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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-12-20
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Reuther, Macy,
Edwards Speak
At Conference

Walter Reuther and Emil Ma
icy, president and secretary
treasurer Of the UAW-CIO, and
Council President George Ed
wards viii be among the speak
ers al conference on COM
munity sources Of prejudice in
Detroit on Dec % 10 80 under
the auspices OF the Student
League for Industrial Democracy.
Students attending the con-
ference will make field trips to
study housing labor-manage-
ment relations neighborhood
friction and human relations
organizations IN Detroit
They viii hear panel dis
cussion on Human Relations
Agencies and their Co-ordina-
ton. IN which the speakers
viii be George Schermer. direc-
tor Of the Detroit Interracial
Commission. Oscar Cohen execu-
tive secretary OF the Jewish
Community Council Edward
Swan, executive secretary Of the
Detroit branch NAACP; and the
Rev. Sheldon Rain, social scrv-
ICE director Of the Detroit Coun-
eli of Churches
Sessions will be held at Wayne
University and the Rackham
Building.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-12-20
Carver Museum
Not Seriously
Hurt By Fire

TUSKEGEE.-An examination
Of the Carver Foundation here
following the fire that ravaged
the building on Nov. "a revealed
that all Of the contents were
not destroyed, Dr. F. d. Patter-
son. president of Tuskegee In
stitute. announced last week.
Reports following the fire in
Dictated that the entire founda-
ton was destroyed, but Dr.. Pat
terSon. on whose grounds the
building is located said that
the files Of DR. George w. Carver
and those Of the foundation were
apparently intact with little or
no damage.
Paintings and needlework in
the building received the great
est damage. with not more
than five paintings left In
salvageable form. and with
none of the needlework un-
harmed. DR.. Carver's labora-
tory was lightly damaged by
water but was otherwise in
exhibit shape.
The fire broke out at 430 on
the morning Of Nov. "a Its orl-
gin has not yet been discovered
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-12-20

a hospital or clinic for other
diseases.
How TB Is Discovered
While these X-rays serve 20
screen out early changes in the
lungs, no doctor will make a
diagnosis Of tuberculosis on the
basis of chest X-ray alone.
particularly on the miniature
film frequently used in mass
X-ray surveys.
In the minimal stage the lung
involvement is so small that IT
ran barely be seen even by the
X-ray. The doctor will make
many other tests before he can
determine whether the shadow
he secs on the X-ray plate is
an active tuberculosis lesion.
Any person in whom tuber-
culosis is discovered in the early
stage may consider himself for
tunate. In most cases the dis
ease can be arrested with min
imum loss of time. But the pa
tient should take no chances.
He can only get well after a
considerable period OF bed rest
under medical care. preferably
in a tuberculosis hospital or SAN
otorium.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-12-20
Barber Shoots Pastor
Barber Shoots Pastor
Minister In Serious Condition
After Asking For Church Money

GEORGETOWN S. CA pas
tor out collecting church money
was seriously wounded here last
week when he was shot in the
stomach by a local liquor re-
taller and barber.
The Rev Thomas o. Miller.
pastor of the Mt. Olive Baptist
Church. is in the Saunders Me-
mortal Hospital in Florence in
serious condition. Elias Sumter
is held for the shooting. to
which he is said to have con-
fessed.
Witnesses told Sheriff Garris
Crib that Sumter was visiting
Mrs. Catherine McElveen in her
home when the minister came
TO her door TO ask II she had
any church money to report.
She told him she had none.
and they continued to talk.
Sumter became enraged and
tried TO get through the front
door TO the porch 10 attack the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-12-20
n4s St. Antoine. corner columbi.-Phons Clifford ,,,s
FEPC SUPPORTERS TO MEET IN NATIONS CAPITAL IN FE
Wilson InstaIIs
Mrs. Curtis In
High EIks Post

