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FLINT, MICHIGAN, ~SATURDAY, APRIL for 1941

~FLINT N

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Mt. Zion Choirs Outstanding Maxine Tells Of |.

In Presentation Of Cantata bé

DR. J. W.-MOORE, Stars

FLINT, Mich~Good music is
good music wherever you find it
~and those who dropped in on the
presentation of DuBois~ ~Seven
Last Words ~tf Christ~ by the Mt.
Zion A. M. E. church choirs, at
the Seventh-day Adventist Tavernacle Sunday afternoon, enjoyed
some of the most satisfying choral]
work they had heard in a long
time,:

The choirs assisted by members
of a male chorus from Kalamazuc,
sang accurately, with good expression and an ingratiating tone quality. Though dubbed a cantata, DuBois~ composition is mean music to
sing, but the choristers, under tlie
direction of Mrs. E. B. Williams.
met.every situation with notable
precision even the a capella
passages were superbly done.

~Fhe perfecticn of the chorus wasi
not reflected a hundred percent by
the scloists, though their - work
was commendable. Dr. John W.
Moore of Flint. tenor, walked away
with
above the average, his style and
understanding highly commendabie
ana. his. dramatic sense wunusual]
When he struck the passage, ~Ano
the veil of the temple was rent,~
in connection with. the Seventh
Word, he hit the high notes with
beli-like. clarity, and his voice was
easy, to listen to at all times.. Mrs. Williams was really. the
kevoine of the day, for when Miss
Mary Walls of Jackson, scheduiec

to sing the soprano role because
ill with a Broce Tree onc aes

she yren the solos and direc:tec
simultaneously, with her back to
the choir, instead of facing them.:
And that, calls for coordination,

- Arnold Robbins sang the baritone
solos in a sympathetic and understanding voice, his main fault being
in his phrasing. He has a voice
worth developing to a greater maturity.

~The piano accumpaniments were
marvelously well played by Mist
Zora Barnes of Kalamazoo and tii
organ moments were capably handled by Miss Lois Reddén. Rev.-E,
B.: Williams, pastor of Mt. Zion,
read. the text before each ~Word~
in gcod voice and excellent interpretation...While the cantata proved. its
point~that the choir can sing music of a high type with extreme
capability~there is. no doubt that
the Spiritual, ~Were You There?~
sung at the close of the program,
struck the most sympathetic note
with the audience. It was superbly
dene and found th echoristers a~
their best.

It was fortunate that Mr. Zion
moved into the tabernacle for its
Easter concert, for the audience
-very large~and much pleased. G.
that greeted its performance Wat
~EB. D.

The -Battle Creek, Enquirer und
~News, Battle Creek, Mich., Monday,
April 14, 1941.

Aged Man Is Held
In Tenn. Slaying

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-(SNS)Walter Reed, aged colored man,
~ already indicted for the~ Saturday
slaying of a white woman, Mrs.
Jane Fowler Cathey, was reported
captured in North Georgia nitir
Rising Fawn late Tuesday night.

Arresting officers said the man
tonfessed the crime and declared
he had killed two other persons
during his life.

the honors, his voice being |

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Hampton's Three Queens

The three new ~~queens~ elected by the Hampton Institute
student body to grace their atheletic and social affairs for 1941-42
| are pictured here. Left to right, they are Misses Harriet J. Pierce,

Vera B. Lewis and 6 tea I. Curtis.

Other Woman~ ~

NEW YORK~(ANP)~Maxine Sullivan, she of the
Scottish ballads, and John Kirby, he of the kingdom of swing
and the Duffy~s Tavern radio program, having struck a flat
note in their marital harmonizing, took the matter to court
last week when the fragile-voiced Maxine told Official Referee Richard P. Lydon in supreme court that their song had
ezded and that she wanted a divorce. The step put an end

Nov.

sa tone tell i ~where 4 had

Advice To The

FLINT, Mich,~Your | crganization should function all the year
+round and keep special tab on the
actions of your servants in office.
Carry out an active program Wiru
out the year and be ready for the
work which comes wilth every election. This is the only way to keep
chizelers from running away with
the ~Plums~.of Politics.

Your lack of doing so in the past

ILLINOIS COURT UPHOLDS
CONVICTION OF DOCTOR

CHICAGO~(A N P)~The Mllinois supreme court Wednesday upheld a criminal court~s- verdict
which found Dr. Ernest J. Martin, once wealthy physician ~ of
Chicago Heights, guilty of murder
by abortion and sgntenced him
from one to 14 years.

