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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
Election Inspectors
to Have instruction

A school for election inspectors.
preparing for the coming spring
election in Washtenav. will be at
the county building in Ann Arbor
this evening at 1880, Mrs. Luella
Smith, county clerk. said today.
The various city and township
supervisors, and Prosecutor George
Meader and Assistant Prosecutor
Frank kamman also plan TO be
present
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
In The Sick Room

Donald Sackman is confined to
his home with a cold and fever, but
is somewhat better today.
Earl Dunn, who received a skull
fracture and an injured leg on Oct.
s. in a traffic accident which caused
the death OF three persons. is still
in Boyer Memorial Hospital. He
expects TO be placed in brace with
in thc newt two weeks
suzanne Kay. six weeks old
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Morrison, Clio, is suffering from
a severe cold. She is the grand
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Blake
Agla. this city
David Murray came from Mt
Pleasant Sunday TO visit his grand
mother, Mrs. Lottie ". Murray, who
has been i'll.
Mrs. Otis Fitzgerald. who had a
major operation performed at Boyer
Hospital Monday. is improving She
will have to remain in the hospital
two weeks longer
Royal VI. Charlesworth. Brighton,
is showing some improvement from
his recent illness, but will be con-
fined to his home for some time.
Mr.. Charles worth, former resident
here, is suffering from coronary
thrombosis.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26

Ned Albert, has for It's cast, Nav
Judkins. Mary Livicki; Zeke Bemis.
Wallace Flower; Daisy Judkins,
Iris Hendrix; Pop Judkins. Paul
jameson; Dynamite Ann, Mildred
McDougall; Mrs. Hortense Bel
mont-Cliff. Shirley Fem: Mjllicent
Lowell, Helen Marie VANITY: ami
Carey Newbold, George Schechter.
The Opening OF the Door.
play OF the supernatural by Wall
Spence. includes the following
cast: Esther Fraser. Arleene Rob
bins. Martin Fraser, Robert Brown;
Mrs. Parrish. Bette Dunk: Owen
Bennett, Perry Curtis; and Lottie,
Fern Carter.
The program will begin at s
o'clock.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
Child Injured When
Struck by Automobile

Seven year old Jerome Dennis
All S. Adams St. was treated by a
local physician Tuesday afternoon
for head and leg decorations sus-
tanned when the boy was thrown to
the pavement on. being hit by a car
driven by Jasper j. Wilson, IS,
6l2 Madison Ave.
Wilson told police the boy had
run into Harriet st. near S. Adams
st. directly in front OF the Wilson
car. the fender of which struck
him.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
Four Plays Will be
Given at Roosevelt

-Four one-act plays will be pre-
sented tonight and Thursday even
ming in the Roosevelt High School
auditorium by the junior and sen
Tor classes.
The plays will be The Pot
boiler" Five for Bad Luck, "
Murder on the High Seas" and
THE Wonder Hat" Virtually the
same casts will be used for both
performances.
The program will begin at o..
clock,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
cIass To Ann Arbor

Ben J. Sovey took his science
class at the Ypsilanti High School
TO Ann Arbor this morning to visit
the University OF Michigan Museum
and the May collection OF tropical
insects. Parents furnished trans
portation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
WINS SECOND START

Clemson. S. c.. Mar. 26-AP-
Michigan State Colleges baseball
team won its second start, 5 to 4.
over Clemson College yesterday
when Capt. Norman Duncan homer
ed with bases clear in the eighth
inning.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
German Army Uniform
lust Another Uniform
to BIaSe L0ndonerS

London, Mar. cap Unchal-
lenged, man wearing a German
army officers uniform, and trap
pings strclled London streets for
hours Tuesday, looked over busy
Scotland Yard and peered through
Buckingham Palaces fences.
His was merely another uniform
to Londoners accustomed to the
varied Cab OF British, Dominion
Colonial, Dutch, CzecA. Norwegian.
Free French and other Allied
forces.
The German officer" was Don
aid Collins film actor employed
by the Daily Sketch to point up It's
editorial campaign urging closer
surveillance Of aliens.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
Drivers Pay

Drivers Pay
When he appeared in municipal
court Tuesday, Cleveland Loftin.
Inkster, paid $685. for passing on a
hill. Claude S. Patton, this city,
and Richard Keller, Jackson, paid
81 each for driving past stop
street.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26

