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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-10
PERSONALS
CPL. SENDS THANKS

CPL. SENDS THANKS
Cpl Billy NJ Reid, 654 Watson
who is serving with hospital
unit somewhere in England, sends
his expression Of gratitude to his
many friends and relatives for
me gifts and cards sent him dur
ing the Yuletde season. Cpl. Reid
Is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Bride Reid. Mr.. Reid, who has
been very i'll in Harper hospital
is at home now. but still confined
10 bed.
SPRAINED ANKLE
Mrs. Katie H. Cheatham is con-
fined to her home, suffering from
a sprained ankle caused by fall
TO CADET CORPS
Miss Juanita Mathis left Detroit
Wednesday for nurse cadet train
ing at Prevalent hospital in Chi
cago. A brother of Miss Mathis is
now serving his country some
where in the South Pacific"
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Ran1 think q missing zaoM can't hurt you/

When this young woman was
about nine years old she lost sew
eral permanent teeth near the
back of the mouth. And because
the spaces didn't show, her par
ents neglected having bridges put
in. But here's what happened.
As she grew older all of her
teeth shifted out of line j.. . ugly
spaces then appeared between
her front teeth. By the time she
became an adult her smile was
ruined all because the missing
teeth were not replaced. Fortu.
nately, modem dentistry found
a way to bring her teeth back int
.. and then, at last, the nee
bridges were made.
So remember, even though the
doesn't show, it pays to have m
Evening star., 1945-05-20

teeth replaced. It's the only way to in-
sure the health and beauty of your re-
naming teeth. And daily brushing with
Pepsodent Tooth Powder is the way to
keep them sparkling bright!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-26

with only very few and very miner casualties. What the next move is tc be we do not know yet, but !
 Just got your letters of December 1914.
 Donie joined me at Los Banos in Dec. 1943, and we had an 8'XlZ' cubicle to ourselves, with an 8'x30' ard. in which we built little bamboo and morning glory '.kitchen" for a charcoal cooking pot. Also about 20' extra space for q little garden, in front, and a 2Ox2O field garden plot of our own. We did quite well raising extra greens, cassava root, a little corn, beans, tomatoes, eggplant, okra, and recently papayas. It was a lot of hard work, but did supplement our scanty diet greatly.
 Until last December I worked as bamboo carpenter roof repairs our roofs were palm leaf thatch on LdnlDOO SidIS--d uAllAu1y O14AiP DUHN ings. etc. At that time I switched ever to the camp garden-by spe- cial dispensation of the magnani- nous Imperial forces we were paid 100 grams of rice (about one-sourth pound) for a 5-hour day in the garden, while the other job paid rothing for two hours a day plus overtime after the wind and rain squalls. Donie worked in the sew
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-26
BUY WAR BONDS
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS

Citizens who are not registered voters must register by April 1st to qualify as electors at the Municipal election to be held in the City of Juneau April 3rd Persons who voted at the last municipal election need not register again as their names are on the registration lists. If you are not registered, do not delay in so doing at once. Registered voters who have changed their addresses since the last Municipal election must notify the City Clerk promptly SO that proper record can be made of such changes as to precinct.
 J. E. KEARNEY,
 City Clerk. First publication, March 5, 1945. Last publication, March 26, l945.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-26
TRAIL, AILING PRESIDENT SERGIO OsMENA
 SYMBOL OF FILIPINO COURAGE, TENAclTY

