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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-06-14
Editors Mail

Mr. !. 2. Mccall
The Detroit Tribune
Detroit. Mich.
Dear Mr. Mccall:
On behalf Of Ebenezer AME
church and myself. | wish 10 thank
you for the splendid cooperation
slven us In the presentation OF the
Wings Over Jordan ensemble.
We feel that the affair was
phenomenal success which was
made possible by your cooperation
Sincerely yours.
NJ X. Fritz
'hrm.. Program Com.
George w. Baber
Minister
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-06-14
Synopsis

nVK.R
Phillip Conrad. prosecuting
attorney. marries Barbara Ar
mold 20 spite her brother Bruce
Arnold who knows Conrad Is a
NEGRO. Arnold had many
years ago ruined the life OF
Conrad's sister. Meantime.
their political associate. Tony
Wallberg. i murdered. Made
line Day. colored maid i ac-
cused. C0nradS resengefui
marriage 10 Barbara has lost
It's significance and he thinks
only of Madeline and her love-
illness. Barry BARTON. young
Negro newspaper reporter and
Dale weston. her attorney be-
iieSe In the Day girls innoc-
ence. and are suspicious Of
Wallberg's business partner,
Peter Dean with whom Fay.
Wallberg has been having a
secret love affair. Attorney
Weston and Young Barton 90
10 the dead mans home where
they lind report III detectives
who had been hired to follow
Fay Wallberg and Peter Dean.
Ruth. Madeline pays sister. Il
planted in the apartment of
Fay Wallberg where one e,e-
Ing Attorney and Mrs. Philip
Conrad and Peter Dean are
guests. while they are occu-
pied With bridge. Ruth tGaes
from fay'> desk an important
note written her by Peter Dean
two days after the murder
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-06-14

khols out Al the plate with perfect
throw which enabled the catcher
10 tar McMickhols out as he came
tagging home.
The game was over. The score. !
10 o, hut the fans are still talking
a houf AZ
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-06-14
Traffic Hints For Pedestrians

Failure to pause at the curb
and look left and right for fast
moving vehicles is a common
cause OF pedestrian injuries.
Haste makes waste" and THE
more haste. the less speed" were
considered wise saying long before
the motor age dawned. and their
truth Is emphasized by this COM
paratively new thing called traffic
safety. Yet hve minutes observa-
iion VIII convince any bystander
mat the general public ingnores
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-06-14
A Daily Prayer
BY Charles Everett Jackso,

DEAR GOD. rise in thee,
To witness forth another day.
I've slept the night out peacefully,
And thanks to thee twas spent that way.
No over hanging clouds of strife,
Didst greet me, Lord, when arose,
! see no undue loss of life
The plants cen stem in calm repose
Another of thy days has come
That follows after darkest night
And of its hours l live its sum
And spend unto an end it light.
Thou knowest, Lord, | live in thee,
And trust in thee for everything
Without thy aid could not be
Dear Lord, SO | must closely cling
If forget thee. savior mine
Whilst I'm unthoughtful through the day
Forget me not Lord. am thine
'Tis this, the humble prayer pray.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-06-14
So Long To A Friend
by Josephine Howard

THE LITTLE GIRL I've loved so long
Who lives just across the street
Is going to move tomorrow,
New friends she'll have TO meet.
Ny mother has always told me,
Bless her sweet dear heart,
That even the very best of friends
Sometimes have to part.
Maybe through death or moving
She did not say just how;
Now that Pauline is going to leave
| see it clearly now.
] have pain here in my heart.
For years we have been friends.
Thou she's far from being dead
| feel this is the end.
Pauline Jones that is her name
Sometimes call her Paul,
Should ever ask favor
Not once did she stall.
Oh! Yes. we've had our falling outs
Maybe two or even three
1t only last half day
Then we'd laugh and talk with gles
Happy Birthday" dear
Excuse me, forgot
Many more happy ones child
And please forget me not.
What Pauline? Why I'm not crying
MY eyes are weak that's all
1t seem each time blink
A tiny tear drop falls.
Although I'll see you each day
In dear old Miller school;
II seems you're leaving me for good
! know I'm just fool.
Tell your mother said goodbye
I'll miss her too dear heart
| can bet she hates to leave
And from her friends depart.
Say tears are tinglng down your cheeks
There, there, now don't you cry
Why, I'll be seeing you around
So it's really not goodbye.
Some fun we've had these past six years
Secrets, we kept from mother
Those sorrows and those cares
We've shared with just each other.
I'm getting weak cannot write,
I've even lost my appetite
MY eyes are wet. m yhand IL shakes
My head is Keeling, my heart it aches.
So closing with
The phrase and song
I'm not saying. Goodbye
But Just $50 Long"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-06-14

