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Un-Covering
Wasmngton
By HARRY S. McALPIN
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Tha it t oo g< xvi to k^ep,
Those kto.ics l\e t>o» n w ritjnr
•bout cond tion* *t Godnr.an Field
cam* nea- not seeing the light 01
publication.
Ts
Harry MrAlpm proceeded to rut
the 'meat" out f t Ho <• «nfw«vl
later to :ho rolone’ ,n c-nrge of the
b anch tha' ho would ;.kc I<> rejn t
the rnt.ro ailicie, but didr» t fori hr
Could do that
Thr Ri*v:»• * Rian h. however i>
• ;thor-.7rn m'.v • c..ard agj.ns? :nr
c on < f informat,on harm
ful to «hr rr..;,:*’-v secut ;tv tho *p
prr\ai «t«rrp roads "no objection to
p ib! »• sn o-« k: . ■:* m I>. of mil :nr>
security ’ (apt B, ( -a sought 1•>
CENSOR thr cnt nsrr of trie A -
Forces policy f ward Nog: w* and
a s’a’omr: r that too rron at Cl.idman
I old fori ’ irr.per -’ive * • ‘ gr’ nrt
©f Cal Solway as thr r gro
r a ■ nr
Hr * red-perciied " too, b q uita
t: >n >f onr i f :n» urticria .it G"drn.>n
to tnr offo t 'ha* tt.e - white »»f
ficers air rot c re overseas with
thr un.t. ‘ho.' k'vuri ho moved out
pow and •hr Nog • p.,t mtn ootn
rr.*"d posit.on* >o they learn D>
d ■- r.g
Thu. said *hr n, is a specu
la'ion on t-onp movement, despit*
the fact r-n merit. on was made ot
t me nr where or* how. Ho ignores
the suggestion that practically every
member of the armed services is
be.ng trained to go overseas That
of course is where the “otficiar*
war is being fought. Maybe the cap
tain didn't know that the riots and
rear riots and wanton killings of
Negro soldiers in this country are
rot really a part of our global war
for democracy—officially
The captain was shocked when
h.s decisions were not accepted as
final by the NNPA correspondent
He was plainly flustered when he
was asked to whom hia decisions
Should be appealed
They were appealed to Col With
•reid, head of the Review Branch—
and after he conferred with "the
front office" the story was ‘ passed’’
as originally written
Cap't. Banta's attitude was under
standable. however. He displavs on
h:s wav a “diploma’' from Army
Air Force School of Applied Tactics
at Orlando. Fla. It was aw-arded him
for "having successfully completed
the FOUR DAY AAFSAT short
course—for having burned under
the Florida fun, marched in the
Florida sand, and soaked in the
Florida rain." All of which prepared
him for a swivel chair job in the
War Department'! Review Branch
©f the Bureau of Public Relation*
He waa morally obligated to protect
the "good name" of the Air Forcot.
Little wonder he could not appre
ciate a report on the feelings r> f the
officer* and men at Godman Field,
where they are burning under Co!
Selways humiliation*, marching
against Southern patterns of racial
handicaps, and soaking in Air
Force prejudices which put s prem
ium on a white skin. All of which
they endure in order to prepare
themselves to face the enemy and
possible death overseas in combat.
I felt morally obligated to expose
those conditions as I saw them.
Motion Picture
Exhibits Shown
At Inst of Arts
Motion picture expedition* to
•11 five continents and to the
South Seas will make up thus sea
son's public lecture program of the
World Adventure Series, civic and
non-proflt lecture course, at the
Detroit Institute of Arts.
The twenty-lecture motion pic
ture program begins on Sunday
afternoon. Oct 15. with a lecture
on ''Our Ally. Russia." and con
tinues for nineteen Sunday after
noons thereafter Julien Bryan, ex
plorer and veteran of more than
IfXVOOO mi’ej of travel in Soviet
Russia, is the opening speaker. His
motion pictures cover modern
Russia thoroughly, showing such
cities as Moscow. Odes
sa. Stalingrad. Baku: the Ukraine,
the Crimea, the Volga region. Si
beria; and the 'arms, industries,
transportation edura‘:on and oth
er far’n-y that enabled Russia to
hurl back the Nazi invaders.
Eleven Grads Get
June Scholarships
Of *he 58 scholarship* awarded
lr June to Detroit high »cl «rd
College s , uder.t.«. 44 vifrl to g rls
•rd 12 to bo\y The scholarship*
were a e arned by e.gr.’.een clubs
•nd in*'.itjt.cns.
Eleven of 'he scholarships went
to cc ored students. Tn*v were:
Aretha Jornston. 58 Alger. who re-I
ceived two stholarsr. ps, R jth
B-own. 20223 Omo Tied e Colli!,*.
fSTI E Hancock; Dorothy Culpep
per. 2*.1? P erce. Ca rvryr.
