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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18
Women's Group Cove
Randolph 500 For
CauSe Beck in ~"

The International Brotherhood
OF Sleeping Car Porters, now in
good financial condition, wasn't
doing so good money-wise back in
1927, - years ago.
On October p, 1927 the Colored
Women's Pioneer Economic
League Of the Twin Cities. headed
by Mrs. John Wright OF Robbins
dale and Minneapolis, gave a ban
quet in honor OF A. Philip Ran
dolph at Phyllis Whcatley House
which was then at sos Bassett
Place.
At the close OF the banquet,
Mrs. Robert B. Moulden, chairman
of the affair presented Mr.. Ran
dolph with $50 to help the union.
A st. Paul member. Mrs. Daisy
Chapman, presented similar
amount to Mr.. Randolph. Mrs.
Chapman is now Mrs. Daisy
Dabner of Detroit.
The League was the forerunner
OF the present women's auxiliary
to the Brotherhood. In the early
days women whose husbands were
not employed by the Pullman Co,
Joined the group to help the union
continue its work.
Some Of the women who sold
tickets for the banquet were the
late Miss Gertrude Brown. Mrs,
Alma Woodson, Mrs. Katherine
Smith and Mrs. Emma Smith all
of whom are dead. Some of the
living ticket sellers are Mrs. John
Wright, Mrs. Tiny Holder, Mrs.
Mae Stewart. Mrs. Alma Wood,
Mrs. Augustine Owens and a Mrs,
Howard.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18

Word was received this week
that Master Sergeant Alfred
Stewart viii leave for Germany
some time today, May ~, where
hc Will be- stationed Stewart was
recently promoted 10 his prcaent
rank from corporal after complct-
InG special training at Fort Bliss.
Texas
4 World War II veteran Of five
years Rs n warrant officer junior
grade. Stewart saw service In
Sorth AfitcR and Italy.
After being discharged he
worked ~ strectcar motnrmhn
for four years he was one Of the
FIRST Negroes 10 JOIN the Mime
sofa National guard. lie enlisted
IN the regular Army In August,
1850.
Sgt Stewart h married and the
father Of four children. He II the
son ~ Mrs Phil Freeman, sS7
TRlehArt Ave
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18

Leonard Page. proprietor 81 the
cafe who IL still In n critical CON
diti1n A. General hospital, was
first shot by Thomas when he
tried ~ prevent the tragedy by
ordering the killer from the scene.
Detective Sgt. Maurice u. Page
and Detective Ernest "DHppy'
williams who answered thn call
and handled the investigation.
said that they learned that 70
year old Mrs. Pillar and Thomas
had been living AZ man and wife
until ten days ago She left him
after he beat her one night and
filed charges against him for as
aault and battery.
A. the hearing Thursday after
noon. Mrs Pillars Indicated her
determination 10 press charges
against him and the matter was
referred 10 the District Attorneys
office.
Vera Shepard. s53 East 18th
street, sister Of the dead woman,
received q call from her sister
shout $50 Thursday evening
stating that Thomas was In the
cafe and was threatening her
after he had asked her 10 with
draw her complaint and she re-
fused 10 do 20. In the company Of
Franklin Murphy. Mrs. Sheppard
hurried 70 ths cafe, arriving about
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18
BY staff Writer

