Brownsville Weekly News

of. Tth. Among the guests were

- follows:

Pure parry
~FLINT; ~ ~A get~ together
Party was given in honor of Miss
Marion Joyce Ames of Little Rock,
Arkansas, The lovely home of Mr.
and Mrs. Nolan, 604 E. Wellington
Was made available for this party
through the courtesty of that fine
couple to Mrs. Mary Cobbs, the
Mr.
hostess, Sunday evening, September
Turner S. Hatfield, Miss. Phyllis
Mitchell, Miss Minnie Keys, Miss
Dorothy M. Hatfield, Mr. Willie J.
Palmer and Miss Jane J. Payne.
The party was enlivened by the
playing of games, while the -ielicious refreshments added vigor to
the occasion. The dining rocm was
beautifully decorated with fresh
cut flowers from Mrs. Nolan~s
yard. The table was very attractive with the silver bride of ParaGise forming the center piece.
Everyone expressed himself as
having had an enjoyable time.
After the party, Miss Ames left
for her train to Littie Rock where
she will take up college work.

NEWCOMER

Mr. and Mrs.. Joshua Maynie
(Mrs. Maynie is the former Sarah
Bradford of 516 E. Kennelworth

~Avenue) are the proud parents of

a bouncing baby girl born August
26 at 1:43 p. m.

CLUBS

FLINT, Mich The Morning
Star Club number one entertained
Mrs. Mariah Jefferson with &
birthday party on Monday, September ct 1941, Mrs. Jefferson received many useful and lovely gifts.
They were ~presented~ by Mr. T.
I. Wheeler, Those present were as
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. Carmicheal, ~Mr.
and Mrs. Sherwood Johnson, - Mr.
and Mrs. Luke Jefferson. The delicious menu: Potato salad on
fettuce, fried chicken, hot rolis and

butter, lemonade, ~cake and ice
cream, candy and nits. Mrs. Mollie
Jefferson and Ella Lucile Roberts
of Artesia Miss., are visiting the
sister, Mrs. T. I. Wheeler.
PERSONALS

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Woods and
son, Eugene, 502 Harrison St.
spent the week at Idle Wilde; had
a nice time. They~re Lot Owners.

Mr. ang Mrs. Clarence Foote and
family of Saginaw, Michigan. Mrs.
Cordia Redmon and family of
Flint, also spent the week-end at
Idle Wilde. All had a good tine

A family get-together was held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Woods 1602 Harrison Street in
honor of their brother and sisterin-law, Mr.~a0d Mrs. Herbert McClellan of Toledo, Ohio, recently.
Those present were the followings:
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Woods, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Jchnson, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Woodward and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Pprey McC}\ilan, Mrs.
George Brown, Mr. and Mrs. LonNie Reed, Mrs. Redmon, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Foote, and family,
of Saginaw, Michigan Celeste Redmon and Mr, and Mrs. A. Higgins.

Miss Henrietta Ward McClellan
ef Toledc was the gues: of her
parents, Mr, and Mrs. Percy Mr
Clellan,. recently.

Albert Mills, net son
Charles and daughter, Gloria of
1222 Alabama Street and Mfrs.
Johnson 2812 Michigan~ (Avenue,
spent the week-end in Tdle| Wilde.
GOLF TOURNAMENT. IN;
TOLEDO

Dr. J. D. Wilson, James Williams,
Ir. J. D. Sheok and _ Connie
Childress all of Flint motored to
Toledo, Ohio to take part in an
amateur golf tounament.

Mrs.

a.

Cafe Society To

NEW YORK,~(ANP)~Celebrating the successful completion of its
first year, during which it has become a veritable national institution with a rip-snorting Carnegie
Hall concert and all, Cafe Society
Uptown began a new entertainment
policy in the booking of large hot
jazz bands, leading off Tuesday
night with Count Basie~s outfit, to
be followed in three months. by
Duke Ellington~s orchestra,,ithe
two. alternating for the rest of the
season. Hazel Scott, vocalist and
swinger of classics on the piano, is*
still.the featured ~performer. Small
bands are out.

Proprietor Barney Josephson has
sent Teddy Wilson~s swell little
band to the downtown Cafe Society on Sheridan square for the. season where Helena Horne, blues

Use Bigger Bands

beauty and mistress of ceremonies,
and hoogie-woogie pianists Albert
Ammons and Pete Johnson, are
holding the fort to packed houses.

