. D A.I L V . . . FAIR. CONSTRUCTIVE ★ The Bulletin * FEARLESS Combined With THE OHIO EXPRESS PROGRESSIVE ONE OF THE TWO ONLY NEGRO DAILIES IN TH E WORLD Vol. 3—No. 262 DAYTON, OHIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1944 Price 3c WEST SIDE GROUP TO PLAN APPPEAL IDEFENSE MASS MEETING AT BETHEL TONIGHT Realty Board Survey Finds Plans for an appeal to save Dan The Daily Bulletin hereby noti iel Kinchens, 655 Manning place, fies advertisers and others who from a sentence in the penitentiary Negro Housing Is Good Risk may bo concerned that E. L. after his conviction on a charge of WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (ANP) general opinions of the reporting Reynolds, familiarly known as assault with intent to rape, will be —So-called Negro housing is a good boards as follows: “Preach,” who has been a mem discussed at a mass meeting at ber of the Daily Bulletin adver risk for both builders and financial Seventeen out of 18 cities answ Bethel Baptist churc hat 8 o’clock tising staff for the past few institutions, and the field ought to ered “yes” to the question^ “Does tonight. weeks, is no longer employed be developed, not from the stand the Negro make a good home buyer The meeting is being sponsored by the Daily Bulletin. point of social reform but because and carry through his purchase to by a citizens’ committee, of which it is good business. completion?” the Rev. G. W. Sherard, pastor of McKinley Methodist C h u r c h , is This is the substance of the report Thirteen out of 18 answered “yes” EDUCATION ANSWER TO chairman. The committee has be issued by the National Association to the question: “Does he take care of Real Estate boards upon comple come interested in the case because of his property if it is in good repair INTER RACIAL PROBLEMS it believes there was not evidence tion of surveys of the Negro hous when he obtained it?” ing question by local real estate America’s problem in inter-racial to substantiate the guilty verdict Eleven out of 18 answered “yes” boards. matters today is education rather returned by a three-judge court to the question: “Does he take as Realtors with experience in Ne than segregation, Rev. John La which tried the case against Kin good care of property as other ten gro housing reported to the associa Farge, S.J., editor of the Catholic chens. The judges were Lester L. ants of a comparable status ?” tion that as a class, the Negro home Weekly, “America,” told an audi Cecil, Charles Lee Mills, and Don buyer meets his payments faithfully Three-fourths answered “no” to ence of several hundred la^t night Thomas. —often more faithfully than other the question: “Do you know of any at the University of Dayton audi Theodore Berry, president of the racial groups in the same economic reason why the great insurance torium. Cincinnati Chapter of the NAACP, level—and that if his property is in companies of the country should The meeting sponsored by the who has been asked to participate good repair when he obtains it, he not freely purchase mortgages upon Inter-Racial club of the university in the preparation of an appeal takes care of it after he buys it. As homes and rented buildings to be heard the priest state that an edu from the verdict of the court, will a tenant, he takes as good care of occupied by Negroes, if such accom cational form of program is needec be the principal speaker. A brilli such premises as other tenants of modations are property located and to be developed to combat the ant lawyer, Mr. Berry will outline problem “for racial discrimination his aconomic class. managed ?” the facts in the case. The study of Negro housing ex Boards of many cities reported in employment after the war is a The Kinchens case was original perience was made in 18 representa committees working on the prob vital topic that should be solvec ly investigated by a committee of tive cities. In addition the semi lem. These included Philadelphia, now.” the executive committee of the Rev. LaFarge stated that if we annual survey by NAREB con Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Baltimore, NAACP, composed of T. P. Tur ducted through member boards Dallas, San Antonio, Orange and could solve this problem of racia ner, president, W. D. McLoud, Dr. discrimination and intolerance we showed 147 cities out of 330, or 42 Maplewood, N. J., Miami, Bakers M. R. Clarke, Jesse Nimmons, Rev. would probably solve a lot of the per cent, reporting better Negro field, Cal., and Logan, W. Va. G. W. Sherard, and Mrs. Miley Wil problems of the world today. Father housing as a pressing need. Fifty- liamson, executive secretary. LaFarge advocated an educationa one per cent of the 147 cities con At a conference with the judges program for mjority peoples as wel fronted with the problem have ac TAXI HITS BOY after the guilty verdict was re as minority groups. tion under way to meet it. The Thomas Clay, 7, of 325 Bruen turned, it was found that no dis In local community, he said, the shortage of all types of Negro hous street, suffered bruises when he crimination existed in this case, problem should be handled by ing was shown by the NAREB sur was struck by a taxicab at German and, and since the NAACP can church groups, YMCA, YWCA, and vey to be acute. The war has great town and Broadway streets yester concern itself only in cases where other cviic groups. Leadership ly widened the number of cities for day fternoon. He ws taken to St. there is evidence of discrimination, (Continued on page 4) which Negro housing is a real and Elizabeth hospital for treatment. it was necessary for others to car immediate problem. ry on. The citizens committee is The association announced the the outgrowth of this circumstance. However, while the NAACP as an Famed Yale Doctor To Clean organization can take no part in INK SPOTS STILL FUSS; this particular case, its leading SPLIT SEEN members are all members of the citizens’ committee, and are active NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (ANP)— Up West Coast Bronzeville in this case. The continued rift between two Allen A. Twitchell and his staff here members of the Ink Spots may lead LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 (ANP) for a survey of the two areas as a to a split of the famed group, rated -—With the plans made and approp Announce First Wave Recruits basis on which to plan improve one of the best over the air and on riations set, one of the most im WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (Spe ments. stage. portant events in the life of the local cial to The Daily Bulletin—Three Dr. Twitchell is technical secre Manager Moo Gale has been kept community will take place shortly. Negro women, including two offi tary of the committee of hygiene cer candidates and one enlisted re on the alert trying to devise some It will be the architectural and sani means to square things up between and housing of the American Public cruit, were sworn into the wom tary rehabilitation of “Bronzeville” Tenor-singer Billy Kenny and Ivery Health Assn. en’s reserve in Boston and New (Doke) Watson. In the meantime a formerly called “Little Tokyo.” Af Charles L. Senn, health depart York City, Monday morning under ter a number of conferences begun booking at the Paramount theater, ment sanitary engineer who ap a navy department plan approved New York, Dec. 27, has been can last year between colored groups peared before the council in the mat by President Roosevelt for the ac celled as also has been terminated and city officials the urgent need ter, said that when the survey was ceptance of Negro women into the for immediate action was revealed. their eight week broadcast with completed the health department waves. The first of the three, Miss Kate Smith. Health department officials clas would ask for ordinances enabling Jane A. Freeman, 22, of Roxbury, A split among the boys will end sify as two Los Angeles plague spots the city to improve sanitary condi Mass, is the enlistee. The others the $5,000 weekly theater guaran —“Skid Row,” and Bronzeville. tions and if necessary, remodel were Miss Harriet Ida Pickens, 35, tee which Manager Gale maneu The council voted to appropriate many of the ancient and sub-stand and Miss Frances Eliza Wills, 28, vered. $1,000 to bring Yale’s famed Dr. ard structures. both of New York City.