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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22
Congress Today

(By Associated Ptess)
Senate
In recess.
Banking Committee considers
legislation 10 extend Presidents
emergency monetary powers Oil a.
m. EST.
Joint Conference Committee
seeks to adjust difference between
Senate and House bills permitting
government acquisition OF foreign
ships in American waters (10:30).
Labor subcommittee continues
hearings on new labor mediation
bill Q0:30).
Debates bill for new guard force
at naval posts moon.
Ways and Means Committee con-
tinues hearings on new tax pro-
posals 10000.
Committee on Unamerican ac-
tivities resumes inquiry into
American peace mobilization
10000.
WEDNESDAY
Senate
In recess.
House
Passed miscellaneous merchant
marine bills.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22
Axis Today Marks
Its Anniversary

Berlin, May 22-AP-Today is
the second anniversary OF the sign
ing OF the historic pact in which
Germany and Italy linked their fu-
lures in a military alliance.
The treaty, signed in Adolf Hit
ler's presence by German Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
and Italian Foreign Minister Count
GaleaIzo Ciano, IS effective for
ten years.
The two countries agreed to pool
all their military and economic re-
sources in the event OF war in
which either might become en-
gagged.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22
State Committees Readyto
Report Out Budget Measures

500 900 TO build an addition TO the
state office building.
Directing. Espie said that from
here on it's you members respon-
sibility II you keep on increasing
our recommendations. We reported
this capital outlay bill so that you
could do with II what you want,
only don't forget who made the ad-
ditions."
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22
Agents of NLRB Begin Count
of Votes i'm Ford Election

About 500 absentee ballots filed
out by Ford workers now serving
in the Army were counted this
morning before the ballot boxes
from 81 polling booths at Rouge
and Lincoln were taken from the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22
Today in 1916

fRv Associated Press1
May %. 1916 Austrians with
draw $4,000 troops from Albania
in three weeks. Germans recapture
ground on Vimy Ridge.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

HEAR-Atty. Edward Simmons. De
troit, on labor situation at Brown
Chapel A.ME. Church, Friday. May
%. 8 D. m. Musical program.
Adv. 522
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

SAN FRANCISCO Up AFL
Metal Trades Workers have re-
opened six OF II important ship.
yards. in defiance OF striking ma
chinists. and return TO work in three
more today. but Independent OBJ
servers said the move was mot
very successful"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

See FORD CoUNT-Page 8
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

NEW YORK-AP-Mayor F. II.
LaGuardia, newly appointed civil
defense director. sees . "95 per
cent probability" that advance civil
Ian precautions never will be need
ed and says neither he nor Presi-
dent Roosevelt intends TO create
q feeling of alarm or fright"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

VICHY, Unoccupied France-AP
- Field Marshal Walther Won
Brauchitsch, command in chief of
the German army, arrived in Paris
yesterday on An undisclosed mis-
sion, 1t was said here today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

ISTANBUL, Turkey Up 49, A
ministry Of interior decree ordered
an extensive program OF air raid
trench construction throughout the
lstanbul area today and It was ar
ranged TO detail inmates OF city
jails 10 aid in the work. Persons
who fail TO cooperate will be liable
to six months in prison.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

LONDON-UP- Foreign Secre-
tary Anthony Eden warned in Com
mons today that Britain would
feel free TO attack" the Germans
in the unoccupied as we'll as occu-
pied zones of France il the Vichy
government collaborates with the
Germans.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

LoNDON-AP-The foreign Of
nee announced today appointment
OF Gerald de Gaury as charge
d'affairs with Emir Abdul llah de-
posed regent OF Iraq, pending re-
establishment of communications
with his majesty's ambassador at
Baghdad."
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

POUGHKEEPSIE. n. zap -
Merritt c. Speidel. president Of
Speidel Newspapers. Inc, today
announced the purchase by his com
pany OF the Poughkeepsie Evening
Star and Enterprise and the Pough-
keepsie Morning Eagle-News from
Mrs. Arthur A. Parks, principal
owner, Ernest L. owen, general
manager, and associates.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

Continued on Page Eighty
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

See EUROPEAN wAR-Psge s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

VICHY, Unoccupied France-AP
Reports published in the German
occupied zone today said Andre
Blumel. chief Of former popular
front Premier Leon Blum's cab
met secretary, had been arrested
at Cerbere. on the Spanish from
tier. on charges OF crossing the
border illegally.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

