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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-03
OPEN LETTER


calling and wanton. unnecessary
arrests ~ colored' people inspire
ne rega'd for police denarf.
menf which smoke 81 some ~ tho
citizens ~ Detroit az nlrrers'
even over 'he police hroadcasis.
we note that YOU stiil fsil 10
call for 2 much needed Grond
Jnry We demand tina; YOU A. so.
White raners admntealv N not
tAver' riots Or place The blame
f7r those 'hat occur
Where Do We SO from here
We have faith ard confidence IN
YOUR nev'v appointed Committee
and hone thaf n given ire now
cr ~ srhnoera 'o hnld public
hearings q car AZ IN lnves,'-
ra ing 'oh ard 7 rnn'afe long
range rrceraw ra' + still aoes
not answer no need for Grand
Jury investigation
There nrc some Who saw Tho
Riot Was 'Fth Column insniroa
Others blame q on rumcys ard a
i7Tcer than usual concentration
~ Nagro people on Beile Isle
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-03

lice 70 eighteen persons. was
on street car halted hy a mob
on Woodward: saw hem boat
n man unconscious and burn his
car rsllcemen were stenainr
around apparently helpless 7 saw
fi'e truck racing 70 pui orr The
Gre but 7 saw no rolicersn vac
ine 10 control the mob
II have only words % COM
mendation Tor many r,emhers II
the Garfield station 7 have hal
occasion 10 call 'hem 70 break no
rnrlly neishborhood crowds where
I live They have Invariably been
Courteous and responsive u would
appear TINT the heads % tho de-
nartment arc responsible FOR poor
direction and worse policies and
that many members Of the de-
rarfment arc unfit 20 serve as
law enforcement officers.
~ would sccm 70 be an under
statement Mr. Mayor 70 suggest
that your Police department Il
incompetent Whatever the facts
as 20 this, the record Is clear
Eighteen colcred people Killed
Nv the police fNot nv the mob
EirAty-hye per cent arrested were
colored
thousands of American eth
dens as we'll as members ~ The
enemy countries Mr. Mayor. will
road those figures and believe
that enforcement Of law and or
der by Tho Detroit Police depart
ment IS not being administered
inrariially
Lets take another look at the
record Of deaths Mr. Mayor, and
then take second look at your
Police department.
"yerv respectfully yours.
Wilson Loveil,
President
Register To Vote
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-03
VFPN0R HOTEL

Rnlhf~ Rain

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-03

mon sunday al Ebeneger ,u.
church. The Rev George " pss.1
will deliver the mesaga Ceo,r. III
Reed IS basileus o. ths gradu.,.|
chapter; George Brown. mac
graduate. Oscar Planp an snl
at the services.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-03

SYMPOSIUM
CONTINUED from page y



international Lahor Defense
Tsc mass murders and anti-No-
gro rio,ing IN Detroit, The lynch
inc otTellcs Harrison IN Mariana
Fla }nd the Beaumont. Texas.
riot are bnt the latest in mount
ing series Of grave incidents Of
similar nature which include the
so-called zoot-suit sailor war in
Los Angeles. tie strikes against
uperading Negro war production
workers in Detroit and lin Mobile
Ma The pitched battle between
Ncrro troops and white military
police at Camp Wheeler Ca the
Shaving Of three Negro soldiers az
Camp Van Dorm Miss the clash
~ Negro soldiers and civilians at
Coils Miss tho shooting of four
Negro soldiers AZ Riverside Calf,
and numerous other instances OF
riots and police terrorism and IN
citemeni If anti-Nesro strikes is a
peculiar lIitler-likc pattern which
in our opinion is more than acci-
dcntaiv
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-03
Cool To probe

