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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
NAMED FOURTH
Vice PRESIDENT
At conference
War Problems Discussed
AT Meeting II cid
In Chicago

CHICAGO CAMP TIE Ns:.eial
Negro Insurance association ad-
tourned here Friday after orc ~
che mos; enthusiastic and success
full conventions during the y years
Of its existence
TIE four-dsv session - Parkway
ballroom here attracted some so
delegates including INC top eNecu-
tives in tho risk companies opera
ting wi,sin nc Negro group. and
a host az visitors who observed a
Business like. smoothly functioning
convention where the delegates
really worked. where committees
performed and where all the bust
ness programmed and even some
additional was actually achieved.
New officers elected included:
president. Booker T Bradshaw,
president. Virginia Mutual Life.
Richmond: lst vice president, Char
les ". Greene. field agency direc-
tor. Atlanta Life Atlanta. Ga; End
vice president. Or. c. p. Powell,
president Victory Mutual Life. New
York City. Bird vice-president, Ralph
Stewart. agency director, AFRO
American Life. Jacksonville, Fla;
An vice president. DR.. Robert w
Greenidge. Great Lakes Mutual. De-
troit: secretary, A. p. Bentley, Fire
side Mutual. Columbus, Ohio; treas
urcr. A. NJ. Carter. Pilgrim Health
md Life, Augusta. Ga; actuary'
A. Maceo walker, Universal Life,
Memphis; general counsel, J. Leon
ard Lewis. Afro-Americsn Lie
Jacksonville: historian. NJ. s Stuart
Universal Life. Memphis; j. F Rob
fnson. chaplain. American Wood
men, Houston.
Work For Advancement
The public meeting held at me
DuSable High school heard DIT
Louis Wirth. professor OF sociology
nj the University OF Chicago. one
OF the outstanding thinkers OF this
area. DR.. Wirth spoke on The
Negroes Stake in the Postwar
World" He declared that peace Will
not break out all al once and that
preparations ought to be MADE Tor
Il now. He urged Negroes TO ad-
vance their position in every way
they could but TO work for advance
ment and safeguarding the interests
of all the people as the surest meth
cd OF advancing their own raciai M
terests.
He did not decry. he said. efforts
20 push ahead the welfare OF Ne
eroes in times such as these but ne
thought that pressure should be APP
plied intelligenuy and that appre-
citation should remain OF the start
ling progress made during recent
years and care taken to lose none
Of it.
Other spea kers were w. Ellis
Stewart. NC; N. Williams, presi-
Gent OF the host association; Comdr.
Dan Armstrong OF Great Lakes
Naval station; NJ. S. Stuart. Maj.
G. Udell Turpin and c. L. Townes
Of Richmond, va.
4. Confidence Expressed
= Wednesdays session was featured
BY keynote address OF DR.. J. Z.
Walker. president OF the National
Negro Business league, on the sub
feet, Our Part in the Nations
Fight Against Initiation" Or. Walk
er's address especially reviewed the
progress Of the insurance associa-
ZION and the fact that il has be-
come an organization in which the
member companies have the great
est confidence and in which gen.
eral exchange OF information is
made. He recalled how at the
second annual meeting Of this asso-
citation the late President Hope OF
Norehouse college expressed
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
Day
Celebration Aug. I

pastor Of Abyssinian Baptist church
as the principal speaker.
There will be choirs from Second
Baptist, Bethel AME, Tabernacle
Baptist. Scott ME, and Ebenezer
AME churches In Detroit. Also
members Of the Detroit Musicians
Association, Marian Anderson choir,
Crescent Singers, Dupree Victory
choir. and Jubal Choral society.
A large number OF Detroit civic,
fraternal and social organizations
will also take pare in the celebra-
ton.
Jesse Owens, 1885 Olympic sprint
champion and holder OF ten worlds
track records. will be one OF the
speakers Monday In addition
Owens will compete against Lieut.
John w. Loaring, RCN hurdler who
represented Canada in the 1896
Olympics at Berlin. 1t. Loaring is
on furlough after 10 months Of SER
vice overseas.
Another speaker Monday will be
Shelton Tapes, recording secre-
tary Of Local 600.
The feature Of the program Mon
day will be the beauty contest to
select Miss international Sepia
Beauty OF 1913" This title was won
by Della Jackson, Detroit, last year
Miss Jackson will be among the
more than rs contestants from De-
troit. Windsor. Pontiac, Ypsilanti,
Flint, and Jackson.
The winner will be awarded $500
in merchandise, plus trophy mt
crown indicative OF her position.
There will be a dance Monday
night in the pavilion in Jackson
Park, with AL Edwards and his
Royal Canadians furnishing the
music. Also on the program will be
a floor show win entertainers from
many Of the Detroit night clubs
performing.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
TRIO ACCUSED
POLICE OFFICER
OF BRUTALITY.
Officers Claim Youths
Were Drunk And
Fighting

