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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
FosterHomes
Sought For
Negro Waits

This week TIE social workers OF
the Children's Aid Society called
a meeting of some of the Negro
leaders of Detroit who have
evinced an interest in the problems
OF youth to get suggestions on how
to recruit boarding homes for chill
dren.
Mr.. Frost opened the meeting by
reviewing the background Of the
problem OF securing foster homes
for TIE 1915 now on the case load
Of the department. 306 t24.3 per
cent? Of whom are colored. He
pointed out that il is not only the
patriotic Christian duty OF any
couples who may be able and free
10 take a child. but il someone
does not take these children OF
broken homes and care for them,
We will have some very serious
juvenile delinquency problems on
hand. 1t was brought out that TIE
need is not one of color. but /,
city wide and with the coming or
fot summer. il will be much more
intensified.
There are only three alternative.
possible 10 pursue. Cd do nothing
~ reduce the cost OF living. OF
80 raise the board being paid 10
the foster parents. OF the hrst solu-
ton, he pointed out that there is
too much OF that being done now.
and following his line can only
lead to tragedy OF great proper
tons. The second. there is little
that any OF US can do along those
lines The third is a project that
the department works constantly
trying 10 effect and has made
some progress on.
Under the present plan TIE So
ciety cares for the medical and
dental care. any educational COSTS,
clothing. etc. OF the child until IL
shall have reached an age OF ma
iurity or is able 10 support himself
For babies seven dollars q week IS
given until he reaches his second
birthday. For older children. SIX
dollars a week He further pointed
out that this is no; thought 10 DC
adequate. compensation for caring
Cor the child. but is remuneration
% aid the foster parents. The VAL
ue Of surrounding Child with the
atmosphere Of wholesome home
LIE cannot be measured IN terms
Of dollars and cents.
Mrs. Clendennng asked tina,
hose present express any concrete
suggestions they might haze that
would be instrumental in aiding
them 10 secure desirable foster
homes. The cooperation OF the
press, cler2ymen and other meth
DDS OF propaganda were sosicited to
inform the public OF the need and
remind them OF the part that they
may play
Spokesman for tie Chiliren's Aid
Society assured the meeting tha'
they are sincere in every statement,
made and pledged TO follow up the
meeting with some concrete action
Members OF the CT ildren's Aid So
cie;y personnel were appointed 20
committee 10 serve as laison Off
GERS between the department and
ne community
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
JOINS wAACS

MlOViLLE, Ga. - Mss India
Hsrdwick. %. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Hardwick mas been N.
iuc.ed into the women's Army Aux.
Larry Corps IN Savannah. Ga She
vii report for da'y at Fort Devens.
Mass Tnfs * the h-st Negro 20 JON
;as Organization from t.S section
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
WAAC FACTS
By It. HELEN L. cox Federal Building, Room $50

instance. you'll 90 20 army dances.
and probably get the rush OF your
life! You'll be invited to Mems
Service club parties You may be
asked 10 visit army classes, and
share extra courses in such inter-
esting things as radio code and
camoufage. You'll set in on specis a.!
entertainments staged by visiting
movie and radio stars You'll see
the bcs; movies usually before
they m; The big tewnsi
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
!. CAN GET MARRIED
WHILE I'M IN SERVICE.

o, course you can You can say
do al any time while you're in
service And the WAC places no
restrictions on whom you marry.
either - army man. navy man.
marine or CIVILIAN. That's your
choice
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
I. WHAT WILL ! DO
IN THE WAAC:

ANY one Of more than hundred
important jobs the men would have
90 DO il you weren't there. May oe
you'll play nurscmsid 10 a jeep
and keep il in shipshapc running
order. Maybe your weather ooSer-
aya,lons will be the go ahead" for
OH bemhees lake off--You- may
handle the coding Of historic mes
sagcs: drive army officials on secret
missions. Whatever YOU do. you i
know It's vital 10 winning the war
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
WAAC FACTS-Stk
4 WHAT Is THE WAAC:
By IT. HELEN L. cox