tOWl IL tUVt
In spite Of the various appeals
male by citizens and organiza-
,iors OF both races for grand
jury Investigation OF the Detroit
rio onlcials have shcvn reluc-
farr 10 comply stating ihafthev
have no evidence that the riot
was caused by Axis Influence but
what about other equally dan
eerou- Influences a, work In our
midst This serious situation
should not he vhilewashed This
IS ire time 10 seek out the evil
canses ard 10 find the cure The
no. asa not happcn by accident
Nav lefiries' Intentions may be
rood hut We honestly believe that
during this critical neriod, the
Arscnai city on Democracy needs
n stronger and moro vigorous
INNS AZ he helm Although May
or seffrles IS LAWYER be has
admitted that ne did not know
until lafc Monday evening That
mo quickest procedure 20 get
troops "a hclr quell The riot was
"a make Tho request directly TO
president Roosevelt and thereby
avoid the necessity for red tape
and delay
Vote WIN Clean House
Ttc tall election g not FAR on
Thc Tribune urges III public
snsri.cd citizens who want good
CIV government and safe city
f lNe in. to register and become
qualfei TO vote. 50 as @ be able
~ e. "a the polls IN September
ana November and bring about
needed house cleaning az the City
nan The Tribune has no randi
dates 10 propose either for the
offlcc NJ MAYOR ar az members
IN the common council All We
arc concerned about IS that the
men who govern our city shall
81 men Of vision justice and ac-
ioa no matter 10 which political
party they belong
Again. tho Tribune appeals 70
all c.ylc religions and business
ORGANIZATIONS and leaders Of the
lace and those Of other progress
size groups to cooperate In urg-
IN nnfegis,ercd citizens 20 reg
lister In time 70 vote In the fall
elecIlons.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-03
oMEcA's ANIMAL SERMON

The Nu Omega and M Signs
chapters OF the Omega Psi Phi FRA
ternity Will hear their annual ser
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-03

POSITION In War Plant or In.
sfltntion In DIetetlc work. Three
years experience ~ large school
cafeteria and Home Economics;
experienced In bnying. College
graduate. Write Helen Harper.
Route {. Goshen. Ind.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-03

Detroit NAACp "There Is over
~helming evidence that the riot
could have been STOPPED in Detroit
az rs inception sunday night had
INC police wanted 70 s'op 81. So IN
efficient is the police force and SO
many Of rs members are from the
deep South With all OF their anti
Negro preiudices and khan sympa
thics. That the trouble may break
our again as soon as the troops
leave
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-03
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-03
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-03

con tie s'ers ~ the county
imiidinr scores of workers watch
% the hesinnine Of tho Assem-
hinr ~ The downtown rioters
They saw tho assassins surge up
end down ana cross streets md
finally assemble in fhc shadow
CT TIE Civil War trophies and
monumen' at the CITY Castle OF
Navor Ei
"EIe.e In Cadillac square the
rlaza Of liberty where union Ia
tor was wont % assemble and
declare the tights 20 free mcn.
came cafalraac % hoodlrms
whites = Won please ~sthcrea
from mo CUTTERS TIC li'de-onfs
Of ra's and vermir 81 humanity
70 stage a Roman HOLIDAY" =
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-03
SEEK CUSTER OF JEFFRIES


ally-known commentators have
\ advocated that Mayor Edward
Jeffries % Detroit and Governor
Harry Kelly OF Michigan. be re-
called. ard more than one Of De
lroiis white newspapers have been
equally ouisnoken in urging The
citizens q this community 70 60
70 The polls IN ne fall election
and vote the present city officials
out Of office The following para
grsnhs quoted from an article by
Fred Fisher m the June % issue
Of TIE waync County Democrat
speak ciooucntly and show the
way ihc Wind IS blowing
Politics Before Lives
Drive hat band OF Johnny
Reh politicians ont Of the City
Hall forcrcr 10 il with votes
before Detroit faces ruin Down
with the Stars and Bars -un
with the stars and Stripes, BLACK
men a-c deaf IN Paradise valley
to-day. 200 injured are IN the
hospital. and the tails and armor-
les are damned with prisoners
PM the real story IS:
u ncle Toms Cabin was re-
inacted IN Cadillac square Mon
day. Innocent Negro boys were
chased around The City Hall. while
the Mayo III great CITY and tho
Governor ~ n great State iahbcr-
cd over n long-dlstancc felenhone
leading 10 n political ralls NJ Co.
lumhns. Ohio. and continued 10
tumble the ball. while men we're
being murdered.
"From our six-storv window In
the LAWYERS building at pm
Monday We watched The scene be-
low with growing indicnailou
Oner cars 'eaded with assassins
~ heart armed with ball bats
clubs and lead pines. leaned out
~ Join the mob rhile the drivers
sat in ne cars not a policeman
In sirhf
$3.50. -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
Green Talks
 ToAm Legion

