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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-11-07
FILMING
NEWS REEL
ON NEGROES

Probably the most significant
motion picture news item for the
Negroes Of America since the in
yention Of the motion picture cam
era is the announcement a few
days ago OF the release on
Oct. 80 OF the first weekly
newsreel OF All-American News.
All-American News will record
each week the news Of Negroes
throughout America and will he
presented in theatres throughout
the Nation exactly like the pic
lures OF the several national news
reel organizations now providing
the motion picture public with
prompt pictures Of all the i'm
portant news events.
All American News will be re-
leased on a basis that will make
It available to every theatre in
America which wishes TO present
il to its patrons. Ask the man
ager of your neighhorhood thea
ire now II he has made arrange
ments to show this news feature
and when the first issue will be
Shown a. YOUR theatre.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-11-07
'Bojangles With Noble Sissle,
Probonent OF Sweet Suing

The Paradise theatre, this week
comes through with two OF the
Greatest attractions in the bust
ness. They are the great Bill
Bojangles' Robinson and the one
aud only Noble Sissle and
his International orchestra.
Much has been said about the
dancing feet OF Bill Robinson and
they are entitled TO all Of the
praise that has been bestowed
upon them but there is another
side OF this great personality that
Is deserving OF mention. And this
Is his manner OF going through
life spreading sunshine through
his donations and phIlanthropies
Theatrical people are we'll known
for their charities. Tho vast ma
icrity OF them arc hoy Scouts so
far as good deeds are concerned,
but this man Robinson holds the
palm
Life Of Party
He is 'Mr. Cheeric himself. He
gives his time. energy and ability
as we'll as his money 10 make
man happier Authorities say that
he has appeared NJ more benefits
than any other actor AZ any rate
convince Bill that money is need
ed for a worthy cause and YOU
jist can't keep him away from
the field OF operations II no one
else sponsors the benefit gu, goes
tho stepping Robinson and gets
few actors ard friends together;
horrows a hall or theatre. sells
the tickets and gives the show.
II Is always a good show for
there Is something that this chap
Gces not allow for mos" Who
ever he approaches. either to
work or buy tickets always come
through.
However. with all this. Bill Is
no easy mark and Is too wise a
bird to be taken in by an old pan
handler but he pays several rents
besides his own. buys enough
clothes that he does not wear. 10
stock couple of stores, and
Keeps many accounts at grocery
stores and meat markets which
no PAYS but does not use.
Finds Time For Charity
II Bill finds an hour to spare
in his busy life It is spent at a
hospital or an orphanage or an
old peoples home telling jokes
and cutting capers in an effort
to bring a little cheer into the
drah days OF these unfortunates
Bits good deeds are not in
tended for the limelieht but SOLE
~ for the good they accomplish.
That "Bojangles'
SissIe Real Musician
Noble Sissie and his lnternation-
nj orchestra who shares the spot
lleht with Bill Robinson recent
lv completed three and a hall
years at Billy Roses Diamond
Horseshoe and collahorated on the
production Of Harlem Cayalcade
with Ed sullivan.
sissle thorough musician. mas
come nm with rather striking
theory concerning the recent
heavy emphasis or South Amer
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-11-07
'TOURIN' THE
RADIO WORLD
Ry ISAAC JONES

