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Pictures Os Negro Heroes Os Pacific On Page 16 — VOL. XXIV. —NO. 23 BOY is HERO IN FIRE TRAGEDY Scientists Work On Atom Bomb DOCTOR KILLS THUG IN DUEL laurice Wash, 5-Year-Old Lad, lids Fire Victims v \\ -h .1 15-yrai-otd ' l Twenty-third ■ i.t. ; ..<| him so If a lifin l»v ;»TtC , I'Sillf it It unit MM* of \ worr trapped in ill** ip • I nml Soil U’r |>lu ut. af <i t. kiwi - . .Monday morn- At NI l(M K \\ \MI run the building w»* turned ■ ' * ('i.i/iiiK inferno after a t \ |iltiision. ) n.in Hr#* tii>> etploiaion in-cun ed. W .isli. v*ho i** a soda < l«*rk ■ l;> w ■ s Pharma* v, wa* di- ' >* the at reel from the 1 ••- ntlnned on page si ■andering For White ■irl Jails Pair u* tNatstiu, *»844 llrunh ' i-ir Karl Wataon. .13, of *■ address are being held ■ 1’" « "ii ilimgi-H of accepting B ,a 'i iiuii of a prostitute. !•# ■ -mit>t<timtnt is a 24-year* *i I who said that ah* lly ' ' ouple money from her in iheir apartment. Ejßiie ii reudiir.li were arrested pi *>'•* ’ after a warrant was Ban.('l ev Mi** Margaret Snow Btlie woman a division. R ,ljr 'hiirgea were being used 4H 'lii' in <-nt( u the alleged op* !,,| s t.f ii,„|*,, s * an< t | )4> |j h„pa jB I *’ *■ making large aum* in JB ""'"(n fur Immoral pnr loaining Reporter B h " Jmi think ihe I nUc.l >a acted wisely in modifying R' unconditional surrender •"'iniil to ihj, .in|, M ne*e to n« B hermit the I mperor to re* B* " mt his throne} Jb ' aeition of Del roller* <9 *hiy question a* follow*: BN. Itnox, Haroralnr, HJ S *•« Antoine H 1 ,h,nk the ratted Nation* '* Permit a conditional aur- H. K not render, he.gua* II will It# eaaler to dtaurm ami control the Jap* aneae |n th Ia war If the Km par or remain* head of hla coun try m Ira at In name. I believe there will ha a guerlll* fighting. If he la J\ p KI t) ITadT^oT^vTiTTiTGATT YOUNG WIZARD HELPS CREATE SUPER WEAPON Many Race Worker* Aid In Project (’lilt AdU i AM’i \mn n a'* !• utility Noirio s. nutisi<. anions thoin '.nuns wi/iii'l of mathe matic . help* t| . on- u< ' tlio dmd |y atom hointi. 'rim? informal inn tamo last work front oflici.tls of tlio I ni* vorsin- of I'lthano lo i<. "help wientific ir*et*nh work on the atom lioinh ha* horn dim tod hy Hr A. 11. t otnpton tho nations lorotiio-t atom expel’, for Hip l»;ist two ytais. Tit** result of tlio tindlnn* horo i* said to have made possible ilip roust rut t ion of atom homh plant* t'l <>ak Kid so, Trim, and Hit hlund Vil layr, WaMi. Altioiin'UiP ItH.tl i'-iit i*is liv ed on th*» project ttvrr Kdw.t.d A. Himsrll; Modtllr Tayioi . Mar* ntd I)<l.no y. Benjamin Stott: .1 Kitif-t Wilkin* aud Jasper Jtf Tei i* ► 'III- yoniißpst o' the 'it "up pi ninthly was I>l*. I hnn -t "11- l.ins. a vvljtard of tn» liotnaiit * who a-ton mlod lit" "nr hi " 1 \ni i a ntro "Inn hr ■ <'•«! hi- I’ll I). drum* at 1°- The *ovrrr mrtit humulit ill* 1 \tmthio nn ,! h lli.it i< i.t It lot o t I'om * ilsko-.