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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-06-24
MONROE
By wINIFREp CONVICTION

Mrs. Haywood covington. Mrs
Charles Campbell and Leonard
Game gave banquet Sunday, June
II IN honor OF three high school
graduates They are Miss Evely
Game. Carton Campbell and Miss
coyington. The color scheme was
blue and white. A delicious three
conrse dinner was served at the AZ
fair which was held at the Com
munity center.
The Rev. J W White was toast
master. Guess speakers were Airs
Carnett Higeman. teacher in the
Ecorse Public schools. who spoke
on Democracy and Men and Wom-
en- OF Tomorrow" Snow + Grigs-
by. editor OF the national magazine
for postal employees, was he prin-
cipal speaker. His subject was
THE Challenge Is Your, VIII You
Accept" David r. Covington rem
dered saxaphone solo.
Among the out-of-town guests
who attended were Mrs Moses
Williams. daughter. Marie MIS-
Mike Williamson. T. X Logan and
daughter, Dolores and SON Alfred
OF River Rouge. Mrs. Ernestine
Lewis Of salem. Nlich Mrs smith
and daughter. Adell. Mr. and Mrs.
visitor. all Of Toledo Ohio Mrs.
Higerman. Of Ecorse, and Mr
Grigsby OF DETROIT
Carton Campbell will leave soor
for the navy. George Covinrion
for the air corps and Miss Game
will become a nurse cadet.
Funeral services were held re-
Gently from Second baptist church
FOR the late Mrs Sarah Thompson
Who drowned in North Quarry
Thursday while swimming The
Rev ]. W White oficiated. Mrs
Thompson was a member q III
Acme society Of Second Baplls
church.
The Acme society Will sponsor
popularity contest sunday eyenin'
at which time a queen viii b
crowned.
Mrs L. A. Covington gave
birthday party for her daughter
Winifrod. who was IL years ole
Saturday. Fifteen youngsters en-
icvcd the repast OF sandwiches
ice cream and cake.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-06-24
|rpy PLEDGES HE'LL AID
NEGRO HOUSING PROBLEM

r.r.rd j. Fry. Democratic
,,as,e for governor OF the
''a 81. !, Michigan, has pledged
' va n he is elected governor.
y u'' y an in his power to provide
s !" = decent housing for its Negro
citizens.
u. feels that temporary meas
!" will not solve the problem.
w. y. hat state legislation will
~, ~ 10 be used TO create a COM
Da 10 obtain state aid for
@aIvidusl coIored homes
Wv has always been known for
h. intelligent and level-headed
s'.,osr Of treating problems. The
souslne problem is no different
"a be feels that with a friendly
',,,. administration in Lansing.
r-.ssure can be brought to bear
~ authorities that will make
\, ,h.m face the serious RESPONSE
nlItv. then / am sure the problem
N, Tor all Of his citizens. white
and colored.
y have seen what the Negro
IN do for himself II given a
,ssnee.~ said Fry. "and I feel II
!, As citizens. face our RESPONSE
nav then am sure the problem
ull be cleared.
ANY group who is forced to
~, under Stun conditions has
,ro strikes against 1t from the
.,,rt no matter what the color"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-06-24
RIVER ROUGE
By BESSIE cAswELL, JR-