Also to ~be heard at Cafe Society Downtown beginning September 16 ic the Golden Gate quartet. ~Tne ramed quartet has just
returned from mexico City where it
sang in the Pan-American Folk
Music festival as guests ~of the
Mexican government.
LAKEVIEW, Ark. ~ ~ANP) ~

During the next 30 days the Committee on Negro Organization will
be engaged in the strenuous task
of trying to increase the number
of Negro voters in Arkansas, according to an announcement made
by W. Harold Flowers, militant Pine
Bluff lawyer.

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Adderly Given
\Scout Position

LAKELAND, Fla~(A N P)~Q.
J. Adderley, former principal of the
Washington Park High school, has
been ap-cinted scout executive in
Care of Negro scouting at Chariotte,,N Cc.

~Mr. Aadertey hes beén active in
Boy Scout work for the last five
years, having served as - scoutmaster, assistant district commissioner, and.camp director. He attended, the national leaders training school in Atlanta this summer

and was placed on the official
staff. 4
Scout Executive. Adderley as
sumed his new. duties on September 10,

A Church In Our
Neighbor!: - 9d

FLINT, Mich~t 1 Park citizens
will be proud. to know that they
have the good fortune to have now
in their midst a Christian church
The New
Hepe Paltist Church has established.itself here. The
and pastor will be glad to be of
service to you all. Sunday morning
setvice at Eleven o'clock.

Urge Students
Return To Class

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.~ (ANP)
~A._ service which was, unique in
the shistory of the city and was designed to show appreciation for
those students who had sought to
improve their lives by going -to college was held at Leonard Street
Presbyterian church her Sunday.

Representatives of colleges, soro
ticipated in the program which it
was hoped would inspire many
more youngsters to aspire to coliege life.

Mrs. Jamison, superintendent of
parish work in the southern area of
the~ Presbyterian church, was the
principal speaker.

Others who spoke were Miss Emma Jefferson, teacher at Howard
High school;, Booker T. Scruggs,
manager of College Hill Courts
housing project, while Miss Ludie
David Collins was in charge of
specia Imusic.

CONVENTION
HIGHLIGHTS

CLEVELAND, pL gemeltale

One of the most in teresting reports made at the 61st annual session of the National Baptist -Convention at Public Auditorium was
that of lawyer William H. Haynes,
attorney for the convention. During
the year he gave counsel and advice
to various boards and committees.

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Rev. J. M. Nabrit, secretary of
the convention, states that the
enrollment will be about three
times as much as that at Birmingham, Ala., last year. He has been
secretary of the convention since
the passing of Prof. R. B. Hudson
in 1931.

Rev. J. H. Branham, Chicago,\
transportation commissioner of the
convention had charge of th
~Dr. L. K. Williams Special~ which
came from Chicago, bringing over
700 delegates. He is the assistant
pastor of Olivet Baptist. Church,
Chicago.

Dr. A. M. Townsend, secretary of
the National Baptist Publishing
House, made one of the best reports
in the history of the convention. He
is located at Nashville, Tenn.; and
in one of the most modern buildings in the south.

Rev. J. L. Campbell, Memphis,
''Tenn., was elected a member. of
the finance committee in 1933. He
is moderator of the leading Baptist Association in the State. ~He
has been quite successful in raising
large sums for denominational work.

David Kellum of the Chicago Defender; Rev. R. C. Barbour, editor
of the Baptist Voice; W. P. Bayless,
religious editor,of the Pittsburgh
Courier and Cary. B. Lewis, managing editor of the Chicago
were among the out-of-town scribes
at the press table.

Mrs. S. Willie Layton, Philadelphia, Pa., was an honored guest at
the Statler Hotel on Monday at a
dinner. She has been president of
the Woman~s Convention, Auxiliary
Baptist convention for over a quarter of a century. Other key women
in that conventién are Miss Nannie
H. Burroughs, corresponding secretary, one of the. most powerful
speakers in the country; Mrs. J.
C. Mapp, Chicago, Ill., who is said
to be responsible for the financial

dress.

