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PAGE TWO Citizens Form City-Wide ‘Better Housing Committee’ CALL SARNOFF, WAGMAN, KATZ, BIG OFFENDERS Group Also Demand New Building For Miller High School A city-wide committee to pro mote and coordinate interest in bet ter housing was organized Friday Eight. Dec. 22. The officers elected were: Charles C Diggs, president: Edward Swann, vice president; Robert J. Evans, secretary; Aydee M. Dunaway, as sistant secretary; J. Will Cooper, treasurer. Publicity committee; James McCall. Louis Martin. George Johnson. Speaker's Bureau. Mrs. Geraldine Bledsoe, chairman. In vesting committee. Dr A. B. Cheage. Emmett Cunningham. Finance com-, mlttee. Rev William H Perk, cnair man; William Sherrill and Dr. J. J. j McClendon. One of the most.constructive pro grams for united efforts of all com-1 . Uld unscrupulous land-] lords was planned Cooperation is asked for all religious fraternal, so- ] cial and other organizations. The committee's findings and rec-1 emmendations are as follows: ] HOUSING—There s nothing so ' important and so vital to the eco- • ftomic and soc-al structure of Ne- i gro health and life in Detroit as housing. SOCIAL: In order to meet the J -high rents the unscrupulous and un- j American landlords are asking— | our people must resort to all kinds of methods to raise the amount needed, which obviously lowers our social status. HEALTH—The majority of places rented To Ttut people are ~ mere shacks far below the standard re quired by laws and city or- j finances. These places obviously | breed ;11 health, tuberculosis, pneu- j monia. diptheria and like diseases. ' ; The high rents charged for both ' sub-standard and those that meet j the requirements of the Housing; few is all out of proportion to the ; yarning power of thr tenants who are renting them. Hence, such! th.ngs as insufficient quality and i quantity of milk and other foods for Cie upkeep of good health to chil- ! dren and adults is denied by the secessity of maintaining these high j » Therefore, because this housing 1 i < .n-^f^HBIW^mHI' THANK you. Mr. and Mrs. Pub- He for assisting the American Beauty Social and Art club to suc cess in its "Adopt a Family” plan for holiday aid. Through your contributions we were able to as sist more than 100 families. We are also deeply grateful to the Erie Coal and Ire Co., for the use of their trucks and services of their driver in thr distribution of the baskets and to the Michigan Chronicle newspaper for Its splen- Scene In Passing By AL WALLACE _________ My dear Friends and Readers: I wish to express my thanks to you all for the way that you have received and responded to my humble offerings. May you all have a very, very px'iS* erous and _ nappy new year. Around the Town I While strollirig down the avenue, shopping and wishing like all the; (other gators do ...I happened upon I these two ... Garland Strickland jc-:ming out of Engliss, smiling and (concealing his Christmas package... , II wonder what it could be?. „ June i Baber had packages galore... And j (there was Len Andrews looking too I'm told for a fine gold necklace for you Give you one guess Hid | behind packages so tall . Man I I couldn't see Clyde Escoe at all .. j Strolling a few feet farther down. II bumped into Jessie Carter shop ping around.. .Stopping in the rec |ord Mart, there was old Johnnell I I smart ... Necia Harkless. V-Bing; [down... Oh! Just buying up all thej (gowns. Bill Luvall. short and all. i striving hard to pick something for] (his heart. j Everybody