Eighteen colored students. out OF
class Of io' we're graduated
from river Rouge High school last
thursday evening. They were:
lorslne Thomas. Lucille Washing
ton Gilmore Nash. Ruth Davie. Do
lcrss May. Muriel Burr. Helen
c,ode Elizabeth Gillian. Thelma
campbell Mercer Grace, David
Sessom. John Roundtree. Sheldon
ssllworth Nathaniel Smith. Ken
meth Booker. William Bradley, Err
rss, Johnson and Bonnie Caswell.
A dinner for the graduates was
bed Friday evening. Among the
guest speakers were, DR.. G. O.
Saalsberry. Mrs. Tucker. Or. s. b.
Milton. Atty D. s. Nensom, the
Rev L c Copeland. c. b. Sabbath,
he Rev Mr.. Pryor and Mr.. Reed
q the rs army. Mrs. Boone was
master Of ceremonies. Dan Neu-
some spokesman for the honorees.
read a poem After the dinner.
he class presented Mrs. +.
Rsicliif, sponsor and director of
he affair. with token expressing
their gratitude. Gilmore Nash made
he presentation. Many parents
attended.
The graduation dance was held
Saturday evening at Miller school
in Ecorse
The Go-Geiiers club met recent
y AZ the home OF Mrs. c. Smith.
The iacky party was the order.
Mrs. Cora Smith won first prize for
being dressed tackiest. A delici-
Gus supper vas served.
Next meeting will be held at the
nome Of Mrs. Booker.
The Union Baptist Nurses guild
VII present program Sunday
evening featuring the Few's sing
'rs q River Rouge.
Union Baptist
The pastor the Rev. Z. c. Cope
land, reviewed the lesson On the
topic "A Good Soldier OF Christ
Jesus Miss Hattie Mae Sabbath
was chosen delegate 10 represent
NE sunday school at the conven-
uon which will be held In Alabama.
The pastor. the Rev. Mr.. Cope
land spoke at the morning wor-
snip from Isaiah 4O:si on the sub
'ec' Christian Travelling" Male
members !. OF the the Senior and
iOung peoples choir rendered the
music honoring Fathers Day.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-06-24

valid in all areas through sept 30.
4 New period coupons may be
used Immediately upon receiving
them from local boards
Shoes
Airplane stamps No. ! and No.
IN Book Three remain valid
Indefinitely
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-06-24
CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH
BY MRS. c. VI. MONROE

Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Mar
jorie Davis gave luncheon pic
mic. In honor OF the mothers.
Twenty-Five adults and the same
number OF children were pres
ent. The home was beautifully
decorated with cut flowers. 4 de-
licious lunch was served buffet
style. In the yard. the children
played ball, croquet. pitched horse
shoes and roasted wieners.
Friday noon. Mrs. Spurlock and
Mrs. Gordon gave a luncheon at
the home Of the former. compli-
menting out-of-town guests The
guests included Mrs. Wilson. Mrs
wrcnn and Mrs. Jones. Mesdames
Jones and Wilson plan 10 locate
permanently in Saginaw Lunch
was served to nine guests at a
table beautifully centered with
peonies
Mrs. T. II. Nicholson will leavt
the latter part OF this month on
her vacation. Her daughter and
niece will accompany her to her
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-06-24
Carver Biography
Still Best Seller

NEW YORK. -fC) - Rackham
Hollis biography Of George Wash
ington Carver Is still on the best
Seller list II ranks twentietn
among the non-fction books.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-06-24
by MRS. ROSE WISE WARE
BETHEL AME NOTES
BY MRS. VIM. y. RICE

Attorney John Ragland and
Miss Noble Fortune. OF Ann Ar
bor. Mich. we're guests at the
AME parsonage last Sunday. 9th
er visitors at the parsonage in
cluded the Rev j. w. Wright.
pastor OF Bethel AME. church,
Ann Arbor; Bertha starks, and
Alice Anderson.
ZION CHURCH
ny JAMIE WALKER
The Rev. p. y. Johnson. pastor.
preached Sunday from Exodus
23 subject. Turn aside and hear
how God speaks" A solo by Tom
mic Spencer was enjoyed by all
present.
The pew rally was a success.
The Live Wire quartet. OF De-
troit participated; also the Weary
Travellers and the Rising Star
1uartets Of Zion Baptist church.
Mrs. Walker rendered a rousing
solo
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-06-24

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10

graphed in billowy folds of this mystery sub
stance and even allowed some of her best and
most pous customers TO take samples home as
holy relics"
One of these sacred bits of ghost-stuff pre-
served in a Jar of distilled water, finally came
into Prices hands. He had it analysed by
chemist and able to produce exactly the same
thing in broad daylight, without benefit OF me
dunn or seance. It's main ingredients were white
Of neyv.lad egg, ferric chloride, phosphorc acid
gelatine and hot margaric acid from olive oil.
IN 1890, Mrs. Duncan consented TO permit Price
] and his associates to attend series of seances
10 prove that she not taking. BY using
infra.red Photographic equipment Price made
many photographs of the ectoplasm. When the
films were developed, they showed cheesecloh.
The photos also showed that hand" which
had appeared a rubber glove supported by
cheesecloth and that the head of Peggy" was
picture Of girls head cut from a magazine.
At another seance. the control" told the guests
that they could cut off piece of the ectoplasm
when il appeared Price and his friends grabbed
the stuff and shipped off section. The medium
screamed. and the rest of the stuff went down her
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10

