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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14
Soldiers In England Tell Mrs.
Roosevelt OF Their Troubles

WASHINGTON, D. Clamp
Declaring that they saw little Of
Brig. General Davis during his re-
cent inspection trip among the col
ored soldiers in England. members
Of the units abroad last week told
Mrs. Roosevelt they were ironing
out their difficulties, which were
more or less of a social nature"
In surprise visit to a quarter
master unit operating a large fleet
OF supply and ordnance trucks, she
was told by the officer in charge
that they we're the best in the
whole army"
A first sergeant, speaking for his
troop told Mrs. Roosevelt, We are
doing just fine. On the whole,
everything is just as nice as can
be-" Then First Lieut.. Charles
-Scovern, white, Of Michigan, paid
the men the compliment Of being
the best"
She Inspects Quarters
They told Mrs. Roosevelt they
are satisfied with conditions, after
which she inspected their quarters.
She found the quarters in new red
brick houses, a short ride from the
main barracks, The buildings &C.
cupied by the colored troops are
all new and well fitted. However,
they form a unit separate entirely
from the white soldiers quarters
and are a distance from the latter
Lieutenant Scovern further said:
They give me very little trouble
l may be lucky in having a good
type Of man in my outfit. They are
good soldiers and show inspiration
and Imagination in their work
They like soldering and are apt
pupils"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14
SHERIFF AND
Corporation
Are INDICTED
Federal Grand Jury Says
They Violated U. S.
Statutes

TA,1pA F1a-fANP,-A federal
- i,~v -,iz resx returned IN
e.-,.-a.+- ,a..,-, .bo limited States
S. c5T57-5,ion its personnel
r,.s.,ar ar5 t5ree If its camp
s,,ner5n endents charging them with
L11S'n- Voaro cspe workers in
cons'..ors NJ neonage The Jury
-, rr.s srpopnced bv Distric,
A. uerhart : phillips.
Ar,.bsr irdfctment returned BY
o.. t,rv cb,rge5 sheriff left Wig
a'Cs of CIades county with forcing
,7r'so,ars M lsbor on his personal
-, y.i.b,u, nav in violation of
-Sa 49, c-vil r.gbts statute and
, ~ No..-~oor,oo Isw
vs,,ed IN me sugar cane case
,.sra the cornoration. NJ E Won
Hr,,b nersopnel manager stationed
=, .h. -,-To5ry.s CIeu.is,on Fla
-. r., Ward Mcleod SUI
.,,,,,;e-,.- Lfhe-Bear- Beach
ra,,n. oliver Shepard superln-
tordo,, of tho SoY-h Shore camp:
~ nm na,oed Neal who super
-. CAV, .ba ,T,sr,i r.oqlzs camp
In Undated workers
T,o ,,,s,c,rrent CHARGED in one
o,1nt tbs. tho defendants. injured.
a 1000 tareatened and intimi-
5 r., u,orsers IN nrevenr free
oyerS,so of fbeir guarantees under
s--..t-t-.- ~ ,no I2.b s,oend,nent
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14
Negro Ration Board
In South Is BUSY

RICHMOND, Va-tANP)-Ricf-
monds controversial new ali-Negro
ration board is being kept very
busy, although facilities for busi-
ness have not been completed. it
was reported last week by Chair
man OF the Board c L. Tlwnes.
No white residents Of the city have
patronized the new board Chair
man TONNES admits. but he reveals
that he still expects white persons
living near the board 10 make use
of il.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14
Lose Fingers In
School Classroom

ST. LOUIS-Marie Parr, 80 year
old teacher in the St Louis publ,
school -ystem was seriously injured
last week while attending night
school. Mss Parr, who lives al 1928
Enr.ght avenue, lost three OF her
fingers Of her left hand when she
suffered cuts on a circular saw IN
the\uanual training room.
Shen received treatment at Homer
PhlArps hospital and then went to
her ptvaie physician Thomas Gray
is the instructor in the class.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14

opponents on the Republican ticket
by some $4,000 votes, possibly the
largest vote ever cast in the second
senatorial district.
While Negroes are jubilant over
the reelection of Senator Digs, a
spell Of gloom fell upon the Demo-
Gratis when Gov Murray D. Van
Wagner was defeated and the state
again goes Republican Van Was
oner had done many good things
for Negroes
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14
First Negro On Federal
Grand Jury; Dismissed

ST LOUIS The first Negro to
be summoned for Federal Grand
JJryg duty in this district was dis
missed here. last week upon his
own request
W c. Gordon. well known NOR.
t.cian and operator Of the W c.
Gordon Funeral Parlors on Delmar
boulevard asked TO be excused by
United States District Judge Charles
B Davis. who inpaneled the new
grand jury because Of the nature
o! his business
Negroes have served on Federal
petit iuucs inth.s district for quite
a number Of years
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14
OPA Rent Officials
Get Hearty Laugh

TULSA, Okla.-tANP) - Local
OPA officials are reported 10 be
still lying in the aisle with laugh
ter over the amusing request OF
8 landlord to increase his rents.
Tne application filed last Saiur-
day asked perm Ission to hike the
rhnial- fee so cents weekly be-
cause the tenants family had in
creased ir size causing the cost OF
special services" 90 rise "tremen-
dously"
The special services" include
payment Of the bill for toilet paper
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14
NEGRO WINS COMMISSION JOB

KANSAS CITY Mo.-(ANP)-
The biggest victory Negroes Ct
Greater Kansas City ever have won
al the polls came Tuesday with the
election Of Fred White as Wyan-
dotte County Kansas commission
er White a Negro Republican,
defeated frank R Brown, white
Democrat by over 300 votes for
the important county post
Brown hsd served two years on
the county commission which har
dies all Of the finances Of WAN
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14

WILLTSTON, S. C.-Thelma Cook,
l6-months-old daughter Of Mrs. J
W. Cook was burned to death here
Monday when fire destroyed their
home. Also burned we're two older
children who were in the house at
the time. The house and its
furnishings were completely de-
stroyed.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14

DURHAM. N. c., tANP)-Dr.
James E Shepard. president OF
North Carolina college in a radio
address, October 81. called upon
Negroes to throw the strength OF
their unite efforts behind Ameri-
cas- war program. The address.
Let's Win the War" was broadcast
over WDNC and several other sta
tons throughout the state.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14
REPUBLICANS,
DEMOCRATS IN
HIGH OFFICES
COlored Candidates Are
Electe d In Many
States, Cities
DAWSON NEW CONGRESSMAN

DAWSON INV IUNGHESSMAN
CHICAGO - (ANP) - Although
the Republicans swept the state
in the Tuesday elections, the Dem
ocrats demonstrated through vot-
ing returns. that they sill nave a
firm grip on the population OF
Chicago and Cook county
Leading the Negro candidates
was William L Dawson. commit.
teeman Of the second ward ano
former alderman from the same
district. Who won the First Con.
gressionsl seat vacated by Arthur
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14
REPUBLIC HAS
RUBBER NEEDED
B Y 7 He U. 5.
Fraction In The Worlds
PrOduc tiOn Is Of
Major Importance

WASHINGTON, D. CAMP
c,.a 1905 v.nen an A,,eric,r rrb.
-, 900 -.
Der iFm iesSea '''OVo acre ''ae'
from the Lioerian government for
the cultivation and production OF
rpbber the only free state in The
-. -. -. a.. -. u.,,,..,
"u7e eo''''''e''' VI AL 40 ''a' O. -" !"
IN Importance.
Even more so now with the snort
age OF rubber IN this country and
the production OF raw material be-
coming more and more acute, for
g.. - rihor., .,5 &c., oxro,.;,,,or-,l
"
plantations t'H' ''l'S county =
turning.
The town Of Marshall is the most
;r,,or.art r,hbor nor. Here ex-
-. ,...--.....,1.... -. -.
'e''s'Ne mp w e'ie'''S nave 'e'''
made because the country mas no
good natural harbors. Big ships
have TO anchor at least two miles
off shore 10 load and unload their
cargoes. Four thousand five hun
bred miles from New York, with
only 26l American citizens in the
country, the important factor is
that the friendly relation existing
between Liberia and the United
States has been solidified because
Of the present world crisis.
Rich Mineral Deposits
Because of its fertile soil, excel
lent pasture lands and rich min
eral deposits, Liberia. which is
about the size Of the STATE Of Ohio
gives promise OF considerable
wealth.
But it is the promise OF rubber
production which makes the Afri,
can republic important to the Unit.
ed States
In 1885, the rubber exported from
Liberia rotalled between 200OOOt
and 100000 pounds, a small frac
ttIon Of the world production How
ever, in 1871, it jumped to NOR,
than 100000 pounds, a more re
spectacle figure.
Intense cultivation promises t
raise this figure and as the pro
duction of rubber increases, tn
economic condition Of the countr
progresses and the nation prosper!
Grows In Stature
Now NTH Ar,oric,, troon. 4;
r;bori, tbe ,,i1itary as->oot ~ 81
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14

Corneal Davis and Fred ]. Smith
we're the Democratic standard
bearers, and Charles J, jenkins,
Ernest A Greene and William War
field, incumbents, won for the Re-
publicans.
Davis and Smith are newcomers
10 the legislature.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14

MADISON, Wis.-(ANP) - The
lower house Of the state assembly
here, for the first time in SO years
and the second time in Wisconsin
history. will have a Negro mem
Der Cleveland NJ. Colbert, Re-
publican, former Spanish Civil war
aviator, was elected by six votes
in Milwaukee's sixth district over
Phillip Marley. white Progressive;
Colbert l,465; Marley 1859.
The sixth assembly which re-
turned Colbert is mid-city dis
trict with a large Negro popula-
ton. In the last legislature the
district was represented by the late
Ben Rubin. a Socialist, elected by
combined support Of the Social and
Progressives This year the vote
was divided, both the Socialists and
Progressives having a party csndi.
date, Rubin had two Negro oppo.
nents a Democrat and a Republi-
can Ruin was elected by a plur-
atty, bur the combined vote for
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14

INDIANAPOLIS. lnd-tANP)-
The available returns on the day
following the election, show a de-
cisive victory for the Republicans
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14
DIGGS REELECTED IN
MICHIGAN

DErROIT-tANP) 80 State Sen
Charles c Digs was elected to
serve his fourth term in the Michi-
gan state legislature. beating his
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14

ST LOUIS, Mo.-tANP)-Edwin
Kenswil, a Democrat, was elected
to the state legislature last Tues
day, defeating George Carper. a
Republican. Kenswil was the only
Negro Democrat elected here as the
Republicans made huge gains in
ST. Louis and ST. Louis county.
Dr.. Dixon, Republican, defeated
Bledsoe, Democrat. for justice Of
the peace; Ellis Jones won over
Chambers for constable and Judge
Crit;endon Clark was reelected as
justice Of the peace.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-14

the Negro candidates surpassed his
This year the situation was re-
versed. The Negro voters were
well combined and the white cam
didates divided on Democratic, Pro-
gressive ard Socialist tickets.
SIX NEGRO REPRESENTATIVES,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-(ANP)-
Six colored representatives were
elected t. the state legislature last
week, five Democrats and one Pc
publican. The Rev D. W Hoggard
Deml begins his first term from
the 18th district; DR.. Edwin F
Thompson tDem) will begin his
third term as representative from
the 18th district; Thomas W. Trent
DEM will represent the seventh
district: John W. Brigermsn won
over his Republican opponent, the
Rev. Clarence NJ. Smith; and Lew
is W Mintess, the lone Republi-
can victor, will serve his first term
from the SIKH district.
In Pittsburgh, Homer S. Brown
DEM led the first district for
state representative by a vote Of
four 10 one over his nearest Re-
publican rival, for reelection.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01

uelenoerS OF the city were fighting
on without a place for retreat.
NAZIS CHANGE TUNE
Studying Adolf Hitlers Sports
Palace speech in relation to the
military situation, Allied sources in
London believed new Nazi propa-
ganda campaign was underway, de-
signed to forestall fears in Ger
many and the occupied countries
arising from the growing American
war production and the rising Allied
military potential
Joe Alex Morris, United Press for
eign editor, now in London, reported
that these sources suggested that
doubts of Germany'S ultimate sue
cess may be spreading as a result
of the obvious increase in Allied
strength, coupled with the dramatic
setback to Nazi plans provided by
the Russian defenders of Stalingrad.
1t was noted that Germon prop
aganda, deviating considerably from
l.ormal procedure, was attempting
to spread unusually fanciful claims
of Nazi success over Allied conveys
| to Britain and Russia apparently
in hopes of convincing Europe that
! the flow of U. S. war materials
could be choked off.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Postwar Highway
Program Started

WASHINGTON, Oct. l. CUP)--
The office of Brig. Gen. Philip b.
Fleming Federal Works adminiStra-
tor toda" announced that engineer
ing work has begun on a postwar
highway building program to cost
nearly S500,000,000
Construction of the joint federal
state program will not be started
until after the war, and will help
TO take up the slack of postwar
readjuStment," the announcement
said
Projects approved include: Cali
fornia-42 miles to complete the
BayShore Freeway from the San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to
connect with the present route
southeast of San jose; and 33-
mile route, known as the EastShore
FreeWay, from High street in Oak
land to the Bayshore FreeWay north
of San jose to bypass congested
areas.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Vichy Evacuates
Dakar Civilians

,VICHY. Oct /. tUP) - Pierre
Boisson. governor general of Vichy
West Africa, has decided to evacu-
ate surplus" E ropcan women and
children from Dakar on the Afri-
can coast across from the bulge OF
Allied Brazil, it was announced to-
day.
CThere had been conflicting re-
ports during the last few days re-
garding a census" taken of women
and children with a view to evacua-
tionD
Although Paris newspapers have
been warning for weeks that an
Allied operation against Dakar is
imminent, the only implication of
an attack in todaT's announcement
by the official French news agency
was a reference TO oBisSon's meas
ure as foresight" designed for de
CongeSting the city
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Army-NavyFight
Arouses Congress
To Demand Unity

Continued From Page II
on the Japanese positions at Kiska
and Attu.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
HoItviIIe Takes
Lead with SCRAP
Continued From Page /

rage -
parity price level, claimed "a victory
for the farmers
Sen. Prentiss M. Brown, D., Mich.
who bore the brunt of much of
5he administration fight to prevent
i change in the parity formula, said
ihe bill was substantially what the
administration forces wanted when
we started"
Originally, the farm bloc sought
/ new formula for computing farm
parity prices that would have in
cluded all farm labor costs-that OF
the farmer, his family and hired
hands. Such a provision is in the
mouse bill, and was tentatively voted
into the senate bill Tuesday.
POWER LIMITED
Yesterday, however, an admins
tr2tion compromise, farther amend
ed and rewritten, was substituted
for the labor-coSt amendment That
coL promise directs the President
in fixing price ceilings to give "ade-
quate weighing to increases in
farm labor costs since Jan |, l941.
/ III lJiNoNlAI lltiA iOiI IIluld
unchanged.
Aside from that compromise, the
bill further limits the field of the
Presidents action on farm prices.
1t provides that he can not fix
highest market price paid farmers
between Jan. and Sept. Is, 1912
That would prevent the President
from reducing the price of some
farm products which have risen
sharply in recent months. For ex-
ample, all meat, dairy and poultry
are well above parity now.
/ The satisfaction of the farm bloc
with the senate version was expect
ed to lead to quick acceptance by
the house. In that case the bill
would go directly to the White House
for signature. In any event it was
believed that the bill would not be
brought up in the house until to-
morrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Postwar PIanninu
May Provide Jobs

TORONTO, Ont, Oct. /. CUP)-
Advance planning of postwar con-
struction projects will provide jobs
for millions Of returning service
men and workers released from war
plants, Brig. Gen Philip B. Flem-
ing, federl works administrator. said
today
Fleming, speaking before the con-
yention of the American Federation
OF Labor's building and construction
trades department, said employment
after the war lis a problem which
none of US dares to ignore"
If we go about it in the right
way there will be work, not merely
at few seasonal peaks. but every
day and every year, for every con-
StluctiOn WOrk9 on the American
continent" he said.
Construction projects. he added,
would also furnish jobs back in
the mines and forests from which
the raw materials come, on the rail
roads and waterways"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Cardinals Even
Series with 4-3
Win Over Yankees

Continued From Page II
asenlan, managed to stop. but he
had no chance to make a play
Cullenbine stole second and scor-
ed when Joe DiMaggio singled
Charley Keller hit Beazley's first
pitch over the right field pavilion
for the series first home run to
tie the score.
There were two out in the eighth
when Slaughter and Musial. who
had been held to one hit between
tsem in the two games, went to
work
Slaughter doubled down the right
field line and went to third when
hizZuto fumbled Cullenbine's throw
in. The error made no difference for
Musial singled to center and it
would have scored Slaughter from
second.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
EFFORT DUPLICATED

EFFORT DUPLICATED
The incidents cited in the report,
it was learned, occurred after it was
announced here that army and navy
operation in the Aleutian area had
been c0Ordinated under a naval Of
fiCer.
Rep. Oyerton Brooks, D., La, a
member of Il special house military
affairs sub b-cOmmittee investigating
the air phases of the war effort.
said his group may investigate the
increasing duplication of effort
and command" between the army
ana navy air arms.
AS the efficiency of land-baSed
aircraft incr. a5eS and the effective
ness of carrier-basad craft propor-
tionately has declined" Brooks said,
the navy has made an effort to
take over land-based operations pre-
viously handled exclusively by the
army air force.
We now have the spectacle of
two air fields almost side b. side
used to base land planes which have
the same operational duties but
are under different commands.
The navy contends it needs land
planes 10 protect its fleets and meet
opposing fleets.
1t would seem to the average lay
man that when enemy planes or
ships were in the vicinity all avail
able aircraft, regardless of what
service they belong to. would be
modified under single direction to
meet the attack"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Bundists Advised
To Evade Draft

