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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

venlion. at tea ia the White Housa.
In 1910 about 700 women attended.
Mrs. Rethune is the president a
he council and need not teif
you that We could not have found .
more able person. She Is also ,
The founder OF the council mas
much as organizations such as the
National Council OF Jewish WON.
EN-. the National Council of Catholic
Women. the United Council az
Women. the National Council OF
Trade Union Women. and other
such women's groups And il nece.-
ssry to support and maintain an
organization for the welfare OF
their members. II is doubly neces.
sary that we do likewise. The
time has come and gone when other
people will plan for us. and we
don't want them to plan for US We
want them to plan with US for
all OF us.
You have been a very good audi
ence. and have enjoyed very
much talking to you through NV
column. II you want me to con.
tinue writing you from D. c.. then
let tie editor OF the Chronicle
know. and he will arrange il. II
you want TO write me direct then
use the address given above.
| solicit your support in helping
to make America conscious Of .he
womanpower lying dominant in her
Negro women.
With very best wishes for q.
good fight in this all out struggle
Tor democracy. I am-Sincerely
yours. Jeanette WEIGH.
p. s.: leave with you the thought
take with me:
Dear Lord. In the battle that gees
on through life,
] ask but . field that Is fair,
A chance that Is equal with ali In
the strife,
A courage 70 strive and TO dare;
And II should win. let Il Be by
the code, rs
With my faith and my honor held
high;
And II ! should lose. let me stand
by the road
And cheer ~ the winners 20 BY.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

meat by mulcting the pocketbook
o. TIE housewife.
Black market prices run as high
as the customer will pay. An av-
erage hgure is from 10 to IS per
cent above authorized meat price
ceilings. Figured on a basis OF q
legal +5-cents-a-pound price. black
market meat costs from 50 to so
cents a pound for the same grade.
But this meat is not necessarily OF
the same grade as the legal market
sells for IS cents. Low or high
grade makes no difference to the
black market operator when
Ugh grade meats are gone. re
offers low grade at high grade
pr .ces.
Dollars-snd-cents price ceilings
10 be placed on meat by the Office
o, Price Administration will help
the housewife determine whether
or not she is paying black marke;
pT.ces. On pork. these go into ef-
fec; April !. Similar ceilings on
beef. veal. lamb and mutton will
follow very soon.
But even /. The housewife were
wiling TO pay higher prices 10 get
me meat she wants, she courts
danger 10 the health OF the family
oy buying this kind OF meat. Black
market slaughtering frequently
goes on under the most unsanita.y
conditions by the roadside in the
dark OF night, in deserted barns
and vacant warehouses infested
with rats; enroute in dirty trucks
or tra.lerS.
The government is now ins.i.ut-
ing controls on meat slsughterers
and dealers which will help stamp
on, the black market and the
housewife, herself. can help rid me
country Of these criminals. Mest
dealers are required 10 post the new
ceiling prices where the customer
can see them. II they are not
posted, she should ask 10 see them
II they are not forthcoming. IL he
butcher appears 10 be ignorant
about them or unwilling 10 discuss
the matter. or IL the charged price
IS above TIE ceiling. there is some
reason for il. and that reason may
we'll be black market.
In such a case the customer i<
advised 10 buy the meat. pay for il
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