] JUST FOUND OUT that the
colored hero mentioned on the
Randwagon program last Satur-
day night whose last name was
said 10 he French. turned out 10
h- Freddy French 2l-year-old, Of
Newark. ~ II YOU heard tho
broadcast over the radio At :
p m last Saturday night. YOU re-
member the story OF how this I'M
known hero swan around in the
water for six hours sa, ing the
lives OF Wounded soldiers and
disappeared without being told
that he was a hero French was
FIX feet tall and tipped the scales
at TWO hundred pounds He has
heen listed as missing II he gave
his life saving others he went
down as a hero,
Jack Benny really sold his old
Maxwell the famous car was
sold TO junk dealer last week
&C. aid In the governments scrap
ruhber drive Rochester was on
hand to bid the old Maxwell
goodbye SO were newsreel men
Rochester had 10 make the trip
on his lunch hour Guess he felt
that Il was worth 81 YOU know
the old Maxwell has made Rochos-
ter famous as Jack Benny's chauf-
four on the Sunday evening radio
show
Just been told that Nelson Case
who used 70 announce tho Philip
Morris program has answered tho
call Of his Uncle Sam" and Is
now in The Naval Air Force
that's why his voice IS not heard
coming through your loud speaker
ANYMORE
The now feminine voice that
you have been hearing on tho
Blonde" show since Il returned
to the air this season Is that Of
Alice White she Is pinch-hiiiin-
for Penny Singleton who Will re-
turn 70 the air afte a visit from
the stork.
Jimmie Lunceford's recording
at Had To Be You neared q
o0o oon sale two weeks after re-
lease That is what YOU may term
a real hit
Duke Ellington's and Jimmie
Lunceford's bands have been book
ed h. the Blue Network Tor tho
months -of November and Deem
Der. so for some of the sweet
music that YOU TX so we'll and
The latest song hits you may
book these two rentlemen's bands
on your radio calendar OF future
events
The Three vagabonds are play
Ing leading roles or Club Matinee
coming over the Blue Network al
pm. carried in Detroit nv sta
ton WXYZ. This writer has only
one criticism, that Is the BOYS
should take their stand against
paving in "Unclc Tom" roles.
why should they have 70 always
sneak broken English and refer
to the me as "Mr." when other
stars on the same program call
him nv his name? The man that
writes the script Is not altogether
the blame he would change that
II the vagabonds would speak
m what about t. hoys?
yon May BE Interested In
knowing That
The COLORED GROUP that
YOU hear on Amos m Andy pro-
gram Is the Golden Gate quartet
q-ntiI next week. GOOD LIS
Evening star., 1942-08-23

You'll meet the outumn smortly in this "tron-
ston" dress It's thoroughbred style with
superbIy cut opeIs snort bracelet length
sleeves and odroitIy peced skirt with peots for
swiney fu|lness Fmdom's Marjorie Woodwork
eIomorzes the dress in this picture by pirnne O
ieweIed ornament on the pocket Picture Pottern
Of the Week No. 1873 is designed for sizes "a. Is,
l8. 20; 40 ond AZ (32 to AZ bustl. Size Is. with
broeeIet sleeves. requires 4]4 yords Of 39ineh
moterioI yords Of 54-neh moterioI
Evening star., 1942-08-23

The orses Ao' clock the world now
blooming Lincoln
turns o'clock this oeF"oo" the weekly Ensemble Singers
blend old the church. This weeks
Bodensbure q
Evening star., 1942-08-23

Mother moy remember Dorothy
Lonqdon os child stor Of the
silent movie doys. Now Dorothy
at 26, her husbond in the Army.
is storing" in q defense job, in
speetine oirplone ports for 48
hours q week. Wide World Photos.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
House Ponders
Soldier Pay

Washington, May 27.-(AP)-Con-
gr"-- strOVe to eXtrlatc Itself o
conflicting Army, Navy and depend
aU'> allotment allowance proposals
today with the House attempting
70 decide whether the basic n
ly pay of men in the armed services
Shall be raised from S2l to S42, or
10 $50.
On the House action, leaders said,
depended the final rates OF pay de-
ddcrJons and government allowances
for fighting mems dependents, ana
also whether the government would
pF part of a service mans life IN
s3fanCe premium.
The House was called to consider
q lolnt conference committee report
tlNng the base pay at S42. The House
previously had overridden its mill
fary committee and voted for $50
HJtcr the Senate had adopted the S42
figure. -
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
Mine Workers
Union Charges
CLIO Officials

