed from
the Districts public schools for
non-payment of tuition fees which
would total more than $4,000, the
Board of Education informed the
Commissioners today.
To avoid this situation in the
future, the Commissioners told
school officials to collect tuition
fees in advance.
The 100 dismissed pupils, who
live in nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia, were dropped at the end
of the first semester, Adelbert w.
Heinmiller, business admtnistra-
Evening star., 1949-03-31
Joe Fox for G. Commissioner?
Couldn't Do Worse, He Admits

some very eminent real estate
men.
When a roar went up from the
conference, the President, joining
in, said hastily that he was still
thinking about the real estate men
but what he actually meant was
newspapermen.
The victim protested that he
practically had been libeled. The
President agreed.
Asked for comment later on his
being mentioned for the Comm1s-
sioner post, Mr.. Fox, who is from
the Presidents home State OF Mis-
souri,, asserted:
They couldn't do worse"
Evening star., 1949-03-31
President Truman told his news

President Truman told his news
conference today that Joseph A..
Fox, White House reporter for
The Star, had been mentioned
for the District Commissioner
ship-but he got slightly con-
fused on the reputed sponsors.
The President had just been
giving the real estate lobby a
going over when William H. Law
renee, a reporter for the New
York Times, wanted to know
about reports" that Mr.. Fox was
being considered.
The President, smiling, said
that Mr.. Fox's name had been
offered by what he described as
Evening star., 1949-03-31
Chinese Bandits Beat IS
French Catholic Sisters
By the Associated Press

CANTON, Mar. 81 Fifteen
French Catholic sisters serving in
a leprosarium at Shihlung, 81
miles east of Canton, were beaten
by 30 bandits last Sunday, it was
disclosed today.
Sister st. Lazare was badly
wounded and Sister Marie-Cen-
acle, head of the hospital, was
injured severely.
The bandits took 10000 Hong
Kong dollars ($5,000 United
States) from the hospital.
French Consul Paul Viaud said
he has asked Canton paciflcation
headquarters for the arrest of the
bandits and protection for the
Catholic sisters. He said it was
his second request for their pro-
lection,