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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-09-25

LOS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
II. Turner. 46. n postal employee.
was arrested Friday for the theft
OF s35.0 900. The suspect, veteran
truck driver, and who for many
years had enjoyed the confidence
Of his superiorS was confined in
the county Jail 10 await trial be-
fore federal court with long fed
eral peniten;iary sentence facing
him il convicted.
The huge amount which Turner
is charged with deliberately steal
ing. was in the shape OF a sack
full OF registered mail. consisting
Of cash. jewelry. and negotiable
securities. and his securing OF II
looked like the perfect crime ex-
cept for a little slip-up. He ne
elected to destroy the empty mail
sack. which was found hidden in
his home after he had been ques-
toned by baffled FBl men four
different times. He had succeeded
so far by one OF the cleverest yet
simplest. tactics in local crime an
nails. II occurred az the loading
dock OF the new terminal annex
where the majority OF the ingoing
and outgoing mail Is handled.
In making his deliveries on the
night Shift, Turner was checked in
piece by piece by the clerk in
charge. each check releasing him
from further responsibility for that
particular item. AS the clerk
turned back 10 his desk 10 list
that particular sack after Turner
had deposited it the scheming
driver quickly threw II back into
the truck without being noticed
and continued turning over the rest
Of the mail 10 be checked. His
load signed in. he departed on
other runs and il was not until
near the end ~ the eight-hour
shift that the sack was discovered
missing
Postal inspectors from other dis
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-09-25
LaborSourceNot
UhlizedByPlants

According to Montague A. Clark.
district manpower director. at least
$4,000 more women must enter in
dustry by January l. SO critical IS
the manpower shortage that the
taking OF drastic steps is being seri-
ously contemplated. because the
war contracts that Detroit war
plants now hold cannot otherwise
be executed. Says Mr.. Clark.
e. until a woman has been placed
on every job that can be done by
a woman, We haven't done every
thing in our power TO solve the
problem" And he adds. I'D like 10
appeal to every woman in the
Detroit area who isn't working 10
consider taking a job now The
situation is critical. Detroit's war
plants simply must have workers
women workers"
In a letter TO Mr. Clark. Chester
3. CuKrent. executive secretary OF
the Detroit branch N.AAC.P.. says,
Rather than face loss OF war con-
tracts because OF inability 20 ade-
quately handle the manpower prob
lem in this area. we urge that the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-09-25
Dedicate New
Play ground At
Brewster Center

Dedication ceremonies for the new
play lot at Brewster Community
Center. 637 Brewster street. will be
held Thursday evening, Sept. 80.
The play lot is at the northwest
corner Of Brewster street, will be
held Thursday evening. Sept. 80
The play lot is at the northwest
corner Of Brewster and Hastings
streets. There ceremony IS slated to
start al $50 pm.
Jesse Owens, Olympic print and
broad jump champion, and holder
OF the several world records, will be
the principal speaker. Owens is now
employed at the Ford Motor COM
pany.
Other speakers will be John J.
ConSidine, of the Recreation Com
mission: Mrs. Walter r. O'Hair,
president; H. NJ. Martens, vice presi-
dent: Fred G.. Nagle. and B. B.
Lasky, former commission presi-
dent.
The community lot Is a new ad-
dition 10 the much-needed recrea-
ton facilities at Brewster. and has
been constructed on ground that
has been vacant for years. 1t has
been enclosed with a white fence
that adds much color 10 the neigh
borhood. while on the grounds are
swings for children below the age
Of 10. The larger children have
slides and titer-totters for enjoy
ment
A trained director II In eharg'
and viii direct the children II
various group games.
The dedication program Is beini
charted by the Citizens Recreation
! Committee Of Brewster Center.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-09-25
federation
ASKS PROBE Of,
COURT MARTIAL
Tells StimsOn 'WhiteWash'
Is Damaging Morale
Of Race Troops

