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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-02-08
Mill City U. L.
Services TO Be
Held Sunday

The Minneapolis community is
readying itself for attendance at
the Ninth Annual Interracial Sun
day service to be held February
10, 4:30 p. m. at the Cathedral
Church of st. Mark. Hennepin
and Oak Grove Street.
The Rev. Denzil A. Carly, rec
tor, st. Philips Episcopal church,
st. Paul, MINI, and head Of the
state NAACP, will deliver the
principal address on who Is My
Brother?"
A professional will precede the
service that will be marked by the
appearance Of many outstanding
dignitaries of the Minneapolis
community. In addition TO the
ministers from most Of the chur-
ches in the Minneapolis commun-
ity. there will be representatives
from sponsoring groups.
The Minneapolis Urban League
and the INSTRUMENTATION
Ministerial Alliance repeats this
service under the Craftsmanship of
the Rev Louis w. Johnson, rec
tor, St Thomas Episcopal church.
a personal invitation is extern
ded to each citizen of the COM
munity to join with the sponsors
on this occasion
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Former Resident
To Speak At St.
Paul u. l. Lunch

"Industry's Responsibility To-
wards Racial Progress" will be the
subject of Louis Mason's address
at the st. Paul Urban Leagues
annual Fellowship luncheon that
will be held Feb. IL in the auditor
ium of the YWCA.
Mason, a former resident of
Minnesota and now director of in
dustrial relations for the Pitts
burgh Urban League will be the
guest speaker at the luncheon.
For the past seven months he
has been surveying employment
and social opportunities of Negro
migrants to defense areas for the
National Urban League.
Mason was born and raised in
Minneapolis and is the son of
Louis Mason Sr., S62 Bryant Ave.
No, Minneapolis. He attended
public schools in Minneapolis and
is a graduate of the University of
Minnesota.
He married a former st. Paul
girl. Dorthea Harris, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Harris and
was awarded his masters regree
from the University of Pittsburgh.
This meeting is open to the pub
lie and reservations can be made
by calling Cedar 2539.
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people are irresponsible, shiftless,
ill-behaved, etc. Actually the man
is a mail carrier. a veteran Of the
last war, and a good enough
credit risk to satisfy a major city
bank, But he's a Negro.
This mans future neighbors
have tried to bride him not to
complete the purchase Of the new
home Of his choice. They have
tried threats. Now, failing any
legal recourse, 1t Is proposed to
bride one or both OF the
sellers to break the contract al
ready signed. The neighbors, sup
posedly would underwrite the
costs Of any resulting breach Of
contract suit.
IT was suggested also that the
meeting should look beyond the
present case, and a resolution was
proposed whereby those present
would promise each other never
to sell their property to a Negro,
in addition to pledging a certain
amount of cash to finance the cur
rent action.
This meeting, mind you, was not
in the benighted deep south. II
was a meetin Of upper-middle-
class. Observation-Disclosures peo-
pie of Minnetonia township. II
was a disheartening thing to see.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-02-08

same location about a year ago,
started stalling. He told the ban
dit he had some money in the
back room. The bandit told him to
get it.
Safro went out, dialed the OPP
orator and said quietly, Il want to
report a holdup at 1856 Third Ave.
So"
Just a minute" the operator
said, "T'n give you the police de-
partment" She transferred the
call.
Il want to report a holdup at
236 Third Ave. So" Safro repeat
ed.
Just a minute" the police OPP
orator said "In give you dis
patch"
II want to report a holdup at
236 Third Ave So" Safro repeat
ed. Not realizing the holdup was
in process, the dispatcher .asked
Safro for a description of the ban
dts and Safro hung up.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-02-08

