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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-05-20
Ruby Brooks Gets One
To-Fifteen-Year Term

Mrs. Ruby Brooks, found guilty
OF msnblaughter BY jury two
weeks ago. vas sentenced 10 a term
OF from one To hfieen wears In the
Detroit House OF Correction nv
Judge Vincent W. Brennan. Tues
la, afternoon.
Mrs Brooks shot her husband.
Nathan Brooks. "a IN their home,
n lnkster on the evening Of Oct.
I Brooks died two days later in
.loise hospital
AdmonIshes Woman
Before passing sentence on Mrs.
Brooks, Judge Brennan sdmonish-
I'd the woman agains; taking the
law In her hands during domestic
troubles which she charged had
disrupted their home lie explained
70 her that. Notwithstanding The
ALLEGED philandering % her hus-
hand she was not justified In kill
ing him.
The Judge told me convicted wo-
man that shs could have obtained
II~IlC~ IN INH fVNlI~. NUlIV NtIr
established under tho American
form NJ government 20 maintain the
rights ~ The individual
Claimed Self.defense
Mrs Brooks in her testimony
during the trial. accused NJ Brooks
~ stacking her With = knife on
the fatsl evening. she said that she
shot him IN sslf-dciense
Tn. prosecution commended that
Mrs Brooks shot her husband as
he vas returning from neigh
bor's homo where n. had gone 10
ret . rail ~ wafer
The Brooks were married IN ne-
trrif IN 1870. and were huving heir
home IN lnkster He was an ON
rlovee A. The Ford River RouEe
plant The-s a ~ adopted child
Judge Brennan made NJ recon-
msrdstiors IN passing sentence
This means that Mrs Rrooks with
rood hehsvior. can 10 released ~
ter serving The minimum NJ one
ves-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-05-20
Neighborhood
Friendship Club

The Scotch Avenue Neighbor
hood Friendship club met Monday
May s, at the home OF the presi-
dent. Mrs Nellie Johnson. 6Ots
Scotch. The speaker OF the even
ing was Miss Louise Reid. mission
airy for the Second Baptist church.
who gave an interesting talk on her
experiences in Africa
other talks were m de by Mrs.
Wells. Mrs Alexander. Mrs
Johnson, and Mrs Henry.
The hostess served = very delici-
Gus repast
Beta Scott is club rennrier.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-05-20
u. Boykin's Father
Stricken With Stroke

Il. W Boykiu, Sr. Of vinewood
avenue. father OF Ulysses w Boy
Kin. Jr., VAS stricken several days
ago with a slight paralytic stroke.
He is under a physicians care at
his home and il reported gradual
~ convalesclng.
Mr. Roykin. who was employed
by the city. has been active in local
political and civic circles for some
years His younger son. Nayde Boy
kin. Is local musician; and his
daughter, Miss Eleanor Boykin. re-
Gently graduated from ypsilanii
Teachers college and WAYNE uni
versiiv.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-05-20
Request To eMadeF For Colored
Officers For Michigan Regiment

The age limit 10 between IS and
As. and the term of enlistment Will
be for three years. FOLLOWING the
first enlistment. q soldier can re-
enlist for period OF one year.
Senator Digs declared. after
the conference. that It was his be-
lief that regiment would be the
proper size OF unit 10 ask for. pro-
viding sufficient funds can be set
aside by the state for the estab-
lishment OF the unit.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-05-20
THE NEGRO GROUP THE MOST oUTsTANn,Ncn

ny Elaine Huber
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-05-20
Junior Fashion Show
To Be Presented

The women's Union OF Plymouth
congregational church will spon-
sor Chlldrens Fashion Show at
me Lucy Thurman NWCA. Friday,
June q Mrs. Lizzie Ports f. direc-
tor.
The rehearsal will be held al
Plymouth church Saturday after
noon, Ma, 20
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-05-20

The party 2 snsored by IN. a.. /.
May II at the home Of M I Iu'
liam Nicely. was success NJ Lll'
bc.s thank all who conhIbuis ssu /.
any way. ''ed "
The club viii meet mex, ,.,,,
Mrs. Irene Banks. siO VIM w,u
street '''
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-05-20

The va Social Club held Its
r. gular meeting Thursday. May
II. with Mrs. Gillard. ZOO Hendrie
stree All members were pr ..
The clubs monthly party will
he held Saturday. at s65 Fred
cricS street Friends are invited
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-05-20
Convalescing