W-A-A-C stands for Womens
Army Auxiliary Corps. When you
io,n the WAC. you work win
the Y. 6 army. No. not actually
on the firing line You don't pull
any ringers or Are, any eannons
But you take over army tasks that
are essential 20 help our hshiIns
men win.
Being WAAc Is the biggest.
mos; important job a erl can 90
IN this war. To any SRI win
true-blue heart, It's a chahense
and the thrill Of lifetime.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15

ing OF the panel technique and made
a general statement on the subject.
Each member was asked TO speak
on his convictions concerning II,
alter which the discussion was
opened 20 the members Of the au-
Sdicnce. Out Of the ensuing discus
sion came several interesting COM
ments and questions Techniques
demonstrated included: general
discussion. panel. speaker. lecture,
round table. symposium. and town
meeting
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15


breaking down employment bar
riers, the Negro man was going into
the armed services and could not
alone establish his rights as work.
er in these newly opened fields. As
in the past, the colored woman and
mother stepped in to hl the gap
and push forward into new fields.
Their problems are many and the
road is rough but the women of
our race have proud heritage as
tie makers OF the race. The transit
ton is a beautiful picture and one
which is meaningful as we'll. Yes
terdsy We saw her as the sun came
up - an apron and a pair OF shoes
wrapped in newspaper under her
arm - at dusk she trudged YEARLY
homeward after long day OF back
breaking drudgery. Today she
wears Stacks. works an eight-hour
day. and gets a paycheck just like
other women we see, but that Is
not all. She has a job to do and a
tradition to uphold Negro women
must lead the way ...... Negro
women must carry oni
The Detroit Board Of Education
is now working on plans for ex-
panding the N ,rsery School Ser
vice for working mothers. April Is.
l943 the Board took over the opera
ton OF the Nursery schools former
ly under the WPA program. Nursery
schools are open at Brewster. Dryer
school. Greenfield Park. Sampson,
Morley and Ellis Through the use
OF the facilities being provided for
the care OF children. we can pre-
vent arising Of some OF the prob
lens that evolve from the condi-
tons OF too little supervision.
Naturally. working mothers are
forced to resort to whatever care
is available for their children. All
too often the children are left TO
their own devices or left in the
care OF some immature person wLo
is not familiar with the problems
thai beset children and is poorly
equipped to solve them. even IL she
could recognize the needs.
II is up TO US as Negro women 10
see TO it that our children are as
well equipped as any other children
when the peace shall come, and
shall not lave suffered from any
kind OF lack.
Although we realize that we can
err on the side OF overrsensitivity,
let US not be unmindful OF the harm
that jokes and commentaries de-
picting the Negro as q clown and
using only the so-called dialec,
can do our race. Particularly Is this
true when these jokes are published
in magazines as popular as Readers
Digest.
n \ y
II is being said that women are
learning 10 get along with each
other now that we are being thrown
upon ourselves 10 devise means OF
amusement without benefit OF males
in many instances II this is true.
ii is at least one good thing that is
coming out OF the men being sent
TO serve in various branches Of the
services For ages. women have been
accused OF not being able to get
together without goSsiping about
all the mutual scquaintsnces who
might not be present or talking
about clothes. There are more i'm
portant things to take their atten-
ton these days.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
6. Is THERE SOCIAL LIFE IN THE
WAAC? WILL I HAVE FUN?

Bushels Of II. The only uoub.e
with a WAAC's of-duty time. IS
thst she usually has so many swell
things TO do. she can't tell which
10 choose On an army post. for
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
S. MAY USE COSMETICS

Why not? The army wants you
% be attractive and feminine -
not dali "waShed-out Winnie
So go right ahead Use your lip
stlcl:. your powder and rouge Just
use good taste and keep i; incon-
spicuous. Even in civilian life, you
don't want TO look like painted
IndianD Nail polish isn't frowncd
on either, as long as its a light
s ade.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-15
L. ARE wAAC REGULATIONS
sTIEEc

