davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1945-01-30
laughIin Charges Police
Burned beIcher's S Finoers

Attorney James j. Laughlin to-
day charged in District Court that
police in getting a statement had
burned the fingers of his client
Leroy Belcher, 20 colored, on trial
for first-degree murder. Belcher is
accused of killing Army Pvt. Mar
win l.. Beauchamp, 81, last February
The jury was excluded when Mr.
Laughlin decided to put Belcher on
the stand to determine admissibility
Iof certain evidence.
The trial was in its third day
before jury and Justice James
w. Morris. The soldier. who had
been stationed at the National Air
port, was found unconscious on a
vacant lot in the 300 block of K
street S.W. and died in Walter Reed
Hospital. Belcher, accused of hit
ting Pvt Beauchamp with a brick
while robbing him, is being prose-
cuted by Assistant United States
Attorney John P. Burke.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Sinatra 10 Interrupt Film
Work for Draft Recheck
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 3O.-Frank
Sinatra, who is now AT, but has
been ordered by his, Jersey City
IN. j. draft board to report for
a new physical examination and
possible INDUCTION into the armed
forces, said today that he would
leave Hollywood in time to report
there February 7.
Il don't feel that a statement
from me is warranted any more
than from several hundred thou
sand other boys" said the crooner
through publicity representative.
I'm no different from Joe Doakes
next door"
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Iobin Denies BACKING
Flynn 5 Suggestion
To Repeal NLRB Act
By the Associated Press.

50 =
B INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 30.-Presi-
dent Daniel J. Tobin Of the Inter-
national Teamsters Union says in
the unions official magazine that
he would never consent to repeal
OF the National Labor Relations
Act-"the greatest legislation ever
enacted for freeing the toilers from
company unions and from fear of
being discharged for joining a
union"
Considerable publicity has been
recently given by the press to an
article appearing in the January
issue of the International Teamster
written by Thomas E. Flynn (exec-
utive assistant to Mr.. Tobin), de-
nouncing the National Labor Re-
lations Board" he writes in the
February issue Of the magazine.
Most of the writers claim that
Mr.. Flynn was expressing my opin-
ions. This is far from the truth. %*
Mr.. Flynn's criticism was mostly
against the prejudiced membership
of the National Labor Relations
Board. With those statements ]
fully agree.
When Mr.. Flynn or any one else
states that the remedy is to repeal
the National Labor Relations Act
then l disagree.
But I agree with the
statement that the administration
of the law has been foul. 1t smells.
And some day the CIO will repeat
what I am now saying.
Suppose Republican is elected
President-as there will be some
day A board would be appointed
that would render every decision
against the CIO, as is now the case
against the AFL. That is what is
going to happen
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Drummond Elected Head
Of Overseas Writers

Roscoe Drummond Washington
correspondent of the Christian
Science Monitor, yesterday was
elected PRESIDENT of Overseas
Writers, an organization composed
of Washington correspondents who
have covered assignments overseas.
Joseph c. Harsch was reelected
secretary. An Executive Commit
tee was elected as follows: Marquis
Childs, ST. Louis Post Dispatch:
Lewis Wood, New York Times; Bar
net Mover, Washington Post; Carroll
kenworthy, United Press, Ernest
Lindley, columnist.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Homing Pigeons Fly on Beam
Of Own Rudio,' Studies Hint

Does the mysterious ability of
homing pigeons to fly unerringly to
lofts many miles distant depend on
some sort of natural radio activity
which is "dimmed out" by man.
made radio signals?
That enticing subject, it was
learned today, is being investigated
by the Army Signal Corps. There
already is strong evidence that this
theory may be true.
According to broadcasting circles
here, the Signal Corps in recent ex-
periments found that when pigeons
were released near a radio trans
mitter they were noticeably bewil-
Evening star., 1945-01-30
King Orders Election
In Canada; Overseas
Draft Is Main Issue
By the Associated Press.