Mrs. Carrie Curtis was in
stalled on Sunday as assistA,t
national directress of education
for the Elks at a ceremony a.
the Elks Home. presided over
by Grand Exalted Ruler ]. Fin.
ley Wilson.
Her territory will be Michigan
Illinois. Indiana. Wisconsin Ohio
Kentucky and Canada The de-
partment awards seven schol.
arships Of $1,000 each to the
winners Of regional contests The
Michigan organization gives
$500 TO the successful state
contestant.
The installation was under
the auspices OF the CAP and
Gown Club Of Florence Ames
Temple Mrs. Thelma Dickson is
president Mrs Billie Tanner
daughter ruler. and Mrs Viola
Howard, chairman.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-12-20

the disease. more cases are being
discovered in the early stages
The TB and Health Society
emphasizes that because of this
fact, il is most important for
everyone to understand the sig
nificance Of the early stage Of
tuberculosis.
The minImal lesion Is the
early stage of tuberculosis OF
the lungs. II can by no means
be regarded as a Tight cas-"
of tuberculosis. There Is no
such thing. Unless the case is
given proper treatment quick
lY, II Is likely 10 progress
rapidly 10 a fatal end.
Minimal LESSONS are usually
discovered by chest X-ray. eth
or in routine examination by
the family doctor or in mass
surveys OF apparently healthy
persons in communities, indus
trial plants and schools. or
when patients are admitted 20
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-12-20

minister. The woman closed
the door. but Sumter shot
through the door. striking the
minister in the abdomen.
The Rev Mr. Miller then
went TO his car and drove TO the
doctor, who rushed him TO the
hospital Sumter accompanied
him there, was arrested and re
turned to Georgetown lie adj
mitted he had committed sthe
crime.
II just got mad. I guess the
devil got the best of me- Sum
ter is reported 10 have said.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-12-20
Randolph
To Tour
Nation
Pressure Urged For
Actioi on Bill by
Leaders of Congress

WASHINGTON, d C.-Sup-
porters OF the lves-ChaVcz fed
eral FEPC bll VIII NEE, m the
nations capital on Feb. ? and 3
under the auspices of the Nations
al Council for a Permanent Fair
Employment Practice Commit
tee.
Delegates ale expected from
local and national organizations.
The meeting Is planned 20 offer
dramatic proof OF widespread
support for the bill
Meanwhile plans have been
announced for a nationwide
tour by a Philip Randolph ma
nonal council co-chairman. for
visits ~ Congressman while they
are home for Christmas. and for
speeches by nationally famous
supporters Of the bnl.
To Address Mass Meetings
Randolph viii be on the road
from Jan. IS through Feb. Is,
addressing mass meetings.
Council officials report that
renewed efforts Will be made
when Congress reconvenes in
January 10 get the bill reported
out OF committee They suggest
that communications urging a
favorable report be sent to SEN
ators II Alexander Smith, New
Jersey Republican. William z.
Jenner Indiana Republican,; For
rest C. Donnel Missouri Re-
publican; and Robert A Taft,
Ohio Republican
House leaders who should be
contacted, according 70 the coun-
cil include Representatives Fred
Hartley New Jersey Republican;
Majority Leader Charles Halleck,
Indiana Republicans; and Repub-
hcan Steering Committee Chair
man Clarence Brown Of Ohio.
Ii was also recommended that
Speaker Joseph w. Martin Jr,
Of Massachusetts. be contacted.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-12-20
X-Rays Discover TB In Early
Stages With Modern Met hods

With the great modern de-
velopments in the spread of
knowledge about tuberculosis OF
the lungs, and mass X-ray tech
niaues for discovering cases OF
The future outlook., 1947-09-27
.UITS PALMER
[PT CASE
d From Page One)

Allen, found guilty by a
If theft of a pistol, was SEN
need to from 6 to 8 months
on the roads.
Maynard ]. Coble, "a, textile
worker, found guilty of simple
trespass on Proximity Manufac-
turing Company property and of
simple assault on Fred B. Steele,
weaving room supervisor at the
mill, was given 60-day SEN
tence, suspended on payment of
costs and good behavior for three
years.
Carl Dargan, 46, truck driver,
was given an eight-month road
term, suspended upon payment
of $500 to billiard Blair, who
was struck and injured by
truck Dargan was driving. Ac-.
cused of hit-and-run driving,
Dargan changed his plea of not
guilty to guilty of reckless driv-
ing in connection with the acci-
dent on Gorrell street.
A directed verdict of not gull
ty was given John Crenshaw, 10,
Walter Donnell, 16, and Henry
Brooks, %, charged with high
way ribbery. They had been
charged by Robert Jackson with
assaulting him, and robbing him
of SCI.
Wilson Chambers, 33, who
pleaded nolo contendere OF steal
ing radio, was sentenced to IL
months on the roads, suspended
for three years on good behavior
with the special condition that
he drink no alcoholic beverages.
Moses Reeves, "a, pleaded
guilty of theft of eight water
IuOlOuS, dl1u was gwen Oil OASAI
month sentence, suspended for
three years on payment of costs
and the special condition that he
pay $25 for use of the prosecut-
ing witness.
Ernestine Shelton, 30, plead
iro ouiltv. of stealing S7.71 in
merchandise from Pops Place,
Fertilizer Road, on September 8,
was given a two and a-half-year
road term to run concurrently
with a two-year sentence given
him for larceny of two COWS in
August, which had been suspend
ed.
The future outlook., 1947-09-27