but there were several prominent men,
including doctors, an Indian magistrate,
Il noted journalist, clergyman and
high ranking Air Force officer.
Counsel for the defense offered 10
have Mrs. Duncan conjure up a spirit or
two right there in the courtroom, "as
proof of her sincerity"
she is very willing" he said. land
experts can be present TO prevent any
fraud. All she requires is a bare room
with a small portion curtained off, and
d red light"
The offer was rejected. The judge said:
IF nothing a0oearcd in the demon
stration the accused would be condemned
even before they were tried II would be
reversion TO the Dark Ages and something
very akin 10 trial by ordeal II is not a
matter of Mrs. Duncan's taking the risk
but a question OF her being tried accord
ing 10 the laws of England"
The prosecutor said the unhappy me-
dunn had been making capital out of the
war. One of her most profitable feats in
recent years, he declared, was the produc.
a corpse in uniform which was quickly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10

recognized" by soldiers or sd
buddy or by grieving parents
who had lost a son. He
scoffed at the 81 charge for
service men at each sitting.
That might be moder.
ate" he said, IF you were
going 10 see the ghost of
Wellington or Napoleon but
not If you are going TO see
a bogus conjuring-trick."
All four defendants were
convicted. Mrs. Duncan got a
nine-month sentence and Mrs.
Brown a four.month term.
The other two were put on
probation. Mrs. Duncan APP
pealed, but the sentence was
upheld in the higher court
The secret of Mrs. Dun
cans amazing success in the
spirit world has been de-
scribed by Harry Price, di-
rector of the National Lab
boratory of Psychical Re
search in London, as her
ability to regurgitate, TO swal-
low things and bring them
up at will. This faculty also
was possessed, he said, by
Madame Eva, one of Conan
Doyle's favorite mediums.
The alleged raw material
from which materializations
are made in a seance room
is called "ectoplasm" or "tele-
plasm." Mrs. Duncan permit.
ted herself 10 be photo
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10

someone pulled it into the audience
Mrs Duncan standing in her bare feet,
attempting TO put on her shoes. She started TO
scream. l blew my police whistle and the police,
who were waiting outside charged into the ROOM.
Arrested with Mrs. Duncan were Ernest
Homer the proprietor OF the drug store; his
wife and Mrs Frances Brown. All were charged
with Conspiracy TO contravene the Nichcrau Act
by pretending 10 exercise conjuration."
T the trial the prosecutor, John Maude. told
n the Jury of six men and one woman that the
Wtchcraft Act which was passed in l735, natur-
ally was no longer aimed at witches but at 'peo-
pie who pretend they can do the sort OF thing
that witches used TO do"
The 40 defense Witnesses insisted there was
no pretenSe about Mrs Duncan. She really had
control over the spirits of the departed each of
them maintained.
~Mrs Mary Blackwell, a London housewife,
Nified she had some 1850 spirit forms
materialize in 100 seances staged by Mrs Duncan.
She had heard them speak in French, Dutch,
German, Welsh Arabic, American, as well
as pure English"
Forms of all sizes and shapes and people OF
all ages from tiny children TO doddering old men,
she said, had appeared before her
Most of the defense witnesses were women,
TIE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10

throat. This time IL wasn't
cheesecloth but some tissue
paper which had been soaked
in egg white.
The psychical research
laboratory published a report
on Mrs. Duncan which was
widely circulated. 1t said that
she was able to Secrete OBJ
jects in her internal economy
and produce them again
whenever she desired.
Instead of damaging her
reputation, the report
brought her more customers
than ever. In 1888 she was
arrested and fined $50 after
a seance in which one of the
eight guests grabbed the
body" of baby Peggy. II
turned out to be womans
stockinette underXest.
But that incident didn't in
terfere with Mrs. Duncan's
popularity, and Hammer Swat
fer, the famous British jour.
nalist, insists that the most
recent one won't either. once
she's out of Jail. Testifying
i'm her behalf at the trial, he
declared:
I'VE will fight 10 the end
for her. l may be a fool, but
/ believe in Mrs. Duncan and
we will take this case 10 the
House Of Lords, if necessary,
to help her."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10
1900 Spo0ksDeShr0uded1,t's Law

