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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16
WANTED

Man to work on farm by the
month. Married man preferred.
e. H. ROWLAND,
Port Deposit, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16

return to America. Her presence in
the plane and her ministrations with
medicine and food are recognized by
military authorities ~ being import
ant factors In the erst staps toward
Ail gsssseyS sg ssAasslisssiaA,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16
WANTED

GOOD OPENING-Full time route
selling Rawleigh Household Pr o.
ducts. Get more particulars. Raw
leigh's, Dept. MDC-III-208, Chester,
Pa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16
EARL A. DEAVER

The funeral of Earl A. Deaver of
Oxford, Pa, was held on Tuesday af-
ternoon, and interment made in Ok
ford cemetery. He died suddenly at
his home on Friday night from a
heart attack.
Mr.. Beaver was born in Lancaster
County on Sept 27, 1887, son of
Lewis E. and Maude w. Davis, but
had spent most of his life in Oxford,
where he had been engaged in the
plumbing and heating business since
1918.
He was an active member of Ok
ford Methodist Church, also of the
Rotary Club, the fire company, the
Red Men, Masonic Lodge, No. 353,
the Chapter and Commandery of Ok
ford, the Lu Lu Shrine of Philadel-
phia, the Delaware Consistory of
Wilmington and Coatesville Lodge
B. p. o. E.
He is survived by his wife, the for
mer Miss Anna Jamison, of Rising
Sun, his parents and the following
brothers and sisters, Chester, Orville,
and Norman of Oxford; Blanche, wife
of Robert C. Harrington of Newark,
Del, and Sydney, wife of Horace C.
brennan, of Philadelphia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16

Miss Mabel Rawlings, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Rawlings. Por
tiers Bridge, has completed a short
course at the Beacon School in Will
mington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16

Next thing you know they'll be
naming shooting stars after jet
planes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16

It's Emory c. Rawlings and wife,
Conowingo, have been enjoying his
furlough and are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney Ashworth. Huntsville,
Alabama,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16

Harbingers of Spring-Herring
frogs croaking,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship 1900 q. m.
Evangelistic Service 1880 pm.
A cordial welcome awaits you.
REV. o. G. KLINGER
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16

Prayer meeting was held Wednes-
day evening at the home Of Mr., and
MEh EaXjA b AAiasA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16

The War Department reports Pvt.
Paul j. Raglan, son of Mrs. Maryland
Ragan, of Conowingo, has been
wounded in action in the European
theater of war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16
WANTED TO BUY

Standing Poplar Lumber! IA
inches and larger. Must be TO-
600 feet or more.
Hopes Lumber & Coal Co.
Kennett Square. Pa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16

On Thursday, March s, the Wal
Department reported Clark R. Bar,
row, son of Mrs. Eva Rink Barrow
of Childs, as having been wounded in
the European Theatre of war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16

VIM. M. Pogue returned on Mon
day from weeks stay at the seaside
at Atlantic City.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16

Mr.. Gwynn Edwards, Gageby Tex,
is spending a few days with Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H. Kincaid and family,
near Calvert.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-03-16

Miss. Floernce Yocum, of Rising
Sun, was the guest last week of Mrs.
James H. Evans, Oxford, Pa.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13
Home on EurIouah

Home on Furlough
Richard Crawford was indicted
into the Air Corps last week. He
spent the week end at his parents
home and left Sunday night for
Biloxi, Miss, Keesler Field.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13
Michigan in
Washington
Esther Van Wagner fluffy


