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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17
YWCA Fills Needs OF
Community Groups

Coed activities and community
programs are worked out on
club basis. Clubs now in opera
ton include the Rosario. Las Ami
gas, Mademoselle and Esquire.
Adult volunteer leaders for these
groups are Mrs. Lucille Lowndes,
Allyson Warwick and Mr.. and
Mrs. Langton Daniels. Folk-danc-
ing. games, trips, sports and book
chats are only few OF the activ-
tiles Of their program.
THE HEALTH education de-
partment is directed by Miss 5.
Lavinia Moore. Major attention OF
the department is placed upon
the cultivation OF health and rec
reation emphasis, serving through
constituent groups, adult and jun
Tor activities and coed classes.
Activities Of the department in
clude badminton. table tennis
tennis. roller skating, basketball.
modern dance, junior ballet,
swimming, volleyball. tap dance
and children games. Highlights in
the program are badminton class
es. modernique dance club and
swimming instructions.
MRS. LLOYD COFER is chair
man of the health education COM
mttee. which plans the program
for the department and outlines
its budget. Other members of the
committee are Hattie Winston,
Charlotte Howard. Hazel May
Bessie Officer. Florine Mckinney
and Matte jefferson.
Miss Ruth Anderson Is director
Of the adult activities department
Under her direction are the bust
ness and professional clubs. in
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17
1873 NEGROES
IN ALL LEVELS
OF 0PA WORK

WASHINGTON. d. C.-Thirteen
per rent Of the Once Of Price Ad-
niniS'ratons 5723 employees in
the NATIONAL office, as 81 March
- Ia+S-weFe- Negroes. according
70 an analysis az a report on Ne
yTo employment release TINS
week by Frances II. Williams. spe-
cizl assistant 80 Administrators
Chester BoWleS. and Lois h.
Thomas. administrative assistant.
These 4s3 Negroes were inte-
grated into AL levels and
branches Of the organization.
che analysis shows with siTeable
percentages Of them earning sal
aries ranging from ~ 600 Ia
$500. The basic salaries listed
In this story do not include the
overtime pay which was paid at
That time. There were. for in
stance. nine lawyers working
for the agency. with two At AL
aries OF $500, two al $4,000 one
At $500. three al $500 and one
at $500.
ALSO THERE WERE three ~.
Crocs employed as economic stat
isiicIaNs. with one earning s. 600.
four labor and consumer officers
on salaries ranging from $500 60
IS GOO. 10 economic analysts IN The
price. rent. business, admlnIsira-
Tive and graphic sections earning
from So 600 - So 500. ard l. jun
i1r C-onouists--accoun'auts IN the
S. O5O-S2 500 brackets.
More than hall az OpA'S Negro
employees arc in the clerical clas-
tfcaaonS IN the Sl440-S2 900
class.
but Of more interest to the
public IL the fact that these en-
plOyes have been integTated in
90 OPA's programs without re-
gard 10 race. They work side nv
side with persons OF other races
doing similar work: they eat to-
gether and enjoy the recrea-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17
Thugs Get 49, 900
From B. Ornsby
Sh op Customers

Two bandits who robbed a bar
Der shop owner and four Of his GUS
toners OF about $4,000 Saturday
and safe crackers who stole a 300
pound safe from a doctors office
were sought Monday by the police
Police say that TIVE alleged thugs
one of whom entered the shop 10
buy some chewing gum and his al
legged companion. who said: This
Is stiCkup, took approximately
81 200 from Ben Ormsby, AZ, OF
1920 ST. Antoine, owner OF the
Wolverine barber shop at the ST.
Antoine street address Ormsby
also reported the loss Of some adj
ditional cash.
OTHERS repeatedly robbed by
the armed gunner were John
Washington. ~. OF $50 f. Adams,
robbed OF $3.50 while two other
customers, John Edwards. II, OF
648l ST. Antoine and Louis Brad
ford. l6, of 639 f. Adams lost seven
dollars each. Frank Riddle, 25, OF
5028 Brush reported loss of one
dollar.
Police believe that dope addicts
stole a 800 pound safe from the
clinic Of DR.. Louis Jacob Cleage at
$685. Lovett street and abandoned
it at Wreford and Twenty-third
without disturbing valuable papers
inside.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17

