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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-13
II ST EN-
TO This
NOTED CHEMIST

NVlh tnAhAtA
GAM MAY. NEGRO janitor OF u
y University OF Alabama Chemir
try School. has. through IS
years experience. learned every ior
mula In the Qualitative Analy,I
Book. He is an expert at aralyzin
chemical compounds by simply
"smellin' 'em, tastin' 'em and dentl
fyin' EN-"
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
m MARCH 20. 1851. the first mi
" stallment OF Uncle Toms Cab
in by Harriet Beecher Stow
was published.
ONE BLACK FOR TWO WHITES
1777-JOHN WRIGHT and Luk,
At Fortune OF Wethersheld|
Connecticut, freed their slave All
ner Andrews, so that he could al
as their substitute in the Cortinen]
tai Army Revolutionary War.
REAL ESTATE VALUE
At THE OUTBREAK OF the Cin0
0War Negroes In the District a
Columbia owned s650.00O worth n
real estate and supported their ovS
schools and churches.
THE GENUINE AFRICAN MODEL
The full melting. long-lashed
eye, the rich bronze skin, the spen>
did physical proportions. and I'D
Jolly look. The large gentle cyesI
the full but over protruding lips
the good-natured. easy. sensuouf
expressions.
This is the genuine African mod
ell; one not often met in thS
thoroughfares OF Detroit. Chicago
New York. Minneapolis. London ID
Paris where the plastic African tod
ready acquires the careful look|
and even the irregularity OF tad
features that surround him.
FIRST NEGRO CHURCHES
In 1891. Negroes who had pres
yiously attended white churches ID
different denominations united to
form ar african Church"
II was not long before this Airi-l
can Church began TO split up inl
various denominations out OF
which II had been formed. The frst
result OF this was the Colored Press
byterlan Church. which was estab-
lished in Philadelphia about 1900.
In few years there were estab-
lished colored churches OF Baptist',
Episcopalians, and Methodist
These were among the first
churches In the United States 10
have colored ministers
WAGES OF SERVANTS
/ In the eastern part OF the United
States, in 1920, the wages o. SER
want was three dollars a week, oil
a chambermaid ona dollar and q
half. and they were off every other
Sunday and also one free evening
week.
ATTENTION PULLMAN PORTERS
A. Phillip Randolph, one Of the
founders OF the brotherhood Of
Sleeping Car Porters. and as gen.
eral organizer, has built up one Of
the most powerful unions in ths
country.
Mr.. Randolph was born In Cres-
scent City. Florida. April 10, 1889
What about birthday cards, por-
tiers? Address cards TO 2l7 West
125 street. New York City. New
York.
POMEROY, OHIO
The population OF Mississippi IN
1890 consisted OF 1859 Negroes
and only 544.S51 whites. My home
town. Pomeroy, Ohio, had only lI
people OF color March /, 1870
Any information concerning his
column write in care OF this paper
or 1912 Elliot Ave. Minneapolis
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-13
BY j. l. Kemp
ulrfl,

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Chapman Of
1s44s Binder. are the proud par
ents OF a tine baby boy born last
Wednesday. lie has been named
David Lloyd.
Visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer and their
granddaughter Catherine Brown.
motored over from Springfield. o..
last Saturday TO spend a few days
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George w. Carver
NEW AMERICAN success

LEW AMERICAN success stories
i can top the stirring career Of
the founder OF the Carver foun-
dation for chemical and agricul-
tural research. Born as a slave on
Missouri farm during the Civil
War. he and his mother were kid
mapped. Ills mother disappeared
but his capiors exchanged George
for race horse aud he returned
home. Working his way through
high school and college Carver
served for a lime as a botanlst al
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-13
STORIES OF LEWIS AND CARVER

reprint Story March Is issue
o; America" and March IS issue
~ Commercial Magazine
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POMEROY, OHIO

