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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17
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worry about being bumped by the
white workerS"
We did NOT attempt to answer
him; instead we turned to one of
his fellow-workers. Negro
worker at that plant. and we
asked him what was wrong with
the bargaining committeeman
statement. The coiored brother
replied. Who In hell wants to
bump you when you have the
lowest paid job in the shop and
the company Is still hiring"
THIS CONVERSATION was that
bargaining committeeman first
introduction TO, the Negro side" OF
the very controversial issue of pro-
tecting job seniority by non-inter-
changeable occupational groups.
More such introductions are need
ed. They are not forthcoming,
first, because Negroes themselves
have not taken the time to study
their unions contract and find out
their rights; and second, because
the Negroes themselves do not
attend local union meetings where
such matters are discussed.
1t is no answer 10 say neither dc
white union members attend meet
lngs. That white member Except
where purely personal considera-
tons may intervene can stay
home or 90 TO a show with conf
dence that the bargaining commit
lee and the company will always
he on his side.
A top official Of one Of the coun-
iry's largest international unions
remarked 10 us not so long ago
that discrimination in his union
could be ended overnight il Ne
gro members would attend their
local union meetings. show some
interest in union affairs and insist
that local union officials live up 10
the contract
He put il this way: In the locals
where Negroes are active. the local
union officials know that they must
toe the mark because otherwise
those Negro brothers will know the
score: they will appeal their cases
10 this international union and the
international board will take ac-
ton. But where the Negro broth
ers do not attend local union
meetings the local union officials
can always say that they did not
know about any discrimination and
believe me you will have a devil OF
time proving otherwise"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17
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Gl3d3l1l1I3 SEQ MARTIN
JOE LOUIS: AMERICAN

A twenty-two-yesr-eid girl Who
has been following rinEside affairs
since she was Is is the author Of
this biography Of joe Louis. II Is
clear that Miss Miller has made
sood use Of the knowledge that she
has gained and her book 10 Q geed
job OF reporting However, she
does not present much that 10 rev
about Joe Leuis nsr give much
insight into his personality. So
much has already been written
about Joe in the press and maya
zines that II weuld necessarily be
a demanding task 10 And fresh
material.
The fact that Miss Miller Is 70.
ported not to have met Joe before
her book was completed vsS. Of
course, an slmeSt iRsurmeuntable
handicap in . full understanding
Of her subject. There are . NUM-
Der OF things which the suthaF
passes over lightly. among them,
the relationship between Jea and
Marva and that between Joe and
his managers
Miss Miller refers TO the late Don
Marshall OF the Ford Motor com.
pany and his interest in Jes but
speaks 81 him in the present oil.
though Mr.. Marshall died several
years ago. In a number Of eases
Miss Miller has accepted the stories
Of various reporters as true with
no further investigation. One Of
these pictures Joe with q dietien.
airy IN one hand and . book on
personality in the other. in IN at
tempt 10 improve himself.
The author has an interesting
theory TO explain Joe's dead pan
expression which she thinks Was
studied attempt on the part Of
his managers TO prevent any com.
parson with the actions Of Jack
Johnson in the ring. However,
true this theory may bet is q
certainty that Joe's conduct in and
out the ring have done much 10
insure his reception as a champion.
yet IL IS also true that times have
changed and the climate Of racial
relations has improved during the
period between johnson and Louis.
Miss Miller ovsrlosks this.
Joe LOUIS; American" touches
upon all the most important per.
sons and events in the life Of Q
young man who has made Amer.
can sport history. There still 70.
mains to be done a thorough and
more searching book about Joe
LOUIS and his associates.
ice Louis: AmeTican" by
Margery Miller, Current Decks,
Inc; 81 w ttth street, New
York 10; 1915; 500.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17
Auto History On
Exhibit At Library

