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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-05-06

According TO police he was shot
by Fred Stephenson, Al OF 623 Har-
mon street. driver Of City cab,
who sustained knife wounds 10 the
left side of the face and right arm
during the alleged alteration.
Police learned that according TO
Mckenzie, he and George Payton,
%. OF the Mckinley street address,
had hailed the cab while near Hast
ings and Watson street.
On arriving at the Mckinley des-
tination. Mckenzie told the driver
that his money was in the house
and that he would get It ard pay
the CAP fare.
An argument then ensued, al
which time Payton paid the cab
bill OF ninety cents. Police reported
that Stephenson then struck Nc.
Kenzie with a baseball bat and Their
! shot him with gun. which an un
| identified man had handed him.
Stephenson told police that dur
ing the argument, Mckenzie ha,
called him vile names and threaten
ed him with knife. The cab drive
said that he got cut at this time.
He also told police that he Ia
handed the gun back to the uniden
tilted man who later left the scene
Both Stephenson and McKenzi
were held for further questioning
by police, who questioned sever
witnesses concerning the alterca
/ ton
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-05-06
MARIAN EDMANS
TO PRESIDE At
FORUM TABLE.

The members of Delta Sigma
Theta sorority will sponsor their
May Week Public Forum and Tea
TO be. held at Detroit Women's Fed.
Grated club. 48ll Second avenue.
Sunday, May 7, at pm. The soror-
1ty is interested in this meeting as
~ will be the first time an inter-
cultural and inter-racial discussion
among Greek letter societies has
been presented to the public.
The lnter-Sorority Council of
Wayne university will be we'll rep
resented aTound the forum table
and DR.. Marian Edmans will act as
chairman and coordinator. The Sc
lection Of the various societies rep
resented has been largely. achieved
through the interested efforts OF DR..
Doris King The theme OF the TO-
rum is. "Sororlties and their Con-
tributlon 10 Inter-Cultural Life"
The sorority is assured Of a Slim
ulating discussion from the partic-
ipants and are encouraging all 10
come and enter into the program.
Tea will be served and entertain
ment will be offered by Sorors
Cloteile Rosemond Paige and Beryl
Anderson Green.
The members OF the committee
who have worked so unt!rngly arc
Soror Albert Simms. chairman:
Sorors Elizabeth Morton. Helen
Garvin, Kathleen Coote Bell. Carol
Carney. Roberta Mcclure. Gladys
Bar,hwell and Esther LAMAR Soror
Grace Williams IS the 1914 chairman
OF the Annual May Week program
Detailed planning has been COM
Tleted for the Childrens Activities
which arc tradition OF May week.
Soror Ruth Bankhead is chairman
OF this committee. The following
program has been arranged: Mon
day. May 8. an educational tour be-
ginning al Q am. Of Art Museum,
Detroit Public Library and Chill
-dten,s- Observation-Disclosures,
MAY 10 Sunshine tour Will OCCUR
with the youngsters visiting Phyllis
Wheatlcy home and Children's hos
pital with gift Of books On May -
the &iddies vii visit the Phi Delta
Kappa Toy Lending library.
Nav week VII be concluded by
church attendance al worship hour
on Sunday. May IL az II n. Sorors
will gather at St Johns Presby-
terrain church. Dubois and Madison
avenue. Soror Loretta Terhune is
chairman Of THIS event and special
muse vii DC offered by Soro-
Theresa Bailey Henderson,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-05-06
Roland Hayes
Be Presented On
Sat. By Sorority

The concert season Of the Motor
City will be climaxed Saturday
evening at the Masonic auditorium.
where Roland Hayes, the immortal
American tenor will appear in re-
cital, sponsored by the Delta Sigma
Theta sorority.
The life and career OF Roland
Hayes are without parallel In the
worlds musical history. From bare
foot boy. guiding bullock-drawn
pillow on the Georgia farm of his
w!dow,rslare-born- moiher.-Hayes
toiled his way 10 the heights OF
worldwide musical fame, 70 receive
universal critical acknowled gment
as Americas greatest native-born
concert tenor Of this era.
HAYES hammered his way through
the forebidding obstacles of race,
poverty and lack of education.
While he earned his living and
helped support the rest OF his fam
lily, he studied music. voice produc-
ton and song Interpretation. He was
iron foundry helper in Chattanooga.
~
Boston. He gave song recltals and
lost his savings on them. But in
domitably he returned for hearing
before the concert world, until he
had ,riumphed in recital in Boston S
famous Symphony Hall. with lis
VIGOROUSLY exacting public. From
/ that time Roland Hayes became q
| living chapter in musical history.
In London. the far-famed English
music critic. Earnest Newman, stat
ed that this American Negro wa
"the only tenor I have found wort
listening to this season" Hayes wa
summoned to Buckingham Palace !
give Command Performance be
fore the late King George v Of Eng
land. Australia's dazzling primadon
ma. Nellie Melbe. autographed he
picture with the words: Bravo. Mr.
Hayes! You are great artist-ane
so says the King"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-05-06
2 Negro Privates
Sentenced To Hang

