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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-22
p. Cromwell
Gets Divorce

Reno, New, Dec. % = (U.P.) -
Blonde Doris Duke Cromwell, tob-
lcco heiress, held a divorce decree
today from James H. r. Cromwell,
former q. S. minister to Canada,
but faced the possibility of legal
battle with the courts Of New Jer-
Iey.
Judge william Mcknight granted
The divorce yesterday after an IL
minute closed session, which in
cluded introduction of charges that
Cromwell had demanded sums up
70 100000 from the richest girl
n the world for personal uses
and campaign expenses" after their
separation in 1910.
(The New Jersey chancery court,
in which Cromwell filed q counter
divorce action, recently ruled that
1t would refuse to recognize any de-
Cision Of the Nevada court. Crom-
wells attorney, John E. Toolen,
charged last night the Reno decree
was ''valueless" and said his client
was prepared to carry the litigation
TO the U. 8. supreme court.
tRegarding the 100000, Toolen
declared "if any Of the things said
were true, Mrs. Cromwell would not
have waited for three years to make
them known.")
The finding Of fact and conclu-
sion Of law filed by Mrs. Cromwells
attorneys and accepted by Judge
Mcknight alleged that "all Of the
said proceedings in New Jersey are
a sham and an attempt on the part
of the defendant to perpetrate q
fraud on the State Of New Jersey.
The courts Of New Jersey are with
out Jurisdiction to prevent her TAX
Ing action here"
The document stated that Mrs.
Cromwell established permanent
residence in Nevada last July be-
cause the outbreak Of war prevent
ed her returning to "Shangri-L La, :"
her $1,000,000 Hawaiian estate, and
because she had been discouraged
from returning to her former home
in New Jersey by alleged discrimin-
atory tax litigation.
Cromwell, 1t was alleged, was
guilty of "a persistent and syste-
matte course Of mental and physi-
cal cruelty" and caused his wife
great unhappiness.
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Legal Notices
NOTICE

STATE Of CONNECTICUT, DIS
TRICT of WATERBURY,, SIS. PRO-
| BATE COURT, Dec. 21st, 1913.
ESTATE of DOMENIC JAMELE,
late OF the town Of Waterbury,
in said district, deceased.
/ The Court of Probate for the Dis
trict of Waterbury, hath limited and
allowed six months from the date
hereof for the creditors of said
estate to exhibit their claims for
settlement. Those who neglect to
present their accounts, properly at
tested, within said time, will be
debarred a recovery. All persons
Indebted to said estate are request
ed to make immediate payment to
ANGELINA VEGA,
Administrator.
s73 West Main St., Waterbury, Conn.
/ Per Order of Court.
1 Attest:
JOHN J. HOWARD,
f2-21-3t Clerk.
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Strike
Ford PIonf

Detroit, Dec. z2-Pl-Produc-
ion at the Ford Motor Company's
huge willow run bomber plant was
cut 20 to so per cent in some de-
partments today. a company spokes
man reported. by q strike Of APP
proximately 5000 forement which Is
In its second day.
Production Of sub assemblies last
night was off 10 to Is per cent, the
spokesman said, and In some manu-
featuring departments work was cut
10 to so per cent.
The strike started yesterday when
1875 Of 40 foremen, members Of
The Foremar's Association Of Amer
lea, walked off the job because Of
the discipling Of one Of their fell
low workers for conducting union
business during working hours. They
said they would not return until
the company recognized their Or
ganiZation as a collective bargain
ing agent.
Only 800 Of a total Of 300 foremen
on the night shift failed to report
for work last night, the company
stated, and this morning about 500
on the day shift failed to show up.
Robert H. Keys, president Of the
Association, said the strike had not
been authorized by the National
Association but 1t would not urge
the foremen to return because 1t
had exhausted every possible ap-
proach for a peaceful settlement Of
its disputes"
He described the strike as the
first explosion Of pent-up feeling"
since May II when the National
Labor Relations board refused to
recognize the Association as a bar
gaining agent and 1t very probably
will be the spark to touch off ad-
ditional walkouts in the Detroit
area"
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XMAS-Quality Spruce and Balsam.
decorations, choice gifts, candies,
cigarettes, cigars, games. M. Had
dad & Sons. 1924 Baldwin St.
Tel. 3-9826.
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NOTICE
LIQUOR PERMIT
KnTUCE OF TT0N

