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The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-08-02
British UniOnists
Urge Public O,Un
Transport System

LONDON, July (ALN)-At its annual convention in
isle this the National Union Rawaymen
mouy for public ownership of all forms of British transport
after the at is not the slightest good Matchmaking railway
transport and leaving unreguaed road and air transport"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-08-02

LATEST PAMPHLET: Above,
page one Of CLOS latest publica-
ton, an illustrated, colorful de-
scription Of the Security Bill be-
fore Congress and Of CLOS posi-
ton on Il. Order from CLIO Pub
licity Dept. 718 Jackson ri. n.
W., Washington, ID. c. Publica-
ton S6-IOO for 81; 500 for $4.25;
1000 for So.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-08-02

freedom from wont ond freedom
from fso' mscns security Tor oil
Here 10 o psosrsp Of security Tor
you end your fomiiy-ono here 10
how you con win tt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-30
. SERIAL STORY .
TAM MURDERER

lsY NORRIS MARkEY s.: ss'! ..ss,s. go; ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-30

ter part of three weeks. From 1t
there emerged the basic pattern
of the plan. Not the details, Of
course, Those must wait upon
events, upon the imponderables OF
chance and Of human caprice.
But, In all Of its essentials, the
plan was formed.
It was long-term plan, indeed.
It contemplated serious use,
upon the grand scale. of that play
acting with which I had diverted
myself in the past.
It required the creation OF two
characters, not one. For the prep
aration of them-or at least OF the
most important of them-I decided
to go to California. The choice
was obvious. Nobody knew me
there, nowadays. And California,
particularly the neighborhood of
the moving picture studios, was
the one conspicuous spot on earth
where a. stranger might appear
out of nowhere and escape even
the most casual interest in his
past.
I spent a year in the Hollywood
country before I returned at last
to Gul Point: returned now as a
CAV and careless fellow, friend to
ali the world. And on the day
that / took the lease upon a small,
carefully chosen cottage, I signed
that lease with the name OF my
new self-Henry Prentiss.
Ito Be COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-30

I was in Chicago, on an errand
connected with my sporadic busi-
ness affairs, when I did, at last,
find him.
Which is not to say that saw
him, nor recognized at the mo-
ment that my quest was at an end.
had brought along with me a
small accumulation Of my trade
journals. And In one Of them, on
bitter morning when the wind
from the lake fluttered the cur
tainS even through the closed win
dows Of my hotel room, I came
upon an item:
Colonel Wesley Hope Merri-
wether has announced his re-
tirement from all active inter-
est in his gold and silver enter
prises, and resignation from the
boards Of Twin Valley Smelling
Company, Spillway Development
Corporation, and other companies
with which he has been associated.
He will retire to an estate which he
has recently acquired at Gull Point,
Long Island. a
I telephoned to the editor OF
the journal.
"This is the Chicago Mirror" I
said 1--WE noticed -FOUR item on
Merriwether in the current issue,
and we haven't got anything on
him in the files. Can you tell us
little about him? Is he a Chicago
man?'
There was a wait.
Hello. We haven't got much
on him either. One Of our boys
picked up that bit of news. and
we ran it. That's about all I know.
He hasn't been in the news much,
I guess. Maybe just some figure
head
Thanks you"
Telephone calls to the corpora
tons listed produced fact: All
of them were singularly averse to
talking about Wesley Hope Merri-
wether. Colonel Merriwether has
given instructions that he is to
receive no publicity
1t was simply matter OF rou-
tine to complete my business af-
fairs and take the train to New
York.
| Gul Point was less than an hour
from the city, and on my second
day there I was Colonel Wesley
Hoe Merriwether, looking into his
face as he was pointed out to me,
passing in the street-and know
ing that ! loked into the face OF
Norman Tinker.
] felt no surge Of elation. Such
a moment had been ordained from
the start of time.
I spent four days at Gull Point
-as a salesman of drug sundries,
this time. and living In q cheap
room meeting the small business
people, and listening, and dis
covering the nature Of this COM
munity called Gull Point. I
learned that Colonel Merriwether
had q daughter in his household,
and ! saw that daughter.
! saw also my mother IN her
hair and In the proud flne lit
OF her face. But. again, II must
be confessed that my emotions
were not profoundly stirred Those
emotions had been burned brittle
on q day long ago, IN the far dis
tant forest.
During the four days. I learned
enough 10 enable me 10 90 back
10 TIE NE Of paul Gray. IN clsve-
land, ana 10 81 Gown and think.
xhae thlnhlM4 geeaDaA3 - -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-30
SEARCH REWARD
CHAPTER XIV