in Detroit was down 1 | town some time or other during the | Christmas holidays. "We will be in their fighting,”! avers Coach Anderson, when asked! lahauL the .forthcoming game with; (the Scrollers .Watch my boys and formulate your own opinion. The Joints Jumped > Friday night quiet as could be... . wasn't hardly anybody out but us; i free... Me and Old Man Hawkins couldn’t get along so I stopped in Jackson's to get warm ..Failing up '.he stairs and looking around I dug I Ice and Jim booging on down...: (Smith, Penick and Strick, engaged lin a hot stove debate I looked wer to another table and who did I see- John Anderson entertaining I his brother and wifec...Me want to: ithank John for the Christmas lager.! ! The Jim. Jam was jumping with , the solid jive.. .Everybody was hav-. , ing their kicks on the mellow side .1 know you like this enlighting | jive. ..so here it is on the readers i The cats were in Jacksonjjln : thicker than bees Jumping, jivtnf;; ! mugging and rugging I metin' everybody, anybody, all the bodies, having a grand time... Come on ! readers let's conversatc. Jumping with the jive; Ann Rus- j sell, Katherine Spears. Norman Ta,, bor. Frog Henderson. Billy Coving? i ton. Artlett Lewis. Vernice Hicks, i Herbert Bates, Bill Brown and gobs of others. j Leaving here and falling up to , the Women's Federation .which had been converted into a beautiful ball ! lowering Christmas tree . .The Lesi Allegru Provessivess were swing ing, out in full glat their first j charity ball. .Dancing to I.eroy ►■Smith orch. I glimpsed Jean John | -on. James Duncan. Mary Louise S.nalcton Billy Hall. Billy Allen ] 'June' DicKens, - Bassett" Jones. Em-, mett Bryant. Rose Marie Wallace. l Ambrose Nutt. Mary Acmes Miller. Fc-rdmand Penn. Lucille Gr< s hn and Willie Joe Benham \ of others. Newcomers to Detroit Feted At Pre-Christmas Party The mad social whirl of gay Christmas parties really began last ( night, with the lovely party at the home of Miss Cecil Whittaker, at | 309 East Philadelphia. The party was n honor of two attractive newcom ers to Detroit. Miss Cornelia Lewis I r f Oklahoma City. Okla. and Miss I Jane Ella Saunders, of Kansas City, Mo. The affair, which was given in '.rue holiday style included many -.f Detroit's younger smart set Among those seen enjoying the latest recordings, swinging under • the. gay Christ mas dcc.>raii«*o« and dnd high rent problem hits the very ' foundation of the Negro life and ex- | istence in Detroit, our "committee! Recommends"—that every organiza-' tion and individual put behind this ] movement "to clean up this situation <very ounce of intelligence and! energy the Good Lord has given j It might be interesting here to [ know that the new city administra- , tion under Mayor-elect Edward J. • Jeffries, has promised complete co- ! Mr Diggs brought to the atten-, t»on of—the—eotmmUee and Cited • this example among others, said he. ] "I know of one landlord who took , the bathtub out of a five-room house, in order to rent the bathroom ! as a bed room. He added, among the biggest “rent gougers” is a man named j "Wagman." owner of the Oxford hall and other apartments in the Negro district and the two most fiagrant violators of the State Hous- i .i*g code and City ordinance are Louis Kat/ and Joseph Sarnoff. | EMANCIPATION PROGRAM AIKEN. S. C.. Dec 29—Emanci pation celeoration will Be Observed “here at IhTffTlfen gradelTTFiM Mfln-* day afternoon. January 1, under the auspices of the Ministers union of | Aiken county Rev M G Moseley, president. Unexcelled FOR