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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-17

OLtiLLL Bargain Day. All Seats voc.
Damon Runyan's TIGHT SHOES" with
John Howard ''WKANGLERS' BOOST"
A Western Thriller. Screen Variety and
Latest News
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-03-28
SkQtemQSter
Dies During
Exhibition
BY KENNY WARREN

The swift spinning and grirfning
wheels which smoothly danced Sat-
urday night little dreamed before
the roller-skating session was over
at the Forest club they and many
more lovers OF the sport would
weep over the passing OF one Of
their most colorful characters, Hal
Roscoe, floor manager of the clubs
rink.
Grand Man
From coast TO coast the roller
skating world lost one OF its grand
est characters in the unexpected
death OF Hal Roscoe, famed skate
master.
Roscoe suffered a fatal heart at
tack after giving a brilliant exhi-
bition during the Cleveland-Detroit
skating review, Skating has be-
come difficult for Roscoe, rated as
one OF the best roller-skaters in the
country, and for the last few years
his doctors have warned him TO
stay off or the results would prove
fatal.
A Legend
The name Hal Roscoe has been
a legend 10 skaters OF all races for
nigh to thirty years. and he has
worked in practically every big
rink in the country. Each time he
left a reputation Of the highest de-
gree wrote its story in the patrons
Of that roller-skate city.
His Wife
Left to mourn his death is his
wife They had been married for
two years For the last couple of
years he had added to his army
Of a million friends, hundreds OF
patrons OF the Forest club rink
In memory OF his friendship the
devoted members Of the Forest Club
Roller Skating club say this;
To US he may be gone materially,
but the memory Of a man who de-
voted his life to skating, Hal Roscoe
will live with us forever"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-03-28

ada and Mexico and It IS interesting
to note the increasing number of
the larger major and minor league
parks on their itinerary.
The opening games Of the season
have been set at Dorsey Park,
Miami for Easter Sunday and Mon
day April and 6. with the Char
lotte Black Hornets of North Caro-
lima. coming dowh t2 gross bats
with the ever-popuiar Ethiopian
Clown diamond aggregation.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-03-28

time Ray was able to train properly
for his trade"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-03-28

Mister Londes has not promised
Classy nc spot against Robinson,
5u--rt-is-'vhispc-ed- tirstvif Tommy
beats this gay, Caradan,es; he Will
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-03-28
ILookingFor
Locals DoUn
In Florida
By Special Correspondent

While in Miami Fla, looking for
Ben Turpin, Detroit and Michigan's
semi-professionaI champions, found
every semi-pro outfit but Turpin's.
also kind OF searched for George
LaGrande's Detroit Eagles, but they
couldn't be found either And so
guess I'll tell about the best team
down that way.
Spring Training
Spring training will get under
way for the famous Miami Ethi-
opian Clowns, national semi-pro
champions. at Dorsey Park here on
April l, when one OF the creates:
arrays of players ever signed for
one club will report for duty. Bust
ness Manager Hunter Campbell,
who resides in Miami during the
winter, is jubilant over the great
material he has, accumulated TO
undertake one OF the fanciest sched-
ules ever arranged for any team,
Field Managers
Both Campbell and Bunny Downs,
Whn-will- taka-epeF- -field-maa-
ager this season, are especially
pleased over the signing OF Jack
Matchett, who gives the Clowns an
other outstanding right-handed
pitcher. Matchett looked good on
two occasions against the Clowns
last season, shutting them out with
five hits in Baltimore and fhen
dropping to 0 thinning decision
10 them at Crosley Field, Cincin-
natl Jack has everything to become
one of the greatest Race pitchers Of
all time, and, with a team like the
Clowns and a smart tutor like
Downs to bring him along, he'll
have every opportunity to reach the
top.
Mind Made Up
Campbell has not definitely made
up his mind on the full roster Of the
club as he and Downs want to look
over a number OF new candidates.
but he does not hesitate to say it
will be an even more powerful
aggregation than the one that swep.
to the national championship las;
year During the winter months he
hasn't been idle, but has been
working out on paper number of
new stunts to please the fans and
will put them to the test when the
players arrive. Hunter says, Some
of them will open the eyes OF the
fans, as did the Clowns clever
phantom infield drill, two-ball in
field drill and others in past seasons.
Clowns of az
The Clowns 1912 schedule will
take them to all sections OF the
country and through parts Of Can
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-03-28

