The Michigan chronicle. [volume], June 24, 1944, SECOND NEWS SECTION, Page PAGE TWENTY, Image 20

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Rft. Finley F Guthrie .. member
•f the 365th Infantry at Ft. Hum
Chura. Art*., rame bark home last
keek (a return a (I I Joe who had
•verstaved hi* lime in the town
And Sgt. Guthrie, while awaiting
tlearan. e of paper* for hi* prisoner,
recalled hi* la*t visit to the old
home town He arrived here on
the morning of June 22. 1943. some
hours after troop* had been railed
and a vhort time after martial law
had been declared in the nnt-*wept
city Bouncing off the train In the
Michigan Central Mation with high
hope* of *oon soring hi* pretty
young wife. Guthrie wa.* stopped
hy a MP who told him that he
ketld have to remain in the station,
pointing to the screaming headline*
on a paper to indicate the reason
Bat Guthrie wanted to *re hi* wife,
ao a small thing like a riot was not
going to stand in hi* way Exert
ing* evdry ounce of persuasion to
con* inee a taxicab driver to haul
him to Watson and Woodward ave
nue during the earl* hour* of Tue*-
day morning w a* soon on hi* wa*
Guthrie. howe*er. could not prevail
an the cab driver to cross Wood
ward avenue so there wa* noth
ing else to do hut un'oad and begin
the safari aero** the battle field at
Watson and John R., a part of the
terrain which had been blaring with
fighting a few hour earlier Al
though he expected to have a rluh
•r rock bounced oiT hi* head a* he
made hi* wav through the rubble
he finally made hi* way home un
armed
■ The reprctrible part of the whn’r
thing ' said Sgt Guthrie, ‘ was th.it
we soldiers are out there fighting
• common enemy, and the b* >•« nrd
girls back home are d.v.dvd. slab
bing us in thr bark Dorothy
De rrick, w ho*e s ngs have won hor
plaudits from patrons of Detroit
flight clubs over a long number ><(
years, was slated to open an en
gagement at Club Congo in May of
1943 but the famed niterv. opened
tv the late Ben F 'Slim* Jones in
1940. closed the rame week. So
Dorothy had to postpone her return
home until some week.* ago when
rhe opened an engagement at Cli.b
Three 6fi6
Lucille Wood ..the 'Sweet” of
the dance team of Slim and Sweets
.. has sent out invitations to her
graduation from a beauty school in
Chicago . Trinity hospital has been
made a depot for the distribution
©f the noted medicine- penicillin ..
.* m Fouche writes from Reno, Nev.
(No. Sam is not out there to divorce
himself from an incompatible
spouse* that the country is beauti
ful...and he's emceeing on the
premises of one of the bright night
spots in tiie town... Sam, as you'll
recall, was a noted night club figure
ii the Motor City before going West
•ome months back... Edna Rucker
has been selected as Miss Negro
Victory Worker”.. .and the award
will be made at the Negro Freedom
Rally in Madison Square Garden,
Friday. June 26.. .AH of which does
Hot mean so much to a large seg
ment of the populace.. But if the
•nnouncement had said "Chocolate”
Rucker, then plenty of ear* would
have perked up and eyes would
have begun to bulge... Well, Edna
and Chocolate are one and the same
perron.. .only Chocolate is well
known because of her entertaining
at the old Chocolate Bar. Club
Congo, and other places here...
But Chocolate dropped her enter
taining last year...and new she’s
cutting a defense shift in the new
steel foundry at the Ford Uiver
Rouge plant., a core checker
Franres Leonard .down in Chat
tanooga. Tenn., on her first trip
Lelow- the Mason and Dixon line,
write* that “It would be a two-life
Rb trying to teach these folks any
thing. Dear me. the job in really
crying to be done.".. Benny Orms
bv I* doing surh a hefty business In
bis new- rstery down on St. An
toine street thst he has been com
pelled to enlarge his quarters
and the plare has been open only
I few weeks.