Omaha, Neb., Sept.s 22.-(UP)- President William Green of the the American Fedartion of Labor told the American Legion today that the nation must prepare now for a peace-time production program to provide jobs for demobilized service men after the war.
 Green, addressing the Legion's 23rd annual convention, said the overwhelming majority of the AFL'S affilbiated unions have adhered strictly to the mo strike" pledge given President Roosevelt.
 He promised that "labor will stand immovable and uncompromis- ing with the Legion in fixed de- termination that the war must be won deciSively and that our free in- Stitutions and democratic form of government shall be preserved"
 Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, ad- ministrator of veterans affairs, told the Legionnaires that the Veterans hospital administration was equpiped to help acre for veterans of World War II.
 Mrs. Edith B. Joynes. president of the National Education Association, proposed establishment of a per- manent international office of edu- cation.
 Chester I. Barnard. president of the USO. said more than 2.400 serv- ice clubs have been established in the western hemisphere, and that more than $50 new clubs and serv- ices have been established this year. by tn organization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
Fomine Stirs In India

New Delhi. Sept. 22 - (UP) - Trains, ships and flatboats rushed grains to famine-stricken Bengal today as incomplete reports listed l41 dead of starvation at Calcutta alone and conditions in rural dis tricts were said to be much worse than in the cities.
 A member of the Bengal legisla- ture told the assembly at Calcutta that there was not a single village in which the people were eating two meals a day.
 Many were found dead in the streets of Calcutta and thousands were described officially as sick and destitute. At Calcutta, there was a great influx of persons from the country seeking relief.
 Government and private sources established thousands of free gruel kitchens and distributed food at standard prices because in some places prices were eight times greet. or than before the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
War Production Gets Its Second Wind, WIPE Says

report said, top preference models increased 4.5o0.O pounds. the larg- est monthly increase yet made.
 Approved by War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson before he departed on a London mission. the report was held up for many days by the War Department, reportedly because 1t was regarded as too optimistic.
 The report noted. however. that in spite Of the progress made last month "we still are short of cur- rent aircraft scheduled" High- ranking WpB officials would like to Eoft-pedal the astronomical sched. ules not only for aiFplanes but for other weapons which many have c0ntended never have represented more than long-fange goal and ss0mething t0 shoot at
 Employment shortages continue to hamper production, it was said, especially in hle aircraft industry on the vest coast. WEB and the yer manpower commission have adopted n nlan for that area eal. ling foF reafrnnaelnoHt of oentfaeir Rs sep toward solving tfe pFuov l6a,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
Legal Moves In GombIinq Cases Today

Arguments contesttng the jurisdic- ton of superior court in the cases of nine men who pleaded not guilty to pool-selling charges yesterday started before Superior Court Judge John A. Cornell shortly after o'clock this afternoon as counsel for the accused renewed efforts to bring the cases back to city court
 Earlier in the day Attorney Ed ward Mascolo, counsel for five of the men, appeared before City Court Judge q. E. Conway and asked him to nullify the nolles issued yester- day and reopen the cases. Decision was reserved pending the outcome of the superior court motion.
 Two of the B gambling cases called yesterday in superior court were disposed of with imposition of fines and jail sentences, while the case of Abe Gottlieb, who also pleaded guilty, was continued to Sept. 30, and that of the Western Union Telegraph Co., which pleaded nolo contendere to 25 counts of wager-transmission, was continued to Oct. 5.
 Continuances were granted in city court this morning to four other men arrested following the recent gambling raids arranged by the states attorneys office, with Oct 19 now set as the date of disposi.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
ALLIES CLOSING IN ON NAPL ES Beaten Nazjs Burn And PIIage City;
 Hess Sought Agreemenf With England
"A cArth U r Believes He Is
 Getting Boot
By BRYDON TAvES United Press Staff COrre-

