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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
BY GEORGE PADMORE
Defender London corrsspondsnO

LONDON - (Censored) -
Now that the battle Of North
Africa is over and the assault
on the under belly" of
Europe has opened, recogni-
ton is being paid to the gallantry
Of colored soldiers who helped to
make possible the expulsion OF the
Axis from Tunisia.
Following the posthumous award
of the Victoria Cross, Britain :
highest military decoration, to The
colored Maori Second Lieut.. Koana
Nuisakiwa Agarimu, King George
has decorated another colored war
rior with the Victoria Cross. He is a
Gurkha captain named Lalbahadur
Thapa OF -the King Edward Wis
Own Gurkha Rifles Of the Indian
Army.
II will be recalled that the Fourth
Indian Division bore the brunt OF
the Eighth Army's attack under
General Montgomery against Rom
mel's Afrika corps at Med-Jez-El.
Bah, the gateway into Tunisia and
captured Nazi Gen. Won Armin.
The Indians were ably supported
on the tanks by Maoris fghtini
with the New Zealanders, ane
French colonial troops from Sene
gal. Morocco. Algeria and Equatorial
African territories administered By
the West Indian Negro Governor
General Felix Eboue.
Gurkhas Won with Knives
Defying whitening fire from IN,
Germans. the Indian captain led hi
men to cut their way through 4;
heavily defended defile at RaszEz
EQUAL in Tunisia. fighting will
kukris. the famous heavy curvec
knives used by the Hurkhas.
This act OF unsurpassed bravery,
said the War Office citation had
decisive effect /on the success oil
the whole British operation on thi
sector" This is the fifth Vctori
Cross awarded 10 an Indian durin
the war and the 38th gained by tn
cntire British dominions and colon
ics
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
London West Indians Hail
Jamaica Change OF Governor

OF the West Indian National Coun-
Gil OF New York"
Domingo was taken from a ship
at Kingston when he was attempt
ing to return home to help Jamai-
can workers organize trade unions,
and escorted direct to a concentra-
ton camp. Only mass protest and
agitation by natives, supported by
parliamentary intervention by radi-
cal British laborites, secured Do
mingo's release.
These high handed acts by Rich
ards made him so unpopular that
Jamaican leaders petitioned the
secretary OF state of the colonies to
recall him. His departure for Nj
geria will pave the way for greater
cooperation between the British
government and JamaicEns in ap-
plying the new constitution.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
Ala. Red Cross To
Train Negro Men

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-In prepare
tion for service as volunteer order
lies in hospitals here. a group Of
young Negro men are soon to enter
. course of training provided by the
jefferson County Chapter OF the
American Red Cross.
The training course, which is an
sdsptstion of the course given for
volunteer nurses aides. was de-
veloped after the discovery OF a
real ced for this typ: OF service
In hospitals here.
Sponsored jointly by the Jeffer-
con County Red Cross chapter and
the ONCE OF Civilian Defense, the
corps will wear the OCD insignia
end records Of volunteer hours will
be kept by OCD.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
Makes Highest Grade
In Army Photo Course

LOWERY FIELD. Colo. - A
Brooklyn, NY, soldier, Sergeant
Richard S. Monclova, recently grad
uated from an Army Air Force
Technical Training Command photo
course with the highest grade for
the whole class.
or the Distinction Diplomas"
awarded those students whose
grades were slightly below the
honor" graduate. three went to
Negro students. They were Private
First Class Thomas M Miller, Bos-
ton, Mass: Private First Class Will
liam l.. Kydd, New Bedford, Mass,
and Private Garrett H. FerneH,
Seguin. Texas.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
Boy Sentenced In
Staying Of Sailor

NASHVILLE. A l6-year-old
youth, Benjamin Franklin Branch
OF 608 Sixteenth avenue. was sem
fenced to 10 years in State Train
ing and Agricultural School for the
fatal stabbing OF white sailor. Tom
Allen Tanksley. on May IL.
The stabbing occurred on city
bus on Charlotte avenue. Tanksley
was home on furlough from the
San Diego Naval Station at the
time, and was on a Nashville bus
at the time the trouble started be-
tween him and Branch.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
COMMON COUNCIL STRIKES
At EDWARDS SOLUTIONS

tional Negro policemen and crea-
ton by a Council committee to
prove additional housing, recreation
and other public facilities.
The grand jury was opposed by
the Council and Commissioner of
Police Witherspoon. Witherspoon, in
his argument against the grand jury,
pointed out that Gov. Kelly's fact
finding committee already had an
nounced il could discover no basis
upon which TO petition for such a
jury.
However, Edwards insisted that
the situation demanded the deepest
kind of investigation. He later
withdrew all proposals except the
grand jury and Council Committee.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
Jury Trials
For Rioters
HaueBegun

