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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-29
Warns Against
Race Prejudice

NEW YORK-(ANP)-At a meet
Ing o, the Women's ASSOCIATION OF
Grace Episcopal church last week,
Miss Sally Lucas Jean, government
consultsnt in health education. de-
clared the United Sta,es-is in dan
ger OF losing democrscy-thc very
thing We arc fighting tor-by its
attitude toward the minority groups
In this country.
Since last October. Mss Jean has
supervised the health program for
$4,000 Jaranese evsouees al the var
relocation camp al PoSton. ARR.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-29
Race Problem To
Highlight COnfab

NEW YORK cITY-W.th a pam
ell on the international Clash Of
Color" in which the whole ques-
ton OF race and world imperialism
Will be explored al tie I'VE Are
Americans. Too" conference spon-
sored by the March On Washing
ton Movement in Chicago. June 80
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-29

in protest against discrimination in
war housing. outlined by commit
teee, elected at Inter-racial meet
ing OF May 7.
2.-Discussion - improving local
Inter-racial committees, as outlined
in executive board resolution, Sep
TENDER Is, l94l.
3.-NAACP War Emergency con-
ference. June 3-6. involving Phillip
Murray's participation.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and adjourn
ment.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-29

20 July 4, the international aspect
Of the problem OF the Negro peo-
pie VIII be highlighted stated B. =.
McLsurin. national secretary OF the
March on Washington Movement.
vho left New York City. May q
on southern tour in the interest
Of MOWM
Africa. India. China, the West
Indies. the Isles OF the sea, to-
gether with the Negro in the Unit
ed States VIII be the subject OF
extended and expert discussion.
said Mr.. McLaurin
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25
POSTAL Employee Accused Of $4,000 Mail Theft
Roaming Reporter

category they by all means
should have adequate represen-
tation and allowed fun partIclpa-
lion In these labor organizations
Negro organizations alone will
not break down barriers or bring
about this mass Improvement we
sneak about However. Il Is neces-
sary 70 have forces at work on
al sides and such an organization
as the NAACP has proven
throughout the years that II can
bring much pressure to bear We
must have such pressure group
behind us. II the FEPC continued
70 function after the war with
capable unbiased leaders this
approach perhaps would bring
about tremendous pressure. good
will. and permanently eliminate
many racial barriers I person
ally feel that there IS no one or
ganlzation which can hiring about
mass racial Improvement hut The
matter must be approached from
every possible angle particularly
those sighted above; with the
Negro participating fully as
citizen.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25
.Shrewdness
Battles FIJI
Men For Hours
One Little
Mistake Spells
Perfect Crime

Los ANGELES fANP) Rob
crt 81 Tasner AZ, postal em.
rlovee was arrested FRIDAY ~
Tie theft ~ Setoae. The suspect
yeteran track driver nhs
for many years had eninyod 'bs
confidence Of hs saptriof- vas
confined IN no county SAIL "a
await trial hefofe fcdersl court
With p lone federal psnfentlary
sentence facing him mon almost
snre Conviction
The huge smoun vhith Turner
f. CHARGED VIII deliberately steal.
inF was 81 The shape o. sach
rAl % registered nail consstins
d cash icwclry and negotiable
securities and his securing ~ Il
look ike 'the perfect crime es-
cent for little slip-up he neg
lectei 70 destroy the empty mail
sack which was found hidden
his home after Dc had been ques-
toned hy haffled FB1 men ivuy
different times he had succeeded
50 far by ore Of the clevercst
yet simplest tactics ia local crime
annals / occurred III me load
me dock 81 he new terminal an
ncx whore ihe naioitv Of fbs
ineoins and outgoing mail IL
haniled
10 making his deliveries on tho
night shift Turner was chctiod
So piece Is piece hy the clerk in
charge each check releasing hin
from further Responsibilities for
that particular item as ihe oleik
urnod hack 10 his desk 10 list
that particular sack after Turner
had deposited Il me schsmng
driycr quickly throw 81 hack mo
The truck without being noticed
and continued turning over the
rest of the mail TO be checked
His load signed IN. be departed
on other runs and Il MAS not un-
az near the end 81 the eight-hour
shit that the sack was discov-
cred missing
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25

