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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-05-09
Boone Love Post
InstalIs Officers

On the fourth Sunday afternoon
in April at the post headquarters
PIG East Montcslm. Boone Love Pos.
No GIL. WV, held installation
exercises With Past Commander
Milton Wills as installing officer
the following officers were installed
commander. Walter W Miller:
senior wee commander. Clifford W
Harrison: junior vice commander
James H chatham; quartermaste-.
Clarence F. Thompson: adjutant.
Joseph W. Smith: post advocate
Milton wills; chaplain. Boston
Payne; surgeon. Dr. Samuel G
Stewart; officer Of the day, Daniel
Mack; patriotic Instructor. Clyde
A BleoSoe, post historian. James J
Bowman; trustees, 10 months. VIII
Lyons y months. viii Fritz. {
months, Onn.e I. Booth; sergeant
major, Motcn H Hervey; quarter
master sergeant Robert A. Gotham
guard, viii Daniels. sentinel. Fred
MACK: color bearers, william Reid
and Walter Gilmore: delegates "a
Wayne County Council Collos
Hoover and Alien Washington: al
'erna'es Clay Dixon and Rufus
Stafford; legislative officer John
Duncan; service officer. COLDS
Hoover
The Dofnpsa pord r,,,,, hoo t,o,,,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-05-09
UN|TED=CHIzENS,'LEAGUE=
PLANS Big CAMPAIGN here

II the political enemies OF Ne
groes IN Detroit who are also the
enemies OF democracy are to be
defeated. if justice and equality are
TO prevail here, il Tenerowicz ana
others regardless OF party, are TO be
stopped in their vicious efforts to
sew seed Of disuniiy and oppression
to minority groups If real democ-
racy is 10 blossom with fruits for
all. we must without question vote
our full strength in each election to
aid this holy cause.
With this in mind. Negro Repuo-
licans have buried their differences.
thrown their axes down and are
uniting all their forces in the United
Negro Citizens League, to register
every Negro in Detroit and inspire
him TO vote in each election TO help
make democracy work al home
The campaign to register Negroes
IS fundamentally important as eacJ
one must register before he is eli
sible to vote. A recent survey shows
that too many Negroes cannot vote
now because they are not regis
tered Here is a privilege paid for
by rivers OF martyrs blood THE
RIGHT OF NEGROES TO VOTE
and il must never be neglected by
us who in the face Of Soiourner
Truth and other hellsh outbursts
Of prejudice need all that all OF our
votes can create.
With a determination 10 build a
powerful organization. temporary
headquarters are established Al
1853 E. Warren avenue, with weekly
meetings each Thursday n sht. until
a permanent home has been Sc
cured.
Committees are hard at WORK
and the public : invited to share
in this holy crusade.
A new IDEA that should bring a
real response with the creation OF
more power in our political affairs
is 10 make it truly a racial en-
deavor The league is owned d.
recied. operated and financed ex-
ciusively by Negroes. No help from
any other source will be accepted
All members are TO be Negroes. not
even candidates running for Office
viii be permitted 10 JON or make
contributions 10 the league, From
public officials, Jobs and justice viii!
be demanded and not money
A financial campo On opens May |
10 carry out the grand idea because
it is the one way out for more jus
tice and recognition. Negroes should
respond
After many years Of separation.
factions, and competitions among
themselves. Negro Republicans in
Detroit, Old and new, driven by
enemies Of democracy and human
justice have united their forces for
a better Detroit in the United
Negro Citizens League"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-05-09

.SaaGe-Re5eE-BtiEEls, sit-=
dent OF the Michigan College Of
Mortusry Science, was awarded
a s25 prize for the progress that
ne made in sdaptabllity and
scholastic achievement.
The award was the first to be
won by member OF the Negro
Race in the history of the col
le2e and was made by DR.. Wal
ter D. Pool. director Of the school
at a faculty and student banquet
held in the Webster hall banquet
room, Thursday evening, April
30, 1912.
Mr. Burns is an apprentice I'M
der his brother, John H. Burns,
funeral director.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-05-09
Wins AWARD
TO CONTINUE
ART STUDY

