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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04

Members, friends and all ~"
committee men will gather at the
ST Antoine branch OF the YM.C.A
Monday June %. 8 pm. TO hear
Councilman George Edwards asso-
clate chief air raid warden OF the
Detroit area and see two Of the
most interesting motion pictures
ever produced on fire fsating The
pictures will be shown by A j.
Galloway. representative OF the
Michigan Bell Telephone company.
Councilman Edwards will award
the handsome Y emblem pin to
every member who gets a friend
20 join the Y.MCA
Claude H. Cooper membership
secretary. says that over % Y men,
bers are wearing the Y pin and
that he expects 30 more to qualify
before Monday The special vaea-
ton membership is the best offer
OF the season, Just think. full va
cation privileges for the price OF
social membership. If your vaca-
ton is cut short. there is no better
place to enjoy your leisure than
at the YMCA. Swimming. soft
ball. tenris. water polo. horse shoe.
ping pong and a beautiful cool
reading room are all a part of the
panorama Of activities Why not
call up a friend and have him
meet you at the Y for fun and
fellowship
The St Antoine branch, YMCA.
along with the eight other branch
es in the city, has membership
goal to reach by June 30 Our
goal is two thousand men and
boy members, Today we have p
Total membership Of 1902 North
eastern, Northern and Fl an a
branches have already surpassed
their goals Every other branch is
within striking distance. We will
not know until Monday whether
ST. Antoine branch will go over the
top,
DR.. ]. J. McClendon. chairman
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
FOUND GUILTY
OF NUMBERING
her DAUGHTER
Wife, Hubby. Chauffeur
Given Life Terms For
Brutal Killing

CLEVELAND. Ohio - Mat
tie Owen Sarthar, self-styled
seer and mystic. charged to-
gether with her husband,
Abdul Hashim Sarthar, and
her chauffeur. Willie Smiley. with
the Staying Of her adopted daughter.
l9-year-old Georgia Lopez. were
found guilty Of murder in the first
degree. Saturday morning, at the
termination Of an eight-day trial in
Judge Frank Days common pleas
court.
A jury OF 10 women and two men
brought in the guilty verdict but
with a recommendation Of mercy
sentencing them to life imprison-
ment
In the trial the crime was de-
scrbed as one of the most gruesomei
cases in the history OF Cleveland.
Norman Minor, assistant prose-
cutor. calling on 20 witnesses for
the state, pieced together the brok-
en- threads of the story of woman
who killed in an effort to put her.
self back into the graces Of man
who had married her. evidently for
her money and had deserted her
for the company Of another woman
when the money ran out
County Coroner Gerber had test-
fled that the girls brains were beat
en- out that her head was reduced
to a mass of pulp, that blood splat-
tered the ground in a radius of
eight feet Of the body found by the
police early Tuesday morning,
ApIil IA
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
Asks War Bond A
Month For Soldiers

R. ] Thomas, president of the
United Automobile Workers. clio,
today wrote Representative Andrew
] May, chairman Of the House Mill
,srv Affairs committee, urging that
Congress enact legislation which
would give members Of the armed
forces a S25 defense bond for every
month in the services.
The UAW-CIO head urged that
the bonds should mature at stag
gered intervals after the war, and
that such step would provide a
reserve OF purchasing power which
would aid the returning soldiers
while stimulating civilian goods in
dustrics during the postwar period
MIR Thomas letter follows:
organ .zed labor views with
satisfaction the acton Of he Con
gress increasing the compensation
Of the members Of our armed forces
This IS sep which has repeatedly
been urged by my own organ zatior
as well as by other important sec.
lions OF the American labor move.
mcnt.
Il am writing al this time 10 urg,
on your committee consideration o
a further step n the Interests O
our fighting men. sep which,
believe, VII also be Of srcs' assist,
ance in returning Oh. postwar in
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
Rho Club Fetes Mothers
And Grads At Banquet
BY GLADYS MILLS

The Rho club. interes' group TO
the SIGMA Gamma Rho sorority,
.....oa H. ro.hors and ,bei,
'io'o' 81 's'' 'O' '
graduates al a very impressive
banquet, held last Sunday, in 81.
Cyprian's beautiful Page hall.
rho ta,1a, uere cot n farm
-, - 5.......5 81
u ''i'sie' anu "e'' 0eN0i
blue and yellow, the club coIors;
the color motif was completely car
ried out in every detail even 10
the charming center-piece, which
was yellow gladioli, which nos;ed
in blue water.
Interesting Program
The program began with the in
vocation. bv Virginia Bethel, club
chaplain. followed by the saluta-
tory. oy Miss Mavis Bonney, who
is advisor of the GROUP
Corsages. composed OF carnations.
we're presented to each mother by
her daughter after which came the
blessing by Mrs. A. Bonney.
The four probates, better known
in sorori lingo as worms" then
served the sumptuous dinner which
had been prepared by the club
members with the serving OF the
dessert the club resident, Jan
G-av who acted as mistress Of
ceremonies, began the display Of
club talent
Della v Swain reclted ct Can
BE Done" Harriet Philips sang
Star Dust and Deep Purple" as
onlv she can; Aileen Hampton re-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04

