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GIRL BOUNCED’ OFF BOBLO BOAT
Ford Predicts 20,000 Lay Offs In July
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All The People
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VOLUME 10
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Miss Roberta McGuire, teacher ia the Detroit public school sys
tem. was appointed this week as full-tima director of youth
activities in the NAACP. following the approval of the executive
board last Thursday. Miss McGuira begins her duties August 15
when the youth program begins.
Protest Filed With
Council Against Park
By CHARLES J. WARTMAN
A petition bearing the signal ires
of 1.500 residents of the Eight Mile
Itoad community protesting the
condemnation of private property
for the erection of a recreation
park, was filed in the Common
JAP PRISONER
HAILS WORK OF
RESCUE TROOPS
“Our rescue from Los Rano*
prison camp in February, 1945. was
tho most miraculous thing that l
hive ever witnessed.” Dr. Robert
T. Browne, prisoner of the Japs for
three >ears and two months, told
the Michigan Chronicle Tuesday.
• • •
DR BROWNE. who spent 12
years in the Philippine Islands as
a purcha>ing agent for the United
States Army, is in Detroit visiting
■ M' See RESCUE. Page 4
Chronicle To Gve Cash
Awards For Clean Blocks
The Michigan Chronicle this
week announced plans for its first
annual Clean Block campaign from
July 1 to September 1.
Included in the campaign will
be the area from Vernor High-
Housing Panel. To
Be Held Thursday
Prominent civic officials and
representatives of real estate will
hold a panel discussion on Negro
housing Thursday evening, at 7:45
•t the Detroit Leland hotel.
George Schermer. director of the
Mayor's Inter-racial committee, will
lead the discussion which will in
clude Gloster Current, executive
secretary of the NAACP; Edward
Connor, executive director of the
City Housing and Planning com
mission; Rodney M. Lockwood, ex
ecutive secretary of the Builders'
association, and Bert Smokier, di
rector of the Builders' association.
Council by Atty Ramon Martinez.
Monday.
The petition protested the ear
ning out of a condemnation reso
lution adopted by the Connell
on April 24. This resolution
railed for acquisition by the city
of private property within Wis
consin. Cherrylawn. Norfolk, and
Chippewa avenues. Such con
demnation would uproot IS Ne
gro families and one ehnrch.
• • •
ATTORNEY MARTINEZ told
the Chronicle that he and his col
leagues are taking the position that
the housing shortage in Detroit is
by far the most pressing issue at
present and that the destruction
of homes belonging to the group
most in need of this housing i«
outrageous.
Martinet said further that there
is an a re* approximately five
times that of the proposed recrea
tidfi cite, southwest of the Negro
Eight Mile Road Community,
which has already been ear
marked for the Department of
Parks and Recreation.
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"THIS AREA, if properlv devel
oped. would take care of all of the
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way north to Harper, and from
John R. east to Russell.
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THE PURPOSE of the program
is to get residents living within the
area to keep their premises free
of rubbish, sweep the sidewalks
daily, keep rubbish cans covered,
and in general have a clean block
at all times.
Substantial cash prizes will be
given to the blocks showing the
greatest improvement during the
contest period. A panel of five
selected judges will pick the win
ning blocks.
Any hoy or girl may enter hit
block In the campaign by getting
10 or more persons to sign up
for the drive. All names must he
sent to The Chronicle on or be
fore July 20.
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IN EXPLANATION, the Clean
Block director said that for the
purpose of thin campaign a block
is a row of houses between two
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MAUI OFFICE: 2M ELIOT ST. TELEPHONE TEMPLE 14*77
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1945
Goes To West Point
EDWARD WILLS
TO REPORT AT
SCHOOL JOLT 2
Appointed Last Summer
By Sadowski; Studied
At Michigan
Edward R Wills, of 8946 Good
win avenue, was notified by Gen
J. A. Ulk), adjutant general of
the United States Army that he
has been accepted for admittance
to the West Point Military Aca-
demy He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles H. Wills of 211 Smith
street.
Wills who was appointed last
luimtr by Con (re toman George
lIUdohM. has been matrleolat
•-tof at tlm UnOomopy of MUM
fan. where he In been majoring
la mathematics.
• • •
YOUNQ WILLS, who graduated
from Casa Technical high school,
attained the rank of company com
mander in the school ROTC unit
and says that he has always want
ed to attend the Military Academf.
A chance to visit the Michigan
Federated Democratic clubs last
summer, where he made his de
sire known, won for him the ap
pointment by Congressman Sad
owski.
