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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
TAVERN PATRON
H ED HERE IN
FAT AL FIG H T


A n-year-old tavern patron, who
police say drew a gun and fatally
shot Howard Robinson. 3S, OF 76l7
Gould street last week in H&I Inn
was held for investigation Of muir
der this week.
POLICE learned that Robinson
and Avants Atkins, Of 6744 Jeffer-
son street. had an alteration in
front Of the tavern at 729 So. Sol.
way street, al which time the fight
was broken up.
Later, so police say. Robinson
was inside the tavern drinking beer
when Atkins came in and invited
him outside for a talk.
Witnesses told police that At
kins ran his hand I'm his pocket,
At which time Robinson report
edly drew . knife and told A.
kins to take his hand out Of his
0~ c.. EArAV MAJ
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
FEPC Employees
Continue OnJob
With No Salary

Employees OF the Fair Employ
ment Practices Committee. re-
manned on their jobs this week al
though there is no money to pay
their salaries.
Three-fourths Of the staff be-
longs 20 the United Federal
Workers Of America, Go. Al .
union meeting they unanimously
agreed 10 stay on their jobs de-
spite the antics Of the congress.
INFORMING the FEPC chair
man. Malcolm Ross. of this de-
cision Of the staff. Thomas Richx
ardson, executive vice president
the UFWA said: This NosiySh
conforms with the basic Go p9licy
on the question OF the FEPCS The
employees recognize the impor-
lance Of their work and the value
Of the agency to the country's war
effort"
II has been brought out on the
floor Of congress that there is
nothing 10 stop individual contri-
buttons for carrying on this agency
Declaring that he will continue
70 support the FAIR Employment
Practices appropriation, Senator
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
Eight Pay Fines
TotoIing So, 500

Fines totaling $500 were paid
Tuesday after Recorders Judge W.
Mckay Skillman had sentenced
convicted members OF the Royal
Blue MutuelS syndicate.
Harry Thomas was fined $4,000
or to S years in prison; Mrs. Ma
RE Anderson, $500 or six months
to 5 years; Mrs. Ida Covap, the
same; Roy Cannon. Owen Shack
lett, Oscar Bailey. Alfred Jones.
and Jesse Gibson, $1,000 each or /
to years in prison.
The eight pleaded guilty two
weeks ago 10 conspiracy to violate
the gambling law. Charges against
three others originally held were
dismissed after the trial had been
heard in part before Judge Skill
man.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
Mother Removes
Children From
TB Sanitanu,7,

Charges that nurses at the De-
tIoit tuberculosis Sanitarium x&
1900 Tuxedo Avenue. had mads
her two small children work and
had not taken proper care OF them
were brought this week by MIRA
Martha Simmons OF 2l78 Monroe
street. The charges were branded
as false by DR.. w. B. Howes. super-
intendent of the institution.
Mrs. Simmons, whose two chill
dren. jamie. 7. and Emegine. 5.
have been ut the sanitarium since
last April, said that she had been
informed by the children that
the nurses forced them to work
WHEN THE reporter talked 20
the children. they admitted that
they had been given money by
one OF the nurses to clean out .
chair.
Mrs. Simmons charged further
that when she visited the hospital
on Sunday. July 8. she found that
the rest OF the children had their
hair combed with ribbons attached
but that Emogine and jamie had
not. They told me-" she said,
that the nurse said for the mother
TO come and comb their hair. ]
will put the children in an In
stitution IL I have to. but il won't
be at the Detroit tuberculosis
Sanitsrium." she said.
Mrs. Simmons husband. John
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
JUROR CHARGES
llAE|IR
IN CIVIL CkSE

