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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28


Central Motor City Tennis club
held its regular meetings on We'd
nesday at Brewster Center for bad
rinton and tennis and on Saturday
at our club rooms. 1851 Brush for
the business meeting. Plans were
completed for the feather party on
Saturday night, Nov 81. This is
our first big affair in the new club
rooms. II the column didn't have
TO go to press or Saturday I could
give you all the goings on then, but
that will have to wait until next
week.
C,MCTC. was pleased TO have
three attractive young ladies as Wis
itors and prospective members on
Wednesday at Brewster. Alberta
Dixon, Louise Hagen and Beulah
Robinson. Miss Robinson plays a
very good game of badrinton and
promises to be real competition for
some one. One OF our old members.
Abrilla Sullivan. was out too and
that is something we're trying hard
10 do-get the old members back
into the club There were some
cretty fast singles and doubles 60
ing on Didn't get theiroscores but
Cal Lomax was playing Beulah
Robinson on one court, Abrilla Sui
llVan laying Lena Walden on an
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28

Shortly after Scott had made ap-
p,ication for entrance in the senior
division Of the league, John Cole
man, who lives in North Detroit
called to file II application for
MS team 10 play in the intermedi-
ate division.
At the same time a number OF
team managers have consulted John
tCocky) Glover about the league
and will confer with him again this
week. Glover, who with Thomas
Briscoe. is arranging for the league
said that he expects at least is
teams in the two leagues before the
last of the month.
The Chronicle will give away
three or four prizes in each league,
and all games will be played at
Brewster Recreation Center There
is a possibility that some OF the
games may be played at Birdhurst
Community Center, providing a
team is entered from that Center.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28
Young Mccoy
Meets Mcdowell

Matchmaker Jack Laken will pre-
sent another card al the Arena
Gardens Nov. 30, Young Kid Nc
Coy slated to meet Wild Bill Nc
Dowell, Of Dallas. Texas, in a 10
round feature bou'
Mccoy has obtained permission
OF officials at Mitchell Field, N Y
where he's servin~ In the Army,
for a furlough II take part in the
bout ltNvill be McCoy's first ap-
pearance in Detroit as fighter
slLce he Joined the Army,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28

Nov. IA The Wabash Y.M.C.A.
was ably represented by the fol.
lowing: Virgil Blueltt, Leon Scott.
Lee Umbles, Henry Crawford, Ed
ward Cruie, William Robinson,
Maxine Morrison, Leah Foster
Catherine Blueitt, Malcolm Hemp
nil, Elizabeth Pulley. and Yvonne
Morris.
The banquet speaker was Dr.
Leon Kranz, director of physica
education Of Northwestern uni
versty.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28

AUGUSTA, Ga.-Mr and Mrs.
Norman Riley entertained at their
residence recently, the newly wed
couple, Mr.. and Mrs. James Green
of Washington, D. c. Mrs. Robert
Clark assisted as hostess. Among
those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
James Walton. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Green. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark,
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Riley,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28
COACH GLOVER.
HAS BUILT A.
STRONG Team
Game Officially Open S
Basketball Season
In Detroit

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ranks OF the Harlem ulooe'Io''e ,
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OF play. 49, NH,
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28
NEW LEAF CUE
DRAWS MANY
COURT TEAMS.
Chronicle Sponsored Loop
Fast Getting Ready
For Play

One OF the first teams 10 regis
ter for entrance in Michigan
Chronicle basketball league was
the Junior Aces Of Highland Park
The team, through its manager
Ben Scott. filed application last
week.
The players on the team are Har-
old Hamilton, Wilbur Dittman, Her.
bert Shuler. La Vaughn Wells
Lawrence Terrell, Raymond Cal
houn, Archie Purdic. Choice Hay
wood, Richard friedrich, and Earl
Ward.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28
On
Football Classic

The Detroit Athletic association
has been able 10 arrange adequate
transportation facilities to the Uni
vers!ty Of Detroit Street car or
bus service north bound on the fol-
lowing streets will 90 directly 10
the stadium Thanksgiving day:
Dexter street. Second avenue,
Brush street 18th street line mark
ed "through'D, Livernois and l4th
street car line.
Consequently there should be no
difficulty for football fans to reach
the stadium, The game will start
promptly at pm, and it is hoped
that all will remain cognizant Of
that fact and leave home in time to
see the kickoff.
4 !: 4
There will be TIC Inevitable street
vendors pcddliHs 3 anants, badges
and flowers. but p order to pro-
tee; their patrons the Detroit Ath-
letic association has given these
concessions to Veil known reputable
NEGROES. Edgar Pitts Will have
the pennant and badge concessions.
and the NARROW Floral company
will sell NUNS and other flowers
Fans are advises not TO purchase
flowers and pennants on the street
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Kramer School

