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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
THE SIDEWALK SENTINEL

Well sir, the man in the street
is asking some mighty strange ques-
lions since Bowling made the state
ment that the Ku Klux Kan had
nothing 10 do with starting the
riot, and that il all started when
young Negroes went 10 Belle Isle
to chase The white people away.
Johnny Doe wants TO know why
Prosecutor Bowling didn't pay any
attention 10 Joe Buffa's threat to
the Common Council that IL Ne
groes were moved into the Sojourn.
er Truth homes there would be q
riot? Buffa, John DalZell. Virgil
Chandler et al KEPT their promise,
.or on the day Negroes started
20 move into the project, there GER
tainly was a riot
And Johnny Doe wants % know
Z that is Why Bowling IS afraid
o, a grand jury Investigation Of TIE
riots. TIE man in the stree: hasn't
forgotten ;ha: when The Bufa sang
rio,ed 10 keep Negroes from these
homes. nearly al the police de-
partmert drove on 20 the scene
o. the RIO, and TOOK SIDES VIII
ne white rioters and HELPED
THEM keep Negroes from their
homes which the GOVERNMENT
sad they should occupy.
Three men were indicted for con-
spiracy as resul; OF that lt;le
tracas. and the man IN the street.
knowing that tina; incident was the
first step towards the resent race
riot believes that il there Is an
investigation THE DETROIT PO-
LICE FORCE would be indicted for
PROTECTING THE RIOTERS and
actually DEFENDING THEM from
Negroes who had a perfect right 10
move into the homes which they
had leased from the government.
Is this REALLY why Mr.. Downing
objects TO a grand jury inves'iga-
ton? Or is il because he fears
some local police Will be indicted
for cold blooded murder Of Negroes
in the June 81 riot? Johnny Doe
would like TO know.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
Negro s Record In
Birth of Agitation

Of other old planes. Herman Ban
ming and Thomas Allen made this
flight. but il was interrupted by
a forced landing at Pittsburgh.
However. following repairs there
made by the Pittsburgh Courier,
they proceeded on 70 New York.
Los Angeles Negroes also Sta ged
one Of the greatest welcomes ever
accorded colored flyers when For
syihe and Anderson arrived here
from New Jersey several years
ago. This was the frs. east-west
flight by colored ayiators. Coast
citizens are hopefully watching the
current history Of the s9th squad
ron in Sicily, for among them are
several California boys who may
bring added honors TO their state.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
Whites In Cuba Give Views On
Race; German Refugee Surprised

What do white people in \
foreign country think Of Ameri-
can blacks and the race problem:
Miss Irene Digs, . Roosevelt
fellow Of the Institute Of Inter-
national Education TO the Uni
versity Of Havana, interviews
whites living in Cuba and gets
some interesting reactionS.)
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
By HARRY LEVETTE

LOS ANGELES. Csl!f-(ANP)-
When the exploits OF the co!ored
flyers In the present conflict are
recorded. the thou hts OF the his
.ociars will naturally turn 20 the
first steps in aviation taken by
the Negro. Then Il the truth IS
faithfully followed il will be
learned that the west coast saw
not only the first definite attempts
20 force way for dark pilots
into commercial and military avia-
ton. but also that a Negro pilot
made the first flight over Los An
geleS for official panoramic Pho
tosraphs now on file in the records
OF the western metropolis.
This was done by Maceo Shelf
field. then. highly valued lleu.en-
ant OF detectives on the Los An.
geles police force. who had taken
up and mastered aviation as a hob
by. He made the flight in his own
ship. bi-plane. and according 70
record. the first aircraft privately
owned by Negro. DR.. J. Porter
Davis OF Kansas City. who bought
one few years later. is said 20
have been the second TO own his
own plane.
Bessie Coleman H0nored
Among the important events par
;icipated in besides the Sheffield
exploit was the honors shown the
late Bessie Coleman. who reached
here at the end OF a coast TO coast
exhibition tour shortly before her
death in 1925 Two other colored
pilots, Herman Banning and Ace
Foreman. met tragic deaths here
as martyrs 10 the Negro in avia-
ton. Still another Lieut. William
Powell. verbally worked himself
10 death teaching aviation ard try
ing 20 secure recognition for the
Negro in commercial and army avi-
alton.
But the man who will deserve
his share of a limelight when the
air history of the Negro is told, is
man who never sought it but who
spent thousands attempting to make
i possible for Negroes 20 fly. This
IS Arthur Dennis now a sh.pyard
employee. but formerly a leading
business man and sportsman. Fa-
mil!arly known as Small" 20 his
many friends. ne financed the first
aviation school for Negroes in
America. II was located al Wash
ington and Central avenue and
headed by Ace Foreman. and had
at one time ~ boys and six girl
pupils, with a white man named
Warren as instructor. Negroes were
not admitted to the other few avia.
ton schools here. Warren, whS
was an instructor ut one Of tines
by day, was employed by Denni
to come over and teach his "boys
at night Incidentally Sheffield
who had studied privately undel
one Of the best white flyers on tn,
coast, had taught Foreman. fine
ambitious young fellow then in HI!
early 20's.
Formed Aviation School
When Powell. an expert in aero.
nauticS came 10 the coas: from
Chicago, he organized al the air
minded group into a Bessie Cole.
man Aero club" later setting VI
the Bessie Coleman Aviation school
: Dennis, who was imbued with q
grea. love for aviation although he
never learned to- fly. recently felt
fathers pride in honors won by
MS young son while in the army all
I school at Tuskegee. Young Dennis
s perhaps now Somewhere in
North Africa. Cor I;aly)." The
( plane that carried the first Negro
avia;ors on a coast 10 coast flight
Los Angeles 10 New York. wa:
built at Dennis expense from part.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
POETS
CORNER
BY RICARDO WEEKS


