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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
.ayEleBLanket
Suits ToAboHsh
jim, Crow Trauel

Possibility of filing blanket
suits" against railroad and bus COM
panies which Jim Crow Negro pas
ssanR1z "A iBcigta.g that N Eed n
ins vixh ske nIcvsnent o. colored
troops by sdhering 10 policies Of
discrimination and segregation. will
be the main topic Of discussion at
the conference of the National
Committee to Abolish Jim Crow
Travel at ST. Antoine Street Branch
YMCA January %.
William L. Sheriff.. chairman OF
the committee, said this week that
organization OF the group which
will specialize in the fight to abol-
ish the un-American practice OF
Jim Crow travel has crested ma
tional interest. Correspondence re-
ceived from attorneys in states
where Negroes are Jim Crowed on
trains and buses indicated that the
to break down such
practices is receiving immediate
support
At the. January % conference,
which will be attended by dele
gates from many cities in Michigan
and adjoining states. immediate at
tention will be given ITO cases of
Negro servicemen who have been
unable to travel on furloughs be-
cause OF Jim Crow laws which. in
many instances. insist that all white /
must be assured of
travel before Negroes are allowed
to board trains and buses.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Negro Artist
Lectured At
State College

Mr.. Hale Woodruff, for the past
IL years instructor of art at Atlanta
university, and featured in the gov
ernment-sponsored booklet NE
groes in the War;" as one OF Ameri-
cas- outstanding artists. completed
a three-day lecture and demonstra-
ton series at Michigan State col
lege, lansing. Mich, Wednesday OF
this week.
Prior TO becoming an instructor
in Atlanta, Mr.. Woodruff studied
under some OF the nations leading
artists and-was q student in Paris
in the early 1905. Awarded fell
lowship by the Rosenwald Fund,
he received a leave Of absence from
Atlanta university to paint in New
York throughout the year 1914.
While in Detroit Mr.. Woodruff
inspected the work of several local
painters in an effort to secure
paintings for the annual exhibit at
Atl@ta university. He was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hughie Lee-Smith
Of Oxford Hall.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Mrs. Rosa Gragg
Sunday Speaker

The Women's Society Of Chris
tian Service OF Scott Methodist
church will hold their annual i'm
stallation and pledge service SUM-
day. January %. 1914. at the church
during the regular morning serv-
ices. ll:45 am.
Mrs. Rosa Gragg will be the
speaker and the meeting will be
presided over by the president OF
the society, Mrs. L. v. Ysncy. A
very impressive service has been
and the public is invited
TO attend.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
RACE MEMBERS
SAY GROUP HAS
BRIGHT FUTURE
Hardin Wants Flaws In
Education And Police
Depts. Corrected

Full cooperation in any effort
and with any organization working
for better relations between racial
and minority groups and the gen
eral moral uplift Of the city of De.
troit was the pledge OF three Negro
members Of Mayor Edward J. JET.
fries recently appointed Interracia,
Commission who were interviewer
by Michigan Chronicle reporter
this week. y
At the same time. one men1be,
OF the commission, Walter Hardin
international chairman of the JAW.
Go Interracial Committee, said
that he would be reluctant TO con
hnue with any. group unless some
attempt Is made 70 get at the basic
causes Of friction between the racea
None Of the tppointees had been
omcially notified Of their appoint.
ments or the date Of the commits
sion's hrst meeting when we went
to press Tuesday.
Eaucatisn. Pslics hit +.
In a statewent to this reporter
Monday. Hardin pledged FULLEST
cooperation" with the mayors ef-
fort to bring about better under-
standing between the races and pro-
dicted a bright future for tho
commission. 80.
This group can a. : lot d spoA
sound wokk 1oE u naeaa 80
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
50, 2O5HereEace
Cancellation OF
Voting Privilege

City Clerk Thomas D, Leadbct-
ter's staff OF election employees are
mailing out cancellation OF regis
tration notices to S2.205 Detroiters,
whose names appear upder the reg
istration rolls but who have not
voted during the past two years.
Many qualified citizens. who have
not voted regularly. will undoubt-
eddy want 20 participate in this
years important primary and presi-
dental election. Mr.. Ledbetter
therefore suggests that the reply
card attached TO notice. and which
requests a continuance of registra-
ton. be returned to his Office inn
mediately. This will insure regis
trations being continued in good
standing for at least another two
year period. and for practically a
lifetime IL elector hereafter votes
at least once every two years.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
SENECALESE
P R Is 0 n { R S
PUT into ARMY
Augment Forces

LONDON - (Censored) -
Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, faced
with the threat or a second
front, has dropped his racial
superiority theories to take
into his armies colored soldiers.
Forced into the Nazi forces by
fascist terror are large numbers of
French Sengslese, Sikhs and Hindus
from India. Turkmans and Tartars
from the Asiatic republics of the
Soviet Union and other colored SOL
diers taken prisoners in the North
African campaigns.
A Russian Quisling. a General
Vlassov. is sreputed TO be in charge
of troops recently moved 10 the
South of France. These battalions
include colored Tukrmans. Tartars
and other Asiatics from the Ural
Republics. as well as Georgians.
These men are colorfully dressed
in red fur caps, and some carry long
sabres. Their headquarters are at
Bexieres and Sigean, where there
are also some Cossack units.
The Russian staff officers are re-
cruited from White anu-Soviet
Russians in Paris. Prague and
Vienna. The men. on the other hand,
come from prisoner of-war camps,
where they were given the choice
OF joining these -Osrlegionen,- as
the Germans now call them, or
rotting with their comrades behind
barbed wire.
Conditions in the Russian prison
camps in Germany are so dreadful
that the temptation to get out. be
decently clothed and fed. is very
great. But even so the Germans in
vited only the most backward Of
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
PUPILS PLAN TO.
STRING HIM up
IN RACIAL STRIFE
II Farmers Indicted In
Election Of Negroes
From Farm

POPLAR BLUFF. Mo. - Racial
disturbances which have shaken
the Ozark Hills i1ea during the past
weeks, took on another complexion
Monday when white pupils Of the
Brosely Consolidated high school
threatened to sitting UP" their su-
perintendent because of his family
connection with the entrance of
Negroes into an all-white commu-
nifty.
The superintendent. Gerald Clark,
white. 80, is the son of w. w. Clark,
from whose 800 acre tract four Ne
gro families we're elected Dec. 8
by a mob OF men, II OF whom are
under indictment on charge of in
citing to riot as result Of the &C
ton.
Warned Of Threat
Clark who has taught in the
Ur4dA mi 1llGh SpAop1 DOR \ nx>
De0f
one o. he indicted msn ana t0I1
that he had better not 20 a 10
school
lag WIZ duAAOtltACo mat LNC HAL
informed him the rupils, some of
whom are full grown. were laying
for him and that they intended to
do him bodily harm. Clark went
back home.
Meantime another flareup over
the first appearance OF Negroes in
the Brosely community. in Ash
Hill township 10 miles east OF
Poplar Bluff, was eased this week
when Lois Cooper. a white farmer.
informed Sheriff NJ. L. Hogg that
10 avoid further trouble he would
give up his plan to bring a Negro
family to his farm to help work his
land.
He had brought a Negro man and
a woman to his farm from Maiden
on Saturday. but took them away
Monday after he received threats of
trouble.
Removed BY Mob
Negroes removed by the mob
month ago had been brought into
the community from New Madrid
county and were working on the
farm of the largest land owner in
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
DaytOnians Hear
Magnolia Simms

Thursday evening in the beauti-
full, newly-decorated Phillips Tenn
pie. the dramatist Magnolia Simms.
dressed in flowing beige evening
gown with a mild contrast Of red
velvet, thrilled her audience as she
read with deep Interpretation Song
OF Hiawatha, Excerpt 20" from the
works of Longfellow. Following
this, the artist read Sandburg's
Chicago" and James Weldon
Johnson's "Prodigal Son." For the
evening humor the drsmstist read
Dunbar's when Malindy Sings
and Temptation"
Professor Antonio Haskell, music
composer. played an organ inter-
Jude to the third part OF the concert.
Deep River"
In magnificent poise the artist
returned TO the stage and rendered
beautifully "Hagar" by Nicholson.
The evening program was closed in
grand style as Miss Simms read
Hughes Song to A Negro Wash
woman, Johnson's Creation" and
William Borders Il Am Some
body"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Roo,ner ds tain
By Rifle Shot

