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crediafawn Credit
Union Declares
Annual Dividend

A dividend of 2h percent was
declared by the Credjafawn Credit
Union at its 18th annual meeting
at Roadbuddies Cafe in st. Paul
Monday, Jan. 10.
At this dinner meeting, reports
Of officers and committees were
given, and the president, John
Lawrence, and Sercetary-treasur-
er, Huron Shelton, Jr., discussed
the great progress the credit union
has enjoyed since it was chartered
by the State Banking Department
in 1887.
Financial highlights of the
meeting were: outstanding in
shares $9,S31.6O; outstanding in
loans, $6,7S5.19, and total assets,
$11,241.49.
Elected to the Credit Commit
tee for a one year term are: Nilee
Lewis, Lola Finney. and Bella A.
Shelton. Elected to the Supervis-
Dry Committee for a one year
term were Ransom Coins, chair
man; Cora Belle Banks and Victor
Galloway.
The Credtafawn Credit Union
has 50 members, as their charter
provides that only members of the
Credjafawn Social club are eligible
for membership in the union.
Officers, until their successors
are elected, include: John Law
renee, president; Rosamond John
son, vice president; Earline Cal
loway, assistant secretary-treas-
urer; Huron Shelton, Jr., secre-
tary-treasurer.
Other members of the Board
are B. F. Henderson. Raymond F.
johnson and Josephine Wade. Mrs.
Wade and Mr.. Lawrence were re-
Gently elected to the Board for
three year term.
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Former Seaman Tells
About Attitudes Found
In China And India

State Department spend millions
of dollars in propaganda, telling
the people to throw off the yoke of
communism. They destroy this
same propaganda by their I'M
democratic actions at home and
abroad, Blackwell said.
Blackwell gave a vivid account
of the living conditions existing
in China and India and of the
overall economic instability of
these countries.
However he felt that, world
wide we are moving into a new
era with our chronological develop
ment bringing about an economy
Of plenty for all, with fewer racial
struggles, wars, and true brother
hood of man emerging for the
first time.
Prior to the presentation of the
guest speaker, there was an cleo
ton of officers for the ensuing
year. On the board of directors,
three vacancies were filled.
Eugene Harris and Theodore
Woodland were reelected, with Rev.
Floyd Massey elected to fill the
post vacated by Whitney Young
who will leave for Omaha.
All members of the Credit Com
mittee were reelected. They were
Clifford Smith, chairman; A. B.
Cassius and Julius Clemmons.
On the supervisory committee
J. C. Crowder and Eli Martin
were reelected and Travis Bailey
is third member of the committee.
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Hennepin M0rch
Of Dimes Bell A.
Auditorium Jan. 20

The Hennepin County 1850
March of Dimes IN now In fun
swing and the March of Dimes
ball, sponsored by labor, Is one Of
the principal events Of the drive.
The ball win be held at the Audi
forum the night Of January Is.
Labor is out to raise $50, 700
through the sale Of tickets 10 the
ball." said c. w. Plates. chairman
Of the Hennepin County chapter Of
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis. "And labor has
a habit Of accomplishing what Il
sets out to do. We expect the most
successful ball in the history Of
the history Of the March Of Dimes
here this year with labor united
behind the project"
Myrtle Harris, organizer Of
Central Labor Union, Is chairman
of the ball committee. Behind her
are representatives from AL.
Clio, Railroad Brotherhoods and
half a dozen independent unions.
Especially active In the work are
Gene Larson and the milk drivers.
Each milk and Ice cream truck
bears posters boosting the BAN
and the overall drive. In addition
the milk drivers are distributing
thousands Of pamphlets telling the
story Of what the National
Foundation has done for polio VIC
Tins here.
AS Harry Leonard, vice presa-
dent Of Gu says, This Is labors
to Franklin d. Roosevelt
and labor's contribution to public
welfare"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-01-20