Mrs. Anna Balinski, white, died
in 1938, following an abortion aliegedly performed by Dr. Martin.
In his September, 1939, trial, - he
was found guilty by a criminal
court, but appealed for a new hearing on the contention that the
~ state~s prosecuting attorney had, in
his arguments to the jury, made a
constant appeal to: racial preju' dices,

service with the company. He
Central in 1896 on a 10 hour a
a machinists~ helper.

His present job is the only

as far as length of
yet reached the

a

Holds Unique Job With
Illinois Central Railroad

JACKSON, ~Tenn.~(ANP)~Marion Cunningham, employed as
an air brake repairman at the Frogmoor yards of the Hlinois Central Railroad, this year celebrated his 45th year of continuous

employe of the railroad. Cunningham is now subject to retirement:
in service is concerned, but he has not
ent age.
the time when the shops of the ICR here in Jackson employed
nearly 400 helpers, more than half of whom were Negroes.

started working for the Illinois
oe shift for 10 cents an hour as

one of its kind held by a Nears

He relates that he remembers

is partially responsible for the pres
Political

Organization On Southside

ent chaotic situation we now find
ourselves~ in. During the year pick
cut the men you want to represent
you in every public office. Make
your resolutions for the various improvements which come under civic
duties. and have your committees

ready for these tasks. ah

4-were. selected from a large field

| Dr. J. E. Burke, Forrest City, Arkansas dentist,
Thelma Margaret Young, Memphis, Tennessee high

and queen over the 1941 Cotton-Makers Jubilee which will be

to gossip that had been mouthed about since late last year
that the two celebrities were hot hitting it off so. well, }

Of course, as Maxine tells it,

| hubby John had indulged in a bit

ef extra-curricula marital work
and was surprised by two of het
friends, Charles Clark and Mrs.
Georgia Spencer, while in the
process. The ~other woman~ was
not identified.

Seems that>on the night; of!
22, Clark, at the request of
Miss Sullivan, who wanted him
to ~check on~ John~s alleged in-|
discretions, accompaniéd by Mrs.
Spencer, observed Kirby leave
the Beachcomber, Broadway nit-|,
ery, about 2 A.-M. He wag greet-|'
ed by the ~~~cther woman~~ and to.)
gether they went to the nearby
garage for his car. The witnesses
ordered a cab and trailed the
Kirby car to the Braddock hote!
where the couple is said to have
registered.

FOUND IN HOTEL |}
~|

Clark and Mrs. Spencer say
they bided their time for about.
pelt an hour. Shen entered

parked his car. The clerk denied
that Mr. Kirby was there but the

elevator operator, vtroeiarse a! ~
the conversation, interrupte
~Oh yes, John is upstairs in

Room 8 with a cute little chick,~

The two witnesses then went
to the room number menticned
and induced Kirby to open up
What they say they saw was
Kirby in his shorts and the ~other woman~ in bed but with presence of mind to cover her face
to conceal her identity. The mis
sion was completed when Clark
and Mrs. Spencer detailed their

| information to Miss Sullivan at

hey home in the Roger Morris
apartments that same morning.

MARRIED IN 1938 |
When the subject was broach
ed to John by Maxine there\was
a buffing and a puffing that re.
sulted in an irreconciable split
with John moving away from the
apartment, After eight~ months of
this, the handwriting on the wall

(Continued ~ on Back Page) |

King And Queen Of Cotton

and
studen

school
of contestants to serve as

Praying
As News
Is Heard

Holds Celebration

Party in Drawing |

Room of Her Villa

By RUDOLPH DUNBAR
(London Editor, Asseciated
Negro Press) -

LONDON, Engiand~The Em-:

Judah might ~enter once more into
his kingship. While they knelt at
Prayer, news came to the villa befide the chapel~news that could
not wait. A_ secretary ~stepped
swiftly, reverently into the chapel,
and spoke to the: Empress at the
end of a prayer.

~Addis Ababa has been captured
from the Italians.~ For five weeks
since Lent began, the Empress has
been fasting. She said: ~We must
wait for confirmation on this great
news before we rejoice,~ and turned to pray once more in silence.
When it was.certain beyond doubt
that the news was true, and her
prayers were over, she held a celebration party in the drawing room
of her villa.

The Lenten fast was broken for
the first time, and a toast to her
husband, the Emperor Haile Selassie, was drunk in Champagne.

The Empress~s children were allowed to stay up an hour later,
and the family sat around the fire

|talking about the Emperor~s ~State

return to his capital.

READY TO FLY

Said the Empress: ~I am: ready
to fly to Addis Ababa, and am
waiting for the summons from my
husband,~ she added: ~I expect to
be at his side.~. With gleeful enthusiasm she said: ~The Emperor
will enter the capital on his favor.
ite white charger.~ Asked about

~ (Continued on Back Page)

To Protest Racial. & * F e

Discrimination

WASHINGTON D. C.~(Speecial)\~An outgrowth pf a recent
conference here is the plan to
March on Washington in demonStration agaist racial discriminatior; in. defense industry.