Well won't be" said Valerie.
I'm American. Latin-Ameri-
can
Hugh said his mother. ats
Just by luck that you even got
good hair"
What's that got to do with
being an American"
"A mighty lot, said his mama.
I'm America"
They moved. They moved up to
l4Srd street. in tho very middle
81 American Harlem. There Hat
tie Gutierrez was happier
In her youth her name had been
Jones, not Gutierrez. but Just
Main colored Jones. And she had
come from Virginia. not Latin
America She had met the Porto
Rican seaman in Norfolk. and
had lived with him there in New
York for some ten or twelve
wears. working hard to keep him
and their house in style. Then
one winter he just disappeared
az sea. probably lost his boat in
some far off port-town. settled
down with another woman, and
wcnt-on dancing his rhumbas
and drinking his rum without
worry.
Valerie was handsome child.
moi quite as light as hiss father.
but with olive-yellow skin and
straight black Spanish hair. He
looked more foreign than Negro
As no grow up. he became stead
nv taller and bctter-looking. Most
Of his friends were Spanish
speaking. so he possessed their
language as we'll as English He
was smart and amusing Of
school But he wouldn't work.
That was what worried his
mother. he just wouldn't work.
The long hours and low wages
most colored fellows received
during the depression never APP
pcalcd 10 him. He could live
without struggling.
He liked to dance aud play
billiards lie hung on: around the
Cuban theatre on 110ih street,
around the pool halls and gam
bling places In the taxi dance
emporiums He was all for get
ting good thing out Of life His
mothers moving up TO l43rd
street didn't improve things any.
Indeed Il just started the ball
rolling faster. for here Valerie
became what is known in Harlem
as big-timer. a young sport, q
hep-cat In other words, man
about-town.
His sleek-haircd yellow star
rose in chocolate sky. He was
seen at all the formal invitational
affairs given by the exclusive
clubs Of Harlem's younger set.
He was seen at the midnieht
shows stretching into the dawn.
lie was even asked to Florita
sutton's famous Thursday mid
nlght-at homes where visiting
dukes. English authors. coIored
tap-dancers. and dinner-coated
down-towners We'd for elbow
room in her Sugar Hill apart
ment. Matte. valerios mama,
still kept her lob ironing in the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25

lies in organized groups. The
ruling class after this war Will
be labor. II is this group Of peo-
pie who Will dictate the basic
policies Of our government, and
Justly so. The mechanism they
will use. Of course. will be their
labor organizations and since the
majority Of Negroes fall into this
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25
Library School At Atlanta u. Gets
Highest Rating For New Course

ATLANTA. Ga The Atlanta
University School Of Library
service, which opens Tor lbs third
year on Sept q. was recently
accredited % o Tyne IL Library
school by The Beard az Education
~ the American Library associa-
ton The Type II school is one
requiring graduation from 2
standard college before admi-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25
Answer these Questions and
make a good laxative choice

Que>. Are all laxaliyes alike
Ans. Certainly not Qnes. Are an
laxaiiycs herbal laxatives9 ans. 40.
some arc saline. emollimort eiC.
Ones. Is Black Draugh, herhal9
Ans. Yes. Black Draught is purely
herbal usually thorough and sat
is factory II direction are followed.
That's why II IS often che friend
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25

lance for professional library
trainirs The VAST majority ot
The best library schools IN the
country teiong 70 this group.
other Tyne II schools are located
ai The University OF Southern Cal
iiornla Emery university, syra-
cnse university Western Reserve.
ihe University of North Carolira.
and Louisiana state university
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25

socialion. Booker r. Washington
Trade Association. and various
consumer coopcrati,cs. There will
Dc continued need for such or
CARNATIONS as the MACE. I'r-
ban league, and others devoted 10
full citizenship rights and OPP
poriunities Our postwar plans
should be directed toward fuller
irtegra'ion into the present
way OF lie and aimed at improv-
ing American democracy in or
oer that IT'S benefits will extend
TO all groups.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25

~ idAdiiNt
Black Draguht has been popn
lar-selling laxative with -four gem
erations. Costs only 25c for - 10
40 doses Comes powdered or grant
ulatcd. which many say IS even
easier 20 take Caution. use only
as directed Next time. try BLACK
nraughi In the familiar yellow box.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25

to a particular few Of both
groups. Since usually only a
certain select few participate
in these groups the general pub
lie does not feel any Of the adj
vantages Of the problems they
discuss.
or there are any questions yon
would Ike 10 have discussed send
them 10 X. Grcenidge- Detroit
Tribune, 2li6 81. Antolnc).
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25