In March of this year, he report
ed to Fort Hav s, Ohio, to be ex
amined mentally and physically.
The letter from General Ulio stated
that Wills had qualified mentally
and physically and that he was to
report at the Point on July 2, 1945,
before 12 noon.
Wills told the Chronicle that he
would leave Detroit. Sunday, July
1. and that the Omega fraternity,
of which he is a member, would
have a party in his honor on Fri
day, June 29.
Dismissed Editor
Gets New Position
NEW YORK. Dr Harry D
Gideonse. president of Freedom
House, announced this week the
appointment of Miss Marityn
Kaemmerle. former editor of the
Flat Hat of Williams and Mary col
lege. in Williamsburg. Va.
Last February Miss Kaemmerle
was the center of a controversy
over an editorial she wrote on
equality. Asa result of the editorial
Miss Kaemmerle lost her position
and left the school.
George Fields, executive secre
tary of Freedom House, said: "The
board t6ok into account the zeal
with which you pursued your hopes
for a free and secure world, and
your devotion to duty as editor of
"The Flat Hat" at the college of
Williams and Mary."
Beer Bottle Ends
Fight Over'Wife
An argument with another man
over his wife was the reason given
by a man taken to Receiving hos
pital early Monday morning with
a possible compound fracture of
the skull and lacerations of the
head and right arm
The victim was Mina Hollow’ell.
48. of 899 Adelaide street, who told
police that he was hit over the
head in his home by William
Brown, of 240 Garfield, during an
argument over hi.* wife. Fannie
Hollowcll. The victim is in a tem
porarily serious condition.
Smash Segregation
At Great Lakes
GREAT LAKER. Ill—Segrega
tion at Camp Smalls has been offi
cially ended!
In integrating Negro “boots." the
Navy has moved far out in front
in smashing racial discrimination
in the armed forces.
GANDHI REFUSES
NEW DELHI. India.—The Indian
leaders' conference opened Tues
day in Simla. All 21 invitees were
present except Mahatma Gandhi
who refused to attend the sessions,
despite the repeated invitations of
the Viceroy, >
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Michigan studenL has been
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Wills, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Chariot H. Wills. 211 Smith
street was appointed to West
Point lest summer by Con
gressmen George B. Sadowski
of the First Congressional dis
trict
Detroit Is Now
Vulnerable For
Overt Conflict
Mrs. Beulah Whitby, secretary ot
the Mayors Interracial committee,
is among the participants in the
summer institute on "Race Rela
tions and Community Organiza
tion” now in session at the Univer
sity of Chicago. The Institute closes
Friday.
When asked to describe a few
of Detroit's needs in race relation
field, Mrs. Whitby issued the fol
lowing statement:
•At present in the Detroit com
munity. many basic causes of ten
sion. such as housing, economic in
security. recreation and other pub
lic services are operating in such
ways as to make the community
extrerrely vulnerable for overt
conflict. On the other hand, the
community is extremely aware and
interested in the problem.
• • •
“THIS INTEREST is manifested
in many ways, but it needs to be
channeled up and mobilized into
action. There is a need for a com
munity council of race relations to
co-ordinate the sporadic efforts of
many organizations and individu
als in order to draft an over-all
program. Fact finding, education
and interpretation, action and pub
lic relations all such techniques
must include an overall program.'
Gov. Ellis Arnall
Speaks Thursday
Gov. Ellis G. Arnall, 36-year-old
governor of Georgia, who made,
history when he wiped out the 1
poll tax in Georgia as a require- '
ment for voting, is a guest in De
troit this week.
Governor Arnall, who has an il- \
lustrious record despite his youth,
is here under the auspices of the
Michigan Citizens' Committee, and
speakß at the Book-Cadillac Hotel
Thursday evening at 8:30 p.m.
The Michigan Citizens’ Commit
tee was organized last fall as a
white-collar and professional
working group to support Presi
dent Roosevelt. The group was
very active if) supporting Henry
Wallace for the appointment as
Secretary of Commerce.
Mcßroom Burial
Held In Nashville
The body of Dr Felix Mcßroom
Sr. who died in Edvthe K. Thomas
hospital last Tuesday, was buried
in Nashville last Saturday. Dr Me- ,
Broom, who lived at 298 Josephine
avenue, had been ill for over a
year.
He was a graduate of Meharry
Medical college and practiced in
Gadsden. Ala. before coming to
Detroit Tn 1924 He was the first
president of the N A.A.C F. branch
in Gadsden.