lie THEN SET forth seven steps
the agency has taken to achieve
It's present leadership among gov
eminent agencies in the handling
of inter-raclal personnel problems.
They are:
/. Our policy Of non-discrimina
ton was established and a start
toward putting IL into practice
was made at the very beginning
Of the agency's existence.
?. Responsibility OF execution Of
this policy was placed on all adj
ministratlve and supervisory Of
ficials in November, 1914.
3. BY handling situations arising
out Of individual differences at
the time they arose and not al
lowing them 10 tester and spread,
we have prevented them from be-
coming racial problems.
4. Problems have not become
insoluble because we have per-
sisted AT each working level in
attempting TO discover new ap-
proach.
5. Education and training essen
tial to good working relationship
have been done on the job at all
levels.
g. Leadership Of the staff at va
rious levels has resulted in the
growth OF effective democratic adj
ministration rather than segrega-
ton.
Z A special assistant TO the adj
ministraior in charge OF race re-
lations since July, l943. has pro-
vided additional services upon
which anyone in the agency may
call.
The report indicates that OPA,
while working 10 get maximum
use OF its staff, has made a real
contribution 10 the practical app
plication Of democracy, the adj
ministrator's memorandum con-
cludes.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17
A HhIR BEAUTIFIER
MEN LOVE IT

Pluko has a fragrance men love. It's
compelling uinvitesromanoe,
because the perfume-like scent Of it
fingers irresistibly about you all
through those precious night hours.
And although Pluko bring, such
added lustre to your hair, although
it has such exquisite qualities, Pluko
costs very little TO use. II is sold by
dealers everywhere in generous eco
nomical sizes. In Amber. 2Sc, in
White. SOC. Try Pluko once, and
you II never be without il. Demand
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17
BY r. L. RYLAND

The work OF the Lucy Thurman
YWCA Is interpreted 10 the COM
munity mainly through three de-
partments the younger girls
work department. the health edu-
cation department and the adult
activities department. -
The younger girls work de-
partment emphasizes Girl Reserve
clubs. coed actiVi ties, COM
munity programs and other teen
age activities. The chronological
age group is, loosely 1918, but
usually the serviced group is OF
high school age.
VARIED PROGRA is are
planned that satisfy their needs
and interests and contribute TO
their mental. moral and spiritual
development said MIS-. Vantelia
Lane. director Of the department
She is assisted by Miss Marion
Hester.
The younger girls work COM
mittee acts in an advisory capac-
ity and Is composed OF Mrs.
CLANCY Matthews, chairman, and
McSdames Betty Cathcart, Betty
Swan, Pauline Tyson. Bert h a
Smith. Winifred Fairfax, Charles
johnson. c. l.. Jackson and AL
Verta Williams.
HERE ARE "a Girl Reserve
clubs operating in schools, libra
rieS. recreational centers or wher-
ever is convenient TO the girls in
tercSted i'm forming club.
Schools al which there are now
CIR. clubs include Duffield, CO.
lumbia. Sampson. McGraw. Bars
tow, Lincoln, Sherrard, Campbell,
Maybee, Washington and Bright
mirc.
Advisors now active include
Mavis Bonney, Maria Alexander
Effie Penn, Frances Ryland, Lii
liam Wheeler. Thelma Yates. Jen-
ME PA &c, Jean Covington. Wyo-
lean Babcock, Thelma Suggs, Hell
en- Childs, Irene Graves. Ashley
Cain. Dorothy Cunningham, Ellz-
abe,h Edmondson. and Nellie
Watts as intermediary.
VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP foi
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17

B. and p. Girls club to the Lake
Forest college for the white col
lar workers workshop next sum-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-17
OPA Personnel Integrated Without Regard To Race

mer. The scholarships are open
TO high school and business COLI
lege graduates.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-11-22
Btliel
Storm Iii.
y. {. (Oast
Winds Of l6o MPM
Strike Coast Guard
Base al natteras

Norfolk, "a Ny. ,;.-ttP)
tornado of Nhrtt duration
attended r, winds at 15J 80 100
miles Per hou: STRUCK and heav-
lily damaged the iiattrrar Inlet
lite boat station at , a. N. TO-DAY,
Coast Guard headquarters here
announced.
The Station. located Oh the Hat
teras Banks ofi the North Caro-
iIna ccas; vas heavily damaged.
\" casa3iji@s t. ~persouna! Nrr"
reported. The Coast Guard said
The wind came IN suddenly and
lasted only about tnEec minutes.
Two outside water tanks we're
blown down, tlcdup bJat was
hi haEH and Ws'1t!lPr boarding
va torn W0m the buildings. All
cooking facilities were destroyed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-11-22

