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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
BUSINESS MEN
VIEW 0PA'S
PRICE CONTROL

oPAis local price control scheme
IS being viewed with keen interest
by De,roits more than 800 Negro
business men and 10000 consumers
Engaged, for the most part in re-
tail activity interviews with num-
beers Of them have been revealing to
the extent that most Of them feel
that they are in for period Of loss
as the margin of profit realized
upon articles has always been at
a minimum.
One retailer explained his po-
sition by saying that commodities
handled in his store grocery since
March at which time wholesale
prices were constantly fluctuating.
netted him but small margin.
And" he continued, my price in
crease has not been in proportion
TO the wholesale price increase
therefore, | am in for a period OF
loss, which, of course" he added
somewhat goodnaturedly, will most
likely be balanced as my adjust
ment to the new situation is made.
A bit OF anticipatory action, how
ever, would not have been out OF
order"
We gathered that this latter re-
mark was directed to those mer-
chants whose eagle eye for prices
and business institution provoked
an early rise in prices and whose
March price levels will not differ
very much from those Of April and
May.
Race Consumers Approve Idea
Consumers, for the most part,
seem to approve the idea because
they believe that such a scheme will
invariably lower. While this belief
may be a true one. it must be re-
membered that the Office of Price
Administration scheme does not
mean the establishment Of any one
price for am given article. 1t mere
" provides that the price Of COM
modities covered by the order shall
not exceed that charged in March
of 1912. Therefore, while the mer-
chant on one corner may have been
selling beans for ten cents a can IN
March and the merchant on another
corner may have been selling them
for eleven cents at the same time
under the order he may continue
to sell for ten cents, he can go no
higher while the other may main
tain his price of eleven
Price control for wholesalers and
manufacturers went into effect on
May II while May 10 wa" the dead
line for retail merchants.
Urge Careful Record System
While price control is the first
mile Of what may develop into a
long trek OF reforms among manu-
fscturers, buyers and sellers OF
universally commodities, Carlton W.
Gaines, president of the local trade
association, urged Negro business
men TO be on the alert, keep sc-
rate business and do all within
their power to protect their own
interests and at the same time help
America win the war
Items Covered BY Price Control
Items covered b. price control
are to be placed in plain view in
each store together with the ceiling
price for a given product Included
in the list are toiletries and sundrles,
infants foods Of all kinds, apparel
and yard goods, infants clothing,
food and household sundries in
GLIDING meats, canned vegetables
and fruits, household appliances and
furnishings and ice. fuel and auto
motive supplies.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
White Crew Policy
Under Union Probe

CHICAGO-Action in the case Of
four Negro seamen. all with years
of experience at sea, who were re-
fused employment when sent from
the National Maritime union hiring
hall last week TO the Grace Line.
Pier 81, is being taken by the union.
The men, Vincent Lock, seaman;
o. Blenman. bostswain and F. Daw-
son and H. Harm. seamen, were re-
fused by the company'S personnel
man, Mr. Kinder, who is alleged TO
have stated that the company wants
IAN all white crew
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04

Pastry and candy can be decorated
With artistic designs with New York
inventors rollers.
Evening star., 1942-06-20

If you want a free copy of the
illustrated leaf1et on the Seven
Wonders Of the World" send me
a Scent stamped. self addressed
envelope In care Of The Evening
Star
Evening star., 1942-06-20
LiIIian Cox Athey

headaches. The list OF the food
enjoyed by them Is o very long one.
Mushroom growers find the Shiny
creatures dificult to get rid Of once
they have established themselves.
In greenhouses, such places As the
underside of boards. flower pots and
compost heaps are the favorite hide
outs.
The garden n-spotted, tawny anc
true garden slug are the trio we
must fight. All have a homlng
instinct. Armed with the knowledge
of this inherited behavior, we may
trail them at dawn as they 60
creeping toward their "raid-shelter," "
where they rest until the shadows
fall before attacking the tender
growing plants again.
This may sound funny, but 1t Is
true-you can destroy the slug by
sprinkling him well with salt! Why?
Salt causes the slug to secrete ex-
cessive amounts Of slime which de-
hydrates the fellow. and his demise
soon follows. Naturally this method
of attacking the slug can be followed
only in the case Of . small number.
Where the slugs have the upper
hand the plants may be busted
with lime or . barrier OF lime to
4 inches wide and one-hah inch
thick may circle the invaded sector.
The natural foe Of slugs Is the
common toad. Place one or two OF
these sentries in strategic posi-
tions and your garden soon VIII be
slug-free, and the toads Will DO
guard duty for the remainder OF the
season.
As soon as the weather permits
slugs with the responsibility OF fu-
ture generations go about laying
their pale yellow egg masses. Moist
spots are selected, close to food Tor
the sluglets. These eggs are oval.
translucent, with 4 tough. elastic
outer membrane or shell and held
together b va hght-colored musci-
laginous substance. In warm weather
in % days of less the newly Matched
slug, one-haN inch long and one
seventh inch wide. creeps from the
shell. The dirty-white body and the
dark eyestalks showing through the
transparent mantle are the marks
of identification. In . short time
Evening star., 1942-06-20