Miss Ida Mae cross, S50s Brush.
street.. who suffered a slight stroke
on April H. is reported slowly i'm
proving Her sister, Mrs. Katherine
Cole ~ s. Louis. Mo IL With her
during her Illness
Miss cross il local beautician.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-05-20
MelIo-Clo Social

The Mello-Glo Social Club met
at the home Of the recording Sec
rotary, Mrs. Louise Aston. After
the business ession a lovely re-
! was served.
The midland journal., 1939-10-13
CONGRESS AND WAR

Congress walked out on Presi-
dent Roosevelt's neutrality bill less
than two months ago because it
thought the President was wrong.
Conservative onlookers in Washing
ton think that a substantial major
ity of Senators will put the Presi-
dents program across with possibly
a few unimportant changes. This
switch in the position of Americas s
house of lords indicates that it is
possible for Mr.. Roosevelt to be
right, and President.
The Administration and statesmen
are all agreed that the big problem
is to keep this country out of war
They disagree about program. A
substantial minority of able Sena-
tors are of the opinion that the
dangers of war will be increased ii
we open our markets to help the
English and French buy airplanes
and instruments of war that are
made in this country. Some of them
take position that this is even an
immoral course for the nation to
purse.
Debates in the Senate will furnish
interesting and instructive reading.
The midland journal., 1939-10-13
Graveyard of Atlantic
Located OF Sable Island

Georges banks is one of the rough
est places on which to fish off the
New England coast. It is here and
on the Grand Banks off the dreaded
shoals of Sable island that many a
Gloucester vessel with all it's crew
has gone to a watery grave. These
fishing grounds have well beer
called the Graveyard of the At
lantic:." In single storm on the
night of February "a, 1925, is Glou-
cester vessels and their crews of
120 men were lost, leaving 10 wild
ows and 140 fatherless children to
mourn for them. Terrific gales dur
ing the winters of 1873, 1875, and
again in 1879, wrought dreadful hav-
oc among the fishing fleets.
Old-timers will recall when there
were more than 500 "saiI' in the
various fisheries out of Gloucester.
Today, vessels do not have to de-
pend upon sail alone, but are
equipped with Diesel engines which
make them independent of tide and
wind and enable them sometimes to
escape impending danger; but they
are not always successful. The sea
is always exacting its heavy toll.
Last year it claimed five Gloucester
vessels and 16 of her fishermen.
Since the year 1880 to the present
day, just about one-third of Glou-
cester's history as fishing port,
the sea has taken 1,026 of her YES
sells and a total of 4,836 of her
men. Tragedy, but yet adventure
and romance.
One of the greatest dangers fish,
erman has to contend with is the
dread fog which sometimes sudden
ly settles over the fishing grounds
and shuts out all view. Fisher
men in their small dories have be-
come separated from their vessels
and are lost for days. Some never
return.
The midland journal., 1939-10-13
New Experiment Produces
Rubber From White Sugar

Granulated white sugar produced
on a plantation near New Orleans
was made into product with the
properties of rubber. The expert
ment was performed by Allan RAM
sey Wurtele, former lieutenant-com-
mander, United States navy, now
owner of Ramsey plantation.
Observers declared the product, a
black, spongy mass weighing nearly
two pounds, shaped into ball,
bounced nearly a foot off hard
floor.
Ernest Lee Jahncke, assistant Sec
retary of the navy in the Hoover adj
ministration, now executive director
of the Louisiana department of COM
merce and industry, said he had in
vestigated Swiss process of max
ing artificial rubber from sugar, and
that such experiments might bring
"salvation for the Louisiana sugar
industry"
Wurtele said "the process is SIM
pie. Generally speaking it consists
Of oxidizing sugar with nitric acid
and mixing in turpentine then poly
merizing the whole with hydro
chloric acid while continually STIR
ring the whole mass" He added
that beet sugar and sugar refinery
wastes also are suitable in the proc
esS.
Wurtele, inventor Of a sugar cane
harvester, is a graduate of Annapo-
lis, class Of 1915. He was former
chief engineer of the federal barge
lines.
The midland journal., 1939-10-13
BOYS WILL NOT BE TRAINED AS
SOLDIERS

The Civilian Conservation Corps
promptly denied one of the early
war rumors that military training
would be introduced in CCC Camps,
and that the Civilian Conservation
Corps would become recruiting
agency for the Army and Navy. Ac-
cording to Director Robert Fechner
there will be no such use of the
CCC boys unless Congress enacts
special legislation to that effect.
That is unlikely!
It will be remembered that there
were similar rumors at the begin
ming of the World War that the Boy
Scouts would be pressed into train
ing and military service. In that in
stance it was made very plain that
if anything of that kind was done
it would be a violation of faith.
Uncle Sam isn't up to such tricks.
The midland journal., 1939-10-13