Mrs. Lacy Wilson, of Charl-
otte, spent the weekend with her
sister, Mrs. Mossie Matthews, of
7O6 South Macon street.
Browning chief., 1947-08-15

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Browning chief., 1947-08-15
US. Is Mecca for Overseas Students

WASHINGTON. - Reversing a
trend which prevailed after World
War I, the United States now is be-
coming the student mecca of the
postwar world. In the decade fol-
lowing World War I American STU
dents and professional men flocked
to institutions of higher learning in
Germany, Austria, France and Eng
land. Today, on the other hand,
more than 1900 foreign students
are coming to the United States ev-
cry year.
In the short span between the two
wars the United States has emerged
as the worlds leading center of edu-
cation, it is pointed out by Oliver
j. Caldwell, assistant chief of the
state departments International ex-
change division.
"At no time in history" Caldwell
adds, "has one nation been the cul-
tural capital of the world as the
United States is now. The influx of
students is beyond parallel"
Officials estimate that the $1,000
foreign students spend nearly so
million dollars a year in this coun-
try. The individual student, it is
estimated, spends at the rate of
$4,000 to $4,000 for board, clothes,
transportation and tuition.
Potentially the foreign students
are unofficial Ambassadors" who
can interpret America and Amer
ican ways when they return to their
own countries. Permitting students
Browning chief., 1947-08-15
Blind Man Devises
Way for Sight|ess
To Hail Right Bus

FORT WAYNE, IND.-Devised by
blind man, a system for blind
people to signal public transit ve-
hicles has been placed in operation
here by the local transit company.
John G. Long. who lost his sight
in 1908, is credited with inventing
the new device. Long, who had to
rely on public transit vehicles to get
around town, found that his blind
ness prevented him from knowing
when vehicle was approaching and
what route number it bore.
During the days of the street car
he could hear an approaching We
hicle. But when street cars gave
way to silent trackless trolley
coaches, Long would stand for
lengthy periods unable to detect the
approach of a trolley coach until it
was too late to signal.
To solve this problem, he sug-
gested a small, but very visible,
sign book which blind people could
carry and which would contain all
local transit numbers.
The book has eight pages, one for
each route number and one for a
weekly pass. Each page is per-
forated with the same number of
holes as the route number. The
blind rider opens it to the desired
route and holds it up for the driver
to see.
Browning chief., 1947-08-15
The Questions

/. What is the lowest bill in cir
culation in China and what is it
worth in U. S. currency?
2. How did the ancient Romans
applaud?
8. How many passenger trains
in the U. S. have been named for
women?
4. When were the corner mail
boxes first used?
S. How many depressions have
there been in the U. S. in the past
100 years?
6. Where does the water go
when the tide goes out?
7. The election of Hattie Cara
way of Arkansas to the U. S. SEN
ate, first woman elected to that
body, took place in what year?
8. In which harbor could all the
warships in the world anchor at
one time?
9. What is the difference be-
tween shelldrake and a man.
drake?
10. The first telegraph line in the
U. S., from Washington to Balti-
more, opened in what year?
Browning chief., 1947-08-15

rels of petroleum produced annually
in the United States. Recent re-
search has proved that petroleum
oils are useful in all branches of ap-
Piled entomology; sprays in which
oil alone is the toxic agent are be-
ing used effectively against such
parasites as the Goblin moth and
the greenhouse spider; new-type
soap granules, so different from the
old bar soap of grandma's day;
new type of wood preservative and
fungicide, Carbon 13-used in med
ical research for tracing chemical
reactions; a new low-cost pure oxy-
gen valuable to medicine-all are
very recent developments of pc
troleum research.
Promising Future.
Although the oil industry has
come a long way since the sinking
of the Drake well, it gives promise
OF making even greater contribu-
tions to the American way of life.
For American farmers, in partic-
ular, there is heartening news in
the fact that the research staffs of a
number of the nations largest oil
companies currently are working in
close cooperation with the agricul-
turists of the country.
For the farmer, it seems, there
are still more blessings destined to
flow from that fascinating, viscous
fluid sometimes called "Black
Gold"
Browning chief., 1947-08-15

