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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-25
Score Injured
in Accidents
~ .e
n Listed q
cfyah Victims ss,s

eAf = persons were In
jured IA weekend automobile
crashes, on MSeomb county
highways. sheriff and police
records disclosed today.
All law enforcement agencies
reported q large number OF ac-
cidents in which property dam
age alone resulted.
None of the injured was said
critically hurt.
Although several other per-
sons were reported hurt, the
registrars office at st. Joseph's
hospital could not be reached
See CRASHES-Page 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-25
Dive Info Gravel PHI
Injuries Detroit Boy
jones clensn. rs.
Strikes Heed

OJames Clonen, Is, M Detroit,
was treated ut q local hospital
Sunday afternoon after he was
injured while swimming in q
gravel pit near Quinn road.
He was taken to the sheriffs
office by . group Of boys who
said they pulled lin from the
water after he struck his head
while divirg.
His condition was not serious.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-25
Army Rejects
Only Four
County Men

AOnly four Of So selectees from
the Mount Clemens Warren
township area were rejected BY
army doctors at the Detroit In
duction station Friday.
Those accepted were sent to
Camp Grant, III. Chef Kroner,
chief clerk for draft Board No.
1, credited the excellent record
70 the system Of mass examine
tons now used.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-25
Spseder Pays SIS Fine
IN Justice Court Here

earl wallace, Al, Of 5795
North avenue, pleaded guilty to
q charge Of speeding when ar
raigned before Justice of the
Peace Donald ]. Parent this
morning and paid . fine Of SIS.
He was arrested by city police.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-25
Canadian Gas Deliveries Cut

oTORONTO, Aug 25-QP-Goso|ine and oil deliveries to
Canadian retoers reduced in order issued odoy by
oil controller R. Coele Deliveries during the week Aug
253 will be 20 per cent to total deliveries in the month OF
July and during both September and October they will be IS
per cent Of July deliveries.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-25
Firms Sink Red Transport

OBERLIN, Aug 25-QP-Finnish coostol artillery sank
5OOOton Soviet transport Iooded with guns and trucks
in the Gulf Of Finland Sunday, DNB reported today.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-25
Would Bar u. S. Tankers

the newspaper Hoch declared todoy that United Sotes oil
toners be permitted poss through the Tsueoru
and Soyo Soits because they within japanese territory
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-25
Report Reds Undaunted

oTOKYO, Aug. 25-Qo-Kuroku Ishido ond Iodoyoshi No
ruro members Of the japanese Embassy stoft in Moscow
who have arrived at Monchu|i route home we're quoted
by the newspaper Asoh todoy saying ho stubborn ress
tonce morks the Russian fight oeonst Germany and tho
Russins in Moscow appear unterorzed by Noz dir rods
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-25

oLt.-Col. Josiah G. Seabourne,
&C, has been ordered transferred
from Selfridge Field to Boiling
Field, the War Department an
nessneod today.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-25
l0tek X X
bulletins
HirOhitO Studies Situation
aTokYo AUG. 25-R-AdmroI Koshro Okowo Naval
Minister wos received todoy Emperor Hrohto for report
on naval motters
HirOhitO Studies Situation
British Blast Italian Port

oROME Aug 25-Q-Britsh planes dropped explosives ond
incendio bombs Temple Neor Sossori in Sordnio Sot.
dov noht the toIon high command reported todoy II sold
one civilian killed and four injured Donoee wos de-
scrbed as slight.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-25
SeIfridse Planes Leave
for Southern Muneuvevs
Will Return 10 Bose Aug. -
According 70 present Plans

"a part Pursuit 18th Air Base Group until
Group the first in the u 50 the the
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
BiIbo May Head
Senate District
Columbia GROUP