Dissatisfied with the decision OF
Recorders Judge John p Scallen
In dismissing a Civil Rights case
sgains, a white waitress who re-
fused TO serve her in a sandwich
shop at 80 Cadillac Square several
weeks ago. Mrs. Maude Griffin. a
Juvenile court worker stated her
determination 10 take the case 10
q higher court
MRS. MAUDE GRIFFIN OF 545
King. serving as a Common Pleas
court Juror. stated that she IN COM
pany with three white jurors, Mrs.
w 3. Young Of Oil Nottingham,
Crosse Pointe and Mrs. A b. Titus,
Of 1870 Fielding and Miss EStelle
Rama Of 1926 Grandy street went
into the BarbaS restaurant al IS
Cadillac Square 10 eat lunch.
Mrs. Griffin charges that her
three white companions were
served and that the waitress. Miss
Elsie O'Dell. AZ. of 4774 Curtis
street refused 10 serve her or accept
her money when she attempted TO
pay for the meal eaten by one Of
her companions.
I'm not through with the case
yet haven't thought about
stopping" Mrs. Griffin stated.
after declaring that she felt Judge
Scallen had not been fair 10 her.
Stating that she had asked the
waitress to serve her. as did one
of her companions. Mrs. Griffin
stated. Il was never so embarrassed
before" She added that the walt
ress ignored her request for service
and appeared 10 look down on her.
At the trial heard by Judge Seal
len last week. Mrs. Young testified
that she had been served while
Mrs Griffin had not. II was dis
closed that the court failed TO hear
testimony from either Of the two
other white jurors.
THE WAITRESS testified that
they were busy al noon and that
81 was not because Of any discrim-
vu@-.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
We Are Sorry

II you have been unable 10
secure a copy OF the Michigan
Chronicle for the past two
weeks, we are sorry. Due 10
the exceedingly heavy demand
for the Chronicle and the severe
newsprint limitations. we have
not been able % keep all stands
supplied with papers. Many
have been selling out by Thurs
day evening. In order 10 be sure
of receiving their Chronicles
each week. readers are urged
TO purchase their papers early
or have their news dealer re-
serve copies for them.--Circuls-
ton Manager.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
Builders
Receive Challenge

A challenge 10 FILA and private
builders was voiced this week in a
study made by Rev, Horace White,
OF 4,335 Negro families certified for
housing by the Detroit Housing
Commission.
The study showed that the
average income Of the Negro
families Is S2.956 while the In
come OF the average white
families Is S2,a73 and that the
need Of the Negro families was
q basic shelter need. while that
Of the whites was a matter Of ad-
justment for financial reasons.
AS OF JUNE 8, the Tenant Sc
lection Office Of the Detroit Hous-
ing Commission had 1885 Negro
families certified for housing. These
~ c.. nYfIy nEnC pa~.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
b0b.L0 Warrant ISSUED
Reed Dies On Eve OF Court FIGHT
What Could One
Expect From A
Guy Like BiIbo?

The following letter. written
on United States Senate letter.
head paper and mailed under
the ranking privilege Of the
writer. was received by Crit
McSwain and Mrs. Dollie Mason.
500 Westminster avenue.
Crit McSwain and
Dollie Mason.
593 Westminster.
Detroit. Michigan.
My Dear -Nigger" Friends
Your telegram Of July 6 has
been received. You had better
make haste and get out Of Chi
eago and get back to the Sunny
South where the white man will
treat you right and you will
have friends. II is not safe for
q negro 10 live in Detr oit-they
say there Is another riot coming.
Yours truly.
Theodore G. Bilbo.
The telegram sent by Mr.. Me-
Swain and Mrs Mason was in
protest against the filhuxter
!; As EFgC -:
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
Convicted On
Assault Charge

David Schneider. So. owner OF q
dry goods store at $500 Hastings
street was convicted OF assault and
battery. Tuesday. on the complaint
OF l6-year-old River Rouge high
school girl He wss fined $50 or 90
days In the Detroit House Of Cor
rection by Recorders Judge John
]. Msher,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
Steals Pucking
Company Truck

A man who police said confessed
stealing a packing company truck
was apprehended after he and an
other companion had jumped from
the truck while being pursued by
four police officers.
Police disclosed that Fred Brown,
20. OF 999 Illinois street. was shot
in the light leg when he attempted
10 escape from a truck belonging
TO Lowenstein Packing company,
and which. according 10 police
Brown admitted taking from in
front OF 1895 Adelaide street.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14

4 and was rushed TO the Receiving
hospital where he remained in a
semi-coma until his death early
Monday morning.
A FEW HOURS after Mr.. Reeds
death. petition seeking per-
m anent restraining injunction
against the Atlas Power Co-opera-
tive, OF which Mr.. Reed was trus-
tee. was filed in Wayne county
circuit court by Attorney Chester
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
HOUR old
B Ably. GIRL is
F 0 U n D IN BOX