Twin Citians, who attended the
annual Associated Negro Credit
Union meeting Monday night, Jan,
9, were told by Edward H. Black
well, Jr., their guest speaker, that
China and India were losing faith
in American democracy because
of the dual role played by this
country.
Blackwell, who has been a mer-
chant seaman for eight years, felt
he had more of a chance to see the
real conditions that exist there
since he visited these countries in
a working capacity, and not as a
tourist.
He further stated that the U.
S. continues to aid the battles of
the existing old regimes or I'M
democratic governments in
poyer, feeling, that by doing this,
the U. S. can carry on further ex-
ploitation, more readily under
these systems. His examples of
these situations were the Dutch
in Indonesia, Chang Kai Shek in
China, and the recent Indian divi-
sion.
Blackwell said the struggle of
the American Negro for his civil
rights; examples, F.E.P.C. law,
discrimination in the south, and
the NAACP petition to the UN,
are being watched very closely by
the Indians and Chinese. In sddi-
ton, they have watched the U. s.
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Of the president as expressed In
Executive Order 1881, dated July
20, 194s, that there shall be equal
ity Of treatment and opportunity
for all persons In the armed ser
vices without regard to race, color.
religion or national origin, II Is
the objective of the Department Of
the Army that Negro manpower
possessing appropriate siills and
qualifications will be utilized in
accordance with such sIxills and
qualifications, and win be assign
ed to any temporary or permanent
duty unit without regard to race
or color.
b. In consonance with the fore
going. and as additional steps to-
wards its attainment:
"a The Department Of the Ar
my win publish periodically to
major commanders a list OF the
critical specialities in which va
cancies exist within the Army.
The first such list is being pub
hshed concurrently herewith In
DA AGO letter dated Jan. 10,
1850. Major commanders con-
cerned win assign Negro person
mel who possess any Of such criti-
cal specialties 10 any unit in their
areas having such critical special
list vacancies. without regard to
race or color.
(2) In addition to the provisions
Of sub-paragraph ~ above, to
fill other vacancies requiring spe-
cial skills. qualified Negro spe-
cialists may be assigned to any
appropriate unit by order Of the
major commander concerned.
Sec'y johnson Commands Army
Secretary Of Defense Louis
Johnson praised the Army's con-
Torrance to the new program. He
wrote Secretary Gordon Gray AZ
follows:
'The policy of equality Of treat
ment and opportunity which the
Army has formulated with the
help Of the Presidents Committee
is a major step, in my opinion, to-
ward the goal Of utilization of
Army manpower without regard
to race. / believe that this policy
is entirely in accord with sound
personnel practice. The additional
steps taken today, which supple
ment career guidance programs
already in effect, will enable all
more highly qualified soldiers to
advance professionally to the
maximum extent Of their individ-
ual capabilities.
The attainment Of the desired
goal will continue to present COM
pick problems. These can be
solved, as you are demonstrating
through the application Of broad
vision, patience, insight and a
firm determination to maintain
maximum efficiency within the
Army.
Il shall look forward with keen
interest to receiving from you per-
iodic reports Of progress in &C
cordance with our many discus
sions."
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Crippled Mill City Woman
Dies In Dwelling Fire
Mrs. C. Atkins
Body Found
Inside Door

