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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04
Detroiter Under Air
Attack In So. Pacific

this island. a key supply base for
American forces fighting the Japa-
nese. Among them is Pvt Willie
King OF 8770 Russell street, Detroit,
former fighter who puts on exhibit
tons and so far remains undefeated
here.
The Negroes. trained at Camp
Lejeune. New River, N. c., received
their baptism of fire at Guadalcanal
where ships they were aboard were
raided by Jap planes.
From Guadalcanal, they moved
forward into more active combat
zones. Japanese bombers made
regular nightly runs over the areas
but the Negro marines grew accus-
toned to the air raids.
Coming from all parts OF the
eastern and southern United States
and the first Negroes TO be recruit
ed by the marines. they are a part
OF Americas fighting forces in the
Southwest Pacific area.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04
Powell Predicts
Dawning OfNetO
World For Negro

there IS a new Negro and new
white man in this country and to-
sether they will make new
world" said Adam Clayton Powell
in his address Monday night be-
fore capacity crowd at Ebenezer
church. The dawn Of new world
is in sight. the Rev. Mr.. Powell
stated, and this war. which started
out as white mans war, has be-
come a peoples war.
He cited the splendid record Of
service OF the Negro soldier from
l776 to the present. from Crispus
Attacks TO Dorie Miller and Robert
Brooks. The Rev. Mr.. Powell de-
plored the fact that neither white
nor Negro children had an oppor
tunity to learn of the rich heritas
OF the Negro in our public schools
He maintained that q compulsor
course in Negro history on the jun
Tor high school level would wip
out prejudice in one generation.
The Rev. Mr. Powell stated tina
the Negro has come OF age durini
the last few years and is now TIT
most mature minority in this de
mocracy. AS examples OF the Ne
gro's political maturity he pointed
TO his own election as the first Ne
gro in the New York City Council
! This year New York Negroes elect
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04
James Will
Face Judge Here
In Jetuelry Theft

A Jesse James. without q horse
and no relation 10 the famed train
robber OF Wild West days, and
three other youths were charged
by holdup squad detectives with
breaking and entering . Woodward
avenue jewelry store and escap-
ing with IL watches valued at $3.50.
Jesse James. II, OF 2947 Madison
avenue: Kenneth Bynum. 10. OF
9S7 Montcalm; Ernest Bishop, l9.
OF 1862 Monroe and Willis Sails
bury, II. OF PISA Monroe avenue,
were charged with footing the
Meyers Jewelry store on December
II.
Both Bynum and Salisbury plead
guilty 20 the charge last week.
James and Bishop were scheduled
TO face trial this week on the break
ing and entering charge.
Detective William Eckstein dis
closed that the quartette had left
the tavern al Chene and Madison
street. gone 10 the store al approxi-
mately $3.50 am. and broken into
the jewelry store.
According to police Salisbury
used a brick TO break the store
window. Bynum and James acted
as lookout men while Bishop
scooped up IL watches from the
store. Three OF the watches were
recovered by the two detectives.
EckStein and Armand Meneghel OF
the holdup SQUAD
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04
Housing
Continued from Page u

policies Of the housing agencies. II
is reported also that 200 temporary
units are to be constructed on Mid
die Belt Road near the Carver
Homes in Inkster and that q shop
ping center Is planned which
will include grocery store and
other necessary commercial enter
prises.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
The Detroit Housing Commission
has admitted that il is painful di-
lemma because il cannot find
enough "non-controversial sites" on
which to build the housing needed
for the 1900 Negro families that
have officially applied for needed
housing. A site is controversial"
according to the Detroit Commission
when 1t is in a white neighborhood
and "non-controversial" when 1t Is
in the Negro ghetto.
The suit filed by Howard Flowers
who has been unable to secure ade-
quate housing for his family after
being refused admittance to one OF
700 vacant homes in Willow Run
Village names specifically the Ma
tional Housing Agency. the Federal
Public Housing Authority. and
Sherwood Reeder, Detroit director
of the Federal Public Housing Au-
thority. A similar suit is expected
to be filed in Washington, D. c., by
N.A.A.C.P. attorneys there.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04
Plane
CONTINUED from Page II


