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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-02
he Brighter
Side
Ry Damon R"oyo"
HOLLYWOOD. Jan |

Joe InEp -MI4teS1
DEAR sir one night about a
~ week ago l stopped IN a
place on Vine street whore
l4--.-.-t4..E4- :. ----- : 49,
by the name Of Casey is tending
bar and he was pulling and
hauling At middle aged dame
on a stool al the bar Ike she
was q tree that he was trying
10 drag away
! asked gus Who VAS "aieh-
Sng what the idea was and the
guy Sos well Tho dame IS CroCgcd
up and has been creating a dis
turhancc and Casey is trying 10
throw her out bui YOU VIII no
ice she has her legs wrapped
around the support OF the stool
and ne cannot bulge her ann
laying 8 10 , on the dame--s.-~
care 10 gamble.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-02

nOnnllunnnlrllllHIIlllInlllinllumlnllllnnl

II was a bottle which had been
tossed into the stove, but by
some perverse fortune, had
landed on a bit of shelf where
il was saved from the flames.
The bottle bore a red label on
which appeared o deaths head
with the warning poison and
IN black ink was scrawled
Hchiuroiurm. This forewarned
the surgeon as 10 what 10 look
tor and ne eventually found 1t
md mnrn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-02
a Daring Novel

"The Fountainhcad," by Avn
Rand CBobbS-MerrilD The most
powerful daring novel of the
year. An unforgettable pic
lure OF an uncompromiSing in
diyi6ualiSt II ard Roark
Winters Tales" by lsak Dine
sen random House, Weird.
odd stories by a master of that
sort of tale
They Also Ran by Irving
stone Doubleday. LivelicSt
sketches eXtant of presidential
candidates who lost out rs
Germany Incurable ," by Rich
Il4i..a,..4+-.a- ! +4,,.aaa.4l44-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-02
Explains ChIoroform
"Fyer see this before ."

Over see this before ."
sure. But what's so Surpri>-
ing about that he answered
without flicker Il use that
ON the cattle when ! dehorn
them"
"Do YOU dchorn cattle In your
living room Because that's
where I found this bottle. You
tossed IL into the fire thinking
II would melt down, but il didn't
and it, here TO convict YOU Of
murder,
"\ow let mo tell YOU what
really happened. After your
guests left YOU went to the barn
and got this bottle with only
one idea i'm mind-murder. IL
was your intention 10 chlOrOform
YOUR wife and set fire 10 the
MUSE ~ b0Tn she and me wi
dence OF YOUR crime would 60
up I'm smoke and YOU would he
tree 10 carry on Your affair with
your Grand Rapids sweetheart
but your wife saw what YOU
were up to when YOU came in
the door She got hold of the
phone and started screaming-I
know because heard her. You
didn't realize that somebody on
the other side or that phone
heard her cries while YOU were
rhloroforming her. After YOU
succeeded in putting her to
sleep and pouring kerosene over
her YOU put the receiver back
and stupidity called your father
and your neighbor. Then YOU
put a match 10 your gruesOme
handiwork. But your good
neighbor got over too fast. the
fire was put out before IL got
beyond control Now what
have YOU got to say"
Nothing" was the calm
Imply And from then ON he re-
fused 90 utter a word
Justice Po'tor'S courtroom
wss- ampacked on the morning
sf Fob. ~ 1881 when George
Blank went 10 trial for murder;
half the population Of Md
Michigan believed HIM innocent.
rHo other halt were Just a. GER
tam of hIs guilt
Dr Bugher th" autopsy sur
.rrn took tie stand
There were marks Of violence
0r M body hc stated, paruc-
u.arly Il wound on the side Of
fhe head which blcd profuScly
some time before death. Death
itself was not caused By burns;
because an examination of the
lungs proved couclu>VelN that
'hc vjctm had died fro m as
pbyNation
When Dr Bugher Stcpp % q
down d. IL " Emerson, a
chemist, took The stand.
I'm examining the organs of
the deceased found consider
able traces Of Chloroform i'm all, "
Ho said calmly and distinctly.
"a handkerchief mOiStened with
only 20 drops OF chloroform,
held tightly TO the nostrlls 80 all
air j. excluded. is sufficient 10
cause death"
As "a result George Blank j.,
now No $500 IN the state
prison at jackson and So vii.
remain Ton the rest OF his nat
WI lic
CHrsu ght 1913 ts KRIS Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-02
nRy Terry mSza~e
Michigan Farm Murder Solved
i by Victims Cries in Telephone