Police raided the home of Wal
ter Humburd, 34S No. Kent, last
Saturday morning and arrested
fourteen men and two women in
gambling raid.
Humburd Is held on charges of
suspicion of operating a gambling
house and possession of a stolen
gun. When he endeavored to pre-
vent the squad from entering his
home at 1:15 a. m, he was found
to be carrying a .3S caliber re-
volver reported stolen from Frank
Boyce, of POI Rondo last July 5.
Earl Moore, 81, of 29O Marion
was booked on charges of suspi-
cion of gambling and carrying a
concealed weapon, He was found
to be IN possession of a large
hunting knife when arrested.
Booked early this week Oh sus-
picion Of gambling while an in
vestigation is being made are:
Kenneth II. Edwards, 46, Of 967
w. Central; Peter f. Lawrence,
80, of 277 N. Kent; Jesse Dawson,
40. of 641 w. Central: William
Clark, 55, Of $50 Rondo; Walter
Hayes, 80, of sos w. Central;
Theodore Massie, %, of $50 Car
roll; William w. Johnson, 81, of
3S2 N. Avon; Rudolph Ellis, %, of
2S3 w. Central; Marion Stone, so,
of 53S Carroll; Clifton s. Barber,
As, Of $50 St Anthony; Donald
Williams, So. Of 1856 Rondo; Boyd
Cherry 81, of 694 w. Central; and
Florthine Garcia, 80, and Lucille
Moore, 20, of 334 RondO.
The raid was conducted by De-
tective 1t. Robert H. Wick, assis-
ted by Patrolman Raymond w.
Beck and Robert w. Lick, and De-
tectives Earl Harken and George
G. Failes
After gaining entry, search Of
Hundreds quarters revealed nine
hidden pairs of dice and two decks
Of cards. A bag containing 1876 in
change was found under a rcfrig-
orator in the kitchen Also found
in the kitchen were % bottles of
beer, % bottles Of pop, two fifth
of whisky and two dozen mix
glasses.
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Negro Elected To City
Council In Michigan

Pontiac, Michigan - amp --
A Negro. Andrew A. McCasldn
superintendent of st. John Metho-
dist church, was one Of seven per-
sons elected as a city councilman
here recently
McCaskill was the first colored
man to serve on the Oakland
county board Of supervisors and
the only Negro who has attended
the last two annual meetings of
the American Municipal Associa-
ton in Washington, D. c.
A former president Of the Pom
tiac branch Of the NAACP, he is
a member Of the board Of direc-
tors, of the Urban League, the
Rema club, a Negro service club,
and the Chamber Of Commerce.
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Sofro Help Up
For Fourth Time

Lester Safro. owner of the Safro
Liquor store at 2S6 Third Ave. s.,
was held up for the fourth time
last Thursday night, Jan. 81.
Safro tried to call police from
his back room while two bandits
waited in the front of the store
for him to bring out some money.
He gave up in disgust when no
one seemed to understand he was
right in the midst Of being held
up.
When Safro came out front, one
of the bandits-who overheard the
conversation-slugged Safro with
gun. The bandits left without
taking any money.
Safro said he was alone in the
store about 7:45 p. m. when two
men came in. One flashed a nickel
plated revolver.
Safro, who was held up at the
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AnnuoI Dinner
To Feature
ORGANIZATIONS

The Phyllis Wheatley Auxiliary
will feature civic and fraternal or
CARNATIONS in the spot Light Of
Service" at their 9th Annual
Dinner meeting on Thursday, Feb
ruary 21, $50 p. m. at Phyllis
Wheatley House.
The Spotlight win focus the at
tention of the public on the OBJ
jectives and achievements of each
represented organization during
the past year. The public win be
given the opportunity TO relate
the functions and services Of the
various organizations working to
achieve a better community.
The following organizations
have already made reservations:
Ames Lodge No. 106, Associated
Negro Credit Union; Johnny
Baker Post No. p American
Legion, Minneapolis Branch MA
ACP, Minneapolis Urban League
Guild, Palestine Lodge No. 7,
Phyllis wheatley Board and Staff,
Phyllis wheatley Wives, st.
Peters Mems club, st. Thomas
Mems Club, Twin City Reed and
Trigger Club.
The dinner Is 81 per plate. Res
ervations for organizations and IN
diViduais must be made ON OF be-
fore Monday, February IS.
The program may be observed
without charge from the balcony
at 7;s0 p. m.
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Ethel Waters needs no intro
duction to Minneapolis audiences
who have long admired her as a
singer in musical comedies and
night clubs, as a film, radio and
television actress, and in such
distinguished dramatic fare as
'Mamba's Daughters" In addi-
ton to bringing Miss Waters back
to Minneapolis, The Member of
the Wedding" will introduce a
gifted young featured player in
Betty Lou Holland.
Adapted by Carson McCullers
from her novel of the some name,
THE Member of the Wedding
was an instantaneous hit when it
bowed in at Broadway's famous
Empire Theatre on January 8,
1850. Later that spring it received
the New York Drama Critics
Award as the best American play
of the year, thus marking it for
all time as one of the important
dramas of its day.
Hearty laughter. a sudden
catch in the throat, the nostalgia
remembrance of those pangs of
growing up, and the superb act
ing of one of the truly great stars
of the American theatre, Ethel
Waters, combine to make a de-
lightful evening of theatre going
in THE Member of the Wedding
which begins a one week engage
ment at the Lyceum Theatre on
Monday. Feb. IL.
Matinees will be given on We'd
nesday and Saturday at the
Lyceum Theatre.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-02-08
ST. Paul Baby
StrongIes On
Bacon, Dies