D. V. Jemison, vice-president
who succeeded the late Dr. L. K.
Williams is also a member of the

committee. Every member of

e convention respects him for

F

dd
y

Street Baptist church, was seen

shaking hands with delegates. This

congregation |,

rities, fraternities and teachers par-;

FLINT BROWNSVILLE NEWS, FLINT, MICHIGAN

Try Out For Air Corps~; Pictured above (left to right) are Herndon Murray Cummings,
Montrose, Ga., and Jaread D. Walton, Columbus, Ga., while taking
the written tests recently at Fort Benning~s Lawson Field for en
rollment as Air Corps flying cadets.

Walton is a student at Paine

College, at Augusta, Ga. (Photo by 62nd Air Base Group)

Army To Induct 4,400 Men In October

WASHINGTON~(ANP)~Four thousand four hundred Negroes will be the October quota for the selective

service induction,

it was learned here this week through

well informed sources. The majority of these men will come
from the southern states and will be called in proportion to
the number of registrants from the state. Distribution of
the October quota will follow the previous pattern with most
of the Negro selectees going to camps in adjacent territories,

Baptists Ask
FDR To Protect

Race Soldiers

Ohio Governor.
Welcomes Throng

To Buckeye State

By TASCHEREAU ARNOLD

CLEVELAND, Ohio~Governor John W. Bricker Wednesday told delegates and visitors here attending the 6lst
annual session of the National Baptist Conventon, Inc.,
that he cared not what a
man~s religious belief is as
long as it is used for the betterment of mankind. He officially welcomed around 30,000 Baptist delegates to the
~Buckeye State.~

Last minute efforts by the candidates for the election of the president of the convention is, quite
evident, and the drive is now seemingly centered around two candidates: Dr. D. V. Jemison, Selma,
Alabama, ind Dr J. C. Austin
Chicago, although Dr. O. C. Maxue New York City is a candidate
a. le

Rumor is that the ~Williams~
~Machine~ is detérmined to see
that Dr. Jemison is elected to the
high post.

NABRIT BUSY

Dr. Austin has a campaign

headquarters in the Cleveland city

World |

church is one of the oldest in the
State but has all modern improvements.since Rev. Jones has been
pastor.

Miss Mattie Johnson, Chicago,
Til, a member of Olivet Baptist
church was on the ~Dr. L. K. Williams Special~ and has attended a
number of conventions. She is president of the Friendly Aid League
and chairman of the program of
the Sunday evening services. She
is a business woman and the proprietor of the Martha Jean Gift
Shop.

Deacon Stephen A. Griffin of
the Olivet Baptist Church was
honored on Thursday morning on

his birthday. He was presented with
a fountain pen and a purse. The

program of the convention. Mrs.| presentation was made b Mrs.
Mapp presided on the day Mfrs./ Beylah L. Jones. He is Phadian
Layton delivered her annual ad-| of the deacon and trustee board of

Olivet.

Rev. H. M. Alexander, Atlanta,
pastor Macedonia Baptist Church,
Thomaston, Rev. T. H. Ford, pas
tor, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church,

are here enjoying the confab.

Baptist. clergyman Dr.
Perry formerly pastored in Georgia,
and is now an active worker in the
Georgia State Convention. He
preaches Sunday at Flint, Mich,

Discrimination
Termed Harmful
To Nat'l Defense

WILLIAMSTOWN, ~ Mass. ~

(ANP)~In. a. fight. to. break|

down discriminatién and intolerance, the Williamstown - Institute
of Human Relations had drawn
up a new, program to combat the
evils of prejudice and discrimination existing in colleges and universities,

In a recent five-day conference, in~which six round-table
discussions were held daily, the
institute issued a~ statement urging -business, schools, youth
groups, churches and social organizatiows to jcin in a concerted attack against prevalent conditions. The conference was composed largely of faculty delegates
and students. from colleges and
universities, and numbered more
than 800 in all.

ADMIT DISCRIMINATION

Dr. George N. Shuster, president cf Hunter college, reported
that all participants in the conclave, admitted the existence ci
discrimination in their respective
schools in selection of faculties,
exclusion of some groups from
fraternities and actual use of
classrooms. and the enforcement
of quota systems as a means of
preventing growth of anti-minority sentiment.

Reporting on the preblem of
discrimination of labor, business
and industry, Dr. Alfred McLung~
Lee, executve director of the Institute cf Propaganda Analysis,

auditorizzm, where all sessions are
being hela, It looks like Dr. Jemison is gaining friends rapidly.

