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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-21

The Crook Who Was Caught
nv Ghost. He Made the Mis-
take nf Stealing Harp and
Forgetting That the Valuable
Instrument Would BE Followed
by the Spirit Of the Young
Woman Who Played 1t Before
She Died--and After. Read This
Unusual Ghost Story In The
American Weekly, the Magazine
Distributed With This Sundays
Issue of The Detroit Sunday
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-21

I ERE pleasant little game that Will you message
da II numerical puzzle designed to spell
fortune Count the letters hr II the number
subtract u number less than
key number Start at the left
the and check OF key
LEFT right Then read the the letters under
the checked figures give YOU S2t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-16
MEAT SHORTAGE
 HITS NEW YORK
Potatoes Also Scarce as Federal Government
 Gets First Choice

New York, April 16.-tUP)--New York housewives may have to plan many of their meals in the next few weeks without meat and pota" toes, market authorities warned to- day.
 The second meat shortage in less than a month loomed in the New York area despite reduced consumer demand since point rationing was effected. The government bureau of markets reported reduced sup plies of both live animals and dress ed meats throughoutthe eastern sea- board during the past week and said supplies on hand would not be suf- flcient to meet consumer demand.
 Wholesale produce distributors said the shortage in potatoes could not be relieved for at least six weeks when new crop supplies begin to move from growing areas in the west and south. The present supply is being purchased after Army and Navy needs are taken care of from extremley limited offerings in Maine, dealers said.
 Fred H. Vahsling, @ produce op- orator. said his company had closed out its operations in Maine because of new government restrictions. He said there were only three or four thousand carloads of potatoes left in the state and that the federal gov- ernment had first call on them for military needs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-16
High School Musicians
 In Splendid Offering
24th Annual Concert Marked By Excellent Program,
 Presentation of Awards, Certificates
. .nl,no1 !, hnrA A1avnrdnr Inrnnci, lnnrn

bert Alexander, French horn.
 Charles Fadus. Umbert Mattrella, Robert Spellman, trumpet; Walter Mitzkewitch, tuba; Gerald Phillips, vihraharp; William Judd, John Pooirier, drums; Barbara Verchont, Lila Martin, piano.
 Others in the band were: Car melo Magnano. Jack Mattrella, Joseph Bartoletti, Adam Tartaglia, Howard Mcintyre, Irving Goldberg, William Skiff, Joseph Spinnelli Frank DiVito. Anthony Iannacci, clarinet; John Garafalo, Steven Ferrucci. Harry Brinkman, David Ross, trumpet; Leonard Meca string bass; Francis White, bel lyra; John Poirier, William Judd Marshall Shaker, drums.
 officers of the symphony include: President, Joseph Tkacheff; vice. president, Norman Garfield; secre- tary, Nancy Rogers; treasurer Charles Fadus; librarians, John Debellis, Norman Rosenbaum.
 Band officers include; Captain Kenneth Neal: lieutenant, Thais Branch; sergeant, Whitman Moody; manager, Sherman Cohen; quar- termasters, Thomas Laing, John Poirier.
 The cover design for last nights program was designed by mem- berS of the Crosby art department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-16
WOMEN PUSHING BOND CAMP pAICN
lsabelIas in Boston Sell Enough to Outfit Platoon
 of Soldiers

Washington, April l6-UP)-The =rcoId war loan drive was well on the way today to the halfway point e the $lS,000, ,000,O goal which Secretary of Treasuryr EScnry Nor ge9thau, Jr,, intinated yesterday vas no longer the ceiling"
 Morgenthau said subscriptions not get counted would total well over SG o0a, ,000000 but he warned that people should not relax on tlse the orv that the push is ocer,'
 We will take all we can get Sale more the better" he said,
 Only the banks will be held to their $5,O00,OOO, 900 goal and that already is over half subscribed, the treasury said,
 Meanwhile, the nations women were cut selling bonds today to out fit soldiers, sailors and marines, Harriet Elliott chairman Of the WoInen's Division of War Savings, announced that women of 47 sttaeS and the District of Columbia were buying" uniforms and barracks gear for service men by selling bonds to cover the cost of that equipment, Women of the 4Sth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-16