Her Army Of Spirit Forms
and GuIlible Followers Won
the Scottish Medium q
Yearly Income of $4,000.
Until Brifa;n's Navy Called
a Halt TO Her Bogus Vic
tories Over Dec;a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10

ton OF corpse In uniform winch was quickly
recognized" by soldiers or sailors who had lost a
Evening star., 1944-03-31

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Uncle Ruy's Corner

When Horatio Nelson was youth
In his early teens, he made a jour-
iney to Arctic seas aboard a vessel
called the Carcass. We are told
that during that voyage he had
narrow escape in fight with the
polar bear.
1t seems that Nelson's gun was
empty when he came to close grips
with the bear, but he held the an
imal off by striking at 1t with the
butt. Then sailors came rushing to
the rescue and saved him from
death.
If Nelson's life had been cut short,
there would have been a difference
in history. Great Britain would
never have had her greatest naval
hero-the admiral who won the
Battle of Trafalgar.
Polar bears are dangerous but
they seldom go out to look for a
Evening star., 1944-03-31

UGUT.
fight. Only when very hungry are
they likely to attack a man.
Another adventure with a polar
bear is related by Felix Rosenberg,
who made trip into the Arctic in
the present century. Here, in short
ened form, is his account:
Morton was on duty as cook, and
was roasting some pieces of ham
over the glowing Goals. Paul and I
sat nearby, waiting for the dainty
morsels SO we could place them be-
tween hardtack to make sandwiches.
On the stove we had pot of coffee
Steaming merrily.
After we had eaten the meal,
we crawled into our sleeping bags.
Suddenly we heard the noise of
sharp claws against the frozen tar
paper roof of our hut, and there was
the thud of heavy body.
"A thrill ran through our little
party. "A bear! A bearp we all
shouted together.
I'VE grabbed our rifles and rushed
blindly out into the night. I sent
two shots after the big white fellow.
THE bear had nosed his way up
the slanting roof of our lean-to
until he reached the chimney from
which came the odor of roast ham,
Then, perhaps, getting smoke in his
eyes, he had slipped to the ground"
That polar bear seemed to re-
member the ham, and came back
later. This time he met his death
from shots fired by the Arctic
campers.
Evening star., 1944-03-31

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BY THE FOUR ACES.
Bridge SwindIe No. 1871

Examination of the North South
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South could fail to make his con-
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tricks; but since the spade queen
would drop in two rounds he did
not have to lose spade trick, and
II he guessed wrong and lost trick
to the diamond queen that would
still be only three tricks to lose.
But South was swindled right and
left.
West opened the heart king and
then led the queen. He next led the
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spade five to his king.
On this West dropped the spade
nine. Seeing the nine fall, South
hoped West had held 1919 double
ton, and he saw a way to avoid los
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that East would cover with the
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on, but the ten did not drop; and
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-13
Raj JOINS YANKS 4
IN AIR BLOWS AT
NAZI RAIL LINES

LONDON, Wednesday, Dec. 13.-
lR-The Allied air assault on Ger
many continued round the = clock
yesterday and last night, with the
Raj joining American bornbers
from both Britain and Italy in a
series of powerful blows at COM
munications and industrial tar
gets.
More than 5000 tons of explosives
were dumped by the U. S. Eighth
Air Force alone on battleline rail
facilities in the Frankfurt area dur
ing the day in massive operation
from which nine bombers and nine
fighters were reported missing.
Most of the fighters were believed
to have landed in friendly territory,
and the days loss was described
as the smallest of the war for an
attack in such strength-moret than
200 bombers and fighters.
Last night, strong force OF Raj
Lancasters and Halifaxes blasted
the great armament center OF Es-
en- and squad-ons of Mosquitoes
bombed Osnabruck, another steel
center of the Ruhr.
Italy based bombers and fight
ers of the U. S. 18th Air Force flew
through bad weather and attacked
the huge synthetic oil refinery at
Blechhammer in southern Silesia.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-13
SUPPLY EFFORT
AGAIN THWARTED
Three Destroyers And Four
Transports In Latest
Bag