II took only a moment To open
the draWaers 10 the Kitchen table
where She generally kept her shah
by black purse and hastily tucked
The letter the letter from Fay
desk inside her purse. the memo
pad aud handkerchief, taken from
Peter Deans uyercoat Was trans
ferred from her blouse and took
their places In the black confines
% her pocket book along with tho
letter.
She just had time to rush the
waste basket back to Fay's bed
room and was placing her serving
tray on the table when Fay rang
for her.
Ruth lost no time in her dash
from table TO refrigerator and in
and IN minute more stood be-
fore Fay and her guests with tray
OF tall slender gobblets filled with
iingling ice. and sparkling amber
drinks decorated with a bright red
cherry IN It's center
SAID Fhllip looking AT Ruth
Il bet these maids dctest having
10 serve dinner party on Christ
mas day
Fay glanced at Ruth. who gave
her tired smile as she placed the
glasses on the table.
IL know you must be tired Glare
hell have wotkpd Won uuttguai
ly hard these last few DAYS
That's all right Mrs. Wallberg
I'm here to work
This drink is delicious" said
Barbara touching her lips to her
glass.
"It is good" said Peter Dean.
Nothing lifts one up after a hard
bridge game like cool drink"
Il wonder II there's law against
stealing a friends maid p Philip
smiled a Fay
You're a lawyer you ought 10
know Barbara answered for Fay
and gave Philip a penetrating look.
Peter. Fay laughed. please
have my attorney look into this
and " | should loose my maid I'll
sue philin FOR breach of something
khols out al the plate with perfect
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-06-14
\ NON-PARTISAN
NEWSPAPER
POETS CORNER

EDITORS NOTE;-There IL much poetic talent .n., -
writing enthusiasts Of Detroit and neIghborng cities In or sa
.lst them developing this talent invite these pos.
mil gratis some their 10 tina ~ ~ mh
submitted will be- published this column but tn. r "
The right to reject any poems not deemed suitable far ~
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-06-14
notice.!

The article which sppss,0s,alsd
last last weeks issue ,hoat
Health was written BY !"
sweet
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-28

By ANTHONY RUDD

TIVE place where a Shre"d and
l. forward-looking cid bachelor
like myself. Seth Newly changes
INTO a stiff-necked old fossil who
couldn't recognize and value d new
notion II il up and bit him on the
7ose. comes at the age Of Ga, In
rctty sure.
At the present moment I'm O.
ars II months and few days
ia, in case you're wondering.
And I've Just come from the
5uggenheim Museum. where they
ave been showing the Art Of To-
morrow. or what they suspect the
Art Of Tomorrow Is going 10 be.
] hope and think they're entirely
too pcssimisuc. I've always en-
loyed looking al a Franz Halls. or
A Leonardo. or even something
which was ASTONISHING and mod
ern like Peter Blume's Eternal
City about rwo years ago al the
Whitney Museum
But dOodleS and squIgglcS. with
a couple of iSosceles triangleS
making love to shy rhombus,
are certainly something, though
I'm old-fashioned enough 10 hope
they're not really going to replace
the art I've known and liked.
As l admitted, though, I'm
crowding 63, and probably turn
ing conservative. l surely won I
let on 10 Oracle Leverett that |
have any doubts. You see, I've
always thought Oracle was a
couple Of fast furlongs in front Of
all the other young flllics I'd
known
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-28

She Prophesied That Hitler
Would Die i'm 1870 Now
She's in "a Concentration Camp!
SO Many of Her Other Astonish-
ing Predictions Have Been Ac-
curate That The Petulant
Fuehrer Had TaDtrum When
She Boldly Forctotld His Nlo-
lent End and Promptly Had Her
Taken Into Protective Gus
tOdy." Read About This Re-
markable hungarian Prophecies
and See the Striking Photo
graphs in The American Weekly,
the Magazine Distributed with
Newt Sundays issue ~ The
Detroit sunday Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-28