state, Washington, were selling bonds for flying f0rtreSSeS, mine SweeperS, p0nton bridges, paraehuteS and surgical beds,
 Women of HoNStin, Tex, aimed to outfit 1000 sailors of the crew of the new cruiser Houston, Detroit women, organized as gallant laGseS" each pledged to sell $lJ000 of bonds, BoSton'S Daughters of Isabella" a '>atholSe group, sold enough bonds Q outfit a platoon of soldiers in the first fiVe minutes of their drive which was reported ''Still0N>~
 North Carosin&,S s women set a goal of $S60,000 to equip a regiment in l2 days In the District of Columbia. the women expect to sell $4,000, 600 iN bonds, Those of OSase, la, were making theic drive personal, selling bonds ~'to equip a Mitchell (Conntyl boy" Ohio has number of 'N0Nt- fit the outfit" clubs pledged to equip 1000 soldiers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-16

start pushing a string of Hudson's Bay trading posts across the Northwest Passage.
 Past HerSckel Island. pushing east, the round-bottome6 St. Koch got caught in the ice-pack oil the west shore of Victoria
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-16
Mounties Sail Northwest Passage; Go On To Make First Voyage Around Continent

Land, gazing wide-eyed at their wood and metal treasures.
 That spring the Ss. Koch rourd- ed southern Victoria Land, head ing over the sunken hulls of the Franklin Expedition ships which the Eskimos say still can be seen on the floor of the Polar sea when the ice pack parts. Soon the St. Rocln was rnarooned once more, l4O miles north of 0 post which 'Godsell established on King Wil- liam Land, about 26 miles from the Magnetic Pole. There they wintered again.
 Here, amidst prehistoric musk oxen and eternal ice. the Mounties checked clues to Nad espionage. Colin Ross, NaA master spy, had traversed this blizzard -flailed land to the very peak of Bafin Land. Using forged credentials. he had prowled freely, scouting for bases whence to launch all attack on Canada.
 HUsBAND-EATING QUEEN
 Here, too, Captain Larsen was BTSeVSQ Uy AJhAuVdAuAp OAAO PS1VAJ First Lady of the Stone-Age Es- kimos. While her present hus- hand listened proudly, she smil- ingly told of escaping starvation by killing and eating previous husband and two children.
 Here, toward the end of their eleven months pause, Constable "Frenchie' Chartrand succumbed to hardship. They buried him among the snow-covered rocks of Paisley Bay.
 Finally they found a lead - open water through the ice--and noSed into Ponds Inlet at the northern peak of Bafln Land. Mounties and traders hailed them. The St. Koch turned and headed south on the last lap of their west-east voy- age-a lap of 5000 miles between glacial Baffln and Greenland.
 When Nova Scotians met the St. Koch, aware they were witt messing an historic event, Skipper Larsen said they'd simply round- ed out the work of many traders and priests and Mounties who lost their lives blazing trails on the top of North America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-16
By NHA Servlce

Vancouver, B. C., Aril le.-Sea~ going Scarlet Riders of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have bat tered their way across the roof of tae world ia an So~ton patrol boat to make the first weSt~eaSt crossing Cf the fabled Northwest Passage be- tween the pacilie and the Atlantic.
 Now they are sailing oa down and around through the Panama Canal, back to their starting point here.
 They're expected soon = and they will be the first men to cir cumnavigate the continent, North America,
 Their long adventure, which began ln June, let0, and which cost the life of one man, took them over the sunken carcaSses Of lost emplorers' ships, into the smiling presence of the chief lady of the cannihalistie, blNe-eye6, blonde Cagmollock ESkimoS, through the "ice-hell" of two winters in the Graveyard of the Arctic,
 ON WAR SERVICE, TOO
 Mighty remote from the var, you'd say. But it wasn't altogether So. For they combe6 the frozen North Coast by dogteam and snowslloe, probing Eskimo memo ries for traces of suspicious ships, planes, strangers = NaziS vino didn't overlook these untrod- den shores as a possible back dcor entrance to North America,
 At the helm of their patrol ship, St, Koch, was a Danish born skip per, Sergeant Henry Larsen, The route lay past the fog haunted Aleutians already watched by the Japanese, and through the Boring Strait which narrowly separates Alaska and Soviet Russia, They plouehed through the ice-pac& around Point Barrow and pulled into HerSchel's Island harbor,
 There they picked up a cook, Dad Parry, and genial Mountle, Constable ~Frenchle" Claartran6, and headed east over the icy sea- trail blazed by the ouccaGecTiGg Captain Klengenberg who dis covered the Stone Age Es&inaoS,
 After Klengenberg, the explorer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-16
BELONG TO COUNTY

Los Angeles. Cal. (UP)-county Counsel J. A. O'Connog is not en- couraging invention by the county employees while on their jobs. He has ruled that any invention invent ed by 6 county employe during hours of duty belongs to the county and all revenue therefrom must accrue to the latter. An employe of the county health office had asked for the ruling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-16
ROBBED BY TWINS

