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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
|NAACP Presiiden:
Resents Mayor s.
Appointing Cek

Declaring that the appointment
OF Joseph {. cole to the Mayors
lntcfTacial committee was poll
teal n James J. NcClendon.
president Of Detroit NaACP. IN
4 letter 10 Dr Donald G. Marsh.
resigned Monday July 30, from
the Popular Education committee
OF the Mayors Interracial COM
miitee The Popular Education
committee is Subcommittee OF
The Mayors lntcrraoial commit
toe aud sponsored The recent con-
ference held a; the Rackha m
building
McCiendon in bis letter of re-
signation pointed out that Cole
was no, qualified FOR The i1b of
Field representative ana ~ hi,
views on the solution Of racial
problems are Incompatible with
those of the Association.
The text OF the letter is as
follows
Deai Mr. Marsh
IL find il necessary that must
resign from the Popular Educa-
CONTINUED on page q
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
Negro Home Stoned,
Complete Police
Protection Lacking

when James Bclser OF 4'e9
Fourth avenue purchased aud
moved into their new home on
January "a. 1915. and became the
only colored family in that block.
pnnonymous threatening leticrs
we're sent 10 the real estate
broker who sold them the honse.
These letters We're promptly
turned over 10 the FBT
sunday evening. July % at
about pm. the Belser family
We're entertaining friends in the
recreation room OF their home.
when two stones were hurled
through window MIR Belser inn
mediatelv called the police sta
ton Two uniformed Officers
from the Garfield station came
to the home. took a report and
then left Monday July so, Mr.
Belser states that two detectives
came to his home. remained about
fifteen minutes and went away.
The Belsers report that up to
the present time no complete pro-
lection has been promised by
officials
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
WARRANT OUT FOR
SLASHER ATLECION

Judge Arthur r. Gordon signed
warrant Monday charging
Roosevelt Harris. a. 1924 Scot
Ten with felonious assault. The
complaint against Harris was made
by Wesley Jones ~. 64Os White
wood Harris. trustee OF James
Europe Post American Legion.
5sS7 Bangor said that Harris
cut him on the Jaw July so. while
he was sitting IN front OF the
post lie said that he MAS cut
because he had elected Harris
from the place on July p be-
cause he was disorderly
Witnesses said that when Har-
ris cut Jones he said Il told YOU
I was going 10 ret you" and
swung at him with the open
knife
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04

Police Commissioners John +.
Ballenger is studying a petition
submitted 10 him by "A group OF
west side citizens Monday de-
handing police trial for PATROL
man Edward Maloney OF the
McGraw station
Malonev fatally shot Robert
Lee. -. Of $40 Bangor on july
25. The officer said that Lee
lunecd at him Win two knives
when he WAS called 10 quell a
disturbance caused by Lee who
had returned home drunk
Witnesses said that the shoot
ing was unjustified
Commissioner Balleneer said
that before he could act on the
petition the committee should
agree on what course they want
ed to take against the officer. lie
advised them that they had three
steps OF procedure. They could
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
PR0PHETJ0NES HERE FOR SUIT
UAW-CIO Pledges War
On Labor Discrimination

Cases OF alleged discrimination
against women auto workers.
now being handled by the Wo-
mems Bureau Of the CAW-ClO.
will be assigned to the unions
Fair Practices Committee " the
recommendations OF the first semi
annual meeting Of The Union $
National Advisory Conference
on Discrimination Is approved by
the Internationals Executive
Board at lis next meeting.
The recommendation made by
officers and representative OF
the Unions eighteen tiS) regions
at weekend conference in De-
troit. July 27-2S would implement
\ previous decision OF The Execrt-
i've Board comforting jurisdiction
over all eases OF discrimination
upon the Fair Practices Com
mittee OF which George r Adde's
Is chairman and George "
cfockrtt. lr.. director
Women Considered
The recommendation 81 the
conference concerning discrimina-
ton against women will be pre-
scented 10 the International Tn
ions Executive Board At its next
NEE ing. according 60 Adde's who
is also Secretary-Trcasurer OF
the International. III the Board
approves the recommendation.
he said chen our committee viii
proceed TO hear and determine all
eases Of alleged injustice 10 wo-
men workers because OF sex.
assure YOU. We will process those
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
Seek Redress
For Beaten WACs

LOUISVILLE ky The NAACp
Viii tle suii aeainst The civilian
policeman CHARGED with the bru-
TAI beating Of two Negro WACs
IN bus station waiting room IN
Eiizabethtown Ky r. y Nc
Kinney president Of the Louisville
NAACP branch stated thar Eliza
BEETHOVEN is hot bed OF
prejudice that he colorcd peo-
rle there are inundated and the
situation is difficult. but that
the branch plans 20 press the
case to the limit
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
SISTER QUESTIONED
IN ABORTION CASE

