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Evening star., 1944-07-24
The Great GameofPolitics
Democrats Must Amplify Racial Plank
TO Win Colored Voters, Asserts Observer

take the suggestions seriously would
naturally be for Mr.. Roosevelt any
how.
Finally, sneering and jeering at
Mr.. Hoover in the campaign is so
far-fetched and so obviously an
appeal to ignorance and stupidity
that it may lose votes instead of
gaining them. But, at the moment,
that is one Of the favorite fourth
term tunes.
Evening star., 1944-07-24

that best fits your own income. The
table below shows sample payment
plans. Notice that the sooner you re-
pay the less your loan costs.
Why pay more?
PAYMENTS shown include principal
and charges. You have no fees or other
extras to pay. Households rate of
charge is go per month on your un-
paid balance. The Maryland Small
Loan Law authorizes maximum
charge of 800 per month. If you need
$50, $1OO or more to solve a serious
problem, phone, write or visit House.
hold Finance.
Evening star., 1944-07-24

platform, 1t will
be largely for
gotten long be-
fore the cam
paign is over.
The candidates
are the plat
form. 1t is what
they say and do
and are that
counts.
L i ke ov.
D e W e y, t h e
President i'll
have some in
terpreting" to
do. Or if, as in
0icated he holds
Evening star., 1944-07-24

the wife of Screen Actor Ronald
Colman. Mrs. Colman is known on
the stage as Bonita Hupe. They
were married In Santa Barbara
Calf. September 30, 1898, and the
child Is their first.
Evening star., 1944-07-24

forces before completing their
schooling
II know many Of my boys will be
looking to me for assistance.
pledge them my every effort in
their behalf. / know every Amer
ican citizen feels the same way"
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Three Flyers Reported Shot

ZURICH. Switzerland, July "A up.
The Neue Zurcher Zeitung said
yesterday that three American au-
ators who parachuted to German
soil near Konstanz had been shot by
the Germans. No details were given.
Evening star., 1944-07-24
BY PRANK R. KENT.

In a few weeks, not a great deal
Will be heard about the platform
adpoted by the recent Democratic
convention. Like the Republican
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question Of fact by writing The wash.
l street NE, WASHINGTON 2. D. c.
Please inclose 3 cents for return post
Evening star., 1944-07-24
Canning season
Just ahead

tanning season
just ahead
This year the legion of home can.
ners will be far larger than ever
before. And with the canning season
Just ahead. it's none too soon to
start planning now for this food
conservation event.
PIon Your Coming Budget
A fair allowance for the average
person is 100 quarts of canned fruits
and vegetables a year. This figure
includes both home and CONNER
cially canned foods. Divide that 100
quarts in thirds, one. third for fruits
and berries, one.third for toma-
toes and tomato juice, and one third
for vegetables with a large portion
in leafy and green vegetables, and
you have rough estimate of your
familys needs for the year.
loke Inventory
Check your canning equipment first.
A large preserving kettle is must
for fruits and berries and tomatoes.
Unless you have a pressure cooker
or can borrow or rent one or share
with your neishbor who has one,
Just forget about canning vegetables,
meat, poultry and fish. 1t is folly
to even attempt to can these things
in any other way.
Jors. Lids, and Closes
Assemble all your jars that can be
used for sealing. Some mayonnaise
and peanut butter jars and other
jars can be used if they take the
standard size self-sealins lids.
Check the mouths of the jars and
discard all those with chips, cracks
or flaws for such defects make per.
feet sealing impossible.
~ Satevay
~ Homemakers' Bureau
VIZ JULIA LEE WRIGHT. Dir,e.or
Montana labor news., 1944-12-21
What Was Legend of
Star in the East?

