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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Libby Holman
And White Win
Coasts Praise
By IVAN II. BROWN

Los ANGELES.-The s;aid and
Somewha; Traditional old Wiltshire
Ebell theatre was packed las,
week TO hear the Blues Concert
given by Libby Holman and Josh
White There is no question about
rs being a succesS-from both the
musical and box office viewpoint.
These artists have unearthed a
rich crop Of genuine A meri c n
folk music. but in many instances
ones enjoyment centers around
their performance rather than the
composition itself. Highlights Of
the evening were Josh Whites in
depreciation OF The Lass With
the Delicate Air" an old English
air: John Henry and Trouble. "
watched the faces and express
sions OF the unusually fine audi
ence. and realized how far such
clever artists as these two can 90
in overcoming racial barriers.
Libby Holman and Josh White
are. without doubt, making a ire
M en- dous contribution 10 their
field. as artists, but a bigger con-
tributlon 10 the working OF real
American theology.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Major Leagues Color Bar May Halt
Sunday Baseball Games In Boston
BY EUGENE lack

BOSTON - Two members OF the
Boston City Council have revealed
they will block Sunday baseball
permits because the American and
National leagues Disseminated
against Negro players
Councillor Isadore II. Y Muchnick
and Councillor Perley Dyar Chase.
together with two other members
OF the 22-man council. last year
had voted against granting Sunday
game licenses 10 the Red Sox and
the Boston Braves because Of the
discrimination.
Mayor John E Kerrigan. when
asked for his views on the subject
IN the light Of the Negro question
and in view Of the fact that last
year. when a member Of the coun-
Gil he had stood with Muchnick
and Chase, replied economically:
1T is too important a decision
10 make Immediately. | shall have
10 study the matter from all angles
and probably will not take any
stand on the matter until the Ii
censes are presented to me for
signature"
COUNCILLOR MUCHNICK made
public his letter to Owner Tom
Yawkey Of the Red Sox. which
stated:
Il shall move at the next meet
ing OF the Boston City Council,
that the Boston City Council noti-
~ you officially that the annual
license 20 play baseball on Sun
days in Boston Will not be issued
10 you this year unless you notify
the council before the issue date
OF said license that all players. re-
CARELESS OF race. color or creed.
Will be treated in the American
way and will be afforded an equal
opportunity for positions on your
team"
According 10 city law authori-
ties. the Mayor is empowered 10
veto any license issued by the
council. but the latter body can
override the chief executive by a
majority vote.
This was seen as an indication
that although Mayor Kerrigan may
attempt 20 fight the granting Of
the license, In continuance OF the
stand he took last year. the coun-
CT might attempt 10 muster enough
votes 10 permit the Red Sox TO
have It's Sunday license without
being forced 10 end Negro dis
elimination.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Sales Stars As
Miller Defeats
Eastern Runners

Coach Leroy Dues Miller high
tracksters upset the dope bucket
and the Eastern high thinclads by
q convincing 47-37 triumph in a
duel meet Thursday afternoon, on
Easterns field.
George Sales. agile junior, par
ticipated in four events. and led
the Miller team to victory as he
scored nine and one-half points
He tied for first in the high Jump
with Charles Fondville and James
Norris to give Miller a clean sweep
of this event Sales was also first
In the pole vault, second in the
30-yard high hurdles. and third
In the 30-yard low hurdles.
James Nixon surprised by win
ming the 880-yard run. Joe Dob
bins took third in the mile. the
first race Dobbins has failed to
win this season.
CLEO CALDWELL. city cham
pion in the dashes, and Ralph Row
an, l20-yard high hurdles champ,
were disconnected by ragged start
ing tactics and failed to win their
specialties.
Miller has two remaining meets
on its Indoor track schedule Thurs
day. March %, they meet Cass
Tech. at CaSs, and the following
Thursday they meet Pershing. The
site OF this meet has not been de-
cided.
Boyd of Eastern who tied Cald-
well in the 30-yard low hurdles,
and Blake White, all-city football
end. who beat out Sales and Rowan
in the high hurdles. are two track
men who will bear watching in
EaStern's coming meets.
Summary OF Miller Point Winners
30-yard dash-won by Walter
McCollum. NJ
30-yard> low hurdles-Caldwel
NJ, Boud, E., tied for first; Sales.
NJ. third.
30yard high hurdles - George
Sales. NJ. second; Rowan, NJ. third.
220-yard dash-Caldwell NJ, Sec
ond; Rowan. NJ. third. y
4i0-yard dash Sam Massing-
berg. NJ. second.
880-yard run won by James
Nixon. NJ.
Mile Run-Joe Dobbins. NJ, third
$50 relay-won by Miller ,Cald-
well, Robert Whitaker, Walter Nc
Column.
Pole Vault - George Sales. NJ.
FIRST, Al Simors NJ. third.
High jump - George Sales NJ.
Charles Fondville. NJ. James Nor
rs, NJ. tied for first.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Clowns To TryOut
Four New Players