Henry Thomas and his Phyllis
Wheatley Settlement House staff
believe there rs something new
under the sun" Last Thursday
night at the second annual recog-
milton banquet. all head table
guests were wheatley youngsters
from the age of s to II who had
made outstanding records during
the past year.
Oldsters, staff. board members
and distinguished guests found
their seats around the room with
young individual members OF
various wheatley teams, clubs and
organizations.
A. q head table with young
Miss Mary Kate BreedloVe a.
mistress Of ceremonies, 10 has
all Of the dignity and pOIse Of n
table crowded with adult CeIe-
brities.
Seated at the head table were
II youngsters all Of whom &C
ceptrd individual awards or hon
ors for their respective organiza-
tons. They were Penny Anderson
Morning Star Campfire Girls
Beverly Eason. WetOmAChiCk
Campfire Girls; Donna Pcttiford
Melody Maids: Janet Stone, Miwi.
cagi Campfire Girls: Kathleen
Gardner. Folk Dancers; Barbara
Tyler, Bluebirds; Dolores Hin. TAP
and Ballet Glass: Renee Jackson
Teen-Ettes; Della WilkersOn
Comets Basketball team; Simeon
M0nteon, Shooting Stars basket
ball team.
Also Charles Smith, Wizards
basketball team; Robert Salters
OIympians basketball team; Ken.
meth Mckinney. Gophers basket.
ball team: Grant Locke, Graft
class: Stan Gardner Royals
basketball: Anette Machosky
Dresden craft Richard Green
Globctrotters; Wesley Hayden
boxing classes
All Of the groups listed above
received trophies for the per
formances Of their teams or In
dIVIduaIs on their teams or In
their classes.
Clarence Hughes, president OF
the Wheatley Auxiliary presented
a trophy from that organization u
the Clarinet Trio as an Outstand-
ing group; Stanley Berry. House
music director presented Joan
Prodahl the house Music Award
Calvin Norris. president Of the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18

Local members OF JehOvRh's
witnesses will attend a three-dRy
watchtowcr convention May iS-
20 at the Minneapolis Armory,
This In one Of fourteen similar
convention being held ON the
North American continent this
spring. and II scheduled stimuli
taneouSly with Chicago. Dallas
and Toronto.
II In expected that 1000 will
hear the keynote address ~ the
Minneapolis event. "proclaiming
Liberty Throughout All the Land, I"
by NJ. q, HenSchel. wAtcht1wer
Director from Brooklyn. New
York. Mr. HcnEchel, who will APP
pear In Minneapolis directly from
conventions In Alaska, Cuba and
the Far East, including Japan
Hawaii. will speak at p. m Sun'
day, May 20 In the Afmory.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18

The report mentioned the fact
that missionary rivalry in neigh
boring BasutOland between Roman
Catholic and Calvinish missions
had profoundly shocked Basuto
ideas Of religious tolerance and
left many people uncertain Of
what Christianity stands for.
The Boer or Nationalist govern
ment headed by Prime Minister
MaIan has just set up a Sub-De-
partment Of ColOred Affairs with
DR.. Du Plessis, a white AfricAner
as head of II. Du PIessis, who is
to b. known as Commissioner of
CoIored Affairs, will receive about
5000 per year He was formerly
associated with the University Of
Capetown.
Over at MalmSburg in another
area. the colored community has
been asked to approve the con-
struction Of a hall at Westbank,
the name Of the cOlored area. Al
though the blacks pay taxes, they
are not permitted TO use the new
town hall which has just been
built. The new hall will be exciu-
siVely for whites.
When the blacks suggested
that they b. permitted to OPEN
shops In the Westbank reSides-
tIaI area they were refused.
SHOW and store operations
seems 20 b. the exclusive pTiVil-
ege Of the AfrikAnderS.
Meanwhile unrest grows apace.
Pressing down on the natives
with worse color prejudice than
the south ever showed In the
United States. South Africa
whines with the same pleas when
approached by white public opin-
ion in other countries. You don't
understand our proolems' u says.
Like Mississippi, South Caro-
Ina and other deep southern
states in the U. 8. Il disfranchis-
Cd the black refusing them an op-
portunity to vote. With . feindish
EIee, they made q slight exception
for the "eoIored'', those illegiti-
clippings from black mothers
and white fathers and In some
areas. notably caPetOWn. permit
ts.d them 10 exercise ths franchise
Last fan they passed . law re-
sedcting the voting privileges Of
ne coIored- The latter VINO had
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18
Copies Of 1851
Lows Available
A. Puper Office

Copies Of all Of the laws passed
by the 1851 session OF the Mime
sofa Legislature are available free
at the Offices of this newspaper.
In both st, Paul and Minneapolis
our Minneapolis office Is aIl
Third Ave. So and In 81 Paul
2i2 Newton Building
The Law Supplement contains
90 pages and was published under
the Minnesota Department ~ Ad-
ministrAtion, division of printing
and distributed by the Minnesota
Editorial Assn. Ia tho legal news
papers Of the state. All copies are
free to citizens who desire them.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18

