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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20
FEAR EXPRESSED

In his petition. Nav stated
that. IL Kent Is returned 10 this
country now. he fears for his
safety" Close told Hearst
newspaper correspondent IN Los
Angeles.
II was Close who injected q
new note Of intrigue into the case
when. in a broadcast over the
MIC network last Sunday he
asked
'1s II true that the Russian
secret police obtained copies Of
cables hanged between
Roosevelt and Churchill ."
Today Close reiterated
THE Russian secret police
have copies Of the cables. Brrck-
enridge Long Of the state de-
partment has told Mrs. Kent
that her son disclosed state de-
partment information 10 the
Russians.
Kent admits only that ne
showed the cables 10 Capt.
Archibald VI. VI. Ramsay. an
opponent Of Churchill and mem
Der Of Parliament who is still
In jail"
CHURCHILL MESSAGE TOLD
Kents mother charges that
Churchill then first lord OF the
admiralty, started the first ex-
change Of messages with Roose-
welt. using highly secret American
government code and saying IN
effect:
~ am half American and the
natural person To work with
you. IL IL evident We see eye
to eve. Were I to become prime
minister of Britain, We could
control the world"
Six weeks later Mrs. Kent has
charged, Roosevelt cabled Chur-
chill for more details
Mrs. Kent has said that her
son, then only %. felt compelled
10 divulge the contents of the
messages which he believed were
the groundwork Of a plot 10 lead
America into war.
TELLS OF 800 CABLES
Close is the authority for the
statement that more than 800
cables passed between Roosevelt
and Churchill from November,
1899. 10 MAY, 1910. Diplomatic
immunity was denied Kent in
June. 1910. by Ambassador Ken
nedy's simple eXpedient Of dis
charging him He was then
arrested by the British. tried and
convicted to seven years Of penal
servitude.
Arrested along with Kent were
Capt. Ramsay, British hero Of the
last war. and a mysterious blond
White Russian refugee, Anna VOL
koff. daughter Of Adm. Nicholas
Wolkoff, Russian naval attache in
London before the Bolshevist
revolution.
GETS 10-YEAR TERN
An article written by Col. vii
liam J. Donova and Edgar
Mowrer, released several months
after the arrests by the late Sec
rotary of the Navy Frank Knox.
said that Kent had passed infor-
nation along 10 Capt. Ramsay.
who In turn had transmitted il
10 the German legation al Dublin.
Miss Wolkoff. who was SEN
fenced 10 10 years in prison. was
accused of trying 10 send code
letter 10 Serlin and of sending
ooezh.suts TO the British traitor
William Joyce. known as the Der
IN radios Lord Haw Haw.
Close declared he had asked
whether a link might exist be-
tween the Kent case and the
Greenwich Village death of John
Bryan Owen. grandson OF William
Jennings Bryan, because Mrs.
Kent. whom I've known for some
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20
PEACE MOVES SEEN

Informed observers in Washing.
ION saw a possibility OF Japanese
peace moves but cautioned that
II was impossible to Judge nc
significance OF the new move until
composition of the new cabinet
was known.
Too inStiSator OF the sneak
attack on Pearl HarbOr, was the
second of the three AXIS war lords
10 fall from power as Allied armies
relentleSsly closed IN on their
homelandS.
Even as MuSSolini was ouSted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20

afford 10 take a chance with the
LIES of its fighting sons.
Declaring election of Gov.
Dewey would mean change. IN
terruption and delay on the road
TO victory, the Indiana senator
said
I'VE must not allow the
American ballot box to he made
Hitler's secret weapon"
He accused The Republicans ut
indecent SANDER against the
for referring to Demo
cratic "dccadence. Pre- : q n
Roosevelt. he said is IN his fun
Igor and in the flower OF has
energy.
HAS RUGGED VITALITY
HE has more rugged vitality
in him today than any two men
the opposition has 10 offer"
Jackson told the l,176 dele
gates who last night heard an
earlier KEYNOTE from Gov Rob
ert s. Kerr Of Oklahoma.
1--WE meet with the conVic-
tiOn," he Salo. that peace will
he established by men who
know the forces involved-nOt
by uniformed, inexperienced or
irresponsible politicians"
Jackson told his fellow Demo
Gratis that what the presidency
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20
FIGHTS AND INSULTS

| have seen more out and out
fights and more insults eN-
changed IN a few hours than |
heard during the whole of the
Republican convention.
There is of course. the great
feud between the New Dealers
md the old line Democrats,
HeIce and bitter feud which flares
up at tho most unexpected mo-
mentS
And there is feud that has
developed a the last moment
between the Go political action
committee and the organization
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20
kDeIllS
Feuding
BY LOUIS BROMFIELD
tWritten LNpressl, TOR the Hearst
Newspapers

CHICAGO July 20 Although
oulWardly all appears TO be Sc
rene and under control there is
no such unity at the Democratic
convention as made the Repub-
llcan gathering seem dull.
Under cover there exists every
sort of icud. division and even
enmlty between groups and even
inside state delegations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20

NEW YORK July 2o-lntorma-
Ton has reached this country
from England that The British al
torney Of Tyler Kent. central
figure IN Londons mysterious
code case. fears for KontS safety
IL he is returned 10 the tinted
States AZ this time
Kent. former code clerk m The
Y. : embassy IN London con-
vcted by the British Of divulgnC
code messages which passed be
tween Winston Churchill and
President Roosevelt has been I'M
prisoned since 1910
According 10 Upton Close radio
commentator and friend OF Kent :
mother. Mrs. Kent received word.
two weeks ago. that her son 5
London attorney, A man named
Nav had asked the British
courts TO hold in allowance de
portation proceedings which were
10 60 into effect with an snucl-
pated parole.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20

afford chance with the demands Is not so mu
yes of It's fighting prlsn, Eoul,s nat, o. nc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20

The reaso IN put u
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-04
MORE HOMES NEEDED
FOR WAR WORKERS

Necessity for residents of the
Dayton area to open their homes
to war workers at this time of a
great housing shortage was stress
ed in an appeal by John B. Blan-
chard, Jr., official of the National
Housing Agency.
Explaining the urgency for both
new construction and renewed eff
forts to use all existing housing to
the fullest extent where the need
is the most critical, Blanchard
said, "While the type of need which
must be met today is quantitavely
far smaller than earlier in the war
effort, it's effect on specific and
vital areas of the war production
program is just as great and per-
haps proportionately greater;
moreover the urgency of action in
terms of time is greater than ever
before to assure the steady flow
of materials which our fighting
men need at the fighting fronts."
New construction is not the
sole answer to the shortage, Blan-
chard went on to explain. The hous-
ing centers report that there are
approximately three applicants to
every unit made available to war
workers and that was on national
average.
OF $4,000 units of which there is
a national need, only $4,000 have
been completed.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-04
NAACP Candidate Wins In
Oregon State BY Late Count

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 4 (ANP)
-Coe A. McKenna, Republican
and NAACP endorsed candidate,
was declared winner here last
week after unofficial election re-
turns indicated that McKenna had
lost to Jack Lynch, COP candi
date, in the race for state senator.
Official canvass of the vote
showed that McKenna beat Lynch
by 50 votes, receiving 1850 to
Lynch's 78, ,491 votes. Discrepancies
in adding in the last 115 precincts
is said to be responsible for the
error in the unofficial count.
Political observers here believe
McKenna's victory will reopen the
contest for presidency of the state
senate. While Sen. Howard Bolton,
Clackamas county, has claimed
enough votes pledged to give him
the presidency, McKenna may enter
the race and claim some of the Boil
ton pledges. The NAACP backed
Guy Gordon, Republican for U. S..
senate, against Willis Mahoney,
Mahoney lost. Wayne Morse, who
voted for cloture, was another
NAACP candidate.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-04
DEADLINE EXTENDED ON
PRISONER MAIL

Final date for sending special
Red Cross messages to United
States prisoners Of war and civil
ian internees in the Philippine Is
lands has been extended to Decem-
Der Is, according to Harry Schie-
wetz, home service chairman,
Montgomery County Chapter,
American Red Cross.
Schiewetz said arrangements
have also been completed for the
Red Cross to accept messages or
replies from liberated United
States or British civilian internees
pending establishment of regular
communication facilities later.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-04
READ THE BULLETIN
STRIKERS RETURN TO
WRIGHT PLANT

CINCINNATI, Dec. 4.-Strik-
ers at the Wright Aeronautical
corporation plant at Lockland
voted unanimously to return
Temporarily" to their jobs ef-
fective with midnight last night.
In mass meeting called by the
officials of the United Auto
Workers (CIO), the workers to-
day agreed to man two closed
aluminium foundries and one ma
chine shop which had been pro-
ductionless since the work stop
page began early last week.
Robert Spitzmiller, president
of the UAW local, said, "the
workers will return to their jobs
today and will continue at their
benches temporarily pending the
outcome of negotiations between
union and company officials.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-04
PENAL SYSTEM POLITICAL FOOTBALL
Union Meets In
Telephone 60. Hearinq

Ohio Federation of Telephone
Workers (OFTW) leaders will
meet here Thursday preceding
the War Labor Board (WLB)
panel hearing Friday on the dis
pute between the union and the
Ohio Bell Telephone company.
1t was reported from Cleve-
land last night that R. G. Pol
lock, head of the Ohio Federation,
said union leaders from Chicago,
Washington, and New York
would also attend the meeting.
jeanette Reedy, chairman of
the Southwest Ohio council,
OFTW, could not be reached for
comment on the Thursday ses-
sion, at which it was indicated,
the unions S request for a SIS week
ly wage increase for operators
would be discussed.
Workers also seek to prevent
the company from paying living
epenses in addition to wages to
women from outside Dayton, a
practice which led to the recent
strike of operators.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-04
20 HUA(HU(A SOLDIERS
GET RENT REFUNDS

FIT. HUACHUCA, Ariz., Dec. 4.
(ANP) with most of the tenant
refunds going to Negro soldiers, a
total of $1,000 is being returned to
20 former tenants of a group of
cabins in the area near Ft. Hua-
chuca military reservations, for
rent overcharges, OPA officials
disclosed. The checks will be mailed
to the home addresses of payees.
Tenants had been charged up to
$50 monthly rental for mere shacks
and trailers that had low ceiling
rentals. Individual refunds were
from $50 to S42O. The soldiers
knew nothing Of their landlords
overcharges.
The OPA reports that further
refunds up to several thousand dol
lars in the same settlement are in
process of arrangement and total
refunds will amount to about
$4,000.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-04
Youth Dies Suddenly

Carl Asher, IL, of 3O312 Home
stead avenue, died at his home yes
terday at $3.50 pm. Surviving are
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ballard
Asher; two brothers, Troy in Ken
lucky, and Howard Of Dayton; and
two sisters, Martha and Louise.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-04
Milk Group Delegates
To Attend Convention

Delegates from the Miami Valley
Cooperative Milk Producers asso-
citation will attend meeting of
the National Cooperative Milk Pro
ducers Federation in Chicago,
Wednesday through Friday.
Members of the federation will
discuss the development Of ma
tional program to assure dairy
farmers adequate postwar in
comes.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-04

The Patterson Field kindling
yard is closed for repairs and will
be open later this week. Persons
desiring to buy kindling should
drive to the Huffman dam gate
where they will be admitted to make
their purchase.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-04
ARKANSAS PRISONERS GET
MOST BARBARI( TREATMENT

OIloI ; ing IlIC al hdIlodo pal VIC
system with too much politics,
Chief Deputy Prosecutor Byron R.
Bogard, addressing the Greater
Little Rock Ministerial Alliance at
the YMCA, said it places the re-
habilitation of the short-term vio-
lators in the hands of "rapists,
murderers and criminal repeaters,
life-termers who are more inter-
ested in gaining favor Of the war
dens than in correcting those un-
der their charge"
Questioning the states right to
report a balance of $383,OOO in it's
penitentiary fund while none but
convict guards are employed, Bo-
gard reflected that mo effort is
made to send the convict back into
society a better man than when re-
ceived."
Human life is cheap, while
property is salvaged in our peni-
tentiary," Bogard asserted as he
compared Arkansas penal system
with those of eastern states and
with the federal system.
He told how the federal systme
of punishment, for infraction of
prison rules, forbids the prisoner
from mingling with fellow prison
ers and denies him the right to
partake of complete penal rations.
Compare this system to Arkan-
sas' penal system, which operates
in reverse" he stated. when a
convict enters Cummins farm, he
is stripped of all privileges, hence
none can be taken from him for
further offense. Physical punish
ment is his lot from the outset.
"Convicts, employed in severest
physical labor in cotton fields from
daylight to dark in hot weather,
forced to a production standard
which many cannot reach, would
hardly be punished further for in
fraction of prison law by solitary
confinement in the shade.
"Such punishment would be
heaven to the prisoner after his
daily lot. Hence prisoners must un-
dergo physical punishment as a
means of correction. There is toe
much politics in the parole sys.
tem," he said.
1t is rumored that the most bar.
barrie methods are used at this
penal farm of any throughout the
nation. Negro prisoners are whip
ped almost daily and many die
from brutal treatment and lack o1
food. These are buried on the farm
and no mention is made of thei1
deaths.
The ministers appointed com
mittee to work with Bogard il
studying remedial legislation, ane
invited the prosecutor back to at
tend their next naatinU Dpc 1Q
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-03-04
Edith SeWeII,
New Soprano,
AT Town Hall
Carl Diton Finds
Her Voice Is
Beyond Average
BY CARL DITON
For AMP

NEW YORK February has
kept the devotees OF Negro vocal
art quite busy, there having been
Carengie recitals on the first two
Sundays and this past Sunday eft
er noon the appearance OF a new
soprano, Edith Sewen, in Town
Hall.
The voice of Miss Sewell, silvery
in it's appeal, is beyond that OF
the average Negro vocalist, both IN
quality and range. There is, how
ever, too much contrast between
the upper and lower parts of its
scale, a definite lack of co-ordi-
nation that points inescapably to
the fact that not only Negro
singers but voice teachers IN the
years to come must surely search
more deeply into their respective
arts if Negro art is to advance.
| Altho Miss Sewell's' art is not
finished, it has plenty of top notes
to "sell," more particularly after
they have been relieved Of the
tinge SO that, for instance, the
familiar spiritual might not be
construed: 81 Want Jesus to
Squawk With Me-" of sharpness
which they now possess. But thru
it beams an admirable person
atty.
The first group contained we'll
known numbers: Scarlattis 20,
cessate di piagarn1i," Pergelesi's
'Se tum'ami, Sc sespiri," Mar
Trims "PlaiSir D'amour" and
Paisielles Chi vuel la zingarella."
The second group comprised the
very quintessenCe of German art:
VOLTS "Sesang Weyla's," Brahams'
Der Schmied," Rogers exquisite
Maria Wiegenlied," Marx, Hat
| dich die Liebe beruehrt,'' and
Richard Strauss 'Staendchn,' and
the third, Miss Sewell presented a
most welcome novelty, Respighi's
! aria from Maria Egiziaca in con-
J junction with the Lila recitative
q and aria from DebusSy's Den
FAINT predigue''
Finally came five spirituals head
ed by H. T. Burleigh'S Deep
River" In these she surpassed the
fervence that permeated all the
preceding songs. They seemed to
echo the well-known struggle she
has had to make to win vocal rec
ignition: VIM. Rhodes II want
Jesus To Walk With Me-" Rosa
mand Johnson's Sometimes I Feel
Like MotherleSs Child DaB-
sons Jesus Walked This Lone.
some Valley" and Hall johnson,
Hold On"
The beautiful accompanirnents
Of Frank Chatterton were very
graciously acknowledged by the
soloist. The audience must have
felt that her effort was supreme
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-03-04
Red CrossFi!nl
In War Theatres
Meets Protest
Negro Soldiers
Portrayed AS
"Uncle Toms"

WASHINGTON-(A N p - The
American Red Cross has had its
work filmed in various theatres of
operations, and it is being readied
for distribution by the war activi-
ties committee of the war depart
ment, as part of the annual drive.
Where as all of the white SOL
diers portrayed in the film short
are shouldering guns or going
about the normal chores OCCASION
ed by war, or being In theater of
operations, the Red Cross has
shown Negro soldiers as nothing
more than clowns. The entire film
runs about II minutes, and a
brief shot is given over to a
group of Negroes who are gathered
around a piano. One of the men
is playing, the others are clapping
their hands, "YaSsuhing" and grim
I, ing from ear to ear.
The picture was reviewed by
a group of Negro newsmen last
week upon special request. The
concensus was that the war acti-
I Vities committee and the Ameri-
ran Red Cross ought to hear the
protests of Negroes to the showing
of the race in so contrasting in
congruous role with that of other
| soldiers. There was no need for
comedy relief" they agreed.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-03-04

AzUCAR, Fla.-(A N P)-With
instruments purchased in the
northern cities they passed
through on their way south, jana
lean farm workers have organized
a seyen-piece orchestra, the Jamai-
| can HepcatS, to entertain their
LOO fellow workers in this area
who are helping to harvest a war
time sugar cane crop of $4,000
acres.
Headed by Eric Crawford, an
accomplished pianist who was Off
cred $75 week in Minnesota last
summer, the Hepcats are rapidly
developing into Cn excellent or
chestral group. They play popular
and semi-classical American music
as well as Caribbean and Latin
American dittieS.
Members of the orchestra are
Lancelot Scuivin, cornet; HuntIey
Geddes, saxophone; Levi Riley and
Philbert Barrett, banjo; Melrose
McFarlene, and Harold Beckford.
guitar; Crawford. director end
pianist. s.-7EEW
Crawford points out that he
hopes to keep the group together
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-03-04

