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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
By BREwN EVERETT MOORE
For AMP

SOMEWHERE IN lRAN-(ANP)
Well have been here for quite
few months now in the land OF
Iran. and after overcoming the as
founding horrors OF this place and
tie people living here. finally
have summoned up enough cour-
age TO write a description OF il
Iran. you recall, used 10 be named
Persia
Perhaps il had known before.
hand where was headed when
left the States, would have en-
tertaned some glorious hopes OF
the land that I was 10 see How
ever, since | did not know, I sup.
pose il is better because there was
no dream 10 be shattered
To say Persia 10 me sometime
ago would have been like saying
"a place OF enchan,ment," but such
is not the case To begin with this
country is going through a panic
OF hunger and terrible hardship OF
every kind. Food is the most val
liable thing 10 be had. II IS a tough
proposition 10 keep natives out OF
the garbage cans 10 which they 60
20 &c, food discarded by the troops
Their houses, il may call them
such. are built OF straw. mud mixed
with grass There is nothing 20
remind one Of the glory which was
once Persias Gone are the spa
cious villas gone are the grea.
Persian s;eeds and seemingly Is
gone the spirit OF the native Per-
SIAN
The cities which I have tad tho
privilege Of visiting are filthy and
uns.ghNy and they smell 20 the
high heavens. Everywhere one goes
there is Ike ever present beggar.
and speaking Of besgars. one never
realized the many unsi Chilly distor-
tons OF the human anatomy until
he sees the beggars OF the middle
east II seems 10 be an art with
them.
You can imagine my surprise
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
COMMUNISTS
ALSO ATTACKED
BY POLL TAxER
Says Communists U S e
The Negro AS A
Front

WASHINGTON CAMP - Con-
gresham John E. Rankin OF Miss
issippi who needs no introduction.
slurred and slandered Negroes, Jews
and Communists last Thursday on
the floor Of congress. and cried like
a baby, figuratively, for the suffer.
ing OF gentle mothers and fathers
whose IONS are on far-flung battle
fields OF the world in the name of
democracy.
He was given an hour in which
to carry out the attack which
started as a personal protest to re-
marks which he attributed 10 Rep.
Emanuel Collier who two weeks ago
he sarcastically referred to as the
Jewish gentleman from New
York" This time he called Collier
4 "scavenger' and accused him of
smearing him LRankin). a good.
American patriot.
Rankin blamed the Communists
for using the Negro as a front for
all that is insidious. and OF trying
70 foment racial strife in the South
and in Washington in particular.
The Mississippiian said there are
only four solutions to the Negro
question. "One Of them is extermi-
nation" he declared. NO man
would think of that. Another one
is deportation. which is impossible.
especially at this time. Another
one would be amalgamation, which
would destroy the white mans civ
ilization, and the Negroes too. You
go to these countries that have
\ amalgamated svsskh Aaxnzn ma ths,
60 down. They fail TO propagat
and the civilization disappears"
| Segregation is the way he woult
solve the matter. Through segrega
ton, he stated. the Negro will hav,
a better time. and you will too.
/ He added 1T has been said that WI
mistreat them at home. That is al
false; the Negro has better time
waere / live than he does in Wash.
ington, because he behaves 'himseli
and gets protection. We see tha
he is not disturbed.
Now they live in peace dowr
there. They are living in har.
mony, and yet those communistiC
agitators are doing everything they
can to stir up this trouble for them
and for us.
Throughout the World War. and
today in tais war. my own people
are on every front in the world
lighting for what? To preserve this
republic. 10 preserve our form OF
government and our way o. life
and no scavenger is going TO ge,
up on this floor and smear me OF
any other patriotic Americans from
now on if can help it,"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
JOINED ALLIES
after march
TO LAKE Chad
Governor Describes HI / S
Work In Equatorial
French Africa