WASHINGTON. May 27.-CAP)-The
officers of the CO were accused OF
Sabotage and treason to the prln-
ciples of labor today in a resolu-
ton submitted to the policy commit
tee of the United Mine Workers.
District 50 of the mlne uhloh'
which Includes dairy farmers, coke,
gas and chemical and cosmellc
workers IN all parts OF the country,
sponsored the resolution and she
the committee to hear the case when
it said it had prepared against the
co executives.
The name of Philip Murray. as
such. was not mentioned IN onnec
ton with the treason charge, pul
another paragraph of the resolution
declared the president OF the Go
has completely refused to give any
effective attention to the prevention
or redress" of a campaign OF Insult
and injury.
The policy committee ALREADY was
r,ced with an Acknowledged es-
.sngement # Its tN'0 leader.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
Women Rush
To JoinA1my

Washington, May 27.-(.Ap)-Wo-
men enrolled today at regular Army
recruiting offices for the first time
N history-seeking selection TO be
among the first candidates tor officer
commissions in the WOmens army
auxiliary corps.
ii the line ot applicants at the
Washington recruiting office was an
indication OF the nationwide re-
ponse, thousands viii apply fol
places among the first $50 candidates
to report at Fort Des MONIES, Iowa,
about July Is,
Applications viii be accepted thro-
ugh June / but evidently many Wo-
men here thought an early applica.
ION would help them chances. Eight
TODD in line before the recruiting of
ice opened. When it opened there
vere none of the special pink ap-
'licatjon blanks ON hand and neatly
y women We're in line when they
III, j ~ minutes later.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
Housing Fund
Requested

Washington, May 81. - (AP)
President Roosevelt proposed TO Con-
gress today the appropriation Of an
additional 100000 for war housing
TO meet the minimum needs of the
! 900, 900 workers migrating to war
centers' during the year beginning
July |.
Congress previously had appro-
priated Sl.020, 900, 900 for construc-
ton OF living quarters for war
workers.
Mr.. Roosevelt SAID in 4 message
10 Congress that several million per-
sons would be employed in war in
duStrieS during the next fiscal year.
Workers are being obtained locally
wherever possible and new sources
IT labor supply are being drawn
upon. the President asserted. Yet, he
said. It will be necessary for some
800, 900 to move to centers of war
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
New Pipeline
Now Proposed

Dallas, Tex, May 27.-(AP)-Ihe
News said Toddie Lee Wynne, presl-
dent Of the American Liberty Pipe
line Co., has been in Washington
several days submitting to interest
cd agencies a proposal by his firm
lof construction of an oil pipeline
across the neck of the Florida pc
nlnSula.
Under the plan a 200-mile, eight
men pipeline, costing approximately
>5,3O0,0 900, would be laid from a
point on Apalachee Bay on the west
coast of Florida to a point near
Jacksonville on the St. Johns river
The carrier would connect the
gulf coastal canal system with the
Atlantic inland waterways system
ana provide a protected route for OIL
shipments needed to relieve the pc
''"'"um. "holtage in the east, me
papel said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27

jby The Associated iress)
japan Premier General
ICjo sounded new threat to
Australia today, asserting boast
uI.r chat the naval forces in
defense of Australia have dis
appeared, with nothing stand
ing now to defend that country
before the onslaught OF the I'M
perial Japanese forces"
Evidently d "tishing eXpedi-
ton in quest Of information,
General Tojos repetition Of
Japan's claim of victory in the
Coral sea Dattle-discredited by
allied accounJs-Was accOmpan-
led by a renewed pledge Of Jap
lneSe support for the axis.
Japan will do her utmost to
contribute her share as the part
ner of Germany and Italy" he
told the Japanese parliament. i'll
the presence of Emperor Hiro-
hito.
But, as if to dispel the idea
that Japan would help Ger
many by attacking Russia, For
eign Minister TOTO carefully eN-
piained:
"Relations between Japan and the
Soviet Union have undergone no
change even after the outbreak OF
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
New Taxes
Are Studied
H O u S e
Ends Work on Estate
and Gift Taxes; Ex-
else Levies Up Next.