No. lets say they're sensible
You'll find most WAAC regulations
are like army regulations - there's
a common sense reason FOR every
ono Of them. They're not jus; to
Gimp your style And you'll prob
ably discover there's lot more
freedom than YOU ever dreamed
there would be, As 4 WAAC. you're
expec,ed 10 be responsible per
son - and you'll Just naturally 60
ou' OF your way to snow people
The WAAC's are wonderful
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Premature Explosion
In Plot Kills |, Hurts |
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
McADOO, Pa, Sept 6.-Two dy-
Mantle explosions, which State Po-
liceman Grover Snyder said went
off prematurely in planned murder
and suicide. killed John Horick, So
year-old miner, and seriously in
jured his stepson, Metro KondaSh,
20, in Horicks home here yesterday.
Mr. Snyder, who assisted Schuyl-
kill County Detective Bruce Clayton
in an investigation. said Horick had
threatened to kill his wife, Mrs.
Mary Kondash Horick, several times
since their marriage nine months
ago.
Mr.. Snyder gave this version Of
the tragedy:
Horick apparently went to the
cellar, placed two dynamite charges,
lighted the fuses and returned to
the first floor to join his wife, who
was asleep in a front bedroom.
AS he entered the kitchen where
his stepson was asleep. thee first
charge exploded, killing Horick and
injuring young Kondash. The sec
ond blast followed in few minutes.
Mrs. Horick escaped without injury.
Kondash was taken to Hazleton
State Hospital where his condition
was said to be serious.
Coroner David Jones issued a yer-
dict Of suicide In the death OF
Horick, whose body was identified
BY . brother. Harry Horick Of Gilt.
ton, N. ].
Evening star., 1943-09-06
War News Launches
Capitol Debate on
Plant Reconversion
Ways and Means Unit
PIons Hearings Thursday
On Reodjusting Contracts

MEN IN SERVICE already prepar-
ing themselves for their postwar
jobs. Page B-3
BY the Associated Press. ~.
Good news from the battle
fronts has touched off a lively
debate on Capitol Hill over the
best methods of getting Ameri-
can industry back on a peace
time footing after the last shot
has been fired.
With wide range Of suggestions
already advanced, the House Ways
and Means Committee will start
public hearings Thursday on the
broad question OF war contract
renegotiations.
A prime issue is whether manu-
facturers now holding Government
contracts should be permitted to
build up sufficient profit reserves to
enable them to shift back quickly to
civilian production. Purpose of the
renegotiation law was to prevent
excessive" profits, and the congress
sional farm bloc is keeping wary
eye on what Chairman Fulmer of
the House Agriculture Committee
calls the large, monopolistic
groups"
Representative Eberharter, Demo-
crat of Pennsylvania, came forward
today with an 'insure-the- risk
plan for financing postwar recon-
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Non-lsoIafionisf
Stand Backed
Al COP Farley
Dewey, Bricker and
Warren Toke Leud
For Postwar Policy
BY GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Staff Correspondent.

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich,
Sept. 6.--As the Republican Post-
war Advisory Council convened
here today to formulate policies,
both foreign and domestic, there
were growing indications that
the party no longer is the sponsor
OF isolationism-a tendency
spearheaded by New York's Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, who came out
in an interview last night for a
permanent military alliance with
Great Britain and close relations
with the other United Nations.
While many council members In
sisted that overemphasis had been
placed on the foreign policy pro-
gram and that the average citizen
was vitality interested in domestic
problems, number of outstanding
Republican leaders, on the eve OF
the conference, issued statements
favoring strong international CO.
operation after the war.
Most of them were not as OUT
spoken as Gov. Dewey. but they
were none the less insistent that
some form Of international cooper
alton must be devised to prevent
future world wars.
Proposal Assailed by Taft.
Gov. Dewey stepped out at least
as far as the position occupied by
Wendell L. Willkie In the field OF
international cooperation. Mr..
Willkie, not member of the coun.
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Gen. Marshall Slated to Head
Allies Cross-ChunneI Invasion
Gen. Eisenhower or
Gen. SomerveII May
Be Chief of Stuff
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Gen. George c. Marshall, chief
of staff of the United States
Army, will be appointed COM
mander in chief of the Allied
forces in the European theater
of. operations and will direct any
invasion from England, it was
reported here today on the hieh-
est authority.
Gen. Marshall's successor as chief
of staff has not yet been designated.
But after the elimination of Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, who is indis-
pensible in the Pacific area, the field
seems to have been narrowed to
choice between Gen, Brehon Somer-
veil, deputy chief of staff and head
of the Army Service Forces, and
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, COM
mander in chief of the Allied forces
in the Mediterranean.
b Gen. Marshall has done an out
standing job since the outbreak of
the war. He has organized and
trained an army of millions and also
has managed, in spite of demands
from the various theaters, to keep
balance of forces in accordance with
the immediate requirements of our
strategy.
But his work as strategy Trainer
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Biq-ScaIe Allied Drive
Virtually Traps laps
In Sa|amaua Sector
Force Is Largest Employed
For Offensive Action
In Southwest Poetic
BY the Associated Press.

