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Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25

minis and minerals-nutrition-
ally correct, as proved by &C
tual feeding to generation after
generation of dogs. No Gddi-
tionai n1e1t is eUer needed
What's more, your dog is
assured full strength nutrition
due 10 Swift & Company's dis
covery of low-temperature de-
hydration for dog food. This
exclusive process (patent
pending) adequately retains
the high quality of Pard' 8 food
elements. Feed your dog Pard
for 10 days and notice the
eagerness and appetite he dis
plays. Witness his strength,
stamina and pep-his overdH
happiness. Ask your dealer for
Pard. It's the square meal
for your dog!
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25

n URING the war the
~ English butcher wasn't
overly popular. Like his
American counterpart, he
spent a lot of time tell
ing exasperated customers
that. honestly and truly, he
didn't have a bit Of meat 10
sell.
But now plans are being
pushed 10 elevate the status
of the British meat carver.
Along with returning
roaSts and chops. he may
he able next year TO exhibit
a framed diploma" If
plans for setting up a
British Meat Institute go
through as scheduled.
The Institute would pro
vide training in all phases
of meat handling and issue
certificates 10 qualified
tradesnen. The course will
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25

be comprehensive and the
graduates viii know all the
tricks Of carving d carcass.
Hundreds of young men
back from the wars have
registered their intention
10 open butcher shops, or
get jobs IN the meat Vend-
ing business. Most Of them
hope they can get into the
school and learn the tricks
of the trade instead of serv-
ing an apprenticeship in
some local shop. One of
those diplomas, they believe,
will get them started with
more confidence in the
cleaver-and at higher pay.
The attitude of the meat
shy British public, however,
seems TO be.
Never mind future sheep
skins-get us more lamb and
mutton 10 eat now"
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25
Instead Of Leading His
Bride to the Altar, the Man
Followed Her TO the
Cemetery.

IF she'd only waited !
could have explained every
thing. That's a perfectly
ocent communication
from a cousin of mine in
the WAAF."
The coroner agreed that
the letters contents, viewed
in that light, were entirely
harmless. His report quoted
from Othello:
"Trifles light as air are TO
the jealous confirmations
strong as proofs of holy
writ.
This literary flourish,
however. brought no COM
fort TO ex-Pilot Steele, who,
instead of taking his bride
on a honeymoon 10 the high
lands OF Scotland. mourn.
fully followed her body 10
the village graveyard.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25
Graveyard Honeymoon

IN ALL England there
J wasn't a pair OF lovers
for whom the future looked
brighter than IL did recently
for George Steele and Mary
Giles. Steele had just been
discharged from the Raj
after service in the Middle
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25

There were several pages
Of chitchat and the writer
closed with the hope of see
ing Steele soon in England.
Mary didn't sleep that
night. Hour after hour,
jealous pictures crowd G d
her mind. IL was day
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25

o Ii takes SO little to make a
dog happy. It's as simple as
just giving him the right food
and kind treatment. Every
wag of his irrepressible tail,
and bright eyed devotion will
repay you thousand times
over. And what better food for
your dog than Pard. For Pard
provides meat proteins higher
in nutritional value than those
in any other type of dog food on
the market, plus essential vita
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25

break before
she decided
u p o n a
course Of ac-
ton.
And II was
noon when
G G o r g e
2 a | e d TO
pick up his
9 o a l. II e
S m G ] ! e d
z a S a S he
knocked nm
Mary's door
and, without
further ado,
he crashed
in fin d
his fianeee
q suicide. A
n tie on a
[ a b | G ex-
p ! a / n e d
a b ut the
letter.
MY God!"
Steele ex-
claimed to
GhA
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25

Meat prOtefns are the Natural
Food for your Dog. The Meat
PrOteins in Pdrd are Higher
In NntritiOndl Value than
those in any other Type Of
Dog Food!
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25


Mary found the coat and
started 10 hang II UP, but
the edge of an envelope
caught her eye. She took II
from the pocket. II was
addressed TO George IN a
pretty feminine hand and
on the back was the name
of a WAAF officer stationed
in Cairo-a girl Mary had
never heard of.
Mary's curiosity a n d
gathering suspicion con
auered her better judgment
and she opened the letter.
George, Darling" II read.
You've been gone only
three weeks but IL seems
like months. Things are
deadly dull here without
you, but III never forget
those walks we took"
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25