.
OTTAWA, Jan. 30-Canada will
review its touchy question of con-
scription for overseas military serv-
ice in general election this spring
The government of Prime Min
lister w. l.. Mackenzie King. which
last fall adopted a policy of partial
conscription and sent a large con-
tingent of home defense troops to
Europe, will place the conscription
issue before the voters.
The Prime Minister served notice
yesterday he would force the cleo
tion by dissolving the present Par
lament. The notice was directed
to the voters of Grey North. In a
by-election there next Monday Mr..
Kings Defense Minister, Gen. A. G.
l.. McNaughton, is the government
candidate. He is seeking the House
of Commons seat that his cabinet
post requires.
Speaking at a political rally in
the district last night, Gen. Nc
Naughton said "the best of reports
have come from overseas" concern
ing the drafted troops.
The earliest possible date for
general election would be early April.
since at least two months must
elapse between the issuance of writs
for an election and the actual vot-
ing. Parliament closes it's current
sitting tomorrow. The Prime Min
lister did not indicate when he would
issue the call.
The government decision to con-
script some home defense troops to
serve abroad instead of depending
entirely on volunteers provoked the
most severe crisis which the King
government has weathered in recent
months.
The conScription measure finally
won Parliament's approval, but Gen.
McNaughton recently disclosed that
1900 of approximately 5000 home
defense soldiers drafted to serve
overseas were absent without leave
from ports of embarkation Many
of the absentees have returned. but
others were listed as deSerters.
There still is strong feeling on the
issue of sending drafted Canadians
abroad, particularly in Quebec Prov
ince, where Mr. King has had much
OF his political strength.
Evening star., 1945-01-30

dered and found difficulty in taking
their bearings. But released at the
same point when the transmitter
was "off. they behaved in a normal
manner.
With the radio working, it was
reported, the birds circled the re-
lease point erratically for Is or 20
minutes and required from ~ to
81 minutes to complete a 10-mile
flight. A second group of birds, re-
leased when the station was quiet,
circled briefly as usual and finished
the same journey as the first flight
IN from 18 to 81 minutes.
Tests, 1t was said at the War
Department today, are continuing.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
169 Dead or Missing
In Flood in Peru |
BY the Associated Press.

~ 11boOCIdttU
LIMA, Peru, Jan. 30.-One hum
dred and sixty-nine persons are dead
or missing as result of the flood
which struck the small town of
Chavin when swoolen mountain
lagoon burst its banks January Is,
an official report issued here said
yesterday.
The report said 260 houses in the
town were destroyed or damaged
and that only 90 dwellings in Chavin
remained habitable.
Evening star., 1945-01-30

American Super Fortresses." There's
only one slight detail. They can't
figure out how to get it off the
ground.
Next is "a secret dust which rises
over Toxic when enemy planes are
sighted" Now that one I believe,
and I know just where the dust
comes from-the feet of the Japs
who are running to get out of Tokyo
when the enemy planes are sighted
Released by Consolidated News Features,
Evening star., 1945-01-30
] ak on TRANSPORTATION

The public relations problem in
the transportation field will be dis
cussed by Kinsey N. Merritt, gen.
eral manager of public relations for
the Railway Express Agency, at the
American Public Relations Associa-
ton luncheon meeting at 1915 pm
Thursday in the Washington Hotel
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Hondshoke, Work Mark
Two Senators Birthdays

By the Associated Press
Senator McKellar, Democrat. of
Tennessee and Senator George,
Democrat. of Georgia observed their
birthdays yesterday
They got together and shook hands
to mark the occasion, then went to
work as usual. Senator McKellar is
rs and Senator George 81.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Grocie Aliens
Comment

Well, the lower the morale of the
Japanese civilians the taller the
stories from the imperial propa-
ganda offices.
/ Now they have released stories
Evening star., 1945-01-30
New Greek Regime
And ELIAS to Confer
By the Associated Press

Ds tIIt HSoUCIdleu PTeSS.
ATHENS, Jan. 30.-A conference
between ELIAS representatives and
officials of the Plastiras government
to discuss settlement of Greece's
internal difficulties has been fixed
for February l, an official announce
ment said last night.
Evening star., 1945-01-30

about Sc CT e t
weapons SO fear
some they will
destroy the en-
tire American
war machine, in
the .twinkiing OF
a n e ye. Th e
only thing is
they apparently
can't find an eye
in Japan that
still tWinkles.
The first of
these weapons
is a huge plane
1t h r e e times
L.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
By HERBERT C. PELL.

written for the Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-I am max
ing this statement as private citi-
zen with no official position. I be-
lieve that everything that is done
by us who are not in the armed
froces will be ultimately judged by
one standard and by one standard
only-have we contributed toward
preventing a third world war which
would end civilization? Nothing less
means anything in comparison to
this.
The conviction and punishment
Of those responsible for the suffer-
ing OF this war Is not matter Of
revenge, but of justice. The perse-
cution of minorities is an easy and
from ancient time regularly used
means of establishing tyrannical
governments which inevitably be-
come belligerent sooner or later.
Every such government must can
alize discomfort and transmute the
hostility provoked by its own meth
ods at home into hatred of foreign
countries.
The persecution of minority will
tend at first to consolidate the gang
and will COW the opposition of all
citizens, even those not belonging
to the prosecuted minority. Let us
suppose shopkeeper in Berlin sees
Jewish shop next to him raided
and wrecked. 1t is manifest that
such a man will hesitate before op-
posing the Nazi organization.
Millions Have Died.
There can be no doubt where the
demands of justice lie. In Europe
and Asia there are millions OF
people, more than all the inhabi-
tants of New York, Illinois and
California together, who had died
as a result of the war. There are
in Europe. 100000, 900 people-more
than twice the population of the
United States-crying for justice
A great many more than that IN
Asia have suffered and are asking
protection for the future. I do not
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Florida Stomp Authorized