-t • viler** In* Itnd hot n to.o hint; lii.it hr mat '( - l<t aid r.oli>“ '<* dr vote lull timo to io* atom hninli pro,in i. Militatjf sot ii iit v will not pot i t out iiiHi’tl i»n pauo >i HELPED EXPLOSION VICTIMS - A-** art** ( -Vs JUBItk * *' K ' &“ ■' l i|igy P i Turner of 3'W Stanley atreel. who helped m-ut.il »IHln.* Mrs. |ho of the »:»p*rt »«* I*l Sealer '" r *•""" plelure*. see |m«e X. Warrant Out For Brothel Keeper A warrant <h*i£in« Parker, 32. » « Allred, with maln- I. Inina and «»er...«« hv ill fame, waa »«gnert fneada .1 Ildar Jpnepta A. ‘Jilh* Police «td that Plained that h...a Hu. a* 1 . car* walled tn flout «' honte all nlahl l««J 11. v wete nnahle to •••«•“"" rent until * 1 f»->«*h.-01. la" * feaa.d that «ho took «’**"‘ J||ni defendant a h-nw an- " SIOO * c.Mlon.er to r.m Barbara the woman * <11*Ml"" c<rl admitted that ,M proatttuta. 2146 St. Antoine St. Marlowe Killer Freed On Bond K\aminatlon for a" .otivo lane Jink*on. tT-yrar-old d> endaiit in llir* shoohntr of < hi , i*ti>phor Mur lowo t'r.i" fonl. ;< not th-onil flor ist. wa« not for S* ptomhrr <*. by .Indue Ilona hi M Viiii/.ilo in H. • i order'* • ourt In*t l‘t Ida?. Miss Jackson \s .*. d on a SJ.pnn t ash Itoiitl *l«'no*itl "lilt ih,. roiiit hy All- *t. f’nkeman, a hondaniu n The atTaianuirlit was w i tie •*.«<*} hy a p,o ko,| nuirhooin of spot tatois the majoiltv of tin m «t»* men. Some weit frionds id the you Du dt fondant Mini also tlio shi In florist The >011111! «lrl "an t rpi t'setitrd by I hallos IN . .lours, tormt r assistant pro-f iitor and I'l'rd t'oltmiho 'I lie tollt’Ko Me-U- Hi.in kept lor poire tlmiliv the plot eotllnr * tint broil- down and Wt pi after she Was fin'd hy it toil litllrd an pane M ARREST OPERATORS OF INKTER BLINDPIG Mat k Ih "in and Thom - •' ' ion hat 1, :!‘l" S M dlthti. It ItoaiJ I ok“' or. win a i rest rd Saturday oti i hnreos of ina ml a i ill ntt find Operating a hlliul-pii’. The two il, fond.ints we »• anest rd hy .loliii Shallow and 1.. -I Si a i vat •* of the Sheriffs mad pa i mi|, who 1 1,lint that «hov pun ha*- ; rd four shots of herr for ? ! and i sutne wliiskov for *- h* | Youth Claim* Snub By Ella Fitzgerald Youiaf* Ingiam. of 2!MIH Park, Place Inkatei. Michigan, report* that he went to tire Down Town i theatre In Detroit recently to *er Klia KiUßeiald »hn la appearing tline until Friday. lie *ald he, e.uitnl to go ha. k ato»;r ami talk with lor. aline he i* lotereaied In | HltiKlna and la aDi.lylng to' a IU«»- |. ul . a l eer. I Ingram ataled that r.n naliei .ll rede.l Itiin Imw to reach hack atage to find Mia* Fl'zgeiald lie aald he ► poke to the artlft, told her how i„l, ~v...d he |e In iiuhli and how ho had alway* wanted to meet her in petm»n. to which Ingram aaid aha replied * What do you want i and how did you get ba< fc heir? ’ DETROIT 1, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1945 ih> Jln\ «olorful piHMff thf "■ ' " a< , prilWlU 0 f lui.ilaiil rlti/fn* mill.-d •»»«»««! Ih** «trwl*. "Htlnu flair*, ol’ lilt* .lit |>a mminlfr. VII <M?r thr cil>. «’ *«» " '** M ' ,M " ' ' ' ’ s ... Hi ,j |„ r *. « mlian*. ••»»*«•« In I l»«*lr wm'llht*’ arm*, khoulllitr, >inuinir hihl Hijn)imr Ihf *uta*l«n i>» m.ii'Hj. V.i.om: <»•*■ ! ' * |% , min ..