Wendell L, Willkie, expected 10
be nominee for the governorship Of
New York on the Republican ticket
and recent addition to the Board If
Hampton institute, was attacked
this week by Mssissippis Congress
man Johr E. Rankin Of the Lower
House for associatins himself with
"trouolemakers' and race agi.s-
tors" He applied the latter terms
10 the Communis: party which he
VOWS has backed the W!llk.e race
for the governorship.
Ironically enough, according 20
PM a New York tabloid, which Mr..
Rankin detes:s, the Mississippi rep
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
AID b. RACIAL
OCCUPANCY OF
U. 5. H 0 N { S
Norman Thomas Speaker
AT Meet


Support Tor bi-rac.a. occupancy
of Co. Hsm.ramck homes commen-
49,, ,,- The .,,...s,,,r soio,-nar
- $3.50
4'1'H Hsh'' oe'i'aio 10 'i'e COM
mutation Of the sentence Of Odell
Waller. and contributions % the
Do..oi. NAACp a, .s s,ccAssf,,l
r,amharsbln drive ue~e nighliobts
NJ tho s,a,e contention ~ Inc 81.
cialis, party NJ Nich,oan Uhfch
heard Norman Thomas declare The
limited Nations mus NOW and for
eoer end The cririnal and pndenoo.
cratic practice Of race discrjnina-
lion .
Mr. Tbomas many Times Socialist
candidate for President stressed n
h. address IN ,be -convention the
ur7ent nee5 for the ending of all
race determination and domination
over colonial people II The victory
we hone 10 cain over the AXIS is
10 assure us word Of peace and
security Mr. Thomas oeclared that
we must be1in. now by actually
prac;.cjng race eoualifv in the
United States bv trcating Anerl-
can citizens of Janancse origin as
fhounb ,bey werc citizens and NOT
enemy aliens and nv repealins the
OYentsl Exclusion Act
Pass Equality Housin~ Resolution
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
SOUTH Negroes FRIEND
800 YEARS. SAYS RANKIN

resentstive concluded his remarks
by averring The whites and
Negroes Of the South get along very
well and will continue 10 do so Il
these troublemakers will let them
alone. The white people of the
South have shown their friendship
for the Negro for over 800 years
while there subversive elements
that are now stirring up this arc
the worst enemies the Negro ever
had
Rankin also criticized the candi-
date for having his picture made
with a Negro woman in the taking
Of an an.i-dlscrlmina,ion pledge.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04

rita Robinson and Virginia Bethel,
we're presented with graduation
tokens, by their advisor. to con-
clude a very enjoyable evening.
Other members OF the club are
ldell Mack, Ethel Lloyd and Juani-
Ia Jackson; the new probstes are
Chol.ie Midd.ebrook, VerdelIe
Boyd, Harriet Phillips Lillian
Walden and Margaret Carr
TELL OUR ADVERTISERS YOU
SAW IT IN The CHRONICLE
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
VISITS RELATIVES

JOLIET. Ill.-After visiting her
father and aunt, Mrs. Hattie Mitch
ell of Kalamazoo, Mich, stopped off
here on her way to visit her uncle,
James johnson and aunt Rosa May
Chadwick.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
Early Planting
OF lcgumc Crop
Is Recommends

Planting winter lcgumcS early.
which is always good farm prac-
tIcc. is especially important this year.
according to l.. r. Miller. junior con-
Scrvationist of the Tar River soil
conservation district.
Early planted lcgumeS will make
good growth before cold weather
comes and will thus provide better
protection against erosion. sufficient
growth for car!T spring grazing and
more green material for turning
under in advance of planting spring
crops.
The carly grazing will help To fur
niSh the milk and meat needed i'm tho
war effort and the nitrogen added
To the SoIl by turning under a good
growth of IcgumcS will increase crop
yields and save commercial nitro
gen. which is needed in making mum
iiiOnS
Dry weather that ordinarily comes
in the fall in this section is one Of
the principal obstacles to getting
winter cover crops planted early.
Miller points out. In order TO take adj
vantage Of any rain that comes. il is
very important 10 have the land pre-
pared and plenty Of seed on hand.
Where the winter legumc TO be
planted has not been grown sue
cessfully before. il will aN:o he
necessary tu lrncula'e the seed. Mil
l"r add.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
RATION STICKERS
MUST BE ON AUTOS

