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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-17
Propose No
Bias Draft Bill
Two Amendments
Are Offered

WASHINGTON. D.C.-(ANPl :
Obviously distrustful OF administers
ton OF compulsory military SERVES
legislation by the war department,
groups interested in the integra-
ton OF coIored persons in the ma
tional defense program are ready
10 press for the writing OF legisla-
tive safeguards into the Burke
wadeworth Compulsory Scleotiye
Service bill designed to provide for
man power for defense.
The two amendments which ara
expected 10 be offered are the oaos
sponsored by the Committee ON
Participation ri Negroes in the ma
tional defense program and the
Harlem National Defense commit
tee
Senator sherman Minton. Dcao-
crat OF Indiana. Is likely 10 offer
the amendment proposed by the
Committee on Participation ~ Me-
eroes IN the national defense pro-
gram. while either Senator Robert
r. Wagner or Senator James VI.
Mead. Democrats. OF New York. .
expected TO introduce the one sunn-
sored by the Harlem Defense COM
mittee.
The chief difference in the Two
amendments is in the language
used Both are designed to insure
impartiality in the administration
OF compulsory military service leg
islaiion. In congress should enact
such a measure.
one criticism Of the 1917 dran
laws was that in iis execution
draft boards IN southern communi-
ties freely exempted white rsgis-
irants from military service. bnt
were loath 10 exempt colored men.
There wac also criticism or tho
War Department for putting a
large percentage OF colored draft
ees into pioneer stevedore
and labor battalions.
The situation TODAY with trespect
10 colo cd men serving in the army
Is not unlike what II was in 1917.
They are ready and willing q
serve. In fact, General George (.
Marshall the chief OF stan. told a
congressional committee recoaslv
that II takes no recruiting a. all
to enliet colored men IN the army
and that there is even waiting
list
hut colored men want 10 serve in
combat units as well with mainia-
nance troops They want 10 sesve
as commissioned and warrant Ei-
GERS in the regular army ne well az
buck privates They want MI Ers.ies
OF ratings open 10 them IN the ra
val service AZ present they CAV
enlist IN the messman's branch
only.
The Burke Wadsworth CnmpEl-
sorry Selectiye Service bill provides
a combination OF the draft mstkod
~ procuring personnel for the md
and naval forces with the vnlon-
teer method.
Liability for registration. train
Ing and service n placde hy the
terms Of the bill upon al male cit-
liens and resident male alltnifts
between n and 81 years OF age
The men selected or volunteer
Ing for training and service win
serve for period OF ~ months.
They win begin their tralnin4 nnd
service with units OF the regular
army and the national ruard. They
viii receive s2i a mouth.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-17
Get Pap Increase

RALEIGH. N.C.--(ANP)--As the
first step toward equalization OF
colored and white teachers AL
aries. the state school commission
aud board OF education last week
approved the distribution OF t25S,-
ooe out Of = total OF st1S.ooO 10
Negro teachers.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-17
Husband Stabbed By
Wife In Argument

Jesse Raves, 81. 24O2 Brush. will
think seriously before starting an
Largument In another person
home. He learned last week that
Il Il very unhealthy.
Raves. who had gone 10 the homs
Of his common-isw wife. Mrs. Pearl
Mitchell, 2s1 windcr. was stabbed
In the chest and both arms during =
fight after an argument.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-17

Mrs. Matte Clayton. ITO n. 1ssh.
81. Louis. Mo-. has requested De-
troIt police TO locate her brother.
Harry clayton and notify him that
their brother. Albert, died Aux. 2 IN
81. Loais. He win be buried IN ne
National cemetery, Jefferson Bsr-
racks. Mo.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-17

Charlie Carmichael, 25, 7Os 4.
Congress. was arrested by Detec-
tive Sergt Thomas Picking and
Detective Arthur Allard for invss-
tlgatIon. According &c the detec-
tiyes. Carmichael is wanted in Chi
cago where he IL alleged 70 have
killed A man.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-17