The decision of the War Produc-
tion Board to give project rating to
the Kramer Junior High School
which will insure getting the ma
terials necessary to complete the
now partially finished structure is a
welcome one, since it not only makes
possible completion of the structure,
but also provides for its use as a
school rather than as a Federal
Office building.
In showing that the Kramer
School would accommodate more
than 1,100 pupils from Anacostia, an
area crowded with new war workers,
school officials presented ample JUS
tiflcation for the war boards action.
In retrospect, the credit for saving
the school would seem to 60 to the
school officials, the dozen or more
civic organizations that fought plans
to make a Government office out Of
1t, and the Federal Office of Educa-
ton, which certified the school as a
defense need.
Evening star., 1942-02-26

the production goals laid down by
the President, our yards will provide
approximately 10000 tons of new
shipping during the next two years.
A substantial part of this should be
available before the end of 1912.
Since the attack on Pearl Harbor
on December 7 last, the Japanese
merchant feet has suffered heavy
losses. If the United Nations can in
crease their naval and air strength
in the Southwest Pacific, they should
be in position to deal even heavier
blows against Japan's merchant
shipping. With comparatively lin
tied shipbuilding facilities, Japan will
not find it easy to replace tonnage
destroyed. Our vast construction re-
sources should contribute much,
therefore, toward shifting the balance
of power in the Pacific to the side of
the United Nations.
Thus, though the long out
look is encouraging, the recent in
crease in shipping losses clearly pre-
sentS a serious threat to the United
Nations. And we could make no
greater mistake than to minimize
its seriousness.
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Court Merqer PIun

The long study which the Senate
District Committee has given to the
bill to consolidate Municipal and Po-
lice Courts has resulted in improving
b measure to reform judicial proce-
dure here which already had much
to recommend it.
One change in the bill as it passed
the House would permit the new tri-
bunal to handle civil cases involving
up to $4,000. At present, litigation in
which more than $1,000 is at stake
goes to District Court. The House
set the limit at $4,000, to tighten the
District Court docket. The higher
Senate figure, however, is preferable,
as it means more relief for District
Court, where congestion long has
been serious.
The Senate committee also pro-
poses ten-year terms for the judges
Of the merged court, instead of six
as recommended by the House. This
added tenure of Office is a desirable
safeguard against recurrent political
shifts, and should help to strengthen
the bench.
OF equal Importance is the COM
mittee proviso that appointees to the
court be District residents, with an
immediate background of five years
law practice here. The necessity for
members of the judiciary to be
grounded thoroughly in local court
procedure has been emphasized fire.
quently by legal authorities, but that
factor has been given but little con-
sideration in appointments in the
past. 1t is encouraging to find the
principle supported by the Senate
District Committee.
The salient features of the bill are
retained in their original form, and
have been discussed at such length
as to make extended comment un-
necessary now. A presiding Judge
will direct the functioning Of the
court, to keep the docket current.
There also will be created an inter-
mediate appellate court to hear ap-
peals from the lower tribunal, less
ening to some degree the work Of
the United States Court of Appeals
and guaranteeing a full measure of
justice to litigants in certain cases
who are unable to get a hearing in
the Court of Appeals.
The measure has the approval of
the bench and bar of the District
and of officials of the Justice De-
partment who collaborated in draft
ing it. Senate passage should be
speedy, and the House would do well
to accept the changed version.
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Forty-Hour Week

With the exception of those who
have narrowly selfish interest in
the matter, it is difficult to under
stand why there should be any op-
position to proposals for abolition of
the forty-hour week in war industries.
The basic theory underlying the
forty-hour week was that it would
broaden employment at time when
there was surplus of labor, and
overtime wage rates were fixed at a
level which was frankly intended to
discourage overtime by penalizing
any employer who might desire to
work his employees in excess of forty
hours.
Under the impact of war, both of
these justiflcations-if they may be
called that-have collapsed. In
many war industries the labor short
age already is acute, and this will be
true OF all industries within the i'm
mediate future Thus, the work.
spreading argument loses any SEM
blance of validity.
1t Is contended by some, however,
that the laws on this subject do not
forbid overtime provided the higher
wage rates are paid, and that, in fact,
number Of key industries already
are working beyond the forty-hour
limitation. This is true, but it GER
tainly does not strengthen the posi-
ton OF those who would insist upon
maintenance Of the forty-hour
limitation.
In the first place, the fact that
many industries are operating sue
cessfully on a work-week in excess
of forty hours refutes the contention
that the efficiency of workers de-
clines with heightened hours. It is
undoubtedly true that excessively
long. hours would impair efficiency,
but by this time we should at least
have learned from our enemies that
total war demands a greater indus
trial effort than that contemplated
by forty-hour week, and that this
greater effort can be exerted.
Secondly, there Is the question of
the penalty. At the outset it was
the employer who was penalized by
the overtime pay rates. But this is
no longer true. Under the provisions
of war contracts, the overtime pay
for the most part is passed on to
the public.
In other words, the forty-hour
week under present conditions simply
penalties American taxpayers while
giving substantial aid and comfort
to Japan, Germany and Italy.
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Makes Specific Suggestions
For Traffic Improvement.