some intricate and lacy designs
she had made. One of them caught
my fancy. 1t was a holder concep-
ton, of rolling spirals in block
black and white. l said it would
look swell framed.
Lucy took it away, though Next
week she came back with sheet
of drawing paper. On it, India
linked, was my doodle! The poor
kid must have spent every minute
of her time making it for me!
! kind of choked up, gave her
a hug, and took it right down to
get it a pasSepartout frame. I'd
hang it in a place of honor right
over my living room fireplace.
And I did. That was where Lew
BaScom saw it.
Lew is business man who used
to be a buddy of mine in Cuba,
and on the chase after Aguinaldo
when we both were leathernecks.
! He leaves his Long Island City
factory and comes up for a week s
bird shooting with me each Au-
tumn.
SO it was I found him looking
at my framed doodle, fitting his
head sideways, then back, looking
like a rooster who's just come on
la luscious worm and doesn't know
whether to call the hens or eat
lit himself.
Didn't know you did design
ing. Seth" he said in a queer
voice.
"Oh. that" I said. not think
ing. That's just "A doodle--and
l thought it looked sort of cute,
so 1 framed it,"
Yeah" he drawled. His eyes
were very queer. "Well, Seth"
he said, taking a long breath.
nave thO
linOleum In one. and American
Oriental rugs i'm the other. I'll
give YOU $500 for that doodle
there. And il you've got more
of EN- in your system, L can use
from six 10 dozen every year.
Why, man. that's splendid
original design. VIII you sell II ."
sat down so suddenly my old
! Morris chair broke. But | sat ana
stared UP at him, my brain be-
ginning 10 function. What this
could mean 10 Gracie'
make IL a thousand, YOU skin
flint" ! had nerve to say.
What? Why, doggone YOU for
n Shylock. All right, Seth. I'll
write YOU a check. Need 10 have
1t CERTIFIED" And he kind of
[ Snecred.
Right then though, 7 told him
iall about backward Oracle Lever
EFT and her doodles. He got 50
excited he was pacing up and down
the floor, my framed picture under
his arm.
"Why, the girl must be
genius" he kept saying over
and over. "She should have
preparation. then course at the
National Academy OF Design -.
and maybe Paris, II she
wants
Well, you can see how Oracle
was taken right off our hands. Hel
career as high-salaried designer
has bew written up plenty in tho
magazines. -Four or five years
F later she married Lew Bascomb's
son Ed, though she still uses her
maiden name on all her work. And
every Christmas she sends me a
new framed doodle ...
That's why I'm goINg 10 pretend
10 her I'm just crazy about this
Art OF Tomorrow
THE END
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-28
BAD INFLUENCE

you've been a bad influence.
Seth Newly" she told me caus-
tically. Instead of helping her.
you've encouraged her 10 70
around with her head full of
Seth, that even In schOolrOom,
nonsense. Why. do you realize,
that girl dOOdIes ?"
/ felt myself getting red and
tongue-tied - not knowing then
that all this meant was making
little figures on paper, like every
one does when he telephones and
has 10 wait for the connection ]
really thought ii was something
else -- something gosh. ! didn I
know what
Nhy-why--" | Stammered.
"c-can't YOU 70 20 n doctor, and
have her cured" Or"
Selma positively bugled through
Der thin nose. and glared white
fury.
seth Newly" she Shrillcd II
never have been 30 insultcd i'm
my life! shall never speak TO
YOU again In this world"
She hasn't either. But that
somehow has failed 10 break my
heart. | don't 20 much for Selma
RichardSeS good as they are.
| did a little quiet research on
the mysterious. SIN Of duodling.
Then ] Old have a good belly laugh
al old Selma and at my own
ignorance which had made me
almost ready 20 believe the worst
Of sweet little Oracle Lcverett
frechand figures on the
margins Of her textbooks lior-
r.blc
RIoIJ( DISPLAY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-28
NEVER DONE BEFORE

And now when she's 81. and
getting TO be known all over the
world fef-tifthgs like her Comet
Complex which looked 10 me
like a typical scarlet fever rash
complicated by part of a black
board demonstration Of Theorem
XII in Euclid-I'm going to do
something I've never done with
another human being. and that's
four-flush.
I'm going to try and make her
believe l saw all this coming, years
ago, when Oracle was bare
footed brat with a hangdog look
on her thin face, and a very bad
report card from sixth grade .
The Leveretts were the worst
kind of poor. BY that l mean they'd
always had family position. and
for three or four generations there
had been money enough so they
could keep up with society around
Lenox, Lee and Stockbridge.
But the inevitable shirtsleeve
generation came around again, and
il was little Gracie'S i'll luck. 10
be the first-born of the young
shirtsleeved patrician who sulked
through a few years Of married
life. believing the world owed HIM
blooded cattle and horses and
limousines. when all il would allow
him were a fsv scrawny chickens
and a Mhnalh rt.nAn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-28
LUCY LIKED HER