TOKYO-AP-Flour was added
today to the list of rationed arti-
cles in Japan, which include rice,
charcoal, sugar, sake and beer.
Under a new decree, the flour al
lowance for a family of four during
June will be one and one quarter
pounds.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

PITTSBURGH-INS- Arrange
ments have been completed by the
Blaw-Knox Company for the pur-
chase of the Laughlin Works OF
the Csrnegie-lllInois Steel Corpora
tion at Martins Ferry, O., it was
announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

FREMONT, O.-UP-Trapped In
side their flaming cottage when
they could not open the only door,
Frank Townsend. "a: his wife.
Elsie, 30, and their three
children, Jay C., 10; Janice. 5. and
Frank, 3, burned to death today.
CAlRO-UP- The Royal Air
Force has launched what was de-
scribed here as a minor blltz-
krieg' against German-held air
bases in Greece, it was reported
today, destroying several Nazi
troop carriers engaged in the attack
upon Crete.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

RAVENNA. O.-UP-Thousand9
Of workers milled around inside the
locked gates of the governments
$35,000,000 ammunition loading
plant today as all work was halted
on the ordnance project by labor.
ers' strike.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

TOKYO-AP-Foreign Minister
Yosuke Matsuoka and Minister OF
War Lieut.. Gen. Eiki Toto con-
ferred with Emperor Hirohito at
the Imperial Palace today. presum-
ably in connection with the war in
China.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mon.
day, the Standard Oil Company OF
Indiana will boost its gasoline
prices one-half cent a gallon in all
its selling areas except the Chi.
cago district. the company an
nounced today. States affected are
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan. Wis
consin, Minnesota North and South
Dakota, Iowa. Kansas, and Mis-
souri,.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

CHELSEA. Mass.-INS-Trans-
ferred from Massachusetts General
Hospital after a visit from his
mother, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
Ensign Franklin d. Roosevelt. Jr.,
today was at Chelsea Naval Hos.
pital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-22

NEW YORK-INS- Petitions,
bearing 10000 signatures and urg-
ing that he seek reelection. were
brought to Mayor F. H. LaGuar-
dia's Office today in the wake of
the mayors announcement that he
would run fora third term il the
people wanted him.
Evening star., 1941-12-11
HI k,>orca Theo1
Famous Tothhy
II u,,1e1

Don't give him something he never
heard about. You know the male
reaction to thot. Have him say
"She's the first girl who ever knew
what really wanted" And
don't hide the light Of your gift
under q busheI of anonymity.
He'll think you're very clever to
know the name of his fovorites.
Evening star., 1941-05-26

~
lhe national nutrition conference called by the
President meets in Washington today. Mark this
date. History will No more important assemblage
has taken place on the American continent than this
assemblage promises to be.
This conference will be report the nation the
nutritonal state of the nation and what to do about
it. This conference will seek ways to wipe out the
haf-healh that comes from poor nutrition and that
means half success and half happiness for millions
and millions of Americans.
The gigantic discoveries of nutritonal scientists in
the past forty years will now be applied in solemn
earnest They will be applied, not to the meager
purpose of keeping badly nourished people going,
but to the dynamic purpose of building nation of
buoyantly healthy people, the first national family
of healthy people the world has ever known.
This conference springs from the national purpose
not only to build stronger health into the national
defense, but to build this buoyant national health
Into our people as their heritage, down through the
years of peace
This is an enormous task But the means to do it are
enormous This conference springs from the will
and the resources of government, science and indus
Try in America the constructive core of the nation.
Evening star., 1941-05-26

Utilizing the cooperation of the new technique of
nutrtional chemistry, the bread industry and the
-four industry are already far along the road to
making new staff of life for Americans Already
we have fortified with vitamns and iron, the wheat
foods from which the American people get one
quarter of their food energy.
Today, all over the country, you can buy enriched
flour and enriched bread This means white -four
and white bread and slightly darker flour and Bread
enriched with iron and two vitamins natural to
whole wheat
In all those widespread nuritional areas where the
wheat vtamins deficient, there is bound to be an
upsurge of health from the use of enriched -four and
breads. In the words of Surgeon General Thomas
Parran Food will build nev Ameriea"
No concept of the American way of life could claim
loyalty that did include the wellbeing of the
people to the utmost degree possible to our eco.
nomic system. This nutrition conference will be
milestone on the road toward the American dream
OF richer, hslies, life for all.
1t will mark the birthday of a new world world
where buoyant health will be the heritage of its citi
zens. To the making of this world we dedicate our
will and Our resources.
Evening star., 1941-05-26


