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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-02-17
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
MINNEAPOLIS RIRTIIDAYs

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Feb. 24-E "a. Cater, 1924 Chm.
ton Ave So: Beulah NJ, Cohron,
pOI Fourth ~. No. Feb, 20 Al
bert Larson, A2lB NJ Penn Ave. /,
Lawrence Leroy Anderson. 3832
EnellinR Ave; Mrs Susie X.
King 1918 Sixth st. So; Willie u.
Hale, 3iOp Cedar Ave.
Feb, n Doris 0TigHby. s74
AldriCh Ave. No; Jerry SiAson.
40 Irving Ave, No. Clyde Cooley.
TOO Seventh ~, No; J, X. Free.
man, llD RoyRlEton Ave. No. Feb.
% Forrest Mckinney, s23 FIRE.
mont Ave. No, John Napue, 8l6
OiTard Ave. No, March i Ida a.
Wagner, $3.50 Fifth Ave. So: Jack
PRTsOn, TOO Oak Lake Ave: Hat
tie Jones. 372t Aldrich Ave. So:
Gladys Barnett, 90 Highland Ave.
No. March 2 Bessie Green. 3O7
Dupont Ave. No. I'D Crews, 10
Hoak Ave. No; Carl Wade, Jr.,
1897 Firth Ave. So
OUT UPTOWN BIRTHDAYS
Feb, 20 A. - WlnRfiold, Do
troit, Michigan; Mrs. Ray Frazier.
20 Houston 81. Pontiac, Michigan.
Feb. 20 Rosetta Barker, jamaica
n Y.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-02-17

Anthony Ave, will observe their
10th wedding anniversary.
MT Paul Wood. p4S IglchRrt
Ave. viii not observe his birthday
this year. lie was born on Fob.
T1IAry 20,
Mira. Janlea Watson. ITO 81. An.
thnny Ave. IL at home IN, She IL
expected TO BE- under the doctors
care for several daya
Mr.. and Mru. william Whit. TIA
Rondo Ave. viii observe their
2sth wedding anniversary, Wed.
nesday, Feb, ~,
The AdclphlA Club. one OF the
oldest philanthropic organizations
In the Twin cities, win hold Ia
next meeting Tuesday, Feb. -,
Tue WOmcn'n Auxiliary of the
Sterling Club will meet Wednes.
day Feb. "a at the club,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Robinson. 900
81 Anthony Ave, win observe
their third wedding anniversary
Wednesday, Feb, AZ,
Tho FrlendAhlp Sewing and Soc.
lal club made plans for q Hard.
Time party 10 be held Saturday,
Feb. ~, at their last meeting
February II held at the homo Of
Mrs. Bernice Duke. asa Iglohart
Ave, Tho birthdays OF two mem.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-02-17
RATING THE RECORDS
By J. Henry Randall

over To the mAncuNertngn OF the
band In its exploration Of the
tune. Good moody stuff,
Frankie LAine. with hiA past
successes Of That Lucky Oh sun. -
Mule Train" and others, goes
all out on Mercury with another
pair that ls destined to rise 10 the
top Of the hit plRtters, lie sings
the fnlkiAh-type tune. Tho Cry Of
the WIld Goose and an ode Ia
black LRcSN Accompaniment II by
Harry Geller ork and vocal chorus.
with Carl Fisher at the piano. D..
IRISH folk music IL definitely tho
right field for Dennis Days lyric
tenor, For Victor. with Charles
Dant's ork and the RhythmAircH.
he does How Can You B1y kiIIAr-
Rry paired with carnival Favored
q kRthRrtna, assisted by chorus
and Earl Hagon's ork.
=
The 10 BSst Selling Rhythm,
BlVOs Records
For You, My Love lS) -- l. Oar.
nell
Saturday Night Fish Fry uS --
l.. Jordan
I Almost Lost My Mind CO.. -- Joe
Hunter
Numbers BouEic an Sugar
Chile Robinson
big Fine Girl CB -- J, Wtthcr.
spoon
Forgive and Forget an -- Or.
oleA
I've Been "a Fool .(S) - The
Shadows
Boogie Al Midnight (s) - Roy
Brown
III Get Along Somehow u2D L.
DaTnell
Situn On II All the Time (D --
W, Harris
(Ftgurcs In ParentheHis denote
number of weeks In first I0l.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-02-17