OnAE 4EN AhkV
During these years I lived in
cleveland, o. The nature Of my
business affairs had taken me there,
and I had settled into a small, OBJ
scure apartment. lived in the ut
most simplicity, and avoided
friends. From time to time, I would
change to another apartment,
equally obscure - and at the time
I would change my name to a new
one.
For, from the very outset, I
knew that the clean execution Of
my aims must leave my own his
tory, my own trail through life
q misty and confused one. The
boy named Richard Frye was
slowly erased from existence upon
the earth. And in his place there
emerged not a single, new indi-
svidiual, but a dozen wholly in
conspicuous individuals.
X It was this basic necessity, in
deed, which laid the solid ground
work for the method which was
to employ in the final scene, al
though did not realize it at the
beginning.
I fell into the habit of playing
roles: at first, from the simple
need to allow John Hunter of
No. IL Cherry avenue to fade out
of life in behalf of Charles Nc
Graw Of No. 81 Albemarle street.
But every moral soul, no mat
ter what the steadiness and singu-
larity Of his purpose upon the
earth, must needs find some
amusement. And so I took to the
amusement Of creating brief char
acters when the mood came upon
me.
One evening, I could be a
debonair blade in a Chicago caba-
ret - an Immediately turned out
fellow of the world, easy to meet
at the bar, ready spender of
money, requesting particular num-
bers from the orchestra and re-
warding the players lavishly for
playing them.
Again, I was a snarling dock
walloper, or cold and silent and
dangerous figure in some lakefront
dive. Once, I spent two days as
make believe policeman ac-
ttally giving summonses to sew
eral unhappy violators Of the
parking and speeding regulations
= without being questioned OF
suspected.
This succession Of pretenses
which were, I think, quite HARM
less In their effect upon other
people, became in short my hobby
Until at last it dawned upon me
that Il was something more than
q hobby - that 1t would perhaps
play q critical part in my plan.
or course, I had no real concep-
ton as 10 the manner In which the
ultimate scene would Ds played out.
] had wit enough TO realize that the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF that scene =
IN which my own complete safety
would be OF major Importance
must depend exactly upon the set
ting and the circumstances In which
/ would nc last find him.
knew. with u complete cer-
lalnty, that I would ind him. II
never occurred 10 me for q single
Instant that my search woulf fail,
~ mat other. and higher Justice
Nould take It's retTibution before
could take mine. For you see,
! had ms Own religion - and I
49, kailh Al a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-30
FORGOTTEN" SCIENTIST

Los Angeles. Cal. (UP)-The For
gotten Man in American life 4
Josiah william Gibbs. born In 1885,
and died In 1908, according to Dr.
Brainerd Dyer, professor OF history
AZ the University Of California. Al
though hardly any living American
Grows OF him now, Gibbs, q sclen-
tist nc yale, ranks with Newton,
Darwin. Faraday and Einstein q
one Of the greatest mathematical
physicists Of the world. according
To Dyer,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-30