Being a producer of show* In
thme time* is no easy job .The
bonder is that more of the boys
%vho rack their brains thinking up
new' shows, and then finding enter
tainers to carry out their ideas, are
not in straight jackets For In
stance. take the little incident which
had Joe “Little Ziggy” Johnson
hanging on tenterhooks just before
the opening of his first show at Club
Zombie. . Johnson had engaged
Marian Aberaathv. blue* singer of
note, a* one of hi* featured star* .
but Miss Abernathv decided to ac
rept an engagement in California
• few hour* before Johnson was
ready to leave Chicago for Detroit.
Albert Burne’l. the taxicab opera
te) and owner who died last week,
*vf* one of the drivrr? when the
®ld Wolverine Cab company was in
full bloom, back in early 1920 » ..
when Bfddv Lane. Ernie Jones.
Booker Dues ar.d others were op
erating the old open cabs., with
coal heaters in the rear during
winter month*;. Burrell had just
recently purebred a new home ..
ar.d was preparing to ret.re to an
easier life.
When t u e De’ro t branch of the
Kst’onal V ban Lr z n m .ve* into
fta new . on c a 1 M <c< and John R
afreets, it v: 11 b' h*>..rd in ore
the f the
the or kii • irs:drn*f • f the late
Albert Knt. wor Id fan s archi
tect w ho d< - .gr *i n am o' t r.e large
office build.g.- Dei '. m addition
to many . I the plant- in Russia
One of the most promur.er.t
fit res to e\er roam the corridors
Of Recorder's Court has made her
Mrt trip up and down the s'ans
of the building where the seamy
fde of l.fe i«? unfolded to rho«« v. h ■
ke to hear It «n IMI Mjl' -
ole was a l.stener 'f r al« in the
«Durta over a period of 30 years ..
B|e started back in the days wfu-n
•B trials were heard in the old
Municipal Court build, og. just
Sgos-s the street from the present
Edifice.. Mrs Nole died June 15
£||owing an .lines* of manj month*
tJTuneral aervices were held Sat
&AgT frr the little woman who
•fed Turned 55 years of age
T'Hrs Nole was born in Pemtjrl*
Mngia and came to Detroit in 1911
gjong before it became the fad for
Zgiinen to amoke. Mrs Nole who
Aood Juat a few inches above four
EL* was champing on her cigar-
Sm. .. That was one of her di*.-
SZftiftiirr feat .res Sr.f
one.
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Memoers of the Millar high school June. 1944. graduating class
were caught by the cameraman while proudly wearing their aca
demic caps and gowns the week prior to graduation. In Photo 1
are officers of the senior class; front row: Marian McCall, recording
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Mrs. Beatrice Fleming, director of Women of the Interracial Com
mittee of Michigan, the U. S. Treasury, honored Mrs. Nell Hunter,
organizer of Women for the Sale of War Bonds and Stamps, with
a luncheon on Wednesday at the Gotham hotel. Honored guests
and speakers are shown above. Seated left to right in Photo 1,
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Citizens Ask More
Garbage Collections
C ITIZENS ASfc MORE—II
Feeling that their community has
been neglected by the department
of sanitation and asking that gar
bage and refuse be cleaned up by
the local Department of Public
works, a group of rit/ens. known
as Better Citizens League have
written to Mayor Jeffries asking an
i investigation of the sanitation con
WARTIME GRADUATION CLASS—JUNE, 1944
LUNCHEON HONORS WOMEN WAR BOND SELLERS
RADIO-TELEPHOTOS SHOW NEGRO TROOPS IN INVASION ROLES
ditions existing in their neighbor
hoods.
M ies Faison, director of the or
g;»fixation, disclosed that the area
tiiunded by congress, Russell,
Grand Boulevard and Brush streets
need regular garbage and refuse
collections.
Kxcerpts from the letter *d
d e«sed to Bureau of Information
i and Complaints, City Hall, follow.
THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE . • A* RELIABLE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY
secretary; Mamie Abram, financial sacratary; Charzelta Mitchell,
treasurer. Second row. left to right: Adam Houghton, parliamen
tarian: Robart Eeigens. publicity manager; William Harrison, vice
president and Eugena Robinson, president. In photo 2 a group
Mesdames Maude Christmas, Bessie Jerman. Essio Mcßryde, Rosa
Gragg, Nell Hunter, honoree; Beatrice Fleming, hostess; Mrs. Wil
liam E. Adams, director of W.W.B.D. of the U. S. Treasury; Char
lotte Mapp, OliVia Cook. Standing: Mesdames Leatha Utz, Man
wella Williams, Lucilla Hulburt, Erma Henderson, Yvonne Taylor.
HELPING HAND TO WOUNDED DURING INVASION
“We are sick of climbing over filth
of accumulated wastes and seeing
our streets flooded with every
shower simply because debris is
ullowed to lay for weeks and
months in public view . . . We
know that other communities are.
kept a great deal better."
ENTERTAINS CLASS
McCORMICK. S C —The T. E. L.
Class of the First Baptist Sunday
school w»as delightfully entertained
on Monday afternoon, June 5. at the
home of Mr*. W. J. Brooks with
Mrs. J. E Stone. Mrs. T C. Fulton,
Mrs. O. C. Miner, and Mrs. J. S
Dickson serying as joint hostesses, I
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SWPacific Veteran Is
Visitor In Motor City
By CHARLES WARDIAN
A veteran of tw-o years and two
months in the Pacific theatre and a
participant in five major engage
ments. Petty Officer Walter B Bol
ton, had a very interesting story
to tell when he visited the offices
of the Michigan Chronicle last
week.
Bolton, who was visiting his sis
tei, Mis. Viola Mealing! of 552 East
waits for the graduation rehearsal to begin. In the middle of the
second row is Mrs. Lula Fields, 73-year-old graduate of Miller, said
to be the oldest student ever to graduate from the Detroit Public
schools.
Ldveria Greene, Pauline Garnett. Ida Stewart. Mollio Burkes, and
Helen B. Watts. In photo 2 are Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Hunter and
Mrs. Fleming discussing plans for the work the group is doing.—
Photo by Fowler.
Columbia stret, said that his hap
piest experiences in the Pacific
theatre had occurred when he was in
New Zealand. "I found no segrega
tion there." he said, "and spent many
pleasant hours with white families.
The efforts of American whites to
spread the hate doctrine met with
little success in New- Zealand." the
petty officer continued.
Bolton's tour of duty in the S. W. I
Pacific read like a news summary
of the efforts of the United States
against the Japs in that area. He
started out at Guadalcanal in August
1942. He was on Russell Island in
the fall of 1942, and went in with
the first troops on Munda in June,
IMS.
“It was at Munda that I lost my
first ship." he said. “We were at
tacked all day by Jap dive bombers
and torpedoe planes One Negro
seaman. Albert Whittaker, was hit
and received the purple heart.
“A third of our crew were trans
ferred to another ship which short
ly afterwards was sunk by enemy
action." Bolton said. “The ship sank
in eight minutes and all of my
comrades were lo*t."
Bolton said that the Japs were
SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1944
Un-Covering
Washington
; By HARRY S. McALRIN
Whit# t |
> lUMNd Thro«*b th« AtU«U 0»fly i
world hr *****
Wendell Willkie, the burr next
to the skin of the Republicans,
has spelled out the N-e-g-r-o issue
in no uncertain terms in his cur
rent series of articles on what
should be in the Republican plat
form for the 1944 Presidential cam
paign. * .... ,
Stripped of its partisan political
slant. Willkie’s challenge to the Re
publican party as to its sincerity is
a challenge to America and to
democracy as practiced in this
country. 'Our adoption or rejec
tion of these principles,” he says,
“will be the test of our sincerity
and of our moral leadership in the
eyes of hundreds of millions all
over the world"
What is so impressive about the
Willkie statement on the Negro is
the keen insight it shows of the
flames that gnaw at the hearts of
13,000,000 of America's citizens who
are relegated to a second class
citizenship solely on the basis of
their color or identification with the
Negro race.
