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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
7 ap-Ameriicans
Denied Freedom
Court Refuses Motion
for Directed Verdict

CHEYENNE Wyo., Oct. rs
QNS)-Hearinps In the case OF
seven Japanese Americans charged
with conspiracy 70 aid and abet
evasion Of the selective service
regulations were 10 be continued
Monday at Cheyenne.
The court overruled motions for
a directed verdict Of not guilty.
Kiyoshi Okamato. organizer Of
the Fair Pay Committee, was the
first defense witness 10 be called.
He was followed 10 the stand by
Paul Madadate. acting chairman
Of the group. The latter said the
organization sought 10 clarity citi-
zen rights Of Niseis.
The government has charged
the defendants with using the
committee 70 induce residents Of
the Heart Mountain war reloca-
ton center 10 evade the draft.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
Pay Rolls
Down Five Pct.

Factory pay rolls in the Detroit
area have slumped about 5 per
cent in the last six months, the
Board of Commerce reported Sat-
urday.
The board said also that initial
unemployment com pen S I i n
claims have declined in each of
the last two weeks but benefit
checks paid and total claims are
at a two-year peak There were
! ,S05 initial claims filed last week
There were $3.50 benefit checks
and a total OF 6.471 claims.
During the last week, the board
said. both retail store sales and
DSR passenger traffic declined
slightly. This drop was attributed
TO the passing Of the deadline for
mailing Christmas packages over
seas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
Ndzis Prepare
To Quit Sd|onikd

ROME. Oct. rs (UP)-The Ger
mans are showing signs of pre-
pairing to abandon Salonika, Raj
officials reported today.
Raj reconnaissance show d
that German evacuation trains
have left Katerini, halfway be-
tween Salonika and Larisss, after
blowing up a tunnel at Iraklion.
Naval authorities announced to-
day that Allied forces landed on
the island of Piscopi in the Do
decanese within Is miles of
Rhodes, where an estimated 1000
Germans are isolated.
Four British warships bom-
barded the island of Melos in the
Cyclades, 90 miles below Athens,
Thursday, a naval communique
said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
Hull Low Tariff Trade
PROGRAM Commended

WASHINGTON. Oct. % (INS)
The reciprocal trade program
Of Secretary Of State Hull gained
unexpected strength today with
the announced support of Surplus
Property Administration Clayton
for still further tariff reductions
after the war
Clayton told a House committee
studying postwar trade, OF which
Rep. Worley Cd of Texas is chair
man. that future prosperity is
dependent on increased foreign
commerce, a prerequisite 10 which
would be substantial reductions -
in our present tariffs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
III Priests Reported
Executed by Nazis

VATICAN CITY, Oct. % CUP)
Reliable Vatican sources said
today that clandestine broadcasts
from Germany reported the execu-
ton of III priests in greatly in
tensifled Nazi prosecutions OF
German Catholics.
The Vatican radio picked up
four broadcaSts in the last few
days. They were believed 10 have
come from Catholic prelates, in
formantS said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

served in many posts as engineer
ing officer
From 1926 to 1929 he was resi-
dent member of the Board of
Engineers for Rivers and Har-
bors in Washington. d. c.
He also served for two years
in Nicaragua in command of
army troops there and later with
the Inter-Oceanic Canal Board.
Sultan served the regular tours of
duty in the Philippines and in
Hawaii.
In April 1871. he was appointed
10 command the 3Sth Division at
Camp Shelby. Miss Suisse
quently, he became commanding
general of the Sth Army Corps,
where he served until his appoint.
ment as deputy commander in
chief Of the Observation-Disclosures,
Nov 1943
Maj. Gen. Albert c. Wede-
meyer, new chief Of American
operations in China was born in
Omaha, Neb. in 1896.
As an infantry officer. he served
in the Philippine Islands, Wash
ington, and Tientsin. China from
January, 1880 to March Il, 1882
with the 18th Infantry.
Later. Wedemeyer attended the
German war college in Berlin
from 1886 to 1888. In September.
1910. Wedemeyer came to Wash-
ington to serve in the training
section Of the Office of Chief OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
BLACK GANG ESCAPES

Leo Soboda Of Baltimore and
the others obtained permission 10
secure the main throttle. and they
made their way topside through
the armor deck Often they had
10 move on their hands and knees.
following one another through
smoke-filled passages.
When they reached the fore
castle there was another big ex-
ploSion which ripped of part of
the flight deck amidShipS.
The Princeton by this time had
slowed and huge flames were
spreading over topside decks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
New Hearings Set
On Sedmens' Rights

y WASHINGTON. Oct, % (INS)
Rep. Bland Cd Of Virginia,
chairman of the House committee
on the merchant marine and fish
cries disclosed today that public
hearings will probably begin next
month OF a "bill Of rights" for
merchant seamen.
The measure, introduced by
Rep. Peterson CD of Florida is
backed by the u. S. Maritime
Commission which estimated il
would affect approximately 160,-
900 seamen Of this and the last
war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

Infantry and later became a
member Of the general staff 5
plans group.
He became assistant 10 the as
sistant chief of staff. operations
division in 1912 and held this post
until his appointment as deputy
chief of staff of the southeast
Asia command in October. 1913.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
Calls Truman
Hif-Run' XXX
Missouri Farmer
AStieks TO His Story
BY DAVID SENTNER
Special 10 THE DETROIT TIMES


WASHINGTON, Oct 28-Harry
s. Truman. Democratic vice presi-
dental candidate, was a 'hit-and-
run" Klansman back in 1922,
according TO 70-year-old Lee M.
Allen, former "Cyclops" of the
Ku Klux Khan unit at Inde-
pendence. Mo.
Truman made political capital
out of his Khan membership after
coming in "the tide door" and
left it as the NATIONAL spotlight
was turned upon its secret incite-
ment of racial and religious preju-
dices. declared Allen.
STICKS TO AFFIDAVIT
Allen. now a farmer in Kings
vile, Mo, stands four-square be-
hind his sworn affidavit that
Human was a member OF his
unit and participated in the &C
tivities Of the xxx, as do other
neighbors OF Truman who were
officials OF the invisible empire.
There IL no question but
Truman was a member Of my
unit" he said. II remember
how the boys In lodge meeting
talked all night about the pre-
dated check that Truman sent
along for his initiation fee.
I'VE figured he had just joined
mp 10 get the vote. He was
scared about the coming cleo
ton In which he was running
for county Judge. There was
nothin' 10 be scared about with
him being backed by Boss
Pendergast.
RECALLS ADDRESS
Anyway there vas a lot of
Aaot talk at the meeting and
hally n friend of Harry's pays
Up the $40"
Just before the election. Tru-
man made a speech at a ku Klux
Khan rally al a farm south Of
Independence. Allen asserts
There was a whopper Of q
crowd there" he said. ut was
typical Khan speech--full OF
skies and sevens and Harry
made lot Of political promises.
Harry dropped out of the Khan
a short time after he was
elected county judge. He be-
gan denouncing II the next time
ne was a candidate"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
1t. Gen. Sultan, West Point Engineer,
Named Commander in Burna-India

WASHINGTON. Oct. Is uNS)
1t Gen. Daniel Sultan. who
moves into command of the
American forces in the India
Burma theater, is a native Of
Oxford. Miss, and a West Point
graduate.
Sultan had extensive training
with the army engineers and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
RECALLS ADDRESS

Anyway there vas a lot of
not talk at the meeting and
hAlly n friend of Harry's pays
up the $40"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

stroyers.
More than 1900 officers and
men emerged from their ordeal
after the tremendous series OF
explosions which were visible
from this ship
At 9.3s a. m. oct. "a a Japa-
nese dive bomber dropped two
bombs. one Of which plowed
through the Princeton's flight
deck amidships.
Thirty minutes later the aban-
don ship order was given, but nine
hours passed before the carrier
finally was sunk by our own guns
and torpedoeS.
IsT LOSS SINCE TARAWA
The Princeton was the first
combatAnt ship lost in the central
Pacific campaign since Taraws.
Survivors said reScuing whale
boats fired their light machine
guns into the water 20 frighten
sharks away from the swimming
men.
1t. (j,g) Charles Avery. Tenne-
bonnie, Ore, communications Of
ficer. said destroyer crews threw
what appeared 10 be hand gren-
AIDES 10 distract the sharks.
Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate
Leo p. Zilligan. Chicago, H.. said:
Smoke started to come out
the elevator and the sides of
the hangar deck. Then we felt
the first Of three great ex-
plosions. There was another 10
minutes later"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
l 300 of Carriers Crew Saued
Despite Hours Among Sharks
International Sound Photo
BY GEORGE JONES

ABOARD CARRIER FLAGSHIP OFF PHILIPPINES, Oct.
(a Navy Radio) (UP)Survors of the carrier u. S. s.
Princeton sunk in the great naval battle Of the Philippines
today they up four hours through shark
infested off Luzon before they picked by de-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05
Mrs. LittlejOhn
Funeral Rites
Held Wednesday

Mrs. Alberta Littlejohn, Sc, 698
Rondo Ave., St. Paul, died Satur-
day, April 20, at St. Joseph hos
pital.
Born in Ottumwa, Ia, Mrs. Little
john had lived in st. Paul 80 years.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday, May 8, at p. M, at St.
James A.M.E. church. Rev. B. N.
Moore officiated.
Surviving Mrs. Littlejohn are her
husband, Maceo v. Littlejohn;
three sons, Maceo ", Jr., and Al
fred Williams of st. Paul and Sea-
man End class Worthington Will
liams, stationed at Brooklyn, N. Y;
Mrs. Virginia Ripper, daughter, of
St. Paul; five sisters, three broth
ers and eight nephews all of whom
came from other cities to St. Paul
for the funeral.
Brooks Funeral Home was in
charge. Interment, Oakland ceme-
terry. L. Il. Meyers, Miles Neland,
jeff Anderson, Ollie Gum, Leon
Ponder and G. Clark were pail
bearers.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05
1914 NAACP
Drive Opened
i'm MINNEAPOLIS

The NAACP Membership Com
mittee and volunteers for the drive
met with Harold Combs, general
chairman, in the Phyllis Wheatley
auditorium on May 1.
Curtis Chivers and Clarence
Smith were named as co-chairmen
for the South Central district. Jack
Posten, Adjutant, Johnnie Baker
Post, American Legion, was ap-
pointed chairman of the North,
Miss Allie Glenn, South, Mrs. Car
RE Wallace, Smelling Ave-, and Miss
Marion Smith, Humboldt Heights.
Mrs. Jessie Shepard will serve as
special secretary for the member
ship drive.
A corps of workers received cam
paign literature and instructions to
invade the city in an effort to get at
least 1000 members. They will
call in every home in every block
of the City. Mr.. Combs suggests:
"When the NAACP representa-
tive knocks at your door, welcome
him. Take out a membership!
Order the Crisis, published by the
National office for yourself or that
boy in service. The Crisis will keep
you informed of what is happening
in the SAG branches of the NAACP.
"Take out an NAACP member
ship now and help insure democracy
for all of us in the future"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05
Chinese Protest to State
Department Efforts Of
Mississippi to Jim Crow

WASHlNGION, ID. Z. (NNPA)
"A formal protest from the Chin
csc Ambassador in Washington has
been filed with the State Depart
ment concerning the efforts of
Bilbo-minded Mississippians to
force Chinese children in that State
to attend Negro schools, the NNPA
learned this week.
The matter was brought to the
attention of the Ambassador by the
Chinese council in Mississippi. The
ambassadors letter pointed out to
the State Department that the
Chinese are interested in seeing
that their children are not subject
ed to the undemocratic treatment
and inadequate opportunities meted
out to Negroes in Mississippi.
The State Department is report
ed to be deeply concerned over the
incident because of the effect it can
have on the confidence of one of our
major allies in this country's sin
cerity in its war aims and postwar
proposals.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05
Mrs. ID. Williams
Leads in Marshall
High PTA Project

Mrs. David Williams, 597 Rondo,
gave credit this week to the large
number who co-operated with her in
the recent log cabin quilt and silver
coffee urn project, sponsored by the
John Marshall High P. T. A. She
turned in $25, the largest cOntribu-
ton made by any member. Last
year the largest amount solicited by
an individual in the group was $11.
Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Louise
Pettiford, SO5 Carroll, attended the
P. T. A. benefit tea Thursday, April
81, at the school.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05
Congressman Gale
Describes Unrest
Among Negroes

WASHINGTON, D. Com
gresham Richard Gale (Rep.) of
the Third Congressional district in
his weekly column capitol Com
ments," which appears in many
Minnesota papers, described the
restlessness of the colored people.
He said southern whites were "get-
ting jumpy."
Congressman Gale wrote:
COLOR SCHEME Not since
World War I have colored people
been so restless and so bitter about
their lot in what they have been
told is a free, democratic nation.
Nor have they had such opportuni-
ties for breaking out of the educa-
tional, social, economic and political
concentration camp.
"Our age old No. l racial prob
lem, as yet disgracefully unsolved,
will not and cannot be cured by
magic, by wishful thinking nor by
refusal to think. Cannot be cured
by suppression, repression or de-
pression-nor by passing a couple
of laws.
"Best bet and surest hope. Eco
nomic Equality. Equal chance for
getting equal wages for equal work.
"War industry, labor shortage,
C. 1. o. mildly aided and morally
abetted by Fair Employment Prac-
tice Act will help.
"Army will help even though
there have been incidents, even
though Negro combat units are con-
spicuous by their absence. Three
times more Negro officers than in
1918 and one Negro General. No
segregation in Officer Candidate
Schools. Army Class 5 education
includes 100000 Negroes. And be-
lieve it or not, Army pay is bounti-
full compared to prewar wages in
the happy Southland.
"All in all, colored people are
consciously, aggressively on the
march and southern whites are
openly getting jumpy."
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05
Governors Commission
Sponsors Employment
Survey in State

Over 1000 employers received
questionnaires last week on their
use of Negro workers. The survey
is being conducted for the "Gov-
errors Interracial Commission" by
the st. Paul Urban League.
Replies to the QUESTIONABLE will
"assist the commission in its efforts
to make Minnesota a place where
every person would be evaluated
by his personal qualities and not
hobbled by the drag of racial in
tolerance; a place where Negro
parents might reasonably hope that
their children could find employ
ment in the state of their birth"
according to Rev. Francis J. Gill
gan, chairman of the Commission.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05
Bishops Spoil
Dinner With
Rastus' Jokes

The otherwise splendid 50th An
niversary dinner of St. Phillips
Episcopal church, st. Paul, was
marred by the telling of Negro"
stories by Ri. Rev. Bishop KEN
merer, Suffragan Bishop, and the
Ri. Rev. Bishop Stephen E. Keller,
Bishop of the diocese who told a
story about "Rastus."
Bishop Kemmerer told two jokes
and received only polite filters for
his humor, but when he began to
tell the third joke, the crowd
laughed, not with him but at him.
Keeler's "Rastus" story COM
pletefully dumbfounded his listen
ers because of his excellent reputa-
ton for good judgment. Bishop
Keller is a member of ''The Gov
ernor's Interracial Commission"
and also serves as chairman of the
Episcopal interracial committee.
Kemmerer told story about an old
st. Louis "Anty."
Other speakers included Rev. B.
N. Moore of st. James, and Rev.
S. E. Ware of Pilgrim Baptist
church, who brought greetings from
the st. Paul INSTRUMENTATION
Ministers Alliance, Wares Treble
Clef Chorus and Mrs. Harriet Byrd
sang.
The Rev. Frances Palmer, diocese
historiographer, gave an interesting
story of the so years of the church's
existence.
Seated at the table with the bish-
ops were Mrs. William R. Godette,
oldest communicate, and Firston
White, senior warden. Father
Llewellyn Williams, rector of St.
Phillips, presided during the pro-
gram.
The banquet room was beauti-
fully decorated in yellow flowers
emphasizing the golden anniversary
of the congregation. The ladies of
the church prepared and supervised
the serving.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05
Joseph B. Levy
Suffers Stroke

Joseph B. Levy, 1896 4th Avenue
South, Past Grand Tiler of the
Elks and popular Northwest fra
ternal figure, suffered a slight
stroke, April 26.
His condition, at first believed to
be critical, has improved greatly
this week.
Mr.. Levy, who is in charge of a
club car on the crack North West
ern Railway flyer, the "40O," came
in off his run ill. Edward L. Boyd
assisted him to his home from the
station.
DIR. C. n. Singleton and Cleo
Mortimer, two Omaha friends Of
Mr.. Levy, will arrive here this week
end to visit at his bedside.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05
Truck Drivers
ThreatenStrike
Ii Negro Works
LOCAL 544 MEMBERS ARE RE-
PORTED SHOWING RACE
BIAS

Theodore Strobe was dismissed
from his job at the Morris Fruit
Co., Minneapolis, where he had
been working as a truckdriver be-
cause he was a Negro, the Mime
apOlis NAACP reported Wednes-
day.
Fifteen truck drivers, all mem
bers of Local 544 Truck Drivers
Union, had threatened the employer
with a walkout if Strobe was kept
on.
Strobe had been referred to the
job by the Urban League.
This case of discrimination was
reported to the NAACP Executive
Committee on May 1, by Rev. R.
W. Kelly. The matter was referred
to Leroy Allen, chairman of the
Labor Committee for investigation.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05

