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Speaker* Warn
Stop Prejudice,
Provide Housing
•■lnier-rscisl and Jnter-cu!‘ural
Halations'* **» tre top.e for and »•
ruw.nrt by a panel U»t Sunday m
th# ninth of a Ifi-week popular
for\.m »e::r* held weekly at the
Detroit Urban le«g .c. The eer.e*
la co-sjyru red hv the Urban
league and the An I'.t Id ication
Div «inn of the B .<’d f F*... «*!.* !.
Member? of the panel wr i M.n
Petila I '* Wh.tb?. as* director
rs the C.tj of Drti- t Jntc:-ra ..*1
committee Vaiv Og, an employe
rs *•« I
Franck, and. rector of the Jfwjxh
Con n co .? .. .<r. d Rev T T
P'.mba jg'h and ree* •: of the Dctro.t
('> ,"r.l rs Ch ir •* Winn
rs r,e UAW-ClO wa» cha.rman of
t.'.e pare
• • •
THE PANEL .MEMBER" P
aer’ed the fx,’* of prejudice in
America as .t *ffer\x the
I • Fra e \ ■
I e'xeri the ,’e * h *•: ■ r ' O"t*
rein u.th a pow.r.i a ti-Se;niti»rn
among N>s ms Th « * J.ie in
p*r* accord -g to Fran k. t the
v nrk of p, and acer''* f ‘tie Nans
v. r i be m; * a:e j>a.d bv gn\ern
r ert experts to ha > e »pert
Vk'W ».r 2924 .n spii.id-
I- ; -a a! a*-d rehcio « hatred in
An erica Franck exprexsed eon*
rern be a ,-e f the similar danger*
vh h Negroes and Je.ss face
jiirijv and ’• k ':‘h are common
r a-jr * to x” rr i *rr t es. Trie sue
r fir rrantfe«tat orv of prejwd.ee
u hi n were emphasized were ho :s
--inf and employment and the *••-
l .riet which are p evalevt t .uid
ell rr non’v groups Tnerr war
ast-em ri t among pan< .
n err; ers at and the * idier.ee th.u thr
ree-j s for specific action a.rred at
♦he r mtna* on cf all man.festa*
t > • sos prejud.ee
The final session of the aeries ,
w 11 present Dr. Rruce Douglas.
rommiS'inrer of health in Detroit,
in an illustrated talk on the sub
te*t ‘Protecting Detroit's Health ’
The n oeting vs.ll he held at tpm
rex*. Sunday, Dec. 16 at the I)e
--tro • Urban league. 208 Mack avr
rue i -orner John R ■ The public
U invited.
Allen—
• Continued from raff ll
thing about the killing of Allen,
v hose murder has not been
aolsed as yet and remains one of
the tun unsolved murders in
Oakland County in the last tuo
months.
• • •
ALLEN WAS IOINI) lvinc
a mv a hedge in ft tit of 2100.')
P*■ K«;de .n Royal flak Me had
beey shot n the hack, the bullet
penetrat eg h:< body.
!,a«t week, tuo su.sjxecta, Andy
Durham and Fred Roney were re
leased by Oakland County police
so- lack of evidence.
Roth Dunham and Ronev denied
that they had aeon Allen on the
right of the shooting and exploded
the theory of police that difficulties
between Dunhams and Allen's
families had caused the shooting.
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directed by Leon Fields. "The Awakening" promises to be a mu
sical treat of tine entertainment of music and song.
Davenport Wins
His Lieutenancy
WASHINGTON. D
- The Senate last Wednesday con
firmed the promotion of Second
Lieutenant Clarence M Davenport
Jr., to he a first lieutenant with
rank from Jan. 13. next Hr holds
the temporary rank of major in the
cov«t artillery corps.
Major Davenport grad ;.»:ed front
West Font in 134.1.
Fire—
(Continued from Page ll
office in the building, slid v he
fii -t not.red the smoke and flames
coming up the stairways at approx
imately 4 .10. M.xs Day ran out
side She said' she found Dr
Greenidge outside waiting for fire
men.
When firemen arrived the blaze
was nweepin? through the build
ing. flames licking out the front
windows and hallways.
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Mills—
(Continued from Page 1)
kill, a crime carrying a max
imum sentence of 20 years.
• • »
THE DEFENSE attorneys ques
tioned the charge itself on the
giounds that the most the 18-year
old fugitive could be guilty of is
assault and battery. They also
questioned whether the affidavit
gave ‘due proof of fleeing. ’’ and
asked additional time to look into
the laws of Alabama.
The Tuscaloosa solicitor pro
tested against an adjournment,
stating that it w.is imperative that
he return to Alabama immediately.