Within 80 days Congress will vote
the first general highway road
funds to the states since Pearl Har-
Dor. Michigan's share of the first
ALLEGATION will be $l6.6SS,4S2
In accordance with the formula
set up by the law. $6.S26,974 will
90 for federal-aid highways; Si129,-
O25 for secondary or feeder roads;
SJ.6S2.t33 for urban highways.
State Highway Commissioner
Charles NJ. Zicgler has been mott
fled by the Public Roads admins
tration that in the first selection of
projects he need not adhere to this
ratio, altho he must not exceed the
total sum of any one of the three
divisions.
A new furry of activity will be-
Gin in the state highway organiza-
ton which has been able to build
Only war access roads since the
war began. Now comes the actual
choosing of projects which the Pub.
lie Roads administration. under
Commissioner Thomas II. Mac
Donald, is ready to receive.
But in the designation. state
officials must keep in mind the
long range plan for a national sys.
ten of highways. Every state is
eager to be included in that 10000
miles of super highways across the
nation. When motorists again mo-
ter, these 4-lane highways without
intersections and express routes
thru even the big cities, will be an
answer to getting some place fast
by automobile. a tentative plan
has been brought out by the Presi-
dents national inter-regiOnal high
way committee. This is a guide to
state officials who seek to make
Improvements in line with the prob.
able blueprint.
Although most Of the money will
not be available until after the war.
the first 100 million of the IA bill
lion authorized by Congress is ready
for the appropriation vote of Con
gress. EVA Administrator Philip
b. Fleming has just announced.
The remaining 400 million OF the
filst 500 million will not be avail
able until the President proclaims
the end OF the war emergency or
Congress. by joint resolution, au-
thCrizes its use.
The new funds 10 the state. still
operating on dollar-to-dollar
matching basis will be used large
" for surveys, and purchases Of
rights of ways.
How much money each state re
ceiyes is based on a complicated
formula determined by such fac
tors as area, population, mileage of
rural free delivery
The national forests in Michigan
netted the state $41,S49.S0 last
year. That's % per cent Of the re-
ceipts taken in by the L. S. For
est Service, Chief Lyle F. Watts has
disclosed 10 Senator Arthur II.
EandenberG.
An additional 10 per cent (Sl6,.
759.92) is used 10 build and main
tain roads and trails in the five ma
tional forests in Michigan.
The L. S. Forest Service spends
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13

Ida yirgiIio, f7i2 Cooper St, De
lroit
Wagner, Pvt Ralph Mrs. Flor
enee Wagner, $50 Lake St, Kala-
maZOO
White, sgt. Curtis E.-Mrs.
Ruth d. White, 1851 Cheyenne St,
Detroit.
Whitney. $ sgt. Bruce Mrs.
Oracle G. Whitney. 1905 Perry St,
Flint
Wigler. Pvt. Jerome Mrs. Sarah
Wisler 5000 Lincoln Dr., Hunting
ton.
.Nilczek, Pfc. Joseph Mrs. Mary
Kencik, 2242 Faber St. Hamtramc5.
Williams, Pfc Roy Mrs Clara
Williams, 9l7 Knapp Ave, Flint
Wooster. Pfc Ernest j Mrs.
Agnes Wooster, Bay Port.
Wodzien, Pfc. Stanley J. - Mrs.
Genevieve G.. Wodzien, 1890 Low
EFT St. Detroit.
Woodland, Pvt. Robert D-Mrs.
Evagene Woodland, Parma.
Yund, Sgt. Clifford R-Mrs. Mar.
ion f. Yund, 329 W 10Th St, Hol
land.
Zolnierczyk. Pfc. Paul S.-Mrs.
Josephine Zolnierczyk, 1907 Boule.
ward c.. Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13

a pint OF blood can save
life. Call Red Cross NOW for
your appointment"
Men wounded III action i'm Euro
pen Area and their next of kin
are:
Bowden, Pfc. Robert Mrs.
Signc Bowden, SS72 Howell St, De
troit.
Chapman, T . Alvin Leroy
Chapman. ST. Route 3. Fallerbrug
Park.
Clark. Pvt. Robert E.-Mrs. Lula
NJ Clark, sos Cedar St Grayling.
Czubaj, sgt. Frank J.-Mrs. Mary
Czubaj, 9l5 Garfield Ave y W
Grand Rapids
Dccare. Sgt. Roy T.-Mrs Exzil-
da Decare, R. RI /, Lachine.
Einstein, Pvt Morris Mrs. Eel
da Einstein, zoos Chalfonte, De.
troit.
Garyey, Pfc. Lyle E.-Herbert
Carney, Sl3 Howden St. Muskegon.
Cavern, Pfc. Stanley M.-Mrs.
Francis Cavern, 1892 Clements St.
Detroit.
Gibson, Pfc. Eugene R Mrs.
Wanda Gibson, 20925 Tuch Rd,
Pennington.
Gogola, Pfc. Mitchell Victor
I..Gogola, $500 Steadman St, Dear
born.
Vigneau. Sgt. Lawrence Mrs.
Joyce NJ. Vigneau, 632 Goddard Rd.,
N'yandotte.
Nirgilio. Pvt William V.-Mrs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13
L. Hospital Unit
Now in Belgium

