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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-09
JACK JOHNSON AT SIXTY SEVEN

something to wonder at, partic-
ularly in a man of 81. He stands
erect, his head high, and his brown
checked, tweed jacket large as /;
was, looked too small for him.
IN CONDITION
To demonstrate his condition
when a gray-haired man in the
audience asked how he was feeling.
he thumped his stomach and chest
hard. II sounded as if he were
beating a drum.
Conn" Johnson said in reply 10
question. lis a tough hitter. He
might get decision with Joe Louis.
But he couldn't knock him out.
They're both in the Army now. /
would say the boy who takes better
care of himself will come ou;
better"
He thought for a moment when
boy wanted TO know who had the
hardest right, Schmeling or Baer.
"Baer was very good hitter"
Jack replied rehecuvely. i've seen
/ better fighters"
The crowd laughed. A girl IN
Stacks asked, how he'd avoided
scars.
Why haven't ! got any scars?"
he repeated. chuckling. That's the
mystery Of the world. But III tell
you-lts my stance"
And Jack took q few steps, dane.
ing lightly as il in the ring. He
/ L. IL.
were in. ring. He kept his arms in
close to his body and moved as
| lightly as a ballet dancer. taking
small. deliberate and graceful steps.
When his time was up, and the
crowd moved along. some Of them
inside 10 the little room in which
Prof. Roy Heckler displayed his
trained feas in a white. felt-covered
table. Jack walked into his dress
ing room just of the platform.
No" he said. i don't want TO
talk about the past. What's the
Use OF digging things ups'
He shook his head at a question
about the famous fight in 1915 at
Havana in which he lost the cham
pionship TO jess Willard. after rs
rounds.
FACED ARREST
AT the time. he was facing arrest
in the U.S.A. In an autobiography
written in 1927. Jack said he lost
The fight because he had been prom
lsed that trumped-up Mann Act
charges against him would be
dropped. II he did. He also wanted
70 come back home to see his
mother. who was seriously i'll.
She died before he could get to
her. however. and Jack served q
term in Leavenworth. anyway.
Although johnson. in his day, en-
countered lots Of prejudice from
people who didn't like the idea that
The heavyweight championship was
held by Negro, he only shrugged
his shoulders at question about it.
Things are much better now"
he said. There Used TO be places
where colored person just
couldn't live-now they live and
work there. too" He never uses
he word Negro.
I'm an African American" ne
explained, land that's the correct
term. My ancestors came from
Africa. Just like the ancestors OF
other Americans came from other
places all over the world"
Jack. whose travels took him all
over the World-England. France,
Russia. Spain. Mexico. Australia
SAYS he wonders how the people in
these places are today.
Whatever happened he said.
they all know the meaning OF the
word dem ocracy now. We've
reached that crossing That means
something 10 me. I've spent so
years Of my life as a self-appointed
ambassador trying 10 get fair play
for all, regardless Of who they are
or where they come from. I'm still
trying"
JOSEPH FIELD
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-09
BY GERTRUDE M. HAAS
CONDENSED from The Inter-raciai Review

ITS just not practical that ALT would work out
You've heard il said millions of times II you
school that made polite point not to accept Negro
dents, you've probably said it yourself time
other 1T would lower the standards of the school, White
boys would leave There would be dsagreements fights
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-09
First Summer For
Graduate School

Three workshops sponsored by
grants from the General Educstion
board and the United States Once
OF Education will be special fea-
lures OF the le45 summer session
at Florida A. and NJ. college. a.
the institution begins for the hrst
time its summer graduate school
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-09
The WATCHT0WER

