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FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1957

COURT 0

Cop Kills
Wife's Lawyer

NEW YORK~(CNS) ~ The
downtown law offices of Watson, Carter and Smith-Watson,
being the son of the distinguished Judge Watsen and a
former State Senator himself~
were turned -into bedlam this
week when the husband of the
client of Lawyer Jacob. A.
Smith, whipped out his gun
and fired five bullets which
killed Lawyer Smith = and
wounded the client, Beryl Pegram.

The husband, Edward P.
Pegram., a cop for fifteen
years and stationed in the
Harlem Precinct, was paying
up $400 in back alimony~
which.money he had raised
through a loan ~ and was, Signing over to his setranged
wife his equity in a Westchester property they had
owned jointly.

Israel Indepednence Day Ralley May 12th to 242 1

Israel Independence Day
Rally Set For May 12

|

Louis Kalse, President of the Flint Jewish Community |
Council, and Joseph Megdell, Chairman of the 1957
Flint United Jewish Appeal, announced that Israel] Independence Day will be celebrated at a raily on St~iday,
May 12th at 8 P.M. at Temple Beth El. The memorabie
program will feature Brig. General (Ret.) S. L. A.
Marshall, noted military writer and analyst, and Detroit News editorialist; S. Robert Abrahami, brilliant
Israeli industrialist and a leader of the successful im
migrant absorption program; and. Emma Schaver, in-|)

ternationally known concert and recording artist from

Detroit.

L. Walker,
53, Passes

Workers in the 1957 Flint
United Jewish Appeal drive will
make their final reports at the

Men~s and Women~s Divisions
announcing
toward the 1957 overall goal of
$249,000 The 1957 drive has already passed last year~s total~

rally~with the leaders of both ||

the pledge totals ||

pledged of $153,000. with over!~

tina Gaines, Ill, Recordress,

~ Negroes
ToUse ~
Miami Golf

Courses

MIAMI, Fla., (Special) ~
A Federal Judge Emmet C.
Coate this week ruled that
the Miami Spring Golf
Course would have to admit
Negro players beginning on
May 10th.

ONE DAY.
The Judge declared that
the once a day policy that
the club held was illegal.
The course is owned by the
city of Miami and is the
only one that the city op
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Louis Walker, a resident of:.:;:: %; $170,000 already reporte 4 right: Alice Woods, Oriental Guide.
Then according to him, his|Flint for 31 years, died at St. | Workers, Aikasaage < pis, Gateston | *-2 zs dst Standing, left to right: Dts. Lorraine McComas, 2nd Cere- erates.
wife upset Tim by asking for|Joseph Hpspital Tuesday, May; f and Lt ~Com mina j ~Gladys Lott, treasurer, Earlan ~ monial Dt., Pearl Hawkins, Judge Co ate stated
more than the $10 a week as|7 Mr. Walker or 2117 Crocker} Kasle and Megdell stated. ~On| A~ apa 4p ~Vike ~Meshaw, Oulside Spy. Etta High Priestess. ~Whether some of us like
fixed by the court and by also|53, was a member of Canaan|the occasion.of israél's Ninthjj eo 4s sarees: a. et d he re a Di. (See Story Page 6). it not, ithat~s the way
announcing that she. -wanted |Cl.urch Buick Local 599 UAW=|Anniversary, the~ Jewist coni-| tet ~4 Clam. Chris- ~e Dilworth, Inside Spy. sete eG -Sae higgins i wep it js iol deal

the custody of their three year
old son, John, who had been
awarded to the father.

~I want more money,~
she~s reported to have said,
~or I'll send you to jail.~

Pegram~s attorney, Percy
Sutton, rose and left. Pegram
rose too but stayed behind firing the shots. He~s claimed to
have cried out: ~Nobody~s going to take my child away
from me Nobody~s going to
send me to jail. Oh, what have
I done?~

A young and handsome at
torney, Jacob A Carter died |
instantly of the bullets in his
heart and forehead. He was only 36 years old. Pegram~s wife
was taken to Beekman Downtown Hospital for two bullets

CIO. He was born to Liha and
Henderson Walker in Iverness
Mississippi February 3 1904.

