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OEMS SUPPORT
SHEPHARD FOR
RECORDER POST
By HARRY MfALPIN
WASHINGTON D C. —< NNPA>
—-After month* of «h»t Seizor
Gafffy <F>. of P.« * timed a - *r
t if«* of renvenrnce ind on unholy
*!li*ore" he’worr Southern Demo
crat* md Republican* r, the* Son
o*o. there has come • rift n the
manta! affair* of theai* tw > c’ our**
Thr b r r k ha* r 'mo 'e- ’ho ron
fi’"Tiatior> of a Ne;ro Dr M» •-“a 1
Sheppard of Ph !' r*f'n v »« Ho
co-der of Deeds for t .c Distr.ct of
Columbia
Surpr.sjnslv howeve- • i> 'He
S' itho-n Democrat* *’• '~ r * v *
or n? the confl’ nation and v ° Re
publican* who • .«-e opposing :t
Sent To Senate
T 1 r nnrr. n.«tu>r. .-f Dr <s f pp.'i"'l
A' P-os.dert R *osevolt * i>- -e- ' ’ ■
1 r Sona’o a”. Auc 22 and r « fr < f
,m the D.<trict omrr.ttee ■-a.**
T ”.ir«dav thr oorr :• .ttoe v’ed 9
1o 4to repott *“r nbrnmation f •
o'ablv to thr Sery**e All ’ ? r
fhc 'rahlc \ot«« were oast by
TVn evei ft *
'r* filed hv Senator Bilbo I D. of
V *« i Ml four o' 'or optVo.r <i
% •r* wee cast b\ Republican*
Worn thr favorab'c ren :t '
r rr ttrr w,-* presci 'i i ■ •'
S oi Friday
R: dee* -R . of N H * r sf ' pro
. , ' • • •
Inat on through, boa ;*e m hear
<•..«* w rrr hold wh rh .* • ■''t w.t -
r • prrrrdrnt in thr Senate. Hr
expressed thr \iO* tho. * thr po* -
1 in should so t a D*’ ot rcsi
rtr • and charged *nr adrr..n st: :**
*on w ith playing p •I.t.:s t ■ t thr
Negro vote
A I one I.l*l
Thr lonr 1 history of Negroes a«
Recorder of Deeds for the District
of C'olumb a. however. shows the
job ha« always been given as a
political reward and never to a
D.strict resident Seven of thr trn
Nrgro Recorder*, since 1881 wore
appointed by Republican president*
*od *ll seven were from outside
fnr District They were Frederick
T>oucla«s 1881. R K Rruce. 1890.
Henry Cheatham. 1897: John C
Dancv 1902 Henrv T.incoln John
son. 1910; Arthur G Froe. 1922; 3nd
Jo*»r*on Coagr 19R0
Three Negroes, all from outside
thr District, have been named by
thr Democrats, pr or to the imm
ina'ion of Dr. Sheppard They
v err J. Monroe Trotter, 1887;
Charles H J Taylor. 1894 and Dr
William J Thompkins. 1984
The members of the District com
v ’*ee arc: Democrats Theodore
T 3 Ibo chairman. M;ss ; Pat McCar
ran. Nev: Carter Glass. Va : Mil
lard Tydings. Md t John H Bank-
Lead Ala; Robert R Reynolds,
N C John H Overton. lai; D.
M’orth Clark. Idaho: and W L«ee
O Daniel. Texas
Republicans: Arthur Capper, of
Kansas: Styles Bridges. N H : Ru
fus C. Holman, Oregon: Harold H
Burton. Ohio: C Dougjass Buck.
Delaware; and Harlan Jr Bushfield.
South Dakota.
Despite the Republican protest,
the nominatioc is expected to be
confirmed and Dr. Sheppard sworn
In this week.
Two Slain —
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White, of 812 Euclid street, held
Dorns Williams, of 1213 Welling
ton street with his left hand and
shot her with the gun he held in
hi? right hand
The slain woman was shot in the
left chest and was taken to Re
ceiving hospital where she later
died.
According to witnesses, an argu
ment arose in the tavern between
« patron. Doris William* and a
waitress. Velvet Jean. 26. of 8739
Gardoni. over the putting of a Ca
nadian nickel in tne juke box
Bob White, the bouncer, at
tempted to eject Miss Williams
from the premises He struck her
and when she arose frorr the ,, ''or
they scuffled again, so > itne»*e»
told police. White then, witnesses
disci >sed held the young girl with
rne hand and shot her w ith a gun
he held in his other hand.
Blast —
(Continued from Page It
box car when they noticed a small
fire He said'
•We attempted to fight the fire
vi’h a hose but quickly got out
nf control and we ran for the
safety barricade
• Just as we jumped behind the
barricade the whole building blew
tip It sounded Ike all hell had
broken loose Had it rot been for
that barricade the whole plant
m.ght have gon<^up "
!><» vour dutv •« a rttiren. Rfglvter
fin* to vote in November!