Trials for approximately 100 ger
sons who demanded benefit OF jury
trials were started in Recorders
court last Friday.
An all white jury deliberated
approximately eight minutes in the
courtroom OF Recorders Judge
Joseph A. ellis to return with a
verdict OF guilty against l7-year-old
Rudolph Richko OF $3.50 w. Jeffer-
son. in the first trial by jury case.
involving accused rioters to be tried
in Recorders court
Richko was sentenced TO serve
90 days after the jury had con-
victed him OF disturbing the peace.
Lieutenant Erwin Marks testified
tina, the accused white youth was
attempting 10 exhort large crowd
OF whites TO go over on Hastings
street and get the ..."
Following the officers testimony
Judge ellis publicly commended
him on his "alertness in helping to
bring to justice one OF the white
hoodlums participating in the riot
The second trial by jury was that
Of Louis Bradley 28-year-old Ne
gro, OF 5453 Beaubien street.
charged with disturbing the peace.
Police say he was throwing rocks
| He was sentenced to serve 90
days by Recorders Judge Donald
VI. Van lille.
. Other jury cases will be con-
tinued this week.
In Judge Arthur E. Gordon's
court Saturday three men arrested
during the riot were held for trial
under bond on felony charges, after
an examination. They were:
Tony BLsckman, 81. Negro OF
995 f. Fort street. held for carry
ing concealed weapons, 81 900 bond;
Frank S. Smith. %, Negro. Of 1887
Dryden. carrying concealed wcap-
ons, $1,000: Duke Barnes. Negro, OF
444 Clinton. charged with footing
a store, $500 bond.
Other Sentences
The following were sentenced to
serve 90 days in the Detroit House
of Correction by Recorders Judge
John P. Scallen:
Ed Watts 20. Negro. 3402 Brush;
Joe Fox, Al. white. 2050 Pingree;
William Cook. "a, white, 1898 Sec
ond; Theophilus Jones %, Negro
1893 ST. Antoine.
Prisoners QuizEed
Psychistric questioning OF 6l2 ar
rested rioters. in an attempt tc
discover the underlying causes o.
the disturbance. was begun Friday
under the direction OF Clarence F
Ramsey, head OF the child welfare
clinic OF the State Department o.
Welfare. Working with him arr
50 interviewers from Eloise hoSpita
md the Council OF Social Agencies
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
Rape Case
Goes ToLa.
High Court

NEW ORLEANS, Id. - An appeal
to the Louisiana Supreme court
from a verdict of guilty against
Anthony Wilson for the rape Of a
white woman on the night Of June
IS, 1912, looms as another Hugh
Pierre case in Louisiana jurispru-
dence.
The case came for hearing Mon
day following an appeal brief filed
by Atty. Rudolph F. Becker.
The appeal was based upon
motion to quaSh indictment be-
cause there were no Negroes in the
panel from which the grand jury
was selected.
The defense counsel holds that
the general practice OF excluding
Negroes from grand jury panels
because OF race is violation OF
the constitutional rights of the de-
PENDANT, and that there has not
been a Negro on the grand jury of
said parish for at least 20 years and
that officers OF said parish have
Systematically, unlawfully and I'M
constitutionally excluded Negroes
as grand jurors during this period
OF time" ~
A second exception had to do
with the questioning OF the COM
plainant. Doris Crawford, when the
judge. asked questions and made
assertions that were "a direct com.
ment on the evidence" in attempt
ing to establish the defendants
identity.
When asked how she knew it was
Negro who attacked her, the com.
plainant stated that she knew only
from her instinct. Wilson is very
fail with curly hair and light blue
eyes. Defense counsel held on ap.
peal upon this bill of exception tina
the defendant on trial is almos
white, in face of the testimony o.
the prosecuting witness that shI
told the police the night OF tho
attack that Negro had attacked
her and not being able to state any
other reason for saying IL was ;
Negro except her instinct told he,
it was Negro, her identification o
the defendant had to be cleared
up in some manner il the state wer,
20 get a conviction, therefore tn,
trial judge stepped out OF the /rol'
OF judge and into the role OF dis
trict attorney for the express pur
pose of convincing the jury tina
the identification by the prosecutin;
witness of the defendant was a goot
identification.
Becker charges that the judge
question to- the witness was no
only comment on the evidenc'
but was asked by the court for tn,
sole purpose of influencing the jury
Evening star., 1943-10-03

carry messages to an advanced post, or
back to the lines. Other messenger dogs
were being trained to carry rolls of
telephone wire The wire unwinds as
4Lo.1 E..I, from one handler To the OF her
Evening star., 1943-10-03

