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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-11-01

PIge 7 Murphy of the Traffic and
'lhance Division OF the Record
Vour, has appointed Referee
'riney Fitzsimons to hear ali
Iplaln's originated by the Board
Iheal'h and the Building and
Fy Enclneering department.
filzsimons was active in the
pong and real estate field before
loihed Judge Makers stan as
clerk.
|euse Maher said that in his re-
'ouF Of inspection OF housing
ra"on he learned OF the condi-
n under which some Negroes
forced to live. He said thar
\ were unbearable and thought
me assignment of a SPECIAL
re 70 handle the complaints
elean up this deplorable condl-
was the best duty he could
E y.m 10 help these unfortunate
ss revealing Of the bad housing
['uons was brought out at the
Oh Joseph Sarnoff, east side
|o'u VINO was charged with fail
20 DO anything TO repair the
- No rented. Sarnoff Is alrea1y
sentence OF 90 days, which
"a appealed. lie was found
III ny Judge Maher on 10 OF 20
'alhls. and was given 60 days
I'a,h OF two convictions. to be
H. eohcurrently. In addition.
as placed on probation for one
vi me others. He was order
tolrect the housing and health
lion, lions pending which the cor
ION counsel will seek 10 pad
'ne unsafe premises.
~ Edith weInstein. step
||.er OF Sarnoff and his assis-
N the management OF the
|,s .s.y was also found guilty
|'use Maher on three of four
Jug violations. She was fined
VI me alternative OF 30 days
4 I'D Detroit House Of correct'oo.
|D css Maher suggested TO toe
s.ion Counsel's Office that
III . action he taken TO con-
H. ne OF the houses owned by
Ia Among the houses sug
Why oy Judge Mdher 10 be closed.
Use leaking roofs, crumblIns
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-11-01
In Bonding Business

Andy Gilmcr, for many years a
star salesman for Tiyoli Brewing
company. announces that he has
entered the bonding business. spe-
cializing in bail bonds and license
bonds. His office is located at 1880
st. Antoine street, telephone RAN
dolph l5oS.
Mr.. Gilmer Is well known and
highly esteemed in the community
and his many friends wish him
much success In his new business
onfcrnricc
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-11-01
GRAFT WITNESS GETS
15-DAYS ON CONTEMPT
Negro Soldiers Ask
For Weekly Papers
To Aid The Morale

In A conference with James
Campbell, NAACP investigator.
who went 10 Custer 10 make fur
thcr investigation Of the ar
Kansas incident" the soldiers OF
the oath requested that the peo-
pie in Detroit send colored news
papers.
The NAACP Is urging inter-
csted citizens who want to aid
the boys and lift their morale
and spirit, send a subscription
to the library Of all regiments
containing Negro soldiers. Any
one wishing 10 give subscrip-
ton may do so through the
NAACP or have II mailed direct.
All subscription contributions
can be mailed to the NAACP. 446
East Warren, Detroit.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-11-01