For AMP
Il was the vessel Banshee,
In eighteen ffty-eight, 90
While on her maiden voyage
She met with a tragic fate.
She was we'll upon her journey,
Fresh out Of old Cape Town.
Transporting human cargo
To countries OF renown.
AZ first Il was smooth sailing.
Until she met gale.
Which creaked her staunch new
timoers
And rent her every sail.
This awed the crew and skipper.
And while hands fought OF the
waves,
Some others lowered life boats,
ignoring all the slaves.
At once they quilted the schooner.
Which now was sinking fast
And rowed away II terror
AS the wind tore down her mast
"Oh. save US. great Bwana!'
They heard the black slaves cry,
And the Banshee vessel yielded
To the sea and all did die.
Then wind and waves attacked
them!
The skipper and his crew. "
And tossed them high and wildly,
And then capsized them, too.
Then one after one xhsy psrished
There in the angry ssa,
And when the gale subsidized.
Not one was left to see.
And though they long have with
cred
Beneath the ocean green,
Many a weathered seaman
Has sworn that he has seen
On many a night the Banshee
A-sailing on the main;
/ With her dead crew and skipper
Amid faint groans OF pain.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
JOHN WOODS IF"
with apologies TO RudYard Kiplns)

with apologies TO HudYard kiphng
II you can keep your head while police all about you
Are whipping heads uncomfortsblY close TO you;
II you can trust yourself when police elout you.
To not hit back flor they will shoot you. tools
II you can live and not get tired OF living.
In stencil and filth and rat infested hole;
II you forgive. and then keep on forgving
II you can dream of better homes 10 live in.
And never fight 10 make that dream come true;
II YOU have thoughts, but never give in
To thoughts that democracy ought TO work for you:
II you can tolerate discrimination.
Against you matter where you go;
II you 90 accepting segregation
Even where IL never found bsfore;
II you accept your alleged race leader
The back door Uncle Toms. with hat In hand.
Who always tell the white yes indeed. sub.
Yawl sho' knows how 10 handle de cuud man:
II YOU can the hate strikes pulled against you.
And not expose the leaders OF the mob.
But Just stand idly by Kansmsn commence TO
Rebel against Negroes having better jobsi
II you, rs editor of Negro publication.
Can 90 10 press without committing the sin
OF exposing Fascist leaders in nation.
Or what q they've got this country IN:
II YOU can fill your every living minute
With ignoring the harm these Fascist rats have done
The world may be yours-but NOT damn thing in IT,
You're Dowing's idea of NEGRO NANNY son.
BY 7. JOHN WOOD
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
SUMNER SESSION AT LINCOLN

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-CANP)
Second OF the l94S summer ses-
sions a, Lincoln university opens
Monday as announced by S. F Col
Inns. director Of the summer SEES
siorS The second session will be
four weeks in duration. from Aug
9 20 Sept. 5.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07

