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FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 14,1941.:

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FRICAN TROOPS PLA) |
PART IN RECENT VICT

Attorney Birch And
Rev. Ballou Praised

FLINT, Mich ~Hurrah for Attorney Joseph N. Birch and Rev.
Thomas L Ballou Those men have
already started their crusade for
better living conditions among people of Color in Flint Besides being
@ good lawyer Mr. Birch is a gentleman who has his people at heart
and we do believe that he will not
be one of those who will get so far
in the limelight of public notice
that it will cause him to begin
Holding His Palm Up From His
Hips. We. believe that Mr. Birch
is an exceptional young man _ in
that he has some statesmanship in
his Physical constitution which will
bare good fruit for the betterment
of the people of his Race. It was
this sort of fitness that led the
miembers of the NAACP to elect
him at its head last January. We
will sudiously follow this young
Jeadership ~and cooperate with him
as long as he proves fitting and
conscientious to our cause.

Rev: Thomas L. Ballou is a tried
and faithful soldier for the good of
the race. Besides being one of our
best Ministers, he is also a man
seasoned in the attribute of Statesmanship. He has a love for his
people. His ideal is to have them
live not only simple believers in
the, christian way of life, but also
to have them do something and be
somebody. There is not a selfish
bone in him. These are types of
men we need to stand at the helm
of our ship of state.

At the last City Commission meeting these two men made an urgent
plea for better breaks'in this city
for eur people in general This is
the kind of things the Flint Brownsville News has been agitating for
all along. Now, that this program
has been started, let these mén be
consistent and keep.up the good
work

By Henry G. Reynolds, Undertaker.

FLINT YOUTH COUNCIL'S ~

PRESIDENT 1S. DRAFTED._. IPGINT, ~Mich ~Youth today

is

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this responsibility so are those of
this generation rallying to the Colors It is interesting to note how
important this part of our population ~becomes in times of National
urgency. It all serves to point. out
(te those who in other times seem
to forget) that the youth must be
taken into account at all times regardiess to whether it is during
peace or war if justice shall reign

The Youth Negro suddenly becomes
of t importance to our Na
physical manhood offers the same
high quality for service to the Nation as does that of the White
Youth. It is a circumstance where
| John-Gibson -and. othe:

demanis the supreme sacrifice

the individual, ~ven of physical life.
This is the price of Our Citizenship Here. That citizenship is
guaranteed by our National constitution, but whereever the Negro is
concerned, too many of the groups,
of the other race, eschew the letter~
of the Law; and too many persons
in authority condone. these practices. The Negro Youth might well
be inspired to do great good for the
strengthening of our Democracy by
general application of tie spirit of
our great constitution.

The Youth Council here will lose
a fine member of their rank, in
their president, John Gibson. This
paper wishes to advise those, who
are left: to carry on cooperatively
and make a good job of the program which they have now before

them.
Henry G. Reynolds, Undertaker.

House Dismantled,

Moved By Friends

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needed fo radditions to the ord_
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75-acre holdings remain unmodiest_

INTO ACTION ON NEW JOB

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Quarter Gives Him Courage

ST. PETERSBURUG, Fle~Thp 25-cent piece offered the
little boy gave him a bit of false courage, but didn~t keep his
knees from knocking together in the gullet of the monstrous mem) ber of the sea bass family captured in Gulf waters. The enormou~
fish, largest ever seen in the Florida west coast area, weighed 550
pounds, measured seven feet, on inch in length and was 65 imiches
around the gills. It took four men with special heavy tackle more
than an hour to pull it in. (ACME.)

FLINT, Mich. ~ Addressing a
group of graduates here at the
Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle
last Sunday Dr. T. L. Ballou told
them that they areto make their
lives worthwhile by doing something that will be to the credit of
their parents and the Race. Lack
of money should not be taken as
a deterrent to keep anyone Of
them from making ~somebody~ of
themselves. God has geven everyone the capacity. of intelligence
and a will to do. The schools have

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Graduates Advised
To Do Something

history was touched upon by Rev.
Ballou. Every student,
and other person should have a
model character after whom he

can plan his life for -accomplishment.:
The discourse of Rev. Ballou was
pregnant with the truths all should
heed to.
Henry G. Reynolds, undertaker.

John Adams, Jr.
Sponsors Bill
In Legislature.

Measure Hits
Bias In Defense ~
Order Divisions

OMAHA~(ANP)~A bill. sponsored by the lone Negro member in the

against Negro defense
bill, which became a_ law last week,
labor organization

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Army To Defer Gen. Davis~ Retirement ~

ANP~S London
Writer Gives
Vivid Report

African Wars

By RUDOLPH DUNBAR

LONDON~(ANP) ~ Whey the
chronicles of the Abyssinian campaign are.to-be written, historians:
wil] do well tc emphasize the important part played in the operaticns by West African Negre;
troops.

Equally important Is the sensational taking of Kufra, the capital |
of the Senussis, by 200 Sengalese
troops under French command~a
strategic -move of. immense importance in the Libyan campaign
the effect of which still may prove
to be a decisive factor in the final

while; i ee: eS -. agg it cP Bs ERE ae a ~he eee te soe ister
highly in WASHINGTON, D. C~(ANP)~Brig. Gen.; Thursday that Gen. Davis will be ordered |
Criving Aasta~s crack. Italian troops B. O. Davis will not be retired July = he'| inet attévhed t5 th éneeal: tt ff nd~

sioned to visit and inspect cantonments ~housing =~
colored. groups. At present he commands _ the. os
Fourth brigade at Fort Riley composed of the 9th
and 10th cavalry regiments.; a ae~

reaches the age limit of 64, but contrary to custom, he will be retained in army service. a

It was learned by Tuskegee President F. D.
Patterson after a visit to the war department

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Nat'l Conference Of Race~
Leaders Called In New York

John W. Dobbs a
Witness, 100, Interviewed ~

CREAM OF AFRICA

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or prejudice, and that the privi-,:
leges even of their most powerful To Attend Meeting j ~yy ti:
potentates would be reduced to a ae ys y g
nothing. NEW YORK~(ANP)~Invitations | Lie

Fighting to ~the real leaders of the Negro j

Africa: conference is being sponsored by the
perior to @fack Italian and native | Greater New York Coordinating
troops. "Tiiese African soldiers at@| Committee for Employment, and
ne rimerely riflemen. They | announcement of the call was made
maintain <2 operate their ow~ | through its executive secretary, Artransport = signal sections and | nold

are trained in the Use of the Bren | of the conference will be
gun A special | to either give reality to the national
unit Rifie |-aspirations coordinating com
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af- | to establish medium
up to for united action and the exchange |

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