San Antonio, Tex.-(UPl-Tnere
was no money IN the church, but
when & dFoopy-eyed bandit pointed
q gun at young Mrs. Paul 3. Conc,
los pound FIRST Presbyterian
Church secretary, she tgipped him,
took the gun and began marching
him outside. And when be whiFled.
ernbbsd the revolver and fled, she
chased him until be diahppeaEed -
tEnEz.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
APPEALS TO WORKERS
TO take FOUNDRY JOBS

A plea for sturdy men to take
jobs in foundries and forge shops
was made today by Montague A.
Clark, district director OF the War
Manpower Commission.
Our whole war effort is threat
ened by a shortage OF labor in the
foundries and forge shops which
turn out the metal parts which 20
into every ship. airplanc. tank.
gun. and other weapon OF war;"
Mr. Clark said
The Army and Navy are clam
oring for more munitions Of every
kind. We also must increase lend
lease production to speed the day
OF victory for the United Nations.
Working in foundry or in forge
shop doesn't have the glamour that
goes with production Of flying for
tresses or liberty ships. but the job
is just as important. just as big a
contribution 10 victory.
1T takes real men TO do these
jobs. They not only must have
strength. but they must be able
TO stand up under hot. tough con-
ditions and be on the job day after
day. Such men. if now employed
on jobs which do not use all their
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
Sailor Lectured
On Democracy By
Bus asSenger

Sou;herners cannot voice their
prejudices in Detroit without get
ting told of by nor:hc.ncrs. even
/, the soatherner IS in The Uniform
81 the United States navy AZ least
enc white woman IS ready 20 give
voung souihe-neas a lesson IN de-
mocrscy, according - Mrs Bessie
Au~d OF As Lcnorc. RIVER Rouge.
Mrs HurG SAID tha; lSS, Tuesday.
while riding Wyando,; bus. a
white, sailor got UP from his scat
and told white woman sitting near
her TO lake my scat, Where come
rom white women don't have 10 sit
bes deS ms Mrs,-Hurd said tho
sal.or continued ~ rHaAc vile re-
marks & her and she began 10 try
10 reason with him.
The woman bus driver. according
20 Mrs Hurd. told her 20 shut up"
or YOU may get me in trouble Mrs.
Hall SAID she asked the bus driver
20 stop the bus so she could call
policeman. When the bJS driver
refused 70 stop, Ms Hurd said a
white woman began to lecture the
sailor on democracy but 20 no avail
She said the sailor called the white
women "n--r lover" but that did
not stop the woman from talking
10 him.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
Two Veterans Fight To Save Leroy
Davis; Planning Huge Mass Meeting

~ interested in the case. Asked
why ne gave himself up. DAVIS told
Fisher II know that I have not
killed anybody, SO | was not afraid
TO give myself up" Davis has at
tempted 10 prove tina; he haS been
in Detroit since 1884 and has never
been in Tennessee.
The sheriff OF Gibson County.
Tennessee. came 70 Detroit with
affidavlts naming Davis as the man
wanted for the sevcn-ycar-old muir
der. but when The sheriff. admitted
that he had no other means Of
identifying Davis other than by his
teeth and that he is a Negro. Fisher
interviewed and the extradition fight
began.
A mass meeting to focus atten-
ton on the Davis case has been
planned by Fisher who recently
went to Chicago where he was told
by Congressman william Dawson
that the Illinois Congressman would
appear here as speaker on the pro-
gram. Fisher said last week that
William Brown and other c.
lcbri,ies would also appear on the
program. No dale for the mass
meeting has been set. but Fisaer
said il will probably be held with
in two weeks Both Fisher and
Dent arc convinced that Davis Is
.nnoccn; and that he can be saved
from Southern injustice.
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ened can opener but had not had
a chance TO Use H. Towien said
Smith had a small knife in his
poke; and when he asked him
Why he didn't Use. IT, Smith told
HIM there were too many in the
gang and he didn't have chance
10 draw the knife and open IT,
Fortucci, who gave his address
as 293l John r. has a police record
and was held for felorious assault
and CARRYING concealed weapons.
Pa'sham. who was on three years
probation for breaking and enter
ing in Pontiac was held on the
same charge
Towlen. native born Detroitcr
and former pressman for the Detroit
News. said that Smith has worked
FOR the Ford Motor company for
more than Is, years a day after the
riot. Towlen said. Smith called him
up and said. Thanks so much for
saving my life"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07