LIQUOR PERMIT
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
This is to give notice that I,
William Arthur Fraley, of 81 Locust
application dated Dec. 21st, 1913,
with the Liquor Control Commits
sion for a Restaurant Permit for
the sale Of alcoholic liquor on the
premises, 90 Bishop St., Waterbury,
Conn. The business is owned by
Wiiis g. MrthrS Tralsy Of az 81 LII
Re conducted ~ William Arthur
Fraley, of 81 Locust St., Waterbury,
Conn, as permittee.
WILLIAM ARTHUR FRALEY.
Dated Dec. 21st, 1913. 12-22-29
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NOTICE

On and after this date, Dec. 31st,
t943, will not be responsible for
any bills other than those con-
eracted by myself.
GEORGE w. BARKER,
124 East Liberty St.,
l2-21-3t Waterbury, Conn.
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1858 SOUTH MAIN STREET

SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK.
Walnut g. Maple Book Case S 9.95
Club Chairs (Spring filed $24.95
1aple Lamps ............ o.So
Boston Furniture 1873 So. Main St.
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MARRIED-Or single man wanted
for farm work. win pay good
wages. Tel. Woodbury. 1928. Otis
Horton. South Britain.
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

East St. Louis, III, Especial to
Press Photo Service). Doctor Fl.
H. Weathers, eminent surgeon,
startled medical experts through
out the world on Juy 6 when he
successfully performed an unusual
ly dexterious emergency operation
on Nathaniel Jenkins heart here.
Jenkins, %, Of 1741 Kansas Ave
nue. Of this city was stabbed in the
heart with a knife, in the hands Of
his cousin. The blade Of the III
strument used, penetrated the left
auricle Of the victims heart. Doc
tor Weathers explained to repres-
entatives of this paper that the pa
tents chest was opened through
horseshoe missions and the heart
was exposed. Two ~ 5utures
placed in half inch cut in left aur-
icle. The patient was in good con-
dition at 5 pm. July II. Doctor
Weathers is forty years Of age and
resides at 1900 A. East Broadway
Of this city. a native Of Missis-
sippi, a graduate Of Fisk Univers-
ity in Meharry College, the young
surgeon spent his four year inferno
ship at st. Louis City Hospital,
No. 2. At present, he is the head
Of st. Mary's Infirmary, Depart
ment Of Surgery. st. Louis, Mo.
He is associate Director Of Surg
cry at Homer @. Phillips Hospital
and a member of the visiting sur
gerry staff Of Peoples Hospital. tSt
Louis, MOI; st. Mary's Hospital
and Christian Welfare, both IN
East St. Louis, Illinois.
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

Strike
after trouble
in Jackson

Flora, Miss, July IL amp -
Negro soldiers in training at the
Mississippi Ordnance plant a few
miles north Of this town, according
to authoritative reports reaching
here, went on strike Thursday
morning following disorders in
Jackson, the state capital, Wednes-
day night.
The immediate cause Of the
strike is said to have been the al
legged serious beating Of one of
their number, and the alleged a.
buse Of several Of their wives and
women companions, a number of
whom were put in jail by civilian
policemen in Jackson Wednesday
night. The arrests were made af-
ter Negro soldiers and military and
civilian policemen became involved
in what is reported to have threat
ed to a serious incident, which
brought a large number Of milit-
airy and civilian police scurrying 10
Negro neighborhoods.
Rumors to the effect that the
soldier who had been beaten IN
Jackson Wednesday night had
died, which quickly spread through
out the city, have since been prov
ed false. It was learned from re-
liable Sources that the soldier was
being treated at the camp while
suffering from one or two scalp
wounds.
During the Thursday morning
demonstration at the camp, it was
reported that three Negro military
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
FIGHT JOB DISCRIMINATION
AT HEAD OF BUSINESS"
MISS SOTTHAIL

Washington, July IL amp Miss
Sara Southall, one oma member
Of the Fair Employment Practice
committee, and supervisor Of the
employment Service for the Inter
national Harvester Company, was
asked her view about the part az
industry in combating discrimin-
alton. She said:
II believe you are dealing in
realms Of prejudice, and you have
got to use every means at your
command to interpret. I think
that as far as management is c1n-
cerned, it starts with the presid-
ent Of the company. You can
spend much time with the little
fellows down the line. but in any
corporate structure. the conviction
that they have been wrong and
Should integrate Negroes should
start at the top and Be carried
down the line
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
''Stepiin
Fetchit

Lincoln "Stepin' Fetchit" Perry,
the forty one year old movie and
theatrical actor. was arrested and
charged with contributing to the
delinquency Of a minor early last
Thursday morning. He was nab
bed in q Vincennes Hotel room IN
Chicago with sixteen year old
Juanita Randolph. "Fetchit' chri-
ed "Frameup" when policemen en-
tered his room and alleged to have
found the couple clad in pajamas.
Taken before an assistant states
attorney. the following ady Fetch
it" was scheduled to appear at the
Courts of Domestic Relations on
Wednesday. July is. The actor
was c~o-starred with Andy Kirk and
his band at the Regal Theatre at
the time Of his arrest. and was re-
leased from police custody on a
$500 cash bond. press Photo SeTvl
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
BUSINESS BOOMING; RISK
MEN PLAN FURTHER
GROWTH

CHICAGO, July u ANP) Chicago
generally and its insurance men
particularly. r on tip toe in an
ticipation Of the coming of the Ma
tional Negro Insurance association
here July 2O-28 for its 23rd annual
contention. The Chicago Negro
Insurance association. comprising
one of the most wide awake group
Of insurance organizations in the
business, is host to the convention
and has completed plans to enter
tain the 1000 executives and dele
gates expected to attend.
President Asa T. Spaulding Of
Durham, NC, of the National Ne
gro Insurance association, win de-
liver the keynote address at Chic
ago's million dollar high school.
the DuSable. Tuesday evening July
~ a. LAAE pABAAO LACCln45. IL. Luz
is Wirth. professor of Sociology at
the University of Chicago. renown-
ed authority, will discuss The Ne
gro's Status in the Post War World
Others who viii appear on this pro
gram are N. williams, president
Chicago Negro Insurance -associat-
ion; Mayor Edward J. Kelly, Eli
lam Paul F. Jones, director Of in
surance for the state Of Illinois;
William Nickerson IT., president
Golden State LIE Insurance Co.,
Los Angels: c L. Townes, secret
airy. national Association; Maj. u
dell Turpn, deputy administrator
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
R. H. SPECIAL
PURCHASES
9 CENTER

Mr.. f. H. Spiegal, owner Of the
Ideal Furniture Mart at oath and
Lake streets, has purchased the
3 Center. lock stock and barrel a
few days ago. Mr.. SPECIAL says
he fully intends to keep the four
colored girls who are now working
at the 3 Center.
Watch for his Grand Opening
with a complete new stock IF such
things as can be bought in these
war times. He says he will add
more Of our boys and girls to lit
staff if business increases, so
WHY GO DOWNTOWN. SPEND
YOUR MONEY WHERE YOU CAN
WORK.
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
Insur. Men Expect
Great Contention

wal savings staff; Bishop r. A.
Valentine and Rev. Joseph Evans.
w. Ellts Stewart Secretary Of Su-
preme Liberty Insurance Co., viii
be master of ceremonies. Business
sessions viii be held at the boauti-
ful Parkway ballroom.
After the initial meeting which is
open to the public and which is ex-
pected to have some 5000 people in
attendance, the delegates Will
spend three days in intensive bus
mess sessions, discussing plans to
meet war conditions, how to take
advantage Of the current prosper
ity to sell Negoes the idea Of more
effective insurance coverge, pro
faction of investments, c~onserva-
ton Of manpower including the
the use Of their combined influence
training OF women statesmen, and
and resources to secure generally
a greater share of democracy for
the Negro. Concurrent seminars
embracing the executive, the agen-
cy and the medical sections of the
conventions will be held merging
into JOINT sessions from time to
time.
The host organization is COM
posed Of the following companies:
Supreme Liberty Life Insurance
Co., Victory Mutual Life Insurance
Go, Unity Mutual Life insurance
Co., Golden State Mutual Life In
surance Co., Metropolitan Funeral
System; jackson Funeral System.
American Woodmen F~raternal IN
surance, Commonwealth Burial as
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

The parade. headed by the Negro
Naval Air Base band, included rep
resentatives Of virtually every seq
ment Of Atlanta's Negro life max
ing a Contribution to the war eff
fort. With emphasis on women.
the line Of marc4 included a squad
ron Of student nurses from the
Grady Nursing School, represent
atives Of the Atlanat ~Servicemen's
Mothers club. Negro women war
workers from the huge scripto-
Murray Steel, Atlanta Spring Bed
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
CHS Broadcast on Race
Harmony" Sotur. July IL

New York, n. Yin order to ar
range a more impressive program,
the c-oast-tocoast CHS broadcast
scheduled for July 10 in the inter-
st Of acial unity has been post
poned to July IL it was learned
this week.
Interested IN the presentation
Of this program which win be
heard from 100 to 8 o'clock pm.
are many of the best known names
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

and Rell Bomber piatns, womel
linotype operators from the Allan
ia d :ly World, ard many womccs
r.. otic organ .ationJ Of the rIiy
Officers Of the fourth service
command aided in the effort by Co
mating 80 jeeps complete with driv-
ers for the parade. Only persons
who had purchased war bonds
were permitted to irde in the ieeps
The Constitution, white morning
daily .dampened the patriotic ardor
Of the paraders, however, by ref
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
Atlanta Women Buy 10000 In Bonds
In I'VE Serve America Week"