BRAZZAVILLE. French Equa-
torial Africa-(ANP) In a state
ment issued 20 the Associated Ne
gro Press last February but Just
now made public. Gov General
Felix Eboue, wko is governor SER
eral OF French Equatorial Africa.
which includes the territory of
Chad. Ubangr-Chart. Gabon and he
Middle Congo. an area larger .can
he United States. gives some iiea
OF his duties and his aims, One
should keep in mind. that the Free
French. army which mas marched
Up from Lake Chad 10 the aid Of
ne American forces and the Bril-
'.sh Eighth army and which is dis
;inguishing itself now in Tunsia, is
95 per cen, black and tina, in one
# the greatest military marches in
modern warfare il left Lake Chad
and MARCHED 10 conquer an italian
army and then to join the allies
N distant North Africa. ~.
From the purely military point
~ view" said Governor Ebou
Chad IS the key to all OF French
Equatorial Africa In actualty il
IS from this colony that the troops
left TO conquer Italian Fezzan. un-
der TIE command OF General Le-
clerc. General Leclerer is white)
Projects OF routes" continued
Governor Eboue, ARE being studied
az the moment in order to facilitate
travel throughout French Equa-
torial Africa Beyond the above
projected routes, there is one ex-
;remely modern one. Pointe- Noire."
Since this time American troops
have arrived in Brazzaville and
have traversed these roads Of which
Governor Eboue speaks and have
made use of the air fields which
he Helped build throughout the
country
Il believe you will be interested
20 know" the governor continued.
that I am also interested in the
organization and stimulation Of the
intellectual, manual, professional
and sport life OF the natives Of the
country. Another great effort is
being made in native music. We
seek to arrange its Interpretation
and have made some strides thanks
10 the jealous cooperation OF Mr..
and Mrs. Pepper, two young French
people who escaped from Vichy.
trxsnee. ana came 10 ioin M here.
Governor Eooue, native o,
French Guiana, OF South America
was selected when a boy for train
ing. Educated in the finest French
schools and directed into colonia
administration, he became after
! distinguished career governor o
Martinique where he served a mum
be. OF years. He has received man,
distinctions at the hands of France
Intensely loyal to Gen. Charle
DeGaulle. his attitude has a dea
TO do with the care with which po
litical questions are being handled
in North Africa. II is not too much
10 say that the only real army
which General DeGaulle has is 'hi:
black army from Eboue's country
: but il is a powerful factor. Gov
Eboue became we'll acquainted with
AMP while he was governor oil
Martinique.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24

each specialist in some field They
instruct soldiers and civilians IN
engine repair. propeller care. and IN
every phase Of MAINTENANCE There
are a number Of white instructors
and all VI the supervisors are white
Normally the classes under each
instructor range from five 10 ten
as the teaching is highly individual.
lied Treatment has been excellent.
The men stationed here received
their original training At Chanute
Field. Ill Several here were sta.
toned briefly in Mississippi TAose
who were al Gulfport report that
they received every courtesy there
until their presence became . pobt,
teal issue and the governor " the
state protested Negroes teaching
white soldiers IN that state.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
8 WAACs To Motor
Transport School

er selection and training. and road
maps. convoy. which includes night
aid black0u. operations; and the
administrative sections which in
c,udc drills and ceremonies. per-
sonsl inspec lions. and clearance and
departure.
TIE women were selected for this
'9eciaAs; course immediately after
completing bssle training here.
They are: Naomi z Harris Rita
v. White, OF the District OF CO.
Mmbia: Kansas: Geraldine l. Flem-
ming Pratt. Louisiana; Msude b.
Johnson. New Orleans: New Jer-
.ey: verns L Noylus. Hopewell.
New York Gertrude W. Martin. %
Brooklyn. Texas: Lena VI Dudley.
benson
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
Four NOn-COms Leaders
At Stuttgart Air Field

STUGGART, ARK - mp -Four
non-commiSSioned officers arc lead.
ers Of the 3l5th Aviation squadron
on tho Stuttgart army air field.
Staff Sgt Garrett Taylor is ably
assisted by Sgt Wsllie Officer. Nc.
Mnnville. Tenn Sgt Samuel La
Brit, Houston. and Corp Perry A.
Green. OF Memphis. These men COM
prise the STAFF hat runs the orderly
room.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24

FORT DIES MONIES. Ia-CANPl
E shi NeGro members OF tae
w5men's Army aUx,.sry corps
have been selected Tor training in
he m5.or transport school here
Tae purpose Of TIE course Is 20
prov So trained drivers FOR min.
'ary..ype motor yeh.cles Those
driver, are trained 10 care for me
veaicleS as well as 10 operate them
under difficult conditions
TIE course Of study is divided
80 foIr sections maintenance
Vc.c. Includes cs-e % tools ana
co frert s'5rase sd sn.pmeo'
% yca ccS nd "ouo.e ,.oonn1,
5-ye- trs.r.rA t,' includes hre
4a.e;y sa6 Usa., pcCos-t.onS. dr.s.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
Aviation Instructors
In NC. Doing Fine