Melvin Goss Jr., Is month old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Goss,
Sr, 391 st. Anthony, strangled to
death on a piece of bacon last
Monday despite efforts by doctors
and police to save him.
The baby choked on a piece of
bacon fed him by his grandfather.
He was rushed to Ancker hos
pital by the police ambulance.
Doctors worked over an hour in
an unsuccessful attempt to dis
lodge the meat and revive the
child.
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Inc latest victims were Henry
Dyson, vice president Of the, local
NAACP; DR.. H. F. Bass, and DR..
J. c. Wallace.
Dynamite was found in front of
a tire shop operated by Dyson; a
bomb blasted an unoccupied room
in the home of DR.. Bass, and q
shot was fired into the home of
DR.. Wallace. No one was injured
in either case.
Local, state and federal author
tiles are investigating the current
wave of racial violence to flood
this small town.
In commenting on the bombing
of his home, DR.. Bass said in part:
The bombers may have been
a small minority group of hood
lums that have become incensed
because of the school fight and
who intend to terrorize and maybe
to kill
He added that he had not taken
part in the school problem.
In addition to having a shot
fired into his home, DR.. Wallace
has received two threats. One was
in the form of a letter directed to
him and his family; the other was
an indirect threat received
through a telephone call to DR..
w. A. Fingal, president of the
Cairo NAACP. The letters warn
ed him and his family to leave
Cairo or suffer the consequences
DIR. Wallace, youthful native of
Beaumont, Texas, came to Cairo
in 1945. He said that he had no
intention Of leaving the city be-
cause of the threats.
When colored pupils first APP
peared at the schools, they were
told to return to their schools I'M
til their papers were processed.
The first transfers were made two
days later.
At the junior high school, where
one oolored pupil was admitted,
IS percent absenteeism was re-
corded by afternoon. Two others
entered a grade school without in
cident.
Cairo, with a population of 49,
300, is the southernmost city of
Illinois, at the Kentucky-Mis
souri, borders.
In contrast to the violence dis
played in Cairo was the attitude
showed toward admitting Negroes
to white schools in Alton, Ill, an
other small town.
For the first time in so years,
Negroes joined white pupils in
grade schools and junior high
schools without incident.
Racial segregation is forbidden
in Illinois school systems through
a law authorizing the withholding
of state grants from violating
schools. Schools could not run
without state help.
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Twin City Arsenal
Film On Tv
Sat. Feb. 2


The first motion pictures ever
taken OF the production line at
Twin Cities Arsenal, New Brigh-
ton, viii be shown on the national
TV program, Industry on Par
ade" over KsTP-Tv on Saturday,
February 0, at 9:45 p. m.
Special permission from the
Office Chief Of Ordnance, Wash
ington, d. c., was obtained to
film the making Of small arms
ammunition. The Ordnance Corps
defense plant is operated by Fed
eral Cartridge Corporation of
Minneapolis.
The film win also contain scenes
of employees donating blood at
the arsenal fire station for men In
the armed forces
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-02-08
Federal Judge
Wuring To Retire

Charleston, S. c. 49, CAMP -
Federal Judge ]. waites Warning
of the u, S. District court, the
man who made it possible for Ne
groes to vote in South Sarolina,
viii retire from the bench Feb. is.
His desertion Of the bench will
mark the end OF 10 stormy years
in his native South Carolina where
members of his own race sharply
criticized him for his decisions
and opinions wfAch have made It
possible for Negro citizens to en-
joy more of their citizenship
rights in the south than they had
ever dared hope for in the past.
Judge Waring, II, was appoint
ed to the federal post Jan. 20, 1912
by the late President Franklin d.
Roosevelt.
His most momentous decision in
behalf of Negroes came in 1947
when he, a native of South Caro-
lima, ruled that his states white
primary" laws used TO keep the
Negroes from voting, was uncon-
stitutional.
This ruling made 1t possible for
Negroes to vote in the Democratic
primaries of South Carolina.
South Cardinals primary law had
been considered foolproof by most
southerners because the state by
law could absolve itself OF all con-
nections with the primaries. The
Democratic party ran these cleo
tons as 1t saw fit.
The retiring jurist in his most
recent opinion delivered a scorch-
ing denunciation of segregation
as such in the South's schools. He
gave the dissenting vote in the
famed Clarendon county, s. G.
school case in which Negroes are
suing for the end Of jimcrow
schools, charging that such
schools are in themselves unequal.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-02-08
5th WARD MOTHERS
MARCH ON POLIO