Postmaster General Walker last
night announced authorization of a
special Scent commemorative post
age stamp marking the Tooth ami
versary OF the admission of Florida
to statehood
Evening star., 1945-01-30
ADVERTISEMENT.
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Evening star., 1945-01-30
War Guilt Punishments Urged
BY PeII as Aid to World Peace

Herbert c. PeI, former Amer
ican member of the United Ma
tionS War Grimes Commission,
herein sets dODn his pie,gs on the
aUidely discussed question OF pun
ishment for German 10ar lords
and the German nation. The
State Department recently an
nounced that Mr.. Peu ,Dould not
return to London because an ap-
preparation providing for salary
and expenses OF the American
staff had Jailed. Mr.. PeH, hoiU-
eUer, asserted the reason i0as dis
approval OF his inSiStence that
Nasis be brought to trial for
atrocities against their olDr,s Je,U-
iSh citizens as ueH as the War
crimes against citizens of other
countries.
Evening star., 1945-01-30

POCkETBOOK. brown, on 18th St bet T
and Riggs pl, possibly in Safeway store
Please return pocnetoook and contents,
Keep money. 1914 Corcoran st NV. MI.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
LOST RATION COUPONS.

"a" GAS RATION BOOK, issued to Can't
Jordan L. Paust, ga Plateau pl., Green
belt, Md. Greenbelt 60s3.
POCKETBOOK In Safeway Sat. afternoon.
ration books Nos. and 4, Catherine Cover,
Dixson and u No. 8, Lois Brown, Miami
Fla: IA. 2176, $50, Somerset pi NV.
RATION BOOKS No 4, issued to Marie H.
Smith and Wylma G. Mann, I349 Kenyon
st. NV. co. 6945. IL
Evening star., 1945-01-30

POCKETBOCK, black silk, Containing
keys, personal and valuable papers some
money Liberal reward if returned to
SANDRA PEGRAM, 900 10th ST. NV, DI,
Evening star., 1945-01-30

CAT, silver gray cat, found vicinity ard
and Mass. ave. ne. For information in
ouire RE. 1900, Ext. 1880.
COLLIE, male brindle, short tail. in Ta-
koma Park. SH. 3749.
DOG, large male, grayish tan with brown
patches, long tail; found near Chevy Chase
Circle Call WO. 1927 evenings.
EAR CLIP, bow knot. CAN WA. 1851 after
Evening star., 1945-01-30

POCKET WATCH, inclosed in a miniature
tire: reward. Call Columbia 5S95.
PURSE, small envelope, maroon leather,
containing. houses key. cosmetics: vicinity
BoVINGDoN. EX, 1911, during day
Evening star., 1945-01-30

SOLDIER, home on furloughs lost entire
bankroll, vicinity. 14th and N Y ave NV:
money needed to return to camp. Phone
co ORA
Evening star., 1945-01-30

SHOE BUCKLE, rhinestone. vicinity La
Sail Dubois 18th and M SITS. NV. Re-
ward. Phone OR 1914
Evening star., 1945-01-30

POCkETBOOk, girls, brown. lost in Wood
ward g. Lothrop's store Jan. %: contained
wallet, notebook and Japanese invasion
CURRENCY. Reward ia 240n
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-24
Mrs. FDR-