%. lail and placed Mrs Whitby inc
charge Of the Alfred Welfare dis
trssi which comprises so workers
II OF whom are Negroes.
Born to the Rev. and Mrs Ber-
nard Tyrell in Iynchburg, Va. Beu-
iah Tyrell received her elementary
training in her home town She
was graduated from Virginia Semi
nary and Oberln college. Ohio.
where she majorcd in sociology.
Graduate work in that field was
taken at the University OF Chicago
and The New York school Of Social
Work. and in 1910 this industrious
young woman received her masters
degree from the University Of Mich
igan.
becomes Wife And Mother
Intcrspersing these hours OF
training were duties at work and at
home. Miss Tyrcll became the wife
OF Charles r.. Whitby. Detroit den
list in 1927 while employed as
curt worker in tho Women's diyi-
,aion OF the Police department Her
first child, Patricia, was born in
1929. The following year Mrs.
Whithy gave birth to her second
daughter. Charlita.
Mrs. Whithys experience in the
Welfare department began with tho
Job OF social case worker in 1891.
BY 1885 her capabilities had become
so outstanding that she was given
the supervision of the training Of
students Of social work. She also
took charge OF the program plan
ming for the case workers before
she was appointed TO her present
post.
Has Numerous Interests
In extensive lecture tours, social
minded Beulah Whitby has touch
ed the lives of many people in pro-
iessional. religions. fraternal and
social circles. The gracious lady
has ability. an aptitude for organ
ization work and an innate un-
derstanding OF people that has
made her the idol OF hundreds
throughout tho United States.
Though finding IL necessary to
give up many outside interests, the
new welfare appointee is at pre-
sent national vice president OF the
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. an
executive board member Of the
American Association OF Social
Workers. the local Social Workers
club, and the Urban league.
However, Mrs. Whitby still
dreams OF other goals. She Is es-
pecially anxious TO make literary
contributions on administrative
supervision in social work. a field
in which relatively little has been
done. or course she finds relaxa-
ton in the hours she spend with
her two charming daughters, and
in the warm months enjoys ten
mis-. hiking and swimming with
them at the family's summer cot
tage.
The success story OF Beulah r.
Whitby is simple story OF vision
and the desire To see job we'll
done. She believes that one Of the
fundamental factors Of individual
happiness. from both a social and
economic aspect lies in an under
standing OF all people with whom
and about whom one lives.
Continued on page ~
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-11-01

DR.. Charles II. wesley. dean OF
the graduate school. Howard uni
versity, will he guest speaker at
Plymouth Congregation church.
Sunday, Nov. rs. lie IN scheduled
IN sneak AZ Sp.m.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-11-01
Man
Also jailed For
Contempt
Witnesses Are
Reluctant To
ak In Court

Louis Spann operator Of the
Central Detective Agency. vas tsn-
fenced 70 the County jan Tor IS
aa-s ~ r,r.,.t JUDGE Earl G PUG
sley WEDNESDAY after NE had been
ci,cd Tuesday for contempt Of
court
Spann witness az the tlsl II
former Mayor Richard " Reading
and So other charged with con-
spting 20 operate fhe SloonN.opD
numbers racket was convicted of
giving testimony ln conflict with
thar no made before the grand ary.
Denies Grand Jury Testimony
TIE witness admn'cd bis agency
acted as guards whil large sums Il
money were taken daily 10 the bank
stom the Watson investment COM
pany
Aithoush confronted vrh The
Testimony he had given before the
grand furs Spann denied that he
had been hircd By Watson 20
euard The money for tie yellow
Doc. He SAID he did no know any
thing about policy houses
Alex Wills sclf-admitted 'or-
MGR pickup man for tho Biz Four,
was arrested and hold after he had
ooniradi,tod the testimony he had
given before 'ho grand july
Wanted Him To Say That
"Thai> what you wanted mo 70
say. Willis tod Chester +. OHara.
special prosecutor when confronf-
cd with testimony ,ha' thu metal
Tags issued 10 pickup mon Was 70
be shown police Whenever they
were arrested.
Clinton WOodson who VAS Pr
rested after ic-tfyins last Ncdues-
day Was named 10 D perjury war;
ran' recommended Tuesday ~ Jg-
lisn G. Mclnfa~h chief assist "a
prosecuol Wcudson j. 90 De III.
raicncd before judge pugsley lr,.
e.
out ON SS.OO0 Bond
Tho warIan' charge, Wnodsn,
I'm Dcccmhcg lesg testified htfoe
Inc grand iusy 'aW BE- and Guar
Nosley. then engaged in the pol v
racket had paid money 10 pol
officers and members o, tho PRO
Cutor~ office Noodson denied {
when he testified las Wcdrcsday
He Is now out on $4,000 hond
Andrew q Young o. Will havs
an opporiuniy this week GO "ln-
prove his memory lle was warmed
by Judge pugsley Monday and then
dismissed nom the stand and IN
struc;cd 10 return la'ot
Young who wa r'iuC ant % tes-
tify aeains, Everett watson and
denied secret testimony civcn he-
fore the grand jury In which he
linked Watson with fhc operation
OF the yellow Dog policy and aum-
hers house.
After court session, Watson ask
cd permission to talk 60 Young IN
dramatic sidclight Watson told
Young 70 tell the truth
Young admitted ne received
S20 a week in 1894 to accompany
Miss Louise Throwcr, p defendant
and alleged cashier OF the Watson
rolicy house. on collection trips
But Young said he did not know
from when she collected tho money
He also denied knowing Watson's
connection with the yellow Dog.
Jimmy McAfee and Monroe Hunt
or were two witnesses who testified
Friday both admitting that they
had worked a. cashiers for tho Big
-Four McAfec said he had been
hired by Al Gaskill and later pro-
noted TO cashier by William X.
Robinson
Dan Ellis testified that he had
been hired by John W Roxborough
in 1882 to act at Waterman. and
vas later made guard TO protect
the transfer Of money.
fCoufinuad IN noUe a.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-11-01