Washington, May 27.-(AP)-
The House way and means
committee, concluding revisiOns
of the estate and gift tax laws,
decided today to tackle next the
question of whether to try to
raise S1,34G. 900 900 in new rev.
enue by increasing excise taxes
or by approving a sales tax.
Members said that as soon as they
voted on estate and gift tax rates
they would take up the problem Of
raising taxes on such things as gasO-
line, liquor, cigars. transportation
and communications, which Secre-
tarN MOrgenthau recommended last
March 3 as part of an overall $780,
$1,000 tax bill.
The committee deferred until to-
day a vote on estate and gift tax rates
agreeing tentatively to the
Treasury recommendations that a
single 1000 estate exemption be
substituted for the present two y
amptions OF $4,000 for lite insur-
lnce and $40. 000 for other property.
Morgcnthau has asked that the
rates be increased materially in order
to produce S330.O 600 more revenue.
As the committee approached the
excise tax question. members said
that the T'rcasury's original estimates
would have TO be revised IN the light
Of recent developments.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
LoWering
OF y Age
Considered

Washington, May 27.-tAP)-
The administration considered
today a call to Congress to draft
younger fighting blood-youths
of l3 to 20-lnto the Army.
There was no indication Of how
soon a decision might be MADE,
but President Roosevelt disclos-
ed at his press conference late
yesterday that he would con-
fer shortly with Major General
Lewis B. Hershey, seleCtiVe SerV-
ice director, on whether to ask
for the necessary change in the
~selectiVe service act.
The present law eXempts
those under 20 from consumption.
However, the 1920 year cate
CORY is to register June 30 under
the nations manpOWer lnNen-
tory.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
Nitrate Quota
Is Increased

Washington, May 27.-(AP)-In-
creased imports of nitrate of soda
will enable southeastern cotton
growers to receive 70 per e n OF the
tertilizing agent they used last year,
Senator George, Democrat, Georgia,
was advised today,
The senator said the chemical diVi-
sion, war production board, had an
nounced Georgia had been allotted
24,100 tons Of nitrate Of soda for
June.
Proportionate allotments would be
made for North and South Carolina,
Alabama and other southeastern
cotton growing states, the senator
said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
Strong Nazi
ArmySweeps
Into Action
German Attempt to
S e i z e Initiative in
Libya M a y M a r k
Opening of Pincer
Move on Eastern Med
i]terranean Sector.

Cairo, May 2~7.-(AD-The
fight lor position in the Llbyan
no-maM's land burst into a sud
den axis bid for the initiative to-
day, with a strong armored
force sweeping deep around
British positions t B i I
Hacncim, 40 miles south of Ain
Ell GaZala, where battle was
ioiHpd by British tank forces.
London military commen.a-
tor, >aid Marshal Erwin Rom
mcls reinforced nazi desert army
had started IAN offensive OF
SEINE sort" but added hat it was
too early to judge it's size. The
chance that this was an open
ing thrust of a naZi pincer move
on the eastern Mediterranean
wa being watched closely.)
The inst indication of the axis
pu,L VAS contained in the usual COM
mM.JUe from British headquarters
Winch said axis columns "~1nciuclnS
taH.s N some strength advanced
casfa ard yesterday.
By uighttall, the communique
said. the axis forces had not reach
cd frc main British positions.
Later a special communicate dis
closed these additional details:
During the night a large enemy
araoted force advanced from west
to tive south of u positions around
BIZ Hacheim. Early this morning the
enemy We're being engaged by our
|artaaued forces. No details OF the
fighting are yet available.
Spontaneous with the flareup OF
laHt whiting the Raj announced a
marked increase in aerial activity
ON Il 24-hour a day scale.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
WOUNDED
IN ATTEMPT ON LIFE

Berlin (From German B~roadCasts)
May 27.-(AP)-Relnhard Hevdrl,ch.
acting reichsprotector for BOHEMIA
and MoraVia, has been wounded IN
an attempt on his life. DNB report
ed today from Prague.
DNB said Heydrich's wound was
not expected to prove fatal. The dis
patch did not specify when the at
tack occurred. 1t said, however, that
"a reward of 10000, 900 crowns Will
be paid for capture OF the culprlt.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27

For China
Proposals for Agree
ment are Similar to
British Plan; New Pro-
gram for Russia.