Lucy liked the kid. I know she
sometimes made packs Of sand.
witches and wrapped them up.
Then, when il was dark. she'd slip
out and 90 somewhere. returning
without the sandwiches.
just pretended not 10 notice
but / knew right well that ii
Oracle Leverett hadn't had bite
now and then from Lucy tho poor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-28
EXCELLED IN ONE STUDY

Oracle simply could not get
along at school, She was brilliant
in just one thing, arithmetic-and
later, algebra and geometry. any
kind Of math she could get. But
she failed this and that right along
and that made Selma furious.
She tried TO help Oracle with
her lessons. and did manage &c
get her to passing. Just that
Never a five-point margin in any
thing but math.
Selma was determined TO put
Oracle through high school, but II
did appear hopeless. Finally the
old maid rather gave up, had
Oracle start tipping and shorthand
and promised TO let her stop
school when she was good enough
so She could get and hold an Office
Job.
But even then tiracte- eealdR
make the grade She didn't pro-
igreSS. She'd come over once IN a
while TO see me. and cry. but ]
Icouldn do anything about It.
Then. one day Selma herself
dripping icicles, came over and
accused me 10 my face Of en-.
couraging Oracle in idleneSS anc
ways of sin.
1t seemed that Oracle had re.
fused TO 60 to church one rainy
Sunday or something like that
Selma could have stood most any
thing but that Oracle had beer
over visiting me.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-28

kid never would have got her
growth
A little later. when my sister 5
war hubby came back from France,
I let Lucy and him have the east
so, With the old Smalley house
on il. They had enough to set
up in good shape, and right away,
darned if Lucy didn't want to
adopt Oracle Leverett.
That didn't happen. though,
Oracle was being taken care OF
strictly and well enough in mate
rial ways now, by a spinster aunt.
The aunt dressed Oracle better,
fed her well, made her go to
church twice on Sunday and 10
prayer meeting once. study her
school lessons, and be in bed by
9 o'clock.
The aunt was a Christian woman
who knew her duty, and did It,
However, l always thought pri-
vately that Selma Richards would
have been 10 times as nice if she {
Just had little bit of sin an,
human understanding in her.
She was as exact as slide rule
and Just as cold Oracle Away
was frightened to death OF her.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-28
HATED FARM LIFE

Gracie's mother was not q
patrician. She was worse. She
was q western Massachusetts, farm
girl who hated diaries. corn fields
and even the sight Of a row OF
lusty rutabagas growing in the
kitchen garden.
She must have had the feeling
that when she married young
Lauren Leverett, poor as he was
that the Lord was going to feel
His new responsibilities, and pro-
vide.
Somehow He must bave had
different ideas. perhaps even q
feeling that folks ought 10 hell
themselves 10 a certain extent
For the marriage and Oracle
birth year later only made
things worse and worse and worse
Taking the long view il wa,
lucky that both Of GracieS parents
pickering and squabbiing over
their lacks. took their fight with
them 10 the hereafter before
Gracie's seventh birthday
During those awful days, The
kid used 10 come over across III,
fence 10 my fields. when ] wa,
blowing or narrowing or cultlYat.
ing and walk along or ride
with me
Shed talk 10 me a little looking
up from big brown eyes out Of Z
face so thin it'd make you ashamed
OF the 10 pancakes and syrup you
etc for breakfast So. usually or
Saturdays. when she didn't have I.
be al school, Id take her into
the kitchen. where my sister Lucy
would fill her up with crisp bacon
scrambled ppoS toast and milk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-28
RELUCTANT DISPLAY

! asked Oracle about b.. She
hung back, but finally showed me
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-28

Mondays short story: Just
TrOupers," by Louis Davidson.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01
Boggio'sStory
0fM'Cred Rule
Continued