GOLDSBORO. NC. amp Al
though tho colored civilian aviation
instructors who were sent To Texas
and Mississippi have been returned
north. those al Seymour Johnson
field here arc getting along well
The more liberal attitude Of North
Carolina may be the reason al
though IT is probable that the fine
character OF the officers an com.
mand has something To- do with il
There are II instructors here.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24

South Carolina. Florida. Mississippi
Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas. and
will address tho con ercncc Of
Deans OF Women IN Negro Colleges
At tho annual meeting in TsllahaS.
see Fla, April % and y.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
BoiangIes' Nephew
At Camp Campbell

CAMP CAMPBELL. Ky The
365ti Engineers General Service
regiment of the second army san
boast the nephew of The famous
tap-danccr. Bill Robinson. amons
.hc numbers Of lis men. -
Tapping the keys o. a typewriter
Us umbly as the tapping fcc' o.
as illastuouS uncle TAP the boa dS
~ the American STAGE Cvrsn'J.
John / Clay s company clcrN .r
The regiment ORDERLY roa"'
Corporal Clay IS native Rep
lcy Tenn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04
Maximum Of as Cents
For Daily 3 Meals

A maximum Of As cents p day
gives each lnternee three squares
daily. Breakfast is served at 40
a. m, lunch at - dinner at $50
Is 80 y. m. Food Is purchased
through the army QuartermaStCr
corps, but all civilian ration rul-
ingS apply 10 the cvacuccS. \
general store run by
the JapS under the supervision Of
WRA agents has a stock Of every
thing from mail order clothes 10
cigarettes and magazines which
are sold at the regular retail
prices, plus taxes.
For all Jobs. with the exception
Of doctors and dentists. the evac-
uees receive So TO SO monthly
The doctors and dentists, etc, get
an additional $3.50 clothes allow
ance. Teachers are about $3.50
Japanese and non-Japtnese. as are
the nurses - because Nof tho few
cvacueeS trained for these duties.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04
Jap Evacuees Living
At Ease7 Not Truel

Complaints of the investigating
senators that the Jap CvacueeS are
living on the fat OF the land and
allowed 10 do as they please is
answered by the War Relocation
Authority with set of facts.
How do the JapS live?
On arrival each evacucc Is given
an army cot, a mattress or straw
tick and two blankets. For families
of five the WRA CentcrS provide
"a living space 20 by 25 feet and
"a heating stove in one Of tho four
.partitioned units in tho regulation
.l00-foot army barracks. The bar
racks are covered with taxpayer
and some have insulating board
The barracks are set up in
blocks Of II. with 4 community
mess hall in each block feeding
from 80 to 800 people army mess
style. A recreation hall also pro-
vides a place for church, school
and meetings of the community
council. a combination bath-houSC
and laundry serves each block Of
IL barracks. There are stall show
ers but no bathtubS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04

Two-thlrds of Uncle Sans
guests are bonafde American
citizens, most of the remainder are
supposedly loyal and ineligible for
military internmcnt.
Within the year, as wards OF the
United States government a hand
full of the thousands have had 10
be turned over. TO the army as
dangerous enemy aliens" The
problem Of keeping the other tens
of thousands content with life
within the guarded gates of 10
relocation centcrs has grown noisy.
Incidents and "demonStra-
tons" have exploded into full-Sizc
riots at several of the centerS and
forced the war relocation author
ity to build an isolation camp in
Utah as well as keep a few places
open at military concentration
camps for incorrigiblc agitators
and proven Axis sympathizers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04
Dies Backed by House Committee;
Plan Law 10 Gust Guilty Aides
Only z Members Oppose Continuing Probe;
Woodruff Assals Paid Radicals War Effort
Nv DAVID SENTNER
p,tro1 TINE. Washington Bureau

communism" declared Woodruff
ON The floor of tho House.
The chairman of the com
mittec revealed that David j.
SapoSS. who was Ousted from
the National Labor Relations
Board n the result of exposures
a. 10 his Communist affiliations,
il now Snugly enSCOnsed In the
War Production Board, labor
division, ut salary of $4,000 n
year.
"Hc also revealed that David
LASER, the eX-head Of the Work
crS Alliance, and eN-preSident
az InterplanetarY Travel Assoc
citation. il now senior econ
onoSt for the War Production
Board AT $1,000 a year.
"Other officials high mp In the
scale who are Out and out Com
munistS were revealed by Com
gresham Dies.
1T il individuals of this char
actcr and connections and phil
oSOphN stuck around everywhere
in the governmental departments
who have caused the American
people Ia he suspicious of the
aims Of n good many of the
burcauCratS.
This constitutes a betrayal
Of our American armed forces
behind the lines. Every earnest
patriotic American will agree
with representative Dies de-
mand that these people he ousted
from the government pay roll"
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SAYS THEY SHIELD NAZIs

Charging that the Dies com
nittce had been shielding pro
Nazi Subversive elements" r. j
Thomas, president of the JAW
Go. today urged a congressional
investigation OF the committee.
Continuance of tho commit
tee would he serious blow To
national unity" Thomas declared
in a telegram 10 key members
of the UnnSe OF Representatives.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04
cy and the American way -.

but plenty to do in the line of
hauling garbage. clearing some
wild reaches of the West of
Sagebrush, boulders and Stubble
building barracks, roads and wind
breaks; cooking, hauling coal,
supplies and unloading freight;
irrigating, cultivating the soil,
herding cattle. harvesting and
planting; furniture making, repair
and hardware work, and most OF
all types of employment TO be
found in any raw western COM
immunity.
Women, as well as men. work
in the fields, and most OF the
So-called white collar jobs" are
reserved for the Japanese girls.
The older folks concentrate on
furniture making and putting to-
gether other household goods.
Tomorrow More about our
problem" gueas.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04
Schools in Barracks
or Recreation Hall

Military base hospitals with 200
beds 10 each 10000 and a staff ol
doctors. some japanese. Caucasian,
Negro and white nurses take care
Of tho rather constant medical
needs of the intcrnccS.
An elementary and high school
in accordance with state standards
is set mp in barracks or recre-
alton hall e each camp.
Within nj WRA book OF rules
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04

able 10 work, WRA reports. are
going in heavily for English classes
taught by fellow internees.
The government of all camps,
set up within the WRA frame
work, is similar to- that of a city.
Each block of barracks elects a
representative to the camp council
and only the Nesei" (American
born and United States citiZens)
are eligible. Every one over Is is
entitled TO vote.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04

WASHINGTON. Feb. a. The
denunciation OF irresponsible un-
Representative. Crackpot ana
radical burcaucratS' iu the adj
ministration by Rep Martin Dies
Cd Of Texas. today won dynamic
approval on both sides OF The
House.
A Demotr4tlo-ooptro!ied House
rules committee voted fahorabIy
FOR the continuance OF The SPECIAL
committee 10 invcstiEa &c IN
American activities Only two
votes were cast against the rcSo-
luton to extend the DIc> com
mittee another two years and its
passage by the House was cN-
pected before next week,
Dies pointed out that Nazi ac-
tivities have been investigated as
widely as communism.
HE WOULD FIRE EN-
Rem. Joe HcndrickS I'D. Florida.
OF the House appropriations COM
mittee. planned 10 propose an
amendment 10 all forthcoming APP
preparation bills, whereby the
names Of "totalitarian buSeau-
Gratis listed by Dies before the
House would be stricken off the
government pay roll,1l the charges
were supported.
In applauding Dies for revealing
'fhis sort of Influence in the gov
eminent which must be rooted
out" Rep, Roy O. Woodruff RI
Michigan. asserted the Dies com
Inittee had again rendered a
signal service 10 the nation
"COngression Dies listed 3a
important executives i'm different
departments of the government
and proved their connection
with eemmanistie organizations
which have advocated the over
throw of our free constitutional
representative system of govern
ment and the substitution of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04
Offer Only Few Jobs
for White Collars

During the day the evacuees
can 60 anywhere within the camp
area but after dark they must
remain in the residential area
usually about a mile square.
Their own police patrol the
grounds inside the gates while
NJ. P.'s watch the boundaries.
There are few white collar jobs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04
College Head Sentenced

TOLEDO, Feb. q QNS).-Wal.
ter S. Fitzpatrick, ,9-year-old
president of Cedarville co. Col
lege and once a favored candidate
for the presidency of Western
Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh.
today was bundled off 10 prison
after pleading guilty to assault
ing a 7-year-old girl. Fitzpatrick
was sentenced to an iEdetermi-
nate term. The maximum is 10
years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04

would a fishing pole when YOU
have bite, and opened uL
l got one directly in the motor.
She swerved away WILDLY and
went into a spin, plunging TO the
earth 10000 feet below.
GETS THE PILOT
The other Zero shot sway,
banked sharply and Strengthened
out 10 fire. AS he did so, let
him have it. l saw the "giecn
house" (canopy covering the
piloD bend and crumple. rhe/
plane tipped under us and spun\
down. Apparently l got the plot.
One of the last important MS
sions was on before coming
back 10 the States was over tie
SolomonS
Our job was 10 turn back
huge japanese convoy OF 43 trooo
ships bringing down fresh soldier
to try 10 run us out OF Guadal
canal The ships were concen-
traleC in Tondelayo Harbor
We made four big raids on
them on successive nights. all by
moonlight We sank seven ships
and damaged others.
My own crew is credited with
one sinking and the disabling OF
the widely publicized new type
Jap hattleship" discovered there
in the harbor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04
GIANT CONVOY FERN.

LONDON, Feb. 4 GNS).-
Seventy-five merchant ships and
three troop transports are as
sembled at Gibraltar ready &c
leave in "a gigantic convoy"
Reuters news agency reported to-
day in Madrid dispatch. The con-
Voy presumably would 60 &c
North Africa TO reinforce United
Nations contingents.
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and regulations, the Japanese are
allowed such civilian freedoms as
freedom Of religion, speech, press
and language,
The older people and those I'M
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04
Canadians
Piling Up
I'm TuniSia

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN .
NORTH AFRICA. Feb. a (INS)
The second contingent of Cana
dian troops has arrived for combat
duty in Tunisia. It was announced
today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04
Bv LEE CARSON

International Service staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb.4.-Playing host to $4,000 Jap
anese with militant discipline in hand and the four
freedoms the other has proved to be Uncle Sans most
trying and paradoxica wartime role to date
Though Japan still holds hundreds of American civilians
in ofttimes foul and always military concentration camps
mstreats and underfeeds hem-and maintains frequently
brutal military guard them-this is America. The
land of the free and Home of liberty.
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-. one of the best advertisement

EDITORS NOTE-This is the first of tco articles
presenting complete picture Of h0lO America rs deaf
ing wih the 10000 Japanese 1rho hare become 7rard&
of the gorcyHHCHt in gigantic mass evacuation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04
Fortress Battle
With 70 zeros
Told BY, Gunner

Continued from Page Seven)
and received orders to remain
there. Our evacuation work, for
which i was awarded the Purple
Heart, together with the rest OF
my crew. was over. But this time
my fever caused me TO walk with
a slight stagger.
I weighed 128 pounds, having
dropped from 159. / recuperated
for a week or so in a town in
southern Australia.
One group was then reformed
For the next nine months the
18th fought all over the southern
Pacific.
PORT MORESBY BASE
My crew few out of Port
Moresby most Of the time, hitting
the JapS daily over New Guinea
the Solomons and Rabaul. l was
in the air for a total of 300 hours
For $50 of these l was under
enemy fire. but many OF my com.
rades have more than that TO their
credit. l have flown, l suppose
about $4,000 miles.
One of the most exciting all
battles l was in came on June 10
We were on a bombing mission
over Rabaul. There were six of US
We never few with fighter escort
and when 20 Zeros came up anC
intercepted us. thought we would
surely get it this time.
What worried me a little wa,
that the ZeroS were coming at Us
in pattern that I had never seer
before. They broke up into forma'
tionS of six. circled out ahead oi
us, then Strengthened out and came
at us at terrific speed, apparently
aiming right at our nose.
TENSION IS GREAT
was in the lead Fortress. grip,
ping my gun. We were all at peak
tension, trying to anticipate by
ispiit seconds what they We're golnl
10 do. Just when il looked like
all six were going 10 crash straight
into us. they split up.
Two of them. flying one on tor
of the other. came in on the right
wing. two more on our left ant
the other two missing our nose
by feet, darted under the ship
turned over on their backs and
flying upside down, came back
over the pouring lead at us
all the time from every conceiv.
able angle.
Bullets ripped into US by The
hundreds. but as the two fyine
head down came back over me.
swung my gun after them. as you
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04

WASHINGTON Fob THE communism" declared Woodruff
observation-disclosures ON floor tho House.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04

Tomorrow More about our
problem" gueas.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-04

International News Service staff Correspondent