A twelve-hour-old baby girl was
receiving heat treatment this week
after she had been found abandon
ed in a large cardboard box at the
rear Of 993 E. Palmer street last
week by a 63-year-old man.
POLICEwOMAN GRACE Ed
wards disclosed that the baby, APP
parently in good health. was found
wrapped in a dirty baby shirt and
three daily newspapers by Steven
Sczytko of the Palmer street ad-
dress.
Scrytko told police that ut
first he thought the crying
sounds he heard coming from the
large cardboard box was the
whining Of = puppy or cat When
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14

p m. on Thurs
day. The Rev.
W lila n Nc
Henry will Of
nciate.
Stricken with
a slight cere-
bral hemor-
rhage a htue
Oyer tyvo -
go. Reed had
been ordered to
bed by physici-
ans az the hos
pital in Ann
Arbor. Back at
home. he col
lapSed on July
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
Walter White
Asks Many Probe
OF Racial Cfush

An official investigatin OF
violent clashes between Neg and
white servicemen in the -
may be ordered as res
charges made, i'm q broadca
Walter White. executive seer
OF the NAAC.P. last Satui
The N.A.A.C.P. executive.
recently returned from ten
Pacific bases. said I'm
broadcast. which was approx
by the Army and Navy, a
white soldiers had thrown smsh
bombs and hand greuades int'
areas occupied by Negro serv,
icemen. and that the Negroes haa(
attempted retaliation when they
Tot no official aid.
HE SAID that he had been in
vited by the Island commander 10
serve as defense council before q
Naval board OF inquiry.
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
Mayor Backs Drive
-
For Clean Blocks

Mayor Edward J. Jeffries gave
his blessing this week TO the
Michigan Chronicles Clean Block
campaign as the drive was extend
ed to include a wider territory.
At the insistence Of the public.
the area has been enlarged to In
ciude the following districts;
from Oakland on the west 20 Rus
sell on the east. from John 4 en-
s1 |Rs s. -
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
BRIEF ILLNESS
PROVES FATAL
TO Inventor
N o { e d For Mechanical
Devices, Business
Interests

Funeral services for Arthur w.
Reed, president Of the Atlas Power
Industrial company who died on
Monday, will be held at the Third
Baptist church. $50 E. Ferry. at
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
BOAT COMPANY
CHARGED WITH
RACIAL BIAS
w o m a n Complainant
Says She Was Forced
Off Picnic Steamer

A warrant charging the Bob-Lo
Boat company with violation Of
the Michigan Civil Rights law was
recommended Tuesday by As
sistant Prosecutor Joseph Banni-
gan.
The warrant was granted ON
the complaint Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Ray, ISIS Harrison avenue, who
charged that she was forced off
the Bob-Lo boat ON June Il. Mrs.
Ray was q member Of = picnic
party Of graduates from the De-
troit Ordnance Depot company,
which was having the picnic n
. celebration.
-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
Paul MUM Guest
Star OF Festival

Paul NUM-, famous screen and
radio artist, viii be on the pro-
gram OF the sixth annual American
Negro Music Festival. This an
nouncement was made this week
by NJ. Kelley Fritz. director of the
Detroit Festival which will be held
July rs in Olympia.
NUM-. . three-time winner Of
the Academy Award. starred In
.Scarface," Life Of Louis Pas
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M- See REED. Page 4
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- See FEPC. Page 4
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~ See sANITAaIUM. Pare :
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- See JUDGE. Page Z
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. See PAUL MUM. Page 4
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~ See FATAL. Page /.
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30 See ENGINEERS. Page Z
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THE WAITRESS testified that
they were busy at noon and that
81 was not because Of any discrim-
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- See BUILDERS. Page Z
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-19