MIAMI, Fla. - A number Of
promising newcomers will be given
a thorough ;ryou: by the Indiana
polls Clowns. Negro American
League runnerS-up. both in the
spring training drills here and the
opening exhibition games starting
April ! against the Jacksonville
EagleS az Jacksonville. Fla.
Mapager Jesse Walker will give
a CAREFUL onCe-over 20 Vernon Jor-
dan, an infielder; Fred Douglas
and Amos Watson pitchers; and
John Henry Mcqueen, al. OF whom
come highly recommended.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Bones Jones, Ace
All Star Center,
Is Lost To Team,

Deiroits dream game Will be-
come reality Saturday evening,
March ~, at the Brewster Recrea-
ton Center gymnasium. The HI Oh
school basketball ali-stars viii
challenge Friars Ale. Detrolts
outstanding Independent team, and
al proceeds from the contest will
be donated 10 the Red Cross.
The Al.-Stars' chances for VIC
tory took decided drop this
week as Emil Bones" Jones.
Hamiramck Highs ace center.
dropped from the team. Bones"
is captain and chief point maker
for the Cosmos" track team. His
school athletic board ruled tha.
he cannot compete in oui-o.-
school athletics and remain eligar
bic for track activities. Bones"
requested that his name be with
drawn. from the all-Siar lineup.
Bones MAS Deiro.tS outStand-
Ing nleh school baSketeer during
the current season. He was recent
~ selected on both the all-ci.y
and all-Siate basketball teams. II
was fel' IN local sport circles that
he might lead the all-stars 20 an
upset triumph over the high
stepping FriarS team.
The ali-Star lineup is loaded
with talent, and Notwithstanding
the loss OF Jones. the Friars team
is IN for busy evening. -
Led by Ron Teasley. all-city
PLAYER for Two years al North
western Hlsh, the all-stars lineup
inc.NieS. Lorenzo Wright Cliff
Baldwin and Andrew Harvel. OF
Miller; Roger Adams. Ham;ramck.
Ernest QuarlcS. Northwestern;
Water Phelps. Northern. and Will
lie Brownfield. Of Wilbur Wright.
Frars Ale boasts such stars as
WILBUR King and Harry RuSan.
former Harlem Globetrotters: Vic
Tor Sio.tS and Jessie Morton OF
B,ewstcc Big Five, and SIX other
players from Dctroits leading rec
redtion LEAGUE teams.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Duke Ellington
Plays Saturday
In St. Louis

ST LOUIS -- Jesse J. johnson.
prominent business man and pro-
moter here, willl'ring the bell''
Saturday night March "a. when
he presents the one and only Duke
Ellington and his famous orchestra
and sing stars at Kiel Auditorium.
From advance sale of tickets and
the intereS; aroused in Dukes en-
gagcment. a sell-out at the big
auditorium is IT prospect. Features
OF Dukes Saturday program Will
include Johnny Hodges. ace saxo-
phorist. and Rex Stewart. out
standing cornetiSt.
Food prices in Cuba have increased
nearly 80 per cent during the war.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24

A $1,000 900 hydraulic plant 90 be
built in Szechuen Province. China.
viii irrigate LOO acres of farm Land.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
N. c. Eagles Score 80
Points In Two Games

DURHAM. NC. - Winner OF 10
Of their 20 cage tits for the season.
North Carolina colleges Eagles
scored $50 points in their last two
games to blast Fayetteville Teach
ers' Broncos 70 10 20 in Fayette-
vile. and TO route A. and It's Ag-
gies here II TO 36.
Don't burn any waste paper. Save
paper and help save lives,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24

More children suffer from gen.
eral malnutvi,ion than from any
other specific deficiency disease.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24

Tended his Chi
cago r e ! a y S
title Saturday
night in I h e
c h i ca go sta
dunn. He won
all three hurdle
races, and Bar
n ey E w e ! /,
Camp Kilmer,
NJ, also for
mer Penn State
a n d National
c o II e g i a I e
champion, won
all three of the
sprint races.
Digger took
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
EWELL, DUGCER
RELAY CHAMPS
Sprint, Hurdles Series
To Fasteners
BY FAY YOUNG
Special To Michigan ChrOnicl

