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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30

Erwin Walling. Wayne. paid fine
and costs o. SIS in Belleyil.e justice
court Monday after pleading guilty
10 having teen intoxicated AMI dis
orderly. Gilbert Walling, Waltz, En-
wins grandfather. was given a sus'
pended sentence. The men were ar
rested at Judd and Sherwood Rds.
sunday night by state troopers OF
the Ypsilanti pos. who said the
men we're fighting.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30
Awaits HEARING

Thomas Petsuch. Romulus. was
10 be ar-aigned today on charges Of
having been intoxicated and disor-
derby on a Romulus street. He was
arrested Monday by state police Of
the Ypsilanti post Petsuch was
lodged over night IN the Inkster
tail.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30

ue-oit. Mich. Dec So
BETS No. !. 40a soc doz. b,hs
CARROTS No :. 9OcuS11O doz
CABBAGE-65G9O c u.
PARSNIPS-S141.35 bu.
POTATOES 90c0Sl tu.
TURNIPS-500 soc bu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30
Assessments Made

Assessments for traffic law viola
lions II Justice a. VI. Vandersall' S
court MondaxSnd today included:
B. T. Hammond. city, 81. overtime
parking; T. H. Heffernan, 81. dou
bic parking; George Sokolosky, Ann
Arbor, 50, stop violation; Hugo
Maie-. Milan, 81, parking in re-
stricted zone Lowell Eastman,
city. 81, double parking. Matthew
Nelson. Detroit. IS, speeding; w. c.
Coon Ann Arbor, 81, disregarding
stop sign; Frederick Maher. city
81. overtime parking; W. NJ. An
derson. city, 81, blocking alley; Law
renee c. Rodden, Belleyille. $40.
speeding, and George L. thinner
man, Jr., city, 81, overtime parking.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30
YPSILANTl BRIEFS
Bicycle Recovered

\ bicycle. which had been report.
ed Monday morning by Ernest Quill
lette, 4l3 W. Cross St. TO have been
stolen from his home during the
night, was found by \. y. Glow. $50
y. River st. II was abandoned IN
lis yard.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30
Butter and E1qs

Detroit, Mich, Dec. SC
BU TER Best creamery IN tubs
33i2034lic.
EGGS - Current receipts, 3lAc;
dirties, &c; checks, 26c.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30
Case Adjourned

Justice court hearing OF statutory
charges brought against j. NJ.
French, Detroit. BY On Ypsilanti
girl, was adjourned 10 Jan. ., Mon
day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30

Detroit. Mich, Dec 30-Poul.ry a:
market s.ea ly. Hens. heavy breeds
GOO 2c; leghorns, 16d1Sc; broilers,
heavy, 2I@23c; ducks. 20Q22c;
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30

MRS. X. o. NELSON RITES HERE
Ann Arbor, Mich, Dec. 30-Final
rites were conducted this morning
in Muehiig Chapel for Mrs. Hannah
Dahlke Nelson, widow Of " Wizard
Nelson and FORMER resident OF
Whitmore Lake. who died Tuesday
in Redlands. Calf Rev. Alfred
Mas, Mortified, ofIiciated. Inter
ment was in Forest Hill Cemetery.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30

BUENOS AiRES-INS- Argeno
tine authorities declared today that
the Argentine ambassador to Ber-
lin has been recalled to inform
the government regarding several
international questions.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30
Hunt Rahld poa

Police are hunting a rabld dog
reported in the vicinity of the 700
block of y. River ST. Monday by
Joe S.-ech. 73i y. River st. Mr.
Strech said he saw the dog sitting
in the middle Of the street and froth-
ing al the mouth.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30

Detroit, Mich. Dec. 80
APPLES-Mclntosh. No. l, bu.
Sl250l7j; Spies, No. 1. bu., Sl.oo
oils; Delicious No. /. bu, $3.50
Ml.75.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30
PRODUCE
fMolfs Croe ery)

geese isN zoe. M key hens, 2Sq
&c Io.. toms 2f-3Uc.
Vegetables
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-30

Hubbard squash dbl ..... %
Pepper squash (bu) ......... l25
POULTRY
IRarlfNtl MarLntA
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06
HARLEM ECONOMIC PROB
LENS TO BE DISCUSSED BY
NEGRO EDUCATION GROUP

New York, Dec. 2 CAMP The
13 year old Negro Education club
here has announced it's 1941-42
program of activities, listing as
chief interest, the equalization Of
salaries for Negro teachers, ac-
cording to Mabel Carney, profess
sor of education at Columbia uni
versity's Teachers college.
The purpose of the organization
is to advance the interests of Ne
gro life and education throughout
the United States, to promote fell
1owships, acquaintance and a
spirit de corps among its mem
bers, which are both white and
colored; and to devolp a greater
knowledge, understanding and ap-
probation of Negroes and their
achievements and needs on the
part of white students and faculty
Teachers college. Accomplish
ment of these purposes is to be
attempted through a series of PRO
grams and activities designed to
show the part Negroes play in the
more adequate fulfillment of Am
erican democracy and national
life.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06
JOE LOUIS SUED FOR $4,000
LEGAL FEE

Chicago, Dec. 1 (ANP)-A suit
to collect S10,500 in fees and ex-
penses from the recent divorce
action between Joe Louis Barrow
and his wife, Marva Trotter Bar
row, was filed last Monday by
Atty. Bindley c. Cyrus against
Joe Louis. The divorce bill was
dismissed when the couple be-
came reconciled last Aug. 18th.
The attorney represented Marva
in the divorce proceedings.
The bill sets forth that Atty.
Cyrus was hired by the couple On
October 9, 1910, in connection
with the suit and a property set
tlement. Mrs. Barrow's suit was
filed last July 8, and the couple
reunited during the hearing of her
motion for temporary alimony.
The petition asks $4,000 for fees
and $500 for expenses incurred
and advanced by the attorney dur
inging the handling Of the case. A
jury rferee was requested by the
attorney to decide the case.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06

blanks and sending them into the
specific navy yard along with a
certificate from their defense train
ing school or teacher. Thousands
of jobs are now available.
This information was obtained
from the office of DR.. Robert l..
Weaver, chief of the Negro en-
ployment and training branch of
OPM, which has been expeditirg'
the employment of Negro trainees
in these posts.
Typical of this new practice it
was pointed out, is the action OF
the Norfolk Navy yard, at Ports
mouth, Va, in accepting defense
training graduates. Negro and
white. as helpers in the follow
ing crafts; blacksmithing, boiler
making; electrician; machinists;
molder; pipefitter; rigger; sheet
metal and woodworker. More
than 1000 vacancies will be filled
in these categories at the Norfolk
yard within the next IL months,
and defense trainee graduates
who file training certificates with
their application blanks will he
given credit for six months exper-
fence in their crafts and hired at
daily wages ranging from $4.72 to
$5.12.
More than 5000 Negroes are
now employed in skilled, semi-skilI
ed and classified labor jobs in the
Norfolk yards and it is estimated
that more than $50 will be hired
monthly for the next IL months.
Thousands of helpers jobs simil-
ar to those now being filled at the
Norfolk Navy yard are also open
in other navy yards throughout
the country. These openings have
been posted on bulletin boards Of
first and second class postoffices
IN all cities and towns and apple
ations blanks can be obtained at
these offices.
Defense trainee graduates and
organizations interested in finding
employment for such graduates,
should obtain these application
blanks, fill them out, attach a Ger
tificate form from the defense
training school and forward them
Immediately to the labor board
at the navy yard in which the ap-
plicant desires employment. These
trainees will then be called tc
work when their names are reach
ed on the civil service register.
Speed is essential for these Jobs
and the quicker applications are
filed, the quicker the jobs will be
open
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06
BRITISH EMBASSY ASSURES
U. S. NEGROES OF INTEREST
IN JIM CROW COMPLAINTS

New York-The American pub
lie may soon know whether Eng
land intends to act against racial
discrimination in British agencies
operating in this country accord
ing to a letter from the British
Embassy at Washington, D. c.,
received by the NAACP, Novem-
Der 81.
The letter was written for Lord
Halifax, England's ambassador to
America, at the request of Prime
Minister Winston Churchill.
Stating that the NAACP's let
ter to Mr.. Churchill sent Septem-
Der 26, sis still receiving careful
attention." the Embassy acknow-
lodged for the Prime Minister the
receipt of the NAACP cablegram
asking for the courtesy of a reply.
Interest in the charges of dis
elimination against the British a.
gencies is high and the NAACP
told the British Embassy that spec
ific information about the results
of the Prime minister's careful
consideration" will be appreciated.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06