Owing
Ihs Money
Former Policeman
Reveals Identity
OF Slayer

An argument about a debt OF
)hirty cents terminated Saturday
evening in the fatal shooting of
BENJAMIN Rodgers. So. 1893 Owen.
Rodgers died in Receiving hospital
tuesday morning at 3 o'clock.
According 10 Detective Lieut..
fsr Anderson and Detective Mad
bee Fullerton. a search has bean
|Iarted for Raymond Burns, alias
Pony Boy. Burns Is alleged TO have
red the fatal shot.
Arrested In 1872
II vas through the cooperative
|fcris OF former Detective william
lmmcns that the police learned
Pony Boys name. Simmons had
|rres'ed Burns in 1882 on an armed
|oObery charge. He was later ar
|esied on an arson charge after
burning his car.
Rodgers was shot OF 1920 Good
Fin He was wounded in the
PEST the bullet lodging in his
Jack.
According to witnesses, FIVE men
la been playing cards at the
GOODWIN address when Burns en-
fred' He accused Rodgers OF o~-
Pg MN thirty cents, and when the
F''fr denied owing the money.
|urns Is alleged TO have fired he
bot.
Police questioned Mrs. Florence
Imlln. rs common-law wife OF
Eocgers; Eugene Vincent. 80, yas
lsgue. and Griffron Coleman, S017
oakland
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-17

Wolverine grand chapter No. 1
and Eureka Camerey No. I will
meet August 10 and 20 AZ Sos Fred
erick street Floyd Harris Is high
priest; w Stcye. eminent comman-
der Of Prince Hall affillation.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
France Considers
Change in Methods

PARIS, May 16. oUP)-Premier
faul ReGnaud told the chamber of
deputies today that France may
perhaps be obli2ed to change me
thodS and men.
The French military command is
in The hands of Gen. Maurice Came
lin, commander in chief of the
French national defense but many
sources have long considered Gen.
Alpf9nSe Georges commander in
chief OF the French army of the
north and northeast. as The out
standing French military figure.
General Georges. regarded by
many as the brains of the French
general staff, commands the armies
in the field behind the Maginot
line, which the Germans pierced
in the region of Sedan.
The French communique last
night said that their armed forces
had abandoned the war of position
that is, fighting from the main de-
fensn lines certain points along
the MeuSc river to meet the Ger
mans III Il war Of movement.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
BY EVERETT r, HOLES
Gm1te& PraSA CakiHS Edff0r

Adolf Hitler, willing to gamble
the hyes OF perhaps 1000 600 of his
soldiers on a swift victory, appeared
Thursday to have put in motion the
famous "Sehlieffen PLAN which
Kaiser Wilhelm II thought would
'Gake him the master of Europe.
If it. works, Germany probably
will turn upon England and at
tempt conquest of the British
Isles-which have not been invaded
in nearly 900 years-by air and by
sea.
If 1t fails the backbone of the
German army may be shattered and
the best that Hitler and his gen.
erals could hope for would be a
stalemate on the fields of Flanders.
With the Germans entrenchine
along the Antwerp -Dinant battle
line to await an allied offensive.
IN Berlin, Nazi quarters said that
with Hollands surrender the Ger
man high command probably will
base its strategy on the old Schlief-
fen plan which military strategists
have argued over for years.
The Germans said that what pro-
badly will be the biggest and most
decisive battle Of the war Is de-
veloping along the front in mid
Belgium, with the brunt of the at
taek along the Dyle river Is miles
east of Brussels
The British high command also
picked this as the key spot and
said Hitler seemed ready to risk
everything" in big push there.
The United Press correspondent
with the British army in Belgium
said the battle of Brussels al
ready was under way with terrific
German AIR bombardments blasting
the famous university city of LOU
vain on the banks of the Dyle.
All Of this indicated that the bat
tie around Sedan, on the southern
crook of the new 2OO-mile-lone
battlefront was merely "sideshow"
and that the real issue will not
be decided there.
The French high command ad-
mitted that the Germans ON the
Belgian front had stormed across
liiC MCuoC dJ ocVcIdl pOlIlCA diN
the Nazis said that gigantic bat
tie will be fought on or near his
toric Waterloo battlefield.
II Hitler throws his full weight
into that sector-meanWfile CON-
tif1ilsng to hammer at the Mag1not
line in diversion operation
Brussels may fan again to the Ger
manc And IL HrDesels fal1c Ant.
werp to the north probably will ca
pitulate as we'll.
Once the Brussels Antwerp corner
of resistance is wiped out, the
Germans believe, the 'Schlieffen
plan" can be brought into full oper-
ationS.
In its original form this plan
foresaw the German imperial army
sweeping in a gigantic arc across
southern Holland and Belgium down
through northern France near the
cozst and southwark to Paris,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Rome Says New FR
Peace Note viii
Have No Effect

