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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06
Jimmy Boxer Is
Arrested: Charged
With SHOOTING

Minneapolis cafe operator
James Il. (Jimmy) Baker. 81. was
arrested Tuesday. Jan. 3 on an az
saults charge, the offense was al
legged 10 have occurred in front
OF TIT Olson Highway.
Authorities claim Baker shot mt
Ernest Jones. 30. OF $50 ". 18th
St. once while Jones was In the
street and once thru the wind
chilled OF Jones auto. The fraraH
occurred on New Years Day at
7:3o in the morning.
A preliminary hearing on the
case was scheduled for Thursday
morning in municipal court
Baker operates Jim's Cafe 10
ciety, TT Olson Hiway,
The Minneapolis TRIBUNE
quoted n member OF the Henne-
pin county attorneys STAIR M say.
ing Baker was tho "klngpin" Of
dubious activities in the Olson
Highway area"
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Year SEND Roundup or Top News Stories or 1855

Bank Of Warrington u e dies a.
~ Harrison DfIlard wins
Chicago Relays $50 yard run for
ninth time.
April
Fourth session ~ NIssIssIppI
Regional Council 81 Negro
Leadership attracts 1900 nj
Mound Bayou. Miss south
African native. protest govern
m"nt control of schools. bsRin
mass boycott . Judge Wade
%. MeCrse Jr., appointed % cir
cult court In Detroit jesse
ID. Locker. q. y. Ambassador
% Liberia, dies In NonTo,Ia.
Bishop William \. Fountain. nm
official In the AAE church for
nearly 60 years. dies Twenty.
five scientists and researchers Al
Tusksges Landed for their role In
N. discovery u the Balk polio
vaccine EAACP attorneys
ask high court ~ set date for
sch1ol indignation Dr Jps-
eph l. johnson. Howard rniysr-
sity Medical sohnDl dean. fired
. Reese "GDaaH" Taturn quits
Harlem CiObetrOttsrs.
May
Supreme COUft ruling leaves de-
aggregation issue N hands Of u
3. federal courts Rev q. w
Ire. president % the Bei0nzl
Miss gAACP chapter, Ehot 10
death BY Vhlfs men apparently
because BE- refused % rsn0vs his
name frorn voting list Mrs.
Mar NcLe,,d Bs'hUrs fls8ndsr
- Bstbuns Goldman College and
The National CDgncl - Negro
Women, sBccurrbs ~ 70 ..
BoIth Africa doses DnIy Negro
,oAIsgs At Fort Hare TrE, ma
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06
JOHN RICHIE CHARGED

John Richie. 80. operator Of n
number Of business places was
charged Tuesday. Jan. , with vio-
iating a city ordinance which pro-
hibitH SpikInR Of drinks and after
hours dancing In dance halls or
cafes
The violation IL said 10 have o..
CURED Jan I
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06
JAcobson To SpeAki
Associated credh
Union To Hold
Annuul Meeting

The 18th annual meeting Of the
Associated Negro Credit Union
viii DO held Monday night, Jan
uary .. at the Halle ., Brown
House. HSS Aurora Az St Paul
at s;th p. M.
The principal address will be de-
hverod by George Jacobson. presi-
dent Of Group Health Insurance
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Whut Hoppend
In 1855: cuIled
From Poper's Files

Continued from Dec. 80 edition.
April Cont
Legislature passes FEPC and
Governor orville Freeman signs
IL in presence of active workers
for measure and others who sud.
denly evinced interest and came
along for the history making
show The omegas held their
two day regional meeting here.
Roy Russell. father of several
children died from beating.
Later Otis Skinner who surren-
dered TO police was indicted for
first degree manslaughter in con-
nection with the mans death and
was found not guilty by "A jury.
James =. Breeder OF Mime
apolis was chosen by the Dart
mouth College Casque and Gaunt-
let, one Of the schools top honor
societies A Minneapolis man,
William ID. Hayes shot another,
Kenneth Robinson, to death in a
quarrel over a woman Urban
League staff and board members
attend special meeting in Kansas
City. Those in attendance includ-
ed Thomas Talley Of st. Paul:
Marshall Deiboid. Cecil Newman,
Shelton Granger and Ashby Gas
kins Of Minneapolis. Blaine r.
Ash dies .. Henry. Hank"
Thomas elected to Hennepin
County TB Assn. board. Viola
Hall. mother Of editors wife De
Veima Newman. dies In Des
Moines Anu-Negro groups
sprouting up all over Southland.
. Minnesota's Masonic grand
master and his wife left for At
lanta TO attend the annual meet
ing OF Masonic grand masters . .
S@y"" ~ehioh' NiHIlchpOus
FEPC member returned from
White House conference OF FEPC
official from all over the country
. Ditto Mrs. bessie Gresham
and Mrs. Grace Harper who at
tended the Spring board meeting
of the National Convention OF
Gospel Choirs and Choral unions.
J. Nathaniel Smith, postal
clerk and longtime civic and civil
rights leader retires from st.
Paul Postoffice. Sidney Cuthbert.
81. Paul pioneer died April II.
Continued on page q
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06