sick for her adopted country. the
United States.
I asked her about Hungary
and her family.
Her face saddened and she
said; my father died during
the German occupation. ! have
had no word from my mother,
but do know that my sisters
l4.year son was I'm the
army which army the Red
Cross didn't tell me-"
Ilona believes that Hungary
and all the small conquered
countries should be under one
government.
~Poor Hungary Is always
tossed back and forth like n
rubber ball. ] don't suppose IL
matters to whom she belongs
just SO she has peace. My
heart aches when I think OF
the ravages OF war there"
She herself was singing In the
Vienna Opera House when a
Metro scout saw her and
brought her TO America. She has
made very few pictures. but the
surprising thing is that she has
had rave notices for everything
she has done. AS for her sing.
ing-well. there's no better on
the screen.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-19

planned a description Of his her.
oine.
The amazing part is that all
OF this is the real Mccoy. If you
will pardon my slang. know,
because Ilona went on a per.
sonal appearance tour with me
IN 1870 and / saw her under all
conditions. She was always
beautiful when we got off the
train late at night. when we rose
at dawn to rehearse and even
with six shows a day in Chicago.
The reception given her Just
after she made "Balalaika" with
Nelson Eddy used to make me
wonder what was the matter
with our Hollywood producers.
She was called out again and
again. Whether she sang an
aria from a Viennese operetta,
a modern song or an old classic,
II didn't matter-the audience
cheered her and loved her.
Even with his reception to her
-credit,EIloHa just couldn't do
better than make independent
pictures. Her contract was not
taken up by M.G.M and there
followed not too happy days for
the Hungarian. born opera sing.
er. But Ilona never complained.
She had Alan Curtis with whom
she was deeply In love. / an.
nounced their engagement from
the stage. He followed her East
and went with US from city 10
city.
When they parted, after n
brief marriage, Ilona called me
and Alan was so heartbroken
spent two hours trying 70 com.
fort him. But II was a marriage
that couldn't last. Ilona,. in spite
Of her worry over her Hungarian
family. Is gay and happy and
bright. Alan is always tragic,
sad, and laughter is not easy
for him. They were so In love
and he was terribly jealous
sensitive, perhaps, because he
wasn't having an easy time in
his career.
have always kept in touch
with Ilona, although we do not
see each other often. ! met her
at luncheon and said, Come and
see me-" She has Just signed a
new contract with M.G.M and
once more is on top Of the world
So iona dropped in for a
cocktail, looking, as ! said,
breathtakingly beautiful. She
wore a blue print dress with a
tiny cap TO match and a blue
coat almost the color Of her eyes.
Il have been rehearslng day
and night" she told me, "for
Holiday in Mexico the Joe
Pasternak picture I am to do
at Metro, Mr.. Pasternak says
he likes my tests so I am very
happy"
After Ilona left Metro, she
went to New York, where she
appeared in the "Follies" with
Milton Berle on the stage.
Was II a nice engagement"
! asked her.
well, can't say IL was
happy" she said. because Mr..
Berie and i do not exactly
think alike"
l can imagine how that could
he-if Milton Berle called up his
mother in the middle of one of
her beautiful songs
After her New York engage.
ment, she went TO South Amer.
lea, where she was wonderfully
received. II was. she told me,
very lucrative engagement. She
The union times., 1945-02-10
VI elsOf fAchievementsOf Conn., Building TradesC Council

met by overcoming prejudice against minority groups.
 WASHINCTON-Affiliates of the AFL swept to victory in six of the seven divisions of the Western Union Telegraph Co. in a nation wide NLRB election in which they faced the American COmmunica- tiOns Assn. (CIO). National totals were: AFL 2O,O85 and CIO lO,64O.
 AUSTIN, Tex.-A confidential let ter was sent to businessmen through out the state by the Texas Manufac- turers Assn, asking them to con- tribute to fund of $30,0O0 to $40,0O0 to oppose unions on the eighth re- gional War Labor Board.
 NE 'YORK-(FP) - Charges of shocking errors in manpOwer utilization" were leveled by the New York State Industrial Council in detailed demand for a Senate investigation of manpOwer and pro- ductiOn facilities in the Schenec- tady-TrOy industrial area.
 WASEINGTON-The May-Bailey labor draft bill passed the House 246 to 165 after an open shop amendment which would have suspended all union shop contracts for the duration was smashed 171 to 1942.
 DETROIT - Business agents of AFL unions in Detroit started driv- ing nearly 50 army trucks to east ern ports of authorization to meet the shortage of drivers in drive away work.
The union times., 1945-02-10