Death by fire claimed the
life of a crippled housewife, the
daughter of one of Minnesota's
Oldest Negro Families, Monday
night, as she sought escape
from her burning home at 1141
Lyndale Ave. North.
The badly burned body Of Mrs..
Constance Dorothy Atkins, 80, was
found by Minneapolis firemen Just
inside the back door. She was be-
lieved to have been alone at the
time the fire broke out shortly
after midnight. No one seems 70
know how the fire started; some
apparently believe Mrs. Atkins was
starting a fire in the stove when
her dress was ignited.
The victims husband. John II.
Atkins, Is an employe of the 500
Line Railroad and was on his way
TO Chicago, when he received mo-
tice of the tragedy. The couple
had been married for seven years.
Mrs. Atkins was crippled by an
attack of Polio when a small child
which left her with q slight limp.
The dead woman is the daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Adj
ans, Of Duluth, MINI, one Of
Minnesota's most prominent fami-
lies, being very active in social.
fraternal and civic life through
out Minnesota.
Funeral services for Mrs. Atkins
were held Thursday afternoon.
Jan. 10, at 2 p. m. at the Woodland
Funeral chapel. with Rev. II. Red
dick of Duluth officiating. He was
assisted by the Pride Of the West
Chapter o.E.s.. Of which Mira.
Atkins was a member.
Her survivors are John II.
Atkins, husband; Mr.. and Mrs.
George Adams, mother and Ia
Their: Mr.. and Mrs. Richie Adains
Of st. Paul. brother and aister-in-
law, and other relatives.
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ing Sunday at the Shiloh Baptist
church.
Two outstanding addresses were
delivered at the Sunday night
meeting by two real friends of
FEPC and other civil rights legis-
lation. Senator WAYNE MORSE
of Oregon and Senator HUBERT
HUMPHREY paid the Oregon
Senator a compliment when the
junior senator from Minnesota
told the more than 1900 people
who had packed the All Souls
Unitarian beyond capacity, that
it would not be difficult for me
to be a Republican If all the Re-
publican senators were as liberal
and progressive as Senator Morse.
The members of the Mobiliza-
ton were thrilled and stirred to
the depths by the moving, fight
ing address delivered by Congress-
man ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
at the Monday afternoon meet
ing. The New York congressman
is chairman of the subcommittee
of the Education and Labor Com
mittee of the House, which held
public hearings on FEPC. He is
the author of the H. r. 4453,
which is probably the best of all
the FEPC bills before the Con-
gress.
CLARENCE M. MITCHELL,
who lived in st. Paul for a time
as secretary of the Urban League,
was a speaker on the panel that
was conducted at the Sunday af-
ternoon meeting. His wife, JUA-
NITA, will receive her degree in
law from the University Of Mary
land in June. The Baltimore dele
cation, led by MRS. LILLE
JACKSON, Mrs. Mitchells moth
er, numbered several hundred
The Baltimore branch of the
NAACP is now the largest in the
country, I believe. Mrs. Jackson
is the president. Enough said.
ROY WILKINS, a former st.
Paulite, worked hard as chairman
of the steering committee for the
mobilization. He Is, as you know,
the acting executive secretary Of
the National NAACP. 1t certainly
was not easy to get 55 national
organizations to work together,
as was the case in the mobiliza-
ton. Much credit for the success
of the mobilization must go to
Roy.
did not agree with the policy
that was adopted in banning the
Communists and other left wing
groups from participation in the
mobilization and 1 told Mr.. Will
kins so.
We talked the matter over and
when we were through we were
of our original opinions still! II is
not the first time have disagreed
with the top leaders and most
likely it will not be the last time.
But that doesn't matter to me. We
all will stay out there working
and battling for civil rights, which
are human rights!
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Local Womon's Letter
To Be Published

A letter written by Mrs. Della
Holsomback, $50 Rondo Ave,
which appeared in the September
% edition of the st. Paul DIS
PATCH, will be published in I'VE,
The People" yearbook of public
opinion published by the PaIbar
company of New York.
The letter, which appeared IN
der the title, God is Still the
Leader" concerns the announce
ment by Walter White that a
chemical had been discovered that
could change the color Of a per-
sons skin.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-01-20
Army Starts Toward
Ending Jim Grow;
Order Maps Plans

Washington D. CThe U. s. Army finally has got in line
with President Truman Armed Forces equality program An
issued here Monday Jan L. Of rather
ing changes in Army policy of segregation of Negroes and
whites
The Department of the Army the revision
Circular 1914 dated April 81 REHABILITATION Of Negro Man
power in the Post War Army"
Secretary Of the Army Gordon Gray stated that this
resents additional step in the frtherance Of the Presidents
policy specified in Executive Order 1881 Of July 194s
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Hiwuyon Chorus
In Recital Sunday
A. 81. Jomes

The Senior Choir Of st. James
AME church, st. Paul, will present
the Hiwayan chorus, composed Of
about 40 employees Of the state
highway department, in a recital
Sunday, Jan. 20, at 5 p. m. The
sistant in the department Of urol-
ogy Is the 45-year-old DR.. Whit
field, a product Of Meharry Medi-
cal college, who has done grad
uate work at the University Of
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Allie Balenger. chairman Of
the musical. extends a cordial In
Utation to everyone TO attend
this program Assisting on the
program win be Bradford Benner,
soloist, Patricia Foster, reader
and the Senior choir Of the church.
Refreshments win be served.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-01-20
Cannon Played Active Part
In AIphu Conference

