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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-11
CIVILIAN HEROES
(From Topeka, Kans., Capital)

(From Topeka, Kans., CapitaD
A few days ago Harry Woody was
harvesting corn at farm near Sa-
lima. A stalk stopped the rollers on
the machine he was using and as he
attempted to loosen the stalk his
right hand was drawn into the rollers.
Unable to release himself, and unable
to obtain assistance, Woody managed
to get out his pocket knife, open the
blade with his teeth and free himself
by amputating four fingers.
Woody is soldier of agricultural
production. He was doing a job to help
win this world -girdling conflict. And
he was injured in the process just as
surely as any soldier in battle.
But there are no Purple Hearts for
civilian soldiers, for this country has
wisely given those in uniform the top
honors. At the same time, however,
it must not be forgotten that many of
those who serve far from combat areas
are making unusual sacrifices. They
are entitled to the full appreciation Of
the American people.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-11
Poll Tax Ruled Illegal
By Tennessee Magistrate

Nashville, Tenn. LNS).-Magis-
trate J. A. Sentelle at Greenville has
ruled that collection of a poll tax is
illegal in Tennessee and ordered re-
funding of the tax and penalty paid
by a landowner under protest.
The magistrate rendered the judg-
ment in a suit by j. D. Johnson
against County Trustee Bruce Gra-
ham and George McCanless, state
commissioner of finance and taxa
ton.
Johnson paid the poll tax under
protest. He pleaded that the levy Of
poll tax against him was unjust
illegal and against valid statute Of
the state and the constitution Of Ten
nessee and the United States.
He based his plea on a contention
that since the state legislature haC
repealed the poll tax, the declaring Of
the repeater law unconstitutional by
the state supreme court was in eff.
feet relieving Of the tax by the
court, a function not delegated to il
lby the constitution.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-11
Wage-Hour Chief
Extends Minimum
Pay PrOtectiO o n

New York City (ILNS) Several
hundred thousand additional workers
will come under the protection of the
Fair Labor Standards Act (wage-
hour law under new Interpretation
by Administrator L. Metcalfe Wall
ing that those who produce goods
solely used within each state are COW
cred by the act where such products
serve interstate commerce in some
manner.
The law will now cover workers in
such processes as production Of ice,
electrical energy, railroad ties, crush
ed rock, concrete and telephone and
telegraph poles.
Industries are given until April Is
to adjust themselves to the change
before enforcement begins.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-11

But that is not to be hoped for.
What the world has, with a beaten
Germany, is one of the most amazing
problems that ever faced mankind
The problem, perhaps, is one for
psychiatrists, certainly not for senti-
mentalists. And surely not one for
bankers.
How is redemption to be brought
to a people who could produce the
horrible and senseless butchery and
torture of the Nazi concentration
camps?
How is true civilization to be built
on background of wholesale incin-
Grafton?
The whole problem is one of stag
gering proportions.
Among the victorious big three Of
the allies there are three basic national
philosophical outlooks that must be
brought into harmony to even ap-
proach success in this enormous task
of eradicating beastliness.
And now let us turn to another phase
of today's great doings-the confer
ence in San Francisco.
Let us get definition of this con-
ference. There is constant reference
to it as peace conference. It is NOT
a peace conference in any single sense
of the word.
1t is properly called world secur-
ity conference.
The purpose of the conference is to
create world structure that will
maintain peace AFTER peace is gain
ed by force of arms.
The delegations in San Francisco
are not writing the terms of treaty
of peace. They. are writing the laws
Of future world relations.
This conference is more important
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-11
THE -
CHERRY TREE
Where with eur Little Hstehet We tell
the truth absut many things, sometimes
profoundly. sometimes aippantly. some
times rseklsssly.

A beaten Germany is a pretty good
thing to look upon. A beaten Nazi
Germany is like dead wolf.
But there will be German people
and that is a matter of concern to
the world.
What kind of people are the German
people going to be?
We have plenty of people of Ger
man birth in the United States and a
lot of them have been in the United
States armies, fighting and killing
Nazis.
But the German people have never
been able to set up in Germany the
kind of institutions that make of
them men and women like those in
the United States.
Are they capable Of doing it?
We do not know. But what we do
know is that the institutions that make
for decency in the United States were
neither the concept nor the creation
of Germans.
Is it, then, that they can accept, but
not create?
Few men have expressed higher SEN
timents than did the late Wendell
Willkie, a man Of German blood. If
such as he could now but lead the Ger
man people, there might be much to
hope for, even in the face of decade
Of Nazi indoctrination.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-11
Rationing At A Glance
Meats, Cheese, Butter, Fats, Canned
Fish, Canned Milk