The population OF Mississippi IN
1890 consisted OF 1859 Negroes
and only 544.S51 whites. My home
town. Pomeroy, Ohio, had only lH
people OF color March /, 1910.
Any information concerning his
column write in care OF this paper
or 1912 Elliot Ave. Minneapolis
Minuasota
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-23

and the purchasing power Of the
mark, which was made greater
than exchange quotations.
These international financiers
have exploited the American
people by their cunning upon n
different occasions. American
people thought nothing Of II.
There has been n different de-
pressions In the United States.
Depressions. in short. are caused
by the withdrawal Of credits
and currency,
Hitler decided to do some
thing about 1t. True, he is a
double crosser. He double
crossed the financiers who fi-
nanced him that he might take
Russia off the map. Drew Pear
son and Robert S. Allen wrote
that Montague Norman, gov
ernor of the Bank Of England,
was financing Hitler when his
own government was having a
hard struggle to keep pace with
the German program.
I am not saying Hitler II an
angel, but the German people
have a better opportunity to
know him than the people of
the United States and they
think he is a great man. France
also has changed its mind.
am pro-American and as
such urge the voters to beat
the politician who turns his back
upon American problems to med
die in Europe. Those who ship
good American food and cloth
ing 10 the brawlers over there
whsn our own people are Ill
clad and ill-fed are thieves.
Voters in November should
make sure that we are repre-
scented by Americans.
C. o. MORRIS.
REGARDING PENSIONS
Editor The Times: Recently
q lady in Spokane received q
check for more than $500, after
proving she was entitled to $50
a month pension. She admitted
she had a good home. and that
1t was possible for her to live.
or at least exist, without this
pension. yet the courts held her
legally eligible for the claim.
Why, after the courts ruled
this lady eligible for the maxi
mum OF $50 a month. do my
neighbors receive only $3.50 or
S22? What do they mean when
they say all are equal under the
law?
Take all the liquor tax and
so per cent Of the gas tax and
there would be no question of
young men turning criminal.
Dad had earned and paid his
way. Give him break. After
all. dads made this country the
best in the world.
J. II. DICKSON.
<S05 So. Ferry st.
CONSUMPTION
Editor, The Times: Some Of
the proponents Of the conscrip-
ton bill admit one Of their
reasons is that youth needs dis
cipline.
We might answer this with
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Pioneers" Again licking
Western Trsil
(- r..-..== cL.,.- AAth=-z
Dust Bowlers Moved
Bet Census Figures Can
Raise Fslse Hopes
'Frinsisnee. That Tine
In Tacoma
AT ths rata the figures are
n being reported Ne soon viii
know who lost and won IN the
United States census. We also
will know then how wise were
tina representations who figured
that the total population Of the
United States would be. In round
numbers, ls2 900 900, q gain Of
1000. 900 in 10 years.
One Of the most recent Of the
census bulletins has brought
grief TO three of the plains states
-Nebr aska, Oklahoma and
South Dakota. The figures show
that they have lost population
in the preceding 10 years, with
the heaviest decline in the last
named state. The reason 10 be-
lisved TO be the dust bowl mi-
grafton which In the last few
years has sent thousands To the
coast states.
For five years there has
been n continuous travel Of
migrants on the trails over
which the first settlers came
10 the west. The only differ
enee ls that they rode In rub
ber-fired motor vehicles In
stead ef the voeden-wheelsd,
springless prairie scheeners;
over cencrete highways pre-
pared by the counfry's best
engineering skill, instead Of
thu trails made as the wagon
wheels broke into the virgin
soil.
In one respect the effect Of
the migration Is the same. In
the years Of heaviest travel to
the western frontier, the fig
ures showed a slight shift Of
population. Only once has there
bsen a noticeable loss of popu-
lation in a state.
In 1880 when the Nevada
silver boom broke that state
lost about fourth Of Its 3d.
900 population. To-day, 60
years later, Nevada has only
a little more than 100000
population. The three states
which show a loss since the
last census have approximate
~ four and . half million.
Where the population of the
dust bowl area has gone the
census bureau partly discloses.
The figures available so far
are those showing an In
crease of IA per cent In the
population of Oregon. The larg-
est increase of rs per cent is in
Malheur county, stock raising
and farming area. Other agri-
cultural counties show substan-
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The amendment provides vol
untary enlistment on a liberal
lied basis until January, then
CONSUMPTION of only enough men
to make up any shortage in army
requirements.
Actually the anti-draft senat-
ors are friendly to it and greatly
prefer II to the present form of
the legislation. But they feel the
Maloney plan would win for the
bill the votes Of many middle
road senators. By defeating the
amendment they believe the leg
islation will be too drastic for a
majority Of the senate TO swal-
low, and the entire bill viii fail.
It's heavy gamble, but on the
basis of cloakroom polls, the
anti-draft leaders believe they
can win.
The fact is, Senate Leader
Barley and other leaders sup
porting the presidents bill are
fearful that Bert Wheeler's OPP
positionists really would be able
to kill the bill as 1t now stands,
and are flirting openly with Ma
loney's proposal as a face-saving
compromise for them.
Maloney, in turn, would like
to WOO some of the Wheelerites,
but finds their price too high.
They demand that he eliminate
the provision for even the lin
tied draft In January. and leave
il up TO the new congress 10 vote
CONSUMPTION II il seems neces-
sary at the time or. as an alter
native. put off the draft until
February LIST (which would give
the new congress a month TO re-
peal the law If it so desires-
Maloney, with Irish fortitude.
refuses TO agree to either de-
mand. so the Wheelerites have
sworn TO vote against him
Behind the precarious tin
shortage. worrying burrows into
defense commission brows. is a
suppressed story OF a lobby deal
between high New Deal insiders
and domestic manganese pro-
ducers. The connection may seem
obscure. but actually it's very
direct
Early in 1899, European re-
ports made army and navy heads
uneasy about continuing supplies
Of strategic materials" for
which L. S. industry is entirely
depen dent on outside raw
sources. notably TIN. rubber and
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manganese. Army heads warned
that severance of outside sup
plies on any of those items
would be paralyzing in time of
war.
The interdepartmental COM
mittee. which makes policy on
such matters, recommended an
immediate program to build up
stock piles Of each. They pro-
posed q 500. 0oo. 900 program
over four years. and the proposal
was taken up by the house mill
tary affairs COMMITTEES.
Domestic Manganese lobbyists
objected. however. to the size Of
the program, because they said
1t would mean heavy imports of
manganese. and building up
large imported stock-piles that
might hurt them. They worked
for days until White House
orders finally went to the capitol
that the program was to be
pruned to $4,000, 900 a year.
Now the defense heads are try
ing to buy 1000 tons of tin az
so cents q pound-s2o0. 000-and
are not sure they can get it at
any price.
Popular acceptance of the idea
that the so-called Jewish vote"
is solidly pro-Roosevelt for No
vember, may turn out to be
Disappointing will of the-wisp,
according to Leo Sack. ertswhile
star Washington correspondent
and later U. S. minister 10 Costa
Rics under FDR-
Sack. after a trip to the Paci-
fic Coast, states he found fellow
Jewish leaders widely divided. At
two B'nai Birth conventions. one
IN California and the other in the
midwest, private polls showed
Willkie with an overwhelming
lead, in one case s to 1.
AS for the Jewish vote" as
bloc, ne says. II is a myth. Ac-
cording to Sack, Jews DO not
vote as a race, or in a group.
but rather as individuals on the
basis Of personal interests, pref
erences. and convictions. Will
kie's successful business back
ground. he says. carries strong
appeal for them
Sack SAYS New York Jewish
leaders are generally pro-Will-
kie. which may carry some in
fluence with the rank and file
there. though the extent II
wholly unpredictahls-
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QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn to the wom-
ans page for the answers.
1. Is osmium the heaviest or
lightest metal7
2. Which country Is called
Emerald Isle
5. Did George Washington
wear a wig?
l. With what sport Is Lou
Jenkins associated
5. In which state is Muscle
Shoals?
6. Which Is correct: He lives
in State street or He lives on
State street.?
7. Which member Of the US.
suprems court Is a Roman
Catholic
9. What was Franklin D.
Roosevslt's first political office.
.. For whom IL Rhodesia
named
10. Was Adolf Hitler named
chancellor for life!
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Let's Stand on Our Own Leus!