ars were sent out to various coll
eyes describing the missing boy.
DR.. Coleman was reported to
have left Wilberforce because Of
dissatisfaction over teaching on
his old salary scale after having
been promised an increase when
he received his Phi. d. degree. The
advanced degree was obtained aft
er a year Of absence from the uni
versity's faculty, during which
time he studied at Columbia uni
versity under a julius Rosenwald
scholarship.
Returning to Wilberforce to
teach mathematics and physics,
he did so with the understanding
that his salary would be compar-
able with the salary of the adv
anced degree. However, it was
limited in letters to his parents
that the raise was not forthcom-
ing.
The valedictorian of his Central
high school graduating class at the
age of Is, he received his bachelor
Of arts degree from Western Re-
serve university at 10, and went
on to Columbia, where he received
his master of arts degree at 20.
His parents we're unaware Of
his disappearance from the cam
pus until they read a story in a
Cleveland newspaper.
After an autopsy of the body,
which disclosed poison, the re-
mains are to be shipped to Cleve-
land for burial.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06
NEGRO CAR
PENTERS GO
TO WORK ON
TULSA PLANT

Tulsa, Okla.-Nineteen Negro
carpenters are now working at
1.25 an hour on the construction
of the Douglas Aircraft bomber
plant here as a direct result of
nearly a years fight in their be-
half by the Tulsa branch of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People. At
torney Amos T. Hall, president of
the branch, took the initiative in
the fight.
Before they could get the jobs,
the carpenters had to form a sep
arate union because they were
barred from membership il. the
United Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers and Joiners, Local 943, AT of
L., on account of their race. They
were granted a charter for local
S16 in January of this year and
admitted to all rights and privil-
eyes of members of the general
body.
But they still had to meet the
racial prejudices in the companys
employment policy. On August
10 the carpenters applied Cor
work at the plant and were told
to return on August IS. When
they appeared on that date, D. D..
Layton, employment manager,
told them their union cards were
not good. Later the same day
when they reappeared with their
charter, Layton said that because
of the difference in initiation fees
between the white and colored To-
Gals, the members of Local 816
could not be put to work.
But the regional organizer Of
the union ruled that the reason
was not a valid one, and COM
plants were made to the construc-
ton company and to the Presid-
ent's Committee on Fair Employ
ment Practice. After an investi- !
cation by the FEPC, the comp
any hired the men who started to
work last week. Mr.. Hall, local
NAACP branch president, also an
nounced that Negroes are being
trained to do all types of work in
the bomber plant and at the Spar
tan Aircraft company also located
here. Spartan stated that it has
no objection to hiring Negroes if
they are qualified.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06

SEARS REMOVED FROM
CHURCH AT INDEPENDENCE,
MO-, BY BISHOP WILLIAMS
Special from Bishop Noah w.
Williams, Presiding Officer of
The 5th Episcopal District of the
AME. Church, Dec. 8, 1911
1t is nov necessary that | re-
move the Reverend r. A. Sears
from the passionate of ~Independ-
ence, Missouri for the following
reasons:
First, the Rev. Sears Joined my
conference at Portland, Oregon.
coming as he said, from the ME-.
Church. When | got to the Neb-
raska conference two years ago,
a number of men from St. Johns
Church in Omaha, came and ask
ed to appoint him to ST. Johns
Church in Omaha. ! told them
did not know him, but they insist
ed on my appointing him. | had
told the Rev. Francis Mcclure, !
would appoint him (McCIure), but
when he told me he had lived in
Omaha and thought it best that |
not appoint him, (McCiure). |
yielded to their request and APP
pointed Sears as their pastor. He
did good work the most of the
first two years, but broke down
completely at the close of his
{Sears) second year, and spent
most Of the nearly one thousand
dollars that was held by Rev.
Rucker as special treasurer and
Sears reported only about three
hundred and fifteen dollars for
everything at the past conference.
! had no moral right to appoint
him at all, but did appoint him to
our church at independence, Mo.
Second, he has neglected the
church at independence from the
very beginning and on last Sunday
went to a church that Is pastored
by a man who Is now paroIed
from prison for an unnatural
crime with boys, so | am told.
Therefore, am removing him
from the pastorate of our church
at independence, Missouri.
NOAH w. WILLIAMS,
presiding Bishop.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06
SAYS NEGROES MUST FIGHT
R.R. SEGREGATION;
MITCHELL AGREES He ONLY
STARTED BATTLE