Red Stamps Book d. Y-5, rs, A-2,
BIZ, CO, and D-2 good through June
2; E-2, F-2, G-2, H-2, and J-2 good
through June 80; K-2, L-2, M-2, NJ,
and P-2 good April through July 81;
o., R-2, So, T-2, and U-2 good May
/ through August 81.
PrOcessed Foods
Blue Stamps Book ~ H-2, J-2, K-2,
LIZ, and M-2 good through June 2,
NJ, P-2, OF, R-2 and So good
through June 80; T-2, U-2, w, W.,
and X-2 good April 1 through July 81;
Y-2, Z-2, Al, B-1 and C-1 good May
through August 81.
Sugar
Sugar stamp 35 good through June
2 for five pounds. Stamp SO good May
l through August 81.
Numbers 1, 2 and airplane stamps
in Book valid for / pair each until
further notice, thirty days in ad-
vance. Merchants will positively not
accept loose stamps.
Gasoline
Stamp Ais valid for A gallons
through June 81. BIG, BIT, CO.
CT good for gallons until
further notice. Write state and license
number on each coupon IMMEDIATE
LY upon receipt Of book. Mileage ra-
tioning records must be submitted
with all supplemental gasoline appli-
cations to the board. R-2, and R-3
non-highway coupons are good for S
gallons each and E-2 and E-3
good for gallon each.
Tires
Commercial vehicle tires must be
inspected every 6 months or every s.
600 miles whichever is first. Passen-
ger tire inspections are required only
when applying for tire replarements.
Fuel Oil
Last season Period A and s and new
season Period l, 2, 3, a and 5 coupons
now good Unit value 10 gallons. All
Echange making and reserve coupons
good throughout heating year.
Stoves
Certificates to purchase most heat
ing and cooking stoves that burn oil
or gas must be obtained from local
boards.
| Price Information
Obtain price information from the
Price Clerk Of your local War Price
and Rationing Board. Report any
overcha-ges.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-11

than any peace conference we are like
ly to have, if we have one at all.
This point must be clear if we are
not to be disappointed by what comes
out of San Francisco.
It may be that there never will be
a peace conference. Unconditional
surrender robs a peace conference Of
good deal Of the old meaning. Agree
ment among the victors is important
Agreement with the defeated ones is
merely matter Of telling them what
they now have to do. What THEY
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-11

think isn't going to matter.
Perhaps it is worth noting that
there has been no peace conference
with Italy, but Italy is, nevertheless
a co-billigerent.
The Italian government that made
war has gone and we are trying tc
help the Italian people under theil
new government.
Once upon time, in wars, both
sides were deemed honorable. Not
so t6day.
The condition today is like . crime
case. There is . hunted criminal, *
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-11

be caught, imprisoned, tried and pun
ished, possibly by execution.
That, too, affects the future of Ger
many and the German people.
What punishment to be visited upon
the world because of mad man and a
mad scheme of pillage and slavery!
Can those that believed the lie come
yet to know the truth ?-CMW.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-11
Diner: II can't eat this soup.o

Diner: II can't eat this soup"
Waiter: "I'll call the manager"
Diner (when manager arrives: q
can't eat this soup"
Manager: Il regret that, sir, I'll
fetch the chef"
Diner (when chef arrives: Il can't
eat this SOUP"
Chef: whats the matter with it r.
Diner: Nothing, / haven't spoon
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-05-11
Roster ct OrQani3ations

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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-01
REGIONAL DIRECTORS

&c Harvey. Washington. n {
journalist.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-01
Joe Louis Clubs
Schedule Field
Day For Youths

The fourth annual picnic and
field day sponsored by re Joe
Louis Youth clubs Of nc superior
Life Insurance Society Of Mlca.-
Gan viii be held a; Joe Louis
Spring Hill Farm, SATURDAY.. Sept
:. The program Will begin a, 1880
am.
There Will be a novelty rsce tor
children uncer five needle ard
thread race for girls under =
,reasurer's sweepstakes, 25-ys-d
dashes for boys and girls unde- :,
.nvi,a,ional championships soft
ball game. wheelbarrow race sec
re.ary's novelty handicap. boys
scramble shoe race ard w5istie
cracker race AL q this viii take
place before lunch
President Henry 3 Ta,iaterro
vii, preside a. ne ceremonies for
the presentation Of Joe Louis
awards for outstanding achieve
ren,S n 1915 There W.l also be
races tor boys Il - and Older
~ ,hrd aohr dolhr Go.5r dord .
Meeting Places
Al clubs south If Grato' vi.
rec, q, Dufaeld >cr0ol
> A., clubs North n Grs,iot %
the boulevard viii meet a, Lincoln
school
3 All clubs north ot boulevard
a. Moore school.
I Highland Psrk-Berea church,
LaBelle street
S West Eight Mile road will meet
al Oakdale Gardens Community
Center.
s Ecorse and River Rouge
Cloud Miller school. 1871 and
Francis
: Inke,er-L.nco,r school-Walk
: Irkster - Lincoln school -
Walker street
s IVES. s.Ge-AneS Play Field
y. hrG.ar daSj1r dol7- d'rd ID
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-01
Charges Man Took
$3.50 From Friend