Two American Negro army pri-
Yates were sentenced last week by
Y. S. Army court martial TO be
hanged for assaulting a l6-year- old
EnHliyh girl April 4 near the base
in England where they were sta
toned.
The two men. Pvts. Willie w.
Smith, 81. OF Birmingham. Ala, and
Eliga Brinson, IS, OF Tallahassee.
Fla, pleaded innocent TO the charge.
No date has been set for the cxecu-
ton pending an appeal
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-05-06
YOUN c man TO
FACE SECOND
N U RIDER TRIAL

A jury which deliberated for ap-
proximately "a hours was dismissed
this week by Recorders Judge John
v. Brennan after they had failed
to agree on a verdict in the first
degree murder trial Of William
Turner, charged with the fatal beat
ing of Mrs. Willie Murphy, promi-
nent church woman. in her home,
29S Hendrie street, on December
10, last year.
A new trial was ordered by Judge
Brennan.
The trial began on Tuesday and
was given to the jury for delibera-
ton on Friday. They were unable
to agree on a verdict and were
discharged by Judge Brennan on
Saturday morning.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-05-06
LEGAL NOTICE

STATE OF MICHIGAN
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
THE COUNTY OF WAYNE
IN CHANCERY
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-05-06

WILLIE ROY RUMLEY. Plaintiff
MO- s9-lb1
MABEL RUM1EY, Defendant
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-05-06

Teen-age Cantecns are in the
spotlight again this week with the
Official opening Of new Yves, Side
Teen-C anteen. under the sponsor
ship OF the West Side Canteen club
of American Youth for Democracy.
The Can,een viii open at Hartford
Center. Hartford and Milford, Fri
day evening. May ).
The announcement was made by
Ida Scales, president OF the Can
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-05-06
Young Man Held
In Robbery Case

A young man accused of breaking
into dwelling in the day time was
arrested last week by police. He is
Allen Compton. alias John Holiday,
10. OF 55l Gratiot street.
Complainant in the case was
James Pickett OF 3436 Brush street,
Apt. 10.
Compton was arrested by Detec-
,ives Larry Bleach and Csspar
Peek
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-05-06
LEGAL NOTICE
STATE OF MICHIGAN
IN TINE CIRCUIT COURT fok
IKE COUNTY OF WAYNE
IN CHANCEHY
SYLVESTER TYLER, Plaintiff
LESSEE TYLER, Defendant

SYLVESTER TYLER. Plaintiff
vs.. No. sfxSTs
LESSEE TYLER, Defendant
Al a session Of said Court held in the
County Building ~ the City OF Detrot' on
,hi, ie,h day Of Gsrch. AID. 1874.
rfe,snt; The Hon
JOSEPH A. MoYSiHM
II ..ti,fsctorily appearing from the AZ
fidsvit Of the Plaintiff on file IN the
,hove-entitled cause. that the Defendant
L.,,i. TYLER Is not q resident OF this state,
bu, that she does reside AZ 1865 l. 18th
street, in the City OF Los Angeles County
Of Los ANGELES and state Of Csinornh
On motion Of Julian W. Ferry. Attorney
IRIS ORDERED that Le,,ie Tyler appear
and answer the Bill Of Complaint filed in
This cause within three 90 months from
m. date Of this Order or said bull VIII
b. taken as confessed against her.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that q COPY
81 ,.id Order be sent 10 the last known
address Of the said Defendant by resistered
mail, and IN case no restttered return re
eeipt signed By the Defendant 10 received.
that this Order be published. a. required ~
" JOSEPH A. xoYSIHAS
Circuit Judge.
A True Copy
cAsrAR J. IINGEMAN. Clerk
By Dan wyeih. Deputy Clerk
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03
Leoder of u. S. First Army
Worked III From Rank
of Buck Private

and the Silver He later given the Distinguished
Medal for his commanding general of the 10th
Army Corps.
He England to prepare for D-Day, early this
year.
Omar \, Bradley Aug Is France when Bradley
moved upstairs He stayed the background far pub
hcy concerned his moved France east of
Paris and then them charging the northeast toward
Germany.
With speed startled the enemy he liberated large
portion of Belgium 10 days. Luxembourg he in
half that against sffenng German resistance At the
German border he brought up tremendous concentration of
artillery gave The Reich preliminary FASTING
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03
Redeems West Point Record

"IIIEY say when funks out of West Point he has
been found Well 'found-found deficient in
geometry couldn't agree with C. Smiths cOnetic problems
you don't know what that first year is. They shove
math YOU fast its like getting the buns rush"
lie didn't allow early join his fathers newspaper
interrupt his plans enlist.
THE more considered newspaper work the quicker
wished to abandon the thought he told reporters Fort Ben
ming Il wanted to be a soldier
Gen Hodges of the regular armys voices crying
in the wilderness during the 193O When the army pared
the bone Just after sectve service effect he said
mo country will pick fight with the United States If
army the best in the world II YOU the company of
Joe Louis Jack Dempsey, you wouldn't aggravae them
would you The theory applies in the of known
strong army
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03
Commissioned Year After Glass

CIT WAS always of quiet pride TO him that he got
his commission just year after his class graduated
West Point and received their commissions
II last heard from him few days just few words
Paris. been rather busy since l gather
haven't stopped buying newspapers and listening The radio
since this big drive opened"
Mrs Hodges. the former Mildred Lee Of Birmingham Ala
also revealed that Gen Hodges crack shot outstanding
skee shooter he and Mrs. Hodges have number Of
prizes the game and that he has hunted Canada and
ndo-China The general cots firearms, not ornamental
antiques but which shoot straight Mrs Hodges
amended
The Hodges army party when the general then
a major the air corps tactical school,
Langley Field, Va. They married in 1925
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03
Returns TO West Point-as Teacher

MRS JOHN H. HODGES. the generals sistern-aw who edits
-A the hodges weekly The Houston Home Journal crcula
ton 1000 Perry Ca told the writer that the generals
S7year-od mother, invaded because of broken hip has
kept with her wherever he has gone this
she with him in spirit when he fought Mexico with
Gen. Pershing and through the other world
II the greatest blow of the generals life failing
West Point" his said But he them!
When they brought him back teach there in 920hen
Macarthur superntendenthe the only nOngraduate
the faculty.
"He soldier from birth, guess. As boy he always
lining opposing armies and of he always
the which usually on-He could haze retired
four years ago. hut that farthest from his mind
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03
Found in French, Mathematics

THERE 1876 his class. Hodges found in French
and mathematics. He 127th in his class in English
drill regulations 42nd conduct and garneed Is de-
merits for minor infractions.
His buddy George Patton also found but started
again plebe 1905 got through Hodges class
also produced Simon Bolivar Buckne Alaska defense
force chief 1870 Cen Charles Hartwe Bonestee
L. troops Iceland 19411943 and Gen Thomas
Alexander Terry of Service Command
He's outstanding name at West Point" Col. Wllrick
said Ellis record instructor is still remembered"
The general has quams about discussing his funkng
West Point At Fort Benning Ca Feb. 30 1941 after
he had been named chief of infantry of the army Hodge
grinned There's a skeleton in my family closet"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03
FIunks at West Poin+-EnIists

.HES wonderful person and that Just isn't the talk
of wife" Mrs Hodges said the 7ngdistance paone
today Atlanta where she living with her sister, Mrs
Roy MINER.
It's he hasn't had much publicity" added Not
that the kind that wants publicity think
credit for the things he has done
ITS hard to speak of him without going into superat, e.
Hodges continued army always
his mind He failed at West Point plebe but he enlisted
ss private he released from the Point lie
worked terribly hard mathemac>-hi> weak point at the
military academy-and all kinds competitive
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03
Quiet, Sympathetic-BradIey Type

''HES quiet and sympathetic hut he's got the most pene
tratng blue-gray eyes you and a nice close
cropped mustache I'd he's the Bradley type 0 Gen.
Omar ~ Bradley his chief, He hasn't been Perry
three years. but we've had other military Hodges around
Five of his nephewS in the army and another is in the
I'm fact we're having celebration today for IT. Court
Hodges Mason who just got his flying wings and is here
leave" = - = ..#lt|
Mrs Hodges revealed that the general has lived through
three without scratch.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03
Went to France Before World War |

The general first went TO France aide TO Maj Cen
George Bell r of observation with British
French armies prior Americas entry into World War
He returned to the United States and became chief of staff
the BIRD Division and he accompanied that organization to
France May 1918 Subsequently he became chief of staff
Of the division
For his World War service he received the Distinguished
Service Medal
Simpson participated in all the ajor operations Of the
Bird Division World War and when he returned America
1919 he named chief of staff of the Sixth Division
amp Grant, H.
He graduated in May 1924, from the infantry school
Fort Benning Ga, and later the command and
general staff school Fort Leavenworh Kan where he
pleted the course distinguished graduate"
In Sept, 1912 he named commanding general Of the
18th Army Corps at Fort Jackson s. c. Oct 1943 he
became commanding general of the Army, Jose
Cal.
From this post and recently was made
commander of the Ninth Army.
His home is at Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03
Cited at ST. MihieI in 1918

~ THE tall gray, handsome general has time to recall
he may also remember the recent e6th anniversary
of the AEF's St Mhel offensive 1918, which action
the then young Maj Hodges awarded the Silver Star
for gallantry.
The few Americans now-but whose name to-
night be every Nazis minds Quiet 57yeaC-old
Georgian who born IN Perry Houston County seat,
and nearly became eF his fathers weekly news
paper there
He IS tne authess Of his friend and one-time West Point
classmate Gen George Smith Patton Jr lie restrained,
rarely his voice and has notable reputation
infantry actcian wIthn army circles he taught tactics At
West Point years after unkng there rebe and has record
in France Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany brilliantly
attcsts ms greatness.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03
Beats Patton in Reich Race

ITO THE south of him. around Metz Cen Patton sent Third
Army patrols poking into Germany reconnaissance mis-
sions and for time appeared that Blood and Cuts would
win the to the Reich But Gen Paons supplies could not
keep with him. enable him TO launch uscae attack
that time, and he pulled his patrols of the Reich
Gen Hodges supplies kept pace with him though he
the last 40 miles to the German border in 4S hours
Then the quiet nobody knows canked his Sunday punch
Monday-and let the fist fly. When Trer, city of
10000 falls TO him is bypassed he VIII have plunged
knife deep into the backbone of the Segred Line The
riffs of the RechwhiC hitter boosted enemy troop
you'd ever mar-Will stretch invitingy before him.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 TTNS5-A 56-year-old Texan who
sngushed himself World War the commanding general
of the u. S. Army in France.
He is 1t. Gen. William H. Simpson, native of Weather
fOrd, Tex, and chief of the Ninth American Army.
Simpson graduated from the United States Military
Academy June H. 1909 and appointed second lieu
tenant Of infantry that date
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03
Has Notable Reputation
in Army as Master
Of Infantry ac+ics
BY BOB CONSIDINE
international Nsws Service Staff Correspondent

A FORMER buck private, 1t. Gen. Courtney
Hicks Hodges, all but unknown in his native
land, stands today as historic winner of the grim
race by four great Allied armies to be the first to
invade Germany in force
Gen. Hodges battle-tested First Army, which
has never stopped advancing since the morning
of June when it battered its way up the Nor
mandy beaches and cracked gaping hole in Hit
ers Atlantic Wall is hammerng at the Reich
Aachen.
- Gen, Hodge. men pressing on, while huge re-
join them around Trer, of Germanys oldest
cities baston of the Segfred Line and the place where
Hodges himself based in 1919 with Pershings -mer
can Army Of Occupation
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03
Stays in Publicity Background

zen HODGES enlisted at Fort McPherson Ga. six months
- aftT leaving West Point lie first lieutenant with
Pershing Mexico, and ont of World War with the
temporary rank of lieutenant colonel and the Distinguished
Service Cross or leading sormng party the Meuse)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03

THE only him given to him by rambuncOuS
mule when he child But suppose he'll want to shoot
if he reads that"
At West Point Meade Widrick recalled that Hodges
entered the academy June 16 1904 when he IT. He
was "found" West Point for flunked-a yest later.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-03