riot Jones, FIRST ceremonial dauRh.
tor. Viola Madden, second csTe.
monail daughter; Irene BraNt0n,
inside spy; Alma Jefferson out
side spy, Gertrude Greene, mar
shall, Bessie Lewis. assistant re-
cordreas. Mamie FogR, sunshine
chairman. RrAsic Ratllff chair
man ways and means, Lucille
Woodland, chairman arts and
cfhftA, Teresa Banks. Gala Day
chairman with Gertrude Green AZ
cp-Thairmhn James Neal Is illus
triOus advisor
Imperial advisor John " Law.
rance conducted the election
Officers were installed by Ur-
aula Bolts. imperial deputy
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Isis held their annual election Of
officers.
Other officers elected were
Margaret Wright. first lieutenant
COMMANDERS. Lena LaFaucrtte,
second lieutenant COMMANDERS
Ivy MasRengill, high prisstesH
Teresa Banks, Oriental guide
Celia bearing. treasurer and
Leila Mae Stewart, rscordrcaa.
Officers appointed include liar.
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60. Mr. jacobson has had long
interest In cooperativea and credit
unions The firm he heads led
Twin city business firms In giving
Negro white collar workers Jobs.
Officers OF the credit union and
credit union committees viii make
annual reports and the annual
election OF directors will be held.
Rev. DcnEil Carly Ia president
OF the credit union: Cecil New.
man. vice.presidont. Talmage
Carey, secretary treasurer and
AAhby GaaIdns. assistant Aecrr-
tary
Refreshments viii he served and
the program includes a musical
portion.
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YOUNC'S COLUMN
BACK NEXT WEEK

lie Roy Young's Everyday
Economics" column which APP
pears regularly on the editor
ial page was held up by slow
mail delivery, II will appear AZ
usual next week. His next top
ic IL The Question or Insur-
anCe.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06

Conference of branches OF tho
National Association for the Ad-
vanccment OF Cnlored People
tNAAcPI. In cooperation with
American Indians. inc, and the
Twin city Chippewa Council.
Registration In at . a, m. and all
meetings are open to the public.
Governor Orulle l.. Freeman
fln make a welcoming address to
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II was a good year for the Ne
gro-Amerioan. though he stiiI lags
far behind the rest Of the nation
in wealth. education. and other
phases. much WAS done 10 close
the gap.
Here. month by month. IL a re-
view Of the people and events
which made the top news In 1865
January
Rep. Charles c. Digs Jr. ID %
Mich becomes third Negro mem
Der Of Congress Haitian Presi-
dent MagIoare visits United
states DIR. Ralph Bunchs
takes over a. undsrsecretAry 81
US in one phase Of President
Hamerskjolfs reorganization Of
the T. ~ sscretariat. Dr. " Trgg
quits under pressure a. head Of
St Augustine College Police
summoned 10 Keep peace at Oiiyst
Baptist Church tn Chicago. as op-
ponents ~ DR. j " Jackson at
tempt 10 Gust him from the
church Pay Sugar Robinson
quits song .And-canoe routine and
starts comeback for nniddIeWe4Rht
BAKING crown Aau Mans be-
Fin third years q terrorism In
Kenya
February
Nationalist Party In south
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06

Our advertisers WANT your
business and patronage. Give them
preference. II Insures the oontInu-
ed good quality and service Of this
paper.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06
e. Lloyd. Syracuse
Ace Euces Lockers
Sunday A. Armory

II could be said that as Earl
Lloyd goes, 80 so the Syracuse
Nationals OF the National Basket
ball Association.
Lloyd will be seen Sunday. Jan
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leaving Accident scene
Costs Driver 500 Elna