Washington, May 27.-(AP)-The
United States transmitted to China
today proposals for a lend-leaSe
agreement similar to that with Great
Britain.
The proposal, Secretary Of State
Hull told his press conference today,
was handed to T. V. SOong, Chinese
foreign minister now IN Washlng-
ton. and the councillor of the CHI
ne e embassy here.
In reply to questions, Hull IL
phasized that the agreement propos-
ed to China today, as well as the
draft agreement transmitted to So
Wet Russia yesterday, were the same
in AL substantial respects as the
lend-lease agreement concluded with
Britain last February.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
Conflicting
Claims Made
On Progress
S o i e t Reports of
Gains Countered by
German Reports; Axis
Mediterranean Often
sive Believed TO be I'm
minent.
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
Soviet front line dispatches
reported today that Marshal
Timoshenko's armies had smoth-
cred part of the German often
siVe 80 miles below kharkov,
while the German high COM
mand asserted that the resist
ance Of Russian troops e~ncircled
in the same ritical sector has
been broken"
The Russians declared the
Red armies, smashing through
the flank of a German wedge,
had brought the nazi offensive
IN the 1zyum-Barvenkova sector
to a standstill in the most i'm
pOrtant zone.
Red Star, the Soviet army
newspaper said tank-led Rus
sian infantry, attacking under
of an artillery b%arrage,
had captured the slope of a hill
dominating the battle zone and
were now fighting at the gate
of a village several miles from
their starting point.
Red Star said two nazi count
er attacks failed to halt the ad-
Soviet reports said the German
push was stopped along q river bend
where Russian troops apparently
encircled) We're described as now en-
larging a pocket.
Red Star declared the Germans
ere suffering immense losses in
tank battles flaring in many sectors
OF the l25-mile battle zone, with the
Russians smashing attacks by nazi
%Squadrons of 20 to 80 tanks each.
Hitler's command declared:
THE humiliation of Soviet armies
encircled south If Kharkov is max
ing rapid progress"
Meanwhile London diploma
tic quarters noted multiplying
signs that the axis was preparing
a formidable land and naval
move in the Mediterranean.
Speculation centered on the posi-
bility that Adolf Hitler was planning
synchronized drives into the Mid
die East from three directions:
|. From the Crimea through the
Caucacus.
2. From north Africa into Egypt.
3. Across the Mediterranean from
Crete. Greece and the Dodecanese
islands.
German parachute troops were re-
ported training in Crete, and strong
Italian garrisons are stationed in
Greece and the Dodecanese island to
support amy trans-Mediterranean
thrust. Omens of a gathering new
storm included:
/, British Middle East headquar-
tiers reported that Field Marshal En-
win RonMmel's north, African armies
We're OF the move again, with strong
axis troop and tank columns advanc-
ing toward the main British defense
lines.
simultaneously, the Italian high
command reported intense air activi-
ty over the LibSan desert battle
theatre-a familiar prelude to an Of
fCnSlVe.
,, Reports of an axis squeeze on
France TO gain control Of the I'M
modified French fleet.
g. Premier Pierre Laval's discus
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
r SHIPS SUNK
BY U-BOAT ATTACK