Oliver LsGrone. rising Young
artist is an advanced student sculp.
tor al Cranbrook Academy Of Art
Bloomfield Hills Michigan and has
recently been granted a JOINT schol-
s-ship oy the NJ, II goi Fund and
the Crsnorook Academy OF Art
for further advanced study IN sculp-
ture unoer the world famous Swed-
Ism sculptor, Carl Miles
Mr. LaGrone. hail from the artis-
tic Southwest His works arc known
In both the art colonies Of Santa
Fee and Toas, New Mexico. He is
graduate OF the University OF New
Mexico at Albuquerque where he
was equally interested in art and
the social problems confronting his
race
While still a student LaGrone
executed several important commits
sions. Mercy" an over-life sized
sculpture for the Carrie Tingley
Hospital for Crippled Children. He
is also represented by The Tribal
Mstriach, wood sculpture OF ma
tive wood. in the permanent Art
Collection at the Federal Ar Center
In Gallup, New Mexico. LaGrone
was also invited TO show in an ex-
hlbltion of Art in the Southwest"
held in the Fine Arts Building at
Albuquerque, in connection with
the Coronado Guarto Centennial.
Ernie Pyle. famous Scripps How
sri rowing reported and syndicated
columnist. gave his entire column
to LsGrone's work during visit-tn
New Mexico Some OF the hishIi ghis
OF the interview were.
Il have talked with some OF
divers professors al the university.
He is delight to them. not only
because he is highly intelligent but
because he has more than just
talent, they feel he has genius.
The bars we putin the path of
Negroes trying TO march 10 great
ness are tremendous. But | believe
Oliver has the moral stamina TO
plunge through to something per-
msnently fine,
And | know of nothing that would
please me more than to have writ
ten the first piece in the public
prints about a man VINO might some
cay be referred 10 all over the
world as. Oliver La Grone, you
know, the sculptor"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-05-09
SUzZIE EATS WRONG CHEESE

Taken i'll at her home after eat
ing some cheese, Suzzie Pinkney,
20, OF 2977 Mscomb street was treat
ed at Edythe X. Thomas hospital
for possible foodf poisoning this
week, the hospital reported to
police.
1t was disclosed that the cheese
had been purchased from a local
store several days ago and was
eaten last Saturday, so police rec
ords disclosed this week
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14

- materials which in many coses are
dangerously scarce. Fire takes the To-
Dor of men and women = labor which
should be used for productive military
purposes. Fire drains the notion, con-
sumes human energies, and wastes ir-
repIoceobIe time.
Every person in this country can
do something to hell prevent fire. And
everyone must, if it is to be licked.
Every setback for fire is q bottle won in
the greet production war which under
lies the miIitory war. Every pound OF
material saved, every hour Of labor con-
served, is Of essential service to the no.
ton. War will leave little enough for
civilian consumption as it is. We simply
can't afford destructive fire.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent


HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 14-Be-
hind the screen. The keynote of
Hollywood just now is definitely
discordant. Divorce rumors are
thicker than the new romances
dreamed up by press agents. A
married screen queen has prom
ised, practically in public, to
yank the hennaed hair off pre-
datory cutie as soon as they
meet. For reasons which are not
quite clear, perhaps even to
themselves, two actors ar e
threatening to take each other
apart.
All the major studios are mad
at one another because of feuds
between their rival theater
chains Four of the companies are
being sued by stockholders over
money matters, but independent
exhibitors are screaming their
heads off because the producing
outfits are hogging all the pro-
fits.
Some of the stars are refusing
to appear in more than two or
three films a year for any price,
on account of taxes, and players
chosen for the additional pic
lures are demanding star salar-
les. The House of Representa-
tives refused to pay Walt Disney
for a picture he made on order
from the secretary of the treas
ury. All the top independent pro-
ducers, such as Welles, Selznick
and Chaplin, have formed their
own association outside the Hays
group.
Welles, incidentally, has gone
to Brazil for some months, and
Dolores Del Rio is remaining
here. Cary Grant and Barbara
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

On February IA, 1885, bridge
lost one Of the most popular card
players the world has ever seen
Louis II. Watson.
With Ely Culbertson, Watson
d developed the four-five no
trump convention, from which
hosts of other combinations
sprang. His book, "Watson on
the Play of the Hand" was the
most complete book ever written
on the play of the cards. He was
a great partner and a great op-
ponent, and in the minds of the
worlds leading bridge players,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14
FIRES DESTRUCTION MOUNTS

