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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
Makes AlI-Opponent EIevens

If burning ambition the old college try the only
requirements Paveec would have regular tackle job cnchec
with the Lions Since school let this Spring Ted has beer
working about two hours day to keep in shape.
usually consists of couple Of games of hand
ball. sparrng session with Gordon Grant giant policeman
mttste and about two four miles of road work
weighs pa pounds about four pounds above his bes
playing weight.
II love football and the chance to play with the Lions ma.
long been of ambitions he explains They've got
great outfit Now that I've opportunity to make the
team I'm going TO give IL everything I've got"
That's the story of Ted Paveec and his grid ambitions
two down and to Co.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
CAN'T NOTICE 1T

There have been rumors 10 the
effect that the Cardinal pitching
was sloughing off but if so, nei.
Their this agent nor the Dodgers
seemed to notice it.
And, since we are safely on tho
proper side of the Brooklyn
Bridge at the moment. we don
hesitate 10 say that those hungry
low-salaried speed boys on the
Cardinal club will be hard 10 head
of from here TO the wire.
And speaking of pitching, have
you noticed the way young Bill
Heintzelman Of the Pirates has
been going lately. He turned in
another sweet job yesterday
,four-hitter give the BUGS a 81
nod over the Braves in the first
half of a twin bill The Braves
rallied in the ninth TO take the
.nightcap, 4-3
Bob Feiler hung up his nine
.teenth victory at the expense OF
the YankS whom he trimmed in
"a seven-inning rain-stopped game
with five hits, 2-l. Two Of those
hits were made by Joe DiMaggio,
who may be of on another hit
ting hinge.
And old Lefty Grove IS still
looking for his three hundredth
major league victory A week
ago he gave only six hits and was
beaten, 20, and yesterday he gave
only seven hits in 10 innings and
yet lost 10 Rigney of the White
Sox. 4-3, when Lou Finney dropped
a fly ball 10 let the winning run
score all the way from first base,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
Expect Jimmy Dykes
To Siqn New Contract

CHICAGO. July BINS
James J. Dykes, manager Of the
Chicago White Sox. whose contract
expires at the end of this season,
is expected to sign a new two-year
agreement when the club comes
back from its next eastern swing.
Mrs. Grace Comiskey, owner of
the Sox. fatty declared that there
is no doubt but what Jim will re-
main"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
Cards WhittIe
Dodgers Lead
To Two Games
BY PAT ROBINSON
International News service sports Writer

NEW YORK. July 10. 49, The
gloom is thick in Brooklyn today.
The city's famous rubber plants
are dropping like the spirit of the
fans. And mothers are trundling
their baby carriages with heavy
step.
For the Dodgers lost again 10
the Cardinals yesterday and now
are only two games in front. And
one faint-hearted wretch was
heard TO doubt out loud that
maybe our buns won't win the
pennant after all" That was just
before he was crowned with a beer
bottle.
Yes, the Dodgers lost because
they could make no more than six
hits off young Ernie Whites left
handed wizardry and because the
Gashousers slugged Kirby Higbe,
Mace Brown and Kemp Wicker
to a fare-thee-well and breezed
in al
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
.ob]a&s
II BY BOB mu4hy
PaUelec Going All Out to Win job
With Lions Next Fall

Out Fordson Stadium last Monday night Ted Paveec
University of Detroit grid star fought on an amateur
time since Alex Sandsh had hattened
1910 CYO mtt meet Pavelec met Jim Powers huge
battler and Powers took close decision IN fast
hard scrap
To those who know best, that amateur bout Is
very significant that the former Titan tackle is gong
his effort win berth with the Detroit Lions TINS
Fall His friends Pavelec taken boxing merely
shape the coming football campaign They know
that early Spring Ted has been carefully laying the
ground work his debut in the pro ranks.
Such thoroughness typical of Paveee He is careful
Every advance he has made in football
habit of mapping out his goals in advance
working with logged persistence to attain to them
Others NAV catapaut their natural talents alone
but not Pavelec. He climbs the heights the hard
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19

qualifying as one of the finalSts
by defeating Pete Doll of Louis
vile, and 3.
In the Welch-Doll match, the
players dished up several nifty
bits of shotmaking. but the latter,
3 down al the finish of the morn
ing round, ejust couldn't quite get
close enough 10 his opponent to
draw even. Doll was still three
to the bad at the finish of the
third quarter. and Welch closed
the door in his face when they
left the fifteenth green.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
Fight Results