The local Non Partisan Courcll on
Public Affairs of the Alpha Kappa
Alpha sorority has been most sctive
IN working with the Citizens com
mittee of the Sojourner Truth Hous-
ing project. The Non Partisan Coun-
ell has not only met with the Citi-
zens group and devised ways Of pro-
cedure for obtaining Negro tenancy
in the federal project. but have aided
in raising funds to send delegation
to Washington. and procured tom
the sorority a contribution for the
work IN the amount of sevcn'y-fve
dollars. Lately. the sorority group
has been busiy engaged IN 7eading
messages averaging seven hundred and
fifty d dan to John d Bisndford. 1000
First street. Washington D. c. wac
is the head Of the National Housing
Authority, urging immediate occu-
-pancy OF the Soiourner Truth Housing
project by Negro citizens.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-03-28
Brown Bomber Plans Early Knockout In Friday Fight

The Rev. Charles Hill Of the Hart
ford Avenue Baptist church is chair
man Of the Citizens committee which
meets daily at noon at the Lucy Thur
man branch of the Wv c A. Mrh
Betty Cain Harris. local teacher. Is
chairman of the Non Partisan Council
OF Detroit which is unit Of the
sorority's national project on public
affairs.
Mrs. Harris is assisted by MIS-.
Geraldine Bledsoe. well known social
worker.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-03-28
THOMAS GEASPY- may FIGHT
ROBINSON INSTEAD OF DUBS

get chance against Dubs and the
winner Of that bout Will fight the
New York sensation.
More Rays
Looking at a recent article on
Robinson, found the following in
teresting facts: Robinson is 20 years
old and has never lost a fight. OF
III bouts tS9 Of which were anna
teur and % PROFESSIONAL. he has
won IS be knockouts, 80 by deci-
slons. He won his first fight in Oc-
iober 1870, since then he has fought
81 lghtweights weight limit: 1875
pounds and wclterweigh,s limit:
l47 and knocked out % Of them,
Real Name
ITS a myth that Ray Creal name:
Walker Smith named himself for
Bill Robinson, great colored tap
dancer and now Rays friend. He
simply borrowed the birth certif-
cate Of lad named Robinson before
an amateur fight, because he was
under lawful age 49,,
The Robinsons are from Detroit.
Here in Brewster Center gym, Ray
used to watch a promising amateur
named Joe Louis. When Ray was
p, his parents separated He and
his mother came to New York. Sac
worked as a laundress. Ray fin
shed fifth grade, danced for pen
MES on sidewalks, took hard knocks
on squalid streets, hung around
gyms where fighters trained.
Trainer George
When Ray was "A, George Gains
ford, his trainer today, started him
on the amateur circuit at S25 a
fight The boy lived on hot dogs
and soda pop, slept IN Railways and
parked ears once scored three first
round knock0ulS in one night One
time with a temperature OF 1902
he sent ringer to take his ply
steal examination but did the fight
ing himself-and won
Curt Herman, wealthy member
OF brewing family and fight
enthusiast, saw Ray in action That
was the turning point Herman be-
came his manager and gave him an
allowance to live on For the first
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-03-28

during play?
Don't forget folks, tennis on
Wednesdays and badminton on
Thursdays al Brewster. BY all
means don: forget TO purchase a
.cSe. for our cocktail hour al the
Three Skies for the 18th Of April
just two Sundays after Easter
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-03-28
I'LL BLACKBURN.
GIVES FINAL.
Instructions.
Twenty-fifth Title Match
To. Be Held In
New York

Abe Abraham Simon, New York
Jewish heavyweight, IS ready, but
not 50 willing after hearing the
Nike Jacobs bsllyhoo band play
that Worlds heavyweight Cham
. on Joe Louis is out 10 win March
q Madison Square Garden title
match in record-breaking time; FOR
two things Joe loves dearly: his
country and Chappie. Jack Black
burn, the Bombers trainer, who is
Ill in Chicago hospital suffering
with a combination Of rheumatism,
sciaaca painfully mixed with a
! nch Of pneumonia.
For The Army
After being celebrated for giving
his entire purse Of his last fight 20
TIE Navy; Joe Louis Joined the
Army and became Americas No. !
soldier. This bout is for the benefit
a. the Army Emergency Relief
Modern invention will take the
pace Of Jack Blackburn at the ring
SIDE Friday night, for the Brown
Bomber VIII receive his final in
..ruc,ions from "Chappie" IN
r5one call before the fight.
Pretty Buttons
The patriotic clink Of cash for the
A7h. ,r.r1 sound somewhere in the
reirbborh9od Of sl45.OOO. according
N promoters OF This. with Joe and
Nike Jacobs donating their share 10
the Army and Abraham and the
Garden giving percentages. the .
Army fund for needy families Of /
s7ldiers f-htng for the United /
States should co,lec, $4,000 or
more
News from Camp
From Sf7on,s camp a. Summit. .
.o,,es ,ro-1 that lanes joy john T
The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08