Here is q set Of figures which is q
disgrace to the United Stotes. During
the month Of December, the national
fire loss totdIed $3l ,36l 900 = ST.
43o, 900 more than the November fig
ure. During all Of l94l, the total fire
loss wos $322,357 900 as compared
with less than $3o6, 500, 900 in the pre-
cedine tweIvemonth. And these fig
ures cover only direct loss. They do not
cover indirect loss - loss Of business,
loss Of employment, loss Of taxes, etc.
49, which runs in countless millions
more.
Itwould be q grave mistake to think
of fire only in terms Of the money
xnll,6e destroyed. Thot is serious, GER
n normoI times, when there is
: n,doncs Of labor and supplies and
N iSes6 war times. the money
{lcijnn Of fire Is d~orfed to insie-
~ ether dspeets. Fire makes
80 of ESSENTIAL moterioIs
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14

Hutton now are just acquaint-
ances. Ginger Rogers has beaten
Marlene Dietrich's time with
Jean Cabin; also, Miss Dietrich
isn't speaking to John Wayne,
though they have to make love
in 1.-THE Spoilers. Metro has
told Ape-Man Weissmuller to 60
climb a tree. The executive staffS
of two studios are being shaken
up-and out.
Critical quotes She has an
impromptu complexion - makes
it up as she goes along" .
Hes crazy about his wife or any
reasonably accurate facsimile"
"She looks like something you
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .
In the first place, there is

In the first place, there is
no shortoee of cors today.
American Automobile Associ-
otion figures show IT'S million
cors in service, one cor for ev-
cry four and q fraction inhobi-
tonts, more per oopito than in
any country in the world. Thot
fact explains why it will be
more difficult for the United
Stotes to reodjust to an exist
ence with fewer automobiles.
Normally, is million cars
have been scropped annually,
to be replaced by new cars off
the assembly lines. They prob
ably won't be seropped this
year. Five hundred and fifty
thousand new cars ore frozen
now in the hands of dealers
and manufacturers. A fourth
Of these ore to go into q stock
pile to be held for future ener-
gencies and the remainder,
about 100000 will be rotioned
out during the year.
Army and Navy and prime
contractors for war GOODS oct
first coll, then police, health
officers, doctors and similar
emergency personnel will be
token core Of. All these 42O,-
600 cors will be rotioned out
by the end Of the year, and
then there won't be any more
new automobiles except the
10000 left in the stock pile.
BY Jan. !, l943, there will
be about 70 million cors on the
rood-if they can get rubber.
The problem is to see If the
country can get through the
war on 70 million cars.
There is one proposal to de-
sign q "Victoy" cor, an in
expensive auto unlike any,
thing now on the road, and as
sign one automobile plant to,
make this Victory cor and no
other for the duration of the
war. 1t would be strictly ration
ed to people who could prove
they needed q new cor. Pro-
duction would be discontinued
at the end Of the war, or per-
hops q year longer. For it will
toke the auto industry q full
year to convert back to outo-
mobile production, and thot's
q point which must not be
overlooked.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14
SOME SUSPENSE
STORIES
. IN STAMPS

WARTIME secrecy provides a
w new item for cachet collectors.
The American Export Lines has
announced covers will be carried
on the maiden voyage OF q new
freighter but the name of the YES
sci, the date Of sailing. ports Of
call, and date Of return will be
kept a secret.
The covers will bear stamps,
high seas cancellations, censor
marks, and will be returned to
collectors next summer
Additional designs Of the en-
bossed-stamp envelopes will be
placed on sale in February. The
envelopes had been scheduled for
release late in l94l but were de-
ferred. A Scent airmail envelope
has been added to original designs.
A word of warning Is the slogan
cancellation OF New Zealand. Most
prolific among nations urging
adoption of war slogans on postage
cancels, New Zealand's latest is,
Lest We Regret-DON'T TALK"
The sale Of postage stamps for
collection purposes through the
Philatelic Agency amounted to
Sl,l58,000 i'm l94l, representing
an increase of So per cent as COM
pared with 1899.
New issues: Australia Is report
ed considering a war propaganda
series on the order Of that Of the
Union Of South Africa. Cuate-
mala overprinted MEDIC Centa-
vos" on its 25-centavos brown
orange. The stamp, picturing q
statue OF Barrios, has also been
twice surcharged az" in black.
The Airpost Journal Of Cuba
reports that country is consid-
ering an issue Of 5-centavos and
l0-cent airmsii stamps to mark
the 450th anniversary Of the dis.
covery Of America.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14
. SO THEY SAY