|i flK i„ c .iht-r will, •■•■art* full of j«.» ,„r,, am. »".,* and «lrU. „ , Imrn*. nna.n, and lliankiiilni**. __ GIRL ARRAIGNED FOR STABBING OF NIGHT WATCHMAN Twenty-tlm-** year old lU*'rc»s ] 112 U Heulotl. who «*cord ing to polity ronlessod to tatnll' : stabbing lo urge Kodd. of 11 •*.»;< Cat deni. Hoard of Kdmatiou . Hatchman. was Hiritlgncd Monday morning before Recordci * .1 u<i, lioimld M. VanZile Mi*-* K>un„ plead not tui!" at tin' proceedings and Judge 'ait* 7il«> n-itiMiidod liar in ihe County ; Jail without bond to await <•>- ; aminutmn August 2t. Detective I-t. Charles Hu* klnddt of the homicide suiiad said that ( August 7. at 2:15 a in., the dc- i fondant solicited the deceased at ) Hastings near Division street and that they had an argument owr returning 'nime inonev to Kidd Tli*' defendant stabbed him nine In the Jett «heat and then i.m from ttie egr. at Adeline and Il.t-fltiKu where she um two im"i utid told them what she had J done. She said "he thought lledd j wa« rein him: for a wrench to sit ike her with. 'I 11,, slabbed man drove hi* l ar . to Hastings and Vernor highway where he crashed Into a barbel shop window, lie was taken fioni the car and rushed to the K* reiving hospital, lie was dead upon admittance at 2 r>o am Explosion Victim Trapped By Debris In an explosion of undeter* | mined origin Wednesday nigh:. I August S, that wrecked the Iniild* iiie oi ■ upb'd by the Itendlv A'is* lion Research laboratoi ies at 4*.‘iP Fourth avenue. on f «>f the victim,, wax Miss l-emar Miller, of t»l Holbrook avenue Another woman and two »bil- dren. while. "I' o were phasing the building at the till e of H'e bum.»»i f *"i by flying gla** and shaken op hv the e\pill ion All «ei e treated s* lie reiving hospital. MUs Miller Miss Miller, who had been *n <( oiillnueii im Page s ) DETROITERS CELEBRATE RETURN OF PEACE ' Detroit Goes Wild With Glee As Worst Os Wars Comes To End l>etioil. the dynamic <'*'>* *>f D> • niociuc >. w mb lies been fotil'b Iv turning out wa inateiia - '< t the pawl three ye»is and * ».K l >’ months, heard different sonn :« Tuesday than the humming of far tunes turning out tanks, pl.nu ; jeeps, shells and other war muni tions. Marly Tuesday moniHU:. De troiters began «elebriitlug the an tldpnted surrender of .la;.it), hut it was not until Tuesday nl'iht when Washington officially »u --nounced th<- sunciidei of the da pntiesr. that the icai celebrating began in earliest When the lid of restraint ’’ l * a off. the city’s teeming thousands began to celebrate wildly and the prolonged nuthim-ts of enthusia*m vibrated through -the sprawling city like ilie repercussions of an atomic bomb. Within a few luintnes after th»* surrender announi ement the streets of Detroit were crammed Radio Broadcast Honors Detroit Worker (Mte of the liono* front heroes who was Iratiii '«l on (icperal Motor a "Victory I* Our lUlfiiness national radio broadt not laat Sun day "as a colored Detroiter. hd wartf .1. Moore. I'TIJ an employee at the Cadlllai Motor <ar divi sion. • The story of Moor*- « heiolam. a* told over the tadio and previous ly published In the t adillm Mar t'raftman. of April .V >* • * follow* "The £iii«fc thinking and Instant action of Edward F Moore pre sented what might have been .