.fCN tlilttlig al tiNti ~ Viii
{ean lady who owned a beau
3ty parlor called LaFlor. be
4gan to buy him neckties. AT
Seighteen, she kept him in
tpocket money and let HIM
4drive her car. At nineteen,
younger and prettier wom-
Zen a certain comely Span
fish widow and one DR.. Bar
Irios' pale wife - began to
see that he kept well-dress-
led.
you'll never amount 70
'roihinv Matte. his brown-skin-
bred mother said. "Why don't
. you get Job and work? IT'S
.ihat foreign blood in YOU. that's
what Il IS. Just like your father. +"
"Qne VA" Valerie replied. grin
I ninr.
Don't you speak Spanish TO
me" his mama said You know
u don't understand ii'
% X mama" Valerie said
|-Yo voy a TRAFALGAR"
You better irabalar." his man.
|ma answered and I mean work
|ino I'm tired o'cominr home
'everv night from that Chinese
laundry and findin' you gone TO
.the dogs I'm gonna move out O.
HITS here neighborhood anyhow
4 way up into Harlem where some
'real colored people Is. ! mean
american Negroes There amt
trobody settin' decent example
for YOU down here 'mongst all
these Cubans and Porto Ricans
'and things. l don't care II your
Father was one OF EN-. never did
Pike EN- real we'll"
"Aw, ma. why didn't you ever
learn Spanish and stop talking
Pike a darkle?'
Don't you darkle me. you
young hound, you! l won't stand
y jus, because you're straight
|haired and yellow and got foreign
blood In YOU, don't you darkie
ne I'm your mother and l won't
|iMnd for H. You hear me p
Yes ma'am. But YOU know
What | mean. mean stop talk
|ing like most colored folks Just
because you're not white you have
10 get back In a corner and
stay there. Can't we live nowhere
else but way up in Harlem. for
instance? Down here in 18th
street white and colored families
live in the same house Span
ish-speaking families. some white
and some black. What do you
want 70 move further up In Har-
lem for. where everybody's all
black? Lots OF my friends down
here are Spanish and Italian and
argentine, and we get along
swell"
That's just what I'm talkin'
about" said his mother. That's
Just Why I'm gonna move I can't
Keep track Of you. runnin' around
with fast foreign crowd all
mixed up with every what-cha-
may-csll-it, and lettin' all shades
|of women give you money. Be-
sides. no matter where you move,
|or what language you speak
You're still colored less'n your
skin IA white"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25

Chinese laundry-hut nobody
bothered about his mama.
Valerie was nice enough boy.
though, about sharing his income
with her, about pawning n ring
or something someone would give
him and helping out on the rent
or the insurance policies. And
maybe, once or twice week.
mama might see her son coming
in as she went out in the morn
ing, or Leaving as she came in
at night, for Valerie often slept
all day. And she would mutter.
The Lord knows. cause don't.
what Will become of you. boy.
You're just like your father"
Then. strangely enough. one
day Valerie did get a job. A good
job. too-at least. It paid him
well A friend OF his ran a night
club on upper Lenox avenue.
Gangstcrs owned the place. hut
they let Negro run n. They
had a red hot jazz band. and
high yellow revue. and bootleg
likker. When the Cuban music
hogan 10 hit Harlem. they hired
Valerie TO introduce the rhumba
That was something he was. real
~ cut out TO do. the rhumba
That wasn't work. Not AT all.
hombre' but It was job. and his
mama was glad.
Attircd in a yellow silk shirt,
white satin trousers. and a bright
red sash. Valerie danced nightly
10 the throbbing hand-drums and
seed-filled rattles Of the tropics
accompanied by the orchestras
Usual instruments or JOY. Valerie
danced with a little brown Cuban
girl IN a red dress. whose hair
was mat OF darkness. and
whose hips were nobody's busi-
ness.
Their dance became the talk of
the town--at least. OF that part
Of the town composed Of night
lifers-for Valerie danced the
rhumba as his father had taught
him 70 dance it in Norfolk when
he was ten years gid, innocently
-unexpureated. happy. funny,
but beautiful. too like gay
sweet longing for something that
might be had. sometime, maybe.
some place or other.
ANYHOW, business doomed Ring
side tables filled with people who
came expressly 70 see Valerie
dance.
Hes marvellous" gasped ladies'
who ate at the Ritz any time
they wanted to.
"That boy can dance said
portly gentlemen with offices full
OF lawyers to keep track Of their
income tax HE can dance." And
they wished they could, too
Hot stuff said young-rum-
runners. smoking REFERS and
drinking gin. for those were pro-
hibition days.
"a natural born eastman"
cried tan-skin lady with dia-
mond wrist-watch on. He can
have anything l got"
That was the trouble. Too
many people felt that Valerie
could have anything they got, so
he lived on the fat CT the land
without making half an effort. He
began to be invited TO fashion,
able cocktail parties downtown.
lie often went cut to dinner with
white folks. hut his mama still
kept her job IN the Chinese laun-
dry.
CONTINUED next Issue)
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25

''i NA~ 49, = ~ ~
eanizations such
as the NAACP. or
an even more re-
cent development
Negro Coopera-
tives. Bi-racial or
CARNATIONS are
good but as a
whole cater only
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25
Do Kidneys Make
You Get Up Nights?