been permitted TO work at semi
skilled jobs (black South Africans
are refused the opportunity to do
skilled work. withdrew them
selves from the blacks. looking
down on them with scorn. Now
they are joining hands with the
blacks, realizing that all nom
whites must stand together or
perish together.
Last week in johannesburg and
similar areas silent torch light
parades were held in protest
against the restriction Of the vote
and the new laws which force non
whites TO go TO separate windows
in the post offices. The law has
always forced blacks To ride In
third class carriages but colored
people could rids with poor whites
in second class. Now the cOlored
have TO ride with the blacks and
the hapless bastard group finds
its only salvation lies in forming q
coalition with its once despiscd
darker brothers.
south Africa IL sitting On =
volcano. Like In the black bit
Of the south, the Af1kAndsrS
are deepIy religious and defIn.
IteIy hyPOcritIcaL The Dutch
Reformed church 90 which Nal.
an and the AfFikaBderS belong.
controls theIr every thought and
action. Their pseudo religioa h
forcing aos-Europeans 20 athe-
Ism. Communism under theas
circumstances n . natural and
u has grown spaoe.
Recently South Africa outlaWed
the Communist party a. . pohti-
cal entity. That IL said 10 Be one
Of the reasons why she Joined %
hastily with the UN forces and
sent . detaehment Of flyers 20
Korea She IL getting cold feet,
however. and has announced that
II China IL attacked she will pull
her troops home.
She " eravenly afraid Of Rus
sia joining the Chinese and knows
she win be In . vulnerable spot
with few friends She hates the
Engiish even though she IL . part
Of the Empire. Ths most dsspSe-
able people On earth. the British
can the AfFIkAndsrn.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18

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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18

IN that area The race question
was injected by such questions as
Would YOU want your daughter
going with colorcd mani" or
Your daughters won't be safe on
the streets whrn they lNegrocsb
move in" Most Of these race bait
ing tactics were passed around by
word Of mouth.
Sound trucks were used 10 keep
up the interest IN keeping housing
development out OF the area, Most
rectal references were Ia Negroes
and Jews In house tn house can
vases by those opposed.
Use Old Trick
The trick of Rnu.publlc housing
opponents IN to inject the race Is
sue II the usual attacks do not
arouse the people, Tho fact that
In every city where public hous-
lnE has been built the immediate
nelghborhoOd has been improved
Is completely ignored.
DrIanry and MaTtlGelh stand
Their GTound For Right
When the city council turned
down the rcEoninE request, Mayor
Edward J. Delaney and Commits.
uloncr Frank MartiEelli were the
only two public officlala 10 stand
up for the housing authority post
ton. Commissioner Milton Rosen
was expected 10 stand with De-
lanry and MartiEelli, but did not
and voted against the reEonlng
which would have kept low cost
public housing moving along In
~. Paul. =. n. McDormott. servin
MortinHon and Robert Peterson
voted to support those opposed To
public housing on the East side.
Russell ". Myers. director OF the
1t Paul Council ON Human rela.
tons In a statement 10 sic dAllias
said that new housing must be
developed before blighted areas
can be redeveloped.
Citizens meeting at the YWcA
last week also declared that the
housing will pay the city about
$50. 900 a year for public services
in lieu Of taxes, but folt this fig
ure was far greater than taxes
paid on the property
Council members meeting Tues
day argued for over an hour on
low. rent housing. II In reported
tho majority are again In favor
~ II. One member stated. there
will be opposition 10 the housing
In any area. During the course OF
the meeting, VIM. Randall. chair
man Of tho housing authority told
council members he would again
appear before tha gr0ip In be-
half Of the other two proposed
sites and that he would like
definite expression about them.
Councilman Frank MArzetelh then
made q motion tho council have
a Joint meeting with members Of
the housing authority ON May IL
at3p m. The motion was grant
ed.
Leaders ~ the opposition on
the proposed Hudson road site In
some cases refused 10 talk about
IL and others were not at home"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18
WILLIAM WAGNER ~
SALESMAN FOR eth AVE.
HARDWARE PIRM

William Wagner. 231S Fourth
30. IL sales representative for
Fourth Avenue Hardware. at
FOOT Fourth Ave 10.
Mr.. Wagner offers for sale the
CHRIS CRAFT cupboard motor
boat. His telephone number 10
Lincoln 400.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18
WIIlIaR 0. HGEVlS, s., Dies
A. VOfSVonS HoSpitol