Whatever the uncertainties about
this present special session of Con-
gress, there is one thing certain. 1t
is the last chance for the people OF
q great nation to make an effective
stand against war.
Everywhere the people know that
while war exists there is no free
dom for humanity, that until war
is abolished there will be no end to
aggressions, to prosecutions, to
dictatorial control by governments.
In Europe immediate dangers have
obscured these fundamental facts.
Here we can still carry on for all
peoples the great struggle OF our
generation against war.
With Congress in session the
people of America have a voice. So
long as any threat of war exists
they must insist that their elected
representatives stay in Washington,
abl to speak for them. For one
thing, the very presence of 531
members of the House and Senate
participating in government de-
cisions means that the people will
have at least some knowledge of
what is going on in Washington.
The midland journal., 1939-10-13
Lords Prayer Version
OF Aborigines Translated

SYDNEY, N. S. W.-Dr. Herman
Nekes, specialist on the languages
and dialects of Australian aborigi-
nes, has translated back into Eng
lish the Lords Prayer after it had
been incorporated into one of the
aboriginal languages.
The literal translation is as fol-
lows:
''Our father on top sky. Thy
name be feared. Thous art our
Boss. Men-women will listen to
Thee this place earth as the good
souls of men-women listen to Thee
on top sky.
"Give us tucker till the sun goth
down. We did wrong; make us
good. Watch us agains bad place.
Thy hands are stretched out to
guard us from bad"
The midland journal., 1939-10-13
NO TIME FOR STRIKES

The Department of Labor, the
National Labor Relations Board, and
the Wage-Hour Administration are
all agreed that labor should cut out
strikes, and behave and profit from
an increase in the rate of employ
ment throughout the country.
While the industrial situation has
picked up in many quarters there
are real slumps in many lines OF
business, some of which may be at
tributed to war conditions. On the
whole the upturn is rather favor
able, but it is not anything to get
excited about, especially while relief
exists and several million people re-
main unemployed.
The midland journal., 1939-10-13
Baltic Sure to
Figure in War
Furnishes Only Sea Outlet
For Poland and Three
Neutral Nations.

WASHINGTON.-The Baltic sea,
on the waters and around the shores
of which struggles may occur DUR
ing the conflict in Europe, is the
subject of a bulletin from the Ma
tional Geographic society. The
shores of the Baltic form as much
of political patchwork as those
of the Mediterranean, the bulletin
points out.
In the days of the Viking fleets,
the Baltic was a network of trading
routes second only to the Mediter-
ranean in commercial importance"
continues the bulletin. ''Today, the
Baltic transports the great trade of
the marginal nations, the bulk of
which is among themselves.
Sea Outlet for Four Nations.
''The northern inland sea fur
nishes the only sea outlet for Poland
and for the three small neutral ma
tions, Lithuania, Latvia and Esto-
MIA. While Russia has other sea
outlets, it's Baltic frontage is none
the less important. Finland has a
tiny strip of land reaching to the
Arctic ocean in the extreme north,
but it is in effect dependent on the
Baltic for sea outlet.
"Sweden's Baltic sea coast ex-
tends for nearly thousand miles,
but it also has an extensive coast
line on the waters of the Kattegat
and Skagerrak, the channels which
connect the Baltic with the North
sea. The other Baltic countries with
double sea fronts are Denmark,
which lies practically across the wa
ter door to the Baltic; and Ger
many, which has two Baltic coast
lines-in West Prussia and East
Prussia-and a North sea coast line
between The Netherlands and Den
mark.
"While all the other countries
fronting on the Baltic must send
their ships through the Kattegat and
Skagerrak to reach the North sea,
Germany has the 60-mile-long Kiel
canal connecting the two seas,
through the Jutland peninsula. This
waterway was enlarged just before
the World war to permit the pas
sage of dreadnaughts and other
large vessels. BY the Versailles
treaty, the Kiel canal was made an
international waterway; but two
years ago Germany again took con-
troll.
Drains Huge Area.
"With an estimated area Of about
100000 square miles, the Baltic sea
is more than half again as large
as the five Great Lakes on the
Canadian border. It extends north
almost to the Arctic circle where the
sun never sets for period of seven
weeks each June and July. 1t is
nearly 1000 miles long, with width
varying from so to 400 miles.
$50 great is the flow of river wa
ter into the sea that it is increased
in volume during the flood season.
It drains an area about one-fifth that
of the United States. The rivers
are also responsible for lessening
the percentage of salt in the water
which freezes in the northern por-
tions. Finland has one ice-break-
ing ship with 5000 horsepower that
can plow through three feet of ice.
In the northern portions, however,
the Baltic is not navigable during
the winter months"
The midland journal., 1939-10-13
England Keeping Fit

