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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
New Scholarship
For Engineering
Student, Planned

The Heating Plant Employees OF
Brewster Homes announced this
week that they were planning 10
raise a scholarship fund Of $500 10
aid in the financing Of the educa-
ton Of some young student IN any
phase of engineering that he might
choose.
The scholarship is 10 be eStab-
lished at Wayne university, the
University of Detroit. or the Detroit
Institute Of Technology.
A committee composed OF repre-
sentatives from the press. Catholic
church, Protestant churches, VOL
VERNE Bar association. Wayne
County Medical association, ClO.
AT Of l.. and the Board of Educa-
ton will determine who the recip-
tent Of the scholarship is to be.
Although the Technical Crafts
men. Inc. will take no part IN the
selection OF the winner. the follow
ing requirements have been set up
by that body, The winner must be
q Negro. and he must take four
year course in some phase OF ensi-
neering.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10

hover for the destruction. of. the
West wall.
Combat Troops
In addition. there are combat
units. including field artillery, tank
destroyer and snti-aircrsft groups.
These units have gone through a
rigid preparation for the big inva-
sion which went into its initial
stages early Tuesday morning.
Following directly in the wake
OF the tide of planes and PARACHUTE
lists who blasted the way for the
tanks and foot soldiers. Will come
the engineers and members OF the
quartermaster And in many in
stances the engineers will precede
the infantry and tanks. digging up
mines and BOBBY traps. and break
ing through barbed wire entansie-
mentS.
Repairing roads which have been
destroy ed by the Nazis and rebuild
ing bridges will be other important
jobs for the engineers
And this great army, which is
carrying the flag of democracy.
must be fed and kept supplied with
armament To smash 10 the heart OF
Maitland. This is where the quar-
termaster troops play their part.
The port units have been busy
during past months as they handled
the vast store OF supplies shipped
from the United States for Eisen-
hower's army. Well trained in their
function, these troops play their
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
Ben Davis Jr.,
Gets Promotion
To Full Colonel

WASHINGTON. DC. ,NNPA)-
1t. Col Benjamin o. Davis Jr.. son
of the only Negro general officer in
the United States army. has been
promoted 10 full colonel IL was an
nounced by the War Department
this week.
Col. Davis. now in command OF a
fighter group in the Mediterranean
theatre. was formerly commander
OF the famed 99ih Fighter Squadron,
also overseas. He is graduate of
West Point Military Academy. and
received his pilot and fighter train
ing at Tuskegee AIT Field in Ala
bama.
His father. Brig. Gen. Benjamin
o. Davis. Is attached To the lnspec-
tor General Department in Wash
ington.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
SadOwski Fights
For FEP Measure

Congressman George Sadowski
DEM OF the FIRST Congressional
district. was one Of the men who
opposed the Tarver amendment TO
the FEPC and urged the appropri-
alton for the bill which opposes dis
elimination in employment.
In following Congressman Will
liam Dawson DEM OF Illinois on
the floor last week. Sadowski. in
urging the appropriation. pointed
out that the men who are about 10
attack are one--to the enemy. The
enemy Will know the power OF his
attack-not his race. creed or the
origin OF his forebcarS"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
J. L. Hudson Elevator Operators
Vote For Clio Union In Election

With total OF 6S votes out Of an
eligibility list OF III. the United Re-
tail, Wholesale and Department
Store Employees tCIQ) won the
election Monday among elevator OPP
orators at the J. l. Hudson company
store. the National Labor Relations
Board reported
Seventeen votes were cast against
the ClO. The other were out on
vacation or sick leave.
The right 10 vote on the union
Of their choice followed long legal
battle between the company and
the Union In March. 1913. the girls
who operate the passenger elevators
IN Americas second largest depart
ment store. claimed a majority had
joined the CIO and asked the COM
pany 10 bargain.
Management refused 20 bargain
with the union. which filed case
before the National War Labor
Board in April. l943. a little later
the union filed petition with the
National Labor Relations Board
asking that body 10 certify the
union as bargaining agent.
After series OF bitterly con-
tested hearings. the girls won their
case before the NLRB and had their
chance 10 ballot on the Go. Lead
erS OF the union group claim that
tlCy have had large majority of
the elevator girls in the union since
March. l943
Mrs. Thclma Cleage is chairman
OF ihf union group. Mrs Anna
Meade. secretary, Mamie Roberts is
chief steward. and Vivian Coleman.
JeScenda DiShmon. Alice BraSher.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
APPEAL COURT
Gets CASE OF
HUDD|E ALLIE n
Alabama Fugitive File S
Appeal With Federal
Circuit Court

With authorities waiting 10 re-
turn him 10 Alabama 10 face a
charge OF aSsaulting an Officer. Hud-
die Allen. 35-year-old fugitive. was
assured OF a continuation Of his
battle 10 remain in Michigan when
his attorney. Edward E. Simmons,
appealed the case to the United
States Circuit Court OF Appeals.
sixth circuit. in Cincinnati, last
week.
The appeal to the court in Gin
einnat is just another step in the
nine-month 1ght Allen has made
against extradition 70 Alabama. The
case started inai1lxa tasnce -.of The
peace court in River Rouge, and
following hearing before the
governor. has been heard by the
Wayne County Circuit court. State
Supreme Court. and Federal DIS
trict court.
The assault occurred last July
when Allen. while walking on a
road near his farm IN Lawrence
County, Ala. was approached by
white man who placed a gun
against Huddies back Allen said
he whirled and Knocked the gun
out Of the mans hand. and both
fought desperately for possession
Of the weapon.
Allen succeeded in getting the
gun. and fred two shots at his
assailan, before he recognized the
man TO be deputy sheriff. Allen
ran into the woods where he hid
until discovered by a mob which
had formed.
He was seriously wounded by the
members OF the mob. but managed
90 escape. He was arrested IN De-
trolt last summer.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
Restaurant Closes
To Avoid Service

A non-violent sit down strike was
staged Saturday at the Trainor res
,aursnt. Woodward avenue, at the
Car Barn. by the Congress OF Ra-
eial Equality Organization. Q mixed
raci5 group dedicated TO wipe out
racial disorders.
Members OF the organization went
to the restaurant, entering in mixed
pairs and began 10 fill the booths
and ask for service Thirty-five
members went into the restaurant.
After waiting for IS minutes. the
management ordered the restaurant
closed for the day.
The members OF the organization
lef, the restaurant. but remained
outside for long time to see IL IL
would reopen.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
FDR ASKS FOR
SUGGESTIONS
TO AID FEPC
c h lief Executive Does
Not Reveal Stand
At Press Meet
By HARRY McALPIN

WASHINGTON, D. C.-tNNPA)
President Roosevelt at his press
conference last Friday. said he
would like 10 have some sugges-
tons as 30 how he could give more
active support to the FEPC Fair
Employment Practice Committee).
The statement was made in re-
spouse TO a question by this CORE
spondent, who stated in asking the
President for comment that there
has been considerable discussion Of
the FEPC both on and off OF Capitol
Hill, and that there had been some
charges that the administration has
not given the agencys appropria-
ton request its active support
) ~ epeern Expressed
B. Sasenz MxUe have beer. made r.
the result. Svnony s0<Aet tlfA&
the failure of Rep. Mccormack. ma.
jority leader OF the House. TO be
present when the FEPC appropria-
ton almost died but squeezed
through the House by an uncom-
Portable margin of 4 votes. II is
reported that a large number of
kilograms have been sent 10 the
White House expressing concern at
the absence of Mccormack.
Some observers. insisting the sup
port OF the administration has not
manifested itself among Congress
sional leaders. have interpreted the
Presidents statement as indicat-
ing he has not been getting the kind
OF reports and advice on the issue
which il deserves.
Others have interpreted his state
ment as an open invitation for sug-
gestions. They say il indicates
that he feels he has done all he
knows how.
Still apother viewpoint expressed
is that the President believes he
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
RUSH PROJECTS FOR JUNE OPENING
Of UNITS
WILL Be READY
IN TWO WEEKS
Second Unit Of Projects
Slated For Occupancy
BY Early August

Demonstrating that cooperation
between national and local authori-
ties is possible and that some inter-
est is being taken in the matter of
housing for Negroes here. the De-
troit Victory Council announced 10
the press last week that 2,298 units
Of housing were now under CON-
struction and in the planning stage.
This number is over and above
the 2.O44 units now in full occu-
pancy in the Detroit area. The first
OF these units at Dequindre. south
OF Six Mile Road, and the new prof.
ect IN Inkster will be opened for
occupancy on June 81. The re-
nAinder q this group viii ba
This a Iosllc Al William -
Stirtou. txecufivt secretary. Who
spoke for DIR. Warren T. Bow. chair.
man Of the Victory Council cli-
NAKED negotiations with the Ma
tional Housing Authorities in Wash.
ington along with the Army, Navy
and WPB authorities. These nego-
tiations secured the release of lum-
Der for housing in the Detroit area
and appropriations for the 2298
units now under construction and
in planning.
In addition to the above number.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
Winfred Lynn Case
To Have Rehearing

NEW YORK; rehearsing will
be asked OF the United States SUI
preme Court by attorneys for Win
fred Lynn whose application for a
write Of certiorari was refused by
the court May 29.
Lynn is seeking 10 test the quota
system by which Negroes are being
indicted into the armed services.
His attorneys charge that the no.
discrimination provision OF the Sc
lective Service Act is being Violst-
"a
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
NAACP Sign Would Hurt
Post War Auto Tire Sales

The war is on now. and after
the war want to be able 10 sell US
tires" c.. Z. Lynch. plant manager
Of the Detroit US Rubber Tire COM
pany, told Leonard Baldwin. plant
worker. this week whep he denied
him the right TO post IN NAAcP
poster on the plant bulletin board.
Baldwin OF 342l Z. Vernon high
way. reported TO the Chronicle
Monday. June S. that having been
given permission TO post the sign
" tas general foreman. . plant
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
LEADERS FETE
CONSUL CORPS

III We don't know each other VIC
are very apt 10 hate each other 81
spoke the Consul for Great Britain.
CyrilH. Cane. at a luncheon given
by the Michigan Chronicle and the
lnterracial Committee Of the local
NAA.C.P. in honor of the officers
of the Consular Corps of Detroit
last Friday al the Lucy Thurman
Y.WCA.
Consul Cane is the newly elected
dean Of the corps and present with
him were the corps vice dean, LOUIS
J. Rosenberg Of Panama, tho secrc-
iary. Saul r. Levin Of Honduras,
and tho treasurer, StanIslaw Anger
man OF Poland
The goodwill luncheon brought
together many Of our community
leaders who extended greetings 10
the corps officers. Consul RoSen-
berg cited the extreme need for
greater understanding between ma
-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
Writer And Gibson
Differ On Order

Truman X. Gibson Jr, civilian
aide 10 Secretary OF War Stlmson,
denied that the War Department
had directed camp commanders
throughout the South 10 provide
adequate and non-Jim crow trans
portation for Negro soldiers. How
ever. Windsor Booth. OF the Phila-
delphia Record. contradicted this
statement. declaring that the order
had been issued.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
Honor Student
Receives Howers
From First Lady

WASHINGTON. DC. (NNPb-
Flowers huge bouquet Of them
delivered near the close Of the How
ard university commencement ex-
ereiSes last Friday. over-shsdowed
all the previous proceedings OF the
impressive occasion. They were
from Mrs. Roosevelt. wife of the
President OF the United States. They
were for brilliant. active, strong
willed PAUL. Murray. graduate cum
laude of the Howard Law school.
Miss Murray. formerly a Balti-
morean and now OF New York. has
been a leader in progressive student
activities during her school career.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10

protection officer removed II after
five days and said that he had
been given orders by the plant man.
ager TO do so. t
Baldwin states that he then went
in TO see the manager ard yss tod
that permission could not Do
granted because Of rules about such
things on the company property
prohibited IT, Al the close Of tho
interview, Lynch Ia alleged 70 hsve
made the statement about ssIlina
Us tires after the war.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
Disregard Threats;
Set New Record

MOBILE. Ala-Notwithstanding
rumors OF threats that whites would
run them in the river" IL they
surpassed previous marks in snip
building. Negro workers have con-
tinued their record smashing EFFORTS,
establishing a new mark OF 20 days
for keel-laying 10 launch. when the
y, 400 ton tanker. SIS Tule Canyon
slid down the ways into Mobile
river last Wednesday.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
Negro Troops Help, In
Allies Invading Army

Backing up the Allied troops who
have landed in France and are fight
ing from the bridgehesds between
LeHavre and Boulogne. are thou
sands OF Negro troops who have
been in training in England for
many months
These troops. mostly members of
the quartermaSter. engineer and
port units, have been playing. and
viii continue 10 play. an important
part in the plans Of Gen. EiSen-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
Harriet Tu b m a n
Ship Is Launched

PORTLAND. MerThe first Lib
eriy ship named for a Negro wom-
an. the ) S Harriet Tubman. was
launched here last week by the
New England Shipbuilding Corpor-
alton in cooperation with the Nat
ional Council OF Negro Women and
the United States Maritime COM
mission.
The ship was named in honor Of
the noted anti-slavery leader. Har-
riet Tubman. founder of the "un-
derground railroad"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
MAN STOLE sol

Police say that Herman Clavon
climbed through transom at 1895
Vinewood street and stole S97 be-
longing To Henry KNoss, owner Of
the establishment
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-10
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

According TO police records. Hal
sey Smith. 81, of osll Oakland ave-
nue.. attempted suicide last week
by drinking lysol following domes-
tic trouble with his wife at 3375
Stanley street
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nWsee PROJECTS. Page I
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!pW- See OPERATORS. Page 4
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pWsee TROOPS. Page Z
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- See F.D.R., Page Z
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- See LEADERS. Page 4
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-21
FRIDAY, JANUARY 81, 1913

thIcag" is the worlds greater rail
road center.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-21
WHERE ARE THEY?
ASKS DRAFT BOARD

The Vance CoJnty Srlcct.vc Scr
wee Board h been unable 10 locate
me i".!'N1. people because O:
ra3nSc 81 address / was announced
''GH% and request Mas made tina,
any on" knowing their whereabouts
please notify the board a, once.
Those who have no: been found
are.
: mes Allison Williams. white.
I'.".rd JInsuS Turner. rui,ycd.
! .cN"y Williams. co'urci.
L".""> Edward Jefferson. cr'urci
Johnnie sam W!IkCrSou. colnrCd
James Sylvester Virgins. colu,rd
Melvin Foster. Colorcd.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-21

."e county, a--;" a.. t"c drive Is
1919. ..
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-08
UNIONS TEACH
GOVT A LESSON
ON LIVING COSTS

WASHINGTON UPA)--The Bureau
lof Labor Statistics of the Department
of Labor has pulled in its horns. I'm
der the attacks of ALL, CLIO and Rail
road Brotherhoods, the bureau has
modified greatly its report on what
it used to CALL the "cost of living"
index, basis of the War Labor Boards
Little Steel Formula
at does not measure changes in
total living costs = that is, in the
total amount families spend for liv-
ing" Secretary of Labor Perkins said.
Income taxes and bond subscriptions
are not included"
Describing exactly what the unions,
reported to the War Labor Board and
a Presidential committee on the Cost
of Living have maintained the index
to show, it is now termed a study of
retail prices of living essentials"
Reporting that the index had risen
only 06qo in the month ending July
18th, and 1880 over the average of
August Is, 1889, the report carefully
modified the labelling of the figures to
represent average changes in retail
prices of selected goods, rents and
services affecting families of wage
earners and lower-salaried workers in
large cities"
Most of the rise in the last month
was in food prices, which went up
1877, including higher prices for eggs
and fresh fruits and vegetables.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-08

to-protect existing water rights,
value of lands that may be in
undated, minimum interfer-
ence with existing facilities,
such as roads and railroads,
and what is known as return
flow, i.e., seepage from canals
that gets back to main stream
channels.
If you have been patient
enough to follow this attempt
to reduce the irrigation prob
lem to simple language, you
have probably arrived at two
conclusions. First that purely
reasons limit the
amount of additional land that
can be reclaimed by Missouri
Basin waters to about five,
possibly six million acres. Co.
ordination with power develop
ment, and navigation can wipe
out most of such possibilities
as will be explained |
in the next of this series of |
articles. !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-08
FRANCE

In the first days of the attack upon
France, in the beginning of June,
1910, all the large regional societies
in the north had to suspend their
activities, and many of their premises
were destroyed in the bombardment.
The regional societies were the back
bone of the French Consumers Move
ment; they represented 80 per cent Of
its membership and about 70 per cent
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-08
DEN MARK
By R. A. PALMER
ternational Cooperative Alliance