"The New Testament does not
guide us in attempting TO identify
the Christmas STAR" DR.. Dins-
more Alter, director of the Grit
fifth observatory, Los Angeles,
Calf, states.
I'VE know what the heavens ap-
peared like 1000 years ago and
there is only one reasonable the
ory for the announcement of the
Wise Men, who said, in Matthew
III, 2:
Where is He that is born
King of the Jews, for we have
seen His star in the east and are
come to worship him?'"
In 6 b. c., there was a group
ing OF three planets-Jupiter,
Saturn and Mars-which might
have provided the ancients with
their long-awaited sign of the Ma
tivity.
Zone year earlier-7 b. C.-Ju-
piter, Saturn and Venus were sim
Harry grouped.
What makes the astronomer
pause at accepting this theory is
the passage in Matthew which
reads, The star went before
them That, many scientists as
sumo, must have been a psychic
logical rather than an actual visu-
al impression"
Montana labor news., 1944-12-21
Mince Pies We're Symbolic
OF Md0i's Visit to MangeT

The Christmas mince pie had a
Christian symbolism in the begin
ming. The pies represented the gold,
frankincense and myrrh brought by
the Three Wise Men to the manger
the crust symbolized the gold, and
the mixture Of spices the franklin
cense and myrrh. Originally the
pies were made oblong and followed
the shape of the manger.
There was a superstition that
there was no luck in store for the
man or woman who did not eat a
mince pie at Christmas. To eat one,
it was believed, was to be sure Of
having at least one happy month.
To enjoy year Of happiness, a per-
son had to eat one pie on each OF
the twelve days after Christmas.
Montana labor news., 1944-12-21
Great Christmas
Carols Work of
Inspired Clergy

Since that first Christmas when
the angels sang "Glory to God on
Highest" music has been vital
part of the holiday season, schools,
churches and homes ring with JOY
GUS hymns and songs. The first
singing of carols in the streets, we
are told, was in the year 1924.
When we think of Christmas we
think Of the pictures you see on
Christmas cards of houses almost
buried in snow, candles burning in
windows, and carolers grouped
around a doorway, singing with all
their hearts to the distant peal of
church bells. Christmas must have
been picturesque in those days, no
automobiles whizzing by, just the
merry jingle of sleigh bells.
''Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"
was written in 1880 by Charles Wes-
ley, younger brother of John Wesley,
who founded the Methodist denomi-
nation, but was not published until
1856. Inspiration for the poem came
to Wesley as he walked to church
one Christmas morning.
Bishop Phillip Brooks, rector of
the Holy Trinity church in Philadel-
phia, was asked by his Sunday
school children to write a Christmas
song, so in 1868 he produced "Oh Lit
tie Town of Bethlehem" After writ
ing the hymn, he went to the church
organist and asked him to furnish a
tune, The organist, Lewis H. Red
ner, says the air came to him in a
Christmas dream, and it was finished
for the next days services.
Origin of Silent Night
But most beloved of all Christmas
music is Holy Night, Silent Night"
written, we are told, by Father Jo-
sef Mohr, who found himself without
means of music for the Christmas
services because mice had eaten the
bellows of the church organ. Father
Josef was greatly troubled over the
calamity, and as he returned from
administering rites to a dying wom-
an he stood on a hilltop, at mid
night, and it came to him that it
must have been just such a silent
night that the Christ child was born,
so he went home and composed the
words to our famous Christmas
hymn.
Then, Of course, it needed music,
SO he went to his old schoolmaster,
Franz Gruber. And so Franz played
his guitar and Father Josef sang a
Christmas hymn that will never die
Few think of this lovely hymn
without remembering how we
watched our radio dial at Christmas
time for its rendition by one of the
most beloved of singers, Madame
Schumann-Heink
Oh, those were days of simplicity,
when rectors casting about for suit
able Christmas programs turned po-
cts, and organists turned composers
to furnish the music, music that
goes on forever.
They would, indeed, be s 'atifed if
they could hear. our present Christ
mas day programs, pouring out Of a
little cabinet in the corner, their
labors of love have come a long way
from that steel guitar and a gentle
voice replacing a nibbled bellows,
they'd be surprised to learn their
flock now does it's Christmas shop
ping to their inspirational tunes.
Montana labor news., 1944-12-21
Theme Changes

The Nativity theme in Christmas
carols gave way to the sentiment:
Bring US in good ale"
Montana labor news., 1944-12-21
St. Nick SHED From
Attention for His Gifts

The stocking custom is said to
have started with St. Nicholas, orig
inal Of Santa Claus, a Greek bishop,
Nicholas of Myra, who lived in the
fourth century. He was both gen.
erous and shy, and hated to be
thanked for the presents he was
continually making to those in need.
Once he climbed to a roof top and
dropped a purse of gold down the
chimney so that he would not be
seen. The money, instead of falling
in the fire, lodged in child's stock
ing that hsi been hung up to dry on
the mantelpiece.
His act became known, and there
after whenever unexpected gifts
came from unknown sources they
were attributed to St. Nicholas.
Montana labor news., 1944-12-21
Carried Mail

Early in the century the United
States government experimental
with the idea Of a reindeer mail.
There we're for time two regu-
lar runs out of Teller in which the
deer made a round trip of lao
miles. The trouble apparently
was that the deer weren't strong
enough or enduring enough for
that sort Of work. One white ex-
pert on reindeer put the maxi
mum for a long journey with
load at rs miles each. Individual
deer, he said, could do 40 a day
for a few days. The usual sled
load is about 800 pounds, the
weight of an average deer.
Montana labor news., 1944-12-21
Serving Of BOar's Head

VI St'S " DCNf A4SN0
One Of Old Yule Customs
OF the customs that grew up
around the Christmas festival in
Merrie England, the serving of the
boar's head was one of the most stir.
ring. 1t endures to this day al
Queens college, Oxford, where the
50-pound tusked head-a lemon in its
grinning jaws-is borne in on a great
silver dish, escorted by trumpeters
and candle bearers. 1t is served up
with a wonderous flourish of music
and mustard at the high table where
sit the dons.
In the olden days there was an ap-
propriate chant, half carol and half
ritual, that the gentlemen used to
below at the moment the dish
touched the board:
Then set doiOn the swineyOrd,
The foe to the vineyard,
Let BGcchus crOwn his fall.
Let this bOGr's head and mustard
Stand for pig, goose and custard,
AHd so ye are UelcOme all.
Montana labor news., 1944-12-21
Cod Rest Ye

God rest ye merry gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismGy,
For Jesus Christ, our SGUiOr,
Vas born upon this day
To saue us all from Satan's Bower
When zoe ,Oere gone Gstray.
o, tidiHgs Of comfort and joy
For Jesus Christ, our Savior,
Was born on Christmas day.
Montana labor news., 1944-12-21
Late Christmas

There are still millions of Chris
Hans who observe January 6 or Jan
uary z as Christmas. They allow
for the IL days difference in the old
calendar and the new. The Eastern
Orthodox observes January z. In
North Carolina one church group OBJ
serves January 6, as do a number
of other sects.
Montana labor news., 1944-12-21
Apple Custom

Apples play a great role in Christ
mas customs. In parts of England
they are pared and the peeling, TAX
en- off in one spiral, is thrown over
the left shoulder. Tradition has it
that the peeling will form the initial
of the person whom the parer is
destined to marry.
Montana labor news., 1944-12-21

Lombardians also preserve pieces
of the Yule log. These are placed
in the fires which protect the silk
worms, and are believed to ward off
disease which might beset the in
sects.
Montana labor news., 1944-12-21

OIXTY-TW0 years
ago group of men founded Colony unique in
America one that soon became famous for
its excellent wines. They called it italian gioiss
Colony. They chose spot in the rolling foothills
OF Sonoma County-the heart of Californias fine
wine country-where soil and climate were ideal.
They planted Europes choicest vine cuttings.
which thrived remarkably toithoat sYrioation, as
In great Old World wine districts Then, with
Montana labor news., 1944-12-21
Loud Welcome

Spanish settlers brought the Gus.
tom of hailing Christmas with fire
crackers and bonfres, a procedure
that astounds northerners in Louisi.
ana.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Property Ouners
Ready To Fight
Medical Center

The Warren Ferry Property
Owners association will lead the
court battle against building OF the
Medical center in the district
bounded by Warren. Hastings. John
r and Ferry. according TO an
nouncemcnts made this week by
officials OF the association.
The officers are: Rev. William II.
Peek. pastor OF Bethel AME church,
president: Nose L. Walker, treas
urer OF Great Lakes Mutual Insur-
ance company. secretary; the Rev.
Robert l., Brady Sr., pastor. Sec
ond Baptist church. vice president:
A G.. Wright, Wright Funeral
Home: Aaron c. Toodle. owner of
drug store. chairman of the exec
utlVe committee.
The association will hold meet
Ing Friday, Oct 10. 10 complete
plans for court action, Those who
rent or own property in the area
between John r. Hastings, Warren
and Ferry have been urged TO at
tend the meeting.
AT the same time tho Board OF
Education is determined TO con-
denim the property and has insti-
tuted court action. Residents of
three blocks in the area have been
notified 10 appear in court.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
By HARRY McALPlN

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-(NNPA)-
President Roosevelt told a delega-
ton of Negroes on Friday that the
army had considerably abandoned
its segregation proposal in the es-
Enlistment OF redistribution CEN
tiers for overseas veterans returned
under its rotation system.
While refusing TO reveal details
OF the plan. all three Of these per-
sons-Wslter White. Claiming To-
bias, and Mrs. Mary Mcleod
Bethune-said they were pleased
with the change.
Jim Crow Program
This Jim crow program originally
planned by the army. which in-
cluded taking over the Hotel
PerShing in Chicago and the Hotel
Theresa in New York City rs Negro
centers. was protested by Negro
organizations and citizens In both
cities. Several of these protests were
directed TO the President Both
White and Tobias were among the
IS New Workers who wired such
protests 20 President Roosevelt.
The proposed seizure OF The Hotel
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Shepard Takes
RecorderOoth
In Washington
By HARRY McALPIN

WASHINGTON. d. C.-(NNPA-
Amid a blaze OF kleig lights, flash
ing bulbs. grinding cameras. mounds
OF roses and other flowers, 500
friends and well.wishers watched
Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black
administer the oath OF Office 10 DR..
Marshall Shepard as Recorder OF
Deeds for the District of Columbia
in the Caucus room of the Senate
Office building last week.
The room, built 10 accommodate
no more than 200 persons comfort
ably. was filled 10 overlooking. Most
OF those i'm attendance we're from
out of town-Philadelph New
York. and the state Of North Caro-
lima
After the ceremonies. DR. Shep-
ard invited those who witnessed II
TO be his guests at the Recorders
Office for sandwiches and tea. His
Office was filled with the scent and
beauty OF roses given by members
OF the Recorders staff
Among those witnessing the cere-
monies were District Commissioner
Guy Mason. Sen Joseph Guffey OF
Pennsylvania. who spon sored DR.
Shepard for the position. and other
Senators and Congressman
Mrs. Shepard and the two Shop
ard boys we're present
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Civic-Labor Leaders Hit
Jim Crow Hospital Plan

group OF medical men suggest .
hospital for Negroes does not
seem 10 be sincere expression of
their feeling for the plight OF Ne
groes."
Segregated Program
The Rev Horace White. pastor
OF Plymouth Congre gational church.
said. The Detroit Health Council
is trying 10 meet the problem OF
Negro health by giving a segregated
program and by saying Negroes
want a segregated program. The
whole argument by the Detroit
Health Council and csrtain Negro
medical men who haven't under
stood the issues involved is AS
backward as any step We have con-
templated in our community for q
long time"
Shelton Tapes. recording secre-
tary OF Ford Local 600. said. An
effort should be made TO have il
possible for prospective Negro
nurses and internees to use all
existing facilities available. I'm
opposed TO any hospital being set
up to train only Negro girls and
internees The result would be
that every prospective patient
would be shunted into that hos
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Mrs. Roosevelt
Will Dedicate
NCNW Building

WASHINGTON. d. C-tNNPA)-
The headquarters building OF the
National Council OF Negro Women
here will be dedicated by Mrs
Eleanor Roosevelt when the organi-
cation holds its annual Workshop
meeting October 1915. Mrs. Mary
Mcleod Bethune is presiden, OF the
NCNW
The ded cation exercises will be
held at 6 pm. on October Is. Mrs.
Roosevelt VIII be the guest speaker.
She will present. also. the keys 10
the building to Mrs. Eunice Hunton
Carter. one OF the Council officers
and on the headquarters commit
tee. This incident will no doubt
emphasize the non-psrtiSan nature
of the Council. Mrs. Carter is a
Republican OF note Mrs. Roosevelt
is the wife Of the Democratic
President of the United States.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
BY LILLIAN SCOTT

The hospital proposed by SUBJ
committee report Of the Detroit
Health Council was called "a back
ward STEP" and "segreg cation" by
white and colored civic leaders in
exclusive statements TO the Michi-
gan Chronicle last week.
Anthony Tashnick, AT of l. bust
ness representative. speaking for
10 900 members in so ALL locals.
said. LAS a union official. am
not in favor OF a hospital for Ne
groes; am in favor OF hospital
facilities for all in the city
Mr. Tashnick continued ironically,
IF negro people want 10 build hos
pitfalls for themselves. | would not
have any objection But 10 have a
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Seuen Dem. State
Campaign Heads
NamedByDaws

Congressman William L. Dawson.
assistant chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee. an
nounced Wednesday the appoint
ment of state campaign directors
in Michigan. Illinois. Kentucky.
West Virginia. Pennsylvania. Wis
consin and Massachusetts.
The following Democratic leaders
will direct campaign activities in
their states: George johnson and
Lebron Simmons. co-directors for
Michigan: Edward M. Sneed and
Frank Summers, co-directors for
Illinois; 7 Everett Harris and John
Petrie, co-directors in Kentucky;
Daniel w. Ambrose. director for
West Virginia; Andrew w. Bradley,
director for Pennsylvania: DR.. Silas
Taylor for Massachusetts, and Jor-
dan Webster Chambers Of Missouri.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
CHARGES FAMED
PHYSICIAN BEAT
her AT TIMES
Also Expressed Desire
For Her Death In
Recent Illness

Charging extreme cruelty, slleg-
ing that her husband beat her, Mrs.
Jennie Sweet. 1905 Garland avenue.
filed suit for divorce last Friday
against DR.. Ossian H. Sweet, we'll
known Detroit physician and sur
geon.
DR.. Sweet was the principal figure
in one Of the nations most famous
criminal cases in 1925 when he and
nine others were defendants in the
Staying of Leon Breiner. white, who
was shot while a mob of whites
were attempting to eject Sweet and
Mis- family AFTER the h2.ns had beer
! ut0OQG reseRs 1~-s ~ =. I srss-s 'ys
Donffea fset De6kh
Mrs. Sweet also accusey the ply
stefan of expressing desire for her
death while she was bedfast re-
Gently and forced her to become a
charity patient despite his ability
10 defrsy her medical expenses.
An injunction was obtained by
Mrs. Sweet restraining her huS-
band from molesting her and from
encumbering. assigning or dispoeing
OF household furnishings. her per-
sonal effects. his funds in a Detroit
bank, and drug store. hospital and
residence, which she alleges he
owns in the names OF brother.
Otis. and sister. Mrs. Nordica Scott
The present Mrs Sweet is Sweets
third wife. He was divorced by his
second wife. Mrs. Wilhelmina
Sweet. in November. 1896 He had
no children by either marriage
His first wife. who was involved
in the famous case with him. died
in 1926. as did their baby.
The first trial in the Sweet case
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
D|CCS JAILED BY COURT
Wife Calls DIR. Sweet Cruel In Suit
II Registration
Offices Open To
Detroit Voters

You must register between
now and October 10 in order 10
vote in the Nov. 7 elections.
Thomas D. Leadbetter. city
clerk, has announced that the
following places will be open for
registration from now until Oc-
tober 10:
City Hall. 8 am. to 8 pm.
ST Antoine YMCA. 635 Z.
Elizabeth. p m. 10 pm.
Sans incorporated randolph
store), noon TO pm.
Santa Maria church, Rosedale
and Ca 'doni. S pm. to 8 pm.
Bisf op school. Adelaide. be-
tween Hastings and Rivard.
pm. 10 pm.
Booth in Grand Circus Park,
8 am. TO 8 pm.
Fourteenth Congressional Dis
trict, l5227 E. Warren, pm. 10
3 pm.
Jaw Clio Local io4. ssi7ii
Ediie. noon 10 8 pm.
~ Parksida Hcmes- l2Sls =. Wat
ren. 3 I'm To- 40 pm.
General Spring and Bumper
Corp. $3.50 E. Grand boulevard.
% pm. TO 8 pm.
Lyons school. $3.50 Varney.
pm. to Z pm.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
ATTEMPT MADE
BY WHITES TO
DIVIDE PUPILS

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mrs. Irene
Martin. $4,000 Park Place. Wayne,
Mich, happened to 60 to PTA meet
ing at the Corey school in Romulus
Township, Friday, Sept. %. the
community learned Of an attempt
by some white residents to petition
for erection OF separate school
Mrs, Martins story was told at
a meeting OF the American Pro-
tective Association at the neighbor-
hood community center. Sunday.
Oct ]. Present at a meeting of
so residents of Romulus Township
were Gloster B. Current, executive
secretary, Detroit branch NAACP;
James Oden, director, housing de-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Home Rule Amendment
Assailed By Committee

Rule Amendment. last week as
an ingenious device on the part
of certain groups to give Detroit
control OF the Wayne County gov
eminent"
Speaking at a regular meeting OF
The Committee For Representative
Government and the press. Car
pcntcr declared that the amend
ment docs not grant home rule but
cuts down on the actual reprcsen.
tation that the people will have
in the County government. Minor
ity groups in Wayne County will
have no representation because the
members OF the Council will be
chosen at large" and not from
representative districts, Carpenter
said.
II was pointed out that the city
OF Detroit adopted q reorganiZed
form OF government. in which a
small nine man council elected at
large was substituted for the repre-
sentative council chosen by dis
tricts. This government has
RG's Sc. HOME RULE. Page q
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Two Women Face
Assault Charges

Mrs. Matte Mac Turner. 1881
Lincoln avenue, Highland Park.
was named in warrant charging
assault and battery against Mrs.
Margaret McGhee, 1858 Trumbull
avenue, wife OF DR.. Richard Nc
Ghee, last week Mrs Turner plead
ed not guilty to the charge when
srraigned last Thursday, and was
released on $500 personal bond
Two weeks ago Mrs. Turner
named Mrs. McGhee in warrant
charging assault and battery Mrs.
McGhee was released on 5000 per-
sonal bond. Both went 10 court
Wednesday on the charges.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Held For Murder

Levy Cox. 80. l394l st. Aubin. was
arrested Tuesday on murder
charge following the death of Miss
Willie Smith. IS. 1868 Humboldt. in
Wayne Diagnostic hospital. Sept
so Miss Smith had been hit
on the head with a brick thrown
by Cox. who claims he did it in
self defense. stating that the woman
had attacked him with a razor