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

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Back home after a jaunt OF 5000
miles through the Pistol and Bible
Belt Of the South. il was extremely
pleasant 10 sec ST Antoine street
again and 10 get a Whit OF the
smell from the industrial plants
that's sweet TO the nostrils. . and
| also TO listen 10 Eddie Swan tell
a story about his two-year-old son,
Edward Jr.. who is fast developing
a punch that may some day sky
rocket him TO the top of the pugi-
liStic ranks. A few days ago. it
seems, the junior member OF the
Swan family accompanied his mild
hammered and modest daddy TO the
grocery store. and while watching
the elder Swan purchase the pro-
vender for the family larder, found
himself bored and rebellious at the
necessity OF spending his entire
existence being right. So when he
saw a youngster OF approximate
age meddling with some boxes,
Edward Jr.. demanded that he stop
Immediately. and when the young
ster ignored the demands. Edward
Jr.. followed up the order with a
luSty rieht-hand punch that packed
the same power packed by the elder
Swan when he was carrying the
ball for football elevens OF North
western high school and Michigan
Normal college Papa Swan rushed
in to prevent another punch before
beginning lecture on good man.
ners, and how one SHOULD pack the
umbrella appeasemcnt,. like the
late Chamberlain: But evidently
Junior has been hearing too much
about the mltancy OF Joe Stain
and Ike Eisenhower TO pattern his
/ life after the pacifiSt He still be-
! llevcs his trusty right is the best
/ perSusder.
! The return home was saddened
when I learned that my good friend
and former co-worker. s. T. Hoi-
land. a former Lieutenant in the
! aviation corps. had died. Funeral
services had been held a few days
prior 10 NV arrival Before his
/ induction into the army back In
l9il. :. r. haG been employed In
various capacities with the local
sheets. starting his journalistic
career with me. back In 1895 A
keen student Of the boxing game.
/ 5. T. had moro Information about
fighters than any young, writer ID
the country. Joe tbroAAWay0
Brown. expressing strong resent
ment at my allusion 10 him in .
recent column. came up with tho
I Information that he had flown to
, Cleveland recently with Maceo
Cowan. and while there had At
tended the Jake LaMotta-Lloyd
Marshall Donnybrook fight an in
dication that he's back in the chips.
Beatrice Jackson. an attractive
defense worker. is verv proud OF
the work she's doing 10 bac.. her
husband. three brothers and seven
cousins serving in the armed forces.
. Her husband. following a SIX
month stint against the Jams in the
South Pacific. is now in the Furo-
peanS war theatre Two brothers
are in the navy. and orc IN the
army Six Of the cousins arc over
seas.
II was - years ago that James
Edward Mason. ID. spoke At .
meeting Of the Detroit YMCA
and following his address. Dr. s.
Studer, general secretary Of the
Metropolitan association. said: - do
not hesitate 20 saw that II was one
Of the finest addresses that we have
er had on the subject. I consider
IL great PRIVILEGE 10 have had
YOU with us" Friday. DR.. Studer
again erected Dr. Mason. now Secre-
tary Of Livingstone college. down
in Salisbury, y. C.. While deeply
enSconced In a chair in the lobby
OF the Gotham hotel. DR.. Mason said
that he took the post OF professor
OF political economy al Livingstone
college in 1892 with the expectation
OF remaining there 10 wears In
stead. he was on the job for So
years He's S6 years Of age and
moves with the sprightlineN OF .
man o Is.
Some months back mentioned
in this column that my co-worker.
Larry Chism. architect OF the coll
umn. Swinging With The Mite
lfers." was Of Indian extraction
THIS brought forth rebuke from
william Harrison. n former resi-
dent OF the little city in Illinois
from whence Larry halls. Now
Mrs F 6 Graves. mother Of my
esteemed colleague. has taken up
the cudrel in defense Of her SON.
Writes Mrs Graves. The Chisms
were French and Indian. Mr. Chism.
the great grandfather. died years
before | was born. also before MIR.
HARRISON was born. So il was inn
possible for him 10 have known
hun rs true Carni was not in the
slave belt. yet most all of tho old
settlers owned slaves. and d SpoSing
OF them brought money 10 use while
homcstcadnS and such in this
prairie land. Larry Is q a definite
indian strain, bit so we'll counter
acted -bv the Negro in me tina, il
lsn tod by just looking al him.
as Mr.. Harrison tells YOU 10 do. In
TACT, most OF the Negro settlers in
Maunie come from the same strain
Joseph c. Cole. member OF the
regional stan Of the OPA. with
headquarters in Cleveland. roared
into town Saturday 10 renew old
acquaintance and 10 chat with his
good friend Dr.. Frank Horne. ad-
visor Of Negro affairs in the Federal
Housing Administration. and there
was some lively chatter between
the two and DeHart Hubbard. an
other representative Of the Federal
housing Administration. in the din
ing room Of the Gotham hotel.
SUNDAY morning as they munched