Washington. May 27.-(AP)-TAe
Navy announced today the torpedo
ing of a medium sized British mer-
chant vessel and a small Greek mer-
chairman in the Atlantic and the
mixing by sheilfire Of a United
States traWler. The Shellfire came
rom an enemy submarine. SurViN-
IS Of all thnee vessels have been
-lieu a IN Ia.t coast port.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27

call Tor help on Way 10 OF the
Brazilian freighter COmman-
dante Lyra, chased the undersea
attacker and was believed to
have sunk it.
This was the third enemy slJbmar-
inc reported sunk in waters off
Brazil in nine days. American bomb
bers sank one U-boat near Fernando
Noronha. about l25 miles off Brazil's
northeast coast, last Friday, the
pilots declared, and another wa, re-
ported sent to the bottom yesterday
off Recife.
The Commandante Lyra was at
first abandoned by its crew which
was later put aboard and toWcd to
port ty a United States warship.
The freighter's captain said United
States patrol planes signalled for
help almost Immediately after his
ship was attacked with torpcdoes
and incendiary shells,
When the Warshjp arrived ON the
scene, it dropped many depth charges
in the chase, today's report said.
The Brazilian press continued to
attack Germany for the assaults on
Brazilian ships and urged the gov
eminent to begin an active defense
with its planes and WarShipS, bu the
government permitted no word to be
published on the Sinkings of sub
marines off the coast by United
states forces.
The Diaro Carioca urged tn gov
eminent to SEND Brazilian air and sea
forces into active operations against
axis submarines.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
EEEn3 rTa
Tcjjo Boasts
Australia
Japan's Premier Be-
i.e,cu en- 'rlshing Tx
pe@S-ou 1or Informal
J5on; l2c'za of Aid to
Axis Allies Is Re-
newed.

(hungkine, nay 27.-(AP)-
The thin,, sc high command an
nonacGd that renewed Japanese
assaults on kinhWa, provisional
capital of Ghekiang province,
had been thrown back and that
1850 Japanese soldiers had died
in a single days fighting for the
strategic city.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27

Edmund Toland, counsel for the
committee, declared that he was
presenting the Lincoln case to DEM
onstrate how there could be "cVaslon
and avoidance' of the excess profits
tax through the payment Of bonus
es, and said he would show the need
for a ceiling" on such payments.
Toland identified the company as
the leading manufacturer of Welding
equipment in the country, and de-
clared that practically all" of its
business in 1910 and 1871 was OF
the government.
In 194l, he told the committee, m
opening the hearing, the company S
o sales were S24,449,2l3 as COM
pared with gross sales OF S~l3,9O5,oo9
for 1910.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
Big Bonuses
Reported
House Is
Told Firm Holding
War Contracts Paid
Out Huge Sums.

Washington, May 21.-(AP)-
The House naval committee was
informed today that the Lincoln
Electric Co. of Cleveland, Ohio,
had handed out bonuses i'm 1871
ranging as high as $4,000, and
that among them was one OF
$4,000 to a 81, l2l-a-year plant
foreman.
Others running from $4,000 to
$4,000 went to $50 and $40 a
week employees, it was testified.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
SURRENDERS

Fortaleza. Brazil, May 81
(AP)--The Italian submarine
PamplOna was reported today to
have surrendered to authorities
at y Northeast Brazilian port.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-27
IT, S. Ship Credited
With Sinking Sub
Warship Said to Have
Chased U-Boat off
Brazilian Coast and is
Believed to Have Sunk
it; Sinking Would be
Third in Area.
C. p. Cabtephofo

Rio de Janeiro. May 2,.-(AP)
An unconfirmed report from
Recife today said a United
call for help on May 18 of the
Brazilian freighter COmman-
dante Lyra, chased the underSea
attacker and was believed to
have sunk it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13

Navy. and suends her time whip
ping back and forth between New
York, Washington and Detroit.
comforting with commanders and
kings. Miss Patricia Donnelly,
Miss Michigan of 1899. was chosen
Miss America. and has been work
ing since in clubs, hotels and model
bureaus here and in New York.