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IHE Ml( HI<»AN ( HRONIOX
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Mata Office: N» Eliot. Detroit. 1 Mlrfc
TEmple 1-4577. 1-4571
LOI'II EMANUEL MAKTIN P.ditot
Term of Subscription (payable
In advanre):
On* Year S4OO. Nine Months S 3 V>
tn Month* |2 SO
Entered a* second elav* matter Max 1
1944, at the Post Offue at Detroit
Mirh under the art nf March 1 II7S
LIVING ROOM OUTFIT SPQSO
COMPLETE WITH RUC lIH
AND LAMPS WW
Lounge Chair and
Ottoman $29.00
Occasional Chain 9.1 S
9x12 Axminttar Rugs . 29.00
Box Spring and Mattrass
to match full and
aingla sita bads.
Both for only 34.50
Innarsprmg Mattrassos 29.50
Cook Furniture
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tour members of Buick Local 599, Flint. KJich..
Wards’ Studio Bowlers
Pace Wolverine League
Rv JAMES E. WILLIAMS
PALMER BOWL
The Women’s league will offi
rtli> «tart September 22 at Ihilmer
Bow; . . . The Palmer Le ague -
Dated to W’edncsdaj. Sept 20
. . . The Yankee Potato Chips and
the Chrysler Motor company v.,11
n.*\c teams bowling in that league
Stiil another league i> being or
gan 7»*d comprising Porters t’ican
cis. Palmer Bowl and .Mine Florists.
HOWL O-DROME
The Bow 1-O-Drome Hou.se T-engue
will begin around October 1 at Sun
rne Wilsons. It will include such
teams t- the Bohn Aluminum, Skat
ing Rink, Cocktail Lounge and the
Bowling Alley ... A Briggs
League will be doing their bit of
bowling at the completely recondi
tioned bowling alley* there. It has
a men's and women's division . . .
Joseph Lowry, w no won the second
pn/e money at the Beginner's Clas
sic a few weeks ago. it the new
assistant to William I.ane, manager
of the Bowl-O-Drome . . A bowl
ing school has been announced to
start soon.
DIXIE BOWL
Wayne Spaulding, national bowl
ing authority, conducted his first
bowling school at the Dixie Bowling
Alley; Sunday, Sept. 17 His next
will* t October 1 at 11 o'clock.
Bennie Blackman, Jimmy Warr and
Dr Powell Johrson were among
those present at the school . . .
Warr is assisting L. B. Johnson,
manager of the Dixie Bowl.
PARADISE BOWL
The deadline for Motor City
Women’s Bowling league was Sep
tember 18 (midnight)... Five-girl
team's entry fee was $12.50; six-girl
♦earn* sls. Hazel Roxborough is
preiident and June Watt is statisti
cian . . . The Wolverine League
bowled their opening game* Friday
Birdhurst Stars
From 15 Schools
Practice Daily
The B'rdhurst Football Associa
tion is holding practice daily at *hc
Birdhurst Center 20453 Wooding
ham Diivc. from 6:30 till 8 p.m. It
is composed of 26 players, repre
senting 15 schools and colleges,
which includes Lawrence Tech,
Northern high. Cooley, Wilberforce.
Morgan. Lincoln university, More
house, West Virginia, Texas. Tus-
Ktgee. Tennessee A M 1., Prairie
View and Wendell Phillips.
Elijah Burt t Lawrence Teeh.l,
the head coach, and Robert Mays
(Cooley), the line coach, can look
forward to a successful season with
a team weight average of
pound* The heaviest player is Rob
ert Mavs. the 250-pound tackle from
Cooley, and the lightest player. is
Robert Williams, the 155-pound
halfback from Wendell Phillips
Other nlayers are John Hodges
• Northern. OR), Bill Brantley
• Cooley. T), Eddie Felton tCooley.
Eh John Carter < W’ilberforce,
H B ). James Morris (Morgan. H B ).
Mack ••Truck" William* (Cooley.
C ), l<ee Smith (Lincoln. G ), Bob
Eldridge 'Lincoln. G h Nathan Gor
don 'Howard. G.h Alonzo Pony'*
Moody 'Lincoln, HBh Harry Wy
att (Morehouse, C >. Charles Mar
ble (Northern. HR h Sol Glass
■Northern. FB >, Marion’ •'Mole"
Eddie (Northern. HB.i, Clarence
Milton (W Virginia, HB » Bill
Jenkins 'Texas. E), Art Hodges
(Northern, H.B ), E. Givins (Tus
kegee T). Train Boze (Tennessee,
T» F.’.igh Moten (AMI. E h Mar
< i- Child.® iCooley. H B », Wilbur
Hal! (Lincoln. H B h and Al White
• Wendell Phillips, H B.h
The team is sponsored by Shelton
Johnson tinder the official name of
the Birdhurst All-Stars Robert
May® is the team manager; E Bozo
■« business manager; Sim Plum is
chairman of finance and John
Hodges is the treasurer. Having
been organized for three vears, they
- teams a® the Jackson
prison L’ons In this length of time
the Rirdhurst All-Stars have won
.7 out of 22 game*
The arsenal nf democracy I* the
ballot \ ote in November!