, t"A
Us X g Corps train
a batch of new
ID patiently around
to obey elementary
sentry dogs hercely
a padded suit a
ting an enemy. Mes
to run through
action, they could
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Evening star., 1943-10-03

them will be turned into killers or
ruffians. If anything, they'll be all the
better for the training and experience.
Their whole routine is that of soldiers.
nation, and forms to be filled out - by
Evening star., 1943-10-03
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plctc picture OF their habits, where they
have been kept, what sort OF life they
have led. Those which pass get their
serial numbers Qnstead of wearing it
on tag, they have it tattOoed on their
flank Then comes a week or 10 days
of induction: getting medicinal shots
and getting acClimated. Basic training
follows: about two weeks OF learning
to he obcdicnt, to heel, to sit, to stay.
During this time their aptltudcs are
studied, and at the end of the basic
they get their assignments for advanced
training as scntries, as messengers, as
casualty dogs Ito locate wounded men
and lead resCuers to them(
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-04-16
Legal Advertisements

acker Avenue to the south side of Bon
acker Avenue Alley, and that portion of
Mclean Street, from Twelfth Street to
the continuation of Twelfth Street,
which cost shall be borne by the City
Of Hamilton, Ohio, together with the
cost of any real estate or interest herein
purchased or appropriated and the cost
and and, expense Of any appropriation pro-
awarded any owner of adjoining land
and interest therein and the cost and
expense of such award, shall be paid
by special assessments
SECTION VII: This resolution shall
be certified to the Director of Finance
who shall thereupon proceed to make an
assessment report in accordance with
the method of assessment provided in
this resolution and as provided for in
the charter of the City of Hamilton,
Ohio.
SECTION WIZ This resolution shall
take effect and be in full force and ef-
feet from and after the earliest period
allowed by the charter of the City of
Hamilton, Ohio.
Passed: April I, 1943.
LEO j. WELSH, Mayor
Attest: ADELE EDMONDS
April I6-1t
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-04-16
JOBLESS BENEFIT LAW
WEAKNESS

One of the serious weaknesses of
the unemployment compensation sys-
tenn was recently pointed out by
Francis B. Murphy, Illinois State Di-
rector of Labor.
Persons who are not able to work
for any reason whatever cannot
qualify for benefits under provisions
of the Illinois Unemployment Com
pensation Act" he said. "The law was
passed to protect people against un-
employment. 1t does not provide for
health, or accident insurance.
To qualify for jobless benefits an
individual must be able to work and
available for work, Murphy explained,
and a person who is suffering from
sickness or accident, or who is con-
fined under doctors orders, cannot
meet this requirement.
Director Murphy has directed at
tention to grave fault of the unem-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-04-16
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1943.
INCOME TAXES

Most Americans have by this time
discovered that they are taxpayers.
The tax on 1912 incomes is an eye
opener and hits most of us pretty
hard. The new law goes right into
the home of the working men and
women and says "Give" And they are
giving. With exemptions reduced and
a heavy surtax added very few will
escape helping Uncle Sam pay for the
war.
And then we have before US the
Ruml plan, which proposed to "for-
give" at least a part of 1912 income
taxes and start all over again by
withholding the tax from the pay
envelope. The House of Representa-
tives sent it back to the committee,
and for good reasons, and the commit
tee must devise a new plan.
But, make no mistake about it, you
are going to be taxed. Your chief in
terest is to see that all citizens are
taxed fairly and according to their
means. Not like the Ruml plan, which
would save the $4,000 workman about
s8.75, the 100000 big shot n per-
cent, the $1,OOO,ooo magnate 1O2 per-
cent, and Congressman $2,100, but a
tax law which will require every
American citizen to contribute his
fair quota to the enormous expense
of carrying on this war.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-04-16
TRADES COUNCIL

