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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-12
Death-DeaIing 50
(a|iber Gun Best
Is Rated Highly
by Armed Forces

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -U.R-
Americas most deadly small
arms weapon is the caliber so
machine gun, according to re-
ports reaching the Lake City
Ordnance plant near here.
The "death-dealing fifty" Is
supplied to Army. Navy and Air
Forces by the Ordnance Depart
mcnt of the Army Service
Forces, which has developed the
weapon that Gen. H. H. Arnold
called "the best gun for air
planes to date"
American heavy bombers are
literally bristling with them and
Allied fighters use them not only
in split-second air duels but for
ground strafing operations, re-
ports indicate. These singers"
also are employed as anti-air-
craft weapons, in tanks and arm
ored vehicles, on PIT boats, bat
tleships, airplane carriers, and
L b erty cargo vessels. They
spearhead the advance Of the
infantry all over the world, Ord
nance Department officials as
sert.
The gun weighs about so
pounds, Is five feet long, has an
approximate range of 4 miles
and can get off from 700 to
$50 slugs a minute at a speed
Of half a mile second. Depend
ing on the tactical situation. the
gun uses armor piercing, incen-
diary, ball and tracer ammuni-
ton, authorities explain.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-12
q. FITS" YOUR coFFEEPoT

Freshly ground the moment YOU buy P,coi'rl
BENEFIT no matter what type eoaeePot YOU us'
The fragrant aroma Of freshly ground Az
Coffee is your promise of coffee at il, best!
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-12
{. Detroit Annexation,
Warren Petitions Heard

Petitions for the incorpora-
ton of Laid Center, in Warren
Township, and other petitions
for the annexation of a Warren
ToWS,ship area by the City of
East Detroit, were presented to
the County Board of Supervis-
ors Wednesday. They were re-
ferred for a check as to legality
to the Prosecuting Attorney.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-12
Can't Enter Own Store

TOPEKA, Kan. -Wp)- Pvt.
Dian Alien was almost arrested
for entering his own store here
recently. Aliens business estab-
lishment is located in an area
restricted to military personnel,
so when the owner and his wife
started to enter the store, mill
tary police picked them up. Al
len explained, but the MP's wait
ed until the city police arrived
and confirmed his identity.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-12
"FLAVoR.sAVER" ROASTED

No favor lost, thanks TO A&Ps "Aavor.saver-
roasting. This exclusive process literally
'hosrds" coffee favor for YOU. Az favor peak
of goes the heat, out comes the beans cram
packed with favor.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29

NEW YORK-The Hotel Knicker-
booker i'm New YorO has been
served with legal papers in a suit
for $500 damages brought by Will
liam Bowman, Saginaw, Mich. or
panizer for the United Auto Work
ers. CIO. who last year was denied
room in the hotel because OF his
race.
The case is being handled by Max
Delson. national counsel OF inc
Workers Defense League. which
successfully pressed for the crimi-
nal conviction Of the night manager
of the Knickerbocker Hotel, Martin
A. Nichols-the first, such convic-
ton since the passage OF the Siatc
Civil Rights Laws half a century
ago.
New York County District Attor-
ney Hogan. in the section OF his 1875
annual report prepared by L. j..
McKenna. head Of the Special Ses-
sions Bureau. cited this conviction
as an example of the activity OF hls
! office in behalf Of the public veal.
/ The Bureau obtained the first con-
viction in New York State Of hotel
manager for violation of the Civil
Rights Laws governing racial dis
elimination" the report read. The
! manager of the Knicker booker Hotel
was brought TO trial in l9i3 for re-
fusing accommodations 10 a. Negro
labor union delegate who came tc
New York City To attend conven'
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
SERVICE MEN NOTES

SERVICE MEN NOTES
Charles Roxborough' Jr., is sta
toned on the west coast prepare
tory to going overseas. His wife,
Lorraine and daughter, Carol, have
just returned from a vacation in
IdleWild.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
Sues N. Y. Hotel For
Race Discrimination

ton. The decision was rendered
by the Court OF Special Sessions
early in 1914"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
OPA Will Slash
Beer Prices On
August Fl Here

On August II the OPA places a
ceiling on beer served in local tav-
erns in price slashes ranging from
ten TO Is cents bottle in estab-
lishmentS with high priced enter
ta.nment and three cents bottle in
taverns without entertainment.
Saloons will be grouped into three
clasSificatlons for price fixing pur-
poses: lib. 2-B and 3-B.
Premium beers in l-B places will
be sold for rs cents l2-ounce bot
tie and IS cents an eight-ounce
bottle; in 2-B taverns for 20 cents
l2-ounce bottle and IL cents an
eieht-ounce bottle: in 3-B taverns
for II cents a l2-ounce bottle and
10 cents an oight-ounce bottle.
OPA considers l-B taverns those
with higher type of entertainment
where premium bottled beer now
sells for as much as forty cents a
bottle.
The new listings require that both
the Michigan sales tax and federal
tax must be collected in establish
ments subject to those laws.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
LOSE FIGHT TO
BAR RACE FROM
RAILWAY union
LOSE FIGHT

LOSE FIGHT
NEW YORK - The New York
State Court Of Appeals ruled on
Wednesday, July 10, tina the Rail-
way Mail Association national
organization of railway postal clerks,
is a labor union and had violated
New York States civil rights laws
in barring Negroes from member
ship.
The NAACP. acting as amicus
curiae, presented a brief January 6,
1914, in which il contended that the
argument that the Railway Mail AS
ISOLATION is a men bership insurance
corporation and not a labor union
was only a screen TO attempt to
evade the provisions of the Civil
Rights Law.
The decision Wednesday, upheld
a ruling Of the Appellate Division
OF the Supreme Court on March 8,
which had reversed Justice William
II. Murray of the State Supreme
Court in Troy. N Y. Justice Muir
rays decision held tfat the 'associa-
ton was a fraternal beneficiary So
ciety" The Attorney General Of the
State of New York appealed from
this ruling.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
WOMAN STAYS
MATE WHO HIT
HER WITH PIPE

A woman who told police that her
husband had struck her over the
head with a piece of iron pipe was
held this week for investigation OF
the murder of her husband
Police learned that Perry White,
80 alias Hall OF 2l48 Maple street,
was found lying on the street in
front Of 2l4l Maple street while
suffering from stab wounds to his
body
Lost Money Gambling
His 30-year-old wife. Nicie told
police that he had lost his money
gambling and during an argument
with her had struck her with piece
Of pipe and pulled out some of her
hair.
During the ensuing alteration
Perry was stabbed with butcher
knife. He was pronounced dead on
admission TO Receiving hospital. His
wife was treated for multiple lac
erationS OF the head and Commissions
OF the neck and body.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
TO BEAUTIFY DYED
HAIR and HELP
THE SCALP
IREATMENT NUMBER 9

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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
ELEVEN CITIES
REPRESENTED AT
n N U C 0 n F A B

NEW YORK.-More than one
third OF the delegates who st;end-
ed the third national conference Of
the Womens Auxiliary OF the Ma
tional Maritime Union held here
las, week were Negroes.
Resolutions adopted by the ma
tionaI delegates included several
calling for permanent FEPC.
sbolition Of the foll tax. INCREASED
inter-rsclsl activities. and full op-
portuniiy 10 Negro women 10 serve
In the armed forces.
Heads New York Branch
Mrs. Agnes Doe, Negro president
Of the New York branch. made The
welcoming address 10 the assembled
delegates from ii cities from coast
10 coast.
Ferdinand c Smith, secretary OF
the National Maritime Union. 20. d
the conference that special stress
d, must be made 10 bring Negro
women IN every community into
The heni 10 assure greater p!oEIaSS
for the Negro people. The Go pro-
gram. he sad. is the focal pom,
around which the public VIII rally.
Mrs. Gladys Williams, Negro
president of the New Orleans
Auxiliary, whose husband and son
are IN the merchant marine. report
cd on the successful efforts OF her
branch in the recent campaign for
the continuation 81 the OPA A
special booth was set up on Canal
street. main thoroughfare OF New
Orleans, and manned by auxiliary
members As result, she said, a
flood of postal cards descended on
Washington demanding that OPA
be continued
Other Negro delegates included
Mrs. Alice Wright. n. Y, whose son
Was lost an this war when his ship
went down while delivering the
goods. Mrs. Mary Texiya, Provi-
dence, r. L. Mrs. Mamie Baitice,
n. y. who is also the official ClO
representative Ia the Harlem Com
muniiy Council: and Mrs, Christine
Mosby. n Y.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
Discrimination
Condemned By
NAACP Bureau