Set To Bring
$300,000,000
End War Loan Drive
To Begin April Il

Old saws 10 the contrary. you
CAN eat your cake and have it. too!
Or, in tkis case. you. can spend
your money and have it. too. -
For the money spent on War
Bonds during the Second War Loan
drive. beginning April IL. women
will receive. when the bonds ma
ture. not only their original in
vestment but al least a third more
in the interest the United States
Treasury pays. For every SIS spent
now on Series Z War Savings
bonds, 500 will come home in 1883.
For every s74 spent on Series F.
$500 will be returned in 1855
Though the money is spent, you
have il, too-snd in TIE safest place
in the world
Ten to twelve years from now.
sons, husbands and fathers will be
long home from the fighting front
The family may we'll have grown
and a larger home or larger car
needed. Or. perhaps. plans for
starting a new business may be
sfoot Several hundred dollars ar
irving in the mail box one morn
Ing will turn these family plans
into reality.
Ten or twelve years from now
some OF TIE children Will be ready
for college, some will be needing
their teeth strai shtened, some uill
just be born. Those War Bonds.
purchased now and safegusrded by
the United States government over
the decade. will see families
through these and many o,he; e.
nsneial needs.
The Women's Section OF The Sec.
ond War loan drive has set a goal
10 sell 800 million dollars worth.
OF the securities offered. These
include the familiar Series z. r
and G Bonds OF Series G remit in
,erest twice each year instead Of
letting /; accumulate over the 10
10 IL year period. Series c Tax
Notes, designed 10 help in accumu-
ls,ing tax reserves, and three new
types OF securities.
These three new types are known
as marketable securities which
may be bought and sold between
investors. In this way they differ
from TIE other four series which
may not be Dough; and sold ~
tween investors and. therefore. can
not tuciuaie in price. Due April
!. 1914. arc ia per cent certificates
81 Indebtedness. with interes; pad
twice year. available in denomla-
atoms Of 81 900 ana up Due 1850
and 1882 arc per cent Treasury
bonds with interest paid SEMI
in denominations OF $500
and up These mature in Sep:cm-
ocr. 1882, but The Treasury has
the option o. retiring them any
time after Sep;cmbcr. 1880.
The third new type 81 security
IS the 2'7 per cent Treasury bonds
Of l964-6s Denominations range
from $500 up and interest is PAID
sem!-snnual'y These h,sinre n
line 1869, ou; may be retired any
ime after June. 1864.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
Mrs. Roosevelt
Urges Unity.
Of Purpose
Bethune College Will
Benefit From Funds

CHICAGO, Ill.-tANP) - More
than 5000 people turned out Mon
day evening to catch a glimpse
Of and to hear the two leading
ladies OF the land. Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt and Mrs. Mary Mcleod
Bethune. at the Metropolitan Com
munity church.
The occasion was a benefit gath
ering for ne-Cookman college
in Florida. founded by Mrs. Mary
Betkune and OF which Mrs. Roose-
Welt Is trustee.
I'VE rise together or we fall TO-
gether." the First Lady told the
audience. Later in speaking OF the
war situation. she recalled that "in
the last war we talked OF making
the world safe for democracy, OF
fghting a war TO end war. but we
did not take il in the sense we do
today. We didn't. during the war.
think out the kind OF world we
want. discuss the methods for build
ing il, emphasizing that through
out the world were peoples who had
the same aspirations and the same
rights to aspire 10 a new world "
Recalls Speech
Mrs Roosevelt also recalled the
fact that in every speech made by
Nine. Chang Kai-shek. she has
stressed the rights of all other
peoples.
I'VE have got 10 examine our
selves and know that we are work
ing for peace in the world. Peace
is not made by signing a paper.
All the peace conferences are only
the foundation on which We build
This means that all individuals
have really got TO work for peace
One basis OF peace is respect for
human beings as human beings. /
hope that whenever we see oppres-
sion OF anyone we are going TO
stamp il out" said Mrs. Roosevelt.
The audience paid homage to Mrs.
Roosevelt in flowers and in songs,
but in the midst OF ii all the First
Lady kept knowledge Of the fact
that another great woman was
worthy Of much praise. and 50 she
lauded TIE work Of Mrs. Mary Nc
Leod Bethune, now director Of Ne
gro activities for the NYA.
Mrs. Bethune advised the listen
ers to keep your feet on the
ground, keep your heads steady and
keep your feet in the plowed soil,
and you'll attain your goal"
This advice was taken from a
speech made about Mrs. Bethune
by President Roosevelt who said.
She has her feet on the ground
she even has them in the plowed
soil"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
Women! Beware OF
Black Mark cts!

Black market operations are
threatening the maintenance OF the
nations meat supply. jeopardizins
the control OF living costs and en-
dangerins the health OF the people.
In January and February Of This
year. slaughter OF cattle under Fed
eral inspection was per cent less
than in those months OF 1912. an
amount equal 70 80 million pounds
OF dressed meat SO serious mas
become this situation that Army
buyers are finding il difficult 20
obtain all TIE amounts wanted for
the armed forces. although they
have secured adequate mes; sup
plies 4; ceiling prices
Black markets bring sbou, an
equally serious situation in Civilian
mes; supplies They have been one
OF the causes OF local meat short
ages which housewives have en-
coun;cred over The las: few months
They are one OF the reasons why
meat must be rs;ioned; and, il they
continue 70 operate this ration
viii have 10 DC lowered
In 1913. civilians should have
available 1000 900, 900 seventeen
billion pounds OF meat. as COM
pared with the 1890. 000. 900 tsix-
teen billion three hundred million>
pounds available in the years 1895
o 1887 Bu; il 20 per cen; OF ;he
available supply finds is way into
black markets there will actually
be procursble in The legal markets
only 1880 O0o. 900 twelve billion
SIX hundred mil'ion) pounds
an amount considerably below the
low standard OF 1867.
Another bad aspect OF these op-
cra;ions which further cuts the
meat supply is he waste which
occurs in black msrke; slaughter.
In most cases. only the choice cuts
81 the carcass are used. Ordinary
cuts are thrown away. including nc
nutritlon-hllcd variety mcats-:he
l.vcrs. Kidneys, tongues and sweet
breads
Blsck markets also menace he
control Of living costs The only
reason FOR black market operators
10 carry on their nefarlous business
IS TO MAKE money -. 10 cash in or
the greater civilian demand COR
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
COMMENTS By Jean