group. The planes position was
charted on in. The faint drone be-
came louder. The searchlight and
gun followed him simultaneously.
B battery had the bomber spotted
The command had not been given
TO fire. The first bomb fell setting
fire TO an oil drum which momen-
tarily lighted a section Of the tar
get. Flying shrspnel hit five men
including Pvt. James Taylor. Som
merville, Tenn. who died several
hours later.
The nights activities would an
swer several questions. How could
these untried Negro gunners react
in the wake Of enemy aerial bonn
bardment? Are they capable OF
protecting such an essential pos
session? We (the commanO have
placed this base under the protec-
tive barrage We hope they are able
to fling sykwsrd. Will they justify
our choice?
80 Rounds Hit Plano
At the same time thoughts may
have raced through the minds OF
the sweating gunners while await
ing the orders to fire. The chance
is here. Remember the days and
training at Fort Bragg. Don't ge'
excited, steady now. We have
picked him up again. Twenty mile
off, IL. rs. ten. steady now.
ten. five. steady. ..B battery
got the light on him. There goe
the order on the target. steady
The batteries cut loose. wv. O..
Haynes told the story:
I'VE threw up everything. Trac
ers lighted the sky. Everybody wa
bending. handling. and shelling- /
was a sight TO see. One battery free
ninety -one rounds before stopping
That meant handling the 90 nm
she'll. showing them in, letting 60
When the order to cease firing
came sweat was pouring off the
men. We rushed the wounded tc
the hospital"
The following day q riddled Jar
bomber. thought 10 be the same
one. was found. Although the raic
was small as raids go. and very in
effective. it served an importan
Z pl.I HOSC. IL IIllNldtcu INV AHC OF
untried unit. II gave the group con
fidence in themselves The mer
saw death strike but they viewet
IL alphabetically and not with
fearful anticipation. This much wa
derived from their conversation
They await the second round.
Big" Mitchell warrant officer
said, The newness has worn OIL
and the damnable thing is We hav
20 wait for him 10 attack befor'
we go into action again"
Such talk leaves little fear tina
the men will not be able to tax,
care OF the situation. Chief Of Stat
Col. Hatch (USMC) said to thi
correspondent that il was hope
that they won't take those boy
away from here"
| Coast Guardsman Preston Nc
Crazy OF Detroit and Jack Price o
Wetumpka. Ala. manned machin
guns when their convoy ship wa
attacked by Is Jap planes in tn
South Pacific war theatre an,
helped TO shoot down six enem.
| aircraft
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04

ed q Negro Communist to this same
post after Rev. Powell's retirement
and at the same time elected a Ne
gro Protestant Republican as judge
in q city which is additionally
Irish, Catholic and Democratic
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04
Yergan Urges
Fourth Term
For Roosevelt

DR.. Max Yergan, president OF the
National Negro Congress, expressed
his support for q fourth term FOR
President Roosevelt In an address
which opened the Institute on Race
Relations. conducted by the Civil
Rights Federation.
Over two hundred persons at
tended the meeting held in Cas-
Technical High school Monday
night
DIR. .Yergan traced the Negroes
struggles against oppression from
the earliest period Of the Negroes
history in this country. He stated
that there are 225 recorded in
stances Of organized rebellion by
slaves, despite the propaganda to
the contrary. which has filled our
histories.
THE Negro has had to struggle"
DR.. Yergan said, because the rul-
ing group has kept him in an In
ferior position in order to exploit
him. Such has been the fate Of all
colonials. The Negroes struggle Is
a part OF the world struggle, and
the defeat of the Axis powers will
be terrific blow to the forces OF
oppression throughout the world"
DR.. Yergan urged support OF the
war effort by Negroes to the limit
Of their ability. He warned against
any groups which would turn the
Negro away from the war effort
and from the administration.
He urged unity of Negroes and
whites, Negroes and organized Ia
Dor, and Negroes and liberals to
retain in power those forces which
| are for human progress.
Messages endorsing the Institute
from the following persons were
read: Vito Marcantoni, Phillip Muir
ray. John J. McCloy. Justice Huge
Black, Vice-President Wallace anc
| Mrs. Roosevelt
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04
Negro Denis And COP Agree On Needs Differ On Party
Officer