Cleveland IAury. 30. t21 Rondo
was fined 800 In ~ Paul Munlci.
pal court ON Thursday. December
20. after pleading guilty "a leays
ing the scene 81 mn accident.
Laury, whose record indicated
two prior convictions, was arrest.
ed on Saturday, December ~, fol.
lowing a collision In front Of 8lb
ROndo
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06

business and industry and the
Negro himself.
In an address Mt the Curtis
Hotel in Minneapolis on Septem-
Der 20. isi7. Horn said the AmerI-
can Negroes buying power exceed.
ed that Of several South Amerl-
can nations.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06
Helen Lawrence
New Commanders
Of Fexxun courf

Mrs Helen Lawrence was elect
ed illuRtrious COMMANDERS when
Fezzan Court No. 7. Daughters OF
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06
TIL Murder RoeioI Violence Top News
Stories Of 1855: Much Progress Mode
Throughout Merton During The Year

Chicago-iANP)-The martyrlom Of Emmett Louis Till
was fr and away the top story Of the year for the
Negro Press There perhaps other events Of lasting
importance desegregaon but in colored journals
progress ran poor second 20 violence caused by racial dis
mite
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06
Fisk President Is Speaker
Indian Problem Subject
Of NAACP Conference
In St. Paul Jan. IA

DR. Charles Johnson noted sociologst and president of
Fisk University Nashville, Tennessee will be the keynote
speaker conference entitled "Democracys Challenges
The Indians In Mnncsota" be held Saturday, January L.
the Office Building auditorium, Park and Wabasha,
Paul The conference sponsored by the Minnesota State
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06
Firms Moks Direct AppeoL
Role Of Negro In US.
Economy important, Chicago
Tribune Article Asserts
Advertisers ed.. EstabIish Direct Appel Budgets

Chcago.-The Negro, with his buying power and popua.
uoh rising has emerged important customer in the
American market. " "
Results of this development vary Advertisers example
are establishing budget for direct appeal Negroes Famous
merchandserS approving Negro charge accounts Studies
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06

STAY OFF BcauticIans
Dinner Dance, NIrnIlrt Hotel Rail-
room, February 18th. ---Adyt. S-2s
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July

Novelist William Faulkner ~
HisHiasippi blasts ci'iz"n's coun-
els In his home state for iHtiml-
dating gsPross IN order N bssp
sspa rate GshaolH .. Or Marcus
james. chaplain ~ Tho Diocese ~
Birmingham England. becomes
Continued On page o.
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81 ordering - prompt start To
ward Indignation Ssnat"
leaders working ON ways 90 ~
tTirvs the Military Itr@eTV. Bill
shriyrd by the House because ~
Rep. Adam Clayton PowsIrs %.
N.Y. aniI-s"RrrEaiIon rider . .
Dr. u. OJIaTa Ihnirr resigns ~
president ~ Texas southern
University following secret sss
sion Of TRUSTEES D. q. y. Dis
District Court al Birmingham
orders University ~ Alabama
Ia admit two Negro womrn.
Dorothy DaudHdR" cancels
European vacation ~ become
chairman 81 National Urban
Leagues fund-raislnR campaign
Bishop y. Ormpnds Walker
~ AME church dies IN Kansas
city Khns s'orrr College At
liarD"Fs Fsrry. " Va, forced 10
close largely because Indignation
In state caused cancellation ~ iia
appropriations \ group ~ re-
IiRiOua leaders from Throughout
The country called ~ White House
10 ask President Eisenhower g.
speed up civil rights a"iiOn .
Roy Csmpanslla sued BY physician
f0r $500 for operation on cat
hers left hand o.. Archie Moor"
stops Bobo OisDn IN three rounds
tEks shot NJ EG@kY HRrCiRnO'a
heavyweight crown.
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jOr conference without leadership
81 white world haId at Bandung.
Ini0neain. with Asian and African
delegates discussing problems ~
mutual interest HAACp
study shows nearly 25O, 900 Negro
and white students migrated
since supreme Court ruling Of
May IT. 1864 jamaican gov
eminent halls a. r. offer 81 81.
o0o.0 free food for needy chill.
dren and pour residents ~ the In.
land.
Mrs Peal 9. Anderson. widow
~ wealthy Houston, Tex. phyMl.
clan. Wills 1900 900 worth Of pro-
perty In downtown area 10 Com
nnnity Chester .-. Chester 4
Franklin editor md publisher Of
n" Kansas city Cal. dies
Sheriff Willis Mccall, who In late
1851 shot two Negroes In the
famous "CrOveland -Four" case.
shoots another Florida Negro for
not giving up a gun &C.. Officials
Of the Presbyterian and Hatho.
dist churches vote 10 outlaw dis
critninAtlon, Baritone Robert Mo
Fsrrin dsbutA in Aida" for Met
ropolitan Opera o.. Paul Robe
son reAppbsa for passport 10 10
70 Russia for filming Of "Othsilo
ssTn ''Toothpiok'' Jones. chi
cago Cubs hurlsr. enters Hall 81
Fame after pitching no-hit, no run
game against the Pittsburgh
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06