Allied Headquarters, South west Pacific, Sept. 22-(UP)- Gen. Douglas MacArthur im- piled today in a carefully worded statement that his command and his strategy of direct strokes against Japan have been showed into the back ground of the Pacific war in favor of an island hopping" campaign involving "extrava- gant losses and slow progress"
 The tenor of the statement left no doubt MacArthur felt he had been given 8 second ary place in the war against Japan.
 However subordinate may be my rOle," he said, T hope to play it manfulIy. II have no personal military ambitions whatsoever and am perfectly content in such a role as may be prescribed for me-"
 Observers regarded MacAr- thurs statement, which was issued in answer to press re- ports from the United States and Britain implying his conn mand would be reduced to 8 secondary and subsidiary role, as meaning:
 Continued on Page 4.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
Ex-SoIdier Gets In Jom

BaEnstable, Mass, Sept. a. (UPl Herbert Fenn, 2. of West Dennis, who received e medical discharge from the Army after being shell- shocked in North Africa, today bee gan serving one-month Jail sen- tenee for stealing potatoes from . victory garden.
 He was jailed yesterday at his own request to provide him with sood and shelter pending 6 more permanent arrangement for his maintenance.
 Fenn told a district judge that he took the potatoes because he was without funds and friends had only crackers ad milk for food. He said he had not completely Fecoy- cred from shell-ahock but vas re- leased AugI 2B from a Fort Dix, ~. q, Army hospital io make room for other wounded.
 Ise came to Cape cod ad worked for brief time lo Hynnns and aIarNlehpoFk but Waa not well annngh fe hoia t'1e ieilf. hn aai0.
 xlIa aRsg8Id'af told the court that h|s mother aFsd alNn&afhef In We1f nanala a1aId naI A4'N NllaH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
Tojo Warns Japanese
BY UNITED PRESS

Premier Hideki Tojo told the Jap- anese people today that a time of emergency" is at hand and aTl- neunced that the government was tightening an iron grip on the coun- try with measures aimed at funnel ing every ounce Of it's strength into the war effort.
 United States government mont. tors heard parts of Tojo's speech, most of which was inaudlble be. cause Of transmission trouble. and additional breakfasts which made evident the Japanese alarm over the present situation.
 'arhe government. in order to en- sure ultimate victory, has taken every possible measure to increase fighting strength and increase war production" Tolo said,
 A Domel dispatch quoted . Jap- anaee information board announce. ment og the saFastic" measures oa which the cabinet had agreed. They incluaeGs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
Windsor Sees
 Wars End
 Unexpectedly

Boston, Sept. 22.-(UP)-The Duke of Windsor declared today he believed that the war would end unexpectedly.
 While refusing to hazard a guess as to how soon this might be, the former King told a press confer ence:
 T think that the end of the war will come unexpectedly, as the other crises have come with equal un- eXpectedness."
 Seated beside the Duke during the press conference was the Duchess of Windsor, who had arrived with him earlier from Miami, Fla. They came here to visit the Duchess aunt Mrs. D. Buchanan Merryman, who Is recovering at Faulkner hospital after an operation for broken hip
 In foreSeeing a surprise end ot the war, the Duke recalled that dur ing World War I French Marshal Petain declared that the Allies could not strike 8 decisive blow until 1919 whereas Germany collapsed inter- nally in 1918, ending the war.
 The Duke said he endorsed Prime Minister Winston Churchill's pro- posal for Anglo-American coopera- tion after the war.
 He believed that the postwar era would see even closer cooperation
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
Koipit FoIIs To Aussies
BY DON CASWELL United Press Staff Correspondent