DR. JAMES CROW. unpopular America is STUPID .
planned the war housing
are good to build houses for
70 i've IN the same houses ought to be good
nsnos mat built them don't you have tal'
cHURcHTLs RECENT RADIO SPEECH to the world recently
showed his true coorsr didn't he' 'nun said
ROOSEVELT is LADY after my own heart she certainly
not bite her tongue when comes equal opportunities for minor
Mrs Behun n M No e wy she gong down the Line with
ME mat Mrs Roosevelt honor
women should do something and stop beng so darn and petty
MEN STILL BELIEVE "A woMANs PLACE is IN THE HOME" .
are many women doctors anxious their country in the
army but so far Uncle Sam says NO Now why Negro
fighting for rights as Negro
FROM THE WAYNE COUNTY SALVAGE COMMITTEE Praise
The Lord and Pass The Ammunon! Fifteen
WOMEN ARE URGED TO turn in all washed silk and
Out SILK and nylon hosiery and all needed help
the war
WELL SEE THAT THE RUML PLAN WAS REJECTED . sure was
glad would not have benefited you and me twas for
those with coolies OF money.
ORCHIDS TO DR. CHARLES WESLEY handsome predn, OF Will
SeFSsce university the school has made marked progress under
the Ohio Legislature first time has been by OF color
INTERESTING TO NOTE thst Haiti Dom
nsan Republic arc now rae embassies John Campbell White
Dominican Republic
LIEUT. HELEN cox is A TRUE WAC wen. TO small shower
e nn m he: and a6d be- Hsd one the
though she is dong swell and thorough Let's all help
her huh?
MEANEsr PEOPLE IN THE WORLD the sroan.ups without
babies who boarding baby food surprised?
We'll, being done
THEY TELL NE that when Joe jenkins
weeks nc viii be hs o and ny NEGRO E", in the Coast nr
Ensisns with YOU You'll get them though.
WHAT ABOUT SOME NEGRO WOMEN IN THE WAVES spARs
AND MARINES Don t you 90 IN for water GALS.
THEY TELL Dc!tss
their regional conference Wish could Bobbe
MCGUIRE AKAs Kansas City brave
srl fms A good time had By all
STARTED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING about Beverage
p mind supposedly enlightened
asked me whst few days YOU SHOULD READ IT
and
beh n;clScny Tel this much both have all OF
the esrnsFks of crucial historical documents
IF YOU HAVE JOKE TO TELL tell while Tony
Vance Joe Brown Ay) Ly Taylor Tom Spencer
subtle OF getting leave
s,orytelcr alone and talking
himself Milton Doc found himself
take fooled and
gals The orde.l lasted forty story
finally told
MY CLOSING REMARKS as found II a little booklet; Il
walk bv should know
when 10 shut 'nuf said BUY A BOND TO-DAY! KEEP
OLE HTlERS FRIENDS AWAY!
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

