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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
Spilled Gasoline
Caused His Burns

Gasoline which spilled on q wire
and ignited resulted in second and
third degree burns this week to
Joseph Hughey, 30. OF 1905 East
Alexandrine.
Hughey was pouring gasoline
into the carburetor Of his truck,
when some OF the liquid spilled on
a wire. ignited and burned the man
on both legs.
The accident occurred IN front
Of 4l1s hastings street where the
truck had evidently stalled.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
Riot Charges
ANSWERED By
Negro Press

Coming from a high public Of
fetal such unfounded and inflam-
matory statements as were made by
Prosecutor William bowling on
Monday published in the daily
press are Of grace concern TO the
entire Detroit community. At a
time when all fair-rninded citizens
OF both races are working diligent-
ly 30 erase The blot on this COM
munity left by rioting, one OF the
officials most responsible for the
public peace has deliberst-,y re-
melted the people.
For over one hundred years the
Negro Press in America has fought
increasingly against the injusices
perpetrated against the Negro peo-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
Bowling lnflames City,
Negroes Blamed For Riot

Maliciousiy blaming the recent
riot on the Negro people. Prosecu-
ting Attorney william Z. Bowling
declared last Monday that -thc
Sunday night Of the riot gang Of
colored boys and girls ranging In
sge from Is to 20 years went to
Belle Island with the expressed pur-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31

The rantings of Prosecutor VIII
liam E Bowling Monday in which
he charged the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People with being "the biggest
instigator Of the recent race riot"
and that the Negro press has de-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
Michigan Chronicle Editor
Answers DowIing's Charges

tssismsnf Martin Editor Of Michigan chronicls)
"As citizen of Detroit regret that Mr. William Bowling.
of Wayne County should have made such
unsubstanated statements last Monday regarding
riot At time when all farminded citizens Of
both working diligently to the blot this
community left by the rotng Of the officials most
public peace deliberately rencted the people
at is of grave to the ctizenry that Prosecutor
Bowling should withheld for long from the public
alleged facts to the origin of the riot IT, as Mr. Bowling
says gang colored and girls ranging in from
Is years Belle Isle with the expressed
driving people from the island thereby starting
the riot why hasn't he named the cprts! Why have they
and prosecuted ingatos of the riot?
Mr. Bowling cannot these perpetrators of
Deroits tragedy then done every Negro youth in
the city irrevocable injustice.
Says Charges Are Tsniashc"
here 10000 Negroes in Detroit according to the most
official estimate. Mr. Bowling IS cent
persons the island June 20 coloed.
approximately of every Negroes the entire
Detroit Belle Ise Such proportion Is fantastic
ipdeed upfortunae that Mr. Bowling should mali
5am4uxH - - - -
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
THE
FORWARD.
M ARCH
By John EDWARDS

Robert Hsyden's lectures ON the
Negro out at the University Of
michigan have won wide attention
and the Michigan Daily devoted its
lead editorial to them Wednesday .
week ago. We quote the editorial:
"The determination Of University
students and faculty to get to the
root OF the racial conflict was borne
out Monday night at Robert Hay
den's lecture.
"Orifinslly scheduled for the East
Lecture Room in the Rackham
Building. the overlooking crowd
was transferred to the Ampitheatre
where late-coming professors. SOL
diers and students sat on the steps.
For the hour that Mr.. Hayden
spoke, the audience sat attentively
taking in every word that he said.
Never has a University group given
such courtesy 10 q speaker"
THE CURE
Everybody from the president
down seems to be giving some
thought to the general subject Of
"How 10 Prevent Race Riots" Very
few OF the solutions we have seen
seem to be seriously concerned
with eliminating the basic cause
which is race discrimination out OF
which violence inevitably grows A
refreshing exception is the proposal
of the New York Times which stated
editorially last week that: Big riots
are always preceded by little ones.
little riots by chronic squabbins
and friction. and all Of them come
out Of attitudes which in the begin
ming may not be violent at all. We
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
R. J. THOMAS
SAYS DOWNING
.INCITEs RIOT
Says Prosecutor Offers
Alibi For Police
Inefficiency

Statement by r. ]. Thomas. pres1
dent, UAW-CIO: ~
Prosecutor William Z. Dowlingu
statements are the most serious In
citation to race riots we have had
since the riots themselves. Th1y
contribute nothing toward soluti0
to Detroit's racial problem. Thev
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31