tContfnued from R1ge ~
ham drug store On wssAingsso
boulevard. next 10 the GreyhsaD1
bus terminal. I,
According 70 sffidsvits -
mitted 10 the ssseciatien. copies =
which are enclosed. sutties Whe =
only sixteen years old, W. -
gagged In serving Ed Dixsns . roreR
In the Greyhound Terminal Weo
. cup q coffee. Mr.. sutslso ~
informed that the counter No.
closed and that the custsneS eeu11
not be served.
The patrolman walked lnte -
store during the eeuversu1aeo -
stepped over " suttJea ae1aAnal11
that he come from behinA -
counter. The youth infermed Ghe
officer that he worked there. 81
was finishing mp his work. Net
waiting 10 corroborats this ots1o-
ment, the officer grabbed Tie boy
and dragged him from behind fhs
counter. struck him several o1moo
over the head with his club.
The youth was arrested and -
ter released with no charges pre-
ferred. He had to have medical
treatment and stitches taken in NJ
head. :,
"The officer involved has had ~
tercations before with Negro e1tos
xens in which he has been accuDea
of brutality. On April 30. l9l3, W
forwarded TO your department
which was then under Che directjsn
OF Honorable John H. Witherspesas
the affidavit OF Cpl. willie J. WI
liams. who was beaten BY the ssOo
officer on April IS. when The 81
der attempted to purchase uqueo
in the Washington boulevard Store
Of the State Liquor store. Due q
Williams return 70 his camp in
Florida, he was unable % make Z
direct statement to- the Cemmie-
sioner's office. and Che officer W.
not reprimanded but according q
Vyitherspo0n did not uSe m0r1
than necessary force under The cir.
cumstances.'
I'VE asked that the case b held
open until Corporal Williams could
return and give his own versjsn
to the department.. Today, We IN
faced with . similar case agsanSl
the same officer and the ssDociat1os
holds that two such incidents with.
in such short time Of each etAes
warrants the discharge q Ol1IcsI
Tinnetd.
We, therefore. request tha$ III
charges be investigated and II 0ub'
stantiated. nat the officer b die
missed. We further request publil
hearing Of the charges"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04

Explanation OF the designation
OF race" on the badges Of workers
OF the Brooklyn Naval Yard was
made by Adm. Monroe Kelly. COM
mandant, who blamed Secretary
Knox for the practice.
Kelly. repeatedly stated he saw
no reason for il. The FEPC was
interested in racial and religious
discrimination Of the yard last
week.
It is claimed that q Negro work
er was kicked and insulted by a
navy officer in the yard.
Kelly is quoted as saying. 1T
doesn't make a damn bit OF differ
ence what kind Of religion or color
of q man Is in this yard"
HOWEVER Kelly has denied the
FEPC an opportunity TO come into
the yard and investigate conditions
there. II was disclosed that over
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04
Four Guilty Of
Moral Charges

Two men were found guilty last
week by Recorders Judge Donald
NJ. Van Zile on a moral charge and
sentenced to serve Is days or pay a
fine Of $50.
Police disclosed that Elmer Hines
Of cola Brush street and Herbert
Duncan OF 1892 fireman avenue
had been arrested in the company
of three girls. with whom the police
say they had dates. after riding
around the city in police car.
Two Of the women were fined
SIS or to serve 30 days, while the
other one was given a suspended
sentence. Because OF the nature
Of the case the names OF the women
are withheld.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04
Foreign Born
Join In Fight

NEW YORK.-Edward G.. Robin
son, Thomas Mann. Johannes Steel.
United States Senator James ].
Davis, Serge Koussevitsky, Vital
muir Stefansson. DR.. Bella Schick
Artur Rodzinski, Leo krzycki. m,
sixty-two other prominent Ameri-
cans of foreign birth joined in con-
demning anti-Semitic, anti-Negro.
nti-foreign born and anti-Catho-
lie prejudices as "subversive of our
American democracy" in a Decla-
ration on American Unity made
public today by the American Com
mittee for Protection Of Foreign
Born. q West 26th street. New
York 10. N. Y.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04
Kentucky


hibits. by a heavy penalty or fine,
for any white person 10 teach Ne
gro students in the same class with
whites. both. in elementary. teach
ers colleges and universities. An
derson's bill is an amendment to
the DAY Law" and makes no
change in the separation of races in
elementary schools and teachers
colleges. but only affects the Uni
versity Of Kentucky, University of
Louisville and the Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary.
The bill was supported by lead
ing liberal organizations OF Ken
lucky and by the Courier-Journsl
the leading white newspaper Of the
state.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04
Race Bias Is Laid
To WarSecy. Knox

