The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-22
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were arrested during the wide
spread violence as Whites and
Negroes alike were attacked, au-
tomobiies overturned, street car
windows broken, and stores
looted.
I Police estimated 80 per cent
of those held were Negroes.
Many were detained in state
troops armories because police
lacked the facilities for handling
them. Many youngsters of teen
age who were guilty of no great
er offensc than violating the 10
p. m. curfew imposed by the
Governor, were released and
sent home
Disposition OF the rioters to
open violence faded rapidly late
last night as the soldiers moved
IN.
3 A related incident which oc-
Cured at the Fort Custer, Mich,
army post last night was reveal
ed today in statement rcleas-
ed 10y Col Ralph Wiltamuth, post
commander.
Members of one Of the Negro
quartermastcr battallonS,' the
statement said, attempted to
secure arms and trucks at Fort
Custer Monday night, but were
promptly arrested The men had
become restless over the dis
turbance in Detroit and wanted
to 90 TO assist their families.
Prompt action by military au-
thorlties quickly restored order.
Five men were confined in the
post stockade awaiting investi-
CATION.
President Roosevelt, in proc
lamation from Washington, or
dered that "all persons engaged
in unlawful and lnSurrectionary
proceedings retire peaccably To
their homes. He called on all
good citizens to uphold the
laws and preserve the public
peace.
AT a m. Eastern War Time)
Brig. Gen. William Guthncr of
the Sixth Service Command, IN
charge OF the troops, reported no
further serious trouble.
The troops have met with no
violence and have used no VIC
lence,' General Guthner said.
General Guthner, assigned to
Detroit by Maj Gen. II. 5. Aur
and, commanding officer of the
Sixth Service Command, disclos-
ed that more troops were being
held in reserve and that soldier
forces would be amplified today
SO that they could patrol the
p u b ! C transportation lines.
Fights on street cars had become
SO extensive that some crew
men refused 10 work. Mayor
Edward j Jeffries ordered all
transport employees 10 return 10
the job today, however.
Two Negroes met death from
police guns in d battle at an
apartment hotel where, police
said, Negro Snipers were firing
from upper windows. Gun fire
and gas grenadcs from the police
drove out all occupants, includ-
ing pajama-cla tenants.
PATROLMAN WOUNDED
In that fight, Patrolman Law
renee Adams was wounded IN
the groin. Residents in nelghbor-
ing buildings covered behind
locked and barricaded doors.
Time and again fights broke
out in the Hastings street dis
trict, a section of the city near
downtown known as Paradise
Valley" It was at this point that
the Federal troops concentrated
attention upon their arrival.
In the nearly "a hours Of al
most constant fighting, automo-
biles were upset and set afire,
stores were pillaged, and win
doWs Wantonly smashed. One
brickba killed "A Negro woman.
Loot was extensive and many
arrests were made for theft. In
the hospitals nurses and doctors
were hard pressed TO take care
of the injured brought there in
ambulances with sirens scream
ing and in private cars.
LIQUOR SALE BANNED
Early last night Gov. Kelly,
declaring state Of emergency,
ordered 10 D. m. curfcW. bann-
cd the sale of alcoholic bevcrag-
cs, directed that amusement
places close up at 8 p. m. until
further orders"