M A matter both Of these creanions worked -
prevent by consistently exposing the undemoac and
anti-Negro forces in the city long before June 10
Editor the Michigan Chronicle but important
citizen this city, took upon myself March a. 1913
Mr. Francis Bdde Attorney General Of the United
States advise him Of the threat to the effort
by the of hate strikes and other antNego
demonstrations in this On the other hand Mr. Bowling
sought to- make impossible and has disqualified
himself rs Prosecutor of Wayne County"
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DG-see POLICE. Page .
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W-see BOWLING. Pare .
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S-see rRocEcUroR. Page ,,
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OWSee N.A.A.CP, Page ;
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uWsse FORWARD. Page .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-21
PILOT HOPES
PEACE BRINGS
new CALENDAR


Honolulu, April q - (U.p) -
Willard 3. Edwards who has been
working on the project since the
end Of the first world war, hopes
the end of this one win see peace
provisions for q perpetual calendar
on which all nations would agree.
Edwards. formerly q lieutenant
In the q. 8. Naval Reserve, Is q
pilot for Hawaiian Air Lines. His
calendar contains no Friday the
18th and provides that New Years
Day would be an international holi-
day considered apart from any
month or week. Thus, January /,
1915, would be New Years Day,
Easter Sunday, which this year
occurs on April IS, the latest posi-.
BILE date under the Gregorian cnl.
endar, would fall invariably on the
same date under the Edwards Call
endar. He suggests April IL as q
permanent date for Easter.
Four Equal Quarters
His calendar, he said. has the
advantage Of being divided Into
four equal quarters Of 81 days each.
The present calendar begins the
week on Sunday, but Edwards
would begin It on Monday, making
Sunday q true sabbath.
The first two months Of each o.
day quarter would have 30 days and
the third months would have 81
days. First months of each quarter
would start on Monday, second
months on Wednesday and third
months on Friday.
Calendar dates, such as birthdays
and other anniversaries, would al
ways occur on the same week day,
Edwards explained.
AS IN the case of New Years Day,
each Leap Year would be provided
with . second day apart to take
care Of that years extra day.
Give Girls A Chance
This may conveniently follow
June 81" he said, mot only to sep
arate 1t by six months from New
Years Day, but to provide an OPP
portunity for q day Of merriment
and to give all girls who missed
out on June weddings a chance to
make up on this one extraordinary
day In each four years.
with Labor Day and Christmas
day always falling on q Monday
and with New Years Day following
Sunday, December 81. each year. we
will have three regular three-day
week ends which will be eagerly
anticipated"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-21
POSTWAR PICTURE
PAINTED BRIGHTLY
Progress in Various Fields
Beneiting Nation Wis.,
uaIized By Speaker

A picture Of postwar living was
offered by Benjamin Franklin, press
ident Of the Associated Executive
Clubs, in an address to Rotary Club
members yesterday at The Elton.
Progress in industrial, education,
and religious fields was predicted
by the speaker.
Describing aviation as one Of the
leading occupations Of the future,
Mr.. Franklin also expressed the be-
lief the helicopter eventually will
replace the family car. He also
spoke of advances in televsion and
said television sets will soon be as
common in the home as radios.
Religious activities are constant
ly drawing more participants, the
speaker stated. and many more fol-
lowers will be absorbed after the
war. Advances in the industrial field
also will cause greater need for
specialized education. he stated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-21
In Today's Mail
Continued from Preceding Page)

tient who fears to sit down; certain
mental types have q fear Of being
poisoned: another pulls out his hair
and swallows 1t; another thinks he
has been changed into beast: still
another thinks that worms protrude
from his skin: the patient who is
always complaining that he never
gets enough to eat; the one who
wants to go naked as well as the
one who fights 10 keep his clothes
on at bedtime. And how annoying
must be the patient with an aver
sion TO the sight Of human teeth.
These are but q few OF the many
mental types cared for BY ward at
tendants.
How would YOU like to care for
cases like the foregoing for long
hours and for remuneration get less
money than q reputable firm pays
It's office boy? But where hospital
wages are raised the labOrer must
be worthy Of his hire. We want
career men and women on the hos
pitaI services, not young whspper-
snappeFs using the hospitals TO ease
them over q tight spot until they
get o Job. nor Is there any room IN
our State Hospitals for buns and
ex.cons. A man wanted by the po-
lice OF O certain city for rape hid
out az q ward attendant until dis
covered and sent 10 prison.
EUGENE BERIRAM WILLARD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-21