East. He
found his old
job waiting.
And ais o
Mary.
Almost on
the eve of
their sched-
uled we'd
ding. how
e v e +, a
sin e n ] ar
misfortune
befell them.
The happy
bridegroom
TO be, visit
ing Mary on
what was to
be their last
date before
[ n e cere-
mony, went
away with
his head SO
far in the
clouds that
he had LEFT
his topcoat in
his fiancee's
apartmeut.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25
Calter

MANUFACTURING COMPANY CHICAGO
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-25
Pofds Boonted NvriOn Builds HeuIh Al Iysr Vital Point

Proof of Pord's fall-sfrenGfh
uufvttton' IN successive gener-
etions 81 dogs fed Pard CN.
elusive'y O. on canned PArd. 3
On PArd dchydratedl not one
q etary illness ever appeared
Robust health AlWsysi
Evening star., 1945-02-04

hof Airdrome on the other. Right
in the middle was our target-the
railway marshaling yards-and we
let 'em have it. The city will burn
for days."
Col. Theodore r. Milton, Wash
ington, D. c., commander of one
group and veteran Of the first big
raid on Berlin last March s, said
preliminary pictures of today's raid
showed Berlin spotted with fires.
Family Lives Here.
Col. Milton attended George
town Preparatory School here
and was graduated from West
Point in 1910. His wife, Mrs.
Betty Milton, lives at Pinehurst
Circle NV, and his mother, Mrs.
Alexander Milton, at the Ken
nedy-Warren Apartments. He
holds the Distinguished Flying
Cross with cluster, Distinguished
Service Cross and the Silver
Star. &
Clark Cables pilot on a bomb
ing raid on Gelsenkirchen, Ger
many, in August, 1913, Col. Mil
ton shortly afterward was pro-
NOTED to his present rank. He Is
the son of the late Col. Milton
and was married in 1941 to
the former Betty Bailey, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. j. Bailey,
of the Pinehurst Circle address.
During a raid on Oschersleben,
Germany, January II, 1914, he
was wounded. He continued to
direct the : successful mission
while remaining in command of
the attacking force. On Christ
mas day last year he COM
manded Flying Fortresses which
bombed" Nantes, France, with
Christmas presents for 5000
French children.
Staff Sergt. Kenneth Stafford,
Frankfort, Mich, tail gunner on
one of the first ships, said the tar
get areas were "just one big cloud
of dust and smoke" as his squad
ron headed home.
1T was the best bomb pattern I
have ever seen in 80 L>issions, /" added
Staff Sergt. John Raus.- Evansville,
Ind, ball turret gunner.
Capital Wide Open.
"We just poured it in there" said
1t. Joseph Horoff, bombardier, of
Brooklyn. "It. was wide open and
you just couldn't miss"
FLAX was described as medium
to intense"-varying as the bombers
swept over the city-but Sergt. Ray
mond Magilson, Pittsburgh, ex-
claimed. Il never saw so much fax
in all my life"
1t. Donald o. Funk, Ferron, Utah,
pilot of the Nevada Avenger," said
the fax was accurate.
Capt. Kenneth S. Lord, Stamford,
Conn, lead ship navigator, said the
bomber force rode tail winds all
Evening star., 1945-02-04
League to Hear Conudion

DR.. Frank Scott, chairman Of the
Cooperative Commonwealth Fed
Grafton Of Canada, will speak ct 8
o'clock tonight at an open meeting
being held at the Friends Meeting
House, 2l11 Florida avenue NV.
under the auspices OK the League
for Industrial Democracy. The sub
ject Of his talk will be '.The Rise Of
the CCF and It's Meaning for Can
ada and the United States"
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Pictures Show Berlin
Spotted With Fires,
D. {. Raider Says
~ the Associated Press

