The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
24-H0UR Vigil
BY
FORCES
Race Tension Subsidies AS
More Officers Watch
Trouble Areas
CBy the Associated Negro Press,

his week that the police forces are
Q constant vigil 10 pre-
sent further racial disorders Laurel.
Miss. authorities said all arms Of
me government were cooperating
20 suppress race incidents before
hey can get started.
The sheriff at Louisville. Miss.
said race feeling in the area was
rapidly diminishing and that two
disturbances between Negro and
white citizens had been handled
easily by his deputies.
Beaumont, Texas. officials said
state. city and county police were
areas Of tension 10 speed
up a return TO normally after the
recent debacles there. and TO halt
new ones at their source.
Jackson. Miss. police officers said
they were running down originators
OF false rumors" that threatened
to provoke a serious racial clash
last week. Two minor flareups, they
said, were quieted down before
they spread throughout the city.
Incidents Quelled
LAUREL, Miss. - (ANP)-Mili-
tary police this week escorted back
10 the Laurel Air base three truck
loads OF Negro soldiers who had
been taken TO the local police sta
ton for questioning during an in
vestisation OF race clash N a local
cafe here. While the disturbance
ragged an unidentified soldier is al
legged TO have struck a white Mp
resulting in the removal OF several
others 10 the city Jail.
The public relations Office at
Laurel Air base stated that the Ne.
gro soldiers were taken TO town
on a mission and while backing one
OF the vehicles into parking space
struck Car at the curb. An Mp
who arrived at the scene to inves-
tgate discovered that one Of tha
lsoidiers in the 'cafeteriA had over-
stayed his leave Upon attempting
TO place him under arrest the Mp
was attacked.
Appearance Of highway patrol
man TO aid the MP resulted in a
speedy quelling of the incident.
whereupon the soldiers were taken
TO the police station for question
ing. After being held there for sew
eral hours they were released and
allowed to return 10 their base.
Riots In Mississippi
LOUISVILLE. Miss. - tANP) -
Race tension which resulted in q
wild series of race riots IN variou,
sections OF the city were reported
thi week 10 be rapidly quietins
down by DR.. w B. Hartman, sheriff
He said Negro woman arrested
for engaging white man in a fyn,
had been released. but that twc
Negro men were under arrest on .
similar Complaint They will bs
Charged with disturbing the peace
n, added.
| The woman was placed in Gus
Rtody after she is alleged to have
struck at white man when a pack.
; age she was Carrying was knocked
from her hands Another white
man came 10 the aid OF the first
and when The woman sought refuge
N the police station she was
promptly arrested for fighting.
Feeling ran high in the colored
district over the incident and de-
mands we're made for her immedi-
ate release. Whites gathered around
the Jail house and assured officers
they approved their action. The
situation became so tense that dras-
tic action was threatened. Eventual
ly, however. the Negroes we're dis
perSed and the whites prevailed
upon 10 return home. -,
Another situation occurred when
two Negroes engaged in a hst nght
and were lodged in Jail over the
protest OF witnesses. Tension ran so
nigh that aid was asked Of the
highway patrol. but when Capt
Leonard Thames and Patrolman
Dennis Cross arrived the disturb
ance was under, control
Fine Whites In Riots
BEAUMONT, Texas. - CAMP
Fines ranging from SIS to 500 were
imposed upon IL white men turned
over by the Texas State guards
court OF inquiry into the recent race
riots we're announced this week by
city officials Four Of tse defendants
drew fines of 500, the other s2S
penalties.
One OF the men fined 500 will
also face charges Of arson at q later
trial. said authorities. The hnes
meted out resulted from charges of
burglary, concealing stolen prop
erty and loItering.
Several other whites released by
the gusrdSmen TO city courts will
DC tried in the near future IL Was
announced.
Runners Cause Arrest
JACKSON. Miss. tANPD -
Authorities here blamed unbound
! ed rumorS" for much Of the local
unrest and hostility existing be.
tween the white and Negro races
. They reported however that local
police aided by other government
I agencies had successfully nippcd
/ nareups here over the weekend.
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