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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
WINS JJLLIARD FELLOWSHIP:
IT'S RENEWED FOR FIVE YEARS

After Snc won her FIRST singing
Ionie~, she was sure she Nduicd 10
ue q SIN sey, bat II was yeas before
ne Nod any idea she eoJld make
Il living OIt OF such a sldmorouS
career She vent TO Tailadega coll
eye "a Alabama where she major
Cd az pUolIC school music Teach
ny. music was the next best thlng
to singing, she decided II by
chance she should ever be sing
cT. groundwork OF musical
knowledge would be all 10 the
good Shes never regretted the
time she spent acquiring her
Mus B degree
Al Tallaoega she heard abou;
nc JWllard Graduate school and
It's fe,lowShlpS Since her mother
and brother thC'S her accOmpanist
now were already living IN New
YORK she thought. What can |
lose" II was 1889 No sooner had
she arrived in the big city than she
landed herself q joo IN the chorus
or the Hot MikJdo at the Worlds
Far She also landed herself
husband Neil Scott. a .bql.to IN
The same choruS and fresh from
Dlllrd university. New Orleans
Taat fall she Won a JuIllidrd fell
.oNShip winch was renewed for
ave successive years.
Carol Brice II one Of those rare
people who have made the most
a. every opportunity and asset.
And where her own modcSty has
made her reluctant to tread, her
Young husband has given her a
gentle boost. The first boost was
before they were married He
was working in a war plant In
New Haven. Through his leaning
towards learning he used to ret
around Yale quite a bit There
he met Marshall Bartholomew.
director of the Yale Glee club.
They got to talking about sing
rr> MIR Scott remarked that he
knew the greatest singer alive and
Mr. bartholomew sid he'd like To
hear her Whereupon Mr. Scott
nrcd SChoolhouSc IN New Haven,
printed some tickets. called up a
lot VI people and then informed his
aancc that she was io sing in New
Haven. She Sane-in a blizzard ~
q handful Of people But Nj
Bartholomew was ono VI that
handful. Not only did he tell
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
GENTLEMAN?

In his forthcoming book. II Am
Caring Into NV Eight Ball" col
umnist Earl Wilson tells this one
about Dorothy Parker Frank
Case. Of the Algonquin once
phoned up tn his celebrated tenant.
DO YOU have gentleman in Your
room" he demanded Just a
minute replied Miss Parker. I'll
ask him"
PM
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
VITAMIN BEE

Speaking OF bees. there's a story
about two az them IN a single hive
falling mad'y IN love with the
same queen One vas husky.
bellicoSe bee the other splndly
Neak!ing The latter. recognizing
his disadvantage, began guiding
vitamin pals and doing Setting-up
exercises a. n furious clip Finally
he challenged the biz orui>cr 20
mortal combat The winner? The
vitam!u bee.
Bennett Cert. in Saturday
Review O. Literature
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
FLOWERY JOHN

Between attacks on the admins
tration, Representative Rankin OF
Mississippi sdorns The pages OF he
Congressional Record with rhine
stones like this page A252. Appen-
dix. January 23l: Glorious women
OF the South Fashioned IN Para
disc, Wreaihed N graceS and viz
tues that bloSSomed like flowers
plucked from the green fields Of
Eden. led down 20 earth by angels
along a pathway Of stars. % DC the
JOY. the blessing, the INSPIRATION
Of noble men"
The y ron
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

The tipSy husband ;iptoed up
stars. patched up the scars Of a
brawl with adhesive tape and
climbed into bed. sure he had put
one over on tho wife.
Came tho dawn and slsring
wife charged You were intoxi-
Gated last night"
Why darling. was nothing Of
the sort
Well. II YOU weren't. who put
al the adhesive tape on the bath
room Mirror
L A Tribune
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
SLOGAN

The Chicago suns y G. spec
tor>ky ~ trying 10 persuade
leading Bo>ton publisher TO open
postwar branch In the Poly
neSian islands. Its slogan, he
feels, cant miss: Little Brown
hooks for little brown men. -
Bennett Cert in Saturday Review
OF Literature.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
Stun OWNERS
BENEFIT BY PLAN