Continued from Page II
greatness as individuals to make
this country worthy Of their sac
Tifices.
upon US the leadership of the
world has been thrust and the
seed OF fear is not a good plant 10
foster peace. The only way to get
rid Of fear is to face the realities
Of the past and the present. The
path may be q different one
but we must remember that lead
ership must come to us as individ-
uals. We must for this purpose
have unity at home, and deter
mination that we will face the
world without fear, but with gen.
crosby and mutual goodwill. Then
We may hope for peace"
Earlier. at q press conference,
Mrs. Roosevelt had stated that
this unity meant anti-racial pref
udice against Negroes must 20.
IL Is = part OF the fear program
and the anti-program. We can
no longer AFFORD to be ants"
IN REFERRING to the ATTEMPT
OF England, France and Holland 10
re-eStablish the colonial system in
Indo-China. Dutch East Indies and
the Maylay states. Mrs. Roosevelt
said: COLONIZATION cannot go ahead
as it has in the past. No system
can 60 ahead as il did before the
war. Everything is changed"
Mrs. Roosevelt's talk was under
the auspices Of the Michigan Citi-
zens' committee, and she spoke on
The Responsibilities of the In
dividual in the Postwar World
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Murder
Continued from Page u
are being held in the Staying, &C.
cOrding to Dickens.

cOrding to Dickens.
There have been difficulties be-
tween the Allen and Durham FAM
lilies. resulting from two cutting
escapes in the past nine months.
ISAAC ALLEN. son OF the slain
man, is now In Wayne County Jail
for the cutting Of Durham three
months ago. Nine months ago Dun
ham was arrested for cutting
young Allen.
Both Durham and Roney were
seen with Allen just before the
time OF the Staying, established
as around 9 pm.
Mrs. Essay Allen. wife OF the
dead man, told police he left home
about us on the night Of the Slay-
ing, and that she hadn't seen him
since. Allen. a former resident Of
Royal Oak. was the father Of sew
cral children.
COLLIER died Sunday in Pom
tiac General hospital. Seay. who
confessed the stabbing, according
10 police, said he cut the victim
during quarrel in veterans
club.
Last Oct 30 Mrs. Alberta Young.
white. was murdered in Oakland
county, and Edward Bellm, white.
is being held as a suspect in the
killing Of the army captains wife.
Before that Mrs Lydia Thomp-
son, white, was found murdered
on Oct. ii in the Pontiac vicinity.
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Neutrality-suspicious.
Labor PorIey-Townsend

Negro. you won't have any indus
trial peace in America.
The Clio stands as a bulwsrk OF
democracy. protecting the rights OF
Negroes and the rights of working
people generally" Townsen
strongly declared. He spoke Of the
resolution introduced by President
Phillip Murray before the exec
utive committee OF the conference
last week which proposes to outlaw
discrimination in collective bar
gaining agreements based on race
creed or color. Townsend said that
while they expected some oppoSi-
ton to the proposal. up 10 now
there has been no comment. He
said, it would be interesting TO no
tice the reaction.
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WASHINGTON - The spsthetic
attitude which Negroes have taken
toward the acknowledgement
conference here was described this
week by willard S. Townsend
president OF the Clio United Trans.
port Service Employees OF America
lone Negro delegate, as little short
Of tragic.
Disclosing, that with the excep-
ton OF one letter from A. Philip
Randolph, president OF the AL
Brotherhood OF Sleeping Car Por-
tiers, there hasn't been the first
Negro organization, nor the first
Negro individual who has inter
ested himself in the most important
aspects OF our industrial lives-in-
dustrial peace" Townsend said.
There should be tremendous
pressures from Negro groups SO
that labor and management alike
would know that Negroes want Ia
be heard" Townsend asserted.
Townsend revealed that white
organizations and individuals are
deluging the conference with pro-
posals and counter-propoSals Of all
kinds.
No Negro Before Committee
There was established within the
conference on the opening day a
hearings committee designed to
hear any testimony from any or
ganization not represented by the
conference delegates. So far no
Negro organization has appeared
before the committee.
Although Randolph was in Wash
ington last week, and although the
American Federation OF Labor with
which he is affiliated ignored Ne
gro representation when it APP
pointed delegates to the conference
as far as is known. Randolph made
no request 10 appear before the
committee.
Contrasted 10 the lethargy which
sc far has characterized Negro in
terest in the conference. there have
been efforts made TO discredit the
one Negro officially represented.
Attempts have been made TO pic
ture Townsend as opposition 10 the
tSbd DllSIllltIll VI q IlSi llIdiiNliN oiA
Employment Practices committee.
Interested in Jobs
Commenting on these attempts.
Townsend appearing as guest
speaker before the weekly lunch
con group of the Capital Press
club. said. "BaSically, | am inter-
ested in the trade union movement
as trade unionist Being Negro,
| am expected TO deal in the field
OF race relations. | am interested
IN 60-million jobs. / believe If they
are provided they will serve as
opposition TO allay those fears out
Of which is created determinations
1T is hard for me TO get on these
nationalistlc programs. am inter-
ested in the whole broad picture.
have been fortunately thrown in
the position Of projecting the idea.
if you don't do something about the
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"SINCE THE defendant is a
Michigan citizen, it may not dis
criminate on the grounds of race
or color when carrying passengers
for hire to and from Detroit II II
does discriminate on either grounds
in Detroit, il violates the Civil
Rights Act
The real test OF foreign COM
merce Is whether or not there is.
in fact, traffic or intercourse with
foreign nations. Another test is the
location Of the termini. Both are
in Michigan The defendants bust
ness is transportation plus amusc-
ment.
Defendant asks What in Gods
world does the Civil Rights
statute seek?' The court answers:
1t seeks TO sc that all Gods chill
dren have equal rights in Michi-
gan
IN RULING on the case Judge
Maher answered six questions.
among which were: Should a
Michigan citizen. who claims TO
en- gage partly in foreign commerce
be wholly free OF state regulations?
Is the defendant engaged in foreign
commerce? Is the Civil Rights
regulation reasonable? Is the regu-
alton burdensome?
In summing up the-eas the
court said: Congress has indicated
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-24
Lillian Cashin,
Fisk Professor
Dies In Alabama