Mrs. Bella Mason. 25. 1921 r Will
lis. was stabbed in the back by her
husband Tuesday morning during
an argument in their home Her
condition was reported serious bx
Receiving hospital physicians.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-11-01
West Side Ministers Call Meeting
To Discuss Juvenile Delinquency

United Christian, John Wesley A.
NJ. E. Zion, and Second Grace A.ME.
churches.
All citizens are urged TO attend.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-11-01
Pldlord Is Jailed For Renting OF
|bstandard Homes, Daughter Fined

Charging that landlords have capitalized on the hous-
shortage to defy tenants who ompan against the con-
ions and to boost rents for novels condemned both by
board of health and building and safety engineering
larmont inspectors Judges Thomas II. Maher and
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-11-01
Success of Mrs. Beulah Whitley
Climaxed by Welfare Promotion
BY Harriet Robinson

De-
YWCA devotion
Chy's Welfare
o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
Encourage the Goose

Along with the Federal governments drive to sell United States Savings Bonds, it would be in order for the government to encourage the public to invest part of its savings in private enterprise. The pros perity of this country is based on the private enterprise system. Our govern ment should be interested in promoting a system that is the life blood of the nation and the source of all tax revenue that maintains government itself. It should take good care of the goose that lays the golden eggs.
 While the government is demanding and receiving so much from industry during this national emergency, it should try to strengthen it in every possible manner. But strange as it may seem, there are many industries in this na- tion that are today being handicapped by lack of government cooperation, or by planned government policies which re- strict or compete with them. Electricity, oil, and coal are good examples; they are faced with the threat of Socialization backed by the government itself.
 Instead of such destructive policy, government should help safeguard private enterprise which big and little investors own. Such investments make it possible for this nation to prosper and carry out its national defense program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
Tyranny Threatened at Home

Right now, wrote Frank R. Kent recently, there is drive on ito utilize the national crisis to push the union frontiers forward to the point where a tight labor monoply will be so firmly established that neither man nor woman can get or hold a job unless he or she is a member of union. If, through closed shop, checkoff and complete unionization of all labor, the monoply now sought should be acquired, the power of the labor leaders would be irresistible. They would become the real rulers of the nation, superior to the gov ernment itself. The people of this country would live under tyranny as intolerable in many ways as any of those we denounce abroad"
 Those are strong words, but late events have fully justified them. The lust of some labor leaders for more power is unsuitable. It is these leaders who have made extortionate demands upon such industries as coal, the railroads, aircraft plants, etc. It is these Leaders who have set their own ambitions ahead of the very safety of the nation. It is these leaders who have actually defied government. It is these leaders who are out to destroy the right of man to earn his living whether he is a member of union or not.
 There are definite signs which indicate that thu. public has at last become aroused and alarmed When any group attempts to leash in" on the gravest crisis ill our history, the American people will even- tually rebel.
 Honest and patriotic working men have a chance to clear the labor movement of the onus that has been cast on it by the actions of irresponsible, ruthless leaders. It is up to the rank and file within the union ranks to clean house. If labor fails to do that, it will simply court disaster. It will risk the loss of the many deserved gains it has made over the years. It will invite harsh legislation. A strike in defense now is nothing more or less than deliberately planned Sabatoge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22