\ warrant charging man.
Vao police believe : ont OF town.
Win larceny from the person was
recommended ;AiS week py the
prosecutor Office
Police charZe tha. Cornelius
Peoples, IS. % an unknown ad-
dress took $3.50 from John Reams.
Of 997 r. Kirby street. who died
last week after re had been fatal
" stabbed by his wife
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-01
Raise Sales Price
OF Wholesale Beer

Consumers Who buy beer d.-ec.
trov wholesalers ElN pay ABOUT a
cen, 4 bottle more because ct ar
.rcre sec 'arH-up Tor tc.s We 81
sale. the OHicc OF Prlcc Admins
,ratIon sad this Veek Bee- sod
in this manner xii! STILL cost about
Ger. less than bee- Bought
through regular retail outlets
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-01
Youth Held In
Check Forgery

C7Ude W Johnson. 25. 81 l545
He..n-t1n street. charged with
.''or"- and publishing a forced
so check. Vas ayraisned in Re-
clg1erS Cour, this week.
iHonsoa, according 10 police.
0a1e the check against the CIV
2a.'ern Foundry and Machlne Co.
CoEF .a.nant IN ne case Is Lornie
-la1y, 81, OF 1871 Wellington
street.
Inc defendants bond % $1,000
i"' slretieS. vas continued ov
Recorders Judge Donald VI. Van
Z.e.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-01
Dramatic Reader Stars At DAV Post Grand Opening
NAACP CHARTS
new PLANS IN
HOUSING CASE

The Detroit branch NA.AC p.
announced Tuesday that the or
ganization was planning action
against the unfavorable decision
in the Hamtramck housing case.
The announcement was made
following a statement issued by
Leroy G.. White. plaintiff in the
case. In which White accused
the Branch Of double crossing"
him.
DR. James j McClendon. presi-
dent Of the association, made the
following statement:
BECAUSE % the general inter-
est in the disposition OF he Ham
tramck housing case. the Detroit
branch NAACP. wishes 10 state
that upon request Of the plaintiff
Leroy G.. White and the citizens
committee which had complete
charge % the case throughput its
hearings in tho lower courtsA the
matter vas referred 20 the national
legal department - me y A A(C.P.
for careful review. which, is
headed by Thursood Marshall
special counsel. who Determined
that the case as prosecuted in/the
lower courts would not sustain an
appeal
The NAA.C therefore. de-
cided not to appeal the case and
so communicated its decision
within the 20-dav tim. limit set
for an appeal. both TO the attor-
neys OF record and the plaintiff.
THE CASE was conducted in
the lower court by another or
ganizstlon. and the organization
and the attorneys o. record were
engaged by them Other than 10
investigate the feasibility If maxi
.jnz a. appeal. the ACP has
not =. any tire been legally IL
terested IN the case
To offset the under ocrs.!c de-
c!sion by Circuit Judge Thomas F
Naher who ruled against Negro &C.
cucancy, the association evolved
other strategy and plans"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-01

Eaoy Ew Dry Clnc.Huat. northern
region Ethel Green Washington
eastern Nd0le Gstewod CoSwell.
Atlanta, southern. and FGchSIa
Miller. ChIcaco. Western
The annual meri: award vent %
the >oa;Hern region. TheS avail q
WaS based or TIE activities Il the
region n c.N.c. educational and
81 liable activities The eastern
res un MAS r.rncr-U5
The 1876 meeting Will BE held in
HopkinSv lie. Ky
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-01

Only the graduate chapters
were represented at this WORK
>hop. There were ~ delegates
and u national officers repre-
scnting four regions.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-01
CHARGED WITH THEFT

Steve Mayfeld. OF 707 Gra.iot
street. was listed as the complain
ant TINS week IN a recommends
ton for warrant chsrS.nS Rob-
ct James - address unknown.
NTH larceny from a dwelling a.
Wh!ch time Mayfe,d lost S235
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-01
By ERNESTINE KEMP

TIE Ze'a chapter o: lo'a Pm
Lar hGa sorority Mas hostess -
dc,e-l,es - re natoDa. "orh-
shop Wa.c1 convened here from
A.. = 'ar0l "a ne %
Ir ,-.e o: tac So. '.st &c T7r
Ntn Japan eai ceased NHa' "a,
20 hatc lccr nc c.-0.0 nti'''a
sa.lc had 20 oc c.' dow" 30 2
workshop to~ &c ODT hai Hot
.c.5Ncd tS Var.i.nV restrictions
Only the graduate chapters
were teprc>cntcd at this work
>hop There were ~ delegates
and II national officers repre-
senting four regions.
THE WORKSHOP occan With
an executive board meeting a. t1'
Lucy Thurman branch OF INC
YWCA Saturday morning. where
ali inc business sessions we're
held Saturday afternoon. Mrs.
Jeanctta Welca Brown ~ ne Ma
,.onal C0ancil ,or Nero Women,
ave resume o. inc NCNW pro
gram. which WAS discussed ~ a
v7~c, ,ci ~ Soror F,hc' Greene
hoa-s 81 trustees NCNW TN"o
Sore I0jSe GraohS 3ros t'"' O
&C DcTn Ncr'NSlit0 to.ns'
TO NCNW .>ts>>ct " ny
Ie'3 Hhi .srh5s sorority should
Ca.orcr4'c W'h sc NCNN
Sara. O = W'.aa-s of Nan
- ca -tNc r SJ----T-a'N so fcS-
rc,.S .'.01s based N~ 80 i~tnr-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-01
Iota Phi Lambdas
Hold Workshop Here

&c -TeSS. ~ RS.'A SAe CAa..eN EeI
!o'a Phi LAMBDA MEMBERS 20 rem
der ser sc 30 yo-ag .o.H. %
make seq ate p,ans-ol: 10,
:a0'a>..> one,
UNDERTAKES At THE w- *
- - l1ne .GcG ID rC~ address
'o,a Na ,aHoda seeks -rea.c-
'p"ur'ar.. rs .1rll-0 .rc.ea~ed
e''c.c"'> s> eu- -I5IuL
Dr.rc.9.o We must so far,a-uo:
- Get dcsca. G.>cours-ercn,.
g. .,'>."nm'"i 80 must 90
'ori7 - conquer - cot success.
20 % good ... - accomplish.
\ dinner meeting vas he'd sun.
DAY evening AZ the Paradise
Lounge IN The private dining
room.
On Monday. business sessions
we're he'd from 10 an 70 10 . m.
During these sessions reconnen-
dalonS and solution we're
made The coTrlitee on r!ann.r-
decided on re plans to~ ne mex;
years convention A. ne session.
which oe-3N a. s 1T. o.;ce~s
Ncrc elected ana tie sYr.a.
aNtr!, TCrc node
Ia> WaS nc las. 1u> ~c,s Sos.
SON - tho Workshop Tie con-
ver' 01 "aS crossed MA dane
"- parry .1r tie SORORITY mem.
ocrS 81 &C k5Yfa Kss"e
20 f'>..'S q ne .e.e. 80" we're
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-01
ERNEST THOMAS
HEADQUARTERS
ARE DEDICATED
BY CHARLES J. WARTMAN

The grand opening OF the head
quarters OF the Ernest Thomas
Post No. 40 Of the Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans. last week. al 285
East Ferry proved boom TO one
who is not a disabled veteran,
when Paul K. Holt. dramatic read
or, was assured money 10 complete
his education.
Young Holt. former student of
West Virginia State college. who
Is now attending Great Lakes coll
lcge, gave two readings OF
his own compositions for the en-
tertalnment Of the members OF the
post and visiting vets and friends.
They were. Il Am Somebody and
when | Get On Top
so WELL received were the
readings that FRANK r Klett,
white, assistant sdjutant OF DAV
Post Number One. announced that
Hollis education would be guar
snteed If the Ernest Thomas Post
would sponsor him.
Frank r. Kle;t, who was the
main speaker Of the evening. is
largely resr onsible for the setting
up OF the Chapter No 40 Of the
DAV, having given them chap
ter IN 1889, when nc was an officer
n the state organizations
Praising the Detroit Negro vet
Grams for the fine work that they
have done. klett said. The Ne
gro veterans in Detroit are near
the top In the number OF or
carnations that they have for
themselves. They are credit
IN the Legion and to the com
munity."
SEVERAL tributes Were pad 10
Tamble Wh!'Vorth. commander Of
tae Frres' Thomas Post vino has
PLAYED 4 great par, in building up
tie examination s!nce rs founding
in 1888
The program last FRIDAY marked
the opening Of tAe dorUltOrY bar
and meeting place 81 the Post al
cSS Eav, Ferry.
Commander Wr.tWor.h an
r-urccd thai rs former tenants iu
:S5 have moved ou' disabled vct-
e.anS have beon rented the rooms
THE ADJVTtNT Treasurer Rnv
Ndrvev gave repor, - nc
FRANCES and 4 review - INC >t~J--
sc - bulld nc post and pgrNa,e
~ the building
Ncyn Klaver ~ the Three Feath-
erS corporation gave aN illustrated
lecture on the wise use ot .ntoN4-
eating beverages.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-04
NAACP To Aid Wacs
Beaten By Ky Cop