« serious a< cident >u Friday Mart It ”o A truck drlv.t had Marled to haul a heavy load of tank l»< *cr from the tourth flooi Assembly Itmldinc to the Parts Building to*" spare parts shipment* The Mail er hook hecsme disengag ’d and the heavy laden Mailer darted down the steep rsmp leading Into the Parts nodding ' kid Mooie saw the runaway trailer and. without hesitation- fa* with moving, shouting tu .*-*•■* of happy hll mu it it v of i*|t uni'* ' • ns. ' .hisses and needs. Hu y mingled together, slnrinr lunch ing, veiling for Joy over the end ft oniintied "n page » • Porter Shot By White Bandits \\ ,m en Mit* hell, :« of ' > 'h- Ire street, n porter who r» sided t the s,im*‘ addr*"- w<“ .1 ken to Receiving hospital iit s police «.ir at 12 tu s in Sunday H» was sudering front a gun «hos wound m tii»' left Index tincei He was treated aivl released. Mil* hr] told po!u e that he went to the holler room where he lived slid that i«o white men (lltcieil the doi>' When lie ask ed t!li*ffl »Hl<t hev wanted one ,ii e» m gun and sliot him as «le- M-llM'd The men es< aped at full speed after the trailer, gnvhtied the end gate and suct-ced , ’> A. ■jepHLM ffjj 5.1.M1 tL MtMtKI. DETROITER THROWN OFF NEBRASKA BUS. ,n \ai r . him «r»« < Hf>«' of J,U) • * U. Baskin, "Do »a« thrown -if .• Uni .ir.Rioi: i . "«> htiK in Shin* ) . nsk •*. Au^ust ■\ 1 1,. skill "a- lodged Ml j,..' Ml Sidney until S.»tui..ay iM-nii,-. ii» "a* mi Able t>. s> tire passage out of si lii•*> until, Sunday morning Ai.-.U'iiliiic to Hai*kill. Ui* trouldi Mrtiuu in rliaj nuni*. vNyciniti.L »'ion the bus i bunged driven*. Tiia low dii'.r demanded that bp xlt on the hat k lit'*!. When Baskin re filled to tlo so. lie threatened to p .it him from the bit*. A'heji the bus reached Sidney, the h;,» op*v * atof, NV. .!, ("CH-kran. ar ur. and t'ive<' polieemoti aml assin orileret B*s km to either sit on the t «« k • a or t>p put off When Baskin refused, he sat e jetted from *h« bn* and locked up In Sidney jail for ft'*' bout * Buskin rep.''' l that because tbe Bmlinkton nt* ""' Id not pi< k him up lonrteu 111*01' tie hah to tide ilie (Jievhontid bus into Omaha He pur. bused in* »n Ur i in I .os Angle* August : foi I>♦•!i oii tin rhi« ago ed in kiiMliil the oti-t italiin* te hiolr throtish tin* doorway inio the Part* lltiHdfne. around » »o' n*" and fmall' brotucM i' to a ioiu p|s|* jtfop fifty fort tnfttdo f e I Part* Building. without iitty dim , agr resulting Moorr shouted a faming to V tweeter tnd H Witt who nrve in thr path of th< on* rushing lUgcsrniMit. thus porhap* nat inc fhoni from ast-sre personal* injury • Had Moors failed to instantly grasp this otnergency situation. It in impossible to know just wha’ damaus would hats retailed a* mors than a ton of Mtssl «atnpult* f<l almletsly down the Mesl ramp Mors *poke on ihs radio program Sunday and wa* commended for lil* hsroiton. It wa'- pointed out tlmt above and hejrond tbs rail of iti’v ho avst led w bat niiclit hats been n Merionm an blent intolving dim* mrs or loss of urgent war mnterall Moors isi »*i\ sd ■ Hold eaith a* | an award. Be Sure To Vote The Home Town Newspaper Price 10 cents PHONE CLifford 2924 Dr. S. H. C. Owen Slays Bandit Who Robs Him l!irf !