As hard As ever he could, Sammy
flying just behind him and scream
ing Thief. thief, thief" at the top
Of his lungs, and behind him Blacky
the Grow trying to catch up and
calling as loud as he could, Cav,
cav, cav! Come on, everybody! !!
Come oni Come on!"
Poor Buster. It was bad enough
to be frightened almost to death as
he had been up In the Old Pasture
when the pail from which he had
stolen the berries picked by Farmer
Browns Boy had caught over his
head just as Farmer Browns Boy
had yelled at him. Then to have
the handle Of the pail slip down
around his neck 50 that he couldn't
get rid Of the pail. but had to take
1t with him as'he ran, was making
. bad matter worse Now to have
I'll his neighbors Of the Green For
est zee him IN such . AZ and make
Evening star., 1942-06-20

screaml Pretty soon OF Mistah
Buzzard came dropping down out
Of the blue. blue sky and took a
seat on q convenient dead tree
where he, could see all that went
on. or Mistah Buzzard began to
grin as soon rs he saw that tin pail
on Busters neck. Then came 9TH
ers-Redtail the Hawk, Scrapper the
Kingbird, Rsdwing the Blackbird,
Drummer the Woodpecker, Welcome
Robin. Tommy Tit the Chickadee.
Jenny Wren. Redeye the Vireo and
ever 20 many more. They came
from the Old Orchard, the Green
Meadows and even from down by
the Smiling Pool, for the voices Of
Sammy Jay and Blacky the Grow
carried far. and at the sound Of
them everybody hurried over, sure
that something exciting was going
on.
Presently Buster heard light foot
Evening star., 1942-06-20
FUN of him was more than he could

fun of him was more than he could
stand.
He felt hu-mil-i-ated. That Is
Just another way of saying shamed.
Yes, SIR. Buster felt that with that
pail hanging around his neck he
was shamed in the eyes Of his neigh
bors and he wanted nothing 50
much as to get away by himself
where no one could see him and
there try to get rid Of that dreadful
pail. But Buster Is 50 big that 1t
is not easy for him to find q hiding
place. So when he reached the
Green Forest he kept right on to
the deepest, darkest, most lone
some part and crept under the
thickest hemlock tree he could find.
But 1t was Of no use. The sharp
eyes Of Sammy Jay and Blacky the
Grow saw him. They actually new
into the very tree under which he
was hiding. and how they did
Evening star., 1942-06-20

Sammy this morning stopped what
ever he was doing and pricked up
his ears to listen.
Sammy's cousin, Blacky the Crow,
just happened to be flying along the
edge Of the Old Pasture, and the
minute he heard Sammy's voice he
turned and new over to see what
1t was al about. Just as soon as
he caught sight Of Buster Bear
running for the Green Forest as
hard as ever he could, he understood
what had excited Sammy so. He
was 50 surprised that he almost
forgot to keep his wings moving.
Buster Bear had what looked to
Blacky very much Ike . tin pail
hanging from his neck! No wonder
Sammy was excited. Blacky beat
his wings 1iercely and started after
Sammy.
And 70 they reached the edge Of
TIE Green Forest, Buster running
Evening star., 1942-06-20
BY Will Eisner
BY R. B. Fuller
Art Huhto
By Fronk Beck
BY Bud Fisher
BY Paul Fogorty

steps and, peeping out, he saw Billy
Mink and Peter Rabbit and Jumper
the Hare and Prickly Porky and
Reddy Fox and Jimmy Skunk. Even
timid little Whitefoot the Wood
Mouse was where he could peep out
and see without being seen. OF
course, Chatterer the Red Squirrel
and Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel
were there. There they all sat in a
great circle around him. each where
he felt safe, but where he could see.
and every one Of them laughing and
making fun Of Buster.
Thief, thief, thief" screamed
Sammy until his throat was sore.
The worst of 1t was Buster knew
that everybody knew that 1t was
true. That awful pail was proof
OF 1t.
II wish I had never thought Of
berries" gruwled Buster to himself
Evening star., 1942-06-20

the body turns dark, and by the
time the slug Is 80 days old black
lines and spots decorate the mantle.
II there is an abundance OF food
and moisture the slug will reach
maturity in . year. Slugs have q
definite mouth with q horny file
(radulu with which they rasp the
substance to be eaten.
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Uncle Roy's Corner
RxRAMON COFFMAN