Cross-examination of Bernard
Boggio. assistant prosecutor dur
ing the regime of Prosecutor Dun
can c. McCrea. was to be resumed
today at the trial of McCrea, for
mer Sheriff Thomas c. Wilcox and
81 others charged with conspiracy
to protect vice and gambling.
Boggio is the final state wit
ness. with the exception of Harry
Colburn. McCrea's former investi-
gator, whose sudden confession of
guilt yesterday electrified the
court room.
When court recessed yesterday,
Boggio was under cross-examina-
ton by Frank G. Schemanske, one
of defense counsel.
TELLS OF GETTING JOB
After testifying that he had
lived in Fort Lauderdale, Fla,
since January of 1898, Boggio said
that he first became chief assist
ant prosecutor in January, 1885.
lie said that he had never seen
a member of the grand jury which
indicted McCrea until 10 days ago.
"In the early part of 1885,
when we first took over the
prosecutors office, went to
McCrea and asked him what the
idea Of all the raids was" Boggio
said. II said, You told me that
you didn't intend to be n reform
prosecutor. that you wouldn't
put the lid on
"McCrea replied that he didn't
= care II they gambIed on the.
City Hall steps, that we would
have the raids for a while and
l then quit"
CHECK OF BOOKIES
Boggio said that he went 10
Colburn in February. 1885. and
told him that the newSpapermen
covering the prosecutors office
we're saying that the raids were
being made just 10 make sure that
the underworld places would pay
off
"Colburn told me that he WAS
having the wire service men fol-
lowed 40 that we would have
complete list of handbooks in
Detroit" Boggio said
II went 90 McCrea and told
him what the newspapermcn
were saying and he sale I've
got TO show who Is prosecutor
and I'm going tn do it
BLOCK COLLECTIONS
Later I asked CoIburn about
a rumor that Sam Block "a key
prosecution witness and admitted
graft collector) was collecting
and paying the money TO Col
burn, and he told me, The only
Block know is a reputable
businessman connected with an
asphalt company
"T went to McCrea about
Block, and he said. Barney, YOU
are always sticking your nose
into the gambling business.
You know wouldn't take
dime, and Harry wouldn't I'M
less I told him to. I'm not
policeman; I can keep my skirts
clear.
81 have a three-sheet com
plant system set up that will
take care of all gambling COM
plants. When I receive a com
plant I will send II 10 the
proper officials and ask them To
investigate and report back to
me.
\ "'You know they will send
uniformed policeman who will
find everything quiet. The COM
plant will be returned to me
showing no gambling, and l will
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01

Informed that the Italian con-
sulate IN Detroit has not complied
with the recent order of the United
States 10 close. the state depart
ment IN Washington today SAID the
consulate will be given little
more time
If. however. the consulate Is not
closed shortly a reminder VIII
be sent. the state department de-
clarcd. Italy was ordered 10 close
the consulate in D trOIt and
Newark. March ;. in retaliation
against the. order of the Italian
government 10 close United States
consuiates IN Naples and Palermo.
Seizure by the coast guard Of
Italian vessels IN American har-
bors. following disclosures Of sabo-
tage. brought 10 light today the
failure Of the italian embassy not
only TO close the. two consulates as
requested in a state department
note Of March 3 but even 10
acknowledge the note
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01
Italian Consulate Here Ignores
u. s. Order 10 Close Up

il is veil known in informed
quarters that -FBI investigation Of
Italian and German consular &C
tivtcs in the United States have
brought TO light substantial evil
dcncc Of offside consular activities.
German and japanese espionage
in the United States apparently
is being directed from San Fran
cisco. with the Toxic and Berlin
governments working in close col
Elaboration. Italian espionage activ-
tiles appear to be centered chiefly
in industrial districts such as De-
troit. Pittsburgh. Cleveland and
New York.
Recent Investigations have con-
WINGED the government that the
AXIS powers are using some of
their larger conSulates as posts Of
command for spying and sabotage
aimed az GRIPPING the American
defense program.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01
Fast Takers Gel
S4O0 From Woman

Two men came 10 60-year-old
Dora KoWch's home at 616 Emer-
son avenue and asked for non
existent Steve KoVch. explaining
they had $1,000 TO deliver TO him.
They agreed 70 leave the money
with Mrs. Kovich if she could show
them $500. She showed them
500 They left. Then she found
the bundle OF money they'd left
her was cut up newspaper, and
that her $500 was gone.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-01

The housing commission tackled
the controversial steel Us. con-
crete discussion again today as II
planned the first steps toward re-
sumption of work at the Herman
Gardens project
With work on the 2.O00-family
housing project approximately one
eighth completed, Charles B. Nc
Grew. technical adviser 10 the
commission, presented a report
showing that a change TO steel
construction now WOULD mean an
additional expenditure OF S53,1l5.
At the same time George Ed
wards. secretary-director Of the
commission who is III in Harper
Hospital, sent a memorandum to
the commission outlining TWO pos
sible plans for proceeding with
the work
Advertise for new bids on
the entire project on the basis