ATE nigh, Of ,, 1886 the heart Of ST. Johns
T. telephone system UCCayIUuat rif tint
would interrupt Jennie Huff the switchboard operator from
her reading Outside the north wind moaned through the web
Of straning the blackness Of the bitter night
II = white light blHked t4e beard aaa
brought Hus hand nsnctvev the call key. AS she
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-02

Nv ~ III anu IilN Nifil-
Gus death of Mrs. Bernice
Blank. young matron eN-
pecting her first child.
posed a problem for ~.
Johns, Mich, authorities.
60 the door hat the flames Mere
tuu hot had o. let 20
did manage 20 get 10 the
phon" aud called Dad. Then
When the heat aud the >mokc
-ui uc craVlcd outside
Examines Hands
Lct me ~ec your hands,
n'.a 'H- officer
l.a UrHt az H- o'gc'Ie
SHsa \.-.a inspected
.e prHt..i ras7 Mt-04'
comment tc >t.t, "Go on
THAR all remember until
w. I ooh came
frUT 10 WI rfT1TE TnF 1OJiST
caught fire
'Beruice must have thrown
sumo kerosene into the stove 10
stir mp the fire, aud the can
must have exploded
That what l thought. too.
..-ila Iwrt5 H.-na .AfHuuC
n.r only there's no kerosene
coutalncr IN that room.
Without Hra'lcl v-ot+Lhl-at
r.F TUNED a5nlpr Isl o Cala-
H. IpftuH who ta4 just
completed ar examination oI
'r. v.n
"~uppo>c Nou make up coro-
ner', WrN at the ncighbor,
gathered here. let them look
The place over and return
verdict after bearing what
Young Blan, has 10 >aN
II dan { tade long ~ pick I'd
Jury from thr ta-t gathering
'hronc and considering the uu-
bIeu bed background OF thfr
young uc.gthor n didn't take
them lors 10 reroIt u verdict
o.. accidental death
Sheriff Nestle who had been
frankly suspicious OF Tho 'dcci-
don't interviewed "a neighbour
agj obtained "a complete back
ground OF the Blank family
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-02

inserted the plug II released
a woman's piercing screams
that jolted the operator from
her seat and forced her 20
remove the receiver from her
head.
For tho moment Miss fluff
was stunned INTO Inacton. but
as the blood-chillIng sbrlckS
continued the brave tradition Of
her calling reused The girl 90
her senses. She swiftly plugged
i'm line 10 Ithaca Gratiot
County seat
"Sherin Nestle speaking,
came from the voice at thc
other end of the wire
"Sherin. there's woman
screaming into phone from
somewhere along the Maple
Rapids wire as if shes being
murdered. Hold ON and I'll cut
YOU in 81 YOU can hear for your
self d"
When tho operator switched
plugs both were able 20 bear Is
series of hcu'-lcnd.u- rf.c, thrt
gradually iapcrcd of INTO All
ominouS ylloncc
where does that line ran 30
hlDkp i'm Tho sheriff
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-02
100 Phones on Line