Mr.. William u. Harris. 50, 800
LyndaIe Ave. No, died Thursday,
May 10 at Veterans hospital.
Funeral services were held from
WoodArd's Funeral Home chapel
Rev q. W. Mcconnell and the
Johnny Baker Post No. 2SI ofn.
ciatsd. IntsTnsnt was at Fort
Smelling National cemetery.
Mr. Harris hiss no known living
survivors
Woodland Funeral Home had
charge Of the arrangements
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18
Gross Lee Rs0VSTISy, -,
Dies A. Glen Luke

Mr.. Gross Lee RsAvcTley, 70,
died Saturday May IL at Tho
Glen Lake SAnitAT1um.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday May - from the Wood.
ard Funeral Home chapel Inter
ment will h. at Crystal Lake
cemetery.
Mr.. Reavrrley has no known
living relatives.
Woodland Funeral home II In
charge ~ arrangements.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18
South Africa SmOIdering
As RaCiSt Government
Puts On Restrictions

Johannesburg South Africa - IANP) = Unhappy South
Africa is still Lost in the Stars" Wherever there
misery, uncertainty and unrest.
The British has just published report on an
outbreak 'medicine murders committed the report SAID,
make magic ointment out of slices of human flesh Usually
the victim was alive whom the flesh sliced.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18
JEALOUSY cRAZED LOVER KILLS
WOMAN, SELF: WOUNDS MAN
IN LOS ANGELES CAFE TRAGEDY
Los Angeles. Calf

Los Angeles Canf"If can't have you no one else WIN
with these prophetic words Jealous crazed Frank THOMAS OF
sooa adswoh shot and killed Elzada Pillars
hts oe time lover small children In cafe at 2zOS
toa A. Certain turned his 81 revolver
1tit his
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18
Write On Armed
Forces DuY! !

Saturday, May 10 II Armed
Forces Day, Write a letter to-
day to some boy or Gtrl who Is
serving In their country's
armed forces
They viii be glad tn hear
from you and will know you
appreciate the part they arr
playing in serving the good old
USA.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18

r. NJ MRlm, organizer for
Building Service Employers In
trrnatiOnHl Union IIpcal No. 20,
has announced meeting for Fed.
, raj Cartridge Corp, Twin CITIES
4 rssnRI employers for Saturday
afternoon. May 10 at 2 p. M
The meeting viii be- held st the
Labor Temple In Minneapolis In
rr,Om l04.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18
St. Paul EaStSiderS In
Stiff Protest Against
Housing Project Site

Stem Hall in ST Paul the of very important
meeting last Friday May H. Over GOO residents from ST Paul.
East side gathered protest proposed EoninR change which
would have given the green light for the construction OF
Otto mcr owrcn housing in that The change was de-
featC 40
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18
Randolph To Speok:
Porters Union Celebrates
.25th Anniversary With
Conferences And Dance

Municipal Auditorium on May 81.
1851 at Q p. m. Music for this oc-
Casion will be furnished by Percy
Hughes Orchestra.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18

Phyllis wheatIry Melody Maids.
spring Formal COnosrt. Thursday.
May -. 1851. = p. m. Donation Soc
--Adyt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18

COStls Williams. hls baad and
ths Ravens win b. NJ ths Labor
TempIs Tuesday, May 4o,-A1Vt
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18

The odor Of corruption and the
connection Of crime and vice which
often surrounds American city poll
tics, particularly in the slums, deter
many ''upper-class" Negroes, as well
as many 'upper-claSs" whites from
taking an active part in political
leadership. This does not mean, how
ever, that there Is not a good deal of
honest and devoted political leader
ship among Northern Negroes
Gunnar Myrdal.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-05-18

America has to tRlSke world leader
ship The coming difficult decades
viii be Americas turn IN the endless
sequence Of main actors on the world
stage. America then will have the
major responsibility for the manner
In which humanity approaches the
long era during which the white
people viii have to adjust To shrink
age while the colorcd are bound to
expand In numbers, In level OF In.
dustrial civilization and IN political
power. GunnRr MyrNial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05
Channel Gale Wrecks Plans
OF Kidd Treasure Hunters
BY the Associated Press