Grateful Thousands have learned that get
ing up nights" may simply mean that the KID
ncys need what doctors call diurctlo aid II
that's your trouble. don suffer nectiloey nom
this annoying. secp-distnping condition
Try ume-proyen. eAay-to-tako Gold Medal
HARLEM on Capsules A directed on the
package Zee n they don't help you sleep
tke iog 49, and fell Ike . million Get
ooid Medal HAArfm on Cspsule Today
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25
SPANISH BLOOD
By Langston Hughes

In that amazing city Of Manhattan where before the crash
people were forever building things anew live young Ne
called Valerie whose mother colored washewoman
but whose father Porto Rcan sailor Valerie grew up in
the streets He mucgood school, but he was swell
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25
MORE AND MORE
COLDS THESE DAYS

So head of head colds nasal miseries.
Just two drops open up those cold-clogged
breath passages. Caution: Use only as
directed. Get Penetro Nose Drops.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25
Chester b. Current, 1921 Milford:
Cooperative enterprises are go
ing 70 be the salvation Of the Ne

gro For
] a S ting
post war
benefits we
ought 70
affiliate
with such
or z aniza-
tons as the
IVES Z Side
l NJ D r Owe
parpf A.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25
Leonard r. Andrews,
1864 81. Antoine:

I think the strength ~ the
Negro lies in the Negro himself
He should affiliate himself with
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25
THE ANSWERS
George smedIey. sis melbourne.

George Smedley. 9ls Melbourne;
II is my firm conviction that
II the Negro as a whole would
invest beyond the limit OF his ca
paciiy in United States war bonds
and hold them until after the war
he will then find himself in a
much better position. believe
that poverty is the basis for his
present status and that when he
acquires taste and forms a
habit for thrift there VIII be
mass racial Improvement
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25

In order
10 realize
mass ra-
cial I'm
provement
T o d a y
more than
ever before
in the his
tory Of the
W o / d
,tren 9Th
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25
Wary Agnes Da,Is. rs Z. Forrest.

There Is little value in any
racial group affiliating them
selves with particular individual
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25

Tn
This teens he became one of the moothes dancers in the
anAmerlcan quarter just north of Central Park LONG
Before the rhumba became popular he knew how to do &
hin the real Cuban that made all the girls afraid "a
5dance with him. Besides he was very good looking At
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25
THE QUESTION

What organization. group, or
indy idual do you think The Ne
gro should affiliate himself
with In order 10 have mass
racial Improvement after the
war.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-09-25

CONTINUED next Issue)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-07
Q SERIAL STORY
DARK JUNGLES
BY JOHNC FLEMING LOISEBY

COPYRIGHT, iod3.
NEA SERVICE. INC,

Next you're going to get some
sleep"
"a swell time to expect anyone
to sleep"
"As tired as you are now you
could sleep in the middle of 42nd
street with the traffic looming
around you"
How about you? I suppose
you feel fresh as a daisy?"
Il feel all right" Barry lied
This fire will keep them busy for
at least three or four hours. I'll
stand watch and as soon as I sec
that they have it under control
we'll move back from the coast
and rest until night. tn be dawn
by the time they get that fire
under control. They won't try to
take those boats out until dark
ness sets in"
Allison was too tired to argue.
She stretched out on the soft sand,
still war from the heat of the
sun, and within five minutes was
sleeping peacefully.
Barry sat on the ground, his
eyes watched the red line of
flames as they swept northward
along the beach. They lighted the
soft tropical sky with a pale, yell
loWish glow.
The war night air, the even
pounding of the surf, the song of
the wind, the distant cracking of
| the fire Barry felt himself
getting drowsy again. He meant
to get up but this time fatigue
won out. He was suddenly asleep.
He had slept for several hours
when he first heard the sound of
voices. He opened his eyes slowly,
like a man waking from a trou-
bled dream He saw first the feet
AMI legs. then his eyes Travelled
up to the dark faces of a dozen
mumbling Indians that stood in a
circle around him. He sat up,
rubbing his eyes, and looked over
at Allison. She was still asleep.
Dawn was breaking.
He heard footsteps running in
the sand. A man broke through
the circle of Indians and looked
grimly down at him Renaldo's
face twisted into a grim leer.
sticking your nose in where it
doesn't belong!" he said bitterly.
Then he noticed Allison. Dismay
showed plainly on his handsome,
dark face.
How'd she get here?"
You thought she was safely
locked up in the mountain estan-
cia?" Barry said sharply,
Il thought she was back at the
plantation"
II see," Barry said. ut was me
your Indians were to have am
pushed but didn't go. Allison
went instead"
"The laundering fools!" Renaldo
flared out,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-07
NARY WORTH'S FAMILY
CAPTURE
CHAPTER xxx