Exclusive Central Press Dispatch
 WASHINGTON - A thin little man, in rough khaki clothes and a tropical h c m e t, apprehensively surveyed his temporary heaGquar- ters in far-off Leyte.
 Were moving tonight" he an- nounced to his young aide. wen bunk in the monastery"
 The next morning, the tempo rary headquarters lay in shambles, the target of enemy bombing, but President Sergio o m en a had passed the night safely in the re- hgious sanctuary. Once again, the president had outwitted the Japs.
 Snipers' bullets and reckless en- emy bombs around Tacloban made personal security much more of problem than the average Ameri- can realized over here.
 Plucky Osmena, however, shared the dangers right along with the military. And, his appeals to the loyal Filipines, coupled with in- spring statesmanlike messages, struck a mighty blow in the psy- chological warfare that was sup porting the force of our arms.
 "As a people we have come of age" President Osmena announced after landing at Leyte.
 We must move forward, just and firm but merciful and humane. closely united, animated by the same social aspirations to happi- ness, bound togetiler as a political state by the wise disposition of our constitution and our laws. God helping me, l shall strive to this end"
 In some quarters in Washington, President Osmena had been coun- seled against ris1ing the hard and dangerous mission to Leyte.
 The president, however, respond ed to the call of General MacAr thur, adding a brilliant new chap ter to his long and colorful career.
 A Dramatic Life
 President Osmena, in fact, has packed more drama into his middle eos than dozen public figures generally experience during life time.
 Sergio Osmene, then the vice president, stuck it out on bomb torn Corregidor in the dark days of 1942, escaping the last minute by submarine.
 Last autumn, the aging Filipino leader exposed himself again and again to be at General MacAr- thurs side in their historic return to Filipino soil.
 In the intervening period, be- tween May. 1922, and October, 1944, Sergio Osmena spent two heartbreaking, uncertain years in Washington, working for the re- turn to his country and his family
 During tn a t tim e, Osmena's chief, President Manuel Quezon,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-26

died in exile here, and Osmena, himself, hovered dangerously be- tween life and death after an acute attack of appendicitis.
 A mild-mannered little man, not taken to theatrics like his prede- cessor, Sergio Osmena moves so quietly and calmly that his really dramatic role has failed to capture the public imagination.
 Save for the interest it might focus on his beloved Philippines, President Osmena does not care for the spotlight which usually trails public officials of such rank.
 What Sergio Osmena does, how ever, even in an unspectacElar way, is the stuff that news is made of. Just when his friends here were giving sigh of relief that the president had withstood the rigors of the trip back to the Philippines and also had successfully lodged Jap bombs and Jap snipers' bull lets, he unexpectedly turned up in the United States.
 Despite his personal dislike of air travel, Sergio Osnena took off just a few days" from his island headquarters to make the long trip to the United States.
 Osmena hoped, of course, to re- turn in time for the liberation Of Manila, but there were some press ing problems involving relief and administration, and the Filipino leader felt he must go direct to President Roosevelt.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-26

ing unit-mending clothing for the smgle men who had no one to do such things,
 We are both well, and all things considered in good shape-in fact we both have come thru far better Jan the great majority. Most of the camp had beri-beri, or other ills from out-and-out malnutrition Since last Sept. we have been lit erally on starvation rations-an al- lowance of 200 grams (short weight by about 20 per cenD of rice and corn, plus some greens, some sweet potatoe, some cassava now and then, mostly then, taro even less often, meat nil except for our camp pigs, accounts sometimes to an average of possibly 1i10 nut per person per day. No eggs, no sugar, no fats. Every month the supple nentary ration was cut, and the basic grain ration became more and more short weight. In Jan. the guard started trading rice, sugar, .ccconuts, dry beans for watches, iewelry, fountain pens. A good trader could get 20 pounds of rice, or 10 pounds of raw sugar for a S100 watch. Even our commandant, a major of the line. was actively bartering in person for diamonds. Nice peoplel However it is all over now, praise be.
 In addition to other ac;:vities, I took year of Chinese, starting under George Greene, who is an outstanding authority on the most effective course for teaching Chi rese. I am afraid that little of it las stuck effect we have found of malnutrition is feeble. memory of recent m a tters. Also took 6 months of Dutch from one of the Dutch missionary fathers, with little adherence,' but enough of general idea of it's grammar, etc, to readily pick up a working use of it if I ever land in the Indies or Dutch Guiana. Also a good basic course in general biology, a smattering of anthropology, a smattering of linguistics, and lot of general reading of everything available from treatises on as- tronomy and tropical agriculture to the Brittanica And, have saved my Dutch and Chinese notes. Donie was kept busy mending, knitting when she could get string or yarn, sewing on such relief yardage ma- terials as the nips allowed to come through, etc.
 We got the next-of-kin parcels, and three comfort kits" thru the Red Cross-ohe early in Santo Tomas from the British Red Cross, che later from the Canadian. and in Dec. 1943 from the American. Have received some few letters, but far from all most obviously
 Our company has been wonder ful to us through internment. All in all we have received more in the way of money than any of the other mining companies. Our camps till recently had canteens where we could get small quantities of sugar, eggs, coconut oil, garlic, CO., counts, bananas, pineapples and avocadoS in season, rice and cas- sava flour, etc. at skyrocketing nflationary prices. Also for Xmas 1942 they got us in a good dinner Of turkey and all the customary trimmings, and at the same time a neutral citizen connected with the company sent in ample barbecued pigs for the entire mining con- munity. So far, we have not been told we are no longer with them. oi that there is mo more company, so again-who Knows
 Please send this round robin to all of both kin, as at this time we are limited to one letter per person.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-26