To the Editor Of The Star:
What Is the matter with the Wash
ington transportation system? have
been a resident of the District of Co.
lumbia for 20 years, and the situation
now is no better than at the time of
the First World War.
In the Goth century in the Capital of
the United States, the most efficient
nation on earth, it takes thirty minutes
by the clock to get five blocks-from
the Department Of Agriculture up to
Pennsylvania avenue and about five
minutes to cross the Avenue.
Here are some suggestions from q
layman: Eliminate all streetcar turns
on Fourteenth Street, at H street, at F
street, and at Pennsylvania avenue:
stop closing north and south streets,
such as Thirteenth-every other street
should be an up" street and alternate
streets down" streets and the same
should apply to cross streets; turn all
traffic signals for six blocks green, SO
that cars could go several blocks without
stopping.
Why not call in some experts from
cities where the transportation prob
lem has been solved and then ~adopt
the suggestions made? Let's have some
action. ESTHER A. JOHNSON.
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Shipping Losses

The disclosure by Prime Minister
Churchill that the past two months
have seen a most serious" increase
in shipping losses by the United Ma
tions again emphasizes the urgent
need of speeding our vast shipbuild-
ing program. In an effort to cut the
supply lines from this country to
Great Britain and Russia, the Axis
has launched new submarine Of
fensive in the Atlantic, and this is
likely to be followed by raids of Nazi
surface ships against Allied conveys.
According to figures made public by
Secretary Knox, enemy submarines,
in January and February, attacked
ia vessels of United Nations registry
in the West Atlantic. Since the
Nazis have a large number of sub
marines, and a powerful surface
fleet, further sinkings may be ex-
pected.
The Chamber of Shipping of the
United Kingdom recently estimated
that Britain, her Allies and neutral
nations lost 100000 tons of mer-
chant shipping from the outbreak Of
the war to January l, 1912, as COM
pared with losses by Germany and
her allies, during this same period,
of between 100000 and 5000, 1000
tons. The chamber points out that
the shipbuilding facilities Of this
country give the United Nations a
big advantage over the Axis. Under
Evening star., 1942-02-26

Chancellor for a few hectic months
in 1882 and Vice Chancellor under
Hitler in 1888. His record of opposi-
ton to the more radical of Der Fueh-
rer's followers nearly cost him his
life in the purge Of 1884.
After the last-named date, Won
Papen submitted to the Nazi dictator
unreservedly and was of use to his
master in Austria and in the Balkans.
1t is said of him that he still practices
his traditional trade as a master of
international intrigue. The latest
effort to destroy him represents an
other chapter in the mystery sur
rounding him and involving the fate
of millions to whom personally he is
a stranger.
Evening star., 1942-02-26
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. TrnceDell.

observed, If not at one time, then on
successive trips
Whether birds have crests or not is an
Interesting observation.
Just how their tails are composed and
how the length of the tail compares with
the wings and the body length-this is
another matter for close observation.
But it is the birds eye, the famous
birds eye" which will appeal to many
close observers.
Close-ups tend to give new point of
view, both as to the mental and physical
make-ups of the various wintering birds.
You will find on close observation that
most of the bird faces hold up very
well-that is, you will not ordinarily have
to change your opinion made previously
at long range.
The eye of the bird Is a marvellous
thing, but do not expect 1t to be human
eye. 1t is not, and hence cannot be
judged solely from the human viewpoint.
In other words, do not expect bird to
look human. (Taking a good look at
the human world at the present time we
are not at all sure that any bird-even
the murderous grackle-would want to
look human0
One Of the greatest gains Of closeup
observation Of bird life is the growing
apprehension Of the color patterns and
blendings of the creatures.
The feathers, in particular, are seen to
be not only wonderful provisions of
nature to keep of wind and rain and
cold, but also the true dress" of the
songbirds.
You have to see a mother cardinal at
close range, for instance, in order to
appreciate the delicscy and perfectness
Of her feather patterns.
Then the softer colors-as compared
with her mate-are seen to be even more
beautiful than his flashy coat.
Even the starting at very close range
with reflected light on him just right
stands forth in an electric sheen, with a
softness, even wooliness, which Is totally
lost to the sharpest eyes at some little
distance
One thing the observer may be sure Of,
that no bird loses anything from being
seen close at hand.
Pretty ladies may shrink from the too
close look under electric light, but the
birds can stand the closest surveillance
under the light Of the noontime sun
without losing one bit of their natural
good looks.
They do, in fact, grow in beauty as
closely seen. This is because they are
real, each one fresh from the heart of
nature. with nothing to hide or be
ashamed of. Mankind, long used to the
arts Of concealment, can learn a great
deal from the birds They can teach us
to be more genuine, to 60 to bed early
and get up early, to eat naturally and
to live and let live. When man learns
these lessons, even In a rudimentarv
form, he will not present to the "groan-
Ing creation" the sad spectacle he offers
today.
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Mysterious FIGURE