Drew and Pearsen, Washington
syndicated gossip columnist recently reported the following:

Aroused over what he! charges is
widespread discrimination against
Negro workers in defense industries, Phillip Randolph, president of
the Sleeping Car Porters Brotherhood,.is considering holding a mass
demenstration in Washington to
demand that the OPM take action. Behind the secues there has
been a hot scrap over this issue in

| the OPM for some time. The Labo

Division wants an official

served in the Bluff City, May 13-16.

a twos 7 i ~) ~priests:
prayed with her. ~that the Lion of.

From among 172 submissions in an anonymous ihtangtttie for
the Marian Anderson Mural, this design by Mitchell Jamieson, young
Washington artist, was chosen by a distinguished jury of. artists.
Commemorating Miss Anderson~s Easter Day Concert here in 1939,
the design depicts the crowd which thronged the Mail in front of the
Lincoln Memorial on that occasion. The mural will be installed in the

Laterior Department Building.

Wedding Bells
Ring For
Flint Girt

The Burell-Bowens nuptials were
solemnized last Sunday, April 6 at
the home of the bride~s sister, Mrs.
Cleveland Reams. The ceremony
was Carried out by Rev.
Turpin. The house was decorated
by Mr, H. G. Reynolds and the
family| and other relatives took
pert in the serving of a delicious
breakfast for the selected guests.

The hour of the wedding was 8
o'clock: in the morning, Easter
morning. The day was unusually
beautiful. The bride~s father escorted her to the altar while Mr.
Cleveland Reams served as best
man for the groom.

-Mr, Burrell comes from Topeka,
Kansas and will live in Flint. ~Mif:
Bowen is the charming graduate
of Central High School and one of
the debutants of a couple of
years | ~age. Her sister, Ester, and
her husoand, Mr. Gus Beleher, as

~| well as a brother were here from

their ome in Detroit. There were
also some friends from Detroit
oresent at the wedding. After the
wedding, pictures were taken and

R. R.,

Nickerson, Sr., Is
Claimed By Death

LOS ANGELES ~(ANP)~ William Nickerson, Sr., 86; father of
Wililam Nickerson, Jr., president of
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, died Sunday after
|| His method of playing safs

} nolds is not what he admits

on ~Present -

| forefront by means fair or foul so

noon, following a brief confinement

due to a paralytic stroke,

Nickerson, Sr.;
his home where he was discovered
in a helpless condition by his
granddaughter, Mrs. Verna Hickman. Mrs. Hickman summoned
Dr. H. H. Towles who immedi
ately had the stricken man moved iP
to a private rest home where he '

died.

three children: William Nickerson,
Jr., Los Angeles; Mmes.
Murchison and Viola Johnson, both
of Kansas City, Mo. A fourth child,

Mrs. Rosetta Stratton, died here~.

Several years ~ago. He also leaves

eight grandchildren and five great

grandchildren.

JOSHUA JONES |

Bro. Bell says that many a man
with a ~line~ has ended up with a

~sentence.~~

the party went away to Easter
services in church.:.

in his office in his presence.

a eee for several years.

Teacher Drops Dead
After Whipping Child

COLUMBUS, O~(ANP)~Mrs, Bertha Miller, teacher at the
Eigth Avenue school, administered a whipping to Pearl Bobo, a
pupil who had misbehaved and shortly afterwards died. Accord.
ihe Se the. weliectpat af the hceok the penteheitant Sek Sonn ar

| When the~ child had bern dienisbed; 26rs, Miller remained tm
the office to discuss the matter with him and fell to the floor.
The doctor who was summoned diagnosed the ease as being cerebral bemorrhage. Mrs. Miller liad been suffering from s heart

\

Juanita,

was stricken in

Mr. Nickerson is survived ~by.

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Condition
Stagnant~

Michigan~This little
group ay ot about eight thousands of = +
generally good Colored people has.
been and is now suffering from a
mammoth build up of hypocracy.
in public leadership by certain
outstandingfellows of our group,

It has been the purpose of * this
leadership to keep itself in the

long as it maintains that position.

It has kept itself at the controls
of our community life by just such
foul methods as that now being
practiced by Dr, Leach on a certain member of the community.*,
for
himself in his opposition to others
is to work hard to keep the issue
of the contention covered up, like ~
a ~Byg: under a Chip~. The public -
can see everything except the thing
he is fighting against.

Dr, Leach~s fight at Mr,

means for taking of all of
our group needs.in so far as the
Race relations and civic affairs had
need. If was an ansWer. for Our
lack of getting together as a4
group on big ci and com
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