ROME. May lG. Up1-Reactio.l
in authoritative sources today in
dicated thal President Roosevelt
Deace MESSAGE to Premier Benito
Mus8olini weald have little if any
result"
Commenting on reports that the
United States president urged Mus
Solini to keep Italy out of the Euro
pean conflict. it was recalled ir
authoritative sources that The Ital-
ian government had long ago de-
clded 1t would not take any peace
initiative and that since then Musso-
llni had been more convinced than
ever that there was no change IA
Voring peace.
According to these sources, tho
italian premier did his utmost last
September to prevent the war but
today he apparently feels that The
fate of Europe must be left y mill
tary decisions or at least TO a mil
itary settlement.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Hitler Believed Putting
Famous Schlieffen Plan
Into Action Against Foe

sweeping the French army back to
its eastern Notifications where it
would be crushed.
But the right wing of the Kaisers
army was weak and the plan never
was given real test in the World
War.
The plan had to be Abandoned
in the World War because Germany
had to fight ON the east as well as
the west thereby weakening her
offensive strength. Now, with Soviet
Russia and Germany tied by a pact,
Hitler boasts that his eastern flank
has been made secure and that this,
as much as any other factor, will
bring him victory.
Now, perhaps, Wilhelm's more
daring successor is ready to revive
the plan and try to execute it with
every available man and weapon Of
war thrown into gigantic war
of movement
This war of movement" which
worked SO successfully for Hitler
in Poland and Norway is the big
gest boast of the Nazis.
Should the big battle in Flanders
go badly for the Germans, how
ever, the "Schlieffen plan" may
prove abortive.
But If the Germans break through
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

LONDON, May 16 (UP)-Admit-
ting that Belgian forces had with
drawn In orderly manner at some
points before a powerful German
tank and airplane attack, Belgian
Minister of Communications Paul
Delfosse asserted today that the
Germans were suffering heavily and
that the Liege, Namur and other
forts held out.
Broadcasting over the Brussels
radio, Delfosse said that German
air superiority and dominance in
heavy tanks had forced tine with
draWals.
Previously King Leopold III in
q special proclamation broadcast
over the radio direct appeal to
the men of the Liege forts to fight
to the end.
II am calling you, forts of Lieger
the King said. II address you, Col
onel Modard, commander: officers
non commissioned officers and men:
resist to the utmost for the father
land. am proud of YOU"
Delfosse, in his broadcast, said:
"We are inflicting heavy losses
on the Germans. The forts of Liege,
the fortress of Namur as we'll as
other Notifications are holding out
against numerous attacks and in
flicting heavy losses on the enemy
British troops have arrived in
large numbers and are assisting us
to check the enemy's pressure,
while the British air force is haras-
sing German communications Our
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

in Flanders, they are hopeful of
bringing the war to a comparatively
early end.
There are great fears in England
of an immediate German invasion
by bombing planes and parachutists.
but first of all the German air
strategy calls for the smashing Of
the British and French air strength
on the western front.
Then, with fleets possibly num-
bering 1000 planes, the Germans
could be expected to strike at the
British Isles from their Dutch
coastal bases within q few min
utes flight of London.
There is always the possibility. of
course, that the air attacks against
Britain will come at any hour-to
benefit by the Nazi policy OF "bltz-
krieg' surprises.
In Germany they were saying last
night that the attack on the Bri-
tish Isles rests on two things:
l. The outcome of the battle of
Brussels"
g. Whether Italy enters the war
in the near future-and the NaZis
profess to believe that Premier
Mussolini soon will be fighting on
Hitler'S side.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

mans said might decide the issue of
the war within a week and the
British reported that the Germans
outnunfbered the allies in the pro-
portion Of 10 to 6.
A high French military source
admitted that the Germans had
broken through at three points alon
the river Meuse between Namur and
Mezieres and had succeeded in
widening their pockets on the al
lied side and pushing them forward
deeply.
But. he added, the allies mad
brought up the necessary" rein
forcements to halt and smash the
German mechanical columns which
were the spearhead of a gigantic
attack.
Recognizing the tremendous poW-
er and the gathering momentum of
The German drive, the allied high
command had decided instead of
awaiting the Germans in their
strongest fortified areas to 90 out
and meet them, in an attempt to
SLOW the driye-beheving that once
slowed it would fail.
French troops had poured through
the Maginpt defense line to chai-
lenge the Germans in the open and
try to halt threatened break
through.
A French military spokesman said
that the troops on the Namur Meg
ieres front were engaged in IA wild
melee, with allied forces, spread in
great depth, resisting the thrastine
German mechanical units.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Germans Battle
Thru Allied Line