Dear Readers:
This is perhaps the last column
| shall write for you for a long
time, Reluctantly I leave Detroit
again, but happy am I to take up
a new job which think is more
important now than ever before
That is. TIE cause Of helping TO
promote the welfare OF Negro
women
In my new position as executive
secretary Of the National Council
OF Negro Women. I shall work with
Mrs Mary Bethune and many other
fne women, in order that we all
might participate fully in the life
OF America. Frankly. we cannot
DO it without your help, the help
of both men and women. So wfen
we come to you for help on certain
matters, won't you remember that
il is your fight too? know that
We can count on the Negro people
OF Detroit.
To the group OF women whom
met with recently, think the idea
OF forming some overall women's
council is grand Don't let that
idea get lost. bring it into fruition
by serious, jealous and broad plan.
ming. I hope that soon we will
have local Council of TIE Ma
tional Council Of Negro Women
here. it is possible: for we have
all OF the makings Of good
council. -.e--- 49,
The National Council Of Negro
Women is made up Of all Of tie
national women's organizations. the
A.K.A.'s, Deltas. Zetas. Sismas. Phi
Kappa Deltas. Beauty Culturis,
league. woman's Mite Missionary
Society. the Daughter Elks. the
Women's Medical Auxiliary group,
Graduate Nurses. life members. 9TH
er organizations. and so you see no
matter what group you belong 20,
you are a member of the Council
II you don't belong to an organ.za-
ton. you can become member by
enrolling as a life member.
Tie council has q journal which
is an ambassador OF goodwill. Il
has represented Negro women in
Europe and the Latin American
countries Mrs. Sue Bailey Thur
man, wife OF our" Howard Thur
man. Sis editor, and yours truly is
associate editor. Dorothy Garfield
Fisher. Pearl Buck. Esther Van
Wagner Tuf;y, all praise the jour
nal as one OF the finest among won-
ems organizations, white or black.
Every Negro woman in Detroit
should subscribe 10 the Aframeri-
can women's Journal and see what
our women all over the states are
doing.
II you write 70 me al 1912 Ninth.
street, NV. Washington, D. c., l
shall be glad TO send you copy
OF the magazine. and TO take your
subscription only 81 year.
Our own Mrs. Christine Smith
Is a former, second vice president
81 the council. For two years.
Mrs. Roosevelt entertained the Ia
dies who attended the annual con-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

and demand a receipt. Every re.
taller IS required by law 10 furnish
such a receipt on request. showing
his name. the date, the kind and
amour, OF mes; purchased and the
price This receipt should be taken
10 the local office OF the War Price
and Rs,ioning board
Under the new ra;ioning system
Il is inevitable ;ha; some black
market operations will be forccd
out. But IL a butcher offers 10 sell
extra meat wiihou; the surrender
Of red ration stamps. this is another
evidence that some OF the mcs,
which he sells las come from me
black market. Such offers should
also be reported 10 the War Ptice
and Raiioning board.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
Former Sumner Student
Passes State Bar Exam

ST LOUIS. Mo, - Miss Margaret
Bcrcnice Bush, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs James Bush OF 1900 Page boule-
ward. has successfully passed the
State Bar examination. IL was an.
here this week.
Miss Bush. a former student OF
Sumner high school and Stowe
Teachers college. will graduate from
Lincoln University Law school at
the expiration OF this years term.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
Hospital Declines
Negro Nurse Plea

LYNN. Mass.-A proposal that
the Lynn Hospital School of Nurs-
ing lower its bars against Negro
students and practice the principle
OF equality Of opportunity for all
without distinction OF nationality or
color" was rejected by Dan Trainer.
white. its superintendent. late last
week.
The proposal was contained in a
resolution forwarded TO the hos
pital by the Lynn Council OF
Churches. through its chairman. the
Rev. Vernon Carter, pastor of
Bethel A.M.E. church. II sought i'm
mediate discontinuance OF the dis
elimination against Negroes on the
grounds that the nation is in the
midst OF an urgent appeal for more
women trained in the art OF nurs-
ing.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
GIVE YOUR
COLD THE AIR
Ease Breathing This Way II Wave
of STIFFNESS Strikes You

It's emergency time-during this sea-
son Of spreading colds with colds sick
ness striking men. women and children
cverywhere-so here's something you
can do whenever head colds strike.
Simply put two drops Of Penetro Nose
Drops in each nostril then. breathe
deeply. Feel almost instant relief as
they work fast to help open up cold.
clogged nasal breathing passages
give your head cold the air Penetrc
Nose Drops are real prescription type
DROPS. containing genuine ephedrins
and other balanced medication tbs
shrinks swollen. irritated nasal mem
braDes To reduce congestion and Chez
sneeEing. Use only ss directed. Genei
Gus bottle sc. pa times ~ much To-
SOC. Don't wait for these miStries b
attack. Today get Peneto Muse Drop
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
Two U.S. First Ladies At Lecturer Concert In Chicago