The cost of preparedness is high. Every body is worried, and rightly so, about the increase in government debt, the cost, in money and time and sacrifice, of de- fenSe.
 All roads are costly today. On the other side, take look at France, which did not prepare well enough. Four hun dred thousand francs day France pays to Germany for the inestimable privilege of entertaining in it's midst a conquering German army. How much that is in money is hard to say, because franc to- day is what Berlin says it is. But you annual indemnity of 146,O00, 100000 francs is more than twice Frances annual receipts, more than all other French expenditures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
The St. Lawrence and Defense

Writing in the New York Journal American, one of Americas most diStin- guiShed economists, Dr. Lewis Haney of New York University, said that this is no time to force through Congress, by Sub- terfuge and bare majority, the WaSteful St. Lawrence scheme which would injure so many industries and sections of the country. First, he observed, the water way or transportation part of the scheme cannot be completed for many years, and so has no bearing on present defense needs.
 Second, any abnormal need for power which exists is due to war emergency, and should be met in the quickest possible way. That way is by the swift conStruc- tion of steam plants, not by the conStruc- tion of hydro plants which will take four or five years to put in operation, and whose efficiency is dependent upon such impOnderables as weather, rainfall, ice, etc. He emphasized the fact that the the private utility industry has un- derway a two-billion dollar expansion program, and that the road to quick results lies in encouraging these efforts. Third, the St. Lawrence would make still more critical the skilled labor shortage, by diverting thousands of workmen to the long, slow process of building canals and dams.
 "In one breath we are told that we must sacrifice and save and speed up the production of vital war supplies, and cut non-defense spending to the bone," Dr. Haney concluded. "In the next breath we are told to go in for huge water power and seaway project that will not be available for years and will cost the L ap to the people of this country to ap. praise this scheme in the light of the nations emergency, and let their Sena- tors and Congressman hear from tEem." Tn short, defeat of the St. Lawrence project would be a. real aid to national defense even as construction of the project rFnasld wstnrd vital defepGe activities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
Confidence in Our Army

We believe in American youth. We be- lieve in the portion of that youth now serving in the New Army. From what seen and heard of them. we believe no finer body of men ever stepped forward to defend their country. We believe they will not be found wanting when the test comes, whether that test is the test of battle or the test of a long course of training without the tensions and excite ments that drive men through an actual campaign in war. Because we are so sure that American youth is sound and true, we believe in the future of the United States of America.
 There have been mutteringS and mumblingS of late, both in print and out of it, which suggest that there is certain amount of discontent among the men of the New Army. It would be strange if there were not. It is not easy to give up year, and then another IS months of ones life to military preparedness It is even harder in country not actually at war than when war is actually under way, for the excitement the all-embracing high tension, are absent. It's all grind and no glamor.
 Nevertheless it is being done. Secre- tary of War Stimson speaks straight from the shoulder when he tells ''you men of the New Army: e.. out of your de- votion there is being created the most effective fighting force which this coun- try has ever known in time of peace"
 Such discontent as exists (and there is always some, in any army) comes, we believe, from lack of more thorough un- derstanding of just what the United States is up against. Secretary Stimson, reviewing the way in which Germany, Japan, and Italy have, in seven years, at- tackled and overrun 16 countries, shows clearly the prospects for actual attack on this country, and the steps taken m building defense outpoStS, to keep war away from America. He shows clearly that the Germans alone have trained army of seven million, all fanatics, and all professionals and veterans" In any clash, even in the outposts, against such force, Git would be crime against you yourselves to send you half-trained. ="
 The mere size of the present American Army, a million and half men, Is a guaranteee that no wild adventures in foreign wars are contemplated" Such an army, if trained to something approach ing German finish, might be sufficient to handle situation involving the invas- ion of one of the outposts. It certainly does not approach the huge five or six million men necessary to any "all-out" invasion of Europe. It cannot, by it's mere size, be anything but defensive army.
 We have confidence in it and in the men who make it up. They will go through with what the country has de- cided it needs for it's safety.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
In Today's Mail
WRITER SAYS CITY'S TRYING TO SAVE MONEY AT Ex-
 TENSE OF EMPLOYEs