OF Maple Rapids. POmpeii and
Middleton and there's about a
kndred phones an it--but H>t
A moment, sheriff, I'm getting
another flash on that line"
After a few moments III
Iiuft vas again talking To SheH--
~ Nestle
ut WAS George Blank Mhn
seemtd aH excited ~ he phoHrtt
his father. / thought IL might
have something TO do with thE-
screaming woman 80 took the
liberty of listening In. Blank
said something terrible had hap
ened on his farm and pIcadcd
with his father 10 come over,
'I>p}i Geprgr Blanks farm
near NtiddlGten :, - soa 'he ~.
'ihat's right
Then call Deputy Earl tludN
~ Maple Rapids and tell him |
said 10 get right -uut there. I'm
starting right away
In the meantime things We're
happening fast at ile farm OF
George Blank II seams that thc
young man had made another
call 10 a neighbour. Lloyd Cook,
whom George irlrrCaliy begged
10 come 20 .- home Cook r.-
spnndcg .u rI~ Ct 81 tIp ia i
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-02
One Of the Best

"Thc Art Of Worldly Wis
dom by BaIthazor Grac.an
Macmillan 40 book like r.
in tHa world for htacmavetiIan-
rules for everyday living
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Enthusiastically What the in-
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"Bathhousc John dood 10 Chi
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rich HeIne The prose works
Of one Of the greatest of Ger
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Tokyo Record" by Otto Tolls
chus CReynal & Hitchcock
The best book vet on JapS and
the ways Of the brown monkey
with bomb
"Our Soldiers Speak" by
William Matthews and Dixon
Wectcf fLittlc-BrOWnl Letters
from American soldiers in all
our wars. History told while IL
is being made on the battle
fields The Year Of Decision. %
by Bernard Dc Vote Little
Brown An epical story Of
American history in 1913 and
Whereabouts \ master p o c e.
Citizen Tom Paine" by How
ard Fast Duell, Sloan. In
spite Of too much inSistence on
Paine's drinking habits and
oddities Of narration, a great
story OF the Colossus of Liberty.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-02

and the boss sex 7 have 20
handle cases hike that myself
but YOU can see her legs are
stronger than my arms.
Sos Casey does she always
-an-4!L.e- S.an-c- alI-22----kIc--S--.S
we'll nearly always but W h Z
difference does that make? /
Sos well I notice that the sup
ports 20 your stools are screwed
10 the floor SO why don't YOU
Just loosen the screws ON that
stool and the neN7 time she gets
tough don't Try 10 pull her off
the stool but Just lit her up
stool and all and put her OUT
side.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-02
Approves Of Big Idea

Approves Of Big Idea
He SOS why hanks joe that is
q wonderful idea and DO shows
what a good thing it is.to have
a mind for mechanics ! would
never have thought of it myself
But ! guess ! VIII have TO get
somebody 10 heip me carry hcr
b q cause / don't think ! am
strong enough TO DO il alone
Have a beer ON the house Joe
and give Ethel my regards
When ! got home ] told my
Wife Ethul all ahnL, Casey and
the old dame and Eihe. Sos why
that disgusting Joe. ! ,es whats
disgusting She ~c~ the lady
wrapping her Joys around that
thing Us disgusting Eu' tno next
time we are down that way j
want 10 60 in and Tell Casey
hello AS his sister Mary and j
used To- BE good friends.
The Omaha guide., 1944-12-16

New York Tantalizing TON
DALEYO, famous dancer Of stage
and screen has the distinction Of be-
ing owner of the only night club Of
her ace in the gay white way of
Broadway.
The famous night club and cafe
restaurant has developed into the
most popular rendezvous in the
Times Square area, located at IS
West SO street, attracting celebrities
of stage, radio and screen of both
The Omaha guide., 1944-12-16
JOB OF BOND DRIVE IN NEBRASKA CAN
NOT BE DONE WITHOUT INDIVIDUALS
DOING THEIR FULL SHARE.