A six person jury who heard the
case OF three young men charged
with being drunk retired at ap-
proximately noon on Tuesday to
deliberate the case and I. Ind the
defendants guilty.
Police claimed the trio, Ross H.
Barnes. 20. OF 1908 Jos Campau:
James Smith. 20. OF 1928 Jos Cam
pau and James L. Triplett. 81. of
1908 Jos Csmpau had been fighting
and were arrested for being drunk
at approximately 1920 am. on
July 10,
They were sentenced to serve
terms ranging from 30 TO so days in
the Detroit House OF Correction by
Judge Chester p. O'Hsra last week.
However, the trio, through their
attorney. Harold E Bledsoe. charged
the police with brutality" in max
ing the arrest. Monday Barnes APP
peared in court with his head
bandaged and his shirt front COW
cred with blood.
Patrolman Oscar Friedlund, one
OF the arresting officers on the wit
ness stand Monday admitted strik-
ing Barnes. The officer said that
Triplett and Smith were attempt
ing to take Barnes home and that
Barnes struck me in the eye. Then
he started for me again and ! hit
him over the head with my gun"
Friedlund also told OF dragging
Barnes into the police station after
he eBarnes) had fallen while just
inside the Hunt street station.
Other officers took the stand and
stated that the trio was drunk.
which the accused denied.
Commenting, in his argument to
the Jury, on the alleged brutality,
Attorney Bledsoe said: IF this man
(Barnes) was as drunk as the police
officers said, then the officers had 4
higher degree OF responsibility to
protect him from harm and In
jury"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
LastRitesFor
w. Robinson
In Chicago

Funeral services for William +.
Robinson, former Detroiter and
uncle OF Mrs. Grace Rodo and Miss
Florence May of CAT Woodland ave-
nue. in this city, were held at $500
South Michigan avenue in Chicago
last Thursday. Mr.. Robinson died
Of pneumonia in Chicago hospital.
Mr. Robinson had been employed
as utility man athhe Grand theatre,
formerly George M. Cohan's Grand
Opera House, for the past 43 years
He was the first Negro player on
the Detroit Athletic club baseball
team in the '90s according to his
friends.
Mr.. Robinson was a bachelor and
is survived only by two nieces OF
Detroit.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31

TILL OUR ADVERTISERS you
SAW IT IN THIS PAPER
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
Midwest Secret
Service Bureau

James L. Johnson, popular young
man around town and Chief OF Ce-
tectives Of the Midwest Secret Blu
reau, announces the opening OF his
new office located at 1908 Broadway,
Suite 404. Tobin Building! The
Midwest Secret Service Bureau is
offering the public all types Of de-
tective service which brings favor
able results. This bureaus officers
were responsible for the trouble
that prevailed at the Graystone
upon its being reopened for col
-ored dance lovers.
This detective bureau special es
in sharowing work for court asses
having both male and female opera
tors. Investigation is conducted for
criminal, civil, domestic and indus
trial cases in addition to giving
protection to buildings, property,
dances and personal body guards.
The phone number is Ca. 4733.
Nights. Sundays and holidays call
Oh. 1896.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31