Some interesting letters from .
school class came to me shortly be-
fore the summer vacation started.
Here Is one OF them:
Dear Uncle Ray:
Most of the boys and girls In
my class have scrapbooks full OF
your stories. I also have one. have
kept them since 1899 and have more
than 1000 of them. Some of them
are so funny. Every time I'm sick
in bed, ask my mother If she will
give me my scrapbook. On rainy
DAYS go and get it. too.
when I was a very little boy,
about years old, I always thought
that my real Uncle Raw wrote all
those articles, but now know you
write them. One dav I went to
my uncle and said will you write
, some funny ones for my book?' He
looked az me in a surprised way
and said What are you talking
about?' I told him that he wrote
Uncle Rays stories. Then he told
me that it was different man
WllO WlOlC IllClIl. 1OllI lTlcI1Q,
DAVID SCAFF."
Well. David. I think you have
given bit of humor to our column
by telling about the surprise OF your
uncle. Please give your Uncle Ray
my greetings. II I meet him some
day, I'd like to exchange notes with
him.
Another boy in the same class,
Earl Duane Howe. writes:
I've been reading your column
In the newspaper lately and I
liked the story in yesterdays paper.
1t was rather funny. although 1t
was very interesting. too. am 60
ing to save the clippings from this
day on. Can a person see a cat
In total darkness?"
The answer to Earl's question is
this mot If the darkness really is
total" Unless there is at least a
little light somewhere, nothing can
be seen.
II a cat were placed in a sealed
dungeon with no windows. and with
no artificial light, it could not see
mouse at a distance of 2 inches.
However, In such a case, the mouse
ought not to feel too safe. The cat
probably would smell it.
1t is seldom. however, that a cat
or human being is in total darkness.
Usually there is a faint light from
stars or some other source even on
a dark night. A cat can see its way
when there is so little light that a
human being would call the night
pitch dark"
A person may see house cat on a
very dark night, that is, he NAV see
the eyes Of a cat. One night. while
I was walking through the Black
Forest in Southern Germany, I saw
the cleaning eyes of wild cat in
the midst of a tree.
If you want a free copy of the
illustrated leafiet on the Seven
Wonders OF the World" send me
Scent stamped. self addressed
envelope In care Of The Evening
Star.
Evening star., 1942-06-20

warn you that an invasion has been
successfully carried out.
Do you know a slug when you
see one? Many call these foes
"snails," not being aware OF the
fact that a snail carries his home on
his back.
There are 80 species OF slugs In
the United States. Three OF these,
introduced from other parts OF the
world, cause much loss and many
Evening star., 1942-06-20
NATURES CHILDREN
SPOTTED GARDEN SLUG

ILtnldr nIdTtnluSJ
When spotted slugs invade your
garden take immediate steps to get
rid of them. They are night oper-
ators and can do much harm while
you sleep. Usually their unsightly
mucus trails spreading over your
vegetables, flowers or ornamentals
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON W. BURGESS.

Thief, thief. thief! Thief, thief,
thies!" Sammy Jay was screaming
at the top Of his lungs As he fol-
lowed Buster Bear across the Old
Pasture toward the Green Forest.
Never had he screamed 30 loud and
never had his voice sounded 80 ex-
cited. The little people Of the
Green forest. the Green Meadows
and the Smiling Pool are 20 used
to. hearing Sammy cry thief that
usually they think very little about
It. But every blessed one who heard
Evening star., 1942-06-20

letter rearanse spell
called for the last column Print the letter opposite
which
correctly he's . member . fraterna
Q Yesterdays LETTER-OUT.
Letter-Out
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES confidence is
% REVISE-SEVER (cut).
(G) GAIOSH-SHOAL dts bad luck q
HI) ANnHERST-STREAM tits rather veD.
CT) STENCHED-DECLINES (turns down..
Evening star., 1942-06-20
Take Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Saturday Serenode

