The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-30

march in April when the family
Of Joseph Bell. Chinese American.
were evicted from the home in the
Blackstone Park subdivision
through the action OF the local
Home Owners Improvement Asso-
citation.
Smoldering discomfort al Sell
fridge Field came into focus when
the field changed commanding on
GERS twice in one week with Col.
Robert Selway getting the final call
20 the command.
Detroit joined with the parents
OF Ii. s T Holland in their grief
over his death He had just recently
been given medical discharge
from the Army Air Forces.
Court Martial
The smoldering fire al Selfridge
Field burst into open flame as 1t.
Milton c. Henry was tried before
a court martial and dismissed from
the service This was the first such
court martial in the air forces and
the trial brought 10 light much OF
/ the discomfort OF the colored Off,
GERS and men al Seltridge Field.
As the Negro housing shortage
continued acute in Detroit. the
UAW-CIO sponsored a housing
! conference at the II Horsemen's
| Civic Center 10 which local and
national housing authorities in the
area were invited. Various housing
authority groups attempted TO ex-
plain their positions and gave
promises OF doing better. The .
ground work was being laid for
the opening OF Willow Run project
TO Negroes.
Digs Indicted
The interest OF Negro Detroit in
the legislative graft trials reached
peak on May 2, when Senator
Charles {. Diggs was indicted for
accepting brides to influence legis-
laton in the 1889 session OF the
Michigan State Legislature.
The AME Zion church connec-
ton highlighted the Detroit church
news Of the year when they held
their thirty-second quadrennial
conference at st. Pauls AMEZ
church on Palmer street
Another step forward was made
in the armed services with the an
nouncement that the first unit of
Negro WACs was assigned to the
Army Air Forces at the Army AIT
Base, Sioux City. Ia.
Father Dsde. Chaplain
On the local military scene,
Father Malcolm Dade was COM
missioned as the first Negro chap
lain in the Michigan National
Guard.
A successful career OF service
continued upward for DR.. George
Washington Baber. local AME MIN
lister when he was elected bishop
OF the AME connection at its
quadrennial meet in Philadelphia
Negroes Leave Selfridge
The anti.climax to the saga of
Selfridge Field came with the an
nouncement that all Negro person
mel had been moved from that base.
The War Department officially de-
MED that racial friction was the
cause.
Charles c. Diggs. indicted for
graft, filed his intentions to run 2
for a fifth term as Michigan state ,
senator in the Third Senatorial Dis !
trict. {
"Strange Fruit" Banned S
Strange Fruit" banned by the 7
Detroit police censor, brought such
protest that everybody immedi-
ately set out to get copy and read ,
Miss Lillian Smiths story Of race
relations In the South.
Young Negro Detroiters won city {
wide acclaim for their perform |
ances on Belle Isle in the II Am
An American Day. program.
YMCA Bias
One sour note was struck in {
inter-racial good will as May
closed. The boys OF the ST. Antoine .
Branch YMCA were denied the use
Of the Central YMCA camping ia .
cilities.
European invasion Month
Thoughts of those who are serv-
ing the nation were brought home
to Detroit in pictures when the
Chronicle visited the wounded vet
Grams at Percy Jones hospital in
Battle Greek, in early June.
The fight for the rights OF Ne
groes in Detroit. and in the nation
as a whole, was effectively drama
tized in the annual mammoth
! NAACP parade and mass meeting.
The colored companies OF the
Michigan State Trops held maneu-
vers at Joe Louis Farm and dis
tinguished themselves in the
handling Of traffic accident emer-
gency in the neighborhood.
FEPC Saved
June IL, welcome news from the
nations capitol The Senate had
saved the FEPC.
Police brutality saddened the
hearts OF Detroit with the police
Staying Of Tavern Blackman, Is, of
1927 Cardoni, a few feet from his
front door
Negro publishers met in New
York. climaxing year OF progress
in Negro journalism.
Voters began action for the COM
! ing elections in Non-Partlsan
Political conference OF representa-
tives OF religious. civic and labor
organizations.
Youth was served in the first
week in July when Miss Gertrude
Wilson OF Detroit won the Chroni-
Gle Search For Talent Contest and
journeyed to Chicago TO participate
in the National Negro Music Festi-
val.
Willow Run Bias Ends
Three-year battle against Willow
Run project ended with victory for
metropolitan Detroit Negroes when
300 units were opened to Negro war
workers and their families Detroit
Victory Council was credited, along
with several other organizations,
with having aided greatly in the
fight
Thomas z. Dewey was nominated
as candidate for President OF the
United States at the Republican
convention in Chicago.
First Negro Scout Executive
The Detroit Area Council Of the