Moses IS not daln;ed He has
proposed that - 900 old-laW tene-
NentS OF the So 900 the ely mas
been trying 20 get I'D OF for half
4 century be given new lease Of
lie. Il their owners would agree
20 put in heat. not water. and baths.
il was hoped that families would
De willing 20 pay a little more than
al present and would move out of
the StuyNesant Town site, allowing
Metropolitan 10 proceed with It's
venture The city vii. even agree
10 endoW the slum owners with
FL ;en-year TAX exemption on
these new npTovement> Mayor
LaGuardis says Metropolitan vii.
lend them>t the money al pa per
cent II they vii. help.
Three official bodies-one in
1920, another in 1926. and a third
in l936-had grappled with the
idea of rehabilitating these tene-
ments and concluded that their
narrow lots. windowleSs rooms.
lack of yard space. and incurably
Objectionable design made the
task impossible. They found il
wiser and cheaper 10 tear them
down and reconstruct the areas.
All this was disregarded. When
civic organizations objected to
Moses new proposal. he quickly
amended his plan to permit re-
modelling only in areas approved
by the Planning Commission.
But even before The bill has be-
come Law and with no remodellng
begun Metropolitan has suddenly
notified tenants 10. move from the
area They are being Shunted of
~ station wagons 10 novels which
Metropolitan say are not worse"
;kan those they now occupy Many
are being forced 20 pay higher
rents Hundreds Of dwellings which
could not be rented even with The
present shortage are being pressed
into service and again producing
revenue The OPA fits by. watch
ING with interest One wonders
why. with war on ali this must
be done now, particularly since
Metropolitan cannot build now
anyway But there IS nych 10 Won
der abou; in this strange under
taxing
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
STYLE

Sgt Joe Louis. the heavyweight
champ, yesterday met A Buck, the
SoortSwr.ter and veteran OF this
war Louis admired the plaid suit
Buck was wearing I'm going 10
get one Ike that when the wars
over. said Louis. I'm going 70
get suits in every color. except
brown 80
Leonard Lyons in " Y. Post
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
HARVARD VS.. YALE

Nunnally Johnson's gag in
Woman Elm the Window" about
the reward-winning Boy Scout
who said he was going to send
his brother 10 Harvard. then he
would 20 to a good college. is
one Of the most popular jokes,
particularly at Yale.
N. Y. Post
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
COOLER SWEATERS

In Pittsburgh. . matron sent
sweaters for the native girls
living on the Pacific island where
her husband was stationed, was
Mortified To hear that the girls
had made them cooler by cut
ting two big holes in the fro~'
Time
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
LESSONS FROM
STtINESANT TOWN

The lessons 50 carly derived from
StuyVeSani Town are gilmore than
local significance. .or urban re-
development; occupies prime po-
Sluon on otS postwar programs
There is a place for private enter
Prise IN urban redevc,opnen;. but
our programs can DC carried out
only " 3; cooperateS with the
puhiic-houNng authorities
4 slum is not cleared simply
by tearing il down. Alternative
accommodations for the slum
. families to be displaced, at rents
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
The .WATCHT0WER

WHlLE SOME PEOPLE were busy over in
Italy trying to prove that Negro fighters are
OF fttie value IN combat, a report came through
from the bloody battle of Two in the Pacific tell.
ing OF the bravery of Negro troops on the beach
on D-Day under terrific Japanese fire.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
Music Common Ground

Kenneth spencer. the biz Ne
gro, was guest >oloiSt last night
with the Houston. TcNs> SNm-
phonN the first Negro ever 30
honored.
=. q. ~.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
MARVA IN 'PINAFORE?'

"Msrva Mrs joel Louis is
now being mentioned To play
opposite Bill Robinson In the all
negro swing version Of Pima
fore.
- ~. Y. Post
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
NEGROES AND WHITES
DON'T MIX"

No sooner was StuyveSant Town
announced ,han Frederick II Eek
er. MetropolItsn's chairman Of the
board, made this statement: Ne
groes and whites don't mix
perhaps they will IN a hundred
years II we brought them into
this development, II would be 10
he detriment OF the city too. be-
cause i, would depreSs al the sur
rounding property He barred Ne
Rroes from the projec; Nor was
Stuyvessnt Town to have school.
though lis population would be
onc-fourih that Of Nevada. for
Ecker feared Negro children might
attend The city meekly complied
|, even agreed 10 raze the existing
school n the area and erect new
one outside Il diVeSted itself OF all
public streets ana property within
the Enclosure. The entrances we're
10 be posted with signs marked
private property" The city comp
troller is permitted 20 enter. but
only during the period OF tax ex-
emption.
Organizations like the city
wide Citizens Committee on
Harlem joined with Negro lead
ers In opposing subsidized dis
elimination. They declared that
Negroes should not be barred
from the benefits Of subsidies TO
which they. rs well as whites.
contributed. With hotels. thea
tiers. and restaurants enjoined
from discriminating. II seemed
indefensible In publicly en-
dowed undertaking.
A local ordinance was enacted
barring tax exemption for future
projects in which discrimination
was practiced But the contract for
Stuyvesant Town had been signed.
sealed. and delivered before the
ordinance could be passed The
ordinance applies 20 future New
York CITY projects only. Elsewhere
in the state and IN other states
which have copied Moses law the
Stuyvesant Town formula remains
valid
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
DEBUT AT TOWN HALL