Mrs. Blanche Holmes, mother Of Pvt
John Bordenave, has pleaded with
army officers and officials of the
federal government to investigate
the case. She went into the case
after her son wrote her July %, de-
claring that he was innocent and
had been arrested only after a state
ment from one of the others involv-
ed him. He alleges that on the
night of the crime is said to have
occurred he was on guard duty.
i've been in Jail 81 days." Bord-
enave wrote. They put me in on
the 25th day Of May. this cas- hap
pened on the 9th day of May and it
was not reported until the 18th of
May. When they put you in jail
here they don't want you to say
anything whether 0 are right or
wrong. You know it is here, they
make you say you did if you did
not, the camp officers did not come
to see me Or whether 1 was right or
wrong" he declared.
He swore to his mother that he
did not know anything about the
case, stating that he always steered
clear of that kind of trouble Ex-
planning the dangers of relations be-
tween Negro soldiers and these
kind of women" he pointed out
that :'they have white girls out
here selling themselves, you know
there was a colored soldier shot
here about the same case and there
was nothing done about it."
The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08

iai flareups are common, taking
place on public carriers like street
cars and trains for the most part.
They are caused by insulting re-
marks from one group directed to
members of another group. Natdr-
ally, they are resented and in the
followups, there are often outbursts
of physical violence.
The activities Of subversive az
encies in the middle west, particul-
arly in Detroit, where the despised
KuKluxKlan seems to have obtained
a new lease on life despite the ef-
forts Of the department Of justice
to eliminate the organization, are
disturbing. The situation in the
big industrial center is more than
tense, according to reports filed
daily here in Washington.
Pro-axis activities discovered in
this section have alarmed the nat
ion, but those activities dated back
to before the %Sojourner Truth flare
up. Such activities are believed ii
rectly responsible for much of the
trouble in this area, according t.
reliable reports.
Not easily discernible, these take
the form of protests, strikes and
work h%indrances. Union activities
are also involved in these demon
STATIONS.
The general feeling is to keep
Negroes out Of skilled work and it
IS reliably reported that the Negroes
in jobs in defense areas are sworn
10 secrecy. This is done, it is be-
Eieved, to prevent the actual facts
concerning work and employment
being made public. Negroes
are told that their jobs are a part
Of national defense and as such,
they should not tell the type Of
work they are doing. nor where they
work. Advised that this is a war
secret, Negroes therefore keep their
shut and no amount Of in
nor questioning will
make them reveal the work they are
Two cities in this same area, mid
die west, are faced with a shortage
Of Negro labor. They r Dayton,
and Louisville, Pittsburgh, as well,
has a similar problem. Observers
see in this section a REPETITION of
the mass labor migration that came
The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08

TT is extremely distasteful, to Say
the least, for me to have to defend
Bordenave, or any other Negro,
charged with raping a white girl,
and 1 did my best to try to get out
Of defending B~ordenave, but the
court would not permit me to with
draw.
IF there is any way for you TO
raise any money and engage some
other attorney to defense Borden
ave, it would be perfectly all right
with me and possibly might help
some. L don't want to create he
impression that 1 will not defend
Bordenave to the best Of my ability,
for that 1 will do. but if there is any
way possible for me to get out, I am
going to do it."
The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08

A UNION DUES ONL AT LABOR
TEMPT OR AT UNION OFFICE AT MEAD.
NO MAN ON THE JOB is AUTHORIZED
TO TAKE MONEY.
There are Only Four Authorized Men i'm
Local lao. They are Pete Bell, Walter
McClelland and Kelly Gates at the Omaha
office, and Henry Schaefer at the Mead
office.
The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08
with World War I.