Service station operators are warn
cd not 20 sell gasoline e. any motor
-, who dues not have the correct
ration book letter on the Windshield
IF In" car being served. These stick
crS may not be carried in a conceal
cd location Warning has been re-
cc:vCd by the Henderson Chamber uG
Commerce from OPA that ii Is il
legal .ur any :CrvicC station attend
ant To- sell gasoline 10 a vehicle un-
less the StICkcr corresponding To- the
type "t book is c0nSpicuouSly dis
played on the car"
II must be remembered. the Cnam-
Der OF Commerce warns. that hnlGcrs
of either b or C books al,u
have "A" books. but il is not nccC e.
Sary 10 display the ~ sIicilcr when
there Is also either p a.. "C''
book issued for the car. The Cham
bcr OF Commerce also points cut that
the official warning states that tine
attendant is responsible in tine event
of an Illegal sale and that therefore
the attendant would bC .ubitCt in
prosecution for illegal sale of ga
plinc.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
Scc Pdge Four

!. Which branch ri the 4. s. Army
uses crossed flags as IFS Insignia
Z. Name the leader of the Yug"
Slav forces fighting in Europe.
3. To which country docs Mar.
Unique belong?
!. Copper IS the best conductor of
electricity: true or false?
D. Name the most famous river
crossed by Julius Caesar.
u: Pearl Buck is child bride. AN
author or scientist?
I. What country has military
organization named the ColdStrcar,,
Guards?
q. From whom was Mae West re-
Gently divorced?
=, Which of these words -- sta
nonary or stationTy-mcans not
moving?
y a mill is what part of Il cent?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
TUESDAY, AUGUST IS, lM.

with being drunk. and was given
thirty days on the roads. Judgment
cost.
Walter Ballard. culorcd. WAS fo;md
not guilty Of charges "i aSSaulting
k.SSIc Ballard
Robert Pope. white. WAS charged
with being drunk. and prayer tor
Judgment WAS continued ON payment
of the costs. and the costs were then
rcmIttcd.
Leroy Green. Colorcd. charged
with aSSaulting Morn Henderson,
WAS given iUur months on the roads.
suspended on payment OF the costs
and on payment for glasses OF Viii
Jackson. and To- bc of good behavior
Tor two wears.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18

Buy Victory Bonds and Stamps.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
SUSPENDs JUDGMENT
IN ASSAULT CHApcr

In Nv" only Gaze tried i'm rc,,..
court. Recorder Il. T.. Clcnrr, wi :
Herman Register. colurcd gave
months on the roads ,cdny WE'VE
,a"l''nS Ech Williams. iudrmcn, Us" s.
b' suspended on payment oiThc a... !"
ana payment of Williams doc,o, ,,'.,
hospital bills incurred bv rca.n,' ''la
InIuicr in the attack. vi
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
OLD FAIR GROUND
SITE LOTS CHANGE

Six lots ON East M"ufrnmcr.
street extension. in the former faIr
ground property. were conveyed by
Hamilton Stewart and wife f. Ben
Smiihwick and others IN q decd flied
with the register of deeds Mrrda,
Tho consideration VA, given %. So
and other values.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-08-18
OXFORD SCHOOLS
FACULTY COMPLETE

Oxford. Aug l&.-SupCrin, nd2r'
{. G.. Creole of the Oxford >Chnu,S
announced today that Il .taCuI;! .nr
each school IN the district has been
selected. and that classes will be-
gin on "Wednesday. September ..
Three teachers. one white and two
culorcd have retired and several have
entered other work. meaning tina.
there vii, he several newcomers =,
the local system.
. Two additional teachers have boon
obtained through an extra allutmcn;
To meet an expected increase III en-
rollmcni.
Evening star., 1942-04-19
ALSO
Science Shorts Food
Beauty. WaIly's Wagon
Articles Cartoons
THE FLAGS

With the cooperation Of the
U. s. Navy, We present a bit
Of naval fiag-talk. Spelled
out here is This WEEK.. :.
reading first down the left
column of flags, and then
down the right. See Page 2
Evening star., 1942-04-19