The Hamilton Cooperative Trades
and Labor Council met in regular ses-
sion Tuesday night President Ralph
Morningstar presided. Twenty eight
delegates were present.
The credentials of Willard Giles
pie for IL months, George Schlotter-
beck, IL months, Carl Ellis and Stan
ley Meyers to represent Fire Fighters
were read and delegates installed.
Ellis and Meyers are alternate dele
gates.
The credentials of Mack Holland
and Joseph Steiger to represent Mold
ers' Union, No. 283 were read and
delegates installed
Minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
All bills submitted were allowed
Communications addressed to Fred
Stitsinger, chairman of the Republic
an Executive committee, and Clinton
Egbert of the Republican organiza-
ton, regarding the application of
Frank Vidourek for local branch
deputy of the Industrial Commission
of Ohio were read The communica-
tions were received as read and the
action concurred in by the council
This position was made vacant re-
Gently by the death of brother Stanley
Ogg.
A letter was read from M. j. Lyden,
president of the Ohio State Fedora
tion of Labor in which he stated that
Ralph Morningstar has been a mem
Der of the Labor League for Human
Rights on the War and Community
Chest drives. The council sanctioned
Morningstar's appointment and he
will represent this organization in
that body.
A telegram was read from Phil
Hannah, secretary of the Ohio State
Federation of Labor in which he said
the entire membership of the organi-
zation, shares with trades council in
the great loss of Brother Stanley Ogg,
and the passing of this distinguished
trades unionist.
Ed Weiss, Joe Spaulding and Frank
Vidourek were appointed on a COM
mittee to draft set of resolutions of
coincidence on the death of delegate
Stanley Ogg.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-04-16
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

man invasion in September, 1889 to
the present, has just been published
by POLAND Fights Polish Labor
Group, 55 West 42nd Street, New
York City.
"Unconquered Poland" is 46-page
account, illustrated by the Czech
artist Hoffmeister, of the poignant
struggle of Polish workers, peasants,
intellectuals, and the common man"
in refusing by sabotage, guerilla war
fare, underground newspapers, pas
sive resistance, willingness to accept
death rather than submit and every
other means at their disposal to make
Nazi domination of Poland a progress
sively hopeless effort.
The pamphlet begins with the
words of Mieczyslaw Neidzialknwski,
labor leader and vice-chairman of the
Warsaw's Defense Committee: "The
workers do not surrender. The work
ers continue their fight" 1t ends with
President Roosevelt's declaration that
"just and sure punishment shall be
meted out to the ringleaders response
BILE for the organized murder of thou
sands of innocent persons and the
commission of atrocities which have
violated every tenet of the Christian
faith" and the Program for a Peo-
pies Poland a statement by the
peasant, worker, and intellectual un-
derground groups about the Poland of
tomorrow.
"Unconquered Poland" is based
upon factual evidence that shows the
attempts of the Nazis to subjugate a
country and the Poles reply in deeds.
The story moves from the Germans
statement that "the street belongs to
the victors," to sabotaging of rail
ways, vital to the Germans east-west
communication for maintaining their
eastern front, the showdown work of
Poles forced to serve in German fac
tories
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-04-16
ORDINANCE NO. 4ass

Authorizing the City Manager to enter
into an agreement with the Cincinnati,
indianapolis Western Railroad
Company for an easement and right
OF way over property belonging to the
Cincinnati indianapolis g. Western
Railroad Company, said easement and
right of way to be used for the pur-
pose of installing and maintaining a
storm sewer from Urban Street east
co the existing culverts of the Cincin-
att, indianapolis g. Western Railroad
Company.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Council of
the City Of Hamilton, Ohio:
SECTION J.. That the City Manager
be and he is hereby authorized and di-
rected To enter into an agreement with
The Cincinnati Indianapolis q Western
Rallfoad Company for an easement and
aISht OF way over property belonging to
Inc Inc Cincinnati indianapolis & Western
Rallroad Company for the purpose of
Installing and maintaining a storm
sewer from Urban Street east to the
existing culVerts of The Cincinnati
indianapolis & Western Railroad Com
SECTION II: This ordinance shah
take effect and be in full force and eff
rect from and after the earliest period
allowed by the charter Of the City of
Hamilton Ohio.
Passed: April 7, 1913
LEO j. WELSH, Mayor.
Attest: ADELE EDMONDS,
City Clerk.
h.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-04-16

