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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-01-29
Protest Barring OF Negroes From Willow Run Projet
Negroes Homeless
Yet There's Surplus

public housing facilities for
Detroit war workers showed
marked Improvement except for
Negroes housing officials admit
ted this week. according 70 Leo
Donayan Free Press staff writer.
HOUSING authorities revealed
that they are unable 70 find ten
ants al Willow Run for 2 900
aormltory units. 500 siugle~family
homes 500 furnished apartments
and Tor tie zoo additional homes
which aye expected 20 be cons-
rlefet IN February while fear
was expressed over this huge sur
plus ~ temporary war housing
fcr white Workers George Sober
r4- a. tho peiror Housing COM
n -s.ar inside known that there
r-e on fle s4e applications by
Xerfs Workers and 1000 appli-
car.s for permanent low rent
housing with only $50 temporary
var hcpsir- project under con-
sfruriion
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-01-29

eser, gaair-aan - the hoard Of
3 rscfefs % nc Central avenue
turth yNcA president 81 the
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he- u t rhisfufrh Housing
A.stt.ation b1e-i the Pittsburgh
coaHuni'v FUND beard IRE
Ftiasv.tsria Co,naa',ee on Penal
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mfr cqmal'fse cn Taxs,ior ard
~ T~ss-s- Heard q Edaca-
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.ssaSs'.ta las coopesa,ed with
no felm committee ~ tho 81
Snf 81, Ra-ch iMCA in bring
tt- 50 Iffr. very cutstare.ag
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M Iiseet'. vice pres.-
Lsr z Champion secsc'ary.
srd q b, Eyars treasurer
tr Sw!rt' chairman % the
oawmi'tte las just an
trrsti this week that Geo s.
Sttsr..r viii speak On Group
~irs'eey For Toe' War years'
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-01-29

NEN YORK ANrl The grand
Old Metropolitan Opera htpse took
on new anl different ne Tees.
DAY vher Esfa're magazine spon-
sorcd = jam session 20 usher 20
The fogriA war loan drive Az
mission WAS hy purchase Of war
hora $40 81 siop ard five DAYS
after TIE s9lr was announces ne
house S said 70 have heen CONS
p.c'ely sod el' ui'h 5000 fifn-
Always aIosni ssoaoeq IN sales
was realized sfor he over
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-01-29

TO ADDRESS
'Y FORUM

herrcs,niaiife Homer 5. Brown
reisbacEh Pa will be pre-
Uifl ~ me Wolverine Bar as
D.fioa on ;At y" Forum sun
e,v Jan 81 az 4 ? nj Attorney
evr holds degrees Of Alb from
ftHn tnier ana LID from
falefniiy % PifshurEh lie has
SD honorary derrees one from
iiccs ana one trm his former
Record ~ service
Brown became a member ~ the
iephay court Tar in 1923 a
,3sphs- s, 'he House = Repre-
.sntttcs since 1887 and was
ar ~ the Judiciary Gen
tfai committee q sessions from
lasi-is4e
Because % Ms great interest
81 cannanity development he
i.a- served On important com nit
To-. 'h4r have as their objective
ihs fsvsio1uer, o. better rela-
.lorshir 81 eng men He - at
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-01-29
CRANRRO0k lOtNfD
HACkI.TY NINnRlAI.

The f Azaka iiackiey Memorial
reflection recently accepted hy
The Detroit Public library ms an
addison 20 music and drama a.
vision ~ rs main branch Wood
ward and Putnam avenues has
heen loaned 70 the Cranheook In
sii'ate ~ Sciences exhibit on the
races - mankind The collection
Is Sponsored hy the Detroit Md
ssciars association
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-01-29

HAMPTON INsTlTrTE. Va =
Raiih parkhnrsi Brideman re-
gently elected president ~ Hamp
fon institute. VIII officially as
sumo his duties here on Tuesday
Feb ! following mid year cons
mencemenf events al the college
Jan 2S-oi Tho second semester
~ Tho academic year az Hampton
also starts on Feb
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-01-29

CHI AGO. fsNr1 Mis- Hattie
N.a Lena cerdon and seon
Enr anucl Jones convicted on
harres = scdiiion viii serve
prison terms of two years each
THO woman and man surrendered
m 4 rs marsNal.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-01-29
Card of Thanks

The Paul &. simmons iamily
wish TO express sincere thanks
Tor the many klndnesses extended
them during their recent bcrea'e.
ment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14

urnn OF cases pending, being tried, or recent
ly decided.
| In short, the New York Law Journal is the
expect the wolf to show his leering counte.
nance. Yet on Jan. 81, the Law Journal devot-
ed two full columns to an editorial titled 'Is
the Term Wolf Libelous?"
The editorial writer went about his task
with typical legalistic thoroughness. First he
asked himself, What precisely is a wolff"
The as volumes of words and Phrases Jul
dicially Defined failed to yield up an answer
in all their $4,000 pages.
Then he consulted the dictionary, which told
him that wolf could be "any ravenous,
cruel or rapacious person or thing But in
the Bible he found Isaiah mentioning some
thing about the wolf dwelling in peace with
the lamb.
Confused by this clash of definitions, the
editorial writer consulted his friends. A re-
cent debutante scoffed at the idea of libel.
She told him that the male wolf was as
necessary to social gaiety as the female gold
digger and not half as dangerous. 4 former
Belle of the Nineties, however, defined wolf
as "a man with INSCRIPTIONS designs on I'M
sophisticated girls
fortunately, perhaps he did not come upon
the cynical and uncompromising miss who is
on record with the simple statement that "a
wolf is many
Still cropping, the Law Journals man turn
ed to the pages of English and American
legal decisions. And here he found that calling
man a dog is not ibel-Socrates having
said that the more he saw of some men the
more he liked his dog-but that it had been
ibelous to call a man skunk, hog, a
frozen snake or an itchy old toad.
Taking due account of precedent, the Law
Journal accordingly decided that wolf is
probably not a libelous appellation, unless
spoken with malicious intent to injure.
To this definitive and comforting opinion,
we can only add our guess that, however
the intent. the accusation is seldom
resented. There may be a pretense of offend
ed denials. But show us the gay dog "a non
libelous term) who, when someone cries wolf
at him, will not snlrk bit and, surrepti-
tiously, straighten his tie and set his hat at
a jauntier angle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
Buy E Bonds

1t seems quite likely that Wilmington and
News Hanover county will reach their goal in
the fourth war bond campaign. But it is also
clear that the purchase of Series E bonds will
fall far below the assigned quota and that the
deficiency in this series will have to be made
up by the other series offered by the treasury
If this community is to maintain it's excep-
tional record, established in previous bond
campaigns, it --''' "a necessary for persons
of moderate means and average salaries to
buy Series E bonds in the short time remain
ing for the drive E bonds are the easiest
of all to finance. They offer exceptional re-
turns to the holder. twenty-five dollar bonds
cost only $3.50 and may be had on the in
stallment plan by payroll deductions. There is
no such bargain to be had in any other field
Of investment
We are expected to purchase above million
dollars worth more than we have since the
campaign started last month Well be miss
ing main chance if we fail to do So
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
Soldier Vote Law

Congress can find an excellent example of
how not to write a soldier-vote law in a set
of instructions issued by the Army this week.
The instructions cover the ways and means
for qualified service men and women to vote
in the April primaries in Pennsylvania, Him
ois and Nebraska and the April general
election in louisiana
There is nothing really wrong with these
ways and means except that they were de-
signed for peacetime use, and the changes have
been few and inadequate. The present alb
sentee system will probably work all right for
soldiers in this country But for those over
seas the whole rigmarole will likely prove to
be pain in the neck, and the result may be
that many of these very distant absentees just
won't take the trouble
The Army has instructed commanding Off
GERS to call the attention of soldiers from these
four states to the coming primaries and cleo
ton, and has provided postage-free applica-
ton postcards for ballots. All this is to the
good. But lot of the soldier-voters will find
that their troubles have started even before
the postcard stage.
Many youngsters in uniform will be voting
for the first time. Others may be uncertain
OF their states voting regulations. And if they
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
No Anonymous Letters

A letter has come to this newspaper which
calls the article recently published in its col
umn telling of the use by contingent Of our
fighting forces of a Confederate flag as its in
dvidual emblem "a disgrace to all of u.s.
1t is not explained whether the disgrace lies
in use of the flag or our publishing the fact.
But let that go.
The only part of the letter which interests
us is the postscript which says: II bet you
won't print this This writer is correct. We
will not print the letter, but not for the rea-
son he obviously entertains. It will not be
printed because the writer signed it Loyal
American and withheld his, or her. name
Anonymous letters arc not accepted for pub
LEGATION. They are especially EXCEPTIONALLY
when composed in controversial language 1t
is our position that anyone who wishes to
argue a matte should be willing to do so by
name and not hide behind fictitious sigma
ture.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
Our Chief Aim
One Way To Save Paper

Every now and then articles appear in Am
srican newspapers to the effect that larger
quantities of newsprint may soon be forthcom-
ing, but publishers must print them with
tongue in cheek, for all they get is additional
curtailed allotments of paper. Literally there
is no assurance of larger newsprint supplies
for the duration
There could be more paper even now, how
ever, if the government were not so wasteful.
Looking over the daily mail at any office or
plant will reveal that the bulk of nonessential
mail matter comes from the Washington bur-
eaus in the form of drectives confusing and
contradictory bulletins, or propaganda for this
or that pet scheme of the bureaucrats. While
reducing newsprint for publishers, the govern
ment does little or nothing to stop its own
waste, and no protests against the practice
has any effect.
1t might be halted or at least reduced, if
the Thanking privilege were Withdrawn. All this
weller of postal matter the government dis.
tributes is moved without stamps If the bur.
eaucrats had to pay postage at regular rates
and give an accounting for the money thus
used their outgoing mail would represent
ounces instead Of tons. Postage would take
up so much of their appropriations they might
ever be hard pressed to find money for their
own salaries. Trainloads of paper would be
saved
The saving, OF course, would not meet the
normal demands of newspaper publishers, but
would go part of the way. One OF the chief
faults of the bureaucrats is their fixed habit
of telling the American people to be saving,
and doing the opposite themselves
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
Fuel Oil Figures Shou
About Seventy Per Cent
Winter Is Past In N. L

RALEIGH, Feb. 13-The RalelgL
District OPA said today that Tue.
oil users in Raleigh should III.
have used more than II per cen.
of their annual fuel oil ration az
Of Monday, February IA, deSplS
weather conditions
The United States Weather D1
reau, in a special report TO Ofn'
pointed out that weather coiiul
tons in Hatteras showed 81 pe.
cent of the normal winter past, III
Raleigh II per cent, in "llnlAa.
ton II per cent, Charlotte By p''
cent, and Asheville IS per cent.
Persons who find that theil "a,
tons are being used at a ldS' IL
rate should cut the use OF 1uei VI
Immediately so that it WIN loJ'
throughout the winter, ora sa atn
Shortages of fuel oil in the s ,,s
and the cold weather at this 'ii'.o o
make it imperative that uSedss
not exceed the official U;
Weather Bureau percentages
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14

have any doubts, they must write to their
secretary of state and find cut if they have
to register, pay tax, or fulfill some other
requirements
Nebraskans will have an added chore They
must write to their secretary of state Or an
appropriate local official for special appli-
cation form. This is sent to them and must be
filled out and returned before the ballot can
even start on its way. This procedure must
also be followed in Pennsylvania if the hope
an "official war" form.
Of the four states in question, Nebraska,
Louisiana and Illinois allow less than 30 days
from the time the state mails the absentee
back In this connection, the Army suggests
that ut is not desirable to burden overseas
air mail with applications for ballots in cases
where the time interval is manifestly too short
to accomplish receipt, execution and return
of the ballot
In other words, it is likely that in some in
stances there will not be time to vote at all.
How to avoid this delay and red tape is
Congress job Whether federal or a Estates
right voting system, or a modification OF
either, is finally decided upon, the lawmakers
have an obligation to map out plan in which
the exercise of franchise won't be such ex-
hausting exercise that the soldier has no
strength left to mark the ballot
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
The Literary Guidepost

have been two years later, but
that Ma Lengaard feared she
would not last another two years.
Strawberry Hill is in the Pa
cific Northwest. Pa and Ma Len
gard, after a lifetime of wander
ing from one poorhouse to an
other, have found peace and
enough, if not an abundance, on
the farm. But their children have
scattered. The hard and rather
dreadful Anylea runs a beauty
shop in Omaha; honest, easy-go-
ing Jim is trying to support his
present wife and pay alimony to
her predecessor, all the time with
Lou, his foster-sister, lowering
about in an agony of yearning.
Jim is pushover.
There are others, including
Helga, the career girl, Anna Ma
RE, who is married to a well-off
chap considerably older than her
self, Ingeborg, scared of her sha-
COW, and Carl from Alaska. Carl
is the baby, best-educated of the
lot, the wanderer and the no-good
Mrs. Thorpe somehow keeps ali
the emotional strands in hand.
and it must have been a terrific
Job, for she has neglected nobody
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
Camp Well Named

Being Brigade Boys Club project, long
contemplated and finally nearing completion,
it is particularly appropriate that the summer
camp up on the sound should bear the
clubs name, rather than be named for any
individual however closely he may have been
identified with Brigade in the past
9Th Brigade Boys Club Camp Identifies
the project Enthusiastically with the organization
of which it is unit The decision so to name
it was well taken
The camp itself, which will be ready for
operation in the coming summer, represents
the fulfillnent of dream that Brigade lead
ers have long cherished. Outings for Brigade
boys are not new. Until the war interrupted
the practice, members were given brief va
cations at the shore, but always in borrowed
or rented quarters in more or less crowded
localities.
Now the youngsters, who by the way, have
had hand in clearing the land and erecting
the buildings will be domiciled on the Bri.
gade's own site, with plenty Of room for all
manner Of sports and recreation, with an un.
rivaled swimming hole,' mess hall, sleep
ing quarters and everything that boys most
covet in the country. Much of the material
has been the gift of sympathetic Wilmington.
ians, the bulk of the work has been volun.
tary the land itself is virtually gift. Consid
cradle money for the things that had to be
bought has been raised by the boys themselves
through waste paper, tin and metal salvage
collections. Some cash, too, has been given
outright.
Whatever hint there is in this for Other
gifts-for the project is not yet fully financed
lis all wool, and yard wide.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
By JOHN SELBY
REUNION ON STRAWBERRY
HILL" by Berenice Thorpe
(Knopf; $3.50

Berenice Tnorpe's Reunion on
Strawberry HIP is the product
of the second Knopf Fellowship
in fiction. It is Mrs. Thorpe's
first novel, it has been quite a
long time in preparation, and the
book is worth the effort. 1t is a
really good job in a very difficult
field, written with sureness over
skeleton that is articulated
somewhat differently from the U.s.
ual.
Mrs. Thorpe introduces her
characters in separate chapters,
each with an incident or a chain
OF incidents that places them ac-
curately in the scheme of, things.
Then she brings them together
deliberately through a perfectly
reasonable device, which is the
family reunion. She handles. de-
vices like a good craftsman-for
example, in order to prepare her
readers for tragedy she lets them
know early in the story that this
Is the Lengaards' 48th anniver-
sary, that the proper time would
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
Only Chinese Pilot
In European Theater
Finally Downs Plane

A U. S. MUSTANG BASE IN
ENGLAND. Feb. 13-(R-After IL
1t. Wau Kau Kong of
Honolulu, only Chinese fighter pilot
in the European theater, finally
bagged an enemy plane with the
help of IAN old Oriental trick"
Kong, whose Psi carries two
names" Chinaman's Chance" on
one side and mo Tickee No
Washee' on the other-made the
kill Friday while escorting bomb
ers to Frankfurt. Enroute home
he sighted a lone Focke-Wulf 100 at
about $4,000 feet.
Kong and 1t. Ridley E. Donnell,
Murfreesboro, Tenn, peeled off
together but Kong executed what
he termed IAN old Oriental trick"
by taking short cut 80 I'd be
in position for an overhead shot
at the Jerry when he turned into
me- 1t worked.
II let him have everything I
had which was plenty" Kong said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
With Ernie Pyle

it in terms of themselves, but Ray
Clapper's death sort of set us back
on our heels. Somehow it always
seemed impossible that anything
could ever har en- to him. 1t made
us wonder who is next.
When the Stars and Stripes an
nounced Ray Clapper's death, 1
think the most frequent comment
in this area was one that would
have made Ray proud. They
said:
'"The old story again. It's always
the best ones that get it,
Here is our final report On that
bottle of Coca-Cola that was raj
fled off last month in a field-artil-
lery brigade on the Italian front.
1t all started in November when
a former member of this brigade,
now back in the States - Pfc
Frederick Williams of Daytona
Beach, Fla-sent two bottles of
coke to two of his buddies still
over here - Corp. Victor Glover
of Daytona Beach and Serg.
Woodrow Daniels of Jacksonville,
Fla.
Nobody in the outfit had seen a
Coca-Cola in more than a year, SO
they drank one and then began
having ideas about the other. At
last they decided to put it up in
rattle, and use the proceeds to
care for children whose fathers
had been killed in this brigade.
The lottery was announced in the
brigade's little mimeographed
newspaper, and chances on the
coke were put on sale at Is cents
apiece.
The money came in quarters,
dollars. shilling, pounds, francs
and lire. They had to appoint a
committee to administer the af-
fair. At the end of the third week
the fund exceeded $4,000. Then Pvt.
Lamyl Yancey, of Harlan, KY, got
immature bottle OF COca-Cola
and he put it up as second prize.
Just before the grand drawing
the fund reached $4,000. Then the
slips were put in a German shell
case, and the brigade command
er drew out two numbers.
The winnah and new champion
was Sergt. William de Schneider
of Hackensack, N. J. The little
bottle went to Sergt. Lawrence
Presnell of Fayetteville, N. C.
Sergeant de Schneider was ap-
palled by what had happened to
him. That one coke was the equiv
alent of 10000 bottles back home.
II don't think I care to drink
$4,000 BOTTLE" he said. II think I'll
send it home and keep it few
years."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
BARBS

It's too late to learn when you think you know
it all!
Radio Song Helps Sick Boy - headline.
We've heard some that would get anybody out
of bed.
Now they're planning to use pigskin leather
in civilian Shoes Twill be novelty to have
your dogs soueal instead of bark
If sweet 16 doesn't become sweet 60 it isn't
the fault of the drug stores and beauty parlors.
What difference would it make If oleo were
colored? The fact that the grocer had it would
be tip it wasn't butter.
We all can be soldiers at home-soldiers OF
fortune if we buy enough war bonds.
Some of Germany's seasoned troops in Italy
are becoming even more so. Peppered by the
Allies.
The only objection to the advance touch OF
spring around the country is that it's a re-
ninder of house cleaning time.
Fault is one of the easiest things to find and
yet too many people keep on looking for it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
''W0lf''

To anyone who doubts that both the term
wolf and it's connotation have become a
part of our national life, we commend read
ing of the New York Law Journal for Jan. 81
This publication is one of the most arid and
austere of trade papers. It holds itself aloot
from the broils of daily life, except as they
might happen to come, by due legal process,
within the sphere of the New York bar. Its
lead story is likely to be decision of the
Court of Appeals in all its fascinating invo
lutions. Its pages contain column after col
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
BY ERNIE PYLE

IN ITALY. - by Wireless) -
Here's that man again, for better
or for worse.
It's good thing the winning OF
the war doesn't depend on me. II
my business were shooting Ger.
mans, I'd never get the trigger
pulled for sneezing. Each zero
hour would have to be postponed
until I found my liniment and hot
water bottle
l am the chief depository over
seas of the common American
cold One cold at a time is not
good enough for me, nor even
two. In the past five weeks I've
piled three colds one on top of the
other.
The main trouble is that I'm
allergic to the remedies that ben
eft other people. Things work
backwards on me- Any doctor who
takes my case is lost before he
starts.
Codeine and aspirin make me
much worse. Sleeping tablets keep
me awake. Stimulating doses put
me to sleep. It's been proved that
Il cannot take vitamins. Tonics de-
stroy my appetite Cough syrup
throws me into commissions of
whooping. I would suggest that an
efficient hanging from the nearest
olive tree is my only panacea.
Please try to forgive me for this
recent absenteeism, and 1 pray
that it doesn't happen too often. l
don't want you to find out how
well the war can get along without
me.
Late though it is, I can't pass
back to the war without a last
word for Ray Clapper, who went
to his death in the Pacific. His
passing hit US hard over here.
He had many friends in the war
theater, as he had in the others.
He Travelled to all the wars be-
cause he felt it his duty to inform
himself, and everywhere he went
he was liked for himself and re-
spected for his fine mind.
We had known each other for
twenty years. He was always gen.
erous and thoughtful of me. Time
and again he went out of his way
to do little things that would help
me, and to say nice things about
me in his column, and I cannot re-
member that I ever did one thing
for him. Those accusing regrets
come when it is too late.
War correspondents try not to
think of how high their ratio of
casualties has been in this war.
At least they try not to think of
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-14
SMITH IS NAMED
lRAQ COMMANDER

LONDON, Feb. 13-R-Lt. Gen.
Sir Arthur F. Smith, who has
been commander Of the London
Military District, has been nam
ed Communicated of British
forces in Persia and Iraq, sue
ceeding 1t. Gen. Sir Henry PoWn-
all who now is chief of staff to
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten
in the Southeast Asia Command.
the war office announced tonight.
1t. Gen. Sir Kenneth A. N. An
derson, former commander of the
British First Army in Tunisia,
was named chief of the eastern
command, in Britain, succeeding
1t. Gen. ]. A. H. Gammel.
1t. Gen. w. D. Morgan Sue
ceeded 1t Gen. Sir Henry C..
Lloyd as chief of the southern
command, Britain.
Lloyd succeeded Smith as COM
mander TO the London District.