~ the ASs0ciated Press.
A UNITED STATES BOMBER
BASE, ENGLAND, Feb. 3.-Ameri-
can flyers back from Berlin today
said Incredible devastation had been
inflicted on the Nazi capital.
ut was wide open," exclaimed
Capt. Charles D. Bennett, Dallas,
Tex, lead bombardier of the second
group to hit the city. II saw the
Tiergarten on one side and Tempel-
Evening star., 1945-02-04

the way to the target. coming In
over Berlin at more than 500 miles
an hour.
1t was an hour and is minutes
from the Dutch coast to Berlin
and nearly four hours coming out
again" Capt. Bennett said.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Womon Dies in PLUNGE

NEW YORK, Feb. 3 N1.-Mrs.
Caroline Reich. IS. wife of m ithaca
University drama professor, plunged
to her death today from = 10TH
door window In Z midtown hotel
while = friend who had accompanied
her to . psychologists once talked
to the doctor.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08

There was such commotion that Mussolini
emerged from his cabana and Clara Immediately
appealed TO him for protection. Never one TO
ignore the plea of a shapely maiden, Mussolini
dismissed the bewildered guard and took Clara
INTO the beach house 10 soothe her injured feel
lngs. That, OF course, was the start of beauti-
ful friendship which lasted right up TO the time
OF ii Duces hasty departure from Rome
And So about year before Mussolini aban-
doned his capital La TanZi's daily visits to the
Palazzo Venezia were cut down to about one
week. Six months later her allowance from
the Ministry OF Propaganda was cut off. TanZi
was through, and she knew il. She became
petulant and snppish, complaining about every
thing and starting quarrels frequently.
When Rome was liberated, Clara and Maria
had long since escaped to Spain, but Tan1 was
still there and she of the first to be
arrested. 1t was charged that she had notified
the NaZis that some Italian soldiers were hiding
in the grounds of the Borghese Gardens. Also,
according TO the complaint, she was frequently
in the company of German officers, particularly
a Captain Schultz
That much is true" she admitted at her
trial, but what of IL? l would like to be seen
in the company of Colonel Pollock, too"
Colonel Pollock. it developed, was a hand
some American officer.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08

mace Il career out Oh HeT
friendship with the dicta.
tor. In 1884 she painted
a portrait of her hero and
persuaded one of his Gro
MES TO arrange for her TO
present it in person. She
was u then, a beautiful
creature with conSum-
mate poise, vivacious fea-
lures and flowing reddish
gold hair that hung down
TO her waist.
Mussolini accepted her
gift with a gracious smile
and a comprehensive stare,
and invited her to visit
him again. 1t wasn't long
before she was making
daily visits 10 the Palazzo
Vcnezia, and telephoned
several times a day from
a brand-ncw apartment in
the BorgheSe Gardens.
Nothing was too good
for her. She had pearls
from Paris, sables from
Russia, a sleek black car
with gold and pearl fit.
tingS. She was the Italian
version OF Du Barry, and
the most influential peo-
pie in Rome dropped in
often at her apartment TO
recount some tale that they
knew II Duce would hear.
II was her graceful car
riagc that Mussolini ad.
mired first, and 10 main
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08

a MOTHER of Tands attributes for which Mus
solini had a special fondncss was her hair
She knew it, and often when she was talking TO
him she would shake her head from side TO side
swinging her glistening locks around her shoul.
ders like the skirt of ballerina
As the years went on, other women occupied
ii DuceS attention from time to time but La
TanZi remained the government payroll and
her carissimo Benito always came back to her
Always until Clara Petacci came along
Clara planned her campaign we'll She knew
that ii Duce went bathing almost daily during
the summer a section of beach that was roped
off from the public One afternoon Clara put
on her best face and her scantiest bathing suit
and took stroll on the beach. She sauntered
up to the roped-on segment and suddenly began
to beat her fists on the chest of of the
guards screaming at the top of her voice:
Take your hands off of me. you filthy beast
If You ever touch me again I'll kill you"
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08

tam i she used TO walk for two hours every day
win books on her head. She developed her stride
TO such an extent that when she went walking
through Rome the citizenry used TO turn and
laugh at her. But they got over that habit in
hurry because ii soon became obvious that
laughing at IanH was Ike jumping out OF
plane without a parachute.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08
Italian jour-