not now protected by the National Labor Relations Act, and
 Whereas: This bill failed to be enacted at the last three sessions of the General Assembly, despite the fact that a very large proportion of the workers of Connecticut need its protection, and despite the fact too, that all of Con- necticut's neighboring States have had such legislation for some years and its good results have been widely ap- proved, now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the Diocesan Labor Institute go on record in favor ot favorable action on this bill submitted to the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut calling for the enact ment of a Connecticut State Labor Re lations Act, and that local Chapters oi the Institute take such action as they find practical in making known the need of such legislation and working for its approval, and be it further
 Resolved: That the Diocesan Labor Institute make known to the Governor and the members of the General As sembly its firm conviction on the neec of such law and request that through their favorable action the working people of Connecticut be granted the protection of such legislation"
The union times., 1945-02-10
Covering - The American Scene

CHICAGO -R. R. DOnneIIey's s Lakeside Press, open shop strong hold, finally bowed to a National War Labor Board order to negO- tiate with four of the unions affili- ated with the Chicago Allied Print ing Trades Council (AFL).
 WASHINGTON-By a vote of 72 to l2 the Senate divorced the REC and other federal lending agencies from the Commerce Department in a slap at Henry A.. Wallace, whose con- firmation as Secretary was held over to March l. With 60 million postwar jobs in the balance, labor and pro- greSSlveS in every part of the nation rallied to support Wallace's nomina- ton.
 NORFOLK, Va.-InvestigatiOn of the manpOwer setup at the Nor folk Navy Yard by the war inves- tigating committee headed by Sen James H. Mead O., N. Y.) was welcomed by the Hampton Roads District Labor Council (AFL) which said bad labOr-managemenI relations were responsible in part for the situation.
 WASHINGTON-Whi!e Congres. grappled with labor draft legislation various government agencies turned up with statistics to prove the armed forces call for 100000 more wal workers could in large measure bt
The union times., 1945-02-10

have proposed is both sound and workable, and it is the earnest hope of the Connecticut Federation of Labor that your Honorable Com mittee will report it favorably to the General Assembly,"
 OPPONENTS ARGUMENTS
 The three opponents of the bill claimed that it favored only labor, and ignored the rights of manage ment; that the measure is ''one way street," and ''needs balance in order to protect employers" The full objections of the organizations which oppose the bill will be pre- sented at next Tuesdays hearing. when labor will have an opportunity to reply.
 INSTITUTE RESOLUTION
 Following is the resolution unani- mously passed by the executive board of the Diocesan Labor Institute Catholic Diocese of Hartford. It is signed by the Institutes director, Rev Joseph F. Donnelly, and Rev. Edward J. Shea, New Haven; Rev. John T Hynes, Hartford; and Rev. James F Murphy, Bridgeport The resolution follows:
 "Whereas: The Diocesan Labor Tn stitute is organized to foster the estab lishmeht of more just social order through the practical recognition by all groups of society of the Christian virtues of justice and charity, and
 "Whereas: The Diocesan Labor In stitute is thefore deeply concerned witt the welfare of the working people o Connecticut and anxious to promote cooperative spirit between labor ant industry, and
 Whereas: There is now before tn, Connecticut General Assembly con vened in Hartford a bill known as tn "Connecticut State Labor Relation Act" which will establish by law anc protect the natural right to organiz of those Connecticut workers who ar
The union times., 1945-02-10

practice espionage' or to blacklist en- ployees because of their membership in a labor organization? Or that he should have the right to set up a com pany union and to force his employees to belong to it? Or that he should have the right to interfere with their efforts to form a labor organization Or that he should have the right to discriminate against or discharge any employee who joins a labor organiza- ton.
 ''I do not believe single member of this committee or any opponent of the measure before you will answer yes to these questions. And yet> should this session of the Gen. eral Assembly fail to adopt State Labor Relations Act it would mean that any Connecticut employer in intra-state commerce could con- tinue with impunity to resort to any and all of these unfair labor prac- which are outlawed in interstate commerce.
 "The proposed legislation is not novel or untried, but is patterned after the Acts of the neighboring states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York. The State Labor Relations Act in New York, for example, has been