everybody that she actually did
have one Of the finest contrslto
voices he'd ever heard. but he
rad her sing with the Yale Glee
ylnb
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07

cd cash INTO the treasury As a
lead member II the choir she
made trips rs tar north as keene.
y II and South As far ss TuSkc-
zee Ala
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07

slitute choir OF Sedalla, y {.
I'm no; very slim nov she
SAID ycs,crdr IN hc, Manha},sr
avenue apartment. me d mplcS ~
he checks deepening s> she ,1tlcd
"bu; IN ,a6>c day MS adolcs-
Ger, and really plump-ih'ck al
tnrough--and / had the re We &c
SCI up and GO d folk dance - Town
Htl"
Miss Brlce On private lie Ms
NJ Scott and the mother of nine,
m1rtrs-old Neil Jrl never Went
n seriously for dancing She's
ocen serious singer hoNct'r-
S.n.e she VAS l3 ard Nou Tie cup
foy the best Cou;raito voice IN
big North Carolina music festival
ln 1892 Her Latest triumph VIM
ming the 2Oih annual Naum0drg
Award last April IS the direct
@CsuSc of her concert tomorrow she
is INC first Negro ARTIST 90 WIN tn.
p,.lc, which consists each year OF
Town Hall dcbu,s foy rot more
than three musicians under so
years old whom distinguished
jury considers ready to face INC
New York battery 81 top-Tuns
CrltlcS-aud music overs.
SHE INSISTED THAT CONCERT
RI OPENED To NEGROES
She is a gay, genial person.
You couldn't easily imagine her
taking the trouble to argue
tough point when II would ne
simpler to laugh II OIL and give
In. But don't let her fool you
Last December when she was
scheduled 10 sing with the Kan
saS CITY Philharmonic Orchestra.
under Conductor ffrem kurH
direction. she refused point blank
to sing note until Negroes were
allowed into the hall.
Carol is tho daughter Of 2 Con-
cresSional minister and a school
teacher Al lS months she shook
the dust of Indianapolis, her br'n-
place. Of her toddnng feet and
went ~ 1--we IN Scdalia y { with
her aunt Dr Charlotte Hawkins
Brown Amt Lottie was the found
or and head Of the Palmer Memo
nal institute. which Carol believes
is the only finishing school for Ne
gro girls IN the country
The little girl Vas educated there
under the watrhful eyes OF hC1
aunt ard later OF both her-mothcr
and father when they moved To
Scdalia. Her father became the
schools chaplain. her mother MS
history teacher
The arts we're stressed Al Palmer
end while Carol was there nuSic
was the particular darling To- Inv
school choir broueh, sorelely need
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07

II Carol Brices eXharaon will allow her moment for
rcmniscing her Town Hall debut concert tomorrow
afternoon the Young Negro COntrato will surely
fleeing amused thought her actual Town Hall debut
many years ago as member of the Palmer Memorial In
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
BILL OF RIGHTS
EEADED

The Stuyvesant Town formula,
carried 10 its logical conclusion IN
our future living pattern, will mean
selected respectable" families liv-
ING in fenced-off neighborhoods
while the "undesirables,' poor or
rich. are relegated TO ghettocs
More important still. government.
m dlNestlng itself OF its police pow
erS over the streets in the project
and exercising It's eminent domain
and spending powers for Metro
politan, has used its prerogatIves
20 aid private corporations that
openly refuse 10 abide by the re-
Strictions 10 which government IL
self IS subject in exercising those
powers.
Here. In the name Of slum
clearance. was a device for the
evasion of the troublesome Bill
Of Rights. with its cumbrous in
sistence on equality and due
process. II the bartering Of public
powers could be carried over
from urban redevelopment into
other enterprises, a remarkable
innovation in government was
indicated.
But II the city must pay so
dearly for slum clearance. i'd might
a, least expect that slums would De
cleared. II now appears that the
families living in the area 10 be
cleared have no place 10 go Neither
Mr. Moses nor Metropolitan has
made any provision for their re-
housing They can neither afford
10 pay Metropoliian's rents in the
new project nor find quarters in a
public project elsewhere.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
tern. Metropolitan argued that
this would give Negroes the
equal protection of the laws"