doubt as 10 whether member COM
panies would be able in the years
ahead 10 pay off their claims as
they matured and how he had in
reply to Dr. Hope expressed the
confidence that Negro companies
like other insurance companies
would meet their obligations
promptly. In the % years OF the
operation of the association not
single member company has failed
and their combined payment OF
death claims has reached tremen-
dous figure. He further pointed
out that insurance is one Of the bull
warks against initiation, in that 1t Is
a reservoir in which a policyholder
can pour his money to be returned
10 him later in the form Of cash
values, matured endowment, or to
his beneficiaries in the form OF
death claim.
c. c. Spaulding also addressed
the convention. urging the COM
panies 10 use their present pros
perity to further strengthened our
companies in the form Of addition
al surplus and in writing down OF
fixed assets.
Thursdays session was featured
by the report Of the National Me-
gro Insurance Week committee,
which indicated that in l943 the
companies % produced $4,000, 600
worth OF business as compared with
$4,000 900 in 1912. This is the week
in which insurance companies con-
centrate their production efforts In
friendly contests one with another.
M. S. Stuart reported for the bond
and stamps committee and pointed
out that the member companies had
purchased more than $4,000 900 dur
ing the year and would, according
TO their pledges made at the pub
lie meeting on Tuesday night, pur-
chase more than 800 600 in the
September Third War Loan drive
Mr.. Stuart later gave a touching
and eloquent memorial address on
Harry Pace.
B. T. Bradshaw. chairman OF the
vigilance committee. pointed out
the work OF this committee in every
effort 10 advance the Negro in Sc
curing work in cooperation with
the Fair Employment Practice COM
mit,ee and in all other places where
nc is affected by governmental
regulations.
Other features were the presi-
dents address by Asa T. Spaulding.
o, Durham. retiring president; the
address Of 1t. Col Campbell c.
Johnson. Of Washington. DC, cx-
ccutive assistant. Selec;ivc Service
system who startled and challenged
the delegates with some OF the
facts and examples which he gave
regarding the physical and mental
fitness Of Negro youth as demon
strated through army selection; the
talk on investments by Roliin r.
Clark, vice-presiden;. Continental
Assurance company; war bond
statement by Willard Allen; HUI
manity al Home and Abroad" by
Jesse o. Thomas o. the American
Red Cross: and numerous purely
professional panels and formally
presented papers and studies.
Supreme Liberty Life was host al
a grand mo speech" banquet for all
delegates while Mr. and Mrs. r A.
Cole entertained with lawn patty.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31
Head
Asks Justice
From Police

Pointing out that arrests and
trials as a riot aftermath are called
TO the NAACP's attention as either
police brutality or retaliatory meas
ures, DR.. J. J. McClendon, presi-
dent of the NAACP asked law en-.
forcement officials to carefully
scrutinize all complaints in order
that justice would be done.
McClendon's request was sent in.
the form OF letter 10 Police Com
missioner John H. Witherspoon Pro.
secutor VIM. E. Bowling. and Re-
corder's Judge Donald Van Zle
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-31

cater to all classes regardless Of
Race, Color or Greed.
Thousands OF Detroiters who
never carried Bodily Injury and
Property Damage automobile pro-
lection in the past are now taking
out this form Of insurance In order
to protect themselves against the
possibility OF losing their license.
Evening star., 1943-02-14

her production of anise to help fill
our acknowledgement annual re-
quirement. Guatemala sends carda-
nom. pimento, anise, sesame, laurel.
Spice prices hike. But not enough
to bulge the budget; and you
can't see the extra penny cost for
prices stay fixed, but there is less
spice in the box.
Never hoard spice - it turns
into dust. The volatile oils vapor-
ize slowly until after six months to
a year nothing is left but the spent
berry or bark. Pepper, unground,
that's the one exception. Lengthen
the life span of spices by storing
in the cool in the dark. Keep con-
tainers tightly closed or the sweet
perfume is lost.
Spices move out of bins into
plastic boxes or treated paper bags.
Gone are shaker tops. Keep your
present tin containers for reflling
as supply is replaced.
Evening star., 1943-02-14

packers dizzy. Army contracts
specify that pure natural sage"
be used. Spain ships sage again and
of improved quality over former
output. Now sage is grown experi.
mentally in Maryland, California
and the Ozark country.
EXPERTS cLAIlG, if need be. We
could raise every known herb and
spice in the Western Hemisphere
= but not over night. In the
States the only spices we produce
in commercial tonnages are mus
tard, chill powder. red pepper and
cayenne.
Experiments go on hot and heavy.
Puerto Rico tries her luck with
the cloves and cinnamon. Wash
ington and Oregon farmers plant
sizeable acreages of the blue poppy
seed. The Federal Narcotic Bur-
eau however, is discouraging this
venture. The idea being that the
Evening star., 1943-02-14

seed pod may find its way into
illicit channels for use in NOR
phine. Impossible, argue spice
authorities, as the blue poppy pod
contains scarce a smidgeon of
opium.
COUNTRIES SOUTH: Pimento, or
allspice, is native American spice
that has made good in the face of
competition from the East Indies.
Allspice is "one" spice, its name
derived from the fact that its fra
GRANGE and taste curiously re-
semble mixture of all three of its
chief rivals: cinnamon, nutmeg
and cloves. Jamaica is its prime
source. The abundant harvest
Evening star., 1943-02-14

to allied nations
by the British
Food Controller.
Hail Mexico,
the red pepper
kingdom. The
kinds are infinite,
ranging from the
succulent sweet
bell to a tongue
scorching chill.
Mexico sends
paprika raised
from Spanish
seeds. She has
saffron. Try the
Mexican sage,
Oregano, a COM
bination favor of
sage and MARIO
ram.
Peru, also
Chile, gives aid
to the spice cup
board, growing
the bay leaves,
marjoram, sage
and thyme. Chile
has stepped up
Evening star., 1943-02-14

United states
boasts a Million
pound crop. Cali
fornia raises a
paprika devel-
oped from native
sweet red pep
pers, a different
breed from Euro
pean types. Three
years ago Louisi-
ana planted her
first paprika crop
with seeds of the
sweet bitelessp pep
per smuggled in
from Yugoslavia.
The continent
of Europe as
been famous for
herb s-sage,
rosemary, basil,
thyme, m arjo-
ram and bay. The
worlds best sage
is the Dalmatian
so m e c a m e
from Greece. The
sage shortage last
year had the meat
Evening star., 1943-02-14

occo gave yip to the hot dog. Now
India ships second-best seed.
aausFARD R0fs s11yx But not
with the mustards of Europe. Mus
tard growers in California, Wash
ington, Montana, and North Da-
kota have stepped up acreage and
raised more mustard, both brown
and yellow, than ever imported IN
a pre-war year. The mustard-seed
crop totals $4,000, 900 pounds, a
three-year supply.
Absent is sweet paprika of Hun
gary and Bulgaria. But Spain,
done with war, raises paprika
again. Shipments trickle in. Some
too from Portugal. This year the
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-15
CLAYTON NEWS
AND PERSONALS
Budget of Items From Our
Railroad Town and Their
Personal Mention
CHURCHES AND SCHOOL

Trinity Episcopal Church, Clay
ton: The service of evening prayer
and sermon at p. m, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Darrah.
Miss Brill of Wilmington, was a
guest over the weekend of Mr.. and
Mrs. Evans Brown.
Mrs. j. E. Cats has returned
home after a visit with her son Mr..
Clarence Donovan and family OF
Marshallton. Mrs. Cats grandson
James E. Donovan of the U. S.
Navy, who has completed his basic
training at Newport, R. l., spent a
ten-day leave with his parents. He
is now seaman second class and
was selected to attend a Phar-
macist school at Portsmouth, Va.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-15
BRIEF SMYRNA
LANDING NEWS
Budget of News and Person
ais Cleaned About Smyr-
ma River Wharves
CITIZENS MAKE VISITS

Smyrna Landing, April ID Mr.
and Mrs. w. F. Gibson and sor
George, of Boothwyn, Pa, visited al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
T. Sickman on Sunday.
Miss Margaret Newnum of Clay
ton, spent Sunday with her sister,
Mrs. Harvey McNatt.
Mr.. S. F. Jackson, who has been
ill for the past month, is still very
sick. His son, Mr. Harold Jackson
of Wilmington, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Davidson of Middletown, were
weekend visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Spence Of
Blackbird, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
George and sons, Mr.and Mrs. Day.
ton Pierson, Jr., and daughter Flor
ence of Wilmington, were weekend
visitors of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dayton Pierson, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Hurd and chill
dren Billy Ann and Sonny of Clay
ton, visited with Mrs. Thomas
Wrench, Sunday.
Mr.. Andrew Davis, Jr., of Talley-
vile, visited with his mother, Mrs.
Emma Davis, Sunday.
Mrs. John Bailey and sons John
Jr., and Louis, of Marcus Hook,
Mrs. Charles Hilyard of Claymont,
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Slaughter and
son Bunny, of Middletown, spent
Sunday with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Gaulke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Cole and
daughter Margaret, of Marshallton,
spent the weekend with her moth
er, Mrs. Olin Tarbutton.
Mrs. Ralph McClain of Taylor's
Bridge, visited her grandmother,
Mrs. Thomas Wrench this weekend
Mrs. Ella Mccain accompanied her.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-15