WASHINGTON - In a letter g
Paul v. McNutt director, VINO, the
discriminatory practices OF the
USES were assailed by the Wash
ington Bureau NAACP. The letter
further demanded McNutt to order
all his field officers to cease requir-
ing Negro job-seekers to use sep.
arate entrances. or be interviewed
in segregated quarters. or to MI
acquisitions Of employers who seek
workers by racial description.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
Balk Move To Gust
New Jersey Minister

NEWARK. N. J.-tANP)-Mem-
bers of the Thirteenth Avenue Pres
bytcrian church here who wish to
Dust their pastor, the Rev. H. Beech
err Jackson, were told last week by
DR.. Lester II Cloe. white Presby-
terrain leader, that they would have
to produce documentary evidence
to support their many charges
against the youthful clergyman, one
being that he gave untrue state
ments about his marriage.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
TAKES FIRST PLACE

CAMP LEE, Va.-By WINNING a
pair OF tests, while the It'll AStTR
was winning but one, the Fighting
9th" took full command OF first
place by q half game in the ASFTC
Softball League during the weeks
campaign. The 7th ASFTR's meeting
with the llth ASFTR slated for
Tuesday was called of and will be
PLAYED on a later date.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-05
Ypsilanti;s Fourth of July

The American Legion celebration missed in Ypsi-
lant this Fourth of July 1914 but the occasion by
means forgotten In its place there commend
able wartime observance.
In behalf of the Legion and with assistance of its loyal
members Commander KarlTunnicffe conveyed, through
the Daily Press Monday, memorable message and an
nounced an afternoon and evening program appropriate
ly fitting the day. He urged all to remember the sgnfi-
of American Independence and let be known
that the Legion will be ready to again lead in keeping that
memory alive in future years.
And in addition to the aertness of the American Legion
another patriotic note sounded by the citizens them
selves That note completion of the Fifth Victory
Var Bond drive is the top and in accomplishing
that victory in Ypslan d. M. Skword chairman of the
drive and his patriotic workers and the people who
bought the bonds entitled to highest praise
Indications that the drive will be well past the
Ypsilanti quota the closing date July for while
ports of sales showed small amount Monday yet to be
subscribed there actually enough to than round
out the quota on Independence day
The celebration missed to be sure, but there is sat-
sfacton in the evidence that the day and all that stands
for was not forgotten in Ypsilant and that the old time
Willingness OF Ypsianti residents still prevails to unite
worthy projects to readily accept community respon
siblities and to consistently do their part well.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-05
Self Defense.
Claim MAIDS
in Shooting

John Davenport, So, Hale County,
near Birmingham, Alabama, is be-
ing held by Ypsilanti police today
In connection with the shooting
Monday evening of his son-in-law.
Ernest Wiley, 224 S. Adams ST
Court action and the placing OF
formal charges are being delayed,
pending word on the condition OF
Mr.. Wiley who is in serious con-
dition with a jaw wound.
According to the claim of Daven-
port, he shot Wiley in self de-
tense. He told officers that Wiley
and his wife, Betty, 81, who were
married last January, were quar-
reling in an upstairs room at the
Adams st. address. Mrs. Wiley
claimed her husband threatened to
shoot both her and her father
and called for help. The father
responded, claiming to have found
an unregistered German make, 80
calibre revolver in the hall as he
passed through. He asserted that
when he reached the room In
which the quarrel was taking
place Wiley attempted to reach
over his wife's shoulder with a
knife TO strike at the elderly father
who shot him through the jaw.
Wiley suffered a considerable loss
OF blood through his wounds
Mrs. Wiley told police her hus-
band is an exconvict and had kill
ed a man in Alabama. She also
stated that his sister had like.
wise killed a man and that Wiley
had proposed to use his sisters
gun, % automatic, for the prof.
ected Staying OF Davenport and his
daughter.
Davenport had come to Ypsi-
lanti June 2s for a visit with Mrs.
Wiley.
Witness TO the shooting was Paul
D. Davenport, 10.
Police discovered three knives.
although It is not known whether
any OF them were the one with
which Wiley is alleged to have
Threatened his father-in.law.
Keep Faith, S=y More Bonds
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-05
Whole Kowel Salient West
of Marshes Abandoned;
u s. Slabs atBonin Island
Gilbert Park
Not Approved
For Building

Ypsilanti police department will
not be put in Gilbert Park, 1t was
decided Monday evening by city
council after a petition signed by
PA residents opposed the project.
History OF the plot for public
purposes for the last ll9 years
was traced by Cyril Lamb and
William HARDWOOD, whose great
grandfather was the original own
er and who originally set the land
aside for a public place. Photo
stat OF a territorial map. showing
Ypsilanti as village and showing
the site OF Gilbert Park, then
known as the East Side public
place. was exhibited to council
members.
Apparently title 10 the land as
we'll as a considerable portion OF
the city came into possession of
John Gilbert In a deal for land
in Pittsfield township which Is
still in the possession OF the Har.
wood family. The land was divid'
ed into Gllbert's Park addition
and eventually half OF the pres
ent Gilbert Park was sold TO the
city by Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Par
sons and the rest was obtained
through a quit claim deed given
by Mr., and Mrs. John Gilbert.
In none OF the transactions was
there a record entalling use OF the
location for park purposes only.
However. the council voted unan-
imously against its use by police
in view OF objections.
In order to gain public reaction
to use OF the site. the police COM
mission had submitted a request To
city council that II be empowered
to have plans drawn for a new pc.
lice headquarters to be located
there.
Keep Faith. Buy More Bonds
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-05
NewHighway
For Trucking

Possible relief from heavy truck.
Ing through Ypsilanti is seen in
a request sent to the state ad-
ministrative board and the state
highway department asking re.
marking Of the Southbelt High
way at US 1l2 and NJ II and Of
fetal designation OF Ecorse Rd.
and f. Michigan Ave. within the
city as alternate business routes.
The city council made the re.
quest on the grounds that the Belt
Highway with its four lanes was
better adapted for use of truck.
men than the crowded city streets.
Excessive grades on city streets
and damage to pavements were
also cited. II WAS also felt that
danger OF accidents .could be less
ened by removal OF heavy trucking.
Keep Faith, Buy More Bonds
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-05
Legion Speaker Emphasizes
Importance of Declaration

The Importance of the Declara-
ton Of Independence and the effect
which its doctrines have upon our
government today were stressed
by Prof. S. z. Fagerstrom Tuesday
evening In an address at the Ameri.
can Legion Patriotic Observance In
Briggs Stadium.
Prof. Fagerstrom stated In part:
Your commander, Karl Tunni-
cliffe,, has said. with correct his
torical appreciation that the
Fourth of July has been universal
ly celebrated to commemorate the
greatest event in the history of our
nation. The adoption by the Sec
ond Continental Congress OF the
Declaration which made known to
candid world the causes which
had impelled the same Congress
four weeks earlier to declare the
colonies independent Of the mother
country was by the participants IN
the event deemed OF sufficient mo-
ment to merit annual observance.
BY common consent did the men
and women who were close to that
event stop their daily toll to re-
dedicate themselves to the great
purpose OF the Declaration, and
never once have their descendants
failed TO follow the practice thus
spontaneously inaugurated
But never since the event itself
has there been a Fourth which
could stir such deep emotions as
this OF the momentous year OF
1914. II Is to this thought | invite
you to give few moments consid-
Grafton.
THE assertions in the Declara-
ton of independence which have
the deepest significance to us OF
this year 1914 are these: I'VE hold
these truths to be self-evident that
all men are created equal. that
they are endowed by the Creator
with certain inalienable Rights.
that among these are Life, Liberty
and the Pursuit OF Happiness.
That to secure these rights, gov
ernments are instituted among
men. deriving their just powers
from the consent Of the governed.
I'm simple, direct language we
have 1t expressed here that the
Creator has not created several
orders OF men, born rulers and born
subjects. but that He has created
them all equal; also that gov
ernments derive their just powers
from the consent OF the governed"
Striking assertions these and
many strange, certainly. but JET
ferson's own generation took a
long step in the direction indicat-
ed by these assertions: a govern
ment was instituted which rested
on the foundation OF a written Con.
stitution OF such a nature that un-
der II not only universal manhood
suffrage was achieved but also
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-05

