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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24
Moving Picture Industry Is
Also Limited by Priorities

use of films, they are then turned
over to theaters serving the civil
ian population" .
'The industry firmly feels that
this procedure is only right and
proper, but it must be rendered
that these wartime conditions have
brought changes to the theaters
lust as they have to everyone else.
Early showings of many pictures
must be postponed under such con-
ditions."
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24
Christian Science

rs the Universe, Including Man,
Evolved by Atomic Force?" was
the subject of the lesson-sermon
which was read in all churches of
Christ, Scientist, Sunday.
The Golden Text was: ITO us
there is but one God, the Father,
of whom are all things, and we in
him." Il Corinthians 8:6).
Among the citations which COM
prised the lesson-Sermon was the
following from the Bible: I'm the
beginning was the Word and the
Word was with God. and the Word
was God. All things were made by
him; and without him was not
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24
Widen Leaves for
Baptist Assembly

The Rev. H. F. Widen of the First
Baptist church left Monday for
Bubbling Springs camp OF Jne
church 20 miles north OF Balnvlile'
where he will be instructor at a
two-week summer assembly. From
there he will go to Minot, N. d.,
to meet Mrs. Widen for the return
trip home. She has been visiting
in the midwest since May. Regular
services will continue at the church.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24
TAX WORKERS NEEDED

Between 10000 and $4,000 new
employees will have to be added to
the bureau of internal revenue as
a result of the new system for the
pay-as-you-go income tax law
which goes into effect July /. Most
Of these employees will be placed
in the various field offices and the
majority of them will be women.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24
HINSDALE WCTU MEETS

HINSDALE-The Hinsdale Wom-
ans Christian Temperance union
met Tuesday afternoon at the home
OF Mrs. August Enseleit. Mrs. j. F.
futile presided. The program topic
was Young Peoples Problems
conducted by Mrs. Anna Chester.
program chairman. Devotions were
led by Mrs. Ruth Baker, devotional
chairman.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24
RELEASE A r

Manufactures Of milking mach
ines. farm cream s%eparators. and
farm milk coolers have been auth
orized by the War Food Admins
tration to distribute 100 percent of
their authorized production. This
order makes no change in the ra-
tioning of retail sales.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24
SCHOOL o S FRIDAY

HINSDALE - The vacation Bible
school at the Lutheran church will
close Friday after a two-week ses-
sion, according to Miss Ilene Dyr-
dahl of Loring, teacher. Sessions
have been held from 9 to - each
morning.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24

British air-sea rescue experts
have invented an air-borne life
boat that can be dropped by para
chute and with its own power can
carry II men 100 miles.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24
CARD OF

We wish to extend our most
sincere thanks to the many kind
friends and neighbors for the many
kind acts and assistance rendered
us during our late bereavement OF
our daughter. sister. granddaughter,
cousin. and niece. Leona Mae
Brooks. Especially We wish to thank
Mrs. c. Haroldson. the Lustre
quartet. and the girls choir for
the beautiful songs rendered and
Mr.. Davis for his services Of the
school gym. We also wish TO thank
those taking part as pallbearers
and the Rev. o. N. Rue.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Brooks
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Johnson. Mrs. Clifford
Boche. Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ.
Brooks and family. Mr.. and
Mrs. Conrad ThOma and
family. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Ling!e and family. Mr.. and
Elmer Nybakken and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace John
son and family. Mr.. and Mrs.
Melvin Lingle and family.
9-1tc
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24

The United States was produc-
ing fighting equipment eight times
as fast as Japan in the spring OF
1913.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24

| anything made that was made"
John IL, 81.
The lesson-sermon also inciud-
ed the following passage from the
Christian Science textbook, "Sci-
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy:
Infinite Mind creates and gov
ems all, from the mental mole
Guile to infinity. This divine Prin-
ciple of all expresses Science and
art throughout His creation, and
| the immortality of man and the
universe" page SOD.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24

Under wartime operation, rail-
road freight ears must travel about
16 percent farther on the average
haul.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24

A positive, quick act
ing insect repellent.
Effective long after
application.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24