The flares were made of Canadian
magnesium. The parachutes too
were Canadian-made-of rayon pro-
duced from the humble Canadian
spruce.
Silk was once regarded as the
only material possessing the special
qualities required for parachute use.
A flare chute must have strength to
withstand the shock of thousand
foot fall with the weight of
thirty-pound flare. 1t must be per-
meable to cushion its descent. 1t
must be water repellent.
With Japan's entry into the war,
closing the source of silk supplies.
Canadian experts tackled the job of
developing synthetic silk, or rayon,
as parachute material. Rayon from
Canadian spruce, subjected to a
special resin treatment developed by
Canadian scientists, now fills the
bill. Rayon has even been perfected
to replace hemp in making the
shroud lines that hold the flare car.
fridge to the canopy
The resin treatment was the out.
come of many experiments to find
method of overcoming the wet
and dry strength of artificial silk to
make it moisture-proof. Canada
produced neither flares nor para
chutes before the war. Lacking silk,
the new wartime industry might
have foundered had it not been for
quick action in developing rayon as
an efficient substitute. Incidentally
the cost of the flare parachute has
! been reduced.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-15

4 BOMBER squadron drones
IA through the night sky over
Germany. Somewhere in the utter
blackness below lies the target for
tonight.
A young navigator checks his in
struments. They tell him what he
cannot see-that the target is not
far away.
Now to find it! Voices over the
communication system; crisp orders.
A flap opens and a thirty-pound OBJ
ject turtles into the darkness be-
low Another follows. And an
other =.
Moments pass. The bomber swings
around Suddenly, the blackness be-
meath is broken by a burst of daz-
cling light. A brilliant magnesium
flare sheds an eerie white radiance
over the checkered terrain below.
Unchecked, the flare would plunge
swiftly to earth, its bright light
quickly eXtinguished But it falls
slowly, drifting, its descent eased
by small parachute. In its million
candlepower glare the observer sees
a railway yard, a factory chimney,
buildings like toy blocks.
Target has been located.
The bombers make their runs.
From then on the night is a lurid
hell of bursting bombs, crashing
ack-ack fire, billowing smoke and
flame. The target is blasted into
destruction.
Without the flares, the carefully
planned raid might have been a
failure. You can't bomb what you
can't see
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-15
SOME TAYLOR'S
BRIDGE ITEMS
News of Community Interest
Cleaned From Around
ThOrOughfare Neck
BUDGET OF PERSONALS

Taylor's Bridge April Ia = Miss
Minnie Spitsnagel of Bridgeton, N.
j., spent several days last week
with Mr.. John ID. Steller and fam
lily.
Mrs. Robert Johnson and Mrs.
Lands Johnson of near Sassafras,
Md, spent Thursday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson Keiser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Caster and
son, of Middletown, spent Sunday
with Mrs. Ella McClain and family.
Mrs. Leland Sinex and daughter
of Middletown, spent Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. Fannie Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Shockley
entertained on Sunday Mr.. and
Mrs. Alphonso Gallows, Mr.. Robert
Deakyne and son, Mr.. Broadbent
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Shockley
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-15
KentOn
School News

Students having one hundred per
cent attendance for the month OF
March are as follows:
Marlyn Attix, Anna Marie VAN
Pelt, Stanley Kulhanek, James Pin
der, Anna Knots, Jean Conley,
Jane Conley.
On Friday evening, April 10th
the P.T.A. will sponsor Neigh
borhood Night" to which the entire
community is invited. The meet
ing will be held at the school at 8
o'clock and is part of a Nation
wide movement. The theme of the
meeting is Americanism and the
program has been planned along
those ines. The students will pre-
sent a program of music and
rhythms including the schools at
War Song, written by Martin Will
liams, 9Th grader. Arrange
ments are being made for speak
er. The meeting is open to all and
it is hoped that all neighbors will
take this opportunity to get to-
gether.
The pupils of the 4-6 grades have
been asked to participate in the
flag raising service to be held in
Kenton on Sunday afternoon, April
18th, in honor of those boys in SER
vice from the community. Since
several pupils have brothers in SER
vice it is with special interest that
they take part.
The sale of defense stamps dur
ing the month of March was equal
to all stamps purchased from Sep
TENDER to February A total OF
S153.10 worth of stamps were sold
at the school as reported by Mrs.
Jacob Palmatory in charge of
stamps. During the month of
March the 1-3 grades led by 100
per cent. The upper grades are de-
termined it shall never happen
again and competition is keen.
The Junior Red Cross chapter
made fifty tray favors for Easter
for the wounded and sick soldiers
in hospitals. The favors have been
sent to the Delaware headquarters
and will be distributed from there.
The Juniors are contemplating an
elementary course in first aid if ar
arrangements can be made.