Raymond w. Cannon, past ma
tional president of the Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity returned last
week from the 35th annual nation
al convention of the organization
held at Atlanta, Ca, in the last
week in December.
The Minneapolis attorney SER
we'd as chairman of the powerful
constitutional committee.
The next annual convention was
awarded to Kansas City, Mo.
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Mrs. Jeff Anthony, formerly
Willie Mae Brown Of Chicago, is
visiting her aunt and uncle, Mr..
and Mrs. William Black, 1872 w.
Central Ave. She was recently en-
tertained by Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd
Crawford, 522 st. Anthony Ave.
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John O'NeaL, 746 Carroll Ave-,
and Juanita T. Jenkins, 313 Car
roll Ave-, have made application
in Ramsey County for a marriage
license.
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Mr.. r. A. Lark, SIS Rondo Ave-,
is i'll in st. Joseph's hospital.
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HALLE ANNUAL
DINNER JAN. rs


Reservations are being ac-
cepted for the annual dinner meet
ing Of the Halle @. Brown COM
munity house to be held at $50
p. m. Thursday. Jan. 20 at the
house. The dinner win be one dol
lar.
Mrs. Alice Sims onque. new ex-
ecutive director Of the house, win
be the speaker at the meeting.
The Daughters Of Isis win hold
its next meeting Friday night
Jan 20 at the home Of Mrs. Connie
Grissam, 3eos 6th Ave. South.
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You can now buy your EBONY
magazine at DaytOn's.-advt
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WATCH rHE ciNosASAII-sdvi.
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PROBLEMS SIMILAR

The problems and principles of
race relations are remarkably
similar, regardless of what groups
are involved, and only by an in.
tegrated study of all minority
peoples in the United States can
real understanding and socio-
logical analysis of the involved
social phenomena be achieved
Donald R. Young.
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Iooss RECORD sMAllp

One hundred percent on the
legislative record is very small
achievement in view of all that
must be done in the field Of civil
rights. Only consistent, untiring
effort on the part Of each Of us
to insure all the rights Of demo-
crazy to all our citizens can
justify America in her role as the
moral leader Of the nations
Eugene j. Mccarthy
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for the utilization OF Negro man
power.
The text Of the revision follows:
SPECIAL REGULATIONS
NO. 6O0-629-1
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-23

Comes to our desk a poem about
the Grounding who missed his step
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-02-23
MaM%
Dez4ozoI