Representing the first such en-
dowment in radio history, the Sc
ries will take the title from the
book, with scripts written by Mr.
Ottley. The programs will be
heard SUNDAYS, FROM 1903 TO
$3.50 P. M. under the direction OF
Mitchell Grayson assisted by Jro
Velasco, producer of Salute To
Negro Troops" The premiere
scheduled for March 5th, will fea-
ture Canada Lee in the lead.
Cooperating in the project are
the Writers War Board, Radio
Directors Guild, American Fede
ration of Radio Artists and Mu-
sician's Union, Local 800. NAM
outstanding performers, both Ne
gro and white, have volunteered
their services in the series and
among the artists scheduled for
March are Paul Robson and Duke
Ellington and his orchestra.
The initial program on March
5th will be presented at WMCA's
Theatre Studio before a specially
invited list of community leaders
and prominent New Workers rep
resenting both Negroes and whites
The episode to be aired is a mon
tage of Negro life based on the
first chapter of the Ottley book
with musical interpretations by
John Cart, outstanding radio
composer.
We feel privileged in being able
to bring this program at the at
tention of New Workers. said Mr.
StrauS. 1.-The series of programs
will portray the contribution o.
the Negro to the life of America
his country and ours. 1t is pre-
sented with the conviction thai
such series will extend demo.
cracy, not merely III theory but IL
fact. Moreover we hope that Other
radio stations elsewhere will be
encouraged to carry similar plo-
grams in their own communities.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-03-04
Movie Producers
Praised For Role
Given I'm Sahara

NEW YORK-(ANP)-The board
of directors of the NAACP Monday
passed a resolution commencing
the Columbia Pictures Corp, for
the role and the dialogue given
Rex Ingram in the picture Saba
ra," starring Humphrey BogarS.
Referring to the fact that Walter
White secretary of the association,
conferred IN Hollywood with lead
ing producers and directors in an
effort to persuade them to improve
the roles given Negroes IN films,
Roy wilkins, acting secretary, in
a letter informing Columbia of
the resolution, said that the picture
Sahara" has made the outstand-
ing contribution toward the OBJ
jective stated by White.
81 am authorized in behalf OF
our board of directors to congratu-
late your corporation and say That
we trust that this will be a be-
ginning toward further improve
ment in future films" stated VIII
kinS,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-03-04
BY LAWRENCE F. LAMAR

HOLLYWOOD Nicademus, long
considered one of the comic stages
best laugh makers, has been cast
in his first screen straight drama
tic role in Universal studios cur
rent film production Three Cheers
for the Boys" Nicademus, whose
real name is Horace Stewart,
! essays the role of an army Lieu
, tenant member Of an anti air.
craft outfit.
In the film story Nicademus asks
George Raft playing talent chair
man of the Hollywood Victory
Committee to take an entertain
ment unit to his battery company
stationed at a remote mountain
post. Raft obliges by appearing
| himself with Louis Jordan's or
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-03-04
Hail Nicademus
In Latest Film
chestra.
Corps photo.)

cheStra.
Nicademus has come long way
since his return to Hollywood
from New York. He has appeared
in good roles in Stormy Weather,
Cabin in the Sky" Jack Bennys
"Nfeanest Man IN the World" and
"Gildersleeve's Ghost" Before sue
cumbing to film work, Nicauemus
was q familiar figure on the New
York stage. He was standout en-
tertainer at the Cotton Club, and
received critics plaudits for his
work in 'LouiSina Purchase"
Dinah Shore, NaShville'S fa'1led
singing thrush gets the t~-li1ne
lead in Three Cheers for the Boys
in the all-star cast picture OPP
poSite Raft.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-03-04
You're Not Too Old
To Feel Young

This Is message for men who have
known life but no longer find It thrilling
because of the lack Of certain vitsmins
and hormones. Heeman. q recent medf-
cal discovery combining vitamins and
hormones may multiply the vim and xest
whole approach, your whole attitude to-
ward life, may improve when you begin
70 use Herman. Now Il may be possible
for middle-sged men TO again enjoy rhc
same spirit. vitality ana pleasures that
made their youth thing to remember.
Added years need not subtract from your
pleasures when you use Heeman, the
new medical formula combining Vita
minis and hormones. Follow directions on
tabef. Send $500 for large bottle con-
tanning 100 tablets, TO Dept. ID. Happee
Products Co., $50 Euclid Ave., Dept. II,
Cleveland ~. ohm
(Send S1.50 for Trial Size)