Colonel Davis
Now Commander
Os 477th Group
By HARRY McALFIN
GODMAN FIELD, Ky. (NNPA)
The 477th Bombardment Group
will be committed to combat in
the Pacific by early fall, accord
ing to Lieut Gen. Ira C. Eaker,
acting chief of the Army Air
Forces, who was on hand to handle
personally the transfer of command
of the 477th and install CoL B. O.
Davis Jr., last week in an im
pressive ceremony. Davis was re
placing Col. Robert Selway as
group commander.
The 477th will he reconsti
tuted immediately into a com
posite fighter-bomber group con
sisting initially of two B-25
squadrons and one P-47 squadron
(the 99thi. These squadrons, said
Gen. Eaker, will be expanded as
additional personnel htcoai
available,
Gen. Eaker; iol Davis, the col
onel father. Brig. Gen. B. O. Davis,
and Truman Gibson, civilian aide
to the Secretary of War, lande<kat
the field about 10:20 am.
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THE CEREMONIES began al
most immediately with a review of
the base troops. It marked the
first time in the history of the
group that Negroes had been a part
of the reviewing party. The troops
were led in parade by Negro of
ficers. also, for the first time. Col.
Selway. the deposed commander,
issued an order the night before,
after 5 p.m., that all troops on
parade would be led by Negro of
ficers. These two incidents caused
more comment during the cere
mony than the change of com
mand or the presence of a 3-star
general.
After the review. Gen. Eaker ad
dressed the assembly and informed
them of the change of command,
and his hope that they will be
started off to war in the fall. He
praised the record of Col. Davis
and of the 99:h Fighter Squadron
and the 332nd Fighter Group, both
of which served under him as
” Wm* See DAVIS. Page 4
Stray Bullets
Wound Woman,
Man, Bystanders
Two innocent bystanders were
hit by stray bullet* early Sunday
morning, according to reports given
police
The victims were Sarah Parker.
22. of 1307 East Montcalm, with
gunshot wounds in both legs, and
Willie Boyd. 23. 2253 Chestnut
street, with wounds in the right
arm and leg
Police learned that a man named
lairry Strozier had had an argu
ment with two other men in front
of a bar on Chene street. left and
returned in a 9rw minutes with a
shotgun. As he started to enter
the bar. he dropped the gun. caus
ing it to be discharged. The shot
is said to have been the one which
hit the two victims.
Strozier then escaped on foot,
taking the gun with him, according
to the report.
Gambling Ends Up
With Knife Battle
Two men are in Receiving hos
pital this week as a result of an
alleged fght which followed a
crap game early Saturday morning
James Dobbins, 26. of 2125 Wat
son. was taken to the hospital from
Macomb and Orleans street, in a
serious condition with possible per
forating wound in the chest and
abdomen, laceratic/is of the hands
and face and in an alcoholic con
dition.
A few minutes later. Nelson Ross.
30. of 1037 St. Aubin, was brought
to the hospital by his brother. Al
bert. with stab wounds in his chest,
a possible fracture of the left hand
and in an alcoholic condition.
Police were tokl that the two
men had ctit each other during an
argument over the gambling game
earlier at 1839 Monroe avenue. They
are holding Walter U Johnson. 40.
of the Monroe address and a knife
used in the slabbing found on the
scene.
Waste Fat Is
Badly Needed
Save It!
SOUTHERNERS
GATHER FORCES
FOR FILIBUSTER
March On Washington
Movement" Ready
For Protest
WASHINGTON.— A march on
Washington was threatened this
week if Southern senators stage a i
filibuster and succeed in killing!
the pending appropriation bill for ■
continuance of the present Fair
Employment Practice Committee.
• • •
This wss made known this
week when Milton P. Webster,
vice president of the Brother
hood of Sleeping Car Porters and
first lieutenant of A. PhiUp Ran
dolph in the March on Washing
ton Movement, said that the lat
ter organisations Intend to stage
one of the moat drastic mass pro
tests in history if the FEPC biU
is killed.
• • •
THE FIGHT on the floor of the
Senate for continuation of funds
Tickets For
Festival Can
Be Bought Here
Tickets for the sixth annual
American Negro Music Festival
can be purchased at the follow
ing places:
Michigan Chronicle. 268 Eliot
street; Grinnell Brothers. 1515
Woodward avenue; Paradise
Bowl. 660 Adams avenue; Go
tham Hotel, 111 Orchestra place;
Ford Local. 600, 10550 Dix road;
Union B§ok Store. 5021 Wood
ward avenue: American Negro
Music Festival, 329 Garfield
avenue.