The automotive history exhibit
ton continues al the Main library.
Woodward and Kirby, through
Nov 30 Concentrating 50 years
OF automotive progress, the exhi-
bition is sponsored by the Friends
Of the Detroit Public Library. Inc,
nd the Automobile Manufacturers
association. Firms participating in
the exhibit present displays illus
trative Of the history of their or
CARNATIONS.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17

few OF us think
at all straight
about the prob
lem. There is
more emotion
alism a 70 u n d
the problem of
housing for Ne
sroes than any
other 81 n z ! e
problem. before
Detroiters. We
cannot think in
terms OF a So
luton until we
cut away some
OF the emotion
al debris that
=, y ra,,nJe tha
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17

y e 6 T oes ana
" hites alike
would be sent
home. We add
d. h o w e yer.
( h a I discrim
nation against
Negro workers
could be ex-
p c G d when
the plants be-
gan r e c a ling
their laid of
employees.
That time
h as CO m e.
And so has
the expected
dixcr imina-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17

pies you stand for the Bureau Of
lntercultural Education is privi-
legged and gratifed 10 honor you.
and To express the hope that the
influence Of your good work for
ntercultural understanding and
good will will be multiplied
throughout the nation.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17
fills
IN NEWS
V|sISISSSS3 White

Mr.. JefYries Must Tackle Housing
The housing problem for Ne
groes is the toughest problem con-
fronting the city administration
and the citizens OF Detroit Very
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17

Several weeks ago we wrote In
this column that there would not
be much discrimination against
Negroes in the lay-offs because the
cut backs would be so deep that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-24

Dame Fortune works in strange ways. Consider. for instance. tht case of June Caldwell. a Cleveland Ohio. girl who. for having both oeauty and acting ability camf here with high hopes for stardo
 After months oi fruitleSs eifait. it set the romantic roles that she con.
 idered essential to success. she was in a traffic accident that left her with a noticeable cast in one eye With romantic parts automatically ruled out she rather unwlliing!y ac- oepted a small comedy role .n Part ners in Time"-and did it SO well
 hat the pictures stars, Lum and Ahner, gave her featured billing. She
 ooks like a comedy hit.
 I'm amused by a yarn harvested yesterday at Monogram where pro- dicer Hal Chester was interviewing character women for q featured role in Joe Palooka". Any experi- ence7" he asked one intervicwee 'Somei" answered the woman grim ". This is an important part, Chester pointed out. Tt carries screen billing and may lead to bet ter things - 1t might even give YOU a big screen career" That will be a novelty" countered the actress. You see l was having 2 $5,000-a-week screen career before you were born. The woman was Betty Blythe, once Hollywoods No. l siren. Chester, at 24. is the in- oustry's youngest producer.
 One-Eyed Connolly, the famous yate-crasher. knew plenty of tricks f)r gaining entrance where he wasn't wanted but he was mere novice by comparison with some of to- days star-worshiping juveniles. Ed die Bracken tells me that dozens of them tried to crash the Santa Mon- lea hospital where his new heir was born, by claiming to be relatives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-24
THE WATERBURY DEMOCRAT WATERBURY CONN., DECEMBER z4 Io4

exceptional cast headed by Gene Tierney. cornei Wilde and Jeanne Grain.
 As the millions who have read Ben Ames Williams best-seller Leave Her to Heaven" gill testify. the unusual story Of the girl who was guilty Of the deadliest of the seven deadly klnS. and who would stop ai nothing. even murder. Co be loved as completely aS be herSci; loved. holds in it every element oi a great picture. The decision to photograph this griping psychological drama in color-the first time that technical or has been used for a film moi erammed with period oos,umes. musical Spectaeies or landscape scenes-is an indication oi the bold and unusual approach with which the studio has treated this power ful story, an approach that Teaps rich rewards in high dramatic im- pact.
 In one of the most challenging roles ever assigned any actress Gene Tierney Is seen as the subtly phy- chopathie young wife. paSsionately warm and murderously cold by turn. who carries on to a tragic end a relentless and savage fight 10 com pletely monopolize her husbands interests and affections. Cornel Wilde. who became a star overnight in "A Song To Remember" is seen as the man who inspires Ellen's posseSsive passion and jealousy. Jeanne Grain, as the girl who falls in love with her brother-in- Jaw, achieves the promise she exhibited in previous roles and emerges as mature and talented dramatic &C., treSs.
 The companion feature is the rollicking comedy-romance Love, Honor and Goodbye" starring Vlr- ginia Bruce and Edward Ashley.
 Tickets are now on sale at our box-office for our gala New Years Eve Midnight Show. Make up party and be sure to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-24
POLL

Ending its engagement today at the Loew-Poli Theater is the spine chilling picturization of Agatha Christie's world-famous masterpiece of mystery And Then There Were None." The brilliant cas. is headed by Academy Award-winner Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston and Louis Hayward. The second attrac- tion is the amusing story She Went To the Races with James Craig and Frances Clifford in leading roles.
 Our gala Holiday Show starts tomorrow, Xmas Day with, the pre- sentation of one of the outstanding motion pictures of the year, the stunning technicolor produc ion Leave Her To Heaven" with an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-24
Clothing Sent
 To Aid Needy