LONDON-INS-General Won Fall
kenhausen, military gov nor OF
Norway, has admitted to his super
Tors In Berlin that popular unrest Is
growing In that occupied country,
It was learned today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26

a HOBOkEN. y. J.-INS-W With the
calm announcement that II just
stabbed a man with bread knife
think he's dead" John Sullivan,
81, Boston sailor@eboard the freight
err Mormacdove. today surrendered
10 customs guards. Police found the
body OF Louis Arthur Cusson. 80. OF
Chicago, another seaman. in the
mess room OF the Mormacdove.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26

VICHY, France AP - A gov
eminent spokesman said today the
French navy had been escorting
mercant ships on the high seas
for many months"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26

LONDON APP The ministry
OF food announced today that the
weekly meat ration purchases in
Britain will be reduced March 81
from one shilling. two pence tabout
90 cents) per person to one shilling
go cents).
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
IN WALL STREET
MARKET SHOWS
STEADY TONE

New York. Mar. IS --INS-Tha
suck market showed a steady
ne at the opening today, WITH
activity in some rails and low
priced utilities a feature.
". Y. Central started with q
block of $500 shares. The Pere
Marquette preferred issues were
strong Other rails were mixed
after Tuesdays late rise.
Steel shares opened slightly
higher in the face Of the Bethle-
hem strike and fears of more la
Dor trouble in the industry.
Western Union started almost a
point lower but rallied later.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
Plane Swoops

Someone in an Army plane sure
ly must have had a lot of fun over
Ypsilanti about 80 Tuesday night,
but local residents shivered with ap-
prehension. The plane, with naviga-
ton lights which alternately flashed
on and eff. swooped over the Nor
NAL College dormitories at the
northwestern section OF town, and
then headed eastward.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26

Mother.ln-Iaw Passes
Mrs. Merle Hogan. daughter Of
Mrs. f. d. Moore. who has been
spending the winter at Daytona,
Fla. was called TO Detroit Monday
by the death of her mother-in-law,
Mrs. William Hogan. widow Of the
late Mr.. Hogan. Mrs. Hogan's SON
Merle, was at her bedside. Funeral
services took place today at her
former home, Harbor Springs. Mr..
and Mrs. Hogan plan to return
south.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26

CAMDEN. n. J.-INS-Company
and city firemen quickly extin-
guished a blaze in scaffolding
around a cruiser in a shipway at
the New York Shipbuildin.; Corpor-
atoms plant today. The flames
were confined to scaffolding and
the cruiser. as yet unnamed. was
not damaged, firemen reported.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
Butter and Eaus

Detroit. Mich. Mar. Go
BUTTER-Best creamery IN tubs,
31d32c.
EGGS Current receipts, 17%c;
dirties, l6hc; checks, 1880.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
Hole Burned

Hole Burned
A small hole in tn siding at the
Edward B. Sweet home, ll9 s.
Washington St. WIS burned this
afternoon when a torch; being used
10 remove paint ignited the boards.
City firemen were called.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
Ypsilanti Briefs
Bitten BY Dog

Bitten BY Dog
Mrs. Irma Noonchester, 22l n.
Summit ST., was bitten on the right
ankle Tuesday afternoon Oy a dog
owned by Henry NJ. Waltner, sO4
Grant st. The dog has been ordered
tied for ten days examination.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
Poultry

Detroit, Mich, Mar. 26-Poultry:
market steady, Hens 5ia lbs up. 1Sc;
under 5is lbs Gle; leghorn hens, 8
lbs up. 1Sc; cocks, 10012c: stays.
lie; rock broilers, 21a lbs up. 24c;
capons. lbs up, csc; under lbs,
2Sc: DUCKS, white, lbs up, l9c.
No unloading of poultry lefore 7
a. m. or after p. NJ. Saturdays. no
unloading.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26

NEW YORK-INS-Earl Brow.
der. general secretary Of the Com.
munist Party OF Ameri, was hus-
tied aboard southbeHnd train by
l. s. marshals today and headed for
four-year stay in Atlanta Peni.
Tertiary.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26

BERLlN-INS-The United States
should follow Japan's example and
leave Japan alone. Foreign Minis
ter Yosuke Mstsuoka told interview,
ers today aboard his special train
en- route 70 Berlin
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26