TELL OUR ADVERTISERS YOU
SAW 1T IN THIS PAPER
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
Rescued From Mob
By Deputy Sheriff

The timely arrival ~ a deputy
sheriff who intercepted the chase
81 Negro on the morning % June
81 probably saved tho lifc OF Robert
Lee Smith Of 22@5 Brush street one
Of the frSb Negroes 20 fec' tho
wrath Of white hood,ums on tho
day OF the race riot here.
How Smith was saved from a
group Of young hoodiums was told
by Deputy Sheriff Abe Edward
Towlcn. attached to tho court OF
Judge Vincent NJ Brennan. who
said that Smith later called ham
and said. Thanks so much for saw
Ing my lie
Towlen said that ON the morning
OF June 81 Nc was driving down
Woodward avenue in company 81
Deputy Sheriff Louis Wagner AZ
Vernon Highway they noticed a
group Of about IS or 30 white mon
and young mon chasing a Negro
Towlen said he had not heard that
riot was gong on Towlen FOL-
lowed the chase 10 Mnntca'm where
the Negro. who later turned out TO
be Smith. turned OF and ran
towards Park avenue and then up
ar alley.
The. white hoodlums cornered
Smith and Towlen said he believes
they would have killed him bit for
he and Wagner. who. jumping from
the car with drawn rcvolvcrS. broke
UP the gang and arrested Mike
Fortucci and Martin PalSham
Fortucci was carrying an ice PICK
with which he had wounded smith
in tho shoulder twice before the
two men could stop him. Palsham.
Towlen said, was carrying a sharp
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07

strength and skill may transfer to
foundry and forge work and be re-
placed in their present tasks by
women
Many men are needed in large
foundry and forge shop centers
throughout Michigan. This state is
the back bone OF American industry,
one Of the important centers in the
production Of iron, steel and nom
ferrous casting and forgings Of
every character. No airplane can
fly without crankshaft. no ship or
tank can move until it has every
one of The many parts produced in
ever growing quantities in the
foundrles Of Michigan.
Complete information concern
lng these jobs may be obtained by
calling the nearest office of the
United States Employment Serv-
ice Clark said.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
10 CANTEENS.
ALSO PROVIDE.
YOUTH CARE.
hill dren Will Be In
Care Of Selected
Workers

Nineteen nursery schools and Is
csnteens have been established for
the children OF Detroit's working
mothers. These are the outstanding
results OF over 10 months work by
sctive civic organizations in the
Negro community. together with
OCD. committees. the CIO child
care committee and social agency
representatives. These two services,
cantens and nursery schools, pro-
vide day care for the children OF
working mothers between lie ages
OF 2 and IA years.
Mothers utilizing day care centers
are free from anxiety in the as
surance that their children are well
cared for, and are thus able TO make
a greater contribution TO their war
jobs and reduce absenteeism. These
nursery schools and canteens W
become increasingly important as
Detroits war industries absorb
larger and larger numbers OF
women.
Called upon TO comment on the
system OF the day care centers for
children OF working mothers. Mrs.
Rosa L. Gragg, said: We cannot
overes,imate the value OF nursery
school education and day care of
children in wartmes. The Detroit
day care and can;een programs
have been highly recommended,
and mothers need have no fear for
the protection OF their little ones
] therefore urge all mothers en-
ployed or contemplating employ
ment TO make use OF the splendid
facilities for the care and training
Of their children These ceniers
are safe and provide health exami-
nations. supervised play, rest and
wholesome nutritious food.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
Nineteen Nurseries Established For Working Mothers