DENMARK
Cut off from the British market to
which she had sent the bulk of her
bacon and dairy produce for over half
a century, Danish agriculture was
subjugated to the needs of Germany.
This resulted in the depletion of all
livestock, general economic impover-
ishment and deficiencies.
All these factors and the general
weakening of the commodity basis Of
trading operations had disastrous re-
percussions upon the whole Co-opera-
tive Movement which was such an i'm
portant factor in the life of the coun-
try.
HOLLAND
Consumers societies suffered bad
ly, particularly "Vooruitgang" at Rot
terdam, the largest in the country,
whose premises were totally des-
troyed, and whose material losses
amounted to FL. $4,000 upwards of
e55,000). Up to the present, the ma
chinery of the Movement in Holland
is probably more intact than in other
occupied countries, but in other re-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-08

|of the total turnover, and most of
them were in the industrial districts
of northern France.
BELGIUM
Today, more than three years after
the country was invaded and so quick
ly crushed under the weight of the
nazi war machine, very little has been
learned regarding the state of the Bel
GUM Cooperative organizations, or
even of the Socialist Consumers
Movement which was affiliated to the
LEA.
YUGOSLAVIA
In the German-annexed districts,
which comprised the larger part of
the Slovene Movement, all the Coop
erative societies, numbering well over
900, were destroyed, all their property
and their members savings deposits
were confiscated by Decree of the
Reich Commissar.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-08
COOPERATIVE MOVEMENTS
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE

spects it has suffered the curse of the
Swastika.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-08
Missouri Valley Authority
(MVA)

several months THE VOICE will
articles
Valley Locke For
familiar active ill., development
Montana basic He
u. San Luis Obs
and vicinity, This his sixth article
Average annual flow of Missouri River at its m
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-08-31

worry" I hope we all can and
will realize this. The American
Legion Auxiliary has an outlet for
every kind of talent and work
take Rehabilitation for instance
The solid construction work was
laid by the Legion-but the soul
and servicing has become an Aux
iliary responsibility. We are in
deed happy to think the men have
confidence in our work 1t has
been definitely decided that we as
sist veterans of the present con-
flict and their families and ever
keeping in mind our loyalty to
the World War I veterans and
also their families.
Through our efforts we contribute
$25, 900 annually to the Legion for
their rehabilitation work Our pro-
gram varies so little from year to
year-but we carry out our assign
ment faithfully. It's the peace OF
mind that hastens a veterans re-
covery and we ladies of the Aux
liary strive earnestly to promote
that state of mind.
The Auxiliary Units in Alaska
his year bought over $500 worth
of veteran-made articles sent
money to the amount of $40 for
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-08-31

to contribute a little article to the
Department edition of the Alaska
Daily Empire and as it will not be
possible for me to attend the Con-
vention this year, as much as 1
would like to. I am very glad to
send an article and thus get my
thoughts to you concerning some
thing which is near and dear to
me and which my experience has
shown me is well worth while.
Here it is:
Most of us have homes and many
of us have sons in the Service.
Few of those sons can be at home
with us until this war is over but
do we stop to realize that other
peoples sons are among us and
are just as hungry to get into
home, have a home cooked meal,
relax in an easy chair and listen
to the radio or tell us about their
homes, sweethearts, experiences and
what they want to do after they
are discharged from the Service?
We all know there is nothing as
helpful to son away from home
as for an older person to take
enough interest in him to invite
him into their home for a few
hours SO that he may become a
real part of that home The USO
is doing a wonderful job in fur
nishing entertainment for our
fighting men but as good as this
influence is, yet nothing can COM
pare with taking them into our
home.
Last year two hundred and five
unrelated men in Service had din
ner in our home and this year we
have received letters from various
parts of the world from these same
men again expressing their apprec-
iation for the little we did for
| them. My own two sons are a
long ways from home and have
written telling us of their apprecia-
ton of the invitations into the
homes of others who are doing the
same service I'm referring to here
in. My heart goes out in gratitude
! to these people for their kindness
even as the hearts of other moth
ers have come back to me for hav-
ing entertained their sons.
1t is not necessary to prepare a