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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
APPEALS TO
NATION FOR
JUSTICE

Bernard W. Hayes. OF 81 Polls
street. Lynchburg. Va, believes
that this country should rededica;e
itself to the principles OF liberty
and justice upon which II was
founded. in order 10 increase its
power 10 fight against evils IN
other parts Of the world. In a letter
TO the Tribune. dated July q. reads
as follows:
Daniel Webster said, Let our
object be our country. our whole
country and nothing but our coun-
try, and by the blessing OF God
may that country in itself be a
monument. not Of oppression and
terror. but of wisdom and peace
and liberty, In that the world may
gaze upon 1t with admiration for
ever
This country was sought by
early settlers as a shelter from
oppression and terrorism. and our
Declaration OF Independence was
formed TO establish liberty and
peac. on these shores. The Pre-
amble to our Constitution states
that the people would have protec-
ton through Justice. not only for
ourselves. but for posterity to come
These sacred documents Of our
national life have been badly as
sailed by means OF lynchings. po-
lice brutalities. partial injuries
segregation and discrimination.
THE nation, great beam in It's
eyes, is searching for the mote in
the eyes OF others. This country
must eliminate the communicating
diseases within. In order that we
may fight down the evils OF the
world.
"As Webster has said. Let our
object be our country, but vet
this country under God be the peo.
pie, for the people and by the peo-
pie. and NAV the people freeze out
all forms OF terror and oppression
and establish peace and good will
forever"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08

1920 Chene. There is a pre-
scription department at each
store and the Barthwell
chain employs eleven regis
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
PASTOR RAPS
COUNTRY'S
PREJUDICE

Continued from page -
can't go into certain parks, Ger.
tain buildings. walk ON certain
streets. They can't ride on GER
tain vehicles. They must attend
certain schools. They can't work
on certain Jobs. They are beaten
up and shot because they are
Jews. Yet every one Of these Hit
Ter practices have we used against
the American Negro. He. too,
can't go into certain parks save
on Tuesday aftcrnoon-can't en-
ter certain buildings, must Sit I'm
certain segregated seats. can't
hold certain Jobs even though
qualified. and in certain sections
must send his children 10 seq
regated schools. We. too. have
due process OF law. The Negro Is
willing 10 fight and die for Amer.
lea hut Is not willing 10 fight and
die for democracy that he does
rot possess. One Of the most cf-
fectiye hits Of propaganda Hitler
uses today In the Far East and
notIceably In India n the trent
ment Of the colOred races In
America which claims "a he de.
mocracy.
Pearl Buck. herself entirely
Southern and Of Southern nnceS-
try. long acquainted by her lie
among colored peoples. familiar
with the problems IN the South
and the Far East. speaks to MS
nut Of her experience and warns
uS that the problem can ONLY he
solved by our realistic granting
Of the rights Of democracy ~ the
Negro. We can no LONGER have a
subject DeOple IN our democracy.
segregated. dlscrlminnted against
and presented. Listen ~ her
own words: iii IN" United states
Is 10 include subject and ruled
peoples. then LET MS be honest
about II and change the ConSti.
tuition and mako II rInn that Ne
grOes cannot share the privileges
81 tho white people. True. We
would then he tOtalitarian rather
than democratic: hut n that l.
what we want. LET us saw 80 and
LET us tell tho Negro 80. Thon the
white Americans will he relieved
~ the necessity 81 hypocrisy and
the coIored people win know
whore they nre 4. With all the
evils that HItlerlSm hns. M least
II has one virtue. that II makes
no nretensn Of loving tie fellow
man and ~ wantip~ all DeonIe Ia
he free end edpal. Everybody
knows where Na7lism eta"ds and
what 10 expect of n. Crrcl n II
". and dP~ForonS rs II Is a. civ.
llIzatlon. n Il less rrreI. and n
may hA even loss drngerors In
the end. than tho SORT ~ demOc-
racv which Is not rcsI enou~h ~
sfron~ encu~h ~ nractIcp what u
nrca~hoe. To dcstro~ hone nftoviv
+ hinder than 10 riIow n With
ont Intending 10 LEI n he fulfill
81.
The issre must he faced. no.
mOcracy viii 70 down FIRST ~ al
on tho rocks ~ raclfi preiudIce
and dlscrIr'ipatlOn. We carrof
volt prf'I tho war u over. For
c~a ~ ~ fr~darentnI iss-es ~
fbis worlS.viAo v-nr is shaf ~
roce aruai'f- ~ irs~"ni'sv. We
600 " n rrr~ne WITH che Vs.I
e-pnhasls on tho sunerIor race.
We see Il In AsIa--ln japan, In
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08