0y ine ASSOClateQ PreSS.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Sept. g. Veteran Australian
troops under personal direction
OF Gen. Douglas Macarthur have
advanced 8 to 10 miles in a bat
tie plan which already has vir-
tually trapped and is designed
to destroy the japanese in the
Lae-Salamaua area of New
Guinea.
The gains were scored Saturday
after Allied forces moved across the
Huon Gulf in the strongest force of
men and ships ever employed in
purely offensive operation in the
Southwest Pacific theater.
Protected by formidable forma-
tlons OF air and sea craft which beat
of determined Japanese aerial
challenge and blasted the enemy's
coastal defenses, the Australians
gained beachheads on the north
shores of Huon Gulf. The invasion
force Immediately struck inland to
cut the enemy's land links connect
ing the main chain of Japanese
bases in Northern New Guinea from
its southern anchor at Lac.
Jap Resistance Light.
An Army spokesman said the Aus
tralians encountered ground resist
ance at only two points. japanese
troops showed some opposition in
the vicinity of one of the two beach,
heads which were established Satur-
day and also near Singaua planta-
(See PACIFIC, Page Al
Evening star., 1943-09-06

Gil, is absent, and some of his
friends have insisted that the or
ganixation was packed against
him.
The Dewey declaration was criti-
cized by Senator Taft of Ohio, who
said he believed it unwise and un-
timely.
Another Republican leader was
emphatic in. his denInciation of the
Dewey statement. He said 1t might
easily drive Stain and Soviet Russia
into some other alliance and even
suggest separate peace on the part
Of Russia.
Underneath. however, there was
general agreement that this country
would have to act in concert With
Great Britain in the future. The
hope was expressed that other coun-
tries, including Russia and China,
would also have part in the inter-
national agreements and organiza-
ton for peace.
Gov. Dewey explained that he did
not mean that the United States
should become either a Junior or
senior partner of Britain to help
maintain the British Empire. What
he meant, he said, was that 1t would
be to the interest of the United
States to enter into a defensive
military alliance.
1T would be to our interest" he
said, ito have a military alliance
with Great Britain after the war.
The American people have never
suffered such shock as when they
feared the British Navy might be
seized by the Nazis in the summer
Of 1910.
Should we enter into a long,
range treaty of non-aggression with
Great Britain, an entirely reason
able possibility, it might be a sur
render of some freedom of action,
but we would not lose our SOW
ereignty. AS matter of fact we
have had defacto alliance with
Great Britain ever since the war
of 1872"
Wants Russia Full Ally"
Gov. Dewey was commenting on a
news report from Washington that
such a military alliance with Britain
had been agreed to at the recent
Quebec conference, participated in
by President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill.
He was asked If he would broaden
such an alliance to include Russia
and China. The Governor replied
he hoped the United States would
have closer relations with the other
United Nations for the maintenance
of peace in the future He expressed
the opinion that alliance" was a
catch word, which required explain
ing.
81 would like to see Russia full
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Early Alert Awokens Capital;
Whitehurst Praises Results
Thousands Aroused by Alarm,
Many Delayed on Way to Work

An afraid blackout, third in
a series of surprise tests planned
by the Army, awakened thou
sands Of Washingtonians before
dawn today and delayed thou
sands Of others bound for their
places of employment.
Termed a complete success by
Capt. H. G. Whitehurst, director of
civilian defense in the District, the
test began at $50 am. with series
of long blasts (blue signaD on warn
ing devices. The Washington yellow
flash, a confidential warming to the
control center. had been received q
half hour earlier.
Fluctuating. signals (the red)
halting all traffic, was heard at 5:55
am, and the second blue, permitting
street cars, autos and other vehicles
to resume ct cautious pace was
sodnded at sos am. The short,
Evening star., 1943-09-06
StaIin Moves 10 Close
Breach With Church
Russian Leader Meets
High Clergy at Krem|in
(See PACIFIC, Page A-4.)
Py the Associated Press.


