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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12

wire to ear phones on the head of a
soldier-technicisn who walks over
every foot OF territory where IL is
suspected that the Nazis have buried
mines.
The fiat disc is equipped with an
auditory device so continuous
even hum sounds through the ear
phones when passing over clear
ground. II the detecior passes over
a buried metal object, there is heard
break in this hum which is A
warning signal that a mine or some.
thing similar is being passed over.
A second soldier then comes up with
a oayonet which he carefully probes
into the ground until he locates the
buried mine which is then dug up
and destroyed
Members OF the Negro mine
sweeping squad are: Cpl Booker T.
Adams Of COG W. 5th street. Lake
land, Fla; Cpl. Albert Thornton OF
9lo W. Lee court. Marietta, Ga: Pfc.
Carey Nichs, Box l6. Harpersville.
MISS; Pvts. Curtis Holden OF 1876
Northwest 9th street. Miami. Fla.
Edward 0. Bryant Of 1919 Riopelle
street, Detroit, Mich; Cecil E. Roper
OF Ills Belleville street, Kansas
City. Mo-; John Richardson of All s.
Washington street. Albany, Ga: and
PFC. Carl F. Mcdonald. Box 80.
KID No. l, Montezuma, Ga.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
Negro Mine Sweepers
Clear Normandy Area

WITH U. s. TROOPS IN FRANCE
AS Nazi troops retreated across
the lush, low fields OF Normandy
In June and July. they left behind
a deadly carpet Of ingeniously hid
den mines intended to slow up the
advance OF American and Allied
assault troops.
One of the busiest OF the Mine
Sweeping units now clearing the
battlehelds OF these death traps is
a squad Of Negro Army Engineers
commanded by Lieut. Ray Diddle,
of sos Cadmus street, East Liver
pool. Ohio.
The mine detector squads OF u. S.
Army Engineers clear the French
zones from which the Germans have
been driven by the aid OF highly
sensitive metal detectors, This in
strument consists Of a round fat
disc about the size OF an automobile
steering wheel which is attached to
a long pole along which runs
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
Semper Amici In
Bridge Session

The Sempre Amici Club held a
very pleasant bridge session on
the spacious and beautiful lawn OF
Mrs. Nina Stafford, OF Hazleit ST,
this past week Mrs Stafford is an
un;ir.ng hostess. and is especially
interested IN her guests comfort
and e iertainment.
The first guest prize went 10
Mrs. Daisy Sommerville. the sec
ond 10 Mrs Virgil Johnson. and
the third % Mrs Della Leonard
The following guests were present:
Mrs Murphy Graham. Mrs Sadie
Oglesby. Mrs Edna Mckinney.
Mrs A. Williamson. Mrs. Dewey
Flowers and her niece. Mrs. Kat
tie Byght Members are Mrs Mary
Oidw.nc. Mrs Lotie WaShin -,on.
Mrs Bessie Carson, Mrs Pauline
Hardy. Mrs Nina Stafford. Mrs.
Lciha Scarce and Mrs Lucille
Walker
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
REUNION AFTER 10 YEARS

For the first time in l6 years four
sisters were reunited al the home OF
one OF them in Detroit during the
month Of July. They are: Mrs. Mat
tie Mcdonald. at whose home they
were houscguests Mrs. William F.
Wilson, Louisville. Ky: Mrs. Ssllie
" Houser. Evanston. IL: and Mrs
Kate NJ Wells OF Evanston, III Mrs
Mcdonald is known in the city as n
Spencer Health Spec alist and Cor
sctiere. Il
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
New Idea Club To
Give Lawn Eete

The New Idea Social and civic
Cab Viii give a Lawn Fe;e 4; the
Detroit Association Of Women's
Ciu0s. 546l Brush street. on Au.
gus, l3
A contest which has been going
on between several ot the mem.
bers VIII be judged al This time
Miss Gertrude wilson. winner Of
the Search FOR Talent contest, Will
appear on the talen;.laden pro-
gram. The public is cordially in
yi.cd 10 attend
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-12
REUNITED HERE