Allied Headquarters, Southwest Pacific, Sept. 9. (UP)-Airborne Australian troops, in surprise at tack, seized the Japanese base and aireld at Kaiapit, extending AL lied New Guinea positions 60 lies inland from Lac, a communique announced today.
 Coordinating their attack with a raid by more than 50 flying fortresSes and Mitchell bombers on the road to Madang, 85 miles to the northwest, the troops beat of to capture the outpost.
 Reports indicated the Kaiapit airship could be repaired for quick use against the enemy'S coastal strongholds, including adang, where 54 tons of bombs and 10000 rounds of ammunition were used Monday to blast the roads southward, knocking out four bridges, damaging three others and setting 20 to 30 trucks afire.
 At weak, above Madang, other bombers unloaded 43 tons of explo- sives in the airfields, destroying one grounded plane and setting fires in others. Two enemy fighters were shot down. Enemy air opposition was weak at both Dewak and Madang, a front dispatch said.
 A front dispatch from Nadzab, Allied airfield in the Markham river valley inland from Lac, said Aus tralian troops had clashed with Remnants of the enemy's Lac gar- rison in the mountain heights over looking the valley.
 Occupation of Kaiapit. the dis patch said, put the Australians as- tride the main Japanese supply route south of Madang and safe- guards the Lac position from any back-door counter-attack.
 Nine Japanese bombers, escorted by IS fighters, raided the Allied air. field in the Markham valley near
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
Boruch Moy Help Fothers
By JOHN L. CUTTER United Press Stan Correspondent

United Press Stan COrresp0n0ent)
 Washington, Sept. 22 -. (U.P) = Bernard M. Baruch. administration specialist on home front problems, was summoned today by the Senate Military Affairs Committee as its final witness before the senate votes next week on bill to defer draft ing pre- Pearl Harbor fathers.
 Baruch, special adviser to War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes, was called because he re- ported after a recent survey of west coast manpower problems that there was widespread labor hoarding and waste in war plants.
 Senator Burton K. Wheeler, D.. Mont, hoped Baruch would support his claims that the Army and Navy could get the 100000 men they want by December 31 from such la- Dor pools without drafting fathers.
 Senate debate on Wheeler's bill to prevent father iI1ductions until Jan- uary was delayed until next Tues day. It is possible that a vote will not come before October 1, after which selective service has ruled that dependency alone no longer will be a basis for draft deferments
 Marshalling his arguments for the debate next week, Wheeler said that testimony during the last week re- vealed two days for the army and navy to fiil manpower needs without drafting fathers.
 One method would tap the pools of hoarded labor. he said. The other would be to reduce physical and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
BY ARTHUR r. DEGREvE

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Washington. Sept. 22-(UP)-The War Production Board, suggesting that production was getting its 'sec- ond wind after q sharp summer slump, reported today that muni- per cent above that for July and tons output in August climbed four included T.6i2 planes.
 Aircraft production. the current No. program, rose three per cent in numbers lest month and seven per cent in weight but still Jagged behind schedule. the report sad, The August figure Of T6i2 com- pared with T,a7s in July.
 Officials explained that the in- creased weight emphasized the trend toward heavier m0dels par- tienlafly bombers. The report showed heavy bembeFs ran ii per cent above July while fighters iEv creased five per cent,
 WIPE said recent output also had been marked by improved quality end that production Of colnbAt mode els which have been accorded top nEn1eranfe ratings haaad an eRpeFis eEea he'd almost doubled ln the past five manlhA During halaah she
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-22
N0xis Arrest Cardinals
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(Onteu FfeSS Sban OOEreSpOHuentJ
 London, Sept. 22.-(UP)-The Germans have placed several Ital- ian cardinals under house arrest and refused them permission to visit the Vatican without consent of the NaA military command, a Madrid dispatch said today.
 Though the cardinals were not named, the dispatch said they were known for their anti -Mussolini sym pathies. The action coincided with a bitter attack by the Nazi-sponsored National Republican Fascist govern ment of Italy over the Berlin radio on the Vatican for its "pacifism and anti-German sentiments"
 Italian frontier reports said Ital- ian army officers throughout the German occupied areas of their homeland have responded to an ap- peal from Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio for increased resistance against the Nazis by taking over the command of partisan bands en- gagged in large scale sabotage and even armed resistance against the Germans.
 Fierce fighting was reported at Cuneo and Turin near the Italo- French border and Madrid dis patch said patriots had dynamited and destroyed an important bridge on the Pisa Florence railroad in an attempt to prevent reinforce ments of German troops at Florence, where the Italian garrison remained loyal to Badoglio.
 Patriots Seized
 However, Milan and Genoa were reported under firm German control. At Milan, gestapo squads aided gFaS- cist political squads in carrying out widespread arrests of anti-FascistS who revealed the ramifications of their organizations when Premier Benito Mussolini was busted.
 A German Transocean broadcast