He said that the victim of the stab
bing is in such critical condition
that an amputation may be ncccs
ary, although an earlier report to
the Civil Rights Federation re
vealed that Terry’s wound was
sufficiently healed and he hud re
turned to his wink.
When the subject of lynching*
in Alabama was brought into the
discussion, the Alabama solicitor
proudly boasted that there hadn't
been a lynching in Tuscaloosa
county in 12 year*, for now their
biggest excitement come* in foot
ball game*.
In the affidavit there i.* no men
tion of the fact that the farm-boss,
Terry, struck Fletcher Mills over
the head with a 3-foot club, affect
ing both his sight and hearing. It
was then, in self-defense, that
Mills stabbed Terry on the aim
with a pen-knife.
A Fletcher Mills Defense com
mittee has hern established to fight
bis extradition. This committee is
composed of representatives of I)e
--trmt's leading organizations. These
include: the Baptist Ministers’ Al
-1 ance, the Methodist Ministers’
Alliance, the Detroit Council of
Churches;
Father John Coggan. University
of Detroit; Mrs Dorothy Roosevelt,
Michigan Citizens' committee, Carl
O. Smith, Wayne university; Aity.
C Lebron Simmons. National Ne
gro Congress; Rev. Carlyle K.
Stewart. F.benezcr AME church;
Herman Jacobs. Jewish Commu
nity center: Rev. Charles A. Hill,
Hartford Raptist church; Mrs.
Douglas Brown, league of Jewish
Women's organizations; C. Pat
Quinn, CIO; Judge James Fried
man, and many other equally
prominent citizens and groups.
Four Sought As
Holdup Suspects
Four men were sought as fugi
tive suspects in an alleged rob
bery on Aug. 24 at which time
William Curry reported that he
had lost $423 during a holdup.
Sought were Addis Beard. 20;
Eddie Bell, 23; Eddie Hicks. 21,
and Joe Simms, 20. all of 307 Hen
drie street. Police believe the al
leged armed robbers have fled the
city.
Fugitive warrants were recom
mended for their arrest Monday.
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i Paul Robeson In
Patrons ’ Concert,
Sings For 4,000
Foltowin? a ser.es of encores
greater in number than tho>>e on
his original program Sunday at
the Makonic Temple. Paul Robe
son concluded one of the finest
programs he has presented in the
city with Othello's speech from
thr euicide scene.
• • •
OVER 4 000 PERSONS heard Mr.
Robeson, whose program was
: varied and full. Undaunted by no
foreign language, songs in Russian.
Chinese. French and Spanish were
I among his numbers. During the
course of the program. Mr Robe
son sang several songs with a mes
sage well presented.
An air of geniality and friendli
ness brought Mr. Robeson back to
the stage with encores at the end
of each group of numbers, so re
luctant was the audience to have
his golden voice stopped even for
a few moments
• • •
WILLIAM SC'HATZKAM ER
shared the program with Mr.
Robeson and was particularly well
received. His selections included
Polonaise in A-Flat Major, ’’ by
I Chopin, upon whose the re the
popular song, *' Til the End of
Time," is based.
Among the encores Mr. Robeson
so graciously sang were ‘‘Ezekiel"
; and “Little David." spirituals; “No.
Ijohn." an English air, and many
, others.
• • •
I MR. ROBESON WAS accnmpa
! med by Laurence Brown at the
I piano, who joinr-d in singing a
few selections with Mr. Robeson.
The program was presented by
Nellie Watts and the Patrons of
\rts
Germany—
(Continued from Page 1)
this segregation policy was purely
that of the War Department, or
had there been objections to inter
lacial housing by either the per
sonnel (in this brand-new set-up)
or the German communities. To
this, she replied that she knew
nothing of the actual feeling in
Germany on the subject, but from
past experiences in other countries,
the War Department had found
that separate housing units “work
ed out better."
• • •
MISS WODIKA then mentioned
Hawaii and Puerto Rico, where
colored workers from the United
States have found no difficulty ”bc
, cause separate projects have been
set up for whites and for Negroes.’’
She stated that if such an arrange
ment is later set up in Germany,
:he War Department will then call
I for colored applicants who meet
the other requirements.
When asked if the housing ex
cuse had not been over-used by
the War Department in reference
to colored applicant* and em
ploye* seeking transfer, Mis*
Wodika said that "minorities are
always sensitive, fefling that
whenever they are rfot accepted
that it is because of facial or re
ligious discrimination. . . ",
During the long discussion. Miss
Wodika continuously pointed out
her own impartiality to races, and
her deep admiration for various
members of our race and their
achievements, yet used the word
“Negress" innumerable times.