nPEN acknowledgment of Ger
" many's responsibility for the
war has come from leading press
and propaganda source in what the
international Transport Wor k er s
Federation rightly calls lone of the
most remarkable utterances of the
present German regime"
The confession of German war guilt
appeared on Jan. % in the main edi-
torial of the "Muenchener Neueste
Nachrichten," leading South German
daily and Nazi propaganda organ.
Answering the question WAS this
war necessary ?" with a blunt yes, the
editorial said:
s'At a time when the war reaches
its climax, this question arises again
and demands an answer. Actually
there is but one answer, from which
all others derive: the defeat and dis
grace of 1918 could only be wiped out
by a new test of arms and the proof
of existence of internal strength,
which we then lacked.
I'm 1888, with the Nazis rise to
power, war had been tacitly declared.
The task of the policy pursued
was to create the most favorable con-
ditions possible for the event of war.
This was done with indubitable skill
and boldness."
1t is true, the paper continues, that
the war has also brought great hor-
rors upon the German people. If we
had been forewarned that we Ger
mans would have to suffer and over
come the trials of North Africa,
Rzhev, Stalingrad, or the bombs on
Cologne, Lubbock and Rostock, we
should have collapsed. But there was
and is no alternative. Fighting
fury is the only thing whereby we can
pass through the dangers"
"Unconquered Poland" the inspir-
ing story of Poland's underground
resistance from the day of the Ger
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-04-16

ployment compensation system -
fault that exists in all the states. Or
ganized labor proposes to remedy the
situation by amendment of the law tc
provide for the payment of benefits
to persons unable to work because OF
illness, occupational disease, injuries
or bad health, which cause a good
share of unemployment and are just
as much beyond the control of the in
dividual as are depression or seasonal
slackness.
The injustice of the present system
is so glaring that it would seem Con
gress and the states would lose nc
time in dealing with it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-04-16

a lot of fancy phrases that get
tangled up in each other.
i
Well, what about this postwar
world?
Truly, nobody yet knows very
much However, put this down: If it
isn't a world in which the common
man has better chance than before,
if it isn't world in which there is
greater security from war, then we
shall have more wars and without
waiting another 25 years.
There had better be no be-
trayal by leaders. And there had
better be no little political
cliques determined to rule or ruin,
which generally means ruin.
The radio commentator and the
newspaper columnist can play a great,
a helpful role.
They surely can smoke out the lit
tie skunks who, for want of size,
make it up in stink.
Our first job is to win this war, but
we need at least policeman on guard
to see to it that, while we win the
war, little groups of self-seekers and
crooks don't get the skids so creased
for ruin that the fruits of victory will
be threatened even before the Axis
signatures of surrender are affixed.
-CMW.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-04-16


Delegates of the Letter Carriers
reported that they have been granted
100000 bonus by the government.
H. H. Howard, delegate from
Machinist Union was nominated and
elected by acclamation as correspond
ing secretary,
All of the newly elected officers
were installed.
Joe Spaulding and H. H. Howard
reported on the War Manpower Com
mission which was held last week.
Delegate Marian Davidson reported
on the conference meeting held re-
Gently in Columbus and called by the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-04-16

ORDINANCE NO. 434o

Authorizing the Director of Public
Works to advertise for bids for the
construction of sidewalks, cement
curb and gutter, cement curb only,
ana cement driveways where the
owners have failed to construct side
walks, cement curb and gutter, cement
curb only, and cement driyeways as
required by resolution of City Council
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of
the City Of Hamilton, Ohio:
SECTION i: That the Director Of
Publ1c Works Of the City of Hamilton.
ono be and he is hereby authorized and
dlfected to contract after advertising
Tor BIDS in the manner provided by law
1or the construction Of cement side
walks, cement curb and gutter cement
cufb only cement driveways and maxi
ing the necessary excavation and en-
bankment during the year 1943. where
the owners of the property have failed
=, 70 comply with the resolution Of City
CouncH ordering cement sidewalks ce-
nent curb and gutter, cement curb
only cement driyeways, etc, to be con-
SECTION II: This ordinance shall
take effect and be in full force and effect
from ana after the earliest period al
lowed by law.
Passed: April 7, 1943.
LEO j. WELSH. Mayor
Attest: ADELE EDMONDS,
April 16--1t.