with World War +.
This migration is bringing ID
these areas, problems that demand
immediate attention. Involved are
housing, health, education, morals,
and morale.
Too much attention and stress has
been directed and placed on the
Fair Employment Practice Comm
fttee. In large areas, Negroes, it
is reported, have been given token
employment" to keep down ~investi-
cations and to prevnt hearings on
discriminatory practices.
However the general wave of
discriminatory practices sweeping
the country has done nothing to
lift the Negro morale, despite ef-
| forts on the part of some to ssy the
| picture is much brighter for the
Negro.
The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08
Fischer and Fischer, attorneys
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ON
PETITION FOR SETTLEMENT
OF FINAL ADMINISTRATION
ACCOUNT

In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska. Blk. 40, p. 1913,
NO. 221SS.
In the matter Of the estate Of
Norita Love Robinson, Deceased:
All persons interested in said mat
ter are hereby notified that on the
18th day of July, 1912 Thomas p.
Chandler filed a petition in said
County Court, praying that his tin
al administration account filed here
in be settled and allowed, and that
he be discharged from his trust as
The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08

Never in the history of the United
States has the morale of any group
been as low as that OF the Negro
today. So great is the problem,
much time is being devoted to the
study of causes and remedies by
governmental agencies.
Throughout the nation, there
seems to have developed during this
war crisis a new type Of discrimin-
alton against the Negro. Interrac-
The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08
Negro Morale
D1SturbS Uncle Sam

Washington, Aug. 6 N
The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08
ODDS AGAINST THEM

Hunter went on to state, 1T is not
my intention to brighten you. but
this crime is punishable by death,
and the way the case stands at this
time, it is my opinion that the odds
are great against Bordenave and
the others"
A letter to Mrs. Roosevelt was re-
sponsible for an investigation which
brought a few of the racts to light.
The alleged attack is said to have
taken place inside a barracks in the
Negro section of the camp. Two Of
The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08
EXPOSE TORTURE OF THREE
SOLDIERS IN LOUISIANA
"SCOTTSBORO" CASE
CONTINUED from page u

life terms in prison.
The three soldiers are Richard
Phillips Adams, John Walter Bord-
enave and Lawrence Mitchell. They
were charge with attacking a white
woman at Camp Livingston May 3,
but were not arrested until May 16.
On June % they were indicted By a
grand jury, and Judge Porterie set
the case for July 81. No bond was
fixed in the case.
Since that time, fearing that the
boys would not be given a fair trial.
The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08
TORTURE FORCES
CONFESSIONS

When arrested the soldiers de-
clared that they were innocent Of
the charges, but they were tortured
until they signed written confessions
Bordenave told his mother when she
spoke with him in court Monday.
He said that for three weeks they
were kept in straight jackets, but
when they failed to confess then
the torturing followed.
Three lawyers of Alexandria were
appointed to the defense of the trio.
They are Ward t. Jones, John r.
Hunter Jr., and Isaac Wahlder.
Hunter, who is defending Bord-
enave, wrote Mrs. Holmes on July
10 to the effect:
The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08

administrator de bonis non and that
a hearing will be had on said petf-
tion before said Court on the 18th
day Of August 1912, and that II you
fail to appear before said Court on
the said 18th day of August 1912 at
8 o'clock A. NJ, and contest said
petition. the Court may grant the
prayer Of said petition, enter a de-
cree Of heirship. and make such
h and further orders, allowances
and DEGREES, as to this Court may
seem proper, to the end that all mat
tiers pertaining to said estate nav
be finally settled and determined.
Charles y. Southland.
County Judge.
begin 7-25-42
ending 8-2.A2
The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08

the boys were arrested one week af.
ter the alleged incident, and the
third arrested 16 days following il.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-18

residential districts causing widespread indignation
the populace"
little while before broadcasting the
of the raid Toxic had broadcast that hre had
DESTROYED more the village Of Oguni In
Japan that feared casualties would
high Toxic is in Southern Japan.
The raid increased mystery Toxic broadcast Thurs
day night which reports alleged to have
put British agency that three Allied planes
Toxic This seemed suggest that todays raid
might the secondnot the first the japanese said
Toxic
Mystery attached the base the Allied planes used
unless they put off from aircraft carriers.
announcement brought wildly mind the
April Ii Honolulu of the Distinguished Flying Cross
enlisted who carried hazard
important mission territory and displayed
herosm extraordinary achievement whe participating in
a aerial flight"
This achievement fly to extreme of the great
plane and take complete photographs of enemy base
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-18
Laval at Helm,
Names Cabinet
CONTINUED from Page One}

