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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
WHI5kEY,T TAX AGAIN EYED
 BY SENATE
Two Measures Given Rush Passage Yesterday
 30fh Bill Offered

Non controversial measures were sent in high gear" through the Territorial Senate this afternoon, as the. chamber worked to clear it's decks for consideration of the vol luminous Net Income Tax measure.
 House Joint Resoluatiop No. 2 and Representative Fred Hanford's .uhstitute for House Bill No. 23 were spceded along under suspended rules through final passage. the Resolution winning unanimous ap- ploval Senators Edward D. Coffey and H. H. McCutcheon voted against the Substitute Bill.
 Before leaving second reading, the Heuc resolution, which had au- thorized an appropriation of $l5,oOo to cover expenses contracted for legislative printing, was increased, On Finance Committee recommen- detion to provide a $2oOo0 appro- pliation No amendments were made to the Substitute bill, which changes the date for General Elec- tiens in the Territory from the saeond Tuesday in September to the Sccond Tuesday in October, com nlsncihg in 1946. To provide better voting opportunity for seasonal workers was the explanation given as the reason for changing the election date.
 Amendments were voted on two Senate bills which were up in second reading yesterday afternoon. The special appropriation of s5,OOO was stricken from No IA, the Audits of Territorial Offices measure, at the request of the author, Senator Leo w. Rogge. The measure had once been ready for passage, but was re- turned for the specific amendment. At the request of Senator Howard Lyng, 1t was put at the top of the calendar for today, to hear opinions on the measure from Territorial Treasurer Oscar G. Olson, Director of Public Welfare Russell Maynard Unemployment Compensation Direc- tor Robert E. Sheldon and H. R. VanderLeest, Pioneers Home Board member. It was Senator Lyng's thought that the men named could well represent the offices that would be affected by the bill.
 Liquor Act
 Senate Bill No. 24, the Liquor Ex- else Tax Act, received several pro- posed amendments from Senator
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21

meeting, she announced, preliminary plans for spring rushing will be made. Rushing will culminate i1l the annual Founders Day banquet on April 30.
 During the recess between the business, and program meetings, the hostess served hot chocolate. and cookies. ss.. |.
 Ruth Kunnas gave an interesting resume of the history of music. Fol lowing that, a general discussion was held on the influence of music its use in industry, and it's present day development
 Mrs. Trevor Davis will be guest speaker for the March 6 meeting which will be held in the home of Ruth Kunnas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21

 BACK AS ENSIGN

Ensign Eli Milodragovich, U. s. Coast Guard, is now in Juneau en- route to duty aboard U. s. c. c. Lightship 113 (Swiftsure). Ensign Milcdragovich was formerly attach ed to the office of the Captain of the Port here, as enlisted man. At that time he held the rating of Boatswain's Mate 2Ic.
 On the recommendation of the Captain Of the Port, he was sent to the Coast Guard Academy, at New London, Conn. There he completed an intensive course of officer train- ing and was commissioned an En- sign. He is now returning to active duty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
Liquor Act

Senate Bill No. 24, the Liquor Ex- else Tax Act, received several pro- posed amendments from Senator
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21

Jce Green. Among those adopted was change of the alcoholic con- tent permitted wines, from 19 per cent to g per cent by volume. It was explained that occasionally a wine might run over the alcohol limit and become subject to the whiskey tax, under the old proyis- ion.
 Also adopted was an amendment to require a surety bond of $25,000 from wholesalers, to protect the col- lection of taxes on liquors imported by them. On motion by President Coffey, the emergency clause was strickent from the measure
 One amendment to the bill, pro posed by Senator Green, was lost, it revived the controversy that took place when the measure was pre- viously considered on Monday, when the whiskey tax provision was doubled, from s1 to g per gallon In his amendment yesterday, Sena- tor Green proposed to. grade the levy back down to s1.50 per gallon,
 At the request of President Cof- fey, his bill to provide for re-em- ployfnent of war veterans by Terri torial offices, was re-referred to the Committee on Labor and Com merce. which had previously re- ported it without recommenda- tion."
 One New Bill
 One new act, Senat Bill No. 30, by Senator Lyng by request, was drop ped in the hopper. It relates to the Adoption of Children It was referred to the Judiciary Commit tee with the instructions that it be passed on to the Education, Public Health and Morals group.
 Senate Bills Nos. Is, 28 and IT, and House Bill No. 16 were reported lack by Committees. The Finance Tommittee gave do pass recon-
 endations to Senate l6. and 28, but
 ttacked proposed amendments to
 eth. No 16. the regulation of the Practice of Healing bill, was pro posed to have its appropriation cut from s1o,000 to s1 900. No. 28, which would have put a 1O-year morator- ium on the collection of interest from Wrangell School Bonds held by the Territory, would be amended to provide only for a cut in the rate of interest to one per cent, for a four year period
 No recommendation was given to House Bill No. l6, by the Finance Committee. The measure provides for an increase in Old Age Pensions frCm $45 to $60.
 The Judiciary Committee put it's approval on Senate Bill No. IT, which provides a title change in the Liquor Tax Act. Put in charge of the Judiciary Committee was a communication from Attorney Gen eral Henry Roden, replying to a question from the Senate regarding the Legislatures authority concern ing Federal officers.
 The Senate adjourned until II o'clock this morning,
 Mrs lack Calvin Sitka ic o
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
COAST AUXILIARY
 E NOT TO MEET

The Coast Guard Auxiliary will not hold its classes tomorrow night at o'clock in the City Hall, it was announced today. due to the fact that it is Washington's birthday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
LEAVE FOR SOUTH

Coast Guard Chief Machinists' Mate and Mrs. Lee Hessey left for the States via steamer today, where Mrs. Hessey intends to undergo medical care. The couple expects to return in about a month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21

U. S. Deputy Marshal Sidney J. Thompson has returned to head quarters here after trip to Sitka, where he went to conduct an in- vestigation
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should not re-occur on the floor of the Senate.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-09-24
NATIONAL NEGRO CONGRESS
RE0PENS WASHINGTON
legislative BUREAU

NEW YORK, Sept. "a (ANP)-
Demanding an immediate end to
the practice of arresting Negroes
who protest Jim crow conditions in
the nations capitol, and pledging
a ight-to-the-finish against segre-
cation in Washington, DR.. Max
Yergan, president of the National
Negro congress, announced the i'm
mediate reopening of NNC's legis-
lative bureau under the director
ship of Dorothy K. Funn, the con-
gress' or-legislative secretary.
Miss Funn has started her con-
viction that the first objective of
the fighters for Negro rights in
America must be to abolish dis
elimination and Jim crow in all
phases of Washington life. eff the
nations capitol is permitted to con-
tinue operation on a jim crow
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-09-24

tuition as a prerequisite for voting.
Many persons, fearful of regis
tering to vote because of past due
poll taxes and Fl ia accumulations,
may now do so without fear. The
law originally doubled the poll tax
for delinquents, making them pay
81 to cover the poll tax and costs
for each year they were behind, in
stead of the regular tax of 81.
Cook specifically ruled: "Delin-
quent poll taxes are no longer a bar
to voting and such taxes cannot be
demanded of taxpayers.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-09-24
BACK POLL TAXES RULED
UN(0LLE(TIBLE IN GEORGIA

ATLANTA, Sept. "a (ANP)-
Georgians are acclaiming the pol
itical significance of Atty. Gen. Eu-
gene Cooks writing off approx
mately S3OO,OOO in delinquent poll
taxes. One of the most effective
weapons to keep Negroes from reg
istering has thus been eliminated
and leaders in many communities
were indicating that tremendous
registration drive would start.
In the ruling made public by
State Revenue Commissioner nj. +.
Thompson, the attorney general
ruled that county tax collectors
henceforth have no power to de-
mand the collection of poll taxes
accumulated during years prior to
1915, since the Georgia legislature
abolished the poll tax and it was
omitted from the new state consti-
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-09-24
THE DAILY BULLETIN

basis" Miss Funn said, "It excuses
segregation anywhere else. The
city which sets policy for the coun-
try and houses it's government must
be washed clean of discriminatory
mud"
The arrests referred to by DR..
Yergan occurred when members of
a New York CIO delegation were
locked up for protesting restaurant
Jim crow.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-09-24

school of medicine, delivered the
commencement address to an audi
ence assembled in in the chapel of
Fisk university. Speaking on the
subject of medicine in a Transi-
tion PERIOD" Rev. Schwitalla urged
that doctors be professionally COM
petent and that they keep abreast
with social progress in a new and
changing society.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-09-24
"a MEDICAL, II DENTAL
GRADUATES AT
MEHARRY COMMENCEMENT