We thought sprightly spring
poem might pep up this column, but
when we got that siN-above-zero cold
snap Monday morning, we decided
| to put the idea in cold storage
maybe it's all for the best, because
we never could write poetry any
way +. and with no street lights
after 10 o'clock maybe it'll not be
too much out of season to sing
"Shine On Harvest Moon"-anyway
moonlight nights would help a lot
in the present situation-fact is,
some of the oldtimers can recall
back 40 years ago when street
lights were never burning on MOON
light nights !. looks as if history
is repeating itself-farmers busy in
their woodlots buzzing wood with
portable saws and tractors instead
of the old-fashioned crosscut and axe
which grandpappy used-looks as if
there might be sizable income SELL
ing firewood if this coal situation
doesn't right itself . and high
school basketball dead as a dodo
since Delphos st. Johns sank the
Pirates down at Celina Monday
night-the fans didn't seem too much
upset over the outcome, apparently
figuring that Lady Luck, tickle dame,
was riding with the other crowd
Harvey Bauman, the electrician hur-
rying down street the other day
stopped long enough to tell us that
building prospects in Bluffton area
are perking up-fact is work on
some four or five houses is all set
to start when spring opens, and
then there's the college gym started
last summer, with part of the
structural steel erected awaiting a
break in the weather to resume con-
struction work and looking
forward to spring, it shouldn't be
too far away despite that first of the
week cold snap-here is the begin
ming of Lent which means Easter is
in the offing-and spring seed cata-
logs-and wallpapering and inside
painting getting under way j. and
comes March next Wednesday,
moving day-that is, it used to be
when there was a place to move to
that was back in the good old
days when one-third of the nation
was lucky enough to be ill-housed-
nowadays lot of desperate folks
would be most happy to be ill-housed
just so it's somewhere to live
those good old days were when there
was to be two cars in every garage
but it turned out that it's two
families in every garage and they
leave the jaloppy standing outside.
Mrs. Jack Remde of Chicago,
former Blufftonite, here the past
week for visit is getting congratu-
lations from local Photographic fans
in behalf of awards received by her
husband who has achieved promin-
ence in that city for outstanding
work in amateur photography.
Jack, an electrical engineer by vo-
cation, follows photography as a
hobby. The Remdes formerly lived
here when he was employed by the
Triplett company.
As a member of Chicapo,s Craan
Briar Camera club, one of the lead
ing organizations of its kind in that
city, he has in the past two years
won two cups and two medals in
special class and open competition.
Photos are large II by Is inches
and portraits are life size.
Comes to our desk a poem about
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in making . long range weather pre-.
diction-stayed out of his burrov
after February second and froze tc
death-drop a tear for the unfortun-
ate animal and our thanks to Grover
Soidner who handed it to us and
sorry we are unable to reproduce ii
here because of copyright restric-
tions.
Soldner, recovered from an opera
tion last month, has a unique and
growing collection of miniature ami
mails which he whitfield from wood
with a pocketknife during his con-
valescence. A large variety of ma
tive and imported woods We're used
ranging from pine to mahogany.
For years he has been adept at carv-
ing and the hobby afforded a pleas
ant and absorbing escape from bore
dom of what to do which often
makes the time of convalescence a
period of monotony.
Those deer sighted in Orange
township last fall are still there
or at least they were Tuesday morn
ing when Woodrow Little, Bluifton
rural mail carrier sighted four on
the Philip Marquart farm one mile
south of Orange Center. The deer,
consisting of buck, two does and
a fawn were more curious than
timid and edged within 80 feet of
Little's car.
Old Man Weather has been play
ing a lot of quirks down in Florida,
says Chris C. Amstutz, former Bluff
tonite, now living in Leesburg. Chris
in a short and concise bulletin writ
ten last Saturday gives the situation
in the following nutshell:
November was cold, but Decem-
Der and January the warmest in
record also January was the driest
Ill 10 SedIS-ShIlo Bays lll64 1lI0
only 111a drops of rain all month
and he was fortunate to be outdoors
when they fell so he could count 'em.
February was warm until last Sat-
urday morning when the thermom-
eter dropped to 40 degrees-which
chills those southern crackers more
than zero does in Ohio.
And speaking of Florida-there
are Karl Frick and Gene Zimmerly
making a quick trip down to the
national motorcycle races at Daytona
Beach-we almost said flying trip
fact is they rolled down in Karl's
Harley Davidson with Gene in the
side car. This makes the second
time Karl has attended the races
as spectator, that is, not as con-
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testant. They are expected home
this week.
More news from Florida-and it
was good news-at least they thot
SO at the iCtizens bank the other day
when generous size crate of
oranges and grapefruit arrived with
best wishes from Melvin Williamson,
director, who with his wife are va
cationing at Palmetto. 1t didn't
take long to declare a dividend in
kind and distribute the fruit among
the bank attaches and fellow di-
rectors-who gave the Williamsons a
unanimous vote of appreciation and
thanks.
More about Florida-the Myron
Meyers home after enjoying a lot
of sunshine and swimming and hob
nobbing with Bluffton folk down
there while in the Box tower
they ran onto the Dutch Augsburg
ers who were giving the place a
final once over before taking off for
Cuba i. and dropped in to see the
Albert Haases who live at Braden-
ton and also the Ross Bogarts who
are vacationing there, occupying the
residence of Mrs. Martha Diller Bay
less while she is spending the winter
with relatives in North Carolina :.
and then, too, there are the Bert
Hugheses from Pandora and the L.
d. Crawfords from Mt. Cory.
And that Florida display in Moy-
er's window attracting attention
includes bougenvillia vines with pink
flowers; limb from a valancia orange
tree bearing blossoms and fruit;
calomondin with fruit resembling
a miniature orange; tangerines,
Florida lemons, Ceylon gooseberry
plants and jar of gooseberry jam,
kumquats and cocoanuts all of which
come from the twenty acre farm of
Bob and Zelma (Hilty) Lucas form
erly of Pandora, now living at Win
ter Haven where Bob is building
contractor.