WASHINGTON Because other
senators don't want it and it is a
hot potato sometimes, the chair
manship of the senate committee
for the District of Columbia may
go to 1.-The Man" Eilbo, senator
from Mississippi, who from time
to time has broken into the public
prints as proponent of the back
to Africa" movement for all Amer
lean Negroes.
Bilbo, by virtue OF his ranking in
seniority in the senate, may come
to the job because others decline
it and some district residents
feel that the passing of this I'M
portant post to MI. Bilbo may not
be the best possible thing for the
district, especially the colored res
idents therein, who suffer already
because Of the predominant south
ern rule now in the saddle.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
THE Globe Trotter ~#a B, Cliff M~e4s.v

ell nations if the spirit of aggression was allowed
to go unchecked Anthony Eden of England join
ed i'll the appeal, but to avail The "hindSghters
held sway and Ethiopia was sacrificed
Most tragic of "hindsighters" was Lord "Peace-
in-Our-Time" Chamberlain, for he lived to see
part of the horrible results of his fumbling feeble
and Intellectual leadership And arch-criminas of
the "hindsighters' of England were those bankers
who by investing in German munitions aided Hit
ler in building his vast war machine, which he was
later to turn against the of England. Their
foresight ran no further than the tremendous prof
its which these investments afforded.
The "foresighters' of England were like voices
crying in the wilderness. Solemn warnings were
repeatedly sounded by Churchill, Eden, Shaw aud
Beaverbrook, who accurately predicted the turn Of
events, but their warnings went unheard.
WE HAVE OUR SHARE
America too, has its share of "hindsighters"
who busily engaged in efforts to stymie
the defense program. You hear them every day u-
ing us to a sense of false security "The oceans" :"
some say, "are our protection" eve have nothing
to fear from Hitler" others contend.
Another class of "hindsighters'' defeats the eff
forts at badly needed national unity by ardenty
espousing the cause of discrimination They refuse
employment to black Americans. They would leave
the door of opportunity open to everybody even
hyphenated foreigners, and slam it shut when loyal
black Americans appear on the scene.
These "hindsighters' of the ilk that would
sell their country down the river to realize their
petty and selfish ambitions. They are the real
fifth columnists. Their threat to security is
twice as dangerous, two-fold more potent than
any attack from foreign enemy. For what they
preach is not national unity, but national dsinter-
grafton.
WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL
We should forever thank eternal Father
that the man who naugurated on January
20 to head nation for the next four years
Is and has always been brilliant "foresighter'
and not blind and stupid 'hndsghter"
This fact alone should give America, nation
which has never bowed its head in defeat new
courage, new hope, and greater determination to
face the dark future that lies ahead In blood
and tears has been written the tragic story of
in peace, prosperity and universal
brotherhood will come the triumph of foresight.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
Union Drive Total
Is Now At $4,000

RICHMOND, Va. CSNS) TO a
representative group Of citizens and
alumni assembled in Ccburn Chapel
Of Virginia University, S. E. Hen
ing, treasurer of the board of trus-
tees of the University, reported
progress being made in the drive
to bring to the campus of the local
institution the entire Belgian pavil-
ion.
According TO his report, over one
hundred tons Of the building ma
terial have been Grated and label
led for the University. The whole
structure is so large that it will
take 80 flat cars OF a freight train
to transport the material. The
speaker also said that tentative
plans call for the breaking ground
for the erection Of the building IN
March and that the building Or
portion of it, will be ready fCr
Use in September.
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is scheduled TO start February
Lunceford said he finds the in
structional staff at the college far
above the average among schools
of its size and complimented all
Upon general campus environment
which is conductive to wholesome
thinking, he said.
Graham Smith, former student
at A. and r. College and who Is
taking at present the flight i1'-
structors' course at 1uskegee, was
also at the assembly program. He
told an interesting story of MS ex-
periences in the advanced fields of
aviation. Dean j. M Marteena,
head of the division Of aeronautics,
presided.
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Aviator i
T I ellis OF
Big Port
Navy Officials
Refuse Comment
On Report

WASHINGTON. -(ANP)
considerable surprise is being
expressed here over the alleged
discovery Of German air Held
in the nearby island republic OF
tIaiti.
Skillfully camouflaged, the elab-
crate airport was discovered accl-
dentally by one William Slmms,
American pilot of Dayton, O., when
he was forced to bring down his
plane while on Caribbean aerial
cruise.
The incident as reported i'll a
Havana afternoon newspaper re-
lates that Smms reported his find
ings to the u. S. officials, and the
government Of Haiti has taken
steps to cancel the lease for The
field, which was obtained by Ger
man residents in Haiti, the news
paper said.
The field was said to be located
within less than 100 miles of the
American naval base at Guantan-
amo, Cuba, one Of the more impor-
tant naval bases in the hemisphere.
State department officials de-
MED knowledge Of any camouflag-
ed German airport in Haiti. Navy
officials refused any comment on
the report that such an airfield
had been discovered by an Ameri.
can pilot.
Shortly after the publication of
the story on this mystery Nazi air.
port in Haiti, Ellie Lescot, Haitian
to the United States, paid
a visit to the secretary Of state,
Cordell Hull, and assured him that
no such field existed in the island.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
Caste In
America
Denounced
President Of
Talladega Hits
Racial Attitudes