To Quit As
Greek Cl1iiol
Regent Is Forced
BY British EuvJy
To Delay Action

.Athen- Now. % ttPH- Aaca.
bishop Bamaaemoz - n.=tHerj today
az definitely would resign as Ie9ea,
Of Greece
He mace tac mHa.ueaay.nt 10 :
press conference shortly stte. the b.
vcar-od lioelal lyeJs. lhg.uI.toNlr.
Sophouls WA, Sworn IN as urea-'r.
heading Il new cabinet D~a114s@tnos
said he Wouii make IL s"e-ata"'gat il"
the Greek DeopIo later in the Gay.
>~0ph0uiis SAID in a press con
ference tha, Dainaakiun, War
forced by the British 10 hoiA up
his resignation last night ana
swear il the rev Go~Eernnifnt.
He SAID British envoy iiccor
NacNe;i called upon 1amash'9Gi
and told him THAI unless he
hciued set up the n", aoN2rl-
ment. he NiacNcHn would .cay"
at once FOR London as mark Of
rOtcSi.
Earlier it had oaea aaaa4neoj taa,
Demaskiuos hud withdrawn ms re
sjgnailn So he could swear i'm the
new government because the ou.9o-
ing c1hrot had III. cons,ttut on'.
power IL do 80.
The announcement %. d ~" c3al-
net resolved Il sustained err The
solution to the crisis c,.ac after q
day and night OF discussions. aoa
amid rising political To- sion during
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-11-22
~EA 4 ER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA

Fair and colder tonight: low
est temperatures toEight 20 II
- IN east portions: light frost
il coastal area and heavy else
where.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-11-22
The Ird0neSians made il clear
they we're willing to negotiate,
but with the British aIGne.

An Indonesian spokesman said
that when the Dutch give an order
for the cessation OF shooting, and
when the burning OF our villages
and the murdering OF our people is
stopped by the Dutch. then we shall
be wiling to talk with them"
Score Fave Died
In the past "a hours at least a
score Of Indonesians were killed in
fighting in this city. and shipping and
intermittent attacks continued today.
while unrest WAS reported in several
other cities. throughout the island.
The ! donesian spokesman said
the Allied announcements that Dutch
native troops would be withdrawn
from Batavia, would not solve the
problem, c~ontendIng these native
troops were being used by the Dutch
in other parts of Java. The British
indicate these troops would be eva
cuated from Java. Indian troops, re-
inforccd by tanks Of the British y
dian 18th Cavalry still pauolIed the
streets of Batavia
Evening star., 1945-12-02

Remind me-, said Mother, back in the
old days, to put split peas to soak tonight.
Dad is hollering for split pea soup tomorrow
night" Next day the soup simmered on the
stove, getting smoother and smoother by the
hour. At dinnertime, Dad happily downed
three lusty bowlfuls.
Now in minutes-mot bo3rs! Just empty
the package of our new Betty Crocker Pea
Soup Ingredients into boiling water. Cook
only five minutes. That's all! Far quicker
than the old way of making split pea soup.
. So good, too: Smooth, full-bodied, rich in
flavor That's because choice green split peas
and delectabe seasonings, are skilfully pre-
cooked for you in pressure cookers. Our
General Mills foods staff is thrilled with this
latest of our package soups vegetable noodle,
the hrst). Four to six bowlfuls from every
package Do try our new green split pea souP!a
Usek@z (, ;!*z:.!;;; ~,
Evening star., 1945-11-08
Editor BIomes Britain
For Violence in Palestine

CLEVELAND. Nov. 8 R.-onl,
the British government can brine
about peace and order in Palestine
Hayim Greenberg, editor of the
Jewish Frontier, asserted in an ad-
dress last night before the $50 dele.
gates to the ninth annual pioneer
women's convention.
"As to the outbreak of violence
in Palestine, it is irrelevant at this
moment what Jewish leadedshir
thinks or says about it," Mr.. Green
berg said. There is limit te
human endurance and the British
government alone should be blamed
for having provoked acts which ir
themselves may be regrettable."
Addressing the opening session oi
the flve-day Zionist meeting, the
editor said II personally warned
Lord Halifax about inevitability Of
Jewish violence in Palestine, if his
government does not change its
heart and attitude. . This now
has come to pass"
Evening star., 1945-11-08
|Morgenthau Urges
Homes in Palestine
For 100000 Jews
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. s.-The only
solution to the problem OF homeless,
stateless Jews and the one desired
by a great many Of the displaced
Jews themselves, is "the immediate
admission of at least 100000 to
Palestine" former Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau says.
Mr.. Morgenthau also told B'Nai
Birth dinner in his honor last night
that the Problem of the displaced
Jew is not the sole concern of any
single nation, nor of any small
group of nations. It is the respon-
sibility Of all the peoples who fought
Fascism and won a new opportunity
for democracy"
Meanwhile, DR.. Abraham Granov-
sky. head of the World Jewish Ma
tional Fund, declared at a press
luncheon that British regulations
prevented Jews from purchasing
land in a great part of Palestine,
and contended that Palestine was
the only country in the world at
present where Jews could not enter
or buy land because they were Jews.
Evening star., 1945-11-08
7So Jewish Refugees Land
In Hoifo Under, Guard