"I hard get ahead in the army in those days He
became corporal sergeant and realized his ambition
when second lieutenant after hard competitive
examination.
Evening star., 1944-01-17
Greek Guerrilla Leader
Organizes New Movement
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Jan. 17.-Col. Napoleon
Zervas, regarded by the Allies as
Greece's ablest guerrilla leader, has
broken with the old Zervas. or
Eddes, underground and organized
a new guerrilla movement of his
own, it was learned here yesterday
The new organization has estab-
lished headquarters in the noun
tains of zervas' native district OF
Epirus and has taken the name
National Andartes Bands" It is
the only guerrilla organization in
Greece actually in contact with the
enemy at the moment.
The break was said to have come
when Zervas learned that certain
Eddes Central Committee members
had been bribed by the puppet Greek
government to carry on fratricidal
warfare between the unco- -ordinated
anti-Hitler groups in the country.
The bribes undoubtedly were paid
by the Germans to widen the breach
between Eddes and Fam and other
lesser underground movements.
Evening star., 1944-01-17
Negro Council AssaiIs
National Service PROPOSAL
BY the Associated Press.

ES the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-Edward G
Brown, director of the National
Negro Council, asserted yesterday
that President Roosevelt's proposal
for national labor conscription can
mean nothing but abject slavery
again for all the Negro people"
1T is imperative for every single
Negro worker and service man and
woman to take pains to register and
vote solidly to influence the election
OF a Republican President this year
and Republican Congress to defeat
now and for all time the demand of
President Roosevelt for a national
conscription law" he said.
This final desperate effort of the
Democratic administration to put
Negroes back again, in a condition
OF abject slavery, is the worst threat
to the wellbeing of 10000 900 Negroes
since the rebellion of South Caro-
lima, which precipitated the Civil
War.
This latest dictatorial thrust of
the President must be defeated bv
Congress.
He addressed meeting of Negroes,
held under auspices of the council
which subsequently adopted a reso-
luton calling on Congress to block
any such legislation.
The council claims to represent
5,500,000 Negroes.
Evening star., 1944-01-17
Dead Pacific Hero's Mother
Receives His Medal of Honor

as a company OF armored infantry
and a military band saluted the
dead hero.
1t. Col. r. F. Rickard read the
War Department citation which told
how Pvt. Young, although wounded
twice, ignored orders to withdraw
with the rest of his platoon and
deliberately drew fire from a
japanese machine gun nest so the
remainder of the platoon could fall
back to protected position.
While his buddies withdrew, the
citation continued, Pvt. Young
staged a one-man advance on the
machine gun nest and, using his
rifle and hand grenades, killed sew
eral japanese before he himself was
killed.
Evening star., 1944-01-17
New System IN Adopted
By 0pA 10 Handle
Price Requests Here

All requests from the public for
price information are being handled
directly by price clerks In the Dis
trict's is war price and rationing
boards, under system tried expert
mentally here for the last two
months and now adopted perma-
nently by the District OPA.
If you have questions about any
OF the thousands of ceiling prices in
the 1000 regulated commodity
groups, or about the regulations
which directly affect $500 retail
establishments here, as well as serv-
ice stores such as laundry and dry
cleaning establishments, shoe repair
shops, ETC.. refer the query to the
price clerk of your neighborhooo
ration board, District OPA officials
urged today.
Swamped by Phone Calls.
The District OPA worked out the
new system two months ago, in
sheer desperation, after the Is price
division employees in it's headquar-
ters at 5601 Connecticut avenue
NV. began to find themselves
swamped with telephone calls. The
people who were asking question:
wanted to know about items rang
ing from accordions to cottage
cheese. Delays were inevitable be-
cause only few of the Is persons
in the office could be spared to look
up the answers.
Believing from the type of in.
quiries that TO to 80 per cent OF
them could be handled by trained
price clerks, District OPA officials
inaugurated special series of week
ly classes to school price clerks fol
the chore. These classes on con-
sumer complaints are still in prog
ress, but two months ago it was felt
the price clerks had received enough
instruction to be able to answer
average inquiries. Since that time
routine calls about price matters
have been referred to ration boards
leaving the price specialists in the
District Office free to handle the
technical questions being asked by
trades and industries.
800 Calls Made Daily.
Sherwood Dodge, acting District
OPA price officer, called the new
system satisfactory" Some 300
consumer calls now are being cared
for on an average day and many
more at peak buying periods, Mr..
Dodge said.
Delays are sometimes unavoid-
able, Mr.. Dodge explained. because
the price clerk, before answering a
question, may have to refer to the
base period prices on file with the
ration board. The price clerks will
be able to answer questions more
rapidly as the trend toward estab-
lishment of dollars-an CELL
ings increase, he promised.