DEPENDABLE, | ECONOMIC AND Sincere Service • WEBSTER FUNERAL HOME 307 Frederick St. Temple 1-1197 • Our Sympathetic Service in Your Hour of Sorrow Lightens Your Burden Columbia 3335 River Rouge. Vmewood 2-3597 McFALL BROTHERS, Inc. FUNERAL DIRECTORS -A TEMPLE OF SERVICE’ 714 I. Canfield Cor. Hastings i'HE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE - - A RELIABLE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY AID MORE THAN 100 FAMILIES did cooperation. To the Wecando club. Missionary society of Bethel church, Women of Zion of F.be nrzer A.ME. church. Willing Workers' club of St. Paul A.M.E.Z. church, the Brewster City coun cil. thr East Side Merchants’ as sociation and others for their f splendid cooperation and the fol- i lowing donors from whom addi tional contributions were received last week, Sidney Morris. S2O; I Atty. Charles Perkins. SI; Louis I balloons, partaking of delicious rc-j freshments and having a jolly old time were: Doris Brooks. Gecrgc Dunbar. Basset Jones. Mary Louise | Singleton. Billy Hall. Dorothy Dan- j lels. Susan Bethel. Anne Russell, i Carol Evans, Ben Davis. Cornelia Lewis, Harrison Washington, Mar- 1 guerite Foyer. Henri Anderson. Jane! Saunders. Margeret Mathews. Myr-j tie and S. E. Williams. John Teague ] Joseph Jenkins. Jennie Harpor, For-( rest Young. J- hn Carney. Douglas j Tibbs. Willie Joe Benham. Leonard ; Proctor. Levan Weiss. Emmefa (Morton, Harrison Stewart. Bernice : Jones. Eugene Gillot. John Metz, I Robert Love. Marge Strickland, j Louis and Conklin Bray. Harricdell Bryant, Bernice Grove Coote, j ' Alcthia Taylor. Kathleen Coote, Em- j mett Brown. Ruth and Helen Bank- ! ] head. June Dickens and several Many of the guests were on their ] ! way to or from the Poliwogs party | :at the Frogs' club. The hostess, Miss, Cecil Whittaker, a recent graduate of South Carolina State college, is | spending her first winter in Detroit | in five years, although she is well known in Detroit's younger sot, ] : since she has spent practically all of j her summers here. Thp Lamp Isn't Low Anymore!! ( Somebody lit the Lamps and they really burned...ln a game packed with thrills, suspense and plenty of i fireworks, we watched the Lamps ( i barely nose out a hairline victory (over the highly rated Sphinx five, j All the debs about town, frat men. society playboys. Ford workers, I (glamour gals...and the Press, were] there cheering and pulling for their I favorites.. Cheering Betty Luis.! 'come on Eddie... Howard Tandy... \ Martha Bradby.. Berney Watkins Lucille Green. . Don't hurt Willie 1 ! Jo.-. Mary Miller ..Margaret' Wit-} ! liams. . ..Herbert Bates .. Herbert! Simms and others. Orchids to them all: I must say a word or two about; all the fine talent down town Satur-i day. Sunday, and Monday.. decked j out in furs galore... Fur coats, fur i jackets, fur hais. fur muffs and some j even had fur on their shoes ..My ; old eyes were really over worked ! I trying to take in everything. j Next week I will have more j Christmas news for you...l'm gone! but not for long. PSggl centuryW CENTURY CLUB STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 90 PROOF jf ( OH»RT • CODt 10« M V 88c^t/^PK4> CODE 407 THESE WHISKIES ON SALE AT ALL STATt STORES. SODS. AND AT YOUR FAVORITE BAR CENTURY CLUB STRAIGHT RYE WHISKEY 90 PROOF [ OUART . CODE 214 V 88c pint i V COM 21* j 1 THESE WHISKIES ARK 4 YEARS OLD SHERRILL EMANCIPATION DAY SPEAKER IN TWO CITIES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Michigan Chronicle Office 268 Eliot Street Detroit. Michigan Dear Sir: Please accept my profound appre ciation for the gift of papers that you distributed in our hospital for circulation among the patients. I regard it as a distinctly superior type of gift. The patients were happy recipients of your widely read paper and appreciated the gift more immensely because they are shut-ins and have no contact with the outside world and current You have spread a bit more joy j and yuletide gladness by your I thoujAitfulness of others. I sincerely | hope you will continue to serve in such a manner as to merit continued good-will of the people. Sincerely yours, Parkside Hos pital, E. R. Carney. Administrator. E. Martin. $1; Johnson Flower Shop. Loop Beauty Shop, Mable Hall. Mrs. tapto and Mrs. Kelly, we are grateful. And so, until an other year thank you. You have been splendid! Pictured above are members of the club, photographed just prior to deliv ering well-packed baskets. From left to right, are: Lucille Hilton, in truck; Mrs. Gussie Aranah; Pauline Koyston. Mable Smith, Carolyn Foote and I .-com- Jones. W. B. Redman To Open Office Here Walter B. Redman, who has man- ! aged the Pontiac field office of the j Social Security Board since it was opened by him in August, 1937, has been assigned to Detroit where he has just opened a Federal Social Security Office in the Terminal Ar cade Building, 14131 Woodward avenue, opposite Ford's Highland Park Plant. This is one of three new offices to in Detroit and will service, in addition to the Highland Park area, the territory bounded by Elmhurst avenue, Grand River. Telegraph, Eight-Mile Road east to the Port Huron, line of the Grand Trunk Railway, and southwest on the north and west of Hamtramck. This office will issue social securi ty account number cards, change records concerning those already is sued. issue duplicates, and accept claims applications from survivors of deceased workers in covered employment as well as from the wage eaters themselves who arc retiring on or after attainment of age sixty-five. The northeast office is located al“ 8037 Harper avenue near Van Dyke. UNIVERSAL HAGAR’S SPIRITUAL TEMPLE NO. 1 944 Napoleon Street SERVICES SUNDAYS Sunday School 9 A. M. Preaching 11 A. M. H. Y. P. U. 6 P. M. Lecturing 8 P. M. Message Circle and Healing Thursday 8 P. M. Lecturing Friday 8 P. M. Message Circle and Healing ; REV. C. B. HURLEY Supreme Mother and Pastor REV MARGIE MULLIGAN Assistant Pastor PRINCESS MINNIE BANDY ] 2nd Associated Pastor Deaconess Annie Chatman, Clerk G. W. HURLEY Prophet and Founder BARBER SHOPS BROWN’S BARBER SHOP PROMPT SERVICE SANITARY METHODS 901 Watson, cor. Hastings S. W. BROWN. Prop. Service Barber Shop 4446 Brush Street Terrace 2-8770 OPEN 7 A. M. TO 12 P. M. ! BEAUTY SHOPS RITZIE BEAUTY SALON Expert Operators Susie Thomas. Sadie Evans, j Ella Cobb. Ethel Stinson 607 E. Forest TE. 1-4727 j Rosa Sims, Prop. Lamay Beauty Shoppe 7—Expert Operators—7 4714 Beaubien, Nr. Forest Terrace 1-1541 Anna Mae Crockett, E W Craig. Props Particular Women Co To LULU’S BEAUTY SALON Try Our Special Guaranteed Hair-Grower 4809 Hastings, Nr. Hancock Temple 1-0404 j Odell’s Beauty Salon Modern Hair Styling Finger Waving PORO SYSTEM 459 Adams Ca. 4913 MAMIE O WATERS. Prop. WILLIE DARNELL LILLIE MURRAY Former Operators of Bee Dew Beauty Shop No. 2 Owned And Operated At Hudson Inn Beauty Salon 3860 Hudson, Near Vinewood Ty 52329 Specialize in All Lines of Beauty Culture Imperial Beauty and Barber Shop PROMPT SERVICE SANITARY METHODS 2639 St. Antoine MRS. R. BUFORD & SON RUFUS JR- Prop. Flora’s Beauty Salon S EXPERIENCED OPERATORS 1 Individualistic Artists in Beauty Culture 2016 E. DAVISON FLORA TEASI.EY. Prop. GRIFFIN’S Beauty Salon •'HAIR STYLING" Alice Branham, Formerly of Bell's System Marie Griffin D. L. Griffin 4767 Hastings Te. 1-4945 CONFECTIONARIES j STOP AT CHENE STREET CONFECTIONERY 1525 Cheno Street ! We have soft drinks, candies and ice cream. Also Beer and Wins to ►ake out. William L. Sherrill, associate editor of the Michigan Chronicle and president of the Federated Fire I Groups will appear as guest speak > er on two Emancipatioi. Day pro grams. Monday, Jan. 1. His first appearance will be at 2:30 p.m. at the Macedonia Baptist church, corner St. Aubir. and Mul lett streets, after which he will speak at 8 p.m. in Toledo. Mr. Sherrill is rated as one of America's finest platform person alities. Lillian Matthews, Historian, To Speak Lillian Wheeler Matthews, histor ian of note, has according to an- ( nouncements accepted the invitation of Rev. Metcalf, pastor of St. Pet er's A.M.E.Z. church, Hamtramck. Mich., to appear as guest lecturer ] on the radio program of the church. I Sunday. Dec. 31. at 11:30 p.m. over radio station CKLW. The speaker is also scheduled to appear at St. Peter’s church Mon day. Jan. 1. in an Emancipation day address. The program will be gin at 11 p.m. These appearances precede Mrs. Matthews' departure for a transcontinental lecture tour BUYER'S GUIDE and SERVICE DIRECTORY DRUGGISTS I BENSON S DRUGS YOUR FRIENDLY DRUGGIST 1944 Joseph Campau We meet all prices on national advertised Drugs, etc. GROCERY STORES VISIT MABARAK MARKET 2603 Elmwood Ave. Cor. Hendricks We Carry A Full Line In CP.OCERIES. MEATS and VEGETABLES BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Quality Groceries and Meats Fresh Vegetables Daily 592 Farnsworth Cor. St. Antoine Te. 2-9553 Free Deliveries KNOX GROCERIES, LIVE CHICKENS We Specialize In BETTER MEATS 3437 Beaubien St. Near Brewster Projects HAPPY N€W YEAR Erwin Baremeister FANCY GROCERIES AND FIRST CLASS MEATS RICHT PRICES 8545 Oakland Avenue FUNERAL HOMES Webster Funeral Home 307 Frederic Street Temple 1-1197 McFall Bros. Funeral Home 714 E. Canfield Co. 3335 River Rouge Vinewood 2-3557 WHERE TO GO COZY CORNER BAR & CRILL DINE and DANCE Choice Beer, Wine Cr Liquor 4100 Hastings Te. 2-8412 ‘ SHOE REPAIRERS foe's Electrical Shoe Repairing See Joe Cj Save Your Dough’ 1533 |ns Campau SERVICE STATIONS Cobb's Friendly Service CHENE St MAPLE St. Antoine & Elisabeth Gas - Oil • Acrcwonet TAILORS j Hooker and Hooker I CLEANING—ALTERING ! PRESSING—REPAIRING ! All garments insured against "i Firs and Theft WE CALI. FOR AND DELIVER 2236 St. Aubin Ave. Fiti 2596 English Carment Cleaning Cleaning. Pressing. Dyeing and Altering HAT CLEANING 3824 Hastings Street JatORDaY, DECEMBER 30, 1939 Central High Offers Consumers’ Course Central high school. Linwood and Tuxedo streets, u offering a course in consumer buying for the winter term which begins January 8. 1940. This course is designated to cover such things as buying food, cloth ing. cosmetics, life insurance, buy ing on time and many other topics. The instructor. Samuel lavobs, special instructor in consumer prob lems for Wayne university, will be at Central high school Wednesday. Jan. 3, to explain the Work of the course to those who are interested. Comments From Brady’s Health Studio I have just completed the pine needle vapor bath ami general mas sage at Mrs. Brady’s Health Studio.. It is difficult to describe the fine, feeling that one experiences after just an invigorating toning