TOTAL WAR
1t hits all Of US. But
it may bring a lasting
peace -. Page 2
by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
THE NAVY'S GUNS
Meet the man who is
providing them at
triple speed Page q
by Donald E. Keyhoe
WOMEN DO THE WORK
War opens new careers
for women. Do you know
what they sre?. Page 9
by Eioise Dawson
THE RIGHT RAFT
What happens when a
fisherman falls fer
the wrong Iine?. Page 3
by Basil Gordon
HARVEST
An old Frenehman pits
his wits against the
Nazi tyrant. Page 20
by ]. Stewart Hunter
ALSO.
Science Shorts Food
Beauty. .WaIIy's Wagon
Articles :. . Cartoons
THE FLAGS
With the cooperation Of the
U. s. Navy, We present bit
Of naval flag talk. Spelled
out here is This WEEK..
reading first down the left
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

Importadora de Maquinaria Automobiles
Teefono No. ESQ Madero No. 384
Apartado No. l73
MexicaIi, B. Ga, Mexico
President-Engineer, Eugeoio EIorduy
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
kAEXlCAAI VALLEY PRODUCTION

In order Of importance The following produce the Mex
cali Valley Co+ton wheat afaa barley, vegetables
$4,000 bales Of cotton have been exported s year date and
by The end Of he 10000 bales will have been shipped
The wheat after Two crops due pestence
will net less than 5000 tons ON The Valley and tons
cudn8 the imported whea crop the Ensenada coast area
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
SIZE or BAJA CALIFORNIA

Baa California including both northern and southern territories,
embraces O7 square Kilometres The northern territory alone
75I44 square kilometres Totanhabtan for both Ter
rifories is approximately 81 people,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-14

100000 war revenue bill, he said he
was convinced that some deduction.
must be allowed, in computing tax
able income. for purchase of war
bonds as well as for payments made
ON debts contracted before the war
THE hearings clearly demon
strate that the high rates of the
bill make additional provisions
necessary TO preserve the industrial
plants of the country. he added.
They must be allowed TO make a
contribution to the war effort and
to carry on after the war"
The committee recessed until
Aug. "a, when it will meet in exc
cutive session to start drafting its
bill, after hearing a series cf wit
nesses discuss specific points OF
the bill during a two-hour morning
session.
One of the morning witnesses was
Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale Univer-
sity. who proposed a special tax
on spending and eventual reduction
of all taxes on that part of income
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-14

Bond will be required from defend
ants granted probation on their
promise to support their families,
Judge Vaughn N. Thompson an
rounced in Imperial county super
ior court Friday as he set bond for
one probationer at $500.
Probation is granted many men
who plead guilty or are found
guilty of failure to support their
families, Judge Thompson said from
the bench Friday. Hereafter in his
court, he said, he will demand bond
from these defendants.
I'VE have too many cases where
defendants granted probation do not
live up to the terms of probation" a"
Judge Thompson said. They do
not comply with court orders and
frequently leave the jurisdiction of
the court without permission. This
makes it necessary for the issu-
ance of bench warrant and COM
pels officers to search for them"
He thereupon granted Juan Diaz
probation for two years. The Braw-
ley Mexican was ordered to pay
$40 month for support of his IL
legitimate child, born to a minor
girl, and to support his wife and
legitimate children also. He was
ordered to furnish $500 bond to
guarantee that he live up TO the
terms of probation. If he does not
comply with the orders re will go
to jail for u year.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-14
bbb EI Centrans
To Be Sans Water
Unless Bills Paid

Impending city action was expect
ed to send many Ell Centre water
users scurrying to water faucets
Friday to fill fish bowls for pet
guffies and bath tubs for star board"
erS.
Reason for the furry Of action
was given in the announcement by
aptly gnamed Water Commissioner
II. w. Fawcett, who disclosed that
if 666 unpaid hydro accounts are
not taken care of by neon Satur-
day, somebody won't get a bath.
Altogether there are $4,000 worth
OF overdue accounts outstanding,
Fawcett said. Each averages a lit
tie over SO.
Bright and early Monday morn
ing city employees will begin to
shut off meters at the homes of the
residents who are still delinquent
Fawcett warned.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-14