The prices are: boxes and
promenade: $3 60; entire arena.
$2.80: center balcony, $1.50; end
balcony $1.20; arena istanding
room only I $180: standing
room (balcony), SI.OO.
tices Committee loomed this week
with the announcement by certain
Southern senators that they would
filibuster against the measure
Senator Bilbo, one of the sena
tors, who announced that he would
join in the filibuster, claimed that
it was not a filibuster, but a "clari
fication” measure. It is reported
that the Southern bloc will attempt
to delay the vote until Senators
Maybank and Russell now in
Europe return. These men are
known to be staunch opposers of
the measure.
• • •
THE RCLING has been handed
down that a vote of two-thirds
majority will be necessary to pass
the appropriation. Many friends
of the measure are now quite ap
prehensive of the future in as
much as it will be necessary to
have every senator who is a
friend of the bill present when the
vote ivtaken. This will mean that
the friends will have to sit through
the entire filibuster .'f B ibo and
his colleagues, no matter how long
they continue.
According to reports, the meas
ure was to be introduced in the
Senate on Monday Sen. Homer
Ferguson »R. Mich ', while on a
visit to Detroit last week, told
Clarence Anderson, executive sec
retary of the Metropolitan FEPC.
that an early vote was not expect
ed on the FEPC appropriation.
In the event es failure of the
aieasare to pass, it is possible
that the appropriation may be
attached to a deficiency appro
priation measure, the Chronicle
was told hy Edward Swann, field
representative of the FEPC.
Close observers of the Washing
ton scene are of the opinion that
Southern senators were willing to
let the appropriation measure out
of committee, on a vote of 14 to 4
because they felt that it would be
impossible to get two thirds of the
senators to vote for the measure.
A simple majority, which is usual
ly required for such measures,
would have caused the FEPC ap
propriation to have been held up
in the senate committee, observers
say.
• • •
EVIDENCE of continued opposi
tion to the bill was seen in a state
ment from the United States
Wholesale Grocer's Association,
which branded the FEPC as "Dan
gerous Legislation" It called for
complete defeat of FEPC and is
signed by J. H McLaurin, presi
dent of the association.
NUMBER 14
Files Complaint With
The Prosecutor’s Office
Charging that she was forcibly ejected from the Bobio
boat on June 21, Mrs. Elizabeth Ray, of 2623 Harrison
avenue, has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’* office.
Mrs. Ray, an employee in the Detroit Ordnance Depot,
was a member of ordnance class which graduated this
month. The members, along with the teacher, Miss Reid,
Kicked Off Boat
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Mr*. Elisabeth Ray. of 2123
Harrison avanua. who was
forcod off a Bobio boat Juno
21. Mrs. Ray has filod a com
plaint with tha proaoculor's
office.
Ford Predicts
20,000 Lay Offs
In Rouge Plant
The Ford Motor company filed a
petition this week in Federal court
asking the court to vacate an order
giving Federal Public Housing
Authority possession of 173 acres
of land in Ecorse township.
The site Is te he need to belli
project and weald eqpfadn 1419
units.
• • •
THE CITY of Dearborn and
Ecorse township also have peti
tions before the court
I. A. Capissi. Ford attorney,
charged that employment in the
Ford River Reege plant will
drop to leas than 19,90# by De- ■
eember 1. therefore, there is no
need for additional war hoesing.
He also charged bad faith and
spite work as back of the FPHA
action.
FPHA officials had no comment
to make in reply to the charge.
Condemnation proceedings are
scheduled to be heard before Fed
eral Judge Frank A. Picard July 9.
The petition also revealed that
lay-offs at the Ford plant during
July will reach
During the summer of 1943 the
Ford company hired 155.000
employes in the Detroit area.
Fire Cleans Out
N»
A Pressing Shop
An accidental fire destroyed the
Norwood Pressing shop at 540 East
Adams avenue, Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Lillie Mae Porter, who op
erated the shop along with Walter
Favors, discovered the fire at 10:30
a.m.
Mrs. Porter said a backfire from
the heating unit for the presser
ignited a patch of oil which was
on the floor nearby. "I heard the
steam valve go off and I shut off
the pressure.” she said “When I
did that the oil caught fire. Favor
was not in the shop at the time.”
