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Vol, 1~No. 3

Flint, Michigan, Saturday, December 5, 1953 Esp 7

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Shot By Hubby; Refuses To Sign Complain

~q love him~, she cried. Rachel
Mason ~nee' Carpenter) refused
to sign a complaint against her
husband, Walter, who.shot her
twice in ~the abdomen. He informpolite officers that he wanted ~~~to
as he pointed a.22
\calibre gun at her. ~I. thought
the safety catch was on,~ he said.

~Mrs. Mason is the sister of the
former Northern High School
football stars, Brady and Samuel
Carpenter.

Christmas Safety

GIFTS ~z@ Dont buy proxylin 1

plasti~ dolls, toys ~ ~er non-flameproofed cowboy suits), ete. Toys
operated by alcohol, kerosene or
i. aré especially \ danger:; they may upset and set fire

bo. ~chidren~s clothing, the arte, or

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to the house itself.

- iLook: for the Underwritele
Laboratories label when buying\ _
electrical toys.
have been tested - for fire- and
shock hazards and. may be considered safe if properly handled
and maintained. Don~t set up elec-:
tric trains or. spirit-fueléd toys
under a Christmas tree.

Don't let. Christmas wrappings
accumulate in the home; place
them in your metal covered trash
barrel or burn them in your incinerator as soon as: possible.

Former Disc Jock
Wins Probation

Judge Philip Elliot {~spun the
~right disc~. when he put Earl
West, 34, of 1921 Lapeer St.,; on
probation for three years. West
had lost.$90 in a dice game at

222 Kenilworth Ave., and retriev-|~

~ed the money at gun point on
Oct. 11: He is to refrain from
driving for five hours after imbibing sige Bale

Baby Dies In
Tuesday Fire

Last Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 10:06 | ae

a.m. the fire trucks rolled. They
headed for 4506 Selby St where
they founda home in flames.

After the fire was over and the}

damage ~hecked, they found that
6 mo. old Bernadetta Nelson,
daughter of Lola Mae Nelson,
was dead. Ethel Mae Nelson, 5
year old daughter of Rollie and
Willie Nelson, was in critical condition: and is now in the hospital.

Rollie ~Nelson, who ~owns the
property is the father of 10 children. There were also two grandchildren | and two roomers who
lived at the house.

The heroic efforts of the fire
dept. managed to save the occupants with the above exception.
One fireman was overcome by
~smoke and was in the:hospital for
24 hours, I

The State of Virginia extends

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This means they |*

It shows Leonard McConnell,
Atty. Smith, Leonard Mec
This scene. was ~takers Sunday at the ~Conference on Race Relations.
Michigan Parole Board member, addressing the group. Left to right are:
Connell, a: Price, Mrs. Leo Greene, and Mrs. Kemp.

Model Airplane Confest Jan. 2

Attentien...
Zevs 14 To 16: The demand for delivery of the

The RONZE REPORTER. and. the clerk from, whem _you- toake,
the Loomis Hobby Shop are joint-! your purchase. ~five boys BRONZE REPORTER far exly foaturine a Model Plane -con-| submitting the best finished pro- ceeded~ the supply last week. If
struction contest. Any boy inter-| ducts will receive prizes. you can obtain -Mom or Dad~s: ee: i T s adot iat tke. banell ~ar - permission to deliver papers,
ested in participating will pur- | he judging will he based on please contact Mr. L. Walker, Jr.

~chase his kit at the Hobby Shép, | workmanship, neatness, and the
lacated at 1508 8. Saginaw. St.| soy~s age will be given considerAt the time of purchase, leave| ation. The judging will be held
your name, address, and age with| on Jan. 2, 1954.

Circulation Manager. for
view.

Phone 4-9932
name and address in addition *to

lkyour phone number.

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FIRE HITS HOME ON EIGHTH STREET.