Ann Arbor, Jan. 13-The over
seas University Hospital unit
which left England last July is
intact and functioning. with most
of its original staff. in Belgium. A
Red Cross communication in the
form OF Christmas program sheet
charting some OF the holiday &C
tivities for this 29Sth General Hos
pital in Belgium was received re-
Gently by Mrs. Walter G. Maddox,
whose husband. Col. Maddox.
serves as head OF the unit.
Y Gifts for the various patients
Christmas trees for the wards and
mesS halls were to be procured
through the joint efforts of Red
Cross\ workers, Belgian Rover
ScoutsNfrom surrounding communi-
ties and the Belgian Girl Guides.
At the bottom OF the program
sheet was a brief note of thanks
written by the Red Cross to Bel
gian allies.
According to letters which Mrs
Maddox has received from her
husband in the past few months.
these physicians and nurses went
first to Cherbourg, where they took
over a French naval hospital that
had been used by the Nazis after
they had invaded that territory
In October, the unit moved east
to Belgium. Col Maddox reports
that the hospital now has 1000
beds, 300 of which are reserved
for evacuation cases. Patients in
this latter classification are treat.
ed there for four to seven DAYS.
and then flown to England for
further medical care.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13

Jamaica, n. Y, Dec. q, with Jus
itce William p. Wiener officiating.
The bride is a graduate Of Uni.
versity of Michigan and is In the
east doing television work. En-
sign Cooper also attended the Uni
yersity here before entering Mid
shipman School of the Navy at Co
lumbia University in 1913. Both
were active in Play Production
while in Ann Arbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13

considerable money on other bene-
f,ts....s7S5.2f6 during the last fis-
cal year. These expenditures were
principally for protection OF the
forests from fire, insects and dis
ease; grazing, timber, watershed,
wildlife and other land management
activities; recreational use; and
other Improvements
Michigan retailers have been buy.
ing "conservatiyely In furniture,
hardware, dry goods. apparel and
shoe lines. The Department of
Commerce reveals inventories are
below those Of a year ago, partic-
ularly in furniture and hardware
stores
Consumer habits have undergone
a profound change. The frenzied
buying Of a year ago has virtually
ceased. Today most Michigan Gus
toners are buying with caution and
with a definite demand for quality.
This transition has taken place in
almost direct ratio to the military
news.
Generally speaking. little interest
is expressed in government surplus
property. Probably, a lack of
knowledge exists as to how govern
ment SURPRISES can be acquired.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13
Casualties
Myrtle

a pint OF blood can save a
life. Call Red Cross NOW for
your appointment"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13
Miss Meikle Wed
to Ensign Cooper

Ann Arbor Mich, Jan. 10 -
Friends here have been informed
OF the marriage OF Miss Mary Pa,
trcia Meikle, daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel G. Meikle, to Ensign
Harold Cooper, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
BENJAMIN II. Cooper, Far Rocka.
way, n. Y. The ceremony was in
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13

Kalamazoo. Mich.-A shortage Of
waste paper Friday caused the clos
ing o. the White Pigeon plant OF
the Eddy Paper Corp. according to
plant manager X. w. Schneider
who said the continued cold spell
had disrupted deliveries of salvage
The factory normally employs 200
persons and consumes $50 tons OF
waste paper daily.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13

The annual initiation OF the
officers of the w. S. c. S. for 1915
was held at the Annex Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock. Rev. Tomas
had charge OF the initiation. A
business meeting was held with
Mrs. Eleanor Smith. president, in
charge. Lun h was served by Mrs.
Gladys Bezis, Mrs. Esther Ander-
son, Mrs. Hazel GaTrod.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13
School Of RELIGION Opens