[
commented that she appeared
just attractive as and one of them wrote
that she seems TO think less of saving herself
than of preserving her vanity"
g HE lost her pose only once, and that was when
- she questioned about her relationship
with Mussolini. She sprang to her feet and
screamed at the magistrate:
Il wasn't in his good graces He had Petacci!"
At another point she asked reporter in a
whisper if Clara and Maria were in the courtroom
and was assured that they were not.
The witnesses mostly musicians painters
and Sculptors. They said very little about TanZis
supposed collaboration but much about her asso-
citation with II Duce.
Most commentators thought her sentence was
too harsh. No so full of the joie de vivre as
Tan1 would last very long in solitary confine-
ment they said. They gave her about three
years, and shook their heads sadly.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08

THAT inspired La Tand. To dance properly. she
] said she ought to have the costume which
Sarah Bernhardt used to wear when she appeared
as That's. She had heard that this magnificent
garment with skirt 20 yards wide and fam.
boyant pattern embroidered with costly gems,
was In a French museum.
With the Nazis in control of France. ii should
be easy TO get that costume, she thought, so
she said to MusSolini
Surely you have enough influence with Hitler
to get ii for me-"
Mussolini tried, but with success Either
the French wouldn't give 1t up Hitler couldn't
be bothered So IL Duee had an exact duplicate
made and IL probably cost him more than his
Stradivarius. lie presented IL to Tamil with a
great flourish and she danced never before
Like most of Mussolini's mistresses, Tanzi
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08

you will have to sell II now, and at our price "
The price was never revealed. but Mussolni
got his Stradivarius. Perhaps Signora Tuquet
like La TanZi was put on the pension list of the
Ministry Of Propaganda which meant that she
received monthly remittance seven times an
Italian majors salary.
At any rate, the daily dancing recitals were
resumed. Sometimes Benito wore a uniform
but the costume he preferred was one that he
said Caesar wore, although with his fiddle he
probably looked much more like Nero II con.
sisted of long linen toga. very reminiscent OF
a nightgown, and a garland OF olive leaves
around his baiding pate.
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
STEELmAM new
TRUMAN aide

ployment bill. The purpose OF
this bill is to assure to every Amerl-
can. without regard to race, color,
or creed, an opportunity for use
full remunerative regular and
full-time employment"
Representative Carter Manasco,
of Alabama, chairman OF the
House Committee on Expendl-
lures, and Representative William
NJ. Wilmington, of Mississippi,
high ranking majority member,
told Mr.. Truman the bill woulo
not be reported out unless greatly
changed by amendments.
Mr.. Truman told his press and
radio conference he had informed
these committee members that he
wanted the bill reported out.
The bill has been bottled up
in the House Committee on Ex-
penditures since its passage some
weeks back by the Senate.
Mr.. Truman also disclosed that
he had given no encouragement
to the idea of forty-tlve to
forty-eight hour work week pro-
posed by Charles E. Wilson, presi-
dent of the General Motors Cor
poration, after call on the
President last week.
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
Plans For Statewide
4-H Club Roundup
Near Set

Plans for the first State All
Club Roundup for Negro boys and
girls are nearing completion. Forty
four of the most outstanding Al
members, representing the follow
ing All projects; leadership, can
ming, gardening, poultry, foods,
pigs, corn, cotton. beef and home
Improvement will attend this event
in Jackson with all expenses paid.
A $500 Victory Band will be given
each member. They will attend a
free banquet. Rev. James w. Sells,
secretary of the Rural Life Confer
ence, will be the guest speaker, re-
presenting the Governor of the
State Honorable Thomas l.. Bailey
The Roundup is being sponsor
ed by jackson Retail Merchants
Association under the auspices of
the Jackson Chamber of Com
merce. The Negro Chamber OF
Commerce will act as host to this
occasion.
The boys and girls will be housed
at Tougaloo College. Jackson Col
lege will serve as headquarters.
Both colleges will serve some of the
meals. The banquet will be held at
Jackson College.
This State event will take place
in Jackson December s and Z,
according to G. G. Cypress, Negro
Eoys' Club Agent.
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
State Attorney
General Favors
Primary Voting
Says Supervisors
Must Register
Negro Democrats