SAN FRANCISCO - BY the time this is pub
lshed it is quite likely that the United Nations
Conference will have finished its business and
have heard President Truman deliver his fare
well speech to the delegates.
All over America coored people are asking
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-09

street, where he answers questions
about fighting at hourly intervals
from around three in the afternoon
TO 10 pm.
He is booked at Huberts only
until the end OF this week. although
the owner has an option for re-
newal OF his two-week contract
Meanwhile. the huge and still i'm
pressive looking ex-champion-the
only Negro world heavyweight
champion before Joe Louis-says;
I'm making good money here
I'm not complaining
Since Pearl Harbor. Jack has
been touring Army camps and hos
pitfalls. under Red Cross auspices,
10 speak to the men and lecture on
fightins. He is still praised in box
ing circles as one OF the worlds
greatest defensive fighters and per-
haps the greatest heavyweight Of
all times.
WON TITLE IN 1910
He won the championship from
Jim Jefiries in July. 1910. knocking
Jeffries out in the 18th round after
q grueling fight in an open amphi-
thester under hot sun.
Jeffries had al first refused 10
fight Johnson. drawing the color
line, and finally retired from the
ring 10 avoid fighting him He let
the t.,le 60 10 Marvin Hart, who
lost it 70 Tommy Burns who IN
turn. tried TO avoid meeting John
son.
Jack followed Burns 20 England.
then 10 Australia. where he finally
forced the title-holder 20 meet him.
He defeated him easily Thereafter,
Jeries came out Of retirement 10
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-09
(Reprinted from PM)

Sixty-seven- year-old Jack Johnson, ex-heavyweght
champion Of the world and of the picturesque
figures American sports history appeared the other night
at War Bond boxing show at the Broadway Arena in
Brooklyn To do he had to take off few hours from
another engagement, at Huberts Museum on w. And
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-09

train-he turned the youngster
over his knee and gave him the
walloping OF his life.
walter winchell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-14

Whip stitched classic glove in four button length, fashioned of soft pliable capeskin for loads of rugged wear. A nice suit or coat glove. Colors of black and brown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-14
GI Gifts From Japan To Run To Trophies
By MURRAY M. MOLER

NOHlteU FTcSS SCan COrreSpOndent)
 Yokohama, Nov. IA - (UP) - American Christmas trees come Dec. 25 are going, to be decorated with lot of odd gifts this year such as Japanese rifles, swords and bugles and dainty but fragile Nip ponese toy dolls.
 A former Mitsubishi Go. ware house on the Yokohama waterfront was, until recently, stacked high with long and Weird- looking parcels awaiting loading onto ships.
 The boss of the warehouse is an American Army officer-Maj. Rob- ert L. Cover of (1611 Alder Court, $. E) Atlanta, Ga., commander of the ceteran 7th base post office that is now operating out of Yokohama after working its way through all the Southwest Pacific campaigns.
 Base for 27 APO's
 This post office handles all in- coming and outgoing mail for 27 APO's in Northern Honshu and Hokkaido. Usually it handles around 5000 sacks of parcel-post matter week. Lettermail, mostly airTnail, averages about 5000 pounds a day. Christmas mail and pack ages from home will shoot these figures up.
 "Wt tried to get all the packages back to the States by Nov. IS, Cow CT said. That should give plenty of time for distribution by Christmas" :" GIs had a mid-October mailing deadline for Christmas packages to the States.
 Airmail goes right out-weather permitting and Cover estimates the average letter gets to its des- tination in the States in about 10 days. A letter from home takes about the same time to reach a CT in Japan.
 Of course, over here weather doesn't always permit" Maj. Gower admitted. we've already had three typhoons that really put crimp in things. For 10 days, we had no plane service at all-and it's taken a long time to move the backlog that accumulated during that time" '"
 The disastrous typhoon that struck Okinawa early in October wrecked postal facilities on that war-torn island but no mail twas lost, although several sacks did get soaked by the rain that came with the storm.
 Some in Bad Shape
 Looking over the remaining piles of boxes and packages on the floor of the warehouse, GoWer put in the usual postman's warning to all mailers: Wrap them as though they were going to support helluva lot of weight in the hold of a ship"
 Some of the GI-fabricated boxes have been broken by the time they arrived at the base post office Others, Maj. Cover is afraid, won't make the grade of the long haul home.
 The 8th Army postal officer, It. Col. Jomes Newton of (642 Norfolk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-14
40 GIs Die InAccidents In Connecticut
 Toll of Auto
 Mishops Distress
 ing News