$1,000 Italians. Negroes and Jews
are working together in the yard.
Kelly repeatedly produced in
s;ructions from the navy secretary
dated May S. 1871. which set forth
formula for workers badges in
navy land bases. One requirement
is that racial designation be shown
on the badges.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04

(The following story was written
by Sergeant John r. Hurley, for
merIy Of 136 West 109th street, New
York City, and 1708 North Vine
street. Hollywood. ,Calif- . Marine
Corps Combat Correspondent
SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC-(Delayed) - Negro ma
rines are undergoing almost con-
slant air attacks as they help man
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04
Riot

Continued from Page ~
tional Workers League. termed q
Nazi propaganda agency by federal
officials.
Alderman. IS. Of Pontiac. Is secre-
tary OF the league. and Chandler.
80. organizer and executive vice
president OF the Seven-Mile-Fele-
lon Improvement association. an or
ganization which strenuously OPP
posed occupancy OF the Sojourner
Truth Housing Project by colored.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-04
5 0 DEMOCRATIC
PARTY WORKERS.
met IN CAPITOL.
BY HARRY McALPN
(ovs~sspondsnt. Atlantis Daily WsriA
and NNPA,

WASHINGTON, D. CA unity
Of Negro thought. though differing
in political party afiliation has
been demonstrated by proposals al
most identical in their expression
OF the needs and demands OF their
race as made by Negro Democrats
and Republicans to their respective
National committees In separate
meetings held in Washington and
Chicago:
Observers agreed that the masses
OF Negro voters. holding their bal
lots in suspense" without giving
either party a prior claim, will
watch with interest the coming
conventions in June and July to see
whether either, both. or neither
party adopts the suggestions and
demands Of the Negro party leaders
In the party platforms to be formu-
lated at that time.
At meeting last week In Wash
ington, over so Democratic party
workers-the men and women who
get out the votes-representing Is
pivotal states where Negroes can
WELD the balance OF power. went
on record without a dissenting vote
as endorsing Franklin Delano
Roosevelt for a fourth term.
Five-Point Program
They declared. however. that de-
spite the social and economic ad-
vances made under Roosevelts adj
ministrations. they met to devise
ways and means OF continuing the
Acquisition and fuller enjoyment"
of ~ the right to work at decent
wage. t2) the right to a decent and
healthful home, t0 the right to
education for all. az the right to
adequate Social Security and t)
the righ' to equality before the law.
They recommended (Which rec
concentrations later will be submit
ted TO the Democratic National
committee) that certain specific
etcps be taken in the interest OF
Negro welfare and progress in this
country. Their proposals. made -
recommendations. parelleled those
made by the Republicans meeting
two weeks ago in Chicago.
The Democratic leaders proposed
passage OF an,i-poll tax legislation
and the Grcen-Lucas soldier vote
bill-the Republicans proposed q
law 10 obtain universal suffrage and
10 abolish the white primary sys-
TEN in the South.
Want Permanent FEPC
The Democrats recommended
passage Of the DawSon-Scanlon bill
for a permanent FEPC-the Repub-
licans, failing 10 mention FEPC by
name. nevertheless proposed legis-
lative creation OF committee 10
combat discrimination in employ
ment
The group IN Washington urged
broadening OF the Social Security
program-the Chicago meeting
went on record for enactment OF
adequate legislation TO protect
workers In industry.
Both, groups proposed federal aid
80 scsssing so .useet tbe needs OF the
greater bulk OF Negroes and other
low income families.
Both meetings insisted mat Ne
groes be placed in policy making
positions In the government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-05
Probe Approaches To St. Nazaire And Nantes
CcOntlnued from Page D