MOSCOW, Sept. 6.-Reconcilia-
ton of the Russian state and the
church, estranged for Is years
since the revolution, was ad-
vanced yesterday with an official
announcement that Premier
Stain had approved calling of
congress to elect a Patriarch of
the Greek Orthodox Church and
organize the Holy Synod, ad-
ministrative body.
The announcement, ront-paged
in all Moscow newspapers and
greeted joyfully in Russia s churches.
revealed that Stain had given his
approval after meeting with
Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav
Molotov and the three Metropoli-
tans of Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev
at the Kremlin.
THE head of the government,
Comrade J. v. Stalin," the official
announcement said, expressed his
sympathy with this decision and
said the government would not
hinder this in any way"
The government announcement
does not change the status of the
church under the constitution of
1896, but it signified that the state
and church, long alienated, were
drawing closer together.
The congress is the first to be held
since 1925 when the church split
into two groups with the New
Church" headed by Metropolitan
Alexander Vidensky. The latter was
not represented at the Kremlin con-
ference last night.
The Moscow Daily News, Russian
nglish-language newspaper, yes
terday published an interview with
Metropolitan Sergei OF Leningrad,
acting patriarch, who said that the
church was giving full support to
the Soviet war effort, pointing out
that more than 5000, 900 rubles had
: been raised for Red Army tanks.
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Reds Within ) Miles
OF Burning 5taIino,
Key German Base
Nozis Retreoting Along
600-MiIe Front From
Azov Seq to SmoIensk
MAP on Page A-3.)
sy the Associated Press.

! LONDON, Sept. 6.-Soviet
forces were reported by the Mos
se0w radio to-day toshaveaclos
in to within 8 miles of burning
Stalino,. key to the German posi-
tions in the Donets Basin.
A broadcast by Col. Adreyv, Tass
military observer, said that "one
group Of Soviet troops is now three
miles east" of the threatened city.
The Russian. midnight communi-
que broadcast from Moscow and re-
corded by the Soviet monitor an
nounced that Axis forces were with
drawing along a 6oo-mile front
which extended from the shores of
the Sea of Azov north to the
Smolensk sector. In some localities,
the Russians said, Red Army units
have stabbed as much as nine miles
deeper into German-held territory.
ESQ Towns Fall.
Two hundred and fifty more towns
fell to the Russians yesterday, the
war bulletin said, bringing the bag
for the most important week of
fighting in the Soviet summer Of
fensive to 1,500. All along the grim
route the Germans were resisting
desperately, hurling masses of troops
into counterattacks which failed to
halt the Red Army. More than
5000 Nazis we're slain and scores of
tanks and other heavy equipment
were destroyed in the fighting, the
Russians said
In the Donets Basin, the Russians
were rapidly maneuvering into posi-
ton for knockout blow at Stalino,
industrial city and mining center
which the Germans have held and
heavily fortified since they first cap
tured it in October, 194l.
One unit battled its way into
Khartsyzsk, Is miles east of Stalino,
and another captured Artemovsk, AZ
miles north. Great minefields and
a complicated system of tank traps
barred the approaches to Artemovsk,
a rail junction point, which the
Russians said fell only after a hard
battle.
Ten Miles From Stalino.
A Reuters dispatch from Moscow
said Russian armored forces driv-
ing toward Stalino from the north
east were less than 10 miles from
the city at one point
The Berlin radio, meanwhile,
broadcast report that Russian
naval forces operating in the east
ern part of the Gulf of Finland
had tried to land troops in consid-
erable force behind the German
Evening star., 1943-09-06
Brother Of Don Hutson
Reported Missing in War
BY the Associated Press.

Ss
PINE BLUFF, Ark, Sept. g.
Flight Officer Robert P. Hutson,
who, with his twin, Raymond, fol-
lowed their big brother, all-America
Don, to the University of Alabama
is missing In action.
The War Department notified
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. r. B.
Hutson of Pine Bluff, that he had
been missing since August q in the
Southwest Pacific.
While Don Hutson was making
football history at Alabama in the
earlys 30s before going on to pro-
fessional stardom with the Green
Bay Packers, the twins were in
grammar school here. They became
mainstays on the crack Pine Bluff
High School football team, which
won an unofficial national cham=
pionship at Baton Rouge, La, in
1889 Flight Officer Hutson was an
all-Arkansas quarterback in 1888
and 1893.
The twins enrolled at Alabama
three years ago. Coach Frank
Thomas had included them In his
l94l plans, but they left school to
| enter the Army Air Forces.