International News Service Wire
~ New York--Andre Jesserun, l52. New
York. decisioned eJrry Fioreilo, 1872 New
York (lOi
AT Mount Freedor y J - Fred Archer.
l3s Newark. y. J.. Knocked out Sammy
NayEa 142 Pittsburgh (5b.
At Long Branch y J Bill Mcdowell,
$50 Dallas Tex outpointed Ray Powell.
I4s Newark y. J. GO.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
Senators Get
Even Break
In Series
By LEO MACDoNELL

If they are true Tigers fans,
IS, $40 Detroit women today might
well be a thoroughly remorseful
lot. They forced the Tigers to play
ball against the Senators in rain
and mud at Briggs Stadium yes
terday and the Tigers came off
second best by a score of 8 to l.
They just aren't good MURDERS.
To start with. a cloudburst that
TbrOKe Just before game starting
time. was 10 blame for the Tigers
misfortune. The deluge all but
wiped out Briggs Stadium, not to
mention the ball game.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
Midland Favored
In $4,000 Race
GOLD CUP FIELD

At ; H1WarG pntFN
b-Robinson and Phiipot entry.
c-Circle VI Ranch entry
d-Binghn stock Farm entry.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
DETERMINED WOMEN

.NlDtu OUT bIlEkS oAdhllllli' NV W
mention the ball game.
DETERMINED WOMEN
At 2:55 p. m. stadium workmen
covered the infield with canvas
and, wiping off their hands, figured
the covering was put on 10 stay
for the day. But the women, II
Il, ZOO plus of them. stayed in their
seats and for more than an hour
clamored for action.
1--WE want ball game!'
That was their chant and when
skies cleared there was nothing to
do but yank off the canvas. 1t was
tedious job pulling of the heavy.
wet tarpaulin. 1t took all the
strength of more than IS workmen
to turn the trick. But. the ladies
took it gamely and without one
lame back.
I'VE want a ball game" the
good ladies insisted.
The removal of the canvas re-
lvealed large areas of damp spots
at shortstop, second and third base
and all the way around the OUT
| field from left to right fields. It
was fit for ducks only, ushers
pleaded
But, the women felt differently.
II was their day and they were
going to enjoy it TO the hilt.
I'VE want a ball game" the
ladies renewed their demand.
Del Baker and Mervyn Shea
took a look at their soggy field
and shook their heads. The UNI
Ipires looked and shook their nog-
gins. But the impish ladies just
laughed and renewed their chant:
I'VE want a ball game"
NOTHING ELSE TO DO
! There was nothing to do but
give them their ball game, or else.
i. And Spike Briggs and the others
in command didn't want any part
of that "or else" threat. And once
again the already fatigued work.
men were put to work-this time
hauling dozens of loads of sand to
fill in the river bottoms.
I'VE want a ball gamew the
ladies continued.
And at AIS came the ball game
Ia game played between inter
militant sunshine and rain drCA
and halted by another good sizea
shower in the ninth inning.
The victory gave the Senators
an even break in the bobtailed,
two-game series. 1t halted a De-
troit winning streak which had
reached three games.
Aside from their ghoulish delight
I CONTINUED on Page IO)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19

Continued on Page IO)
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-21
Mon-In Gods OlDn Image

When Edwin Markham looked upon
the painting Of THE Peasant, as It was
DISPLAYED in an art gallery, he was deep
" moved BY the peasants apparent lack
of snarkle. He saw written upon the
lifeless. non-expressive face, the impress
sion made by years Of hopeless, despair
inc toi---a soul destroyed by dreary.
barren existence. He was duly inspired
TO write his greatest masterpiece. 'Ine
Man with the Hoe.
"Who blew out the light within MS
BRAIN" Markham wrote.
Man was made to hold dominion over
land and sea. to build mansions and to
create His mind was to feel the very
flow Of the Universe, to feel the passing
Of the sun the Moon and the Stars IN
their heavenly orbit. Man was made as
the consummation Of all the llvlng--a
dreamer of dreams: builder; lover
made in Gods own image.
Today, what pitiful contrast between
the man that was to be, All the man that
is Great clouds Of namps swarm our
highways and our byWays-homeless
wanderers who have completely resign
ed to the forces that press down upon
them. In the very midst of our great
cities. sorry examples of destitute human
beings exist amid wealth. Throughout
the world glaring instances of human
suffering remain TO remind US that our
present road leads to deaa-end.
The unhappy picture have placed be
fore you is real. You know and know
that something is wrong. Each and every
man who uses the brain God gave him
can see that something is wrong In Ma
ture, thing is either right, or it is alb
solutely wrong, There can be no ifs,
ands' perhaps excerpts and ors. She will
never stand a compromise. Her laws
are rigid.
Edwin Markham appealed to our rea-
son in his attempt to expose great
moral wrong in society. John Steinbeck
in his Grapes of Wrath" attempted to
expose the same wrong Other writer's
are persistently trying to open our eyes
to the evils Of private property in land.
Hitler, a ruthless radical looks out up
on a poverty stricken Germany and
blames that condition upon the more
weather nations. We hear of the in
tensive cultivation that is taking place
iii the small countries, however no men,
ton is made of the fact that certain in
dividuals possess large tracts of land
merely for their own personal hunting
grounds IF Germany were today to
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-21