Police are seeking for question
ing. Mrs Dorothy Edgar. In con
nection with criminal abor-
ton allegedIy performed on her
sister Miss JuaniIa liolconb. IN.
of 1854 W. Jefferson
The young girl is in very
serious condition az the Receiv-
ing hospital where she was admit
ted on July "a. DR.. Parsons. staff
physician at Receiving hospital,
told homicide detectives that the
patients condition took turn
for the worse and that she was
transferred TO his ward. lie said
she admitted to him that she had
had a criminal abortion perform
cd on her by her sister and that
the operation took place about
two weeks ago She was unable TO
give the address Of her sister
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
BALLENGER
PICKS STUDY
COMMISSION

In naming committee 10 rabe
studies and certain recommends
lions 10 him Police Commission
tr John Balleneer said Monday
that there will be lois Of retire
ments after the war and that he
wants The department. person.
mel policies reorganized Under
the new plan each new man
would he CLOSELY observed and
Get credit for his work With no
danger OF being disseminated
against because Of some personal
prejudice superior officer might
have
"rhe eichi man committee viii
study police department reeula-
tions policies, and practices with
the view of recommending chang
es which can improve efficiency
ia the police department aud q
Continued on page .
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
Not Too Late
To Have Your Sayl

MY. Howell Nau tuhcli. oi
lGo3 Ford huilding. president OF
thc beirut Ruard of llucaiinu.
reported "a the lHlRtNi ou
Monday that member, 81 fhc
bonrd have not set declded
upon new superintendent ior
Detroit schools. alilnuch the
opening oi the iall term +. opl,
i've weeks OF. asked II Tho
hoard j. open 10 >nrgc, ion.
he declared. ave hope that wc
are. hclle1e that j, auf a.
tiiudc.- A. hoard meeting
Last TUESDAY. No decision was
reached
II Is therefore >till possible
Tor every reader ei the TRiB,
I'M 10 make known his IN.
tcresi ia The >elcr'inp az r.
man who viii uiilile onr
>eh"el sy>icm to servo lhe
whole community.
These are the mon aud NO.
men. members I'd The Detroit
Hoard ~ Education. whose Din.
~ u j. 20 appoint y new sm-
perintendedi ol priro;: schools.
IT, np % You. the citizens uf
Detroit. 10 write ana nrre
ihcm Now 10 appoint some
dynamic person 90 flll this
hey position. IN the opinion Of
the DetroK Tribune. courar.
eoUs nr. John cranrud. fath.
or ri The now famous spring
field Plan. would be ihe map.
address Your letters to the
following hoard members.
Howell Van iuken. Presl-
dent. iC03 fcrd nnlldlnr.
A nouglas 1amieSan. Vice.
President. 903 West Grand
boulevard;
Dr. Burt Shurls. 81 West
Adamss
Dr Clark Brooks. i1s Martin
Places
Mrs. Laura Osborn, 1870 Law
rences
Prank corman. sIs Majestic
Building;
John n. Webster, seoo 7.
Jefferson.
see Page 1e)
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
HOLD YOUTHS
On ROBBERY
MURDER CASE

Warrant charging three men
m he holdup-kiliing Of So
Farold Frank Evanglista. on
4 'oger IS iai4. was signed Mon
ny Recorders Judge Ar
sr = Gordon
me three defendants are Rus
Davidson vi 22ls st. Joseph
~ broUner %. 2275 Watson.
r. Melvin wilkens. %. a prison
at Jackson Prison.
'"nShs'a WAS found lying in
alley south Of Mack avenue.
"een los campau and Mitch
4. street by Willie Jones. A.,
II Theme, DPw worker. The
II vas Fare down and his
4 .h''S TUNED out.
"'yne county Coroner Albert
'sors said that The death was
1s'u 10y hemorrhage follow
4 fractured skull.
.'''''t Davidson. one OF the
""an's. was arrested on an
-. 'n"sge on July is and later
4 '',ea the strong arming and
~" ol the deceased. lie inn
1,ea Sam Browner and Mel
t.. pAens. Detective Sgt. Buck
Ioas and Def II. Delbcrt Ray
"a arrested Browner who also
'n,,u'eo The strong arming and
'i'nS OF the deceased.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
Detroiter Killed
In Pacific
Torpedoiing