calling Of & special town meeting
for April 20 20 combat The menace.
Meantime. Town Manager Joan =.
Ramsey called up ell constables Tor
special night duty, pending results
OF the meeting.
The town meeting was called after
q citizens meeting protested made.
quate police protection and cited
several instances Of women being
attacked while returning home from
work or visits. One woman, it was
said, was severely beaten by an ct
tacker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-21
w o r L D w A r
A YEAR AGO
APRIL q, 1912
(By United Pressl

(By United Press)
Chinese recaptuEe oil center Of
Yenangyaung in Burma.
German occupation authorities
execute 20 French hostages at st.
NaRaire in cleanup" reprisals
against France.
Ramon SerranO Suner, Spanish
Foreign Minister, says Spain would
send 1000, 900 men 10 the Russian
front IL the German armies needed
help.
President Roosevelt orders sum-
mary seizure Of all patents con-
trOIled BY the enemy.
Australian government reports
In K In 9 Of destroyer Vampire
(l,09O tOns) In Bay Of Bengal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-21
HEALTH OFFICIALS
ATTEND CONFERENCE

City Meath Ofacer Edward J.
Godfrey and other members Of The
stan Of the health department were
present at the Bond hotel yesterday
&C 3 meeting OF the Connecticut
Public Health association. Others
who were IN attendance included
Miss Lucy Reid, Miss Veronica Phe-
Ian, Miss isabel Wilson, Miss Amelia
oumper, Miss Mary o'Donnell, Miss
Agnes Sheey, Miss Mary Klnnane,
Miss Anne Shea, Samuel Menlchlno.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-21

New Zealand claims 10 have more
meat than one and two years ago.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-10-07

ter another. But aren't the
Browns and the Smiths and the
Joneses making them also?
Whereas it used to be heroic to
make sacrifices, now it becomes
an everyday occurance. Our
trend of life has changed, now
every man, woman and child
must and will become a hero.
Each and every one will receive
a medal after we have won this
war. Not one that can be worn
on the breast over the heart,
but one that spells freedom
and can be carried only in the
heart. The kind of medal that
gives us the right to cuss the
bartender If he refuses us an
other drink when we have
earned the right to spend our
money as we please. Unless we
all share such sacrifice, wheth-
er it be money, blood or sweat;
unless we all put a hand on the
rope and pull together as one,
we will find our freedom and
liberties taken from. us and
turned into a memory that can
be told to our grandchildren
only IN guarded whispers.
THAT, Nom, is my idea Of the
situation. OF course every man
Is entitled to his own opinion,
but God help those who would
try to dictate to an American"
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on Monday.

Mrs. Milderd A. Rogers and
daughter, Katherine, were din
ner guests Friday Of MI. and
Mrs. Frank A. Nelson.
Melvin Taught spent the
weekend visiting relatives in
Clark Stanton ,returned to
the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James Stanton on
Saturday, morning because OF
illness .
Mrs. Elizabeth Scally has
been substituting as teacher IN
the local grade school.
Visitors in Billings on Sat-
urday were Mrs. Mildred J. Ro-
gers and daughter, Katherine,
Mrs Homer Frailey, Mrs. S. P.
Louk, Miss Helen Beal and
Miss Hazelle Voss.
Mrs. John Bulltail was honor
ed at a pink and blue shower
at the Baptist recreation hall
on Thursday afternoon. The
honoree received many beauti-
full gifts. About twenty-five
friends were present and re-
freShmentS were served by the
hostess, Mrs. George Curly.
Doctor J. Lane and wife, In
dian service eye specialist tor
this district, arrived in Crow
Agency Sunday on his annual
visit. Doctor Lane will examine
the eyes Of all school children
during his visit.
Mrs. Mary v. Mclean receiv-
ed a telephone message from
her daughter, 1t. Lois Mclean,
stationed at Camp Lewis, asking
her to come over Immediately.
Mrs Mclean left on Wednesday
for Tacoma to visit 1t. Mclean,
and also her daughter, Mrs.
Herbert Durham at Renton,
Wash.
Mr. Gerald E. Williams (Jerry)
resigned from his position as
senior engineer for the Indian
Service Wednesday as he has
accepted the position of machin-
ist at the Holly Sugar Co. in
Hardin.
MI Williams began working
for the Indian Service in 1919 at
the age of Is, running the old
power plant for the agency, and
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"Elere we'll have to change our story . bit!'
Their and sister, Mrs. Alberta
Randolph.

