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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27
PRISCILLA CLAY. NATVE-BoRN
MINNES0TAN. SAYS WINTERS TODAY
ARE MILD COMPARED 70 OLD DAYS
By Nsn Russell

the east side Of the river, abe
says. Smelling Avenue was an area
Of swamps and farms,
One Of her early memories was
helping her mother who worked
for Mrs. Fred Snyder. The nine
year-old Priscilla would answer
the door and help with other little
household duties.
What about the young people
tOday7 How different are they
from the young people Of the early
days2
They have q diffeFeRt way
Of doing things" Mrs. Clay oh.
serves. "Koung people used 70
stay together when they went 20
parties. We didn't start out Do
EetheF and then wander away.
We wouldn't have dared 10 do
that"
She also believes there's quite
a difference In parents. Parents
give In too easily nOwdays. In
the old days, when they said no.
they meant iti Another thing,
nowadays, children 90 one way,
parents anOthery"
AS far as fancy friIls are con-
cerned, she recalls that when she
was a young girl and there was
to be a party, two or three OF the
mothers would get together and
plan the dresses they could afford
we didn't have anything ex.
pensiye, either" Aunt Priscilla
reminisces.
At seventy-five, Priscilla Clay
does her own houseworiS, listens
to radio soap operas as avidly a
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27

Minnesota winter nowadays are
just sissy-stuff compared to the
good old days, according to one Of
the real pioneer residents.
The snow used to be 90 deep
we could ride right over the
fences" recalls Mrs. Priscilla Clay,
1881 Smelling Ave. So, AEinneapo-
lis, one Of the first Negroes to be
born here. known as Aunt Pris-
ella" to her many friends and her
neighbors, Mrs. Clay says she
thinks the cold might have been
worse then because the town
wasn't built up 90" and the
breezes had free play.
Aunt Priscilla Is seventy-five
years old. Her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac Mcintosh, came here
on the first boat bringing Negro
pioneers up the river from Hani-
pal, MO-, In looO.
Although Mrs. Clay was born in
the old Fremont house on the site
Of the present Pinsbury Mills, the
family homestead until she moved
to the smelling avenue address
forty years ago. was at 1915
Spring st. N. =.
Early Negro residents lived on
the East side until hotel busi-
ness became concentrated ON the
other side Of the Mississippi and
the families followed the new
business trend.
Aunt Priscilla recalls the old
suspension bridge over what Is
now Hennepin Avenue, the saw
mills, and the Winslow house,
which was the first hospital on
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27
Scandinavia Pepper
Protested MeGhees
COP. DesiqnaFion

In trying to advance in Mime
sofa, the Negro not only received
lashings from the whites and their
press, but also from other minor
ity groups In the state.
Ono Scandinavian paper, the
Svenska Amerikansl1a Poster, in
May 1892, incensed over the fact
that a Negro was elected chair
man Of the Republican state pres
idential electors, printed:
The Scandinavian members of
the Republican party were the
recipients Of another slap in the
face at the state convention held
In st. Paul this year.
"a Negro, Frederick L. Nc
Ghee, who claims to represent a
handful of his race, was elected
to the most responsible and hon.
orary position which the conven-
ton has at its disposal--he was
elected chairman of the state
presidential electors.
The Scandinavians, who COM
prise one-fifth Of the states citi-
zens, were completely ignored.
He was first made delegate,
but refused this unimportant,
though for a Negro hattering, po-
sition, and put the fear into the
gathering with a loud and typi-
cally Negroid speech, and was
elected to the position of presi-
Dental chairman.
There are, in the city, a couple
Of thousand Negroes, most Of
whom are bell-hops, shoeshine
boys, porters, and rag-peddlers;
hardly half-a-score Of them sup
port themselves through an hon
est trade. With a few exceptions,
the Negroes stand on the lowest
step Of civilization, most of them
are not even able to write their
own names. they choose to give
the highest post Of trust and hon.
or to a Negro than to give the
humblest to a Scandinavian. ="
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27
Twelve Young
' MGRFons Are The
Les Amlas

There were twelve young ma
trons who were friends. Due 70
their husbands, children and other
activities, the friends had little
time for special visiting among
themselves. So. Mira. Miilicent
Marshall conceived the idea Of .
club.
They decided on the French
name, Les AmieS" because Il
was descriptive of comradahip,
meaning In English. ''the friends"
Since their organisation IN July,
1947 the Les Amies have enter
tanned their husbands with amor-
gaAbords. pow-wows, etc. Last
year the young matrons sponsored
boat excursion on the Donna
Mae and gave an inutational
dancing party at the Glenwood
Chalet.
The nrst president was Mira.
Annicent Marahan and the pre-
sent leader u Mrs. Helen Coins.
The club Is planning something
civic in the near future.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27

younger women. When there's N
ness In the block or among her
frienda, she's one Of the first on
hand TO help out
II Aunt Priscilla Is a criterion Of
the stock pioneers came from. L
was good stock, and hardy.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27
Brief Historical Notes

In 1914, a Negro girl in Brain
erd, MINI. sued for $1,000 because
she was forced to sit apart from
the other children in Sunday
School class.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27
- MIasorleal -

nglsg HlsSorical Notes
Minneapolis Negroes were IN
terostsd IN Booker 7. Washing.
toms first call Tor a National No.
gro Business League in July.
1900.
@. H. comstock was nnod $40
In Minneapolis IN 1904 Tor vioIak-
ing the clvll rights bin b Fefas-
ing to serve a colored couple N
the Brunswick restaurant
Editor J. @. Adams o. ne
WESTERN APPEAL said. IN
1888, ~rhe colored men az this
country are entirely forgotten I'M
ii an election time comes
me editor Of the Minneapolis
Journal IN s0oe favored the BIN
Ia the state Legislature which
aimed to prohibit marriage b.
tween Negroes and whites.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27

In 1909, citizens in the Prospect
Park area of Minneapolis moved
to keep Negroes out Of that sec
ton.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-05-27
MINNESOTA
BlueC Cross 1BIpteShieId

provide the necessary hospital and doctor % he
greatest number Of people Al the lowest possible cost the
constant aim Of the Minnesota Hospital sorviOs AoolA
ton Blue CrOss) and the new Minnesota Medical Service
InO, (Bluo Shield.
Since 1885, $4,000 Riue Gross subscribers have received
hospital care made possible through the cooperation q
0lAOOO subscribers 70 this nOnprOft community hospital
care plan.
Since the organization Of Blue Shield year ago 1900
subscribers have received msdiOalsmgal oaEO made pos
Ebs through the cooperation Of the $1,000 Subscribers
enrolled in this nOn-prOfit community medical plan.
2SsS University ave. S. PuUl q ANlnn. NossOr SG1y
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-29

We mind a youth, just out of one of our North caro-
lima universities, where he had taken the best OF framing
for a particular business. His rightful American heritage
was a zeal for achievement, an eagerness to launch out IA
that business, in alertness to seize an opportunity, TO MAKE
a 90 of it. =,
He was informed of such an opportunity. lie coula
buy a partnership in the business ol his cnoice. 1t was hot
a great corporation-only a small business, but well estao-
lished and thriving, and apparently going places. He lacked
the capital. He was advised to get somebody to back MN,
To that he had only this faint-hearted reply: Il
wouldn't even back myself unless I were sure | could make
a success of it."
He preferred the security of an unimportant job with
a big corporation.
He is not an isolated case. There are thousands like
him, timid, cringing, afraid to take the normal, calculated
risks of like, sucked on the facilitating pap of paternalism.
America cannot continue to exercise a revolutionary
influence on the world without the rugged character that
it, and we are most certainly losing that character with
the approach of the welfare state.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-29
by Milton G.. Miller
POSH DAY

Another year of Jewish history
is past; another year of Jewish
endeavour to build a better world
is completed. Yet we do not
stand still; as all religions we
move forward, redefining our
goals, examining u beliefs and
our ethics under the new light of
science and scholarship. More
than any other group in America,
however, the Jew stands on the
Threshold of a new day-a day
which has a variety Of aspects
to it.
We read in the Torah portion
for Rosh Hoshonah that. Gods
messenger in promising Abraham
a reward for his steadfastness,
said: "And in thy seed shall all
the nations of the earth be bles-
sed.3 The mission of Israel was
most clearly evinced in this pas
sage: Israel's lot was to be dis
persed; its cultural and intellec-
tual heritage was to be shared
with the other peoples of the
world until the coming of the
Messianic Era. This was the
opinion of all Jews until about
fifty years ago, when Zionism, a
Zionism based mainly on disil-
lusionment due to anti-Semitism,
become a strong force in world
Jewry. Drawing to it highly idea
listic young men and women,
coming to full flower when the
persecution Of the Nazis made
Jews look for a place to seek re-
fuge from oppression, the Zion,
lists gained their primary goal
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-29

with the establishment of the state
of Israel.
1t is the success of this secular
Zionism, largely divorced from
the messianic Zionism of our an
cestors that has made us look at
the passage in Genesis today with
new insight. God clearly calls the
dispersion of the Jews beyond the
borders of their land a bless
ing. How can this religious goal
of Judaism, the duty of disper-
sion, be combined with the prac-
teal needs of the State of Israel?
This exile no longer exists for
those Jews who feel that their
destiny lies in Israel; for them the
mournful words in %theprayer, 1--WE
have no portion as the other peo-
pies of the world" has no mean
ing. For them it is truly, This
Year in Jerusalem"
1t is for us who wholly identify
ourselves with the American
scene; who, while we sympa-
thize and contribute to the re-
building of the Holy Land, still
feel that Israel is a foreign Ia
ton, that the problem exists.
What indeed, is the direction of
American Jewry? What shall be
our orientation to this new land
that is already asking for Ameri-
can pioneers, as well as American
funds? Shall we, as one faction
of American Judaism has already
done, submit all American Jewry
under a chief Rabbinate in Israel?
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-29
CAN LOW BLOOD CAUSE
LOSS OF WEIGHT, PEP
AND ENERGY

Do you feel tired, weak, ner-
vous, rundown? This may be a
sign that your red blood is getting
low. If your energy is low, if
you lack pep, if your appetite is
poor and you are underweight it
may e you are suffering from
nutritional iron, liver, vitamin and
mineral anemia. If these are your
symptoms 60 at once to your
druggist and get a bottle of B.
VIMM. This should bring you
greater freshness, more pep, vital
ity, and energy the natural way.
B-VIMM is vitamin, iron, liver
and mineral tonic. On sale at all
good drug stores. (adv.)-2
B-VIMM $1.25
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-29

Can we, with a state calling it.
self a Jewish state, still be good
Americans and good Jews?
To these questions, of course,
there IS no final answer. But we
can turn to history to see what
occurred in the first dispersion Of
the Jews, the Babylonian capti-
witty over five hundred years be-
fore the beginning of the Chris
tan r The Psalmist sang, in
words that ring out with despair
TO this day:
BY the rivers Of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
Upon the willows in the midst
thereof
We hanged our harps.
For there they that led us cap
tive asked of us mirth:
Sing us one of the songs of
Zion"
How shall we sing the Lords song
In a foreign land?
Despite the detection of the Jew
in the early days of the exile in
Babylon, we learn that he thrived
there and, when the edict of Cy-
rus permitted him to return, only
a small band travelled back to the
ruins of Jerusalem. And, from
that time forth, the great vigor of
Judaism was found outside the
boundaries of Palestine. Some of
the most exalted prophets and the
greatest psalmists wrote from ex-
lie. The Babylonian Talmud be-
came the keystone of the Jewish
faith. Moses ben Maimon, Joseph
Caro-. Moses Mendelsohn and
Continued On Page Five)
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-29
American Jews Begin Another New Year

Editors Note: The follow
ing article written by Student
Rabbi Milton G.. Miller, stu
dent at Hebrew Union college
at Cincinnati, Ohio, repre-
senting the views and posi-
ton of a large number of
modern Jews, should be Of
general interest at this time
in view of the newly created
nation of Israel and its i'm
portance in world affairs.
Rabbi Miller has been in
Lexington this past week in
connection with the celebra-
ton of the Jewish New Year,
Rosh Hashonah, and is COM
Quoting services at Temple
BETHEL.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-29


(a) Use only official entry
blank obtained at any Ford
leadership displaying the
poster shown below. Print
name and address clearly.
(b) Contest limited to CONT
mental u. S. and Alaska.
(c) Prizes as stated on entry
blank, will be awarded on the
basis of sincerity, originality
and aptness. Judges decisions
are final. Duplicate prizes In
case of ties. Entries must be
submitted in the name OF the
registered owner or his desig-
mated representative. Only
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-29

one entry per car or truck may
be considered. All entries
become the property of Ford
Motor Company. Contest sub
iect to Federal, State and
local regulations and 10 con-
test rules on entry blank.
I'D Winners names will be
posted at all Ford Dealers not
later than December /, 1949.
(e) Contest is open to all
residents of United States,
except employees of Ford
Motor Company, Ford Deal
ers, their advertising agencies
or their families.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-29

4. Drive to any Ford Dealer dis
playing poster shown below.
z. Get q Free car-Safety Check.
Free Safety insignia and Free Entry
Blank.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-29
HEee$M NuR/

blank finish this statement: "Ali cars
and trucks should be safety checked
periodically because. ............."
&. Mail entry before midnight.
October 81. to Ford Car-Safety Con-
test Headquarters, Box PIP. Chicago
II, Illinois,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
RECLU5E'5 HOUSE
 YIELDS T2EA5URE;
 AGED COUPLE DIES

NEWARK, NJ., Feb 2.-IH- A house whose window blinds had been drawn since 1918, yesterday yielded the bodies of an aged recluse and his blind wife. Police said they were surrounded by antiques and art treasurer worth S2O0,000 or more.
 Police said the couple, MT. and Mrs. Henry Diffany, both about 85, had been dead about three weeks They were discovered when an &C., quaintance called police because he was unable to rouse the Diffanys.
 Inside clothed in a dress of the style of the early 1900s, police found Rosa K. Diffany sitting dead in a kitchen chair. Upstairs they found her husbands cody, clad in a tat tered bathrose, sprawled on the bathroom floor.
 Both had apparently died of nat ural causes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
FIREMEN FIGHT SERIOUS BLAZE,
 FINNISH BATHS

Answering a 3-3 call that came in at l1:20 o'clock last night, the first member of the Juneau Fire Department to get there found a dozen or so men asleep on the econd floor of the Finnish Baths On GaStineau Avenue.
 Flames and smoke all but sur rounded them.
 Ellis Reynolds heard the alarm when he was near Brownies Barber Shop South on Franklin, and bounded up the adjacent stairs. Ar irving at the fire, he routed the keepers out-some of them ap- bearing barefoot.
 The upstairs was in flames from } fire believed caused by a cig arctic setting fire to mattress
 Mrs. Victor Crondahl, proprietor could not be reached to estimate he amount of damage, but fire men consider it a serious fire They fought it for nearly an hour, yeturning at midnight.
 The establishment formerly was The Russian Baths.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
] CLIMBING
 ROCKET PLANE
 SET5 NEW MARK

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-LR- Government officials familiar with the Air Force X-1 rocket test plane said today it has reached more than half way to its ulti- mate goal of l,70O miles an hour and 80,000 feet altitude.
 They were inclined to question the interpretation given in a Cleve- land speech by Lawrence D. Bell, president of the company which built the plane, that it has gone the whole way
 The only official statement of the X-1 from the Air Force is that it has gone hundreds of miles Gan hour faster than the speed of sound" At the high attitudes (above 50,000 feeD where the x-1 performs best, the speed of sound is only 600 miles an hour.
 Unofficial information is that the little planes best speed has been just under 1000 miles an hour and it's best altitude something over 6O,00O feet.
 The limiting factor thus far has been available power.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
BIG B-36 BOMBER
 WITH A2-T0NL0A
 MAKES "DRy RUN''

FORT WORT, Texas, Feb. 7. .-lR- A new right landing gear YVES installed on a huge B-36 Sup erb5mber here yesterday and more details were made available on ths record 42-ton bomb load it carried to a bombing range in California.
 Some of the planes landing gear collapsed as it landed Saturday after the bombing run.
 Some of the planes six engines, damaged by fire-fighting chemi- csls sprayed on the craft as a safety measure, may have to be re- placed
 1t was reported that the two "Earthquaker" bombs were 25 feet, l1 inches long and four and one half feet in diameter.
 The bombs carried a plaster com- pound instead of explosives and were not armed with war heads.
 The ship was over the target at Muroc, Cal, at 2 D. m. The first comb was dropped at 2:30 D. m. rom 35,0o0 feet. The second was dropped from more than 40000 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
Forming lzaak Walton League

ANCHORAGE-S Sounding plea that something be done towards the fast diminishing fish and game of Alaska, group If local nimrods discussed the feasibility of forming an Anchor age Chapter of the Izaak Walton eague of America, a powerful or sanization, the aims if which are the development of all forms of life, restocking streams, the propagation of game animals and preservation of forests.
 The group includes Bob Thomp-
 on, Tom Wharton, Jack Jacobsen, Tie Manville, Ray Dove, Bill Hunt, Ray Green, Harold Curtis, Fred Brcadwell and Leonard Hopkins. It was decided to sound a call to all sportsmen interested in apply ing for an Izaak Walton League Charter, to attend a general meet ing for this purpose, announce ment Of which will be made as soon as a meeting place is procur- ed.
 The first Alaskan Chapter of the I.WLA was formed in Seward two weeks ago. Sportsmen in other towns are preparing to take similar sction, it is understood.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
NEW ATOMIC BOMBS EVEL0pED BY U. B.; POWERFUL ENERGY

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-iR- The United States has new atom ic bombs which have much more explosive energy than the old ones.
 The Atomic Energy Commission, which has hinted previously that it had developed more powerful weapons than those dropped on Japan or at Bikini. announced it outright today in its fifth semi annual report to Congress.
 And it said further develop ments are now in progress"
 It related for the first time that the three weapons tested at Eni- wetok Atoll last spring demonstrat- ed "a substantial gain in (explo- sive) energy release" over previous models.
 Chairman David Liiienthal made it clear at a news conference that "as used in this report" the term atomic weapon means bomb.
 But he declined comment when asked whether the United States is seeking to obtain atomic weap- CTS other than bombs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
REP. DALE TELLS KiWANIANS OF
 NEED FOR HOUSING

With bow toward the next room where Glen Wilder, Alaska Housing Director, was discussing the subject for the Juneau Woman's Club today, Mrs. Essie R. Dale, Of Fairbanks proceeded to give Xii wanis Cluh members sprightly talk on housing.
 Mrs. Dale, Representative from the Fourth Division, talked on Alaska s housing needs and proposed legls- lation, at the weekly luncheon meeting in the Terrace Room of the Baranof Hotel
 T was proud to introduce those housing bills" she said There is not enough private money in Alaska to begin to answer the needs, nor can enough adventure capital out side be interested.
 we never will get relief without public funds"
 Representative Dale asked support of the two bills she lntroduced-H. B. 20. to amend the old housing bill, extending its privileges beyond de- fense workers, government employ ees and veterans, and HB. 19, which would appropriate S25O,oo0 as a show of good faith toward obtaining a 100000 revolving fund from the Government.
 With a vivid-and often humor- ous-description of conditions in Fairbanks, Mrs. Dale stressed the critical conditions of that city and Anchorage. She particularly de- plored the attitude of old residents who. are content with conditions because it's always been that way"
 James Mcclellan, President, pre- sided at the luncheon, and Gene Vuille, program chairman, intro duced Mrs. Dale.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
WOULD STEP UP
 SHIFT OF DPS
 EUROPE TO US.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-tR- The Displaced Persons Commission today urged Congress to admit 100000 war refugees to the United States in the next four years-al- most double the present program.
 The agency also recommended a series of other changes in line with President Truman's criticism of the law he signed with great reluctance" last June. It provid- ed entry for. POS, ,00O persons in four years and set up the commits sion to supervise.
 The three-man commission said in it's first semi-annual report that it's vast resettlement effort had Jagged, and it said the law was partly to blame.
 From July 1 to the end of 1948, 2,507 Displaced Persons reached the United States, the commission chairman told reporters. The to- tai rose to 3,513 in January, and he predicted the same number will come in during February.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
FUNK MARIN MARRIAGE IN SEATTLE, ANNOUNCED

Miss Isabele Funk and Robert D. Martin, wellknown Juneau people, were married in Seattle January 30 at the home of the brides parents, MT and Mrs. David Funk, according to word received in Juneau today.
 The marriage ceremony was per formed by the Rev. MT. Thomas of the Woodlawn Presbyterian Church.
 Both Mir and Mrs. Martin have been Juneau residents for several years. MT Martin is representa- tive of Northwest Life Insurance Company in Alaska and his bride has been employed in the office of the CAA and maintained her own public stenography business.
 They will return to Juneau with in short time to make their home here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
CLAIMS ALA5KA RR
 FREIGHT LOADING,
 SEATTLE, EXCESSIVE

SEATTLE, Feb. 2-iP-An h. erior Department official said yesterday his agency ships more sailroad equipment through Port land than Seattle because of a cost differential
 The cost of loading a locomo- tive aboard ship in Seattle and delivering it to Whittier is S2,000 higher than from Portland" said Joseph T. Flakne, cfAef of the AL aska branch of the Departments Division of Territories.
 He made tne statement in reply to Seattle complaints.
 Flakne, just back from a Terri torial inspection tour, said the Alaska Railroads postwar rehabil- itation is progressing well.