Los Angeles (uP1-The house of Mrs, Agnes w. Angle was robbed by a pair of identical twins whom she described to the polSee as being quite handsome and wearing poT&-pSe hatS>'' They ranSaekeG the house, after tying Mrs, Angle and her 2-Sear-ol6 granddaughter to chairs and finally succeeded in extracting $l2S0 from a piggy bank, MrS> Angle said she doubted Seri- oalsly if she wo06 be alsle to tell which of the identical twins actually robbed the bank.
 Uncle Sam wants to borrow. For freedom for tomorrow
 Bay a War Bend t0days
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-16

Land. The Mounties ate their Christmas dinner near Fort Col linson, which Godsfell established in 1923.
 In spring, the Cogmollocks came down on them in numbers from the heart of treeless Victoria
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-16

StefanSSon visited the Tartar faced ES&imoS, Thus, wOr6 of them was flashed to every news papers and tracing posts and police attachments followed after the explorers, Two Smithsonian Institution scientists were Killed. and the MoUntieS sailed north to investigate The AretSe>S first murder trial was being held at HeCschel Island when Philip H Go6Sfeal landed there in 1923 to
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
NATIONAL BILL
TO CONSCR|PT
LABOR RAPED
NAACP Says Reservoir
OF Voluntary Negro
Labor Untapped

WASHINGTON. D c. - Concern
for the implications and possible
harmful use OF the Austin-W ads
worth bill TO provide for the sue
cessful prosecution OF the war
through a system OF civil selective
war service was expressed this
week by the National Association
for the Advancement OF Colored
People.
The NAACP stated that il is max
ing an exhaustive study ofvthe bill
in order TO point out its potential
dangers. First among probabl, OBJ
iections TO such legislation is the
existence OF unused Negro labor
that could be modified through
volunteer methods but is not uti-
LIED because OF traditional preju-
dices. The NAACP stated also that
there is considerable doubt as to
the establishment OF sufficient safe
guards 10 protect citizens under
such legislation against arbitrary
action by local boards. II is likely
100 the NAACP said that compul-
sorry service Legislation before the
exhaustion Of voluntary methods vi
olates the 18th amendment 10 the
Constitution which prohibits invol
untary servitude. In its present state
the Austin Wadsworth bill contains
no safeguards which require the
employer to insure the employee OF
the establishment of safety meas
ures in plants or Of the extension
II other established rights % work
ers The Washington NAACP Blu.
reau has held conference with .
number OF senator's regarding in.
PRODUCTION OF amendments that will
prohibit racisl and other discrimi.
cations.
In favor OF the present Austin.
Wsdsworth bill known as 1855. are
The War department. the American
Legion. National Association OF
Manufacturers. American Farm Blu.
reau and United States Chamber OF
Commerce. Opposing S666 are the
American Federation OF Labor
Congress Of Industrial Organization
ard the National Association for. the
Advancement OF Colored People
and the National Farmers union.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
Florida Use OF Bahama F arm w orkers
May Improve Plight Of NegroM Migrants

, ton Of stories 10 the effect that
luxurious housing and elaborate
meals were ordered by the De.
partment OF Agriculture. He denied
the truth OF these stories The only
thing the FSA is interested in is
comfort and health OF the workers. ="
ne said.
The agreement with the Bahamas
has not yet been contaminated. II
is likely to run into some tough
shedding before il becomes a reali-
~. The Florida planters are not
likely TO be any more enthusiastic
about paying 30 cents an hour or
its equivalent than were the Ari-
IONA cotton planters who tried &c
get their crops picked by Negro
soldiers at Fort Huachuca.
Neither are they likely to be any
too enthusiastic about establish
ment OF higher living conditions fol-
the Negroes already in the area.
Wieksrd,s three representatives
conferred with farmers and local
officials in Miami. Fla. TO get views
before proceeding 10 the Bshsmsn
capital. Nassau.
VINO Interested
Another hurdle TO the conSum-
nation Of the agreement is the
War Manpower Commission. which
has overall control OF all manpower
problems during the war. VINO
wants employment provided first
for available workers in Florida
and surrounding states before
workers are brought in.
Even the domestic workers In
the area s-e not enthusiastic about
bringing in foreign labor-though
IL may result in a direct benefit
10 them-in the fear that il may
undermine the standards they al
ready have. These standards. how
ever. are admittedly about the low
est OF any in the country.
Wicka d has stated that the num-
Der OF workers who would be
brought 10 Florida and surrounding
states would depend upon the num-
Der which the Bahamas is willing
to make available and upon the
needs Of growers for their services.
The Bahamas workers would be
Negroes.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
NNC Calls On Mississippi Governor To Free Burrows
Gambler Pays
$50 Fine Here

