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St. Paul recorder., 1953-02-27

a fully stated office. A well train
ed woman, equipped to handle the
problems Of Negro women, was
named assistant director. Her ad-
vice was sought on many prob
lens of woman in industry by the
employees themselves and scores
Of the superintendents, personnel
workers, ETC., in the huge plant.
Since most women in the plant
were not previously factory work
ers, a part of her job was to assist
in their orientation. Negro workers
at Twin Cities Ordnance Plant are
expected to avail themselves of all
Of the plant resources and ser
vices. Only when the regular chan
nels or avenues of approach to a
solution Of their difficulties are
not productive of the desired re-
suits, are workers expected to ap-
peal to the Negro Personnel sec
ton.
The Plants working interracial
policy has largely been developed
by the Negro Personnel section.
The few interracial, disputes that
develop are so handled that they
are reduced to isolated disagree
ments between individuals rather
than conflicts between races or
groups. Another important but in
frequently exercised function
which the department is called
upon to perform Is to interview
Negro employees with poor work
records, habitual absentees, per-
sons charged with improper con-
duct, employees having poor per-
sonal hygiene, and those guilty Of
infractions or violations which
might lead to their dismissal.
Workers Make Good
Negroes at the plant have made
outstanding records in every de-
partment in which they have work.
ed. The percentage Of their bond
purchases has been above the plant
average. They have shown, too,
that previous charges against their
reliability as workers were I'M
true. Whites have fraternized free
ly with Negro employees and have
not only praised them, but have
shown a very definite loyalty to
Negroes who are identified with
their department or activity.
All plant facilities, cafeterias,
locker and rest rooms, first aid
stations and hospital, etc, are open
to all employees. The plant chorus,
band and orchestra have Negro
members. Athletic teams usually
have one or more Negroes. From
its inception, the labor manage
ment committee included a Negro.
The Negro employees play an inn
portant part on the nationally
recognized Twin Cities Ordnance
Plant Taxpayers Committee which
has reduced waste at the plant to
a minimum. Negroes have also
submitted suggestions which have
resulted in savings in man-hours,
materials, light power, tools, sup
plies and equipment. The Plant
safety committees usually have
active Negro committeeman.
Other Firms Follow Lead
The leading Twin City industrial
concerns are now following the
Federal Cartridge lead and are
St. Paul recorder., 1953-02-27

for one year or more got first con-
sideration. Each was interviewed
and IL the initial qualifications
were met, a complete medical ex-
animation followed.
Many applicants were rejected
for physical ills which they had
never suspected. When the public
understood that the plant would
hire only those who could pass a
rigid medical examination, the
population rapidly became health
conscious.
This approach to employment
through the avenue of good phys
ical health was new to many
Negroes in this area. Information
about the applicants medical find
ings was, Of course, confidential,
and not available to outside agen-
cies. However. applicants who were
not Immediately accepted for jobs
were advised by the Urban League
to consult their own doctors for
thorough physical checkups. Many
persons who had formerly visited
physicians infrequently or as last
resort began to consult their doc
tors. Private local doctors have
reported steady increase In con-
sultations as a direct recult Of
the health requirements Of the
plant. Many a Twin Citian can
credit his or her present good
health to the influence Of the
Federal Cartridge Corporation EN-
ployment policies.
There were some suspicious,
murmurings and rImors In the
two communities because II was
so unusual for Negroes to be
permitted to exercise responsibility
in an employment venture which
affected so large a number Of their
own group. There were persons,
without proper information or
background, who questioned the
method of employment, but these
undercurrents were gradually dis
sipated by the willingness Of the
United States Employment Ser
vice to approve the manner in
which Negro labor was being re-
cruited. The federal placement
service had not been able to place
qualified Negroes and, therefore,
was more than willing to cooperate
with the one manufacturer who
was employing them.
The writer who recruited and
referred the very first employees
and later introduced the Urban
League into the picture, volunteer
ed his services for eleven months
in the interest of job opportunities
for Negroes in the Twin Cities.
The office staff Of the st. Paul
Recorder and Minneapolis spOkes-
man. Negro weeklies, were used
to supplement the activity Of the
Urban League In interpreting to
St. Paul recorder., 1953-02-27
One Condition