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$roes and five Jonesboro white men

were ordered out of cotton. fields
on the farm of Bill Meurer, in the
Bunny community, near Caraway
Priday, it was reported
terday, in a continuance of the
eastern district~s long aversion to
Negro workmen.

That part of the county east of
the St. Francis river is virtually an
all white territory. Caraway is in
the extreme east, near the Mississippi County line,

It is reported that Meurer told a
group of about 15 white men, tWo
carrying shotguns, that the Negroes
would no longer be used in the
eastern district, and that he was
using them temporarily to get his
cotton picked and not to Stir up
trouble.

cotton pickers were from

Wes Mooneyhan, chief deputy
Sheriff, said yesterday the Federal

~Bureau of Investigation would be|~

Ritaalhites tS ect ont or te Goat?
ty, and wpon finding that the five |~

Jonesboro, Muy Wide then ame
here yes- | also..

ae renin ae ee

group using two or more guns to
enforce a threat constitutes ~a

segs og law violation, classified as |ed

~a Negroes had been in the cotton fields about 15 minutes; Meurer

said, when the white men appear-|
ed.
Sheriff W. T. Lone said last
night toruble had developefi before
at times when attempts were made
to use Negro farm labor in the
section east of the S. Francis.

Dean Dixon

To Conduct

NYA Symphony In Sept.

NEW. YORK~(ANP) ~ Dean ready mentioned, the Negro maes
Dixon, talented young conductor
whose appearances before the NBC
Symphony orchestra and the New
York Philharmonic symphony orchestra have brought him wide acclaim, is conducting the NYA
Symphony orchestra of the radio
worshop for the month of Sev
tember,

~The appointment of Dean Dixon
to conduct the orchestra;~ Miss
Helen Harris, white admihistratcr
of NYA for this area said, ~is in
accord with the constructive policy
of the NYA in giving its talented
young musicians the best possibl: |.
training and experience undér the
most talented conductors. Mr.
Dixon has been guest conductor
twice with our orchestras and has
been enthusiastically received by
the players, the critics, and the
music-loving public. We are happy
to have Mr. Dixon on our staff and
fee] that be will make a real contribution to the advancement. of
our program of orchestral training

for young people.~
Aside from the two groups

Stabbings Mar
Past Weekend

ATLANTA, Ga.~(SNS)~

al
Janta~s regular week-end crime
wave continued unabated Saturday
night with several stabbings ana
a shooting iray.

E. W. Wilson, 45, of 418 Foundry
Street, N.W.,. was stabbed in front
of his home by ~Fathead~ Carson.
Jealously was given as the motive,
as the two men were arguing over
Carson~s wife, Wilson was carried
to Grady Hospital with a stab in
his left jaw, and was cut from his
ear to his mouth.

Garther Curry, 27,
\freet, was stabbed in
stomach by a men ~ known
~Killer Foots,~ who is said
have owed him $.

Annie Lou Niles, 20, of the rear
cf 169 Baker Street, is wanted by
police for cutting Edward Parks.
23, of Sentle Place at the corner of
Decatur anf Ivey streets.

Oland McGhee, 36, of 184 Fortress Avenue, reported to the police
that he was going down an alley
off of 382 Whitehall Street, when
he was attacked and stabbed by ar
unknown assailant.

his
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stated in a round table conference composed of industrial representatives the damaging conse
quences of discrimination can be |
| seen especially at \this time when~ '

all possibie mar power is needed |

for defense industry purposes.

oe

JAMES MADARAZ

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Beer and Wine

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Phone 9-1820

~according to police reports, ~Ate {ip

of 110 Vine)

tro has conducted the. suilliard
Graduate Schocl orchestra, Von
Steuben Society orchestra, Washington Heights symphony, Teachers Ccllege Summer symphony; Institute of Musical Art Senior and
orchestra, League of Music Lovers
orchestra, and the New York
Junior Orchestras, Juilliard ve
Chamber orchestra.

He commenced his duties at the
radio bee abs on Mohday.

od Bret

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number of.. ~thines ~Fou.:

to know~ the PRE is dole Sie

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CHATTANOOGA~(A N P)~~.
C, Spaulding, president of the
North Carolina Mutual Life. Iphead of the Naticnal Negro Busisurance compeny, ~nd former
ness League, spent ~several days in
conference here last week with
local business and professional
leaders, Mr, Spaulding was eénroute home from the business

league meeting in Memphis.

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