week, many cities throughout the
country decided to participate,
Mrs. Fannie b. Peck of De-
troit, national president of the
Housewives league. says that
"this proclamation has great sig
nificance for members of the Ma
tional Negro Housewives league
SO well as for all Negro women.
Negro business must be
strengthened by patronage" says
Mrs. Peck, land especially ap-
peal to all members of the House
wives league TO enter wholeheart-
edly into the campaign in order
that it's effect viii be felt not on
ly in April but i'll coninne thru
out he year." W
Lynwood w. Brown OF Rich
mond, Va, director Bigger and
Better Business for Phi Beta Sig
ma fraternity, has issued the fol-
lowing statement:
I'm view Of the fact that it has
been the policy Of the National
Nego Business league to observe
National Negro Trade eek. dur
ing the month Of April, and also,
that the Phi Beta Sigma Fratern-
ity. Inc, sponsors its Bigger and
Better Business campaign during
this month, the executive board
Of the fraternity has authorized
me to urge each chapter Of the
fraternity to tie in with some unit
Of the National Negro Business
league, where possible, and OBJ
serve the two campaigns jointly :
Detailed suggestions for OBJ
serving National Negro Trade
wss& azs AEailahls in tks sRlss
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-21
EDIT 0 RAILS
FEAT u K ES

place a tax upon the entire rental value
Of all land within her borders, in order
to return that wealth which rightfully
belongs to society, We would never again
he endangered by an aggressive Ger
many.
Thus a wrong carried to its logical
finish will always lead to destruction.
Within every human heart, whether an
American, Englishman, German, Russian,
Greek or Italian, there dwells an inborn
recognition Of moral law---true justice.
We Ill know that ii is wrong to kill. We
all know it is wrong to steal. Why do
We refuse to recognize that the right to
live and walk upon this planet is the M
tural birth.rights Of all men. and that no
man should possess the right to collect
rent for the use of it?
by Verlin D.sGordon,
Lima, Ohio.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-21

with particular stress upon the
Negro.
Among the members Of the
NAACP committee are Rev. VIM.
Lloyd lines, st. James Presbyter-
ian church, Roy Wilkins. the As
soeiation's assistant executive sec-
retary: Dr.. Laurence ID. Reddick.
curator of Schomburg Collection.
Assistance is also being given by
DR.. Marie Carpenter who has done
considerable work in this field. it
was said.
The work in behalf of the New
York chapter is being handled by
DR.. Reddick, Miss Melva Price,
Harcourt Tynes and several other
teachers, both colored and white,
in the Harlem area.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-21
Fort Devens
Hospital Opened:
Has 1000 Beds

FORT DEVENS--One Of the
most complete Army hospitals in
the nation, constructed in the
record-breaking time of tw O
months at cost of 81, 200, 900.
was opened officially here By the
hospital commanding officer, 1t.
Col. Miner F. Feich.
Opening of the new base hos
r'tal provides adequately for COM
batting any sudden epidemic. Pos
sessins moro than 1000 beds and
medical sciences most modern
therapeutic facilities, the hospital
is complete medical center to
the last detail.
Lieut.. Thomas Wright, former
boys work secretary OF the Fifth
st. Branch YMCA and several
other local boys are internea at
Fort DsSsAS.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-21
CO M M E N + S