an old friend, Charlie Smith, mine st perintendent at Masbate, was among the paratroopers landed just outside Los Banos to lib era e Hanson and his wife.
 The letter, especially interesting not only to Juneau friends of Mrs. Hanson, but to every reader, and received in Tacoma by the parents of Rolf Hanson, is as follows:
 
 New Bilibid Prison,
 Muntinlupa, Luzon.
 February 24, 1945. Dear Folks:
 What a big, big day we ha: yes- erday. At a. m, parachute troops, including Charlie Smith, mine supt. at Masbate, were dropped just out side Los Banos camp and at the same time Filipino guerrillas opened fire on our guard posts. Most of our garrison was caught at it's morning and none will ever tell the story. A fleet of amphibiouS tanks took us up the lake to within the American lines at Canlubang where we transferred to trucks and were brought to a prepared recu- peration camp at the above noted address. We were completely ringed by Nips except by lake side and above, and the boys did a most perfect job of springing us out,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-26
MANSIONS ARE RELEASED AT PRISON CAMP
First Complete Story Re-
 (eived About Former Juneau TedCher

Rolf Hanson and Mrs. Hanson, the former Donie Taylor, popular and well liked Juneau grade school teacher, were released from their Japanese prison camp following the invasion of the Philippines by the American forces. The first direct word from the couple since shortly before Pearl Harbor, was received several days ago by Mrs. Hanson's parents, Mir. and Mrs. Henry M
 Hanson, 2809 No. Puget Sound Avenue, Tacoma, Wash. Hanson was mining engineer when the Japanese took the Philippines and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-26

The trip. in winter We he er proved more difficult than before, particularly after what he had been through in the last three months, so he stopped off in Flor ida for a physical examination. Duty called again, however, and he interrupted his consultation with physicians for dash to Washington to attend the presi- dential inauguration.
 President Osmena sat back on the south portico with the Roose- welt family and a handful of ad- ministration leaders. Later, while the first floor of the White House was swarming with official celeb rites, President Osmena slipped out quietly and returned to his modest fve-room apartment.
 As Dignified But Older
 I got a glimpse of the Filipino president as he waited on the door step of the White House for his official car. He was dressed in we'll tailored morning clothes, and he had that same dignified bearing. President Osmena, yer, looked more sober and a little thinner than when he left last autumn. A few more gray hairs showed up around his temples. The hardships and the worries of the last three months had left their mark.
 Later in the afternoon, Osmena's daughter and her husband, MT. and Mrs. James Charnley, attend ed the inaugural reception at the White House. Previously, before he left last fall, the president seemed to enjoy putting in an ap- pearance with his daughter at of ficial functions.
 My father is not feeling so we'll" Mrs. Charnley, the former Maria Osmena, explained. Obviously, the last three months had been quite trying for her father.
 In the first place, President Os- mena rode troop transport in the convoy to Leyte. He refused to accept the safety of a smaller faster ship, because it would have meant separating himself from his own cabinet and advisers. At the first landing, President Csmena waded right in with Gen. eral MacArthur and kept pace with the military in the initial inspec- ton. From that time on, he had to maneuver swiftly to keep the Japs off his trail.
 In Washington, from 1942-44 there were doubts and uncertain ties, messages which came by un- derground, but back in the Philip pines, Osmena began to get first hand the tragic stories of Jap oc- cupation. He also received the first news from his family since they had parted on Christmas, 1941.
 Confirmation came that his fa- vorite son, pr. Emilio Osmena, was executed by the Japs.
 Osmena learned that his wife and three younger children were driven from their beautiful home in Manila, and that they escaped to the interior about the time of the Leyte landings.
 Direct word came from his wife. but the reunion had to wait. It must wait until President Osn1ena can wind up his official business il, Washington and return to liberated Manila.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-17

Mrs. Effie LeMOnde Of Indian
apolis, Indiana, is the house guest
Of her sister, Mrs. Molly BrittOn,
1929 Fifth Avenue So. She will
be in the city for the next three
weeks.
Mrs. Lila Earl of Chicago, will
arrive in Minneapolis Saturday
morning, August IS, to be the
guest of her cousin, Mrs. Mary
Alice Smith, 1929 Fifth Avenue
So.
Celebrates 18th Birthday: Joyce
Ann Crews, IS Hoag Avenue North,
celebrated her fourteenth birthday
with a theater party. GwendOlyn
and Marilyn Morrow, Bessie Davis,
of Minneapolis, and Virginia Reed,
Keokuk, Iowa, were in the party.
They later went to Joyce's home
for refreshments.
Mrs. Fred Edwards, 22O6 Elliot
Avenue, received minor burns last
Saturday morning when an ex-
plosion occurred while she was
doing some home canning.
Mrs. Adelaide Myers, 1876 Rondo
Avenue, a patient in st. Joseph's
hospital, was reported, Thursday,
August 16, as doing fairly well.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Ep. Smith of Kansas
City, Kansas, were honored guests
at a party given at the Sumner
Field Social Room, Monday, Aug.
10, by his sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Rodgers, 3409 Cedar Ave-, Mrs.
Gertrude Bell, 1913 Olson Blvd. and
his niece, Mrs. Jessie Hammonds,
856 Bryant Ave. No. Guests at
tending were Mines. Herbert Clan
ton, Howard o. Smith, Bessie Har-
ris, Leota Perkins, Mollie Cheek,
Irene Braxton, Lawson Porter,
John H. Williams, Louis Seaton,
Felix Fogg, Mary Crump, E. v.
Marshall; Messrs. B. Danner, E. J.
Henderson; Messrs. and Mines. A.
Owens, VIM. Ewing, W. J. Stirman,
Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Bolts, ST.,
Jace Clayburn of Minneapolis and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Grigsby of
St. Paul and Mrs. John Taylor of
Muskogee, Okla. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith left for their home Tuesday
morning, Aug. IA.
Patricia and Stanley Benner,
1882 Clinton Ave-, are visiting their
mother, Mrs. Mary Benner in Kan
sas City, Mo.
Mr.. Bessie Seaton of Jackson,
Miss, returned home Sunday, Au-
gust IL, after visiting with his
brother, Lewis Seaton, 1863 18th
gust IL, after visiting with Lewis
Seaton, 1863 18th Ave. No.
Club Meets: Mrs. Ruby Bobo was
hostess to the Blue Monday Club
at her home, SO Highland, Monday,
Aug. 10. Mrs. Marjorie Hayes will
be the hostess at it's meeting, Mon
day, Aug. 20, at the home of Mrs.
Lucille Woodland, HOB Lyndale Ave.
No.
T. B. Cotton of Houston, Texas,
now attending the University of
Minnesota summer session, will
continue his studies until spring at
which time he will complete his
work in agriculture. He is resid-
ing at the residence of Mrs. Edward
Cater, 1924 Clinton Ave. So.
Miss Mile Greer of Dallas, Tex,
is living at the home of Mrs. Fred
Edwards, 2206 Elliot Ave-, while
attending the summer session at
the University of Minnesota.
Mrs. Oliver Rhodes, 2810 Clinton
Ave-, is the mother of baby girl,
born on August 5. Her husband,
a member of the Navy band form
erly stationed at Void Chamberlain,
is now serving overseas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie Ray, 2318
Fourth Ave. &c., are hosts to Mrs.
Rosie Orr of Paola, Kansas, and
Jimmie Kinney of Columbus,
brother-in-law of Mrs. Ray and Mrs.
Orr.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-17
Social and Personal
MINNEAPOLIS