up of the muscles. All 1 can say is that it i< great and I heartily recom of necessity must keep going many, hours during the day. This studio is bringing to Detroit many of the featured baths niativ go all the way to Hot Springs to eujov. W. C. WOODSON I am feeling fine, you feel like a different person. ' all women should take this treatment. T highly endorse it. and Mrs. Brady’s attend ■ant U great. Respectfully. NF.LL C. RANSOM 331 X W. Warren avenue ‘Receives Bonus’ BEN HENDERSON Climaxing the most successful season in the history of its organi zation, the Pfeiffer Brewing Com pany announces that their Star Race Salesman, Ben .Henderson, had been given a handsome bonus. Mr. Henderson *ho has done much to popularizecthis beer anionß Negroes, here, and’ in other states, moving it to one of the leading sellers throughout hi- territory, ex tends a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of his MISCELLANEOUS FLOWER SHOPS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CRATIOT FLOWER HOUSE East Side, 2039 Gratiot Ave. at St. Aubin Fi. 6355 BERRY FLORIST West Side, 7843 W. Jefferson Vi. 1-5135 VISIT THE POLIDORE TAVERN Try Our Chili and Kosher Sandwiches BEER AND WINE 1506 Chene Street - FOR RENT 4 ROOMS FURNISHED 3848 McArthur Place At $32.50 Monthly ROOM FOR RENT Large, Neatly Furnished Private Home Couple or Single Men Convenient for Clair, or Oak Cars 9544 Goodwin To, 5-4459 Large. Front Neatly Furnished Room FOR RENT private home Convenient Location--Oakland Car--Couple or Single Trinity 10309 MRS. THOMAS Neatly Furnished Room SINGLE OR DOUBLE Near Crosstown Car Line Tyler 4-6784 Mrs. Terry FOR RENT COMFORTABLE FURNISHED ROOMS Also LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING (or SINCLE OR COUPLES 6163 Iroquois FURNISHED ROOMS For Rent Employed Couple or Two Refined Men 6179 Iroquois Plaza 0048 SPACE AVAILABLE FOR CLUB MEETINCS, PARTIES, RAFFLES, ETC. Kitchen Privileges--Reasonable Tr. 1-1343 STORE FOR RENT 30’x40’ COOD LOCATION VISIT Rosetta's Dress Shop 9037 Oakland Avenue For Fine Dresses. Hats. Ladies Apparel Tell Them That You Saw It In The Michigan Chronicle MISCELLANEOUS LINCOLN ZEPHYR MERCURY-8 Plaxa 4280 lies. IV. 691 S JAMES A. GRANT NEW AND USED CARS Representing JOHNS BROS. FORD DEALERS RADFORD'S FISK and CHICKEN MARKET OYSTERS IN SEASON 2011 |os. Campau, near Maple Phone Fi. 3180 HOLjDAY CREETINCS SWAN’S 4718 Milford Avenue Wish You A Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year We Appreciate ’Your Patronage LIVINGSTONE COAL CO. "Call Us For Prompt Service” When Ordering GOOD FUEL AT I ECONOMICAL PRICES Townsend 82442 14201 GREELY SAVE MONEY At CHOVERS FLORSHEIM SHOE STORE 9036 Oakland Ave., and Owen .St. ( SPECIAL! Velvet Boots $1.95 Better Shoes for the Entire Family HEALTH-TOL "World’s Finest Tooth Powder' Sold at All Drug Stores Dr. and Mrs. t£. G. Boddie, Mfgrs | Owen’s Factory Shoe Repairing 1521 Chene Street We Carry a Complete Line In Second Hand Shoes YOU ARE NEXT AT SCOTT’S Shoe Shine Parlor 2220 Chen* St. Good Service Is Our Motto | Blue Heart Case 1701 Orleans Street We Specialize In Bar-B-Q and Good Home Cooking Norverlean Hill. Prop Ceters Variety Shop Ladies' Garments Re-styled ! Like New At Popular Prices. ] Service To Meet Your Convenience 3100 Rivard Ch. 8618 FOR SALE TAVERN BAR 20-Ft. Back Bar—2B-Ft Front Counter and Stools Tr. 2-8913 Very Reasonable Union Progressive League Formerly the Elks' Rest 2113 Chene Street , We cater to Clubs, Private Partiea j Mass Meetings and Dances Phone Ft. 1130 1 E. W. TEETERS. Manager