Now that the Leass-11end bill
has become law, things are hap
pening SO laIidly that IT is
IN impossibility to make any sort
Of a complete and comprehensive
report in 1olumn such as this.
Legislation fon the bin was. com.
rleted last week when the House
accet ted Senate amendments TO
the bill. Many, In fact almost all.
o. those WHO had voted agsint
the measure when 1t was before
the House In February, voted to
accept thes Senate amendments.
Some piu.Adrn.t sirs -.
and racio commentaries have en-
deavored to. alaim that those who
voted for tbe amendments were
approving the principles Of tne
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-21
If A Mo,, Die


be cause he shall never die: There's
something in man that lives forever.
You are the same man that you were
twenty years ago, but your body has
been replaced several times during this
period-your brain is rebuilt twice each
year.
But Memory remained with you clear
through this transformation.
Nothing is ever destroyed Coal burns.
but the ashes and smoke and gases pre-
cisely equal the original bulk--they have
simply taken on another form.
Arguing from the indestructibilty Of
matter. can you believe that memory and
heart treasure and soul culture perish?
When tree has borne leaves and
fruit, its work is done But not even the
wisest man who ever lived had finished
HIS work when death came--he was
Just beginning to understand.
Can this be all of life for him? Is
there nothing left but hole in the
ground7 Does this seem in harmony
with Gods method. which In every thing
else brings us on from glory to glory?
Many Of mans faculties are like un-
wrapped tools in chest--~unexamined,
Misunderstanding for nse In future
world
We know that perfection cannot be
realized in the present World--there
must be something ahead--the immor-
tality which will permit us to see the full
filment Of our dreams.
And this new world would be incom-
pete without those who struggled to
bring men nearer to perfection in the
present world.
By DR.. Charles Stelzle.
NJ CHARLES sTELzLE. Inc.
- 5l2 Fifth Avenue
New York City
TO THE EDITOR
On the day before his death---which was the
beginning Of Lent-Dr. Stezle had been working
the article, If Man Die" which he had
planned to send out to you during the coming
| am sending it to you earlier than he had plan
ned. DR.. Spencer Miller Jr., read the article at
the grave.
DR.. Stezle had his own particular method of
writing for you. He would shape out the alt
elc put it asile for day, then go it again
with the result. though often after artie.e
had gone out, he would say: IF I'd kept it
little longer. could bave done SO much better
1t was his desire never to send out hurliedy
written article that had not careful, prayerful
thought back OF it. He looked upon his syndi.
ceptance Of the service by an editor, he made
mental pledge never to send article that
not the best he could write.
Because he felt that way and knowing the
preearious condition Of his health, he prepared
many articles in advance. These articles will be
some Of mine-which he wished me to write.
Sincerely yours,
CHARLES STEELE, Inc.
RUTH TAYLOR.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-21
A.F. OF L. ADOPTS USUAL
COLOR . LINE STAND

NEW YORK---In response to .
request by the NAACP that he
place before the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor executive COM
mittee the gross discrimination
against Negroes in plants filing
defense contracts, William Green,
AT. OIL. president has written
the following letter:
Replying to the inquiry SUBJ
mitted in your letter dated Mar.
6, the Executive Council Of the
American Federation OF Labor re-
affirmed it's former position to-
ward the Organization Of all
workers into American Fedora
ton Of Labor unions regardless
Of creed, color or nationality"
The American Federation Of
Labor thus assumes it's usual po-
sition Of not taking any action
against unions which discriminate
against Negro members. The A..
Foil. maintains that il lis unahle
to do more than to affirm it's his
torical on-discriminatory position
against Negro workers. It main
tains that because Of its strue.
ture II Is unable to force mem
Der unions to discontinue their
well-known practice OF barring
Negroes from membership. or
limiting their employment In de-
Tense Industries.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-21
STATE CAPITAL NEWS


133 and Texas with 1l6. Ohio Is
alao fourth in daily newspaper
circulation. The leader is New
York with more than 1000, 900,
followed by Pennsylvania and II
linois each with more than 1900,
900 and Ohio with 2,528,457.
A bill to standardize all Ohio
city street and highway driving
end signal practices has been IN
trodueed in the legislature. The
proposed Uniform Traffic Code
is patterned after the model uni
form vehicle code prepared by
the National and Ohio Safety
Council and has been. adopted by
26 states.
ONO @io state memorlals at
tracted s65,64o visitors in 1910,
an increase Of 10000 over the
previous years attendance, re-
ports the Ohio State Archeologi-
cal and Historical Society. TT.
Ancient, Warren County's pre-
historic fortress overlooking the
Little Miami River, was visited by
5000 persons. Second most po-
pular memorial was schoenbrunn
Village, site of the first town in
Ohio, originally established in
1772, which had 1857 visitors.
II 4 II
Ohio must furnish 2,64l whites
and go Negroes beteen March 81
and April Is under the 10th draft
call, state draft headquarters have
been notified. Ohio's original
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-21
PROBE TEXTBOOKS FOR
HISTORY OF THE NEGRO