The prime contractor insisted
on only one condition In his plan
to use Negro labor: the writer
must cooperate in an advisory
capacity to help him secure the
best and most reliable Negro labor
available. Being q board member
Of the Minneapolis Urban League.
the writer sold to the contractor
the idea Of utilizing the services
Of that agency for the screening
Of Negro applicants. This plan was
outlined to insure the employment
specification and standards of the
firm being met. The League was
St. Paul recorder., 1953-02-27
Cherries [. Horn
Widens Job Chances
For Minnesofcns
(Continued from Page s-A)

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shown more than a casual, fumani-
tartan interest in people; and his
interest included the well-being of
Negroes as well as whites. He
was familiar with the economic
discrimination faced by Negroes,
and quite fully understood their
lowered morale a. plant after plant
refused to obey the Presidents
Executive Order and give all peo-
pie employment opportunity.
Horns Federal Cartridge Cor
poration obtained the Twin Cities
Ordnance Plant contract In July
1941, and late in August, the fol-
lowing month, the contractor told
c. w. Washington, the executive
secretary of the Minneapolis Ur-
ban League, and the writer, pub
Usher of the local Negro news
papers, that Twin Cities Ordnance
Plant would adhere strictly TO that
part OF his contract which forbade
discrimination in employment on
account Of race, creed or color.
This statement or promise had
previously been made by other
employers, but had not been kept.
Mr.. Horn also made 1t plain that
the policy Of Federal Cartridge
Corporation would not be based
on maudlin sympathy for Negroes
but ON the premise that Negro
workers are citizens and thereby
entitled to all the rights and privi-
leges Of taxpayers-which include
the right to work and earn a
living.
How weh this promise was kept
Is evidenced by the Twin Cities
Ordnance Plant record. From the
0ay the nrSt shovel ful OF eartn
was turned. subcontractors doing
the construction work had Negro
labor on the job because Federal
Cartridge Corporation. the prime
contractor. insisted upon 1t. At the
peak Of plant construction, sub
contractors had In excess Of SOC
local Negro workers employed In
the building operations When It il
recognized that there are only
about 10000 Negroes In st. Paul
and Minneapolis. IL can readily be
understood how the employment Of
500 members Of that group would
heighten morale.
St. Paul recorder., 1953-02-27

During the period from October
1941 to May 1912 the applications
Of approximately $500 Negroes liv-
ing in the Twin Cities were
screened by the two Urban
Leagues. Residents OF either city
St. Paul recorder., 1953-02-27

ability. This policy has never been
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-20
Nixon Makes
Bold Bid For
Re-armed Japan

TOKYO, Up us. Vice Presi-
dent Richard Nixon, in bold bid
for a re-armed Japan, said yes
terday "The United States made
mistake in 1916" when it or
dered destruction of the remnants
of japanese military might.
3 Nixon's dramatic review of Am
erican policy first startled, then
obviously pleased some 700 top
japanese leaders. There was
quick praise from japanese who
long have insisted standardization
was costly mistake.
eve misjudged the intentions
of Soviet leaders" at the end of
World War II, Nixon told the in
fluential Japan-America Society.
''Since Them he said, "the
threat from the Communist ma
tions-with the threat centered in
Moscow has prevented the free
world from living in peace.
at is because we want peace
and believe in peace" Nixon
added, "That we (the United
States have rearmed since 1916
and we believe that Japan and
other nations should share the
same responsibility.
eve felt disarmament was pro-
per in 1916. We looked ahead,
hoping against hope that it would
be possible to attain a peaceful
world
"Since that time, the Commun-
ist threat has gained in power
wars have begun.
eff we want peace, we must be
militarily stronger than the Com
munist nations"
Informed quarters said Nixon's
speech apparently inaugurated
new soft line of persuasion in
dealing with Japan.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-20
Flying Saucers''
In Great Britain