Fred Bryant. 10 was arrested
by police after re had crossed the
street against a I'D light was found
guilty OF poss, sion g'mblinr
paraphenalia asst week by Recor1
err Judge Christopher E. Stein an
ordered to pay a $50 fine or serve
80 days in the house OF correction
Police searched 2 amt. 81 years
old, address unknown. after they
had stopped him for the traffic vio-
iation and found gambling equip
ment upon his person
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
Mass. Barber Dead, Had
S aved II Governors

MELROSE, Mass.-Death came
early this week TO John H. Charles.
ton. 80-year-old barber. who since
1898 had operated the State House
Barber shop and was we'll known
10 state executives and legislators.
Mr. Charleston died Tuesd3y, vic.
Tim OF a heart attack OF three
weeks duration.
Besides thousands OF state rep
resentatives and senator's. Mr.
Charleston had shaved no less than
II governors, dating as far back ss
Governor Roger Wolcott.
Surviving him are his wife, q son
George. an employe OF the Boston
post Office department.; a daughter
Mrs Alice c. Frigg of Washington
D. c., and a grandson. DR.. JOSEPH
c. Trigg.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
HASTE To Speak
In Cincinnati

CINCINNATI. Ohio. - Judge W,
H. HASTE. recent civilian aide 10
the Secretary OF War and head of
the law department al Howard UNI
versity. will be the speaker at the
annual dinner meeting of West End
Branch Y.W-CA. on Friday. March
26. al Central building here.
Judge HASTE will speak on Sc.
curing for Negroes Their Basic
Civil Rights"
MRS. Madeline r. Martin. chair
man Of the branch, will preside at
this meeting. report OF the work
during the past year will be given.
and newly elected members to the
committee Of management will be
announced.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
Youth Gang
Ndbbed For
Thefs Here

Nine youths were arrested by 20.
Ice this week in q raid at 703 L
Mantcalm street and held for m
ves,igation OF robbery armed
charges. while q 4i-year-old MAJ
also arrested in the raid was held
for investigation OF an assault VIII
intent 10 kill and murder. pollcs
disclosed this week.
Arrested for investigation sftef
police had found q stolen shotgun
anc revolver at the above address
we're: Alonzo Brown. IS, OF ZIG
BrusN street: Buster Willinghs 49,
OF 703 Montcalm: Charles Russsll.
IS. OF SIS Montcslm: Robert NJ
Harris. 49, Of 407 Hendric: James
Wallace. %. OF 6I3 Montcalm: Hen.
derson Payne. 20 OF 68S East Ve?.
nor Highway: George Vance 10. OF
SOS Fast Columbia; Calvin Young.
26. OF 80 Monte; I'm and Carl Watt,
30 OF 224l 81. Antoine.
James Price. a, OF 935 Alfred
street was also arrested at the
above address and held for an as
sault made last week upon joan
Hunilcy. % OF 1921 Russell street
following an alteration between
them al bowling alley where
both ere employed last week.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
Nv HARRY McALPIN
Defender washIngton Bureau)

WASHINGTON - An i'm
provement in the sorry
plight" Of the Negro migrant
worker in Florida and the
surrounding states may result
from the importation OF natives OF
the Bahamas Islands. which was
announced as possibility mis-
week BY Secretary OF Agriculture
Claude R Wickard
The prevailing wage. working
standards and living conditions in
the Florida and surrounding area
for Negroes is about the lowest in
the country. The Department OF
Agriculture expects the govern
ment OF the Bahamas 70 seek the
same type Of agreement for is
workers as was entered into be-
tween the government of the
United States and the government.
OF Mexico for the importation OF
workers from that country. Three
representatives Of the Department
OF Agriculture have been sent by
Wickard TO the Bahamas TO COM
plete the agreement. which has
been In process Of negotiation for
some time.
The Mexican agreement. after
which the Bahamas agreement is
expected 10 be patterned. assures
the workers OF the prevailing wage
for the type Of work performed in
the area where employed. but in
no case less than 30 cents an hour,
or piece work equivalent. A guar.
sntee OF employment for three.
tourths OF the time for which the
labor is contracted Is included.
FSA Housing
Housing is provided by the Farm
Security Administration in the
Farm Labor Supply Centers. which
FSA operates. But. IL farm sup
ply center Is not available. and the
workers are housed otherwise. on
the farms or in some other way.
the housing accommodations must
have FSA approval These hous-
ing standards call for a minimum
OF comfort and sanitary facilities
Indoor or outdoor privies must be
provided.
Medical attention when needed is
also par Of the agreement. A place
10 sleep that Is warm in winter
and gives protection against the
elements is requirement
There must be safe drinking
water Often" according TO Lloyd
Jones, assistant TO the director o.
Labor administration in the Dc.
partment OF Agriculture. "migran,
labor is banded together in the
fields. living under rather primi-
tive conditions. and have TO take
drinking water from the same
streams they use for laundry and
the disposal OF waste"
l peatart Health
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20