When wt called to her attention
the disapproval of the word, she
w.is astounded that it was not ac
i cepted as good taste, for she has
always used it in reference to
1 colored women, just as she had al- I
ways referred to any Jew ish wom
an as a “Jewess "
. . •
THE WAR DEPARTMENT is re
cruiting typists and stenographers,
i classifications ranging from CAF-2,
with a total salary of $2,769 per
annum, upward. First-class trans
portation and six dollars per diem
until arrival at destination is paid
by the government. All recruits
are signed up for a minimum of
one year’s service. PrefenTice is
given to (1 > veterans. <2> War De
partment employes. <3* other fed
eral employes, and <4> outsiders
who meet the requirements.
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Louisville Defender, Whedbee
is a graduate of Virginia Sem
inary and college and has
studied at Northwestern and
Columbia universities.
Veteran —
(Continued from Page 1)
cannot grant me a loan because of
, the restrictions against Negroes
t occupying property in this partic*
; ular subdivision."
Wicks, who has a wife. Juanita,
and a son. Nathanial Jr., two, now
finds that he cannot build anew
home and cannot find any other
place to live in Detroit. He wears
three battle stars for participation
in the battles of Normandy, North
ern France and the Rhineland. He
will be discharged on Jan. 28.
The veteran’s wife and son arc
now living with hi.s mother-in
law, Mrs. Arvilla Gould of the
Maine address.
« t $
WICKS SAID that he was told
; by officials at the FHA that the
icstrictions on the subdivision
would have to he tested in court
before he would be granted a loan
and that the agency was not. grant*
i ing loans to white or colored in the
area
“This show.* what restrictive
1 covenant.* can do," Wicks said,
i ' The FHA won't finance whites in
1 a restricted area that is about to
be broken for fear Negroes will
get in and they won't insure Ne
groes because of the restriction.
When we went oversea.* we were
given lectures on how to hate the
enemy and one of the things we
were told was that walls had been
built around the Jewish neighbor
hoods in Warsaw and other cities.
The onlv difference here is that the
walls are not built of concrete and
stone."
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Wayne UNAACP
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Winter Follies
Plans are under way for the
Winter Follies of 1945 to be pre
sented on December 21st at Mc-
Collister Hall by the N.A.A.C.P.
Wayne chapter and the Inter-racial
Youth Choir. Following the pres
entation of the follies there will
be dancing to the music of Ellis
Bonner and his orchestra.
• • •
THE THEME of the follies will
be the development of rhythm and
they will present prominent talent
of Wayne university and the
youth choir. Among the persons
to be featured on the program will
be Sarah Gray of Wayne univer
sity in an exotic Jungle Dance,
representing the beginning of
rhythm. As the theme develops
there will be a presentation of the
immortal St. Louis Blues. The
most striking scenes of the eve
ning will be built around the ren
dition of White Christmas in
which the youth choir will form
a background for a Wayne univer
sity soloist. _
Slayer —
(Continued from Page 1)
door when be fired the shotgun at
Lewis. Leon addc-d that when he
came from behind the bar both
men had left the tavern.
• • •
MRS. BI RNETT DOCGHRITY.
of 15540 12th st.. testified that she
and her husband had driven the
injured man to the Highland Park
General Hospital, where he died a
short time later.
Dixon was remanded to jail
without bond to await trial.
Plumber —
(Continued from Page 1)
that he would shoot if he (Ander
son* came a step further. Hamil
ton. then. 60 police say. fired sev
eral shots as Anderson came to
wards him.
The young singer died a short
time later. Meanwhile the
plumber was held for investiga
tion of murder.
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UAW —
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evade the central issue in the dis
pute. a 30 per cent wage increase."
John S. Bugas, director of indus
trial relations of the Ford Motor j
Cos. said that he was encouraged to
see that the union had given some
consideration to the "security of
the Ford Motor Cos.”
Last week a national commit
tee composed of fourteen reli
gious and civic leaders heard the
reading of the transcript of the
negotiations between CAW and
General Motors Corp. Among
the conclusions of the committee
were the following:
• • •
"CONSIDERABLE DATA from
the GMC and U. S. Government re
ports were submitted by the Union
in support of its contention that
the corporation can afford a sub
stantial wage increase without
aislng prices. Outside of a flat
ienial supported by figures based
upon sources not open to the union,
to this committee, or to the public,
no convincing evidence has been
submitted by the corporation to
show that the union's wage pro
posal cannot be met.
"The committee reviewed care
fully the union’s supporting argu
ment for the maintenance of take
home pay. It was based on the
thesis that purchasing power must
be commensurate with produc-
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