LONDON, R-The Air Minis
try says Britain's latest "flying
saucer" probably was nothing but
a weather balloon.
The saucer" was reported by
the War Office Tuesday night. 1t
said a Royal Air Force night
fighter pilot first sighted a 'fhuge,
glowing metallic object" lowering
menacingly over Britain's coast
line. Later an army radar crew
tracked the object on its screens.
An Air Ministry spokesman said
last night the movements of the
object correspond exactly with
the passage of a metal meteor
Clogical balloon released earlier
Tuesday.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-20
Lawlessness In
Teen-Age Crops
Spreading Fast
Childrens' Bureau Chief
Says Governments Don't
Provide Enough Funds

WASHINGTON, R-Dr. Martha
M. Eliot, chief of the Federal
Chi1dren's Bureau, told investigat-
ing senators Thursday teen age
1awlessness is spreading fast and
that facilities to stem the rise ''are
grossly inadequate"
The motherly looking witness,
a veteran of more than Is years
with the bureau, said that at pres
ent rates of increase, the num-
Der of juveniles in serious trouble
will have nearly doubled by
1860. She said the total might
reach 100000 by that year, a
climb from today's level of an es-
timated $4,000.
Dr. Eliot accused economy
minded federal, state and local
governments of failing to provide
enough funds to do real job in
the juvenile delinquency field,
She spoke as the lead-off wit
ness before a special Senate sub
committee holding public hear
ings on causes and possible RENE
dies for the rise in youthful crime
AN increase of 20 per cent in
the last four years, she said.
'Only one out of six commu-
mites has a sufficient number of
juvenile police officers" she said.
She termed the 174 detention
homes serving $500 juvenile
courts across the land as far too
few and imperfect in their setups.
Too many of the courts handling
delinquent children lack proper
expert counsel" DR.. Eliot said.
She said some parsons have
charged that "a breakdown" in
the family home is major cause
of delinquency but breakdown,
I believe, is too strong a word for
what is happening in most fam
lilies.
Gin most cases l think it is
indifference, lack Of understand
ing perhaps ignorance, confusion"
Juvenile delinquency is GER
tainly not the worry of the fam
lily alone" DR.. Eliot said. What
is needed, she said, is teamwork
between the family, the commit
mites and government agencies.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-20
Transparent Bathing Suit
Brings Stares And $4,000
Charges Against Mfgrs.

LOS ANGELES, R-Everybody
looked when pretty Mrs. Patricia
C. Muncy of Redondo Beach
stepped out of a Santa Monica
pool. They looked again. Then
Mrs. Muncy looked too.
What she saw, she said in a
suit Wednesday asking $4,000
damages, was that her bathing
suit became transparent and
poyvious to light" after contact
with water.
She has sued the garment manu-
facturer, claiming she was ex-
posed to public gaze and ridicule,
and suffered extreme embarrass-
ment and shock.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
By Charles Farmer

nearer to Alexandria than to
New York by 73O miles"
1T still is," says Alexan-
dria'S Mayor Marshall ].
Beverley.
Our waterfront was
mapped by George Washing
ton when the municipality
was established in 1749. Ships
have put into the harbor from
ports far and near since the
town began. After the Revo-
luton, the Alexandria Harbor
hustled with the activity of
clipper ships which put in
with fabulous cargoes from
all over the globe.
In the 17O0S, the Shipbuild-
ing trade prospered, but it
was not until World War
that interest revived. At that
time, nine steel ships were
constructed and launched at
Alexandria. In 1918, the
Naval Torpedo Station, now
an ordnance plant, was To-
Gated at the foot of King
street. Adding to the annals
of the town so long associ-
ated with the traditions of the
sea was the launching on
January IA, 1914, of the U. S.
S. Alexandria, a 303-foot
Coast Guard frigate of the
destroyer escort type"
The age of steam blighted
the port. Ships could make
quick turn arounds by un-
loading at Baltimore, where
railroads moved goods inland
faster than the canals used
by Alexandria dealers. So
Alexandria, for more than a
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Evening star., 1953-10-25