GENERAL M'ARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS. PHILIP
PINES, Wednesday, Dec. 13.
Up - Three Japanese de-
stroyers and four transports
of an 11-ship convoy attempt
ing to run reinforcements to
beleaguered Nipponese troops
on Leyte island, were sunk by
American planes and Pr
boats Monday and Tuesday,
Gen. Douglas Macarthur said
today.
One other enemy destroyer and
two freighter-transports were SO
severely damaged in the 36-hour
running fight they may have sunk.
They we're left dead in the water
and burning, the communique
said. Fifty japanese planes were
destroyed in the battle. The Amerl-
cans lost eight.
Only one Nipponese vessel, a de-
stroyer, escaped unscathed from
the fury of the Army Lightning
fighters, Marine Corsairs. and the
speedy, hard-hitting Navy Pr
boats. The battle occurred OFT the
northwest coast Of Leyte.
The convoy will be sadly missed
by the Japanese ground troops who
are being pushed into the north
west corner of Leyte island by the
Americans.
Some 30 japanese planes attack
ed an American convoy returning
from a supply run-~to TO ofia1o al
dawn Sunday. but were met by
Marine fighter planes which down
ed IL of the enemy. The American
supply ships suffered some dam
age. the communiaue said.
Late reports from. western and
northern Leyte showed little
change in the ground war sltua'
ton.
The Seventh and 77th U. S. Di,
visions were hopping up and con-
solidating their positions around
Ormoc, the west coast port town
captured by the Yanks Sunday.
The Sind Division. at the north
ern approaches to Ormoc valley
was maintaining steady, heavy
pressure against tough artillery
backed Japanese opposition.
The japanese convoy was tlrst
attacked at dawn Monday, as II
was moving toward Leyte through
the Visayan sea.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-13
RUSSIANS ENTER
BUDAPEST GATES
Moscow Reports Troops
Pouring Into Eastern
Suburb

LONDON, Dec. 12.-tRAThe Red
Army today captured Godollo, last
major rail fortress 10 IL miles
northeast of Budapest, the Russian
comnunique announced tonight
rs ether Moscow advices said So.
Wet Storm troops had burst into
the eastern suburbs of the bomb
ed and shell-torn Hungarian capt.
tai.
A Moscow broadcast said the
Red Army was pouring through a
breach carved in the northeast de-
lenses of the capital. Col. Ernst
Won Hammer. military authority
for the German news agency
DNB. admitted it was "a great
breach in our lines" but contend
ed it had been sealed off la.er.
THE Russian communicate, as is
frequently the case when a major
operation still is in progress, did
not confirm the penetration into
Budapest
Besides the announced advance
in that direction however 1t also
listed the capture Of Sajoszentpet-
er, important road junction 10
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-13
COUNTY REJECTS +
Fl. FISHER UNIT
AS TB HOSPITAL

The New Hanover County Board
of commissioners visited Fort
Fisher yesterday for an inspection
of the Army hospital at the former
military post, in an effort to deter
mine if the installation could be
CONVEX ed by the county to tuper-
culosis hospital. -
After the tour. it was pointed
out by Addison Hewlett, chairman
Of the board. that tae vast hosuital
was constructed primarily for mill
tary purposes. and was too large
to be of any practical use as =
county institu ion. ~
p Recent reports indicated that the
former Army post would probably
be declared surplus by the " r
Department. The Board of Com
missioners vieited the hos1ital unon
learning of this, and were conduct
ed THROUGH the 3',1~r, io@''' ''nfi0ns
with the hope that some agree
ment between the Federal and
county governments might be
reached.
1.-The hospital is entirely too
large to lend itself economic ally
for a public institution of the type
needed by this county, said Mr..
Hewlett
It was understood that the hos
pit9l wa constructed for 300 beds,
Previous plans for a county Tuber-
culcsis hospital called for the cor
struction of a hospital to house Is
bed patients.