The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-15
COVER,
The Town
BY JOHN WOOD

CITY PLANNING Commission
which last week went over (and
approved in principle) plans OF
Wayne County Better Homes Inc.
for developing Eight Mile road area
revealed the seriousness (as il il
wasn't already known or Negro
housing problem in Detroit. So
bad is the situation. said one MEM
Der of the Commission, that a hous-
ing official Is in Washington plead
ing for more money to build more
projects just for Negroes. One
member Of the Commission also ac-
cidentally dropped the information
that out at Willow Run-where
Federal housing authorities have
decreed Negroes shall not live
$500 housing units are going beg
ging" for tenants because no one
will rent these nice white units"
Some people get everything except
the point! =
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ONLY ABOUT EIGHT per cent
OF white people In Inkster are even
mildly interested in plans to divide
Inkster and leave Negro residents
holding the bag for bonded indebt-,
edness OF the Village. Ironically
enough. the man who proposed the
division To put colored citizens be-
hind the tracks (and the ,proverbial
eight BALI went TO Negro council
man Charles DENLY for legal advice
to carry out his plans. We repeat
some people get everything except
the point!
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BOOKER T. WASH. Trade Asso-
citation will 60 big time" in "a by
re-opening its office full time. en-
ploying executive secretary, pitch
ing in on postwar planning and
awarding three scholarships to coll
ored youth interested in business
careers. Zone scholarship to Wayne
University and two TO Negro col
leges). ATTENTION, Father
Thomas J. Clynes. Bob Settles.
William Shafer and William Sin
gleton: It's a 1914 pound girl for
the H. c. Washingtons Chats the
family you helped to get settled
| just before xmas). Charlotte Lo-
rain Washington was born Deccm-
Der 20.
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CRACKED DIR. J. J. McClcndon
Sunday: Maybe the best way 10
get more Negroes on the police
force is TO have more colored Lieu
tenants in the department.: notice
that the only Negro added 10 the
force since the June riot is Lieuten-
ant Wallace Williams son" Col.
lier's Kyle Crichton. in reviewing
Carmen Jones'" rates Detroits
Pauline Frisby professional name
Carlotta FranxelD as the star Of the
show. Said Crichton. and I quote
las Louise Blackmon would say
1"Carlotta Franzelrs singing stops
the show" -----s- -
JAMES MURPHY who or
thought he was writing the net
OF Pontiac for this paper Is pub
fishing book Of poems titled.
Fantasy OF q Dreamer" which Is
due off the press this week and
which, we might add. has the right
title (Seems like Horace White
should have thought up that title).
Stella cher voice is a honey
Andrews who is probably the best
Though not recognized as such)
soprano in Detroit was encored at
NAACP meeting Sunday by a
crowd which wasn't fooling. II
really liked her. Vivian Mat
thews tshe works in our Officer Is
still pulling that bewhiskered gag.
Il haven't seen you since last year"
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CpE TN Na.,o~ YofN.ta
lin acceptable language) he will
make his first public appearance
before Negro group since the cleo
ton at st. Stephens church January
I II under auspices OF West Side
Human Relations Council. Hiz-
zoner will speak on "minorities in
the democratic life OF the city OF
Detroit Don't miss this, Bub)
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OTHER COMING EVENTS:
Bishop John A. Gregg will be given
a testimonial tas well as a nice
purse) when he reports on his latest
trip to the war fronts at Ebenezer
Church. January 10. Mrs. Roose-
vclts subject at the same church on
January will deal with Negro
housing Cor no Negro housing) f.
National Committee 10 Abolish
Jim-Crow Travel in the United
States will meet in conference at
YMCA January 20. Don't miss this
one. either)
WEEKS BEST STORY: A young
newsboy huddled in the doorway
OF drug store at Owen and Oak
land last Saturday night The
thermometer was falling faster
than Hitler's morale and il looked
as IL the lad would be stuck with
about ten papers and also a bad
cold, for il was getting pretty late
and nobody wanted To read bad
enough 10 brave the cold and buy
his papers.
Up walked a lady and gentleman
obviously full OF the Saturday
night SPIRIT. The man bought a
paper and gave the newsboy a doll
lar and didn't wait for his change.
Said his wife, do you know you
| gave that boy dollar"
Answered the gent, "Of course I
know II. I meant to give him a
dollar. then maybe he'll go home
| ailu ilOt sNdilu Out utiC III tic COlu
trying TO sell the rest OF those pa
pers."
Said she: "Since he didn't say
thank you maybe you should 60
back and teach him a lesson"
So the man retraced his steps and
said. son, / gave you a dollar
didn't t."
The kid looked up and said. yep.
you sure did"
Said the man, well. what do you
say?"
And the response came in flash:
Goodnight, JERK"