Northern public housing authori-
ties have demonstrated in their
projects that in a self-contained
community which creates its own
environment segregation is illogical
and unnecessary but the Jim Crow
pattern was established for these
subsidized private developments.
Here was Metropolitan formula
for meeting the discrimination
issue in other states where Negro
opposition might make itself felt.
New York City's Board OF Estimate
helped by pouring the balm of
several million dollars in tax ex-
empiion upon the Riverton under
taking. Interest in promoting Stuy-
vesant Towns has burst forth with
renewed vicOr. Subsidized Segrega-
ton Is 10 be the new pattern for
urban development. An organized
effort is even being made 10 repeal
the anti discrimination ordinance
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
By MARY BRACCiOTTl


o Of March - Town Hall debut
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~. v Post !
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
No peach on The beach?

TAKE OFF PoUNpSI With the
Ry-KriSp plan for the normal
overweight, you can cut calo-
rieS, have delicious meals like
the one shown. Ry.Krisp helps
tone you up, has regulating
minerals, vitamin b.. Start
now. Enjoy Aavorful 23-calorie
Ry-Krisp as bread.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
TWo Unusual Dishes

Using the summer crop
~ of new broilers and fry
ing chickens, try this dish
from Honolulu. 1t is deli
cious. In the sparerib b s
recipe, use corn syrup or
molasses if you have no
sugar; mix with the prunes.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

Save your waste cooking tais--ifs
ammunition for our fighting men
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Smart Easy Patterns

PATTTRN 3766-Blouse and shorts
for sports; front buttoned jumper
for street wear. sizes - To 20; 80
to 40. Sire l6. jumper. 27E yards 80
inch fabric: blouse, "a, yards 35-
inch; shorts. ia yards.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Wage Index Reveals
| Sterilization Works,
Analysis Chief Says

The Bureau OF Labor Statistics
has worked out a new wage index
measuring changes In basic wage
rates. according to Robert J. Myers,
chief Of the Division OF Wage
Analysis Of the bureau, and it indi-
Gates wage sterilization has been
fairly well maintained.
The new wage index reveals that
wage rates in manufacturing indus
tries rose by only 80 per cent from
January. 1941, the base date for the
Little Steel" formula, to last Oc-
tober. Data on the new index is to
be announced formally in the next
few days.
Mr.. Myers discussed it and an
nounced the index figure in an ad-
dress last week before the annual
meeting of the American Statistical
Association.
Heretofore the bureau has had
index figures for earnings, but not
for wage rates. The existing in
dices show that between January,
1941, and last October, hourly earn
ings had gone Up 81 per cent and
weekly earnings 76 per cent. These
indices are influenced by extra pay
for overtime or late shift work, in
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Two Boys Die; Grandfather
Saves Five From Fire

By the Associated Press.
PETERSBURG, w. Va, Jan. l.
Two teen-age boys were burned to
death and nine other members of
the family were injured yesterday
when fire destroyed the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Critics, a mile from
here.
The dead are Virgil Critics, Is,
and his brother, Kenneth, Is. James
Franklin Critics, 4, and their grand
father. Timothy Critics, SO, were
badly burned
Keith, twin brother of Kenneth,
escaped, but all of his hair was
burned off; Gale and Dale, also
twins, about 8 or 8; Daniel. 10, and
Merlin, 6, and the children's parents
escaped with minor injuries.
The grandfather threw four OF
the children out CT window OF the
second story, where all the family,
except the parents, were sleeping,
and then jumped out with the baby
Evening star., 1945-01-01