Sixty-nine fatalities have been caused in Connecticut traffic ac- cidents involving members Of the armed forces since war was de- clared in December, l94l, accord ing to a report from the Depart ment of Motor Vehicles filed with the Highway Safety Commission.
 Recent fatalities have been of soldiers and sailors who survived hazardous warfare, only to lose their lives in comparatively safe thorough fares of Connecticut This experi- ence has been true of other states, also, according to William M. Greene, Director of the Highway Safety Commission, who notes in creasing instances of such fatal traffic accidents involving multiple deaths.
 Forty men in uniform have been killed in Connecticut traffic accid- ents since December, 1941, while 29 civilians died in accodents involving members of the armed forces, eith- CT as operators, occupants, or pedestrians.
 These accidents, the report stresses, are only the "fatals"; and does not include personal injury and or property damage accidents involving military personnal. Four teen soldiers and sailors have been killed in Connecticut so far this year as compared with nine for all of 1914: 10 in 1943; six in 1942 and one in 1941.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-14
ISSa;s!3 ? 2 M||&9
BisnniOI Report of the Chief of stsH f the U S. Army l9<3 to I9<5, to the SecFstov of Wor
 

T.. Invade the Aleutian Islands to form a northern flank, depend ent on initial success and re- tained momentum.
 8. Bring the American North west under aerial bombardment, raid our West Coast aviation in- dustries, and then seize scritical areas.
 g. Stimulate unrest to eventual revolution in India.
 The Japanese strategic plan ini- italy failed when she missed the opportunity of landing troops on Hawaii, capturing Oahu and the important bases there, and deny ing us a necessary focal point from which to launch operations in the Western Pacific.
 There can be no doubt that the greed and the mistakes of the war-making nations as well as the heroic stands of the British and Soviet peoples saved the United States a war on her own soil. The crisis had come and passed at Stalingrad and Fl Alamein before this Nation was able to gather sufficient resources to participate in the flight in determining man. ner. Had the U. s. s. R. and the British Army of the Nile been de- feated in 1942 as they well might if the Germans, Japanese, and Italians had better coordinated their plans and resources and suc- cesSive operations, we should have stood today in the western hem- isphere confronted by enemies who controlled a greater part of the world.
 Our close approach to that ter rifying situation should have sobering influence on Americans for generations to come. Yet, this is only prelude of what can be expected so long as there are na- tions on earth capable of waging total war.
 (NEXT: The Atomic Era)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-14

Dr. )Kirkwood, Mo, near St. Louis, also put in a warning about label ing packages heading for the States.
 Newton pointed out that pack ages valued at less than $50 pass customs with no fees. But trinkets worth more require a customs fee, which for the time being must al- ways be collected from the address ee.
 Both Newton and Cover are on leave from tasks with the U. s. postal service in their home cities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-14
45 Register for
 Rifle Instructions

A new rifle class sponsored by the Third Battalion, State Guard, will open next Tuesday at the Armory and will continue for seven weeks. Twenty-nine men and boys and 16 Third Battalion men signed up for the instruction during a registration period last night.
 Capt. Arthur Dusseault, ordnance officer of the battalion, will lecture on safety and show a film on sight ing and aiming at the first meeting of the class. It. James Tyrell, chem ical warfare officer, will speak on nomenclature of rifles.
 Arrangements will be made for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-14

The historic Tower of London is resuming it's prewar appearance and soon will be open to the public. The crown jewels, the collection of medieval armor, the execution block and ax, and other treasures, removed to escape bombing, are being returned, including the fa- nous Beefeaters, according to the British Railway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-14
Report Made On Y.M.C.A. Drive

A total of 154 new members have joined the Y. M. c. A. since the current membership drive started, it was reported last night at a meeting of the drive committee. The goal is 500 members
 The Blue Gobs division, which obtained 93 members, has the high score of 1,298 points in the drive. Runner-up division is the Red De- wills, which gained 905 points for 61 members.
 Another report meeting has been scheduled for Friday at 6 p. m. at the Central Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-14

competition with other rifle teams of the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-14

This is the third of 42 in- stallments of material selected from General Marshalls re port on the winning of World War IT.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-28
REFORMING OF
 CHINESE GOVT.
 BE UNDERTAKEN