If you ARE A WOMAN
n you are . woman to lend q hand
When fell disaster rocks our shore
And sorrow moves across our land
To see our soldiers on 10 war
Then yours will be q high cop
mAnd.
II you are . woman to toll In their
stead
Whose brave young hearts our
cause demands
They conquer all. or leave them
dead.
Or perish on wars crimson sands
Then you will be their wine and
bread.
II you are q woman. and yet can
Above q woman's tender part;
When all seems lost, still keep your
eyes,
On victo-y-yours the victor's heart
And all Of that which heaven prize
-Glenna Birmingham
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-20
Automatic
Pilot Scores

New York, Sept. 20 - UP0 -
An automatic pilot so perfectly de-
veloped 1t virtually converts a plane
into a stable, aerial platform from
which high altitude bombing can be
conducted with a precision never
before achived was revealed today.
Details Of the electronically- con-
trolled instrument, which has been
In use by the U. s. Army Air Force
since october, l941, were disclosed
by the air force and the Mime
apolis- Honeywell Regulator CON-
pany which makes 1t.
The device takes over completely
the duties Of the pilot on bombing
runs and holds the plane on
designated course without waveringl
despite cross currents, wind varia-
tions and air blasts from exploding
anti aircraft shells. So perfectly
does the mechanism work that the
plane crew is usually unaware OF
termided course.
Closely guarded, 1t was one Of
Americas most secret Of weapons
until the loss Of planes bearing 1t
gave details away to the enemy.
Alfred M. Wilson, vice-president
in charge of Honewells' Aeronauti-
cal Division, said that the auto-pA-
lots electronic operation Surpasses
the sensistivity Of all mechanical
and electrical devices previously
used,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-20
BY United Press


Naz occupation authorities mas
sacred 10000 Serbs up to the end
Of July and buried many Of them
In common graves near Belgrade,
the Democratic Jugaslavia news
agency reported today.
Victims Of the Germans were said
to have been placed in big pits near
the village Of Yainci in an effort to
wipe out signs Of the wholesale
slaughter.
The news agency said the Nazis,
finding themselves in an increasingly
difficult situation In the Balkans
had promised Serbian independence
after the war In return for coope-
alton at the present time. Gen
Milan Nedich, Quisling premier OF
Serbia, was reported to have flown
10 Germany last week for his first
conference with Adolf Hitler, who
was said to have promised person
ally to grant Serbian independence
The news agency reported that
the Na1 Gestapo had sent men and
women spies throughout Jugoslavia
In an effort to break up underground
activities Of Gen. Draja Mikhailo-
vitch's guerrillaS. Many Of the Sc
cret agents were Germans born in
Jugoslavia.
The news agency also said that
Mikhailovitch was in direct contact
with the United States government
by wireless.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-20
CAN CAPTURE
ANY CITADEL
ARNOLD SAYS

New York, sept. 2O--CUP)--Gen.
Henry H. Arnold, chief Of U. 8.
Army air force, believes that air
power can capture "any citadel" 1t
can reach, that Il Is the cheapest
type Of warfare and that ut is by
far the greatest economizer in
human lives"
I'VE are demonstrating daily" he
wrote in the y. s. Army Air Forces
issue Of Flying magazine, shat It
Is possible to descend from the skies
into any part Of the interior Of an
enemy nation and destroy its power
to continue the conflict.
"War industries, communications,
power installations and supply lines
are being blasted by attacks from
the air. Fighting forces have been
isolated, their defenses shattered
and sufacient pressure brought by
air power alone to force their sur
render.
Shortened Tunisia Battle
Constant pounding from the air
Is breaking the will Of the Axis to
carry on"
General AFRAID said that In the
battle Of Tuni air power saved
thousands Of Mves and weeks
Of time, as compared with the mile
by mile, village by village method
Of classical warfare, which has all
ways proved so costly in a war Of
position.
by this action" he said, 1--WE
again proved the sky road to both
Berlin and Tokyo can be utilized
to the full to blast the heart Of the
citadel before our combined opera
tons take over for the final drive"
PantelIeria . Symbol
He described the Liberator raid
on Rur.anian oilfields as Ploesti as
"the most important single air blow
Of the war to date" OF the capture
of Pantelleria he wrote:
''The white cross on pantelleria's
battered airdrorne before single
soldier or sailor landed Is q symbol
Of the ability Of air power to cap
ture any citadel once its own SUI
premacy In the skies is established
and provided a sufficiently sus-
tanned and powerful air assault can
be brought to bear against 1t.
1T is simply q matter Of mathe-
mates Cor physics). While air as
sault is not without cost, this type
of warfare is actually cheapest on
all counts and 1t Is by far the great
est economizer in human lives"