Cpl. Allen Jones, who has been
overseas for the past two years,
arrived at Camp Mccoy, Wis, Sat
urday, Aug. IL, for discharge. He
and Miss Theresa Crews, 85 Hoag
Ave. No., have applied for a mar
riage license but no definite plans
have been made.
DIR. and Mrs. F. L. Barnett of
Wichita, Kan, who are the house
guests of A. S. Barnett, 1920 Gin
ton Ave-, when their daughter,
Mrs. Dorothy Barnett Bostic, and
Mrs. Cecilia Barnett Webb, daugh-
ter of A. S. Barnett of New York
City arrived in the city for a visit.
Mrs. Webb is a furrier and is en-
ployed by one of the large fur
stores in New York. Mrs. Bostic,
a former social worker and school
Mrs. Lucille Jordan, 1108 Aldrich
Ave. No., who has been confined at
Fairview Hospital is convalescing
at home and her condition is re-
ported improved.
Visitors Return Home: Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Harper who have spent
the last three weeks visiting their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sylvester Carter, 1852 Fifth
Ave. &c., returned to their home in
Los Angeles, Calf, Tuesday, Aug.
IA. Many social courtesies were
extended the couple.
Mrs. Felicia Wilson of Washing
ton, D. c., who has made her home
in Minneapolis for the last year has
returned to her former home for an
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Curry, 1886
Fifth Ave. &c., were hosts at din
ner to Mines. Ada jenkins, Chicago,
John Shepard, Matthew Evans,
o. L. Alexander of Minneapolis and
Miss Marion Jeffrey of Chicago.
Mrs. Henry Allen Boyd and
daughter, Mrs. Katy Roach, of
Nashville, Tenn, will be the week
end guests of Mrs. Lottie Hyde,
1892 Clinton Ave. Mrs. Boyd's hus-
band is president of the Negro bank
in Nashville and president of the
famous National Baptist Publish
ing House.
Mrs. VIM. Burrell, IS Hoag Ave.
No., had as her weekend guests,
Chickie Martin and Naomi Gay of
New York, who were in the city
with the U. S. o. entertainers, that
appeared at Void Chamberlain
Field Monday, Aug. 10.
Mrs. w. r. Jones, 1882 Clinton
Ave. &c., returned home this week
from Wilmington, Del.
Mrs. Dorsey Willis, 3724 Mime
haha Ave, is back in the city after
visiting her father, Mr.. Edward
Allen, in La Grange, Mo.
Kansas City Couple Entertained
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-17

Mrs. Mary NJ. Bradley was pleas
antly surprised Sunday, August IL,
at her home, 791 Rondo, with a
birthday party, given for her by
her lovely daughter, Lorraine, and
mother, Mrs. Phoebe Chambers. A
two course luncheon was served to
members of the family, who, with
the exception of Mr.. Howard Hunt,
were the only guests. Mrs. Brad
ley's nieces, Dorothy and Gayle
Payne, and Frances X. Stone, en-
tertained the honoree, with dane
ing and singing. She also received
many lovely gifts, which included
gifts from her son, Cpl. Charles
Francis in Italy, and from her
daughter, Mary Louise, in Chicago,
Ill. Others of the family group
present, were Mrs. Marguerite
Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. Lindsey
Webb, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Jones, and
Mrs. Cecilia Stone.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-17