record breaker. Last wear rmi
10000 watched the East wiz snI
and take the lead in the NUMBER
games won, 8 10 1.
Several big league scouts vii
In the press box watching Tie ID
notch performers on each ed
Named as those who may get N
outs with the Pittsburgh PM
are Roy Campanella OF the Balliri
Elites who will be behind the I'D
alternating with Josh GAn
Homestead Grays backsiop, Who's
so will get a tryou' Al second Z
the East will be Sammy Hugs
veteran second haseman for \
Baltimore Elites and who plEs
last year in Mexico. HowevE
the present time Ray Dandriin'
the Newark Eagles tops HugAai
the voting for that position.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
SeUen Stores Testimony OF
Climb On 9th Anniversary

t ere d pharmacists.
Barthwell's d r II g.
stores employ rs peo-
pie.
Sidney Barthwell,
pro pri e t o r of the
drugstore chain. attri-
butes his business
success TO adherence
to { h e following
ideals:
Il have three ideals
which have guided
me in operating ny
business, namely -
/. TO operate we'll
equipped. well-stock-
ed an d beautiful
stores. .. To give
courteous and effici-
ent service. 8. To sell
quality merchandise
at lowest prices.
Mrs. ladys Barth-
well, wife of the pro-
prietor, takes an ac-
tive interest in the
business.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08

Some of Barthwell's 70 employees are:
TOP ROW: Mrs. Mary Beasley, Mrs.
Annie Collier, Miss Geraldine Hen
bricks, Miss Homezelle Mattox, Miss
Rosa Shelton, DIR. Harry S. Pope; MID
DIE ROW: Miss Mary Robertson,
Miss Margaret Taylor, Miss Alice Ste
phens, Miss Charlene Strother, Miss
Helen Solomon, James Bagley; BOT
TOM ROW: Miss Byrda Wade, Miss
La Verne West. Miss Hazel Jacks,
Mrs. Verlee Steward, Mrs. Effie Rob-
ms, d. w. Whitmore. n
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08

G.. Bernell Williams, Lansing.
has been chosen for the Negro field
service. of the Michigan Tubercu-
losis association. beginning an ed
vocational drive to stamp out tuhcr-
culosis among Negroes. This dis
ease boasts a death rate OF 1929 in
non-whites of Michigan: a death
rate nearly six times as high as
the white rate.
Mr.. Williams was graduated from
Michigan State college, last year,
with major in sociology. He has
served as director of education for
the Colored Elks OF Michigan four
years. and as grand patron OF the
Eastern Star for ten years. In
these positions he met the colOred
people in cities all over Michigan
He Is also a 33rd degree Mason.
and active in church work, having
had the honor of serving as lay
delegate to the General conference
OF the AME church. While at
Michigan State college he was cho-
sen for the student speakers bu-
reau, and elected program chair
man OF the Sociology club
Finances forced Mr.. Williams to
leave school after his first year III
high school. But he was deter-
mined to complete his education.
IL was twenty years before he
could arrange TO go back 10 school.
In 1888 he enrolled at Lansing S
Central High school and although
his studies had TO be intersperseI
with work. they were kept. up un-
I'll he won his college degree last
December. He was appointed TO
the stan OF the Michigan Tubercu-
losis association this month.
In 1910 Booker r. Washington
spoke before a high school assem-
bly, in Battle Creek. In the audi
ence was a slight Negro boy. sit
ting on the edge of chair. drink
ing in the words OF the old man.
Washington spoke on service and
challenged the group not to feel
that they must go 10 far countries
to seek their fortunes. ."let dowa
your bucket where you are" was
his phrase.
The boy listening was deeply i'm
pressed. Perhaps he could serve
fright here. could help his poo
pie overcome sickness. Young G..
Bernell Williams understood even
then how sick people need help.
He had seen the sickness con
sumption. Just that year his uncle
had come home from Minnesota
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08