Dispatches from Ankara tell of an
attempt to assassinate German Am
bassador Franz Won Papen and his
wife. An unidentified enemy threw
a bomb at them as they walked in
a public street. They were knocked
to the ground by the explosion but
escaped serious injury. According to
an official announcement, the Turk
ish police are Investigating"
News of the incident, coming to
Washington, will serve to remind at
least a few residents of Won Papen
as he was at the time of the begin
ming of the First World War. His
post of duty then was that of Military
Attache at the German Embassy, but
his activities exceeded those COM
monty understood to be expected of
the occupant of such a position. He
was far more widely known in the
Capital and throughout the United
States than his contemporaries in
similar assignments at other chan
ceries. His tall, soldierly figure was
seen almost literally everywhere.
Handsome, rich, agreeable, he won a
certain popularity even with critics
Of the government he represented.
But an aura of mystery surrounded
Won Papen throughout the entire
period of his stay in the District of
Columbia. His journeys to Mexico,
his association with Captain Richard
Boyd, his tactless gibeS at these
idiotic Yankees" and other curious
phenomena got him publicity which
he naturally deplored with consider
able vehemance. The more he ragged,
however, the more resistance he en-
countered. Whether or not he was
guilty of acts of sabotage is debatable.
He himself insisted that he had con-
fined himself to his regular duties.
On December 8, 1915, Secretary of
State Robert Lansing requested his
immediate recall"
Won Papen subsequently served on
the Somme and was with Marshal
Liman Won Sanders at the battles of
GAIA and Jerusalem. He resigned
from the army in 1918 and became
a leader in the Centrist party, at
tempting to guide the German people
Into a middle -of-the-road democracy.
But his activities again were not alto
gether clear, and he met with bitter
opposition both from the Communists
and the Nazis. General Won Hinden-
burg, as President of the Reich, pro-
tected him when otherwise he might
have been "liquidated." He was
Evening star., 1942-02-26
"TAKOMA PARK.

Dear Sir:
"One outstanding difference between
chickadee and tufted titmouse which
have never seen mentioned In your
column Is the size Of their eyes.
"Chickadees are like black bead pins,
or like mouse eyes, while the eyes of the
titmouse are exceptionally large and
round.
II have had ample chance to note this
during the past three years, as both tit
mice and chickadees, as well as nut,
matches, feed at my little bark-covered
window feeder.
"The chickadee has done so from the
first. hammering 20 vigorously on the
edge that even when he was vocally
silent could always tell when he was
opening q sunfiower seed.
"The titmouse, notice, will do the
same II he is sure no one is on the other
side of the window, but those large eyes
are wary and the slightest movement
sends him with his seed to the nearest
branch.
THE nuthatch formerly ate buffet
style, but since he has discovered q
groove between the edge and floor Of the
feeder he sits right up and, figuratively,
puts his feet under the table.
THE downy woodpecker, the red
bellied woodpecker and the red-headed
woodpecker all eat there, too when suet
Is served, and 12-inch closeup is a
treat. Sincerely. R RI
Bird eyes are well worth noting.
They range from dark brown through
red and yellow to white.
Thrushes, robins and bluebirds have
dark-brown iris.
The iris Of the sage thrasher is lemon
yellow.
One Of the vireos has red eyes.
The towhee also has red eyes.
The purple grackle has a pale yellow
Iris. There is something about the eye
of this particular bird which Is fiendish.
To be able to observe such details
closely Is one of the best reasons for
establishing feeding station on a
window sill.
1t helps put an entirely new light on an
old hobby.
At some little distance such details are
lQ6t to the observer. unless, of course, he
uses a very fine pair of binoculars.
1t is much easier to see such things
at close range and usually the observing
Is better done.
A bird foot from a window pane is
seen completely. Even his nervous
twitching cannot hide much.
-
Just how nervous, as we say, the
songsters are Is seen readily at close
range.
They seem to be veritable bundles OF
live wires, first looking one way and
then another, usually always on the
move. although the movement may be
short.
At such close range every detail may be