Rev S. |. Mitchell. pastor OF the
Scott Olive Baptist church in Beau
mont, Texas. and the Rev. o. H.
Mitchell OF Chicago, III, paid a re-
cent visit TO their sister. Mrs Elnora
Anderson. 5452 Williams OF this city
The son Of Mrs Anderson. Oliver
Hewitt. will visit Rev. S. / Mitchell
in Texas shortly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19

thought. this guy is some kind of queer
fish. so he asked why do you want 10
steal little girls bloomers?"
80 that can take the elastic out OF
them. make more slingshots and shoot
more Japs." answered the hill billy
New Ounce fV7le Wu7le
Teacher Johnny. ] think III keep
you after school"
Johnny 1T won't do you any good.
I'm woman hater"
Comp LeieOne Globe
Il understand Phyllis is changing the
decorations in her apartment,
Yes. from brown TO blue-she's quit
dating soldiers and just goes with
sailors"
eeIvoV Costie
KIP, where have you been al morn.
ing?
Filling them salt shakers like you
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19

told me TO. sarge"
What took you so long,"
We'll. IL amt easy pouring
the salt through those hiIle
holes"
Fl Shenoon love,
Isn't IL great speeding
along mile after mile like tins
- doesn't il make you glad
you're alive?" N
Glad? I'm amazed" -
Term,noi eeocoo
What color lipstick do you "a,
like TO see on girl?"
"Oh. it's question Of taste"
6ekoH CostIe
why In the world did they ever
make him a second lieutenant"
Because he was too young To be a
private"
OotIood Service Knight
Sgt II firmly believe II q man steals
Cvp,rEa. Isa s@s
The Nome nugget., 1944-10-27
AIRWAYS
Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines
 Pilot Mckenzie arrived from Anchorage with one passenger, Mir. Sheppard, of the Sommers Construction Co.
 Pilot Weaver made a trip to the north this morning with Archie Morris and Fred Tipple- man for Deering, and Blaine Berger for Kotzebue.
 Wien Alaska Airlines
 Pilot Herb Hager arrived from Fairbanks Thursday with a ca pacity load of express and re- turned with P. L. Kellen, of the Geological Survey; W. C. Staf- ford, Ray Berton and Mrs. Lee Chapman.
 Pilot Peterson flew to Kotze bue yesterday with Dan Geitzer, Mrs. Chas. Lam and Chas. Luck field. MT. Gritzer was return passenger.
 Pilot Peterson also flew to Moses Point with John Oscar for Moses Point; and C. O. Roberts for Solomon.
 Rev. Gordon of the Episcopal Mission at Point Hope, was round trip passenger to White Mountain with the Vein Airlines.
 Pan American Airways
 The Pan American Airways had a plane in with Capt. Mcclellan and First Officer Anderson at the controls. They carried a full load of express and one passenger Leland Omond. Departing were E. E. Lewis Paul Tiulawa and Rita Tavis..
The Nome nugget., 1944-10-27
DIGGING DEEP HOLE IS
 BORING JOB

By HOWARD ". BLAKESLEE Associated Press Science EdAtor
 NEW YORK - The worlds deepest hole, 15,279 it. talmost three miles,, an oil we'll near Fort Stockton, Tex, has just been com pleted after several years work.
 Down there it is hot, 240 degrees Fahrenheit. The pressure on the oil at the bottom is 2,800 pounds a square inch, which is about 200 times the weight of the air at earth's surface.
 At that depth rocks become brittle. It doesn't take much of a blow to cause them to snap.
 This well is 20 inches in dia- meter at the top and 2 3-4
The Nome nugget., 1944-10-27

American losses in defeating the Japanese navy, in the battle of the Philippines, totaled six warships an aircraft carrier the Princeton, and two destroyers, and two escort carriers. A destroy CT escort was also sunk.
 Names of those lost were not disclosed, pending notification of next of kin.
 No detail of the circumstances and tn etotal crew carried were available at this time.
The Nome nugget., 1944-10-27
FLOATING CAPS IMPERIL SEA NAVICTION

KETCHIKAN, Alaska Mari ners navigating the general area off North Arm Jetty and Point Gray are urged to be on the lookout for II cases of dynamite caps, reported to be afloat in these waters.
 The report released October 12 by Radio Victoria and issued locally through the Coast Guard, indicates that the caps may pos sibly be float two and one-fourth miles, 27 degrees off North Arm Jetty of the Fraser river.
 It is presumed that the dyna- mite was washed overheard from the freighter "Squid" which col lided October II with Canadian Pacific passenger ship and sank. The freighter's crew escaped un harmed.
The Nome nugget., 1944-10-27

inches at the bottom. 1t brings the oil mp in a five-inch pipe.
 After the well was sunk, and the steel pipe lowered a thousand sacks of cement was placed, by pumping, around the lower end of the pipe to seal it firmly into the surrounding sand, which is really rock, except for the tech nical name due to the porosity.
 Finally, a soft. long gun was lowered down to 15 268 feet. This
The Nome nugget., 1944-10-27

gun was studded on all sides with small openings filled with steel jacketed cartridges An electrical connection discharged them to penetrate both the pipe, the concrete around it and IS to 20 feet back into the oil sands. Oil enters the we'll through these holes.
The Nome nugget., 1944-10-27
I9 WARSHIPS KNOCKED OUT OF BATTLES
(Continuer from Page D

NNonLlnuer rom Page D
 The two battles fought off the Philippines now list knockouts of 19 warships, another report from Gen. MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz states.
 Admiral Kincaid at Leyte, told Dean Schneider, Associated Press correspondent, that the Japanese sent 14 to 16 warships through tn Surigao Straits into battle The Admiral stated that between 25 and 30 enemy vessels were snt down for the battle off Sa- mar Island, and only IA of these ships were able to retire.
 Admiral Kincaid's recapitula- ton would mean the minimum Jap losses at 26 ships, with an unspecified number of ships damaged and subject to continu- ing air attacks.
 All figures are tentative and are not taking into account sev eral destroyers known to have been sunk, but not totalled to date.
The Nome nugget., 1944-10-27
Do Your Part...

Actually the its critical stage which is just why need support before, why they need you to help pay for the of kinds that will bring crushing defeat 
 Of course, you've done your part in the drvesbu they've done theirs the grm bloody battle THEY aren't resting what they done before!
 They're carrying the fight to the enemy wherever they reach him, every of your dollars every day. too!
The Nome nugget., 1944-10-27
CLASSIFIED ADS

FOUND-Pair of Glasses. Call '
 The Nugget Office. {
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-01-01
T. B. Taking
Great Toll In
War No. Ii.

tuberculosis killed 10000 Amer
leans during the first 10 months
of the war, while only 1912 men
in the fighting forces were killed
in action, died of wounds and died
in prison camps. So said Logan
H. Mclean, Executive Secretary
of the Mississippi tuberculosis As
ISOLATION, speaking recently in the
interest of the Christmas Seals
sale now in progress in Mississippi.
in the United States he con-
tinued, tuberculosis deaths have
been reduced more than three
fourths in the past 40 years. The
reduction in Mississippi has been
more than Al per cent in 20 years.
This proves that tuberculosis can
be conquered, but that it still re-
mains one of the most pressing
community health problems"
Calling for support of the y To-
cal county tuberculosis associations
in the state, Mr.. Mclean pointed
out that through the sale of Christ
mas Seals associations were able
to render direct aid to needy suf-
ferers and carry on education pro-
grams according to local needs
In many counties associations have
provided X-ray machines for use
in county health departments he
said. I'm Jackson, for example,
the Kinds County tuberculosis
Association has provided fluoros-
cope, pneumothorax apparatus. and
the latest high-speed X-ray ma
chine known to science for the in
surance Of your home against tu-
berculosis. You can help your To-
cal association in the fight against
tuberculosis by the purchase and
use of Christmas Seals"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-01-01
"Superman" Can't
Understand Why
Negroes Fly Planes

WASHINGTON, D. Cone of
Hitler's "superman," shot down
from the sky over Italy by a pilot
of the goth Fighter Squadron, can
not understand why American Ne
groes are permitted to be flying
officers.
This is the impression left with
Corporal Rodney M. Graham, 20,
of Atoka, Oklahoma, who is among
the wounded Americans repat-
rated from Nazi prison camps and
now at Walter Reed General Hos
pital here.
Corporal Graham, a Chippewa
Indian, was wounded in the open
ing phase of the Sicilian campaign.
Germans captured him and took
him to a field hospital, where his
right leg, fractured by a sniper's
bullet, was set.
He first was taken in a straw
bedded boxcar to Naples, thence
to a camp near Munich, and fin
ally wound up at Wolfsburg Prison
in Austria.
To representatives of the War
Department and the press he told
this story on November 5:
Il left Naples and was separated
from the rset. I was taken to a
hospital, where I was the only
prisoner, the rest being Germans,
but I was treated very nicely. I
was then taken to someplace, I for
get the name Of the town, but it
was close to Munich-about go
miles.
Il stayed there for 10 days, and
/ met German Messerschmitt pi-
lot who spoke very good English
and he asked met seemed he
had been shot down by an Amer
lean Negro pilot-why we let Me-
groes be pilots. So I told him
and he didn't seem to like it.
Il told him that Negroes were as
good as any other men if they had
the same education.
"Oh, he just couldn't understand
he looked on Negroes as not be-
ing as good as other men. I tried
to explain to him that Negro is
as good as any man and that many
of them are very intelligent"
About the German pilot, Corporal
Graham revealed that he was an
oberleutnant (first lieutenanD and
that he was small of stature and
was about 81 years old
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-01-01
WATERPROOF
Scriptures Placed
In AAFLife Rats

Multi-men life RATS of the Army
Air Forces are being equipped
with four-layer waterproof con-
tainers for Books of Scripture by
the Quartermaster Corps and
Chaplains Corps of the Army Ser
vice Forces, the War Department
announced today.
The receptacles have an outer
Elimination of Kraft paper, a water
proof coating of bituminous ma
terial, one-thousandth inch layer
of metal foil, and an innermost
sheet of cellulose acetate film. Air
in the containers keeps them afloat.
Three-day immersion tests proved
the INTO be water-tight.
A small, compact 100-page edi-
ton, printed on water-resistant pa
per, is used in the containers.
Scripture selections were made
and approved by representatives of
Catholic, Jewish and Protestant
groups. The Douay version of the
Gospel of Stain Matthew is the
Roman Catholic selection; collec-
ton of Psalms, the Jewish choice,
and the King James version of the
Book of Matthew, the Protestant.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-01-01
Owners Urged To
Properly Address
All Ration Books

Hundreds of lost ration books
dropped in the mails by the find
ers are being sent to the dead let
ter office every month because the
owners failed to fill in their adj
dresses on the covers, the Office
of Price Administration said today.
Because of lack of addresses or
incorrect addresses, more than 800
lost books could not be forwarded
to their owners by the Post Office
Department in the last two months.
Instead, these books had to be sent
to the dead letter office, with the
result that applications for new
books had to be made at local War
Price and Rationing Boards.
Through the cooperation of the
Post Office authorities lost ration
books deposited in the mails are
forwarded directly to the owners
whenever they can be located.
When no address or an incorrect
one is on a book, however, it has
to be sent to the dead letter office,
although every effort is made to
trace the address of the ration book
owner.
A check by OPA of ration books
recently received at the dead let
ter office showed that of 1853 copies
of War Ration Book Three, SO per
cent could not be returned to the
owners because they lacked any
address whatever, while the re-
manning per cent bore obsolete
addresses.
Loss of ration books not only
causes inconvenience to the loser
but also adds to the workloads of
local boards at which applications
for requirements are received and
handled. Many more lost books
could be returned if the holders
filled in their addresses and kept
them up to date. Every holder of
ration book, OPA urges, should
make certain that his current adj
dress is plainly written in the space
provided for that purpose on the
cover.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-01-01
DR.. Kicks Says Opportunities
Must Be Kept Open For
Fighting Men And Women
Post War Planning Must Include
Education, Job Training, Health

The opportunities deferred by
war must be kept open for the
men and women fighting for VIC
tory, said DR.. H. c. Kicks, Child
Welfare Chairman for the Ameri-
can Legion, and director of lab
oratories, State Board of Health,
discussing today postwar plans for
the returning soldier, including
plans for education, training, jobs,
and for physical rehabilitation.
The new war veteran will find
the American Legion, the State
Service Commission, the State and
Federal Vocation and Rehabilita-
ton Services ready to help him,
according to the physician. Wheth-
er veteran is disabled or not"
said DR.. Kicks, these agencies can
be of service to him with regard
to problems and questions which
may arise from his status as a vet
eran. For example the first thing
a returning ex-service man or wo-
man should attend to is his or her
government life insurance. Infor-
nation concerning this may be OBJ
tanned from the State Service Com
mission, the American Legion or
the Veterans Administration.
Explaining the set-up for voca-
tional training DR.. Kicks explained
that certain veterans are entitled
to free vocational training under
the auspices of the Veterans Adj
ministration. Training programs
are also available under the aus
pices of the Combined Federal
State Vocational Rehabilitation pro-
gram. Veterans whose disability
is not service connected, he pointed
out, may obtain training under this
program.
Calling gainful employment the
goal sought by most men and wo-
men returning from war, DR..
Kicks said that the United States
Employment Service and the Vet
Grams Employment Representatives
stand ready to aid in this impor-
tant adjustment to peacetime econ
omy.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-01-01
Col. Long Urges Employers
TO Make Manpower
Inventory By January
May Lose All Men Between
Ages 1888 By July |, 1914