ther and sister, Mrs. Alberta
Randolph.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. r.. Bryngleson
of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota,
parents of Mrs. Charles M. VAN
os, and her brother-in-law
and sister, MI and Mrs. James
Macarthur and their two chill
dren of Galloway, MINI, arrived
on Tuesday evening for a visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. VanoSS and
family. Mr.. and Mrs. Macarthur
are enroute to the Pacific coast
where Mr.. Macarthur will be
employed.
DR.. and Mrs. Fred Hamernik
and son, Bobby, of Pine Ridge,
s. D., visited for several days
this week with DR.. and Mrs.
John Oceanic.
Mr.. Milton A. johnson, reg
ional extension agent, with
headquarters in Billings, was all
official visitor in Crow Agency
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With Our Bows
In The Service

S/Sgt. Barney Old Coyote has
completed the required two
hundred missions 50 has been
granted a furlough for rest.
However, Barney wrote relatives
that he was waiting for his bro
ther, S/Sgt. Henry Old Coyote,
who has not yet completed the
required number. Both boys
continue to do their bit, each
getting a plane in the raid over
Italy.
Pfc. Robert Yellowtail, Jr.,
and Pvt. Oliver Hugs, formerly
stationed at Fort Robinson,
Neb., in the Remount Service,
recently departed from Califor-
MIA for parts unknown.
Pfc. Clarence Spotted has
been promoted to Corporal and
was transferred from Camp
Ripley, MINI. to Camp Barley,
Tex.
Pvt. Alex LaForge, Of the Ar
my Air Corps, was transferred
on September 20 from Amarillo,
Tex. to Lowry Field No. 2, Den
yer, Colo.
Pvt. Frank Iron has recently
been transferred from Panama
Canal to the South Pacific area.
Pvt. James Adams, Of the Ar
my air base, Howard, Nebraska,
arrived in Crow Agency Friday
for a visit with his parents, MI.
and Mrs. John Adams, and other
relatives.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-10-07
DEAR EDITOR:

The following is an excerpt
from a letter written by Cpl.
Robert Dyckman from an army
camp in Virginia, to his mother,
MRS. Mabel Dyckman, expressing
his thoughts on the present war
situation:
.....W We can't expect to keep
on living In freedom If we all
want to stay here and let some
other fellow 60 over and face
the music. OF course we would
like to stay here and enjoy liv-
Ing our minds yearnings in a
legitimate manner. But we can't
expect it all to be given to us
free. We must work, sweat and
fight for what we want. Since
the beginning OF man that rule
has held fast and true. But
now, because we consider our
selves civilized and superior to
all forms Of life we want every
thing on a golden platter, and
also someone to bring it to us.
Well, it won't work. W. are at
the point now where we must
put away our playthings and
concentrate on the Job at hand.
Sacrifice? Lord, yes! One at
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has worked here since, except
Tor three years when he spent
two years If. the Marines and
one year working in New Mexi-
co. MIR. Williams was one of the
six remaining employees that
started when Asberry was super
lntendent or before. The others
are Mr.. and Mrs. James Sloan.
Mrs. Mary Mclean, who will re-
tire soon, Mrs. Vance Rogers, MI.
Rennick and Mr.. Lewis.
Mrs. Williams will remain on
the ranch for a month to get
the crop in then will move to
Hardin.
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CROW AGENCY