NEW YORK. Sept. soup -
Michael Friedrich. former member
of the American Bmd,
testified today at the trial Of 25
Bund leaders that he heard Gerhard
Wilhelm Kunze. National Fuehrer,
read a "Bund Command" which
the government interpretS as coun-
selling Bund members to evade Sc
lective service.
The deIenuants are charged with
conspiracy to yio.ate the selective
service act.
Friedrich had difficulty express
sing himself in English and. at the
request of Federal Judge Alfred
Barksdale. who said he had trouble
understanding this mixture of
German and Brooklyn" an inter
prefer was provided.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
II InduCted In
State Guard Here

TWenty-seven now n,en were in
Quoted into the Il Centro unit o.
the California State Guard Wednes-
day night at impressive ceremonies
arranged by officers Of the conf
pany.
Company I, the Ell Centre unit
now has three platoons and Officers
are planning an active winter for
the guard members.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
PROFESSOR DIES
IN JAP PRISON

LONDON. Oct. l. CUP)-Reports
that DR.. Robert Cecil Robertson.
Hong Kong university professor of
had died Aug I. while
a prisoner Of the Japanese were con-
firmed by the colonial office today
Robertson. who was So, went to Chi
na as a member of a League of
Nations medical mission to study
methods of eradicating cholera.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01

Quick drying - easy
to apply on any in
terror: wood, concrete
or printed felt base
floor Choose any
color at this pre-War
plice.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01

Here are smart Coat values in the
Casual styles you ike. to make the
Balcony a busy place Veri-col-
ored tweedS with blue, brown and
dubonnett predominating e. Belted
styles with action back Also
fitted REFER models the kind
of Coats you would never expect
at l498 See them now.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Quick House 0kay
Expected on Farm
Price Control Bill

Continued From Page Il
lieutenants that the senate bill, de
signed to curb initiation through
general stabilization of all prices,
wages and salaries at Sept. Is levels,
was satisfactory to him He asked
for adequate anti-inflation legis-
lation in his Labor day message
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Critical Hour at
Hand i'm Struggle
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%" tanks Mhrn DESTROYED.

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of 100" tanks were destroyed.
A second powerful Soviet attack
was reported by Berlin to have been
in progress for several days in the
strategic Voronezh sector where the
Germans said hey were engaged in
heavy defensive fighting.
The Stalngrad battle was in its
38th day of unpreeedontedly bitter
fighting.
VILLAGES TAKEN
Moscow reported that Red army
forces had recaptured three villages
.outh of Stahngrad in a drive which
was forcing the Nazi to fall back
in some disorder However, in the
northwestern outskirts of Stain
grad the Germans were attacking
vigorously with two tank and two
infantry divisions. British reports
said the Germans had suffered
$4,000 casualties in the last few
days fighting in this area but there
was no relaxation of the NaZi ef-
fort. They were throwing fresh tank
and air forces IN a battle to seize
a workers settlement.
The Red army organ, Reu lar.
said the battle was now lin its most
decisive phase II added that the
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-12-18

war production: airplanes were down
5 percent, mainly due to special fac
tors affecting deliveries; merchant
vessels were down 10 percent but still
ahead of schedule; ordnance was up
3 percent; Army and Navy vessels
were up a percent; other munitions
were up percent; and machine tools
were up 8.3 percent-a new high for
machine tool production.
Because of the conflicting essential
ity of many phases of the war pro-
duction program, said President
Roosevelt, the, final decision as to
what is most needed remains with the
Army and Navy.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-12-18

planes destroyed 81 Japanese aircraft,
18 of them in the Buna-G Coma area.
1t. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Com
handing General of the Army Air
Forces, and that in the air struggle
over Tunisia American planes and
personnel are for the first time in this
war going up against first-class air
power, engaging the best planes the
Germans possess. If the u. S. can
continue to destroy the enemy plane
for plane, we will come out ahead, he
stated, as U. S. production is at least
twice that of the Axis.
Production
WPB Chairman Nelson described
October arms output as "disappoint-
ing, as it was up only percent over
September, the smallest monthly in
crease this year. He gave the Octob-
er box score for major categories of