This is the last week of the Sixth War Loan drive
in Nebraska. and while indications were that over
all quotas would be reached in most of the states
93 counties, z bond sales were still far behind those
of the rest Of the country, Federal Reserve reports
over the weekend indicated.
Leon j. Markham, Executive Manager of the Ne
braska War Finance Committee. said that individual
bond buying was still tagging, and that although
corporation buying was showing the overall totals
up, the Job could not be done without individuals
ding their full share.
The states apparently slow buying prompted
Dale Clark, Nebraska War Finance Committee
Chairman, to issue the following statement to Ne
Nebraskans: 1.-THE path to victory is never cheap,
but if our Nebraska boys can pay for it with their
lives, We can pay for it with our dollars. The q. |.
Citizens dollars must march with @. /. joe
Governor Dwight Griswod used a state wide net
work of radio stations, Sunday, to address d plea to
Nebraskans to back up the Sixth War Loan drive.
lie said, 'Our current assignment is to back up Ne
braska' s fighting men by providing them with the
material of war that War Bond dollars must buy"
lie referred to Nebraska's Recommending corn
crop, and said that it isn't enough to have produced
such a crop if it isn't turned into dollars and cents
that will pay for the fighting equipment needed to
bring Nebraska men home.
"War Bond buying is the personal responsibility
of every Nebraskan. On that will depend whether
Nebraska meets it's War Bond obligations In the fl
nal analysis the Governor said. He expressed
confidence that the same Nebraskans who harvest
ed this years tremendous crop are equal to the task
OF putting over Nebraska's War Loan drive.
First county to make its overall goal, but still
tagging IN lnlvidual sales was Lancaster County
which topped its 81 sos. 800 quota last THURSDAY.
Reversing the order, Buffalo County topped its r..
bond quota as first in the state to score this victory.
buffalo over-subscribed it's E Bond quota Of 1856
9OO by exactly seven dollars, Federal Reserve re-
ports through December 6 indicated.
The Omaha guide., 1944-12-16
Junior Busy Bees of
Workmans Club Sell $500
Worth of War Stamps

The Junior Busy Bees of the Work
mans Club have scored again.
In the fifth War Bond drive the
Busy Bee Juniors of the Workman's
Club ranging from three and a half
pre-school age to twelve years, went
out and sold $4,000 in war saving
stamps, and in the Sixth Bond drive
now in progress, nave to date, sold
about $4,000 worth.
The community is very proud OF
this group of youngsters and take
great pride in getting behind them il
their undertaking.
Little Anna Mae Wright. with :
wonderful record at West Side
School, and the Woodson Center, il
the leader, with the able assistance
of her sister i~ctoria, who won frs
prize in the Fifth Bond drive. anc
Vera Starks, Barbara Jean Moore
Leonard Loftin, and many others.
These youngsters motto, which i.
often repeated, is:
Bay your Bonds and Stamps To-
day. in Big and small amounts,
1t 1sii HELP the USA., and that's
avhat really counts"
The Omaha guide., 1944-12-16
Walter White to Pacific
as War Correspondent

New York-Walter White, execu-
tive secretary of the NAACP, left
December 5, on the first leg of his
trip to the Pacific as War Cores
pendent for the New York Post. Mr..
White expects to visit all areas where
Negro troops are conferred, and to in
terview elading government. military
and naval authorities in all theatres
of combat, and civilian circles. His
itinerary will include specifically the
China urma-India theatre, and Rus
STA. Stories, bulletins, articles and
special dispatches from these sections
The Omaha guide., 1944-12-16
Jamacians Jed
in Negro Hotel
HOTEL UNDER FIRE
by O. T. Shelton