3 Pc. BEDROOM SUITES
Hed. Dre**er and ( he*i
(Walnut finish on tiardwoed)
from $49 up
STUDIO DIVANS
(.art* lelertion all rnlor* will*
bedding compartment
from $39 up
niE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE - A RELIABLE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY’
THEY ENTERTAINED
},..•) • Tlif teams participating were
Wards' Beauty Salon, DS.R Seniors.
Highland Park, Detroit Steel,
'hry sl< r Club. Gordy Contractor.
Sp. .rtrees Aquarium. Dr. Powell
.1 hr.' n, Velma Lunch and Ready-
Power . . M Kilgore and J.
T.iyha of Waids' Beaut) Studio
registered the two highest scores
lor a single game namely. 224 and
222 respectively. ’'Boots'’ Fairfax of
Sportree’s Aquarium was third with
a 213 . . . Wards’ Beautv Studio
had the highest team total with a
2064; Chrysler Club was next with
a 2634 The DSR Seniors were third
with a 2421
MOTOR C ITY BOWLING LEAGUE
Th > Men's Division of the Motor
City Bowling League met with the
Bowling Senate Sunday at the
Pythian Temple to elect officers for
the present season. Several impor
tant changes were made concerning
the nami of the Senate and the
number of teams to make up a
league. Tnc name of the body repre
senting the bowlers in the Detroit
area will in the future be known
as the Detroit Bowling leagues in
stead o- the Bowling Senate. Henry
Hardin was elected president, Mrs.
Alberta Davis, secretary, and T. L.
Brady, treasurer. It was decided
that 10 teams will be the maximum
number in a league. Each league
will have a president. Of the 18
teams in the Motor City League
only the first 10 with the highest
scores for the trial period may ex
pect to be in the league . . . New’
teams seeking to be at the top in
the Motor City League are th; Dixie
Challangers. Burton Stars, Mor
rocco Temple No. H, Cookies'
Lunch. Briggs Realty and the Park
er House Sausage. William "BiL”
Rhodman, Ra>mond Harris. John
Collins, Denton Johnson, Bennie
Blackman and William Yates make
up the Parker House Sausage team
that is expected to go places this
season when it comes to bowling.
TRAVELING LEAGUE
A Traveling League is In the
formative stage under the sponsor
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SALE DAYS THURSDAY, FRIDAY Or SATURDAY |
Economy rings ihi school bell it BARTHWELL S Ihi* week,
and a tfudy of !he*e low price* will earn a high mark in
savings for you on school supplies and health and beauty
aids. Values such as these prove that we have the right an
swers to your present-day shopping problems the right
quality ... the right variety ... the right prices on all
drug store merchandise.
PENHOLDERS 5c
PARKER’S QUINK INK 15c
IODENT TOOTH PASTE Lg. 37c
TAMPAX 10’s 29c
MIRACLE-TUFT TOOTHBRUSH . . 47c
t'f / y
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Slated for
Refreshment
Yetsiree! —Chalk up one for
refreshment ... a tall, cool,
bubbly soda enjoyed at our
comfortable fountain. Makes
a high mark in flavor, too.
because only top-grade in
gredients are used . . .
smooth as-velvet ice cream
and Irue-to-nature flavor
ings.
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Hair fur 20 da>> or niorf for menl
■BARTH WELLS!
, rv - *4/1 RUSSELL at AIOERw
\A4ilUr OAKLAND at HAGUE
JPJT^VC hJrpJL CANFIELD at BRUSH
HASTINGS at BENTON
HOLBROOK i U OAKLAND
Vitif New Store Hastings at Hendrie
who entertained the UAW-CIO convention at
Grand Rapids, Mich., last week.
UAW-ClO—
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among other things the following
program:
To Air Discrimination
A sum of 50 thousand dollars '
shall be appropriated from the ed
ucation fund for the making ol
films in the coming year, and that
at least one film be made dealin;
with the problem of discrimination
and that one film be made dealing
with the history of our union.
The committee calls attention al
so to the need of an active pro
gram dealing with the problem ol
anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism oi
any other anti-democratic activit)
which certain reactionary forces in
this country are trying to use t<
divide the labor movement.
Twenty-four hundred d ’'“’ate
attended the convention
A great deal of credit for the
behind-the-scenes fight for Negro
advancement in the UAW-CIO con
vention m Grand Rapids last w'Cek
must be given to Willia G Grant.