BENJAMIN F Brantley SO Of $50
Mckinley street Detroit. who was
an aviation engineering meshanic
in the Technical Third division IS
considered dead according to the
war department Brantley was first
reported missing when his troop
ship was torpedoed near the Fiji
Islands while enroutc toward a
Pacific base. November H. 1875.
The ship remained afloai forty
hours after being torpedoed.
Brsntley formerly an auto me-
chanic employed by the Detroit
Public Works. owned garage on
Grand River avenue, Born In Sell
ma. Ala. he came to Detroit AZ the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
Religious Institute
Plans Local Revival

Sr'aN"fs ~ two race- viii COZ.
duct -eiies ~ revival meetings
sponsored hv Doe Peoples hp-
tuic % sppl.ed' Rens,on me
Twelve ilrSfinrns civic center
IoAu z and Eishne. Tor iwo
weeks heelnnins Monday
Bible sermons Will be- given
ON liousine health. Jobs. clec-
lions rcconsersion. collective barr
paininc and brotherhood. accord
ing to Rev Claude Williams in
dusirial chaplain of the prcsh,-
terry Of Detroit and founder and
director of me Peoples Institute
Mcciincs will DO held nightly
eNcert SATURDAY at Sis y m and
ON SUNDAYS az eleven am
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04

cases just as vigorously as We
have attacked all other forms OF
alleged discrimination in LAW
plants aud locals
Appointment or 4 woman as
sistant director Of tho Fair Prac-
tees Committee and woman IN
lestigator was also recommended
by the conference The enlarged
staff would then handle all cases
OF alleged discrimination because
Of race. sex. creed color or ma
tonal orisin whenever such eases
are appealed 10 the International
Union
Several Recommendations
The conference further recom-
Continued on Page -
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
Burnett Caught
On Numbers Charge

carleson Burnett. 45. 2si 4 kir-
by was arrested last Friday on q
charge OF violating the state
gambling law. Police claim that
The well-known business man was
blocking traffic on T. Warren ave-
nue. by double standing while he
talked to a pedestrian.
The officers claim that when
they searched the car they found
bag on the floor Of Burnetts car
1 recent date mufuel bet slip. and
is33.s2 IN cash. They found ss5.77
and ? recent date mutuei bet slips
IN the defendants pocket. His Buick
car was also confiscated.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
Unarmed Suspect
Shot BY Officer

Archie Streeter 1855 Riopelle
street was shot by police July
20 at Els pm. while irving TO
escape from laundry al 5gl
+. Forest lie was dead on adj
mittance TO the Receiving hospi-
tai.
Inspector John Whitman Of the
homicide squad said that Sylves-
ter Smith and Miss Gladys Jack
son said they saw man break
in a window OF the laundry and
that Mr.. Smith called the police.
Police entered the building and
said that they fired at the man.
Identified as Archie Strcctcr. who
was irving 10 escape
The man was unarmed
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
FBI Nabs All-Star
Ticket Counterfeiters

CHI, AGO tNNPl several
unidentified persons were apprc-
rcnded here sunday before tho
18th annual all-star Negro base
ball classic started AZ romiskey
Park ny AGENTS Of the Federal
Bureau Of Identification on charc-
% Of making and selling counter
felt admission tickets
While complete details Of the
sitaution still tmained in mys-
terry Dl J y Martin wssi-
dent OF the negro American
league, Is reported 70 have decid,
Cd 10 press charges against the
counlerfeiters.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
Killing OF Youth BY Cop
Protested BY Westsiders

ask the prosecutor Tor q war
iants bring civII action. or sign
a sworn affidavit requesting that
he order trial hoard hearing
Balcngcr added that be- would
await The recommendation OF thc
committee.
GloSter current executive see-
rerary ~ The NAArp Detroa
branch. attended The conicreu, e
in the Commi~ -iuners office
The witnesses admitted a,coad-
ing to Ballenger that lac had
tontlnued on Page
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04

age OF fifteen He was a graduate
OF Central high school here and
for time studied at Payne uni
yersity IN Selma He entered the
service IN October. 1912
Mrs. Floyd ,. BrantIey. his moth
or. who resides at the Mckinley
address. has received the Purple
Heart Award. other surviving rel
atives OF the deceased include two
daughters. eighteen and twenty
one; two sisters. Bedelia Brsntley
and Mrs. AnabelIc kine: two
brothers. Floyd +. aud James Ed
ward Brantley. Of tho air service
stationed at Liberty'Fleld Kansas
and his father. r'oyd Y Brantiey
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
Nllled BY Hornet

: w. ~ \ f TIL SQUARE. Pa.
49, Joseph Carter. As. Ken
Ln square roofing contractor.
ns and died Friday before
'"ys'e'an could reach his side.
was disclosed Saturday BY
sn .s'er County Coroner W. r.
N, s oy hornet while work
I.l,o" roof Carter told q
49, III 10 had been stung. then
~ aoou, 10 steps and fell
~ Ne died Of acute dllstion
~ neart Or. Cuthris stated.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
Miss Austin To
Speak On BAHIA