August 19, 1941. Editor of The Democrat:
 Just a line to comment on your editorial entitled Good Govern ment. If the City of Waterbury is saving so much money why can't they afford to give the city em- ployes more pay to meet the high cost of living. And why do the firemen have to risk their lives rid ing in broken-down fire trucks? If cats and dogs were riding around in such junk the Humane society would be called in to pro- tect them. I read in your paper some time ago that the City of Waterbury was too poor to pay for the care of crippled firemen and was arguing over e few hundred dollars nurses bills. The next dag I read in the paper that the city had sold over one million dollars worth of bonds.
 well perhaps some other taxpay. CT can figure out how we are bet- ter off, but I'll be alarmed # I can. l also heard Of some city Workmen having Co furnish their own tools to work with. It looks to me as # the city help were allowed 10 gaf~ fer in order t0 make a showing for tho politicians.
 Yours truly,
 A nmApHR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22

Can you answer seven 0k tA09o I test questions? Turn to hack page for the answers.
 1. If an anthropophaginian had you for dinner, he would eat you true or false?
 2. Repeat the words of the firse line of the second stanza of '@ThN ar-Spangled Banner"
 3. Who was called Good sQuee1 BeSs"?
 1. The Spanish American Wal occurred in the administration. o4 President Harrison, Mckinley, o1 Theodore Roosevelt?
 5. Detroit, Flint, Lansing, Poni tiac and Jackson are Michigar cities that are leading centers q which manufacturing industry?
 6. In military slang, '.hash mark means service stripe, 8 plate O1' hash, or a demerit for bc1Hg lat6| to dinner?
 T. What two words are used td guide oxen?
 8. What is the middle name o1 Alfred E. Smith, noted political figure2
 3. Was George Washington an only child?
 10. what nations fought the Bet tie of Marathon?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22
Current Comment

One day it will fall upon the New World to uphold and defend the civilization which has already begun to decay in the old. And only by Union will that be accomplished. Simon Boliver 100 years ago,
 quoted by Frederick E. Has,
 Ter, president Pan American
 Society.
 The major events of our time are SO essentially anti- Christian that against their terrific background Christian faith seems to many to be mere wishful thinking. Q pleasant fairyland.
 --Rey. Harry Emerson Fosdlck.
 pastor New York Riverside
 Church.
  Whatever may be in store for us, you can count on the people. They will not fail un.
 U. 6. District Judge George A.
 Welsh. Philadelphia after e o00-miie bicycle tour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-22

you didn't know Chip had been out of town for week and wasn't expected?" pursued Mrs. Palmer.
 'No! Is that SO? YOu know it's right hard for me to keep track of Chip" And then Sem
 ator Reynolds added brightly, "But I only dropped in at the cocktail party for 3 minute"
 "No," replied Mrs. Palmer, ayOu only stayed all afternoon talking to the Countess di Frasso and then took her out to dinner afterwards"
 By this time the senator from North Carolina had nothing more to say.
 JAPANESE HOSTAGES
 Japan's holding of the hundred Americans as virtual hostages for our freezing of Japanese funds, and in case we get even tougher with Japan, contrasts wildly with the State Department appease- ment policy toward Japanese spies in the past.
 It was only short time ago that J. Edgar Hoover rounded up 37 spies in New York, including a Japanese foreign language off, Ger who was representative of the Japanese government. Hoover had the goods on him cold. But though 1t never leaked out, the State Department would not even permit him to arrest the Japan eSe. He was told to go back home.
 G-rllen also arrested a full fledged officer in the Japanese navy, Lieut. Commander Itaru Tatibana, for bribing a D. s. navy man to sell him naval secrets. Tatibana,s room was full of what he thought was important naval information at the time of his arrest-though 1t was out of date and phoney. The Japanese lieutenant comman- der was held on $50,O0O bail un- til the State Department inter- vened and forced the Justice De- partment to send him back to Tokyo. Having these spies in custody now would have come in handy for putting pressure on the Japanese to release the 100 Amer jeans.
 Copyright, 1941, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl