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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-06
HerOism Wins Medals For Two
DARK CLOUDS

attitude toward one-tenth OF the
nation? Has Manpower Commission
er McNutt been reached or pres
sured by men in high places? And
why hasn't he come out with
fortnight statement giving his
reasons for calling off the hearings?
What is President Roosevelt. who
IS considered a friend OF the Negro,
going to do at the showdown?
The turn OF events will answer
these questions within few weeks,
It>does seem that somebody not
on our side holds ar ace. for OBJ
viously the railroads tlatfootedly
refuse TO be embarrassed" by the
race question. Maybe this also en-
barrasses McNutt. who on several
occasions has been loud in his de-
mands for fair play for the colored
worker. but who now seems 10
iremble at the very thought OF
meeting one OF our committees. II
must be remembered that McNutt's
ideas on the manpower question
were certainly not popular among
indus;rialiSts prior TO his appoint
ment as commissioner. Is i; likely
that this race situation as /; re-
lates 10 the cancelled railroad hear
ings has put him in the middle"
Certainly he does not fee very
comfortable under the heat" turned
on him by the Negro and his liberal
friends. for he certainly acts as if
his hands are tied both ways.
New York paper recently re-
ported the resignation OF Judge
HASTE from his post on Negro affairs
in the War department Add this
10 the McNu;t affair and what do
we get? While Negroes are exclsim-
ing, This is our time" dark clouds
gather on democracys' horizon.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-06
SEEK MORE men
FOR ARMY and
WAR INDUSTRY
Agriculture Will Ais O
Open New Avenues
Of Employment

The Government must fnd new
sources of msnpower to meet the
needs OF the armed forces, agricul-
;ure and the war industries. Mil
lions OF people now in civilian pur-
suits must take war jobs tkis year.
if the production goals set by the
President are to be reached There
never was a time in the history OF
this country when there was a big
ger demand for labor men and
women. old and young, and even
the physically handicapped. II you
can do Anything. you can get a job
today.
II is becoming increasingly recog-
nized in -this-eeuntry that Negroes
comprise an important source OF the
additional msnpower needed. This
is especially true OF Negro women.
Women who have never worked be-
fore or others who have been doing
domestic work now have an oppor-
iunity 10 get into war work al much
higher rates OF pay.
Some have hesitated about taking
war jobs because they are unskilled
or lack experience This objection
is being remedied through the NYA
War Production Courses and other
war training classes. Anyone may
qualify for a war job or training
by registering with the United
States Employment Service in their
local district.
USES Greatest Agency
To promote hiring OF additional
war workers. the government made
the Y. s. Employment Service TO
the worlds greatest employment
agency. There are no fees. no fsv-
or.,es and these offices know what
war Jobs are open and where you
can get free training Enroll al the
United States Employment Ser
vices branch Office in your district.
IL you are unemployed or IL you are
in non-essentisl civilian Job.
In addition 10 the USES. a Man
power Field Information Organiza.
ton IS now being developed II is
expected that there will be at least
one full-time man in each OF the
~ War Msnpower Districts OF the
country In most states; these men
will be sided by State information
men attached 10 tie USES
Jobs are not only being made IN
creaslngly available 10 Negroes who
want 10 work but more colOred
workers are being given opportun-
i;y to increase their sklls. BY taxi
ing a war job now. they will be
doing a patriotic service for their
country. as we'll as helping them
selves. They will be fighting side
by side with the soldiers in the
field when they join the war pro-
ducion army.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-06
Washingtonian
Promoted To A
First Sergeant

CAMP LEE. Va. Douglas II.
Williams was recently promoted 20
the grade of first sergeant in Quar-
termaster Detachment No. Of the
1851, Service Unit. The new top
kick was formerly clerk in the De-
tachment Headquarters with the
grade OF staff sergeant
Sergeant Williams entered the
service in February, 1912, at Fort
George E. Meade. Md. Since COM
ing to this post he has been very
active in enlisted men activities.
The new "A year old hrst sergeant
Is the SON Of Mr.. and Mrs. James H.
Williams Of 3SS St s. <. Washing
ton. d C Before entering the
Army he was store manager In his
native city.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-06

name has been identified with prac-
tically every liberal and progress
sive movement In the world. and
because OF his progressiveness. he
has been condemned at times by
his own people. He has fought the
battles OF the oppressed IN this and
other countries. but his greatest
blow 10 white supremacy and jim
crowism was dealt at a concer; in
Kansas City when he stopped in the
middle OF performance TO de-
nounce segregation OF Negroes who
had paid to lear him sing. He was
great football plsyer-he is a
great singer. but as champion Of
the rights OF ALL pcople-he Is
even greater.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-06

Sgt. Obie Layton. attached to the
u. S. Army Air Corps battalion
at Greenville. S. c., formerly one
of Detroit's outstanding profess
sional baseball players and bowl
ers, is visiting his charming wife
and son at their apartment on
Abbott avenue. Sergeant and
Mrs. Layton, the former Eloise
Smith. have Just fnrpshed wind
ing up a whirlwind week of vari-
Gus entertainment by some of
their numerous friends. What
with making the rounds of sew
eral night clubs. a Dutch treat
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Matthew Stamper of Abbott
avenue; buffet supper at the
home of Miss Zoe Young Of
Owen avenue; luncheon at Miss
Thelma Wells; dinner at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Adams of Hazlett avenue; cock
tails at the Liston Hodges and
finally a family reunion at the
home of his uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. Ransom McAfee of
Hancock.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-06
White Bus Driver H ED
When Negro Victim Dies

MEMPHIS. - CAMP - Aubrey
Num- Benhsm, white, 30. driver o.
Navy bus. was held and charged
with reckless driving when Dan
Beattie, 40. was struck and died q
few moments later at John CASTOR
hospital.
Police Sergeant Laurent said
Benham would be charged with
reckless driving.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-09
u Relations with Italians Anger French i'm n Africa
French Ask Why We Treot
the Italians Almost as Allies
Americans Requisiton Schools
In AIeier for Office Space

the comfort and power they are
used TO- And they have been
badly diScomforted by our pres
euce.
Take requisitioning alone We
have requiSitioned most of the
transportation system, the cap
ital machinery. and hundreds
Of the best office and apart
mcnl b uild IN 6 Rightly or
wrongly, the groS colons resent
IL.
The question Of requisition-
ing, incidentally, has repercus-
sionS on a lower social level
among the working classes who
were friendly TO the Americans
long after the gros colons Be
cause schools make ideal office
buildings, we have requisition-
ed many. if not most, OF the
schools of Algiers. In one work
ing class district, for example,
one school which had 600 stu
dents aren't going 10 be able TO
60 to school this year Their par
ents can't be expected TO like It.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-09
Students CIothe
Fighting Men
RosevilIe lnougurotes
Unique Wor-Aid Plan

ROSEVILLE --- In keeping
with the second anniversary of
Pearl Harbor the Student Coun-
Gil Of the Roseville High School
Is sponsoring concentrated
drive for the sale Of additional
war bonds and stamps.
Ii year the council con
Quoted a campaign for the pur-
chase Of jeeps and they were
able TO purchase four in few
weeks time. This year they are
attempting to see how many sol
diers they can completely clothe
with summer and winter uni
forms
A large poster on which has
been drawn the outline of sew
eral soldiers is now posted on
the bulletin board As the pur-
chases of war bonds and stamps
warrant it each soldier is painted
in completely clothed. Since the
figures estimate that the cost Of
clothing a soldier is about $3.50,
the high school will try TO clothe
at least two each week with
their purchases
Last week the school Com
pleted about one and a half sol
dierS and the council looks for A.
real buying spree after Pearl
Harbor Day.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-09
BY TOM WOLF
MA staff Correspondent

ALGIERS -- There are two
outstanding aspects 10 Ameri-
ca s first year on liberated for
cign soil.
The first is the complete mill
tsry success in North Africt
The second is that the Fran
co-Americsn honeymoon is over
in North Africa This does not
imply that divorce is imminent,
or even in the offing BIT there
have been increasing frictlons,
mistrusts From the point Of
view Of international relations,
on the man-on-the-street level,
this year has not been sue
cess
The undercurrent Of friction
between the French and the
A orleans is not steady
stream. Ii rises and falls in
waves. but after a peak It never
quite subsidies 10 lis original
level A higher residue Of mis-
understanding remains.
FRENCH REMEMBER STAB"
The present wave, which is
rising, concerns Americas atti-
tude toward, and treatment of,
the Italians.
The French feel that they
have suffered greatly al the
hands Of the Italians. Was II not,
They ask. your own President
Roosevelt who allie d ltaly's
declaration of war on France a
stab in the back D.? How then,
they wonder. can America treat
the defeated Italians almost as
allies
Justified or not, French re-
sentiment runs very sire n &
against what seems TO them to be
preferential treatment of the
Italians by America.
To understand Franco-Ameri-
can relations here it's necessary
10 consider a few basic facts. In
the first place, French North
Africa bears the same relation
ship 10 continental France as
does. say. Trinidad TO England,
II is baSically colonial (eVen
though Algeria is A department
OF metropolitan France)-mean-
ing that a white m n or y,
through military and economic
power, forces the Arab and Ne
gro majority 10 do its bidding
II is. in effect, essentially fas-
cist-type state.
The gros colons (big colon
ists) had far better time be-
fore the Allied landings. There
were then no foreign troops on
North African soil The Ger
mans very kindly bought up
every available drop OF wine.
The Americans have b GU G h I
practically none for export. The
gros colons are less well off eco
nofnicallN than before the land
ings.
BIG SHOTS RESENT Us
All over Algiers there are
signs proclaiming Only one
goal victory But the gros
cnlnrr, cal IL nnt NictnrN but
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-09
Memphis

Mr. and Mrs Roy Mitchell
and family have moved to De-
troit, where he has been en-
ployed for number OF years.
The regular meeting Of the
Tuesday bridge club was held
in the home of Mrs. Chester
Shirley. Honors i'm bridg were
won by Mrs. F. G. Coburn, Mrs.
A G.. Taylor. Mrs. Laura Doug
las, and Mrs Fred Denote.
Mrs. Charles Davidson received
the guest prize. Luncheon was
served
Ross Keenan, has returned
fr ON huntin5 trip in the
Upper Peninsula Mrs keenan,
visited relatives in Detroit dur
ing his absence.
The regular Christmas party
of the Memphis study Club was
held Monday night in the home
of Mrs. Leighton Terwilliger. A
cooperative dinner was served
al seven. preceding the program,
Members responded TO roll call
by telling OF famous cathedrals
Gifts were exchanged.
The women Of the Methodist
church will entertain at tea
Wednesday afternoon in the
church parlors Hostesses will
be Mrs. Walter Wallis. Mrs.
Ashley Smith. and Mrs. Eliza
beth II. -ges The program will
b in charge Of Mrs. Ross Kee-
nan II will be appropriate TO
the Christmas season. There will
be an exchange of gifts.
Paleodictyoptera, one Of the
first creatures on earth to fly,
had six wings.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-09

Paleodictyoptera, one Of the
first creatures on earth to fly,
had six wings.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-09
BIG SHOTS RESENT US

All over Algiers there are
signs proclaiming Only one
goal victory - But the gros
colons' goal is not victory, but
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-09

Mr. and Mrs Roy Mitchell
and family have moved to De-
troit, where he has been en-
ployed for a number OF years.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-03
ELECTRICAL CODE
FINALLY ADOPTED
Several Features, Pre-
viOusly Protested, Win
Aldermen's Sanction

The new electrical ordinance con-
trolling installation, maintenance
and repair of installations in this
city was adopted by the board of
aldermen last night. The stipulation
which was strongly objected to re-
Gently. was passed without any
trouble when clause was added
providing for annual blanket licens-
ing of electrical firms employing one
or more electricians. This law does
away with the necessity for master
electricians applying for individual
permits.
The ordinance also permits the
electrical inspector to investigate
installations and repair work In all
factories-which he was not allowed
to do previously.
Upon recommendation Of the land
committee, the board of aldermen
accepted the bid of $1,000 made by
Thomas S. Smith. general secretary
of Waterbury, YMCA, which has
purchased for him the city owned
house he resides in at II Park
road. His bid was the highest Of
four.
The board also sold lots 340-343
on the map of Ardmore to Edward
Copes for $3.50.
1t voted to change from ozne B
70 Zone c the property at 80 Chest
nut avenue, and set hearing for
Aug. 20 at 7:30 for the requested
change of property on Cooke street
from Zone A to Zone B, a request
previously turned down.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-03
NAMES PROPOSED
FOR CITY STADIUM
Veterans Field, Vincent
SculIy Memorial Stadium
Suggested By Groups

The board of aldermen named
upon the recommendation of Rev.
Patrick w. Flynn of Highland
avenue, Vincent Mature of 1854
Russell street, and Joseph MARITIME
of 176 Charles street, constables for
the purpose of providing protection
for the parish grounds of Our Lady
of Mount Carmel church.
A committee of the aldermanic
board was referred by the parks
board to the request of Corp. Coyle
American Legion post that Munich
pal stadium be named after the late
Mayor Vincent A. Scully.
Several servicemens groups are
on record as favoring Veterans field
as the official name of the stadium.
This title was suggested when
Mayor Scully was alive and ex-
tremely active in veterans affairs.
1t was proposed before the United
States became actively involved in
the World War. With 5000 Water
buu boys to be veterans in the
future, the agitation is being re-
Vived.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-03
HERKIMER STREET
DRIVER ARRESTED

William Brown, is, of Al Herkim-
er street, this city, was ordered to
appear at Bristol police headquart-
ers Wednesday of this week to an
swer motor vehicle violation
charge after being arrested in the
Bell Town last evening following a
minor auto accident in which the
driver of the other car, Guy E. Bag
ley, SO, of Pennington, was treated
at the Bristol Hospital for minor
injuries. Bagley was also summoned
to court on similar charge and
will appear the same day with
Brown.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-03
WORKERS

You may have to wait with the
rest. But when your tu.n comes
at AntGine's or Broussard's, Ar
nauds or La Louisiana, you will
find that the Creole tradition Of
good food has risen above ration
ing, shortages, over-demand and all
other incidents of total war.
WAS TOURIST MECCA
Food, service and atmosphere are
as authentic, as carefully controlled
as In the easy-going days when
New Orleans supreme ambition
was to be the nations foremost
tourist mecca, and hustle and bus
tie were just obnoxious damyankee
weaknesses.
This is New Orleans first exper-
fence with a real boom. In 1917-1e
she got much of the backwash but
few of the benefits. Never highly
industrialized, she lacked the know
how OF northern industrial factories
when expansion landed on her last
year. That may be why she met the
crisis so calmly and efflciently-be-
cause she didn't know enough about
what was ahead to get hysterical.
Accustomed to accommodating
Mardi Gras crowds by opening
private homes to the overflow
she did likewise when factory
workers started flooding in.
Because living and eating al
ways have been major activities,
good housewives never entrusted
them entirely to servants. So
when couples who used to work
for SIS to $40 a week left, be-
cause the husband now can get
$50 in a shipyard. Mother just
moved into the kitchen and life
went on almost as usual.
If you visit New Orleans look
ing for boom-town story, it is
here. But your first impression
will be one of disappointment.
Assuming that you were FORE
handed enough to get a hotel res
ervation In advance. you prob
ably will wander down Royal or
Charities or st. Louis street and
say to yourself:
why, New Orleans hasn't
changed bit. It's the same pic
turesque old town it was before
the war"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-03

lest thing on her mind was the dan
ger of chipping her finger-nail
polish.
1t is nothing notable that New
Orleans is a boom city, since the
same thing Is true of every con-
sequential community in the coun-
try. She had added 100000 in three
years to her half-million popula-
ton; but there are towns that
have sextupled in that same period
She has dozens of new industries,
but so have most large cities.
TAKE BOOM IN STRIDE
The noteworthy thing is that
through some sort of feminine
intuition, without the slightest ex-
perience in this sort of thing, New
Orleans has managed absorb the
war boom without permitting it to
besmirch her charm as one of the
few American cities possessed of as
really unique personality.
The shores of Lake Pontchart-
rain are on armed camp. On the
streets, particularly from Canal
north through the famous old
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-03
NEED MORE FUNDS
FOR FAIRGROUNDS

If $500 is not transferred by
the finance board for the benefit Of
the park department, the parks
board will have to close down the
Fairgrounds within two weeks, 1t was
disclosed today. The demand is
caused by the increased presence of
children Of war workers, 1t was
pointed out
No extra funds exist In the park
department from which transfers
can be made, and no transfers can
be issued from other sources until
after Sept. l, otherwise the park
department will stop all activity un-
I'll that amount is guaranteed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-03
VIZ TRAINEES
TO GET $4,000

New Haven, Aug. 3-Approximate-
ly $4,000 will be distributed this
week to 1900 V-78 Navy trainees at
Yale University who are drawing
their first pay as members of the
armed forces. The trainees reported
in New Haven July /.
Payment will be made in the COM
mon rooms OF each of the four COL
leges to which the Navy trainees
are assigned, with Ensign Elizabeth
Rinehart of the WAVES, as disburs-
ing officer, assisted by Storekeeper
First Class Leonard Altimari. The
trainees are paid at the rate of $50
per month.
The 300 Marine Corps trainees
will receive their first pay Thursday
night from their commanding OFF,
Ger, Major Thomas J. Cross.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-03

French Quarter, there are more
men in uniform than in multi
Huge new industries - Andrew
Jackson Higgins mushrooming en-
terprises, the Delta shipyard, Con-
solidated's new plane plant and
others make ever increasing de-
mands upon sadly depleted labor
supply. Immigrant workers have
brought on housing shortage.
All the constituents of confusion,
disorder, discomfort are present.
Yet underneath, miraculously, the
current of placid, cosmopolitan
good living seems to flow almost un-
disturbed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-03
1OSO-WTIC-2SS

3:oO-The Story of Mary Marlin
3:15-Ma Perkins
3:30--Pepper Young's Family
3;45-The Right TO Happiness
fredericksburg Wife
4:15-Stella Dallas
4:30-LorenZo Jones
4:45-Young Wilder Brown
5;00--When A Girl Marries
5:15-Portia Faces Life
5:30-Just Plain Bill
5:45-Front Page Farrell
6:00--News
6:.5-Submarine Patrol
6:3O-Strictly Sports
6:45-Lowell Thomas. commentator
7:00--Fred Warning in Pleasure
Time with Victory Tunes
7:15 News of the World
7:30--Salute to Youth
8:00--Johnny Presents
8:30-Horace Heidts Treasure
Chest
9:OO-Battle of the Seeks
9:30--Johnny Nesbitt's Passing
Parade
10:00-Johnny MERGERS Music Shop
0:30-Beat the Band
II 00-News
11:15-Harkness of Washington
1:30-Polish Orch.
12:0G-News
12:05-Roy Shields Orch.
12:55-News
Total valuation of farm land and
farm buildings in the United States
has been estimated at $4,000, 900, =
600. n
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-03

Lester " Lonergan intimately known as Gus
the sporting clement being doomed for the post of
athletic director at Wildly High school, succeeding Jimmy
Lee who has been given the same assignment at Crosby
Gus is graduate of the Grove Street institution and
ST. Bonaventure College, For many years he has been
a basketball referee and last winter unanimously
elected president OF the New Haven County Board of
Approved Basketball Officials He knows his sports
inside out and knows how to handle growing youngsters
with the fneSSe of veteran mentor
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-03

Mardi Gras, Of course, has been
suspended for the duration. The
city auditorium, where Rex and
his Queen used to be crowned,
now serves as barracks for SOL
diers. The projected Pan-American
Fiesta, which was to HAYS been a
sim tropical Worlds Fair, has been
postponed until peace returns.
The famous restaurants in the
Vieux Care are besieged by GUS
toners waiting their turns to or
der oysters Rockefeller, Shrimp
Remoulde or Creole, Poulet
Rochambeau, Cafe Brulot Dia-
bOliuue,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-03
Good Evening.
RATHER POINTED

Now I lay me down to Sleep
NV points keep passing like so many sheep.
So many for butter, many for meat,
Today we pay down to the last beet.
We handle lettuce with loving care
Look over the ration books to see how we fare
Then on to the pocket book we dig,
We wouldn't waste even a parsley sprig.
There's no bunch OF greens too mean to cook,
We daily delve into the recipe book.
Sugar butter coffee, meat,
These STATS of life such treat
Now lay me down to sleep,
NV points keep passing like so many sheep.
So much for sugar. much for cheese,
Out we hand them in tWos and threes.
II I should lose them before l wake,
Gone will be my last chances for steak
Peas and beans, chopped beef and corn
Was there ever such gongs-o since you were born!
EN- EN-