A Winder street earetaker was
Questioned by police this week In
the fatal shooting OF q 42-year-old
roomer. accused OF creating q dis
turbance in the apartment build
ing.
Questioned by police was James
I. Freeman Of 2l6 Winder street.
who told police that he was the
caretaker at .the above address and
that Robert Berry bad come shortly
before midnight and had created .
disturbance.
Freeman claimed that Berry be-.
came abusive and that he was or
dered TO leave. ut which time Berry.
so police learned. ran his hand ia
his pocket Freeman then, so police
learned. got his rifle. shot once In
the floor and then wounded Berry
with shot TO the left hip.
Berry was admitted to the hos
pital on January Is and died the
next morning at Receiving hospital.
Police say that a - caIibre rifle
and knife found near Berry'S
body were confiscated by the police
department Meanwhile Freeman
was held for investigation by the
homicide squad this week.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Local Labor Leader
ms I 5SS15dlE

'efbocker Hotel where Mr.. Bowman
was denied a room. The assistant
manager was fined 500.
II appears that Br. Bowman was
attending a labor conference In
New. York on March . when the
Incident occurred. The assistant
nlSneger revealed In court that he
had told Mr.. Bowman that the
Knickerbocker had as guests at that
time psny persons who might be
offended by the presence OF a Ne
gro as a hotel guest
Mr.. Bowman who Is well known
in Detroit labor circles is originally
from Saginaw. He is now working
as an organizer in the Buffalo di-
vision Of the UAW-CIO.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Army Private Is
Held For Robbery

A 27-year-old army private sta
toned ut Selfridge Field. Mich.
was held by military authorities
this week after he had been arrest
ed as a suspect in a robbery attempt
here.
Pvt. Edward N. johnson. so police
say. was seen in the act OF attempt
ing to rob Raymond Kimble, IS. OF
SIS Grstiot street. Kimble told
police that he had six dollars dur
ing The theft attempt.
johnson fled as police arrived
near the scene and wss shot AZ by
a police officer. who later held him
tor the larceny investigation
Edward Grove. -. OF l03 Slim
son street. according 10 police. was
an eyewitness 10 the alleged in
cident.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Woman is Held In
Sfabbing Of z Men

A 30-year-old woman was held
this week as a suspect in the stab
bling OF two persons during an al
tercation on Eight Mile Road and
Cherrylawn.
Treated at the hospital were Jesse
Wade. ~, Of 2o500 Ilene and Lloyd
Capurs. ~, of the same address.
taken 10 Receiving hospital. Also
treated was Mary King, OF 20l9l
Kentucky street
Police learned that the two men
we're stabbed by Miss Mary King
during an argument. All three we're
treated for minor injuries.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Child Was Burned

A four-yesr-old child who suf-
fered second and third-degree
burns of the neck. face and chest,
was treated at Receiving hospital
last week.
He was identified as Robert Bell
of sos Adelaide street. His condition
was reported as not serious by hos
pital attaches.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Frank VIM Takes
Post With Reuther

Frank VIM. liberal Texan. has
resigned his position as publicity
director OF Ford Local 800. IL was
announced this week. Mr.. VIM
has accepted new position on the
staff Of the war policy division OF
the International Union. under Vic
tor Reuther. assistant director.
Mr.. VIM is we'll known in in
ierracial circles and held the post
at local 500 for the last two years.
He edited the semi-monthly local
newspaper, Ford Facts.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
DETROIT
This Week

wednesday--Every Week: Booker
T. Washington Trsde Associates
Luncheon. YwcA. IL moan.
Sundsy-Jsn. -: Speimsn Clnk'
Tea. Lucy Thurman ywcA. 8 IN.
Thursdzy-yan. % Lucy 1hurs.
man Branch YwcA Annual 11esl-'
ING. Q pm.
fridsy-Jsn. ~. Central Comsal>s
tee Meeting. YyeA. . Pm. &
Wednesday.-Jan - Interraclox'
Mass MestiaG Ebsnsssr AM
. pm. n
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Postpone Testimonial
To Bishop ]. A. Grerr

Bishop John A. Gregg who wss
scheduled to give . report Of his
latest tour Of the war front ut the
Ebenezer A.M.E- church Monday
night has been detained in Europe
and will not appear in Detroit nm
TIL early in March, Rev. George w.
Baber. pastor OF the church, an
nouneed Sunday, The testimonial
in honor Of the bishop Of the FOURTH
Episcopal District will be given On
a date to be announced.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
NEGROES TREATED BETTER

According 10 the poll conducted
by the Negro Digest. Negro service
men are being treated better IN
This war than they were in 1917.
The poll was conducted among ooth
Negroes and whites. None OF the
persons interviewed believe how.
ever that Negroes were treated
fairly
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
SPOT NEWS
BULLETINS
BROTHERHOOD WEEK

In asking Americans TO observe
otherhood Week from February
20 20 Is. President Roosevelt saio
last Saturday that Bretherhooo
Week "dedicates US TO the pracuce
Of understanding ana justice
through which freedom and equh-
ity flourish in human society.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
DETROIT FLYER
KILLED SUNDAY
IN PLANE CRASH


Funeral services for Second Lieu
tenant Paul c. Simmons Jr.. p. of
6757 Hartford avenue. will be held
today Thursday at Plymouth
Congregational church with the
Rev. Horace A. White officiating.
The young flyer. was killed Sun
day when a fighter plane in which
he was on a combat training mis-
sion from Selfridge Field crashed
on a farm one mile south of Attica.
in Lspeer county. Following a rou-
tine investigation by army air force
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Mrs. Roosevelt To
Speak Here Jan. rs

Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt will speak
at Ebeneser A.M.E. church Wednes-
day evening. Jan. &c. The progrnm
Is slated to start at pm. The theme
Of the mass rally viii be Inter-
racial Cooperation"
Plans for the mass rally were
outlined at smeeting held last
week at the Lucy Thurman branch
Of the Y.W.C.A. The Rev. Hsrnoo
A. White. pastsr 81 Plymouth Cen
gregational church, made the an
nouncement Il her eeming. f
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
rYrrCurR uENDERSON

Fletcher Hendcrson's newly re-
erui,cd Negro and white band went
10 Harvard university last week
and the maestro was interviewed
over the university's broadcast by
a jazz authority. The black and tan
band keeps Henderson out OF the
Southland.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
rvxAs PRIMARY FIGHT

TEXAS PRIMARY FIGHT
The assistant attorney general OF
Texas in defending the exclusion OF
heroes from the Democratic prf-
mary In Texas before the supreme
court intimated that II the 5Il'ooo
Negroes Of voting age In Texas or
xanired their own party they could
whip us anytime"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22

William Bowman. well known I'm
ternationsl representative OF The
UAw-CIO. won a civil rights suit
IN New York City last week against
the assistant manager OF the Knick-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
White Farmers Threaten To Lynch
School Head In Custer OF Negroes
Workers In Ford
Foundry Unit Top
War Bond Quota

First unit OF the giant Ford Local
600 (UAW-CIO) TO meet and pass
its bond quota in the Fourth War
Loan drive was the Aluminium
Foundry, according to an announce
ment made Monday by James Oden,
president Of the unit.
Nearly $500 workers are en-
ployed in the Aluminium Foundry,
over 90 per cent OF whom are Ne
groes." Oden said, land with q quota
Of 500 each, their total share Of Lo-
cal COOS part in the drive was $l45.-
600. This amount was subscribed In
the hrst week Of the campaign"
Workers In this building are en-
gagged In producing aluminium cast
ings used I'm the production Of
Pratt and Whitney engines which
power planes fighting on every
United Nations front. and the wage
rates are lower than those in other
buildings working skilled classic
cations. In setting the quota for in
dividual workers In the plant, the
average Of 500 is the same, regard
less Of the wage rate of the worker.
Oden gave full credit for the
drive 10 the building committee.
and to q group Of women workers
who assisted in The solicitation
MsTAs1 - - ittee in-
sss 81.
yeaf1f Cam III lanes yaefen.
nsstf~ - EY,s4sxw 49, Yerl wS~r~kfA
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
Ant EXHIBIT

ART EXHIBIT
Hale woodruff. professor OF art
NJ Atlanta university. Is having
display Of his paintings at the
Grace Horne galleries In Boston. His
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~see FLYERS. Page 4
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wW-See SENEGALESE, Page 4
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~See FARMERS, Page 4
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Removed BY Mob

Negroes removed by the mob a
month ago had been brought into
the community from New Madrid
county and were working on the
farm of the largest land owner in
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-30