branch offices near their homes.s
the VINO director pointed out.
Service al the nine branch Of
foes Is as complete as that extended
by the downtown offices" Clark
said. "All these offices issue state
ments of availability in connection
with job transfers. refer workers to
jobs and accept applications for un-
employment compensation"
Branch offices In Detroit are lo-
Gated al 1880 Joseph csmpsu. $3.50
w. Fort street. 1927 E. jefferson
avenue. 1925 Grand River avenue,
62l0 Second Boulevard. and $3.50
Hurlbut. Suburban offices are
maintained in Dearborn at 22i99
Michigan avenue. IN Royal Oak at
2l8 S. Washington avenue and in
Wyandotte at 1888 Biddle.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
Applicants
Told To Use
6 Branches

Applicants for jobs listed with
the U. s. Employment Service were
urged today to use branch offices
by Montague A. Clark. district di-
rector of the War Manpower Com
mission.
He explained that excessive
crowds at the downtown office, at
ll2 East jefferson. made it difficult
for the USES 10 refer all applicants
promptly.
I'm many cases. job-seekers
would get quicker action by using
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
BY T. JOHN WOOD

This is the story OF three men
two World War veterans who
fought side by SIDE 10 make the
world safe for democracy, and
25-year-old Ford worker who is
fighting eXtradition TO Tennessee
waere nc is wanted for sllcGedly
killing a white man five years ago.
The two veterans are Deputy
Sheriff Perry Fisher and Attorney
Francis Dent. who Shouldcred arms
together IN the bloody battle OF the
Argonne ForeSt--the great Ameri-
can offensive that turned the toe
OF the first World War in favor OF
the Allies And the man for whom
they are fighting is Leroy Davis,
arrested here two months ago by
federal authorities as fugitive
from Tennesse and who. through
Fishers efforts. has been granted
an indefinite stay.
Fisher and Dent have assumed
the dual responsibility Cor saving
Davis from Southern injustice
Fisher is conducting an investiga-
lion which he says will prove con-
cluSively that Davis was never even
IN the state Of Tennessee whIle Dent
viii provide LEGAL means OF pre-
venting the execution of young
man who has convinced his bene-
factors that he is not guilty Of the
crime 81 which nc is accused.
Now Perry Fisher is no soft
bolied Scnt.mcn,aliSt. on The con-
irafH. re is a hard boiled law en-
forccmcnt Office who daily listens
% the stories 90 prisoners. none of
whom, according 10 their own pleas,
have ever committed the crimes
with which they are charged.
BIZ; hard as he is, Fisher became
convinced. after hearing Davis
story that this is a trumped up
charge against me-" When DAVIS
was arrested in May by federal au-
;horiiies and later released because
here was not sufficient evidence
10 warrant holding HIM as a fugitive
from Tennessee. Fisher thought lit
lie Of the case. He merely re-
marked that Davis was lucky"
But when authorities called 10
arrest Davis again and found he
was not home. and Davis later gave
himself UP. Fisher became extreme
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
Gov. Will Speak
To League COnfab

BALTIMORE CANP)-Acc8rding
- Willard W. Allen. general chair
man on arrangements for the forth
coming convention O! the National
Negro Business league, Gov. Her
hort r. O'Conror VII speak on
The Presidents N.sat" Wednes-
day, Angus; -, at Bethel AM.E.
church.
Ghc governors remarks will pre-
code the annual address o. ~. J Z.
Walker. president ~ me league.
George W. Cox ~ Durham. first
vice pres dent. Will pres dc. and
Dr.. Henry Alien BOYD. secretary.
National Baptist Publishing board.
Nashville. VIII RESPOND 10 the gov
ernor'S address.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
FAMILY VISITS SOLDIER