He married the former Celia
Fulghan in, Drew, Mississippi,
Dec. 16, 1923.

Mr. Walker was loved and
respected by his fellow workers,
neighbors and friends for his
ability to be considerate and
understanding. He was quiet
and a deyoted to home life. He
will be missed.

He is survived by his wife,
daughter, Mrs. Nellie Mae AnGerson; three sons, Edward P.,
Roosevelt, and Louis, Jr:, all of
Flint; four sisters, _Mrs..' Annie
Mae Dix, Mrs. Mary Garrin,
both of Flint, Mrs. Irene Brown,
Mrs, Lizzie Bell, both of Clarksdale, Miss.;

munity of Mlint salutes t
young republic and ~its ma
nificent achievements. Although
the past nine years have brought
Israel no relief from a constant
campaign of boycott, blockade
and cold war from her Arab
neighbors, Israel has continued
to champion the cause of democracy in a part of the world
where hits sacred right of mankind is virtually unknown.

We have been encouraged by
the generous financial and technical aid extended Israel by
our own government~which

was the first to recognize Israel.
But we are puzzled and disappointed at the failure of our
State Department to use its
offices more effectively to bring
about a just and lasting peace

Ist,
Cull~
Cull~s Ruling Threatened~tag
Petitions turned in at 5 p.m.
Saturday by the chairman of the
3rd Ward Government League,
members of this group were

Wayne N. Johnson and six other
checked beginning Monday.

There were 1,457 signatures
of Third residents on 92 petitions turned over to the city
clerk~s office Monday. They
have asked for a special election recalling Co. Carl W.
Delling for alleged misconduct
in office.

On April 4th and April ~11th

s Ruling Threatened |

titions.~

nection with the former peIn speaking of the officials

of the League charged with

the violation, in connection

with the recall, Cull referred

to Johnson, George Friley and.

ADVISE VETS
ON PENSION

No Veteran pension based
solely on age is authorized for
veterans of World War I,
World War II, or the Korean
conflict, Lloyd H Jameson of
the Detroit Veterans Adminis
BRING ~SUIT

The suit was brought
about by four Negro players who wanted full privileges on the city course.
The city attorneys argued
that no federal law makes
integration of golf course
mandatory. The attorneys
said that opening the course
to Negroes would endanger
the ~peace, health and
safety~ of Miami and the
city of Miami Springs.

Rocco Grossi who were each
fined $25 and $25 cost.

In a letter to the City Clerk,
the League contended that filing of petitions Saturday constituted a new and distinct recall movement. If the 92 petitions filed Saturday fail to have
the required 1,256 valid signatures of registered voters after
checking the registration roll of
the Third Ward, the League
should have an additional 10
days to ~secure required signatures.

The letter
League will ~challenge~ Cull~s

Nixon Urges
Civil Rights

stated that the

struck her in the neck and| Three brothers, Henderson and; I::: ~
head. When police arrived at|Henry Walker of Flint, and John|in the Middle East. approximately 1,900 signatures aires kag i Mata ~a ruling that new filing is not a e
the 10th floor office, he was| Walker of Clarksdale, Miss.; had been filed but all of them However, Mr pro said, |New recall movement. Action
bent over a desk weeping. three grandchildren, Michele ne ee retigane abs streng-|subsequently were declared pensions may be granted vet.| Frank Gillespie, spokesman
Pegram~s record shows he~s|Anderson, -Duane and Kent|thening of the links connecting | valid by City Clerk Harry K.|o ons of Werks War L World| for the League, had received in- NEW YORK Felicitati
been cited over six times for} Walker.: Israel and the United States.| Cull who said the league had 10 War II and Korea who are| formation that 1,050 valid names Vice President eid re ot

cutstanding police work. He
and his wife separated in September 1955, when she was re
Funeral is scheduled for Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Canaan
Baptist Church, Rev. T. T. Newman officiating.