NASHVILLE, Sept. "a (ANP)
and dentists from 27
states gathered in Nashville for the
69th commencement of the Me-
harry medical college
la, dean of the ST. Louis University
The Rev. A Alphonse M. Schwital-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
Praises Morale Of
Merchant Marines

WASHINGTON -- The discipline
and morale maintained by Amc~i-
can merchant Seamen. whose ranks
included more than 10000 Negro
maritime workers during tho war,
were commended in a report by
the War Shipping Administrations
Committee on Crew Disciplinary
Matters made public this week az
ter two years of study and obser-
walton.
The committee said that II had
found no indications OF broad con-
fictS Of interests between officers
and seamen. Only threc-tenths Of
one per cent Of misconduct cases
reported concerned economic cues
tons and disputes arising out 81
collective bargaining matters. and
there have been no strikes of ner-
chant seamen since Pearl Harbor.
the committee rcportcd
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
Sweet Daddy
Socks EN- And
Socks EN- More

PHILAD LPHIA - Amen,
Sweet Daddy, it's waiting for yeu.
Some 200 convertS to the House
of Prayer for All People had just
been soaked with a FIRE hose get
ting baptized
Then the Bishop Charles NJ.
Grace turned 10 his flock and
cried. Il got 10 get this peace
Strengthened out real soon and III
need plenty OF money for II"
Delegates were attending the
18Th annual Holy Convocation of
the House Of Prayer for All Peo-
pie There we're so many that they
we're hanging from the windows.
Sweet Daddy" collected his
money walked down from his six
foot platform and drove away n
has fine car.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
Restrictive Covenants Bak Efforts To Get Better Homes
Election Held
During Mosons'
Annual Confub

DESPITE the fact that they were
handicapped by the ODT ruling,
more than twenty chapters Of the
jurisdiction OF Michigan we're
represented at the fifty-sixth an
nual session Of Prince Hall Grand
chapter of Masons.
Sixty-eight candidates received
the Amaranth degree at the first
grand session Of the Grand Amsr-
anth on Sunday. Royal Grand Ma
iron. Mrs. Grace Balenger and
Royal Grand Patron. V. A. Bristol
made reports. All officers of the
Grand Amaranth Court were re-
elected.
GRAND WORTHY MATRON.
Mrs. Agnes Bristol and Grand
Worthy Patron. Atty. Charles E.
Williams. made their annual ad-
dresses at the Prince Hall grand
session on Monday morning. DR..
John w Moore. Most Worshipful
Grand Master Of Prince Hall Grand
Lodge of Michigan. delivered the
welcome address. The honored
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Reeves and
daughter Of Texas jurisdiction and
Mrs Ethel Smith Of Indiana juris-
diction. brought greetings from
their regions.
On Tuesday morning, officers
were elected.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
jim C R 0 " IN
CAPITOL STILL
LIVELY ISSUE

WASHINGTON. D. C.-(NNPA)
The problem of jimcrow in gov
eminent building cafeterias.
thought by many TO have been
solved in all but the National Air
port located in Virginia, is still a
live issue in Washington. NNPA
learned last week.
The experience Of two Negro
employees Of the OPA in the
cafeteria of the Bureau of Inter-
nal Revenue part Of the Treas
ury Department.. led to an in
vestigation which reveals that
separate white and Negro cafe
terias are maintained also In the
Post Office Department and in
the Government Printing Office.
LAST MARCH. two Negro girls
we're selected by the Finance Di-
vision of the OPA 10 work on a
special project at the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue. under OPA super-
vision. They were two OF a team
If four assigned 10 the work. While
the two white girls Immediately
started work on the project, it was
not until June g months later
that the Negroes were finally sent
on the project. In the meantime.
the work was allowed 10 pile up.
Resistance at the Bureau Of Inter-
nal Revenue 10 the assignment Of
Negroes TO do clerical work was
the delay.
On the first day of their assign
-n'ent, both girls were told OF The
separate cafeteria maintained for
Negro personnel working in the
Internal Revenue Department. They
disreg arded the caution" however,
and ate in the main dining room.
After days of this. they were
called back 10 the OPA for a con-
ference on the lunch problem.
Their director arranged for them
10 have extra time for lunch in
order that they would not have 10
put up with the Bureaus jimcrow
policy. and could eat al a more
democratically operated building.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
Publish Book
On Negro And
Peace PaE+ey