JERUSALEM, Nov. 8 (P).-While
police stood by with armored cars
and tommyguns to preserve order
789 Jewish refugees from more than
a dozen European countries landed
at Haifa without incident from the
Canadian Pacific liner Princess
Catheleen today.
Most of them spent recent months
in UNRRA camps in Italy, where
they received certificates for entry
from the remaining 5000 imInigra-
ton permits under a white paper
agreement now in use by the Pales-
tine government. The majority plan
to settle in Zionist agricultural
colonies.
Evening star., 1945-11-08

A dollar saved is a dollar earned
Dollars saved through the purchase
of Victory Loan Bonds will return
profit dollars at maturity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19

Don Smucker, formerly of Bluffton
who has been minister of the First
Mennonite church in Wadsworth, has
resigned his pastorate at that place
and will enter Princeton Theological
seminary at Princeton, N. j., for
graduate study in the fall.
He and his family are spending
several weeks at the home of his
mother, Mrs. B. D. Smucker of South
Lawn avenue after which he win
spend the summer visiting civilian
public service camps and churches
thruout the western states as a rep
resentative of the Mennonite Central
committee.
His wife and little son Timothy
will spend the summer at the home
of her parents in Newton, Kansas.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19
Three-Man Tribunal Acts AS
Investigator, Police, Prose-
cutor and Judge
Difficulties of Administration
fractional Rows Described In
Letters Home

Staff Sergeant John Romey of
South Main street is one of three
American G. is who have t h e
responsibility of operating the only
municipal court functioning in Gross
Umstadt, a German city of some
5000 population about 80 miles
south of Franfurt on the Main.
None of the three speaks the Ger
man language which is one of the
minor difficulties which besets them
in keeping in operation a court for
which they must serve as investigat-
or, prosecutor and arresting officer
as well as judge and jury.
A graduate of the law school at
Ohio State university, Sgt. Romey
has an excellent background for the
assignment, but with Nazi and anti
Nazi factions bitterly hating each
other and attempting to gain their
ends by bringing pressure to bear
thru the American occupation court
the three American soldiers charged
with dispensing justice have their
hands full.
Serving on the three-man court
Tribunal are Sgt. Romey, 1t. George
L. Kiley, of Paris, ILL.,, and Corp
Bill Rosentreter, of Peoria, Ill.
Some of the difficulties encounter.
Continued on page 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19
TOWNS OPERATION
TO COST $129,14S
DURING NEXT YEAR
Expenditures OF Bluffton For
1916 Will Be $3.50 Less
Than In 1915
Receipts For Coming Year Esti-
mated At S143,S42; Bonded
Debt Is $4,000.

Bluffton's municipal expenditures
during the 1916 calendar year will
aggregate s129,148 approximately
$8,490 less than fhe amount ear
marked to be spent this year, ac-
cording to the 1916 municipal budget
approved last Monday night at a
meeting of the town council.
Receipts for the coming year, to-
gether with balances that will be on
hand next January /, will give the
town a total of $143,842.53 during
the next 12-months period, according
to the budgetary forecast.
With expenditures for 1916 esti-
mated at $129,148, balance Of S14,-
694 is expected on hand at the close
of 1916, most of which will be re-
fected in the balance of the munich
pal light and water works fund, the
budget prepared by Town Clerk VIII
ford o. Geiger shows.
Expenditures of S137,63 by the
town in 1916, based on actual first
half reports and estimates for the
balance of the year, will be $34,427
more than last year, because of in
creased cost in operating the many
municipal services, and including the
amount paid out for a new fire
truck, and increased expenses at
Buckeye lake and park.
This years expenditures also are
greater than those anticipated for
1916, with the 1945 total s8,490 in
excess of what is expected in the
coming IL months.
Bonded debt of the town at the
start of the next year will amount
to $4,000. This is reflected in -four
funds, as follows: Fire apparatu:
bonds, $4,000; Main Street Resurfac
ing bonds, $4,000; Water Works
bonds, $4,000; and Refunding bonds
| $4,000.
Expenditures for 1916 are estimat
ed as follows, with 1945 figures il
parenthesis: General fund, S17,76s
| (S17,258.60); Street Maintenance anc
Repair, $4,000 (s3,000); Gasoline
Tax Receipts applied to Street Main
tenance, $4,000 (s3,50O); Bond Re
tirement, $3.50 (s13,880); electri'
light and water works, s100,00'
(s100,000).
The approved budget will be sub
mitted to the county budget commits
sion, for their review and approval
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19
Sgt Richard C00ksOn Wins Bronze
Star For Heroic Service Under Fire

