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VOLUME ~ NUMBER

FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1941

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He Sharpened Up Well For Lou Nova

GREENWOOD ~ LAKE, N._J.~Heavyweight

Champion Joe Louis is shown as he punched the
small bag at his training camp here getting ready

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for his title fight with Lou Nova in
Grounds, New York City, Monday. Louis successfully defended his title again ~(ACME)

the Polo

Dr. Leach Is Focal Point In
National Medical Struggle -

Afisiocracy of Ase~n Still Wants

To Keep Flint Physician Out

CHICAGO, Ill~(ANP)+ Is Dr.
Leonidas Leach of Flint, Michigan,
@ member of the National Medical
~ gssociation? President H. E. Lee of
Houston says he is not. General sec- retary John T. Givens of Norfolk,
Virginia and Chairman of. the
Trustee Board, Robert M. Hedrick
of Gary, Indiana, insist that he is.
The difficulty regarding the status
of Dr. Leach is an aftermath of
the NMA convention held here last
August.

Whether Dr. Leach is or is not
a member of NMA might not be
so important were it. not that his
case appears to be more or less a
focal point in the struggle between
two groups for~control of NMA, the
white represents organized medicine among Negroes.

TWO GROUPS STRUGGLE

The two. groups are composed
roughly on one hand of the great
mass of physicians, the run of the
nine as it were, against a group
which could be described as the intelligentsia and. who, though fewer
in number, have by virtue of their
standing and success in the profession and by statesmanship of a
shrewd sort, dominated the affairs
of the body.

This latter group has felt it imperative that it remain in power be
doctors from tax-supported hospitals and representation in medical
societies particularly in the south:

Beyond any question, its members
have battled for the finest ideals
for for the Negro medical profesfor the Negro medical profession
but many of the lesser members?
have insisted that the group acted
as though it was appointed by divine right to do the job;

LEACH CROWD IN
POWER

Dr. Leach could be regarded as
representative in a way of the great
mass of the membership and it
was this group which not only espoused his cause but created someing of a turnover at the recent convention. It forced the adoption of
a new constitution which had been
hanging in the air for three years,
abolished the powerful executive
beard which ran NMA between
conventions and set up in its place
a trustess board which the. mass
group controlled.

So completely was the convention
in its grips that at one time ~ it
looked as though a clean sweep
would be made of all officials including the officers of the house of
delegates. A tide of restraint set in
however and the regular slate for
through.

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pulsion had never been ratified by
the convention.

The. general secretary accepted
his dues, the treasurer issued him
a receipt. Meanwhile the house of
delegates, chairmanned by Dr. G.
Hamilton Francis of Norfolk, referred the Leach case to the judiciary
council, but neglected to elect the
judiciary council, thus - apparently
leaving the matter hanging fire until the 1942 convention.

BOARD STEPS IN

Here the Trustee Board stepped
in. Stating the position of the trustee board which is. supreme between conventions, Dr. Robert M.
Hedrick said this week:

~In reveiwing the case of Dr.
Leach, the findings are that he ~was
elected president-elect of the NMA
er heel for house work, office work,
at its Hampton meeting in 1938. In
the following year, 1939, ~he was
deposed as president of the house
of delegates and general assembly.
There was no action taken by the
house of delegates or the general
assembly that meeting of expulsion
at the meeting. During the interim
of the New York meeting in 1939
and the Houston meeting in

in the

nineteenth time.

SLOW START

target.

sure to come.

P Tewas slow ing andtt
Louis, wearing ~ mask ~of:
tionable. impatience, tra
guns menacingly. at the bobbing
head of the Alameda, ~California
assassin.

HANDWRITING ON WALL

first hint of an early payoff came midway the fourth, fighting from a slight crouch and throwing a score of left hands u minute;
Louis staggered Nova with a southpaw hook to the~ butten and dropped him to the resin for an incomplete count with a sizzling right to
the head that left the near primitive gallery gasping with excitement. Ae oe

Resorting~ strictiy to defensive
tactics, Nova. weathered the remainder of that ominous fourth
round: and kept Louis surprising];
at bay in the fifth when he landed
one good, solid right and then made
a brief rally which filled the vast
amphitheatre with drama..