School OF Religion will open
Thursday evening with potluck sup
per at : p. m. followed by devo-
tons at the table. There will be
four classes: Missionary discus
sion on. Christ or Chaos by Ruth
Smalley; Christ in the World To-
day, Eleanor Smith; Democracy
and Christianity" J. Turnbull;
Youth in the Small Church,
Leila Under Laing. Following the
classes there will be sound movies
on Mexico and Mexican children.
There will be nursery in compe-
tent hands during the evening.
Everyone is expected to bring his
own dishes and sandwiches and
desert. One hot dish and coffee,
cream and sugar will be served by
a committee.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13
STRUCK BY Train

Trenton-Carl Lutz, 81. OF Tren-
ton was killed and Harry Bran.
nlng' also of Trenton, was serious
ly injured Friday when their car
was struck by New York Central
passenger train at a local cross
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13
Willis News


Willis, Mich.-Word has been re-
ceiyed ere OF the death OF Clifford
Lovelace on Leyte Island in No
yember. Clifford was a resident
OF Willis when small boy. His
father. John Loyelace, ran groc-
cry store here sever, , years ago.
He leaves four small children be-
sides his wifo. parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Loyelace, and two broth
er Carroll and Grant, and one sis
ter who live in Ann Arbor.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14

These payments include all ehsrnes.
FOR payments not shown. ius, phone.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14
oQgnno{nMealth 9g1[ { ] l J { (
I0--OFFICES-tO

.I0-OFF iCES-t0
Downtown 1927 national Bans Bidq
Wood sard and Cadillac sa CO 9si-a
downtown. 30l Capitol Psfk Buhdiro
AZ Russell "a 1 500
downtown. ii0i 6raiiot
State AZ 0riswold ST. CH T7i0
WEST si0E, S6OS Michigan Ave. a.
Junction, 2nd Floor Ia 1900
EAST SIDE, $500 &. Jefferson a. Conner
(0pp hudson Motors) lE 0J50
EAST SIDE. 6609 Van 0yss al
Harpef. 2nd Floor Pl 1i80
NORTHWEST. s0is Cd River a. Ioy Rd,
Room 2e4 toyef Rf-.o.'.> ~ 5t574t
NORTHWEST. ii20 Fenkeii a, LNernois
20S Campus Bldg uN 3.l32A
HIGHLAND PARK. il0i9 woodWsrd a.
Manthsstsr topp. foidb 10 s.s520
HIGHLAND PIX 300 Murphy Bldq.. 1900
Woodward At G. Grand Ave 10 s.o629
moH'Als rate Sc on sasaaee' oi sise
or I'" ard ~, CO on tn" 'an Z" the
unpaid bsIsnes syw tioc.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14
DIAMOND LOANS

If YoU NEED MONEY! oUIcKLYI
See FEDERAL for WE LOAN MOREf
CASH. ANY AMOUNT at ONCE on
DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY
Bank vault Protection
FEDERAL COLLATERAL SOCIETY
1ii7 Warrington Boulevard. Eat lsiA
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14
BOATS AND EQUIPMENT

COMPLETE motorcycle rebuilding al
reskonaois PRICE Our service 10 prompt
We bgy. sll and trade fDNAEr
kEHOE A. CO. 1894 Grand Plspr
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14

BOAT suppiies ccmps,s hne. Eaw
Smith marine paints srrifheS Henyy
" smith Co.. $50 fefferScn WIFI
IOR sALE-2s n. AgSl.is ~ 8 ooo.
Crosby design Tcrr srsy ga rrsssi
icebcH enclosed tciir' fully frrr
Cotterf Boat Ysrc Bay ciiy Iel 50sl
sPEED BoAT-g8 q. long. "a wsrrr.
sny hsii, zoo u, P. Hs!iscott. Wsyng
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14
AUTO PAINTING
TIRES AND ACCESSORIES
MOTORCYCLES. BICYCLES

COMPLETE fne genuine Harley David
ycn psrtf. accessories tires Hsrife.
Davidson. Motorcycle Co. 4027 Tst.ftf
a. Grand Piy.f
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-25
Louise In;
 Goes South