are under way 10 determine the
Negro shoppers buying habits.
These moves are the result in
part Of the fact that annual in
come of American Negroes now
is established at more than Is
billion dollars. a figure that rep
resents purchasing power larger
than that of some foreign coun-
tries.
The rise of the Negro to his
present consumer role has been
largely an urban development. 1t
began shortly before the start of
World War !. 1t was intensified
at the beginning Of World War II
when Negroes in the south began
migrating in great numbers to
large northern cities.
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Attempted assassination 81
pr-sLisnt william v. y. THURMAN
~ IAhs~riA falls NAAIP
dsSsEAtss convene In Atlantic
Dty "a d,ssUs- IEnpIis AiIsR ~
s1prsme Court TnIInK ~ May
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February
Nationalist Party In south
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Continued from Dec. 80 edition.
April Cont
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06

Meanwhile. stripped Of emotions. the
race problem for both southern whites and
Negroes In a practical matter OF daily liv-
ing The problem has already been recog-
nlEed by thoughtful Americans from the
early days OF the Republic. II would be
foolish to deny that any Negro pupils ever
win enter southern white schools (Some
foolish 20 predict that their numbers win
be significant and ut an early date
Thomas r. Waring In Tho Southern Case
Against Degeneration" In January Issue
Of Harpcr's
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-01-06

Ed,nE's Note A. early a. is45
a Nlnneso,An. Charles l. Horn
president ~ the FEDERAL Cart
ridge Corp, IN . number %
sp~~chss pointed OFT the tremsn-
do,zs buying po~er %, the Amer
car Negro which had 70 a great
extent b~~n iEn9rea by American
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Jacobson To speak,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Holding the Bog

The postal rate increase bill, despite
assurances that it would be reported out,
has been quietly buried in the Senate
Post Office subcommittee.
This means that the taxpayers. all
of them, are left holding the bag. They
will have to foot the bill for another year
for the $430-million Post Office deficit
a deficit which results in large part from
the fact that certain users of the mails
are not paying their fair share of the
freight.
Perhaps it was too much to hope that
this bill, passed by the House on July 6,
would survive the last-minute rush in the
Senate. But another year, and another
Congress, are coming along. The bill can
be revived and passed in the next Con-
greSs if enough taxpayers will make it
clear to their Congressman that they are
tired of picking up the tab for this I'M
necessary and inexcusable deficit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Supermorket Abroad

American know-how has gone to
market in Italy with happy results. 1t
has done it by placing a modern super
market, bursting with its familiar us
thousands of processed and fresh food
products, on display in Rome. The re
ceiptS" to be measured by cash reg
listers toting up either lire. or dollars
have been high in terms of public en-
thusiasm and admiration. In addition,
on display at time when delegates from
more than 80 countries were attending
the International Congress of Food Dis
tribution in the italian capital, this
demonstration of American techniqueS in
preparing and presenting foodstuffs drew
great interest from those in position to
borrow from and give credit to this unique
facet In our way of life.
Certainly there is reason to believe
that this type Of showing, easily capable
of attraction for either an industry or
an individual, is persuasive visual evil
dence of the vitality and ingenuity Of our
private enterprise system. 1t is evidence
too, that these same qualities are devoted
in large measure to the objective of
better and healthier living-a cause of
presumably universal appeal. American
participation, through Government and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
A Mans Conscience

