St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-08-26

was another short lived paper IN
Minneapolis. lasting only one
year, l002-03,
Through the coming and going
Of these different papers, the
APPEAL continued to flourish.
BY 1891, II was carrying amuse-
ment advertising to theatres and
moving pictures. BY the turn Of
the century II called itself a ma
tionai press and dropped the name
western" and was only the APP
PEAL. But It. too, died in 1928.
Spokesman q Recorder
Newspapers
Todays Minnesota weekies are
widely read. The SPOKESMAN
Of Minneapolis and RECORDER
Of st. Paul are the Oldest papers
with the largest circulations.
These papers have nine full-time
employees in addition TO the editor
publisher; nine part-time workers;
three columnists and two out-of-
town correspondents
These two papers maintain
modern offices IN each Of the
Twin Cltiea. The st. Paul office
Is at si2-l4 Newton Building; the
Minneapolis office IL at s14 Third
Ave. So. Bulk Of bookkeeping,
editing and the entire mechanical
composition Of both papers is done
al the Minneapolis address.
Umsll November, 194s, both
papers jobbed out their conn
position and press run. In that
month Tire papers acquired .
complete composing room at q
cost Of s7,Boe.
Present full-tIme staff members
include Curtis c. Chivers, Kath-
ryn chivers, Gloria Wilkerson,
Donald Andersen, Dale Sargent,
Oscar Newman, Robert Jones,
Mamie Butler, Walter Lowe and
Cecil Newman.
Eight young women fold and
mail the papers. Leola jackson,
Mary Languma, Barbara Lewis,
Adrienne Merrill, Gwen Morrow,
lone Roach, Dorothy stovall and
Mary Young.
OoluInnlats Include Nell bod.
son Russell. Percy villa, Charles
Houston, and Mac Cooper. out
o. town correspondents include
Mrs. AIInerya Bridgcwater, and
Mrs. Ruby AIaccr.
Buzz Brown and John Glanton
photographers keep the picture
side OF the Twin City life covered
for these papers
In Minnesota the SPOKESMAN
and RECORDER are exclusive
members OF the Associated Negro
Press. top Negro news gathering
organisation in the world directed
by Claude Barnett Of Chicago
The paper also purchases the reg.
ular services Of the Continental
Features and Western Newspaper
Union.
Despite the smaIlness (popula.
tion) Of their field the sPoKEs.
MAN and RECORDER are con.
sidered 10 be among the nations
top tan Negro papers in newI
coverage Of their field, editorial
and typographical excellence
With 70 or more Negro weel1lie'
regularly published All with large
Negro populations at their dis
posal the standing Of IN,
SPOKESMAN and REcoRDEF
newspapers IL considered in many
quarters a. most unusual.
None OF the other local NegrC
weeiSlies employ fnIl-time staffs
The OBSERVER and SUN paper
lists a number Of writers includ
ing Eatyr Bradley, Mary Kyle an'
stu Mann in addition TO Franl
schine. circulation and advertising
Allie d. Glenn, advertising ant
Mr. williams, editor-puhlisher.
Contributors include J. T. Ward
law, Minneapolis Urban Leagu,
executive secretary and Ear
Almquist, daily Newspaper MAJ
who writes editorials for the OBJ
SERVER and SUN.
Past Decade
Negro newspapers during tn
past decade include the North
western Bulletin published b!
Owen Howell and Walter Chest
mutt which finally purchased TIL
pioneer APPEAL which had beer
published by J. q. Adams Jr
after the death Of the eide
Adams.
Another paper was the Mime
sofa MESSENGER published b!
Charles Sumner Smith and Ham
let B. KID Rowe. The MEssEN
GER was published intermittent
ly from about 1913 until 1924.
1 The st. Paul ECHO publishes
by Cyrus Lewis and Eugene Jack
son operated from 1925 unit
1927. Earl wilkins was editor
Annie Han. advertising manage
and Florence Logan, office sec
Rotary.
Next came the Twin Cit