The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-29
nross Country
correspondent
Bv BAXTER HOLMES


there is a newsreel Cor perhaps a
batch of newsreels) showing the
Negroes part in the war effort that
will soon be seen on the nations
screens, thanks to an indignant Ne
gro press and public. Fed up with
trivial shots Of Negroes as lackeys.
jitterbugs and chickencoop guards.
Negro newspapers put pressure on
the War Department and learned:
/. That Ave newsreel concerns
tPathe, Universal. M-C-M, Fox
Movietone and ParamounO have
made thousands OF feet OF reels OF
Negroes in the thick of battle. And.
q That the War Department is on
the verge OF releasing TO all thea
tres mot Just in colored neighbour
hoods) a Aim covering the full scope
Of Race soldiers in the war.
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SEATTLE. WASH.-Washingt
Negroes of the younger generation
couldn't believe their eyes From
elementary, through high school and
on through the states institutes OF
nothing but praise for early land
presenp Negro settlers and the
states Civil Rights laws. Negro.
George Bush was first settler in
Washington Territory; built first
saw mill; State capitol building in
Olympia stands on his first clearing
"Bush's Prairie.') Last week. in an
swer to NAA.C.P. protest to re-
Gently established Jim crow bus
line. Director of Public Safety
Charles F. Schaefer, defended JIM
crow with separate and equal ac-
commodation dodge; was supported ,
by Republican Gov. Arthur B.
Langlie. Negroes read the hand
writing on the Wall-Southern car
petbaggers were slowly but surely
gaining foothold in the most lib
eral state in the Union.
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IN NEWARK. N. J. heads OF local
branches Of Urban League Harold
A. LetO and NAAC.P. (Atty.
Roger Tucker) took sides in a Jim
crow housing project wrangle with
no holds barred. referred by Rev.
William P, Hayes (NegroD chairman.
Newark Housing authority. and al
ternately cheered and booed by To-
the record as for and against Jim
crow war housing. The issue: Negro
leadership almost evenly divided
on proposal TO build for Negroes
only" war homes; the charges: that
Urban League recommended Jim
crow projects and that Lett and
Hayes had sold out the Negroes"
Said Tucker: Negroes have Jared
worse with a Negro on the housing
authority than IL they had no rep
resentation." Said the housing au-
thority spokesman, This Is not Jim
crow because we are not building
projects for white war workers"
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IN INDIANAPOLIS. IND. they're
beginning TO refer TO State Senator
r. l. Brockenburr as The Sitting
Judge" Last November. the Negro
Senator sat for Criminal Court
Judge Balm; on Jan. II was called
TO- second sitting" in the absence
OF Superior Court Judge Emsley w.
Johnson; heard a calendar of di-
vorce cases and would not answer
the question, DO you intend TO run
for Judge?"
NEW ORLEANS: From the South.
west Pacific war zones, the Asso.
ciated Negro Press "Scoop" Jones
tM-Sgt. Joseph M. Jones) wrote yhSs,
first feature. and action stories OF !
the Negroes part in the war against
the Japs From comparative ob.
security on hometown weekly.
Scoop" became one OF the most
widely read Negro correspondents,
and after nearly two years in the
No. war theatre Scoop returned
home for rest and numerous lee
lures. and with hopes OF returning
TO his Southwest Pacific beat. But
Scoop won't be going back 70 the
war front. for after serving two
years, months and % days in the
army. Jones has received an honor
able discharge and has accepted APP
pointment as Warrant Officer JG)
Temporary "for the convenience of
the government"
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IN CLEVELAND. OHIO. a squab-
bic over "a few sticks. piece Of
paper and a handful OF dirt" resulted
in the death OF Atty. John Z. Bal
lard. former assistant police prose-
cutor The story: Ballard. his
daughter and son-in-law argued
over the will TO the Ballard home
thanded down through three gen.
erations Of daughters on Mrs.
Billiards. side OF the family. The
feud began six months ago when
Ballard won a court decision 10 GUST
his daughter and her husband: be-
came the topic over bridge tables
and bars and finally climaxed with
shooting OF the attorney. arrest and
subsequent release OF his daughter
and son-in-law Police said the
gun which snuffed out the life OF
Ballard was accidentally discharged
in scuffle for its possession.
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IN COLUMBUS, OHIO: Frank
Cole Race Loyalty" landed him
in ST. Francis hospital The story:
Coles saw Mrs. Burton Collins
standing on a corner reading the
morning paper; rebuked her for
patronizing the white press and adj
viSed her Tin unaccept1 bic language)
70 stick 10 her Race and support
the war effort From out OF no.
where. the woman's husband APP
pearcd and declared war OF his
! own on Coles who drew a penknife
but not before Collins drew a bead
with his right, landed il on Coles
jaw. knocking the Race champion
TO the curb where he was still non
| compos mentis when an ambulance
arrived. Al the hospital. Coles de-
clared his intention to withdraw his
membership from all Race" or
CARNATIONS and suppress any future
desire to lecture TO strangers-es-
pecially strangers with 195-pound
husbands.
X X X
IN SAN FRANCISCO Negroes
continuing their fight for full men,
bership in the Boilermakers union,
and baking at requests TO join Jim
crow auxiliary. declared that I'VE
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