LOUIS FINDS MARK

But in the sixth, a badly.winded
Nova~who had seen the hardwriting.on the wall two rounds earlier~
ran into a windmill assault by Joe
Louis. Lefts by the wholesale, ripping rights in lightning swiftness
rnined- on the game challenger as
the cruel, merciless fists of Louis
bent 4 a tattco om Nova's badly dazed

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FOLK SAW IT COMING

A telegraphic~ right cross, traveling no more than six inches, caught
Nova flush on the temple. Down
went the cosmic. clouter, the miysterious disciple of Yoga, and he
was prostrate on: the resin as the
count of nine was clicked off over
hig inert body.
Miraculously staggering to his feet
just ahead of the fina] count, Nova
groped blindly toward. the champion, but Referee Arthur Donovan.
displaying that degree of mercy
foreign in the heart in/this strange
hell-bent Louis we jooked at to
full day~s work a scant.secoOnd before the bell ending the sixth
stanza, a3

SCENE HURRIEDLY VACATED
The crowd which bad gathered
slowly to eventually reach mon
on

Starting slowly, Louis, scaling 20214,
Yogi, an impressive physical specimen at 20214, a
Time and again, the aroused champion feinted and

are meee ee Sad
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night, stepped in and déclared it a |

56,549 See Champion |
Defend Title For
Nineteenth Time

Brown Bomber Announces He Will

Not Retire, Seeks Five More ~

Tilts Before Releasing Crown

By LUCIUS JONES
(SNS Sports Editor)

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.~A hysterical mob of 56,549 excited sduls braved football weather tonight at the~ Polo
Grounds to see Joe Louis stupefy, lacerate. and chop down
Lou Nova in 2 minutes, 59 seconds of the sixth round and
successfully defend his world heavyweight crown for the

The teeming multitude, a howling admixture of legitimate boxing fans and early arrivals for the 1941 World
Series, knew, beyond a shadow of doubt, as early as the fourth
canto that a knockout was imminent.

found Nova, the
a difficult

stalked his prey, waiting for that fatal saeaisc2 he felt hee ~who ~Was with him, ~The

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Mrs- Roosevelt

To Address:Nat~!
Council Session

WASHINGTON. D. C.~(SNS)~
~A conference session and tea at the
White House with Mrs, Franklin
D. Roosevelt as speaker was anNounced as part of the schedule of
meetings of the National Council
of Negro Wemen, Inc., by its national president, McLeod
Bethune, when ~that organization
holds its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Otcober 16 through 18

The White House session of the
eonference will convene al 2:30 '

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Symposium
terpreting the Council's role will be

Council in
day.

Mrs. Roosevelt, Hon. Aubrey Williams, Administrator of the National Youth Administration, and
Hon. Ear] B. Dickerson, member of

Employment Practices will speak.
Tea will be served at 5 o~clock.

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Civilian, Two.
Milifary Police
Must Face Trial

- RUSTON, La, ~ (By Jimmy. Sanders for ANP)~Pvt.
Dennis Hill, Detroit selectee,
member of the 94th engineer
battalion, is in an army hase
hospital near here, and two
military police, one city policeeman and -one civilian, all
white, are awaiting tria} for
wantonly and brutally attack.
ing and beating. Hill a mile
scnth of this town.

Private Hill in an affidavit to
investigating military authorites
affirms that ne, Robert Jones and
Willie Nunley came to Ruston from
the camp to take a shower at the
Uso av pe a telephone, Hill declares that as he and Jcnes were
walking along the street a -vhite
civilian in a large truck passed and
ordered. them off the street. Hill
told the white man to drive on the
right side of the street. Hill d--
clares that the white man then
called them a vile name. He and
Jones lahghed and walked on. This
e tly angered the white msn
who stopped the truck and started
to get out with g crank in his hard
but was held back by a colored man

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Paation

with a blackjack. ~They were then
Marys! into a police car and driven
cut fa

name,
him he won~t do it anymore.~ Hill
denied the accusation, and ore. of
t up. Hill