The attitude now seems 70 be
that men without teeth can live
Just as we'll in the Army as they
have up to now out of the servs
ice.
Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
Selective Service director.
In times of peace, lawyers are
officers of the court, but in times
of war they become officers Of
the State.
Attorney General Francis Bid
die.
No Filipino of any Importance
whatever will serve as head of
a Japanese-controlled pupp t
state.
j. M. Elizalde, resident COM
missioner of the Philippines.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14
High|iehts from
the Latest Books
Nv JAMES E. HILBERT

my protagonist I have made
bold to call the first gentleman
of America, inasmuch as he was
the first native-born inhabitant
of the present United States to
endure the influence of civili-
cation and culture, Of travel and
polite refinements in general"
Thus does Branch Cabell (not
to be confused with James
Branch Cabell, who he is) edi-
torialize his story of Nemattanon,
demigod grandson of the White
Cloud Serpent, Prince of Ajacan,
Defender of Simplicity, Repudi-
ator of the Gods of Sinai and OF
Bethlehem, Evoker of the Lord
of the Ninth Wind.
The tale of 1.-THE First Gentle
man of America" (Farrar &
Rinehart: $2.50) is told with ex-
quisite irreverence, and a SIM
pie twist of the grade school his
tory book it is. Loin-clothed,
phrase-making Nemattanon Is
intrigued by standard Of King
Philip of Spain on the shores OF
Ajacan, q peaceful nation in the
northern neck of Virginia.
In Spanish - learned from
Quetal, the god who is his father
he greets them, makes them
welcome, and returns with them
to Mexico, and thence to Spain,
forestalling as long as possible
their "civilizing" of the simple
citizens of his sylvan society.
The white man brings bur-
dens, he concludes. Their gifts
to natives of that half of the
world are enslavement, greed,
terrible piety," ultimate extinc-
ton, and the dubious refinement
of having their souls saved be-
fore their threats are slit.
No Quisling, despite his tenn
porary fraternity with the fifth
columning Spaniards, is the
Ajacan prince; but a thought
full man, not unskilled himself
in paleface duplicity who sac
rifices his illusions for the safe
ty of his people.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14
oMcKENNEY ON BRIDGE

he will 60 down in history as one
of the finest.
Here is an interesting hand
taken from Watson's book. 1t
was played in a tournament in
1880, with Watson sitting South.
The defense cashed three
hearts, then led a club, which
was won in dummy with the
king. Watson cashed the ace
and king of spades and found
the bad trump break. In order to
make the contract, he would
have to pick up East's trumps by
a coup, Size dummy had no more
trumps to lead through East.
To get an end-play, declarer
would have to shorten his own
trumps to Easts length, by ruff
ing, and finally leave the lead
with North when the East and
South hands were reduced to
trumps only. The first move was
to 60 back to dummy with the
ace of clubs and then ruff a club.
. Watson needed two more en-
tries to dummy, with only the
ace of diamonds left. So he un-
hcsitatingly led the five of dia-
monds and Gnessed the jack
when West could have set the
contract by jumping in with the
diamond queen to force the ace,
but he did not. The fourth club
was then ruffed out, the king of
diamonds overtaken by the ace,
and then the lead through East
at the twelfth trick killed his
trumps
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14
i. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

win at a carnival when the man
guesses your weight wrong"
DELAYS JUMPED UP
For the third tim in as many
years, an attempt will be made
to film 1.-The Yearling." This
time, though, it'll be done here,
with man-made swamps, profess
sional actors and q Zoo-bred
deer . . Another delayed picture
THE Outlaw" will be released
soon. It's the screen debut of
Jane Russell, who for months
has been decorating more maya
zines than any established CLAM
oriSt.
The new Eleanor Powell pic
ture is nearing the end of its ex-
tensive remaking-after the first
unfortunate choice of making
Manila the locale. The weary
star is also worried. Having lost
10 pounds, she complained:
Well do the love scenes after
we finish the dances, and / know
III look like hag."
SOME SUSPENSE
Talking about his new picture,
Humphrey Bogart said, 1T GER
tainly has a lot of suspense.
We're all wondering how the
story will turn out. Even the
writer's are wondering; they've
only finished SO pages of the
script" e
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14

see terrific hazards IL our great road build
ing program in the post defense period becomes
synonymous with relief
Paul G. Hoffman, motor company executive.
BY the armistice we laid down our arms.
We have no right to take them up again to strike
the Germans in the back.
-Marshal Petain after German reprisal killings
In France.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14
An SoRDINARY JOB"