FORT MCCLELLAN. Ala The
"Cycle" Fort Mcclellan camp paper,
relates that a Best Letter in the
Regiment contest "a letter from a
soldier 20 his father found Pvt.
Harold II Scott Of leadon Pa, =
suburb Of Philadelphia. one Of the
winners PrjzeS were invitations,
complete with tickets and expense
money. for the winners families 10
visit them. Private SCOTS mother
Is dead and his father, Harvey Scott,
brought SCOTS sister along instead
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
AFRICAN PROMOTIONS

Win Fir n AMERICAN ARMY
IN NORTH AFRICA-Among re-
cent promotions announced in
North Africa arc: To sergeant. Cpl.
Wsnzo REYNOLDS. Jr,. Waco. Tex S.
To corporal: Pvts. FIRST Class Jesse
L. SpriS gs. Cleveland Tenn: Will
liam f Tapp. Cincinnati. Ohio:
Rufus Marable. Roanoke. Ala, and
Pvts. Harry II. jackson, German
town. Pa. and Jarrett T. Latimcr.
Oklahoma City. Okla.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-07
their children IheSe Genie
e safe and provide health exam
atoms. supervised play. res, a
holesome nutritious food.
Nursery schools
Brady. 1920 JOY Road. Brewst'
Nursery schools

Brady. 1920 JOY Road. Brewster,
655 wilkins: CarStons, 1892 Copl'n,
Cass Community, Cass and Seldom.
Charles Street, SSH Buffalo CT:
Cooper, 1896 Geors a: Custer. 1881
L.nwood: DWyer, III Cantt Eh {,
56ll Rich. Faryand. lOe Harper.
Greenfield Park. $780, Brush; Hard
Ing. 1880 Bur, Road. A l. Holmes,
1921 Georgia: Hutch.ns. $500 Wood
row Wilson: Morley. 1920 s Beau
mont: ParksIde. 1905 Frankfor:
Road Sampson, 6075 Bego,e: South
eastern. 1920 Fairview; Herman
Gardens. $500 Midgarden.
Canteens
Barbour, 1909 Seneca; Brewster.
e5s wilkins; Burroughs $3.50 ST.
Cyril: Cooper. $3.50 Georgia: Dryer,
iii Caniff: Ellis, SOIL Rich; Far
rand. lO6 Harper; Foch. 1862 Fair
view: Harding. 1880 Burt Road.
Hutchins, 1920 Woodrow Wilson;
Jackson. 4l80 Marlboro Jefferson.
$50 Seldom. Nolan, 1850 Las; Lan,z,
Post, 500 Midland; sampson, s07S
BesoIc Southwestern, 1921 West
Fort. Charles Stree, SSH Buffalo
c.. Parkside Project. l-J75 Frank
fort
Brewster. e55 wilkins; Cooper.
1886 Gcoyg.a;4DWyer Ill Caniif.
Els. 56ll Rich. Fsrrsnd, 100 Ha--
per. Harding. 1880 Burt Road,
HutchinS. $500 Woodrow WiLs'0;
Sampson, 6075 Bccolc; Charles St.
SSH Buffalo Court: PaTkSide Prof.
eci. l2075 FranktJr,. McMchael.
$3.50 Grand RIVER
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-05-06

the fighting;
They are used to the beans and
stew"
Well, I'm glad to be classed with
the roughnecks,
Who would fight for the red,
white and blue.
We 60 to work early and we
work late;
And come home with a smile
on our face.
While your darling son sits in the
parlor,
And lets another man fight in
his place.
Maybe you feel at ease and in
your danger,
Back in your old home town
You cooked up some pitiful story
So the draft board would turn
you down.
You never think of the real men
Who leave there day by day;
You only think Of their girl
friends
That you think you will get
while they are away.
You sit at home and read your
paper,
You jump and yell, we'll win.
Just where in the hell do you get
that eve" stuff
This war will be won by men,
Just what do you think, Draft
Dodger?
That this free nation would do
If all our men were slackerS
And scared to fight, like you.
Well, I guess that is all, Mr.
Stacker: