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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20

II were king
1t would be grand
To say and sing
We're on free land.
BY Henrietta Yancey, IA Grade
2172 St Joseph.
SPRING APPROACHES
Spring h on its way
II will be here some day
With the robin redbreast
In his small straw nest
And the blue, blue jay
Who is very, very gay.
The lovely flowers
Grow in their grassy towers.
The dandelions are a golden yell
low
Each daisy Is such a bright fellow
They hold their heads high
Their faces turn 10 the cloudless
sky
They hear birds sing to the butter
cup
And the robin saying. Cheer up.
Cheer up"
Spring Is on its way
Twill be here some day.
By Mary Clark. Grade sA:
Aged IL: 1909 Superior.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20
Federation Hears Judge Healy On Delinquency
CHILDREN OF THE MIGRATORY
WORKER, LIKE TOPSY, GROW

wASHINGToN-(A N P)-while
their parents work unheard OF
hours OF from s a. m. to 8 .. m.
In the bean nelds OF Florida. mi
gratory children OF migratory par
ents swarm over refuse piles.
playing on the cites OF former
toilets OF last years camps. says a
worker Interested In the welfare
OF these people now crowding into
Florida seeking work.
Ranging up to s years old. these
children, unfortunate In that they
have no supervision. nor enforc-
ed school rules, only walt until
they are sufficiently old enough 10
take part In the back breaking
work their elders follow.
Families that have few children.
bargain with heads OF large fami-
lies TO take the smaller number
thereby increasing the larger num-
Der so that they can work In the
fields 10 increase the income.
Some children. OF those who do
attend school. are reported to at
tend as many as four different
schools In the course of a school
year, as their parents follow crop
after crop.
Contractors OF labor. anxious TO
squeeze out OF the workers as
much as they car. are said 70
have constructed some years ago
at a cost OF $500. wooden shack
or barracks" as they are more
commonly called and now rent
these barracks out at a profit OF
some 5000 per year.
Water and sanitary facilities are
limited and 1t is known that In one
case, some rs families used one
water spiget which stands in a mud
puddle outside the general bar
racks.
IL is common occurrence, says
this investigator, TO Ard many as
IA to Is families living In the rude
shscks provided by the greedy con-
tractor for their workers. Rents
are extortionate and workers are
forced to pay them or not get ac-
! commodations for their multitudin-
Gus families.
However. in direct contrast TO
this condition. the workers In the
U. s. Sugar corporation located at
Azuvar, Florida, have fairly good
schools. TO which the children are
compelled to go: fairly good hous-
Ing and some eemblence OF sanitary
conditions. These workers how
ever. are employed in the sugar
cane fields and working with the
company is considered the epitane
OF labor achievement.
But the migratory workers In the
other sections suffer as few other
workers In the country with pri-
mitive conditions reminiscent, ae-
cording to the investigator, OF the
old frontier days in the West. when
itinersnt gamblers took the hard
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20
OFFICIALS INSTALLED
BY JUDGE OF THE
JUVENILE COURT