England has a keep-fit movement
that is growing daily and may be-
come a challenge to the health and
youth parades in other countries of
Europe. In the county of London
alone are more than 100 health CEN
ters, where 500 evening health
classes are held weekly. In these
classes $4,000 young men exercise
after business hours. AS many
more youths are having athletic and
physical training in other places
each evening. In some exclusive
clubs electrical "horses" and "cam-
els" are ridden. The American
game of basketball has caught on
and promises to become a body
building rage.
The midland journal., 1939-10-13
College Grades Solons
On Basis of Their Votes

SACRAMENTO, CALF. Modern
state legislators have to watch their
"ps and as" now.
Within month after the adjourn
ment of the California legislature
every member received his grade"
as checked by professors and stu
dents of the Sacramento Junior col
lege based on the attitude and vot-
ing of each legislator throughout the
session.
They were graded as being Glib
erals" usually liberals" "strad-
dlers," usually conservatives and
"die-hard conservatives"
The midland journal., 1939-10-13
Fort Bliss to Be
Army School
Will Expand Reservation as
Laboratory for Big
Problems.

Ell PASO, TEXAS.-A vast cav
airy laboratory of 81 300 acres for
u. S. army training will be added
to the Fort Bliss military reserva-
ton here under an authorization act
passed BY congress and signed by
President Roosevelt.
An army land acquisition board is
expected to survey the area within
the next few weeks for selection Of
the acreage to be purchased as the
first step in an expansion of the
post. The proposed enlargement un-
der the present authorization act
would extend the military bounda-
ries north and east to include ter
rain which is ideal for cavalry ma
neuvers.
Terrain Considered Ideal.
This area was selected for the en-
largement program, which it is
hoped ultimately will comprise l50,-
600 acres in Texas and $50, 900 in
New Mexico, because of military ad-
vantages not as easily obtainable in
other sections of the country. Scat
tered population, accessibility to wa
ter and forage, climatic conditions
and proximity to rail and highway
were considered in the selection.
Although exact outlines of the au-
thorized 51,300-acre acquisition
await determination by the army
land board, the area will include
mountainous regions, foothills and
level terrain-providing all types of
land conditions for use in cavalry
movement as well as for reconnai-
sance and scouting. Thus the ter
ritory will provide tactical officers
with vast laboratory for working
out cavalry problems.
The scattered population of the
desert area will enable long range
firing practice for artillery and
troops as well as bombing and
ground strafing ranges for army air.
planes.
Further Extension Sought.
Chamber of commerce officials
here, under the leadership of w. H.
Peterson, president, and Capt. E.
H. Simons, secretary, have pressed
congressional and war department
officials for enactment of the ex-
pansion plan. They hope within the
next few years to encourage further
land purchases by the federal gov
ernment for enlarging Fort Bliss for
an additional 100000 acres. The
land in New Mexico, Of the same
type as that to be acquired under
the present authorization act, is
largely federal and state domain
and could be acquired at relative
ly nominal cost, Peterson said.
With the post enlargement, the
chamber of commerce head sees a
probable increase in the number of
officers and men stationed at Fort
Bliss, strategically located on the
Mexican border halfway between
the Pacific coast and the Gulf of
Mexico.
Peterson's present goal is full
corps of cavalry, whose mobility on
the trackless desert along the bor-
der has not yet been proved inferior
to any other armed branch, includ-
ing mechanical forces. Ultimately
he hopes to see concentration of
u. S. cavalry tactical schools at
the site of the vast field laboratory.
The midland journal., 1939-10-13
FARM PRICES LOWER THAN A
YEAR AGO
j. E. Jones