Chicago, (PPNS) The unwilling
Of a life Of horror existing beneath
the polished exterior of the swanky
Pershing hotel was made this week
when the death of Michael Myers,
one of a group of Jamacians brought
to this state to supplement the man
power shortage, was reported after
attempts to suppress the scandal fall
ed.
Young Michael repeatedly met his
death after contracting a contagious
disease, which resulted from substan-
dard health conditions and facilities
imposed upon ninety of the jamaican
group who were forced to live in one
large room. Herded like cattle into
their stuffy quarters, the men bunk
ed OF army cots that crowd every
inch of available space. A reeking
odor emits from scattered garbage
and other refuse that littre the floor,
while proper ventilation is difficult
because of the large number occupy
ing the oom
The men go for weeks without a
change Of linen, and the lack Of
chairs, lockers er-other useful fur
niture necessitates the piling of their
clothes on the floor. They have ac-
cess to a toilet with water pressure
SO low that only one inch of water
fills the commode.
The cost per man for these "ac-
commodations" is $3.50 per week,
making a total income for the man
agement Of $1,260 a month. These
unbelievable conditions that exist
in this secluded portion of the hotel
is in marked contrast with the finery
accorded regular guests.
The men are ~ostracised and not al
lowed to communicate with the other
guests. They are employed by the
Union ~Stockyards and upon arriving
from work must go Immediately to
their quarters, using the side of the
lobby to gain entrance.
Q. T. Shelton, the writer, who
made an unofficial investigation Of
the case, places the blame on the
VINO, the hotel management and
Atty. Bentley Cyrus, who acts as adj
visor and consultant for the men.
The Omaha guide., 1944-12-16
200 Youth Take Urban
League Physical Exams

The Omaha Urban League, in CO.
operation with the Nebraska Negro
Medical Society and the State Health
Department, Friday of last week,
conducted physical examinations for
approximately 200 youth who partic-
ipate in the athletic activities Of the
Urban League. These physical ex-
aminations were conducted in an ef-
fort to protect the health OF all the
youth who take part in the Leagues
varied program. The parents of
those youths found to have disabling
effects which will prevent their TAX
ing part in athletic and scouting ac-
%tilities will be notified in order that
such conditions may be corrected
soon.
Assisting in the examination were
Miss O'Neil, Miss Patterson and
Miss Carter of the VIVA. stafd, Mrs
Rivers and Mrs. Brooks OF the Avn
VS., Mrs. Fay Lloyd and Miss LYDIA
Montgiery and Mr.. Raymond R.
Brown, Mr.. Onward Crooms, Mrs.
Emma Carter, Mrs. Elma Lloyd and
Mr.. L. Jefferson, all of the Urban
League staff.
Ryland E. Melford, State Health
Department, wishes to personally ex-
press ris thanks to everyone who help
ed make this examination one OF the
largest and most successful yet con-
Quoted for our Negro youth.
R. E. Melford reported that Oma-
ha can have one of the best health
programs in the nation if the people
of the community will work toward
such a goal. I'VE must look for.
ward to the postwar era and hold the
gains that have thus far been made
in venereal disease control and other
divisions Of public health" IF we
are to share in the fruits of a vic
! tory earned py our Negro boys al
the front. then we must also share II
The Omaha guide., 1944-12-16
Roosevelt States Demo
cracy's Victory Must be
Negroes Victory

Atlanta, Ga, (PPNS) The sixth
all-Southern Negro Youth Confer
ence held here last week was high
lighted BY al inspiring message from
the nations COMMUNICATIVE Chief,
President Roosevelt. The message
praising highly the Negroes contri-
button to America, was received with
deep appreciation by the assembly. In
the typical eloquent style Of the Pres
ident, the letter stated:
1t is good to know that at its
meeting in Atlanta this year the all
Southern Negro Youth Conference
will have as its theem, Democracy
The Challenge of Victory" 1t is
increasingly apparent hat this is the
challenge faced by us all.
Il know that on the road to victory
hard at first and bloody still, the
| Negro youth of the south met, with
other American young people, this
challenge with a courage which has
dignified their geenration. Hundreds
| of thousands of young Negroes from
the Southern States serve in our
armed forces. In the factories, on
the farms, and in all fields OF wal
activity, thousands of other Negro
young people have given freely OF
their skill, their strength, their cour-
age and their loyalty.
They have fought not only to de-
fend America but to advance Amer
lea. They have fought to establish
a universal freedom under which a
new basis of security and prosperity
can be established for all-regardles:
of station, race or creed.
: Their fight has been democracy:
fight. And democracy's victor,
must be their victory-to cherish anc
! eytend as the men and women of to.
The Omaha guide., 1944-12-16
tOEXtOrt Money
Omaha Woman
Vallejo, Calf. Man Held
by FBI Agents. ....