PARIS, May 16. oUP)-The radio
agency reported today that German
armored columns have slaShed
across the Meuse between Namur
and Dinant and are tring to win a
foothold in the rear of allied de-
fense lines.
Inc radio agency reported that
German armored columns led by
huge 3O-ton tanks had pounded
across the Meuse at three points on
the sector from Namur to Dinant
These heavily armed German
orces, the agency said. succeeded ir
lnflltrating between the allied de-
fense elements and are now seek
ing foothold to flank the allied
lines north to Antwerp and the Bel
gian coast from the rear.
dAt this point the dispatch from
Paris was censored and four lines
were eliminated.
1t was reported by the Petit Pari-
sien that the Germans had aucceed-
ed in occupying Longwy about 40
miles southeast of Sedan.
Longwy, however, is said To be
outside the Maginot line.
The radio agency is Semi official
news organization. hence its reports
OF French reverse carry eonsid-
cradle authority.
Germany had thrown its utmost
striking power in the Meuse river
front between Na1nur and Meziers
on the French-Belgian frontier.
1t was estimated that between
100000 and 100000 men were en-
gagged in a battle which the Ger
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Raj Planes Launch
Biggest Offensive
Of European War

LONDON May l6 tUP)-Royai
Air Force planes attacked German
road and railroad communications
east of the Rhine today in their
biggest offensive in the 81 months
OF the war
Fires were started and big ex-
blossoms were caused by the many
tons" of bombs which the British
planes looSed in trying to disorgan-
ize the communications by which
Germany is feeding men and mu-
nitions to its hundreds of thouS-
ands of soldiers on the Franco
Belgian front.
The biggest British air attack of
the war was announced in a one
paragraph air ministry comnunique ::
The Royal Air Force last night
carried out east of the Rhine a
big offensive against the enemy's
road and rail communications which
are supporting its forces in their
invasion of the Low Countries and
Luxembourg. The attacks lasted
throughout the night Many tons
OF bombs were released. Road and
rail communications were attacked
at many points. Fires broke out
and heavy explosions were caused
This was the heaviest attack yet
made by the Royal Air Force dur
ing the war"
1t was indicated that the British
planes struck especially at the vital
Dortmund- -Bochum industrial
area, containing the Krupp mum
itions works and the Hermann
Goering steel works.
British general headquarters in
the field. in communique issued
here early today asserted that after
hard fighting the British expe-
ditionary force in Belgium had
frustrated determined German ad-
vances to break through the Ant
Werp-Namur line before Brussels.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
l.P.Morgan' s. Sister
In Bonlbardhleht

PARIS, May 16. oUP)-Anne
Morgan, sister of j. p Morgan,
telephoned the Paris headquarters
of the American volunteer ambu-
lance corps today that she and her
ambulance unit were under a Ges-
man bombardment in the Ardennes
woods along the French Belgian
frontier
Miss Morgan came to France
early in March to resume war re-
lief work with the American Friends
of France, of which she is president
She did similar work during the
World War.
The telephone call came from
Villers- -Cotterets, in Ainsi depart
ment on the Belgian frontier.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
Belgian Forts Holding Out Despite
Troop Withdrawals in Some Areas

army is intact. That is a token of
victory. Keep calm ana confident
Our army is resisting magnificently
and is gaining the admiration OF
the world"
Exhorting the Belgian people to
take courage, Delfosse said:
your hardships will not last
long. Belgium always survives. We
will VIM
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
$50 Gals. Per Hour!
1895
SIS Down. Usual
Carrying Charge

Ideal for average family or
small farm. Streamlined au-
tomato pressure system .
Tanks hold supply for peak
demand For stock Water
ing, sprinkling etc. One Cent
pumps $50 gallons OF water
Economical and efficient!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

. When a battle for more
business directly affects public
safety 1t is time to speak frankly.
You can't afford to gamble
your safsty-and you can't SAGE
rNoney-with second>line tires
no matter how cheap you buy
them. No truck operator will
use them. No taxicab will drive
ON them. No car manufacturer
wAftake them at any price. Why
should you be the fall guy?
We want every car owner in
town to ride on safe, frstline
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

Sears own make motor at a start
ling low price! Sturdy built stand
ard motor for easy starting loads
Built with filtered fabrication
and heavy bronze bearings An
outstanding buy at this special
price,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

Sears finest and sturdieSt split
phase motor with overload protec-
tor Quality built with new de
parture ball bearings double
shaft and Builtin switch A long
lasting efficient motor at AN amaz-
ingly low price!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
lower Type Cooler Water Pressure system