What now?" Allison whispered.
"Well have to figure out some
way to keep those boats from
sailing! If Renaldo is selling this
stuff to the axis that will be one
load of vital material they'll never
get!"
But we don't dare reveal our
selves" Allison said quietly.
"We're outnumbered ten to one
and Renaldo wouldn't stop at
anything now!'
IF there were only some way
we could divert their attention for
a few hours, maybe Hall would
arrive with help" Barry's eyes
swept up and down the dark
coastline. Finally he turned to
Tllison. 1--WE got an IDEAL
He quickly tied the mules to
some low scrubby bushes and took
Allison's hand. Carefully they
crept along through the brush.
Once a dry twig snapped under
Barry's foot. They stopped breath
ing for an instant as they saw
Renaldo shade his eyes and peer
In their direction. He must have
been satisfied it was only an ami
NAL as he went back to his shout
ing at the Indians.
When they had gotten a good
distance away Barry stopped.
"There's only one thing to do"
he said. Thus brush is dry as
powder. Well set fire to it and
scram. The wind is from the sea
and it'll keep Renaldo's Indians
plenty busy for a while"
Barry took a waterproof metal
matchbox from his coat pocket. A
tiny flame fiared as he held it close
TO a dry bush. An instant later
great flames leaped skyWard and
cracked like a thousand tiny pis-
tolls.
Barry, Allisons hand clutched
in his, was running wildly up the
slope. The wind was whipping the
fire to the north as they cut back,
away from the inferno. When
they got safe distance from the
blaze they stopped. They we're
both gasping for breath. From
the raised ground they could see
the Indians running along the
beach in the direction Of the fire
They were backing down saplings
with their machetes. Some were
already beating at the licking,
hungry flames.
What if they can't stop the
firew Allison said breathlessly.
1T will stop at the canyon over
the next HILL" Barry treasured
her. They will be afraid 1t will
bring the coast guard"
Barry slipped off his coat and
spread 1t on the sandy ground.
What happens neXt?" Allison
said.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-07

Allison woke up, startled. A
frightened cry escaped her.
Don't worry, Miss Topping"
Renaldo said quietly. Nothing is
going to happen to you - unless
you bring it on yourself"
For the moment Allison was SO
stunned she couldn't answer. She
was trying desperately to gather
her wits.
Smart trick of yours to start
that fire." Renaldo said. "Only 1t
won't do you any good. Tonight
when the fishing boats go out
you'll be aboard, Fielding. What
happens to you from then on will
be somebody else's problem. You've
Just DELAYED us one night"
He turned TO Allison and smoled.
All the sharpness had fled from
his voice.
Tomorrow I will take you back
to the plantation" he said. I'm
sure you're a smart girl and won't
cause any trouble 1t would really
be so useless for you to do any
thing now except what I tell YOU
Renaldo slid his automatic from
the holster. Barry's hand shot to
his side but it fell away again as
he found his gun had been taken.
Allison jumped to her feet and
started toward Renaldo, her eyes
blazing.
why you dirty"
Renaldo caught her wrist and
twisted it until she WINGED.
Now don't be difficult, my
sweet, it will only cause you trou-
BILE"
Renaldo turned to an Indian
and said something in Quiche In
mediately the Indian took short
pieces of rope and bound first
Barry's wrists, then Allison's. The
Indians led them away down the
slope to the beach. They walked
for quarter mile to a clump of
trees. The Indian grunted, nod
ding that they could sit down on
a fallen log. Then he stood on
guard 10 feet away fixing them
with hard, bright stare.
Anyway, we had a good nights
sleep!' Alison said lightly.
(TO Be Concluded