The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-31
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probe of the trial. The white
WAC CO. at Devens admitted
that the Negro WACs were
brought their to replace white
orderlies, who were transferred;
this left only So of the white
WACs working as orderlies.
while over 500 of the Negro
WACs were made Orderlies. The
army should be smart enough to
realize that when races are
mixed. unequal sharing of dirty
work on basis Of race Is going
to light a fuse. and provoke
charges of discrimination. As
Stunning they're on the up and up
with this.
TOOTS SHOR and several other
big nitery owners in New York
are voluntarily going back 10 the
IL o'clock curfeW despite Mayor
LaGuardia's approval of o'clock.
TootS and the rest claim that the
MPs put the soldiers out at mid
night, ard he feels that it's unfair
TO the Gls to stay open past their
bedtime. About the MPs patrol
ling: guess the army wants just
the reaction Toots and the others
gave; but we still think if any
place anywhere is allowed to stay
open till /, the GIs ought to be
able to stay before anyone else.
Truth is. we think the curfew's
silly anyway - il it's manpower
they want why can't they take adj
vantage OF unused Negroes and
women - or as last resort pass a
manpoWer bill officially and stop
handing out arbitrary DEGREES!
Almost time for the Easter
Parade . Time when all the
folks who haven't been in church
since last year same time fall out
with pious look above new
outfit bought to be seen.
There's an election April 2.
Are you going to be voting?
Better vote and get In practice
for the summer event . the
elections pay-off you know. tOr
do you know. COuncilman') In
cidentally, lads and lassies over
FL and inhabitants here for over
six months - have YOU regis
tered? Take a minute out some
time when you're waiting for the
John X. bus and run over 10 the
City Hall and register. boy! But
soon.
For the benefit of some OF De-
troit's Catholics We quote the
words of the Pope last week who
called upon the Germans and al,
peoples TO repudiate the idolatry
of absolute nationalsm, the pride
/ of race and blood
Aubrey Williams went down
swinging. Now we'd like TO see
FDR resubmit his name for REA
administrator and continue doing
| so till the small-time reactlonaries
| in Congress have TO take him, II
not like him.
Watch for the actions Of the
Haitian. delegation to the United
| Nations Conference In san Fran
cisco. These boys have been
doing good work lately - espe-
cially at Chapultepec. Too bad
DIR. Dubois can't go as one of
our delegates and not just an
observer. Speaking of w. r. B.
DUB. reminds us that Richard
Black Boy" Wright is salty at
the aged scholar cause ne called
Dicky as child "a lOathsome.
foul brat" Drew blood that time.
didn't he, Richard:
Justice. though slow was un.
errinS last week when 20 of Il
Philly Pic strikers remember
were fined one hundred smackcr.
for that little foray No, junior
YOU can't have new suit for Eas
ter - Daddy went on strike las
summer gainst eight Negroe
working on the buses" Ha!
At so long last. tho army al
lowed" over tWo Thousand Ncgrocl
IN become combat troops on tn,
Western from. ON, paoe &C.. may
be some day
Katherine Durham called the
whole thing off about that house.
Seems 10 us that KID should have
investigated those zoning festric-
tions about business places in
residential area before buving.
Seems to have been q pretty
clear-cut Loning ordinance In
effect.
The Searching Wind just fin
shed TO here has a pretty gooc
role filled bv Mercedes Gilbert
Though Miss Gilbert plays serv
ant, she is almost more like ;
housekeeper than maid. Her dia
logue is free from dialect and sew
eral tfrres she enters into genera
conversation with the others jus
as anyone would. Probably credi
GOES 10 liberal playwright Lilliar
/ Holman.
The Duke ~ Windsor's leav-
Ing the Bahamas has been at