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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12
THE FORGOTTEN WOMAN
BY NATALIE MATTHEWS

Wanted:
Black Soldiers to fight against the foe.
Forgotten
The Mothers who bore these selfsame Soldiers.
lheir mothery hands have rocked the cradles of the
world
While their sons the shrapnel shells have hurled
Hard against the enemy and quelled them
But yet these mothers eyes are dimmed
Not from the thoughts of how their dear ones fare
But from the knowledge that they do not share
Equally in this gigantic fight
They asked but to work; it is their right
And should they not.
When they send forth to war the sons which they've
begotten?
Forgotten is the Sepia Maid
Whose every hope in Democracy is staid.
The factory doors are closed hard in her face.
And opened wide to aliens of another race
The justice of it all one cannot see
Is this the working of Democracy!
If our sons must too fly planes
Why should not the bolts be frightened by our wrench?
Why not! Have not the battle fields been drenched
With their life blood?
Forgotten the who gave these men
The stamina to fight, to die to winl
With us still the Gold-Star mothers of yesteryear
Mothers of these mothers who today
Noby give their away,
Then smile and dry falling tear
Rich America with vast fertile lands.
Made fruitful by dark able hands
Watered by sweat and tears of they
Who find place in industry today.
Even our enemy plainly
This twofaced farce-Democracy,
Yet shall our fight;
Too, shall they die
Then we shall build the planes they fly;
The tanks they rum
The guns they fire
That long may wave Old Glory from on high
Or why else should black soldiers fight and die?
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12
Evening Schools And The War Effort

Adult education Is playing an
ever increasing part in our war
effort by preparing men and women
for the essential parts they play
in our armed forces and in our
war industries. The Detroit eve
ming schools are firmly aware Of
their responsibility in this present
fight for freedom and democracy TO
prepare the citizens OF Detroit for
these opportunities OF service TO
their country.
These schools offer to every man
and woman the high privilege Of
lettering themselves for possible
service to this our land Nightly.
from the first grade thru high
school. experienced and sympa-
theiic instructors are aiding this
country 10 survive by giving in
struction in necessary skills. and
imparting 10 students the informa-
ton and attitudes necessary for
successful living in democracy.
The citizens OF Detroit have a pa
trioiic duty TO perform In Connec-
ton with the effort OF these. our
evening schoolA-.o either attend
Themselves or get a friend TO at
tend.
The Lincoln Evening school. SCI
Brady will again open on Sept. II
from 7 10 pm. 10 enroll old and
new students. Mr.. Frank Reno.
principal. and staff Of interested
and sympathetic teachers will be on
hand TO aid and advise enrollecs
The Lincoln Evening school offers
all grades on the elementary level
courses In high school economics
and history. and course in homo
nursing. food preparation and
household management There Is
no tuition charge for courses IN
the elementary grades.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12
Clio Leader
Talks On War
AT ST. Cypians
Hope For
Extension OF
Democracy

The war Will not be won hy the
Allies without the support of
America IL nalon Negroes de-
clarod Frank VIM publicity di-
rector OF Ford Local 600. UAW-ClO.
in MS Labor sunday address, sun
day morning az st. Cyprians Epis-
copa Church 2Sih cor. Milford
Tho only Way 10 win the sup
port Of the Negro IS 20 show him
that an Allied Victory Viii mean
something concrete for him at
home hc SAID
Declaring thar IL Wi'l lake more
than hnc worde 90 stop dlscfimi-
nation against Negro workers in
defense jobs the ClO leader point
Cd oui nat strong labor move
ment was needed 20 rid labor OF
FACIAL intolerance and prejudice
and that The Neg o people we're
needed 30 help hulld strong labor
movement 10 fight iog social and
economic gains FOR an OF the
workers
VIM pointed out chat 'hcle were
many groups seeking 20 use the all
OUT war EFFORT 90 destroy INC 500
cial gains OF the labor movement.
"I.abor h willing 20 make sacri-
fees ho SAID Just a. unr as
the industrial leaders MAX, saci-
fees Bur lahol shall nor Give Nd
things hey haV won wAich are
morally and efAicaiiy right such
as wages % moot ,Ac inc ear ng
cost OF l!Wig social security and
4 share IN ine fruits OF the four
freedoms
Labor vii continue 10 feht 10
preserve ms social rafr- and viii
fight also for military defoat Of
he ANlr power hc continued
Because an Allied dofea- viii
mean me end az democrauc gov
efnmert and continued wave Of
rocial discrimination A victory for
the Democratic Way mean.
chance 10 maintain and extend me
ideals and four freedoms which
labor and tho AnTwr7.N Negroes
have nor b'on permitted rs enjoy.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12
CRIME RATE TOO HIGH

rlng IlRufeS on crime rates among
Negroes compared with white
races. released by the department
OF census. give food for thought to
persons interested in checking this
alarming situation.
In 1910. the commitment rate for
Negroes per 100000 male popula-
ton 10 years and over was approx
imately five times as large as the
commitment rate for whites of the
same age group. The rate OF Ne
FRO commitments to Federal insti-
tutions was approximately three
times as great as the rate for
whites. The rate for Negro COM
mitments was three times that OF
whites in the West South Central
division and eight times that OF
whites In the Middle Atlantic di-
vision. The Negro commitment
rates for the states OF New York.
New Jersey. wisconsin. Maryland,
Montana and Utah we're at least
eight times as great as those OF
whites.
No definite conclusions regard
ing the relative criminality OF Ne
grOes and whites can be drawn
from statistics OF prison commit
ments. Prison statistics do not
necessarily reflect the proportion
ate number OF crimes committed
by the two races. or arrests made.
Crime statistics shows that in gem
eral Negro offenders are more like
w to be arrested by police than
are white offenders. Moreover. a
comparison OF white and Negro
crime rate Is not entirely justifia-
BILE because as whole Negroes
rank much lower economically and
educationally.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12

Mable Anderson. a. GA Farms
worth. was stabbed in the left chest
with an ice pick. Saturday at 4:40
pm. By Lindsay Williams, as, the
same address.
Williams has few contusions
on his scalp. He said that he
stabbed Mahle and that Mables
husband hit him on the head with
a ball bat. Lindsay is a police
prisoner at the Receiving hospital.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12
Republicans Advise Switch

The republican leaders sensing
a grave situation have called upon
their party members 10 vote in The
Democrat Primary. The Republi-
can candidates are unopposed. Civ
ing the Negro republicans tho lib
ertv to vote in the Democfat pri-
mary. thereby carving out the
program set out by your champion.
Senator Chas Digs and the So
journor Truth Citizens committee.
As result of these things II IS
the duty Of every Negro To- vote
ar solid block Of thousands. re-
gardless OF party 10 elect senator
Chas. c. Digs and defeat Con-
gresham Tcnerowicz by voting for
George Sadowski. DON'T leave il 10
the other fellow Reward service.
KEEP DIGGS ON THE JOB Re-
member Vote Tuesday for Digs
and Sadowski
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12
Anti-Poll Tax Bill
Needs 10 Signatures

WASHINGTON--( ANP) ~ still
lacking are is signatures neces-
sary to bring the Geyer anti-poll
tax bill out OF committee, where II
has lain for more than n year. II
Ia the plan OF the committee spon-
soring the bill to try to secure the
necessary signatures when mem
bers Of congress begin arriving In
town from their brief vacations.
strong efforts will he made to have
tho bill brought out OF committee
at an early date.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12

Miss Richarda Dowdell. 40. 625
Superior street, was given first aid
treatment at the Receiving hos
pital. for stab wounds OF the left
back side Sunday morning. She said
that she was cut by her former boy
friend. Bill Finney. 81. at the Sill
yer Lining Beer garden. Bill Is
supposed 10 live on Leland street,
east of Hastings.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12

Mrs. Helen Feifer. 80. 2953 Sher-
man street, was treated for knife
wounds OF her right side. Sat
urday night. She stated that she
was cut by her husband. Thomas.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12
abor Movement Needed To Crush Intolerance SAYS VIM
'CUTTIN'
BEATIN' AND
SHOOTIN'

In spite Of all the writing talk
ing and pleading OF the press and
the pulpit. folks continue TO 20
merrily along burning up tax pay
ers money ny engaging in wild
cutting parties and doing excess
drinking. AS result they end up
at the Receiving hospital for treat
ment and oftimes detention at Po-
lice headquarters.
Quite A Club Man
Mrs. Louise Johnson. IL years
old, 656l Vinewood. was taken 10
the Receiving hospital. Sunday
morning at 7 pm. suffering from a
slight skull fracture and cuts on
her scalp. She said that she was hit
with club by her husband. Ben
mic who was. arrested by sth pre-
cinct police.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12
DIGGS


dates except Anthony ]. Wilkowski.
Wilkowski. his record has shown
is not Of tho same caliher as our
present senator, but mind you. that
is not tho interest Of these forcee
Their interest is purely 10 defeat
Senator Chas. G. Digs so as 70
better carry out their snii-Negro
program. Tenerowicz stated In an
article carried in one OF the daily
papers, that he did not expect the
Negroes vote hut that the North
end (whi,c living near the So
journer Truth Housing project.
would Offset his loss Of the Negro
vote He further stated IL Is all
legged that Negroes were not Pri-
mary voters and they were TOO
party conscious TO forget the Re
publican Primary long enough TO
consolidate 10 defeat him.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12

In tho face 81 these startling
facis. in the face of these atrociouf
attempts To promote COLLISION 10
further perpetua'e the degradation
the Negroes Of the First district
have suffered. Il IS necessary for
the Negro citizens Of the First Con-
greeSional district 20 turn out on
nlaese and defeat Tenerowic7. To-
day he represents YOl. unless by
the power OF your ballot. YOt' de-
feat him NOW. IN November after
the general election he will again
he your congressman. whether you
aro RcDuhlican or Democrat
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12
So He Can't Talk

La'er. 18TH precinct police
brought Jesse Hogan. SO. CSC r.
Montcalm street, from the corner
OF Hastings and Adelaide. suffer-
ing from abraisions OF face and
cuts about the left cheek. He was
very intoxicated. He was held as a
police prisoner at the hospital
Hogan cut Norris. who got up and
ran. Because OF his intoxicated con-
dition police were unable 10 learn
from him how he received his in
iuries.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12

Mary Oldham. 81, 5O44 Brush
street. Apt. G, was rushed To- the
Receiving hospital, Saturday morn
ing by police from her home where
she attempted to end her life by
drinking Roman Cleanser. She
said that she was respondent over
her life. The young lady IS being
held for mental observation.
Think Before You Jump
Sidney Rcdd. 81 years old, $3.50
Alley. Birmingham. Ala. received
a liberation of his left eye and a
possible skull fracture when he
jumped off moving Michigan Cen
trail freight train. Saturday NJ a:S7
am. at Central and the MCRR via
duct.
He was taken 10 the Receiving
J hospital by Fourth Precinct po-
lice. where he IS recovering.
When he lit match 10 smoke a
| cigarette. Theodore Colvin. %
years old. 3722 Bellevue. caught
fire and suffered second degree
burns OF the abdomen and right
hand. last Wednesday morning.
Colvin. a gas station attendant
at tho corner Of Jefferson and Nc
Dougall. spilled gas on his cloth
ing while he was putting gas IN n
car and then went into the station
where he lighted match ignltinG
his clothing.
He was taken 10 the Receiving
hospital for treatment.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-09-12
sim On His Feet

Clifford Norris, SO. $3.50 Brush
street, walked into the Receiving
hospital accompanied by Leo Tip
ton, 1854 wilkins street lie was
cut on the right ear and had stab
wounds OF the back. lie was given
first aid treatment
Evening star., 1942-05-28
Industry Grid Team
Runs Plane Engines
Off Assembly Lines
United Aircraft Gives
Manufacturing Secrets
To 10 Other Corporations
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HARTFORD, Conn, May 28.-A
modern industrial football team"
of 10 licensed manufacturers and
the United Aircraft Corp. is run
ming thousands of airplane engines
off assembly lines each month for
the United Nations war machine.
United Aircraft not only has
turned over it's manufacturing
secrets to firms which in peacetime
would be its strongest competitors
but has slashed its prices to point
where in two years more than $685.
100000 has been saved by the Gov
eminent. President Eugene E. Will
son disclosed today.
He told correspondents that be-
cause of his company's complete
cooperation" with Government
and private industry there has
never been an airplane held up be-
cause there was no engine to 60
in it,"
New N0n-Pr0fit Plant.
He disclosed that new $85 600, 900
engine plant to be built in Kansas
City from Government funds will
be operated without profit to u.s."
Our company and our 10 licensed
manufacturers make good football
team for turning out all the engines
that any air force needs" he said
I'VE, are doing it on schedule and in
ever-increasing numbers
United Aircraft makes these types
of aviation products: Pratt & Whit
ney engines which the company de-
signed and put into mass produc-
ton early in 1910; Vought-Sikorsky
airplanes for the Navy, and Hamil-
ton standard propellers.
Teamed with United Aircraft in
the manufacture of one or more of
their products are Ford, Buick,
Chevrolet, Nash-Kelvinator, Frigid-
aire, Remington-Rand, Goodyear,
Brewster Airplanes, Continental Air
planes and Jacobs Aircraft. OF these
10, six are making Pratt g. Whitney
engines on United Aircraft specifica-
tions, for which they pay the parent
company the nominal license fee Of
81 per manufactured engine.
Profits Controlled.
Mr.. Wilson explained that when
his company found itself suddenly
shifted from producing several hun
dred engines a month to thousands,
profits rose to Astronomical fig
ures in the way we use such figures
now in wartime" In conjunction
with the chairman of the board,
Frederick B. Rentschler, it was de-
cided that during the war profits
should be controlled, he said.
The company began reducing its
prices on engines, with the result
that as production grew the expense
to the purchaser, principally the
United States Government, went
down. Mr.. Wilson said that from q
top in 1910 of 7 per cent. United
Aircraft's net profit fell to per
cent in 1941 and will be between
2 and 3 per cent this year.
Mass production of Pratt and
Whitney engines has brought the
company's output to more than Is
times its horsepower capacity and
Mr.. Wilson estimated that it is pos
sible to increase another so per cent.
Evening star., 1942-05-28
1855 Group 10 GET
Job Questionnaires
Ear|y,in June
Local Boards Winding Up
Inventory Of Younger
Men Not Yet Inducted

District draft boards will begin
early next month to send occupa-
tional questionnaires to the men
who registered April 81. completing
the Districts inventory of man
power for war production, District
Selective Service Director William
E. Leahy announced today.
Occupational questionnahes, which
will be used as guide for the
mobilization of workers for war in
dustries, already have been sent to
the men who registered in the third
enrolment. February 16.
Local boards are now winding up
a similar inventory of registrants Of
the first and second registrations
who have not been indicted into the
armed forces.
Workers From Deferred Group.
BY the first part of June. Mr..
Leahy said. men between As and IS
will receive their questionnaires
Mr.. Leahy pointed out that it is
from the men beyond military age
that the War ManpoWer Commis-
sion expects to obtain most of its
male recruits on the bases of these
missionaries
He added, however, that many
war workers will come from the
classes deferred for physical de-
fects, as many men who are unfit
| for military service are well quail
| fed for civilian activities
He emphasized that these ques-
tionnaires are not to be confused
with the regular selective service
missionaries on which classical
ton for military service is based.
Sections Distributed.
''It is especially important" he
said, that registrants in military
age groups who may receive an oc-
cupational QUESTIONABLE before they
receive the regular QUESTIONABLE
keep this distinction carefully in
mind. The two questionnaires are
entirely separated in purpose. The
occupational questionable is sent
to the registrant Of military age only
because of the possibility that he
may not be qualified for military
service. He then. however. will be
available for civilian war effort. He
must fill out and return both ques-
tionnaires. ,
When the occupational question
naires are returned to local boards,
the director said, they are checked
for completeness and accuracy, and
then are separated into sections.
One section is sent to the Bureau of
the Census, another to the United
States Employment Service, and the
third, which duplicates the data Of
the other two, is retained by the
local board.
Evening star., 1942-05-28
Nozi Transport Official
Asks Leuve for Health

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts, May 28.-Dr. Wilhelm Klein
mann, state secretary in the Reichs-
ministry of Transport, has asked
Adolf Hitler to relieve him of his
post owing to reasons of i'll health, ,"
and DR.. Ganzenmueller has been
appointed to replace him.
Richard Walther Dare, Reichs-
minister of Food and Agriculture, it
was announced four days ago, had
taken a long leave of absence for
reasons of health" His work was
taken over by Herbert Backe, state
secretary in the ministry.
Evening star., 1942-05-28

NO TROUBLE 70 PANT N0Ml DUCO slips
from your brush like magic. 1t often does
q good job with just one coat. Anyone can
get good results with DUCo!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
2GI Walter
Will Is
Presented

The case OF seven nephews and
nieces OF Miss Flora NJ. Walter
vs. the United States. in which
the Walter relatives seek 10 prove
that The elderly spinster made her
wills as she occasionally wore her
hats-backwards-today stood in
weekend adjournment.
Miss Walter, a quiet old lady
who occasionally put on her hat
or shoes backwards before going
out. according 10 testimony. left
her Si0 900 estate To govern
ment, alleGedly because her father
had not been fair with his
wealth. The relatives seek TO
break the Will, dated last October
50.
A second will was introduced In
the hearing before Circuit Judge
Guy a. Miller yesterday. Dated
Dec. 30. 1887, II divided the es-
tate among the nephcws and
nieCes. This earlier will should
he regarded as the right one and
represents the distribution Miss
Walter should rightfully have
made, the plaintiffs contend.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Times staff Correspondent