Especial To Michigan ChrOnicle)
CHICAGO. H. - (SpeciaD-
Eddie Digger, the former Tufts
college and National Collegiate
hurdles champion, successfully de-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Hint Dukes Aid To Natives
Behind Bahama Upheaval

and social conditions Of colored ma
lives against ferociouS opposition
Of the European reactionarieS. the
press was instructed 10 play down
the natives poverty and boost
stories Of the increased prosperity
of the Bahamas during Edwards
governorShlp.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Detroit Bowler Takes
Indianapolis Top Prize

INDIANAPOLIS - Maceo Kelly.
Detroit, won the first prize Of $3.50
in the third annual Sea Ferguson
sl,025 bowling tournament In
dianapolis bowlers took the next
eight places.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24

team which finished second TO Wis
ConSin.
Dan BarkSdale. now in the army
ana former University a. Califor-
MA at Los Angeles. athlete. COM
pe;ed N the high jump.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15
Alcohol
Plant
Pushed
Harrisan Says
County Can
Cut Output Cost

IF judged on it's merits
Imperial Valley will get a
power alcohol plant because
power alcohol can be produced here
cheaper than anywhere else in the
country" This is the opinion OF
County Agricultural Commissioner
B. A. Harrigan, who returned Tues
day from Warrington, d. C.
Supervisor Hugh Osborne re-
manned in Washington to continue
looking after Imperial Valleys in
terests. His continued presence
there was made necessary since the
close Of the war in Europe is ex-
pected to result in changes in plans.
Osborne and Harrigan went to
Washington three weeks ago to place
the valleys power alcohol plant
project before government officials.
FARMERS NEGLECTED
I'VE failed to find many people
in government circles interested in
farmers and farmers problems and
plans" Harrigan said. I'VE failed
Continued on Page Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15
American Thrust
kears North
Gateway on Luzon

MANILA, May Is. CUP)-Twenty-
fifth division doughboys Tuesday
smashed through the 75-yard wide
Balete Pass leading to the relatively
open ground of Cayagan valley,
gateway to northern Luzon.
AS the 25th secured the narrow
defile of Balete, 32nd division units
advancing through the twisting,
torturous Villa Verde trail also
crashed into open ground west of
Santa Fe
Only two miles separated the two
columns, both dosing in ON Santa
Fe, % miles south of Bayomoong
capital of Nueva Vizcayo province.
At the same time Gen. Douglas
Macarthur announced that Filipino
guerilla forces had captured the port
of Cayagan on Mindanao and won
control of the entire northern coast
OF the island
III the middle of Mindanao, Am
erican columns driving from north
and south steadily were closing in
on the last Japanese units being
compressed in the hills in the CEN
ter. The southern column was near
ing Valencia, site of large Japan
eSe airdrome The northern arm
still was 80 miles or so aboy Valen-
cia.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15
Three More Nazi
Subs Surrender
off New Enq!and

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May Is.
UP)-Three German submarines
surrendered to U. S. naval units off
the New England coast Tuesday, the
navy disclosed.
The announcement, from Vice
Admiral Herbert F. Leary, COM
mander of the Eastern sea frontier.
stated that all three U-boats were
eli route to the Portsmouth navy
yard.
At 8 am. the U-boat 805 formal
ly surrendered to U. S. naval units
at Casco Bay, Maine.
Subsequently the U-1228 and the
U-873, surrendered at undisclosed
points. Allied fleet units to which
these two submarines surrendered
were escorting them to the formal
surrender area in CaSco Bay.
This brings to four the number
OF U-boats which have surrendered
to American forces since V-Day.
The U-858 arrived off Cape May,
New Jersey, Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15

unity and determination of the two
governments, these sources said.
Premier Stain has been inform
ed of the action taken, it was un-
derstcod.
Both Yugoslavia and Italy have
laid claim to Istria. Yugoslav par
tisan forces liberated the province
from the Germns, ousted most
Italian civil and even church Off
cials and set up their own military
government.
The United States and Britain
have taken the position that pos
session of Istria should be left to
the peace conference. Yugoslavia.
as an interested party, should not
occupy the area in the meantime,
they contend.
The Istrian peninsula, also known
as the Slcvene Littoral, totals only
1000 square miles and originally
was part of the old Austro- Hun
garian empire. It was ceded to Italy
in the 1919 peace treaty. The pop
ulation now is mostly Italian.
Dispatches from Belgrade said
Edward Kardelj. vice premier in
Tito's government, expressed will
ingness to wait on the peace con-
ference fer settlement of the Yugo-
slav-Italian border. but insisted on
the right of Yugoslay forces to oc-
cupy Istria in the meantime.
1T is quite natural" he said, that
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15
Southern 0kinawa
SfronghoIds
Bend Before Yanks