What is equally impressive is the
fact that these statements are made
and this challenge thrown out with
out any pressure being applied to
get them. That is a new experi
ence for Negroes, who have seen
every progressive stop toward their
advancement to full citizenship, and
eveey effort directed along that path
come as result of pressure applied
or axes to grind: Mrs. Roosevelt
would qualify for a similar com
plirrent—but few others would.
Consider the challenge in Will
kie's words when he says that Ne
groes will not be satisfied “by the
counsels of patience and the assur
ances of kindly men that progress
has been made, that eventually,
through fair treatment and coopera
tive effort, Negroes will in some
distant day obtain the rights which
the Constitution itself guarantees to
them."
There are some so-called "lib
erals” in the New Deal who might
jvell read those prophetic words
and ponder the advice they pass
on to Negroes and to the adminis
tration.
Indeed. Willkie’s statement on the
Negro is a challenge not only to
the Republican party—it is an equal
ly effective glove-slap in the face
of the Democratic party which is
faced with an unwelcome squabble
over the "race issi e” at its con
vention in July, when the rebel dele
gations from Texas. Mississippi,
South Carolina and possibly Ar
kansas will insist on the elimina
tion or expunging of the very planks
that Willkie urges be put into the
Republican platform.
Negroes will he watching both the
conventions, armed, as they know,
with what might well prove to be
the deciding ballots in a hotly con
tested November election.
They will not be fooled by any
passivity on the part of the Re
publicans who might feel they can
rely on the negative approach of
letting the Democrats “tear their
britches" on the snags presented in
their forthcoming "race issue” fight.
Willkie has made the bed, it is up
to the party to lie in it—or stay
out
If they accept Winkle’s challenge,
whet a spot that puts the Demo
crats on!
Negroes, British
In Clash On War
Topic At Meet
NEW YORK CITY—A sharp
clash of opinion occurred last
Tuesday evening when Dr. Margery
Perham of England and a group of
African, West Indian and Ameri
can Negroes met for an exchange of
views in the Schomburg Collection
of Negro Literature of the New
York Public Library
The topic for discussion was the
war, imperialism and the future of
the African people. Dr Perham
surprised the group bv taking a
very pessimistic view of the issue
She spoke of the Africans as being
backward, that Africa could expect
less advancement toward freedom
and equality as a result of the war
than any other part of the world
and that the European powers,
chiefly Britain, could be depended
upon to advance the Africans as
fast as possible.
Immediately Dr. Perhani’s views
were challenged. Some of the Af
ricans present did not appear to be
so backward nor did thev feci that
their people at home were inclined
o wait upon the European power*
before they achieved freedom and
advancement.
In the end alt agreed that such
frank discussions cleared the air in
that the only basis for cooperation
among all peoples everywhere is
one of equality,
Role Of Colonials
Explained At Meet
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Dr W
Alphaeus Hunton. educational direc
tor of the Council on African Af
fairs. and national executive board
member of the National Negro Con
gress. told the United Federal Work
ers of America Anti-Discrimination
Conference here this week that
there could be no guarantee of em
ployment for Negro or other Amer
ican workers after the war unless
the millions of colonial people
throughout the world w*ere able to
share in an economy of abundance
on a world-w-ide scale.
AGED WOMAN FALLS
A 73-year-old woman who in
jured her left arm and suffered
from a possible skull fracture was
treated at Receiving hospital. She
was Mollie Carmichael of 1020
Brady street, who fell from the
second floor porch of her home.
pretty tough when he first went
into the area but they were gradual
ly being brought into hand
Bolton, who is in the stewards
mate branch, said that he had
reached the highest rating possible
for him in that branch and that he
had held that rating for a year and
two months.
Although his home is in Tennes
see. Bolton said that he plans to
make his home in Detroit after the
war.
“There are a many Negroes serv
ing in the S W. Pacific." Bolton said
“and they are doing a fine Job in
the very important branch of sup
ply.*