NEW YORK CITY (ANP) The
January issue of Social Action
monthly magazine published by the
Council for Social Action of the
Congregational Christian churches
is devoted to an article by DR.
Buell. G.. Gallagher, president of
Talladega college.
Entitled, The American Caste
System" Dr. Gallagfler's article
traces the growth of the pattern
of racial attitudes existing in
America today giving special EN-.
phasis to the position Of the Negro
in the American pattern.
Believing that prejudice against
the American Negro is an acquired
cultural pattern rather than an in.
herent attitude, the author sets out
to list procedure which might
effect a change in the "immora,
caste system
DR.. Gallagher has been president
of Talladega since 1858, and, as
Edwin r. Enforce states in his fore
word, lis devoting his life to try
ing to bring real independence tc
Negroes, and to creating an atmos-
phere where there will be fair op'
portrmities for all the diverse peo.
pies who make up our nation"
He concludes: I'VE must know the
various possibilities of racial
realignment and make an ethical
choice between alternatives. We
must discover significant points al
which to began work in efiectine
a change. The Christian must ad.
dress himself to this tesk as o
Christian, not as a member of $
given racial group or as a resident
of certain section of a nation fol
it is clear that the lines Of separa-
ton are not geographical or racial,
they are human.
"Caste system will be broken only
if we break it. We have d Christian
obligation to release our minds, Olli
energies. Our time and our money
for this cause. In a warfare of this
sort, there can be no neutral
ground. He that Is not for us is
against lis"
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
Texan, Aided By High
Court, Wins Freedom

Smith cannot be rejnoicted because
the statute Of limitations bars
prosecution in criminal assault
cases after one year. He had been
in Jail since August l, 1888, the
day of the alleged assault.
After Judge King ordered Smiths
release from jail :ast Friday. At
torney Freeman said the youth
would be rushed from the county to
forestall any attempt at mob vio-
lence. A job awaited Smith in an
other town, the lawyer stated.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
Fake HoIdup,
White Salesman
Blames Negro

ST. OUIS-(ANP) Michael
Enzer, white Newark N. j. sales
man who reported to police Thurs
day that he was shot in the right
shoulder and robbed of $40 of
his employers funds by a Negro
to whom he had given lift in
his automobile, admitted to de-
tectives at city hospital later that
the robbery story was false, and
that he had shot himself to make
it ''look good"
He explained that he was in
debt and decided on the fake
robbery to raise money to help
pay what he owed on his car. Po-
lice recovered the $40 from a
woman living in downtown
hotel, to whom Enzer had given
it in a sealed envelope for safe
keeping.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01

ity of an act of the 1855 legislature
No funds were made available
when the act was first passed. Two
years later approximately $4,000
was authorized for the Negro mill
tary unit, but no action was taken
In 1889, the legislature again SET
aside a like sum for the program
The personnel Of the proposed
battalion of four companies would
consist entirely of West Virgini7
Negroes.
Under normal conditions, nation
al guard officers explained, the
battalion would be about 800 strong.
including officers and enlisted men
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
CLAIM DISCOVERY OF HUGE
NAZI AIR field IN HAITI
Two Widows Share In Death
Compensation OF Laborer

RALEIGH, N. C(ANP)-The two wives three children
ab5rer i'll
compensation under
trial commission
The between Lotie Byrd Haley,
Seligson the Iatte,s
carrier the Indemnity Insurance North
BY terms of the agreement LOttie awarded
each was given 30
three children Haley the deceased,
$40 Williams Haley
The commission found to be fact
Lotie and remarked without getting divorce
sImed of William Henry He injured while digging
excavation on Ia.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
BY PRESTON MAYEs. Jr.