Porters.
Accompanying him will be Milton
P. Webster, Chicago, international
vice-president of the same organ
ization and member of the Presi-
dents Fair Employment Practices
Committee.
At 1 p. M, Saturday, May 6, the
two men will meet with the porters
and their wives at the Ober Boys
Club, st. Paul. Saturday night at
8 p. M, Randolph and Webster will
address a meeting of car cleaners
to be held at the Ober Boys Club
also.
Public Mass Meeting Sunday
Sunday, May Z, at 4 p. m, both
Randolph and Webster will speak
at a public mass meeting at Phyllis
Wheatley House, Minneapolis.
Speakers Subjects
Mr.. Randolph's subject will be,
"The Negro in the War and Peace"
Milton Webster will address the
meeting on, 'The Negro, Organized
Labor and the F. E. P. c."
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05
Randolph and Townsend
Reported Getting
Together on Issues

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA)
Encouraging signs that two top
fight labor leaders, though mem
bers of rival organizations, are
burying the antipathies inherent
from their organizational connec-
tons and working together on basic
issues, became apparent this week
when Willard Townsend accepted
membership on A. Philip Ran
dolph's National Committee for a
permanent FEPC.
Mr.. Townsend is president of the
United Transport and Service
Workers of America, CLIO. Mr..
Randolph is president of the Broth
erhood of Sleeping Car Porters,
ALL.
In reply to a letter inviting him
to serve on the executive commit
tee of the organization seeking
passage of legislation to create
a permanent FEPC, Mr.. Town
send wrote:
Dear Brother Randolph:
Your letter of the 18th has been
received with request that 1 serve
on the executive committee of the
National Committee for a perma-
nent FEPC.
This is to advise that I shall
be glad to serve on such commit
tee, and you can depend on me to
render any service can to aid this
worthwhile program"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05
Lieut.. Moore
Spends Part
OfLeave Here

Lieut.. Ikaline M. Moore, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Matte Moore, 3705
Fourth Ave. s., spent the weekend
in Minneapolis visiting her mother.
During her two week leave, Lieut..
Moore will visit in Chicago and
Tuskegee, Ala, before returning to
Fl. Des Moines, Iowa, where she
has been stationed since entering
the WAC, May 4, 1913.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05
UncOvering
Washington
By Harry s. McAlpin
(White House Correspondent
NNPA)

The anti-poll tax bill has met
some unusual, even uncalled for
delays in being called up for con-
sideration in the Senate of the
United States.
Not all the blame is to be put on
the shoulders of Senator'S Mead,
McCarran and Barley. They have
done, so far, what they have felt,
politically, they MUST do-for self
and party.
1t is true they seemingly have
been susceptible to Southern bloc
threats to smear the Democratic
Party and to disrupt the war effort
by a "confusi-tutionap filibuster.
They haven't shown the flight"
which characterized the successful
steering of the bill, HR7, through
the lower House over ten months
ago.
But, they, solely, are not to be
blamed. The opposition has
brought to bear on them its strong
est pressures. We have not!
One would think the most astute
persons on the poll tax question
would be our professional, avowed
politicians. They are the people
who know the power of the ballot.
They know the strength that comes
from the banding together of an
intelligent, vocal electorate. They
know the need for removing the
poll tax as a prerequisite to voting
in eight Southern states to at least
start 100000 disfranchised Ne
groes and 100000 disfranchised
whites on the road to citizenship
and opportunity. They know the
Senators from their states will
listen to them, because they are in
position to influence votes.
They know all these things
and so do the publishers of our Ne
gro papers, who likewise are in
position to influence votes.
Every Senator from state hav-
ing a sizeable potential Negro vote
in "this campaign-year of our life,
1914" would lend a ready ear to
the party worker" and to the
newspaper publisher, no matter on
which side of the political fence he
is.
The politicians have professed
their interest in passage of anti
poll tax legislation through resolu-
tions-beautifully worded. The
publishers have indicated theirs by
the precious space devoted to the
question in their "newsprint-
starved" and advertising swamp
ed" papers.
But when the Negro Democrats
met for three days in Washington
in February, not a single one of
them called in person or by phone
on his Senators in the interest of
anti-poIl tax legislation and clo-
ture.
Nor did single publisher, dur
ing their regional meeting here in
February, call on his Senators in
the interest of that legislation.
Singly, or in a body, the members
of either of these two groups could
have fastened consideration of and
subsequent passage of HR z in the
Senate-considering this is the
campaign-year of our life, 1914.
The bill might well be law by now.
Perhaps neither of them yet re-
allies his own strength!
It is not yet too late!!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-05
Twin City UBF's,
SMT's Annual
Sermon Nav 28

The Twin Cities organizations
Of the UBF and SMT's will hold
their annual joint Thanksgiving
and Memorial services Sunday,
May %, at Border M. E. church,
Aldrich and Fourth Ave. North,
Minneapolis, according to ]. W.
Pate, National Deputy Grand
Master.