The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-14

Fred Aller have enjoved he baths
Barney NIroN pad Tor a
full course Of the baths Al. but
ief, after taking 10 tho RAINY
season was JUS; a lI'tle too much
Cor the GENIAL Barney -.
THE STORY is that therell he
sone serious repercussions fol-
lowing the arrest Of Lawrence
Simmons last week by Patrol
men Atwood Stevenson and Earl
Moore Simmons was pack
ing q buriap bag containing large
slabs Of bacon weighing nearly
50 pounds which had been
taken from the Hy-Grade Food
Products plant The inves-
tigation. now In progress by po-
lice. will reveal some important
facts and associate some
others with Simmons In the theft
Of the meat The romance
Of Gladys and Glenn Mills has
broken out at the seams and tho
Jagged edges will he bouncing
around In divorce court soon.
SHEILA GUYSE. the little chan
treuse who Will play opposite Bill
Robinson in the play Memphis"
can attribute her success 10 the ei-
forts Of Rollo 6 Vest. now serving
In the South Pacific Rollo
met the little vocalist fcw years
back while she was singing in a
small club in upstate New York
recognized her ability ard
signed her 10 contract . The
OPA is building Up tight case
against an APARTMENT house owner
who has been making prospective
tenants plank down 5000 before
getting an apartment in adoi-
tion 10 hiking the rents I'd above
the ceiling price without the okey
from The OPA And the ten
ants have been squaklng -.
ERIC r. l.. HERCULES. former
Detroit newspaperman who now
lives in Cleveland. had planned to
discuss his book, Democracy
Limited" in his suite in the
Gotham hotel last Friday night
-. but the discussion developed
info a political powwow with moth
ing said about the book -. Lille
Woods, whom Capt. Robert Wilson
was seeking. has been found .
Although Miss Woods had moved
from her Sherman street address.
one OF her friends saw the item in
this column few weeks back
Lille is busy working with group
Of high school musicians who are
seeking a sponsor Mrs Char
lotte Harris should get in touch
with Miss Helen Cole al the Michi-
gan Chronicle Office important
information for her -.
From the German front comes
this letter from S-Sgt. Fred r.
Durrette. Detroiter who married
. girl in Mississippi Just before
going overseas -. and Is now
the father Of 4 baby girl ITO
represent our COMPANY In the
big ETO tournament will he Ly-
man Reed. q private who once
slung . bit Of leather for Chew
rolet in his last start he beat
the Ninth Air Force champ in
handy fashion. hut he's In the
tough welterweight class
studded with some OF the best
talent In the ring For in
stance. there is one George Smith,
q private from New York. who
looks like Henry Armstrong, did
when the Hammer was in his
prime
THE AREA here stages week
" show and one OF he referees is
q colored lad. Sgt Charles Glover,
from Boston and the matcn-
maker is Cpl James D. English
from New York The las,
show produced three fighters using
the Armstrong style and all
three emerged victorious
Charles Greene. NeAr York. beat
Pvt. Joe Ford. Of Detroit. in one
hne night that had both class and
color Pvt John Golden Of
Cleveland scored a quick KO over
Pfc Marvin Hall white in JUS, %
seconds Then ~ George
Smith shaded Pvt Cur,iSS Neal.
OF New Orleans. in the featured
bout b..
NOW word about the fine
basketball team We have in spite
- ~ ~. gabt,ry .r,tr,J b.ra
From Detroi' We have PVT. John
] Brown former Brown Bomber
and BreNste- Recreation Center
stsr PVT Myers n Brown
former TuskeEee star, are a. the
forwards S-SRt Fred r Dur
fette yves. that's little mep is al
present playing center . The
team is ENJOYING BIZ 81 success
against teams studded with former
college players The remand
or % the squad halls from CHICAGO
We will be in ne Champion
ship for this theatre starting
the first % the month THEN
we will have developed 4 So:ball
team and also track and baseball
teams Al TINS JUST goes 20
show wha, large athletic program
they are rlarnirg here 20 keep US
busy when 'hc wa ends ard
before We ship of to the South
Pacific
"OH YES. ou- owing pictures
are shown by Pr Prentice Fields
fro Detroits West Side Also
FOR entertainment We have PVT
John Watkins. who was PLAYING
the guitar a. the Frogs club nov
the Jeep club when ne vas daft
ed Among ire Detroiters
awarded the Bronze Star for battle
participation for the Normandy
campaign Northern France cam
psisn. and the current Germ an
campaign giving each three stars
are lst 81, john Peeks S-Sgt
Fred r. Durrette. So Joe y Drew
Cpl Nernon Heath Pvu Chester
A Stewart. Fyerer g. GrthaT
william A. Thornton Myers Il