Sylvester James Jarrett, colored,
arrested December 5, 1914, in Val
lejo, California, by Agents of the
FBI for attempting to extort money
from Mrs. Rose McClinton, colored,
Of 1917 North 9th Street, Omaha,
Nebraska, according to Special Agent
in charge, Duane L. Traynor of the
Omaha FBI office.
A codplaint was filed against Jar
rett in Sacramento, California on Dec
ember 6, charging him with violation
of Section 402d, Title 1S, u. S. Code
in that he did cause to be transported
in interstate commerce a threat to in
jure a person with intent to extort
money.
The arrest came as a result Of two
long distance telephone calls which
Jarrett made to Mrs. McClinton in
which he indicated to her that her
son, Eli McClinton, who is presently
serving in the United States Army in
Italy, was on an isyard near. Calf
ornia and needed $500 TO buy civilian
clothes so that he might enter the
United States. In the first call,
which was made during the first part
Of November 1914, Jarrett, using the
name of James White, told Mrs. Nc
Clinton that her son would soon be
reported missing in action by the war
department but for her not to believe
such a report if received. He desir-
ed that Mrs McC1inton send money to
him for her son in order that he
might buy civilian clothes and get
home.
On December 1, 1914, according to
Mr.. Traynor, Mrs. McClinton re-
ceived another call from Jarrett in
which he instructed her to send mon
ey to an address in Vallejo, Califor-
MIA, and threatened that her son
world be done away with if she did
not comply. In making this threat,
Jarrett violated the Federal Extort-
ion Statute.
AS a result of investigation conduct
ed by FBI agents in Vallejo, Calf
ornia, Jarrett was apprehended and
admitted he had made the calls as
James White.
According to Mr.. Traynor, Jarrett
formerly resided in Omaha at the
home of Mrs. McClinton and thus
learned of her son and his activities.
Jarrett was born in Flint, Michigan,
March 30, 1923, served in the United
States Army from January IS, 1913,
to August ~, 1913 receiving an hon
orable discharge. He was recruited
for work in the Mare Island Navy
Yards, at Vallejo, California from
Omaha, Nebraska in October 1914.
Jarrett will be held for prosecution
action in California. .
The Omaha guide., 1944-12-16
x WORKER HELD
IN STABBING OF WIFE. WI.

David Clifford Choice, 27, Of 1920
South 2Sth street is held for investi-
CATION by South Omaha police in con
nection with the stabbing Of his wife
Opha, 25, at the Swift and Co., plant
Monday eve.
According to a police report, both
are employed at the plant, and short
ly after 5 pm. Monday, Choice walk
ed into the canning room and stabbed
his wife several times. He fled, but
later appeared at the plant emergency
room, where ne was arrested.
The Omaha guide., 1944-12-16

the effort to help that victory be-
come a reality" said Mr.. Melford.
DR.. Walter F. Clarg, Of New York
City, Executive Director of the Am
erican Social Hygiene Association,
speaking before a luncheon at the
Fontenelle hotel, Friday, composed
Of distinguished Nebraskans and mem
bers Of the Omaha Social Hygiene
Committee, outlined a program which
the community must adopt to meet
the needs of its returning servicemen
and civilians alike. Among those at
tending the luncheon were DR.. Yves
ley Jones, Mr.. Raymond Brown and
Mr.. Onward Croons Of the Urban
League and Mr.. Ryland E. Melford
of the State Health Department.
The Omaha guide., 1944-12-16
Graduates from Howard
Medical School.

Mr.. Edward Nathan Virgins, bet
ter known to his Omaha friends as
ED" graduates fro the College of
Medicine at Howard University in
Washington, DC, on Dec. 22nd. His
parents, DR.. and Mrs. Herbert Wig
gins plan to be present at the grad
uating exercises.
The Omaha guide., 1944-12-16

morrow.
Il send my best wishes TO them and
to their cause"