Steamer Princess Louise arrived in the channel at o'clock this morn ing but on account of several small craft tied up at the Cold Storage Deck and extending along the Alas ka Steamship Company's dock, was unable to dock until 8:20 o'clock.
 Incoming passengers on the Prin- cess Louise from Skagway were 23, as follows
 Williams Harrington, Mary Bean, c. I. Byram, c. Carpenter, Mrs. Bert Dennis, T. o. Dickinson, Mrs. H. Evans, Jamie Fox, Mrs. D. K. Fox, David Fox, B. Hillard, Mrs J. Lohn, M. Lacy, Mrs. M. Lacy, Miss Marian Mein, Dora McGilton, Doris Nelson, J. Ross, Mrs. Ro Rock, c. Selein, K. Wildes. Mrs. M. Thomas and Miss House.
 Leaving at 930 o'clock this morn- ing were tf,e following Seattle bound passengers. Anne c. Johnson, Grace M. Babcock, John Opsand, LclAS olouiitl, MLoo AAlild DiH I.lotS Stella. Minnie E. Brod, Mildred Wyn- koop, Marie Osterholm, Trma Bon era, Hilda Woodruff, Jean Johnson, Dorothea Amos, Mrs. M. Osfield.
 August Black, Marie E. Black, Geraldine Wuorinen, Carl A. Wuor- inen, Leslie M. Weston, Paul E. Hick- cx, Mrs. w. H. Austin. Lula AL word, Ed Richinen, Miss H. M Des- siaume. Dora M. Sweeney.
 Allen Warwick, Helen Wayand, Shirley Romano, Mae Lundstrom, Jas. E. Gray. Louis Crohn, Frank Brennan. Stanley Kusrerz, Pete Visser, D. c. Simons andn Terry Shea
 To Vancouver: Ada A. Rohr, Yer na Buckley, Mrs. B. Flotre, Perry Flotre, Elizabeth Winn, Vernon Snoddy, Dewey McCracken, F. O. Orr, Matthias Bruckner and D. A Pearson.
 To Prince Rupert: Millicent Coul- ton, c. McNeill and Martha Abra- ham.
 To Victoria: Sister Mary Albert.
 To Ketchikan: Miss May Bray, Clara Ahl, Miss Ida Bliven, Pat Sweeney, J. R. Murphy and Con Visser.
 To Wrangell: Matthew Garcia, o. A. Johanson, Mrs. H. Johanson, Richard Tonsgard Mary Jacobs, Irene Jacobs, Virginia Sawa, Pedro R. Barril, w. R. Emery, Mrs w. D. Emery, Lillian Stokes, Thos. Will jams, James Gcenett, Rose Goenett, Mary Lawson, Teddy Borbridge, A. Fl. Fries, Mrs. A. H. Fries, Helen Roaming, Alice Camel2inde, L. R.. Desmond, R. s. Walters, Mrs. K Mellon, K. Mellon, Dr. Rockwell and c. F. Mason.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-25
HYGIENE RETURNS
 AFTER SIX WEEKS
 TRIP, 5.E. ALASKA

Completing a six weeks visit to towns, villages and isolated commun- ities in the southern district the Territorial Department of Health mobile health unit vessel, Hygiene Capt. Darrell Naish, returned to the Juneau Headquarters port late yes- terday afternoon. Dr. Ann P. Kent, recently appointed physician in charge of health work on the Hy- giene, made her initial visit in southeast Alaska communities on the trip.
 The Hygiene visited at Rake, Kla- week, Craig, Ketchikan and return to Craig, thence to Hydaburg, Peters, burg and Juneau.
 Public health services given by Dr. Kent, assisted by Mrs. Magn- hild Gogue and Miss Grave V. Plum, public health nurses, included: chest x-rays for adults and children and tuberculin testing of children, immunization against communicable diseases; physical examinations of pre-school and school children; pre- natal examinations: baby clinics, treatments for veneral diseases and sanitation inspections. Lectures on nutrition were given at Rake and Hydaburg.
 The Hygiene will remain in Ju- neau until the end of the week, when Dr. Kent plans to visit the commun- ities north of Frederick Sound to Skagway.
 While at Craig Miss Plum was called to her home in San Jose, Cali fornia because of illness in her fam- fly and flew south from Ketchikan. She expects to rejoin the Hygiene within the next two weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-25
PETE GILMORE IN
 TOKYO HARB0R NOW