ments of seven divisions in an effort
to cut off and liquidate Bastogne.
Twenty-Five miles to the north
west American LIST Army troops re-
captured the highway center of
Rochefort Saturday. The doughboys
Ioutfanked the fiercely-defended
town by crossing the Homme River
to the north.
Previously the Americans had
hammered the Germans back Il
miles to Rochefort from the enemy s
deepest penetration of Belgium-a
penetration which carried within 3
miles of the Meuse River.
Supply Lines Assaulted.
Won Rundstedt's supply lines were
under heavy assault yesterday from
more than 5000 Allied planes while
swarms of British and American
fighterbombers ripped at the heart
OF his Belgium and Luxembourg po-
sitions ahead Of the charging Sd
Army.
A censor delayed dispatch dated
December % said troops of the 26th
Infantry Division had pressed to
within half mile OF Wiltz. 10 miles
east of Bastogne and Is miles north
of the Luxembourg capital.
Southeast of Wiltz, the Germans
counterattacked with infantry and
three tanks, but were dispersed by
artillery fire.
Except for one small pocket, Sd
Army troops now hold 12-mile
stretch of the right bank of the Sure
River between Diekirch and Echter-
mach, 18 miles northeast of the city
Of Luxembourg.
American troops have won back
one-third of the area which the
German counteroffensive had taken
since December 16.
tThe German communique de-
clared yesterday that half of all
the forces on the Western Front
now were engaged in the winter
battle between the Mas and
Moselle and said the focal points
of the fighting were around Bas-
togne and Rochefort)
The Germans stabbed speculative
ly across the Roer River north Of
Aachen and into the United States
7th Army lines in the northeast cor
ner Of France. Considerable Ger
man movement has been noticed
along the Mas River.
German troops captured the viii
lage of Tripsrath, 2 miles north Of
Geilenkirchen on the Cologne Plain,
in a dawn attack Saturday. British
troops then rallied, drove the Ger
mans out and repelled second blow.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
|WPB Lifts Restrictions
On Steel for Tin Cans

By the Associated Press.
The War Production Board today
lifted restrictions on use of steel
for cans and glass container clos
ures. 1t said steel was In better
supply than substitutes.
The relaxation does not apply to
socalled timed steel. 1t permits
manufacture of metal containers for
many products which heretofore
have been packaged in paper and
other substitutes.
WPB said elimination Of quota re-
strictions is expected to save man
power, since "less labor Is required
to make and flll metal containers
than for comparable substitute
packages"
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Newsman' S Execution
Postponed in France
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MARSEILLE, France, Jan. L.
Albert Lejeune, former manager OF
the newspaper Petit Nicois. won
postponement of his execution Sat-
urday by promising Sensational
revelations" as he was being led
before firing squad.
Lejeune was under sentence of
death for collusion with the enemy
in the operation of newspaper at
Nice.
AS he was led out he told his
guards he wished to make state
ment. Summoned before a regional
commissioner, he talked steadily for
nine hours, the French press agency
reported.
The Socialist daily Populaire said
the reported statements concerned
relations of high Vichyites with
the Nazi embassy in case sche-
duled before the Paris purge court
At Montpelier, an enraged throng
followed up the lynching of four
Vichyites awaiting execution by
seizing and shooting former Mayor
Marcel Fargo of the town Of Ales
An order committing Farge's SEN
tence to 20 years precipitated the
incident.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
Bois;erous Yanks
Welcome New Year
In London Streets
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-Britons, who
traditionally observe the new year
sedately, were tt eated to roisterous
American-style celebration last
night and today by thousands of
American soldiers and sailors who
took over" midtown London.
Arm-in-arm with each other and
with British Tommies and kilted
Scots, and with British girls who
happily joined the party, the Ameri-
cans paraded In Piccadilly, danced
in the streets and sang "Auld Lang
Syne" in ung-bursting, ear-splitting
voices.
London's good-natured hobbies,
enjoying the spectacle, declared it
was "the rowdiest, craziest and quite
most lovable" New Year eve of the
war
The crowds that milled the streets
fell silent as the midnight hour
arrived-flve hours ahead of Times
Square.
Church bells, silent five years be-
cause they had been reserved to
announce the German invasion of
England, rang out clearly in the
chilly air. The deep voice of Big
Ben doomed the hour and its notes
were broadcast throughout the
world.
The bells of st. Paul's, which
stands majestically alone in a
blitzed area, marked the opening
OF midnight services attended by at
least 1000 persons, including many
Americans. Other churches also
welcomed the New Year with a
religious note.
But to the merrymakers on the
streets the bells were a signal to
welcome 1945 with as gay a farewell
as they had given 1914.
Evening star., 1945-01-01
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G. - As


creased employment In highly paid
industries and such factors.
Supporting his statement that
wage stabihzation has been fairly
well maintained, Mr.. Myers pointed
out that in the 81 months prior to
national wage stabilization In Oc-
tober, 1912, wage rates rose by an
average Of eight-tenths of per cent
monthly. However. during the first
year Of wage stabilization, he said,
the monthly rate Of increase Drop
ped to six-tenths OF per cent. and
in the second year it declined fur