The Civil Rights Federation
stated this week in a letter to Sec
rotary Of War. Henry J. Stimson,
that the verdict in the court martial
of Colonel William T. Colman
cannot help but have effects HARM
full to our nation and our war eff
fort" The Federation called upon
Secretary Stimson to use his in
fluence "in abolishing Jim Crow
from the Armed Forces, and to go
on record with clear statement Of
principles that would make impos-
sible a repetition Of the morale
damaging effect Of the Colman
court martial"
The full text Of the letter follows:
Honorable Henry ]. Stimson,
Secretary Of War:
The unsatisfactory verdict in the
court martial of Colonel William T.
Colman, commandant Of Selfridge
Field. Michigan. especially as this
verdict released him from any real
responsibility in the wanton shoot
ing Of Private William McRae, a
Negro soldier. cannot help but have
effects harmful to our nation and
our war effort.
Hits Army Jim Crow
Jim Crow in the armed forces Is
one of the most demoralizing prac-
tees handicspping our resolve to
achieve the complete national unity
essential for victory. It is dis
piriting TO our Negro troops and to
the 100000 American Negroes
who send their boys to fight and
die for all America.
Testimony in the court martial
revealed Colonel Colman as an Of
ficer who stood for anti-Negro poll
cies which all democratic Ameri-
cans despise. -
To a Percy Jones hospital doctor,
after the, shooting. he cried as
though he felt il was sufficient ex-
PLANTATION Of his act: Il told them
never to send me a colored chauf-
feurv
He reprimanded the officer in
charge Of the Oscoda, Michigan.
sub-base for bringing Negro enter
tainers there, although at the time
there were some 1900 Negro troops
and only Is or 80 white officers.
He accepted a vacation lodge near
Oscoda with the giver's restriction
no "colored men" be allowed
there. :
Csmpares Penalties
II Is bitter irony that while Col
onel Colman was In effect beini
whitewashed. three Negro soldier!
at Fort Custer, Michigan. were sen.
fenced up to 10 years at hard labor
with dishonorable discharge from
the United States Army. for at
tempting TO come to the rescue OF
their people in Detroit during the
murderous anti-Negro instruction
Of June 1923.
The victims were thus punished
harshly for reacting to conditions
created by the attitudes and policies
OF such men as Colorel Colman.
And the army court martial in
its unsatisfactory verdict, placed it,
SELF in a position Of condoning his
acts and attitudes, and of tending 10
create the general impression that
the army itself was not giving the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-09-25
200 Women Took
Study Courses
BY MATILDA A. SAXTON

GULFSIDE. MiSS.-(ANP) - Fell
lowship, inspiration. study and rec
reation - essentials TO a well ball
anced Christian liie-were empha-
sized in the study courses for l943-
a. when 200 women from Is states
met at Outside school Of missions
and Christian service. Aug. 1924.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-09-25
August Thornton Leaves

ST LOUIS, Mo. - Mr. August o.
Thornton has received his leave Of
absence after serving as an in
structor az Sumner high school
since his appointment in 1898. He
attended The Washington University
OF Illinois. University Of Wisconsin
and the University of Chicago.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-09-25
Herbert Millen Defeated y
For Philly Bench Post

Rainey. former newspaperman and
present incumbent. won the Repub-
lican and Democratic nominations
for magistrate, respectively. Coun-
Gilman James H. Irwin, seeking re-
election to the city council on
the Republican ticket. was success
full The Democrats anchoring
Robert N. c. Nix, won him the
council nomination. Irwin is a lead
ing undertaken; Nix, a criminal
lawyer.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-09-25

War Bonds cost money. and. Of
course. YOU are buying them. But
there s one thing you can do that
Is very dcfri'e patriotic contribu-
zion that only requires little effort
ON your part. Save and prepare tin
cans for the next collection date. oc-
fohar ~
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-09-25
Artist Campbell WEEDS
Sister Of Late Wife

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. - (ANP)
Mrs. Randolph Willis announced
last week that her daughter, Miss
Vivian Roberta Willis. had become
the bride Of E Simms Campbell,
famed artist. The marriage occurred
August Ia. Miss Willis was the sister
OF the late Mrs Campbell.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-09-25

situation the full consideration ii
merited.
We call upon you to use your in
nuence in abolishing Jim Crow
from the Armed Forces, and to 60
on record with a clear statement
OF principles that would make i'm
possible a repetition of the morale
damaging effect Of the Colman
court martial
Sincerely yours,
Jack Raskin. Exec. Secy.
Civil Rights Federation.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24