Last Thursday, Jan. 81, the 9Th
ward mothers collected $3.50 on
the Mothers March on Polio"
drive, to be one of the top wards
in the drive.
The total amount collected in
the city and suburbs was S43 900
The goth percinct workers of
the 5th ward were: Dennis Smith,
Mrs. Pearl Mckinney, Mrs. Mar
celia Everrets, Marian Miller,
Mrs. Egges, Mrs. Mona HcCann,
Mrs. Kurth. Mrs. Victor, Mrs
Folk, Mrs. Stromquist, Mrs. Par
shall. Mrs Gennung. and Mrs
Shirlee Huser. Mrs. Astrid Roach
was precinct lieutenant.
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DcepHdNeu TcSlucIlLS, leu Dy
a mile and a half from the home
the Ewings purchased, met to dis
cuss ways to prevent them from
moving into their home.
Clark, a lawyer in the New
York Life building, said at the
meeting there was nothing legally
the group could do to stop the Me-
gro family from moving in, but
added there were other ways.
Ewing, a government worker
and a veteran of World War II,
purchased the home on a CT loan
through a bank and had made
plans to move into his new home
around the first of March.
II turned out, however, that
there was some trouble in getting
the title cleared, which may post
pone his getting possession of the
house.
Ewing's lawyer, Jonas G,
Schwartz, and a member of the
Minneapolis NAACP legal re-
dress committee, expressed the
hope that he would be able to get
the title cleared in a short time.
He also said that the matter
over the title was in his opinion
previous defect and had no con-
nection with the race angle that
has come up.
In an interview, Ewing said that
he was "going TO move into the
house and do all can TO stay
there, no matter what happens"
Clark visited him, he said, and
first tried to buy the house and
admitted there wasn't anything
he could do legally to prevent him
from occupying the house.
And when he was told the house
was not for sale, he warned Ew-
ing that II he moved into the
home he would do all he could to
make 1t so miserable for him that
he would move.
Ewing also said that he asked
Clark why he didn't want him To
move there.
Clark answered that he was
prejudiced against Negroes
William Cratic, president Of the
Minneapolis NAACP condemned
the proposed action by the Deep
haven residents and said.
"The NAACP IL prepared to
take any action or furnish any
service which might become nee
essary 10 see that Mr.. Ewing and
his family Is granted their right
TO move into their property.
1T has come to our attention,
statements have been made that
some residents OF Deephaven have
threatened to use ways to prevent
Mr.. Ewing from moving into t he
house.
This would seem comparable
to the methods used in the now
Infamous Cicero, Ill. incident.
I'VE don't want this to happen
here. To give Minnesota a bad
reputation in the eyes of the dem
ocratic loving peoples throughout
the rest Of the world"
In the Minneapolis Star on Jan.
80, there was the following edi-
torial Race Prejudice Blooms in
Our Suburbs, Too" which vigor-
ously condemned the action by the
Deephaven residents.
The editorial said:
In semi-rural Minneapolis
suburban area heretofore solidly
settled by white families (since
| the Indians were meVed OUT, n
white family has all but sold its
property TO a Negro family. The
transaction has reached a stage
where, lawyers say, no legal mea-
sures can be taken to block it.
Sunday, a protest meeting was
called among people Of the Inn
mediate neighborhood and some
distance around. IL drew leading
citizens" in the area.
No solid charges were made
against the Negro family which
wants to live in the more open at
mosphere of the country. It wasn't
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Rev. "A. [. Simmons Heads
Ministerial Alliance

Reverend Martin Luther Sim
mons, Pastor of st. Peters AME
church was elected president of
the Minneapolis Interdenomina-
tional Ministerial Alliance, Tues
day, February 5.
Other officers elected were
Rev. Alvin Kirk, vice pres; Rev.
Louis Johnson, sec'y. and Rev.
Henderson Reddick, treas.
The newly elected president
said his chief detectives would be
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Negro Bishop
Speaks Az Wesley

Bishop Edward w. Kelly. Of st.
Louis, Mo-, an outstanding evan
gelistic preacher Of the Methodist
Church preached Thursday night
at Wesley Methodist church,
Marquette and Grant.
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The service was the third In a
series Of Twin Cities Evangelistic
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NAAcP To Distribute
10000 Petitions During
Texas Civil Rights Meet