The House vote to cite Playwright
Arthur Miller for contempt was over
Whelming-373 to 9. But the deciSiveneSS
of that vote is not enough to erase the
deep miSgivingS which are raised by this
case.
Miller, recently married to Marilyn
Monroe, was involved with Communist,
or pro-CommuniSt, group back in 1947.
He talked freely of this association when
he appeared before the House Committee
on Un-American Activities last month,
and also denied that he had ever been a
Communist. But he refused, on grounds
of conscience, to name other members OF
the group, and it is on this basis that the
contempt citation rests.
There is nothing to indicate that
there was anything criminal in nature
about the activities of this group. Ac-
cording to Miller, it was MarxiSt dis
cuSsion group, made up of free lance
writer's and minor theatrical figures, with
which he soon became diSenchanted 1t
is true, of course, that he, witness before
the committee, is setting himself up as
Judge of the facts in this respect. It is
also true that precedent might be set
If he is permitted to do this. If he is
accorded the privilege of deciding which
questions should be answered and which
should not be answered, it might be diff
cult to deny that privilege to other wit
neSSeS And it is conceivable that the
investigative function of Congress might
be hampered if any witness, on stated
grounds of conscience, could refuse to
answer particular question.
With that said, however, it seems to
us that something more than routine
handling of this case is called for There
is ring of truth, of deep conviction,
about Miller's statement to the commit
tee. He gives every impression of being
a man who has no information bearing
significantly on the Communist conSpir-
acy, and who is genuinely motivated by
sense of conscience in being unwilling to
implicate his casual associates of nearly
a decade ago. If this is the case, or,
rather, if the authorities who must make
the ultimate decision believe it to be the
case, what good purpose can be served
by criminal prosecution of this man?
Miller, presumably, is prepared to take
his punishment if it comes to that. But
1t is difficult for us to see where the real
interests of this country of ours will be
served by Furnishing man who adheres
to the dictates of his conscience when
there is no showing that he has not acted
In good faith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Barring His Teeth

In an undiSguiSed gesture of retalia-
ton, President NaSSer of Egypt has now
seized and Mathematical" the Suez Canal
This is his anSwer-at least the beginning
OF ito the calculated risk taken by
Britain and the United States in their
recent withdrawal of offers of economic
aid to help his country build the high
dam at ASwan. His action, which is
altogether deplorable, is vaguely remi-
niScent of what DR.. MoSSadegh did in
Iran few years ago-before his crazy
premiership came to an end-when he
appropriated the Anglo Iranian Oil
Company.
Colonel NaSser'S justification for his
maneuver is that he has a rights-eSpe-
cially in view of the Anglo-American
decision on aid-to take over the canal
and use its proceeds to enable the Egyp-
tianS to build the dam in their own way,
with their own hands, without help from
anybody. There are number of reasons,
however, why his position seems almost
as naive and foolhardy as former Premier
MoSSadeghS. And not the least of these
is this: Even though he promises to
pay fair compensation to Britain and
other stockholders involved, he has cast
doubt on his governments good faith by
unilaterally abrogating an agreement I'M
der which the vital Suez waterway is not
supposed to become Egypt'S property
until 1968-twelve years from now.
Moreover, wholly apart from its
dubious legal aspect, Colonel NaSSer's
move-an emotional thing which is I'M
doubtedly immensely appealing to the
Egyptians at the. moment-looks rather
simple minded in terms of the economic
facts of life. Thus, as he has explained
it to his countrymen, the canals nation
alization" will yield an annual income of
$500 million, all of which will be chan
neled into construction of the ASwan
dam. But if he really believes this, if he
honestly assumes that any such thing is
possible, then he is cruelty deluding both
> himself and his people. For the truth is
that the waterways operations produce
earnings far below the figure he has cited,
and If he plans to take care of the
deficiency by exacting exorbitant tolls
from Suez shipping, that may prove to
be Self-defeating undertaking
And President NasSer must also
reckon with another important question.
True, he can make life nasty for the
West in the Suez Canal, but is this dis
play of international waywardnesS worth
the price he may have to pay in terms
of relations with countries like France,
Britain and the United States?
AS others have done in the past,
Colonel NaSSer has barred his teeth a bit
in this matter in a show of outraged
indignation and somewhat threatening
pique. Like DR.. MoSSadegh, however, he
may find in the end that he will bite
himself more than he bites others. It is
regrettable and potentially tragic spec
tacle that he is staging.