NASHVILLE. Tenn. 90 Miss Ill.
Ian Z CsShin. professor ~ Eng-
llsh and comparative literature st
Fisk university. died al her home
n Decstur. Ala. Friday evening.
Nov . Miss Csshin had been =
rrenber Of the faculty IL Fisk
sircs 1918 Because % illness she
had BEN away on ssNbsuCa leave
Tor the year la4S- go
Miss Csshin Was horn in Mont
fomery. Ala. Nov. 20. 1888. Her
father. n v. Cashin, Was the
first Negro attorney In the state
Of Alabama and Was At ONE time
the Us government register 81
deeds for the state. Graduating
from Fisk in 1908 Miss Czshin
subsequently took her master Of
arts degree al the University Of
Chicago and continued doing
research and study there for sew
eral years.
IN 1915 Mss CaShln came 10 Fisk
es an instructor IN the framing
school Durirs her % years Al Fisk
she Mas the inaugurator Of the
teaching Of comparative literature
a. Negro schools and the organizer
~ the Little Theater project -on
T1Sk campus. whose productions
enc directed for many years She
VsS = member ~ the Modern Lam
gaace Association and the Asso-
Grafton Of Teachers Of English.
MISS Cashin is survived by two
stcrs and three brothers: Mrs
PATTI CaShin Sykes OF Decatur.
Ala Mrs Vivian CsShin Ian gston
a. Chicago. III; James B Cashin.
attorney and member OF the Fisk
Board 81 Trustees - Chicago. Ill.
Dr. New'n Cash'r Of Decatur. Ala.
and John Cashjn Of Huntsville,
Ala
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Ontario
Continued from Page u

itlsm had been rcpud dated by the
late President Roosevelt, Gen
Charles de Gaulle, the World Trade
Union congress ana the Pan-Amer-
lean conference,
He also pointed out that il sale
Of piece OF land could be pro-
hlbited 10 Jews. il could equally be
prohib ited 10 Protestsnts, Catholics
or any other denomination.
In my opinion, he said. moth
ing could be more calculated TO
create or deepen divisions between
existing religious and ethnic
groups IN the province or in this
country, than the sanction OF q
method Of land transfer which
would permit the segregation and
confinement Of particular groups
10 particular business or reSIdcn-
tal areas II appears 10 be a moral
DUTY AZ least 10 lend aid 20 all
forces Of cohesion and similarly 10
repel all tendencies which would
imporil national unity"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-24

church Nov. 25,
at 6 pm.
Young Ross
Ia a former
member Of the
Dudley Broth
ers q Il a r q I.
and has APP
pcarcd on the
radio, in shows
and to ure d
abroad.
He is a for
nor student Of
w dyne unlVcr-
Sity and was
second prize
winner in the
Nj q n / q n N
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Blind
Continued from Page II

(Continued from Page IL
idea il he took some lessons" Mrs.
Holmes said.
Mr.. Staines was lavish in his
praise OF his former student. He
was one of the best students that
] ever had" Stsines said, "having
been so recently blinded. he had
none OF the inhibitions which per-
sons who have been blind long
time have. He learned braille,
how to dial a phone. and how to
be independent" the nationally
known dog traiser said.
Before being blinded. Holmes
worked for IL years at the Ford
Motor company. He and his wife
have no children.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-24

South Africa has lifted import re-
strictions on all goods grown. pro-
ducec or manufactured in tie United
States.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-24

its opposition TO color discrimina-
ton as unreasonable by common
carriers"