Jackson: I have heard the first
syllable of DEPOT rhymed with pep,
step. Please comment.-D. T. C.
Answer: "DEP-oh" is the British
pronunciation. The correct Ameri-
can pronunciation is: DEE-poe.
New Rochelle: Please straighten
me out on the difference between
alright and alright. B. C. A.
Answer: Neither is good usage.
The correct form is spelled as two
words, thus: ALL RIGHT.
New Orleans: Is GRITS singular
or plural? And how about MASHED
POTAIOES?-Reader.
Answer: Both are plural nouns.
Say: Grits are healthful; mashed
potatoes are delicious.
Fluttertongue. These three hilar-
ious spoonerisms were recently heard
on a single network newscast: Short
rave waldo: Japanize occupied ter
ritory.' and The RAF dropped
bombs on the ducks of Donkerquel"
Looney Logic spotted by a reader
of Los Angeles: She was taken to
the hospital with skull fracture
OF the right leg!"
Be good conversationalist.
Send for my new pamphlet which
contains valuable hints for the
shy or tongue-tied. Develop poise
and self confidence. Send
stamped t3-cent), self addressed
envelope to Frank Colby, in care
Of The Evening Star. Ask for
CONVERSATION Pamphlet. Also
send an extra stamped envelope
addressed to that boy in the
service.
released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1942-06-20
1~A. I94

Read Uncle Ray in The Junior Star
Every Sunday.
The echo., 1942-08-07
IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO H. b. A. PRESIDENTS

Each president is requested to col
lect SOC Echo and Publication fec and
report same in the September Boards,
We are. not asking you t. make full
report for the year at this particular
time.
We have just completed a drive On
the notes on our building, together
with some death claims, and it is opr
desire to make our collections as light
as pos ible
It will certainly be more expensive
on the office to collect quarterly.
However, it has always been our de-
sire to make g .acrifice n need be,
for your satisfaction.
No reports viii be received unless
they are accompanied with the 5Oc
Echo and Publication fee Til. SOC
is to be paid by the local lodges.
General Secretary.
The echo., 1942-08-07
II. B. A. CONVENTION
NOW HISTORY

The Convention Of the Holbrook
Benevolent Association Of the State
Of Mississippi closed its two-day
session Thursday, July 30, after a
glorious session.
A large number of local presidents,
members and friends was present for
the first days session. The General
President, Reverend E. F. Young,
presided with grace and dignity
throughout the Convention.
The annual sermon was delivered
by Reverend E. B. Blackman Of
Rassfield, Miss. Reverend Blaclman's
message was very, very inspiring to
his listeners.
A large number Of persons took
part on the Talent Program and all
were awarded cash prizes.
Reverend J. E. Grace Of Porterville,
General Chaplain Of the Association,
was congratulated, in that he had the
largest number of members present
during the Convention.
"A large number Of local presidents
was given free dinner for reporting
between 1000 A. NJ. and 100 p VI.
on the first day and the reports were
very, very good.
On the second day Of the Conven-
ton was the banquet, and myl MY
You talk about banquet, but we
really had a BANQUET Everybody
was served and some served the sec
M and third tine.
Thus closed a grand session Of the
Fl. 3. A. Convention.
The echo., 1942-08-07

to pay postage and expense for cor
lospondauce, etc, returning blanks to
Yoa to be filled out
Because Of the negligence on the
part Of some Of you, it takes four
letters to get member straight. In
the first place, you send letter to
us with money enclosed without re-
newal blank. Then we send you APP
pication blanks to be filled out for
said applicants and you in turn send
us the renewal blanks back, and We
in turn mail you receipt.
All presidents are supposed to have
application blanks on hand.
R. L. Young, General Secretary
The echo., 1942-08-07

the precautions set cut by hi air
lraid warden, the man or woman who
does nSt keep healthy and ready fo,
work; each and every one of US, ne
matter what our manner Of living,
who wa stes material, time or ener-
gies, are all sticking orr "chins Quit"
This is not a time for over-confi-
dence, nor for pessimism We have a
job to do - and we can do it if we
lail get together and keep our "chins
Iup" our courage high and our ener
gies coordinated to the one task of
winning the war. We can do it -
but by "chins up" - and not out!
The echo., 1942-08-07

Defense
BONDS

sited States Savings Bond.
Reverend r. L. Young, pastor OF
Jewell Chapel C. NJ. E. Church, Gem
sral Secretary Of the Hoibrook Bene-
Association and editor Of The rolent
Weekly Echo says:
NOW is the s:--1 TO come to the de-
fssse Of our country. Do not wait,
10 not delay. ANY persons Interested
n helping defend our country can do
&, IL many ways. Persons who de-
1re to buy Government S avin g
STA aps are asked TO cali Reverend
Young at his office, telephone 1877 or
AZ HIS residence, 1929, or write him at
Eox 1043. Meridian. Mississippi.
Reverend Young is in position to
arnish Government Stamps from 1Oc
up. Get 9 Government Defense AL
bam from Reverend Young and after
It il filled it can he exchanged for a
You purchase the bond for $18.75
and in ten years it will bring you
$500. II for any reason you are
forced to discontinue your savings be-
cause Of having no job, ETC., the full
amount that you have paid in Will be
refunded to you plus interest.
Reverend Young Is appealing TO
Church members and 70 the members
If the Holbrook Benevolent Associa-
tion (H. B. Az ond other Interested
persons to communicate with him i'm
uediately.
re now has the authority to make
addresses and talks IN churches and
various communities explaining 10 his
people how they may proceed to pur-
hase United States Savings Stamps
Or BOMBS.
The echo., 1942-08-07
Sunday School
Lesson
LESSON YI.-AUGUST 9.
ABRAHAM'S INTERCESSORY
PRAYFR. Genesis Is.