GUAM, May Is. (UP)-Tenth
army troops began to outflank the
japanese anchor strongholds of Ma
ha and Shuri in southern Okinawa
Tuesday after unhinging the enemy
line 18th the capture of key hill
near the east coast.
The Americans bounded forward
mile and quarter. their best ad-
vance in two weeks. following the
capture of Conical Hill They were
only half mile from the eas. coast
port of Yonabaru.
Overrun in the advance was Yon-
abaru airfield, the fourth of Okina-
was five airfields to be captured
bv the 10th army.
The thrust put troops due east of
both the inland town of Shuri and
the west coast port Of Naha, ruined
capital of Okinawa, and exposed
the cities to attack from the rear
Both were holding out against saw
age American frontal attacks.
Marines of the sixth division were
reported blasting deeper into the
northern outskirts of Naha with
grenades, flame throwers and ma
chinegunS, but security blackout
cloaked details of their progress.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15

Mr. Truman said that was one of
the things which he discussed Mon
day with British Foreign Minister
Anthony Eden Eden stopped at
the white house en- route frcm the
San Francisco security conference
to London.
Asked whether such a big three
meeting might be held in Sap
Francisco, the President said it def
nitely would not be.
He ruled out the possibility that
French Gen. Charles deGaulle would
participate in big three meeting.
WILL DEMAND BID
(DeGaulle had given notice that
he expected to be invited to any
such meeting, and would demand
an invitation if one were not Of
fered at the outset.)
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15

Chronicle said Kaltenbrunner was
seized by a special agent of the
80th division in a fortified chalet
in the Austrian Tyrol
Doenitz set up his provisional
capital at Flensburg. German naval
base just south of the Danish bor-
der, after fleeing Hamburg in the
las days of the war.
The Allied war crimes commits
sion, currently studying means of
trying war criminals such as Him
nler and Reichmarshal Hermann
Goering, first received word OF Kali
tenbrunner's capture Monday.
Although the majority of MEM
bers of the crimes commission, were
believed to be in favor of the Amer
lean idea of military tribunal, the
Russian ideas on the subject still
were obscure.
Presumably the trials would be
delayed until all the Allies were
agreed on the method to be used.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15
Truman Says Tax
Cuts Must Wait
Pacific Victory

WASHINGTON, May Is. (UP)-
President Truman Tuesday ruled
out the possibility of tax reductions
before the Japanese war is won.
The President voiced his ideas
on taxes when he was asked in a
news conference to comment on
a five-year plan of gradual reduc-
tions suggested by Chairman Walter
F. George CD Georgia, of the sem
ate finance committee.
There can be no reduction of tax
&c until the war is over, and we
still have war to win in the Paci-
fic, the President said. He went on
tc add that there are 5,C00,O 900 in
dividual holders of war bonds in
the country. He said that the in
vestments of these bondholders must
he protected.
The only way to protect them, he
said. is through taxes
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15
V-Bomb Fired
At New York,
Writer Claims

PARIS. May Is. (UP)-Stars and
Stripes Staff Writer Andrew Room
ey claimed Tuesday that according
to sources considered reliable" a
German V-bomb was launched
against New York last November z,
election day.
Rooney wrote that he was on duty
in New York when the bomb, either
jet or rocket-propelled, was launch
cd from the deck of a U-boat lying
Oft the Atlantic coast His story
said that the bomb either fell short
or was shot down by fighter planes
patrolling against such attacks.
AT Mitchell Field, New York, op-
orators told Rooney the bomb fell
into the sea. However, G-2 there
would neither confirm nor deny the
story.
Although the incident never was
confirmed officially, it was just
the next day. November 8, that the
army and navy issued joint state
ment warning V-bomb attacks on
the United States were entirely
possible"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15