ably aIrpaSS"S Il, bat caffeine i
used - much like "A food that w,.
hardly think "f il as u drug.
lhls increasing popularity OF
aspirin II not easy tn explain. |
know people who use it a. a slrr,-
ing tablet and lthrrS Who ,nt,.iI.r
IL peppcr-urlcr. Di course. il is
constantly taken for colds. head.
thtS. rheumati>m. aud muscular
aching and thcn also on general
principles.
l have u letter which exurcss.s
the general state of opinion AS
follows: won't you write an ar
ucle on aspirin: Many of Us when
We feel tired and nervous TAX.
one or two tablets with IA coke or
Just water. Seems TO till the bill.
but We would like 10 know whether
there Is any reason We shuuld not
do So"
Aspirin Usually Harmless
To answer the last question
first, do not Know ut any reason
Why aspirin should not lie taken
IN any quantity. The only excep-
ton 10 this is that there are
people who are definitely alleryic
70 II. and II produces very severe
symptoms III them. But they 80
into the a!lvrgic state on very
small amounts and almost .mmr-
diately after the aspirin has been
swallowed.
! had one terrifying experience
with man 10 whom / gave som.
capsules containing two grains
each of aspirin. He took one
capsule as sUua Us he had got
home and within live minutes his
throat and tongue had swollen 50
thHt he nearly died Of suftucut!uu.
| worked with him all night and
the experience taught mr that
there Is such a thing as scnsitivlty
To aspirin. But. as Mas said. the
teaction occurs when very small
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-30

h"t"r". II Mas from Carter r,,L.
'",u''''d r"ad:"tbME. .rI.EASE,"
Mr. Queen made a tc.rnhnur call
rom III" Hollis Hotel. then had Ed
"riN" him up tn" Hill. II was lato
AFTERNOON and tn" birds were rhirr-
iiiT al Il great rate around the old
wright house. lie paid Ed nif.
watched tn" lab chur down the lIill,
anu 'h"n Strull"d up he walk.
IN" iittl" huus" newt donr-the
h"u"" OF Nora and .Iim-wts shut
tered mp; it looked opaque and ugly
~ ITS blindness. Mr.. Queen felt a
tf.m"r. That "ns 4 house in avoid.
~" h"~ltat"l at the front Strrs of
the bi% house. and listened. There
N"f" voices from the rear ,ar.i,.u..
:" II" went around. waIkin, un the
pr''"S. IL" paused Ia the shadow III
III" nI"Hn""r bush. whrrc hr could
sec them without h"iug seen.
The sun MAS bright nn u.rmy.
!"&tIi"E brand-ncw baby carriage
IN an extremely critical way. John
u. WAS Grihnlng, and Lola and Pat
were making serious remarks ahu,it
professional graudmothrrs. and
now about giving Il couple uf aunts
chat'c To practise. for goodness
sake The baby would be home
from the hospital in just a couple
Of Weeks!
Mr.. Queen watched. unobscrved.
Tor long time. Ills face Was grave.
Orce h." half turned away, :,s if he
meant {" trc once and for all. Hut
men hr saw Patricia " i.i"ht's face.
"fHiH. and h"w IT had grown older
ana thinner since last he had seen
H. After tive minutes of d.h,nt.
r,r"nna!s> au," Lc managed to catch
rat = eye while the others wrr, .y-
v"p."J caught her cy" and put his
inrcr to his lips, shaking his head
III warning.
rat SAID something casual to her
family ANA >trullcd towards him.
III" backed oil. and then she came
around the corner of The. house. and
flew into his arms.
"t.ll"ry! Darl.n"i Oh. I'm so
yt"d to sec You! When did you
come? What's the mystery Tor?
On. am glad" She Kissed hun and
held ham close. and for Il moment
h'r face Mas the gay young face he
had remembered.
Then hc took her by the hand
ana drew her towards the front of
IN" house. "That'S Your convertible
at tie curb. isn't it? Let's go for a
ride"
But Ellcry. Pop and Muth and
l."la-thcy'l! be- hcart-brokcn if YOU
don't"
81 don't want Ia disturb them
now, Patty. They look really happy,
getting ready for the baby. How IS
she. by the way" EIlcry drove
Pat 5 car down the Hill.
"Oh. wonderful. Such Il clever
little thing. And do you know!
She looks just like" Pat stopped.
hen she said quietly: Just like
Nora"
Then she must be n beautiful
young lady indeed"
"Oh, she isl And I'll swear sho
knows Muth! Really, / mean it
We cant rat for her Ia come home
from the hospital. OF course. she's
out OF the incubator and she
surg!cS AT me and hangs on to my
nand for dear life and Sgucr.ss.
She's so fat, Ellcry. you'd laugh"
Eilcry did laugh. "You're talking
like the old Patty | knew"
"lou think so?" asked Pat in a
queer voice.
But you don't iook-'
"No," said Fat. No. I don't.
But-wherc are We going?"
Nowhere III particular" replied
Elicry, turning the car south to-
wards WriGh,svillc Junction.
(ro be continuri)
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