$4" Marstor. Arrel la Hitcher, 430
Leicester Margaret Lightner 307
K r.g Dor « Matcher 'tss Owen;
Doro’hv Wr *VId 18083
ard Juar,;*a WaIKP-, 8431 ReauDien
Florence Pate Is
Guest Artist Fri.'
Florence P«‘e gradtia’e o*
W-»yr# Un;ve*-s tv and w.nner of
the S‘*> Collegiate champ unship
In ;r.‘erpre*at;ve read ng. w.ll ee
the gue*' artist Friday. Sept 15.
when Mss Margaret Boone will
p r e*er* her pup.ls in * piano re
e.tal Miss Boone is also a recent
graduate of Wayne University
The program, to begin promptly
a* 800 pm. will be held in the
S*ott •jdi'onum of Bethel AME
ehurrh There Ls no admission
charge
Be pa'notie' Reguter now end
tou m November
"We don t line
this s t o r y."
Uap't W iliiam
C. Banta Jr. of
the Review
Blanch of the
W a r Depart
ment Bureau of
Publ.c Rc'iit.oris
told me when 1
submitted t h r
-c.-irid of the
ker.es 1 >i put*! *
cat.on approval
R' a bean on
attack v ‘n ho.
ivm i>enr:l he
Mrs. Sidney Barthwell. wife of Detroit's out
standing Negro business man, admires with her
husband the C. C. Spaulding trophy which he
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tha Barthwall drugstora, Oakland at Hague, is
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A group oi Columbians relax during intermis
sion et the horse show Sunday. Left to right:
Miss Bettie Evans, Capt. William Gray. Chicago.
Miss Cecila Chancellor, Columbus, Lillian
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Among tha celebrities at the Joe Louis Horse
show Sunday were this group caught by tha
cameraman as they stepped from their car. Left
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Members of the Borrow Allen Defense commit
tee ere shown in their deliberations at a mass
meeting held at the St. Antoine YMCA Sun
day afternoon. Eddie Tolen. chairman, is shown
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NEARLY EVERYBODY LIKES BARTHWELL’S
CELEBS TAKE IN HORSE SHOW
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
rnE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE - - A RELIABLE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY
THE FRUITS OF LABOR
TIME OUT FOR FUN
won this year lor "outstanding achievement in
business." The award was given by the Na
tional Negro Business League.—Bradley photo.
noted tor its variety of good things to aat and
drink.—Photo by Bradley.
Scott, former Columbus debutante, now a De
troiter. and Dr. J. K. Smith.—Photo by Odell
Bradley. -
to right: Joe "Ziggy" Johnson, Virginia Robin
son, Wyola Wilkins, both of Chicago, and Buffak
James.— Photo by Fowler.
• t the extreme left. Among those present are
Glouster Current. Atty. Harold Bledsoe, Miss
Evelyn Cochran. Atty. Lebron Simmons and
Miss Eva Campbell.—Photo bv Bradlev.
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Robert Austin, representative of tha Detroit
Edison company, waits on a customer at Barth
well’s drug Store, Hague at Oakland, while Dr.
Frank M. Roberts, phanriacist and manager of
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Even the younger set came to view the horse
show Sunday at Joe Louis' Farm. Shown above
left to right: Clementine Graham. Yvonne
Lauchee. Freddie Jones, Jewel Lauchee. Kath-
The sister city of Cleveland, Ohio was represent
ed by Mrs. Dorothy La Force. Ted Moore, Miss
Mayme Gassaway. Miss Dorothy Colier, Detroit,
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The above is a group of kiddies snapped at one
of Henry's Swing Club Kicldie parties. Henry
Hare, proprietor, gives two Kiddies' parties a
year in the lot across fTom the club at Madison
and Orleans. One party is given when the kids
VARIETY AT BARTHWELL’S
‘GIVE ME THE CHRONICLE’
DID THEY HAVE FUN?
AT HENRY’S SWING CLUB
the store, looks on from the drug counter. This
variety exemplifies the extent of services which
Barthwell is offering to his customers.—Photo
by Bradley.
well's drug store at Oakland and Hague.—Photo
by Bradley.
erine Westbrooks and Rose Marie Walker. The
rare dog belongs to Jewel Lauchee.—Photo by
Odell Bradley.
and Agnes Hall, shown left to right.—Photo by
Odell Bradley.
come out of school and the other just before the
kids return. Last week the Return-to-School
party was given .and over 300 kids had the time
of their lives playing games, eating hot dogs,
pop and popcorn. The party is free and all kids
are invited
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1944
I COVER
A
THE
TOWN
KUSS COWAN?
Most of the Negro police officers
were not sorry to learn of Super
intendent Louis Berg's resignation
Many of them accuse him of
blocking everv attempt of Negro
officers to advance . . . Which re
minds me that there are no Negro
uniform sergeants . . . and no de
tectives have been elevated to All
vacancies caused by the death of
the late Lt. of Detectives William
Beck and the resignation of the
late Lt. of Detectives Dan Smith.
. , Lt. Wallace Williams is the
only Negro officer holding that
rank . . . And he should have been
an inspector many years ago . . .
but his color has kept him back.