China, In India. We cannot wait
the crisis i upon ~. II il upon
our world whether the white
people Of the earth who them.
selves are u minority are willing
10 know II or not. As Sir stat.
ford Grips has put II In speak.
Ing OF the new spirit Of the col.
cred races: snake no mistake.
This Il not opportunity knock.
mt our door. IL Il history bat.
terlng II down. viii II be again
n question of "tO0 llttle- demOc-
racy on our part-and too latel
We must move swiftly and at
once. We must see 10 Il that "all
Americans shall have economic
opportunity and that cOlOred pe0-
pie In this democracy shall not
suffer insult because Of their coll
or -. Is democracy right or II
II wrongl II II Is right. then let
us dare 10 make Il true
Wake mp, America. stop your
racial prejudice and dlscrlmIna.
tl0n against your American cItl.
zens Of Negro descent. Stop play
Ing into the hands Of Hitler and
Japan. They are using II as their
spearhead Of division. confusion.
and riot among us and all peo-
pies. The very fact that Hitler
favors n, wants n. uses n, should
make ron against n. IL there
room In America for Negro Amer
icans7 The answer NJ democracy
10 the world-to Hitler. ~ China.
10 India In her fateful hour-Is
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
Local Anne Zion Ministers Endorse
Leroy G. White For The State Senate

cuss campaign plans. Campaign
headquarters will open this week
on Oakland avenue at Philadelphia.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
G. Bernen Williams Heads State Drive
Against tuberculosis Among Negroes

with consumption. Come home 10
die. no chance 10 save him.
The bow who listened 10 the
famous Booker T. Washington had
no idea that a nationwide move
ment was even then stirring 20
fight tuberculosis. He had no idea
that the consumption" from which
his uncle died was tuberculosis. But
the horror of his uncle's death and
the challenge OF an assembly talk
stayed in his mind. They were
seeds. Perhaps he could do some
thing.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
SCOUTS ARE
EXPECTED AT
BALL CLASSIC

CHICAGO LAMP The tenth
annual East VS.. West baseball clas-
sic will be played at Comiskey park.
scene OF all previous games. on
Sunday afternoon. Aug. 16 Fron,
the interest shown in the voting
plus tho recent statement OF Com
missioner X. NJ. lands of organ
lied baseball that there wasn't any
rule barring Negroes from playing
in major or Minor league baseball.
this years crowd looms up as a
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
IF RHEUMATIC PAIN
Gas YOU DOSING ANp HOPING

Then prorc "a yourself TIdf ejfec-
fire results you ran get noso
Nth this medicine
Open your own way toward deliverance
others have enjoyed. Make up your mind
you're going to use something that gets
10 work on rheumatic pain You want
help you can feel. SO get C-zz23. Don't
be put of with rs or buis. Get results
now. II YOU suffer from rheumatic pain
or muscular aches, get Cant, DOC. S..
Az druggists Use only as directed. Pur-
chase price refunded Il not satisfied.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Extended Marketing Area
SOUGHT by Milk Producers

The Washington marketing area
for dairy farmers would be extended
deep into Prince Georges and Mont
gomery Counties under petition
filed yesterday with. the Department
of Agriculture by the Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers Association
which is seeking a one-cent rise in
bottled milk and cream for Mary
land and the District.
In Montgomery County the fol-
lowing localities would be affected
by the extension: Gaithersburg,
Rockville, Great Falls, Darnestown,
Derwood, Redland, Oakdale, Olney,
Sandy Spring and Burtonsville.
Prince Georges County communi-
ties include Laurel. Bowie. Glenn
Dale, Lanham, Collington, Hardesty,
Oak Grove. Marlboro. Upper Marl-
boro and Camp Springs.
Such an extension of the market
ing area would increase both pro-
ducer and retail prices in those
sections. authorities said.
The Washington milk shed in
cludes most of Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The Department of Agriculture
has granted the cooperative a hear
ing on the petition at $50 am.
Thursday in the South Building
auditorium.
Evening star., 1942-02-08

said. "I practice for eight hours
and, when get the chance, COM
pose for eight hours"
But why so much practice?" he
was asked. Does it make you bet
ter?"
"I don't know. But it helps me
hold my own. If you had to recite
poetry for two hours every night,
and different poetry, you'd have to
refresh your memory. 1t takes me
two hours just to run over the con-
cert I am going to give and If I
want to polish I'd on parts of it, il
takes more time"
In Concert Today.
Mr. Granger is appearing at 4
pm. today with the National SYM
phony Orchestra at Constitution
Hall. He will play the piano Con-
certo in A Minor" by Grieg. AS the
worlds outstanding interpreter Of
Grieg, he was asked what he thought
of the new juke box version of that
composers "A Minor Concerto"
II think it's fine. Anything that
people like to hear Is fine, think
The National Symphony will also
play Mr.. Grainger's I'm a Nutshell
this afternoon. as well as a selection
of Bach's and the world premiere
of Arnold Cornelissen's symphony
which won first prize in Dr. Hans
Kindler's contest for American COM
posers last spring.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Capitol Heights Liquor Ban
To Be Tested in Court