ing, Sgt. Cookson continued to move
forward; setting up his radio and
calling for fire missions whenever
necessary despite complete lack of
protection from enemy snipers.
His radio antenna, sparkling in
the sunlight, drew fire from snipers
occupying the high ground beyond
our lines. At times, according to
the 65th division citation accompany
ing his award, Cookson operated
within $50 yard of the enemy.
The citation continues: "Thruout
the operation Sgt. Cookson was sub
jected to continuous enemy fire. He
coordinated and controlled the work
of his men during night operations
so that even tho they were working
at different places none was lost.
Sgt. Cookson's leadership and deter
mination reflect great credit upon
himself and the military service"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19
ReU. BigeIOlU With
Occupation Troops

First 1t. Ernest n. Bigelow, pas
tor of the Bluffton and Rockport
Presbyterian churches before he went
into the service, is chaplain of the
l132nd Engineering Group which has
been assigned to the Fifteenth u. S.
Army in handling the military gov
ernment of occupied Germany.
Among the duties assigned to the
1132nd are construction and repair
of roads, reconnaissance of German
border patrol areas; building of
bridges and air fields; maintenance
of river gauging stations along the
Rhine, and establishment of water
supply depots.
Among the tasks completed by the
Unit since it Joined the Fifteenth
Army are revival of operations in so
sawmills, removal of tactical bridges
across the Rhine and construction of
permanent bridges; operation of
stone quarries; repair and construc-
!, tion of railroad trackage, ETC..
Members of the unit are veterans
of combat operations with the Ninth
L. S. and Second British armies in
France and Germany. Its principal
duty was to keep roads and bridges
open for combat traffic. The group
crossed the Rhine with Ninth Army
units shortly after the airborne in
yasion at Wesel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19
JEFFERSON STREET
May BE IMPROVED
BY HIGHWAY DEPT.
State Proposes Improvements
To Part of Street Traversed
By Route 103
Municipal Council Approves
Suggestion If Without Cost
To The Town

Re-surfacing of Jefferson street
from North Main street east of the
city limits loomed this week as a
distinct possibility for inclusion in
an extensive summer improvement
program on State Route 103, which
follows that section of the street into
Bluffton.
Negotiations between the State
highway department and the munich
pal council are under way, with the
projected improvement providing for
application of a new surface of
heavy asphalt tar and chips.
Proposed re-surfacing of the
street had its inception in a request
from the state highway department,
asking the municipal councils per-
mission to improve that section of
jefferson street over which State
Route 103 passes. A distance of ap-
proximately one-fifth mile is in
volved.
Permission to complete the work
was granted Monday night at a
meeting of the council, on condition
that the town would not be asked to
share any portion of the cost.
Council Attaches Rider
Council stipulation that the village
would not assume responsibility fol
any share of the request was at
| tached as a rider in answer to a
form request sent by the highway
department and returned to them.
Estimates by the state indicate
| the cost of improvements within
municipal limits would approximate
$685., and under ordinary procedure
the towns share of the expenditure
would be about 500.
Altho no official action has beer
forthcoming so far from the high
way department with regard to the
rider, unofficial belief here is thai
the department will assume tn,
entire cost because that part o.
Route 103 within the corporation
limits is comparatively small par
of the larger project mapped fol
Route 103 east of Blnffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-07-19

For maintaining wire and radio
communications between artillery for
ward observers and their batteries
during the hotly-contested crossing
of the Danube river below Regens-
berg, Germany, Sgt. Richard r.
Cookson, of Bluffton, has received
the Bronze Star medal.
Sgt. Cookson is the husband of
Mrs. Betty Cookson and the son of
Mrs. Mabel Cookson, both of 327
South Jackson street.
A liaison sergeant with the 869th
field artillery battalion, Cookson ac-
companied the first infantrymen
across the Danube on April 26. Car
rying parts of heavy army radio
on his back, Sgt. Cookson supervised
the installation of telephone wires
across the river.
When infantrymen were pinned
down by machine guns after cross