The sincere sympathy Of Crow
Agency friends Is extended to
Mrs. James J. Sloan In the loss
of her father, Mr. w. H. Gum,
who passed away at the family
home in Moberly. Mo-, on Sep
TENDER "a. Burial took place on
Sunday, September 26.
Mrs. Sloan recently returned
from Moberly where she spent
two weeks visiting with her ia
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laws shall b enacted By repre-
sentatives Of the people. and that
all sides have . hearing. But laws
enacted by bureaucrats are fash.
toned behind closed doors. The real
author 10 not known to the people.
He 10 appointed. not elected. Gen.
orally the nrst the public knows
Of his directives Is when they are
proclaimed. The law. once thus
announced. u subject to frequent
and sometimes capricious amend.
ment. The bureau enacts It, en-.
forces It and sits As Judge in in.
%terpreting It. Most Of these i'm.
perial bureaus are provided with
tribunals equipped as courts and
recognize q multitudinous bar
which practices before them.
It Is not easy to get a law passed
by Congress. But the bureaucrat
can toss of q directive while you
wait. The very facility with which
he legislates encourages the multi
plicity Of laws. The fact that he
does not have to face q constit.
uency makes him irresponsible to
tho people in the performance Of
this. the highest function Of sov.
ereignty.
The promoters Of Capitalization
are more and more resorting to the
exercise Of another unlimited
power against which no constitu.
tional barrier will ever stand: the
control Of the purse strings. BY
making the units Of state govern.
ment financially dependent on the
federal government. that govern
ment Is acquiring the power to
control the units Of state govern
ment. When this Is fully consum'
mated, the sovereignty OF the state
governments will be liquidated.
This Job will have been done
with money sent by Washington in
the form Of loans and gifts to
states, towns, school districts. in
dividual citizens. This money has
served to attach all these inter-
ests directly to the central gov
eminent and make them subject to
its power.
But we are approaching the day
of reckoning. Up to now Wash.
ington has been borrowing money
and scattering 1t among the states.
I do not refer to war activities but
to ordinary current government
activities. The federal government.
long before the preparation for
this war, was mortgaging the tax.
paying ability Of future genera
tons to pay current expenses. The
taxes to service these vast fed
eral operations and pay the In
terest on the debt must come out
Of the same pockets from which
the states and cities must collect
their funds. The federal govern
ment has first call on these funds.
We are therefore moving rapidly
toward q condition where there
will not be enough left to run the
states.
In weakening the states We
weaken the whole fabric of free
government. The unacceptable price
Of free government is that we ex.
ercise it. The most destructive
force in the world is nonuse. II
we do not use u powers Of self
government in the states we will
awake one day to find that self
from The Readers Dige'
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Don't Blame the Bureaucrat!

government has passed irrevocably
out Of our hands.
Government IL exercised best In
the local community. There the
problems are perceived with:
greater clarity because they are
close to the people and on . scale
within their grasp. The self-re-
lance Of the individual. town and
state 10 being destroyed a. they
are being relieved Of the necessity
Of governing themselves. When
people stop thinking for them
selves there is always someone
willing to step forward and do
their thinking for them.
What shall We do about It?
Change bureaucrats? Consolidate.
bureaus? Abolish bureaus and turn;
the whole intolerable load back to.
Congress? None Of these make
shifts touches the real problem.
It is folly to talk about abolishing
bureaus as long as we continue to-
pile on the central government
the problem Of every state and
town and social group in the ma.
ton. The men who are trying to
drive US toward government by
bureaucracy understand this. The
chief adviser of the National Re-
sources Planning Board. recently
abolished by Congress, prophesies
crisply:
Congress will surrender to the
Administration the power to tax.
-. Congress will appropriate
huge sums of money: will sur
render its power Of directing
when and how the money will
be spent.
Other extraordinary powers,
such as to effect great social re-
forms. will be delegated to the
Administration, which will retain
most, II not all, of its wartime
powers.
This Is precisely the bureau,
cratic control we will have II we
persist in making Washington the
guide, philosopher. big brother,
supervisor and master OF every &C.
tivity within our borders. The rem
edy-and the only remedy-is to
send all these nonfederal func-
tions back where they belong: to
the states and the local communi-
ties. where they car be handled
upon q scale within the compre-
hension Of the limited mind of
man.
Strangely, those in Washington
who fight for this new bureau
cratic central control call them
selves progressives and those who
oppose them are branded as reac-
tionaries. Such is the power Of
labels. We r grasping at ancient
evils, and call them progress.
This disease has been most de-
vastating in Germany. In Imperial
Germany men already talked Of
the tyranny Of bureaucracy" The
republican government which sue.
ceeded the Kaiser greatly ex.
banded 1t. It reached its full
flower under Hitler. Indeed. Ma
tional Socialism may be described
as government by bureaucracy. II
we think Hitler's system is better
than ours we should have the hon
esty to say SO instead Of copying
while we denounce 1t.
The states must resume the
status of responsible sovereign
agencies Of general government or
democracy cannot live in America.
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