It. Pete F. Gilmore, Jr., of the U. s. Navy, formerly assistant to Territorial Attorney General Henry Roden before his commission in the Navy, now has his ship, a landing craft, anchored in Tokyo Harbor
 Writes young Gilmore. I've had enough now and am really convin- ced this wandering Alaska boy should get back to Gods country"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
Reflect Smith
Secretary OF
Maritime Union

NEW YORK - Ferdinand c.
eISth. nationally prominent Ne
Rro leader who resigned last No.
Vember as secretary Of the Ma
,ional Maritime Union. Clio. has
been reelected TO that post. the
Union announced today
Results Of the special bi-elec,ion.
which ended March IS. were en-
6orSed by the membership at a
meeting here Thursday evening
following a report by George J.
Abrams, chief investigator for the
Honest Ballot Association, which
supervised the counting. There
we're four candidates for the Of
fee
Neal Hanlev a national direc-
tor ~ the Union, who had been
serving as secretary pro ten, was
rurner-up in the ballotng
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07

indicated the NAACP Will provide
legal aid i'm the matter Of an ap-
peal The four Privatcs were rep
resented in the general court mar
tial proceedings by Julian Ralney,
member OF the legal redress COM
On March Is. the NAACP wrote
20 Secretary Of War StimSon charg-
ing unfitncsS Of Colonel Walter NJ
Crandall m handling Negro per
sonnet and asking for his rcmov al
from the Wac unit. What may o.
may not turn out 10 bc the frs
step IN the transfer IF the officer
is the reported 30-day leave given
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07


measures .u various states VIII be
bette. armed g.. the fay after on
fead THIS column. You Wil, be
better equipped "a keep The pres
s~rCS on your oNn Congress en-
End Senators for tho passage o. a
feaeial FEPC bLi too.
BILLS ARE pending now IN. New
JERSEY Kansas. Washington. New
Mex %, Colorado. Michigan, Penn
8 wanna. Massachusetts California.
and Connecticut Other states sTe
= epar.ng bis -. introduction
tbs year ~
Here Is a confidential memo
randum sent out on March 20,
l945 nv the National Association
Of State Chambers Of Commerce
1905 Broad street. Newark ?, Nh
90 all State Chambers Of Com
merce throughout the country:
Following the enactment in
New York. under the urgent ad-
Vocacy OF Gov Thomas T. Dewey,
81 so-callcd FAIR Employment
Practices Act. there has broken
oui a rash of similar bills in a
nun Der OF state legislatures New
j. SCy. Massachusetts,. Connecticut.
Pennsylvania, Illinois. California,
Indiana and Ohio have similar
measures before them.
There are also pending before
Congress one bill IN the Senate
end e.ght bills IN the House on this
Same subject.
Editors note: Apparently
Tafts hill is not considered by
the NASCC as an FEPC bill.
With this. we agree.)
II is quite evident that all OF
tbs hue and cry for legislation
covering fair employment practices
IS the result Of a concerted effort
by certain RADICAL ELEMENTS
TO SOW DISCORD into our eco
monte and political system. so that
they may turn this discord 10 their
own benefit
The Chamber. OF Commerce of
the State Of New York and many
81 other business service organiZa-
tons in that State put up deter
mined fight against the New York
bill but as you no doubt know, the
bill was passed
The New Jersey State Chamber
Of Commerce Is doing everything
possible TO defeat the bills that
have been presented 10 the New
Jersey Legislature on this subject
A meeting. under the sponsorship
oi the New Jersey Chamber, of To-
cal Chambers Of Commerce and
Trade associations was recently
held 10 discuss this matter and
plan united action. Without dis
Sentin2 vote. everyone OF the 80
organizations present pledged
themselves to work 10 the utmost
for the defeat OF these bills.
Enclosed is copy Of an alb.
stract OF the provisions contained
bills now before the New Jersey
LEGISLATURE
IF your State now has bills be-
fore the Legislature having to do
with fair employment practices
will you please send to me ar
abstract Of the bills with whatever
comments you may desire 10 make
SO that ! can forward 70 each OF
the members a copy Of your alb
stract together with your COM
nents. This is being done for the
purpose OF keeping us all advised
ss TO what is now going on in the
several state legislatures dealing
with this Subject--R. B. Skinner,
observation-disclosures"
Now that the challenge is down
you Can choose your own weapons