ON ONE of President Eisen-
" hower'S trips down the
Potomac on the Williamsburg
(noW Shelved for economy
reaSons) the yacht dipped its
colorS in passing a new vessel
of Canadian registry, docked
at the Alexandria wharves.
This salute, which was
heartily acknowledged, called
attention to Americas fastest
growing seaport, in percent
age of import dollar increases:
A port of entry arousing it
self after a century Of
stiffness.
One fiscal year ago Edgar
H. Dull, deputy customs col
lector in charge of Alex
andria's customs, reported
$2,478.28 in import duties,
and the year before, only a
few hundreds. Yet in the
fiscal year which closed last
June 80, the Alexandria Office
collected $18,051.86 from AZ
vessels from world trading
centers, ranging from HelSinki
to London.
When this port was re-
opened in 1945, it docked only
one vessel every three months.
But at the end of the 18th
century Alexandria was the
third ranking seaport in the
New World. In 1916, 992 YES
sells cleared its customs, and
on January %, 1917, 66 vessels
were tied at its docks. Thomas
Jefferson, urging George
Washington to direct a Poto-
mac River development prof.
ect, wrote in 1874:
THE trade of the Ohio is
, 1953-04-23

DE CASTRO IS.
Mrs. Shulterbrandt will be
called upon for advise and
counsel for the next carnival.
, 1953-04-23
PROGRAM
RADIO STATION W1yI
1880 ON your dial
The Little Station With
the Big Reach

~%NN-(
the Big Reach
FRIDAY
6::55 Sign on
700 Morning Devotions
7:SO Rise and Shine
7:45 NEWS
800 Rise and Shine
$50 "
900 81. croix Special
$50 7 /"
1000 Songs Of France
1918 Faith in Our Lives
1890. Concert Hall
Inn - y
11:30 The Stars Sing
1900 Excursions in Science
1915 Musical Roundup II. ...
1890 Island Bulletin Board
1915 Musical Roundup
100 This is the Hour
1870
200 The Music Box
2:3O
800 Latin RhYthrns
$50
400 1870 Club Request Show
4:30
500
600 NEWS
6:l5 Tempo Time
$50
GAS Evelyn knight Show
ZOO NEWS
tbs The Man on the Street
7:3O Candle Light and Silver
800 Vic Damone Show
8:15 Radio Newsreel
$50 Melody Magic
900 Souvenir Song
9:O5 Crucian Confusion
$50
1000 NEWS
1915 Sign Off
, 1953-04-23
ST. THOMAS

ST. THOMAS
ing. These meetings are being
held all over the town and
country districts Of st. Tho
mas. On the final night ten
speakers will be on the.
program.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Announcement

Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Mem
bert of Silver Spring announce
the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Joan Elaine, to Mr.. Richard
w. Shropshire. He is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Shrop-
shire of Des Moines, Iowa.
The ride-elect is a sopho-
more at Mary Washington Col
lege and is member of ri Nu
Chi. Mr.. Shropshire is a senior
at the College Of Medicine at
the State University of Iowa and
is a member of Phi Beta Pi and
Phi Beta Kappa.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
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Continued From Page Deli
radio, etc., they still had some
left over which they tried to
present in check form to the
young AnderSonS. Bob refused
1t, of course. But he and his
wife have a shiny, black, four
wheeled testimony here in
Washington of the warm
friendship and gratitude of a
whole town full of people.
X + 4 y
# you decide at the last
moment you want to go to the
coronation it may not be as
difficult as you think. All
means of transportation, all
rooms in London and all
tickets along the procession
route were supposed to have
been sold out months ago, yet
here Is the experience Of a
WaSnlngCOn1an.
Mrs. Miles Colean decided
four weeks ago that it would
be fun to be in London for
the big event and to take her
post-deb daughter Katherine
with her and her niece from
Illinois, Marian White. She
not only got space on the
United States which sailed Fri
day, and rooms in a hotel
right in London, but she also
fell heir to three tickets
which had just been turned in
on the procession route.
They are good ones, too-right
on Hyde Park at the corner
where the procession will turn.
:. The three tourists will go
to France, Italy, Switzerland
and Holland before the coro-
nation, returning here June 10.
AS far as this country is con-
cerned, there's more talk about
Mrs. Mesta's coronation party
than the ball at Buckingham
Palace. Americas top slick
magazines are apparently in a
stew about covering it, and 'tis
said that Winston Churchill is
expected to attend, along with
Gen George c. Marshall and
other top Americans. A slew
Of European nobility or even
royalty may turn up for this
dinner of 100 on June 8 at
Londonderry House, to be fol-
lowed by dancing for another
200 or so. Perle has met quite
a few Of them during her Euro
pean sojourn and they are apt
to be in London for EliZabeth's
coronation.
Party giver extraordinaire
and ex-MiniSter Plenipotenti-
ary Mesta may. return to
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Miss Brown Married to Capt. Adcock

Mr.. and Mrs. George Rothwell
Brown were at Fort Monroe, Va,
yesterday for the wedding Of
their granddaughter, Miss Vir-
ginia Zenayde Brown and Capt.
Robert Lionel Adcock. The bride
is the daughter of Col. Rothwell
Hutton Brown Of Fort Monroe
and Capt. Adcock is the son of
retired Army Maj. Gen. Clarence
Lionel Adcock of New York and
Mrs. Olive C. Adcock Of Wal
than, Mass.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Miss Hendrickson
Becomes Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. Helge o. Hen
erickson Of Minneapolis, Mimi,
announce the marriage Of their
daughter, June Lorraine, to Mr..
Carleton H. Faler Of Portland.
Oreg., son Of Mr.. Wilford Faler
of Camas. WASH, and the late
Mrs. Faler.
The ceremony took place April
Is in the Chapel Of st. Johns
Lutheran Church Of Washburn
Park. Minneapolis. After a? trip
to the West Coast, the couple
will reside in Portland.
The bride was formerly sec
retary to Senator Hubert n.
Humphrey and q resident Of
Washington.
Evening star., 1953-04-26

The ceremony was performed
in the Chapel of the Centurion
at Fort Monroe and the recep-
ton followed in the Fort Monroe
OfhcerS' Casemate Club. Capt.
and Mrs. Adcock will live at Fort
Monroe where he is administra-
tive officer for the G-3 (Train-
ing) Section Of the ONCE of the
Chief Of Army Field Forces.
Miss Cynthia Brown was maid
OF honor for her sister, going
to Fort Monroe from Washing
ton where she is a student at
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Exclusively Yours.
Betty Beole

washington next season with
more than a successful coro-
nation party to her credit. Now
trying to arrange for a visa to
Russia, Mrs. Mesta may also
have the prestige of a visit to
Moscow in her favor. Anybody
with the price of a ticket can
go to Paris, but the tourist
who can talk with first-hand
knowledge about the doings in
the shadow Of the Kremlin can
command the attention of any
official in the free world-so
few of them have been there.
Evening star., 1953-04-26

Strayers' Business College. Miss
Nancy LeFevre Of Chevy Chase
also went from the Capital and
with the brides cousin, Miss
Alison Bell Of Maplewood, N. j.,
served as bridesmaids.
1t. Col. Charles Warren
Adcock, just back from duty In
Korea, was best man for his
brother and three other officers
of the Army were ushers, Capts.
John M. Schultz. Thomas II.
Jones, jr., and Harold c. Dono-
frio.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
CAREER TEA HELD