Mr.. Selman Roberts, 1914 Gin.
ton Ave. So, left the city Saturday
Feb. IL. for New Orleans, La.
where he will spend two weeks VS.
iting friends and relatives.
Mrs. Hester Wheeler, 1900 En-.
erson Ave. No, left the city Fri
day morning, Feb. 10, for Wichi-
Ia, Kansas, to be at the bedside OF
her sister who is i'll.
A surprise birthday party was
given by Governor Cook in honor
Of his wife's birthday Thursday.
Feb. 8, at their home, 2726 SOth
Ave. So. Those present were
Mines. Margaret LOckett, Jessie
Clay, Carrie Robinson, Rose De-
lehay, Lois Yates, of st. Paul, Jay
Smith, Wilma Winston and Ernes-
tine Perry; Misses Joan Knapp.
Maxine Norburg and L. Griffin:
Messrs. Joe Lewis, Jay Hawkins,
Dewey Winston, Walter Cleveland.
Berry o'Leary. NJ. A. Williams,
Earl Burnaugh, Ray Reardon and
Walter T. Cleveland. The guests
were entertained by playing
games. Refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served. Mrs. Cook
received many lovely gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Carr, who
have moved into their new home
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-02-17

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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-02-17
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-02-17
Weeds ..
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The farmer booked at his untitled acre.
Nope" he said. Won't stick pillow In
there Don't care II II " fertile Il Just don't
like the color Of the soil
So the weeds grow rank and spread their
seeds to his other acres, i0uling his cotton and
stunting his corn. And his harvest was poor
There are aHnc who would do the same for
America. They would neglect the cultivation
Ol the minds 81 young growing Americans
They would set them apart, deny them equal
advantages -.
-. because Of their race, their name or their
religion.
Stupid, isn't Il. that anyone should want a
wccdy havcstp
For our own sake for Americas sake, we
canal do three things to hclpthc cause Of unity:
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-02-17
SOCIAL & PERSONAL

Tho Lambda Zeta Obi sorority held its regular business
meeting Wednesday Feb at the home Of Mrs Nicke Rich
arson GAG Rondo Ave At the meeting Of the club M
Jean Roberts will be the hostess The club will observe
national Founders Day on March 20.
On Friday, Feb a. Mr. and Mrs Haywood Kemp, COG st.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-02-17

nave become zoo nluch associated Win the prONn-
skin brother. There have been some very bad
jokes going the rounds here about the latter. This
Is Of the more innocuous examples:
The little white boy playing in Central Park
suddenly said to his mother. Mama want to be
colored!"
The mother looking at the brat in horror gasped,
What earth made you say such an awful
thing"
"On account Of I want TO have a CadlIlasI"
Junior hOllarcd. jumping up and down ElcefIIly.
Well, you what mean
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Moods On Song

Moods In Song
Kay Starr OF the appealing
husky voice. shows up on CryHta-
lettc label with q pair Of unforget.
able oldies done in her own grand
style and paced by a crew OF out
standing musicians known collect.
lively as the CrystAlette All stars
She docs I'm ConfCsAin' (ThRt I
Love YCI IN lREily carcssing
sort of way. while the instrument
tai background impercsptibly
shifts pace between Choruses. Mate
Is the RaEaf- Waller opus, Honey.
suckIc Rose. The tempo here has
been stepped up, and Kay gets
along nicely on her vocal. Mum
bercd IN the accompaniment are
Barney BigRrd, clarinet; Red Cal
lander, bass. Vic DickenBOn,
tram Calvin jackson, piano; Ray
Linn, trumpet. Allen RouAa,
guitar; zutty Singleton. drums;
and Willie Smith, alto.
Also Crystalotte Is wini Beatty,
with some Of the same crew an
was with Kay, doing a mellow.
bounce blues version Of You Took
My Man. Barney Bigard stands
out here with clarinet passage,
Paired IL the HoRgy Carmichael
Lazy River. on which VIM makes
with the vocal-piano riffs Ia
Nellie LutCher,
Eddie Wilcox, who stepped into
the late Jimmie Lunceford's shoes,
now fronts his own group on Vic.
tor with q two-sided blues item
labeled A Touch Of thu Blues. A
sIow-pRced and original GompO-
sition. the first side ccnters mainly
around the lyric TRmbllngH Of
John Leslie, and the Flip IL given
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SOCIAL & PERSONAL
MINNEAPOLIS