LOUISVILLE. Ky-The NAAcP
will file suit against the civilian
policeman charged with the brutal
beating OF two Negro Wacs in
bus station waiting room in Eliza
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-04

Negro branch when Il was decided
tina, problems Of administration"
would make IT impossible for Ne
gro boys to attend the camps.
Prather Hauser, who was begin
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-04

leave from her work and ven,
doNn 20 Washington.
Selma Burke was born in Moores-
VILE, y c. I'm 1906 OF a family
o. Methodist ministers. Al an early
age she began whiting wood and
modelling !l,,le figures in native
clay Her father died when she
vas twelve and LEFT her two trunks
"a. ~ African statues. MASKS and
pamphlets collected by INN and
rs tNo brothers. VINO had gone
~ Africa ~ m.SSionsr
NJ : Burkc vas graduated .. ne
'op 90 ne class from ne NJ -seS
Training Schoo, Of s.; AGNES hos
p!tai. Rale IN. y {. After A snort
Gur>inE experience. she came 10
New YORK in 1885 10 study scalp
;Jge To keep the pot boiling. she
became model in the art studio
AZ Sarah Lawrence College in
BronXVille. Various members OF
the faculty including Max Berner.
Sinclair tewls, and Anita Wsrburg
used 10 come back on the train
with Selma Burke
Oronzio MaldarciN. who vas
teaching in the Sarah lawrence
Studio. was attracted ov some clay
modelling done oy Miss Burke dIF-
~. ner noon rest and gave her
some plasHl.ne 20 lake home. With
tl.s she modelled 4 head which
- impressed Mr. Ma,dsrelli that
Ne obtained scholarship for her
=; me a.: school p; Columbia uni
Ne-s.ly Impressed by tne expense
~ mporiel stone ana marble.
which 100 often vas ruined mwc-
d'atcly by NeW students frs;
efforts Selma Burke wrote mon
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-04
Race Bars Fall At YMCA Camp Ohiyesa
LENGTHY FIGHT
ENDS IN final
NEGRO VICTORY

The Boys Department NJ the ST.
Antoine YMCA was permitted TO
have IS Of its members attend the
present camping period at Camp
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-04

BEETHOVEN. Ky. II. J. Mckinney.
president OF the Louisville NAACP
branch stated that Elizabethtown
is hot bed Of prejudice; that the
colored people there are intimi-
dated and the situation is difficult,
but that the branch plans to press
the case to the. limit.
The case OF Pfc. Helen Smith
stationed in Fort Knox was origin
ally brought 10 the attention Of
the NAACP national office by the
Wac's daughter. Miss Grace Smith.
on July 20. Mr.. Mckinney stated
that the Louisville NAACP has
secured an affidavit from Pfc.
Smith which will form the basis
for action. In addition to the suit
against the policeman. the NAACP
will assist Pfc. Smith in her court
martial.
in the story obtained from let-
,ers "a the daughter from her
mother il was revealed that Pfc.
Smith. who now faces a summary
court-martlal for sitting in a wait
ing room reserved for white peo-
pie. was on her way back al the
time 10 Fort Knox from Memphis,
Tenn. Because the train was late
and getting later because OF being
placed on sldings for troop trains.
Private Smith decided 10 get off
At 'Elizabe;htown. take a bus and
Try 10 &c; TO camp on time in as
much as she had never been cited
Tor any violation Of regulations
and held a good conduct medal
Before !, was found that Ken
lucky has no provision for segre-
CATION in bus and train stations.
Private Smith was originally
charged with having broken the
states jim crow laws and with as
Saulting an officer The charge was
later changed 10 a violation Of the
93rd Article Of war dealing with
dlSorderly conduct while in uni
form.