While rumblings Of discomfort
continued to spread throughout
the land, Yugoslavia becomes a
a member Of the Rome-Berlin-
Toxic Axis with the signing at
a protocol by Yugoslavian Pre-
mier Dragisha Cvetkovic, top
photo; Yugoslavian Foreign Min
lister Alexander Cincar-Marcovic,
lower photo, and Axis officials. Inv
Belgrade, capital of Yugoslavia,
pamphlets calling Cvetkovic and
Cincar-Marcovic traitors" and
threatening them with assassina-
ton were distributed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
EUROPEAN WAR

Continued from Page One)
Japanese ambassador TO Berlin de-
clared will contribute much toward
Strengthening our (Japanese-Ger'
mani cooperation"
Factories and schools were or
dered TO close early so workers and
children could line the streets
through which Matsuoka would be
taken this evening.
Germany, meanwhile. extended
the zone OF intensive sea warfare
closer to Western Hemisphere areas
the United States has committed
herself to defend
Near Greenland
A proclamation In Berlin last
night moved the zone OF German
counter.blockade operations past
Iceland and to within three miles of
Greenland. Authorities at Washing.
ton have declared several times
that Greenland is regarded as part
Of the Western Hemisphere area
covered by the Monroe Doctrine.
Officials at Washington have de-
MED that any United States forces
have been sent 10 Greenland. but
Coast Guard vessels are understood
to be operating near there as part
OF the neutrality patrol
Dispatches from the British bat
tlefleet off the Greek island OF
Crete said the British blockade OF
the eastern Mediterranean had iso-
lated the Italian Dodecanes, islands
so completely the Fascist garrison
there might be starved out with no
need for landing operations by the
British.
The luli in the air wa ,ntinued.
with neither side reporting any i'm
portant blows across the English
Channel. London had its fifth con.
secutiye night without a raid alarm.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26
Grain

Detroit, Mich, Mar. Co
WHEAT NO. = RED, 10 CARROTS,
96c.
BARLEY-No. /, feeding, Soc; new
mailing, 5S@62c.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-26

Vegetables
Detroit. Mich, Mar. 20
CARROTS-No. l, 6OQ75c bu.
CABBAGE-No. l. S5cGs1 bu.
BEETS-No. /, 100000 bu.
POTATOES New. No. ], eOG75c
bu.
ONlONS-No. l, dry, 55@65c so lbs.
RUFABAGAS-Ne. /, 59@75e bu.
PARSNIPS-No. l, 6OQ75c bu.
Detroit. Mich. Mar. 20
APPLES-Mclntosh. No. /. $3.50
$50 bu.; Delicious. No. !. $1.40@
lis bu., Jonathans. No. /, coca
$l.25 bu.; Northern Spies, No. l,
$1.50@1.75 Blu.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
ne OlODe IrOttcr B, cliff Mackay

The poll tax too, has been a barrier in eight
of the Deep South states. Designed to keep Ne
groes from voting it has but recently been dis
covered by unsuspecting whites that actually it has
deprived more white people from exercising their
franchise than it has black. Now strong move
ment IS afoot to wipe out poll taxes.
The elimination of poll taxes would still leave
you out in the rain in the matter of partic patton
In elections. Because the NEST effective Barrier
the South has yet devised to keep the power of
the ballot from black hands has been the "yhite
primary" Operating under the theory that po-
litlcal party is strictly private organization and
therefore can bar any group organization it so
desires, the white primary for years has carried
the biggest portion Of the Souths determination
to keep democracy from its section of the United
States.
And that's where the long-forgotten Act of
1870 now comes to the fore. Supreme Court
Justice Stone reading a 17-page four-to-three de-
clSlon last week held:
"The right to participate through the pri-
mary in the choice of representatives in Congress
"a right clearly secured by the Consttution-is
within the words and purposes of the 1870 law in
the same manner and to the extent as the
right to vote at the general election.'
IMPLICATIONS APPARENT
In other words the supreme Court now holds
that the traditional ''White Democratic Primary
during all these years you have been barred has
actually been outside the pale of the law in the
matter of electing federal office holders
The farreaching implications Of this decision
are plainly apparent. 1t means the old argument
Oh state S llghIS uhdef winch the South has con-
Quoted many of its unconstitutional practices
against Negroes has been dealt cne more body
blow The right to regulate primary elections
moves from the realm of the states to its rightful
.pace-the federal government.
1t also forebodes the passing of an old era
under the merciless pounding of liberal Supreme
Court. The high tribunal has plainly indicated
just how it will rule should case be brought be-
fore it involving the very unconstitutional opera
ton of the white primary in the election of can
didates fer federal offices
A strong lever has thus been provided to
break the political shackles that have bound mil
lions of voteess black people in the South. Our
Supreme court seems determined to make democ
racy working thing here before we are called up
to defend it elsewhere in the world 1t is now
up to those who have been suffering under the
hopeless situation created by these restrictive white
primaries to see that the Supreme Court has
chance to wipe them out And this action should
be forthcoming without further delay.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07