LONDON. Sept. 28-The Moscow radio reported today that General issimo Chiang Kai-shek and Con- munist leader Mac Tse-tung, who have been conferring at Chungking in an effort to settle China's in- ternal political difference, had reach- ed an agreement to reform the na- tional government.
 The broadcast said the agreement provided for wider political repre- sentation in the Central Govern ment and for the holding of general elections at an erly date.
 The pact also was said to provide for Rehabilitation of Communist armed forces.
 The broadcast, which opened with the flat statement that unity in China has been established" credited the treaty which Soviet Russia re- gently concluded with China, as playing "an important part in nelp- ing to unify the nation.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-28
UNW5L AGENDA
 FOR MEETING
 IS LINED up

LONDON, Sept. zS-Early estab- lishment of machinery for interna- tional regulation of armaments was given top priority today on the tentative agenda for the United Nations World Security Leagues first general assembly in December.
 The organizations executive com mittee appeared to be choosing be- tween Geneva and San Francisco as a permanent seat.
 The decision to give immediate consideration to the armaments issue, almost certain to be one of the most provocative discussions before the organization, was dis closed when the executive commit tee forwarded progress reports of it's committees work to mem Der governments.
 Four main committees would be established under the recommenda- tions: the political and security committee. which would deal with regulation of ornaments, the trus- teeship, administratice and legal committees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-28
EVERYTHING OK

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 28-Sgt. and Mrs Gene D. Birdwell are making plans for their future together.
 Sgt. Birdwell, who was reported dead by the War Department ten months before his wife married his uncle, Jack Marshall, is now sta- toned in Manila. News of his lib- eration from a Japanese prison came twelve days after Mrs. Birdwell re- married.
 Letters from the freed soldier say that he has forgiven her for her marriage to Marshall and that he wants to put everything behind them, according to Mrs. Birdwell.
 T know Everything's all right now Mrs Birdwell said. Well go on where we left off and put ev- erything else behind us, just like Gene wants. It sure makes things carer now"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-28
FARMER HELD,
 GIRL SHAVING

LANGLEY PRAIRIE. E. C., Sept. 28-A 53-year old Murrayville farmer was charged today with the murder of Doreen Rose Ryan, 10, whose body was found in a pool of blood yesterday in roothouse on his farm.
 He was Nobel Monahan, whom authorities said was discharged from British Columbia mental hospital three years ago.
 Monahan was found hiding in a barn on his farm only few yards from where the child was shot to death with .22 calibre rifle. His capture ended night of terror for 300 residents of this area who stay ed close to their home while police searched.
 The slain girls mother, Mrs. Thomas Ryan, said she found the child lying in a pool of blood in the rcothousc with the man standing over her with a rifle. She said she tried to get the gun from him but he threw her aside and then, turn ing on the dying child. fired two shots into her head.
 Police said there was no appar- ent motive for the staying.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-28
World GirdIing Flight
 Has 5iaried;; Giant (-54
 Thunders 0ui, Tesi Trip
By PAUL MILLER

WASHINGTON. Sept. 28-A giant C-54 thundered eastward over the Atlantic late today, opening the first regular world -girdling sched- ule. It will carry to high adven- ture seven men and woman who will be guinea pigs as well as ob- servers on the 23,147-mile flight.
 Taking off at 5 D. m, tEWT) from Washington National Airport, the 40-passenger Douglas Sky master of the U. s. Army Air Transport Command heads first for Bermuda
 Then, after a one-hour stop. 1t wings on to Azores, to North Africa, to Egypt, to China and back home again---in 15l hours-by way of the Philippines. Honolulu and tiny Pacific isles made sacred by the blood of American. fighting men.
 Planes of the AT.C. have circled the world many times. This sched- hit, liit oiObCotIi, VIII Dt oiiC first continuous "round-the- world service. And more than the mere novelty of the effort is wrapped up in the inaugural journey.
 Throughout the flight. tests of many kinds will be made among the A.TC. headquarters officers, an ATC. public relations officer, a photographer and three reporters who, of the more than 20 aboard the "Globester" at the start, will be the only ones to go the entire route.
 All were given thorough physical examinations. They will undergo further examinations upon their return next Thursday, Oct. 4, at midnight. Enroute they will ob- serve and be obsegved-for fatigue, airsickness, reaction to altitude. Out of the tests and observations may come conclusions leading to more passenger comfort and convenience than will be enjoyed even on this thoroughly plush journey.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-28
ARRESTS ORDERED IN TORCH MASSACR
Alaska Salmon Fishery
 Is 10 Be 5afequarded;; Proclamation Is Issued