-(ANP) - The long
arm of the U. S. Supreme Court
reached down to Texas last Fri
day, when in the court of judge
L&ngston G. King, during a habeas
corpus hearing, the indictmen5
against Edgar Smith, 21-year-old
Tomball resideift was held invalid
and he was released from jail.
Smith was convicted of criminal
assault on a farm woman and CIV
en- life sentence on May 18,
1899. TIE case attracted wide no.
tlce because of the contention by
Smiths attorneys, Sam w. Davis
ana Harry w. Freeman that Ne
groes were excluded from grand
jury service here hence the verdict
should be set aside.
The lawyers fought the issue to
the U. s. High Court and that
tribunal, on Nov. %, last held
Smiths Indictment was void be-.
cause Of the discrimination here
against his race on grand juries.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01

War period down to the present
disastrous era in mankind's exist
ence the "hindsighters' have just
about had their way. They have
left a wide path Of bloodshed, tur-
moil and destruction in their
wake.
Always small i'll number, these
men during the past decade have
always seemed to possess more
initiative and be much more vo-
ciferous than the "foresighters"
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01

charged at the expiration of their
enliStmentS.
Those who report at Fort Ben
ming will be sent to Reception
Centers if found physically fit for
active duty. Those physically dis
qualified will be returned TO their
homes.
White induc!ees will be reported
to the Reception Center at Fort
Mcpherson. Those who are colored
ill be sent TO the Reception Center
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01

temporarily operated at Fort Ben
ming by the oath Infantry.
From Reception Centers all will
be assigned to units of the Regular
Army.
ResprviSts called back to active
duty who had been serving with
tank and mechanical units or in
the Air Corps or Medical Depart
ment will be reaSSigned TO their
former branches.
Members OF the Regular Army
Reserve who hold key positions i'll
industries essential to the further
ance of National Defense are not
being called.
For the army as a whole %,
men are involved,
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
Jimmy Lunceford
Urges Students To
Take Up Aviation

GREENSBORO, N. c. (SNS)--
Jimmie Lunceford, popular band
leader, urged every A. and r.
student to avail himself of the
aeronautics program at the college,
In a short talk delivered last week
before the student body.
A new course in flight training
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
PrOwler Given
Jail Term

MT. CLEMENS, Mich.-(WNS)-.
Grover Simmons of Mt. Clemens
was given q sentence Of seven and
a half to twenty-five years by
Judge Reid He was twice found
guilty of breaking and entering the
home Of Phillip Stown c. Quinn
Road, owner Of the Drea1nland
Inn
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
Army Calling 20 Negro
Reserves Back To Dutv

FORT BENNING. Ga. (SNS)--
Twenty colored Regular Army en-
listed reservistS and two hundred
and SiXty-four white are due TO
report at Fort lBenning between
February 5 and February Is, for
induction into active service, it was
announced at post headquarters
Saturday.
All are former enlisted men of
the Regular Army who elected to
join the reserve upon being dis
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
CasselI Settles Suit Against
Howard University For $4,000


architect
to termn
alleged although school building
0 II
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01

Figures released through the Uni
versity yesterday show that the CAM
paign to secure $4,000 to assure the
college of getting all of the building
is rapidly gaining momentum ON
a nationwide scale. The total
amount raised has now reached $32,-
LOO. Several contributions were
raised last week from students in
other colleges of the nation All
Of the accompanying messages said
essentially the same thing" -"to
help you get all of the Belgian
Building"
The campaign recently launched
i'll New York City for $4,000 to Sc
cure DR.. A. Clayton Powell, Sr. S
pledge of $1,000, is NOV
ing ahead rapidly, President Clars
Of the University announces. Tile
entire quota is expected TO be real
lzed at an early date.
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they oppose.
EARLY "HINDSICHTERS'