ilales said, abandoning the salient rom which they have been menac. ing the British flank below Cacil. Consolidation Of the flank was ex. pectcd to pave the way for a re. ncwec smash by the 2nd Army tow- ard Paris. ll2 miles cast of it's post. tions east of Caen.
 It. Gen. Sir Miles c. DcmpseyS British and Canadian forces during the night occupied the previously strongly-held German strong points Of Amaye-sur- -ornc, Esquay. Evhecy, Vieux, Landes, le Mont and Villers- Bocage. most of them without rec sistance.
 Ondefontaine, six miles south Of villers-B -Bocage, also fell to the Brit ish.
 At the hinge of the Normandy and Brittany peninsulas. American forces strengthned their exposed flank with advances Co Barenton. 25 miles cast of Avranches. and through the seven-way highway junction of F'ougeres, % miles south southeast of Avranches.
 The Barenton and FougereS ad- vance well might develop into a new march east toward Paris, though their primary purpose at the mos ment was believed to be the exten- sion of the American corridor be- tween Brlttainy and Normandy well inland as a precaution against a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-05

(Continued from Page n Malo. In the south the Americans entered the department of Morbi- han, where French patriots in recent weeks have killed l,500 Germans and were expected to speed the AL lied liberation of Lorient and Van- nes, perhaps without the destruc- ton of the Lorient port facilities by the Germans.
 Tn Normandy the Americans push- ed in the general direction of Paris to Barenton, 25 miles east of Avran- ches. and to Fougeres, B miles south southwest of Avranches Rather than a drive towards Paris, however, the movement was re- garded as designed to broaden the Allied corridor between Normandy and Brittany and to flank the strong German positions around Caen.
 StiR Fighting
 Stiff fighting still was in progress on an irregular line southwest of Caen from around Villers Bocage to Wire. British and Canadian forces during the night occupied the previously strongly-held Ger man points of Amaye-Su -Orne, Esquay, Evrecy. Vieux, Landes, Le Mont and Villers- Bocage. A front dispatch said the Germans had be- gun & withdrawal from an eight mile salient between the Odon and Orne rivers to escape the closing jaws of a British trap southwest of Caen.
 On the Russian front Soviet tank and mechanized forces were rolling toward Krakow and Silesia with in- creasing speed after the First Uk- rainian army of Marshal Ivan s. Konev had broken out of the Vis- tula bridgehead in a 23-mile smash through German defenses.
 B Miles Away
 The Russians were reported only 35 miles from Krakow last night and within 80 miles of the rich Sile- sian industrial region. Krakow is the last fortified city before Ger many itself on the southern invasion route in Berlin. The Russians took Nowy KorcZyn and Stopnice last night and outfianked Tarnow, prin- cipal defense outpost of Krakow, 45 miles away.
 The Third White Russian Army in the north was lined up parallel to the East Prussian border, which was only eight miles away at the nearest point. One column advanced i2 more miles into the Suwalki tri- angle, annexed to East Prussia in 1899, to within Ia miles of Su- walki.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-05


 All the British activity in the Arno Valley was under the direct observation of the Germans and their artillery glaring down from the heights across the river. Their operations were complicated further by the inadeqlCcy of the network of secondary roads.
 South African units crashed into Florence after forcing the Ema river Thursday night and taking the strong point of Galluzzo on the fan bank.
 East of Florence
 Ten miles east of Florence. Brit- ish troops driving up toward Pon- tassieye on the Arno occupied Rig nano. four miles below Pontassieye.
 Limited gains were reported north and northeast of Arezzo, while in the Adriatic sector Polish and Ital- ian troops advanced their patrol line more than two miles in several sec- tors across the Musa river.
 Tn the Tyrrhenian area, Ameri- ca troops of the Fifth Army turned their artillery on German Tnove- Inents north of the Arno. but actlv- ity generally was confined to patTcl- ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-05
Local Girl Featured
 In Excellent Concert
Miss Emelne RanaudO's Interpretive Skill lmpresses
 Audience at BatteIl House, Norfolk

chords. Miss Ranaudos favorite. Debussy, was delivered with the mastery of diligent study. Particu- larly fascinating and imaginative was La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune". capturing all the descriptive beauty of the work.
 Chopin's Nocturne. Opus 9, No. 2. with its nostalgia quality. was delivered with the grace of fine musicianship. Other selections on the program included compositions by Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt.
 Miss Ranaudo's appearance was met with marked interest since she is one of America's outstanding young concert pianists. She studied at Yale with Stanley Knight and Bruce Simonds and received the de- gree of master of music in l94i. She received the Lockwood scholarship twice and the Charles Ditson schol-