MI. James Addison, 524 Emerson Ave- No. came home
from the hospital Saturday, Feb IL Mr. Addison who was
Ill win bronchial pneumonia is doing nicely now.
mrs carter of Chicago who has been visiting Mr. and
MIS- W. walker, 1915 Fourth Ave So for five weeks left
Feb II for her home Mrs Carter has been friend
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M WAY SEE
~ BV nell DODSOn RUSSELL
NEW YORK

Several columns predicted that spring would bring
fashion for mOneyed AmertcRns-the foreign
Of that Cadlacs Roadmasters
Evening star., 1950-12-17
Arms Cost
Continued From Page CID

cut off. Tin has jumped 76 per
cent since the Korean war.
Costs of the raw materials which
the United States has to buy
abroad have been paced, although
at slower rate, by those of manu-
factured goods and food turned out
at home.
It now takes $103 a day to feed
q United States fighting man.
Throughout World War II the
average was only 62 cents. United
States military kitchens are sup
piled mostly by American farms
and processing plants.
Here are price percentage in
creases from April to September
in various things manufactured in
the United States and needed by
the military: Fuel tanks up 1913
per cent; soap powder, 1874 pei
cent; box fiber, 49.9 per cent, ano
glycerin, 114.3 per cent.
A 1,630-ton destroyer (ther
popular) cost ST million in 1889
and now a 3,650-ton destroyer
costs $40 million. A tactical jeeI
cost LOO and now costs $2,700.
light tank $27, 1000 then and $225,'
900 now.
pastributed by the Associated Press)
Evening star., 1950-12-17
By Cecil HoIIond

At q time when there Is q cry
for greater political unity in the
face of dangers confronting the
country. there is on Capitol Hill
already a pattern for that unity
1t is the Senate Armed Services
Preparedness subcommittee under
Senator Lyndon B. johnson, Dem
ocrat, of Texas that was set up
to spur on the national defense
program.
The subcommittee is composed
of seven Senators, each, of course
with a party label and with his
own idea of what that label i'm
plies in the way of political and
social beliefs. Four of the seven
are Democrats and three are Re-
publicans. After that is noted, if
one takes the trouble to inquire
into the subcommittee's way of
working, the political label fades
quickly into the background.
Two Undertakings
Instead there emerges the i'm
preston of seven individuals
working toward a single goal. In
the words of 42-year- -old Senator
johnson, that goal is pushing the
defense program along toward
what must be done" And, i'm
Evening star., 1950-12-17
st. Lawrence Seaway
Sponsors of Perennial Project Believe 1t
May Be Approved as Step Toward Defense
By Froncis P. DouqIos