A cool summer ahead with
this Centrifugal blower Eyap-
orative Cooler! 1900 Cubic it.
per minute of fresh. clean
air! 5000 to 1000 Gu. #. of
cooling area. Lifetime lubri-
cated bearings. Low Cost Op-
Grafton.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16

tires. That's why we're max ~
ing this fight-putting our spe.~
cial prices on frst,line tires only.
Generals-the tires that made
America safety conscious
regularly priced higher than
the best of the rest have al
ways been worth many times
the extra money.
During this sale we're Offering
you Top. Quality, new, fresh
General Silent Grip Tires at less
than others ask you to pay for
tires built cheap to sell cheap.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-16
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-06
MISS ALICE LOWE
HOSTESS TO CLUB

CHADBOURN, April s. - Miss
Alice Lowe entertained the Fort.
nightly Bridge club Wednesday
evening. Daffodils were used for
decorations. Mrs. John Henry Land
received the prize for high score.
A dessert curse was served.
The guest of the evening was
Mrs. Al Brady. Those playing were
Miss Minnie McIver Land, Mrs
Phil Wood, Miss Nelson Wilson,
Mrs. Evans Hand, Mrs. J. A.
Brown and Mrs. S. c. McIver.
Complimenting her houseguest,
Mrs. j. w. McLaurin, of Colum.
bia, S. c., Mrs. Herman M. Blake
hostess at a delightful bridge
party Thursday afternoon.
Spring flowers decorated the
rooms where tables were arranged.
Prize for high score was awarded
to Mrs. D. c. McIver, second high
went to Mrs. w. F. Yates, and
the travelling prize went to Mrs.
Bill Edmunds. To the honor guest,
Mrs. Blake presented a gift. A
delightful salad course with fruit
drink was served. In addition to
the prize winners the following
guests were present: Mrs. F. T.
Wooten, Jr., Mrs. G. B. Walton,
Miss Alice Lowe, Mrs. Evans Hand,
Mrs. Dick Reid, Mrs. J. A. Brown,
Mrs. Sidney Meares and Mrs. Ber
nard Peal, and Mrs. l.. c. Bonke
meyer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-06
SPRUNT
To ADDRESS GROUP
AT O MACDONALD

RED SPRINGS, April 5.-Alex-
ander Sprunt, of Charleston, S. ca
representative of the National Au-
dubon society Of America, Will De
guest speaker at the annual FLOW
er Lovers Festival' to be held at
Flora Macdonald college on Thurs
day, April II, and which is spon'
sored by the south coastal PLAIN
district of garden clubs. MT.
sprunt's subject will be 1.-The Birds
and the Gardens"
This festival is a part of the North
Carolina Garden Pilgrimage, March
81 to April rs, inclusive, and Will
include a morning program IN the
college auditorium, luncheon In the
dining hall, visits to places of IN
terest in the college and on the
campus-the Shrine; the Stone, CIV
en- the college by King George VI
the collection of IS paintings from
the ]. Kennedy Todd, gallery, Whlch
constitute one of the most valuable
art collections in the south; garden
displays from the Pinehurst nur-
series, the Parkton nurseries, ana
the orchids farm at Pinehurst; and
of course as the highlight OF the
day, a tour of the famous Flora
Macdonald Gardens.
All flower lovers are cordially In
vited to attend this festival, tc
which there is no admission charge
except for luncheon. Those expect
ing to attend are. asked to notify
DIR. VardelIs office in advance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-06
JUNIOR MUSIC CLUB
WILL CONVENE TODAY

The regular meeting of the Junior
Music club will be held this morn
ing at 10 o'clock in the Great Hall
of st. James Episcopal parish house.
A full attendance is requested.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-06
AUDUBON HOME CLUB
MEET

The Audubon Home Demonstra.
ton club met Wednesday after.
noon with Mrs. ]. T. Sholar. AS
sociate hostesses were Mrs. R. L.
Bostian and Mrs. Aubrey Smith.
Miss Ruth Loman, home beauti-
fication chairman, gave a very in
teresting talk on spring planting
and how to buy plants and shrub.
berry.
Miss Ann Mason had the lesson
for the afternoon on organization
in the home. At the close of the
business meeting the hostesses
served sandwiches and tea.
The following members were
present: Mrs. j. N. Needham, Mrs.
j. P. Nall, Miss Ruth Loman, Mrs.
Horton Walsh, Mrs. E. A. Stands,
Mrs. Theodore Schraeder, Mrs. W.
O. Switzerland, Mrs. R. w. Smith
and Miss Mason.