Contributions Of 5000 pounds 0i clothing have been mace ln Wa terbury for needy Jewish people of Europe. Do was reported by Murray GHoSsman. president of the Beth Israel Mems Club. at a break fast meeting yesterday at the sym agogue
 The clothing has been sent 10 the vaad Hatzolah warehouse in New York city for shipment 10 Europe the club head said.
 Rabbi Seymour Gewirtz present. ed welcome-home certificates ta discharged veterans at the meeting
 The speaker at the meeting on Jan. 6 will be Rabbi Max Kirsh- blum, executive vice-presldent of Mizrachi Organization o. America. who recently returned from a tour in Palestine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-24
JIMMIE FIDLER h HoHyDood
Di.'v'sussa sv nsUsuss, svsaieass. Ia~

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 2i - I'vs never known an actor who. given ar opportunity, failed to scream ike a wounded rabbit about the horrors of being "typed". It's the fashion able thing 70 do; the conversational equivalent oi the average womans batter about "her operation" Just as Mrs. Average woman expects Co convey the impression that her surg cry scar it different. so does the acc tor expect you to conclude that his genius enables him to play anything from Hamlet 10 Rip van Wrinkle.
 Far from objecting Co the pose. 1 find it a never-ending source Of amusement--and SO will you if you stop to contrast the actors factuai record. How many stars do you know who actually achieve a fresh char acteriEation in each new role. How many are willing to abandon the pet mannerisms and the tricks of speech that have always identified them7 In short, how many ever step out of their established screen personali- ties?
 Consider q few of the stars who have won Academy Awards for best performances. Gary Cooper, Clark Gable ar Bing Crosby, for instance. No matter whether Cooper is play ing a cowhand or a yachtsman, he still uses the Cooper tricks. The same is true of Gable. and of Crosby. A clever impersonator-one like Larry Storch, the new radio find-could copy Crosby's mannerisms just as well by studying him in Going My Way" as he could by analyzing his work in Road To Morocco" Gable in "Goine With The Wind" is the same personality as Gable in "Test Pilot"
 Tn the final showdown, the thing that makes an actor is his ability to project emotion, not his ability to change personalities. If that weren't true. an impersonator, like the afore- said Storch, would be a greater &C., tor than the best of them.
 IDOL CHATTED: If you think an atomic bomb is the ultimate in ex- plosives, you should see Constance Bennett in a rage Peas-in-a- pod: Clark Gable and Johnny (with a new mustache) Weissmuller
 When trimmer ankles are found, I'll still be hunting glowing adjectives to fit Claudette Colbert,s
 Charles Boyer's stand-in, whose legal name Is Fig Newton, resents people who call him 8 smart cookie"
 Add actresses I yearn to see again: Vlvlen Leigh Irene Dunne, hap oily wed for Is years to a dentist, must be just what the doctor or oered Pome: Bette Davis, trow, has remarkable eyes; what they may lack in beauty they make up in size.
 Being an 0ldscho0l character ac- tor who takes inordinate pride in his skill with makeup, Vladimir So- Koioli IS nursing 8 grudge. Seems ne had worked for days, prior to bis current role in "A Scandal In Paris" to devise a new makeup, and achieved what he considered to be mast "rpiece. Came his first oay before the cameras, and he re- ported for work three hours early. to insure himself ample time to put 1t on. Then came the crushing blow. I have great idea" t1e director announced. "ThtS entire sequence is a drunken dinner party. From start to finish, we'll have Sokoloff passed out and sprawled face down on the table, his head covered by the table cloth. It will be a clever touchi"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-24

avenue early Saturday morn ng and made his family ill. The break was the fourth reported here within a month.
 A Connecticut Light and Power Co. spokesman said a break was found in a gas main about 50 feet from the Vestro res dence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-24
Current Films Time Schedule