EARLY "HINDSICHTERS'
Woodrow Wilson could be placed in the class
OF the "foresighters" His plan for an international
police force his 14-point program for peace, were
practical and workable. But he lacked the hell
raising power of the "hindsighters'' of his era.
Henry Cabot Lodge and William Borah fought
tooth and toena to keep America out of the League
OF Nations. They lacked the foresight to vision
that our entry would have given the necessary
moral force to this idea, which would have work
cd had it been given fair chance.
We did not go into the League, which conse-
quehtly became weak and two decades later con-
tllct which threatens to become more disas-
troua than the first sweeps the world.
Hlndsighters,' too, Stanley Baldwin of
England and Premier Laval of France in 1885
when Mussolini unleashcd his unwarranted attack
on helpless, little Ethiopia. They just could not
toresee the evil force that they turning loose
on a peaceful world and the subsequent disastrous
result 1t would have for not only other smaller
nations of Europe, but for England and France as
well.
THE TALE OF SELASSIE
Not only "foresighter" but almost prophetic
dlrlng this period sad-eyed Emperor Halle
Selasse, who foretold the doom that awaited 9th
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
West Virginia Governor
Is Seeking Negro Troops

CHARLESTON, w Va. amp
If the request Of West Virginia's
new governor is honored by the wa1
department, the state may soon
have its first Negro troop battalion
III history.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
Hindsight! Foresight!

MORE HINDSIGHT than foresight! How often
we nave heard this charge made against our fell
low beings who Just fail to erasn the trend of
Things and stubbornly stand in the way of those
oftlmes the "hindsighters'' are tragic figures
allo the role they have played in recent world his
tory is one not to he enyied From +he nost world
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
War Department
Gets Request
For Battalion

Gov. M. M. Nicely has asked Sec
retary of War Harry l.. Stinson tC
authorize the immediate organiza.
ton of the battalion under author
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01

A. r. Wheeler, mortician,
prominent churchman, fraternal
and civic leader, has accepted
the craftsmanship of the Second
Annual Membership Campaign of
the Knoxville Cansler Branch Y.
M. c. A., February 21-March S,
and will be aided by Bronze May
or DIR. J. Fl. Presnell. The Knox
vile Y is the newest Association
in the country and has just re-
Gently secured as executive secre.
tary, David N. Howell of Dallas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14

port them. much less ask
brother 10 do 80.
Marry the girl you love,
Johnny. II your sister wanted
10 marry she would no doubt do
so and expect you 10 stand the
expense of her wedding. Help
her 10 find . Job and let her
learn what responsibility is. In
this way she will built her char
acter and In the future be . bet
ter wife TO some young man be-
cause Of IT,"
Louise Reed. age 20.
io8 Elizabeth ST.
Otsego, Mich.
$3.50 price
This real life story, told by
Ray McConahy OF Bangor, Mich.
warns John OF what might hap
pen to him II he doesn't marry
now.
ITO be a good son IL q very
cOmmendable trait OF any young
man." writes Ray, but ] know
a fine type of gentleman whose
life was ruined because he al
ways put his mother first.
In his youth he never had .
date that his mother and sister
didn't spoil with their plans
until the dates were just not
worth while making NJ all. The
years have rolled on, the mother
was patiently cared for BY the
son until her death, the sister
married and has six children,
and still turns 10 her brother
when In financial difficulties.
The man IL now perhaps forty
years Of age and lives alone In
the hons where he lived with
his mother.
II CLAIM THAT HIS
MOTHER AND SISTER
ROBBED HIN o y HIS BIRTH
RIGHTS
Il love 10 help my mOtheFI
but when ] CONS 10 marriage
sbIe age and find IN honorable
lady whom ] wish 70 marry, ]
feel ] can do 10 with . clear
conscience"
Ray McConahy, age 10,
5 Bangor st.. Bangor, Mich.
$3.50 prize)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
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Leave his wite tor any number
OF reasons"
Darrell y. Duncan, age 25
267 w. Ferris street,
Galesburg, Illinois.
$40 PRICE
CIT Is EVERY MANS RIGHT
TO TAKE A WIFE AND MAKE
A HOMR!" argues Louise Reed
OF Otsego. Mich, and proceeds
10 put Sis on the spot.
1T IL undeniabIy a noble ges-
ture for q son and brother TO
help support his mother and
sister, but when they expect him
10 make n great personal sacri-
flee TO the extent OF giving up
marriage 10 the girl he loves,
then, I think, they are selfish.
IF it isn't possible for the
mother TO keep her home and
daughter without aid from her
son. then 1t Is high time the
daughter did something TO con-
tribute. Most girls OF 20 don't
even expect their fathers 10 sup