There Is a definite need OF zpIr-
itual development and a need for
assuming responsibility for our
children and our neighbors' chill
dren,' Judge Daniel Hesly told the
members OF the Motor City Fedora
ton OF Clubs Sunday afternoon at
the Union Progressive league. 2l13
Chene.
The Judge OF the Juvenile Court
told OF the progress made by this
relatively new court since its In
ception some 81 years ago. He fur
Their explained the work OF the ie-
partment that care for dependent
and neglected children and the at
tempt OF the court to protect not
10 punish the child.
Ir attempting TO make stronger
his plea for parents and eociety to
assume q responsibility for deln-
quents. Mr.. Hesly related the Bib
lical parable of The other Wise
Man" to show the attitude he had
taken and would like all to do like
wise.
Briefly the story wes OF an ar
dent Christian man who while at
tempting to bring riches TO the
Christ In order to save him OF the
suffering cross. was thwarted by
situations which compelled him TO
give to the blind. hungry and ur-
clothed. The weary traveller was
stunned by a voice which said,
When was naked you clothed me
hungry you fed me-"
"When?" the man gasped. The
answer came. Whatsoever you do
unto the least Of these my breth-
rem, you do Il unto me-"
This inspiring lecture was wit
messed by over q hundred members
ard friends OF the Federation OF
Clubs which numbers nearly 30.
A few OF the clubs represented
we're: the Q. p. Girls. Youth Pro-
gressive club. Merry Makers CO.
Ops. Plymouth Boys Chrysler s
Boys. Chrysler 6 Boys. Hi-Hatters.
Orange Lantern. Musketeers. West
End Social Boys, Chevrolet Boys
and Jolly Serene.
Judge Healy conducted the in
stallation services following his
address. Officers installed were
Or. f. G.. Boddie, president: James
Marshall. vice president: Elizabeth
White, recording secretary: Marie
Pruitt. corresponding secretary
Charles Steele. financial secretary
Lewis Williams. treasurer: Alma
Gray. chairman OF the board OF d.
rectors; Ruth Griffin. secretary;
members Albert Scott, Thomas
Miles. Johnny Chaplin, Mary Jack.
son, Rosa Lions and Willie Stokes:
Clarence johnson, business man
ager: Sallie Coin. chairman OF the
Program. committee, and Robert
Nolan. who was absent because OF
illness. musical director.
A delightful social hour followed
The Motor City Federation band
and Guy Jackson's ons-man band
furnished the music.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20

Cd that the university would have
TO pay interest charges on the fee.
although no date had been set
from which the interest was to be
computed. Counsel for Cassell has
asked. however. that the year 1888
be made the date, which would
bring the interest charges up TO
nearly $4,000. Further. the interest
Is to run until the judgment is sat
isfed.
Board officers reelected we're T.
l.. Hunsato. chairman. George W.
Crawford. vice chairman. James
NJ. Nabrit, secretary and virsinius
d. johnson. treasurer.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20

please tell me II the per-
lT have been to see can stop
sou husband from cheating. what
ny 'lS ! do az am very disgust
.a' and led up with a situation 81
ibis kind!
A.. Van have a right TO be.
~. III husband seems determined 10
~, nj, his woman at various Inter.
nn' feel that the logical thing
VIZ ,oa 10 do is 10 talk Il over
y, ". a. : good attorney Tor II seems
~, s.t ,Ou will have TO do so In inc
n' ~, ~, don't waste yoar
w. on the party who claims
~, ~ 10 san change your husband.
', s,,dIet A change In your nus
~. mind within a year or 80
IA will become Disguised with
49,. q. "a, he's acting and quiet
Is.,. Iut In the meantime II you
.,.i protection, 20 to a lawyer.
ew-I have been here for the
-, nine months and II seems like
! .,Or make any Roadway. Tell
:, did nv brother-in-law have
,rv,hlng TO do with what | have
IN mind.
I,.-NO. your brother-in.law
An ,ct cause you to lose your job.
\, had nothing whatever TO do
,IA 4. and II isn't fair 10 him 10
MA thIs grudge against HIM. iou
~ rolng 10 get favorable employ.
r,ut {. hut you must get out and
v.rsh for II, as the Jobs won't
come seeking you.
HTH-How does this friend OF
mine which | just broke with feel
,osard this particular girl he Is
is.ping company with!
ins.-She's all the world to him
tght now. In fact he's so darn
isep In le,e with her that he hasn't
even missed you. Give him up
nj him out Of your mind altogeth-
n and begin looking around tor
4 desirable friend 10 spend your
mare time with. Good times are
rheduIed for you the coming sum.
mer evenings too.
FLS.- i feel like committing sui
eide as am down and out. l have
nj had work since September aud
never had a steady job. am 80
years old and single and feel like
hard luck is or me and l go hun
uy lots OF time.
lns-By continuing TO depend
% Jour luck, and you are bound TO
siMye to death. There Is no ex-
ns In Jour not having work. You
hm no dependents, and are q
ysng woman the fault lies In
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20
DAVIS AGAIN
W. VA. STATE
PRESIDENT