woman suffrage. The govern.
ment, therefore, in truth, rested on
the consent of the governed, and
on election day all men were equal.
The history Of this nation Is large
ly the story of the success or fail
ure of government OF the people.
In 1S60-61 that government was
threatened from within. 1t wealth
cred the storm, 1t preserved the
Constitution. But in our own day
a greater threat has raised its
head. Several powerful nations
which reject the principles upon
which this nation Is founded have
during q series of years devoted
their energies to the building up OF
governments founded on the super.
man principle, on the principle that
government does not derive its Just
powers from the governed, but is
imposed on the governed. The
government OF the United States
Is now threatened from without.
Government by the people every
where is threatened from without,
and this nation is today, on this
Fourth OF July, bending all its en-
ergies to save government by the
consent OF the governed II has
risen up and marshalled its might
to crush the forces which have
sworn eternal hostility to govern
ment by ordinary men.
THE early settlers believed that
God had reserved this land for a
new type OF government, a new
type OF society. May 1t not be that
we will see today that government
exerting its energies, not alone to
the preservation OF II at home but
for the extension OF its principles
and spirit to the world field. The
foundations laid down in the Dec
laration OF independence must be-
come also the foundation OF a
world peace order
Preceding Prof. Fagerstrom's
speech the Ypsilanti High School
Band, under the baton OF Leland
Randall, presented concert.
Three Army planes which exc
cuted maneuvers overhead during
the program added greatly to it's
effectiveness
The program. which was attend.
ed by large crowd OF Ypsilanti
residents. was climaxed with the
traditional fireworks display.
Keep Faith, Buy More Bonds
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-05
Officers of
School Board
Will be Same

Members OF the Board OF Edu-
cation organized and made plans
for their activities for the coming
year, with present officers continu-
ed over into another term, at their
meeting Monday evening. Officers
reelected were Wesley Dawson.
president; Leroy n. Bush. vice
president ana treasurer, and j.
LINN Houck, secretary.
The treasurer bond Is TO be
continued at $1,000, II was voted
by members, who approved both
local banks as repositories for
school board funds.
Three committees were named
by Mr.. Dawson. TO act during the
coming year. They include,
teachers, Mr.. Houck. Mr.. Bush.
Carl Johnson. and DR. Lawrence
Perry: finance, ID. T. Quirk. Mr..
Bush. and DR.. Perry, and business.
Mr.. Johnson, Mr.. Houck, and Mr..
Quirk.
Salaries OF teachers were made
out according 10 the present sal.
airy schedule. They are TO be
mailed TO faculty members this
week.
The board Is open for bids for
the partitioning of showers In the
High School gymnasium one bid
already having been received by
the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
Others are anticipated,
Literature text book changes for
the upper four grades OF the high
school were approved. Supt. or
Schools Ernest H. Chapelle was re-
quested by the board to study the
ACCESSIBILITY OF change in the dis
tribution OF text books. considering
the possibility Of issuing books
through the school.
Keep Faith. Buy Mora Honds
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-05
New Russian Offensive Reported
Citu Bond Drive Goes Ouer Oh

Ypsilanti had gone over the top
in the Fifth War Loan Drive today.
having exceeded her sl,l5O,OOo
quota by selling s1,15l,5l1 in
bonds. although both Z and corpor.
alton bonds need a further push
before their quotas might be reach
ed.
E bonds sales to date total $751;
944, with the f bond quota set
at 100000. Corporation bonds
tally at s35s.47e. although the cor
poration bond quota is $517,50O
Sales of other bonds to individuals
have gone we'll over their $2S2,500
quota, as they amount to s411,0ss.
Other cities and towns in Wash