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28-Presi- dent Truman today took the first step toward tapping the rich oil and mineral reserves which geolo- gists believe lie on the continental shelf beyond the three mile limit of U. s. coasts.
 He did this by proclaiming U. S.. jurisdiction over the natural min eral resources on the shelf-roughly the submerged area covered by no more than 500 feet of water.
 A White House statement, ac- ccmpanying the pr r o c a m tion said that technical improvements had now made possible exploration of oil deposits outside the three mile limit
 At the same time, the President set forth a new policy for safe- guarding the valuable Alaska salmon fishery, This provides for protection of fisheries on the high seas contiguous to the United States.
 Two companion orders to the proclamations were issued.
 These provided for establishment, under recommendation of the In- terior and State Departments, of fishery conservation zones in areas
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-28
Gee, Whiz! What a
 Comeback

LONDON, Sept. 28.-G Is let loose howls of indignation today and told the U. s. Army nurse who moaned that American men were "unschool- ed in lamour" that fifty million overseas laSsies can't be wrong"
 The London Stars and Stripes, which published the nurses plalnt yesterday, said today it was being inundated with flood of protests from men of ,all ranks who didn't like her warning that the love mar ket in the States will certainly not operate on the candy and commodity basis.
 One male responded to the taunt by writing;
 up to now there have been very few complaints. Most of the French girls that my friends and I know put us pretty much on par with French practitioners of the art-and that's something"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-28
Inland Transportation, Better Harbors Needed
 For Alaska Development

SEATTLE, Sept. z8.-The develop ment of Alaska hinges upon the im- provement of inland transportation feeding through well developed har- bors, Brig. Gen. Philip G. Bruton said here last night.
 General Bruton, Pacific Division Army Engineer stationed at San Francisco, has just completed 4,700 mile inspection tour of civil works projects and war construction in the Territory.
 He said Alaska's strategic value" was one of it's chief assets. From a military standpoint we must have facilities in the north for Naval, Air and Land Forces to enable us to maintain control of the North Pacific and our West Coast"
 The general pointed to the vast distances of the Territory and the inaccessibility of most areas as nec- essitating development of the inland.
 Development of mineral resources, which is possibly the main key to Alaska's future, demands improved inland transportation and harbor facilities. The fishing industry, of major importance to both Alaska and the States, means that improve ment of small boat harbors is essen tial."
 The Seattle district, U. s. Army engineers. has 12 harbor improve ment projects in Alaska which have been approved by Congress and will te ready for construction immediate ly upon application of funds for the $4,000,000 worth of developments. There are also three harbor improve ment surveys in progress at Skag- way, Sitka and Neva and Olga Straits, and tke Seattle Engineers will soon commence surveys at Anchorage, Cook Inlet Kodiak, Cor dova, Upper Kvichak River and Valdez Harbor.
 Col c. F. Hardy of the Seattle dis trict, who accompanied the General, praised Alaskans for their keen in- terest in local improvements I find there is eagerness among the people of Alaska to have the National gov ernment assist in planning the de- yelopment of their communities"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-28

of the high seas contiguous to the United States coast.
 Until the present the only high seas fisheries in which the United States has participated in regulat- ing are those for whales, Pacific halibut and fur seals.
 Tn areas where fisheries have been or hereafter shall be developed and maintained by nationals of the United States alone,' the White House said, explicitly bounded zones will be set up in which the United States may regulate and control all fishing activities"
 In areas where the nationals of other countries may be involved, the announcement continued, zones will be established by agreements and joint regulations made eff fective.
 This new policy, the White House asserted, will enable the United States "to protect effectively, for instance, it's most valuable fishery, that for the Alaska salmon"
 Uncontrolled fishery activities by nationals of this and other coun- tries,' the statement said, nave constituted an ever-increasing men, ace to the salmon fishery"