PONTIAC. Oct. 10.-"I couldn't
come. Been called away. Keep
laug. ing. keep working for a de-
cent world order"
This was the telegram sent by
Joe f. Brown 10 the first state
here of MONS
Mothers of Men in Service.
Every MON knew why the
famous stage and screen star
couldn't come. Instead, he was
in California with his bereaved
family. after having been informed
in Detroit the night before of the
death of his eldest son. Capt. Don
+. Brown. in a bomber crash al
Palm Springs.
The telegram was read, at the
banquet ending the one-day con-
vention attended by over 500
mothers. who heard a report that
the group had expanded 70 %
chartered chapters with 40 others
now being organized in Michigan,
New York, Minnesota and Wis
ConSin
Mrs Grace Chaffee Of Dearborn,
who founded MONS last June,
was reelected president Other
officers reelected were Mrs. Har-
old w Parsons. Lake Angelus.
first vice presidents Mrs. Myron
Copley. Royal Oak. second vice
president; Mrs. w "a Gabler.
Royal Oak, third vice president;
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Wanted:
Automatic
Pin Boys

State, city and labor officials
today puzzled over the abstruse
problem of how a bowling pin.
once knocked down by bowling
ball, can climb back up on its feet
without outside help.
The problem came up at COM
mon council hearing at which war
workers representatives sought
permission for bowling alleys to
stay open until d a. m. for the
accommodation of late shutters.
John Gibson. state department
OF labor and industry agent, OPP
posed the suggestion. declaring
that almost a third of the city's
las bowling alleys now are charged
with violation of child labor laws.
There's such a shortage of
pin settlers, they employ chill
dren OF IS and a." he said.
advancing the closing hour
from the present a. m. TO 4
a. m. will just make IL worse"
Council told Melvin West, JAW
Go recreational director, to con-
fer with Gibson and Assistant
Corporation Counsel Nathaniel II.
Goldstick in an effort TO determine
il there might not be some way TO
get a knocked-down set of pins
back UP without employing chill
dren. West was representing the
late shift workers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Love Cannon
Mackinae Residents Offer
Their Stoves Instead
Times staff Correspondent

LANSING. Oct 10.-Residents
Of Mackinac Island would rather
give up their stoves and house.
hold necessities for war SCRAP
than they would the historic can.
non on the island. Gerald J. Cleary
of the state park com.
mission was notified today.
In a wire opposing the proposal
10 scrap the cannon, w. F. Doyle
of Mackinacs state park
commission, stated:
81 have received numerous
protests about this. IL would be
a shame TO scrap the fireplace
able guns at the fort. Residents
of the island have agreed 10 give
up their stoves and household
necessities to meet their quota
rather than the cannon"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
NO NoN-EsSENTIAL TIRES
Brown Arrives
For Son S Burial.

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 10 nNS).-
Joe f. Brown, stage and screen
comedian. arrived by airliner yes
terday from Detroit to claim the
body Of his son. Capt. Don +.
Brown. 25. who was killed in the
crash of 3 bomber near Palm
Springs.
What can man say at a
time like this ." Brown said. as
he was met by his other son, Joe
Jr,, 20; IT. Mike Frankovich, for
mer UCLA football player vir-
tually adopted into the Brown
family, and Arthur Preacher, the
actor.
They accompanied Brown 10 his
home. where his wife, Mrs. kath-
ryn Frances Brown, waited.
Military funeral services 10 be
attended by the immediate family
and friends were planned for today
at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Accused in Sale
Of Race Sheets

Warrants charging conspiracy 70
evade The gambling laws were
issued today by Prosecutor VIII
liam 3. Bowling against David
Goldberg. as. and his wife. Flor
cnce, 81. both OF 1911 West Chi
cago. Eighteen co-conSpirators also
were named IN the warrant.
The GoldbergS arc charged with
selling racing forms and scratch
sheets on which are printed the
odds Of horses running at other
tracks outside OF Detroit, a felony
punishable by a five-year prison
<erm.
Goldberg has been warned once,
but failed 10 stop selling his form
sheets. police said. The 1S Cocoon
Spirators were charged with selling
the papers Goldberg distributed.