INSTITUTE. W. va.--(ANP)-
At the 18th annual meeting OF the
North Central Association OF Col
leges and Secondary Schools held
April SIS at the Steven Hotel. Chi
cago, John w. Davis, president Of
West Virginia State college. was
reelected for a three-year term TO
serve as member OF the Commits
sion on Institutions OF Higher
Education.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20
Caribbean Source Of
Negro immigration

NEW YORK-(ANP)-"The Ne
gro Immigrant" study made by
DR.. Ira De A. Reid OF Atlanta uni
versity and published recently by
the Columbia university press here,
Informs that few OF the 100000
foreign born Negroes in the Unit
ed States are either Africans" or
black"
Mr.. Reid. reporting that Negro
immigrants to this country came
mostly from the Caribbean area
said that they represent a polyglot
collection OF racial mixtures.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20
fm The SHADOW
|0fo iii. STARS
IN AbbE' UdIIQCE


v.. ou.rsoN BH ANsvnsEp "Fsss" m Tuu cotvus ~
M s,s,s only fos RsApss Lurrv
and receive mail o0n6dsnti letter Of AS, ssvr
m Question:, privately Sign full and brhd, .
d p,w include self addressed. 1smbi envelope YOUR repIv
~" n linn ts ABBE WALLACE 81 THE DETROIT TRIBUNE
- 80 e. ANTOINE ST. DETROIT. MICHIGAN
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20


Al last spring Is on her way
10 getting warmer every day
The little birds begin to sing
It's almost the first OF spring
florerS vii peep out OF one eye
AND see lovely fleecy aloud In the
sky
Nature shall drive winter snow
away
spring and no place for winter
10 stay.
Thelma Dorsey
"a grade; IA years old
$40 John r.
CHOCOLATE SOLDIER
ivy because your skin is brown
sloe white kids turn you down
" come lay you head on Mammy's
shoulder.
'so "a skin is black as night
snow your little heart is white
aug you'll always be yo mammy's
soldier.
BY Phyllis Beard
IA grade; II years old
ss5 Frederick
WHERE
y IKE TO visit where the palm
Trees swav
"t where moonlight IA .. hr,.h,
as day 's
t y. Hawaiian songs ring cross
"d ssaStituf Sunset come. an %
play. ' 0u- 70
Were people lay GU, on III. roldsn
sands '"' e''u'"
mold hands
land e"n """ 'ns'
e everyone lave upon the
golden sand.
by Louise Ferguson
Detroit
II WERE KING
liver. king
s.0aldrt PLAY
n, ! would sing
'0ol' long day
y m.i shan l sine
l., ' curse you'll ask
n, freedom ring
!" ny dear land,
| Aon'snla ! buy the land. Won an,
o. conr. u In many ways.
But s o. !. ''is not mine to keep
=" ! can safely sleep.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20
School Children's
Verse And Prose