Chicago, Dec. 8 CAMP THE
order Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission directing the Rock
Island Railroad and the Pullman
to cease discriminating be-
tween white and Negro passengers
between Memphis and Hot Springs
Ark, and which last week was de-
clared effective as of Dec. "a, 1871
is just the first step in the battle
of Negroes for fair and esuitable
treatmen in the matter if railroad
accommodations, said Congress-
man Arthur Mitchell here this
week.
There have been many who
have tried to pick flaws in this de-
cision but those who do so are ig-
norant if they expect one decision
to tear down all the bonds of Sc
gregaton which have been built up
through the years. We must
wage a never ending fight. We
have the basis on which to fight
i nthis supreme court decision
which is just now at this late date
being actually laid down by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
as an actual order.
"The ICC tried to stall, it ap-
peared", he continued. II had to
ask that their decision be hand
ed down an put into actual effect.
The commission apparently had
sought to open the case again, hav
ing written me, the Pullman Co.,
and the Rock Island RR asking if
we wished to reopen the case and
give additional testimony. To the
credit of those two companies At
torney Wallace T. Hughes of the
Rock Island and L. M. Greenlaw
general counsel for the Pullman
| Co., wrote the commission refEs-
ing to reopen the case and saying
that they felt the supreme court
decision was final.
Suppose a Negro asked the Ill
;ao;1 Cor+cor Gov q prr1Inon bnrth
to Hot Springs after Dec. "a Mr..
Mitchell was asked.
"They would sell him., Mr. Nit
chell replied, cor have a suit On
their hands and the person couli
| collect. L still have my civil suit
in the court. 1t will come up with
in six months and I am going to
win it,. Mr.. Mitchell's civil SUIT
which accompanied his suit again
st the Interstate Commerce Com
mission asks for $4,000 damages.
we have not fought enough
for our rights, Mitchell said.
This is the first order regarding
equality Of service ever issued by
the Interstate Commerce Comm
F. ission. The way is open now to
force every railroad to grant pro-
per service. Negroes who travel
should see to it that they get the
same accommodations granted
whites"
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06

Shown above is a facsimile of
the Consumer Pledge for Total De-
tense bearing the signature of
Marian Anderson, the information
ally known contralto.
The pledge was drafted by Miss
Harriet Elliott, Associate Admins
traitor of the Office of Price Ad-
ministration, in charge Of the Div
ision of Consumer Services, to rep
resent the role that the consumer
can play in the current War a.
gainst Waste campaign to con-
serve strategic defense materials
and vital consumer goods.
Miss Anderson was among the
first group of American women to
s:gn the pledge. Upon signing,
Miss Anderson said.
Il am glad to sign this pledge
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06
STRONG LEGISLATION
NEEDED TO BACK UP
EXCELLENT WORK OF FAIR
EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
COMMITTEE SAWS WRITER
SAYS WRITER


Washington, D. C.-The forth
right method of tackling the prob
lem of discrimination against Ne
groes and other minirity groups
in defense industry, shown by the
Fair Employment Practices Com
mittee says Bert Talcott, magaz-
inc writer, offer ample proof Of
the necessity for broadening the
scope of its work and implement
ing its program by strong legisla-
tive measures"
Talcott gives an excellent birds
eye view of the FEPC in action
at the public hearings held in Cal
ifornia last month in the Novem-
Der 10 issue of the New Masses
magazine.
1.-THE great interest in the hear
ings", he said, was apparent from
the large number of witnesses rep
resenting interested organizations.
They included representatives Of
the AME Church, National Ur a
League, National Negro Congress,
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, En-
ployment Office for American In
dams, Japanese-American Citiz-
ems League and spokehmen for
Latin American groups.
Defense employers, Talcott said,
can well afford to heed Commit
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06

and / hope every American signs
it and Immediately begins to do
his part; by buying goods care
fally, by taking good care of tnc
things he has, and by wasting
nothing. 1 realize it is a big or
Ger. 1t is a great task. It will
require much sacrifice. But it
will help to defeat Hitler. I am
sure that the Negro people are GO
ing to do their part"
The Consumer Division Of OPA
with the cooperation Of other pub
lie and private agencies is attempt
ing to have every American sign
this pledge.
The National Council Of Negro
Women, Inc, representing 800 900
women, was among the first or
CARNATIONS to sign.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06
FILE APPLICATIONS
DEFENSE TRAINEES

Washington, Dec. 1 (ANP) -
Young men who have finished an
accredited national defense train
ing course and want a job in the
craft specialized in have an oppor-
tunity for employment if they take
immediate steps and file applicat-
ion in the nearest first or second
class post office in their home
town.
Because of the increasing shur-
tage of skilled mechanics in a
score of categories the U. S. Navy
yards and other war and navy de-
partments are now accepting &c.
Tense training graduates, regard
less of race, creed or color, for
helpers jobs in practically all CT
the skilled crafts. These jobs paw
from $4.72 to $6.0s a day with
time and a half for overtime and
double time for Sundays.
Civil service application blanks
are now available at all first and
second class postoffices in the
United States and defense trainee
graduates can have their names
placed in the eligible register by
obtaining and filling out these
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06
ACCLAIM NEW
PASTOR
PUBLIC
NEW ETHODS