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - (SNS) =
Secretary of State r. A. Gray was
advised by Attorney General Tom
Watson Wednesday that supervi-
sors must permit Negroes to regis
ter as Democrats and vo IN
the primaries in Florida. yiass u
rective came as result of inquiry
by Gray for a supervisor of High
lands county on the point.
Negroes in Florida won the right
to vote as Democrats in that states
primary elections July n, 1945, In
decision by the state supreme
court.
The high tribunals decision was
based squarely, and with little dis
cussion, on ruling by the Supreme
Court of the United States by
which Texas Democratic primaries
were opened to Negroes on the
theory that party is an integral
part of an election in which the
constitution guarantee all citizen
the right to vote.
Justice Rivers Buford wrote the
initial opinion in two companion
cases in which he affirmed Escam
bia county circuit court orders di
recting Registration Supervisor Ben
L. Davis to register, Rev. r. A.
Cromwell and Effau Chavis as
Democrats.
Florida had no law specifically
prohibiting Negroes voting in the
primary. The law left to the DEM
ocratic party the right to prescribe
qualifications of it's members. How
ever, following the southern pat
tern Florida conducted primaies in
which only white electors partici-
pated.
Federal Dist. Judge r. Hoyt Davis
of Middle Georgia Division de-
cIared unconstitutional the rules
and regulations of the Executive
Democratic Committee of Georgia
which deny to any group the right
to vote on account of race and color
October IL. Judge Davis decision
followed the arguments on the prl-
mary held at Macon September 13,
ID and Is in which the Rev. Prl-
mus E. King, Columbus Negro
minister through his attorneys
sought damages of 5000 and the
right to vote in all elections, as
result of his denial of a ballot IN
the July 4, primary elections, con-
Quoted by the officials of Muscogee
county.
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
Navy Secretary Nudges Committee
Considering Report For Action

had been cleared up accordlng u "
high navy department othclaL
II was last April that Forrestal
ornointed a departmental commit
fee representing all branches OF
the department, and assigned IL
the task of bringing all segmentS
of the department having 10 oo
will, personnel up to common lever
as mot as good as the hrst re-
port.
EIGHT MEETINGS
A qualified source in the depart
ment disclosed to the Associated
Negro Press exclusively last week
that this committee had had elgnt
meetings to date. When Granger
who is executive secretary OF the
National Urban league, submitted
to Forrestal his report covering
visits TO west coast installations, II
was turned over to the committee
Later Granger went south ana the
report on this trip was descrlpeo
the committee Forrestal SAID ne
wanted "sone action"
In sending the latter report 10
the committee Forristal said ne
wanted "some action.
Meanwhile this special commlttee
has been concerning itself wi n
the task assigned. Adm. Randall
Jacobs. former chief of the bureau
of naval personnel, had always
held that there was nothing wrong
in basic navy policy. His view was
to be closer adherence
Jackson advocate., 1945-11-03
Government
Is
Revealed
Machinery And
Equipment To
Be Allotted

WASHINGTON (ANP)-- Inc
united states government is OPP
,oeed to granting reparatons 10
ethiopia in answer to the latters
o;ai,ne against the defeated Italian
reorIe this was made clear on
we0ne~day by Secretary OF State
.7aInes Bvrnes whtn asked at a news
conference what the official atutuae
was of this government
Apart Fl ON the territorial claims
MADE against italy hv Halle Sc
assie large financial repar@tlons
have been sought These figures
as vet undisclosed, were understood
10 have been handed 20 the chlets
Of missions for France Russia,
United Kingdom and The Unlteo
ctates more than six weeks. ago.
LEFT OUT
According tc Byrnes the directive
proposed and agreed upon. at tho
Council of Foreign Ministers was
that there should be no reparatlonS
from Italy other than the machln-
cry and equipment which was II
existence then.
He said that under the armistice
treaty certain essential machinery
could be taken ana others left.
usable Only for peaceful purposes.
This would be allotted among the
Allies and Italy.