be as trustworthy as direct evidence
itself"
WITNESSES SLAIN
Bodily tortures were net described
because "eye witnesses to the pro-
ceedings in the torture chambers
seem always to have been done away
with"
He said the committee saw with
its own eyes:
l. THE barracks, the work places,
the physical facilities for torture,
degradation and execution"
g.. The victims, beth dead and
alive, of the atrocities practiced at
these camps"
8. The progress of liquidation by
starvation which was still going on"
4. I'VE saw the indescribable filth
and cmelled the nauseating stencil
before 1t was cleaned up, and we
saw a number of victims of this
liquidation process actually die
\ Barkley said that at Buchenwald,
the first camp visited, the commit
tee saw the ''little camp" in which
prisoners slept on triple e-decked
shelves. Each shelf was about II
feet square with 16 prisoners to
shelf. The clearance height be-
tween shelves was little over two
feet.
LITTLE CAMP"
In the little camp" he said,
prisoners were given six weeks be-
fore being graduated to the regular
barracks
During this time, he said, they
were expected" to lose about 40
per cent in weight Rations were
less at the regular barracks and
the death rate was very high, re-
Gently running about so per day.
The regular barracks" he de-
Continued frontage 6, Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15
School Districts
Elect Friday

Friday will be election day in I'M
perial county when trustees viii be
named in every high school and ele-
mentary district in the area.
Polls will be open in every dis
trict under individual schedules set
up In the state education code gov
erning schools of different sizes.
Voters should find out when the
polls will be ope min the districts
where they are to cast their ballots, !"
County Schoo, Superintendent E.
L. Hiteman said Tuesday. Each
district IS required to post election
notices giving the time and place
of election, the number of trustees
to be elected. location of the polls,
and the hours the polls will be open.
In many districts in the county
there were no declarations of can
didacy filed so there will no names
on the printed ballots. In districts
where the ballots contain no can
dldateS' names. Hiteman said, the
voters may write in their selections.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15
Trumon Eyes E orIy PorIey
With Churchill, Stain

WASHINGTON, May Is.
(UP) - President Truman
said Tuesday he hopes there
viii be a meeting of the Allied big
three soon.
The President told news con-
ference, however. that he could net
say that such meeting actually
will be held. nor when nor where.
But he left no doubt that he ex-
poets to meet with British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill and
Russian Premier Josef Stain as
soon as conditions will permit.
He said he hoped that there would
be opportunity for the three Allied
leaders to meet and discuss coming
peace plans.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15
District Wins
Demand on
Canal Repairs

Negotia ions are under way for
providing more water for farmers
of Mexico in Mexicali Valley through
All American canal installations.
But through the insistence of the
Imperial Irrigation district board,
there will be no diversion until re-
pairs to the channels are made to
the satisfaction Of the district.
This decision was reached at a
conference at Yuma between the
district officials and the reclama-
ton bureau. Prior to the Yuma
conference the state department
and the interior department had
insisted that the diversion start re-
gardless of the repairs and with the
assertion that the district should
not be sole arbiter as to adequacy
of repairs.
Both departments were overruled
at the Yuma meet and it is under
stood the necessary safety construc-
ton will require about fifteen days.
Another phase of the diversion
plan relates to arbitrary payment
terms set by the department of in
terior. District Board President Evan
r. Hewes said that neither the Mex
lean agencies which will pay for
the water nor the District was con-
suited in fixing the rates. The
schedule as set out at Washington
is under study by Mexico agencies
and the District.
In calling on the District to di-
vert the water the Washington de-
partments advised that all pay
ments would be credited to the Dis
t,.ict's bond refund account
Representing the District at the
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15

complains constantly about his
prison treatment.
Two tough guards with tommy
guns stand over the puppet premier
while he goes to work with a brush
and bucket of water.
Quisling's case is being treated
with the greatest secrecy because CT
his estimated 10000 followers still
are at large. Norwegians rarely
mention his name, but their hatred
for him and the II cabinet mem
bers imprisoned with him is not
hard to detect.
Since the Liberation Of Norway,
1000 Quislings have been arrested
in Oslo. The 400 cells Of the big
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-15
British Troops
Seize FIensburQ

LONDON, May Is. (UP)-A Brit
ish military commentator revealed
Tuesday that British occupation
troops have entered Flensburg, seat
of the German government under
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz.
But the commentator said the
fate or status of Doeni.z, self-pro-
claimed successor to Adolf Hitler as
frehrer, was unknown" here.
Neither had he any definite
knowledge whether the occupation
troops had seized Gestapo Chief
Heinrich Hirnmler, now No. i Nazi
var criminal. He last was reported
in Flens5urg or its vicinity
Other Allied sources reported that
American Third army troops had
captured Hinmler's ace atrocity ex-
pert, 1t Gen. of Police Ernst w.
Kaltenbrunner, accused of respon-
sibility for the ghastly German gas
determination program.
A dispatch to the London News