Atlanta, July IA amp War bond
purchases totalling more than S1O,-
OOe and a parade nearly a mile in
length marked the observance here
Monday of I'VE Serve America
Week sponsored by the National
Council Of Negro Women. The
parade and bond rallies which NOV
ed to each Of the city's five hous-
ing projects was the work Of At
lanta Service Group War Bond
Committee and the Atlanta Coun-
Gil of Negro Women.
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
CHARLOTTE HAWKINS BROWN
ON RED CROSS COUNCIL

Greensboro, NC, July u amp
Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown,
principal Of Palmer Memorial IN
stitute, located near here, has been
named by Norman Davis, chairman
of the American Red Cross, to the
national council Of Red Cross nurs-
ing. This group serves in an ad-
visory capacity to uthe whole home
nursing program. Mrs. Brown sue
ceeds the late Mrs. Jennie B. No
ton in the post,
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

Detroit, Michigan.-.......U. s.
troops will remain here until some
time in August according to as
surances made to the NAACP by
Adjutant General James A. Ulio.
In answer to the NAACP's urg-
n-g that troops not be withdrawn
Immediately after the Fourth Of
July holiday, General Ulio wired
the NAACP your message is an
preclated and precautionary meas
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

Detroit Since June 20, that there
would have been a resumption Of
the roit had the federal troops
been ermoved on July 6. No steps
Of which we are aware have been
taken to remedy the deficiencies Of
the Detroit City Police Department
which played a part in the causes
Of the riot oSme steps are being
taken by Governor Kelly to renr-
ganize the state police. but the bas-
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

in the entertainment world includ-
ing Laurence Tibbett, George Hell
Ter, Jane Cowl. Ralph Bellamy,
Tallulah Bankhead, Max Gordon,
Paul Robson, Maxwell Anderson,
Serge Koussevitsky and James
Cagney. Walter White has been
asked to speak and Paul MUM viii
appear in a skit to be produced by
William Robson.
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
WOULD ESTABLISH
EDUCATION FUND
FOR RETURNING
NEGRO SOLDIERS

Presiding elder Of the Fit. Smith
Ark, district Of the AME. church,
who has proposed that each Of the
5000 churches in the connection
raise at least IS each annually to
establish a student aid fund for
the benefit of soldiers who after
the war viii need funds to Continue
their education. The $4O,O 600 would
help 200 young men at 5000 each
or 400 at 500 each, DR.. Clayborn
points out. amp
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ures haev been taken accordingly"
The NAACP feels that it would be
better to keep the troops indefin-
itely than to remove them n day
too Don and has expressed the
conviction that it would be well for
the War department to wait until
cold weather Sets in and the tend
ency Of people to congregate in
parks an don street corners has
lessened, before it orders the re-
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

moval Of soldiers stationed here.
In expressing appreciation for
the War departments decision to
keep the federal troops here until
August, Walter White executive
secretary wrote General U1io:
Il returned from Detroit this
morning. 1t is my Conviction bas-
ed upon my personal observations
and those also of members Of our
staff who have been constantly in
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
Send A BOmb-O Gram
To Washington

Make your plans now for the 3rd
Big Week July Is to q, Victory
through Air Power-BOND DRIVE
Buy Your Bond this week and
write your message to the Presi-
dent on one of the Bomb-O-Gram
blanks issued by your bondsales-
man retailer. There is no extra
Charge for these Bomb-O- Grams to
Your President. Buy YOUR BOND
this week and send your message.
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
CoIored Lad browns in Carter Lake
Sees 'Gradualism' Negroes Solution
To Their Problems,
Liberal White Writer
Says i'm The Nation