CONTINUED from Page One)
There are II secretaries OF state
Of second rank.
They include:
. War - Gen. Eugene Marie
Louis Bridoux, who commanded
one Of Frances few armored
divisions during the war and
was until today stationed in
Paris as Marshal Henri Philippe
Petain's military delegate to the
commission which negotiated
armistice problems with the
Germans.
. Navy-Admiral CASTOR Auh-
pand. AZ. one OF the youngest
admirals in the navy. who had
been on Darlan's staff at the
admiralty here,
. Air-Gen. Jean Jennequin, 40.
who commanded the French air
force in Syria when Britain and
Free France attacked IL. Dur
ing the war he won his gen.
erals stars by making many
raids deep into Germany with
his heavy bombing plane group.
Jennequin up to noon had not
accepted the post.
The Vichy government officially
denied Moscow reports that French
were flying Nazi flags.
An authoritative source reiterated
Marshal Petain's assertion that
The French feet would be used
only to defend French integrity"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-18
Whole Force Thrown Into Fight

They went in to fill hole that needed a division They
fought until they surrounded and then fought STILL
got fewer than back from other regiments
Two officers among the who got back.
At last engineers, air personnel consabulary
thrown into the front lines
They had been holding beaches and in the last nine days they
off enemy attempts to force beach landings
from barges the right flank.
All the fought well Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky and
California proud of their National Guard tank
They fought like devils and they killed their share of Japanese
rough ready New Mexico National Guardsmen whom
visited many times fought to the last and through seeples
days and nights shot down damaged planes
talked to Gen. Douglas Macarthur just before he
left for Australia, he said to
1--WE have been lucky from the health standpoint. 1t
will be different story when the quinine supply gives out
with the rainy season coming"
The qunne did give out almost entirely did the food
There plenty Of ammunition. More than 100000 rounds
of 80 cabre cartridges for rifles and machine de-
the The 75mlmeter and 155mlimeter guns
blazed away until the white flag brought out
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-18
Breakfasts Fire in North Japan

Military authorities at eastern headquarters said that
japanese pursuit planes shot down nine of the attacking
planes.
The aircraft did not appear the heart of the
city, and they did not damage military targets.
can air raid warning sounded and traffic In the streets
cleared Immediately Every took his appointed
station"
attack n Pearl Harbor
Toxic interrupted routine program ito give you this flash
the first official of the raid told
the bombings and added:
"The nhuman attack cultural establishments and the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-18
Police Officers
Shifted by Berg
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to drivers license bureau: Sgt.
William Donat, from Mcclellan TO
harbornaster. 5@R
Patrolmen Verne G.. Jubenville,
Charles Buda and John r. Colon
to Recorders Court and PATROL
man John w. HOWE to traffic.
Newly prom o I e d ieutenants
were assigned as follows: Charles
Swartz, Central station; Raymond
Weiss and Donald A. Mcdonald.
Trumbull; Vaun c. Rodgers and
William G.. Hollingsworth, Fort:
William Woodwork, Mcclellan;
Arthur Zabol, Chene; Felix Pod
bilski, Grand River; Leonard BY
ors, Petoskey; Arthur j. Gagnon.
Dawson. and Louis <. Morrell,
Schaefer.
Newly promoted sergeants were
assigned as follows: John A. Lee,
Leonard M. Schink and Roe f.
Sanford, Central: Michael Valo-
wick, Fort; Donald c. Mccain and
Clay w. Stockton. Mcclellan; AL
fred II. Koppen and Leonard f.
Bushway. McGraw; Donald J.
Bondy. Cheney Bruce N. Baker,
Grand River; William F. Fitzger-
aid. Bethune; Harry T. Gouff, Jo-
seph II. Rails and Lloyd d. Brown.
Petoskey; Dennis r. Frazier and
Robert F. Cox. Dawson; Eddie f.
Swanson, Palmer Park; William
j. Ball and Ralph A. Souder.
Schaefer; Lloyd Savoie, mounted;
Laurence COPELAND and Martin A.
LaGodna, traffic division; Donald
A. Quinn and Henry f. Handy to
accident bureau,