I president of Ford Local 600.
I Grant threw all of his strength
; to the group that was interested in
securing pa>;ts for Negroes in thr
tup positions of the international
He made the nominating speech foi
j Shelton Tappes for vice president
ship o.' Robert Taylor, secretary ot
the Motor City Bowling League
The league aims to bow l at the vari
ous bowl.ng alleys in the city F.ve
teams are already :n the league
When completed it will consist ot
eight teams with a SISOO prize fund
ATTENTION!
Any Make Radio or
Automatic Phonograph
Repaired Within 48 Hours
24-HOUR SERVICE
It Brought To Shop
MAC'S RADIO
SERVICE CO.
3449 Woodward Avenue
Terrace 2-8955
COUCH & COID REmEDIES
Lix for chest colds 49c
Four Way
Cold Tablets 17c
Bell s Cough Syrup 27c
Grove s Cold Tablets 27c
Rem 79c
Vick’s Salve 27c
Musterole 33c
Nyalyptus 75c
Max Factor's
Face Powder SI.OO
Woodbury’s
Face Powder 25c
Pacquins
Hand Cream 60c
Nadinola
Bleaching Cream 39c
Sofskin Cream 60c Or $1
Campana
Cream Balm 50c
Add 20**
Federal Excise Tax
to Cosmetics
Legion—
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ican Legion, go on record as
questing Commissioner John Bal
langer. Police Commissioner of the
City of Detroit, issue specific in
structions to the members of his
department that the possession of
a current membership curd of the
American Legion shall be accepted
as prima facia proof that the hold
er has been honorably discharged
from the military or naval service
of the United States ot America
That this resolution be submitted
to the Detroit Dstricts Association
of the American Legion of the City
of Detroit for their indorsement
and approval and that when ap
proved a true copy be forwarded
to Commissioner Ballanger and
the State Department of the Amer
ican Legion for the State of Mich-
igan Dated: August 5, 1944.
Since then th« commissioner h.v
instructed the police not to be so
eager to arrest veterans with
American Legion membership
cards in their pockets This card
is definite proof of a veteran's 1< -
gal separation from the armed
services and needs no further m
vestigaton.
Tom Phillips Ppst No. 184 the
American Legion; Elijah F Camp
bell. commander; Earl Hams, ad
jutant.
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you’ll get at SHELDON S. Ask, the J
extraordinary values that have made SHELDON
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and see for yourself how you can look nifty . . . J&
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GRAND RIVER AI FARMER the heart of Detroit’s Fur District
Veteran
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Coast Guardsman Eugene Wil
liams, steward, tirst class, of
10298 Oakland street. Detroit.
Mich., with more than two
years' duty aboard a Coast
Guard mantled attack transport,
wears the campaign bars and
stars representing six D-Day
invasions. He participated in
the assaults on Fedala in North
Africa. Gela in Sicily. Makin in
the Gilberts, Kwajalein and
Eniwetok in the Marshalls and
Saipan in the Marianas.—U. S.
Coast Guard photo from OWI.
OPEN MONPAY IVININ6S
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1944
Mutiny — •
(Continued From Pate 1)
Naval District then visited the lo
cation to address the insubordinate
group. He explained the impor
tance of their work to naval op
erations and the serious conse
quences of refusing to obey or
ders. The men were given an op
portunity to explain the reasons
for their actions. About 25 did so.
and spoke freely and respectfully
• After this visit all but 44 of the
men stated they would comply
with the orders and did so. Later
six men stopped work again.
‘‘The approximately 200 men
who stayed away from Work but
returned to the job after the vistt
were tried in summary courts and
fined. No further action will be
taken against the<e men
“The 50 men who refused to go
back to work aftfr the command
ant's visit are those who are now
on trial before a general court for
disobedience of orders.”
FLOYDS TOURIST
HOTEL
731 SOUTH SOLVAY STREET
Direction: West Jefferson to South Solvay
JOHN PALMCR. Manager VI. 2-9153
Chicago Woman On
Atlanta U. Faculty
ATLANTA On Sept 19 the
Atlanta University School of Social
Work began its 24th year with s
record breaking student enrollment
both in size ar.d quality.
An important addition to the fac
ulty is Mrs. Annie Lee Davia of
Chicago. 11l Mrs. Davis
a Master’s Degree from the School
of Social Service Administration of
Chicago University. She also has an
A B degree front the same institu
tion Mr*. Davis is resigning her
position as Consultant >n Social
Services of the Illinois Public Aid
Commission to join the the
Atlanta school.
TO VISIT BROTHER IN C’Ol.O.
John Mitchner. son of Mrs Lula
Smith, will leave the city Sept. 20
for La Junta, Colo., where he will
visit his brother. Sgt. Cecil T.
Milchner. The brothers will cele
brate their birthdays together.