The publication of an analytical
report on the Negro and the Unit
ed Nations conference written by
William l. Sheriff. was announced
this week by Negro Outlook and
associates, recently organized Ne
gro publishing house
Title Of the booklet is High
lights. Sidehghts and Observations
al the United Nations Conference ="
Sheriff. was Official observer in
San Francisco for the Universal
Negro Improvement association.
Besides chapters on the confer
ence and is implications for dark
or peoples, the book contains a
short Biographical sketch ~ the
author written by Ally Ramon a.
Martinez !, also features an intro
ducilon DEALING with the purported
aims az the conference and the
basis principles Of the Dumbarion
Oaks proposal
Negro Outlook and associates are
located d; 1916 Russell street. De-
tTOlt
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
/ Shot Failed Once;
6 Shots Fail Nolu

shooting Jim Crouch through the
head with shotgun in September
Of the previous year.
He had previously been convict
ed Of gambling in Flint and had
been arrested for robbery armed
both here and in Cleveland. In
1929, Woods was charged with
violation Of the federal drug law
and turned over 10 U. S. suthori-
ties
His most recent otfense was vio-
lation OF the Michigan gambling
law for which he was sentenced 10
three months in March of this
year.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
PorochioI Schools
Open September 6

School doors viii swing open 70
approximately AIS parochial school
students Thursday, Sept 6. when
classes are resumed al Sacred
Heart school.
The announcement Of the open
ing of classes was made this week
by Father Carroll F. Deadly, super
intendent Sacred Heart is part OF
the school system of the Archdio-
cese of Detroit which number.
loo. 900 school children annually
The school is taught by the Fell
clan Sisters.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
Unknown Bid der
Offers To Buy
A b q alone Apis.

Hearing before Judge Arthur F.
Lederele on Aug - has been set
for certificate holders and bond
holders 10 show cause why the
Federal court should not approve
the sale of the Abalone apartments
a. 637.9 F Adams avenue
An undiScloSed bidder offered
SS5. 900 for the building including
The furnishings. IRWIN Conn, ot-
,orney for the reorEanlZed COM
pany and for the trustees, peti-
toned the court for acceptance OF
tho offer
The company now holding the
building Is known Is the Grace
Harper Abalone corporation. q re-
organization o.. the Realty Mort
gage company. Cohn said that the
reorganization has resulted lr
second mortgage bonds payins
owners 100 cents on the dollar.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
Negroes To Serve
With UNRRA Units
By HARRY McALPN

WASHINGTON, D. C.-tNNPA)
If the Ethtopfans officially ask
the United Nations Relief and Re-
Mobilization administration 10 bar
American Negroes from UNRRA
missions 10 that country. which is
contrary 10 the UNRRA charter,
they will be told 10 go 10 hell"
according 20 Roy Hendricks. acting
administrator of the agency in
absence of Gov. Herbert Lehman
who is in London attending ses-
sions Of UNRRA.
Mr.. Hendricks made this state
ment TO newsmen al special con-
ference requested Of him. He said
the Ethiopian request had not
reached his level in the agency.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
Approve Lincoln U.
To Train Veterans

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.-Pres-
ldent Sherman d, Scruggs snnoun-
ced this week that Lincoln unlver-
slty has been approved by the
United States Veterans admins
trstIon as an institution for the
education and training Of dis
charged service men and women
under both the Serv!cemen' Read
jusiment act Of 1914 tGl Bill, Pub
lie Law sac, and the Vocational
Rehabilitation Training act Pub
lie Law 49,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
Charge Husband
Struck His Wife

4 30-year-o,d husband was held
this week for investigation OF an
assault upon his 23-year-old wife.
Sarah Shannon. who charges that
her husband came home drunk
and struck her with a wooden
stake.
Held was Rrell Shannon Of COLL
RoSelawn street Mrs Shannon
told police that her husband had
been cut drinking with his broth
or. soldier home on turlough
The allesed alteration took place
when he returned home. police
learned
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
Civilians Will Get
More Pork Supplies

WASHINGTON. - Decrease in
set-sSide requirements for Govern
ment purchase on four major pork
cuts. will provide an estimated 10
million pounds Of pork per week
for civilian consumption. Secretary
Of Agriculture Clinton P Ander-
son announced this week The ac-
ton was taken in an amendment to
VITO 1873.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
STEADY FIG 7
WACED TO HALT
VICIOUS LAWS