Buy AN EXTRA 500 B0Ap4
Time Costs Doubts

The weekly magazine TIME organ of took occasion
bachanded compliments spned with doubts
Squadron particular soldiers
eral
Posing the question of whether the of Negro
successful though the squadron had admittedly
managed break little better than even in cOmbats with superior
Axis air forces TIME mentions unoca reports from the Medter
suggesting that the command as not altogether
satisfied with the 99th there was said to be plan some
Coastal Air Command in which would
be assigned to routine convoy cover"
Of the command not satisfied with the 99hs
Torrance
had every Axis plane
of the would be less satisfied because would be in
more of dilemma.
planned Negroes military aviators in
mechanical had been for the tremendous
propaganda carried this the other Negro
NAACP the Urban League and practically institution and
organization Negro life there would such units today
TIME goes that the aNegro bomber squadron to
July l. 1884, sis experiment. and will be until
question old u independence is answered. Is the Negro
good soldier the white mani"
thought canard had been deeply buried but
that enemies rest in their jealous efforts to keep alive
racial faIacy.
between soldiers individuals
confirmed racial chauvnt will contend that
better soldiers because of their socaled race
Sizes shapes naonas and coors fight bravey and
will be found everywhere regardless
nationality; fact that important magazine
like TIME would the question of sOy qualities based on the
fiction shows how close the thinking of the American ruling
class that of the Nazs whose theology preend to deest
any this country who still ponder
ing the question whether the Negro good soldier the
white only because that has closed and mind
to the testimony of history.
Confederate spiritual many
high military civilian officials had doubt this when it
offered freedom black slave who would fight its armies
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln Commodore Perry and
certainly doubts when they black
troops saving the day and the nation.
single colonial in which Negroes did not
by side with white acqut themselves well better
This matter of record available to all who anxious to know
TRUTH high Army and Navy officers and those who shape
Americas opinion choose ignore and plant doubts the minds of
the people
The coord American just like other American of
training And the Navy had had
the intelligence and patriotism ignore color and assign
where they needed and where they could best their country
be no racia question ae and
humiiate one-tenh popuaton-Pttsburgh Courier
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Gordon Parks Now
War Correspondent
and Photographer

Gordon Parks, former Twin City
photographer and recently of New
York and Washington, D. c., is now
attached to the 332nd Fighter
Group, U. S. Army Air Corps, as a
war correspondent and photogra-
pher. The 332nd is composed of
three squadrons and is the first all
Negro group of Fighter Squadrons
to be commanded by all Negro Off
GERS.
Mr.. Parks was assigned to this
group from the OWL and does spe-
cial assignments for MP, New York
liberal daily newspaper, and for
Life magazine. He paid surprise
visit last week to his wife, Sally,
Gordon Jr., and daughter, Toni, who
are visiting in Minneapolis. They
may live here indefinitely if Mr..
Parks goes overseas which be ex-
poets to do soon.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Curry Children
I'm Limelight

Miss Lorraine Ellouise Curry,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
C. Curry, 1926 Fifth Ave. S., Min
neapolis, left Wednesday, Septem-
Der %, to enter Wherefore Uni
versity, at Wilberforce, Ohio. Miss
Curry will take pre-professional
courses in psychology and sociology
and hopes for an ultimate B. S.
degree.
A June graduate of Central High
school, Miss Curry was active in
all school notwithstanding city
wide recognition. She was the first
local Negro girl to hold a city-wide
office in the Girl Reserves, being
vice president of that organization,
and was an honor student during
her entire high school attendance.
offered four scholarships, she chose
the Wilberforce school.
James Curry, seventh grade pu-
pill, has been elected president of
his class at Bryant Junior high
school. At the close of the June
session he won a Bryant "B" for
scholarship and participation in
sports. Yvonne, ninth grade pu-
pill at Bryant, also won a "B" at
the close of the last semester.
Charles D. Curry, Jr., after
spending two months in Minneapo-
lis, waiting for induction into the
armed services has returned to
California to resume his duties as
ship-fitter at the Kaiser Shipyards
in Richmond. He was deferred
from the Army due to his health.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Parade of Witnesses Tell
How Railroads and Unions
Discriminate Against Negro
RAILROADS CALLED UNFAIR

