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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-08-19
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walsh Earl c. Gallagher. Martin
A Kronk Walter Y. stockfish.
Adam ". sumeracki Joseph j.
Kowaiski. Frances J Nowak- all
Of Detroit
Former Senators william "
Bradley. Detroit; stephen Benzie
Norvay and Henry T. shea. OF
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Detroit
Finance company officials An
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Investment company John tIau-
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sociaics Dis, ohnf rorr aud
George Owaeh' ceeeral counsel
>ssocates Discount Corn
In an interview at the Tfibane
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made tho following statements
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my life has been fl'l 81 them
This gives me- ar opportunity 20
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questions ~ eNyla.rg Negroes
from tho Jury IN iho yarlou,
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-08-19
Texas Negroes
Organize League

DALLAS AMP Approximate
Is ~ negro. voters OF Texas met
here Thursday 20 oreanize the
Texas League Of Democratic Voi-
ors statewide political orean-
i1atlon as 2 move To promote
political activity nv Tho state s
81 .ooo colored citizens accord
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-08-19
DEWEY CONFERS IN HOME STATE
ON DEMOCRATS CANDIDATE

ST LOUIS "A sro
Negro leaders 81 risst
met with Governor .,ss~
minute conference
statler Friday r
IA, Morally impressed
publican nominee ara fss
dicted that ne can
souri, in November
native som
candidate on ih
ticket.
William Q M<Ns
maraser q lee %
for Negro Gl,is ~
said Truman tets
ocraiic ticker Uli
carry Missouri
Dewey outlined
Republicans bis a
racial c1ual.'y aaE
roinimeris he ha
York which hrouse
plause from nc sr
There has been
people because 1855
pr jews or Pe,
said hut hecagso r4
Dewey was speasir
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-08-19

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18
No. L
"They Pebble
the Dead"

u
NA/ and heartbreak in its train,
w but an army of stayat-
home harpieS, scheming to cash in on the sor-
rows of bereaved relatives of our country'S heroes
refer specifically to the horde of fake spirit
mediums who are now busy spreading all kinds of
BOBBY traps for the credulous.
These seance impostors have mushroomed
after every conflict Since this is the worst of all
wars, they are naturally flourishing as never be-
fore, especially in Canada and England, where the
toll of death in the war has far been vastly
heavier than in the United States.
Moreover, the fact that today these impostors
are using the technique of science as unwilling
ally to exploit their victims makes them more
formidable than in the past.
Today, throughout Britain, mediums are bring
ing in messages wholesale from the living dead"
In Edinburgh, 5000 eager customers packed
hall 10 receive the spirit proofs offered by Helen
Hughes, called the modern Joan of Arc" because
she claims to hear voices" of men who lost their
lives in the service of their country.
Estelle Roberts, another medium processing to
speak Tor the military, recently assembled the
ghosts of four airmen, all of whom were downed
in combat, and had them serve as Spokesman for
those ION the other side"
Even more fantastic is claim advanced b.
mediums that a service organization has been
formed in spirit land under the guidance of
colonel who killed in battle and who has
allegedly turned into prolific sender of messages
IN automatic writing.
Here are a few samples of these phonv cono.
munications from the spirit world which have been
fobbed off on relatives of deceased servicemen
The name of a sailor, Arthur Heath 25 who
was ved-bombed in British destroyer off Crete,
was USED 10 describe the sinking of his ship and
10 give facts" about his friends and relatives He
was credited with speaking TO his mother through
the vocal chords of medium.
Another British sailor, David White % lost in
a submarine, was also the purported author of
statement through a medium. Rhapsodizing on
The delights of the spirit world the medium quoted
him as saying Il can do better job here
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18

cases of alleged spirit survivals have mounted
rapidly into the thousands.
Why do l denounce all this as propaganda?
Because il follows the same heartleSs pattern
that peddlerS of spirit frauds used after the first
World War. Then, too. they began by appealing
to the masses, later concentrating fancier and
more profitable phenomena for the few who could
pay big prices or prove of value to the cause.
Messages from lost were the bait that
brought brilliant men like Sir Oliver Lodge and
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle into the fold, along with
scores of wealthy believers.
In all the cases of alleged communications that
have come to my attention, the persons who "re-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18

ceived" the messages from lost heroes were not
only relatives or close friends but invariably had
shown previous interest in spirit circles or knew
someone who attended them
personally can prove that spirit aid is nor
necessary in revealing thoughts in the minds of
audience, because l give such demonstrations
regularly for radio listeners and obtain my results
entirely by natural means.
1t has been my purpose through such demon
STATIONS TO diSprove the absurd claims OF mediums
who say that spirits answer questions~for thenr.
Some years before his death, Howard Thurs
ton, the famous magician, gave me an ancient
Egyptian statuctte of Rameses II which was
june IB. 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18

In the Dark Seance
Room, the Cleaning
Ghost OF Katie King
SHED Madly, But Before
She Could Get Away i
Grabbed Her; the Lights
Went On and I Found My
self Embracing the Solid
est Spirit You Ever Saw"
A famous Battle of :
Britain fig ter pilot,
"Cat's-Eye" Stevens, was
named recently as the
spirit speaker at a seance
where his wife was pres
ent, with Lord Dowding
Of the Fighter Command.
Through the medium, the
dead pilot stated" that
his daughter was with
him, and added: 81 do not
want you to look back,
but always look forward
TO the time when we will
all be together"
These are only samples
of what is occurring daily
in English seances, where
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31
L0ndOner's View

The transatlantic edition of the London
Daily Mail carries the answer of its New York
correspondent to a question frequently put to
him his return to London: How does
Britain at war strike you as compared with
America at war;"
Here is the answer: There is no COMPARE
son. The American civilians-an of them. not
just those with big bankrolls-are living a
life hardly distinguishable from peacetime ex-
istence. There are mountains of food and acres
of clothing for everyone. Rationing is the
merest pinprick.
There are plenty of luxuries More money
is being made by the entertainment catering
and clothing industries than ever before. The
war is remote Almost, it does not exist in a
physical sense. Psychologcally it is close
for remember there are 100000 Americans
or more in uniform, and their relatives belong
to nearly every home in America
Exaggerated. would you say? Not to- man
who has seen wartime London-just the daily
living, not to look at ourselves now and then
through a Londoner's eyes-we who grippe and
grouse and gouge and strike
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31
Day Of Rejoicing

One of the big trade journals was reminding
it's readers and advertisers the other day that
Christmas was only 100 days off. The journal
might be considered as rushing things bit,
and perhaps it was but it is quite worth while
to note that Christmas is not so far off for
more reasons than some might think The end
of the war in Europe, for one.
While it is true that no one can foresee when
Hitler will give up and it is fact that Ger
many can 60 on fighting for some time to
come, especially if the war is carried into the
fatherland, as it should be, it is fairly probable
that all German resistance will collapse be-
fore Christmas rolls around.
With Allied attack quickening from the west,
the east and the SOUTH and with Germany
transportation and communications systems
disrupted, her war plants being knocked out
and her air force all but wiped out, it is
reasonable to think that even with Hitler and
his minions determined upon a last-ditch
fight, if only in the hope of receiving easier
peace terms, the end may come before that
day.
If it does, what day of rejoicing Christ.
mas, 1914, will be.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31
What Of The Future?

The United States has the greatest navy in
the world, and the greatest air force Its army
is second only to Russia's. 1t leads the world
in industrial production. Despite the drain
this war has created, its natural resources
ale still unlimited.
What will the United States do with these
assets when he war is ended? Heretofore its
custom has been to disband its army and
scrap its navy. Will it stick to the precedent,
and add its air force to the junk pile?
That is to say, will the isolationists, who
still cling to the exploded doctrine that geogra-
ply is Americas best ally and its oceans its
best defense prevail, as in the past, and force
the country into hazardous state of unpre-
paredness again, as they did between the first
and second World wars? Will they force Amer
lean industry to devote itself exclusively to
the implements of peace, and close down the
arsenals, the navy yards, the explosives plants,
and leave us defenseless?
We don't know the answer But we do know
that if we repeat our past follies we will not
deserve to survive a nation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31
BY JOHN SELBY

Camp Follower: The Story of
Soldiers Wife, by Barbara
Klaw (Random; $2.
1t is just as well to explain the
expertness with which Barbara
Kiaw writes her Camp Follow
err for an unwary reader might
pet the idea that the book is the
unconsidered product of young
Army wife, d S h d off between
the afternoon movie and her hus-
bands arrival from camp.
Mrs. Klaw married and drove
across the continent to San Fran
cisco, where her husband had a
job on the Chronicle. She got one
too, but four months later they
recrossed the continent to Wash
ington, where Klaw, Pere, had a
better opening This was just be-
fore Pearl Harbor. Mrs. Klaw
worked for the Rockefeller Com
mittee and the owl, and wnen
her husband was drafted she al
lowed him a couple of weeks
head-start, and then followed him
to Neosho, Mo-, which is the site
of Camp Crowder, which in it's
turn has completely swamped the
town. Up to tn etine Mrs. Klaw
found the room with the private
entranie (the landlady told her
every hour or so she could get
$lS week instead of the So she
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31
Universal Service

IF in the future we are attacked by power
full enemy, or group of enemies, we may be
sure that we will not be given time to mo-
hilize our industries and to extemporize an
army from the unframed youth of the nation. -
That irrefutable statement is from a lengthy
and logical plea for universal military ser.
vice by Secretary of War stimson. It is not
the first such plea that Mr. Stimson has made.
He was advoc ating compulsory training more
than Is years ago, when he scarcely could
have chosen a more unpopular subject.
Time and events have not only bolstered the
truth of Mr.. Stimson's earlier assertions, but
have brought many people around to his way
Of thinking Support of universal service il
still far from nationwide, but person nj
longer runs the risk Of being mohbed if hi
proposes it.
It is not easy to argue with Mr. Stimsor
when he says that young men taking peace
time military training will receive NOR
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31
Laval Pleads Innocent

Pierre Laval is said to have started cam
paign to prove that he was not a traitor to
France. Allegedly held by the Germans in
southern France, he is reported to have taken
with him from Paris brief case in which
he claims to have proof of his innocence.
He has prepared careful and elaborate
defense of his collaboration with the Nazis and
will claim that his inability to aid the Allies
resulted from his being virtual prisoner of
the Germans
What we wonder, has he to prove that he
was not an agent of Hitler long before the
German occupation of France? How will he
explain the selling Of tens of thousands of his
countrymen into Germany bondage? NJ La
valle' the crimes of vichy stand against your
record. 1t cannot help you now to show the
world that you are coward as well as a
traitor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31
Hitler

Washington is specializing on what Hitler
may do in the next few weeks, the opinion
prevailing that he will seek to escape from
Germany by air and find a hideout in Spain
or Argentina. Washington sees two alterna-
tives-he may be shot by someone within Ger
many or commit suicide OF the two, the first
appears more probable Men of Hitlers type
are not suicidal.
1t is the possibility that he may escape that
disturbs the National Capital He probably
would have difficulty in finding safe lodging
in Spain, especially as the Franco govern
ment is none too secure with the German
armed forces destined to be defeated. But
with strong Nazi sentiment prevalent in the
Argentine, he probably would be offered an
asylum and the United Nations would have
difficulty in bringing him out for punishment
There is some reason to think that Argentina
would willingly become the new stamping
ground for Nazisn1, and that the militarists of
Germany would welcome the chance to settle
there while laying plans for another war.
The question: what could be done to get at
them, and particularly at Hitler if landing
were made in Argentina, is hard to answer
Would it be necessary to send an army into
the country, to fight its way to the sanctuary?
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31
The Literary Guidepost

charged our author had pub
lished four juveniles. Now that
her husband is a technical ser
geant in England, she is working
in New York as reporter ON the
Post.
She is no beginner at the writ
ing game, therefore Personally,
I liked Camp Follower" much
better than most books about the
impact of the Army on the home
front. 1t does not try to be hilari-
Gus, for one thing; making some
kind of home under the condi-
tons of life in crowded Neosho
is not hilarious unless you are far
away. And then it is not the true
story.
There iG something actually sad
about the situation the hopeless
~ inadequate facilities, the greed
of those who control them, the
greasy little lice who show up in
town with cheap merchandise for
bored soldiers, the endless scrapes
that boredom is responsible for,
the cheapness of the wrong sort
of camp follower, the taxi driver
who Gin a tiny Missouri town.
tried to trap Mrs. Klaw into what
is still elegantly called "a house
of i'll repute"-these things (and
many more) are warmly alive in
the book because they have been
reported well, and not moralized
upon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31
than they give" in physical culture, discipline,

than they give" in physical culture, discipline,
health and life expectancy.
Nor can anyone dispute him when he says:
From all that history can teach us, we will
be improvident if we dc not adopt a sound
peacetime nationwide form of military SER
vice. Our failure to do this in the past has
twice induced Germany to feel that she could
ravage the world before we could gain SUI
ficient strength to block her."
But it is hard to see why people who
long ago became convinced that insurance
does not lead to immediate accident and death
should so stubbornly have resisted the appli-
cation of the same theory of protection on
national scale.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31
Probation For France

Very little informative news is coming out
concerning the Dumbarton Oaks security con-
ference, probably because no definite program
has yet been drafted. Even after the press
ward Stetinius the chairman, spoke for the
conference the public knows very little more
than it did before.
All that can be said is that representatives
of the United States, Great Britain and Rus
STA are surveying the field of security in the
postwar era and trying to determine ways
and means to assure lasting peace for the
world through cooperative action whenever
necessary. When this conference has ended
another will be started at which China will
be represented and Russia absent, unless, of
course Russia has entered the war against
Japan in the eantime-whch seems improb-
able.
These conferences have nothing to do with
peace treaties, but are restricted exclusively
to security after peace is restored.
There has cropped up considerable specu-
L
the councils of the nations which will have
brought peace to the world. There is some
thought presumable originating in British cir
cles, that France should have a prominent
place at the side of the United States, Russia
and Britain, in any program for maintaining
the peace of the world. The suppostion that
the proposal comes from Britain stems from
the fact that Great Britain naturally would
wish her neighbor across the channel to have
part in suppressing any disturbance OF the
peace of Europe originating across the Rhine.
This would be all right if France had not
failed so signally when Hitler created the
present disturbance and collapsed so COM
pletely unprepared for war, though warned
long in advance that it was coming, and was
SO divided within its borders politically it be-
came necessary for Frances friends to lib
crate her from the enemy
True, French forces of late have fought
valiantly in the field and Frances under.
ground has done yeoman service in disrupting
German communications. But the point that
seems to demand consideration is whether
France, under whatever new government is
set up should not first produce evidence that
she will not again be so little able to take
care of herself before she is given a place at
the security council.
Would it not be better to subject France to
a period Of probation before restoring her to
full membership in the community of nations
upon whom will fall the responsibility of deal.
ing with all threats to peace?
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31

Paris seems to have all the beau
tiful girls we have always heard
it had. The women have an art of
getting themselves up fascinating
ly. Their hair is done crafty, their
clothes are worn imaginat lively.
They dress in riotous colors in this
lovely warm season, and when the
flag-draped holiday streets are
packed with Parisians the color
makes everything else in h e
world seem gray.
AS one soldier remarked, the big
gest thrill in getting to Paris is
TO see people in bright summer
clothes again.
Like any city, Paris has it's quota
of dirty and ugly people. But dirty
and ugly people have emotions too,
and Hank Gorrell got roundly kiss
ed by one of the dirtiest and ugl-
lest women I have ever seen. I
must add that since he's a hand
some creature he also got more
than his share of embraces from
the beautiful young things.
There was one funny little old
woman, so short she couldn't reach
up to kiss men in military vehicles,
who appeared on the second day
carrying stepladder. Whenever a
car stopped she would climb her
stepladder and let the boys have it
with hugs, laughs and kisses.
The second day was a little diff.
ferent from the first. You could
sense that during those first few
hours of liberation the people were
almost animallike in their panic of
joy and relief and gratitude. They
were actually crying as they kissed
you and screamed, THANK you,
oh thank you, for coming!"
But on the second day it was a
deliberate holiday. 1t was a festi-
val prepared for and gone into on
purpose. You could tell that the
women had prettied up especially.
The old men had on their old
medals, and the children were
scrubbed and Sunday dressed until
they hurt.
And then everybody came down.
town. BY 2 in the afternoon the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31
Palmetto Negroes Name
Senatorial Candidate

COLUMBIA, S. c., Aug. 5O-n ,,
The progressive negro De 7Tc.
Gratis nominated Osceola T. IVA
Kaine, 51-year-old Sumter h' ean.
today as their U. S. senator's n
didate to oppose Governor ol. ,eral
Johnston in the November ss 5;dot,
election. Johnston is the callolor rtv
of the regular" Democratic p'
III M IeE irasS' an associate editor q =
the Lighthouse and in1orm', NIB.
Negro weekly newspaper s pa
lished here, was named at a lam norn.
ing of the party executive '''''
mittee this afternoon, ,ia,t
McKaine served as MS od.
in the first world war. He wa ,rsss
Gated in schools tBoston' M''
and in Belgium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31
POLICE CHANGES
LEFT TO NICHOLS

Specific personal changes IN
city departments are under the
supervision of City Manager A. T.
Nichols rather thar the city couh'
Gil. which sis a policy making
BODY and is not concerned with
administrative practices, INK
council decided at its bl-WeeAH
meeting yesterday. ~.
Qualification of the counclls
place with regard to personnel
came about through a pell'loI'
submitted to the group by Coun'
Gilman Edgar L. Vow, winch wa a.
drafted by several policemen "
recommend promotion for a meiH
Der of their department.
Lengthy discussion on the coun'
ellis status with reference TO lhul,
vidual members of department
ensued. Councilman R. R. Ronleo
offered motion setting forth IN.
councils decision, but this ia.ei
was retracted and no formal S'0'|
ment was issued. so,u
It was tentatively agreed NV ~.
ever. that statement Wouio -,
drawn following careful s'u"y
the situation. ,.ou..
=. 1t was pointed out in the dis ssai.
sions that City Manager Niu nn,,'.
is the logical recipient OF rs oon. j
mendations concerning perSoiN-''
employed by the city ~,
Nichols was authorized 10 ... au,
knowledge and handle the pe'I, Jou
placed before the group yeS'ei"''
bv Vow,