Mrs. Porter said that all of the
clothes in the regular turnover
were lost. The only things salvaged
were old clothes which had not
been claimed. The Boyd restaurant
next door suffered slight damages.
Deep River Boys Will
Sing At Music Festival
Another outstanding name has
been added to the attractions to be
presented at the sixth annual
American Music Festival in Olym
pia. Thursday. July 26.
The Deep River Beys, noted
for their smooth, melodic ren
ditions of spiritnals and classics,
join Lionel Hampton and his
groat show as one of the attrac
tions at the Festival, according
to M. Kelly Frits, director of the
Detroit Festival.
• • e
BEGINNING AS members of the
Hampton Glee club at Hamptoa
institute. Hampton. Va.. the Deep
River Boys have since carved a
niche as great concert artists.
They have made Victor Bluebird
recordings, appeared in several
Broadway musicals and are heard
weekly in broadcasts over the Na
tional Broadcasting company net
work. ,
• • •
THE DEEP RIVER BOYS have
also made guest appearances on the
Ph.U'o Hall of Fame and Kate
Smith Hour program*, In touring
decided to take a trip on the Bobio
boat to celebrate their graduation.
All tickets were bought by Miss
Phyliss Walton, one of the mem
bers of the class.
According to Mrs. Ray. nothing
was said when she presented her
ticket at the boat dock.
“It was impossible for me to hive
slipped by because the space al
lotted will only take care of one
person at the time," she said.
• • •
MRS. RAY charges that she had
no difficulty until she went to have
her coat checked.
"At that time," she continued,
“there was some hesitancy on the
part of the check room boy to take
my coat In a few minutes, R. E
Devereaux. manager and the chief
steward. George Fox, came look
ing for me.”
Mrs. Ray said that the twe men
asked the white girls in the party
if they knew her, er if she wee
with the party. On learning that
she was. Devereaex said, “Well,
ne colored people are allowed
•n this beet er an the island, ea
she can’t go."
• e e
*T IMMEDIATELY replied that I
was not going to get off the boat,”
Mrs. Ray said. “The two men stood
over me and practically bullied
me." “Oh yes. you are going to
get off.” Devereaux said, accord
ing to Mrs. Ray.. Mrs/ Ray said
that she then walked off and left
the group.
“I w'as followed immediately by
Devereaux who inquired in.a loud
voice where I was going, and said
that that was not the way off the
boat,” Mrs. Ray said.
• • •
THE QUIET-SPOKEN ordnance
worker, in an excited tone, then
said. “He called a couple of tough
looking waiters and told them to
‘show this woman off the boot.’*
According to Mrs. Ray. toe two
men followed her closely and did
not loovejMrijJevereaux returned
-W* then walked
me*!#tt^lxjaL* oimg mtroo
said.
Devereaux fs reported to have
offered Mrs. Ray her money back
after they got down on the dock,
but she refused.
Mrs. Ray reported her case to
Gloster Current of the NAACP
w’ho immediately applied to toe
Prosecutor's Office for a warrant
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Lincoln, Bishop
Schools To Get
New Facilities
A delegation from the Commun
ity Action Committee, with griev
ances about condition* at the Lin
coln and Bishop school*, was the
last delegation on a 23-item agen
da Tuesday in the hoard meeting
of the Detroit Board of Education.
Mr*. Mae Darkam, gwdtmt
es the Ceaamanlty Acttea Cem
mittee and spokeamta far the
delefatien. presented the If
points the delegattom wished to
disc mss together with the settoa
token by the Beard es Educa
tion te date In answer to previ
ous jem plaints.
Each point was discussed in
turn and disposed of immediately.
The Rev. John Miles was among
spokesmen heard The committee
was successful in getting the
promise of the Board of Educa
tion that several conditions would
be corrected.
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THESE THINGS were decided:
The floors of Lincoln school will
be machine-scrubbed and sealed
during vacation: the playground
has been cleared of rubbish and
the grounds resurfaced; four new
fountains to be installed at the
school: the lack of milk service at
both schools will be corrected; the
MT See SCHOOLS. Pag* 4
the country they have sung at col
leges and theaters.
Nick Kenny. New York Daily
Mirror columnist, went all-out in
his praise of the Deep River Boys
in their seventh anniversary on
the airwaves.
These five lads all are graduates
of the famed Hampton institute in
Virginia Their sentimental bal
lads have brought them into tha
best teller list in tha recording
field
"Their theater dates are sellouts.
Their material has always been
refreshingly clean. That’s why pie
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