STRAIGHTEN YOUR HAIR AT HOME.
New Discovery straightens the most
stubborn hair quickly and surely. Apply
it at home in IL few seconds. Costs but
II few cents Write for free offer. Geo.
E. Hughes, $50 st. Nicholas Ave,
<ew York y. Y. Apt. 80
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We're still being considered as pieces of nOt-SO-
valuable property, it blandly ignored and for
gotten.
A RUDE INTERRUPTION
The South was going blissfully on its uncon-
stitutional way in the matter of eliminating black
people completely from the privilege of suffrage
BAIT last week the blissful journey was rudely in
teTrupted by a stern voice from the Supreme
Court. Ironically the the ruling did not come in
g case in which Negroes were involved.
The South has tried any number of ways to
restrict the ballot to those Of the white race only
Some of these the Supreme court has frowned
upon The notorious Grandfathers Clause, which
Tribunal This was trick concocted during the
Reconstruction days which turned into law held
that only those whose grandfathers' before them
Rad voted, would be entitled to vote. That auto
matically would rule out the bulk of Negroes,
whose grandfathers had not long been out of
slavery.
The so-called educational requirements still
practiced by North and South Carolina are almost
as vicious in the way they administered. Two
College professors in North Carolina possessors of
d9sb0r of philosophy degrees, were denied the bal
lot recently in North Carollna by tobacco chew
ing registrar, who could barely write his name, be-
cause they could not recite the United States
Constitution from memory. Meantime white per-
sons, many of whom doubtless could not have
passed the army's literacy test were allowed TO
register and vote without question.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
Here S How To
Get Birth Proof

A regular form letter has been
prepared by the census depart
ment to give the information nee
essary and is available upon ap-
plication to that department.
However it is necessity for the
person applying to know the ex'
act place of residence of the indi-
vidual on the date of a federal
census. If living in a city. the
name of the street and the number
of the house or the names of the
cross streets between which the
house was situated should be fur
niShed.
If living in the country, the name
Of the township, town, village or
Other minor civil division of the
county should be given. The bu~
leau should be furnished also with
the names of the parents OF the
individual OF the persons with
when ne resided.
An application blank must be
completed and signed in accord
ance with instructions furnished
before an examination of the pop
ulation schedules Of any census
can be made.
An exception is made in the case
of the 1890 census. the records OF
which were destroyed by fire.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07

newest and best books in the
fields of history, Negro music,
rural sociology and literature.
In his radio broadcast of We'd
nesday, May %, over the Port
Au-Prince station, HH2S. DR..
Reddick outlined the general
plan for the exchange of books,
scholars and newspapers between
Haiti and the United States. An
arrangement has been completed
for sending one copy of every
new book published in Haiti to
the Schomburg collection Of the
New York Public library
at would be a worthy public
service said Dr.. Reddick, ''if the
leading Negro newspapers of the
United States would send copies
of each issue to hte leading news
papers, Libraries and schools of
Haiti
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
Haitians Want To
Know About Nedro

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti. -
(ANP)-"Send us books and
newspapers. We want to know
more about the colored Ameri-
cans" is the constantly repeated
request of the people Of Haiti to
DR.. L. D. Reddick of the New
York Public library, who is on
a goodwill tour in that country.
English is taught in the schools
and by the aid of radio broad
casts and movie newsreels from
the United States, many adults,
also, have learned to read and
speak the American language.
However, many of the schools
and libraries do not receive a
single Negro newspaper or mag
azine from America.
In a conference of Haitian
authors and newspaper men,
which was arranged by DR.. Louis
Mars of Port-Au-Prince, DR..
Reddick was asked about the
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
Proposed Slash Would Take 600, 900
off WPA Rolls; Negro Hardest Hit
Economy Bloc In Congress
Stubborn, In Determination

eressmen, in whose hands this
WPA business will fall and that
the false illusion that Negroes are
being absorbed III industry will be
eliminated.
Another matter working hard
ship on Negroes and whites as well
is the famous '18 months" rule,
which makes it imperative for Ne
groes and others on the rolls Is
consecutive months TO resign or
be dropped automatically for q
period of a month before they can
apply for reinstatement.
Despite the emphasis of hundreds
of letters to the President ana the
WPA administrator, the ceremony
bloc in congress, headed by Rep
WoodrUm of Virginia, seems de-
termined to slash the appropria-
tionS to the bone.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07

WASHINGTON, d. C. lamp.
Negroes desirig profit of births
and not having birth certificates
would do we'll to apply TO the
bureau of census in the depart
ment of commerce, when occas-
ton arises demanding the birth
proof Through census tracing, the
department upon application fur
nishes the applicant With the de
sired information, now so neCes-
sary in many instances.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07

WASHINGTON, D. CAMP
Dire results face many Negroes
if the WPA cuts GO through as
anticipated with dropping OF
some 100000 persons from the rolls
between now and the first Of July,
which marks the end of the fiscal
year.
Mr.. RooSevelt's Recommended
ton that the rolls be kept at a
mark Of approximately Ole million
persons means that money for such
will be appropriated considerably
less than has been appropriated
in the past. And the chief suffer-
CTS from such cut will be the
thousands of Negroes who are still
carried en- the rolls.
Officials are hopeful that the real
picture will be presented the con-
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
Y o u r HO r o S G o p E
and THREE QUESTIONS FREE

so matter what your troubles are Just
send questions and birthdate with 10C
for handling. Personal analysis on all
problems ny the well-known astrolOger
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BALTIMORE. MD.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07

Amendments, A by providing penal
ties for violation of these stat
utes. Jurisdiction was given to
federal courts to maintain the
equality of the races before the
law.
Since its passage some seven
decades ago, you have heard very
little about this law. Many Of you
were even ignorant of its exist
ence. In most sections of the
United States, particularly those
areas where you and your kind
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Should Declare Moratorium
On Patience White Declares

be willing to make any necessary
sacrifice to open up opportunity
for Negroes to fill those jobs.
Blasting discrimination lin tine
national defense program, the
speaker stated, THE world has re-
fused to learn anything from the
first World War. Since that con-
1lict ended Negro soldiers have
been lynched for wearing the uni
form of the United States army
which they had worn with bravery
and distinction in France.
MIR. White ended his address with
ali eXortation to the students to
meet courageously the challenge of
the Changnei world.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07

mean dilettante, parlor-pink dis
satisfaction. Instead, l mean dis
satisfaction with the present status
of the Negro and of the world
BE dissatisfied enough to equip
yourselves to fill jobs, irrespective
OF whether any Negro has ever
filled such jobs before And then
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
| Murder Verdict On
AIabaman Thrown
Out By Hi Court

Washington, ID. c. - (ANP)-
Charging that his conviction by
the Alabama courts of SlaYing
white filling station attendant
was founded on a confession
which officers obtained under
duress, Joe Vernon, Birming-
ham. had has conviction set
aside by the supreme court
Monday.
He also contended that Negroes
were systematically excluded
from jefferson county grand
juricS.
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07
The Act Of 1870

m WAY BACK IN 1870 a few brief years aft
Mr.. Lincoln had decided because your sons had
fought so yaantly for the Union cause to give
you your freedom, Congress passed law, which
makes it a crime to deprive a citizen of his con-
stitutional rights.
The measure, just as so many statutes On the
books was designed for your benefit. Strictly an
enforcement measure, its purpose was to put addi-
tional teeth in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07

This commencement marks the
seventy fifth anniversary of the
Sounding of Fisk university, one of
the oldest Negro colleges in Ameri-
Ca.s1 ~14
Urging more militancy, Mr..
White declared, above all, l beg
Of you to be dissatisfied. l do not
The Phoenix index., 1941-06-07

~ NASHVILLE Tenn SNS)-Before large audience
of students faculty and visitors at the
ercises of Fisk university here Monday June Walter
White speaker and executive secretary of
the National Association for the Advancement of Coored
People emphasized the need for the Negro to declare