L0EWs POLI-"And Then Tbere Were None; .;sS s:so, s;ee Q. m.
 "She Went to Che Rnees": i;io. s:2a. 1880 D. m. LoEW'S sTRAND-The Pace At ths Window; I;ea. 3i1s. 6:05. s:36 D. m.
 "Toro Murder Mystery. 2.2I. s.Se. 1;ia. s:ts D. m. WARMERS STATE-'IIold That Blonde; 2;io. t;t0. ISIS. s;to D. m.
 The Woman in Green: l;0o. 3.5o, SOC. s:30 D. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-24
Trinity Church
 Plains Recital

An organ recital and Christmas carol singing will be held this eve ming at 11:30 at Trinity Episcopal church on Prospect street, it was an- nounced this morning by Rev. Roger B. T. Anderson, pastor.
 Tomorrow Holy Eucharist will be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-24

administered at 8 a. ID. and 10 8. m.
 4 midnight celebration Of Holy Communion will be held this evening at ii:i5 at All Souls church. it was announced this morning b. Rev. Samuel Budde. pastor. Tomorrow morning at II Holy Communion will be administered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-24
Officials Probe NeLD Gas "RrenkS"

Another gas main break was fixed in Waterbury over the week end when WATR Radio Announcer AL bert Vestro reported that gas fumes had entered his homI at 76 Houston
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-02
WADE APPOINTED
TO GREET TRUMAN

J. E. L. Wade, city councilman
and prominent real estate dealer,
has been appointed a member OF
the Reception committee to re-
ceive President Truman when he
attends tn emeeting of the North
Carolina Senate in Statesville in
October, it was learned here yes
terday.
The appointment was made by
Hugh C. Mitchell, chairman of the
Committee on Arrangements for
the meeting, the second to be held
by the senators this fall and sum-
mer.
Hendersonville will be the host
city to the lawmakers from June
Is through 30.
In a letter to the Wilmington
chamber of commerce, Mr.. Nit
chell expressed deep appreciation
for the invitation extended the
Senate to meet at Wrightsville
Beach.
However, inasmuch as Hender'
sonville Included in their invita-
ton a number of important things
most helpful in holding the meet
ing which were not included in
other invitations received" the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-02
CHADBOURN

CHADBOURN, June - Miss
Tilda Anne Annette, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. V. c. Annette, after
completing her junior year at Fas-
sifern school, Hendersonville, on
June 4th, will accompany Miss Err
ma Miles to De Funack Springs,
Fla, and after few days there
the two girls will visit Miss Martha
Hooks at Dublin, Ga.
Miss Annette will return to her
summer home at Ocean Drive, S.
c. June II.
Mrs. George Somers and chill
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Branock,
and Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. F'itz all
of Reidsville were weekend guests
of Mrs. Cecil FitZ here.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Covington
of Wagram, were weekend guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Bruton.
T-Sgt. A. F. Boyle, nephew Of
Mrs. D. D. Broom and Mrs. Under
wood here visited them last week.
T-Sgt Boyle just returned from 81
months of service in the Euro
pean theater.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-02
The WILMINGTON MORNING STAR WILMINGTON NJ C.
Ration Roundup
Nv The Associated Press

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stamps Us, Is and Az through d.
good through June 2; E2 through
u good through August 81; w
through 70 valid June l through
September 80.
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stamps H2 through M2 good
through June 2; NJ through So good
through June 80; II through X1
good through July 81; w, 70 ana
Al through CT good through August
81; Dl through HI valid through
September 30.
Sugar-Book 4, stamp IS, gooc
for five pounds through June 2
Stamp SO good for five pounds
through August 81. Next STAMP
valid September l.
Shoes-Book 3, alrplane stamps
/, 2 and 8, good indefinitely. OPA
says no plans to cancel any. Mex
stamp valid August ]
Gasoline-15A coupons good 70,
four gallons each through June
III; 16A coupons become valid June
% for six gallons each BIG, b.
CT coupons good for five gallons
each. Ration boards will accep'
applications for increased B ra
tons beginning June II.
Fuel Oil-Period One through
Five coupons good through Angus
81. Last years period and
coupons also expire August 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-02
USO Club Plans
Many Activities