washington, ID. ca good deal
of news appears in the papers re-
lating to intentions of the Govern
ment to freeze prices and stop pro-
fiteering in farm products. AS every
one knows there are large surpluses
of foodstuffs and farm prices are
unreasonably low. The moment farm
prices step up peg and raise the
hopes of farmers some departments
of the government may be counted
on to get excited, and fearful that
food manufactures and distributors
are conspiring to "gyp" the public
Even the big shots in labor unions
fear there is something going hay
wire, without them being in. on the
game.
In discussing these matters Con-
gressman Cannon of Missouri, stat
ed that wheat sold at Liverpool on
July "a, 1889, at the lowest price
since the reign of Queen Elizabeth. :"
He also added that lard sold last
month at the lowest price in the his
tory of the Chicago market"
By the middle of September the
war raised the European price Of
wheat 22 cents bushel, and cotton
was bringing an increased price of
SIS bale cover there According
to Mr.. Cannon the Agricultural De-
partment is taking steps to secure
punitive laws to freeze farm prices
and the farmer at the same time. !"
He furnished record of prices for
many farm products showing that
the farmer is getting small, and
stingy, price. for nearly everything
| he raises, including corn, wheat,
| hay, oats, wool and livestock About
the only item in the figures that
looks reasonable is the price of SIS
for horse in local market-bu
even the horse was sold for less
than one-half the so-called parity
price" which was the real price that
should have been put on his head,
according to the United States Bu-
reau of Agricultural Economics.
"And yet," protests the Congress
man, when the products of the
farmers toll advance a few cents
above the inadequate price he has
been receiving the cry of ''profiteer"
goes out over the country, and Con-
gress is asked to take drastic steps
to prevent further increases" He
backs his stand with list of prices
and observes that 'the regrettable
h oh oil ~ rsrSr
is that the prices of all food stuffs
on which they are charged with
profiteering are less today than they
were one year ago."
AS the subject is chased dowr
most of the charges of profiteering
seem to vanish. What happened in
Washington, right under the nose
of the National Administration
which indicates what is occurring
elsewhere, was rush of house.
wives who bought large quantities
of sugar The chains and some of
the independent dealers met the de-
mands, and also nabbed the chance
to profiteer at the expense of the
local public. Some of them did not
stop with sugar prices, but seized a
psychological moment to boost other
prices from ham and eggs to fruits
and canned goods. But it was only
a temporary hysteria.
Better prices are higher prices
and the advance seems certain to
reach every part of the country.
That is a wholly and entirely differ
ent matter from the sin of prolific
ering.
&a -
The midland journal., 1939-10-13


keep tight reign on the Admins
tration.
The general belief prevails in
Washington that the country will
stay out of the war.
s&*%
All Safe And Sane On The Potomac
All the political factions includ-
ing New Deal and conservative
Democratics and Republicans are
singing the same song of how to
keep out of war. Despite the deter
mination of all of them TO keep
US out of war their systems are
about as far apart as the Quaker
Meeting houses and synagogues.
The midland journal., 1939-10-13
Don't Go Near Tracks,
Betty Does. Stops Train

GRAND BAY, N. B.-Mrs. Jeh-
sens three-year-old daughter, Bet
ty, had been warned repeatedly not
to go near the railway tracks. So
straight to the railroad tracks went
Betty, and stood in the middle Of
them until she stopped a slow
freight.
The engineer and the trainman
got off and walked up to her. "Get
off the tracks and don't ever stand
on them again or something terrible
will happen to you" they told her.
For an answer Betty said:
"Waaa!" and held her ground. They
had to pick her up and carry her off
the tracks.
The midland journal., 1939-10-13
How About The Third Term?

How About The Third Term?
When former Governor Landon
asked President Roosevelt whether
he would run for a third term MT.
Roosevelt declined to answer.
A good many persons have ac-
cused the President of using the
World War situation to elevate his
personal popularity. But very few
people attribute such ulterior quail
tiles to our President. However. a
great many people agree with Lam
don that in order to divide politics
Ind war that the President should
state his position with reference to
a third term.
Different newspaper polls indicate
that the President has not lost very
much in personal popularity, but
some Of the same polls indicate a
lack of confidence, and do not want
to leave important decisions about
foreign affairs to the Presidents
individual judgment. That is Great
ing very great difference in the
ranks of the Presidents party in
and out of Congress. The indica-
tjons ere that Congress expects to
The midland journal., 1939-10-13

The speculators and riggers Of
prices of food supplies were respon-
sible for the rush on food stores re-
sulting from widespread shortage
and mounting prices. The Presidents
proclamation, suspending quotas on
sugar In order to halt the hoard
ings, said that SPECTATORS were
scheming to capture windfall pro-
fits." There are no shortages of food
in the United States.