Ct srds ssess,sSs
literary ana sssfD ss -
nnun pueesucs psyns sss rssssss
Evening star., 1940-03-22
Two Women Are Held
In Brooklyn Probe
OF Murder Ring
Hold Key TO at Leost
Three New Sloyines,
Prosecutor Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 22.-District
Attorney William O'Dwyer said to-
day he was OBTAINING two young
women whom he described as "hold-
ing the key to at least three new
murders by the Brooklyn murder
for-cash syndicate.
The Kings County prosecutor said
the two women, both brunets in their
2os, had given him considerable in
formation during an all-night ques-
tioning and showed they were ia
miliar with many of the gangs Sc
crets."
He withheld their identities, COM
menting merely that they might be
typed as gang molls."
The three new unspecified mur-
ders, he said, were in addition to the
80 assassinations already linked with
the crime combine. and resulting 80
far in eight murder indictments.
The quasi-humorous figure of still
another woman was injected into
the picture in the person of Mrs.
Ruth Sewall, 4l-year-old divorcee,
who threw the fear of feminine fury
into several of the mob members.
Mr.. O'Dwyer said Mrs. Sewall,
who formerly ran a card game
for diversion-seeking housewives at
Brighton Beach, had terrorized some
OF the gangsters when they tried
to muscle in" on her profits.
The prosecutor said Mrs. Sewall
went to one Of the syndicates
higherups and read him the riot
act with such telling effect that
the would-be tribute collectors were
ordered to leave her alone.
After that" Mr.. O'Dwyer said
with a chuckle, when the local
hoodlums saw her they got pam
lcky.
They scrambled up stairways and
lodged behind doors when she went
past"
Mrs Sewall made her protests to
Seymoor Magoon. heavy-jowled
individual who allegedly acted as
chief triggerman for the slaughter
syndicate.
Evening star., 1940-03-22
Schools 10 Save Coal,
All Activities Suspended

In an effort to conserve waning
fuel appropriation Supt. of Schools
Frank w. Ballou has recommended
that school buildings be closed en-
tirely for both school and recreation
purposes during the Today Easter
holiday which opened yesterday.
At the same time, it was learned
that several protests have been
made to the Office Of the Board Of
Education by groups whose activi-
ties have been affected.
The appropriation for heat and
light carries a legislative rider"
providing that the funds be so ap-
portioned that there will be no de-
ficiency. During January and Feb
ruary, it was pointed out, expenses
were somewhat higher than over
the same period in past years.
While admitting that some groups
might be affected by the recon-
mendation in the way of postponing
meetings or holding them else
where, a school official pointed out
that the superintendent might have
difficulty defending large-scale va
cation use of buildings if the fuel
fund was exhausted.
Among the programs forced to
postpone activities was the one-act
play tournament sponsored by the
Community Center and Playground
Departments. Instead of starting
Tuesday, as previously planned, the
tournament will start April 2 and
subsequently April 4, 6 and 9. The
sponsoring committee was advised
yesterday at the recreation Office
that postponement would be neces-
sary. The finals, it was decided,
now will be held April 13.
Evening star., 1940-03-22
$200, 900 Estate Left
By Mrs. Wushinaton

An estate valued at nearly 5000, 900
was left by Mrs. Helen w. Wash
ington, widow Of Horace Lee WASH
ington, former Consul General at
London, District Court was advised
today In q petition for the probate
Of her will.
Mrs. Washington died February
q and her will, drawn January 10,
leaves her property to her two chill
oren, Sydney H. l.. Washington and
Mrs. Helen Lee Washington Ken
nard, in equal shares. Attorney H.
r. Dulany, jr., represents the estate.
The will. Just filed, disposes of per-
sonal property totaling SLOT, 900 and
real estate aggregating $S9, 900.
Debts are placed at $2,50O.
Evening star., 1940-03-22
Mrs. Muchmore Speaker

Mrs. Sally Muchmore. associate
director Of the Better Business Bu-
reau, spoke on Fraudulent Schemes
In Washington, D. c., Today" be-
fore the weekly luncheon of the
Central Businessmen's Association
yesterday In the Hamilton Hotel.
The Business Relations Commit
tee, Of which John G. Bryan is
chairman, met after the talks to
work out a plan to increase busi-
ness among members Of the central
group.
Evening star., 1940-03-22
Easter Cuntutu TONIGHT

An Easter cantata entitled "Cruci-
fixion," by Stainer, will be given at
o'clock tonight by the choir OF
the St. Paul Methodist Church,
Thirteenth and Crittenden streets
NV.
Guest artists include Mrs. Alice
B. Haig, Randolph E. Myers and
David Lawrie. J. Nelson Anderson
will direct the choir.
Evening star., 1940-03-22