Col. L. w. Long, state director of
Selective service, issued the follow
ing statement today: II urge every
employer-industrial or agricultural
TO inventory his manpower on or
before January l, 1914 How many
men between the ages of 10 and
SO is the important question. Ev-
cry employer stands a chance of
losing all these men during the
coming year, or possibly by July
l, 1914. Each employer should
write to the local board of the
employee in this age group and
request a notice upon reclassifica-
ton. Each employer should plan
now to replace each of these men
with the idea that those physically
or mentally not acceptable to the
armed forces may be retained.
Pre-inducton physical examina-
tons will be made available in the
very near future to the pre-Pearl
Harbor fathers who are now avail
able for induction. ANNOUNCEMENT
will be made when such eXamina-
tons becomes available in general
Selective service is very anxious
to assist all employers-industriaI
or agricultural-in maintaining war
production, or production in sup
port of the war effort. To do this,
Selective Service must be informed
and kept informed of the employ
ers' manpower situation.
urge each employer to stop
take stock of manpower-a nalyze
1914 needs and inform local boards
of the present employment of those
men between 10 and 38 years, re-
questing notice of Redistribution.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-01-01
Paralysis No
Respecter of Race
Expert Says

Contrary to general belief, the
dreaded disease of infantiIe paraly-
sis attacks Negroes in the same
ratio as it does whites, DR.. Don w.
Gudakunst, medical director for the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, said in an interview this
week.
If there are less cases reported
among Negroes, he explained, it is
because there are fewer available
medical facilities near them to dag
nose the illness, this is true of the
South.
According to Surgeon General
Thomas Parran of the U. S. Public
Health Service, four times as many
cases of infantile paralysis cases
have been reported this year than
there were last year, and the num-
Der is expected to exceed $4,000 be-
fore the end of the year.
AS an example of inadequate
knowledge of the extent of the dis
eases among Negroes, DR.. Gudak-
unst told of his experience a few
years ago in Richmond, Va, when
he met with medical authorities
about the establishment of a mod
ern orthopedic center for the di-
agnosis and treatment of Negroes
afflicted with infantile paralysis,
Upon requesting the setting up
of the center, he was told by some
Richmond authorities, he said, that
there were not enough cases of
colored people attacked by the in
fatnile virus to warrant the es-
Enlistment of the hospital. He
then went into the colored neigh
borhoods and literally set up pc
diatic clinics on the street cor
ners. He found many victims of
the ailment and now the authori-
ties have opened modern orthope-
die hospital facilities to Negroes.
Slowly, very slowly, infantile
paralysis is yielding to scientific
advances" said DR.. Gudakunst, in
pointing out that more progress
had been made in the treatment of
the disease during the past few
years than in the previous hundred
years since it has been known. One
of the reasons for the slowness of
solving the puzzle of isolating the
germ carrying the disease was the
lack of money for the thousands
of experiments necessary to be
made by medical experts and the
many laboratories to be built and
equipped.
"Infantile paralysis is carried by
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-01-01
HOME FOR HOLIDAYS

Home for the holidays were: Rev.
and Mrs. Martin Luther Harvey,
nee Clarie Collins; Misses Vera
Smith from Fisk; Dorothy Oliver,
from Tougaloo; Ruby Tillis, from
West Virginia State; Myrtle Gill
liam from Gam not certain about
her school so won't say; Dorothy
Lee, from Alcorn; the Gross sisters;
Flora Minis, from Lincoln Univer-
sity; Prof. and Mrs. Charlie Buch-
anan, and Honey from Durant;
Prof. and Mrs. A. A. Alexander,
from Brookhaven; and just hosts
of others whose names escapes us,
but whose faces we know we'll.