Don't look now, but the boys
around the barbegshops are plan
ming to switch the Negro leader
ship from the Professional TO-
group over TO the ranks OF organ
lied labor where, according to the
gentleman in the fourth chair. bet
ter leaders can be found. The boys
who solve the race problem while
the barber puts the bowl on their
heads, claim that the man in need
Of leadership is the working man,
and who could better lead working
men than men who have been
schooled in the fine art OF leader
ship by labor unions.
The boys say leaders should take
their cue from labor because dur
ing the recent race riot nav. l
won't let you forget iD white and
Negro men who had been working
together, attending local meetings
together and squawking together
about the abuses OF the upper
bracket" can do a better job OF
race relating than those who come
in contact with the common man
only in mass meetings where a
DOT OF time is lost gum beatin and
resolution passing.
Amt il the truth says we
barber as he hicks one OF severa!
chins on a cash customer. Just
take propaganda. for instance. Now
how did the Klansmen propagand-
tze the white workers against Ne
groes? They did il by talking with
the workers on the job, at the
benches and machines. then on the
street cars. What We need is some
kind OF leadership that will use
the same method 10 educate both
Negroes and white workers who
arc badly in need OF some lessons
IN real democracy. The labor lead
ers know the score. and IL seems
that IL we Negroes-and We are
one hundred per cent working class
want to got down 10 the business
OF race relat!n' as race relatin' real
" should be done. should grab
of some OF the best Negroes In the
labor movement who know how to
make the right approach to both
Negro and white worker"
AN I know" says the triple-chin
customer as he feels the nick In
his second chin, els that before ]
knew much about the labor move
ment didn't know much aoou;
where my race vas going. Now I
know that6i II We ever get ANY
place il will be through the labor
movement"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
Maryland Governor To
Address Business League

BALTIMORE (ANP)-Governor
Herbert o. O'Connor will speak
on THE Presidents Night" We'd
nesdsy, Aug. IS. at Bethel A.M.E-
church. The governors remarks
will precede the annual address OF
DR.. J. E. Walker. president Of the
league.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
ny IRENE DIGGs

HAVANA. Cuba-(ANP)-Three
white Cubsns have given me their
views on race. Here IS what one
said
"You are interested in my views
on race? Well. you see. am a
Cuban. You know Cuoans don't
belong 10 any race They are al
mixture OF one or the other. Afri-
can. Spanish, Indian. Chinese or
a.. Personally. am interested in
FACE. The problem % race boiherS
ne. vas married FOR e!gh; years
% very wealthy Mexican 0! Eng
l.sh and French paren,age. But
our marriage wasn't a happy one.
Il never was.
II became interested II colored
Cuban and While my wife was on
her usual visits 20 Mexico my let
;e.s became ,eSs frequent and less
warm and friendly. In some way
she found out about my attitude
toward this girl. She threatened
70 'squawk' 20 ny employer. l
ana,ly made up my mind and sen;
her divorce papers. Now We have
been married. very happily 50. and
..y.ns in Havana for sN years
y work with Ar American Arm
and I knew 4 our marriage be-
came known would De !a.me-
d.a,e.y dropped So Nc KEEP; :;
secre; until ssh. silently long tine
had elapsed SIX years and I was
no. unit. early THIS year that /
persuaded NY We 20 come - NY
Office fo- the first time. Before
THIS We were n,ye: seen teacher.
II we Went 10 re moves We net
al the moves. Al tbs to- iSe
sake of my job
We are both studying Portu-
guesc. We want 10 - 10 Braz l.
have heard there 5 10 race PROB
lem there. an only h;;ed for
work with an American concern
outside The United States. / am
getting along all right here bull
should Ike 20 I've Somewhere else
FOR time. My WIFE has already
passed the preliminary test 10 be-
come an American citizen
A German Refugee said:
Have you heard Marian Ander-
son? Do you know her | have
heard some Of her singing in Ger
man. rs perfectly marvellous Her
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07

hot IN i were her mother tor que
saw picture OF her in a aga
zine once. Isn't she ugly? Why
her mouth spreads-from here 10
here. Why, l can't believe that
suca a person can sing in German.
You have been in Germany?
You know in Germany there are
very few black people and l just
am not used TO them. Why the
servants In our house. They are
awful. hope you ere not offend
ed but that is just me way I feel.
The other day in the library I
met Cuban rnulatto. He spoke
20 me in German. He speaks good
German. He asked il he might
visit ne sometime. He came and
stayed four or five hours. Why he
knows Nei:zche. Schoperhauer and
can quote Goethe from memory
IN German. He used word in a
vertain sense told him that use
Of the %ord was obsolete. Yes. he
says. | know and in the sense l
am using il, i; was used but, once
by Goethe and forthwith he quoted
the passage.
Where IS he from Why he
has never been outside OF Havana.
II you wish I can arrange for you
20 meet him.
Il listen 20 Negro sp;ri;uals over
the radio too, They are beautiful.
Have you heard ;hat one: Nobody
Knows the Trouble ! Have Seen"
! LEFT Germany in 1871 Just a
forth. ght before the war broke
~.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
Texan Has Raised 5000
Chickens To Aid War