P. Douglas
and Northeastern Pennsylvania
In emergency, power could be
transmitted to Washington and
Chicago.
The security resources board
said this about the Importance Of
the seaway and power project to
national security:
ut is needed to assure a high
grade, rapidly expansible iron ore
supply from nearby foreign
sources-ore which in an emer-
gency could be moved to existing
consuming centers over routes in
side the continent. 1t is needed
to supply substantial additional
quantities of electric power and
to augment the capacity and
f1exibility Of our transportation
system"
Much has been written and
figures given without end on the
ore situation in Minnesota. The
NSRB report summarized it this
way:
Security Problem
I'm recent years the Lake
Superior region has supplied ap-
proximately IS per cent of the
total iron ore requirements of the
United States. Since the begin
ming Of 1910 we have shipped
from the Lake Superior region a
total Of ITO million tons of ore.
OF this notal nearly 600 million
tons came from open-pit mining
operations, an amount which, by
common agreement, Is about
equivalent to the entire remain
ing reserves of direct shipping and
easily treated open pit ores. =.
Twenty years from now produc-
ton cannot be even half as large
as at present.
Steady production Of ore from
year to year over the remaining
life of the Lake Superior reserves
cannot, of course, be maintained.
Furthermore, as each year
passes, the remaining reserves be-
come more difficult to mine. :.
The rate and extent to which the
country grows less and less able
to supply its needs from domestic
sources and thus becomes more
and more dependent on foreign
ores becomes a grave security
problem"
Secretary of the Interior Chap
man told a House committee last
spring that the high-grade iron
ore now being developed along the
Quebec-Labrador border amounts
to 400 million tons.
The ore is held by the Iron Ore !
Co. Of Canada. Its president is
George M. Humphrey, president of
the M. A. Hanna Co. of Cleveland.
Associated with the Canadian in
terests and the Hanna company
in the project are the Armco, Ma
tional, Republic and Wheeling
Steel Corps. and the Youngstown
Sheet & Tube Co.
Mr.. Humphrey announced last
the completion of a $2OOI
million financing program and the
letting of contracts for the build
ing of a 260-mile railroad from
the ore deposits to the port of
Seven Islands. The ore, to become
available in 1855, will move to
furnaces in the Youngs-
town and Pittsburgh areas by
boat and rail via Montreal, with
some to be shipped via Baltimore
and Philadelphia. 1t is said the
delivered prices will compare
favorably with those for ores from
the Lake Superior region.
Much Dredging Required
How much already has been ac-
compliShed toward the goal of
27-foot seaway is indicated by the
fact there is at least a 25-foot
channel all the way from Duluth
to Ogdensburg.
In the channel between Lakes
Superior and Huron the Mac
Evening star., 1950-12-17

an opportunity to 60 over it be-
forehand and offer any comment
that may be called for. So thor
ough has been the committees
work and so unassailable its facts
that there has been scarcely no
comment.
The representative of one
agency. for example. protested at
a meeting in Senator Johnson's s
Office about a portion of the re-
port on wool. "All right" Senator
johnson said, "the report is ready
to go to the printer but We'll hold
lit up. You get us the proof"
Later that day the agency had
to call back and admit sheepishly
it could find nothing to contradict
the committee report.
The three reports issued thus
far have hit hard at the NUM-
tions Board. There's nothing per-
sonal in that, no grudge against
the board.
1t so happens that the commit
tee is concerned largely with mat
tiers involving procurement. AS
the Munitions Board is the agency
chiefly responsible in that field, it
has been on the receiving end of
most of the brickbats.
Gets Answers Fast
In the space OF a few months
the committee has demonstrated
it means business-and thereby
won the respect or fear from ad-
ministrative agencies. It once
took "a days to get an answer to a
committee inquiry. Now the an
swer usually is Forthcoming with
in "a hours.
The reports issued thus far have
been received with widespread
public approval. A constant stream
OF letters attest to that, many of
them offering suggestions for fur
thering the defense effort.
One, for example, came from a
McKeesport (Pa.) woman after
she had read the newspaper &C
counts of the committees warning
of a possible wool shortage. She
suggested former military person.
mel might be invited to turn in
their old uniforms to help ease the
situation. Her suggestion, as all
others, are checked to see what
merit they contain.
This country's greatest asset, >
according to Senator johnson, sis
public confidence. We are seeing
that confidence withering away. 1t
is my view and the view of those
working with me that the people
want to know two things: Where
are we going and what are we
waiting for? They are looking for
breath of fresh air-for some
body to face up to the situation"
The committee is dedicating
itself to just that--Seeing that re-
sponsible officials face up to the
situation.
Evening star., 1950-12-17

patient with any signs of dallying
and indecision in high places,
Senator johnson is wont to ask.
What are we waiting for?"
That, in brief, expresses a guild
ing philosophy of the supcom-
mittee. At this time, with some
important but preliminary work
already behind it, the groups goal
resolves itself into two major
undertakings.
One is an overall manpower
study the subcommittee believes
may we'll be the most exhaustive
ever undertaken in this country.
1t will seek to determine the Ma
Evening star., 1950-12-17
Fairfax Experiment
By jones Birchfield