Does Hitler plan to invade the United States?
You hear many conjectures about this Reported
versations with Hitler his leaders set down. giving
his alegedy clear intent Elaborate deductions drawn
denies any such intention. Partsans of one the
other argue the point At great length.
For the life of US, we can't what difference il makes
Does that sound crazy? We don't think il is. The job
before us to attain quickly is humanity possible
state of preparedness such that the United States and its
policies do not depend the intentions of foreign ruler
If Hitler does plan to invade the United States-wel,
there is only one answer prepare, prepare, prepared
If he doesn't, the answer Is precisely the The
mere existence of aggressive military force of the kind
Europe means that country like the United States must
have such force at its disposal that it make its
policy, matter what policies adopted abroad II Hit
Ter has intention of interfering American affairs that's
fnei American strength will help to ortfy that excellent
intention.
Europe cringed for years asking the breathess
question: What will Hitler do?
Let us place ourselves in position where We
don't care plugged nickel WHAT Hitler doesP'
What does II TO be prepared? II to develop
such force that invasion will be but slim temptation Ii
to develop such force that national policy not de-
cded by what faron poenate dreams up but by
national interest and devotion TO justice and
right
1t is time to stop asking that fatal question, What will
Hitler do" 1t is time to begin TO make others ask with
equal interest What will the United States dog
II Pan Americapsm is the promotion of peace,
and friendship must Danish prejudice ignorance
and dishonesty - Sxto Enrique Duran Ballen, CONSUL
general of Ecuador.
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Thinus