decline in use of Illuminating oil
was matched by an increased de-
mand for oil for use in cooking and
heating.
Boon to Farmers.
The blessings of oil are particu-
larly apparent to those farm dwell
ers who live outside of the gas
and electric areas. Modern oil-burn-
ing equipment-ranges, cook stoves,
refrigerators, water heaters and
furnaces-have made it possible for
the most remote rural dweller to
live in surroundings as modern as
the most modern urban home.
No more, for Americas farm
residents, the old wood stove,
the rooms shut off during the
winter months for lack of heat,
icy-cold bath water and the cold
cellar storage of perishable
food!
Oil today is responsible for hum
dreds of substances once consid-
cred waste products, since proved
valuable by chemical research. The
residues of petroleum refining are
widely used on farms and in indus
try. They're used as road oils, roof
ing saturants, emulsion bases,
paving asphalts, paint bases and
rubber substitutes.
Truly, this is the age of oil. AL
most daily, petroleum research is
turning up new uses for the byprod-
ucts of the close to two billion bar
Browning chief., 1947-08-15

to come here and to live among
plain American citizens is regarded
as the best way for foreigners to gel
true picture of America.
Main limiting factor in this pro-
gram of building good will is the
fact that the majority of foreign
students are interested almost SOLE
ly in scientific or technical subjects.
Students from China, India, Burma,
Greece, Turkey and other Euro
pean countries are practically all
technology majors.
Browning chief., 1947-08-15
Youth Gets Breaks
But They're All Bad

WAUKESHA, WIS. - Duaine
Koch, 14-year-old Waukesha
youth, seems to be getting the
breaks-but they're all bad.
Two years ago he fractured
his right leg and a bone infec-
ton developed. He spent the
next two years in bed and a
wheelchair, but finally the leg
healed and he was given permis-
sion to walk to a movie. Duaine
slipped on the wet pavement
outside the theater-this time
breaking his left leg.
Browning chief., 1947-08-15
The Anstuers

l. A $500 bill. 1t is worth 4
cents in our currency.
2. By swapping their fingers,
waving the flaps of their togas and
clapping their hands.
3. Two-the Ann Rutledge and
the Pocahontas.
4. In 1860 in Paris.
5. Twenty-siX.
6. While the tide goes to the 9TH
er side Of the ocean, the water you
actually battle in only goes a few
miles out to sea and then comes
back again.
Browning chief., 1947-08-15
GHzEzazz-Ezz-TygEzE4eh4xD

p BEAUTIFULLY easy to wear
- and such a joy to care for is
the fattering button front frock
This one, created for the matron,
has a soft, face-framing sweet
heart neckline, nicely shaped
sleeves and a perky bow tie.
Pattern No. 1860 comes in sizes "a, So.
80. 40, 40, A. DC and 48. Size So, 4lu
yards of 35 or 39-inch.
Browning chief., 1947-08-15