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The Omaha guide., 1941-10-11
MINNESOTA NAACP PLANS
COURT ACTION AGAINST
GOVERNOR

Minneapolis, Minn.,-Because Gov
ernor Harold Stassen claims to be
helpless to admit Negroes to Min
nesota's Home Defense et-up, claim
ing that he is bound by the emil
itary code of the federal army"
and that this code excludes Negro
es, the local branch of the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, plans &C
ton, in the state courts against
the governor and the adjutant gen.
eral of the state.
Months ago, after members of
the National Guard were indicted
into the federal Service, Governor
Stassen issued an executive order,
number 10, creating the Minnesota
Home-Defense. There was no pro-
visions in the order barring part
icipation of Negroes.
Negroes who volunteered were
not accepted and attempts were
made to set up a Jim Crow o a.
pany. The governor appeared be-
fore a mass meeting called by
the branch and said he was in tot
al disagreement with the discrim-
nation. But he stated fatty that
1t was beyond his power to change
the situation, because he claimed
the Adjutant Generals office must
operate according to the federal
military code which excludes Ne
groes.
The action planned by the MA
ACP in this case is the first of its
kind.
The Omaha guide., 1941-10-11
FORMER
OMAHA GIRL
MRS. RANGES ID. ELLIOTT
RECEIVES SPLENDID
APPOINTMENT

Mrs. Frances D. Elliott, the for
mer Frances D. Gordon, was rec
emily appointed a YWCA. Exc
cutive Secretary to organize and
conduct this work under the USO.
set-up at Mineral Wells, Texas,
where a soldier camp has recently
been established.
Mrs. Elliott is a native Omahan
and was educated in the Omaha
Public schools and the University
of Omaha. For about ten years
after her graduation, Mrs. Elliott
taught in the High school at Ok
mulgee, Oklahoma. For the past
six years, Mrs. Elliott has been ac-
tive in YWCA work in Denver,
Colorado, where she attained note
worthy prominenee.
The salary which Mrs. Elliott
is to receive is $25O0.OO per an
mum. She is the daughter of Mr..
G. D. Gordon and the niece of Mrs
H. J ,Pinkett. Her friends and
former teachers in the Omaha
Public schools and the University
Of Omaha, are greatly pleased at
the news of her success, both with
respect to salary and the opport-
unity for fine public service
The Omaha guide., 1941-10-11

A letter ilom any job-seeker
WHO has been denied a job in !. de-
tense industry because Of his race
COED, coljr Ur rational origin, is
Ell ough to initiate in Investigation
~ the Presidents Comnittee on
Fair Employment Pract;,e, it was
explained today by Lawrence W
Cramer, Executive Secretary, il.
answer to numerous inquiries
inquiries which have come to the
Committee.
Any person who has reason to
believe that his race, creed, color
or national origin has prevented
his obtaining a position OF prom
otion in the Federal civil service
may also submit his complaint in
the same way.
This simple method of filing
complaints was decided upon by
the Committee, Craer explained,
in order that the least job-seeker,
or the unemployed, might find no
difficulty in having his grievances
redressed in keeping with the Pres
ident's Executive Order of June
25, which set up the Committee, as
one step in reaffirming the policy
Of the United States shat there
shall be no discrimination in the
employment Of workers in defense
industries or government because
Of race, creed, color or national
origin"
1t is not necessary for an ag-
grieved worker to have a lawyer
draw up any formal papers, it is
explained, but it is necessary that
the complaint furnished adequate
information to permit the Comm
ittee to act, and as the ~investigat-
ion proceeds it may be necessary
to have complainant submit a not
arized copy of his charges. But
to get an investigation started by
the Committee only a clear, fact
giving letter is required.
The fact-giving letter, accord
ing to Cramer, should tell the fol-
lowing:
/. The name Of the firm, agen-
cy, school or union against which
the complaint is made, and its To-
cation ~(street, city and state):
2. Whether the discrimination
alleged is because Of (a) race, (b)
creed, (c) color, or ID national
origin.
g.. The race, religion, or nat
The Omaha guide., 1941-10-11
Governor Poletti, Sen. Barbour Join Fight to Stop
Displacement of Co|ored Firemen
WHEN DIESEL ENGINES
ARE