To receive attention IN tnas col
umn istters must Eiss namz and
address Of writer Only Initlala
Mr.. Fixit; How can ! locate
owners Of lots on the north side
which have No signs on them?
4. +. L.
S=s sza issk - he city map.
either IN the county assessors
office or at the city hall. and
find the name OF the addition In
which the lot Il situated and the
lot and block numbers. The
county treasurer's records then
viii show you who pays taxes
on the property.
Mr.. ffxit; A friend ef mine
has n girl who needs somebody
that understands her better. She
wants To run away all the time.
telling the police sne wants more
freedom The mother IL COED 10
hsr. she h not sick. Nnen the
police found her mother could
not do anything with her they
sent her 60 n home for girls but
she ran away just the same. IL
there not q doctor or someone
who Will talk TO this girl 90 see
what can be done. r. ID. n.
You Will find two psychiatrists
listed In the phone directory who
might be able 10 tell you or the
girls mother what Is wrong. n
the girl can be persuaded 10 talk
To one Of them. A problem like
this might be best taken to the
Family Welfare association, in
the Provident building. if 1t has
not already come to its stten-
ton.
MIR. Fixiti This IL for the per-
son who inquired about making
cider st home. II Il not neces-
sary te have . cider mill. II can
be made quite extensively by
using the family meat grinder.
Wash and quarter the apples and
cut Out any bad spots. do not
peal or core the applss. Put
through the grinder and strain
through "A sugar sank. The
straining can De expedited by
wringing, either by hand or
through the family wringer, II
the latter rs perfectly clean. The
result IL tops.
In regard 20 keeping IL sweet,
II In recommended TO boil the
cider and seal II hot In bottles.
! cannot voucb for this, though.
l bottled 10 gallons one year.
did not open II for several
months and when i did, 10 was
very fine vinegar. Incidentally,
cider makes fine jelly stock
while sweet. A READER.
Thank you for some most well
come suggestions.
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tial increases. which makes i
reasonable to assume that sons
Of those responsible for the de-
crease In the plains states have
..s==== = -.
A decrease In population a.
ways starts the pessimists wall
ing that the end Of everything
Is about 10 arrive and everybody
goes down into thu dumps. But
even IL the figures show = great
increase that Is not always a
source of lasting JOY.
Once upon q time Tacoma
boosters undertook 10 make ths
census figures prove thsir con
tsntlon that Tacoma vss the
fastest growing city In the west
There was reason for tina faith
that was in than because pso-
pie ware moving into the city %
fast that the housing problsm
became serious.
The trouble was thai those
enthusiasts boosters everdia
the job. In their neal 10 jukti-
~ the slogan. watch Tacoma
Grow" they put roeming
houses In the Northern Pa
cifie's half moon yards. A
former sailors boarding house
that had not been occupied for
several years was filled 10
capacity, and blocks Of room
Ing houses sprung up on the
tide flsts.
At least that's the information
turned In by the enumerators In
those districts. And they might
have gotten away with 1t too.
II 1t had not been for the jeal-
ousy Of Seattle where the census
boosters were more timid. The
upshot was that when q special
agent of the census bureau
dropped In and discovered a few
discrepancies In house numbers,
. whole flock of investigators
came here and what they did
to those census figures was
plenty. Then 4 grand jury heard
one side Of the story and In
dicted the Tacoma supervisor
and several enumerators.
The way the indictments read.
the offense appeared to be
pretty serious. There was q long
drawn-out trial conducted by .
special assistant attorney-gen-
eral and special agents from the
census bureau. Even the most
enthusiastic boosters had to adj
init that In their zeal on be-
half Of Tacoma some Of the boys
had gone little too far.
There were q few uneasy
hours for several prominent citi-
zens a. well a. few not SO
prominent, but the jury evil
IDENTIFY took the position that II
there had been any sin 1t had
been committed in good
cause and nobody went TO jail.
1t wouldn't have been 10 bad
II those census bureau special
agents and a red-haired special
attorney had been reasonable.
Instead of taking the verdict at
its face value they chopped the
figures, but in spite of all that
the finals justified the Watch
Tacoma GrowI"
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HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY. AUGUST "a