YARMOUTH, England, Nov.
S. - A wild English Channel
gale yesterday wrecked the dream
of Is treasure hunters of finding
the tabled fortune o. the notorious
18th century pirate. Captain Kidd
The storm. scattering shipping
from Cornwall to the North Sea,
smashed the two-masted schooner
La Norma, which had left Gosport
Thursday with the treasure hunt
ers, bound for the South China
Sea
The schooner's masts were lost
and she was taken in tow by a
Navy frigate-but the rope broke
The treasure hunters were taker
off in lifeboats.
The La Norma was headed fol
an island about 5 miles long ano
3 wide, lying off the south coast
of Siam. Her crew was armed
with maps which were said tc
have been found in a sea chest
that once belonged to Captain
Kidd.
Kidd was hanged for piracy
near London in 1701. AT his trial
he estimated he had buried treas
lure worth several million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05
Civil Defense Group
To Open New Course

The first in a new series of
courses for Civil Defense emer-
gency f1ref1ghters will begin at
1880 o'clock tonight at the Fire
Department Training School, 635
North Carolina avenue Sc.
Instructors are Capt. r. r.
Raynes Of Engine Company Is;
Capt. E. Meredith of Engine Com
pany 10, and 1t. E. D. Swanner,
Engine Company 8.
Forty-two volunteers have COM
.pleted their first aid course and
are eligible for the 24-hour basic
f1reflghting course. When they
have completed the basic course,
they will be assigned to differ
ent engine companies for ad-
vanced training.
A new basic training manual
compiled by Chief Instructor Clar-
ence Quick, will be used by the
trainees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05
Bow|es Asks U. 5. and India
For Mutual UNDERSTANDING
BY the Associated Press

NEW DELHI, Nov. 5.-Chestel
Bowles, new United States Am
bassador to India, urged today
that I'VE strip away distortions
of prejudice and propaganda and
learn to know the real India and
the real America"
In a statement prepared for his
first news conference with Indian
newspapermen, Mr.. Bowles said
any effort to bind the worlds
people closer together will surely
fail without the mutual respect
understanding and friendship Of
our two nations"
Certainly" he continued. "the
peoples Of India and the United
States are in agreement on these
goals: A peaceful world, a more
prosperous world, a friendly
world.
Contrary to some propaganda
the average American is no more
a warmonger than the average
Indian. He wants a quarrel with
no one. Nor is the average
American an unthinking, mate
irresponsible product Of
the machine age"
The Ambassadors statement ap.
peared to be the first round in
his announced campaign to wir
better understanding between the
United States and India through
elimination Of false impressions
and ideas on both sides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05
Cancer, Heart Disease
Are Greatest Killers
OF Young Children

More Sabotage children die
from heart disease and cancer
than from all infectious and par
iasitic diseases combined, the Fed
eral Security Agency reported to-
day.
In a report on a study made
by the National Heart Institute
of figures compiled by the Ma
tional Office of Vital Statistics,
the agency said there were 4,514
deaths in the 5-to-19-year-age
group in 1948 from heart dis
ease and cancer. During the
same year, the last year for which
complete figures are available,
there were 1890 deaths from in
lfectious and parasitic diseases.
Rheumatic heart disease and
Ileukemia were the leading causes
Iof death in the heart and cancer
group. and tuberculosis was the
chief killer in the other division.
However. DR.. Leonard Scheele,
surgeon general of the Public
Health Service. pointed out there
had been an overall decline in
the number of deaths from all
childhood disease.
For instance, the death rate
from infectious and parasitic dis
eases in the 5-19-age group in
1888 was 49, per 100000. In
1948. it had dropped to lis per
100000.
During the same period, deaths
from heart disease and cancer
dropped from 1913 to 13 per
100000.
Leading cause of deaths in that
age group, however. continues to
be accidents. In 1948, the rate
was 1913 per 100000 children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05
Contest for Children
Added to Bird Show

A children's pet bird competition
will be an added feature of the
18th Annual Bird Show conducted
by the National Capitol Canary
Club Saturday and Sunday at Odd
Fellows Hall. 419 Seventh street
NV.
Children under l6 may compete
for six trophies provided by Sta
ton WWDC. Any kind of pet
bird may be entered in the contest.