"A ADAA%a III = VI = IN L NJ Llk1CAfnA
PRAYER. Genesis Is.
Printed Text; Genesis 19:23-as.
Golden Text: The supplication Of q
righteous man ayaileth much James
$40.
Time; Probably about 100 B. c.
Place Hebron, twenty-five miles
south Of Jerusalem.
Genesis 1928. And Abraham drew
near and said Wilt thou consume the
righteous with the wicked?
"a Peradventure there are fifty
righteous within the city: wilt thou
onsume and not spare the place for
the fifty righteous that are therein?
y That be far from thee to do at
ter this manner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked that so the righteous
should be as the wicked that be far
from thee: shall not the Judge Of all
The earth do tight?
20 And Jehovah said +. I find in
s63 m fifty ~ighteeus vitain the city
hen viii spare all tha place heir
all
The echo., 1942-08-07
Bethel A Me.

$50 Sunday School N.Y. Guxsam
stancle and Miss Annie Ruth Mecali0a
superintendent,
First Sundays Pastors Day. Iss0 am
and T:30 pm sermons By hs pastor
800 pm each srd Sunday soEnnn bg
pastor: Mr. Dixie Russell pastor azeRs
1880 am. Second Sundays trllEsae cry.
1l:SO an 4fh Sundays MiEs0naFy 3aN,
Mrs c Hwsey president
Choir practice every Friday nieih Is18
Presidents AIT Luther stanels- Hla
Cleo Clark
The echo., 1942-08-07
City News

The Meridian Sunset Quartet will
render a Program beginning Monday
night, August 4, 1912 at the Mount
Hermon Baptist Church.
All Quartetts of the city are invited
to be present.
L. A. FARMER, Reporter.
The echo., 1942-08-07

Reverend r. w. Radcliff Is i'm
proving nicely. He met with an acci-
dent sometime ago at his home.
Mr.. A. Alexander Of Dekalb, Miss,
who has been confined in tbs Mattye
Hers,e hospital seems to be improving
slowly. zs-,
The echo., 1942-08-07

News has reached the office that
President Corr elius Spann Of Prairie
Point, Miss, has passed. Mr.. Spann
was president Of Lodge No. 384 for q
number Of years.
The echo., 1942-08-07
ABOUT FOLK WE KNOW

Reverend w. P. G. Taylor, Pastor Of
Rose Hill ard pilgrim Charge, has
been indisposed for two or three
weeks, however, he seems to be con
valescing. .-.
The echo., 1942-08-07

Reverend e. S. McLain was guest
preacher at Rose Hill Church Sunday
at 400 o'clock Reverend McLain
delivered a very strong sermon.
The echo., 1942-08-07
NOTICE TO III. B. A.
PRESIDENTS

All presidents who send to the office
money for the renewal Of members
without sending application blanks
for said applicants will be requested
The echo., 1942-08-07

Dr. r. L. Coleman of Mobile, Ala,
hax opened his office in the Home
office Building Of the Holbrook
Benevolent Association.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
Flying Ship Passes Test
7o-Ton Navy Plane Makes Successful Flight Over
Chesapeake; Operators Pleased

With two full decks, the Mars
has the naval rating of a flying
ship" according to Glenn L. Mar.
tin. head of the aircraft firm. The
navys designation of the craft il
X-PB2M-l.
After the graceful leviathan o.
the air had made her first take
off, Martin told newspapermen:
THE certainty with which
the ship took of made me feel
good.
81 feel that the large plane
Ia an exciting Improvement to
world commerce and, for the
present, such ships are as vital
rs ships of war"
The Mars was overtaken by
disaster last December 5 and has
since been rebuilt. Taxing down
the Middle River on a test run
she caught fire when oil and fuel
lines were torn loose by flying
fragments Of a broken propeller
Quick thinking by Ebel CHIEF
test pilot. saved the huge craft
from total loss. He steered the
ship to shore and summoned fire
fighters from the Martin plant.
None Of the crew OF IL was in
jured.