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Afturn TcSEARCH FOR WEAPONS—Police search a Negro for weapons after rioting broke out in Detroit between whites and Negroes. Three Negroes were shot and killed and more than 150 persons were injured as result of the outbreak.Troops With Fixed Bayonets Patrol Streets Of DetroitState Of Emergency Extended For Another Day; 28 Killed And Hundreds Hurt In RiotsDETROIT—(UR)—'Troops with fixed bayonets patrolled the streets f Detroit's Negro section Tuesday night os Gov. Harry F. Kelly exended his state ol emergency proclamation for at least another day ind -90-jail sentences were imposed on 34 Negro rioters.The Negroes were the first among the more than 600 persons arrested to be punished lor paticipation in the bloody lighting, which took 28 lives and resulted in injuries to more than 600 others.The dead included 25 Negroes and three white persons.At the same time, white and Negro leaders joined in an attempt to ferret out ringleaders ol the nation’s worst race riot since 1917. Both attributed the outbursts tirfifth-column activities and a group of whites specifically named the Ku Klux Klan. * *,Kelly, in extending.his state of emergency order, said the length ol time the present situation will continue depends entirely on the attitude of the people.He announced the ban on sale ol liquor would be continued. Theaters were permitted to operate through the day, but were orderedclosed, by 9:15 p.m. to permit pa-, —-—-trons to get home before the 10p.m. curfcw.Ke urged people to “carry on as usual, but not to go out after the' curfew “unless it is necessary to go to work.Kids Cansed Trouble“Seventy-live per cent of the trouble,” he said, “was caused byFour Are Injured In Car-Train CollisionBROWNSVILLE—Four^ members ol a family of seven, injured when their automobile and a Southern'kids’ between 15 and 18 years of Pacific train collided at Hidalgoage who wanted to corae down town to see the 'show’.” He urged parents to keep their children indoors after dark. The riots were precipitated by a light between a Negro and a white man on Belle Isle Bridge Sunday night.While mobs disappeared from the streets, the riots nonetheless affected production in many of the city's war plants. Negro absenteeism ran high as 50 to 70 per cent in plants of the Ford Motor Company. Chrysler Corporation and General Motors Corporation, and spokesmen said the situation was “bound to affect war output.”Troops Sober RiotersFederal troops moved into the city about midnight Monday night and the sight of soldiers in battle dress had a sobering affect on the rioters. The troops patrolled the streets in armored cars and jeeps mounting .30 and .50 caliber maStreet crossing here at 9:46 a.m. Tuesday, remained in a critical condition in Mercy Hospital at midnight Tuesday. The injured are Ricardo S. Solis, his wile Francisco Trevino de Solis; a daughter, Mad eiine, age 2 and a son, Esperanza, agp S.Three other children who were riding in the car, Maria, 16; Lucille, 13 and Arnold, 11, sustained bruises when they jumped from the automobile just before the collision.The Solis family was en route to the home of a relative to attend funeral services for Gertrudes Solis. another relative, when the accident occurred. According to witnesses the car was moving slowly west when it approached the crossing, but did not stop. The car was completely demolished.Attendants at the hospital reported at midnight Tuesday that condilion of the four being giventreatment there had not changed, cnine guns trained on second story , .. . ,, _ . ... ,' 1 and that all were in critical condition.windows from which Negro snipers had been shooting at police.The federal troops moved into,Detroit on authorization of Presi-| Lorry JohnSOfl DlCS dent Roosevelt, who acted on re- . r 7 n . n . quest of Governor Kelly. In a. After Being PriSOner proclamation. Mr. Roosevelt hadcommanded the rioters to return to DONNA—Larry Johnson, a pris-therr homes immediately.Only one shooting occurred after the arrival ol the soldiers. A Negro was shot by police about 4:30 ajp. Tuesday while looting a store.34 Nerroes SentencedOf the 34 Negroes sentenced Tuesday, all were eharged with minor offenses such as stoningoner ol the Japares? since the fall of Bataan. died on June 16. the War Department notified his mother this week. He was in the Army Air Corps. Only a few months ago the War Department announced he was a prisoner, after he had been listed as missing in action since the capture of the Philippines.Only survivor besides the mother
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Valley Morning Star
Harlingen, Texas, US
Wed, Jun 23, 1943
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