Some of the biggest jobs are done
without fonfore, simply as q matter OF
routine. Thot is the kind Of JOB which
the power and light industry has been
doing.
In the words of q utility authority,
"Durino the post two years, electric
power has been provided in amount
more than one-quorter greater than m
1899. new and essential loads have
been token on, plant facilities h owe
been augmented proportonoteIy and
more, ordinary business hos been cor
ried, the needs Of consumers have been
met and standards Of service mointoin-
ed. All Of this has been done in the
face of rising costs Of supplies, mote
rioIs. labor and taxes. and in the pres
ence Of general labor unrest and OF q
morket for copitoI funds thot was
somewhat less than corefree and SER
enc. To those who did it, it was an or
dnory job: the ordinary job upon which
they we're engaged and have been en-
eoged for many years"
The importance Of the power indus
Try to the kind Of production we must
have now, needs no elaboration -
practically every industrial operation
depends upon electricity. And 80 per
cent Of all the electricity sold in this
country is provided by the private utl-
ity industry. In some Of our most i'm
portont industrial areas, where billions
in arms contracts have been oworded,
the private utilities provide every kilo-
watt Of the power, save for that very
small proportion which is generated by
relatively few industries for their own
use. Whot this means is clear: 1t is Pri-
voteIy-owned, pubIicly-reeuIoted, self
supporting, tox-Poying utilities which
must CORY the bulk Of the power load
- not tox-exempt, eovernment-subsi-
died, unreguIoted socioIized systems.
No authority doubts the ability Of
the industry to do the job, if it is not
held back by destructive political octiv-
ity, by unfriendIy legislation, and by
further drives to destroy it. Privote en-
terprise has given us on electric pow
er plant unparalleled on eorth That
plant is fully ready to play its vital
role in the fighting and winning Of the
war.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-14
WE MUST TAKE UP
OUR BURDEN

For great notion and powerful
people, the United States is unique in
it's coy reluctance to assume leader
ship.
For years the United Stotes has
been pictured to the world as swogger-
ineIy imperioIistio, With the flog wov-
ing and the eagle screaming. 1t never
was true. We took territory from Mex
leo and Spain, tried to pay for it, and
have been opoogzing for it ever since.
Every Central American country in
which we "imperiolistiooIiy" interven-
ed, is free country today. Nicaragua
is free. Cuba is free. The Philippines
would have been free soon, and they
shall yet be free.
That is not imperialism. On the
other hand, we have always shrunk
from influencing other countries, even
from carrying our fair share Of the load
VI WOIIO 0OJuStIIISIitS.
Now the world is in the course Of q
tremendous upheovoI. New powers .ond
forces ore seeking to dominate it, dis
placing those which have dominated
it in the past.
We still crouch back in our corner
and ask in quoverine voice, Are we
fighting to insure that the British EN-
pire shall rule the world? Will Russia
dominate the World?"
1t is ohorootersticoIIy American
to those who really know the Ameri-
cans, that we never ask "How about us
doing q little dominating ourseves?"
Are we nothing, then, we 33 ,OOO,-
600 Americans, who first flung the
torch Of liberty abroad in the world,
and who have kept it burning for $50
years, building the while the eoodIest
way Of living the world has ever seen?
Are we nobody, that it is not asked
abroad, us American free democracy
going to dominate the word?"
Let US break the chains of this no.
tionoI inferiority complex. Let US cry
to the world that we ore free and DEM
ocrotic, and proud Of it; thot we believe
it is the best way of life; that we be-
Iieve others would be wise to follow it;
thot we propose to fight to preserve,
and if necessary to extend it; that we
look any postwar world squoreIy in
the foce, confident that what we have
needs odds from nobody.
Let US so make war that all Lotn
America will soy, yes, totolitorionism
was mighty, but free democracy was
miehtier still, let us ceove to it; so that
China may see how to build herself in
like manner; SO thot Russia will soy,
we may keep socialism, but we want q
free and democratic regime with per-
sonol liberty; SO that all peoples may
soy, the United Stotes has GOT some
thing there, let's 90 and do likewise.
Let us quit crineine and waiting;
let us bear ourselves like free men, in
such q way thot the world may be
aware Of US.