Negroes are not allowed to work
on Diesel engines, that in one case
Negro fireman with seniority
going back TO 1895 had been dis
placed by a white fireman, his
junior in service, contrary to nor
NAL seniority procedure.
DR.. Northrup, former member Of
the Department of Economies at
Harvard and Cornell Universities,
at present on the staff of the Ma
tional War Labor Board, said that
as a result of discrimination by
railroads against Negroes the pro-
portion of Negroes employed by
the carriers has declined in the
case of iremen from total of Alb
per cent in 1910 to 33.1 per cent in
1880. For the same period the per-
centage of Negro trainmen has de-
clined from 29.8 per cent to 1853
per cent.
The attitude of the National
Railway Mediation Board to-
ward Negroes, especially in dis
putes with the big -Four" rail
unions, DR.. Northrup maintained,
''has not been above criticism"
HE was more severe on the Ma
tional Railroad Adjustment Board,
set up to decide on certain contract
disputes between the roads and
their employees, saying that this
board was composed mainly of par
tisans from organizations which do
not afford the Negro equal status.
The adjustment board, he added,
in holding that a craft of workers
Gown" particular type of work,
whether they have ever done such
work, threatens to eliminate Ne
gro brakemen from the industry"
Charles H. Houston, counsel for
group of Negro railway labor or
CARNATIONS, put on the stand L. z.
Moloy of Jackson, Tenn, Negro
fireman on the Illinois Central
Railroad, and George Sans, Negro
fireman on the Gulf, Mobile G. Ohio
Railroad, who described their un-
successful efforts to obtain MEM
bership in the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Firemen and Enginemen and
also challenged "non-promotable"
practices of these carriers.
White fremen began dispIacing
Negroes on the G. M. & o. in 1921,
according to Mr.. Sans, who said
that while his own service dates
back to 1895, a white fireman, his
junior in service, had been pro-
NOTED to a Diesel engine.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Clerk i'm n. w.
Airlines Office

Mrs. Alfred Williams, 69S Rondo
Ave-, st. Paul, former Youth per-
sonnet field representative of the
NYA, has been employed in the
clerical department of the North
western Air Lines at the home of
fee, 1886 University Ave.
S. Vincent Owens, executive Sec
rotary of the st. Paul Urban
League, pointed out that Mrs. VIII
liams' appointment is a commit
ment made by the Northwestern
Air Line Company, to the Urban
League over a year ago, saying
that employment would be given
Negro citizens on the basis of their
skill and abilities.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Northwestern Bell
Employees Surprise
Company Inductee

Elmer Childress, 1916 18th Ave.
S., Minneapolis, messenger for the
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.,
was surprised by his fellow en-
ployees last Friday morning at
farewell get-together in one of the
telephone company offices. He will
report to Fort Smelling for service
in the U. s. Army September "a.
Mr.. Childress was presented a
brand new $50 bill from employees
and executives in the following de-
partments: General Service Bureau,
Revenue Accounting, Disbursement
Accounting, Statistical Department,
Elevator Operators and Directory
Sales Department. Doughnuts and
coffee were served.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
NlTS THE LEAST YOU CAN DOH"
Office Visitors

Visitors in the new office of the
Minneapolis office of the Spokes-
man and the st. Paul Recorder this
week were Messrs.: John M. Patton,
st. Paul, Wilbert J. Dugas, VIM. H.
Walker, VIM. A. Wormly, D. C.
Dowdy and C. A. Huges; Mines. E.
]. Tucker, c. W. Washington, Fern
Helm, Miss Marie Allen and Little
Joan Washington.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
StenOgrapher at
Minneapolis YWCA

1t was announced last week that
Miss Margaret Schuck, 727 Emer-
son Ave. No, began work on We'd
nesday as a stenographer in the
office at the Minneapolis Branch,
YWCA.
Mrs. Leo Bohanon, member of
the interracial committee of the Y,
was consulted when it was learned
there was to be an opening. She
in turn notified the Minneapolis
Urban League office and Miss
Schuck, said to have excellent
stenographic training, was sent to
apply. She was hired and placed
on 30-day probationary period.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Japs and Germans
Use u. S. Race
Problem Against Us