FORT WORTH. Tex.-tANP) -
Until war came. John Nebane was
satisfied with the full time job as
custodian for ore OF the la. e down.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
A Third Said of a Friend

You know ne IS married 20 a
co,ored Cuban. She IS so ugly
black as ;ha: travelling bag with
vide nose and awful kinky hair.
She was just 4 servant girl before
he married he--a;e beans with a
knife. OF course now she wears
expensive clothes and she is GET
ting fa:. I've seen some pretty
co,ored girls u the United States,
here and in Hat"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07

ment should be recognized for the
part they play in helping to Gre
ate better race relations in this
town. My husband is In the labor
movement. and most of the time he
is away from home, trying to inn
prove working conditions so that
the working man can make more
money, which he can spend in such
way that il eventually helps the
Professional TO- who don't give
a rap about conditions under which
our men have TO work"
Look" says a woman coming
out from under the dryer, this
Bowling has talked about our chill
dren; got some white people be-
lieving that all Negro children from
Is to 10 are a bunch of hoodlums.
| got a girl IA. know she is not
'hoodlum' or a bad girl, which
ever way you want 10 pat Il. VIVA;
I'm trying 10 say is that somebody
downtown or on a streetcar may
get the wrong idea, since this Dow
ling has done his best 10 give lad
impressions O, our boys and girls.
What I want is some sort OF lead
ership that will work - counter
act what ne has done. II you think
orkng men and their wives can
do this job, well. that's okay wish
me. But want the JOB done be-
fore Some so-and-so gets fresh 18th
my daughter. I'll gladly work with
any group OF women 10 tear down
what this Bowling has built up.
! think we should have organi-
zation OF workers wives 70 do this
Job. and think We ought 10 have
Il soon, because I don't want 10
have TO hurt anybody about my
daughter. That's al l got to say
abou; H."
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
A German Refugee said:

Have you heard Marian Ander-
son? Do you know her | have
heard some Of her singing in Ger
man. rs perfectly marvellous. Her
pronunciation is perfect. II IS as
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-02-19

is now likely in view of this re-
port that O'Conor will dust off his
pre-War blueprints and ask Whit
man and his roads commission to
be prepared to go into action with
in a year or so.
If Whitman dOWnrightly refuses
to see eye-to-eye with the governor
on the highway phase of the pro-
iect, there will must surely be a
resignation request. Thus far,
Whitman has deftly maneuVered to
avoid a crisis, through a series of
delaying actions all through 1910
and 1941.
Whitman has on his side Mayor
Howard w. Jackson, John D,
Steele, chairman of the Baltimore
City Plan Committee and even able
Administrator of the U. S. Bureau
of Public Roads, Thomas MacDon-
aid. They all object to toll road
between Baltimore and Washing
ton but approve of the toll bridge
over Baltimore HarbOr. Backing
O'COnor, in the belief that the only
proper and possible way to finance
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-02-19
Maryland Merry
GO-ROund
CONTINUED From Page One)

CONTINUED From Page One)
is the construction of the oft-dis-
cussed super-toll highway between
Washington and Baltimore tOgeth-
er with the high level bridge over
Baltimore HarbOr.
There is only one major hitch in
the whole scheme and that appears
to be Major Ezra 3. Whitman,
chairman of the State Roads Com
mission who even after receiving
definite instructions from the gov
ernor. has persistently taken sides
with a faction which while want
ing the toll bridge, balk at the
idea of the toll highway.
To Governor O'Cou0r who has
the blessings of the White House
in the matter. the bridge and high
way represent an integral part of
each other. If you are going to
charge toll for a bridge, O'Conor
sees no reason against charging
toll on a highway.
From the inception of the war,
this behind-the-scenes feud be-
tween O'Conor and Whitman has
lain dormant But now it is be-
ginning to stir again, and may be
the occasion for a first class rum
ms. One of the forces hurrying
the issue to a showdown is a re-
port on postwar planning just sent
to the governor by Roosevelt. II
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-02-19

says ne votes Republican in the
primary and Democratic in the
elections"
We'll, it would seem to me-"
laughed the rOtund John, that
Maryland voters in the last elec-
tion did this in reverse; they voted
Democratic in the primaries and
Republican in the election"
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO FIGHT
BUY BONDS AND STAMPS!
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-02-19
a haircut.
MARYLAND'S RUNL PLAN