AT a recent business session
called to consider the wishes and
program of its new administration
st. John AME. Church enthusiasts
tically applauded an innovation in
its financial and religious PRO
gram.
To say that this idea was not
extraordinary, but rather new in
church procedure for Omaha nay
be regarded a proper characteriz-
alton of plans and methods hand
ed the official staff of st. John
Church by the new pastor, the.
Rev. E. F. Ridley. The minister
has stressed the idea that while
the general public pays the debt
of any community welfare pro
gram, those who have charge
should be cautious in proposing
taxation on the public.
Says the Rev. Mr.. Ridley: $50
far as st. John Church is concern
ed, under my administration, the
community will be notified when
the time comes to campaign for
any service required in develop
ing religious activities of our
church"
Acting at a church conference
last week, trustees completed ar
~rangements for moving the Rev.
Mr.. Ridley's extensive library
from his former church at Pho
enix, Arizona.
The new pastor Of st. John AM
E.. Church is a native of Macon,
Georgia and is the son Of the Rev.
and Mrs. N. A. Ridley of that city.
The elder Rev. Ridley is an AME.
minister also. The Rev. E. F. Rid
ley is a graduate of Morris Brown
College, one of the units of the
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06
MISSING SEVEN WEEKS

LOS ANGELES, Dec 1, CAMP
The body of Robert Coleman, rs
year old professor of a Phi. d. de-
gree and professor of mathemtics
and physics at Wilberforce univ
ersity, was finally found in a
YMCA room here last Monday, a
victim of poisoning. Discovery
of the body eliminated a seven
week search that began on Oct.
z, when he was reported missing
from his Wilberforce classes.
At the local YMCA, Coleman
had registered under an assumed
name Of Donald Ellis Of New
York City. His disappearance
from Wilberforce Las baffled pol
ice officials throughout Ohio and
and an intensive search had been
carried on by the police all over
the middle west to ascertain his
whereabouts. Although his van
ishing act from the Wilberforce
campus created a great mystery,
discovery of his body on the Pac-
ifc coast some 1000 miles away
from the spot where he was last
seen leads to even greater specu-
lation.
Last Monday, information was
given out by the Los Angeles
morgue that a body answering the
description OF Robert Coleman
was being held here. Coleman's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cole
man, ST., in Cleveland had given
the Cleveland Detective bureau
several pictures of their 10 which
were to be sent to Los Angeles po-
lice department for identification.
Disclosure vas made of how the
unidentified body of a fatal heart
attack victim was traced clear a.
cross the nation to the Coleman
home in Cleveland. 1t seems that
a man had registered at the YMC-
here last week and the follow
ing morning after his registration
he was found lying dead in his
room. Upon examination of con-
tents of his pockets, a letter was
found addressed to a white lad in
Virginia, who had been one Of
Coleman's school chums at IVES
tern Reserve university. Contact
with this lad lead to further con
tact with the parents of Coleman
in Cleveland.
Before discovery of the body
was made, the elderly Coleman
had hired a special Investigator
to comb the state in an effort to
locate the deceased son. Circul-
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06
Georgia Warden Convicted
Body of Wilberforce Professor Found In [. A. YMCA
CONVICTED
IN DEATH OF pRISONEP

Ex-WARDEN CONVICTED
DEATH OF PRISONER
Trenton, Ga, Dec. 3-The
"sweat box" death of a Negro
prisoner is going to cost form
er Warden c. A. jacobson of
Rising Fawn Prison Camp, 3
years of his life in the penit-
entiary unless a Dade county
verdict is set aside or modifi-
ed. A superior court jury con
victed Jacobson Tuesday of
involuntary mansIaUghter in
the death of Prisoner Lewis
Gordon.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06

President of Palmer Memorial
Institute, Sedalia, NJ. c., whose
book on etiquette; 1.-THE Correct
Thing, has just been published.
Dr.. Brown has for 40 years con-
Quoted what is described as "a
finishing school on the New Eng
land pattern. Many Of the child
rem of the foremost families get
their early training there and the
new volume is the result of her
unique experiences.
(ANP)
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06

tee Chairman Mark Etheridge who
declared at the opening of the
hearings that 1--WE cannot afford
to play Hitler's game of INDUCING
in racism and ~prejudices while
we are attempting to destroy
him."
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-06

Atlanta University system. He
has successfully pastored AME.
Churches in Georgia, Utah, Wyo-
ming and Arizona.