NEW YORK tANPl-Two
separate studies of history text
books used in the local school sys
tenn and their treatment of the
Negro are nearing completion, II
has been learned from reliable
sources. These studies are being
made by a committee for the
NAACP and a committee for the
New York chapter, Association
for the study Of Negro Life and
History.
Added significance is given
to these studies in view of other
surveys made into school text
books reports on which have pro-
voked considerable public contro-
yersy. Most prominent is the re-
port of DR.. Ralph Robey of CO.
lumbia university in which it was
charged that doctrines alien to
the American way were being in
jected into books and therefore
taught to children. This partic-
ular study, financed by the Ma
tional Manufacturers association.
drew 80 much criticism that the
association Immediately attempt
ed TO disassociate itself from the
project.
As one of the committee menu
hers explained, the object Of the
two surveys now In process is to
determine the extent Of racial
bi@s svsdeas in The ssxshesks
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-21

the National Council of Negro
Women, Mrs. Mary Mcleod Be
thune. president.
Reading from left to right tt 2
members of the Budget Commit
tee are:
Mrs. Mavme G. Gordon. :
member Of the Research Commit
tee. Dillon. SC; Mrs. j. S. Scott
Houston, Texas, National Chair
man of the Committee on Status
Of Women; Mrs. L. A. Green
wood, Houston, Texas, National
Treasurer and Margaret Davis
Bowen, (Mrs. J. w. E. Bowen. Jr.)
National President and hostess
for TIN group. -@hANP}
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-21

The BUDGET Committee of the
united Methodist Women in the
Central Jurisdiction met in New
Orleans, La, recently at Gilbert
Academy to perfect plans for the
program and work Of the women's
society Of Christian Service, an
organization Of Methodist Church
women throughout the United
States. A try-out budget was set
up for the first year.
The committee recommended
~ that the third Friday in May
be set aside as Cultivation Day
in the Central Jurisdiction; (2l
that the Woman's Society Of
Christian Service in the Central
Jurisdiotioa became . mssahsr Of
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-21
From Department of State)
JOHN E. SWEENEY. Secretary
Bv H. A. MCKENZIE

An industrial pickup resulting
from the National Defense Pro-
gram sent more than $4,000
Ohioans into new jobs in private
industry during the first two
months Of i94l, reports the State
Bureau Of Unemployment Com
pensation. There was also, dur
ing the month of February, re-
duction of 25.4 per cent in the
fling Of new claims for iobless
benefits, as compared with jan
uaiy. February claims botaled
1861. while in January 24,066
applied for unemployment COM
lensation.
State Welfare Director Charles
L. Sherwood, in a preliminary re-
port covering l09 of the states
loo local relief areas, indicated
February relief bill for the
state of about $l,982, 900, ap-
nroxmately S6i9,800 below the
February, 1910, figure.
Further evidence of the indus
trial upswing was noted as WPA
officials listed an average of 4l,-
i52 feer workers on Ohio rolls
during the first two months OF
l94l than the corresponding per-
iod year ago when l43,79T were
at work,
Ohio ranks fourth In the ma
ton In the number of state hunt
ing liceses sold annually, accord
ing to bulletin issued by the
Federal Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice. Michigan ranks first with
total of 7ll,733; Pennsylvania
second, 661,330; New York third,
b9l,o45; Ohio fourth, 52l,983
and Indiana fifth with 358,3sG.
y y
1t ncxer happened before. The
Ohio Division OF Aid for the
Aged received a letter from
pickaway County old age pen
sioner, II wish you would take
off that increase you just gave
me- he man wrote. "I've been
getting along all right on what.
I've been getting. guess you
won't find many like me-"
=
Ohio is fourth in the number
OF daily newspapers published
within the state. It has 10 dali
les, IL morning and 98 evening.
Pennsylvania has l35, California
OF Albon L. Holsey, executive Sec
retary, National Negro Business