The Second and Orange Street
USO club will sponsor on Wednes-
day night, June 9Th, beginning at
4 o'clock a "Pigtail and Pinafore"
party, as one of the special attrac-
lions on their weekly schedule. The
music for the party will be furnish
ed by an orchestra. The calendar
for the week beginning June 4 leads
off on Monday with the regular
meeting of the Victory Bellies, and
includes on the agenda Roller Skat-
ing Tuesday night at 8; Bingo and
informal dancing on Thursday
night; on Friday at $3.50 o'clock a
movie, HE Hired the Boss; on
Saturday at $3.50 o'clock, the for
NAL Rose Ball. The USO Sun
day begins at 8 a. m. with Java
club breakfast, served by Victory
Bellies, and includes horseback
riding at GAS a. m. and again at
1880 a. M. 2 p. M, $3.50 p. m. and
p. m. At o'clock a buffet sup
per will be served during the speci.
ally sponsored Home Hour
The USO also affords opportunity
for dancing lessons, recording Of
messages to soldiers families,
cooking facilities, a photography
room, and countless other advant-
ages for the soldier away from
home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-02
PElFFER FIELD
DEDICATION SET

Two hundred and seventy-six
special air mail dedication covers
have been received by the Whining
ton Chamber Of Commerce for
special cancellation in connection
with the formal dedication today
OF the Ensign Carl David PETER
Airport here.
This is the first time in the his
tory Of the city, according to Local
post office officials, that covers
commenorating the opening Of an
airport will pass through the vii.
mington postoffice.
The covers, sent by T. E. High
tower, Secretary of the Airport
Historical Society of the United
States of America and addressed
to the society's members all over
the states and Canada, will be
placed in plane at the airport al
2:30 pm. just as the dedication
ceremonies commence. They will
be flown for one hour over the
city before they are mailed.
The envelopes will be cancelled
with a special cache.te now being
prepared by the Wilmington Civi
tan club, which is sponsoring the
event.
The airport, dedicated to the
memory of Ensign Carl David Peif
fer, Wilmington Naval aviator who
was reported missing in the battle
Of Midway after June 4, 1912. is
located on the Wrightsville Beach
Road.
Mrs. Frank W. Peiffer Of Viii
mington, mother of Ensign Peif
fer, will unveil a 10 by "a inch com
memoratory monument located
at the base of the flagpole.
After the playing of Anchor
Aweigh' by the New Hanover High
school ROTC band, invocation tt
the program will be made by tn
Rev. William Grove, Jr., paste
of the First Presbyterian church
of which Ensign Peiffer was
member.
Speakers will include Lieut.. Com
mander Peter Brown Ruffin, US
Mr., Sixth Naval district, Charles
ton and State Senator Roy Rowe
of Burgaw, member of the Stat
Aeronaut cal board.
Some fifty or sixty planes own
ed by members of the Carolin;
Aero club, a two state organlza
ton of civilian pilots and PLAN
owners, are expected to be at tn
field for the exercises.
Mrs. Piffer will be escorted t.
and from the airfield by Tom Law
Their, president of the Civilian club
Master Of ceremonies for the even
will be John Fox, member of thu
Civitan club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-02
$l,8l9RAISED
IN POPPY SALES

Proceeds from the annual sale
of Poppies, sponsored by the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary last Saturday,
netted the local organization ST.
1880, as compared with sales of
approximately $1,000 last year,
Mrs. Carl Seymour, president OF
the auxiliary announced yesterday.
OF the $4,000 peoples made by dis
abled hospitalized veterans for the
sale, $4,000 were sold.
Mrs. Seymour, who directed the
drive, was assisted by IS sales.
men.
The $40 award for top salesman
ship was presented to Mrs. J. W
McIntire foc her sale OF sos. SO
worth of peoples; Mrs. McIntire' s
husband is patient in a conva].
escent Veterans hospital at pres.
ent. The second prize of S. went
to Mrs. T. j. Martin who sold $79.-
go worth.
This years proceeds, as in the
PdSl, WILL NC CAHCIlOGu LII Cld11t'
able work for veterans and their
families.
Projects for last year included
contributions to the tuberculosis
hospital at Oteen, where the auxil
larry maintains special ward,
Christmas gifts to the veterans al
the hospital in Fayetteville, gifts
and necessities to gold star fami-
lies in Wilmington, assistance Of
stranded servicemen, groceries to
needy families, assistance of vet
Grams children at college, gifts to
servicemen overseas, clothing for
veterans families, and countless
other unlisted aids to the families
of veterans Of this war and the
last.
From u until 2 on Poppy Day,
luncheon was served to the work
ers at the Legion home. Those serv-
ing were Mrs. }. F. Mann, Mrs.
L. W. Davis, Mrs. H. M.Symmes
and Mrs. j. L. Davis