•.•!»!? v .*.>*:• ■> 1 TH l>v ;t JT-*« iti ‘O ■) —i • Tl tiii f-i for of Vai «- . . ; ' : f T»i# I)• ' fd ' • apart'..‘Oil! m’ l “'t V ?< !■!!r if ‘M. •«!* n : .• C. T Ilf ft ;' 5" • ■ 11 ■- , V ;' r• » f \ fin., iii * - < t, * •t a v';«, . ■ «. ft-jt ■:! )P(| KU!» at'!t> I!i i ■ ,it •;r • „ '.ti< ’ • nf 11< . IK. I)» . n -X , ! 11 ,I • M • l lit .1’,;.! -4.(1 til# «!<»<■*« ImU :«t it*;''ft p in . ami a youth of fti.'.u .loin i; "'t. r «;«•»: n wUt<>n «lH pi*.ol rt mi * I ru * 1 ioi • «l him na< n lip * n- .«i»iiri» 1 into a M'ur.t in and rooin- whor* ta as* rubbed of a watch- line ' ■ a small i 'll of on** iloilm* ;i*. Tl • ii.iridit ft .ii *. » w'.i »• hiiiuiKr: i 1 • f o\» i hi* l m <►, \ • t |l» yo.|! I, . -tfHi t ’ ill « tlie doctor cm Mind f. i,«r th** h* <1 of Urn stalls an>! 'itiil It*' , at tin* doctor. *•• an i •!i»• i to \|j?** liar:;« who »,is in the - lii • »r\ *o Inimc lii« avolvrr. Sir £••>* In# Knit ami thru*' it into tils, hand as tlir 'A,i ttmii srriu-e < fi** Owi'tt shn' thr t hr. s in t'i* tu-i k. :nd <h.*\ V ik him lr* iftlr. Tha dOi tor l -.iMfl himself fnt slicht flrslt wound*. Judcre Brennan UphoHsCovenant; NAACP Fights V mdtior ha« b*-* n f ! ■ a ir-h.-fti m* .n the t a if ’• i•. and Mr* Jo*l Mmsha’i hv NA V P »•*• torniea Fran* Is M. l* ,-,, t aid Mil lip t.raies hefo*v ladp' John Brennan, John V. Rrerfatl issued an in.tum *;on • n * n *’>h»i * <>n Julv a, *• »' in ■'r th* *1 from O* < virvtn* tI: * |r op. *e tie purr rlli»««>d a' ) ' 7 l.i*l ' *•* v ai'ii Hr. .■*!<*•■ of a "* S'*'l 'i • aMr tl of t i.*-'i ■ i. " • moli iti ft'.:! ).» hra-'0 !.a or |)»V John \ It . rim.ll P ,10' In tl.- v<'tt* fttsril A ith .1 iiiil V.lfir#lll \t. ill • nun it Altlinnuh ti.il>' lu»' h-»n no tfOtthlr aiffi Hi** MaraliiiU" nidTpil In tlir \ v \(T lmims o il that, thr# mils' ''ln till 'Hi *:i U' Oi N' i. O iltir. ns who n t i I'* ii and ni''ii .it# Miiiilvto td Ibr In yi'iimini tit |"'ol* i iia bprKMHf of ill*, i imin.itoi v pol» |i Ira! < ojirf opinions nnd ;ir* „n«hl* to purrhasM. mid II I !*i thoir pun honm* h*' an** of r#* atriotpo rovrnant* Thr >tarah*l!» r"r. ha*. and thrtf horn* in if»i? The amt * *« hrooshf hv Mr and 'lr« 'V ism* Sn’ id. Tims nor* n»«i»trd by thr noho r t M. o.iktnati !_th siriri Improif* oi#nt association. Tn his opinion JVpnnan drclarad that tha rrfit''ii'*lr'n "*uch a* that tn tMu* in f h* Instant c.t:m. ’•*’ *- tlvn to usr nnd oorupflfov and not to own»rshm. i* *alnl ' Thr *r» atrlrtlon statod that 'no lot shrll h»> us*'d or (s'fiinltil hr any p*r« •on othn than of thi. PntlCßSi.'ia riM r ” See Pacific War Pic ■ turcs on page 10.