WASHINGION, Sept. To-
Clyde E. Miller of the Institute for
Propaganda Analysis testified to-
day before the Presidents Fair
Employment Practice Committee
that japanese and German propa-
gandist exploitation of the feeling
of racial superiority and racial in
feriority was extraordinarily and
almost Immediately effective, dy-
manic and dangerous.
Commenting on Axis short-wave
broadcasts, some of which were
read into the record by BARLEY
C. Crum, committee counsel, Mr..
Miller said that zone of the strong
est weapons in the hands of Hitler
land American propagandists
consciously or unconsciously are
following the Hitler pattern)-
was exploitation of what anthropol-
ogists call myth of racial superb
ority'."
In the Far East, according to
Mr.. Miller, the japanese unremit-
tingly direct their broadcasts to
hundreds of millions of colored
Asiatics alleging that despite Pres
ident Roosevelt's statements that
the war is one for human freedom
the contrary is the fact, because
of discrimination by white Ameri-
cans against colored people, not
necessarily Negroes but including
Indians, Chinese, Japanese and
others.
'They say in effect that our
promises to the people of the world
are built on hypocrisy" he said.
"They say that the people of the
Far East can have no faith in the
promise of white Americans when
they deny equal rights to their fell
low citizens who are not white"
Mexican Case Presented
The hearings which are devel-
oping charges of discrimination
against minorities by twenty-five
railroads and fifteen labor unions
disclosed today cases covering al
legged refusal of railroads to pro-
mote or give employment to Mexi-
cans as well as Negroes.
Philip Macado of Cheyenne,
Wyo., told the committee that a
representative of the American
Federation of Labor Machinists
Union had refused to allow his pro-
motion from laborer to helper "be-
cause you are a Mexican"
81 told him l was born and raised
here" said the witness in fiawless
Continued on Page ~
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Minneapolis Man
, Killed BY Auto

Gopher Plummer, age So, 301 Al
drich Ave. No., was killed Satur-
day, Sept. 1S, when struck by an
automobile at Glenwood and Lyn-
dale Avenues No.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day (today), Sept. "a, at 2 p. m, at
the Woodland Funeral Home with
Rev. A. w. Wilson officiating. In
torment will be at Crystal Lake
cemetery. His sister, Mrs. Carrie
Brown, of Kansas City, Kans., and
other relatives, survive him.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
st. Paul Urban
League Meeting

The goth annual meeting of the
st. Paul Urban League will be held
Thursday (tonight), Sept. %, at
7:30 p. M, at the St. Paul YWCA,
123 w. 9Th st.
julius Thomas, Director of In
dustrial Relations of the National
Urban League, will be the guest
speaker.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Correction

The Theodore F. Allen Agency,
North American Life and Casualty
company was among the Is agents
on the August honor roll. There
are $50 agents of the company.
Allen was third highest of the 10
honor roll men.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
City Churches i'm
City-Wide Meet

The st. Paul Acumenical Service
to comprise all of the Protestant
churches of st. Paul, will be held
at the Dayton Ave., Presbyterian
Church, located at Dayton and
Mackubin Sts., Sunday, October 8,
at a p. m. Rev. B. N. Moore, who
is the pastor of st. James A. M. e.
Church, is chairman of the service
committee. He urges the public to
attend.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Frank Alsup
Assistant to
Pate at TCOP

Frank L. Alsup, well known Twin
Citian, was recently appointed as
sistant supervisor of the Twin
Cities Ordnance Plant custodian
service department.
This department is headed by ].
W. Pate.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Newman to Address
B'nui Birth

The opening speaker of the Fall
Winter season at the B'nai Birth
will be Cecil E. Newman. The meet
ing will be held Tuesday, September
20, at 8 p. m, at the Gymal Doled
Club, 726 Second Ave. S., Mime
apolis. The public is invited.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Local Youth
Defends Navy

In next weeks paper we will
print a letter from Seaman Roy
Austin of Minneapolis who says
the Negro public is all wrong about
the Nays treatment Of Negro
sailors,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Scholarship
Now Offered

The Minneapolis Urban League
Auxiliary is offering a 500 schol-
arship to a worthy student. Those
who are interested may call the Ur-
ban League Office, or Mrs. C. W.
Washington, Dupont 6465.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
st. Paulites Should
Mail or Phone
Social News

St. Paul readers who have social
items for the social and personal
columns should phone them to Mid
way 8340.
Items may also be mailed to 314
Third Avenue South, Minneapolis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Auxiliary Bond
Sale Growing

The war bond committee of the
Minneapolis Urban League Aux
iliary reported the sale of $755.00
worth of bonds and 1896 worth of
stamps for one week at the regu-
lar meeting Tuesday, Sept. Fl.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
Birthday Greetings

Birthday greetings to Wilbur ].
Dugas, 1926 Washington Ave. S.,
Minneapolis, birth date, September
80.