. . . Williams wa.« a "lieutenant of
detectives before many of his su
periors had reached hia present
rank.
Robert Hayden, the Detroit poet
who is now living in Ann Arbor,
is finishing the manuscript for his
next book of poetry, “Black Spear,"
which will be published by one of
the big publishing houses next
spring . . . The poems tell the story
about slavery and conditions during
the Civil War period . . . Harry
Clary Sr., had a smile racing about
his face as he read the letter . . .
It was from his son, Harry Clary
Jr., who has been in England and
France for almost a year . . .
Young Harry is just 20 and hits the
scales hard with his 98 pounds.
Cecil Boykin, learned little spouse
of Ulcy Boykin, is back from Phila
delphia where she attended the
fifth annual convention of the
United Office and Professional
Workers of America, CIO , . .
Cecil was a representative of Ford
Local 600 . . . and was elected at
large .'. .an indication of the fair
mindedness of the members . . .
Marva Louis was the focus of atten
tion at the horse show Sunday . . »
It was the fir>t visit to Detroit of
her baby daughter, Jacqueline . . .
now two years of age.
Andrew H. <Jap» Sneed, owner
of Club 666, is back from a short
vacation in Canada . . . and is sing
ing the praise of the low prices and
eff.eient service given in the various
hotels where he stooped . . .
Which reminds me that Lena Horn*
expressed words of praise to* the
management of the Gotham hotel
for the service while she was there
two weeks ago . , . All of which
made John White, Irving Roane and
Bob Robinson break out with a
rash of smiles
'This is Past Commander Arthur
Tibbs of Tom Phillip* Post 184.
top kick of Co. C. 803rd Pioneer
Regiment." /a.d the gruff voice
over the telephone, and I immedi
ately anticipated how my tars
would look after the blistering re
marks of my old friend . . . But
Little Arthur surprised me. Instead
of howling me down like the strong
north wind on a blustery day, Tibbs
wy speaking in dulcat tone* . . ,
as he tota me about die tlatllan ae
Michigan delegate to the national
American Legion convention in Chi
cago . . . tUrting this Monday . . .
Tibbs, who was elected at the state
convention in Grand Rapids last
month, is the third Negro to repre
sent Michigan , , . past Com
mander Oscar Smith of Charles
Young Port 77. wa* the first . .
followed by McKinley Freeman of
Tom Phillips
A group of Detroit business men
are dickering for the WiLon theatre
. . and w ill promote shows simi
lar to those at the ParadLse . . .
F B Dudley, former manager of the
old Koppm theatre, marie an at
tempt to lease the Wilson some
>eais back . . but without success
. . . Fred Hart Williams will head
a committee of non-partisan voters
m the Third Senatorial district .
A correspondent questions the state!
ment made in columns of the Michi
gan Chronicle last ween m which
t u ,is said that Lena Horne was
the first colored girl ever to appear
at the Chez Parre . . . famed night
club in Chicago . . . This writer
contends that Katherine Dunham
ho ds that distinction . . Well, the
w riter can pull his head in now
because he was out on a limb .
-Neither Lena Horne nor Katherine
Dunham was the first colored girl
to /how at the Chez Paree . . . That
distinction goes to Jem LeGon
the little dimple who made her
start in Detroit at the old Planta
tion club . . . Jem was at the Chez
F aree back m 194(1 . . . She had a
contract for two week* . , but
was let out alter five nights . .
Katherine Dunham was at the
famous Chicago nitery early last
winter . . . just before she ap
peared at the Blackstone with her
show.
DAC Employee
In South Pacific
Somewhere in the South Pacific,
T-5 Gilbert D. Westfield ia now
on duty her# with an Engineer
Dump Truck Company, a unit of
the Army* Services of Supply
Forces in the South Pacific.
Corporal Westfield is a truck
driver He has worked both day and
night to keep the supplies going to
the fighting fronts He has been
awarded the Good Conduct Medal
for efficiency.
His wife. Mrs Manerva Weatfleld.
lives at M 47 Twenty-fourth street!
Detroit, Mich. Corporal Westfield
entered the army June 1943. and
came overseas January 1944 He re
ceived basic training at Camp Ellia,
l orporal Weslfleld was employed
at the Detroit Athletic club He was
also known in Paradise VaLley.
CAP Bond Rally
Set For Sept. 24
Glider Flight of the Civil Air
Patrol will hold a public field ma
neuver and bond rally at Winga
Airport, located at 1R Mi. road (be
tween Mound and Ryan roadai on
Sunday. Sept. 24. at 1 pm
Parachute Jumping by squad
members will be one of the fea
ture attractions of the show Bond
purchasers will be given a free
airplane ride.
NAMED IN WARRANT
Dewey Boston. 31. no home ad
dress, was charged with breaking
and entering a home at 4R.4
Sou'b Pist «t eel. last week, ac.
cor-fini *o a warrant issued against
h'*** to.z week