Miss Elsie Austin. Senior At
torney In federal government
agency. Washington. will speak on
Unity in Diversity" at 800 pm.
fCWT). Sunday. August 5. At
the Louhelen Bahai School. S20S
South State Road Dawson. Mich.
Appearing with Miss Austin on
Sundays program Is Mrs Maria
Gail lecturer and author Mrs
Gail. recently attended the
San Francisco Peace Conference
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
Driver Collapses
At Car Wheel

while driving his ear near his
home at 2.Ss pm Tuesday Leon
Polian Hesa. 40. OF 9ol Z. Han
cock collapsed and died. There
was no accident and police found
M marks Of violence on the dead
mans body.
coroner's Investigation j % b N
pohbins said that the death was
apparently due to heart trouble.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04

Mrs Alberta Weeks, IS. Of 1881
hendricks. was treated At the
Receiving hospital Sunday n'Sn',
after she had attempted 20 eno
her ufe Nv drinking reroHide.
Mrs. Weeks told police ms
.hs hecsm. respondent after .
quarrel With her husband.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
Bnan Boys Find
Body
Hidden In Bushes

vv.,4r surrounded the death
. An unidentified woman OF
parent, IS years OF age. whose
asi.s nude body was discoN-
a hv three small boys in a
am 10, in the rear OF ai4
Esr Hancock street Wednesday
|onios
The three lads. Maurice. 8 Ro-
kaa and Gilbert. s. The sons
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04
Henegan', Father Passes

NORTHUMBERLAND Her
bert HeneEan. Farm Security Of
fetal. left The city for Paris. Tex.
late last week on receipt Of the
news that his father /. Herbert
pcneEan. SRI had died suddenly
a. a result Of a cerebral hemor-
rhage.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04

% bare feet protrnding from
|neaih q ,lnmp OF bushes on a
lcani lo They We're The feet
dtaa woman whose body
y virtually nnclothed The
Is heiane frightened. and see
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-08-04

OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Maurice Feims-
ter. OF $50 East
W arren. were
collecting mai $
aud bits Of wood
near q box fac
tory in the alley
hack of Hancock
at about > am.
August J. when
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Among
the Authors
By Carolyn Cogsins

! Ten years ago in downtown New
York a tall. blond, slender young
woman dressed in lounging pajamas
stepped out of her apartment. for a
moment and her door slammed shut
behind her Numerous people. in
Icluding four policemen, tried to find
way into the place. Meanwhile
she was given refuge by a couple in
the building until the hope of getting
back into her own home had to be
abandoned. Then she took a taxi
to a friend until morning and a
locksmith could arrive.
This event has literary signifi-
canoe since the lady was Phyllis Nc
Ginley. whose light verse appears
frequently in the New Yorker. And
the neighbor who gave her a roof
over her head while the police strug-
gled with ways and means was
Artist Helen Stone.
The result has been two books
done together. The new one, The
Plain Princess written by Phyllis
and illustrated by Helen, is one of
the most fetching books any little
girl or grownup could find anywhere.
Helen Stone lives a nice life in
peacetime. She goes to Spain or
Guatemala or some place and paints
each year. When she couldn't
travel, she turned herself out to
pasture and followed horses around
all one summer. That was how she
happened to come back with
sketches so that she and Phyllis did
The Horse That Lived Upstairs"
together. Horses do live upstairs in
New York, you know. HeIen's work
Evening star., 1945-11-18
PICTURES.

The Violent Land, by Jorge
Amado. Translated from the Portu-
guese by Samuel Putnam. tKnopfJ
A novel of pioneer life in Brazil
Turbulent and colorful. 49,.
A Winter in Geneva, by Anne
Goodwin Winslow. Knopf) The
volume contains a novelette, and
seven shorter tales. Talented.
Ask No Quarter. by George Marsh
(Morrow) Rousing tale of pirate
adventuring in the early days OF
America. Good historic stuff.
Call Back Yesterday, by Natalie
Shipman. prentice Hail. Story
of a mans search for a lost child
and the emotional complications
arising therefrom. Small town
setting.
Courage Has Eyes, by Trumbull
Reed. (WestminsterD Novel de-
signed to illustrate the value of the
seeing-eye dog to the blind.
Silver Moon Cottage, by Sara
Ware Bassett. doubleday Doran. }
Modern romance with Cape Cod
setting. Routine.
BANKING.
The Bank Of England, by Sir John
C apham. Macmillan Two
volume history, scholarly and de-
tailed.
Lay That Pistol Down, by Richard
Powell. (Simon g. Schuster. Arab
and Andy Blake fans have a new
one. 1t deals with a pistol smuggled
out of Czechoslovakia and badly
wanted by many people.
Trout in the Milk, by Hugh Hol-
man. (Mill) A shooting is solved
by a writer of mystery stories
pretty routine.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Talk About Russia
By Pearl S. Buck aDith MaSha

| by fSuTt D. BUCK UILH MQSNu
Scott. John Day; $1.75.)
Earnestly prosecuting her avowed
mission of bringing about greater
understanding between the peoples
of the world, Pearl S. Buck has en-
barked on a series of books each OF
which is to carry enlightenment ia
the American public on the subject
of some other nation. These works
are to take the form of dialogues
talks between Mrs. Buck and a ma
tive of the nation being Illuminated.
She has already written such vol
ume about China through CONVEX
sations with James Yen Now
she writes of Russia with the COL
laboration of Mascha Scott, Russian
born wife of the American steel
worker, John Scott, who went out to
Magnitorsk in the early days of the
five-year plan and subsequently
wrote an enthusiastic book on his
Russian experiences. (The Scots
are now living in New York and are
American citizens.)
AAAS why pAlillS OIiC CdIl Say dUOub
Mrs. Bucks Russian volume is that
it seems to be based on the idea
that no American has heard a thing
about the Soviets since 1917. It Is
primerlike in content and ludicrous-
ly solemn in manner. The ques-
tions which the distinguished nov
elist represents herself as asking evil
IDENTIFY predicate complete ignorance,
while the thrills of wonder. disbelief
and admiration with which she re-
ceives Mrs. SCOTS answers are de-
scribed in style that is incredibly
humorless. One feels that some
friend should tell her that. If she
is really hearing that Russia is a
socialist state for the first time, the
rest of the population is not so
backward. 1t is doubtful that even
fellow traveller would be much edi-
fed by this book.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Book Reviews in Brief

I Bring = Sword. by Paul Eldridge.
Zine Editions Press War poems.
Noisy.
Soldiers and Strangers, by Edward
Fenton. (Macmillan.) War poems.
Good.
AVIATION.
The Airman's Almanac, edited by
Francis Walton. tFarrar and Rhine
hart) A compendium OF aviation
facts, covering history, men and
ships.
PLACES.
The Rocky Mountains, by Wallace
w. Atwood. Vanguard Press.)
Finely written account of the
scenery, geology and history of the
Rockies. BY the president of Clark
University. Well worth having.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
A Douqhter of Han
3y Ida Pruitt.

By Ida Pruitt. yale UniDer-
sity Press; $2.75J
Consonant with the trend every
where evident of writing about the
common man, this book gives us the
life story of common woman, a
woman Of the Chinese people, one
Of China's anonymous millions
Ming Lao Tai Tai is her name
She was born in 1867 in the city of
P'englai. In 1888 she was asked by
Ida Pruitt, an American resident
of China, to tell the story of her
life so. that Miss Pruitt might re-
port 1t, She did so. The tale holds
about all the elements which the
Occidental reader would look to find
in an account of its nature-des-
perate poverty, foot binding, forced
marriage, subjection to masters,
squalor. superstition, opium, be-
nighted ignorance. Having it In the
form of an autobiography instead
OF novel. it serves mainly to re-
mind us that the flctionally re-
ported hardships of the Chinese
working people have not been ex-
aggerated.
Lao Tai Tai was born of respect
able parents of the working class
and married through a matchmaker
when she was Is. Her husband, an
opium smoker, sold all their ma
terial possessions to buy his drug
and eventually sold his second
daughter. Lao Tai Tai, then 20,
left him and set out to support her
first daughter and herself. Alter
nately she worked as a maid in the
homes of the rich and begged in
the streets.
Later she rejoined her husband
In order that she might have a son
establish a family. A grand
daughter was educated by mission
aries to be teacher. Through this
young woman's efforts the family
finally attained a mild prosperity:
1t was broken again when the jap
anese came in 1888. Lao Tai T'ai's
word for her long, hard life Is SIM
ply that her destiny was not good
one.
Despite the typical nature OF the
material. the narrative has a
strongly individual flavor. The
angry. puritanical integrity of Lao
Tai Tai is impressively brought
out. The personal experiences,
moreover, are enriched with many
descriptions OF old Chinese customs
and beliefs of the kind now being
supplanted. The book is much bet-
ter reading than any novel Of China
that ! have yet read.
Evening star., 1945-11-18

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