until three years after the last
vote.
1t is interesting to compare the
program now taking shape ir
Fairfax with the experiences oil
her neighboring county across the
Potomac.
In Montgomery County, Md.
several years ago, after the
first attempts at a charter gov
ernment failed, a modified county
manager system was established
A charter form was then accepted
by Montgomery residents q
months ago.
Maryland Experience
According to some observers
this interim government served
as buffer" in absorbing the
shocks of change. Many prob
lens thus were ironed out which
'enabled the charter to become ef-
fective with no difficulties.
According to Mr.. Lawrence, the
research group will seek volun-
teer assistance from specialists
and technicians in the fields ot
education, law enforcement
finance. welfare and health anc
personnel problems. It's investi.
cations will be along these broaC
lines:
The project will gather ane
analyze the experiences of coun.
ties, both in and out of Virginia
which have had similar problems
in setting up new administrative
departments.
The project will make a thor.
ough study of county finance
problems which will lead to g
sounder finance department, in
Guiding the present Office of COM
missioner of revenue and the Of
flee of treasurer. 1t will consider
methods used in other counties
where these Offices have been COM
bined, and will seek information
to enable the Board of Supervisors
to set up it's new department al
the minimum cost.
Central Purchasing New
Since it will be necessary fol-
the county, under the reform plan
to form new health, welfare anC
education departments, all facts
relative to these departments must
be tabulated. Particular attention
must be paid to a central purchas-
ing agency which will, under the
new form, handle all purchasing
for the school system. Under the
present system, school purchases
are handled directly by the school,
board.
Under the reform system, the
law provides for departments o1
law enforcement and public rec.
ords. The law also provides thai
uniform compensation be made
for like services and for the estab.
lishment of a merit system to b.
used as a guide in making ap.
pointments.
For all of these it will be neces.
sary to make an outline of func.
tions and personnel descriptions
A study of functions, job clas.
sifications and descriptions viii
enable the new Board Of Super.
visors to have all information
necessary to take over the new
duties provided under the new
government plan.
According to Mr.. Lawrence, th'
project should be completed il
six months. thus providing a guild.
for county government reform
that may have wide application
| in the future.
Evening star., 1950-12-17

A research project designed tx
facilitate the change in Fairfa,
County from its present modified
constitutional form of government
to the county executive plan may
serve as future guide to county
government reform.
The problems confronting Fair
fax in its change from a form OF
government in which much of the
control remains in the hands OF
State officials, to one in which
more than 80 per cent of the con-
troll rests in the hands of the local
Board of Supervisors, are many.
There is. for example, the prob
lem of combining the present Of
fees of commissioner of revenue
and treasurer into a single finance
Office with powers to assess, levy
and collect all taxes and to handle
all other county financial mat
terS.
There also are the problems
faced in presenting the county
with the full control and response
bility of it's welfare and health
programs, establishing a merit
system for county employees and
establishing a county job classif1-
cation program.
Lawrence Is Chairman
The research project was ap-
proved recently by the Board OF
Supervisors, who appointed David
Lawrence, Washington news writ
er, as chairman. In the November
referendum. Mr.. Lawrence cam
paigned actively in favor of the
executive form, which carried
overwhelmingly over the county
manager, or more sweeping reform
plan.
Already Mr.. Lawrence has re-
quested all county civic and other
organizations to submit the names
and qualifications of representa-
tives on the research project
Lewis Coyner. county treasurer
was appointed secretary by the
board at Mr.. Lawrence's request
that county employe, preferably
one familiar with financial mat
ters, be named to this position.
It will be the purpose of the
project members. expected tc
number about so, to assemble facts
on each governmental department
which will enable a later policy
commission to prescribe an orderly
Transformation of Government
forms. All project members will
work on a volunteer basis, and g
tactual report is to be made fol
each department.
Guide for Others
The Fairfax study is the first
such project started in Virginia
1t is expected that the factua
material that will be assembled
will serve as a guide to Other
counties in Virginia and in othel
States which may consider gov
eminent reform.
1t has been indicated that ir
the Washington area, Prince Will
liam County residents may at.
tempt government reform. while
in nearby Maryland. there are in.
dications that Prince Georges
County also may seek reform.
While reform was defeated las
November IN Loudoun County
Va, leaders of the movement
there have stated that another
referendum will be sought at th'
end of the three-year cooling of
period. Under Virginia law i.
county may not again hold a ref
erendum Oh government chang