Restrictive covenants have
proved the chief obstacle in Ne
groes obtaining good homes in suf-
ficient numbers in Detroit.
While restrictive covenants
have been with us for a long
number Of years, Il Is only of re-
cent years that they have come
to the front In such large num-
bers.
A VETERAN employee in the
Wayne County building said that
where there is one or more re-
strictive covenants filed each year
prior TO 1910. today there are no
less than 10 to 20 filed each month.
The restrictive covenants frst
came TO light in 1923 in the Palm
er-Morris case when the state SUI
IRENE court ruled that Neqro in
Michigan could own property
where restrictive covenants were
in effect. but could not occupy
the property
Two years later the Water
works Park Improvement associa-
ton attempted 10 Dust DR.. OsSan
Sweet from his newly purchased
home al Garland and Charlevoix
avenues.
II was the contention Of the
rerrbers Of the Waterworks
Park Improvement association
that a restrictive covenant was
violated when the white woman
sold the house to DIR. Sweet. DR..
Sweet is still living In the house.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
Back o-SchooI' Is
Movement Theme

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo AS a
part Of the Back-to- School move
mcnt SPONSORED by the various
newspapers in Memphis and held
q; the Colored Methodist center
there Aug. IA Is and l6. Lincoln
university made use Of one Of the
booths provided for the various
participating institutions.
Other colleges and universities
included IN tho movement were
LeMoyue. A and l. State. Lane,
Knoxville Hampton. Spelman.
Moreheuse. Atlanta. Tuskegee. Tai
lsdegs. Langsion. Kansas and Den
yer.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25
HFLDUP CAB DRIVER

Two youths were questioned last
week tending an investigation into
the alleged holdup Of a cab driver
They were Clarence Russell. -. Of
2i6n Hastings street and Nance
wyatt, y. 81 1907 Alfred street,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25

Sentenced in 1924 for shooting
Diamond jim" Crouch in the head
with a shotgun, man Is again in
custody of the police for another
alleged attempt al murder
Diamond Jim" didn't die from
the one shot. 40 last week the
man decided he'd use six shots
on his victim. his common-law
wife.
Blu; a remarkable fight 20 live is
being won this week by the woman
who was shot six times by her
common-law husband.
THE WOMAN. Ann Ora Pryor,
40 OF 1863 Sherman street. was shot
once through the neck, once
through The lief, arm, twice in the
lef, chest. once in The right abdo-
men and once in her lef, thigh
When she was brought 10 Re-
ceivins hospital. police thought
that SIC was dying and took
statement from her in which she
accused Samuel p. Woods Of the
shooting.
WITNESSES at the Sherman
street address. where the victim
was roomin9. told police that the
couple had been separated and that
Woods came 10 the house We'd
neSday afternoon 10 see her When
the landladv refused 20 le; him in,
he kicked in the door
When the woman saw Woods
coming in. she ran from the kitch-
en-. where she was a; the time. into
the back yard Following her
Woods shot her twice in the yard
and she ran back into The kitchen
where he shot her four more
lines.
Responding 70 a call, police came
- the address where Woods gave
himself up and handed 70 Patrol
man Davis an umbrella where he
had concealed a IS calihre Spanish
9revolver. used in the shooting.
AT POLICE headquarters where
Woods is being held il was learned
that Woods had list Of arrests and
convictions. On March s. 1924. he
l..
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25

PRIOR 10 the DR.. Sweet Incl
dent. the fireman Avenue I'M
provcment association forced the
late DR. Albert Turner 10 vacate a
home he had purchased. but could
not bulge wellington Bristol from
the premises on American avenue.
II was the Seven-Nilc Fenelon
Improvement association which
caused the demonstration when
Negroes at'ompted 10 occunv the
So'ourner Truth Housing Project
When an sttemnt was made 10
select a site for Nero war hous-
Ing project in Southwest Detroit
the Oakwood Involvement asso-
citation lashed out in opposition
causing the Common Council 20 re-
tect the proposed site.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25

AT POLICE headquarters where
Woods is being held Il was learned
that Woods had lis; Of arrests and
convictions. On March 6. 1924. he
vas sentenced - 20 10 years by
judge Thomas VI Co'ter for as
sault 10 do crea; bodily harm in
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-25

Pogtugsls machinery needs for the
next eight wears are set Al So, 900. 900