Temperatures OF the water obtained
from a household faucet are indicated
by q new thermometer having a panel
that changes color.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
Protect Health

Jones also pointed out that the
standards are not so strict or so
high. He mentioned the circula.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
LIVE ONE
HUNDRED YEARS

Two bie health aids. DR.. TLETCHLR ;
REsIsTo TONIC. DIR FLETCHEks
NERvINE for nervous people. Did yop
Know that you can assist Nature In build
ing bodv remittance which intutes you OF
slon lifet PRICE siso and 90 pei
bottle. Agents wanted. -
DR. ETCuER's LABORATORIES
S6s r. Goth st.. Chicago. Ill, Us.A.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
PIONEER HONORED

BOSTON-(ANP)-Si Bartholo-
news Episcopal church was the
scene OF the las; rites for Mrs.
Florida Ruffin Ridley. one OF the
pioneer women OF Boston. who died
las; week al Toledo. Ohio. where
she was making her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Jesse Heslip
Evening star., 1943-08-19
Curb Printed Matter
OF Bureaus and Save
Paper, Hairless Urges
BY the Associated Press.


KENOGAMI. Quebec. Aug. ia
law preventing the mailing by any
Government bureau of printed mat
ter except on request of the re-
cipient was urged today by Repre-
sentative Hairless, Democrat, of
Arizona, as a means of conserving
newsprint and other paper.
In my State alone, If Federal
Government bureaus would quit
sending out unnecessary printed
matter" Representative Hairless
said, "the saving would equal the
shortage of newsprint in the entire
State"
Representative Hairless, member of
the House subcommittee which is
inspecting newsprint and paper pro-
ducing areas of Quebec, said that
the overall saving for the United
States under such law probably
would balance the entire amount
conserved by the limitation which
restricts newspapers in their use of
newsprint.
The Arizonan pointed out that
hS WoPUpSAo . 1iOW dIC pCI CIHllbCCQ SC1ls
orally about 10 per cent less paper
than they were using last year. In
Phoenix, Ariz., Representative Har-
less said, the population growth was
around rs per cent in two years,
making the reduction in effect
around IS per cent under demand.
Representative Hairless said the
committee, which is headed by
Chairman Boren, Democrat, of Okla
homa and includes Representatives
Brown CT Ohio and Wolverton of
New Jersey, Republicans, and Beck
worth, Democrat, of Texas, felt the
War Manpower Commission should
act quickly to get prisoners of war
to work in pulpwood cutting areas.
He pointed out that Canada, where
tremendous amounts OF pulpwood
exist, also has available large num-
bers Of war prisoners who could help
meet the shortage of wood.
The committee tour today includ-
ed newsprint mills in the Lake St.
John district.
A chance meeting yesterday with
A. B. Meyers, senior executive of
the Bowater Paper Mills of New
foundland, permitting tho committee
Evening star., 1943-08-19
0PA Postpones Hearing
In Sfeuart Fuel Oil Case

A hearing into charges of ration
ing Irregularities by L. P. Steuart
& Bro, Inc, in connection with
fuel oil tranactions last winter, was
postponed indefinitely because of the
illness of the OPA commissioner
scheduled to hear the case today.
The OPA has accused the Steuart
firm of purchasing more than 5000
600 gallons of oil from the Petrol
Co., without turning over coupons
for that amount and of violating
rationing regulations in making de-
liveries to local consumers.
Curtis. B. Steuart, secretary
treasurer of the firm, said yesterday
that the charges "are undoubtedly
the result of efforts on the part Of
my company to keep the residents
of Washington warm during the last
heating season at the expense of,
according to OPA. some technical
breach of its regulations.
Mr.. Steuart said his company had
not "willfully, Intentionally or
knowingly" violated any regula ton.
He also said the regulations cited
have since been abandoned. by the
Federal agency because they are
impractical.
The Steuart company is repre-
sented by Attorney Renah F..
Camalier.