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was
the six men ~. Within a few blocks of
he and Jones were put out ef
car and told to let that be a
them. The cer, a Louisibore the license number

this cisturbance had time
miight have been just
an incident threatened
evacuation hospital. AcPvt. C. N. Mitchell of
Mich. who wes at the:
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center awaiting trans
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NMA. Since the action of the -exe- fe 4 e ne al
cutive board of the National Medi-| Both Louis ~and Nova f meeting ay
cal association has convened in an- | Somewhat ~ unconventional dining room of | ae
nual convention twice, in Houston | here -tonight. a mM: Labor, Congresswoman~ eu res tha a
in~ 1940 and Chicago, 1941... At| Managed to win Louis~ res Foeergg~ be ghd Pesta A cities th tid
neither. of these meetings did the | y by popping head. that time ud ous: Sgt ony san~ Se
executive board present their rea-|@ peredlator lid with & Of the confere pe die ag Alea Coa coral
Sons for expulsion or charges on | hooks thrown: | his et 7 ni Spang! little yi and 3
whith. they based Gveis ~dynamic starce,~ circled | P. evidently a ohedsD ACTION ILLEGAL, _~| right le Bob. Pastor @ Then the captain still
freangr Mthnni gt meeting of | went into a semi-crouch at oo ee
we uphold and agree with but| so many left hands he rese it.~ the MP snapped. He

HURLEY HC

5 ceiving the cooperation of, some

FLINT, Mich~Mrs. Fannie Jackson, accomplished nurse of this
city, has been admitted to study in
Hurley Hospital. Mrs, Jackson is

also. pursuing. a post graduate
course there and ig one who is most
efficient in this profession here

She belongs tc the Home Makers Club in Elm Park, an organi-.)
zation which deserves the commeéndation of every citizen for its
fine work in the matters of keéping things going where better citizenship and improved living conditions among the youths, are concerned,

Recently, this organization sponsored a health clinic in which mariy
children were innoculated against
diphtheria. 2

It takes care of the playgro
and chaperones the children at
play and keeps them interested in
the kind of play that is conducive
to wholesome developments. Besides,
it concerns itself with the things
which make for more useful Housewives and progressive home makers.

Mrs. Jackson ig the nurse of the
grcup and ig respected for her un
selfish service among them. The
Home Makers Clubs are identified

most of the public spirited individuals here. An instance of _ this

Mrs. Gabrie] Burnette, wh, has donated to the Association of Colored Women~s Clubs a piece of land
on which they may build a headquarters. This has caused quite a
deal of encouragement among the
members of that organization.. We-know.the women will do
something for it takes the women
to do things anyway. This writer
hopes they will soon engender sufficient animation in the. men of
Flint to cause them to come to
of. Colored | t

may be cited in the philanthropy of |:

great work so as to expand the activities cf its as well as to add
potency to its drives for better social and economie progress in Flint,

94th Engineers To
Return To Michigan
After Maneuvers

FLINT, Mich.~Sunday we had
ehaplain of the 45th (a white

outfit) who spoke very fluently:
on the subject ~The Light of the
World~. Music. for. the services
was very ably rendered by two
quartets from our outfit.

As for the weather, well it is
still pretty hot (in the day) but
by night and bedtime it is cool
and three blankets are not too
many to. sleep under. ~
The most recent Angas is

that of slow -talki immie
Burnett, from private Ist class to
sacing corporal. Nice going Jim
aie, |~ rumored that this
hatalion will be headed back for~
Michigan on -or about the 28th
of this month..

Well don~t. be surprised if
see a few families faces. in

gether and form an arm of. this | ~9

~| University Law School in 1925, ~

the pleasure c~ listening to the |~

strolling down the
Octo

first weeks in

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avenues tlie}
ber.;

Our civic affairs need the health?

ful stimulation of
like this organization.
here need such
stimulate them to register and
at the polls each year. They
it to teach the new Negro
in the plants here hcew to protect
their jobs and to play fair
their employers. Flint Colored
ple need the strong
association of citizens like the
sociation of Clubs, to take the
line in. things of -general in

need

2nd benefit to us all. Why not let's ~

do this?

tia

in their receiving Mrs: Fannie Jack
son in this institution for advanced ~

training. It is an {novation
will be constru

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Tribune
Davidson, a native of W:

2 _ from
and re
ton, D. C., Wag
Harvard University in 1917
ceived an LLB Degree from

Pair Employment Pe

in Washington, but will be sent out

WASHING