District motor accidents during
January and February Of 1910 fell
of 467 from the 2,2se accidents dur
ing October and November in 1899.
Evening star., 1940-03-22
French Chocolate Layer Cake

tasty dessert for your Easter dinner
Two eieht-inch fluffy butter |oyers-one
chocolate, one white-oovered on top and be-
tween with rich fudge icing. A de-
lectobIe dessert to set before your s,3s
guests on Easter Sunday
BAKERY COUNTERS TEA Room BALCONY, SEVENTH FLOOR.
FOUNTAIN ROOM Down STAIRS STORE.
Evening star., 1940-03-22
Eoster Condies Galore

-. loads Of candies and novelties for you who
are checking on Iost-minute needs Eoster
eggs, boxed candy, novelties, foil g,
covered chicks, rabbits and bunnies Z0e 10 -
Pure Sugar Jelly Eggs s------------- pound, l5e
CANDY, AISLE IA, FIRST FLOOR
Evening star., 1940-03-22
Pouse during Easter Shopping
to Lunch in the Fountain Room

Suggestion for tomorrow:
Chicken Salad in Tomato Cup with Lotticed
Potatoes Csc
Eoster Basket (ossorted sherbets in mernaue
cup) -- ----20e
THE FOUNTAIN ROOM DOWN STAIRS STORE.
Evening star., 1940-03-22
You ore invited to hear prosrom Of Eoster music
Saturday morning ot SIS, from our Street BoIeony
Come Early and Enjoy
Promptly Served Luncheon

The TEA ROOM, SEVENTH FLOOR.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-12-21


Running from northwest to
southeast through MeAgher county
Is Smith river valley, famed for
Il its scenic beauty, but more cele-
! brated because it h probably the
most truly historic river basin In
4 Montana, with q story interviewer
in Its pleasant parks and majestic
gray mountain passes that dates
back = hundred thousand years.
Age-Old legends Of forgotten peO-
Piles Iinger over Smith river valley.
Secrets Of a thousand centuries
are buried along the sparkling
stream that hurries down from its
sOnrce IN cool rayines to join the
Missouri In its flow to the south
ern sea.
The silent. frowning cliffs. hanging
! above groves of pines and frs that
slope down to grassy spaces, know
stories Of prehistoric men who came
and lived their span and passed away,
leaving few records Of their conquests
or their defeats, their religions, their
loves or their tragedies; how they lived
or how they died.
But from ancient mine workings
and from fossil beds, sages OF the
scientific world Of today have taken
relics Of these ancient inhabitants of
Montana and have formed some foIn-
dation for the knowledge that exists
Of these forgotten nations. And the
story that has been pieced together
from the fragments of evidence Is
strange one.
Smith river was named by Lewis and
Clark after the secretary Of the navy
IN President Jefferson's cabinet. Later
Corners tried to change the name to
Deep creek, but the stream has come
to be generally known by the name
the first tranScontinental explorers
Of the west gave it.
The story Of Smith river valley, so
far as modern records show, dates
back only couple Of centuries and
centers principally about the health
giving flow of hot, mineralized water
known as White Sulphur Springs.
AS far back as white men, or the
older Indians who were in that coun-
try when the first whites came, have
any knowledge, the Smith river valley
was known to the reds as THE Land
of the Spirit" and It's confines were
the common agreement of all tribes
maintained as a neutral territory La
which no war vas waged. Legend has
1t that a great council Of western
Indian tribes was held In the valley
long before whites came, at which 1t |
was agreed py the cnlcIS ana WarTlOrS |
assembled that from that time forth !
forever this fair valley should be q
sanctuary for the sick and the old Of |
all tribes, that they might come here |
and cure their ailments with the heal
ing waters. The first white men found |
Indians Of many tribes camped peace
fully side by side around the springs,
the fame of which had spread to the |
on the east and as far
south as Mexico.
Attention Of scientists was called 40
Or so years ago to finds Of old beads,
strange pottery, fossilized bones and
quantities of flint and agate arrow and
spearheads made In the valley. A
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-12-21
Fingerpri1st Unit of
Butte Police Said
Largest in Montana