A test case of the Capitol Heights
Town Councils recent ban on all
liquor sales within the town limits
has been filed in Prince Georges
County Circuit Court.
Bird H. Dolby, counsel for the
town, is seeking an injunction to
restrain the sale in a suit filed
against william H. Pumphrey
operator of a liquor establishment,
and Harry Kans, owner of the prop
erty. All li6uor sales in Capitol
Heights would be halted if the order
is granted.
Specifically, the towns petition
seeks performance of covenants
written into all the deeds to prop
critics when the town was sub
divided prohibiting the sale of liquor
on the premises.
In an answer to the towns bill
of complaint, Dudley Digges, coun-
sci for the defendants, declared the
covenants were enforceable only by
the late Otway B. zantzinger, sub
divider of the town, with whom the
covenants were made, and not by
the Town Council.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Liquor Tax Collections
Jump in D. E., Maryland

Substantial increases in liquor tax
collections in Maryland and the Dis
trict in 1891, as compared with 1910,
are shown in the annual report OF
the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Maryland and the Capital are COM
bined into a single revenue district.
Collections for 1941 were $751;
518,544.7S, while the 1910 total was
s45,374.67s.61.
Virginia also showed an increase
from 81 ,844, 1855 in 1910 to $780,
45l85 for last year.
Excise taxes on liquor imports for
Maryland and the District were
81 .223 ,S7620 last year, while the
domestic excise tax brought in the
lions share, or s42 .31689393.
In Virginia import excise colec-
tions were 2O,500.33 and the do
mestic excise s815 POP SO.
The Internal Revenue Bureau
pointed out that amounts collected
by the States are not entirely in
dicative of the Federal tax burden
of the respective States, since the
taxes paid by distilleries, wineries
and breweries may be eventually
borne by persons in other States"
Evening star., 1942-02-08
By ALFRED TOOMBS.

Percy Granger was practicing
away in an old storeroom on the
third floor of Droop's music store
yesterday when a crowd began to
collect.
Mr.. Granger did not hear the
first arrival. His hands were racing
over the keyboard so fast that
sometimes his fingers seemed to be
just white blurs.
He had his legs tucked under a
battered piano stool. His ankles
were crossed, showing. the tops of
his high, brown shoes. In this in
formal pose and surrounded by the
wrecks of pianos being repaired,
Mr.. Granger did not make the
appearance of a concert figure.
Touch of the Master.
But there was no mistaking the
touch of the master at the piano
and, as the notes he played went
tumbling down the hall, an audience
came tip-toeing into the room.
Mr.. Grainger the Australian
born composer and concert artist,
was putting in part of the eight
hours he spends each day in prac-
tice. When he paused for rest,
he talked to the reporter who had
been listening.
"A musician can't get by on much
less than Is hours work day" he
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Fairfax 10 Start Work
On Master Plan for
Holmes Run Area
| Governments Intention
| To Put 10000 Dwellings
There Speeds Project
pecial Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch TO The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. 7.-Plans tt
begin work at once on a master plan
for the Holmes Run area and ada
cent water sheds were announced
today by H. c. Moore, techniciar
with the Fairfax County Planning
Commission.
With assurance from Federal Off
cials that funds will be Forthcoming
under the Lanham Act to provide
u trunk sewer line in that area
Planning Commission members
stressed the importance of prepar.
ing the master plan at once.
Hugh R. Pomeroy. director of the
Virginia State Planning Board
promised technical assistance ir
drafting the plan at a commission
meeting last night.
The plan will provide for future
streets, roads, parks, public building
sites, zoning districts, routes fol
public utilities and public reserva.
tions.
County officials also have ordered
an immediate survey of the cost
and other details of a proposed
water system for the Holmes Run
area.
The action was taken following
Government housing authorities re-
cent announcement that approx
mately 10000 dwelling units are tc
be built in that section and with
the further possibility in mind that
its population may be doubled In q
comparatively short time.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Two Husbands Request
Divorces in Rockville
?, et,sI Dispatch to The Star.

2, eUsl Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, Feb. IA suit
for absolute divorce. in which the
principals are the parents of nine
children has been filed here by
Louis William Schwartzbeck Of
Washington.
He charged that his wife. Mrs.
Mary c. Schwartzbeck of Washing
ton Grove, whom he married in
Rockville in 1912, deserted him more
than five years ago.
Charging that he was deserted
more than IS months ago, Willard
H. Middleton, Takoma Park. Md.
has filed suit for an absolute divorce
from Mrs. Harriet E. Middleton of
Takoma Park, D. c. The Middletons
were married in Washington June
Is, 1884, and have daughter.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Prince Georges Fails
To Use lis Ration of
Tires and Tubes
II individuals Get
Equipment Sought;
Only Seven Rejected

The Prince Georges County Ra-
tioning Board announced yesterday
that it has issued certificates for the
purchase of AZ tires and Is tubes
by II individuals in the county
during the first week of February
rejecting seven applications and
disposing of one-third Of the tires
allotted the county and one-sixth
of the tubes.
The board also revealed that a
final tabulation of January's trans
actions showed 81 tires and SO tubes
remained unallotted at the end Of
the month. The board received ap-
plications for the purchase of new
tires from So persons in January
Five of these applications the
board rejected.
Comparison Of the January and
February quotas indicates that this
month the board has 49 less tires
at its disposal. On the other hand,
it has been allotted "a more tubes
than it had in January-107 more
tubes than the county used in
January.
Applications approved by the
board since February l are:
Arvo w. Saari, Takoma Park,
seeking tires of an obsolete size,
two tires. two tubes.
Mary c. Loveless, Upper Marlboro,
teachers conveyance, two tires.
Boyd A. Hamilton, Hyattsville,
police, two tires, two tubes.
William T. Maberry. Aquasco,
common carrier, two tires. one tube.
Robert w. Smith, Piscataway,
school bus, two tires, one tube
William Clifton, Marlboro, police
two tires, one tube.
J. A. j. Construction Co., Green
belt, common carrier, two tires.
DR.. William H. Norton, Mount
Rainier, physician, two tires, two
tubes
Walter B. Freeman. Temple Hills
common carrier, two tires, two tubes
Wilbert L. Price. Mount Rainier
seeking tires of an obsolete size, two
tires, two tubes.
Paul C. Van Natta. Benning
physician, two tires, two tubes.
DR.. Russell Payne, Mount Rainier
physician, four tires, four tubes.
Eugene E. Goddard. Marlboro
Board of Education, 10 tires.
Wynter A. Marshall, Hyattsville,
common carrier, four tires, four
tubes.
Harry L. Bludun, Berwyn, COM
mon carrier, two tires, two tubes.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
; Maryland {. {. {. Units
Working al Army Posts
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 7.-Three OF
the 13 Civilian Conservation Corps
companies stationed in Maryland
now are working under Army officers
at Army posts in the State, Third
Corps Area C. C. G. headquarters
announced today.
C. C. C. enrollees are employed
at Aberdeen Proving Grounds and
Fort George G. Meade. headquar-
tiers officers said, clearing artillery
ranges, building picket lines, clear
ing woodlands and performing other
unskilled labor under Army utility
officers.
Other companies are expected to
be shifted from conservation work
to duty at Army posts soon, the OFF,
GERS said. Fort Meade officers have
requested from three to five addi-
tional companies and Aberdeen has
asked that at least one more COM
pany be assigned there.
At present one company of 166
white youths is stationed at Aber-
deem, living in quarters at the post
Two colored companies are working
at Fort Meade, one company of $50
men living on the reservation, while
the other has quarters at Beltsville
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Prince Georges Comhats
Rise in VenereaI Rate

Stringent enforcement of laws
dealing with prostitution is being
sought by Prince Georges County
and United States Public Health
Service officials in an effort to halt
the increase in the venereal disease
rate in the northern section of the
county.
DR.. John M. Byers, county health
officer, said the increase was per-
ceptible, but not alarming, and the
enforcement campaign was de-
signed to halt it before it got out
of control. The increase was at
tributed largely to cases reported
from Fort Meade which come to
the county health Office through
the Public Health Service, he ex-
planned. However, since the soldiers
there are free of venereal disease
when inducted, the cases are the
result of local conditions, he said.
Chief Arthur w. Hepburn of the
county police has promised aid of
the county force in the campaign
and men have been assigned to the
Laurel and Baltimore boulevard
areas, DR.. Byers revealed.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Child on Legislators Desk
Switches Arlington Vote

Mr.. Fenwick pushed the button to
vote AYE" but before the clerk
closed the rolls and started to record
the vote on the electric machine
Janice gave the electric switch
healthy pull and turned the switch
on Mr.. Fenwick's desk to register
no"
In frantic haste, a split-second
before the vote was recorded, Mr..
Fenwick nearly sprained wrist in
turning the switch of the mo" posi-
ton. The switch stuck in the neu-
tral or "non-voting" position and
his vote remained unrecorded.
Janice, under careful supervision,
was given the opportunity Of push
ing the button to pass several more
bills during the day.