324 Eighth St.

This home at fine job of reporting for us and The fire was caused by an

fire is bad at any time, The loss
of furnishings is quite a f Blow:

time of the fire, but everyone

seenert unscathed.

lost so much in this fire.
Mrs. Williams has done a very

inter-!

and leave your}

ai: Mr.

was hit by fire this week. There| she will continue to do so as we| overheated furnace, the draft
was extensive damage: to the| 2Trow into the paper you want, was stuck open and the (registers |
furniture ~of Mrs. Irma Wiiliams,| And the society section -is| the kai ~h ciranat'3
who occupied the front.apart-| one place where a paper is made| Closed so that the occupants di

ment of the building. Mrs. Wil-| or broken. not realize the furnace was overliams is the. Society Editor of Mr. Walter. Walker occupied] heating.: |

~The Bronze Reporter~ and we|the apartment.in the back, his We are certainly olka that
are very sorry to find ~she has|two children were there at the| there was no loss of life, but a

To Arms

Nearly 125 persons attending a
| conference on race relations (in
beak heard Leonard R. McConnell
urge Negroes ~to present a unified front~ in their efforts to end

epee on and ' discrimination...~ /
M@Connell, of Lansing, was jo: fht- fie,
Mrs. Rosa bg~ ~
M. Smity~ ~

ed in this plea by
Kimp, -Attorney Otis |
Leo A. Greene and Attorney Wil- |
liam S. Price, III, all local leaders. The conference was held last
Monday. evening at the St. John
Street Comniunity Center under
the joint sponsorship of the Ur
ban League and fifteen other
social, civic and ~Traternal organizations.

Directing his remarks at official representatives of the spinsoring organizations, MeCofhell
said that ~this is a time of gpeat
moral awakneing throughout~the
-nation. Negroes must make tiis
awakening felt here, in Flint. We
must move forward to greater
_achieventents in our struggles ~or
equality. ~ According to him fur-,ther, ~~~we (Negroes) should niot, Sit back and expect everything ito.be handed to us; we have de-inite responsibilities and obligation
for making progress.~ One way
suggested for fulfilling these iesponsibilities,~ said McConnell
~tis that Negroes should take part
~in such comunity affairs asthe
local Community Chest drive, the
YWCA, and all-the other services
|\for-improving ~the ~comm inity~s
health and welfare.~

Mrs. Kimp presented an audit
of race relations in Flint. She

pointed out several instances~ jof
progress that have taken placelin
Fiint since 1940. She also mentioned some of the remaining inequalities that ~clouded some of
our gains.~ She went on to say
that ~~good race ~relations canniot
thrive in an atmosphere of préjudice, intolerance and _ selfishness.~ In her plea for a unizied.
attack on undemocratic practices
in Flint, Mrs. Kimp told the aadi
ence that ~Progress does npt
just happen; it has to be max te,~
-According to Attorney Otis

~Smith, Negroes missed a won: Jeyful chance for equal recognizign
and consideration by net taking
advantage of the wide onporiunities. for political gains. He pcint
jed out that in the recent election

~for the new city hall, Negroes in
every precinct but one voted over
~whelmingly for the issue. Howlever, since its passage, Neg: oes
sare not béing appointed to advig~ory committees relative to planning the actual construction. Attorney Smith urged Negroes to
~unite at the polls and elect Nes vo
| representatives to the City C:m|'mission, to the~ school board and
tother public offices.
Greene spoke briefly on,
~Some Characteristics of Négto
tPatronase and Spending in
~Flint.~ He estimated that app: ~OX
j'imately 96 percent of all Negto

families spend money directly for
ielectricity and gas. Yet. not ia
single Negro was employed in any
\technical or skilled position in our
local power company. ~He also
estimated that ~~Negroes spend
over four million dollars annvally |
for food and most of this Nézro
food buying,~ he continued, ~ts
done with grocery chains that ~efuse to hire Negroes as ring-up -
and checking clerks.~ ~ -
Attorney Price, the
~proposed that all of

moderator,
the crgane
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