VI An LAND > RU NIL PLAN
Post mortem discussions, about
last November's election results,
still occasion lively banter among
the Maryland congressional dele
cation. Astute politicCs such as
representative H Streete Bald
win claim that had things been
handled differently tie Democrats
need never have lost two seats to
the COP.
Recently, one Of the Democratic
losers, EX-COngressman John Mey-
er who lost to Dan Ellison, partici-
pated in rOundtable discussion
Mayer, philosOphically recalling his
defeat and the COP victory OF
Glenn Beall over Democrat E
Brooke Lee, Opined that the citi-
Zens of Maryland seemed to have
a "Ruml" plan all of their own.
"You see" explained Meyer,
"Beardsley Ruml. the tax wizard,
also has a political plan just as
unique as his pay-as-you-go formu-
la for tax collection. When Ruml
is asked what his politics are he
The Hagerstown globe., 1943-02-19

the project is to make il self-liqui-
dating. is the White House.
Should Commissioner Macdonald
alter his views as the result of
White House pressure. then it
would follow that Whitman would
go along with the governor for. il
is an open secret in Baltimore and
Annapolis that Whitman pays more
attention to what the No. l L. S.
road man says than he does to his
own boss.
JOHN l.. LEWIS FARMERS
If John L. Lewis thinks he can
get away with his ambition to or
ganize the farmers, he hasn't met
up with a certain gentleman from
the Free State who isn't doing a
bad job himself in organizing the
farmers.
He is p E. Turner of Frederick
president Of the Maryland Farm
Bureau. who is very busy organic
ing the farmers against John l.
Lewis. He has set up an Inter
State Farm Council the sole pur
pose of which is to give John l.
a trimming-and he doesn't mean
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-20
HEALTH
AUTHO RTrIES
CAV

Keep dry. keep
warm and do every
thing you can TO
keep we'll these
threatening days.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-20
Dawsons Maiden Speech To Congress Defends Pckens
Clark College Curriculum
Changed For War Needs

ATLANTA, Ga With regls'fe
'!on .oi the new semester sche1
ed this week the deans Office
lark college issued an annourc'
ent OF sweeping currlcu.n.
1snges which are designed T.
peet the immediate nCe1s OF m
Ldents IN The existing emc,senc'
Provisions have been made tor
greater range IN selection OF
courses on both the upper ana
over levels To further fac!u'a',
ne attainment Of tbs desired end
4 group of non-credit 'ourses have
oeen des gned which fol- INTO The
following cateSories Reftesher
courses which review Fundamental
in a given area. courses which d"a
with tho development OF fundamen
tai tcchnlques and skllls, anc
courses which are primarily oe
s.-ncd 10 provide Information ~
opics OF immediate and pressin'
importance
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-20
Refuses Jim Crow Seat.
Defender Agent Arrested

JACKSONVILLE. XIV. Wallis
II SIsk, a well-known agent for
he Chicago Defender, was arrested
5y Providence police last Sa.ur-
day FOR not taking a scat in the rear
o, a South Eastern Greyhound bus
IN whch ne was ri5.Ug
5 * sad ma, when he attempted
- take a vacar; seat by white
an. ne driver ;oid HIM 20 30 the
ta- He refused, ana ne arrive.
) Led he ponce The officer ;oct
s.si iAlsF> it-i 20 The jj.isssee Ell me pese,
I'D hrdng HIM out, TOOK him 20,
ne office O. The chef OF pos,
After questioning, me Dcferac
- gen was released
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-20
LOVETT TO SPEAK

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Wilson
Loyet. president OF the Wester9
rn5ea- LIE Insurance company OF
Detroit. vii be the principal speak
cr az the Sunday Afternoon Forum
at the Y.MC.A' here during Inter.
racial Week February 81 His sub
-+eett- Success Is Not Enough vii.
deal with tie condition OF the race
n this country during the war and
after. Lovett IS a weli-known bust
ness man. having been president OF
4 bank for ten years and for a
period OF several years vice presi-
lent ana treasurer Of the Supreme
:. berry Life company. in Chicago