We are confident that the partnership of he Israeli and Ameri
can ePoples will grow with the
years.~

ported missing.

days to submit new petitions
which was by Saturday 5 p.m.
Cull stated that he has no
reason to change his ruling. He
said ~The League officials are
insulting the intelligence of the
people they represent by making
such an asinine contention, when
three members of the League
recently pleaded. guilty to a misdemeanor charge of violating
the State Election laws in con
permanently and totally disabled from non-service-connected causes.

Mr. Jameson pointed out that
such veterans must have been
discharged under other than
dishonorable. conditions after at

least 90 days~ service. However,
~service of 90 days is not re
guired if the veteran was discharged for disability incurred
~in line of duty.

were on the 92 petitions turned
in Saturday, The group has 10
days to secure 206 more valid

on on his call for ~reverence
for law and due process,~ the; NAACP has expressed to the
signatures. Vice President the hope that

Further statements on the his recent declaration and his
matter from the League are be-' report to the President on his
ing withheld, pending a call African tour indicate ~that the
meeting. | Administration is prepared to

Wayne Johnson, Third Ward back to the hilt the éivil rights
Better Gov. League, president, proposals now bottled up in
was not ava~lable for a state- House and Senate commitment at this time. tess.~

Mobilize In Detroit:

NAACP PILGRIMAGE FOR FREEDOM...

Set For Washington. D.C.

A National Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom will be,

held in Washington, D. C. Friday, May 17th in celebration of the 38rd Anniversary of the Supreme Court Decision outlawing segregation in the public schools. CoChairmen of the National Pilgrimage are Roy Wilkins,
Executive Secretary of the NAACP; The Reverend) ~
Martin Luther King. President of the Montgomery Im-}
provement Association; and A. Phillip Randolph Presi-| {
dent of the Brotherhood.of Sleeping Car Porters. The
May 17th meeting will be held at the Lincoln Memorial}

HEARS

"HIGHLAND PARK C. OF

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~ DIGGS

13th District Congressman Charles C. ee Jr. was.
guest at a breakfast meeting of the Highland Park
Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday at the Highland

Park YWCA. The group
Washington developments
during Chamber's national
List

heard Rep. Diggs review
and made plans to visit him
convention in Washington.

ening to the Congressman are C of C officers (left

to right) Clarence H. Johnson, Maynard Fleming,
Douglas C. Giles and President Arthur Fries.

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MOTHERS ~ ~An ounce of
mother,~ says the Spanish proverb, ~is worth a pound of
clergy.~~T. W. Higginson.

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" MOTHER~I would desire for

a friend the son who never resisted the tears of his mother.~

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Lacretelle.

beginning at 12 noon.
Co-Chairmen of the Pilgrimage said that ~All believers in
the God-given concept of the
brotherhood of man and in the

{American ideal of equality are

being asked to assemble, review the national scene, give
thanks for the progress to date,
and to pray for the wiping out
of the evils that still beset our
nation.~ This Pilgrimage will
protest the attacks upon the
NAACP, bombings of churches,
homes and individuals and call
for the support of pending civil
rights legislation in the Congress.

~More than 50,000 pilgrims,

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'to come to Washington on May
~17th to join in this greatest
freedom demonstration ever
held. The program at the Linprayers, addresses by promin
standing choirs and bands.

large representation from Detroit, a local committee of citizens are now working under
the Co-chairmanship of Rev.
Hubert Robinson, Minister of
Ebenezer A. M. E. Church;
William H. Oliver, Co-Director
of the Fair Practices Department of the U. A. W.-CIO and

Edward M. Turner, President

ent citizens and music by out-|,

In an effort to mobilize aj,

of the Detroit Branch NAACP.

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DR. MORDECAI* JOHNSON, president Howard Uniwas principal speaker at the NAACP $100-a-plate

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