Senior girls of Port Clinton and
Lakeside High Schools were
guests of the Business and Pro.
fessional Women's Club at their
annual career tea, held in the I.
o. o. F. Temple Sunday after
noon.
Theme for the program was
'What the Employer Expects of
the Working Girl" Miss Clotilda
Walters, manager of the Fremont
Credit Bureau, Fred Singer, per.
sonnel director of the U. S. Gyp-
sum Co., and Carl Keller, person
mel director Of the Standard Pro
ducts Co., were guest speakers.
After the program, the girls
were invited to conference tables
where members further discussed
phases of their particular jobs.
Refreshments were served during
the social hour.
Members of the Educational and
Vocational committee in charge
of the annual tea were Marion
Cleary, chairman; Jean Myers.
Floy Wernert, Gertrude Thorson
and Alice Lynch.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
WEDDING SHOWER

Mrs. Bernard Lorensen, Mrs
Jessie Bergman, Mrs. Karl Betting
er and Miss Marjorie Bergman
were hostesses Sunday afternoon
in the Lorensen, home, when Miss
Eta Spears, Sandusky, was honor
ed at a bridal shower. She viii
become the bride of Dale Schnee
Milan, who is serving with the
Navy, in Pensacola, Florida, next
week.
Also attending were Mrs. Her
man Pautz, Toledo, Mrs. West Rug
giles and Mrs. Harold Schnee, Mon
roeville; Mrs. Leigh Schnee and
Beverly, Milan; Mrs. John Heime
ret and Dorothy Fielder Fremont;
Misses Ollie, Kathy and Maggie
Spears, Sandusky; Mrs. Rudy
Wuertz, Joy Wuertz, Mrs. Walter
Warnke, Mrs. Ralph Warnke, Mrs.
Kenneth Schoerger, Mrs. John
Warnke, Mrs. Leonard Warnke,
and Mrs. Keith Chapman.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
), ~ Soc<aI Scene
81 BY EVELYN McDOUGAL Phone 2-3O24
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE
BY EVELYN McDOUGAL


Chapter 231, Women of the
Moose met Monday night at the
Moose Hall.
The progam was in honor of Ida
Graham, child care chairman and
her committee.
Mrs. Audrey Telep, Ottawa
County Health Nurse, was the
speaker and her subject was "The
Advantages Given Crippled Child
rem" Mrs. Telep is member of
Chapter 281.
Candidate Esther Grover, spon-
sored by Ida Graham, and Frances
Barngraber, reinstatement
sponsored by Mable Eaton were
presented in honor of the child
care committee.
Nettie Wohlers gave breif re-
port on the Mid-Winter Conference
which was led by Viola Debien,
Senior Regent of the local chapter.
$50 members from Fremont, Bell
eyue, Norwalk, Sandusky and Port
Clinton participated in the con-
ference which was held at Bell :
evue. The Port Clintin Chapter led
the imitation.
Chapter 281 will sponsor a bake
sale on February % tn at the
Gerner and Wolf store beginning at
$50 A. M. Bertha Fall, Ritual
Chairman, is general chairman
for the bake sale.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-20
Famed Singers To
Present Concert

A program of light opera and
musical comedy will be presented
by The Imperial Singers, an out.
standing Cleveland quartet, at
o'clock next Thursday evening
February 26, in the Carroll Town.
ship School, Route 10, north OF
Oak HarbOr.
This versatile company, spon
sored by the Seventh Grade, will
present selections from Oklahoma
The Desert Song, Naughty Mariet-
ia, Student Prince Rio Rita, Gil.
bert and Sullivan, Robinhood
Rose Marie, Chimes Of Normandy
and many others. Lloyd King
recognized as one of America s
foremost quartet directors, leads
the singers. The program will be
open to the public.