The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-02
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TOWN i
By
RUSS COWANS

The internal dissension In the
Office OF Anderson and Rentie will
erupt within week or so e. and
Chester Rentie. Mayor OF Para
disc Valley" will open his own
booking agency -. Wilson tStut0
Anderson, who has been promoting
dances in Detroit for long num-
Der OF years, is the other member
OF the partnership =. Charles Nell
son has been tracking down deers
for the past two years :. and each
year he has been able TO get his
buck this season being no ex-
ception AT the same time Wal
ter S. Murtry. companion OF Nelson,
made his fourth annual trek to the
north woods OF Michigan last week
. and came back with his second
deer .. However, he was fortunate
enough 10 fell a l20-pound bear
that wandered across his path -.
He also killed one in 1912.
All was ging nicely with the Chi
cago bartenders-until a conscien-
tious inventor came up with new
gadget >. This gadget will register
the quantity OF liquor taken from
a bottle. registering every drop
poured by the bartender .. Gloria
Collins, switchboard operator, and
Caroline Blanton, elevator operator
at the Gotham hotel. trying vainly
TO remember the words Of a song.
DR.. James J. McClendon, presi-
dent of the Detroit branch OF the
NAACP. can point with pride to
the accomplishments OF his organi-
cation The Detroit branch was
the first TO open a regular Office
with a staff Since then Cleve-
land. Philadelphia. Chicago and
Houston have followed :. Detroit
also leads in membership. money
and influence &. All OF which
means that the NAACP has been
sold to the citizens OF the Motor
City and these residents have
faith in the officials heading the
organization II was all very
amusing TO Mrs Esta Michaels.
when she saw her first prize fight
Here from Mansfield. O.. to visit
her daughter. Mrs. Evelyn Vest.
head OF the Rollo s Vest Enter
prises .. had her first glimpse OF
prize fight the other evening
when Ray Sugar Robinson oiled
up his working tools and gave Vic
Dellicurtti a lesson in the art Of
boxing skill While boxing was
all Greek TO her. Mrs. Michaels was
deepely impressed with Robinson
and wants 10 see him more
often as all Of us do.
Birthdays are feathers on the
wings OF time and the Chief
moved up another notch the other
week He arrived at the ripe
old age OF 80 but in thar time
he has waged relentless battle
against the evils OF discrimination
. especially since accepting the
responsibilities eight years ago as
editor OF the Michigan Chronicle.
q. Just count these as some OF the
fights he's waged in the interest
OF Detroiters: bad housing. Ku
Klux Khan. the battle in behalf Of
labor back in the DAYS Of the mid
die thirties when the UAW-ClO
was emerging from q maze Of per-
picking problems Yep. Louis Z.
Martin started the ball moving that
day he arrived in Detroit in 1895.
and has continued 10 push il ever
since.
T J. Jackson. Otis Hemingway,
Paul Drew and Billy Sypher en-
ioyed the football game in Column
bus last Saturday. but their trip
down was marred by automobile
trouble in MarySville, Ohio, a short
distance from Columbus So il
was a rain back 10 Detro, for the
quartet Two Christmas cards
/ came 10 this column from Warrant
| Officer Fred Durrette They
were sent from Paris, France,
where Fred was enjoying short
furlough . That little tiff which
vas developing in labor circles
over job. has been souelched q.
! and now every one is happy.
Those pictures OF Prophet Jones
which appeared in last weeks issue
OF Life magazine have provoked
considerable controversy not
only in Detroit. but elsewhere in
the country A large segment
OF Negroes are outSpoken In their
resentment