Very effective. No Of
fensive odor. Will not
stain. Harmless to hui
mans.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-06-24

brush designed for or
syeis cleaning need
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
Project
CONTINUED from Page ~

would foist in Michigan the jim
crow policies OF the South. We
pointed out that there are "a mixed
projects in the United States, To-
Gated in Connecticut, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio. Illinois, Wash
ington, California-none in Michi-
gan.
You told us that you were in
agreement with our desires for
mixed occupancy and that Negroes
should be permitted to occupy Will
low Lodge Housing project. Fur
thermore you called Mr.. Emmerich's
office to make inquiries and to ex-
press interest and asked that the
delegation which was to see Mr.
Emmerich OF FPHA later. be ac-
corded full privileges.
' ITO date there has been no change
in the policy Of occupancy at Willow
Lodge. Negro war workers must
still travel 40 miles a day to the
bomber plant and home. This dis
elimination results in increased
'sabsenteeism and low worker morale
We would like to ascertain from
you, your position on the matter
of bi-racial occupancy"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
FEP-.....
CONTINUED from Page ~

Continued from Page i
ing the shake-up precipitsted by
the postponement Fl the hearings
against the railroad industry are:
Earl Dickerson. J. Webster, Boris
Shiskin and John Brophy.
1t is also reported that hearings
against the transportation systems
of four major cities are to be held
in the hear future in Washington,
Los Angeles. Baltimore and Chi
cago. Employers engaged in war
industries who violate Executive
Order 1902 by discriminating
agains' Negroes in employment will
be called before the committee and
cited to the President il they refuse
to abide by the Executive Order.
The holding of hearings in De-
troit will be a major victory for
the Citizens Committee on War
Jobs and the local FEPC council as
we'll as other civic groups who have
worked for several months to OBJ
tain the committee hearings.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24

if paying belated tribute to youths
who have fallen victims to a desire
TO grow up too soon.
A heavy drizzle was falling, and
far from the scene from which he
was taken by violent death. ii fell
like soft music from the last resting
place OF Bernard Earl Scott. The
wind blew the slowly falling rain
upon the window of the hospital
room in which young Pittman lay
near death. And upon the roofs
of Highland Park homes the rain
fell silently. so as not to disturb
the deep contemplations of adult
residents who have been told I'VE
must do something about this prob
lem, il we would save our youth"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
Jitterbugs-
Continued from Page u


about this youth problem il we are
TO save our young people from ut
ter disgrace and violent death" Not
only did they weep for Bernard
Earl Scott, but they wept also for
young Gurcheon Pittman who is in
a serious condition at Highland
Park hospital where he has been
/ confined for two weeks with con-
cussion of the brain.
And they also shed tears for four
young men whom police are holding
in connection with the death of
young Scott and the injury of Pitt
man: they wept for the young girls
who indirectly caused the death Of
their former friend and the charges
OF murder against the irresponsible
youths whose path to crime has
been paved with the SNUG compla-
cency of adults who refused to help
solve the problems of the young
people, leaving them to roam the
streets at will.
Young Scott died last Monday Of
knife wounds sustained two weeks
before when he and other youths
of Highland Park became involved
| in a fight which grew out OF an
argument between SCOTS sister and
sister OF Pittman. Witnesses say
that the two young girls got into
trivial argument which resulted
in a fight; that one of the girls
went for her brother to take her
part and that the trouble spread
to the school attended by one Of the
girls.
Eventually, brothers Of both the
girls became embroiled in the at
fair and a fight ensued From
! fight between two persons. it spread
into a gang fight between six or
seven youths. most OF whom had no
personal interest in the affair. When
the two factions met, Scott was
seriously stabbed. and Pittman suf-
fered a conclusion of the brain.
Scott refused to name the person
who stabbed him before he died.
II was reported that several
women who witnessed the fight
made attempts to separate the
young men, but TO no avail. They
pleaded with several men nearby TO
help them break up the fight. but
the men let the youths fight il
out"
After the alteration both the
seriously injured youths were taken
to the hospital Most of those in
volvcd in the affair had fled when
police arrived on the scene. How
ever. foW1of them were identified
and held pending the outcome of
the victims conditions. When
young Scott died last Monday the
four youths were charged with
murder.
Monday. there was no excitement
along "Jitterbug Row" The hang
outs along La Belle, between Wood
row Wilson and Lincoln, were
7 strangely silent, for there was no
boiStcrous loud talking and even
the profanity which has become as
much a part of the street as the
people who live on il, could not
be heard The corner across from
the church, from which Bernard
Scott was taken last Saturday. was
deserted. Down in the basement
restaurant in the middle Of the
/ block. the "jukebox" stood silent as
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24

or 70 avail itself of the multitudin-
Gus communities and bases where
such social and racial problems
could not arise.
Copies we're forwarded 10: Secrc-
tary OF War Henry L. Stimson Sen
ator Arthur H. Vandenberg. Sena.
tor Homer S. Ferguson. Congress
man Roy o. Woodruff, Governor
Harry Kelley.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
VISITS SICK MOTHER

Mr.. Fred S. Adams of 55l Smith
street left the city last weekend 20
visit his sick mother. Mrs Isabelle
Adams. OF Winston-Sslem. ". c. His
sisters, Mrs. Estells Foster and Bes-
sic Parhsm Of Detroit, are also WIS.,
sting their mother Her friends wish
her a speedy recovery.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
Bar Troops

Continued from Page y
Wednesday, April IL, described
what took place in Oscoda last
week.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24

is club voted unanimously that
ANY member Of this club who sets
foot in this hotel again be publicly
horsewhipped."
SCENE AvERTED
The group OF soldiers who were
guests OF the UAW-CIO might
have been embarrassed II some Ne
groes had not been in their party.
When the unionists made their trip
to Camp Atterbury to get a frst
hand view of the army life there
were seven Negro JAW members in
the party. II took long distance
phone calls. brass hat conferences
and an assortment OF polite threats
TO get the United States army to
see the advisability Of having Ne
groes represented in the delegation
OF soldiers. Despite all the fuss
only two Negro soldiers were in
the party and many Negro unionists
are still hot about the whole thing.
OSCAR BAKER
The hell raising about the action
Of the Oscoda County Board OF Su-
pervisors which asked the War de-
partment TO move Negro troops
from the Oscoda Air Base must be
credited to the alertness Of Oscar
Baker OF Bay City. The veteran
lawyer called DR.. ]. ]. McClendon
up at midnight and told him what
had happened and DR.. McClendon
got on the phone and called the
local boys together for meeting
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
Headlines
CONTINUED from Page u

Some where in Sahara" for Colum-
bia pictures. The actors were on
location in Brawley. Calf, and o
private house had TO be rented
because the owners OF the towns
only hotel refused TO let Ingram
stay there. The Negro has an un-
usually good part in the story and
the local Kiwsnis club, in q mag
unanimous moment. decided to hold
a dinner party at the hotel for In
gram. The owners refused to let
Ingram in the place and the Kiwan-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
FROM: BAY CITY TIMES
Wednesday. April IL. 1913:

]
Wednesday, April IL. 1943:
OSCODA-Thrown into a tenn
porary state OF turmoil two weeks
ago by the grapevine announcement
that Negro troops were to be sta
tened at the new OSeoda Air Base,
1 interest in the matter was height
ened Tuesday by the arrival OF the
! first contingent.
There must be a mistake There
is nothing here for Negro troops.
There arc none Of their own people
here and we have nothing 10 offer
them in the way of entertainment"
was the opinion most often ex-
pressed by citizens of the commu-
nifty at recent meetings held to dis
cuSS the matter.
This is small community. and
I cannot see how the army can JUS
tifiably put these Negro troops in
such a position. II it were a big
community IL would be different"
was the opinion expressed by Lloyd
c. Mccusig. Oscoda township SUI
pervisor.
~The war department did not stop
to think. There is nothing here for
them" was the opinion of E. II.
Bert" Stckney. Oscoda township
justice.
Il feel sorry for those boys. This
isn't a prison camp. They have
every right and privilege and lit
tie bit more because they wear the
uniform OF the United States army"
said Hobart Brayman. AuSable
township supervisor.
Congressman Roy o. Woodruff,
contacted by telephone by Super
visor McCuaig Tuesday night,
promised TO look into the matter
Immediately and see if steps could
not be taken 10 clarity the situa-
/ ton, at least by the time the train
ing period for the first group is
over.
In the meantime. activities under
way by u. S. Director Edward J.
Barry. to set up USO headquarters
here and establish a list of some
300 hostesses from the county has
been halted pending the outcome
Of the appeal.
A resolution urging the removal
Of Negro troops from Oscoda Air
Base was adopted unanimously by
the Iosco County Board Of Super
viSors at its Tuesday session.
Resolution of the IoscO Board OF
Supervisors
WHEREAS: In the operation Of
the Army Air Base at Oscoda, Mich,
the military authorities have trans
ferred a contingent OF soldiers of
the Negro race, and apparently in
tend TO transfer additional contin-
gents, for training and other opera
tons there. and
WHEREAS: Such soldiers Of the
Negro race create social and racial
problems in such community where
there are no facilities for the en-
turtainmcut of such persons and,
WHEREAS: Although this Board
of Supervisors representing the en-
tire county Of Iesee, is mindful Of
the sacrifices this community must
share in the cause OF the United
States and lis allied nations in its
total war against is enemies. such
Board Is of the belief that the war
effort is not advanced by placing
Negro soldiers at a military base
in a small community composed en-
tirely Of white population. but rath-
or tnat il IS detrimental 10 such ef-
fort and 20 the morale OF the SOL
diers and civilians affected
RESOLVED: By this BoardAthat
the War Department be requested
20 remove Negro soldiers from the
Oscoda Air Base and 10 refrain
from sending others there. but rath-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
GEORGE JOHNSON

Caruso Is running around the
County building telling the inside
story of how George johnson got
the job as housing manager OF the
Inkster projects. After telling OF
the various political double-crosses
involved he always winds up by
saying that johnson has so many
children he needs a project Some
of the boys who had their irons in
the Are amt laughing. however.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
CITES MAN
INSTANCES OF
ADVANCEMENT
Claim S Indignation In
S c h Is Offers
New Hope

Last week The Nj .ch,Ean enron CO
reprinted a letter resolved from =
reader who charged that Detroit
was very little better than most
Southern cities on the race isstte,
Another Chronicle rcs6cr. NcCol-
win Scott OF Ala East Ferry street.
took issue with the sentiments ex-
pressed in the first letter and sent.
the following communication 10
the Chronicle editor:
Louis z. Martin. Editor
The Michigan Chronicle
Detroit, Mich.
Dear Sir:
Bluntly. ! disagree with Ann
from Alabama.
You can fight for what is right
fully yours. but you can't make the
doner like II when he gives 4; 10
You. You can't fgh; for morale. You
improve your economic conditions,
prove yourself worthy and capable
OF your advancement. and the moral
issue will grow accordingly
Not only do the whites refuse 20
accept US. but we. the minority.
aren't ready 10 accept democracy
for what il is. Yet some OF us think
that we can force the majority
group to accept US morally by APP
plicsted pressure.
A Negro state senator recently
introduced a bill 10 the senate 10
prevent discrimination. by en-
ployers. because OF race, religion or
color. Another senator commented:
eff this bill would compel me 10
hire a japanese. I'm afraid I'm
prejudlced. I'd not want 10 hire
Jap. Your Negro senator IS quoted
as answering. after short delibera-
ton. neither would ]"
There you have representative
OF the two groups, each saying, Il
sm prejudiced.
Here is. probably better exam
pie Of my point: Negroes were re-
Gently being appointed 10 a job
where they had been previously
kept out, with few exceptions.
There was no difference shown be-
tween the two groups as everything
was done strictly on a seniority
basis. The Jobs were the same and
we used the same toilets, showers.
and dormitory. Conditions were
ideal but we didn't want such con-
weren't used to ming
ling thus, with the whites. So, some
OF the fellows got together and
sgreed. 10 form -Coiored Boys
Cub. which would be jointly a So
cial and representative organize
tion. They would have resented
~White Boys Club" but failed to
SEQ how their organization would
cause luminosity among the white.
They weren't segregated, so they
would segregste.
These weren't by any means. the
least intelligent OF our group. mind
you. They were hired by the Civil
Service Commission. after passing
o fairly stiff examination.
The brighter side-the children,
the schools show that progress is be-
ing made. During eleven years
schooling in Detroit. was unaware
OF the racial hatred prevailing
Naturally. for me 10 be so, the
whites with whom we'd work and
play. had to be similarly unaware
And as we have grown up, such
relationship between groups causes
our resentment Of each other TO be
less than that OF our fore-psrents.
These conditions will improve
with the years il we work toward
that end. But il is a slow process
of infiltration, of growth. 10 be Gull
tvsted. II can't be forced.
McColvin Scott
Ala z Ferry Avenue
Detroit
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-24
16nicle Reader Defends Detr0it's Racial Relations

and the protests started to roll into
Washington before dawn. This Is
the kind OF vigilance that Is going
to make history for Negroes from
now on.
Evening star., 1943-06-13
Bethesda. .LozVer Montgomery County
Annual Vacation Plans Forgotten,
War Work of First Importance
Residents Plan Informal Entertaining
While Staying Home for the Summer

Chicago where she has been the
guest of friends for the past 10 days
Mrs. Walter Isenberg has arrived
in Somerset to spend the summer
with her father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. M. Creplins.
Mrs. Isenberg, who was the former
Miss Lois Cremins, has been on the
West Coast for the past year.
Mrs. E. L. Lounsbury will come
from Jacksonville, Fla, at the end
of the week to visit her sister, Mrs
Courtland Ferguson, in KenWood.
After few days here Mrs. Louns-
bury and Mrs. Ferguson will go to
New York to attend the graduation
exercises at the American Academy
of Art. Mrs. Fergusons daughter,
Miss Peggy Ferguson, is one of the
graduates in this years class at the
academy.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Gish have in
vlted a few friends to an informal
supper party tonight in honor of
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin L. Grow. who are
celebrating their first wedding an
niversary.
Miss Alma McClue has returned
from Florida where she has been in
school for the past year and is at
the home of her father and mother,
1t. and Mrs. G. Murray McGlue. on
Bradley boulevard for the summer.
Evening star., 1943-06-13

For the second year since the war
began Bethesda women are revers-
ing the plan they have followed in
other years and are remaining at
home to continue the various types
of war work in which they are en-
gagged instead of leaving town for
vacation trips.
Mrs. Chase Donaldson will con-
tinue her work at the Victory Gar
den Center on Wisconsin avenue
through the summer and since she
is staying in town she has invited
number of guests to visit her dur
ing the next few months.
Just now Mrs. Piers Anderton is
guest at the Donaldson home on
Hampden lane. Mrs Anderton
came from San Francisco last week
and will be in Bethesda for several
days.
Chase Donaldson, jr., is with Mr..
and Mrs. Donaldson for a short va
cation, having come from Concord,
N. H., where he was in school during
the past year He will leave soon
to attend Exeter Academy in New
Hampshire during the summer
season.
Mrs. Naomi Holt Silvis returned
to Somerset after a winters alb
sence while she was visiting rela-
tives in the South and almost i'm
mediately signed UP for work with
the Gray Ladies at the National
Naval Medical Center. She is an
other of the local residents who
have given up their vacation plans
to continue their war work. At
present she is using her training
and experience as an artist to teach
drawing and painting to the pa
tients at the hospital
Mrs. Silvis' cousin, Mrs. Marion
DinWiddie, has come from her home
in Scarborough. N. Y. to spend
few days with Mrs. Silvis and her
father and mother, Capt and Mrs.
F.. w. Holt. She is another tireless
worker for the Red Cross, having
been member of the Westchester
County Ambulance Corps since
shortly after war was declared.
Also visiting Capt. and Mrs. Holt
for the week end are Maj Elby
Martin and Mrs. Martin of An
napolis.
Mrs. Gordon M. Kline has also
given up her plans for a holiday
and will continue her activities as
president of the NeWcomb Club.
She has recently inaugurated plan
by which the club will continue to
function throughout the summer
and will devote its time to making
surgical dressings for the Mont
gomery County General Hospital.
Mrs. Marjorie Robinson. the IL
brarian at the Bethesda Public Lii
brary. expects to be in town through
out the summer with the possible
exception of one or two weekend
trips in July and August when the
library is closed on Saturdays.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Peter are back
at their home in Bethesda after a
six months absence while they were
at their winter home in Florida.
Mrs. Peters sister, Mrs. George
Wade, came from Florida with Mr..
and Mrs. Peter and will be with them
through the summer.
Mrs. c. Raymond Wire is expect
ed to return to Bethesda today from