Fogg, Essie Arnold, Bell Horris,
Phelan, Bell, Helm, and Frances
Duncan. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Smith, and the Misses Villa Booker
and Violet Asbury.
DIR. and Mrs. Howard Shepard
and daughter, Mrs. Odessa VIM
bisch of Chicago, and DIR. and Mrs.
J. Carroll of Pittsburgh were the
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram X. Gibbs, 4132 Elliot Ave.
The visitors were en- route to Brain
erd where they will be Joined for
a vacation by Senator Wimbisch
and DR.. Lawless of Chicago. DR..
Shepard was formerly resident of
Minneapolis, and a graduate of the
University Of Minnesota.
TripIets Celebrate Birthday
Charlotte, Carlotta and Carolyn
Curry, triplet daughters of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles D. Curry, 1886 Fifth
Ave. S., were given a surprise
party on their 18th birthday, Wed
nesday, Aug. 8, at the social room
in Summer Field Project by their
parents, assisted by Mrs. Donald
Allen and Mrs. Lucinda Hill. The
guests included Yvonne Curry,
Doris Lewis, Betty Early, Jacque-
line Early, Joyce Nevis, Johnnie
Mae Clayton, Katherine McGraw,
Katherine Robinson, Donna, Louise
and Jacqueline Cuff, Margaret
Stewart, Irene Earl, Betty King,
Marjorie King, Dorothy Coins, Bon
nastelle Jones, Cornelia Hughes,
Shirley Cannon, Audrey Banks,
Anna Mae Allen, Carmen Allen,
Rosalee Palmore, Beverly King,
Veta Law, Phillip True, Earl Bow
man, Leonard Carter, Bert Wade,
William Fraction, Ralph Wright,
George Wright, Jimmie Miller,
David Hammond, Gene Garth.
Ralph Jones, Ernie Johnson,
Charles Cooley, Donald Calender,
Nelson Mccoy, Connie Austin,
Leonard Powers, Harvey Hopkins,
Marcus Carter, Willis Reed, Nathan
Bonner and Clarence Mckinney,
David Allen, Clientele Jackson,
Bobby Bannarn, Clyde Turrentine,
Robert Wormley, Richard Mays,
Roger Thompson, Eddie Lacey,
Donald Brown, Billie Grimes, Alvin
Peery, Carol Peery, Kenneth Rob-
inson, Oscar Brown and Carol Rob
inson.
Mrs. Jessie Clay and her daugh-
ter, 1888 31st Ave. S., had as their
guest last weekend, Mrs. Emerald
Lockhart of Winnipeg, Canada.
Mr.. Wilbur Dugas, who had just
returned from Indianapolis and
Chicago, left Thursday, August Is,
for Seattle, Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Harris, 500
E. 25th St., have as their house
guests, Mrs. C. L. Prescott, sister
of Mrs. Harris, and Miss Ruth
BerdwelI of Kansas City, Mo-, Sum-
day, August 10. The Harris's will
have friends in from 5 to 7 p. m.
to meet the visitors.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-17
MPLS SOCIAL

The Minneapolis Urban League
Auxiliary held its annual picnic at
the home of Mrs. Josephine Cham
bers, president of the club, at 1915
Clinton avenue. A report of the
committee concerned with juvenile
delinquency was made by Executive
Secretary James T. Wardlaw and
Mrs. M. E. Bell. Committee MEM
bers met with Mayor Hubert
Humphrey last week to discuss what
they could do materially in helping
reduce Juvenile delinquency. They
are interested in getting a Negro
appointed in the juvenile depart
ment. Others on the committee
were the Rev. Kyle Haselden, chair
man of social welfare committee of
the Urban League, the Mines. Dovie
Phelan, Mable Bell, Fern Helm,
and the president, Mrs. Chambers.
Attending the picnic were Mrs.
James T. Wardlaw, the Mines. Felix