Benefic aspects rule today. The
morning Ia especially favorable
for the pushing of ambitious pro-
jects. Persons engaged in inn
portant work affecting the des-
TIMES of large numbers of en-
ployes are well directed by the
stars.
Heart and Home: Straight
thinking is imperative at this
time when the young should be
protected against prejudices.
Hate has overturned the world
and now, In judging our enemies,
charity must prevail. Gross ma
terialism has brought about end
less human misery. Spiritual
forces must overcome evil. Re-
turn TO the faith upon which
democracy has been built must
be encouraged through strict
and loving home teachings.
Business Affairs: American
trade will continue to be good
~ economic revolution threat
ems. Efforts to coordinate the
merchandising of products af
North and South America viii
meet serious obstacles. but bens-
fits will evolve. In the autumn
commerce will assume novel
phases that will be profitable to
the United States. Despite the
summer prosperity, thrift is adj
vised with emphasis since money
problems are to affect all the
people as taxes multiply.
National Issues: Partisan
conflict will reveal the effects
of political propaganda, but the
wisdom of united effort for the
future welfare of the nation will
be generally recognized. Train
ing of the youth of the nation
for carrying out OF the prepar-
edness program will prove sue
cessful despite opposition in
which subversiye agencies gain
influence. Conscientious paci-
fists should be on guard lest
they be used by enemies of de-
mocracy.
International Affairs: Food
for subjugated peoples is to in
stigate relief projects of vast
scope. for the stars indicate that
starvation will threaten many
through the winter in Europe
and Asia. elimination of Mars
and Neptune gives France little
hope OF improved conditions. but
revolutionary ideas will begin TO
terminate in many subjugsted
areas. Unendurable hardships
will be suffered in coming
months and great mortality is
forecast.
Persons whose birthdate II Is
have the augury OF q year Of
unusual events that will bring
good fortune. Care to prevent
loss Is enjoined. Women should
be especially cautions.
Children born on this day
probably will be energetic, cour-
sgeous, and progressive. They
have the possibility Of extra
ordinary success all through
life.
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by John Xix

In all districts under control of
the public so industries could be
decentralixsd.
Present responsible positions
in railroads, power industry,
manufacturing and farming, en-
ploy . large per cent Of man
who could not work overtime
in ease of an emergency.
Some of these positions re-
quire from 10 10 20 years train
ing. When men reach the age
of IS they should be replaced
with youth. Cost or ornaments
would serve for a pension.
r. A. KIESZLING,
wPA JOBS AND WAGES
Editor The Times: The Work.
ers' Alliance, locally as well as
on a national scale, Is renewing
the struggle for the passage of
the Marcantonio bill, which
would restore jobs to q mini
mum of 5000. 900 workers at
union or prevailing wages.
Locally, the time is here to
launch q campaign for the res
toration of the prevailing wage.
This is particularly true in re-
gard TO national defense prof.
ects. II is absolutely wrong for
the government to use cheap
WPA labor in competition with
union labor on defense projects
where it would otherwise be
necessary to hire more men at
prevailing or trade union wages.
Under sec. IA OBJ. page "a,
line Fl of the 1871 wPA act, the
commissioner Colonel Harring-
toni, May authorize exemp-
tions from the (present) limita-
tons of monthly earnings. and
hours of work on projects deter
mined to be of value to the ma
tional defense.
1t Ia the aim of the Workers
alliance to bring this TO the at
tention of local trade unions. as
they will strongly support the
demand for the prevailing wage.
The problems facing the I'M
employed and WPA workers are
be ming more complicated
every day. and the need for a
strong organization to guard
against the many pitfalls Of re-
action and those who would
crush every civil right we are
endowed with. must not be I'M
derestimated.
w o RK Z r s. ALLIANCE OF
PIERCE COUNTY.
L. N. PETERSON,
County Chairman.
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CONSUMPTION

<s05 So. Ferry st