Roosevelt after strikers had re-
fused to accept a War Labor Board
ruling that they were not entitled
to a lO-cents hourly wage increase.
A notice announcing that the
Navy had taken over was posted
throughout the plant and included
the warning Any interference with
the operation of this plant is an
offense against the United States.
While the Navy was in charge
of the plant, soldiers were assigned
to guard it and Army officers as
sisted Admiral Bowen in an in
spection of the area.
The prompt action forestalled a
strike at the Perth Amboy, NJ j.,
rlant of General Cable Corporation,
which employs 2700 workers.
VOTE CHANGED
Workers who already had voted
to strike and twice advanced the
deadline, voted lis to so last night
to abide by the War Labor Boards
| decision. eFss.'' sAs-'
An officer of the Perth Amboy
local said 835 members did not
vote, although they attended the
meeting and heard AFL officials
and Lieut.. Commander Kenneth
E. Yandell, industrial relations Off
Ger of the Third Naval District,
appeal to them not to strike. Union
members said Yandell's plea, as
much as the pleas of their officers,
influenced them not to walk out.
Pleas had f.Ged in the case of
the local strikers. The WLB had
asked them to remember our boys
fighting in the Solomon islands.
President William Green of the
AFL and Edward Brown president
Of the Electrical Workers union
had besought them in vain TO call
off their strike.
WAR PRODUCTION
They voted yesterday-despite no
tice that the plant would be seized
to continue the strike. Almost
the entire output of the General
Gable Corporations plants, wire and
cable, goes to the armed forces,
principally the Navy.
Mr.. Roosevelt, at pm. yester-
day, ordered the Navy to move in.
The WLB had reported to him
that the cause of the strike was
''solely dissatisfaction of the work.
ers with the decision OF the Ma
ton War Labor Board denying
them general wage increase"
Continued on Page 6; Column n /
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-14
BY UNITED PRESS

Japan claimed Friday that il
had sunk 25 Allied Warships, in
Guiding nine American cruisers,
and 10 transports so far in the
battle of Solomon islands and had
shot down SO Allied planes.
1t said its only losses had been
two cruisers slightly damaged, both
OF them still able to fight, and Il
planes all Of which power -diyed
on to their targets in suicide at
tacks.
The japanese high command, in
its first communique on the bat
tie since Monday, said Allied losses
were Is cruisers. nine destroyers
three submarines and 10 trans
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-14
County Gov
0ver3 Millions
For Coming.Year
Overall Cost Reduced
But Taxes Must Raise
More During 1942-43

1t is anticipated that it
will cost $3,541,769 to run
Imperial county this year
with 261,695 of the sum
expected to be raised bv
taxation, survey of the tentative
budget revealed Friday.
The year before the anticipated
county expenditures were $3,777 .979
and the amount to be raised by
taxation was $l.2l4,262. The diff
ference between the estimated cost
this year and last was $236,2l0 and
the difference between the amounts
TO be raised by taxation was $47,-
433.
This years tentative salary bud
get was set at $238,755 and last year
at $215,6l0 The general fund this
year was tentatively set at $685.
440. The advertising fund this year
was the same as last year. $4,975.
The welfare and security budget
this year was estimated at $780,
636 while year ago it was S475,
5l2. drop of $8,876.
The amount set aside this year
for the county highway improve
ment bond and interest fund was
$98,757, for the court house bond
and interest fund, $l7.659, general
reserve fund $55,0OO for the unap-
propriated reserve, $52.700 Fer
camel thorn eradication the board
set aside $500, for fish and game
conservation, $3.50, for the county
law library, $l,480
The amount set up in the tenta-
tive budget may be changed by the
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-14
industrial Users
Get More Sugar

1t might mean an extra lump of
sugar in your cup of coffee.
Industrial and institutional SUI
gar users get a break-they have
been allowed bonuses on their al
lotments for the new tWomonth
ration period beginning Saturday.
Mrs. Margaret Foster, secretary
of the Ell Centre price and ration
ing board, said Friday that indus
trial uSers-bottlers of soft drinks
will get 10 per cent more sugar
during the next two months than
they did in the period just COM
pleted. Institutional users, which
includes cafes, restaurants and
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-14

drive-in stands. will be allowed %
per cent more.
Both classes may start register
ing for their quotas, plus bonuses
Saturday. Registration continues
through September Is.
Cafe owners were allowed 70 per
cent of their l94l consumption for
the same period of time under the
last sugar allotment. The extra por-
ton granted to them will bring
their supply almost up to normal
The industrial users had been
granted so per cent of the amount
they used during June, July and
August of l94i.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-14
Shoemaker Denies
Murder Guilt

Herbert A. Poole, 23-year-old Ell
Centre shoemaker, Friday pleaded
not guilty in superior court here to
a charge that he murdered Charles
Ellis, Brawley merchant. in the
northend city Aug. /.
He was scheduled to appear for
trial in superior court Sept. IA.
In the meantime Poole is held in
the county jail without bail. He
is accused of shooting Ellis three
times in the stomach during a
robbery of the Ellis store. Poole was
captured few minutes after he
ran frcm the store and left Ellis
dying from his wounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-14

taxes whatsoever on savings
The special spending tax propos-
ed by the Yale economist would be
superimposed for the present on in
come tax schedules. He recon-
mended specified minimum eXemp-
tions from the spending tax. such
as $500 for single individuals and
$1,000 for married couples.