The fingerprint department OF the
Butte police department is now the
largest and most active bureau Of It's
kind In Montana, according to Officers
Ed Molthen and william Whipple,
who are In charge OF It,
An average of 100 persons are finger
printed by the Butte department evsry
month, and most of those printed are
also photographed, according to the
officers. The fingerprtnt f1ls now con-
tains approximately 2T,0Oo individual
cards.
Three prints are made OF each per-
SON fingerprinted by the police depart
ment One Is placed in the local file.
The second Is sent 10 the Federal Bx-
reau Of Investigation clearing house tn
Washington, d. q. The third print IL
forwarded to Montana state prison at
Deer Lodge.
In addition, print cards are received
almost daily from the Federal Bureau
Of Investigation and the state prison,
which serves as q clearing house FOR
Montana.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-12-21

! common consent Of the Mayas and the
Mound Builders q neutral territory
where fighting should not take place
or else a territory into which the
Mayas never succeeded In forcing their
way so as to control it. There are nc
signs discoverable Of tremendous
battles there and no vast mound
tombS to denote warfare buriAls.
However, In the valley have been
found traces of the Mayas that de-
noted that they lived there at peace
with the Mound Builders, and it Is
the theory of investigators that the
sulphur springs whose health-gtving
waters aid the sick were used In those
forgotten times for the same purpose.
The region, then, aS in later centuries,
may have been set aside as O region
of peace where warfare might not In
tr1de.
Ancient Mines Are Found
Along the Smith river valley are
still to be seen the ancient mines and
workings of these old races, which
sprang up, flourished and went down
to oblivion, from which they took the
flint and agate that they made into
tools and weapons, as well aS opal,
which they used as tewelry.
There are also fossil beds that con-
tain bones Of strange prehistoric ami
mails that entedated the Mound Build
rm-three-toed horses and four-toed
canela that roamed the prairies and
the mountains In the beginnings Of
time In the history of the animal
kingdom, and Of huge reptiles that
came even before these.
Later, In comparatively recent CEN
turtles, the redmcn came TO live IN
this valley IN peace while they healed
their wounds or found health-fierce
Comanches from the far south, savage
ArapahoeS, Crows of the mountains
and River Crows, Creea Of the north,
BlAckfeet, Pisgans and Bloods, Ban
hacks, Shoahones and the Groe Ven
tres. They all made their way to this
land Of the Spirit" which today,
smiling and peaceful country as ever,
gustains the herds Of the whits man
and raiseS his crops, while the tower
ing gray cliffs above still dream
through winter bliwardn and enchant-
ed summer days of the people who
have come and departed In the bygone
centuries, and wonder, perhaps, how
long these white men win remain and
what races WIN follow them In the
long and varied panorama OF human
history.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-12-21
Security Number
No Guarantee of
Financial Worth

Use OF social security account man,
Der cards for purposes of identifies
ton IN cashing checks should not be
regarded by merchants as assurance
OF the financial responsibility Of the
individual, Manager Olga Stromset OF
the Helena field office Of the social
security board, states.
stores and firms which cash checks
for the public were cautioned by the
manager that possession Of an ac-
count card holds no particular sig
nificance for business Identification
purposes.
San account number IL used for the
record Of wages which the board
keeps" Miss Stromset explained This
number inSureg that an employees
wages win always be credited 10 his
account. Since insurance payments
under both the federal old-age and
survivors insurance and state unem-
pl0yment compensation programs are
based, In part, on the amount Of
wages paid the employe, the use Of an
account number in reporting wages
helps to insure the correct payment
OF benefits to the employe when due.
This Is the real purpose Of the &C
count number card"
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