New York, July II amp Assert
ing that peoples under the slowly
developing democratic process
have attained some measure Of
justice through a combination of
persuasion and pressure James
Boyd, described IS a liberal white
sOutherner, writing in the June is
sue Of the Nation on Strategy for
Negroes suggets that Negro lead
ers urge their followers to adopt
a program Of 'gradualism' to &C
hieve manhood rights.
Should the race accept gradual
ism as the method, Boyd advises
that the crusade not be wasted in
a campaign for social acceptance.
The attack Should be made on the
economic front, he contends. be-
cause it is here that the enemy
Is weakest and the Negroes
friends most numerous"
with economic betterment, soc
iaI amelioration is bound to follow.
read the essay, "but if the Negro
reverses the process and attacks
3n the social front, he is likely to
.ny Who would normally
stand with him in his economic
campaign"
Disturbed by what he termed an
attack by Negro leaedrs on 'liber-
ais both north and south, Boyd
3harged that THE attitude of some
.eaders and Of most Negro news
papers, Intentionally or not, j.
tending to produce a race war
He denounced explosion as a fu-
tile and ridiculous solution.
The theory Of explosion, he said,
holds that all progress is made by
~fracturing a social mold or at least
attempting to fracture it. The Ne
gro, he continues would have to
embrace the latter method, but it
is pointed out that the Negro does
not possess 1.-THE military strength
to challenge the white man. And
it is doubtful whether he can get
much help"
mo honest American can be
happy about the Negroes present
lot" writes Boyd, Tor anything but
contemptous Of the whites who
would worsen or even stabilize it.
But thought Americans fought
once to free the Negro from slav-
cry, they will hardly fight again
over the precise status Of a race
which in the 20 years since it was
freed has shown a cultural advance
unparalleled in cultural history
and which now occupies positions
Of esteem in the arts, and in some
branches Of learning, Of rank in
the army, and Of influence in con
gress."
However, conceded Boyd, If VOL
ence can advance his cause now,
the Negro is justified in lot stop
ping short of it, Of course he il
justified in denouncing those who
counsel moderation"
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
Wilbur WOfford, 16
browns While Swim
ming Near Boat Pier

Wilbur Wofford, 16, 91S North
25th street, drowned in Carter
Lake Monday afternoon. He was
swimming near the boat pier with
several other boys when he appar-
emily suffered a cramp.
Police and fire department res
cue squads soon recoered the body,
but attempts to revive him were
futile. The body was taken to the
Thomas MOrtuary.
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
OLD ORIGINALS STAR
THORNTON IMPROVING NOW

The condition of Dorcas Thorn
ton, a resident Of this community,
better known to old time baseball
fans as Dorcas Lewis, was describ-
ed by his physician as fairly good
Monday night. He is confined at
st. Joseph's hospital.
Thornton, who played under the
name of Lewis, was a star first
baSeman for the old Omaha Orig
inals before the turn Of the cen
tury.
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

erring to the demonstration the
following morning as a turnout
Of maids ,chauffeurs and cooks
Mrs. w "a. Scott, Sr, and w, Allen
Murphy served as co-chairmen Of
the demonstration. Jesse D. Thorn
as. Red Cross liason officer. form
erly associated with the US. Treas
ury, was the principal speaker at
the bond rally in Wheat Street
Baptist church where the parade
ended.
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

ic evils out Of which the riot arose
housing, job discrimination, trans
p~ortation, and agitation by organ.
fzations like the Ku Klux Khan
and Similar groups-are still IN
Solved; and there is no visible evil
dence Of any steps to correct those
conditions. The only alternative.
therefore, in our opinion, is The
prevention Of further trouble BY
the presence Of federal troops"
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
CALLED TO ATLANTA
GRAND JURY

Atlanta, July IA (ANP) Alex d.
Hamilton, pioneer and
builder, was sworn in Wednesday
as a member of the July-August
Fulton County Grand Jury, the
first Negro to be called in 10
years. The late Charles Faison.
of the Atlanta Life Insurance Com
pany board of directors was the
last Negro to serve on the grand
jury here in 1882.
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
Grand Lodge A.F.SA.M. Here July list

Proceeding the sessions a pub
lie reception will be held on Tues
day evening July 10th with a pro-
gram and refreshments.
Men in our armed forces in uni
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

Lodge A.F.& AN. Of Nebraska and
its Masonic Jurisdiction will be
held at the Masonic Temple, 18th
and Blonde Streets beginning Wed,
July 21st, 1s43 at 9 Am.
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

form IRE Cordially invited.
P. Fl. Jenkins is the Most Wor-
shipful Grand Master. Robert Har-
ris, Grand Secy. and P. M. Mayn-
ard L. Wilson is publicity chairman
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

MISS ROSIE LEE BILLS Route
2, Watseka, Ill, representing the
OMAHA GUIDE, won third place
last week in the "Our Boys in the
Service Queens Photo Contest.
For more detailed information a.
bout the contest see page 8 of this
issue.
socation and Standard Burial m
surance association.
The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17
Public Reception on
Tues, Eve, July 10th

The Twenty-fifth Communication
Of the Most Worshipful Grand