Chicago, Illinois, October 2 1941
"The movement to stop the dis
placement of Negro Railroad fire
men when Diesel Engines are put
on is rapidly gaining momentum"
states A. Philip Randolph, Nat
ional Chairman Of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters, Provis-
ional Committee for the Organi-
zation of Colored Locomotive Fire
men, at the Chicago headquarters
of the Brotherhood.
New supporters of the cause of
the Colored Firemen are Lieuten-
ant Governor Polleti Of New York
State and Senator W. Warren Bar
hour Of New jersey. Governor
Polleti has volunteered his servic-
es without cost to assist in the
proecution of the legal aspect of
the fight in behalf of Colored fire
men and expressed his utter revuI-
sion against and condemnation of
the policy to displace Negro Rail
road french Of twenty and thir-
ty years seniority rights by white
firemen their junior, and branded
this procedure as unAmerican, IN
democratic and unjust.
Senator Barbour of New Jersey
has telegraphed Mr.. Randolph of
his intention to study the prob.ern
Of the Colored Locomotive Firemen
and expressed his interest in the
fight to save their jobs. "A con-
ference is being planned with SEN
ator Barbour with the view of en-
listing his support behind a move
ment to secure the adoption of a
Resolution by the Senate to have
a Senate investigation of the plight
Of the Colored Locomotive Fire
men and the attendant circumstanc
es surrounding their continuing
elimination as a result Of death,
retirement and discharge, along
with the gradual, but constant, in
PRODUCTION of Diesel power, con
Guided Mr. Randolph.
The Omaha guide., 1941-10-11
(by Ted Yates)

New York, ~(Typ)-Henry r.
Murphy, Executive Secretary of
the Colored Orphan Asylum in
Riverdale, announced today that
John W. Poe had been promoted
from Institutional case worker to
Assistant Superintendent succeed
ing John G. Rommel who recently
resigned from the post after two
years Of service.
With the appointment Of Nj.
Poe, every full time position at
the Riverdale Institution, except
Mr.. Murphy's is stated by trained
Negro personnel. Within three
years qualified Negroes have re-
placed white workers as pediatric-
ian, nurse, secretary, dietician,
head Of clothing department, ma
tron and now as assistant super
tendent.
Mr.. Poe came to Riverdale s
months ago as Institutional work
er from Philadelphia, where he had
been engaged as a supervisor in
the DEPARTMENT of Public Assist
ance.
Born in HUNTSVILLE, Alabama,
Poe received his B. S. degree from
Howard University in 1880 ana
later attended the school Of Social
Work at the University of Penns-
ylvania in Philadelphia. Shortly
after his graduation from Howard
he did research work for the AS
section for the Study Of Negro
Life and History.
Mr.. Poe's wife, the former Miss
Frances Thorton, has been en-
ployed as Case Worker in the A
gency's Foster Home Department
located at 306 Lenox Avenue here,
since that Departments reorgan-
ization early in 1899. Mr.. and
Mrs. Poe have moved from their
home at 555 Edgecombe Avenue
and now reside at Riverdale.
The Omaha guide., 1941-10-11
RANDOLPH AND WEBSTER TO
VISIT OMAHA IN NEAR
FUTURE

Chicago, Illinois, October 9, 1871
A Philip Randolph, international
President of the Brotherhood IF
Sleeping Car Porters and National
Director Of the March on Wash
ingtor's Committee and Milton p.
" ebster, First International Vice
President of the Brotherhood Of
Sleeping Car Porters and member
of the Presidents Fair Employ
nlent Practice Committee will Wis
it the Divisions of the Brother
hood of Sleeping Car Porters on
the Pacific Coast, including Seat
tie, Spokane, Portland, Oakland,
Los Angeles and returning will stop
at Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha
and Kansas City, for the purpose
of holding meetings to discuss the
recent wage movement of Railway
employees and the general problems
of Negro workers in National De-
tense.
The Omaha guide., 1941-10-11
Says Military Police Asked Okla.
To Act Against Soldiers


! New Ydrk-Mifitary police Of
the Gath Engineers division asked
state police to intercede in moving
the troops stationed at Camp Rob-
inson, Ark, it is claimed by As
sistant u. S. Attorney General
Wendell Berge, in a statement re-
leased this week by the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
Berge wrote the Association:
"For this reason there does not ap-
pear to be suitable basis for fed
eral jurisdiction under the Civil
Rights Statute"
The statement came in answer
to an NAACP request made SEP
TENDER 10 and accompanied by az
fidavits from members of the Oath
Engineers division, that the De-
partent of Juice take action s.
gainst state patrolmen and civi-
ians whr forced Negro soldiers off
highway near the camp, slapped
Lieutenant Donald Curry, white,
made an armed invasion Of army
territory and insulted officers and
men of the division.
Berge's assertion ha been refer
red by the NAACP to Secretary
of War Henry L. Stimon with the
comment that even if military po-
lice had requested the aid of state
troopers for any purpose. it is
clear that these troopers had no
right to commit ~unprovoked as
saults upon United States soldiers.
"The charge that the state po-
lice intercede at the request of
military police is a serious one"
the NAACP said. eff this charge
is true, then it is additional evid-
ence in support Of the request that
the whole question Of the military
police and Negro soldiers be re-
considered by the War Depart
ment."
The NAACP answered Berge
Wednesday, Oct. l, pointing out
that there is basis for prosecution
under Title Is, Section 81 of the
U. S, Code which provides a fine
of not more than $4,000 or impris-
onment for not more than six
years, or both, for any two or
more persons who prevent an Of
ficer of the United States from
discharging any of the duties of
his office or do injury to his per-
son or property in account of his
discharge Of his duties, or inter-
rupt, hinder or impede him in his
official business. Enclosed in the
letter to Berge was a copy of an
affidavit made by William Curry
of the Oath Engineers which men
tions several incidents of racial
friction.
The Omaha guide., 1941-10-11
ST. PAUL DELEGATES $50, 900
COMMUNITY AUDITORIUM

st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 9 CAMP
(by j w, Pate-)- An estimated
crowd of 500 persons, white and
colored, attended the dedication of
the new 100000 gymnasium and
auditorium of st Paul's Halle @.
Brown community house Sunday.
The dedicatory address was de-
livered by Atty. L. r. Frankel,
white, former president Of the st.
Paul ~Interracial committee and a
charter member of the executive
board of the Halle Q. Brown can
ter. Atty. Frankel paid tribute
to the st. Paul Negroes for their
fine community spirit in paying
one fifth of the entire cost of the
new building, also the Masons and
Odd Fellows for their generous
gift of the ground upon which the
new building is located.
julie Hannaford, Jr., white, ex-
pressed deep satisfaction in pres
enting the keys to the new build
ing to DR.. J. w. Crump local ply
stefan who turned the keys over to
Miss |. Myrtle Garden, resident di-
rector of the community center
and now serving her 18th year IL
this capacity.
Outstanding o nthe program was
the large Halle @. Brown youth
chorus of SO voices with ages from
Is to 20 years.
The center serves more than
140O youth Of both races and is a
community chest supported agency
The Omaha guide., 1941-10-11

Yale Law School. He also has
made studies in public law and
sociology at Columbia University
and Cornell University.
In 1929, Mr.. Wells made an
~interracial and cultural study Of
the West Indies and Central AM
erica under the auspices Of the
University Improvement Associa-
ton of New York, and from 1928
1910 was engaged in social stud
les for the cities of Albany, Roch-
ester, Buffalo, Syracuse, Ithaca.
ard Schenectady, N. Y, under the
auspices of the Association Of
Negro State Builders, New York
Most recently, Mr.. Wells served
The Omaha guide., 1941-10-11
w. WELLS
TO B
RELATIONS STAFF TTSO

appointment of Friedrich W..
Wells to the public relations staff
OF the United Service Organizat-
lens was announced today by Jes-
Sc Butcher USO, director of pub
lie relations.
Mr.. Wells, formerly president OF
Moreland Village, the Negro mod
e community in Brooklyn, N Y,
was graduated from Wilberforce
University in 1920 and attended
The Omaha guide., 1941-10-11

on the interracial committees Of
Columbia and Charleston, S. O.,
for the problem Of providing re-
creation for Negro soldiers in
Camp Jackson and Negro sailors
at the Navy Yard.
Born in Union City, Tenn, in
1899, Mr.. Wells has completed his
full residence study for a doctor
ate Of philosophy on the thesis
Especial Studies in Race Relat-
ions".