AnihiS. fIlQ nowhere are the prod
ucts of petroleum more widely used
than on the farm.
Shortly after rising in the morn
ing, the farm homemaker prepares
breakfast for her brood. In some
three million homes breakfasts are
prepared on ranges or cook stoves
using petroleum products as fuel.
Kerosene heats the water in many
thousands of homes; the cold cream
which the farm wife daubs on her
face Is a petroleum product; the
salves and ointments with which she
treats bruises and burns have the
same origin.
Manifold Uses.
The list of petroleum products
which are used on the nations
farms Is an ever-increasing one.
Petroleum is responsible for the
gasoline which runs the farm trac-
tor, the family automobile and the
labor-saving gasoline engine. 1t pro-
vides the oil and grease so neces-
sary to the maintenance of farm
machinery; it's an ingredient of
many stock sprays; it's the basis of
the wax with which the farm wife
fortlfies her newly canned fruits and
vegetables against seepage: the
candles which grace the dining
room table, the asphalt used for
paving, soaps, paints, lacquers,
cleaning fluids, inks and tires, all
contain ingredients wholly or par
TALLY linking them with crude pc
troleum.
From Biblical times, mankind
knew that there was something
wonderful, yet mysterious,
about the black, viscous fluid
which seeped from the earth.
The story of petroleum, of ne
ceSsity, must begin with the
dawn of history itself.
There are many Biblical refer
ences made to substances now be-
lieved to have been petroleum deriv-
atives; the Zoroastrians of Persia
bowed in religious awe before the
sacred fires that rose from the earth
fed by seepages of oil; lamps in
the Temple of Jupiter at Corinth
were lighted by oil: the American
Indians were acquainted with Pc
troleum through seepages and
springs long before the coming of
the white man.
"Black Gold" was discovered in
the United States 10 years after the
rush for "Yellow Gold" in Califor-
mia. In 1859, Edwin L. Drake sank
the first oil well at Titusville. Pa.
Three months later, crude oil was
coming in at the rate of 30 barrels
a day.
Ten years before the sinking of
the Drake well, an English chemist
had discovered way of refining
crude oil and distilling Illuminating
oil from it.
For many years, refining methods
were simple and they yielded only
four products gasoline, kerosene,
fuel oil and lubricants. Actually,
the principal product for which
crude oil was refined was kerosene,
used chiefly in the lamps which had
replaced the whale oil lamps. Gaso-
line at this time was drug on the
market
With development of the motor car,
demand for gasoline scared, and pc
troleum chemists worked day and
night devising means of providing
greater and greater quantities of it.
The Burton cracking process, pat
ented in 1912, made possible sep
aration of the lighter constituents
FUSED in production of gasoline)
from kerosene or fuel oil. This re-
suited in increased gasoline produc-
ton.
AS demand for gasoline mounted,
demand for kerosene as an illumi-
mating oil diminished, as result of
gas and electric lighting. But the
Browning chief., 1947-08-15
FASCINATING FLUID
FASCINATING FLUID
Black Cold Proves Valuable
Friend to Nations Farmers

BLACK Gold in its many forms has added immeasur
ably to the comfort and joy of living of America millions
OF farm dweers Every day of their existence the farmer
and members of his family depend petroleum and its de-
rivatves to help them their abors and brighten their
days.
From the petroleum mined from the bowels of the
earth thousands of substances made possible by
Browning chief., 1947-08-15
ESGSN ~ Eg5 . g quiz with answers offering
? Il MSRg TNH a. ID information various subjects

7. In 1882.
8. The Bay of Rio de Janeiro,
which has a total surface of 200
square miles.
9. A Shelldrake is wild duck;
mandrake is a narcotic plant.
10. In 1843.
Browning chief., 1947-08-15

The worlds largest plow, now
in use on a Texas farm, weighs
10 tons, is 60 feet wide and cuts
88 burrows. Drawn by an 85-horse-
power tractor, it can till II acres
in an hour.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-19

tor of that agency in the middle
west.
Before becoming an employee of
the defunct wartime FEPC he
served as executive director for b
legislative commission Of the nlino-
is General Assembly which studied
the conditions of colored people In
Illinois in 1910. Recently he has
been teaching sociology at Howard
University. He previously taught
this subject at billiard University
in New Orleans.
He is a member of the American
Sociological Society, the American
Political Science Association and
the Society for Social Research.
In his new job he will be as
sisted by Paul Sifton as director
of legislative and public rela-
tons, and Mr.. Manly as director of
field organization.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-19
Johnnie Jackson
Wins Certificate
OF Merit

Johnnie Jackson Jr., a senior
at Lanier High School, today re-
ceived word that he had been
awarded a certificate of merit by
the .Pepsi-Cola Scholarship Board.
AS certificate of merit winner,
Johnnie will receive fifty dollars
when he enters college next fall.
Announcement of the award was
made by I. S. Sanders, principal Of
Lanier High, who stated that L.
662 candidates elected to repre-
sent $40 Negro high schools
throughout the South participated
in this contest, which is financed
by the Pepsi-Cola Company as one
of its public services. Eighty one
students from 80 Mississippi col
ored schools entered the compe-
tition.
Lanier Highs winner is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hollie Jack
son, of 1929 Railroad Avenue.
Planning to specialize in law,
Johnnie hopes to enter college fol-
lowing his graduation in August.
Johnnie is a student assistant and
has served as vice president of
his home room.
A total of 3S,364 white and Ne
gro students from 9,157 high
schools tried for the 126 scholar
ships and GAO certificates of merit
offered to all students in the Unit
ed States and territories this year
by the Pepsi-Cola Scholarship
Board, according to Floyd w.
Reeves, professor of administra-
ton at the University of Chicago
and president of the Scholarship
Board.
Principal Sanders reported that
seven outstanding seniors of LAM
er High School were elected by
their classmates to try for the
scholarships.