Dallas, Tex. 90 CAMP --- Some
10000 petitions will be distributed
by the Planning Committee OF the
NAACP for the statewide Civil
Rights mobilization meeting TO be
held here Feb. 10.
The petitions will denounce the
recent outbreak of bombings in
Florida, and call on signcrs TO
contribute TO the fight to prose-
cut" those persons responsible for
the bOmbings. They will be sent TO
Atty. General McGrath in Wash
ington.
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NEW STAFF MEMBER

Cecil f Mccoy, 2S8 No. Avon
Street. is the newest member on
the st. Paul Recorder staff.
Mrs. Mccoy has lived in St
Paul since her early childhood and
is active in many social clubs of
the city.
She will be at the st. Paul Of
flee Monday through Friday from
$50 a. m. to 3 D. m.
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Services" held in connection with
the annual meeting Of the Gener-
al Board of Evangelism Of the
Methodist church held in Mime
apolis this week.
Bishop Kelly has had several
outstanding pastorates in Texas,
st. Louis. Mo. and Detroit, Mich.
and was a staff member Of the
Board of Missions, and church ex-
tension of the Methodist church
for several years.
He preached last Sunday morn
ing at Camphor Memorial Metho-
dist church, st. Paul, MINI, and
Sunday evening at Border Metho-
dist church in Minneapolis.
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On Saturday at the noon lunch
con he spoke on Mobilization fm
Peace, sharing the platform with
Vicc-President Alben w. Barley
and Frank Mckinney, Democratic
national committee chairman.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-02-08

Every effort will be made to
have mail subscribers get their
papers on time. Local subscribers
who do not receive their copy on
Fridays should phone us at Mid
way, $40 and a paper will be inn
mediately dispatched their way
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Dynamite Negro Leaders
Homes After SquabbIe
Over School Admission

Cairo, In-(ANP)-Dynamite threatened the property of
two prominent Negroes and shot fired into the home
another In current series of violence the admance
Negroes to previously awhe schools this southern Illinois
town.
Earlier the week three fiery were burned in Ne
Districts and around on the even of the
admission of Negroes to the schools
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Protest Against Negro
Family Moving Into Lake
Minnet0nka Suburb

Mr.. and Mrs Curtis Ewing recently purchased home in
Deephaven suburb of Minneapolis Lake Mnnetonka and
previously awhite and of the residents trying
prevent them from moving into the house.
Last Sunday, JAN 81 protest meeting Of about or 60
Deephaven residents led by William Clark who lives
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Rosms for rent Consult our
Vast Ad section regularly ON
PasS O.
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K. c. COLL Reporters
Talk To Humphrey
At Demo confub
(From Kansas City CALI

Kansas City, Kansas. - Hubert
II. Humphrey, Senator from Min
nesota, made a hit with Midwest
Democrats meeting here.
Most active in affairs at the
Midwest Democratic conference in
Kansas City, Kas, last weekend
was Senator Humphrey. who up
set political history in the milling
state in 194S by defeating a sea-
sOned and veteran campaigner.
Joe Ball
It was Humphrey who in 1918
almost single handed campaigned
for a strong civil rights plank in
the Democratic platform drafted
at the national convention in Phi
adelphia.
AS mayor Of Minneapolis for a
term and a half he pushed for and
got the first FEPC law in any
American city.
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Names Dawson & Newman

Humphrey said ne had frequent
visits with Congressman Dawson
in Washington. In Minneapolis he
worked closely with Cecil New
man, publisher Of the Negro week
ly. the Minneapolis Spokesman
and St. Paul Recorder on racial
and community issues.
Many local Democrats hearing
Humphrey for the first time were
impressed with his sincerity and
able speaking ability.
Humphrey also established thc
Mayors Council on Human Rcla-
tiOns in Minneapolis in 1916
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REV. NJ. L. SIMMONS
to unite the spiritual forces of the
community to keep decency on top
and 10 strengthen the ties Of
community life.
simmons stated further that he
believes the ministers can do a
great job OF human and Christian
service for the people Of Mime
apohs.
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To Continue Fight

He told The Call Saturday that
he would again fight for a strong
civil rights section in the Demo
cratic platform.
The young, aggressive liberal
doubted passage of a civil rights
law in the present session Of Con
gress but said that a battle would
be made to get a change in the
Cloture low.